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List of people from New York City
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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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[edit]- 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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[edit]- 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[1]
- Cecile Abish (born 1930) – sculptor
- Oday Aboushi (born 1991) – football player
- Ray Abruzzo (born 1954) – actor
- Bella Abzug (1920–1998) – Congressional representative
- Eric Adams (born 1960) – Mayor of New York City
- 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]
- Chris Agoliati (born 1951) – soccer player
- 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]
- Davi Alexandre (born 2007) – soccer player
- 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
- Fernando Álvarez (born 2003) – soccer player
- Hamisi Amani-Dove (born 1974) – soccer player
- Lee J. Ames (1921–2011) – illustrator and writer; known for the Draw 50... learn-to-draw books
- Nicholas Ammeter (born 2000) – soccer player
- 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[1]
- 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
- Luis Argudo (born 1995) – soccer player[2]
- Chris Armas (born 1972) – soccer player[3]
- 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[1]
- 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[1]
- 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
- Hassan Ayari (born 2002) – soccer player[4]
- AZ (born 1972) – rapper, former member of the rap group The Firm
- Hank Azaria (born 1964) – actor
- Arcángel (born 1985) – rapper, singer-songwriter
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[edit]- Edwin Burr Babbitt (1862–1939) – actor
- Morena Baccarin (born 1979) – Brazilian-born actress[5]
- Johnny Bach (1924–2016) – professional basketball player and coach
- Joey Badass (born 1995) – rapper
- Mohamed Bahi (born 1983/1984) – American-Algerian former Chief Liaison of New York City Mayor Eric Adams to the Muslim community.
- Nicholson Baker (born 1957) – novelist and essayist[6]
- Emma Bailey (1910–1999) – auctioneer and author
- William Bliss Baker (1859–1886) – landscape artist
- Folarin Balogun (born 2001) – soccer player who represented the United States national team and England at a youth level[7]
- 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
- Salvatore Barone (born 1995) – soccer player[8]
- Drew Barrymore (born 1975) – actress and host for The Drew Barrymore Show
- Moses Michael Levi Barrow (born Jamal Michael Barrow; 1978), better known by his stage name Shyne, Belizean rapper and politician
- Arun Basuljevic (born 1995) – soccer player[9]
- Bryan Bautista – Dominican-American musician, singer, and contestant
- Abraham Beame (1906–2001) – Mayor of New York City
- Daniel Bedoya (born 1994) – soccer player[10]
- Earl Beecham (born 1965) – 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 (1926–2023) – jazz singer and musician
- Lillie Berg (1845–1896) – musician, musical educator
- Moe Berg (1902–1972) – Major League Baseball player and spy
- Milton Berle (1908–2002) – comedian
- Paul Berlenbach (1901–1985) – light heavyweight boxing champion, 1925–1926
- Pavel Bermondt-Avalov (1877–1973) – Russian-Georgian military officer and warlord
- Dellin Betances (born 1988) – Major League Baseball pitcher
- Acid Betty (born 1977) – drag queen
- Mario Biaggi (1917–2015) – decorated policeman and US Congressman
- Bipolar Explorer – dreampop band
- Raymond Ward Bissell (1936–2019) – art historian
- Mary J. Blige (born 1971) – singer
- Henry H. Bliss (1830–1899) – first recorded person to be killed by a traffic collision in the United States
- Joan Blondell (1906–1979) – actress
- Humphrey Bogart (1899–1957) – actor
- A Boogie wit da Hoodie (born 1995) – rapper
- William T. Bonniwell Jr. – Wisconsin and Minnesota politician
- Joseph Borelli (born 1982) – politician, conservative commentator
- Francis Bouillon (born 1975) – National Hockey League defenseman playing for the Nashville Predators
- John Boulos (1921–2002) – soccer player and National Soccer Hall of Fame inductee[11]
- Matthew Bouraee (born 1988) – soccer player[12]
- Barbara Boxer (born 1940) – U.S. Senator from California
- Kate Parker Scott Boyd (1836–1922) – artist, journalist, temperance worker
- Terrence Boyd (born 1991) – soccer player[13]
- William Boylan (1869–1940) – first President of Brooklyn College
- James J. Braddock (1905–1974) – boxer (aka "Cinderella Man")
- Hermann Braun (1918–1945) – actor
- Sam Breadon (1876–1949) – president and owner of the St. Louis Cardinals
- Abigail Breslin (born 1996) – actress and musician
- Jimmy Breslin (1930–2017) – columnist
- Spencer Breslin (born 1992) – actor and musician
- Richard Bright (1937–2006) – actor
- Eben Britton (born 1987) – football player
- Matthew Broderick (born 1962) – actor and singer
- Action Bronson (born 1983) – rapper
- Mel Brooks (born 1926) – film director, screenwriter, actor
- Dario Brose (born 1970) – soccer player, coach, and 1992 Olympian[14]
- Helen Gilman Noyes Brown – philanthropist
- Julia Brown – madam and prostitute
- Larry Brown (born 1940) – basketball player and coach
- Quincy Brown (born 1991) – actor
- Tarell Brown (born 1985) – football player
- Andrew Bryson (1822–1892) – United States Navy rear admiral
- William F. Buckley Jr. (1925–2008) – author and conservative commentator
- Sidney Jonas Budnick (1921–1994) – abstract artist
- Daniel Bukantz (1917–2008) – four-time Olympic fencer
- Oral Bullen (born 1983) – soccer player[15]
- David Bullock (born 1960), serial killer known as "The .38 Caliber Killer"
- Robert John Burke (born 1960) – actor and firefighter
- George Burns (1896–1996) – comedian
- Steve Buscemi (born 1957) – actor
- Benjamin Busch – U.S. Marine Lieutenant Colonel and actor
- Jon Busch (born 1976) – soccer player[16]
- Barbara Bush (1925–2018) – wife of George H. W. Bush
- Tom Byer (born 1960) – soccer player, coach, and writer[17]
- Gene Byrnes (1889–1974) – cartoonist
- Michelle Borth (born 1978) – actress[18]
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[edit]- Christopher Latore Wallace (The Notorious BIG) (1972–1997) – rapper
- James Caan (1940–2022) – actor
- Flávio Cabral (1916–1990) – muralist
- 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
- Anthony Camal – judo practitioner [19]
- Christian Camargo (born 1971) – actor
- Brandon Cambridge (born 2002) – soccer player[20]
- Knox Cameron (born 1983) – soccer player[21]
- Sean Cameron (born 1985) – soccer player who represented the Guyana national team[22]
- Schuyler V. Cammann (1912–1991) – anthropologist
- Chris Canty (born 1982) – football player
- Jeimer Candelario (born 1993) – baseball player
- 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 (1959–2022) – singer-songwriter, dancer, actress
- Cardi B (born 1992) – rapper
- Benjamin Cardozo (1870–1938) – Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
- Michael A. Cardozo (born 1941) – 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
- Máximo Carrizo (born 2008) – soccer player[23]
- 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
- Santiago Castaño (born 1995) – soccer player[24]
- Richard S. Castellano (1933–1988) – actor
- Luis Castillo (born 1983) – football player
- Vinnie Caruana (born 1979) – musician, singer
- Phoebe Cates (born 1963) – actress
- Chris Cattaneo (born 1957) – soccer player[25]
- 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 (born 1992) – actress
- Timothée Chalamet (born 1995) – actor
- Jeff Chandler (1918–1961) – actor
- Frank Chanfrau (1824–1884) – actor
- James S. C. Chao (born 1927) – Chinese-American entrepreneur, philanthropist
- Harry Chapin (1942–1981) – singer-songwriter
- Roz Chast (born 1954) – cartoonist
- Paddy Chayefsky (1923–1981) – author
- Maury Chaykin (1949–2010) – actor
- Julie Chen (born 1970) – television personality
- Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (born 1979) – U.S. representative for Florida[26]
- Edmund A. Chester (1897–1973) – executive at CBS
- Thom Christopher (1940-2024) – actor
- Andreas Chronis (born 1989) – soccer player[27] *Jennie Jerome Churchill (1854–1921) – mother of Winston Churchill
- Hansol Vernon Chwe – singer (member of pop group Seventeen)
- Lou Cioffi (born 1957) – soccer player[28]
- Peter Cincotti (born 1983) – singer-songwriter
- Andre Cisco (born 2000) – NFL safety for the Jacksonville Jaguars
- Felicia Buttz Clark (1862-1931), writer
- Robert Clohessy (born 1957) – actor
- Donald Cogsville (born 1965) – soccer player who represented the United States national team[29]
- Evan Cole (born 1961) – CEO of H.D. Buttercup
- Schuyler Colfax Jr. (1823–1885) – former Vice President of the United States
- Margaret Colin (born 1958) – actress
- Willie Colón (born 1950) – salsa musician, social activist
- Sean Combs (born 1969) – rapper[30]
- Elvis Comrie (born 1959) – soccer player who represented the United States national team[31]
- Jennifer Connelly (born 1970) – actress
- Irv Constantine (1907–1966) – football player
- Evan Conti (born 1993) – American-Israeli basketball player and coach
- Hugh E. Conway (born 1942) – labor economist
- Terence Cooke (1921–1983) – seventh archbishop of New York
- Anderson Cooper (born 1967) – television journalist
- George H. Cooper (1821–1891) – United States Navy rear admiral[32]
- 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[33]
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (born 1989) – U.S. Representative
- William R. Cosentini – mechanical engineer and founder of Cosentini Associates
- Richard Cottingham (born 1946) - serial killer known as "The Torso Killer" and "The Times Square Ripper"
- Ann Coulter (born 1961) – conservative commentator, writer
- Freddie Crawford (born 1941) – 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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[edit]- Alexandra Daddario (born 1986) – actress
- Matthew Daddario (born 1987) – actor
- Chester Dale (1883–1962) – banker
- Charles Patrick Daly (1816–1899) – judge
- Robert Dalva (1942–2023) – filmmaker, editor
- Al D'Amato (born 1937) – politician
- Claire Danes (born 1979) – actress
- Rodney Dangerfield (1921–2004) – comedian
- Lloyd Daniels (born 1967) – basketball player
- Ron Dante (born 1945) – singer-songwriter, record producer
- Tony Danza (born 1951) – actor
- Bobby Darin (1936–1973) – singer-songwriter, entertainer, actor
- Candy Darling (1944–1974) — actress and Warhol superstar
- Jim David (born 1954) – comedian, actor, playwright
- Jonathan David (born 2000) – soccer player who represented the Canada national team[34]
- Larry David (born 1947) – actor, writer, comedian, producer
- Pete Davidson (born 1993) – actor, comedian
- Marion Davies (1897–1961) – actress
- Al "Bummy" Davis (1920–1945) – boxer
- Sammy Davis Jr. (1925–1990) – singer, entertainer
- Dawin (full name Dawin Polanco; born 1990) – hip hop-R&B singer, musician, record producer
- Rosario Dawson (born 1979) – actress
- Clarence Day (1874–1935) – author and humorist
- Charlie Day (born 1976) – actor
- Dorothy Day (1897–1980) – Catholic social activist
- Lillian Day (1893–1991) – author and playwright
- Hal de Becker (1931–2021) – dancer and dance writer
- Bill de Blasio (born 1961) – Mayor of New York City
- Robert De Niro (born 1943) – actor
- Éamon de Valera (1882–1975) – Taoiseach (prime minister) and President of Ireland
- Philip DeFranco (born 1985) – YouTuber and video blogger
- Lana Del Rey (born 1985) — singer songwriter
- De La Ghetto (born 1984) – singer, rapper, songwriter, model,
- Samuel R. Delany (born 1942) – author and critic
- Don DeLillo (born 1936) – author
- Aaron T. Demarest (1841–1908) – carriage manufacturer
- Travis Demeritte (born 1994) – MLB player
- Derek Dennis (born 1988) – football player
- Jerry Denny (1859–1927) – Major League Baseball player[35]
- Desiigner (born 1997) – rapper
- Willy DeVille (1950–2009) – singer
- Kevin Devine (born 1979) – musician, songwriter
- Artie Diamond – boxer
- Neil Diamond (born 1941) – singer, composer
- Mobb Deep – rappers
- John DiBartolomeo (born 1991) – American-Israeli basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Vin Diesel (born 1967) – actor
- August Dietrich (1858–unknown) – member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- Maximilian Dietz (born 2002) – professional soccer player
- Byron Donalds (born 1978) – U.S. representative for Florida[36]
- Meg Donnelly (born 2000) – actress, singer, dancer
- Vincent D'Onofrio (born 1959) – 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 (born 1976) – composer
- Irvin Dorfman (1924–2006) – tennis player
- Phoebe Doty – prostitute and madam
- Amanda Minnie Douglas (1831–1916) – writer
- Kirk Douglas (1916–2020) – actor
- Robert Downey Jr. (born 1965) – actor, producer, singer
- Ervin Drake (1919–2015) – composer, producer, writer, musician
- DreamDoll (born 1992) – rapper, singer, songwriter
- Fran Drescher (born 1957) – actor
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus (born 1961) – actress
- Richard Dreyfuss (born 1947) – 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 (born 1960) – actor
- Patty Duke (1946–2016) – actress, activist for mental-health issues
- Allen B. DuMont (1901-1965) - electronics engineer, scientist, inventor, and founder of the DuMont Television Network
- Lena Dunham (born 1986) – actress, screenwriter, producer, director
- Joseph Dunninger (1892–1975) – mentalist
- Bryant Dunston (born 1986) – American-Armenian basketball player
- Richard Dupont (born 1968) – 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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[edit]- Dominique Easley (born 1992) – football player
- Gertrude Ederle (1905–2003) – swimmer
- Steve Edwards (born 1948) – news anchor
- Eddie Egan (1930–1995) – police detective
- Gladys Egan (1900–1985) – child actress
- Ned Eisenberg (1957–2022) – actor
- Jesse Eisenberg (born 1983) – actor
- Billy Eichner (born 1978) – actor
- Ansel Elgort (born 1994) – actor, singer, dancer, DJ
- Paula Eliasoph (1895–1983) – painter, printmaker
- Lapo Elkann (born 1977) – chief executive officer, Fiat
- Bill Elko (born 1959) – football player
- Margaret Dye Ellis (1845–1925) – social reformer, lobbyist
- Velena G. Ellis (1914-1971) - attorney and police officer
- Albert Elsen (1927–1995) – art historian
- Etika (1990–2019) – YouTuber, streamer
- Mario Elie (born 1963) – basketball player
- Duke Ellington (1899–1974) – jazz pianist
- Abby Elliott (born 1987) – actress
- Nora Ephron (1941–2012) – director, screenwriter, author
- Omar Epps (born 1973) – actor
- Theo Epstein (born 1973) – formerly the youngest general manager in MLB, currently President of Baseball Operations for the Chicago Cubs
- Eru (born 1983) – singer
- Elvis Crespo (born 1971) – singer
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[edit]- Peter Facinelli (born 1973) – actor
- Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (1909–2000) – actor
- Edie Falco (born 1963) – actress
- Jonah Falcon (born 1970) – actor and writer; achieved fame in early 2000s for his penis size
- Jimmy Fallon (born 1974) – comedian
- Doug E. Fresh (born 1966) – musician
- Peter Falk (1927–2011) – actor
- Tali Farhadian – former federal prosecutor and current candidate for New York County District Attorney
- Louis Farrakhan (born 1933) – leader of the Nation of Islam
- Perry Farrell (born 1959) – musician
- Alice Faye (1915–1998) – actress
- Charles Fazzino (born 1955) — pop artist
- Harry Feldman (1919–1962) – Major League Baseball pitcher
- Jack Feldman – lyricist
- Morton Feldman (1926–1987) – composer
- Julissa Ferreras (born 1976) – New York City Council Member, Finance Committee chair
- Richard Feynman (1918–1988) – theoretical physicist; recipient 1965 Nobel Prize in Physics
- Barbie Ferreira (born 1996) – actress (Euphoria)
- Harvey Fierstein (born 1952) – actor and playwright
- Hamilton Fish (1808–1893) – Governor of New York and U.S. Secretary of State
- Mickey Fisher (1904/05–1963) – basketball coach
- Herbert Flam (1928–1980) – tennis player
- Bobby Flay (born 1964) – chef
- Waka Flocka Flame (born 1986) – rapper
- Jeffrey Flier (born 1948) – Dean of Harvard Medical School
- Kay Flock (born 2003) – rapper
- Jane Fonda (born 1937) – actress
- Peter Fonda (1940–2019) – actor
- Hector Fonseca (born 1980) – DJ
- Malcolm Forbes (1919–1990) – publisher
- Davy Force (1849–1918) – major league baseball player[35]
- Whitey Ford (1928–2020) – pitcher for the New York Yankees
- Adam Fox (born 1998) – professional ice hockey defenseman for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League
- Nikolai Fraiture (born 1978) – bassist of rock band The Strokes, musician
- Anthony Franciosa (1928–2006) – actor
- Aerin Frankel (born 1999), professional ice hockey goaltender for the Boston Fleet
- David Frankel (born 1959) – film director
- Lois Frankel (born 1948) – U.S. representative for Florida[37]
- Al Franken (born 1951) – comedian and radio host, U.S. Senator from Minnesota
- Michael Freeman – inventor, entrepreneur, author, and business consultant
- Ace Frehley (born 1951) – guitarist
- Laura Friedman (born 1966) – U.S. representative for California[38]
- Milton Friedman (1912–2006) – economist
- Eric Fromm (born 1958) – tennis player
- John Frusciante (born 1970) – musician, artist
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[edit]- Luis García – baseball player
- Gus Gardella (1895–1974) – football player
- Eliza Ann Gardner (1831–1922) – Abolitionist
- Alex Garfin (born 2004) – actor
- Art Garfunkel (born 1941) – singer-songwriter, actor
- Lexa Gates – musician and rapper
- Joe Gatto (born 1976) – comedian
- Lou Gehrig (1903–1941) – baseball player
- Sarah Michelle Gellar (born 1977) – actress
- Natalie Gelman (born 1985) – singer/songwriter
- Richard Genelle (1961–2008) – actor
- Marie George (1876–1955) – actress and singer
- George Gershwin (1898–1937) – composer
- Ira Gershwin (1896–1983) – lyricist
- Vitas Gerulaitis (1954–1994) – tennis player
- Tiffany Giardina (born 1993) – singer-songwriter
- Mel Gibson (born 1956) – American-born Australian/Irish actor and director
- Justin Gignac (born 1981) – artist
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933–2020) – Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court
- Issamar Ginzberg – business strategist, rabbi, motivational speaker
- Rudolph Giuliani (born 1944) – 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[39]
- Jackie Gleason (1916–1987) – comedian, actor
- James Gleason (1882–1959) – actor
- Joel Glucksman (born 1949) – Olympic fencer
- The GoStation – indie rock group[40]
- Whoopi Goldberg (born 1955) – comedian, actress, TV personality
- William Goldberg (1925–2003) – diamond dealer
- Daniel S. Goldin (born 1940) – 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 (born 1982) – member of the psychedelic-rock band MGMT
- Minetta Good (1895–1946) – painter and printmaker
- Richard Goode (born 1943) – classical pianist
- Cuba Gooding Jr. (born 1968) – actor
- Cuba Gooding Sr. (1944–2017) – singer
- Doris Kearns Goodwin (born 1943) – author
- Jared Gordon (born 1988) – mixed martial artist
- Kyle Gordon (born 1992) – comedian, singer, and YouTuber[41]
- Leo Gorcey (1917–1969) – 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 (1928–2013) – singer
- Victor Gotbaum (1921–2015) – labor leader
- Gilbert Gottfried (1955–2022) – comedian and actor
- Elliott Gould (born 1938) – actor
- Joan Gould (1927–2022) – author and journalist
- David C. Gowdey (1841–1908) – politician
- Topher Grace (born 1978) – actor
- Sean Grande (born 1969) – television and radio sportscaster
- Rocky Graziano (born Thomas Rocco, 1919–1990) – boxer
- Benny Green (born 1963) – pianist
- Hank Greenberg (1911–1986) – Hall of Fame baseball player
- Milton H. Greene (1922–1985) – fashion and celebrity photographer, film and television producer
- Alan Greenspan (born 1926) – economist, Federal Reserve chairman
- Sheila Greenwald (born 1934) – author
- Adrian Grenier (born 1976) – actor
- Bill Griffith (born 1944) – cartoonist (Zippy)[42]
- Melanie Griffith (born 1957) – actress
- Alfred Grossman (1927–1987) – writer and novelist
- Bob Guccione (1930–2010) – publisher
- Peggy Guggenheim (1898–1979) – art collector
- Mamie Gummer (born 1983) – actress
- Rajat Gupta (born 1948) – CEO of McKinsey & Company convicted of insider trading
- Jim Gurfein (born 1961) – tennis player
- Steve Guttenberg (born 1958) – actor
- Maggie Gyllenhaal (born 1977) – actress
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[edit]- Adelaide Hall (1901–1993) – jazz singer, Broadway star, actress
- Huntz Hall (1920–1999) – 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 (1909–2006) – 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 (1935–2020) – journalist
- Marvin Hamlisch (1944–2012) – composer
- Armand Hammer (1898–1990) – industrialist and philanthropist
- Oscar Hammerstein II (1895–1960) – composer
- Han Terra (born 1982) – polymath
- Frank Hankinson (1856–1911) – major league baseball player[35]
- Sean Hannity (born 1961) – television host, author, conservative political commentator
- Nelson Harding (1879–1944) – editorial cartoonist
- Edward W. Hardy (born 1992) – composer, musician and producer
- Donald J. Harlin (1935–2015) – Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Air Force
- Lynn Harrell (1944–2020) – cellist
- W. Averell Harriman (1891–1986) – diplomat and Governor of New York
- Zelda Harris (born 1985) – actress
- Maurice Harkless (born 1993) – NBA player
- Anne Hathaway (born 1982) – actress
- Marcia Haufrecht (born 1937) – actor, director, playwright
- Maya Hawke (born 1998) – actress, singer-songwriter and model
- Curt Hawkins (born 1985) – WWE wrestler
- Patrick Joseph Hayes (1867–1938) – fifth archbishop of New York
- Susan Hayward (1917–1975) – actress
- Rita Hayworth (1918–1987) – actress
- Anthony Hecht (1923–2004) – poet
- Ladislav Hecht (1909–2004) – Czechoslovak-American tennis player
- Carol Heiss (born 1940) – Olympic figure skater (silver 1956, gold 1960)
- Joseph Heller (1923–1999) – author
- Alvin Hellerstein (born 1933) – U.S. federal judge
- Lance Henriksen (born 1940) – actor
- Brian Henson (born 1963) – puppeteer, director, producer
- Jean-Noël Herlin (born 1940) – archivist, antiquarian bookseller, curator
- Bernard Herrmann (1911–1975) – composer
- Elinore Morehouse Herrick (1895–1964) – labor–relations specialist
- Susan Hendl (1947–2020) – ballet dancer and répétiteur
- Nelson H. Henry (1855–1923) – member of the New York State Assembly, Adjutant General of New York[43]
- Robert Hess (1935–2014) – sculptor, art educator
- Peter Cooper Hewitt (1861–1921) – inventor
- William Hickey (1927–1997) – actor
- Logan Hicks – artist
- Hildegarde (1906–2005) – cabaret singer
- Paris Hilton (born 1981) – socialite, actress
- Gregory Hines (1946–2003) – dancer and actor
- Judd Hirsch (born 1935) – actor
- Jack Hirschman (1933–2021) – poet and social activist
- Camomile Hixon (born 1970) – visual artist
- William E. Hoehle – member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- Robert Hofstadter (1915–1990), 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
- Eli Holzman (born 1974) – writer, producer, and television executive
- Rio Hope-Gund (born 1999) – soccer player
- Lena Horne (1917–2010) – singer
- Edward Everett Horton (1886–1970) – actor
- Jay Horwitz (born 1945) – New York Mets executive
- Curly Howard (1903–1952) – actor of comedy team The Three Stooges
- Moe Howard (1897–1975) – actor of comedy team The Three Stooges
- Shemp Howard (1895–1955) – actor of comedy team The Three Stooges
- Steny Hoyer (born 1939) – "U.S Representative from Maryland's 5th district, 1981–Present"
- Tina Huang (born 1981) – actress
- Jon Huertas (born 1969) – actor
- Richard Hunt (1951–1992) – 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 (born 1990) – actress and singer
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[edit]- David Iacono (born 2002) - actor
- Scott Ian (born 1963) – guitarist for Anthrax
- Carl Icahn (born 1936) – financier and a special advisor during the Trump administration
- Tonya Ingram (1991–2022) – author, poet, and disability rights activist
- Washington Irving (1783–1859) – author
- John Isaac – photographer
- Ice Spice (born 2000) – Rapper
J
[edit]- 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
- Jon Seda (born 1970) – actor
- 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 (born 1974) – political campaign organizer
- Derek Jeter (born 1974) – 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
- Jesse Lee Soffer – actor
- Scarlett Johansson (born 1984) – actress, singer, and producer
- Daymond John (born 1969) – 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
- Francine Justa (1942–2016), activist and affordable housing advocate in New York City.
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[edit]- Elias Kane (1794–1835), served as the first Illinois Secretary of State from 1818–1822 and a United States Senator for Illinois from 1825–1835.[44]
- Qurrat Ann Kadwani (born 1981) – actress and playwright
- Philip Mayer Kaiser (1913–2007) – U.S. diplomat
- Bob Kaliban (1933–2020) – actor, voice actor, and former president of SAG-AFTRA
- Abraham Katz (1926–2013) – diplomat, United States Ambassador to the OECD
- Andy Kaufman (1949–1984) – comedian
- Charlie Kaufman (born 1958) – screenwriter
- Danny Kaye (1911–1987) – actor and comedian
- Lenny Kaye (born 1946) – guitarist
- Thomas Kean (born 1935) – Governor of New Jersey
- Diane Keaton (born 1946) – actress
- Harvey Keitel (born 1939) – actor
- Bridget Kelly (born 1986) – singer
- Robin Kelly (born 1956) – U.S. representative for Illinois[45]
- George Kennedy (1925–2016) – actor
- Jacqueline Kennedy (1929–1994) – First Lady of the United States and editor
- Max Kennedy (born 1965) – writer and lawyer
- Tom Kenny (born 1962) – voice actor and comedian
- Jerome Kern (1885–1945) – composer
- Alicia Keys (born 1981) – singer-songwriter and actress
- Robert Kibbee (1921–1982) – Chancellor of the City University of New York
- Jimmy Kimmel (born 1967) – comedian and television talk-show host
- Carole King (born 1942) – singer-songwriter
- Larry King (1933–2021) – television talk-show and radio host
- Morgana King (1930–2018) – singer and actress
- Eddie Kingston (born 1981) – professional wrestler, currently signed with All Elite Wrestling
- Keith Kinkaid (born 1989) – professional ice hockey player
- Nancy Kissinger (born 1934) – philanthropist
- Calvin Klein (born 1942) – fashion designer
- Diana Kleiner (born 1947) – art historian
- Christopher Knight (born 1957) – actor
- John "Julius" Knight – music producer, DJ
- Miss Ko (born 1985) – rapper
- Ed Koch (1924–2013) – Mayor of New York City
- E. L. Konigsburg (1930–2013) – writer
- Peter Koo (born 1952) – politician and pharmacist
- C. Everett Koop (1916–2013) – physician
- Yaphet Kotto (1939–2021) – actor
- Sandy Koufax (born 1935) – MLB pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, perfect game pitcher
- Martin Kove (born 1946) – actor, known for The Karate Kid (franchise) as John Kreese in Cobra Kai
- Joey Kramer (born 1950) – drummer, Aerosmith
- Lenny Kravitz (born 1964) – singer-songwriter
- Gary Kreps (born 1952) – health and risk communication scholar
- Barbara Kruger (born 1945) – feminist artist
- Stanley Kubrick (1928–1999) – film director and screenwriter
- Bruce Kulick (born 1953) – guitarist
- William Kunstler (1919–1995) – lawyer
- Tony Kushner (born 1956) – playwright and screenwriter
- Allan Kwartler (1917–1998) – sabre and foil fencer, Pan American Games and Maccabiah Games champion
- Ray Kurzweil (born 1947) – author, inventor, and futurist
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[edit]- Lori Loughlin (born 1964) – actress
- David LaChapelle (born 1963) – photographer
- Lady Gaga (Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, born 1986) – musician and actress
- Fiorello La Guardia (1882–1947) – Mayor of New York City
- Jesse Lacey (born 1978) – musician and singer
- Bert Lahr (1895–1967) – actor and comedian
- Veronica Lake (1922–1973) – actress
- Jake LaMotta (1922–2017) – boxer
- Burt Lancaster (1913–1994) – actor
- Martin Landau (1928–2017) – actor
- Diane Lane (born 1965) – actress
- Leo Laporte (born 1956) – founder/host of TWiT.tv
- Floria Lasky (1923–2007) – theater world lawyer
- Cyndi Lauper (born 1953) – singer
- Casey LaBow (born 1986) – actress
- Ralph Lauren (born 1939) – fashion designer
- Emma Lazarus (1849–1887) – author and poet
- Steve Lawrence (1935–2024) – singer and actor
- Ivan Lee (born 1981) – Olympic saber fencer; banned for life by SafeSport [46]
- Jeanette Lee (born 1971) – professional pool player
- Stan Lee (1922–2018) – comic-book writer, editor, film executive producer, actor, and publisher for Marvel Comics
- Madeleine L'Engle (1918–2007) – author
- Franz Leichter (1930–2023) – politician
- Melissa Leo (born 1960) – actress
- A. Leo Levin (1919–2015) – law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
- Huey Lewis (born 1950) – musician and singer
- Sophia Laforteza (born 2002) – singer and dancer; member of the girl group Katseye[47]
- Joe E. Lewis (1902–1971) – comedian
- Miranda Lichtenstein (born 1969) – artist
- Roy Lichtenstein (1923–1997) – pop artist
- Joe Lieberman (1942–2024) – former long-time U.S. Senator from Connecticut (1989–2013); 2000 vice presidential nominee under Al Gore
- Lil' Kim (Kimberly Denise Jones; born 1976) – actress and rapper
- Lil Tjay (born 2001) – rapper
- John Lindsay (1921–2000) – Mayor of New York City
- John Linnell (born 1959) – musician, one half of alternative rock duo They Might Be Giants
- Laura Linney (born 1964) – actress
- Liondub (Erik Weiss; born 1973) – DJ and record producer
- Deborah Lipstadt (born 1947) – historian and author
- Peggy Lipton (1946–2019) – actress
- Lisa Lisa (born 1967) – freestyle singer; fronted Cult Jam; born Lisa Velez
- John Liu (born 1967) – politician, 43rd New York City Comptroller
- Lucy Liu (born 1968) – actress
- Robert R. Livingston (1746–1813) – U.S. founding father and diplomat
- Daniel Lobell – stand-up comedian and podcaster
- Tommy Lockhart (1892–1979) – inductee into Hockey Hall of Fame, and United States Hockey Hall of Fame[48][49]
- Robert Loggia (1930–2015) – actor
- Lindsay Lohan (born 1986) – actress and singer
- Tina Louise (born 1934) – actress
- Vince Lombardi (1913–1970) – football coach
- Mike Longabardi (born 1973) – NBA assistant coach
- Ki Longfellow (1944–2022) – novelist
- Jennifer Lopez (born 1969) – singer and actress
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus (born 1961) – actress
- Willie Lozado (born 1959) – baseball player
- Bennet Nathaniel "Nate" Lubell (1916–2006) – Olympic fencer
- Edna Luby (1884–1928) – Broadway and vaudeville performer
- Lucky Luciano (1897–1962) – gangster
- Sid Luckman (1916–1998) – football player and coach
- Sidney Lumet (1924–2011) – film director, producer, and screenwriter
- Frankie Lymon (1942–1968) – singer
- Carol Lynley (1942–2019) – actress
- Leslie Grace (born 1995) – Singer
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[edit]- Lil Mabu (born 2005) – rapper
- Alice Foote MacDougall (1867–1945) – coffee wholesaler, restaurateur, and business owner in the City[50]
- John F. Mackie (1835–1910) Medal of Honor recipient
- Ruth Madoff (born 1941) – wife of Bernie Madoff
- Umber Majeed (born 1989) – visual artist
- Lil Mama (born 1989) – rapper and actress
- Sandro Mamukelashvili (born 1999) – professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs
- Bernard Malamud (1914–1986) – author
- Melissa Manchester (born 1951) – singer
- Barry Manilow (born 1943) – singer-songwriter
- Mike Mansfield (1903–2001) – Senator from Montana
- Bruce Manson (born 1956) – tennis player
- Stephon Marbury (born 1977) – professional basketball player
- James Margolis (born 1936) – Olympic fencer
- Rose Marie (1923–2017) – actress
- Romany Malco (born 1968) – actor
- John Marley (1907–1984) – actor
- Dean Marlowe (born 1992) – safety for the Buffalo Bills
- Constantine Maroulis (born 1975) – American Idol finalist
- Ernest Martin (born 1932) – theatre director and manager
- Melanie Martinez (born 1995) – singer-songwriter, actress, director, photographer, and screenwriter
- Marina Squerciati (born 1984) – actor
- Soraida Martinez (born 1956) – artist and designer
- John Martino (born 1937) – actor[51][52]
- Sadie Martinot (1861–1923) – singer, actress
- Lee Marvin (1924–1987) – actor
- Chico Marx (1887–1961) — comedian
- Louis Marx (1896–1982), Founder of Louis Marx and Company
- Maelo Ruiz (born 1966) – Salsa Singer – member of the Marx Brothers
- Groucho Marx (1890–1977) – member of the Marx Brothers
- Gummo Marx (1892–1977) – member of the Marx Brothers
- Harpo Marx (1888–1964) – member of the Marx Brothers
- Zeppo Marx (1901–1979) – member of the Marx Brothers
- James Maslow (born 1990) – actor and singer (raised in California)
- John Massari (born 1957) – composer, sound designer
- Walter Matthau (1920–2000) – actor
- Sam Mattis (born 1994), Olympic discus thrower
- 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.
- Joe McCarthy (born 2001) – rugby union player
- John McCloskey (1810–1885) – Cardinal Archbishop of New York, 1864–1885
- Frank McCourt (1930–2009) – author (raised in Ireland, returned later in life)
- Malachy McCourt (1931–2024) – author (raised in Ireland, returned later in life)
- Oisin McEntee (born 2001) – Irish soccer player[53]
- Allie McGuire (born 1951) – professional basketball player
- Triston McKenzie (born 1997) – MLB pitcher
- Kenneth McMillan (1932–1989) – actor
- Andrea Mitchell (born 1946) – journalist, NBC News
- Paul Meltsner – WPA-era painter and muralist
- Bob Melvin (born 1961) – Major League Baseball player and manager
- Dave Meltzer (born 1959) – 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 (born 1929) – jazz singer
- Jenny B. Merrill (1854–1934) – educator, author
- Robert Merrill (1917–2004) – singer
- Stefano Miceli (1975) – pianist and conductor
- Lea Michele (born 1986) – actress and singer
- Vera Michelena (1885–1961) – actress, dancer, and singer
- Alyssa Milano (born 1972) – actress
- Sally Milgrim (1898–1994) – fashion designer
- Adeline Miller (1777–1859) – prostitute and madam
- Arthur Miller (1915–2005) – playwright
- Marcus Miller (born 1959) – bassist and composer
- Stephanie Mills (born 1957) – singer, former Broadway star
- Andy Mineo (born 1988) – Christian rapper
- Sal Mineo (1939–1976) – actor
- Lin-Manuel Miranda (born 1980) – musical theatre writer and performer
- John Joseph Mitty (1884–1961) – Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco
- Isaac Mizrahi (born 1961) – fashion designer
- Aja Monet (born 1987) – poet
- Eddie Money (1949–2019) – singer
- Lenny Montana (1926–1992) – actor and professional wrestler[54][55]
- Mary Tyler Moore (1936–2017) – actress, producer
- Melba Moore (born 1945) – actress, singer
- Nancie Monelle (1841–1903) – physician, missionary
- Nicholas Montemarano (born 1970) - writer
- Tom Morello (born 1964) – guitarist
- Henry Morgan (1915–1994) – radio and television personality
- Huey Morgan (born 1986) – musician, radio DJ, songwriter, television personality
- Cathy Moriarty (born 1960) – actress
- Gouverneur Morris (1752–1816) – U.S. founding father; U.S. Senator
- Zero Mostel (1915–1977) – actor, comedian
- Tommy Mottola (born 1949) – music executive
- Maria Muldaur (born 1942) – folk and blues singer-songwriter
- John Mulholland – documentary filmmaker, film historian
- Gerry Mulligan (1927–1996) – musician
- Richard Mulligan (1932–2000) – actor
- Robert Mulligan (1925–2008) – director
- Thom Michael Mulligan – actor
- Chris Mullin (born 1963) – basketball player
- Charlie Murphy (1959–2017) – actor, comedian
- Chris Murphy (born 1973) – U.S. Senator from Connecticut since 2013
- Eddie Murphy (born 1961) – actor, comedian
- James Murray (born 1976) – comedian, actor, author
- Yunus Musah (born 2002) – soccer player
N
[edit]- 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[56]
- Oscar Neebe (1850–1916) – anarchist, labor activist, one of Haymarket bombing trial defendants
- Haywood Nelson (born 1960) – actor
- 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, 1972–1997) – rapper
- Carrie Nye (1936–2006) – actress
O
[edit]- Simon Oakland (1915–1983) – actor
- Jerry O'Connell (born 1974) – actor and television personality
- Al Oerter (1935–2007) – four-time Olympic champion in discus throw
- Kevin Ogletree (born 1987) – football player
- Garrick Ohlsson (born 1948) – classical pianist
- Keith Olbermann (born 1959) – television sportscaster and commentator
- Jon Oliva (born 1960) – Savatage singer and keyboardist
- Chris O'Loughlin (born 1967) – Olympic fencer
- Gregory Olsen (born 1945) – entrepreneur
- Eugene O'Neill (1888–1953) – playwright
- Paul O'Neill (1956–2017) – music composer and producer
- Robert Oppenheimer (1904–1967) – physicist; "father of the atomic bomb"
- Jerry Orbach (1935–2004) – actor
- John Ortiz (born 1968) – actor
- Lisa Ortiz (born 1974) – actress
- Bill O'Reilly (born 1949) – former Fox News anchor
- Lane Shi Otayonii – musician and interactive multimedia performer
- Adam Ottavino (born 1985) – MLB pitcher for the Boston Red Sox
- Rick Overton (born 1954) – actor and comedian
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[edit]- J.N. Pattison (1839–1905) – pianist, composer
- 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 (1921–1991) – theater producer, impresario, founder of The Public Theater
- Cheyenne Parker-Tyus (born 1992) – WNBA player
- Rob Parker (born 1964) – sportswriter, TV analyst
- Lana Parrilla (born 1977) – actress
- Pastel Ghost (Vivian Moon) – musician, singer, songwriter, and producer
- Joe Paterno (1928–2012) – football coach
- James Patterson (born 1947) – novelist
- Sarah Paulson (born 1974) – actress
- Josh Peck (born 1986) – actor
- Jan Peerce (1904–1984) – opera tenor
- Amanda Peet (born 1972) – actress
- Richard Pelham (1815–1876) – blackface performer
- Claiborne Pell (1918–2009) – Senator from Rhode Island
- Caroline Pennell (born 1996) – singer-songwriter, musician, and contestant on NBC's The Voice season 5
- Sam Perkins (born 1961) – basketball player
- Alan Robert Pearlman (1925–2019) – engineer, synthesizer manufacturer (ARP Instruments, Inc.)
- Bernadette Peters (born 1948) – 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 (1845–1893) – baseball player, four-time home-run champion[35]
- John Pleshette (born 1942) – 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 (1918–2013) – movie and TV director
- Neil Postman (1931–2003) – author, cultural critic
- Chaim Potok (1929–2002) – author
- Bud Powell (1924–1966) – jazz pianist
- Colin Powell (1937–2021) – U.S. Army general and U.S. Secretary of State
- Gary Powell (born 1969) – drummer
- Joshua Prager (born 1949) – physician
- Priscilla Presley (born 1945) – actress
- L. Bradford Prince (1840–1922) – politician who was governor of New Mexico Territory[57]
- Prince Royce (born 1989) – singer-songwriter, actor
- Tito Puente (1923–2000) – bandleader
- Mario Puzo (1920–1999) – author
- Paloma Mami (born 1999) – Singer
Q
[edit]- Q-Tip (born 1970) – rapper
R
[edit]- Renee Rabinowitz (1934–2020) – psychologist and lawyer
- Raekwon (born 1970) – rapper (Wu-tang Clan)
- Bill Rafferty (1944–2012) – comedian
- Joey Ramone (1951–2001) and Marky Ramone (born 1952) – punk-rock musicians
- Michael Rapaport (born 1970) – actor, comedian, director
- Tubby Raskin (1902–1981) – basketball player and coach
- Ray Ratkowski (born 1939) – football player
- Larry Ray (born 1959) – criminal convicted of sex trafficking, extortion, forced labor, and other offenses, sentenced to 60 years in prison
- Lihie Raz (born 2003) – American-born Israeli Olympic artistic gymnast
- Remedy (born Ross Filler in 1972) – rapper
- Ray Rice (born 1987) – football player
- Melissa Rauch (born 1980) – actress and comedian
- Amy Ryan (born 1968) – actress
- Alan Reed (1907–1977) – actor
- Lou Reed (1942–2013) – rock musician, songwriter
- Peter Revson (1939–1974) – race car driver
- A$AP Rocky (born 1988) – rapper[58]
- Christopher Reeve (1952–2004) – actor
- Carl Reiner (1922–2020) – comedian, actor, director, author
- Rob Reiner (born 1947) – actor and director
- Paul Reiser (born 1956) – actor
- Charlie Reiter (born 1988) – footballer
- Ed Rendell (born 1944) – former Mayor of Philadelphia, Governor of Pennsylvania
- Brandon Reilly (born 1981) – musician, guitarist, singer
- Leah Remini (born 1970) – actress
- Bebe Rexha (born 1989) – singer-songwriter
- Vincent Rey (born 1987) – football player
- Ving Rhames (born 1959) – actor
- Alfonso Riberio (born 1971) – actor, comedian, singer, television host
- Charles E. Rice (1931–2015) – legal scholar, university professor
- Buddy Rich (1917–1987) – jazz drummer
- Renée Richards (born 1934) – tennis player
- Terry Richardson (born 1965) – fashion photographer
- Kadary Richmond (born 2001) – college basketball player for the Seton Hall Pirates
- Burton Richter (1931–2018) – Nobel Prize-winning physicist
- Don Rickles (1926–2017) – comedian
- Kathleen Ridder (1922–2017) – women's equal rights activist, writer, educator, philanthropist[59]
- Robert Ridder (1919–2000) – Ice hockey administrator and media mogul[60]
- Joel Rifkin (born 1959) – serial killer
- Robin Riker (born 1952) – actress and book author
- Thelma Ritter (1902–1969) – actress
- Joan Rivers (born Joan Alexandra Molinsky)(1933–2014)– comedian
- Chris Rock (born 1965) – comedian and actor
- Laurance Rockefeller (1910–2004) – conservationist and philanthropist
- Winthrop Rockefeller (1912–1973) – Governor of Arkansas
- Norman Rockwell (1894–1978) – artist
- Alex Rodriguez (born 1975) – baseball player
- John Rogan (born 1960) – football player
- Sonny Rollins (born 1930) – jazz saxophonist
- Ray Romano (born 1957) – comedian and actor
- Saoirse Ronan (born 1994) – American-born Irish actress[61]
- Igal Roodenko (1917–1991) – civil-rights activist, pacifist
- Sean Rooks (1969–2016) – basketball player and coach[62]
- Mickey Rooney (1920–2014) – actor
- Franklin Roosevelt (1882–1945) – 32nd President of the United States
- Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) – U.S. First Lady and human-rights activist
- Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) – 26th President of the United States
- Ethel Greenglass Rosenberg – convicted spy
- Beatrice Rosen (born 1977) – actress (raised in Paris)
- Alan Rosen (born 1969) – restaurant and bakery owner, and author
- 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
- David H. Rosenbloom – author
- Christopher Ross (1931–2023) – sculptor, designer and collector
- Nicole Ross (born 1989) – Olympic foil fencer
- Emmy Rossum (born 1986) – actress
- Veronica Roth (born 1988) – novelist
- Mercedes Ruehl (born 1948) – actress
- Vic Ruggiero – ska musician frontman of The Slackers
- Louis Rukeyser (1933–2006) – business columnist, economic commentator
- Frank Russek (1875/1876-1948) – Polish-born American co-founder of the Russeks department store chain
- Damien Russell (born 1970) – NFL player
- Gianni Russo (born 1943) – actor, singer, and restaurateur[63]
- Art Rust Jr. (1927–2010) – sportscaster
- Remy Ma (born 1980) – rapper
S
[edit]- Carl Sagan (1934–1996) – physicist and astronomer
- Boris Said (born 1962) – NASCAR driver
- J. D. Salinger (1919–2010) – author
- Jonas Salk (1914–1995) – medical researcher
- John Salley (born 1964) – basketball player
- Jerry Saltz (born 1951) – art critic and art historian
- Claudio Sanchez (born 1978) – musician
- Bernie Sanders (born 1941) – politician, Senator from Vermont since 2007
- Adam Sandler (born 1966) – actor, comedian
- Jennifer San Marco (1961–2006) – mass murder
- Romeo Santos (born 1981) – singer-songwriter, actor, and record producer
- Dennis Sarfate (born 1981) – professional baseball player
- Dustin Satloff – entrepreneur
- Francesco Scavullo (1921–2004) – photographer
- Dick Schaap (1934–2001) – journalist
- Jeremy Schaap (born 1969) – journalist
- Vincent Schiavelli (1948–2005) – actor and food writer
- Harvey Schiller (born 1940) — sports and business executive
- Lawrence Schiller (born 1936) — photojournalist and film producer
- Leonard Schleifer (born 1952) – scientist and business executive
- Julian Schnabel (born 1951) – artist and motion picture director
- Mathieu Schneider (born 1969) – hockey player
- Sandra Schnur (1955–1994) – disability-rights activist
- Andy Schor (born 1975) – member of the Michigan House of Representatives
- Loretta Schrijver (born 1956) – Dutch television host
- Rick Schroder (born 1970) – actor
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz (born 1966) – U.S. representative for Florida[64]
- Freddy Schuman (1925–2010) – superfan of the New York Yankees
- Amy Schumer (born 1981) – actress and comedian
- Chuck Schumer (born 1950) – Senator from New York since 1999; cousin of Amy Schumer
- Julius Schwartz (1915–2004) – 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
- Lauren Scruggs (born 2003) – Olympic fencer
- Vin Scully (1927–2022) – sportscaster
- Malik Sealy (1970–2000) – basketball player
- Heriberto Seda (born 1967) – serial killer who copied The Zodiac Killer
- Jon Seda (born 1970) – comedian
- Barney Sedran (1891–1964) – Hall of Fame basketball player
- Jerry Seinfeld (born 1954) – 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) (born 1967) – radio personality, color commentator and retired professional wrestler
- John Serry Sr. (1915–2003) – accordionist, organist, composer, and arranger
- Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774–1821) – 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 (born 1926) – film critic
- Frank Shannon (1874–1959) – conservative political analyst, columnist, and candidate
- Judy Shapiro-Ikenberry (born 1942) – long-distance runner
- Al Sharpton (born 1954) – civil rights and social justice activist, founder of the National Action Network, Baptist minister, and radio and television personality[65]
- Artie Shaw (1910–2004) – bandleader
- Leonard Shecter (1926–1974) – journalist and author
- 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 (born 1965) – actress and model
- Kevin Shields (born 1963) – musician, member of the band My Bloody Valentine
- Daniel Sickles (1819–1914) – Civil War general
- William James Sidis (1898–1944) – mathematician, rumored to have had an IQ of 250
- Bugsy Siegel (1906–1947) – gangster
- Jules Siegel (1935–2012) – author
- Maggie Siff (born 1974) – actress
- George Silides (1922–2022) – politician and businessman, Alaska Senator
- Beverly Sills (1929–2007) – opera singer
- Lauren Silva (born 1987) – painter
- Ron Silver (1946–2009) – actor and radio show host
- Robert Silverberg (born 1935) – author
- Dean Silvers – film producer
- Lindsay Sloane (born 1977) – actress
- Alan Silvestri (born 1950) – film music composer
- Carly Simon (born 1943) – singer-songwriter
- Neil Simon (1927–2018) – playwright
- Richard L. Simon (1899–1960) – businessman and publisher
- Kaseem Sinceno (born 1976) – football player
- John Slidell (1793–1871) – Senator from Louisiana and Confederate diplomat
- Al Smith (1873–1944) – Governor of New York and presidential candidate
- Russ Smith (born 1991) – basketball player
- Will Smith (1981–2016) – former football player
- Dee Snider (born 1955) – singer-songwriter; front man of the heavy metal band Twisted Sister
- Phoebe Snow (1950–2011) – singer-songwriter
- James McCune Smith (1813–1865) – abolitionist
- Stephen Sondheim (1930–2021) – musical theatre composer and lyricist
- Aaron Sorkin (born 1961) – playwright and screenwriter
- Sonia Sotomayor (born 1954) – United States Supreme Court Justice
- Mickey Spillane (1918–2006) – author
- Eliot Spitzer (born 1959) – former Governor of New York
- Howard Spira – gangster and gambler
- Sylvester Stallone (born 1946) – actor, director, screenwriter
- Sebastian Stan (born 1982) – actor
- Paul Stanley (born 1952) – hard-rock guitarist, singer and songwriter
- Barbara Stanwyck (1907–1990) – actress
- Joe Start (1842–1927) – Major League Baseball player[35]
- James Steen (1913–1983) – football player
- Peter Steele (1962–2010) — singer and songwriter
- Jacob Steinmetz (born 2003) – baseball player[66]
- Howard Stern (born 1954) – radio and television host
- John Stevens (1715–1792) – delegate to Continental Congress for New Jersey
- Andrew Stewart (born 1965) – player of gridiron football
- Jon Stewart (born 1962) – 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 (born 1981) – actress
- Ben Stiller (born 1965) – actor and comedian
- Henry L. Stimson (1867–1950) – politician and diplomat
- Oliver Stone (born 1946) – film director
- Larry Storch (1923–2022) – actor, comedian
- Lee Strasberg (1901–1982) – Polish-born actor, director, and theatre practitioner
- Susan Strasberg (1938–1999) – actress
- Robert Strassburg (1915–2003) – composer, conductor, musicologist
- James Strauch (1921–1998) – Olympic fencer
- Barbra Streisand (born 1942) – singer and actress
- Meryl Streep (born 1949) – 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 (born 1942) – actress
- B. J. Surhoff (born 1964) – MLB player
- Rich Surhoff (born 1962) – MLB player
- Kevin Sussman (born 1970) – actor
T
[edit]- 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) – Belgian-American 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 (1915–1988) – Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Air Force
- Vinny Testaverde (born 1963) – football player
- Teyana Taylor (born 1990) – singer-songwriter, actress, dancer, choreographer, director and model
- Irving Thalberg (1899–1936) – film producer
- Ianthe Thomas (1951–2002) – author
- Leon Thomas III (born 1993) – actor
- Soren Thompson (born 1981) – two-time Olympic and team World Champion épée fencer
- Johnny Thunders (1952–1991) – rock musician
- Gene Tierney (1920–1991) – actress
- Whitney Tilson (born 1966) – hedge fund manager, philanthropist, author, and Democratic political activist
- Harry Tietlebaum – organized crime figure
- Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933) – artist
- Dennis Tito (born 1940) – engineer, entrepreneur, and first space tourist
- Matt Titus – professional matchmaker
- James Toback (born 1944) – screenwriter and director
- Isabella Tobias (born 1991) – Israeli 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 (born 1940) – baseball player and manager
- Douglas Townsend (1921–2012) – composer and musicologist
- Michelle Trachtenberg (1985-2025) – actress
- Mary Travers (1936–2009) – singer with Peter, Paul, and Mary
- Payson J. Treat (1879–1972) – Japanologist[67]
- Alex Treves (1929–2020) – Italian-born American Olympic fencer
- Bernard Trink (1931–2020) – columnist
- Donald Trump (born 1946) – 45th and 47th President of the United States, businessman
- Donald Trump Jr. (born 1977) – businessman
- Eric Trump (born 1984) – businessman
- Fred Trump (1905–1999) – real estate developer and philanthropist
- Ivanka Trump (born 1970) – businesswoman
- Tiffany Trump (born 1993) – socialite
- Barbara Tuchman (1912–1989) – historian and author
- Richard Tucker (1913–1975) – opera tenor
- Gene Tunney (1897–1978) – 1926–28 heavyweight boxing champion
- John V. Tunney (1934–2018) – U.S. Senator
- John Turturro (born 1957) – actor and director
- William Tweed (1823–1878) – politician
- Liv Tyler (born 1977) – actress
- Steven Tyler (born 1948) – singer, Aerosmith
- Mike Tyson (born 1966) – boxer
- Neil deGrasse Tyson (born 1958) – astronomer, science communicator
U
[edit]- Leslie Uggams (born 1943) – singer, actress
- The Ultimate Warrior (born Jim Hellwig and also known as Warrior, 1959–2014) – professional wrestler
- Louis Untermeyer (1885–1977) – poet, anthologist, critic, and editor
- Jimmy Urine (born 1969, also known as James Euringer) - singer, musician, songwriter
- Hikaru Utada (born 1983) – singer, musician
V
[edit]- Andrew Vachss (1942–2021) – lawyer and author
- Margaret Newton Van Cott (1830–1914) – first woman to be licensed to preach in The Methodist Episcopal Church.
- Cy Vance (born 1954) – New York County District Attorney (2014 to 2022)
- Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794–1877) – businessman
- Luther Vandross (1951-2005) – singer
- Nick Valensi (born 1981) – lead guitarist of rock band The Strokes, musician
- Natasha Verma (born 1994) - news anchor, previously she was anchor for KUSA-TV, now at WNYW
- Idara Victor – actress
- Tommy Victor (born 1966) – musician
- Kia Vaughn (born 1987) – WNBA player
- Robert Vaughn (1932–2016) – actor
- George Vergara (1901–1982) – NFL player
- Abe Vigoda (1921–2016) – actor
- Jennifer von Mayrhauser (born 1948) – costume designer
- CoCo Vandeweghe (born 1991) – tennis player
- Justyn Vicky (1990–2023) – bodybuilder
W
[edit]- 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 (born 1943) – actor
- Adam Walker (born 1963) – football player
- Hezekiah Walker (born 1962) – bishop and gospel artist
- Jimmy Walker (1881–1946) – Mayor of New York City
- Kemba Walker (born 1990) – basketball player
- Eli Wallach (1915–2014) – actor
- Donald A. Wallance – industrial designer[68]
- Fats Waller (1904–1943) – jazz pianist
- Rudolf Wanderone (1913–1996) – professional pool player
- Charles B. Wang (1944–2018) – businessman and philanthropist
- Vera Wang (born 1949) – fashion designer
- Bree Warren – model
- Raees Warsi (born 1963) – poet, journalist, and social worker
- Kerry Washington (born 1977) – actress
- Damon Wayans (born 1960) – actor and producer
- Dwayne Wayans (born 1956) – director, producer, and writer
- Keenen Ivory Wayans (born 1958) – actor, director, producer, and writer
- Kim Wayans (born 1961) – actress
- Marlon Wayans (born 1972) – actor and producer
- Nadia Wayans (born 1961) – actress
- Shawn Wayans (born 1971) – actor and producer
- Timothy Weah (born 2000) – soccer player
- Michael Weatherly (born 1968) – actor
- Sigourney Weaver (born 1949) – actress
- Brian Wecht (born 1975) – musician, producer for Ninja Sex Party and Starbomb, and member of Game Grumps
- Steven Weinberg (1933–2021) – Nobel Prize-winning physicist
- Gabriel P. Weisberg (born 1942) – art historian
- Malina Weissman (born 2003) – child actress
- Tuesday Weld (born 1943) – actress
- T. Tileston Wells, (1865–1946) – attorney and the Romanian Consul General
- Sheck Wes (born 1998) – rapper
- Leslie West (1945–2020) – rock musician
- Mae West (1893–1980) – actress
- Nathanael West (1903–1940) – author
- Edith Wharton (1862–1937) – author
- Joss Whedon (born 1964) – writer, director, producer, and composer
- Maggie Wheeler (born 1961) – actress
- Sahvir Wheeler – basketball player
- Billy Whitlock – blackface performer
- Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875–1942) – sculptor and art patron
- Edward W. Whitson (1849–?) – Wisconsin State Assemblyman
- Marion Wiesel (1931–2025) – Austrian-American Holocaust survivor, humanitarian, and translator
- Kristen Wiig (born 1973) – actress, comedian, and writer
- Matthew Wilder (born 1953) – singer and musician
- Charles Wilkes (1798–1877) – naval officer and explorer
- Lenny Wilkens (born 1937) – basketball player and coach
- Billy Dee Williams (born 1937) – actor
- Vanessa L. Williams (born 1963) – 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 (born 1964) – actor
- Mike Witteck (1964–1990) – football player
- Ira Wolfert (1908–1997) – war correspondent and writer
- Lorande Loss Woodruff (1879-1947) - biologist
- George Worth – born György Woittitz (1915–2006), Olympic medalist saber fencer
- N'Bushe Wright (born 1969) – actress
- James Hood Wright (1836–1894) – businessman
- Tanisha Wright (born 1983) – former WNBA player and WNBA head coach
- William H. H. Wroe (1831–1897) – member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- Jason Wu (born 1982) – fashion designer
- Charles Wuorinen (1938–2020) – composer
- Willie Colón (born 1950) – Salsa Singer
X
[edit]- Xaviersobased (born 2003) - rapper, producer
Y
[edit]- Izzy Yablok (1907–1983) – football player
- Tony Yayo (born 1978) – rapper
- Elizabeth Yeampierre – attorney and environmental activist
- Janet Yellen (born 1946) - former U.S treasury secretary and economist
- Burt Young (1940–2023) – actor
- Tony Young (1937–2002) – actor
Z
[edit]- William Zabka (born 1965) – actor known for his role as Johnny Lawrence in Cobra Kai
- William Zinsser (1922–2015) – writer, journalist, and professor
- Charlotte Zucker (1921–2007) – actress
Non-native New Yorkers
[edit]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
[edit]- William Adams (1807–1880) – academic and clergyman; founder and president of the Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York; born in Connecticut[1]
- Samuel Adler (1809–1891) – rabbi; born in Worms, Germany[1]
- Lisa Ann (born 1972) – pornographic actress, born in Pennsylvania.
- Frederick Styles Agate (1803–1844) – painter; born in England[1]
- Thomas Peter Akers (1828–1877) – vice president of the gold board; born in Knox County, Ohio[1]
- Richard S. Aldrich (1884–1941) – U.S. Representative from Rhode Island, practiced law in New York City[69]
- Jason Alexander (born 1959) – actor; born in Newark, New Jersey
- Reytory Angola (c. 1626–1689) – woman from Angola brought to New Amsterdam as a slave, later became a free landowner[70]
- Jennifer Aniston (born 1969) – actress; born in Sherman Oaks, California
- Chester A. Arthur (1829–1886) – U.S. president; born in Fairfield, Vermont
- Isaac Asimov (1920–1992) – author; born in Petrovichi, Russian SFSR
- John Jacob Astor (1763–1848) – first multimillionaire of U.S.; born in Germany
B
[edit]- Lucille Ball (1911–1989) – comedian, actress, born in Jamestown, New York
- Count Basie (1904–1984) – jazz pianist and band leader, born in Red Bank, New Jersey
- William Basinski (born 1958) – avant-garde composter, born in Austin, Texas
- Laura Joyce Bell (1854–1904) – contralto, wife of Digby Bell, born in London, England
- Irving Berlin (1888–1989) – composer, lyricist, born in Russia
- Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990) – conductor, born in Lawrence, Massachusetts
- Lewis Black (born 1948) – comedian, born in Silver Spring, Maryland
- C. L. Blood (1835–1908) – physician[71]
- Michael Bloomberg (born 1942) – businessman and mayor, born in Boston, Massachusetts
- Mary Booze (1878–1955) – first African-American woman to sit on the Republican National Committee, 1924–1948; moved to New York from Mound Bayou, Mississippi
- David Bowie (1947–2016) – English musician, actor, artist, born in London, England
- Marlon Brando Jr. (1924–2004) – actor, born in Omaha, Nebraska
- Brandy (born 1979) – singer, born in McComb, Mississippi
- Lottie Briscoe (1883–1950) – stage and silent film actress, born in St. Louis, Missouri
- Tom Brokaw (born 1940) – television journalist, born in Webster, South Dakota
- Orestes Brownson (1803–1876) – writer, abolitionist, pro-labor reformer, Catholic apologist, born in Stockbridge, Vermont
- David Byrne (born 1952) – musician, born in Dumbarton, Scotland
C
[edit]- Sid Caesar (1922–2014) – comedian and actor, born in Yonkers
- Antón Cabaleiro (born 1977) – visual artist born in Spain
- Mariah Carey (born 1969) – singer, born in Huntington, New York
- Wendy Carlos (born 1939) – musician, born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island
- Stokely Carmichael (1941–1998) – political activist, born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
- Art Carney (1918–2003) – actor, born in Mount Vernon, New York
- Enrico Caruso (1873–1921) – opera tenor, born in Naples, Italy
- Willa Cather (1876–1974) – author, born in Back Creek Valley, Virginia
- Connie Chung (born 1946) – television journalist, born in Washington, D.C.
- Madonna (born 1958) – 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 (born 1980) – daughter of President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, born in Little Rock, Arkansas
- Kelly Clarkson (born 1982) - singer and host for The Kelly Clarkson Show, born in Forth Worth, Texas
- DeWitt Clinton (1769–1828) – Senator and Governor of New York, born in Napanoch, New York
- George M. Cohan (1878–1942) – entertainer and songwriter, born in Providence, Rhode Island
- J. Cole (born 1985) – rapper, artist, born in Frankfurt, Germany
- Anthony Comstock (1844–1915) – reformer, born in New Canaan, Connecticut
- Nanette Comstock (1866–1942) – Broadway actress, born in Albany, New York
- Bill Cosby (born 1937) – actor and comedian, born in Philadelphia
- Billy Crawford (born 1982) – singer, born in Manila, Philippines
- Fanny Crosby (1820–1915) – hymn writer, born in Southeast, New York
- Tom Cruise (born 1962) – actor, born in Syracuse, New York
- Bill Cullen (1920–1990) – radio host, born in Pittsburgh
D
[edit]- Lorenzo Da Ponte (1749–1838) – 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 (born 1973) – author, born in Los Angeles
- Mike Dean (born 1965) – hip hop record producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, born in Houston
- Mac DeMarco (born 1990) – singer-songwriter, born in Duncan, British Columbia, Canada
- Thomas E. Dewey (1902–1971) – Governor of New York
- Vin Diesel (born 1967) – actor
- Marlene Dietrich (1901–1992) – actress, born in Berlin, Germany
- Joe DiMaggio (1914–1999) – baseball player, born in California
- David Dinkins (1927–2020) – former Mayor of New York City, born in Trenton, New Jersey
- George Washington Dixon (1801–1861) – performer, newspaper editor
- Kevin Durant (born 1988) – basketball player, born in Washington D.C.[72]
- Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) – abolitionist, born in Cordova, Maryland
- Francis P. Duffy (1871–1932) – priest, World War I chaplain to 69th New York Infantry Regiment, born in Canada
- Bob Dylan (born 1941) – singer-songwriter, born in Duluth, Minnesota
E
[edit]- Wilberforce Eames (1855–1937) – bibliographer and librarian, born in Newark, New Jersey
- Edward Egan (1932–2015) – Cardinal Archbishop of New York, born in Oak Park, Illinois
- Patrick Ewing (born 1962) – former NBA All-Star center, born in Jamaica[73]
F
[edit]- Lee Falk (1911–1999) – cartoonist, born in St. Louis
- Barbara Feldon (born 1933) – writer and retired actress
- Millard Fillmore (1800–1874) – U.S. president, born in Summerhill, New York
- Bobby Fischer (1943–2008) – chess champion, born in Chicago
- Carrie Fisher (1956-2016), actress, born in Burbank, California
- Ella Fitzgerald (1917–1996) – jazz singer, born in Newport News, Virginia
- Barthold Fles (1902–1989) – Dutch-born literary agent
- Jake Flores — comedian
- Steve Forbes (born 1947) – publisher, born in Morristown, New Jersey
- Heather Foster (born 1966) – Jamaican-born professional bodybuilder
- Felix Frankfurter (1882–1965) – Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, born in Vienna, Austria
- Morgan Freeman (born 1937) - actor, producer, narrator, born in Memphis, Tennessee
- Henry Clay Frick (1849–1919) – businessman, born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
G
[edit]- Dave Gahan (born 1962) – Depeche Mode singer, born in Epping, Essex, United Kingdom
- Alberta Gallatin (1861–1948) – stage and screen actress, born in Cabell County, West Virginia
- Greta Garbo (1905–1990) – actress, born in Stockholm, Sweden
- Teri Garr (1944–2024) – actress, born in Lakewood, Ohio
- Dizzy Gillespie (1917–1993) – jazz trumpet player, born in Cheraw, South Carolina
- Mark Goddard (1936-2023), actor, he attended American Academy of Dramatic Arts, and he once played character Derek Barrington on General Hospital, born in Lowell Massachusetts
- Miguel Gómez (born 1974) – photographer, born in Bogotá, Colombia
- Roger Grimsby (1928-1995) - News Anchor for KMOX-TV, KGO-TV, WABC-TV, WNBC-TV, and KUSI, born in Butte, Montana
- Savannah Guthrie (born 1971) - Anchor for Today show on NBC, born in Sandringham, Victoria, Australia
H
[edit]- Bobby Hackett (1915–1976) – jazz musician, born in Providence, Rhode Island
- Thomas S. Hamblin (1800–1853) – actor, manager of the Bowery Theater
- Alexander Hamilton (1755–1804) – U.S. Founding Father, born in the West Indies
- Albert Hammond Jr (born 1980) – rhythm guitarist of rock band The Strokes, musician, born in Los Angeles
- Townsend Harris (1804–1878) – 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
- Harry Harrison (1930-2020) - Radio jockey host for WMCA, WABC, and WCBS-FM, born in Chicago, Illinois
- Randy Harrison (born 1977) – actor, born in New Hampshire and formerly of Alpharetta, Georgia
- Deborah Harry (born 1945) – singer, actress, born in Union City, New Jersey
- Francis L. Hawks (1798–1866) – politician; priest, Episcopal Church; born in New Bern, North Carolina
- Carlton Hayes (1882–1964) – history professor at Columbia University, ambassador to Spain, born in Afton, New York
- Ashton Hayward (born 1969) – former mayor of Pensacola, born in Pensacola, Florida
- O. Henry (1862–1910) – author, born in Greensboro, North Carolina
- Tommy Hilfiger (born 1951) – fashion designer, born in Elmira, New York
- Herman Hollerith (1860–1929) – inventor, born in Buffalo, New York
- Lester Holt (born 1959) — journalist and news anchor for the weekday edition of NBC Nightly News and Dateline NBC, born in San Francisco
- Ian Hornak (1944–2002) – realist painter, born in Philadelphia
- Harry Houdini (1874–1926) – legendary illusionist and escape artist; born in Budapest, Hungary
- Matt Hoyle- Photographer, previously lived in Los Angeles and Australia
- Langston Hughes (1901–1967) – poet, born in Joplin, Missouri
I
[edit]- Kyrie Irving (born 1992) – basketball player, born in Australia, grew up in New Jersey
J
[edit]- Janet Jackson (born 1966) – singer, born in Gary, Indiana
- Jane Jacobs (1916–2006) – economist, urban theorist, and activist
- JonTron (born 1990) – YouTuber, co-creator of Game Grumps, born in Rancho Palos Verdes, California
- Kamara James (1984–2014) – Olympic fencer, born in Kingston, Jamaica
- Kevin James (born 1965) – actor, born in Mineola, New York
- Joe Solomon (1930–2023) — cricketer, born in Port Mourant, Berbice, British Guiana
- Peter Jennings (1938–2005) – television journalist, born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Derek Jeter (born 1974) – baseball player, born in New Jersey
- Weijia Jiang (born 1983)- reporter for WCBS-TV, now at CBS News in Washington, born in Xiamen, Fujian, China
- Paddy Johnson – art critic
K
[edit]- Gabriel Kahane – musician, born in Venice Beach, California
- Tim Keller (1950–2023) – speaker, pastor, born in Lehigh, Pennsylvania
- Grace Kelly (1929-1982) - actress, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Robert F. Kennedy (1925–1968) – U.S. Attorney General and U.S. Senator, born in Brookline, Massachusetts
- Tom Kennedy (1927–2020) – game show host
- Jack Kerouac (1922–1969) – writer most famously associated with the [Beat movement]
- Kiesza (born 1989) (full name Kiesza Rae Ellestad) – musician, dancer, and multi-instrumentalist, born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Lisa Kudrow (born 1963) – actress, born in Encino, California
- Howard Kyle (1861–1950) – actor and founding member of Actors' Equity, born in Shullsburg, Wisconsin
L
[edit]- Kirke La Shelle (1862–1905) – playwright and theatrical producer, born in Wyoming, Illinois
- Lachi – singer-songwriter, born in Towson, Maryland
- John Layfield (born 1966) – professional wrestler, born in Sweetwater, Texas
- Heath Ledger (1979–2008) – Australian actor
- Amy Lee (born 1981) – singer, born in Riverside, California
- Spike Lee (born 1957) – film director and actor, born in Atlanta
- John Lennon (1940–1980) – 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 (1833–1901) – tobacco mogul, born in Westchester, New York
- Mike Lupica (born 1952) – journalist, author, born in Oneida, New York
- Fran Lebowitz (born 1950) – author and public speaker, born in Morristown, New Jersey
M
[edit]- Ralph Macchio (born 1961) – actor, born on Long Island
- Ali MacGraw (born 1939) – actress, born in Pound Ridge, New York
- John Madden (1936-2021) - nfl head coach and color commentator for nfl football on CBS Sports, born in Austin, Minnesota
- Earl Manigault (1944–1998) – basketball player, born in Charleston, South Carolina
- Mickey Mantle (1931–1995) – baseball Hall of Famer, born in Spavinaw, Oklahoma
- Dean Martin (1917–1995) – singer and actor, born in Ohio
- Ricky Martin (born 1971) – singer, born in Puerto Rico
- Jackie Mason (1928–2021) – comedian and actor, born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin
- Jan Matulka (1890–1972) – painter, born in Vlachovo Březí, Czech Republic
- Willie Mays (1931–2024) – baseball Hall of Famer, born in Alabama
- Mike McAlary (1957–1998) – Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, born in Honolulu
- John McCloskey (1810–1885) – first American-born cardinal, born in Brooklyn
- Rue McClanahan (1934–2010) – theater, television, and movie actress, born in Oklahoma
- Linda McCartney (1941–1998) – photographer, wife of Beatle Paul McCartney
- John McEnroe (born 1959) – tennis player and TV commentator, born in Germany
- Zubin Mehta (born 1936) – orchestra conductor, born in Bombay, India
- Scott Mescudi (born 1984) – rapper, singer, songwriter, born in Cleveland
- Seth Meyers (born 1973) – comedian, actor, and television personality, born in Evanston, Illinois
- Adi Meyerson (born 1991) – jazz bassist, born in San Francisco, California
- Bette Midler (born 1945) – singer and actress, born in Honolulu
- Nicki Minaj (born 1982) − rapper and actress, born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
- Liza Minnelli (born 1946) – actress and singer, born in Hollywood, Los Angeles
- The Misshapes – DJs and party hosts
- Miyawaki (born 1990) – Singer-songwriter musician
- Moondog (born Louis Hardin; 1916–1999) – eccentric street musician and poet, born in Kansas
- Garry Moore (1915–1993) – television show host and producer, born in Baltimore
- John Pierpont Morgan (1837–1913) – businessman, born in Hartford, Connecticut
- Rita Moreno (born 1931) - actress, singer, dancer, born in Humacao, Puerto Rico
- Robert Moses (1888–1981) – NYC urban planner and developer, born in New Haven, Connecticut
- Andrew M. Murstein (born 1964) – taxi executive, founder of Medallion Financial
- Fabrizio Moretti (born 1980) – drummer of rock band The Strokes, musician, born in Brazil
N
[edit]- Joe Namath (born 1943) – professional football player, born in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania
- Thomas Nast (1840–1902) – German-born American caricaturist and editorial cartoonist; "father of the American cartoon"
- Debbie Nathan – feminist journalist, born in Houston, Texas
- Casey Neistat (born 1981) – YouTuber and entrepreneur, known for many of his projects based in New York
- Colette Nelson (born 1974) – IFBB professional bodybuilder
- Richard Nixon (1913–1994) – former Vice President and 37th President of the United States[74]
O
[edit]- Soledad O'Brien (born 1966) – television journalist, born in Saint James, New York
- John Joseph O'Connor (1920–2000) – Roman Catholic Cardinal Archbishop of New York, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Rosie O'Donnell (born 1962) – actress and television personality, born on Long Island
- Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen (born 1986) – actresses and fashion designers, born in Sherman Oaks, California
- Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929–1994) – First Lady of United States, born in Southampton, New York
- Yoko Ono (born 1933) – artist and singer-songwriter, born in Tokyo, Japan
- Haley Joel Osment (born 1988) – actor, born in Los Angeles
- Ginny Owens (born 1975) – singer-songwriter, author and blogger, born in Jackson, Mississippi
P
[edit]- Charlie Parker (1920–1955) – musician in jazz, considered one of the greatest musicians of all time
- Sarah Jessica Parker (born 1965) – 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 (born 1947) – author
- Kira Peikoff (born 1985) – novelist and journalist
- Ronald Perelman (born 1943) – investor, owner of Revlon, born in Greensboro, North Carolina[75]
- Itzhak Perlman (born 1945) – violinist, born in Jaffa, Israel
- Pauley Perrette (born 1969) - actress and singer, she was acting on NCIS, later she owned Donna Bells Bake Shop in New York City, born in New Orleans, Louisana
- David Hyde Pierce (born 1959) – 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
[edit]- Daniel Radcliffe (born 1989) – born in Fulham, London, England, United Kingdom
- Johnny Ramone (1948–2004) – born on Long Island
- Ayn Rand (1905–1982) – Russian-born novelist and philosopher
- Tony Randall (1920–2004) – actor, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Susan Wu Rathbone (1921–2019) – Chinese-born community leader[76]
- Dan Rather (born 1931) – television news anchor, born in Wharton, Texas
- Ryan Reynolds (born 1976) – actor; born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Raven-Symoné (born 1985) – actress and singer; born in Atlanta
- John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937) – businessman, born in Richford, New York
- Richard Rodgers (1902–1979) – composer, born on Long Island
- Andrew Rooney (1919–2011) – CBS 60 Minutes commentator, born in Albany, New York
- Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945) – U.S. president, born in Hyde Park, New York
- Dräco Rosa (born 1969) – composer, singer, and actor, born on Long Island
- Damon Runyon (1880–1946) – journalist and playwright, born in Manhattan, Kansas
- Babe Ruth (1895–1948) – professional baseball player, born in Baltimore
- Winona Ryder (born 1971) - actress, born in Winona County, Minnesota
S
[edit]- Samia (born 1996) – musician
- Telly Savalas (1922–1994) – actor, born on Long Island
- Menachem Mendel Schneersohn (1789–1866) – rabbi, leader of Chabad hasidic movement, born in Nikolaiv, Russian Empire
- Patti Scialfa (born 1953) – singer-songwriter and guitarist
- Amy Sedaris (born 1961) – actress, author, and comedian
- David Sedaris (born 1956) — comedian and author
- Chloë Sevigny (born 1974) – actress, director, and fashion icon, born in Darien, Connecticut
- Jean Shafiroff – philanthropist and socialite
- Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant (1881–1965) – journalist and writer, born in Winchester, Massachusetts
- Fulton J. Sheen (1895–1979) – 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 (born 1974) – composer, songwriter, and conductor
- Bobby Short (1924–2005) – jazz musician, born in Danville, Illinois
- Joel Siegel (1943–2007) – film critic, born in Los Angeles
- Paul Simon (born 1941) – singer-songwriter, born in Newark Heights, New Jersey
- Frank Sinatra (1915–1998) – singer and actor, born in Hoboken, New Jersey
- Upton Sinclair (1878–1968) – author, born in Baltimore
- Patti Smith (born 1946) – singer and poet, born in Chicago
- Kevin Spacey (born 1959) – actor, director, writer, producer, and comedian
- Regina Spektor (born 1980) – singer-songwriter, born in Moscow, Russia
- Francis Spellman (1889–1967) – Roman Catholic Cardinal Archbishop of New York, born in Whitman, Massachusetts
- Bruce Springsteen (born 1949) – singer-songwriter, guitarist, and humanitarian
- Dylan Sprouse (born 1992) – actor, entrepreneur, born in Arezzo, Italy
- George Steinbrenner (1930–2010) – New York Yankees owner, born in Bay Village, Ohio
- Wilhelm Steinitz (1836–1900) – world chess champion, born in Prague, Czech Republic
- Martha Stewart (born 1941) – designer and TV personality, born in Jersey City, New Jersey
- Sting (born 1951) – musician, born in England
- Shontelle (born 1985) — singer and songwriter
- Emma Stone (born 1988) – actress, born in Scottsdale, Arizona
- Michael Strahan (born 1971) – actor, television personality, and retired football player, born in Houston
- Meryl Streep (born 1949) – actress, born in Summit, New Jersey
- Peter Stuyvesant (1610–1672) – Governor of New Netherland, born in Peperga, Netherlands
- Taylor Swift (born 1989) – singer-songwriter
T
[edit]- Eva Tanguay (1878–1947) – vaudeville singer and comedian, born in Quebec
- Nikola Tesla (1856–1943) – inventor, engineer and futurist, born in Smiljan, Austrian Empire
- Pankit Thakker (born 1981) – actor
- Samuel J. Tilden (1814–1886) – presidential candidate, born in New Lebanon, New York
- Daniel D. Tompkins (1774–1825) – U.S. vice president, born in Westchester County, New York
- Frederick Trump (1869–1918) – German-born businessman
- Melania Trump (born 1970) – 45th and 47th First Lady of the United States and model, born in Novo Mesto, Yugoslavia[77]
U
[edit]- Johannes Urzidil (1896–1970) – writer, born in Prague, Bohemia
V
[edit]- Martin Van Buren (1782–1862) – U.S. president, born in Kinderhook, New York
- Andrew VanWyngarden (born 1983) – member of MGMT
- Gary Vaynerchuk (born 1975) – serial entrepreneur and best-selling author
- Jon Voight (born 1938) – actor, born in Yonkers, New York
- Kurt Vonnegut (1922–2007) – writer, born and raised in Indianapolis
- Sal Vulcano (born 1976) – actor and comedian
W
[edit]- Rufus Wainwright (born 1973) – musician, born in Rhinebeck, New York
- John Evangelist Walsh (1927–2015) – writer and historian, editor of the Reader's Digest Bible
- Barbara Walters (1929–2022) – TV journalist and personality, born in Boston
- Franklin W. Ward (1870–1938) – Adjutant General of New York[78]
- Dean Wareham (born 1963) – singer-songwriter, born in New Zealand
- Andy Warhol (1928–1987) – artist, born in Pittsburgh
- Denzel Washington (born 1954) – actor, born in Mount Vernon, New York
- Debbie Weems (1950-1978) - actress and singer notably on Captain Kangaroo, born in Houston, Texas
- Raquel Welch (1940-2023) - actress and model, born in Chicago, Illinois
- Tahnee Welch (Born 1961) - actress and model, born in San Diego, California
- Walt Whitman (1819–1892) – poet and author, born in West Hills, New York
- Olivia Wilde (born 1984) – actress
- Barney Williams (1824–1876) – Irish-born comedian
- Jayson Williams (born 1968) – basketball player, born in Ritter, South Carolina
- Wendy Williams (born 1964) - media personality, she was host for The Wendy Williams Show, born in Asbury Park, New Jersey
- Kate Winslet (born 1975) – actress, born in Reading Berkshire, England
- Christopher Woodrow (born 1977) – movie producer, born in Syracuse, New York
- Jason Wu (born 1982) – fashion designer
X
[edit]- Malcolm X (El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz; 1925–1965) – American Muslim, Civil human rights activist
See also
[edit]
- List of people from New York
- By borough:
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