Editing Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (section)

== Notable people ==
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* [[Jane Alexander (politician)|Jane Alexander]], lawyer and Pennsylvania state representative
* [[1982 Wilkes-Barre shootings|George Emil Banks]], spree killer
* [[Hazel Barnes]], philosopher
* [[Douglas Carter Beane]], playwright<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oasisjournals.com/2007/02/douglas-carter-beane-interview |title=Douglas Carter Beane: Interview |publisher=Oasis Journals |date=February 20, 2007 |access-date=December 6, 2011 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112115931/http://www.oasisjournals.com/2007/02/douglas-carter-beane-interview |archive-date=January 12, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
* [[Al Bedner]], NFL player
* [[Ray Black]], Pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers
* [[David Bohm]], quantum physicist
* [[Fletcher C. Booker Jr.]], US Army major general<ref>{{cite web |date=11 October 2012 |title=Obituary, Fletcher C. Booker Jr. |url=https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/jupiter-fl/fletcher-booker-5267141 |website=Dignity Memorial |location=Houston, Texas |publisher=SCI Shared Resources, LLC. |access-date=30 March 2025}}</ref>
* [[Benjamin Burnley]], lead singer and guitarist for rock band [[Breaking Benjamin]]
* [[Lillian Cahn]], co-founder of [[Coach, Inc.]] and Coach handbag designer<ref name=nytimes>{{cite news|first=Paul|last=Vitello|title=Lillian Cahn, Creator of the Coach Handbag, Dies at 89 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/08/business/lillian-cahn-creator-of-the-coach-handbag-dies-at-89.html?_r=0 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=2013-03-07 |access-date=April 2, 2013}}</ref>
* [[George Catlin]], artist
* [[Britton Chance]], bio-physicist and Olympic sailor
* [[Catherine Chandler]], poet
* [[Mark Ciavarella]], disgraced judge in [[kids for cash scandal]]
* [[Mark Cohen (photographer)|Mark Cohen]], street photographer
* [[Ed Cole (baseball)|Ed Cole]], Major League Baseball pitcher
* [[Colleen Corby]], 1960s fashion model<ref>Kahn, S. "Modeling: Money and Madness!", ''Teen'', December 1963</ref>
* [[Michael Costello (racing driver)|Michael Costello]], racing driver
* [[Mary Helen Peck Crane]] (1827–1891), activist, writer; mother of [[Stephen Crane]]
* [[Amasa Dana]], former U.S. Congressman
* [[Charles B. Dougherty]], Army National Guard [[Major general (United States)|major general]] who commanded the [[28th Infantry Division (United States)|28th Infantry Division]]
* [[Mark Duda]], NFL player, [[Lackawanna College]] football head coach
* [[Francis Dunn (American football)|Francis A. "Mother" Dunn]], football player for the [[Canton Bulldogs]]
* [[Benjamin F. Evans Jr.]] (1912–1991), [[U.S. Army]] [[major general]], U.S. military's chief of joint U.S. military aid mission in [[Turkey]]<ref>''The Washington Post''. "BENJAMIN F. EVANS JR.
Army Major General". https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1991/09/06/col-robert-b-burke-dies/9c748214-1f0d-4641-98d6-84f45f3a8327/</ref>
* [[Pete Elko]], Major League Baseball third baseman
* [[David M. Evans|Dave Evans]], Hollywood filmmaker most known for the motion picture ''[[The Sandlot]]''
* [[Jesse Fell]], early experimenter with anthracite coal
* [[Pat Finn (game show host)|Pat Finn]], game show host whose shows include [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]]'s, [[The CBN Family Channel|The Family Channel]]'s, and [[Ion Television|PAX]]'s ''[[Shop 'til You Drop]]''
* [[Ham Fisher]], cartoonist
* [[Red Davis]], [[Third baseman]] for The [[New York Giants (baseball)]] 1941
* [[Tess Gardella]], actress
* [[Billy Goeckel]], baseball player
* [[Bob Good]], U.S. congressman
* [[Kevin Gryboski]], Retired Major League Baseball pitcher
* [[William Harmatz]], jockey, winner of 1959 [[Preakness Stakes]]
* [[Laning Harvey]], Pennsylvania state senator
* [[Mickey Haslin]], Major League Baseball infielder
* [[George Washington Helme]], businessman and founder of [[Helmetta, New Jersey]]
* [[Joe Hergert]], former professional football player
* [[William Henry Hines]], U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district from 1893 to 1895
* [[Raye Hollitt]], bodybuilder and actress
* [[Qadry Ismail]], former [[NFL]] wide receiver on the [[Baltimore Ravens]]
* [[Raghib Ismail]], former [[NFL]] player and [[Heisman Trophy]] runner-up
* [[Florence Foster Jenkins]], unconventional operatic soprano, subject of [[Florence Foster Jenkins (film)|film]] starring [[Meryl Streep]]
* [[Candy Jones]], fashion model, writer, radio personality<ref>Flint, Peter B. [https://www.nytimes.com/1990/01/19/obituaries/candy-jones-dies-ex-model-teacher-and-writer-was-64.html "Candy Jones Dies; Ex-Model, Teacher, And Writer Was 64"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', January 19, 1990. Retrieved December 20, 2007.</ref>
* [[Dorothy Andrews Elston Kabis]], [[Treasurer of the United States]]
* [[James Karen]], actor
* [[Mary Holland Kinkaid]], journalist
* [[Michael J. Kirwan]], represented Youngstown, Ohio in Congress, 1938–1970
* [[Al Klawitter]], Major League Baseball pitcher
* [[Franz Kline]], [[abstract expressionist]] painter
* [[Mike Konnick]], former [[MLB]] player
* [[Mary Jo Kopechne]], passenger killed in car driven by [[Ted Kennedy]] at [[Chappaquiddick Island|Chappaquiddick]]
* [[Harley Jane Kozak]], actress and author
* [[Matthew Lesko]], infomercial personality
* [[Edward B. Lewis]], winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize in physiology and medicine
* [[Santo Loquasto]], production designer
* [[Garrick Mallery]], ethnologist
* [[Herman Mankiewicz]], screenwriter of ''[[Citizen Kane]]''
* [[Joseph L. Mankiewicz]], Academy Award-winning director and producer
* [[Al Markim]], actor ([[Tom Corbett, Space Cadet#Television|''Tom Corbett, Space Cadet'']])<ref name=thr>{{cite news|first=Mike|last=Barnes |title=Al Markim, Actor on the 1950s TV Serial 'Tom Corbett, Space Cadet,' Dies at 88 |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/al-markim-dead-tom-corbett-844063 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=2015-11-27 |access-date=2015-12-22}}</ref>
* [[Mary McDonnell]], actress twice nominated for Academy Award
* [[Edward Peter McManaman]], Roman Catholic bishop
* [[Edward Meneeley]], painter
* [[Asher Miner]], U.S. Army brigadier general and prominent businessman<ref name="Leonard2">{{cite book |editor-last=Leonard |editor-first=John W. |date=1922 |title=Who's who in Finance, Banking, and Insurance |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9aooAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA474 |location=Brooklyn, NY |publisher=Who's Who In Finance Incorporated |page=474 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>
* [[Albert Mudrian]], author and magazine editor
* [[Leo C. Mundy]], Pennsylvania state senator and physician
* [[Jozef Murgas]], radio pioneer
* [[Joe Murray (baseball)|Joe Murray]], left-handed pitcher for the [[Philadelphia A's]]
* [[Claudette Nevins]], actress
* [[Amedeo Obici]], founder of Planters Peanuts
* [[Kid O'Hara]], baseball player
* [[Rose O'Neill]],  cartoonist, illustrator, artist, and writer.
* [[Jerry Orbach]], [[Tony Awards|Tony Award]]-winning actor
* [[Phil Ostrowski]], NFL player
* [[John Paluck]], football player for [[Washington Redskins]] and [[Pro Bowl]] selection
* [[William Daniel Phillips]], co-recipient of the 1997 [[Nobel Prize in Physics]]
* [[Mendy Rudolph]], [[NBA]] [[Official (basketball)|referee]] from 1953 to 1975
* [[Sam Savitt]], equestrian artist, author
* [[Michael Schoeffling]], actor, played Jake Ryan in film ''[[Sixteen Candles]]''
* [[Don Schwall]], MLB pitcher
* [[M. Gerald Schwartzbach]], California criminal defense attorney<ref>{{cite news|title=Attorney Makes Mark by Taking Cases That Others Avoid|author=Andrew Blankstein|work=Los Angeles Times|date=March 28, 2005|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/813239741.html?dids=813239741:813239741&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+28,+2005&author=Andrew+Blankstein&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=CALIFORNIA;+PROFILE+%7C+M.+GERALD+SCHWARTZBACH;+Attorney+Makes+Mark+by+Taking+Cases+Others+Avoid|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130315125833/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/813239741.html?dids=813239741:813239741&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+28,+2005&author=Andrew+Blankstein&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=CALIFORNIA;+PROFILE+%7C+M.+GERALD+SCHWARTZBACH;+Attorney+Makes+Mark+by+Taking+Cases+Others+Avoid|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 15, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Greg Skrepenak]], former [[NFL]] player, convicted felon
* [[Jonathan Slavin]], [[character actor]]
* [[Ron Solt]], former [[NFL]] player
* [[Jason Spisak]], voice actor
* [[Harold Raynsford Stark]], [[Chief of Naval Operations]] 1939-1942
* [[Jacob Sullum]], journalist and author, featured in [[Academy Award]]-nominated documentary ''[[Super Size Me]]''<ref>Sullum, Jacob (2011-01-04) [http://reason.com/blog/2011/01/04/first-wine-now-beer-in-some-pe First Wine, Now Beer in (Some) Pennsylvania Supermarkets; Coming Soon: Cats and Dogs Living Together], ''[[Reason Magazine|Reason]]''</ref>
* [[Bob Sura]], basketball player, [[Houston Rockets]]
* [[Ferrante & Teicher|Louis Teicher]], pianist; member of the duo Ferrante & Teicher
* [[Alexis Toth]] (St. Alexis of Wilkes-Barre), saint in the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]]
* [[Ty Tyson (baseball)|Ty Tyson]]
* [[John Walsh (baseball)|John Walsh]], MLB third baseman
* [[Helen L. Webster]] (1853–1928), philologist and educator
* [[Michael Whalen (actor)|Michael Whalen]], actor
* [[Ira W. Wood]], represented {{ushr|New Jersey|4}} from 1904 to 1913<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000695 Ira Wells Wood], ''[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]''. Retrieved September 6, 2007.</ref>
* [[Hal Woodeshick]], professional baseball player
* [[Tom Woodeshick]], professional football player<ref>{{cite web | title = Tom Woodeshick | publisher = NFL Enterprises | url = http://www.nfl.com/player/tomwoodeshick/2529322/profile | access-date = November 23, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Frank Zane]], bodybuilder, three-time Mr. Olympia, won Mr. America, Mr. Universe, Mr. World; donated gym at Wilkes University
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