Founded 1786 as Erasmus Hall Academy.
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Joseph Barbera |
Cartoonist |
24-Mar-1911 |
18-Dec-2006 |
Hanna-Barbera cartoons |
| Carol Bruce |
Singer |
15-Nov-1919 |
9-Oct-2007 |
Singer with seven decade career |
| Jeff Chandler |
Actor |
15-Dec-1918 |
17-Jun-1961 |
Broken Arrow |
| Betty Comden |
Songwriter |
3-May-1915 |
23-Nov-2006 |
Singin' in the Rain |
| Billy Cunningham |
Basketball |
3-Jun-1943 |
|
The Kangaroo Kid |
| Al Davis |
Football |
4-Jul-1929 |
8-Oct-2011 |
Owner of the Oakland Raiders |
| Neil Diamond |
Singer/Songwriter |
24-Jan-1941 |
|
Sweet Caroline |
| Bobby Fischer |
Chess Player |
9-Mar-1943 |
18-Jan-2008 |
Eccentric chess grandmaster |
| Moe Howard |
Actor |
19-Jun-1897 |
4-May-1975 |
Boss Stooge |
| Eric R. Kandel |
Scientist |
7-Nov-1929 |
|
Signal transduction in the nervous system |
| Lainie Kazan |
Actor |
15-May-1940 |
|
My Favorite Year |
| Dorothy Kilgallen |
Columnist |
3-Jul-1913 |
8-Nov-1965 |
What's My Line? |
| Bernie Kopell |
Actor |
21-Jun-1933 |
|
Doc on The Love Boat |
| Arthur Laurents |
Playwright |
14-Jul-1918 |
5-May-2011 |
West Side Story |
| David Levine |
Cartoonist |
20-Dec-1926 |
29-Dec-2009 |
Caricaturist, New York Review of Books |
| Sid Luckman |
Football |
21-Nov-1916 |
5-Jul-1998 |
Chicago Bears QB, Hall of Famer |
| Aline MacMahon |
Actor |
3-May-1899 |
12-Oct-1991 |
Dragon Seed |
| Barbara McClintock |
Scientist |
16-Jun-1902 |
2-Sep-1992 |
Discovered transposable genes |
| Stephanie Mills |
Singer |
22-Mar-1957 |
|
The Wiz |
| Donny Most |
Actor |
8-Aug-1953 |
|
Ralph Malph on Happy Days |
| Hy Peskin |
Photographer |
5-Nov-1915 |
2-Jun-2005 |
Sports photojournalist |
| Richard Portnow |
Actor |
26-Jan-1947 |
|
Hal Melvoin on The Sopranos |
| Beverly Sills |
Singer |
25-May-1929 |
2-Jul-2007 |
Soprano at the New York City Opera |
| Robert Silverberg |
Novelist |
15-Jan-1935 |
|
Nightwings |
| Mickey Spillane |
Author |
9-Mar-1918 |
17-Jul-2006 |
Mike Hammer novels |
| Barbra Streisand |
Singer |
24-Apr-1942 |
|
You Don't Bring Me Flowers |
| Norma Talmadge |
Actor |
26-May-1893 |
24-Dec-1957 |
Du Barry, Woman of Passion |
| Verree Teasdale |
Actor |
15-Mar-1904 |
17-Feb-1987 |
A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Bob Tisch |
Business |
29-Apr-1926 |
15-Nov-2005 |
CEO of Loews, Owner NY Giants |
| Eli Wallach |
Actor |
7-Dec-1915 |
24-Jun-2014 |
The Magnificent Seven |
