List of people from Watertown, New York
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The following is a list of notable people from Watertown, New York.
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- 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]