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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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- Writing
- Military
- Other
Theodric Romeyn Beck
1791 - 1855
Edward King (Ohio politician)
1795 - 1836
Cortlandt Van Rensselaer
1808 - 1860
Joseph R. Grismer
1849 - 1922
Jerry Pappert
Born 1963
Jeremy Horne
Born 1986
Alexander Wright (American football)
Born 1967
Philip S. Van Rensselaer
1767 - 1824
Glen Barker
Born 1971
Robert Carter (editor)
1819 - 1879
Paul Gemignani
-
Andrew L. Carter Jr.
Born 1969
Jennifer Horn
Born 1964
Jo el Scott
Born 1971
Lynn A. Stout
1957 - 2018
Robin Oliveira
Born 1954
Frederick Townsend
1825 - 1897
Theodore Sedgwick (writer)
1811 - 1859
Caroline Soule
1824 - 1903
Brennan Morris
Born 1990
Arthur Chu
Born 1984
John Duer
1782 - 1852
Tim Cobb
Born 1964
John Whitman
1944 - 2015
Rashad Greene
Born 1992
Fredrick Brennan
Born 1994
Mike Merriweather
Born 1960
Richard B. Sewall
1908 - 2003
Martin Barrington
Born 1953
Jeff Spear
Born 1988
Trent Brown
Born 1993
Leigh Martin May
Born 1971
Jonathan Scott Hartley
1845 - 1912
Sam E. Rork
1870 - 1933
Gary Ellerson
Born 1963
Kathy Guadagnino
Born 1961
Susan Weiner
1946 - 2012
Dallas Davidson
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Lionel James
Born 1962
Francis Burns
1809 - 1863
Roderick Sprague
1933 - 2012
Abraham Cuyler
1742 - 1810
Chris Cayole
Born 1985
Eddie Johnson (linebacker)
1959 - 2003
Bernard Kilgore
1908 - 1967
Ken Hodges
Born 1965
Christopher Beckmann
Born 1986
Dirck Ten Broeck
1765 - 1832
Charlie Taaffe
1950 - 2019
Montavious Stanley
Born 1981
Vashtie Kola
Born 1981
Park Cannon
-
Mandy Carter
Born 1948
William N. Haskell
1878 - 1952
Hayward Mack
1879 - 1921
Jeremy Fish
Born 1974
Myndert Van Schaick
1782 - 1865
Charles Harvey Brown
1882 - 1960
Ann Curless
Born 1964
Edwin O. Smith
1871 - 1960
Kit DesLauriers
Born 1969
Alfred Freedman
1917 - 2011
Amanda Williams
Born 1946
Wallace Eddinger
1881 - 1929
Merritt Ranew
1938 - 2011
Henry M. Sage
1868 - 1933
Samuel T. Bledsoe
1868 - 1939
Jessica Treadway
Born 1961
Dan Rafael
Born 1970
Trahson Burrell
Born 1992
Mae D'Agostino
Born 1954
Clyde A. Duniway
1866 - 1944
Jeff Hoover
Born 1960
William Steele (Confederate general)
1819 - 1885
John Bogart
1836 - 1920
John Cerutti
1960 - 2004
Michael Reid (linebacker)
Born 1964
Chad Kilgore
Born 1989
Verplanck Van Antwerp
1807 - 1875
William Watts Sherman
1842 - 1912
Francis Bloodgood
1775 - 1840
D'Vontrey Richardson
Born 1988
Kelly Keisling
Born 1951
Bradley Martin
1841 - 1913
Vyto Kab
Born 1959
Neil Breslin
Born 1942
Drew Mahalic
Born 1953
Derrick Moore
Born 1967
William Gorham Rice
1856 - 1945
Jacob Coenraedt Ten Eyck
1705 - 1793
Edward Holland (mayor)
1702 - 1756
Billy O'Brien (baseball)
1860 - 1911
Richard E. Schermerhorn
1927 - 1995
Ryan Dowell Baum
Born 1983
Howard Dearstyne
1903 - 1979
Joan Lescinski
Born 1947
Lawrence T. Harris
1873 - 1960
Howard Clifton
Born 1939
Daria Zuravicki
Born 1985
Jodie Whire
1910 - 1983
David Freed (author)
Born 1954
George Yates
1843 - 1876
Louis R. Ehrich
1849 - 1911
Robert Lansing (state senator)
1799 - 1878
John Audino
Born 1953
Corey Snide
Born 1993
Walter Doran
Born 1945
James Goold Cutler
1848 - 1927
Kurt Quarterman
Born 1983
Jamie Deen
Born 1967
Johannes Schuyler
1668 - 1747
George Peckham
1845 - 1914
David Gamble
Born 1971
Mickey Devine
1892 - 1937
Thomas Michael Whalen III
1934 - 2002
Paul Whaley
1946 - 2019
Troy Reddick
Born 1983
Brian Fricke
Born 1981
Pete Holohan
Born 1959
John J. Ghezzi
1911 - 1983
Hannah Keziah Clapp
1824 - 1908
W. Lair Thompson
1880 - 1940
Richie Edwards (basketball)
Born 1990
John Pappalau
1875 - 1944
Ryan Pierce (soccer)
Born 1983
Johannes Abeel
1677 - 1711
Tony Vinciquerra
Born 1954
Ron Saxton
Born 1954
Homer Summa
1898 - 1966
Benjamin Davis Gilbert
1835 - 1907
John M. Watson Sr.
1937 - 2006
Gary Lee (American football)
Born 1965
Frederick Tully
1931 - 2005
Mike Long
Born 1974
Sharon Brown (Washington politician)
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Chad Dukes (American football)
Born 1971
David Shatraw
Born 1962
Harry Spilman
Born 1954
Mark Bibbins
Born 1968
Evert Bancker (mayor)
1665 - 1734
Ed Phelps
1879 - 1942
Frank Hood
1908 - 1955
Robert Townsend (captain)
1819 - 1866
Trenton Thompson
Born 1996
Horace Silliman
1825 - 1910
John Burleson
1909 - 1983
Nina Cutro-Kelly
Born 1984
Earle Brucker Sr.
1901 - 1981
Anne Scripps
1946 - 1993
Ron James (American football)
Born 1964
Bobby Jackson (cornerback)
Born 1956
Phil Clark (pitcher)
1932 - 2018
Peter Gansevoort (politician)
1788 - 1876
Rich Robertson (right-handed pitcher)
Born 1944
Bill Karins
Born 1974
Harold J. Hinman
1877 - 1955
Stephen P. Nash
1821 - 1898
Patricia Dillon Cafferata
Born 1940
John Rodgers (Geologe)
1914 - 2004
Robert E. Kelley
Born 1933
Harry Heitmann
1886 - 1958
Scott Sicko
Born 1988
Catherine Gunsalus Gonzalez
Born 1934
Morris Solomon Jr.
Born 1944
Andrew W. Needham
Born 1960
William Zisman
1905 - 1986
Tom Pennington
1939 - 2013
Scott Pladel
Born 1962
Mellie Wolfgang
1890 - 1947
Osceola Macarthy Adams
1890 - 1983
Wayne Fenton
1953 - 2006
Matty Fitzgerald
1880 - 1949
Almon Glenn Braswell
1943 - 2006
William Storrs Cole
1902 - 1989
Sylvanus Albert Reed
1854 - 1935
Bud Heidgerken
Born 1943
Volkert P. Douw
1720 - 1801
Jimmy Esmond
1889 - 1948
Raquel Houghton
Born 1981
Thomas D. Doubleday
1815 - 1863
Whitney Wolanin
Born 1990
Xavier Cortada
Born 1964
Greg Chevalier
Born 1985
John B. Manning
1833 - 1908
Dirck Ten Broeck (mayor)
1686 - 1751
Mort Stulmaker
1906 - 1988
Al Burch
1883 - 1926
J.D. Kleinke
Born 1962
Nicholas Frederic Brady
1878 - 1930
Erich Reimer
Born 1990
Terry Keenan
1958 - 2014
A. B. Comstock
1857 - 1937
Jesse N. Funk
1888 - 1933
Elias Willard Smith
1814 - 1886
Moose Clabaugh
1901 - 1984
William Stormont Hackett
1868 - 1926
Jack M. Sell
Born 1954
Larry Connor
Born 1950
Daniel Burke (executive)
1929 - 2011
Emanuel Byrd
Born 1994
James Vernor
1843 - 1927
Stacey Bess
Born 1956
Greenleaf Fisk
1807 - 1888
Wilbur Dawson Owens Jr.
1930 - 2010
Alice Drew Chenoweth
1903 - 1998
David Ball (bishop)
1926 - 2017
Robert J. Rubel
Born 1944
Ed O'Keefe (journalist)
Born 1983
Gene Lansing
1898 - 1945
Bill Kellogg
1884 - 1971
Gary Kinchen
1941 - 2011
Avery Kier
1905 - 1987
Alfred Hollingsworth
1869 - 1926
Jef Boeke
Born 1954
Richard W. Hunt
Born 1950
Richard E. Hawley
Born 1942
John H. Hester
1886 - 1976
Alton Milford Young
1911 - 1950
Hendrick Hansen
1665 - 1724
Johannes Hansen (mayor)
1695 - 1756
John W. Pauly
1923 - 2013
Al Schoterman
Born 1950
Mark Relyea
-
Margaret Weichert
-
Carlos Spaht
1906 - 2001
Carrie Turner (actress)
1863 - 1897
Amos Weaver
1869 - 1937
Curt Schreiner
Born 1967
Ammiel J. Willard
1822 - 1900
C. J. Tarver
Born 1984
Chris Norman (American football)
Born 1962
Brenda Ann Kenneally
Born 1959
William Barnes Jr.
1866 - 1930
Brian Campion (politician)
Born 1970
Johannes Schuyler Jr.
1697 - 1741
Louis Judson Swinburne
1855 - 1887
Lee Tschantret
Born 1969
Courtney Burke
Born 1994
Johannes Bleecker Jr.
1668 - 1738
Edward Bowditch
1881 - 1965
Albert J. Herberger
Born 1933
Tom Dawes
1944 - 2007
Paul McKinney (Pennsylvania politician)
1923 - 1995
Rajanya Shah
Born 1974
Parker F. Dunn
1890 - 1918
Edward Whitson
1852 - 1910
Daniel C. Carpenter
1815 - 1866
Ed McDonald (baseball)
1886 - 1946
Gertrude T. Widener
1897 - 1970
Alvin Segal
Born 1933
John Flavin
Born 1942
Carlton B. Hutchins
1904 - 1938
Antonio Bass
Born 1987
Danny Breeden
Born 1942
Nanette Comstock
1866 - 1942
Dick Stovall
1922 - 1999
Franklin Townsend
1821 - 1898
Pete Smith (basketball)
Born 1947
Clancy Newman
Born 1977
Greg Gary (Canadian football)
Born 1958
Matthew Meigs
1812 - 1889
Robert B. Williams (general)
1901 - 1977
Robert C. Pruyn
1847 - 1934
Gary Holle
Born 1954
Georgia Rooks Dwelle
1884 - 1977
De Garmo Jones
1787 - 1846
Henry Twombly
Born 1862
Miles B. Castle
1826 - 1900
Cornelius Cuyler
1740 - 1819
John Smith (Medal of Honor, born 1826)
1826 - 1907
Jim Vienneau
Born 1926
Bryan Chamberlain
Born 1993
Rutger Jansen Bleecker
1675 - 1756
Christopher Bolduc
Born 1980
Marca Bristo
Died 2019
Luke McDermott
Born 1987
James T. Clancy
1833 - 1870
Evita Robinson
Born 1984
William Anthony (USMC)
1853 - 1899
Mike Regan (lacrosse)
Born 1978
Howard C. Nolan Jr.
Born 1932
James Harris (linebacker)
Born 1982
Pheoris West
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Richard A. Moore
1914 - 1995
Theron S. Copeland
1831 - 1905
Ron Barnes (umpire)
Born 1958
John Slappey
1898 - 1957
McCree Harris
1934 - 2000
John S. Murray
1925 - 2007
Peter Peltz
1915 - 2001
J.C. Luning
1863 - 1928
L. A. Pittenger
1873 - 1953
Edward Everett McCall
1863 - 1924
Dwayne Ijames
Born 1983
Jontavius Morris
Born 1993
Samuel T. Richardson
1857 - 1921
Matt Tarullo
Born 1982
Francis J. Rotch
1863 - 1918
Nicholas Dockstader
1802 - 1871
Dick Cassiano
1917 - 1980