List of people from Rochester, New York Last updated October 25, 2024
Downtown Rochester 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 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 Ernie Clement , Utility player for the Cleveland Guardians and Toronto Blue Jays [5] Cito Culver , 2010 first-round draft pick [6] Heinie Groh , MLB [7] Mike Jones , MLB Bob Keegan , MLB [8] Michael King , pitcher for the New York Yankees and San Diego Padres [9] Danny Mendick , infielder for the Chicago White Sox [10] Andy Parrino , MLB [11] Charley Radbourn , MLB [12] Tim Redding , MLB [13] George Selkirk , MLB [14] Basketball Joe Arlauckas [15] Joe Binion Thomas Bryant , NBA [16] Al Butler , NBA [17] Marty Byrnes , NBA Emma Cannon , WNBA Al Cervi , NBA player and coach [18] Dyaisha Fair , WNBA Les Harrison , NBA player and coach [19] Mark Jones , NBA [20] Anthony Lamb , NBA Jack Leasure [21] Art Long , NBA [22] Mauro Panaggio Ryan Pettinella [23] 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 [24] John Wallace , NBA [25] 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 Branden Albert , NFL [32] Joe Bachmaier , NFL Cris Crissy , NFL [33] Don Davey , NFL [34] Quentin Gause , NFL Tony Green , NFL Don Holleder , West Point football star and Vietnam War hero Ernest Jackson , CFL [35] T. J. Jackson , NFL [36] Arthur Jones , NFL [37] Chandler Jones , NFL [38] Tony Jordan , NFL [39] Jim Kane , NFL [40] Pat Kelly , NFL [41] Rob Konrad , NFL [42] Brian Kozlowski , NFL [43] Leo Lyons , founder of the NFL's Rochester Jeffersons [44] Kevin McMahan , NFL [45] Seth Payne , NFL (Victor) [46] Adam Podlesh , NFL [47] Ryan Poles , NFL [48] A. J. Terrell , NFL Robert R. Thomas , Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois and former NFL player [49] David Walker , NCAA coach [50] Roland Williams , NFL [51] Marcus Wilson , NFL [52] Alan Zemaitis , NFL [53] Hockey Dan Conway , floor hockey professional-retired Scott Bartlett , ECHL [57] Mike Battaglia , ECHL [58] Jason Bonsignore , NHL [59] Ryan Callahan , NHL [60] Adam Clendening , NHL [61] Chris Collins , AHL [62] David Farrance , NHL Rory Fitzpatrick , NHL [63] Brian Gionta , NHL [64] Stephen Gionta , NHL [65] Kim Insalaco , Olympic medalist [66] Connor Knapp , NHL [67] Matt Lane [68] Phil Lane , AHL, EURO Shane Prince , NHL [69] Marty Reasoner , NHL [70] David Shields , AHL [71] Francis Spain , 1936 Winter Olympic bronze medalist [72] Lyndsay Wall , Olympic medalist [73] Derek Whitmore , NHL [74] Soccer Jordan Allen , MLS Brian Bliss , MLS [84] Josh Bolton , USL Dema Kovalenko , MLS [85] Daniel Lynd , USL Angelo Panzetta , retired professional soccer player [86] Mike Reidy , USL Dave Sarachan , NASL, Team USA Lydia Vandenbergh , WPS [87] Abby Wambach , two-time Olympic gold medalist, Women's World Cup Champion, all-time highest scoring international player [88] 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 Elsa von Blumen (Caroline Roosevelt), early endurance cyclist 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 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 Entertainers Actors and models 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 Dancers and choreographers Musicians 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 music 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 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 music 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. In 2024, RXK Nephew was recognized by Pitchfork for his song "American Tterroristt" (2020), which ranked #2 on the list of "The Hundred Best Songs of the 2020s So Far". [93]
Steve Alaimo , teen idol pop singer, hosted and co-produced Dick Clark 's Where the Action Is [94] Gene Cornish , The Rascals Brann Dailor , Mastodon Steve Decker , Gym Class Heroes Joe English , drummer for Wings and Sea Level Teddy Geiger Kim Gordon , Sonic Youth Lou Gramm , Foreigner DJ Green Lantern , rapper RXK Nephew , rapper Mick Guzauski , mixer Davey Havok , AFI and Blaqk Audio Duke Jupiter Bill Kelliher , Mastodon Gary Lewis , Gary Lewis and the Playboys Disashi Lumumba-Kasongo , Gym Class Heroes (From nearby Ithaca, NY) Lydia Lunch Travis McCoy , Gym Class Heroes (From nearby Geneva, NY) Matt McGinley , Gym Class Heroes (From nearby Geneva, NY) Bob Nastanovich , Pavement Mike Piano , The Sandpipers Don Potter Bobby Orlando , producer Emilio Rojas , rapper Jacob Stanczak , better known as Kill the Noise, Disk Jockey and producer Peter Shukoff ("NicePeter") Joyce Sims William Tell , Something Corporate Tweet , born Charlene Keys Virus , aka Andre Karkos, Device, Big & Rich, Dope, Lords of Acid Leehom Wang , C-pop Wendy O. Williams , Plasmatics Tim Yeung , Divine Heresy, Morbid Angel Others Rick Beato , musician, music educator, YouTuber Robert Bernhardt , symphony conductor The Campbell Brothers , instrumental gospel quartet Thomas Keene , folk singer/Bloomberg radio host Christine Lavin , folk singer/songwriter Julia Nunes , folk ukelelist and singer/songwriter Lauren O'Connell , folk singer/songwriter Lesley Riddle , 'human tape recorder' during A.P. Carter's song collecting excursions Other Raul daSilva , author, filmmaker Thérèse DePrez , production designer Andrea Nix Fine , Oscar-winning documentary producer, Inocente Jason Hawes , founder of the Atlantic Paranormal Society and Sci Fi Channel series Ghost Hunters Jenna Mourey , YouTube personality, screen name "Jenna Marbles" James Sibley Watson , grandson of Western Union founders Hiram Sibley and Don Alonzo Watson; doctor and filmmaker Andrew Rea , creator/host of popular YouTube cooking series "Binging with Babish" Government Politicians and leaders Parmenio Adams , U.S. Representative [95] Nathaniel Allen , U.S. Representative [96] Fernando C. Beaman , U.S. Representative [97] Charles Billinghurst , U.S. Representative from Wisconsin [98] Harmon P. Burroughs , Illinois state representative [99] Angus Cameron , U.S. Senator from Wisconsin [100] Sanford E. Church , Lieutenant Governor of New York, New York State Comptroller, and Chief Judge of New York State Court of Appeals [101] Edward Colman , Wisconsin state senator [102] Cornplanter , leader of the Seneca [103] Robert Duffy , former Rochester Police Chief, Rochester's 65th Mayor, and NYS Lieutenant Governor, President and CEO of the Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce; Marion B. Folsom , Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare [104] John Rankin Gamble , U.S. Representative from South Dakota [105] John W. Gunning , Wisconsin State Assemblyman [106] Leopold Hammel , Wisconsin State Assemblyman [107] Elizur K. Hart , U.S. Representative and founder of Rochester Post-Express newspaper [108] David J. Hayes , Deputy Secretary of the Interior [109] Charles H. Holmes , U.S. Representative [110] Kenneth Keating , U.S. Representative, senator, and ambassador to Israel [111] Robert L. King , state assemblyman, county executive, and chancellor of the State University of New York [112] Brian Kolb , Minority Leader of the New York State Assembly [113] Charles H. Nesbitt , assemblyman and assembly minority leader [114] Bill Nojay , assemblyman, public authority leader, and radio talk show host William F. Quinn , Governor of Hawaii [115] John Raines , state senator [116] Adolph J. Rodenbeck , mayor of Rochester, New York State Assemblyman, Court of Claims Judge, and New York Supreme Court Justice Eliakim Sherrill , politician and brigade commander in Union Army during Civil War [117] Louise Slaughter , U.S. Representative, chairperson of House Rules Committee [118] Ellicott R. Stillman , Wisconsin State Assemblyman [119] Thomas Benton Stoddard , first mayor of La Crosse, Wisconsin, and state assemblyman [120] James W. Symington , Chief of Protocol of the United States (1966–68) and U.S. Representative (1969–77) John Todd Trowbridge , Wisconsin territorial legislator and sea captain [121] Tom Warner , representative in Florida State Legislature [122] Military personnel Military personnel best known as astronauts are listed below under "Scientists" .
Authors and writers Isabella Macdonald Alden , author John Ashbery , poet Natallia Arsiennieva , poet Nicholson Baker , author Andrea Barrett , short-story writer Philip Barry , playwright Richard Brookhiser , biographer Marcia Brown , Caldecott-winning author Rob Byrnes , writer, Lambda Literary Award winner Ron Carlivati , head writer of One Life to Live , General Hospital Tom Chiarella , writer for Esquire Francis Pharcellus Church , publisher and editor Henry W. Clune , journalist and novelist [126] Sheila Connolly , mystery writer Cornelius Eady , poet Thomas Fenton , screenwriter, Saw IV Edith Willis Linn Forbes , poet and writer Joseph Fornieri , historian, political scientist Dana Fox , screenwriter, The Wedding Date Geoffrey Giuliano , biographer Virginia Haviland , librarian and writer Edward D. Hoch , mystery writer Mary Jane Holmes , 19th-century author David Hudson , lawyer and writer Marie Howe , poet [127] Charles R. Jackson , author of The Lost Weekend Shirley Jackson , author, The Lottery David Cay Johnston , Pulitzer Prize winner, reporter for New York Times Ilya Kaminsky , Ukrainian-American poet Garson Kanin , playwright and screenwriter Mollie Katzen , chef and cookbook author Stanton Davis Kirkham , naturalist Michael Muhammad Knight , novelist Helen Aldrich De Kroyft (1818–1915), author Sonja Livingston , author Jerre Mangione , writer Minerva Brace Norton , educator and author Linda Sue Park , Newbery Medal winner Jane Marsh Parker , author, historian and clubwoman Herbie J Pilato , writer Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings , author, Pulitzer Prize winner for The Yearling David Oliver Relin , journalist and author, Three Cups of Tea Julia Sauer , librarian and author David Schickler , author, Kissing in Manhattan and Sweet and Vicious Emma Augusta Sharkey , writer Mark Shulman , children's author Joe Simon , comic book writer, co-creator of Captain America Lura Eugenie Brown Smith (1864–?), journalist, newspaper editor, author Thomas Thackeray Swinburne (1865–1926), poet Chris Van Etten , TV writer and author Amelia Kempshall Wing (1837–1927), American author and philanthropist Broadcasters and journalists Don Alhart , television journalist Ralph Bown , radio pioneer Richard Ben Cramer , journalist and author, Pulitzer Prize winner Frederick Douglass , editor of The North Star (anti-slavery newspaper) Jean Giambrone , journalist, first woman credentialed for Masters golf Sean Lahman , sports statistician and newspaper journalist John Machacek , Pulitzer Prize winner (1972, spot reporting) Don Martin , Calgary Herald columnist Anne Montgomery , WROC sports reporter and ESPN broadcaster Henry Jarvis Raymond , journalist and founder of New York Times Neil Rogers , radio host Martin Sargent , professional "nerd" and host of TWIF Steve Scully , C-SPAN host; reporter and anchor at WHEC-TV in Rochester Jimmy Wallington , radio personality Irv Weinstein , television journalist Sport broadcasters Mike Catalana , Rochester television executive Lanny Frattare , Pittsburgh Pirates Hank Greenwald , San Francisco Giants Josh Lewin , Los Angeles Chargers and Texas Rangers Clem McCarthy , sportscaster and newsreel narrator Nick Nickson , Jr., Los Angeles Kings Bill Stern , sportscaster in National Radio Hall of Fame Jeff Van Gundy , pro basketball Pete Van Wieren , Atlanta Braves Photographers and artists Metalwork sculptor Albert Paley , although originally from Philadelphia, has lived and worked in Rochester for over four decades; he's probably the region's most prominent artist. Like many other artists, he came to Rochester because of RIT 's School for American Crafts.
Alfred Agate , painter Frederick Styles Agate , painter Harry Bliss , cartoonist Wendell Castle , wood furniture sculptor Arthur Dove , abstract painter Emil Gruppe , impressionist painter Nicholas Gurewitch , creator of The Perry Bible Fellowship Peter Hannan , creator of CatDog James D. Havens , woodcut artist; early insulin recipient Maud Humphrey , commercial illustrator, suffragist; mother of actor Humphrey Bogart Jeannette Klute , photographer Marilyn Leavitt-Imblum , needlework designer Albert Paley , metalwork sculptor Manuel Rivera-Ortiz , photographer Religion and philosophy Reverend Francis Bellamy , wrote the Pledge of Allegiance Antoinette Brown Blackwell , first female minister James Callan , former Catholic priest Hiram Edson , pioneer of the Seventh-day Adventist Church Kate, Leah, and Margaret Fox , spiritualists Philip Kapleau , brought Zen Buddhism to western mainstream 1964; founded Rochester Zen Center Max Landsberg (1845–1927), rabbi of B'rith Kodesh Bishop Bernard John McQuaid Carolyn Merchant , philosopher and historian Fridolin Pascalar , pastor at St. Michael's Church (1874–1896) Walter Rauschenbusch , theologian Abraham Resnick , rabbi in Ashgabat, Kokand, Moscow, Quincy MA, Lowell MA and Rochester Benjamin Titus Roberts , founder, Free Methodist Church Bishop Fulton Sheen , archbishop and television personality Joseph Smith , founder of Latter Day Saint movement Paul J. Swain , Roman Catholic bishop Reverend Dr. Howard Thurman William C. White , Seventh-day Adventist minister Scientists Pioneering physician Elizabeth Blackwell , pioneering astronaut Pamela Melroy , and naturalist Henry Augustus Ward are the most notable scientists to come from the Rochester area. Acclaimed surgeon Seymour I. Schwartz also made Rochester his home.
James C. Adamson , astronaut John Auer , physiologist and pharmacologist credited with the discovery of Auer rods Elizabeth Blackwell , first woman to become qualified as a medical doctor Esther M. Conwell , physicist, 1997 recipient of the IEEE Edison Medal Frank J. Duarte , laser physicist and author Grove Karl Gilbert , geologist David Lipman , bioinformaticist Edward Tsang Lu , space shuttle astronaut, International Space Station resident Pamela Melroy , astronaut Lewis Henry Morgan , anthropologist Arthur Caswell Parker , archaeologist, historian, expert on Native Americans, and director of the Rochester Museum of Arts and Sciences John Wesley Powell , geologist Mark Rosenzweig , research psychologist Seymour I. Schwartz , author of Schwartz's Principles of Surgery , the "Surgeon's Bible" Lewis A. Swift , astronomer Ching W. Tang , chemist, physicist, inventor of OLED Henry Augustus Ward , naturalist and geologist, founder of Ward's Natural Science John Ralston Williams , medical pioneer Herbert York , nuclear physicist No list of notable Rochesterians could ever omit Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass , but the area has a long history of progressive social reformers. Anarchist Emma Goldman lived there for a time.
Terry A. Anderson , former hostage and humanitarian Susan B. Anthony , women's rights leader Walter Cooper , research scientist, urban education reformer and civil rights activist Frederick Douglass , abolitionist Lavantia Densmore Douglass (1827–1899), social reformer Emma Goldman , anarchist George W. Goler , pioneer in pasteurisation Shields Green , escaped slave who participated in John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry Jean Brooks Greenleaf (1832–1918), woman suffragist Antoinette Arnold Hawley , temperance activist Hester C. Jeffrey , suffragist Clarissa Caldwell Lathrop , asylum reform advocate and autobiographer Helen Barrett Montgomery , social reformer and women's activist Helen Pitts , abolitionist and feminist Amy and Isaac Post , abolitionists and women's rights advocates Joy Powell , social reformer, political prisoner and anti-violence activist Mabel Sine Wadsworth , birth control activist Lillian Wald , public health nurse and social worker Samuel Ringgold Ward , African-American pastor and abolitionist Frances Willard , suffragist and temperance reformer Fannie Barrier Williams , black social reformer Others Josh Arieh , 2005 World Series of Poker champion Timothy Blodgett , Sergeant at Arms of the U.S. House of Representatives as of January 2021 [128] Mabel Boll , socialite, the "Queen of Diamonds" Douglas Brei , sports historian Obadiah Bush , ancestor of the Bush financial and political family Elizabeth Eden , figure in the Dog Day Afternoon bank heist Ed Edmondson , chess arbiter Jon Finkel , Magic: The Gathering champion Jerome Fuller , jurist Mike Goodman , professional gambler, casino pit boss, and author Gideon Granger , U.S. Postmaster General under Thomas Jefferson Seth Green , pioneer in fish farming Mary Jemison , the White Lady of the Genesee Lincoln Kirstein , writer, ballet impresario, art connoisseur, and one of the Monuments Men Thomas Krens , former director, current senior adviser, at the Solomon R. 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