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The people listed below were all born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of
Kingston, New York .
Notable people
Actors, musicians and others in the entertainment industry
Margarethe Bence (1930–1992), opera singer
Peter Bogdanovich (1939–2022), film director, writer and actor; born in Kingston
[1]
Larry Cohen (1941–2019), film producer, director, and screenwriter; born in Kingston
[1]
Robert Craft (1923–2015), conductor and writer who worked with and had a lifelong friendship with composer
Igor Stravinsky , recording a number of his works; born in the city
Luann de Lesseps , former countess and current star of
Real Housewives of New York City , purchased a home along the Hudson River in 2018. It has been featured on the television show.
Josh Eppard (b. 1979), drummer for progressive rock band Coheed and Cambria; born in Kingston
John Glover (b. 1944), actor, born in Kingston
[1]
Tom Hart (b. 1969), comics creator, born in Kingston
[1]
Robert Hutton (1920–1994), film actor; born and died in Kingston
Paul Austin Kelly (b. 1960), opera
tenor ,
jazz singer,
children's music performer and
impresario
Joseph Kesselring (1902–1967), writer and playwright best known for his play
Arsenic and Old Lace , died in Kingston
Paul Kreppel (b. 1947), television and Broadway theatre director and actor; born in Kingston
Pauline Oliveros composer, performer, humanitarian, pioneer in American music
Henry Paul (b. 1949),
southern rock and
country singer-songwriter; born in Kingston
[1]
Anne Sweeney (b. 1957), Co-Chair of
Disney Media and President of the
Disney–ABC Television Group ;
[1] been named the "Most Powerful Woman in Entertainment" by
The Hollywood Reporter , one of the "50 Most Powerful Women in Business" by
Fortune magazine, and one of "
The World's 100 Most Powerful Women " by
Forbes ; spent her childhood in Kingston and is a graduate of Coleman High School
Politics, political activism, government service
Alton B. Parker , 1904 Democratic nominee for President
George Clinton (1739–1812), fourth vice president of the United States and first elected governor of
New York State , is buried in the city at the
Old Dutch Church
[2]
Charles DeWitt (1727–1789), miller and statesman from Kingston, served as a delegate to the
Continental Congress
[3]
Arthur Sherwood Flemming (1905–1996),
United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
[1]
Abraham B. Hasbrouck (1791–1879), U.S. Congressman and the sixth President of Rutgers College (now
Rutgers University ), born and died in Kingston
[4]
Robert W. Hasbrouck , U.S. Army major general
[5]
Alton B. Parker (1852–1926), Democratic presidential nominee in 1904, practiced law in the city and was the first president of the Ulster County Bar Association. Also president of
Ulster County Savings Institution for eight years. He not only lost the election, he didn't even carry Ulster County.
[6]
Henry Granville Sharpe (1858–1947), 24th
Quartermaster General
[1]
Nicholas Sickles (1801–1845), US Congressman
[7]
John Van Buren (1799–1855), US Congressman
[8]
Daniel Tompkins Van Buren , son of John Van Buren,
American Civil War veteran who attained the rank of
brigadier general by
brevet in the
Union Army
[9]
Josh Green Governor of Hawaii, Former Lieutenant Governor
Others
Self-portrait, John Vanderlyn, 1800
Joe Ausanio (b. 1965), pitcher for the
New York Yankees during the 1990s; born and grew up in Kingston; half-brother of Major Leaguer
Paul Runge
Bud Culloton (1896–1976), pitcher for the
Pittsburgh Pirates
Heywood Hale Broun (1918–2001), sportswriter and commentator, died in the city, had family in nearby
Woodstock
Gerald Celente (b. 1946), publisher of
Trends Journal
Alphonso T. Clearwater (1848–1933), lawyer, district attorney, county judge, Justice of the New York Supreme Court
Billy Costello (1956–2011), former
WBC junior welterweight champion
Robert H. Dietz (1921–1945),
United States Army soldier and
Medal of Honor recipient in
World War II . Kingston's Dietz Stadium (football and soccer) is named for him
Mike Ferraro (b. 1944), third baseman for the
New York Yankees and
Milwaukee Brewers ; later coach for the
Kansas City Royals ; born in Kingston
[1]
Ezra Fitch (1866–1930), the "Fitch" in
Abercrombie & Fitch , practiced law in Kingston before leaving to join Abercrombie in his wilderness outfitting store in New York City in 1900; bought out Abercrombie in 1907
Tom Hallion (b. 1956), Major League Baseball umpire
Charles Lang Freer (1854–1919), donated his art collection to the Smithsonian Institution; born in Kingston; namesake of the
Freer Gallery of Art , part of the
Smithsonian
Walter B. Gibson (1897–1985), author and professional magician, known for his pulp-fiction character
The Shadow
Brian Kenny (b. 1963), journalist; anchor of
Friday Night Fights and ESPNEWS' The Hot List ; previously worked for
WTZA in the city
Edgar F. Luckenbach (1868–1943), shipping magnate, Luckenbach Steamship Company
James Mahoney (1925–2002), auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York
Jervis McEntee (1828–1891), painter of the
Hudson River School ; buried in Montrepose Cemetery in the city
[10]
Evaline Ness (1911–1986), illustrator and author; won a
Caldecott Medal in 1967 for
Sam, Bangs, and Moonshine ; was married to "Untouchable"
Eliot Ness , 1938–1946; died in the city
Maud Petersham (1890–1971), won the Caldecott Medal with her husband and co-author Miska Petrezselyem Mikaly in 1946 for
The Rooster Crows ; born in Kingston
Andrée Ruellan (1905–2006), painter whose works are in the permanent collections of the
Metropolitan Museum of Art and the
Whitney Museum ; died in the city
Paul Runge Jr. , (b. 1958), infielder for the
Atlanta Braves during the 1980s; manager of several minor league teams; born and grew up in Kingston; half-brother of major leaguer
Joe Ausanio
Clarence W. Spangenberger (1905–2008), businessman and former president of Cornell Steamboat Company
Ron Suskind (b. 1959), journalist and writer
John Vanderlyn (1776–1852), neoclassicist painter; born in Kingston
[1]
Calvert Vaux (1824–1895), architect and landscape designer; co-designer of
Central Park , NYC; buried in Kingston's
Montrepose Cemetery
Kate Youngman (1841–1910), Christian missionary to Japan, established the Ihaien leprosy hospital in Tokyo, Japan
Notes
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"Kingston, New York" . City-Data.com. Retrieved July 23, 2014 .
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"CLINTON, George, (1739–1812)" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 23, 2014 .
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"DE WITT, Charles, (1727–1787)" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 31, 2014 .
^ Westbrook, Frederick Edward (1883).
The Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Erection of the Building Occupied as the Senate House of the State of New York in 1777: The Year of the Adoption of the First State Constitution at Esopus (now City of Kingston): Together with Sketches of Old Prominent Citizens of Kingston . Journal & Freeman Branch Office Print. p.
18 . Retrieved 24 July 2014 . Abraham Bruyn Hasbrouck kingston ny.
^ Hickey, A. S. (September 11, 1959).
"Ulster County Sons Were Leaders of U.S. Armed Forces" .
Daily Freeman . Kingston, NY. pp. 8A–9A – via
Newspapers.com .
^ Tammany Publishing Company (1903).
The Tammany Times, Volumes 22–23 . Tammany Publishing Company. p. xxiv. Retrieved 24 July 2014 .
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"SICKLES, Nicholas, (1801–1845)" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 23, 2014 .
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"VAN BUREN, John, (1799–1855)" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 23, 2014 .
^ Association of Graduates of United States Military Academy (1890).
Twenty-First Annual Reunion Proceedings . Saginaw, MI: Evening News printing and Binding House. pp. 12–15.
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