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Pittsburgh ranks 69th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Dallas, Liverpool, and Santiago. Memorable people born in Pittsburgh include Andy Warhol, Clifford Shull, and Gene Kelly. Memorable people who died in Pittsburgh include Joseph Weber, Herbert A. Simon, and Clarence Zener. Pittsburgh has been the birth place of many actors, and musicians and the death place of many computer scientists, and actors. Pittsburgh is located in United States.

Pittsburgh is a city in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. The city is located in southwestern Pennsylvania at the confluence of the Allegheny River and Monongahela River, which combine to form the Ohio River. It is the second-most populous city in Pennsylvania with a population of 302,971 at the 2020 census, while the Pittsburgh metropolitan area at over 2.43 million residents is the largest metropolitan area in both the Ohio Valley and Appalachia, the second-largest in Pennsylvania, and 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 144 globally memorable people, including Andy Warhol, Clifford Shull, and Gene Kelly. Additionaly, 25 globally memorable people have passed away in Pittsburgh including Joseph Weber, Herbert A. Simon, and Clarence Zener.

People Born in Pittsburgh

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Pittsburgh were actors (43), musicians (12), writers (8), singers (7), and athletes (7),  while most who died were computer scientists (3), actors (3), physicists (2), politicians (2), and businesspeople (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.