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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.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Pittsburgh during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1940s with 233 notable births.

What Pittsburgh Is Known For

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Football is Pittsburgh's biggest profession — 11% of all notables (242).

Pittsburgh over-indexes on baseball6.2× the global rate.

Pittsburgh under-produces painter — only 0.7× the global rate.

  1. Football242
  2. Politician193
  3. Actor176
  4. Baseball148
  5. Lawyer72
  6. Basket69
  7. Music64
  8. Writer52
  1. Baseball1486.2×
  2. Novelist253.0×
  3. Basket692.6×
  4. Screenwriter232.5×
  5. Officer302.2×
  6. Music642.1×
  7. Lawyer722.0×
  8. Business361.7×
  1. Painter370.7×

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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0004 POLITICIAN

Ron Paul

Born 1935

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0006 ACTOR

F. Murray Abraham

Born 1939

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0015 ACTOR

Scott Glenn

Born 1939

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0020 ACTOR

Frank Gorshin

1933 - 2005

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0022 SCREENWRITER

Charles Grodin

Born 1935

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0029 FOOTBALL

Johnny Unitas

1933 - 2002

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0030 AUTHOR

David McCullough

Born 1933

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0032 ASTRONAUT

James Irwin

1930 - 1991

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0035 PIANIST

Ahmad Jamal

Born 1930

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0043 COMPOSER

Paul Chambers

1935 - 1969

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0045 ACTOR

Zelda Rubinstein

1933 - 2010

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0048 ACTOR

Ted Cassidy

1932 - 1979

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0058 ACTOR

Tom Atkins (actor)

Born 1935

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0059 PHILOSOPHER

Tom Regan

1938 - 2017

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0069 SAXOPHONIST

Stanley Turrentine

1934 - 2000

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0091 THEOLOGIAN

R. C. Sproul

1939 - 2017

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0102 POLITICIAN

Dick Thornburgh

Born 1932

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0105 WRITER

Joseph Wambaugh

Born 1937

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0116 BASKET

Maurice Stokes

1933 - 1970

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0119 SCREENWRITER

Ronald Shusett

Born 1939

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0121 WRITER

Martha Grimes

Born 1931

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0125 PIANIST

Horace Parlan

1931 - 2017

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0127 POLITICIAN

John Heinz

1938 - 1991

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0135 MODEL

Bunny Yeager

1930 - 2014

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0138 AUTHOR

Nancy Friday

1933 - 2017

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0139 FILM

Joe Pytka

Born 1938

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0150 LAWYER

Adrian Cronauer

1938 - 2018

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0176 ACTOR

Joe E. Tata

Born 1936

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0192 AUTHOR

Gerome Ragni

1935 - 1991

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0198 SINGER

Dakota Staton

1930 - 2007

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0200 DIPLOMAT

Dan Rooney

1932 - 2017

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0230 BUSINESS

Richard Mellon Scaife

1932 - 2014

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0235 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Robert F. Marx

1933 - 2019

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0250 POLITICIAN

Stewart McKinney (politician)

1931 - 1987

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0261 LINGUIST

Calvert Watkins

1933 - 2013

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0263 MUSIC

Bob Babbitt

1937 - 2012

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0264 WRITER

Deirdre Bair

1935 - 2020

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0272 WRITER

Jack Shaheen

1935 - 2017

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0273 MUSIC

Ben Patterson

1934 - 2016

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0285 CIRCUS

Grady Stiles

1937 - 1992

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0293 TRUMPET

Al Aarons

1932 - 2015

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0329 PSYCHIATRIST

Richard Isay

1934 - 2012

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0330 DRAUGHTSMAN

Miguel Condé

Born 1939

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0337 PSYCHOLOGIST

Eugene Landy

1934 - 2006

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0343 PSYCHOLOGIST

Paul Cameron

Born 1939

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0352 PHYSICIST

Nick Herbert (physicist)

Born 1936

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0357 BIOLOGIST

Alex Shigo

1930 - 2006

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0366 MUSIC

David Izenzon

1932 - 1979

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0371 PSYCHOLOGIST

Robyn Dawes

1936 - 2010

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0374 BIOLOGIST

Bert W. O'Malley

Born 1936

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0377 THEOLOGIAN

John Frame (theologian)

Born 1939

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0379 ACTOR

Mitzi McCall

Born 1932

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0380 MATHEMATICIAN

Brian Skyrms

Born 1938

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0381 POLITICIAN

William J. Coyne

1936 - 2013

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0390 SINGER

Tommy Hunt

Born 1933

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0393 LAWYER

Philip Heymann

Born 1932

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0394 FOOTBALL

Joe Schmidt (American football)

Born 1932

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0396 FILM

Milton Katselas

1933 - 2008

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0412 SWIMMER

Jimmy McLane

Born 1930

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0416 FILM

Adrienne Kennedy

Born 1931

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0427 RESEARCH

James D. Meindl

1933 - 2020

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0437 ENGINEER

Robert W. Lucky

Born 1936

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0441 POLITICIAN

Catherine Baker Knoll

1930 - 2008

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0447 ACTOR

Don Brockett

1930 - 1995

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0457 ACTOR

Avi Sagild

1933 - 1995

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0464 SINGER

Adam Wade (singer)

Born 1935

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0473 AUTHOR

Bill Cole (musician)

Born 1937

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0478 ACTOR

Burt Brinckerhoff

Born 1936

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0485 PHYSICIST

James S. Langer

Born 1934

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0487 MUSIC

Beaver Harris

1936 - 1991

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0491 ACTOR

Phillip R. Allen

1939 - 2012

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0516 PAINTER

Yvonne Jacquette

Born 1934

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0522 ACTOR

Joseph V. Perry

1931 - 2000

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0528 ACTOR

Ron Rich

Born 1938

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0548 SCULPTOR

John Heard (musician)

Born 1938

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0553 BASKET

George Patterson (basketball)

1939 - 2003

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0556 COMPOSER

William Motzing

1937 - 2014

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0572 ACTOR

Kaye Stevens

1932 - 2011

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0574 CHEMIST

John Isaiah Brauman

Born 1937

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0575 MUSIC

J. C. Moses

1936 - 1977

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0587 ACTOR

Jack Dodson

1931 - 1994

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0595 ACTOR

Olive Moorefield

Born 1932

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0601 ACTRESS

Marian McCargo

1932 - 2004

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0617 BASKET

Ed Fleming

1933 - 2002

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0629 BIOGRAPHER

Benjamin Tatar

1930 - 2012

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0640 LAWYER

Derrick Bell

1930 - 2011

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0641 CONDUCTOR

David Stock

1939 - 2015

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0694 ENGINEER

Arden L. Bement Jr.

Born 1932

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0707 POLITICIAN

Rhea Chiles

1930 - 2015

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0711 MUSIC

Mack McCormick

1930 - 2015

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0727 ENTREPRENEUR

James Sinegal

Born 1936

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0744 DRIVER

Fred Gamble (racing driver)

Born 1932

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0749 ACTOR

Pamela Gordon (actress)

1937 - 2003

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0771 PRIEST

William J. Winter

Born 1930

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0774 ARTIST

Raymond Saunders (artist)

Born 1934

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0777 LITERARY

Jonathan Yardley

Born 1939

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0778 BUSINESS

William S. Dietrich II

1938 - 2011

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0786 PHOTOGRAPHER

Jill Freedman

1939 - 2019

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0790 ART HISTORIAN

Marian Wenzel

1932 - 2002

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0816 NOVELIST

Marion Meade

Born 1934

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0829 BASEBALL

Russ Kemmerer

1931 - 2014

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0876 FOOTBALL

Dick Nolan (American football)

1932 - 2007

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0881 RUNNER

Arnie Sowell

Born 1935

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0885 LYRICIST

Josie Carey

1930 - 2004

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0906 AUTHOR

Robert L. Shook

Born 1938

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0910 SCREENWRITER

Ron Friedman (producer)

Born 1932

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0918 POLITICIAN

Richard Caliguiri

1931 - 1988

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0923 ACTOR

Steve Sandor

1937 - 2017

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0936 FOOTBALL

Tom Matte

Born 1939

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0955 FOOTBALL

Fran Curci

Born 1938

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0969 LAWYER

William Lloyd Standish

1930 - 2015

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0990 POLICE

Thomas Delahanty

Born 1934

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0991 HISTORIAN

Theodore Friend

1931 - 2020

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1006 PHILOSOPHER

Margaret Dauler Wilson

1939 - 1998

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1008 LAWYER

James C. Cacheris

Born 1933

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1029 VETERAN

Clair George

1930 - 2011

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1030 PRIEST

Constantine of Irinoupolis

1936 - 2012

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1034 PSYCHIATRIST

Herbert Kleber

1934 - 2018

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1046 WRITER

Leonard Baker

1931 - 1984

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1049 JOURNALIST

Norman Charles Miller

Born 1934

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1053 BIOCHEMIST

Martha L. Ludwig

1931 - 2006

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1056 COMPOSER

Al Cleveland

1930 - 1996

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1075 POET

Ed Roberson

Born 1939

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1086 ACTOR

Kathleen Case

1933 - 1979

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1106 POLITICIAN

Edgar Robb

Born 1937

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1114 ACTOR

Fred Grossinger

1936 - 1995

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1123 SINGER

Eileen Rodgers

1930 - 2003

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1134 ACADEMIC

Lynn R. Sykes

Born 1937

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1138 FINANCIER

Bennett S. LeBow

Born 1937

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1162 JUDGE

Alan Neil Bloch

Born 1932

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1176 POLITICIAN

Anthony M. DeLuca

Born 1937

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1186 LAWYER

Robert Colville

1935 - 2018

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1188 BASEBALL

Bob Sadowski (pitcher)

1938 - 2018

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1192 COMPOSER

Ramon Zupko

Born 1932

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1209 LAWYER

Walter Herbert Rice

Born 1937

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1220 SURGEON

Ronald A. Malt

1931 - 2002

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1223 BASEBALL

Ed Rakow

1935 - 2000

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1237 MUSIC

Frank Cunimondo

Born 1934

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1247 BASEBALL

Tony Bartirome

1932 - 2018

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1289 FOOTBALL

Ed Vereb

1934 - 2014

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1293 BASEBALL

Ed Sadowski

1931 - 1993

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1298 SWIMMER

Albert Wiggins

1935 - 2011

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1300 POLITICIAN

Dick Hess

1938 - 2013

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1310 BASEBALL

Ted Sadowski

1936 - 1993

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1325 BASEBALL

Bob Priddy

Born 1939

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1327 ARTIST

Mary Dodson

1932 - 2016

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1332 BASEBALL

Marguerite Pearson

1932 - 2005

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1340 FOOTBALL

Jack Johnson (defensive back)

1933 - 2015

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1356 PHOTOGRAPHER

Pinky Bass

Born 1936

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1373 FOOTBALL

Gary Greaves

Born 1935

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1381 LAWYER

Donald Emil Ziegler

1936 - 2019

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1382 FOOTBALL

Dick McCabe (American football)

1933 - 1983

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1405 FOOTBALL

Emil Karas

1933 - 1974

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1460 BASEBALL

George Susce (pitcher)

1931 - 2010

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1465 REPUBLICAN

David Dank

1938 - 2015

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1476 FOOTBALL

Charley Scales

Born 1938

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1488 ACADEMIC

Allan Mitchell

1933 - 2016

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1489 BASKET

Jimmy Smith (basketball, born 1934)

1934 - 2002

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1495 WRESTLER

Johnny De Fazio

Born 1930

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1506 DIPLOMAT

Robert L. Barry

Born 1934

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1511 BASEBALL

Bobby Del Greco

1933 - 2019

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1520 FOOTBALL

Bob Scrabis

Born 1936

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1523 PROFESSOR

Jay Nunamaker

Born 1937

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1524 GUITAR

Dan Armstrong

1934 - 2004

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1542 BASEBALL

Jim Sadowski

Born 1936

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1563 PHYSIKER

Bill Cormann Giessen

1932 - 2010

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1565 FOOTBALL

Harry Jagielski

1931 - 1993

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1573 FOOTBALL

Ron Marciniak

1932 - 2020

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1577 FOOTBALL

Art Gob

1937 - 2017

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1592 POLITICIAN

Frank Pecora

1930 - 2017

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1598 PHYSICIST

J. Robert Dorfman

Born 1937

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1622 ARCHITECT

Alex Cooper

Born 1936

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1626 FOOTBALL

Ron Hatcher

Born 1939

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1644 POLITICIAN

Roy Wilt

Born 1935

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1645 LAWYER

John P. Flaherty Jr.

1931 - 2019

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1662 FOOTBALL

Vic Zucco

Born 1935

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1689 BUSINESS

Edward J. Lewis

1937 - 2006

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1707 FOOTBALL

Ed Fullerton

1931 - 2015

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1731 SPORT

Joe Moore (American football coach)

1932 - 2003

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1746 FOOTBALL

George Rosso

1930 - 1994

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1754 ENTREPRENEUR

Peter Jubeck

1936 - 2003

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1786 GANGSTER

Dante "Tex" Gill

1930 - 2003

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1793 POLITICIAN

Leonard Bodack

1932 - 2015

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1801 BASEBALL

Betty Jane Cornett

1932 - 2006

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1802 PHYSICIAN

Rosetta Burke

Born 1937

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1838 POLICE

Donald Aubrecht

1930 - 2012

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1848 POLITICIAN

Gerald Kaufman (Pennsylvania politician)

Born 1932

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1855 DOCTOR

Allen Secher

Born 1935

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1857 DRIVER

Roy Pike

Born 1938

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1867 POLITICIAN

Edward Early

Born 1935

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1869 SAILOR

Ding Schoonmaker

Born 1930

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1886 FOOTBALL

Don Schaefer

Born 1934

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1888 MUSIC

Ron Anthony

Born 1933

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1904 POLITICIAN

Thomas C. Petrone

1937 - 2014

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1947 COPYWRITING

James Hartzell

1931 - 2010

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1949 FOOTBALL

Fred Glatz

Born 1933

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1953 FOOTBALL

George Deiderich

1936 - 1999

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1955 FOOTBALL

John Cenci

Born 1934

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1957 POLITICIAN

H. Sheldon Parker

Born 1938

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1969 PAINTER

Rochelle Blumenfeld

Born 1936

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1972 POLITICIAN

Ronald Goebbel

Born 1936

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2021 COACH

Howard Weyers

1934 - 2018

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2026 SPORT

Bob Mazie

1938 - 2017

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2027 ACADEMIC

Don Scharfetter

1934 - 2000

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2032 BUSINESS

Tad Potter

1933 - 2013

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2062 MISSING

Andrew Sorenson

1938 - 2011

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2071 MAFIOSO

Charles Porter (mafioso)

Born 1933

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2072 FOOTBALL

Ralph Bouch

1932 - 2016

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2080 BISHOP

Edward C. Chalfant

Born 1937

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2090 BASKET

Ken Hudson

1939 - 2012

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2107 ACADEMIC

Andrew Sorensen

1938 - 2011

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