List of people from York, Pennsylvania

The following people were all born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with York, Pennsylvania. • John Adlum (1759–1836), pioneer viticulturist

• Dominick Argento (1927–2019), music composer

• Bruce Arians (born 1952), executive and former head coach for the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers

• Charles Augustus Barnitz (1780–1850), politician

• Will Beatty (born 1985), offensive tackle, New York Giants (2009–16), Super Bowl XLVI champion

• J. Michael Bishop (born 1936), Nobel Prize-winning virologist who was part of the team that first identified an oncogene sequence.

• Florence Brillinger (1891–1984), abstract artist

• Andrew R. Brodbeck (1860–1937), politician

• Edward Schroeder Brooks (1867–1957), politician

• Omar Brown (born 1975), gridiron football player

• John Hull Campbell (1800–1868), U.S. Congressman for Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district, 1845–1847

• Blaine Capatch (born 1965), comedian

• Loretta Claiborne (born c. 1953), Special Olympics World Games multi-gold medalist and recipient of the 1996 ESPY Arthur Ashe Courage Award

• Herbert B. Cohen (1900–1970), Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice

• Nathaniel N. Craley, Jr. (1927–2006), politician

• Patrick Dahlheimer (born 1971), bass guitarist

• Sheila Darcy (1914–2004), actress

• Phineas Davis (1792–1835), clockmaker and inventor

• John A. Dempwolf (1848–1926), architect

• Jacob L. Devers (1887–1979), World War II U.S. Army general

• Neal Dodson (born 1978), award-winning feature film producer of All Is Lost & Broadway actor

• Chris Doleman (1961–2020), NFL defensive end

• John Durang (1768–1822), dancer and musician

• Luther P. Eisenhart (1876–1965), mathematician

• Stephen Etnier (1903–1984), artist

• James Ewing (1736–1806), Pennsylvania statesman

• Arthur Briggs Farquhar (1838–1925), businessman and writer

• William Henry Farquhar (1813–1887), developmental influencer of Montgomery County, Maryland

• William B. Franklin (1823–1903), American Civil War general

• Sam Freed (born 1948), actor

• James Gerry (1896–1973), politician

• Ernest Thomas Gilliard (1912–1965) ornithologist and museum curator

• Hugh Glasgow (1769–1818), politician, judge

• Glenalvin Goodridge (1829–1867), photographer and teacher

• William C. Goodridge (1805–1873), barber, merchant, Underground Railroad activist

• Chad Gracey (born 1971), drummer

• Halestorm (formed 1997), hard rock band

• Mahlon Haines (1875–1962), businessman and philanthropist

• Granville O. Haller (1819–1897), American Civil War officer who led the defense of Adams and York counties during the Gettysburg Campaign and later became a leading Seattle millionaire

• Mike Hawthorne (born 1975/1976), comic book and graphic novel illustrator

• Bob Hoffman (1898–1985), founder of York Barbell; considered the "father of American weightlifting"

• David Holmes (1769–1832), politician

• Jerry Howarth (born 1946), MLB announcer, voice of the Toronto Blue Jays

• Lois Hunt (1925–2009), soprano opera singer who toured for decades with baritone Earl Wrightson

• Carolina Isakson Proctor (1930–2012), First Lady of Colombia

• Woody Jackson (born 1970), musician

• Kevin Jones (born 1967), BMX rider

• Brian Keene (born 1967), best-selling novelist and comic book writer

• James Kelly (1760–1819), U.S. representative

• Matthew Knisely (born 1974), TV photojournalist

• Jeff Koons (born 1955), artist

• Tina Kotek (born 1966), governor of Oregon

• Ed Kowalczyk (born 1971), musician, lead singer of the band Live

• John Kuhn (born 1982), NFL fullback

• George M. Leader (1918–2013), 36th Governor of Pennsylvania

• Ernest W. Lefever (1919–2009), foreign affairs expert

• Samuel S. Lewis (1874–1959), former Pennsylvania lieutenant governor

• Sylvia Lewis (born 1931), dancer and actress

• Live (1988–2009; re-formed 2011), alternative rock band

• Ken Ludwig (born 1950), playwright and theatre director

• Brian Lukacher, art historian

• Martie Maguire (born 1969), member of the country band Dixie Chicks

• Sarah J. Mahler (born 1959), author and cultural anthropologist

• Frances Lee McCain (born 1944), actress (Gremlins, Footloose, Back to the Future)

• Del McCoury (born 1939), bluegrass musician

• Whitney Metzler (born 1978), former competitive swimmer

• DeWolfe Miller III (born 1960), Vice admiral and Commander, Naval Air Forces

• Gary Miller (born 1946), conductor and gay activist

• Lewis Miller (1796–1882), artist and chronicler of early 19th-century life in York

• Cameron Mitchell (1918–1994), actor

• Eric Newcomer (born 1989), journalist

• Walt Partymiller (1912–1991), cartoonist

• Todd Platts (born 1962), politician

• The Quin-Tones (1957–1960; 1986–1990s), a doo-wop group

• Ken Raffensberger (1917–2002), winning pitcher of 1944 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

• Charles H. Robertson (1934–2017), politician

• Chris Roupas (born 1957), Greek-American former basketball player

• Wayne Schafer (born 1963), pitmaster

• Harry E. Seyler (1908–1994), politician and educator

• Evan Sharp (born 1982), co-founder of Pinterest, graduated York Suburban High School 2001

• Craig Sheffer (born 1960), actor, Nightbreed (1990), A River Runs Through It (1992) and The Program (1993)

• Edgar Fahs Smith (1854–1928), scientist, chemist, historian

• James Smith (1719–1806), signer of the Declaration of Independence; lived on South George Street and is buried in York

• Frank Spellman (1922–2017), Olympic champion weightlifter

• George Stibitz (1904–1995), Bell Labs researcher and digital pioneer

• Chad Taylor (born 1970), guitarist

• John Terpak (1912–1993), champion weightlifter, York Barbell executive

• Charlie Thomas (1937–2023), R&B singer with The Drifters, lived in York in the 1990s

• Tim Warfield (born 1965), Jazz musician

• Vic Wertz (1947–1963), professional baseball player

• Rebecca Wisocky (born 1971), television and stage actress

• Tom Wolf (born 1948), 47th Governor of Pennsylvania

• Butch Wynegar (born 1956), major league baseball player

• Stanley Zeigler, American politician