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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
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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.
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
Charles F. D. Belden
1870 - 1931
Rocco Pirro
1916 - 1995
Catherine Nolan
Born 1958
James Monroe Gere
1925 - 2008
Ryan Hayes
Born 1989
Daniel T. Thomsen
-
Louis J. Salmon
1880 - 1965
David Klein (businessman)
Born 1946
John Sears (political strategist)
1940 - 2020
Bill Beagle
Born 1964
Bob Shannon (radio personality)
Born 1948
Dan Mason
1857 - 1929
William Barclay (New York politician)
Born 1969
Frank Riccelli
Born 1953
Ron George
Born 1953
Mark Didio
Born 1969
William Shankland Andrews
1858 - 1936
Frederick Scullin
Born 1939
Avis Stearns Van Wagenen
1841 - 1907
Kathryn Craft
Born 1956
Joe Vitt
Born 1954
Ron Ehrenreich
Born 1950
Helen W. Gillmor
Born 1942
William Magnarelli
Born 1949
Paul F. Gorman
Born 1927
Matt Abbott
Born 1986
Ethel Weed
1906 - 1975
Sam Lawrence
Born 1970
Scott Hammond (politician)
Born 1966
Albert A. Stirpe Jr.
Born 1953
Matthew Driscoll
Born 1958
Gary Wellman
Born 1967
Malvern Hill Barnum
1863 - 1942
Joe Kowalewski
Born 1982
Larry Finley
1913 - 2000
Donald S. Malecki
1933 - 2014
Tom Romano
Born 1958
Tom Scherrer
Born 1970
Andy Geiger
Born 1939
Michelle Rothschild-Patterson
Born 1961
Bill Tanguay
1909 - 1971
Pete Dominick
Born 1975
Gwilym Emyr Owen III
Born 1960
Harry McCormick (baseball)
1855 - 1889
Nicholas J. Pirro
Born 1940
Joel Weiskopf
Born 1962
Milk (drag queen)
Born 1988
Frank DiPino
Born 1956
Ray Seals
Born 1965
Karl Buechner
Born 1970
Doc Scanlan
1881 - 1949
John L. Gaunt
1924 - 2007
Lila York
Born 1948
John P. Jaeckel
1865 - 1941
William James Wallace
1837 - 1917
George Nelson Cheney
1837 - 1861
Felisha Legette-Jack
Born 1966
Stan Pennock
1892 - 1916
Jack Henderson (actor)
1877 - 1957
John MacInnes (writer)
Born 1969
John H. Mulroy
1925 - 1999
Tsquared
Born 1987
James Cregg
Born 1973
Keith Richman
1953 - 2010
Brooke Barbuto
Born 1987
Vaughn Bell
Born 1978
Henry Grethel
Born 1931
Bob Becker
1875 - 1951
Samuel D. Roberts
Born 1956
John Pavlovitz
-
Lakshmi Singh
-
Jessamyn Lovell
Born 1977
Frank Matteo
1896 - 1983
Craig E. Serling
Born 1964
John Wilkinson (Franklin automobile)
1868 - 1951
John Wainwright (soldier)
1839 - 1915
Eric Schultz
Born 1980
James Carney (Musiker)
Born 1964
Ben Walsh
-
Robert H. McCard
1918 - 1944
Sigurd Fergus Varian
1901 - 1961
Max Middendorf
Born 1967
Heather Cook
Born 1956
Dominic Catalano
Born 1956
Donald R. Miller
Born 1966
John G. Bartlett
Born 1937
Jordan James (soccer)
Born 1982
Sophia Elizabeth Cook Amos Zimmerman
1856 - 1930
Steve Orlando
Born 1985
Lance Edward Massey
1909 - 1942
DaJuan Coleman
Born 1992
Jack Neagle
1858 - 1904
Al Grabowski
1901 - 1966
Dave Lewis (racing driver)
1881 - 1928
Filippo Foti
1916 - 1967
Stephen Powelson
1917 - 1994
Bill Kelly (first baseman)
1898 - 1990
William M. Harlow
1900 - 1986
Kevin Murphy (lineman)
Born 1965
Michael J. Bragman
Born 1940
Bruce H. Andrews
Born 1968
Lawrence Lindemer
1921 - 2020
Brian Bowen Smith
-
John Robert Greene
Born 1955
Kevin VanNostrand
Born 1987
Arthur Kallet
1902 - 1972
Ambrose Flack
1902 - 1980
Dave Lemanczyk
Born 1950
Henry Fournier
1865 - 1945
Liz Gorman (American football)
Born 1987
Mal Mallette
1922 - 2005
John Allen (saloon keeper)
1823 - 1870
John Francis Nash
1909 - 2004
Mark C. Scarsi
Born 1964
Roger Nober
Born 1964
George H. Bond
1874 - 1954
Joe McCarthy (catcher)
1881 - 1937
George O. Redington
1871 - 1958
Greg Erardi
Born 1954
Teddy Temish
1967 - 1995
Frank Scanlan
1890 - 1969
Tommy Tanner
Born 1968
John Carbine
1855 - 1915
Reggie Grabowski
1907 - 1955
Matthew Updike
-
Henry Richardson (artist)
Born 1961
James McConnell (Medal of Honor)
1878 - 1918
John Kendall Boggan
Born 1962
Charlie Osterhout
1856 - 1933
Jay Batlle
Born 1976
Lawrence M. Rulison
1917 - 1966
Susan Hubbard
-
Michael Plumb (rower)
Born 1954
Joe Papaleo
Born 1961
Philip Goettel
1840 - 1920
Art Webb
1893 - 1973
Frederick C. Brower
1851 - 1931
Dan Collins
Born 1987
Bob Swan
-
Gene Grabosky
1936 - 2001
George C. Cory Jr.
1920 - 1978
Edgar Glass
1879 - 1944
Todd Marks
Born 1976
Edward C. Stearns
1856 - 1929
Mike Schultz (1940s pitcher)
1920 - 2004
Nick Barone
1926 - 2006
Harry Hogan
1876 - 1934
Robert B. Oliver
1895 - 1964
Daniel Lewis Foote
-
Elliott Jones (sport shooter)
1908 - 1994
Tom Briggs (gridiron football)
Born 1970
Tom Johnson (swimming coach)
Born 1963
Frank Fellows Gray
1863 - 1935
Kathryn Beare
1917 - 1997
Dutch Dotterer
1931 - 1999
Peter Duffy
-
Ed Murphy (basketball, born 1941)
1941 - 2020
Moody McCarthy
Born 1967
Bill Jones (catcher)
-
Kady Faulkner
1901 - 1977
Mike Roberts (mixer)
Born 1992
William H. Shoudy
1830 - 1901
Theresa Contos
Born 1959
Neal Peters McCurn
1926 - 2014
Ed Sayles
Born 1952
Stephen Sieradzki
1923 - 1968
George Rich (American football)
1904 - 1989
Saundra Smokes
1954 - 2012
William C. Anderson (United States Air Force)
Born 1958
Frank Lucien Hale
1895 - 1944
Robert Pew
1923 - 2012
A. Gardner Fox
1912 - 1992
Tommy Gunn (basket-ball)
Born 1981
Bob Nugent
1915 - 1995
Le Vega G. Kinne
-
John Kiggins
1837 - 1914
Chick Meehan
1917 - 2004
Clive Meredith
1892 - 1932
Edmund Port
1906 - 1986
Edward E. Gyatt
1921 - 1942
Carl Gersbach
Born 1947
Helena Theresa Goessmann
1868 - 1926
Brian Farlow
Born 1964
William Gelbart
Born 1946
Asher Winkelstein
1893 - 1972
Derek Popovich
Born 1981
Bob Holz
Born 1958
John William Barker
1872 - 1924
Jim Miller (Nordischer Kombinierer)
Born 1947
Branden Fitelson
Born 1969
Donald B. Steinaker
1922 - 1942
Robert Clifford Pelletier
1933 - 2016
George Frazier (manager)
1861 - 1913
Brian Donovan (journalist)
1940 - 2018
Gustave Adolph Strebel
1875 - 1945
Harold Gosnell
1908 - 1999
Harvey Levy
1902 - 1986