East Utica, New York - Notable Residents

Notable Residents

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  • New York State Governor and Democratic presidential candidate Horatio Seymour was a native of Utica and is buried there.
  • US Senator and Republican Stalwart political leader Roscoe Conkling was Mayor of Utica and is buried there.
  • United States Vice-President James Schoolcraft Sherman was born in Utica and is buried there.
  • Revolutionary war hero Baron von Steuben is buried near Utica.
  • Revolutionary war soldier Benjamin Walker died in Utica.
  • Actress and singer Annette Funicello was born in Utica on October 22, 1942. She poked mild fun at the city in her song "The Promised Land" ("I don’t remember too much from the trip from my birth place to California... From Sin City in the East, to the City of Angels...")
  • Musician Fran Cosmo is from Utica.
  • Actor Ron O'Neal was born in Utica.
  • Actress Tiffany Pollard is from Utica.
  • New Orleans Saints Defensive End Will Smith is from Utica, graduating from Thomas R. Proctor.
  • Art Mills (son of Willie Mills), a National League pitcher; and coach of the 1945 World Series champions, the Detroit Tigers, was born in Utica.
  • Arthur Bowen Davies, American artist, was born in Utica on September 26, 1863.
  • Major League Baseball second baseman Dave Cash was born in Utica on June 11, 1948.
  • Television personality TJ Allard is from Utica.
  • Political pollster John Zogby is from Utica.
  • Real estate developer Steve Wynn is from Utica.
  • Chris Garrett - Running back in college football and the Canadian Football League for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
  • Mark Lemke, (born 1965), former Major League Baseball player.
  • McDonald's Chief Operating Officer, Tim Fenton
  • David F. D'Alessandro (born January 6, 1951, Utica, New York) is a former Fortune 200 Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and the author of three best-selling business books
  • The band "moe." is from Utica.
  • Lincoln Holroyd was an active performer, band leader and music educator in Utica, N.Y., from 1905 until his death in 1961.

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