List of people from Watertown, New York

The following is a list of notable people from Watertown, New York.


 * Eric Anzalone, singer, actor, author, member of the Village People
 * Samuel Beardsley, New York State Attorney General (1836–1839) and U.S. congressman
 * Antonio Blakeney (born 1996), current professional basketball player for Hapoel Be'er Sheva of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
 * Albert Bouchard, drummer for and co-founding member of rock band Blue Öyster Cult
 * Joe Bouchard, bassist for and co-founding member Blue Öyster Cult; brother of Albert Bouchard
 * John Calhoun, founding publisher of the Chicago Democrat
 * Rocco Canale, NFL player for Philadelphia Eagles (1944–1949)
 * Emma Kerr-Carpenter, member of the Montana House of Representatives
 * Reginald Case, artist
 * Allen Welsh Dulles, director of the Central Intelligence Agency
 * John Foster Dulles, U.S. Secretary of State
 * Frederick Exley, author of A Fan's Notes, 1968, and other works
 * Leonard J. Farwell, businessman and Wisconsin governor
 * Moses W. Field, U.S. congressman, one of the founders of the Independent Greenback Party
 * Paul Finkelman, Chancellor of Gratz College, author, historian
 * Roswell P. Flower, U.S. congressman and governor of New York (1892–1895)
 * John Gary, singer
 * Oscar S. Gifford, lawyer and South Dakota politician
 * Eric Greif, lawyer and heavy metal music figure
 * Richard Grieco, actor, model, singer, former college football player
 * Robert Guinan, painter
 * Vic Hanson, athlete, enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame (1960) and the College Football Hall of Fame (1973)
 * Fred Harvey Harrington, educator and president of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, born in Watertown.
 * Serranus Clinton Hastings, U.S. congressman and founder of the Hastings College of the Law at the University of California
 * Charles B. Hoard, businessman and member of the United States House of Representatives
 * Mary-Margaret Humes, actress
 * Orville Hungerford, U.S. congressman, banker, and railroad president
 * Robert Lansing, U.S. Secretary of State
 * Donald Lutz, baseball player for Cincinnati Reds
 * Dick May, NASCAR Sprint Cup driver
 * Tim McCreadie, NASCAR Xfinity and ARCA series driver, and multiple national Late Model Dirt Series Champion.
 * John M. McHugh, US Secretary of the Army
 * Viggo Mortensen, actor and author, star of The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, A History of Violence, and The Road
 * Mark Neveldine, actor, writer, producer, director (Crank, Crank: High Voltage, Gamer, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance & The Vatican Tapes)
 * Denis O'Brien, New York State Attorney General (1883–1887)
 * Natalie Oliveros, wine expert, vineyard owner, model and adult actress known as Savanna Samson, raised in Watertown.
 * Charles Pierce, female impersonator, particularly noted for his impersonation of Bette Davis.
 * Kyle Puccia, Billboard-charting singer/songwriter
 * Matt Puccia, NASCAR Sprint Cup series crew chief
 * Maggie Rizer, supermodel and AIDS activist
 * Gary M. Rose, former United States Army officer, Vietnam War veteran, and recipient of the Medal of Honor
 * Virgil Ross, animator, born in Watertown
 * Elwyn E. Royce, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
 * Charles H. Sawyer, governor of New Hampshire
 * Mary Gay Scanlon, congresswomen from PA 5
 * Arthur Shawcross, serial killer
 * Electa Nobles Lincoln Walton (1824–1908), educator, lecturer, writer, and suffragist
 * Frank Winfield Woolworth, founder of F. W. Woolworth Company/Five and Dime stores, worked at a store in Watertown at his start
 * Charles W. Yost, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
 * Zina D. H. Young, leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and social activist