List of people from York, Pennsylvania

The following people were all born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with York, Pennsylvania.

• John Adlum (1759–1836), pioneer viticulturist[1]
• Dominick Argento (1927–2019), music composer
• Bruce Arians (born 1952), executive and former head coach for the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• Charles Augustus Barnitz (1780–1850), politician
• Will Beatty (born 1985), offensive tackle, New York Giants (2009–16), Super Bowl XLVI champion
• J. Michael Bishop (born 1936), Nobel Prize-winning virologist who was part of the team that first identified an oncogene sequence.
• Florence Brillinger (1891–1984), abstract artist
• Andrew R. Brodbeck (1860–1937), politician
• Edward Schroeder Brooks (1867–1957), politician
• Omar Brown (born 1975), gridiron football player
• John Hull Campbell (1800–1868), U.S. Congressman for Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district, 1845–1847
• Blaine Capatch (born 1965), comedian
• Chad Chronister (born 1967/1968), law enforcement officer
• Loretta Claiborne (born c. 1953), Special Olympics World Games multi-gold medalist and recipient of the 1996 ESPY Arthur Ashe Courage Award
• Herbert B. Cohen (1900–1970), Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice
• Nathaniel N. Craley, Jr. (1927–2006), politician
• Patrick Dahlheimer (born 1971), bass guitarist
• Sheila Darcy (1914–2004), actress
• Phineas Davis (1792–1835), clockmaker and inventor
• John A. Dempwolf (1848–1926), architect
• Jacob L. Devers (1887–1979), World War II U.S. Army general
• Neal Dodson (born 1978), award-winning feature film producer of All Is Lost & Broadway actor[2]
• Chris Doleman (1961–2020), NFL defensive end
• William P. Doyle, commissioner of the Federal Maritime Commission[3]
• John Durang (1768–1822), dancer and musician
• Luther P. Eisenhart (1876–1965), mathematician
• Stephen Etnier (1903–1984), artist
• James Ewing (1736–1806), Pennsylvania statesman
• Arthur Briggs Farquhar (1838–1925), businessman and writer
• William Henry Farquhar (1813–1887), developmental influencer of Montgomery County, Maryland
• William B. Franklin (1823–1903), American Civil War general
• Sam Freed (born 1948), actor
• James Gerry (1896–1973), politician
• Ernest Thomas Gilliard (1912–1965) ornithologist and museum curator
• Hugh Glasgow (1769–1818), politician, judge
• Glenalvin Goodridge (1829–1867), photographer and teacher
• William C. Goodridge (1805–1873), barber, merchant, Underground Railroad activist
• Chad Gracey (born 1971), drummer
• Halestorm (formed 1997), hard rock band
• Mahlon Haines (1875–1962), businessman and philanthropist
• Granville O. Haller (1819–1897), American Civil War officer who led the defense of Adams and York counties during the Gettysburg Campaign and later became a leading Seattle millionaire
• Mike Hawthorne (born 1975/1976), comic book and graphic novel illustrator
• Bob Hoffman (1898–1985), founder of York Barbell; considered the "father of American weightlifting"[4]
• David Holmes (1769–1832), politician
• Jerry Howarth (born 1946), MLB announcer, voice of the Toronto Blue Jays
• Lois Hunt (1925–2009), soprano opera singer who toured for decades with baritone Earl Wrightson[5]
• Carolina Isakson Proctor (1930–2012), First Lady of Colombia
• Woody Jackson (born 1970), musician
• Kevin Jones (born 1967), BMX rider
• Brian Keene (born 1967), best-selling novelist and comic book writer
• James Kelly (1760–1819), U.S. representative
• Matthew Knisely (born 1974), TV photojournalist
• Jeff Koons (born 1955), artist
• Tina Kotek (born 1966), governor of Oregon
• Ed Kowalczyk (born 1971), musician, lead singer of the band Live
• John Kuhn (born 1982), NFL fullback
• George M. Leader (1918–2013), 36th Governor of Pennsylvania
• Ernest W. Lefever (1919–2009), foreign affairs expert[6]
• Samuel S. Lewis (1874–1959), former Pennsylvania lieutenant governor
• Sylvia Lewis (born 1931), dancer and actress
• Live (1988–2009; re-formed 2011), alternative rock band
• Ken Ludwig (born 1950), playwright and theatre director
• Brian Lukacher, art historian
• Martie Maguire (born 1969), member of the country band Dixie Chicks
• Sarah J. Mahler (born 1959), author and cultural anthropologist
• Frances Lee McCain (born 1944), actress (Gremlins, Footloose, Back to the Future)
• Del McCoury (born 1939), bluegrass musician[7]
• Whitney Metzler (born 1978), former competitive swimmer[8]
• DeWolfe Miller III (born 1960), Vice admiral and Commander, Naval Air Forces[9]
• Gary Miller (born 1946), conductor and gay activist[10]
• Lewis Miller (1796–1882), artist and chronicler of early 19th-century life in York
• Cameron Mitchell (1918–1994), actor
• Eric Newcomer (born 1989), journalist
• Walt Partymiller (1912–1991), cartoonist
• Todd Platts (born 1962), politician
• The Quin-Tones (1957–1960; 1986–1990s), a doo-wop group
• Ken Raffensberger (1917–2002), winning pitcher of 1944 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
• Charles H. Robertson (1934–2017), politician
• Chris Roupas (born 1957), Greek-American former basketball player
• Wayne Schafer (born 1963), pitmaster
• Harry E. Seyler (1908–1994), politician and educator
• Evan Sharp (born 1982), co-founder of Pinterest, graduated York Suburban High School 2001[11][12]
• Craig Sheffer (born 1960), actor, Nightbreed (1990), A River Runs Through It (1992) and The Program (1993)
• Edgar Fahs Smith (1854–1928), scientist, chemist, historian
• James Smith (1719–1806), signer of the Declaration of Independence; lived on South George Street and is buried in York
• Frank Spellman (1922–2017), Olympic champion weightlifter
• George Stibitz (1904–1995), Bell Labs researcher and digital pioneer
• Chad Taylor (born 1970), guitarist
• John Terpak (1912–1993), champion weightlifter, York Barbell executive
• Charlie Thomas (1937–2023), R&B singer with The Drifters, lived in York in the 1990s[13]
• Tim Warfield (born 1965), Jazz musician
• Vic Wertz (1947–1963), professional baseball player
• Rebecca Wisocky (born 1971), television and stage actress
• Tom Wolf (born 1948), 47th Governor of Pennsylvania
• Butch Wynegar (born 1956), major league baseball player
• Stanley Zeigler, American politician

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