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==Notable people== {{More citations needed section|date=March 2011}} [[Image:LarchmontTheater.jpg|thumb|Larchmont movie playhouse]] * [[Frederick Upham Adams]], noted inventor and author * [[Edward Albee]], [[Pulitzer Prize|Pulitzer]] and [[Tony Award]]-winning playwright * [[Edward Franklin Albee II]], Vaudeville impresario * [[Tommy Armour]], golfer who won the U.S. Open, PGA Championship, and the British Open * [[Michael "Flea" Balzary]], "Flea" of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, bassist * [[Maurice Barrymore]], actor and patriarch of the Barrymore family<ref name="query.nytimes.com">{{cite web|last=Kolbert |first=Elizabeth |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE7D61239F937A15751C0A963948260 |title=If You'Re Thinking Of Living In - Larchmont - Nytimes.Com |location=Larchmont (Ny) |work=New York Times |date=February 24, 1985 |access-date=January 9, 2011}}</ref> * [[Jason Bay]], a [[Major League Baseball]] player, formerly a [[left fielder]] for the [[New York Mets]] * [[Arnold Bernstein]], German-American shipowner<ref name= dream>"[https://www.newspapers.com/image/732005107/ New Shipping Line a Dream Come True for Bernstein]". ''The Daily Times'' (Mamaroneck, New York, U.S.). June 11, 1958. p. 3.</ref> * [[Elizabeth Berridge (actress)|Elizabeth Berridge]], film and theatre actress<ref>{{cite web|last=Klein |first=Alvin |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/12/09/nyregion/theater-larchmont-actress-to-open-in-play.html |title=Theater – Theater – Larchmont Actress To Open In Play – Review |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 9, 1984 |access-date=January 9, 2011}}</ref> * [[Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco]], Italian (Jewish) composer * [[Young Yang Chung]], world-renowned textile scholar and founder of the [[Chung Young Yang Embroidery Museum]] at [[Sookmyung Women's University]] * [[Peter Coleman (sailor)|Peter Coleman]], World Class Sailor, Won the gold medal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ussailing.org/racing/championships/adult/adultchamps/previous-winners/ |title=Previous Winners |work=US Sailing}}</ref> [[Clifford Day Mallory Cup|Mallory Cup]],<ref>{{cite book|author=Staff|title=Yachting|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h_anSTg3DEgC&pg=PA66|date=November 1983|page=66|issn=0043-9940}}</ref> in 1983 for [[Clifford Day Mallory Cup|North American Men's Sailing Championship]], is named in the Inter-collegiate Sailing Association Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://collegesailing.org/hall-of-fame/regattas/british-american-trophy |title=ICSA | Inter-collegiate Sailing Association }}</ref> * [[Aimee Crocker]], Gilded-age era heiress, princess, Bohemian and mystic * [[Agnes de Lima]], journalist and writer on education<ref>Agnes de Lima. In James Guthrie, Editor in Chief, ''Encyclopedia of Education'' (pp. 553–554). New York: Thomson Gale (2003).</ref> * [[Salvatore Di Vittorio]], Italian composer and conductor * [[Georgiana Drew]], stage actress<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nwhm.org/youngandbrave/lane.html |title=National Women's History Museum |publisher=NWHM |access-date=January 9, 2011}}</ref> * [[Douglas Fairbanks]], actor, screenwriter, director, and producer noted for his [[swashbuckling]] roles in silent films<ref name="query.nytimes.com"/> * [[Gerard Finneran]], Wall Street investment banker arrested after [[United Airlines Flight 976|1995 air rage incident]]. * [[Tom Frieden]], former head of the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.larchmontgazette.com/news/larchmont-native-to-head-centers-for-disease-control/|title=Larchmont Native To Head Centers for Disease Control : Larchmont Gazette|website=www.larchmontgazette.com}}</ref> * [[Dan Futterman]], actor and Oscar-nominated screenwriter, ''The Birdcage'', ''Capote'' * [[Michael Gargiulo (journalist)|Michael Gargiulo]], NBC New York Anchor * [[Timothy Geithner]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Berger|first=Joseph|title=Suddenly, There's a Celebrity Next Door|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/04/nyregion/westchester/04colwe.html|work=The New York Times|access-date=June 1, 2011|date=January 2, 2009}}</ref> Former [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]] (2009–2013) * [[D. W. Griffith]], Academy Award–winning film director * [[Adelaide Hall]], Jazz singer and Broadway star; lived in Kilmer Road with her husband Bert Hicks between 1932 – 1936<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Afro American - Google News Archive Search |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2211&dat=19320917&id=--cmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BgMGAAAAIBAJ&pg=5648,549458 |access-date=May 26, 2023 |website=news.google.com}}</ref><ref>''Why Can't Stars Live Where They Please?,'' article in the ''Afro American'' newspaper, August 3, 1935, (retrieved February 7, 2015):https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2211&dat=19350803&id=8wInAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MQMGAAAAIBAJ&pg=5639,6701658</ref> * [[Erica Hill]], journalist and broadcaster * [[Homer Hoyt]], land economist * [[Michael Harrington]], American socialist writer and theorist, author of The Other America * [[Moss Hart]], award-winning playwright * [[Tor Hyams]], Grammy nominated songwriter and producer. * [[Gregg Jarrett]], Fox News and Court TV Anchor * [[C. Paul Jennewein]], sculptor * [[Arshag Karagheusian]], [[Armenian-American]] rug manufacturer and co-owner of [[A & M Karagheusian]] * [[Jean Kerr]], novelist and playwright * [[Walter Kerr]], writer and Pulitzer Prize-winning theater critic of ''[[The New York Times]]'' * [[Marie Killilea]], author best known for her books ''[[Karen (book)|Karen]]'' and ''With Love From Karen'' * [[Elizabeth Kolbert]], journalist (''[[The New Yorker]]'') and author * [[Ang Lee]], [[Academy Award|Oscar]]-winning director<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/25/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/25Rleenj.html | work=The New York Times | title=A Chicken Coop, but No Tigers | first=Jennifer | last=Frey | date=November 25, 2007 | access-date=April 25, 2010}}</ref> * [[Jasun Martz]], award-winning musician who recorded with [[Michael Jackson]], toured with [[Frank Zappa]], and arranged the [[Starship (band)|Starship]] #1 hit, "[[We Built This City]]".<ref>{{cite web|last=Hershenson |first=Roberta |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C02EEDC133EF93AA25755C0A9639C8B63&sec=&spon= |title=FOOTLIGHTS - NYTimes.com |work=New York Times |date=June 19, 2005 |access-date=January 9, 2011}}</ref> * [[James McCaffrey (actor)|James McCaffrey]], American actor best known for his voice role as the titular character in the ''[[Max Payne]]'' trilogy of video games. * [[Phyllis McGinley]], poet and author * [[Gavin McInnes]], co-founder of [[Vice (magazine)|Vice]], founder of the alt-right [[Proud Boys]] group, writer and political commentator <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gavin-mcinnes-losing-battle-neighbors_n_5c3cdef5e4b01c93e00c7adf|title=Gavin McInnes Is Losing The Battle To Win Over His New York Neighbors|date=January 15, 2019|website=HuffPost}}</ref> * [[Bennett Miller]], American director * [[George Mitchell (actor)|George Mitchell]], American actor of stage, film, and television, born in Larchmont in 1905. * [[Nicholas Nassim Taleb]], author of ''[[The Black Swan (Taleb book)|The Black Swan]]'', ''[[Fooled by Randomness]]'' and other books * [[Michael O'Keefe]], actor (''The Great Santini'', ''Caddyshack'', ''Roseanne'') * [[Chris Kerson]], American film, television, and theater actor<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 1, 2018 |title=Westchester Native Plays Pivotal Role With John Travolta In Movie 'Gotti' |url=https://dailyvoice.com/new-york/whiteplains/lifestyle/westchester-native-plays-pivotal-role-with-john-travolta-in-movie-gotti/739279/ |access-date=February 10, 2024 |website=White Plains Daily Voice |language=en}}</ref> * [[Rosselle Pekelis]], Judge of the [[Washington Supreme Court]] and [[King County Superior Court]] * [[Alfred E. Perlman]], railroad executive, president of [[New York Central]] and [[Penn Central]] 1954–1970, lived in Larchmont during his tenure. * [[Mary Pickford]], Academy Award–winning actress and a co-founder of the film studio [[United Artists]]<ref name="query.nytimes.com"/> * [[Martin Quigley, Jr.]], publisher, politician (Larchmont mayor), author, spy * [[Joan Rivers]], actress and comedian<ref>{{cite web|last=Verini |first=Bob |url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117936212.html?categoryid=33&cs=1 |title=Variety Reviews – Joan Rivers: A Work in Progress by a Life in Progress – Legit Reviews – Regional – Review by Bob Verini |publisher=Variety.com |date=February 14, 2008 |access-date=January 9, 2011}}</ref> (may not have actually lived within the boundaries of Larchmont, but talked about the village in her early comedy routines) * [[Amelia Rosselli]], poet * [[James Rubin]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://people.com/archive/foreign-affair-vol-49-no-12/|title=Foreign Affair|work=[[People (magazine)|People magazine]]|author=Macon Morehouse|date=March 30, 1998|access-date=November 11, 2016}}</ref> [[Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs|US Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs]] (1997–2000), was raised in Larchmont * [[David O. Russell]], award-winning movie director * [[Doc Severinsen]], pop and jazz trumpeter * [[Lesley Jane Seymour]], editor, entrepreneur<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dailyvoice.com/new-york/mamaroneck/lifestyle/girl-power-larchmont-editor-launches-new-women-only-site/710617/|title=Girl Power: Larchmont Editor Launches New Women-Only Site|website=[[The Daily Voice (U.S. hyperlocal news)|Daily Voice]] | location=[[Mamaroneck, New York]] | first=Jeanne | last=Muchnick | date=May 21, 2017 | access-date=February 5, 2019}}</ref> * [[Andrew Shapiro]], composer * [[Amy Siskind]], political activist * [[William Lee Stoddart]], architect known mainly for hotels in the pre-World War II era * [[Paul Terry (cartoonist)|Paul Terry]], founder of [[Terrytoons]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tralfaz.blogspot.com/2020/02/all-out-for-terry.html|title=Tralfaz: All Out for Terry|date=February 1, 2020}}</ref> * [[Alton Tobey]], artist * [[George Vergara]], Played with the Four Horsemen at the [[University of Notre Dame]], Lineman on the [[Green Bay Packers]], [[NCAA]] Referee, [[NFL]] Referee, Mayor of [[New Rochelle]] from 1955 to 1960 * [[Vincent Youmans]], Broadway composer best known for composing [[Tea for Two (song)|"Tea for Two"]] * [[Alexander von Zemlinsky]], Austrian composer, conductor and brother-in-law of [[Arnold Schoenberg]] * [[Anastasio Somoza Debayle]], former President of Nicaragua, would stay at the family home of [[Stephen Colbert|Stephen Colbert's]] mother in Larchmont during the holidays while attending boarding school.<ref>{{Citation |title=Ep 1: Five Late Night Hosts Talk at the Same Time for the First Time |date=August 30, 2023 |url=https://open.spotify.com/episode/4VSmJ166FI4unQWuxlHeoN |access-date=November 3, 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
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