Notable Personalities Living and Dead
in Jefferson County, NY
These are some of Jefferson County's Living Personalities:[edit | edit source]
(See table display below regular listing)
James Eric Anzalone - Leatherman/Biker for the Village People
Darrel J. Aubertine - New York State Senator, long-time dairy farmer, state agriculture commissioner
Joe Bouchard - Bassist, keyboardist, trumpeter, songwriter, bassist for Blue Öyster Cult
Albert Bouchard - Drummer, guitarist, singer, songwriter and founding member of Blue Öyster Cult
Delos Cosgrove, M.D. - Chief heart surgeon for the Cleveland Clinic
George Coutoupis - Actor known for Bad Dreams, Where the Boys Are, Blue Skies Again
Emma Engle - Actress, model and dancer
Jeff Graham - Mayor, radio personality, business owner
Richard Grieco - Actor
Mary Margaret Humes - A runner-up for Miss America and actress
Norma Jean - Actress
Judge Kim Martusewicz - Well-known local judge and native of Jefferson County.
"Barefoot" Bob McCreadie - Stock car driver
Tim McCreadie - Stock car driver, "Barefoot" Bob's son
John M. McHugh - Local Republican politician, former U.S. Congressman, appointed to the position of United States Secretary of the Army by President Obama in 2009.
Gary Miles - Well-known and sometimes high-profile local attorney.
Viggo Mortenson - Actor
Eugene Mosher - Pioneer in human/computer interaction devices & methods
Mark Neveldine - Actor, cinematographer, directory
Matt Puccia - Crew Chief of the No. 99 Northern Tool & Equipment Ford F-150
Joe Rich - Longtime local radio and TV newscaster-turned-co-founder and longtime executive director of Disabled Persons Action Organization
Maggie Rizer - Internationally-known High Fashion Model, AIDS activist, actress
Savanna Samson (Natalie Skeldon Oliveros) - Exotic Dancer, Porn-star, tv and radio personality
Stephen Smith - Local Internet newsperson, owner of the innovative and popular Newzjunky.com website
Jay Storey - Actor
Dave Trembley - Manager of the Baltimore Orioles 2007 to 2010
Johnny Keegan Tunstall - The Famous North Country Radio DJ Johnny Keegan
Lisa Vroman - Lyric soprano and stage actress
T. Urling Walker - Two-time mayor of Watertown, community leader
Wyatt Walter - Actor
Kat Wisener - Actress
These are some of Jefferson County's Dead Personalities:[edit | edit source]
Henry H. Babcock His company built cars. Also last president of the village of Watertown, lawyer, banker, entrepreneur and owner of the Babcock Body Company and the Babcock Carriage Company.
Grace Barton - Actress and writer (born August 29, 1883 in Watertown, died September 23, 1962 in New York, NY)
Eugenie Besserer Stage actress (born December 25, 1868 in Watertown, died May 30, 1934 in Los Angeles, California)
George Boldt Built Boldt Castle
Benjamin Buck First free black settler in Jefferson County
Danny Burgess Longtime local TV program host and weatherman.
Chauncey Calhoun Early settler, carpenter and joiner on some of Watertown's earliest structures and at Madison Barracks.
Clifford Carr Well-known and well-liked local stock car driver, and one of the oldest.
Huckleberry Charlie Local well-known personality who sold huckleberries and newspapers.
Ernest G. Cook Local journalist and genealogy writer.
Lance G. "Tex" Corrigan Watertown's Cowboy
Melvil Dewey Inventor of the Dewey Decimal System
John Foster Dulles Secretary of State under Dwight D. Eisenhower
Frederick Exley Author
Roswell P. Flower NY Governor and Wall Street Scion
John Gary (b.Nov 29, 1932 d.Jan 04, 1998) Entertainer
Samuel Guthrie, MD Inventor of Chloroform, of "the process by which potato starch could be rapidly converted into molasses", and of the Forerunner Of The Percussion Cap [1782-1848]
James Hackett Famous Shakespearean Actor
Robert Hitchcock Hitchcock Oil Lamp Inventor
Marietta Holley (1836-1926) Author. Wrote under the sobriquet of Josiah Allen's Wife, author of the famed "Samantha..." books
Don Hopkins Longtime local TV newscaster
Walter Hunt Safety Pin Inventor
Victor Izay - Actor
Henry Keep Railroad Magnate and Financier
Robert Lansing Secretary of State under Woodrow Wilson
Anthony (Tony) Malara Local broadcast personality
Scotty Mattraw Owned a place called Scotty's Eatable Eats in Watertown and later left for Hollywood and became an actor.
Jennie M Walker MacMillan From Glen Park. First elected woman police justice in New York State.
J. Sterling Morton Founder of Arbor Day, born in Adams
George Neher (Nair) Longtime local radio announcer
Channez Imogene Olney - Actress
Charles Pierce - Actor most known for female impersonations
Elihu Root Secretary of State under Theodore Roosevelt
James Sterling - "Iron Baron"
Bob Tompkins Longtime local TV newscaster
James B. Wise Industrialist, Founder of Watertown Red and Black, Mayor of Watertown
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| Last | First | Alive | Born | Died | Brief Description About Them |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anzalone | James Eric | Y | 1965.10.06 | Leatherman/Biker for the Village People | |
| Aubertine | Darrel J | Y | 1953.06.03 | New York State Senator, long-time dairy farmer, state agriculture commissioner | |
| Babcock | Henry H | N | 1821 | His company built cars. Also last president of the village of Watertown, lawyer, banker, entrepreneur and owner of the Babcock Body Company and the Babcock Carriage Company | |
| Barton | Grace | N | 1883.08.29 | 1962.09.23 | Actress and writer |
| Besserer | Eugenie | N | 1868.12.25 | 1934.05.30 | Stage actress |
| Boldt | George | N | 1851.04.25 | 1916.12.05 | Built Boldt Castle |
| Bonaparte | Joseph | N | 1768.01.07 | 1844.07.28 | |
| Bouchard | Joe | Y | 1948.11.09 | Bassist, keyboardist, trumpeter, songwriter, bassist for Blue Öyster Cult | |
| Bouchard | Albert | Y | 1947.05.24 | Drummer, guitarist, singer, songwriter and founding member of Blue Öyster Cult | |
| Buck | Benjamin | N | First free black settler in Jefferson County | ||
| Burgess | Danny | N | 1925.10.03 | 2005.05.19 | Longtime local TV program host and weatherman |
| Calhoun | Chauncey | N | 1776.06.15 | 1856.07.31 | Early settler, carpenter and joiner on some of Watertown's earliest structures and at Madison Barracks |
| Carr | Clifford | N | 1925.06.01 | 2014.01.05 | Well-known and well-liked local stock car driver, and one of the oldest |
| Charlie | Huckleberry | N | 1842.02.15 | 1921.01.14 | Charles P Sherman - Local well-known personality who sold huckleberries and newspapers |
| Coffeen | Henry | N | |||
| Cook | Ernest G | N | 1873.05.25 | 1959.07.26 | Local journalist and genealogy writer |
| Corrigan | Lance G "Tex" | N | 1905.01.13 | 1950 | Watertown's Cowboy |
| Cosgrove, MD | Delos | Y | 1940 | Chief heart surgeon for the Cleveland Clinic | |
| Coutoupis | George | Y | 1955.11.18 | Actor known for Bad Dreams, Where the Boys Are, Blue Skies Again | |
| Dewey | Melvil | N | 1851.12.10 | 1931.12.26 | Inventor of the Dewey Decimal System |
| Duffy | Alex "Mr Watertown" | N | 1899.01.07 | 1999.08.31 | |
| Dulles | Allen W | N | 1893.04.07 | 1969.01.29 | |
| Dulles | John Foster | N | 1888.02.25 | 1959.05.24 | Secretary of State under Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Empsall | Frank A | N | |||
| Engle | Emma | Y | 2003.05.18 | Actress, model and dancer | |
| Exley | Frederick | N | 1929.03.28 | 1992.06.17 | Author |
| Flower | Roswell P | N | 1835.08.07 | 1899.05.12 | NY Governor and Wall Street Scion |
| Gary | John | N | 1932.11.29 | 1998.01.04 | Entertainer |
| Graham | Jeff | Y | Mayor, radio personality, business owner | ||
| Grieco | Richard | Y | 1965.03.23 | Actor | |
| Guthrie, MD | Samuel | N | 1782 | 1848.10.19 | Inventor of Chloroform, of "the process by which potato starch could be rapidly converted into molasses", and of the Forerunner Of The Percussion Cap |
| Hackett | James | N | Famous Shakespearean Actor | ||
| Hitchcock | Robert | N | 1832.10.20 | 1900.07.19 | Hitchcock Oil Lamp Inventor |
| Holley | Marietta | N | 1836.07.16 | 1926.03.01 | Author. Wrote under the sobriquet of Josiah Allen's Wife, author of the famed "Samantha..." books |
| Hopkins | Don | N | 1927.05.01 | 2019.09.28 | Longtime local TV newscaster |
| Humes | Mary Margaret | Y | 1954.04.04 | A runner-up for Miss America and actress | |
| Hungerford | Orville | N | 1790.10.29 | 1851.04.06 | |
| Hunt | Walter | N | 1796.07.29 | 1859.06.08 | Safety Pin Inventor |
| Izay | Victor | N | 1923.12.23 | 2014.01.20 | |
| Jean | Norma | Y | 1967.02.13 | Norma Jean Lowe - Actress | |
| Johnston | Bill "Pirate" | N | 1782.02.01 | 1870.02.17 | |
| Keegan | Johnny | Y | Johnny Keegan Tunstall - The Famous North Country Radio DJ Johnny Keegan | ||
| Keep | Henry | N | 1818.06.22 | 1869.07.31 | Railroad Magnate and Financier |
| Lansing | Robert | N | 1864.10.17 | 1928.10.30 | Secretary of State under Woodrow Wilson |
| Ligammari | Peter | N | |||
| Malara | Anthony "Tony" | N | 1936.09.11 | 2006.08.24 | Local broadcast personality |
| Martusewicz | Kim, Judge | Y | Well-known local judge and native of Jefferson County | ||
| Massey | Hart | N | 1771.12.05 | 1853.03.03 | |
| Mattraw | Scotty | N | 1880.10.19 | 1946.11.09 | Owned a place called Scotty's Eatable Eats in Watertown and later left for Hollywood and became an actor |
| McCreadie | "Barefoot" Bob | Y | 1950.01.19 | Stock car driver | |
| McCreadie | Tim | Y | 1974.04.12 | Stock car driver, "Barefoot" Bob's son | |
| McHugh | John M | Y | 1948.09.29 | Local Republican politician, former U.S. Congressman, appointed to the position of United States Secretary of the Army by President Obama in 2009 | |
| Miles | Gary | Y | Well-known and sometimes high-profile local attorney | ||
| Mortenson | Vigo | Y | 1958.10.20 | Actor | |
| Morton | J Sterling | N | 1832.04.22 | 1902.04.27 | Founder of Arbor Day, born in Adams |
| Mosher | Eugene | Y | 1949.01.13 | Pioneer in human/computer interaction devices & methods | |
| Neher | George | N | 1943.08.20 | 2009.08.25 | Longtime local radio announcer |
| Neveldine | Mark | Y | 1973.05.11 | Actor, cinematographer, director | |
| Olney | Channez Imogene | N | 1873.08.04 | 1909.02.09 | Actress |
| Pierce | Charles | N | 1926.07.14 | 1999.05.31 | Actor most known for female impersonations |
| Puccia | Matt | Y | Crew Chief of the No. 99 Northern Tool & Equipment Ford F-150 | ||
| Rich | Joe | Y | Longtime local radio and TV newscaster-turned-co-founder and longtime executive director of Disabled Persons Action Organization | ||
| Rizer | Maggie | Y | 1978.01.09 | Internationally-known High Fashion Model, AIDS activist, actress | |
| Root | Elihu | N | 1845.02.15 | 1937.02.07 | Secretary of State under Theodore Roosevelt |
| Samson | Savanna | Y | 1967.10.14 | (Natalie Skeldon Oliveros) - Exotic Dancer, Porn-star, tv and radio personality | |
| Smith | Stephen | Y | Local Internet newsperson, owner of the innovative and popular Newzjunky.com website | ||
| Sterling | James | N | 1800.01.25 | 1863.07.23 | "Iron Baron" |
| Storey | Jay | Y | Actor | ||
| Tompkins | Bob | N | Longtime local TV newscaster | ||
| Trembley | Dave | Y | 1951.10.31 | Manager of the Baltimore Orioles 2007 to 2010 | |
| Vroman | Lisa | Y | 1956 | Lyric soprano and stage actress | |
| Walker | T Urling | Y | Two-time mayor of Watertown, community leader | ||
| Walker MacMilan | Jennie M | N | From Glen Park. First elected woman police justice in New York State | ||
| Walter | Wyatt | Y | 2002.12.31 | Actor | |
| Wise | James B | N | 1858.12.25 | 1916.06.07 | Industrialist, Founder of Watertown Red and Black, Mayor of Watertown |
| Wisener | Kat | Y | 1982.10.10 | Actress | |
| Woolworth | Frank Winfield | N | 1852.04.13 | 1919.04.08 | |
| Yost | Charles | N | 1907.11.06 | 1981.05.21 |
See Also[edit | edit source]
Inventions, Discoveries and Ideas