• Source: List of people from West Chester, Pennsylvania

The borough of West Chester, Pennsylvania, was established in 1762 and incorporated in 1799. The population in the 2010 census was 18,461. Notable residents or those who were born in West Chester are listed below.




Academics, science, and literature


Ellen Starr Brinton (1886–1954), Quaker peace activist, civil rights activist, and feminist
Howard Brinton (1884–1973), director of Pendle Hill Quaker Center for Study and Contemplation
Gilbert Cope (1840–1928), historian and genealogist
James David Corrothers (1869–1917), African American poet and minister
Benjamin Matlack Everhart (1818–1904), mycologist
Joseph Hergesheimer (1880–1954), novelist
Josiah Hoopes (1832–1904), botanist and nurseryman
William W. Jefferis (1820–1906), mineralogist and banker
Charles Glen King (1896–1988), biochemist, pioneer in nutrition research
Bruce Larkin (born 1957), children's book author
Charlton Thomas Lewis (1834–1904), lawyer and classical lexicographer
Joseph J. Lewis (1801–1883), U.S. tax commissioner and biographer of Abraham Lincoln
Clara Marshall (1847–1931), physician, educator, and dean of the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania
Henry McBride (1867–1962), art critic and author
Thomas Harrison Montgomery Jr. (1873–1912), zoologist and cell biologist
George Foot Moore (1851–1931), scholar of the Bible, Judaism, and comparative religions
G. Raymond Rettew (1903–1973), chemist who pioneered the mass production of penicillin
Joseph Rothrock (1839–1922), botanist and environmentalist
George Escol Sellers (1808–1899), inventor; attended private school in West Chester as a child
Bayard Taylor (1825–1878), poet, novelist, and travel writer
David Townsend (1787–1858), botanist and banker
Mary Schäffer Warren (1861–1939), American-Canadian explorer and botanical illustrator
William H. Whyte (1917–1999), sociologist




Art



Tom Bostelle (1925–2005), painter and sculptor
George Cope (1855–1929), painter
Philip Jamison (1925–2021), watercolor artist
Horace Pippin (1888–1946), painter
Barclay Rubincam (1920–1978), painter




Entertainment



Aquaria (b. 1996), drag queen, winner of RuPaul's Drag Race, Season 10
Samuel Barber (1910–1981), musical composer
CKY, rock band
CKY crew, group of skateboarders and stuntmen
Tony D'Antonio, reality television personality
Brandon DiCamillo, reality television personality
Ryan Dunn, reality television personality
Kyle Gallner, actor
John Lilley (b. 1954), guitarist for The Hooters
April Margera, reality television personality
Bam Margera, professional skateboarder and television personality
Jess Margera, drummer
Phil Margera, reality television personality
Vincent Margera, "Don Vito", reality television personality
Matisyahu, rapper and singer
Charlie McDermott, actor
Matthew McGrory, actor
Chris Raab, reality television personality
Graham Rogers, actor
Kerr Smith, actor
Amy Steel, actress
Morgan Turner, actress
Noel Jan Tyl, opera singer and astrologer
Rake Yohn, reality television personality
Zeeko Zaki, actor
Richard Zobel, actor




Politics, government, military, and law



Isaac D. Barnard (1791–1834), U.S. Senator for Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania State Senator
Harry W. Bass (1866–1917), first African American member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Thomas S. Bell (1800–1861), Pennsylvania State Senator and justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Thomas S. Bell Jr. (1838–1862), Union Army lieutenant colonel killed in action at the Battle of Antietam
Smedley Butler (1881–1940), U.S. Marine Corps, two-time Medal of Honor recipient and anti-war activist
Henry Conner (1837–1918), Union Army officer and member of the Wisconsin State Senate
Robert Cornwell (1835–1927), Union Army captain and law partner of William Darlington
Isabel Darlington (1865–1950), lawyer and the first woman to practice law in Chester County
William Darlington (1782–1863), botanist and United States House of Representatives member
Columbus Evans (1824–1854), newspaper editor, soldier, and mayor of Wilmington, Delaware
James Bowen Everhart (1821–1888), U.S. House of Representatives member, Pennsylvania state senator
William Everhart (1785–1868), U.S. House of Representatives member
J. Smith Futhey (1820–1888), Pennsylvania state judge and historian
Henry Ruhl Guss (1825–1907), Union Army brevet Major General
John Hannum III (1744–1799), militia colonel in the American Revolutionary War
Joseph Hemphill (1770–1842), U.S. Congressman, practiced law in West Chester
Moses Hepburn (1832–1897), first African American town councilor of West Chester
John Hickman (1810–1875), U.S. Congressman
Wilmer W. MacElree (1859–1960), lawyer, Chester County district attorney, author of Along the Western Brandywine
Mott Hooton (1838–1920), U.S. Army brigadier general; veteran of the Civil War and Spanish–American War
Herman Hutt (1872–1952), Pennsylvania state representative and chief burgess of West Chester
Francis James (1799–1886), U.S. Congressman and chief burgess of West Chester
William Levis James (1833–1903), Union Army brevet Brigadier General
Walter T. Kerwin Jr. (1917–2008), United States Army four-star general
Charles Edwin King (1849–1862), youngest confirmed soldier to die during the American Civil War
Dewitt Clinton Lewis (1822–1899), Union Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
Henry McIntire (1835–1863), Union Army lieutenant colonel
Charles R. Miller (1857–1927), 54th governor of Delaware
Jonathan Lee Riches (born 1976), lawyer and fraudster
David M. Rodriguez (born 1954), U.S. Army four-star general
George Fairlamb Smith (1840–1877), Union Army colonel, state representative, and district attorney
Wolfe Tone (1763–1798), Irish Republican who lived briefly in West Chester in the 1790s
Washington Townsend (1813–1894), U.S. House of Representatives member
Nicholas Trist (1800–1874), diplomat who negotiated the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Cristin McCarthy Vahey, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives
Wilmer Worthington (1804–1873), physician and Speaker of the Pennsylvania State Senate in 1869




Sports



Eric Bernotas (b. 1981), skeleton athlete, coach and double Winter Olympian
Norman Braman (b. 1932), former owner of NFL's Philadelphia Eagles
Al Bruno (1927–2014), football player and coach
Stephen Dennis (b. 1987), basketball player for Bnei Herzliya of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Jim Furyk, professional golfer, 2003 U.S. Open champion
Phil Gosselin, Major League baseball player
Brandon Guyer, Major League Baseball player
Jeff Larentowicz, professional soccer player
Jim Liberman, auto racing driver
Jon Matlack, Major League Baseball pitcher
Chas McCormick (born 1995), baseball player
Aiden McFadden (born 1998), soccer player
Muffet McGraw, women's basketball coach, 2001 NCAA champion, member of Basketball Hall of Fame
Chris McMahon (born 1999), Major League Baseball pitcher
Bridget Namiotka (born 1990), pair skater
Carl Nassib, defensive end for the Las Vegas Raiders
Ryan Nassib, National Football League quarterback
Brandon Novak, professional skateboarder
Sean O'Hair, professional golfer
Kevin Orie, Major League Baseball player
Glen Osbourne, professional wrestler
Matt Schaub, National Football League quarterback
Bud Sharpe, Major League Baseball player
Lawrence Shields, runner, Olympic bronze medalist
Dereck Lively II, NBA player




Other


Nick Berg (1978–2004), repairman beheaded in Iraq
Ralph E. Brock (1881–1959), forester and gardener
William B. Gibbs Jr. (1905–1984), educator
Emma Hunter (1831–1904), telegraph operator
Anna Jarvis (1864–1948), founder of Mother's Day holiday in the United States
Uriah Hunt Painter (1837–1900), journalist and lobbyist
Bayard Rustin (1912–1987), civil rights activist
Philip M. Sharples (1857–1944), inventor and industrialist
Mary Ingram Stille (1854–1935), historian, journalist, and temperance reformer
Geralyn Wolf (born 1947), Episcopal bishop
Edwin D. Woolley (1807–1881), Mormon pioneer and businessman




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