Editing Berks County, Pennsylvania (section)

==Notable people==
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* [[William Addams]], former U.S. Congressman<ref name="Marquis 1607–1896">{{cite book | title = Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607–1896 | publisher = Marquis Who's Who | location = Chicago | year = 1963}}</ref>
* [[Priscilla Ahn]], folk musician, singer, and songwriter
* [[Alex Anzalone]] (born 1994), Detroit Lions lineman
* [[John Barrasso]], U.S. Senator
* [[Douglas Carter Beane]], playwright
* [[Chad Billingsley]], former professional baseball player, [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] and [[Philadelphia Phillies]]
* [[Daniel Boone]], American pioneer, explorer, and frontiersman
* [[Kenny Brightbill]], professional race car driver
* [[Steve Burns]], musician and former ''[[Blue's Clues]]'' host
* [[James Henry Carpenter]], [[American Civil War|Civil War]] sailor, officer, founder of [[Carpenter Technology Corporation]]
* [[Jack Coggins]], illustrator, author and artist, lived in Boyertown from 1948 to 2006
* [[Rocky Colavito]], former Major League Baseball player
* [[Kerry Collins]], professional football player (Panthers, Saints, Giants, Raiders, Titans, and Colts)
* [[Michael Constantine]], actor, star of ''[[Room 222]]'' and ''[[My Big Fat Greek Wedding]]''
* [[Amy Cuddy]], Harvard psychologist and TED Talks speaker
* [[Lisa Eichhorn]], actress
* [[Wayne Ellington]], NBA Basketball Player
* [[Carl Furillo]], former professional baseball player, [[Brooklyn Dodgers|Brooklyn]]/[[Los Angeles Dodgers]]
* [[John Gilmore (American football)|John Henry Gilmore, Jr.]], former professional football player, [[Chicago Bears]], [[New Orleans Saints]], and [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]]
* [[Jon Gosselin]], reality television personality, ''[[Jon & Kate Plus 8]]''
* [[Kate Gosselin]], reality television personality, ''[[Jon & Kate Plus 8]]''
* [[Chris Guiliano]], [[Summer Olympic Games|Olympic]] swimmer
* [[Keith Haring]], former artist
* [[Chad Henne]], football professional football player, [[Miami Dolphins]]
* [[Chris Hero]], professional wrestler
* [[Joseph Hiester]], governor of [[Pennsylvania]] 1820–1823
* [[Tommy Hinnershitz]] (1912–1999), auto racing pioneer
* [[Chad Hurley]], co-founder of YouTube
* [[Mildred Jordan]] (1901–1982), novelist
* [[Chip Kidd]] (born 1964), book jacket designer at [[Knopf Publishing Group]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://businessweekly.readingeagle.com/sheer-genius|title=Reading Eagle|website=readingeagle|access-date=November 12, 2013|archive-date=July 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140720012501/http://businessweekly.readingeagle.com/sheer-genius/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Abraham Lincoln (captain)|Abraham Lincoln]] (1744–1786), grandfather of 16th U.S. president [[Abraham Lincoln]]
* [[Matt Lytle]] (born 1975), professional football player
* [[Donyell Marshall]], former NBA player
* [[James H. Maurer]] (1864–1944), Labor leader and two-time Vice Presidential nominee
* [[Kelly McGillis]], actress, ''[Top Gun/Witness/The Accused]''
* [[Gordon McKellen jr.|Gordon McKellen, Jr.]], former U.S. figure skating champion and Hall of Fame member
* [[Morton L. Montgomery]] (1846–1933), Reading attorney and author of multiple history books about Berks County<ref>Montgomery, Morton L. ''[https://books.google.com/books/about/Historical_Sketch_of_Reading_Artillerist.html?id=CGE-AAAAYAAJ Historical Sketch of Reading Artillerists: Read Upon the Occasion of Their 102d Anniversary in Metropolitan Hall], May 25, 1896''. Chicago, Illinois: J.E. Norton & Company, 1897. {{OCLC|16413450}}</ref><ref>Montgomery, Morton L. ''[https://archive.org/stream/cu31924028852196#page/n9 History of Berks County in Pennsylvania]''. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886. {{OCLC| 11333191}}</ref>
* [[Lenny Moore]], NFL Hall of Fame
* [[Thomas Morris (Ohio politician)|Thomas Morris]], [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]] politician, served in the [[United States Senate]]<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000989|title=Tolleson, Arizona |dictionary= Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=August 24, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Jillian Murray]] (b. June 4, 1989), model and actress
* [[Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg]], architect, founder of [[Muhlenberg Greene Architects]], American military and political leader 1887–1980
* [[Jacob Nolde]], conservationist
* [[Bodo Otto]], Senior Surgeon of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1711–1787)
* [[William Sands (soldier)|William Sands]], U.S. Medal of Honor recipient (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>
* [[Martin Cruz Smith]], novelist
* [[Carl Spaatz]], [[World War II]] general
* [[Wallace Stevens]], major American Modernist poet (1879–1955)
* [[Taylor Swift]] (born 1989), [[Grammy Award]]-winning country/pop singer-songwriter
* [[Ross Tucker]], professional football player
* [[John Updike]], writer, 1932–2009
* [[Lonnie Walker]], NBA player
* [[Gus Yatron]], former [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]]