List of people from Syracuse, New York

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This is a list of people that are well known from Syracuse, New York:

1 Born or brought up in the City of Syracuse
2 Born or brought up in Greater Syracuse
3 Others with ties to the Syracuse area
4 Attended Syracuse University

[edit] Born or brought up in the City of Syracuse

Will Allen - New York Giants cornerback
Jeff Altman - comedian
Charles Brannock - inventor of the Brannock Device (standard foot measuring tool)
Eric Carle - author of children's books
Jimmy Cavallo - saxophonist ("Do the Hucklebuck")
Rory Cochrane - actor
Mark Copani - professional wrestler (born in Amman, Jordan)
Michael Cole - WWE Friday Night SmackDown! Announcer
Bruce Coville - children's author and playwright
Tom Cruise - actor
Earth Crisis - straight edge hardcore punk band
Rick Cua - bassist, producer
Robert F. Engle - Winner of the 2003 Nobel Prize for Economics
Joe English - drummer, producer
Walter Farley - author of The Black Stallion
David B. Feinberg - writer and AIDS activist
Thom Filicia - interior designer, regular on Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
Bobcat Goldthwait - actor, comedian
Grace Jones - model, actress, singer (born in Kingston, Jamaica)
Dorsey Levens - NFL running back
Phil Markert - radio personality, actor, entertainer
Terry McAuliffe - former Democratic National Committee chairman
Johnny Messner - Actor
Darin Morgan - screenwriter
Jonathan Murray - reality TV producer, Bunim/Murray Productions
Richard Neer - longtime DJ for WNEW-FM and sports-talk host on WFAN
James Nachtwey - photojournalist
Camille Paglia - social critic, author (born in Endicott, New York)
Mike Rotunda - professional wrestler, best known as Irwin R. Schyster
Louis "Red" Salmon - fullback, first outstanding back for University of Notre Dame football team
Margaret Olivia Slocum Sage, philanthropist, established the Russell Sage Foundation
Martin Sargent - Former TV personality and host on TechTV (born in Spencerport and Attended SU).
Rod Serling - writer, actor (grew up in Binghamton)
Martin Sexton - musician, singer, songwriter
Tony Trischka - banjoist, composer
Jimmy Van Heusen - composer
Frank Whaley - actor
Jeremy Harris - musician/rapper ("JHarris")
Charles Knighton - photographer/recorder of Goodwill Games

[edit] Born or brought up in Greater Syracuse

L. Frank Baum, author of the Oz books starting with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Chittenango)
Joey Belladonna - lead singer of Anthrax (Oswego)
Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th President of the United States (Fayetteville; born in Caldwell, N.J.)
Nicholas Case a.k.a. DeCoY - singer / songwriter / award winning recording artist / (born in Baldwinsville)
Ronnie James Dio - musician (Cortland)
Richard Gere - actor (North Syracuse; born in Philadelphia)
Tim Green - author, former NFL linebacker, FOX NFL commentator (Liverpool)
Tom Kenny - comedian, voice of SpongeBob SquarePants (East Syracuse)
Dave Mirra - professional BMX rider (Chittenango)
Greg Paulus - Basketball player at Duke University (Manlius)
Kyle Shapiro - Lead singer of Heavy Metal band Scars of Life
John Walsh - talk show host (Auburn)

[edit] Others with ties to the Syracuse area

Hervey Allen, author of best-selling Anthony Adverse, which became a film. He resided in an extant house on James Street.
Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews, prominent author of The Perfect Tribute and other works. She resided at Wolf Hollow, the Andrews estate at suburban Taunton, New York.
The Baldwin brothers: Alec, Billy, Daniel, and Steven Baldwin - actors (mother, Carol, lives in Camillus; born in Massapequa, New York)
Steve Wynn - Las Vegas casino tycoon (attended Manlius Military Academy, now Manlius Pebble Hill School; grew up in Utica, New York and Las Vegas)