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Arts & Entertainment
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Nick Adams :
Nanticoke
Actor. Star of "The Rebel", a cowboy show from the 1950's and 60's.
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James DeBello :
Attended Shenandoah Valley HS
Actor. Roles in "Detroit Rock City" (movie),
"My Guide to Becoming a Rock Star" (WB). Small part in "American Pie".
Born in Connecticut; attended Shenandoah Valley Jr/Sr HS in the mid 1990's
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Danny "Freebo" Friedberg :
Mahanoy City
Musician. Longtime bass player for Bonnie Raitt, now doing solo stuff.
See Freebo, and
Schuylkill Online article.
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Nancy Grigor :
Edwardsville;
The Prell Girl! Star of Prell shampoo commercials in the late 1960's.
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Joseph L. Mankeiwicz :
Wilkes-Barre;
Oscar for Best Director and Best Screenplay Adaptation,
"All About Eve", 1950
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Rosalyn Menon :
Hazleton;
Miss Pennsylvania 2001
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Paul Plishka :
Old Forge;
Opera Singer
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Maria Powers :
(from?);
Opera Singer
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Jolly Jack Robel :
Shenandoah;
Polka Musician, wrote the famous "Beer Barrel Polka". "Roll out the barrels..."
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Writers
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Joseph Awad :
Shenandoah;
Poet Laureate, Commonwealth of Virginia
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Ham Fisher :
Wilkes-Barre;
Cartoonist ("Joe Palooka")
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Jane Jacobs :
Scranton;
Author, Urban Planner
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Military & Government
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Admiral Joel Thompson Boone :
St. Clair
Winner of the Congressional Medal Of Honor (U.S. Navy, WWI, France)
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Admiral Herbert G. Hopwood :
Shamokin;
Commander-in-chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet 1958-1960.
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Mary Jo Kopechne :
Plymouth;
Tragically killed in Ted Kennedy's car at Chappaquiddick
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Richard Marcinko :
Carbon County;
Founder and first commanding officer of U.S. Navy SEAL TEAM 6 and RED CELL (counter-terrorist units)
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General Jerry O'Malley :
Carbondale;
Former commander, U.S. Air Force Tactical Air Command
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Harold Parfitt :
Coaldale;
Governor, Panama Canal Zone
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John A. Walker Jr. :
Scranton;
Soviet Spy
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Lt. Gen. John J. Yeosock :
Plains
Desert Storm Commander
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Science & Industry
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David Bohm :
Wilkes-Barre;
Physicist
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Amedeo Obici :
Wilkes-Barre;
Founded a fruit and peanut stand that grew to become "Planter's Peanuts"
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B. F. Skinner :
Susquehanna;
Psychologist
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Alfred Zmuda :
Shenandoah;
Scientist. Calculated trajectory landing tables for moon landing.
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Glynn Lunney :
Old Forge;
NASA flight director for Apollo 11. Also worked on Apollo 13 team.
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Sports
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Joe Balsis :
Minersville;
Champion Billiards Player
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Sam Brazinsky :
Kulpmont;
Pro Football Player (Buffalo Bills)
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George Dillman :
Schuylkill Haven, Pottsville ;
National Karate Champion and Instructor.
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Jack Dolbin :
Pottsville;
Pro Football Player (Denver Broncos)
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Raghib (Rocket) and Quadry Ishmael :
Wilkes-Barre;
Pro Football Players
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Norm Larker :
Beaver Meadows;
Pro Baseball Player
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Joe Madden :
Hazleton;
Baseball Manager, Anaheim Angels
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Tom Matchick :
Hazleton;
Pro Baseball Player
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Ron Mattes :
Ringtown;
Pro Football Player
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Dan Sekanovich :
West Hazleton;
College and Pro Football Coach
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Greg Skrepanick :
Hanover Township;
Pro Football Player
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Jimmy Spencer :
Berwick;
NASCAR driver ("Mr. Excitement")
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Bob Tucker :
Hazleton;
Pro Football Player
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Frank Zane :
Edwardsville;
Bodybuilder; former Mr. America or Mr. Universe.
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