List of people from New York City

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[edit]

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Contents:

* Top
* 0–9
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z

### 0-50[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

### A[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
* 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[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
* 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
* AZ (born 1972) – rapper, former member of the rap group The Firm
* Hank Azaria (born 1964) – actor
* Arcángel (born 1985) - Rapper,Sing,Songwriter

### B[edit]

* Edwin Burr Babbitt – actor
* Morena Baccarin (born 1979) – Brazilian-born actress[2]
* 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[3]
* Joey Badass – rapper

### C[edit]

* 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[4]
* 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

### D[edit]

* 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

### E[edit]

* Dominique Easley (born 1992) – football player
* Gertrude Ederle (1905–2003) – swimmer
* 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
* Lapo Elkann (born 1977) – chief executive officer, Fiat
* Bill Elko (born 1959) – football player
* Margaret Dye Ellis (1845–1925) – social reformer, lobbyist
* 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

### F[edit]

* Peter Facinelli - actor
* Douglas Fairbanks Jr. – actor
* Edie Falco – actress
* Jonah Falcon - actor and writer; achieved fame in early 2000s for his penis size
* Jimmy Fallon - comedian
* Doug E. Fresh – musician
* Peter Falk - actor
* Tali Farhadian – former federal prosecutor and current candidate for New York County District Attorney
* Louis Farrakhan – leader of the Nation of Islam
* Perry Farrell – musician
* Alice Faye – actress
* Charles Fazzino – pop artist
* Harry Feldman (1919–1962) – Major League Baseball pitcher
* Jack Feldman – lyricist
* Morton Feldman – composer
* Julissa Ferreras – New York City Council Member, Finance Committee chair
* Richard Feynman - theoretical physicist; recipient 1965 Nobel Prize in Physics
* Barbie Ferreira – actress (Euphoria)
* Harvey Fierstein – actor and playwright
* Hamilton Fish – 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 – chef
* Waka Flocka Flame – rapper
* Jeffrey Flier – Dean of Harvard Medical School
* Kay Flock – rapper
* Jane Fonda – actress
* Peter Fonda – actor
* Hector Fonseca – DJ
* Malcolm Forbes – publisher
* Davy Force – major league baseball player[6]
* Whitey Ford – pitcher for the New York Yankees
* Adam Fox (born 1998) – professional ice hockey defenseman for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League
* Anthony Franciosa – actor
* David Frankel – film director
* Al Franken – comedian and radio host, U.S. Senator from Minnesota
* Michael Freeman – inventor, entrepreneur, author, and business consultant
* Ace Frehley - guitarist
* Milton Friedman – economist
* Eric Fromm – tennis player
* John Frusciante – musician, artist

### G[edit]

* 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

### H[edit]

* 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
* 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

### I[edit]

* Scott Ian – guitarist for Anthrax
* Carl Icahn – financier and a special advisor during the Trump administration
* Tonya Ingram – author, poet, and disability rights activist
* Washington Irving – author
* John Isaac – photographer
* Ice Spice – 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
* 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

### K[edit]

* 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
* 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
* George Kennedy (1925–2016) – actor
* Jacqueline Kennedy (1929–1994) – First Lady of the United States and editor
* Max Kennedy (born 1965) – writer and lawyer
* 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
* 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 – 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 – 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
* Barbara Kruger – 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

### L[edit]

* Lori Loughlin (born 1964) – actress
* David LaChapelle – photographer
* Lady Gaga – musician and actress
* Fiorello La Guardia (1882–1947) – Mayor of New York City
* Jesse Lacey – musician and singer
* Bert Lahr (1895–1967) – actor and comedian
* Veronica Lake – actress
* Jake LaMotta – boxer
* Burt Lancaster (1913–1994) – actor
* Martin Landau – actor
* Diane Lane (born 1965) – actress
* Leo Laporte – founder/host of TWiT.tv
* Floria Lasky (1923–2007) – theater world lawyer
* Cyndi Lauper – singer
* Casey LaBow – actress
* Ralph Lauren – fashion designer
* Emma Lazarus – author and poet
* Steve Lawrence – singer and actor
* Derek Lee – baseball player
* Ivan Lee (born 1981) – Olympic saber fencer
* 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 – 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 - musician and singer
* Joe E. Lewis (1902–1971) – comedian
* Miranda Lichtenstein (born 1969) – artist
* Roy Lichtenstein (1923–1997) – pop artist
* Joe Lieberman – 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 – Mayor of New York City
* John Linnell – musician, one half of alternative rock duo They Might Be Giants
* Liondub (Erik Weiss; born 1973) – DJ and record producer
* Deborah Lipstadt – historian and author
* Peggy Lipton – actress
* Lisa Lisa (born 1966) – freestyle singer; fronted Cult Jam; born Lisa Velez
* John Liu (born 1967) – politician, 43rd New York City Comptroller
* Lucy Liu – actress
* Robert R. Livingston – U.S. founding father and diplomat
* Daniel Lobell – stand-up comedian and podcaster
* Tommy Lockhart – inductee into Hockey Hall of Fame, and United States Hockey Hall of Fame[10][11]
* Robert Loggia – actor
* Lindsay Lohan – actress and singer
* Tina Louise – actress
* Vince Lombardi – football coach
* Mike Longabardi – assistant coach for the Atlanta Hawks
* Ki Longfellow – novelist
* Jennifer Lopez – singer and actress
* Julia Louis-Dreyfus – actress
* Willie Lozado – baseball player
* Bennet Nathaniel "Nate" Lubell (1916–2006) – Olympic fencer
* Edna Luby – Broadway and vaudeville performer
* Lucky Luciano – gangster
* Sid Luckman – football player and coach
* Sidney Lumet (1924–2011) – film director, producer, and screenwriter
* Frankie Lymon – singer
* Carol Lynley – actress
* Leslie Grace \- Singer

### M[edit]

* Alice Foote MacDougall (1867–1945) – coffee wholesaler, restaurateur, and business owner in the City[12]
* 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[13][14]
* 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[15][16]
* 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

### 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[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[edit]

* Simon Oakland – actor
* Jerry O'Connell – actor and television personality
* Al Oerter (1935–2007) – four-time Olympic champion in discus throw
* Kevin Ogletree – football player
* Garrick Ohlsson (born 1948) – classical pianist
* Keith Olbermann – television sportscaster and commentator
* Jon Oliva – Savatage singer and keyboardist
* Chris O'Loughlin (born 1967) – Olympic fencer
* Eugene O'Neill – playwright
* Paul O'Neill (1956–2017) – music composer and producer
* Robert Oppenheimer – physicist; "father of the atomic bomb"
* Jerry Orbach – actor
* John Ortiz – actor
* Lisa Ortiz (born 1974) – actress
* Bill O'Reilly – former Fox News anchor
* Lane Shi Otayonii – musician and interactive multimedia performer
* Adam Ottavino – MLB pitcher for the Boston Red Sox
* Rick Overton – actor and comedian

### P[edit]

* 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[edit]

* Q-Tip – rapper

### R[edit]

* 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[edit]

* 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[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) – 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[edit]

* Leslie Uggams – singer, actress
* The Ultimate Warrior (born Jim Hellwig and also known as Warrior) - professional wrestler
* Louis Untermeyer (1885–1977) – poet, anthologist, critic, and editor
* Hikaru Utada – singer, musician

### V[edit]

* Andrew Vachss – lawyer and author
* Margaret Newton Van Cott – first woman to be licensed to preach in The Methodist Episcopal Church.
* Cy Vance – New York County District Attorney (2014 to 2022)
* Cornelius Vanderbilt – businessman
* Idara Victor – actress
* Kia Vaughn (born 1987) – WNBA player
* Robert Vaughn (1932–2016) – actor
* George Vergara – NFL player
* Abe Vigoda (1921–2016) – actor
* Jennifer von Mayrhauser – costume designer
* CoCo Vandeweghe – 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 – 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[edit]

* Izzy Yablok – football player
* Tony Yayo – rapper
* Burt Young – actor
* Tony Young – actor

### Z[edit]

* William Zabka – actor known for his role as Johnny Lawrence in Cobra Kai
* William Zinsser – 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.

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### A[edit]

* William Adams – academic and clergyman; founder and president of the Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York; born in Connecticut[1]
* Samuel Adler – rabbi; born in Worms, Germany[1]
* Lisa Ann – pornographic actress, born in Pennsylvania.

* Frederick Styles Agate – painter; born in England[1]
* Thomas Peter Akers – vice president of the gold board; born in Knox County, Ohio[1]
* Richard S. Aldrich – U.S. Representative from Rhode Island, practiced law in New York City[30]
* Jason Alexander – actor; born in Newark, New Jersey
* Jennifer Aniston – actress; born in Sherman Oaks, California
* Chester A. Arthur – U.S. president; born in Fairfield, Vermont
* Isaac Asimov – author; born in Petrovichi, Russian SFSR
* John Jacob Astor – first multimillionaire of U.S.; born in Germany

### B[edit]

* 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[edit]

* 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[edit]

* 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[edit]

* Wilberforce Eames – bibliographer and librarian, born in Newark, New Jersey
* Edward Egan – Cardinal Archbishop of New York, born in Oak Park, Illinois
* Patrick Ewing – former NBA All-Star center, born in Jamaica[33]

### F[edit]

* 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[edit]

* 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[edit]

* 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[edit]

* Kyrie Irving – basketball player, born in Australia, grew up in New Jersey

### J[edit]

* 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[edit]

* 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[edit]

* 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[edit]

* 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[edit]

* Joe Namath – 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 – YouTuber and entrepreneur, known for many of his projects based in New York
* Colette Nelson – IFBB professional bodybuilder
* Richard Nixon – former Vice President and 37th President of the United States[34]

### O[edit]

* 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[edit]

* 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[edit]

* 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[edit]

* 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[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
* 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[edit]

* Johannes Urzidil – writer, born in Prague, Bohemia

### V[edit]

* Martin Van Buren – U.S. president, born in Kinderhook, New York
* Andrew VanWyngarden - member of MGMT
* Gary Vaynerchuk - serial entrepreneur and best-selling author
* Jon Voight – actor, born in Yonkers, New York
* Kurt Vonnegut (1922–2007) - writer, born and raised in Indianapolis
* Sal Vulcano – actor and comedian

### W[edit]

* 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[edit]

* Malcolm X (El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz) – American Muslim, Civil human rights activist

## See also[edit]

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