List of people from Buffalo, New York
A list of people who are from or have lived in Buffalo, New York. Individuals are listed in alphabetical order by last name in each category. Residents of Buffalo are commonly referred to as Buffalonians.
Architects
- Gordon Bunshaft (1909–1990), Pritzker Prize winner
- Robert T. Coles (1929-2020)
- William Harrison Folsom (1815-1901) designed the Manti Temple
- E. B. Green (1855–1950)
- James A. Johnson (1865–1939)
- Duane Lyman (1886-1966)
- Richard A. Waite (1848–1911)
Artists
- Joe Pera, comedian
- Cory Arcangel (born 1978), new media artist
- Timothy D. Bellavia (born 1971), children's author, illustrator and educator
- David Boreanaz (born 1969), actor
- Charles E. Burchfield (1893–1967), watercolor painter
- Philip Burke (born 1956), caricaturist
- John F. Carlson (1875–1947), American Impressionist
- Charles Clough (born 1951), painter
- Tony Conrad (1940–2016), media artist
- Steve Fiorilla (1961–2009), illustrator and sculptor
- Frank Kelly Freas (1922–2005), science fiction and fantasy artist
- Wilhelmina McAlpin Godfrey (1914–1994), painter, printmaker and fiber artist
- Justine Kurland (born 1969), photographer
- J. J. Lankes (1884–1960), illustrator, woodcut print artist, and author
- Robert Longo (born 1953), painter and sculptor
- Asad Raza (born 1974), artist, producer, writer
- Michael Ross (1955), artist
- Spain Rodriguez (1940–2012), underground cartoonist
- Milton Rogovin (1909–2011), documentary photographer
- Charles Rohlfs (1853–1936), actor, pattern maker, stove designer and furniture maker
- Paul Sharits (1943–1993), mixed media artist, filmmaker
- Cindy Sherman (born 1954), photographer and film director
- Tony Sisti (1901–1983), painter
- Eugene Speicher (1883–1962), portrait, landscape and figurative painter
- Tom Toles (born 1951), political cartoonist
- William Simpson (portrait artist) (c.1818–1872) was an African American artist and civil right activist in the 19th century, known for his portraits.[1]
- Adam Zyglis (born 1982), editorial cartoonist
Authors and journalists
- Marty Angelo, author 10 books
- John Arcudi, comic book author
- John Barth, novelist
- Gary Barwin, Irish writer
- Charles Baxter, author
- Lauren Belfer, author
- Wolf Blitzer, television journalist
- Lawrence Block, crime novelist
- Lucille Clifton, poet
- Howard Bloom, publicist
- Dale Brown, aviator and author
- William Wells Brown, abolitionist and writer
- Taylor Caldwell, author
- J. M. Coetzee, South African writer
- Angelo F. Coniglio, civil engineer and author
- Burton Crane, financial journalist
- Robert Creeley, poet
- Marvin Farber, philosopher
- Marian de Forest, journalist and playwright
- Gregg Easterbrook, magazine journalist
- Leslie Fiedler, literary critic
- F. Scott Fitzgerald, novelist
- Josh Fruhlinger (The Comics Curmudgeon)
- Dawn Gallagher author, beauty and wellness expert
- Loss Pequeño Glazier, poet (Electronic Poetry Center)
- Anna Katharine Green, poet and novelist
- Terry Gross, radio personality
- A. R. Gurney, playwright
- Richard Hofstadter, historian
- Karla F.C. Holloway, professor
- Paul Horgan, historian and author
- Elbert Hubbard, publisher
- Bruce Jackson, scholar
- Thomas Joseph, James Beard Foundation Award winner chef and video host
- John Kessel, sci-fi writer
- Nancy Kress, sci-fi writer
- Mabel Dodge Luhan, patron of the arts
- Martha MacCallum, television journalist
- Steele MacKaye, playwright, theatrical producer
- Marguerite Merington (1857–1951), author
- Marion Juliet Mitchell, poet
- Joyce Carol Oates, author
- John Otto (radio personality) (1929–1999), radio talk show host
- Laura Pedersen, journalist, novelist, playwright
- Tim Powers, sci-fi writer
- Ishmael Reed, poet, essayist
- Tim Russert, television journalist
- Joseph Sansonese, author
- Ruben Santiago-Hudson, playwright, actor
- Fran Striker, creator of Lone Ranger and Green Hornet
- Matt Taibbi, journalist
- Mark Twain, pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, iconic author
- Jane Meade Welch, journalist, lecturer
- Lanford Wilson, playwright
- Bob Wojnowski, sports journalist
- Julia Evelyn Ditto Young, writer
Bands, composers, and musicians
- Laura Aikin (born 1964), operatic coloratura soprano
- Michael Angelakos of Passion Pit, singer, songwriter, composer, record producer
- Harold Arlen, prolific standards composer (500 + Songs), won Academy Award for Over the Rainbow
- Benny the Butcher, rapper
- The Bloody Hollies, band
- Juini Booth, jazz double-bassist
- Buffalo Bills, barbershop quartet
- Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (1934-present), classical orchestral symphony
- The Bunny The Bear, band
- Julie Byrne, singer-songwriter
- Cannibal Corpse, band
- Peter Case, singer-songwriter, guitarist
- Ray Chamberlain, jazz guitarist, bassist
- Johny Chow of Stone Sour, bassist
- Stacy Clark, singer-songwriter
- Willis Conover , jazz producer and broadcaster
- Conway the Machine, rapper
- Patrick Cowley, composer, recording artist
- Cute is What We Aim For, band
- Vic Dana, dancer and singer
- Danimal Cannon, video game composer and performer
- Lance Diamond, lounge singer and personality
- Ani DiFranco, singer, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, poet, songwriter
- Julius Eastman, composer, pianist, singer
- Every Time I Die, band
- JoAnn Falletta, classical musician and orchestral conductor
- Florian-Ayala Fauna, noise musician and music producer
- Morton Feldman, composer
- Lukas Foss, composer, pianist, conductor
- Jackson C. Frank, folk musician
- The Future, band
- Charles Gayle, jazz saxophonist, pianist, bass clarinetist, bassist
- Girlpope, band
- E. Ray Goetz, Broadway composer and producer and briefly brother-in-law to Irving Berlin
- Goo Goo Dolls, band
- Grabbitz, singer-songwriter
- Green Jellÿ, band
- Jim Hall, jazz guitarist, composer, arranger
- Alan Heatherington, orchestra conductor
- Ray Henderson, songwriter
- Edna Indermaur, contralto singer
- It Dies Today, band
- Jackdaw, band
- Rick James
- Joe Public, band
- Joe Kraemer, composer
- Jordan Kyle, songwriter, producer, engineer
- Lemuria, band
- Mel Lewis, drummer, jazz musician, bandleader
- John Lombardo, band 10,000 Maniacs and folk duo John & Mary)
- David Lucas, composer
- Gary Mallaber, drummer, percussionist, singer
- Nicholas Mason, drummer
- Brian McKnight, singer-songwriter, arranger, producer, musician
- Don Menza, saxophonist, arranger, composer, session musician, jazz educator
- Mercury Rev, band
- Bobby Militello, jazz saxophonist and flautist
- Leon and the Forklifts, band
- The Modernaires, 1940s vocal harmony group
- Moe, band
- Nina Morgana, soprano with the Metropolitan Opera
- Gurf Morlix, vocalist, songwriter, record producer
- NicePeter, comedian, musician, personality
- Willie Nile, singer-songwriter
- Sam Noto, jazz trumpeter
- Ookla the Mok, band
- Tina Parol, singer-songwriter
- Lucky Peterson, blues guitarist and keyboardist
- Kristen Pfaff of Hole (band), bassist, cellist
- Mary Ramsey, band 10,000 Maniacs and folk duo John & Mary)
- Raven, late 60s rock band
- The Reign of Kindo, band
- The Road (group), late 60s early 70s rock Band
- Scary Chicken,band
- Marc Scibilia, pop rock singer-songwriter
- Billy Sheehan, bassist
- Paul Siebel, singer-songwriter
- Harry B. Smith, writer, lyricist, and composer
- Dr. Lonnie Smith, jazz organist
- Snapcase, band
- Joanie Sommers, 1960s&70s singer pop/jazz and standards
- Alexis Spight, gospel musician
- Spyro Gyra, jazz band
- STEMM, band
- John Stevens, classic pop singer
- Stevie J., musician, record producer, songwriter, television personality
- Elizabeth Swados, writer, composer, musician, theatre director
- Stan Szelest, musician
- Talas, 1970s-80s rock band
- John Valby, musician, comedian
- Grover Washington, Jr., jazz-funk / soul-jazz saxophonist
- Cory Wells, singer Three Dog Night
- Westside Gunn, rapper
- Patrick Wilson, drummer Weezer
- Jack Yellen, lyricist, screenwriter
Business and industry
- Robert Borthwick Adam, co-founder of Adam, Meldrum & Whiting
- Joseph Dart, lawyer, businessman and entrepreneur
- William H. Donaldson, Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Under Secretary of State for International Security Affairs, Chairman and CEO of the New York Stock Exchange, and Chairman, President and CEO of Aetna
- Joseph Ellicott, Surveyor, city planner, land office agent, lawyer and politician
- William G. Fargo, co-founder of American Express Company and Wells Fargo
- Anson Goodyear, President of the Great Southern Lumber Company
- Charles W. Goodyear, co-founder of the Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad, Great Southern Lumber Company, Goodyear Lumber Co., Buffalo & Susquehanna Coal and Coke Co., and the New Orleans Great Northern Railroad Company
- Wilson Greatbatch, inventor and engineer
- George A. Hormel, founder of Hormel Foods Corporation
- Jeremy Jacobs, current owner of the Boston Bruins and Chairman of Delaware North
- John J. Kennedy, businessman and politician
- Seymour H. Knox I, founder of the F. W. Woolworth Company
- Seymour H. Knox II, Chairman of the F. W. Woolworth Company
- John D. Larkin, founder of the Larkin Company and Buffalo Pottery/Buffalo China
- Jon L. Luther, Chairman and former CEO of Dunkin' Brands
- Sherman J. Maisel, economist who served on the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
- Darwin D. Martin, Larkin Company executive
- John R. Oishei, co-founder of the Tri-Continental Corporation, now known as Trico
- Ralph Peo (1897-1966), inventor, founder of Frontier Industries, CEO & Chairman of Houdaille Industries
- Pat Powers, film producer associated with Walt Disney
- Robert E. Rich, Sr., founder of Rich Products
- Chris Sacca, billionaire venture capitalist
- Grace Carew Sheldon (1855–1921), American journalist, author, editor, businesswoman
- Ellsworth Milton Statler, founder of Statler Hotels
- Henry Wells, co-founder of American Express Company and Wells Fargo
- John G. Wickser, President of the Buffalo German Insurance Company and the Buffalo Commercial Insurance Company
- Robert G. Wilmers, former Chairman and CEO of M&T Bank
- Christopher Woodrow, co-founder and Chairman of Worldview Entertainment
Entertainers and actors
- Jacob Artist, actor
- Nick Bakay, voice actor
- Darrell Banks, singer
- Christine Baranski, actress
- Michael Bennett, choreographer and director
- Amanda Blake, actress
- John Wayne Bobbit, actor
- Sorrell Booke, actor
- David Boreanaz, actor
- Kyle Chandler, actor
- Katharine Cornell, actress
- William Courtleigh, Jr., silent-film actor
- Don Criqui, sportscaster
- Andrew Dan-Jumbo, television personality
- Jeffrey DeMunn, actor
- Diane English, television producer
- Agnes Ethel, 19th-century actress
- Jeff Fahey, actor
- Morton Feldman, composer
- William Fichtner, actor
- Tom Fontana, screenwriter and producer
- Vincent Gallo, actor and director
- Nyakim Gatwech, model
- Teddy Geiger, singer-songwriter
- Rebecca Grant, American actress
- David Hampton, actor an impostor who posed as Poitier's son "David" in 1983, which inspired a play and a film, Six Degrees of Separation
- Patrick Hasburgh, writer producer
- Mark Hapka, actor, Days Of Our Lives
- Edna Indermaur, classical singer
- Rick James, singer-songwriter
- Gloria Jean, singer and actress
- Beverly Johnson, model
- Jeffrey Jones, actor
- Keemstar, Youtuber and host of DramaAlert
- Rachael Lillis, voice actress
- Wendie Malick, actress
- Gary Mallaber, musician
- Nancy Marchand, actress
- Jesse L. Martin, actor
- Bill Mazer, sportscaster
- Brian McKnight, singer and actor
- Kristen McMenamy, fashion model
- Don Messick, voice actor
- David Milch, screenwriter and producer
- Greg Mullavy, actor
- Chad Michael Murray, model and actor
- Louis Mustillo, actor
- Willie Nile, singer-songwriter
- Chelsea Noble, actress
- Beth Phoenix, wrestler
- Suzie Plakson, actress, singer, writer and artist
- Angelea Preston, reality contestant
- John T. Raymond, stage actor
- James Read, actor
- Joey Reynolds, radio personality
- Irene Rich, actress
- Mark Russell, satirist
- John Rzeznik, musician
- William Sadler, actor
- John Schuck, actor
- Dick Shawn, actor
- Billy Sheehan, musician
- Buffalo Bob Smith, star of Howdy Doody
- Joanie Sommers, singer and actress
- April Stevens, singer
- Carrie Stevens, actress
- Fran Striker, creator of The Lone Ranger
- Nino Tempo, singer
- Vola Vale, actress
- A.J. Verel, actor, stunt coordinator
- Paul C. Vogt, comedian
- Peter Allen Vogt, comedian
- James Watson, pro wrestler
- Cory Wells, singer of Three Dog Night
- Jessica White, model
- James Whitmore, actor
- Jack Yellen, lyricist
- Z. Mann Zilla, rapper
- Marc Evan Jackson, actor
Military
- John Basilone (1916–1945), Medal of Honor recipient
- John P. Bobo (1943–1967), Medal of Honor recipient
- Thomas Crotty (1912–1942), only Coast Guardsman to be captured as POW during World War II
- Charles N. DeGlopper (1921–1944), second World War recipient of Medal of Honor
- Harold John Ellison (1917–1942), Navy Cross recipient
- Herbert O. Fisher (1909–1990), chief test pilot for Curtiss-Wright
- Frank Gaffney (1883–1948), Medal of Honor recipient
- David Goggins (1975–), Navy SEAL
- Anson Goodyear (1877–1964), Major General in the New York Guard
- Simeon T. Josselyn (1842–1905), Medal of Honor recipient
- Benjamin Kaufman (1894–1981), Medal of Honor recipient
- C. Wade McClusky (1902–1976), United States Navy aviator
- Harold C. Roberts (1898–1945), Colonel in the United States Marine Corps; recipient of three Navy Crosses
- Adrian R. Root (1832–1899), Union brevet major general
- John C. Sagelhurst (1841–1907), American Civil War recipient of Medal of Honor[2]
- Frederick E. Toy (1866–1933), Medal of Honor recipient, orderly to Theodore Roosevelt
- Matt Urban (1919–1995), Medal of Honor recipient
Politics and law
- Neil Abercrombie, Governor of Hawaii, Congressman
- Shirley Chisholm, Congresswoman and presidential candidate
- Frances Folsom Cleveland, First Lady of the United States
- Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th President of the United States
- William “Wild Bill” Joseph Donovan, Medal of Honor recipient and instrumental in creation of CIA
- William Dorsheimer, U.S. Attorney, Lieutenant Governor and Congressman
- Frank H. Easterbrook, judge
- Abigail Fillmore, First Lady of the United States
- Caroline Fillmore, second wife of Millard Fillmore
- Millard Fillmore, 13th President of the United States
- Manly Fleischmann, War Production Administrator during the Korean War, Chairman of N.Y. Gov. Nelson Rockefeller's Commission on Financing Public Education ( the "Fleischmann Commission")
- James D. Griffin, Mayor of Buffalo 1978-93
- Mark Grisanti, state senator
- Rami Hanash, lawyer and author
- Isaac R. Harrington, Mayor of Buffalo[3]
- Edwin Jaeckle, New York State Republican Party Chairman
- Jack Kemp, Secretary of U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, football player, Congressman, vice-presidential candidate
- John J. LaFalce, U.S. representative
- Frank J. Loesch, lawyer, organizer of Chicago Crime Commission
- Thomas McCarty, Wisconsin politician
- Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, President of Somalia
- Henry J. Nowak, U.S. Representative
- Ajit Pai, FCC Chairman
- Carl Paladino, businessman and founder of the Taxpayers Party of New York
- Tom Perez, former Secretary of Labor, head of the Democratic National Committee
- Ely S. Parker, Commissioner of Indian Affairs under Ulysses S. Grant
- Peter Buell Porter, U.S. Secretary of War 1828-29
- John Roberts, 17th Chief Justice of United States
- Winifred C. Stanley, first person to introduce equal pay legislation in United States
- Angela Stanton-King, Georgia Congressional candidate
- Peter J. Tropman, Wisconsin politician
- Col. John B. Weber, Congressman
Religion, charities, social advocacy
- Marty Angelo, minister, author, television producer, record promoter, disk jockey, restaurant/nightclub owner and band manager
- Nelson Baker, Roman Catholic priest and church administrator
- Rosalie Bertell, scientist, author, environmental activist, and epidemiologist
- Harry Emerson Fosdick, pastor and central figure in the "Fundamentalist–Modernist Controversy" within American Protestantism
- Kevin Gaughan, attorney and government reform advocate
- Anson Goodyear, philanthropist and first president of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City
- Katharine Martha Houghton Hepburn, suffragist and birth control advocate
- Isaac Klein, prominent rabbi and halakhic authority within Conservative Judaism.
- Sister Karen Klimczak, member of the Sisters of St. Joseph
- Maggie Kuhn, founder the Gray Panthers movement
- Henry Moxley, African-American businessman, religious leader and activist
- Marvin Opler, anthropologist and social psychiatrist
- Morris Opler, anthropologist and advocate of Japanese American civil rights
- Red Jacket, Native American Seneca orator and chief of the Wolf clan
- Mary Burnett Talbert, African-American activist, suffragist and reformer
- Margit Slachta, founder of the Sisters of Social Service
Science and technology
- Willis Carrier, inventor of modern air conditioning
- Sidney Farber, considered the father of modern chemotherapy
- Edward Gibson, NASA astronaut, pilot, engineer, and physicist
- Wilson Greatbatch, inventor of the Cardiac pacemaker[4]
- Herbert Hauptman, Nobel Laureate
- Herman Hollerith, founder of The Tabulating Machine Company that later became IBM
- Bruce Kershner, environmentalist and author
- Chad Myers, meteorologist
- Roswell Park, physician
- James Pawelczyk, NASA researcher
- Alfred Southwick, inventor of the electric chair
- Sargur N. Srihari, computer scientist
- Cliff Stoll, astronomer, author and teacher
- Craig Venter, founder of Celera Genomics, The Institute for Genomic Research, and the J. Craig Venter Institute
- Jeffrey Wigand, tobacco industry whistleblower
Sports
- Kevyn Adams, hockey player
- Adrian Adonis, professional wrestler
- Josh Johnson, Major League Baseball player.
- Anita Alvarez, Olympic synchronized swimmer
- Matt Anderson, volleyball player
- Jimmy Arias, tennis player
- Tom Baker, bowler
- Beth Phoenix wrestler
- Dick Beyer, wrestler
- Edward "Ed" Book, basketball player
- Damone Brown, basketball player
- Jack Brownschidle, hockey player
- Jim Burt, football player
- Al Cervi, basketball player and coach
- Steven Coppola, Olympic rower
- Jon Corto, football player
- Don Curtis, wrestler
- Jim Dombrowski, football player
- Brian Dux, basketball player
- Joe Ehrmann, football player
- Rashad Evans, mixed martial artist
- Jeffrey Float, Olympic swimmer
- Jonny Flynn, basketball player
- Marcus Foligno, hockey player
- Nick Foligno, hockey player
- David Goggins, ultrarunner and former pull-up world record holder
- Corey Graham, football player
- Rob Gronkowski, football player
- Paul Harris, basketball player
- Lazar Hayward, basketball player
- Orel Hershiser, baseball pitcher
- Joe Hesketh, baseball pitcher
- Dave Hollins, baseball player
- Bill Hunter, baseball player
- Ron Jaworski, football player
- Patrick Kaleta, hockey player
- Patrick Kane, hockey player
- Jim Kelly, football player, settled in Buffalo after playing for the Buffalo Bills
- Chad Kelly, football player, nephew of Jim
- Jack Kemp, football player and politician
- Tim Kennedy, hockey player
- Seymour H. Knox III, NHL owner
- Todd Krygier, hockey player
- Christian Laettner, basketball player
- Bob Lanier, basketball player
- Mark Lewin, wrestler
- Lex Luger, wrestler
- Sal Maglie, baseball pitcher
- Don Majkowski, football player
- Tom Makowski, baseball player
- Mike Mamula, football player
- Carol Mann, golfer
- Todd Marchant, hockey player
- Phil McConkey, football player
- Marc Mero, wrestler
- Joe Mesi, boxer
- Steve Mesler, Olympic bobsled gold medalist
- Aaron Miller, hockey player
- Matvey Natanzon, backgammon player
- Greg Oden, basketball player
- Brooks Orpik, hockey player
- Alexi Salamone, sled hockey player
- Adam Page, sledge hockey player
- Tommy Paul, boxer
- Ron Pitts, football player
- Kevin Quick, hockey player
- Emily Regan, Olympic rowing gold medalist
- Clifford Robinson, basketball player
- Naaman Roosevelt, football player
- Buddy Rosar, baseball player
- Trevor Ruffin, basketball player
- Roy Saari, Olympic swimmer
- Hayley Scamurra, hockey player
- Peter Scamurra, hockey player
- Philippe Sauvé, hockey player
- Cole Schneider, hockey player
- The Silent Warrior, wrestler
- Michael Sisti, hockey coach
- Jimmy Slattery, boxer
- Warren Spahn, baseball pitcher
- James Starks, football player
- Lee Stempniak, hockey player
- Loren Stokes, basketball player
- Josh Thomas, football player
- A.J. Verel, kickboxer, martial artist
- Ward Wettlaufer, golfer
- Mary Wittenberg, marathon official
- Craig Wolfley, football player
- Ron Wolfley, football player, radio personality
- John Wyatt, Negro league baseball player
- Mike Lalor, NHL hockey player and Stanley Cup winner in 1986
- Justin Bailey, AHL hockey player for the Lehigh Valley Phantoms
- Miles Wood, NHL hockey player
See also
References
- Irvine, Betty Jo (1969). Fine Arts and the Black American, Issue 6. Indiana University Libraries. p. 14.
- "John C. Sagelhurst". Archived from the original on July 28, 2014. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
- "Death of Capt. I. R. Harrington". Morning Express. Buffalo, NY. August 21, 1851. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Wilson Greatbatch". invent.org. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
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