Many notable people have been born in New York City or have adopted it as their home.
People from New York City
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- 22Gz (Jeffrey Mark Alexander, born 1997) â rapper
- 40 Cal. (Calvin Byrd, born 1979) â rapper
- 50 Cent (Curtis Jackson, born 1975) â businessman and rapper
- 6ix9ine (Daniel Hernandez, born 1996) â rapper
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- Aaliyah (Aaliyah Haughton, 1979âÂÂ2001) â singer, actress and model
- Bud Abbott (1897âÂÂ1974) â actor and comedian
- Diahnne Abbott (born 1945) â actress
- Zaid Abdul-Aziz (born 1946) â professional basketball player
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born 1947) â basketball player
- George Abernethy (1807âÂÂ1877) â first provisional governor of Oregon
- Cecile Abish (born 1930) â sculptor
- Oday Aboushi (born 1991) â football player
- J. J. Abrams (born 1966) â film director and producer
- Jon Abrahams (born 1977) â actor
- Ray Abruzzo (born 1954) â actor
- Bella Abzug (1920âÂÂ1998) â congressional representative
- Jane Actman (1949âÂÂ2018) â actress
- Ad-Rock (Adam Horovitz, born 1966) â rapper and musician, member of Beastie Boys
- Brooke Adams (born 1949) â actress
- Eric Adams (born 1960) â former mayor of New York City
- Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (born 1991) â author
- Pamela Adlon (born 1966) â actress
- Garnett Adrain (1815âÂÂ1878) â member of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey
- Cornelius Rea Agnew (1830âÂÂ1888) â ophthalmologist
- Eliza Agnew (1807âÂÂ1883) â Presbyterian missionary
- Chris Agoliati (born 1951) â soccer player
- Christina Aguilera (born 1980) â singer
- Kamal Ahmed (born 1966) â comedian, member of The Jerky Boys
- Danny Aiello (1933âÂÂ2019) â actor
- AJR (born 1990, 1994, and 1997) â indie pop trio and multi-instrumentalists
- Kenny Albert (born 1968) â sportscaster
- Marv Albert (born 1941) â sportscaster
- Steve Albert (born 1952) â sportscaster
- Eva Allen Alberti (1856âÂÂ1938) â dramatics teacher
- Alan Alda (born 1936) â actor
- Beatrice Alda (born 1961) â actress
- Robert Alda (1914âÂÂ1986) â actor
- Anne Reeve Aldrich (1866âÂÂ1892) â writer
- Ira Aldridge (1805âÂÂ1867) â stage actor
- Flex Alexander (born 1970) â actor and comedian
- Khandi Alexander (born 1957) â dancer, choreographer and actress
- William Alexander, Lord Stirling (1726âÂÂ1783) â major general in the American Revolutionary War
- Davi Alexandre (born 2007) â soccer player
- Sadam Ali (born 1988) â boxer
- Nancy Allen (born 1950) â actress
- Rae Allen (1926âÂÂ2022) â actress
- Woody Allen (born 1935) â film director, actor and screenwriter
- Vincent Alo (1904âÂÂ2001) â mobster
- Daniella Alonso (born 1978) â actress
- Rafer Alston (born 1976) â basketball player
- Carol Alt (born 1961) â actress and model
- Jose Alvarado (born 1998) â NBA player
- Trini Alvarado (born 1967) â actress
- Fernando ÃÂlvarez (born 2003) â soccer player
- Lyle Alzado (1949âÂÂ1992) â NFL player
- Hamisi Amani-Dove (born 1974) â soccer player
- Lee J. Ames (1921âÂÂ2011) â illustrator and writer; known for the Draw 50... learn-to-draw books
- Nicholas Ammeter (born 2000) â soccer player
- Eva Amurri (born 1985) â actress
- Trey Anastasio (born 1964) â rock musician, member of the band, Phish
- John Andariese (1938âÂÂ2017) â sports broadcaster
- Kenny Anderson (born 1970) â professional basketball player
- Natalie and Nadiya Anderson (born 1986) â twins, television personalities; contestants on The Amazing Race and winner of '
- Tige Andrews (1920âÂÂ2007) â actor
- Charles Anthon (1797âÂÂ1867) â classical scholar
- Carmelo Anthony (born 1984) â NBA player
- Cole Anthony (born 2000) â NBA player
- Kiyan Anthony (born 2007) â basketball player
- La La Anthony (born 1982) â actress and television personality
- Marc Anthony (born 1968) â singer, actor
- Judd Apatow (born 1967) â producer, director, comedian, actor and screenwriter
- Jacob Appel (born 1973) â short story writer, bioethicist, born in New York City
- Carmine Appice (born 1946) â drummer, member of Vanilla Fudge and Cactus, etc.
- Vinny Appice (born 1957) â drummer, member of Black Sabbath and Dio
- Fiona Apple (born 1977) â singer-songwriter
- Diane Arbus (1923âÂÂ1971) â photographer
- Arcángel (born 1985) â rapper, singer-songwriter
- Nate Archibald (born 1948) â professional basketball player
- Victor Argo (1934âÂÂ2004) â actor
- Luis Argudo (born 1995) â soccer player
- Alan Arkin (1934âÂÂ2023) â actor
- Chris Armas (born 1972) â soccer player
- Alison Arngrim (born 1962) â actress
- Edward Arnold (1890âÂÂ1956) â actor
- Darren Aronofsky (born 1969) â filmmaker
- Rosanna Arquette (born 1959) â actress
- Kenneth J. Arrow (1921âÂÂ2017) â economist; recipient, 1972 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
- Ron Artest III (born 1999) â basketball player
- Beatrice Arthur (1922âÂÂ2009) â actress
- Bob Arum (born 1931) â boxing promoter
- Marilyn Aschner (born 1948) â professional tennis player
- William Asher (1921âÂÂ2012) â film and television director and producer
- William H. Aspinwall (1807âÂÂ1875) â railroad promoter
- Ari Aster (born 1986) â filmmaker
- John Jacob Astor III (1822âÂÂ1890) â businessman, member of the Astor family
- John Jacob Astor VI (1912âÂÂ1992) â socialite and businessman, member of the Astor family
- Vincent Astor (1891âÂÂ1959) â businessman and philanthropist, member of the Astor family
- William Backhouse Astor, Sr. (1792âÂÂ1875) â businessman, member of the Astor family
- William Backhouse Astor Jr. (1829âÂÂ1892) â businessman, racehorse owner, and yachtsman, member of the Astor family
- Teddy Atlas (born 1956) â boxing trainer and commentator
- René Auberjonois (1940âÂÂ2019) â actor
- Jake T. Austin (born 1994) â actor, model and writer
- Awkwafina (Nora Lum, born 1988) â rapper and actress
- Hassan Ayari (born 2002) â soccer player
- AZ (Anthony Cruz, born 1972) â rapper
- Hank Azaria (born 1964) â actor
B
- Edwin Burr Babbitt (1862âÂÂ1939) â actor
- Lauren Bacall (1924âÂÂ2014) â actress
- Morena Baccarin (born 1979) â Brazilian-born actress
- Johnny Bach (1924âÂÂ2016) â professional basketball player and coach
- Sosie Bacon (born 1992) â actress
- Joey Badass (Jo-Vaughn Scott, born 1995) â rapper
- Jane Badler (born 1953) â actress
- Mohamed Bahi (born ) â American-Algerian former chief liaison of New York City Mayor Eric Adams to the Muslim community
- Emma Bailey (1910âÂÂ1999) â auctioneer and author
- Adrienne Bailon-Houghton (born 1983) â actress and singer
- Scott Baio (born 1960) â actor
- Nicholson Baker (born 1957) â novelist and essayist
- William Bliss Baker (1859âÂÂ1886) â landscape artist
- Folarin Balogun (born 2001) â soccer player who represented the United States national team and England at a youth level
- Martin Balsam (1919âÂÂ1996) â actress
- Talia Balsam (born 1959) â actress
- Azealia Banks (born 1991) â rapper, singer-songwriter, and actress
- Lloyd Banks (born 1982) â rapper
- Joseph Barbera (1911âÂÂ2006) â animator, producer, director, MGM and co-founder of Hanna-Barbera
- Ellen Barkin (born 1954) â actress
- Erick Barkley (born 1978) â NBA player
- Iran Barkley (born 1960) â boxer
- Saquon Barkley (born 1997) â NFL player
- Salvatore Barone (born 1995) â soccer player
- Anna Baryshnikov (born 1992) â actress
- Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960âÂÂ1988) â artist
- Angela Bassett (born 1958) â actress
- Arun Basuljevic (born 1995) â soccer player
- Bryan Bautista â Dominican-American musician, singer, and contestant
- Willow Bay (born 1963) â television host and journalist
- Dick Bavetta (born 1939) â NBA referee
- Abraham Beame (1906âÂÂ2001) â mayor of New York City
- Allyce Beasley (born 1951) â actress
- Daniel Bedoya (born 1994) â soccer player
- Earl Beecham (born 1965) â football player
- Zazie Beetz (born 1991) â actress
- Francesca Beghe (born 1957) â singer-songwriter
- Harry Belafonte (1927âÂÂ2023) â singer-songwriter, activist, actor
- Jordan Belfort (born 1962) â former stockbroker, financial criminal and author of The Wolf of Wall Street
- Bo Belinsky (1936âÂÂ2001) â Major League Baseball player
- Aisha Tandiwe Bell â mixed media artist
- Lake Bell (born 1979) â actress
- Frank Bello (born 1965) â musician, member of Anthrax
- Charlie Benante (born 1962) â musician, member of Anthrax
- Pat Benatar (born 1953) â singer
- Wilfred BenÃÂtez (born 1958) â boxer
- Tony Bennett (1926âÂÂ2023) â jazz singer and musician
- Michael Bentt (born 1965) â boxer and actor
- Berry Berenson (1948âÂÂ2001) â actress and model
- Marisa Berenson (born 1947) â actress and model
- Lillie Berg (1845âÂÂ1896) â musician, musical educator
- Moe Berg (1902âÂÂ1972) â Major League Baseball player and spy
- Milton Berle (1908âÂÂ2002) â comedian
- Paul Berlenbach (1901âÂÂ1985) â light heavyweight boxing champion, 1925âÂÂ1926
- Pavel Bermondt-Avalov (1877âÂÂ1973) â Russian-Georgian military officer and warlord
- Walter Berry (born 1964) â basketball player
- Dellin Betances (born 1988) â Major League Baseball pitcher
- Gary Bettman (born 1952) â commissioner of the NHL
- Acid Betty (born 1977) â drag queen
- Mario Biaggi (1917âÂÂ2015) â decorated policeman and US congressman
- Big Daddy Kane (Antonio Hardy, born 1968) â rapper
- Big L (Lamont Coleman, 1974âÂÂ1999) â rapper
- Big Pun (Christopher Rios, 1971âÂÂ2000) â rapper
- Peter Billingsley (born 1971) â actor and filmmaker
- Gus Birney (born 1999) â actress
- Raymond Ward Bissell (1936âÂÂ2019) â art historian
- Rolando Blackman (born 1959) â basketball player
- David Blaine (born 1973) â magician
- William Peter Blatty (1928âÂÂ2017) â author and filmmaker
- Mary J. Blige (born 1971) â singer
- Henry H. Bliss (1830âÂÂ1899) â first recorded person to be killed by a traffic collision in the United States
- Joan Blondell (1906âÂÂ1979) â actress
- Richard Blumenthal (born 1946) â U.S. senator for Connecticut
- Alonzo Bodden (born 1962) â actor and comedian
- Humphrey Bogart (1899âÂÂ1957) â actor
- Sheila Bond (1927âÂÂ2017) â actress and singer
- Bobby Bonilla (born 1963) â MLB player
- William T. Bonniwell Jr. â Wisconsin and Minnesota politician
- A Boogie wit da Hoodie (born 1995) â rapper
- Murray Bookchin (1921âÂÂ1986) philosopher, historian, activist
- Elayne Boosler (born 1952) â comedian
- Joseph Borelli (born 1982) â politician, conservative commentator
- Michelle Borth (born 1978) â actress
- Francis Bouillon (born 1975) â NHL player
- John Boulos (1921âÂÂ2002) â soccer player and National Soccer Hall of Fame inductee
- Matthew Bouraee (born 1988) â soccer player
- Anthony Bourdain (1956âÂÂ2018) â chef, author and television host
- Riddick Bowe (born 1967) â boxer
- Barbara Boxer (born 1940) â U.S. senator from California
- Kate Parker Scott Boyd (1836âÂÂ1922) â artist, journalist, temperance worker
- Terrence Boyd (born 1991) â soccer player
- William Boylan (1869âÂÂ1940) â first president of Brooklyn College
- Lucy Boynton (born 1994) â actress
- Lorraine Bracco (born 1954) â actress
- James J. Braddock (1905âÂÂ1974) â boxer (aka "Cinderella Man")
- Hermann Braun (1918âÂÂ1945) â actor
- Sam Breadon (1876âÂÂ1949) â president and owner of the St. Louis Cardinals
- Mike Breen (born 1961) â sports commentator
- Mark Breland (born 1963) â boxer
- Johnny Brennan (born 1961) â comedian, member of The Jerky Boys
- Abigail Breslin (born 1996) â actress and musician
- Jimmy Breslin (1930âÂÂ2017) â columnist
- Spencer Breslin (born 1992) â actor and musician
- Fanny Brice (1891âÂÂ1951) â actress, comedian and singer
- Shannon Briggs (born 1971) â boxer
- Richard Bright (1937âÂÂ2006) â actor
- Danielle Brisebois (born 1969) â actress and singer
- Eben Britton (born 1987) â football player
- Matthew Broderick (born 1962) â actor and singer
- Action Bronson (born 1983) â rapper
- Larry Brooks (1950âÂÂ2025) â sports journalist
- Mel Brooks (born 1926) â film director, screenwriter, actor
- Dario Brose (born 1970) â soccer player, coach, and 1992 Olympian
- Helen Gilman Noyes Brown â philanthropist
- Julia Brown â madam and prostitute
- Larry Brown (born 1940) â basketball player and coach
- Quincy Brown (born 1991) â actor
- Tarell Brown (born 1985) â football player
- Andrew Bryson (1822âÂÂ1892) â United States Navy rear admiral
- William F. Buckley Jr. (1925âÂÂ2008) â author and conservative commentator
- Sidney Jonas Budnick (1921âÂÂ1994) â abstract artist
- Daniel Bukantz (1917âÂÂ2008) â four-time Olympic fencer
- David Bullock (born 1960) â serial killer known as "The .38 Caliber Killer"
- Cara Buono (born 1971) â actress
- Kareem Burke (born 1974) â record executive, co-founder of Roc-A-Fella Records
- Robert John Burke (born 1960) â actor and firefighter
- Catherine Burns (1945âÂÂ2019) â actress
- Edward Burns (born 1968) â actor and filmmaker
- George Burns (1896âÂÂ1996) â comedian
- John Buscema (1927âÂÂ2002) â comic book artist
- Sal Buscema (1936âÂÂ2026) â comic book artist
- Steve Buscemi (born 1957) â actor
- Benjamin Busch â U.S. Marine lieutenant colonel and actor
- Jon Busch (born 1976) â soccer player
- Barbara Bush (1925âÂÂ2018) â wife of George H. W. Bush
- James Butler (born 1972) â boxer
- Red Buttons (1919âÂÂ2006) â actor and comedian
- Tom Byer (born 1960) â soccer player, coach, and writer
- Gene Byrnes (1889âÂÂ1974) â cartoonist
C
- James Caan (1940âÂÂ2022) â actor
- Flávio Cabral (1916âÂÂ1990) â muralist
- Adolph Caesar (1933âÂÂ1986) â actor
- Leslie Cagan (born 1947) â activist and writer
- James Cagney (1899âÂÂ1986) â actor
- Eddie Cahill (born 1978) â actor
- Edward L. Cahn (1899âÂÂ1963) film director known for the Our Gang comedies
- Sammy Cahn (1913âÂÂ1993) â lyricist, musician and songwriter
- Bobby Caldwell (1951âÂÂ2023) â singer
- Sarth Calhoun â electronic musician
- Joseph A. Califano (born 1931) â Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
- Maria Callas (1923âÂÂ1977) â Greek-American opera singer
- Cher Calvin (born 1974) â journalist
- Héctor Camacho (1962âÂÂ2012) â boxer
- Héctor Camacho Jr. (born 1978) â boxer
- Richard Camacho â singer, musician, member of Latin music band CNCO, Dominican-origin
- Anthony Camal â judo practitioner
- Christian Camargo (born 1971) â actor
- Brandon Cambridge (born 2002) â soccer player
- Knox Cameron (born 1983) â soccer player
- Sean Cameron (born 1985) â soccer player who represented the Guyana national team
- Schuyler V. Cammann (1912âÂÂ1991) â anthropologist
- Cam'ron (Cameron Giles, born 1976) â rapper
- Jeimer Candelario (born 1993) â baseball player
- Jake Cannavale (born 1995) â actor and musician
- Dina Cantin (born 1972) â television personality (The Real Housewives of New Jersey)
- Chris Canty (born 1982) â football player
- Capone (Kiam Holley, born 1976) â rapper
- Al Capone (1899âÂÂ1947) â Prohibition gangster, boss of Chicago Outfit
- Mae Capone (1897âÂÂ1986) â wife of Al Capone
- Francis Capra (born 1983) â actor
- Jennifer Capriati (born 1976) â tennis player
- Irene Cara (1959âÂÂ2022) â singer-songwriter, dancer, actress
- Nestor Carbonell (born 1967) â actor
- Cardi B (born 1992) â rapper
- Benjamin Cardozo (1870âÂÂ1938) â associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
- Michael A. Cardozo (born 1941) â corporation counsel
- Hugh Carey (1919âÂÂ2011) â governor of New York
- Timothy Carey (1929âÂÂ1994) â actor
- George Carlin (1937âÂÂ2008) â comedian
- Alan Carney (1909âÂÂ1973) â actor, comedian
- Caleb Carr (born 1955) â novelist, military historian
- Eric Carr (1950âÂÂ1991) â rock musician, songwriter
- John Carradine (1906âÂÂ1988) â actor
- Máximo Carrizo (born 2008) â soccer player
- T. K. Carter (1956âÂÂ2026) â actor
- Vinnie Caruana (born 1979) â musician, singer
- David Caruso (born 1956) â actor
- Julian Casablancas (born 1978) â lead singer of rock band The Strokes; musician
- Desiree Casado (born 1985) â actress
- Colin Cassady (born 1986) â professional wrestler
- Gabriel Casseus (born 1972) â actor
- David Cassidy (1950âÂÂ2017) â actor and singer
- Jack Cassidy (1927âÂÂ1976) â actor and singer
- John Cassavetes (1929âÂÂ1989) â actor
- Katherine Cassavetes (1906âÂÂ1983) â actress
- Nick Cassavetes (born 1959) â actor and filmmaker
- DJ Cassidy (Cassidy Podell, born 1981) â DJ, record producer, MC
- Santiago Castaño (born 1995) â soccer player
- Richard S. Castellano (1933âÂÂ1988) â actor
- Luis Castillo (born 1983) â football player
- Phoebe Cates (born 1963)actress
- Miles Caton (born 2005) â actor
- Chris Cattaneo (born 1957) â soccer player
- Jose Ceballos â trade unionist, political campaign manager
- Marie Celeste (1875âÂÂ1954) â soprano, actress, socialite, and philanthropist
- Kai Cenat (born 2001) â YouTuber
- Bennett Cerf (1898âÂÂ1971) â publisher, TV personality
- Billy Cesare (born 1955) â American football player
- Stanley Chais (1926âÂÂ2010) â investment advisor in the Madoff investment scandal
- Pauline Chalamet (born 1992) â actress
- Timothée Chalamet (born 1995) â actor
- Julian Champagnie (born 2001) â NBA player
- Justin Champagnie (born 2001) â NBA player
- Jeff Chandler (1918âÂÂ1961) â actor
- Frank Chanfrau (1824âÂÂ1884) â actor
- Stockard Channing (born 1944) â actress
- James S. C. Chao (born 1927) â Chinese-American entrepreneur, philanthropist
- Harry Chapin (1942âÂÂ1981) â singer-songwriter
- Tina Charles (born 1988) â WNBA player
- Roz Chast (born 1954) â cartoonist
- Paddy Chayefsky (1923âÂÂ1981) â author
- Maury Chaykin (1949âÂÂ2010) â actor
- Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (born 1979) â U.S. representative for Florida
- Edmund A. Chester (1897âÂÂ1973) â executive at CBS
- Dominic Chianese (born 1931) â actor
- Chino XL (Derek Barbosa, 1974âÂÂ2024) â rapper
- Robert Christgau (born 1942) â music journalist
- Thom Christopher (1940âÂÂ2024) â actor
- Andreas Chronis (born 1989) â soccer player
- Jennie Jerome Churchill (1854âÂÂ1921) â mother of Winston Churchill
- Hansol Vernon Chwe â singer (member of pop group Seventeen)
- Michael Cimino (1939âÂÂ2016) â film director, film producer and screenwriter
- Peter Cincotti (born 1983) â singer-songwriter
- Lou Cioffi (born 1957) â soccer player
- Andre Cisco (born 2000) â NFL safety for the Jacksonville Jaguars
- Karen Civil (born 1984) â music Executive and marketing strategist
- Gil Clancy (1922âÂÂ2011) â boxing trainer and analyst
- Felicia Buttz Clark (1862âÂÂ1931) â writer
- Yvette Clarke (born 1964) â U.S. representative for New York
- Andrew Dice Clay (born 1957) â actor and comedian
- Jill Clayburgh (1944âÂÂ2010) â actress
- Ellen Cleghorne (born 1965) â actress and comedian
- Robert Clohessy (born 1957) â actor
- Sam Coffey (born 1998) â soccer player for the United States national team
- Donald Cogsville (born 1965) â soccer player who represented the United States national team
- Ben Cohen (born 1951) â businessman, entrepreneur and activist, co-founder of Ben & Jerry's
- Evan Cole (born 1961) â CEO of H.D. Buttercup
- Kim Coles (born 1962) â actress
- Schuyler Colfax Jr. (1823âÂÂ1885) â former vice president of the United States
- Margaret Colin (born 1958) â actress
- Willie Colón (born 1950) â salsa musician, social activist
- King Combs (born 1998) â rapper and model, son of Sean Combs
- Sean Combs (born 1969) â rapper
- Elvis Comrie (born 1959) â soccer player who represented the United States national team
- Jeff Conaway (1950âÂÂ2011) â actor
- Didi Conn (born 1951) â actress
- Jennifer Connelly (born 1970) â actress
- Irv Constantine (1907âÂÂ1966) â football player
- Evan Conti (born 1993) â American-Israeli basketball player and coach
- Hugh E. Conway (born 1942) â labor economist
- Terence Cooke (1921âÂÂ1983) â seventh archbishop of New York
- Gerry Cooney (born 1956) â boxer
- Anderson Cooper (born 1967) â television journalist
- George H. Cooper (1821âÂÂ1891) â United States Navy rear admiral
- Shaun Cooper (born 1980) â rock musician, bassist
- Lillian Copeland (1904âÂÂ1964) â Olympic discus champion; set world records in discus, javelin, and shot put
- Francis Ford Coppola (born 1939) â film director, screenwriter, and producer
- Catherine Corcoran â actress
- Karla Cornejo Villavicencio â writer
- Kevin Corrigan (born 1969) â actor
- Howard Cosell (1918âÂÂ1995) â sportscaster
- William R. Cosentini â mechanical engineer and founder of Cosentini Associates
- Richard Cottingham (born 1946) â serial killer known as "The Torso Killer" and "The Times Square Ripper"
- Ann Coulter (born 1961) â conservative commentator, writer
- Freddie Crawford (born 1941) â basketball player
- Elvis Crespo (born 1971) â singer
- Peter Criss (born 1945) â rock musician, songwriter
- Randy Cross (born 1954) â NFL player
- Jon Cryer (born 1965) â actor
- Billy Crystal (born 1948) â comedian, actor, director
- George Cukor (1899âÂÂ1983) â film director
- Kieran Culkin (born 1982) â actor
- Kit Culkin (born 1944) â actor
- Macaulay Culkin (born 1980) â actor
- Rory Culkin (born 1989) â actor
- Anthony Cumia (born 1961) â radio personality, host of Opie and Anthony
- Jermaine Cunningham (born 1988) â football player
- Andrew Cuomo (born 1957) â governor of New York
- Mario Cuomo (1932âÂÂ2015) â governor of New York
- Lee Curreri (born 1961) â actor and musician
- Quentin Curry (born 1972) â landscape painter
- Valerie Curtin (born 1945) â actress, screenwriter
- Tony Curtis (1925âÂÂ2010) â actor
- Ann Cusack (born 1961) â actress
- Dick Cusack (1925âÂÂ2003) â actor and filmmaker
- Joan Cusack (born 1962) â actress
D
- Mike D (Michael Diamond, born 1965) â rapper and musician, member of Beastie Boys
- Al D'Amato (born 1937) â politician
- Cus D'Amato (1908âÂÂ1985) â boxing manager and trainer
- Drita D'Avanzo (born 1976) â television personality (Mob Wives)
- Nia DaCosta (born 1989) â film director and writer
- Yaya DaCosta (born 1982) â actress and model
- Alexandra Daddario (born 1986) â actress
- Matthew Daddario (born 1987) â actor
- Chester Dale (1883âÂÂ1962) â banker
- Robert Dalva (1942âÂÂ2023) â filmmaker, editor
- Charles Patrick Daly (1816âÂÂ1899) â judge
- Tim Daly (born 1956) â actor
- Stuart Damon (1937âÂÂ2021) â actor
- Claire Danes (born 1979) â actress
- Rodney Dangerfield (1921âÂÂ2004) â comedian
- Lloyd Daniels (born 1967) â basketball player
- William Daniels (born 1927) â actor
- Paul Dano (born 1984) â actor
- Ron Dante (born 1945) â singer-songwriter, record producer
- Tony Danza (born 1951) â actor
- Dapper Dan (Daniel Day, born 1944) â fashion designer
- Georgine Darcy (1933âÂÂ2004) â actress and dancer
- Bobby Darin (1936âÂÂ1973) â singer-songwriter, entertainer, actor
- Candy Darling (1944âÂÂ1974) â actress and Warhol superstar
- Tony Darrow (born 1938) â actor
- Damon Dash (born 1971) â record executive, co-founder of Roc-A-Fella Records
- Keith David (born 1956) â actor
- Jim David (born 1954) â comedian, actor, playwright
- Jonathan David (born 2000) â soccer player who represented the Canada national team
- Larry David (born 1947) â actor, writer, comedian, producer
- Pete Davidson (born 1993) â actor, comedian
- Marion Davies (1897âÂÂ1961) â actress
- Aaron Davis (born 1967) â boxer
- Al "Bummy" Davis (1920âÂÂ1945) â boxer
- Clive Davis (born 1932) â A&R and record executive
- Larry Davis (1966âÂÂ2008) â convicted murderer who was infamously acquitted of a shootout with the New York City Police Department
- Sammy Davis Jr. (1925âÂÂ1990) â singer, entertainer
- Dawin (full name Dawin Polanco; born 1990) â hip hop-R&B singer, musician, record producer
- Rosario Dawson (born 1979) â actress
- Bill Day (born 1959) â filmmaker
- Charlie Day (born 1976) â actor
- Clarence Day (1874âÂÂ1935) â author and humorist
- Dorothy Day (1897âÂÂ1980) â Catholic social activist
- Lillian Day (1893âÂÂ1991) â author and playwright
- Hal de Becker (1931âÂÂ2021) â dancer and dance writer
- Bill de Blasio (born 1961) â mayor of New York City
- De La Ghetto (born 1984) â singer, rapper, songwriter, model
- Drea de Matteo (born 1972) â actress
- Robert De Niro (born 1943) â actor
- Melissa De Sousa (born 1967) â actress
- ÃÂamon de Valera (1882âÂÂ1975) â taoiseach (prime minister) and president of Ireland
- Laura Dean (born 1963) â actress
- Ruby Dee (1922âÂÂ2014) â actress
- Philip DeFranco (born 1985) â YouTuber and video blogger
- Lana Del Rey (born 1985) â singer-songwriter
- Vanessa del Rio (born 1952) â pornographic actress
- Dana Delany (born 1956) â actress
- Samuel R. Delany (born 1942) â author and critic
- Don DeLillo (born 1936) â author
- Michael DeLorenzo (born 1959) â actor, dancer and director
- Dom DeLuise (1933âÂÂ2009) â actor and comedian
- Aaron T. Demarest (1841âÂÂ1908) â carriage manufacturer
- Travis Demeritte (born 1994) â MLB player
- Ted Demme (1963âÂÂ2002) â film and television director, creator of Yo! MTV Raps
- Derek Dennis (born 1988) â football player
- Jerry Denny (1859âÂÂ1927) Major League Baseball player
- Desiigner (Sidney Selby III, born 1997) â rapper
- C.C. DeVille (born 1962) â guitarist, member of Poison
- Willy DeVille (1950âÂÂ2009) singer
- Kevin Devine (born 1979) â musician, songwriter
- Rosemarie DeWitt (born 1971) â actress
- Artie Diamond â boxer
- Neil Diamond (born 1941) â singer, composer
- John DiBartolomeo (born 1991) â American-Israeli basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Carola Dibbell (born 1945) â music journalist
- Janice Dickinson (born 1955) â model and television personality
- Vin Diesel (born 1967) â actor
- August Dietrich (1858âÂÂunknown) â member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- Maximilian Dietz (born 2002) â professional soccer player
- Paul Dini (born 1957) â writer, animator and comic book artist
- Chris Distefano (born 1984) â comedian
- Byron Donalds (born 1978) â U.S. representative for Florida
- Meg Donnelly (born 2000) â actress, singer, dancer
- Richard Donner (1930âÂÂ2021) â filmmaker
- Vincent D'Onofrio (born 1959) â actor
- Shaun Donovan (born 1966) â 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) â composer
- Irvin Dorfman (1924âÂÂ2006) â tennis player
- Phoebe Doty â prostitute and madam
- Doug E. Doug (born 1970) â actor
- Amanda Minnie Douglas (1831âÂÂ1916) â writer
- Kirk Douglas (1916âÂÂ2020) â actor
- Robert Downey Jr. (born 1965) â actor, producer, singer
- Robert Downey Sr. (1936âÂÂ2021) â filmmaker
- Ervin Drake (1919âÂÂ2015) â composer, producer, writer, musician
- DreamDoll (born 1992) â rapper, singer, songwriter
- Fran Drescher (born 1957) â actor
- Richard Dreyfuss (born 1947) â actor
- Eric Drookerartist, illustrator
- Jim Drucker (born 1952/1953) â former commissioner of the Continental Basketball Association, former commissioner of the Arena Football League, and founder of NewKadia Comics
- Jack Drury (born 2000) â NHL player
- David Duchovny (born 1960) â actor
- Patty Duke (1946âÂÂ2016) â actress, activist for mental-health issues
- Allen B. DuMont (1901âÂÂ1965) â electronics engineer, scientist, inventor, and founder of the DuMont Television Network
- Lena Dunham (born 1986) â actress, screenwriter, producer, director
- Griffin Dunne (born 1955) â film producer
- Joseph Dunninger (1892âÂÂ1975) â mentalist
- Don Dunphy (1908âÂÂ1998) â sports commentator
- Bryant Dunston (born 1986) â American-Armenian basketball player
- Richard Dupont (born 1968) â artist
- Jimmy Durante (1893âÂÂ1980) â actor and pianist
- Lou Duva (1922âÂÂ2017) â boxing manager and trainer
- Jakob Dylan (born 1969) â singer
- Alexis Dziena (born 1984) â actress
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- Daisy Eagan (born 1979) â actress
- Dominique Easley (born 1992) â football player
- Gertrude Ederle (1905âÂÂ2003) â competition swimmer, first woman to swim across English channel
- Dean Edwards (born 1970) â comedian and actor
- Steve Edwards (born 1948) â news anchor
- Eddie Egan (1930âÂÂ1995) â police detective
- Gladys Egan (1900âÂÂ1985) â child actress
- Billy Eichner (born 1978) â actor
- Rich Eisen (born 1969) â sportscaster and radio host
- Jesse Eisenberg (born 1983) â actor
- Ned Eisenberg (1957âÂÂ2022) â actor
- Will Eisner (1917âÂÂ2005) â cartoonist and writer, co-founder of Eisner & Iger
- Ansel Elgort (born 1994) â actor, singer, dancer, DJ
- Arthur Elgort (born 1940) â photographer
- Sophie Elgort (born 1986) â photographer
- Paula Eliasoph (1895âÂÂ1983) â painter, printmaker
- Mario Elie (born 1963) â basketball player
- Lapo Elkann (born 1977) â chief executive officer, Fiat
- Bill Elko (born 1959) â football player
- Duke Ellington (1899âÂÂ1974) â jazz pianist
- Abby Elliott (born 1987) â actress
- Chris Elliott (born 1960) â actor
- Margaret Dye Ellis (1845âÂÂ1925) â social reformer, lobbyist
- Velena G. Ellis (1914âÂÂ1971) â attorney and police officer
- Albert Elsen (1927âÂÂ1995) â art historian
- Emily Engstler (born 2000) â WNBA player
- DJ Envy (RaaShaun Casey, born 1977) â DJ and radio personality
- Nora Ephron (1941âÂÂ2012) â director, screenwriter, author
- Omar Epps (born 1973) â actor
- Mark Epstein (born 1954) â property developer, brother of Jeffrey Epstein
- Jeffrey Epstein (1953âÂÂ2019) â financier and convicted child sex offender
- Theo Epstein (born 1973) â formerly the youngest general manager in MLB, currently president of Baseball Operations for the Chicago Cubs
- Eru (born 1983) â singer
- Giancarlo Esposito (born 1958) â actor
- Jennifer Esposito (born 1973) â actress
- Emilio Estevez (born 1962) â actor
- Ramon Estevez (born 1963) â actor
- Renée Estevez (born 1967) â actress
- Erik Estrada (born 1949) â actor
- Etika (Desmond Amofah, 1990âÂÂ2019) â YouTuber, streamer
- Christine Evangelista (born 1986) â actress
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- Fabolous (John David Jackson, born 1977) â rapper
- Peter Facinelli (born 1973)actor
- Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (1909âÂÂ2000) â actor
- Donald Faison (born 1974) â actor
- Edie Falco (born 1963) â actress
- Jonah Falcon (born 1970)actor and writer; achieved fame in early 2000s for his penis size
- Peter Falk (1927âÂÂ2011)actor
- Jimmy Fallon (born 1974)comedian
- Tali Farhadian â former federal prosecutor; candidate for New York County district attorney
- Steve Farhood (born 1957) â boxing historian and analyst, former editor-in-chief of The Ring
- Louis Farrakhan (born 1933) â leader of the Nation of Islam
- Perry Farrell (born 1959) â musician
- Joey Fatone (born 1977) â singer, member of NSYNC
- Jon Favreau (born 1966) â actor and filmmaker
- Alice Faye (1915âÂÂ1998) â actress
- Charles Fazzino (born 1955) â pop artist
- Harry Feldman (1919âÂÂ1962) â Major League Baseball pitcher
- Jack Feldman â lyricist
- Kurt Feldman (born 1984) â musician, composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist
- Morton Feldman (1926âÂÂ1987) â composer
- José Feliciano (born 1945) â musician
- Vanessa Ferlito (born 1977) â actress
- Abel Ferrara (born 1951) â filmmaker
- Jerry Ferrara (born 1979) â actor
- Barbie Ferreira (born 1996) â actress (Euphoria)
- Julissa Ferreras (born 1976) â New York City Council Member, Finance Committee chair
- Lou Ferrigno (born 1951) â bodybuilder and actor
- Richard Feynman (1918âÂÂ1988) theoretical physicist; recipient 1965 Nobel Prize in Physics
- Kim Fields (born 1969) â actress
- Harvey Fierstein (born 1952) â actor and playwright
- Bill Finger (1914âÂÂ1974) â comic book writer, co-creator of Batman
- Shelly Finkel (born 1944) â boxing promoter and manager
- Bobby Fischer (1943âÂÂ2008) â chess grandmaster
- Hamilton Fish (1808âÂÂ1893) â governor of New York and U.S. Secretary of State
- Dominique Fishback (born 1991) â actress
- Langston Fishburne (born 1988) â actor
- Laurence Fishburne (born 1961) â actor
- Mickey Fisher (1904/05âÂÂ1963) â basketball coach
- Greg Fitzsimmons (born 1966) â comedian
- Herbert Flam (1928âÂÂ1980) â tennis player
- Waka Flocka Flame (Juaquin Malphurs, born 1986) â rapper
- Bobby Flay (born 1964) â chef and television personality
- Tom Fleischman (born 1951) â sound engineer
- Chuck Fleischmann (born 1962) â U.S. representative for Tennessee
- Susan Fleming (1908âÂÂ2002) â actress, wife of Harpo Marx
- Jeffrey Flier (born 1948) â dean of Harvard Medical School
- Kay Flock (born 2003) â rapper
- Jim Florentine (born 1964) â comedian, actor and television personality
- Brian Flores (born 1981) â NFL coach
- Jane Fonda (born 1937) â actress
- Peter Fonda (1940âÂÂ2019) â actor
- Hector Fonseca (born 1980) â DJ
- Malcolm Forbes (1919âÂÂ1990) â publisher
- Davy Force (1849âÂÂ1918) â major league baseball player
- Whitey Ford (1928âÂÂ2020) â pitcher for the New York Yankees
- Andrew Form (born 1969) â film producer
- John Forsythe (1918âÂÂ2010) â actor
- William Forsythe (born 1955) â actor
- Vito Fossella (born 1965) â borough president of Staten Island and U.S. representative for New York
- Jorja Fox (born 1968) â actress
- Virginia Foxx (born 1943) â U.S. representative for North Carolina
- Nikolai Fraiture (born 1978) â bassist of rock band The Strokes, musician
- Anthony Franciosa (1928âÂÂ2006) â actor
- Frankee (Nicole Spinelli, born 1983) â singer
- David Frankel (born 1959) â film director
- Lois Frankel (born 1948) â U.S. representative for Florida
- Al Franken (born 1951) â comedian and radio host, U.S. senator from Minnesota
- Helen Frankenthaler (1928âÂÂ2011) â abstract painter
- Michael Franzese (born 1951) â former mobster, internet personality
- Michael Freeman â inventor, entrepreneur, author, and business consultant
- Ace Frehley (1951âÂÂ2025)guitarist
- Doug E. Fresh (born 1966) â musician
- Jack Friedman (1939âÂÂ2010) â business man, founder of LJN, THQ and Jakks Pacific
- Laura Friedman (born 1966) â U.S. representative for California
- Milton Friedman (1912âÂÂ2006) â economist
- Eric Fromm (born 1958) â tennis player
- John Frusciante (born 1970) â guitarist, member of Red Hot Chili Peppers
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- Michael Gandolfini (born 1999) â actor
- Luis GarcÃÂa â baseball player
- Gus Gardella (1895âÂÂ1974) â football player
- Eliza Ann Gardner (1831âÂÂ1922) â abolitionist
- Alex Garfin (born 2004) â actor
- Art Garfunkel (born 1941) â singer-songwriter, actor
- Julia Garner (born 1994) â actress
- Shad Gaspard (1981âÂÂ2020) â professional wrestler
- Lexa Gates â musician and rapper
- Joe Gatto (born 1976) â comedian
- Rudy Gay (born 1986) â NBA player
- David Geffen (born 1943) â record executive and film producer
- Lou Gehrig (1903âÂÂ1941) â MLB player
- Sarah Michelle Gellar (born 1977) â actress
- Natalie Gelman (born 1985) â singer/songwriter
- Richard Genelle (1961âÂÂ2008) actor
- Marie George (1876âÂÂ1955) â actress and singer
- George Gershwin (1898âÂÂ1937) â composer
- Ira Gershwin (1896âÂÂ1983) â lyricist
- Vitas Gerulaitis (1954âÂÂ1994) â tennis player
- Tiffany Giardina (born 1993)singer-songwriter
- Mel Gibson (born 1956) â American-born Australian/Irish actor and director
- Justin Gignac (born 1981) â artist
- Betty Gilpin (born 1986) â actress
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933âÂÂ2020) â associate justice of U.S. Supreme Court
- Issamar Ginzberg â business strategist, rabbi, motivational speaker
- Greg Giraldo (1965âÂÂ2010) â comedian
- Rudolph Giuliani (born 1944) â mayor of New York City
- Robin Givens (born 1964) â actress
- Charles V. Glasco â New York City police sergeant, known for his efforts to rescue John William Warde in 1938
- Ilana Glazer (born 1987) â actress and comedian
- Jackie Gleason (1916âÂÂ1987) â comedian, actor
- James Gleason (1882âÂÂ1959) â actor
- Joel Glucksman (born 1949) â Olympic fencer
- Whoopi Goldberg (born 1955) â comedian, actress, TV personality
- William Goldberg (1925âÂÂ2003) â diamond dealer
- Daniel S. Goldin (born 1940) â NASA director
- Danielle Goldstein (born 1985) â American-Israeli show jumper
- Leon M. Goldstein (died 1999) â 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 (1895âÂÂ1946) â painter and printmaker
- Richard Goode (born 1943) â classical pianist
- Cuba Gooding Jr. (born 1968) â actor
- Cuba Gooding Sr. (1944âÂÂ2017) â singer
- Doris Kearns Goodwin (born 1943) â author
- Leo Gorcey (1917âÂÂ1969) â film actor and comedian, leader of the Dead End Kids, East Side Kids, and Bowery Boys in several movies
- Jared Gordon (born 1988) â mixed martial artist
- Kyle Gordon (born 1992) â comedian, singer, and YouTuber
- Robert A. Gorman (born 1937) â law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
- Eydie Gorme (1928âÂÂ2013) â singer
- Karen Lynn Gorney (born 1945) â actress
- Louis Gossett Jr. (1936âÂÂ2024) â actor
- Victor Gotbaum (1921âÂÂ2015) â labor leader
- Gilbert Gottfried (1955âÂÂ2022) â comedian and actor
- Irv Gotti (Irving Lorenzo, 1970âÂÂ2025) â record executive and producer
- John Gotti (1940âÂÂ2002) â crime boss
- Elliott Gould (born 1938) â actor
- Joan Gould (1927âÂÂ2022) â author and journalist
- David C. Gowdey (1841âÂÂ1908) â politician
- Leslie Grace (born 1995) â singer
- Topher Grace (born 1978) â actor
- Sean Grande (born 1969) â television and radio sportscaster
- Lee Grant (born 1925) â actress
- Oliver "Power" Grant (1973âÂÂ2026) â music executive and actor
- F. Gary Gray (born 1969) â filmmaker
- Renee Graziano (born 1969) â reality television personality (Mob Wives)
- Sammy "The Bull" Gravano (born 1940) â mobster, former underboss of the Gambino crime family
- Rocky Graziano (born Thomas Rocco, 1919âÂÂ1990) â boxer
- Benny Green (born 1963) â pianist
- Hank Greenberg (1911âÂÂ1986) â Hall of Fame baseball player
- Ariana Greenblatt (born 2007) â actress
- Angela Greene (1921âÂÂ1978) â actress
- Milton H. Greene (1922âÂÂ1985) â fashion and celebrity photographer, film and television producer
- Jerry Greenfield (born 1951) â businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Ben & Jerry's
- Alan Greenspan (born 1926) â economist, Federal Reserve chairman
- Sheila Greenwald (born 1934) â author
- Adrian Grenier (born 1976) â actor
- Bill Griffith (born 1944) â cartoonist (Zippy)
- Melanie Griffith (born 1957) â actress
- Alfred Grossman (1927âÂÂ1987) â writer and novelist
- Harry Guardino (1925âÂÂ1995) â actor
- Alex Guarnaschelli (born 1969) â chef and television personality
- Bob Guccione (1930âÂÂ2010) â publisher
- Richie Guerin (born 1932) â NBA player and coach
- Peggy Guggenheim (1898âÂÂ1979) â art collector
- Grace Gummer (born 1986) â actress
- Mamie Gummer (born 1983) â actress
- Rajat Gupta (born 1948) â CEO of McKinsey & Company convicted of insider trading
- Jim Gurfein (born 1961) â tennis player
- Steve Guttenberg (born 1958) â actor
- Luis Guzmán (born 1956) â actor
- Maggie Gyllenhaal (born 1977) â actress
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- Joan Hackett (1934âÂÂ1983) â actress
- Ilfenesh Hadera (born 1985) â actress
- Aaron Hall (born 1964) â singer
- Adelaide Hall (1901âÂÂ1993) â jazz singer, Broadway star, actress
- Anthony Michael Hall (born 1968) â actor
- Huntz Hall (1920âÂÂ1999) â comedian, actor; co-starred in several Dead End Kids, East Side Kids and Bowery Boys movies
- Jimmy Hall (born 1994) â basketball player in the Israeli National League
- Julian Hall (born 2008) â soccer player
- Mortimer Halpern (1909âÂÂ2006) â Broadway stage manager
- Julie Halston (born 1954) â actress and comedian
- Eddy Hamel (1902âÂÂ1943) â Jewish-American soccer player for Dutch club AFC Ajax who was killed by the Nazis in Auschwitz concentration camp
- Pete Hamill (1935âÂÂ2020) â journalist
- Marvin Hamlisch (1944âÂÂ2012) â composer
- Armand Hammer (1898âÂÂ1990) â industrialist and philanthropist
- Oscar Hammerstein II (1895âÂÂ1960) â composer
- Han Terra (born 1982) â polymath
- Frank Hankinson (1856âÂÂ1911) â major league baseball player
- Adam Hann-Byrd (born 1982) â actor
- Sean Hannity (born 1961) â television host, author, conservative political commentator
- Nelson Harding (1879âÂÂ1944) â editorial cartoonist
- Edward W. Hardy (born 1992) â composer, musician and producer
- Maurice Harkless (born 1993) â basketball player
- Donald J. Harlin (1935âÂÂ2015) â chief of chaplains of the U.S. Air Force
- Andre Harrell (1960âÂÂ2020) â record executive
- Lynn Harrell (1944âÂÂ2020) â cellist
- W. Averell Harriman (1891âÂÂ1986) â diplomat and governor of New York
- Andy Harris (born 1957) â U.S. representative for Maryland
- David Harris (1949âÂÂ2024) â actor
- Zelda Harris (born 1985) â actress
- Jackée Harry (born 1956) â actress
- Bob Hastings (1925âÂÂ2014) â actor
- Anne Hathaway (born 1982) â actress
- Marcia Haufrecht (born 1937) â actor, director, playwright
- Richie Havens (1941âÂÂ2013) â singer-songwriter, guitarist
- Levon Hawke (born 2002) â actor
- Maya Hawke (born 1998) â actress, singer-songwriter and model
- Curt Hawkins (born 1985) â professional wrestler
- Billy Hayes (born 1947) â author of Midnight Express
- Patrick Joseph Hayes (1867âÂÂ1938) â fifth archbishop of New York
- Susan Hayward (1917âÂÂ1975) â actress
- Rita Hayworth (1918âÂÂ1987) â actress
- Shari Headley (born 1964) â actress
- Anthony Hecht (1923âÂÂ2004) â poet
- Ladislav Hecht (1909âÂÂ2004) â Czechoslovak-American tennis player
- Jamie Hector (born 1975) â actor
- Lucas Hedges (born 1996) â actor
- Carol Heiss (born 1940) â Olympic figure skater (silver 1956, gold 1960)
- Joseph Heller (1923âÂÂ1999) â author
- Alvin Hellerstein (born 1933) â U.S. federal judge
- Susan Hendl (1947âÂÂ2020) â ballet dancer and répétiteur
- Lance Henriksen (born 1940) â actor
- Buck Henry (1930âÂÂ2020) â actor and filmmaker
- Nelson H. Henry (1855âÂÂ1923) â member of the New York State Assembly, adjutant general of New York
- Brian Henson (born 1963) â puppeteer, director, producer
- Jean-Noël Herlin (born 1940) â archivist, antiquarian bookseller, curator
- Jason Hernandez (born 1983) â soccer player who represented the Puerto Rico national team and general manager
- Elinore Morehouse Herrick (1895âÂÂ1964) â laborâÂÂrelations specialist
- Bernard Herrmann (1911âÂÂ1975) â composer
- Robert Hess (1935âÂÂ2014) â sculptor, art educator
- Peter Cooper Hewitt (1861âÂÂ1921) â inventor
- William Hickey (1927âÂÂ1997) â actor
- Catherine Hicks (born 1951) â actress
- D'atra Hicks (born 1967) â actress and singer
- Taral Hicks (born 1974) â actress and singer
- Hildegarde (1906âÂÂ2005) â cabaret singer
- Roger Hill (1949âÂÂ2014) â actor
- Kathy Hilton (born 1959) â socialite, fashion designer, actress
- Nicky Hilton (born 1983) â socialite, fashion designer, model
- Paris Hilton (born 1981) socialite, actress
- Gregory Hines (1946âÂÂ2003) â dancer and actor
- Judd Hirsch (born 1935) â actor
- Jack Hirschman (1933âÂÂ2021) â poet and social activist
- Camomile Hixon (born 1970) â visual artist
- Julius Hodge (born 1983) â basketball player and coach
- William E. Hoehle â member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- Steven Hoffenberg (1945âÂÂ2022) â businessman and convicted fraudster
- Cooper Hoffman (born 2003) â actor
- Robert Hofstadter (1915âÂÂ1990) â physicist and Nobel laureate
- Eleanor Holm (1912âÂÂ2004) â competitive swimmer, 1932 Olympic gold medalist
- Eric Holtz (born 1965) â head coach of the Israel National Baseball Team
- Megan Hollingshead (born 1968) â actress, singer, broadway star
- Shaheen Holloway (born 1976) â basketball coach and former player, current head coach of the St. Peter's Peacocks
- Ellen Holly (1931âÂÂ2023) â actress
- Eli Holzman (born 1974) â writer, producer, and television executive
- Rio Hope-Gund (born 1999) â soccer player
- Lena Horne (1917âÂÂ2010) â actress and singer
- Edward Everett Horton (1886âÂÂ1970) â actor
- Jay Horwitz (born 1945) â New York Mets executive
- Curly Howard (1903âÂÂ1952) actor of comedy team The Three Stooges
- Moe Howard (1897âÂÂ1975) actor of comedy team The Three Stooges
- Shemp Howard (1895âÂÂ1955) actor of comedy team The Three Stooges
- Steny Hoyer (born 1939) â U.S. representative for Maryland and House Majority leader
- Tina Huang (born 1981) actress
- Jon Huertas (born 1969) â actor
- Gregg "Opie" Hughes (born 1963) â radio personality, host of Opie and Anthony
- Richard Hunt (1951âÂÂ1992) â puppeteer and television director
- Harold Hunter (1974âÂÂ2006) â professional skateboarder and actor
- Tab Hunter (1931âÂÂ2018) â actor
- Cornelia Collins Hussey (1827âÂÂ1902) â philanthropist, writer
- Barbara Hutton (1912âÂÂ1979) â socialite dubbed "Poor Little Rich Girl"
- Sarah Hyland (born 1990) â actress and singer
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J
- Wolfman Jack (Robert Weston Smith, 1938âÂÂ1995) â radio personality
- Aziel Jackson (born 2001) â soccer player
- Mark Jackson (born 1965) â basketball player and coach
- Troy "Escalade" Jackson (1973âÂÂ2011) â basketball player
- Jane Jacobs (1916âÂÂ2006) â economist, urban theorist, activist
- Ken Jacobs (born 1933) â artist and filmmaker
- Lawrence Hilton Jacobs (born 1953) â actor
- Marc Jacobs (born 1963) â fashion designer
- Elizabeth Jagger (born 1984) â model, activist, daughter of Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall
- Henry James (1843âÂÂ1916) â writer
- William James (1842âÂÂ1910) â philosopher and psychologist
- Brenda Janowitz (born c. 1973) â writer and attorney
- Jaiquawn Jarrett (born 1989) â football player
- Jam Master Jay (1965âÂÂ2002) â DJ and producer, member of Run-DMC
- John Jay (1745âÂÂ1829) â diplomat, jurist (including chief justice of the United States) and politician (including governor of New York)
- Jay-Z (Shawn Carter, born 1969) â rapper and businessman
- Jaz-O (Jonathan Burks, born 1964) â rapper
- Karine Jean-Pierre (born 1974) â political campaign organizer
- Hakeem Jeffries (born 1970) â U.S. representative for New York and Democratic leader in the House
- Charles Jenkins (born 1989)basketball player
- Max Jenkins (born 1985)actor and writer
- Ron Jeremy (born 1953)pornographic actor, filmmaker, and comedian
- Jharrel Jerome (born 1997) â actor
- Ty Jerome (born 1997) â professional basketball player
- Jack Jersawitz (1934âÂÂ2012) Marxist Activist and Television Host
- Jessi (born 1988) â rapper
- Hugh Jessiman (born 1984) â NHL player
- Jipsta (John Patrick Masterson; born 1974)rapper
- Billy Joel (born 1949) â singer-songwriter
- David Johansen (1950âÂÂâÂÂ2025) â actor and singer-songwriter, member of New York Dolls
- Scarlett Johansson (born 1984) â actress, singer, and producer
- Daymond John (born 1969) â entrepreneur
- Boris Johnson (born 1964) â British politician, prime minister of the United Kingdom, and former mayor of London (2008âÂÂ2016)
- Crockett Johnson (1906âÂÂ1975) â cartoonist and children's writer (Harold and the Purple Crayon)
- Jim Jones (born 1976) â rapper and record executive
- Norah Jones (born 1979) â singer-songwriter and actress
- Julia Jones-Pugliese (1909âÂÂ1993) â national champion fencer and fencing coach
- Spike Jonze (born 1969) â actor and filmmaker
- Michael Jordan (born 1963) â basketball player
- Lazarus Joseph (1891âÂÂ1966) â 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; 1906âÂÂ1946) â Nazi propaganda broadcaster
- Francine Justa (1942âÂÂ2016) â activist and affordable housing advocate in New York City
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- K7 (Louis Sharpe, born 1966) â rapper and singer
- Qurrat Ann Kadwani (born 1981) â actress and playwright
- Marilyn Kagan (1951âÂÂ2020) â actress and psychotherapist
- Philip Mayer Kaiser (1913âÂÂ2007) â U.S. diplomat
- Bob Kaliban (1933âÂÂ2020) â actor, voice actor, and former president of SAG-AFTRA
- Bob Kane (1915âÂÂ1998) â comic book writer and artist, creator of Batman
- Elias Kane (1794âÂÂ1835) â served as the first Illinois Secretary of State 1818âÂÂ1822 and a United States senator for Illinois 1825âÂÂ1835
- Kangol Kid (Shaun Fequiere, 1966âÂÂ2021) â rapper, member of UTFO
- Chris Kanyon (1970âÂÂ2010) â professional wrestler
- Gabe Kaplan (born 1945) â actor
- Jonathan Kaplan (1947âÂÂ2025) â filmmaker
- Donna Karan (born 1948) â fashion designer
- Abraham Katz (1926âÂÂ2013) â diplomat, United States Ambassador to the OECD
- Michael Katz (1939âÂÂ2025) â sportswriter
- Jeffrey Katzenberg (born 1950) â media proprietor and film producer
- Andy Kaufman (1949âÂÂ1984) â actor and comedian
- Charlie Kaufman (born 1958) â screenwriter
- Elaine Kaufman (1929âÂÂ2010) â restauranter (Elaine's)
- Michael Kay (born 1961) â sports broadcaster
- Danny Kaye (1911âÂÂ1987) â actor and comedian
- Lenny Kaye (born 1946) â guitarist
- Thomas Kean (born 1935) â governor of New Jersey
- Diane Keaton (1946âÂÂ2025) â actress
- Monica Keena (born 1979) â actress
- Harvey Keitel (born 1939) â actor
- Max Kellerman (born 1973) â sports analyst
- Kevin Kelley (born 1967) â boxer
- Bridget Kelly (born 1986) â singer
- Moira Kelly (born 1968) â actress
- Robin Kelly (born 1956) â U.S. representative for Illinois
- Alexa Kenin (1962âÂÂ1985) â actress
- George Kennedy (1925âÂÂ2016) â actor
- Jacqueline Kennedy (1929âÂÂ1994) â First Lady of the United States and editor
- John F. Kennedy Jr. (1960âÂÂ1999) â attorney and magazine publisher, son of John F. Kennedy
- Max Kennedy (born 1965) â writer and lawyer
- Tom Kenny (born 1962) â voice actor and comedian
- Jerome Kern (1885âÂÂ1945) â composer
- Alicia Keys (born 1981) â singer-songwriter and actress
- Robert Kibbee (1921âÂÂ1982) â Chancellor of the City University of New York
- Lil' Kim (Kimberly Denise Jones; born 1976) â actress and rapper
- Jimmy Kimmel (born 1967) â comedian and television talk-show host
- King Princess (born 1998) â singer-songwriter
- Carole King (born 1942) â singer-songwriter
- Larry King (1933âÂÂ2021) â television talk-show and radio host
- Morgana King (1930âÂÂ2018) â singer and actress
- Keith Kinkaid (born 1989) â professional ice hockey player
- Bruce Kirby (1925âÂÂ2021) â actor
- Bruno Kirby (1949âÂÂ2006) â actor
- Jack Kirby (1917âÂÂ1994) â comic book artist, co-creator of Avengers, Hulk and X-Men
- Sally Kirkland (1941âÂÂ2025) â actress
- Nancy Kissinger (born 1934) â philanthropist
- Calvin Klein (born 1942) â fashion designer
- Diana Kleiner (born 1947) â art historian
- Christopher Knight (born 1957) â actor
- John "Julius" Knight â music producer, DJ
- Miss Ko (born 1985) â rapper
- Ed Koch (1924âÂÂ2013) â mayor of New York City
- E. L. Konigsburg (1930âÂÂ2013) â writer
- Peter Koo (born 1952) â politician and pharmacist
- Kool G Rap (Nathaniel Wilson, born 1968) â rapper
- C. Everett Koop (1916âÂÂ2013) â physician
- Yaphet Kotto (1939âÂÂ2021) â actor
- Sandy Koufax (born 1935) â MLB pitcher
- Martin Kove (born 1946) â actor, known for The Karate Kid franchise as John Kreese in Cobra Kai
- Joey Kramer (born 1950) â drummer, Aerosmith
- Lenny Kravitz (born 1964) â singer-songwriter
- Jill Krementz (born 1940) â author and photographer
- Gary Kreps (born 1952) â health and risk communication scholar
- KRS-One (Lawrence Parker, born 1965) â rapper
- Barbara Kruger (born 1945) â feminist artist
- David Krumholtz (born 1978) â actor
- Stanley Kubrick (1928âÂÂ1999) â film director and screenwriter
- Bob Kulick (1950âÂÂ2020) â guitarist
- Bruce Kulick (born 1953) â guitarist
- Clarence Kummer (1899âÂÂ1931) â U.S. Riding Hall of Fame jockey
- William Kunstler (1919âÂÂ1995) â lawyer
- Ray Kurzweil (born 1947) â author, inventor, and futurist
- Tony Kushner (born 1956) â playwright and screenwriter
- Kienast quintuplets (born 1970) â set of quintuplets
- Allan Kwartler (1917âÂÂ1998) â sabre and foil fencer, Pan American Games and Maccabiah Games champion
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- Fiorello La Guardia (1882âÂÂ1947) â mayor of New York City
- Casey LaBow (born 1986) â actress
- Jesse Lacey (born 1978) â musician and singer
- David LaChapelle (born 1963) â photographer
- Lady Gaga (Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, born 1986) â musician and actress
- Sophia Laforteza (born 2002) â singer, dancer and member of girl group Katseye
- Bert Lahr (1895âÂÂ1967) â actor and comedian
- Veronica Lake (1922âÂÂ1973) â actress
- Jake LaMotta (1922âÂÂ2017) â boxer
- Burt Lancaster (1913âÂÂ1994) â actor
- Martin Landau (1928âÂÂ2017) â actor
- Steve Landesberg (1936âÂÂ2010) â actor
- Diane Lane (born 1965) â actress
- Don Lane (1933âÂÂ2009) â talk show host
- Meyer Lansky (1902âÂÂ1983) â gangster
- Leo Laporte (born 1956) â founder/host of TWiT.tv
- Floria Lasky (1923âÂÂ2007) â theater world lawyer
- Sanaa Lathan (born 1971) â actress
- Cyndi Lauper (born 1953) â singer
- Ralph Lauren (born 1939) â fashion designer
- Emma Lazarus (1849âÂÂ1887) â author and poet
- Gracie Lawrence (born 1997) â actress and singer
- Marc Lawrence (born 1959) â filmmaker
- Steve Lawrence (1935âÂÂ2024) â singer and actor
- NeNe Leakes (born 1967) â television personality (The Real Housewives of Atlanta)
- Ron Leavitt (1947âÂÂ2008) â television produced and writer, co-creator of Married... with Children
- Harold Lederman (1940âÂÂ2019) â boxing judge and analyst
- Ivan Lee (born 1981) â Olympic saber fencer; banned for life by SafeSport
- Jeanette Lee ("The Black Widow", born 1971) â professional pool player
- Malcolm D. Lee (born 1970) â filmmaker
- Peyton Elizabeth Lee (born 2004) â actress
- Spike Lee (born 1957) â filmmaker
- Stan Lee (1922âÂÂ2018) â comic-book writer, editor, film executive producer, actor, and publisher for Marvel Comics
- Will Lee (1908âÂÂ1982) â actor (Mr. Hooper in Sesame Street)
- John Leguizamo (born 1960 or 1964) â actor
- Franz Leichter (1930âÂÂ2023) â politician
- Madeleine L'Engle (1918âÂÂ2007) â author
- Sean Lennon (born 1975) â musician, son of John Lennon
- Melissa Leo (born 1960) â actress
- Téa Leoni (born 1966) â actress
- Ken Leung (born 1970) â actor
- A. Leo Levin (1919âÂÂ2015) â law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
- Floyd Levine (1932âÂÂ2025) â actor
- Shlomo Levinger (born 1997) â magician and mentalist
- Huey Lewis (born 1950) musician and singer
- Joe E. Lewis (1902âÂÂ1971) â comedian
- Richard Lewis (1947âÂÂ2024) â actor and comedian
- Miranda Lichtenstein (born 1969) â artist
- Roy Lichtenstein (1923âÂÂ1997) â pop artist
- Larry Lieber (born 1931) â comic book artist and writer
- Joe Lieberman (1942âÂÂ2024) â former long-time U.S. senator from Connecticut (1989âÂÂ2013); 2000 vice presidential nominee under Al Gore
- Chris Lighty (1968âÂÂ2012) â record executive
- Hal Linden (born 1931) â actor
- John Lindsay (1921âÂÂ2000) â mayor of New York City
- Hamish Linklater (born 1976) â actor and playwright
- John Linnell (born 1959) â musician, one half of alternative rock duo They Might Be Giants
- Laura Linney (born 1964) â actress
- Liondub (Erik Weiss; born 1973) â DJ and record producer
- Deborah Lipstadt (born 1947) â historian and author
- Peggy Lipton (1946âÂÂ2019) â actress
- Lisa Lisa (Lisa Velez, born 1967) â singer, member of Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam
- Peyton List (born 1998) â actress
- Zoe Lister-Jones (born 1982) â actress
- Havana Rose Liu (born 1997) â actress
- John Liu (born 1967) â politician, 43rd New York City comptroller
- Lucy Liu (born 1968) â actress
- Robert R. Livingston (1746âÂÂ1813) â U.S. founding father and diplomat
- LL Cool J (James Todd Smith, born 1968) â rapper and actor
- Daniel Lobell â stand-up comedian and podcaster
- Tommy Lockhart (1892âÂÂ1979) â inductee into Hockey Hall of Fame and United States Hockey Hall of Fame
- Robert Loggia (1930âÂÂ2015) â actor
- Lindsay Lohan (born 1986) â actress and singer
- Vince Lombardi (1913âÂÂ1970) â NFL coach
- Mike Longabardi (born 1973) â NBA assistant coach
- Nia Long (born 1970) â actress
- Ki Longfellow (1944âÂÂ2022) â novelist
- Jennifer Lopez (born 1969) â singer and actress
- Lori Loughlin (born 1964) â actress
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus (born 1961) â actress
- Tina Louise (born 1934) â actress
- Evelyn Lozada (born 1975) â model and TV personality
- Willie Lozado (born 1959) â baseball player
- Bennet Nathaniel "Nate" Lubell (1916âÂÂ2006) â Olympic fencer
- Edna Luby (1884âÂÂ1928) â Broadway and vaudeville performer
- Charles "Lucky" Luciano (1897âÂÂ1962) â gangster
- Sid Luckman (1916âÂÂ1998) â football player and coach
- Jenny Lumet (born 1967) â actress and screenwriter
- Sidney Lumet (1924âÂÂ2011) â film director, producer, and screenwriter
- Justine Lupe (born 1989) â actress
- Frankie Lymon (1942âÂÂ1968) â singer
- Carol Lynley (1942âÂÂ2019) â actress
- Natasha Lyonne (born 1979) â actress
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- Remy Ma (born 1980) â rapper
- Peter Maas (1929âÂÂ2001) â author and journalist
- Lil Mabu (born 2005) â rapper
- Alice Foote MacDougall (1867âÂÂ1945) â coffee wholesaler, restaurateur, and business owner in the city
- John F. Mackie (1835âÂÂ1910) â Medal of Honor recipient
- Lukas MacNaughton (born 1995) â soccer player who represented the Canada national team
- Bernie Madoff (1938âÂÂ2021) â financier and financial criminal
- Ruth Madoff (born 1941) â wife of Bernie Madoff
- Bill Maher (born 1956) â comedian and TV host
- Umber Majeed (born 1989) â visual artist
- Bernard Malamud (1914âÂÂ1986) â author
- Romany Malco (born 1968) â actor
- Nicole Malliotakis (born 1980) â U.S. representative for New York
- Lil Mama (born 1989) â rapper and actress
- Zohran Mamdani (born 1991) â mayor of New York City
- Paloma Mami (born 1999) â singer
- Sandro Mamukelashvili (born 1999) â professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs
- Melissa Manchester (born 1951) â singer
- Barry Manilow (born 1943) â singer-songwriter
- Arnold Manoff (1914âÂÂ1965) â screenwriter
- Dinah Manoff (born 1956) â actress
- Mase (Mason Betha, born 1975) â rapper
- Mike Mansfield (1903âÂÂ2001) â senator from Montana
- Bruce Manson (born 1956) â tennis player
- Charlotte Manson (1917âÂÂ1996) â radio actress
- Sonia Manzano (born 1950) â actress
- John Mara (born 1954) â businessman, co-owner of the New York Giants
- Stephon Marbury (born 1977) â professional basketball player
- James Margolis (born 1936) â Olympic fencer
- Rose Marie (1923âÂÂ2017) â actress
- John Marley (1907âÂÂ1984) â actor
- Dean Marlowe (born 1992) â safety for the Buffalo Bills
- Constantine Maroulis (born 1975) â American Idol finalist
- Garry Marshall (1934âÂÂ2016) â filmmaker and screenwriter
- Penny Marshall (1943âÂÂ2018) â actress and filmmaker
- Diane Martel (1962âÂÂ2025) â music video director
- Ernest Mateen (1966âÂÂ2012) â boxer
- Christopher "Play" Martin (born 1962) â rapper and actor
- Darnell Martin (born 1964) â filmmaker
- Ernest Martin (born 1932) â theatre director and manager
- Alpo Martinez (1966âÂÂ2021) â drug lord
- Angie Martinez (born 1971) â radio personality
- Melanie Martinez (born 1995) â singer-songwriter, actress, director, photographer, and screenwriter
- Soraida Martinez (born 1956) â artist and designer
- John Martino (born 1937) â actor
- Sadie Martinot (1861âÂÂ1923) â singer, actress
- Lee Marvin (1924âÂÂ1987) â actor
- Chico Marx (1887âÂÂ1961) â comedian
- Groucho Marx (1890âÂÂ1977) member of the Marx Brothers
- Gummo Marx (1892âÂÂ1977) member of the Marx Brothers
- Harpo Marx (1888âÂÂ1964) member of the Marx Brothers
- Louis Marx (1896âÂÂ1982) â founder of Louis Marx and Company
- Zeppo Marx (1901âÂÂ1979) member of the Marx Brothers
- James Maslow (born 1990) actor and singer (raised in California)
- Anthony Mason (1966âÂÂ2015) â NBA player
- John Massari (born 1957) â composer, sound designer
- Ashley Massaro (1979âÂÂ2019) â professional wrestler
- Samantha Mathis (born 1970) â actress
- Walter Matthau (1920âÂÂ2000) â actor
- Sam Mattis (born 1994) â Olympic discus thrower
- Loretta Mazza (born 1957) â Sammarinese politician, mayor of Acquaviva (2009âÂÂ2013)
- Margherita Wood McCandlish (1892âÂÂ1954) â former First Lady of Guam, born in New York City
- Joe McCarthy (born 2001) â rugby union player
- John McCloskey (1810âÂÂ1885) â cardinal archbishop of New York, 1864âÂÂ1885
- Frank McCourt (1930âÂÂ2009) â author (raised in Ireland, returned later in life)
- Malachy McCourt (1931âÂÂ2024)author (raised in Ireland, returned later in life)
- Darryl "DMC" McDaniels (born 1964) â rapper, member of Run-DMC
- Ralph McDaniels (born 1959) â radio and television personality, host of Video Music Box
- Oisin McEntee (born 2001) Irish soccer player
- John C. McGinley (born 1959) â actor
- Allie McGuire (born 1951)professional basketball player
- Triston McKenzie (born 1997) â MLB pitcher
- Kenneth McMillan (1932âÂÂ1989) â actor
- Audrey Meadows (1922âÂÂ1996) â actress
- Anne Meara (1929âÂÂ2015) â actress and comedian
- Kay Medford (1916âÂÂ1980) â actress
- Gregory Meeks (born 1953)U.S. representative for New York
- Paul MeltsnerWPA-era painter and muralist
- Dave Meltzer (born 1959)pro wrestling journalist
- Herman Melville (1819âÂÂ1891) â author
- Bob Melvin (born 1961)Major League Baseball player and manager
- Daniel Menaker (1941âÂÂ2020) â writer and editor
- Bob Menendez (born 1954) â U.S. senator for New Jersey; the first sitting member of Congress to be convicted of being a foreign agent
- Grace Meng (born 1975) â lawyer and politician, Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee
- Yehudi Menuhin (1916âÂÂ1999) â violinist
- Idina Menzel (born 1971) â singer and actress
- Larry Merchant (born 1931) â boxing analyst and sportswriter
- Ethel Merman (1908âÂÂ1984) â singer and actress
- Helen Merrill (born 1929) â jazz singer
- Jenny B. Merrill (1854âÂÂ1934) â educator, author
- Robert Merrill (1917âÂÂ2004) â singer
- Debra Messing (born 1968) â actress
- Dan Meuser (born 1964) â U.S. representative for Pennsylvania
- Dina Meyer (born 1968) â actress
- Robert Miano (born 1942) â actor
- Stefano Miceli (1975) â pianist and conductor
- Al Michaels (born 1944) â sports broadcaster
- Lea Michele (born 1986) actress and singer
- Vera Michelena (1885âÂÂ1961) â actress, dancer, and singer
- Alyssa Milano (born 1972) â actress
- Sally Milgrim (1898âÂÂ1994) â fashion designer
- Adeline Miller (1777âÂÂ1859) â prostitute and madam
- Arthur Miller (1915âÂÂ2005) â playwright
- Dick Miller (1928âÂÂ2019) â actor
- Jarrell Miller (born 1988) â boxer
- Marcus Miller (born 1959) â bassist and composer
- Sienna Miller (born 1981) â actress
- Stephanie Mills (born 1957) singer, former Broadway star
- Andy Mineo (born 1988) â Christian rapper
- Sal Mineo (1939âÂÂ1976) â actor
- Rachel Miner (born 1980) â actress
- Marvin Minsky (1927âÂÂ2016) â cognitive and computer scientist
- Lin-Manuel Miranda (born 1980) â musical theatre writer and performer
- Andrea Mitchell (born 1946) journalist, NBC News
- John Joseph Mitty (1884âÂÂ1961) â Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco
- Isaac Mizrahi (born 1961) â fashion designer
- Gerald Mohr (1914âÂÂ1968) â actor
- Nancie Monelle (1841âÂÂ1903) â physician, missionary
- Aja Monet (born 1987) â poet
- Eddie Money (1949âÂÂ2019) â singer
- Lenny Montana (1926âÂÂ1992) â actor and professional wrestler
- Julie Chen Moonves (born 1970) â television personality
- Davey Moore (1959âÂÂ1988) â boxer
- Indya Moore (born 1995) â actress
- Mary Tyler Moore (1936âÂÂ2017) â actress, producer
- Melba Moore (born 1945) â actress, singer
- Michael Moorer (born 1967) â boxer
- Nicholas Montemarano (born 1970) â writer
- Tom Morello (born 1964) â guitarist
- Rita Moreno (born 1931) â actress
- Henry Morgan (1915âÂÂ1994) â radio and television personality
- Huey Morgan (born 1986) musician, radio DJ, songwriter, television personality
- Cathy Moriarty (born 1960) â actress
- Erin Moriarty (born 1994) â actress
- Gouverneur Morris (1752âÂÂ1816) â U.S. founding father; U.S. senator
- Vic Morrow (1929âÂÂ1982) â actor
- Joe Morton (born 1947) â actor
- Zero Mostel (1915âÂÂ1977) â actor, comedian
- Tommy Mottola (born 1949) â music executive
- DJ Muggs (Lawrence Muggerud, born 1968) â record producer and DJ, member of Cypress Hill
- Eddie Mustafa Muhammad (born 1952) â boxer
- Maria Muldaur (born 1942) â folk and blues singer-songwriter
- John Mulholland â documentary filmmaker, film historian
- Brian Mullen (born 1962) â NHL player
- Joe Mullen (born 1957) â NHL player
- Brennan Lee Mulligan (born 1988) â actor, comedian and gamemaster
- Gerry Mulligan (1927âÂÂ1996)musician
- Richard Mulligan (1932âÂÂ2000) â actor
- Robert Mulligan (1925âÂÂ2008)director
- Thom Michael Mulligan â actor
- Chris Mullin (born 1963) â basketball player
- Charlie Murphy (1959âÂÂ2017) â actor, comedian
- Chris Murphy (born 1973) â U.S. senator from Connecticut since 2013
- Eddie Murphy (born 1961) â actor, comedian
- James Murray (born 1976) â comedian, actor, author
- Yunus Musah (born 2002) â soccer player
- Bess Myerson (1924âÂÂ2014) â actress, model and politician
- Monti Rock III (1939âÂÂ2026) â Singer, Hustler, Entertainer and a hairdresser from Bronx, full name: Joseph Moses Montanez Jr.
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- James M. Nack (1809âÂÂ1879) â deaf and mute poet
- Jerry Nadler (born 1947) â U.S. representative for New York
- Larry Nagler (born 1940) â tennis player, 1960 NCAA Tennis Singles Champion and Doubles Champion
- Dominic Napolitano (1930âÂÂ1981) â Mafia caporegime
- Janet Napolitano (born 1957) â third US Secretary of Homeland Security
- Nas (Nasir Jones, born 1973) â rapper, songwriter, and entrepreneur
- Michael H. Nash (1946âÂÂ2012) â labor historian, librarian, and archivist
- Tonie Nathan (1923âÂÂ2014) â Libertarian Party political figure
- Sarah Natochenny (born 1987) â voice actress
- Lia Neal (born 1995) â Olympic swimmer
- Oscar Neebe (1850âÂÂ1916) â anarchist, labor activist, one of Haymarket bombing trial defendants
- Casey Neistat (born 1981) filmmaker, producer, YouTuber
- Haywood Nelson (born 1960) â actor
- Sean Nelson â actor
- Howard Nemerov (1920âÂÂ1991) â poet
- Sylvester Nevins â politician
- Sam Newfield (1899âÂÂ1964) â film director
- John Philip Newman (1826âÂÂ1899) â Methodist bishop
- Pete Nice (born 1967) â rapper, member of 3rd Bass
- Mike Nichols (1931âÂÂ2014) â comedian, film and theatre director
- Denise Nickerson (1957âÂÂ2019) â actress
- Harry Nilsson (1941âÂÂ1994) â singer-songwriter
- Nine (Derrick Keyes, born 1969) â rapper
- Cynthia Nixon (born 1966) â actress
- Joakim Noah (born 1985) â NBA center for the New York Knicks
- Jerry Nolan (1946âÂÂ1992) â rock drummer
- John Nolan (born 1978) â musician and singer
- Charles Nordhoff (1830âÂÂ1901) â journalist, descriptive and miscellaneous writer
- Dagmar Nordstrom (1903âÂÂ1976) â composer, pianist and singer; member of the cabaret singing duo the Nordstrom Sisters
- Siggie Nordstrom (1893âÂÂ1980) â actress, model and singer; member of the cabaret singing duo the Nordstrom Sisters
- Ed Norris (born 1960) â radio host
- Chris Noth (born 1954) â actor
- Geoffrey Notkin (born 1961) â TV science educator
- The Notorious B.I.G. (Christopher George Latore Wallace, 1972âÂÂ1997) â rapper
- Miguel A. Núñez Jr. (born 1959) â actor
- Carrie Nye (1936âÂÂ2006) â actress
- Laura Nyro (1947âÂÂ1997) â singer-songwriter
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- Al Pacino (born 1940) â actor
- Saul K. Padover (1905âÂÂ1981) â historian
- Josh Pais (born 1964) â actor
- Alan J. Pakula (1928âÂÂ1998) â film director, screenwriter, and producer
- Adam Pally (born 1982) â actor and comedian
- Joe Palma (1905âÂÂ1994) â actor and comedian
- Fanny Purdy Palmer (1839âÂÂ1923) â author, lecturer, activist
- Chazz Palminteri (born 1952) â actor
- Joseph Papp (1921âÂÂ1991) â theater producer, impresario, founder of The Public Theater
- Rob Parker (born 1964) â sportswriter, TV analyst
- Smush Parker (born 1981) â NBA player
- Cheyenne Parker-Tyus (born 1992) â WNBA player
- Lana Parrilla (born 1977) â actress
- Jason Patric (born 1966) â actor
- Glenn Patrick (born 1950) â NHL player
- Pastel Ghost (Vivian Moon) â musician, singer, songwriter, and producer
- Joe Paterno (1928âÂÂ2012) â football coach
- Floyd Patterson (1935âÂÂ2006) â boxer
- James Patterson (born 1947) â novelist
- J.N. Pattison (1839âÂÂ1905) â pianist, composer
- Sarah Paulson (born 1974) â actress
- Allen Payne (born 1968) â actor
- Alan Robert Pearlman (1925âÂÂ2019) â engineer, synthesizer manufacturer (ARP Instruments, Inc.)
- Lou Pearlman (1954âÂÂ2016) â music manager and scam artist, founder of Backstreet Boys and NSYNC
- Josh Peck (born 1986) â actor
- Jordan Peele (born 1979) â actor, comedian and filmmaker
- Jan Peerce (1904âÂÂ1984) â opera tenor
- Amanda Peet (born 1972) â actress
- Richard Pelham (1815âÂÂ1876) â blackface performer
- Claiborne Pell (1918âÂÂ2009) â senator from Rhode Island
- Francis L. Pell (1873âÂÂ1945) â architect
- Caroline Pennell (born 1996) â singer-songwriter, musician, and contestant on NBC's The Voice season 5
- Anthony Perkins (1932âÂÂ1992) â actor
- Osgood Perkins (born 1974) â filmmaker and actor
- Sam Perkins (born 1961) â NBA player
- Rhea Perlman (born 1948) â actress
- Ron Perlman (born 1950) â actor
- Harold Perrineau (born 1963) â actor
- Bernadette Peters (born 1948) â actress, singer
- Regis Philbin (1931âÂÂ2020) â actor, entertainer, television personality, and former host of ABC's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (1999âÂÂ2002) and Live! with Regis and Kelly (1983âÂÂ2011)
- Todd Phillips (born 1970) â filmmaker
- FafàPicault (born 1991) â soccer player who represented the United States national team and Haiti national team
- Justin Pierce (1975âÂÂ2000) â actor
- Lip Pike (1845âÂÂ1893) â baseball player, four-time home-run champion
- Bronson Pinchot (born 1959) â actor
- Ed Pinckney (born 1963) â NBA player
- Rick Pitino (born 1952) â basketball coach
- Stacey Plaskett (born 1966) â delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives for the U.S. Virgin Islands
- Galo Plaza (1906âÂÂ1987) â President of Ecuador
- John Pleshette (born 1942) â actor
- Suzanne Pleshette (1937âÂÂ2008) â actress
- George Plimpton (1927âÂÂ2003) â sportswriter
- Ethel McClellan Plummer (1888âÂÂ1936) â artist
- Lumi Pollack (born 2009) â actress
- Christopher Poole â creator of websites 4chan and Canvas Networks
- Pop Smoke (Bashar Jackson, 1999âÂÂ2020) â rapper
- Ted Post (1918âÂÂ2013) â movie and TV director
- Neil Postman (1931âÂÂ2003) â author, cultural critic
- Chaim Potok (1929âÂÂ2002) â author
- Bud Powell (1924âÂÂ1966) â jazz pianist
- Colin Powell (1937âÂÂ2021) â U.S. Army general and U.S. Secretary of State
- Gary Powell (born 1969) â drummer
- Joshua Prager (born 1949) â physician
- Priscilla Presley (born 1945) â actress
- Harold Pressley (born 1963) â NBA player
- Kelly Price (born 1973) â singer
- Damian Priest (Luis Martinez, born 1982) â professional wrestler
- L. Bradford Prince (1840âÂÂ1922) â politician who was governor of New Mexico Territory
- Prince Royce (born 1989) â singer-songwriter, actor
- Freddie Prinze (1954âÂÂ1977) â comedian and actor
- Tito Puente (1923âÂÂ2000) â bandleader
- Mario Puzo (1920âÂÂ1999) â author
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- Lily Rabe (born 1982) â actress
- Renee Rabinowitz (1934âÂÂ2020) â psychologist and lawyer
- Raekwon (Corey Woods, born 1970) â rapper (Wu-tang Clan)
- Bill Rafferty (1944âÂÂ2012) â comedian
- Angela "Big Ang" Raiola (1960âÂÂ2016) â reality television personality (Mob Wives and Big Ang)
- Manny Ramirez (born 1972) â MLB player
- Joey Ramone (1951âÂÂ2001) and Marky Ramone (born 1952) â punk-rock musicians
- Alex Ramos (born 1961) â boxer
- Michael Rapaport (born 1970) â actor, comedian, director
- Condola Rashad (born 1986) â actress
- Tubby Raskin (1902âÂÂ1981) â basketball player and coach
- Ray Ratkowski (born 1939) â football player
- Devin Ratray (born 1977) â actor
- Larry Ray (born 1959) â criminal convicted of sex trafficking, extortion, forced labor, and other offenses, sentenced to 60 years in prison
- Melissa Rauch (born 1980) â actress and comedian
- Lihie Raz (born 2003) â American-born Israeli Olympic artistic gymnast
- Karlie Redd (born 1973) â television personality, model and actress
- Alan Reed (1907âÂÂ1977) â actor
- Lou Reed (1942âÂÂ2013) â rock musician, songwriter
- Robert I. Rees (1871âÂÂ1936) â US Army brigadier general, AT&T executive
- Christopher Reeve (1952âÂÂ2004) â actor
- Christopher "Kid" Reid (born 1964) â rapper and actor
- Kareem Reid (born 1975) â basketball player
- Brandon Reilly (born 1981) â musician, guitarist, singer
- Carl Reiner (1922âÂÂ2020) â comedian, actor, director, author
- Rob Reiner (1947âÂÂ2025) â actor and director
- Estelle Reiner (1914âÂÂ2008) â actress and singer
- Paul Reiser (born 1956) â actor
- Charlie Reiter (born 1988) â footballer
- Remedy (Ross Filler, born 1972) â rapper
- Leah Remini (born 1970) â actress
- Ed Rendell (born 1944) â former mayor of Philadelphia, governor of Pennsylvania
- Peter Revson (1939âÂÂ1974) â race car driver
- Bebe Rexha (born 1989) â singer-songwriter
- Vincent Rey (born 1987) â football player
- Ving Rhames (born 1959) â actor
- Alfonso Riberio (born 1971) â actor, comedian, singer, television host
- Charles E. Rice (1931âÂÂ2015) â legal scholar, university professor
- Buddy Rich (1917âÂÂ1987) â jazz drummer
- DJ Richie Rich (Richard Lawson, born 1969) â DJ and record producer, member of 3rd Bass
- Renée Richards (born 1934) â tennis player
- Terry Richardson (born 1965) â fashion photographer
- Adam Richman (born 1974) â television host
- Kadary Richmond (born 2001) â college basketball player for the Seton Hall Pirates
- Burton Richter (1931âÂÂ2018) â Nobel Prize-winning physicist
- Don Rickles (1926âÂÂ2017) â comedian
- Kathleen Ridder (1922âÂÂ2017) â women's equal rights activist, writer, educator, philanthropist
- Robert Ridder (1919âÂÂ2000) â Ice hockey administrator and media mogul
- Joel Rifkin (born 1959) â serial killer
- Robin Riker (born 1952) â actress and book author
- Thelma Ritter (1902âÂÂ1969) â actress
- Joan Rivers (born Joan Alexandra Molinsky, 1933âÂÂ2014) â comedian
- Johnny Rivers (born 1943) â musician
- Melissa Rivers (born 1968) â actress and TV personality
- Brian Robbins (born 1963) â filmmaker
- Tim Robbins (born 1958) â actor
- Doris Roberts (1925âÂÂ2016) â actress
- Leon Robinson (born 1962) â actor
- Sugar Ray Robinson (1921âÂÂ1989) â boxer
- Chris Rock (born 1965) â comedian and actor
- Tony Rock (born 1974) â comedian and actor
- Laurance Rockefeller (1910âÂÂ2004) â conservationist and philanthropist
- Winthrop Rockefeller (1912âÂÂ1973) â governor of Arkansas
- Norman Rockwell (1894âÂÂ1978) â artist
- A$AP Rocky (born 1988) â rapper
- Nile Rodgers (born 1952) â musician, songwriter and record producer, member of Chic
- Alex Rodriguez (born 1975) â baseball player
- John Rogan (born 1960) â football player
- Al Roker (born 1954) â weatherman and television personality
- Sonny Rollins (born 1930) â jazz saxophonist
- Ray Romano (born 1957) â comedian and actor
- John Romita Jr. (born 1956) â comic book artist
- John Romita Sr. (1930âÂÂ2023) â comic book artist
- Saoirse Ronan (born 1994) â American-born Irish actress
- Igal Roodenko (1917âÂÂ1991) â civil-rights activist, pacifist
- Sean Rooks (1969âÂÂ2016) â basketball player and coach
- Kevin Rooney (born 1956) â boxer and boxing trainer
- Mickey Rooney (1920âÂÂ2014) â actor
- Eleanor Roosevelt (1884âÂÂ1962) â U.S. First Lady and human-rights activist
- Franklin Roosevelt (1882âÂÂ1945) â 32nd president of the United States
- Theodore Roosevelt (1858âÂÂ1919) â 26th president of the United States
- Alan Rosen (born 1969) â restaurant and bakery owner, and author
- Beatrice Rosen (born 1977) â actress (raised in Paris)
- Jeffrey Rosen â billionaire businessman
- Robert Rosen (1934âÂÂ1998) â theoretical biologist
- Sam Rosen (born 1947) â sportscaster
- Aaron "Rosy" Rosenberg (1912âÂÂ1979) â two-time "All-American" college football player, and film and television producer
- Ethel Greenglass Rosenberg â convicted spy
- Julius Rosenberg â convicted spy
- David H. Rosenbloom â author
- Christopher Ross (1931âÂÂ2023) â sculptor, designer and collector
- Nicole Ross (born 1989) â Olympic foil fencer
- Emmy Rossum (born 1986) â actress
- Veronica Roth (born 1988) â novelist
- Royal Flush (Ramel Govantes, born 1975) â rapper
- Mercedes Ruehl (born 1948) â actress
- Vic Ruggiero â ska musician frontman of The Slackers
- Maelo Ruiz (born 1966) â salsa singer
- Louis Rukeyser (1933âÂÂ2006) â business columnist, economic commentator
- Charles E. Rushmore (1857âÂÂ1931) â businessman and attorney, namesake of Mount Rushmore
- Frank Russek (1875/1876âÂÂ1948) â Polish-born American co-founder of the Russeks department store chain
- Damien Russell (born 1970) â NFL player
- Gianni Russo (born 1943) â actor, singer, and restaurateur
- James Russo (born 1953) â actor
- Art Rust Jr. (1927âÂÂ2010) â sportscaster
- Amy Ryan (born 1968) â actress
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- Benny Safdie (born 1986) â filmmaker and actor
- Josh Safdie (born 1984) â filmmaker
- Carl Sagan (1934âÂÂ1996) â physicist and astronomer
- Boris Said (born 1962) â NASCAR driver
- Theresa Saldana (1954âÂÂ2016) â actress
- Zoe Saldaña (born 1978) â actress
- J. D. Salinger (1919âÂÂ2010) â author
- Jonas Salk (1914âÂÂ1995) â medical researcher
- John Salley (born 1964) â basketball player
- Jerry Saltz (born 1951) â art critic and art historian
- Jennifer San Marco (1961âÂÂ2006) â mass murderer
- Claudio Sanchez (born 1978) â musician
- Bernie Sanders (born 1941) â U.S. senator for Vermont and major two-time presidential candidate
- Metta Sandiford-Artest (born 1979) â NBA player
- Adam Sandler (born 1966) â actor, comedian
- Merlin Santana (1976âÂÂ2002) â actor
- Saundra Santiago (born 1957) â actress
- Reni Santoni (1938âÂÂ2020) â actor
- Romeo Santos (born 1981) â singer-songwriter, actor, and record producer
- Mia Sara (born 1967) â actress
- Dennis Sarfate (born 1981) â professional baseball player
- Dustin Satloff â entrepreneur
- Camille Saviola (1950âÂÂ2021) â actress
- Francesco Scavullo (1921âÂÂ2004) â photographer
- Dick Schaap (1934âÂÂ2001) â journalist
- Jeremy Schaap (born 1969) â journalist
- Dolph Schayes (1928âÂÂ2015) â NBA player and coach
- Vincent Schiavelli (1948âÂÂ2005) â actor and food writer
- Harvey Schiller (born 1940) â sports and business executive
- Lawrence Schiller (born 1936) â photojournalist and film producer
- Steve Schirripa (born 1957) â actor
- Leonard Schleifer (born 1952) â scientist and business executive
- Julian Schnabel (born 1951) â artist and motion picture director
- Noah Schnapp (born 2004) â actor
- Mathieu Schneider (born 1969) â hockey player
- Sandra Schnur (1955âÂÂ1994) â disability-rights activist
- Andy Schor (born 1975) â member of the Michigan House of Representatives
- Bitty Schram (born 1968) â actress
- Loretta Schrijver (born 1956) â Dutch television host
- Rick Schroder (born 1970) â actor
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz (born 1966) â U.S. representative for Florida
- Freddy Schuman (1925âÂÂ2010) â superfan of the New York Yankees
- Amy Schumer (born 1981) â actress and comedian
- Chuck Schumer (born 1950) â U.S. senator for New York and House minority leader; cousin of Amy Schumer
- Ben Schwartz (born 1981) â actor and comedian
- Julius Schwartz (1915âÂÂ2004) â comic book editor
- David Schwimmer (born 1966) â actor
- Annabella Sciorra (born 1960) â actress
- Catherine Scorsese (1912âÂÂ1997) â actress; mother of Martin Scorsese
- Charles Scorsese (1913âÂÂ1993) â actor; father of Martin Scorsese
- Francesca Scorsese (born 1999) â actress; daughter of Martin Scorsese
- Martin Scorsese (born 1942) â film director
- Mona Scott-Young (born 1967) â television producer (Love & Hip Hop)
- Lauren Scruggs (born 2003) â Olympic fencer
- Vin Scully (1927âÂÂ2022) â sportscaster
- Dante Sealy (born 2003) â soccer player who represented the Trinidad and Tobago national team
- Malik Sealy (1970âÂÂ2000) â NBA player
- John Sebastian (born 1944) â singer and musician, member of The Lovin' Spoonful
- Heriberto Seda (born 1967) â serial killer who copied The Zodiac Killer
- Jon Seda (born 1970) â actor
- Barney Sedran (1891âÂÂ1964) â Hall of Fame basketball player
- Kyra Sedgwick (born 1965) â actress
- Jerry Seinfeld (born 1954) â comedian and actor
- Julius Seligson (1909âÂÂ1987) â tennis player
- Edward Selzer (1893âÂÂ1970) â film producer, Warner Bros.
- Maurice Sendak (1928âÂÂ2012) â author and illustrator
- MC Serch (Michael Berrin, born 1967) â rapper and record executive, member of 3rd Bass
- Frank Serpico (born 1936) â retired NYPD detective and whistleblower
- John Serry Sr. (1915âÂÂ2003) â accordionist, organist, composer, and arranger
- Cynthia Propper Seton (1926âÂÂ1982) â novelist
- Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774âÂÂ1821) â founder of Sisters of Charity; first native-born US citizen canonized
- Ruth Seymour (1935âÂÂ2023) â broadcasting executive
- Tupac Shakur (1971âÂÂ1996) â rapper and actor
- Gene Shalit (born 1926) â film critic
- God Shammgod (born 1976) â NBA player and coach
- Frank Shannon (1874âÂÂ1959) â conservative political analyst, columnist, and candidate
- Judy Shapiro-Ikenberry (born 1942) â long-distance runner
- Al Sharpton (born 1954) â civil rights and social justice activist, founder of the National Action Network, Baptist minister, and radio and television personality
- Artie Shaw (1910âÂÂ2004) â bandleader
- Leonard Shecter (1926âÂÂ1974) â journalist and author
- Ally Sheedy (born 1962) â actress
- Emmet Sheehan (born 1999) â Major League Baseball pitcher
- Charlie Sheen (born 1965) â actor
- Jerry Sheindlin (born 1933) â judge and television personality
- Judy Sheindlin ("Judge Judy") (born 1942) â judge and television personality
- Art Sherman (born 1937) â horse trainer and jockey
- Norm Sherry (1931âÂÂ2021) â catcher, manager, and coach in Major League Baseball
- Brooke Shields (born 1965) â actress and model
- Kevin Shields (born 1963) â musician, member of the band My Bloody Valentine
- Talia Shire (born 1946) â actress
- Shyne (Moses Michael Levi Barrow, born 1978) â Belizean rapper and politician
- Daniel Sickles (1819âÂÂ1914) â Civil War general
- Gabourey Sidibe (born 1983) â actress
- William James Sidis (1898âÂÂ1944) â mathematician, rumored to have had an IQ of 250
- Bugsy Siegel (1906âÂÂ1947) â gangster
- Jules Siegel (1935âÂÂ2012) â author
- Maggie Siff (born 1974) â actress
- George Silides (1922âÂÂ2022) â politician and businessman, Alaska senator
- Beverly Sills (1929âÂÂ2007) â opera singer
- Lauren Silva (born 1987) â painter
- Ron Silver (1946âÂÂ2009) â actor and radio show host
- Robert Silverberg (born 1935) â author
- Dean Silvers â film producer
- Alan Silvestri (born 1950) â film music composer
- Carly Simon (born 1943) â singer-songwriter
- Neil Simon (1927âÂÂ2018) â playwright
- Richard L. Simon (1899âÂÂ1960) â businessman and publisher
- Danny Simmons (born 1953) â artist
- Diggy Simmons (born 1995) â rapper
- Joseph "Run" Simmons (born 1964) â rapper, member of Run-DMC
- Russell Simmons (born 1957) â record executive, founder of Def Jam Recordings
- Ray Simpson (born 1954) â singer, member of Village People
- Kaseem Sinceno (born 1976) â football player
- Bryan Singer (born 1965) â filmmaker
- Demi Singleton (born 2007) â actress
- Robert Sirico (born 1951) â Catholic priest, founder of Acton Institute
- Tony Sirico (1942âÂÂ2022) â actor
- John Slidell (1793âÂÂ1871) â senator from Louisiana and Confederate diplomat
- Lindsay Sloane (born 1977) â actress
- Elissa Slotkin (born 1976) â U.S. senator for Michigan
- Sherrod Small (born 1973) â comedian
- Al Smith (1873âÂÂ1944) â governor of New York and presidential candidate
- James McCune Smith (1813âÂÂ1865) â abolitionist
- Kenny Smith (born 1965) â NBA player and commentator
- Russ Smith (born 1991) â basketball player
- Stephen A. Smith (born 1967) â sports analyst and TV personality
- Will Smith (1981âÂÂ2016) â NFL player
- Jake Smollett (born 1989) â actor and cooking personality
- Jurnee Smollett (born 1986) â actress
- Patty Smyth (born 1957) â singer
- Dee Snider (born 1955) â singer-songwriter; front man of the heavy metal band Twisted Sister
- Wesley Snipes (born 1962) â actor
- Phoebe Snow (1950âÂÂ2011) â singer-songwriter
- Leelee Sobieski (born 1983) â actress
- Jesse Lee Soffer â actor
- Sombr â singer
- Stephen Sondheim (1930âÂÂ2021) â musical theatre composer and lyricist
- Barry Sonnenfeld (born 1953) â filmmaker
- Aaron Sorkin (born 1961) â playwright and screenwriter
- Mira Sorvino (born 1967) â actress
- Paul Sorvino (1939âÂÂ2022) â actor
- Talisa Soto (born 1967) â actress and model
- Sonia Sotomayor (born 1954) â United States Supreme Court justice
- Aries Spears (born 1975) â comedian and actor
- Phil Spector (1939âÂÂ2021) â record producer
- Mickey Spillane (1918âÂÂ2006) â author
- Joe Spinell (1936âÂÂ1989) â actor
- Howard Spira â gangster and gambler
- Eliot Spitzer (born 1959) â former governor of New York
- Marina Squerciati (born 1984) â actor
- Melissa St. Vil (born 1983) â boxer
- Sylvester Stallone (born 1946) â actor, director, screenwriter
- Sebastian Stan (born 1982) â actor
- Paul Stanley (born 1952) â hard-rock guitarist, singer and songwriter
- Barbara Stanwyck (1907âÂÂ1990) â actress
- Joe Start (1842âÂÂ1927) â Major League Baseball player
- Peter Steele (1962âÂÂ2010) â singer and songwriter
- James Steen (1913âÂÂ1983) â football player
- Jacob Steinmetz (born 2003) â baseball player
- John Sterling (born 1938) â sports broadcaster
- David Stern (1942âÂÂ2020) â lawyer and business executive, 4th commissioner of the NBA
- Howard Stern (born 1954) â radio and television host
- John Stevens (1715âÂÂ1792) â delegate to Continental Congress for New Jersey
- Alex Stewart (1964âÂÂ2016) â boxer
- Andrew Stewart (born 1965) â player of gridiron football
- Jon Stewart (born 1962) â writer, producer, political satirist, actor, television personality, comedian, and former host of The Daily Show (1999âÂÂ2015); born in New York City, raised in New Jersey
- Julia Stiles (born 1981) â actress
- Ben Stiller (born 1965) â actor and comedian
- Jerry Stiller (1927âÂÂ2020) â actor and comedian
- Henry L. Stimson (1867âÂÂ1950) â politician and diplomat
- Oliver Stone (born 1946) â film director
- Larry Storch (1923âÂÂ2022) â actor, comedian
- Steve Stoute (born 1970) â record executive
- Lee Strasberg (1901âÂÂ1982) â Polish-born actor, director, and theatre practitioner
- Susan Strasberg (1938âÂÂ1999) â actress
- Robert Strassburg (1915âÂÂ2003) â composer, conductor, musicologist
- Marcia Strassman (1948âÂÂ2014) â actress
- James Strauch (1921âÂÂ1998) â Olympic fencer
- Barbra Streisand (born 1942) â singer and actress
- Rod Strickland (born 1966) â NBA player
- Scott Stringer (born 1960) â New York City comptroller and borough president of Manhattan
- Jill Stuart â fashion designer
- Big Sue â shopkeeper and underworld figure
- Ed Sullivan (1901âÂÂ1974) â television variety show host
- Susan Sullivan (born 1942) â actress
- Tika Sumpter (born 1980) â actress
- B. J. Surhoff (born 1964) â MLB player
- Rich Surhoff (born 1962) â MLB player
- Leonard Susskind (born 1940) â theoretical physicist
- Bruce Sussman (born 1949) â lyricist and librettist
- Kevin Sussman (born 1970) â actor
- Keith Sweat (born 1961) â singer
- Alexa Swinton (born 2009) â actress
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- Shannon Tavarez (1999âÂÂ2010) â actress
- Vic Tayback (1930âÂÂ1990) â actor
- Teyana Taylor (born 1990) â singer-songwriter, actress, dancer, choreographer, director and model
- Veronica Taylor (born 1965) â actress, Pokémon
- Tazz (Peter Senercia, born 1967) â radio personality, color commentator and retired professional wrestler
- Sebastian Telfair (born 1985) â NBA player
- Alma Tell (1898âÂÂ1937) â stage and screen actress
- Olive Tell (1894âÂÂ1951) â stage and screen actress
- Chloe Temtchine (born 1982/1983) â singer-songwriter
- Studs Terkel (1912âÂÂ2008) â author and historian
- Richard Termini (born 1956) â musician
- Milton Terris (1915âÂÂ2002) â public health physician and epidemiologist
- Roy M. Terry (1915âÂÂ1988) â chief of chaplains of the U.S. Air Force
- Mark Texeira (born 1961) â comic book artist
- Vinny Testaverde (born 1963) â NFL player
- Irving Thalberg (1899âÂÂ1936) â film producer
- Eddie Kaye Thomas (born 1980) â actor
- Ianthe Thomas (1951âÂÂ2002) â author
- Leon Thomas III (born 1993) â actor
- Soren Thompson (born 1981) â two-time Olympic and team World Champion épée fencer
- Dominique Thorne (born 1997) â actress
- Johnny Thunders (1952âÂÂ1991) â rock musician
- Gene Tierney (1920âÂÂ1991) â actress
- Harry Tietlebaum â organized crime figure
- Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848âÂÂ1933) â artist
- Whitney Tilson (born 1966) â hedge fund manager, philanthropist, author, and Democratic political activist
- Dennis Tito (born 1940) â engineer, entrepreneur, and first space tourist
- Matt Titus â professional matchmaker
- Lil Tjay (born 2001) â rapper
- James Toback (born 1944) â screenwriter and director
- Isabella Tobias (born 1991) â Israeli ice dancer
- Lola Todd (1904âÂÂ1995) â silent film actress
- Bill Todman (1916âÂÂ1979) â game show producer
- Michael Tolkin (born 1950) â filmmaker and novelist
- Marisa Tomei (born 1964) â actress
- Jacob Toppin (born 2000) â NBA player
- Obi Toppin (born 1998) â NBA player
- Frank Torre (1931âÂÂ2014) â MLB player
- Joe Torre (born 1940) â MLB player and manager
- Gina Torres (born 1969) â actress
- Ritchie Torres (born 1988) â U.S. representative for New York
- Douglas Townsend (1921âÂÂ2012) â composer and musicologist
- Michelle Trachtenberg (1985âÂÂ2025) â actress
- Mary Travers (1936âÂÂ2009) â singer with Peter, Paul, and Mary
- Payson J. Treat (1879âÂÂ1972) â Japanologist
- Alex Treves (1929âÂÂ2020) â Italian-born American Olympic fencer
- Bernard Trink (1931âÂÂ2020) â columnist
- R-Kal Truluck (1974âÂÂ2019) â NFL player
- Barron Trump (born 2006) â son of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States
- Donald Trump (born 1946) â 45th and 47th president of the United States, businessman
- Donald Trump Jr. (born 1977) â businessman
- Eric Trump (born 1984) â businessman
- Fred Trump (1905âÂÂ1999) â real estate developer and philanthropist
- Ivanka Trump (born 1970) â businesswoman
- Kai Trump (born 2007) â social media personality, daughter of Vanessa Trump and Donald Trump Jr.
- Vanessa Trump (formerly Vanessa Haydon, born 1977) â model, ex-wife of Donald Trump Jr.
- Constance Tsang â filmmaker
- Michael Tucci (born 1946) â actor
- Barbara Tuchman (1912âÂÂ1989) â historian and author
- Richard Tucker (1913âÂÂ1975) â opera tenor
- Lola Tung (born 2002) â actress
- Gene Tunney (1897âÂÂ1978) â boxer
- John V. Tunney (1934âÂÂ2018) â U.S. senator
- Joe Turkel (1927âÂÂ2022) â actor
- Aida Turturro (born 1962) â actress
- John Turturro (born 1957) â actor and director
- Nicholas Turturro (born 1962) â actor
- William Tweed (1823âÂÂ1878) â politician
- Liv Tyler (born 1977) â actress
- Steven Tyler (born 1948) â singer, Aerosmith
- Cicely Tyson (1924âÂÂ2021) â actress
- Mike Tyson (born 1966) â boxer
- Neil deGrasse Tyson (born 1958) â astronomer, science communicator
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- Leslie Uggams (born 1943) â singer, actress
- Louis Untermeyer (1885âÂÂ1977) â poet, anthologist, critic, and editor
- Jimmy Urine (born 1969, also known as James Euringer) â singer, musician, songwriter
- Hikaru Utada (born 1983) â singer, musician
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- Michael Wachter (born 1943) â professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
- Stanley M. Wagner (1932âÂÂ2013) â rabbi and academic
- Josh Waitzkin (born 1976) â chess player, martial arts competitor, and author
- Christopher Walken (born 1943) â actor
- Adam Walker (born 1963) â football player
- Hezekiah Walker (born 1962) â bishop and gospel artist
- Jimmie Walker (born 1947) â actor and comedian
- Jimmy Walker (1881âÂÂ1946) â mayor of New York City
- Kemba Walker (born 1990) â NBA player
- Eli Wallach (1915âÂÂ2014) â actor
- Donald A. Wallance â industrial designer
- Fats Waller (1904âÂÂ1943) â jazz pianist
- Donnie Walsh (born 1941) â NBA coach and executive
- Jessica Walter (1941âÂÂ2021) â actress
- Rudolf Wanderone (1913âÂÂ1996) â professional pool player
- Charles B. Wang (1944âÂÂ2018) â businessman and philanthropist
- Vera Wang (born 1949) â fashion designer
- Julie Warner (born 1965) â actress
- Bree Warren â model
- Lesley Ann Warren (born 1946) â actress
- Raees Warsi (born 1963) â poet, journalist, and social worker
- Kerry Washington (born 1977) â actress
- Chaunté Wayans (born 1982) â actress and comedian
- Damien Dante Wayans (born 1980) â actor
- Damon Wayans (born 1960) â actor and producer
- Dwayne Wayans (born 1956) â director, producer, and writer
- Keenen Ivory Wayans (born 1958) â actor, director, producer, and writer
- Kim Wayans (born 1961) â actress
- Marlon Wayans (born 1972) â actor and producer
- Nadia Wayans (born 1961) â actress
- Shawn Wayans (born 1971) â actor and producer
- Dave Waymer (1958âÂÂ1993) â NFL player
- Timothy Weah (born 2000) â soccer player
- Michael Weatherly (born 1968) â actor
- Sigourney Weaver (born 1949) â actress
- Steven Weber (born 1961) â actor
- Brian Wecht (born 1975) â musician, producer for Ninja Sex Party and Starbomb, and member of Game Grumps
- Steven Weinberg (1933âÂÂ2021) â Nobel Prize-winning physicist
- Bob Weinstein (born 1954) â film producer
- Harvey Weinstein (born 1952) â film producer and convicted sex offender
- Jerry Weintraub (1937âÂÂ2015) â film producer and talent manager
- Gabriel P. Weisberg (born 1942) â art historian
- Malina Weissman (born 2003) â actress
- Tuesday Weld (born 1943) â actress
- T. Tileston Wells (1865âÂÂ1946) â attorney and the Romanian Consul General
- Sheck Wes (born 1998) â rapper
- Leslie West (1945âÂÂ2020) â rock musician
- Mae West (1893âÂÂ1980) â actress
- Nathanael West (1903âÂÂ1940) â author
- Yael Averbuch West (born 1986) â soccer player and sports executive
- Merritt Wever (born 1980) â actress
- Edith Wharton (1862âÂÂ1937) â author
- Joss Whedon (born 1964) â writer, director, producer, and composer
- Maggie Wheeler (born 1961) â actress
- Sahvir Wheeler (born 2001) â basketball player
- Jeremy Allen White (born 1991) â actor
- Michael Jai White (born 1967) â actor and martial artist
- Sheldon Whitehouse (born 1955) â U.S. senator for Rhode Island
- Billy Whitlock â blackface performer
- Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875âÂÂ1942) â sculptor and art patron
- Edward W. Whitson (1849âÂÂ?) â Wisconsin state assemblyman
- Marion Wiesel (1931âÂÂ2025) â Austrian-American Holocaust survivor, humanitarian, and translator
- Matthew Wilder (born 1953) â singer and musician
- Lenny Wilkens (1937âÂÂ2025) â basketball player and coach
- Charles Wilkes (1798âÂÂ1877) â naval officer and explorer
- Billy Dee Williams (born 1937) â actor
- Cara Williams (1925âÂÂ2021) â actress
- Clarence Williams III (1939âÂÂ2021) â actor
- Hype Williams (born 1970) â music video and film director
- Michael K. Williams (1966âÂÂ2021) â actor
- Vanessa E. Williams (born 1963) â actress
- Vanessa L. Williams (born 1963) â singer and actress
- Zelda Williams (born 1989) â actress and filmmaker, daughter of Robin Williams
- George Willig (AKA "The Human Fly" born 1949) â mountain-climber famous for climbing 2 World Trade Center in 1977
- Debra Wilson (born 1962) â actress and comedian
- Walter Winchell (1897âÂÂ1972) â newspaper and radio gossip commentator
- Harry Winitsky (1898âÂÂ1939) â political activist; founding member of the Communist Party USA
- Henry Winkler (born 1945) â actor
- Irwin Winkler (born 1931) â film producer and director
- Dean Winters (born 1964) â actor
- Mike Witteck (1964âÂÂ1990) â football player
- Ira Wolfert (1908âÂÂ1997) â war correspondent and writer
- Matthew Wolff (born 1990) â graphic designer
- Bokeem Woodbine (born 1973) â actor
- Lorande Loss Woodruff (1879âÂÂ1947) â biologist
- Deborah Ann Woll (born 1985) â actress
- Jamal Woolard (born 1975) â actor and rapper
- George Worth, born György Woittitz (1915âÂÂ2006) â Olympic medalist saber fencer
- Dorsey Wright (born 1957) â actor
- James Hood Wright (1836âÂÂ1894) â businessman
- Michael Wright (born 1956) â actor
- N'Bushe Wright (born 1969) â actress
- Tanisha Wright (born 1983) â former WNBA player and WNBA head coach
- William H. H. Wroe (1831âÂÂ1897) â member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- Jason Wu (born 1982) â fashion designer
- Charles Wuorinen (1938âÂÂ2020) â composer
X
- X1 (Bruce Sandlin, 1979âÂÂ2007) â rapper
- Xaviersobased (born 2003) â rapper, producer
Y
Z
Non-native New Yorkers
These people were not born or adopted in New York City, and were raised elsewhere, but are well known for living in New York City.
A
- William Adams (1807âÂÂ1880) â academic and clergyman; founder and president of the Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York; born in Connecticut
- Samuel Adler (1809âÂÂ1891) â rabbi; born in Worms, Germany
- Frederick Styles Agate (1803âÂÂ1844) â painter; born in England
- Thomas Peter Akers (1828âÂÂ1877) â vice president of the gold board; born in Knox County, Ohio
- Richard S. Aldrich (1884âÂÂ1941) â U.S. representative from Rhode Island, practiced law in New York City
- Jason Alexander (born 1959) â actor; born in Newark, New Jersey
- Reytory Angola (âÂÂ1689) â woman from Angola brought to New Amsterdam as a slave, later became a free landowner
- Jennifer Aniston (born 1969) â actress; born in Sherman Oaks, California
- Lisa Ann (born 1972) â pornographic actress, born in Pennsylvania
- Betsy Arakawa (1959âÂÂ2025) â musician, pianist, born in Honolulu, Hawaii
- Chester A. Arthur (1829âÂÂ1886) â U.S. president; born in Fairfield, Vermont
- Isaac Asimov (1920âÂÂ1992) â author; born in Petrovichi, Russian SFSR
- John Jacob Astor (1763âÂÂ1848) â first multimillionaire of U.S.; born in Germany
B
- Lucille Ball (1911âÂÂ1989) â comedian, actress, born in Jamestown, New York
- Drew Barrymore (born 1975) â actress and host of The Drew Barrymore Show, born in Culver City, California
- Count Basie (1904âÂÂ1984) â jazz pianist and band leader, born in Red Bank, New Jersey
- William Basinski (born 1958) â avant-garde composter, born in Austin, Texas
- Laura Joyce Bell (1854âÂÂ1904) â contralto, wife of Digby Bell, born in London, England
- Irving Berlin (1888âÂÂ1989) â composer, lyricist, born in Russia
- Leonard Bernstein (1918âÂÂ1990) â conductor, born in Lawrence, Massachusetts
- Lewis Black (born 1948) â comedian, born in Silver Spring, Maryland
- C. L. Blood (1835âÂÂ1908) â physician
- Michael Bloomberg (born 1942) â businessman and mayor, born in Boston, Massachusetts
- Mary Booze (1878âÂÂ1955) â first African-American woman to sit on the Republican National Committee, 1924âÂÂ1948; moved to New York from Mound Bayou, Mississippi
- David Bowie (1947âÂÂ2016) â English musician, actor, artist, born in London, England
- Marlon Brando Jr. (1924âÂÂ2004) â actor, born in Omaha, Nebraska
- Brandy (born 1979) â singer, born in McComb, Mississippi
- Hugh Brannum (1910âÂÂ1987), actor, he played the role of Mr. Green Jeans on Captain Kangaroo, born in Sandwich, Illinois
- Lottie Briscoe (1883âÂÂ1950) â stage and silent film actress, born in St. Louis, Missouri
- Tom Brokaw (born 1940) â television journalist, born in Webster, South Dakota
- Orestes Brownson (1803âÂÂ1876) â writer, abolitionist, pro-labor reformer, Catholic apologist, born in Stockbridge, Vermont
- Ruth Buzzi (1936âÂÂ2025), actress, comedian, singer, born in Westerly, Rhode Island
- David Byrne (born 1952) â musician, born in Dumbarton, Scotland
C
- Antón Cabaleiro (born 1977) â visual artist born in Spain
- Sid Caesar (1922âÂÂ2014) â comedian and actor, born in Yonkers
- Mariah Carey (born 1969) â singer, born in Huntington, New York
- Wendy Carlos (born 1939) â musician, born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island
- Stokely Carmichael (1941âÂÂ1998) â political activist, born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
- Art Carney (1918âÂÂ2003) â actor, born in Mount Vernon, New York
- Enrico Caruso (1873âÂÂ1921) â opera tenor, born in Naples, Italy
- Willa Cather (1876âÂÂ1974) â author, born in Back Creek Valley, Virginia
- Connie Chung (born 1946) â television journalist, born in Washington, D.C.
- Dick Clark (1929âÂÂ2012) â TV personality and producer, born in Mount Vernon, New York
- Kelly Clarkson (born 1982) â singer and host of The Kelly Clarkson Show, born in Fort Worth, Texas
- Chelsea Clinton (born 1980) â daughter of President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, born in Little Rock, Arkansas
- DeWitt Clinton (1769âÂÂ1828) â senator and governor of New York, born in Napanoch, New York
- George M. Cohan (1878âÂÂ1942) â entertainer and songwriter, born in Providence, Rhode Island
- J. Cole (born 1985) â rapper, artist, born in Frankfurt, Germany
- Anthony Comstock (1844âÂÂ1915) â reformer, born in New Canaan, Connecticut
- Nanette Comstock (1866âÂÂ1942) â Broadway actress, born in Albany, New York
- Mark Consuelos (born 1971) â actor and host of Live with Kelly and Mark, born in Zaragoza, Spain
- Bill Cosby (born 1937) â actor and comedian, born in Philadelphia
- Billy Crawford (born 1982) â singer, born in Manila, Philippines
- Fanny Crosby (1820âÂÂ1915) â hymn writer, born in Southeast, New York
- Tom Cruise (born 1962) â actor, born in Syracuse, New York
- Bill Cullen (1920âÂÂ1990) â radio host, born in Pittsburgh
D
- Lorenzo Da Ponte (1749âÂÂ1838) â librettist to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and professor of Italian at Columbia University, born in Ceneda, Italy
- Varina Banks Howell Davis (1826âÂÂ1906) â wife of Confederate president, born in Mississippi
- Sylvia Day (born 1973) â author, born in Los Angeles
- Mike Dean (born 1965) â hip-hop record producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, born in Houston
- Mac DeMarco (born 1990) â singer-songwriter, born in Duncan, British Columbia, Canada
- Thomas E. Dewey (1902âÂÂ1971) â governor of New York
- Vin Diesel (born 1967) â actor
- Marlene Dietrich (1901âÂÂ1992) â actress, born in Berlin, Germany
- Joe DiMaggio (1914âÂÂ1999) â baseball player, born in California
- David Dinkins (1927âÂÂ2020) â former mayor of New York City, born in Trenton, New Jersey
- George Washington Dixon (1801âÂÂ1861) â performer, newspaper editor
- Frederick Douglass (1818âÂÂ1895) â abolitionist, born in Cordova, Maryland
- Francis P. Duffy (1871âÂÂ1932) â priest, World War I chaplain to 69th New York Infantry Regiment, born in Canada
- Kevin Durant (born 1988) â basketball player, born in Washington, D.C.
- Shelley Duvall (1949âÂÂ2024) â actress, born in Fort Worth, Texas
- Bob Dylan (born 1941) â singer-songwriter, born in Duluth, Minnesota
E
- Wilberforce Eames (1855âÂÂ1937) â bibliographer and librarian, born in Newark, New Jersey
- Buddy Ebsen (1908âÂÂ2003) â actor, dancer, played roles on The Beverly Hillbillies and Barnaby Jones television series, born in Belleville, Illinois
- Edward Egan (1932âÂÂ2015) â cardinal archbishop of New York, born in Oak Park, Illinois
- Adriano Espaillat (born 1954) â U.S. representative from New York, former New York state senator and New York state assemblyman
- Patrick Ewing (born 1962) â former NBA All-Star center, born in Jamaica
F
- Lee Falk (1911âÂÂ1999) â cartoonist, born in St. Louis
- Barbara Feldon (born 1933) â writer and retired actress
- Millard Fillmore (1800âÂÂ1874) â U.S. president, born in Summerhill, New York
- Bobby Fischer (1943âÂÂ2008) â chess champion, born in Chicago
- Carrie Fisher (1956âÂÂ2016) â actress, born in Burbank, California
- Ella Fitzgerald (1917âÂÂ1996) â jazz singer, born in Newport News, Virginia
- Barthold Fles (1902âÂÂ1989) â Dutch-born literary agent
- Jake Flores â comedian
- Steve Forbes (born 1947) â publisher, born in Morristown, New Jersey
- Heather Foster (born 1966) â Jamaican-born professional bodybuilder
- Felix Frankfurter (1882âÂÂ1965) â associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, born in Vienna, Austria
- Morgan Freeman (born 1937) â actor, producer, narrator, born in Memphis, Tennessee
- Henry Clay Frick (1849âÂÂ1919) â businessman, born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
G
- Dave Gahan (born 1962)Depeche Mode singer, born in Epping, Essex, United Kingdom
- Alberta Gallatin (1861âÂÂ1948) â stage and screen actress, born in Cabell County, West Virginia
- Greta Garbo (1905âÂÂ1990) â actress, born in Stockholm, Sweden
- Teri Garr (1944âÂÂ2024) â actress, born in Lakewood, Ohio
- Dizzy Gillespie (1917âÂÂ1993) â jazz trumpet player, born in Cheraw, South Carolina
- Mark Goddard (1936âÂÂ2023) â actor, attended American Academy of Dramatic Arts, played the role Derek Barrington on General Hospital, born in Lowell Massachusetts
- Dan Goldman (born 1976) â U.S. representative from New York
- Miguel Gómez (born 1974) â photographer, born in Bogotá, Colombia
- Roger Grimsby (1928âÂÂ1995) â news anchor for KMOX-TV, KGO-TV, WABC-TV, WNBC-TV, and KUSI, born in Butte, Montana
- Savannah Guthrie (born 1971) â anchor for Today show on NBC, born in Sandringham, Victoria, Australia
H
- Bobby Hackett (1915âÂÂ1976) â jazz musician, born in Providence, Rhode Island
- Gene Hackman (1930âÂÂ2025) â actor, born in San Bernardino, California
- Thomas S. Hamblin (1800âÂÂ1853) â actor, manager of the Bowery Theater
- Alexander Hamilton (1755âÂÂ1804) â U.S. Founding Father, born in the West Indies
- Albert Hammond Jr. (born 1980) â rhythm guitarist of rock band The Strokes, musician, born in Los Angeles
- Mariska Hargitay (born 1964) â actress, born in Santa Monica, California
- Townsend Harris (1804âÂÂ1878) â first U.S. diplomat in Japan, one of the founders of the City College of New York, born in Sandy Hill, New York
- Harry Harrison (1930âÂÂ2020) â radio jockey host for WMCA, WABC, and WCBS-FM, born in Chicago, Illinois
- Randy Harrison (born 1977) â actor, born in Nashua, New Hampshire
- Deborah Harry (born 1945) â singer, actress, born in Union City, New Jersey
- Francis L. Hawks (1798âÂÂ1866) politician; priest, Episcopal Church; born in New Bern, North Carolina
- Carlton Hayes (1882âÂÂ1964) â history professor at Columbia University, U.S. ambassador to Spain, born in Afton, New York
- Ashton Hayward (born 1969) â former mayor of Pensacola, born in Pensacola, Florida
- Sherman Hemsley (1939âÂÂ2012) â actor, played the role of George Jefferson in The Jeffersons television series, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- O. Henry (1862âÂÂ1910) â writer, born in Greensboro, North Carolina
- Tommy Hilfiger (born 1951) â fashion designer, born in Elmira, New York
- Hal Hirshorn (1965âÂÂ2025) â painter and photographer, born in Philadelphia
- Herman Hollerith (1860âÂÂ1929) â inventor, born in Buffalo, New York
- Lester Holt (born 1959) â journalist and news anchor for the weekday edition of NBC Nightly News and Dateline NBC, born in San Francisco
- Ian Hornak (1944âÂÂ2002) â realist painter, born in Philadelphia
- Harry Houdini (1874âÂÂ1926) â illusionist and escape artist; born in Budapest, Hungary
- Matt Hoyle â photographer, previously lived in Los Angeles and Australia
- Langston Hughes (1901âÂÂ1967) â poet, born in Joplin, Missouri
I
- Kyrie Irving (born 1992) â basketball player, born in Australia, grew up in New Jersey
J
- Janet Jackson (born 1966) â singer, born in Gary, Indiana
- Jane Jacobs (1916âÂÂ2006) â economist, urban theorist, and activist
- Kamara James (1984âÂÂ2014) â Olympic fencer, born in Kingston, Jamaica
- Kevin James (born 1965) â actor, born in Mineola, New York
- Peter Jennings (1938âÂÂ2005) â television journalist, born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Derek Jeter (born 1974) â baseball player, born in New Jersey
- Weijia Jiang (born 1983) â reporter for WCBS-TV, now at CBS News in Washington, born in Xiamen, Fujian, China
- Paddy Johnson â art critic
- JonTron (born 1990) â YouTuber, co-creator of Game Grumps, born in Rancho Palos Verdes, California
K
- Gabriel Kahane â musician, born in Venice Beach, California
- Tim Keller (1950âÂÂ2023) â speaker, pastor, born in Lehigh, Pennsylvania
- Grace Kelly (1929âÂÂ1982) â actress, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Robert F. Kennedy (1925âÂÂ1968) â U.S. attorney general and U.S. senator, born in Brookline, Massachusetts
- Tom Kennedy (1927âÂÂ2020) â game show host
- Jack Kerouac (1922âÂÂ1969) â writer associated with the Beat movement
- Kiesza (born 1989) (full name Kiesza Rae Ellestad) â musician, dancer, and multi-instrumentalist, born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Lisa Kudrow (born 1963) â actress, born in Encino, California
- Howard Kyle (1861âÂÂ1950) â actor and founding member of Actors' Equity, born in Shullsburg, Wisconsin
L
- Kirke La Shelle (1862âÂÂ1905) â playwright and theatrical producer, born in Wyoming, Illinois
- Lachi â singer-songwriter, born in Towson, Maryland
- John Layfield (born 1966) â professional wrestler, born in Sweetwater, Texas
- Fran Lebowitz (born 1950) â writer and public speaker, born in Morristown, New Jersey
- Heath Ledger (1979âÂÂ2008) â Australian actor
- Amy Lee (born 1981) â singer, born in Riverside, California
- John Lennon (1940âÂÂ1980) â singer-songwriter, activist; has a memorial in New York's Central Park
- Ron Lundy (1934âÂÂ2010) â radio host and announcer for WNIX, WLOK, WUBR, KZQZ, WABC, WCBS-FM, born in Memphis, Tennessee
- Pierre Lorillard IV (1833âÂÂ11901) â tobacco manufacturer, born in Westchester County, New York
- Mike Lupica (born 1952) â journalist, novelist, sports writer, born in Oneida, New York
M
- Ralph Macchio (born 1961) actor, born on Long Island
- Ali MacGraw (born 1939) â actress, born in Pound Ridge, New York
- John Madden (1936âÂÂ2021) â NFL head coach and color commentator on CBS Sports, born in Austin, Minnesota
- Madonna (born 1958) â singer-songwriter, actress, director, born in Bay City, Michigan
- Earl Manigault (1944âÂÂ1998) â basketball player, born in Charleston, South Carolina
- Yisroel Mantel â Orthodox rabbi, born in Antwerp, Belgium
- Mickey Mantle (1931âÂÂ1995) â baseball Hall of Famer, born in Spavinaw, Oklahoma
- Dean Martin (1917âÂÂ1995) â singer and actor, born in Ohio
- Ricky Martin (born 1971) â singer, born in Puerto Rico
- Jackie Mason (1928âÂÂ2021) â comedian and actor, born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin
- Jan Matulka (1890âÂÂ1972) â painter, born in Vlachovo BÃ
ÂezÃÂ, Czech Republic
- Willie Mays (1931âÂÂ2024) â baseball Hall of Famer, born in Alabama
- Mike McAlary (1957âÂÂ1998) â Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, born in Honolulu
- Linda McCartney (1941âÂÂ1998) â photographer, wife of Beatle Paul McCartney
- Rue McClanahan (1934âÂÂ2010) â theater, television, and movie actress, born in Oklahoma
- John McCloskey (1810âÂÂ1885) â first American-born cardinal, born in Brooklyn
- John McEnroe (born 1959) â tennis player and TV commentator, born in Germany
- Zubin Mehta (born 1936) â orchestra conductor, born in Bombay, India
- Scott Mescudi (born 1984) â rapper, singer, songwriter, born in Cleveland
- Seth Meyers (born 1973) â comedian, actor, and television personality, born in Evanston, Illinois
- Adi Meyerson (born 1991) â jazz bassist, born in San Francisco, California
- Bette Midler (born 1945) â singer and actress, born in Honolulu
- Nicki Minaj (born 1982) â rapper and actress, born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
- Liza Minnelli (born 1946) â actress and singer, born in Hollywood, Los Angeles
- The Misshapes â DJs and party hosts
- Miyawaki (born 1990) â singer-songwriter musician
- Moondog (born Louis Hardin; 1916âÂÂ1999) â eccentric street musician and poet, born in Kansas
- Garry Moore (1915âÂÂ1993) â television show host and producer, born in Baltimore
- Rita Moreno (born 1931) â actress, singer, dancer, born in Humacao, Puerto Rico
- Fabrizio Moretti (born 1980) â drummer of rock band The Strokes, musician, born in Brazil
- John Pierpont Morgan (1837âÂÂ1913) â businessman, born in Hartford, Connecticut
- Michele Moses â philosopher of education, academic administrator
- Robert Moses (1888âÂÂ1981) â NYC urban planner and developer, born in New Haven, Connecticut
- Andrew M. Murstein (born 1964) â taxi executive, founder of Medallion Financial
N
O
- Soledad O'Brien (born 1966) â television journalist, born in Saint James, New York
- John Joseph O'Connor (1920âÂÂ2000) â Roman Catholic cardinal archbishop of New York, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Rosie O'Donnell (born 1962) â 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 (1929âÂÂ1994) â First Lady of United States, born in Southampton, New York
- Yoko Ono (born 1933) â artist and singer-songwriter, born in Tokyo, Japan
- Haley Joel Osment (born 1988) â actor, born in Los Angeles
- Hassan Ouakrim (1939/1940âÂÂ2025) â dancer, choreographer and art collector
- Ginny Owens (born 1975) â singer-songwriter, author and blogger, born in Jackson, Mississippi
P
- Charlie Parker (1920âÂÂ1955) â 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 (1841âÂÂ1890) â actor, witnessed Lincoln assassination (born in New York State, died in New York City)
- Natalia Paruz â aka the "Saw Lady", subway musician, born in Givatayim, Israel
- James Patterson (born 1947) â author
- Kira Peikoff (born 1985) â novelist and journalist
- Ronald Perelman (born 1943) â investor, owner of Revlon, born in Greensboro, North Carolina
- Itzhak Perlman (born 1945) â violinist, born in Jaffa, Israel
- Pauley Perrette (born 1969) â actress and singer, acted on NCIS, later owned Donna Bells Bake Shop in New York City, born in New Orleans, Louisiana
- David Hyde Pierce (born 1959) â actor, born in Saratoga Springs, New York
- Mihajlo Pupin (1858âÂÂ1935) physicist, born in Idvor, Austrian Empire
- Alban W. Purcell (c. 1843âÂÂ1913) stage actor, born in Wadsworth, Ohio
R
- Daniel Radcliffe (born 1989) â born in Fulham, London, England, United Kingdom
- Johnny Ramone (1948âÂÂ2004) â born on Long Island
- Ayn Rand (1905âÂÂ1982) â Russian-born novelist and philosopher
- Tony Randall (1920âÂÂ2004) â actor, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Susan Wu Rathbone (1921âÂÂ2019) â Chinese-born community leader
- Dan Rather (born 1931) â television news anchor, born in Wharton, Texas
- Raven-Symoné (born 1985)actress and singer; born in Atlanta
- Ryan Reynolds (born 1976) â actor; born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Kelly Ripa (born 1970) â actress and host of Live with Kelly and Mark, born in Stratford, New Jersey
- John D. Rockefeller (1839âÂÂ1937) â businessman, born in Richford, New York
- Richard Rodgers (1902âÂÂ1979) â composer, born on Long Island
- Andrew Rooney (1919âÂÂ2011) â CBS 60 Minutes commentator, born in Albany, New York
- Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882âÂÂ1945) â U.S. president, born in Hyde Park, New York
- Dräco Rosa (born 1969) â composer, singer, and actor, born on Long Island
- Damon Runyon (1880âÂÂ1946) â journalist and playwright, born in Manhattan, Kansas
- Babe Ruth (1895âÂÂ1948) â professional baseball player, born in Baltimore
- Winona Ryder (born 1971) â actress, born in Winona County, Minnesota
S
- Samia (born 1996) â musician
- Telly Savalas (1922âÂÂ1994) â actor, born on Long Island
- Menachem Mendel Schneersohn (1789âÂÂ1866) â rabbi, leader of Chabad hasidic movement, born in Nikolaiv, Russian Empire
- Patti Scialfa (born 1953) â singer-songwriter and guitarist
- Amy Sedaris (born 1961) â actress, writer, and comedian
- David Sedaris (born 1956) â comedian and writer
- Chloë Sevigny (born 1974) â actress, director, and fashion icon, born in Darien, Connecticut
- Jean Shafiroff â philanthropist and socialite
- Fulton J. Sheen (1895âÂÂ1979) â Catholic bishop, writer, television show host, born in El Paso, Illinois
- Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant (1881âÂÂ1965) â journalist, novelist, born in Winchester, Massachusetts
- Abraham Shiplacoff â Jewish-American trade-union organizer and left-wing political activist, born in Chernihiv, Ukraine
- Alana Shipp â American-Israeli IFBB professional bodybuilder
- Shontelle (born 1985) â singer and songwriter
- Ryan Shore (born 1974) â composer, songwriter, and conductor
- Bobby Short (1924âÂÂ2005) â jazz musician, born in Danville, Illinois
- Joel Siegel (1943âÂÂ2007) â film critic, born in Los Angeles
- Gene Simmons (born 1949) â musician, born in Haifa, Israel
- Paul Simon (born 1941) â singer-songwriter, born in Newark, New Jersey
- Frank Sinatra (1915âÂÂ1998) â singer and actor, born in Hoboken, New Jersey
- Upton Sinclair (1878âÂÂ1968) â writer, born in Baltimore
- Patti Smith (born 1946) â singer and poet, born in Chicago
- Joe Solomon (1930âÂÂ2023) â cricketer, born in Port Mourant, Berbice, British Guiana
- Kevin Spacey (born 1959) â actor, director, writer, producer, and comedian
- Regina Spektor (born 1980) â singer-songwriter, born in Moscow, Russia
- Francis Spellman (1889âÂÂ1967) â Roman Catholic Cardinal Archbishop of New York, born in Whitman, Massachusetts
- Bruce Springsteen (born 1949) â singer-songwriter, guitarist, and humanitarian
- Dylan Sprouse (born 1992) â actor, entrepreneur, born in Arezzo, Italy
- Elaine Steinbeck (1914âÂÂ2003) â actress, stage manager, born in Austin, Texas
- John Steinbeck (1902âÂÂ1968) â novelist, born in Salinas, California
- George Steinbrenner (1930âÂÂ2010) â New York Yankees owner, born in Bay Village, Ohio
- Wilhelm Steinitz (1836âÂÂ1900) â world chess champion, born in Prague, Czech Republic
- Martha Stewart (born 1941) â designer and television personality, born in Jersey City, New Jersey
- Sting (born 1951) â musician, born in England
- Emma Stone (born 1988) â actress, born in Scottsdale, Arizona
- Michael Strahan (born 1971) â actor, television personality, and retired football player, born in Houston
- Meryl Streep (born 1949) â actress, born in Summit, New Jersey
- Peter Stuyvesant (1610âÂÂ1672) â governor of New Netherland, born in Peperga, Netherlands
- Pat Summerall (1930âÂÂ2013) â NFL player and announcer color commentator for CBS Sports, born in Lake City, Florida
- Taylor Swift (born 1989) â singer-songwriter
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- Eva Tanguay (1878âÂÂ1947) â vaudeville singer and comedian, born in Quebec
- Maurice Tempelsman (born 1929) â Belgian-American businessman, born in Antwerp, Belgium
- Nikola Tesla (1856âÂÂ1943) â inventor, engineer and futurist, born in Smiljan, Austrian Empire
- Pankit Thakker (born 1981) â actor
- Samuel J. Tilden (1814âÂÂ1886) â presidential candidate, born in New Lebanon, New York
- Daniel D. Tompkins (1774âÂÂ1825) â U.S. vice president, born in Westchester County, New York
- Frederick Trump (1869âÂÂ1918) â German-born businessman
- Melania Trump (born 1970) â 45th and 47th First Lady of the United States and model, born in Novo Mesto, Yugoslavia
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V
W
- Rufus Wainwright (born 1973)musician, born in Rhinebeck, New York
- John Evangelist Walsh (1927âÂÂ2015) â writer and historian, editor of the Reader's Digest Bible
- Barbara Walters (1929âÂÂ2022) â TV journalist and personality, born in Boston
- Franklin W. Ward (1870âÂÂ1938) â Adjutant General of New York
- Dean Wareham (born 1963) â singer-songwriter, born in New Zealand
- Andy Warhol (1928âÂÂ1987) â artist, born in Pittsburgh
- Denzel Washington (born 1954) â actor, born in Mount Vernon, New York
- Debbie Weems (1950âÂÂ1978) â actress and singer notably on Captain Kangaroo, born in Houston, Texas
- Raquel Welch (1940âÂÂ2023) â actress and model, born in Chicago, Illinois
- Tahnee Welch (born 1961) â actress and model, born in San Diego, California
- Walt Whitman (1819âÂÂ1892) â poet and author, born in West Hills, New York
- Olivia Wilde (born 1984) â actress
- Barney Williams (1824âÂÂ1876) Irish-born comedian
- Jayson Williams (born 1968) â basketball player, born in Ritter, South Carolina
- Wendy Williams (born 1964) â media personality, host of The Wendy Williams Show, born in Asbury Park, New Jersey
- Kate Winslet (born 1975) â actress, born in Reading Berkshire, England
- Christopher Woodrow (born 1977) â movie producer, born in Syracuse, New York
- Jason Wu (born 1982) â fashion designer
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- Malcolm X (El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz; 1925âÂÂ1965) â American Muslim, civil rights activist
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