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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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Showing 176 of 2,110 notable people

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Gene Kelly

1912 - 1996

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F. Murray Abraham

Born 1939

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Zachary Quinto

Born 1977

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Jackie Evancho

Born 2000

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Joe Manganiello

Born 1976

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Scott Glenn

Born 1939

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Julie Benz

Born 1972

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Frank Gorshin

1933 - 2005

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Gillian Jacobs

Born 1982

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Adolphe Menjou

1890 - 1963

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Bill Nunn

1953 - 2016

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Dolores Costello

1903 - 1979

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Oscar Levant

1906 - 1972

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Zelda Rubinstein

1933 - 2010

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Ted Cassidy

1932 - 1979

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Kevin Peter Hall

1955 - 1991

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Tom Atkins (actor)

Born 1935

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John Hodiak

1914 - 1955

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Billy Gardell

Born 1969

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Fritz Weaver

1926 - 2016

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Rita Gam

1927 - 2016

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David Conrad

Born 1967

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Regis Toomey

1898 - 1991

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Lyle Talbot

1902 - 1996

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Irving Pichel

1891 - 1954

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Kim Director

Born 1974

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Ed O'Ross

Born 1949

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iJustine

Born 1984

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Judith O'Dea

Born 1945

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Lois Wilson (actress)

1894 - 1988

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Mark Deklin

Born 1967

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Patrick Fabian

Born 1964

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Eve Gordon

Born 1960

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Johnny Sins

Born 1978

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Jonathan Adams (American actor)

Born 1967

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Andy Mientus

Born 1986

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Don Beddoe

1903 - 1991

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Sharif Atkins

Born 1975

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Mackenzie Ziegler

Born 2004

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Lois Moran

1909 - 1990

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Chuck Hittinger

Born 1983

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Thomas Meighan

1879 - 1936

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Lory Bianco

Born 1963

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Jennifer Darling

Born 1946

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Jonathan Haze

Born 1929

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Joe E. Tata

Born 1936

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Arthur Hohl

1889 - 1964

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Alma Kruger

1871 - 1960

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Stanley Fields (actor)

1883 - 1941

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Lori Williams

Born 1946

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William Tracy

1917 - 1967

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Christian Borle

Born 1973

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Carl Betz

1921 - 1978

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Russell Streiner

Born 1940

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Louise Homer

1871 - 1947

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Natalie Moorhead

1901 - 1992

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Burt Mustin

1884 - 1977

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Lori Cardille

Born 1954

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Sam Sorbo

Born 1966

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Patti Deutsch

1943 - 2017

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Thomas Jay Ryan

Born 1962

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John Davidson (entertainer)

Born 1941

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Richard LeParmentier

1946 - 2013

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Judith McConnell

Born 1944

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Adoni Maropis

Born 1963

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Mary MacLaren

1896 - 1985

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Katherine MacDonald

1881 - 1956

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Rusty Cundieff

Born 1960

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Joe Flaherty

Born 1941

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Charles West (actor)

1885 - 1943

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Vince Barnett

1902 - 1977

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Charles Hutchison

1879 - 1949

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Michael Dietz

Born 1971

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Daniel London

Born 1973

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Frank DiLeo

1947 - 2011

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Dena Dietrich

1928 - 2020

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Harvey Friedman (actor)

Born 1959

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Lamman Rucker

Born 1971

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James Widdoes

Born 1953

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Anthony Jeselnik

Born 1978

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Nikki Fritz

1964 - 2020

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Robert Gordon (director)

1913 - 1990

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Mitzi McCall

Born 1932

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Dorothy Hale

1905 - 1938

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Regis Cordic

1926 - 1999

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Joel Lawrence

Born 1964

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Gloria Hope

1901 - 1976

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Gene Lyons (actor)

1921 - 1974

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Sandra Dee Robinson

Born 1967

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Don Brockett

1930 - 1995

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Judith Ridley

Born 1946

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Avi Sagild

1933 - 1995

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Robert Osterloh

1918 - 2001

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Kiel Martin

1944 - 1990

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Burt Brinckerhoff

Born 1936

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Jeanne Coyne

1923 - 1973

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Chanell Heart

Born 1993

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Phillip R. Allen

1939 - 2012

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Manu Narayan

Born 1973

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John Amplas

Born 1949

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Henry Polic II

1945 - 2013

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Sandy Fox

Born 1962

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Joseph V. Perry

1931 - 2000

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Alexis Malone

Born 1979

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Ron Rich

Born 1938

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Robert J. Steinmiller Jr.

Born 1978

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Heather Mazur

Born 1976

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Lulu Glaser

1874 - 1958

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Howard M. Mitchell

1883 - 1958

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Kyra Schon

Born 1957

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Kaye Stevens

1932 - 2011

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Jack Dodson

1931 - 1994

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Caitlin Clarke

1952 - 2004

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Cherie Johnson

Born 1975

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Olive Moorefield

Born 1932

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Vivian Reed (silent film actress)

1894 - 1989

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Kermit Murdock

1908 - 1981

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Paul McGill (actor)

Born 1987

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Kenneth Thomson (actor)

1899 - 1967

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Eddie Ifft

Born 1974

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Jon Daly

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Mario Joyner

Born 1961

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Lisa Emery

Born 1956

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Beth Ostrosky Stern

Born 1972

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Ralf Harolde

1899 - 1974

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Pamela Payton-Wright

1941 - 2019

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Christina Cindrich

Born 1981

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Joseph J. Dowling

1848 - 1928

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Sierra Sinn

Born 1982

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Mona Ray

1905 - 1986

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Pamela Gordon (actress)

1937 - 2003

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Jack Mullaney

1929 - 1982

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Helen Shipman

1899 - 1984

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Gino Anthony Pesi

Born 1980

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Florence Crawford

1880 - 1954

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Camden Toy

Born 1957

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Christopher Nelson (make-up artist)

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Darrell Zwerling

1928 - 2014

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Ollie O'Toole

1912 - 1992

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Lenora Nemetz

Born 1949

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Paul Smith (American actor, born 1929)

Born 1929

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Emma Bell Clifton

1874 - 1922

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Steve Sandor

1937 - 2017

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Brian Hutchison

-

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Antonio Marziale

Born 1997

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Keith Richards (attore)

1915 - 1987

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Margaret Irving

1898 - 1988

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Jenna Morasca

Born 1981

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Hazel Neason

1891 - 1920

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James Newill

1911 - 1975

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Mel Novak

Born 1942

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Kathleen Case

1933 - 1979

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Fred Grossinger

1936 - 1995

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Deborah Geffner

Born 1952

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Lisey Sweet

Born 1989

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Kevin Delaney

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Gerald Anthony

1951 - 2004

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Elysia Segal

Born 1985

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Miriam Leah Droz

Born 1976

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Lou Lubin

1895 - 1973

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John Gilbert Barrett

Born 1952

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Sally Starr (actress)

1909 - 1996

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Tina Benko

-

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Billy Hartung (actor)

Born 1971

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Michele Santopietro

Born 1971

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Joshua Elijah Reese

Born 1984

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Amilia Onyx

Born 1999

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Rick Rockwell

Born 1956

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Autumn Federici

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Henry Kernan

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William Tokarsky

Born 1948

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George Harris (attore 1892)

1892 - 1954

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Stella Mayhew

1874 - 1934

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Roberta Gale

1914 - 2008

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Kim Donovan

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C. Lindsay Workman

1924 - 2012

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