Who are some famous people in Pennsylvania?

Answer 1

That wasn't an answer. The many famous people are:

• Benjamin Franklin moved to Philadelphia at age 17 in 1723; during his later years he was Pennsylvania's most famous citizen. Among his accomplishments was founding in 1751 The Academy and College of Philadelphia, the predecessor to the private University of Pennsylvania. Franklin was also a strong advocate for a state militia, creating his own extra-legal militia when the state assembly would not during King George's War.[1]
• Thomas McKean was born in New London, Pennsylvania. He was an officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolution, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, the second President of the U.S. Congress under the Articles of Confederation, Acting President of Delaware, and Chief Justice and Governor of Pennsylvania.
• Gouverneur Morris, one of the leading minds of the American Revolution, lived in New York City during most of the colonial period, but moved to Philadelphia to work as a lawyer and merchant during the Revolution.
• Robert Morris, moved to Philadelphia around 1749 at about age 14. He was known as the Financier of the Revolution, because of his role in securing financial assistance for the American Colonial side in the Revolutionary War. In 1921, Robert Morris University was founded and named after him.
• Thomas Paine emigrated to Philadelphia in 1774 at Benjamin Franklin's urging. His tract, Common Sense, published in 1776, was arguably the most famous and influential argument for the Revolution. He was also the first to publicly champion the phrase "United States of America."
• William Penn, the colony's founder and son of naval captain Sir Wiliam Penn
• Arthur St. Clair moved to Ligonier Valley, Pennsylvania in 1764. He served as a judge in colonial Pennsylvania, a general in the Continental Army, and a President under the Articles of Confederation.
• James Wilson moved to Philadelphia in 1765 and became a lawyer; he signed the Declaration of Independence and wrote or worked on many of the most difficult compromises in the U.S. Constitution, including the Three-Fifths Compromise, which defined slaves as three-fifths of a person for purposes of census-taking, number of members to be elected to U. S. House of Representatives, and government appropriations.

Answer 2

William Penn-the founder of Pennsylvania.

Benjamin Franklin-statesman, inventor, innovator, printer,scientist and author.

Neither of which were born in Pennsylvania so consider:

• Hap Arnold,
• Arnold Palmer,
• Patti LaBelle.
• Joe Namath.
• The Barrymores
• James Buchanan.
• Astronaut Pete Conrad.
• Mike Ditka
• Wilt Chamberlain.
• George Catlin.
• Andy Warhol.
• Michael Keaton.
• James Michner.

Answer 3

• William Penn
• Benjamin Franklin
• James Buchanan
• Smedley Butler.

Answer 4

William Penn

Answer 5

Bam Margera