Famous Residents

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A - B :

• Beth Adams - local morning radio host
  

• Steve Alaimo - Singer and impresario, also Article by Ben Mclane
  

• Susan B. Anthony - Famous women's rights activist
  

• Dan Apfel - U of R graduate, ex-Ant Hill board member
  

• John Ashbery - Poet
  

• B.A.S.K.O. - Rapper, entrepreneur, and hat designer
  

• Nicholson Baker - writer, also Fan Page
  

• Rachel Barnhart - Local investigative journalist
  

• Philip Barry Playwright
  

• Kim Batten - Olympic Gold Medalist
  

• Eric Bauman - Former eBaum's World owner, restaurateur
  

• John Batiste - Retired General, Rumsfield critic, Pres. Klein Steel
  

• Joe Beard - Guitarist
  

• Tyson Beckford - Male Model - also IMDB Entry
  

• William Joseph Beldue - Invented eyelash curler
  

• Christopher Bevans- Fashion clothing designer
  

• Jay Bhatt - Blackboard Inc. CEO (2013 - 2016)
  

• Kenneth Bianchi - Infamous "Hillside Strangler"
  

• Harry Bliss - syndicated cartoonist and illustrator
  

• Jeffrey Boam - Writer, director, producer - also IMDB Entry
  

• Rudy Boesch - Navy Seal, oldest Survivor contestant, TV star
  

• Pandora Boxx - Famous drag queen and RuPaul's Drag Race contestant.
  

• Richard Brookhiser - Writer, historian, Senior Editor of The National Review
  

• Louise Brooks - silent screen star; dancer; belletrist - also IMDB Wikipedia
  

• Ann Marie Buerkle - US Congress, 25th District
  

• Angelo Buono - Infamous "Hillside Strangler"
  

• Paul Burgett - Longtime Vice-President of the University of Rochester
  

• Craig Button - NHL manager born in Rochester
  

C - F :

• Ryan Callahan - Hockey Star - NY Rangers
  

• Chester Carlson - Invented xerography
  

• Cab Calloway - Jazz musician and singer
  

• Francis Pharcellus Church - Writer/publisher - author "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus"
  

• Matthew Clark -Previous Bishop The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester
  

• Teddy Coffey - Dancer, "So You Think You Can Dance" Season 11 Top 14 finalist
  

• Cassius Marcellus Coolidge - Web - Artist who painted the famous "dogs playing poker" paintings
  

• Dan Cragg - Science fiction author, essayist, and military writer
  

• Irving Crane - Champion billiards player
  

• John Curran Filmmaker
  

• James G. Cutler - Inventor of the Cutler Mail Chute.
  

• Evan Dawson - Local broadcast journalist
  

• Taye Diggs - Movie/TV actor
  

• Richard Dolan - UFO Researcher
  

• Kirk Douglas - Actor
  

• Frederick Douglass - Famed abolitionist, human rights advocate, speaker, editor, and author
  

• Pete Duel - TV Actor
  

• Bob Duffy - Mayor of Rochester 2006 - 2010
  

• Walter B. Duffy - Duffy's Malt Whiskey
  

• George Eastman - Eastman Kodak founder
  

• Mark Ellingson - President of RIT 1936 - 1969
  

• Pee Wee Ellis Saxophonist/writer/arranger with James Brown, others
  

• John Ellison - With the Soul Brothers Six, composer of "Some Kind of Wonderful"; see also Official Website
  

• Jerry Engler Performer, singer/songwriter, colleague of Buddy Holly, among others - charted with "Sputnik," 1957
  

• Bill English - TV Actor - advertisement cereal crunching guy
  

• Garth Fagan - Dancer and choreographer
  

• Sam Fantauzzo - Restauranteur and soccer enthusiast
  

• Jon Finkel - Magic The Gathering world champion
  

• Sigmund Firestone - Architect
  

• Renee Fleming - Acclaimed Soprano
  

• Robert Forster - Stage, television and screen actor
  

• Nick Francesco - Stage actor, radio and internet personality, more
  

• Sandra Frankel - Former Brighton Town Supervisor
  

• Elizabeth Hollister Frost - Poet
  

G - K:

• Steve Gadd Drummer
  

• Frank Ernest Gannett
  

• Teddy Geiger
  

• Jane Glazer
  

• Larry Glazer
  

• Kate Gleason
  

• Emma Goldman
  

• Kim Gordon
  

• Lou Gramm
  

• Seth Green
  

• Nicholas Gurewitch Artist and cartoonist
  

• Walter Hagen
  

• Martha Matilda Harper - Famous woman entrepreneur - first us franchising system
  

• Ersel Hickey Rockabilly legend
  

• Gordy Hoffman
  

• Philip Seymour Hoffman
  

• Che Holloway- Actor, star of Dark Justice
  

• Eddie James 'Son' House, Jr.
  

• Peter Hughes
  

• Jon Huber -aka WWE's Luke Harper
  

• Reverend Thomas James
  

• Mary Jemison Frontierswoman, adopted Seneca, namesake of the canal tour boat.
  

• Mark Jones
  

• Peter Keefe
  

• AJ Kitt
  

L - M:

• Darienne Lake - Drag queen
  

• Steven E. Landsburg
  

• Christopher Lasch - Social historian and critic, scholar, bestselling author - also Appreciation by James Seaton - February 2010 essay in The New York Times Book Review
  

• Joanie Laurer (Chyna)
  

• Hudson Leick Actress/model
  

• John Lithgow
  

• Joe Locke - Eminent jazz vibraphonist and composer
  

• Bob Lonsberry - Long-time local radio figure
  

• Lydia Lunch See also - Noise-rock goddess
  

• Aaron Lustig
  

• Edmund Lyon
  

• Daniel Maffei
  

• Chuck Mangione
  

• Jenna Marbles (née Jenna Mourey) YouTube personality
  

• Eric Massa
  

• Gilbert McCurdy
  

• Roy McCurdy Eminent jazz drummer
  

• Bat McGrath Singer/Songwriter who with Don Potter operated legendary Rochester coffeehouse Hylie Morris' Alley in the late 60's and early 70's.
  

• Jason McElwain - "J-Mac"
  

• Pamela Melroy
  

• Gary Mervis
  

• Mitch Miller
  

• Lewis Henry Morgan Early and influential anthropologist - buried in impressive hillside mausoleum at Mt. Hope Cemetery
  

• Lee Morse
  

• Jacob H. Myers Inventor of the first voting machine actually used in a public election
  

N - S:

• Patrick O'Rorke
  

• Carl W. Peters American Regionalist painter
  

• Pisspot the rabbit
  

• Don Potter Christian Music Star,producer of several albums by "The Judds";with Bat McGrath,legendary acoustic duo who ran Hylie Morris' Alley coffeehouse in Rochester, late 60's. early 70's.
  

• Shariff Rahman Boxer
  

• Frieda Robscheit-Robbins
  

• Nathaniel Rochester
  

• Diann Roffe
  

• George Frederick Rogers
  

• Ramón Santiago Artist
  

• E. Philip Saunders
  

• Riley Schillaci
  

• Blanche Stuart Scott
  

• Joanna Scott Writer
  

• George Baldwin Selden Automobile patent holder
  

• Joel Seligman President of the University of Rochester (2005-present)
  

• Jim 'The Hammer' Shapiro
  

• Armand Schaubroeck Founder, with brothers Bruce and Blaine, of the legendary House of Guitars music store on Titus Avenue in Irondequoit, c. 1964
  

• Riley Schillaci Sword Swallower, featured on America's Got Talent, and Kodak Baby
  

• Hiram Sibley
  

• Al Sigl
  

• Joe Simon
  

• Bob Smith Past public radio personality
  

• Joseph Smith
  

• Julie Lynn Smith
  

• Scott Spezzano
  

• John Harry Stedman
  

• Henry Alvah Strong
  

• Margaret Woodbury Strong
  

• Arlene Sutherland
  

• Lewis A. Swift Astronomer
  

T - Z:

• Cathy Turner - Olympic Speed Skater
  

• Bill Wahl
  

• Chet Walker
  

• Abby Wambach
  

• Leehom Wang American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actor
  

• Henry August Ward Geologist
  

• Sandy Waters
  

• Brother Wease - Long-time local radio figure
  

• Danny Wegman
  

• Robert Wegman
  

• Catherine Coll Wheelwright - Mother of first Irish President
  

• George Whipple - Nobel laureate
  

• Kristen Wiig - Cast member, "Saturday Night Live"
  

• Robert Wilcox
  

• Wendy O. Williams - Frontwoman for the Plasmatics; cultural icon
  

• Joseph C. Wilson - Xerox CEO and University of Rochester trustee
  

• Brigham Young - raised in Finger Lakes (Auburn) and relation to Joseph Smith
  

• Felicia Zimmermann
  

• Iris Zimmermann

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