List of people from the Lehigh Valley

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The following is a list of notable people who were born, or who have lived a significant portion of their lives, in the Lehigh Valley around Allentown, Bethlehem and Easton, Pennsylvania as well as Warren County, New Jersey in the United States.

Athletics[]

Mario Andretti
Chuck Bednarik
Larry Holmes
Varvara Lepchenko
Matt Millen
Andre Reed
Brian Schneider
  • Chuck Amato, former head football coach, North Carolina State University
  • Jeff Andretti, professional race car driver
  • John Andretti, professional race car driver in NASCAR and the IndyCar Series
  • Mario Andretti, former professional race car driver
  • Michael Andretti, professional racing team owner, former professional race car driver
  • Afa Anoaʻi Jr., professional wrestler
  • Steve Aponavicius, former placekicker, Boston College
  • Saquon Barkley, professional football player, New York Giants
  • Chuck Bednarik, former professional football player, Philadelphia Eagles, Pro Football Hall of Fame member
  • Charlie Berry Sr., former professional baseball player, Union Association, and father of Charlie Berry
  • Charlie Berry, former professional baseball and umpire, Major League Baseball
  • Jim Booros, professional golfer, former PGA Tour player
  • Tom Brennan, radio and television sportscaster, former men's basketball head coach, University of Vermont
  • Ian "Rocky" Butler, professional football player, Canadian Football League
  • Pete Carril, former professional and collegiate basketball coach
  • Francesco Caruso, former professional soccer player, Harrisburg City Islanders and Otago United
  • Chris Creveling, Olympic speed skater[1]
  • George Daniel, Deputy Commissioner and Chief Operating Officer, National Lacrosse League
  • Parke H. Davis, football coach and lawyer
  • Keith Dorney, former professional football player, Detroit Lions
  • Jahan Dotson, collegiate football player, Penn State[2][3]
  • DC Drake (Don Drake), former professional wrestler, former world champion for National Wrestling Federation and heavyweight champion for Tri-State Wrestling Alliance, later known as Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW)
  • Slim Emmerich, former professional baseball player, New York Giants and St. Louis Cardinals
  • Peter Gruner, former professional wrestler known as Billy Kidman
  • Bob Heffner, former professional baseball player, Boston Red Sox, California Angels and Cleveland Indians
  • Larry Holmes, former boxing heavyweight champion (fought under nickname "The Easton Assassin")
  • Brian Knobbs, former professional wrestler
  • Dan Koppen, professional football player, Denver Broncos
  • Noel LaMontagne, former professional football player, Cleveland Browns
  • Gary Lavelle, former professional baseball player, Oakland Athletics, San Francisco Giants and Toronto Blue Jays
  • Varvara Lepchenko, professional tennis player
  • Jonathan Linton, former professional football player, Buffalo Bills
  • Tommy Litz, Olympic figure skater[1]
  • Kristen Maloney, gymnast, medalist in 2000 Summer Olympics
  • Michelle Marciniak, co-founder of SHEEX, Inc.; former women's basketball coach, University of South Carolina; and former professional basketball player, WNBA's Portland Fire and Seattle Storm
  • Ed McCaffrey, former professional football player, Denver Broncos, New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers
  • John Meister, former professional baseball player, New York Metropolitans
  • Joe Milinichik, former professional football player, Detroit Lions, Los Angeles Rams and San Diego Chargers
  • Matt Millen, former professional football player, Oakland Raiders, San Francisco 49ers and Washington Redskins, former president and General Manager, Detroit Lions and broadcaster, NFL on Fox
  • Jeff Mutis, former professional baseball player, Cleveland Indians and Florida Marlins
  • Marty Nothstein, Olympic gold medal winner, track cycling
  • Billy Packer, CBS basketball analyst
  • Andre Reed, former professional football player, Buffalo Bills and Washington Redskins
  • Zach Rey, amateur wrestler, competed in the 2015 World Wrestling Championships
  • Matthew Riddle, professional UFC mixed martial fighter
  • Jim Ringo, former professional football player, Green Bay Packers and Philadelphia Eagles, Pro Football Hall of Fame member
  • Eddie Sachs, United States Auto Club driver
  • Jerry Sags, former professional wrestler
  • Jimmie Schaffer, former professional baseball player, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies and St. Louis Cardinals
  • Dave Schneck, former professional baseball player, New York Mets
  • Brian Schneider, former professional baseball player, Montreal Expos, New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies
  • Larry Seiple, former professional football player, Miami Dolphins
  • Curt Simmons, former professional baseball player, California Angels, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies and St. Louis Cardinals
  • John Spagnola, former professional football player, Green Bay Packers, Philadelphia Eagles and Seattle Seahawks
  • Tony Stewart, professional football player, Oakland Raiders
  • Carl van Horn, former dirt track racer
  • Dave Van Horne, Major League Baseball broadcaster, original voice of the Montreal Expos
  • Cheryl Van Kuren, former Olympic field hockey player
  • Bobby Weaver, 1984 Summer Olympics gold medal winner, freestyle wrestling
  • Brant Weidner, former professional basketball player, San Antonio Spurs
  • Bob Weiss, former professional basketball player, head coach of four NBA teams
  • Cindy Werley, former Olympic field hockey player
  • Kevin White, professional football player, New Orleans Saints
  • Kyzir White, professional football player, Los Angeles Chargers
  • Andre Williams, professional football player, New York Giants
  • Joe Wolf, former professional football player, Arizona Cardinals
  • Jason Yeisley, professional soccer player, Dallas FC
  • Dan Yochum, former professional football player, Montreal Alouettes and Edmonton Eskimos
  • Walt Zirinsky, former professional football player, running back, won 1945 National Championship with Cleveland Rams

Authors, journalists, playwrights, and poets[]

  • Christian Bauman, novelist
  • Stephen Vincent Benét, author
  • Charles Bierbauer, journalist
  • Clair Blank, author, Beverly Gray books
  • John Birmelin, Pennsylvania German dialect poet and playwright
  • Katherine Boehret, technology journalist
  • Jen Bryant, poet and author
  • Russell Davenport, publisher and writer
  • Solomon DeLong (pen name Obediah Grouthomel), Pennsylvania German language columnist for The Morning Call
  • Michael F. Flynn, science-fiction writer
  • Matthew Giobbi, author
  • H.D., writer, poet
  • Alfred Hassler, journalist and author
  • J. Robert Lennon, novelist
  • Carmen Maria Machado, short story author and essayist
  • Randall Munroe, writer, XKCD comic series
  • Sandra Novack, author
  • Alix Olson, spoken word artist
  • Michael Pocalyko, business executive and financial novelist
  • Ian Riccaboni, author, host of Ring of Honor Wrestling
  • Marci Shore, author and historian
  • Elsie Singmaster, author
  • Jennifer Storm, author
  • Lauren Weisberger, author, The Devil Wears Prada

Business and politics[]

Michael Johns
Charles Schwab

Film, television, and stage[]

Lisa Ann
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson - "The Beast of Behlehem"[7]
Amanda Seyfried
  • Lisa Ann, adult film actress
  • Althea Henley, actress
  • Alexandra Chando, actress, As the World Turns
  • Jack Coleman, actor, NBC's Heroes
  • Dane DeHaan, actor, In Treatment and Chronicle
  • Devon, adult film actress
  • Omar Doom, actor and musician
  • Oakes Fegley, actor, The Goldfinch
  • Jonathan Frakes, actor, Star Trek: The Next Generation
  • Mel Harris, actress, ABC's thirtysomething
  • Tim Heidecker, actor and comedian, Adult Swim's Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
  • Dwayne Johnson ("The Rock"), actor, former professional wrestler[8]
  • Daniel Dae Kim, actor, ABC's Lost
  • Gelsey Kirkland, ballerina
  • Carson Kressley, fashion consultant, Bravo's Queer Eye
  • Christopher Lennertz, film, television, and video game music composer, Alvin and the Chipmunks and Supernatural
  • Jayne Mansfield, 1950s-era actress and sex symbol[9]
  • William Marchant, playwright and screenwriter
  • Michael McDonald, costume designer and 2009 Tony Award and Drama Desk nominee for Hair[10]
  • Kristen McMenamy, fashion model
  • Kate Micucci, actress, comedian, artist, and singer-songwriter
  • Lara Jill Miller, voice actress, Cartoon Network's The Life and Times of Juniper Lee
  • Aimee Mullins, model and actress
  • Robert Newhard, cinematographer
  • Sally Jessy Raphael, television talk show host
  • Daniel Roebuck, actor, ABC's Lost
  • Amanda Seyfried, model and actress, The CW's Veronica Mars and HBO's Big Love
  • Sheetal Sheth, actress, Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
  • Jimmi Simpson, prolific actor, Zodiac, House of Cards, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia[11]
  • Gary Mark Smith, artist, author, and global street photographer
  • Dana Snyder, voice actor, Adult Swim's Aqua Teen Hunger Force
  • Sabrina Carpenter, actress, singer and songwriter
  • Sarah Strohmeyer, novelist, creator of Bubbles Yablonsky
  • Christine Taylor, actress
  • Jonathan Taylor Thomas, actor, ABC's Home Improvement[12]
  • Yvonne Zima, actress, "Rachel Greene" on NBC's ER
  • David Zippel, Tony-award-winning lyricist, City of Angels

Music[]

Jimmy DeGrasso
Steve Kimock
  • Rick Braun, smooth jazz trumpet player[13]
  • Lillian Briggs, former rockabilly musician
  • Sabrina Carpenter, singer, songwriter, actress
  • Leon Carr, Broadway composer and television advertising songwriter
  • Jimmy DeGrasso, drummer for Alice Cooper band, former drummer for Megadeth
  • Omar Doom, actor and musician
  • Fiona, rock music singer
  • Walt Groller, Grammy-nominated polka musician
  • George Hrab, rock and funk musician
  • Keith Jarrett, jazz musician
  • Steve Kimock, rock musician
  • Terry Kitchen, folk singer
  • Ludwig Lenel, organist and composer
  • Lil Peep, rapper
  • Albertus L. Meyers, music conductor of the Allentown Band
  • Mulgrew Miller, jazz pianist
  • Mike Portnoy, progressive metal/rock drummer[14]
  • Thom Schuyler, country music singer and songwriter
  • Shadow Gallery, progressive metal band
  • Melissa VanFleet, singer/songwriter and musician
  • Donald Voorhees, Emmy-nominated orchestral conductor
  • Jordan White, rock musician
  • Stephanie Woodling, opera singer

Religion[]

  • Frank N. D. Buchman, founder of the Oxford Group and Moral Re-Armament religious movement
  • Jonathan Townley Crane (1819-1880), clergyman, author and abolitionist, father of author Stephen Crane.[15]
  • Timothy J. Keller, Christian pastor in of Redeemer Presbyterian Church, author of The Reason for God
  • Nathan Homer Knorr, religious leader and 3rd president, Jehovah's Witnesses

Science[]

Visual arts[]

Other[]

Theo Tran
  • Stephen Barrett, psychiatrist and webmaster, Quackwatch[17]
  • Karen Bausman, architect
  • Thom Browne, fashion designer[18]
  • Beth Doe, unidentified murder victim found in 1976[19]
  • Frank Reed Horton, founder of Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity
  • Sarah Knauss, supercentenarian recognized as the "world's oldest person" by Guinness World Records from April 16, 1998 until her death at age 119 in 1999
  • Martin O. May, Medal of Honor recipient in World War II
  • Harvey Miguel Robinson, serial killer
  • Lucy Mercer Rutherfurd (1891–1948), socialite and mistress to Franklin D. Roosevelt.
  • Robert Sun, inventor of 24 Game
  • Ryo Tokita, artist
  • Theo Tran, professional poker player

References[]

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  4. ^ "Former New Jersey Congressman Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud, Tax Charges". AP NEWS. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
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  10. ^ Lauer-Williams, Kathy (June 7, 2009), "Designs on a Tony: Allentown Native Michael McDonald is Nominated for Broadway's Top Honor for Costumes for 'Hair'", The Morning Call
  11. ^ "Jimmi Simpson, Hollywood's Favorite Creep". New Jersey Monthly. 2016-03-01. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  12. ^ Call, KATHLEEN PARRISH, The Morning. "BETHLEHEM GIRL GETS WISH TO MEET TEEN SITCOM STAR * DREAM COME TRUE ENABLES KRISTEN LISICKY TO HANG OUT WITH JONATHAN TAYLOR THOMAS". themorningcall.com. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
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  14. ^ Howell, Dave. "Next to None: a Lehigh Valley prog metal band on the rise". mcall.com. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  15. ^ Wertheim, Stanley. (1997). A Stephen Crane encyclopedia. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-00812-4. OCLC 52242909.
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  19. ^ "Beth Doe, Carbon County". Blogger. 4 July 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2014.

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