The following is a list of notable people from Watertown, New York.
Eric Anzalone (born 1965), singer, actor, author, member of the Village People Samuel Beardsley, New York State Attorney General (1836–1839) and U.S. congressman Antonio Blakeney (born 1996), current professional basketball player for Hapoel Be'er Sheva of the Israeli Basketball Premier League Albert Bouchard, drummer for and co-founding member of rock band Blue Öyster Cult Joe Bouchard, bassist for and co-founding member Blue Öyster Cult; brother of Albert Bouchard John Calhoun, founding publisher of the Chicago Democrat Rocco Canale, NFL player for Philadelphia Eagles (1944–1949) Emma Kerr-Carpenter, member of the Montana House of Representatives Reginald Case, artist Allen Welsh Dulles, director of the Central Intelligence Agency John Foster Dulles, U.S. Secretary of State Frederick Exley, author of A Fan's Notes, 1968, and other works Leonard J. Farwell, businessman and Wisconsin governor Moses W. Field, U.S. congressman, one of the founders of the Independent Greenback Party Paul Finkelman (born 1949), Chancellor of Gratz College, author, legal historian Roswell P. Flower, U.S. congressman and governor of New York (1892–1895) John Gary, singer Oscar S. Gifford, lawyer and South Dakota politician Eric Greif, lawyer and heavy metal music figure Richard Grieco, actor, model, singer, former college football player Robert Guinan, painter Vic Hanson, athlete, enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame (1960) and the College Football Hall of Fame (1973) Fred Harvey Harrington, educator and president of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, born in Watertown. Serranus Clinton Hastings, U.S. congressman and founder of the Hastings College of the Law at the University of California Charles B. Hoard, businessman and member of the United States House of Representatives Mary-Margaret Humes, actress Orville Hungerford, U.S. congressman, banker, and railroad president Robert Lansing, U.S. Secretary of State Donald Lutz, baseball player for Cincinnati Reds Dick May, NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Tim McCreadie, NASCAR Xfinity and ARCA series driver, and multiple national Late Model Dirt Series Champion. John M. McHugh, US Secretary of the Army Viggo Mortensen (born 1958), actor and author, star of The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, A History of Violence, and The Road Mark Neveldine, actor, writer, producer, director (Crank, Crank: High Voltage, Gamer, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance & The Vatican Tapes) Denis O'Brien, New York State Attorney General (1883–1887) Natalie Oliveros, wine expert, vineyard owner, model and adult actress known as Savanna Samson, raised in Watertown. Charles Pierce, female impersonator, particularly noted for his impersonation of Bette Davis. Matt Puccia, NASCAR Sprint Cup series crew chief Maggie Rizer, supermodel and AIDS activist Gary M. Rose, former United States Army officer, Vietnam War veteran, and recipient of the Medal of Honor Virgil Ross, animator, born in Watertown Elwyn E. Royce, Wisconsin State Assemblyman Charles H. Sawyer, governor of New Hampshire Mary Gay Scanlon, congresswomen from PA 5 Arthur Shawcross, serial killer Electa Nobles Lincoln Walton (1824–1908), educator, lecturer, writer, and suffragist Frank Winfield Woolworth, founder of F. W. Woolworth Company/Five and Dime stores, worked at a store in Watertown at his start Charles W. Yost, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Zina D. H. Young, leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and social activist
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