Erie County

County

Celebrities from Erie County

13 memorials

0 Funeral Homes

1 cemetery

2 Places

Erie County: 13 memorial pages

of people who were born or died here, or were laid to rest here

Portrait of Edith M. Flanigen (1929–2026) – memorial page

Memorial

Edith M. Flanigen

01/28/1929 – 01/06/2026

96 years

American chemist

Portrait of C. R. Rao (1920–2023) – memorial page

Memorial

C. R. Rao

09/10/1920 – 08/22/2023

102 years

Indian-American mathematician

Portrait of Bob Lanier (1948–2022) – memorial page

Memorial

Bob Lanier

09/10/1948 – 05/10/2022

73 years

American basketball player

Portrait of Leon Max Lederman (1922–2018) – memorial page

Memorial

Leon Max Lederman

07/15/1922 – 10/03/2018

96 years

American mathematician and physicist

Portrait of Jim Hall (1930–2013) – memorial page

Memorial

Jim Hall

12/04/1930 – 12/10/2013

83 years

American jazz guitarist, composer

Portrait of Paul Kurtz (1925–2012) – memorial page

Memorial

Paul Kurtz

12/21/1925 – 10/20/2012

86 years

American professor of philosophy

Memorial

Charles Thomas Kowal

11/08/1940 – 11/28/2011

71 years

American astronomer

Portrait of Herbert A. Hauptman (1917–2011) – memorial page

Memorial

Herbert A. Hauptman

02/14/1917 – 10/23/2011

94 years

American mathematician

Memorial

Wilson Greatbatch

09/06/1919 – 09/27/2011

92 years

American engineer and inventor

Portrait of Tim Russert (1950–2008) – memorial page

Memorial

Tim Russert

05/07/1950 – 06/13/2008

58 years

American journalist

Washington, D.C.

Portrait of Shirley Chisholm (1924–2005) – memorial page

Memorial

Shirley Chisholm

née Shirley Anita St. Hill

11/30/1924 – 01/01/2005

80 years

first black woman elected to the United States Congress

Portrait of Rick James (1948–2004) – memorial page

Memorial

Rick James

02/01/1948 – 08/06/2004

56 years

American singer, songwriter and record producer

Portrait of Nancy Marchand (1928–2000) – memorial page

Memorial

Nancy Marchand

06/19/1928 – 06/18/2000

71 years

American actress