Historic Germantown People

Germantown has seen many important events and was home to some of the people who shaped American history. Below is a list of famous and influential people who lived or worked in Germantown. Click on a name to learn more.

• Louisa May Alcott — author of Little Women and others
• James Barron — U.S. Commodore and naval hero
• Benjamin Chew — Chief Justice of Pennsylvania
• Isaac Franks — Colonel, soldier in the Revolution
• Adam Kuhn — Physician, Professor, Botanist
• James Logan — William Penn's secretary, statesman
• Francis Pastorius — Leader of Germantown settlement
• Edmund Randolph — U.S. Attorney General
• William Rittenhouse — paper maker and minister
• Christopher Sower — printed the first Bible in America
• Gilbert Stuart — famous portrait artist
• George Washington — first U.S. president, Commander
• John Wister — wealthy Philadelphia merchant