Jacket, Native American Seneca orator and chief of the Wolf clan Mary Burnett Talbert, African-American activist, suffragist and reformer Margit Slachta, founder of the Sisters of Social Service Science and technology Willis Carrier, inventor of modern air conditioning Sidney Farber, considered the father of modern chemotherapy Genevieve Grotjan Feinstein, mathematician and cryptanalyst, helped crack the Japanese cipher machine during WWII Edward Gibson, NASA astronaut, pilot, engineer, and physicist Wilson Greatbatch, inventor of the Cardiac pacemaker Herbert Hauptman, Nobel Laureate Herman Hollerith, founder of The Tabulating Machine Company that later became IBM Bruce Kershner, environmentalist and author Chad Myers, meteorologist Roswell Park, physician James Pawelczyk, NASA researcher Alfred Southwick, inventor of the electric chair Sargur N. Srihari, computer scientist Cliff Stoll, astronomer, author and teacher Craig Venter, founder of Celera Genomics, The Institute for Genomic Research, and the J. Craig Venter Institute Jeffrey Wigand, tobacco industry whistleblower Charles H. Hogan, train engineer Sports Kevyn Adams, hockey player & current general manager of the Buffalo Sabres Adrian Adonis, professional wrestler Josh Johnson, Major League Baseball player. Anita Alvarez, Olympic synchronized swimmer Matt Anderson, volleyball player Jimmy Arias, tennis player Justin Bailey, ice hockey player Tom Baker, bowler Beth Phoenix, professional wrestler Dick Beyer, profesional wrestler Edward "Ed" Book, basketball player Damone Brown, basketball player Jack Brownschidle, hockey player Jim Burt, football player Al Cervi, basketball player and coach Steven Coppola, Olympic rower Jon Corto, football player Don Curtis, professional wrestler Jim Dombrowski, football player Brian Dux, basketball player Joe Ehrmann, football player Rashad Evans, mixed martial artist Jeffrey Float, Olympic swimmer Jonny Flynn, basketball player Marcus Foligno, hockey player Nick Foligno, hockey player Daniel Garcia, professional wrestler David Goggins, ultrarunner and former pull-up world record holder Corey Graham, football player Rob Gronkowski, football player Paul Harris, basketball player Lazar Hayward, basketball player Orel Hershiser, baseball pitcher Joe Hesketh, baseball pitcher Dave Hollins, baseball player Bill Hunter, baseball player Ron Jaworski, football player Patrick Kaleta, hockey player Patrick Kane, hockey player Jim Kelly, football player, settled in Buffalo after playing for the Buffalo Bills Chad Kelly, football player, nephew of Jim Jack Kemp, football player and politician Tim Kennedy, hockey player Seymour H. Knox III, NHL owner Todd Krygier, hockey player Christian Laettner, basketball player Mike Lalor, NHL hockey player and Stanley Cup winner in 1986 Bob Lanier, basketball player Mark Lewin, professional wrestler Lex Luger, professional wrestler Sal Maglie, baseball pitcher Don