List of people from Niagara Falls, New York

This is a list of notable people from Niagara Falls, New York.

Artists

 * George Barker, photographer nationally famous for Niagara Falls photos
 * 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
 * Glen Benton, death metal musician
 * Robert Nathaniel Dett, composer
 * Richard Ray Farrell, electric blues guitarist, harmonicist, singer and songwriter, born in Niagara Falls
 * William Masselos, classical pianist
 * Chauncey Morehouse, jazz drummer
 * Bobby Previte, drummer and composer
 * Tommy Tedesco, born in Niagara Falls, most-recorded guitarist in history

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
 * Mark Bridges, costume designer
 * Charles Cyphers, actor
 * Julie Gregg, actress
 * Rachael Lillis, voice actress
 * April Stevens, pop singer, best known for her recording of Deep Purple with her brother Nino Tempo
 * Nino Tempo, pop singer, best known for his recording of Deep Purple with his sister April Stevens
 * 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
 * Robert H. Gittins, U.S. Congressman
 * George W. Grider, U.S. 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, U.S. 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, Baseball player and member of the New York Yankees first World Series title in 1923.
 * Dean Biasucci, NFL placekicker
 * David Bright, professional diver
 * Walter Cazen, baseball player
 * Adam Clendening, NHL defenseman (raised in nearby Wheatfield)
 * Greg Cox, NFL safety
 * Modie Cox, basketball player
 * Walter Dick, member of U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame
 * Dan DeSantis, football player for Philadelphia Eagles
 * Rashad Evans, MMA Fighter
 * Jonny Flynn, NBA basketball player, Minnesota Timberwolves
 * William Frazer, Olympic sport shooter
 * Hank Gornicki, MLB player
 * Steve Hamilton, NFL defensive end
 * Paul Harris, basketball player
 * Ben Hayes, MLB relief pitcher
 * Ellis Hobbs, cornerback for Philadelphia Eagles
 * Richard Jacob, basketball coach
 * Daryl Johnston, NFL player
 * Wayne Krivsky, MLB executive
 * Chuck Leo, AFL player
 * Marc Magliarditi, hockey goaltender
 * Sal Maglie, baseball pitcher
 * Rick Manning, baseball player
 * Tony Marino, amateur competitive bodybuilder and power lifter
 * 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
 * Qadree Ollison, NFL running back
 * 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
 * Jesse Winker, baseball player
 * Tim Winn, basketball player

Other

 * Vincent DePaul Lynch, university professor
 * Peter Magaddino, mobster
 * Stefano Magaddino, mafia boss
 * William Chandler Shrubsall, inmate
 * Charlie Utter, American Wild West figure
 * Roger Woodward, went over Niagara Falls and lived in 1960 when he was 7 years old