Senarai orang dari New York City

Ini ialah senarai orang terkenal dari New York City.

 Native New Yorkers 

Orang-orang berikut yang lahir di New York City. Seseorang menjadi terkenal selepas mereka berpindah.

 A 
 Aaliyah (1979–2001), R&B singer, Dancer, Fashion Model and Actress 
 Austin Pralle – basketball player
 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1947–) – basketball player
 George Abernethy (1807–1877), first provisional governor of Oregon
 Bella Abzug (1920–1998) – feminist activist and politician
 Garnett Adrain (1815–1878), member of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey
 Cornelius Rea Agnew (1830–1888), noted ophthalmologist 
 Eliza Agnew (1807–1883), noted American Presbyterian missionary
 Christina Aguilera (1980–) – singer
 Danny Aiello (1933–2019) – actor 
 Marv Albert (1941–) – sports announcer
 Anne Revere Aldrich (1866–1892), noted poet and author
 Ira Aldridge (1805–1867), stage actor
 William Alexander (aka Lord Stirling), (1726–1783), American major general in the American Revolutionary War
 Andrew Jackson Allan (1776–1853), noted actor, theatre director, and costumer 
 Woody Allen (1935–) – film director
 Rafer Alston (1976–) – basketball player
 Alexander Andersen – illustrator
 Charles Anthon (1797–1867), classical scholar
 Carmelo Anthony (1984–) – basketball player
 Marc Anthony (1968–) – penyanyi, pelakon, pereka fesyen, penerbit dan dermawan
 Judd Apatow (1967–) – seorang pengarah, penerbit, penulis skrip, pelakon dan pelawak
 Fiona Apple (1977–) – penyanyi-penulis lagu dan pianis
 Diane Arbus (1923–1971) – photographer
 Rosanna Arquette (1959–) – pelakon, pengarah dan penerbit
 Kenneth Arrow (1921–2017) – economist; Nobel laureate (Economics, 1972)
 Bea Arthur (1922–2009) – actress
 William H. Aspinwall (1807–1875) – railroad promoter
 William Backhouse Astor, Sr. (1792–1875) – businessman and member of the Astor family
 Red Auerbach (1917–2006) – basketball coach
 Jake T. Austin (1994–)
 Hank Azaria (1964–)
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 susan b anthony

 B 
 Lauren Bacall (1924–2014) – actress
 William Bliss Baker (1859–1886) – painter
 Anne Bancroft (1931–2005) – actress
 Mikel Banks – songwriter and musician
 Jeff Barry (1938–) – songwriter and record producer
 Harry Belafonte (1927–) – actor and singer
 Pat Benatar (1953–) – singer
 Moe Berg (1902–1972) – baseball player and spy
 Des Bishop (1975–) – comedian
 David Blaine (1973–) – magician
 Yasmine Bleeth (1968–) – actress
 Humphrey Bogart (1899–1957) – film actor
 Margaret Bourke-White (1904–1971) – photographer
 Clara Bow (1905–1965) – actress
 Riddick Bowe (1967–) – boxer
 Barbara Boxer (1940–) – Senator from California
 James J. Braddock (1905–1974) – boxer (aka 'Cinderella Man')
 Matthew Broderick (1962–) – actor
 Mel Brooks (1926–) – film director
 Julia Brown (Abad ke-19) – madam and prostitute
 Larry Brown (1940–) – basketball player and coach
 Steve Buscemi (1957–) – actor
 Lloyd Banks (1982–) – rap artist

 C 
 James Caan (1940–2022) – actor
 Joseph A. Califano (1931–) – former Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
 Maria Callas (1923–1977) – opera singer
 Al Capone (1899–1947) – gangster
 Benjamin Cardozo (1870–1938) – Supreme Court Justice
 Hugh Carey (1919–2011) – governor of New York
 George Carlin (1937–2008) – comedian
 John Cassavetes (1929–1989) – actor
 Phoebe Cates (1963–) – actress
 Jeff Chandler (1918–1961) – actor
 Frank Chanfrau (1824–1884) – actor
 Paddy Chayefsky (1923–1981) – author
 Maury Chaykin (1949–2010) – actor
 Julie Chen (1970–) – anchorwoman
 Edmund A. Chester (1897–1973) – television executive & journalist
 Shirley Chisholm (1924–2005) – politician
 Claudette Colbert (1903–1996) – actress
 Schuyler Colfax (1823–1885) – Naib Presiden Amerika Syarikat
 Anderson Cooper (1967–) – CNN anchorman
 Peter Cooper (1791–1883) – inventor
 Aaron Copland (1900–1990) – composer
 Bob Costas (1952–) – sports announcer
 Bob Cousy (1928–) – basketball player
 Ann Coulter (1961–) – political pundit
 James Creighton (1841–1862), major league baseball player 
 George Cukor (1899–1983) – film director
 Mario Cuomo (1932–2015) – governor of New York
 Tony Curtis (1925–2010) – actor

 D 

 Claire Danes (1979–) – actress
 Lloyd Daniels (1967–) – basketball player
 Ron Dante (1945–) – singer, songwriter, and record producer
 Bobby Darin (1936–1973)– singer, entertainer, actor, songwriter
 Marion Davies (1897–1961) – actress
 Sammy Davis, Jr. (1925–1990) – singer and entertainer
 Rosario Dawson (1979–) – actress
 Al D'Amato (1937–) – politician
 Dorothy Day (1897–1980) – Catholic social activist
 Robert De Niro (1943–) – actor
 Eamon de Valera (1882–1975) – Prime Minister of Ireland
 Willy DeVille (1950–), singer
 Samuel R. Delany (1942–) – author and critic
 Don DeLillo (1936–) – author
 Jerry Denny (1859–1927), major league baseball player
 Neil Diamond (1941–) – singer and composer
 P. Diddy (1969–) – rap artist
 Vin Diesel (1967–) – actor
 Phoebe Doty (1849–) – prostitute and madam
 Kirk Douglas (1916–2020) – actor
 Joseph Dunninger (1892–1975) – mentalist
 Richard Dreyfuss (1947–) – actor
 De La Ghetto (1982–) – spanish rapper

 E 
 Gertrude Ederle (1906–2003) – swimmer
 Mario Elie (1963–) – basketball player
 Duke Ellington (1899–1974) – jazz musician
 Emmy Rossum (1986–) – Singer/Actress
 Eru (1983–) – Singer (Korea)

 F 
 Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (1909–2000) – actor
 Louis Farrakhan (1933–) – Leader of the nation of islam
 Morton Feldman (1926–1987) – Composer
 Richard Feynman (1918–1988) – Nobel Prize-winning physicist
 50 Cent (1975–) – rap artist
 Harvey Fierstein (1952–) – actor
 Hamilton Fish (1808–1893) – governor of New York and Secretary of State
 Jane Fonda (1937–) – actress
 Peter Fonda (1940–) – actor
 Malcolm Forbes (1919–1990) – publisher
 Davy Force (1849–1918) – major league baseball player
 Anthony Franciosa (1928–2006) – actor
 Al Franken (1951–) – comedian and radio host, (actually born in New Jersey)
 Milton Friedman (1912–2006) – economist
 John Frusciante (1970–) – musician, artist
 Bobby Flay (1964–) – Chef

 G 
 John Garfield (1913–1952) – actor
 Art Garfunkel (1941–) – songwriter
 Lou Gehrig (1903–1941) – baseball player
 George Gershwin (1898–1937) – composer
 Ira Gershwin (1896–1983) – lyricist
 Vitas Gerulaitis (1954–1994) – tennis player
 Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933–2020) – Supreme Court Justice
 Rudolph Giuliani (1944–) – mayor of New York
 Jackie Gleason (1916–1987) – comedian
 Whoopi Goldberg (1955–) – comedian and actress
 Daniel S. Goldin (1940–) – NASA director
 Cuba Gooding Jr. (1968–) – actor
 Doris Kearns Goodwin (1943–) – author
 Victor Gotbaum (1921–2015) – labor leader
 Elliott Gould (1938–) – actor
 Rocky Graziano (1919–1990) – boxer (real name Thomas Rocco Barbella)
 Hank Greenberg (1911–1986) – baseball player
 Alan Greenspan (1926–) – economist, former Federal Reserve Chairman
 Melanie Griffith (1957–) – actress
 Bob Guccione (1930–2010) – publisher
 Peggy Guggenheim (1898–1979) – art collector
 Maggie Gyllenhaal (1977–) – actress

 H 
 Armand Hammer (1898–1990) – industrialist and philanthropist
 Oscar Hammerstein II (1895–1960) – composer
 Frank Hankinson (1856–1911) – major league baseball player 
 W. Averell Harriman (1891–1986) – diplomat and governor of New York
 Francis L. Hawks (1798–1866), reverend
 Susan Hayward (1917–1975) – actress
 Rita Hayworth (1918–1987) – actress
 Anthony Hecht (1923–2004) – poet
 Carol Heiss (1940–) – Olympic figure skater (silver 1956, gold 1960)
 Joseph Heller (1923–1999) – author
 Jim Hellwig (1959–2014) – (Warrior) pro wrestler
 Lance Henriksen (1940–) – actor
 Bernard Herrmann (1911–1975) – composer
 Peter Cooper Hewitt (1861–1921) – inventor
 Hildegarde (1906–2005) – American cabaret singer
 Gregory Hines (1946–2003) – dancer and actor
 Judd Hirsch (1935–) – actor
 Lena Horne (1917–2010) – singer
 Edward Everett Horton (1886–1970) – actor
 Tab Hunter (1931–2018) – actor
 Moe (1897–1975), Curly (1903–1952) and Shemp Howard (1895–1955) – the Three Stooges

 I 
 Washington Irving (1783–1859) – author

 J 
 Wolfman Jack (1938–1995) – aka Robert Weston Smith, radio personality
 Henry James (1843–1916) – author
 William James (1842–1910) – philosopher
 John Jay (1745–1829) – governor of New York and Supreme Court Chief Justice
 Jay-Z (1969–) – rap artist
 Ja Rule (1976–) – rap artist
 Billy Joel (1949–) – singer
 David Johansen (1950–) – singer, songwriter, actor 
 Scarlett Johansson (1984–) – actress
 Kimberly Denise Jones "Lil Kim" (1974–) – rapper
 Nasir Jones (1973–) – rap artist
 Norah Jones (1979–) – singer
 Michael Jordan (1963–) – basketball player
 William Joyce (1906–1946) – Nazi broadcaster (Lord Haw-Haw)

 K 
 Philip Mayer Kaiser (1913–2007) – U.S. Diplomat
 Danny Kaye (1911–1987) – actor and comedian
 Lenny Kaye (1946–) – guitarist
 Thomas Kean (1935–) – governor of New Jersey (1982–1990)
 Harvey Keitel (1939–) – actor
 Jerome Kern (1885–1945) – composer
 Alicia Keys (1981–) – R&B singer
 Calvin Klein (1942–) – fashion designer
 Owen Kline (1991–) – actor/filmmaker
 Ed Koch (1924–2013) – mayor of New York City
 E. L. Konigsburg (1930–2013) – author
 C. Everett Koop (1916–2013) – physician
 Lenny Kravitz (1964–) – singer
 Stanley Kubrick (1928–1999) – film director
 William Kunstler (1919–1995) – lawyer
 Tony Kushner (1956–) – playwright

 L 
 Fiorello La Guardia (1882–1947) – mayor of New York
 Veronica Lake (1922–1973) – actress
 Andrew Lalka – politician
 Jake LaMotta (1922–2017) – boxer
 Burt Lancaster (1913–1994) – actor
 Martin Landau (1928–2017) – actor
 Diane Lane (1965–) – actress
 Cyndi Lauper (1953–) – singer
 Ralph Lauren (1939–) – fashion designer
 Emma Lazarus (1849–1887) – author and poet
 Steve Lawrence (1935–) – singer
 Madeleine L'Engle (1918–2007) – author
 Joe E. Lewis (1902–1971) – comedian
 Roy Lichtenstein (1923–1997) – artist
 John Lindsay (1921–2000) – mayor of New York
 Peggy Lipton (1946–2019) – actress
 Robert R. Livingston (1746–1813) – Founding Father and diplomat
 Vince Lombardi (1913–1970) – American football coach
 Lindsay Lohan (1986–) – actress and singer
 Jennifer Lopez (1969–) – singer and actress
 Lucky Luciano (1897–1962) – gangster
 Sid Luckman (1916–1998) – football player and coach
 Frankie Lyman (1942–1968) – Singer
 Derek Lee – baseball player

 M 
 Frank McCourt (1930–2009) – author
 Bernard Malamud (1914–1986) – author
 Melissa Manchester (1951–) – singer
 Barry Manilow (1943–) – singer, songwriter, musician
 Mike Mansfield (1903–2001) – Senator from Montana
 Stephon Marbury (1977–) – professional basketball player
 Shaun Marcus – fashion model, dancer and community organizer
 Constantine Maroulis (1975–) – American Idol finalist
 Groucho (1890–1977), Harpo (1888–1964), Chico (1887–1961), Zeppo (1901–1979) and Gummo Marx (1892–1977) – the Marx Brothers
 Walter Matthau (1920–2000) – actor
 John Cardinal McCloskey (1810–1885) – first American Cardinal, Archbishop of New York
 Herman Melville (1819–1891) – author
 Yehudi Menuhin (1916–1999) – violinist
 Ethel Merman (1908–1984) – singer and actress
 Robert Merrill (1917–2004) – singer
 Adeline Miller (1777–1859) – prostitute and madam
 Arthur Miller (1915–2005) – playwright
 Marcus Miller (1959–) – bassist and composer
 Sienna Miller (1981–) – actress
 Sal Mineo (1939–1976) – actor
 John Joseph Mitty (1884–1961) – Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco
 Isaac Mizrahi (1961–) – fashion designer
 Mary Tyler Moore (1936–2017) – actress and producer
 Tom Morello (1964–) – guitarist
 Gouverneur Morris (1752–1816) – Founding Father and Senator
 Zero Mostel (1915–1977) – actor and comedian
 Chris Mullin (1963–) – basketball player
 Charlie (1959–2017) and Eddie Murphy (1961–) – actors and comedians

 N 
 Nordstrom Sisters – American sister act, international cabaret singers
 Dagmar Nordstrom (1903–1976) – American composer, pianist, one of The Nordstrom Sisters

 O 
 Keith Olbermann (1959–) – MSNBC anchor and journalist
 Eugene O'Neill (1888–1953) – playwright
 Robert Oppenheimer (1904–1967) – physicist; 'father of the atomic bomb'
 Bill O'Reilly (1949–) – Fox News anchor and journalist

 P 
 Al Pacino (1940–) – actor
 Joe Paterno (1926–2012) – football coach
 James Patterson (1947–) – novelist
 Amanda Peet (1972–) – actress
 Richard Pelham (1815–1876) – blackface performer
 Claiborne Pell (1918–2009) – Senator from Rhode Island
 Sam Perkins (1961–) – basketball player
 Lip Pike (1845–1893) – major league baseball player
 Chaim Potok (1929–2002) – author
 Bud Powell (1924–1966) – jazz pianist
 Colin Powell (1937–2021) – army general and Secretary of State
 Priscilla Presley (1945–) – actress
 Tito Puente (1923–2000) – band leader
 Mario Puzo (1920–1999) – author

 R 

 Joey Ramone (1951–2001) and Marky Ramone (1952–) – punk rock musicians
 Lou Reed (1942–2013) – rock musician, songwriter
 Christopher Reeve (1952–2004) – actor
 Paul Reiser (1956–) – actor
 Ed Rendell (1944–) – former Mayor of Philadelphia, Governor of Pennsylvania
 Buddy Rich (1917–1987) – jazz drummer
 Burton Richter (1931–2018) – Nobel Prize-winning physicist
 Thelma Ritter (1902–1969) – actress
 Laurance Rockefeller (1910–2004) – conservationist and philanthropist
 Winthrop Rockefeller (1912–1973) – governor of Arkansas
 Norman Rockwell (1894–1978) – artist
 Alex Rodriguez (1975–) – baseball player
 Sonny Rollins (1930–) – jazz saxophonist
 Ray Romano (1957–) – actor
 Mickey Rooney (1920–2014) – actor
 Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) – First Lady and human rights activist
 Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) – Presiden Amerika Syarikat
 Ethel Greenglass Rosenberg – convicted spy
 Julius Rosenberg – convicted spy
 Mercedes Ruehl – actress
 Art Rust Jr – Sportcaster
 Louis Rukeyser – business columnist; economic commentator

 S 
 Carl Sagan (1934–1996) – physicist and astronomer
 J. D. Salinger (1919–2010) – author
 Jonas Salk (1914–1995) – medical researcher 
 John Salley (1964–) – basketball player
 Adam Sandler (1966–) – actor, comedian
 Claudio Sanchez (1978–) – Musician
 Erik Sanko (1963–) – songwriter and musician
 Francesco Scavullo (1921–2004) – photographer
 Dick Schaap (1934–2001) – journalist
 Vincent Schiavelli (1948–2005) – actor
 Sandra Schnur (1935–1994) – Disability rights activist
 Rick Schroder (1970–) – actor
 Charles Schumer (1950–) – Senator
 Julius Schwartz (1915–2004) – comic book editor
 Martin Scorsese (1942–) – film director
 Vin Scully (1927–2022) – sports radio announcer
 Jerry Seinfeld (1954–) – comedian
 Maurice Sendak (1928–2012) – author and illustrator
 Malik Sealy (1970–2000) – basketball player
 John Serry, Sr. (1915–2003) – Concert Accordionist, Organist, Composer, Arranger
 Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774–1821) – widow mother, Catholic nun, founder of the Sisters of Charity, first native-born United States citizen canonized
 Tupac Shakur (1971–1996) – rap artist
 Artie Shaw (1910–2004) – band leader
 Judith Sheindlin (1942–) – judge (aka 'Judge Judy')
 Daniel Sickles (1819–1914) – Civil War general
 Bugsy Siegel (1906–1947) – gangster
 Jules Siegel (1935–2012) – author
 Beverly Sills (1929–2007) – opera singer
 Robert Silverberg (1935–) – author
 Carly Simon (1945–) – singer, songwriter
 Neil Simon (1927–2018) – playwright
 John Slidell (1793–1871) – Senator from Louisiana and Confederate diplomat
 Al Smith (1873–1944) – governor of New York and presidential candidate
 Phoebe Snow (1950–2011) – singer, songwriter
 Stephen Sondheim (1930–2021) – songwriter
 Mickey Spillane (1918–2006) – author
 Eliot Spitzer (1959–) – governor of New York State
 Sylvester Stallone (1946–) – actor
 Barbara Stanwyck (1907–1990) – actress
 Joe Start (1842–1927) – major league baseball player
 John Stevens – delegate to Continental Congress for New Jersey
 Julia Stiles (1981–) – actress
 Henry L. Stimson (1867–1950) – politician and diplomat
 Oliver Stone (1946–) – film director
 Susan Strasberg (1938–1999) – actress
 Robert Strassburg (1915–2003) – Composer, Musicologist, Conductor
 Barbra Streisand (1942–) – singer and actress

 T 
 Don Taussig (1932–) – baseball player
 George Tenet (1953) – merupakan Pengarah Central Intelligence (DCI) Amerika Syarikat Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
 Studs Terkel (1912–2008) – author
 Irving Thalberg (1899–1936) – film producer
 Johnny Thunders (1952–1991) – rock musician
 Gene Tierney (1920–1991) – actress
 Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933) – artist
 Marisa Tomei (1964–) – actress
 Joe Torre (1940–) – baseball player and coach
 Donald Trump (1946–) – businessman
 Barbara Tuchman (1912–1989) – historian; author
 Gene Tunney (1897–1978) – 1926–1928 heavyweight boxing champion
 John V. Tunney (1934–2018) – former U.S. Senator
 John Turturro (1957–) – actor
 William Tweed (1823–1878) – politician
 Mike Tyson (1966–) – professional boxer

 U 
 Leslie Uggams - singer; actress
 The Untouchable DJ Drastic - DJ, Radio Personality, & Music Industry Professional
 Hikaru Utada - musician

 V 
 Andrew Vachss - lawyer and author
 Cornelius Vanderbilt - businessman
 Luther Vandross - singer

 W 
 Christopher Walken - actor
 Jimmy Walker - mayor of New York City
 Christopher Wallace - rapper
 Eli Wallach - actor
 Fats Waller - jazz pianist
 Vera Wang - fashion designer
 Sigourney Weaver - actor
 Steven Weinberg - Nobel Prize-winning physicist
 Eric West - actor, pop singer
 Leslie West - rock musician
 Mae West - actress
 Nathanael West - author
 Edith Wharton - author
 Billy Whitlock - blackface performer
 Charles Wilkes -naval officer and explorer
 Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney - sculptor and art patron
 Lenny Wilkens - basketball player and coach
 Vanessa L. Williams - singer and actress

 Y 
 Tony Yayo - rap artist

 Non-Native New Yorkers 

Orang-orang yang tidak dilahir di New York City tetapi terkenal untuk meninggal di sana.

 A 
 Samuel Adler, rabbi, born in Worms, Germany 
 William Adams, born in Colchester, Connecticut, one of the founders and later the president of Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York
 Frederick Styles Agate, born in England, noted painter. 
 Thomas Peter Akers, born in Knox County, Ohio, vice president of the gold board
 Jason Alexander - television actor, born in Newark, New Jersey
 Jennifer Aniston- comedienne, actress, born in Sherman Oaks, California
 Chester A. Arthur - President of the United States, born in Fairfield, Vermont
 Isaac Asimov - author, born in Russia
 John Jacob Astor - First multimillionaire of the US, born in Germany

 B 
 Lucille Ball - comedienne, actress, born in Jamestown, New York
 Count Basie - jazz pianist and band leader, born in Red Bank, New Jersey
 Irving Berlin - composer, lyricist, born in Russia
 Lewis Black - comedian, born in Silver Spring, Maryland
 Michael Bloomberg - businessman and mayor, born in Boston, Massachusetts
 Marlon Brando, Jr. - actor, born in Omaha, Nebraska
 Brandy - singer, born in Mississippi
 Tom Brokaw - television news anchor, born in Webster, South Dakota
 Orestes Brownson - writer, abolitionist, pro-labor reformer, Catholic apologist, born in Stockbridge, Vermont   
 William F. Buckley, Jr. - author and conservative commentator, born in Mexico City, Mexico

 C 
 Mariah Carey - singer, born in Long Island, New York
 Wendy Carlos - musician, born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island
 Stokely Carmichael - political activist, born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
 Art Carney - actor, born in Mount Vernon, New York
 Willa Cather - author, born in Back Creek Valley, Virginia
 Connie Chung - anchorwoman, born in Washington, D.C.
 Dick Clark - entertainer, born in Mount Vernon, New York
 DeWitt Clinton - Senator and Governor of New York, born in Napanoch, New York 
 George M. Cohan - entertainer, born in Providence, Rhode Island
 Anthony Comstock -	reformer, born in New Canaan, Connecticut
 Bill Cosby - actor/comedian, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
 Billy Crawford - singer, born in Manila, Philippines
 Fanny Crosby - hymn writer, born in Southeast, New York
 Tom Cruise - actor, born in Syracuse, New York
 Bill Cullen - radio host, born in Pennsylvania

 D 
 Lorenzo Da Ponte - librettist to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and professor of Italian at Columbia University, born in Ceneda, Italy
 Marlene Dietrich - actress, born in Berlin, Germany
 Joe DiMaggio - professional baseball player, born in Martinez, California
 George Washington Dixon - performer, newspaper editor
 David Dinkins - former mayor of New York City, born in Trenton, New Jersey
 Frederick Douglass - abolitionist, born in Maryland
 Francis P. Duffy - priest of the Archdiocese of New York, World War I chaplain to 69th New York  ("The Fighting 69th"), born in Cobourg, Ontario, Canada
 Bob Dylan - singer/songwriter, born in Duluth, Minnesota

 E 
 Edward Cardinal Egan - Cardinal Archbishop of New York, born in Oak Park, Illinois
 Patrick Ewing - former NBA All-Star center, born in Jamaica
 "Emmy" Rossum (Emmanuelle Grey) - musician / actress born in New York City New York

 F 

 Millard Fillmore - President of the United States, born in Summerhill, New York
 Bobby Fischer - chess champion, born in Chicago, Illinois
 Ella Fitzgerald - jazz singer, born in Virginia, lived in Yonkers, New York
 Steve Forbes - publisher, born in Morristown, New Jersey
 Felix Frankfurter - US Supreme Court Associate Justice, born in Vienna, Austria
 Henry Clay Frick - businessman,  born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

 G 
 Greta Garbo - actress, born in Stockholm, Sweden
 Dizzy Gillespie - jazz trumpet player, born in South Carolina

 H 
 Thomas S. Hamblin - actor, manager of the Bowery Theatre
 Alexander Hamilton - Founding Father, born in the West Indies
 Townsend Harris - first US diplomat in Japan, one of the founders of CCNY, born in Sandy Hill, New York 
 Deborah Harry - singer, actress, born in Union City, New Jersey
 Carlton Hayes - history professor at Columbia, ambassador to Spain, born at Afton, New York 
 O. Henry - author, born in North Carolina
 Tommy Hilfiger - fashion designer, born in Elmira, New York
 Herman Hollerith - inventor, born in Buffalo, New York
 Ian Hornak - realist painter, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
 Langston Hughes - poet, born in Joplin, Missouri

 I 
J

 Kevin James - actor, born in Long Island, New York
 Peter Jennings - television news anchor, born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
 Derek Jeter - professional baseball player, born in New Jersey

 K 

 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis - first lady, born in Southampton, New York
 Tom Kennedy - game show host
 Lisa Kudrow - actress, born in Encino, California

 L 
 John Layfield - professional wrestler, born in Sweetwater, Texas
 Heath Ledger - actor, born in Perth, Western Australia
 Spike Lee - film director, born in Atlanta, Georgia
 John Lennon - singer/songwriter, born in Liverpool, England
 Pierre Lorillard IV - businessman and founder of tobacco company, born in Westchester, New York

 M 
 Ralph Macchio actor, born in Long Island, New York
 Ali MacGraw - actress, born in Pound Ridge, New York
 Earl Manigault - basketball player, born in Charleston, South Carolina
 Mickey Mantle - professional baseball player, born in Spavinaw, Oklahoma
 Dean Martin - singer, born in Ohio
 Ricky Martin - singer, born in Puerto Rico
 Willie Mays - baseball hall of famer, born in Alabama
 John Cardinal McCloskey - first American born cardinal, born in City of Brooklyn, New York
 John McEnroe - professional tennis player, born in Germany
 Zubin Mehta - orchestra conductor, born in Bombay, India
 Bette Midler - singer and actress, born in Honolulu, Hawaii
 The Misshapes - DJs and party hosts
 Moondog (Louis Hardin) - eccentric street musician & poet, born in Kansas
 Garry Moore - TV show host and producer, born in Baltimore, Maryland
 John Pierpont Morgan - businessman, born in Hartford, Connecticut
 Robert Moses - NYC urban planner and developer, born in New Haven, Connecticut

 N 
 Joe Namath - professional  football player, born in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania

 O 
 Soledad O'Brien - CNN anchorwoman, born in Saint James, New York
 John Joseph O'Connor - Roman Catholic Cardinal Archbishop of New York, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
 Rosie O'Donnell - comedian, born in Long Island, New York
 Yoko Ono - artist/musician, born in Tokyo, Japan
 Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen, born in Sherman Oaks, California.

 P 
 Ronald Perelman - investor, owner of Revlon, born in Greensboro, North Carolina
 Itzhak Perlman - violinist, born in Jaffa, Israel
 David Hyde Pierce - actor, born in Saratoga Springs, New York

 Q 
R
 Tony Randall - actor, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
 Dan Rather - television news anchor, born in Wharton, Texas
 Chris Rock - comedian, born in Andrews, South Carolina
 John D. Rockefeller - businessman, born in Richford, New York
 Richard Rodgers - composer, born in Long Island, New York
 Andrew Rooney - CBS 60 Minutes commentator, born in Albany, New York
 Franklin D. Roosevelt - President of the United States, born in Hyde Park, New York
 Dräco Rosa - composer, singer, and actor, born in Long Island, New York
 Babe Ruth - professional baseball player, born in Baltimore, Maryland

 S 
 Telly Savalas - actor, born in Long Island, New York
 Fulton J. Sheen - Catholic bishop, author, TV show host, born in El Paso, Illinois 
 Bobby Short - jazz musician, born in Danville, Illinois
 Paul Simon - songwriter, born in Newark Heights, New Jersey
 Frank Sinatra - singer, born in Hoboken, New Jersey
 Upton Sinclair - author, born in Baltimore, Maryland
 Patti Smith - singer and poet, born in Chicago
 Francis Cardinal Spellman - Roman Catholic Cardinal Archbishop of New York, born in Whitman, Massachusetts
 Wilhelm Steinitz - world chess champion, born in Prague, Czech Republic
 Howard Stern - radio personality, born in Roosevelt, New York
 Sting - rock star, born in England
 Jon Stewart - comedian, born in Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey
 Martha Stewart - home interior designer, born in Jersey City, New Jersey
 Lee Strasberg - acting teacher, born in Budaniv, Ukraine
 Meryl Streep - actress, born in Summit, New Jersey
 Ned Stuart - producer-actor-operatic lyric baritone, born in Exeter, England

 T 

 Samuel J. Tilden - presidential candidate, born in New Lebanon, New York
 Daniel D Tompkins - Vice President of the United States, born in Westchester County

 U 
V
 Martin Van Buren - US President, born in Kinderhook, New York
 Suzanne Vega - singer, songwriter, born in Santa Monica, California
 Jon Voight - actor, born in Yonkers, New York

 W 
 Barbara Walters - anchorwoman, born in Boston, Massachusetts
 Andy Warhol - artist, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
 Denzel Washington - actor, born in Mount Vernon, New York
 Walt Whitman - poet, author, born in Long Island, New York
 Jayson Williams - basketball player, born in Ritter, South Carolina

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