List of people from New York

The following is a list of prominent people who were born in the U.S. state of New York, lived in New York, or for whom New York is a significant part of their identity.
Public office
Presidents
Martin Van Buren (1782-1862), 8th President of the United States
Millard Fillmore (1800-1874), 13th President of the United States
Chester A. Arthur (1829-1886), 21st President of the United States
Grover Cleveland (1837-1908), 22nd and 24th President of the United States
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), 25th Vice President and 26th President of the United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1883-1945), 32nd President of the United States
Donald J. Trump (born 1946), 45th President of the United States
Vice presidents
Aaron Burr
George Clinton
Schuyler Colfax
Nelson Rockefeller
William A. Wheeler
Other
Parmenio Adams, sheriff and United States Congressman
Shirley Chisholm, Congresswoman and 1972 Democratic presidential candidate
Dewitt Clinton, governor, built the Erie Canal
Hillary Rodham Clinton, U.S. Secretary of State; former U.S. Senator; former First Lady; 2008 Democratic presidential candidate
J. J. Dewey (died 1891), territorial legislator in Minnesota
William H. Donaldson (born 1931), 27th Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
William Loeb, Jr., secretary to President Theodore Roosevelt
Chuck Schumer, United States Senator
Eamon de Valera, Prime Minister of Ireland
Entertainment
Film, theater, dance, and modeling
Woody Allen (born 1935), actor, director and writer
June Allyson (1917-2006), actress
Diane Arbus (1923-1971), photographer
Alan Arkin (born 1934), actor
Alison Arngrim (born 1962), actress, comedian
Jean Arthur (1900-1991), actress
Lauren Bacall (1924-2014), actress
Lucille Ball (1911-1989), comedian, actress
Anne Bancroft (1931-2005), actress
Joseph Barbera (1911-2006), animator, producer, director
Mikhail Baryshnikov (born 1948), ballet dancer
Frances Bavier (1902-1989), actor
Barbara Bel Geddes (1922-2005), actress
William Bendix (1906-1964), actor
Constance Bennett (1904-1965), actress
Yasmine Bleeth (born 1968), actress
Joan Blondell (1906-1979), actress
Ann Blyth (born 1928), actress
Humphrey Bogart (1899-1957), actor
Shirley Booth (1898-1992), actress
Clara Bow (1905-1965), actress
Abigail Breslin (born 1996), actress
Adrien Brody (born 1973), actor
Mel Brooks (born 1926), actor, producer, director
James Caan (born 1940), actor
James Cagney (1899-1986), actor
Jeff Chandler (1918-1961), actor
Ruth Chatterton (1892-1961), actress
Claudette Colbert (1903-1996), actress
Billy Crudup (born 1968), actor
Tom Cruise (born 1962), actor
Tony Curtis (1925-2010), actor
Claire Danes (born 1979), actor
Marion Davies (1897-1961), actress
Sammy Davis, Jr. (1925-1990), actor, singer
Agnes de Mille (1905-1993), dancer, choreographer
Robert De Niro (born 1943), actor
Willy DeVille (1950-2009), singer
Matt Dillon (born 1964), actor
Kirk Douglas (born 1916), actor
Fran Drescher (born 1957), actress
Jimmy Durante (1893-1980), entertainer, actor, singer, comedian
Peter Falk (1927-2011), actor
Alice Faye (1915-1998), actress
Jane Fonda (born 1937), actress
John Garfield (1913-1952), actor
Ben Gazzara (1930-2012), actor
Sarah Michelle Gellar (born 1977), actress
Richard Genelle (1961-2008), actor
Jackie Gleason (1916-1987), actor
Paulette Goddard (1910-1990), actress
Elliott Gould (born 1938), actor
Jennifer Grey (born 1960), actress
A. R. Gurney (born 1930), playwright
Anne Hathaway (born 1982), actress
Susan Hayward (1917-1975), actress
Rita Hayworth (1918-1987), actress
Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967-2014), actor
Judy Holliday (1921-1965), actress
Ruben Santiago-Hudson (born 1956), actor and playwright
Rick Jason (1923-2000), actor
Scarlett Johansson (born 1984), actress
Danny Kaye (1911-1987), actor, singer
Jack Kelly (1927-1992), actor, born in Astoria, Queens
Ricki Lake (born 1968), actress, talk-show host
Veronica Lake (1922-1973), actress
Burt Lancaster (1913-1994), actor
Michael Landon (1936-1991), actor
Lindsay Lohan (born 1986), actress
Kristanna Loken (born 1979), actress
Steele MacKaye (1842-1894), playwright, actor
Lee Marvin (1924-1987), actor
James Maslow (born 1990), actor, singer, dancer
Walter Matthau (1920-2000), actor
Eaddy Mays, actress
Ethel Merman (1908-1984), actor, singer
Arthur Miller (1915-2005), playwright
Lea Michele (born 1986), actress, singer
Robert Montgomery (1904-1981), actor
Dylan O'Brien (born 1991), actor
Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953), playwright
Corey Parker (born 1965), actor
George A. Parkhurst (1841-1890), actor
Anthony Perkins (1932-1992), actor
Bill Pullman (born 1953), actor
George Raft (1901-1980), actor
Christopher Reeve (1952-2004), actor
Leah Remini (born 1970), actress
Thelma Ritter (1902-1969), actress
Tanya Roberts (1955-2021), actress, model
Ray Romano (born 1957), actor, comedian
Mickey Rooney (1920-2014), actor
Martin Scorsese (born 1942), director
George Segal (born 1934), actor
Matthew Senreich (born 1974), screenwriter
Sylvia Sidney (1910-1999), actress
Barbara Stanwyck (1907-1990), actor
Rod Steiger (1925-2002), actor
Oliver Stone (born 1946), director
Beatrice Straight (1914-2001), actress
Benj Thall (born 1978), actor
Gene Tierney (1920-1991), actress
Claire Trevor (1910-2000), actress
Tuesday Weld (born 1943), actress
Mae West (1893-1980), actor
Olivia Wilde (born 1984), actress
Lanford Wilson (1937-2011), playwright
Comedians and humorists
Woody Allen (born 1935), comedian, screenwriter, director, actor, author, playwright, musician
Lucille Ball (1911-1989), comedian, actress
George Carlin (1937-2008), comedian, actor
Jimmy Fallon (born 1974), comedian, actor, host of The Tonight Show
Jay Leno (born 1950), comedian, host of The Tonight Show
Demetri Martin (born 1973), comedian
Chico Marx (1887-1961), vaudeville comedian, with the Marx Brothers
Groucho Marx (1890-1977), vaudeville comedian, with the Marx Brothers
Gummo Marx (1892-1977), vudeville comedian, with the Marx Brothers
Harpo Marx (1888-1964), vaudeville comedian, with the Marx Brothers
Zeppo Marx (1901-1979), vaudeville comedian, with the Marx Brothers
Rosie O'Donnell (born 1962), comedian, actress, television personality
Chris Rock (born 1965), comedian, actor
Jerry Seinfeld (born 1954), comedian, actor
John Valby (born 1944), comedian, musician
Music
Aaliyah (1979-2001), Singer, actress, model, dancer
Vinnie Amico, drummer
Fiona Apple (born 1977), singer
Harold Arlen (1905-1986), composer
Christina Aguilera (born 1980), singer, songwriter, actress
Adrienne Bailon(born 1983), singer
David Baker, singer
Chris Barnes, musician
Count Basie (1904-1984), jazz musician
Jay Beckenstein (born 1951), saxophonist
Pat Benatar (born 1953), singer
Mary J. Blige (born 1971), singer, songwriter, actress
Laura Branigan (1952-2004), singer
Keith Buckley (born 1979), musician
Maria Callas (1923-1977), opera singer
Mariah Carey (born 1969), pop and R&B singer and songwriter
Peter Case (born 1954), singer-songwriter
Peter Cincotti (born 1983), singer, songwriter, pianist
Coko (born 1973), singer (SWV)
John Coltrane (1926-1967), jazz musician
Aaron Copland (1900-1990), composer
Warren Cuccurullo (born 1956), rock guitarist
Vic Dana (born 1942), singer
Blossom Dearie (1924-2009), jazz singer and pianist
Lana Del Rey (born 1986), singer, songwriter
Rob Derhak (born 1968), bass guitarist
Lance Diamond, singer
Neil Diamond (born 1941), singer, songwriter
Ani DiFranco (born 1970), singer-songwriter
Jonathan Donahue (born 1966), rock musician
JoAnn Falletta (born 1954), classical guitarist, orchestral conductor
Morton Feldman (1926-1987), composer
Ella Fitzgerald (1918-1996), singer
John Flansburgh (born 1960), singer-songwriter
Lukas Foss (1922-2009), composer, orchestral conductor
Dave Fridmann, producer
Chuck Garvey, guitarist
George Gershwin (1898-1937), composer
Kim Gordon (born 1953), bass guitarist, guitarist, singer, songwriter, visual artist (Sonic Youth)
Grasshopper (born 1967), born Sean Mackowiak, rock musician
Joel Hirschhorn (1938-2005), songwriter
Billie Holiday (1915-1959), jazz and blues singer
Jim Hall (born 1930), jazz guitarist
Alan Heatherington (born 1945), orchestral conductor
Ray Henderson (1897-1970), songwriter
Lady Gaga (born 1986), born Stefani Germanotta, singer and songwriter
Lena Horne (1917-2010), singer, actress
Freddie Jackson (born 1956), singer
Rick James (1948-2004), singer
Billy Joel (born 1949), pianist, singer and songwriter
Jerome Kern (1885-1945), composer
Alicia Keys (born 1981), singer-songwriter
Carole King (born 1942), singer-songwriter
Cyndi Lauper (born 1953), singer
Mel Lewis (1929-1990), drummer
John Linnell (born 1959), singer-songwriter
Joe Locke (born 1959), jazz artist
John Lombardo (born 1952), musician, songwriter
Jennifer Lopez (born 1969), singer, actress, dancer
David Lucas (born 1937), composer
Gary Mallaber (born 1946), drummer
Constantine Maroulis (born 1975), singer
Brian McKnight (born 1969), R&B singer
Don Menza (born 1936), saxophonist
Natalie Merchant(1962?-),singer-songwriter
Stephanie Mills (born 1957), singer
Gurf Morlix, musician
Josh Newton (born 1973), bassist
Willie Nile (born 1948), singer-songwriter
Laura Nyro (1947-1997), singer-songwriter
Jack Owen (born 1967), guitarist (Cannibal Corpse)
Tina Parol, singer-songwriter
Joey Ramone (1952-2001), singer, songwriter (Ramones)
Mary Ramsey (born 1963), musician
Sharon Redd (1945-1992), singer
Lou Reed (born 1942), singer, songwriter, guitarist
Neil Rosenshein (born 1947), operatic singer, lyric tenor
Jason Sebastian Russo (born 1973), rock musician
Justin Russo (born 1976), rock musician
John Rzeznik (born 1965), musician (Goo Goo Dolls)
Adam Schlesinger (born 1967), musician (Fountains of Wayne), songwriter, producer, arranger
Al Schnier (born 1968), guitarist
Billy Sheehan (born 1953), bass guitarist
Paul Simon (born 1941), singer-songwriter, guitarist
Lonnie Smith (born 1942), jazz organist
Ronnie Spector (born 1943), singer (The Ronettes)
John Stevens (born 1987), singer
Stevie J. (born Steve Jordan), musician
Barbra Streisand (born 1942), singer, actress
Stan Szelest (1943-1991), musician
Robby Takac (born 1964), musician (Goo Goo Dolls)
George Tutuska, musician (Goo Goo Dolls, Jackdaw)
Luther Vandross (1951-2005), singer
Jeremy Wall, jazz musician
Luke Walter Jr. (1947-1996), Belgian musician
Grover Washington, Jr. (1943-1999), saxophonist
Alex Webster (born 1969), bassist (Cannibal Corpse)
Mary Weiss (born 1948), singer (The Shangri-Las)
Cory Wells (born 1942), singer
Patrick Wilson (born 1969), drummer
Jack Yellen (1892-1991), lyricist, composer
Rappers
50 Cent
KRS-One
Jay Z
LL Cool J
Mos Def
Nas
The Notorious B.I.G.
Rakim
Run DMC
Lil' Kim
Beastie Boys
Nicki Minaj
Juelz Santana
Jim Jones
Cam'ron
ASAP Rocky
Busta Rhymes
Big L
Mobb Deep
Wu-Tang Clan
2Pac
Sean Combs
Onyx
A Tribe Called Quest
Business
John Jacob Astor, fur trader, company founder
Nicholas F. Brady, former CEO of Dillon Read; 68th United States Secretary of the Treasury
C. Douglas Dillon, former CEO of Dillon Read; US Ambassador to France (1953-1957); 57th United States Secretary of the Treasury
George Eastman (1854-1932), founder of Eastman Kodak
Joseph Ellicott (1760-1826), surveyor and city planner
William G. Fargo (1818-1881), co-founder of American Express Company and Wells Fargo; mayor of Buffalo
Debra Fox, founder of Fox Learning Systems
E.H. Harriman, errand boy, broker, railroader
George A. Hormel (1860-1946), founder of Hormel
Jeremy Jacobs (born 1940), owner of Delaware North and the Boston Bruins
John J. Kennedy (1857-1914), financier, 45th New York State Treasurer
Seymour H. Knox I (1861-1915), businessman, co-founder of F. W. Woolworth Company
Seymour H. Knox II (1898-1990), former director of Marine Midland Bank; philanthropist
Jon L. Luther, food service executive
Sherman J. Maisel (1918-2010), economist
Jeremiah Milbank, banker, co-founder of Borden Milk Co., 1857
J.P. Morgan, banker, co-founder of J.P. Morgan & Co.