List of people from Syracuse, New York
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The following people are from Syracuse, New York.
Born or brought up in the City of Syracuse
- Keith B. Alexander - former Director of the National Security Agency
- Jabe B. Alford - mayor of Madison, Wisconsin
- Will Allen - Miami Dolphins cornerback
- Jeff Altman - comedian
- Maltbie D. Babcock - 19th-century clergyman and author
- Dylan Baker - actor
- Marcus H. Barnum - Wisconsin State Assemblyman[1]
- Kenneth Battelle - world's first celebrity hairdresser; created Jacqueline Kennedy's bouffant
- Kathryn Beare - All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
- John Berendt - author (Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil)
- Carlyle Blackwell - silent film actor
- Andray Blatche - player for NBA's Washington Wizards
- Tyvon Branch - NFL safety with Oakland Raiders
- Charles F. Brannock - inventor of Brannock Device (standard foot measuring tool)
- Rick Brunson - Temple University and NBA player
- Ben Burtt - motion picture sound editor; Academy Award winner
- Marty Byrnes - NBA player
- Georgia Campbell - All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
- Jean Campbell - All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
- Eric Carle - author of children's books
- Jimmy Cavallo - saxophonist ("Do the Hucklebuck")
- Rory Cochrane - actor
- Michael Cole - WWE Friday Night SmackDown and WWE Raw announcer
- Jimmy Collins - NBA player, coach at University of Illinois at Chicago
- Mark Copani - professional wrestler (born in Amman, Jordan)
- Bruce Coville - children's author and playwright
- Tom Cruise - Oscar-nominated, Golden Globe Award-winning actor and producer
- Rick Cua - bassist, producer
- Kelly Cutrone - The Hills, People's Revolution
- Mabel Potter Daggett - journalist and suffragist
- Robert De Niro, Sr. - abstract expressionist artist; father of actor Robert De Niro
- Mark Didio - wide receiver, Pittsburgh Steelers
- Bill Dinneen - MLB pitcher and umpire
- Frank DiPino - MLB pitcher
- Jo-Lonn Dunbar - NFL linebacker with St. Louis Rams
- Earth Crisis - straight edge hardcore punk band
- Blanche Dillaye - etcher
- Robert F. Engle - winner of 2003 Nobel Prize for Economics
- Joe English - drummer, producer
- Walter Farley - author of The Black Stallion
- David B. Feinberg - writer and AIDS activist
- Thom Filicia - interior designer, TV personality on Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
- Jon Fishman - drummer for rock band Phish
- Eliot Fisk - classical guitarist
- Frank Gabrielson - stage, film, and television writer
- John L. Gaunt - photographer, winner of 1955 Pulitzer Prize for Photography
- Richard Gere - Golden Globe Award-winning actor
- Helena Theresa Goessmann - lecturer, academician, and writer
- Bobcat Goldthwait - actor, comedian
- David Greenman - actor
- Henry Grethel - fashion designer
- Borys Gudziak - Ukrainian Catholic Bishop, rector of Ukrainian Catholic University
- Jaclyn Hales - actress[2]
- Michael Herr - author (Dispatches)
- Theodore Hesburgh - C.S.C, former president of the University of Notre Dame
- Siobhan Fallon Hogan - actress
- Honor Bright - pop-punk band
- Mary Dana Hicks - art educator
- Chuck Hyatt - college basketball player of 1920s
- David Jennings - Wisconsin State Assemblyman
- Grace Jones - model, actress, singer (born in Kingston, Jamaica)
- Megyn Kelly - journalist
- Mark Kaplan - violinist
- Tom Kenny - voice of SpongeBob Squarepants
- Phyllis Kirk - actress
- David Klein - inventor of Jelly Belly
- Tim Kneale - winner of 1976 Scripps National Spelling Bee
- Zane Lamprey - comedian, actor and reality TV personality, host of Three Sheets
- Dorsey Levens - NFL running back
- Alex Levinsky - NHL player
- Jermain Loguen - abolitionist, clergyman and key contributor to the Underground Railroad
- Claire Luce - actress
- Clifford Luyk - basketball player, named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991
- Post Malone - recording artist
- Louis Marshall - lawyer, conservationist, Jewish leader
- Frank Matteo - NFL player
- Edna May - Edwardian musical actress
- Terry McAuliffe - Governor of Virginia
- Marty Domres - QB for Baltimore Colts in early 70's
- Johnny Messner - actor
- Darin Morgan - screenwriter
- Jonathan Murray - reality TV producer, Bunim/Murray Productions
- James Nachtwey - photojournalist
- Richard Neer - longtime DJ for WNEW-FM and sports-talk host on WFAN
- Sal Nistico - jazz tenor saxophonist
- Camille Paglia - social critic, author (born in Endicott, New York)
- Doe Paoro - singer-songwriter
- Greg Paulus - college basketball and football player[3]
- Steve Perry - lead vocalist for swing-punk group Cherry Poppin' Daddies
- Marco Pignalberi - Alaska state legislator[4]
- Jon Ratliff - MLB pitcher
- Mark Reed - nanotechnology pioneer
- Jamel Richardson - CFL football player for the Montreal Alouettes, 2010 Grey Cup MVP
- Mike Rotunda - professional wrestler, best known as Irwin R. Schyster
- Margaret Olivia Slocum Sage - philanthropist, established Russell Sage Foundation
- Louis "Red" Salmon - fullback, acting coach of University of Notre Dame football team
- Danny Schayes - college and NBA player
- George Schuyler - conservative author
- Scott Schwedes - NFL player
- Ray Seals - NFL defensive end with Pittsburgh Steelers and Carolina Panthers
- Rod Serling - screenwriter and TV personality (grew up in Binghamton)
- Martin Sexton - musician, singer, songwriter
- Craig Shirley - author and political consultant
- Ed Stokes - University of Arizona and NBA player
- Kevin Surace - INC. 2009 Entrepreneur of the Year, TechTV personality, CEO Serious Materials
- Charles W. Sweeting - Wisconsin State Assemblyman[5]
- Bill Tanguay - football player
- Tommy Tanner - soccer player, owner and head coach of Syracuse Silver Knights
- Tom "Tsquared" Taylor - professional video game player
- Tony Trischka - banjoist, composer
- Jimmy Van Heusen - composer, winner of four Academy Awards
- Frank Whaley - actor
- Christopher Woodrow - movie producer
Born or brought up in Greater Syracuse
- Steven Alexander - founder and CEO of Infamous Adventures, a software game company
- L. Frank Baum - author of the Oz books starting with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Chittenango)
- Joey Belladonna - lead singer of Anthrax (Oswego)
- Joe Calvert - guitarist and producer with 38 gold/platinum credits
- Ed Carpenter - singer, songwriter, sessions artist for numerous entertainers
- Grover Cleveland - 22nd and 24th President of the United States (Fayetteville; born in Caldwell, N.J.)
- Tim Connolly - hockey player with NHL's Buffalo Sabres (Baldwinsville)
- Jackie Coogan - actor, The Addams Family
- Elizabeth Cotten - singer
- Ronnie James Dio - musician (Cortland)
- Pete Dominick - comedian, radio and TV personality (Marcellus)
- Matilda Joslyn Gage - feminist, abolitionist, suffragist (Fayetteville)
- Tim Green - author, NFL linebacker, Fox NFL commentator (Liverpool)
- Mike Hart - Michigan football player (Nedrow)
- Gary Holland - drummer and vocalist, Dokken, Great White, Blue Cheer
- Tom Kenny - comedian, voice of SpongeBob SquarePants (East Syracuse)
- Dave Mirra - professional BMX rider (Chittenango)
- Tiffany Pollard - TV personality aka New York (Utica)
- John Walsh - host of America's Most Wanted (Auburn)
- Tobias Wolff - writer
Others with ties to the Syracuse area
- Hervey Allen - author of best-selling Anthony Adverse, which became a film; resided in an extant house on James Street
- Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews - author of The Perfect Tribute and other works; resided at Wolf Hollow, the Andrews estate at suburban Taunton, New York
- The Baldwin brothers - Alec, Billy, Daniel, and Steven Baldwin, actors (mother, Carol, lives in Camillus; born in Massapequa, New York)
- Daniel Biasone - founding owner of NBA's Syracuse Nationals, now the Philadelphia 76ers; early advocate of use of shot clock in basketball
- Gordon MacRae - actor and singer, attended Nottingham High School in Syracuse
- David Foster Wallace - author, wrote much of his landmark novel "Infinite Jest" while living in a small apartment on Kensington Rd. across from the food co-op
- Steve Wynn - Las Vegas hotel and casino tycoon (attended Manlius Military Academy, now Manlius Pebble Hill School; grew up in Utica, New York and Las Vegas)
References
- ^ 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1897, Biographical Sketch of Mark Barnum, pg. 685
- ^ "21 Questions: Jaclyn Hales [Unicorn City]" (Interview). Interviewed by Luke Goss. December 9, 2011. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
- ^ "Greg Paulus". Syracuse University. Retrieved October 10, 2012.
- ^ 'Haines borough manager dies, 58,' The Juneau Empire, Malanie Plenda, December 10, 2002
- ^ 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1897,' Biographical Sketch of Charles W. Sweeting, pg. 584