# List of people from New York City

Many notable people were either born in New York City or adopted it as their home.

## People from New York City

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

### 0–9

* 50 Cent (Curtis Jackson, born 1975) – businessman and rapper
* 6ix9ine (Daniel Hernandez, born 1996) – rapper
* 22Gz (Jeffrey Mark Alexander, born 1997) – Brooklyn drill rapper

### A

* Aaliyah (Aaliyah Haughton, 1979–2001) – singer, actress and model
* Zaid Abdul-Aziz (born 1946) – professional basketball player
* Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born 1947) – basketball player
* George Abernethy (1807–1877) – first provisional Governor of Oregon
* Cecile Abish (born 1930) – sculptor
* Oday Aboushi (born 1991) – football player
* Ray Abruzzo (born 1954) – actor
* Bella Abzug (1920–1998) – Congressional representative
* Garnett Adrain (1815–1878) – member of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey
* Cornelius Rea Agnew (1830–1888) – ophthalmologist
* Eliza Agnew (1807–1883) – Presbyterian missionary
* Chris Agoliati (born 1951) – soccer player
* Christina Aguilera (born 1980) – singer
* Danny Aiello (1933–2019) – actor
* AJR (born 1990, 1994, and 1997) – indie pop trio and multi-instrumentalists
* Marv Albert (born 1941) – sports announcer
* Frank Alesci (born 1986) – soccer player
* Eva Allen Alberti (1856–1938) – dramatics teacher
* Alan Alda (born 1936) – actor
* Anne Reeve Aldrich (1866–1892) – writer
* Ira Aldridge (1805–1867) – stage actor
* William Alexander, Lord Stirling (1726–1783) – major general in the American Revolutionary War
* Davi Alexandre (born 2007) – soccer player
* Nancy Allen (born 1950) – actress
* Woody Allen (born 1935) – film director, actor and screenwriter
* Vincent Alo (1904–2001) – mobster
* Rafer Alston (born 1976) – basketball player
* Fernando Álvarez (born 2003) – soccer player
* Hamisi Amani-Dove (born 1974) – soccer player
* Lee J. Ames (1921–2011) – illustrator and writer; known for the Draw 50... learn-to-draw books
* Nicholas Ammeter (born 2000) – soccer player
* Trey Anastasio (born 1964) – rock musician, member of the band, Phish
* Kenny Anderson (born 1970) – professional basketball player
* Natalie and Nadiya Anderson (born 1986) – twins, television personalities; contestants on The Amazing Race and winner of Survivor: San Juan del Sur
* Charles Anthon (1797–1867) – classical scholar
* Carmelo Anthony (born 1984) – basketball player
* Marc Anthony (born 1968) – singer, actor
* Judd Apatow (born 1967) – producer, director, comedian, actor and screenwriter
* Fiona Apple (born 1977) – singer-songwriter
* Jacob Appel – (born 1973), short story writer, bioethicist, born in New York City
* Diane Arbus (1923–1971) – photographer
* Nate Archibald (born 1948) – professional basketball player
* Luis Argudo (born 1995) – soccer player
* Chris Armas (born 1972) – soccer player
* Edward Arnold (1890–1956) – actor
* Rosanna Arquette (born 1959) – actress
* Kenneth J. Arrow (1921–2017) – economist; recipient, 1972 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
* Beatrice Arthur (1922–2009) – actress
* Marilyn Aschner (born 1948) – professional tennis player
* William H. Aspinwall(1807–1875) – railroad promoter
* John Jacob Astor III (1822–1890) – businessman, member of the Astor family
* John Jacob Astor VI (1912–1992) – socialite and businessman, member of the Astor family
* Vincent Astor (1891–1959) – businessman and philanthropist, member of the Astor family
* William Backhouse Astor, Sr. (1792–1875) – businessman, member of the Astor family
* William Backhouse Astor Jr. (1829–1892) – businessman, racehorse owner, and yachtsman, member of the Astor family
* René Auberjonois (1940–2019) – actor
* Jake T. Austin (born 1994) – actor, model and writer
* Awkwafina (Nora Lum, born 1988) – rapper and actress
* Hassan Ayari (born 2002) – soccer player
* AZ (born 1972) – rapper, former member of the rap group The Firm
* Hank Azaria (born 1964) – actor
* Arcángel (born 1985) – rapper, singer-songwriter

### B

* Edwin Burr Babbitt (1862–1939) – actor
* Morena Baccarin (born 1979) – Brazilian-born actress
* Johnny Bach (1924–2016) – professional basketball player and coach
* Joey Badass (born 1995) – rapper
* Mohamed Bahi (born 1983/1984) – American-Algerian former Chief Liaison of New York City Mayor Eric Adams to the Muslim community.
* Nicholson Baker (born 1957) – novelist and essayist
* Emma Bailey (1910–1999) – auctioneer and author
* William Bliss Baker (1859–1886) – landscape artist
* Folarin Balogun (born 2001) – professional soccer player
* Azealia Banks (born 1991) – rapper, singer-songwriter, and actress
* Lloyd Banks (born 1982) – rapper
* Joseph Barbera (1911–2006) – animator, producer, director, MGM and co-founder of Hanna-Barbera
* Giuseppe Barone (born 1998) – soccer player
* Salvatore Barone (born 1995) – soccer player
* Drew Barrymore (born 1975) – actress and host for The Drew Barrymore Show
* Moses Michael Levi Barrow (born Jamal Michael Barrow; 1978), better known by his stage name Shyne, Belizean rapper and politician
* Arun Basuljevic (born 1995) – soccer player
* Bryan Bautista – Dominican-American musician, singer, and contestant
* Daniel Bedoya (born 1994) – soccer player
* Earl Beecham (born 1965) – football player
* Francesca Beghe
* Harry Belafonte (1927–2023) – singer-songwriter, activist, actor
* Bo Belinsky (1936–2001) – Major League Baseball player
* Aisha Tandiwe Bell – mixed media artist
* Tony Bennett (1926–2023) – jazz singer and musician
* Lillie Berg (1845–1896) – musician, musical educator
* Moe Berg (1902–1972) – Major League Baseball player and spy
* Milton Berle (1908–2002) – comedian
* Paul Berlenbach (1901–1985) – light heavyweight boxing champion, 1925–1926
* Pavel Bermondt-Avalov (1877–1973) – Russian-Georgian military officer and warlord
* Dellin Betances (born 1988) – Major League Baseball pitcher
* Acid Betty (born 1977) – drag queen
* Mario Biaggi (1917–2015) – decorated policeman and US Congressman
* Bipolar Explorer – dreampop band
* Raymond Ward Bissell (1936–2019) – art historian
* Mary J. Blige (born 1971) – singer
* Henry H. Bliss (1830–1899) – first recorded person to be killed by a traffic collision in the United States
* Joan Blondell (1906–1979) – actress
* Humphrey Bogart (1899–1957) – actor
* A Boogie wit da Hoodie (born 1995) – rapper
* William T. Bonniwell Jr. – Wisconsin and Minnesota politician
* Joseph Borelli (born 1982) – politician, conservative commentator
* Francis Bouillon (born 1975) – National Hockey League defenseman playing for the Nashville Predators
* John Boulos (1921–2002) – soccer player and National Soccer Hall of Fame inductee
* Matthew Bouraee (born 1988) – soccer player
* Barbara Boxer (born 1940) – U.S. Senator from California
* Kate Parker Scott Boyd (1836–1922) – artist, journalist, temperance worker
* Terrence Boyd (born 1991) – soccer player
* William Boylan (1869–1940) – first President of Brooklyn College
* James J. Braddock (1905–1974) – boxer (aka "Cinderella Man")
* Hermann Braun (1918–1945) – actor
* Sam Breadon (1876–1949) – president and owner of the St. Louis Cardinals
* Abigail Breslin (born 1996) – actress and musician
* Jimmy Breslin (1930–2017) – columnist
* Spencer Breslin (born 1992) – actor and musician
* Richard Bright (1937–2006) – actor
* Eben Britton (born 1987) – football player
* Matthew Broderick (born 1962) – actor and singer
* Action Bronson (born 1983) – rapper
* Mel Brooks (born 1926) – film director, screenwriter, actor
* Dario Brose (born 1970) – soccer player, coach, and 1992 Olympian
* Helen Gilman Noyes Brown – philanthropist
* Julia Brown – madam and prostitute
* Larry Brown (born 1940) – basketball player and coach
* Quincy Brown (born 1991) – actor
* Tarell Brown (born 1985) – football player
* Andrew Bryson (1822–1892) – United States Navy rear admiral
* William F. Buckley Jr. (1925–2008) – author and conservative commentator
* Sidney Jonas Budnick (1921–1994) – abstract artist
* Daniel Bukantz (1917–2008) – four-time Olympic fencer
* Oral Bullen (born 1983) – soccer player
* Salim Bullen (born 1984) – soccer player
* Robert John Burke (born 1960) – actor and firefighter
* George Burns (1896–1996) – comedian
* Steve Buscemi (born 1957) – actor
* Benjamin Busch – U.S. Marine Lieutenant Colonel and actor
* Jon Busch (born 1976) – soccer player
* Barbara Bush (1925–2018) – wife of George H. W. Bush
* Tom Byer (born 1960) – soccer player, coach, and writer
* Gene Byrnes (1889–1974) – cartoonist
* Michelle Borth (born 1978) – actress

### C

* Christopher Latore Wallace (The Notorious BIG) (1972–1997) – rapper
* James Caan (1940–2022) – actor
* Flávio Cabral (1916–1990) – muralist
* Adolph Caesar (1933–1986) – actor
* Leslie Cagan (born 1947) – activist and writer
* James Cagney (1899–1986) – actor
* Eddie Cahill (born 1978) – actor
* Edward L. Cahn (1899–1963) – film director known for the Our Gang comedies
* Sarth Calhoun – electronic musician
* Joseph A. Califano (born 1931) – Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
* Maria Callas (1923–1977) – Greek-American opera singer
* Cher Calvin (born 1974) – journalist
* Richard Camacho – singer, musician, member of Latin music band CNCO, Dominican-origin
* Anthony Camal – judo practitioner
* Christian Camargo (born 1971) – actor
* Brandon Cambridge (born 2002) – soccer player
* Knox Cameron (born 1983) – soccer player
* Sean Cameron (born 1985) – soccer player who represented Guyana
* Schuyler V. Cammann (1912–1991) – anthropologist
* Chris Canty (born 1982) – football player
* Jeimer Candelario (born 1993) – baseball player
* Al Capone (1899–1947) – Prohibition gangster, boss of Chicago Outfit
* Mae Capone (1897–1986) – wife of Al Capone
* Capone (born 1976) – rapper
* Francis Capra (born 1983) – actor
* Jennifer Capriati (born 1976) – tennis player
* Nestor Carbonell (born 1967) – actor
* Irene Cara (1959–2022) – singer-songwriter, dancer, actress
* Cardi B (born 1992) – rapper
* Benjamin Cardozo (1870–1938) – Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
* Michael A. Cardozo (born 1941) – Corporation Counsel
* Hugh Carey (1919–2011) – Governor of New York
* Timothy Carey (1929–1994) – actor
* George Carlin (1937–2008) – comedian
* Alan Carney (1909–1973) – actor, comedian
* Caleb Carr (born 1955) – novelist, military historian
* Eric Carr (1950–1991) – rock musician, songwriter
* John Carradine (1906–1988) – actor
* Máximo Carrizo (born 2008) – soccer player
* Julian Casablancas (born 1978) – lead singer of rock band The Strokes; musician
* Colin Cassady (born 1986) – professional wrestler working for AEW
* John Cassavetes (1929–1989) – actor
* DJ Cassidy (born 1981) – DJ, record producer, MC
* Richard S. Castellano (1933–1988) – actor
* Luis Castillo (born 1983) – football player
* Vinnie Caruana (born 1979) – musician, singer
* Phoebe Cates (born 1963) – actress
* Jose Ceballos – trade unionist, political campaign manager
* Kai Cenat (born 2001) – YouTuber
* Bennett Cerf (1898–1971) – publisher, TV personality
* Billy Cesare (born 1955), American football player
* Stanley Chais (1926–2010) – investment advisor in the Madoff investment scandal
* Pauline Chalamet (born 1992) – actress
* Timothée Chalamet (born 1995) – actor
* Jeff Chandler (1918–1961) – actor
* Frank Chanfrau (1824–1884) – actor
* James S. C. Chao (born 1927) – Chinese-American entrepreneur, philanthropist
* Harry Chapin (1942–1981) – singer-songwriter
* Roz Chast (born 1954) – cartoonist
* Paddy Chayefsky (1923–1981) – author
* Maury Chaykin (1949–2010) – actor
* Julie Chen (born 1970) – television personality
* Edmund A. Chester (1897–1973) – executive at CBS
* Thom Christopher (1940-2024) – actor
* Jennie Jerome Churchill (1854–1921) – mother of Winston Churchill
* Hansol Vernon Chwe – singer (member of pop group Seventeen)
* Peter Cincotti (born 1983) – singer-songwriter
* Andre Cisco (born 2000) – NFL safety for the Jacksonville Jaguars
* Robert Clohessy (born 1957) – actor
* Evan Cole (born 1961) – CEO of H.D. Buttercup
* Schuyler Colfax Jr. (1823–1885) – former Vice President of the United States
* Margaret Colin (born 1958) – actress
* Willie Colón (born 1950) – salsa musician, social activist
* Sean Combs (born 1969) – rapper
* Jennifer Connelly (born 1970) – actress
* Irv Constantine (1907–1966) – football player
* Evan Conti (born 1993) – American-Israeli basketball player and coach
* Hugh E. Conway (born 1942) – labor economist
* Terence Cooke (1921–1983) – seventh archbishop of New York
* Anderson Cooper (born 1967) – television journalist
* George H. Cooper (1821–1891) – United States Navy rear admiral
* Shaun Cooper (born 1980) – rock musician, bassist
* Lillian Copeland (1904–1964) – Olympic discus champion; set world records in discus, javelin, and shot put
* Francis Ford Coppola (born 1939) – film director, screenwriter, and producer
* Karla Cornejo Villavicencio – writer
* Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (born 1989) – U.S. Representative
* William R. Cosentini – mechanical engineer and founder of Cosentini Associates
* Ann Coulter (born 1961) – conservative commentator, writer
* Freddie Crawford (born 1941) – basketball player
* Peter Criss (born 1945) – rock musician, songwriter
* Billy Crystal (born 1948) – comedian, actor, director
* George Cukor (1899–1983) – film director
* Kieran Culkin (born 1982) – actor
* Kit Culkin (born 1944) – actor
* Macaulay Culkin (born 1980) – actor
* Rory Culkin (born 1989) – actor
* Jermaine Cunningham (born 1988) – football player
* Andrew Cuomo (born 1957) – Governor of New York
* Mario Cuomo (1932–2015) – Governor of New York
* Quentin Curry (born 1972) – landscape painter
* Valerie Curtin (born 1945) – actress, screenwriter
* Tony Curtis (1925–2010) – actor

### D

* Alexandra Daddario (born 1986) – actress
* Matthew Daddario (born 1987) – actor
* Chester Dale (1883–1962) – banker
* Charles Patrick Daly (1816–1899) – judge
* Robert Dalva (1942–2023) – filmmaker, editor
* Al D'Amato (born 1937) – politician
* Claire Danes (born 1979) – actress
* Rodney Dangerfield (1921–2004) – comedian
* Lloyd Daniels (born 1967) – basketball player
* Ron Dante (born 1945) – singer-songwriter, record producer
* Tony Danza (born 1951) – actor
* Bobby Darin (1936–1973) – singer-songwriter, entertainer, actor
* Candy Darling (1944–1974) — actress and Warhol superstar
* Jim David (born 1954) – comedian, actor, playwright
* Larry David (born 1947) – actor, writer, comedian, producer
* Pete Davidson (born 1993) – actor, comedian
* Marion Davies (1897–1961) – actress
* Al "Bummy" Davis (1920–1945) – boxer
* Sammy Davis Jr. (1925–1990) – singer, entertainer
* Dawin (full name Dawin Polanco; born 1990) – hip hop-R&B singer, musician, record producer
* Rosario Dawson (born 1979) – actress
* Clarence Day (1874–1935) – author and humorist
* Charlie Day (born 1976) – actor
* Dorothy Day (1897–1980) – Catholic social activist
* Lillian Day (1893–1991) – author and playwright
* Hal de Becker (1931–2021) – dancer and dance writer
* Bill de Blasio (born 1961) – Mayor of New York City
* Robert De Niro (born 1943) – actor
* Éamon de Valera (1882–1975) – Taoiseach (prime minister) and President of Ireland
* Philip DeFranco (born 1985) – YouTuber and video blogger
* Lana Del Rey (born 1985) — singer songwriter
* De La Ghetto (born 1984) – singer, rapper, songwriter, model,
* Samuel R. Delany (born 1942) – author and critic
* Don DeLillo (born 1936) – author
* Aaron T. Demarest (1841–1908) – carriage manufacturer
* Travis Demeritte (born 1994) – MLB player
* Derek Dennis (born 1988) – football player
* Jerry Denny (1859–1927) – Major League Baseball player
* Desiigner (born 1997) – rapper
* Willy DeVille (1950–2009) – singer
* Kevin Devine (born 1979) – musician, songwriter
* Artie Diamond – boxer
* Neil Diamond (born 1941) – singer, composer
* Mobb Deep – rappers
* John DiBartolomeo (born 1991) – American-Israeli basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
* Vin Diesel (born 1967) – actor
* August Dietrich (1858–unknown) – member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
* Maximilian Dietz (born 2002) – professional soccer player
* Meg Donnelly (born 2000) – actress, singer, dancer
* Vincent D'Onofrio (born 1959) – actor
* Shaun Donovan (born 1966) – former US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and Director of the Office of Management and Budget, candidate in the 2021 New York City Democratic mayoral primary
* Jim Dooley (born 1976) – composer
* Irvin Dorfman (1924–2006) – tennis player
* Phoebe Doty – prostitute and madam
* Amanda Minnie Douglas (1831–1916) – writer
* Kirk Douglas (1916–2020) – actor
* Robert Downey Jr. (born 1965) – actor, producer, singer
* Ervin Drake (1919–2015) – composer, producer, writer, musician
* DreamDoll (born 1992) – rapper, singer, songwriter
* Fran Drescher (born 1957) – actor
* Julia Louis-Dreyfus (born 1961) – actress
* Richard Dreyfuss (born 1947) – actor
* Eric Drooker – artist, illustrator
* Jim Drucker (born 1952/1953) – former Commissioner of the Continental Basketball Association, former Commissioner of the Arena Football League, and founder of NewKadia Comics
* David Duchovny (born 1960) – actor
* Patty Duke (1946–2016) – actress, activist for mental-health issues
* Lena Dunham (born 1986) – actress, screenwriter, producer, director
* Joseph Dunninger (1892–1975) – mentalist
* Bryant Dunston (born 1986) – American-Armenian basketball player
* Richard Dupont (born 1968) – artist
* Jimmy Durante (1893–1980) – actor and pianist
* Paul Dano (born 1984) – actor
* Jakob Dylan (born 1969) – singer
* Griffin Dunne (born 1955) – film producer

### E

* Dominique Easley (born 1992) – football player
* Gertrude Ederle (1905–2003) – swimmer
* Steve Edwards (born 1948) – news anchor
* Eddie Egan (1930–1995) – police detective
* Gladys Egan (1900–1985) – child actress
* Ned Eisenberg (1957–2022) – actor
* Jesse Eisenberg (born 1983) – actor
* Billy Eichner (born 1978) – actor
* Ansel Elgort (born 1994) – actor, singer, dancer, DJ
* Paula Eliasoph (1895–1983) – painter, printmaker
* Lapo Elkann (born 1977) – chief executive officer, Fiat
* Bill Elko (born 1959) – football player
* Margaret Dye Ellis (1845–1925) – social reformer, lobbyist
* Velena G. Ellis (1914-1971) - attorney and police officer
* Albert Elsen (1927–1995) – art historian
* Etika (1990–2019) – YouTuber, streamer
* Mario Elie (born 1963) – basketball player
* Duke Ellington (1899–1974) – jazz pianist
* Abby Elliott (born 1987) – actress
* Nora Ephron (1941–2012) – director, screenwriter, author
* Omar Epps (born 1973) – actor
* Theo Epstein (born 1973) – formerly the youngest general manager in MLB, currently President of Baseball Operations for the Chicago Cubs
* Eru (born 1983) – singer
* Elvis Crespo (born 1971) – singer

### F

* Peter Facinelli (born 1973) – actor
* Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (1909–2000) – actor
* Edie Falco (born 1963) – actress
* Jonah Falcon (born 1970) – actor and writer; achieved fame in early 2000s for his penis size
* Jimmy Fallon (born 1974) – comedian
* Doug E. Fresh (born 1966) – musician
* Peter Falk (1927–2011) – actor
* Tali Farhadian – former federal prosecutor and current candidate for New York County District Attorney
* Louis Farrakhan (born 1933) – leader of the Nation of Islam
* Perry Farrell (born 1959) – musician
* Alice Faye (1915–1998) – actress
* Charles Fazzino (born 1955) — pop artist
* Harry Feldman (1919–1962) – Major League Baseball pitcher
* Jack Feldman – lyricist
* Morton Feldman (1926–1987) – composer
* Julissa Ferreras (born 1976) – New York City Council Member, Finance Committee chair
* Richard Feynman (1918–1988) – theoretical physicist; recipient 1965 Nobel Prize in Physics
* Barbie Ferreira (born 1996) – actress (Euphoria)
* Harvey Fierstein (born 1952) – actor and playwright
* Hamilton Fish (1808–1893) – Governor of New York and U.S. Secretary of State
* Mickey Fisher (1904/05–1963) – basketball coach
* Herbert Flam (1928–1980) – tennis player
* Bobby Flay (born 1964) – chef
* Waka Flocka Flame (born 1986) – rapper
* Jeffrey Flier (born 1948) – Dean of Harvard Medical School
* Kay Flock (born 2003) – rapper
* Jane Fonda (born 1937) – actress
* Peter Fonda (1940–2019) – actor
* Hector Fonseca (born 1980) – DJ
* Malcolm Forbes (1919–1990) – publisher
* Davy Force (1849–1918) – major league baseball player
* Whitey Ford (1928–2020) – pitcher for the New York Yankees
* Adam Fox (born 1998) – professional ice hockey defenseman for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League
* Nikolai Fraiture (born 1978) – bassist of rock band The Strokes, musician
* Anthony Franciosa (1928–2006) – actor
* Aerin Frankel (born 1999), professional ice hockey goaltender for the Boston Fleet
* David Frankel (born 1959) – film director
* Al Franken (born 1951) – comedian and radio host, U.S. Senator from Minnesota
* Michael Freeman – inventor, entrepreneur, author, and business consultant
* Ace Frehley (born 1951) – guitarist
* Milton Friedman (1912–2006) – economist
* Eric Fromm (born 1958) – tennis player
* John Frusciante (born 1970) – musician, artist

### G

* Luis García – baseball player
* Gus Gardella (1895–1974) – football player
* Eliza Ann Gardner (1831–1922) – Abolitionist
* Alex Garfin (born 2004) – actor
* Art Garfunkel (born 1941) – singer-songwriter, actor
* Lexa Gates – musician and rapper
* Joe Gatto (born 1976) – comedian
* Lou Gehrig (1903–1941) – baseball player
* Sarah Michelle Gellar (born 1977) – actress
* Natalie Gelman (born 1985) – singer/songwriter
* Richard Genelle (1961–2008) – actor
* Marie George (1876–1955) – actress and singer
* George Gershwin (1898–1937) – composer
* Ira Gershwin (1896–1983) – lyricist
* Vitas Gerulaitis (1954–1994) – tennis player
* Tiffany Giardina (born 1993) – singer-songwriter
* Mel Gibson (born 1956) – American-born Australian/Irish actor and director
* Justin Gignac (born 1981) – artist
* Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933–2020) – Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court
* Issamar Ginzberg – business strategist, rabbi, motivational speaker
* Rudolph Giuliani (born 1944) – Mayor of New York City
* Charles V. Glasco – New York City Police Sergeant, most well known for his efforts to rescue John William Warde in 1938
* Jackie Gleason (1916–1987) – comedian, actor
* James Gleason (1882–1959) – actor
* Joel Glucksman (born 1949) – Olympic fencer
* The GoStation – indie rock group
* Whoopi Goldberg (born 1955) – comedian, actress, TV personality
* William Goldberg (1925–2003) – diamond dealer
* Daniel S. Goldin (born 1940) – NASA director
* Danielle Goldstein (born 1985) – American-Israeli show jumper
* Leon M. Goldstein (died 1999) – President of Kingsborough Community College, and acting Chancellor of the City University of New York
* Ben Goldwasser (born 1982) – member of the psychedelic-rock band MGMT
* Minetta Good (1895–1946) – painter and printmaker
* Richard Goode (born 1943) – classical pianist
* Cuba Gooding Jr. (born 1968) – actor
* Cuba Gooding Sr. (1944–2017) – singer
* Doris Kearns Goodwin (born 1943) – author
* Jared Gordon (born 1988) – mixed martial artist
* Kyle Gordon (born 1992) – comedian, singer, and YouTuber
* Leo Gorcey (1917–1969) – film actor and comedian, leader of the Dead End Kids, East Side Kids, and Bowery Boys in several movies
* Robert A. Gorman (born 1937) – law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
* Eydie Gorme (1928–2013) – singer
* Victor Gotbaum (1921–2015) – labor leader
* Gilbert Gottfried (1955–2022) – comedian and actor
* Elliott Gould (born 1938) – actor
* Joan Gould (1927–2022) – author and journalist
* David C. Gowdey (1841–1908) – politician
* Topher Grace (born 1978) – actor
* Sean Grande (born 1969) – television and radio sportscaster
* Rocky Graziano (born Thomas Rocco, 1919–1990) – boxer
* Benny Green (born 1963) – pianist
* Hank Greenberg (1911–1986) – Hall of Fame baseball player
* Milton H. Greene (1922–1985) – fashion and celebrity photographer, film and television producer
* Alan Greenspan (born 1926) – economist, Federal Reserve chairman
* Sheila Greenwald (born 1934) – author
* Adrian Grenier (born 1976) – actor
* Bill Griffith (born 1944) – cartoonist (Zippy)
* Melanie Griffith (born 1957) – actress
* Alfred Grossman (1927–1987) – writer and novelist
* Bob Guccione (1930–2010) – publisher
* Peggy Guggenheim (1898–1979) – art collector
* Mamie Gummer (born 1983) – actress
* Rajat Gupta (born 1948) – CEO of McKinsey & Company convicted of insider trading
* Jim Gurfein (born 1961) – tennis player
* Steve Guttenberg (born 1958) – actor
* Maggie Gyllenhaal (born 1977) – actress

### H

* Adelaide Hall (1901–1993) – jazz singer, Broadway star, actress
* Huntz Hall (1920–1999) – comedian, actor; co-starred in several Dead End Kids, East Side Kids and Bowery Boys movies
* Jimmy Hall (born 1994) – basketball player in the Israeli National League
* Mortimer Halpern (1909–2006) – Broadway stage manager
* Eddy Hamel (1902–1943) – Jewish-American soccer player for Dutch club AFC Ajax who was killed by the Nazis in Auschwitz concentration camp
* Pete Hamill (1935–2020) – journalist
* Marvin Hamlisch (1944–2012) – composer
* Armand Hammer (1898–1990) – industrialist and philanthropist
* Oscar Hammerstein II (1895–1960) – composer
* Han Terra (born 1982) – polymath
* Frank Hankinson (1856–1911) – major league baseball player
* Sean Hannity (born 1961) – television host, author, conservative political commentator
* Nelson Harding (1879–1944) – editorial cartoonist
* Edward W. Hardy (born 1992) – composer, musician and producer
* Donald J. Harlin (1935–2015) – Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Air Force
* Lynn Harrell (1944–2020) – cellist
* W. Averell Harriman (1891–1986) – diplomat and Governor of New York
* Zelda Harris (born 1985) – actress
* Maurice Harkless (born 1993) – NBA player
* Anne Hathaway (born 1982) – actress
* Marcia Haufrecht (born 1937) – actor, director, playwright
* Maya Hawke (born 1998) – actress, singer-songwriter and model
* Curt Hawkins (born 1985) – WWE wrestler
* Patrick Joseph Hayes (1867–1938) – fifth archbishop of New York
* Susan Hayward (1917–1975) – actress
* Rita Hayworth (1918–1987) – actress
* Anthony Hecht (1923–2004) – poet
* Ladislav Hecht (1909–2004) – Czechoslovak-American tennis player
* Max Hechtman (born 1997) – filmmaker, video editor and videographer
* Carol Heiss (born 1940) – Olympic figure skater (silver 1956, gold 1960)
* Joseph Heller (1923–1999) – author
* Alvin Hellerstein (born 1933) – U.S. federal judge
* Lance Henriksen (born 1940) – actor
* Brian Henson (born 1963) – puppeteer, director, producer
* Bernard Herrmann (1911–1975) – composer
* Elinore Morehouse Herrick (1895–1964) – labor–relations specialist
* Susan Hendl (1947–2020) – ballet dancer and répétiteur
* Nelson H. Henry (1855–1923) – member of the New York State Assembly, Adjutant General of New York
* Robert Hess (1935–2014) – sculptor, art educator
* Peter Cooper Hewitt (1861–1921) – inventor
* William Hickey (1927–1997) – actor
* Logan Hicks – artist
* Hildegarde (1906–2005) – cabaret singer
* Paris Hilton (born 1981) – socialite, actress
* Gregory Hines (1946–2003) – dancer and actor
* Judd Hirsch (born 1935) – actor
* Jack Hirschman (1933–2021) – poet and social activist
* Camomile Hixon (born 1970) – visual artist
* William E. Hoehle – member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
* Robert Hofstadter (1915–1990), physicist and Nobel laureate
* Eric Holtz (born 1965) – Head Coach of the Israel National Baseball Team
* Megan Hollingshead (born 1968) – actress, singer, broadway star
* Shaheen Holloway (born 1976) – basketball coach and former player, current head coach of the St. Peter's Peacocks
* Eli Holzman (born 1974) – writer, producer, and television executive
* Rio Hope-Gund (born 1999) – soccer player
* Lena Horne (1917–2010) – singer
* Edward Everett Horton (1886–1970) – actor
* Jay Horwitz (born 1945) – New York Mets executive
* Curly Howard (1903–1952) – actor of comedy team The Three Stooges
* Moe Howard (1897–1975) – actor of comedy team The Three Stooges
* Shemp Howard (1895–1955) – actor of comedy team The Three Stooges
* Steny Hoyer (born 1939) – "U.S Representative from Maryland's 5th district, 1981–Present"
* Tina Huang (born 1981) – actress
* Jon Huertas (born 1969) – actor
* Richard Hunt (1951–1992) – puppeteer and television director
* Tab Hunter (1931–2018) – actor
* Cornelia Collins Hussey (1827–1902) – philanthropist, writer
* Barbara Hutton (1912–1979) – socialite dubbed "Poor Little Rich Girl"
* Sarah Hyland (born 1990) – actress and singer

### I

* David Iacono (born 2002) - actor
* Scott Ian (born 1963) – guitarist for Anthrax
* Carl Icahn (born 1936) – financier and a special advisor during the Trump administration
* Tonya Ingram (1991–2022) – author, poet, and disability rights activist
* Washington Irving (1783–1859) – author
* John Isaac – photographer
* Ice Spice (born 2000) – Rapper

### J

* Wolfman Jack (also known as Robert Weston Smith; 1938–1995) – radio personality
* Jane Jacobs (1916–2006) – economist, urban theorist, activist
* Ken Jacobs (born 1933) – artist and filmmaker
* Jack Jersawitz (1934–2012) – Marxist Activist and Television Host
* Jon Seda (born 1970) – actor
* Marc Jacobs (born 1963) – fashion designer
* Henry James (1843–1916) – writer
* William James (1842–1910) – philosopher and psychologist
* Brenda Janowitz (born c. 1973) – writer and attorney
* Jaiquawn Jarrett (born 1989) – football player
* John Jay (1745–1829) – diplomat, jurist (including Chief Justice of the United States) and politician (including Governor of New York)
* Jay-Z (born 1969) – businessperson and rapper
* Karine Jean-Pierre (born 1974) – political campaign organizer
* Derek Jeter (born 1974) – former baseball player
* Charles Jenkins (born 1989) – basketball player
* Max Jenkins (born 1985) – actor and writer
* Ron Jeremy (born 1953) – pornographic actor, filmmaker, and comedian
* Ty Jerome (born 1997) – professional basketball player
* Jessi (born 1988) – rapper
* Jipsta (John Patrick Masterson; born 1974) – rapper
* MC Jin (born 1982) – rapper
* Billy Joel (born 1949) – singer-songwriter
* David Johansen (born 1950) – actor and singer-songwriter
* Jesse Lee Soffer – actor
* Scarlett Johansson (born 1984) – actress, singer, and producer
* Daymond John (born 1969) – entrepreneur
* Crockett Johnson (1906–1975) – cartoonist and children's writer (Harold and the Purple Crayon)
* Boris Johnson (born 1964) – British politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and former Mayor of London (2008–2016)
* Norah Jones (born 1979) – singer-songwriter and actress
* Jim Jones (born 1976) – rapper and record executive
* Julia Jones-Pugliese (1909–1993) – national champion fencer and fencing coach
* Michael Jordan (born 1963) – basketball player
* Lazarus Joseph (1891–1966) – New York State Senator and New York City Comptroller
* Colin Jost (born 1982) – comedian, actor, and writer
* William Joyce (also known as Lord Haw-Haw; 1906–1946) – Nazi propaganda broadcaster
* Spike Jonze (born 1969) – actor and filmmaker
* Francine Justa (1942–2016), activist and affordable housing advocate in New York City.

### K

* Elias Kane (1794–1835), served as the first Illinois Secretary of State from 1818–1822 and a United States Senator for Illinois from 1825–1835.
* Qurrat Ann Kadwani (born 1981) – actress and playwright
* Philip Mayer Kaiser (1913–2007) – U.S. diplomat
* Bob Kaliban (1933–2020) – actor, voice actor, and former president of SAG-AFTRA
* Abraham Katz (1926–2013) – diplomat, United States Ambassador to the OECD
* Andy Kaufman (1949–1984) – comedian
* Charlie Kaufman (born 1958) – screenwriter
* Danny Kaye (1911–1987) – actor and comedian
* Lenny Kaye (born 1946) – guitarist
* Thomas Kean (born 1935) – Governor of New Jersey
* Diane Keaton (born 1946) – actress
* Harvey Keitel (born 1939) – actor
* Bridget Kelly (born 1986) – singer
* George Kennedy (1925–2016) – actor
* Jacqueline Kennedy (1929–1994) – First Lady of the United States and editor
* Max Kennedy (born 1965) – writer and lawyer
* Tom Kenny (born 1962) – voice actor and comedian
* Jerome Kern (1885–1945) – composer
* Alicia Keys (born 1981) – singer-songwriter and actress
* Robert Kibbee (1921–1982) – Chancellor of the City University of New York
* Jimmy Kimmel (born 1967) – comedian and television talk-show host
* Carole King (born 1942) – singer-songwriter
* Larry King (1933–2021) – television talk-show and radio host
* Morgana King (1930–2018) – singer and actress
* Eddie Kingston (born 1981) – professional wrestler, currently signed with All Elite Wrestling
* Keith Kinkaid (born 1989) – professional ice hockey player
* Nancy Kissinger (born 1934) – philanthropist
* Calvin Klein (born 1942) – fashion designer
* Diana Kleiner (born 1947) – art historian
* Christopher Knight (born 1957) – actor
* John "Julius" Knight – music producer, DJ
* Miss Ko (born 1985) – rapper
* Ed Koch (1924–2013) – Mayor of New York City
* E. L. Konigsburg (1930–2013) – writer
* Peter Koo (born 1952) – politician and pharmacist
* C. Everett Koop (1916–2013) – physician
* Yaphet Kotto (1939–2021) – actor
* Sandy Koufax (born 1935) – MLB pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, perfect game pitcher
* Martin Kove (born 1946) – actor, known for The Karate Kid (franchise) as John Kreese in Cobra Kai
* Joey Kramer (born 1950) – drummer, Aerosmith
* Lenny Kravitz (born 1964) – singer-songwriter
* Gary Kreps (born 1952) – health and risk communication scholar
* Barbara Kruger (born 1945) – feminist artist
* Stanley Kubrick (1928–1999) – film director and screenwriter
* Bruce Kulick (born 1953) – guitarist
* William Kunstler (1919–1995) – lawyer
* Tony Kushner (born 1956) – playwright and screenwriter
* Allan Kwartler (1917–1998) – sabre and foil fencer, Pan American Games and Maccabiah Games champion
* Ray Kurzweil (born 1947) – author, inventor, and futurist

### L

* Lori Loughlin (born 1964) – actress
* David LaChapelle (born 1963) – photographer
* Lady Gaga (born 1986) – musician and actress
* Fiorello La Guardia (1882–1947) – Mayor of New York City
* Jesse Lacey (born 1978) – musician and singer
* Bert Lahr (1895–1967) – actor and comedian
* Veronica Lake (1922–1973) – actress
* Jake LaMotta (1922–2017) – boxer
* Burt Lancaster (1913–1994) – actor
* Martin Landau (1928–2017) – actor
* Diane Lane (born 1965) – actress
* Leo Laporte (born 1956) – founder/host of TWiT.tv
* Floria Lasky (1923–2007) – theater world lawyer
* Cyndi Lauper (born 1953) – singer
* Casey LaBow (born 1986) – actress
* Ralph Lauren (born 1939) – fashion designer
* Emma Lazarus (1849–1887) – author and poet
* Steve Lawrence (1935–2024) – singer and actor
* Derek Lee (born 1966) – baseball player
* Ivan Lee (born 1981) – Olympic saber fencer; banned for life by SafeSport
* Jeanette Lee (born 1971) – professional pool player
* Stan Lee (1922–2018) – comic-book writer, editor, film executive producer, actor, and publisher for Marvel Comics
* Madeleine L'Engle (1918–2007) – author
* Franz Leichter (1930–2023) – politician
* Melissa Leo (born 1960) – actress
* A. Leo Levin (1919–2015) – law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
* Huey Lewis (born 1950) – musician and singer
* Joe E. Lewis (1902–1971) – comedian
* Miranda Lichtenstein (born 1969) – artist
* Roy Lichtenstein (1923–1997) – pop artist
* Joe Lieberman (1942–2024) – former long-time U.S. Senator from Connecticut (1989–2013); 2000 vice presidential nominee under Al Gore
* Lil' Kim (Kimberly Denise Jones; born 1976) – actress and rapper
* Lil Tjay (born 2001) – rapper
* John Lindsay (1921–2000) – Mayor of New York City
* John Linnell (born 1959) – musician, one half of alternative rock duo They Might Be Giants
* Laura Linney (born 1964) – actress
* Liondub (Erik Weiss; born 1973) – DJ and record producer
* Deborah Lipstadt (born 1947) – historian and author
* Peggy Lipton (1946–2019) – actress
* Lisa Lisa (born 1967) – freestyle singer; fronted Cult Jam; born Lisa Velez
* John Liu (born 1967) – politician, 43rd New York City Comptroller
* Lucy Liu (born 1968) – actress
* Robert R. Livingston (1746–1813) – U.S. founding father and diplomat
* Daniel Lobell – stand-up comedian and podcaster
* Tommy Lockhart (1892–1979) – inductee into Hockey Hall of Fame, and United States Hockey Hall of Fame
* Robert Loggia (1930–2015) – actor
* Lindsay Lohan (born 1986) – actress and singer
* Tina Louise (born 1934) – actress
* Vince Lombardi (1913–1970) – football coach
* Mike Longabardi (born 1973) – NBA assistant coach
* Ki Longfellow (1944–2022) – novelist
* Jennifer Lopez (born 1969) – singer and actress
* Julia Louis-Dreyfus (born 1961) – actress
* Willie Lozado (born 1959) – baseball player
* Bennet Nathaniel "Nate" Lubell (1916–2006) – Olympic fencer
* Edna Luby (1884–1928) – Broadway and vaudeville performer
* Lucky Luciano (1897–1962) – gangster
* Sid Luckman (1916–1998) – football player and coach
* Sidney Lumet (1924–2011) – film director, producer, and screenwriter
* Frankie Lymon (1942–1968) – singer
* Carol Lynley (1942–2019) – actress
* Leslie Grace (born 1995) – Singer

### M

* Lil Mabu (born 2005) – rapper
* Alice Foote MacDougall (1867–1945) – coffee wholesaler, restaurateur, and business owner in the City
* John F. Mackie (1835–1910) Medal of Honor recipient
* Ruth Madoff (born 1941) – wife of Bernie Madoff
* Umber Majeed (born 1989) – visual artist
* Lil Mama (born 1989) – rapper and actress
* Sandro Mamukelashvili (born 1999) – professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs
* Bernard Malamud (1914–1986) – author
* Melissa Manchester (born 1951) – singer
* Barry Manilow (born 1943) – singer-songwriter
* Mike Mansfield (1903–2001) – Senator from Montana
* Bruce Manson (born 1956) – tennis player
* Stephon Marbury (born 1977) – professional basketball player
* James Margolis (born 1936) – Olympic fencer
* Rose Marie (1923–2017) – actress
* Romany Malco (born 1968) – actor
* John Marley (1907–1984) – actor
* Dean Marlowe (born 1992) – safety for the Buffalo Bills
* Constantine Maroulis (born 1975) – American Idol finalist
* Ernest Martin (born 1932) – theatre director and manager
* Melanie Martinez (born 1995) – singer-songwriter, actress, director, photographer, and screenwriter
* Marina Squerciati (born 1984) – actor
* Soraida Martinez (born 1956) – artist and designer
* John Martino (born 1937) – actor
* Sadie Martinot (1861–1923) – singer, actress
* Lee Marvin (1924–1987) – actor
* Chico Marx (1887–1961) — comedian
* Louis Marx (1896–1982), Founder of Louis Marx and Company
* Maelo Ruiz (born 1966) – Salsa Singer – member of the Marx Brothers
* Groucho Marx (1890–1977) – member of the Marx Brothers
* Gummo Marx (1892–1977) – member of the Marx Brothers
* Harpo Marx (1888–1964) – member of the Marx Brothers
* Zeppo Marx (1901–1979) – member of the Marx Brothers
* James Maslow (born 1990) – actor and singer (raised in California)
* John Massari (born 1957) – composer, sound designer
* Walter Matthau (1920–2000) – actor
* Sam Mattis (born 1994), Olympic discus thrower
* Loretta Mazza (born 1957) – Sammarinese politician, Mayor of Acquaviva (2009–2013)
* Margherita Wood McCandlish (1892–1954) – American former First Lady of Guam. Born in New York City.
* Joe McCarthy (born 2001) – rugby union player
* John McCloskey (1810–1885) – Cardinal Archbishop of New York, 1864–1885
* Frank McCourt (1930–2009) – author (raised in Ireland, returned later in life)
* Malachy McCourt (1931–2024) – author (raised in Ireland, returned later in life)
* Allie McGuire (born 1951) – professional basketball player
* Triston McKenzie (born 1997) – MLB pitcher
* Kenneth McMillan (1932–1989) – actor
* Andrea Mitchell (born 1946) – journalist, NBC News
* Paul Meltsner – WPA-era painter and muralist
* Bob Melvin (born 1961) – Major League Baseball player and manager
* Dave Meltzer (born 1959) – pro wrestling journalist
* Herman Melville (1819–1891) – author
* Daniel Menaker (1941–2020) – writer and editor
* Grace Meng (born 1975) – lawyer and politician, Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee
* Yehudi Menuhin (1916–1999) – violinist
* Idina Menzel (born 1971) – singer and actress
* Ethel Merman (1908–1984) – singer and actress
* Helen Merrill (born 1929) – jazz singer
* Jenny B. Merrill (1854–1934) – educator, author
* Robert Merrill (1917–2004) – singer
* Stefano Miceli (1975) – pianist and conductor
* Lea Michele (born 1986) – actress and singer
* Vera Michelena (1885–1961) – actress, dancer, and singer
* Alyssa Milano (born 1972) – actress
* Sally Milgrim (1898–1994) – fashion designer
* Adeline Miller (1777–1859) – prostitute and madam
* Arthur Miller (1915–2005) – playwright
* Marcus Miller (born 1959) – bassist and composer
* Stephanie Mills (born 1957) – singer, former Broadway star
* Andy Mineo (born 1988) – Christian rapper
* Sal Mineo (1939–1976) – actor
* Lin-Manuel Miranda (born 1980) – musical theatre writer and performer
* John Joseph Mitty (1884–1961) – Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco
* Isaac Mizrahi (born 1961) – fashion designer
* Aja Monet (born 1987) – poet
* Eddie Money (1949–2019) – singer
* Lenny Montana (1926–1992) – actor and professional wrestler
* Mary Tyler Moore (1936–2017) – actress, producer
* Melba Moore (born 1945) – actress, singer
* Nancie Monelle (1841–1903) – physician, missionary
* Nicholas Montemarano (born 1970) - writer
* Tom Morello (born 1964) – guitarist
* Henry Morgan (1915–1994) – radio and television personality
* Huey Morgan (born 1986) – musician, radio DJ, songwriter, television personality
* Cathy Moriarty (born 1960) – actress
* Gouverneur Morris (1752–1816) – U.S. founding father; U.S. Senator
* Zero Mostel (1915–1977) – actor, comedian
* Tommy Mottola (born 1949) – music executive
* Maria Muldaur (born 1942) – folk and blues singer-songwriter
* John Mulholland – documentary filmmaker, film historian
* Gerry Mulligan (1927–1996) – musician
* Richard Mulligan (1932–2000) – actor
* Robert Mulligan (1925–2008) – director
* Thom Michael Mulligan – actor
* Chris Mullin (born 1963) – basketball player
* Charlie Murphy (1959–2017) – actor, comedian
* Chris Murphy (born 1973) – U.S. Senator from Connecticut since 2013
* Eddie Murphy (born 1961) – actor, comedian
* James Murray (born 1976) – comedian, actor, author
* Yunus Musah (born 2002) – soccer player

### N

* James M. Nack (1809–1879) – deaf and mute poet
* Larry Nagler (born 1940) – tennis player, 1960 NCAA Tennis Singles Champion and Doubles Champion
* Dominic Napolitano (1930–1981) – Mafia caporegime
* Janet Napolitano (born 1957) – third US Secretary of Homeland Security
* Nas (born 1973) – rapper, songwriter, and entrepreneur
* Michael H. Nash (1946–2012) – labor historian, librarian, and archivist
* Casey Neistat (born 1981) filmmaker, producer, YouTuber
* Tonie Nathan (1923–2014) – Libertarian Party political figure
* Sarah Natochenny (born 1987) – voice actress
* Lia Neal (born 1995) – Olympic swimmer
* Oscar Neebe (1850–1916) – anarchist, labor activist, one of Haymarket bombing trial defendants
* Howard Nemerov (1920–1991) – poet
* Sylvester Nevins – politician
* Sam Newfield (1899–1964) – film director
* John Philip Newman (1826–1899) – Methodist bishop
* Denise Nickerson (1957–2019) – actress
* Harry Nilsson (1941–1994) – singer-songwriter
* Cynthia Nixon (born 1966) – actress
* Joakim Noah (born 1985) – NBA center for the New York Knicks
* Jerry Nolan (1946–1992) – rock drummer
* John Nolan (born 1978) – musician and singer
* Charles Nordhoff (1830–1901) – journalist, descriptive and miscellaneous writer
* Dagmar Nordstrom (1903–1976) – composer, pianist and singer; member of the cabaret singing duo the Nordstrom Sisters
* Siggie Nordstrom (1893–1980) – actress, model and singer; member of the cabaret singing duo the Nordstrom Sisters
* Ed Norris (born 1960) – radio host
* Chris Noth (born 1954) – actor
* Geoffrey Notkin (born 1961) – TV science educator
* The Notorious B.I.G. (Christopher George Latore Wallace, 1972–1997) – rapper
* Carrie Nye (1936–2006) – actress

### O

* Simon Oakland (1915–1983) – actor
* Jerry O'Connell (born 1974) – actor and television personality
* Al Oerter (1935–2007) – four-time Olympic champion in discus throw
* Kevin Ogletree (born 1987) – football player
* Garrick Ohlsson (born 1948) – classical pianist
* Keith Olbermann (born 1959) – television sportscaster and commentator
* Jon Oliva (born 1960) – Savatage singer and keyboardist
* Chris O'Loughlin (born 1967) – Olympic fencer
* Gregory Olsen (born 1945) – entrepreneur
* Eugene O'Neill (1888–1953) – playwright
* Paul O'Neill (1956–2017) – music composer and producer
* Robert Oppenheimer (1904–1967) – physicist; "father of the atomic bomb"
* Jerry Orbach (1935–2004) – actor
* John Ortiz (born 1968) – actor
* Lisa Ortiz (born 1974) – actress
* Bill O'Reilly (born 1949) – former Fox News anchor
* Lane Shi Otayonii – musician and interactive multimedia performer
* Adam Ottavino (born 1985) – MLB pitcher for the Boston Red Sox
* Rick Overton (born 1954) – actor and comedian

### P

* J.N. Pattison (1839–1905) – pianist, composer
* P. Diddy (born 1969) – rapper, producer
* Al Pacino (born 1940) – actor
* Todd Phillips (born 1970) – filmmaker
* Saul K. Padover (1905–1981) – historian
* Alan J. Pakula (1928–1998) – film director, screenwriter, and producer
* Fanny Purdy Palmer (1839–1923) – author, lecturer, activist
* Joseph Papp (1921–1991) – theater producer, impresario, founder of The Public Theater
* Cheyenne Parker (born 1992) – WNBA player
* Rob Parker (born 1964) – sportswriter, TV analyst
* Lana Parrilla (born 1977) – actress
* Pastel Ghost (Vivian Moon) – musician, singer, songwriter, and producer
* Joe Paterno (1928–2012) – football coach
* James Patterson (born 1947) – novelist
* Sarah Paulson (born 1974) – actress
* Josh Peck (born 1986) – actor
* Jan Peerce (1904–1984) – opera tenor
* Amanda Peet (born 1972) – actress
* Richard Pelham (1815–1876) – blackface performer
* Claiborne Pell (1918–2009) – Senator from Rhode Island
* Caroline Pennell (born 1996) – singer-songwriter, musician, and contestant on NBC's The Voice season 5
* Sam Perkins (born 1961) – basketball player
* Alan Robert Pearlman (1925–2019) – engineer, synthesizer manufacturer (ARP Instruments, Inc.)
* Bernadette Peters (born 1948) – actress, singer
* Regis Philbin (1931–2020) – actor, entertainer, television personality, and former host of ABC's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (1999–2002) and Live! with Regis and Kelly (1983–2011)
* Lip Pike (1845–1893) – baseball player, four-time home-run champion
* John Pleshette (born 1942) – actor
* Suzanne Pleshette (1937–2008) – actress from Bob Newhart Show
* Ethel McClellan Plummer (1888–1936) – artist
* Christopher Poole – creator of websites 4chan and Canvas Networks
* Pop Smoke (1999–2020) – rapper
* Ted Post (1918–2013) – movie and TV director
* Neil Postman (1931–2003) – author, cultural critic
* Chaim Potok (1929–2002) – author
* Bud Powell (1924–1966) – jazz pianist
* Colin Powell (1937–2021) – U.S. Army general and U.S. Secretary of State
* Gary Powell (born 1969) – drummer
* Joshua Prager (born 1949) – physician
* Priscilla Presley (born 1945) – actress
* L. Bradford Prince (1840–1922) – politician who was governor of New Mexico Territory
* Prince Royce (born 1989) – singer-songwriter, actor
* Tito Puente (1923–2000) – bandleader
* Mario Puzo (1920–1999) – author
* Paloma Mami (born 1999) – Singer

### Q

* Q-Tip (born 1970) – rapper

### R

* Renee Rabinowitz (1934–2020) – psychologist and lawyer
* Raekwon (born 1970) – rapper (Wu-tang Clan)
* Bill Rafferty (1944–2012) – comedian
* Joey Ramone (1951–2001) and Marky Ramone (born 1952) – punk-rock musicians
* Michael Rapaport (born 1970) – actor, comedian, director
* Tubby Raskin (1902–1981) – basketball player and coach
* Ray Ratkowski (born 1939) – football player
* Larry Ray (born 1959) – criminal convicted of sex trafficking, extortion, forced labor, and other offenses, sentenced to 60 years in prison
* Lihie Raz (born 2003) – American-born Israeli Olympic artistic gymnast
* Remedy (born Ross Filler in 1972) – rapper
* Ray Rice (born 1987) – football player
* Melissa Rauch (born 1980) – actress and comedian
* Amy Ryan (born 1968) – actress
* Alan Reed (1907–1977) – actor
* Lou Reed (1942–2013) – rock musician, songwriter
* Peter Revson (1939–1974) – race car driver
* A$AP Rocky (born 1988) – rapper
* Christopher Reeve (1952–2004) – actor
* Carl Reiner (1922–2020) – comedian, actor, director, author
* Rob Reiner (born 1947) – actor and director
* Paul Reiser (born 1956) – actor
* Charlie Reiter (born 1988) – footballer
* Ed Rendell (born 1944) – former Mayor of Philadelphia, Governor of Pennsylvania
* Brandon Reilly (born 1981) – musician, guitarist, singer
* Leah Remini (born 1970) – actress
* Lana Del Rey (born 1985) – singer and songwriter
* Bebe Rexha (born 1989) – singer-songwriter
* Vincent Rey (born 1987) – football player
* Ving Rhames (born 1959) – actor
* Charles E. Rice (1931–2015) – legal scholar, university professor
* Buddy Rich (1917–1987) – jazz drummer
* Renée Richards (born 1934) – tennis player
* Terry Richardson (born 1965) – fashion photographer
* Kadary Richmond (born 2001) – college basketball player for the Seton Hall Pirates
* Burton Richter (1931–2018) – Nobel Prize-winning physicist
* Don Rickles (1926–2017) – comedian
* Kathleen Ridder (1922–2017) – women's equal rights activist, writer, educator, philanthropist
* Robert Ridder (1919–2000) – Ice hockey administrator and media mogul
* Joel Rifkin (born 1959) – serial killer
* Robin Riker (born 1952) – actress and book author
* Thelma Ritter (1902–1969) – actress
* Joan Rivers (born Joan Alexandra Molinsky)(1933–2014)– comedian
* Chris Rock (born 1965) – comedian and actor
* Laurance Rockefeller (1910–2004) – conservationist and philanthropist
* Winthrop Rockefeller (1912–1973) – Governor of Arkansas
* Norman Rockwell (1894–1978) – artist
* Alex Rodriguez (born 1975) – baseball player
* John Rogan (born 1960) – football player
* Sonny Rollins (born 1930) – jazz saxophonist
* Ray Romano (born 1957) – comedian and actor
* Saoirse Ronan (born 1994) – American-born Irish actress
* Igal Roodenko (1917–1991) – civil-rights activist, pacifist
* Sean Rooks (1969–2016) – basketball player and coach
* Mickey Rooney (1920–2014) – actor
* Franklin Roosevelt (1882–1945) – 32nd President of the United States
* Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) – U.S. First Lady and human-rights activist
* Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) – 26th President of the United States
* Ethel Greenglass Rosenberg – convicted spy
* Beatrice Rosen (born 1977) – actress (raised in Paris)
* Alan Rosen (born 1969) – restaurant and bakery owner, and author
* Jeffrey Rosen – billionaire businessman
* Robert Rosen (1934–1998) – theoretical biologist
* Aaron "Rosy" Rosenberg (1912–1979) – two-time "All-American" college football player, and film and television producer
* Julius Rosenberg – convicted spy
* David H. Rosenbloom – author
* Christopher Ross (1931–2023) – sculptor, designer and collector
* Nicole Ross (born 1989) – Olympic foil fencer
* Emmy Rossum (born 1986) – actress
* Veronica Roth (born 1988) – novelist
* Mercedes Ruehl (born 1948) – actress
* Vic Ruggiero – ska musician frontman of The Slackers
* Louis Rukeyser (1933–2006) – business columnist, economic commentator
* Frank Russek (1875/1876-1948) – Polish-born American co-founder of the Russeks department store chain
* Damien Russell (born 1970) – NFL player
* Gianni Russo (born 1943) – actor, singer, and restaurateur
* Art Rust Jr. (1927–2010) – sportscaster
* Remy Ma (born 1980) – rapper

### S

* Carl Sagan (1934–1996) – physicist and astronomer
* Boris Said (born 1962) – NASCAR driver
* J. D. Salinger (1919–2010) – author
* Jonas Salk (1914–1995) – medical researcher
* John Salley (born 1964) – basketball player
* Jerry Saltz (born 1951) – art critic and art historian
* Claudio Sanchez (born 1978) – musician
* Bernie Sanders (born 1941) – politician, Senator from Vermont since 2007
* Adam Sandler (born 1966) – actor, comedian
* Jennifer San Marco (1961–2006) – mass murder
* Romeo Santos (born 1981) – singer-songwriter, actor, and record producer
* Dennis Sarfate (born 1981) – professional baseball player
* Dustin Satloff – entrepreneur
* Francesco Scavullo (1921–2004) – photographer
* Dick Schaap (1934–2001) – journalist
* Jeremy Schaap (born 1969) – journalist
* Vincent Schiavelli (1948–2005) – actor and food writer
* Harvey Schiller (born 1940) — sports and business executive
* Lawrence Schiller (born 1936) — photojournalist and film producer
* Leonard Schleifer (born 1952) – scientist and business executive
* Julian Schnabel (born 1951) – artist and motion picture director
* Mathieu Schneider (born 1969) – hockey player
* Sandra Schnur (1955–1994) – disability-rights activist
* Andy Schor (born 1975) – member of the Michigan House of Representatives
* Loretta Schrijver (born 1956) – Dutch television host
* Rick Schroder (born 1970) – actor
* Freddy Schuman (1925–2010) – superfan of the New York Yankees
* Amy Schumer (born 1981) – actress and comedian
* Chuck Schumer (born 1950) – Senator from New York since 1999; cousin of Amy Schumer
* Julius Schwartz (1915–2004) – comic book editor
* Catherine Scorsese (1912–1997) – actress; mother of Martin Scorsese
* Charles Scorsese (1913–1993) – actor; father of Martin Scorsese
* Martin Scorsese (born 1942) – film director
* Lauren Scruggs (born 2003) – Olympic fencer
* Vin Scully (1927–2022) – sportscaster
* Malik Sealy (1970–2000) – basketball player
* Heriberto Seda (born 1967) – serial killer who copied The Zodiac Killer
* Jon Seda (born 1970) – comedian
* Barney Sedran (1891–1964) – Hall of Fame basketball player
* Jerry Seinfeld (born 1954) – comedian and actor
* Julius Seligson (1909–1987) – tennis player
* Edward Selzer (1893–1970) – film producer, Warner Bros.
* Maurice Sendak (1928–2012) – author and illustrator
* Peter Senercia (Tazz) (born 1967) – radio personality, color commentator and retired professional wrestler
* John Serry Sr. (1915–2003) – accordionist, organist, composer, and arranger
* Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774–1821) – founder of Sisters of Charity; first native-born US citizen canonized
* Cynthia Propper Seton (1926–1982) – novelist
* Ruth Seymour (1935–2023) – broadcasting executive
* Tupac Shakur (1971–1996) – rapper and actor
* Gene Shalit (born 1926) – film critic
* Frank Shannon (1874–1959) – conservative political analyst, columnist, and candidate
* Judy Shapiro-Ikenberry (born 1942) – long-distance runner
* Al Sharpton (born 1954) – civil rights and social justice activist, founder of the National Action Network, Baptist minister, and radio and television personality
* Artie Shaw (1910–2004) – bandleader
* Leonard Shecter (1926–1974) – journalist and author
* Judy Sheindlin ("Judge Judy") (born 1942) – judge and television personality
* Art Sherman (born 1937) – horse trainer and jockey
* Norm Sherry (1931–2021) – catcher, manager, and coach in Major League Baseball
* Brooke Shields (born 1965) – actress and model
* Kevin Shields (born 1963) – musician, member of the band My Bloody Valentine
* Daniel Sickles (1819–1914) – Civil War general
* William James Sidis (1898–1944) – mathematician, rumored to have had an IQ of 250
* Bugsy Siegel (1906–1947) – gangster
* Jules Siegel (1935–2012) – author
* Maggie Siff (born 1974) – actress
* George Silides (1922–2022) – politician and businessman, Alaska Senator
* Beverly Sills (1929–2007) – opera singer
* Lauren Silva (born 1987) – painter
* Ron Silver (1946–2009) – actor and radio show host
* Robert Silverberg (born 1935) – author
* Dean Silvers – film producer
* Lindsay Sloane (born 1977) – actress
* Alan Silvestri (born 1950) – film music composer
* Carly Simon (born 1943) – singer-songwriter
* Neil Simon (1927–2018) – playwright
* Richard L. Simon (1899–1960) – businessman and publisher
* Kaseem Sinceno (born 1976) – football player
* John Slidell (1793–1871) – Senator from Louisiana and Confederate diplomat
* Al Smith (1873–1944) – Governor of New York and presidential candidate
* Russ Smith (born 1991) – basketball player
* Will Smith (1981–2016) – former football player
* Dee Snider (born 1955) – singer-songwriter; front man of the heavy metal band Twisted Sister
* Phoebe Snow (1950–2011) – singer-songwriter
* James McCune Smith (1813–1865) – abolitionist
* Stephen Sondheim (1930–2021) – musical theatre composer and lyricist
* Aaron Sorkin (born 1961) – playwright and screenwriter
* Sonia Sotomayor (born 1954) – United States Supreme Court Justice
* Mickey Spillane (1918–2006) – author
* Eliot Spitzer (born 1959) – former Governor of New York
* Howard Spira – gangster and gambler
* Sylvester Stallone (born 1946) – actor, director, screenwriter
* Sebastian Stan (born 1982) – actor
* Paul Stanley (born 1952) – hard-rock guitarist, singer and songwriter
* Barbara Stanwyck (1907–1990) – actress
* Joe Start (1842–1927) – Major League Baseball player
* James Steen (1913–1983) – football player
* Peter Steele (1962–2010) — singer and songwriter
* Jacob Steinmetz (born 2003) – baseball player
* Howard Stern (born 1954) – radio and television host
* John Stevens (1715–1792) – delegate to Continental Congress for New Jersey
* Andrew Stewart (born 1965) – player of gridiron football
* Foley Stewart – musician
* Jon Stewart (born 1962) – writer, producer, political satirist, actor, television personality, comedian, and former host of The Daily Show (1999–2015); born in New York City, raised in New Jersey
* Julia Stiles (born 1981) – actress
* Ben Stiller (born 1965) – actor and comedian
* Henry L. Stimson (1867–1950) – politician and diplomat
* Oliver Stone (born 1946) – film director
* Larry Storch (1923–2022) – actor, comedian
* Lee Strasberg (1901–1982) – Polish-born actor, director, and theatre practitioner
* Susan Strasberg (1938–1999) – actress
* Robert Strassburg (1915–2003) – composer, conductor, musicologist
* James Strauch (1921–1998) – Olympic fencer
* Barbra Streisand (born 1942) – singer and actress
* Meryl Streep (born 1949) – actress
* Scott Stringer (born 1960) – New York City Comptroller and Borough President of Manhattan
* Jill Stuart – fashion designer
* Big Sue – shopkeeper and underworld figure
* Ed Sullivan (1901–1974) – television variety show host
* Susan Sullivan (born 1942) – actress
* B. J. Surhoff (born 1964) – MLB player
* Rich Surhoff (born 1962) – MLB player
* Kevin Sussman (born 1970) – actor

### T

* Vic Tayback (1930–1990) – actor
* Alma Tell (1898–1937) – stage and screen actress
* Olive Tell (1894–1951) – stage and screen actress
* Maurice Tempelsman (born 1929) – Belgian-American businessman
* Veronica Taylor (born 1965) – actress Pokémon
* Chloe Temtchine (born 1982/1983) – singer-songwriter
* The Tenderloins (born 1976) – comedy troupe currently composed of Joseph "Joe" Gatto, James "Murr" Murray, Brian "Q" Quinn, and Salvatore "Sal" Vulcano
* Studs Terkel (1912–2008) – author and historian
* Milton Terris (1915–2002) – public health physician and epidemiologist
* Roy M. Terry (1915–1988) – Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Air Force
* Vinny Testaverde (born 1963) – football player
* Teyana Taylor (born 1990) – singer-songwriter, actress, dancer, choreographer, director and model
* Irving Thalberg (1899–1936) – film producer
* Ianthe Thomas (1951–2002) – author
* Leon Thomas III (born 1993) – actor
* Soren Thompson (born 1981) – two-time Olympic and team World Champion épée fencer
* Johnny Thunders (1952–1991) – rock musician
* Gene Tierney (1920–1991) – actress
* Whitney Tilson (born 1966) – hedge fund manager, philanthropist, author, and Democratic political activist
* Harry Tietlebaum – organized crime figure
* Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933) – artist
* Dennis Tito (born 1940) – engineer, entrepreneur, and first space tourist
* Matt Titus – professional matchmaker
* James Toback (born 1944) – screenwriter and director
* Isabella Tobias (born 1991) – Israeli ice dancer
* Lola Todd (1904–1995) – silent film actress
* Bill Todman (1916–1979) – game show producer
* Michael Tolkin (born 1950) – filmmaker and novelist
* Marisa Tomei (born 1964) – actress
* Joe Torre (born 1940) – baseball player and manager
* Douglas Townsend (1921–2012) – composer and musicologist
* Michelle Trachtenberg (born 1985) – actress
* Mary Travers (1936–2009) – singer with Peter, Paul, and Mary
* Payson J. Treat (1879–1972) – Japanologist
* Alex Treves (1929–2020) – Italian-born American Olympic fencer
* Bernard Trink (1931–2020) – columnist
* Donald Trump (born 1946) – 45th and 47th President of the United States, businessman
* Donald Trump Jr. (born 1977) – businessman
* Eric Trump (born 1984) – businessman
* Fred Trump (1905–1999) – real estate developer and philanthropist
* Ivanka Trump (born 1970) – businesswoman
* Tiffany Trump (born 1993) – socialite
* Barbara Tuchman (1912–1989) – historian and author
* Richard Tucker (1913–1975) – opera tenor
* Gene Tunney (1897–1978) – 1926–28 heavyweight boxing champion
* John V. Tunney (1934–2018) – U.S. Senator
* John Turturro (born 1957) – actor and director
* William Tweed (1823–1878) – politician
* Liv Tyler (born 1977) – actress
* Steven Tyler (born 1948) – singer, Aerosmith
* Mike Tyson (born 1966) – boxer
* Neil deGrasse Tyson (born 1958) – astronomer, science communicator

### U

* Leslie Uggams (born 1943) – singer, actress
* The Ultimate Warrior (born Jim Hellwig and also known as Warrior, 1959–2014) – professional wrestler
* Louis Untermeyer (1885–1977) – poet, anthologist, critic, and editor
* Hikaru Utada (born 1983) – singer, musician

### V

* Andrew Vachss (1942–2021) – lawyer and author
* Margaret Newton Van Cott (1830–1914) – first woman to be licensed to preach in The Methodist Episcopal Church.
* Cy Vance (born 1954) – New York County District Attorney (2014 to 2022)
* Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794–1877) – businessman
* Nick Valensi (born 1981) – lead guitarist of rock band The Strokes, musician
* Natasha Verma (born 1994) - news anchor, previously she was anchor for KUSA-TV, now at WNYW
* Idara Victor – actress
* Tommy Victor (born 1966) – musician
* Kia Vaughn (born 1987) – WNBA player
* Robert Vaughn (1932–2016) – actor
* George Vergara (1901–1982) – NFL player
* Abe Vigoda (1921–2016) – actor
* Jennifer von Mayrhauser (born 1948) – costume designer
* CoCo Vandeweghe (born 1991) – tennis player
* Justyn Vicky (1990–2023) – bodybuilder

### W

* Michael Wachter (born 1943) – professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
* Stanley M. Wagner (1932–2013) – rabbi and academic
* Josh Waitzkin (born 1976) – chess player, martial arts competitor, and author
* Christopher Walken (born 1943) – actor
* Adam Walker (born 1963) – football player
* Hezekiah Walker (born 1962) – bishop and gospel artist
* Jimmy Walker (1881–1946) – Mayor of New York City
* Kemba Walker (born 1990) – basketball player
* Eli Wallach (1915–2014) – actor
* Donald A. Wallance – industrial designer
* Fats Waller (1904–1943) – jazz pianist
* Rudolf Wanderone (1913–1996) – professional pool player
* Charles B. Wang (1944–2018) – businessman and philanthropist
* Vera Wang (born 1949) – fashion designer
* Bree Warren – model
* Raees Warsi (born 1963) – poet, journalist, and social worker
* Kerry Washington (born 1977) – actress
* Damon Wayans (born 1960) – actor and producer
* Dwayne Wayans (born 1956) – director, producer, and writer
* Keenen Ivory Wayans (born 1958) – actor, director, producer, and writer
* Kim Wayans (born 1961) – actress
* Marlon Wayans (born 1972) – actor and producer
* Nadia Wayans (born 1961) – actress
* Shawn Wayans (born 1971) – actor and producer
* Timothy Weah (born 2000) – soccer player
* Michael Weatherly (born 1968) – actor
* Sigourney Weaver (born 1949) – actress
* Brian Wecht (born 1975) – musician, producer for Ninja Sex Party and Starbomb, and member of Game Grumps
* Steven Weinberg (1933–2021) – Nobel Prize-winning physicist
* Gabriel P. Weisberg (born 1942) – art historian
* Malina Weissman (born 2003) – child actress
* Tuesday Weld (born 1943) – actress
* T. Tileston Wells, (1865–1946) – attorney and the Romanian Consul General
* Sheck Wes (born 1998) – rapper
* Leslie West (1945–2020) – rock musician
* Mae West (1893–1980) – actress
* Nathanael West (1903–1940) – author
* Edith Wharton (1862–1937) – author
* Joss Whedon (born 1964) – writer, director, producer, and composer
* Maggie Wheeler (born 1961) – actress
* Sahvir Wheeler – basketball player
* Billy Whitlock – blackface performer
* Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875–1942) – sculptor and art patron
* Edward W. Whitson (1849–?) – Wisconsin State Assemblyman
* Marion Wiesel (1931–2025) – Austrian-American Holocaust survivor, humanitarian, and translator
* Kristen Wiig (born 1973) – actress, comedian, and writer
* Matthew Wilder (born 1953) – singer and musician
* Charles Wilkes (1798–1877) – naval officer and explorer
* Lenny Wilkens (born 1937) – basketball player and coach
* Billy Dee Williams (born 1937) – actor
* Vanessa L. Williams (born 1963) – singer and actress
* Walter Winchell (1897–1972) – newspaper and radio gossip commentator
* Harry Winitsky – political activist; founding member of the Communist Party USA
* Dean Winters (born 1964) – actor
* Mike Witteck (1964–1990) – football player
* Ira Wolfert (1908–1997) – war correspondent and writer
* Lorande Loss Woodruff (1879-1947) - biologist
* George Worth – born György Woittitz (1915–2006), Olympic medalist saber fencer
* N'Bushe Wright (born 1969) – actress
* James Hood Wright (1836–1894) – businessman
* Tanisha Wright (born 1983) – former WNBA player and WNBA head coach
* William H. H. Wroe (1831–1897) – member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
* Jason Wu (born 1982) – fashion designer
* Charles Wuorinen (1938–2020) – composer
* Willie Colón (born 1950) – Salsa Singer

### X

* Xaviersobased (born 2003) - rapper, producer

### Y

* Izzy Yablok (1907–1983) – football player
* Tony Yayo (born 1978) – rapper
* Elizabeth Yeampierre – attorney and environmental activist
* Burt Young (1940–2023) – actor
* Tony Young (1937–2002) – actor

### Z

* William Zabka (born 1965) – actor known for his role as Johnny Lawrence in Cobra Kai
* William Zinsser (1922–2015) – writer, journalist, and professor
* Charlotte Zucker (1921–2007) – actress

## Non-native New Yorkers

These people were not born or adopted in New York City and raised elsewhere but are well known for living in New York City.

### A

* William Adams (1807–1880) – academic and clergyman; founder and president of the Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York; born in Connecticut
* Samuel Adler (1809–1891) – rabbi; born in Worms, Germany
* Lisa Ann (born 1972) – pornographic actress, born in Pennsylvania.
* Frederick Styles Agate (1803–1844) – painter; born in England
* Thomas Peter Akers (1828–1877) – vice president of the gold board; born in Knox County, Ohio
* Richard S. Aldrich (1884–1941) – U.S. Representative from Rhode Island, practiced law in New York City
* Jason Alexander (born 1959) – actor; born in Newark, New Jersey
* Jennifer Aniston (born 1969) – actress; born in Sherman Oaks, California
* Chester A. Arthur (1829–1886) – U.S. president; born in Fairfield, Vermont
* Isaac Asimov (1920–1992) – author; born in Petrovichi, Russian SFSR
* John Jacob Astor (1763–1848) – first multimillionaire of U.S.; born in Germany

### B

* Lucille Ball (1911–1989) – comedian, actress, born in Jamestown, New York
* Count Basie (1904–1984) – jazz pianist and band leader, born in Red Bank, New Jersey
* William Basinski (born 1958) – avant-garde composter, born in Austin, Texas
* Laura Joyce Bell (1854–1904) – contralto, wife of Digby Bell, born in London, England
* Irving Berlin (1888–1989) – composer, lyricist, born in Russia
* Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990) – conductor, born in Lawrence, Massachusetts
* Lewis Black (born 1948) – comedian, born in Silver Spring, Maryland
* C. L. Blood (1835–1908) – physician
* Michael Bloomberg (born 1942) – businessman and mayor, born in Boston, Massachusetts
* Mary Booze (1878–1955) – first African-American woman to sit on the Republican National Committee, 1924–1948; moved to New York from Mound Bayou, Mississippi
* David Bowie (1947–2016) – English musician, actor, artist, born in London, England
* Marlon Brando Jr. (1924–2004) – actor, born in Omaha, Nebraska
* Brandy (born 1979) – singer, born in McComb, Mississippi
* Lottie Briscoe (1883–1950) – stage and silent film actress, born in St. Louis, Missouri
* Tom Brokaw (born 1940) – television journalist, born in Webster, South Dakota
* Orestes Brownson (1803–1876) – writer, abolitionist, pro-labor reformer, Catholic apologist, born in Stockbridge, Vermont
* David Byrne (born 1952) – musician, born in Dumbarton, Scotland

### C

* Sid Caesar (1922–2014) – comedian and actor, born in Yonkers
* Antón Cabaleiro (born 1977) – visual artist born in Spain
* Mariah Carey (born 1969) – singer, born in Huntington, New York
* Wendy Carlos (born 1939) – musician, born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island
* Stokely Carmichael (1941–1998) – political activist, born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
* Art Carney (1918–2003) – actor, born in Mount Vernon, New York
* Enrico Caruso (1873–1921) – opera tenor, born in Naples, Italy
* Willa Cather (1876–1974) – author, born in Back Creek Valley, Virginia
* Connie Chung (born 1946) – television journalist, born in Washington, D.C.
* Madonna (born 1958) – singer-songwriter, actress, director, born in Bay City, Michigan
* Dick Clark (1929–2012) – TV personality and producer, born in Mount Vernon, New York
* Chelsea Clinton (born 1980) – daughter of President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, born in Little Rock, Arkansas
* Kelly Clarkson (born 1982) - singer and host for The Kelly Clarkson Show, born in Forth Worth, Texas
* DeWitt Clinton (1769–1828) – Senator and Governor of New York, born in Napanoch, New York
* George M. Cohan (1878–1942) – entertainer and songwriter, born in Providence, Rhode Island
* J. Cole (born 1985) – rapper, artist, born in Frankfurt, Germany
* Anthony Comstock (1844–1915) – reformer, born in New Canaan, Connecticut
* Nanette Comstock (1866–1942) – Broadway actress, born in Albany, New York
* Bill Cosby (born 1937) – actor and comedian, born in Philadelphia
* Billy Crawford (born 1982) – singer, born in Manila, Philippines
* Fanny Crosby (1820–1915) – hymn writer, born in Southeast, New York
* Tom Cruise (born 1962) – actor, born in Syracuse, New York
* Bill Cullen (1920–1990) – radio host, born in Pittsburgh

### D

* Lorenzo Da Ponte (1749–1838) – librettist to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and professor of Italian at Columbia University, born in Ceneda, Italy
* Varina Banks Howell Davis (1826–1906) – wife of Confederate president, born in Mississippi
* Sylvia Day (born 1973) – author, born in Los Angeles
* Mike Dean (born 1965) – hip hop record producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, born in Houston
* Mac DeMarco (born 1990) – singer-songwriter, born in Duncan, British Columbia, Canada
* Thomas E. Dewey (1902–1971) – Governor of New York
* Vin Diesel (born 1967) – actor
* Marlene Dietrich (1901–1992) – actress, born in Berlin, Germany
* Joe DiMaggio (1914–1999) – baseball player, born in California
* David Dinkins (1927–2020) – former Mayor of New York City, born in Trenton, New Jersey
* George Washington Dixon (1801–1861) – performer, newspaper editor
* Kevin Durant (born 1988) – basketball player, born in Washington D.C.
* Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) – abolitionist, born in Cordova, Maryland
* Francis P. Duffy (1871–1932) – priest, World War I chaplain to 69th New York Infantry Regiment, born in Canada
* Bob Dylan (born 1941) – singer-songwriter, born in Duluth, Minnesota

### E

* Wilberforce Eames (1855–1937) – bibliographer and librarian, born in Newark, New Jersey
* Edward Egan (1932–2015) – Cardinal Archbishop of New York, born in Oak Park, Illinois
* Patrick Ewing (born 1962) – former NBA All-Star center, born in Jamaica

### F

* Lee Falk (1911–1999) – cartoonist, born in St. Louis
* Barbara Feldon (born 1933) – writer and retired actress
* Millard Fillmore (1800–1874) – U.S. president, born in Summerhill, New York
* Bobby Fischer (1943–2008) – chess champion, born in Chicago
* Carrie Fisher (1956-2016), actress, born in Los Angeles, California
* Ella Fitzgerald (1917–1996) – jazz singer, born in Newport News, Virginia
* Barthold Fles (1902–1989) – Dutch-born literary agent
* Jake Flores — comedian
* Steve Forbes (born 1947) – publisher, born in Morristown, New Jersey
* Heather Foster (born 1966) – Jamaican-born professional bodybuilder
* Felix Frankfurter (1882–1965) – Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, born in Vienna, Austria
* Morgan Freeman (born 1937) - actor, producer, narrator, born in Memphis, Tennessee
* Henry Clay Frick (1849–1919) – businessman, born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

### G

* Dave Gahan (born 1962) – Depeche Mode singer, born in Epping, Essex, United Kingdom
* Alberta Gallatin (1861–1948) – stage and screen actress, born in Cabell County, West Virginia
* Greta Garbo (1905–1990) – actress, born in Stockholm, Sweden
* Teri Garr (1944–2024) – actress, born in Lakewood, Ohio
* Dizzy Gillespie (1917–1993) – jazz trumpet player, born in Cheraw, South Carolina
* Miguel Gómez (born 1974) – photographer, born in Bogotá, Colombia
* Roger Grimsby (1928-1995) - News Anchor for KMOX-TV, KGO-TV, WABC-TV, WNBC-TV, and KUSI, born in Butte, Montana
* Savannah Guthrie (born 1971) - Anchor for Today show on NBC, born in Sandringham, Victoria, Australia

### H

* Bobby Hackett (1915–1976) – jazz musician, born in Providence, Rhode Island
* Thomas S. Hamblin (1800–1853) – actor, manager of the Bowery Theater
* Alexander Hamilton (1755–1804) – U.S. Founding Father, born in the West Indies
* Albert Hammond Jr (born 1980) – rhythm guitarist of rock band The Strokes, musician, born in Los Angeles
* Townsend Harris (1804–1878) – first U.S. diplomat in Japan, one of the founders of the City College of New York, born in Sandy Hill, New York
* Mariska Hargitay (born 1964) – actress, born in Santa Monica, California
* Harry Harrison (1930-2020) - Radio jockey host for WMCA, WABC, and WCBS-FM, born in Chicago, Illinois
* Randy Harrison (born 1977) – actor, born in New Hampshire and formerly of Alpharetta, Georgia
* Deborah Harry (born 1945) – singer, actress, born in Union City, New Jersey
* Francis L. Hawks (1798–1866) – politician; priest, Episcopal Church; born in New Bern, North Carolina
* Carlton Hayes (1882–1964) – history professor at Columbia University, ambassador to Spain, born in Afton, New York
* Ashton Hayward (born 1969) – former mayor of Pensacola, born in Pensacola, Florida
* O. Henry (1862–1910) – author, born in Greensboro, North Carolina
* Tommy Hilfiger (born 1951) – fashion designer, born in Elmira, New York
* Herman Hollerith (1860–1929) – inventor, born in Buffalo, New York
* Lester Holt (born 1959) — journalist and news anchor for the weekday edition of NBC Nightly News and Dateline NBC, born in San Francisco
* Ian Hornak (1944–2002) – realist painter, born in Philadelphia
* Harry Houdini (1874–1926) – legendary illusionist and escape artist; born in Budapest, Hungary
* Matt Hoyle- Photographer, previously lived in Los Angeles and Australia
* Langston Hughes (1901–1967) – poet, born in Joplin, Missouri

### I

* Kyrie Irving (born 1992) – basketball player, born in Australia, grew up in New Jersey

### J

* Janet Jackson (born 1966) – singer, born in Gary, Indiana
* Jane Jacobs (1916–2006) – economist, urban theorist, and activist
* JonTron (born 1990) – YouTuber, co-creator of Game Grumps, born in Rancho Palos Verdes, California
* Kamara James (1984–2014) – Olympic fencer, born in Kingston, Jamaica
* Kevin James (born 1965) – actor, born in Mineola, New York
* Joe Solomon (1930–2023) — cricketer, born in Port Mourant, Berbice, British Guiana
* Peter Jennings (1938–2005) – television journalist, born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
* Derek Jeter (born 1974) – baseball player, born in New Jersey
* Weijia Jiang (born 1983)- reporter for WCBS-TV, now at CBS News in Washington, born in Xiamen, Fujian, China
* Paddy Johnson – art critic

### K

* Gabriel Kahane – musician, born in Venice Beach, California
* Tim Keller (1950–2023) – speaker, pastor, born in Lehigh, Pennsylvania
* Grace Kelly (1929-1982) - actress, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
* Robert F. Kennedy (1925–1968) – U.S. Attorney General and U.S. Senator, born in Brookline, Massachusetts
* Tom Kennedy (1927–2020) – game show host
* Jack Kerouac (1922–1969) – writer most famously associated with the [Beat movement]
* Kiesza (born 1989) (full name Kiesza Rae Ellestad) – musician, dancer, and multi-instrumentalist, born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
* Lisa Kudrow (born 1963) – actress, born in Encino, California
* Howard Kyle (1861–1950) – actor and founding member of Actors' Equity, born in Shullsburg, Wisconsin

### L

* Kirke La Shelle (1862–1905) – playwright and theatrical producer, born in Wyoming, Illinois
* Lachi – singer-songwriter, born in Towson, Maryland
* John Layfield (born 1966) – professional wrestler, born in Sweetwater, Texas
* Heath Ledger (1979–2008) – Australian actor
* Amy Lee (born 1981) – singer, born in Riverside, California
* Spike Lee (born 1957) – film director and actor, born in Atlanta
* John Lennon (1940–1980) – Singer, Songwriter, Activist. Lennon has a memorial in New York's Central Park. The memorial is named after The Beatles song Strawberry Fields Forever.
* Pierre Lorillard IV (1833–1901) – tobacco mogul, born in Westchester, New York
* Mike Lupica (born 1952) – journalist, author, born in Oneida, New York
* Fran Lebowitz (born 1950) – author and public speaker, born in Morristown, New Jersey

### M

* Ralph Macchio (born 1961) – actor, born on Long Island
* Ali MacGraw (born 1939) – actress, born in Pound Ridge, New York
* Earl Manigault (1944–1998) – basketball player, born in Charleston, South Carolina
* Mickey Mantle (1931–1995) – baseball Hall of Famer, born in Spavinaw, Oklahoma
* Dean Martin (1917–1995) – singer and actor, born in Ohio
* Ricky Martin (born 1971) – singer, born in Puerto Rico
* Jackie Mason (1928–2021) – comedian and actor, born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin
* Jan Matulka (1890–1972) – painter, born in Vlachovo Březí, Czech Republic
* Willie Mays (1931–2024) – baseball Hall of Famer, born in Alabama
* Mike McAlary (1957–1998) – Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, born in Honolulu
* John McCloskey (1810–1885) – first American-born cardinal, born in Brooklyn
* Rue McClanahan (1934–2010) – theater, television, and movie actress, born in Oklahoma
* Linda McCartney (1941–1998) – photographer, wife of Beatle Paul McCartney
* John McEnroe (born 1959) – tennis player and TV commentator, born in Germany
* Zubin Mehta (born 1936) – orchestra conductor, born in Bombay, India
* Scott Mescudi (born 1984) – rapper, singer, songwriter, born in Cleveland
* Seth Meyers (born 1973) – comedian, actor, and television personality, born in Evanston, Illinois
* Adi Meyerson (born 1991) – jazz bassist, born in San Francisco, California
* Bette Midler (born 1945) – singer and actress, born in Honolulu
* Nicki Minaj (born 1982) − rapper and actress, born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
* Liza Minnelli (born 1946) – actress and singer, born in Hollywood, Los Angeles
* The Misshapes – DJs and party hosts
* Miyawaki (born 1990) – Singer-songwriter musician
* Moondog (born Louis Hardin; 1916–1999) – eccentric street musician and poet, born in Kansas
* Garry Moore (1915–1993) – television show host and producer, born in Baltimore
* John Pierpont Morgan (1837–1913) – businessman, born in Hartford, Connecticut
* Robert Moses (1888–1981) – NYC urban planner and developer, born in New Haven, Connecticut
* Andrew M. Murstein (born 1964) – taxi executive, founder of Medallion Financial
* Fabrizio Moretti (born 1980) – drummer of rock band The Strokes, musician, born in Brazil

### N

* Joe Namath (born 1943) – professional football player, born in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania
* Thomas Nast (1840–1902) – German-born American caricaturist and editorial cartoonist; "father of the American cartoon"
* Debbie Nathan – feminist journalist, born in Houston, Texas
* Casey Neistat (born 1981) – YouTuber and entrepreneur, known for many of his projects based in New York
* Colette Nelson (born 1974) – IFBB professional bodybuilder
* Richard Nixon (1913–1994) – former Vice President and 37th President of the United States

### O

* Soledad O'Brien (born 1966) – television journalist, born in Saint James, New York
* John Joseph O'Connor (1920–2000) – Roman Catholic Cardinal Archbishop of New York, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
* Rosie O'Donnell (born 1962) – actress and television personality, born on Long Island
* Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen (born 1986) – actresses and fashion designers, born in Sherman Oaks, California
* Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929–1994) – First Lady of United States, born in Southampton, New York
* Yoko Ono (born 1933) – artist and singer-songwriter, born in Tokyo, Japan
* Haley Joel Osment (born 1988) – actor, born in Los Angeles
* Ginny Owens (born 1975) – singer-songwriter, author and blogger, born in Jackson, Mississippi

### P

* Charlie Parker (1920–1955) – musician in jazz, considered one of the greatest musicians of all time
* Sarah Jessica Parker (born 1965) – actress, born in Nelsonville, Ohio
* George A. Parkhurst (1841–1890) – actor, witnessed Lincoln assassination (born in New York State, died in New York City)
* Natalia Paruz – aka the "Saw Lady", subway musician, born in Givatayim, Israel
* James Patterson (born 1947) – author
* Kira Peikoff (born 1985) – novelist and journalist
* Ronald Perelman (born 1943) – investor, owner of Revlon, born in Greensboro, North Carolina
* Itzhak Perlman (born 1945) – violinist, born in Jaffa, Israel
* David Hyde Pierce (born 1959) – actor, born in Saratoga Springs, New York
* Alban W. Purcell (c. 1843 – 1913) – stage actor, born in Wadsworth, Ohio
* Mihajlo Pupin (1858–1935) physicist, born in Idvor, Austrian Empire

### R

* Daniel Radcliffe (born 1989) – born in Fulham, London, England, United Kingdom
* Johnny Ramone (1948–2004) – born on Long Island
* Ayn Rand (1905–1982) – Russian-born novelist and philosopher
* Tony Randall (1920–2004) – actor, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
* Susan Wu Rathbone (1921–2019) – Chinese-born community leader
* Dan Rather (born 1931) – television news anchor, born in Wharton, Texas
* Ryan Reynolds (born 1976) – actor; born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
* Raven-Symoné (born 1985) – actress and singer; born in Atlanta
* John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937) – businessman, born in Richford, New York
* Richard Rodgers (1902–1979) – composer, born on Long Island
* Andrew Rooney (1919–2011) – CBS 60 Minutes commentator, born in Albany, New York
* Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945) – U.S. president, born in Hyde Park, New York
* Dräco Rosa (born 1969) – composer, singer, and actor, born on Long Island
* Damon Runyon (1880–1946) – journalist and playwright, born in Manhattan, Kansas
* Babe Ruth (1895–1948) – professional baseball player, born in Baltimore
* Winona Ryder (born 1971) - actress, born in Winona County, Minnesota

### S

* Samia (born 1996) – musician
* Telly Savalas (1922–1994) – actor, born on Long Island
* Menachem Mendel Schneersohn (1789–1866) – rabbi, leader of Chabad hasidic movement, born in Nikolaiv, Russian Empire
* Patti Scialfa (born 1953) – singer-songwriter and guitarist
* Amy Sedaris (born 1961) – actress, author, and comedian
* David Sedaris (born 1956) — comedian and author
* Chloë Sevigny (born 1974) – actress, director, and fashion icon, born in Darien, Connecticut
* Jean Shafiroff – philanthropist and socialite
* Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant (1881–1965) – journalist and writer, born in Winchester, Massachusetts
* Fulton J. Sheen (1895–1979) – Catholic bishop, author, TV show host, born in El Paso, Illinois
* Abraham Shiplacoff – Jewish-American trade union organizer and left wing political activist, born in Chernihiv, Ukraine
* Alana Shipp – American/Israeli IFBB professional bodybuilder
* Ryan Shore (born 1974) – composer, songwriter, and conductor
* Bobby Short (1924–2005) – jazz musician, born in Danville, Illinois
* Joel Siegel (1943–2007) – film critic, born in Los Angeles
* Paul Simon (born 1941) – singer-songwriter, born in Newark Heights, New Jersey
* Frank Sinatra (1915–1998) – singer and actor, born in Hoboken, New Jersey
* Upton Sinclair (1878–1968) – author, born in Baltimore
* Patti Smith (born 1946) – singer and poet, born in Chicago
* Kevin Spacey (born 1959) – actor, director, writer, producer, and comedian
* Regina Spektor (born 1980) – singer-songwriter, born in Moscow, Russia
* Francis Spellman (1889–1967) – Roman Catholic Cardinal Archbishop of New York, born in Whitman, Massachusetts
* Bruce Springsteen (born 1949) – singer-songwriter, guitarist, and humanitarian
* Dylan Sprouse (born 1992) – actor, entrepreneur, born in Arezzo, Italy
* George Steinbrenner (1930–2010) – New York Yankees owner, born in Bay Village, Ohio
* Wilhelm Steinitz (1836–1900) – world chess champion, born in Prague, Czech Republic
* Martha Stewart (born 1941) – designer and TV personality, born in Jersey City, New Jersey
* Sting (born 1951) – musician, born in England
* Shontelle (born 1985) — singer and songwriter
* Emma Stone (born 1988) – actress, born in Scottsdale, Arizona
* Michael Strahan (born 1971) – actor, television personality, and retired football player, born in Houston
* Meryl Streep (born 1949) – actress, born in Summit, New Jersey
* Peter Stuyvesant (1610–1672) – Governor of New Netherland, born in Peperga, Netherlands
* Taylor Swift (born 1989) – singer-songwriter

### T

* Eva Tanguay (1878–1947) – vaudeville singer and comedian, born in Quebec
* Nikola Tesla (1856–1943) – inventor, engineer and futurist, born in Smiljan, Austrian Empire
* Pankit Thakker (born 1981) – actor
* Samuel J. Tilden (1814–1886) – presidential candidate, born in New Lebanon, New York
* Daniel D. Tompkins (1774–1825) – U.S. vice president, born in Westchester County, New York
* Frederick Trump (1869–1918) – German-born businessman
* Melania Trump (born 1970) – 45th and 47th First Lady of the United States and model, born in Novo Mesto, Yugoslavia

### U

* Johannes Urzidil (1896–1970) – writer, born in Prague, Bohemia

### V

* Martin Van Buren (1782–1862) – U.S. president, born in Kinderhook, New York
* Andrew VanWyngarden (born 1983) – member of MGMT
* Gary Vaynerchuk (born 1975) – serial entrepreneur and best-selling author
* Jon Voight (born 1938) – actor, born in Yonkers, New York
* Kurt Vonnegut (1922–2007) – writer, born and raised in Indianapolis
* Sal Vulcano (born 1976) – actor and comedian

### W

* Rufus Wainwright (born 1973) – musician, born in Rhinebeck, New York
* John Evangelist Walsh (1927–2015) – writer and historian, editor of the Reader's Digest Bible
* Barbara Walters (1929–2022) – TV journalist and personality, born in Boston
* Franklin W. Ward (1870–1938) – Adjutant General of New York
* Dean Wareham (born 1963) – singer-songwriter, born in New Zealand
* Andy Warhol (1928–1987) – artist, born in Pittsburgh
* Denzel Washington (born 1954) – actor, born in Mount Vernon, New York
* Debbie Weems (1950-1978) - actress and singer notably on Captain Kangaroo, born in Houston, Texas
* Raquel Welch (1940-2023) - actress and model, born in Chicago, Illinois
* Tahnee Welch (Born 1961) - actress and model, born in San Diego, California
* Walt Whitman (1819–1892) – poet and author, born in West Hills, New York
* Olivia Wilde (born 1984) – actress
* Barney Williams (1824–1876) – Irish-born comedian
* Jayson Williams (born 1968) – basketball player, born in Ritter, South Carolina
* Wendy Williams (born 1964) - media personality, she was host for The Wendy Williams Show, born in Asbury Park, New Jersey
* Kate Winslet (born 1975) – actress, born in Reading Berkshire, England
* Christopher Woodrow (born 1977) – movie producer, born in Syracuse, New York
* Jason Wu (born 1982) – fashion designer

### X

* Malcolm X (El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz; 1925–1965) – American Muslim, Civil human rights activist