List of Pennsylvania State University people

This is a list of famous individuals associated with the Pennsylvania State University, including graduates, former students, and professors.

Alumni

Art and literature

• Louis Astorino, architect, PNC Park, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
• John Balaban, author/poet, Words for My Daughter and Locusts at the Edge of Summer
• Jeanne Clemson, theater director, stage actress and teacher, preserved the Fulton Opera House
• Dale Brown, bestselling author, Act of War, Battle Born, and Plan of Attack
• Richard Diehl (MA 1965, PhD 1969), Mesoamerican archaeologist and academic, expert on the Olmec civilization
• Ted Eisenberg, plastic surgeon
• Alan Furst, novelist
• Jean Craighead George, Newbery Medal-winning children's author
• Chip Kidd, renowned book-jacket designer
• Norris J. Lacy, expert on the Arthurian legend
• Steve McCurry, world-renowned photojournalist; most famous for the photograph of the “Afghan Girl” in National Geographic Magazine
• David Morrell, novelist, First Blood
• James Morrow, author
• Robert Neffson, artist
• John Pielmeier, playwright, Agnes of God, etc...
• William "Fritz" Sippel, architect, Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh's Civic...... ...
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