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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- Field: Novelist Clear ×
George R. Stewart
1895 - 1980
Jerry Stahl
Born 1953
Celeste Ng
Born 1980
Barbara Neely
1941 - 2020
Jesse Andrews
Born 1982
Ed Earl Repp
1901 - 1979
Iris Rainer Dart
Born 1944
Andrea Hairston
Born 1952
Lester Goran
1928 - 2014
Charles Romeyn Dake
1849 - 1899
Marion Meade
Born 1934
Kathleen Tessaro
Born 1965
Jewell Parker Rhodes
Born 1954
Preston Schoyer
1912 - 1978
Heather Terrell
Born 1951
Gay Courter
Born 1944
Edward Cline
Born 1946
Brian James Freeman
Born 1979
Gwyn Cready
Born 1962
Ginjer Buchanan
Born 1944
Tom Boggs (poet)
1905 - 1952
Jigee Viertel
1915 - 1960
Paola Corso
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Charles Nelson (writer)
Born 1942
Anna Monardo
Born 1956