Editing White Plains, New York (section)

==Notable people==
<span style="color:navy;"><small>'''(b)'''</small></span> denotes that the person was born there.
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* [[Admiral Dot]], real name Leopold Kahn, little person, lived in White Plains where he founded The Admiral Dot Hotel
* [[Katrina Adams]], former professional tennis player and former [[USTA]] president
* [[Richard H. Anderson (pilot)|Richard H. Anderson]], World War II [[Flying ace|ace]]-in-a-day
* [[Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy]], wife of [[John F. Kennedy, Jr.]], born in White Plains <span style="color:navy;"><small>'''(b)'''</small></span>
* [[Adam Bradley (politician)|Adam Bradley]], mayor of White Plains from 2010 to 2011<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 28, 2010 |title=Assault Charge for White Plains Mayor |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/01/nyregion/01mayor.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408020557/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/01/nyregion/01mayor.html |archive-date=April 8, 2016 |access-date=February 23, 2017 |work=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press}}</ref>
* [[Hikaru Nakamura]], five-time United States Chess Champion, and youngest American Grandmaster. Born in Japan and later moved to White Plains with his mother, brother and stepfather at the age of 2.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hoffman |first=Paul |date=July 8, 2003 |title=Meet Hikaru Nakamura, Boy Chess Wizard |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB105762561621820400 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210930031948/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB105762561621820400 |archive-date=September 30, 2021 |access-date=February 20, 2021 |work=The Wall Street Journal}}</ref>
* [[Brian Burton]] (Danger Mouse), musician, songwriter and producer <span style="color:navy;"><small>'''(b)'''</small></span><ref>{{Cite web |date=July 29, 2011 |title=Happy Birthday, Danger Mouse |url=http://newsroom.mtv.com/2011/07/29/happy-birthday-danger-mouse/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714101305/http://newsroom.mtv.com/2011/07/29/happy-birthday-danger-mouse/ |archive-date=July 14, 2015 |access-date=July 22, 2008 |website=MTV News}}</ref>
* [[Joseph Campbell]], author and expert on myth and legend <span style="color:navy;"><small>'''(b)'''</small></span><ref>[http://www.jcf.org/new/index.php?categoryid=11 Joseph Campbell Foundation website] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110324201327/http://www.jcf.org/new/index.php?categoryid=11 |date=March 24, 2011 }}. Retrieved July 22, 2008</ref>
* [[Frank Enea]], musician and composer, was born in White Plains
* [[Erin Cardillo]], actress, was born in White Plains
* [[Shooting of Kenneth Chamberlain, Sr.|Kenneth Chamberlain, Sr.]], resident killed by White Plains police after his medical alert necklace was accidentally triggered
* [[Lynn Conway]], computer scientist responsible for the [[Mead and Conway revolution]] in [[Very-large-scale integration]] design
* [[Glenn Cooper]], thriller writer and film producer
* [[John Curran (journalist)|John Curran]], financial journalist<ref name="bglobe">{{Cite news |last=Stevens |first=Charles W. |date=July 12, 2013 |title=John Curran, 59; dogged journalist, Bloomberg editor |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/obituaries/2013/07/11/john-curran-bloomberg-editor-formerly-fortune/UHstvjAazUzWhOzS4aibsL/story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402075630/https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/obituaries/2013/07/11/john-curran-bloomberg-editor-formerly-fortune/UHstvjAazUzWhOzS4aibsL/story.html |archive-date=April 2, 2019 |access-date=July 31, 2013 |work=[[Boston Globe]]}}</ref>
* [[Jennifer Damiano]], Broadway actress, noted for her roles in ''Next to Normal'' and ''Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark''
* [[Dan Duryea]], actor <small>'''(b)'''</small>, was born in White Plains and graduated from [[White Plains Senior High School|White Plains High School]] in 1924
* [[Johnny Farrell]], golfer, 1928 U.S. Open champion, was born in White Plains
* [[Noah Fleiss]], actor, was born in White Plains
* [[Drew "Dru-Ha" Friedman]], hip-hop record executive of [[Duck Down Music Inc.]], born and raised in White Plains
* [[Channing Frye]], NBA forward <span style="color:navy;"><small>'''(b)'''</small></span><ref>{{Cite web |title=Channing Frye Bio |url=http://www.nba.com/playerfile/channing_frye/bio.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051206051213/http://www.nba.com/playerfile/channing_frye/bio.html |archive-date=December 6, 2005 |access-date=July 22, 2008 |website=NBA.com}}</ref>
* [[Percy Grainger]], Australian-born U.S. composer, pianist and conductor<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Percy Grainger House in White Plains, New York |url=http://www.percygrainger.org/grahouse.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107174815/http://percygrainger.org/grahouse.htm |archive-date=November 7, 2016 |access-date=August 3, 2008 |website=The International Percy Grainger Society}}</ref>
* [[Shelley Hack]], actress and supermodel<span style="color:navy;"> <small>'''(b)'''</small></span><ref>{{Cite news |last=Lavin |first=Cheryl |date=September 14, 1986 |title=Fast Track |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |page=175}}</ref>
* [[David Harbour]], actor<span style="color:navy;"> <small>'''(b)'''</small></span>
* [[Ellen Holly]], actress
* [[Eric Holtz]], Head Coach of the [[Israel national baseball team|Israel National Baseball Team]]
* [[Bob Hyland]], NFL lineman and candidate for mayor<ref>Pellegrin, Michael. [http://whiteplains.patch.com/articles/republicans-announce-hyland-as-their-candidate-for-mayor "Republicans Announce Hyland as Their Candidate for Mayor"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120828093714/http://whiteplains.patch.com/articles/republicans-announce-hyland-as-their-candidate-for-mayor |date=August 28, 2012 }}, ''White Plains Patch'', March 13, 2011</ref>
* [[Deacon Jones (infielder)|Deacon Jones]], MLB infielder, born in White Plains
* [[Nancy Kissinger]], wife of [[Henry Kissinger]]
* [[Jonathan Larson]], writer of musical ''[[Rent (musical)|Rent]]'' <small>'''(b)'''</small>
* [[Harry Lauter]], character actor
* [[Alison Lurie]], Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist, grew up in White Plains
* [[Joseph Magaletti]], convicted murderer and suspected serial killer, was born in White Plains
* [[Matisyahu]], American Jewish reggae artist<ref>[http://music.aol.com/artist/matisyahu/biography "Matisyahu Biography"] {{Webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20120711221742/http://music.aol.com/artist/matisyahu/biography |date=July 11, 2012 }}, [[AOL Music]]. Retrieved April 7, 2011.</ref>
* [[Jesse McCartney]], singer-songwriter and actor, lived in White Plains
* [[Mike McGlone]], actor
* [[John Mara]], co-owner and president of the New York Giants
* [[Emily McLaughlin]], soap opera actress
* [[Boyd Melson]], boxer
* [[Art Monk]], NFL Hall of Famer (wide receiver) played football for [[White Plains High School]]<ref>[[Art Monk]]</ref>
* [[Chris Murphy]], United States Senator <span style="color:navy;"> <small>'''(b)'''</small></span>
* [[Tommy O'Sullivan]], rower at [[Row America]] Rye, philanthropist, poet
* [[Garrick Ohlsson]], classical pianist
* [[Nicholas Orzio]], photographer<small>'''(b)'''</small>
* [[Candace Owens]], American political commentator born in White Plains<small>'''(b)'''</small>
* [[Joseph Polchinski]], [[theoretical physicist]] and [[string theory|string theorist]] <small>'''(b)'''</small><ref>{{Cite web |last=Overbye, Dennis |author-link=Dennis Overbye |date=February 7, 2018 |title=Joseph Polchinski, 63, Leading Theorist on Multiple Universes, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/07/obituaries/joseph-polchinski-63-leading-theorist-on-multiple-universes-dies.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180208022537/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/07/obituaries/joseph-polchinski-63-leading-theorist-on-multiple-universes-dies.html |archive-date=February 8, 2018 |access-date=February 8, 2018 |website=[[The New York Times]] |quote=Joseph Gerard Polchinski Jr. was born in White Plains on May 16, 1954, the eldest of two children}}</ref>
* [[Scott Reiniger]], actor, and, as "Prince of Ghor", a hereditary prince <span style="color:navy;"><small>'''(b)'''</small></span><ref>{{Cite web |title=Scott H. Reiniger |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0718203/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150113175939/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0718203/ |archive-date=January 13, 2015 |access-date=October 28, 2014 |publisher=IMDb}}</ref>
* [[JD Roberto]], game show host and writer best known for hosting ''[[Shop 'Til You Drop]]'' from 2003 to 2005, replacing former host [[Pat Finn (game show host)|Pat Finn]]. <small>'''(b)'''</small>
* [[Jimmy Roberts]], journalist and broadcaster<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jimmy Roberts |url=https://www.whiteplainspublicschools.org/cms/lib/NY01000029/Centricity/Domain/12/j_roberts.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402130954/https://www.whiteplainspublicschools.org/cms/lib/NY01000029/Centricity/Domain/12/j_roberts.pdf |archive-date=April 2, 2022 |access-date=July 26, 2022 |website=whiteplainspublicschools.org}}</ref>
* [[Vanessa Rousso]], professional poker player <span style="color:navy;"><small>'''(b)'''</small></span><ref>{{Cite web |title=Vanessa Rousso: Team Pokestars Pro & Go Daddy Girl |url=http://videos.godaddy.com/vanessa_photo.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090401145117/http://videos.godaddy.com/vanessa_photo.aspx |archive-date=April 1, 2009 |access-date=May 10, 2009 |publisher=[[GoDaddy.com]]}}</ref>
* [[Bhaskar Sunkara]], political writer
* [[Andrew S. Tanenbaum]], computer scientist and professor<ref>[http://www.cs.vu.nl/~ast/home/faq.html Andrew S. Tanenbaum's FAQ] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801033802/http://www.cs.vu.nl/~ast/home/faq.html |date=August 1, 2017 }}, hosted at [[Vrije Universiteit]]. Retrieved April 7, 2011.</ref>
* [[Micah Townshend]], [[Secretary of State of Vermont]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Walton |first=E. P. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1VgSAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA518 |title=Records of the Governor and Council of the State of Vermont |date=1873 |publisher=J. and J. M. Poland |volume=I |location=Montpelier, VT |pages=518–519}}</ref>
* [[Ralph Waite]], actor who played John Walton in ''[[The Waltons]]'' television series <span style="color:navy;"><small>'''(b)'''</small></span>
* [[Chris Watson (basketball)|Chris Watson]], American-Israeli basketball player
* [[Claire Weinstein]], Olympic silver medalist freestyle swimmer
* [[James Whitmore]], actor known for such films as ''[[The Asphalt Jungle]]'' and ''[[The Shawshank Redemption]]'' <span style="color:navy;"> <small>'''(b)'''</small></span>
* [[Mark Zuckerberg]], founder and CEO of Facebook <span style="color:navy;"> <small>'''(b)'''</small></span><ref>{{Cite news |last=Malone |first=Jasmine |date=December 15, 2010 |title=Mark Zuckerberg wins Time person of the year: profile |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/mark-zuckerberg/8204697/Mark-Zuckerberg-wins-Time-person-of-the-year-profile.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418174431/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/mark-zuckerberg/8204697/Mark-Zuckerberg-wins-Time-person-of-the-year-profile.html |archive-date=April 18, 2018 |access-date=April 2, 2018 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]}}</ref>
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