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Buffalo, NY

CITY

Official Website:
http://www.ci.buffalo.ny.us/

Population:
292648 (2000 census)

Founding Date:
1789

County:
Erie County

SCHOOLS

SchoolFounded
Buffalo State College
1871
Canisius College
1870
State University of New York at Buffalo
1846

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

CompanyFounded
M&T Bank
1856

BIRTHS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Neil Abercrombie
Politician
26-Jun-1938   Congressman, Hawaii 1st
Harold Arlen
Songwriter
15-Feb-1905 23-Apr-1986 Wrote score to Wizard of Oz
Nick Bakay
Actor
8-Oct-1959   Salem Saberhagen on Sabrina
Elliott Baker
Novelist
15-Dec-1922   A Fine Madness
Christine Baranski
Actor
2-May-1952   Mary Sunshine in Chicago
Lynne A. Battaglia
Judge
c. 1945   Judge, Maryland Court of Appeals
Amanda Blake
Actor
20-Feb-1929 16-Aug-1989 Kitty Russell on Gunsmoke
Wolf Blitzer
Journalist
22-Mar-1948   The Situation Room
John Wayne Bobbitt
Victim
23-Mar-1967   Penectomy survivor
Sorrell Booke
Actor
4-Jan-1930 11-Feb-1994 Boss Hogg on Dukes of Hazzard
David Boreanaz
Actor
16-May-1969   Angel
R. Nicholas Burns
Government
28-Jan-1956   Under Secy of State for Political Affairs, 2005-08
Al Cervi
Basketball
12-Feb-1917   NBA Hall of Famer
Kyle Chandler
Actor
17-Sep-1965   Early Edition
Maria Cino
Politician
1957   Republican operative
Dennis E. Clements
Business
c. 1944   Group VP at Toyota, 2000-05
Frances Cleveland
First Lady
21-Jul-1864 29-Oct-1947 Wife of US President Grover Cleveland
Vic Dana
Musician
26-Aug-1942   Red Roses for a Blue Lady
Calvin Darden
Business
5-Feb-1950   VP at UPS, 1998-2005
Jeffrey DeMunn
Actor
25-Apr-1947   Citizen X
Ani DiFranco
Singer/Songwriter
23-Sep-1970   Bisexual folk/punk icon
Bill Donaldson
Government
2-Jun-1931   SEC Chairman, 2003-05
Wild Bill Donovan
Government
1-Jan-1883 8-Feb-1959 Founded the OSS
James B. Foley
Diplomat
4-Apr-1957   US Ambassador to Haiti, 2003-05
Raymond B. Fosdick
Business
9-Jun-1883 19-Jul-1972 President of the Rockefeller Foundation
Vincent Gallo
Actor
11-Apr-1961   Buffalo '66, Brown Bunny
Wilson Greatbatch
Inventor
6-Sep-1919   Implantable pacemaker
Walter W. Heller
Economist
27-Aug-1915 15-Jun-1987 Council of Economic Advisers, 1961-64
Tom Herman
Musician
1949   Founding member of Pere Ubu
Orel Hershiser
Baseball
16-Sep-1958   Bulldog
Brian Higgins
Politician
6-Oct-1959   Congressman, New York 27th
Richard Hofstadter
Historian
6-Aug-1916 24-Oct-1970 Anti-Intellectualism in American Life
Herman Hollerith
Inventor
29-Feb-1860 17-Nov-1929 Invented the punchcard
Paul Horgan
Author
1-Aug-1903 8-Mar-1995 Great River: The Rio Grande
George A. Hormel
Business
4-Dec-1860 5-Jun-1946 Founder of Hormel Foods Corporation
H. Bruce Humberstone
Film Director
18-Nov-1901 11-Oct-1984 Directed several Charlie Chan films
Rick James
Musician
1-Feb-1948 6-Aug-2004 I'm Rick James, bitch
Gloria Jean
Actor
14-Apr-1926   Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
Geri Jewell
Actor
13-Sep-1956   Deadwood
Beverly Johnson
Model
13-Oct-1952   Supermodel
Jeffrey Jones
Actor
28-Sep-1946   Ferris Bueller's principal
Maggie Kuhn
Activist
3-Aug-1905 22-Apr-1995 Organizer of the Gray Panthers
John J. LaFalce
Politician
6-Oct-1939   Congressman from New York, 1975-2003
Mabel Dodge Luhan
Author
26-Feb-1879 13-Aug-1962 Movers and Shakers
Steele MacKaye
Playwright
6-Jun-1842 25-Feb-1894 Founder of New York's Lyceum Theatre
Wendie Malick
Actor
13-Dec-1950   Judith on Dream On
Nancy Marchand
Actor
19-Jun-1928 18-Jun-2000 Mrs. Pynchon on Lou Grant
Brian McKnight
Musician
5-Jun-1969   R&B singer, songwriter and producer
Don Messick
Actor
7-Sep-1926 24-Oct-1997 Voice of Scooby Doo
James W. Michaels
Journalist
1921 2-Oct-2007 Longtime Forbes editor
Barbara C. Moore
Diplomat
c. 1951   US Ambassador to Nicaragua, 2002-05
Jim Moran
Politician
16-May-1945   Congressman, Virginia 8th
Chad Michael Murray
Actor
24-Aug-1981   Lucas Scott on One Tree Hill
Chelsea Noble
Actor
4-Dec-1964   Kate Macdonald on Growing Pains
John Lord O'Brian
Government
14-Oct-1874 1974 Prominent antitrust lawyer
Greg Oden
Basketball
22-Jan-1988   Portland Trail Blazers
William L. Pfeiffer
Politician
29-May-1907 22-Jul-1985 Congressman from New York, 1949-51
Jack Quinn
Politician
13-Apr-1951   Congressman from New York, 1993-2005
James Read
Actor
31-Jul-1953   North & South
Irene Rich
Actor
13-Oct-1891 22-Apr-1988 The Mortal Storm
John G. Roberts, Jr.
Judge
27-Jan-1955   US Supreme Court Chief Justice
Mark Russell
Comic
23-Aug-1932   Political musician and satirist
Tim Russert
Talk Show Host
7-May-1950 13-Jun-2008 Meet the Press
Johnny Rzeznik
Musician
5-Dec-1965   Goo Goo Dolls frontman
William Sadler
Actor
13-Apr-1950   The Shawshank Redemption
Henry Samueli
Business
20-Sep-1954   Co-Founder of Broadcom
Dick Shawn
Actor
1-Dec-1923 17-Apr-1987 Inventor of the "high five"
Billy Sheehan
Bassist
19-Mar-1953   Former Mr. Big bassist
Warren Spahn
Baseball
23-Apr-1921 24-Nov-2003 Winner of 1957 Cy Young Award
Paul Vogt
Actor
16-Dec-1964   MADtv
Cory Wells
Singer
5-Feb-1942   Three Dog Night
Jesse White
Actor
3-Jan-1917 9-Jan-1997 The Maytag Repairman, 1967-88
Patrick Wilson
Drummer
1-Feb-1969   Weezer

DEATHS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Glenn Curtiss
Aviator
21-May-1878 23-Jul-1930 American aviation pioneer
William Fargo
Business
20-May-1818 3-Aug-1881 Co-Founder, American Express & Wells Fargo
Morton Feldman
Composer
12-Jan-1926 3-Sep-1987 Coptic Light
Leslie A. Fiedler
Critic
8-Mar-1917 29-Jan-2003 Love and Death in the American Novel
Millard Fillmore
Head of State
7-Jan-1800 8-Mar-1874 13th President of the US, 1850-53
Joe McCarthy
Baseball
21-Apr-1887 13-Jan-1978 Yankees manager for 15 years
George Stoneman
Military
8-Aug-1822 5-Sep-1894 Civil War general, California governor
James B. Sumner
Chemist
19-Nov-1887 12-Aug-1955 First to crystallize an enzyme



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