This article lists notable people from Utica, New York.
From the City of Utica
Academics and scientists
Henry D. Abelove – historian and literary critic Elsa Guerdrum Allen – ornithologist, lecturer, and author Daniel Barwick – higher education administrator, teacher, author, fundraiser, journalist, and podcaster; president of Independence Community College Albert Perry Brigham – geologist Amariah Brigham – psychiatrist and founding member of American Psychiatric Association Robert E. Brown – ethnomusicologist; coined the term "world music" John Seely Brown – organizational studies researcher and author; director of PARC and chief scientist at Xerox Wylie Burke – Chair of the Department of Bioethics and Humanities at the University of Washington and founding co-director of the Northwest-Alaska Pharmacogenomics Research Network James Dwight Dana – geologist, mineralogist, volcanologist, and zoologist Bob Van Dillen – meteorologist Elizabeth E. Farrell – educator Russell H. Fazio – psychologist and professor at Ohio State University Henry S. Fitch – herpetologist Asa Gray – botanist John P. Gray – psychiatrist; psychiatric expert in the trial for the assassination of President James A. Garfield and superintendent of the Utica Psychiatric Center Clara Whitehill Hunt – teacher, librarian, writer, and advocate for children's library services Marilyn E. Jacox – physical chemist Milton Kerker – physical chemist; namesake of the Kerker effect Paul Krugman – economist; professor at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York; columnist for the New York Times Anthony Lazzaro – vice president of the University of Southern California Cherilla Storrs Lowrey – educator and clubwoman; founder and chairwoman of The Outdoor Circle Matthew D. Mann – gynecologist; surgeon who operated on President William McKinley after he was shot Walter C. Michels – physicist and professor at Bryn Mawr College Eugene Paul Nassar – writer, editor, professor, and literary critic Otto M. Nikodym – mathematician Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters – astronomer John Ballard Rendall – president of Lincoln University, Latin professor, member of Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and minister Robert J. Sampson – sociologist, president of the American Society of Criminology, and Harvard professor Hermann von Wechlinger Schulte – anatomist and dean of Creighton University School of Medicine Deborah F. Stanley – chancellor of the State University of New York and president of the State University of New York at Oswego Susan Stone – nurse midwife; president of Frontier Nursing University Walter Sutton – geneticist and biologist; co-developer of the Boveri–Sutton chromosome theory Michael Sweet – computer scientist known for being the original developer of CUPS E. Fuller Torrey – psychiatrist and schizophrenia researcher Samuel Wells Williams – linguist, sinologist, and missionary Sam Wineburg – educational and cognitive psychologist George Norton Wolcott – entomologist Peter T. Wolczanski – chemist and Cornell professor Mary E. Young – historian
Actors and entertainers
Lester Allen – actor, dancer, acrobat Kim Bass – director, screenwriter, and producer Jef Billings – costume designer and ice show director Yale Boss – actor Steven Brill – actor, film producer, director, and screenwriter Adelaide Bronti – actress and operatic singer Victor Bumbalo – actor and playwright Brendan Burke – sportscaster Frank Cappelli – creator of Cappelli & Company Dick Cerri – disc jockey Dick Clark – television and radio personality and television producer Leonard Crofoot – actor, singer, dancer, writer and choreographer John Curran – director and screenwriter Natalie Dagwell – burlesque performer, dancer, and singer F. A. Dobson – cinematographer Frank Dumont – performer, sketch writer, and songwriter Robert Earle – game show host and voice actor John A. Ellsler – actor John Eskow – screenwriter Joseph Franz – director and actor Annette Funicello – actress and singer Donna Hanover – radio and television personality, television producer, and actress John William Isham – vaudeville impresario Jim Jackson – sportscaster and television and radio host Mary Lawlor – actress David Mancuso – disc jockey; creator of "The Loft" Jerry Mandy – actor Rex Marshall – actor, television announcer, and radio personality Ron O'Neal – actor, director, and screenwriter Tiffany Pollard – television personality Daniel Pritzker – director and musician Tim Roye – sportscaster and radio host Ralph Sheheen – sportscaster and television host Hal Smith – actor Anna Townsend – actress and frequent Harold Lloyd collaborator Matteo Vittucci – dancer
Artists and architects
Brad Anderson – cartoonist; creator of Marmaduke Mark Bodé – cartoonist; son of Vaughn Bodē Vaughn Bodē – cartoonist and illustrator Neave Brown – architect and artist Marcus F. Cummings – architect Arthur Bowen Davies – avant-garde artist and advocate of modern art Daniel DeWitt Tompkins Davie – photographer; pioneer of the daguerreotype Edward Brodhead Green – architect Absalom Barrett Hallock – architect Henry Inman – portrait, genre, and landscape painter Sheldon Keck – painting conservator Rose Marasco – photographer Daniel Nicoletta – photographer Maurice J. Power – sculptor Joe Zane – painter, sculptor, video and performance artist, and humorist
Athletes and athletics personnel
Irving Baxter – gold medalist in the men's high jump and the pole vault at the 1900 Summer Olympics Valentine Bialas – speed skater who competed in the 1924, 1928, and 1932 Winter Olympics Alonzo Breitenstein – baseball player Ken Brett – baseball player George Burns – baseball player Tim Capstraw – basketball coach and color commentator Dave Cash – baseball player Walt Chipple – baseball player Tommy Condell – Canadian football coach Bob Curtis – football coach Dominick Dawes – ice hockey coach George Detore – baseball player Bill Duggleby – baseball player Moira Dunn – golfer Louie Ehrensbeck – biathlon skier who competed in the 1968 Winter Olympics Robert Esche – hockey player Jim Fairbank – baseball player Gerry Friel – basketball coach Chris Garrett – football player George Gore – baseball player Mike Griffin – baseball player Jimmie Hunt – basketball player Ilia Jarostchuk – football player Ernest Jones – football player James Joseph – curler Lou Lazzaro – modified racing driver Mark Lemke – baseball player Fred Lewis – baseball player Joe Malcewicz – professional wrestler and promoter Charles B. Mason – football player and coach William W. May – athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics Dave McKeough – baseball player Art Mills – baseball player; coach for the 1945 World Series champion Detroit Tigers Willie Mills – baseball player Bill Morehouse – curler Nick Palmieri – hockey player Caitlin Pulli – curler Stacey Reile - IBF (boxing) World featherweight champion 2011 Hardy Richardson – baseball player Harry Raymond – baseball player Len Rossi – wrestler who competed in the National Wrestling Alliance; member of the NWA Hall of Fame and the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame Bernard Russ – football player Al Salerno – baseball umpire Michael Slive – commissioner of the Southeastern Conference Andy Van Slyke – baseball player Will Smith – football player Joseph Rockwell Swan – football player and coach Jim Wessinger – baseball player Hal White – baseball player George Burrell Woodin – wrestler; better known by his stage name "Mr. Wrestling"
Business figures
J. Carter Bacot – president and CEO of the Bank of New York Mellon Corporation Richard H. Balch – vice president of the Horrocks-Ibbotson Company; co-founder of Utica University Harry H. Bassett – automotive executive who served as president of Buick Joseph H. Boardman – CEO of Amtrak and administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration John Butterfield – founder of American Express Laura Casamento – president of Utica University and president and CEO of Herkimer County Trust David D'Alessandro – businessman, marketing executive, and author; former CEO of John Hancock Financial and chairman for Servpro John C. Devereux – pioneering Irish Catholic and philanthropist; co-founder of the Savings Bank of Utica Nicholas Devereux – financier, banker, and philanthropist; founder of St. Bonaventure University Frank DuRoss – professional sports franchise owner Robert Fabbio – entrepreneur, technologist, and venture capitalist Kenny Friedkin – aviator and businessman; founder of Pacific Southwest Airlines Arthur Hind – textile industrialist and philatelist Henry J. Kaiser – industrialist; fosterer of modern American health care; founder of Kaiser Aluminum, Kaiser Steel, Kaiser Permanente, Kaiser-Frazer, Kaiser Motors, and Kaiser Broadcasting Joseph Mailman – businessman, investor, and philanthropist; founder of the Mailman Corporation, the Persona Blade Company, and the British Rubber Company; assisted families escaping Nazi Germany Alonzo C. Mather – founder and president of the Mather Stock Car Company Sue Mengers – talent agent William Henry Moore – financier; co-founder of Nabisco, Western Union the Diamond Match Company, the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, the American Can Company, Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, and Bankers Trust Theron T. Pond – businessman and pharmacist; founder of Pond's Andy Rubin – computer programmer, entrepreneur, and venture capitalist; founder of Android Inc. Arthur William Savage – inventor; founder of Savage Arms Richard Stark – fashion designer; co-founder of Chrome Hearts William Williams – printer and publisher Frank Winfield Woolworth – entrepreneur; founder of F. W. Woolworth Company Steve Wynn – real estate developer and art collector best known for his involvement in the casino and hotel industry
Lawyers and jurists
Fritz Beebe – lawyer and chairman of the board of The Washington Post Company Francis Marion Burdick – legal scholar and a mayor of Utica Richard J. Cardamone – circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit John D. Caton – chief justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois Ward Hunt – associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals Lavinia Goodell – first woman licensed to practice law in Wisconsin and the first woman admitted to the Supreme Court of Wisconsin; abolitionist and women's suffrage and prison reform activist Alexander S. Johnson – judge Hugh R. Jones – served as an Associate Judge on the New York Court of Appeals James F. Lewis – chief justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada John J. Marquette – judge of the United States Tax Court Charles Mason – justice of the New York Supreme Court Louis M. Martin – justice of the New York Supreme Court Harry S. Patten – lawyer and politician Harold R. Tyler Jr. – district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Military figures
William Anders – Air Force major general, electrical engineer, nuclear engineer, NASA astronaut, and businessman Samuel Livingston Breese – Navy rear admiral Jacksel M. Broughton – Air Force colonel and author; retired with 43 separate awards and decorations, including four Distinguished Flying Crosses, two Silver Stars and the Air Force Cross Daniel Butterfield – Union army general and assistant treasurer of the United States Mark Divine – Navy SEAL commander Richard Evans – US Army brigadier general Ferris Foreman – Mexican-American War veteran, Union army colonel, and California 49er James G. Grindlay – Medal of Honor recipient and Union army brevetted brigadier general Earl B. Hailston – Marine Corps lieutenant general; Commanding General of United States Marine Corps Forces Pacific, U.S. Marine Forces Central Command, and U.S. Marine Corps Bases Pacific Edward F. Jones – Union army officer, merchant, manufacturer, author and politician