Editing Lansdale, Pennsylvania (section)

==Notable people==
* [[Kenneth Kraus]] (1956– ), former [[United States Marine]] who was first American taken hostage by Iranian militants prior to the [[Iran hostage crisis]] on Feb. 14, 1979 at the [[Embassy of the United States, Tehran|United States Embassy in Tehran]]. He was handed back over to the United States at the embassy on Feb. 21, 1979, a day after he stood trial in an Iranian kangaroo court, and a day before his death sentence was to be carried out.
* [[Lois Gunden]] (1915–2005), recipient of the title [[Righteous Among the Nations]] by [[Yad Vashem]] for her efforts to care for and protect Jewish children and child refugees of the [[Spanish Civil War]] during [[World War II]]. Gunden lived with her husband Ernest Clemens in Lansdale from 1958 until her death in 2005.<ref name="Bartrop">{{Cite book |last1=Bartrop |first1=Paul R. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fjz_DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA103 |title=Children of the Holocaust |last2=Grimm |first2=Eve E. |date=2020-10-19 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-4408-6853-5 |pages=103–104 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Ralph F. Hirschmann]] (1922–2009), [[biochemist]] who led synthesis of the first enzyme.<ref>Hevesi, Dennis [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/19/science/19hirschmann.html "Ralph F. Hirschmann, Leading Scientist on Early Enzyme Research, Dies at 87"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', July 18, 2009. Accessed July 19, 2009.</ref>
* Margaret Battavio ([[Little Peggy March]]) (born 1948), American pop singer. Her song "[[I Will Follow Him]]" was number one in April 1963.
* [[Russell Hoban]] (1925–2011), expatriate writer, author of ''[[Riddley Walker]]'' and the ''Frances the Badger'' children's books, was born and grew up in Lansdale.
*[[Jennifer Strong]] ({{circa|1973/1974}} – 2011), soccer player.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thereporteronline/obituary.aspx?n=jennifer-e-strong&pid=149843736 |title=Jennifer E. Strong |website=[[Legacy.com]] |publisher=[[The Reporter (Lansdale)|The Reporter]] |date=April 1, 2011 |access-date=August 12, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812192829/https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thereporteronline/obituary.aspx?n=jennifer-e-strong&pid=149843736 |archive-date=August 12, 2019}}</ref>
*[[Liza Weil]] (born 1977), actress known for her portrayal of [[Bonnie Winterbottom]] in the television series ''[[How to Get Away with Murder]]'' and for her portrayal of [[Paris Geller]] in ''[[Gilmore Girls]]''; was born in [[Passaic, New Jersey]] but her family has resided in the borough since 1984; Weil is a 1995 alumnus of [[North Penn High School]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.buzzfeed.com/emilyorley/liza-weil-how-to-get-away-with-murder#216jdgb|title=The Actress Behind Paris Geller Is All Grown Up|last=Orley|first=Emily|date=17 September 2014|work=[[BuzzFeed]]|access-date=17 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-2002-09-29-0209270612-story.html|title=LIZA WEIL OF 'GILMORE GIRLS' WILL ALWAYS HAVE PARIS AND HER NEUROTIC WAYS|last=Porter|first=Rick|date=29 September 2002|publisher=[[Tribune Media Services]]|access-date=22 June 2019}}</ref>
* [[Ralph James Wickel]] (1921–2001), Lansdale High School alum served in [[World War II|WWII]], awarded tennis scholarship at [[Temple University]], competed in regional and national tennis tournaments. Selected for [[Junior Davis Cup and Junior Fed Cup|Junior Davis Cup]] competition and participated in the [[US Open (tennis)|US Championships]] in the early 1950s.
* [[Paul Bateson]] (born 1940), [[radiographer|radiological technician]] seen playing one in ''[[The Exorcist (film)|The Exorcist]]'', later convicted of murdering a film critic and suspected in a series of murders of gay men in late '70s New York.
*[[Joe Judge (American football)|Joe Judge]] (born 1981), former head coach of the [[New York Giants]].
*[[Joe Matt]] (1963–2023), American cartoonist, best known for his autobiographical comic, [[Peepshow (comics)|Peepshow]].
*[[John Oates]], American Musician attended high school in Lansdale.