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    • 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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