- 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 , aU.S. Navy lieutenant and physician, and thebachelor 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 ofAll 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] .
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