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Source: List of people from Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

The following is a list of notable people from Luzerne County, Pennsylvania:

Edie Adams, Singer, actress, & comedian; wife of Ernie Kovacs
Nick Adams, actor, (Mister Roberts, Rebel Without a Cause), best known to audiences as Johnny Yuma of the TV series The Rebel
Joe Amato, 5 Time NHRA Top Fuel champion.
Lou Barletta, congressman representing the 11th District of Pennsylvania
Hazel Barnes, philosopher
Douglas Carter Beane, playwright
Al Bedner, NFL player
Steve Bilko, 20 years old when he broke into professional baseball on September 22, 1949, with the St. Louis Cardinals
David Bohm, quantum physicist
Charles Calvin Bowman, mayor of Pittston and U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
William Bowman (fencer), Member of the 1912 U.S. Olympic Team
Hubie Brown, basketball coach and television analyst
James Joseph Brown, mining innovator
Russell Bufalino, (1903–1994), organized crime leader in Pennsylvania, New York, and the American Cosa Nostra. He was portrayed by actor Joe Pesci in Martin Scorsese's 2019 film The Irishman.
Benjamin Burnley, lead singer and guitarist for rock band Breaking Benjamin
Lou Butera, professional pool player
Russ Canzler, Major League Baseball player in the New York Yankees minor league organization.
Lillian Cahn, co-founder of Coach, Inc. and Coach handbag designer
George Catlin, artist
Jimmy Cefalo, Penn State football player, Miami Dolphins wide receiver, radio voice of the Miami Dolphins
Britton Chance, bio-physicist and Olympic sailor
Mark Ciavarella, disgraced judge in kids for cash scandal
Abe Cohen, Professional football player
Mark Cohen, street photographer
Flick Colby, choreographer
Adam Comorosky, MLB outfielder
Colleen Corby, 1960s fashion model
Amasa Dana, former U.S. Congressman
Stanley Woodward Davenport, U.S. Congressman (Democrat), 1899-1901
William D'Elia, mobster
Harry Dorish, MLB Pitcher
Mary Lucy Dosh (1839–1861), member of the Sisters of Nazareth and volunteer nurse in the American Civil War
Charles B. Dougherty, Army National Guard major general who commanded the 28th Infantry Division
Mark Duda, NFL player, Lackawanna College football head coach
Francis A. "Mother" Dunn, football player for the Canton Bulldogs
Stanley Dudrick, Surgeon who developed TPN
Carl Duser, baseball player
Todd A. Eachus, former state representative of the 116th District and House majority leader of Pennsylvania
David Evans, Hollywood filmmaker most known for the movie The Sandlot
Jesse Fell, early experimenter with anthracite coal
John S. Fine, 35th Governor of Pennsylvania from 1951 to 1955.
Pat Finn, game show host whose shows include Lifetime's, The Family Channel's, and PAX's Shop 'til You Drop
Ham Fisher, cartoonist best known for the Joe Palooka comic strip
Steamer Flanagan, professional baseball player
J. Harold Flannery, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
Harry Livingston French, Architect
Tess Gardella, actress
Pete Gray, one of the two men ever to play major league baseball having lost his right arm in a childhood accident. His life is depicted in the 1986 television production A Winner Never Quits. There is a historical marker in the Hanover section of Nanticoke at Front and Center St. denoting the place of his birth.
James L. Hallock, Wisconsin state legislator
Harry Hamilton, Former NFL Player
William Harmatz, jockey, winner of 1959 Preakness Stakes
Bucky Harris, Former Major League Baseball Player
Dan Harris (screenwriter), Hollywood director and screenwriter
George Washington Helme, businessman and founder of Helmetta, New Jersey
Joe Hergert, former professional football player
Jim Hettes, UFC Fighter
Raye Hollitt, bodybuilder, American Gladiators and actress, Skin Deep
Joe Holup, Former NBA basketball player
Henry M. Hoyt, early governor of Pennsylvania
Mike Hudock, professional football player
Qadry Ismail, former NFL wide receiver on the Baltimore Ravens
Raghib Ismail, former NFL player and Heisman Trophy runner-up
Stephanie Jallen, Paralympic skier
Arthur Horace James, Superior Court Judge and Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania
Florence Foster Jenkins, unconventional operatic soprano, subject of film starring Meryl Streep
Hughie Jennings, Major League Baseball player and manager
Ben Johnson (American sprinter), Track athlete and one of the first African-American colonels in the U.S. Army
Russell Johnson, Actor best known as The Professor (Gilligan's Island)
Candy Jones, fashion model, writer, radio personality
Dorothy Andrews Elston Kabis, Treasurer of the United States
Paul E. Kanjorski, former U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district (which includes Nanticoke)
James Karen, actor
Joe Katchik, Professional football player
Michael J. Kirwan, represented Youngstown, Ohio in Congress, 1938–1970
Franz Kline, abstract expressionist painter
Thomas R. Kline, lawyer
Shawn Klush, Elvis tribute artist
Sarah Knauss, lived to age 119
Kelsey Kolojejchick, Field hockey player for the US Olympic Team
Mike Konnick, former MLB player
Mary Jo Kopechne, passenger killed in car driven by Ted Kennedy at Chappaquiddick
Harley Jane Kozak, actress and author
Norm Larker (Beaver Meadows), National League All-Star player for the LA Dodgers
Matthew Lesko, infomercial personality
Sherrie Levine, photographer and appropriation artist
Jan Lewan, Polish-American songwriter and polka band leader, portrayed by actor Jack Black in the American comedy film The Polka King
Edward B. Lewis, winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize in physiology and medicine
Santo Loquasto, Tony Award winning Broadway production designer
Marion Lorne, actress best known as Aunt Clara in the comedy series Bewitched
John D. MacArthur, businessman and philanthropist
Joe Maddon, current manager of Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Angels and former manager of the Tampa Bay Rays and Chicago Cubs
Garrick Mallery, ethnologist
Herman Mankiewicz, screenwriter of Citizen Kane
Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Academy Award-winning director and producer
Greg Manusky, Former NFL Player
Al Markim, actor (Tom Corbett, Space Cadet)
Tom Matchick, MLB player for the Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox, Kansas City Royals, Milwaukee Brewers, Baltimore Orioles
Francis T. McAndrew, Psychologist/Professor/Author
Jay McCarroll, Fashion Designer
Mary McDonnell, actress twice nominated for Academy Award
William G. McGowan, former MCI Communications chairman; responsible for breaking up the Bell Telephone monopoly
Tom McHale (novelist born 1941)
Edward Peter McManaman, Roman Catholic bishop
Tommy McMillan, Major League Baseball outfielder and shortstop
John Mellus, Former NFL player
Edward Meneeley, painter
Dan Meuser, U.S. Congressman
Lou Michaels, Former NFL Player
Walt Michaels, former head coach of the NFL's New York Jets
Carl Ferris Miller, Banker and Arborist
Joseph Montione, radio personality best known as "Banana Joe"
Albert Mudrian, author and magazine editor
Leo C. Mundy, Pennsylvania state senator and physician
Jozef Murgas, radio pioneer
Ray Musto, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
Judith Nathan, wife of former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani
Claudette Nevins, actress
Amedeo Obici, founder of Planters Peanuts
Thomas J. O'Hara, Provincial of the U.S. Province of Priests and Brothers of the Congregation of Holy Cross; former president of King's College, Pennsylvania
Austin O'Malley (author)
Jerry Orbach, Tony award-winning actor
Phil Ostrowski, NFL player
Jack Palance (Hazle Township), Oscar-winning actor
Joe Palooka
John Paluck, football player for Washington Redskins and Pro Bowl selection
Jay Parini, professor and author
Simon F. Pauxtis, Professional baseball player and college football coach
Bob Patton, former NFL PLayer
Mr. Peanut
Maryanne Petrilla, served on the Luzerne County Board of Commissioners; second female Commissioner Chairperson in the county's history
Anthony Petrosky, Poet
Joe Pisarcik, Former NFL Quarterback
William Daniel Phillips, co-recipient of the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics
Suzie Plakson, Actress
Dave Popson, Former NBA basketball player
John Quackenbush, Genome Scientist
Krysten Ritter, actress
Packy Rogers, infielder with the Brooklyn Dodgers
Mendy Rudolph, NBA referee from 1953 to 1975
Anne Sargent, Actress
Sam Savitt, equestrian artist, author
Michael Schoeffling, actor, played Jake Ryan in film Sixteen Candles
M. Gerald Schwartzbach, California criminal defense attorney
Paige Selenski, field hockey player for the US Olympic Team
Fred Shupnik, Former member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Chuck Sieminski, Former NFL Player
Greg Skrepenak, former NFL player, served on the Luzerne County Board of Commissioners, convicted felon
Jonathan Slavin, character actor
Ron Solt, former NFL player
Andrew Soltis, Chess Grandmaster
Randy Stair, Eaton Township Weis Market Shooter
Jacob Sullum, journalist and author, featured in Academy Award-nominated documentary Super Size Me
Bob Sura, basketball player, Houston Rockets
John Thomas Sweeney, murderer of Dominique Dunne, was born and raised in Hazleton
Albert Tannenbaum, member of Murder, Inc., born in Nanticoke
Louis Teicher, pianist; member of the duo Ferrante & Teicher
Dan Terry, Trumpet player and big band leader
Thomas Tigue, Pennsylvania state legislator
Alexis Toth (St. Alexis of Wilkes-Barre), saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church
Mike Tresh, MLB catcher
Charley Trippi, University of Georgia football player, 1943 Rose Bowl MVP, College Football Hall of Fame inductee, Chicago Cardinals quarterback and Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee. The football stadium at Pittston Area High School in Yatesville is named in his honor.
Bob Tucker, NFL tight end with the New York Giants
Stephen Urban, served on the Luzerne County Board of Commissioners and the Luzerne County Council
G. Harold Wagner, Pennsylvania State Treasurer and Pennsylvania State Auditor General
Frank Comerford Walker, Lawyer and Politician
Ed Walsh, Hall of Fame pitcher; major league baseball's all-time ERA leader
Michael Whalen, actor
Faustin E. Wirkus, U.S. Marine allegedly crowned as King of La Gonâve, a Haitian island west of Hispaniola
Ira W. Wood, represented New Jersey's 4th congressional district from 1904 to 1913
Hendrick Bradley Wright, Lawyer and politician
Frank Zane, bodybuilder, three-time Mr. Olympia, won Mr. America, Mr. Universe, Mr. World; donated gym at Wilkes University

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