List of people from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
This is a list of notable people who were born, or who have lived in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
- William Addams (1777–1858), U.S. representative
- David Hayes Agnew (1818–1892), surgeon
- Andy Baldwin, U.S. Navy lieutenant and physician, bachelor of season 10 of The Bachelor
- James Buchanan (1791-1868), 15th President of the United States
- Thomas Burch (1778–1849), Methodist circuit rider
- Simon Cameron (1799–1889), Secretary of War
- Diane Cluck, singer-songwriter
- Jim Clymer, 2012 vice-presidential nominee of United States Constitution Party, party chairman
- Lewis Cohen, playing card manufacturer
- Adam Cole, professional wrestler
- Michael Deibert, journalist, author
- Charles Demuth (1883-1935), painter
- Jon Dough (born Chet Anuszak), born in Lancaster
- William Duchman (1809-1881), Wisconsin state legislator and sawmill operator
- Gretchen Egolf, actress, sister of Tristan Egolf
- Tristan Egolf (1971-2005), novelist, author, activist
- Andrew Ellicott (1754-1820), surveyor
- Michael Erlewine, founder of All Media Guide (AMG)
- Robert Fulton (1765-1815), engineer, inventor, creator of Clermont steamboat
- Jim Furyk, professional golfer
- Gene Garber, Major League Baseball relief pitcher
- Jennifer Gareis, actress and 1994 Miss New York
- Lewis E. Gettle, Wisconsin State Assemblyman and lawyer
- Matt Greiner, drummer of metalcore band August Burns Red
- Jonathan Groff, actor and singer who originated role of "Melchior" in the Broadway musical Spring Awakening
- Edward Hand (1744-1802), physician, farmer, congressman, general officer in Continental Army during American Revolutionary War
- Geoffrey Harpster, US Army Staff Sergeant, TV personality in veteran shows including MTV's Got Your Six and National Geographic's Eye Witness War, and local business owner
- Tom Herr, MLB second baseman
- Milton S. Hershey (1857-1945), chocolatier, founder of the Hershey Company
- S. Dale High, chairman of High Industries
- Rev.Earl Honaman (1904-1982), Suffragan Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Central Pennsylvania from 1956 to 1969
- The Innocence Mission, band from Lancaster (performed the hit song "Bright as Yellow")
- Travis Jankowski, professional baseball player
- Taylor Kinney, actor and model
- Dan Kreider, NFL fullback
- Floyd Landis, professional road bicycle racer
- D. Ross Lederman (1894-1972), film director
- Alexander McNair, first Governor of Missouri
- Thomas Mifflin, merchant, politician, governor of Pennsylvania
- Anna Balmer Myers, author of early 20th-century novels centered in Lancaster County
- Amish Outlaws, cover band
- Nguyen Chanh Thi (1923-2007), Army of the Republic of Vietnam general, retired to Lancaster
- John Parrish, MLB relief pitcher
- Molly Picon (1898-1992), actress, died in Lancaster
- John F. Reynolds (1820-1863), U.S. Army major general, American Civil War
- Charles Carl Roberts (1973-2006), gunman in the West Nickel Mines School shooting
- Keegan Rosenberry professional soccer player, Philadelphia Union
- Brad Rutter, Jeopardy! champion
- Theodore Emanuel Schmauk (1860-1920), Lutheran theologian, educator
- Frank H. Shaw (1882-1950), civil engineer
- Pete Snyder, founder of New Media Strategies
- Thaddeus Stevens (1792-1868), U.S. representative, Republican
- John Stockton, Michigan territorial legislator
- Daniel B. Strickler (1897-1992), U.S. Army lieutenant general, lieutenant governor
- Bruce Sutter, Hall of Fame pitcher
- William G. Thompson, mayor of Detroit, Michigan 1881-83
- Julian Valentin, professional soccer player
- Zarek Valentin, professional soccer player
- Junior Vasquez, New York City club DJ, remixer, producer
- Robert S. Walker, U.S. representative, Republican
- James Weaver, California Angels pitcher
- Andrew Wenger, professional soccer player
- Suzanne Westenhoefer, comedian
- William Whipper (1804–1876), African American businessman, activist
- Charlotte White (born 1782), first unmarried American female missionary, arrived in India in 1816
- Marianne Wiggins, author
- Kristen Wiig, actress and comedian
- Michael Willis, character actor
- Richard Winters, U.S. Army paratrooper portrayed in Stephen Ambrose's 1992 book and miniseries Band of Brothers
- Chas Alecxih, NFL Defensive Lineman
- Anthony Ortiz, or better known as A.O, Famous Rapper
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