List of people from Syracuse, New York

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See also: List of Syracuse University people

The following people are from Syracuse, New York.

Born or brought up in the City of Syracuse[]

Keith B. Alexander
Tom Cruise
Grace Jones
Terry McAuliffe
David Muir

Born or brought up in Greater Syracuse[]

Others with ties to the Syracuse area[]

  • Lee Alexander (politician) – former Syracuse mayor who served 6 years in prison after being convicted of racketeering, extortion and other crimes.
  • Hervey Allen – author of best-selling Anthony Adverse, which became a film; resided in an extant house on James Street.
  • Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews – author of The Perfect Tribute and other works; resided at Wolf Hollow, the Andrews estate at suburban Taunton, New York.
  • Carmelo Anthony – NBA player for the Los Angeles Lakers; played basketball at Syracuse University, delivering the program's only NCAA Championship.
  • The Baldwin brothers – Alec, Billy, Daniel, and Steven Baldwin, actors (mother, Carol, lives in Camillus; born in Massapequa, New York).
  • Danny Biasone – founding owner of NBA's Syracuse Nationals, now the Philadelphia 76ers; early advocate of use of shot clock in basketball.
  • Joe Biden – 46th President of the United States and 47th Vice President under Barack Obama. Attended Syracuse University College of Law, graduating in 1968.
  • – businessman, inventor, one of the founders of Brown-Lipe-Chapin Company.[12]
  • DeWitt Clinton – senator, Mayor of New York City and sixth governor of New York. Major role in the construction of the Erie Canal.[13]
  • Asa Danforth – early settler, built a grist mill and sawmill that contributed to the growth of Onondaga County.[14]
  • Asa Danforth Jr. – early settler, land speculator and highway engineer.[14]
  • – automobile manufacturer and company founder and president.[15]
  • James Geddes – engineer, surveyor, New York State legislator and U.S. Congressman and one of the main creators of the salt industry at Onondaga Lake near Syracuse.[16]
  • Theodore E. Hancock – lawyer and politician. Established law firms in Syracuse and served as district attorney of Onondoga County 1890–1892.[17]
  • Bucky Lawless – professional welterweight boxer, lived in Syracuse in early 1930s. Trained and fought in Syracuse from mid-1920s to mid-1930s.
  • Gordon MacRae – actor and singer, attended Nottingham High School in Syracuse.
  • Benny Mardones – singer, lived in Syracuse area in mid 1980's
  • Marissa Mulder, singer and cabaret artist
  • C. Hamilton Sanford – president of the Syracuse Trust Company and co-founder of Sanford-Herbert Motor Truck Company.[18]
  • Comfort Tyler – early settler of Syracuse, businessman and politician, Comfort Tyler Park in Syracuse named for him.[19]
  • William Van Wagoner – bicycle racer, automobile designer and Syracuse businessman.[20]
  • David Foster Wallace – author, wrote much of his landmark novel Infinite Jest while living in a small apartment on Kensington Rd. across from the food co-op.
  • Ephraim Webster – first white settler of the area that became Syracuse, translator and acted as agent for the Onondagas.[21]
  • John Wilkinson (Syracuse pioneer) – town planner, lawyer, politician, banker who gave Syracuse its name and founded the Syracuse Bank.[22]
  • Steve Wynn – Las Vegas hotel and casino tycoon (attended Manlius Military Academy, now Manlius Pebble Hill School; grew up in Utica, New York, and Las Vegas).

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  7. ^ 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1897,' Biographical Sketch of Charles W. Sweeting, pg. 584
  8. ^ "Revolutionary War veteran's son gave city its name". Syracuse, Post-Standard. Syracuse, New York. August 27, 2002.
  9. ^ "Moyer Heritage – Love for Autos Runs in Family". Syracuse Post-Standard. Syracuse, New York. March 16, 1966.
  10. ^ Reed, Cleota & Skoczen, Stan (November 1997). Syracuse China. Syracuse University Press, 1997. ISBN 9780815604747. Retrieved August 20, 2010.
  11. ^ Mitchell, Stewart (1938). Horatio Seymour of New York. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, p. 33.
  12. ^ "Alexander Brown House". syracusethenandnow.org. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
  13. ^ "Little Short of Madness". American Heritage, Winter 2010. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
  14. ^ a b "Plan to Place More Tablets To Mark Spot Where First White Settler Lived". Syracuse Herald. Syracuse, New York. September 12, 1915.
  15. ^ "A Man and an Automobile – The Story of Herbert Franklin". Syracuse Herald-Journal. Syracuse, New York. April 19, 1956.
  16. ^ "New York – Syracuse". madeinatlantis.com. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
  17. ^ Kestenbaum, Lawrence. "The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Hancock to Hancox". politicalgraveyard.com. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
  18. ^ "Funeral Services Are Held For C. Hamilton Sanford". Syracuse Herald Journal. Syracuse, New York. February 17, 1942.
  19. ^ Crowell, Kathy. "History of the Town of Onondaga". rootsweb.ancestry.com. Retrieved August 19, 2017.
  20. ^ David Burgess Wise. The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles. Atlantic, 1992.
  21. ^ "Syracuse.com: Indian Land Claim". Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
  22. ^ "Revolutionary War veteran's son gave city its name". The Post-Standard. Syracuse, New York. August 27, 2002.
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