This is a list of people who were born in, lived in, or are closely associated with the city of Havertown, Pennsylvania.
Athletics David Abrahams (swimmer), Blind paralympic swimmer Edward Burke (basketball), Coach for the Drexel Dragons men's basketball team Jerry Crawford, former Major League Baseball umpire Joey Crawford, NBA referee Shag Crawford, major league umpire and father of Jerry and Joey Crawford Mark DiFelice, Former pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers Tim Donaghy, former NBA referee, game fixer Jimmy Dykes, baseball player and manager Kyle Eckel, NFL player, two-time MVP of Army–Navy Game Sinead Farrelly, footballer for the Republic of Ireland national team Michael Fitzgerald, racing driver and CEO of Acero Precision Randy Grossman, tight end on Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl champions Brendan Hansen, four-time Olympic medalist Steve Joachim, Quarterback for the New York Jets Billy King, former GM of NBA's Philadelphia 76ers John LeClair, played for NHL's Philadelphia Flyers Marcus McElhenney, coxswain, 2008 Beijing Olympics bronze medalist John Middleton, Owner of the Philadelphia Phillies Ryan Mulhern, former Washington Capitals hockey player Shane Ryan (swimmer), Swimmer competing for Ireland Jean Shiley-Newhouse, 1932 Olympic gold medalist Ron Shumon, Linebacker for the Cincinnati Bengals and San Francisco 49ers Durham Smythe, TIght-end for the Baltimore Ravens Robin Roberts, Phillies pitcher, Hall of Famer, resided in Manoa Amos Strunk, Major League Baseball player for the Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Red Sox Cindy Timchal, Lacrosse coach Sam Venuto, former running back in National Football League
Arts and entertainment Marguerite de Angeli, award-winning children's book author who lived in Manoa in 1930s Howard Benson, two-time Grammy nominated producer Jan Berenstain, co-creator of the Berenstain Bears, briefly attended Manoa in the late 1920s until the family returned to Philadelphia during the Depression Jonny Chops, Drummer and rock musician Susanna Dalton, Actress Regina Doman, Catholic fiction writer John Facenda, Philadelphia newscaster and narrator for NFL Films Rick Fisher, two-time Tony Award winner for lighting Alex G, singer-songwriter Julie Gold, composer & Grammy Song of the Year Award winner, 1991, "From a Distance" Ross Katz, film producer John Henry Kurtz, Singer-songwriter Joe Lunardi, ESPN bracketologist Lauren MacMullan, Animation director Glen Macnow, Philadelphia radio personality Matt McCusker, Comedian, Shaman Clay Myers (photographer), Photographer and animal welfare advocate David Ricketts, composer, guitarist, producer for A&M Records Michael Sembello, composer, guitarist, wrote "Maniac" for Flashdance film soundtrack Sidney Silodor, Bridge player Mike Tollin, film producer and director Tom Verica, actor
Education, politics, and service Leo Burt, anti-war activist, still at-large; on FBI Most Wanted List in connection with 1970 Sterling Hall bombing at University of Wisconsin campus Stephen Freind, Republican representative in Pennsylvania General Assembly Frank Gasparro, Chief Engraver of the US Mint Theophilus Herter, Episcopal bishop who served in Havertown for 17 years Joshua Humphreys, shipbuilder Anne E. Kazak, Pediatric psychologist Mary Matz, Theologian of the Moravian Church Aaron Muderick, innovator and thought leader, company founder Greg Vitali, Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Mark Yudof, president of University of California
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