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.
Downtown Binghamton
Academics and scientists
David A. Ansell , physician and authorCarl Edward Baum , electrical engineerHerbert P. Bix , historianAlbert Boime , art historianRuth Britto , mathematicianAnne Case , economistEdith Katherine Cash , mycologist and lichenologistWillard N. Clute , botanistPeter Hilton , mathematicianThomas Hopko , former dean of Saint Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary Mike Hudak , environmental researcherPeter Kogge , computer engineer, IBM Fellow Edwin A. Link , engineer, inventor of the flight simulator Tom M. Mitchell , computer scientistPaul Olum , mathematicianCamille Paglia , author, teacher, social criticOta Ulč , political scientistPeter Ungar , paleoanthropologistImmanuel Wallerstein , sociologistM. Stanley Whittingham , chemist, recipient of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry David Sloan Wilson , evolutionary biologist
Actors and entertainers
Charlie Ahearn , film directorRick Baker , makeup artistDick Biondi , disc jockeyJohn Conboy , Emmy -winning soap opera producerJeremy Davidson , actorRichard Deacon , actorAngel Desai , actressJohn Ducey , TV actorShareeka Epps , actressDarlanne Fluegel , actress, modelHelen Gardner , actress and producer of silent black and white filmAnthony George , soap opera actorHugh Herbert , actor and comedianTom Herbert , actorJim Hutton , actorJasmine Kennedie , drag performerJessica Lee , model, Playboy Playmate, August 1996Wilbur Mack , actorErnie Manouse , anchormanLeonard Melfi , playwright and actorBridget Moynahan , model, actressTony Northrup , video producer, author, and photographerStanley J. Orzel , film directorStephen Park , comedian, actorKarl Ravech , ESPN personalityAvis Richards , film director, producerAmy Sedaris , comedian and actressRod Serling , writer, television producer, creator of The Twilight Zone Jackie Siegel , model, actressRoger Watkins , writer, director, producer, actorChris Wedge , film directorDavid Weisman , film directorSam Weisman , Emmy-nominated TV directorVolkmar Wentzel , photographer and cinematographer for National Geographic Mark Withers , actor
Artists and architects
Renata Bernal , visual artistOrlando Busino , illustratorJohnny Hart , cartoonist, creator of comic strips B.C. The Wizard of Id John Marshall , artist for comic strip Blondie Charles McGill , sculptorJerry Moriarty , artist and cartoonistMarla Olmstead , painterBrant Parker , cartoonist, co-creator of The Wizard of Id Isaac G. Perry , architectC. Edward Vosbury , architectEd Wilson , sculptor
Athletes and athletics personnel
Joel Bennett , baseball playerTyler Biggs , hockey playerDave Bliss , basketball coachDan Casey , baseball playerCathy Compton , softball coachMike Coolbaugh , baseball coach[ 1] Scott Coolbaugh , baseball playerJerry D'Amigo , hockey playerBabe Danzig , baseball playerWink Davenport , volleyball player and officialAlec Dufty , soccer playerMike Dunham , hockey playerDiane Farrell , tennis playerGeorge Feigenbaum , basketball playerBilly Gabor , basketball playerRob Gardner , baseball playerBarry Goldstein , golf instructorBobby Gonzalez , basketball coachBill Hallahan , baseball playerGerry Hannahs , baseball playerJim Johnson , baseball playerArthur Jones , football playerChandler Jones , football playerDaQuan Jones , football playerJon Jones , mixed martial arts fighter, UFC Heavyweight champion, former Light Heavyweight championIsaiah Kacyvenski , football playerRichie Karl , golferJon Kimmel , football playerSteve Kraly , baseball playerJoe LaRue , competitive eaterSang Lee , taekwondo coachJohnny Logan , baseball playerRon Luciano , baseball umpire, author of The Umpire Strikes Back Frank LoVuolo , football playerBilly Martin , baseball player and managerTamdan McCrory , mixed martial arts fighterTroy Nickerson , wrestlerHidy Ochiai , martial artistMayumi Pejo , Olympic martial artistKing Rice , basketball coachChris Riley , soccer playerMike Rotunda , wrestlerJack Sharkey , World Heavyweight Champion boxerMatt Tanzini , soccer playerJustin Topa , baseball playerRasa von Werder , bodybuilder, exotic dancerGeorge S. Whitney , football coachRandy Will , Olympic bobsledderJake Zumbach , football player
Jonathan Michael Ansell , international insurance company founder and CEOJoseph H. Boardman , CEO of Amtrak , administrator of Federal Railroad Administration Edward E. Ford , businessman and philanthropistGeorge Hull , tobacconist and Cardiff Giant hoaxerGeorge F. Johnson , co-owner of Endicott Johnson Corporation Willis Sharpe Kilmer , promoter of Swamp Root patent medicine and thoroughbred ownerJohn D. Rockefeller , founder of Standard Oil Edward W. Stack , CEO of Dick's Sporting Goods Gustav Stickley , furniture manufacturer, prominent promoter of American Craftsman movementBob Swan , CEO of Intel Oliver Treyz , television executiveThomas 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
Joseph J. Bartlett , brigadier general and diplomatJoseph Brant , Mohawk military leaderJohn Francis Burnes , marine officerDaniel Bursch , astronautDouglas G. Hurley , astronautDavid Ireland , colonelBrett James McMullen , Brigadier General, USAF Retired, Windsor Central High School graduateLawrence D. Peters , marine, Medal of Honor recipientJohn C. Robinson , major general, Medal of Honor recipientLester R. Stone, Jr. , sergeant, Medal of Honor recipientDouglas H. Wheelock , astronaut
Musicians
Frederick Ayres , composerCorky Cornelius , jazz trumpeterFred Coury , drummerSteve Davis , jazz trombonistDena DeRose , jazz pianist and singerChris Griffin , jazz trumpeterJohn Hollenbeck , jazz drummer and composerRobert Jager , composerRichard Leech , opera tenorTim Malchak , singer/songwriterElmar Oliveira , violinistSteve Perry , singer/guitarist for the Cherry Poppin' Daddies Stephen Roessner , Grammy Award-winning recording engineer, drummer for Saxon Shore Slam Stewart , jazz bassistGary Wilson , performance artist
Politicians
Morteza Agha-Tehrani , Iranian Parliament memberWarren M. Anderson , state senatorBill Aswad , Vermont state legislatorWilliam H. Austin , Wisconsin state legislatorOrlow W. Chapman , U.S. Solicitor GeneralDaniel S. Dickinson , U.S. senatorEdwin Arthur Hall , congressmanRobert Harpur , state politicianWilliam Henry Hill , congressmanThomas W. Libous , state senatorJohn Liu , New York City comptroller and former councilmanDonna Lupardo , state assemblywomanTom McDonald , U.S. ambassador to ZimbabweDaniel A. Mica , congressmanJohn Mica , congressmanStephen C. Millard , congressmanE. A. Mitchell , congressmanMarshall F. Moore , governor[ 2] Raymond Bartlett Stevens , congressmanRandall Terry , founder of Operation Rescue Benjamin F. Tracy , Secretary of the NavyJ. Ernest Wharton , congressmanGeorge H. Williston , Wisconsin state and territorial legislator[ 3] Ivan Yermachenka , Belarusian politician, diplomat and writer
Writers and journalists
Eric Appel , writer and directorMartin Bayne , blogger, activistHarvey Bullock , screenwriter, producerC. J. Chivers , journalistJack Dann , science fiction author and editorEverett De Morier , novelist, author, humoristKate Gale , poetAmy Kim Ganter , author and illustratorJohn Gardner , novelistHoward R. Garis , author of Uncle Wiggily storiesDon Goddard , radio and TV news reporterStephen Kalinich , poet and songwriterDavid Ross Locke , aka Petroleum V. Nasby, journalist and early political commentatorPeter Robinson , speechwriter for Ronald Reagan Pamela Sargent , science fiction authorDavid Sedaris , humorist and writerPete Van Wieren , play-by-play baseball commentatorJean Webster , authorJenna Wolfe , Today Show George Zebrowski , science fiction author and editor
Others
References
^ Coolbaugh, 35, dies after being struck by ball , retrieved 2009-05-12 ^ "Marshall Frank Moore" . Washington Secretary of State. Retrieved October 9, 2012 .^ 'Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin,' Wisconsin Historical Society: 1882, Wisconsin Necrology-1881, pg. 455
