- Tom Toles
Thomas Gregory Toles (born October 22, 1951) is a United States political cartoonist. He is the winner of the 1990 Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning. Similar to Oliphant's use of his character Punk, Toles also tends to include a small doodle, usually a small caricature of himself at his desk, in the margin of his strip. Toles left "The Buffalo News" in 2002, accepting an offer from "The Washington Post" to replace Herblock, their late, … - Adam Zyglis
Adam Zyglis is an American editorial cartoonist who works for the "Buffalo News" of Buffalo, New York; he replaced Pulitzer Prize winner Tom Toles in this position when Toles became the cartoonist for the "Washington Post". Before the "News", he was the cartoonist for "The Griffin", the student newspaper at Canisius College from which he graduated in 2004. - Tim Russert
Tim Russert , a fixture in American homes on Sunday mornings and election nights since becoming moderator of "Meet the Press" nearly 17 years ago, died Friday after collapsing at the Washington bureau of NBC News. He was 58 and lived in Northwest Washington. - Ani Difranco
Ani DiFranco (born Angela Maria Difranco on September 23, 1970) is a singer, guitarist, and songwriter. She is known as a prolific artist (having released at least one album every year since 1990, with the exception of 2000) and is seen by many as a women's rights and feminist icon. - Grover Cleveland
Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18 1837 - June 24 1908) was the twenty-second and twenty-fourth President of the United States, and the only President to serve two non-consecutive terms (1885-1889 and 1893-1897). He was the only Democrat elected to the Presidency in the era of Republican political domination between 1860 and 1912, after the American Civil War. His admirers praise him for his bedrock honesty, independence, integrity, … - Wolf Blitzer
Wolf Blitzer (born March 22, 1948 in Buffalo, New York) is an American journalist and author. He has been a "CNN" reporter since 1990. Blitzer is currently the host of the newscast "The Situation Room" and the Sunday talk show "Late Edition". Blitzer previously hosted "Wolf Blitzer Reports", which was replaced by "The Situation Room". - Jim Kelly
James Edward Kelly (born February 14, 1960 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) was an American football quarterback for the Buffalo Bills. Kelly is considered one of the best quarterbacks in the history of the NFL and possibly the best quarterback to line up under center in the short history of the USFL. Kelly was drafted in the legendary draft of 1983, rated just behind John Elway on at least one NFL draft list. - John Roberts
John Glover Roberts Jr. (born January 27 1955) is the seventeenth and current Chief Justice of the United States. Before joining the Supreme Court on September 29, 2005, Roberts was a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Previously, he spent 14 years in private law practice and held positions in Republican administrations in the U.S. Department of Justice and Office of the White House Counsel. - Rick James
Rick James (born James Ambrose Johnson, Jr) (February 1 1948 - August 6 2004) was one of the most popular artists on the Motown label during the late 1970s and early 1980s. James was famous for his wild brand of funk music and his trademark braids, sporting them well before the style was popularized. As time went on, James was given the unofficial title "The King of Punk-Funk". - Harold Arlen
Harold Arlen was an American composer of popular music. One of the greatest composers of 20th century popular music, with over 400 songs, a number of which have become known the world over. His 1938 song "Over the Rainbow” was voted the twentieth century's No. 1 song by the Recording Industry Association of America [1<nowiki>;</nowiki>;]. - Johnny Rzeznik
John Joseph Theodore Rzeznik (pronounced REZ-nik) (born December 5, 1965 in Buffalo, New York) is a songwriter and the vocalist/guitarist of rock band the Goo Goo Dolls. - Brian Higgins
Brian Higgins (born October 6, 1959), a Democrat from New York, has been a member of the United States House of Representatives in 2004, representing the state's 27th Congressional District. The district is based in Buffalo and includes almost two-thirds of that city. (map). A native of Buffalo, Higgins served three two-year terms as the South District Councilman on the Buffalo Common Council (city council) from 1988 to 1994. In 1993, during his final year on the Council, … - Robby Takac
Robert Carl Takac, Jr., known as Robby Takac (born September 30, 1964, in Buffalo, New York) is one of the founding members of the Goo Goo Dolls, along with Johnny Rzeznik. He is the band's bassist. He has been known to play concerts barefoot. Currently, when not touring with the Goos, Robby works as a producer and in 2002, he opened ChameleonWest recording studio, where he works with undiscovered talent in Buffalo. - Chad Michael Murray
Chad Michael Murray moved easily from television into feature films thanks to his roles in highly rated teen dramas on the WB network such as Dawson's Creek and One Tree Hill. By the time he began appearing in box office successes opposite Lindsay Lohan (1986-) and Hilary Duff (1987-), Murray had emerged as the new teen heartthrob for his boyish good looks and appealing screen portrayals of the sensitive loner-type. Suffers teasing for his clothes - James Whitmore
James Allen Whitmore (born October 1, 1921) is an American film actor. - Brian McKnight
Brian McKnight (born on June 5 1969 in Buffalo, New York) is a Grammy-nominated American singer, songwriter, arranger, producer, pop and R&B musician. He is a multi-instrumentalist who can play nine instruments: piano, guitar, bass guitar, drums, percussions, trombone, tuba, French horn and trumpet. - Vincent Gallo
Vincent Gallo (born in Buffalo, New York on April 11, 1961) is an American movie actor and director, producer, screenwriter, and musician. Although he has had small roles in mainstream films such as "Goodfellas", he is most associated with independent movies. "Buffalo '66", which he wrote, directed, and starred in, is considered his most notable film. In the 1980s, Gallo worked as a figurative painter in New York City, … - Jack Quinn
John Francis "Jack" Quinn (born April 13, 1951) is a politician from the State of New York. He is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives. Quinn was born in Buffalo, New York and he graduated from Siena College. He was a teacher and served on the Hamburg, New York Town Council from 1982 to 1984, followed by a stint as town supervisor until 1993. - Red Jacket
Red Jacket (known as Otetiani in his youth and Segoyewatha after 1780) (c. 1750-January 20, 1830) was a Native American Seneca chief of the Wolf clan and orator. He was born near present day Geneva, New York and lived much of his life in Seneca territory in the Genesee River Valley. Although they often met together at the Long House, he and Mohawk chief Joseph Brant were bitter enemies and rivals. - Alex Webster
Alex Webster (born 25 October 1969, Akron, New York) is the bassist from Cannibal Corpse. He is one of two current members who were of the original lineup, the other being drummer Paul Mazurkiewicz. - Jack Quinn
Jack Quinn III is a New York State Assemblyman representing Erie County. He is a Republican, who was first elected in 2004 and the son of former U.S. Representative Jack Quinn. Quinn, a resident of Hamburg, New York, is 28 and was first elected as his father, Jack Quinn II, was retiring from Congress. He is a former Assistant District Attorney in Erie County. - Jeff Fahey
Jeffrey David Fahey (born November 29, 1952) is an American film and television actor. Fahey was born in Olean, New York, one of thirteen siblings. He was raised in Buffalo, New York from the age of ten. Fahey left home at the age of seventeen, subsequently hitchhiking to Alaska, backpacking through Europe and working in an Israeli kibbutz. - John Stevens
John Bassat Stevens IV (born July 28 1987) is an American classic pop singer and was the sixth-place finalist on the third season of the television series "American Idol". Stevens was born in Buffalo, New York and his permanent residence is in nearby East Amherst. He auditioned for "American Idol" in New York City, singing "That's Amore" as an impersonation of Dean Martin. - Warren Spahn
Warren Edward Spahn was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for 21 seasons, all in the National League. Although never quite as dominating as some, he was both astonishingly consistent and durable. He won 20 games in 13 different seasons, and compiled a 23-7 record when he was aged 42. He won more games than any other left-handed pitcher, or any other pitcher who played his entire career in the post-1920 live-ball era, … - Tony Byroads
Originally from Buffalo, New York, Tony Byroads moved to Columbia, South Carolina and formed the band Sugardaddy Superstar with Ed Sloan, Mitch James, and Brian Geiger. The band was signed by Columbia Records, and became the rock band now known as Crossfade. In the spring of 2005, disagreement between Byroads and Sloan arose concerning Byroads' health, and he was forced out of the band, around which time he also got married. - Edward U. Kmiec
Most Rev. Edward U. Kmiec (born June 5, 1936) is the thirteenth and current Bishop of Buffalo, New York. - David Milch
David S. Milch (March 23, 1945, Buffalo, New York) is an American television writer and producer. He was graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude from Yale and won the Tinker Prize in English. He earned an MFA from the Writer's Workshop at the University of Iowa. To avoid the draft during the Vietnam War, Mich enrolled in Yale Law School, but was expelled for shooting out a police car siren with a shotgun. - Sam Hoyt
William B. Hoyt III, better known as Sam Hoyt, is a member of the New York State Assembly. Hoyt represents the 144th Assembly district, consisting of part of Buffalo, New York, and all of Grand Island, New York. He was first elected in 1992 to succeed his late father, William Hoyt. As a senior member of the State Assembly, Hoyt has served as Chair of several Assembly committees. - Joe Mesi
"Baby" Joe Mesi (born November 27, 1973) is an American boxer and former #1 contender to the WBC heavyweight title. - Buffalo Bob Smith
Buffalo Bob Smith (born Robert Emil Schmidt November 27, 1917 in Buffalo, New York; died July 30, 1998 in Hendersonville, North Carolina), was the host of the popular children's show "Howdy Doody". Buffalo Bob got his start in radio as a singer and musician, appearing on many top shows of the time before becoming nationally known for the "Howdy Doody Show". - William Kemmler
William Kemmler (May 9, 1860 - August 6, 1890) of Buffalo, New York was the first person to be executed via electric chair. He had murdered Tillie Ziegler, his common-law wife, with a hatchet on March 29, 1889, and was sentenced to be executed on August 6, 1890, at 7:00 a.m. at New York's Auburn Prison. His lawyers appealed, arguing that electrocution was cruel and unusual punishment. - Billy Sheehan
Billy Sheehan (born March 19, 1953 in Buffalo, New York,) is an American Bassist known for his work with Talas, Steve Vai, David Lee Roth, Mr. Big, and Niacin. Sheehan has won "Guitar Player" magazine's "Best Rock Bass Player" readers' poll five times for his "lead bass" playing style. "Guitar Player" has likened his soloing on the four-string instrument to Eddie Van Halen's on the six-string guitar. - Grover Washington Jr.
Grover Washington, Jr. (December 12 1943 - December 17 1999) was an American jazz-funk / soul-jazz musician. Along with John Klemmer, George Benson, David Sanborn, Bob James, Chuck Mangione, Herb Alpert, and Spyro Gyra, he is considered by many to be one of the founding fathers of the smooth jazz genre. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Washington made some of the genre's most memorable hits, including "Mr. Magic", "Black Frost", and "The Best is Yet to Come". - Lex Luger
Lawrence ("Larry") Wendell Pfohl (born June 2, 1958), is an American former bodybuilder, professional wrestler, and American football player better known by his wrestling ring name, Lex Luger. - Patrick Wilson
Patrick "Pat" George Wilson (born February 1, 1969 in Buffalo, New York) is best known as the official drummer for the alt-rock band Weezer. He plays Ludwig drums. He also has his own band, The Special Goodness, for which he writes songs, performs vocals, and plays the majority of the instruments. Currently, The Offspring drummer Atom Willard is also a member of The Special Goodness. He also played drums on The Rentals' first record "Return of the Rentals". - Jesse L. Martin
notable role =<br>Det. Ed Green in "Law & Orderbr> Jesse Lamont Martin (born Jesse Lamont Watkins, January 18, 1969) is an American theatre, film, and television actor, best known for his roles as Tom Collins in "Rent" and as Det. Ed Green in the NBC series "Law & Order - Robert Creeley
Robert Creeley (May 21, 1926 - March 30 2005) was an American poet and author of more than sixty books. He is usually associated with the Black Mountain poets, though his verse aesthetic diverged from that school's. He was close with Charles Olson, Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg, John Wieners and Ed Dorn. He taught for many years at the University at Buffalo. He lived in Waldoboro, Maine, Buffalo, New York and Providence, Rhode Island, where he taught at Brown University. - Mark Russell
Mark Russell (born August 23 1932 in Buffalo, New York) is an American political satirist/comedian. He also sings and plays the piano. Russell is a graduate of Canisius High School in Buffalo, New York. For more than 25 years Russell has appeared on the American public broadcasting network PBS at least four times a year. His comedy specials always switched off between political stand-up and musical parodies "(accompanying himself on his trademark piano)", … - Patrick Kane
Patrick Kane (born November 19, 1988 in Buffalo, New York) is an American junior ice hockey player. He went to St. Martin of Tours school. He started his hockey career playing for the Cazenovia Chiefs in his home town, South Buffalo. He is currently playing for the London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League. Kane was the first overall pick in the2007 NHL Entry Draft to the Chicago Blackhawks. He was drafted in the 5th round of the 2004 OHL Bantam Draft, … - Wendie Malick
Wendie Malick (born December 13, 1950) is an American actress and former fashion model.
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