List of people from Reading, Pennsylvania
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This is a list of people who were born in, lived in, or are closely associated with the city of Reading, Pennsylvania.
- Gus Alberts (1861–1912), Major League Baseball player[1]
- Elvin Ayala (b. 1981), professional boxer, World Boxing Council and U.S. National Boxing Council middleweight champion
- Allison Baver (b. 1980), professional speed skater[2]
- George Bradley (1852–1931), Major League Baseball player[1]
- Kenny Brightbill (b. 1948), race car driver
- James Bryant, professional football player
- Austin DeSanto (b. 1998), wrestler
- Carl Furillo (1922–1989), Major League Baseball outfielder[1]
- Corey Hertzog (b. 1990), professional soccer player
- Alice Hoover (1928–2014), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
- Travis Kauffman (b. 1985), WBF Inter-Continental heavyweight boxing champion and ranked contender
- Betsy King (b.1955), golfer, winner of 34 LPGA Tour events and member of the World Golf Hall of Fame
- Whitey Kurowski (1918–1999), All-Star infielder for the St. Louis Cardinals
- Henry Larkin (1860–1942), Major League Baseball player
- Julian Letterlough (1969–2005), light heavyweight boxing champion
- Steve Little (1965–2000), WBA world middleweight boxing champion
- Donyell Marshall (b. 1973), basketball player, Connecticut and NBA power forward
- Julio Cesar Matthews (b. 1970), Golden Gloves champion and unbeaten professional cruiserweight boxer
- Lenny Moore (b. 1933), NFL running back and Pro Football Hall of Famer
- Kevin Ross (b. 1980), former Bellator Kickboxing featherweight champion
- Denise Rutkowski (b. 1962), professional female bodybuilder
- Melanie Skillman (b. 1954), Olympic archer
- Samuel Van Leer (1747–1825), ironmaster and captain in the American Revolutionary War
- Charlie Wagner (1912–2006), baseball player for Boston Red Sox
- Lonnie Walker IV, professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets
Arts & Entertainment
- Coit Albertson (1880–1953), silent film actor
- Peter Brocco (1903–1992), actor
- Harry Buckwalter (1867–1930), photographer, journalist, film director and producer
- Dorothy Christy (1906–1977), actress
- Jack Coggins (1911–2006), artist and author
- Kayla Collins (b. 1987), model and Playboy Playmate (August 2008)
- Forrest Compton (1925–2020), actor
- Michael Constantine (1927–2021), actor
- Tullio DeSantis (b. 1948), artist, writer, professor
- Lisa Eichhorn (b. 1952), actress, writer, producer
- Meg Foster (b. 1948), actress
- Harry Whittier Frees (1879–1953), photographer
- Megan Gallagher (b. 1960), actress
- Frank Hovington (1919–1982), blues musician
- Mildred Jordan (1901–1982), novelist
- 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
- Richie Kotzen (b. 1970), rock guitarist
- Rick Krebs (b. 1949), game designer
- Draya Michele (b. 1985), American social media personality, fashion designer, socialite, actress and model
- James Phyrillas (b. 1998), content creator on Schaffrillas Productions YouTube channel
- Mike Pilot (b. 1975), podcaster
- David Robidoux, composer[3]
- John Philip Sousa (1854–1932), iconic composer, died in Reading
- Ray Dennis Steckler (1939–2009), film director
- Jim Steranko (b. 1938), Silver Age comic book artist, magazine publisher and escape artist
- Wallace Stevens (1879–1955), poet
- Taylor Swift (b. 1989), singer-songwriter[4]
- Chuck Thompson (1921–2005), sportscaster
- John Updike (1932–2009), Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, poet, essayist
- Byron Vazakas (1905–1987), poet
- Angela Washko (b. 1986), artist
- Delores Wells (1937–2016), actress
- Richard "Dick" Wheeler (1922–2008), author and historian[5][6]
- Thomas C. Zimmerman (1838–1914), writer, translator of English language classics to Pennsylvania German dialect
Business
- Albert Boscov (1929–2017), chairman of Boscov's department store
- Mervin Heller Jr., past president of the United States Tennis Association
- Chad Hurley (b. 1977), co-founder and former CEO of YouTube
- Stu Jackson (b. 1955), executive vice president of basketball operations for the NBA
- Frederick Lauer (1810–1883), brewer, president of the United States Brewers' Association
- Thomas Usher, CEO of U.S. Steel and chairman of the Board of Marathon Oil
- Isaac Van Leer (1772–1821), iron works entrepreneur and owner of several nearby historical homes