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PITTSBURGH
Most Famous People Born in Pittsburgh, United States
- Notable people
- 2,110
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- Median birth year
- 1938
- Most distinctive
- Baseball 6.2×
A steel city with an unusually literary bench — novelists, screenwriters, and musicians at the top, the legacy of Carnegie Mellon and the University of Pittsburgh — alongside the expected baseball and basketball shelves. Pittsburgh's most famous son is Andy Warhol, with Gene Kelly, Gertrude Stein, Martha Graham, and Mary Cassatt a few shelves down; the philanthropic tradition is what happens when the Mellons, Fricks, and Carnegies all live on the same hill.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Pittsburgh during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Pittsburgh Is Known For
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Football is Pittsburgh's biggest profession — 11% of all notables (242).
Pittsburgh over-indexes on baseball — 6.2× the global rate.
Pittsburgh under-produces painter — only 0.7× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Pittsburgh's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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William Kelly (inventor)
1811 - 1888
Jane Swisshelm
1815 - 1884
Samuel W. Black
1816 - 1862
George Washington Harris
1814 - 1869
Edward Scull
1818 - 1900
William Thaw Sr.
1818 - 1889
Robert M. Riddle
1812 - 1858
James A. Ekin
1819 - 1891
James Totten
1818 - 1871
Wilson McCandless
1810 - 1882
Trevor McClurg
1817 - 1893
Alexander Murray (1816–1884)
1816 - 1884
James S. Lithgow
1812 - 1902