Born in Pittsburgh/Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh is the second-most populous city in Pennsylvania, the 68th most populous in the U.S. and the principal city of the 27th largest metro area. The city is located at the confluence of the Allegheny River and the Monongahela River, forming the Ohio River. Known as "Steel City", deindustrialization led to a population decline after 1950. Today the city is a hub for education and health care. Try to name these famous people, who are born in Pittsburgh.

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Creator of tomato ketchup and founder of a famous food company	1844	Henry J. Heinz
Astrophysicist who won the Nobel Prize in 1983	1911	William Alfred Fowler
Actor, director, dancer and singer, "Singin' in the Rain" "An American in Paris"	1912	Gene Kelly
Nobel Prize winning physicist, known for neutron scattering	1915	Clifford Shull
Chemist known for inventing Kevlar	1923	Stephanie Kwolek
Hall of Fame basketball player and first African-American to be drafted by an NBA team	1926	Chuck Cooper
Artist and leading figure of the pop art movement, "Campbell's Soup Cans" "Marilyn Diptych"	1928	Andy Warhol
Hall of Fame owner and son of the Steelers's founder and Ambassador to Ireland from 2009 to 2012	1932	Dan Rooney
Hall of Fame quarterback who played primarily for the Baltimore Colts	1933	Johnny Unitas
Actress and human rights activist, known for her role as Tangina Barrons in the "Poltergeist" films	1933	Zelda Rubinstein
Co-founder of Costco	1936	James Sinegal
Actor, "Amadeus" "Scarface" "The Grand Budapest Hotel"	1939	F. Murray Abraham
Playwright, who has been referred to as "theater's poet of Black America", "Fences" "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" "The Piano Lesson"	1945	August Wilson
Secreatry of Agriculture from 2009 to 2017 and again since 2021 and Governor of Iowa from 1999 to 2007	1950	Tom Vilsack
GM of the Pittsburgh Steelers since 2000	1957	Kevin Colbert
Billionaire hedge fund manager and owner of the Carolina Panthers	1957	David Tepper
Billionaire, one of the main investors on "Shark Tank" and owner of the Dallas Mavericks	1958	Mark Cuban
Hall of Fame quarterback who played for the Buffalo Bills	1960	Jim Kelly
Hall of Fame quarterback who played for the Miami Dolphins and who is considered one of the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history depite never winning the Super Bowl	1961	Dan Marino
Football head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers since 2023	1961	Curt Cignetti
Director, "Iron Man 3" "The Nice Guys" "The Predator"	1961	Shane Black
Senator from Kentucky since 2011	1963	Rand Paul

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Head Coach of the Dallas Cowboys since 2020	1963	Mike McCarthy
Director, "Training Day" "The Equalizer" "Olympus Has Fallen"	1965	Antoine Fuqua
Actor, "Nashville" "Outer Banks" "Whose Line Is It Anyway?"	1965	Charles Esten
Dance instructor known for appearing on "Dance Moms", she was sentenced to prison for bankruptcy fraud	1965	Abby Lee Miller
Author of "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" and director of the film with the same name, "Wonder" and "Dear Evan Hansen"	1970	Stephen Chbosky
Actress, known for her roles as Darla in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and Rita Bennett in "Dexter"	1972	Julie Benz
Hall of Fame running back who played for the New York Jets and New England Patriots	1973	Curtis Martin
Actor, known for his roles as Michael Gallant in "ER" and Clinton Jones in "White Collar"	1975	Sharif Atkins
Actor, "True Blood" "Magic Mike" "Justice League"	1976	Joe Manganiello
Actor, known for his role as Spock in the "Star Trek" reboots films	1977	Zachary Quinto
Actor, "Boardwalk Empire" "The Irishman" "The Eyes of Tammy Faye"	1978	Louis Cancelmi
Former quarterback who played for mostly the Atlanta Falcons and Houston Texans	1981	Matt Schaub
Actress best known for her role as Britta Perry in "Community"	1982	Gillian Jacobs
Soccer player who plays for the Portland Thorns and U.S. women's national soccer team	1988	Meghan Klingenberg
Defensive tackle who plays for the Pittsburgh Steelers	1989	Cameron Heyward
Former defensive tackle who plays for the Los Angeles Rams and three time NFL Defensive Player of the Year	1991	Aaron Donald
Rapper, who died from an accidental drug overdose at the age of 26, "Self Care" "My Favorite Part" "Best Day Ever"	1992	Mac Miller
Outfielder who plays for the Chicago Cubs and received a Gold Glove Award in 2022	1994	Ian Happ
Running back who plays for the Carolina Panthers	1997	Miles Sanders
Singer, "Hide Away" "Don't Let Me Down"	1998	Daya
Dancer and actress, "Dance Moms" "Music" "West Side Story"	2002	Maddie Ziegler

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