Pittsburgh Born, Pittsburgh Bred is a book about achievement.

It is a compilation of more than 500 stories about people – born here or bred here – who accomplished something great, who achieved fame or fortune, or who are loved and cherished by those who also call Pittsburgh home.  

It’s a book about actors and astronauts, painters and ping pong players, musicians and make-up artists, scientists and, yes, plenty of celebrities.  In fact, it’s a book that celebrates Pittsburgh not for its industrial wealth or its strategic location on three rivers, but for its people – people with determination, creativity, genius, and character.

It’s people we love to talk about – about how we’re related, about who lived down the street, about the family connections that make us care – and make us proud – to call Pittsburgh home.

Pittsburgh Born, Pittsburgh Bred, released in April 2008, honors our region’s 250th Anniversary. 10,000 coffee table books.  500+ people.  700+ photographs.  Fully indexed. Thousands of memories.  One grand story – one great achievement – to celebrate Pittsburgh.