- Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 - April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was the thirty-second President of the United States. Elected to four terms in office, he served from 1933 to 1945, and is the only U.S. president to have served more than two terms. A central figure of the 20th century during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war, … - Samuel Cooper
Samuel Cooper (June 12, 1798 - December 3, 1876) was a career U.S. Army officer and, although little-known today, the highest ranking Confederate general during the American Civil War. - Leo Baekeland
Leo Hendrik Baekeland (Ghent, November 14, 1863 - February 23, 1944) was a Belgian-American chemist who invented Velox photographic paper (1893) and Bakelite (1907), an inexpensive, nonflammable, versatile, and popular plastic. Born in Ghent, Belgium, Baekeland was the son of a cobbler and a maid. Upon completing his doctorate at the University of Ghent, he emigrated to America in 1889. Baekeland sold his patent for Velox photographic paper to the president of Kodak, … - Edward D. Wood Jr.
Edward Davis Wood, Jr. was an American motion picture director, screenwriter, actor and producer. In the 1950s, Wood made a run of independently produced, extremely low-budget horror, science fiction and cowboy films, now celebrated for their technical errors, unsophisticated special effects, idiosyncratic dialogue, eccentric casts and outlandish plot elements, although his flair for showmanship gave his productions at least a modicum of commercial success. - Rufus Wainwright
Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright (born July 22, 1973) is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter. He is the brother of Martha Wainwright, the half brother of Lucy Wainwright Roche, and the son of Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle. Since 1998, he has recorded five albums of original music, several EPs, and numerous tracks included on compilations and film soundtracks. - Jason Scott Sadofsky
Jason Scott Sadofsky (born September 13 1970 in Hopewell Junction, New York), more commonly known as Jason Scott, (also known by the pseudonyms "Sketch", "SketchCow" and previously "The Slipped Disk.") is the creator, owner and maintainer of textfiles.com, a web site which archives files from historic bulletin board systems. He is also the creator of a 2005 documentary film about BBSes, "BBS: The Documentary". - Robert Montgomery
Robert Montgomery, U.S.N.R. Commander (May 21, 1904 - September 27, 1981) was an American actor and director. Born Henry Montgomery Jr. in Beacon, New York, his early childhood was one of privilege, since his father was President of the New York Rubber Company. When his father died, the family's fortune was gone, and young Robert went to New York City to try his hand at writing and acting. Sharing a stage with George Cukor gave him an in to Hollywood, … - James Roosevelt Sr.
James Roosevelt or said as James Roosevelt, Sr. was a businessman and father of the President of the United States Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He was born in Hyde Park, New York to Isaac Roosevelt (1790–1863) and his wife Mary Rebecca Aspinwall (1809–1886). - James Kent
James Kent (July 31, 1763 Doansburg, Putnam County, New York – December 12, 1847 New York City) was an American jurist and legal scholar. - Sara Roosevelt
Sara Ann Delano Roosevelt (September 21 1854 - September 7 1941) was the wife of James Roosevelt and the mother of President of the United States Franklin Delano Roosevelt, her only child. - Emma Roberts
Emma Rose Roberts (born February 10 1991) is an American actress, the daughter of actor Eric Roberts and the niece of actresses Lisa Roberts Gillan and Julia Roberts. Roberts made her acting debut at the age of nine in the film "Blow" and is known for her role as the lead character in the Nickelodeon television series "Unfabulous", as well as for her role in the films "Aquamarine" and "Nancy Drew". Roberts is also a pop singer; her debut album, … - William B. Ziff Jr.
William B. Ziff, Jr. was an American publishing executive. His father, William B. Ziff, Sr., was the co-founder of Ziff Davis Inc. and when the elder Ziff died in 1953, Ziff took over the management of the company. After buying out partner Bernard G. Davis, he led Ziff Davis to become the most successful publisher of technology magazines in the 1970s and 1980s. - Robert Sheckley
Robert Sheckley (July 16, 1928 - December 9, 2005) was an American author. First published in the science fiction magazines of the 1950s, his numerous quick-witted stories and novels were famously unpredictable, absurdist and broadly comical. Sheckley was given the Author Emeritus honor by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 2001. There are those who were shocked he was not given the Grand Master Award instead. - Jeffrey Wigand
Jeffrey Wigand and I met at an anti-smoking-awards ceremony in New York on January 18. Wigand was receiving an honorarium of $5,000, and former surgeon general C. Everett Koop was going to introduce him. Wigand radiated glumness, an unsettling affect for a man who was in New York to be honored along with such other anti-smoking activists as California congressman Henry Waxman and Victor Crawford, the former Tobacco Institute lobbyist, who died soon after of throat cancer. - Benson John Lossing
Benson John Lossing (1813-1891) was an American historian and wood engraver, known best for his illustrated books on the American Revolution and American Civil War. He was born in Beekman, New York, and led an active life as a journalist and publisher. - John Lorimer Worden
John Lorimer Worden (12 March 1818 - 19 October 1897) was a U.S. Admiral who served in the American Civil War. He commanded "Monitor" against the Confederate vessel "Virginia" (originally named "Merrimack") in first battle of ironclad ships in 1862. - John A. Quitman
John Anthony Quitman (b. September 1 1799, Rhinebeck, New York - July 17 1858) was an American politician and soldier. He served as Governor of Mississippi from 1835 to 1836 as a Whig and again from 1850 to 1851 as a Democrat. - Dave Price
Dave Price (born October 18, 1966 in Poughkeepsie, New York) is a reporter and weatherman for the CBS's "The Early Show". Before his broadcasting career, Price spent eight years as a corporate human resources executive; his broadcasting career began at WSEE-TV in Erie, Pennsylvania as a morning and noon weathercaster. From 1996-98, he joined CBS affiliate WBBM-TV in Chicago as morning weather anchor and feature reporter. - Homer Augustus Nelson
Homer Augustus Nelson (August 31, 1829 - April 25, 1891) was born in Poughkeepsie, New York in 1829 where he was also raised and educated. He studied law and was admitted to the bar, commencing practice in Poughkeepsie. He was a judge of Dutchess County, New York from 1855 to 1862. At the outbreak of the American Civil War, he became colonel of the 159th New York Volunteer Infantry. He left in 1863 when he was elected to the 38th Congress, … - Bill Duke
Bill Duke (born February 26, 1943) is an American actor and film director. - Digger Phelps
Richard "Digger" Phelps (born July 4 1941) is mostly well-known as the coach of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish basketball team in the 1970s, 1980s and part of the 1990s. The nickname "Digger" derives from his birthplace of Beacon, New York, where his father owned a funeral service. - Thomas Gallaudet
Thomas Gallaudet (June 3 1822 - August 27 1902), an American Episcopal priest, was born in Hartford, Connecticut. His father, Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, was the renowned pioneer of deaf education in the United States. After graduating from Trinity College in Hartford, Gallaudet accepted a teaching position in the New York Institution for Deaf-mutes, where he met and married Elizabeth Budd, who, like Gallaudet's mother Sophia, was deaf. - James Tallmadge
James Tallmadge, Jr. (January 28, 1778 Stanfordville, Dutchess County, New York - September 29, 1853 New York City) was an American lawyer and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives. He graduated from Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island in 1798, and was secretary to Governor George Clinton from 1798 to 1800. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1802, after which he practiced in Poughkeepsie and in New York City. - Chef Anton
Chef Anton is the stage name of Anthony S. Riniti (born 1969), a trained chef from the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York. He is an award-winning expert with the pool cue, and a noted magician whose performance includes a unique mixture of magic, hustling tricks and billiard trick shots. - Thomas Jackson Oakley
Thomas Jackson Oakley was a United States Representative and New York State Attorney General. He graduated from Yale College in 1801, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1804 and commenced practice in Poughkeepsie. He was surrogate of Dutchess County in 1810 and 1811, and was elected as a Federalist to the Thirteenth Congress (March 4, 1813–March 3, 1815). - Elizabeth Allen
Elizabeth Allen was an American actress. Born Elizabeth Ellen Gillease in Jersey City, New Jersey, she got her start as the “Away we go!” girl on "The Jackie Gleason Show" in the 1950s. Elizabeth made numerous television appearances in guest starring roles and as a regular cast member. Her television career spanned three decades. - Ransom Halloway
Ransom Halloway (born about 1793; died April 6, 1851) was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Beekman, Dutchess County, he engaged in agricultural pursuits and was brigade paymaster of the New York Militia in 1818. Halloway was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-first Congress, holding office from March 4, 1849 to March 3, 1851. He died in Mount Pleasant in 1851. - William Radford
William Radford (June 24, 1814 - January 18, 1870) was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, he received a limited schooling, moved to New York City in 1829, and engaged in mercantile pursuits. He was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1863 to March 3, 1867. - James Emott
James Emott (March 9, 1771 - April 7, 1850) was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Poughkeepsie, he completed preparatory studies, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1790 and commenced practice in Ballston Center. He was land commissioner to settle disputes of titles to military reservations in Onondaga County in 1797 and in 1800 moved to Albany. He was a member of the New York State Assembly from Albany County in 1804 and served as speaker. - Edward Jessup
Edward Jessup (December 24 1735 - February 3 1816) was a soldier, judge and political figure in Upper Canada. He was born in Stamford, Connecticut in 1735 and moved with his family to Dutchess County, New York in 1744. In 1759, he served with Jeffery Amherst in the Lake Champlain region. In 1764, he moved with his brother to Albany, New York where they established a community known as Jessup's Landing on the Hudson River. In 1776, with other loyalists from this area, … - Isaac R. Sherwood
Isaac Ruth Sherwood (August 13, 1835 - October 15, 1925) was an American politician and newspaper editor from Toledo, Ohio, as well as an officer in the Union army during the Civil War. He served nine terms in the United States Congress, and was a noted pacifist during World War I. - Edmund Platt
Edmund Platt (February 2, 1865 - August 7, 1939) was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Poughkeepsie, he attended a private school and Riverview Academy. He graduated from Eastman Business College in Poughkeepsie and learned the printer's trade. He graduated from Harvard University in 1888 and taught school and studied law. He moved to Wisconsin and edited the "Superior Evening Telegram" in 1890 and 1891. - Platt Rogers Spencer
Platt Rogers Spencer (also Platt R. Spencer) was born in East Fishkill, New York on November 7, 1800 and died in Geneva, Ohio on May 16, 1864. Spencer is credited as being the originator of Spencerian penmanship, a popular system of cursive handwriting. Spencer was born in East Fishkill, New York on November 7, 1800. His father, Caleb, died in 1806, and the family moved to Jefferson, Ohio in 1810, which was, at that time, unsettled. - Jonas Platt
Jonas Platt was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York. He was born in Poughkeepsie, New York on June 30 1769. He attended a French academy at Montreal, Canada, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1790. He practiced in Poughkeepsie and served as the county clerk of Herkimer County from 1791 to 1798. He was also the county clerk of Oneida County from 1798 to 1802. - Mickey McDermott
Maurice Joseph "Mickey" McDermott Jr. (April 29 1929 - August 7 2003) was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who is best known not for his accomplishments, but for what he didn't accomplish. A "can't miss" prospect, McDermott failed to live up to his potential due in part to his wildness on and off of the pitcher's mound. - Patrick R. Manning
Patrick R. "Pat" Manning (born June 9 1965) is the former New York State Assemblyman who announced for his candidacy as a Republican for Governor of New York in 2005. Manning served the 103rd Assembly District of New York since 1994. Prior to being elected to the State Assembly, Manning served as an executive aide for then Assemblyman Glenn E. Warren and a Dutchess County Legislator for the 20th District. - Bob Byman
Bob Byman (born April 25, 1955) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and currently plays on the Champions Tour. Byman was born in Poughkeepsie, New York. He attended Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and was a member of the golf team. He played with Jay Haas and Curtis Strange on the 1974 and 1975 teams, which won the NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships. - Gilbert Dean
Gilbert Dean (August 14, 1819 - October 12, 1870) was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Pleasant Valley, he attended the common schools and Amenia Seminary in Dutchess County. He was graduated from Yale College in 1841 and studied law, gaining admission to the bar and commencing practice in Poughkeepsie in 1844. Dean was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses and served from March 4, 1851 to July 3, 1854, when he resigned. - Billy Name
Billy Linich, known as Billy Name and Billy Goat, (born 22 February 1940 in Poughkeepsie, New York), is a noted American photographer, artist, filmmaker, lighting designer, and the main archivist of the Warhol era from 1964-70. His brief romance and subsequent close friendship with Andy Warhol fostered substantial collaboration on Warhol's most influential work, including his films, paintings and sculpture. - Duncan McArthur
Duncan McArthur (January 14, 1772 - April 29, 1839) was a Federalist and National Republican politician from Ohio. He served as the 11th Governor of Ohio. Born to Scottish immigrants in Dutchess County, New York, McArthur grew up in western Pennsylvania and later moved to Kentucky, where he was employed as an Indian ranger. McArthur moved across the Ohio River in 1797 to the new town of Chillicothe, Ohio, which was to become the state capital in 1803.
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