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Pittsburgh skyline at twilight This article contains a list of notable people who were born or lived a significant amount of time in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , the second-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area in Pennsylvania after Philadelphia .
Adrian Cronauer (A&S 1959) – disc jockey, attorney, activist, basis for movie Good Morning, Vietnam; helped to found WPGH AM radio station; Cornelius Darragh (Col. 1826) – U.S. district attorney for western district of Pennsylvania, abolitionist, Whig member of U.S. House of Representatives [34]
The Children's Museum of Pittsburgh donated the exhibit. [195] Fred Rogers Exhibit. The Exhibit displays the life, career, and legacy of Rogers and includes photos, artifacts from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood and clips of the program and interviews featuring Rogers. It is located at the Fred Rogers Center.
Ralph E. Dias (1950-1969), Vietnam War. Was a United States Marine who posthumously received the Medal of Honor for heroism in Vietnam in November 1969. John R. D'Araujo Jr. (born 1943), Vietnan War. He is the first Portuguese American to achieve the rank of major general.
George Flint: All-American basketball player at Penn and later became the head coach the University of Pittsburgh's Panthers men's basketball team for ten seasons, 1911–12 to 1920–21, where he compiled an overall record of 105–68 (.607) [87] [88]
South Vietnam: Vietnam War: Buddhist nun [5] [18] August 15, 1974: Phan Van Lua: 33 South Vietnam: Anti-Communism: Vietnam War veteran discharged with wounds self-immolated in front of the National Assembly. Died at scene. [45] August 10, 1976: Antanas Kalinauskas: 19 Soviet Union: Communist rule in Lithuania: In Soviet Army barracks in Gulbene ...
Vaughn D. Carter, a 60-year-old Erie resident convicted in federal court of bank robberies in Pittsburgh in 2002 and 2018, has been indicted in federal court in Erie on charges that he robbed the ...
Don Sherwood, U.S. Representative (R-PA)—Tunkhannock D. Brooks Smith , federal judge on Court of Appeals — Altoona Carl Andrew Spaatz , WWII general and first Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force — Boyertown