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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.
- Sports
- Politics & Law
- Film & TV
- Writing
- Science
- Music
- Other
- Filtered to 1910s Clear ×
Jimmy Van Heusen
1913 - 1990
Theodore Hesburgh
1917 - 2015
William Lundigan
1914 - 1975
Walter Farley
1915 - 1989
Peanuts Hucko
1918 - 2003
Lillian Ross (journalist)
1918 - 2017
Anthony Dexter
1913 - 2001
John T. Connor
1914 - 2000
Jess Stearn
1914 - 2002
Louise Henry (actress)
1911 - 2011
Johnny Gee
1915 - 1988
Robert Moffat Palmer
1915 - 2010
Franklin Littell
1917 - 2009
William F. Walsh
1912 - 2011
Erskine Butterfield
1913 - 1961
Willis Wagner Wirth
1916 - 1994
M. Brewster Smith
1919 - 2012
Eddie Babe Risko
1911 - 1957
Alex Levinsky
1910 - 1990
Mary Dees
1911 - 2004
Francis James Harrison
1912 - 2004
Rocco Pirro
1916 - 1995
Larry Finley
1913 - 2000
Robert H. McCard
1918 - 1944
Filippo Foti
1916 - 1967
Stephen Powelson
1917 - 1994
Lawrence M. Rulison
1917 - 1966
Kathryn Beare
1917 - 1997
A. Gardner Fox
1912 - 1992
Bob Nugent
1915 - 1995
Chick Meehan
1917 - 2004