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Syracuse, New York Syracuse ( ) is a City (New York), city in and the county seat of Onondaga County, New York, Onondaga County, New York, United States. It is the fifth-most populous city in the state of New York following New York City, Buffalo, New York, Buffa ...
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Keith B. Alexander Keith Brian Alexander (born December 2, 1951) is a retired four-star general of the United States Army, who served as director of the National Security Agency, chief of the Central Security Service, and commander of the United States Cyber Comma ...
– four-star general in the
Army An army (from Old French ''armee'', itself derived from the Latin verb ''armāre'', meaning "to arm", and related to the Latin noun ''arma'', meaning "arms" or "weapons"), ground force or land force is a fighting force that fights primarily on ...
and director of the
NSA The National Security Agency (NSA) is a national-level intelligence agency of the United States Department of Defense, under the authority of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI). The NSA is responsible for global monitoring, collectio ...
* Jabe B. Alford – mayor of
Madison, Wisconsin Madison is the county seat of Dane County and the capital city of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census the population was 269,840, making it the second-largest city in Wisconsin by population, after Milwaukee, and the 80th-lar ...
* Will Allen – professional football player *
Jeff Altman Jeff Altman (born August 13, 1951) is an American stand-up comedian and actor who has appeared as a guest on ''Late Night with David Letterman'' and ''Late Show with David Letterman'' a combined 45 times. Altman mesmerized contemporaries like Davi ...
– stand-up comedian and actor *
Maltbie Davenport Babcock Maltbie Davenport Babcock (August 3, 1858 – May 18, 1901) was a noted American clergyman and writer of the 19th century. He authored the familiar hymn, ''This is My Father's World'', among others. Early life Babcock was born at Syracuse, New ...
– clergyman and author * Dylan Baker – actor *
John William Barker John William Barker (December 25, 1872 – May 14, 1924) was a career officer in the United States Army. A veteran of the American Indian Wars, Spanish–American War,Philippine–American War, World War I, he served from 1894 to 1920. Barker att ...
– brigadier general in the Army * Marcus H. Barnum – lawyer, businessman, and politician *
Bill Beagle Bill Beagle (born December 6, 1964) is a former American politician who served as state senator for the 5th District of the Ohio Senate from 2011 to 2018. For part of his tenure, Beagle served as the Chairman for the Senate Workforce and Economic ...
– state senator for the 5th district of the Ohio * Kathryn Beare – professional baseball player * John Berendt – author of '' Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil'' *
Carlyle Blackwell Carlyle Blackwell (January 20, 1884 – June 17, 1955) was an American silent film actor, director and producer. Early years Blackwell was born in Troy, Pennsylvania. He studied at Cornell University before J. Stewart Blackton discovered him an ...
– silent film actor, director, and producer *
Andray Blatche Andray Maurice Blatche (born August 22, 1986) is an American-Filipino former professional basketball player. He played nine seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) between 2005 and 2014 before finishing his career with five seasons ...
– professional basketball player * Scott Blewett – professional baseball player * Richard Bock – jazz record producer *
Tyvon Branch Tyvon A. Branch (born December 11, 1986) is a former American football safety. He was drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the fourth round (100th overall) of the 2008 NFL Draft and has also played for the Kansas City Chiefs and Arizona Cardinals ...
– professional football player *
Charles F. Brannock Charles F. Brannock (May 16, 1903 – November 22, 1992) was the inventor and manufacturer of the Brannock Device for measuring overall length, width, and heel-to-ball length of the foot. Biography The son of a shoe industry entrepreneur, Branno ...
– inventor and manufacturer * Frederick C. Brower – locksmith, inventor, and businessman *
Rick Brunson Rick may refer to: People *Rick (given name), a list of people with the given name *Alan Rick (born 1976), Brazilian politician, journalist, pastor and television personality *Johannes Rick (1869–1946), Austrian-born Brazilian priest and mycol ...
– professional basketball player and coach * Ben Burtt – sound designer, film director and editor, screenwriter, and voice actor *
Marty Byrnes Martin William Byrnes (born April 30, 1956) is a retired American professional basketball player. Born in, Syracuse, New York, a 6'7" forward from Syracuse University, Byrnes played four seasons (1978–1981; 1982–1983) in the National Basketba ...
– professional basketball player * Georgia Campbell – professional baseball player * Jean Campbell – professional baseball player * Eric Carle – children's author *
Jimmy Cavallo James Cavallo (March 14, 1927 – December 2, 2019) was an American musician best known for performing with his band in the 1956 movie, ''Rock, Rock, Rock'', by pioneering music DJ Alan Freed. Jimmy and the Houserockers were the first white ba ...
– musician *
Rory Cochrane Rory Cochrane (born February 28, 1972) is an American actor. He is known for playing Ron Slater in '' Dazed and Confused'', Lucas in ''Empire Records'', Lee Schatz in ''Argo'', Freck in ''A Scanner Darkly'', and Tim Speedle in ''CSI: Miami''. C ...
– actor * Michael Cole – professional wrestling commentator * Jimmy Collins – professional basketball player and college coach *
Jackie Coogan John Leslie Coogan (October 26, 1914 – March 1, 1984) was an American actor and comedian who began his film career as a child actor in silent films. Charlie Chaplin's film classic ''The Kid'' (1921) made him one of the first child stars in the ...
– actor and comedian *
Bruce Coville Bruce Farrington Coville (, born May 16, 1950) is an author of young adult fiction. Coville was first published in 1977 and has written over 100 books. Biography Coville was born on May 16, 1950, in Syracuse, New York, where he resided . Br ...
– children's author *
Tom Cruise Thomas Cruise Mapother IV (born July 3, 1962), known professionally as Tom Cruise, is an American actor and producer. One of the world's highest-paid actors, he has received various accolades, including an Honorary Palme d'Or and three Gol ...
– Oscar-nominated, Golden Globe Award-winning actor and producer *
Rick Cua Rick Cua (born December 3, 1948) is an American Christian rock singer, songwriter, bassist, author and ordained minister. He is a former member of the Southern rock band, Outlaws, whom he joined in 1980, but left in 1983 to pursue a full-time ca ...
– singer, songwriter, bassist, author, and ordained minister * Kelly Cutrone – publicist, television personality, and author *
Mabel Potter Daggett Mabel Potter Daggett (February 14, 1871 – November 13, 1927) was an American writer, journalist, editor and suffragist. Daggett reported from France during World War I, wrote a biography of Queen Marie of Romania, and was active in the woman's ...
– writer, journalist, editor, and suffragist *
Nina Davuluri Nina Davuluri (born April 20, 1989) is an American public speaker, advocate, and beauty queen who hosts the reality show ''Made in America'' on Zee TV America from Manhattan. As Miss America 2014, she became the first Indian American contest ...
– public speaker, advocate, and beauty queen *
Robert De Niro Sr. Robert Henry De Niro (May 3, 1922 – May 3, 1993), better known as Robert De Niro Sr.,According to the Social Security Death Index. Searchable at http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/ssdi was an American abstract expressionist painter a ...
– abstract expressionist painter and father of actor
Robert De Niro Robert Anthony De Niro Jr. ( , ; born August 17, 1943) is an American actor. Known for his collaborations with Martin Scorsese, he is considered to be one of the best actors of his generation. De Niro is the recipient of various accolades ...
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Mark Didio Mark Vincent Didio (born February 17, 1969) is a former American football wide receiver who played one season with the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League. He played college football at the University of Connecticut and attended H ...
– professional football player * Blanche Dillaye – artist * Bill Dinneen – professional baseball player and umpire * Frank DiPino – professional baseball player *
Jo-Lonn Dunbar Jo-Lonn D. Dunbar (born March 13, 1985) is an American former football linebacker who played eight seasons in the NFL. He was signed by the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League as an undrafted free agent in 2008. He has also played ...
– professional football player *
Robert F. Engle Robert Fry Engle III (born November 10, 1942) is an American economist and statistician. He won the 2003 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, sharing the award with Clive Granger, "for methods of analyzing economic time series with time-va ...
– economist and winner of the 2003
Nobel Prize in Economics The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, officially the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel ( sv, Sveriges riksbanks pris i ekonomisk vetenskap till Alfred Nobels minne), is an economics award administered ...
* Joe English – musician, vocalist, and songwriter *
Jeanette Epps Jeanette Jo Epps (born November 3, 1970) is an American aerospace engineer and NASA astronaut. Epps received both her M. S. and Ph.D degrees in aerospace engineering from the University of Maryland, where she was part of the rotor-craft research ...
– aerospace engineer and NASA astronaut * Walter Farley – author of ''
The Black Stallion The Black Stallion, known as the Black or Shêtân, is the title character from author Walter Farley's bestselling series about the Arab stallion and his young owner, Alec Ramsay. The series chronicles the story of a Sheikh's prized stallion a ...
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David B. Feinberg David Barish Feinberg (November 25, 1956 – November 2, 1994) was an American writer and AIDS activist. Biography Early life Born in Lynn, Massachusetts to Jewish parents, Feinberg grew up in Syracuse, New York. He attended the Massachusetts In ...
– writer and AIDS activist *
Thom Filicia The surname Thom is of Scottish origin, from the city of Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Angus, and is a sept of the Clan MacThomas. Thom is also a first name variant of the abbreviation " Tom" of "Thomas" that holds the "h". People with the surn ...
– interior designer *
Jon Fishman Jon Fishman (born February 19, 1965) is an American drummer known for his work with the band Phish, which he co-founded in 1983, and which was, in part, named after him. He is credited with co-writing nineteen Phish songs, eight with a solo cr ...
– drummer and founding member of
Phish Phish is an American rock band formed in Burlington, Vermont, in 1983. The band is known for musical improvisation, extended jams, blending of genres, and a dedicated fan base. The band consists of guitarist Trey Anastasio, bassist Mike Gordon ...
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Eliot Fisk Eliot Hamilton Fisk (born August 10, 1954) is an American classical guitarist. Music career Education and teaching Fisk was born into a Quaker family in Philadelphia. He finished high school in DeWitt, New York, and then studied music at Yale Un ...
– classical guitarist *
Frank Gabrielson Frank Gabrielson (March 13, 1910 – January 24, 1980) was an American stage, film, and television writer. His stage work includes '' The Wizard of Oz'' as adapted in 1942 for The Muny, ''Days of Our Youth'', also performed as ''The Bo Tree'' an ...
– stage, film, and television writer * John L. Gaunt – photographer and winner of the 1955
Pulitzer Prize for Photography The Pulitzer Prize for Photography was one of the American Pulitzer Prizes annually awarded for journalism. It was inaugurated in 1942 and replaced by two photojournalism prizes in 1968: the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography and "Pulitzer Pri ...
* Richard Gere – Golden Globe Award-winning actor * Helena Theresa Goessmann – lecturer, academic, and writer * Bobcat Goldthwait – actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter *
David Greenman David Greenman (born October 27, 1977 in Syracuse, New York) is an American actor best known for portraying the character of Danny McCall from 2004 to 2006 on the ABC daytime soap opera '' General Hospital''. Biography David Greenman was born a ...
– actor *
Henry Grethel Henry E. Grethel (born November 20, 1931) is an American fashion designer, merchandiser and marketer. He was born in Syracuse, New York, and is known for his American sportswear collections which make use of sophisticated colors and fine fabrics. ...
– fashion designer, merchandiser, and marketer *
Bob Gualtieri Robert A. "Bob" Gualtieri (born October 2, 1961) is an American law enforcement officer, lawyer, and politician who is serving as the 15th sheriff of Pinellas County, Florida. He previously served as Chief Deputy and General Counsel to PCSO unde ...
– law enforcement officer, lawyer, and politician *
Borys Gudziak Borys Gudziak (born 24 November 1960) is the current Archeparch of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia. He founded the Institute of Church History and served as the rector and president of the Ukrainian Catholic University. He wa ...
– metropolitan-archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia * Jaclyn Hales – actress * Muhammad Hassan – professional wrestler *
Michael Herr Michael David Herr (April 13, 1940 – June 23, 2016) was an American writer and war correspondent, known as the author of '' Dispatches'' (1977), a memoir of his time as a correspondent for ''Esquire'' (1967–1969) during the Vietnam War. The ...
– writer and war correspondent *
Theodore Hesburgh Theodore Martin Hesburgh, CSC (May 25, 1917 – February 26, 2015) was a native of Syracuse, New York, who became an ordained priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross and is best known for his service as the president of the University of Not ...
– president of the
University of Notre Dame The University of Notre Dame du Lac, known simply as Notre Dame ( ) or ND, is a private Catholic research university in Notre Dame, Indiana, outside the city of South Bend. French priest Edward Sorin founded the school in 1842. The main campu ...
* Mary Dana Hicks – art educator * Siobhan Fallon Hogan – actress and comedian * Bob Holz – drummer and composer * Jimmy Howard – professional ice hockey player * Charley Hyatt – college basketball player * David Jennings – member of the
Wisconsin State Assembly The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Representatives are elected for two-year terms, ...
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Grace Jones Grace Beverly Jones (born 19 May 1948) is a model, singer and actress. Born in Jamaica, she and her family moved to Syracuse, New York, when she was a teenager. Jones began her modelling career in New York state, then in Paris, working for ...
– model, singer, and actress * Mark Kaplan – violinist *
John Katko John Michael Katko (; born November 9, 1962) is an American attorney and politician who has served as the U.S. representative for New York's 24th congressional district, based in Syracuse, since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he previo ...
– attorney and politician *
Megyn Kelly Megyn Marie Kelly (; born November 18, 1970) is an American journalist and media personality. She currently hosts a talk show and podcast, ''The Megyn Kelly Show'', that airs live daily on SiriusXM. She was a talk show host at Fox News from 200 ...
– journalist and media personality * Mr. Kenneth – world's first celebrity hairdresser * Tom Kenny – actor and comedian * Doris Kenyon – actress *
Phyllis Kirk Phyllis Kirk (born Phyllis Kirkgaard; September 18, 1927 October 19, 2006) was an American actress. Early life Kirk was born in Syracuse, New York, although some sources state her birthplace as Plainfield, New Jersey. She contracted polio as ...
– actress * David Klein – confectioner and developer of
Jelly Belly Jelly Belly Candy Company, formerly known as Herman Goelitz Candy Company and Goelitz Confectionery Company, is an American company that manufactures Jelly Belly jelly beans and other candy. The company is based in Fairfield, California, with ...
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Zane Lamprey Zane Lamprey (born April 2, 1972 in Syracuse, New York, United States) is a comedian, actor, editor, producer, and writer for television and movies. Personal life Lamprey grew up in Syracuse and attended SUNY Cortland, where he majored in fin ...
– comedian, actor, writer, editor, and producer *
Dorsey Levens Herbert Dorsey Levens (born May 21, 1970) is a former American football running back in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the fifth round (149th overall) of the 1994 NFL Draft. He helped the Packers win th ...
– professional football player *
Alex Levinsky Alexander "Mine Boy" Levinsky (February 2, 1910 – September 1, 1990) was an American-born Canadian professional ice hockey Defenseman who played nine seasons in the National Hockey League for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Chicago Black Hawks and New ...
– professional ice hockey player * Claire Luce – actress * Clifford Luyk – professional basketball player and coach *
Gordon MacRae Albert Gordon MacRae (March 12, 1921 – January 24, 1986) was an American actor, singer and radio/television host who appeared in the film versions of two Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals ''Oklahoma!'' (1955) and ''Carousel'' (1956) and who pl ...
– actor, singer, and television and radio host *
Joe Magnarelli Joseph Anthony Magnarelli (born January 19, 1960) is an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist. Early life and education Magnarelli was born in Syracuse, New York. He received a bachelor's degree from the State University of New York at Fr ...
– jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist * Post Malone – rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer *
Christopher Maloney Christopher Patrick Maloney is an American singer-songwriter, bass guitarist and music educator. He is widely known for his work with instrumental hard rock band Cosmosquad, his stints in Hardline and with Dweezil Zappa, as an independent solo ...
– singer-songwriter, bass guitarist, and music educator * Louis Marshall – corporate, constitutional, and civil rights lawyer *
Frank Matteo Francis Pasquale Matteo (April 2, 1896 – December 19, 1983) was an American football tackle who played four seasons with the Rochester Jeffersons of the National Football League. He played college football at Syracuse University and attended ...
– professional football player * Edna May – actress and singer * Terry McAuliffe – businessman and politician * William McCoy – sea captain and rum-runner * Johnny Messner – actor *
Stephen Montague Stephen Rowley Montague (born March 10, 1943 in Syracuse, New York) is an American composer, pianist and conductor who grew up in Idaho, New Mexico, West Virginia and Florida. Musical Statement ''"I write music to engage an audience, to seduce ...
– composer, pianist, and conductor *
Darin Morgan Darin Morgan (born 1966) is an American screenwriter best known for several offbeat, darkly humorous episodes of the television series ''The X-Files'' and ''Millennium (TV series), Millennium''. His teleplay for the ''X-Files'' episode "Clyde Bru ...
– screenwriter *
David Muir David Jason Muir (born November 8, 1973) is an American journalist and the anchor of ''ABC World News Tonight'' and co-anchor of the ABC News magazine '' 20/20'', part of the news department of the ABC broadcast-television network, based in N ...
– journalist and the anchor of ''
ABC World News Tonight ''ABC World News Tonight'' (titled ''ABC World News Tonight with David Muir'' for its weeknight broadcasts since September 2014) is the flagship daily evening news broadcasting#television, television news program of ABC News, the news division ...
'' * Jonathan Murray – television producer and co-creator of ''
The Real World Real World or The Real World may also refer to: * Real life, a phrase to distinguish between the real world and fictional, virtual or idealized worlds Television * ''The Real World'' (TV series), 1992–2017 * "The Real World" (''Stargate Atla ...
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James Nachtwey James Nachtwey (born March 14, 1948) is an American photojournalist and war photographer. He has been awarded the Overseas Press Club's Robert Capa Gold Medal five times and two World Press Photo awards. In 2003, Nachtwey was injured in a gren ...
– photojournalist and war photographer * Richard Neer – disc jockey and sports radio personality *
Sal Nistico Sal, SAL, or S.A.L. may refer to: Personal name * Sal (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or nickname Places * Sal, Cape Verde, an island and municipality * Sal, Iran, a village in East Azerbaijan Province * Ca ...
– jazz tenor saxophonist *
Joy Osofsky Joy D. Osofsky is a clinical and developmental psychologist, known for her research on infant mental health, how parents nurture their infants and children, and the repercussions that follow exposure to traumatic events and violence. Some of ...
– clinical and developmental psychologist *
Camille Paglia Camille Anna Paglia (; born April 2, 1947) is an American feminist academic and social critic. Paglia has been a professor at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, since 1984. She is critical of many aspects of modern cultur ...
– social critic and author *
Doe Paoro Sonia Kreitzer (born September 19, 1984), known by her stage name Doe Paoro, is an American singer-songwriter based in Los Angeles, California, United States, whose ethereal sound blends elements of pop, dubstep, soul, and R&B and bears strong ...
– singer-songwriter * Greg Paulus – college basketball player and coach * Steve Perry – musician * Marco Pignalberi – politician * Rocco Pirro – professional football player and politician * Jon Ratliff – professional baseball player * Mark Reed – physicist and professor *
Jamel Richardson Jamel Richardson (born January 22, 1982) is an American former professional football player who was a slotback in the Canadian Football League (CFL). He won two Grey Cup championships with the Montreal Alouettes, and was named the Grey Cup Most V ...
– professional football player * Mike Rotunda – professional wrestler best known as Irwin R. Schyster *
Ellis Rubin Ellis S. Rubin (June 20, 1925 – December 12, 2006) was an American attorney who gained national fame for handling a variety of highly publicized cases in a legal career that spanned 53 years. He was famous for his innovative defenses and his ...
– attorney * Margaret Olivia Slocum Sage – philanthropist who established the
Russell Sage Foundation The Russell Sage Foundation is an American non-profit organisation established by Margaret Olivia Sage in 1907 for “the improvement of social and living conditions in the United States.” It was named after her recently deceased husband, rail ...
* Louis J. Salmon – football player and head coach of the
University of Notre Dame The University of Notre Dame du Lac, known simply as Notre Dame ( ) or ND, is a private Catholic research university in Notre Dame, Indiana, outside the city of South Bend. French priest Edward Sorin founded the school in 1842. The main campu ...
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Danny Schayes Daniel Leslie Schayes (born May 10, 1959) is an American former professional basketball player who played for Syracuse University and played 18 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), from 1981 until 1999. At 6' 11" and 235 pounds, h ...
– professional basketball player *
George Schuyler George Samuel Schuyler (; February 25, 1895 – August 31, 1977) was an American writer, journalist, and social commentator known for his conservatism after he had initially supported socialism. Early life George Samuel Schuyler was born in ...
– writer, journalist, and social commentator *
Scott Schwedes Scott Andrew Schwedes (born June 30, 1965) is a former American football wide receiver who played four seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Miami Dolphins and San Diego Chargers. He was drafted by the Dolphins in the second roun ...
– professional football player *
Scorey Bakari Ward (born November 26, 1998), known professionally as Scorey or Scorey Ayee, is an American rapper from Syracuse, New York. He was the first artist signed to Only Dreamers Achieve Records in 2020, a record label created by Chicago rapper ...
– rapper, singer, and songwriter *
Ray Seals Raymond Bernard Seals (born June 17, 1965) is an American former football defensive end in the NFL. He is famous for not having attended college, a rarity in the NFL. Ray lettered in football at Anthony A. Henninger High School in Syracuse, ...
– professional football player *
Rod Serling Rodman Edward Serling (December 25, 1924 – June 28, 1975) was an American screenwriter, playwright, television producer, and narrator/on-screen host, best known for his live television dramas of the 1950s and his anthology television series ' ...
– screenwriter, playwright, television producer, and narrator *
Martin Sexton Martin Sexton Born March 2, 1966 is an American singer-songwriter and music producer. Early life Born in 1966, Sexton grew up in Syracuse, New York, the tenth of twelve children in a working class Irish-American family. He acquired his first ...
– singer-songwriter and music producer * Craig Shirley – political consultant and author * Edward C. Stearns – entrepreneur and industrialist * Breanna Stewart – professional basketball player *
Ed Stokes Edward Kobie Stokes (born September 3, 1971) is an American former professional basketball player, who played at the center position. Stokes attended the University of Arizona. During his collegiate career, he scored 984 points, grabbed 644 reb ...
– professional basketball player * Joseph Stolz – rabbi *
Kevin Surace Kevin Surace (born July 12, 1962) is an American technology innovator, speaker, Broadway & Film producer and entrepreneur. He is the CTO of Appvance, creator of an AI-based software QA platform. He was Inc. Magazine’s 2009 entrepreneur of the ...
– technology innovator and entrepreneur *
Bob Swan Robert (Bob) Holmes Swan (born 1959 or 1960) is an American business executive. He was CEO of Intel Corporation from January 2019 until February 15, 2021. He joined Intel as CFO in October 2016 from General Atlantic, after spending years as CF ...
– business executive and CEO of
Intel Intel Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California. It is the world's largest semiconductor chip manufacturer by revenue, and is one of the developers of the x86 seri ...
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Charles W. Sweeting Charles W. Sweeting (September 27, 1854 – April 17, 1937) was an American businessman and politician. Born in Syracuse, New York, Sweeting moved to Plymouth, Wisconsin in 1878 and then to Clarks Mills, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, in the t ...
– businessman and politician *
Bill Tanguay James Peter Tanguay (May 24, 1909 – March 23, 1971) was an American football tailback who played one season with the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at New York University New York U ...
– professional football player * Tommy Tanner – professional soccer player *
Tsquared Tom Taylor, known by the gamertag Tsquared, is a former professional gamer and captain of one of the most successful teams in Major League Gaming (MLG) history, Str8 Rippin, and was also the coach of Status Quo during the 2010 National Champio ...
– professional gamer * Toosii – rapper and singer * Tony Trischka – five-string banjo player *
Jimmy Van Heusen James Van Heusen (born Edward Chester Babcock; January 26, 1913 – February 6, 1990) was an American composer. He wrote songs for films, television and theater, and won an Emmy and four Academy Awards for Best Original Song. Life and care ...
– composer who authored the jazz standard " Darn That Dream" * Frank Whaley – actor, film director, screenwriter, and comedian * John Wilkinson – engineer and inventor *
Christopher Woodrow Christopher Woodrow is an American entrepreneur, financier, and movie producer. He is the founder and chairman at Media Capital Technologies, a specialty finance and asset management company focused on strategic investments in premium content. ...
– entrepreneur, financier, and movie producer *
T. M. Wright Terrance Michael "T. M." Wright (September 9, 1947 – October 31, 2015) was an American author best known as a writer of horror fiction, speculative fiction, and poetry. He wrote more than 25 novels as well as novellas and short stories, ...
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Born or brought up in Greater Syracuse

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L. Frank Baum Lyman Frank Baum (; May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) was an American author best known for his children's books, particularly ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' and its sequels. He wrote 14 novels in the ''Oz'' series, plus 41 other novels (not includ ...
– children's author best known for '' The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' (
Chittenango Chittenango is a village located in Madison County, New York, United States. The village is in the southern part of the Town of Sullivan. The population was 5,081 at the 2010 census. Chittenango is the birthplace of L. Frank Baum, author of '' ...
) * Joey Belladonna – singer best known as the vocalist for
Anthrax Anthrax is an infection caused by the bacterium ''Bacillus anthracis''. It can occur in four forms: skin, lungs, intestinal, and injection. Symptom onset occurs between one day and more than two months after the infection is contracted. The sk ...
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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 ...
– served as the 22nd and 24th
president of the United States The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United Stat ...
( Fayetteville) *
Tim Connolly Timothy L. Connolly (born May 7, 1981) is an American former professional ice hockey player who played eleven seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Islanders, Buffalo Sabres, and Toronto Maple Leafs. Playing career As a yo ...
– professional ice hockey player (
Baldwinsville Baldwinsville is a village in Onondaga County, New York, United States. The population was 7,898 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Syracuse Metropolitan Statistical Area. Baldwinsville (the village itself) is located in the towns of Lysand ...
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Ronnie James Dio Ronald James Padavona (July 10, 1942 – May 16, 2010), known professionally as Ronnie James Dio, was an American heavy metal singer. He fronted and founded numerous bands throughout his career, including Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio and H ...
– singer and member of
Black Sabbath Black Sabbath were an English rock music, rock band formed in Birmingham in 1968 by guitarist Tony Iommi, drummer Bill Ward (musician), Bill Ward, bassist Geezer Butler and vocalist Ozzy Osbourne. They are often cited as pioneers of heavy met ...
and Rainbow ( Cortland) *
Pete Dominick Peter J. Dominick (born October 31, 1975) is an American political comedian and talk radio personality. Stand-up career Early life Dominick was born in Syracuse, New York, and started performing in public during high school, where he wo ...
– political comedian and talk radio personality ( Marcellus) *
Joel Farabee Joel Farabee (born February 25, 2000) is an American professional ice hockey left winger currently playing for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Farabee was drafted in the first round, 14th overall at the 2018 NHL Ent ...
– professional ice hockey player (
Cicero Marcus Tullius Cicero ( ; ; 3 January 106 BC – 7 December 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, and academic skeptic, who tried to uphold optimate principles during the political crises that led to the estab ...
) * Matilda Joslyn Gage – activist known for her contributions to women's suffrage and abolitionism (Fayetteville) *
Irving Gill Irving John Gill (April 26, 1870 – October 7, 1936), was an American architect. He did most of his work in Southern California, especially in San Diego and Los Angeles. He is considered a pioneer of the modern movement in architecture. Twelve ...
– pioneer modern architect in Southern California ( Tully) * Tim Green – professional football player, radio and television personality, and author (
Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a popul ...
) * Thomas Harley – professional ice hockey player ( Jamesville) * Mike Hart – professional football player and college coach ( Nedrow) *
Gary Holland Gary Holland (born Gary Hallinan, September 14, 1958) is an American hard rock and heavy metal drummer who worked in the 1980s with bands originating from California. He is perhaps best known for being the original drummer in Great White an ...
– musician best known for being the original drummer of
Great White Great White is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1977. The band peaked with several albums during the mid-to-late 1980s, including the platinum-selling records '' Once Bitten'' (1987) and '' ...Twice Shy'' (1989), and those albums ...
( LaFayette) *
Tim Locastro Timothy Donald Locastro (born July 14, 1992) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the New York Mets organization. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Arizona Diamondbacks and New York Yankees. ...
– professional baseball player (
Auburn Auburn may refer to: Places Australia * Auburn, New South Wales * City of Auburn, the local government area *Electoral district of Auburn *Auburn, Queensland, a locality in the Western Downs Region *Auburn, South Australia *Auburn, Tasmania *Aub ...
) *
Dave Mirra David Michael Mirra (April 4, 1974 – February 4, 2016) was an American BMX rider who also competed in rallycross racing. He set the record for most medals in BMX Freestyle at the X Games (later tied by Scotty Cranmer) and earned at least on ...
– professional BMX rider (Chittenango) * Harvey A. Moyer – entrepreneur and founder of H. A. Moyer Automobile Company (
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) * Bert E. Salisbury – businessman and president of Onondaga Pottery Company ( Geddes) *
Horatio Seymour Horatio Seymour (May 31, 1810February 12, 1886) was an American politician. He served as Governor of New York from 1853 to 1854 and from 1863 to 1864. He was the Democratic Party nominee for president in the 1868 United States presidential elec ...
– politician and 18th
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(
Pompey Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (; 29 September 106 BC – 28 September 48 BC), known in English as Pompey or Pompey the Great, was a leading Roman general and statesman. He played a significant role in the transformation of ...
) *
Alex Tuch Alex Daniel Tuch ( ; born May 10, 1996) is an American professional ice hockey forward for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted by the Minnesota Wild in the first round, 18th overall, in the 2014 NHL Entry Dra ...
– professional ice hockey player (Baldwinsville) * John Walsh – television personality and host/creator of ''
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'' (Auburn)


Others with ties to the Syracuse area

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Hervey Allen William Hervey Allen Jr. (December 8, 1889 – December 28, 1949) was an American educator, poet, and writer. He is best known for his work ''Anthony Adverse (novel), Anthony Adverse'' (made into a Anthony Adverse, 1936 movie of the same name), r ...
– author best known for ''
Anthony Adverse ''Anthony Adverse'' is a 1936 American epic historical drama film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Fredric March and Olivia de Havilland. The screenplay by Sheridan Gibney draws elements of its plot from eight of the nine books in Herve ...
'', which was made into a movie of the same name, resided in an extant house on James Street *
Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews (April 2, 1860 – August 2, 1936) was an American writer. She is best known for a widely read short story about US President Abraham Lincoln, "The Perfect Tribute", which was adapted for film twice and sold 600,000 cop ...
– author best known for a widely read short story about U.S. president
Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln ( ; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the nation thro ...
, ''The Perfect Tribute'', resided at Wolf Hollow, the Andrews estate in
Taunton Taunton () is the county town of Somerset, England, with a 2011 population of 69,570. Its thousand-year history includes a 10th-century monastic foundation, Taunton Castle, which later became a priory. The Normans built a castle owned by the ...
* Carmelo Anthony – basketball player at
Syracuse University Syracuse University (informally 'Cuse or SU) is a Private university, private research university in Syracuse, New York. Established in 1870 with roots in the Methodist Episcopal Church, the university has been nonsectarian since 1920. Locate ...
who delivered the program's first NCAA Championship in 2003 *
Danny Biasone Daniel Biasone (22 February 1909 – 25 May 1992) was the founding owner of the Syracuse Nationals, an NBA team now known as the Philadelphia 76ers. Biasone, who was a childhood immigrant to the United States from Italy, was mostly known for advo ...
– founding owner of the NBA's Syracuse Nationals in 1946 * Joe Biden – served as the 46th president of the United States; graduated from Syracuse University College of Law in 1968 *
Lucy Wood Butler Lucy Wood Butler (also known as, Mrs. Allen Butler; February 18, 1820 – March 17, 1895) was a 19th-century American pioneer temperance leader. She was the first president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (W.C.T.U.) of New York. But ...
– pioneer temperance leader, who was the first president of the
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of New York, lived in Syracuse for more than 50 years *
DeWitt Clinton DeWitt Clinton (March 2, 1769February 11, 1828) was an American politician and naturalist. He served as a United States senator, as the mayor of New York City, and as the seventh governor of New York. In this last capacity, he was largely res ...
– served as mayor of
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and the sixth governor of New York; played a significant role in the construction of the
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*
Elizabeth Cotten Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten ( Nevills; January 5, 1893 – June 29, 1987) was an American folk and blues musician. She was a self-taught left-handed guitarist who played a guitar strung for a right-handed player, but played it upside down. This po ...
– folk and blues musician who lived much of her later life in Syracuse and for whom a bronze statue is dedicated *
Asa Danforth Asa Danforth (1746-1818) was father of salt manufacturer and an early colonizer Asa Danforth Jr. Danforth was originally from Worcester, Massachusetts and moved his family to the Onondaga Valley area of New York. He was known to have anti-British ...
– early settler who built a gristmill and sawmill that contributed to the growth of Onondaga County *
Asa Danforth Jr. Asa Danforth Jr. (June 29, 1768 – c. 1818 to 1821) was one of the first citizens of Onondaga County, New York, when he arrived there with his father, Asa Danforth in 1788. Danforth incurred heavy debts speculating in land in New York State. ...
– early settler, land speculator, and highway engineer * Herbert H. Franklin – entrepreneur and automobile manufacturer for whom Franklin Square is named * James Geddes – engineer, surveyor, and politician instrumental in the planning of the Erie Canal who was also at the forefront of the development of the
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industry at Onondaga Lake beginning in 1794 * Theodore E. Hancock – lawyer and politician who served as district attorney of Onondaga County from 1890 to 1892 * Bucky Lawless – professional boxer based in Syracuse from the mid-1920s to the mid-1930s * Simon Le Moyne – Jesuit priest who, in 1655, founded a mission known as Sainte Marie de Gannentaha, and for whom Le Moyne College is named * Jermain Loguen – key contributor to the
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who helped make Syracuse a leading abolitionist city * Pierre-Esprit Radisson – explorer and
coureur des bois A coureur des bois (; ) or coureur de bois (; plural: coureurs de(s) bois) was an independent entrepreneurial French-Canadian trader who travelled in New France and the interior of North America, usually to trade with First Nations peoples by e ...
who traveled into Onondaga territory to aid Le Moyne and operate his mission * C. Hamilton Sanford – businessman and president of the Syracuse Trust Company and co-founder of Sanford-Herbert Motor Truck Company *
Kim Simmonds Kim Maiden Simmonds (5 December 1947 – 13 December 2022) was a Welsh musician who was the founder, guitarist, primary songwriter and sole consistent member of the blues rock band Savoy Brown. Simmonds has led Savoy Brown since its inception ...
– musician and founder of the English
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band
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* Comfort Tyler – early settler, businessman, and politician for whom Comfort Tyler Park is named *
William Van Wagoner William H. Van Wagoner (April 1870 – after 1920) was born in New Jersey and was a bicycle racer from 1888 through the mid 1890s who won many competitions throughout the Northeastern United States. He went on to design the Van Wagoner, an America ...
– bicycle racer and automobile designer * David Foster Wallace – author who wrote much of his landmark novel '' Infinite Jest'' while living in an apartment on Kensington Road across from the food co-op * Ephraim Webster – first white settler in Central New York who arrived in 1786 to an area later named Syracuse * John Wilkinson – lawyer and politician who gave Syracuse its name and founded the Syracuse Bank * Steve Wynn – casino and hotel tycoon who attended
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Syracuse, New York Syracuse ( ) is a City (New York), city in and the county seat of Onondaga County, New York, Onondaga County, New York, United States. It is the fifth-most populous city in the state of New York following New York City, Buffalo, New York, Buffa ...
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