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.
Authors, journalists, playwrights, and poets
Christian Bauman, novelist
Stephen Vincent Benét, former Pulitzer Prize-winning author and poet
Charles Bierbauer, former University of South Carolina dean and former CNN correspondent Clair Blank, author, Beverly Gray series of books John Birmelin, former Pennsylvania German language poet and playwright Katherine Boehret, former Wall Street Journal technology journalist Jen Bryant, poet and author Russell Davenport, former publisher, writer, and former managing editor of Fortune magazine Solomon DeLong (pen name Obediah Grouthomel), former Pennsylvania German newspaper columnist Michael Flynn, science fiction author Matthew Giobbi, author H.D., former writer and modernist poet Alfred Hassler, former journalist and author Carmen Maria Machado, short story author and essayist Randall Munroe, writer, XKCD comic series Sandra Novack, novelist Alix Olson, spoken word artist Michael Pocalyko, business executive and financial novelist Marci Shore, author and historian Elsie Singmaster, former author Jennifer Storm, author, Blackout Girl: Growing Up and Drying Out in America and Leave the Light On Lauren Weisberger, author, The Devil Wears Prada
Business and politics
Roy Afflerbach, lobbyist and former Allentown mayor
William F. Andrews, former Florida State Representative
James Soloman Biery, former member of Congress
Joseph Force Crater, former New York State Supreme Court justice
James B. Cunningham, former U.S. ambassador to Israel and Afghanistan
Charlie Dent, former member of Congress
Charles L. Gerlach, former member of Congress
Fred Benjamin Gernerd, former member of Congress
Rick Glazier, former member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
Murray H. Goodman, former real estate developer
Eugene Grace, former industrialist and president of Bethlehem Steel
Erskine Hazard, co-founder of Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company, Lehigh Canal, and Lehigh Crane Iron Company David W. Hess, member of New Hampshire House of Representatives Lee Iacocca, former chairman of Chrysler Michael Johns, healthcare executive and former White House presidential speechwriter John Kline, former member of Congress Marcus C. L. Kline, former member of Congress Fred Ewing Lewis, former member of Congress Norton Lewis Lichtenwalner, former member of Congress John E. McGlade, former chairman, chief executive officer and president of Air Products Peter Newhard, former member of Congress Andrew Horatio Reeder, former governor of Kansas Donald L. Ritter, former member of Congress James Ritter, former member, Pennsylvania House of Representatives Charles M. Schwab, former president, Bethlehem Steel Samuel Sitgreaves, former U.S. commissioner to Great Britain and former member of Congress Richard A. Snelling, former governor of Vermont George Taylor, founding father and Second Continental Congress delegate who signed Declaration of Independence Josiah White, co-founder of Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company, Lehigh Canal, Lehigh Crane Iron Company, and other railroads Charles A. Wikoff, most senior ranking U.S. Army officer killed in Spanish–American War Susan Wild, member of Congress, Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district