List of people from Binghamton, New York

Last updated May 28, 2024

Following are notable people who were either born/raised or have lived for a significant period of time in the Binghamton, New York area:

Academics and scientists

David A. Ansell, physician and author
Herbert P. Bix, historian
Albert Boime, art historian
Ruth Britto, mathematician
Anne Case, economist
Edith Katherine Cash, mycologist and lichenologist
Willard N. Clute, botanist
Norman Finkelstein, political scientist, attended Binghamton University
Peter Hilton, mathematician
Thomas Hopko, former dean of Saint Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary
Mike Hudak, environmental researcher
Peter Kogge, computer engineer, IBM Fellow
Edwin A. Link, engineer, inventor of the flight simulator
Tom M. Mitchell, computer scientist
Paul Olum, mathematician
Camille Paglia, author, teacher, social critic
Ota Ulč, political scientist
Peter Ungar, paleoanthropologist
Immanuel Wallerstein, sociologist
M. Stanley Whittingham, chemist, recipient of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
David Sloan Wilson, evolutionary biologist

Actors and entertainers

Charlie Ahearn, film director
Rick Baker, makeup artist
William Baldwin, actor, attended Binghamton University
Andrew Bergman, screenwriter, attended Binghamton University
Alan Berliner, filmmaker, attended Binghamton University
Dick Biondi, disc jockey
John Conboy, Emmy-winning soap opera producer
Stephanie Courtney, actress and comedian, attended Binghamton University
Jeremy Davidson, actor
Richard Deacon, actor
Angel Desai, actress
John Ducey, TV actor
Shareeka Epps, actress
Darlanne Fluegel, actress, model
Helen Gardner, actress and producer of silent black and white film
Anthony George, soap opera actor
Hugh Herbert, comedian
Jim Hutton, actor
Bill T. Jones, Tony Award-winning choreographer, attended Binghamton University
Jasmine Kennedie, drag performer
Andy Kindler, comedian, attended Binghamton University
Tony Kornheiser, sports commentator, sportswriter, attended Binghamton University
Mark Lawrence, writer and filmmaker, attended Binghamton University
Jessica Lee, model, Playboy Playmate, August 1996
Carol Leifer, comedian, writer, attended Binghamton University
Wilbur Mack, actor
Ernie Manouse, anchorman
Leonard Melfi, playwright and actor
Bridget Moynahan, model, actress
Matt Nolan, Broadway actor, attended Binghamton University
Tony Northrup, video producer, author, and photographer
Stanley J. Orzel, film director
Stephen Park, comedian, actor
Karl Ravech, ESPN personality, attended Binghamton University
Paul Reiser, comedian, actor, writer, screenwriter, attended Binghamton University
Avis Richards, film director, producer
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, actor, Tony Award winner, attended Binghamton University
Amy Sedaris, comedian and actress
Rod Serling, writer, television producer, creator of The Twilight Zone TV series
Jackie Siegel, model, actress
Karthik Sivakumar, actor, attended Binghamton University
Madeleine Smithberg, co-creator of The Daily Show , attended Binghamton University
Roger Watkins, writer, director, producer, actor
Chris Wedge, film director
David Weisman, film director
Sam Weisman, Emmy-nominated TV director
Volkmar Wentzel, photographer and cinematographer for National Geographic
John Wilson, filmmaker, attended Binghamton University
Mark Withers, actor

Artists and architects

Renata Bernal, visual artist
Orlando Busino, illustrator
Johnny Hart, cartoonist, creator of comic strips B.C. and The Wizard of Id
John Marshall, artist for comic strip Blondie
Charles McGill, sculptor
Jerry Moriarty, artist and cartoonist
Marla Olmstead, painter
Brant Parker, cartoonist, co-creator of The Wizard of Id
Isaac G. Perry, architect
Art Spiegelman, illustrator, best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning comic book memoir Maus , attended Binghamton University
C. Edward Vosbury, architect
Ed Wilson, sculptor

Athletes and athletics personnel

Joel Bennett, baseball player
Tyler Biggs, hockey player
Dave Bliss, basketball coach
Dan Casey, baseball player
Cathy Compton, softball coach
Mike Coolbaugh, baseball coach^[1]
Scott Coolbaugh, baseball player
Jerry D'Amigo, hockey player
Babe Danzig, baseball player
Wink Davenport, volleyball player and official
Scott Diamond, baseball player, attended Binghamton University
Alec Dufty, soccer player
Mike Dunham, hockey player
Diane Farrell, tennis player
George Feigenbaum, basketball player
Billy Gabor, basketball player
Rob Gardner, baseball player
Barry Goldstein, golf instructor
Bobby Gonzalez, basketball coach
Bill Hallahan, baseball player
Gerry Hannahs, baseball player
Jim Johnson, baseball player
Arthur Jones, football player
Chandler Jones, football player
DaQuan Jones, football player
Jon Jones, mixed martial arts fighter, UFC Heavyweight champion, former Light Heavyweight champion
Isaiah Kacyvenski, football player
Richie Karl, golfer
Jon Kimmel, football player
Steve Kraly, baseball player
Joe LaRue, competitive eater
Sang Lee, taekwondo coach
Johnny Logan, baseball player
Ron Luciano, baseball umpire, author of The Umpire Strikes Back
Frank LoVuolo, football player
Billy Martin, baseball player and manager
Tamdan McCrory, mixed martial arts fighter
Troy Nickerson, wrestler
Hidy Ochiai, martial artist
Mayumi Pejo, Olympic martial artist
King Rice, basketball coach
Chris Riley, soccer player
Mike Rotunda, wrestler
Jack Sharkey, World Heavyweight Champion boxer
Matt Tanzini, soccer player
Justin Topa, baseball player
Rasa von Werder, bodybuilder, exotic dancer
George S. Whitney, football coach
Randy Will, Olympic bobsledder
Jake Zumbach, football player

Business figures

Jonathan Michael Ansell, international insurance company founder and CEO
Joseph H. Boardman, CEO of Amtrak, administrator of Federal Railroad Administration
Arthur Dantchik, co-founder of Susquehanna International Group, attended Binghamton University
Faisal Farooqui, founder and CEO; MouthShut.com, attended Binghamton University
Edward E. Ford, businessman and philanthropist
Jeff Gaspin, television executive, attended Binghamton University
George Hull, tobacconist and Cardiff Giant hoaxer
George F. Johnson, co-owner of Endicott Johnson Corporation
Willis Sharpe Kilmer, promoter of Swamp Root patent medicine and thoroughbred owner
Geraldine MacDonald, vice president of America Online, attended Binghamton University
Matt Ouimet, executive chairman of Cedar Fair, former president of Disneyland resort, attended Binghamton University
John D. Rockefeller, founder of Standard Oil
Thomas Secunda, founder of Bloomberg L.P., attended Binghamton University
Edward W. Stack, CEO of Dick's Sporting Goods
Gustav Stickley, furniture manufacturer, prominent promoter of American Craftsman movement
Bob Swan, CEO of Intel
Oliver Treyz, television executive
Thomas Tull, CEO of Legendary Pictures, part owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers
Jay Walder, chairman and CEO of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, MTA in New York City, attended Binghamton University
Thomas J. Watson, Sr., founder and president of International Business Machines (IBM)
Adam Weitsman, entrepreneur and philanthropist
Jeff Yass, co-founder of Susquehanna International Group, attended Binghamton University

Lawyers and jurists

Elaine D. Kaplan, judge, United States Court of Federal Claims, attended Binghamton University
Barbara M. Lynn, judge
Ellis Rubin, attorney
Jerome B. Simandle, judge
Lorenzo P. Williston, judge and politician

Military figures

Joseph J. Bartlett, brigadier general and diplomat
Joseph Brant, Mohawk military leader
John Francis Burnes, marine officer
Daniel Bursch, astronaut
Douglas G. Hurley, astronaut
David Ireland, colonel
Brett James McMullen, Brigadier General, USAF Retired, Windsor Central High School graduate
Lawrence D. Peters, marine, Medal of Honor recipient
John C. Robinson, major general, Medal of Honor recipient
Lester R. Stone, Jr., sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient
Douglas H. Wheelock, astronaut

Musicians

Frederick Ayres, composer
Corky Cornelius, jazz trumpeter
Fred Coury, drummer
Steve Davis, jazz trombonist
Dena DeRose, jazz pianist and singer
Andy Grammer, singer/songwriter, attended Binghamton University
Chris Griffin, jazz trumpeter
John Hollenbeck, jazz drummer and composer
Robert Jager, composer
Richard Leech, opera tenor
Tim Malchak, singer/songwriter
Ingrid Michaelson, singer/songwriter, attended Binghamton University
Elmar Oliveira, violinist
Steve Perry, singer/guitarist for the Cherry Poppin' Daddies
Lee Ranaldo, guitarist for Sonic Youth, attended Binghamton University
Stephen Roessner, Grammy Award-winning recording engineer, drummer for Saxon Shore
Slam Stewart, jazz bassist
Gary Wilson, performance artist

Politicians

Morteza Agha-Tehrani, Iranian Parliament member
Warren M. Anderson, state senator
Bill Aswad, Vermont state legislator
William H. Austin, Wisconsin state legislator
Orlow W. Chapman, U.S. Solicitor General
Daniel S. Dickinson, U.S. senator
Steven Fulop, mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey, attended Binghamton University
Edwin Arthur Hall, congressman
Robert Harpur, state politician
William Henry Hill, congressman
Hakeem Jeffries, congressman, attended Binghamton University
Thomas W. Libous, state senator
John Liu, New York City comptroller and former councilman
Donna Lupardo, state assemblywoman
Tom McDonald, U.S. ambassador to Zimbabwe
Daniel A. Mica, congressman
John Mica, congressman
Stephen C. Millard, congressman
E. A. Mitchell, congressman
Marshall F. Moore, governor^[2]
Raymond Bartlett Stevens, congressman
Randall Terry, founder of Operation Rescue
Benjamin F. Tracy, Secretary of the Navy
J. Ernest Wharton, congressman
George H. Williston, Wisconsin state and territorial legislator^[3]
Ivan Yermachenka, Belarusian politician, diplomat and writer; died in Binghamton

Writers and journalists

Eric Appel, writer and director
Bruce Benderson, author, attended Binghamton University
Andrew Bergman, film director, screenwriter, novelist, attended Binghamton University
Harvey Bullock, screenwriter, producer
Steven Canals, screenwriter, producer, attended Binghamton University
Tina Chang, poet, attended Binghamton University
C. J. Chivers, journalist
Jack Dann, science fiction author and editor
Everett De Morier, novelist, author, humorist
Nathan Englander, author, attended Binghamton University
Jeffrey Ford, writer, attended Binghamton University
Kate Gale, poet
Amy Kim Ganter, author and illustrator
John Gardner, novelist
Howard R. Garis, author of Uncle Wiggily stories
Don Goddard, radio and TV news reporter
Stephen Kalinich, poet and songwriter
Steven G. Kellman, author critic, attended Binghamton University
Rob Kirkpatrick, author and editor, Binghamton University
Steve Koren, screenwriter, attended Binghamton University
David Ross Locke, aka Petroleum V. Nasby, journalist and early political commentator
Peter Robinson, speechwriter for Ronald Reagan
Pamela Sargent, science fiction author
Davis Schneiderman, educator and author, attended Binghamton University
David Sedaris, humorist and writer
Dava Sobel, writer, attended Binghamton University
Pete Van Wieren, play-by-play baseball commentator
Jean Webster, author
Donald E. Westlake, novelist, attended Binghamton University
Suzanne Weyn, author, attended Binghamton University
Jenna Wolfe, Today Show anchor
George Zebrowski, science fiction author and editor

Others

Alexander Aitchison, firefighter chief
Joseph Barbara, mobster
Frances M. Beal, activist
Michael Dahulich, archbishop
Gerald Nicholas Dino, fourth bishop of the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Phoenix
Ben Eisenkop, Reddit personality, attended Binghamton University
Ogarita Booth Henderson, daughter of Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth, buried in Binghamton's Glenwood Cemetery
William L. Moore, civil rights activist

References

↑ Coolbaugh, 35, dies after being struck by ball, ESPN.com news services (ESPN Internet Ventures), July 24, 2007, retrieved 2009-05-12
↑ "Marshall Frank Moore". Washington Secretary of State. Retrieved October 9, 2012.
↑ 'Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin,' Wisconsin Historical Society: 1882, Wisconsin Necrology-1881, pg. 455

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[1] Coolbaugh, 35, dies after being struck by ball, ESPN.com news services (ESPN Internet Ventures), July 24, 2007, retrieved 2009-05-12

[2] "Marshall Frank Moore". Washington Secretary of State. Retrieved October 9, 2012.

[3] 'Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin,' Wisconsin Historical Society: 1882, Wisconsin Necrology-1881, pg. 455

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