List of people from Syracuse, New York
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
- Bill Beagle – state senator for the 5th district of the Ohio Senate
- 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)
- Frederick C. Brower – locksmith, inventor, businessman – brought the telephone to Syracuse
- 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
- Bruce Coville – children's author and playwright
- Tom Cruise – Oscar-nominated, Golden Globe Award-winning actor and producer
- Rick Cua – bassist, producer
- Kelly Cutrone – television personality known for The Hills and 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
- Daniel Donigan – also known as Milk, famous drag queen and model
- Jo-Lonn Dunbar – NFL linebacker with St. Louis Rams
- Earth Crisis – straight edge hardcore punk band
- Blanche Dillaye – artist part of the etching revival
- Robert F. Engle – winner of 2003 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
- Joe English – drummer, producer
- Jeanette J. Epps – American aerospace engineer and NASA astronaut
- 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 known for work in the 2011 adaption of Scents and Sensibility[2]
- Michael Herr – author (Dispatches)
- Theodore Hesburgh – C.S.C., former president of the University of Notre Dame
- Siobhan Fallon Hogan – actress appearing in films including Men in Black, Forrest Gump
- Bob Holz - jazz drummer, recording artist
- Honor Bright – pop-punk band
- Mary Dana Hicks – art educator
- Jimmy Howard – NHL goaltender of the Detroit Red Wings
- 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 "Mine Boy" Levinsky (1910–1990) – NHL hockey 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
- Christopher Maloney – professional musician/educator (Dweezil Zappa and others)
- Louis Marshall – lawyer, conservationist, Jewish leader
- Frank Matteo – NFL player
- Edna May – Edwardian musical actress
- Terry McAuliffe – former governor of Virginia
- 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 (born 1959) – college and NBA basketball 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
- Edward C. Stearns – founder of hardware concern E. C. Stearns & Company, E. C. Stearns Bicycle Agency, Stearns Steam Carriage Company[5]
- Kevin Surace – INC. 2009 Entrepreneur of the Year, TechTV personality, CEO Serious Materials
- Bob Swan – Intel CEO
- Charles W. Sweeting – Wisconsin State Assemblyman[6]
- 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
- John Wilkinson – chief engineer and vice-president of Franklin Automobile Company[7]
- Christopher Woodrow – movie producer
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
- 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)
- Eric Gill - San Diego architect (Tully))
- 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)
- Harvey A. Moyer – carriage and automobile company founder and president[8]
- Tiffany Pollard – TV personality aka New York (Utica)
- Bert E. Salisbury – president of Onondaga Pottery Company (O.P.Co.), later renamed to Syracuse China in 1913 and president and general manager of Pass & Seymour, Inc.[9]
- Horatio Seymour – 18th governor of New York, helped the development of the Erie Canal, has a Syracuse street named after him.[10]
- 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.
- Carmelo Anthony – NBA player for the Oklahoma City Thunder; played basketball at Syracuse University, delivering the program's only NCAA Championship.
- 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.
- Alexander T. Brown – businessman, inventor, one of the founders of Brown-Lipe-Chapin Company.[11]
- DeWitt Clinton – senator, Mayor of New York City and sixth governor of New York. Major role in the construction of the Erie Canal.[12]
- Asa Danforth – early settler, built a grist mill and sawmill that contributed to the growth of Onondaga County.[13]
- Asa Danforth Jr. – early settler, land speculator and highway engineer.[13]
- Herbert H. Franklin – automobile manufacturer and company founder and president.[14]
- James Geddes – engineer, surveyor, New York State legislator and U.S. Congressman and one of the main creators of the salt industry at Onondaga Lake near Syracuse.[15]
- Theodore E. Hancock – lawyer and politician. Established law firms in Syracuse and served as district attorney of Onondoga County 1890–1892.[16]
- Gordon MacRae – actor and singer, attended Nottingham High School in Syracuse.
- C. Hamilton Sanford – president of the Syracuse Trust Company and co-founder of Sanford-Herbert Motor Truck Company.[17]
- Comfort Tyler – early settler of Syracuse, businessman and politician, Comfort Tyler Park in Syracuse named for him.[18]
- William Van Wagoner – bicycle racer, automobile designer and Syracuse businessman.[19]
- 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.
- Ephraim Webster – first white settler of the area that became Syracuse, translator and acted as agent for the Onondagas.[20]
- John Wilkinson (American colonist) – early settler.[21]
- John Wilkinson (Syracuse pioneer) – town planner, lawyer, politician, banker who gave Syracuse its name and founded the Syracuse Bank.[22]
- 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).
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- ^ "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
- ^ "Stearns genealogy and memoirs, Volume 2". archive.org. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- ^ 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1897,' Biographical Sketch of Charles W. Sweeting, pg. 584
- ^ "Revolutionary War veteran's son gave city its name". Syracuse, Post-Standard. Syracuse, New York. August 27, 2002.
- ^ "Moyer Heritage – Love for Autos Runs in Family". Syracuse Post-Standard. Syracuse, New York. March 16, 1966.
- ^ Reed, Cleota; Skoczen, Stan. Syracuse China. Syracuse University Press, 1997. Retrieved 2010-08-20.
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{{cite book}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ "Alexander Brown House". syracusethenandnow.org. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
- ^ "Little Short of Madness". American Heritage, Winter 2010. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|work=(help) - ^ a b "Plan to Place More Tablets To Mark Spot Where First White Settler Lived". Syracuse Herald. Syracuse, New York. September 12, 1915.
- ^ "A Man and an Automobile – The Story of Herbert Franklin". Syracuse Herald-Journal. Syracuse, New York. April 19, 1956.
- ^ "New York – Syracuse". madeinatlantis.com. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
- ^ Kestenbaum, Lawrence. "The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Hancock to Hancox". politicalgraveyard.com. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
- ^ "Funeral Services Are Held For C. Hamilton Sanford". Syracuse Herald Journal. Syracuse, New York. February 17, 1942.
- ^ Crowell, Kathy. "History of the Town of Onondaga". www.rootsweb.ancestry.com. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
- ^ David Burgess Wise. The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles. Atlantic, 1992.
- ^ https://archive.is/20130203072104/http://www.syracuse.com/news/indianlandclaim/poststandard/index.ssf?/news/indianlandclaim/empire6.html
- ^ Seely, Hart (August 27, 2002). "From Old Bones, A Family Story". Syracuse Post-Standard. Syracuse, New York.
- ^ "Revolutionary War veteran's son gave city its name". The Post-Standard. Syracuse, New York. August 27, 2002.