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==Notable people== * [[Bob Baker (boxer)|Bob Baker]], boxer * [[John Canon]], Founder of Canonsburg * [[Perry Como]], popular singer and television personality, recipient of [[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award]] (2002)<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2nVQAAAAIBAJ&pg=2128%2C5738668 | title=Small Towns Have Produced Many Big Stars | work=The Milwaukee Sentinel | date=November 27, 1969 | access-date=22 May 2015 | author=Wilson, Earl | pages=A33 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> * All four members of the 1950s-1960s pop vocal group [[The Four Coins]]. * [[Robert Patterson Hughes]], U.S. Army major general<ref name="Notes">{{cite news |date=October 30, 1909 |title=Gen. Hughes Dead |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/374651/hughes/ |work=The Daily Notes |location=Canonsburg, PA |page=1 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> *[[Mike Hull (linebacker)|Mike Hull]], NFL linebacker for [[Miami Dolphins]] * [[H. Ross Hume]], distance runner, one of "dead heat twins" * [[Robert H. Hume]], distance runner, brother of H. Ross Hume * [[Hal Hunter (American football, born 1934)|Hal Hunter]], football coach *[[Welcome Turner Jones]], physician and first African American graduate of [[Washington & Jefferson College]] * [[Wiz Khalifa]], rapper <ref>{{cite news|title=Wiz Khalifa Buys House in Pennsylvania for nearly $1M|url=http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2012/03/wiz-khalifa-buys-house-in-pennsylvania-for-nearly-1m|access-date=December 29, 2014|work=complex.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=So What He Bought a House? Wiz Khalifa Digs Into Pittsburgh 'Burbs|url=http://www.zillow.com/blog/so-what-he-bought-a-house-wiz-khalifa-digs-into-pittsburgh-burbs-77977/|access-date=December 29, 2014|work=zillow.com|date=March 28, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Wiz Khalifa buys $900K home for fiancee Amber Rose|url=http://archive.azcentral.com/ent/celeb/articles/20120329wiz-khalifa-buys-lovenest-amber-rose.html|access-date=December 29, 2014|date=March 29, 2012}}</ref> * [[Doug Kotar]], NFL running back for [[New York Giants]] * [[Jonathan Letterman]], Civil War era military surgeon, pioneered field ambulance technique. * [[Delvin Miller]], original owner of [[Meadowcroft Rockshelter]], Neolithic native American cave site, and founder of "the Meadows" Harness Horse Race Track <ref>Archaeology Magazine</ref> * [[Demi Moore]], actress<ref>Behe, Regis (May 2, 2008). "[https://archive.triblive.com/news/new-book-detailing-celebrities-ties-to-pittsburgh-yields-surprising-facts/ New book detailing celebrities' ties to Pittsburgh yields surprising facts]". ''Trib Live''.</ref> * [[Dorian O'Daniel]], [[NFL]] Linebacker for [[Kansas City Chiefs]] and member of the national champion [[2016 Clemson Tigers football team]]<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/college/2017/12/29/o-daniel-a-canonsburg-product-will-face-alabama-in-college-football-playoff-dorian-roger-scott-woodland-hills-slippery-rock-dabo-swinney-nick-saban/stories/201712290001 | title=Canonsburg product Dorian O'Daniel will face Alabama in the College Football Playoff | work=The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | date=December 29, 2017 | access-date=21 January 2019 | author=Bendel, Joe}}</ref> * [[Bill Schmidt]], Olympic bronze medalist in [[javelin]] at [[1972 Summer Olympics|Munich Olympics]] in 1972, national champion 1978, World Military champion and record holder * [[Marty Schottenheimer]], [[NFL]] football coach * [[Bobby Vinton]], pop singer and recording artist * [[Donald Yenko]], racer driver, creator of Yenko Camaro at [[Yenko Chevrolet]]
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