List of people from the Pittsburgh metropolitan area
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This is a list of famous people who were born or who lived a significant amount of time in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area.
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[edit] Actors, artists and broadcasters
- Chuck Aber — actor, best known as "Aber Neighbor" on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
- Betty Aberlin — actress, best known as "Lady Aberlin" on Mister Rogers Neighborhood
- F. Murray Abraham — actor
- Christina Aguilera — singer and songwriter
- Marty Allen — comedian and actor
- Jodi Applegate — broadcaster, co-hosted NBC's Later Today and is now on air at New York City's Fox affiliate
- Thea Austin — singer/songwriter, best known for work with the German dance music act Snap! and the British house music project Soulsearcher
- Jimmy Beaumont — lead singer of the Skyliners.
- Carl Betz — actor best known as the father on The Donna Reed Show
- George Benson — jazz guitarist
- Julie Benz — actress
- Art Blakey — jazz musician, bandleader
- Steven Bochco — television producer, attended Carnegie Institute of Technology (Carnegie Mellon University)
- Barbara Bosson — actress
- Amber Brkich — reality show contestant on Survivor: The Australian Outback and winner of Survivor: All-Stars
- Don Brockett — actor, best known as "Chef Brockett" on Mister Rogers Neighborhood
- Charles Bronson — actor
- Ray Brown — pioneering jazz double bassist
- John Buccigross — host, Sportscenter on ESPN
- Bill Cardille — broadcaster known as Chilly Billy, host of Chiller Theatre and Studio Wrestling.
- Lori Cardille — actress
- Theodore Crawford "Ted" Cassidy — actor, best known as Lurch on The Addams Family
- Lou Christie — musician and songwriter
- Kenny Clarke — jazz drummer
- Perry Como — pop music singer
- Rege Cordic — actor and broadcaster
- Dan Cortese — actor
- Dolores Costello — actress of the silent film era
- Maurice Costello — actor of stage and film
- Bill Cullen — game show host
- Frank Cunimondo — pianist
- Ted Danson — actor attended CMU
- John Davidson — actor and singer
- Stephen Dau — writer
- Nicole DeHuff — actress
- Patti Deutsch — comedienne, regular on "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In"
- Billy Eckstine — popular and jazz singer and musician
- Roy Eldridge — jazz trumpeter
- Barbara Feldon — actress
- Scott Ferrall — sports talk radio host
- Stephen Foster — 19th-century songwriter
- Phil Frank — cartoonist
- Erroll Garner — jazz pianist
- Scott Glenn — actor
- Jeff Goldblum — actor
- Frank Gorshin — actor
- Marita Grabiak — television director
- Martha Graham — dancer and choreographer
- Charles Grodin — actor
- Charles Haid — actor and director best known as "Renko" on Hill Street Blues
- Charles "Teenie" Harris — photographer
- Earl Hines — jazz musician
- John Hodiak — actor
- Gaby Hoffmann — actress
- Michael Holley — sportscaster
- Holly Hunter — actress
- Phyllis Hyman — singer
- Donnie Iris — musician
- Ahmad Jamal — jazz pianist
- Shirley Jones — actress, singer
- Rafe Judkins — reality show contestant on Survivor: Guatemala
- Melina Kanakaredes — actress
- Michael Keaton — actor
- Gene Kelly — dancer, actor, singer, director, and choreographer
- Lady Miss Kier — singer, Deee-Lite
- Sarah Kozer — reality TV star from Joe Millionaire
- Oscar Levant — pianist, talk show host
- Lorenzo Malfatti — Italian opera coach
- Henry Mancini — musician and composer
- The Marcels — 60's doo-wop group best known for their #1 hit "Blue Moon"
- Rob Marshall — director of "Memoirs of a Geisha" and "Chicago"
- Dean Martin — actor, pop music singer
- Mary Lou Metzger — singer
- Dennis Miller — Comedian
- Demi Moore — actress
- Jeanne Moos — CNN reporter
- Jenna Morasca — reality show contestant and winner of Survivor: The Amazon and contestant on Survivor: All-Stars
- Burton Morris — artist
- Joe Negri — musician, professor
- David Newell — actor
- Art Pallan — broadcaster
- William Powell — actor, noted for his sophisticated, cynical roles
- André Previn — conductor; pianist
- Zachary Quinto — actor Heroes (TV series)
- Eric the Red — screenwriter and director and Viking
- Trent Reznor — musician
- Fred Rogers — "Mister Rogers"; famous American children's entertainer
- George Romero — director, best known for Night of the Living Dead
- Ian Rosenberger — reality show contestant on Survivor: Palau
- Richard Rossi — director
- Lillian Russell — actress and author
- Justin Sane — lead guitarist and co-singer/songwriter of the political punk rock band Anti-Flag
- Shanice — singer
- Paul Shannon — host of WTAE children's show Adventure Time
- David O. Selznick — film producer, Gone With The Wind (among other films)
- James Sites — writer
- Sam Sneed — musician
- Gertrude Stein — writer, poet, playwright, and feminist
- Jimmy Stewart — actor and Air Force officer
- Sharon Stone — actress
- Billy Strayhorn — jazz musician
- Maxine Sullivan — jazz singer
- Olive Thomas — actress
- Bob Trow — actor
- Tamara Tunie — Actress best known as "Dr. Melinda Warner" on Law and Order: SVU
- Stanley Turrentine — jazz musician
- Bobby Vinton — pop music singer
- Andy Warhol — artist
- Bruce Weitz — actor best known as "Belker" on Hill Street Blues
- Ming-Na (also known as Ming-Na Wen) — actor
- Fritz Weaver — actor
- Ricki Wertz — host of WTAE children's show Ricki & Copper and 1970's quiz show Junior High Quiz
- August Wilson — playwright
- Bunny Yeager — photographer
- Brian Young — drummer and percussionist, Fountains of Wayne
[edit] Activists
- Madalyn Murray O'Hair — founder of American Atheists
[edit] Sports stars and athletes
[edit] Football
- Barry Alvarez — college football coach 1990-2005
- LaVar Arrington — Linebacker 2000-present
- Charlie Batch — Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback
- George Blanda — quarterback 1949-1975, Super Bowl, Hall of Fame
- Jim Braxton — NFL Running back 1971-1978, Buffalo Bills and Miami Dolphins
- Joe Bugel — NFL Assistant and head coach 1975-present, founder of the infamous "hogs" of the 1980's.
- Marc Bulger — quarterback 2002-present, Super Bowl
- Bill Cowher — head coach 1992-2007, two Super Bowls
- Bob Davie — College football coach, broadcaster
- Ernie Davis — Running Back Heisman Trophy winner (1961)
- Mike Ditka — tight end (1961-1972) and coach (1982-1999), three Super Bowls
- Tony Dorsett — Heisman Trophy winner (1976) and running back 1977-1988, two Super Bowls
- Kirk Ferentz — head coach, University of Iowa
- Gus Frerotte — quarterback 1994-present
- Bill George — Linebacker 1952-1966, Hall of Fame
- Sean Gilbert — defensive end 1992-2005
- Bruce Gradkowski — quarterback for Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2006-present
- Russ Grimm — Offensive Lineman 1981-1991, three Super Bowls
- Jack Ham — Linebacker 1970-1982, Hall of Fame, four Super Bowls
- Terry Hanratty — NFL quarterback 1969-1976, 2 Super Bowls.
- Franco Harris — Running Back 1972-1984, four Super Bowls, Super Bowl MVP
- Major Harris — record-setting quarterback in college (for WVU) and the CFL.
- Leon Hart — Heisman Trophy winner, Hall of Fame
- Jim Haslett — head coach 2000-present
- Ken Herock — NFL Tight End 1963-1969, Super Bowl.
- Dick Hoak — NFL Running back (1961-1970)
- Lou Holtz — college football head coach 1969-2004
- Jeff Hostetler — quarterback 1985-1997, two Super Bowls
- Sam Huff — Linebacker 1956-1969, Hall of Fame
- Stan Jones — Defensive Lineman 1954-1966, Hall of Fame
- Jim Kelly — quarterback 1986-1996, Hall of Fame, four Super Bowls
- Ty Law — Defensive Back 1995-2005, four Super Bowls
- Marvin Lewis — head coach 2003-present
- Mike Logan — NFL Safety 1996-present, Super Bowl.
- Johnny Lujack — quarterback Heisman Trophy winner (1947)
- Dan Marino — quarterback 1983-1999, Hall of Fame, Super Bowl
- Ted Marchibroda — quarterback 1953-1957, head coach 1975-1998
- Joe Marconi — NFL Runningback 1956-1966 for the Rams and Chicago Bears.
- Rasheed Marshall — NFL Wide-Receiver 2005-present.
- Curtis Martin — running back 1995-present, Super Bowl
- Mike McCarthy — Green Bay Packers head coach 2005-present
- Kevin "Boo" McLee — standout linebacker in college football will be drafted in the NFL in 2007.
- Mike McMahon — quarterback 2001-present
- Joe Montana — quarterback 1979-1994, Hall of Fame, four Super Bowls, three Super Bowl MVPs
- Dan Mozes — standout center in college football, expected to be drafted in 2007.
- Joe Namath — quarterback 1965-1977, Hall of Fame, Super Bowl MVP.
- Mike Nixon — NFL and college football headcoach and longtime NFL scout throughout the 1960's, 70's and 80's.
- Chuck Noll — Steelers head coach 1969-1991
- Rod Rutherford — quarterback 2003-present
- Nick Saban — college football coach 1990-2005, NFL coach 2005-present (born in Fairmont, West Virginia)
- Matt Schaub — quarterback 2004-present
- Joe Schmidt — Linebacker 1953-1965, Hall of Fame
- Marty Schottenheimer — head coach, 1984-present
- Sandy Stephens — quarterback, first African American QB to lead his team to a Bowl Game
- Joe Stydahar — Tackle 1936-1946 Hall of Fame
- Lynn Swann — Wide Receiver 1974-1982, Hall of Fame, four Super Bowls, Super Bowl MVP
- Jason Taylor — Defensive End, 5 Time Pro Bowler for the Miami Dolphins
- Willie Thrower — quarterback (First African American quarterback in an NFL game)
- Johnny Unitas — quarterback 1956-1973, Hall of Fame, two Super Bowls
- Dave Wannstedt — head coach NFL 1993-2004, College Football coach 2005-present
- Randy White — Defensive Lineman 1975-1988, three Super Bowls, Hall of Fame
- Eric Wicks — college football standout safety and finalist for the Bronko Nagruski award in 2007.
- Quincy Wilson — NFL Runningback 2004-present.
[edit] Olympics
- Kurt Angle — 1996 Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling and current professional wrestler for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
- Swintayla Cash — Gold Medal Basketball 2004 [1]
- Roger Kingdom — Hurdles gold medalist at both the 1984 and 1988 games.
- Cary Kolat — Wrestling 2000
- Rick Krivda — Baseball 2000
- Karen LaFace — Diving
- Eric Namesnik — Swimming
- David Pichler — Diving 2000
- Mary Lou Retton — Gymnastics 1984
- Colleen Rosensteel — Judo 2000
- Johnny Weismuller— Swimming
- Rod White — Archery 2000
- Lauryn Williams — Track 2004
- John Woodruff — Track
[edit] Basketball
- John Abramovic — 1942-1948. First Player to score 2,000 points in NCAA history, Salem College, Played in NBA. West Virginia and Pennsylvania Halls of Fame.
- Dick Bennett — head basketball coach for University of Wisconsin and Washington State University.
- Dante Calabria — basketball player for the Chicago Bulls.
- John Calipari — head coach NBA 1997-1999, College head coach 1988-1996, 2000-present
- Eddie Cameron — Legendary Duke head coach and namesake of the Cameron Indoor Stadium.
- Ron Carter — guard 1978-1980
- Swin Cash — WNBA forward 2002-present
- Mark Cuban — owner of Dallas Mavericks
- Chuck Cooper — NBA forward 1950-1956, first African-American in the NBA draft.
- Chuck Daly — head coach 1981-1999, twice NBA Champions, coach of the "Dream Team"
- Brad Davis — guard 1977-1992
- Mickey Davis — forward 1972-1977, NBA Finals
- Jarrett Durham — NBA forward 1971-1972
- Ken Durrett — forward 1971-1975
- Dave Feitl — Center 1986-1992
- Ed Fleming — guard 1956-1960
- Danny Fortson — forward for the NBA Sonics and Bucks.
- Calvin Fowler — guard 1969-1970
- Jack George — guard 1953-1961
- Gus Gerard — forward/guard 1975-1981
- Armon Gilliam — forward/Center 1987-2000
- George Glamack — 1948-1949
- Paul Grant — 1997-2004
- Dick Groat — 1952-1953, also played major league baseball
- Simmie Hill — forward 1969-1974
- Essie Hollis — forward 1977-1979
- Greg Howard — forward-Center 1970-1972
- Mike Iuzzolino — guard 1991-1993
- Buddy Jeannette — guard/Coach 1948-1970, NBA Hall Of Fame
- Stew Johnson — forward/Center 1966-1976
- George Karl — guard 1973-1978, head coach 1984-present, NBA Finals
- Billy Knight — forward 1975-1985
- Stu Lantz — guard 1968-1976
- Maurice Lucas — forward 1975-1988
- Pete Maravich — guard 1971-1980, NBA Hall of Fame, All-Time Collegiate points leader.
- Jack Marin — forward/guard 1966-1977
- Suzie McConnell Serio — WNBA player 1998-2000, head coach 2004-present.
- Red Mihalik — guard 1947-1948
- Ed Milkovich — guard 1946-1947
- Sean Miller — Xavier University head basketball coach 2003-present
- Walt Miller — forward 1946-1947
- Johnny Moore — guard 1979-1990
- Barry Nelson — Center 1971-1972
- Geoff Petrie — guard 1970-1976
- Stephen Previs — guard 1972-1973
- Skip Prosser — college head coach 1993-present
- Wil Robinson — guard 1972-1974
- Ron Rowan — guard 1986-1987
- Herb Sendek — College head coach 1996-present
- Keith Starr — forward 1976-77
- Maurice Stokes — forward/Center 1955-1958, NBA Hall Of Fame
- Willie Somerset — guard in the NBA 1966-1969.
- Walt Szczerbiak — forward 1972
- Jack Twyman — forward/guard 1955-1966, NBA Hall Of Fame
- Doug West — guard-forward 1989-2001
- Dennis Wuycik — forward 1972-1975
- Bill Zopf — guard 1970-1971, NBA Champions
[edit] Hockey
- Mario Lemieux — Pittsburgh Penguins center and current owner
- Ryan Malone — Pittsburgh Penguins Winger 2003-present
- R.J. Umberger — Philadelphia Flyers Center 2005-present
[edit] Baseball
- John Burkett — a pitcher on various MLB teams
- George Brett — Baseball Hall of Famer
- Bill Doak — pitcher with St. Louis Cardinals and Brooklyn Dodgers, inventor of the modern baseball glove
- Terry Francona — Manager, World Series
- Josh Gibson — Negro League player, Pittsburgh Crawfords and Homestead Grays
- Ken Griffey, Jr. — Outfielder 1989-present
- Ken Griffey, Sr. — Outfielder 1973-1991, World Series
- Dick Groat — National League Most Valuable Player, 1960
- Howdy Groskloss — Shortstop 1930-1932, entering 2006, at age 100, the oldest living MLB player.
- Art Howe — manager for the Houston Astros and Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball
- Bobby Lowe — first major league baseball player to hit four home runs in one game[1]
- Ken Macha — manager of the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball
- Bill Mazeroski — Only player ever to decide a World Series by a 7th game Home Run
- George "Doc" Medich — Pitcher, Pittsburgh Pirates
- Michael Robert "Mickey" Morandini
- Stan Musial — Outfielder 1941-1963, World Series, Hall of Fame
- Heinie Smith — major league baseball player[1]
- John Stuper — major league baseball player and coach at Yale University
- Harold Joseph "Pie" Traynor — Pirates Hall of Fame member
- Honus Wagner — Hall of Fame member
- Bobby Wallace, born in Pittsburgh, Baseball Hall of Fame inductee[1]
[edit] Wrestling
- Kurt Angle — 1996 Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling and current professional wrestler for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, sports broadcaster
- Rob Conway — WWE wrestler on the RAW brand
- Johnny DeFazio — Known to fans as "Jumping" Johnny DeFazio
- Shane Douglas
- Frank Holtz — "The Fighting Policeman" from Carnegie
- Mike Jones — best known as Virgil in the WWE, worked as Vincent, Shane and Curly Bill in WCW
- Sterling James Keenan
- John William Minton — famous as Big John Studd
- Bruno Sammartino — 2-time World Wide Wrestling Federation champion
- Mike Scicluna — known as "Baron Mikel Scicluna"
- Newton Tattrie — Known to fans as Geeto Mongol
- Larry Zbyszko (real name Larry Whistler) — Director of Authority on Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
[edit] Golf
- Jim Furyk
- Rocco Mediate
- Arnold Palmer
- Jim Simons — as an amateur nearly won 1971 U.S. Open, was the world's first winner of a tournament while using a metal driver
- Stephanie Sparks
[edit] Figure Skating
[edit] Soccer
- Marvell Wynne II, defenseman for MLS side Red Bull New York
[edit] Politicians and governmental leaders
- Eugene Atkinson — United States Congressman
- Michael Bilirakis — United States Congressman serving Florida
- Robert Bork — United States Supreme Court nominee, and acting United States Attorney General in the 1970s.
- Victoria "Torie" Clarke — Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs under George W. Bush
- Geoff Davis — United States Congressman serving Kentucky
- James J. Davis — Secretary of Labor under Presidents Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover
- Mike Doyle — United States Congressman serving Pennsylvania
- Tom Feeney — United States Congressman serving Florida went to law school at the University of Pittsburgh
- Walter forward — United States Secretary of the Treasury under John Tyler, 1841-1843
- Orrin Hatch — United States senator for Utah
- John Heinz — United States senator for Pennsylvania and United States Representative 1971-1977.
- Philander C. Knox — United States senator for Pennsylvania 1901-1904 and 1917-1921 , United States Attorney General 1901-1904, and United States Secretary of State 1909-1913
- Andrew Mellon — longest serving United States Treasury Secretary in United States history
- Janet Napolitano — Arizona Governor
- Ron Paul — United States Congressman serving Texas
- Tom Ridge — governor of Pennsylvania 1995-2001 and the first Secretary of Homeland Security under George W. Bush
- Rick Santorum — United States senator for Pennsylvania from 1995-2007
- Dick Thornburgh — governor of Pennsylvania 1979-1987 and United States Attorney General for Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush.
- Tom Vilsack — governor of Iowa
- Joseph Yablonski — long time leader of the United Mine Workers, murdered in a mob hit in 1969.
- Bill Young — United States Congressman serving Florida
[edit] Military heroes
- George C. Axtell — General*** United States Marine Corps
- Charles Bishop — Medal of Honor Mexican Campaign of 1914
- Hugh Boone — Medal of Honor during Civil War
- Adrian Cronauer — the basis of "Good Morning, Vietnam"
- Ralph Ellis Dias — Medal of Honor Vietnam
- Michael Estocin — Medal of Honor Vietnam
- Edward M. Fincke — Astronaut, Lieutenant Colonel, United States Air Force
- John Gertsch — Medal of Honor Vietnam
- James A. Graham — Medal of Honor Vietnam
- Terry Hart — Astronaut, Lieutenant Colonel, United States Air Force
- Alexander Hays — Brigadier General*, repulsed Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg
- George Marshall — General of the Army *****
- Joseph McCauslin — Medal of Honor for the siege of Petersburg, Virginia during the Civil War
- Henry W.B. Mechling — Medal of Honor for the Battle of the Little Bighorn, one of the few survivors from Custer's Last Stand
- William D. Morgan — Medal of Honor Vietnam
- James Scott Negley — Major General Civil War
- John Neville — General, suppressed the Whiskey Rebellion
- Melvin E. Newlin — Medal of Honor Vietnam
- Michael Novosel — Medal of Honor Vietnam
- Admiral Robert Peary — the first person to reach the North Pole
- William Port — Medal of Honor Vietnam
- William Prom — Medal of Honor Vietnam
- Judith Resnik — astronaut
- Matthew Ridgway — General ***
- Archibald Rowand — Medal of Honor Civil War
- Thomas A. Rowley (1808-92) Brigadier-general; Gettysburg; Civil War; buried in Allegheny Cemetery
- Robert Semple — Medal of Honor Mexican Campaign of 1914
- Randall Shughart — Medal of Honor for Somalia service
- David Winder — Medal of Honor Vietnam
[edit] Culture
- Kristy Bannon — co founder of Chartiers Nature Conservancy [2]/Anthropologist
- Alan Belancik — teacher
- Derrick Bell — law professor
- William D. Boyce — Founder, Boy Scouts of America
- Thomas Byers — co founder of Chartiers Nature Conservancy [3]
- Rachel Carson — author and ecologist
- Stephen Chbosky — author
- Annie Dillard — author
- David McCullough — historian and author
- Mary Roberts Rinehart — author
- Charles Taze Russell — Founder of Jehovah's Witnesses
- Jim Shooter — comic book writer, editor and publisher
- R. C. Sproul — theologian
- Gerald Stern — author
- John Edgar Wideman — author
- August Wilson — playwright
- Donald Wuerl — eleventh Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh
[edit] Business and industry
- Andrew Carnegie — Steel tycoon and philanthropist
- Henry Clay Frick — Steel tycoon
- Charles Martin Hall — Aluminum producer and founder of Alcoa
- Henry J. Heinz — Founder of H J Heinz Company
- Paul O'Neill — Alcoa CEO and United States Secretary of the Treasury
- Robert Pitcairn — Pennsylvania Railroad executive
- George Westinghouse — Engineer and inventor
[edit] Educators, scientists, and researchers
- William Jacob Holland — entomologist and chancellor of the Western University of Pennsylvania
- Jonas Salk — physician and inventor of first polio vaccine
- Herbert Simon — Carnegie Mellon University professor and winner of Nobel Prize for Economics
- Jesse Steinfeld — United States Surgeon General under President Richard Nixon
- 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.
[edit] References
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- ^ a b c [1969] (1979) in Reichler, Joseph L.: The Baseball Encyclopedia, 4th edition, New York: Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 0-02-578970-8.
