The following are some notable people from New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States.
Academia and education
Joseph Baldwin, educator; "father of the normal school system" Ralph J. Cicerone, chancellor of the University of California, Irvine and president of the National Academy of Sciences Helen Thornton Geer, prominent librarian and academic Donald N. Levine, sociologist, professor and dean at the University of Chicago Herbert Robbins, mathematics professor at Columbia University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Art
Jack Cole, cartoonist and creator of the superhero Plastic Man Vivian Davidson Hewitt, art collector Elsie Lower Pomeroy, painter Thaddeus Mosley, sculptor
Business
Ralph F. Burns, executive secretary of Alpha Sigma Phi from 1936 to 1976 Israel Gaither, National Commander of The Salvation Army in the United States, the first Back person to serve in that capacity Daniel Herman, founder of Hermes Press Thomas P. Johnson, minority owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates Major League Baseball franchise from 1946 through 1984 George Zambelli, Sr., fireworks entertainer, and long-time president and manager of Zambelli Fireworks
Entertainment
Charles Joseph Carter, magician Spandan Daftary, sports television producer Gabbie Hanna, YouTuber and singer Donnie Iris, musician known for his work with the Jaggerz and Wild Cherry Scott Lawton, conductor David Marks, musician and founding member, Beach Boys Mike Marshall, musician Trent Reznor, lead singer, industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails Ira D. Sankey, gospel singer and composer Lew Simmons, minstrel and banjo player who performed in vaudeville, professional baseball manager Robert Sterling, film and television actor who starred in many films including the 1951 MGM hit Show Boat Phil Willmarth, magician
Government
John Kiriakou, former CIA operative who in 2007 was the first to admit that the agency used waterboarding as a form of interrogation
Law
James Wilfred McKinley, city attorney of Los Angeles and a judge of the Superior Courts of California Alexander L. Stevas, Clerk of the Supreme Court of the United States
Literature
Ron Androla, poet Edmond Hamilton, science fiction author Charles M. Kurtz, art critic, writer, and museum curator Gregory Wright, comic book editor, writer, and colorist
Miltary
William C. Chip, Major general in the United States Marines Corps Robert H. Shumaker, United States Navy rear admiral and Vietnam War prisoner of war
Politics
W. Thomas Andrews, Pennsylvania State Senate Marla Brown, Pennsylvania House of Representatives Jesse C. Dickey, United States House of Representatives and Pennsylvania House of Representatives Thomas Fee, Pennsylvania House of Representatives Louis E. Graham, United States House of Representatives William J. Hartnett, Ohio House of Representatives W. Godfrey Hunter, United States House of Representatives Francis Jackson, born free, he was kidnapped and sold into slavery; freed in 1855 with the resolution of Francis Jackson v. John W. Deshazer Oscar Lawrence Jackson, United States House of Representatives Thomas Wharton Phillips, United States House of Representatives Martha S. Pope, Secretary of the United States Senate and Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate Ralph Pratt, Pennsylvania House of Representatives John Fletcher Ream, Iowa Senate Lucio F. Russo, New York State Assembly Christopher Sainato,Pennsylvania House of Representatives Raymond P. Shafer, Governor of Pennsylvania Frank Shields, Oregon State Senate John W. Slayton, Socialist Party of America propagandist and congressional candidate William R. Stewart, Ohio House of Representatives
Religion
Anthony G. Bosco, Catholic Bishop of Greensburg Scott M. Gibson, pastor, theologian, and educator Donald McKim, Presbyterian theologian, author, and editor
Science and medicine
John Blangero, human geneticist; highly cited scientist in the field of complex disease genetics Ernest A. Lachner, curator of fishes at the National Museum of Natural History Andrew R. Morgan, astronaut Dennis Slamon, oncologist and chief of the division of Hematology-Oncology at UCLA
Sports
Pete Allen, professional baseball player Herschel Baltimore, professional basketball player Charlie Bennett, professional baseball player Raymond Bernabei, professional soccer player and referee Chet Boak, professional baseball player Carl Boenish, father of modern BASE jumping Harold Burry, football coach and college athletics administrator Tom Brzoza, college football player George Chip, middleweight boxing champion of the world from 1913 to 1914 Ben Ciccone, professional football player for the Pittsburgh Steelers
Bruce Clark, professional football player with the New Orleans Saints and Kansas City Chiefs and Penn State All-American Paul Cuba, professional football player with the Philadelphia Eagles Chick Davies, college basketball coach Nick DeCarbo, professioanl football player with the Pittsburgh Pirates Matt DeSalvo, Major League Baseball starting pitcher with the Florida Marlins and formerly the New York Yankees and Atlanta Braves Darrell Dess, former football player for the Pittsburgh Steelers, the New York Giants, and the Washington Redskins Cleophus Hatcher, college football coach Malik Hooker, professional football player with the Indianapolis Colts Mark Mangino, former head coach of the University of Kansas football team Len Matarazzo, professional baseball player Scott McCurley, assistant football coach with the Green Bay Packers Bill McPeak, football player and National Football League coach Lawrence McPhee, college football player and coach Lance Nimmo, professional football player with Tampa Bay Buccaneers, New York Jets, Cleveland Browns, and New England Patriots Mary I. O'Connor, 1980 U.S. Olympic team rower and an orthopedic surgeon and professor with the Mayo Clinic and Yale School of Medicine; member of the 1976 Yale women's rowing team that started the Title IX movement to fight sexual discrimination in college athletics Larry Pugh, college football player Joe Quest, professional baseball player Nick Rapone, professional and college football coach Rick Razzano, professional football player Mike Roussos, professional football player with the Washington Redskins and the Detroit Lions Jack Rowan, professional baseball player Leslie Sansone, fitness instructor Paul Smith, professional baseball player Geno Stone, professional football player K.O. Sweeney, boxer Chuck Tanner, professional football player and manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates' 1979 World Series champion team David Young, professional basketball player Jack Zduriencik, Seattle Mariners general manager and former Pittsburgh Pirates
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