Haverford, Pennsylvania

Demographics

Infrastructure

Public Transportation

• Haverford - Paoli/Thorndale Line
• Haverford - Norristown High Speed Line
• Suburban Bus Routes: 105 and 106

  Historic Sites

Notable people

• David J. Adelman, CEO of Campus Apartments and the co-founder and Chairman of FS Investments
• John C. Bogle, financial guru, founder of The Vanguard Group of mutual funds. He is the author of several books, most recently "The Little Book of Common Sense Investing". In 1999, Fortune magazine named Bogle as one of the four "Investment Giants" of the twentieth century. In 2004, Time magazine named Bogle as one of the world's 100 most powerful and influential people. He is a former resident of North Rose Lane.
• Catherine Drinker Bowen author and historian. She was the author of many books including "Miracle at Philadelphia: The Story of the Constitutional Convention, May to September 1787" and "The Most Dangerous Man in America: Scenes from the Life of Benjamin Franklin". She lived on Booth Lane, north of Montgomery Avenue
• Alexander Johnson Cassatt, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad from 1899 to 1906. His estate, "Cheswold," was off of Grays Lane. A bas-relief plaque showing Cassatt on horseback is located on the stone wall of the Merion Cricket Club, at the corner of Grays Lane and Montgomery Avenue. Cassatt, the brother of the American impressionist painter Mary Cassatt, was responsible for the granite curbstones which give so many roads in Lower Merion Township such charm. He also designed the distinctive green and yellow metal street signs which characterize the township.
• Herb Clarke, former weatherman for WCAU-TV from 1958 to 1997
• Frank Converse, actor, former resident of Laurel Lane.
• Theodore Freeman, aeronautical engineer, U.S. Air Force officer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut
• Clement Acton Griscom, founder and president of American Steamship Lines. His estate, "Dolobran," is on Laurel Lane. The house was designed by the famous Philadelphia architect Frank Furness, who also designed the Merion Cricket Club in Haverford. Dolobran took four years to build, encompasses a floor area of over on five levels and is "a priceless relic of the Gilded Age on the Main Line."
• Ken Henderson, former Major League Baseball player.
• Joshua Humphreys, American shipbuilder and naval architect who designed the U.S. frigate Constitution, familiarly known as “Old Ironsides”. Humphreys was commissioned in 1794 to design six frigates for the newly formed U.S. Navy, thus becoming the first American naval construction contractor.
• John LeClair, retired National Hockey League All-Star
• Frederic Lewy, German-born neurologist, discovered Lewy bodies
• Jameer Nelson, All-Star basketball player for the Orlando Magic. A native of Chester, Pennsylvania, he attended St. Joseph's University. He lives in Haverford during the off season
• Georges Perrier, chef, founder of Le Bec-Fin restaurant in Philadelphia. He lived on Booth Lane.
• J. Howard Pew, son of Joseph Newton Pew, the founder of Sun Oil Company. His estate, "Knollbrook," was at Grays Lane and Mill Creek Road.
• Karin Katherine Taylor, actress, fashion model, Playmate of the Month in Playboy magazine. She founded Style House in Haverford. She is currently living in Palm Beach, Florida.