Famous people from your town?

* Chuck Aber — actor, best known as "Neighbor Aber" on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
* Betty Aberlin — actress, best known as "Lady Aberlin" on Mister Rogers Neighborhood
* F. Murray Abraham — actor
* Christina Aguilera — singer and songwriter
* Marty Allen — comedian and actor
* Jodi Applegate — broadcaster, co-hosted NBC's Later Today and is now on air at New York City's Fox affiliate
* Tim Artz — actor
* Thea Austin — singer/songwriter, best known for work with the German dance music act Snap! and the British house music project Soulsearcher
* Carla Baron — Carnegie Mellon University alumna and actress
* Jimmy Beaumont — lead singer of the Skyliners.
* Carl Betz — actor best known as the father on The Donna Reed Show
* George Benson — jazz guitarist
* Julie Benz — actress
* Art Blakey — jazz musician, bandleader
* Steven Bochco — television producer, attended Carnegie Institute of Technology (Carnegie Mellon University)
* Christian Borle — actor
* Barbara Bosson — actress
* Amber Brkich — reality show contestant on Survivor: The Australian Outback and winner of Survivor: All-Stars
* Don Brockett — actor, best known as "Chef Brockett" on Mister Rogers Neighborhood
* Charles Bronson — actor
* Ray Brown — pioneering jazz double bassist
* John Buccigross — host, Sportscenter on ESPN
* Bill Cardille — broadcaster known as Chilly Billy, host of Chiller Theatre and Studio Wrestling.
* Lori Cardille — actress
* Theodore Crawford "Ted" Cassidy — actor, best known as Lurch on The Addams Family
* Lou Christie — musician and songwriter
* Kenny Clarke — jazz drummer
* Perry Como — pop music singer
* D. C. Cooper — heavy metal singer
* Rege Cordic — actor and broadcaster
* Dan Cortese — actor
* Dolores Costello — actress of the silent film era
* Maurice Costello — actor of stage and film
* Bill Cullen — game show host
* Frank Cunimondo — pianist
* Ted Danson — actor attended CMU
* Stephen Dau — writer
* John Davidson — actor and singer
* Johnny Daye — soul singer
* Nicole DeHuff — actress
* Patti Deutsch — comedienne, regular on "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In"
* Jack Dodson — actor
* Dusty Drake — country and western singer
* Billy Eckstine — popular and jazz singer and musician
* Roy Eldridge — jazz trumpeter
* Barbara Feldon — actress
* Scott Ferrall — sports talk radio host
* Stephen Foster — 19th-century songwriter
* Phil Frank — cartoonist
* Chip Ganassi — NASCAR and Indycar Team Owner
* Erroll Garner — jazz pianist
* Chris Garver — tattoo artist featured on the TLC Network's series Miami Ink.
* Paul Gilbert — rock guitarist from the bands Racer X and Mr. Big.
* Scott Glenn — actor
* Jeff Goldblum — actor
* Frank Gorshin — actor
* Marita Grabiak — television director
* Martha Graham — dancer and choreographer
* Charles Grodin — actor
* Charles Haid — actor and director best known as "Renko" on Hill Street Blues
* Charles "Teenie" Harris — photographer
* Jerry Harris — sculptor
* Billy Hartung — Broadway actor, dancer and singer
* Earl Hines — jazz musician
* John Hodiak — actor
* Gaby Hoffmann — actress
* Michael Holley — sportscaster
* Holly Hunter — actress
* Phyllis Hyman — singer
* Donnie Iris — musician
* Ahmad Jamal — jazz pianist
* Cherie Johnson — actress
* Shirley Jones — actress, singer
* Jesse Joyce — comedian seen on Comedy Central
* Rafe Judkins — reality show contestant on Survivor: Guatemala
* Melina Kanakaredes — actress
* Michael Keaton — actor, first "Batman" in the movie franchise (1989), behind-the-scenes worker on Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood before making it big in Hollywood
* Gene Kelly — dancer, actor, singer, director, and choreographer
* Wiz Khalifa — musician
* Lady Miss Kier — singer, Deee-Lite
* Jack Knight — musician
* Sarah Kozer — reality TV star from Joe Millionaire
* Gina LaMarca — model and actress
* Amanda Latona - musician, singer, former member of the now disbanded group innosense
* Henrietta Leaver — Miss America 1935
* Jay Leslie — Magician, Comedian
* Oscar Levant — pianist, talk show host
* Rush Limbaugh — Disk jockey at KQV, on-air name "Jeff Christie"
* Lorenzo Malfatti — Italian opera coach
* Henry Mancini — musician and composer
* The Marcels — 60's doo-wop group best known for their #1 hit "Blue Moon"
* Rob Marshall — director of "Memoirs of a Geisha" and "Chicago"
* Dean Martin — actor, pop music singer
* Mel-Man — hip hop producer
* Mitzi McCall — actress
* Adolphe Menjou — actor
* Mary Lou Metzger — singer
* Dennis Miller — Comedian
* Demi Moore — actress
* Jeanne Moos — CNN reporter
* Jenna Morasca — reality show contestant and winner of Survivor: The Amazon and contestant on Survivor: All-Stars
* Burton Morris — artist
* Thaddeus Mosley — sculptor
* Joe Negri — musician, professor, best known as "Handyman Negri" on Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood
* David Newell — actor, best known as "Mr. McFeely" on Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood
* Bill Nunn — actor actor in all of the Spiderman movies as Joseph "Robbie" Robertson and many of Spike Lee's movies. He is best known for his roles as Radio Raheem in Lee's Do the Right Thing and as Nino Brown's verbally challenged bodyguard Duh Duh Duh Man in New Jack City.
* Beth Ostrosky — model, TV Personality, Howard Stern's fiancee
* Art Pallan — broadcaster
* William Powell — actor, noted for his sophisticated, cynical roles
* Jim Quinn — radio talk show host
* Zachary Quinto — actor Heroes (TV series)
* Natalie Raitano — actress
* Eric Red — screenwriter and director
* Trent Reznor — musician
* Fred Rogers — "Mister Rogers"; famous American children's entertainer
* George Romero — director, best known for Night of the Living Dead
* Ian Rosenberger — reality show contestant on Survivor: Palau
* Richard Rossi — director
* Lillian Russell — actress and author
* Justin Sane — lead guitarist and co-singer/songwriter of the political punk rock band Anti-Flag
* David O. Selznick — film producer, Gone With The Wind (among other films)
* Shanice — singer
* Paul Shannon — host of WTAE children's show Adventure Time
* James Sites — writer
* Spike Slawson — singer for Me First and the Gimme Gimmes (has a Pittsburgh tattoo reading 'Iron City')
* Sam Sneed — musician
* Rena Sofer — actress
* Gertrude Stein — writer, poet, playwright, and feminist
* Jimmy Stewart — actor and Air Force officer
* Billy Strayhorn — jazz musician
* Maxine Sullivan — jazz singer
* B.E. Taylor — musician
* Olive Thomas — actress
* Regis Toomey — actor
* Bob Trow — actor, best known as "Bob Dog" and "Robert Troll" on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
* Tamara Tunie — Actress best known as "Dr. Melinda Warner" on Law and Order: SVU
* Stanley Turrentine — jazz musician
* Bobby Vinton — pop music singer
* The Vogues — pop vocal group
* Andy Warhol — artist
* Bruce Weitz — actor best known as "Belker" on Hill Street Blues
* Ming-Na (also known as Ming-Na Wen) — actor
* Fritz Weaver — actor
* Jenn Wertz — musician
* Ricki Wertz — host of WTAE children's show Ricki & Copper and 1970's quiz show Junior High Quiz
* August Wilson — playwright
* Brandon Wilson — author
* Bunny Yeager — photographer
* Brian Young — drummer and percussionist, Fountains of Wayne
* Donna Jean Young — comedienne, regular on "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In"