List of people from Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh skyline at twilight
This article contains a list of notable people who were born or lived a significant amount of time in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania after Philadelphia .
Artists
Actresses
Actors
Reporters and anchors
Porky Chedwick – announcerFoo Conner – journalistRege Cordic – actor and broadcasterBill Cullen – TV game show hostJohn Dennis – radio hostFrank DiLeo – Michael Jackson's manager, Goodfellas cast memberPhil Frank – cartoonist Chris Garver – tattoo artist , Miami Ink Justine Ezarik (aka. iJustine) – YouTube personalityRafe Judkins – Survivor: Guatemala Sarah Kozer – Joe Millionaire Billy Mays – television direct-response advertisement salespersonSheena Monnin – Miss PennsylvaniaJenna 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
Antoine Fuqua – directorJohn P. Harris – invented the first movie theaterDavid Hollander – TV and movie producer, directorTim Kaiser – producer, Seinfeld , Will & Grace , 2 Broke Girls Carl Kurlander – film producer, writerSally Lapiduss – producerRob Marshall – director, Chicago Greg Nicotero – actor, director, producer, special effects and makeup artist The Walking Dead Eric Red – screenwriter and directorFord Riley – producer, screenwriter and lyricist; created The Lion Guard George A. Romero – director, best known for Night of the Living Dead Richard Rossi – directorTom Savini – actor, stunt man, director, special effects and makeup artistLou Scheimer – animator, voice actor, co-founder of animation studio Filmation David O. Selznick – film producer, Gone with the Wind Lewis J. Selznick – film producerMyron Selznick – producer, talent agency head
Music
Classics and standards
Rock and alternative
Classical
Country and folk
Pop
Rap and hip-hop
Dancers and choreographers
Visual arts
Authors
Joseph Bathanti – poet, writer, professor; NC Poet Laureate , 2012–2014Nellie Bly – Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist and writerKenneth Burke – literary theoristRachel Carson — marine biologist, writer, and conservationist Willa Cather – author, Pulitzer Prize winnerMichael Chabon – Pulitzer Prize-winning authorMurray Chass – New York Times Stephen Chbosky – authorMalcolm Cowley – poet, criticMelanie Craft – novelist; wife of Larry Ellison of OracleStephen Dau – writerAnnie Dillard – author and Pulitzer Prize winnerHarry Dolan – writerZak Ebrahim – author, peace activist, public speakerJack Gilbert – poetLester Goran – writer and professorBeth Gylys – poet and professorGeorge Heard Hamilton – art historianKerry Hannon – authorAgatha Tiegel Hanson – writer, poet, and editorSamuel Hazo – poet and professorLori Jakiela – authorGeorge S. Kaufman – humorist, playwrightJoseph Koerner – art historianDavid Leavitt – novelistStephen Manes – magazine writer, authorDavid McCullough – historian and author and two-time Pulitzer Prize winnerElizabeth Moorhead – novelistBurton Morris – painterStewart O'Nan – authorPeter Oresick – poetMary Roberts Rinehart – mystery writerWilliam Roos – playwright, mystery novelist, and screenwriterGladys Schmitt – writerJim Shooter – comic book writer, editor and publisherMichael Simms – poet in Pittsburgh since 1987George Smith – gambler, handicapperGertrude Stein – writer, poet, playwright, and feminist Gerald Stern – poetKathleen Tessaro – novelistJohn Edgar Wideman – author and professorAugust Wilson – Pulitzer Prize-winning playwrightCecilia Woloch – poet and writerDamon Young (writer) – author and columnist
Athletes
Baseball
Baseball contributors
Basketball
Coaches
Forwards and centers
Guards
Basketball contributors
Boxing
Coaches: primarily NFL
Quarterbacks
Marc Bulger – 2000–2011, Super Bowl[ 7] Chuck Fusina – NFL 1979–1986Bruce Gradkowski – Steelers , Bucs , Raiders 2006–2016Major Harris – record-setter in college and CFLLeon Hart – Heisman Trophy , College Hall of Fame Al Jacks – quarterback, Penn State and college head coachJim Kelly – 1986–1996, Hall of Fame , 4 Super Bowl appearancesDan Marino – 1983–1999, Hall of Fame 1 Super Bowl appearanceMike McMahon – NFL, CFL, UFL quarterback 2001–2012Joe Namath – New York Jets, Alabama Crimson Tide National ChampionRod Rutherford – NFL quarterback 2004–2006 and college coachMatt Schaub – NFL quarterback 2004–2020Willie Thrower – first black quarterback in the NFL*Johnny Unitas – 1956–1973, Hall of Famer , two Super Bowls Alex Van Pelt – 1995–2003Scott Zolak – 1991–1999, 1 Super Bowl appearance
Running backs
Receivers and tight ends
Offensive linemen
Defensive linemen
Defensive backs and linebackers
Golf
Hockey
Centers and wingers
Defense
Goalies
Hockey contributors
Motorsports
Olympic sports
Soccer
Tennis
Professional wrestling
Other sports
Industry
Aviation
Energy
Transport
Finance
Technology and communications
Consumer goods
Other industries
Labor
Religion
Science and engineering
Ross Allen – herpetologist Frederick S. Billig – scramjet pioneerDaniel Chamovitz – biologist, author of What a Plant Knows Ben Gurion University of the Negev [ 12] Yuan Chang – virologist, co-discoverer of causes of several viral cancers, including Kaposi's sarcoma Norman Christ – physicistChilds Frick George Otto Gey – scientist who propagated the HeLa cell lineWilliam 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 psychiatristRandy 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 winnerHerbert A. Simon – Carnegie Mellon University professor; winner of Nobel Prize for EconomicsThomas Starzl – pioneering transplant surgeon in liver and multiorgan transplantationJesse 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 professorNicholas E. Wagman Sandra Welner (1958–2001) – physician, advocate for disabled women's healthcareJerome Wolken (1917–1999) – biophysicist[ 14] Jamie Zawinski 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
18th-century leaders
19th-century leaders
20th-century leaders
21st-century leaders
Medal recipients: World War I
Medal recipients: World War II
Medal recipients: Vietnam
Astronauts
Other military
Government
Governors and mayors
Congressmen and senators
Jurists
CIA and defense administrators
White House cabinet
Ambassadors
State legislators
Other administrators and advisors
Law enforcement
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
See also
References
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