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
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### 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
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*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
*Éamon de Valera, Prime Minister of Ireland

## Entertainment
### Film, theater, dance, and modeling
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*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
*Max Hechtman (born 1997), filmmaker, video editor and videographer
*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
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*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
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*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
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*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
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*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.
*Jacquelyn Ottman, marketing consultant
*Henry Paulson, former CEO of Goldman Sachs; United States Secretary of the Treasury
*Joseph R. Perella, financier
*Pat Powers (1870–1948), movie producer
*Donald Regan, former CEO of Merrill Lynch; 66th United States Secretary of the Treasury
*Robert E. Rich, Sr. (1913–2006), inventor, foodservice executive
*John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937), founder of Standard Oil, philanthropist
*Robert Rubin, former CEO of Goldman Sachs; 70th United States Secretary of the Treasury
*Scott Rudin, movie producer
*Jacob Schiff, Wall Street executive, banker
*Edward Selzer (1893–1970), movie producer
*Ellsworth Milton Statler (1863–1928), hotelier
*Jill Stuart, fashion designer
*Donald Trump (born 1946), entrepreneur
*Cornelius Vanderbilt, ferry and tugboat captain; company founder; railroader
*Sanford Weill, former CEO of Citigroup
*Henry Wells (1805–1878), businessman
*John G. Wickser (1858–1928), businessman; New York State Treasurer (1903–1904)
*Bob Weinstein, movie producer, co-founder of Miramax Films
*Harvey Weinstein, movie producer, co-founder of Miramax Films
*Robert G. Wilmers (born 1935), CEO of M&T Bank
*Christopher Woodrow, movie producer

## Art, literature, journalism, and philosophy
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*Samuel Hopkins Adams, muckraker, born in Dunkirk
*Scott Adams (born 1957), cartoonist, creator of *Dilbert*
*Susan B. Anthony, women's rights activist
*Cory Arcangel (born 1978), artist
*William Bliss Baker (1859–1886), landscape painter
*Lauren Belfer, author
*J. Bowyer Bell (1931–2003), historian, artist and art critic
*Timothy D. Bellavia (born 1971), artist and illustrator
*Louise Blanchard Bethune (1856–1913), architect
*Wolf Blitzer (born 1948), CNN journalist, host of *The Situation Room*
*Lawrence Block (born 1938), author
*Howard Bloom (born 1943), author
*Joseph Brodsky (1940–1996), Russian-American poet
*Dale Brown (born 1956), author
*Gordon Bunshaft (1909–1990), architect
*Charles E. Burchfield (1893–1967), artist
*Charles Clough (born 1951), artist
*Burton Crane (1901–1963), journalist
*Robert Creeley (1926–2005), poet
*Jasper Francis Cropsey (1823–1900), artist
*Arthur B. Davies (1863–1928), artist
*Don DeLillo (born 1936), author
*Melvil Dewey (1851–1931), originator of Dewey Decimal System
*Amy Dickinson, *Chicago Tribune* advice columnist, from Freeville
*Amanda Minnie Douglas (1831–1916), writer
*Frederick Douglass (1818–1895), editor and publisher of abolitionist newspapers such as *The North Star*
*Arthur Dove (1880–1946), artist
*Philip Evergood (1901–1973), artist
*Leslie Fiedler (1917–2003), literary critic
*Steve Fiorilla (1961–2009), artist
*Ira Joe Fisher, author and weatherman, who was born and raised in Little Valley
*F. Scott Fitzgerald, author, raised in Buffalo
*Helen Frankenthaler (born 1928), artist
*Kelly Freas (1922–2005), artist
*Anna Katharine Green (1846–1935), author
*E.B. Green (1855–1950), architect
*Terry Gross (born 1951), radio host, *Fresh Air*
*Alfred Harvey (1913–1994), writer and publisher, founder of Harvey Comics
*Richard Hofstadter (1916–1970), author and philosopher
*Paul Horgan (1903–1995), author
*Roni Horn (born 1955), artist
*Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915), philosopher and writer
*Idil Ibrahim, director
*Washington Irving (1783–1859), author, *Rip Van Winkle* and *The Legend of Sleepy Hollow*
*Henry James (1843–1916), author
*William James (1842–1910), philosopher
*James A. Johnson (1865–1939), architect
*Ellsworth Kelly (born 1923), artist
*John Kessel (born 1950), author
*Verlyn Klinkenborg, member of *New York Times* editorial board; writer and farmer
*Nancy Kress (born 1948), author
*Matt Lauer (born 1957), anchor of *The Today Show*
*Zoe Leonard (born 1961), photographer and visual artist
*Robert Longo (born 1953), artist
*Mabel Dodge Luhan (1879–1962), writer and patron
*Norman Mailer (1923–2007), author
*Francis Mallison, journalist, helped organize the Great Civil War Gold Hoax; from Rome
*Brice Marden (born 1938), artist
*Herman Melville (1819–1891), author of *Moby-Dick*
*Ogden Nash (1902–1971), poet
*Joyce Carol Oates (born 1938), author
*William Ordway Partridge (1861–1930), sculptor 
*Tim Powers (born 1952), author
*Thomas Pynchon (born 1937), author
*Ishmael Reed (born 1938), poet
*John Reed (born 1969), author, ''Snowball's Chance''
*Seymour Reit (1918–2001), writer and cartoonist
*Norman Rockwell (1894–1978), painter
*Spain Rodriguez (born 1940), cartoonist
*Milton Rogovin (1909–2011), photographer
*Charles Rohlfs (1853–1936, craftsman
*Tim Russert (1950–2008), host of NBC's *Meet the Press*
*David Sedaris (born 1956), humorist and author
*Tony Sisti (1901–1983), painter
*Eugene Speicher (1883–1962), painter
*Fran Striker (1903–1962), creator of the *Lone Ranger* and *Green Hornet*
*Elizabeth Swados (born 1951), author
*Dorothy Thompson, born in Lancaster
*Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933), artist
*Tom Toles (born 1951), cartoonist
*Israel Tsvaygenbaum (born 1961), Russian-American artist
*Mark Twain (1835–1910), author
*Andrew Vachss (born 1942), author, activist, and lawyer
*Richard A. Waite (1848–1911), architect
*J. Alden Weir (1852–1919), painter
*Edith Wharton (1862–1937), author
*Walt Whitman (1819–1892), poet
*Brian Williams (born 1959), anchor of *NBC Nightly News*
*John Zogby, pollster and blogger from Utica

## Science and medicine
*Richard Axel (born 1946), scientist, Nobel prize winner
*Gertrude B. Elion (1918–1999), biochemist, pharmacologist, Nobel prize winner
*Richard P. Feynman (1918–1988), physicist, Nobel prize winner
*Carl Sagan (1934–1996), astronomer
*Jonas Salk (1914–1995), scientist, developed first polio vaccine

## Athletics
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*Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born 1947), NBA player
*Lisa Aukland (born 1957), professional bodybuilder and powerlifter
*Moe Berg (1902–72), Major League Baseball baseball player, and spy (New York City)
*Sue Bird (born 1980), Women's National Basketball Association point guard; two-time Olympic champion; four-time All-Star (Seattle Storm) (Syosset)
*Andrulla Blanchette (born 1966), British professional bodybuilder
*Andy Bloom (born 1973), Olympic shot putter
*Laura Creavalle (born 1959), Guyanese-born Canadian/American professional bodybuilder
*Lisa Cross (born 1978), British professional bodybuilder
*Al "Bummy" Davis (1920–45), professional boxer (Brooklyn)
*Shay Doron (born 1985), professional basketball player
*Tommy Dreamer (born 1971), professional wrestler (Yonkers)
*Julius Erving (born 1950), NBA player
*Mick Foley (born 1965), professional wrestler and author
*Whitey Ford, baseball player
*Heather Foster (born 1966), Jamaica-born American professional bodybuilder
*Bev Francis (born 1955), Australian professional bodybuilder, powerlifter, and national shot put champion
*John Franco, baseball player
*Lou Gehrig (1903–1941), Baseball Hall of Famer
*Sid Gordon (1917–75), two-time All Star major league baseball player
*Hank Greenberg (1911–1986), Baseball Hall of Famer (Greenwich Village)
*Jon Jones (born 1987), UFC champion
*Seymour H. Knox III (1926–1996), co-founder of the Buffalo Sabres
*Sandy Koufax (born 1935), Baseball Hall of Famer
*Scott Lipsky (born 1981), tennis player
*Boyd Melson, boxer
*Joe Nathan (born 1974), baseball player, Minnesota Twins; born in Pine Bush)
*Colette Nelson (born 1974), professional bodybuilder
*Eric Nystrom (born 1983), NHL player
*Beth Phoenix (born 1980), professional wrestler (born in Elmira, New York)
*A. J. Pierzynski (born 1976), baseball player (Chicago White Sox) (born in Bridgehampton)
*Lipman Pike (1845–93), Major League Baseball baseball player, 4x home run champion (New York City)
*Alex Rodriguez (born 1975), MLB player
*Alana Shipp (born 1982), Barbadian-born Israeli/American professional bodybuilder
*Carl Yastrzemski (born 1939), Baseball Hall of Famer

## Infamous New Yorkers
*David Berkowitz (born 1953), serial killer "Son of Sam"
*Robert Garrow (1936–1978), spree killer
*Eric Harris (1981–1999), Columbine High School massacre co-perpetrator
*Timothy McVeigh (1968–2001), convicted terrorist responsible for the Oklahoma City bombing
*Theodore Rinaldo (1944–2000), convicted child sex offender
*Jimmy Walker (1881–1946), NYC mayor forced into resigning by the Seabury Commission
*Shirley Winters (born 1948), convicted arsonist and accused serial killer

## Lawyers and jurists
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*Kumiki Gibson
*Ruth Bader Ginsburg
*John Jay (1745–1829), first Chief Justice of the United States
*Elena Kagan
*John G. Roberts
*Antonin Scalia
*Sonia Sotomayor

## Religious leaders
*Avraham Qanai, leader of one of the first Karaite Jewish congregations in the United States
*Menachem Mendel Schneerson

## Other
*Lina Beecher (1841–1915), roller coaster designer and inventor
*Grace Brown (1886–1906, murder victim)
*Mary Therese Friel (born 1960), Miss USA 1979, model, businesswoman
*Wilson Greatbatch (1919–2011), inventor
*Harry Houdini (1874–1926), magician
*Kimberly Pressler (born 1977), Miss USA 1999
*Margaret Sanger (1879–1966), activist
*Frances Shimer (1826–1901), founder of Shimer College
*Richard Stallman (born 1953), programmer of Emacs, founder of GNU
*Josephine Terranova (1889–1981), criminal defendant

## References