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==Notable people== * [[Steve August]], NFL offensive tackle for Seattle Seahawks (1977β84) and Pittsburgh Steelers (1984) * [[Karen D. Beyer]], former State Representative for the [[Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 131|131st district]] in the [[Lehigh Valley]] * [[Buster Clarkson]], [[Negro league baseball]] player, lived in Jeannette after he retired * [[Demetrious Cox]], American football player * [[Claire Cribbs]], two-time All-American basketball player at the University of Pittsburgh (1933β34 and 1934β35) * [[Ambrose Battista De Paoli]], Roman Catholic Archbishop and nuncio * [[Frank Fitzsimmons]], president of [[International Brotherhood of Teamsters]] 1967β1981, born in Jeannette * [[Mike Getto]], All-American football player at the University of Pittsburgh and football coach for the National Football League's Brooklyn Dodgers (1942) * [[Monica Lee Gradischek]], voice actress * [[Slide Hampton]], jazz trombonist, born in Jeannette * [[Dick Hoak]], former [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] running back (1969β70) and running backs coach (1972β2006), born in Jeannette * [[Jack G. Merrell]], United States Air Force four-star general * [[Vaughn Monroe]], 1940sβ1950s bandleader, singer and actor; attended high school in Jeannette * [[Marissa Moss]], author of more than a dozen children's books who was born in Jeannette and moved to California at age 2 * [[Terrelle Pryor]], former high school quarterback for Jeannette Jayhawks, starting quarterback for [[Ohio State Buckeyes]], and [[NFL]] quarterback and wide receiver * [[LaMont "ShowBoat" Robinson]], basketball player Harlem Roadkings, Harlem Clowns and businessman * [[William A. Shomo]], ace fighter pilot and World War II Medal of Honor recipient<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OB08-98AoHc| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/OB08-98AoHc| archive-date=2021-12-11 | url-status=live|title=WWII MEDAL OF HONOR WILLAM A. SHOMO|last=Ron Terpko|date=17 November 2009|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
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