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
- Richard Ray Farrell, electric blues guitarist, harmonicist, singer and songwriter, born in Niagara Falls[1]
- Lee Hyla, composer
- 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
- Glen Benton, death metal musician
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
- Howard J Skivington Journeyman United brotherhood of Carpenters Local 280,289, General Foreman for Sevenson Environmental Construction Company Current Construction Inspector, Engineering Dept. City of Niagara Falls former Civil Defense coordinator for Niagara County
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
Doris Skivington, Niagara County Legislator, First Elected Long Term Women Member and First Women in history appointed Senior Democratic Majority Leader in Niagara County representing the LaSalle District of Niagara Falls
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[2]
- 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
- Adam Clendening, NHL defenseman (raised in nearby Wheatfield)
Other
- Peter Magaddino, mobster
- Stefano Magaddino, mafia boss
- William Chandler Shrubsall, inmate
- Charlie Utter, American Wild West figure
References
- ↑ "Biography". Richardrayfarrell.com. 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
- ↑ "SABR article on the 1949 Drummondville Cubs". Quebec.sabr.org. Retrieved 2012-05-02.
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