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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
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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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John Henry Hopkins Jr.
1820 - 1891
Mark Kelso
Born 1963
James O. Williams
Born 1968
Charles Stanley Reinhart
1844 - 1896
Morrison Foster
1823 - 1904
Robert L. Shook
Born 1938
Fred Paine
1925 - 2004
Charles Champlain Townsend
1841 - 1910
David Kirkpatrick (producer)
Born 1951
Ron Friedman (producer)
Born 1932
Samuel John Hazo
Born 1928
Mahlon Morris Garland
1856 - 1920
James Deahl
Born 1945
William Harrison Graham
1844 - 1923
Manasseh Garner
Born 1992
Tony Fratto
Born 1966
Andrew Fleming West
1853 - 1943
Richard Caliguiri
1931 - 1988
Dino Fekaris
Born 1945
Catherine Havasi
Born 1981
Peter J. De Muth
1892 - 1993
Eugene DePasquale
Born 1971
Steve Sandor
1937 - 2017
Joe Eldridge (musician)
1908 - 1952
Susan Wheeler
Born 1955
Bud'da
-
Joe Harris (Schlagzeuger)
1926 - 2016
Norman Christ
Born 1943
Philip Furia
1943 - 2019
Leo Pellegrino
-
Harry Allison Estep
1884 - 1968
Andrew McKinley
1903 - 1996
Tom Davies (American football)
1896 - 1972
John Miller (cyclist)
1881 - 1957
Frank Thomas (outfielder)
Born 1929
Tom Matte
Born 1939
Major Harris
Born 1968
Kimmarie Johnson
Born 1976
Avraham Goldberg
1913 - 2012
Alfred Atherton
1921 - 2002
Alois Langer
Born 1945
Tom Ricketts (American football)
Born 1965
Charles Brandes
Born 1943
Joan Whitney Kramer
1914 - 1990
Victoria Clarke
Born 1959
Bill Green (sprinter)
1961 - 2012
Gretchen J. Berg
Born 1971
David Bianculli
-
Ellen Faull
1918 - 2008
Sandra Welner
1958 - 2001
Thomas Mellon Evans
1910 - 1997
Peter Angelos
Born 1929
Sara Alpern
Born 1942
Charles R. Eckert
1868 - 1959
Fran Curci
Born 1938
Adam Walker (American football, born 1968)
Born 1968
Scott Swan
Born 1970
Dom Costa
Born 1951
Edward B. Montgomery
Born 1955
Bob Zupcic
Born 1966
William Margolis
1944 - 2004
Herbert M. Allison
1943 - 2013
Paul Dobransky
Born 1967
Theodore Gordon
1854 - 1915
Matthew Noszka
Born 1992
Trevor Barron
Born 1992
Thomas Enright
1887 - 1917
William N. Robson
1906 - 1995
William Lloyd Standish
1930 - 2015
Mark Madden
Born 1960
Greg Taylor (author)
Born 1951
Robb Butler
Born 1981
William G. Connare
1911 - 1995
Henry Hillman
1918 - 2017
LeRoy Holmes
1913 - 1986
Brian Hutchison
-
Greg Hughes
-
Bob Adams (first baseman)
Born 1952
Joseph Bathanti
Born 1953
Joe Bugel
1940 - 2020
Gerald Bard Tjoflat
Born 1929
James A. Ekin
1819 - 1891
Russell Knipp
1942 - 2006
Dwayne Dolphin
Born 1963
Erik Buell
Born 1950
Timothy K. Lewis
Born 1954
John Dick (politician)
1794 - 1872
John Buccigross
Born 1966
Jimmy Wopo
1997 - 2018
Thomas Delahanty
Born 1934
Theodore Friend
1931 - 2020
David P. Dobkin
Born 1948
Katie May
1981 - 2016
Solomon Page
Born 1976
Jim Christiana
Born 1983
Howard Joseph Carroll
1902 - 1960
Jay Costa
Born 1957
Richard Foster (architect)
1919 - 2002
Deborah L. Cook
Born 1952
Robert K. Oermann
Born 1947
Harmar D. Denny Jr.
1886 - 1966
Elliot Griffin Thomas
1926 - 2019
Bill DeWeese
Born 1950
Justin Kurpeikis
Born 1977
Sue Fuller
1914 - 2006
Margaret Dauler Wilson
1939 - 1998
George A. Burk
Born 1941
James C. Cacheris
Born 1933
Daniel Horne
Born 1960
Antonio Marziale
Born 1997
Rebekah Modrak
Born 1971
Dominick McCaffrey
1863 - 1926
John Mohardt
1898 - 1961
George Cochran Lambdin
1830 - 1896
Richard Henry Ackerman
1903 - 1992
Carl Monroe
1960 - 1989
Keith Richards (attore)
1915 - 1987
Joseph N. Pew Jr.
1886 - 1963
Jewell Parker Rhodes
Born 1954
Susan J. Crawford
Born 1947
Jared Smith (American football)
Born 1990
Charles Segars
Born 1963
Patrick J. Sullivan (Pennsylvania)
1877 - 1946
John Heuser
Born 1942
Zak Kovalcik
Born 1983
David McKeague
Born 1946
Margaret Irving
1898 - 1988
Joel Gilbert
Born 1964
Clair George
1930 - 2011
Constantine of Irinoupolis
1936 - 2012
Vera Duss
1910 - 2005
Justin Fairfax
Born 1979
Denny McKnight
1848 - 1900
Herbert Kleber
1934 - 2018
Tommy Brown (record producer)
Born 1986
Darrin Walls
Born 1988
Preston Schoyer
1912 - 1978
Poogie Bell
Born 1961
Harold E. Wagoner
1905 - 1986
Irwin Shapiro (writer)
1911 - 1981
Benjamin Tucker Tanner
1835 - 1923
Damon Che
-
Gary Green (baseball)
Born 1962
Ken Gormley (academic)
Born 1955
Abraham Edel
1908 - 2007
Leonard Baker
1931 - 1984
Jack Maitland
Born 1948
John Dyer Baizley
-
Norman Charles Miller
Born 1934
Robert Somerville
Born 1940
Francis Peay
1944 - 2013
Jim Wilson (wrestler)
1942 - 2009
Martha L. Ludwig
1931 - 2006
Walter Lyon (Pennsylvania)
1853 - 1933
John Walker (curator)
1906 - 1995
Al Cleveland
1930 - 1996
Richard A. Young
Born 1954
Jenna Morasca
Born 1981
Deán Borges
Born 1967
James Lambdin
1807 - 1889
Paul Gertner
Born 1953
Raymond Winbush
Born 1948
Danny Smith (coach)
Born 1953
Jimmy Smith (baseball)
1895 - 1974
Felipe Marino
Born 1978
Herb McCracken
1899 - 1995
David M. Parry
1852 - 1915
Fiona Albert
Born 1990
Warren Hoburg
Born 1985
James Michalopoulos
Born 1953
James Dupree
Born 1950
Hazel Neason
1891 - 1920
George A. Krol
Born 1956
Rasheed Marshall
Born 1981
Ed Roberson
Born 1939
Jack Kinzler
1920 - 2014
Matt Skura
Born 1993
Sharon Epperson
Born 1968
James Newill
1911 - 1975
Bob Stupak
1942 - 2009
Bobby Cargo
1868 - 1904
John Stewart Bragdon
1893 - 1964
John Rink
Born 1957
Elaina Balouris
Born 1991
Mel Novak
Born 1942
Kathleen Case
1933 - 1979
Jane Orie
Born 1961
Bill Tush
Born 1948
Michael J. McShane
Born 1961
Porky Chedwick
1918 - 2014
Eddie Drummond
Born 1980
Ford Riley
-
Joe Moorhead
Born 1973
David Sanford (composer)
Born 1963
Alex Van Pelt
Born 1970
Shelton H. Davis
1942 - 2010
James Holding
1907 - 1997
Elizabeth Buchanan Cowley
1874 - 1945
Max Baer (judge)
Born 1947
Robert Mosley
1927 - 2002
Jack Zivic
1903 - 1973
Heather Terrell
Born 1951
James Ursini
Born 1947
Jeff Habay
Born 1966
Sandra M. Pihos
Born 1946
Edgar Robb
Born 1937
Neville B. Craig
1787 - 1863
Gay Courter
Born 1944
Hugh Pool
Born 1964
Dean Mitchell
Born 1957
Guy Diehl
Born 1949
Jerome Goldstein
Born 1941
William Larimer Mellon Sr.
1868 - 1949
Fred Grossinger
1936 - 1995
Dan Frankel
Born 1956
Michael James Genovese
1919 - 2006
Kevin Craig
Born 1968
Todd DePastino
Born 1966
Kyle Kalis
Born 1993
William Corbett (politician)
1902 - 1971
John Brennan Crutchley
1946 - 2002
Adam Bisnowaty
Born 1993
Eileen Rodgers
1930 - 2003
Bill Jesko
1915 - 1961
John Shannon (musician)
Born 1980
Jack Perkowski
-
Troy Apke
Born 1995
Paula Martinac
Born 1954
Larry Lucchino
Born 1945
Deborah Geffner
Born 1952
Lenny McAllister
Born 1972
Kate Harrington (poet)
1831 - 1917
Jan Beatty
Born 1952
Lynn R. Sykes
Born 1937
Linda Fleming
Born 1945
Jim Daniell
1918 - 1983
Thomas Lyttleton Lyon
1869 - 1938
Bennett S. LeBow
Born 1937
David G. Heckel
Born 1953
Alicia Kozakiewicz
Born 1988
Faith Daniels
Born 1957
Raymond Ventrone
Born 1982
Edward Cline
Born 1946
Nate Gerwig
Born 1983
B. Smith
1949 - 2020
Leigh Ann Larkin
Born 1980
Jim Simon
Born 1940
Robert Saudek (television executive)
1911 - 1997
John Herriott
1844 - 1918
Edward Gainey
Born 1970
Dean Caliguire
Born 1967
David Logan (American football)
1956 - 1999
Helena Mesa
Born 1972
Jana Thompson
Born 1979
Vasant Narasimhan
Born 1976
Bill Varner
Born 1960
Julieanna Richardson
Born 1954
William Fey
Born 1942
Debra Cafaro
Born 1957
Jonathan Rapping
-
Jack Burkman
-
Alan Neil Bloch
Born 1932
Taylor Toth
Born 1988
Frank Valenti
1911 - 2008
Jim Flanigan Sr.
Born 1945
Lisey Sweet
Born 1989
Brian James Freeman
Born 1979
John Raphael Hagan
1890 - 1946
Karen Yasinsky
Born 1965
Danny Stag
-
David Franks (aide-de-camp)
1740 - 1793
Rod Rutherford
Born 1980
Marcella Comès Winslow
1905 - 2000
George Susce (catcher)
1907 - 1986
Bill Hallman (second baseman)
1867 - 1920
Anthony M. DeLuca
Born 1937
Gregg Garrity
Born 1960
Barry Levenson
-
Kevin Delaney
-
Dan Deasy
Born 1966
Kevin Garrett (musician)
Born 1990
Eric Emm
Born 1975
Germany Smith
1863 - 1927
Samuel Preston Bayard
1908 - 1997
Charles F. Wagner
1895 - 1970
Robert Colville
1935 - 2018
Johnny Miljus
1895 - 1976
Bob Sadowski (pitcher)
1938 - 2018
Justin King (American football)
Born 1987
Ken Karcher
Born 1963
Donald P. Wagner
Born 1960
Ramon Zupko
Born 1932
Ian Terry
Born 1991
Denise Eger
Born 1960
Patti Anne Lodge
Born 1942
Michele Brourman
-
Joseph Markosek
Born 1950
Ed Hugus
1923 - 2006
Susan Latshaw
Born 1970
Dennis Creehan
Born 1949