# List of people from Binghamton, New York

The following are notable people who were either born/raised or have lived for a significant period of time in the Binghamton, New York area. Note that the list does not include Binghamton University alumni who lived in the area only to attend the university.

## Academics and scientists

* David A. Ansell, physician and author
* Carl Edward Baum, electrical engineer
* Herbert P. Bix, historian
* Albert Boime, art historian
* Ruth Britto, mathematician
* Anne Case, economist
* Edith Katherine Cash, mycologist and lichenologist
* Willard N. Clute, botanist
* Peter Hilton, mathematician
* Thomas Hopko, former dean of Saint Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary
* Mike Hudak, environmental researcher
* Peter Kogge, computer engineer, IBM Fellow
* Edwin A. Link, engineer, inventor of the flight simulator
* Tom M. Mitchell, computer scientist
* Paul Olum, mathematician
* Camille Paglia, author, teacher, social critic
* Ota Ulč, political scientist
* Peter Ungar, paleoanthropologist
* Immanuel Wallerstein, sociologist
* M. Stanley Whittingham, chemist, recipient of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
* David Sloan Wilson, evolutionary biologist

## Actors and entertainers

* Charlie Ahearn, film director
* Rick Baker, makeup artist
* Dick Biondi, disc jockey
* John Conboy, Emmy-winning soap opera producer
* Jeremy Davidson, actor
* Richard Deacon, actor
* Angel Desai, actress
* John Ducey, TV actor
* Shareeka Epps, actress
* Darlanne Fluegel, actress, model
* Helen Gardner, actress and producer of silent black and white film
* Anthony George, soap opera actor
* Hugh Herbert, actor and comedian
* Jim Hutton, actor
* Jasmine Kennedie, drag performer
* Jessica Lee, model, Playboy Playmate, August 1996
* Wilbur Mack, actor
* Ernie Manouse, anchorman
* Leonard Melfi, playwright and actor
* Bridget Moynahan, model, actress
* Tony Northrup, video producer, author, and photographer
* Stanley J. Orzel, film director
* Stephen Park, comedian, actor
* Karl Ravech, ESPN personality
* Amy Sedaris, comedian and actress
* Rod Serling, writer, television producer, creator of The Twilight Zone TV series
* Jackie Siegel, model, actress
* Roger Watkins, writer, director, producer, actor
* Chris Wedge, film director
* David Weisman, film director
* Sam Weisman, Emmy-nominated TV director
* Volkmar Wentzel, photographer and cinematographer for National Geographic
* Mark Withers, actor

## Artists and architects

* Renata Bernal, visual artist
* Orlando Busino, illustrator
* Johnny Hart, cartoonist, creator of comic strips B.C. and The Wizard of Id
* John Marshall, artist for comic strip Blondie
* Charles McGill, sculptor
* Jerry Moriarty, artist and cartoonist
* Marla Olmstead, painter
* Brant Parker, cartoonist, co-creator of The Wizard of Id
* Isaac G. Perry, architect
* C. Edward Vosbury, architect
* Ed Wilson, sculptor

## Athletes and athletics personnel

* Joel Bennett, baseball player
* Tyler Biggs, hockey player
* Dave Bliss, basketball coach
* Daniel Capecci, soccer player
* Dan Casey, baseball player
* Christopher Coleman, bobsledder
* Cathy Compton, softball coach
* Mike Coolbaugh, baseball coach
* Scott Coolbaugh, baseball player
* Jerry D'Amigo, hockey player
* Babe Danzig, baseball player
* Wink Davenport, volleyball player and official
* Alec Dufty, soccer player
* Mike Dunham, hockey player
* Diane Farrell, tennis player
* George Feigenbaum, basketball player
* Billy Gabor, basketball player
* Rob Gardner, baseball player
* Barry Goldstein, golf instructor
* Bobby Gonzalez, basketball coach
* Bill Hallahan, baseball player
* Gerry Hannahs, baseball player
* Jim Johnson, baseball player
* Arthur Jones, football player
* Chandler Jones, football player
* DaQuan Jones, football player
* Jon Jones, mixed martial arts fighter, UFC Heavyweight champion, former Light Heavyweight champion
* Isaiah Kacyvenski, football player
* Richie Karl, golfer
* Jon Kimmel, football player
* Steve Kraly, baseball player
* Joe LaRue, competitive eater
* Sang-chul Lee, taekwondo coach
* Johnny Logan, baseball player
* Ron Luciano, baseball umpire, author of The Umpire Strikes Back
* Frank LoVuolo, football player
* Billy Martin, baseball player and manager
* Tamdan McCrory, mixed martial arts fighter
* Troy Nickerson, wrestler
* Hidy Ochiai, martial artist
* Mayumi Pejo, Olympic martial artist
* King Rice, basketball coach
* Chris Riley, soccer player
* Mike Rotunda, wrestler
* Jack Sharkey, World Heavyweight Champion boxer
* Matt Tanzini, soccer player
* Justin Topa, baseball player
* Rasa von Werder, bodybuilder, exotic dancer
* George S. Whitney, football coach
* Randy Will, Olympic bobsledder
* Jake Zumbach, football player

## Business figures

* Jonathan Michael Ansell, international insurance company founder and CEO
* Joseph H. Boardman, CEO of Amtrak, administrator of Federal Railroad Administration
* Edward E. Ford, businessman and philanthropist
* George F. Johnson, co-owner of Endicott Johnson Corporation
* George Hull, tobacconist and Cardiff Giant hoaxer* Willis Sharpe Kilmer, promoter of Swamp Root patent medicine and thoroughbred owner
* John D. Rockefeller, founder of Standard Oil
* Edward W. Stack, CEO of Dick's Sporting Goods
* Gustav Stickley, furniture manufacturer, prominent promoter of American Craftsman movement
* Oliver Treyz, television executive
* Thomas Tull, CEO of Legendary Pictures, part owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers
* Thomas J. Watson, Sr., founder and president of International Business Machines (IBM)
* Adam Weitsman, entrepreneur and philanthropist

## Lawyers and jurists

* Alvaro Bedoya, attorney and FTC commissioner
* Barbara M. Lynn, judge
* Ellis Rubin, attorney
* Jerome B. Simandle, judge
* Lorenzo P. Williston, judge and politician

## Military figures

* Joseph J. Bartlett, brigadier general and diplomat]
* Joseph Brant, Mohawk military leader
* John Francis Burnes, marine officer
* Daniel Bursch, astronaut
* Douglas G. Hurley, astronaut
* David Ireland, colonel
* Edward F. Jones, army officer and merchant
* Brett James McMullen, Brigadier General, USAF Retired, Windsor Central High School graduate
* Lawrence D. Peters, marine, Medal of Honor recipient
* John C. Robinson, major general, Medal of Honor recipient
* Lester R. Stone, Jr., sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient
* Douglas H. Wheelock, astronaut

## Musicians

* Frederick Ayres, composer
* Corky Cornelius, jazz trumpeter
* Fred Coury, drummer
* Steve Davis, jazz trombonist
* Dena DeRose, jazz pianist and singer
* Chris Griffin, jazz trumpeter
* John Hollenbeck, jazz drummer and composer
* Robert Jager, composer
* Richard Leech, opera tenor
* Tim Malchak, singer/songwriter
* Elmar Oliveira, violinist
* Steve Perry, singer/guitarist for the Cherry Poppin' Daddies
* Stephen Roessner, Grammy Award-winning recording engineer, drummer for Saxon Shore
* Slam Stewart, jazz bassist
* Gary Wilson, performance artist

## Politicians

* Warren M. Anderson, state senator
* Bill Aswad, Vermont state legislator
* William H. Austin, Wisconsin state legislator
* Orlow W. Chapman, U.S. Solicitor General
* Daniel S. Dickinson, U.S. senator
* Edwin Arthur Hall, congressman
* Robert Harpur, state politician
* William Henry Hill, congressman
* Thomas W. Libous, state senator
* Donna Lupardo, state assemblywoman
* Tom McDonald, U.S. ambassador to Zimbabwe
* Daniel A. Mica, congressman
* John Mica, congressman
* Stephen C. Millard, congressman
* E. A. Mitchell, congressman
* Marshall F. Moore, governor
* Raymond Bartlett Stevens, congressman
* Randall Terry, founder of Operation Rescue
* Benjamin F. Tracy, Secretary of the Navy
* J. Ernest Wharton, congressman
* George H. Williston, Wisconsin state and territorial legislator
* Ivan Yermachenka, Belarusian politician, diplomat and writer

## Writers and journalists

* Eric Appel, writer and director
* Martin Bayne, blogger, activist
* Harvey Bullock, screenwriter, producer
* C. J. Chivers, journalist
* Jack Dann, science fiction author and editor
* Everett De Morier, novelist, author, humorist
* Kate Gale, poet
* Amy Kim Ganter, author and illustrator
* John Gardner, novelist
* Howard R. Garis, author of Uncle Wiggily stories
* Don Goddard, radio and TV news reporter
* Stephen Kalinich, poet and songwriter
* David Ross Locke, aka Petroleum V. Nasby, journalist and early political commentator
* Peter Robinson, speechwriter for Ronald Reagan
* Pamela Sargent, science fiction author
* David Sedaris, humorist and writer
* Pete Van Wieren, play-by-play baseball commentator
* Jean Webster, author
* Jenna Wolfe, Today Show anchor

## Others

* Alexander Aitchison, firefighter chief
* Joseph Barbara, mobster
* Frances M. Beal, activist
* Michael Dahulich, archbishop
* Gerald Nicholas Dino, fourth bishop of the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Phoenix
* William L. Moore, civil rights activist