text: Alexander Gilmore Cochran (1846–1928), born in Allegheny City, was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
  William Henry Conley (1840–1897), born in Allegheny City, steel industrialist, first president of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, cofounder of the Jehovah's Witnesses religious group
  Stanley Fields (1883–1941), actor, born in Allegheny City
  Mary Porter Gamewell (1848-1906), American missionary to China
  Lillian Burkhart Goldsmith (1871–1958), Los Angeles real estate developer and lecturer
  Martha Graham (1894–1991), born in Allegheny City on May 11, 1894, modern dancer and choreographer
  Kate Harrington (1831–1917), born in Allegheny City on September 20, 1831, teacher, writer, and poet
  George Washington Harris (1814–1869), born in Allegheny City, steamboat captain and noted humorist, including the "Sut Lovingood" stories
  Frederick Orrin Hartman (1868–1938), was a third baseman in Major League Baseball
  Eleanor Hiestand Moore (1859-1923), suffragist, writer, editor, physician
  Elijah Hise (1802–1867), born in Allegheny City, lawyer, judge, and United States Congressman from Kentucky
  Robinson Jeffers (1887–1963), a poet known for his epic poetry
  Samuel Pierpoint Langley (1834–1906), aviation pioneer, astrophysicist
  Mary A. Miller (1837–1925), editor and publisher of Methodist Protestant Church missionary periodicals
  Dwight Morrow (1873–1931), moved to Allegheny City at age 2, banker/diplomat
  Henry Phipps, Jr. (1839–1930), moved to Allegheny as a child, financier/philanthropist