Notable Residents
- Joseph Alden, (1807–1885), born in Cairo, was a noted academic and author of over seventy books
- Jennifer Connelly - the Academy Award winning actress was born in Round Top in 1970.
- Jack Diamond, a bootlegger and gangster, was shot at twice within the town, once at a private dinner, and another time at The Aratoga Inn. He also owned a home in Acra.
- Thurlow Weed, (1797–1882), born in Cairo, was a newspaper editor and political boss, who promoted, by turns (and sometimes simultaneously), the National Republican, Anti-Masonic, Whig and Republican parties.
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