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SYRACUSE
Most Famous People Born in Syracuse, United States
- Notable people
- 497
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- Median birth year
- 1946
- Most distinctive
- Psychologist 5.4×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Syracuse during each.
Notable Births by Decade
Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1960s with 73 notable births.
What Syracuse Is Known For
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Football is Syracuse's biggest profession — 9% of all notables (43).
Syracuse over-indexes on psychologist — 5.4× the global rate.
Syracuse under-produces politician — only 0.7× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Syracuse's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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Tom Cruise
Born 1962
Rod Serling
1924 - 1975
Bobcat Goldthwait
Born 1962
Dylan Baker
Born 1959
Frank Whaley
Born 1963
Carl Woese
1928 - 2012
Siobhan Fallon Hogan
Born 1961
Rory Cochrane
Born 1972
James Nachtwey
Born 1948
Jimmy Van Heusen
1913 - 1990
Robert F. Engle
Born 1942
Eric Carle
Born 1929
Johnny Messner (actor)
Born 1970
Terry McAuliffe
Born 1957
Post Malone
Born 1995
Robert De Niro Sr.
1922 - 1993
Samuel Bayer
Born 1965
Michael Herr
1940 - 2016
Michael Cole (wrestling)
Born 1968
Dana Vollmer
Born 1987
Keith Laumer
1925 - 1993
Viva (actress)
Born 1938
Mark Lombardi
1951 - 2000
Mark Murphy (singer)
1932 - 2015
Theodore Hesburgh
1917 - 2015
Doris Kenyon
1897 - 1979
Phyllis Kirk
1927 - 2006
Roy Atwell
1878 - 1962
Vaughn Bodē
1941 - 1975
William Lundigan
1914 - 1975
Gary Lucas
Born 1952
Walter Farley
1915 - 1989
Michaela Watkins
Born 1971
Mitchell Lewis
1880 - 1956
Carlyle Blackwell
1884 - 1955
Breanna Stewart
Born 1994
Andrew Loomis
1892 - 1959
John Katko
Born 1962
Andy Rautins
Born 1986
Mikey Welsh
1971 - 2011
Borys Gudziak
Born 1960
Marcus Douthit
Born 1980
Bradley Walker Tomlin
1899 - 1953
Tim Berne
Born 1954
Keith B. Alexander
Born 1951
Peanuts Hucko
1918 - 2003
L. David Mech
Born 1937
Jimmy Howard
Born 1984
Anthony Starke
Born 1963
Nicole Mitchell (musician)
Born 1967
Louis Menand
Born 1952
Clifford Luyk
Born 1941
Lillian Ross (journalist)
1918 - 2017
Harold MacGrath
1871 - 1932
Harold E. Robinson
Born 1932
Ann Carter
1936 - 2014
Alex Tuch
Born 1996
Jason Stanley
Born 1969
Claire Luce
1903 - 1989
Bruce Coville
Born 1950
Rob Schremp
Born 1986
Darin Morgan
Born 1966
Mary Mara
Born 1960
Lawrence J. DeLucas
Born 1950
Anthony Dexter
1913 - 2001
David Muir
Born 1973
Dan Maffei
Born 1968
Andy Mineo
Born 1988
Louis Marshall
1856 - 1929
Tony Trischka
Born 1949
Todd Williams
Born 1971
Tim Connolly
Born 1981
John T. Connor
1914 - 2000
Sal Nistico
1940 - 1991
Danny Schayes
Born 1959
Henry Ward Ranger
1858 - 1916
Rick Brunson
Born 1972
Edwin Fitch Northrup
1866 - 1940
Andray Blatche
Born 1986
Daniel W. Drezner
Born 1968
Edna May
1878 - 1948
Henry Slocum (tennis)
1862 - 1949
Nina Davuluri
Born 1989
Hoyt Richards
Born 1962
Zackary Drucker
Born 1983
Ted Forrest
Born 1964
James T. Walsh
Born 1947
Jeanette J. Epps
Born 1970
Jay Leach (ice hockey)
Born 1979
Helen Barolini
Born 1925
John E. Exner
1929 - 2006
Richard Stearns (World Vision)
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Eugene Kennedy
1928 - 2015
Marty Byrnes
Born 1956
Marvin Israel
1924 - 1984
Maltbie Davenport Babcock
1858 - 1901
Irving Kaufman (singer)
1890 - 1976
Stephen Montague
Born 1943
Kay WalkingStick
Born 1935
Charles Hinman
Born 1932
Ed Stokes
Born 1971
Mark Kassen
Born 1971
E. Alexander Powell
1879 - 1957
Aldo Tambellini
1930 - 2020
Zak Smith
Born 1976
Tom Peyer
Born 1954
Jaclyn Hales
Born 1986
Joanne Shenandoah
Born 1958
Margaret Olivia Slocum Sage
1828 - 1918
Stephen Gelbart
Born 1946
Brandon Triche
Born 1991
Tyler Cavanaugh
Born 1994
Dave Mackay (musician)
1932 - 2020
Thérèse Bonney
1894 - 1978
Jennifer Rhines
Born 1974
Lea Davison
Born 1983
Jeff Altman
Born 1951
Jess Stearn
1914 - 2002
Noel Francisco
Born 1969
Louise Henry (actress)
1911 - 2011
Mike Hart (American football)
Born 1986
George C. Wortley
1926 - 2014
Julie Vollertsen
Born 1959
Chancey Juday
1871 - 1944
Joseph Cosey
1887 - 1950
Diana Abu-Jaber
Born 1960
Eugene F. McDonald
1886 - 1958
Roy Bernardi
Born 1942
Steven Swanson
Born 1960
Johnny Gee
1915 - 1988
Jad Abumrad
Born 1973
Matt Hollywood
Born 1973
Richard Dauenhauer
1942 - 2014
Paul Ruggeri
Born 1988
Jimmy Collins (basketball)
Born 1946
John P. White
1937 - 2017
Robert Moffat Palmer
1915 - 2010
Franklin Littell
1917 - 2009
William McCoy (bootlegger)
1877 - 1948
William Egginton
Born 1969
Darick Kobie Morris
Born 1995
Joe Magnarelli
Born 1960
Thom Filicia
Born 1969
Shanna Zolman
Born 1983
Bill May (synchronized swimmer)
Born 1979
Alicia Erian
Born 1967
Andrew Wilson (academic)
Born 1950
Adam Kassen
Born 1974
James M. Early
1922 - 2004
Don Savage (basketball)
1928 - 2010
William F. Walsh
1912 - 2011
Mr. Kenneth
1927 - 2013
Erskine Butterfield
1913 - 1961
Augustus C. Baldwin
1817 - 1903
John N. Hazard
1909 - 1995
Charley Hyatt
1908 - 1978
Clarence E. Hancock
1885 - 1948
James M. Hanley
1920 - 2003
Elaine Ostrander
Born 1958
Grove L. Johnson
1841 - 1926
James N. Frey
Born 1943
Tom Rafferty
Born 1954
Frankie Liles
Born 1965
Sarah Loguen Fraser
1850 - 1933
Christopher C. Upson
1829 - 1902
Jo-Lonn Dunbar
Born 1985
Kathleen Barry
Born 1941
Dean Steinkuhler
Born 1961
Musa Shannon
Born 1975
Craig Shirley
Born 1956
Edward Henry Kraus
1875 - 1973
Jerry Brooks
Born 1967
Daryl Metcalfe
Born 1962
Dorsey Levens
Born 1970
Eric Lichtblau
Born 1965
Lou Mucci
1909 - 2000
Tyvon Branch
Born 1986
Lee Brown Coye
1907 - 1981
John West (musician)
Born 1964
John H. Terry
1924 - 2001
George R. Mann
1856 - 1939
Alan Gelfant
Born 1957
Zane Lamprey
Born 1976
Milton Holmes
1907 - 1987
Terry Smith (basketball)
Born 1986
George H. Heinke
1882 - 1940
Steve Perry (Oregon musician)
Born 1963
Doe Paoro
Born 1984
Carl Schramm
Born 1946
Michael E. Driscoll
1851 - 1929
Willis Wagner Wirth
1916 - 1994
Andrew Russo
Born 1975
Steven K. Galson
Born 1956
B. J. Monkiewicz
1898 - 1971
Glenn W. Ferguson
1929 - 2007
Peter Ames Carlin
Born 1963
Edward Schoeneck
1875 - 1951
Rick Cua
Born 1948
M. Brewster Smith
1919 - 2012
Jonah Smith
Born 1975
Dan W. Reicher
Born 1956
Peter Parnall
Born 1936
Pippin Parker
Born 1969
Gari Ledyard
Born 1932
Kathy Heddy
Born 1958
Elizabeth Punsalan
Born 1971
T. M. Wright
1947 - 2015
Bill Dinneen
1876 - 1955
Christopher Woodrow
Born 1977
Christopher Blizzard
Born 1973
Carolyn Dineen King
Born 1938
Lincoln DeWitt
Born 1967
George Augustus La Dow
1826 - 1875
Martin Sexton
Born 1966
Florence E. S. Knapp
1875 - 1949
Doug Swift
Born 1948
Eddie Babe Risko
1911 - 1957
Kristen Meier
Born 1991
Terry Shannon (IT)
1952 - 2005
Philip Taft
1902 - 1976
Susan Wynne
Born 1965
Don Hansen
Born 1944
Steve Altes
Born 1962
David Toscano
Born 1950
Viki Fleckenstein
Born 1955
William Schneider (politician)
Born 1959
Diamond Bessie
1854 - 1877
Matt Devlin (sportscaster)
Born 1969
Clyde Brion Davis
1894 - 1962
Kevin Larmon
Born 1955
Quentin L. Kopp
Born 1928
Susan Weinschenk
Born 1953
Jessimae Peluso
Born 1982
Andrew Plotkin
Born 1970
John R. Clancy
1859 - 1932
Jim Abele
Born 1960
Mabel Elsworth Todd
1880 - 1956
George Tickner
Born 1946
Margaret C. Snyder
Born 1929
Andrew Gregor
Born 1975
Louis John Gill
1885 - 1969
Carrie Manolakos
Born 1984
Farquhar McGillivray Knowles
1859 - 1932
Harriet Van Horne
1920 - 1998
Edward Kellog Strong Jr.
1884 - 1963
Mabel Potter Daggett
1870 - 1927
Peter H. Davids
Born 1947
Reuven Hammer
1933 - 2019
Beth Mowins
Born 1967
Brett Lievers
Born 1971
Whitney Gaskell
Born 1972
Eric Meola
Born 1946
Helen Aberson
1907 - 1999
Norman A. Mordue
Born 1942
Stephanie Miner
Born 1970
Barry Downing
Born 1938
Frank "Buck" O'Neill
1875 - 1958
Amanda Rogers
Born 1982
Richard Lesley Voorhees
Born 1941
Alex Levinsky
1910 - 1990
Scott Schwedes
Born 1965
G. Frank Wallace
1887 - 1964
Ellis Rubin
1925 - 2006
Jon Ratliff
Born 1971
Samuel LaVoice
1882 - 1905
Jimmy Cavallo
1927 - 2019
Joseph I. Goldstein
1939 - 2015
Isaiah Kacyvenski
Born 1977
Marquise Walker
Born 1978
Jamel Richardson
Born 1982
John Montague (golfer)
1903 - 1972
Hulbert Harrington Warner
1842 - 1923
Richard Van Buren
Born 1937
David C. Knapp
1927 - 2010
Mary Dees
1911 - 2004
Carolyn Kaelin
1961 - 2015
Ben Moore (composer)
Born 1960
Franklin M. Loew
1939 - 2003
John A. DeFrancisco
Born 1946
Colleen Schneider
Born 1982
Mark Caso
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William H. West (entertainer)
1853 - 1902
Amelia Stone Quinton
1833 - 1926
Marshall Ryan Maresca
Born 1973
Blanche Dillaye
1851 - 1931
Arba Seymour Van Valkenburgh
1862 - 1944
Francis James Harrison
1912 - 2004
Jeremy Boltus
Born 1989
Frieda Friedman
Born 1905
Warren Winkelstein
1922 - 2012
Billy Owens (American football)
Born 1965
Scott Cassidy
Born 1975
Greg Habeeb
Born 1976
Wendall Williams
Born 1990
Robert Drummond (gridiron football)
Born 1967
Daniel A. Portnoy
Born 1956
Joe Amato (poet)
Born 1955
Ernest Chappell
1903 - 1983
Kitty Burns Florey
Born 1943
Andy Anderson (rower)
Born 1954