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.[1] Notable residents or those who were born in West Chester are listed below.
Boyhood home of Samuel Barber in West Chester
- Samuel Barber, musical composer[2]
- Eric Bernotas, skeleton athlete, coach and double Winter Olympian[3]
- Tom Bostelle, painter and sculptor
- Norman Braman, former owner of NFL's Philadelphia Eagles
- Ellen Starr Brinton, Quaker; internationalist; feminist; early leader of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
Smedley Butler
- Al Bruno, football player and coach
- Smedley Butler, U.S. Marine Corps, two-time Medal of Honor recipient and anti-war activist
- CKY, alternative metal band
- Camp Kill Yourself Crew, also known as CKY Crew, group of skateboarders and stuntmen
- Henry Conner, member of Wisconsin State Senate
- George Cope, painter[4]
William Darlington
- William Darlington, botanist and United States House of Representatives member[5]
- Stephen Dennis (born 1987), basketball player for Bnei Herzliya of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Ryan Dunn, actor, stuntman
- Jim Furyk, professional golfer, 2003 U.S. Open champion
- Kyle Gallner, actor
Phillip Gosselin
- Phil Gosselin, Major League baseball player
- Brandon Guyer, Major League Baseball player
- Joseph Hemphill, United States House of Representatives member, practiced law in West Chester[6]
- Joseph Hergesheimer, novelist[7]
- Anna Jarvis, founder of Mother's Day holiday in the United States
- Walter T. Kerwin Jr., United States Army four-star general
- Bruce Larkin, children's book author
- Jim Liberman, auto racing driver
- John Lilley, guitarist
- April Margera, reality television personality
- Bam Margera, professional skateboarder and actor
- Jess Margera, drummer
- Phil Margera, reality television personality
- Vincent Margera, "Don Vito", reality television personality
- Brandon DiCamillo, actor and stuntman
- Matisyahu, reggae musician
- Jon Matlack, Major League Baseball pitcher
- Charlie McDermott, actor[8]
- Muffet McGraw, women's basketball coach, 2001 NCAA champion, member of Basketball Hall of Fame
- Matthew McGrory, actor
- Charles R. Miller, 54th Governor of Delaware
- Carl Nassib, defensive end for NFL's Cleveland Browns
- Ryan Nassib, National Football League quarterback
- Brandon Novak, professional skateboarder, actor and stuntman
- Sean O'Hair, professional golfer
- Kevin Orie, Major League Baseball player
- Glen Osbourne, professional wrestler
- Giovanni Palandrani, season 10 winner of RuPaul's Drag Race
- Horace Pippin, painter
- Chris Raab, actor, stuntman, member of CKY Crew
- Jonathan Lee Riches, lawyer, actor
- David M. Rodriguez, General, U.S. Army Forces Command
- Graham Rogers, actor
- Joseph Rothrock, botanist and environmentalist, died in West Chester in 1922
- Bayard Rustin, civil rights activist
- Matt Schaub, National Football League quarterback[9]
- George Escol Sellers, inventor; resided here as child attending private school
- Bud Sharpe, Major League Baseball player
- Lawrence Shields, runner, Olympic bronze medalist
- Kerr Smith, actor
- Amy Steel, actress
- Bayard Taylor, poet
- Theobald Wolfe Tone, Irish Republican
- Washington Townsend, United States House of Representatives member[10]
- Morgan Turner, actress
- Noel Jan Tyl, opera singer and astrologer
- Mary Schäffer Warren, Canadian explorer and botanical illustrator
- Geralyn Wolf, Episcopal bishop
- William H. Whyte, sociologist
- Rake Yohn, actor, member of CKY Crew, stuntman, chemist
- Richard Zobel, actor
- Aquaria, drag queen, winner of RuPaul's Drag Race, Season 10
References
- ↑ "American FactFinder – Results". factfinder2.census.gov. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
- ↑ Broder, Nathan. Samuel Barber, p. 9-10. New York: G. Schirmer, 1954. Reprinted, Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1985. ISBN 0-313-24984-9.
- ↑ "Eric Bernotas". Eurosport. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
- ↑ "About This Artwork". Collections. Art Institute Chicago. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
- ↑ "DARLINGTON, William, (1782–1863)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 27, 2013.
- ↑ "HEMPHILL, Joseph, (1770–1842)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 28, 2013.
- ↑ Larrabee, Kevin. "Hergesheimer, Joseph". pabook.libraries.psu.edu. Penn State University. Retrieved January 9, 2013.
- ↑ "Charlie McDermott...Bio". website. Charlie McDermott. Archived from the original on December 23, 2009. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
- ↑ "Matt's Bio". Matt Schaub. Archived from the original on March 18, 2012. Retrieved November 27, 2013.
- ↑ "TOWNSEND, Washington, (1813–1894)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 27, 2013.
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