List of people from the Lehigh Valley

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Allentown, the largest city in the Lehigh Valley, third-largest city in Pennsylvania, and county seat of Lehigh County in May 2010 Allentown.jpg
Allentown, the largest city in the Lehigh Valley, third-largest city in Pennsylvania, and county seat of Lehigh County in May 2010

The following is a list of notable people who were born, or have lived a significant portion of their lives, in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania.

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Authors, journalists, playwrights, and poets

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H.D.
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Lauren Weisberger

Business and politics

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Michael Johns
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Charles Schwab

Film, television, and stage

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Lisa Ann
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Devon
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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
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Amanda Seyfried

Music

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Jimmy DeGrasso
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Steve Kimock
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Lil Peep

Religion

Science

Sports

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Saquon Barkley
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Chuck Bednarik
Jahan Dotson Jahan Dotson 2022 (cropped).jpg
Jahan Dotson
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Tyrese Martin
Matt Millen Matt Millen NFL Network.jpg
Matt Millen
Andre Reed Andre Reed Autographs USS Ronald Reagan Mar 20, 2009.jpg
Andre Reed
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Mario Andretti
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Larry Holmes, "The Easton Assassin"

Collegiate sports

Major League Baseball (MLB)

National Basketball Association (NBA)

National Football League (NFL)

Olympic athletes

Professional boxing

Professional golf

Professional racing

Professional soccer

Professional tennis

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)

Other sports

Visual arts

Others

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lehigh County, Pennsylvania</span> County in Pennsylvania, United States

Lehigh County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 374,557. Its county seat is Allentown, the state's third-largest city after Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bethlehem, Pennsylvania</span> City in Pennsylvania, United States

Bethlehem is a city in Northampton and Lehigh Counties in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, Bethlehem had a total population of 75,781, making it the second-largest city in the Lehigh Valley after Allentown and the seventh-largest city in the state. Among its total population as of 2020, 55,639 were in Northampton County and 19,343 were in Lehigh County. The city is located along the Lehigh River, a 109-mile-long (175 km) tributary of the Delaware River.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lehigh Valley</span> Metropolitan Statistical Area in the United States

The Lehigh Valley is a geographic and metropolitan region formed by the Lehigh River in Lehigh and Northampton counties in eastern Pennsylvania. It is a component valley of the Great Appalachian Valley bounded to its north by Blue Mountain, to its south by South Mountain, to its west by Lebanon Valley, and to its east by the Delaware River and Warren County, New Jersey. The Lehigh Valley is about 40 miles (64 km) long and 20 miles (32 km) wide. The Lehigh Valley's largest city is Allentown, the third-largest city in Pennsylvania and the county seat of Lehigh County, with a population of 125,845 residents as of the 2020 census.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Liberty High School (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania)</span> Public high school in Bethlehem, Northampton and Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States

Liberty High School is a large urban, public high school located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Liberty is the larger of two public high schools in the Bethlehem Area School District; Freedom High School is the other. Liberty's current attendance area includes students from Bethlehem, Fountain Hill, Freemansburg, and Hanover Township. As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,702 students, according to National Center for Education Statistics data.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Allentown Central Catholic High School</span> Private, coeducational school in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States

Allentown Central Catholic High School (ACCHS), often referred to as Central Catholic or Central, is a private, parochial school located at 301 N. 4th Street in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The school is managed by the Diocese of Allentown, and predominantly serves students from the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest</span> Hospital in Pennsylvania, U.S.

Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, commonly referred to as Lehigh Valley Hospital, is a hospital located at 1200 South Cedar Crest Boulevard in Allentown, Pennsylvania. It is the largest hospital in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania, and the third-largest hospital in the state after UPMC Presbyterian in Pittsburgh and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia.

Sports in Pennsylvania includes numerous professional sporting teams, events, and venues located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

The Lehigh Valley Interscholastic Athletic Conference, known informally as the Lehigh Valley Conference or LVC, was an athletic conference consisting of 12 of the largest high schools from Lehigh and Northampton counties in the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania. It was part of District XI of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA). In 2014, its teams were mostly assimilated into the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference, an even larger 18-team league of the largest high schools in the Lehigh Valley and Pocono Mountains regions of eastern and northeastern Pennsylvania.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bethlehem Catholic High School</span> Private, coeducational high school in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States

Bethlehem Catholic High School, more commonly referred to as Becahi or just Beca, is a parochial high school located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The school is within the Diocese of Allentown and is located at 2133 Madison Avenue in Bethlehem in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nazareth Area High School</span> Public high school in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, United States

Nazareth Area High School is a public high school located in Nazareth, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. It is the only high school in the Nazareth Area School District and serves grades 9 through 12. Its mascot is the Blue Eagle and school colors are blue and white.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Notre Dame High School (Easton, Pennsylvania)</span> Private, coeducational school in Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States

Notre Dame High School, also known as Notre Dame Green Pond, is a private, Catholic high school in Easton, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. It is located within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Allentown.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sports in Allentown, Pennsylvania</span> Overview of sports activities in Allentown, Pennsylvania

Sports in Allentown, Pennsylvania has a rich tradition at all levels, including professional sports, the Olympics, and high school levels. While most Allentown residents support professional sports teams in New York City or Philadelphia, Allentown itself also is home to two major professional sports teams, the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, the Triple A team of the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball, and the Lehigh Valley Phantoms of the American Hockey League, the primary development team of the Philadelphia Flyers.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eastern Pennsylvania Conference</span> High school sports conference

The Eastern Pennsylvania Conference, known informally as EPC, EPC18, and East Penn Conference, is an athletic conference consisting of 18 large high schools from Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton, and Pike counties in the Lehigh Valley and Pocono Mountain regions of eastern and northeastern Pennsylvania. The conference is a part of District XI of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA).

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