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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
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 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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Harry Kendall Thaw
1871 - 1947
Charles Hutchison
1879 - 1949
Michael Dietz
Born 1971
Max Fisher
1908 - 2005
Daniel London
Born 1973
Jim Lightbody
1882 - 1953
William Dunham (mathematician)
Born 1947
Joseph Carl Breil
1870 - 1926
Frank DiLeo
1947 - 2011
Dave Bush
Born 1979
Matt Schaub
Born 1981
Twink Caplan
Born 1947
David Wellington (author)
Born 1971
William C. McGann
1893 - 1977
Ron Frenz
Born 1960
Awadagin Pratt
Born 1966
Jimmy Ponder
1946 - 2013
James Demmel
Born 1955
Frank Gaffney
Born 1953
James Laughlin
1914 - 1997
John Renshaw Carson
1886 - 1940
David A. Reed
1880 - 1953
John Roll
1947 - 2011
James Gordon (actor)
1871 - 1941
Chip Ganassi
Born 1958
Carole Caldwell Graebner
1943 - 2008
Bobby Blotzer
Born 1958
Dena Dietrich
1928 - 2020
Richard Isay
1934 - 2012
Miguel Condé
Born 1939
Harvey Friedman (actor)
Born 1959
Sam Clancy Jr.
Born 1980
Lamman Rucker
Born 1971
Mel Bochner
Born 1940
Maurice Lucas
1952 - 2010
Mike McCarthy (American football)
Born 1963
Eugene Landy
1934 - 2006
Marc Bulger
Born 1977
Howard Fineman
Born 1948
Scott McDaniel
Born 1965
Bernard Cohen (physicist)
1924 - 2012
Bill Thomas (ice hockey)
Born 1983
Paul Cameron
Born 1939
John-Henry Krueger
Born 1995
Gus Lesnevich
1915 - 1964
James Widdoes
Born 1953
Anthony Jeselnik
Born 1978
Betsy McCaughey
Born 1948
Henry Marie Brackenridge
1786 - 1871
Margot Bingham
Born 1987
Isaac Murphy
1799 - 1882
Nick Herbert (physicist)
Born 1936
Armen Gilliam
1964 - 2011
Daniel A. Helminiak
Born 1942
Hallie Quinn Brown
1849 - 1949
Chevy Woods
Born 1981
Alex Shigo
1930 - 2006
Tim Masthay
Born 1987
Mercury Morris
Born 1947
Nikki Fritz
1964 - 2020
Sidney W. Pink
1916 - 2002
Marty Allen
1922 - 2018
Duncan Phillips (art collector)
1886 - 1966
Robert Gordon (director)
1913 - 1990
Caterina Fake
Born 1969
David Izenzon
1932 - 1979
Josh Wilson (baseball)
Born 1981
Tommy Turrentine
1928 - 1997
Matt Bartkowski
Born 1988
Jackie Ormes
1911 - 1985
Robyn Dawes
1936 - 2010
Jonathan Martin (American football)
Born 1989
Gaelen Foley
Born 1973
Bert W. O'Malley
Born 1936
Regis McKenna
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David Hollander
Born 1968
John Frame (theologian)
Born 1939
Frank Klaus
1887 - 1948
Mitzi McCall
Born 1932
Brian Skyrms
Born 1938
William J. Coyne
1936 - 2013
Bernard Hebda
Born 1959
Mike Friedman
Born 1982
Cameron Heyward
Born 1989
Jack Butler (American football)
1927 - 2013
Dorothy Hale
1905 - 1938
Norman Farberow
1918 - 2015
Nan Merriman
1920 - 2012
Samuel Baldwin Marks Young
1840 - 1924
Tommy Hunt
Born 1933
Giuseppe Enrici
1898 - 1968
Alfred E. Driscoll
1902 - 1975
Philip Heymann
Born 1932
Joe Schmidt (American football)
Born 1932
Stefen Wisniewski
Born 1989
Milton Katselas
1933 - 2008
Philip Childs Keenan
1908 - 2000
Bobby Wallace (baseball)
1873 - 1960
Scott Zolak
Born 1967
Steve Nelson (vibraphonist)
Born 1954
George Shiras III
1859 - 1942
Harold St. John
1892 - 1991
Thomas Joseph Tobin
Born 1948
Joshua Topolsky
Born 1977
Dylan Reese
Born 1984
Warren Low
1905 - 1989
Faustin E. Wirkus
1897 - 1948
Terry Hart
Born 1946
Babe Russin
1911 - 1984
Mary Amdur
1921 - 1998
Bill Fralic
1962 - 2018
Jimmy McLane
Born 1930
Regis Cordic
1926 - 1999
Barry Dierks
1899 - 1960
David Slepian
1923 - 2007
Adrienne Kennedy
Born 1931
John Lesher (producer)
Born 1966
Aaron Donald
Born 1991
Sidney Darlington
1906 - 1997
Stephen Frick
Born 1964
Joel Lawrence
Born 1964
Herb Douglas
Born 1922
James J. Stoker
1905 - 1992
Eddie Safranski
1918 - 1974
Gloria Hope
1901 - 1976
Derek Law
Born 1990
James D. Meindl
1933 - 2020
Lauren Morelli
Born 1982
Gene Lyons (actor)
1921 - 1974
Sandra Dee Robinson
Born 1967
Mike McMahon (American football)
Born 1979
Charles E. Kelly (soldier)
1920 - 1985
Abby Lee Miller
Born 1950
Charles Graner
Born 1968
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Sean Lee
Born 1986
Robert W. Lucky
Born 1936
Chloe Lukasiak
Born 2001
Tim Aymar
Born 1963
Lorelei King
Born 1953
Catherine Baker Knoll
1930 - 2008
John Stollmeyer
Born 1962
Joseph S. B. Mitchell
Born 1959
Burt Glinn
1925 - 2008
Ronald H. Spector
Born 1943
LaVar Arrington
Born 1978
Don Brockett
1930 - 1995
Mr FijiWiji
Born 1995
Roger Humphries
Born 1944
Ethel Smith (organist)
1902 - 1996
George Shiras Jr.
1832 - 1924
Lauren Wood
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Hank Sauer
1917 - 2001
Ernest L. Blumenschein
1874 - 1960
Judith Ridley
Born 1946
Teddy Yarosz
1910 - 1974
Avi Sagild
1933 - 1995
Robert Osterloh
1918 - 2001
Mike Fink
1770 - 1823
David Tepper
Born 1957
DeAndre Kane
Born 1989
Art Howe
Born 1946
Raven Grimassi
1951 - 2019
Adam Wade (singer)
Born 1935
Kiel Martin
1944 - 1990
James S. Negley
1826 - 1901
Luke Ravenstahl
Born 1980
Jim Haslett
Born 1955
Myron Cope
1929 - 2008
Robert Craddock
1923 - 2003
Gretchen Rush
Born 1964
Joe Grushecky
Born 1948
Bill Cole (musician)
Born 1937
Jane Swisshelm
1815 - 1884
Calvin Fowler
1940 - 2013
Bruce Gradkowski
Born 1983
Childs Frick
1883 - 1965
Burt Brinckerhoff
Born 1936
Jakim Donaldson
Born 1983
Jeanne Coyne
1923 - 1973
Chanell Heart
Born 1993
Samuel W. Black
1816 - 1862
Ailsa Mellon Bruce
1901 - 1969
Barbara Neely
1941 - 2020
James S. Langer
Born 1934
Gino Gradkowski
Born 1988
Beaver Harris
1936 - 1991
William Hamilton (film editor)
1893 - 1942
Mary Ruefle
Born 1952
Amanda Polk
Born 1986
Phillip R. Allen
1939 - 2012
Jack Gilbert
1925 - 2012
Manu Narayan
Born 1973
Phillips Talbot
1915 - 2010
Peter Young (artist)
Born 1940
John Amplas
Born 1949
Pat Carroll (basketball)
Born 1982
Melissa Hart (politician)
Born 1962
Matt Cvetic
1909 - 1962
Sam McDowell
Born 1942
Chevalier Jackson
1865 - 1958
Bonnie Gadusek
Born 1963
Eddie Biedenbach
Born 1945
Mark-Lee Kirk
1895 - 1969
Jesse Andrews
Born 1982
Leonard Lerman
1925 - 2012
Frank Howard Clark
1888 - 1962
Letitia Stevenson
1843 - 1913
J. Richard Fisher
Born 1943
Rich Skrenta
Born 1967
Tom Wallisch
Born 1987
Richardson Dilworth
1898 - 1974
Henry Polic II
1945 - 2013
John Kostecki
Born 1964
Grant Lewis
Born 1985
Yvonne Jacquette
Born 1934
Sandy Fox
Born 1962
Jimmy Thackery
Born 1953
George Washington Harris
1814 - 1869
John Covert (painter)
1882 - 1960
Peter F. Flaherty
1924 - 2005
Joseph V. Perry
1931 - 2000
Herbert Gentry
1919 - 2003
Francesca Di Lorenzo
Born 1997
Alexis Malone
Born 1979
Elliott Waters Montroll
1916 - 1983
Peter Molnar (geophysicist)
Born 1943
Ron Rich
Born 1938
Richard Rappaport
Born 1944
Phebe Novakovic
Born 1957
Buzzy Linhart
1943 - 2020
T. W. Peacocke
Born 1960
Joe Kennedy Jr.
1923 - 2004
Jack Otterson
1905 - 1991
William F. Schulz
Born 1949
Murray Chotiner
1909 - 1974
Robert J. Steinmiller Jr.
Born 1978
Eric Namesnik
1970 - 2006
Nick Kwiatkoski
Born 1993
Pam Bileck
Born 1968
Joseph Koerner
Born 1958
Jayce Bartok
Born 1974
Brian Baldinger
Born 1959
Bartley Campbell
1843 - 1888
Earl Carroll
1893 - 1948
Zak Ebrahim
Born 1983
Heather Mazur
Born 1976
John Heard (musician)
Born 1938
Paul McNulty
Born 1958
James Grier Miller
1916 - 2002
Lulu Glaser
1874 - 1958
Brooke Annibale
Born 1987
George Patterson (basketball)
1939 - 2003
Beveridge Webster
1908 - 1999
Francis J. Herron
1837 - 1902
William Motzing
1937 - 2014
Ken Durrett
1948 - 2001
Ed Earl Repp
1901 - 1979
Kyle Abraham
Born 1977
Howard M. Mitchell
1883 - 1958
Steve Lieber
Born 1967
Burton Morris
Born 1964
Kyra Schon
Born 1957
Eben Byers
1880 - 1932
Frederick J. Jackson
1886 - 1953
William Demby
1922 - 2013
John Adolph Shafer
1863 - 1918
Patricia A. Woertz
Born 1953
Susan Arnold
Born 1954
John Wehner
Born 1967
George Ackles
Born 1967
Kaye Stevens
1932 - 2011
Florence Parry Heide
1919 - 2011
John Isaiah Brauman
Born 1937
J. C. Moses
1936 - 1977
Jim Martin (puppeteer)
Born 1960
Stan Noszka
1920 - 1991
Rachel Foster Avery
1858 - 1919
Louis R. Lowery
1916 - 1987
Mike Bookie
1904 - 1944
Chuck Garland
1898 - 1971
Myron Selznick
1898 - 1944
Corey Peters
Born 1988
J. C. Adams
Born 1970
Ray Crawford
1924 - 1997
John M. Greene
1928 - 2007
Jack Dodson
1931 - 1994
Robert Bindschadler
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Caitlin Clarke
1952 - 2004
Bernard Fisher (scientist)
1918 - 2019
Iris Rainer Dart
Born 1944
William W. Irwin
1803 - 1856
Cherie Johnson
Born 1975
Aaron Friedberg
Born 1956
Olive Moorefield
Born 1932
Charles Montague Bakewell
1867 - 1957
Daniel Chamovitz
Born 1963
Mark Baldwin (baseball)
1863 - 1929
Riley Barber
Born 1994
Vivian Reed (silent film actress)
1894 - 1989