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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×
Through the Decades

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 psychologist5.4× the global rate.

Syracuse under-produces politician — only 0.7× the global rate.

  1. Football43
  2. Politician41
  3. Actor30
  4. Baseball30
  5. Lawyer29
  6. Basket23
  7. Writer22
  8. Singer12
  1. Psychologist55.4×
  2. Baseball305.3×
  3. Novelist94.6×
  4. Basket233.7×
  5. Lawyer293.4×
  6. Screenwriter62.8×
  7. Business122.4×
  8. Artist122.4×
  1. Politician410.7×

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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497 notable people

0001 ACTOR

Tom Cruise

Born 1962

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0002 WRITER

Rod Serling

1924 - 1975

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0003 SCREENWRITER

Bobcat Goldthwait

Born 1962

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0004 ACTOR

Dylan Baker

Born 1959

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0005 ACTOR

Frank Whaley

Born 1963

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0006 BIOLOGIST

Carl Woese

1928 - 2012

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0007 ACTOR

Siobhan Fallon Hogan

Born 1961

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0008 ACTOR

Rory Cochrane

Born 1972

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0009 PHOTOGRAPHER

James Nachtwey

Born 1948

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0010 COMPOSER

Jimmy Van Heusen

1913 - 1990

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0011 ECONOMIST

Robert F. Engle

Born 1942

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0012 WRITER

Eric Carle

Born 1929

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0013 ACTOR

Johnny Messner (actor)

Born 1970

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0014 POLITICIAN

Terry McAuliffe

Born 1957

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0015 SINGER

Post Malone

Born 1995

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0016 PAINTER

Robert De Niro Sr.

1922 - 1993

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0017 FILM

Samuel Bayer

Born 1965

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0018 WRITER

Michael Herr

1940 - 2016

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0019 JOURNALIST

Michael Cole (wrestling)

Born 1968

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0020 SWIMMER

Dana Vollmer

Born 1987

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0021 AUTHOR

Keith Laumer

1925 - 1993

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0022 ACTOR

Viva (actress)

Born 1938

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0023 ARTIST

Mark Lombardi

1951 - 2000

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0024 SINGER

Mark Murphy (singer)

1932 - 2015

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0025 THEOLOGIAN

Theodore Hesburgh

1917 - 2015

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0026 ACTOR

Doris Kenyon

1897 - 1979

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0027 ACTOR

Phyllis Kirk

1927 - 2006

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0028 COMEDIAN

Roy Atwell

1878 - 1962

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0029 ARTIST

Vaughn Bodē

1941 - 1975

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0030 ACTOR

William Lundigan

1914 - 1975

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0031 SONGWRITER

Gary Lucas

Born 1952

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0032 WRITER

Walter Farley

1915 - 1989

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0033 COMEDIAN

Michaela Watkins

Born 1971

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0034 ACTOR

Mitchell Lewis

1880 - 1956

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0035 ACTOR

Carlyle Blackwell

1884 - 1955

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0036 BASKET

Breanna Stewart

Born 1994

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0037 PAINTER

Andrew Loomis

1892 - 1959

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0038 POLITICIAN

John Katko

Born 1962

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0039 BASKET

Andy Rautins

Born 1986

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0040 MUSIC

Mikey Welsh

1971 - 2011

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0041 PRIEST

Borys Gudziak

Born 1960

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0042 BASKET

Marcus Douthit

Born 1980

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0043 PAINTER

Bradley Walker Tomlin

1899 - 1953

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0044 MUSIC

Tim Berne

Born 1954

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0045 SPY

Keith B. Alexander

Born 1951

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0046 CLARINET

Peanuts Hucko

1918 - 2003

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0047 BIOLOGIST

L. David Mech

Born 1937

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0048 HOCKEY

Jimmy Howard

Born 1984

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0049 ACTOR

Anthony Starke

Born 1963

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0050 MUSIC

Nicole Mitchell (musician)

Born 1967

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0051 WRITER

Louis Menand

Born 1952

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0052 BASKET

Clifford Luyk

Born 1941

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0053 JOURNALIST

Lillian Ross (journalist)

1918 - 2017

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0054 WRITER

Harold MacGrath

1871 - 1932

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0055 BOTANIST

Harold E. Robinson

Born 1932

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0056 ACTOR

Ann Carter

1936 - 2014

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0057 HOCKEY

Alex Tuch

Born 1996

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0058 PHILOSOPHER

Jason Stanley

Born 1969

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0059 DANCER

Claire Luce

1903 - 1989

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0060 WRITER

Bruce Coville

Born 1950

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0061 HOCKEY

Rob Schremp

Born 1986

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0062 WRITER

Darin Morgan

Born 1966

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0063 ACTOR

Mary Mara

Born 1960

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0064 ASTRONAUT

Lawrence J. DeLucas

Born 1950

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0065 ACTOR

Anthony Dexter

1913 - 2001

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0066 JOURNALIST

David Muir

Born 1973

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0067 POLITICIAN

Dan Maffei

Born 1968

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0068 RAPPER

Andy Mineo

Born 1988

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0069 LAWYER

Louis Marshall

1856 - 1929

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0070 MUSIC

Tony Trischka

Born 1949

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0071 BASEBALL

Todd Williams

Born 1971

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0072 HOCKEY

Tim Connolly

Born 1981

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0073 GOVERNMENT

John T. Connor

1914 - 2000

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0074 MUSIC

Sal Nistico

1940 - 1991

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0075 BASKET

Danny Schayes

Born 1959

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0076 PAINTER

Henry Ward Ranger

1858 - 1916

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0077 BASKET

Rick Brunson

Born 1972

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0078 PHYSICIST

Edwin Fitch Northrup

1866 - 1940

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0079 BASKET

Andray Blatche

Born 1986

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0080 JOURNALIST

Daniel W. Drezner

Born 1968

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0081 ACTOR

Edna May

1878 - 1948

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0082 PLAYER

Henry Slocum (tennis)

1862 - 1949

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0083 MODEL

Nina Davuluri

Born 1989

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0084 ACTOR

Hoyt Richards

Born 1962

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0085 ARTIST

Zackary Drucker

Born 1983

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0086 PLAYER

Ted Forrest

Born 1964

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0087 POLITICIAN

James T. Walsh

Born 1947

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0088 ASTRONAUT

Jeanette J. Epps

Born 1970

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0089 HOCKEY

Jay Leach (ice hockey)

Born 1979

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0090 WRITER

Helen Barolini

Born 1925

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0091 PSYCHOLOGIST

John E. Exner

1929 - 2006

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0092 AUTHOR

Richard Stearns (World Vision)

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0093 PSYCHOLOGIST

Eugene Kennedy

1928 - 2015

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0094 BASKET

Marty Byrnes

Born 1956

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0095 PAINTER

Marvin Israel

1924 - 1984

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0096 CLERGY

Maltbie Davenport Babcock

1858 - 1901

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0097 SINGER

Irving Kaufman (singer)

1890 - 1976

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0098 COMPOSER

Stephen Montague

Born 1943

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0099 PAINTER

Kay WalkingStick

Born 1935

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0100 PAINTER

Charles Hinman

Born 1932

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0101 BASKET

Ed Stokes

Born 1971

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0102 SCREENWRITER

Mark Kassen

Born 1971

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0103 CORRESPONDENT

E. Alexander Powell

1879 - 1957

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0104 ARTIST

Aldo Tambellini

1930 - 2020

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0105 ACTOR

Zak Smith

Born 1976

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0106 ARTIST

Tom Peyer

Born 1954

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0107 ACTOR

Jaclyn Hales

Born 1986

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0108 COMPOSER

Joanne Shenandoah

Born 1958

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0109 TEACHER

Margaret Olivia Slocum Sage

1828 - 1918

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0110 MATHEMATICIAN

Stephen Gelbart

Born 1946

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0111 BASKET

Brandon Triche

Born 1991

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0112 BASKET

Tyler Cavanaugh

Born 1994

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0113 FOOTBALL

Dave Mackay (musician)

1932 - 2020

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0114 PHOTOGRAPHER

Thérèse Bonney

1894 - 1978

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0115 RUNNER

Jennifer Rhines

Born 1974

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0116 SPORT

Lea Davison

Born 1983

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0117 ACTOR

Jeff Altman

Born 1951

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0118 JOURNALIST

Jess Stearn

1914 - 2002

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0119 LAWYER

Noel Francisco

Born 1969

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0120 ACTOR

Louise Henry (actress)

1911 - 2011

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0121 FOOTBALL

Mike Hart (American football)

Born 1986

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0122 POLITICIAN

George C. Wortley

1926 - 2014

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0123 PLAYER

Julie Vollertsen

Born 1959

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0124 BIOLOGIST

Chancey Juday

1871 - 1944

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0125 KILLED

Joseph Cosey

1887 - 1950

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0126 NOVELIST

Diana Abu-Jaber

Born 1960

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0127 OFFICER

Eugene F. McDonald

1886 - 1958

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0128 POLITICIAN

Roy Bernardi

Born 1942

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0129 ASTRONAUT

Steven Swanson

Born 1960

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0130 BASEBALL

Johnny Gee

1915 - 1988

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0131 COMPOSER

Jad Abumrad

Born 1973

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0132 SINGER

Matt Hollywood

Born 1973

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0133 POET

Richard Dauenhauer

1942 - 2014

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0134 SPORT

Paul Ruggeri

Born 1988

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0135 BASKET

Jimmy Collins (basketball)

Born 1946

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0136 POLITICIAN

John P. White

1937 - 2017

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0137 PIANIST

Robert Moffat Palmer

1915 - 2010

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0138 THEOLOGIAN

Franklin Littell

1917 - 2009

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0139 REVOLUTIONARY

William McCoy (bootlegger)

1877 - 1948

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0140 LITERARY

William Egginton

Born 1969

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0141 FOOTBALL

Darick Kobie Morris

Born 1995

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0142 MUSIC

Joe Magnarelli

Born 1960

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0143 PRESENTER

Thom Filicia

Born 1969

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0144 BASKET

Shanna Zolman

Born 1983

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0145 SWIMMER

Bill May (synchronized swimmer)

Born 1979

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0146 WRITER

Alicia Erian

Born 1967

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0147 THEOLOGIAN

Andrew Wilson (academic)

Born 1950

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0148 SCREENWRITER

Adam Kassen

Born 1974

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0149 ENGINEER

James M. Early

1922 - 2004

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0150 BASKET

Don Savage (basketball)

1928 - 2010

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0151 POLITICIAN

William F. Walsh

1912 - 2011

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0152 HAIRDRESSER

Mr. Kenneth

1927 - 2013

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0153 SINGER

Erskine Butterfield

1913 - 1961

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0154 LAWYER

Augustus C. Baldwin

1817 - 1903

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0155 ACADEMIC

John N. Hazard

1909 - 1995

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0156 BASKET

Charley Hyatt

1908 - 1978

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0157 POLITICIAN

Clarence E. Hancock

1885 - 1948

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0158 POLITICIAN

James M. Hanley

1920 - 2003

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0159 GENETICIST

Elaine Ostrander

Born 1958

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0160 POLITICIAN

Grove L. Johnson

1841 - 1926

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0161 NOVELIST

James N. Frey

Born 1943

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0162 FOOTBALL

Tom Rafferty

Born 1954

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0163 BOXER

Frankie Liles

Born 1965

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0164 PHYSICIAN

Sarah Loguen Fraser

1850 - 1933

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0165 POLITICIAN

Christopher C. Upson

1829 - 1902

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0166 FOOTBALL

Jo-Lonn Dunbar

Born 1985

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0167 SOCIOLOGIST

Kathleen Barry

Born 1941

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0168 FOOTBALL

Dean Steinkuhler

Born 1961

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0169 FOOTBALL

Musa Shannon

Born 1975

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0170 WRITER

Craig Shirley

Born 1956

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0171 MINERALOGIST

Edward Henry Kraus

1875 - 1973

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0172 BASEBALL

Jerry Brooks

Born 1967

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0173 POLITICIAN

Daryl Metcalfe

Born 1962

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0174 FOOTBALL

Dorsey Levens

Born 1970

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0175 JOURNALIST

Eric Lichtblau

Born 1965

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0176 MUSIC

Lou Mucci

1909 - 2000

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0177 FOOTBALL

Tyvon Branch

Born 1986

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0178 ARTIST

Lee Brown Coye

1907 - 1981

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0179 SINGER

John West (musician)

Born 1964

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0180 LAWYER

John H. Terry

1924 - 2001

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0181 ARCHITECT

George R. Mann

1856 - 1939

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0182 ACTOR

Alan Gelfant

Born 1957

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0183 WRITER

Zane Lamprey

Born 1976

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0184 ACTOR

Milton Holmes

1907 - 1987

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0185 BASKET

Terry Smith (basketball)

Born 1986

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0186 POLITICIAN

George H. Heinke

1882 - 1940

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0187 SINGER

Steve Perry (Oregon musician)

Born 1963

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0188 SINGER

Doe Paoro

Born 1984

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0189 ECONOMIST

Carl Schramm

Born 1946

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0190 LAWYER

Michael E. Driscoll

1851 - 1929

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0191 ZOOLOGIST

Willis Wagner Wirth

1916 - 1994

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0192 PIANIST

Andrew Russo

Born 1975

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0193 PHYSICIAN

Steven K. Galson

Born 1956

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0194 LAWYER

B. J. Monkiewicz

1898 - 1971

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0195 DIPLOMAT

Glenn W. Ferguson

1929 - 2007

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0196 WRITER

Peter Ames Carlin

Born 1963

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0197 LAWYER

Edward Schoeneck

1875 - 1951

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0198 MUSIC

Rick Cua

Born 1948

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0199 PSYCHOLOGIST

M. Brewster Smith

1919 - 2012

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0200 SINGER

Jonah Smith

Born 1975

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0201 LAWYER

Dan W. Reicher

Born 1956

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0202 WRITER

Peter Parnall

Born 1936

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0203 SCREENWRITER

Pippin Parker

Born 1969

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0204 PROFESSOR

Gari Ledyard

Born 1932

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0205 SWIMMER

Kathy Heddy

Born 1958

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0206 SKATER

Elizabeth Punsalan

Born 1971

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0207 NOVELIST

T. M. Wright

1947 - 2015

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0208 BASEBALL

Bill Dinneen

1876 - 1955

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0209 FINANCIER

Christopher Woodrow

Born 1977

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0210 DEVELOPER

Christopher Blizzard

Born 1973

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0211 JUDGE

Carolyn Dineen King

Born 1938

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0212 RACER

Lincoln DeWitt

Born 1967

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0213 POLITICIAN

George Augustus La Dow

1826 - 1875

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0214 ARTIST

Martin Sexton

Born 1966

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0215 POLITICIAN

Florence E. S. Knapp

1875 - 1949

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0216 FOOTBALL

Doug Swift

Born 1948

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0217 BOXER

Eddie Babe Risko

1911 - 1957

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0218 FOOTBALL

Kristen Meier

Born 1991

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0219 JOURNALIST

Terry Shannon (IT)

1952 - 2005

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0220 ECONOMIST

Philip Taft

1902 - 1976

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0221 SKATING

Susan Wynne

Born 1965

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0222 FOOTBALL

Don Hansen

Born 1944

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0223 WRITER

Steve Altes

Born 1962

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0224 LAWYER

David Toscano

Born 1950

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0225 SKIER

Viki Fleckenstein

Born 1955

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0226 LAWYER

William Schneider (politician)

Born 1959

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0227 PROSTITUTE

Diamond Bessie

1854 - 1877

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0228 BASKET

Matt Devlin (sportscaster)

Born 1969

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0229 AUTHOR

Clyde Brion Davis

1894 - 1962

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0230 PAINTER

Kevin Larmon

Born 1955

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0231 POLITICIAN

Quentin L. Kopp

Born 1928

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0232 PSYCHOLOGIST

Susan Weinschenk

Born 1953

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0233 ACTOR

Jessimae Peluso

Born 1982

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0234 GAME

Andrew Plotkin

Born 1970

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0235 POLITICIAN

John R. Clancy

1859 - 1932

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0236 ACTOR

Jim Abele

Born 1960

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0237 DANCER

Mabel Elsworth Todd

1880 - 1956

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0238 SONGWRITER

George Tickner

Born 1946

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0239 SCIENTIST

Margaret C. Snyder

Born 1929

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0240 FOOTBALL

Andrew Gregor

Born 1975

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0241 ARCHITECT

Louis John Gill

1885 - 1969

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0242 SINGER

Carrie Manolakos

Born 1984

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0243 PAINTER

Farquhar McGillivray Knowles

1859 - 1932

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0244 JOURNALIST

Harriet Van Horne

1920 - 1998

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0245 PSYCHOLOGIST

Edward Kellog Strong Jr.

1884 - 1963

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0246 WRITER

Mabel Potter Daggett

1870 - 1927

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0247 THEOLOGIAN

Peter H. Davids

Born 1947

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0248 RABBI

Reuven Hammer

1933 - 2019

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0249 ANNOUNCER

Beth Mowins

Born 1967

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0250 HOCKEY

Brett Lievers

Born 1971

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0251 LAWYER

Whitney Gaskell

Born 1972

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0252 PHOTOGRAPHER

Eric Meola

Born 1946

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0253 WRITER

Helen Aberson

1907 - 1999

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0254 LAWYER

Norman A. Mordue

Born 1942

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0255 LAWYER

Stephanie Miner

Born 1970

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0256 PRESBYTER

Barry Downing

Born 1938

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0257 FOOTBALL

Frank "Buck" O'Neill

1875 - 1958

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0258 PIANIST

Amanda Rogers

Born 1982

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0259 LAWYER

Richard Lesley Voorhees

Born 1941

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0260 HOCKEY

Alex Levinsky

1910 - 1990

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0261 FOOTBALL

Scott Schwedes

Born 1965

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0262 POLITICIAN

G. Frank Wallace

1887 - 1964

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0263 LAWYER

Ellis Rubin

1925 - 2006

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0264 BASEBALL

Jon Ratliff

Born 1971

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0265 CYCLIST

Samuel LaVoice

1882 - 1905

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0266 SAXOPHONIST

Jimmy Cavallo

1927 - 2019

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0267 ENGINEER

Joseph I. Goldstein

1939 - 2015

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0268 FOOTBALL

Isaiah Kacyvenski

Born 1977

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0269 FOOTBALL

Marquise Walker

Born 1978

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0270 FOOTBALL

Jamel Richardson

Born 1982

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0271 GOLF

John Montague (golfer)

1903 - 1972

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0272 BUSINESS

Hulbert Harrington Warner

1842 - 1923

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0273 SCULPTOR

Richard Van Buren

Born 1937

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0274 EDUCATION

David C. Knapp

1927 - 2010

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0275 ACTOR

Mary Dees

1911 - 2004

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0276 SURGEON

Carolyn Kaelin

1961 - 2015

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0277 COMPOSER

Ben Moore (composer)

Born 1960

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0278 DEAN

Franklin M. Loew

1939 - 2003

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0279 POLITICIAN

John A. DeFrancisco

Born 1946

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0280 MARTIAL ART

Colleen Schneider

Born 1982

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0281 ACTOR

Mark Caso

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0282 PERFORMER

William H. West (entertainer)

1853 - 1902

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0283 ACTIVIST

Amelia Stone Quinton

1833 - 1926

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0284 NOVELIST

Marshall Ryan Maresca

Born 1973

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0285 PAINTER

Blanche Dillaye

1851 - 1931

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0286 LAWYER

Arba Seymour Van Valkenburgh

1862 - 1944

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0287 PRELATE

Francis James Harrison

1912 - 2004

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0288 LACROSSE

Jeremy Boltus

Born 1989

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0289 WRITER

Frieda Friedman

Born 1905

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0290 EPIDEMIOLOGIST

Warren Winkelstein

1922 - 2012

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0291 FOOTBALL

Billy Owens (American football)

Born 1965

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0292 BASEBALL

Scott Cassidy

Born 1975

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0293 POLITICIAN

Greg Habeeb

Born 1976

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0294 FOOTBALL

Wendall Williams

Born 1990

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0295 FOOTBALL

Robert Drummond (gridiron football)

Born 1967

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0296 PROFESSOR

Daniel A. Portnoy

Born 1956

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0297 NOVELIST

Joe Amato (poet)

Born 1955

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0298 RADIO

Ernest Chappell

1903 - 1983

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0299 NOVELIST

Kitty Burns Florey

Born 1943

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0300 ROWER

Andy Anderson (rower)

Born 1954

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