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This is a list of notable people who were born in or have been residents of Yonkers, a city in Westchester County, in the U.S. state of New York, in the United States. Academia Herbert Benson (1935–2022), physician Daniel Carleton Gajdusek (1923–2008), physician and medical researcher; co-recipient of 1976 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Richard Joel, president of Yeshiva University John Howard Northrop (1891–1987), co-recipient of 1946 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Rudolph Schoenheimer (1898–1941), German-American biochemist Charles Proteus Steinmetz, German-American mathematician and electrical engineer Edwin Howard Armstrong (1890–1954), electronics pioneerBusiness Elisha Otis, inventor of the safety elevator and Otis Elevator Company Alexander Smith, founder of Alexander Smith & Sons Carpet Company Jay S. Walker founder of Priceline.comEntertainment Amanda Ayala, singer and musician Carlos Alazraqui (born 1962), actor, stand-up comedian and impressionist Joseph Alfidi (1949–2015), classical pianist Charlie Benante (born 1962), musician best known as the drummer for thrash metal band Anthrax, as well as crossover thrashband Stormtroopers of Death. Mary J. Blige (born 1971), R&B singer and Academy Award-nominated actress Sid Caesar, actor and comedian Cathy DeBuono, actress, psychotherapist, radio personality DMX (1970–2021), rapper, actor Ella Fitzgerald, singer Thomas Mikal Ford, actor Frances Foster, actress Michael Fox (1921–1996), character actor who played Saul Feinberg on the daytime soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful Joe Howard, actor Immolation, Death metal band Jadakiss, rapper, member of The LOX Ekrem Jevrić, Montenegrin singer, rapper Gene Krupa (1909–1973), drummer Clayton LeBouef (born 1954), actor Stagga Lee (born 1977), musician W.C. Handy, composer and musician Sheek Louch (born 1976), rapper, member of The LOX Linda Lovelace (1949–2002), star of 1972 "porno chic" film Deep Throat Richard Masur (born 1948), actor Lawrence Monoson (born 1964), actor Cathy Moriarty (born 1960), actress who appeared in Raging Bull Outasight, singer, rapper Erik Palladino, actor Kevin Puts, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Will Rahmer, musician Adam Rodriguez, actor Robert Shayne, actor Avery Storm, R&B singer Styles P, Rapper, member of The LOX Chip Taylor, songwriter (brother of Jon Voight) Paul Teutul, Sr., founder of Orange County Choppers and reality television personality on American Chopper Steven Tyler, musician, member of Aerosmith Jon Voight, Oscar-winning actor Tom Wolk, Hall & Oates session musicianMilitary Joseph Stilwell, U.S. Army General during World War I and World War IIMiscellaneous David Berkowitz (born 1953), serial killer known as the Son of Sam Leo Baekeland (1863–1944), chemist, invented Bakelite at his "Snug Rock" home and laboratory in Yonkers in 1907 Felix Alderisio (1912–1971), mobster, bagman, hitman and burglar (Chicago Outfit) Michael Burns (born 1947), actor, historian and horse breeder, reared in Yonkers from 1949 to 1956 James Comey, director of the FBI Joan Donoghue (born 1956), American lawyer, President of the International Court of Justice Rudolf Eickemeyer, Jr., photographer Ron Garan, astronaut Lewis Hine, photographer Ethel D. Jacobs, thoroughbred racehorse owner Henrietta Wells Livermore (1864–1933), women's suffragist leader Michaela Odone (c. 1930–1992, née Murphy), mother of Lorenzo Odone, for whom Lorenzo's oil is named. Sally Regenhard, community activist Joe Ruback, license plate guy Barbara Segal, artist and stone carver Betty Shabazz, widow of civil rights leader Malcolm X Joel Steinberg (born 1941), attorney convicted of manslaughter Adriaen Cornelissen van der Donck, (c. 1618, 1655) Samuel Untermyer, Prominent lawyer and civic leader known for bequeathing his Yonkers, New York estate, now known as Untermyer Park and Gardens, to the people of Yonkers Melanie White, jewelry designerPolitics Antony Blinken, 71st United States Secretary of State William F. Bleakley (1883–1969), attorney, judge and politician who was the first Westchester County Executive. Alfred DelBello, Mayor of Yonkers Mike Spano, Mayor of Yonkers Samuel J. Tilden, former Governor of New York and winner of the popular vote in the disputed Presidential Election of 1876 Nick Wasicsko, mayor during low-income housing controversy, 1988–1989; John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award runner-up Malcolm Wilson, former Governor of New YorkSport Joe Avezzano, American football player and coach Rich Bisaccia, NFL coach James Blake (born 1979), tennis player Billy Burch (1900–1950), professional hockey player who was the first American-born player to win the Hart Trophy Dave Costa, NFL player, Saunders HS 1957–1959 Jon Dalzell (born 1960), American-Israeli basketball player Doug DeWitt, professional boxer Tommy Dreamer, professional wrestler Ralph Goldstein (1913–1997), Olympic épée fencer Nealon Greene, professional football player (CFL) Sean Kilpatrick, professional basketball player Eddie Kingston, professional wrestler Allan Kwartler (1917–1998), sabre and foil fencer, Pan American Games and Maccabiah Games champion Joe Lapchick (1900–1970), basketball coach. Ryan Meara (born 1990), professional soccer player Larry Mann (1930–1952), NASCAR driver Joe Panik, professional baseball player Floyd Patterson, champion heavyweight boxer Eulace Peacock, track and field athlete who defeated Jesse Owens in sprints Vincent Richards, professional tennis player Steve Ridzik, professional baseball player Brian Sweeney, professional baseball player Salvatore Tripoli, Olympic boxer Trill Williams, cornerback for the Miami Dolphins George Wright, baseball pioneer Norm Hutchins, professional baseball player, Drafted in 2nd round by California Angels in 1994Writer/ journalist Mike Breen (born 1961), sports broadcaster Mary Calvi, news anchor Robert Celestino, writer and director Tiziano Thomas Dossena, writer, editor Tawny Godin, Miss America 1976, TV journalist (Tawny Little) Patrick Quinlan, author, activist Patricia Vaccarino, writer Frederick Joseph (author), author, activist Elsie B. Washington, authorReferences. Discover the Meara Platt popular books. 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  • A Duke for Adela synopsis, comments

    A Duke for Adela

    Meara Platt

    Could a scholarly bluestocking ever win the heart of a duke? Ambrose Thorne, Duke of Huntsford, is intrigued when Miss Adela Swift, bluestocking and amateur archeologist, barrels ...

  • A Match Made in Duty synopsis, comments

    A Match Made in Duty

    Meara Platt

    When the Earl of Exmoor agrees to marry Sophie as a favor to her dying brother, he never expects that this match made in duty will be the cure for his broken and battlescarred hear...

  • Earl of Hearts synopsis, comments

    Earl of Hearts

    Meara Platt

    Love comes to those who need it most. What happens when an earl determined never to love meets the only woman who can tear down his defenses? She happens to be his best friend’s si...

  • My Fair Lily synopsis, comments

    My Fair Lily

    Meara Platt

    A sexy Scot, his big, lumpy sheepdog, and an English bluestocking who steals both their hearts. Enjoy this hilarious, bestselling Regency series. London is never the same once the...

  • Marigold and the Marquess synopsis, comments

    Marigold and the Marquess

    Meara Platt

    He is ruthless, reclusive, and out for revenge. She is sweet, innocent, and irritatingly cheerful. Why can’t she leave him to his darkness? And why can’t he keep his hands off this...

  • Rules for Reforming a Rake synopsis, comments

    Rules for Reforming a Rake

    Meara Platt

    He’s spent years building his reputation as the town’s most unrepentantly dissolute rakehell. She is determined to reform him. Enjoy this hilarious, bestselling Regency series. Lo...

  • A Very Faerie Christmas synopsis, comments

    A Very Faerie Christmas

    Meara Platt, Avril Borthiry, Ruth Vincent, Jack Heckel, Michele Lang & Bishop O'Connell

    Join award winning, USA Today and bestselling authors for a journey into the enchanted realm of the Fae with this brand new collection of holiday stories spanning from humorous Reg...

  • Capturing the Heart of a Cameron synopsis, comments

    Capturing the Heart of a Cameron

    Meara Platt

    This boxset contains three Farthingale series novellas. Sparks fly whenever Camerons and Farthingales meet in If You Kissed Me and If You Loved Me. In Never Dare A Duke, Frances Ca...

  • Earl of Alnwick synopsis, comments

    Earl of Alnwick

    Meara Platt & Wicked Earls' Club

    Lord Niall Jameson, Earl of Alnwick, has more than lived up to his reputation as one of the Wicked Earls. But it is time to settle down and marry an heiress to save the crumbling a...

  • Never Dare a Duke synopsis, comments

    Never Dare a Duke

    Meara Platt

    Frances Cameron ought to be spending the month planning her wedding, but when a casual toast on the night of her betrothal escalates into a battle of the sexes, she finds herself o...

  • Earl of Kinross synopsis, comments

    Earl of Kinross

    Meara Platt

    Marcus Brayden, Earl of Kinross, thought fighting Napoleon on the battlefield was dangerous. But it is nothing to the upheaval caused by Lara Le Brecque, his best friend's sister, ...