List of people from Binghamton, New York
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Following are notable people who were either born/raised or have lived for a significant period of time in the Binghamton, New York area:
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Downtown Binghamton
Contents
Academics
- Herbert P. Bix, historian
- Albert Boime, art historian
- Willard N. Clute, botanist
- Norman Finkelstein, political scientist, attended Binghamton University
- Peter Hilton, mathematician
- Thomas Hopko, former dean of Saint Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary
- Mike Hudak, environmental researcher
- Peter Kogge, computer engineer, IBM Fellow
- Edwin A. Link, engineer, inventor of the flight simulator
- Tom M. Mitchell, computer scientist
- Paul Olum, mathematician
- Camille Paglia, author, teacher, social critic
- William P. Tolley, former chancellor of Syracuse University
- Ota Ulč, political scientist
- Peter Ungar, paleoanthropologist
- Immanuel Wallerstein, sociologist
- David Sloan Wilson, evolutionary biologist
Actors and models, film, TV, theater
- Charlie Ahearn, film director
- Rick Baker, makeup artist
- William Baldwin, actor, attended Binghamton University
- Andrew Bergman, screenwriter, attended Binghamton University
- Alan Berliner, filmmaker, attended Binghamton University
- Stephanie Courtney, actress and comedian, attended Binghamton University
- Jeremy Davidson, actor
- Richard Deacon, actor
- John Ducey, TV actor
- Helen Gardner, actress and producer of silent black and white film
- Anthony George, soap opera actor
- Hugh Herbert, comedian
- Jim Hutton, actor
- Bill T. Jones, Tony Award-winning choreographer, attended Binghamton University
- Andy Kindler, comedian, attended Binghamton University
- Scott Klein, actor, producer, New York Yankees pitcher
- Tony Kornheiser, sports commentator, sportswriter, attended Binghamton University
- Mark Lawrence, writer and filmmaker, attended Binghamton University
- Jessica Lee, 'Playboy Playmate, August 1996
- Carol Leifer, comedian, writer, attended Binghamton University
- Wilbur Mack, actor
- Ernie Manouse, anchorman
- Leonard Melfi, playwright and actor
- Bridget Moynahan, model, actress
- Matt Nolan, Broadway actor, attended Binghamton University
- Timothy Prindle, actor
- Karl Ravech, ESPN personality, attended Binghamton University
- Paul Reiser, comedian, actor, writer, screenwriter, attended Binghamton University
- Cliff Roth, filmmaker and editor
- Ruben Santiago-Hudson, actor, Tony Award winner, attended Binghamton University
- Amy Sedaris, comedian and actress
- Rod Serling, writer, television producer, creator of The Twilight Zone TV series
- Jackie Siegel, model, actress
- Karthik Sivakumar, actor, attended Binghamton University
- Madeleine Smithberg, co-creator of The Daily Show, attended Binghamton University
- Roger Watkins, writer, director, producer, actor
- Chris Wedge, film director
- David Weisman, film director
- Sam Weisman, Emmy-nominated TV director
- Volkmar Wentzel, photographer and cinematographer for National Geographic
- Mark Withers, actor
Artists and architects
- Renata Bernal, visual artist
- Orlando Busino, illustrator
- Johnny Hart, cartoonist, creator of comic strips B.C. and The Wizard of Id
- John Marshall, artist for comic strip Blondie
- Jerry Moriarty, artist and cartoonist
- Marla Olmstead, painter
- Brant Parker, cartoonist, co-creator of The Wizard of Id
- Isaac G. Perry, architect
- Art Spiegelman, illustrator, best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning comic book memoir Maus, attended Binghamton University
- C. Edward Vosbury, architect
Athletes and athletics personnel
- Tyler Biggs, hockey player
- Dave Bliss, basketball coach
- Dan Casey, baseball player
- Brian Clas, cross country and track runner
- Mike Coolbaugh, baseball coach[1]
- Scott Coolbaugh, baseball player
- Jerry D'Amigo, hockey player
- Babe Danzig, baseball player
- Scott Diamond, baseball player, attended Binghamton University
- Alec Dufty, soccer player
- Mike Dunham, hockey player
- George Feigenbaum, basketball player
- Rob Gardner, baseball player
- Bobby Gonzalez, basketball coach
- Bill Hallahan, baseball player
- Gerry Hannahs, baseball player
- Jim Johnson, baseball player
- Arthur Jones, football player
- Chandler Jones, football player
- DaQuan Jones, football player
- Jon Jones, mixed martial arts fighter
- Isaiah Kacyvenski, football player
- Jon Kimmel, football player
- Steve Kraly, baseball player
- Sang Lee, taekwondo coach
- Johnny Logan, baseball player
- Ron Luciano, baseball umpire, author of The Umpire Strikes Back
- Billy Martin, baseball player and manager
- Tamdan McCrory, mixed martial arts fighter
- Hidy Ochiai, martial artist
- Mayumi Pejo, Olympic martial artist
- Michael Pejo, martial artist
- Sammy Pejo, martial artist
- King Rice, basketball coach
- Chris Riley, professional soccer player
- Jack Sharkey, World Heavyweight Champion boxer
- Matt Tanzini, soccer player
- Randy Will, Olympic bobsledder
Business figures
- Jonathan Michael Ansell, international insurance company founder and CEO
- Faisal Farooqui, founder and CEO; MouthShut.com, attended Binghamton University
- Jeff Gaspin, television executive, attended Binghamton University
- George Hull, tobacconist and Cardiff Giant hoaxer
- George F. Johnson, co-owner of Endicott Johnson Corporation
- Sylvester Andral Kilmer, MD, inventor of Swamp Root patent medicine and other herbal medicines
- Willis Sharpe Kilmer, promoter of Swamp Root patent medicine
- Scott Krug, vice president and CFO, New York Yankees
- Matt Ouimet, former president of Disneyland resort, attended Binghamton University
- John D. Rockefeller, founder of Standard Oil
- Thomas Secunda, founder of Bloomberg L.P., attended Binghamton University
- Edward W. Stack, CEO of Dick's Sporting Goods
- Gustav Stickley, furniture manufacturer, prominent promoter of American Craftsman movement
- Thomas Tull, CEO of Legendary Pictures, part owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers
- Jay Walder, chairman and CEO of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, MTA in New York City, attended Binghamton University
- Thomas J. Watson, Sr., founder and president of International Business Machines (IBM)
Lawyers and jurists
- Harold Cohen, judge, attended Binghamton University
- Elaine D. Kaplan, judge, United States Court of Federal Claims, attended Binghamton University
- Barbara M. Lynn, judge
- Jerome B. Simandle, judge
- Lorenzo P. Williston, judge and politician
Military figures
- Joseph J. Bartlett, brigadier general and diplomat
- Joseph Brant, Mohawk military leader
- John Francis Burnes, marine officer
- Daniel Bursch, astronaut
- Douglas G. Hurley, astronaut
- John C. Robinson, major general, Medal of Honor recipient
- Lester R. Stone, Jr., sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient
- Douglas H. Wheelock, astronaut
Musicians
- Frederick Ayres, composer
- Corky Cornelius, jazz trumpeter
- Fred Coury, drummer
- Steve Davis, jazz trombonist
- Dena DeRose, jazz pianist and singer
- John Hollenbeck, jazz drummer and composer
- Robert Jager, composer
- Richard Leech, opera tenor
- Tim Malchak, singer/songwriter
- Ingrid Michaelson, singer/songwriter, attended Binghamton University
- Elmar Oliveira, violinist
- Steve Perry, singer/guitarist for the Cherry Poppin' Daddies
- Lee Ranaldo, guitarist for Sonic Youth, attended Binghamton University
- Stephen Roessner, Grammy Award-winning recording engineer, drummer for Saxon Shore
- Slam Stewart, jazz bassist
- Gary Wilson, performance artist
Politicians
- Morteza Agha-Tehrani, Iranian Parliament member
- Warren M. Anderson, state senator
- Bill Aswad, Vermont state legislator
- Orlow W. Chapman, U.S. Solicitor General
- Daniel S. Dickinson, U.S. senator
- Steven Fulop, mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey, attended Binghamton University
- Edwin Arthur Hall, congressman
- Robert Harpur, state politician
- William Henry Hill, congressman
- Hakeem Jeffries, congressman, attended Binghamton University
- Thomas W. Libous, state senator
- John Liu, New York City comptroller and former councilman
- Donna Lupardo, state assemblywoman
- Daniel A. Mica, congressman
- John Mica, congressman
- Stephen C. Millard, congressman
- E. A. Mitchell, congressman
- Marshall F. Moore, governor[2]
- Raymond Bartlett Stevens, congressman
- Randall Terry, founder of Operation Rescue
- Benjamin F. Tracy, Secretary of the Navy
- J. Ernest Wharton, congressman
- George H. Williston, Wisconsin state and territorial legislator[3]
Writers and journalists
- Eric Appel, writer and director
- Mark Allen Baker, writer
- Bruce Benderson, author, attended Binghamton University
- Andrew Bergman, film director, screenwriter, novelist, attended Binghamton University
- Tina Chang, poet, attended Binghamton University
- Nathan Englander, author, attended Binghamton University
- Jeffrey Ford, writer, attended Binghamton University
- Kate Gale, poet
- Amy Kim Ganter, author and illustrator
- John Gardner, novelist
- Howard R. Garis, author of Uncle Wiggily stories
- Don Goddard, radio and TV news reporter
- Erik Hage, author, attended Binghamton University
- Stephen Kalinich, poet and songwriter
- Steven G. Kellman, author critic, attended Binghamton University
- Rob Kirkpatrick, author and editor, Binghamton University
- Steve Koren, screenwriter, attended Binghamton University
- David Ross Locke, aka Petroleum V. Nasby, journalist and early political commentator
- Peter Robinson, speechwriter for Ronald Reagan
- Davis Schneiderman, educator and author, attended Binghamton University
- David Sedaris, humorist and writer
- John Smelcer, poet and novelist
- Dava Sobel, writer, attended Binghamton University
- Jean Webster, author
- Donald E. Westlake, writer, attended Binghamton University
- Suzanne Weyn, author, attended Binghamton University
- Jenna Wolfe, Today Show anchor
Others
- David A. Ansell, physician and author
- Joseph Barbara, mobster
- Frances M. Beal, activist
- Gerald Nicholas Dino, fourth bishop of the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Phoenix
- Ben Eisenkop, Reddit personality, attended Binghamton University
- William L. Moore, civil rights activist
- Melvin Earl Pomeroy, world-champion checkers player
