Mike Madison posted a few days ago on iconic Pittsburghers. He borrowed the theme from the Post-Gazette article. According to the Post-Gazette to be an iconic Pittsburgher you must be, “known by everyone, from the city to the suburbs. They often have quirky personality traits that border on the eccentric, and they’ve made their mark locally.”
The Post-Gazette lays down another rule, one I’m going to flatly ignore, “many older residents are not computer savvy, and the younger generation isn’t into print media.” Using this rule the list ends up getting limited to sports stars and a TON of TV Stars. Since I’m a blogger and between the ages of 20-40 I’m going to throw the rule out and make a list of icons for the generation X and Y. These people can be primarily known for their role on the internet, but not exclusively. They can be known for their role in print, but not exclusively.
I’m going to break this in to three parts. Today, in Part One, I’m going to analyze the P-G’s list. In Part Two (which will not likely be tomorrow) I’ll discuss Mike’s additions. In Part Three I’ll throw in some additional people.
The highlights are that I selected John Fetterman, John McIntire, Andy Warhol, Mario Lemieux, Scott Paulsen, David Newell, Sally Wiggin, Beano Cook, Richard Mellon Scaife, August Wilson, Billy Hillgrove, Mike Lange, Patrice King Brown, Ken Rice and Franco Harris off the P-G’s list. For more information on how I chose who to keep and the low down on who got left off, read more.

