List of people from Syracuse, New York

The following people are from Syracuse, New York.

Born or brought up in the City of Syracuse

 * Keith B. Alexander – four-star general in the Army and director of the National Security Agency
 * Jabe B. Alford – mayor of Madison, Wisconsin
 * Will Allen – professional football player
 * Jeff Altman – stand-up comedian and actor
 * Maltbie Davenport Babcock – clergyman and author
 * Dylan Baker – actor
 * John William Barker – brigadier general in the Army
 * Marcus H. Barnum – lawyer, businessman, and politician
 * Bill Beagle – state senator for the 5th district of the Ohio
 * Kathryn Beare – professional baseball player
 * John Berendt – author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
 * Carlyle Blackwell – silent film actor, director, and producer
 * Andray Blatche – professional basketball player
 * Scott Blewett – professional baseball player
 * Richard Bock – jazz record producer
 * Tyvon Branch – professional football player
 * Charles F. Brannock – inventor and manufacturer
 * Frederick C. Brower – locksmith, inventor, and businessman
 * Rick Brunson – professional basketball player and coach
 * Ben Burtt – sound designer, film director and editor, screenwriter, and voice actor
 * Marty Byrnes – professional basketball player
 * Georgia Campbell – professional baseball player
 * Jean Campbell – professional baseball player
 * Eric Carle – children's author
 * Jimmy Cavallo – musician
 * Rory Cochrane – actor
 * Michael Cole – professional wrestling commentator
 * Jimmy Collins – professional basketball player and college coach
 * Jackie Coogan – actor and comedian
 * Bruce Coville – children's author
 * Tom Cruise – Oscar-nominated, Golden Globe Award-winning actor and producer
 * Rick Cua – singer, songwriter, bassist, author, and ordained minister
 * Kelly Cutrone – publicist, television personality, and author
 * Mabel Potter Daggett – writer, journalist, editor, and suffragist
 * Nina Davuluri – public speaker, advocate, and beauty queen
 * Robert De Niro Sr. – abstract expressionist painter and father of actor Robert De Niro
 * Mark Didio – professional football player
 * Blanche Dillaye – artist
 * Bill Dinneen – professional baseball player and umpire
 * Frank DiPino – professional baseball player
 * Jo-Lonn Dunbar – professional football player
 * Robert F. Engle – economist and winner of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Economics
 * Joe English – musician, vocalist, and songwriter
 * Jeanette Epps – aerospace engineer and NASA astronaut
 * Walter Farley – author of The Black Stallion
 * David B. Feinberg – writer and AIDS activist
 * Thom Filicia – interior designer
 * Jon Fishman – drummer and founding member of Phish
 * Eliot Fisk – classical guitarist
 * Frank Gabrielson – stage, film, and television writer
 * John L. Gaunt – photographer and winner of the 1955 Pulitzer Prize for Photography
 * Richard Gere – Golden Globe Award-winning actor
 * Helena Theresa Goessmann – lecturer, academic, and writer
 * Bobcat Goldthwait – actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter
 * David Greenman – actor
 * Henry Grethel – fashion designer, merchandiser, and marketer
 * Bob Gualtieri – law enforcement officer, lawyer, and politician
 * Borys Gudziak – metropolitan-archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia
 * Jaclyn Hales – actress
 * Muhammad Hassan – professional wrestler
 * Michael Herr – writer and war correspondent
 * Theodore Hesburgh – president of the University of Notre Dame
 * Mary Dana Hicks – art educator
 * Siobhan Fallon Hogan – actress and comedian
 * Bob Holz – drummer and composer
 * Jimmy Howard – professional ice hockey player
 * Charley Hyatt – college basketball player
 * David Jennings – member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
 * Grace Jones – model, singer, and actress
 * Mark Kaplan – violinist
 * John Katko – attorney and politician
 * Megyn Kelly – journalist and media personality
 * Mr. Kenneth – world's first celebrity hairdresser
 * Tom Kenny – actor and comedian
 * Doris Kenyon – actress
 * Phyllis Kirk – actress
 * David Klein – confectioner and developer of Jelly Belly
 * Zane Lamprey – comedian, actor, writer, editor, and producer
 * Dorsey Levens – professional football player
 * Alex Levinsky – professional ice hockey player
 * Claire Luce – actress
 * Clifford Luyk – professional basketball player and coach
 * Gordon MacRae – actor, singer, and television and radio host
 * Joe Magnarelli – jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist
 * Post Malone – rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer
 * Christopher Maloney – singer-songwriter, bass guitarist, and music educator
 * Louis Marshall – corporate, constitutional, and civil rights lawyer
 * Frank Matteo – professional football player
 * Edna May – actress and singer
 * Terry McAuliffe – businessman and politician
 * William McCoy – sea captain and rum-runner
 * Johnny Messner – actor
 * Stephen Montague – composer, pianist, and conductor
 * Darin Morgan – screenwriter
 * David Muir – journalist and the anchor of ABC World News Tonight
 * Jonathan Murray – television producer and co-creator of The Real World
 * James Nachtwey – photojournalist and war photographer
 * Richard Neer – disc jockey and sports radio personality
 * Sal Nistico – jazz tenor saxophonist
 * Joy Osofsky – clinical and developmental psychologist
 * Camille Paglia – social critic and author
 * Doe Paoro – singer-songwriter
 * Greg Paulus – college basketball player and coach
 * Steve Perry – musician
 * Marco Pignalberi – politician
 * Rocco Pirro – professional football player and politician
 * Jon Ratliff – professional baseball player
 * Mark Reed – physicist and professor
 * Jamel Richardson – professional football player
 * Mike Rotunda – professional wrestler best known as Irwin R. Schyster
 * Ellis Rubin – attorney
 * Margaret Olivia Slocum Sage – philanthropist who established the Russell Sage Foundation
 * Louis J. Salmon – football player and head coach of the University of Notre Dame
 * Danny Schayes – professional basketball player
 * George Schuyler – writer, journalist, and social commentator
 * Scott Schwedes – professional football player
 * Scorey – rapper, singer, and songwriter
 * Ray Seals – professional football player
 * Rod Serling – screenwriter, playwright, television producer, and narrator
 * Martin Sexton – singer-songwriter and music producer
 * Craig Shirley – political consultant and author
 * Edward C. Stearns – entrepreneur and industrialist
 * Breanna Stewart – professional basketball player
 * Ed Stokes – professional basketball player
 * Joseph Stolz – rabbi
 * Kevin Surace – technology innovator and entrepreneur
 * Bob Swan – business executive and CEO of Intel
 * Charles W. Sweeting – businessman and politician
 * Bill Tanguay – professional football player
 * Tommy Tanner – professional soccer player
 * Tsquared – professional gamer
 * Toosii – rapper and singer
 * Tony Trischka – five-string banjo player
 * Jimmy Van Heusen – composer who authored the jazz standard "Darn That Dream"
 * Frank Whaley – actor, film director, screenwriter, and comedian
 * John Wilkinson – engineer and inventor
 * Christopher Woodrow – entrepreneur, financier, and movie producer
 * T. M. Wright – author

Born or brought up in Greater Syracuse

 * L. Frank Baum – children's author best known for The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Chittenango)
 * Joey Belladonna – singer best known as the vocalist for Anthrax (Oswego)
 * Grover Cleveland – served as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States (Fayetteville)
 * Tim Connolly – professional ice hockey player (Baldwinsville)
 * Ronnie James Dio – singer and member of Black Sabbath and Rainbow (Cortland)
 * Pete Dominick – political comedian and talk radio personality (Marcellus)
 * Joel Farabee – professional ice hockey player (Cicero)
 * Matilda Joslyn Gage – activist known for her contributions to women's suffrage and abolitionism (Fayetteville)
 * Irving Gill – pioneer modern architect in Southern California (Tully)
 * Tim Green – professional football player, radio and television personality, and author (Liverpool)
 * Thomas Harley – professional ice hockey player (Jamesville)
 * Mike Hart – professional football player and college coach (Nedrow)
 * Gary Holland – musician best known for being the original drummer of Great White (LaFayette)
 * Tim Locastro – professional baseball player (Auburn)
 * Dave Mirra – professional BMX rider (Chittenango)
 * Harvey A. Moyer – entrepreneur and founder of H. A. Moyer Automobile Company (Clay)
 * Bert E. Salisbury – businessman and president of Onondaga Pottery Company (Geddes)
 * Horatio Seymour – politician and 18th governor of New York (Pompey)
 * Alex Tuch – professional ice hockey player (Baldwinsville)
 * John Walsh – television personality and host/creator of America's Most Wanted (Auburn)

Others with ties to the Syracuse area

 * Hervey Allen – author best known for Anthony Adverse, which was made into a movie of the same name, resided in an extant house on James Street
 * Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews – author best known for a widely read short story about U.S. president Abraham Lincoln, The Perfect Tribute, resided at Wolf Hollow, the Andrews estate in Taunton
 * Carmelo Anthony – basketball player at Syracuse University who delivered the program's first NCAA Championship in 2003
 * Danny Biasone – founding owner of the NBA's Syracuse Nationals in 1946
 * Joe Biden – served as the 46th president of the United States; graduated from Syracuse University College of Law in 1968
 * Lucy Wood Butler – pioneer temperance leader, who was the first president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of New York, lived in Syracuse for more than 50 years
 * DeWitt Clinton – served as mayor of New York City and the sixth governor of New York; played a significant role in the construction of the Erie Canal
 * Elizabeth Cotten – folk and blues musician who lived much of her later life in Syracuse and for whom a bronze statue is dedicated
 * Asa Danforth – early settler who built a gristmill and sawmill that contributed to the growth of Onondaga County
 * Asa Danforth Jr. – early settler, land speculator, and highway engineer
 * Herbert H. Franklin – entrepreneur and automobile manufacturer for whom Franklin Square is named
 * James Geddes – engineer, surveyor, and politician instrumental in the planning of the Erie Canal who was also at the forefront of the development of the salt industry at Onondaga Lake beginning in 1794
 * Theodore E. Hancock – lawyer and politician who served as district attorney of Onondaga County from 1890 to 1892
 * Bucky Lawless – professional boxer based in Syracuse from the mid-1920s to the mid-1930s
 * Simon Le Moyne – Jesuit priest who, in 1655, founded a mission known as Sainte Marie de Gannentaha, and for whom Le Moyne College is named
 * Jermain Loguen – key contributor to the Underground Railroad who helped make Syracuse a leading abolitionist city
 * Pierre-Esprit Radisson – explorer and coureur des bois who traveled into Onondaga territory to aid Le Moyne and operate his mission
 * C. Hamilton Sanford – businessman and president of the Syracuse Trust Company and co-founder of Sanford-Herbert Motor Truck Company
 * Kim Simmonds – musician and founder of the English blues rock band Savoy Brown
 * Comfort Tyler – early settler, businessman, and politician for whom Comfort Tyler Park is named
 * William Van Wagoner – bicycle racer and automobile designer
 * David Foster Wallace – author who wrote much of his landmark novel Infinite Jest while living in an apartment on Kensington Road across from the food co-op
 * Ephraim Webster – first white settler in Central New York who arrived in 1786 to an area later named Syracuse
 * John Wilkinson – lawyer and politician who gave Syracuse its name and founded the Syracuse Bank
 * Steve Wynn – casino and hotel tycoon who attended The Manlius School