Ralph Waldo Emerson
(1803-1882) Writer, social activist. Ralph Waldo Emerson often visited his brother, Richmond County Judge William Emerson, who lived in Staten Island, New York from 1837 to 1864.
County: Richmond
John Charles Fremont
(1813-1890) Explorer, surveyor, writer. “The Life Of Col. John Charles Fremont And His Narrative Of Explorations And Adventures In Kansas, Nebraska, Oregon, and California,” died on Staten Island.
Sidney Howard Gay
(1814-1888) Abolitionist, editor. New York and Chicago Tribunes, lived in Livingston from 1848 until his death.
Maxim Gorky
(1868-1936) Writer. “Foma Gordeyev” (1902)
Langston Hughes
(1902-1967) Poet, writer, “Poet Laureate of Harlem.” Langston Hughes worked, growing onions on a truck farm on Staten Island, in 1922. Hughes was a major figure of the Harlem Renaissance. Born in Joplin, Missouri, Mr. Hughes moved to Manhattan, New York, from Missouri in 1921; he studied at Columbia University, and later lived at 20 … Continued
Ella Reeve Bloor
(1862-1951) Feminist, labor agitator, journalist. “We Are Many,” was born on Staten Island.
Jane Bowles
(1917-1973) Writer. Jane Bowles was born in New York City and lived on Staten Island, New York with her husband, Paul Bowles.
James Paul Chapin
(1889-1964) Writer, ornithologist. “Birds of the Belgian Congo,” moved to Staten Island in 1892.
William Cody
(1846-1917) Scout, promoter, writer. William Cody, also known as Buffalo Bill, brought his Wild West Show to Erastina, Mariners Harbor, Staten Island, New York.
William Rossa Cole
(1919-2000) Anthologist of more than 50 poetry anthologies for children. “I Went to the Animal Fair: A Book of Animal Poems,” was born on Staten Island.