CITY

Official Website:
http://www.cityofyonkers.com/

Population:
196086 (2000 census)

Founding Date:
1646

County:
Westchester County

Founded 1646 by lawyer Adriaen Ven Der Donck, the town founded 1788, incorporated as a village 1855, and then as a city in 1872.

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
St. Joseph's Seminary, Yonkers, NY	1896
Yonkers High School, Yonkers, NY

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Nancy Allen	Actor	24-Jun-1950		RoboCop
James Blake	Tennis	28-Dec-1979		2nd place, 2006 Tennis Masters Cup
Ellsworth Bunker	Diplomat	11-May-1894	30-Sep-1984	US Ambassador to South Vietnam, 1967-73
Sid Caesar	Comic	8-Sep-1922	12-Feb-2014	Your Show of Shows
James Comey	Government	14-Dec-1960		Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Lawrence Ferlinghetti	Poet	24-Mar-1919		A Coney Island of the Mind
Thomas Mikal Ford	Actor	15-Jun-1962	12-Oct-2016	Tommy Strawn on Martin
D. Carleton Gajdusek	Scientist	9-Sep-1923	12-Dec-2008	Kuru (slow virus infections)
Gary LeRoi Gray	Actor	15-Jun-1985		Nelson Tibideaux on The Cosby Show
Jadakiss	Rapper	27-May-1975		Why?
Jack Lambert	Actor	13-Apr-1920	18-Feb-2002	Riverboat
Joe Lapchick	Basketball	12-Apr-1900	10-Aug-1970	Original Celtic, later NY Knicks Coach
Bernard McGinn	Theologian	19-Aug-1937		The Presence of God
Eugene R. McGrath	Business	1942		CEO of Consolidated Edison, 1997-2005
Steve Meretzky	Computer Programmer	1-May-1957		Leather Goddesses of Phobos
John H. Northrop	Chemist	5-Jul-1891	27-May-1987	Bacteriophages
Erik Palladino	Actor	10-May-1968		Dr. Dave Malucci on ER
Frederic M. Poses	Business	c. 1943		CEO of Trane
Clifton Powell	Actor	31-Aug-1947		Civil Brand
Ben Powers	Actor	13-Feb-1949	6-Apr-2015	Keith Anderson on Good Times
Adam Rodriguez	Actor	2-Apr-1975		Eric Delko on CSI: Miami
Robert Shayne	Actor	4-Oct-1900	29-Nov-1992	Insp. Henderson on Adventures of Superman
Samuel S. Stratton	Politician	27-Sep-1916	13-Sep-1990	Congressman from New York
John B. Taylor	Economist	8-Dec-1946		Council of Economic Advisers, 1989-91
Paul Teutul, Sr.	TV Personality	1-May-1949		American Chopper
Steven Tyler	Singer	26-Mar-1948		Frontman for Aerosmith
Jon Voight	Actor	29-Dec-1938		Midnight Cowboy
Tom Watson	Journalist	21-Feb-1962		Co-Founder of @NY news service
Richard Yates	Novelist	3-Feb-1926	7-Nov-1992	Revolutionary Road

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Rudolf Bing	Business	9-Jan-1902	2-Sep-1997	Manager of the NY Metropolitan Opera, 1950-72
Gene Krupa	Drummer	15-Jan-1909	16-Oct-1973	Pioneering drummer
Elisha Otis	Inventor	3-Aug-1811	8-Apr-1861	Invented the safety elevator
James Rainwater	Physicist	9-Dec-1917	31-May-1986	Determined shapes of nuclei
Mary Thom	Editor	3-Jun-1944	26-Apr-2013	Executive Editor of Ms., 1990-92
Samuel J. Tilden	Politician	9-Feb-1814	4-Aug-1886	Lost the stolen 1876 US election

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