Other
- Grace Brown (1886–1906, murder victim)
- Mary Therese Friel (1960–), Miss USA 1979, model, businesswoman
- Wilson Greatbatch (1919–2011), inventor
- Harry Houdini (1874–1926), magician
- Kimberly Pressler (1977–), Miss USA 1999
- Margaret Sanger (1879–1966), activist
- Richard Stallman (1953–), programmer of Emacs, founder of GNU
- Josephine Terranova (1889–1981), criminal defendant
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