| Noam Chomsky | Scientist | | 12/7/1928 | Philadelphia,PA | Research on linguistics contributed to the decline of behaviourism and the advancement of cognitive sciences. Also has radically left-wing political views. |
| Larry Fine | Actor/Comedian | | 10/5/1902 | Philadelphia,PA | One of the Three Stooges, born Louis Feinberg, dies January 24th, 1975 |