- Jane Jacobs
Jane Jacobs, OC, O.Ont (May 4, 1916 – April 25, 2006) was an American-born Canadian urbanist, writer and activist. She is best known for "The Death and Life of Great American Cities" (1961), a powerful critique of the urban renewal policies of the 1950s in the United States. The book has been credited with reaching beyond planning issues to influence the spirit of the times. "Jacobs came down firmly on the side of spontaneous inventiveness of individuals, … - Robert P. Casey
Robert Patrick Casey, Sr., better known as Bob Casey, Sr. or simply Bob Casey, was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served Pennsylvania in several capacities, most notably as its 42nd Governor from 1987 to 1995. He is best known for leading the pro-life wing of the Democratic party, and for taking the lead in fighting Planned Parenthood v. Casey, … - Jerry Orbach
Jerome Bernard Orbach was an American actor best known for his starring role as Det. Lennie Briscoe in the "Law & Order" television series and for his musical theater roles. - Lauren Weisberger
Lauren Weisberger is a Jewish American novelist and author of the 2003 bestseller "The Devil Wears Prada", a speculated "roman à clef" of her time as a put-upon assistant to "Vogue" editor-in-chief Anna Wintour. - William Scranton III
William Worthington Scranton, III (born July 20, 1947, in Scranton, Pennsylvania) served as the Republican lieutenant governor of the state of Pennsylvania from 1979 to 1987 in the administration of Governor Richard Thornburgh. He is the son of former Pennsylvania Governor William Scranton and a member of the wealthy and politically influential Scranton family, the founders of Scranton, Pennsylvania. - Jason Miller
Jason Miller born John Anthony Miller in Queens, New York, USA to a Catholic family, was an American actor and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright. - Bob Casey Jr.
Robert Patrick Casey, Jr., (born April 131960) is an American politician and was elected in 2006 as a Democratic United States Senator from the state of Pennsylvania. - Frank Carlucci
Frank Charles Carlucci III (born October 18 1930) was a government official in the United States, associated with the Republican Party. He was United States Secretary of Defense from 1987 until 1989. - W. S. Merwin
William Stanley Merwin (born September 30 1927 in New York City) is one of the most influential American poets of the latter 20th century. Merwin made a name for himself as an anti-war poet during the 1960's. Later, he would evolve toward mythological themes and develop a unique prosody characterized by indirect narration and the absence of punctuation. In the 80's and 90's, Merwin's interest in Buddhist philosophy and deep ecology also influenced his writing. - Mike Munchak
Michael Anthony Munchak (born March 6 1960, Scranton, Pennsylvania) is a former American Football guard who played for the Houston Oilers. Munchak was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2001. He is currently the Tennessee Titans offensive line coach. The street running in front of Scranton High School is named for him. Munchak played college football for Penn State University, earning his Bachelor of Science in Business Logistics in 1982. - Joseph A. Scranton
Joseph Augustine Scranton (July 26 1838 - October 12 1908) was a Republican politician who represented Pennsylvania in the United States House of Representatives from 1881 to 1883, 1885 to 1887, 1889 to 1891, and 1893 to 1897. Scranton was born in Madison, Connecticut, moving to Pennsylvania with his family a boy and settling in Lackawanna County, where the Scranton community was named for his family. He attended the prestigious Phillips Academy in Andover, … - Robert Reich
Robert B. Reich is Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley. He has served in three national administrations, most recently as secretary of labor under President Bill Clinton . He has written eleven books, including The Work of Nations , which has been translated into 22 languages; the best-sellers The Future of Success and Locked in the Cabinet , and his most recent book, Supercapitalism . - Charles MacArthur
Charles MacArthur (b. November 5 1895, Scranton, Pennsylvania; d. April 21 1956, New York City) was an American playwright and screenwriter. The son of to a Baptist minister, he is best known for his plays with Ben Hecht, "Twentieth Century" and "The Front Page", which has been filmed frequently. It was based in part on MacArthur's experiences at the City News Bureau of Chicago. MacArthur also co-wrote, with Edward Sheldon, a play called "Lulu Belle", … - P. J. Carlesimo
Peter J. (P. J.) Carlesimo (born May 30, 1949 in Scranton, Pennsylvania) is the current head coach of the Seattle Supersonics and a former college and professional basketball coach, and son of Peter A. Carlesimo who was the longtime coach and athletic director at the University of Scranton and Fordham University. - William Connell
William Connell was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Connell was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia and moved with his parents to Hazleton, Pennsylvania, in 1844. He worked in the coal mines, and in 1856 he was appointed superintendent of the mines of the Susquehanna & Wyoming Valley Railroad & Coal Company, with offices in Scranton, Pennsylvania. - Terence V. Powderly
Terence Vincent Powderly was born in Carbondale, Pennsylvania, the son of Irish immigrants. He was a well-known national figure as leader of the Knights of Labor from 1879–1893. - Jean Kerr
Jean Kerr (July 10, 1922 [some sources cite 1923]-January 5, 2003) was an American author and playwright. Born Bridget Jean Collins in Scranton, Pennsylvania, her best-known book was "Please Don't Eat The Daisies" (1957), a humorous look at suburban life. The book was a national bestseller, later adapted for the screen as a vehicle for Doris Day and David Niven, and subsequently made into a sitcom. Kerr was born to parents Tom and Kitty Collins, … - Cy Endfield
Cyril Raker Endfield (November 10 1914 - April 16 1995) was an American screenwriter, film director, theatre director, author and sometime inventor, based in Britain from 1953. Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, after attending Yale University, Endfield began his career as a theatre director and drama coach, becoming an important figure in New York's progressive theatre scene. - Joe Collins
Joseph Edward "Joe" Collins (3 December, 1922 - 30 August, 1989) (born Joseph Edward Kollonige) was a Major League Baseball player, born in Scranton, Pennsylvania. On September 25, 1948 he began his major league career playing for the New York Yankees. He played in 10 Major League seasons and seven World Series, all for the Yankees. At 6'0" tall and 185 pounds, he batted left and threw left, which made him unavailable to play most infield positions, … - George Howell
George Howell (June 28 1859 - November 19 1913) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. George Howell was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools, the Pennington Seminary in Pennington, the Newton Collegiate Institute in Newton, Pennsylvania, and Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the Illinois State Normal University at Normal. He taught school fourteen years in Illinois, New Jersey, … - Lizabeth Scott
Lizabeth Scott (born September 29, 1922) is an American actress who achieved some success in films, particularly in the genre of film noir. - Gloria Jean
Gloria Jean (born Gloria Jean Schoonover on April 14, 1926 in Buffalo, New York) is an American singer and actress. Her family moved to Scranton, Pennsylvania, where she sang on radio with Paul Whiteman's band. She was being trained as the world's youngest coloratura soprano, when her operatic coach took her to audition for movie producer Joe Pasternak in 1938. Gloria won the leading role in Universal Pictures' 1939 feature "The Under-Pup", … - Gershon Legman
Gershon Legman (November 2, 1917 - February 23, 1999), American social critic and folklorist was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania to parents of Eastern or Central European Jewish descent. According to George Chauncey's book "Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World, 1890-1940" (1994), Legman was a homosexual. As a young man he acquired a number of interests including sexuality, erotic folklore, and origami. - Sonny Burke
Sonny Burke (born Joseph Francis Burke on March 22 1914 in Scranton, Pennsylvania) was a big band leader. He died May 31 1980. In 1937, he graduated from Duke University. During the 1930s and 1940s he was a big band leader in New York (including Sam Donahue's band) and during the 1940s and 1950s he worked as a band arranger for the Charlie Spivak and Jimmy Dorsey bands, among others. He is credited as co-composer of "Midnight Sun", … - John Anthony Walker
John Anthony Walker, Jr. (born July 28 1937) was a Chief Warrant Officer and communications specialist for the U.S. Navy, who sold his services as a spy to the Soviet Union from 1968 to 1985, the height of the Cold War era. In this time he helped the Soviets decipher over one million classified encrypted naval messages, and most observers agree that he was one of the most effective and destructive Soviet spies in US history. - Patrick J. Boland
Patrick Joseph Boland was an United States representative for Pennsylvania 11th District. Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, he attended St. Thomas College. He worked as a carpenter and general contractor. He was on the Scranton city council from 1905 to 1906, the Board of education from 1907 to 1909. He then served as county commissioner of Lackawanna County from 1915 to 1919. A Democrat, he was elected to the House of Representatives in 1930, serving until his death in 1942. - Paul Foytack
Paul Eugene Foytack (born November 16 1930, in Scranton, Pennsylvania) was a Major League Baseball pitcher from 1953 to 1964. During his eleven year career, he played with the Detroit Tigers and Los Angeles Angels, posting a record of 86-87 with a 4.14 ERA. He was a regular, and effective, starter for the Tigers in for four solid years, 1956 through 1959, … - Jay Parini
Jay Parini (born 1948) is an American writer and academic. He is known for novels and poetry, biography and criticism. He was born in Pittston, Pennsylvania, and brought up in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Lafayette College in 1970. He was awarded a doctorate by the University of St. Andrews in 1975. He taught at Dartmouth College from 1975 to 1982. He has taught at Middlebury College since 1982. He is married to the writer and psychologist Devon Jersild. - Albert Jay Nock
Albert Jay Nock (October 13, 1870 or 1872 - August 19, 1945) was an influential American libertarian author, educational theorist, and social critic of the early and middle 20th century. - Robert J. Mellow
Robert J. "Bob" Mellow is the Minority Leader of the Pennsylvania State Senate. Mellow is a member of the Democratic Party. Mellow was born on December 10 1943 in Scranton, Pennsylvania to James and Alice (Generotti) Mellow. He is of mixed Irish and Italian ancestry. He has lived in the Peckville neighborhood of the Scranton suburb of Blakely for his entire life. Mellow served in the National Guard from 1962 to 1968 and, … - Peter A. Carlesimo
Peter A. Carlesimo (September 2 1915 in Newark, New Jersey - June 22 2003 in Montclair, New Jersey) was a longtime coach and athletic director at the University of Scranton and Fordham University. He is sometimes credited with being the person most responsible for keeping the NIT alive in the late 1970s. Carlesimo was born in Newark, New Jersey and graduated from Saint Benedict's Prep. - Joseph Anthony Ferrario
The Most Reverend Joseph Anthony Ferrario (March 3, 1926 - December 12, 2003) was the third bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu and served from 1982 to 1993. - John R. Farr
John Richard Farr (July 18 1857 - December 11, 1933) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. John R. Farr was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania and attended the School of the Lackawanna there, and Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. He graduated from Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania. He worked as a newsboy, printer, and publisher. He was active in the real estate business. - Charles David Keeling
Charles Keeling (April 20 1928 - June 20 2005) was an American scientist whose recording of carbon dioxide at the Mauna Loa Observatory first alerted the world to the anthropogenic contribution to the "greenhouse effect" and global warming. The Keeling curve measures the progressive buildup of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, in the atmosphere. - John Joseph O'Connor
"His Eminence" John Joseph Cardinal O'Connor, (15 January 1920 - 3 May 2000) was the eleventh bishop (eighth archbishop) of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, serving from 1984 until his death in 2000. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1985. - Charles Robert Connell
Charles Robert Connell (September 22 1864 - September 26 1922) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Charles R. Connell (son of William Connell) was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Williston Academy in Easthampton, Massachusetts, in 1884. He engaged in mercantile pursuits with his father, and was also engaged in banking. - Joseph M. McDade
Joseph M. "Joe" McDade (born September 29 1931) is a former member of the United States House of Representatives, having represented the 10th Congressional District of Pennsylvania. - Daniel W. Connolly
Daniel Ward Connolly (April 24, 1847 - December 4, 1894) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Daniel Connolly was born in Cochecton, New York, and moved with his parents to Scranton, Pennsylvania, in 1849. He was elected president judge of Lackawanna County in 1878 but did not serve because the State supreme court held that there was no vacancy. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1880. - Dutch Savage
Dutch Savage (real name - Frank Stewart) is a former professional wrestler and wrestling promoter, best known for his time spent competing in Pacific Northwest Wrestling. - Jim Rempe
James (Jim) Rempe (born November 4, 1947, in Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA) is a notable American professional pool player, and was inducted into the Billiard Congress of America's Hall of Fame in 2002.
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