Editing Briarcliff Manor, New York (section)

=== Contemporary ===
Broadway lyricist [[Lee Adams]] and his wife have lived in Briarcliff Manor since the early 2000s.<ref name="Adams"/> Biomechanics researcher and [[Columbia University]] professor [[Van C. Mow]] lives in Briarcliff Manor.<ref name="vMow"/> His brother, architect Donald Mow, lived in Briarcliff and constructed his own house there.<ref name="dMow"/> [[Warren Adelson]] lived with his family at Rabbit Hill,<ref name="Adelson2"/> a [[Georgian Revival]] mansion in Scarborough designed around 1929 by [[Mott Schmidt]].<ref name="Adelson1"/> [[Robert Klein]], a comedian, singer, and actor, has been living in Briarcliff Manor since the 1980s.<ref name="Klein"/> [[Robert Mankoff]], cartoon editor for ''The New Yorker'' magazine, lives in Briarcliff Manor.<ref name="Mankoff"/> [[Simon Schama]] is a British historian and professor at Columbia University, and writer and host of the [[BBC]] series ''[[A History of Britain (TV series)|A History of Britain]]''.<ref name="SimonSchama"/> Novelist [[James Patterson]], author of the ''[[Alex Cross (novel series)|Alex Cross]]'' series, is a part-year resident of Briarcliff Manor.<ref name="Patterson"/> [[John Batchelor]], host of ''The John Batchelor Show'' radio news program, lives in the village with his family. He is an active member of the Briarcliff Congregational Church; his wife, Bonnie Ann Rosborough, is the church's pastor.<ref name="Batchelor"/> [[Roz Abrams]] is a national-news anchor known for her work with [[WABC-TV|WABC]] and [[WCBS-TV|WCBS]].<ref name="Abrams"/> Director, writer and producer [[Joseph Ruben]] lives in Briarcliff Manor,<ref name="Ruben"/> and musician [[Clifford Carter]] is a graduate of Briarcliff High School.<ref name="Carter"/> [[William N. Valavanis]] and [[Yuji Yoshimura]] both lived and taught in Briarcliff Manor, where they ran the Yoshimura School of [[Bonsai]] from 1972 to 1995.<ref name="Bonsai1"/><ref name="Bonsai2"/> Thomas Fitzgerald is a senior creative executive at [[Walt Disney Imagineering]].<ref name="Fitzgerald"/> Chef, restaurateur, and [[James Beard Award]] winner Michael McCarty was born and raised in Briarcliff Manor.<ref name="McCarty1"/><ref name="McCarty2"/> [[Tom Ortenberg]], the former CEO at Open Road Films and president at [[Lions Gate Entertainment|Lionsgate Films]], was born and raised in Briarcliff Manor.<ref name="Ortenberg"/> [[Doris Downes]], a botanical artist and widow of art critic [[Robert Hughes (critic)|Robert Hughes]], owns a farmhouse in the village (where they lived for many years).<ref name="Hughes"/><ref name="Hughes2"/> Radio journalist and host of ''[[Marketplace (radio program)|Marketplace]]'' [[Kai Ryssdal]] is from Briarcliff Manor.<ref name="Ryssdal"/> [[Curling|Curlers]] [[Bill Stopera]] and his son [[Andrew Stopera]] have lived in the village for over a decade,<ref name="USACurl"/><ref name="Curling"/> minor league baseball player [[Bobby Blevins]] grew up in the village and graduated from its schools in 2003,<ref name="Blevins1"/><ref name="Blevins2"/> and Olympic swimmer [[Paola Duguet]] grew up in Briarcliff Manor.<ref name="Duguet"/> [[Susanne Rust]], an award-winning [[investigative journalist]], was born and raised in the village.<ref name="SusanneRust"/>