- Curtis Martin
Curtis Martin (born May 1, 1973 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), is an American football running back, an alumnus of Taylor Allderdice High School and the University of Pittsburgh, and currently plays for the NFL's New York Jets. He has not played since week 12 of the 2005 season, after aggravating a knee injury originally suffered in the second game of that season. He has stated that his career is almost certainly over.
- Darrelle Revis
Darrelle Shavar Revis (born July 14, 1985, in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania) is a cornerback for the New York Jets. He attended the University of Pittsburgh. Revis was drafted 14th overall by the New York Jets in the 2007 NFL Draft.
- Paul Hackett
Paul Hackett (born July 5 1947 in Burlington, Vermont) is an American football coach who served both as the University of Pittsburgh and University of Southern California's head football coach during the 1990s. From 1989 to 1992 he led the University of Pittsburgh Panthers and from 1998 until 2000, the USC Trojans prior to Pete Carroll taking over. Between his two head coaching stints, Hackett served as the offensive coordinator for the Kansas City Chiefs from 1993 to 1997.
- Ron Paul
Ronald Ernest Paul (born August 20, 1935) is a 10th-term Congressman from Lake Jackson, Texas, a member of the Republican Party, a physician, and a candidate for the 2008 presidential election. He has represented Texas's 14th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1997 and represented Texas's 22nd district in 1976 and from 1979 to 1985. He earned the nickname "Dr.
- Dave Wannstedt
Dave Wannstedt (born May 21, 1952 in Baldwin, Pennsylvania), is the current head coach of the University of Pittsburgh Panthers football team. Previously, Wannstedt was the head coach of the Miami Dolphins of the NFL from 2000 to 2004, and he coached the Chicago Bears from 1993 to 1998. He also was a long-time assistant to Jimmy Johnson with the Dallas Cowboys, Miami Hurricanes, …
- Hank Poteat
Henry Major "Hank" Poteat II (born August 30, 1977 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) is an American football player for the New York Jets. He played college football at University of Pittsburgh and was selected in the third round (77th overall) in the 2000 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers. He played off the bench for the Steelers for three seasons, and was waived before the 2003-04 season.
- Gerald Schatten
Dr. Gerald Schatten is a Professor and Vice Chair of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh. He is a Deputy Director at Magee-Womens Research Institute and Director of the Pittsburgh Development Center. He also has appointments in Cell Biology, Physiology and serves as Director of the Division of Developmental and Regenerative Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
- Sean Gilbert
Sean Gilbert (born April 10, 1970 in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania) is a former professional American football defensive lineman who was selected by the Los Angeles Rams as the 3rd overall pick of the 1992 NFL Draft. A 6'5", 318-lb. defensive end from the University of Pittsburgh, Gilbert played in 11 NFL seasons from 1992 to 2003 for the Rams, Washington Redskins, Carolina Panthers, and Oakland Raiders. He was a 1993 Pro Bowl selection for the Rams, recording 10.5 sacks.
- Jonas Salk
Jonas Edward Salk (October 28 1914 - June 23, 1995) was an American physician and researcher best known for the development of the first successful polio vaccine (the eponymous "Salk vaccine"). During his life he worked in New York, Michigan, Pittsburgh and California. In his later career, Salk devoted much energy toward the development of an AIDS vaccine. Salk did not seek wealth or fame through his innovations, famously stating, …
- Jamie Dixon
Jamie Dixon (b. November 10, 1965 in Burbank, California) is an American college head coach of men's basketball. He first became a head coach at the University of Pittsburgh in 2003, and has an overall record of 105-30. His 105 victories are the second most by a college head coach in the first four years of their career. Previously he was an assistant coach to Ben Howland at Northern Arizona University and Pitt.
- Rick Santorum
Richard John Santorum (born May 10, 1958) is a former United States Senator from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Santorum is a member of the Republican Party and was the chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, the number-three job in the party leadership of the Senate. Santorum holds conservative social and fiscal stances. He is particularly known for his stances on Social Security, intelligent design, homosexuality, and the Terri Schiavo case.
- Mark Nordenberg
Mark A. Nordenberg is a lawyer and the seventeenth Chancellor (1995-present) of the University of Pittsburgh. In 1977, he joined the faculty of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. He served as Dean of the School of Law from 1985 until 1993 and as Interim Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs from 1993–1994. The Pitt Board of Trustees elected him Interim Chancellor in 1995 and a year later, Chancellor.
- Walt Harris
Walt Harris (born November 9, 1946 in South San Francisco, California) is a football coach. Most recently, Harris was the head coach of the football team at Stanford University. In his first season as head coach there he posted a record of 5-6. In his second season as head coach he posted a 1-11 record, the school's worst since going 0-10 in 1960. He was fired on December 4, 2006, two days after Stanford's regular season ended.
- Walt Harris
Walt Harris (born November 9, 1946 in South San Francisco, California) is a football coach. Most recently, Harris was the head coach of the football team at Stanford University. In his first season as head coach there he posted a record of 5-6. In his second season as head coach he posted a 1-11 record, the school's worst since going 0-10 in 1960. He was fired on December 4, 2006, two days after Stanford's regular season ended.
- John Murtha
John Patrick “Jack” Murtha, Jr. is an American politician from the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. A Democrat, Murtha has served in the United States House of Representatives since 1974, representing Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district. The district's largest city is Johnstown and includes Pittsburgh's eastern and southern suburbs as well as a large rural area encompassing the southwest corner of the state.
- Jim Roddey
James C. "Jim" Roddey (b. 1935) is a Pennsylvania businessman and politician best known as the former (and first) Chief Executive of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, from 2000 to 2004. He is also a former United States Marine. Following his time as Chief Executive, he became an appointed member of Pittsbugh's fiscal oversight board, but resigned in February 2005. He is a Republican. Jim Roddey is originally from Asheville, North Carolina.
- Nicholas Rescher
Nicholas Rescher (born July 15, 1928 in Hagen, Germany) is an American philosopher, affiliated for many years with the University of Pittsburgh, where he is currently University Professor of Philosophy and Chairman of the Center for the Philosophy of Science.
- Thomas Starzl
Thomas Starzl (born March 11, 1926) is an American physician, researcher, and is an expert on organ transplants. He performed the first human liver transplants, and has often been referred to as "the father of modern transplantation."
- Herbert Needleman
Herbert Needleman, MD, known for research studies on the neurodevelopmental damages caused by lead poisoning, is a pediatrician, child psychiatrist, researcher and professor at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, an elected member of the Institute of Medicine, and the founder of the Alliance to End Childhood Lead Poisoning (now known as the Alliance for Healthy Homes). Dr.
- Melissa Hart
Melissa A. Hart (born April 4, 1962) is an American politician who is a former member of the United States House of Representatives for the Fourth Congressional District of the state of Pennsylvania. A Republican, Hart became the first Republican woman in history to represent Pennsylvania at the federal level. Prior to her Congressional tenure, Hart served in the Pennsylvania State Senate where she chaired the finance committee.
- Mike McCarthy
Mike McCarthy (born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on November 10, 1963) is the head coach of the National Football League's Green Bay Packers, having been hired on January 12, 2006, to replace Mike Sherman, whom the organization had fired ten days earlier following a disappointing season in which the Packers had finished 4-12. McCarthy was an American football tight end while a student at Baker University, an NAIA school located in Baldwin City, Kansas, …
- Wangari Maathai
Dr. Wangari Muta Maathai born April 1, 1940 in Ihithe village, Tetu division, Nyeri District of Kenya is an environmental and political activist. In 2004 she became the first African woman to receive Nobel Peace Prize for "her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace". Dr.
- Terrelle Pryor
Terrelle Pryor is an American football and basketball player from Jeannette, Pennsylvania. He is entering his senior year at Jeannette Senior High School. Pryor is considered the most versatile athlete in Pennsylvania high school sports since Tom Clements. The 6 foot 6 inch Pryor is considered a top 25 basketball prospect by most recruiting analysts, but is also widely regarded as the nation's top football prospect, …
- Freddie Fu
Freddie H. Fu , M.D. Freddie H. Fu , M.D., is the David Silver Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Previously, he was the department's executive vice chairman.
- Dick Thornburgh
Richard L. "Dick" Thornburgh (born July 16, 1932) is a lawyer and Republican politician who served as the Governor of Pennsylvania from 1979 to 1987, and then as the U.S. Attorney General from 1988 to 1991.
- Richard Mellon Scaife
Richard Mellon Scaife (born July 3, 1932 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American billionaire and newspaper publisher. Scaife owns and publishes the "Pittsburgh Tribune-Review". With $1.2 billion, Scaife, a principal heir to the Mellon banking, oil, and aluminum fortune, is No. 283 on the 2005 Forbes 400. Scaife is particularly well known for his financial support of conservative public policy organizations over the past two decades.
- Lauren Resnick
Lauren B. Resnick is an educational psychologist who has made notable contributions to the cognitive science of learning and instruction. She is a professor of psychology at the University of Pittsburgh, where she directs the Learning Research and Development Center. In 1986-1987, Resnick was the president of the American Educational Research Association. She received the 1998 E. L. Thorndike Award from the American Psychological Association.
- Orrin Hatch
Orrin Grant Hatch (born March 22, 1934) is a Republican United States Senator from Utah, serving since 1977. Hatch is a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, where he serves on the subcommittees on International Trade, Taxation and IRS Oversight, and Health Care. Hatch is also on the Select Committee on Intelligence, where he is the Ranking Republican, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, …
- Tom Feeney
Thomas Charles "Tom" Feeney III, usually known as Tom Feeney (born May 21 1958), is a Republican politician from the state of Florida. Since 2003, he has represented (map), which takes up several portions of the Orlando-Daytona Beach area as well as portions of the Space Coast region. He was born in Abington, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia. He graduated from Penn State University in 1980, …
- Dennis Brutus
Dennis Vincent Brutus (born November 28, 1924) is a South African poet. A graduate of the University of Fort Hare and the University of the Witwatersrand, Brutus was formerly on the faculty of the University of Denver and Northwestern University. Dennis Brutus was an activist against the apartheid government of South Africa in the 1960s. He worked to get South Africa suspended from the Olympics; this eventually lead to the country's expulsion from the games in 1970.
- Carl Krauser
Carlos Isaac Krauser is an American basketball player. He was a point guard for the University of Pittsburgh Panthers from 2001 to 2006. Krauser is 6 ft. 2 in. (187.96 cm) and weighs 200 pounds (90.71 kg). He currently plays professionally in Germany with the EWE Baskets Oldenburg <small>(German)</small>.
- John Earman
John Earman (born 1942) is a philosopher of physics. He is currently a professor in the History and Philosophy of Science department at the University of Pittsburgh.
- Nathan Davis
Nathan Davis (born 15 February, 1937) is an American hard bop jazz multi-instrumentalist whom plays the tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet and flute. He is a professor of music and director of jazz studies at the University of Pittsburgh and is founder and director of the University of Pittsburgh Annual Jazz Seminar and Concert. Born in Kansas City, KS, Davis is probably best known for his work with Kenny Clarke, Ray Charles and Art Blakey.
- Brandin Knight
Brandin Adar Knight (born December 16, 1981 in Livingston, New Jersey) is an American former professional basketball player. He is the brother of Brevin Knight. A 6'0" guard, Knight played at the University of Pittsburgh, where he scored 1,140 career points. He played professionally in the NBDL and briefly for the Houston Rockets. He played high school ball at Seton Hall Prep in West Orange, New Jersey.
- Terry Smith
Terry Smith is an Australian artist and historian, best known for his participation in the Art & Language group. He is currently the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Contemporary Art History and Theory in the Henry Clay Frick Department of the History of Art and Architecture at the University of Pittsburgh. He was formerly the head of the Department of Fine Arts, Power Institute, University of Sydney.
- John McDowell
John Henry McDowell (b. 1942 in Boksburg, South Africa) is a contemporary philosopher, formerly a fellow of University College, Oxford and now University Professor at the University of Pittsburgh. Although he has written extensively on metaphysics, epistemology, ancient philosophy, and meta-ethics, McDowell's most influential work has been in the philosophy of mind and language.
- Robert Brandom
Robert Brandom (1950-) is an American philosopher who teaches at the University of Pittsburgh. He works primarily in philosophy of language, philosophy of mind and philosophical logic, and his work manifests both systematic and historical interests in these topics. He earned his B.A. from Yale University and his Ph.D. from Princeton University, under Richard Rorty and David Kellogg Lewis.
- Kevan Barlow
Kevan C. Barlow (born January 7, 1979 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American football running back in the NFL. He graduated from the University of Pittsburgh and was drafted in the third round (80th overall) by the San Francisco 49ers in the 2001 NFL Draft. After enjoying a breakout 2003 season behind a reliable run blocking line in which Barlow had a 5.1 yard per carry average and 1024 yards, the 49ers gave him the starting job by releasing Garrison Hearst.
- Peter Safar
Peter Safar was an Austrian physician of Czech descent, born april 12 1924 in Vienna (Austria), died August 2 2003 in Mt. Lebanon, USA. He is credited with pioneering cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
- Wesley Posvar
Wesley Wentz Posvar (1925-2001) was the fifteenth Chancellor (1967-1991) of the University of Pittsburgh. His administration is best known for elimination of the university's debt from its 1960s financial crisis and growing the school's prestige and endowment. Under Posvar, Pitt's operating budget grew sevenfold to $630 million and its endowment tripled to $257 million. He also established the Honors College, the School of Health-Related Professions, …