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List of people from Ithaca, New York

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This is a list of people who either were born in Ithaca, New York or who lived there other than when attending Cornell University or Ithaca College. The county in which Ithaca resides, Tompkins County, New York, is ranked eighth in all 3,144 U.S. counties for the highest density of culturally notable baby boomers.[1][2][3]

Dustin Brown
Alex Haley
Jon Jones
Mary McDonnell
Carl Sagan
David Foster Wallace
X Ambassadors

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