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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 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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0004 ACTOR

Dylan Baker

Born 1959

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0014 POLITICIAN

Terry McAuliffe

Born 1957

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0023 ARTIST

Mark Lombardi

1951 - 2000

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0031 SONGWRITER

Gary Lucas

Born 1952

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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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0051 WRITER

Louis Menand

Born 1952

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0060 WRITER

Bruce Coville

Born 1950

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0064 ASTRONAUT

Lawrence J. DeLucas

Born 1950

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0075 BASKET

Danny Schayes

Born 1959

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0094 BASKET

Marty Byrnes

Born 1956

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0106 ARTIST

Tom Peyer

Born 1954

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0108 COMPOSER

Joanne Shenandoah

Born 1958

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0117 ACTOR

Jeff Altman

Born 1951

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0123 PLAYER

Julie Vollertsen

Born 1959

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0147 THEOLOGIAN

Andrew Wilson (academic)

Born 1950

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0159 GENETICIST

Elaine Ostrander

Born 1958

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0162 FOOTBALL

Tom Rafferty

Born 1954

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0170 WRITER

Craig Shirley

Born 1956

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0182 ACTOR

Alan Gelfant

Born 1957

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0193 PHYSICIAN

Steven K. Galson

Born 1956

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0201 LAWYER

Dan W. Reicher

Born 1956

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0205 SWIMMER

Kathy Heddy

Born 1958

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0219 JOURNALIST

Terry Shannon (IT)

1952 - 2005

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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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0230 PAINTER

Kevin Larmon

Born 1955

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0232 PSYCHOLOGIST

Susan Weinschenk

Born 1953

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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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0300 ROWER

Andy Anderson (rower)

Born 1954

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0303 POLITICIAN

Catherine Nolan

Born 1958

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0314 BASEBALL

Frank Riccelli

Born 1953

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0315 POLITICIAN

Ron George

Born 1953

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0320 NOVELIST

Kathryn Craft

Born 1956

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0321 SPORT

Joe Vitt

Born 1954

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0322 POLITICIAN

Ron Ehrenreich

Born 1950

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0330 POLITICIAN

Albert A. Stirpe Jr.

Born 1953

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0331 POLITICIAN

Matthew Driscoll

Born 1958

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0337 BASEBALL

Tom Romano

Born 1958

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0348 BASEBALL

Frank DiPino

Born 1956

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0364 POLITICIAN

Keith Richman

1953 - 2010

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0369 POLITICIAN

Samuel D. Roberts

Born 1956

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0383 BISHOP

Heather Cook

Born 1956

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0384 WRITER

Dominic Catalano

Born 1956

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0404 HISTORIAN

John Robert Greene

Born 1955

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0408 BASEBALL

Dave Lemanczyk

Born 1950

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0419 BASEBALL

Greg Erardi

Born 1954

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0433 ROWER

Michael Plumb (rower)

Born 1954

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0463 HANDBALL

Theresa Contos

Born 1959

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0465 THEATRE

Ed Sayles

Born 1952

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0468 JOURNALIST

Saundra Smokes

1954 - 2012

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0469 MILITAR

William C. Anderson (United States Air Force)

Born 1958

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0487 DRUMMER

Bob Holz

Born 1958

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