# 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