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 in Philadelphia

Anita DeFrantz

American rower.

Born October 4th, 1952 (age 72 years) in Philadelphia.

Skip Barber

Racecar driver.

Born November 16th, 1936 (age 88 years) in Philadelphia.

George Kelly

American playwright, screenwriter, director, and actor.

Born January 16th, 1887 in Philadelphia.

Died June 18th, 1974 at 87 years old in Bryn Mawr (disease).

Edwin Boring

American psychologist.

Born October 23rd, 1886 in Philadelphia.

Died July 1st, 1968 at 81 years old in Cambridge (multiple myeloma).

Kate Douglas Wiggin

American writer (1856-1923).

Born September 28th, 1856 in Philadelphia.

Died August 24th, 1923 at 66 years old in London Borough of Harrow.

John Adler

American politician and lawyer (1959-2011).

Born August 23rd, 1959 in Philadelphia.

Died April 4th, 2011 at 51 years old in Philadelphia (infectious disease). [ref]

Robert G. Gallager

American electrical engineer.

Born May 29th, 1931 (age 94 years) in Philadelphia.

Frances Spence

American physicist and computer scientist.

Born March 2nd, 1922 in Philadelphia.

Died July 18th, 2012 at 90 years old

Leda Cosmides

American psychologist.

Born May 9th, 1957 (age 68 years) in Philadelphia.

David Reid

American boxer.

Born September 17th, 1973 (age 51 years) in Philadelphia.

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