This List of William Penn Charter School people catalogs notable alumni of William Penn Charter School, a private school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Chris Albright , OPC ’97, professional soccer player[ 1]
Rubén Amaro, Jr. , OPC '83, baseball player, general manager Philadelphia Phillies , and coach Boston Red Sox and New York Mets [ 2]
Steven Balbus , OPC '71, Savilian Professor of Astronomy , University of Oxford [ 3]
Donald Barnhouse , OPC '39, American Christian preacher, pastor, radio pioneer
David Berkoff , OPC ’84, Olympic medalist in swimming[ 4]
Raynal Bolling , OPC '96 (1896), first high-ranking U.S. officer to be killed in combat in World War I [ 5] [ 6]
Henry Joel Cadbury , OPC '99 (1899), Quaker scholar, teacher, Harvard Divinity chair 1934–54[ 7]
Bobby Convey , '98 (did not graduate), professional soccer player[ 8]
Charles Gwynne Douglas, III , OPC '60, former Supreme Court Justice from the state of New Hampshire , former US Congressman [ 9]
Pierre S. du Pont OPC 1886, industrialist, philanthropist, DuPont Corporation director, one-time Chairman of General Motors .
J. Presper Eckert , OPC '37, University of Pennsylvania researcher, computer pioneer, co-creator of the world's first electronic computer, ENIAC [ 10]
Richard B Fisher , OPC '53, chairman emeritus of Morgan Stanley
Mark Gubicza , OPC '81, former professional baseball pitcher[ 11]
Adam F. Goldberg , OPC '94, television and film writer, created The Goldbergs and Schooled , both of which take place partially or fully at William Penn Academy , which is a fictionalized version of William Penn Charter School.
Bill Green IV , OPC '83, former chairman of the Philadelphia School Reform Commission and former Philadelphia City Council member at-large[ 12]
Crawford Greenewalt , OPC '18, chemist, head of DuPont Corp. '48–'67, developed Nylon fabrics.[ 13]
John Grotzinger , OPC '75,[ 14] geologist, professor[ 15] Co-investigator on the Mars 2020 Rover.[ 16]
William F. N. Gullan, OPC '92, Notable Man of Leisure and World Champion Platform Tennis Player
George Hauptfuhrer , OPC '44, third overall selection in the 1948 BAA Draft [ 17]
Howard Head , OPC ’32, founder of Head Ski Company & Prince Manufacturing Inc. 1914–1991[ 18]
Joseph M. Hoeffel , OPC '68, Pennsylvania 13th District Congressman [ 19]
John B. Kelly Jr. , OPC ’45, Olympic medalist and former president of the U.S. Olympic committee , brother of Grace Kelly
Leicester Bodine Holland , architect and archaeologist
John Kalinger, OPC '92, Tony Award Winning Choreographer
Kenny Koplove , OPC '12, professional baseball pitcher
Rob Kurz , OPC '04, NBA player[ 20]
David Leebron , OPC '73, president of Rice University in Houston, Texas[ 21]
Richard Lester , director
Douglas Macgregor PhD., American senior military officer and author.
Mike McGlinchey (offensive lineman) , OPC '13, offensive tackle for the Denver Broncos [ 22]
Jack Meyer , OPC '50, former pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies [ 23]
David Montgomery , OPC '64, President of the Philadelphia Phillies [ 24]
David W. Oxtoby , OPC '68, President of Pomona College and professor of chemistry[ 25]
Endicott Peabody , former Governor of Massachusetts , member of the College Football Hall of Fame (defense for Harvard).[ 26]
Robert Picardo , OPC '71, The Doctor on Star Trek: Voyager [ 27]
William T. Read , lawyer, President of the New Jersey Senate , Treasurer of New Jersey
Tony Resch , OPC '81, former professional lacrosse player, current coach, and NLL Hall of Fame inductee[ 28]
Grover C. Richman, Jr. , U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey (1951–53) and New Jersey Attorney General (1954–58)[ 29]
David Riesman , OPC '26, former Harvard University sociology professor, lawyer, author of sociology classic "The Lonely Crowd "[ 25]
Matt Ryan , OPC '03, quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons [ 30]
Vic Seixas , OPC '41, former professional tennis player, won Wimbledon in 1953 and the US Open in 1954.
Michael Siani , OPC '18, professional baseball player
Sean Singletary , OPC '04, professional basketball player[ 31]
David Sirota , OPC '94, author, journalist, and political strategist
J.C. Spink OPC 1990, Manager and Producer, Principal at Benderspink.
J. David Stern , OPC 1902, Publisher of The Philadelphia Record (1928–47) and other newspapers
Frederick F. Woerner, Jr. , OPC '51, former Commander-in-Chief, United States Southern Command (1987–89)
Jesse Watters (did not graduate), Watters World, Fox News
Daryl Worley , OPC '13, professional football player
Bruce Berlinger OPC '67, TV News Anchor (WGME-TV CBS)
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