The following is a list of notable alumni and faculty from Mt. Lebanon High School, a four-year public high school in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania, a South Hills suburb of Pittsburgh.
Notable alumni
Athletics
Eric Angle (born 1967) - professional wrestler Kurt Angle (born 1968) - Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling and former professional wrestler Troy Apke (born 1995) - NFL cornerback and special teamer Matt Bartkowski (born 1988) - NHL ice hockey defenseman Mia Bhuta (born 2005) - soccer player Gene Breen (born 1941) - NFL football player Ave Daniell (1914-1999) - football tackle Jim Daniell (1918-1983) - NFL football player Bill Davidson (1915-1970) - NFL football player John Fitsioris - professional basketball player John E. Frank (born 1962) - NFL football player and surgeon Justin Geisinger, NFL football player Curt Grieve, college football player Ian Happ (born 1994) - MLB player Eli Heidenreich (born 2003) - NFL player Chris Jelic (born 1963) - MLB baseball player Tom Jelley (1926–2014) - NFL football player Donald Johnson (born 1968) - professional tennis player Don T. Kelly (born 1980) - MLB player and coach Austin Kitchen (born 1997) - MLB baseball player Rich Lackner (born 1956) - football coach Roberta McCallum (born 1958) - professional tennis player John O'Hara (born 1959) - professional soccer player Rick Peterson (born 1954) - baseball coach and former pitcher Gretchen Rush (born 1964) - professional tennis player Richard Rydze (1950-2023) - Olympic diver and doctor Colby Sorsdal (born 2000) - NFL offensive lineman David Shields (born 2006) - MLB baseball player Luke Stout - former Princeton Tigers wrestler and Ivy League Champion Mac Stout - Pitt Panthers and ACC champion wrestler Alex Tecza - NFL football running back Deion Turman - professional basketball player Brian S. Williams (born 1966) - NFL football center Josh Wilson (born 1981) - MLB player Patrick Wey (born 1991) - NHL hockey player
Business
Mark Cuban (born 1958) - billionaire, entrepreneur, media personality, Dallas Mavericks owner Brian Cuban (born 1961) - attorney and author David C. Farrell (1933-2023) - businessman, retail executive, and philanthropist, former president of Kaufman's and May Department Stores Thomas Finke - investor, executive, businessman, former president of MassMutual and CEO of Barings LLC Andrew Mason (born 1981) - founder and former CEO of GrouponChicago Magazine "On Groupon and its founder, Andrew Mason" July 14, 2010 Joel Peresman - music industry executive, president and chief executive officer of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation Rich Skrenta (born 1967) - computer programmer and tech entrepreneur, co-founder of Blekko, creator of Elk Cloner virus John P. Surma (born 1954) - businessman, former CEO of US Steel, minority owner of Pittsburgh Penguins Bob Truel - computer programmer and tech entrepreneur, co-founder of Blekko
Entertainment & Media
Carl Betz (1921-1978) - actor Eugene Baird (1923-1988) - jazz singer Gloria Bigelow - comedian, writer, and actress Patti Burns (1952-2001) - journalist and TV news anchor Frank Cappelli (1952-2018) - actor and singer Twink Caplan (born 1947) - actressBlank, Ed (October 14, 1989). "Film Notes: Mt. Lebanon Grad in 'Look Who's Talking'". The Pittsburgh Press. p. B6. Retrieved June 13, 2025. "Twink Caplan, who plays Kirstie Alley's best friend Rona in "Look Who's Talking," is a Mt. Lebanon High School graduate who played the home economics teacher on the TV series "Fast Times at Ridgemont High." Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Caplan, have retired and moved to Lauderhill, Fla." Christina Cindrich (born 1981 or 1982) - actress and television host Daya (born 1998) - Grammy award winning pop artist Jon Delano - journalist Scott Ferrall (born 1965) - radio personality Dave Filoni (born 1974) - President and director of Lucasfilm Bob Hoag - record producer and recording artist David Hollander (born 1968) - actor and film producer Gillian Jacobs (born 1982) - actress Christine Laitta - actress Elena LaQuatra (born 1992) - journalist, television news anchor, and former beauty pageant titleholder Vince Lascheid (1923-2009) - Pittsburgh Pirates and Penguins organist Daniel London (born 1973) - actor Joe Manganiello (born 1976) - actor Matt McConnell (born 1963) - NHL play-by-play broadcaster, Utah Mammoth Terri Minsky (born 1957) - television writer, producer, creator of Disney's Lizzie McGuire and Andi Mack Judith O'Dea (born 1945) – actress Alby Oxenreiter - sportscaster Marty Pottenger - OBIE-award-winning playwright, performer, civic engagement artist, founder of Art At Work Amy Rigby - singer and songwriter Bill Roth (born 1964 or 1965) - Virginia Tech University play-by-play television announcer Martin Spitznagel (born 1982) - pianist Tom Stechschulte (1948-2021) - film and television actor Roma Torre (born 1958) - TV journalist and theater critic Art Tripp (born 1944) - percussionist for The Mothers of Invention and Captain Beefheart Bob Ufer (1920-1981) - University of Michigan play-by-play announcer Ming-Na Wen (born 1963) - actress
Government
Kenyen Brown (born 1969 or 1970) - United States attorney Ruth Colker (born 1956) - scholar, lawyer, and distinguished professor Susan J. Crawford (born 1947) - lawyer Q. Todd Dickinson (1952-2020) - USC(IP) and USPTO director Wayne S. Ewing (1929-2010) - politician Timothy Hauser (1948–2005) - economist with the United States Department of Commerce and the Bureau of Labor Statistics; two time winner of the Presidential Rank Award of Distinguished Executive winner Dick Lamm (1935-2021) - former governor of Colorado and Presidential candidate Richard Pan (born 1965) - physician, politician, and California state senator James O'Toole - journalist and U.S. Capitol correspondent Lynn Scarlett (born 1948 or 1949) - government official, environmental policy executive and analyst who served as United States Deputy Secretary of the Interior Samuel A. Schreiner Jr. (1921-2018) - writer and cryptographer John Seymour (1937-2026)- politician Carole Beebe Tarantelli (born 1942) - Italian parliament member; first American citizen to be elected to the Italian Chamber of Duties Gerald Bard Tjoflat (born 1929) - lawyer and jurist serving as Senior United States circuit judge and in the US Court of Appeals in the eleventh circuit
Education
Robert Bruegmann - distinguished professor of architecture at University of Illinois Edward Bleiberg (born 1951) - archaeologist and academic Peter Cappelli (born 1956) - economist, academic, author, and professor at the Wharton School Gwyn Cready (born 1962) - author Todd DePastino - author and history professor Christina Duhig - poet https://www.mtlebanonlibrary.org/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/134 Sandra Moore Faber (born 1944) - world renowned astrophysicist, National Medal of Science recipient Greg Fenves (born 1957) - 21st President of Emory University and 28th President of the University of Texas Terry Hart (born 1946) - former NASA astronaut and engineer Stuart A. Herrington (born 1972 or 1971) - author and retired counterintelligence officer Paige Kassalen (born 1993) – Electrical engineer who was the only American, female engineer, and youngest member of the ground crew for the Solar Impulse 2 project Dan Klein (born c.1976) - computer science professor Caroline Klivans (born 1977) - mathematician Brian McHale (1952-2025) - literary scholar, Ohio State University distiguished professor Linn F. Mollenauer (1937–2021) - physicist and author Reed E. Pyeritz (1947-2026) - geneticist, physician, and academic Anson D. Shupe (1948-2015) - sociologist, author, academic, and professor Warner Slack, professor at Harvard University, physician, biomedical informatician, and pioneer in medical informatics Ann M. Valentine (born 1971 or 1972) - Yale University bioinorganic chemist and researcher Julia Randall Weertman, materials scientist, academic, Northwestern University professor Aidan Wright - professor, scholar, and researcher https://www.mtlebanonlibrary.org/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/129
Other
Richard Baumhammers (born 1965) - spree killer and former immigration lawyer Newt Heisley - commercial artist and designer of the POW/MIA flag William D. Morgan (1947-1969) - U.S. Marine and Medal of Honor recipient Michael Turian - Professional Magic: The Gathering player
Notable staff Orlando Antigua (born 1973) - basketballer Ralph Fife (1920-2000) - NFL football player and coach Freddie Fu (1950-2021) - doctor, surgeon, and academic Armen Gilliam (1964-2011) - basketballer Brett McCutcheon - composer and music educator Bob Palko - American football coach Samuel A. Schreiner Jr. (1921-2018) - writer and cryptographer George Savarese (born 1965) - radio personality and educator Jamie Silva - NFL football player Paul Tortorella (born 1963) - football coach
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