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Pittsburgh ranks 69th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Dallas, Liverpool, and Santiago. The most famous people from Pittsburgh are Andy Warhol, Clifford Shull, and Gene Kelly. The most famous people who died in Pittsburgh are Herbert A. Simon, Eleonora Duse, and Henry J. Heinz. 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 Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. Located in southwestern Pennsylvania where the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers meet to form the Ohio River, it had a population of 302,971 at the 2020 census, making it the second-most populous city in Pennsylvania. The Pittsburgh metropolitan area has over 2.43 million people, making it the largest in the Ohio Valley and Appalachia, the second-largest in Pennsylvania, and the 28th-largest in the U.S. The greater Pittsburgh–Weirton–Steubenville combined statistical area includes parts of Ohio and West Virginia. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1840 and 2005, Pittsburgh was the birth place of 156 globally memorable people, including Andy Warhol, Clifford Shull, and Gene Kelly. Additionaly, 25 globally memorable people have passed away in Pittsburgh including Herbert A. Simon, Eleonora Duse, and Henry J. Heinz.

People Born in Pittsburgh

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Pittsburgh were actors (46), musicians (12), writers (9), singers (7), and athletes (7),  while most who died were actors (3), computer scientists (3), businesspeople (2), politicians (2), and physicists (2).

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 Charles Grodin. 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.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Pittsburgh since 1700.