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Notable people
- Theodore Albrecht, music historian
- Augustus F. Allen, former US Congressman
- Brad Anderson, cartoonist
- Mitchell Anderson, notable character actor
- Marshall Arisman, illustrator
- Cheryl Bailey, Executive Director of the National Women's Soccer League
- Fred Ball, movie studio executive, actor, brother of Lucille Ball
- Lucille Ball, actress, comedian, and businesswoman, was born in Jamestown and moved to nearby Celeron, where she spent several years; she moved back to Jamestown as a teenager, continuing to visit after moving away as her mother remained in Jamestown
- Wilfred Beaver, World War I flying ace
- Alfred W. Benson, former US Senator from Kansas
- Walter Brown, former MLB player
- Rob Buck, founding member of 10,000 Maniacs
- Leon Carlson, former MLB relief pitcher
- Samuel A. Carlson, former mayor of Jamestown
- Nick Carter, singer, member of the Backstreet Boys
- Parke H. Davis, football player and coach
- Dennis Drew, keyboardist for 10,000 Maniacs
- Greg Edwards, county executive of Chautauqua County, former candidate for Lt. Governor of New York
- Reuben Fenton, congressman, senator, and Governor of New York, was born in the nearby Town of Carroll and made his home in Jamestown.
- Vagn F. Flyger, wildlife biologist, one of the world's foremost authorities on squirrels
- Michael G. Foster, karate pioneer
- Andy Goodell, New York State Assemblyman
- Charles Goodell, former US Congressman
- Roger Goodell, NFL commissioner, born and raised in Jamestown
- Mihal Grameno, Albanian rilindas, politician, writer, freedom fighter, journalist
- Alva L. Hager, former US Congressman from Iowa
- Terrance DeJesus, Cyber Security Professional, Entrepreneur
- Gilbert Dennison Harris, notable geologist
- Hayward A. Harvey, inventor of the Harvey process
- John B. Hayes, retired US Coast Guard Admiral
- Abner Hazeltine, former U.S. Congressman
- Shawn Higbee, professional motorcycle racer
- John Jachym, businessman, philanthropist, sportsman
- Robert H. Jackson, U.S. Solicitor General, U.S. Attorney General, U.S. Supreme Court associate justice and Nuremberg chief prosecutor, graduated from Jamestown High School, lived and practiced law in Jamestown from 1910–1934, was buried following an October 1954 funeral at Jamestown's St. Luke's Episcopal Church
- Gene Johnson, member of band Diamond Rio, raised in rural area near Jamestown
- Harry Pratt Judson, second President of the University of Chicago
- Laura Kightlinger, actress, comedian, writer
- John Lombardo, founding member of 10,000 Maniacs
- Dwight Lowry, former MLB catcher
- Stanley Lundine, politician, Mayor of Jamestown, Congressman, Lieutenant Governor of New York
- Richard P. Marvin, former US Congressman
- Jim McCusker, retired NFL player
- Natalie Merchant, singer; her band 10,000 Maniacs originated in Jamestown and gold and platinum records hang in Jamestown City Hall
- The Mighty Wallop!, rock band
- Irv Noren, former professional baseball and basketball player
- Francis W. Palmer, former US Congressman
- Pandora Boxx, drag queen, contestant on second season of reality-television series RuPaul's Drag Race
- William Parment, former New York State Assemblyman
- Julie Anne Peters, author
- Roger Tory Peterson, naturalist
- Jess Present, former New York State Senator
- Jackson Rohm, country/pop musician
- Porter Sheldon, former US Congressman
- Elliott Fitch Shepard, owner of Mail and Express newspaper
- Nick Sirianni, NFL assistant coach
- Ira Spring, photographer, author
- Jud Strunk, singer/songwriter
- James Subjack, former Chautauqua County District Attorney
- Samuel Teresi, mayor of Jamestown
- Davis Hanson Waite, 8th Governor of Colorado
- Walter Washington, first African-American Mayor of Washington, D.C., raised in Jamestown
- Willis R. Whitney, founder of the research laboratory of the General Electric Company
- Dale Willman, award-winning journalist
- Thomas B. Woodworth, newspaper publisher, lawyer
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