The following is a list of notable people from Luzerne County, Pennsylvania: * Edie Adams, Singer, actress, & comedian; wife of Ernie Kovacs * Nick Adams, actor, (Mister Roberts, Rebel Without a Cause), best known to audiences as Johnny Yuma of the TV series The Rebel * Lou Barletta, congressman representing the 11th District of Pennsylvania * Hazel Barnes, philosopher * Douglas Carter Beane, playwright * Al Bedner, NFL player * Steve Bilko, 20 years old when he broke into professional baseball on September 22, 1949, with the St. Louis Cardinals * David Bohm, quantum physicist * Charles Calvin Bowman, mayor of Pittston and U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania * William Bowman (fencer), Member of the 1912 U.S. Olympic Team * Hubie Brown, basketball coach and television analyst