Editing Penn Yan, New York (section)

==Notable people==<!--consensus reached to standardize this heading per WP:WikiProject Cities/US Guideline -->
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* [[William Babcock (politician)|William Babcock]], former US Congressman
* [[David Bordwell]], prominent American film theorist, film critic, and author, grew up on a farm near Penn Yan.
* [[Dana H. Born]], Brigadier General, former Penn Yan Resident - past Dean of Faculty at the [[United States Air Force Academy]]
* [[Dan Beach Bradley]], born July 18, 1804, studied here c. 1830 before serving as a highly regarded medical missionary to Siam, from 1835 until his death in Bangkok June 23, 1873.
* [[Stimson Joseph Brown]], Commodore and astronomer, born in Penn Yan
* [[Sophia Cacciola]], filmmaker, musician, and artist<ref>{{cite web |title=The Observer, 4 July 2001 |url=https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=obs20010704-01&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN---------- |website=NYS Historic Newspapers}}</ref>
* [[Tony Collins (American football)|Tony Collins]], [[NFL]] [[running back]] who played for the [[New England Patriots]], grew up in Penn Yan.
* [[Cris Crissy]], [[NFL]] [[Cornerback]] played for the [[Washington Redskins]], born, raised and grew up in Penn Yan.
* [[Sylvester J. Conklin]], former [[Wisconsin]] State Assemblyman, was born in Penn Yan.
* [[Susan Miller Dorsey]], former superintendent of Los Angeles schools, was born in Penn Yan.
* [[Duane Eddy]], Guitarist/Composer, a member of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame graduated from High School in Penn Yan
* [[Samuel S. Ellsworth]], former US Congressman
* [[Jonathan Hazard|Jonathan J. Hazard]], [[Rhode Island]] [[Anti-Federalism|Antifederalist]] and [[Country Party (Rhode Island)|Country Party]] founder; moved to Penn Yan with his wife and children in 1805 and died here in 1812.
* [[Thomas Augustine Hendrick]], American Roman Catholic bishop, was born in Penn Yan.
* [[Dutch Hoag]], racing driver
* [[John Imbrie]], [[Paleoceanography|paleoceanographer]] and [[MacArthur Fellow]], known for proving the theory of the Earth's [[ice age]]s, was born in Penn Yan.
* [[Maria Brace Kimball]] (1852–1933), educator, elocutionist, writer
* [[William M. Oliver]], former US Congressman<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000078|title= OLIVER, William Morrison, (1792 - 1863)|dictionary= Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date= January 14, 2014}}</ref>
* [[John Roche (actor)|John Roche]] (1893–1952), actor
* [[Henry Parker Sartwell]], physician and botanist, settled in Penn Yan about 1830 and died there in 1867.
* [[Walter H. Stevens]], Confederate Brigadier General