Editing State College, Pennsylvania (section)

==Notable people==
The following individuals were born and/or raised in State College:
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Sport figures:
* [[Chris Bahr]] – former [[National Football League|NFL]] placekicker and [[North American Soccer League (1968–84)|NASL]] soccer player
* [[Stan Belinda]] – former [[Major League Baseball]] pitcher
* [[Channing Crowder]] – former [[National Football League|NFL]] linebacker, played six seasons with the [[Miami Dolphins]]
* [[Ron Dickerson Jr.]] – former head football coach at [[Gardner–Webb University]], former [[National Football League|NFL]] football player
* [[Larry Johnson (running back)|Larry Johnson]] – [[National Football League|NFL]] running back, most recently played for the [[Miami Dolphins]]
* [[Rob Krimmel]] – [[Saint Francis University (Pennsylvania)|Saint Francis University]] men's basketball head coach
* [[Butch Leitzinger]] – professional [[racecar]] driver
* [[Jordan Norwood]] – [[National Football League|NFL]] wide receiver for the [[Denver Broncos]], broke the super bowl record for longest punt return in 2016
* [[Barry Parkhill]] – former [[American Basketball Association]] [[shooting guard]]
* [[Bruce Parkhill]] – former men's basketball head coach
* [[Jay Paterno]] – author, former football coach
* [[Matt Rhule]] – football coach, currently head coach of the [[Nebraska Cornhuskers football|Nebraska Cornhuskers]]
* [[Jonathan Stupar]] – [[National Football League|NFL]] tight end, most recently played for the [[Buffalo Bills]]
* [[Matt Suhey]] – former [[National Football League|NFL]] fullback, played ten seasons with the [[Chicago Bears]]
* [[Myles Thomas]] (1897–1963) – former [[Major League Baseball]] pitcher
* [[Guard Young]] – gymnast, three-time member of the U.S. [[gymnastics]] team
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Others:
* [[Michael Anesko]] – [[literary critic]], author, and professor
* [[Frank Peabody Atherton]] (1868–1911) – composer, music instructor
* [[Kerry Benninghoff]] – member of the [[Pennsylvania House of Representatives]]
* [[Brian Blanchard]] – Judge of the [[Wisconsin Court of Appeals]]
* [[Galen Dreibelbis]] – real estate developer, former member of the [[Pennsylvania House of Representatives]]
* [[Ian Hendrickson-Smith]] – jazz saxophonist with [[Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings]] and [[The Roots]]
* [[Si Kahn]] – singer-songwriter, political activist, founder of Grassroots Leadership
* [[Fraser Kershaw]] – activist and actor in ''[[Behind the Water]]''
* [[Joshua Leonard]] – film actor, star of ''[[The Blair Witch Project]]'' and ''[[Madhouse (2004 film)|Madhouse]]''
* [[Carol Mansell]] – television and film actress
* [[Caitlin Moeller]] – television and film actress
* [[Gretchen Morgenson]] – [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning journalist for ''[[The New York Times]]''
* [[Charles Andrew Myers|Charles Myers]] (1913–2000) – former labor economist, author, and professor
* [[Vance Packard]] (1914–1996) – former journalist, social critic, and author
* [[Kelly Perine]] – television actor and comedian
* [[Adam Ragusea]] – [[YouTuber]] who creates videos about food
* [[Arron Scott]] – dancer, member of the [[American Ballet Theatre]] ''corps de ballet''
* [[Tom Shear]] – industrial/EBM musician, founder of [[Assemblage 23]]
* [[Doug Sweetland]] – animator for [[Pixar]] and [[Sony Pictures Animation]]
* [[John Lloyd Taylor|John Taylor]] – lead guitarist and musical director for the [[Jonas Brothers]]
* [[Mary Louisa Willard]] (1898–1993) – former professor of chemistry at Penn State
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''The following were/are residents of State College:''

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Sport figures:
* [[Walter Bahr]] (1927–2018) – former professional soccer player, [[American Soccer League (1933–83)|ASL]] and Penn State soccer coach; [[National Soccer Hall of Fame]] inductee
* [[Joe Bedenk]] (1897–1978) – former Penn State football and baseball head coach
* [[Pat Chambers]] – former Penn State men's basketball head coach
* [[George M. Daniel|George Daniel]] – champion [[Fly fishing|fly fisherman]], member of [[Fly Fishing TeamUSA]]
* [[Guy Gadowsky]] – Penn State men's hockey head coach, former [[International Hockey League (1945–2001)|IHL]] [[Winger (ice hockey)|right wing]] hockey player
* [[David Kimball]] – former [[National Football League|NFL]] and [[NFL Europe]] placekicker
* [[Jim O'Hora]] (1915–2005) – former [[American football|football]] coach, associate professor at Penn State
* [[Joe Paterno]] (1926–2012) – former Penn State football head coach
* [[Russ Rose]] – Penn State volleyball coach and author
* [[Steve Suhey]] (1922–1977) – former [[National Football League|NFL]] guard, played two seasons with the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]]
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Others:
* [[Abhay Ashtekar]] – Professor of Physics at Penn State, noted for his contributions in [[general relativity]] and [[quantum gravity]]
* [[Rodney Erickson]] – former Penn State president
* [[A. (Abraham) William Hajjar|A. William Hajjar]] (1917–2000) – former architect, designed several properties in the State College area
* [[Lloyd Huck]] (1922–2012) – former chairman of [[Merck & Co.]] and three-term Penn State trustees president
* [[Charleen Kinser]] (1934–2008) – toy-designer
* [[Sarah Koenig]] – journalist, host and executive producer of the crime podcast ''[[Serial (podcast)|Serial]]''
* [[Thomas D. Larson|Thomas Larson]] (1928–2006) – former [[Federal Highway Administration|Federal Highway]] Administrator, [[Pennsylvania Department of Transportation|Pennsylvania Secretary of Transportation]], professor at Penn State
* [[Michael E. Mann|Michael Mann]] – [[climatologist]], [[geophysicist]], director of the Earth System Science Center at Penn State
* [[James K. Morrow]] – science-fiction author
* [[Barry Lee Myers|Barry Myers]] – [[Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere|USCOA]] nominee, former CEO of [[AccuWeather]]
* [[Joel Myers]] – founder and executive chairman of [[AccuWeather]]
* [[Tawni O'Dell]] – novelist, author of ''[[Back Roads (novel)|Back Roads]]'' which was an Oprah's Book Club selection in 2000
* [[Sue Paterno]] – philanthropist, widow of Joe Paterno
* [[C. R. Rao]] – statistician and professor emeritus at Penn State
* [[Rustum Roy]] (1924–2010) – former professor at Penn State, founder of Materials Science Laboratory
* [[Henry D. Sahakian|Henry Sahakian]] (1937–2021) – former businessman, founder of [[Uni-Mart]]
* [[Graham Spanier]] – former Penn State president
* [[Eric A. Walker (engineer)|Eric Walker]] (1910–1995) – former Penn State president
* [[Fred Waring]] (1900–1984) – former musician/bandleader and radio-television personality
* [[Bill Welch]] (1941–2009) – former mayor of State College
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