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This list of University of Pittsburgh alumni includes notable graduates, non-graduate former students, and current students of the University of Pittsburgh, a state-related research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. {{dynamic list}} Arts and entertainment - Alaska Thunderfuck (AS) (real name Justin Honard) – drag performer, musician, winner of All Stars
- Geri Allen (A&S 1983G, faculty) – jazz composer, educator, and pianist[1]
- Hervey Allen (1915) – author, best known for Anthony Adverse
- Joseph Bathanti (A&S 1976) – poet, writer, professor; NC Poet Laureate, 2012–2014
- Peter Beagle (A&S 1959) – Hugo Award-winning fantasist and author of novels, nonfiction, and screenplays
- Jeff Bergman (A&S 1983) – voice actor who provides modern-day voices of classic cartoon characters including Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck
- Alison Boden- CEO at Kink.com
- Mark Bulwinkle (BFA 1968) – graphic artist and sculptor[2]
- Michael Chabon (A&S 1984) – 2001 Pulitzer Prize-winning author of a number of books set in Pittsburgh
- Murray Chass (A&S 1960) – award-winning baseball journalist for The New York Times
- Bill Cullen – host of many television game shows[3]
- Stephen Dau – writer
- Jim Donovan – professional drummer and percussionist, best known as the former drummer and one of the founding members of the band Rusted Root.
- Sharon G. Flake (A&S 1978) – award-winning author of young adult literature
- Jack Gilbert (A&S 1954) – award-winning poet[4]
- Lester Goran (A&S 1951, MA 1961) – author
- Gabbie Hanna (degree in psychology and communications) – YouTuber and Internet personality
- Ernie Hawkins (A&S 1973; degree in philosophy) – blues guitarist and singer
- Terrance Hayes (MFA 1997, faculty 2013–present) – poet whose books have won National Book Award for Poetry and National Poetry Series[5]
- Samuel John Hazo (A&S 1957G) – novelist, playwright, first poet laureate of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
- Paul Hertneky – writer
- Frederick A. Hetzel – University Press publisher
- Eddie Ifft – stand-up comedian, athlete (track and field, cross country)
- John Irving – author, The Cider House Rules, The World According to Garp (did not graduate)
- Nicole Johnson (Public Health 2007) – Miss America 1999 and diabetes advocate
- Gene Kelly (A&S 1933) – Academy Award-winning dancer, actor, singer, film director, producer and choreographer, perhaps best known for performance in Singin' in the Rain
- Chris Kuzneski (A&S 1991, MEDU 1993) – New York Times best-selling author
- Jeanne Marie Laskas (MFA) – award-winning columnist, journalist, and author
- Lorin Maazel (A&S 1954) – conductor, violinist, and composer, New York Philharmonic
- Herb Magidson – lyricist, won first Academy Award for Best Original Song, in 1934
- Kellee Maize – musician, rapper and hip-hop artist
- Allison McAtee (A&S 2001) – actress, model, Miami, Life, Hell Ride, Bloomington
- Bebe Moore Campbell (EDU 1971) – author and journalist
- Jenna Morasca – actress, model and winner of The Amazon
- Thaddeus Mosley (A&S 1950) – sculptor who works mostly in wood
- Ethelbert Nevin – pianist and composer, left school after one year
- David Newell (CGS 1973) – actor, Mr. McFeely on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
- Beth Ostrosky – model, actress, and wife of Howard Stern
- Barbara Paul (PhD) – writer
- Ed Roberson (A&S 1970, faculty) – award-winning poet
- Leo Robin (law degree) – composer and songwriter
- Fred Rogers – host of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood[6]
- Zelda Rubinstein – actress best known for Poltergeist, earned bachelor's degree in bacteriology
- Neal Russo – sportswriter for St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Sporting News and Sports Illustrated
- Justin Sane (A&S 1998) – singer, guitarist of punk band Anti-Flag
- Gerald Stern (BA, English) – National Book Award-winning poet
- Bill Strickland – founder of Manchester Craftsmen's Guild, an agency that inspires teenagers through the arts; board member of National Endowment for the Arts; awarded MacArthur prize
- Benjamin Tatar (Bachelor's degree in English and drama) – actor[7]
- Regis Toomey (A&S 1921) – motion picture and television actor who appeared in over 180 films
- Jerome "Jero" White – Japanese pop artist known for fusion of hip-hop and enka
- August Wilson (honorary, Board of Trustees member) – 1987 Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright who wrote about African-American experience in the 20th century
- Wang Xiaobo (MS) – writer
Athletics {{See also|Category:Pittsburgh Panthers athletes|List of Pittsburgh Panthers football All-Americans}}- Steven Adams – NBA starting center for Oklahoma City Thunder
- Britt Baker (DMD, 2018) – professional wrestler currently signed with All Elite Wrestling
- Adam Bisnowaty – NFL football player for Carolina Panthers
- DeJuan Blair – power forward for Dallas Mavericks; consensus first-team basketball All-American in 2008–09
- Matthew Bloom – professional wrestler and San Diego Chargers football player
- Antonio Bryant – wide receiver for Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Fred Biletnikoff Award winner
- Clifford Carlson – Pitt basketball head coach, two national championships and one Final Four team ("Doc" Carlson received MD from Pitt)
- James Conner – Running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers
- Jason Conti – Major League Baseball player[8]
- Myron Cope – Hall of Fame Pittsburgh Steelers broadcaster
- Mike Ditka – football player for Pitt and Chicago Bears, NFL coach, broadcaster, member of Pro Football Hall of Fame
- Aaron Donald – All-pro defensive end for the Los Angeles Rams
- Tony Dorsett – member of Pro Football Hall of Fame; Heisman Trophy, Maxwell Award, and Walter Camp Award winner
- Herb Douglas (Edu. 1948, 1950G) – bronze medalist in long jump at 1948 Summer Olympics
- Larry Fitzgerald – wide receiver for the Arizona Cardinals, Walter Camp Award and Fred Biletnikoff Award winner
- Bill Fralic – Atlanta Falcons offensive lineman, member of College Football Hall of Fame
- Marshall Goldberg (1917–2006) – All-Pro Chicago Cardinals defensive back, member of College Football Hall of Fame
- Aaron Gray – former center for the NBA's Detroit Pistons
- Hugh Green – pro football player; Lombardi Award, Maxwell Award, and Walter Camp Award winner
- Bobby Grier – Pitt football player, first African-American to play in Sugar Bowl
- Art Griggs – Major League Baseball player[9]
- Russ Grimm – four-time Super Bowl-winning offensive lineman with Washington Redskins, assistant coach of Arizona Cardinals
- Don Hennon – two-time All-American basketball guard and Helms Foundation Basketball Hall of Fame inductee
- Dick Hoblitzel – Major League Baseball player for Cincinnati Reds and Boston Red Sox, MVP for the Reds[10]
- Chuck Hyatt – three-time basketball All-American (1927–1930) under Coach Doc Carlson, member of Basketball Hall of Fame
- Russ Kemmerer – Major League Baseball player[11]
- Roger Kingdom (CGS 2002) – sprinter and hurdler, two-time Olympic gold medalist, former 110 m high hurdles world record holder
- Billy Knight – ABA and NBA basketball player, GM of Atlanta Hawks
- Andy Lee, football punter for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League[12]
- Dion Lewis – running back for the Tennessee Titans
- Bill Maas – defensive tackle for Kansas City Chiefs and Green Bay Packers
- Ken Macha – former Major League Baseball player and manager
- Bob Malloy – Major League Baseball pitcher
- Dan Marino – quarterback for Pitt and Miami Dolphins, member of Pro Football Hall of Fame and television commentator
- Curtis Martin – pro football running back, fourth leading rusher of all time
- Mark May – ESPN sports commentator, football player, Outland Trophy winner
- LeSean McCoy – running back for Buffalo Bills
- George "Doc" Medich – Major League Baseball player
- Johnny Miljus – Major League Baseball player[13]
- Sean Miller – basketball player at Pitt and head basketball coach at Arizona
- Bill Osborn (CGS 1989) – pro footballer, scout and color analyst
- Sam Parks Jr. – pro golfer, won U.S. Open in 1935 at Oakmont
- Cumberland Posey (Pharm. 1915) – member of National Baseball Hall of Fame, player, manager, and team owner in Negro leagues, professional basketball player and team owner[14]
- Darrelle Revis – defensive back for New York Jets
- Richard Rydze (MD 1975) – Olympic silver medalist in diving at 1972 Summer Olympics, men's 10 meter platform
- Joe Schmidt – NFL player and head coach of Detroit Lions, 1967–1973
- Marty Schottenheimer – head coach of four NFL teams
- Jabaal Sheard – defensive end for the Indianapolis Colts
- Trecia-Kaye Smith – long jump and triple jump, seven-time NCAA national champion, 15-time All-American, 4 national indoor titles, 2004 Olympics fourth place, 2007 IAFF Champion, named to USTF Silver Anniversary Team in 2007
- Sal Sunseri – college and professional football coach
- Jock Sutherland – Hall of Fame football coach, All-American football player; Pitt Professor of Dentistry
- Steve Swetonic – Major League Baseball player[15]
- Joe Walton – head coach of New York Jets, 1983–1989
- Dave Wannstedt – coach for several NFL and college teams, including University of Pittsburgh
- John Woodruff (Col. 1939) – gold medalist in 800 meters at 1936 Berlin Olympics
- Sam Young – small forward for Indiana Pacers; 2008 Big East Tournament MVP
Business - Kevin G. McAllister (Mechanical Engineering) – EVP The Boeing Company, President & CEO Boeing Commercial Airplanes
- Walter Arnheim – Mobil Oil executive, corporate and non-profit advisor
- Susan Arnold (MBA, Katz 1980) – Vice Chairman of P&G, ranked 10th among the 50 most powerful women in business by Fortune
- George Barco (Law 1934) – cable television executive who played a key role in development of the industry[16]
- Yolanda Barco (1949) – cable television executive[16]
- Erik Buell (ENGR 1979) – engineer, founder and chairman of Buell Motorcycle Company, a subsidiary of Harley-Davidson
- Marc Chandler (MPIA, GSPIA 1985) – foreign exchange market analyst, writer, and speaker
- George Hubbard Clapp (Ph.B. Col. 1877) – aluminium industry pioneer
- Pat Croce (SHRS 1977) – entrepreneur, author, TV personality, and former president of the Philadelphia 76ers[17]
- Mark Cuban (did not graduate) – businessman and investor, owner of Dallas Mavericks NBA franchise
- William S. Dietrich II (A&S 1980G, 1984G) – industrialist and philanthropist
- Ning Gaoning (MBA, Katz 1985) – Chairman of COFCO International Limited, 2009 CNBC Asia Pacific's Asia Business Leader of the Year
- Frances Hesselbein (UPJ) – President and CEO of Leader to Leader Institute, former CEO for the Girl Scouts of the USA, and Presidential Medal of Freedom winner
- Dawne Hickton (1983 JD degree, school of law) – vice chair, President, CEO of RTI International Metals[18]
- Kevin March (CGS 1983, MBA 1984) – CFO and Senior Vice-President of Texas Instruments[19]
- Andrew W. Mellon (1874) – banker, philanthropist, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, university trustee, donor, and founder of the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research
- Richard B. Mellon (1876) – banker, philanthropist, university trustee, founder of Mellon Institute of Industrial Research
- Thomas Mellon (Col. 1837) – founder of Mellon Financial, judge
- Larry Merlo (Pharm BS 1978) – President and CEO of CVS Health
- Arturo C. Porzecanski (MA 1974, PhD 1975) – 2005 Legacy Laureate, pioneer in emerging markets research on Wall Street, former Chief Economist at ABN AMRO
- Al Primo (A&S 1958) – television news executive credited with creating "Eyewitness News" format[20]
- Art Rooney II (A&S 1978) – president and co-owner of the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers
- Brent Saunders (A&S, UCIS 1992) – CEO of Bausch & Lomb; former President of Schering-Plough Healthcare Products
- Kevin W. Sharer (MBA, Katz 1983) – Chairman of Amgen
- Jagdish Sheth (MBA 1962, PhD 1966) – internationally recognized business consultant, author and educator
- Raymond W. Smith (MBA 1969) – Chairman of the private equity firm Arlington Capital Partners; retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bell Atlantic (now Verizon)
- Sung Won Sohn – member of Council of Economic Advisers during Nixon administration
- John A. Swanson (ENGR PhD 1966) – founder and retired President of ANSYS, innovator of finite element simulation software and technologies designed to optimize product development processes; winner of John Fritz Medal in engineering
- Burton Tansky – President and Chief Executive Officer, The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc.
- David Tepper (A&S 1978) – speculator, hedge fund manager; gave naming donation to Tepper School of Business
- Dennis Unkovic (1973) – international business advisor, partner at Meyer, Unkovic & Scott; author of six books
- Thomas Usher (undergraduate, master's and Ph.D degrees) – Chairman of U.S. Steel and Marathon Oil;[21] Director of Extra Mile Education Foundation and Boy Scouts of America[22]
- David Wilstein (bachelor's degree in engineering) – real estate developer[23]
- Tung Chao Yung – Chinese shipping magnate, founder of the Orient Overseas Line (now OOCL), and owner of the largest ship ever built
Education - Bowman Foster Ashe (BS 1910, faculty) – first president of University of Miami, Florida
- Stanley F. Battle (M.P.H. 1979, PhD 1980) – educator, author, activist, leader of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Coppin State University and Southern Connecticut State University
- Steven C. Beering – president emeritus, Purdue University and former Dean of the Indiana University School of Medicine
- Todd H. Bullard – former president of Potomac State College and Bethany College
- Carol A. Cartwright – president of Kent State University, 1991–2006
- Paul Russell Cutright – historian and biologist
- Christine Fulwylie-Bankston (PhD 1974) – educator, writer, civil rights activist
- Adam Herbert – president of Indiana University
- Young Woo Kang (EDUC 1973G, 1976G) – special education expert; author; former policy advisor of National Council on Disability
- Ambrose King (Yeo-Chi King) – former vice-chancellor of Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Jacqueline Liebergott – president of Emerson College
- Michael Lovell (ENGR 1989, 1991, 1994) – former chancellor of University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, president of Marquette University
- Barry McCarty – former president of Cincinnati Christian University and national radio host
- Jay F. W. Pearson (AB, MA, faculty) – former president of University of Miami
- M. Richard Rose – former president of Alfred University and the Rochester Institute of Technology
- Brian Segal (Social Work 1971) – publisher and former President of Ryerson Polytechnical Institute and the University of Guelph
- Michael Slinger – director of law library at Widener Law, former President of ALL-SIS and Ohio Regional Association of Law Libraries
- Peter J Woolley (PhD 1989) political scientist, founder of PublicMind
History - Leonard Baker (A&S 1952) – Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer
- Paul Russell Cutright (PhD, faculty) – historian and biologist
Military - Gust Avrakotos (A&S 1962) – CIA agent responsible for arming Afghan mujaheddin in 1980s
- Samuel W. Black (A&S 1834) – colonel, hero of Mexican and Civil wars
- Patricia Horoho (NURS 1992G) – Army's 43rd Surgeon General, commanding general of U.S. Army Medical Command
- Roscoe Robinson, Jr. (GSPIA 1965) – first African-American four-star general
- James Martinus Schoonmaker – Civil War Medal of Honor winner
- Joseph "Colonel Joe" H. Thompson (Col. 1905, Law 1908) – Medal of Honor recipient, College Football Hall of Fame inductee
- Boyd Wagner (Eng 1938) – first Army Air Forces fighter ace of World War II; Distinguished Service Cross recipient
Philosophy - Nancy Cartwright (A&S 1966) – MacArthur Fellowship-winning philosopher noted for her work in philosophy of science, philosophy of economics, and philosophy of physics
- Patricia Churchland (MA 1966) – 1991 MacArthur Prize-winning philosopher noted for her work in philosophy of mind and neurophilosophy; associated with a school of thought called eliminativism or eliminative materialism
- Sandra Mitchell (PhD 1987, faculty) – professor and chair of the department of History and Philosophy of Science
- Holmes Rolston III (MS A&S 1968) – Templeton Prize-winning philosopher best known for his contributions to environmental ethics and the relationship between science and religion
- Ernest Sosa (PhD 1964) – international leader in virtue epistemology, inaugural winner of the Rescher Prize in Philosophy
Politics, law, and activism - Ruggero J. Aldisert – judge on United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit; adjunct professor at School of Law
- Eugene Atkinson – member of House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
- Gust Avrakotos – case officer CIA; known for massive arming of Afghan Mujahideen in 1980s in Soviet–Afghan War, chronicled in book Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History by George Crile
- Max Baer (A&S 1971) – Justice on Pennsylvania Supreme Court (2003–present)
- Derrick Bell (Law 1957) – law professor, first tenured black professor at Harvard Law School, dean of Oregon Law School
- Michael Bilirakis – Republican member of United States House of Representatives
- Samuel W. Black (A&S 1834) – seventh Governor of Nebraska Territory
- Frank Buchanan – Democratic member of U.S. House of Representatives and Mayor of McKeesport, Pennsylvania (1924–1928 and 1931–1942)
- Joseph Buffington (Col 1825) – two-term Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives
- Linda Drane Burdick (A&S 1986, Law 1989) – chief assistant state attorney at Orange and Osceola County State Attorney's Office in Orlando, Florida; lead prosecutor on State of Florida vs. Casey Anthony case[24]
- Ralph J. Cappy (A&S 1965, Law 1968) – Justice (1990–2008) and Chief Justice of Pennsylvania Supreme Court (2003–2008)
- Ben Cardin (A&S 1964) – U.S. Senator from Maryland[25]
- Omri Ceren (A&S 2004) – political blogger
- Steven Choi (SIS 1976G) – mayor of Irvine, California (2012–16)
- Earl Chudoff (1932) – U.S. Representative (1949–1958)
- Robert J. Cindrich (Law 1968) – former U.S. attorney and US District judge
- David I. Cleland (A&S 1954, KGSB 1958, faculty) – engineer and educator; the "Father of Project Management"
- Bill Cobey (EDU 1968G) – former U.S. Representative from North Carolina's 4th congressional district, director of Jesse Helms Center
- Robert J. Corbett – Republican member of U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania[26]
- William Corbett (A&S 1924, Law 1927) – former acting governor of Guam[27]
- Father James Cox – U.S. presidential candidate in 1932 and labor activist
- 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[28]
- Harmar D. Denny, Jr. (1911) – U.S. Representative (1951–1953)
- Eugene A. DePasquale (MPA 1997) – Pennsylvania Auditor General[29]
- Patrick R. Donahoe – Postmaster General
- James H. Duff (1907) – Pennsylvania Governor (1947–1951), U.S. Senator (1951–1957)
- Harry Allison Estep (1913) – U.S. Representative (1927–1933)
- Tom Feeney (law degree) – U.S. representative
- Jay Fisette (GSPIA 1983) – member of Arlington County, Virginia's Board of Supervisors
- David Frederick – appellate attorney who has argued 21 cases in Supreme Court of the United States
- George Otto Gey (A&S 1921, faculty) – scientist who first propagated the HeLa cell line[30]
- George W. Guthrie (1866) – Mayor of Pittsburgh, 1906–1909; Ambassador to Japan
- Melissa Hart (law degree) – U.S. Representative
- Orrin Hatch (law degree) – U.S. Senator
- Janice M. Holder (A&S 1971) – first woman Chief Justice of Tennessee
- Mark R. Hornak (EDU 1978, Law 1981) – Judge for U.S. District Court
- Frank Houben – Dutch provincial governor
- K. Leroy Irvis (Law 1954) – Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives; first African American Speaker of the House of any U.S. state legislature since reconstruction
- William W. Irwin (Col 1824) – Mayor of Pittsburgh and Whig member of U.S. House of Representatives[31]
- Mahmoud Jibril (MA 1980, PhD 1985) – head of executive team (interim prime minister) of newly formed National Transitional Council of Libyan Republic[32]
- Judith Krug (A&S 1962) – librarian and anti-censorship activist who co-founded Banned Books Week
- William Lerach (undergraduate and law degree) – securities class-action lawyer; leading attorney in corporate and securities litigation cases including Enron, WorldCom and AOL/Time Warner
- Roozbeh Aliabadi (MPIA 2008) – advisor to Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Iran and political commentator
- Walter H. Lowrie (Col 1826, faculty 1846–1851) – chief justice of state Supreme Court[28]
- Wangari Maathai – 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner
- Christopher Lyman Magee (1864) – powerful 19th-century Pittsburgh political boss
- Wilson McCandless (Col 1826) – federal judge and candidate for Democratic nomination for President of the United States
- Samuel J. R. McMillan (Col 1846) – Republican U.S. Senator from Minnesota
- Andrew W. Mellon (1874) – longest-serving U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1921–1932), banker, philanthropist
- Dalia Mogahed (KGSB 2004) – Muslim scholar
- Jim Moran – Democratic member of U.S. House of Representatives
- Clayton Morris (1999) – co-anchor of Fox and Friends on Fox News Channel
- John Murtha (CAS 1961) – U.S. representative, 1974–2010[33]
- Susan Richard Nelson (Law 1978) – Judge for United States District Court for the District of Minnesota
- Dan Onorato (Law 1989) – chief executive of Allegheny{] County, Pennsylvania and former Democratic nominee for governor
- Ralph Pampena (M.S. in Public Administration) – Pittsburgh Police Chief, 1987–1990
- David A. Reed (1903) – U.S. Senator (1922–1935)
- James Hay Reed (A.M. 1872) – lawyer and U.S. federal judge
- Rick Santorum (MBA) – U.S. Senator, 1995–2007
- Richard Mellon Scaife (A&S 1957) – conservative activist, newspaper publisher, philanthropist
- Elmer Eric Schattschneider – political scientist
- Bud Shuster (A&S 1954) – Republican member of U.S. House of Representatives (1973–2001)
- Richard M. Simpson – Republican member of U.S. House of Representatives
- Edgar Snyder (1966) – personal injury attorney
- Jon Soltz (GSPIA 2010) – chairman and co-founder of VoteVets.org
- Wilkins F. Tannehill (Academy student) – author, Whig politician, first mayor of Nashville, Tennessee[34]
- Richard Thornburgh (law degree) – U.S. Attorney General, Governor of Pennsylvania
- Harve Tibbott – Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
- Tshering Tobgay (ENGR 1990) – Prime Minister of Bhutan (2013–present)
- Debra Todd (Law 1982) – Justice on Pennsylvania Supreme Court (2007–present)
- James A. Traficant Jr. – convicted U.S. representative from Ohio
- Aliyu Wamakko – former governor of Sokoto State in Nigeria (2007–2015)
- William Wilkins – student in Pittsburgh Academy (forerunner to Pitt), U.S. Senator (1831–1834); minister to Russia (1834–35); Secretary of War (1844–45)[35]
- James A. Wright (1927) – U.S. Representative (1941–1945)
- Albert Wynn (A&S 1973) – Democratic member of U.S. House of Representatives
- Joseph "Chip" Yablonski (1965) – attorney, NFL Players Association; son of murdered labor leader Joseph Yablonski
- Young Woo Kang (master's and Ph.D degrees) – member of National Council On Disability
- Chris Zurawsky (A&S 1987, GSPIA 2005) – journalist; director of communications and public affairs for Association of American Cancer Institutes; political candidate
Science, medicine, and technology - Harry Bisel (MD 1942) – pioneering medical oncologist, founding member of American Association of Clinical Oncology, American Society of Preventative Oncology and American Association for Cancer Education
- Christine L. Borgman (SIS 1974) – information sciences scholar
- Herbert Boyer (PhD) – biochemist; 1990 recipient of National Medal of Science; co-founder of Genentech
- Jane A. Cauley (MPH 1980, DrPH 1983) – epidemiologist, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute[36]
- John Choma (ENGR 1963, 1964, MS 1965, PHD 1969) – Professor and Chair of Electrical Engineering-Electrophysics at University of Southern California
- Bob Colwell (ENGR 1977) – electrical engineer, chief architect on Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III, and Pentium 4 microprocessors[37]
- Sidney Dancoff (MS 1936) – theoretical physicist known for Tamm–Dancoff approximation method and for nearly developing renormalization method for solving quantum electrodynamics
- Lee Davenport (MS 1940, PhD 1946) – physicist responsible for development and deployment of SCR-584 radar system in World War II
- Catherine D. DeAngelis (MD 1969) – pediatrician; medical educator; first woman editor-in-chief of Journal of the American Medical Association
- G. Michael Deeb (A&S 1971, MD 1975) – cardiothoracic surgeon, Herbert Sloan Collegiate Professor of Surgery, and Director of Multidisciplinary Aortic Clinic at University of Michigan Medical Center
- Emilio del Valle Escalante (PhD 2004) – professor of Latin American/indigenous literature, culture and social movements at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Bernard Fisher (MD, faculty) – pioneer breast cancer researcher
- Patrick D. Gallagher (MS 1987, PhD 1991) – physicist and 14th director of U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology, Chancellor of the University since 2014
- Kevin Guskiewicz (MS EDUC 1992) – sports medicine scholar and MacArthur "Genius" Fellow; among first to identify long-term threats to athletes of multiple concussions
- David Halliday (A&S 1938, MS 1939, PhD 1941) – physicist known for textbooks Physics and Fundamentals of Physics
- Jacob Pieter Den Hartog (PhD 1929) – Timoshenko Medal winner for distinguished contributions to field of applied mechanics
- Philip Hench (Med 1920) – 1950 Nobel Prize co-winner in medicine with Mayo Clinic colleague Dr. Kendall, for work on adrenal cortex hormones
- Norman H Horowitz (A&S 1936) – geneticist, worked on genome organization and tests for famous one gene-one enzyme hypothesis, space scientist for Mariner and Viking missions to Mars
- Abul Hussam (PhD Chem 1982) – inventor of Sono arsenic filter
- William Kelly – metallurgy graduate, industrialist and independent developer of Bessemer process
- Ravindra Khattree (PhD) – statistician of Fountain-Khattree-Peddada Theorem fame; author and editor
- Charles Glen King (MS 1920, PhD 1923, faculty) – biochemist noted for isolating vitamin C
- Paul Lauterbur (PhD) – 2003 Nobel Prize winner in medicine for invention of MRI machine
- Benjamin Lee (MS) – elementary particle physicist and head of Theoretical Physics Department at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
- Bert W. O'Malley (A&S 1959, Med 1963) – molecular endocrinologist and 2008 National Medal of Science laureate
- Bennet Omalu (MPH 2004) – pathologist noted for discovery of chronic traumatic encephalopathy in football players while at Pitt
- Peter Pusey (PhD 1969) – emeritus professor of physics at University of Edinburgh awarded Rhodia Prize for study of dynamically arrested particulate matter[38]
- Emily Rice – astronomy professor at City University of New York
- Washington Roebling (not a graduate) – civil engineer known for work on Brooklyn Bridge[39]
- Michelle Rogan-Finnemore (BSc (Hons)) – geologist, legal expert, Antarctic program manager
- John Wistar Simpson (MS) – pioneer in nuclear energy; recipient of Edison Medal
- Rebecca Skloot (MFA) – freelance science writer, author, specializes in science and medicine
- Jesse Leonard Steinfeld (BS) – Surgeon General of the United States, 1969–1973
- Lap-chee Tsui (PhD) – geneticist who identified defective gene that causes cystic fibrosis; president of HUGO, the international organization of scientists involved in Human Genome Project; former Vice-Chancellor of University of Hong Kong
- William E. Wallace (PhD Chem 1941 & faculty) – physical chemist and Guggenheim Fellow who worked on Manhattan Project
- Edward J. Wasp (A&S MS 1962) – Elmer A. Sperry Award-winning engineer and inventor known for developing long distance slurry pipelines
- Cyril Wecht (A&S 1952, Med 1956, LLB 1962, faculty) – forensic pathologist[40]
- John Wheatley (PhD 1952) – Fritz London Memorial Prize winner known for his research on liquid helium-3
- Jerome Wolken (BS 1946, MS 1948, Ph.D. 1949) – biophysicist[41]
- Wu Yundong (PhD 1986) – theoretical organic chemist
- Nancy Zahniser (PhD 1977) – pharmacologist
- Vladimir Zworykin (A&S PhD 1926) – inventor, engineer, pioneer of television technology, sometimes called "father of television"
Other - Marie Hochmuth Nichols (BS, MS GAS 1936) – influential rhetorical critic[42]
- Charles D. Provan (student, never graduated) – author of controversial books and articles on Christian topics and holocaust denial
- Harry K. Thaw (never graduated) – murderer and son of coal and railroad baron William Thaw
See also {{Portal|PITT}}- List of University of Pittsburgh faculty
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