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Famous Residents

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Alexander Haig secretary of state, Bala-Cynwyd
Andrew Mellon financier, Pittsburgh
Anthony Wayne military officer, Waynesboro
Arnold Palmer golfer, Youngstown
Betsy Griscom Ross flagmaker, Philadelphia
Bill Cosby actor, Philadelphia
Daniel Boone frontiersman, Reading
Edward Goodrich Acheson inventor, Washington
Ethel Waters singer, actress, Chester
George C. Marshall five-star general, Uniontown
George McClellan general, Philadelphia
Gertrude Stein author, Allegheny
Honus Wagner baseball player, Carnegie
James Buchanan U.S. president, Mercersburg
James Stewart actor, Indiana
Jim Kelly football player, East Brady
John Barrymore actor, Philadelphia
Lee Iacocca auto executive, Allentown
Louisa May Alcott author, Germantown
Margaret Mead anthropologist, Philadelphia
Mario Lanza actor, singer, Philadelphia
Reggie Jackson baseball player, Wyncote
Robert E. Peary explorer, Cresson
Robert Fulton inventor, Lancaster County
S. S. Kresge merchant, Bald Mount
Stephen Foster composer, Pittsburgh
Tom Mix actor, Mix Run
Tommy Dorsey band leader, Mahanoy Plane
W. C. Fields comedian, Philadelphia