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==Notable people== <!--Alphabetical order by last name please--> *Actress [[Elizabeth Anne Allen]], who played [[Amy Madison]] on ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', was born and raised in Gloversville. *Actor [[Mischa Auer]] (1905β1967) is buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Gloversville. *Ambassador [[Samuel D. Berger]] (1911β1980) was born and grew up in Gloversville. He was President [[John F. Kennedy]]'s first Ambassadorial appointment (to [[Korea]]), and later served as Deputy Ambassador to Vietnam. *[[Helen Broderick]] (1891β1959) film and stage actress, most known for ''[[Fifty Million Frenchmen]]'' and ''[[Top Hat]]''. Her husband, Lester Crawford (1885β1962), was an American film actor. They are the parents of film star [[Broderick Crawford]] and resided for a period of time on Temple Street in the late 1930s and 1940s. All are buried at Fern Dale Cemetery in Johnstown. *Actress [[Betty Buehler]] was raised in Gloversville. *[[Harvard University]] physician, pathologist, and immunologist [[Albert Coons]] grew up in Gloversville. Coons devised the technology of [[immunofluorescence]] microscopy and received the prestigious Albert [[Lasker Award]] in 1959 for his achievements in medical science. *[[Kenneth F. Cramer]], [[United States Army]], [[Major General (United States)|Major General]] and [[Chief of the National Guard Bureau]], was born in Gloversville. *Physicist [[William A. Edelstein]], one of the key developers of [[Magnetic resonance imaging|MRI]] scanning, was born in Gloversville. *In 1899, [[Samuel Goldwyn]] immigrated to the US from [[Poland]] through England to Canada. He eventually made his way to Gloversville. Having been trained in glovemaking in [[Hamburg]] by relatives, he worked as a glove maker and commissioned salesman for the Elite Glove Company.<ref>Berg (1989)</ref> *[[Eugene Goossen]] (1921β1997), an art historian, was born in Gloversville.<ref name="Goossen">{{cite news |last=Dobryznski |first=Judith H. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/07/17/arts/eugene-goossen-76-art-critic.html |title=Eugene Goossen, 76, Art Critic |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=July 17, 1997 |access-date=August 9, 2010}}</ref> *Hall of Fame [[harness racing]] driver [[Billy Haughton]] was born in Gloversville. *[[Casey Johnston]] (born 1987), fitness writer and influencer *[[Lucius Littauer]], five-term member of the [[United States House of Representatives]], first-ever football coach for the [[Harvard Crimson football]] team, philanthropist, and convicted smuggler, was born in Gloversville. In 1891, he provided the founding donation for Nathan Littauer Hospital, which was named in honor of Lucius' father, and which continues to serve the Gloversville area. *Actress [[Nicole Maines]], who played [[Nia Nal]] aka Dreamer on ''[[Supergirl (TV series)|Supergirl]]'', was born in Gloversville. *[[Patrick Peterson (runner)|Patrick Peterson]], distance runner for the Atlanta Track Club based out of Atlanta, Georgia. Formerly of the Iowa State Cyclones, where he was an All-American, and of [[Sacred Heart University]] in Connecticut, where Peterson won multiple New England titles. *Artist [[Frederic Remington]] was a one-time resident of Gloversville. *[[Pulitzer Prize]] winning author [[Richard Russo]] (''[[Empire Falls]]'', ''[[The Risk Pool]]'') was raised in Gloversville. The city and its residents were the inspiration for many of his characters and locations in his novels, especially his novel ''[[Mohawk (novel)|Mohawk]]''. *[[David Smukler]] (1914β1971), NFL football player *[[Harriet Mabel Spalding]] (1862β1935) was a litterateur and poet. *Opera singer [[Sharon Sweet]] was born and raised in Gloversville.
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