TC#1
Film, TV & Stage
Tom Cruise
born 1962American actor and film producer
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Famous people · Syracuse
29 famous people from Syracuse, many of them performers
Articles in 126 languages make the American actor and film producer Tom Cruise the best known. The largest group, 19, was born between 1920 and 1969. Alex Tuch, born in 1996, is the youngest, and Andrew Loomis, born in 1892, the first on record. Births since 1970 account for 7 of the names.
Born here
29
notable people
Best known
Tom Cruise
in 126 Wikipedia languages
First
1892
Andrew Loomis
Youngest
1996
Alex Tuch
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
10 people
Also called it home
7
notable residents
What stands out about Syracuse’s famous people
Known worldwideRead in 126 languages, Tom Cruise is known far beyond the town.A town of performersAmong the 29 people born here, 10 are performers: 3.7 times the usual share.Still making namesThe most recent birth on the list came in 1996, among 19 since 1950.A chosen home7 more notable people chose to live here, Toni Morrison among them.
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Syracuse
By how many languages cover them, Tom Cruise comes first (126), then Robert F. Engle (50) and Carl Woese (40).
#2Science & Medicine
Robert F. Engle
born 1942American economist and Nobel laureate
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#3Known for
What Syracuse is known for
Set against the usual town, performers come out 3.7 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Syracuse’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1960s, with 7 births.
Film, TV & StageWriting & ArtsSportsScience & MedicineNotableMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Syracuse
Another 26, 9 of them performers.
Bobcat Goldthwait
born 1962American comedian, actor, film director and screenwriter
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Jeanette J. Epps
born 1970American aerospace engineer and NASA astronaut
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
Mark Lombardi
1951–2000American neo-conceptual artist whose art depicted diagrams of the social networks underlying global conspiracies
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Syracuse home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Syracuse, though born elsewhere.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Solvay lists the most people: 3.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Syracuse and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (10)
- Robert F. Engle: Econterms, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carl Woese: Don Hamerman, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rod Serling: CBS Television via the Bureau of Industrial Service. During the 1950s and 1960s, television networks, program sponsors and studios often used either advertising or public relations agencies to distribute publicity materials. The Bureau was a divisio…, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eric Carle: Fotopersbureau De Boer, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dylan Baker: John Harrison at https://www.flickr.com/photos/15512543@N04/, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rory Cochrane: GabboT, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Toni Morrison: John Mathew Smith (celebrity-photos.com), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Kenny: Philip Romano, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Simons Fulmer: Ministerie van Defensie, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bert E. Salisbury: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons