#1Famous people · Pittsburg
30 famous people were born in Pittsburg, most of them between 1920 and 1969
Articles in 14 languages make the American actor Roy Glenn the best known. Dale R. Corson is second and Ed Nealy third. The first birth on record is Roy Sanders’, in 1894, and the last Kerry Meier’s, in 1986. For every 10,000 residents the town has 14.5, while at least half the towns in Kansas list nobody born there.
Born here
30
notable people
Best known
Roy Glenn
in 14 Wikipedia languages
First
1894
Roy Sanders
Youngest
1986
Kerry Meier
Most common field
Sports
11 people
The best known
Born in Pittsburg
Ranked by languages covered: Roy Glenn with 14, then Dale R. Corson with 11 and Ed Nealy with 9.
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Through the years
When Pittsburg’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1910s than in any other ten years, 6 in all.
SportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageScience & MedicineWriting & ArtsBusinessMusicNotableFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Pittsburg is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 11.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Pittsburg
Still to come: 27 more, from 1894 to 1986.
Ann Woodward
1915–1975American socialite, showgirl, model and radio actress
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The best known from each town bordering Pittsburg.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Pittsburg and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (9)
- Roy Glenn: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dale R. Corson: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lee Allen: Lionel decoster, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward White Patterson: "The Frontenac Press" (Frontenac, Kansas)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul White: CBS Radio and photographer uncredited, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kerry Meier: David Reber. Cropped by User:Blueag9., CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ray Mueller: Bowman Gum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Don Gutteridge: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Skubitz: Patricia DuBose Duncan, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons