# List of people from Yonkers, New York

This is a list of notable people who were born in or have been residents of Yonkers, a city in Westchester County, in the U.S. state of New York, in the United States.

## Academia

* Herbert Benson (1935–2022), physician
* Daniel Carleton Gajdusek (1923–2008), physician and medical researcher; co-recipient of 1976 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
* John Howard Northrop (1891–1987), co-recipient of 1946 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
* Rudolph Schoenheimer (1898–1941), German-American biochemist
* Edwin Howard Armstrong (1890–1954), electronics pioneer

## Business

* Elisha Otis, inventor of the safety elevator and Otis Elevator Company
* Alexander Smith, founder of Alexander Smith & Sons Carpet Company
* Jay S. Walker founder of Priceline.com

## Entertainment

* Amanda Ayala, singer and musician
* Carlos Alazraqui (born 1962), actor, stand-up comedian and impressionist
* Joseph Alfidi (1949–2015), classical pianist
* Charlie Benante (born 1962), musician best known as the drummer for thrash metal band Anthrax, as well as crossover thrashband Stormtroopers of Death.
* Mary J. Blige (born 1971), R&B singer and Academy Award-nominated actress
* Sid Caesar, actor and comedian
* Cathy DeBuono, actress, psychotherapist, radio personality
* DMX (1970–2021), rapper, actor
* Ella Fitzgerald, singer
* Thomas Mikal Ford, actor
* Frances Foster, actress
* Michael Fox (1921–1996), character actor who played Saul Feinberg on the daytime soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful
* Joe Howard, actor
* Immolation, Death metal band
* Jadakiss, rapper, member of The LOX
* Ekrem Jevrić, Montenegrin singer, rapper
* Gene Krupa (1909–1973), drummer
* Clayton LeBouef (born 1954), actor
* Stagga Lee (born 1977), musician
* W.C. Handy, composer and musician
* Sheek Louch (born 1976), rapper, member of The LOX
* Linda Lovelace (1949–2002), star of 1972 "porno chic" film Deep Throat
* Richard Masur (born 1948), actor
* Cathy Moriarty (born 1960), actress who appeared in Raging Bull
* Outasight, singer, rapper
* Erik Palladino, actor
* Kevin Puts, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer
* Will Rahmer, musician
* Adam Rodriguez, actor
* Robert Shayne, actor
* Ice Spice, rapper
* Avery Storm, R&B singer
* Christine D'Clario, Christian singer
* Styles P, Rapper, member of The LOX
* Chip Taylor, songwriter (brother of Jon Voight)
* Paul Teutul, Sr., founder of Orange County Choppers and reality television personality on American Chopper
* Steven Tyler, musician, member of Aerosmith
* Bill Tytla, animator
* Jon Voight, Oscar-winning actor
* Tom Wolk, Hall & Oates session musician

## Military

* Joseph Stilwell, U.S. Army General during World War I and World War II

## Miscellaneous

* David Berkowitz (born 1953), serial killer known as the Son of Sam
* Leo Baekeland (1863–1944), chemist, invented Bakelite at his "Snug Rock" home and laboratory in Yonkers in 1907
* Felix Alderisio (1912–1971), mobster, bagman, hitman and burglar (Chicago Outfit)
* James Comey, director of the FBI
* Joan Donoghue (born 1956), lawyer, President of the International Court of Justice
* Rudolf Eickemeyer, Jr., photographer
* Ron Garan, astronaut
* Lewis Hine, photographer
* Ethel D. Jacobs, thoroughbred racehorse owner
* Henrietta Wells Livermore (1864–1933), women's suffragist leader
* Michaela Odone (c. 1930–1992, née Murphy), mother of Lorenzo Odone, for whom Lorenzo's oil is named.
* Larry Ray (born 1959), criminal convicted of sex trafficking, extortion, forced labor, and other offenses, sentenced to 60 years in prison
* Sally Regenhard, community activist
* Joe Ruback, license plate guy
* Barbara Segal, artist and stone carver
* Betty Shabazz, widow of civil rights leader Malcolm X
* Bernadette Thompson, celebrity manicurist and nail artist
* Joel Steinberg (born 1941), attorney convicted of manslaughter
* Adriaen Cornelissen van der Donck, (c. 1618, 1655)
* Samuel Untermyer, Prominent lawyer and civic leader known for bequeathing his Yonkers, New York estate, now known as Untermyer Park and Gardens, to the people of Yonkers
* Melanie White, jewelry designer

## Politics

* Antony Blinken, 71st United States Secretary of State
* William F. Bleakley (1883–1969), attorney, judge and politician who was the first Westchester County Executive.
* Alfred DelBello, former mayor of Yonkers
* Belle Moskowitz, reformer and political advisor to former Governor of New York Alfred E. Smith
* Mike Spano, Mayor of Yonkers
* Samuel J. Tilden, former governor of New York and winner of the popular vote in the disputed Presidential Election of 1876
* Nick Wasicsko, mayor during low-income housing controversy, 1988–1989; John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award runner-up
* Malcolm Wilson, former Governor of New York

## Sport

* Joe Avezzano, American football player and coach
* Rich Bisaccia, NFL coach
* James Blake (born 1979), tennis player
* Billy Burch (1900–1950), professional hockey player who was the first American-born player to win the Hart Trophy
* Dave Costa, NFL player, Saunders HS 1957–1959
* Jon Dalzell (born 1960), American-Israeli basketball player
* Doug DeWitt, professional boxer
* Tommy Dreamer, professional wrestler
* Ralph Goldstein (1913–1997), Olympic épée fencer
* Nealon Greene, professional football player (CFL)
* Sean Kilpatrick, professional basketball player
* Eddie Kingston, professional wrestler
* Allan Kwartler (1917–1998), sabre and foil fencer, Pan American Games and Maccabiah Games champion
* Joe Lapchick (1900–1970), basketball coach.
* Ryan Meara (born 1990), professional soccer player
* Larry Mann (1930–1952), NASCAR driver
* Joe Panik, professional baseball player
* Floyd Patterson, champion heavyweight boxer
* Eulace Peacock, track and field athlete who defeated Jesse Owens in sprints
* Vincent Richards, professional tennis player
* Steve Ridzik, professional baseball player
* Bill Roth, gymnast
* Brian Sweeney, professional baseball player
* Salvatore Tripoli, Olympic boxer
* Trill Williams, cornerback for the Miami Dolphins
* George Wright, baseball pioneer

## Writer/ journalist

* Mike Breen (born 1961), sports broadcaster
* Mary Calvi, news anchor
* Robert Celestino, writer and director
* Tiziano Thomas Dossena, writer, editor
* Tawny Godin, Miss America 1976, TV journalist (Tawny Little)
* Patrick Quinlan, author, activist
* Patricia Vaccarino, writer
* Frederick Joseph (author), author, activist
* Elsie B. Washington, author