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== Notable people == {{multiple image | align = right | direction = horizontal | image1 = William Henry Seward - edited.jpg | width1 = 133 | caption1 = William H. Seward | image2 = William H. Seward House Auburn.jpg | width2 = 250 | caption2 = William H. Seward House (2012) }} {{multiple image | align = right | direction = horizontal | image1 = Harriet Tubman cropped.jpg | width1 = 147 | caption1 = Harriet Tubman | image2 = Harriet Tubman House Dec 2007.jpg | width2 = 240 | caption2 = Harriet Tubman House (2007) }} [[File:Cayuga County Court House Auburn.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Cayuga County Courthouse and Clerk's Office|Cayuga County Court House]]]] [[File:Post Office and Federal Court House Auburn.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Old Post Office and Courthouse (Auburn, New York)|Old Post Office and Federal Courthouse]]]] [[File:Willard etc 095.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Willard Memorial Chapel]]]] [[File:Case Memorial-Seymour Library May 09.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Case Memorial-Seymour Library]]]] [[File:Schines Auburn Theatre Auburn.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Schines Auburn Theatre]]]] [[File:St Peters Episcopal Church Complex May 09.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[St. Peter's Episcopal Church Complex (Auburn, New York)|Saints Peter and John Episcopal Church]]]] [[File:Museumfront web.jpg|thumb|Cayuga Museum of History and Art]] Possibly the two best-known historical figures associated with Auburn are [[Harriet Tubman]] and [[William H. Seward]]. Seward, who served as a [[New York State Senate|New York state senator]], the [[governor of New York]], a [[United States Senate|U.S. senator]], a presidential candidate, and then [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] under presidents [[Abraham Lincoln]] and [[Andrew Johnson]], in which role he negotiated the 1867 purchase from [[Russia]] of [[Alaska]], which became known as "Seward's Folly" β lived in Auburn from 1823 until his death in 1872, and was opposed to [[slavery in the United States|slavery]]. Seward's wife, [[Frances Adeline Seward]], was deeply committed to the [[Abolitionism in the United States|abolitionist]] movement, which was strongly supported in Auburn. In the 1850s, the Seward family opened their Auburn home as a safehouse to fugitive slaves on the [[Underground Railroad]]. In 1859 Seward sold a plot of land to abolitionist Tubman, who used it to create a safe haven for her family and friends and other black Americans seeking a better life in the north.<ref>[[Kate Larson (historian)|Larson, Kate Clifford]] (2004). ''Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman, Portrait of an American Hero''. New York: Ballantine Books. {{ISBN|0-345-45627-0}}, p. 16.</ref> [[William H. Seward House|Seward's house]] is now a historical museum, and both it and [[Harriet Tubman House|Tubman's house]] are on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]. === Business and inventors === * [[Bundy Manufacturing Company|Willard Bundy]], invented the first [[time clock]] * [[Theodore Case]], developed the first commercially successful system of recording sound on film * [[Jerome H. Holland]], the first African-American board member of the American Stock Exchange * [[Birdsill Holly]], supposed inventor of the [[fire hydrant]] * [[Phil Romano]], restaurateur, founder of [[Fuddruckers]] and [[Romano's Macaroni Grill]] === Government, politics, and law === * [[Harry Elmer Barnes]], historian, scholar and social scientist * [[John Beardsley (New York politician)|John Beardsley]] (1783β1857), judge, assemblyman, state senator and warden of Auburn state prison * [[Samuel Blatchford]], Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court * [[William H. Carpenter (1821β1885)|William H. Carpenter]], U.S. Consul to [[Fuzhou]], China, 1861β1865 * Lisa Colella, Founder, Healing Household 6, the first family violence organization for military families, 2019 Medal of Honor Community Service Hero Honoree, Family Advisor for Department of Veterans Affairs Intimate Partner Violence Assistance Program * [[William Miller Collier]], diplomat, attorney, president of [[George Washington University]], author of ''Collier on Bankruptcy'' * [[Alfred Conkling Coxe Sr.]], federal judge * [[Amy Dacey]], Democratic National Committee, CEO * [[Ulysses F. Doubleday]], congressman, father of Abner Doubleday * [[Eleanor Lansing Dulles]], diplomat * [[Nathaniel B. Eldredge]], congressman * [[William Fulton (urban planner)|William Fulton]], author, urban planner, 52nd mayor of [[Ventura, California]] * [[Milo Goodrich]], congressman * [[Jerome Holland]], first African American ambassador to a European nation ([[Sweden]], 1972); president of [[Hampton University]] * [[Thomas Y. Howe, Jr.]], mayor and congressman<ref name="Marquis 1607-1896"/> * [[James Lockhart (Indiana)|James Lockhart]], congressman from [[Indiana]]<ref name="Marquis 1607-1896"/> * [[Virginia V. Lyons]], politician * [[Clinton D. MacDougall]], congressman * [[Truman A. Merriman]], congressman<ref name="Marquis 1607-1896"/> * [[Lithgow Osborne]], diplomat, first American ambassador to [[Norway]] after World War II * [[Thomas Mott Osborne]], prison reformer * [[Sereno E. Payne]], first [[House Majority Leader]] * [[Theodore Pomeroy]], [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|speaker of the house]] and mayor * [[Frederick W. Seward]], assistant secretary of state * [[William G. Stahlnecker]], congressman * [[John Taber]], congressman * [[Enos T. Throop]], 10th Governor of New York * [[Floyd K. Whittlemore]], Illinois state treasurer * [[Martha Coffin Wright]], [[feminism|feminist]] and participant in the [[Seneca Falls convention]] * Sheila Saft Tucker, historian, author, reporter, and teacher === Military === * [[Abner Doubleday]], general; for many years credited as the creator of baseball * [[Leonard E. Rea]], major general in the Marine Corps during World War II * [[William H. Seward Jr.]], brevet brigadier general * [[William J. Sharkey (US Navy officer)|William J. Sharkey]], naval officer * [[Vincent Speranza]], private during World War II and hero of the [[siege of Bastogne]]<ref> https://eu.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2023/08/03/auburn-iii-resident-vincent-speranza-fought-at-battle-of-the-bulge-dies/70519606007/</ref> * [[Robert F. Stryker]], Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipient === Sports, arts, and entertainment === * [[Eric Adams (musician)|Eric Adams]] (real name Louis Marullo), [[Manowar]] singer * [[Samuel Hopkins Adams]], author * [[Kelly Brannigan]], model (''[[Deal or No Deal (U.S. game show)|Deal or No Deal]]'') * [[John Chester Buttre]], artist and publisher of ''The American Portrait Gallery''<ref name="Marquis 1607-1896">{{cite book | title = Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896 | publisher = Marquis Who's Who | location=Chicago | year = 1963}}</ref> * [[Ryan Birchard]], professional baseball pitcher * [[Scott Columbus]], [[Manowar]] drummer * [[Earl Conrad]] (birth name Eli Cohen), journalist, author * [[Richard and John Contiguglia]], twin pianists * [[Joey DeMaio]], [[Manowar]] bassist * [[Greg Downing]], lacrosse player * [[Charles Loring Elliott]], portrait painter * [[Joey Foster Ellis]], artist * [[Buddy Hardeman]], football running back * [[Raymond Hitchcock (actor)|Raymond Hitchcock]], actor * [[Mark Jindrak]], ex-[[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] wrestler * [[Joe Kehoskie]], baseball agent * [[Julia Kirtland]], distance runner * [[Thomas Lawless|Bucky Lawless]], boxer (real name Thomas Lawless) * [[Tim Locastro]], Major League Baseball player * [[John Mansell|John]], [[Mike Mansell|Mike]], and [[Tom Mansell]], major league baseball players * [[Marijane Meaker]], award-winning author of young adult fiction (as "M.E. Kerr") * [[Pete Mendillo]], Musician, drummer * [[T. J. Middleton]], tennis player * [[Jeremy Morin]], NHL player * [[Bob Mosher]], TV and film writer * [[Jerry O'Neil]], [[NASCAR]] driver * [[Jane Peyton]], actress wife of [[Samuel Hopkins Adams]] * [[Kevin Polcovich]], Major League Baseball player * [[Greg Sankey]], commissioner, [[Southeastern Conference]] * [[Julius Schweinfurth]], architect * [[Stanley Shakespeare]], NFL player * [[James Jebusa Shannon|Sir James Jebusa Shannon]], artist * [[Alexander Theobald Van Laer]], painter * [[John Walsh (television host)|John Walsh]], host of ''[[America's Most Wanted]]'' and ''[[The Hunt with John Walsh]]'' * [[Thommie Walsh]], dancer, choreographer and director === Other === * [[Avery Dulles|Avery Robert Dulles]], [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinal]] and theologian * [[Theodore Frelinghuysen Dwight]] (1846β1917), editor, writer, archivist, bibliographer and U.S. diplomat * [[William Kemmler]], Auburn Prison inmate, first person executed by electric chair * [[Michael Lynch (geneticist)|Michael Lynch]] (born 1951), geneticist * [[A. T. Mann]], astrologer, architect and graphic artist * [[Harriet Mann Miller]] (1831β1918), writer, ornithologist * [[Paul Douglas Parkman]] (1932-2024), one of the developers of the rubella vaccine * [[Irene Sargent]] (1852β1932), American art historian * [[Frederick Starr]], professor and anthropologist * [[Annie Edson Taylor]], the first person to survive a trip over [[Niagara Falls]] in a barrel
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