List of people from Buffalo, New York

A list of people who are from or have lived in Buffalo, New York. Individuals are listed in alphabetical order by last name in each category. Residents of Buffalo are commonly referred to as Buffalonians.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (October 2016)

Architects

  • Louise Blanchard Bethune (1856–1915)
  • Gordon Bunshaft (1909–1990), Pritzker Prize winner
  • Robert T. Coles (1929–2020)
  • William Harrison Folsom (1815–1901), designed the Manti Temple
  • E. B. Green (1855–1950)
  • James A. Johnson (1865–1939)
  • Duane Lyman (1886–1966)
  • Richard A. Waite (1848–1911)

Arts and humanities

  • Cory Arcangel (born 1978), new media artist
  • Timothy D. Bellavia (born 1971), children's author, illustrator, and educator
  • Charles E. Burchfield (1893–1967), watercolor painter
  • Philip Burke (born 1956), caricaturist
  • John F. Carlson (1875–1947), American Impressionist
  • Charles Clough (born 1951), painter
  • Tony Conrad (1940–2016), media artist
  • Steve Fiorilla (1961–2009), illustrator and sculptor
  • Frank Kelly Freas (1922–2005), science fiction and fantasy artist
  • Wilhelmina McAlpin Godfrey (1914–1994), painter, printmaker, and fiber artist
  • Grace Knowlton (1932–2020), sculptor
  • Justine Kurland (born 1969), photographer
  • J. J. Lankes (1884–1960), illustrator, woodcut print artist, and author
  • Sylvia Lark (1947–1990), Seneca painter and printmaker
  • Robert Longo (born 1953), painter and sculptor
  • Anne-Imelda Radice (born 1948), art historian and curator
  • Asad Raza (born 1974), artist
  • Michael Ross (1955), artist
  • Spain Rodriguez (1940–2012), underground cartoonist
  • Milton Rogovin (1909–2011), documentary photographer
  • Charles Rohlfs (1853–1936), actor, patternmaker, stove designer, and furniture maker
  • Bob Sarles (1957), documentary filmmaker, film editor, and radio host
  • Paul Sharits (1943–1993), visual artist
  • Cindy Sherman (born 1954), artist and photographer
  • William Simpson (c.1818–1872), portrait artist[1]
  • Chrysanne Stathacos (born 1951), print, textile, performance, and conceptual artist
  • Tony Sisti (1901–1983), painter
  • Eugene Speicher (1883–1962), portrait, landscape, and figurative painter
  • Tom Toles (born 1951), political cartoonist
  • Adam Zyglis (born 1982), editorial cartoonist

Authors and journalists

Bands, composers, and musicians

Business and industry

Entertainers and actors

Military

Politics and law

Religion, charities, social advocacy

Science and technology

Sports

Other

See also

References

  1. ^ Irvine, Betty Jo (1969). Fine Arts and the Black American, Issue 6. Indiana University Libraries. p. 14.
  2. ^ "New Faces ... Going Places; Introducing: Suzan Ball". Detroit Free Press. p. 28. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  3. ^ Associated Press (August 6, 1955). "Actress Suzan Ball Is Dead; Pluck Won a Nation's Heart; Born in Buffalo". The Buffalo News. p. 3. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  4. ^ Signal 75 - AFCEA. “Hidden Biases and Artificial Barriers Didn't Stop This Navy Officer.” Julianne Simpson. September 3, 2020. https://www.afcea.org/content/hidden-biases-and-artificial-barriers-didn%E2%80%99t-stop-navy-officer
  5. ^ "John C. Sagelhurst". Archived from the original on July 28, 2014. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  6. ^ "Gen. Tiernon Dead". The Buffalo Commercial. Buffalo, NY. March 31, 1910. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Death of Capt. I. R. Harrington". Morning Express. Buffalo, NY. August 21, 1851. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Erie Legislators Indicted on Bribe". The New York Times. January 30, 1971. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  9. ^ "Previous Serving Legislators | Erie County Legislature". .erie.gov. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
  10. ^ "Wilson Greatbatch". invent.org. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
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