List of people from Ithaca, New York

Having both Cornell University and a distinct arts scene, Ithaca, New York has been home to many famous people.

Notable residents and natives

*A.R. Ammons, resident, poet, Cornell Professor
*Josh Bard, native, professional baseball player, San Diego Padres, Catcher [ [http://sandiego.padres.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=408036] player Profile Josh Bard, Sandiego Padres]
*Hans Bethe, resident, physicist, Nobel Prize winner, Cornell Professor, head of theoretical division of the Manhattan Project [ [http://bethe.cornell.edu/ Three Lectures by Hans Bethe] ]
*David Boreanaz, Student, actor, Ithaca College (1989-1993), BONES
*Dustin Brown, native, professional hockey player, right wing, Los Angeles Kings
*Stephen L. Carter, native, Yale professor, legal scholar and author
*Ann Coulter, resident, graduate of Cornell University, conservative author and commentator
*Alonzo B. Cornell, native, Governor of New York, 1880-1882, son of Ezra Cornell
*Ezra Cornell, resident, founder of Cornell University
*Johnny Dowd, resident, musician, furniture mover
*Adam C. Engst, native, resident, publisher of TidBITS and Take Control ebook series
*Tonya Engst, native, resident, editor-in-chief of TidBITS and Take Control ebook series
*Richard Feynman, resident, physicist, Cornell Professor, Nobel Prize winner
*Mark Finkelstein, resident, journalist, columnist for Media Research Center, NewsBusters
*Alice Fulton, resident, poet, Cornell Professor, MacArthur Fellow
*John H. Gear, native, Senator and Governor of Iowa,
*Alex Haley, native, author of "" and the "Autobiography of Malcolm X"
*Karel Husa, resident, composer
*David Lee, resident, physicist, Cornell Professor, Nobel Prize winner
*David Lehman, resident, poet
*J. Robert Lennon, resident, author ("Mailman", "Happyland")
*Norman Malcolm, resident, philosopher, work at Cornell
*Mary McDonnell, native, actor in "Dances with Wolves", "Independence Day", "Battlestar Galactica", and others
*Matthew F. McHugh, resident, Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, New York's 27th congressional district, 1975-1983, New York's 28th congressional district, 1983-1993
*Robert Moog, ex-resident (deceased 2005), engineer, pioneer of electronic music, inventor of the Moog synthesizer, creator of Moog Music originally named R.A. Moog Co. and Big Briar
*Vladimir Nabokov, resident, Cornell Professor, author (most famously of "Lolita")
*Benjamin Netanyahu, resident during portion of childhood (father is a Cornell Professor), former Prime Minister of Israel
*Nicholas Nicastro, resident, novelist, filmmaker, graduate of Cornell University ('85)
*Roy H. Park, resident, media executive, founder of Park Communications and the Park Foundation
*Harry Partch, resident, composer
*Stephen (Steve) Poleskie, resident, artist and writer, Cornell Professor Emeritus, work in Metropolitan Museum and Museum of Modern Art
*Christopher Reeve, student, actor/musician, "Superman", "Superman II" et al.
*Robert C. Richardson, resident, physicist, Cornell Professor, Nobel Prize winner
*Hank Roberts, resident, cellist and composer
*Carl Sagan, resident, astronomer, Cornell Professor, popularizer of science, and author and host of ""
*Nick Sagan, native, novelist and screenwriter, Cornell Professor
*Tim Sale, native, comic book illustrator
*Rod Serling, resident of Interlaken, NY 18 miles away in Seneca County, Ithaca College Professor, screenwriter, creator and host of "The Twilight Zone"
*Steve Squyres, resident, astronomer, Cornell Professor, Principal Investigator of the Mars Exploration Rover Mission
*Steven Stucky, resident, classical American composer, Cornell Professor, Pulitzer Prize winner
*David Foster Wallace, native, novelist
*Brian Wansink, resident, Cornell Professor and author of ""
*E.B. White, resident, novelist, author of Charlotte's Web and co-author of The Elements of Style
*Robert R. Wilson, resident, physicist, head of the Cyclotron group of the Manhattan Project
*Ludwig Wittgenstein, resident, philosopher, invited to live in Ithaca by his friend and pupil Norman Malcolm
*Paul Wolfowitz, native, academic, Deputy Secretary of Defense (2001-2005), President of the World Bank (2005-)

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