List of people from Utica, New York

This article lists notable people from Utica, New York.

Nineteenth century and earlier

 * Amariah Brigham – psychiatrist
 * Alexander Bryan Johnson – prominent Utica banker; self-taught philosopher and political writer; married to the granddaughter of president John Adams
 * Francis Marion Burdick – legal scholar; a mayor of Utica (1882-1883), (born at De Ruyter, New York)
 * John T. Clark – civil engineer and politician
 * Jane Elizabeth Dexter Conklin – poet, journalist, and religious writer
 * Roscoe Conkling – U.S. Senator and Republican Stalwart political leader; a mayor of Utica; is buried there
 * Marianne Cope – religious sister and Roman Catholic saint
 * Arthur Bowen Davies – artist, born in Utica
 * Harold Frederic – author and journalist, born and raised in Utica; buried in Utica's Forest Hill Cemetery
 * Grace May North – author, born in Utica
 * Pádraig Phiarais Cúndún (1777–1856) – Irish-American homesteader and composer of American poetry in the Irish language; arived in Utica in 1826; buried there
 * Horatio Seymour – New York State Governor and Democratic presidential candidate; native of Utica; buried there
 * Carrie Babcock Sherman – James Schoolcraft Sherman's wife, born in Utica
 * James Schoolcraft Sherman – U.S. vice president; born in Utica; buried there
 * Gerrit Smith – social reformer, abolitionist, politician, and philanthropist; born in Utica
 * Benjamin Walker – Revolutionary War soldier; lived the last 20 years of his life in Utica
 * Chandler J. Wells – former mayor of Buffalo, New York, born in Utica

Arts and entertainment

 * Kim Bass – screenwriter, producer, and director
 * Mark Bodé – artist; born in Utica; son of Vaughn Bodē
 * Vaughn Bodē – artist, born in Utica and graduated from Proctor High School;
 * Joe Bonamassa – blues musician
 * Steven Brill – film producer, director and screenwriter
 * Neave Brown – London-based architect and artist
 * Dick Clark – lived briefly in Utica and began his television career there, hosting a country music show on WKTV
 * Daryl Cobb – children's book author and national children's educational presenter, born in Utica
 * Fran Cosmo – musician of the band Boston
 * Tommy DeCarlo – musician of the band Boston
 * Debbie Friedman – singer-songwriter of Jewish religious-themed songs, born in Utica
 * Annette Funicello – actress and singer; born in Utica; poked mild fun at the city in her song "The Promised Land". Funicello also makes reference to Utica in the 1960 Sherman Brothers-authored song "Hawaiian Love Talk", singing: "I think that you're much cuter than the day we met in Utica".
 * Lincoln Holroyd – performer, bandleader and music educator in Utica from 1905 until his death in 1961
 * Angela Johnson – singer; born and raised in Utica
 * moe. – jam rock band
 * Ron O'Neal – actor, born in Utica
 * Tiffany Pollard – actress and television personality, known for Flavor of Love and I Love New York

Sports

 * George Burns – former Major League Baseball outfielder for the New York Giants, born in Utica
 * Dave Cash – Major League Baseball infielder and three-time All-Star, was born in Utica
 * Robert Esche – National Hockey League goalie and sports executive affiliated with the Utica Comets
 * Chris Garrett – running back in Canadian Football League grew up in Utica
 * Jim Jackson – play by play broadcaster for the Philadelphia Flyers
 * Mark Lemke – former Major League Baseball player was born in Utica
 * Art Mills – Major League Baseball pitcher and coach of the 1945 World Series champion Detroit Tigers, born in Utica
 * Len Rossi – pro wrestler
 * Will Smith – NFL defensive end and New Orleans Saints Hall of Fame member graduated from Thomas R. Proctor High School in Utica
 * Andy Van Slyke – former Major League Baseball outfielder, born in Utica

Business

 * Harry H. Bassett (1874–1926) – auto maker, president of Buick (1920–1926), born in Utica
 * Kenny Friedkin (1915-1962) – founder of Pacific Southwest Airlines, born in Utica
 * Steve Wynn – real estate developer, hotel and casino mogul

Politicians

 * Mike Arcuri – former U.S. Congressman
 * Sherwood Boehlert – former U.S. Congressman
 * Anthony Brindisi – former U.S. Congressman
 * Fred J. Douglas – former U.S. Congressman
 * Rufus Elefante – Democratic political boss
 * Charles A. Talcott – former U.S. Congressman

Other

 * Daniel Barwick – author, fundraiser, journalist, podcaster, higher education administrator, and teacher
 * Elizabeth E. Farrell (1870–1932) – educator
 * Asa Jennings – Utica YMCA worker who organized the evacuation of refugees from the Great Fire of Smyrna
 * Michael Kernan – former Washington Post journalist
 * Paul Krugman – economist, professor at City University of New York, columnist for the New York Times
 * Cherilla Storrs Lowrey (1861–1918) – clubwoman in Hawaii, born in Utica
 * John D. MacDonald – best-selling crime novelist, grew up in Utica
 * Dan Senor – columnist, writer, and political advisor to Mitt Romney
 * John Zogby – political pollster

Fictional characters

 * Gary Chalmers – Superintendent of Springfield School District on the television cartoon series The Simpsons
 * Karen Filippelli – Regional Manager of Dunder Mifflin Utica Branch on the television comedy The Office
 * Uncle Leo – Alice Kramden's uncle in The Honeymooners