Famous Residents
of Dobbs Ferry
| Writers | |
| Rex Beach | Novelist, playwright, Olympic water polo player |
| Lisa Belkin | Novelist |
| Jon Carroll | |
| Sidney Carroll | Film and TV screenwriter |
| George Delmerico | Art Director of The Village Voice |
| Rudolph Flesch | Wrote Art of Readable Writing |
| Ruth Eger Friedlander | Author/illustrator of children's books |
| Jean Fritz | Childrens history books |
| Gary Golio | Childrens books on Jimi Hendrix and Bob Dylan |
| Jean Kerr | Novelist |
| Walter Kerr | Book writer, playwright, Broadway theater critic |
| William Leuchtenburg | History, specializng in FDR |
| Hubert Luckett | Editor-in-Chief, Popular Science Monthly |
| June J. McInerney | Novelist |
| William Pisani | Novelist |
| Robyn Ross | Journalist |
| James Roth | Novelist |
| Al Wall | Newsweek writer |
| Feenie Ziner | Book writer, particularly childrens books |
| Visual Artists | |
| John Alcorn | Illustrator, designed the 1987 Love stamp |
| Janice Candela | Artist/illustrator |
| Helen Disbrow | Illustrator |
| Ray and Carol Favata | Artists/animators |
| Peter Freed | Celebrity photographer |
| Chris Ishii | Artist/animator |
| Ken Lavey | |
| Kevin McKenna | |
| Genevieve Naylor | Fashion photographer, married to Misha Reznikoff |
| Jon Nielsen | Artist/illustrator |
| Irving Novick | Comic book artist |
| John and Cathy Polgreen | Authors and photographers |
| Misha Reznikoff | Painter, married to Genevieve Naylor |
| Charles Sheeler | Painter and commercial photographer |
| Ben Weiner | Contemporary artist |
| Zeke Ziner | Fine art and commercial art |
| Actors | |
| Jane Alexander | |
| Alan Bolke | Voice actor for cartoons, brother of Bradley Bolke |
| Bradley Bolke | Voice actor, notably Chumley in Tennessee Tuxedo and the Ghostly Trio on Caspar the Friendly Ghost |
| Andrea Collyer | Theater actor. Also a classical music radio announcer. |
| Mark Cassella | |
| John Cotton | |
| Augusta Dabney | Married to Kevin McCarthy |
| Nameer El-Kadi | Quest for Fire, now Nicholas Kadi, identical twins with Naseer |
| Naseer El-Kadi | Quest for Fire |
| Maurice Evans | |
| Paul Fix | Film and television character actor. Sheriff on The Rifleman. |
| Peter Freed | Photographer of celebrities |
| Max Greenfield | |
| Julie Harris | |
| Joel Higgins | Starred in Silver Spoons |
| Arthur Hill | |
| Samantha Ivers | |
| Charles Kimbrough | "Jim Dial" on Murphy Brown TV show |
| Kevin McCarthy | Married to Augusta Dabney |
| Becky and Jesse O'Donohue | Contestants on Fear Factor and American Idol, also played roles in the movie I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry |
| Sarah Jessica Parker | |
| Peter Reznikoff | |
| Mary Kay and Johnny Stearns | Actors in first ever TV sitcom, "Mary Kay and Johnny" on the Dumont network |
| Michael Storm | One Life to Live |
| Musicians | |
| LaMar Alsop | Violinist, concertmaster of the NYC Ballet Orchestra, married to Ruth Alsop |
| Marin Alsop | Music director for Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, daughter of LaMar and Ruth Alsop |
| Ruth Alsop | Cellist for NYC Ballet Orchestra, married to LaMar Alsop |
| Gabriel Banat | Violinist |
| Beverly Bremers | Singer/actor |
| Mike Reznikoff | Jazz drummer, based in Japan |
| Earl Simmons "DMX" | Rapper, grew up in Children's Village |
| Jai Winding | Pianist for Madonna and others, son of Kai Winding |
| Kai Winding | Jazz trombonist |
| Sports | |
| Erich Barnes | NFL player |
| Mark Blount | NBA player |
| New York Giants baseball team | During the 1950s, many players and managers rented homes in Dobbs Ferry for the season, including Whitey Lockman, Alvin Dark, Herman Franks, Sal Yvers, Dusty Rhodes, Hoyt Wilhelm, Davey Williams, Monte Irvin, Jim Hearn, Willy Mays, Whitey Ford and John McSherry (umpire). |
| David Jennings | Football, NY Giants and Jets |
| Dr. Sab Koide | Oldest runner of New York City marathon |
| Other Show Business | |
| Jace Alexander | Producer/director of Law & Order, son of Jane Alexander |
| Tom Buchanan | Sound engineer for Ed Sullivan Show |
| John Culhane | Disney Animation Historian |
| Megan Fairchild | NYC Ballet principal dancer, married to Andrew Veyette |
| Paul Golio | World record in ventriloquism |
| Allen Ludden | Game show host, such as Password |
| Lillah McCarthy | Producer |
| Stone Phillips | Former co-anchor of Dateline NBC |
| Chuck Scarborough | TV news reporter |
| Peter Steinhaus | Radio journalist in the Orlando area (as Peter King) |
| Rick Steinhaus | Radio announcer in the NY area (as Rick Sommers) |
| Amy Stofsky | Costumer, Rat Pack and other |
| Tom Szentgyorgyi | Executive producer of "The Mentalist" TV show |
| Michael Todd, Jr. | Director/producer |
| Andrew Veyette | NYC Ballet principal dancer, married to Megan Fairchild |
| Meredith Viera | Show host |
| John Waryha | Cameraman on Good Morning America |
| Other | |
| Dominic Altieri | Architect who designed Our Lady of Pompeii church and other buildings in DF |
| Charles Loring Brace | Founder of Children's Aid Society, pioneer of the Orphan Trains, abolitionist, early social worker, founder of News Boys Lodging Houses, and many other institutions for the poor. Author of several books. Traveling companion of Frederick Law Olmstead |
| Eva Ingersoll Brown | Founder and president of the International Child Welfare League, charter member of the League to Enforce Peace, organizer for the Hudson River Equal Franchise Association and marched in the first sufferage parade. Organized the first permanent orchestra in New York City. Cared for soldiers during two wars. Click here for more information. |
| William C. Conner | Federal judge for the US District Court |
| Robert Cunningham | Former police officer, inspiration for the movie It Could Happen To You |
| Dan Dowling | Political cartoonist |
| Henry Draper | Pioneer of astronomical photography |
| Max Greenfield | Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, The Today Show |
| Robert Ingersoll | Famed orator in the 1800s |
| Randy Jurgensen | NYPD retired homicide detective, actor, producer, author |
| Sumi Mitsudo Koide | Social justice, civil rights and women's equality activist |
| John E. Maguire | Crewman on PT109 (along with John F. Kennedy) |
| Sy Miller | Architect |
| Adam J. Rumoshosky | First Lady's Committee for a More Beautiful Capital (Lady Bird Johnson) |
| Hyman I. Shakin | Placed first American Flag in Algiers during initial WWII North African Invasion |
| Major Orlando Jay Smith | Founder of American Press Association |
| Fanny Villard | Important leader in the women's suffrage movement |
| Henry Villard | Civil War correspondent, friend of Lincoln, railroad entrepreneur, Edison's main venture capitalist |
| Oswald Villard | Prinicipal founder and champion of the NAACP |
| George Washington | First president of the United States |
| Isabella Niven Wilder | Mother of Thornton Wilder (playwright for Our Town). Daughter of Rev. Thornton Niven, pastor of South Presbyterian Church. |
| Mark Zuckerberg | Founder of Facebook, lived in DF but attended Ardsley schools |
| Randi Zuckerberg | Marketing director at Facebook |