List of people from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

List of people from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

This is a list of notable people who were born, or who have lived in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

*William Addams (1777-1858), a Pennsylvania State Representative and United States Congressman
*David Hayes Agnew, (1818-1892), noted surgeon
*Andy Baldwin, a U.S. Navy lieutenant and physician, and the bachelor of of "The Bachelor"
*James Buchanan, former President of the United States
*Charles Demuth, American Precisionist painter
*Gretchen Egolf, actress
*Tristan Egolf, an American novelist, author, and a political activist
*Andrew Ellicott, surveyor, completed layout of Washington DC, established surveying baseline for Northwest Territory, and taught surveying to Captain Meriwether Lewis preparatory to the Lewis and Clark Expedition
*Michael Erlewine, founder of All Media Guide (AMG)
*Robert Fulton, statesman, painter, and the creator of the Clermont steamboat
*Jim Furyk, professional golfer
*Gene Garber, professional baseball player
*Edward Hand, a physician, farmer, congressman, and a general officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War
*Tom Herr, former professional baseball player and former manager of the Lancaster Barnstormers
*Milton S. Hershey, chocolatier and founder of the The Hershey Company
*Dan Kreider, professional football player, Pittsburgh Steelers
*Floyd Landis, professional road bicycle racer, winner Tour de France 2006
*Thomas Mifflin, politician and a signer of the United States Constitution
*Anna Balmer Myers, author of early 20th-century novels centered in Lancaster County
*John Parrish, professional baseball player, Toronto Blue Jays
*John F. Reynolds, U.S. Army officer and a general in the American Civil War
*Brad Rutter, "Jeopardy!" champion
*Daniel B. Strickler, Lieutenant General, veteran of both World Wars and the Korean War; Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, 1947-1951
*Thaddeus Stevens, a Radical Republican congressman who was an abolitionist
*Bruce Sutter, former professional baseball pitcher, inducted to Baseball's Hall of Fame, 2006
*Julian Valentin, professional soccer player, Los Angeles Galaxy
*Junior Vasquez, famous New York City club DJ and remixer/producer
*Suzanne Westenhoefer, comedian
*Marianne Wiggins, author, and wife of author Salman Rushdie
*Richard Winters, United States Army paratrooper and World War II veteran who was portrayed in Stephen Ambrose's 1992 book and the HBO miniseries "Band of Brothers"

References

External links

* [http://www.nndb.com/geo/613/000080373/ Famous people from Lancaster at the Notable Names Database] .