The following people are from Syracuse, New York.
Born or brought up in the City of Syracuse
Keith B. Alexander – four-star general in the Army and director of the National Security Agency Jabe B. Alford – mayor of Madison, Wisconsin Will Allen – professional football player Jeff Altman – stand-up comedian and actor Maltbie D. Babcock – clergyman and author Dylan Baker – actor John William Barker – brigadier general in the Army Marcus H. Barnum – lawyer, businessman, and politician Kenneth Battelle – world's first celebrity hairdresser Bill Beagle – state senator for the 5th district of the Ohio Kathryn Beare – professional baseball player John Berendt – author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Carlyle Blackwell – silent film actor, director, and producer Andray Blatche – professional basketball player Scott Blewett – professional baseball player Richard Bock – jazz record producer Tyvon Branch – professional football player Charles F. Brannock – inventor and manufacturer Frederick C. Brower – locksmith, inventor, and businessman Rick Brunson – professional basketball player and coach Ben Burtt – sound designer, film director and editor, screenwriter, and voice actor Marty Byrnes – professional basketball player Georgia Campbell – professional baseball player Jean Campbell – professional baseball player Eric Carle – children's author Jimmy Cavallo – musician Rory Cochrane – actor Michael Cole – professional wrestling commentator Jimmy Collins – professional basketball player and college coach Jackie Coogan – actor and comedian Mark Copani – professional wrestler Bruce Coville – children's author Tom Cruise – Oscar-nominated, Golden Globe Award-winning actor and producer Rick Cua – singer, songwriter, bassist, author, and ordained minister Kelly Cutrone – publicist, television personality, and author Mabel Potter Daggett – writer, journalist, editor, and suffragist Robert De Niro Sr. – abstract expressionist painter and father of actor Robert De Niro Mark Didio – professional football player Blanche Dillaye – artist Bill Dinneen – professional baseball player and umpire Frank DiPino – professional baseball player Jo-Lonn Dunbar – professional football player Robert F. Engle – economist and winner of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Economics Joe English – musician, vocalist, and songwriter Jeanette J. Epps – aerospace engineer and NASA astronaut Walter Farley – author of The Black Stallion David B. Feinberg – writer and AIDS activist Thom Filicia – interior designer Jon Fishman – drummer and founding member of Phish Eliot Fisk – classical guitarist Frank Gabrielson – stage, film, and television writer John L.