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
 * 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