List of people from Lewiston, New York

A list of people who are from or have lived in Lewiston, New York (including: The Village of Lewiston, Lewiston Heights, the Tuscarora Reservation, Pekin, and Colonial Village). Individuals are listed in alphabetical order by last name in each category.

Artists

• Jacob Kassay, painter

Authors

• James Fenimore Cooper, American writer who stayed during the summer of 1821
• Catherine Gildiner, who wrote the best-selling memoir Too Close to the Falls
• Herbert Richardson, publisher and founder of The Edwin Mellen Press

Bands, composers, and musicians

• Tim Easton, guitarist, singer-songwriter

Business and industry

• Benjamin Barton, businessman and builder of the Frontier House
• Samuel Barton, businessman and builder of the Frontier House
• Frank A. Dudley, former lawyer, politician, hotelier and business owner
• William Morgan, New York businessman and author on Freemasonry
• Paul A. Schoellkopf, industrialist and chairman of the Buffalo Niagara Electric Corporation

Entertainers and actors

Military

• Joseph Brant, Mohawk military and political leader

Politics and law

• John Ceretto, New York state assemblyman
• Bates Cooke, member United States House of Representatives and later New York State Comptroller
• John B. Daly, politician
• Noah Davis, politician
• Francine DelMonte, former New York State Assemblywoman
• Clinton Rickard, Tuscarora chief
• Stefano Magaddino, mafia boss
• James S. Simmons, politician
• Horatio J. Stow, politician
• Sheldon Thompson, former mayor of Buffalo, New York

Religion, charities, social advocacy

• Wallace "Mad Bear" Anderson, Native American activist
• John Napoleon Brinton Hewitt, notable linguist
• Barney E. Warren, Christian hymnwriter and minister

Sports

• Jack Armstrong, TV analyst and announcer for the Toronto Raptors
• Mike Bell, Major League Baseball player
• Kyle Cerminara, former US Olympic wrestler
• Rick Dudley, professional hockey player and coach
• Daryl Johnston, fullback for the Dallas Cowboys
• Patti Lank, curler
• Robert Lindley Murray, chemist and tennis player
• Vince Molyneaux, Major League Baseball player
• Earl Seick, former professional football player

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