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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 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Arts and entertainment

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Michael Chabon, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Wonder Boys, and The Mysteries of Pittsburgh

Athletics

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See also: Category:Pittsburgh Panthers athletes and List of Pittsburgh Panthers football All-Americans
Mike Ditka, a Hall of Fame tight end, coach, and broadcaster
Dan Marino, a Hall of Fame quarterback and broadcaster
John Woodruff, a gold medalist in the 800 meters at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

Business

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Marc Chandler, a foreign exchange market analyst, writer, and speaker
Andrew W. Mellon, a banker, industrialist, philanthropist, art collector, and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury

Education

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History

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Military

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General Roscoe Robinson, the first African-American four-star general in United States Army

Philosophy

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Politics, law, and activism

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Richard Thornburgh, a former Governor of Pennsylvania and U.S. Attorney General, whose archives are housed in the university's Hillman Library
Wangari Maathai, a 2004 Nobel Peace Prize recipient and the subject of the documentary Taking Root
John Murtha, a former U.S. Congressman

Science, medicine, and technology

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Jesse Steinfeld, a former Surgeon General of the United States
Vladimir Zworykin, considered one of the "fathers of television"

Other

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See also

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References

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