Include:
- 2011 Pulitzer Prize-winner Eric Foner
- National Book Award-nominee Aleksander Hemon
- Renown cartoonist, filmmaker, and Free Culture Advocate Nina Paley
- Braddock, PA Mayor John Fetterman
Anthracite Region Novelists:
- Thomas Malafarina
- Joseph Tarone
- Mike Breslin
GNU Founder, Free Software Advocate Richard Stallman
Novelist (photographer and art historian) Teju Cole
