List of people from New York City
Many notable people were either born or adopted in New York City.
People from or live in NY
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A
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – basketball player
 - George Abernethy (1807–1877) – first provisional Governor of Oregon[1]
 - Cecile Abish – sculptor
 - Oday Aboushi (born 1991) – football player
 - Garnett Adrain (1815–1878) – member of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey[1]
 - Cornelius Rea Agnew (1830–1888) – ophthalmologist[1]
 - Eliza Agnew (1807–1883) – Presbyterian missionary[1]
 - Christina Aguilera – singer
 - Danny Aiello – actor
 - Marv Albert – sports announcer
 - Alan Alda (born 1936) – actor
 - Ira Aldridge (1805–1867) – stage actor[1]
 - William Alexander, Lord Stirling (1726–1783) – American major general in the American Revolutionary War[1]
 - Woody Allen – film director, actor, screenwriter
 - Rafer Alston – basketball player
 - Lee J. Ames – illustrator and writer; known for the Draw 50... learn-to-draw books
 - Judd Apatow – producer, director, comedian, actor and screenwriter
 - Charles Anthon – classical scholar[1]
 - Carmelo Anthony – basketball player
 - Marc Anthony – singer and actor
 - Fiona Apple – singer-songwriter
 - Diane Arbus (1923–1971) – photographer
 - Kenneth J. Arrow – economist; recipient, 1972 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
 - Beatrice Arthur (1922–2009) – actress
 - William H. Aspinwall – railroad promoter[1]
 - John Jacob Astor III (1822–1890) – businessman and member of the Astor family
 - Vincent Astor (1891–1959) – businessman, philanthropist and member of the Astor family
 - William Backhouse Astor, Sr. (1792–1875) – businessman and member of the Astor family[1]
 - Jake T. Austin – actor, model, author
 
B
- Edwin Burr Babbitt – actor
 - Evan Baken – musician, drummer and record company executive
 - William Bliss Baker – landscape artist
 - Azealia Banks – rapper
 - Joseph Barbera (1911–2006) – animator, producer, director, MGM and co-founder of Hanna-Barbera
 - Earl Beecham – American football player
 - Moe Berg – Major League Baseball player and spy
 - Milton Berle – comedian
 - Paul Berlenbach (1901–1985) – light heavyweight boxing champion from 1925 to 1926
 - Joan Blondell – actress
 - Humphrey Bogart – actor
 - William T. Bonniwell, Jr. – Wisconsin and Minnesota politician
 - Joseph Borelli – politician and conservative commentator
 - Francis Bouillon – National Hockey League defenseman playing for the Nashville Predators
 - Barbara Boxer – U.S. Senator from California
 - James J. Braddock – boxer (aka "Cinderella Man")
 - Hermann Braun (1918–1945) – actor
 - Abigail Breslin – actress and musician
 - Jimmy Breslin – columnist
 - Eben Britton – football player
 - Matthew Broderick – actor
 - Action Bronson – rapper
 - Mel Brooks – film director, screenwriter and actor
 - Julia Brown – madam and prostitute
 - Larry Brown – basketball player and coach
 - Tarell Brown (born 1985) – football player
 - Andrew Bryson (1822–1892) – United States Navy rear admiral
 - William F. Buckley, Jr. – author and conservative commentator
 - George Burns – comedian
 - Steve Buscemi – actor
 - Gene Byrnes – cartoonist
 - Bill Burr - comedian
 
C
- James Caan – actor
 - 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 – Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
 - Maria Callas – opera singer
 - Christian Camargo – actor
 - Schuyler V. Cammann – anthropologist
 - Chris Canty – football player
 - Al Capone (1899–1947) – Prohibition gangster, boss of Chicago Outfit
 - Mae Capone (1897–1986) – wife of Al Capone
 - Francis Capra (born 1983) – actor
 - Nestor Carbonell (born 1967) – actor
 - Benjamin Cardozo – Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
 - Hugh Carey – Governor of New York
 - Timothy Carey (1929–1994) – actor
 - George Carlin (1937–2008) – comedian
 - Alan Carney (1909–1973) – actor and comedian
 - Caleb Carr (born 1955) – novelist and military historian
 - Eric Carr – rock musician, songwriter
 - John Carradine (1906–1988) - actor
 - Julian Casablancas – lead singer of rock band The Strokes, musician
 - John Cassavetes – actor
 - Luis Castillo - football player
 - Vinnie Caruana – musician, singer
 - Phoebe Cates – actress
 - Jose Ceballos – trade unionist and political campaign manager
 - Bennett Cerf (1898–1971) – publisher, TV personality
 - Jeff Chandler – actor
 - Frank Chanfrau – actor
 - Harry Chapin (1942–1981) – singer-songwriter
 - Paddy Chayefsky – author
 - Maury Chaykin – actor
 - Julie Chen – television personality
 - Edmund A. Chester – executive at CBS
 - Jennie Jerome Churchill – mother of Winston Churchill
 - Peter Cincotti – singer-songwriter
 - Robert Clohessy – actor
 - Margaret Colin – actress
 - Irv Constantine – football player
 - Hugh E. Conway – labor economist
 - Anderson Cooper – television journalist
 - George H. Cooper (1821–1891) – United States Navy rear admiral[2][3]
 - Shaun Cooper – rock musician, bassist
 - Freddie Crawford – basketball player
 - Peter Criss – rock musician, songwriter
 - Billy Crystal – comedian, actor, director
 - George Cukor – film director
 - Jermaine Cunningham – football player
 - Valerie Curtin – actress and screenwriter
 - Tony Curtis – actor
 - Mario Cuomo – Governor of New York
 
D
- Alexandra Daddario – actress
 - Matthew Daddario – actor
 - Charles Patrick Daly – judge
 - Al D'Amato – politician
 - Claire Danes – actress
 - Rodney Dangerfield – comedian
 - Lloyd Daniels – basketball player
 - Ron Dante – singer-songwriter and record producer
 - Tony Danza – actor
 - Bobby Darin – singer, entertainer, actor, songwriter
 - Larry David – actor, writer, comedian, producer
 - Marion Davies – actress
 - Al "Bummy" Davis – boxer
 - Sammy Davis, Jr. – singer and entertainer
 - Rosario Dawson – actress
 - Clarence Day (1874–1935) – author and humorist
 - Dorothy Day – Catholic social activist
 - Bill de Blasio – Mayor of New York City
 - Robert De Niro – actor
 - Éamon de Valera – Taoiseach (prime minister) and President of Ireland
 - Lana Del Rey – model and singer-songwriter
 - Samuel R. Delany – author and critic
 - Don DeLillo – author
 - Aaron T. Demarest – carriage manufacturer
 - Jerry Denny – Major League Baseball player[4]
 - Willy DeVille (1950–2009) – singer
 - Kevin Devine – musician and songwriter
 - Neil Diamond – singer and composer
 - Vin Diesel – actor
 - Vincent D'Onofrio – actor
 - Phoebe Doty – prostitute and madam
 - Amanda Minnie Douglas (1831–1916) – writer
 - Kirk Douglas – actor
 - Robert Downey Jr. – actor, producer and singer
 - Ervin Drake – composer, producer, writer, musician
 - Fran Drescher – actor
 - Richard Dreyfuss – actor
 - Eric Drooker – artist and illustrator
 - David Duchovny – actor
 - Patty Duke – actress and activist for mental-health issues
 - Lena Dunham – actress, screenwriter, producer and director
 - Joseph Dunninger – mentalist
 
E
- Dominique Easley – football player
 - Gertrude Ederle – swimmer
 - Eddie Egan – police detective
 - Gladys Egan – child actress
 - Ansel Elgort – actor, singer, dancer, DJ
 - Bill Elko – football player
 - Mario Elie – basketball player
 - Duke Ellington – jazz pianist
 - Abby Elliott – actress
 - Nora Ephron – director, screenwriter, author
 - Eru – singer
 - Jesse Eisenberg – actor
 - Lapo Elkann – chief executive officer, Fiat
 
F
- Peter Facinelli – actor
 - Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. – actor
 - Edie Falco – actress
 - Jonah Falcon – actor and writer; achieved fame in early 2000s for his penis size
 - Jimmy Fallon – comedian
 - Peter Falk – actor
 - Louis Farrakhan – leader of the Nation of Islam
 - Perry Farrell – musician
 - Alice Faye – actress
 - Jack Feldman – lyricist
 - Morton Feldman – composer
 - Julissa Ferreras – New York City Council Member, Finance Committee chair
 - Richard Feynman – theoretical physicist; recipient 1965 Nobel Prize in Physics
 - Harvey Fierstein – actor and playwright
 - Hamilton Fish – Governor of New York and U.S. Secretary of State
 - Jeffrey Flier – Dean of Harvard Medical School
 - Jane Fonda – actress
 - Peter Fonda – actor
 - Hector Fonseca – deejay
 - Malcolm Forbes – publisher
 - Davy Force – major league baseball player[4]
 - Lauren Francesca – YouTuber & Actress
 - Anthony Franciosa – actor
 - David Frankel – film director
 - Al Franken – comedian and radio host, U.S. Senator from Minnesota
 - Michael Freeman – inventor, entrepreneur, author, and business consultant
 - Ace Frehley – guitarist
 - Milton Friedman – economist
 - John Frusciante – musician, artist
 - Bobby Flay – chef
 - Whitey Ford – pitcher for the New York Yankees
 
G
- Lady Gaga – singer -songwriter, actress
 - Gus Gardella – football player
 - Art Garfunkel – singer-songwriter, actor
 - Lou Gehrig – baseball player
 - Sarah Michelle Gellar – actress
 - Richard Genelle – actor
 - George Gershwin – composer
 - Ira Gershwin – lyricist
 - Tiffany Giardina – singer-songwriter
 - Vitas Gerulaitis – tennis player
 - Guy Gillette – photographer
 - Ruth Bader Ginsburg – Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court
 - Rabbi Issamar Ginzberg – business strategist, rabbi, motivational speaker
 - Rudolph Giuliani – former Mayor of New York City
 - Jackie Gleason – comedian, actor
 - James Gleason – actor
 - Whoopi Goldberg – comedian, actress, TV personality
 - William Goldberg – diamond dealer
 - Daniel S. Goldin – NASA director
 - Ben Goldwasser – member of the psychedelic-rock band MGMT
 - Cuba Gooding Jr. – actor
 - Doris Kearns Goodwin – author
 - Leo Gorcey- film actor and comedian, Leader of the Dead End Kids, East Side Kids, and Bowery Boys in several movies
 - Victor Gotbaum – labor leader
 - Elliott Gould – actor
 - David C. Gowdey – politician
 - Topher Grace – actor
 - Rocky Graziano (born Thomas Rocco Barbella) – boxer
 - Hank Greenberg – Hall of Fame baseball player
 - Alan Greenspan – economist, former Federal Reserve chairman
 - Adrian Grenier – actor
 - Bill Griffith – cartoonist (Zippy)[5]
 - Melanie Griffith – actress
 - Bob Guccione – publisher
 - Peggy Guggenheim – art collector
 - Steve Guttenberg – actor
 - Maggie Gyllenhaal – actress
 
H
- Mortimer Halpern – Broadway stage manager
 - Adelaide Hall – Jazz singer, Broadway star, actress
 - Huntz Hall – comedian, actor; co-starred in several Dead End Kids, East Side Kids and Bowery Boys movies
 - Pete Hamill – journalist
 - Marvin Hamlisch – composer
 - Armand Hammer – industrialist and philanthropist
 - Oscar Hammerstein II – composer
 - Sean Hannity – television host, author, conservative political commentator
 - Frank Hankinson – major league baseball player[4]
 - Nelson Harding (1879–1944) – editorial cartoonist
 - Donald J. Harlin – Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Air Force
 - W. Averell Harriman – diplomat and Governor of New York
 - Zelda Harris – actress
 - Anne Hathaway – actress
 - Marcia Haufrecht – actor, director, playwright
 - Curt Hawkins – WWE wrestler
 - Susan Hayward (1917–1975) – actress
 - Rita Hayworth – actress
 - Anthony Hecht – poet
 - Carol Heiss – Olympic figure skater (silver 1956, gold 1960)
 - Joseph Heller – author
 - Jim Hellwig (better known as Warrior) – professional wrestler
 - Lance Henriksen – actor
 - Brian Henson – puppeteer, director, producer
 - Bernard Herrmann (1911–1975) – composer
 - Peter Cooper Hewitt (1861–1921) – inventor
 - William Hickey – actor
 - Hildegarde – cabaret singer
 - Paris Hilton – socialite, actress
 - Gregory Hines – dancer and actor
 - Judd Hirsch (born 1935) – actor
 - Lena Horne (1917–2010) – singer
 - Edward Everett Horton – actor
 - Curly Howard – actor of comedy team The Three Stooges
 - Moe Howard – actor of comedy team The Three Stooges
 - Shemp Howard – actor of comedy team The Three Stooges
 - Tina Huang – actress
 - Richard Hunt – puppeteer and television director
 - Tab Hunter (born 1931) – actor
 - Barbara Hutton (1912–1979) – socialite dubbed "Poor Little Rich Girl"
 
I
- Washington Irving – author
 - John Isaac – photographer
 
J
- Wolfman Jack (also known as Robert Weston Smith; 1938–1995) – radio personality
 - Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson – businessman and rapper
 - Jane Jacobs (1916–2006) – economist, urban theorist, activist
 - Ken Jacobs (born 1933) – artist and filmmaker
 - Marc Jacobs (born 1963) – fashion designer
 - Henry James (1843–1916) – writer
 - William James (1842–1910) – philosopher and psychologist
 - 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
 - Charles Jenkins (born 1989) – basketball player
 - Max Jenkins (born 1985) – actor and writer
 - Billy Joel (born 1949) – singer and songwriter
 - David Johansen (born 1950) – actor, singer and songwriter
 - Scarlett Johansson (born 1984) – actress
 - Boris Johnson (born 1964), Mayor of London
 - Kimberly Denise Jones (also known as Lil' Kim; born 1976) – actress and rapper
 - Nasir Jones (born 1973) – actor and rapper
 - Norah Jones (born 1979) – actress, instrumentalist and singer-songwriter
 - Michael Jordan (born 1963) – basketball player
 - William Joyce (also known as Lord Haw-Haw; 1906–1946) – Nazi propaganda broadcaster
 
K
- Philip Mayer Kaiser (1913–2007) – U.S. diplomat
 - Charlie Kaufman (born 1958) – screenwriter
 - Danny Kaye (1913–1987) – actor and comedian
 - Lenny Kaye (born 1946) – guitarist
 - Thomas Kean (born 1935) – Governor of New Jersey
 - 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
 - Jerome Kern (1885–1945) – composer
 - Alicia Keys (born 1981) – R&B singer
 - Jimmy Kimmel (born 1967) – comedian and television talk-show host
 - Keith Kinkaid (born 1989) – professional ice hockey player
 - Calvin Klein (born 1942) – fashion designer
 - Ed Koch (1924–2013) – Mayor of New York City
 - E. L. Konigsburg (born 1930) – writer
 - C. Everett Koop (1916–2013) – physician
 - Yaphet Kotto (born 1939) – actor
 - Lenny Kravitz (born 1964) – singer and songwriter
 - Stanley Kubrick (1928–1999) – film director and screenwriter
 - Bruce Kulick (born 1953) – guitarist
 - William Kunstler (1919–1955) – lawyer
 - Tony Kushner (born 1956) – playwright and screenwriter
 
L
- Fiorello La Guardia (1882–1947) – Mayor of New York City
 - Jesse Lacey – musician and singer
 - Bert Lahr (1895–1967) – actor and comedian
 - Veronica Lake – actress
 - Jake LaMotta – boxer
 - Burt Lancaster (1913–1994) – actor
 - Martin Landau – actor
 - Diane Lane (born 1965) – actress
 - Leo Laporte – founder/host of TWiT.tv
 - Floria Lasky (1923–2007) – theater world lawyer
 - Cyndi Lauper – singer
 - Ralph Lauren – fashion designer
 - Emma Lazarus – author and poet
 - Steve Lawrence – singer and actor
 - Derek Lee – baseball player
 - Jeanette Lee (born 1971) – professional pool player
 - Madeleine L'Engle – author
 - Franz Leichter (born 1930) – politician
 - Melissa Leo (born 1960) – actress
 - Princess Leonore, Duchess of Gotland (born 2014) – fifth in line to the Swedish throne
 - Huey Lewis – musician and singer
 - Joe E. Lewis (1902–1971) – comedian
 - Roy Lichtenstein – artist
 - John Lindsay – Mayor of New York City
 - Peggy Lipton – actress
 - Lisa Lisa (born 1966) – freestyle singer; fronted Cult Jam; born Lisa Velez
 - Robert R. Livingston – U.S. Founding Father and diplomat
 - Andy LoCascio – television personality
 - Robert Loggia – actor
 - Lindsay Lohan – actress
 - Vince Lombardi – football coach
 - Ki Longfellow – novelist
 - Jennifer Lopez – actor and singer
 - Julia Louis-Dreyfus – actress
 - Willie Lozado – baseball player
 - Edna Luby – Broadway and vaudeville performer
 - Lucky Luciano – gangster
 - Sid Luckman – football player and coach
 - Lucy Liu – Chinese/American actress
 - Frankie Lymon – singer
 
M
- Bernard Malamud – author
 - Melissa Manchester – singer
 - Barry Manilow – singer, songwriter, musician
 - Mike Mansfield – Senator from Montana (raised in Montana)
 - Stephon Marbury – professional basketball player
 - Ernest Martin – theatre director and manager
 - Soraida Martinez – artist, designer
 - Sadie Martinot – singer, actress
 - Constantine Maroulis – American Idol finalist
 - Lee Marvin – actor
 - Chico Marx – member of the Marx Brothers
 - Groucho Marx – member of the Marx Brothers
 - Gummo Marx – member of the Marx Brothers
 - Harpo Marx – member of the Marx Brothers
 - Zeppo Marx – member of the Marx Brothers
 - James Maslow – actor and singer (raised in California)
 - John Massari – composer, sound designer
 - Walter Matthau – actor
 - John McCloskey – Cardinal Archbishop of New York, 1864–1885
 - Frank McCourt – author (raised in Ireland, returned later in life)
 - Malachy McCourt – author (raised in Ireland, returned later in life)
 - Linda McCartney – photographer, late wife of Beatle Paul McCartney
 - Allie McGuire – professional basketball player
 - Kenneth McMillan (1932-1989) - actor
 - Andrea Mitchell – journalist, NBC News
 - Paul Meltsner – WPA-era painter and muralist
 - Dave Meltzer – pro wrestling journalist
 - Herman Melville (1819–1891) – author
 - Yehudi Menuhin (1916–1999) – violinist
 - Idina Menzel (1971–) – singer and actress
 - Ethel Merman (1908–1984) – singer and actress
 - Robert Merrill (1917–2004) – singer
 - Lea Michele – actress, singer
 - Vera Michelena (1885–1961) – actress, dancer and singer
 - Alyssa Milano – actress
 - Adeline Miller – prostitute and madam
 - Arthur Miller (1915–2005) – playwright
 - Eleanor Miller member of the Chipettes
 - Marcus Miller – bassist and composer
 - Sienna Miller – actress, fashion designer, model
 - Stephanie Mills – singer and former Broadway star
 - Harvey Milk – gay activist and politician
 - Nicki Minaj – singer and songwriter
 - Andy Mineo - Christian rapper
 - Sal Mineo (1939–1976) – actor
 - John Joseph Mitty – Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco
 - Isaac Mizrahi – fashion designer
 - Eddie Money – singer
 - Mary Tyler Moore – actress and producer
 - Melba Moore – actress and singer
 - Tom Morello – guitarist
 - Henry Morgan – radio and television personality
 - Huey Morgan – musician, radio DJ, songwriter, television personality
 - Gouverneur Morris – U.S. founding father; U.S. Senator
 - Zero Mostel – actor and comedian
 - Maria Muldaur – folk and blues singer-songwriter
 - Gerry Mulligan – musician
 - Richard Mulligan – actor
 - Robert Mulligan – director
 - Chris Mullin – basketball player
 - Charlie Murphy – actor and comedian
 - Eddie Murphy – actor and comedian
 
N
- James M. Nack (1809–1879) – deaf and mute poet
 - Casey Neistat – film director, producer, designer
 - Dominic Napolitano (1930–1981) – Mafia caporegime
 - Janet Napolitano (born 1957) – third US Secretary of Homeland Security
 - Nas (born 1973) – rapper born Nasir Jones
 - Michael H. Nash (1946–2012) – labor historian, librairan, and archivist
 - Russell Nash (1518–2002) – antiques dealer on Hudson Street
 - Tonie Nathan (born 1923) – Libertarian Party political figure
 - 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 (born 1957) – actress
 - Harry Nilsson (1941–1994) – singer-songwriter
 - Cynthia Nixon (born 1966) – actress
 - Jerry Nolan (1946–1992) – rock drummer
 - John Nolan (born 1978) – musician and singer
 - Charles Nordhoff (1830–1901) – journalist, descriptive and miscellaneous writer
 - Dagmar Nordstrom – composer, pianist and singer; member of the cabaret singing duo the Nordstrom Sisters
 - Siggie Nordstrom – actress, model and singer; member of the cabaret singing duo the Nordstrom Sisters
 - Ed Norris (born 1960) – radio host
 - Chris Noth (born 1954) – actor
 - Carrie Nye (1936–2006) – actress
 - Naresh Goyal – chairman of Jet Airways based in Mumbai
 
O
- John Oates (born 1949) – guitarist Hall & Oates
 - Al Oerter (1935–2007) – four-time Olympic champion in discus throw
 - Kevin Ogletree – football player
 - Keith Olbermann – television sportscaster and commentator
 - Eugene O'Neill – playwright
 - Robert Oppenheimer – physicist; "father of the atomic bomb"
 - Bill O'Reilly – Fox News anchor
 - Jerry Orbach – actor
 
P
- P. Diddy – rapper
 - Al Pacino – actor
 - Joseph Papp – theater producer, impresario and founder of The Public Theater
 - Lana Parrilla – actress
 - Christopher Poole – creator of websites 4chan and Canvas Networks
 - Saul K. Padover – historian
 - Rob Parker – sportswriter and TV analyst
 - Joe Paterno – football coach
 - James Patterson – novelist
 - Josh Peck – actor
 - Jan Peerce (1904–1984) – opera tenor
 - Amanda Peet – actress
 - Richard Pelham – blackface performer
 - Claiborne Pell – Senator from Rhode Island
 - Sam Perkins – basketball player
 - Bernadette Peters – actress and singer
 - Regis Philbin – entertainer and TV personality
 - Lip Pike – baseball player, four-time home-run champion[4]
 - John Pleshette – actor
 - Suzanne Pleshette – actress
 - Snake Plissken – Former soldier
 - Ted Post – movie and TV director
 - Neil Postman – author and cultural critic
 - Chaim Potok (1929–2002) – author
 - Bud Powell – jazz pianist
 - Colin Powell – U.S. Army general and U.S. Secretary of State
 - Gary Powell (musician) – Drummer
 - Joshua Prager – physician
 - Priscilla Presley – actress
 - Tito Puente – bandleader
 - Mario Puzo – author
 
Q
- Q-Tip – rapper
 
R
- Raekwon – rapper (Wu-tang Clan)
 - Bill Rafferty – comedian
 - Joey Ramone and Marky Ramone – punk-rock musicians
 - Michael Rapaport – actor, comedian, director
 - Ray Ratkowski – football player
 - Lou Reed – rock musician, songwriter
 - A$AP Rocky – rapper
 - Christopher Reeve – actor
 - Carl Reiner - comedian, actor, director, author
 - Paul Reiser – actor
 - Ed Rendell – former Mayor of Philadelphia, Governor of Pennsylvania
 - Brandon Reilly – musician, guitarist, singer
 - Leah Remini –actress
 - Vincent Rey – football player
 - Charles E. Rice – legal scholar, university professor
 - Buddy Rich – jazz drummer
 - Terry Richardson – fashion photographer
 - Burton Richter – Nobel Prize-winning physicist
 - Thelma Ritter – actress
 - Joan Rivers - comedian
 - Chris Rock – comedian and actor
 - Laurance Rockefeller – conservationist and philanthropist
 - Winthrop Rockefeller – Governor of Arkansas
 - Norman Rockwell – artist
 - Alex Rodriguez – baseball player
 - John Rogan – football player
 - Sonny Rollins – jazz saxophonist
 - Ray Romano – comedian and actor
 - Igal Roodenko (1917–1991) – civil-rights activist, pacifist
 - Sean Rooks – basketball player and coach[6]
 - Mickey Rooney – actor
 - Franklin Roosevelt – U.S. President
 - Remy Ma – Rapper
 - Eleanor Roosevelt – U.S. First Lady and human-rights activist
 - Theodore Roosevelt – U.S. President
 - Ethel Greenglass Rosenberg – convicted spy
 - Beatrice Rosen – actress (raised in Paris)
 - Julius Rosenberg – convicted spy
 - Emmy Rossum – actress
 - Veronica Roth – novelist
 - Vic Ruggiero – ska musician frontman of The Slackers
 - Mercedes Ruehl – actress
 - Damien Russell – NFL player
 - Art Rust Jr – sportscaster
 - Louis Rukeyser – business columnist, economic commentator
 
- Raees Warsi Poet, Journalist, Social worker
 
S
- Carl Sagan – physicist and astronomer
 - Dustin Satloff – boy entrepreneur
 - Brooke Shields – actress
 - J. D. Salinger – author
 - Jonas Salk – medical researcher
 - John Salley – basketball player
 - Jerry Saltz – art critic, art historian
 - Jason Saltzman – businessperson
 - Adam Sandler – actor, comedian
 - Claudio Sanchez – musician
 - Francesco Scavullo – photographer
 - Dick Schaap – journalist
 - Jeremy Schaap – journalist
 - Vincent Schiavelli – actor
 - Julian Schnabel – artist and director
 - Mathieu Schneider – hockey player
 - Sandra Schnur – disability-rights activist
 - Loretta Schrijver – Dutch television host
 - Rick Schroder – actor
 - Charles Schumer – U.S. Senator
 - Julius Schwartz – comic book editor
 - Martin Scorsese – film director
 - Vin Scully – sportscaster
 - Jon Seda – comedian
 - Jerry Seinfeld – comedian
 - Edward Selzer (1893–1970) – film producer, Warner Bros.
 - Maurice Sendak (1928–2012) – author and illustrator
 - Malik Sealy – basketball player
 - John Serry, Sr. – accordionist, organist, composer, arranger
 - Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton – founder of Sisters of Charity; first native-born US citizen canonized
 - Tupac Shakur – rapper
 - Gene Shalit – film critic; raised in New Jersey
 - Frank Shannon – conservative political analyst, columnist, and candidate.
 - Artie Shaw (1910–2004) – bandleader
 - Judith Sheindlin ("Judge Judy") (born 1942) – judge and television personality
 - Daniel Sickles – Civil War general
 - Bugsy Siegel – gangster
 - Jules Siegel – author
 - Beverly Sills (1929–2007) – opera singer
 - Ron Silver – actor, radio show host
 - Robert Silverberg – author
 - Dean Silvers – film producer
 - Carly Simon – singer-songwriter
 - Neil Simon – playwright
 - Richard L. Simon (1899–1960) – businessman and publisher
 - Kaseem Sinceno – football player
 - John Slidell – Senator from Louisiana and Confederate diplomat
 - Al Smith (1873–1944) – Governor of New York and presidential candidate
 - Phoebe Snow – singer-songwriter
 - Stephen Sondheim – musical theatre composer and lyricist
 - Aaron Sorkin – playwright and screenwriter
 - Sonia Sotomayor – United States Supreme Court Justice
 - Mickey Spillane – author
 - Eliot Spitzer – former Governor of New York
 - Sylvester Stallone – actor, director, screenwriter
 - Paul Stanley – hard-rock guitarist, singer and songwriter
 - Barbara Stanwyck (1907–1990) – actress
 - Joe Start – Major League Baseball player[4]
 - James Steen – football player
 - Howard Stern – radio and television host
 - John Stevens – delegate to Continental Congress for New Jersey
 - Andrew Stewart – player of gridiron football
 - Foley Stewart – musician
 - Jon Stewart – comedian; born in New York City, raised in New Jersey
 - Julia Stiles – actress
 - Henry L. Stimson – politician and diplomat
 - Oliver Stone – film director
 - Susan Strasberg – actress
 - Robert Strassburg – composer, conductor, musicologist
 - Barbra Streisand – singer and actress
 - Meryl Streep – actress
 - Jill Stuart – fashion designer
 - Jon Stuart – writer, producer, political satirist, television host, stand-up comedian
 - Ed Sullivan (1901–1974) – television variety show host
 - Susan Sullivan – actress
 
- Taylor Swift – singer and songwriter[7]
 
T
- Vic Tayback (1930–1990) – actor
 - Alma Tell (1898–1937) – stage and screen actress
 - Olive Tell (1894–1951) – stage and screen actress
 - Maurice Tempelsman – businessman
 - Studs Terkel (1912–2008) – author and historian
 - Milton Terris (1915–2002) – public health physician and epidemiologist
 - Roy M. Terry – Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Air Force
 - Vinny Testaverde – football player
 - Irving Thalberg – film producer
 - Johnny Thunders – rock musician
 - Gene Tierney (1920–1991) – actress
 - Harry Tietlebaum (born 1889) – organized crime figure
 - Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933) – artist
 - Matt Titus – professional matchmaker
 - James Toback (born 1944) – screenwriter and director
 - Isabella Tobias (born 1991) – ice dancer
 - Lola Todd (1904–1995) – silent film actress
 - Bill Todman – game show producer
 - Michael Tolkin (born 1950) – filmmaker and novelist
 - Marisa Tomei – actress
 - Joe Torre – baseball player and manager
 - Douglas Townsend (1921–2012) – composer and musicologist
 - Michelle Trachtenberg – actress
 - Mary Travers – singer with Peter, Paul, and Mary
 - Donald Trump – businessman
 - Barbara Tuchman (1912–1989) – historian; author
 - Richard Tucker (1913–1975) – opera tenor
 - Gene Tunney – 1926–28 heavyweight boxing champion
 - John V. Tunney – former U.S. Senator
 - John Turturro – actor and director
 - William Tweed (1823–1878) – politician
 - Liv Tyler – actress
 - Mike Tyson – boxer
 
U
- Leslie Uggams – singer; actress
 - Louis Untermeyer (1885–1977) – poet, anthologist, critic, and editor
 - Hikaru Utada – musician
 
V
- Andrew Vachss – lawyer and author
 - Cornelius Vanderbilt – businessman
 - Joan Van Ark – actress
 - Luther Vandross – singer
 - Robert Vaughn (born 1932) – actor
 - George Vergara – NFL player
 - Jennifer von Mayrhauser – costume designer
 
W
- Josh Waitzkin (born 1976) – chess player, martial arts competitor, and author
 - Christopher Walken – actor
 - Adam Walker – football player
 - Hezekiah Walker – bishop and gospel artist
 - Jimmy Walker (1881–1946) – Mayor of New York City
 - Christopher Wallace – rapper
 - Eli Wallach – actor
 - Donald A. Wallance – industrial designer[8]
 - Fats Waller – jazz pianist
 - Abby Wambach – soccer player
 - Vera Wang – fashion designer
 - Kerry Washington – actress
 - Damon Wayans – actor and producer
 - Dwayne Wayans – director, producer and writer
 - Elvira Wayans – writer
 - Keenen Ivory Wayans – actor, director, producer and writer
 - Kim Wayans – actress
 - Marlon Wayans – actor and producer
 - Nadia Wayans – actress
 - Shawn Wayans – actor and producer
 - Michael Weatherly – actor
 - Sigourney Weaver – actress
 - Steven Weinberg – Nobel Prize-winning physicist
 - Leslie West – rock musician
 - Mae West (1893–1980) – actress
 - Nathanael West – author
 - Edith Wharton – author
 - Joss Whedon – screenwriter, film and television producer, author and composer
 - Maggie Wheeler – actress
 - Billy Whitlock – blackface performer
 - Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney – sculptor and art patron
 - Edward W. Whitson – Wisconsin State Assemblyman
 - Charles Wilkes – naval officer and explorer
 - Lenny Wilkens – basketball player and coach
 - Billy Dee Williams (born 1937) – actor
 - Vanessa L. Williams – 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 – actor
 - Mike Witteck – football player
 - Charles Wuorinen – composer
 - Christopher George Latore Wallace (The Notorious B.I.G.) – rapper
 
Y
- Izzy Yablok – football player
 - Tony Yayo – rapper
 - Tony Young – actor
 
Z
- Z-Trip – disc jockey and producer
 
Non-native New Yorkers
These people were not born or adopted in New York City but are or were well known for living there.
- This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.
 
A
- William Adams – academic and clergy; founder and president of the Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York; born in Connecticut[1]
 - Samuel Adler – rabbi; born in Worms, Germany[1]
 - Frederick Styles Agate – painter; born in England[1]
 - Thomas Peter Akers – vice president of the gold board; born in Knox County, Ohio[1]
 - Richard S. Aldrich – U,S. Representative from Rhode Island, practiced law in New York City[9]
 - Jason Alexander – actor; born in Newark, New Jersey
 - Jennifer Aniston – actress; born in Sherman Oaks, California
 - Chester A. Arthur – U.S. President; born in Fairfield, Vermont
 - Isaac Asimov – author; born in Petrovichi, Russian SFSR
 - John Jacob Astor – first multimillionaire of U.S.; born in Germany
 
B
- William Basinski - avant-garde composter, born in Austin, Texas
 - Lucille Ball – comedian, actress, born in Jamestown, New York
 - Lloyd Banks – rapper, born in New Carrollton, Maryland
 - Count Basie – jazz pianist and band leader, born in Red Bank, New Jersey
 - Laura Joyce Bell – contralto, wife of Digby Bell, born London, England
 - Irving Berlin – composer, lyricist, born in Russia
 - Leonard Bernstein - conductor, born in Lawrence, Massachusetts
 - Lewis Black – comedian, born in Silver Spring, Maryland
 - Jon Blake – actor, model, born in Charlotte, North Carolina
 - Michael Bloomberg – businessman and mayor, born in Boston, Massachusetts
 - Mary Booze - first African-American woman to sit on the Republican National Committee, 1924-1948; moved to New York from Mound Bayou, Mississippi
 - Marlon Brando, Jr. – actor, born in Omaha, Nebraska
 - David Bowie – musician, actor, artist. Born in the Brixton, England
 - Brandy – singer, born in Mississippi
 - Lottie Briscoe – stage and silent film actress, born in St. Louis, Missouri
 - Tom Brokaw – television journalist, born in Webster, South Dakota
 - Orestes Brownson – writer, abolitionist, pro-labor reformer, Catholic apologist, born in Stockbridge, Vermont
 
Nathan Buckley- Baseball Player Pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodger Graduated 1st in his class at UCLA Born in Brooklyn
C
- Sid Caesar - comedian and actor, born in Yonkers
 - Mariah Carey – singer, born on Long Island
 - 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
 - Enrico Caruso – opera tenor, born in Naples, Italy
 - Willa Cather – author, born in Back Creek Valley, Virginia
 - Connie Chung – television journalist, born in Washington, D.C.
 - Madonna Ciccone – singer, songwriter, actress, director, born in Bay City, Michigan
 - Dick Clark – TV personality and producer, born in Mount Vernon, New York
 - DeWitt Clinton – Senator and Governor of New York, born in Napanoch, New York
 - George M. Cohan – entertainer and songwriter, born in Providence, Rhode Island
 - Anthony Comstock – reformer, born in New Canaan, Connecticut
 - Nanette Comstock – Broadway actress, born in Albany, New York
 - Bill Cosby – actor and 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
- Varina Banks Howell Davis (1826–1906), wife of Confederate president, born in Mississippi
 - Lorenzo Da Ponte – librettist to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and professor of Italian at Columbia University, born in Ceneda, Italy
 - Mac DeMarco – singer-songwriter, born in Duncan, British Columbia
 - Thomas E. Dewey – Governor of New York
 - Marlene Dietrich – actress, born in Berlin, Germany
 - Joe DiMaggio – baseball player, born in 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, World War I chaplain to 69th New York, born in Canada
 - Bob Dylan – singer-songwriter, born in Duluth, Minnesota
 - Dean Wareham – singer-songwriter, born in New Zealand
 
E
- Wilberforce Eames – bibliographer and librarian, born in Newark, New Jersey
 - Edward Egan – Cardinal Archbishop of New York, born in Oak Park, Illinois
 - Patrick Ewing – former NBA All-Star center, born in Jamaica
 
F
- Lee Falk – cartoonist (The Phantom), born in St. Louis, Missouri
 - Millard Fillmore – U.S. President, 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
 - Barthold Fles – literary agent, born in Amsterdam, lived and worked in Manhattan
 - Steve Forbes – publisher, born in Morristown, New Jersey
 - Heather Foster – Jamaica-born American professional bodybuilder
 - Felix Frankfurter – Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, born in Vienna, Austria
 - Henry Clay Frick – businessman, born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
 
G
- Dave Gahan – Depeche Mode singer
 - Alberta Gallatin – stage and screen actress, born in Cabell County, West Virginia
 - Greta Garbo – actress, born in Stockholm, Sweden
 - Dizzy Gillespie – jazz trumpet player, born in South Carolina
 - Guy Gillette - photographer, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
 
H
- Thomas S. Hamblin – actor, manager of the Bowery Theater
 - Bobby Hackett – jazz musician, born in Providence, Rhode Island
 - Alexander Hamilton – U.S. Founding Father, born in the West Indies
 - Townsend Harris – first US diplomat in Japan, one of the founders of the City College of New York, born in Sandy Hill, New York
 - Randy Harrison (born 1977) – actor born in New Hampshire and formerly of Alpharetta, Georgia
 - Deborah Harry – singer, actress, born in Union City, New Jersey
 - Francis L. Hawks – politician; priest, Episcopal Church; born in New Bern, North Carolina
 - Carlton Hayes – history professor at Columbia University, ambassador to Spain, born in 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
 - Harry Houdini (1874-1926) - legendary illusionist and escape artist; born in Budapest; made NYC his home from 1904 onwards
 - Langston Hughes – poet, born in Joplin, Missouri
 
J
- Janet Jackson -singer, born in Gary, Indiana
 - Jane Jacobs (1916–2006) – economist, urban theorist, activist
 - Kamara James – Olympic fencer, born in Kingston, Jamaica
 - Kevin James – actor, born on Long Island, New York
 - Peter Jennings – television journalist, born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
 - Derek Jeter – baseball player, born in New Jersey
 - Boris Johnson – Mayor of London, England and former MP for Henley, born in New York City
 
- Paddy Johnson – art critic
 
K
- Gabriel Kahane – musician, born in Venice Beach, California
 - Tim Keller – speaker, pastor, born in Lehigh, Pennsylvania
 - Tom Kennedy – game show host
 - Beyonce Knowles – singer and songwriter, born in Houston, Texas
 - Lisa Kudrow – actress, born in Encino, California
 - Howard Kyle – actor and founding member of Actors' Equity, born in Shullsburg, Wisconsin
 
L
- Lachi – singer-songwriter, born in Towson, Maryland
 - Kirke La Shelle – playwright and theatrical producer, born in Wyoming, Illinois
 - John Layfield – professional wrestler, born in Sweetwater, Texas
 - Heath Ledger – actor, born in Perth, Western Australia
 - Amy Lee – singer, born in Riverside, California
 - Spike Lee – film director and actor, born in Atlanta, Georgia
 - John Lennon – singer and songwriter, born in Liverpool, England
 - Ki Longfellow – novelist, born on Staten Island
 - Pierre Lorillard IV – tobacco mogul, born in Westchester, New York
 - Sidney Lumet – film director, born in Philadelphia
 - Mike Lupica - journalist, author, born in Oneida, New York
 
M
- Ralph Macchio – actor, born on Long Island, New York
 - Ali MacGraw – actress, born in Pound Ridge, New York
 - Earl Manigault – basketball player, born in Charleston, South Carolina
 - Mickey Mantle – baseball Hall of Famer, born in Spavinaw, Oklahoma
 - Dean Martin – singer and actor, born in Ohio
 - Ricky Martin – singer, born in Puerto Rico
 - Jan Matulka – painter, born in Vlachovo Březí, Czech Republic
 - Willie Mays – baseball Hall of Famer, born in Alabama
 - Mike McAlary -Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, born in Honolulu
 - John McCloskey – first American-born cardinal, born in Brooklyn
 - Rue McClanahan – theater, television, and movie actress, born in Oklahoma
 - Linda McCartney – photographer, wife of Beatle Paul McCartney
 - John McEnroe – tennis player and TV commentator, born in Germany
 - Zubin Mehta – orchestra conductor, born in Bombay, India
 - Bette Midler – singer and actress, born in Honolulu, Hawaii
 - Liza Minnelli – actress and singer, born in Hollywood, California
 - The Misshapes – DJs and party hosts
 - Moondog (born Louis Hardin) – eccentric street musician and poet, born in Kansas
 - Garry Moore – television 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
 - Nicki Minaj – rapper, singer and songwriter, born in Saint James, Trinidad and Tobago
 
- Andrew M. Murstein taxi executive, founder of Medallion Financial
 
N
- Joe Namath – professional football player, born in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania
 - Thomas Nast (1840–1902) – German-born American caricaturist and editorial cartoonist; "father of the American cartoon"
 - Colette Nelson – IFBB professional bodybuilder
 
O
- Soledad O'Brien – television journalist, born in Saint James, New York
 - John Joseph O'Connor – Roman Catholic Cardinal Archbishop of New York, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
 - Rosie O'Donnell – actress and television personality, born on Long Island, New York
 - Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis – First Lady of United States, born in Southampton, New York
 - Yoko Ono – artist, musician, singer and songwriter, born in Tokyo, Japan
 - Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen – actresses, born in Sherman Oaks, California
 
P
- Sarah Jessica Parker – actress, born in Nelsonville, Ohio
 - George A. Parkhurst (1841–1890) – actor, witnessed Lincoln assassination (born New York State, died New York City)
 - James Patterson - author
 - Ronald Perelman – investor, owner of Revlon, born in Greensboro, North Carolina[10]
 - Itzhak Perlman (born 1945) – violinist, born in Jaffa, Israel
 - David Hyde Pierce – actor, born in Saratoga Springs, New York
 - Natalia Paruz – a.k.a. the 'Saw Lady', subway musician, born in Givatayim, Israel
 - Kira Peikoff – novelist and journalist
 - Alban W. Purcell (c. 1843 – 1913) – stage actor, born Wadsworth, Ohio
 
R
- Daniel Radcliffe - born in Fulham, London, England, United Kingdom
 - Johnny Ramone – born on Long Island, New York
 - Ayn Rand – novelist and philosopher, born in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
 - 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 on Long Island, New York
 - Andrew Rooney – CBS 60 Minutes commentator, born in Albany, New York
 - Franklin D. Roosevelt – U.S. President, born in Hyde Park, New York
 - Dräco Rosa – composer, singer, and actor, born on Long Island, New York
 - Damon Runyon -journalist and playwright, born in Manhattan, Kansas
 - Babe Ruth – professional baseball player, born in Baltimore, Maryland
 
S
- Telly Savalas – actor, born on Long Island, New York
 - Menachem Mendel Schneersohn – rabbi, leader of Chabad hasidic movement, born in Nikolaiv, Russian Empire
 - Amy Sedaris – actress, author and comedian
 - Chloë Sevigny – actress, director, fashion icon, born in Darien, Connecticut
 - Jean Shafiroff – philanthropist and socialite
 - Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant – journalist and writer, born in Winchester, Massachusetts
 - Fulton J. Sheen – 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 Chernigov, Ukraine
 - Alana Shipp – American/Israeli IFBB professional bodybuilder
 - Bobby Short – jazz musician, born in Danville, Illinois
 - Joel Siegel - film critic, born in Los Angeles
 - Paul Simon – singer-songwriter, born in Newark Heights, New Jersey
 - Frank Sinatra – singer and actor, born in Hoboken, New Jersey
 - Upton Sinclair – author, born in Baltimore, Maryland
 - Patti Smith – singer and poet, born in Chicago
 - Kevin Spacey actor, director, writer, producer, comedian
 - Regina Spektor – singer-songwriter, born in Moscow, Russia
 - Francis Spellman – Roman Catholic Cardinal Archbishop of New York, born in Whitman, Massachusetts
 - Bruce Springsteen - singer, songwriter, guitarist, humanitarian
 - George Steinbrenner - New York Yankees owner, born in Bay Village, Ohio
 - Wilhelm Steinitz – world chess champion, born in Prague, Czech Republic
 - Sting – musician, born in England
 - Martha Stewart – designer and TV personality, born in Jersey City, New Jersey
 - Lee Strasberg – actor and acting teacher, born in Budaniv, Ukraine
 - Meryl Streep – actress, born in Summit, New Jersey
 - Emma Stone – actress, born in Scottsdale, Arizona
 - Peter Stuyvesant – Governor of New Netherland, born in Peperga, Netherlands
 - Raven-Symoné – actress and singer; born in Atlanta, Georgia
 
T
- Eva Tanguay (1878-1947) - Vaudeville singer & comedian. born in Quebec
 - Samuel J. Tilden – presidential candidate, born in New Lebanon, New York
 - Daniel D. Tompkins – U.S. Vice President, born in Westchester County
 
U
- Johannes Urzidil – writer, born in Prague, Bohemia
 
V
- Martin Van Buren – US President, born in Kinderhook, New York
 - Andrew VanWyngarden – member of MGMT
 - Jon Voight – actor, born in Yonkers, New York
 - Vin Diesel – actor
 
W
- Rufus Wainwright – musician, born in Rhinebeck, New York
 - John Evangelist Walsh – Writer and historian, editor of the Reader's Digest Bible
 - Barbara Walters – TV journalist and personality, born in Boston
 - Andy Warhol – artist, born in Pittsburgh
 - Denzel Washington – actor, born in Mount Vernon, New York
 - Walt Whitman – poet and author, born in West Hills (Long Island), New York
 - Olivia Wilde – actress
 - Barney Williams – Irish-American comedian
 - Jayson Williams – basketball player, born in South Carolina
 - Christopher Woodrow – movie producer, born in Syracuse, New York
 
Unknown place of birth
The following people are known to have lived in New York City, though their place of birth is unknown.
- C. L. Blood – physician[11]
 
See also
- List of people from New York
 - By borough:
 
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607–1896. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who. 1967.
 - ↑ Hamersly, Lewis Randolph, The Records of Living Officers of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, Bedford, Massachusetts: Applewood Books, 1878, p. 64.
 - ↑ Adm George H. Cooper at Find a Grave
 - 1 2 3 4 5 Reichler, Joseph L., ed. (1979) [1969]. The Baseball Encyclopedia (4th ed.). New York: Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 0-02-578970-8.
 - ↑ Bill Griffith – Profile at NNDB Retrieved 23.August 2013
 - ↑ "Sean Rooks". databaseBasketball.com. Retrieved November 6, 2013.
 - ↑ http://homegardenvibes.com/inside-taylor-swifts-amazing-nyc-penthouse-photos/
 - ↑ "Donald A. Wallance". Collection. Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Retrieved September 30, 2012.
 - ↑ "ALDRICH, Richard Steere, (1884–1941)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
 - ↑ Hack, Richard (1996). When Money Is King. Beverly Hills, CA: Dove Books. pp. 1–4, 9. ISBN 0-7871-1033-7.
 - ↑ "Persecution of New Ideas". Asher & Adams' New Columbian Rail Road Atlas and Pictorial Album of American Industry. Asher & Adams. 1875.
 
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