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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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Kirsten Gillibrand
Born 1966
Philip Schuyler
1733 - 1804
William Livingston
1723 - 1790
Elise Stefanik
Born 1984
Roscoe Conkling
1829 - 1888
Bobby Rush
Born 1946
Philip Livingston
1716 - 1778
William C. Redfield
1858 - 1932
Daniel Manning
1831 - 1887
William L. Dawson (politician)
1886 - 1970
William Lemke
1878 - 1950
Edward Hand
1744 - 1802
Pieter Schuyler
1657 - 1724
Ginny Brown-Waite
Born 1943
Eli P. Ashmun
1770 - 1819
Sam C. Ford
1882 - 1961
Hamilton Fish II
1849 - 1936
Philip Jeremiah Schuyler
1768 - 1835
Henry S. Thibodaux
1769 - 1827
Henry Bell Van Rensselaer
1810 - 1864
Philip Livingston (1686–1749)
1686 - 1749
John Schuyler Crosby
1839 - 1914
J. Arthur Younger
1893 - 1967
Peter Van Brugh Livingston
1710 - 1792
Henry Waldron
1819 - 1880
Charles W. Bell
1857 - 1927
William Alvord
1833 - 1904
Parker Corning
1874 - 1943
Edwin Durno
1899 - 1976
Charles Tracey
1847 - 1905
Gerard Bancker
1740 - 1799
John L. Schoolcraft
1806 - 1860
Robert Wyche Davis
1849 - 1929
Erastus Corning 2nd
1909 - 1983
James Cochran (New York politician)
1769 - 1848
Edwin Corning
1883 - 1934
Alexander Boyd
1764 - 1857
Gerald Jennings
Born 1948
Mark Taylor (American politician)
Born 1957
George N. Southwick
1863 - 1912
Terence J. Quinn
1836 - 1878
Gerrit L. Dox
1784 - 1847
T. Garry Buckley
1922 - 2012
Marian Van Landingham
Born 1937
John McEneny
Born 1943
John C. Davies II
1920 - 2002
Charles Christopher Trowbridge
1800 - 1883
Philip S. Van Rensselaer
1767 - 1824
Susan Weiner
1946 - 2012
Dirck Ten Broeck
1765 - 1832
Park Cannon
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Myndert Van Schaick
1782 - 1865
Edwin O. Smith
1871 - 1960
Henry M. Sage
1868 - 1933
Jeff Hoover
Born 1960
Kelly Keisling
Born 1951
Jacob Coenraedt Ten Eyck
1705 - 1793
Edward Holland (mayor)
1702 - 1756
Richard E. Schermerhorn
1927 - 1995
James Goold Cutler
1848 - 1927
Thomas Michael Whalen III
1934 - 2002
W. Lair Thompson
1880 - 1940
Sharon Brown (Washington politician)
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Evert Bancker (mayor)
1665 - 1734
Bud Heidgerken
Born 1943
Volkert P. Douw
1720 - 1801
John B. Manning
1833 - 1908
Erich Reimer
Born 1990
Margaret Weichert
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Brian Campion (politician)
Born 1970
Johannes Schuyler Jr.
1697 - 1741
Paul McKinney (Pennsylvania politician)
1923 - 1995
De Garmo Jones
1787 - 1846
Miles B. Castle
1826 - 1900
Howard C. Nolan Jr.
Born 1932
John S. Murray
1925 - 2007
Francis J. Rotch
1863 - 1918
Nicholas Dockstader
1802 - 1871
William W. Brown (Wisconsin politician)
Died 1871
Milford K. Smith
1906 - 1984
Conrad Ten Eyck
1782 - 1847