Established 1614 as a Dutch fort, renamed Albany in 1664 by the British.
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| William Barnet III |
Business |
27-Aug-1942 |
|
CEO of William Barnet & Son, 1976-2000 |
| Marion Zimmer Bradley |
Author |
3-Jun-1930 |
25-Sep-1999 |
The Mists of Avalon |
| Ginny Brown-Waite |
Politician |
5-Oct-1943 |
|
Congresswoman from Florida, 2003-11 |
| Roscoe Conkling |
Politician |
30-Oct-1829 |
18-Apr-1888 |
US Senator from New York, 1867-81 |
| Erastus Corning II |
Politician |
7-Oct-1909 |
28-May-1983 |
Mayor of Albany, New York, 1942-83 |
| Gene Cretz |
Diplomat |
c. 1950 |
|
US Ambassador to Ghana |
| William Devane |
Actor |
5-Sep-1937 |
|
Greg Sumner on Knots Landing |
| Walter F. Doran |
Military |
15-Oct-1945 |
|
C-in-C, US Pacific Fleet, 2002-05 |
| Michael J. Dugan |
Military |
22-Feb-1937 |
|
USAF Chief of Staff, 1990 |
| Christian Finnegan |
Comic |
1-Apr-1973 |
|
Two For Flinching |
| Hamilton Fish II |
Politician |
17-Apr-1849 |
15-Jan-1936 |
Congressman from New York, 1909-11 |
| Charles Fort |
Scientist |
6-Aug-1874 |
3-May-1932 |
Prophet of the Unexplained |
| Kirsten Gillibrand |
Politician |
9-Dec-1966 |
|
US Senator from New York |
| Leslie R. Groves |
Military |
17-Aug-1896 |
13-Jul-1970 |
Director of the Manhattan Project |
| Learned Hand |
Judge |
27-Jan-1872 |
18-Aug-1961 |
Influential American justice |
| Bret Harte |
Author |
25-Aug-1836 |
5-May-1902 |
Master of the western short story |
| Joseph Henry |
Physicist |
17-Dec-1797 |
13-May-1878 |
Discovered electromagnetic induction |
| Ashton Holmes |
Actor |
17-Feb-1978 |
|
Tyler Barrol on Revenge |
| Michael Patrick Jann |
Film Director |
15-May-1970 |
|
Reno 911!, The State |
| Menachem Kellner |
Scholar |
28-Mar-1946 |
|
Maimonidean scholar |
| William Kennedy |
Novelist |
16-Jan-1928 |
|
Ironweed and The Cotton Club |
| Robert S. Langer |
Chemist |
29-Aug-1948 |
|
Institute Professor at MIT |
| John P. Lewis |
Economist |
18-Mar-1921 |
19-May-2010 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1963-64 |
| James Mann |
Author |
18-Sep-1946 |
|
Rise of the Vulcans |
| Daniel Manning |
Government |
16-May-1831 |
24-Dec-1887 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1885-87 |
| John McTiernan |
Film Director |
8-Jan-1951 |
|
The Hunt for Red October |
| Gerald J. Pappert |
Attorney |
15-May-1963 |
|
Attorney General of Pennsylvania, 2003-05 |
| Rufus Wheeler Peckham |
Judge |
8-Nov-1838 |
24-Oct-1909 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1896-1909 |
| Martha Quinn |
TV Personality |
11-May-1959 |
|
Original MTV veejay |
| William C. Redfield |
Politician |
18-Jun-1858 |
13-Jun-1932 |
US Commerce Secretary, 1913-19 |
| Andy Rooney |
Journalist |
14-Jan-1919 |
4-Nov-2011 |
60 Minutes' resident crank |
| Philip Schuyler |
Military |
11-Nov-1733 |
18-Nov-1804 |
US Revolutionary War general |
| Philip Henry Sheridan |
Military |
6-Mar-1831 |
5-Aug-1888 |
Union Army General |
| Theobald Smith |
Scientist |
31-Jul-1859 |
10-Dec-1934 |
Infectious and parasitic diseases |
| Anthony J. Vinciquerra |
Business |
c. 1955 |
|
CEO of Fox Networks Group |
| Kevin M. Warsh |
Economist |
13-Apr-1970 |
|
Federal Reserve Governor, 2006-11 |
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Hannah Van Buren |
First Lady |
8-Mar-1783 |
5-Feb-1819 |
Wife of US President Martin Van Buren |
| Daniel E. Button |
Politician |
1-Nov-1917 |
7-Mar-2009 |
Congressman from New York, 1967-71 |
| De Witt Clinton |
Politician |
2-Mar-1769 |
11-Feb-1828 |
Twice Governor of New York |
| Erastus Corning |
Business |
14-Dec-1794 |
9-Apr-1872 |
Railroad baron, Ironmonger, Congressman |
| Daniel Manning |
Government |
16-May-1831 |
24-Dec-1887 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1885-87 |
| William Paterson |
Judge |
24-Dec-1745 |
9-Sep-1806 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1793-1806 |
| Philip Schuyler |
Military |
11-Nov-1733 |
18-Nov-1804 |
US Revolutionary War general |
| Arthur Shawcross |
Criminal |
6-Jun-1945 |
10-Nov-2008 |
Genesee River Killer |
| John C. Spencer |
Politician |
8-Jan-1788 |
18-May-1855 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1843-44 |
| John Tayler |
Politician |
4-Jul-1742 |
19-Apr-1829 |
Governor of New York, 1817 |
| Monty Woolley |
Actor |
17-Aug-1888 |
6-May-1963 |
The Man Who Came to Dinner |
