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==Notable people== <!--Please keep this list in alphabetical order by last name. Blue links only, please.--> {{main category|People from Reading, Pennsylvania}} [[File:Gen gregg.jpg|thumb|''David McMurtrie Gregg'', a [[Henry Augustus Lukeman]] statue erected at 4th Street and Centre Avenue in 1922]] * [[Gus Alberts]] (1861β1912), [[Major League Baseball]] player<ref name="The Baseball Encyclopedia">{{cite book |editor= Reichler, Joseph L. |title= The Baseball Encyclopedia |orig-year= 1969 |edition= 4th |year= 1979 |publisher= Macmillan Publishing |location= New York|isbn= 0-02-578970-8 |url-access= registration |url= https://archive.org/details/baseballencyclop00reic }}</ref> * [[Coit Albertson]] (1880β1953), [[Silent Film]] actor * [[George Warren Alexander]] (1829β1903), US Army officer and founder of G.W. Alexander & Co., a hat factory<ref>Snyder, Laurie. ''[https://47thpennsylvania.wordpress.com/officers/roster-field-and-staff-officers-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/lieutenant-colonel-george-warren-g-w-alexander/ Lieutenant Colonel George Warren ("G.W.") Alexander]'', in ''[https://47thpennsylvania.wordpress.com/ 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers: One Civil War Regiment's Story]'', retrieved online May 14, 2017.</ref> * [[Elvin Ayala]] (b. 1981), professional boxer, [[World Boxing Council]] and U.S. National Boxing Council middleweight champion * [[John Barrasso]] (b. 1952),<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url= http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=b001261|title=Barrasso, John A. (1952β ) |dictionary= Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date= November 18, 2012}}</ref> U.S. Senator from [[Wyoming]] *[[Allison Baver]] (b. 1980), professional [[Speed skating|speed skater]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/sports/Bavers-Bronze-Olympics-Medal-85354457.html|title=Baver's Beautiful Bronze|last=Stamm|first=Dan|website=NBC 10 Philadelphia|date=February 25, 2010 |language=en|access-date=February 10, 2019}}</ref> * [[Fay Biles]] (b. 1927), professor emerita of [[Kent State University]] * [[Daniel Boone]] (1734β1820), frontiersman and leader of early settlements of [[Kentucky]] * [[Albert Boscov]] (1929β2017), chairman of [[Boscov's]] department store * [[George Bradley]] (1852β1931), [[Major League Baseball]] player<ref name="The Baseball Encyclopedia"/> * [[Sylvanus C. Breyfogel]] (1851β1934), bishop of [[Evangelical Association]] * [[Kenny Brightbill]] (b. 1948), race car driver * [[Peter Brocco]] (1903β1992), actor * [[James Bryant (American football)|James Bryant]], professional football player * [[Harry Buckwalter]] (1867β1930), photographer, journalist, film director and producer * [[James Henry Carpenter]] (1846β1898), Civil War sailor, officer, founder of [[Carpenter Technology Corporation]] * [[Ariel Castro]], convicted rapist and kidnapper of three women in [[Cleveland]] * [[Dorothy Christy]] (1906-1977), actress * [[Jack Coggins]] (1911β2006), artist and author * [[Kayla Collins]] (b. 1987), model and [[Playboy Playmate|''Playboy'' Playmate]] (August 2008) * [[Forrest Compton]] (1925β2020), actor * [[Michael Constantine]] (1927β2021), actor * [[Tullio DeSantis]] (b. 1948), artist, writer, professor * [[Richard H. Ebright]] (b. 1956), Molecular Biologist * [[Lisa Eichhorn]] (b. 1952), actress, writer, producer * [[John Fetterman]] (b. 1969), U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania * [[Meg Foster]] (b. 1948), actress * [[Roy Frankhouser]] (1939β2009), Grand Dragon of the [[Ku Klux Klan]] * [[Harry Whittier Frees]] (1879β1953), photographer * [[Carl Furillo]] (1922β1989), Major League Baseball outfielder<ref name="The Baseball Encyclopedia"/> * [[Megan Gallagher]] (b. 1960), actress * [[David McMurtrie Gregg]] (1833β1916), [[American Civil War]] general * [[Keith Haring]] (1958β1990), [[Pop Art|artist]], activist * [[Mervin Heller, Jr.]], past president of the [[United States Tennis Association]] * [[Corey Hertzog]] (b. 1990), professional soccer player * [[William Muhlenberg Hiester]] (1818β1878), political and military leader * [[Alice Hoover]] (1928β2014), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player * [[Frank Hovington]] (1919β1982), blues musician * [[Chad Hurley]] (b. 1977), co-founder and former CEO of YouTube * [[Stu Jackson]] (b. 1955), executive vice president of basketball operations for the [[NBA]] * [[Mildred Jordan]] (1901β1982), novelist * [[Travis Kauffman]] (b. 1985), WBF Inter-Continental heavyweight boxing champion and ranked contender * [[Ed Kemmer]] (1921β2004), combat pilot and actor * [[Chip Kidd]] (b. 1964), graphic designer and author * [[A.S. King]] (b. 1970), author, winner of the LA Times Book Prize and a Printz Award honoree * [[Betsy King]] (b.1955), golfer, winner of 34 [[LPGA]] Tour events and member of the [[World Golf Hall of Fame]] * [[Richie Kotzen]] (b. 1970), rock guitarist * [[Rick Krebs]] (b. 1949), game designer * [[Whitey Kurowski]] (1918β1999), All-Star infielder for the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] * [[Henry Larkin]] (1860β1942), [[Major League Baseball]] player * [[Frederick Lauer]] (1810β1883), brewer, president of the [[United States Brewers' Association]] * [[Julian Letterlough]] (1969β2005), light heavyweight boxing champion * [[Steve Little (boxer)|Steve Little]] (1965β2000), WBA world middleweight boxing champion * [[Donyell Marshall]] (b. 1973), basketball player, [[Connecticut Huskies men's basketball|Connecticut]] and NBA power forward * [[Julio Cesar Matthews]] (b. 1970), Golden Gloves champion and unbeaten professional cruiserweight boxer * [[James H. Maurer]] (1864β1944), labor leader, three-term Pennsylvania House of Representatives member, and two-time Vice Presidential nominee * [[Draya Michele]] (b. 1985), American social media personality, fashion designer, socialite, actress and model * [[Morton L. Montgomery]] (1846β1933), Pennsylvania attorney and historian * [[Lenny Moore]] (b. 1933), NFL running back and Pro Football Hall of Famer * [[Stephen Mull]], U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Political Ministry Affairs, U.S. Ambassador to Lithuania<ref>[http://vilnius.usembassy.gov/03-10-03.html Mr. Stephen D. Mull Nominated as New United States Ambassador to Lithuania: Biography]{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> * [[James Nagle (general)|James Nagle]] (1822β1866), Civil War general * [[Hildegard Peplau]] (1909β1999), nurse theorist * [[Mike Pilot]] (b. 1975), podcaster *[[Curtis R. Reitz]] (b. 1929), [[Algernon Sydney Biddle]] Professor of Law at the [[University of Pennsylvania Law School]] * [[Matthias Richards]] (1758β1830), U.S. Congressman * [[David Robidoux]], composer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.apmmusic.com/r-v/david-robidoux|title=David Robidoux|work=[[APM Music]]|access-date=January 18, 2013}}</ref> * [[Kevin Ross (kickboxer)]] (b. 1980), former [[Bellator Kickboxing]] featherweight champion * [[Denise Rutkowski]] (b. 1962), professional female bodybuilder * [[William Sands (soldier)|William Sands]] (1835β1918), U.S. Medal of Honor winner (Civil War)<ref>"Sands, William", in "[https://web.archive.org/web/20131215014031/http://www.history.army.mil/moh/civilwar_sz.html#SANDS Medal of Honor Recipients: Civil War (S-Z)]:. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Army Center of Military History, retrieved online October 6, 2018.</ref> * [[Lori and George Schappell]] (b. 1961), conjoined twins * [[William Strong (Pennsylvania jurist)|William Strong]], Associate Justice of the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] * [[John Philip Sousa]] (1854β1932), iconic composer, died in Reading * [[Ray Dennis Steckler]] (1939β2009), film director * [[Jim Steranko]] (b. 1938), Silver Age comic book artist, magazine publisher and escape artist * [[Wallace Stevens]] (1879β1955), poet * [[J. Henry Stump]] (1880β1949), socialist mayor of Reading 1927β1931, 1935β1939 and 1943β1947 * [[Taylor Swift]] (b. 1989), singer-songwriter * [[Chuck Thompson]] (1921β2005), sportscaster * [[John Updike]] (1932β2009), Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, poet, essayist * [[Thomas Usher]], CEO of [[U.S. Steel]] and chairman of the Board of [[Marathon Oil]] * [[Samuel Van Leer]], (1747β1825) ironmaster and captain in the American Revolutionary War * [[Isaac Van Leer]], (1772β1821) iron works entrepreneur and owner of several nearby historical homes * [[Byron Vazakas]] (1905β1987), poet * [[Charlie Wagner]] (1912β2006), baseball player for [[Boston Red Sox]] * [[Lonnie Walker|Lonnie Walker IV]], professional basketball basketball player for the [[Brooklyn Nets]] * [[Angela Washko]] (b. 1986), artist * [[Delores Wells]] (1937β2016), actress * [[Richard "Dick" Wheeler]] (1922β2008), author and historian<ref>"[https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/schuylkill/obituary.aspx?n=richard-wheeler-dick&pid=119431703 Richard 'Dick' Wheeler]" (obituary). Pottsville, Pennsylvania: ''Republican & Herald'', October 27, 2008 (retrieved online via Legacy.com, August 24, 2019).</ref><ref>Moskin, J. Robert. "[https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/entertainment/books/1983/12/18/to-the-sound-of-iwo-jima/7edf2624-9073-48db-a06f-92465b560a5c/ To the Sound of Iwo Jima]." Washington, D.C.: ''The Washington Post'', December 18, 1983.</ref> * [[William Wiswesser]] (1914β1989), chemist and pioneer in [[chemical informatics]] * [[Thomas C. Zimmerman]] (1838β1914), writer, translator of English language classics to [[Pennsylvania Dutch language|Pennsylvania German dialect]]
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