List of people from Buffalo, New York
A list of people who are from or have lived in Buffalo, New York. Individuals are listed in alphabetical order by last name in each category.
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Architects
- Louise Blanchard Bethune (1856–1420), first American woman known to have worked as a professional architect
- Gordon Bunshaft (1909–1990), Pritzker Prize winner
- E.B. Green (1855–1950)
- James A. Johnson (1865–1939)
- Edward Austin Kent (1854–1912), died at sea aboard the Titanic
- Richard A. Waite (1848–1911)
Artists
- Cory Arcangel (1978-), new media artist
- Timothy D. Bellavia (1971-), children's author, illustrator and educator
- Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), watercolor painter
- Philip Burke (1956), caricaturist
- John F. Carlson (1875-1947), American Impressionist
- Charles Clough (1951-), painter
- Tony Conrad (1940-2016), media artist
- Steve Fiorilla (1961-2009), illustrator and sculptor
- Frank Kelly Freas (1922–2005), science fiction and fantasy artist
- Justine Kurland (1969-), photographer
- J. J. Lankes (1884–1960), illustrator, woodcut print artist, and author
- Robert Longo (1953-), painter and sculptor
- Spain Rodriguez (1940-2012), underground cartoonist
- Milton Rogovin (1909–2011), documentary photographer
- Charles Rohlfs (1853–1936), actor, patternmaker, stove designer and furniture maker
- Paul Sharits (1943-1993), mixed media artist, filmmaker
- Cindy Sherman (1954-), photographer and film director
- Tony Sisti (1901–1983), painter
- Eugene Speicher (1883–1962), portrait, landscape and figurative painter
- Tom Toles (1951-), political cartoonist
- Adam Zyglis (1982-), editorial cartoonist
Authors and journalists
- John Arcudi, comic book author
- John Barth, novelist
- Gary Barwin, Irish writer
- Charles Baxter, author
- Lauren Belfer, author
- Wolf Blitzer, television journalist
- Lawrence Block, crime novelist
- Lucille Clifton, poet
- Howard Bloom, publicist
- Dale Brown, aviator and author
- William Wells Brown, abolitionist and writer
- Taylor Caldwell, author
- J. M. Coetzee, South African writer
- Angelo F. Coniglio, civil engineer and author
- Burton Crane, financial journalist
- Robert Creeley, poet
- Marian de Forest journalist and playwright
- Gregg Easterbrook, magazine journalist
- Leslie Fiedler, literary critic
- F. Scott Fitzgerald, novelist
- Josh Fruhlinger (The Comics Curmudgeon)
- Loss Pequeño Glazier, poet (Electronic Poetry Center)
- Anna Katharine Green, poet and novelist
- Terry Gross, radio personality
- A. R. Gurney, playwright
- Richard Hofstadter, historian
- Karla F.C. Holloway, professor
- Paul Horgan, historian and author
- Elbert Hubbard, publisher
- Bruce Jackson, scholar
- John Kessel, sci-fi writer
- Nancy Kress, sci-fi writer
- Mabel Dodge Luhan, patron of the arts
- Martha MacCallum, television journalist
- Steele MacKaye, playwright, theatrical producer
- Joyce Carol Oates, author
- Laura Pedersen, journalist, novelist, playwright
- Tim Powers, sci-fi writer
- Ishmael Reed, poet, essayist
- Tim Russert, television journalist
- Joseph Sansonese, author
- Ruben Santiago-Hudson, playwright, actor
- Fran Striker, creator of Lone Ranger and Green Hornet
- Matt Taibbi, journalist
- Mark Twain, pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, iconic author
- Keith White Jr., children's book author
- Lanford Wilson, playwright
- Bob Wojnowski, sports journalist
Bands, composers, and musicians
- Michael Angelakos of Passion Pit, singer, songwriter, composer and record producer
- Arize, band
- Harold Arlen, composer
- The Bloody Hollies, band
- Buffalo Bills, barbershop quartet
- The Bunny The Bear, band
- Cannibal Corpse, band
- Peter Case, singer-songwriter and guitarist
- Stacy Clark, singer-songwriter
- Patrick Cowley, composer and recording artist
- Cute is What We Aim For, band
- Vic Dana, dancer and singer
- Danimal Cannon, video game composer and performer
- Rick DePiro, Jazz musician, producer, Country Artist
- Lance Diamond, lounger singer and ersonality
- Ani DiFranco, singer, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, poet and songwriter
- Every Time I Die, band
- JoAnn Falletta, classical musician and orchestral conductor
- Morton Feldman, composer
- Lukas Foss, composer, pianist, and conductor
- The Future, band
- Girlpope, band
- Goo Goo Dolls, band
- Green Jellÿ, band
- Jim Hall, jazz guitarist, composer and arranger
- Alan Heatherington, orchestra conductor
- Ray Henderson, songwriter
- It Dies Today, band
- Jackdaw, band
- Rick James
- Joe Public, band
- Joe Kraemer, composer
- Jordan Kyle, songwriter, producer, engineer
- Lemuria, band
- Mel Lewis, drummer, jazz musician and bandleader
- John Lombardo, band 10,000 Maniacs and folk duo John & Mary)
- David Lucas, composer
- Gary Mallaber, drummer, percussionist and singer
- Brian McKnight, singer-songwriter, arranger, producer, and musician
- Don Menza, saxophonist, arranger, composer, session musician, and jazz educator
- Mercury Rev, band
- Leon and the Forklifts, band
- The Modernaires, vocal group
- Moe, band
- Gurf Morlix, vocalist, songwriter and record producer
- NicePeter, comedian, musician and personality
- Willie Nile, singer-songwriter
- Ookla the Mok, band
- Tina Parol, singer-songwriter
- Mary Ramsey, band 10,000 Maniacs and folk duo John & Mary)
- Raven, band
- The Reign of Kindo, band
- Scary Chicken, band
- Billy Sheehan, bassist
- Dr. Lonnie Smith, jazz organist
- Snapcase, band
- Alexis Spight, gospel musician
- Spyro Gyra, band
- Stemm, band
- John Stevens, classic pop singer
- Stevie J., musician, record producer, songwriter and television personality
- Elizabeth Swados, writer, composer, musician, and theatre director
- Stan Szelest, musician
- Charles Trippy, web series
- John Valby, musician and comedian
- Grover Washington, Jr., jazz-funk / soul-jazz saxophonist
- Cory Wells, singer Three Dog Night
- Patrick Wilson, drummer Weezer
- Jack Yellen, lyricist and screenwriter
- Abh, professional bongo band manager
Business and industry
- Robert Borthwick Adam, co-founder of Adam, Meldrum & Whiting
- Joseph Dart, lawyer, businessman and entrepreneur
- William H. Donaldson, Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Under Secretary of State for International Security Affairs, Chairman and CEO of the New York Stock Exchange, and Chairman, President and CEO of Aetna
- Joseph Ellicott, Surveyor, city planner, land office agent, lawyer and politician
- William G. Fargo, co-founder of American Express Company and Wells Fargo
- Anson Goodyear, President of the Great Southern Lumber Company
- Charles W. Goodyear, co-founder of the Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad, Great Southern Lumber Company, Goodyear Lumber Co., Buffalo & Susquehanna Coal and Coke Co., and the New Orleans Great Northern Railroad Company
- Wilson Greatbatch, inventor and engineer
- George A. Hormel, founder of Hormel Foods Corporation
- Jeremy Jacobs, current owner of the Boston Bruins and Chairman of Delaware North
- John J. Kennedy, businessman and politician
- Seymour H. Knox I, formed the F. W. Woolworth Company
- Seymour H. Knox II, Chairman of the F. W. Woolworth Company
- Jon L. Luther, Chairman and former CEO of Dunkin' Brands
- Sherman J. Maisel, Economist who served on the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
- Darwin D. Martin, Larkin Company executive
- John R. Oishei, co-founder of the Tri-Continental Corporation, now known as Trico
- Pat Powers, film producer associated with Walt Disney
- Robert E. Rich, Sr., founder of Rich Products
- Ellsworth Milton Statler, founder of Statler Hotels
- Henry Wells, co-founder of American Express Company and Wells Fargo
- John G. Wickser, President of the Buffalo German Insurance Company and the Buffalo Commercial Insurance Company
- Robert G. Wilmers, current Chairman and CEO of M&T Bank
- Christopher Woodrow, co-founder and Chairman of Worldview Entertainment
Entertainers and actors
- Carrie Stevens, actress
- Nick Bakay, voice actor
- Darrell Banks, singer
- Christine Baranski, actress
- Michael Bennett, choreographer and director
- Amanda Blake, actress
- John Wayne Bobbit, actor
- Sorrell Booke, actor
- David Boreanaz, actor
- Kyle Chandler, actor
- Katharine Cornell, actress
- William Courtleigh, Jr., silent-film actor
- Don Criqui, sportscaster
- Andrew Dan-Jumbo, television personality
- Jeffrey DeMunn, actor
- Ryan Dunn, actor stunt performer
- Diane English, television producer
- Agnes Ethel, 19th-century actress
- Jeff Fahey, actor
- Morton Feldman, composer
- William Fichtner, actor
- Tom Fontana, screenwriter and producer
- Vincent Gallo, actor and director
- Teddy Geiger, singer-songwriter
- David Hampton, actor an impostor who posed as Poitier's son "David" in 1983, which inspired a play and a film, Six Degrees of Separation
- Patrick Hasburgh, writer producer
- Mark Hapka, actor, Days Of Our Lives
- Rick James, singer-songwriter
- Beverly Johnson, model
- Jeffrey Jones, actor
- Rachael Lillis, voice actress
- Wendie Malick, actress
- Gary Mallaber, musician
- Nancy Marchand, actress
- Jesse L. Martin, actor
- Bill Mazer, sportscaster
- Brian McKnight, singer and actor
- Kristen McMenamy, fashion model
- Don Messick, voice actor
- David Milch, screenwriter and producer
- Greg Mullavy, actor
- Chad Michael Murray, model and actor
- Louis Mustillo, actor
- Willie Nile, singer-songwriter
- Chelsea Noble, actress
- Beth Phoenix, wrestler
- Suzie Plakson, actress, singer, writer and artist
- Angelea Preston, reality contestant
- James Read, actor
- Joey Reynolds, radio personality
- Mark Russell, satirist
- William Sadler, actor
- John Schuck, actor
- Dick Shawn, actor
- Billy Sheehan, musician
- Buffalo Bob Smith, star of Howdy Doody
- Joanie Sommers, singer and actress
- April Stevens, singer
- Fran Striker, creator of The Lone Ranger
- Nino Tempo, singer
- Vola Vale, actress
- A.J. Verel, actor, stunt coordinator
- Paul Vogt, comedian
- Peter Allen Vogt, comedian
- James Watson, pro wrestler
- Cory Wells, singer of Three Dog Night
- Jessica White, model
- James Whitmore, actor
- Jack Yellen, lyricist
- Z. Mann Zilla, rapper
Military
- John Basilone, Medal of Honor recipient
- John P. Bobo, Medal of Honor recipient
- Charles N. DeGlopper, Second World War recipient of Medal of Honor
- Harold John Ellison, Navy Cross recipient
- Herbert O. Fisher, chief test pilot for Curtiss-Wright
- Frank Gaffney, Medal of Honor recipient
- Anson Goodyear, Major General in the New York Guard
- Benjamin Kaufman, Medal of Honor recipient
- C. Wade McClusky, United States Navy aviator
- Warren Muck, 101st Airborne Division (Band of Brothers)
- Adrian R. Root, Union brevet major general
- John C. Sagelhurst, American Civil War recipient of Medal of Honor[1]
- Frederick E. Toy, Medal of honor recipient, orderly to Theodore Roosevelt
- Matt Urban, Medal of Honor recipient
Politics and law
- Neil Abercrombie, Governor of Hawaii
- Shirley Chisholm, Congresswoman and presidential candidate
- Frances Folsom Cleveland, First Lady of the United States
- Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th President of the United States
- William “Wild Bill” Joseph Donovan, Medal of Honor recipient and instrumental in creation of CIA
- William Dorsheimer, U.S. Attorney, Lieutenant Governor and Congressman
- Frank H. Easterbrook, judge
- Abigail Fillmore, First Lady of the United States
- Caroline Fillmore, second wife of Millard Fillmore
- Millard Fillmore, 13th President of the United States
- Ronald Fino, FBI operative
- James D. Griffin, Mayor of Buffalo 1978-93
- Mark Grisanti, state senator
- Rami Hanash, lawyer and author
- Jack Kemp, Secretary of U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, football player, Congressman, vice-presidential candidate
- Frank J. Loesch, lawyer, organizer of Chicago Crime Commission
- Thomas McCarty, Wisconsin politician
- Henry J. Nowak, U.S. Representative
- Ely S. Parker, Commissioner of Indian Affairs under Ulysses S. Grant
- Peter Buell Porter, U.S. Secretary of War 1828-29
- John Roberts, 17th Chief Justice of United States
- Winifred C. Stanley, first person to introduce equal pay legislation in United States
- Peter J. Tropman, Wisconsin politician
- Col. John B. Weber, Congressman
Religion, charities, social advocacy
- Marty Angelo, television producer, record promoter, restaurant/nightclub owner and manager
- Nelson Baker, Roman Catholic priest and church administrator
- Rosalie Bertell, scientist, author, environmental activist, and epidemiologist
- Harry Emerson Fosdick, Pastor and central figure in the "Fundamentalist-Modernist Controversy" within American Protestantism
- Kevin Gaughan, attorney and government reform advocate
- Anson Goodyear, philanthropist and first president of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City
- Isaac Klein, prominent rabbi and halakhic authority within Conservative Judaism.
- Sister Karen Klimczak, member of the Sisters of St. Joseph
- Maggie Kuhn, founder the Gray Panthers movement
- Henry Moxley, African-American businessman, religious leader and activist
- Marvin Opler, Anthropologist and social psychiatrist
- Morris Opler, Anthropologist and advocate of Japanese American civil rights
- Red Jacket, Native American Seneca orator and chief of the Wolf clan
- Mary Burnett Talbert, African-American activist, suffragist and reformer
Science and technology
- Willis Carrier, inventor of modern air conditioning
- Sidney Farber, considered the father of modern chemotherapy
- Edward Gibson, Nasa astronaut, pilot, engineer, and physicist
- Wilson Greatbatch, inventor of the Cardiac pacemaker[2]
- Herbert Hauptman, Nobel Laureate
- Herman Hollerith, founder of The Tabulating Machine Company that later became IBM
- Bruce Kershner, environmentalist and author
- Chad Myers, meteorologist
- Roswell Park, physician
- James Pawelczyk, Nasa researcher
- Alfred Southwick, inventor of the electric chair
- Cliff Stoll, astronomer, author and teacher
- Craig Venter, founder of Celera Genomics, The Institute for Genomic Research, and the J. Craig Venter Institute
- Jeffrey Wigand, tobacco industry whistleblower
Sports
- Kevyn Adams, hockey player
- Adrian Adonis, wrestler
- Matt Anderson, volleyball player
- Jimmy Arias, tennis player
- Tom Baker, bowler
- Dick Beyer, wrestler
- Damone Brown, basketball player
- Jack Brownschidle, hockey player
- Jim Burt, football player
- Al Cervi, basketball player and coach
- Steven Coppola, Olympic rower
- Jon Corto, football player
- Don Curtis, wrestler
- Jim Dombrowski, football player
- Brian Dux, basketball player
- Joe Ehrmann, football player
- Rashad Evans, mixed martial artist
- Jeffrey Float, Olympic swimmer
- Jonny Flynn, basketball player
- Marcus Foligno, hockey player
- Nick Foligno, hockey player
- Corey Graham, football player
- Rob Gronkowski, football player
- Paul Harris, basketball player
- Lazar Hayward, basketball player
- Orel Hershiser, baseball pitcher
- Joe Hesketh, baseball pitcher
- Dave Hollins, baseball player
- Bill Hunter, baseball player
- Ron Jaworski, football player
- Patrick Kaleta, hockey player
- Patrick Kane, hockey player
- Jack Kemp, football player and politician
- Tim Kennedy, hockey player
- Seymour H. Knox III, NHL owner
- Todd Krygier, hockey player
- Christian Laettner, basketball player
- Bob Lanier, basketball player
- Mark Lewin, wrestler
- Lex Luger, wrestler
- Sal Maglie, baseball pitcher
- Don Majkowski, football player
- Mike Mamula, football player
- Todd Marchant, hockey player
- Phil McConkey, football player
- Marc Mero, wrestler
- Joe Mesi, boxer
- Steve Mesler, Olympic bobsled gold medalist
- Aaron Miller, hockey player
- Matvey Natanzon, backgammon player
- Greg Oden, basketball player
- Brooks Orpik, hockey player
- Alexi Salamone, sled hockey player
- Adam Page, sledge hockey player
- Tommy Paul, boxer
- Ron Pitts, football player
- Kevin Quick, hockey player
- Emily Regan, Olympic rowing gold medalist
- Cliff Robinson, basketball player
- Naaman Roosevelt, football player
- Buddy Rosar, baseball player
- Trevor Ruffin, basketball player
- Roy Saari, Olympic swimmer
- Philippe Sauvé, hockey player
- The Silent Warrior, wrestler
- Jimmy Slattery, boxer
- Warren Spahn, baseball pitcher
- James Starks, football player
- Lee Stempniak, hockey player
- Loren Stokes, basketball player
- Josh Thomas, football player
- A.J. Verel, kickboxer, martial artist
- Ward Wettlaufer, golfer
- Mary Wittenberg, marathon official
- Craig Wolfley, football player
References
- ^ "John C. Sagelhurst". Retrieved July 19, 2014.
- ^ "Wilson Greatbatch". invent.org. Retrieved 11 October 2015.