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[1]
- Samuel Beardsley, New York State Attorney General (1836–1839) and U.S. congressman[2]
- 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[3]
- Joe Bouchard, bassist for and co-founding member Blue Öyster Cult; brother of Albert Bouchard[3]
- John Calhoun, founding publisher of the Chicago Democrat[4]
- Rocco Canale, NFL player for Philadelphia Eagles (1944–1949)[5]
- Emma Kerr-Carpenter, member of the Montana House of Representatives
- Reginald Case, artist[6]
- Allen Welsh Dulles, director of the Central Intelligence Agency[7]
- John Foster Dulles, U.S. Secretary of State[8]
- Frederick Exley, author of A Fan's Notes, 1968, and other works[9]
- Leonard J. Farwell, businessman and Wisconsin governor[10]
- Moses W. Field, U.S. congressman, one of the founders of the Independent Greenback Party[11]
- Paul Finkelman, Chancellor of Gratz College, author, historian[12]
- Roswell P. Flower, U.S. congressman and governor of New York (1892–1895)[13]
- John Gary, singer
- Oscar S. Gifford, lawyer and South Dakota politician[14]
- Eric Greif, lawyer and heavy metal music figure[15]
- Richard Grieco, actor, model, singer, former college football player[16]
- Robert Guinan, painter[17]
- Vic Hanson, athlete, enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame (1960) and the College Football Hall of Fame (1973)[18]
- Fred Harvey Harrington, educator and president of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, born in Watertown.[19]
- Serranus Clinton Hastings, U.S. congressman and founder of the Hastings College of the Law at the University of California[20]
- Charles B. Hoard, businessman and member of the United States House of Representatives[21]
- Mary-Margaret Humes, actress[22]
- Orville Hungerford, U.S. congressman, banker, and railroad president[23]
- Robert Lansing, U.S. Secretary of State[24]
- Donald Lutz, baseball player for Cincinnati Reds[25]
- Dick May, NASCAR Sprint Cup driver[26]
- Tim McCreadie, NASCAR Xfinity and ARCA series driver, and multiple national Late Model Dirt Series Champion.[27][28][29]
- John M. McHugh, US Secretary of the Army[30]
- Viggo Mortensen, actor and author, star of The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, A History of Violence, and The Road[26]
- Mark Neveldine, actor, writer, producer, director (Crank, Crank: High Voltage, Gamer, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance & The Vatican Tapes)[31]
- Denis O'Brien, New York State Attorney General (1883–1887)[32]
- Natalie Oliveros, wine expert, vineyard owner, model and adult actress known as Savanna Samson, raised in Watertown.[33]
- Charles Pierce, female impersonator, particularly noted for his impersonation of Bette Davis.
- Kyle Puccia, Billboard-charting singer/songwriter[34]
- Matt Puccia, NASCAR Sprint Cup series crew chief[35]
- Maggie Rizer, supermodel and AIDS activist[26]
- Gary M. Rose, former United States Army officer, Vietnam War veteran, and recipient of the Medal of Honor
- Virgil Ross, animator, born in Watertown[36]
- Elwyn E. Royce, Wisconsin State Assemblyman[37]
- Charles H. Sawyer, governor of New Hampshire[38]
- Mary Gay Scanlon, congresswomen from PA 5
- Arthur Shawcross, serial killer[39]
- 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[26]
- Charles W. Yost, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations[26]
- Zina D. H. Young, leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and social activist[40]
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- ^ "BEARDSLEY, Samuel, (1790 - 1860)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Archived from the original on August 4, 2014. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
- ^ a b Strong, Martin Charles (2004). The Great Rock Discography. Canongate U.S. p. 158. ISBN 9781841956152. Archived from the original on August 29, 2021. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
- ^ "John Calhoun". Plainfield Public Library District. Archived from the original on February 4, 2019. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
- ^ "The Rocco P. Canale Education Memorial Scholarship". State University of New York Jefferson. Archived from the original on March 6, 2014. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
- ^ "Survivor". Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original on July 24, 2014. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
- ^ "Allen W. Dulles". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on April 3, 2014. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
- ^ "John Foster Dulles always remembered Watertown roots". Time warner Cable News. Archived from the original on August 4, 2014. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
- ^ Lambert, Bruce (June 18, 1992). "Frederick E. Exley, 63, Author Who Told of His Own Trouble". The New York Times. Archived from the original on February 11, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
- ^ "Chapter 6: Wisconsin Governors". Encyclopedia of Wisconsin. New York: Somerset Publishers. 1990. p. 94. ISBN 0-403-09907-1.
- ^ "FIELD, Moses Whelock, (1828 - 1889)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Archived from the original on August 4, 2014. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
- ^ "Paul Finkelman". Macmillan Publishers. Archived from the original on March 6, 2014. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
- ^ "BEARDSLEY, Samuel, (1790 - 1860)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Archived from the original on August 4, 2014. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
- ^ Kingsbury, George Washington Kingsbury (1915). History of Dakota Territory, Volume 2. S.J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 1360. Archived from the original on August 30, 2021. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
- ^ "Watertown Daily Times" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 9, 2014.
- ^ "Overview for Richard Grieco". Turner Classic Movies.
- ^ "Robert Guinan". Art World Chicago. Archived from the original on March 6, 2014. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
- ^ Porter, David L. (2005). Basketball: A Biographical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 188. ISBN 9780313309526. Archived from the original on August 30, 2021. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
- ^ "Presidents and Chancellors of the University of Wisconsin-Madison". wisc.edu. Archived from the original on October 11, 2013.
- ^ "HASTINGS, Serranus Clinton, (1813 - 1893)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Archived from the original on June 8, 2007. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
- ^ "Charles B. Hoard". Congressional Biography Directory. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013.
- ^ "Mary-Margaret Humes". IMDb. Archived from the original on August 10, 2014. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
- ^ "HUNGERFORD, Orville, (1790 - 1851)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Archived from the original on June 28, 2011. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
- ^ "BIOGRAPHIES OF THE SECRETARIES OF STATE: ROBERT LANSING". U. S. Department of State Office of the Historian. Retrieved March 6, 2014.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Donald Lutz Stats, Video Highlights, Photo, Bio". Archived from the original on March 3, 2014. Retrieved April 16, 2014.
- ^ a b c d e "Newcomers Guide: People". Watertown Daily Times. Archived from the original on March 6, 2014. Retrieved March 6, 2014.
- ^ "Tim McCreadie Hurt in a Nasty Car Flip at the Chili Bowl". Bleacher Report. Archived from the original on October 24, 2021. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
- ^ "J.D.'s home state Lucas Oil sweep". Dirt on Dirt. Archived from the original on December 6, 2021. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
- ^ "DIRTcar Late Models kick off week two of DIRTcar Nationals". Dirtcar Racing. January 25, 2019. Archived from the original on October 24, 2021. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
- ^ "John M. McHugh Secretary of the U.S. Army". U.S. Department of the Defense. Retrieved March 6, 2014.[dead link]
- ^ Weiner, Jonah (August 27, 2009). "The Fast and Furiously Lampooned". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013. Retrieved March 6, 2014.
- ^ "DENIS O'BRIEN". New York Courts. Archived from the original on March 6, 2014. Retrieved March 6, 2014.
- ^ John, Warren St (February 26, 2006). "Naked Came the Vintner". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on November 5, 2020. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
- ^ "Coming Home- Recording Artist Kyle Puccia". 2001-2012 WWNY TV 7 United Communications Corp., Watertown, NY. Archived from the original on March 6, 2014. Retrieved March 6, 2014.
- ^ "Watertown native Puccia acknowledges NASCAR crew chief award". Watertown Daily Times. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
- ^ "Virgil Ross Art". Heritage Auctions. Archived from the original on December 29, 2017. Retrieved December 28, 2017.
- ^ "Biographical Sketch of Elywn E. Royce". Wisconsin Blue Book. 1925. p. 682.
- ^ Metcalf, Henry Harrison and McClintock, John Norris (1886). The Granite Monthly: A New Hampshire Magazine Devoted to History, Biography, Literature, and State Progress, Volume 9. H.H. Metcalf. p. 243. Archived from the original on August 29, 2021. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
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- ^ "Young, Zina D. H." Brigham Young University. Archived from the original on August 21, 2014. Retrieved March 6, 2014.