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Buffalo, New York Buffalo is the second-largest city in the U.S. state of New York (behind only New York City) and the seat of Erie County. It is at the eastern end of Lake Erie, at the head of the Niagara River, and is across the Canadian border from South ...
. Individuals are listed in alphabetical order by last name in each category. Residents of Buffalo are commonly referred to as ''Buffalonians''.


Architects

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Louise Blanchard Bethune Louise Blanchard Bethune (July 21, 1856 – December 18, 1913) was the first American woman known to have worked as a professional architect. She was born in Waterloo, New York. Blanchard worked primarily in Buffalo, New York and partnered with h ...
(1856–1915) *
Gordon Bunshaft Gordon Bunshaft, (May 9, 1909 – August 6, 1990), was an American architect, a leading proponent of modern design in the mid-twentieth century. A partner in Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), Bunshaft joined the firm in 1937 and remained with ...
(1909–1990),
Pritzker Prize The Pritzker Architecture Prize is an international architecture award presented annually "to honor a living architect or architects whose built work demonstrates a combination of those qualities of talent, vision and commitment, which has produ ...
winner * Robert T. Coles (1929–2020) * William Harrison Folsom (1815–1901), designed the
Manti Temple Manti or Manty may refer to: Places * Manti, Iowa, a defunct Mormon settlement * Manti, Utah, a city, named for the city of Manti in the Book of Mormon * Manti National Forest, formerly Manti Forest Reserve, in Colorado and Utah * Manti (crater) ...
* E. B. Green (1855–1950) * James A. Johnson (1865–1939) *
Duane Lyman Duane Lyman (1886–1966) was an architect based in Buffalo, New York, known for his prolific career which included 100 school buildings, many churches, and numerous large homes both in the city and suburban communities. At the time of his death, ...
(1886–1966) * Richard A. Waite (1848–1911)


Arts and humanities

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Cory Arcangel Cory Arcangel (born May 25, 1978) is an American post-conceptual artist who makes work in many different media, including drawing, music, video, performance art, and video game modifications, for which he is best known. Arcangel often uses the ...
(born 1978),
new media New media describes communication technologies that enable or enhance interaction between users as well as interaction between users and content. In the middle of the 1990s, the phrase "new media" became widely used as part of a sales pitch for ...
artist *
Timothy D. Bellavia Timothy Bellavia (born 1971) is an American children's author, fabric artist and educator. Bellavia is best known for his education research through his We Are All the Same Inside children's book series and accompanying Sage doll. Career Once a ...
(born 1971), children's author, illustrator, and educator *
Charles E. Burchfield Charles Ephraim Burchfield (April 9, 1893 – January 10, 1967) was an American Painting, painter and visionary artist, known for his passionate watercolors of nature scenes and townscapes. The largest collection of Burchfield's paintings, archiv ...
(1893–1967), watercolor painter *
Philip Burke Philip Burke (born 1956 in Buffalo, New York) is an American caricature artist and illustrator, known for his vivid portraits that appeared in the pages of ''Rolling Stone'' magazine for almost a decade. Burke's work extends beyond the likes of ...
(born 1956), caricaturist *
John F. Carlson John Fabian Carlson (May 5, 1875 – May 19, 1947) was a Swedish-born American Impressionist painter. Background John Fabian Carlson was born in Kolsebo in Västervik Municipality, Kalmar County, in Småland, Sweden. The Carlson family immigrat ...
(1875–1947),
American Impressionist American Impressionism was a style of painting related to European Impressionism and practiced by American artists in the United States from the mid-nineteenth century through the beginning of the twentieth. The style is characterized by loose b ...
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Charles Clough Charles Clough may refer to: * Charles Clough (artist) (born 1951), American painter * Charles Clough (geologist) Charles Thomas Clough MA, LLD, FGS, FRSE (23 December 1852 – 27 August 1916) was a prominent British geologist and mapmaker. Th ...
(born 1951), painter *
Tony Conrad Anthony Schmalz Conrad (March 7, 1940 – April 9, 2016) was an American video artist, experimental filmmaker, musician, composer, sound artist, teacher, and writer. Active in a variety of media since the early 1960s, he was a pioneer of both d ...
(1940–2016), media artist *
Steve Fiorilla Steve Fiorilla (January 12, 1961 – July 29, 2009) was an American artist born in Paterson, New Jersey, who lived and worked in Buffalo, New York. Throughout his career, Fiorilla emphasized the grotesque and surreal in illustrations, sculptur ...
(1961–2009), illustrator and sculptor *
Frank Kelly Freas Frank Kelly Freas (August 27, 1922 – January 2, 2005) was an American science fiction and fantasy artist with a career spanning more than 50 years. He was known as the "Dean of Science Fiction Artists" and he was the second artist inducted by ...
(1922–2005), science fiction and fantasy artist *
Wilhelmina McAlpin Godfrey Wilhelmina McAlpin Godfrey (August 27, 1914 – May 13, 1994) was an American painter, printmaker and textile artist, art educator and community activist in Buffalo, New York. Biography Godfrey was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was ra ...
(1914–1994), painter, printmaker, and fiber artist *
Grace Knowlton Grace Knowlton (1932 – 4 December 2020) was an American sculptor and photographer who was known for her outdoor sculptures. Her work has been exhibited at the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and other venues. Early ...
(1932–2020), sculptor *
Justine Kurland Justine Kurland (born 1969) is an American fine art photographer, based in New York City. Early life and education Kurland was born in Warsaw, New York. She earned her B.F.A. from the School of Visual Arts in 1996. She went on to study with Greg ...
(born 1969), photographer *
J. J. Lankes Julius John Lankes (1884–1960) was an illustrator, a woodcut print artist, author, and college professor. Early life and education Lankes was born on August 31, 1884 in Buffalo, New York to parents of German heritage. His father worked in a l ...
(1884–1960), illustrator, woodcut print artist, and author *
Sylvia Lark Sylvia Lark (1947–1990) was a Native American/Seneca artist, curator, and educator. She best known as an Abstract expressionist painter and printmaker. Lark lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for many years. Early life and education Lark wa ...
(1947–1990),
Seneca Seneca may refer to: People and language * Seneca (name), a list of people with either the given name or surname * Seneca people, one of the six Iroquois tribes of North America ** Seneca language, the language of the Seneca people Places Extrat ...
painter and printmaker *
Robert Longo Robert Longo (born 1953) is an American artist, filmmaker, photographer and musician. Longo became first well known in the 1980s for his ''Men in the Cities'' drawing and print series, which depict sharply dressed men and women writhing in cont ...
(born 1953), painter and sculptor *
Anne-Imelda Radice Anne-Imelda Marino Radice (born February 29, 1948, in Buffalo) is an American art historian and curator. Radice currently serves as the Management Analyst for the National Endowment for the Humanities. Career Born in Buffalo to Lawrence and An ...
(born 1948), art historian and curator * Asad Raza (born 1974), artist * Michael Ross (1955), artist *
Spain Rodriguez Manuel Rodriguez (March 2, 1940 – November 28, 2012), better known as Spain or Spain Rodriguez, was an American underground cartoonist who created the character Trashman. His experiences on the road with the motorcycle club, the Road Vultures M ...
(1940–2012), underground cartoonist *
Milton Rogovin Milton Rogovin Pronounced "ruh-GO-vin" (December 30, 1909 – January 18, 2011) was an American social documentary photographer. His photographs are in the Library of Congress, the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Center for Creative Photography and othe ...
(1909–2011), documentary photographer *
Charles Rohlfs Charles Rohlfs (February 15, 1853 – June 30, 1936), was an Americans, American actor, Patternmaker (engineering), patternmaker, stove designer and furniture maker. Rohlfs is a representative of the Arts and Crafts Movement, and is most f ...
(1853–1936), actor, patternmaker, stove designer, and furniture maker *
Paul Sharits Paul Jeffrey Sharits (February 7, 1943, Denver, Colorado—July 8, 1993, Buffalo, New York) was a visual artist, best known for his work in experimental, or avant-garde filmmaking, particularly what became known as the structural film movement, ...
(1943–1993), visual artist *
Cindy Sherman Cynthia Morris Sherman (born January 19, 1954) is an American artist whose work consists primarily of photographic self-portraits, depicting herself in many different contexts and as various imagined characters. Her breakthrough work is often co ...
(born 1954), artist and photographer * William Simpson (c.1818–1872), portrait artist *
Chrysanne Stathacos Chrysanne Stathacos (born 1951) is a Canadian American multidisciplinary artist. Her work has encompassed print, textile, performance and conceptual art. Stathacos is heavily involved with and influenced by feminism, Greek Mythology, eastern spi ...
(born 1951), print, textile, performance, and conceptual artist * Tony Sisti (1901–1983), painter *
Eugene Speicher Eugene (Edward) Speicher NA (April 5, 1883 – May 11, 1962) was an American portrait, landscape, and figurative painter. He was one of the foremost realists of his generation who closely upheld the mantle of his mentor, Robert Henri. Biography ...
(1883–1962), portrait, landscape, and figurative painter *
Tom Toles Thomas Gregory Toles (born October 22, 1951) is a retired American political cartoonist. He is the winner of the 1990 Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning. His cartoons typically presented progressive viewpoints. Similar to Oliphant's use o ...
(born 1951), political cartoonist *
Adam Zyglis Adam O. Zyglis (born July 9, 1982) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning"Buffalo News cartoonist Adam Zyglis wins Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning", ''Buffalo News'', April 20, 2015 American editorial cartoonist who works for the ''Buffalo News'' of ...
(born 1982), editorial cartoonist


Authors and journalists

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John Arcudi John Arcudi is an American comic book writer, best known for his work on '' The Mask'' and '' B.P.R.D.'', and his series '' Major Bummer''. Early life Arcudi grew up in Buffalo, New York. He attended Columbia University as an English major and ...
, comic book author *
John Barth John Simmons Barth (; born May 27, 1930) is an American writer who is best known for his postmodern and metafictional fiction. His most highly regarded and influential works were published in the 1960s, and include ''The Sot-Weed Factor'', a ...
, novelist *
Gary Barwin Gary Barwin (born 1964 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a Canadian poet, writer, composer, multimedia artist, performer and educator who lives in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He writes in a range of genres including poetry, fiction, visual poetry ...
, Irish writer * Charles Baxter, author *
Lauren Belfer Lauren Belfer is an American author of four novels: '' City of Light'', ''A Fierce Radiance'', ''And After the Fire and'' ''Ashton Hall,'' which was published in June of 2022. Personal life Lauren Belfer was born in Rochester, New York and grew ...
, author *
Wolf Blitzer Wolf Isaac Blitzer (born March 22, 1948) is an American journalist, television news anchor, and author who has been a CNN reporter since 1990, and who currently serves as one of the principal anchors at the network. He is the host of ''The Situat ...
, television journalist *
Lawrence Block Lawrence Block (born June 24, 1938) is an American crime writer best known for two long-running New York-set series about the recovering alcoholic P.I. Matthew Scudder and the gentleman burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr. Block was named a Grand Mas ...
, crime novelist *
Howard Bloom Howard Bloom (born June 25, 1943) is an American author. He was a music publicist in the 1970s and 1980s for singers and bands such as Prince (musician), Prince, Billy Joel, and Styx (band), Styx.Dale Brown Dale Brown (born 2 November 1956) is an American writer and aviator known for aviation techno-thriller novels. At least thirteen of his novels have been ''New York Times'' Best Sellers. Early life Brown was born in Buffalo, New York, and w ...
, aviator and author *
William Wells Brown William Wells Brown (c. 1814 – November 6, 1884) was a prominent abolitionist lecturer, novelist, playwright, and historian in the United States. Born into slavery in Montgomery County, Kentucky, near the town of Mount Sterling, Brown escape ...
, abolitionist and writer *
Taylor Caldwell Janet Miriam Caldwell (September 7, 1900August 30, 1985) was a British-born American novelist and prolific author of popular fiction under the pen names Taylor Caldwell, Marcus Holland and Max Reiner. She was also known by a variation of her mar ...
, author *
Lucille Clifton Lucille Clifton (June 27, 1936 – February 13, 2010) was an American poet, writer, and educator from Buffalo, New York. From 1979 to 1985 she was Poet Laureate of Maryland. Clifton was a finalist twice for the Pulitzer Prize for poetry. Lif ...
, poet *
J. M. Coetzee John Maxwell Coetzee OMG (born 9 February 1940) is a South African–Australian novelist, essayist, linguist, translator and recipient of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is one of the most critically acclaimed and decorated authors in ...
, South African writer *
Angelo F. Coniglio Angelo F. Coniglio (born August 21, 1936) is an American civil engineer, educator, genealogist and author. He was in the first graduating class (BSCE,1961) of the School of Civil Engineering established by Robert L. Ketter at the University of B ...
, civil engineer and author *
Burton Crane Burton Crane (January 23, 1901 - February 3, 1963) was a '' The New York Times'' correspondent on economics during the Occupation Period of Japan who also gained popularity as a singer in the same country, and was referred to as Japan's Bing Crosby. ...
, financial journalist *
Robert Creeley Robert White Creeley (May 21, 1926 – March 30, 2005) was an American poet and author of more than sixty books. He is usually associated with the Black Mountain poets, though his verse aesthetic diverged from that school. He was close with Char ...
, poet *
Marvin Farber Marvin Farber (December 14, 1901 – November 24, 1980) was an American philosopher and educator. Early life and education He was born in Buffalo, New York, Buffalo, New York (state), New York to Jewish parents Simon and Matilda (Goldstein) Farb ...
, philosopher *
Marian de Forest Marian de Forest (February 27, 1864 – February 17, 1935) was an American journalist, playwright, major force in the progressive women's movement, and founder of Zonta (later Zonta International), a service organization of women professionals. ...
, journalist and playwright *
Gregg Easterbrook Gregg Edmund Easterbrook (born March 3, 1953) is an American writer and a contributing editor of both ''The New Republic'' and ''The Atlantic Monthly''. He has authored ten books (six nonfiction, one of humor, and three literary novels), and wr ...
, magazine journalist *
Leslie Feinberg Leslie Feinberg (September 1, 1949 – November 15, 2014) was an American butch lesbian, transgender activist, communist, and author. Feinberg authored '' Stone Butch Blues'' in 1993.
, author and transgender activist *
Leslie Fiedler Leslie Aaron Fiedler (March 8, 1917 – January 29, 2003) was an American literary critic, known for his interest in mythography and his championing of genre fiction. His work incorporates the application of psychological theories to American lit ...
, literary critic *
F. Scott Fitzgerald Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940) was an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his novels depicting the flamboyance and excess of the Jazz Age—a term he popularize ...
, novelist * Josh Fruhlinger (
The Comics Curmudgeon The Comics Curmudgeon is an American blog devoted to humorous and critical analysis of newspaper comics. Its author, Josh Fruhlinger, is a freelance writer and editor based in Los Angeles. Content For each blog post, author Josh Fruhlinger selec ...
) * Dawn Gallagher author, beauty and wellness expert * Alice Gerard journalist and peace activist *
Loss Pequeño Glazier Poet Loss Pequeño Glazier is the creator of books of print poetry, digital poems, theoretical texts, and performance works. Glazier stands among literary figures at the "forefront of the digital poetics movement. A "distinguished writer of elect ...
, poet (
Electronic Poetry Center The Electronic Poetry Center (EPC), is an online resource for digital poetry. It was founded on July 10, 1994 by Loss Pequeño Glazier and Charles Bernstein, of the Poetics Program at SUNY-Buffalo, making it one of the oldest resources for poetry ...
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Frances Gillmor Frances Gillmor (21 May 1903 28 October 1993 ) was an American folklorist, scholar, and novelist. Early life and education Born in Buffalo, New York, May 21, 1903 Frances Gillmor was the only child of Abner Churchill Gillmor and Annie McVicar Gi ...
, folklorist, scholar, and novelist *
Anna Katharine Green Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories. Green ...
, poet and novelist *
Terry Gross Terry Gross (born February 14, 1951) is an American journalist who is the host and co-executive producer of ''Fresh Air'', an interview-based radio show produced by WHYY-FM in Philadelphia and distributed nationally by NPR. Since joining NPR i ...
, radio personality *
A. R. Gurney Albert Ramsdell Gurney Jr. (November 1, 1930 – June 13, 2017) (sometimes credited as Pete Gurney) was an American playwright, novelist and academic. He is known for works including ''The Dining Room'' (1982), '' Sweet Sue'' (1986/7), and ''The ...
, playwright *
Richard Hofstadter Richard Hofstadter (August 6, 1916October 24, 1970) was an American historian and public intellectual of the mid-20th century. Hofstadter was the DeWitt Clinton Professor of American History at Columbia University. Rejecting his earlier historic ...
, historian *
Karla F.C. Holloway Karla Francesca Holloway (née Clapp; September 29, 1949) is an American academic. She is James B. Duke Professor of English & Professor of Law at Duke University, and holds appointments in the Duke University School of Law as well as the univer ...
, professor *
Paul Horgan Paul George Vincent O'Shaughnessy Horgan (August 1, 1903 – March 8, 1995) was an American writer of historical fiction and non-fiction who mainly wrote about the Southwestern United States. He was the recipient of two Pulitzer Prizes for Histor ...
, historian and author *
Elbert Hubbard Elbert Green Hubbard (June 19, 1856 – May 7, 1915) was an American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher. Raised in Hudson, Illinois, he had early success as a traveling salesman for the Larkin Soap Company. Hubbard is known best as the ...
, publisher * Bruce Jackson, scholar *
Thomas Joseph Thomas Joseph (8 June 1954 – 29 July 2021) was an Indian writer of Malayalam literature. He received Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story in 2013 for his work, ''Marichavar Cinema KaanukayaaNu'' (The Dead are Watching Movies). He was also a ...
, James Beard Foundation Award winner chef and video host *
John Kessel John Joseph Vincent Kessel (born September 24, 1950) is an American author of science fiction and fantasy. He is a prolific short story writer, and the author of four solo novels, '' Good News From Outer Space'' (1989), ''Corrupting Dr. Nice'' ( ...
, sci-fi writer *
Nancy Kress Nancy Anne Kress (born January 20, 1948) is an American science fiction writer. She began writing in 1976 but has achieved her greatest notice since the publication of her Hugo- and Nebula-winning 1991 novella ''Beggars in Spain'', which became a ...
, sci-fi writer *
Mabel Dodge Luhan Mabel Evans Dodge Sterne Luhan (pronounced ''LOO-hahn''; née Ganson; February 26, 1879 – August 13, 1962) was a wealthy American patron of the arts, who was particularly associated with the Taos art colony. Early life Mabel Ganson was the heir ...
, patron of the arts *
Martha MacCallum Martha Bowes MacCallum (born January 31, 1964) is an American news host for Fox News. She is the host of ''The Story with Martha MacCallum'', broadcast from Manhattan. MacCallum joined the network in 2004. Her interviews with President Barack Ob ...
, television journalist * Norman E. Mack, editor & publisher of the Buffalo Times, chairman of the Democratic National Committee *
Steele MacKaye James Morrison Steele MacKaye ( ; June 6, 1842 – February 25, 1894) was an American playwright, actor, theater manager and inventor. Having acted, written, directed and produced numerous and popular plays and theatrical spectaculars of the day ...
, playwright, theatrical producer *
Marguerite Merington Marguerite Merington (1857/60/61 – May 20, 1951) was an English-born American author of short stories, essays, dramatic works, and biographies. For several years, she taught in Greek and Latin at the Normal College in New York before pursuing ...
, author *
Marion Juliet Mitchell Marion Juliet Mitchell (September 4, 1836 – January 30, 1917) was an American poet and educator. She received a thorough education, and inherited literary tastes from her parents. She contributed extensively both prose and verse to magazines a ...
, poet *
Joyce Carol Oates Joyce Carol Oates (born June 16, 1938) is an American writer. Oates published her first book in 1963, and has since published 58 novels, a number of plays and novellas, and many volumes of short stories, poetry, and non-fiction. Her novels '' Bla ...
, author * John Otto, radio talk show host *
Laura Pedersen Laura Pedersen is an American author and playwright. She worked at American Stock Exchange before writing her first book, ''Play Money''. Early life and education Pedersen is the only child of John and Ellen Pedersen. She grew up in Amherst, New ...
, journalist, novelist, playwright *
Tim Powers Timothy Thomas Powers (born February 29, 1952) is an American science fiction and fantasy fiction, fantasy author. Powers has won the World Fantasy Award twice for his critically acclaimed novels ''Last Call (novel), Last Call'' and ''Declare''. ...
, sci-fi writer *
Ishmael Reed Ishmael Scott Reed (born February 22, 1938) is an American poet, novelist, essayist, songwriter, composer, playwright, editor and publisher known for his satirical works challenging American political culture. Perhaps his best-known work is '' M ...
, poet, essayist *
Emma May Alexander Reinertsen Emma May Alexander Reinertsen (, Alexander; pen name, Gale Forest; also known as, Mrs. R. C. Reinertsen; January 6, 1853 – March 22, 1920) was a pseudonymous American writer of prose sketches, and articles on social reform issues. As "Gale Fore ...
, writer, social reformer *
Tim Russert Timothy John Russert (May 7, 1950 – June 13, 2008) was an American television journalist and lawyer who appeared for more than 16 years as the longest-serving moderator of NBC's ''Meet the Press''. He was a senior vice president at NBC News, Wa ...
, television journalist *
Joseph Sansonese J. Nigro Sansonese is the pen name of author Joseph Sansonese (born May 13, 1946). Biography J. Nigro Sansonese was born Joseph Sansonese in Buffalo, NY, where he attended Canisius High School. He was trained in physics and mathematics at Fordh ...
, author *
Ruben Santiago-Hudson Ruben Santiago-Hudson (born Ruben Santiago Jr., November 24, 1956) is an American actor, playwright, and director who has won national awards for his work in all three categories. He is best known for his role of Captain Roy Montgomery from 2009 ...
, playwright, actor * Bob Smith, comedian and author *
Fran Striker Francis Hamilton "Fran" Striker (August 19, 1903 – September 4, 1962) was an American writer for radio and comics, best known for creating the characters the Lone Ranger, the Green Hornet, and Sgt. Preston of the Yukon. Early life Born in ...
, creator of the Lone Ranger and the Green Hornet *
Matt Taibbi Matthew Colin Taibbi (; born March 2, 1970) is an American author, journalist, and podcaster. He has reported on finance, media, politics, and sports. A former contributing editor for ''Rolling Stone'', he is an author of several books, co-host o ...
, journalist *
Doug Turner Douglas William Turner (born January 3, 1969) is the founding partner of the global communications firm Agenda. He also was a Republican candidate for the New Mexico gubernatorial election in 2010, where he was defeated in the primary election ...
, executive editor of the Courier Express, Washington Bureau Chief of the Buffalo News, Olympic rower *
Mark Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has p ...
, pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, iconic author *
Jane Meade Welch Jane Meade Welch (March 11, 1854 – September 30, 1931) was an American journalist and historian who lectured and wrote on American history. She was the first woman in Buffalo, New York to become a professional journalist, the first American wo ...
, journalist, lecturer *
Stuart Cary Welch Stuart Cary Welch Jr. (2 April 1928 – 13 August 2008) was an American scholar and curator of Indian and Islamic art. Life and career Welch was born to a prominent family in Buffalo, New York. His maternal grandfather, Norman Edward Mack, was ...
, author and curator of Indian and Islamic Art *
Lanford Wilson Lanford Wilson (April 13, 1937March 24, 2011) was an American playwright. His work, as described by ''The New York Times'', was "earthy, realist, greatly admired ndwidely performed."Margalit Fox, Fox, Margalit"Lanford Wilson, Pulitzer Prize-Wi ...
, playwright *
Bob Wojnowski Bob "Wojo" Wojnowski is an American reporter and columnist for ''The Detroit News'' and host of a radio show on WXYT-FM in Detroit, Michigan. Wojnowski also appears often on Fox 2 WJBK's ''Sunday Night Sports Works'' roundtable. Wojnowski pr ...
, sports journalist *
Julia Evelyn Ditto Young Julia Ditto Young (, Ditto; December 4, 1857 – April 19, 1915) was an American poet and novelist. Young's first literary effort dates back to her childhood days, and her first appearance in print was in local newspapers. The first money earned ...
, writer


Bands, composers, and musicians

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Laura Aikin Laura Aikin (born June 20, 1964) is an American operatic coloratura soprano. She is noted for her portrayal of the title character in ''Lulu'', which has received very positive reviews in the press. She has also appeared as Mozart's Queen of th ...
, operatic coloratura soprano *
Michael Angelakos Michael John Angelakos (born May 19, 1987) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as the frontman of the indietronica band Passion Pit. Career Passion Pit (2008–present) The first Passion Pit songs, ...
of Passion Pit, singer-songwriter, composer, record producer *
Harold Arlen Harold Arlen (born Hyman Arluck; February 15, 1905 – April 23, 1986) was an American composer of popular music, who composed over 500 songs, a number of which have become known worldwide. In addition to composing the songs for the 1939 film ...
, prolific standards composer (500 + Songs) who won an Academy Award for Over the Rainbow *
Darrell Banks Darrell Banks (born Darrell Eubanks; July 25, 1937 – February 24, 1970) was an American soul singer. He had a hit with 1966's " Open the Door to Your Heart". Background Born in Mansfield, Ohio,, Banks grew up in Buffalo, New York, and learned ...
, singer *
Benny the Butcher Jeremie Damon Pennick (born November 27, 1984), known professionally as Benny the Butcher or simply Benny, is an American rapper. He is part of the hip hop collective Griselda with frequent collaborators and first-cousins Westside Gunn and Conw ...
, rapper * The Bloody Hollies, band *
Juini Booth Arthur Edward Booth Jr. (February 12, 1948 – July 11, 2021) was an American jazz bassist. His professional name was Juini Booth, though his nickname has been spelled Jiunie, Junie, Joony, Jooney, Joonie, Juni, Juney, and Junius, over the cours ...
, jazz double-bassist *
Buffalo Bills The Buffalo Bills are a professional American football team based in the Buffalo metropolitan area. The Bills compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) East division. ...
, barbershop quartet *
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra is an American symphony orchestra located in Buffalo, New York led by Music Director JoAnn Faletta. Its primary performing venue is Kleinhans Music Hall, which is a National Historic Landmark. Each season it p ...
, classical orchestral symphony * The Bunny The Bear, band *
Julie Byrne Julie Byrne is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist from Buffalo, New York. To date, she has released two studio albums, ''Rooms With Walls and Windows'' (2014) and ''Not Even Happiness'' (2017). Biography Early life Born and raised i ...
, singer-songwriter *
Cannibal Corpse Cannibal Corpse is an American death metal band formed in Buffalo, New York in 1988, now based out of Tampa, Florida. The band has released fifteen studio albums, two box sets, four video albums, and two live albums. The band has had little radi ...
, band *
Peter Case Peter Case (born April 5, 1954) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. His career is wide-ranging, from rock n' roll and blues, to folk rock and solo acoustic performance. Biography Early career Case was born in Buffalo, New York a ...
, singer-songwriter and guitarist * Ray Chamberlain, jazz guitarist, bassist *
Johny Chow John Mark Bechtel (born February 1, 1972) is an American musician and artist. He is currently the bassist for the rock band Stone Sour. He is a former bassist for the bands Cavalera Conspiracy, Souls of We, Fireball Ministry, My Ruin, Cortez, Sy ...
, musician and bassist for
Stone Sour Stone Sour is an American rock band formed in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1992. The band performed for five years before disbanding in 1997. They reunited in 2000 and since 2015, the group has consisted of Corey Taylor (lead vocals, guitar), Josh Rand ...
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Stacy Clark Stacy Clark (born September 21, 1980) is an American singer-songwriter born in Buffalo, New York. Beginnings Clark was born and raised in Buffalo, New York. Self-taught, Clark stood out in the Buffalo music scene and was often compared to th ...
, singer-songwriter *
Willis Conover Willis Clark Conover, Jr. (December 18, 1920 – May 17, 1996) was a jazz producer and broadcaster on the Voice of America for over forty years. He produced jazz concerts at the White House, the Newport Jazz Festival, and for movies and televisi ...
, jazz producer and broadcaster *
Conway the Machine Demond Price (born February 16, 1982), known professionally as Conway the Machine (or simply Conway), is an American rapper. Alongside his paternal half-brother Westside Gunn and cousin Benny the Butcher, Conway was a member of Griselda Records ...
, rapper *
Patrick Cowley Patrick Joseph Cowley (October 19, 1950 – November 12, 1982) was an American disco and hi-NRG dance music composer and recording artist. Along with Giorgio Moroder, he often is credited as a pioneer of electronic dance music. Early life Patr ...
, composer, recording artist *
Cute is What We Aim For Cute Is What We Aim For is an American rock band from Buffalo, New York. The band formed in 2005 and has since released two albums: '' The Same Old Blood Rush with a New Touch'' and ''Rotation''. The band was previously signed with record label ...
, band *
Vic Dana Samuel Mendola (born August 26, 1942, Buffalo, New York, United States), known professionally as Vic Dana, is an American dancer and singer. Biography Discovered by Sammy Davis Jr., Dana was an excellent male dancer, particularly in tap, and w ...
, dancer and singer *
Danimal Cannon Daniel Behrens (born March 11, 1983) better known by his stage name Danimal Cannon, is an American video game composer and chiptune music performer. He is most known for combining guitar playing with Game Boy music. He is also known for his p ...
, video game composer and performer *
Lance Diamond Lance Diamond (born William Shingles), (July 3, 19452015 in review: ...
, lounge singer and personality *
Ani DiFranco Angela Maria "Ani" DiFranco (; born September 23, 1970) is an American-Canadian singer-songwriter. She has released more than 20 albums. DiFranco's music has been classified as folk rock and alternative rock, although it has additional influe ...
, singer, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, poet, songwriter *
Julius Eastman Julius Eastman (October 27, 1940 – May 28, 1990) was an American composer, pianist, vocalist, and performance artist whose work is associated with musical minimalism. He was among the first composers to combine minimalist processes with elements ...
, composer, pianist, singer *
Every Time I Die Every Time I Die was an American metalcore band from Buffalo, New York, formed in 1998. For most of the band's career, the line-up was centred on brothers Keith (vocals) and Jordan Buckley (guitar), as well as rhythm guitarist Andy Williams wi ...
, band *
JoAnn Falletta JoAnn Falletta (born February 27, 1954 in Queens, New York) is an American conductor. Biography Falletta was raised in the borough of Queens in an Italian-American household. She was educated at the Mannes College of Music and The Juilliard Sch ...
, classical musician and orchestral conductor *
Florian-Ayala Fauna Florian-Ayala Fauna is an American artist, musician, poet, and music producer. Fauna is the main member of the post-industrial music project uncertain. Personal life Florian-Ayala Fauna was born in Norfolk, Virginia. At age 5, Fauna moved to ...
, noise musician and music producer *
Morton Feldman Morton Feldman (January 12, 1926 – September 3, 1987) was an American composer. A major figure in 20th-century classical music, Feldman was a pioneer of indeterminate music, a development associated with the experimental New York School ...
, composer *
Lukas Foss Lukas Foss (August 15, 1922 – February 1, 2009) was a German-American composer, pianist, and conductor. Career Born Lukas Fuchs in Berlin, Germany in 1922, Foss was soon recognized as a child prodigy. He began piano and theory lessons with J ...
, composer, pianist, conductor *
Jackson C. Frank Jackson Carey Frank (March 2, 1943 – March 3, 1999) was an American folk musician. He released his first and only album in 1965, produced by Paul Simon. After the release of the record, Frank was plagued by a series of personal issues, ...
, folk musician *
Charles Gayle Charles Gayle (born February 28, 1939) is an American free jazz musician. Initially known as a saxophonist who came to prominence in the 1990s after decades of obscurity, Gayle also performs as pianist, bass clarinetist, bassist, and percussioni ...
, jazz saxophonist, pianist, bass clarinetist, bassist *
Teddy Geiger Teresa Geiger (born September 16, 1988) also known by her stage name Teddy Geiger, is an American artist, songwriter and record producer. Early life Geiger was born on September 16, 1988, to Lorilyn Rizzo-Bridges and John Theodore Geiger, I. Sh ...
, singer-songwriter * Girlpope, band *
E. Ray Goetz Edward Ray Goetz (June 12, 1886 – June 12, 1954) was an American composer, lyricist, playwright, theatre director, and theatrical producer. A Tin Pan Alley songwriter, he published more than 500 songs during his career; many of them origin ...
, Broadway composer and producer and briefly brother-in-law to
Irving Berlin Irving Berlin (born Israel Beilin; yi, ישראל ביילין; May 11, 1888 – September 22, 1989) was a Russian-American composer, songwriter and lyricist. His music forms a large part of the Great American Songbook. Born in Imperial Russi ...
*
Goo Goo Dolls The Goo Goo Dolls are an American rock band formed in 1986 in Buffalo, New York, by guitarist/vocalist John Rzeznik, bassist/vocalist Robby Takac, and drummer George Tutuska. After starting off as a cover band and then developing a punk sound, ...
, band *
Grabbitz Nicholas Chiari (born February 18, 1993), commonly known by his stage name Grabbitz, is an American record producer, musician, composer, and DJ. In July 2014, he first gained widespread attention in the EDM community with the release of "Here Wit ...
, singer-songwriter *
Green Jellÿ Green Jellÿ (, ''green Jell-O'') is an American comedy rock band formed in 1981. Originally named Green Jellö, the band changed its name due to legal pressure from Kraft Foods Inc., the owners of the Jell-O brand, who claimed that it was an in ...
, band * Jim Hall, jazz guitarist, composer, arranger *
Alan Heatherington Alan Heatherington (born 1945) is one of the leading orchestra conductors in Illinois. He has conducted and/or played with virtually all of the major orchestras in the Chicago area. He was the Music Director of Ars Viva Symphony Orchestra, the Lak ...
, orchestra conductor *
Ray Henderson Ray Henderson (born Raymond Brost; December 1, 1896 – December 31, 1970) was an American songwriter. Early life Born in Buffalo, New York, United States, Henderson moved to New York City and became a popular composer in Tin Pan Alley. He was o ...
, songwriter *
Edna Indermaur Edna Freda Indermaur (December 21, 1892 - January 10, 1985) was an American contralto singer. Biography Indermaur was born on December 21, 1892 in Buffalo, New York, United States. She was of Swiss descent and a member of the In der Maur fami ...
, classical singer *
It Dies Today It Dies Today (sometimes abbreviated "IDT") is an American metalcore band that formed in Buffalo, New York during September 2001 (around the time surrounding 9/11). The band achieved popular success in 2004 with the release of their debut album ...
, band *
Jackdaw Jackdaws are two species of bird in the genus ''Coloeus'' closely related to, but generally smaller than, the crows and ravens (''Corvus''). ''Coloeus'' is sometimes treated as a subgenus of ''Corvus'', including by the IUCN.Madge & Burn (1994) ...
, band *
Rick James James Ambrose Johnson Jr. (February 1, 1948 – August 6, 2004), better known by his stage name Rick James, was an American singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. Born and raised in Buffalo, New York, James began his musical career in ...
, singer-songwriter, musician and record producer * Joe Public, band *
Joe Kraemer Joseph Wayne Kraemer (born September 10, 1964) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played professionally from 1985 to 1994 and in Major League Baseball (MLB) in 1989 and 1990. Early life He attended both Portland State Univ ...
, composer * Jordan Kyle, songwriter, producer, engineer *
Lemuria Lemuria (), or Limuria, was a continent proposed in 1864 by zoologist Philip Sclater, theorized to have sunk beneath the Indian Ocean, later appropriated by occultists in supposed accounts of human origins. The theory was discredited with the di ...
, band *
Mel Lewis Melvin Sokoloff (May 10, 1929 – February 2, 1990), known professionally as Mel Lewis, was an American jazz drummer, session musician, professor, and author. He received fourteen Grammy Award nominations. Biography Early years Lewis was ...
, drummer, jazz musician, bandleader *
John Lombardo John Lombardo (born 30 September 1952) is one of the founding members of the American alternative rock band 10,000 Maniacs and one of the band's most influential members, writing much of its early material. He is also a member of folk rock duo Joh ...
, musician and founding member of
10,000 Maniacs 10,000 Maniacs is an American alternative rock band that was founded in 1981. They have released nine studio albums, six EPs, and five live albums. They achieved their most significant success between 1987 and 1993, when they released four album ...
and
John & Mary John & Mary is a United States-based folk rock duo featuring John Lombardo and Mary Ramsey both members of alternative rock band 10,000 Maniacs. History 1989–1993 John & Mary was formed by John Lombardo and Mary Ramsey soon after they first ...
* David Lucas, composer *
Gary Mallaber Gary Mallaber (born October 11, 1946 in Buffalo) is a Los Angeles session drummer, percussionist and singer. He attended Lafayette High School, where he and Bobby Militello, along with other musicians, were mentored by saxophonist Sam Scam ...
, drummer, percussionist, singer * Nicholas Mason, drummer *
Brian McKnight Brian Kelly McKnight (born June 5, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, actor, record producer, radio host and multi-instrumentalist. He is most recognized for his strong head voice, high belting range and melisma. McKnight is known for h ...
, singer-songwriter, arranger, producer, musician *
Don Menza Don Menza (born April 22, 1936) is an American jazz saxophonist. Career Menza was born in Buffalo, New York. After serving in the U.S. Army, he was part of the Maynard Ferguson Orchestra from 1960 to 1962 and then briefly worked for Stan Kento ...
, saxophonist, arranger, composer, session musician, jazz educator *
Mercury Rev Mercury Rev is an American indie rock band formed in 1989 in Buffalo, New York.
Original personnel were Bobby Militello Robert Philip Militello a.k.a. Bobby M. (born 25 March 1950) is an American jazz saxophonist and flautist who was a member of the Dave Brubeck Quartet. Career During the 1970s, Militello went on tour with Maynard Ferguson. He returned to Buffa ...
, jazz saxophonist and flautist * Leon and the Forklifts, band *
The Modernaires The Modernaires was an American vocal group, best known for performing in the 1940s alongside Glenn Miller. Career The Modernaires began in 1934 as "Don Juan, Two and Three," a trio of schoolmates from Lafayette High School in Buffalo, New Y ...
, 1940s vocal harmony group *
Moe Moe, MOE, MoE or m.o.e. may refer to: In arts and entertainment Characters * Moe Szyslak, from the animated television show ''The Simpsons'' * Moe, leader of The Three Stooges, played by Moe Howard * Moe Higurashi, supporting character in ''Yash ...
, band *
Nina Morgana Nina Morgana (November 15, 1891 – July 8, 1986) was an American soprano, a protégée of Enrico Caruso, who sang with the Metropolitan Opera for fifteen seasons, from 1920 to 1935. She was of Italian descent. Early life Nina Morgana was born ...
, soprano with the
Metropolitan Opera The Metropolitan Opera (commonly known as the Met) is an American opera company based in New York City, resident at the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center, currently situated on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. The company is operat ...
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Gurf Morlix Gurf Morlix (born 1951) is an American singer-songwriter and music producer. Career Born in Buffalo, New York, Morlix moved to Texas in 1975 and performed with Blaze Foley. He moved to Los Angeles in 1981 and joined Lucinda Williams's band. He ...
, vocalist, songwriter, record producer *
NicePeter Peter Alexis Shukoff (born August 15, 1979), best known as his stage name Nice Peter or Bluesocks, is an American musician and Internet personality. A self-described "Comic/Guitar Hero", he is best known for the comedy on his YouTube channel, Ni ...
, comedian, musician, personality *
Willie Nile Willie Nile (born Robert Noonan; June 7, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter. In 1980, Nile released his self-titled debut album. His early career was interrupted by various problems, but he eventually returned to recording and performing i ...
, singer-songwriter *
Sam Noto Sam Noto (born April 17, 1930) is an American jazz trumpeter born in Buffalo, New York, perhaps best known for his work with Stan Kenton during the 1950s. Select discography * 1975 ''Entrance!'' ( Xanadu) * 1975 ''Act One'' (Xanadu) * 1977 ''Not ...
, jazz trumpeter * Ookla the Mok, band * Tina Parol, singer-songwriter *
Leonard Pennario Leonard Pennario (July 9, 1924 – June 27, 2008) was an American classical pianist and composer. He was born in Buffalo, New York, and grew up in Los Angeles, attending Los Angeles High School remaining in L.A. for his entire career. He firs ...
, pianist, songwriter *
Pentimento A pentimento (plural pentimenti), in painting, is "the presence or emergence of earlier images, forms, or strokes that have been changed and painted over". The word is , from the verb , meaning 'to repent'. Significance Pentimenti may show that ...
, band *
Lucky Peterson Judge Kenneth Peterson (December 13, 1964 – May 17, 2020), known professionally as Lucky Peterson, was an American musician who played contemporary blues, fusing soul, R&B, gospel and rock and roll. He played guitar and keyboards Keyboard ma ...
, blues guitarist and keyboardist *
Kristen Pfaff Kristen Marie Pfaff (née Parco; May 26, 1967 – June 16, 1994) was an American musician, best known as the bassist for alternative rock band Hole from 1993 to 1994. Prior to Hole, Pfaff was the bassist and backing vocalist for Minneapolis-base ...
, musician and bassist for
Hole A hole is an opening in or through a particular medium, usually a solid body. Holes occur through natural and artificial processes, and may be useful for various purposes, or may represent a problem needing to be addressed in many fields of en ...
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Mary Ramsey Mary Ramsey (born December 24, 1963) is a member of folk rock duo John & Mary and lead singer and violinist for the American alternative rock band 10,000 Maniacs. Ramsey has also worked with other well-known artists such as Jackson Browne, Goo Go ...
, musician and founding member of
10,000 Maniacs 10,000 Maniacs is an American alternative rock band that was founded in 1981. They have released nine studio albums, six EPs, and five live albums. They achieved their most significant success between 1987 and 1993, when they released four album ...
and
John & Mary John & Mary is a United States-based folk rock duo featuring John Lombardo and Mary Ramsey both members of alternative rock band 10,000 Maniacs. History 1989–1993 John & Mary was formed by John Lombardo and Mary Ramsey soon after they first ...
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Raven A raven is any of several larger-bodied bird species of the genus ''Corvus''. These species do not form a single taxonomic group within the genus. There is no consistent distinction between "crows" and "ravens", common names which are assigned t ...
, late 60s rock band *
The Reign of Kindo The Reign of Kindo is an American rock band originating from Buffalo, New York, currently based out of New York City. They produce and release their music independently. They finance the creation of their recordings and videos by writing, produc ...
, band *
The Road ''The Road'' is a 2006 post-apocalyptic novel by American writer Cormac McCarthy. The book details the grueling journey of a father and his young son over a period of several months across a landscape blasted by an unspecified cataclysm that ha ...
, late 60s early 70s rock Band *
John Rzeznik John Joseph Theodore Rzeznik (; born December 5, 1965) is an American singer-songwriter, best known as the founder, guitarist and frontman of the American rock band Goo Goo Dolls, with whom he has recorded 14 studio albums. Early life Rzeznik w ...
, musician and founding member of the
Goo Goo Dolls The Goo Goo Dolls are an American rock band formed in 1986 in Buffalo, New York, by guitarist/vocalist John Rzeznik, bassist/vocalist Robby Takac, and drummer George Tutuska. After starting off as a cover band and then developing a punk sound, ...
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Scary Chicken Scary Chicken is a Buffalo, New York–based band that was active 1989–2002. Formation Formed at the University at Buffalo, the band recorded and released 4 CDs and 2 cassettes, and has had songs placed in multiple Motion Picture Soundtracks a ...
, band *
Marc Scibilia Marc Scibilia is an American singer-songwriter born and raised in Buffalo, New York, currently based in East Nashville, Tennessee. His self-titled EP released in 2012 included the song "How Bad We Need Each Other" which was featured in the hit ...
, pop rock singer-songwriter *
Billy Sheehan William Sheehan (born March 19, 1953) is an American musician. He is best known for playing the bass guitar with acts such as Talas, Steve Vai, David Lee Roth, Mr. Big, Niacin, and The Winery Dogs. He is also known for his "lead bass" playing ...
, bassist *
Paul Siebel Paul Karl Siebel (September 19, 1937 – April 5, 2022) was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, born in Buffalo, New York. He is best known for other artists' cover versions of his songs, most notably "Louise". Other frequently cov ...
, singer-songwriter *
Harry B. Smith Harry Bache Smith (December 28, 1860 – January 1, 1936) was a writer, lyricist and composer. The most prolific of all American stage writers, he is said to have written over 300 librettos and more than 6000 lyrics. Some of his best-known works ...
, writer, lyricist, and composer *
Dr. Lonnie Smith Lonnie Smith (July 3, 1942 – September 28, 2021), styled Dr. Lonnie Smith, was an American jazz Hammond B3 organist who was a member of the George Benson quartet in the 1960s. He recorded albums with saxophonist Lou Donaldson for Blue Note be ...
, jazz organist *
Snapcase Snapcase was an American hardcore punk band from Buffalo, New York. Their records were released on the Chicago record label Victory Records. During the course of the band's initial run of fourteen years, they released six studio albums before ...
, band *
Joanie Sommers Joanie Sommers (born Joan Drost, February 24, 1941) is an American singer and actress with a career concentrating on jazz, standards and popular material and show-business credits. Once billed as "The Voice of the Sixties", and associated with to ...
, singer concentrating on jazz, standards, and pop *
Alexis Spight Alexis Spight (born July 3, 1993) is an American urban contemporary gospel musician, and runner-up on season five of the BET singing competition, ''Sunday Best''. She started her music career, in 2012, with the single, "Imagine Me", and the song ...
, gospel musician *
Spyro Gyra Spyro Gyra is an American jazz fusion band that was formed in Buffalo, New York, in 1974. The band's music combines jazz, R&B, funk, and pop music. The band's name comes from ''Spirogyra'', a genus of green algae which founder Jay Beckenstein ...
, jazz band *
STEMM STEMM is an American metal band from Niagara Falls, New York. STEMM was formed in 1998 by Joe Cafarella. He, along with Louie and Jimi Penque, Russ Martin, and Alex Scouten made up the original lineup of the band. Alex left the band in 1999, ...
, band *
April Stevens April Stevens (born Caroline Vincinette LoTempio; April 29, 1929) is an American singer best known for her collaborations with her younger brother, Nino Tempo. Biography Stevens has recorded since she was twenty two years old. Her most popula ...
, singer * John Stevens, classic pop singer *
Stevie J. Stevie may refer to: People with the name Given name *Stevie (given name), a list of people People with the nickname or alias *Stevie B, American singer, songwriter and record producer Steven Bernard Hill (born 1958) *Stevie J, stage name of Ameri ...
, musician, record producer, songwriter, and television personality *
Elizabeth Swados Elizabeth Swados (February 5, 1951 – January 5, 2016) was an American writer, composer, musician, and theatre director. Swados received Tony Award nominations for Best Musical, Best Direction of a Musical, Best Book of a Musical, Best Origin ...
, writer, composer, musician, and theatre director *
Stan Szelest Stanley Martin Szelest (February 11, 1942 – January 20, 1991) was an American musician from Buffalo, New York, known for founding an influential blues band in the 1950s and 1960s, Stan and the Ravens, and later as a keyboardist with Ronnie Hawki ...
, musician * Talas, 1970s–80s rock band *
Nino Tempo Nino Tempo (born Antonino LoTempio; January 6, 1935) is an American musician, singer, and actor. He was a duet partner with his older sister April Stevens as well as the frontman for a 1970s funk band, 5th Ave. Sax. Career Antonino LoTempio wa ...
, singer *
John Valby John R. Valby (born November 22, 1944) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, comedian, and producer known for his comedic and obscene song parodies. Also known as Dr. Dirty, he typically performs in a white tailcoat suit and black derby ha ...
, musician, comedian *
Grover Washington, Jr. Grover Washington Jr. (December 12, 1943 – December 17, 1999) was an American jazz-funk and soul-jazz saxophonist. Along with Wes Montgomery and George Benson, he is considered by many to be one of the founders of the smooth jazz genre. He wr ...
, jazz-funk and soul-jazz saxophonist *
Cory Wells Cory Wells (born Emil Lewandowski; February 5, 1941 – October 20, 2015) was an American singer, best known as one of the three lead vocalists in the band Three Dog Night. Early life Wells came from a musical family and began playing in Buffalo ...
, singer of
Three Dog Night Three Dog Night is an American rock band formed in 1967, with founding members consisting of vocalists Danny Hutton, Cory Wells, and Chuck Negron. This lineup was soon augmented by Jimmy Greenspoon (keyboards), Joe Schermie (bass), Michael Allsup ...
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Westside Gunn Alvin Lamar Worthy (born July 27, 1982), known professionally as Westside Gunn, is an American rapper. He is a co-founder of independent hip-hop label Griselda Records. He is the brother of rapper Conway The Machine and cousin of rapper Benny the ...
, rapper *
Patrick Wilson Patrick Joseph Wilson (born July 3, 1973) is an American actor and director. He began his career in 1995, starring in Broadway musicals. He received nominations for two Tony Awards for his roles in ''The Full Monty'' (2000–2001) and ''Oklahoma ...
, musician and founding member of
Weezer Weezer is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1992. Since 2001, the band has consisted of Rivers Cuomo (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Patrick Wilson (drums, backing vocals), Scott Shriner (bass guitar, keyboards, backing v ...
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Andy Williams Howard Andrew Williams (December 3, 1927 – September 25, 2012) was an American singer. He recorded 43 albums in his career, of which 15 have been gold certified and three platinum certified. He was also nominated for six Grammy Awards. He hos ...
, musician and rhythm guitarist of
Every Time I Die Every Time I Die was an American metalcore band from Buffalo, New York, formed in 1998. For most of the band's career, the line-up was centred on brothers Keith (vocals) and Jordan Buckley (guitar), as well as rhythm guitarist Andy Williams wi ...
; professional wrestler *
Jack Yellen Jack Selig Yellen (Jacek Jeleń; July 6, 1892 – April 17, 1991) was an American lyricist and screenwriter. He is best remembered for writing the lyrics to the songs "Happy Days Are Here Again", which was used by Franklin Roosevelt as the theme ...
, lyricist and screenwriter *
Z. Mann Zilla Z. Mann Zilla (born July 23, 1976) is an American rapper and artist. Artistic career Z. Mann Zilla depicted the adventures of the fictional character "Guy Friday", as part of the liner notes for the David Kane Quartet album ''The Life And ...
, rapper


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* Robert Borthwick Adam, co-founder of Adam, Meldrum & Whiting * Joseph Dart, lawyer, businessman, and entrepreneur; creator of
Dart's Elevator Dart's Elevator was the world's first steam-powered grain elevator. It was designed and built by Joseph Dart and Robert Dunbar in 1842 in Buffalo, New York. The elevator burned in the 1860s. Description Designed and built in 1842 by Dart a ...
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William H. Donaldson William Henry Donaldson (born June 2, 1931) was the 27th Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), serving from February 2003 to June 2005. He served as Under Secretary of State for International Security Affairs in the Nix ...
, chairman of the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is an independent agency of the United States federal government, created in the aftermath of the Wall Street Crash of 1929. The primary purpose of the SEC is to enforce the law against market ...
; Under Secretary of State for International Security Affairs; chairman and CEO of the
New York Stock Exchange The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE, nicknamed "The Big Board") is an American stock exchange in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. It is by far the world's largest stock exchange by market capitalization of its listed c ...
; and chairman, president, and CEO of
Aetna Aetna Inc. () is an American managed health care company that sells traditional and consumer directed health care insurance and related services, such as medical, pharmaceutical, dental, behavioral health, long-term care, and disability plans, ...
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Joseph Ellicott Joseph Ellicott (November 1, 1760 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania – August 19, 1826 in New York City) was an American surveyor, city planner, land office agent, lawyer and politician of the Quaker faith. Life Ellicott was born in Bucks Cou ...
,
surveyor Surveying or land surveying is the technique, profession, art, and science of determining the terrestrial two-dimensional or three-dimensional positions of points and the distances and angles between them. A land surveying professional is ca ...
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city planner An urban planner (also known as town planner) is a professional who practices in the field of town planning, urban planning or city planning. An urban planner may focus on a specific area of practice and have a title such as city planner, town ...
, land office agent, lawyer, and politician *
William G. Fargo William George Fargo (May 20, 1818August 3, 1881) was a pioneer American expressman who helped found the modern-day financial firms of American Express Company and Wells Fargo with his business partner, Henry Wells. He was also the 27th Mayor o ...
, co-founder of
American Express Company American Express Company (Amex) is an American multinational corporation specialized in payment card services headquartered at 200 Vesey Street in the Battery Park City neighborhood of Lower Manhattan in New York City. The company was found ...
and
Wells Fargo Wells Fargo & Company is an American multinational financial services company with corporate headquarters in San Francisco, California; operational headquarters in Manhattan; and managerial offices throughout the United States and intern ...
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Anson Goodyear Anson Conger Goodyear (June 20, 1877 – April 24, 1964) was an American manufacturer, businessman, author, and philanthropist and member of the Goodyear family. He is best known as one of the founding members and first president of the Museum of ...
, president of the
Great Southern Lumber Company The Great Southern Lumber Company was chartered in 1902 to harvest and market the virgin longleaf pine (''Pinus palustris'' L.) forests in southeastern Louisiana and southwestern Mississippi. Bogalusa, Louisiana was developed from the ground up a ...
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Charles W. Goodyear Charles Waterhouse Goodyear (October 15, 1846 – April 16, 1911) was an American lawyer, businessman, lumberman, and member of the prominent Goodyear family of New York. Based in Buffalo, New York, along with his brother, Frank, Charles was the ...
, co-founder of the
Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad The Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad was a railroad company that formerly operated in western and north central Pennsylvania and western New York. It was created in 1893 by the merger and consolidation of several smaller logging railroads. It o ...
,
Great Southern Lumber Company The Great Southern Lumber Company was chartered in 1902 to harvest and market the virgin longleaf pine (''Pinus palustris'' L.) forests in southeastern Louisiana and southwestern Mississippi. Bogalusa, Louisiana was developed from the ground up a ...
, Goodyear Lumber Company, Buffalo & Susquehanna Coal & Coke Company, and the New Orleans Great Northern Railroad Company *
Wilson Greatbatch Wilson Greatbatch (September 6, 1919 – September 27, 2011) was an American engineer and pioneering inventor. He held more than 325 patents and was a member of the National Inventors Hall of Fame and a recipient of the Lemelson–MIT Prize ...
, engineer and inventor who held more than 325
patents A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention."A p ...
* Arthur Hayes, co-founder and former CEO of cryptocurrency exchange
BitMEX BitMEX is a cryptocurrency exchange and derivative trading platform. It is owned and operated by HDR Global Trading Limited, which is registered in the Seychelles. History BitMEX was founded in 2014 by Arthur Hayes, Ben Delo, and Samuel Reed, w ...
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George A. Hormel George Albert Hormel (December 4, 1860 – June 5, 1946) was an American entrepreneur, he was the founder of Hormel Foods Corporation (then known as George A. Hormel & Co.) in 1891. His ownership stake in the company made him one of the wealthies ...
, founder of
Hormel Foods Corporation Hormel Foods Corporation is an American food processing company founded in 1891 in Austin, Minnesota, by George A. Hormel as George A. Hormel & Company. The company originally focused on the packaging and selling of ham, sausage and other pork, ...
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Jeremy Jacobs Jeremy Maurice Jacobs Sr. (born January 21, 1940) is an American billionaire businessman, the owner of the Boston Bruins and chairman of Delaware North. ''Forbes'' magazine ranks him as 481st richest person in the world. Early life and education ...
, chairman of
Delaware North Delaware North is a global food service and hospitality company headquartered in Buffalo, New York. The company also operates in the lodging, sporting, airport, gambling, and entertainment industries. The company employs over 55,000 people worl ...
and owner of the
Boston Bruins The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston. The Bruins compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference. The team has been in existence since 1924, making t ...
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Sidney Janis Sidney Janis (July 8, 1896 – November 23, 1989) was a wealthy clothing manufacturer and art collector who opened an art gallery in New York City, New York in 1948. His gallery quickly gained prominence, for he not only exhibited work by the Abs ...
, writer, art dealer, and collector; founder of Sidney Janis Gallery * John J. Kennedy, businessman and politician;
New York State Treasurer The New York State Treasurer was a state cabinet officer in the State of New York between 1776 and 1926. During the re-organization of the state government under Governor Al Smith, the office was abolished and its responsibilities transferred to the ...
from 1911 to 1914 * Seymour H. Knox I, founder of the
F. W. Woolworth Company The F. W. Woolworth Company (often referred to as Woolworth's or simply Woolworth) was a retail company and one of the pioneers of the five-and-dime store. It was among the most successful American and international five-and-dime businesses, se ...
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Seymour H. Knox II Seymour Horace Knox II (September 1, 1898 – September 27, 1990) was a Buffalo, New York, philanthropist and polo player. The son of wealthy businessman Seymour H. Knox, he owned a palatial home designed by C. P. H. Gilbert.F. W. Woolworth Company The F. W. Woolworth Company (often referred to as Woolworth's or simply Woolworth) was a retail company and one of the pioneers of the five-and-dime store. It was among the most successful American and international five-and-dime businesses, se ...
* John D. Larkin, founder of the
Larkin Company The Larkin Company, also known as the Larkin Soap Company, was a company founded in 1875 in Buffalo, New York as a small soap factory. It grew tremendously throughout the late 1800s and into the first quarter of the 1900s with an approach called ...
and Buffalo Pottery * Jon L. Luther, chairman and CEO of
Dunkin' Brands Dunkin' Brands Group, Inc. was an American restaurant holding company which ran three chains of fast-food restaurants: Dunkin' Donuts, Mister Donut, and Baskin-Robbins. It was headquartered in Canton, Massachusetts. History Allied-Lyons In 1973, ...
; chairman of Arby's Restaurant Group *
Sherman J. Maisel Sherman Joseph Maisel (July 8, 1918 – September 29, 2010) was an American economist who served as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors from 1965 to 1972. Research on mortgage policy conducted by Maisel led to the expansion of t ...
, economist who served on the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System The Federal Reserve System (often shortened to the Federal Reserve, or simply the Fed) is the central banking system of the United States of America. It was created on December 23, 1913, with the enactment of the Federal Reserve Act, after a ...
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Darwin D. Martin Darwin Denice Martin (October 25, 1865 – December 12, 1935) was an early 20th-century New York State businessman best known for the house he commissioned from Frank Lloyd Wright. Early life Darwin Martin was born on October 25, 1865, in Bouc ...
, businessman best known for the house he commissioned from
Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, designer, writer, and educator. He designed more than 1,000 structures over a creative period of 70 years. Wright played a key role in the architectural movements o ...
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Gerald C. Meyers Gerald Carl Meyers (born December 5, 1928), former chairman and CEO of American Motors Corporation (AMC) is an industrialist, author, lecturer, and management consultant. Early life Born December 5, 1928, in Buffalo, New York, Meyers attended p ...
, chairman and CEO of
American Motors Corporation American Motors Corporation (AMC; commonly referred to as American Motors) was an American automobile manufacturing company formed by the merger of Nash-Kelvinator Corporation and Hudson Motor Car Company on May 1, 1954. At the time, it was the ...
from 1977 to 1982 *
John R. Oishei John R. Oishei (18 January 1886 – 27 January 1968) was a businessman who founded Trico products and became one of Buffalo’s wealthiest citizens and philanthropists. Early life John R. Oishei was born in Buffalo in 1886 to Charles Humbert Ois ...
, co-founder of Tri-Continental Corporation *
Ralph Peo Ralph Frederick Peo (May 3, 1897 – November 29, 1966) was an American inventor, engineer, business executive in the automobile industry, and the holder of 150 patents. He was founder of Frontier Industries in Buffalo, New York and was CEO of Ho ...
, founder of Frontier Industries; chairman and CEO of
Houdaille Industries Houdaille Industries was a diversified manufacturing company which produced automotive products, industrial products, machine tools, construction materials and contracting. The company had its beginnings in Buffalo, New York, in 1919, where the ...
* Pat Powers, film producer associated with
Walt Disney Walter Elias Disney (; December 5, 1901December 15, 1966) was an American animator, film producer and entrepreneur. A pioneer of the American animation industry, he introduced several developments in the production of cartoons. As a film p ...
* Robert E. Rich Sr.,
food processing Food processing is the transformation of agricultural products into food, or of one form of food into other forms. Food processing includes many forms of processing foods, from grinding grain to make raw flour to home cooking to complex industr ...
pioneer and founder of
Rich Products Rich Products Corporation (also known as Rich's) is a privately held multinational food products corporation headquartered in Buffalo, New York. The company was founded in 1945 by Robert E. Rich, Sr. after his development of a non-dairy whipped t ...
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Chris Sacca Christopher Sacca (born May 12, 1975) is an American venture investor, company advisor, entrepreneur, and lawyer. He is the proprietor of Lowercase Capital, a venture capital fund in the United States that has invested in seed and early-stage te ...
, billionaire venture investor; founder of
Lowercase Capital Lowercase Capital is an American venture capital firm that provided seed and early stage funding for a number of successful startups including Twitter, Twilio, Kickstarter, Uber, Instagram, and Stripe. It raised over $1 billion in capital and s ...
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Grace Carew Sheldon Grace Carew Sheldon (March 25, 1855 – August 20, 1921) was an American journalist, author, and editor, as well as a businesswoman. She was the founder of Woman's Exchange of Buffalo, New York. Sheldon gave drawing-room talks in cities around th ...
, journalist, author, editor, and businesswoman *
Ellsworth Milton Statler Ellsworth Milton (E. M.) Statler (October 26, 1863 – April 16, 1928) was an American hotel businessman, founder of the Statler Hotels chain, born in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. Biography Statler built his first permanent hotel in 1907, in B ...
, founder of
Statler Hotels The Statler Hotel company was one of the United States' early chains of hotels catering to traveling businessmen and tourists. It was founded by Ellsworth Milton (E. M.) Statler in Buffalo, New York. Early ventures In 1901, Buffalo hosted the ...
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Henry Wells Henry Wells (December 12, 1805 – December 10, 1878) was an American businessman important in the history of both the American Express Company and Wells Fargo & Company. Wells worked as a freight agent before joining the express business. Hi ...
, co-founder of
American Express Company American Express Company (Amex) is an American multinational corporation specialized in payment card services headquartered at 200 Vesey Street in the Battery Park City neighborhood of Lower Manhattan in New York City. The company was found ...
and
Wells Fargo Wells Fargo & Company is an American multinational financial services company with corporate headquarters in San Francisco, California; operational headquarters in Manhattan; and managerial offices throughout the United States and intern ...
* John G. Wickser, president of the Buffalo German Insurance Company and the Buffalo Commercial Insurance Company * Robert G. Wilmers, former chairman and CEO of
M&T Bank M&T Bank Corporation (Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company) is an American bank holding company headquartered in Buffalo, New York. It operates 1680 branches in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts ...


Entertainers and actors

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Stephanie Allynne Stephanie Allynne is an American actress, writer, and comedian. She is best known for her roles in '' In a World...'' (2013), ''Dream Corp, LLC'' (2016), '' One Mississippi'' (2016–17), and '' The L Word: Generation Q'' (2019–present). Biogr ...
, actress *
Jacob Artist Jacob Artist (born October 17, 1992) is an American actor, singer, and dancer. He is best known for his roles as Jake Puckerman on the Fox musical comedy-drama series ''Glee'' and as Brandon Fletcher on the ABC drama-thriller series '' Quantico'' ...
, actor *
Nick Bakay Nicholas Bakay (; born October 8, 1959) is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer and sports commentator. He is known as the voice of Salem Saberhagen on ABC/The WB's ''Sabrina the Teenage Witch'', '' Sabrina: The Animated Series'', and No ...
, voice actor *
Christine Baranski Christine Jane Baranski (born May 2, 1952) is an American actress. She is a 15-time Primetime Emmy Award nominee, winning once in 1995 for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Maryann Thorpe in the sitcom ''Cybill'' ...
, actress * Michael Bennett, choreographer and director *
Amanda Blake Amanda Blake (born Beverly Louise Neill, February 21, 1929 – August 16, 1989) was an American actress best known for the role of the red-haired saloon proprietress "Miss Kitty Russell" on the western television series ''Gunsmoke''. Along with ...
, actress * John Wayne Bobbit, actor *
Sorrell Booke Sorrell Booke (January 4, 1930 – February 11, 1994) was an American actor who performed on stage, screen, and television. He acted in more than 100 plays and 150 television shows, and is best known for his role as corrupt politician Jefferson ...
, actor *
David Boreanaz David Paul Boreanaz ( born May 16, 1969) is an American actor, television producer, and director known for playing the roles of vampire-turned-private investigator Angel on The WB/UPN ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' supernatural drama (1997–2003 ...
, actor *
Kyle Chandler Kyle Martin Chandler (born September 17, 1965) is an American actor. Making his screen acting debut in a 1988 television film, '' Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story'', Chandler's first regular television role was in the ABC drama '' Hom ...
, actor *
Katharine Cornell Katharine Cornell (February 16, 1893June 9, 1974) was an American stage actress, writer, theater owner and producer. She was born in Berlin to American parents and raised in Buffalo, New York. Dubbed "The First Lady of the Theatre" by critic A ...
, actress *
William Courtleigh, Jr. William Thomas Courtleigh Jr. (March 8, 1892 – March 13, 1918) was an American silent film actor whose career was cut short after he fell victim to the 1918 flu pandemic. Early years William Thomas Courtleigh Jr. was born in Buffalo, New York ...
, silent-film actor *
Don Criqui Don Criqui (born October 1, 1940) is an American sportscaster. He holds the record for longest-tenured NFL broadcaster in U.S. TV history, calling NFL football for 47 seasons (1967-2013) on NBC and CBS. Criqui's final NFL broadcast came on Dec ...
, sportscaster *
Andrew Dan-Jumbo Andrew Dan-Jumbo (born 25 June 1965) is a builder and co-host on the home improvement reality television series Operation Build. He previously co-starred as a carpenter on the TV home makeover show '' While You Were Out'', and is the current ho ...
, television personality *
Jeffrey DeMunn Jeffrey DeMunn (born April 25, 1947) is an American stage, film and television actor known for playing Captain Esteridge in '' The Hitcher'' (1986), Sheriff Herb Geller in ''The Blob'' (1988), Andrei Chikatilo in ''Citizen X'' (1995), Harry Terwil ...
, actor *
Diane English Diane English (born May 18, 1948) is an American screenwriter, producer and director, best known for creating the television show ''Murphy Brown'' and writing and directing the 2008 feature film '' The Women''. Early life English was born in Buf ...
, television producer * Agnes Ethel, 19th-century actress *
Jeff Fahey Jeffrey David Fahey (, born November 29, 1952) is an American film and television actor. He has portrayed Captain Frank Lapidus on the ABC series ''Lost'' and the title role of Deputy Marshal Winston MacBride on ''The Marshal''. Early life and ...
, actor *
Gary Farmer Gary Dale Farmer (born June 12, 1953) is a Canadian actor and musician. He is perhaps best known for his role as Nobody in the films ''Dead Man'' (1995) and '' Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai'' (1999), and for his role in ''Smoke Signals'' (19 ...
, actor *
William Fichtner William Edward Fichtner (born November 27, 1956) is an American actor. He is known for his television roles as Sheriff Tom Underlay on ''Invasion'', Alexander Mahone on ''Prison Break'', Carl Hickman on ''Crossing Lines'', and Adam Janikowski on ...
, actor *
Tom Fontana Tom Fontana (born September 12, 1951) is an American screenwriter, writer, and television producer. Fontana worked on NBC's '' Homicide: Life on the Street'' and created HBO's ''Oz.'' Early life and education Fontana was born on the west sid ...
, screenwriter and producer *
Vincent Gallo Vincent Gallo (born 1961) is an American actor and director. He has had supporting roles in films such as ''Arizona Dream'' (1993), ''The House of the Spirits'' (1993), ''Palookaville'' (1995), and '' The Funeral'' (1996). His lead roles include ...
, actor and director *
Nyakim Gatwech Nyakim Gatwech (born January 27, 1993) is an Ethiopian-born United States, American model of South Sudanese descent. She has attracted attention for her dark skin color and has achieved significant popularity on Instagram. Biography Nyakim Gat ...
, model *
David Hampton David Hampton (April 28, 1964 – July 18, 2003) was an American con artist and robber who became infamous in the 1980s after he convinced a group of wealthy Manhattanites to give him money, food, and shelter under the pretense that he was ...
, impostor who posed as
Sidney Poitier Sidney Poitier ( ; February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022) was an American actor, film director, and diplomat. In 1964, he was the first black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. He received two competitive ...
's son in 1983, which inspired the play and film ''
Six Degrees of Separation Six degrees of separation is the idea that all people are six or fewer social connections away from each other. As a result, a chain of "friend of a friend" statements can be made to connect any two people in a maximum of six steps. It is also k ...
'' *
Patrick Hasburgh Patrick Hasburgh is an American television producer and writer. He is best known for his work on the television series ''Hardcastle and McCormick'' and ''21 Jump Street'', two series he co-created with Stephen J. Cannell. His other television cr ...
, writer producer *
Mark Hapka Mark Hapka (born May 29, 1982) is an American film and television actor who first gained attention for portraying the lead role of the spirit 'Zach' on the ''Ghost Whisperer'' spin-off '' Ghost Whisperer: The Other Side''. Hapka is most notable ...
, actor known for ''
Days of Our Lives ''Days of Our Lives'' (also stylized as ''Days of our Lives''; simply referred to as ''Days'' or ''DOOL'') is an American television soap opera that streams on the streaming service Peacock. The soap, which aired on the American television net ...
'' *
Marc Evan Jackson Marc Evan Jackson (born August 21, 1970) is an American comedian and actor. Some of his roles include Sparks Nevada in the ''Thrilling Adventure Hour'', Kevin Cozner in ''Brooklyn Nine-Nine'' (he also hosts a podcast based on the sitcom, titled ' ...
, actor *
Gloria Jean Gloria Jean (born Gloria Jean Schoonover; April 14, 1926 – August 31, 2018) was an American actress and singer who starred or co-starred in 26 feature films from 1939 to 1959, and made numerous radio, television, stage, and nightclub app ...
, actress *
Beverly Johnson Beverly Ann Johnson (born October 13, 1952) is an American model, actress, singer, and businesswoman. Johnson rose to fame when she became the first African-American model to appear on the cover of American ''Vogue'' in August 1974. In 1975, Jo ...
, model *
Jeffrey Jones Jeffrey Duncan Jones (born September 28, 1946) is an American character actor, best known for his roles as Emperor Joseph II in ''Amadeus'' (1984), Edward R. Rooney in ''Ferris Bueller's Day Off'' (1986), Charles Deetz in ''Beetlejuice'' (1988) ...
, actor * Daniel Keem, YouTube celebrity *
Rachael Lillis Rachael Lillis (born July 8) is an American voice actress and scriptwriter. She studied acting in Boston and New York City and has appeared in various theater productions, animated series and independent films. She was formerly based in New Yor ...
, voice actress *
Wendie Malick Wendie Malick (born December 13, 1950) is an American actress and former fashion model, known for her roles in various television comedies. She starred as Judith Tupper Stone in the HBO sitcom '' Dream On'', and as Nina Van Horn in the NBC sitc ...
, actress *
Nancy Marchand Nancy Lou Marchand (June 19, 1928 – June 18, 2000) was an American actress. She began her career in theatre in 1951. She was most famous for her television portrayals of Margaret Pynchon on ''Lou Grant'' and Livia Soprano on ''The Sopranos''. ...
, actress *
Jesse L. Martin Jesse Lamont Martin ('' né'' Watkins; January 18, 1969) is an American actor and singer. He originated the role of Tom Collins on Broadway in the musical ''Rent'' and performed on television as NYPD Detective Ed Green on '' Law & Order'' and ...
, actor *
Bill Mazer Bill Mazer (born Morris Mazer; November 2, 1920 – October 23, 2013) was an American television and radio personality. He won numerous awards and citations, including three National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association's Sportscaster of ...
, sportscaster *
Brian McKnight Brian Kelly McKnight (born June 5, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, actor, record producer, radio host and multi-instrumentalist. He is most recognized for his strong head voice, high belting range and melisma. McKnight is known for h ...
, singer and actor *
Kristen McMenamy Kristen McMenamy (born December 13, 1964) is an American supermodel known for her unconventional, androgynous appearance. Originally a long-haired redhead, she reinvented her look in the early 1990s by having her hair cut short and dyed black, an ...
, fashion model *
Don Messick Donald Earle Messick (September 7, 1926 – October 24, 1997) was an American voice actor. He was best known for his performances in Hanna-Barbera cartoons. His best-remembered vocal creations include Scooby-Doo, Bamm-Bamm Rubble and Hoppy in ...
, voice actor *
David Milch David Sanford Milch (born March 23, 1945) is an American writer and producer of television series. He has created several television shows, including ABC's ''NYPD Blue'' (1993-2005), co-created with Steven Bochco, and HBO's '' Deadwood'' (2004-20 ...
, screenwriter and producer *
Greg Mullavy Greg Mullavey (born Gregory Thomas Mulleavy Jr., September 10, 1939) is an American film and television actor who has had roles as Tom Hartman in the television series ''Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman'' and Carly's grandfather in '' iCarly''. He has ...
, actor *
Chad Michael Murray Chad Michael Murray (born August 24, 1981) is an American actor and writer. He is best known for playing Lucas Scott in The WB/ CW drama series ''One Tree Hill'' (2003–09, 2012), a recurring role as Tristin DuGray on The WB/ CW series ''Gilmo ...
, model and actor *
Louis Mustillo Louis Mustillo (born May 28, 1958) is an American actor who is best known as playing Vincent “Vince” Moranto on ''Mike & Molly'' from 2010 to 2016. Life and career Mustillo was born in Buffalo, New York. He attended American Academy of Dram ...
, actor *
Chelsea Noble Chelsea Noble is an American actress. She is known for her role as Kate McDonnell on the television sitcom ''Growing Pains'' (1989–1992). She is married to her former ''Growing Pains'' co-star, Kirk Cameron. She is the sister-in-law of former ...
, actress *
Joe Pera Joseph Pera (born ) is an American comedian, writer and actor. He is best known as the creator and star of Adult Swim's ''Joe Pera Talks with You'', which entered development following the success of the 2016 specials ''Joe Pera Talks You to Sl ...
, comedian *
Suzie Plakson Suzie Plakson is an American actress. Early life and education Born Susan Plaksin in Buffalo, New York, she was raised in Kingston, Pennsylvania and attended Northwestern University. Career Plakson began her career on the stage, and playe ...
, actress, singer, writer, and artist *
John T. Raymond John T. Raymond (1836-1887), whose original name was John O'Brien, was an American stage actor, born in Buffalo, New York, on August 5, 1836; he died in Evansville, Indiana on April 10, 1887. His first appearance was made on June 27, 1853, at a ...
, stage actor *
James Read James Christopher Read (born July 31, 1953) is an American actor. He played the role of George Hazard in the ''North and South'' television miniseries, and had a recurring role as Victor Bennett on the supernatural series ''Charmed'' between 2 ...
, actor *
Joey Reynolds Joseph Pinto, better known as Joey Reynolds, is a long-time radio show host and disc jockey. Reynolds' broadcasting career started on TV in Buffalo at WGR TV 2 and he worked at various stations, including at WNBC. Career His first radio job was ...
, radio personality *
Irene Rich Irene Rich (born Irene Frances Luther; October 13, 1891 – April 22, 1988) was an American actress who worked in both silent films and talkies, as well as radio. Early life Rich was born in Buffalo, New York. At age 17, she wed Elvo Elc ...
, actress *
Mark Russell Mark Russell (born August 23, 1932) is an American political satirist and comedian. He is best known for his series of semimonthly comedy specials on PBS television between 1975 and 2004. His routines were a mix of political stand-up humor cover ...
, satirist *
Talia Ryder Talia Ryder (born August 16, 2002) is an American stage and film actress. In 2015, she had her breakout role as Hortensia in the Broadway musical ''Matilda the Musical''. She made her feature film debut in 2020 as Skylar, opposite Sidney Flanig ...
, actress * William Sadler, actor *
John Schuck Conrad John Schuck Jr. (born February 4, 1940) is an American film, stage and television actor. He is best known for his role as Sgt. Charles Enright in the 1970s crime drama ''McMillan & Wife''. He also played Herman Munster in the late-1980s ...
, actor *
Dick Shawn Dick Shawn (born Richard Schulefand, December 1, 1923 – April 17, 1987) was an American actor and comedian. He played a wide variety of supporting roles and was a prolific character actor. During the 1960s, he played small roles in madcap come ...
, actor *
Buffalo Bob Smith Robert Emil Schmidt (November 27, 1917 – July 30, 1998), nicknamed Buffalo Bob, was the host of the children's show ''Howdy Doody''. Biography Born in Buffalo, New York, as Robert Emil Schmidt, he attended Masten Park High School. Schmidt g ...
, star of ''Howdy Doody'' *
Carrie Stevens Carrie Stevens (born May 1, 1969) is an American model and actress. She was ''Playboy's'' Playmate of the Month for June 1997. Early life Carrie Stevens was born in Buffalo, New York and grew up in Hardwick, Massachusetts. Later she studied jour ...
, actress *
Fran Striker Francis Hamilton "Fran" Striker (August 19, 1903 – September 4, 1962) was an American writer for radio and comics, best known for creating the characters the Lone Ranger, the Green Hornet, and Sgt. Preston of the Yukon. Early life Born in ...
, creator of ''The Lone Ranger'' *
Vola Vale Vola Vale (born Vola Smith; February 12, 1897 – October 17, 1970) was a silent film actress. Early career Vale was born in Buffalo, New York and educated in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Her high school friends in Rochester, New York, where she w ...
, actress * A.J. Verel, actor and stunt coordinator *
Paul C. Vogt Paul Calvin Vogt (born December 16, 1964) is an American actor and comedian, best known for his work as a cast member on the sketch comedy programs ''Mad TV'', ''The Big Gay Sketch Show'', and ''The Rerun Show''. Life and career Paul C. Vogt was ...
, comedian * Peter Allen Vogt, comedian *
Jessica White Jessica White (born June 21, 1984) is an American fashion model, actress and television personality. She is best known for being a Victoria's Secret runway model, Maybelline spokesperson and working for CoverGirl, as well as her appearances in th ...
, model *
James Whitmore James Allen Whitmore Jr. (October 1, 1921 – February 6, 2009) was an American actor. He received numerous accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, a Grammy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a Theatre World Award, and a Tony Award, plus two Aca ...
, actor


Military

* Danelle Barrett (born July 20, 1967), retired
U.S. Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage of ...
Rear Admiral Rear admiral is a senior naval flag officer rank, equivalent to a major general and air vice marshal and above that of a commodore and captain, but below that of a vice admiral. It is regarded as a two star "admiral" rank. It is often regarde ...
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John Basilone John Basilone (November 4, 1916 – February 19, 1945) was a United States Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant who received the Medal of Honor for actions during the Battle for Henderson Field in the Guadalcanal campaign, and the Navy Cross posthumou ...
(1916–1945), Medal of Honor recipient *
John P. Bobo : ''For the former Arkansas State University football coach, see John Bobo.'' John Paul Bobo (February 14, 1943 – March 30, 1967) was a United States Marine Corps second lieutenant who posthumously received the Medal of Honor for heroism during ...
(1943–1967), Medal of Honor recipient *
Thomas Crotty Thomas James Eugene Crotty (March 18, 1912 – July 19, 1942) was a United States Coast Guard Lieutenant (navy), lieutenant. He was the first Coast Guardsman to become a prisoner of war since the War of 1812 and the only Coast Guardsman to be capt ...
(1912–1942), only Coast Guardsman to be captured as POW during World War II * Charles N. DeGlopper (1921–1944), second World War recipient of Medal of Honor *
Harold John Ellison USS ''Harold J. Ellison'' (DD-864) was a in service with the United States Navy from 1945 to 1983. She was then transferred to Pakistan and renamed ''Shah Jahan'' (D-164). The ship was finally sunk as a target in 1994. Namesake Harold John E ...
(1917–1942), Navy Cross recipient *
Herbert O. Fisher Herbert O. Fisher (March 6, 1909 – July 29, 1990) was an American test pilot and an aviation executive, overseeing aviation projects at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. He worked for the Curtiss-Wright Corporation. Fisher flew as a ...
(1909–1990), chief test pilot for Curtiss-Wright *
Frank Gaffney Frank J. Gaffney Jr. (born April 5, 1953) is an American anti-Muslim conspiracy theorist and the founder and president of the Center for Security Policy. In the 1970s and 1980s, he worked for the federal government in multiple posts, including ...
(1883–1948), Medal of Honor recipient *
David Goggins David Goggins (born February 17, 1975) is an American ultramarathon runner, ultra-distance cyclist, triathlete, public speaker, and author. He is a retired United States Navy SEAL member who served in the Iraq War. His first memoir, ''Can't ...
(born 1975), Navy SEAL *
Anson Goodyear Anson Conger Goodyear (June 20, 1877 – April 24, 1964) was an American manufacturer, businessman, author, and philanthropist and member of the Goodyear family. He is best known as one of the founding members and first president of the Museum of ...
(1877–1964),
major general Major general (abbreviated MG, maj. gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. The disappearance of the "sergeant" in the title explains the apparent confusion of a ...
in the
New York Guard The New York Guard (NYG) is the state defense force of New York State, also called The New York State Military Reserve. Originally called the New York State Militia it can trace its lineage back to the American Revolution and the War of 1812. Th ...
* Simeon T. Josselyn (1842–1905), Medal of Honor recipient *
Benjamin Kaufman Benjamin Kaufman (March 10, 1894 – February 5, 1981) was a First Sergeant in the U.S. Army during World War I. He received the Medal of Honor and the Croix de Guerre for bravery in action in the Argonne Forest, France on October 4, 1918. Bi ...
(1894–1981), Medal of Honor recipient *
C. Wade McClusky Rear Admiral Clarence Wade McClusky, Jr., (June 1, 1902 – June 27, 1976) was a United States Navy aviator during World War II and the early Cold War period. He is credited with having played a major part in the Battle of Midway. In the words o ...
(1902–1976), United States Navy aviator *
Harold C. Roberts Harold Cyrus Roberts (October 1, 1898 – June 18, 1945) was a highly decorated officer in the United States Marine Corps with the rank of colonel. He was the recipient of three Navy Crosses, the United States military's second-highest decoration ...
(1898–1945), Colonel in the United States Marine Corps; recipient of three
Navy Cross The Navy Cross is the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps' second-highest military decoration awarded for sailors and marines who distinguish themselves for extraordinary heroism in combat with an armed enemy force. The medal is eq ...
es *
Adrian R. Root Adrian Rowe Root (May 6, 1832 – June 4, 1899) was an American commission merchant, warehouse executive, newspaper editor and military officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He served as brigade commander for much of the war ...
(1832–1899), Union brevet major general *
John C. Sagelhurst John Christopher Sagelhurst (June 1, 1841 - May 10, 1907) was an American soldier who fought in the American Civil War. Sagelhurst received his country's highest award for bravery during combat, the Medal of Honor. Sagelhurst's medal was won for h ...
(1841–1907), American Civil War recipient of Medal of Honor * Frederick E. Toy (1866–1933), Medal of Honor recipient, orderly to
Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Jr. ( ; October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), often referred to as Teddy or by his initials, T. R., was an American politician, statesman, soldier, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26t ...
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Matt Urban Matt Louis Urban (August 25, 1919 – March 4, 1995) was a United States Army lieutenant colonel and one of the most decorated American soldiers of World War II. Urban performed valiantly in combat on many occasions despite being wounded in ...
(1919–1995), Medal of Honor recipient


Politics and law

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Neil Abercrombie Neil Abercrombie (born June 26, 1938) is an American politician who served as the seventh governor of Hawaii from 2010 to 2014. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Born in Buffalo, New York, Abercrombie is a graduate of Union College and the ...
, Governor of Hawaii, Congressman *
Shirley Chisholm Shirley Anita Chisholm ( ; ; November 30, 1924 – January 1, 2005) was an American politician who, in 1968, became the first black woman to be elected to the United States Congress. Chisholm represented New York's 12th congressional distr ...
, Congresswoman and presidential candidate *
Frances Folsom Cleveland Frances Clara Cleveland Preston ( née Folsom born as Frank Clara; July 21, 1864 – October 29, 1947) was an American socialite, education activist, and the first lady of the United States from 1886 to 1889, and again from 1893 to 1897 as ...
, First Lady of the United States *
Grover Cleveland Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837June 24, 1908) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897. Cleveland is the only president in American ...
, 22nd and
24th President of the United States Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837June 24, 1908) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897. Cleveland is the only president in American ...
* William "Wild Bill" Joseph Donovan, Medal of Honor recipient and instrumental in creation of CIA *
William Dorsheimer William Dorsheimer (February 5, 1832 in Lyons, Wayne County, New York – March 26, 1888 in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia) was an American lawyer, journalist, newspaper publisher, and politician. Early life Dorsheimer was born on February ...
, U.S. Attorney, Lieutenant Governor and Congressman *
Frank H. Easterbrook Frank Hoover Easterbrook (born September 3, 1948) is an American lawyer, jurist, and legal scholar who has served as a United States circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit since 1985. He was the Seventh Circuit's chief ...
, judge *
Abigail Fillmore Abigail Fillmore ( née Powers; March 13, 1798 – March 30, 1853), wife of President Millard Fillmore, was the First Lady of the United States from 1850 to 1853. She began work as a schoolteacher at the age of 16, where she took on Millard Fillm ...
, First Lady of the United States *
Caroline Fillmore Caroline Fillmore ( Carmichael, formerly McIntosh; October 21, 1813 – August 11, 1881) was the second wife of Millard Fillmore, the 13th president of the United States. They were married in 1858, five years after he left office. Life Car ...
, second wife of Millard Fillmore *
Millard Fillmore Millard Fillmore (January 7, 1800March 8, 1874) was the 13th president of the United States, serving from 1850 to 1853; he was the last to be a member of the Whig Party while in the White House. A former member of the U.S. House of Represen ...
, 13th President of the United States * Manly Fleischmann, War Production Administrator during the Korean War, Chairman of N.Y. Gov. Nelson Rockefeller's Commission on Financing Public Education ( the "Fleischmann Commission") *
James D. Griffin James Donald "Jimmy" Griffin (June 29, 1929 – May 25, 2008) was an American politician who served in the New York State Senate (56th District, 1967–77) and then for 16 years as the Mayor of Buffalo, New York (1978–93). He later returned t ...
, Mayor of Buffalo 1978–93 *
Mark Grisanti Mark John Grisanti (born October 21, 1964) is an American lawyer, politician, and judge from New York. After being elected to the New York State Senate in District 60 as a Republican in 2010, Grisanti took office as a State Senator on January 3 ...
, state senator *
Isaac R. Harrington Isaac R. Harrington (December 7, 1789 - August 20, 1851) was a prominent businessman and entrepreneur in Burlington, Vermont and Buffalo, New York. He became active in politics as a Whig Party (United States), Whig and served as List of mayors o ...
, Mayor of Buffalo *
Kathy Hochul Kathleen Hochul ( ; née Courtney; born August 27, 1958) is an American politician serving as the 57th governor of New York since August 24, 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, she is New York's first female governor, as well as the firs ...
, 57th Governor of New York *
Edwin Jaeckle Edwin Frederick Jaeckle (October 27, 1894 – May 14, 1992) was a Republican politician and party chairman in New York State during the 1930s. During his tenure as chairman, Jaeckle enforced strict adherence to party discipline, which significant ...
, New York State Republican Party chairman *
Jack Kemp Jack French Kemp (July 13, 1935 – May 2, 2009) was an American politician and a professional football player. A member of the Republican Party from New York, he served as Housing Secretary in the administration of President George H. W. Bu ...
, Secretary of U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, football player, Congressman, vice-presidential candidate *
John J. LaFalce John Joseph LaFalce (born October 6, 1939) is an American politician who served as a Congressman from the state of New York from 1975 to 2003. He retired in 2002 after his district was merged with that of a fellow Democrat. LaFalce was first ele ...
, U.S. representative *
Frank J. Loesch Frank Joseph Loesch (April 9, 1852 – July 31, 1944) was a prominent Chicago attorney, reformer and a founder of the Chicago Crime Commission, which attempted to combat widespread corruption and organized crime related violence. Biography Loesch ...
, lawyer, organizer of
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Donald Cyril Lubick Donald Cyril Lubick (April 29, 1926 – February 8, 2022) was an American attorney and tax policy expert. He served every Democratic President—from John F. Kennedy to Barack Obama—and was the Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy at the Depart ...
, attorney and tax policy expert * Frank C. Ludera, indicted for an offence while he served in the Erie County Legislature from 1968–1971. *
Salvatore R. Martoche Salvatore Richard Martoche (born October 12, 1940) is an American lawyer and a retired judge of the NYS Supreme Court, Appellate Division. Early life and education Martoche was born in Buffalo, New York. He received his Bachelor of Science from ...
, former U.S. Attorney, Appellate Court Judge, and Assistant Secretary of Labor. *
Thomas McCarty Thomas McCarty was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly. Biography McCarty was born on October 29, 1838, in Buffalo, New York. He would own a farm in Menomonee, Wisconsin. On February 6, 1894, McCarty married Alice Boyle. They would have sev ...
, Wisconsin politician *Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, President of Somalia *Henry J. Nowak, U.S. Representative *Ajit Pai, FCC chairman *Carl Paladino, businessman and founder of the Taxpayers Party of New York *Tom Perez, former Secretary of Labor, head of the Democratic National Committee *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 *Angela Stanton-King, Georgia Congressional candidate *Peter J. Tropman, Wisconsin politician *John B. Weber, Col. John B. Weber, Congressman


Religion, charities, social advocacy

*Marty Angelo, minister, author, television producer, record promoter, disk jockey, restaurant/nightclub owner and band manager *Nelson Baker, Roman Catholic priest and church administrator *Rosalie Bertell, scientist, author, environmental activist, and epidemiologist *Molly Burhans, Catholic Environmentalist, Cartographer, UN Young Champion of the Earth *Harry Emerson Fosdick, pastor and central figure in the "Fundamentalist–Modernist Controversy" within American Protestantism *Kevin Gaughan, attorney and government reform advocate *
Anson Goodyear Anson Conger Goodyear (June 20, 1877 – April 24, 1964) was an American manufacturer, businessman, author, and philanthropist and member of the Goodyear family. He is best known as one of the founding members and first president of the Museum of ...
, philanthropist and first president of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City *Katharine Martha Houghton Hepburn, suffragist and birth control advocate *Isaac Klein, prominent rabbi and halakhic authority within Conservative Judaism. *Karen Klimczak, Sister Karen Klimczak, member of the Sisters of St. Joseph#Buffalo, 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 nation, Seneca orator and Tribal chief, chief of the Wolf clan *Margit Slachta, founder of the Sisters of Social Service *Stanley Spisiak, "Buffalo River (New York)#Contamination and remediation, Mr Buffalo River", conservationist and environmental activist *Mary Burnett Talbert, African-American activist, suffragist and reform movement, reformer


Science and technology

*Willis Carrier, inventor of modern air conditioning *Sidney Farber, considered the father of modern chemotherapy *Genevieve Grotjan Feinstein, mathematician and cryptanalyst, helped crack the Japanese cipher machine during WWII *Edward Gibson, NASA astronaut, pilot, engineer, and physicist *
Wilson Greatbatch Wilson Greatbatch (September 6, 1919 – September 27, 2011) was an American engineer and pioneering inventor. He held more than 325 patents and was a member of the National Inventors Hall of Fame and a recipient of the Lemelson–MIT Prize ...
, inventor of the Cardiac pacemaker *Herbert Hauptman, Nobel Laureate *Herman Hollerith, founder of ''Tabulating Machine Company, The Tabulating Machine Company'' that later became IBM *Bruce Kershner, environmentalist and author *Chad Myers, meteorologist *Roswell Park (surgeon), Roswell Park, physician *James Pawelczyk, NASA researcher *Alfred Southwick, inventor of the electric chair *Sargur Srihari, Sargur N. Srihari, computer scientist *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 and current general manager of the Buffalo Sabres *Adrian Adonis, professional wrestler *Anita Alvarez (synchronized swimmer), Anita Alvarez, Olympic synchronized swimmer *Matt Anderson (volleyball), Matt Anderson, volleyball player *Jimmy Arias, tennis player *Justin Bailey, ice hockey player *Tom Baker (bowler), Tom Baker, bowler *Dick Beyer, professional wrestler *The Blade (wrestler), The Blade, professional wrestler *Ed Book, basketball player *Damone Brown, basketball player *Jack Brownschidle, hockey player *Jim Burt (American football), Jim Burt, football player *Al Cervi, basketball player and coach *Steven Coppola, Olympic rower *Jon Corto, football player *Don Curtis, professional 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 *Daniel Garcia (wrestler), Daniel Garcia, professional wrestler *Dennis Gilbert (ice hockey), Dennis Gilbert, hockey player *
David Goggins David Goggins (born February 17, 1975) is an American ultramarathon runner, ultra-distance cyclist, triathlete, public speaker, and author. He is a retired United States Navy SEAL member who served in the Iraq War. His first memoir, ''Can't ...
, ultramarathon runner *Corey Graham, football player *Rob Gronkowski, football player *Paul Harris (basketball), Paul Harris, basketball player *Lazar Hayward, basketball player *Orel Hershiser, baseball player *Joe Hesketh, baseball player *Dave Hollins, baseball player *Bill Hunter (outfielder), Bill Hunter, baseball player *Ron Jaworski, football player *Josh Johnson (pitcher), Josh Johnson, baseball player *Patrick Kaleta, hockey player *Patrick Kane, hockey player *Jim Kelly, football player, settled in Buffalo after playing for the Buffalo Bills *Chad Kelly, football player, nephew of Jim *
Jack Kemp Jack French Kemp (July 13, 1935 – May 2, 2009) was an American politician and a professional football player. A member of the Republican Party from New York, he served as Housing Secretary in the administration of President George H. W. Bu ...
, football player and politician *Tim Kennedy (ice hockey), Tim Kennedy, hockey player *Seymour H. Knox III, NHL owner *Todd Krygier, hockey player *Christian Laettner, basketball player *Mike Lalor, NHL hockey player and Stanley Cup winner in 1986 *Bob Lanier, basketball player *Mark Lewin, professional wrestler *Lex Luger, professional wrestler *Sal Maglie, baseball player *Don Majkowski, football player *Tom Makowski, baseball player *Mike Mamula, football player *Carol Mann, golfer *Todd Marchant, hockey player *Phil McConkey, football player *Marc Mero, professional wrestler *Joe Mesi, boxer *Steve Mesler, Olympic bobsled gold medalist *Aaron Miller (ice hockey), Aaron Miller, hockey player *Matvey Natanzon, backgammon player *Paul Noworyta, professional vert skater *Jordan Nwora, basketball player *Greg Oden, basketball player *Brooks Orpik, hockey player *Adam Page (sledge hockey), Adam Page, sledge hockey player *Tommy Paul, boxer *Beth Phoenix, professional wrestler *Ron Pitts, football player *Kevin Quick, hockey player *Emily Regan, Olympic rowing gold medalist *Clifford Robinson (basketball, born 1966), Clifford Robinson, basketball player *Otto Roehm, Olympic freestyle wrestler *Naaman Roosevelt, football player *Buddy Rosar, baseball player *Trevor Ruffin, basketball player *Roy Saari, Olympic swimmer *Alexi Salamone, sled hockey player *Philippe Sauvé, hockey player *Hayley Scamurra, hockey player *Peter Scamurra, hockey player *Cole Schneider, hockey player *The Silent Warrior, professional wrestler *Michael Sisti, hockey coach *Jimmy Slattery, boxer *Warren Spahn, baseball pitcher *James Starks, football player *Lee Stempniak, hockey player *Loren Stokes, basketball player *Josh Thomas (defensive end), Josh Thomas, football player * A.J. Verel, kickboxer, martial artist *Mikey Whipwreck, James Watson, professional wrestler *Ward Wettlaufer, golfer *John Wildhack, Syracuse University athletic director *Jesse Winker, baseball player *Mary Wittenberg, marathon official *Craig Wolfley, football player *Ron Wolfley, football player, radio personality *John Wyatt (baseball), John Wyatt, Negro league baseball player *Miles Wood, NHL hockey player


Other

*Joseph Christopher (1955–1993), serial killer


See also

*List of mayors of Buffalo, New York


References

{{City of Buffalo, New York Lists of people by city in the United States, Buffalo, New York Lists of people from New York (state), Buffalo Buffalo, New York-related lists