List of people from Syracuse, New York
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This is a list of people that are well known from Syracuse, New York:
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[edit] Born or brought up in the City of Syracuse
- Ronnie Miller - Travel Channel Host - "5 Takes: Europe" & "40 Degrees North"
- 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
- Andray Blatche - current player for the NBA's Washington Wizards
- Charles F. Brannock - inventor of the Brannock Device (standard foot measuring tool)
- Rick Brunson - former Temple University and NBA player
- Ben Burtt - motion picture sound editor; Academy Award winner.
- Marty Byrnes - former NBA player
- Eric Carle - author of children's books
- Jimmy Cavallo - saxophonist ("Do the Hucklebuck")
- Rory Cochrane - actor
- Jimmy Collins - former NBA player and current men's basketball coach at University of Illinois at Chicago
- Mark Copani - professional wrestler (born in Amman, Jordan)
- Michael Cole - former WWE Friday Night SmackDown announcer, current WWE Raw announcer.
- Bruce Coville - children's author and playwright
- Tom Cruise - actor
- Earth Crisis - straight edge hardcore punk band
- Rick Cua - bassist, producer
- Kelly Cutrone - The Hills, People's Revolution
- Robert De Niro, Sr. - Abstract Expressionist Artist & Father of Robert De Niro the Actor
- J.Son Dinant - Comedian, Actor and Reality TV personality most known for role on MTV's Fear
- Gary Dunes - radio personality, entertainer, musician, singer
- Robert F. Engle - Winner of the 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, regular on Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
- Jon Fishman - Drummer for the rock band Phish
- Eliot Fisk - classical guitarist.
- Richard Gere - actor
- Bobcat Goldthwait - actor, comedian
- Henry Grethel - fashion designer
- Kristopher R. Heels - Guitarist/Multi-instrumentalist/Vocalist
- Honor Bright - pop-punk band
- Chuck Hyatt - former college Basketball great in the 1920s
- Grace Jones - model, actress, singer (born in Kingston, Jamaica)
- Mark Kaplan - violinist
- Charles Knighton - photographer/recorder of Goodwill Games
- Zane Lamprey - Comedian, Actor and Reality TV personality best known as the host of Three Sheets
- Dorsey Levens - NFL running back
- Alex Levinsky - NHL ice hockey player
- Jermain Loguen- Abolitionist, clergyman and key contributor to the Underground Railroad
- Claire Luce - stage and screen actress
- Phil Markert - radio personality, actor, entertainer
- Louis Marshall - lawyer, conservationist, Jewish leader
- Edna May - Edwardian musical actress
- Terry McAuliffe - former Democratic National Committee chairman
- Johnny Messner - Actor
- Darin Morgan - screenwriter
- Eric Mower - CEO of Eric Mower and Associates
- Jonathan Murray - reality TV producer, Bunim/Murray Productions
- Richard Neer - longtime DJ for WNEW-FM and sports-talk host on WFAN
- James Nachtwey - photojournalist
- Camille Paglia - social critic, author (born in Endicott, New York)
- Steve Perry - lead vocalist for swing-punk group, Cherry Poppin' Daddies
- Mike Rotunda - professional wrestler, best known as Irwin R. Schyster
- Louis "Red" Salmon - fullback, acting coach of University of Notre Dame football team
- Margaret Olivia Slocum Sage, philanthropist, established the Russell Sage Foundation
- Danny Schayes - former NBA player
- George Schuyler - Black author and writer known for having a conservative viewpoint
- Ray Seals - former NFL player with the Pittsburgh Steelers and Carolina Panthers
- Rod Serling - writer, actor (grew up in Binghamton)
- Martin Sexton - musician, singer, songwriter
- Craig Shirley - author and political consultant
- Ed Stokes - former University of Arizona and NBA player
- Kevin Surace - INC. 2009 Entrepreneur of the Year, Former TechTV personality, CEO Serious Materials
- Tom "Tsquared" Taylor - professional video game player
- Tony Trischka - banjoist, composer
- Jimmy Van Heusen - composer
- Frank Whaley - actor
[edit] Born or brought up in Greater Syracuse
- 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
- Eddie Carpenter - Singer, song writer, sessions artist for numerous entertainers
- Tim Connolly- American ice hockey player with the Buffalo Sabres in the NHL (Baldwinsville)
- Jackie Coogan - Child Actor (Addams Family - Uncle Fester)
- Elizabeth Cotten - singer
- Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th President of the United States (Fayetteville; born in Caldwell, N.J.)
- Tom Cruise - actor
- Ronnie James Dio - musician (Cortland)
- Pete Dominick - comedian, radio/TV personality (Marcellus)
- Matilda Joslyn Gage - feminist, abolitionist, suffragist (Fayetteville)
- Richard Gere - actor
- Tim Green - author, former NFL linebacker, Fox NFL commentator (Liverpool)
- Mike Hart - Football player at the University of Michigan (Nedrow)
- 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
[edit] Others with ties to the Syracuse area
- David Foster Wallace, author, wrote major portions of his landmark novel "Infinite Jest" while living in a small apartment on Kensington Rd. across from the food co op.
- Hervey Allen, author of best-selling Anthony Adverse, which became a film. He resided in an extant house on James Street.
- Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews, prominent author of The Perfect Tribute and other works. She 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)
- Gordon MacRae: Actor and singer, attended Nottingham High School in Syracuse.
- Steve Wynn - Las Vegas casino tycoon (attended Manlius Military Academy, now Manlius Pebble Hill School; grew up in Utica, New York and Las Vegas)
[edit] Attended Syracuse University
- Marv Albert - sportscaster
- Carmelo Anthony - small forward for the New York Knicks, led SU to 2003 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
- Joseph Biden - Vice President of the United States, Former U.S. Senator from Delaware, 1988 Democratic presidential candidate
- Jim Boeheim - Syracuse men's basketball head coach
- Jim Brown - former NFL runningback
- Ernie Davis - Former Syracuse runningback great and first African American to win the Heisman Trophy
- Felix Cavaliere - musician, The Young Rascals
- Joe Castiglione - sportscaster
- Dick Clark - TV personality, former American Bandstand host
- Michael Cole - Commentator for World Wrestling Entertainment
- Derrick Coleman - former NBA player
- Bob Costas - sportscaster
- Maya Deren - filmmaker
- Taye Diggs - actor
- Donato Giancola - fantasy artist
- Gary Gait - lacrosse legend
- Ted Koppel - ABC's Nightline anchor
- Joseph S. Kozlowski, portrait artist.
- Donovan McNabb - quarterback for the Washington Redskins
- Gerry McNamara - Syracuse University basketball star
- Joyce Carol Oates - writer
- Lou Reed - former frontman of The Velvet Underground, singer, guitarist
- Mike Rotunda - professional wrestler, best known as Irwin R. Schyster
- Lexington Steele - porn star
- Lisa Lampanelli - Comedian
- Dick Stockton - sportscaster
- Donna Shalala - President of the University of Miami, Florida, former Secretary of Health and Human Services
- Mike Tirico - sportscaster
- Vanessa Williams - former Miss America, singer, actress
- Pete Yorn - singer, guitarist
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