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Following are notable people who were either born/raised or have lived for a significant period of time in the
Binghamton, New York area:
Academics and scientists
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David A. Ansell, physician and author
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Herbert P. Bix, historian
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Albert Boime, art historian
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Ruth Britto, mathematician
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Anne Case, economist
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Edith Katherine Cash, mycologist and lichenologist
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Willard N. Clute, botanist
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Peter Hilton, mathematician
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Thomas Hopko, former
dean of
Saint Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary
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Mike Hudak, environmental researcher
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Peter Kogge, computer engineer,
IBM Fellow
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Edwin A. Link, engineer, inventor of the
flight simulator
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Tom M. Mitchell, computer scientist
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Paul Olum, mathematician
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Camille Paglia, author, teacher, social critic
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Ota Ulč, political scientist
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Peter Ungar, paleoanthropologist
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Immanuel Wallerstein, sociologist
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M. Stanley Whittingham, chemist, recipient of the 2019
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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David Sloan Wilson, evolutionary biologist
Actors and entertainers
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Charlie Ahearn, film director
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Rick Baker, makeup artist
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William Baldwin, actor, attended
Binghamton University
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Andrew Bergman, screenwriter, attended Binghamton University
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Alan Berliner, filmmaker, attended Binghamton University
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Dick Biondi, disc jockey
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John Conboy,
Emmy-winning soap opera producer
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Stephanie Courtney, actress and comedian, attended Binghamton University
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Jeremy Davidson, actor
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Richard Deacon, actor
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Angel Desai, actress
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John Ducey, TV actor
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Shareeka Epps, actress
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Darlanne Fluegel, actress, model
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Helen Gardner, actress and producer of silent black and white film
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Anthony George, soap opera actor
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Hugh Herbert, comedian
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Jim Hutton, actor
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Jasmine Kennedie, drag performer
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Wilbur Mack, actor
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Ernie Manouse, anchorman
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Leonard Melfi, playwright and actor
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Bridget Moynahan, model, actress
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Tony Northrup, video producer, author, and photographer
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Stanley J. Orzel, film director
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Stephen Park, comedian, actor
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Karl Ravech,
ESPN personality, attended Binghamton University
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Avis Richards, film director, producer
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Amy Sedaris, comedian and actress
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Rod Serling, writer, television producer, creator of
The Twilight Zone TV series
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Jackie Siegel, model, actress
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Roger Watkins, writer, director, producer, actor
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Chris Wedge, film director
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David Weisman, film director
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Sam Weisman, Emmy-nominated TV director
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Volkmar Wentzel, photographer and cinematographer for
National Geographic
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Mark Withers, actor
Artists and architects
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Renata Bernal, visual artist
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Orlando Busino, illustrator
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Johnny Hart, cartoonist, creator of comic strips
B.C. and
The Wizard of Id
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John Marshall, artist for comic strip Blondie
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Charles McGill, sculptor
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Jerry Moriarty, artist and cartoonist
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Marla Olmstead, painter
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Brant Parker, cartoonist, co-creator of The Wizard of Id
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Isaac G. Perry, architect
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C. Edward Vosbury, architect
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Ed Wilson, sculptor
Athletes and athletics personnel
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Joel Bennett, baseball player
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Tyler Biggs, hockey player
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Dave Bliss, basketball coach
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Dan Casey, baseball player
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Cathy Compton, softball coach
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Mike Coolbaugh, baseball coach
[1]
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Scott Coolbaugh, baseball player
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Jerry D'Amigo, hockey player
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Babe Danzig, baseball player
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Wink Davenport, volleyball player and official
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Scott Diamond, baseball player, attended Binghamton University
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Alec Dufty, soccer player
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Mike Dunham, hockey player
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Diane Farrell, tennis player
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George Feigenbaum, basketball player
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Billy Gabor, basketball player
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Rob Gardner, baseball player
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Barry Goldstein, golf instructor
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Bobby Gonzalez, basketball coach
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Bill Hallahan, baseball player
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Gerry Hannahs, baseball player
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Jim Johnson, baseball player
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Arthur Jones, football player
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Chandler Jones, football player
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DaQuan Jones, football player
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Jon Jones,
mixed martial arts fighter, UFC Heavyweight champion, former Light Heavyweight champion
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Isaiah Kacyvenski, football player
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Richie Karl, golfer
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Jon Kimmel, football player
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Steve Kraly, baseball player
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Joe LaRue, competitive eater
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Sang Lee, taekwondo coach
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Johnny Logan, baseball player
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Ron Luciano, baseball umpire, author of The Umpire Strikes Back
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Frank LoVuolo, football player
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Billy Martin, baseball player and manager
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Tamdan McCrory, mixed martial arts fighter
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Troy Nickerson, wrestler
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Hidy Ochiai, martial artist
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Mayumi Pejo, Olympic martial artist
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King Rice, basketball coach
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Chris Riley, soccer player
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Mike Rotunda, wrestler
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Jack Sharkey, World Heavyweight Champion boxer
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Matt Tanzini, soccer player
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Justin Topa, baseball player
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Rasa von Werder, bodybuilder, exotic dancer
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George S. Whitney, football coach
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Randy Will, Olympic bobsledder
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Jake Zumbach, football player
Business figures
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Jonathan Michael Ansell, international insurance company founder and CEO
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Joseph H. Boardman, CEO of
Amtrak, administrator of
Federal Railroad Administration
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Arthur Dantchik, co-founder of
Susquehanna International Group, attended Binghamton University
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Faisal Farooqui, founder and CEO;
MouthShut.com, attended
Binghamton University
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Edward E. Ford, businessman and philanthropist
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Jeff Gaspin, television executive, attended Binghamton University
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George Hull, tobacconist and
Cardiff Giant hoaxer
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George F. Johnson, co-owner of
Endicott Johnson Corporation
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Willis Sharpe Kilmer, promoter of Swamp Root patent medicine and thoroughbred owner
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Geraldine MacDonald, vice president of
America Online, attended Binghamton University
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Matt Ouimet, executive chairman of
Cedar Fair, former president of
Disneyland resort, attended Binghamton University
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John D. Rockefeller, founder of
Standard Oil
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Thomas Secunda, founder of
Bloomberg L.P., attended Binghamton University
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Edward W. Stack, CEO of
Dick's Sporting Goods
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Gustav Stickley, furniture manufacturer, prominent promoter of
American Craftsman movement
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Bob Swan, CEO of
Intel
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Oliver Treyz, television executive
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Thomas Tull, CEO of
Legendary Pictures, part owner of the
Pittsburgh Steelers
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Jay Walder, chairman and CEO of the
Metropolitan Transportation Authority, MTA in
New York City, attended Binghamton University
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Thomas J. Watson, Sr., founder and president of International Business Machines (
IBM)
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Adam Weitsman, entrepreneur and philanthropist
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Jeff Yass, co-founder of Susquehanna International Group, attended Binghamton University
Lawyers and jurists
Military figures
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Joseph J. Bartlett, brigadier general and diplomat
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Joseph Brant, Mohawk military leader
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John Francis Burnes, marine officer
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Daniel Bursch, astronaut
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Douglas G. Hurley, astronaut
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David Ireland, colonel
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Brett James McMullen, Brigadier General, USAF Retired, Windsor Central High School graduate
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Lawrence D. Peters, marine, Medal of Honor recipient
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John C. Robinson, major general, Medal of Honor recipient
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Lester R. Stone, Jr., sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient
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Douglas H. Wheelock, astronaut
Musicians
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Frederick Ayres, composer
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Corky Cornelius, jazz trumpeter
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Fred Coury, drummer
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Steve Davis, jazz trombonist
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Dena DeRose, jazz pianist and singer
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Andy Grammer, singer/songwriter, attended Binghamton University
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Chris Griffin, jazz trumpeter
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John Hollenbeck, jazz drummer and composer
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Robert Jager, composer
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Richard Leech, opera tenor
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Tim Malchak, singer/songwriter
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Ingrid Michaelson, singer/songwriter, attended Binghamton University
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Elmar Oliveira, violinist
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Steve Perry, singer/guitarist for the
Cherry Poppin' Daddies
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Lee Ranaldo, guitarist for
Sonic Youth, attended Binghamton University
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Stephen Roessner, Grammy Award-winning recording engineer, drummer for
Saxon Shore
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Slam Stewart, jazz bassist
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Gary Wilson, performance artist
Politicians
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Morteza Agha-Tehrani,
Iranian Parliament member
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Warren M. Anderson, state senator
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Bill Aswad, Vermont state legislator
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William H. Austin, Wisconsin state legislator
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Orlow W. Chapman, U.S. Solicitor General
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Daniel S. Dickinson, U.S. senator
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Edwin Arthur Hall, congressman
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Robert Harpur, state politician
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William Henry Hill, congressman
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Hakeem Jeffries, congressman, attended Binghamton University
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Thomas W. Libous, state senator
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John Liu, New York City comptroller and former councilman
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Donna Lupardo, state assemblywoman
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Tom McDonald, U.S. ambassador to Zimbabwe
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Daniel A. Mica, congressman
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John Mica, congressman
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Stephen C. Millard, congressman
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E. A. Mitchell, congressman
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Marshall F. Moore, governor
[2]
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Raymond Bartlett Stevens, congressman
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Randall Terry, founder of
Operation Rescue
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Benjamin F. Tracy, Secretary of the Navy
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J. Ernest Wharton, congressman
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George H. Williston, Wisconsin state and territorial legislator
[3]
Writers and journalists
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Eric Appel, writer and director
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Bruce Benderson, author, attended
Binghamton University
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Andrew Bergman, film director, screenwriter, novelist, attended Binghamton University
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Harvey Bullock, screenwriter, producer
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Steven Canals, screenwriter, producer, attended Binghamton University
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Tina Chang, poet, attended Binghamton University
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C. J. Chivers, journalist
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Jack Dann, science fiction author and editor
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Everett De Morier, novelist, author, humorist
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Nathan Englander, author, attended Binghamton University
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Jeffrey Ford, writer, attended Binghamton University
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Kate Gale, poet
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Amy Kim Ganter, author and illustrator
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John Gardner, novelist
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Howard R. Garis, author of
Uncle Wiggily stories
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Don Goddard, radio and TV news reporter
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Stephen Kalinich, poet and songwriter
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Steven G. Kellman, author critic, attended Binghamton University
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Rob Kirkpatrick, author and editor, Binghamton University
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Steve Koren, screenwriter, attended Binghamton University
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David Ross Locke, aka Petroleum V. Nasby, journalist and early political commentator
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Peter Robinson, speechwriter for
Ronald Reagan
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Pamela Sargent, science fiction author
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Davis Schneiderman, educator and author, attended Binghamton University
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David Sedaris, humorist and writer
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Dava Sobel, writer, attended Binghamton University
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Pete Van Wieren, play-by-play baseball commentator
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Jean Webster, author
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Donald E. Westlake, novelist, attended Binghamton University
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Suzanne Weyn, author, attended Binghamton University
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Jenna Wolfe,
Today Show anchor
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George Zebrowski, science fiction author and editor
Others
References
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Coolbaugh, 35, dies after being struck by ball, ESPN.com news services (ESPN Internet Ventures), July 24, 2007, retrieved 2009-05-12
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"Marshall Frank Moore". Washington Secretary of State. Retrieved October 9, 2012.
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^ 'Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin,' Wisconsin Historical Society: 1882, Wisconsin Necrology-1881, pg. 455