40.4418° N, 80.0008° W
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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Gene Kelly
1912 - 1996
F. Murray Abraham
Born 1939
Zachary Quinto
Born 1977
Jackie Evancho
Born 2000
Joe Manganiello
Born 1976
Scott Glenn
Born 1939
Julie Benz
Born 1972
Frank Gorshin
1933 - 2005
Gillian Jacobs
Born 1982
Adolphe Menjou
1890 - 1963
Bill Nunn
1953 - 2016
Dolores Costello
1903 - 1979
Oscar Levant
1906 - 1972
Zelda Rubinstein
1933 - 2010
Ted Cassidy
1932 - 1979
Kevin Peter Hall
1955 - 1991
Tom Atkins (actor)
Born 1935
John Hodiak
1914 - 1955
Billy Gardell
Born 1969
Fritz Weaver
1926 - 2016
Rita Gam
1927 - 2016
David Conrad
Born 1967
Regis Toomey
1898 - 1991
Lyle Talbot
1902 - 1996
Irving Pichel
1891 - 1954
Kim Director
Born 1974
Ed O'Ross
Born 1949
iJustine
Born 1984
Judith O'Dea
Born 1945
Lois Wilson (actress)
1894 - 1988
Mark Deklin
Born 1967
Patrick Fabian
Born 1964
Eve Gordon
Born 1960
Johnny Sins
Born 1978
Jonathan Adams (American actor)
Born 1967
Andy Mientus
Born 1986
Don Beddoe
1903 - 1991
Sharif Atkins
Born 1975
Mackenzie Ziegler
Born 2004
Lois Moran
1909 - 1990
Chuck Hittinger
Born 1983
Thomas Meighan
1879 - 1936
Lory Bianco
Born 1963
Jennifer Darling
Born 1946
Jonathan Haze
Born 1929
Joe E. Tata
Born 1936
Arthur Hohl
1889 - 1964
Alma Kruger
1871 - 1960
Stanley Fields (actor)
1883 - 1941
Lori Williams
Born 1946
William Tracy
1917 - 1967
Christian Borle
Born 1973
Carl Betz
1921 - 1978
Russell Streiner
Born 1940
Louise Homer
1871 - 1947
Natalie Moorhead
1901 - 1992
Burt Mustin
1884 - 1977
Lori Cardille
Born 1954
Sam Sorbo
Born 1966
Patti Deutsch
1943 - 2017
Thomas Jay Ryan
Born 1962
John Davidson (entertainer)
Born 1941
Richard LeParmentier
1946 - 2013
Judith McConnell
Born 1944
Adoni Maropis
Born 1963
Mary MacLaren
1896 - 1985
Katherine MacDonald
1881 - 1956
Rusty Cundieff
Born 1960
Joe Flaherty
Born 1941
Charles West (actor)
1885 - 1943
Vince Barnett
1902 - 1977
Charles Hutchison
1879 - 1949
Michael Dietz
Born 1971
Daniel London
Born 1973
Frank DiLeo
1947 - 2011
Dena Dietrich
1928 - 2020
Harvey Friedman (actor)
Born 1959
Lamman Rucker
Born 1971
James Widdoes
Born 1953
Anthony Jeselnik
Born 1978
Nikki Fritz
1964 - 2020
Robert Gordon (director)
1913 - 1990
Mitzi McCall
Born 1932
Dorothy Hale
1905 - 1938
Regis Cordic
1926 - 1999
Joel Lawrence
Born 1964
Gloria Hope
1901 - 1976
Gene Lyons (actor)
1921 - 1974
Sandra Dee Robinson
Born 1967
Don Brockett
1930 - 1995
Judith Ridley
Born 1946
Avi Sagild
1933 - 1995
Robert Osterloh
1918 - 2001
Kiel Martin
1944 - 1990
Burt Brinckerhoff
Born 1936
Jeanne Coyne
1923 - 1973
Chanell Heart
Born 1993
Phillip R. Allen
1939 - 2012
Manu Narayan
Born 1973
John Amplas
Born 1949
Henry Polic II
1945 - 2013
Sandy Fox
Born 1962
Joseph V. Perry
1931 - 2000
Alexis Malone
Born 1979
Ron Rich
Born 1938
Robert J. Steinmiller Jr.
Born 1978
Heather Mazur
Born 1976
Lulu Glaser
1874 - 1958
Howard M. Mitchell
1883 - 1958
Kyra Schon
Born 1957
Kaye Stevens
1932 - 2011
Jack Dodson
1931 - 1994
Caitlin Clarke
1952 - 2004
Cherie Johnson
Born 1975
Olive Moorefield
Born 1932
Vivian Reed (silent film actress)
1894 - 1989
Kermit Murdock
1908 - 1981
Paul McGill (actor)
Born 1987
Kenneth Thomson (actor)
1899 - 1967
Eddie Ifft
Born 1974
Jon Daly
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Mario Joyner
Born 1961
Lisa Emery
Born 1956
Beth Ostrosky Stern
Born 1972
Ralf Harolde
1899 - 1974
Pamela Payton-Wright
1941 - 2019
Christina Cindrich
Born 1981
Joseph J. Dowling
1848 - 1928
Sierra Sinn
Born 1982
Mona Ray
1905 - 1986
Pamela Gordon (actress)
1937 - 2003
Jack Mullaney
1929 - 1982
Helen Shipman
1899 - 1984
Gino Anthony Pesi
Born 1980
Florence Crawford
1880 - 1954
Camden Toy
Born 1957
Christopher Nelson (make-up artist)
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Darrell Zwerling
1928 - 2014
Ollie O'Toole
1912 - 1992
Lenora Nemetz
Born 1949
Paul Smith (American actor, born 1929)
Born 1929
Emma Bell Clifton
1874 - 1922
Steve Sandor
1937 - 2017
Brian Hutchison
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Antonio Marziale
Born 1997
Keith Richards (attore)
1915 - 1987
Margaret Irving
1898 - 1988
Jenna Morasca
Born 1981
Hazel Neason
1891 - 1920
James Newill
1911 - 1975
Mel Novak
Born 1942
Kathleen Case
1933 - 1979
Fred Grossinger
1936 - 1995
Deborah Geffner
Born 1952
Lisey Sweet
Born 1989
Kevin Delaney
-
Gerald Anthony
1951 - 2004
Elysia Segal
Born 1985
Miriam Leah Droz
Born 1976
Lou Lubin
1895 - 1973
John Gilbert Barrett
Born 1952
Sally Starr (actress)
1909 - 1996
Tina Benko
-
Billy Hartung (actor)
Born 1971
Michele Santopietro
Born 1971
Joshua Elijah Reese
Born 1984
Amilia Onyx
Born 1999
Rick Rockwell
Born 1956
Autumn Federici
-
Henry Kernan
-
William Tokarsky
Born 1948
George Harris (attore 1892)
1892 - 1954
Stella Mayhew
1874 - 1934
Roberta Gale
1914 - 2008
Kim Donovan
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C. Lindsay Workman
1924 - 2012