Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania

1. Jayne Mansfield (1933)

American Actress Singer Model

Actress, singer and sex symbol who appeared on Broadway in Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? Her numerous Hollywood credits include The Girl Can't Help It, The Wayward Bus, and Kiss...

2. Emlen Tunnell (1925)

American Football Player

Safety for the New York Giants who was the first African American to play for the team and the first African American inductee into the Hall of Fame.

3. Happy Rockefeller (1926)

American Socialite

Wife of Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller, the 41st Vice President of the United States of America. She was also a public delegate to the United Nations during the early 1990's.

4. Neal Boortz (1945)

Syndicated Talk Radio Host Autho

Author and former Libertarian radio show host most well known for hosting his nationally syndicated talk show The Neal Boortz Show. He has also penned books like The Commencement Speech...

5. Susanna Moore (1945)

American Writer

An American writer known for her 2003 memoir, I Myself Have Seen It: The Myth of Hawai'i, she was also a creative writing professor at both Yale and Princeton. She...

6. Jimmy McLaughlin (1993)

Soccer Player

American midfielder who began his MLS career with the Philadelphia Union in 2012.

7. Kathy Jordan (1959)

American Tennis Player

Retired American tennis competitor who won every Grand Slams Doubles event in her career.

8. Kat Dennings (1986)

American Actress

Comedic actress who became known for her roles in Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist and the Thor films. Her roles in The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Big Momma's House brought her additional recognition. She also starred on...

9. Christopher Fitzgerald (1972)

Actor

American stage actor who starred as Igor in the 2007 Broadway production of Young Frankenstein. The role earned him a Tony nomination, a Drama Desk Award nomination, and an Outer...

10. Eugene Bright (1985)

Player Of American Football

Eugene Stanley Bright is an American football tight end who is currently a free agent of the National Football League. He was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles as a street...

11. Jay Sigel (1943)

Insurance Executive Amateur Golf

Robert Jay Sigel is an American professional golfer. He enjoyed one of the more illustrious careers in the history of U. S. amateur golf before turning pro in 1993 at...

12. Emmet French (1886)

Professional Golfer

John Emmet French was an American professional golfer who is notable for losing to Gene Sarazen in the 1922 PGA Championship. French was born in Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania. French won...

13. Todd Harrity (1990)

Squash Player

Todd Harrity is a professional squash player who represents the United States. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 92 in April 2014.

14. Teresa Crippen (1990)

American College Swimmer Interna

Teresa Crippen is an American competition swimmer who was a Pan American Games gold medalist. Crippen was born in Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania.

15. Callahan Bright (1987)

American Football Defensive Line

Callahan Bright is an American football defensive tackle who is currently a free agent. A former high school football standout his career derailed during college. After one season at Division...

16. Robert Bauman (1937)

American Politician

Robert Edmund Bauman is a former member of the U. S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 1st congressional district. Bauman was a prominent conservative advocate in the House but lost...

17. Avis Bohlen (1940)

American Diplomat

Avis Thayer Bohlen is a diplomat and former Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and United States Ambassador to Bulgaria.

18. John Miller (Virginia politician) (1947)

American Politician

John C. Miller is an American politician. A Democrat he was elected to the Senate of Virginia in 2007. He currently represents the 1st district on the Virginia Peninsula which...

19. Harvey Bartle III (1941)

American Judge

Harvey Bartle III is a senior judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Born in 1941 in Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania Chief Judge Bartle graduated...

20. Adelaide C. Eckardt (1943)

American Politician

Adelaide C. Eckardt is a member of the Maryland House of Delegates District 37B.

21. Janny Wurts (1953)

American Writer

Janny Wurts is an American fantasy novelist and illustrator. She has written several series including the Wars of Light and Shadow The Cycle of Fire trilogy several stand-alone novels a...

22. Ronne Troup (1945)

American Actor

Ronne Troup is an American actress best known for her 1970–72 role as Polly Williams Douglas on the long-running sitcom My Three Sons.

23. John McGlinn (1953)

American Conductor

John Alexander McGlinn III was an American conductor and musical theatre archivist. He was one of the principal proponents of authentic studio cast recordings of Broadway musicals using original orchestrations...

24. J. Christopher Burch (1953)

American Businessman

J. Christopher Burch is an entrepreneur active in the lifestyle brand and retail sectors. He is the founder and CEO of Burch Creative Capital a firm with offices in New...

25. Jayne Marie Mansfield (1950)

American Actor And Playmate

Jayne Marie Mansfield is the first child and eldest daughter of 1950s Hollywood sex symbol and Playboy Playmate Jayne Mansfield and her ex-husband Paul and older half-sister of actress Mariska...

26. Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk (1950)

American Architect

Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk is an American architect and urban planner of Polish-Livonian aristocratic roots based in Miami Florida. She received her undergraduate degree in architecture and urban planning from Princeton and...

27. Jane Barkman (1951)

American Swimmer Olympic Gold Me

Jane Louise Barkman is an American former swimmer two-time Olympic champion and former world record-holder. Barkman represented the United States as a 17-year-old at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico...

28. Philip Hart (1912)

American Politician

Philip Aloysius Hart was an American lawyer and politician. A Democrat he served as a United States Senator from Michigan from 1959 until his death in 1976. He was known...

29. Jon Kane (1962)

American Dj And Film Director

Jon Kane is a film editor director and DJ based in Red Hook Brooklyn New York.

30. Markus Flanagan (1964)

American Actor

Markus Flanagan is an American actor.

31. Tricia McLaughlin (1964)

American Artist

Tricia McLaughlin is a New York City-based American visual artist whose works in animation sculpture and painting often deal with the themes of fantastic or impossible architecture and their impact...

32. George Schmitt (1961)

American Football Defensive Back

George Paul Schmitt is a former American football defensive back who played for one season in the National Football League. After playing college football for the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens...

33. Richard Swett (1957)

American Politician

Richard Nelson Dick Swett is an American politician from the U. S. state of New Hampshire.

34. Peter Breinholt (1969)

American Musician

Peter Breinholt is a recording artist popular in the Salt Lake City Utah local music scene. His music is usually classified as singer-songwriter. Breinholt grew up in Devon Pennsylvania a...

35. A. J. Croce (1971)

American Singer-songwriter

Adrian James A. J. Croce is an American singer-songwriter. He is the son of singer-songwriters Jim Croce and Ingrid Croce.

36. T. Alan Broughton (1936)

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T. Alan Broughton was born in June 1936 in Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania. He is a poet and an amateur pianist. He began teaching writing in 1966 at the University of...

37. Alex Ross Perry (1984)

American Film Director Screenwri

Alex Ross Perry is an American film director screenwriter and actor.

38. Fran Crippen (1984)

American Long-distance And Open

s Crippen was an American long-distance swimmer. After being a pool swimmer for most of his career Crippen made the transition to open water swimming in 2006. In international competitions...

39. Christopher Morley (1890)

British Writer

Christopher Morley was an American journalist novelist essayist and poet. He also produced stage productions for a few years and gave college lectures.

40. J. D. McClatchy (1945)

American Poet

J. D. Sandy McClatchy is an American poet and literary critic. He is editor of the Yale Review and president of The American Academy of Arts and Letters.

41. Paul Gilliford (1945)

Baseball Player

Paul Gant Gilliford is a retired American professional baseball player a left-handed pitcher who appeared in two Major League games for the 1967 Baltimore Orioles during the course of a...

42. Mark DiFelice (1976)

American Baseball Player

Mark Andrew DiFelice is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher.

43. William Minicozzi II (1967)

Mathematician

Minicozzi II is an American mathematician. He was born in Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania in 1967.

44. Karen Thatcher (1984)

Ice Hockey Player

Karen Thatcher is an American ice hockey forward. She was named to the United States women’s ice hockey team for the 2010 Winter Olympics. Thatcher was born in Bryn Mawr...

45. Samuel Conway (1965)

Chemist Author Fandom Convention

Samuel Charles Conway is an American researcher in the pharmaceutical biomedical and agrochemical fields of organic chemistry. He has a Ph. D. in chemistry from Dartmouth College. Outside the scientific...

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