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Official Website:
http://www.syracuse.ny.us/

Chamber of Commerce:
http://www.syracusechamber.com/

Visitors Bureau:
http://www.visitsyracuse.org/

Population:
147306 (2000 census)

Founding Date:
1786

County:
Onondaga County

County seat of Onondaga County, founded 1786 as Webster's Landing.

NEWSPAPERS

Newspaper
The Syracuse Post-Standard

SCHOOLS

SchoolFounded
Le Moyne College1946
Syracuse University1870

ZOO

ZooFounded
Rosamond Gifford Zoo1914

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

CompanyFounded
Hiscock & Barclay1855

BIRTHS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Keith B. Alexander Military 1952   Former Director of U.S. National Security Agency
Jeff Altman Comic 13-Aug-1951   Pink Lady and Jeff
Dylan Baker Actor 7-Oct-1959   Murder One
Catherine Bertini Administrator 31-Mar-1950   World Food Programme, 1992-2002
Rory Cochrane Actor 28-Feb-1972   Tim Speedle on CSI: Miami
Michael Cole TV Personality 8-Dec-1968   WWE Announcer
John T. Connor Business 3-Nov-1914 6-Oct-2000 CEO of Allied Chemical, 1967-79
Peter Dalton Constable Diplomat 10-Apr-1932   US Ambassador to Zaire, 1982-84
Tom Cruise Actor 3-Jul-1962   Flamboyant Scientologist
Robert E. Dineen, Jr. Attorney 1940   Former Partner, Shearman & Sterling
Robert F. Engle III Economist 10-Nov-1942   Autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity
Glenn W. Ferguson Educator 28-Jan-1929 20-Dec-2007 University president, Ambassador to Kenya
Thom Filicia TV Personality 17-May-1968   Interior Design Queer Eye guy
Bobcat Goldthwait Comic 26-May-1962   Shakes the Clown
Duke Guider Business 10-Mar-1900 18-Jan-1968 Defense attorney for Hideki Tojo
Theodore Hesburgh Educator 25-May-1917 26-Feb-2015 President, University of Notre Dame, 1952-87
Mark W. Huddleston Educator c. 1950   President, University of New Hampshire
Megyn Kelly Journalist 18-Nov-1970   Fox News Channel anchor
Tom Kenny Comic 13-Jul-1962   Mr. Show, SpongeBob SquarePants
Doris Kenyon Actor 5-Sep-1897 1-Sep-1979 Counsellor at Law
Carolyn D. King Judge 30-Jan-1938   5th Circuit Court of Appeals
Quentin Kopp Politician 11-Aug-1928   California politician and judge
Eric Lichtblau Journalist c. 1965   NY Times reporter
Tod Lindberg Columnist 1960   Policy Review editor
Gary Lucas Guitarist c. 1952   Avant-guitarist, Magic Band alumnus
William Lundigan Actor 12-Jun-1914 20-Dec-1975 Men Into Space
Dan Maffei Politician 4-Jul-1968   Congressman from New York, 2009-11
Terry McAuliffe Politician 9-Feb-1957   Governor of Virginia
Louis Menand Critic 21-Jan-1952   The Metaphysical Club
Johnny Messner Actor 11-Apr-1970   Det. Jack Hale on Killer Instinct
James Nachtwey Photographer 14-Mar-1948   War photographer
H. John Riley, Jr. Business c. 1941   CEO of Cooper Industries, 1995-2005
Rod Serling Author 25-Dec-1924 28-Jun-1975 Creator of The Twilight Zone
Craig Shirley Government 24-Sep-1956   Conservative PR man
Jimmy Van Heusen Composer 26-Jan-1913 7-Feb-1990 Call Me Irresponsible
Jim Walsh Politician 19-Jun-1947   Congressman from New York, 1989-2009
John Walsh TV Personality 26-Dec-1945   America's Most Wanted
Craig E. Weatherup Business c. 1945   CEO of Pepsi Bottling Group, 1999-2003
Edward Noyes Westcott Novelist 27-Sep-1846 31-Mar-1898 David Harum
Frank Whaley Actor 20-Jul-1963   The Jimmy Show
John P. White Government 27-Feb-1937   US Deputy Secretary of Defense, 1995-97
George C. Wortley Politician 8-Dec-1926 21-Jan-2014 Congressman from New York, 1981-89

DEATHS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Dolph Schayes Basketball 19-May-1928 10-Dec-2015 NBA Hall of Famer, coach
Edwin Vose Sumner Military 30-Jan-1797 21-Mar-1863 Union Army General
Edward Noyes Westcott Novelist 27-Sep-1846 31-Mar-1898 David Harum

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