List of William Penn Charter School people

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]
• Donald Barnhouse, OPC '39, American Christian preacher, pastor, radio pioneer.
• David Berkoff, OPC ’84, Olympic medalist in swimming[3]
• Raynal Bolling, OPC '96 (1896), first high-ranking U.S. officer to be killed in combat in World War I
• Henry Joel Cadbury, OPC '99 (1899), Quaker scholar, teacher, Harvard Divinity chair 1934–54[4]
• Bobby Convey, '98 (did not graduate), professional soccer player[5]
• Charles Gwynne Douglas, III, OPC '60, former Supreme Court Justice from the state of New Hampshire, former US Congressman[6]
• 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[7]
• Richard B Fisher, OPC '53, chairman emeritus of Morgan Stanley
• Mark Gubicza, OPC '81, former professional baseball pitcher[8]
• 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[9]
• Crawford Greenewalt, OPC '18, chemist, head of DuPont Corp. '48–'67, developed Nylon fabrics.[10]
• John Grotzinger, OPC '75,[11] geologist, professor[12] Co-investigator on the Mars 2020 Rover. [13]
• George Hauptfuhrer, OPC '44, third overall selection in the 1948 BAA Draft[14]
• Howard Head, OPC ’32, founder of Head Ski Company & Prince Manufacturing Inc. 1914–1991[15]
• Joseph M. Hoeffel, OPC '68, Pennsylvania 13th District Congressman[16]
• 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
• Kenny Koplove, OPC '12, professional baseball pitcher
• Rob Kurz, OPC '04, NBA player[17]
• David Leebron, OPC '73, president of Rice University in Houston, Texas[18]
• Richard Lester, director
• Douglas Macgregor PhD., American senior military officer and author.
• Mike McGlinchey (offensive lineman), OPC '13, offensive tackle for the San Francisco 49ers[19]
• Jack Meyer, OPC '50, former pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies[20]
• David Montgomery, OPC '64, President of the Philadelphia Phillies[21]
• David W. Oxtoby, OPC '68, President of Pomona College and professor of chemistry[22]
• Endicott Peabody, former Governor of Massachusetts, member of the College Football Hall of Fame (defense for Harvard).[23]
• Robert Picardo, OPC '71, The Doctor on Star Trek: Voyager[24]
• Tony Resch, OPC '81, former professional lacrosse player, current coach, and NLL Hall of Fame inductee[25]
• Grover C. Richman, Jr., U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey (1951–53) and New Jersey Attorney General (1954–58)[26]
• David Riesman, OPC '26, former Harvard University sociology professor, lawyer, author of sociology classic "The Lonely Crowd"[22]
• Matt Ryan, OPC '03, quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons [27]
• Vic Seixas, OPC '41, former professional tennis player, won Wimbledon in 1953 and the US Open in 1954.
• Sean Singletary, OPC '04, professional basketball player[28]
• 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
• Brendan Cellucci, OPC '17, professional baseball player
• Michael Siani, OPC '18, professional baseball player
• Sam Siani, OPC '19, professional baseball player