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Rochester, New York in the United States, and its suburbs, is or has been home to many famous individuals. These people include businessmen, civil rights activists, politicians, entertainers, educators, athletes, and much more. Three prominent Rochesterians in the national consciousness are abolitionist Frederick Douglass, suffragist Susan B. Anthony, and inventor-philanthropist George Eastman.

Academics

• Martin Brewer Anderson, first president of University of Rochester
• Richard N. Aslin, developmental psychologist at the University of Rochester
• Dave Bayer (b. 1955), mathematician at Barnard College, Columbia University
• Boris Bittker, legal academic
• Catherine Crary (1909-1974), historian of the American Revolution
• Harry Gideonse (1901–1985), president of Brooklyn College, and chancellor of the New School for Social Research
• Hilda Conrady Kingslake, optics engineer
• Rudolf Kingslake, optics engineer
• Sylvy Kornberg (1917–1986), biochemist who discovered and characterized polyphosphate kinase
• Joy Ladin, professor, poet, and theologian^[1]
• Edgar Lane (1923–1964), American professor of political science
• Michael A. Marletta, biochemist, MacArthur Fellow, former CEO of Scripps Research Institute
• E. C. Mills, educator
• H. Allen Orr, evolutionary biologist, winner of the Darwin-Wallace Medal
• Robert Putnam, Harvard professor
• Richard W. Rahn, economist
• Kenneth Rogoff, Harvard professor
• Joel Seligman, former president of the University of Rochester
• Eugene H. Spafford, Purdue University professor
• Ching W. Tang, 2011 recipient of the Wolf Prize in Chemistry
• Robert E. Wright, Nef Family Chair of Political Economy, Augustana College, South Dakota

Architects and designers

• Claude Fayette Bragdon, architect
• Harvey Ellis, architect
• Robert Trent Jones, golf course architect
• Ramón Santiago, artist
• Fletcher Steele, landscape designer
• Clarence Stein, urban planner, architect and writer who advocated for the Garden City Movement
• John Rochester Thomas, architect
• Andrew Jackson Warner, architect
• J. Foster Warner, architect

Athletes

Like most cities, Rochester has its share of famous (and not-so-famous) athletes. Among the biggest names are Walter Hagen in golf, Johnny Antonelli in baseball, Brian Gionta and Ryan Callahan in hockey, Abby Wambach in soccer, and Jon "Bones" Jones in mixed martial arts.

Baseball

• Johnny Antonelli, MLB^[2]
• Ross Barnes, hit the first recorded home run in professional baseball^[3]
• Bernie Boland^[4]
• Chris Bostick, Indianapolis Indians, Pittsburgh Pirates
• Cito Culver, 2010 first-round draft pick^[5]
• Heinie Groh, MLB^[6]
• Mike Jones, MLB
• Bob Keegan, MLB^[7]
• Michael King (baseball), pitcher for the New York Yankees
• Andy Parrino, MLB^[8]
• Charley Radbourn, MLB^[9]
• Tim Redding, MLB^[10]
• George Selkirk, MLB^[11]

Basketball

• Joe Arlauckas^[12]
• Joe Binion
• Thomas Bryant, NBA^[13]
• Al Butler, NBA^[14]
• Marty Byrnes, NBA
• Emma Cannon, WNBA
• Al Cervi, NBA player and coach^[15]
• Les Harrison, NBA player and coach^[16]
• Mark Jones, NBA^[17]
• Anthony Lamb, NBA
• Jack Leasure^[18]
• Art Long, NBA^[19]
• Mauro Panaggio
• Ryan Pettinella^[20]
• Robert Rose, NBA and NBL (Australia) player; won the NBL MVP award (1993, 2001), NBL champion 1992
• Isaiah Stewart, NBA
• Jeff Van Gundy, NBA coach
• Stan Van Gundy, NBA coach
• Bernie Voorheis, NBL^[21]
• John Wallace, NBA^[22]
• Dyaisha Fair, WNBA

Combat sports

• Carmen Basilio, champion boxer
• Yianni Diakomihalis, folkstyle and freestyle wrestler, four-time NCAA wrestling champion at Cornell, 2022 World silver medalist
• Gregor Gillespie, lightweight fighter in the UFC, also known as "The Gift"
• Desmond Green, featherweight fighter in UFC
• Jon "Bones" Jones, former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, current UFC Heavyweight Champion
• Willie Monroe, Jr., middleweight boxer
• Charles "The Natural" Murray, light welterweight boxer
• Hanna Thompson, fencer, 2008 Olympic silver medalist (team foil)
• Frank Trigg, welterweight fighter in the UFC
• Bobby Weaver, freestyle wrestler, 1984 Olympic gold medalist
• Felicia Zimmerman, fencer, 1996 and 2000 Olympics
• Iris Zimmerman, fencer, 2000 Olympics

Professional wrestling

• Johnny Barend^[23]
• Dalton Castle^[24]
• Colin Delaney, WWE^[25]
• Jonathan Huber, ring names Luke Harper and Brodie Lee^[26]
• Joanie "Chyna" Laurer^[27]
• Gorilla Monsoon^[28]
• The Roadblock

Football

• Branden Albert, NFL^[29]
• Cris Crissy, NFL^[30]
• Don Davey, NFL^[31]
• Quentin Gause, NFL
• Tony Green, NFL
• Don Holleder, West Point football star and Vietnam War hero
• Ernest Jackson, CFL^[32]
• T. J. Jackson, NFL^[33]
• Arthur Jones, NFL^[34]
• Chandler Jones, NFL^[35]
• Tony Jordan, NFL^[36]
• Jim Kane, NFL^[37]
• Pat Kelly, NFL^[38]
• Rob Konrad, NFL^[39]
• Brian Kozlowski, NFL^[40]
• Leo Lyons, founder of the NFL's Rochester Jeffersons^[41]
• Kevin McMahan, NFL^[42]
• Seth Payne, NFL (Victor)^[43]
• Adam Podlesh, NFL^[44]
• Ryan Poles, NFL^[45]
• A. J. Terrell, NFL
• Robert R. Thomas, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois and former NFL player^[46]
• David Walker, NCAA coach^[47]
• Roland Williams, NFL^[48]
• Marcus Wilson, NFL^[49]
• Alan Zemaitis, NFL^[50]

Golf

• Don Allen, championship amateur golfer
• Terry Diehl, PGA Tour
• Danielle Downey, LPGA player^[51]
• Walter Hagen, PGA legend^[52]
• Calvin Peete, African-American PGA Tour pioneer
• Jeff Sluman, PGA Tour and Champions Tour^[53]
• Sam Urzetta, 1950 U.S. Amateur Champion and professional golfer

Hockey

• Dan Conway, floor hockey professional-retired
• Scott Bartlett, ECHL^[54]
• Mike Battaglia, ECHL^[55]
• Jason Bonsignore, NHL^[56]
• Ryan Callahan, NHL^[57]
• Adam Clendening, NHL^[58]
• Chris Collins, AHL^[59]
• David Farrance, NHL
• Rory Fitzpatrick, NHL^[60]
• Brian Gionta, NHL^[61]
• Stephen Gionta, NHL^[62]
• Kim Insalaco, Olympic medalist^[63]
• Connor Knapp, NHL^[64]
• Matt Lane^[65]
• Phil Lane, AHL, EURO
• Shane Prince, NHL^[66]
• Marty Reasoner, NHL^[67]
• David Shields, AHL^[68]
• Francis Spain, 1936 Winter Olympic bronze medalist^[69]
• Lyndsay Wall, Olympic medalist^[70]
• Derek Whitmore, NHL^[71]

Lacrosse

• Paul Cantabene^[72]
• Grant Catalino, MLL^[73]
• Dan Conway, Greece Athena HS- retired
• Pat Cougevan, NLL^[74]
• Sean Doyle, MLL^[75]
• Shawn Nadelen, NLL and MLL^[76]
• Brett Queener, NLL and MLL^[77]
• Chris Schiller, NLL and MLL^[78]
• Tim Soudan^[79]
• Joe Walters, NLL and MLL^[80]

Soccer

• Jordan Allen, MLS
• Brian Bliss, MLS^[81]
• Josh Bolton, USL
• Dema Kovalenko, MLS^[82]
• Daniel Lynd, USL
• Angelo Panzetta, retired professional soccer player^[83]
• Mike Reidy, USL
• Dave Sarachan, NASL, Team USA
• Lydia Vandenbergh, WPS^[84]
• Abby Wambach, two-time Olympic gold medalist, Women's World Cup Champion, all-time highest scoring international player^[85]

Swimming and diving

• Kara Lynn Joyce, Olympic medalist^[86]
• Ryan Lochte, 11-time Olympic medalist^[87]
• Richard Saeger, 1984 Olympic gold medalist^[88]
• Wendy Wyland, 1984 Olympic medalist, diving^[89]

Other athletes

• Kim Batten, track and field, 1996 Olympic silver medalist in triple jump
• Dick Buerkle, athlete, former world-record holder, indoor mile
• Paige Conners, Olympic ice dancer for Israel
• William Cox, athlete, 1924 Olympic medalist
• Irving Crane, billiards, six-time world champion, Billiard Congress of America Hall of Famer
• Louis Fox, 1865 national billiards champion
• Doug Kent, professional bowler, 2006–07 PBA Player of the Year
• A.J. Kitt, downhill skier, 1988–98 Olympics
• Jason McElwain, basketball personality
• Danny Padilla, bodybuilder, "The Giant Killer"
• Stacey Pensgen, figure skater and meteorologist
• Pete Pfitzinger, marathoner, 1984 and 1988 U.S. Olympics
• Frank Ritter Shumway, figure skater
• Mike Sigel, billiards, Billiard Congress of America Hall of Famer
• Jenn Suhr (née Stuczynski), 2012 Olympic gold medalist, pole vault
• Maynard Troyer, NASCAR
• Cathy Turner, Olympic gold medalist, short-track speed skating
• Jason Turner, 2008 Olympic medalist, air pistol

Coaches

• Joe Altobelli, baseball manager
• Richard Callaghan, figure skater and coach
• Dave Sarachan, soccer player and coach

Officials

• Nick Bremigan, MLB umpire
• Maia Chaka, first black woman hired as NFL official
• Jimmy Debell, NFL official
• Ken Kaiser, MLB baseball umpire
• Bill Klem, umpire in Baseball Hall of Fame; umpired in a record 18 World Series
• Silk O'Loughlin, MLB baseball umpire

Executives

See #Sports executives, below

Broadcasters

See #Sport broadcasters, below

Businesspeople

Rochester's history of innovation and progress is reflected in the long list of notable businessmen who founded their companies here. Eastman Kodak, Bausch + Lomb, Xerox, Gannett Company, and Western Union all trace their roots to Rochester.

• Charles August, co-founder of Monro Muffler Brake
• John Jacob Bausch, co-founder of Bausch & Lomb
• Thasunda Duckett, CEO of Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America and former JPMorgan Chase executive
• Thomas B. Dunn, founder of perfume manufacturer T.B. Dunn, and inventor of Sen-Sen breath candy
• George Eastman, Eastman Kodak founder
• Charles J. Folger, lawyer, jurist and statesman
• Frank Gannett, founder of Gannett newspapers; presidential candidate
• Malcolm Glazer, CEO of First Allied; owner of Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Manchester United
• Kate Gleason, first female mechanical engineer
• Tom Golisano, Paychex founder, philanthropist, gubernatorial candidate; owner of NHL's Buffalo Sabres (2003–2010)
• Martha Matilda Harper, hair care entrepreneur
• Leonard Jerome, financier, "King of Wall Street"; grandfather of Sir Winston Churchill
• David T. Kearns, Xerox CEO and Deputy Secretary of Education
• Henry Lomb, co-founder of Bausch & Lomb
• Ralph Peo, inventor, founder of Frontier Industries, CEO and chairman of Houdaille Industries
• Arthur Rock, venture capitalist
• James Satloff, founder of Liberty Skis
• Hiram Sibley, Western Union co-founder
• Henry A. Strong, Eastman Kodak co-founder and president
• Hulbert Harrington Warner, patent medicine sales
• Don Alonzo Watson, Western Union co-founder
• Robert Wegman, Wegmans Food Markets
• Henry Wells, founder of American Express and co-founder of Wells Fargo
• Joseph C. Wilson, founder of Xerox Corporation
• Luke Wood, president of Beats Electronics

Computing and Internet

• Eric Bauman, founder of eBaum's World
• Paul Buchheit, creator of Gmail and AdSense; founder of FriendFeed
• Burnie Burns, co-founder of Rooster Teeth, an online video production company
• Diane Greene, founder of VMware

Inventors

• William Seward Burroughs I
• Marcian E. Hoff, Jr., inventor of the microprocessor
• Matthew Ewing, carpenter and inventor
• James Caleb Jackson, Granula
• Daniel Myron LeFever, gun maker and inventor of the hammerless shotgun
• C. J. Rapp, Jolt Cola
• John Samuel Rowell, agricultural inventor and manufacturing industrialist
• Steve Sasson, demonstrated first digital electronic camera
• George B. Selden, automotive pioneer
• S. Donald Stookey, inventor of CorningWare

Sports executives

• Steve Donner, hockey
• Kim Pegula, co-owner and president, Buffalo Sabres, Buffalo Bills, Buffalo Bandits, Rochester Americans
• Morrie Silver, minor-league baseball

Criminals (suspected or convicted)

• The Alphabet Killer, cold case
• Kenneth Bianchi, one of the Hillside Stranglers
• Angelo Buono, Jr., one of the Hillside Stranglers
• Joseph Naso, serial killer
• Arthur Shawcross, serial killer
• Francis Tumblety, one of the Jack the Ripper suspects

Entertainers

Actors and modelsedit

The most acclaimed actor to come out of the Rochester area is Academy Award winner Philip Seymour Hoffman; prior to him, Rochester's main claim to fame on stage and screen was Robert Forster. John Lithgow was born (but not raised) in Rochester, and Louise Brooks died in Rochester after many years as a recluse there. Other popular Rochesterians on the screen include comedian Kristen Wiig and voice actor Vincent Martella.

• Tyson Beckford, fashion model and television personality
• John Bolton, actor, A Christmas Story: The Musical
• Pandora Boxx, drag queen, Rupauls Drag Race Season 2, All Stars 1, All Stars 6
• Peter Breck, actor, The Big Valley Western series, Thunder Road movie, guest starred in many TV shows and acted in theater productions
• Louise Brooks, actress of 1920s and 30s
• Burnie Burns, voice actor, Red Vs. Blue; co-founder of Rooster Teeth
• Donna Lynne Champlin, Broadway actress
• Julie Lynn Cialini, Playboy model
• Jordan Clarke, actor, Guiding Light
• Jennifer Cody, dancer and actress
• Mrs. Kasha Davis, drag queen, Rupauls Drag Race season 7
• Taye Diggs, actor, Rent, Private Practice
• Pete Duel, actor, Alias Smith and Jones
• Winston Duke, actor, Black Panther
• Marilyn Erskine, actress
• Dan Finnerty, singer and actor
• Nicole Fiscella, actress, Gossip Girl
• Robert Forster, Oscar-nominated actor, Jackie Brown
• Susan Gibney, actress, Crossing Jordan
• Rachel Hilbert, model, Victoria's Secret
• Che Holloway, actor, Dark Justice
• Philip Seymour Hoffman, Oscar-winning actor
• Tom Keene, western actor
• Mimi Kennedy, actress and activist
• Norman Kerry, silent film actor
• Darienne Lake, drag queen, Rupauls Drag Race season 6
• Hudson Leick, actress, Xena: Warrior Princess
• Kara Lindsay, actress, Newsies
• John Lithgow, Oscar, Tony and Emmy-nominated actor
• Rick Lyon, Broadway puppeteer and puppet designer
• Vincent Martella, actor, Everybody Hates Chris, Phineas and Ferb
• Timothy Mitchum, actor, The Lion King
• Audrey Munson, early 20th-century model
• Paul Napier, television and commercial actor, SAG leader
• Hugh O'Brian, actor, films and Wyatt Earp television series
• Michael Park, actor, As the World Turns
• Chris Perfetti, actor, Abbott Elementary
• Richard Ryder, actor, Forever Young
• Keesha Sharp, actress, director
• Brennan Swain, contestant, The Amazing Race
• Joy Tanner, actress
• Tom Villard, actor, We Got it Made
• Gloria Votsis, actress
• Jimmy Wallington, actor and radio personality
• Kristen Wiig, comedian and actress, Saturday Night Live

Comediansedit

• Foster Brooks
• Jay Jason

Dancers and choreographersedit

• Aesha Ash, ballet dancer
• Garth Fagan, choreographer, considers Rochester home base
• Sybil Shearer

Musiciansedit

Thanks in part to the Eastman School of Music, Rochester has an especially rich musical legacy, most notably as the birthplace of Cab Calloway and the hometown of jazz great Chuck Mangione. Lou Gramm of Foreigner is also a native, while Gene Cornish of The Rascals is a more recent transplant. Jeff Tyzik is one of the great jazz arrangers and pops conductors. Acclaimed soprano Renée Fleming grew up in nearby Churchville. A number of nationally known musicians have passed through the halls of the Eastman School, either as students or professors (or both).

Classical musicedit

• David Diamond, composer
• Renée Fleming, soprano
• Adolphus Hailstork, composer
• Howard Hanson, composer and conductor
• David Hochstein, virtuoso violinist
• Claire Huangci, pianist
• Daniel Katzen
• Gregory Kunde, tenor
• Ward Stare, conductor and trombonist
• Jeff Tyzik, conductor and jazz trumpeter
• William Warfield, bass-baritone
• Alec Wilder, composer
• Zvi Zeitlin, violinist and teacher

Jazz, big bands, and bluesedit

• Cab Calloway, bandleader
• Chet Catallo, guitarist, Spyro Gyra, Chet Catallo and the Cats,
• Hank D'Amico, clarinetist
• JT Bowen, R&B singer
• Steve Gadd, drummer
• Michael Hashim, saxophonist
• Son House, bluesman
• Vijay Iyer, jazz pianist
• Nancy Kelly, jazz singer
• Chuck Mangione, smooth jazz flugelhornist
• Gap Mangione, bandleader
• Roy McCurdy, drummer
• Mitch Miller, bandleader
• John Mooney, Bluesiana
• Famoudou Don Moye, drummer, Art Ensemble of Chicago
• Gerry Niewood, saxophonist
• Joe Romano, jazz saxophonist
• Frank Strazzeri, jazz pianist
• John Viavattine, Mambo Kings

Popular musicedit

Lou Gramm, lead singer of Foreigner, and Gene Cornish of The Rascals might be the best-known pop musicians from Rochester. Gary Lewis (of Gary Lewis and the Playboys) came to the area late in life but now calls it home. Notable bands whose members are largely or entirely Rochesterians include Gym Class Heroes, Joywave, Rustix, SNMNMNM, and The Sunstreak.

• Steve Alaimo, teen idol pop singer, hosted and co-produced Dick Clark's Where the Action Is^[90]
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