List of people from Syracuse, New York

[ [–≤] ] This is a list of people that are well known from Syracuse, New York:

Born or brought up in the City of Syracuse

* Will Allen - Miami Dolphins cornerback
* Jeff Altman - comedian
* Dylan Baker - actor
* Andray Blatche - current player for the NBA's Washington Wizards
* Charles Brannock - inventor of the Brannock Device (standard foot measuring tool)
* Rick Brunson - former Temple University and NBA player
* Ben Burtt - motion picture sound editor; Academy Award winner.
* Marty Byrnes - former NBA player
* Eric Carle - author of children's books
* Jimmy Cavallo - saxophonist ("Do the Hucklebuck")
* Rory Cochrane - actor
* Jimmy Collins - former NBA player and current men's basketball coach at University of Illinois at Chicago
* Mark Copani - professional wrestler (born in Amman, Jordan)
* Michael Cole - WWE Friday Night SmackDown Announcer
* Bruce Coville - children's author and playwright
* Tom Cruise - actor
* Earth Crisis - straight edge hardcore punk band
* Rick Cua - bassist, producer
*J.Son Dinant - Comedian, Actor and Reality TV personality most known for role on MTV's Fear
* Mark Doyle - guitarist/pianist, record producer
* Gary Dunes - radio personality, entertainer, musician, singer
* Robert F. Engle - Winner of the 2003 Nobel Prize for Economics
* Joe English - drummer, producer
* Walter Farley - author of The Black Stallion
* David B. Feinberg - writer and AIDS activist
* Thom Filicia - interior designer, regular on Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
* Eliot Fisk - classical guitarist.
* Bobcat Goldthwait - actor, comedian
* Kristopher R. Heels - Guitarist/Multi-instrumentalist/Vocalist
* Chuck Hyatt - former college Basketball great in the 1920's
* Grace Jones - model, actress, singer (born in Kingston, Jamaica)
* Mark Kaplan - violinist
* Dorsey Levens - NFL running back
* Jermain Loguen- Abolitionist, clergyman and key contributor to the Underground Railroad
* Phil Markert - radio personality, actor, entertainer
* Terry McAuliffe - former Democratic National Committee chairman
* Johnny Messner - Actor
* Darin Morgan - screenwriter
* Jonathan Murray - reality TV producer, Bunim/Murray Productions
* Richard Neer - longtime DJ for WNEW-FM and sports-talk host on WFAN
* James Nachtwey - photojournalist
* Camille Paglia - social critic, author (born in Endicott, New York)
* Mike Rotunda - professional wrestler, best known as Irwin R. Schyster
* Louis "Red" Salmon - fullback, acting coach of University of Notre Dame football team
* Margaret Olivia Slocum Sage, philanthropist, established the Russell Sage Foundation
* Martin Sargent - Former TV personality and host on TechTV (born in Spencerport and Attended SU).
* Danny Schayes - former NBA player
* George Schuyler - Black author and writer known for having a conservative viewpoint
* Ray Seals - former NFL player with the Pittsburgh Steelers and Carolina Panthers
* Rod Serling - writer, actor (grew up in Binghamton)
* Martin Sexton - musician, singer, songwriter
* Craig Shirley - author and political consultant
* Ed Stokes - former University of Arizona and NBA player
* Tony Trischka - banjoist, composer
* Jimmy Van Heusen - composer
* Frank Whaley - actor
* Charles Knighton - photographer/recorder of Goodwill Games

Born or brought up in Greater Syracuse

* L. Frank Baum, author of the Oz books starting with "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" (Chittenango)
* Joey Belladonna - lead singer of Anthrax (Oswego)
* Joe Calvert - guitarist and producer with 38 gold/platinum credits
* Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th President of the United States (Fayetteville; born in Caldwell, N.J.)
* Nicholas Galluzzo-Case a.k.a. DeCoY - award winning singer / (born in Baldwinsville)
* Ronnie James Dio - musician (Cortland)
* Richard Gere - actor (North Syracuse; born in Philadelphia)
* Tim Green - author, former NFL linebacker, FOX NFL commentator (Liverpool)
* Mike Hart - Football player at Michigan University (Nedrow)
* Tom Kenny - comedian, voice of SpongeBob SquarePants (East Syracuse)
* Dave Mirra - professional BMX rider (Chittenango)
* Greg Paulus - Basketball player at Duke University (Manlius)
* Matthew Testa - Recording/Mix Engineer for Sean "Diddy" Combs, Bad Boy Entertainment (Liverpool, New York)
* Tiffany Pollard - TV personality aka New York (Utica)
* Kyle Shapiro - Lead singer of Heavy metal band Scars of Life
* John Walsh - talk show host (Auburn)
* Jackie Coogan - Child Actor (Addams Family - Uncle Fester)
* Tim Connolly- American ice hockey player with the Buffalo Sabres in the NHL (Baldwinsville, New York)

Others with ties to the Syracuse area

* Hervey Allen, author of best-selling Anthony Adverse, which became a film. He resided in an extant house on James Street.
* Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews, prominent author of "The Perfect Tribute" and other works. She resided at Wolf Hollow, the Andrews estate at suburban Taunton, New York.
* The Baldwin brothers: Alec, Billy, Daniel, and Steven Baldwin - actors (mother, Carol, lives in Camillus; born in Massapequa, New York)
* Steve Wynn - Las Vegas casino tycoon (attended Manlius Military Academy, now Manlius Pebble Hill School; grew up in Utica, New York and Las Vegas)

Attended Syracuse University

* Marv Albert - sportscaster
* Carmelo Anthony - small forward for the Denver Nuggets, led SU to 2003 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
* Joseph Biden - U.S. Senator from Delaware, 1988 Democratic presidential candidate
* Jim Boeheim - Syracuse men's basketball head coach
* Jim Brown - former NFL runningback
* Felix Cavaliere - musician, The Young Rascals
* Joe Castiglione - sportscaster
* Dick Clark - TV personality, former American Bandstand host
* Michael Cole - Commentator for World Wrestling Entertainment
* Derrick Coleman - former NBA player
* Bob Costas - sportscaster
* Maya Deren - filmmaker
* Taye Diggs - actor
* Donato Giancola - fantasy artist
* Gary Gait - lacrosse legend
* Ted Koppel - ABC's Nightline anchor
* Joseph S. Kozlowski, portrait artist.
* Donovan McNabb - quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles
* Gerry McNamara - Syracuse University basketball star
* Lou Reed - former frontman of The Velvet Underground, singer, guitarist
* Mike Rotunda - professional wrestler, best known as Irwin R. Schyster
* Lexington Steele - porn star
* Dick Stockton - sportscaster
* Donna Shalala - President of the University of Miami, Florida, former Secretary of Health and Human Services
* Mike Tirico - sportscaster
* Vanessa Williams - former Miss America, singer, actress
* Pete Yorn - singer, guitarist"See Syracuse University for more"

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