This is a list of notable people who are associated with the town of Woodstock, New York, United States. They may not have been born there or live there presently, or may be deceased.

Musicians

* Daevid Allen – Australian singer and guitarist of

Soft Machine Soft Machine are a British rock band from Canterbury formed in mid-1966 by Mike Ratledge (keyboards, 1966–1976), Robert Wyatt (drums, vocals, 1966–1971), Kevin Ayers (bass, guitar, vocals, 1966–1968) and Daevid Allen (guitar, 1966–196 ...

and Gong *

John Ashton John Ashton may refer to: Entertainment * John Ashton (composer) (1830–1896), Welsh musician * Will Ashton (John William Ashton, 1881–1963), British-Australian artist and art director * John Rowland Ashton (1917–2008), English author * John ...

– English-born producer and guitarist for The Psychedelic Furs * The Band members: Rick Danko,

Levon Helm Mark Lavon "Levon" Helm (May 26, 1940 – April 19, 2012) was an American musician who achieved fame as the drummer and one of the three lead vocalists for the Band, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. H ...

, Garth Hudson, Richard Manuel, and

Robbie Robertson Jaime Royal "Robbie" Robertson, OC (born July 5, 1943), is a Canadian musician. He is best known for his work as lead guitarist and songwriter for the Band, and for his career as a solo recording artist. With the deaths of Richard Manuel in ...

– the five shared a house together, where they recorded

The Basement Tapes ''The Basement Tapes'' is the sixteenth album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan and his second with the Band. It was released on June 26, 1975, by Columbia Records. Two-thirds of the album's 24 tracks feature Dylan on lead vocals backed b ...

(with Bob Dylan) and wrote several songs for Music from Big Pink. The house, dubbed "Big Pink" is in neighboring Saugerties, though Danko, Manuel, Hudson and Helm all eventually moved to Woodstock. Danko and Helm are both buried in the Woodstock Cemetery on Rock City Road. * Cyro Baptista – Brazilian-born percussionist * Josh Ritter – singer, songwriter * Richard Bell – keyboardist * Karl Berger – jazz educator, vibraphonist, founder

Creative Music Studio The Creative Music Studio (CMS) was a premier study center for contemporary creative music during the 1970s and 1980s, based in Woodstock, New York. Founded in 1971 by Karl Berger, Ingrid Sertso, and Ornette Coleman, it brought together leading in ...

Carla Bley Carla Bley (born Lovella May Borg; May 11, 1936) is an American jazz composer, pianist, organist and bandleader. An important figure in the free jazz movement of the 1960s, she is perhaps best known for her jazz opera '' Escalator over the Hill'' ...

– jazz composer, pianist, organist and bandleader * David Bowie – songwriter, musician, actor, fashion icon * Harvey Brooks – bassist, producer, songwriter, composer * Paul Butterfield – blues musician * Cindy Cashdollar – dobro, five-time Grammy Award winner * Jimmy Cobb – jazz drummer * Imani Coppola – singer, songwriter, musician (early 2000s) *

Henry Cowell Henry Dixon Cowell (; March 11, 1897 – December 10, 1965) was an American composer, writer, pianist, publisher and teacher. Marchioni, Tonimarie (2012)"Henry Cowell: A Life Stranger Than Fiction" ''The Juilliard Journal''. Retrieved 19 June 202 ...

– composer * Marshall Crenshaw – musician, songwriter, resident from 1987–2004 * Marilyn Crispell – pianist * Karen Dalton – singer *

Kal David David Raskin (June 15, 1943 – August 16, 2022), who performed as Kal David, was an American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter, whose 50-year musical career in Illinois, New York, and California extended through various phases, includin ...

– blues musician *

Jack DeJohnette Jack DeJohnette (born August 9, 1942) is an American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer. Known for his extensive work as leader and sideman for musicians including Charles Lloyd, Freddie Hubbard, Keith Jarrett, Bill Evans, John Abercrombie, ...

– jazz drummer *

Alix Dobkin Alix Cecil Dobkin (August 16, 1940 – May 19, 2021) was an American folk singer-songwriter, memoirist, and lesbian feminist activist. In 1979, she was the first American lesbian feminist musician to do a European concert tour. Early life Dobki ...

– singer-songwriter * Robbie Dupree – singer-songwriter * Bob Dylan – singer-songwriter, lived in Woodstock 1965–1972; had his infamous motorcycle accident in Bearsville in 1966Heylin, ''Bob Dylan: Behind the Shades Revisited'', pp. 267. *

Joey Eppard Joey Eppard is a music writer, recording artist, and the lead vocalist and guitarist for the experimental/progressive rock band, 3. He is also the brother of Josh Eppard, the drummer for Coheed and Cambria and former drummer of 3. In addition ...

– Kingston, New York-born singer, songwriter, guitarist, bassist; best known for his Kingston Rock band, 3 *

Donald Fagen Donald Jay Fagen (born January 10, 1948) is an American musician best known as the co-founder, lead singer, co-songwriter, and keyboardist of the band Steely Dan, formed in the early 1970s with musical partner Walter Becker. In addition to his w ...

– co-founder

Steely Dan Steely Dan is an American rock band founded in 1971 in New York by Walter Becker (guitars, bass, backing vocals) and Donald Fagen (keyboards, lead vocals). Initially the band had a stable lineup, but in 1974, Becker and Fagen retired from live ...

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 singer *

Matt Flynn Matthew Clayton Flynn (born June 20, 1985) is a former American football quarterback. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the seventh round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He was a member of the Packers when they won Super Bowl XLV over the Pitts ...

– drummer for band

Maroon 5 Maroon 5 is an American pop rock band from Los Angeles, California. It currently consists of lead vocalist Adam Levine, keyboardist and rhythm guitarist Jesse Carmichael, lead guitarist James Valentine (musician), James Valentine, drummer Matt ...

* Paul Green – founder of Paul Green School of Rock Music (now School of Rock) *

John Hall John Hall may refer to: Academics * John Hall (NYU President) (fl. c. 1890), American academic * John A. Hall (born 1949), sociology professor at McGill University, Montreal * John F. Hall (born 1951), professor of classics at Brigham Young Unive ...

– musician, co-founder of Orleans *

Amy Helm Amy Helm (born December 3, 1970) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. She is the daughter of drummer Levon Helm and singer Libby Titus. She is a past member of the Levon Helm's Midnight Ramble Band and Ollabelle, as well as her own tou ...

– daughter of

Jimi Hendrix James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942September 18, 1970) was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. Although his mainstream career spanned only four years, he is widely regarded as one of the most ...

– guitarist, singer, songwriter * John Herald – bluegrass singer, songwriter Greenbriar Boys * Darryl Jenifer – bassist for Bad Brains * Bill Keith – banjo player, composer; developed melodic or

Keith style The Keith style of playing the 5-string banjo emphasizes the melody of the song. Also known as the "Melodic" or "Chromatic style", it was first developed and popularized independently by Bobby Thompson and Bill Keith in the early 1960s. It is us ...

banjo picking * Dr. Know (guitarist) – punk rock guitarist, notably for Bad Brains. * Steve Knight – keyboardist for Mountain * Kramer – musician/producer - Shockabilly, Bongwater, Butthole Surfers, The Fugs * Tony Levin – bassist *

Donna Lewis Donna Lewis (born August 1959) is a Welsh singer. She is best known for the 1996 pop hit single "I Love You Always Forever", which peaked at number five on the UK Singles Chart, and also peaked within the top ten of the charts in Australia, Aust ...

- I love you always forever * Frank Luther – bassist *

Jennifer Maidman Jennifer Maidman (formerly Ian Maidman, born 24 January 1958) is a British musician, singer, producer, songwriter, actor and author who has collaborated extensively with many internationally well known groups and artists. Her work appears on hu ...

– musician and producer * John Martyn – singer-songwriter * John Medeski – keyboardist and composer for

Medeski, Martin & Wood Medeski Martin & Wood (or MMW) is an American jazz fusion band formed in 1991, consisting of John Medeski on keyboards, Billy Martin on drums, and Chris Wood on bass. The band is influenced by musical traditions including funk and hip hop an ...

* Pat Metheny – Grammy Award-winning guitarist *

Charles Mingus Charles Mingus Jr. (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) was an American jazz upright bassist, pianist, composer, bandleader, and author. A major proponent of collective improvisation, he is considered to be one of the greatest jazz musicians and ...

– bassist, bandleader * Elizabeth Mitchell – singer, composer, guitarist for indie band

Ida Ida or IDA may refer to: Astronomy * Ida Facula, a mountain on Amalthea, a moon of Jupiter *243 Ida, an asteroid *International Docking Adapter, a docking adapter for the International Space Station Computing *Intel Dynamic Acceleration, a techn ...

* Thelonious Monk – jazz musician * Tim Moore – singer-songwriter * Van Morrison – singer-songwriter * Fred Neil – singer-songwriter *

Carl Newman Allan Carl Newman (born April 14, 1968) is a Canadian musician and singer–songwriter. He was a member of the indie rock bands Superconductor and Zumpano in the 1990s. Following the breakup of those bands, he reemerged as the leader of the Ne ...

aka A.C. Newman – lead singer, guitarist, songwriter of The New Pornographers * David "Fathead" Newman – jazz musician *

Pauline Oliveros Pauline Oliveros (May 30, 1932 – November 24, 2016) was an American composer, accordionist and a central figure in the development of post-war experimental and electronic music. She was a founding member of the San Francisco Tape Music Center ...

– pioneering accordionist and composer * * Graham Parker – singer-songwriter * David Peel – member of The Lower East Side Band * Kate Pierson – singer, songwriter, The B-52's *

John Platania John Platania is a session musician, guitar player, and record producer. He was born in 1948 in New York’s Mid-Hudson Valley, in Ulster County, near Woodstock. Career Van Morrison Platania is best known for his work with Van Morrison, beginni ...

– guitarist Van Morrison *

Vasant Rai Vasant Rai (1942–1985) was one of the world's most acclaimed masters of Indian music and played the Indo-Afghan instrument the sarod. Personal life and education Rai's family was from a small town in India called Unjha and he was born in Pari ...

– sarod player, composer *

Bonnie Raitt Bonnie Lynn Raitt (; born November 8, 1949) is an American blues singer and guitarist. In 1971, Raitt released her self-titled debut album. Following this, she released a series of critically acclaimed roots-influenced albums that incorporated ...

– singer-songwriter *

Tom Rapp Thomas Dale Rapp (March 8, 1947 – February 11, 2018) was an American singer and songwriter who led Pearls Before Swine, an influential psychedelic folk rock group of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Described as having "a slight lisp, gentle v ...

– singer-songwriter, leader of band

Pearls Before Swine A pearl is a hard, glistening object produced within the soft tissue (specifically the mantle (mollusc), mantle) of a living animal shell, shelled mollusk or another animal, such as fossil conulariids. Just like the shell of a mollusk, a pea ...

Billy Riker 3, also known as Three, is an American progressive rock band formed in Woodstock, New York, United States, in the early 1990s. History The band was founded in 1994 as a three piece: Joey Eppard on guitar and lead vocals, Josh Eppard on drums a ...

– guitarist, bassist and keyboard player, Kingston Rock band 3 *

Sonny Rollins Walter Theodore "Sonny" Rollins (born September 7, 1930) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist who is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians. In a seven-decade career, he has recorded over sixty albums as a ...

– saxophonist * Mick Ronson – guitarist, producer arranger with David Bowie * Todd Rundgren – singer-songwriter * David Sanborn – saxophonist * Ed Sanders – poet, founder of Fugs band *

Carlos Santana Carlos Humberto Santana Barragán (; born July 20, 1947) is an American guitarist who rose to fame in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band Santana, which pioneered a fusion of Rock and roll and Latin American jazz. Its sound featured ...

– guitarist * Peter Schickele – composer, best known for music he wrote as P.D.Q. Bach *

Max Schneider Maxwell George Schneider (born June 21, 1992), also known by his mononym MAX, is an American singer-songwriter, actor and model, signed to Arista and Sony RED. In 2018, MAX's single " Lights Down Low" went double platinum in the US, Platinum i ...

– ''Rags'', Nickelodeon's ''How To Rock''; singer and songwriter * John Sebastian – singer, a founder of the Lovin' Spoonful * Ravi Shankar – sitar player, composer *

Andy Shernoff Andy Shernoff (born April 19, 1955) is an American musician, songwriter and record producer. He is a founding member of The Dictators, one of the original New York punk bands, in which he wrote nearly all of the songs, played bass guitar and k ...

– musician, songwriter, producer, founding member of The Dictators * John Simon – musician, producer *

Robert Starer Robert Starer (8 January 1924 in Vienna – 22 April 2001 in Kingston, New York) was an Austrian-born American composer, pianist and educator. Robert Starer began studying the piano at age 4 and continued his studies at the Vienna State Academy ...

– pianist and composer * Keith Strickland – composer, guitarist and founding member of The B-52s * Libby Titus – singer, songwriter * Michael Todd – bassist for Coheed and Cambria *

Artie Traum Arthur Roy Traum (April 3, 1943 – July 20, 2008) was an American guitarist, songwriter, and producer. Traum's work appeared on more than 35 albums. He produced and recorded with The Band, Arlen Roth, Warren Bernhardt, Pat Alger, Tony Levin, J ...

– award-winning guitarist, producer and songwriter * Happy Traum – folk musician * David Van Tieghem – composer, percussionist, sound designer * Gene Ween – a founding member of band Ween * Jim Weider – telecaster guitarist, member of The Band * Eric Weissberg –

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player, best known for theme from movie '' Deliverance'' * Gary Windo – saxophonist *

Yehudi Wyner Yehudi Wyner (born June 1, 1929, in Calgary, Alberta) is an American composer, pianist, conductor and music educator. Life and career Wyner, who grew up in New York City, was raised in a musical family. His father, Lazar Weiner, was an eminent ...

– composer, musical director of The Turnau Opera *

Rachael Yamagata Rachael Yamagata (born September 23, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist from Arlington, Virginia. She began her musical career with the band Bumpus before becoming a solo artist and releasing five EPs and four studio albums. Her ...

– singer-songwriter; wrote album '' Elephants...Teeth Sinking Into Heart'' during nine-month period in Woodstock *

Artists

* Marianne Appel - painter, puppet designer, and illustrator * Alexander Archipenko – sculptor * George Ault – painter *

Milton Avery Milton Clark Avery (March 7, 1885 – January 3, 1965Haskell, B. (2003). "Avery, Milton". Grove Art Online.) was an American modern painter. Born in Altmar, New York, he moved to Connecticut in 1898 and later to New York City. He was the husband ...

– painter *

George Bellows George Wesley Bellows (August 12 or August 19, 1882 – January 8, 1925) was an American realism, American realist painting, painter, known for his bold depictions of urban life in New York City. He became, according to the Columbus Museum of Art ...

– painter *

Arnold Blanch Arnold Blanch (June 4, 1896 – October 3, 1968), was born and raised in Mantorville, Minnesota. He was an American modernism, American modernist painter, etcher, illustrator, lithographer, muralist, printmaker and art teacher. Life His modern ...

– painter *

Lucile Blanch Lucile Esma Lundquist Blanch (December 31, 1895 – October 31, 1981) was an American artist, art educator, and Guggenheim Fellow. She was noted for the murals she created for the U.S. Treasury Department's Section of Fine Arts during the Great ...

– painter * James Brooks – painter *

Edward Leigh Chase Edward Leigh Chase (1884–1965) was an American painter and illustrator, and an early member of the Byrdcliffe experiment which gave rise to the artists' colony at Woodstock, New York. A gifted sketch artist and watercolorist, he was one o ...

– painter *

Frank Swift Chase Frank Swift Chase (12 March 1886 – 3 July 1959) was an American Post-Impressionist landscape painter and a founder of the Woodstock Artists Association in Woodstock, New York, the art colony at Nantucket, Massachusetts, and the Sarasota Schoo ...

– painter * Andrew Michael Dasburg – painter *

Julio de Diego Julio de Diego (1900 – August 22, 1979) was a Spanish-born American visual artist. One of his best known paintings is " The Portentous City," a vertical view of Manhattan skyscrapers. Biography 1900s–30s Julio De Diego was born in Madr ...

– painter, jeweler * Richard Diebenkorn – painter *

Anton Otto Fischer Anton Otto Fischer (February 23, 1882 – March 26, 1962) was a German-born American illustrator for the Saturday Evening Post. Background Born in Germany and orphaned at any early age, he ran away at the age of 15 to escape being forced into ...

- painter * Harvey Fite – sculptor * Ramona Fradon - comic book artist * Mary Frank – painter * Milton Glaser – graphic designer (creator of the ‘ I Love New York’ logo) * Marion Greenwood – painter, muralist * Philip Guston – painter *

Rosella Hartman Rosella Hartman (May 23, 1895 — March 5, 1984) was an American painter, etcher and lithographer. She studied at both the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students League of New York. She was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1934 and 1938 ...

– painter, etcher and lithographer * Sam Henderson – cartoonist * Robert Henri – painter * Eva Hesse – sculptor *

Richard Humann Richard Humann (born 1961) is a New York City-based American neo-conceptual artist. His art delves deep into concept and ideas, and he uses a multitude of materials to create his installations, sculptures, videos, and sound projects. Richard Human ...

– conceptual artist *

Joel Iskowitz Joel Iskowitz (born August 15, 1946) is an American designer, book illustrator, print artist and stamp, coin and medal designer. From an initial interest in medical illustration, this graphic artist has branched to other fields. He specializes in ...

– Master Designer, United States Mint * Sy Kattelson – photographer * Yasuo Kuniyoshi – painter, sculptor * Jacques Kupfermann – painter *

Ronnie Landfield Ronnie Landfield (born January 9, 1947) is an American abstract painter. During his early career from the mid-1960s through the 1970s his paintings were associated with Lyrical Abstraction (related to Postminimalism, Color Field painting, an ...

– painter *

Elliot Landy Elliott Landy (born 1942) is an American photographer and writer. Best known for his iconic photographs from the Sixties Classic Rock period, Elliott Landy was one of the first "music photographers" to be recognized as an "artist.” Biography ...

– photographer * Doris Lee – painter *

Laura Levine Laura Levine is an American multi-disciplinary visual artist. She is best known for her portraits of artists from the punk, early hip-hop, New Wave, No Wave, and the early downtown New York City music scene. Levine's work includes iconic images ...

– photographer, painter, illustrator, filmmaker *

Eugene Ludins Eugene Ludins (March 23, 1904 in Mariupol Russian Empire – May 20, 1996 in New York City) was a leading regional American painter and academic. His paintings are in the collection of the Whitney Museum of Art, and his works have been shown in so ...

– painter and art teacher *

Ethel Magafan Ethel Magafan (August 10, 1916 – April 24, 1993) was an American painter and muralist. Early life Ethel Magafan was born in Chicago to Greek parents who had recently immigrated to the U.S. The family soon relocated to Colorado Springs, Colorad ...

– painter *

Norm Magnusson Norm Magnusson (born March 20, 1960) is a New York City, New York-based artist and political activist and founder, in 1991, of the art movement ''funism''; he began his career creating allegorical animal paintings with pointed social commentaries. ...

– painter, sculptor, photographer, political artist *

Georges Malkine Georges Alexandre Malkine (10 October 1898 – 22 March 1970) was the only visual artist named in André Breton’s 1924 Surrealist Manifesto among those who, at the time of its publication, had “performed acts of absolute surrealism." The ...

– painter *

Fletcher Martin Fletcher Martin (April 19, 1904 – May 30, 1979), was an American painter, illustrator, muralist and educator. He is best known for his images of military life during World War II and his sometimes brutal images of boxing and other sports. Ear ...

– painter *

Paul Meltsner Paul Raphael Meltsner (1905–1966) was an American artist who was widely recognized for his Works Progress Administration (WPA) era paintings and lithographs, and who was later known for his iconic portraits of celebrities in the performing ar ...

– painter * *

Anton Refregier Anton Refregier (March 20, 1905 – October 10, 1979) was a painter and muralist active in Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project commissions, and in teaching art. He was a Russian immigrant to the United States. Among his best-kn ...

– painter * Randall Schmit – 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 ...

– painter *

Bradley Walker Tomlin Bradley Walker Tomlin (August 19, 1899 – May 11, 1953) belonged to the generation of New York School Abstract Expressionist artists. He participated in the famous ‘’Ninth Street Show.’’ According to John I. H. Baur, Curator of the ...

– painter

Writers

Shalom Auslander Shalom Auslander (born 1970) is a prominent American novelist, memoirist, and essayist. He grew up in a strict, Orthodox neighborhood in Monsey, New York, where he describes himself as having been "raised like a veal", a reference to his strict re ...

– author *

Larry Beinhart Larry Beinhart is an American author. He is best known as the author of the political and detective novel '' American Hero'', which was adapted into the political-parody film ''Wag the Dog''. Biography An early inspiration was the works of Geor ...

– author of '' American Hero'', which was adapted for the political-parody film '' Wag the Dog'' *

Heywood Hale Broun Heywood Hale Broun (; March 10, 1918 – September 5, 2001) was an American author, sportswriter, commentator and actor. He was born and reared in New York City, the son of writer and activist Ruth Hale and newspaper columnist Heywood Broun. ...

– author and TV commentator *

Hob Broun Hob Broun (born Heywood Orren Broun; 1950 – December 16, 1987) was an author who lived in Portland, Oregon. Following the publication of his first novel, ''Odditorium'', Broun required spinal surgery to remove a tumor that ultimately saved hi ...

– author *

Joseph Campbell Joseph John Campbell (March 26, 1904 – October 30, 1987) was an American writer. He was a professor of literature at Sarah Lawrence College who worked in comparative mythology and comparative religion. His work covers many aspects of the ...

– author, mythologist * Jeff Cohen – media critic *

Hart Crane Harold Hart Crane (July 21, 1899 – April 27, 1932) was an American poet. Provoked and inspired by T. S. Eliot, Crane wrote modernist poetry that was difficult, highly stylized, and ambitious in its scope. In his most ambitious work, '' The Brid ...

– poet * Robert Duncan – poet *

Alf Evers Alf Evers (February 2, 1905 – December 29, 2004) was an American historian who lived in Ulster County, New York for much of his life and wrote lengthy, definitive histories of the Catskills and Woodstock, serving the latter as town historian. ...

– historian and author *

Neil Gaiman Neil Richard MacKinnon GaimanBorn as Neil Richard Gaiman, with "MacKinnon" added on the occasion of his marriage to Amanda Palmer. ; ( Neil Richard Gaiman; born 10 November 1960) is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, gr ...

– author *

Gail Godwin Gail Godwin (born June 18, 1937) is an American novelist and short story writer. Godwin has written 14 novels, two short story collections, three non-fiction books, and ten libretti. Her primary literary accomplishments are her novels, which have ...

– author *

Carey Harrison Carey Harrison (born 19 February 1944) is an English novelist and dramatist. Early years and education Harrison was born in London to actor Rex Harrison and actress Lilli Palmer, and raised in Los Angeles and New York, where he attended the ...

– novelist, dramatist * Paul Hoffman – science author and TV host * Barney Hoskyns – author and music journalist * Howard Koch – screenwriter who wrote 1938 radio drama '' The War of the Worlds'' and won Academy Award for ''

Casablanca Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...

'' * Sean Lahman – historian and sportswriter *

Dakota Lane Dakota Lane (born in Brooklyn, New York in 1959) is an author. She has been nominated for an American Library Association award three times and cited as a Best Book for Young Adults for ''Johnny Voodoo'' and 2008 Quick Picks for Reluctant Youn ...

– author and photographer * Henry Morton Robinson – novelist * Ed Sanders – author and publisher *

Ruth Simpson Ruth Simpson may refer to: * Ruth Simpson (activist) (1926–2008), author and founder of the United States' first lesbian community center * Ruth Simpson (artist) (1889–1964), British artist * Ruth DeEtte Simpson Ruth DeEtte Simpson (May 6, 19 ...

– author and lesbian/feminist activist * Amy Tan – author * Anita Miller Smith – historian, painter and herbalist * Clark Strand – non-fiction spiritual writer * Theodore Sturgeon – science-fiction author * Robert Thurman – Buddhist scholar, author; father of actress Uma Thurman *

Eli Waldron Eli Waldron (January 25, 1916 to June 9, 1980) was an American writer and journalist whose primary work consisted of short stories, essays, and poetry. His writings were published in literary journals (such as ''The Kenyon Review'', ''Prairie S ...

– short story writer, novelist, poet, journalist, artist *

Walter Weyl Walter Edward Weyl (March 11, 1873 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – November 9, 1919 in Woodstock, New York) was a writer and speaker, an intellectual leader of the Progressive movement in the United States. As a strong nationalist, his goal was ...

– leader of the Progressive movement

Film directors

Leon Gast Leon Jacques Gast (March 30, 1936 – March 8, 2021) was an American documentary film director, producer, cinematographer, and editor. His documentary, ''When We Were Kings'' depicts the iconic heavyweight boxing match: The Rumble in the Jungle b ...

– director of '' When We Were Kings'' * Lacey Schwartz Delgado – filmmaker and second lady of New York *

Sarah Pirozek Sarah Pirozek is a New York-based British film producer, director, and writer. She has directed television commercials, a documentary feature, has produced and directed feature films, and developed TV series. Her most recent project is #LIKE a Noir ...

– director of

Free Tibet Free Tibet (FT) is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation, founded in 1987 and based in London, England. According to their mission statement, Free Tibet advocates for "a free Tibet in which Tibetans are able to determine their own futur ...

Actors and theater people

Gaston Bell George Gaston Bell (September 27, 1877 – December 13, 1963) was an American stage and film actor active over the early decades of the twentieth century. Early life and career Bell was born in 1877 at Boston, Massachusetts to George and Elizabe ...

(1877-1963) – stage and silent screen actor; retired to Woodstock; first director the Woodstock Community PlayersCommunity Players Formed at Woodstock - Kingston Daily Freeman (Kingston, New York) Wednesday, November 06, 1935; pg. 7 * Chevy Chase (1943- ) - actor and comedian, grew up summering and weekending in Woodstock, where his father was born and raised * Jennifer Connelly (1970- ) – Oscar-winning actress, lived in Woodstock for several years during her childhood * Brad Dourif (1950- ) – Oscar-nominated actor, lived in Woodstock in the 1970s and 80s * Ethan Hawke (1970- ) – Oscar-nominated actor, lived just outside Woodstock with then-wife Uma Thurman"Press Stories." The Rural Connection * Jan Hooks (1957–2014) - actress and comedienne, lived in Woodstock at the time of her death * Piper Laurie (1932-2023) – Oscar-nominated actress, lived in Woodstock in the 1970s * Lee Marvin (1924-1987) – Oscar-winning actor, lived in Woodstock periodically throughout his life * Sylvia Miles (1932-2019) – Oscar-nominated actress *

Estelle Parsons Estelle Margaret Parsons (born November 20, 1927) is an American actress, singer and stage director. After studying law, Parsons became a singer before deciding to pursue a career in acting. She worked for the television program ''Today'' and ...

(1927- ) – Oscar-winning actress, appeared in summer stock productions in Woodstock during the 1960s *

(1992- ) – actor, singer, songwriter * Max Martini (1969- ) – actor, born in Woodstock * Uma Thurman (1970- ) – Oscar-nominated actress, lived in Woodstock during her childhood; daughter of resident Robert Thurman; returned with former husband Ethan Hawke

Others

* Betty Ballantine and Ian Ballantine - founders of Bantam Books and Ballantine Books; after the 1970s, were independent publishers; said to have started the paperback book industry in America. * George Bonanno - psychologist renowned for his work on grief and trauma. *

John Burroughs John Burroughs (April 3, 1837 – March 29, 1921) was an American naturalist and nature essayist, active in the conservation movement in the United States. The first of his essay collections was ''Wake-Robin'' in 1871. In the words of his bio ...

- naturalist *

Josephine McKim Josephine Eveline McKim (January 4, 1910 – December 10, 1992), also known by her married name Josephine Chalmers, was an American swimmer who won three medals at the 1928 and 1932 Olympics. In 1928 she won the bronze medal in the 400-meter fr ...

Chalmers - swimmer, medalist in 1928 and 1932 Summer Olympics; actress; sister-in law of artist Philip Guston *

John Dewey John Dewey (; October 20, 1859 – June 1, 1952) was an American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer whose ideas have been influential in education and social reform. He was one of the most prominent American scholars in the f ...

- educator, a founder of the philosophical school of Pragmatism * William King Gregory, zoologist * Albert Grossman - manager, producer and founder of

Bearsville Records Bearsville Records was founded in 1970 by Albert Grossman. Artists included Todd Rundgren, Elizabeth Barraclough, Foghat, Halfnelson/ Sparks, Bobby Charles, Randy VanWarmer, Paul Butterfield's Better Days, Lazarus, Jesse Winchester, and NRBQ. ...

; his studio has attracted hundreds of musicians to record in Woodstock *

Steven Hager Steven Hager (born May 25, 1951, Illinois) is an American writer, journalist, filmmaker, and counterculture and cannabis rights activist. He is known for his long association with ''High Times'' magazine. Biography Early life and education Ha ...

- chief

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, '' High Times'' magazine * Phil Jackson - NBA basketball coach and player, general manager of

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