# 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
* Thomas Aquinas Daly, landscape and still life painter
* 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
* Tobias Witmer, Pennsylvania German dialect poet, surveyor, and American Civil War veteran
* Roger Woodward, went over Niagara Falls and lived in 1960 when he was 7 years old