•
Laurie Halse Anderson, American writer, lived in Elkins Park •
Jay Ansill, composer and folk musician •
Jenna Arnold, American businessperson, author, and a national organizer for the
Women's March on Washington •
Melissa Bank, American author, grew up in Elkins Park •
Jan Berenstain and Stan Berenstain, writers and
illustrators best known for creating the children's book series
The Berenstain Bears •
Michael S. Brown, Nobel prize winner in medicine or physiology •
Ilene Chaiken, American television producer, director, writer, and founder of Little Chicken Productions •
Wilt Chamberlain, American professional
basketball player who played
center and is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the sport's history, lived in Elkins Park •
Bill Cosby, stand-up comedian, actor, and author •
Eleanor Widener Dixon, socialite and philanthropist •
Douglas Feith, former
Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, grew up in Elkins Park •
Marvin Harrison, NFL wide receiver for the
Indianapolis Colts •
Lil Dicky, rapper and comedian •
William Lukens Elkins, oil and transport magnate •
William McIntire Elkins, rare book collector •
Mark Levin, radio talk show host •
Edgar Lee Masters, poet; spent his final years in Elkins Park •
Mary Ellen Mark, photojournalist •
Benjamin Netanyahu,
Prime Minister of Israel •
Yonatan Netanyahu, Israeli soldier and brother of Benjamin Netanyahu •
Raymond Perelman, American businessman and philanthropist •
Ike Richman, personal attorney for
National Basketball Association player
Wilt Chamberlain and a co-owner of the
Philadelphia 76ers •
Eleanor Elkins Widener, founder of
Widener Library at
Harvard University to honor her son •
Harry Elkins Widener, grandson of
Peter A. B. Widener and namesake of
Widener Library at
Harvard University; born in Elkins Park and died on the
Titanic •
Peter A. B. Widener, head of a wealthy and historically prominent family •
Bernard Wolfman, Dean of the
University of Pennsylvania Law School Fictional characters •
Betty Draper (
January Jones), a main character on
AMC's
television series Mad Men ==In popular culture==