page_title: List of people from Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
hierarchical_section_title: List of people from Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
caption_attribution_description: English: Official portrait of Congressman Lou Barletta.
context_page_description: The following is a list of notable people from Luzerne County, Pennsylvania:
  Edie Adams, Singer, actress, & comedian; wife of Ernie Kovacs
  Nick Adams, actor, best known to audiences as Johnny Yuma of the TV series The Rebel
  Lou Barletta, congressman representing the 11th District of Pennsylvania
  Hazel Barnes, philosopher
  Douglas Carter Beane, playwright
  Al Bedner, NFL player
  Steve Bilko, 20 years old when he broke into professional baseball on September 22, 1949, with the St. Louis Cardinals
  David Bohm, quantum physicist
  Charles Calvin Bowman, mayor of Pittston and U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
  William Bowman, Member of the 1912 U.S. Olympic Team
  Hubie Brown, basketball coach and television analyst
  James Joseph Brown, mining innovator
  Russell Bufalino, organized crime leader in Pennsylvania, New York, and the American Cosa Nostra. He was portrayed by actor Joe Pesci in Martin Scorsese's 2019 film The Irishman.
  Benjamin Burnley, lead singer and guitarist for rock band Breaking Benjamin
  Lou Butera, professional pool player
  Russ Canzler, Major League Baseball player in the New York Yankees minor league organization.
context_section_description: The following is a list of notable people from Luzerne County, Pennsylvania:
  Edie Adams, Singer, actress, & comedian; wife of Ernie Kovacs
  Nick Adams, actor, (Mister Roberts, Rebel Without a Cause), best known to audiences as Johnny Yuma of the TV series The Rebel
  Lou Barletta, congressman representing the 11th District of Pennsylvania
  Hazel Barnes, philosopher
  Douglas Carter Beane, playwright
  Al Bedner, NFL player
  Steve Bilko, 20 years old when he broke into professional baseball on September 22, 1949, with the St. Louis Cardinals
  David Bohm, quantum physicist
  Charles Calvin Bowman, mayor of Pittston and U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
  William Bowman (fencer), Member of the 1912 U.S. Olympic Team
  Hubie Brown, basketball coach and television analyst
  James Joseph Brown, mining innovator
  Russell Bufalino, (1903–1994), organized crime leader in Pennsylvania, New York, and the American Cosa Nostra. He was portrayed by actor Joe Pesci in Martin Scorsese's 2019 film The Irishman.
  Benjamin Burnley, lead singer and guitarist for rock band Breaking Benjamin
  Lou Butera, professional pool player
  Russ Canzler, Major League Baseball player in the New York Yankees minor league organization.
  Lillian Cahn, co-founder of Coach, Inc. and Coach handbag designer
  George Catlin, artist
  Jimmy Cefalo, Penn State football player, Miami Dolphins wide receiver, radio voice of the Miami Dolphins
  Britton Chance, bio-physicist and Olympic sailor
  Mark Ciavarella, disgraced judge in kids for cash scandal
  Abe Cohen, Professional football player
  Mark Cohen, street photographer
  Flick Colby, choreographer
  Adam Comorosky, MLB outfielder
  Colleen Corby, 1960s fashion model
  Amasa Dana, former U.S. Congressman
  Stanley Woodward Davenport, U.S. Congressman (Democrat), 1899-1901
  William D'Elia, mobster
  Harry Dorish, MLB Pitcher
  Mary Lucy Dosh (1839–1861), member of the Sisters of Nazareth and volunteer nurse in the American Civil War
  Charles B. Dougherty, Army National Guard major general who commanded the 28th Infantry Division
  Mark Duda, NFL player, Lackawanna College football head coach
  Francis A. "Mother" Dunn, football player for the Canton Bulldogs
  Stanley Dudrick, Surgeon who developed TPN
  Carl Duser, baseball player
  Todd A. Eachus, former state representative of the 116th District and House majority leader of Pennsylvania
  David Evans, Hollywood filmmaker most known for the movie The Sandlot
  Jesse Fell, early experimenter with anthracite coal
  John S. Fine, 35th Governor of Pennsylvania from 1951 to 1955.
  Pat Finn, game show host whose shows include Lifetime's, The Family Channel's, and PAX's Shop 'til You Drop
  Ham Fisher, cartoonist best known for the Joe Palooka comic strip
  Steamer Flanagan, professional baseball player
  J. Harold Flannery, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
  Harry Livingston French, Architect
  Tess Gardella, actress
  Pete Gray, one of the two men ever to play major league baseball having lost his right arm in a childhood accident. His life is depicted in the 1986 television production A Winner Never Quits. There is a historical marker in the Hanover section of Nanticoke at Front and Center St. denoting the place of his birth.
  James L. Hallock, Wisconsin state legislator
  Harry Hamilton, Former NFL Player
  William Harmatz, jockey, winner of 1959 Preakness Stakes
  Bucky Harris, Former Major League Baseball Player
  Dan Harris (screenwriter), Hollywood director and screenwriter
  George Washington Helme, businessman and founder of Helmetta, New Jersey
  Joe Hergert, former professional football player
  Jim Hettes, UFC Fighter
  Raye Hollitt, bodybuilder, American Gladiators and actress, Skin Deep
  Joe Holup, Former NBA basketball player
  Henry M. Hoyt, early governor of Pennsylvania
  Mike Hudock, professional football player
  Qadry Ismail, former NFL wide receiver on the Baltimore Ravens
  Raghib Ismail, former NFL player and Heisman Trophy runner-up
  Stephanie Jallen, Paralympic skier
  Arthur Horace James, Superior Court Judge and Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania
  Florence Foster Jenkins, unconventional operatic soprano, subject of film sta
caption: Lou Barletta, a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 11th district (2011-2019)
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