Pittsburgh
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 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. 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 146 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
Go to all RankingsAndy Warhol
ARTIST
1928 - 1987
HPI: 82.94
Rank: 33
Clifford Shull
PHYSICIST
1915 - 2001
HPI: 73.99
Rank: 6
Gene Kelly
ACTOR
1912 - 1996
HPI: 73.81
Rank: 56
Albert Ellis
PSYCHOLOGIST
1913 - 2007
HPI: 71.49
Rank: 13
William Alfred Fowler
ASTRONOMER
1911 - 1995
HPI: 71.45
Rank: 27
Andrew Mellon
POLITICIAN
1855 - 1937
HPI: 71.29
Rank: 26
F. Murray Abraham
ACTOR
1939 - Present
HPI: 70.70
Rank: 76
Martha Graham
DANCER
1894 - 1991
HPI: 68.48
Rank: 30
Stephanie Kwolek
CHEMIST
1923 - 2014
HPI: 67.40
Rank: 42
David O. Selznick
PRODUCER
1902 - 1965
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 63
George Benson
SINGER
1943 - Present
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 83
Scott Glenn
ACTOR
1939 - Present
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 124
Newly Added People Born in Pittsburgh
Go to all RankingsAaron Donald
AMERICAN FOOTBALL PLAYER
1991 - Present
HPI: 31.10
Rank: 2
Thomas Matthew Crooks
EXTREMIST
2003 - 2024
HPI: 26.81
Rank: 1
People Deceased in Pittsburgh
Go to all RankingsHerbert A. Simon
ECONOMIST
1916 - 2001
HPI: 80.18
Rank: 3
Eleonora Duse
ACTOR
1858 - 1924
HPI: 68.48
Rank: 20
Henry J. Heinz
BUSINESSPERSON
1844 - 1919
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 18
Paul H. O'Neill
POLITICIAN
1935 - 2020
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 11
George Washington Gale Ferris Jr.
INVENTOR
1859 - 1896
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 15
Bruno Sammartino
WRESTLER
1935 - 2018
HPI: 64.11
Rank: 8
Kevin Mitnick
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1963 - 2023
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 14
Allen Newell
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1927 - 1992
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 10
Fred Rogers
PRESENTER
1928 - 2003
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 24
Clarence Zener
PHYSICIST
1905 - 1993
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 4
Wilfrid Sellars
PHILOSOPHER
1912 - 1989
HPI: 60.40
Rank: 13
Arnold Palmer
GOLFER
1929 - 2016
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 21
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 actors (3), computer scientists (3), businesspeople (2), politicians (2), and physicists (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 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.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Pittsburgh since 1700.