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ALBANY
Most Famous People Born in Albany, United States
- Notable people
- 625
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- Median birth year
- 1923
- Most distinctive
- Baseball 4.8×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Albany during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Albany Is Known For
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Politician is Albany's biggest profession — 13% of all notables (81).
Albany over-indexes on baseball — 4.8× the global rate.
Albany under-produces painter — only 0.6× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Albany's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Filtered to 1940s Clear ×
Martin Seligman
Born 1942
Robert S. Langer
Born 1948
Paula Deen
Born 1947
Bobby Rush
Born 1946
Bert Sommer
1949 - 1990
Bernice Johnson Reagon
Born 1942
Ai (poet)
1947 - 2010
Paul Preuss (author)
Born 1942
Ginny Brown-Waite
Born 1943
Paul Edwin Zimmer
1943 - 1997
Loretta Preska
Born 1949
Menachem Kellner
Born 1946
James Mann (writer)
Born 1946
Hal Breeden
Born 1944
John Hilton (American football)
1942 - 2017
Angel Tompkins
Born 1942
Gerald Jennings
Born 1948
John C. Coffee
Born 1944
Gregory Orr (poet)
Born 1947
John McEneny
Born 1943
John Whitman
1944 - 2015
Susan Weiner
1946 - 2012
Mandy Carter
Born 1948
Amanda Williams
Born 1946
Neil Breslin
Born 1942
Joan Lescinski
Born 1947
Walter Doran
Born 1945
Paul Whaley
1946 - 2019
Anne Scripps
1946 - 1993
Rich Robertson (right-handed pitcher)
Born 1944
Patricia Dillon Cafferata
Born 1940
Morris Solomon Jr.
Born 1944
Almon Glenn Braswell
1943 - 2006
Bud Heidgerken
Born 1943
Robert J. Rubel
Born 1944
Gary Kinchen
1941 - 2011
Richard E. Hawley
Born 1942
Tom Dawes
1944 - 2007
John Flavin
Born 1942
Danny Breeden
Born 1942
Pete Smith (basketball)
Born 1947
Andrew Smith (bishop)
Born 1944