List of people from Niagara Falls, New York
This is a list of people from Niagara Falls, New York.
Artists
- George Barker, photographer nationally famous for Niagara Falls photos
- Thomas Aquinas Daly, contemporary landscape and still-life painter
- Ruth Dicker, landscape painter
- Jeremiah Goodman, illustrator
- Shelley Niro, Mohawk filmmaker and visual artist
- Alice Wadowski-Bak, artist, creator of wycinanki
Authors and journalists
- Barbara Frum, Canadian television journalist, born in Niagara Falls, NY
- Lilian Whiting, journalist, author
- Jane Bryant Quinn, financial journalist
Bands, composers, and musicians
- Gary Baker, Grammy Award-winning songwriter
- Lee Hyla, composer
- Lost and Found, pop rock band
- William Masselos, classical pianist
- Chauncey Morehouse, jazz drummer
- Robert Nathaniel Dett, composer
- April Stevens, singer of duo Nino Tempo & April Stevens; born in Niagara Falls
- Tommy Tedesco, born in Niagara Falls, most-recorded guitarist in history
- Nino Tempo, singer of duo Nino Tempo & April Stevens; born in Niagara Falls
- Bobby Previte, drummer and composer
Business and industry
- Francis R. Delano, banker, first warden of Minnesota State Prison, first General Superintendent of St. Paul & Pacific Railway
- Frank A. Dudley, former lawyer, politician, hotelier and business owner
- Dawne Hickton, CEO of RTI International Metals
Entertainers and actors
- R. J. Adams (Bob Shannon), actor and radio personality, attended Bishop Duffy High School
- Fred Beir, TV actor
- Mark Bridgers, costume designer
- Charles Cyphers, actor
- John Gabriel, Emmy-nominated actor
- Julie Gregg, actress
- Kris Krull, beauty queen
- Rachael Lillis, voice actress
- Lynn Samuels, WABC and Sirius Radio personality.
- Franchot Tone, actor, born in Niagara Falls
Military
- John P. Bobo, received Medal of Honor
- Peter Buell Porter, US Secretary of War
Politics and law
- Earl Brydges, New York State Senator
- John T. Bush, New York State Senator
- John Ceretto, New York State Assemblyman
- Rebecca Cuddahee, Niagara County legislator
- Paul Dyster, mayor of Niagara Falls, New York
- Robert H. Gittins, US Congressman
- George W. Grider, US Congressman from Tennessee
- Lorraine Hunt, Lt. Governor of Nevada
- Pat E. Johnson, president of National Tang Soo Do Congress
- Nancy J. King, Maryland state senator
- Joe Micon, Indiana legislator
- John Moses, Illinois assemblyman
- Michael Mulligan, lead prosecutor in the courts-martial of Hasan Akbar and of Nidal Malik Hasan
- Peter A. Porter, poet and village president of Niagara Falls
- Arthur Schoellkopf, mayor of Niagara Falls, New York
- James S. Simmons, US Congressman
- Richard D. Simons, Chief Judge of New York Court of Appeals
- Thomas Vincent Welch, New York State Assemblyman, first Superintendent of New York State Reservation at Niagara
Religion, charities, social advocacy
- George W. Comstock, public health physician
- Brent Nicholson Earle, AIDS activist
- Robert Elderfield, chemist
- Scott H. Faulring, historian, document editor
- Lois Gibbs, environmental activist
- Orange Judd, agricultural chemist
- James Thomas Stevens, poet, academic
Sports
- Benny Bengough, MLB player
- Dean Biasucci, NFL placekicker
- David Bright, professional diver
- Walter Cazen, baseball player
- Greg Cox, NFL safety
- Walter Dick, member of U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame
- Dan DeSantis, football player for Philadelphia Eagles
- Rashad Evans, mixed martial artist
- Jonny Flynn, basketball player for Syracuse Orange and Houston Rockets
- William Frazer, Olympic sport shooter
- Hank Gornicki, MLB player
- Steve Hamilton, NFL defensive end
- Paul Harris, basketball player
- Ben Hayes, MLB relief pitcher
- Patrick Healey Jr., professional bowler
- Ellis Hobbs, cornerback for Philadelphia Eagles
- Richard Jacob, basketball coach
- Wayne Krivsky, MLB executive
- Chuck Leo, AFL player
- Marc Magliarditi, hockey goaltender
- Sal Maglie, baseball pitcher[1]
- Rick Manning, baseball player
- Matt Mazza, basketball player
- Vince Mazza, NFL player and Canadian football all-star
- Marc Mero, WWE professional wrestler
- John Moir, professional basketball player
- Hank Nichols, college basketball referee
- Johnny Pasek, baseball player
- Nick Sebek, NFL quarterback
- James Starks, football player for Green Bay Packers
- Tara VanDerveer, women's basketball coach at Stanford
- Kerry Von Erich, professional wrestler
- Tony Marino, amateur competitive bodybuilder and power lifter
Other
- Peter Magaddino, mobster
- Stefano Magaddino, mafia boss
- William Chandler Shrubsall, inmate
- Charlie Utter, American Wild West figure
References
- ↑ "SABR article on the 1949 Drummondville Cubs". Quebec.sabr.org. Retrieved 2012-05-02.
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