# List of people from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

This is a list of notable people who were born, or who have lived in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
* William Addams (1777–1858), U.S. representative
* David Hayes Agnew (1818–1892), surgeon
* Chas Alecxih, NFL defensive lineman
* Andy Baldwin, U.S. Navy lieutenant and physician, bachelor of season 10 of The Bachelor
* James Buchanan (1791–1868), 15th President of the United States
* Thomas Burch (1778–1849), Methodist circuit rider
* Simon Cameron (1799–1889), Secretary of War
* Miles B. Carpenter (1889–1985), sculptor
* Diane Cluck, singer-songwriter
* Lewis Cohen, playing card manufacturer
* Adam Cole, professional wrestler
* Michael Deibert, journalist, author
* Charles Demuth (1883–1935), painter
* Jon Dough (born Chet Anuszak), born in Lancaster
* William Duchman (1809–1881), Wisconsin state legislator and sawmill operator
* Gretchen Egolf, actress, sister of Tristan Egolf
* Tristan Egolf (1971–2005), novelist, author, activist
* Andrew Ellicott (1754–1820), surveyor
* Michael Erlewine, founder of All Media Guide (AMG)
* Andrew J. Feustel, NASA astronaut
* FFH, Contemporary Christian band
* Robert Fulton (1765–1815), engineer, inventor, creator of Clermont steamboat
* Jim Furyk, professional golfer
* Cam Gallagher, professional baseball player
* Gene Garber, Major League Baseball relief pitcher
* Jennifer Gareis, actress and 1994 Miss New York
* Lewis E. Gettle, Wisconsin State Assemblyman and lawyer
* Matt Greiner, drummer of metalcore band August Burns Red
* Jonathan Groff, actor and singer who originated role of "Melchior" in the Broadway musical Spring Awakening
* Klaus Grutzka (1923–2011), industrial artist
* Edward Hand (1744–1802), physician, farmer, congressman, general officer in Continental Army during American Revolutionary War
* Mary Haverstick (born 1970s), filmmaker and writer
* Tom Herr, MLB second baseman
* Milton S. Hershey (1857–1945), chocolatier, founder of the Hershey Company
* S. Dale High, chairman of High Industries
* Rev.Earl Honaman (1904–1982), Suffragan Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Central Pennsylvania
* The Innocence Mission, band from Lancaster (performed the hit song "Bright as Yellow")
* Travis Jankowski, professional baseball player
* Taylor Kinney, actor and model
* Maria Louise Kirk, painter and illustrator
* Dan Kreider, NFL fullback
* Floyd Landis, professional road bicycle racer
* D. Ross Lederman (1894–1972), film director
* Frank B. McClain (1864–1925), Mayor of Lancaster(24th), Pennsylvania, Lt Gov State of Pennsylvania (1914)
* Alexander McNair, first Governor of Missouri
* Thomas Mifflin, merchant, politician, governor of Pennsylvania
* Anna Balmer Myers, author of early 20th-century novels centered in Lancaster County
* Clarence Charles Newcomer (1923–2005), United States federal judge
* Karin Olah (born 1977), contemporary painter, collage, and fiber artist
* Amish Outlaws, cover band
* Nguyen Chanh Thi (1923–2007), Army of the Republic of Vietnam general, retired to Lancaster
* John Parrish, MLB relief pitcher
* Barry Pearl (born 1950), actor
* Molly Picon (1898–1992), actress, died in Lancaster
* Peter Reesor (1775-1854) along with family including father Christian Reesor (1747-1806) moved to settled in what is now Markham, Ontario in 1804
* John F. Reynolds (1820–1863), U.S. Army major general, American Civil War
* Charles Carl Roberts (1973–2006), perpetrator of the West Nickel Mines School shooting
* Keegan Rosenberry, professional soccer player, Philadelphia Union
* Brad Rutter, Jeopardy! champion
* Theodore Emanuel Schmauk (1860–1920), Lutheran theologian, educator
* Frank H. Shaw (1882–1950), civil engineer
* Pete Snyder, founder of New Media Strategies
* Thaddeus Stevens (1792–1868), U.S. representative, Republican
* John Stockton, Michigan territorial legislator
* Daniel B. Strickler (1897–1992), U.S. Army lieutenant general, lieutenant governor
* Bruce Sutter, Hall of Fame pitcher
* William G. Thompson, mayor of Detroit, Michigan 1881-83
* Julian Valentin, professional soccer player
* Zarek Valentin, professional soccer player
* Junior Vasquez, New York City club DJ, remixer, producer
* Robert S. Walker, U.S. representative, Republican
* James Weaver, California Angels pitcher
* Andrew Wenger, professional soccer player
* Suzanne Westenhoefer, comedian
* William Whipper (1804–1876), African American businessman, activist
* Charlotte White (1782–1863), first unmarried American female missionary, arrived in India in 1816
* Marianne Wiggins, author
* Kristen Wiig, actress and comedian
* Michael Willis, character actor
* Richard Winters, U.S. Army paratrooper portrayed in Stephen Ambrose's 1992 book and miniseries Band of Brothers