Editing Somers, New York (section)

==Notable people==
*[[Hachaliah Bailey]], pioneer of the American circus who exhibited "[[Old Bet]]", the elephant that gives the [[Elephant Hotel]] its name
*[[Anne Beatts]], one of the original writers for ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', created the sitcom ''[[Square Pegs]]'' partly based on her Somers high school experiences; grew up in Somers
* [[Graham Clarke (musician)|Graham Clarke]] (born 1970), musician, songwriter, arranger, and entertainer<ref>[http://www.grahamclarke.com/aboutgraham.php About Graham] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205195706/http://www.grahamclarke.com/aboutgraham.php |date=February 5, 2012 }}, GrahamClarke.com. Accessed September 21, 2015. "Graham Clarke grew up in Oradell, New Jersey (but don't hold it against him).... He currently lives in a big, old house in Somers, NY, with his wife, Peggy, and his frisky, cottony soft dogs, Plato and Athena."</ref>
*[[Billy Collins]], former [[United States Poet Laureate]]<ref name="archive.today">{{cite web |url=http://midhudson.org/program/ideas/local_authors_adult.htm |title=MHLS - Local Adult Authors |website=midhudson.org |access-date=February 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120711221655/http://midhudson.org/program/ideas/local_authors_adult.htm |archive-date=July 11, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[James Comey]], former [[FBI director]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/108/chrg/shrg93948/CHRG-108shrg93948.htm|title=Congress|language=en|access-date=March 18, 2025}}</ref>
*[[Jeff Gorton]], executive vice president of the [[Montreal Canadiens]]
*[[Mike Kaplowitz]], county legislator<ref>[http://www.westchesterlegislators.org/Legislators/D4/Bio/index.htm Westchester County Board of Legislators, NY: Michael B. Kaplowitz, District 4] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728173053/http://www.westchesterlegislators.org/Legislators/D4/Bio/index.htm |date=July 28, 2011 }}</ref>
*[[Allison Larkin]] (born 1977), author of five novels including ''Home of the American Circus'', set in Somers<ref name="rochester">{{cite news |last1=Parker |first1=Sally |title=Allie Larkin is writing her story |url=https://rbj.net/2011/03/04/allie-larkin-is-writing-her-story/ |access-date=28 October 2024 |work=Rochester Business Journal |date=4 March 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lenhoff |first1=Linda |title=Bestselling East Bay author Allison Larkin explores complex families in ‘Home of the American Circus’ |url=https://localnewsmatters.org/2025/05/01/bestselling-east-bay-author-allison-larkin-explores-complex-families-in-home-of-the-american-circus/ |access-date=11 May 2025 |work=Local News Matters: Bay Area |date=1 May 2025}}</ref>
*[[Bronson Pinchot]], actor known for playing Balki on ''[[Perfect Strangers (TV series)|Perfect Strangers]]''; lives in Somers
*[[Jenifer Rajkumar]], [[New York City]] politician; grew up in Somers
*[[Brian Span]], professional soccer player who currently plays for [[IFK Mariehamn]] in the Finnish Premier Division, after a brief career in [[Major League Soccer]]
*[[Andrew Yang]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tapinto.net/towns/somers/sections/community/articles/presidential-candidate-went-to-somers-schools|title=Presidential Candidate Went to Somers Schools|website=TAPinto|language=en|access-date=October 15, 2019}}</ref> 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, entrepreneur, lawyer, and philanthropist; grew up in Somers