List of people from Allentown, Pennsylvania

The following is a list of notable people who were born, or who have lived a significant portion of their lives, in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in the United States.

Athletics

*Jim Booros, professional golfer, former PGA Tour player
*Francesco Caruso, professional soccer player, Harrisburg City Islanders
*Keith Dorney, former professional football player, Detroit Lions
*Slim Emmerich, former professional baseball player, New York Giants and St. Louis Cardinals
*Peter Gruner, professional wrestler known as Billy Kidman
*Bob Heffner, former professional baseball player, Boston Red Sox, California Angels and Cleveland Indians
*Brian Knobbs, former professional wrestler
*Jonathan Linton, former professional football player, Buffalo Bills
*Ed McCaffrey, former professional football player, Denver Broncos, New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers
*John Meister, former professional baseball player, New York Metropolitans
*Jeff Mutis, former professional baseball player, Cleveland Indians and Florida Marlins
*Andre Reed, former professional football player, Buffalo Bills and Washington Redskins
*Eddie Sachs, a United States Auto Club driver who was known as the "Caped Crusader of Auto Racing" and "Clown Prince of Auto Racing"
*Dave Schneck, former professional baseball player, New York Mets
*Larry Seiple, former professional football player, Miami Dolphins
*Tony Stewart, professional football player, Oakland Raiders
*Cindy Werley, former Olympic field hockey player

Authors, journalists, playwrights and poets

*John Birmelin, Pennsylvania German dialect poet and playwright
*Katherine Boehret, technology journalist, "The Wall Street Journal"
*Solomon DeLong, pen name Obediah Grouthomel, Pennsylvania German language columnist of Allentown newspaper "The Morning Call"
*Lauren Weisberger, author, "The Devil Wears Prada"

Business and politics

*Charlie Dent, member of Congress
*Rick Glazier, Democratic member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
*Lee Iacocca, former chairman of Chrysler Corporation
*Michael Johns, health care executive and former White House speechwriter
*John Kline, member of Congress
*Jerry Oberholtzer, current mayor of Snellville, Georgia
*Richard A. Snelling, former Governor of Vermont

Film and television

*Michaela Conlin, actress, Fox's "Bones"
*Devon, adult film actress
*Tim Heidecker, actor and comedian, Cartoon Network's "Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!"
*William Marchant, playwright and screenwriter
*Lara Jill Miller, voice actress, Cartoon Network's "The Life and Times of Juniper Lee"
*Amanda Seyfried, model and actress, The CW's "Veronica Mars" and HBO's "Big Love"
*Dana Snyder, voice actor, Cartoon Network's "Aqua Teen Hunger Force"
*Christine Taylor, actress and wife of actor Ben Stiller

Music

*Rick Braun, smooth jazz trumpet player Cite Web | url = http://www.rickbraun.com/bio.htm | title = Rick Braun: bio | accessdate = 2008-06-11]
*Leon Carr, Broadway composer and television advertising songwriter
*Walt Groller, Grammy-nominated polka musician
*Keith Jarrett, jazz musician
*Donald Voorhees, Emmy-nominated orchestral conductor
*Stephanie Woodling, opera singer

cience

*Walter O. Snelling, chemist and explosives expert who discovered propane gas

Visual arts

*John E. Berninger, landscape painter and Pennsylvania impressionist, first curator of the Allentown Art Museum
*Karl Buesgen, landscape painter and Pennsylvania impressionist
*Mark Beyer, comic book artist
*Herman Leonard, photographer noted for jazz portraits
*Boris Vallejo, fantasy artist
*Orlando Gray Wales, landscape painter and Pennsylvania impressionist

Other

*Sarah Knauss, supercentenarian considered the "world's oldest person" by Guinness World Records from April 16, 1998 until her death at age 119 in 1999

References

External links

* [http://www.nndb.com/geo/394/000069187/ Famous people from Allentown at the Notable Names Database] .
* [http://www.famouswhy.com/Tags/Allentown Famous people from Allentown at FamousWhy.com] .
* [http://www.famous-alumni.com/city_101.html Famous people from Allentown at Famous Alumni] .