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List Of People From PhiladelphiaThe following is a list of famous past and present residents of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the fifth largest city in the United States. - Richard Allen - clergyman, founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church
- Marian Anderson - opera singer/contralto
- Kevin Bacon - actor
- Pearl Bailey - singer, dancer, actress
- Charles Barkley - basketball player
- John Barrymore - actor
- Nick Berg (from nearby West Chester), man who was beheaded in Iraq
- Mohini Bhardwaj - American gymnast
- Boyz II Men - singers
- Kobe Bryant - basketball player
- Alexander Calder - artist
- Steve Carlton - baseball player
- Wilt Chamberlain - basketball legend
- John Chaney - Temple University basketball coach
- Noam Chomsky - linguist
- Robert Crumb - underground comics artist, writer
- Stanley Clarke - bassist
- John Coltrane - saxophonist
- Bill Cosby - comedian, actor
- Randall Cunningham - football quarterback
- Brian Dawkins - football defensive back
- Darryl Dawkins - basketball player
- The Disco Biscuits - jam-band artists
- Mike Douglas - singer, television talk-show host
- Julius Erving - basketball legend
- Eve - rapper, actress
- Larry Fine - actor
- W. C. Fields - actor
- Benjamin Franklin - statesman, Revolutionary War patriot, inventor
- Richard Gere - actor
- Stan Getz - saxophonist
- Oscar Goodman - attorney, mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada
- Daryl Hall (of Hall and Oates) - singer
- Marvin Harrison - football player
- Sherman Hemsley - actor
- Allen Iverson -basketball player
- Ron Jaworski - football quarterback, ESPN analyst
- DJ Jazzy Jeff - hip-hop DJ
- Joan Jett - rock musician
- Michael Johns - health care exec, former government official
- Louis Kahn - architect
- Jevon Kearse - football defensive lineman
- Grace Kelly - princess of Monaco
- Patti LaBelle - singer
- Mario Lanza - singer
- David Lynch - movie director
- Moses Malone - basketball player
- Chris Matthews - television talk-show host
- Donovan McNabb - football quarterback
- Musiq - R&B singer
- John Oates (of Hall and Oates) - singer
- Terrell Owens - football wide receiver
- Teddy Pendergrass - singer
- Pink - R&B/rock n' roll singer
- Trudy Pitts - Jazz Keyboardist
- Philip Syng Physick - father of American surgery
- Paul Robeson - singer, activist
- The Roots - hip hop artists
- Curt Schilling - baseball player
- Mike Schmidt - baseball player
- Jill Scott - R&B singer
- Will Smith (Fresh Prince) - comedian, actor
- Jerry Stackhouse - basketball player
- M. Night Shyamalan - movie director
- Princess Superstar - hip-hop performer
- Jim Thome - baseball player
- Billy Wagner - baseball player
- Rasheed Wallace -basketball player
- John Wanamaker - department store founder
- Grover Washington, Jr. - jazz musician
- Reggie White - football defensive lineman
- Pamela Williams - jazz saxophonist
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