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(Top) 1 Artists 1.1 Actresses 1.2 Actors 1.3 Comedians 1.4 Reporters and anchors 1.5 Media personalities 1.6 Producers, directors, and effects 1.7 Music 1.7.1 Jazz, soul, R&B, and gospel 1.7.2 Classics and standards 1.7.3 Rock and alternative 1.7.4 Classical 1.7.5 Country and folk 1.7.6 Pop 1.7.7 Rap and hip-hop 1.7.8 Dancers and choreographers 1.8 Visual arts 1.9 Authors 2 Athletes 2.1 Baseball 2.1.1 Baseball contributors 2.2 Basketball 2.2.1 Coaches 2.2.2 Forwards and centers 2.2.3 Guards 2.2.4 Basketball contributors 2.3 Boxing 2.4 Figure skating 2.5 Football 2.5.1 Coaches: primarily NFL 2.5.2 Coaches: other football 2.5.3 Quarterbacks 2.5.4 Running backs 2.5.5 Receivers and tight ends 2.5.6 Offensive linemen 2.5.7 Defensive linemen 2.5.8 Defensive backs and linebackers 2.5.9 Football specialists 2.5.10 Football contributors 2.6 Golf 2.7 Hockey 2.7.1 Centers and wingers 2.7.2 Defense 2.7.3 Goalies 2.7.4 Hockey contributors 2.8 Motorsports 2.9 Olympic sports 2.10 Soccer 2.11 Tennis 2.12 Professional wrestling 2.13 Other sports 3 Industry 3.1 Aviation 3.2 Steel and metals 3.3 Energy 3.4 Transport 3.5 Finance 3.6 Technology and communications 3.7 Consumer goods 3.8 Other industries 3.9 Labor 4 Religion 5 Science and research 6 Military 6.1 18th-century leaders 6.2 19th-century leaders 6.3 20th-century leaders 6.4 21st-century leaders 6.5 Medal recipients: Civil War 6.6 Medal recipients: United States occupation of Veracruz 6.7 Medal recipients: World War I 6.8 Medal recipients: World War II 6.9 Medal recipients: Vietnam 6.10 Astronauts 6.11 Other military 7 Government 7.1 Governors and mayors 7.2 Congressmen and senators 7.3 Jurists 7.4 CIA and defense administrators 7.5 White House cabinet 7.6 Ambassadors 7.7 State legislators 7.8 Suffragists and other women's rights activists 7.9 Other administrators and advisors 7.10 Law enforcement 8 Other 9 See also 10 References

List of people from Pittsburgh

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This article contains a list of notable people who were born or lived a significant amount of time in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the second-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area in Pennsylvania after Philadelphia.

Artists[edit]

Actresses[edit]

Tina Benko

Dolores Costello

Elizabeth Hartman

Kimmarie Johnson

Christine Laitta

Judith McConnell

Anisha Nagarajan

Sandra Dee Robinson

Zelda Rubinstein

Lillian Russell

Actors[edit]

F. Murray Abraham

Christian Borle

Maurice Costello

Kevin Peter Hall

Joe Manganiello

Comedians[edit]

Marty Allen

Anthony Jeselnik

Maxine Lapiduss

Reporters and anchors[edit]

Jodi Applegate – NBC's Later Today

John Buccigross – host, SportsCenteronESPN

Bill Burns – KDKA anchor (1953–1989)

Patti Burns – KDKA anchor with her father Bill

Bill Cardille – broadcaster known as Chilly Billy, host of Chiller Theatre and Studio Wrestling

Murray Chass – sportswriter

Beano Cook – ESPN college football analyst

Myron Cope – sports journalist, radio personality, and sportscaster

Scott Ferrall – sports talk radio host

Howard Fineman – Newsweek journalist

Fred Honsberger – broadcaster

Sue Kerr – LGBTQ writer

Jay Mariotti – sportswriter

Jeanne Moos – CNN reporter

Art Pallan – broadcaster

Jim Quinn – radio talk show host

Martha Rial – 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography

Rick Sebak – WQED documentarian

Paul Shannon – host of WTAE-TV children's show Adventure Time

John Stehr – anchorman at WTHR in Indianapolis, Indiana

Bari Weiss – opinion writer and editor

Media personalities[edit]

Porky Chedwick – announcer

Foo Conner – journalist

Rege Cordic – actor and broadcaster

Bill Cullen – TV game show host

John Dennis – radio host

Frank DiLeo – Michael Jackson's manager, Goodfellas cast member

Phil Frank – cartoonist

Chris Garver – tattoo artist, Miami Ink

Justine Ezarik (aka. iJustine) – YouTube personality

Rafe Judkins – Survivor: Guatemala

Sarah Kozer – Joe Millionaire

Billy Mays – television direct-response advertisement salesperson

Sheena Monnin – Miss Pennsylvania

Jenna Morasca – reality show contestant, winner of Survivor: The Amazon

Sharon Needles – drag queen, winner of season four of RuPaul's Drag Race

David Newell – TV actor, "Mr. McFeely" on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

Beth Ostrosky – model, TV personality, wife of Howard Stern

Bob Trow – TV actor, "Bob Dog" and "Robert Troll" on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

Ricki Wertz – WTAE-TV

Lucian Wintrich – Artist, writer, photographer, former White House Correspondent for Gateway Pundit

Producers, directors, and effects[edit]

Antoine Fuqua – director

John P. Harris – invented the first movie theater

David Hollander – TV and movie producer, director

Tim Kaiser – producer, Seinfeld, Will & Grace, 2 Broke Girls

Carl Kurlander – film producer, writer

Sally Lapiduss – producer

Rob Marshall – director, Chicago

Greg Nicotero – actor, director, producer, special effects and makeup artist The Walking Dead

Eric Red – screenwriter and director

Ford Riley – producer, screenwriter and lyricist; created The Lion Guard

George A. Romero – director, best known for Night of the Living Dead

Richard Rossi – director

Tom Savini – actor, stunt man, director, special effects and makeup artist

Lou Scheimer – animator, voice actor, co-founder of animation studio Filmation

David O. Selznick – film producer, Gone with the Wind

Lewis J. Selznick – film producer

Myron Selznick – producer, talent agency head

Music[edit]

Jazz, soul, R&B, and gospel[edit]

Ray Anthony – bandleader

Ron Affif – jazz guitarist

Ron Anthony – jazz guitarist, teacher; Sinatra's guitarist for 10 years

Bob Babbitt – bass player for Motown house band the Funk Brothers

Sheryl Bailey – jazz guitarist^[1]

George Benson – jazz guitarist, singer

Harold Betters – jazz trombonist

Art Blakey – jazz drummer, bandleader

Ray Brown – jazz double bassist

Paul Chambers – bass player

Sonny Clark – jazz pianist

Kenny Clarke – jazz drummer

Johnny Costa – jazz pianist

Frank Cunimondo – jazz pianist

Johnny Daye – soul singer

Billy Eckstine – singer

Roy Eldridge – trumpeter

Joel Forrester – pianist

Barry Galbraith – jazz guitarist

Erroll Garner – jazz pianist

Walt Harper – jazz pianist

Earl Hines – jazz pianist

Roger Humphries – drummer

Phyllis Hyman – singer

Ahmad Jamal – jazz pianist

Eddie Jefferson – singer, composer; wrote the lyrics to "Moody's Mood for Love"

Dodo Marmarosa – be-bop pianist

Billy May – bandleader, arranger for Frank Sinatra

Sammy Nestico – arranger for Count Basie Orchestra

Horace Parlan – pianist

Leo Pellegrino – baritone saxophonist

Jimmy Ponder – guitarist

Billy Price – singer

Eddie Safranski – bassist

Dakota Staton – vocalist

Billy Strayhorn – composer, pianist

Maxine Sullivan – jazz vocalist

Stanley Turrentine – tenor saxophone player

Tommy Turrentine – trumpeter

Mary Lou Williams – jazz pianist

Spanky Wilson – jazz vocalist

Classics and standards[edit]

Loren Allred – singer

Lory Bianco – singer

Jackie Evancho – singer

Colyn Fischer – fiddler

Stephen Foster – 19th-century songwriter

Philip Glass – composer

Byron Janis – pianist

Oscar Levant – pianist

Lorenzo Malfatti – Italian opera coach

Mary Lou Metzger – singer

Mildred Miller – opera singer

Joe Negri – musician, professor, best known as "Handyman Negri" on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

Leo Robin – lyricist

Rock and alternative[edit]

Tunde Adebimpe – musician and actor, lead singer of TV on the Radio

Bobby Blotzer – drummer for Ratt

Ceann – Irish drinking music rock band

William Fitzsimmons – musician

Girl Talk – musician, real name Gregg Gillis

Gramsci Melodic – alternative rock band

Joe Grushecky – Iron City Houserockers, solo artist; worked with Bruce Springsteen

Donnie Iris – musician

Ray Luzier – Korn member

Jerry Mason – singer

Weird Paul Petroskey – lo-fi musician

Justin Sane – lead guitarist and co-singer/songwriter of the political punk rock band Anti-Flag

Spike Slawson – singer for Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

Reb Beach – guitarist in the rock bands Winger and Whitesnake.

Classical[edit]

Victor Herbert

Country and folk[edit]

Eric Andersen

Guaranteed Irish

Dan Levenson^[2]

Pop[edit]

Tunde Adebimpe – singer, TV on the Radio

Michele Brourman – composer

Lou Christie – pop singer, "Lightning Strikes"

Perry Como – crooner

Daya – pop singer/songwriter

The Del-Vikings – vocal group, Come Go With Me

Jerry Fielding – Oscar-nominated composer

Chris Jamison – singer-songwriter, musician, and contestant from NBC's The Voice season 7

The Marcels – vocal group, "Blue Moon"

The Skyliners – vocal group, Since I Don't Have You

Jack Stauber - synth-pop singer-songwriter/instrumentalist

B. E. Taylor – musician

Bobby Vinton – pop singer, "Blue Velvet"

Brian Young – drummer and percussionist, Fountains of Wayne

Rap and hip-hop[edit]

Beedie – rapper

Grand Buffet – rap duo

Jasiri X – artist, activist, rapper, entrepreneur

Lady Miss Kier – Deee-Lite

Mel-Man – hip hop producer and rapper

Pittsburgh Slim – rapper

Mac Miller – rapper

Chevy Woods – rapper

Jimmy Wopo – rapper

Dancers and choreographers[edit]

Kyle Abraham – choreographer

Martha Graham – dancer and choreographer; awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom

Billy Hartung – Broadway actor, dancer and singer

Gene Kelly – iconic Hollywood dancer, actor, singer, director, and choreographer

Chloe Lukasiak – actress and former featured dancer on TV show Dance Moms

Abby Lee Miller – former dance studio owner, choreographer and team coach for Abby Lee Dance Company; featured on TV show Dance Moms

Paul Taylor – choreographer

Jonathan Wolken (1949–2010) – founder of the Pilobolus dance company^[3]

Maddie Ziegler – actress and former featured dancer on TV show Dance Moms

Mackenzie Ziegler singer

Visual arts[edit]

Matt Baker – comic book artist

Martin Beck – painter

Seddon Bennington

Sharif Bey – sculptor, ceramist, educator

Ailsa Mellon Bruce – Mellon heir and art patron

Norman Daly — visual artist

Vanessa German – sculptor, poet

David Hanna – artist

Charles "Teenie" Harris – photographer

Jerry Harris – sculptor

Yvonne Jacquette – painter and printmaker

Michael Lotenero – painter and sculptor

Scott McDaniel – comic book artist

James Michalopoulos – painter and sculptor^[4]

Burton Morris – artist

Thaddeus Mosley – sculptor

Sharon Needles – drag queen, winner of RuPaul's Drag Race season 4

Philip Pearlstein – painter

Sara Penn – designer and curator

Robert Qualters – painter

Lawrence Saint – stained glass artist

Naomi Sims – model

George Sotter – painter

Jack Stauber - animator

Renee Stout – multi-media artist

Andy Warhol – painter

Authors[edit]

Joseph Bathanti – poet, writer, professor; NC Poet Laureate, 2012–2014

Nellie Bly – Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist and writer

Kenneth Burke – literary theorist

Rachel Carson — marine biologist, writer, and conservationist

Willa Cather – author, Pulitzer Prize winner

Michael Chabon – Pulitzer Prize-winning author

Murray Chass – New York Times baseball writer, author

Stephen Chbosky – author

Malcolm Cowley – poet, critic

Melanie Craft – novelist; wife of Larry Ellison of Oracle

Stephen Dau – writer

Annie Dillard – author and Pulitzer Prize winner

Harry Dolan – writer

Zak Ebrahim – author, peace activist, public speaker

Jack Gilbert – poet

Lester Goran – writer and professor

Beth Gylys – poet and professor

George Heard Hamilton – art historian

Kerry Hannon – author

Agatha Tiegel Hanson – writer, poet, and editor

Samuel Hazo – poet and professor

Lori Jakiela – author

George S. Kaufman – humorist, playwright

Joseph Koerner – art historian

David Leavitt – novelist

Stephen Manes – magazine writer, author

David McCullough – historian and author and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner

Elizabeth Moorhead – novelist

Burton Morris – painter

Stewart O'Nan – author

Peter Oresick – poet

Mary Roberts Rinehart – mystery writer

William Roos – playwright, mystery novelist, and screenwriter

Gladys Schmitt – writer

Jim Shooter – comic book writer, editor and publisher

Michael Simms – poet in Pittsburgh since 1987

George Smith – gambler, handicapper

Gertrude Stein – writer, poet, playwright, and feminist

Gerald Stern – poet

Kathleen Tessaro – novelist

John Edgar Wideman – author and professor

August Wilson – Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright

Cecilia Woloch – poet and writer

Damon Young (writer) – author and columnist

Athletes[edit]

Baseball[edit]

Glenn Beckert – second baseman

Buddy Bell – third baseman (1972–89)

Ollie Carnegie – 1931–45

Betty Jane Cornett (1932–2006) – third base (1950–1952) All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

Bill Doak – Cardinals and Dodgers, inventor of the modern baseball glove

Ryan Garko – first baseman, Giants

Josh Gibson – Negro league player, Pittsburgh Crawfords and Homestead Grays

Howdy Groskloss – shortstop 1930–32

Ian Happ – Chicago Cubs

Art Howe – managed Astros and A's

Derek Law – pitcher

Bobby Lowe – first MLB player with 4 home runs in a game^[6]

Marguerite Pearson – utility player 1948–1954, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

Heinie Smith^[6]

Trent Thornton – pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays

Harold Joseph "Pie" Traynor – Pirates Hall of Fame member

Honus Wagner – shortstop, Hall of Fame member

Neil Walker – former MLB second baseman

Bobby Wallace – Hall of Fame inductee^[6]

John Wehner – Pirates infielder, broadcaster

Josh Wilson – 2005–present

Baseball contributors[edit]

Bill Benswanger – Pirates owner, vocal advocate for integration

Chuck Greenberg – Rangers former owner

Gus Greenlee – Crawfords founder

John P. Harris – Boston Braves owner

Ray Kennedy – scout and GM

Tony LaCava – longtime scout and assistant general manager

Basketball[edit]

Coaches[edit]

Dick Bennett – Wisconsin, Washington State 1976–2006

Eddie Cameron – Duke 1929–49 until 1972, Cameron Indoor Stadium, founding member of the ACC, football coach and Olympic selector

Suzie McConnell-Serio – WNBA player 1998–2000, head coach 2004–06, Duquesne 2007–2013

Skip Prosser – Loyola (MD), Xavier, and Wake Forest 1993–2007

Herb Sendek – NC State and Arizona State 1994–2015

Forwards and centers[edit]

John Abramovic – 1946–48

DeJuan Blair – Pitt All-American, Spurs 2009–13, Mavericks 2013–

Chuck Cooper – 1950–56; first drafted African-American

Jakim Donaldson (born 1983) – player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League

Ken Durrett – 1971–75 NBA

Paul Grant – 1997–2004

Maurice Lucas – 1975–88

Walt Miller – 1946–47

Maurice Stokes – Rochester/Cincinnati Royals 1955–58; Hall of Famer

Walt Szczerbiak – 1971–72 NBA

Michael Young (born 1994) – Ironi Nahariya of the Israeli Basketball Premier League

Guards[edit]

Moe Barr – 1970–71 NBA

Ron Carter – 1978–80 NBA

Calvin Fowler – 1969–70

T. J. McConnell – Arizona Wildcats and Philadelphia 76er and Indiana Pacers

Jack Twyman – 1955–66, Hall of Famer

Basketball contributors[edit]

Mark Cuban – Mavericks owner

Tim Grgurich – Pitt coach

Ted Stepien – Cavs former owner

Boxing[edit]

Bob Baker – heavyweight contender

Eddie Chambers – Heavyweight and Cruiserweight Contender, 2008–2016

Billy Conn – light-heavyweight champ 1939–41

Andy DePaul – middleweight contender, referee

Harry Greb – middleweight champ 1923

Frank Klaus – middleweight champ 1904

Paul Spadafora – lightweight champ, 1999

Jackie Wilson – featherweight champ, early 1900s (decade)

Teddy Yarosz – middleweight champ, 1934

Fritzie Zivic – welterweight champ, 1940

Figure skating[edit]

Michael Seibert – five-time gold medalist at U.S. Figure Skating Championships; three bronze medals at World Championships

Jamie Silverstein – ice dancing

Taylor Toth – pairs skating

Football[edit]

Coaches: primarily NFL[edit]

Joe Bugel – assistant and head coach 1975–present; founder of the "Hogs" of the 1980s

Jim Haslett – head coach Saints (2000–2005), Rams D.C. (2006–08)

Mike McCarthy – Packers head coach 2005–2018

Herb McCracken – college 1920s and 1930s

Mike Miller – assistant 1999–present

Dick Nolan – head coach, San Francisco 49ers and New Orleans Saints

Coaches: other football[edit]

Joseph H. Thompson - University of Pittsburgh – 1909-1912

Frank Cignetti, Jr. – University of Pittsburgh

Tom Davies – 1922–47

Rich Lackner – Carnegie Mellon 1986–present

Quarterbacks[edit]

Marc Bulger – 2000–2011, Super Bowl^[7]

Chuck Fusina – NFL 1979–86

Bruce Gradkowski – Steelers, Bucs, Raiders 2006–16

Major Harris – record-setter in college and CFL

Leon Hart – Heisman Trophy, College Hall of Fame

Al Jacks – quarterback, Penn State and college head coach

Jim Kelly – 1986–96, Hall of Fame, 4 Super Bowl appearances

Dan Marino – 1983–99, Hall of Fame 1 Super Bowl appearance

Mike McMahon – NFL, CFL, UFL quarterback 2001–2012

Joe Namath – New York Jets, Alabama Crimson Tide National Champion

Rod Rutherford – NFL quarterback 2004–2006 and college coach

Matt Schaub – NFL quarterback 2004–2020

Willie Thrower – first black quarterback in the NFL*

Johnny Unitas – 1956–73, Hall of Famer, two Super Bowls

Alex Van Pelt – 1995–2003

Scott Zolak – 1991–99, 1 Super Bowl appearance

Running backs[edit]

Kevan Barlow – NFL running back 2001–2007

Larry Brown – running back, Washington Redskins 1969–1976

Tony Dorsett – NFL, HOF, Dallas Cowboys, University of Pittsburgh

Cookie Gilchrist – AFL and CFL

Warren Heller – NFL halfback 1930s

William F. Knox – Yale and Carnegie Tech halfback

Roger Kochman – 1963

Curtis Martin – 1995–2006, Super Bowl

Harry McChesney – 1900s, NFL

Eugene "Mercury" Morris – 70s Dolphins; two Super Bowls

Vinnie Sunseri – NFL player and coach

Ray Zellars – Saints

Receivers and tight ends[edit]

Brian Baschnagel – originally a running back, Ohio State, Bears 1976–1984

Darnell Dinkins – NFL tight end in the 1990s and 2000s (decade)

John Frank – NFL tight end in the 1980s

Gregg Garrity – Penn State, NFL 1983–89

Ken Herock – NFL tight end 1963–69, Super Bowl

Brandon Marshall – NFL wide receiver 2006–2018

Rasheed Marshall – NFL wide receiver 2005–2007

Joel Williams – NFL tight end, 1987

Offensive linemen[edit]

Adam Bisnowaty – NFL offensive linesman for the New York Giants

Dean Caliguire – NFL lineman in 1991

Bill Fralic – offensive lineman for Atlanta Falcons, '80s All-Decade Team

Gary Greaves – tackle 1960

Leander Jordan – offensive lineman, Carolina Panthers, San Diego Chargers, Atlanta Falcons, Jacksonville Jaguars

Mose Lantz – NFL center 1933

William R. Moore – NFL guard in the 1940s

Bull Polisky – NFL guard 1929

Tom Ricketts – NFL tackle 1980s and 1990s

Mike Rosenthal – NFL tackle 1999–2007

Jack Sack – NFL guard in the 1920s

Defensive linemen[edit]

Mike Barnes – pro bowler 1973–1981

Bob Buczkowski – NFL defensive end in the 1980s

Sam Clancy – NFL defensive end in the 1980s and 1990s

Ave Daniell – NFL tackle in the 1930s

Aaron Donald – NFL defensive tackle

Jack Dugger – NFL lineman 1946–49

Art Gob – NFL defensive end, 1950s and 1960s

Cameron Heyward – NFL 2011–present

Tyrique Jarrett – NFL defensive tackle

David Logan – defensive tackle 1970s and 1980s

Leo Skladany – NFL defensive end 1940s and 1950s

Jason Taylor – defensive end; five-time Pro Bowler for Miami Dolphins

Randy White – defensive lineman 1975–88; three Super Bowls, Hall of Fame

Defensive backs and linebackers[edit]

LaVar Arrington – NFL linebacker 2000–2006

Jack Butler – cornerback 1951–59, Pro Football Hall of Fame

Jim Flanigan Sr. – NFL linebacker 1960s and 1970s

Don Graham – Penn State, NFL 1987–89

Bobby Grier – Pitt Panthers 1952–1956, Hall of Famer, civil rights icon

Justin King – NFL 2008–2012

Nick Kwiatkoski – linebacker for the Atlanta Falcons

Sean Lee – former linebacker for Dallas Cowboys

Mike Logan – NFL safety 1996–2006, Super Bowl

Paul Martha – NFL safety in the 1960s

Dick McCabe – NFL safety in the 1950s and 1960s

Ryan Mundy – NFL safety

Paul Posluszny – Dick Butkus Award winner from Penn State, linebacker for Buffalo Bills

Scott Radecic – Penn State and NFL linebacker 1984–95

Bryant Salter – NFL safety in the 1970s

Joe Schmidt – linebacker 1953–65, Hall of Fame

Raymond Ventrone – safety, Cleveland Browns

Eric Wicks – safety, finalist for Bronko Nagurski Award in 2007

Football specialists[edit]

Pat McAfee – All Pro NFL punter, 2010’s all decade team

Don Silvestri – kicker in the 1990s

Football contributors[edit]

Dave Berry – pro football pioneer

Kevin Colbert – director of football operations (2 Super Bowls)

Dale Hamer – NFL referee 1978–2001, 3 Super Bowls

Shaun Herock – NFL executive

Bill Nunn – Steelers scout since 1967

Art Rooney – owner and founder of Pittsburgh Steelers Duquesne University

Dan Rooney – second chairman of the Pittsburgh Steelers, member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame

David Tepper owner of the Carolina Panthers

Golf[edit]

Scott Dunlap – PGA and Champions Tour

Bob Friend – PGA and Nationwide Tour

Jim Simons – as an amateur nearly won 1971 U.S. Open; first tournament winner using a metal driver

Brendon Todd – PGA Tour

Hockey[edit]

Centers and wingers[edit]

Riley Barber – Capitals winger, 2017–

Ryan Malone – Penguins, Lightning, Rangers winger 2003–15; 2017

Gerry O'Flaherty – Leafs, Canucks, Flames 1971–79

Brandon Saad – Colorado Avalanche winger 2011–

Henrik Samuelsson – Coyotes winger 2014–

William Thomas – Anyang Halla winger 2005–

Vincent Trocheck – Panthers 2014–2020, Hurricanes 2020–2022, Rangers 2022–

R. J. Umberger – Flyers, Jackets center 2005–

Defense[edit]

Matt Bartkowski – Iowa Wild

Bob Beers – Bruins, Lightning, Oilers, Islanders defenseman 1989–97

Dylan Reese – Rangers, Islanders, Penguins 2007–

Mike Weber – former NHL defenseman.

Goalies[edit]

John Gibson – player for Anaheim Ducks

Hockey contributors[edit]

James Wallace Conant – managed Duquesne Gardens

Motorsports[edit]

Chip Ganassi – former driver, now team owner in IndyCar and NASCAR
Dick Linder – 1950s NASCAR driver

Olympic sports[edit]

Kurt Angle – 1996 gold medalistinfreestyle wrestling, later became a professional wrestler

Robert "Bob" Blum (born 1928) – Olympic fencer

Herb Douglas – long jump bronze medalist at 1948 Summer Olympics; inducted into Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame 1992

Jake Herbert – folkstyle and freestyle wrestler, 2009 world silver medalist, represented USA at 2012 Summer Olympics

Suzie McConnell-Serio – basketball 1988 and 1992

Allison Schmitt – competitive swimmer, four time Olympian^[8]

Leah Smith – swimming, gold and bronze medalist in 2016 Olympics

Amanda Polk – rowing, gold medalist W8+ in 2016 Olympics

Soccer[edit]

Meghan Klingenberg – player for the Portland Thorns FC and United States women's national soccer team

A. J. Wood – MLS player

Marvell Wynne II

David Tepper owner of the MLS's Charlotte FC

Tennis[edit]

Bjorn Fratangelo – French Open boys' champion^[9]

Bonnie Gadusek – pro tennis player, reached U.S. Open quarterfinals

Gretchen Magers – reached Wimbledon and French Open quarterfinals

Alison Riske – WTA player, reached 4th round of U.S. Open

Professional wrestling[edit]

Kurt Angle – WWE/TNA wrestler and Olympic gold medalist

Britt Baker – AEW wrestler

Rob Conway – WWE wrestler on RAW brand

Johnny De Fazio – known as "Jumping" Johnny De Fazio

Dominic DeNucci – WWWF wrestler and trainer

Shane Douglas – ECW, WCW, and WWF wrestler

Corey Graves – wrestler, WWE commentator

Mike Jones – known as Virgil in WWE; worked as Vincent, Shane and Curly Bill in WCW

Cody Michaels – former USWA tag team champion, ECW, WSX producer

John Minton – WWF aka Big John Studd

Bruno Sammartino – two-time World Wide Wrestling Federation champion

Mike Scicluna – known as Baron Mikel Scicluna

Jeffrey Sciullo – WWE wrestler known as Ezekiel (formerly Elias (Samson))

John Sullivan – known as Johnny Valiant

Newton Tattrie – known as Geeto Mongol

Larry Zbyszko (real name Larry Whistler) – director of authority on Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

Other sports[edit]

Danny Chew – cyclist, winner of Race Across America (1996, 1999)

Joseph Kearney – athletic administrator

George Smith – horse racing

Tom Wallisch – professional skier

Industry[edit]

Aviation[edit]

Paige Kassalen – electrical engineer on Solar Impulse

Willard Rockwell – formed Rockwell Intl.

Calbraith Perry Rodgers – made the first transcontinental flight

Steel and metals[edit]

James W. Brown – Crucible Steel

Andrew Carnegie – steel tycoon and philanthropist, founded what became U.S. Steel

William Donner – steel tycoon, founded Monessen and Donora, daughter married FDR's son in 1932

George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. – steel engineer, businessman and inventor of the Ferris wheel

Henry Clay Frick – steel tycoon, chief operation officer of what became U.S. Steel

Charles Martin Hall – aluminum producer and founder of Alcoa

Julian Kennedy – mechanical engineer in steel

George Lauder – Scottish-American billionaire industrialist; partner in the Carnegie Steel Company; board member of U.S. Steel; cousin-brother of Andrew Carnegie

James H. Laughlin – Jones & Laughlin Steel

John Leishman – executive at Carnegie Steel

William Metcalf – Fort Pitt foundry

Charles M. Schwab – founder of Bethlehem Steel

John P. Surma – U.S. Steel

Thomas Usher – CEO of U.S. Steel and chairman of the board of Marathon Oil

John Walker – iron and steel industrialist

Energy[edit]

Walter Arnheim – Mobil executive and corporate and non-profit advisor

Frederick Bausman

E. W. Marland – oilman, founded what would become Conoco, also became the governor of Oklahoma

William Mellon – co-founded Gulf Oil

Transport[edit]

Erik Buell – Buell Motorcycle Company

Alexander Cassatt – Pennsylvania Railroad

Louis Semple Clarke – steamboats

John E. Connelly – Gateway Clipper Fleet

Mike Fink – river boatman

Robert Pitcairn – Pennsylvania Railroad

Samuel Rea – Pennsylvania Railroad

Finance[edit]

John F. Donahue – chairman, Federated Investors

Stanley Druckenmiller – hedge fund manager

Thomas Marshall Howe – 19th-century politician

James Lindenberg – founder of ABS-CBN Corporation

Richard B. Mellon – banker, philanthropist

Thomas Mellon – founded Mellon Financial

David Tepper – businessman, hedge fund manager, philanthropist, and owner of the Carolina Panthers

William Thaw – 19th-century banker

Technology and communications[edit]

Luis von Ahn – CAPTCHA inventor, Duolingo founder

William Bullock – printing press innovator

Charlie Cheever – co-founder of Quora

Brendan Eich – Mozilla, creator of JavaScript

Caterina Fake – co-founder of Flickr and Hunch

John P. Harris – theater owner

Regis McKenna – high technology marketing guru

Willard Rockwell – pioneer of Rockwell Intl.

Richard Mellon Scaife – Tribune-Review

Rich Skrenta – computer programmer

George Westinghouse – electrical industry pioneer

Mark Whitaker – CNN Worldwide chief^[10]

Jamie Zawinski – hacker

Consumer goods[edit]

Peter Chartier (Chartiers Town and Tarentum) – fur trader 1734–43

H. J. Heinz II – CEO of H.J. Heinz Co.

Henry J. Heinz – founder of H. J. Heinz Company

Edgar J. Kaufmann – Kaufmann's

Billy Mays – TV pitchman

James Sinegal – Costco

Patricia A. Woertz – ADM^[11]

Other industries[edit]

William D. Boyce – founder of Boy Scouts of America

Dr. Herbert Boyer – co-founder of Genentech

John Baptiste Ford – PPG Industries

Ed Grier – Disneyland

Joseph A. Hardy III – 84 Lumber

Bob Stupak – Vegas Stratosphere

Labor[edit]

David J. McDonald – president of steelworkers union

Theodore Schaffer – president of the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel, and Tin Workers

Fannie Sellins – union organizer

John Sheridan Weller – attorney and politician

Joseph Yablonski – UMW

Joseph "Chip" Yablonski – UMW attorney

Kenneth Yablonski – attorney

Religion[edit]

Catherine Anne Cesnik (1942–1969) – Catholic nun who was murdered

Cardinal Daniel DiNardo – archbishop of Galveston-Houston

Thomas Dolinay – archbishop

Joseph R. Lamonde

Cardinal Adam Maida – Emeritus Archbishop of Detroit

Janice McLaughlin – Catholic nun and human rights activist

Madalyn Murray O'Hair – founder of American Atheists

William Passavant

George Rapp – founder of the religious sect Harmonists

Charles Owen Rice

Charles Taze Russell – founder of Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society

R. C. Sproul – theologian

Thomas J. Tobin – auxiliary bishop of Pittsburgh, bishop of Youngstown OH, and current bishop of Providence, Rhode Island

Cardinal Donald Wuerl – eleventh bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh, current Archbishop of Washington

David Zubik – twelfth and current bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh

Science and research[edit]

Ross Allen – herpetologist

Frederick S. Billig – scramjet pioneer

Daniel Chamovitz – biologist, author of What a Plant Knows, and President of Ben Gurion University of the Negev^[12]

Yuan Chang – virologist, co-discoverer of causes of several viral cancers, including Kaposi's sarcoma

Norman Christ – physicist

George Otto Gey – scientist who propagated the HeLa cell line

William Jacob Holland – entomologist and chancellor of the Western University of Pennsylvania

Irene Jakab (1919–2011) – native of Hungary, psychiatrist and humanist; member of the faculties of Harvard University, the University of Pittsburgh and the McLean Hospital

Ayana Jordan – addiction psychiatrist

Randy Pausch – founder of Alice, and man behind the Last Lecture

David M. Pozar – electrical engineer and academician^[13]

Jonas Salk – physician, inventor of first polio vaccine

Alex Shigo – arboriculturist and horticulturist

Clifford Shull – Nobel Prize winner

Herbert A. Simon – Carnegie Mellon University professor; winner of Nobel Prize for Economics

Thomas Starzl – pioneering transplant surgeon in liver and multiorgan transplantation

Jesse Steinfeld – United States Surgeon General under Nixon

Otto Stern – German-American physicist and Nobel laureate, known for his studies of molecular beams; Carnegie Institute of Technology professor

Nicholas E. Wagman

Sandra Welner (1958–2001) – physician, advocate for disabled women's healthcare

Jerome Wolken (1917–1999) – biophysicist^[14]

Jonathan Zittrain – professor of Internet law and computer science at Harvard

Vladimir Zworykin – engineer and inventor, developed an early form of television; the IEEE presents a Vladimir Zworykin Award for outstanding contributions to development of television technology

Military[edit]

18th-century leaders[edit]

Ebenezer Denny – 10th Adjutant General of the U.S. Army

19th-century leaders[edit]

John M. Corse

Benjamin Grierson – Civil War and Buffalo Soldier

Alexander Hays – Brigadier General*, repulsed Pickett's ChargeatGettysburg

Francis J. Herron

Alexander Murray – Admiral

James Scott Negley – Major General Civil War hero of Murfreesboro

Thomas A. Rowley (1808–92) – Brigadier-general; Gettysburg; Civil War

Jacob B. Sweitzer – General* Civil War, led major offensives at Gettysburg

Samuel Baldwin Marks Young

20th-century leaders[edit]

Joseph R. Lamonde

Manus MacCloskey – Brigadier General

Samuel Baldwin Marks Young – first Chief of Staff of the Army

21st-century leaders[edit]

Michael Hayden – USAF ****, Director of NSA, CIA

Harry E. Miller Jr. – major general who commanded the 42nd Infantry Division^[15]

Medal recipients: Civil War[edit]

Charles Higby

Alexander Kelly

Alfred L. Pearson – Medal of Honor

James Schoonmaker

Medal recipients: United States occupation of Veracruz[edit]

Charles Bishop

Medal recipients: World War I[edit]

Joseph H. Thompson — Medal of Honor

Medal recipients: World War II[edit]

Arthur V. Ely

Charles E. Kelly

Archibald Mathies

Medal recipients: Vietnam[edit]

William D. Morgan

William R. Prom

Astronauts[edit]

Jay Apt – astronaut and professor

Mike Fincke – Colonel, United States Air Force

Terry Hart – Lieutenant Colonel, United States Air Force

James Irwin – Apollo Lunar Module pilot of Apollo 15 and eighth person to walk on the Moon

Other military[edit]

Thomas Enright - first soldier from Pennsylvania, and possibly first American soldier, killed in World War I

Adrian Cronauer – Airman, radio personality, subject of Good Morning, Vietnam

Charles Graner – U.S. Army reservist convicted of prisoner abuse in connection with 2003–2004 Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal

Government[edit]

Governors and mayors[edit]

Bob Cranmer – Allegheny County Commissioner

Justin Fairfax – Lieutenant Governor of Virginia

Bob Filner – San Diego Mayor

John F. Forward Sr. – 12th mayor of San Diego

John F. Forward Jr. – 21st mayor of San Diego

Barbara Hafer – first female Allegheny County Commissioner

E. W. Marland – Governor of Oklahoma

Elliot S. N. Morgan – Wyoming governor

Janet Napolitano – Arizona governor

Tom Ridge – Governor 1995–2001; first Secretary of Homeland Security

John K. Tener – Governor, former MLB pitcher

Dick Thornburgh – Governor 1979–87; U.S. Attorney General 1987–91

Tom Vilsack – Iowa Governor, 1999–2007; Agriculture Secretary, 2009–2017

Congressmen and senators[edit]

John Dalzell – Congressman 1887–1913; Chairman of the Ways and Means committee 1898–1913

Harmar Denny – Congressman 1825–37

Bob Filner – California Congressman 1993–2012

Orrin Hatch – Utah Senator, 1977–2019

John Heinz – Congressman 71–77, Senator 1977–91

Thomas Marshall Howe – Congressman 1851–55

John Kasich – Ohio Congressman 1983–2001, Governor 2011–2019

Philander C. Knox – Senator 1901–04, 1917–21, United States Attorney General 1901–04, Sec. of State 1909–13

Robert McKnight – Congressman 1859–63

George T. Oliver – Senator 1909–17

Rand Paul – Kentucky Senator 2011–present, Tea Party leader

Ron Paul – Texas Congressman, presidential candidate

David A. Reed – Senator

Rick Santorum – Congressman 1991–95, Senator 1995–2007

Claudine Schneider – Congresswoman Rhode Island 1981–91

Jurists[edit]

Max Baer – Pennsylvania Supreme Court 2003–

Derrick Bell – law professor

Robert Bork – Supreme Court nominee, and acting AG

George Dallas – Federal Court of Appeals 1892–1909

Michael Fisher – Federal Appeals 2003–

Albert Gordon – advocate for gay rights^[16]

Philip Heymann – served in Carter and Clinton administrations

William G. Hundley – prosecutor and criminal defense attorney

Linda Kelly – Pennsylvania Attorney General

Rolf Larsen – State Supreme Court Justice

Donald J. Lee – Federal 1989–2000

Timothy K. Lewis – Federal 1991–92, Appeals 1992–99

Carol Los Mansmann – Federal 1982–85, Appeals 1985–2002

Wilson McCandless – U.S. Judge

Joan Melvin – Pennsylvania Supreme Court 2009–

John Lester Miller – 1954–71

Michael Angelo Musmanno – PA Supreme Court and Nuremberg tribunal

Arthur Schwab – U.S. Judge 2002–present

George Shiras – U.S. Supreme Court

Sara Soffel – first woman to serve as a judge in Pennsylvania

William Alvah Stewart – Federal 1951–53

Hubert Irving Teitelbaum – 1970–1985

W. H. Seward Thomson – Federal – 1914–28

Gerald Tjoflat – Appeals 1975–present

Jay Waldman – Federal 1988–2003

Joseph F. Weis, Jr. – Federal 1970–73, Appeals 1973–88

James Scott Young – Federal 1908–14

Donald Emil Ziegler – Federal 1978–2003

CIA and defense administrators[edit]

Victoria "Torie" Clarke – Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs under George W. Bush
Michael Hayden – CIA director 2006–09

White House cabinet[edit]

James J. Davis – Secretary of Labor under presidents Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover

Walter Forward – United States Secretary of the Treasury under John Tyler, 1841–1843

Albert Gallatin – Treasury Secretary

Paul H. O'Neill – 72nd United States Secretary of the Treasury

Edwin Stanton – Secretary of War under President Lincoln

Judge William Wilkins – Secretary of War under President Tyler

Ambassadors[edit]

Homer S. Ferguson – Philippines

Walter Forward – Denmark

Mark Gilbert – New Zealand; also Major League Baseball player

George W. Guthrie – Japan

William W. Irwin – Denmark

Andrew Mellon – Great Britain 1932–33

Alexander Pollock Moore – Spain and Peru

Dan Rooney – Ireland 2009–2012

Edith S. Sampson – first African-American in the U.N. (1950–53) and NATO (1961–62)

Adolph W. Schmidt – Canada 1969–74

Phillips Talbot – Greece

State legislators[edit]

Paul P. Boswell – physician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives

David Dank – member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives since 2007

John R. Jones – member of the Wisconsin State Assembly

Andrew P. Kealy – member of the Wisconsin State Assembly

Emily Kinkead – member of Pennsylvania House of Representatives

Alexander McDonald Thomson – Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly

Suffragists and other women's rights activists[edit]

Euphemia Bakewell

Lucy Dorsey Iams

Jennie E. Kennedy

Lucy Kennedy Miller

Jennie Bradley Roessing

Eliza Kennedy Smith

Other administrators and advisors[edit]

Rachel Foster Avery

Murray Chotiner

Patrick R. Donahoe

Tony Fratto – Deputy Press Secretary 2006–09

Elsie Hillman – former Republican National Committeewoman from Pennsylvania

Law enforcement[edit]

Vic Cianca – Pittsburgh traffic cop made famous by Johnny Carson, Candid Camera and Flashdance

Thomas Delahanty – police officer who took a bullet in President Ronald Reagan's 1981 assassination attempt; declared a hero and awarded a medal for bravery

Other[edit]

Richard Baumhammers – spree killer

Lawrence Bittaker – one of the two "Toolbox Killers"

Connor Michalek – WWE fan and cancer victim

See also[edit]

List of people from Pennsylvania

References[edit]

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