- Frederick Douglass IV
Frederick Douglass was born into slavery in 1817 on a tobacco plantation in eastern Maryland. His mother was hired out when he was still an infant. He later recalled that he did not see his mother "more than four or five times in my life." When Douglass was about six years old, he was sent to a nearby plantation where he ran errands and performed simple chores. Douglass learned in 1825 that he was to be sent away from the plantation to Baltimore. - Susan B. Anthony
Susan Brownell Anthony (February 15, 1820 - March 13, 1906) was a prominent, independent and well-educated American civil rights leader who played a pivotal role in the 19th century women's rights movement to secure women's suffrage in the United States. She traveled thousands of miles throughout the United States and Europe, and gave 75 to 100 speeches per year on women's rights for some 45 years. Susan B. Anthony died in Rochester, New York, … - Teddy Geiger
Teddy Geiger (born John Theodore "Teddy" Geiger II on September 16, 1988) is a American singer and songwriter. He plays the guitar, bass, piano, drums, and trombone. - George Eastman
George Eastman founded the Eastman Kodak Company and invented roll film, helping to bring photography to the mainstream. The roll film was also the basis for the invention of the motion picture film in 1888 by world's first filmmaker, Louis Le Prince, and a decade later by his followers Léon Bouly, Thomas Edison, the Lumière Brothers and Georges Méliès. <sup></sup - Pamela Melroy
Colonel Pamela Anne Melroy (born 17 September 1961) is an American astronaut and veteran pilot of two space shuttle missions. Melroy received a bachelor's degree in physics and astronomy from Wellesley College in 1983 while also earning her commission in the United States Air Force through the ROTC program. She then earned a master's degree in earth and planetary sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1984. - Tom Golisano
Blaise Thomas "Tom" Golisano (born 1942) is the billionaire founder of Paychex, the second-largest payroll processor in the United States, and owner of the Buffalo Sabres hockey team. He ran for governor of New York in 1994, 1998, and 2002 as the candidate of the Independence Party of New York. He lost all three elections, spending a combined $93 million over the three campaigns. - Garth Fagan
Garth Fagan (b. 1940 in Jamaica) is a modern dance choreographer is the founder and Artistic Director of "Garth Fagan Dance", a modern dance company based in Rochester, NY. The company, originally named "Bottom of the Bucket - But Dance Theatre", was established in 1970. Fagan studied dance in New York City with Martha Graham, Jose Limon and Alvin Ailey. Fagan credits Pearl Primus as a major influence on his work as well. - Jason McElwain
Jason McElwain (born October 1 1987), informally nicknamed J-Mac, is an autistic American teenager who graduated from Greece Athena High School in Greece, a suburb of Rochester, New York, USA, in 2006. He is noted for scoring twenty points in four minutes during a high school basketball game on February 16, 2006. The game was the last home game of the 2005-2006 season for Greece Athena. - Lydia Lunch
Lydia Lunch (born Lydia Koch on June 2, 1959 in Rochester, New York) is an American singer, poet, writer, and actress. - Margaret Fox
Margaret Fox (1836-1893) was an American spiritualist, born in Bath, Canada. In approximately 1848, in Hydesville, Wayne, County, NY, the Fox's heard rapping noises, which appeared to emit from the walls and furniture, in their residence. Margaret and her two sisters, Catherine and Leah, discovered that by means of a given code, communication could be established with the presumably supernatural agency by which the raps were produced. - Nathaniel Rochester
Colonel Nathaniel Rochester (February 21, 1752 - May 17, 1831) was an American Revolutionary War soldier and land speculator, most noted for founding the settlement which would become Rochester, New York. - Kenneth Bianchi
Kenneth Alessio Bianchi (born May 22, 1951 in Rochester, New York, USA) is, along with cousin Angelo Buono, Jr., one of the Hillside Stranglers. He is serving a prison term in Washington. - Lou Gramm
Lou Gramm (born Louis Grammatico on May 2 1950 in Rochester, New York) is an American rock music vocalist and songwriter best known for his role as the lead vocalist for the rock band Foreigner. He also had a successful solo career. - Chuck Mangione
Charles Frank "Chuck" Mangione (born November 29, 1940) is a flugelhorn player and composer who achieved international success with his jazz-pop single, "Feels So Good", in 1978. He has released more than 30 albums from the early 1960s to today. Born and raised in Rochester, New York, Mangione and his pianist brother Gap led the Jazz Brothers group which recorded three albums for Riverside Records. He attended the Eastman School of Music from 1958 to 1963, … - Philip Seymour Hoffman
Philip Seymour Hoffman (born July 23, 1967) is an Academy Award-winning American actor. - Cab Calloway
Cab Calloway (December 25, 1907-November 18, 1994) was a famous American jazz singer and bandleader. Calloway was a master of energetic scat singing and led one of the United States' most popular African American big bands from the start of the 1930s through the late 1940s. Calloway's Orchestra featured performers that included trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie and Adolphus "Doc" Cheatham, saxophonists Ben Webster and Leon "Chu" Berry, New Orleans guitar ace Danny Barker, … - Walter Hagen
Walter Charles Hagen (December 21, 1892 - October 6, 1969) was a major figure in golf in the first half of the 20th century. He was born in Rochester, New York, United States. His tally of eleven majors is 3rd behind Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus. He won the U.S. Open twice and in 1922 he became the first American to win the British Open, which he went on to win four times in total. He also won the PGA Championship five times (1921, 24-27), the Western Open five times, … - Brother Wease
Brother Wease is the stage name of Alan Levin (born November 1 1946 in Rochester, NY), a radio personality on station WCMF-FM in Rochester, New York. - Kristen Wiig
Kristen Carroll Wiig (born August 22, 1973) is an American actress, comedian, and impressionist. She is a member of The Groundlings whose most visible work is as a cast member of "Saturday Night Live" ("SNL"). Wiig also appeared in the first season of Spike TV's "The Joe Schmo Show". - Steve Gadd
Steve Gadd (born April 9, 1945 in Rochester, New York) is a very well known session drummer, mainly known for work with Paul Simon, Steely Dan, Joe Cocker, Stuff, Bob James, Chick Corea, Eric Clapton, James Taylor, Jim Croce, Eddie Gomez, The Manhattan Transfer, Michal Urbaniak, Steps Ahead, Al Di Meola, Manhattan Jazz Quintet, and many others. Gadd is arguably the most recorded drummer in history, featured on over 600 albums. - Timothy Bush Jr.
Timothy Bush, Jr (April 1, 1761 - May 4, 1850) was an early American member of the Bush political family. - Lee-Hom Wang
Alexander Lee-Hom Wang (born May 17, 1976; better known as Leehom Wang or Wang Leehom) is an American singer-songwriter of Taiwanese descent who has achieved success in Taiwan, Malaysia, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, Thailand and the rest of Southeast Asia. - Angelo Buono Jr.
Angelo Buono, Jr. (October 5, 1934 - September 21, 2002) was, along with cousin Kenneth Bianchi, one of the Hillside Stranglers. Born in Rochester, New York. Buono was found dead on September 21 2002 at Calipatria State Prison while serving a life sentence. Buono, who was alone in his cell at the time of his death, died of a heart attack. Buono had a long criminal history, ranging from failure to pay child support to assault and rape, … - Taye Diggs
Taye Diggs (born Scott Diggs on January 2, 1971 in Rochester, New York) is an American theatre, film and television actor. - James Smith Bush
James Smith Bush (June 15, 1825 - November 11, 1889) was an attorney and Episcopal priest and an ancestor of the Bush political family. He was the father of business magnate Samuel Prescott Bush, grandfather of US Senator Prescott Bush, great-grandfather of US President George H. W. Bush and great-great-grandfather of US President George W. Bush. - Gap Mangione
Gaspare "Gap" Mangione (born July 31, 1938) is a jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and bandleader from Rochester, New York, United States. Born and raised in Rochester, Mangione's younger brother is Grammy-winning flugelhornist Chuck Mangione. Members of a music-loving family, both Gap and Chuck took up instruments. In 1958, they started performing together as the Jazz Brothers, eventually recording three albums for Riverside Records. - Mike Smith
Michael John Smith (born May 19 1965 in Rochester, New York), also known as Mike Smith, is a U.S. television and radio commentator for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association. Smith was a standout basketball player at Brigham Young University. He excelled in both football and volleyball before concentrating on basketball exclusively. - Tyson Beckford
Tyson Craig Beckford (born December 19, 1970 in Bronx, New York) is an American model and actor, known worldwide for his muscular physique, facial structure, and tattoos; and also as the lead model for Ralph Lauren. He is also reported to be one of the highest-paid and richest male supermodels in the world. Beckford is the son of a half Jamaican half Chinese father (paternal grandmother is 100% Chinese) and Jamaican mother with Panamanian ancestry. - John Lithgow
John Arthur Lithgow (pronounced "lith-go") (born October 19, 1945) is an American actor perhaps best-known for his starring role as Dick Solomon in the NBC sitcom "3rd Rock from the Sun". He has also acted on stage, film, and radio. He has earned multiple Emmy Awards and Tony Awards, as well as other honors. He has also recorded music for children. - Savanna Samson
Savanna Samson (real name Natalie Oliveros in Rochester, New York) is an American pornographic actress. Her name sometimes leads to confusion with Savannah, the adult actress who committed suicide in 1994. - Laureen Oliver
Laureen Oliver is a politician/political consultant formerly from Rochester, New York and now resides in Las Vegas, Nevada. She is the Co-Founder of the New York State Independence Party along with B. Thomas Golisano, the billionaire CEO/Founder of Paychex, and Dr. Gordon Black (Harris Interactive). Prior to the Independence Party Oliver served as the Monroe County Chairwoman of United We Stand America. - Gorilla Monsoon
Robert Otto Marella (June 4 1937 - October 6 1999), better known by his stage name of Gorilla Monsoon, was an American professional wrestler, play-by-play announcer, and booker. He is famous for his run as one of the great super-heavyweights, and later as the voice of the World Wrestling Federation as announcer, on-screen President, and backstage manager during the 1980s and 1990s. - Don Mancuso
Don Mancuso (born on March 26 1955 in Rochester, New York) is an American rock music guitarist and songwriter best known for his role as the guitarist for the rock band Black Sheep. He also has a successful solo career. - Malcolm Glazer
Malcolm Irving Glazer (born May 25, 1928 in Rochester, New York) is an American businessman and sports-team owner. He is president and chief executive officer of First Allied Corporation, a holding company for his varied business interests, most notably in the food processing industry. He holds controlling stakes in the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, a National Football League team located in western Florida, United States, and in England's Manchester United Football Club. - Jeff Sluman
Jeffrey George "Jeff" Sluman (born September 11, 1957) is an American professional golfer who has won numerous professional golf tournaments including 6 PGA Tour victories. Sluman was born in Rochester, New York. He attended Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. He turned pro in 1980, and has had career earnings in excess of 16 million dollars. Sluman has had an unusual career in terms of winning golf tournaments. - Obadiah Newcomb Bush
Obadiah Newcomb Bush (January 28, 1797 - 1851) was an American merchant and an ancestor of the Bush political family. He was the son of blacksmith Timothy Bush, Jr. and Lydia Newcomb, and was born in Penfield, Monroe Co., New York on January 28, 1797. He left home during the War of 1812 and married Harriet Smith, the daughter of Dr. Sanford Smith and Priscilla Whipple Smith, in Rochester on November 8, 1821. He and his wife had seven children. - David White
David White (1862 - 1935) was an American geologist, born at Palmyra, New York. He graduated from Cornell University in 1886, and in 1889 became a member of the United States Geological Survey. Eventually, he rose to be chief geologist. In 1903 he became an associate curator of paleobotany at the Smithsonian Institution. He wrote numerous papers on geological and paleontological subjects. - Kim Gordon
Kim Althea Gordon (born April 28, 1953) is a musician, vocalist, and artist. She plays bass and guitar in the alternative rock band Sonic Youth. She also plays in the band Free Kitten with Julie Cafritz (of Pussy Galore), and she has collaborated with musicians such as Ikue Mori, DJ Olive, William Winant, Lydia Lunch, Alan Licht, and Chris Corsano. - Johnny Antonelli
John August Antonelli (born April 12, 1930 in Rochester, New York) is a former left-handed starting pitcher who played for the Boston and Milwaukee Braves, New York and San Francisco Giants, and Cleveland Indians. Antonelli received the biggest bonus in history to that point when he signed with the Braves for $65,000 in 1948. Rules at the time mandated that he spend two full years on the big league club for receiving a large bonus, … - Pete Duel
Pete Duel was an American actor, best known for his role in the television series, "Alias Smith and Jones".
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