Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh ranks 69th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Dallas, Liverpool, and Santiago. Memorable people born in Pittsburgh include Andy Warhol, Gene Kelly, and F. Murray Abraham. Memorable people who died in Pittsburgh include Herbert A. Simon, Eleonora Duse, and Kevin Mitnick. Pittsburgh has been the birth place of many actors, and musicians and the death place of many actors, and computer scientists. Pittsburgh is located in United States.
Pittsburgh is a city in and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is the second-most populous city in Pennsylvania, after Philadelphia, and the 68th-most populous city in the U.S., with a population of 302,971 as of the 2020 census. The city is located in southwestern Pennsylvania at the confluence of the Allegheny River and the Monongahela River, which combine to form the Ohio River. It anchors the Pittsburgh metropolitan area, which had a population of 2.457 million residents and is the largest metro area in both the Ohio Valley and Appalachia, the second-largest in Pennsylvania, and the 26th-largest in the U.S. Pittsburgh is the principal city of the greater Pittsburgh–Weirton–Steubenville combined statistical area which includes parts of Ohio and West Virginia. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1840 and 2005, Pittsburgh was the birth place of 144 globally memorable people, including Andy Warhol, Gene Kelly, and F. Murray Abraham. Additionaly, 25 globally memorable people have passed away in Pittsburgh including Herbert A. Simon, Eleonora Duse, and Kevin Mitnick.
People Born in Pittsburgh
Go to all RankingsAndy Warhol
ARTIST
1928 - 1987
HPI: 78.90
Rank: 1
Gene Kelly
ACTOR
1912 - 1996
HPI: 65.85
Rank: 2
F. Murray Abraham
ACTOR
1939 - Present
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 3
Albert Ellis
PSYCHOLOGIST
1913 - 2007
HPI: 64.22
Rank: 4
William Alfred Fowler
ASTRONOMER
1911 - 1995
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 5
Clifford Shull
PHYSICIST
1915 - 2001
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 6
Martha Graham
DANCER
1894 - 1991
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 7
James Irwin
ASTRONAUT
1930 - 1991
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 8
Scott Glenn
ACTOR
1939 - Present
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 9
Stephanie Kwolek
CHEMIST
1923 - 2014
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 10
George Benson
SINGER
1943 - Present
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 11
Art Blakey
MUSICIAN
1919 - 1990
HPI: 59.75
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Pittsburgh
Go to all RankingsCarole Caldwell Graebner
TENNIS PLAYER
1943 - 2008
HPI: 46.50
Rank: 56
Arthur Hohl
ACTOR
1889 - 1964
HPI: 46.38
Rank: 57
Henry Ossawa Tanner
PAINTER
1859 - 1937
HPI: 40.28
Rank: 91
Greg Nicotero
FILM DIRECTOR
1963 - Present
HPI: 39.96
Rank: 95
Thomas Meighan
ACTOR
1879 - 1936
HPI: 38.45
Rank: 102
James M. Beggs
BUSINESSPERSON
1926 - 2020
HPI: 38.20
Rank: 105
Eve Gordon
ACTOR
1960 - Present
HPI: 36.16
Rank: 111
Celeste Ng
WRITER
1980 - Present
HPI: 27.27
Rank: 120
Jamie Zawinski
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1968 - Present
HPI: 24.22
Rank: 125
Warren Hoburg
ASTRONAUT
1985 - Present
HPI: 23.71
Rank: 127
Amanda Polk
ATHLETE
1986 - Present
HPI: 21.44
Rank: 133
John-Henry Krueger
ATHLETE
1995 - Present
HPI: 21.20
Rank: 134
People Deceased in Pittsburgh
Go to all RankingsHerbert A. Simon
ECONOMIST
1916 - 2001
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 1
Eleonora Duse
ACTOR
1858 - 1924
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 2
Kevin Mitnick
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1963 - 2023
HPI: 57.98
Rank: 3
Henry J. Heinz
BUSINESSPERSON
1844 - 1919
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 4
Allen Newell
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1927 - 1992
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 5
Bruno Sammartino
WRESTLER
1935 - 2018
HPI: 56.45
Rank: 6
Edmund M. Clarke
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1945 - 2020
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 7
Fred Rogers
PRESENTER
1928 - 2003
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 8
Clarence Zener
PHYSICIST
1905 - 1993
HPI: 53.64
Rank: 9
Arnold Palmer
GOLFER
1929 - 2016
HPI: 52.65
Rank: 10
Wilfrid Sellars
PHILOSOPHER
1912 - 1989
HPI: 51.60
Rank: 11
Paul H. O'Neill
POLITICIAN
1935 - 2020
HPI: 48.52
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Pittsburgh
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Most individuals born in present day Pittsburgh were actors (43), musicians (12), writers (8), singers (7), and athletes (7), while most who died were actors (3), computer scientists (3), businesspeople (2), physicists (2), and politicians (2).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Pittsburgh, including F. Murray Abraham, Scott Glenn, and Kevin Peter Hall. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Pittsburgh, including Gene Kelly, F. Murray Abraham, and Scott Glenn.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Pittsburgh since 1700.