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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

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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.

  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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0028 COMEDIAN

Roy Atwell

1878 - 1962

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0054 WRITER

Harold MacGrath

1871 - 1932

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0081 ACTOR

Edna May

1878 - 1948

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0103 CORRESPONDENT

E. Alexander Powell

1879 - 1957

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0124 BIOLOGIST

Chancey Juday

1871 - 1944

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0139 REVOLUTIONARY

William McCoy (bootlegger)

1877 - 1948

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0171 MINERALOGIST

Edward Henry Kraus

1875 - 1973

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0197 LAWYER

Edward Schoeneck

1875 - 1951

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0208 BASEBALL

Bill Dinneen

1876 - 1955

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0215 POLITICIAN

Florence E. S. Knapp

1875 - 1949

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0246 WRITER

Mabel Potter Daggett

1870 - 1927

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0257 FOOTBALL

Frank "Buck" O'Neill

1875 - 1958

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0301 LIBRARIAN

Charles F. D. Belden

1870 - 1931

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0359 ACTOR

Jack Henderson (actor)

1877 - 1957

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0368 BASEBALL

Bob Becker

1875 - 1951

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0416 LAWYER

George H. Bond

1874 - 1954

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0418 LAWYER

George O. Redington

1871 - 1958

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0427 SOLDIER

James McConnell (Medal of Honor)

1878 - 1918

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0442 FOOTBALL

Edgar Glass

1879 - 1944

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0447 BASEBALL

Harry Hogan

1876 - 1934

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0488 BRIGADIER

John William Barker

1872 - 1924

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0495 TRADE UNION

Gustave Adolph Strebel

1875 - 1945

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