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New York City skyline
Many notable people were either born in
New York City or adopted it as their home.
People from New York City
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50 Cent (Curtis Jackson, born 1975) – businessman and rapper
6ix9ine (Daniel Hernandez, born 1996) – rapper
22Gz (Jeffrey Mark Alexander, born 1997) – Brooklyn drill rapper
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Aaliyah (Aaliyah Haughton, 1979–2001) – singer, actress and model
Zaid Abdul-Aziz (born 1946) – professional basketball player
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born 1947) – basketball player
George Abernethy (1807–1877) – first provisional
Governor of Oregon
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Cecile Abish (born 1930) – sculptor
Oday Aboushi (born 1991) – football player
Ray Abruzzo (born 1954) – actor
Bella Abzug (1920–1998) – Congressional representative
Garnett Adrain (1815–1878) – member of the
United States House of Representatives from
New Jersey
[1]
Cornelius Rea Agnew (1830–1888) –
ophthalmologist
[1]
Eliza Agnew (1807–1883) –
Presbyterian
missionary
[1]
Christina Aguilera (born 1980) – singer
Danny Aiello (1933–2019) – actor
AJR (born 1990, 1994, and 1997) – indie pop trio and multi-instrumentalists
Marv Albert (born 1941) – sports announcer
Eva Allen Alberti (1856-1938) – dramatics teacher
Alan Alda (born 1936) – actor
Anne Reeve Aldrich (1866–1892) – writer
Ira Aldridge (1805–1867) – stage actor
[1]
William Alexander, Lord Stirling (1726–1783) –
major general in the
American Revolutionary War
[1]
Nancy Allen (born 1950) – actress
Woody Allen (born 1935) – film director, actor and screenwriter
Vincent Alo (1904–2001) – mobster
Rafer Alston (born 1976) – basketball player
Lee J. Ames (1921–2011) – illustrator and writer; known for the Draw 50... learn-to-draw books
Trey Anastasio (born 1964) – rock musician, member of the band,
Phish
Kenny Anderson – (born 1970) professional basketball player
Natalie and Nadiya Anderson (born 1986) – twins, television personalities; contestants on
The Amazing Race and winner of
Survivor: San Juan del Sur
Charles Anthon (1797–1867) – classical scholar
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Carmelo Anthony (born 1984) – basketball player
Marc Anthony (born 1968) – singer, actor
Judd Apatow (born 1967) – producer, director, comedian, actor and screenwriter
Fiona Apple (born 1977) – singer-songwriter
Jacob Appel – (born 1973), short story writer, bioethicist, born in New York City
Diane Arbus (1923–1971) – photographer
Nate Archibald (born 1948) – professional basketball player
Edward Arnold (1890–1956) – actor
Rosanna Arquette (born 1959) – actress
Kenneth J. Arrow (1921–2017) – economist; recipient, 1972
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
Beatrice Arthur (1922–2009) – actress
Marilyn Aschner (born 1948) – professional tennis player
William H. Aspinwall (1807–1875) – railroad promoter
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John Jacob Astor III (1822–1890) – businessman, member of the
Astor family
John Jacob Astor VI (1912–1992) – socialite and businessman, member of the
Astor family
Vincent Astor (1891–1959) – businessman and philanthropist, member of the Astor family
William Backhouse Astor, Sr. (1792–1875) – businessman, member of the Astor family
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William Backhouse Astor Jr. (1829–1892) – businessman, racehorse owner, and yachtsman, member of the
Astor family
René Auberjonois (1940–2019) – actor
Jake T. Austin (born 1994) – actor, model, and writer
Awkwafina (Nora Lum, born 1988) – rapper and actress
AZ (born 1972) – rapper, former member of the rap group
The Firm
Hank Azaria (born 1964) – actor
Arcángel (born 1985) - Rapper,Sing,Songwriter
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Edwin Burr Babbitt – actor
Morena Baccarin (born 1979) – Brazilian-born actress
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Johnny Bach (1924–2016) – professional basketball player and coach
Emma Bailey (1910–1999) – auctioneer and author
William Bliss Baker – landscape artist
Azealia Banks (born 1991) – rapper, singer-songwriter, and actress
Lloyd Banks (born 1982) – rapper
Joseph Barbera (1911–2006) – animator, producer, director,
MGM and co-founder of
Hanna-Barbera
Moses Michael Levi Barrow (born Jamal Michael Barrow; 1978), better known by his stage name Shyne, Belizean rapper and politician
Bryan Bautista – Dominican-American musician, singer, and contestant
Earl Beecham – football player
Francesca Beghe
Harry Belafonte (1927-2023) – singer-songwriter, activist, actor
Bo Belinsky (1936–2001) – Major League Baseball player
Aisha Tandiwe Bell – mixed media artist
Tony Bennett – jazz singer and musician
Lillie Berg (1845–1896) – musician, musical educator
Moe Berg (1902–1972) –
Major League Baseball player and spy
Milton Berle – comedian
Paul Berlenbach (1901–1985) – light heavyweight boxing champion, 1925–1926
Dellin Betances – Major League Baseball pitcher
Acid Betty – drag queen
Mario Biaggi (1917–2015) – decorated policeman and US Congressman
Bipolar Explorer – dreampop band
Raymond Ward Bissell – art historian
Joan Blondell – actress
Humphrey Bogart (1899–1957) – actor
A Boogie wit da Hoodie (born 1995) – rapper
William T. Bonniwell Jr. – Wisconsin and Minnesota politician
Joseph Borelli – politician, conservative commentator
Francis Bouillon –
National Hockey League defenseman playing for the
Nashville Predators
Kate Parker Scott Boyd (1836–1922) – artist, journalist, temperance worker
William Boylan (1869–1940) – first President of
Brooklyn College
Barbara Boxer (born 1940) –
U.S. Senator from California
James J. Braddock – boxer (aka "Cinderella Man")
Hermann Braun (1918–1945) – actor
Abigail Breslin – actress and musician
Jimmy Breslin – columnist
Spencer Breslin (born 1992) – actor and musician
Richard Bright (1937–2006) – actor
Eben Britton – football player
Matthew Broderick – actor and singer
Action Bronson – rapper
Mel Brooks (born 1926) – film director, screenwriter, actor
Helen Gilman Noyes Brown – philanthropist
Julia Brown – madam and prostitute
Larry Brown – basketball player and coach
Quincy Brown – actor
Tarell Brown (born 1985) – football player
Andrew Bryson (1822–1892) –
United States Navy rear admiral
William F. Buckley Jr. – author and conservative commentator
Sidney Jonas Budnick – abstract artist
Daniel Bukantz (1917–2008) – four-time Olympic fencer
Robert John Burke (born 1960) – actor and firefighter
George Burns (1896–1996) – comedian
Steve Buscemi – actor
Benjamin Busch –
U.S. Marine Lieutenant Colonel and actor
Barbara Bush (1925–2018) – wife of
George H. W. Bush
Gene Byrnes – cartoonist
Michelle Borth – actress
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Joey Badass – rapper
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Christopher Latore Wallace (The Notorious BIG) (1972–1997) – rapper
James Caan (1940–2022) – actor
Adolph Caesar (1933–1986) – actor
Leslie Cagan (born 1947) – activist and writer
James Cagney (1899–1986) – actor
Eddie Cahill (born 1978) – actor
Edward L. Cahn (1899–1963) – film director known for the
Our Gang comedies
Sarth Calhoun – electronic musician
Joseph A. Califano (born 1931) –
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
Maria Callas (1923–1977) – Greek-American opera singer
Cher Calvin (born 1974) – journalist
Richard Camacho – singer, musician, member of Latin music band
CNCO , Dominican-origin
Christian Camargo – actor
Schuyler V. Cammann (1912–1991) –
anthropologist
Chris Canty – football player
Jeimer Candelario – baseball player
William Mebarak Chadid (1931–present) – father of
Shakira
Al Capone (1899–1947) –
Prohibition gangster, boss of
Chicago Outfit
Mae Capone (1897–1986) – wife of Al Capone
Capone (born 1976) – rapper
Francis Capra (born 1983) – actor
Jennifer Capriati (born 1976) – tennis player
Nestor Carbonell (born 1967) – actor
Irene Cara (born 1959) – singer-songwriter, dancer, actress
Cardi B (born 1992) – rapper
Benjamin Cardozo (1870–1938) –
Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
Michael A. Cardozo –
Corporation Counsel
Hugh Carey (1919–2011) –
Governor of New York
Timothy Carey (1929–1994) – actor
George Carlin (1937–2008) – comedian
Alan Carney (1909–1973) – actor, comedian
Caleb Carr (born 1955) – novelist, military historian
Eric Carr (1950–1991) – rock musician, songwriter
John Carradine (1906–1988) – actor
Julian Casablancas (born 1978) – lead singer of rock band
The Strokes ; musician
Colin Cassady (born 1986) – professional wrestler working for
AEW
John Cassavetes (1929–1989) – actor
DJ Cassidy (born 1981) – DJ, record producer, MC
Richard S. Castellano (1933–1988) – actor
Luis Castillo – football player
Vinnie Caruana (born 1979) – musician, singer
Phoebe Cates (born 1963) – actress
Jose Ceballos – trade unionist, political campaign manager
Kai Cenat (born 2001) – YouTuber
Bennett Cerf (1898–1971) – publisher, TV personality
Billy Cesare (born 1955), American football player
Stanley Chais (1926–2010) – investment advisor in the Madoff investment scandal
Pauline Chalamet - actress
Timothée Chalamet – actor
Jeff Chandler (1918–1961) – actor
Frank Chanfrau (1824–1884) – actor
James S. C. Chao – Chinese-American entrepreneur, philanthropist
Harry Chapin (1942–1981) – singer-songwriter
Roz Chast – cartoonist
Paddy Chayefsky – author
Maury Chaykin – actor
Julie Chen – television personality
Edmund A. Chester – executive at
CBS
Jennie Jerome Churchill (1854–1921) – mother of
Winston Churchill
Hansol Vernon Chwe – singer (member of pop group
Seventeen )
Peter Cincotti – singer-songwriter
Andre Cisco – NFL
safety for the
Jacksonville Jaguars
Robert Clohessy (born 1957) – actor
Evan Cole – CEO of H.D. Buttercup
Schuyler Colfax Jr. (1823–1885) – former
Vice President of the United States
Margaret Colin – actress
Willie Colón – salsa musician, social activist
Jennifer Connelly (born 1970) – actress
Irv Constantine – football player
Evan Conti (born 1993) – American-Israeli basketball player and coach
Hugh E. Conway – labor economist
Terence Cooke (1921–1983) – seventh archbishop of New York
Anderson Cooper – television journalist
George H. Cooper (1821–1891) – United States Navy rear admiral
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Shaun Cooper (born 1980) – rock musician, bassist
Lillian Copeland (1904–1964) - Olympic discus champion; set world records in discus, javelin, and shot put
Francis Ford Coppola (born 1939) – film director, screenwriter, and producer
Karla Cornejo Villavicencio – writer
[5]
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez – U.S. Representative
William R. Cosentini – mechanical engineer and founder of
Cosentini Associates
Ann Coulter – conservative commentator, writer
Freddie Crawford – basketball player
Peter Criss (born 1945) – rock musician, songwriter
Billy Crystal (born 1948) – comedian, actor, director
George Cukor (1899–1983) – film director
Kieran Culkin (born 1982) – actor
Kit Culkin (born 1944) – actor
Macaulay Culkin (born 1980) – actor
Rory Culkin (born 1989) – actor
Jermaine Cunningham (born 1988) – football player
Andrew Cuomo (born 1957) – Governor of New York
Mario Cuomo (1932–2015) – Governor of New York
Quentin Curry (born 1972) – landscape painter
Valerie Curtin (born 1945) – actress, screenwriter
Tony Curtis (1925–2010) – actor
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Alexandra Daddario – actress
Matthew Daddario – actor
Chester Dale – banker
Charles Patrick Daly – judge
Robert Dalva – filmmaker, editor
Al D'Amato – politician
Claire Danes – actress
Rodney Dangerfield – comedian
Lloyd Daniels – basketball player
Ron Dante – singer-songwriter, record producer
Tony Danza – actor
Bobby Darin – singer-songwriter, entertainer, actor
Candy Darling actress and
Warhol superstar
Jim David – comedian, actor, playwright
Larry David – actor, writer, comedian, producer
Pete Davidson – actor, comedian
Marion Davies – actress
Al "Bummy" Davis – boxer
Sammy Davis Jr. (1925–1990) – singer, entertainer
Dawin (full name Dawin Polanco) – hip hop-R&B singer, musician, record producer
Rosario Dawson – actress
Clarence Day (1874–1935) – author and humorist
Charlie Day – actor
Dorothy Day – Catholic social activist
Lillian Day – author and playwright
Hal de Becker – dancer and dance writer
Bill de Blasio –
Mayor of New York City
Robert De Niro – actor
Éamon de Valera –
Taoiseach (prime minister) and
President of Ireland
Philip DeFranco – YouTuber and video blogger
Lana Del Rey
De La Ghetto (born 1984) - Singer, Rapper, Songwriter – model, singer-songwriter
Samuel R. Delany – author and critic
Don DeLillo – author
Aaron T. Demarest – carriage manufacturer
Travis Demeritte – MLB player
Derek Dennis – football player
Jerry Denny – Major League Baseball player
[6]
Desiigner – rapper
Willy DeVille (1950–2009) – singer
Kevin Devine – musician, songwriter
Artie Diamond – boxer
Neil Diamond – singer, composer
Mobb Deep – rappers
John DiBartolomeo (born 1991) –
American-Israeli basketball player in the
Israeli Basketball Premier League
Vin Diesel – actor
Meg Donnelly – actress, singer, dancer
Vincent D'Onofrio – actor
Shaun Donovan (born 1966) – former
US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and Director of the
Office of Management and Budget , candidate in the
2021 New York City Democratic mayoral primary
Jim Dooley – composer
Irvin Dorfman (1924–2006) – tennis player
Phoebe Doty – prostitute and madam
Amanda Minnie Douglas (1831–1916) – writer
Kirk Douglas – actor
Robert Downey Jr. – actor, producer, singer
Ervin Drake – composer, producer, writer, musician
DreamDoll – rapper, singer, songwriter
Fran Drescher – actor
Julia Louis-Dreyfus – actress
Richard Dreyfuss – actor
Eric Drooker – artist, illustrator
Jim Drucker (born 1952/1953) – former Commissioner of the
Continental Basketball Association , former Commissioner of the
Arena Football League , and founder of NewKadia Comics
David Duchovny – actor
Patty Duke (1946–2016) – actress, activist for
mental-health issues
Lena Dunham – actress, screenwriter, producer, director
Joseph Dunninger – mentalist
Bryant Dunston (born 1986) – American-Armenian basketball player
Richard Dupont – artist
Jimmy Durante (1893–1980) – actor and pianist
Paul Dano (born 1984) – actor
Jakob Dylan (born 1969) – singer
Griffin Dunne (born 1955) – film producer
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Luis García – baseball player
Gus Gardella –
football player
Eliza Ann Gardner – Abolitionist
Art Garfunkel – singer-songwriter, actor
Lou Gehrig – baseball player
Sarah Michelle Gellar – actress
Natalie Gelman – singer/songwriter
Richard Genelle – actor
George Gershwin – composer
Ira Gershwin – lyricist
Tiffany Giardina – singer-songwriter
Marie George – actress and singer
Vitas Gerulaitis (1954-1994) – tennis player
Mel Gibson – American-born Australian/Irish actor and director
Justin Gignac – artist
Ruth Bader Ginsburg –
Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court
Rabbi
Issamar Ginzberg – business strategist, rabbi, motivational speaker
The GoStation – indie rock group
[7]
Rudolph Giuliani – former
Mayor of New York City
Charles V. Glasco – New York City Police Sergeant, most well known for his efforts to rescue
John William Warde in 1938
[8]
Jackie Gleason – comedian, actor
James Gleason – actor
Marco Glorious (born 1984) – television personality, actor, model, singer, and event host
Joel Glucksman (born 1949) – Olympic fencer
Whoopi Goldberg – comedian, actress, TV personality
William Goldberg – diamond dealer
Daniel S. Goldin –
NASA director
Danielle Goldstein (born 1985) – American-Israeli show jumper
Leon M. Goldstein (died 1999) – President of
Kingsborough Community College , and acting Chancellor of the
City University of New York
Ben Goldwasser – member of the
psychedelic-rock band
MGMT
Minetta Good – painter and printmaker
Richard Goode – classical pianist
Cuba Gooding Jr. – actor
Cuba Gooding Sr. – singer
Jared Gordon – mixed martial artist
Joan Gould – author and journalist
Doris Kearns Goodwin – author
Leo Gorcey – film actor and comedian, leader of the
Dead End Kids ,
East Side Kids , and
Bowery Boys in several movies
Robert A. Gorman (born 1937) – law professor at the
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Eydie Gorme – singer
Victor Gotbaum – labor leader
Gilbert Gottfried (1955-2022) – comedian and actor
Elliott Gould – actor
David C. Gowdey – politician
Topher Grace – actor
Sean Grande – television and radio sportscaster
Amata Grassi – classical dancer, and swimmer
Rocky Graziano (born Thomas Rocco Barbella) – boxer
Benny Green – pianist
Hank Greenberg – Hall of Fame baseball player
Alan Greenspan – economist, former Federal Reserve chairman
Sheila Greenwald – author
Adrian Grenier – actor
Bill Griffith – cartoonist (
Zippy )
[9]
Melanie Griffith – actress
Alfred Grossman – writer and novelist
Bob Guccione – publisher
Peggy Guggenheim – art collector
Rajat Gupta (born 1948) – CEO of
McKinsey & Company convicted of insider trading
Jim Gurfein (born 1961) – tennis player
Steve Guttenberg – actor
Maggie Gyllenhaal – actress
Joe Gatto – comedian
Milton H. Greene – fashion and celebrity photographer, film and television producer
Mamie Gummer – actress
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Adelaide Hall – jazz singer, Broadway star, actress
Huntz Hall – comedian, actor; co-starred in several
Dead End Kids ,
East Side Kids and
Bowery Boys movies
Jimmy Hall (born 1994) - basketball player in the
Israeli National League
Mortimer Halpern – Broadway stage manager
Eddy Hamel (1902–1943) – Jewish-American soccer player for Dutch club AFC Ajax who was killed by the Nazis in Auschwitz concentration camp
Pete Hamill – journalist
Marvin Hamlisch – composer
Armand Hammer – industrialist and philanthropist
Oscar Hammerstein II – composer
Han Terra – polymath
Frank Hankinson – major league baseball player
[6]
Sean Hannity – television host, author, conservative political commentator
Nelson Harding (1879–1944) – editorial cartoonist
Edward W. Hardy (born 1992) – composer, musician and producer
Donald J. Harlin – Chief of Chaplains of the
U.S. Air Force
Lynn Harrell – cellist
W. Averell Harriman – diplomat and Governor of New York
Zelda Harris – actress
Maurice Harkless – NBA player
Anne Hathaway – actress
Marcia Haufrecht – actor, director, playwright
Curt Hawkins – WWE wrestler
Patrick Joseph Hayes (1867–1938) – fifth archbishop of New York
Susan Hayward (1917–1975) – actress
Rita Hayworth – actress
Anthony Hecht – poet
Ladislav Hecht (1909–2004) – Czechoslovak-American tennis player
Carol Heiss – Olympic figure skater (silver 1956, gold 1960)
Joseph Heller – author
Alvin Hellerstein (born 1933) – U.S. federal judge
Lance Henriksen – actor
Brian Henson –
puppeteer , director, producer
Bernard Herrmann (1911–1975) – composer
Elinore Morehouse Herrick (1895−1964) – labor–relations specialist
Susan Hendl (1947–2020) – ballet dancer and répétiteur
Robert Hess (1935–2014) – sculptor, art educator
Peter Cooper Hewitt (1861–1921) – inventor
William Hickey – actor
Logan Hicks – artist
Hildegarde – cabaret singer
Paris Hilton – socialite, actress
Gregory Hines – dancer and actor
Judd Hirsch (born 1935) – actor
Jack Hirschman (1933-2021) – poet and social activist
Camomile Hixon (born 1970) – visual artist
Steve Hoberman - Data modeler
William E. Hoehle – member of the
Wisconsin State Assembly
Robert Hofstadter ,
physicist and Nobel laureate
Eric Holtz (born 1965) – Head Coach of the
Israel National Baseball Team
Megan Hollingshead (born 1968) – actress, singer, broadway star
Shaheen Holloway (born 1976) – basketball coach and former player, current head coach of the
St. Peter's Peacocks
Lena Horne (1917–2010) – singer
Edward Everett Horton – actor
Curly Howard – actor of comedy team
The Three Stooges
Moe Howard – actor of comedy team The Three Stooges
Shemp Howard – actor of comedy team The Three Stooges
Steny Hoyer (born 1939) – "U.S Representative from Maryland's 5th district, 1981–Present"
Tina Huang – actress
Jon Huertas – actor
Richard Hunt –
puppeteer and television director
Tab Hunter (1931–2018) – actor
Cornelia Collins Hussey (1827–1902) – philanthropist, writer
Barbara Hutton (1912–1979) – socialite dubbed "Poor Little Rich Girl"
Sarah Hyland - actress and singer
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Wolfman Jack (also known as Robert Weston Smith; 1938–1995) – radio personality
Jane Jacobs (1916–2006) – economist, urban theorist, activist
Ken Jacobs (born 1933) – artist and filmmaker
Jack Jersawitz (1934–2012) – Marxist Activist and Television Host
Marc Jacobs (born 1963) – fashion designer
Henry James (1843–1916) – writer
William James (1842–1910) – philosopher and
psychologist
Brenda Janowitz (born c. 1973) – writer and attorney
Jaiquawn Jarrett (born 1989) – football player
John Jay (1745–1829) – diplomat,
jurist (including
Chief Justice of the United States ) and politician (including Governor of New York)
Jay-Z (born 1969) – businessperson and
rapper
Karine Jean-Pierre – political campaign organizer
Derek Jeter – former baseball player
Charles Jenkins (born 1989) – basketball player
Max Jenkins (born 1985) – actor and writer
Ron Jeremy (born 1953) – pornographic actor, filmmaker, and comedian
Ty Jerome (born 1997) – professional basketball player
Jessi (born 1988) – rapper
Jipsta (John Patrick Masterson; born 1974) – rapper
MC Jin (born 1982) – rapper
Billy Joel (born 1949) – singer-songwriter
David Johansen (born 1950) – actor and singer-songwriter
Scarlett Johansson (born 1984) – actress, singer, and producer
Daymond John – entrepreneur
Crockett Johnson (1906–1975) – cartoonist and children's writer (Harold and the Purple Crayon )
Boris Johnson (born 1964) – British politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and former
Mayor of London (2008–2016)
Norah Jones (born 1979) – singer-songwriter and actress
Jim Jones (born 1976) – rapper and record executive
Julia Jones-Pugliese (1909–1993) – national champion fencer and fencing coach
Michael Jordan (born 1963) – basketball player
Lazarus Joseph (1891–1966) –
New York State Senator and
New York City Comptroller
Colin Jost (born 1982) – comedian, actor, and writer
William Joyce (also known as
Lord Haw-Haw ; 1906–1946) –
Nazi propaganda broadcaster
Spike Jonze (born 1969) – actor and filmmaker
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Alice Foote MacDougall (1867–1945) – coffee wholesaler, restaurateur, and business owner in the City
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Ruth Madoff (born 1941) – wife of Bernie Madoff
Umber Majeed (born 1989) – visual artist
Lil Mama (born 1989) – rapper and actress
Sandro Mamukelashvili – professional basketball player for the
San Antonio Spurs
Bernard Malamud – author
Melissa Manchester – singer
Barry Manilow – singer-songwriter
Mike Mansfield – Senator from Montana
Bruce Manson (born 1956) – tennis player
Stephon Marbury – professional basketball player
James Margolis (born 1936) – Olympic fencer
Rose Marie (Mazetta) – actress
Romany Malco (born 1968) – actor
John Marley (1907–1984) – actor
Dean Marlowe (born 1992) – safety for the
Buffalo Bills
Constantine Maroulis –
American Idol finalist
Ernest Martin – theatre director and manager
Melanie Martinez – singer-songwriter, actress, director, photographer, and screenwriter
Soraida Martinez – artist and designer
John Martino (born 1937) – actor
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Sadie Martinot – singer, actress
Lee Marvin – actor
Chico Marx
Louis Marx Founder of
Louis Marx and Company
Maelo Ruiz - Salsa Singer – member of the
Marx Brothers
Groucho Marx – member of the Marx Brothers
Gummo Marx – member of the Marx Brothers
Harpo Marx – member of the Marx Brothers
Zeppo Marx – member of the Marx Brothers
James Maslow – actor and singer (raised in California)
John Massari – composer, sound designer
Ira Brad Matetsky (born 1962) – business litigation & real estate lawyer and prominent Wikipedian
Walter Matthau – actor
Loretta Mazza (born 1957) – Sammarinese politician, Mayor of
Acquaviva (2009–2013)
Margherita Wood McCandlish (1892–1954) – American former First Lady of Guam. Born in New York City.
John McCloskey (1810–1885) – Cardinal Archbishop of New York, 1864–1885
Frank McCourt – author (raised in Ireland, returned later in life)
Malachy McCourt – author (raised in Ireland, returned later in life)
Allie McGuire – professional basketball player
Triston McKenzie – MLB pitcher
Kenneth McMillan (1932–1989) – actor
Andrea Mitchell – journalist,
NBC News
Paul Meltsner –
WPA-era painter and muralist
Bob Melvin (born 1961) – Major League Baseball player and manager
Dave Meltzer – pro wrestling journalist
Herman Melville (1819–1891) – author
Daniel Menaker (1941–2020) – writer and editor
Grace Meng (born 1975) – lawyer and politician, Vice Chair of the
Democratic National Committee
Yehudi Menuhin (1916–1999) – violinist
Idina Menzel (born 1971) – singer and actress
Ethel Merman (1908–1984) – singer and actress
Helen Merrill – jazz singer
Jenny B. Merrill (1854–1934) – educator, author
Robert Merrill (1917–2004) – singer
Stefano Miceli (1975) – pianist and conductor
Lea Michele – actress and singer
Vera Michelena (1885–1961) – actress, dancer, and singer
Alyssa Milano – actress
Sally Milgrim – fashion designer
Harvey Milk – gay activist and politician
Adeline Miller – prostitute and madam
Arthur Miller (1915–2005) – playwright
Marcus Miller – bassist and composer
Stephanie Mills – singer, former Broadway star
Andy Mineo – Christian rapper
Sal Mineo (1939–1976) – actor
Lin-Manuel Miranda – musical theatre writer and performer
John Joseph Mitty –
Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco
Isaac Mizrahi – fashion designer
Aja Monet – poet
Eddie Money (1949–2019) – singer
Lenny Montana (1926–1992) – actor and professional wrestler
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Mary Tyler Moore (1936–2017) – actress, producer
Melba Moore – actress, singer
Nancie Monelle (1841–1903) – physician, missionary
Tom Morello – guitarist
Henry Morgan – radio and television personality
Huey Morgan – musician, radio DJ, songwriter, television personality
Cathy Moriarty (born 1960) – actress
Gouverneur Morris – U.S. founding father; U.S. Senator
Zero Mostel – actor, comedian
Tommy Mottola – music executive
Maria Muldaur – folk and blues singer-songwriter
John Mulholland – documentary filmmaker, film historian
Gerry Mulligan – musician
Richard Mulligan – actor
Robert Mulligan – director
Thom Michael Mulligan – actor
Chris Mullin – basketball player
Charlie Murphy – actor, comedian
Chris Murphy –
U.S. Senator from Connecticut since 2013
Eddie Murphy – actor, comedian
James Murray – comedian, actor, author
Yunus Musah – soccer player
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James M. Nack (1809–1879) – deaf and mute poet
Larry Nagler (born 1940) – tennis player,
1960 NCAA Tennis Singles Champion and
Doubles Champion
Dominic Napolitano (1930–1981) – Mafia
caporegime
Janet Napolitano (born 1957) – third US
Secretary of Homeland Security
Nas (born 1973) – rapper, songwriter, and entrepreneur
Michael H. Nash (1946–2012) – labor historian, librarian, and archivist
Casey Neistat (Born 1981) filmmaker, producer, YouTuber
Tonie Nathan (1923–2014) – Libertarian Party political figure
Sarah Natochenny (born 1987) – voice actress
Lia Neal (born 1995) –
Olympic
swimmer
[17]
Oscar Neebe (1850–1916) – anarchist, labor activist, one of Haymarket bombing trial defendants
Howard Nemerov (1920–1991) – poet
Sylvester Nevins – politician
Sam Newfield (1899–1964) – film director
John Philip Newman (1826–1899) – Methodist bishop
Denise Nickerson (1957–2019) – actress
Harry Nilsson (1941–1994) – singer-songwriter
Cynthia Nixon (born 1966) – actress
Joakim Noah (born 1985) – NBA center for the New York Knicks
Jerry Nolan (1946–1992) – rock drummer
John Nolan (born 1978) – musician and singer
Charles Nordhoff (1830–1901) – journalist, descriptive and miscellaneous writer
Dagmar Nordstrom (1903–1976) – composer, pianist and singer; member of the cabaret singing duo the
Nordstrom Sisters
Siggie Nordstrom (1893–1980) – actress, model and singer; member of the cabaret singing duo the Nordstrom Sisters
Ed Norris (born 1960) – radio host
Chris Noth (born 1954) – actor
Geoffrey Notkin (born 1961) – TV science educator
The Notorious B.I.G. (Christopher George Latore Wallace) – rapper
Carrie Nye (1936–2006) – actress
O
P
P. Diddy (born 1969) – rapper, producer
Al Pacino (born 1940) – actor
Todd Phillips (born 1970) – filmmaker
Saul K. Padover (1905–1981) – historian
Alan J. Pakula (1928–1998) – film director, screenwriter, and producer
Fanny Purdy Palmer (1839–1923) – author, lecturer, activist
Joseph Papp – theater producer, impresario, founder of
The Public Theater
Cheyenne Parker (born 1992) –
WNBA player
Rob Parker – sportswriter, TV analyst
Lana Parrilla – actress
Joe Paterno (1928-2012) – football coach
James Patterson – novelist
Sarah Paulson – actress
Josh Peck – actor
Jan Peerce (1904–1984) – opera tenor
Amanda Peet – actress
Richard Pelham –
blackface performer
Claiborne Pell – Senator from Rhode Island
Caroline Pennell – singer-songwriter, musician, and contestant on
NBC 's
The Voice
season 5
Sam Perkins – basketball player
Alan Robert Pearlman (1925–2019) – engineer, synthesizer manufacturer (
ARP Instruments, Inc. )
Bernadette Peters – actress, singer
Regis Philbin (1931–2020) – actor, entertainer, television personality, and former host of
ABC 's
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (1999–2002) and
Live! with Regis and Kelly (1983–2011)
Lip Pike – baseball player, four-time home-run champion
[6]
John Pleshette – actor
Suzanne Pleshette (1937–2008) – actress from
Bob Newhart Show
Ethel McClellan Plummer (1888–1936) – artist
Christopher Poole – creator of websites
4chan and
Canvas Networks
Pop Smoke (1999–2020) – rapper
Ted Post – movie and TV director
Neil Postman – author, cultural critic
Chaim Potok (1929–2002) – author
Bud Powell –
jazz pianist
Colin Powell –
U.S. Army
general and
U.S. Secretary of State
Gary Powell – drummer
Joshua Prager – physician
Priscilla Presley – actress
Prince Royce – singer-songwriter, actor
Tito Puente – bandleader
Mario Puzo – author
Paloma Mami - Singer
Q
R
Renee Rabinowitz (1934–2020) – psychologist and lawyer
Raekwon – rapper (Wu-tang Clan)
Bill Rafferty – comedian
Tubby Raskin (1902–1981) – basketball player and coach
Joey Ramone and
Marky Ramone –
punk-rock musicians
Michael Rapaport – actor, comedian, director
Ray Ratkowski – football player
Remedy (born Ross Filler in 1972) – rapper
Ray Rice – football player
Melissa Rauch – actress and comedian
Amy Ryan – actress
Lou Reed – rock musician, songwriter
A$AP Rocky – rapper
[18]
Christopher Reeve (1952–2004) – actor
Carl Reiner – comedian, actor, director, author
Rob Reiner – actor and director
Paul Reiser – actor
Charlie Reiter (born 1988) – footballer
Ed Rendell – former
Mayor of Philadelphia ,
Governor of Pennsylvania
Brandon Reilly – musician, guitarist, singer
Leah Remini – actress
Lana Del Rey – singer and songwriter
Bebe Rexha (born 1989) – singer-songwriter
Vincent Rey – football player
Ving Rhames – actor
Charles E. Rice – legal scholar, university professor
Buddy Rich – jazz drummer
Renée Richards (born 1934) – tennis player
Terry Richardson – fashion photographer
Kadary Richmond –
college basketball player for the
Seton Hall Pirates
Burton Richter – Nobel Prize-winning physicist
Don Rickles – comedian
Kathleen Ridder – women's equal rights activist, writer, educator, philanthropist
[19]
Robert Ridder – Ice hockey administrator and media mogul
[20]
Joel Rifkin – serial killer
Robin Riker – actress and book author
Thelma Ritter – actress
Joan Rivers – comedian
Chris Rock – comedian and actor
Laurance Rockefeller – conservationist and philanthropist
Winthrop Rockefeller –
Governor of Arkansas
Norman Rockwell – artist
Alex Rodriguez – baseball player
John Rogan – football player
Sonny Rollins – jazz saxophonist
Ray Romano – comedian and actor
Saoirse Ronan – American-born Irish actress
[21]
Igal Roodenko (1917–1991) – civil-rights activist, pacifist
Sean Rooks – basketball player and coach
[22]
Mickey Rooney – actor
Franklin Roosevelt – 32nd
President of the United States
Remy Ma – rapper
Eleanor Roosevelt –
U.S. First Lady and
human-rights activist
Theodore Roosevelt – 26th
President of the United States
Ethel Greenglass Rosenberg – convicted spy
Beatrice Rosen – actress (raised in Paris)
Jeffrey Rosen – billionaire businessman
Robert Rosen (1934–1998) – theoretical biologist
Aaron "Rosy" Rosenberg (1912–1979) – two-time "All-American" college football player, and film and television producer
Julius Rosenberg – convicted spy
Christopher Ross – sculptor, designer and collector
Nicole Ross (born 1989) – Olympic foil fencer
Emmy Rossum – actress
Veronica Roth – novelist
Mercedes Ruehl – actress
Vic Ruggiero – ska musician frontman of
The Slackers
Louis Rukeyser – business columnist, economic commentator
Damien Russell – NFL player
Gianni Russo – actor, singer, and restaurateur
[23]
Art Rust Jr. – sportscaster
David H. Rosenbloom – author
Alan Reed (1907–1977) – actor
Peter Revson (1939–1974) – race car driver
S
Carl Sagan – physicist and astronomer
Boris Said – NASCAR driver
J. D. Salinger – author
Jonas Salk – medical researcher
John Salley – basketball player
Jerry Saltz – art critic and art historian
Claudio Sanchez – musician
Bernie Sanders – politician, Senator from Vermont since 2007
Adam Sandler – actor, comedian
Jennifer San Marco – mass murder
Romeo Santos – singer-songwriter, actor, and record producer
Dennis Sarfate – professional baseball player
Dustin Satloff – boy entrepreneur
Francesco Scavullo – photographer
Dick Schaap – journalist
Jeremy Schaap – journalist
Vincent Schiavelli – actor and food writer
Lawrence Schiller — photojournalist and film producer
Leonard Schleifer – scientist and business executive
Julian Schnabel – artist and motion picture director
Mathieu Schneider – hockey player
Sandra Schnur – disability-rights activist
Andy Schor (born 1975) – member of the
Michigan House of Representatives
Loretta Schrijver – Dutch television host
Rick Schroder – actor
Freddy Schuman (1925–2010) – superfan of the
New York Yankees
Amy Schumer – actress and comedian
Chuck Schumer – Senator from New York since 1999; cousin of
Amy Schumer
Julius Schwartz – comic book editor
Catherine Scorsese (1912–1997) – actress; mother of
Martin Scorsese
Charles Scorsese (1913–1993) – actor; father of
Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese (born 1942) – film director
Vin Scully – sportscaster
Malik Sealy – basketball player
Heriberto Seda (born 1967) – serial killer who copied
The Zodiac Killer
Jon Seda – comedian
Barney Sedran (1891–1964) – Hall of Fame basketball player
Jerry Seinfeld – comedian and actor
Julius Seligson (1909–1987) – tennis player
Edward Selzer (1893–1970) – film producer,
Warner Bros.
Maurice Sendak (1928–2012) – author and illustrator
Peter Senercia (
Tazz ) – radio personality, color commentator and retired professional wrestler
John Serry Sr. – accordionist, organist, composer, and arranger
Saint
Elizabeth Ann Seton – founder of
Sisters of Charity ; first native-born US citizen canonized
Cynthia Propper Seton (1926–1982) – novelist
Ruth Seymour (1935-2023) – broadcasting executive
Tupac Shakur (1971–1996) – rapper and actor
Gene Shalit – film critic
Frank Shannon – conservative political analyst, columnist, and candidate
Judy Shapiro-Ikenberry (born 1942) – long-distance runner
Artie Shaw (1910–2004) – bandleader
Judy Sheindlin ("Judge Judy") (born 1942) – judge and television personality
Art Sherman (born 1937) – horse trainer and jockey
Norm Sherry (1931–2021) – catcher, manager, and coach in Major League Baseball
Brooke Shields – actress and model
Kevin Shields – musician, member of the band
My Bloody Valentine
Daniel Sickles – Civil War general
William James Sidis – mathematician, rumored to have had an IQ of 250
Bugsy Siegel – gangster
Jules Siegel – author
Maggie Siff – actress
George Silides (1922–2022) – politician and businessman, Alaska Senator
Beverly Sills (1929–2007) – opera singer
Lauren Silva – painter
Ron Silver – actor and radio show host
Robert Silverberg – author
Dean Silvers – film producer
Lindsay Sloane – actress
Alan Silvestri – film music composer
Carly Simon – singer-songwriter
Neil Simon – playwright
Richard L. Simon (1899–1960) – businessman and publisher
Kaseem Sinceno – football player
John Slidell – Senator from Louisiana and Confederate diplomat
Al Smith (1873–1944) – Governor of New York and presidential candidate
Russ Smith - former NBA player, currently plays in the
Israeli Basketball Premier League
Will Smith (1981–2016) – former football player
Dee Snider - singer-songwriter;
front man of the heavy metal band
Twisted Sister
Phoebe Snow – singer-songwriter
James McCune Smith – Abolitionist
Stephen Sondheim – musical theatre composer and lyricist
Aaron Sorkin – playwright and screenwriter
Sonia Sotomayor – United States Supreme Court Justice
Mickey Spillane – author
Eliot Spitzer – former Governor of New York
Howard Spira
Sylvester Stallone – actor, director, screenwriter
Sebastian Stan – actor
Paul Stanley – hard-rock guitarist, singer and songwriter
Barbara Stanwyck (1907–1990) – actress
Joe Start – Major League Baseball player
[6]
James Steen – football player
Peter Steele (singer and songwriter)
Jacob Steinmetz (born 2003) – baseball player
[24]
Howard Stern – radio and television host
John Stevens – delegate to Continental Congress for New Jersey
Andrew Stewart – player of gridiron football
Foley Stewart – musician
Jon Stewart – writer, producer, political satirist, actor, television personality, comedian, and former host of
The Daily Show (1999–2015); born in New York City, raised in
New Jersey
Julia Stiles – actress
Ben Stiller – actor and comedian
Henry L. Stimson – politician and diplomat
Oliver Stone – film director
Larry Storch – actor, comedian
Lee Strasberg (1901–1982) – Polish-born actor, director, and theatre practitioner
Susan Strasberg – actress
Robert Strassburg – composer, conductor, musicologist
James Strauch (1921–1998) – Olympic fencer
Barbra Streisand – singer and actress
Meryl Streep – actress
Scott Stringer (born 1960) –
New York City Comptroller and
Borough President of
Manhattan
Jill Stuart – fashion designer
Big Sue – shopkeeper and underworld figure
Ed Sullivan (1901–1974) – television variety show host
Susan Sullivan – actress
B. J. Surhoff – MLB player
Rich Surhoff – MLB player
Kevin Sussman – actor
T
Vic Tayback (1930–1990) – actor
Alma Tell (1898–1937) – stage and screen actress
Olive Tell (1894–1951) – stage and screen actress
Maurice Tempelsman (born 1929) – businessman
Veronica Taylor (born 1965) – actress
Pokémon
Chloe Temtchine (born 1982/1983) – singer-songwriter
The Tenderloins (born 1976) – comedy troupe currently composed of Joseph "Joe" Gatto, James "Murr" Murray, Brian "Q" Quinn, and Salvatore "Sal" Vulcano
Studs Terkel (1912–2008) – author and historian
Milton Terris (1915–2002) – public health physician and epidemiologist
Roy M. Terry – Chief of Chaplains of the
U.S. Air Force
Vinny Testaverde – football player
Teyana Taylor – singer-songwriter, actress, dancer, choreographer, director and model
Irving Thalberg – film producer
Leon Thomas III – actor
Soren Thompson (born 1981) – two-time Olympic and team World Champion épée fencer
Johnny Thunders – rock musician
Gene Tierney (1920–1991) – actress
Harry Tietlebaum (born 1889) – organized crime figure
Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933) – artist
Matt Titus – professional matchmaker
James Toback (born 1944) – screenwriter and director
Isabella Tobias (born 1991) – ice dancer
Lola Todd (1904–1995) – silent film actress
Bill Todman (1916-1979) – game show producer
Michael Tolkin (born 1950) – filmmaker and novelist
Marisa Tomei (born 1964) – actress
Joe Torre – baseball player and manager
Douglas Townsend (1921–2012) – composer and musicologist
Michelle Trachtenberg – actress
Mary Travers – singer with
Peter, Paul, and Mary
Payson J. Treat (1879–1972) – Japanologist
[25]
Alex Treves (1929–2020) – Italian-born American Olympic fencer
Bernard Trink (1931–2020) – columnist
Donald Trump –
45th President of the United States , businessman
Donald Trump Jr. – businessman
Eric Trump – businessman
Fred Trump – real estate developer and philanthropist
Ivanka Trump – businesswoman
Tiffany Trump – socialite
Barbara Tuchman (1912–1989) – historian; author
Richard Tucker (1913–1975) – opera tenor
Gene Tunney – 1926–28 heavyweight boxing champion
John V. Tunney – former U.S. Senator
John Turturro – actor and director
William Tweed (1823–1878) – politician
Liv Tyler – actress
Steven Tyler (born 1948) – singer,
Aerosmith
Mike Tyson (born 1966) – boxer
Neil deGrasse Tyson – astronomer, science communicator
Tito Puente (1923-2000) - Salsa Singer
U
V
W
Michael Wachter (born 1943) – professor at the
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Stanley M. Wagner (1932–2013) – rabbi and academic
Josh Waitzkin (born 1976) – chess player, martial arts competitor, and author
Christopher Walken – actor
Adam Walker – football player
Hezekiah Walker – bishop and gospel artist
Jimmy Walker (1881–1946) –
Mayor of New York City
Kemba Walker – basketball player
Eli Wallach – actor
Donald A. Wallance – industrial designer
[26]
Fats Waller – jazz pianist
Rudolf Wanderone – professional pool player
Charles B. Wang (1944–2018) – businessman and philanthropist
Vera Wang – fashion designer
Bree Warren – model
Raees Warsi – poet, journalist, and social worker
Kerry Washington – actress
Damon Wayans – actor and producer
Dwayne Wayans – director, producer, and writer
Keenen Ivory Wayans – actor, director, producer, and writer
Kim Wayans – actress
Marlon Wayans – actor and producer
Nadia Wayans – actress
Shawn Wayans – actor and producer
Michael Weatherly – actor
Sigourney Weaver – actress
Brian Wecht (born 1975) – musician, producer for
Ninja Sex Party and
Starbomb , and member of
Game Grumps
Steven Weinberg – Nobel Prize-winning physicist
Gabriel P. Weisberg – art historian
Malina Weissman (born 2003) – child actress
Tuesday Weld – actress
T. Tileston Wells , (1865-1946) – attorney and the Romanian Consul General
Ming-Na Wen (born 1963) – Macau-born actress and model
[27]
[28]
Sheck Wes (born 1998) – rapper
Leslie West – rock musician
Mae West (1893–1980) – actress
Nathanael West – author
Edith Wharton – author
Joss Whedon – writer, director, producer, and composer
Maggie Wheeler – actress
Sahvir Wheeler –
college basketball player for the
Kentucky Wildcats
White Light Motorcade – music group
[29]
Billy Whitlock – blackface performer
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney – sculptor and art patron
Edward W. Whitson – Wisconsin State Assemblyman
Kristen Wiig – actress, comedian, and writer
Matthew Wilder – singer and musician
Charles Wilkes – naval officer and explorer
Lenny Wilkens – basketball player and coach
Billy Dee Williams (born 1937) – actor
Vanessa L. Williams – singer and actress
Walter Winchell (1897–1972) – newspaper and radio gossip commentator
Harry Winitsky – political activist; founding member of the
Communist Party USA
Dean Winters – actor
Mike Witteck – football player
George Worth – born György Woittitz (1915–2006), Olympic medalist saber fencer
N'Bushe Wright - actress
James Hood Wright – businessman
Tanisha Wright (born 1983) – former WNBA player and current head coach of the
Atlanta Dream
William H. H. Wroe – member of the
Wisconsin State Assembly
Jason Wu – fashion designer
Charles Wuorinen – composer
Timothy Weah – soccer player
Willie Colón - Salsa Singer
Y
Z
Non-native New Yorkers
These people were not born or adopted in New York City and raised elsewhere but are well known for living in New York City.
A
B
Lucille Ball – comedian, actress, born in
Jamestown, New York
Count Basie –
jazz pianist and band leader, born in
Red Bank, New Jersey
William Basinski – avant-garde composter, born in
Austin, Texas
Laura Joyce Bell –
contralto , wife of
Digby Bell , born in London, England
Irving Berlin – composer, lyricist, born in Russia
Leonard Bernstein – conductor, born in
Lawrence, Massachusetts
Lewis Black – comedian, born in
Silver Spring, Maryland
C. L. Blood – physician
[31]
Michael Bloomberg – businessman and mayor, born in
Boston, Massachusetts
Mary Booze – first African-American woman to sit on the
Republican National Committee , 1924–1948; moved to New York from
Mound Bayou ,
Mississippi
David Bowie – English musician, actor, artist, born in
London ,
England
Marlon Brando Jr. – actor, born in
Omaha, Nebraska
Brandy – singer, born in
McComb, Mississippi
Lottie Briscoe – stage and silent film actress, born in
St. Louis, Missouri
Tom Brokaw – television journalist, born in
Webster, South Dakota
Orestes Brownson – writer, abolitionist, pro-labor reformer, Catholic apologist, born in
Stockbridge, Vermont
David Byrne – musician, born in
Dumbarton, Scotland
C
Sid Caesar – comedian and actor, born in
Yonkers
Antón Cabaleiro – visual artist born in Spain
Mariah Carey – singer, born in
Huntington, New York
Wendy Carlos – musician, born in
Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Stokely Carmichael – political activist, born in
Port of Spain , Trinidad and Tobago
Art Carney – actor, born in
Mount Vernon, New York
Enrico Caruso – opera tenor, born in
Naples , Italy
Willa Cather – author, born in Back Creek Valley,
Virginia
Connie Chung – television journalist, born in Washington, D.C.
Madonna – singer-songwriter, actress, director, born in
Bay City, Michigan
Dick Clark (1929-2012) – TV personality and producer, born in
Mount Vernon, New York
Chelsea Clinton – daughter of President
Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton , born in
Little Rock, Arkansas
DeWitt Clinton – Senator and
Governor of New York , born in
Napanoch , New York
George M. Cohan – entertainer and songwriter, born in
Providence, Rhode Island
J Cole – rapper, artist, born in
Frankfurt, Germany
Anthony Comstock – reformer, born in
New Canaan, Connecticut
Nanette Comstock – Broadway actress, born in
Albany, New York
Bill Cosby – actor and comedian, born in Philadelphia
Billy Crawford – singer, born in Manila, Philippines
Fanny Crosby – hymn writer, born in
Southeast, New York
Tom Cruise – actor, born in
Syracuse, New York
Bill Cullen (1920-1990) – radio host, born in Pittsburgh
D
Lorenzo Da Ponte – librettist to
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and professor of Italian at
Columbia University , born in
Ceneda, Italy
Varina Banks Howell Davis (1826–1906) – wife of Confederate president, born in Mississippi
Sylvia Day – author, born in Los Angeles
Mike Dean – hip hop record producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, born in Houston
Mac DeMarco – singer-songwriter, born in
Duncan, British Columbia , Canada
Thomas E. Dewey –
Governor of New York
Vin Diesel – actor
Marlene Dietrich – actress, born in Berlin, Germany
Joe DiMaggio – baseball player, born in California
David Dinkins (1927-2020) – former
Mayor of New York City , born in
Trenton, New Jersey
George Washington Dixon – performer, newspaper editor
Kevin Durant – basketball player, born in Washington D.C.
[32]
Frederick Douglass – abolitionist, born in
Cordova, Maryland
Francis P. Duffy – priest, World War I chaplain to
69th New York Infantry Regiment , born in Canada
Bob Dylan – singer-songwriter, born in
Duluth, Minnesota
E
F
Lee Falk – cartoonist, born in St. Louis
Barbara Feldon – writer and retired actress
Millard Fillmore – U.S. president, born in
Summerhill, New York
Bobby Fischer – chess champion, born in Chicago
Ella Fitzgerald – jazz singer, born in
Newport News, Virginia
Barthold Fles – Dutch-born literary agent
Jake Flores — comedian
Steve Forbes – publisher, born in
Morristown, New Jersey
Heather Foster – Jamaican-born professional bodybuilder
Felix Frankfurter –
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States , born in Vienna, Austria
Henry Clay Frick – businessman, born in
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
G
Dave Gahan – Depeche Mode singer, born in
Epping, Essex , United Kingdom
Alberta Gallatin – stage and screen actress, born in
Cabell County, West Virginia
Greta Garbo – actress, born in Stockholm, Sweden
Dizzy Gillespie – jazz trumpet player, born in
Cheraw, South Carolina
Miguel Gómez – photographer, born in Bogotá, Colombia
H
Bobby Hackett – jazz musician, born in
Providence, Rhode Island
Thomas S. Hamblin – actor, manager of the
Bowery Theater
Alexander Hamilton –
U.S. Founding Father , born in the West Indies
Townsend Harris – first U.S. diplomat in Japan, one of the founders of the
City College of New York , born in
Sandy Hill, New York
Mariska Hargitay (born 1964) – actress, born in
Santa Monica, California
Randy Harrison (born 1977) – actor, born in New Hampshire and formerly of
Alpharetta, Georgia
Deborah Harry – singer, actress, born in
Union City, New Jersey
Francis L. Hawks – politician; priest,
Episcopal Church ; born in
New Bern , North Carolina
Carlton Hayes – history professor at
Columbia University , ambassador to Spain, born in
Afton , New York
Ashton Hayward – former
mayor of Pensacola , born in
Pensacola, Florida
O. Henry – author, born in
Greensboro, North Carolina
Tommy Hilfiger – fashion designer, born in
Elmira, New York
Herman Hollerith – inventor, born in
Buffalo, New York
Lester Holt – journalist and news anchor for the weekday edition of
NBC Nightly News and
Dateline NBC , born in San Francisco
Ian Hornak – realist painter, born in Philadelphia
Harry Houdini (1874–1926) – legendary illusionist and escape artist; born in Budapest, Hungary
Langston Hughes – poet, born in
Joplin, Missouri
I
Kyrie Irving – basketball player, born in Australia, grew up in New Jersey
J
Janet Jackson – singer, born in
Gary, Indiana
Jane Jacobs (1916–2006) – economist, urban theorist, and activist
JonTron –
YouTuber , co-creator of
Game Grumps , born in
Rancho Palos Verdes, California
Kamara James – Olympic fencer, born in Kingston, Jamaica
Kevin James – actor, born in
Mineola, New York
Peter Jennings – television journalist, born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Derek Jeter – baseball player, born in New Jersey
Paddy Johnson – art critic
K
Gabriel Kahane – musician, born in
Venice Beach, California
Tim Keller – speaker, pastor, born in Lehigh, Pennsylvania
Robert F. Kennedy – U.S. Attorney General and U.S. Senator, born in
Brookline, Massachusetts
Tom Kennedy (1927-2020) – game show host
Jack Kerouac – writer most famously associated with the [Beat movement]
Kiesza (full name Kiesza Rae Ellestad) – musician, dancer, and multi-instrumentalist, born in
Calgary ,
Alberta , Canada
Lisa Kudrow – actress, born in
Encino, California
Howard Kyle – actor and founding member of
Actors' Equity , born in
Shullsburg, Wisconsin
L
Kirke La Shelle – playwright and theatrical producer, born in
Wyoming, Illinois
Lachi – singer-songwriter, born in
Towson, Maryland
John Layfield – professional wrestler, born in
Sweetwater, Texas
Heath Ledger – Australian actor
Amy Lee – singer, born in
Riverside, California
Spike Lee – film director and actor, born in Atlanta
John Lennon – Singer, Songwriter, Activist. Lennon has a memorial in New York's
Central Park . The memorial is named after
The Beatles song
Strawberry Fields Forever .
Pierre Lorillard IV – tobacco mogul, born in
Westchester , New York
Mike Lupica – journalist, author, born in
Oneida, New York
Fran Lebowitz – author and public speaker, born in
Morristown, New Jersey
M
Ralph Macchio – actor, born on Long Island
Ali MacGraw – actress, born in
Pound Ridge, New York
Earl Manigault – basketball player, born in
Charleston, South Carolina
Mickey Mantle – baseball Hall of Famer, born in
Spavinaw, Oklahoma
Dean Martin – singer and actor, born in Ohio
Ricky Martin – singer, born in Puerto Rico
Jackie Mason – comedian and actor, born in
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Jan Matulka – painter, born in
Vlachovo Březí , Czech Republic
Willie Mays – baseball Hall of Famer, born in Alabama
Mike McAlary – Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, born in Honolulu
John McCloskey – first American-born cardinal, born in
Brooklyn
Rue McClanahan – theater, television, and movie actress, born in Oklahoma
Linda McCartney – photographer, wife of Beatle
Paul McCartney
John McEnroe – tennis player and TV commentator, born in Germany
Zubin Mehta – orchestra conductor, born in
Bombay , India
Scott Mescudi – rapper, singer, songwriter, born in Cleveland
Seth Meyers – comedian, actor, and television personality, born in
Evanston, Illinois
Bette Midler – singer and actress, born in Honolulu
Nicki Minaj − rapper and actress, born in
Port of Spain ,
Trinidad and Tobago
Liza Minnelli – actress and singer, born in
Hollywood, Los Angeles
The Misshapes – DJs and party hosts
Miyawaki – Singer-songwriter musician
Moondog (born Louis Hardin) – eccentric
street musician and poet, born in Kansas
Garry Moore – television show host and producer, born in Baltimore
John Pierpont Morgan – businessman, born in
Hartford, Connecticut
Robert Moses – NYC urban planner and developer, born in
New Haven, Connecticut
Andrew M. Murstein – taxi executive, founder of Medallion Financial
N
O
Soledad O'Brien – television journalist, born in
Saint James, New York
John Joseph O'Connor –
Roman Catholic Cardinal
Archbishop of New York, born in
Philadelphia , Pennsylvania
Rosie O'Donnell – actress and television personality, born on Long Island
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen – actresses and fashion designers, born in
Sherman Oaks, California
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis – First Lady of United States, born in
Southampton, New York
Yoko Ono – artist and singer-songwriter, born in Tokyo, Japan
Haley Joel Osment – actor, born in Los Angeles
Ginny Owens – singer-songwriter, author and blogger, born in
Jackson, Mississippi
P
Charlie Parker – musician in jazz, considered one of the greatest musicians of all time
Sarah Jessica Parker – actress, born in
Nelsonville, Ohio
George A. Parkhurst (1841–1890) – actor, witnessed Lincoln assassination (born in New York State, died in New York City)
Natalia Paruz – aka the "Saw Lady", subway musician, born in
Givatayim , Israel
James Patterson – author
Kira Peikoff – novelist and journalist
Ronald Perelman – investor, owner of
Revlon , born in
Greensboro, North Carolina
[35]
Itzhak Perlman (born 1945) – violinist, born in
Jaffa, Israel
David Hyde Pierce – actor, born in
Saratoga Springs, New York
Alban W. Purcell (c. 1843 – 1913) – stage actor, born in
Wadsworth, Ohio
Mihajlo Pupin (1858–1935) physicist, born in
Idvor , Austrian Empire
R
Daniel Radcliffe – born in
Fulham , London, England, United Kingdom
Johnny Ramone – born on Long Island
Ayn Rand – Russian-born novelist and philosopher
Tony Randall – actor, born in
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Susan Wu Rathbone – Chinese-born community leader
[36]
Dan Rather – television news anchor, born in
Wharton, Texas
Ryan Reynolds – actor; born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Raven-Symoné – actress and singer; born in Atlanta
John D. Rockefeller – businessman, born in
Richford, New York
Richard Rodgers – composer, born on Long Island
Andrew Rooney –
CBS
60 Minutes commentator, born in
Albany, New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt – U.S. president, born in
Hyde Park, New York
Dräco Rosa – composer, singer, and actor, born on Long Island
Damon Runyon – journalist and playwright, born in
Manhattan, Kansas
Babe Ruth – professional baseball player, born in Baltimore
S
Samia – musician
Telly Savalas – actor, born on Long Island
Menachem Mendel Schneersohn – rabbi, leader of
Chabad hasidic movement, born in
Nikolaiv , Russian Empire
Patti Scialfa – singer-songwriter and guitarist
Amy Sedaris – actress, author, and comedian
David Sedaris — comedian and author
Chloë Sevigny – actress, director, and fashion icon, born in Darien, Connecticut
Jean Shafiroff – philanthropist and socialite
Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant – journalist and writer, born in
Winchester, Massachusetts
Fulton J. Sheen – Catholic bishop, author, TV show host, born in
El Paso, Illinois
Abraham Shiplacoff – Jewish-American trade union organizer and left wing political activist, born in
Chernihiv , Ukraine
Alana Shipp – American/Israeli IFBB professional bodybuilder
Ryan Shore – composer, songwriter, and conductor
Bobby Short – jazz musician, born in
Danville, Illinois
Joel Siegel (1943-2007) – film critic, born in Los Angeles
Paul Simon – singer-songwriter, born in Newark Heights, New Jersey
Frank Sinatra – singer and actor, born in
Hoboken, New Jersey
Upton Sinclair – author, born in Baltimore
Patti Smith – singer and poet, born in Chicago
Kevin Spacey – actor, director, writer, producer, and comedian
Regina Spektor – singer-songwriter, born in Moscow, Russia
Francis Spellman –
Roman Catholic Cardinal
Archbishop of New York, born in
Whitman, Massachusetts
Bruce Springsteen – singer-songwriter, guitarist, and humanitarian
Dylan Sprouse – actor, entrepreneur, born in
Arezzo, Italy
George Steinbrenner (1930-2010) – New York Yankees owner, born in
Bay Village, Ohio
Wilhelm Steinitz – world chess champion, born in Prague, Czech Republic
Martha Stewart – designer and TV personality, born in
Jersey City, New Jersey
Sting – musician, born in England
Shontelle
Emma Stone – actress, born in
Scottsdale, Arizona
Michael Strahan – actor, television personality, and retired football player, born in Houston
Meryl Streep – actress, born in
Summit, New Jersey
Peter Stuyvesant – Governor of
New Netherland , born in
Peperga , Netherlands
Taylor Swift – singer-songwriter
T
Eva Tanguay (1878–1947) – vaudeville singer and comedian, born in Quebec
Nikola Tesla (1856–1943) – inventor, engineer and futurist, born in
Smiljan , Austrian Empire
Samuel J. Tilden – presidential candidate, born in
New Lebanon, New York
Daniel D. Tompkins – U.S. vice president, born in
Westchester County, New York
Frederick Trump – German-born businessman
Melania Trump – 45th
First Lady of the United States and model, born in
Novo Mesto , Yugoslavia
[37]
U
V
W
Rufus Wainwright – musician, born in
Rhinebeck, New York
John Evangelist Walsh – writer and historian, editor of the
Reader's Digest Bible
Barbara Walters – TV journalist and personality, born in Boston
Dean Wareham – singer-songwriter, born in New Zealand
Andy Warhol – artist, born in Pittsburgh
Denzel Washington – actor, born in
Mount Vernon, New York
Walt Whitman – poet and author, born in
West Hills, New York
Olivia Wilde – actress
Barney Williams – Irish-born comedian
Jayson Williams – basketball player, born in Ritter, South Carolina
Christopher Woodrow – movie producer, born in
Syracuse, New York
Jason Wu – fashion designer
X
Malcolm X (El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz) – American Muslim, Civil human rights activist
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