The people listed below were all born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Kingston, New York.
Notable people
Actors, musicians and others in the entertainment industry
Margarethe Bence (1930–1992), opera singer
Peter Bogdanovich (1939-2022), film director, writer and actor; born in Kingston
Larry Cohen (1941–2019), film producer, director, and screenwriter; born in Kingston Robert Craft (1923–2015), conductor and writer who worked with and had a lifelong friendship with composer Igor Stravinsky, recording a number of his works; born in the city Luann de Lesseps, former countess and current star of Real Housewives of New York City, purchased a home along the Hudson River in 2018. It has been featured on the television show. Josh Eppard (b. 1979), drummer for progressive rock band Coheed and Cambria; born in Kingston John Glover (b. 1944), actor, born in Kingston Tom Hart (b. 1969), comics creator, born in Kingston Robert Hutton (1920–1994), film actor; born and died in Kingston Paul Austin Kelly (b. 1960), opera tenor, jazz singer, children's music performer and impresario Joseph Kesselring (1902–1967), writer and playwright best known for his play Arsenic and Old Lace, died in Kingston Paul Kreppel (b. 1947), television and Broadway theatre director and actor; born in Kingston Pauline Oliveros composer, performer, humanitarian, pioneer in American music Henry Paul (b. 1949), southern rock and country singer/songwriter; born in Kingston Anne Sweeney (b. 1957), Co-Chair of Disney Media and President of the Disney–ABC Television Group; been named the "Most Powerful Woman in Entertainment" by The Hollywood Reporter, one of the "50 Most Powerful Women in Business" by Fortune magazine, and one of "The World's 100 Most Powerful Women" by Forbes; spent her childhood in Kingston and is a graduate of Coleman High School
Politics, political activism, government service
George Clinton (1739–1812), fourth vice president of the United States and first elected governor of New York State, is buried in the city at the Old Dutch Church Charles DeWitt (1727–1789), miller and statesman from Kingston, served as a delegate to the Continental Congress Arthur Sherwood Flemming (1905–1996), United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Abraham B. Hasbrouck (1791–1879), U.S. Congressman and the sixth President of Rutgers College (now Rutgers University), born and died in Kingston Robert W. Hasbrouck, U.S. Army major general Alton B. Parker (1852–1926), Democratic presidential nominee in 1904, practiced law in the city and was the first president of the Ulster County Bar Association. Also president of Ulster County Savings Institution for eight years. He not only lost the election, he didn't even carry Ulster County. Henry Granville Sharpe (1858–1947), 24th Quartermaster General Nicholas Sickles (1801–1845), US Congressman John Van Buren (1799–1855), US Congressman Daniel Tompkins Van Buren, son of John Van Buren, American Civil War veteran who attained the rank of brigadier general by brevet in the Union Army Josh Green Governor of Hawaii, Former Lieutenant Governor