List of people from New York City

New York City skyline

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

People from New York City

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0-50

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

A

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

B

• Edwin Burr Babbitt – actor
• Morena Baccarin (born 1979) – Brazilian-born actress
• Johnny Bach (1924–2016) – professional basketball player and coach
• Emma Bailey (1910–1999) – auctioneer and author
• William Bliss Baker – landscape artist
• Azealia Banks (born 1991) – rapper, singer-songwriter, and actress
• Lloyd Banks (born 1982) – rapper
• Joseph Barbera (1911–2006) – animator, producer, director, MGM and co-founder of Hanna-Barbera
• Moses Michael Levi Barrow (born Jamal Michael Barrow; 1978), better known by his stage name Shyne, Belizean rapper and politician
• Bryan Bautista – Dominican-American musician, singer, and contestant
• Earl Beecham – football player
• Francesca Beghe
• Harry Belafonte (1927-2023) – singer-songwriter, activist, actor
• Bo Belinsky (1936–2001) – Major League Baseball player
• Aisha Tandiwe Bell – mixed media artist
• Tony Bennett – jazz singer and musician
• Lillie Berg (1845–1896) – musician, musical educator
• Moe Berg (1902–1972) – Major League Baseball player and spy
• Milton Berle – comedian
• Paul Berlenbach (1901–1985) – light heavyweight boxing champion, 1925–1926
• Dellin Betances – Major League Baseball pitcher
• Acid Betty – drag queen
• Mario Biaggi (1917–2015) – decorated policeman and US Congressman
• Bipolar Explorer – dreampop band
• Raymond Ward Bissell – art historian
• Mary J. Blige – singer
• Joan Blondell – actress
• Humphrey Bogart (1899–1957) – actor
• A Boogie wit da Hoodie (born 1995) – rapper
• William T. Bonniwell Jr. – Wisconsin and Minnesota politician
• Joseph Borelli – politician, conservative commentator
• Francis Bouillon – National Hockey League defenseman playing for the Nashville Predators
• Kate Parker Scott Boyd (1836–1922) – artist, journalist, temperance worker
• William Boylan (1869–1940) – first President of Brooklyn College
• Barbara Boxer (born 1940) – 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
• Spencer Breslin (born 1992) – actor and musician
• Richard Bright (1937–2006) – actor
• Eben Britton – football player
• Matthew Broderick – actor and singer
• Action Bronson – rapper
• Mel Brooks (born 1926) – film director, screenwriter, actor
• Helen Gilman Noyes Brown – philanthropist
• Julia Brown – madam and prostitute
• Larry Brown – basketball player and coach
• Quincy Brown – actor
• Tarell Brown (born 1985) – football player
• Andrew Bryson (1822–1892) – United States Navy rear admiral
• William F. Buckley Jr. – author and conservative commentator
• Sidney Jonas Budnick – abstract artist
• Daniel Bukantz (1917–2008) – four-time Olympic fencer
• Robert John Burke (born 1960) – actor and firefighter
• George Burns (1896–1996) – comedian
• Steve Buscemi – actor
• Benjamin Busch – U.S. Marine Lieutenant Colonel and actor
• Barbara Bush (1925–2018) – wife of George H. W. Bush
• Gene Byrnes – cartoonist
• Michelle Borth – actress
• Joey Badass – rapper

C

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

D

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

E

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

F

• Peter Facinelli – 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
• Doug E. Fresh – musician
• Peter Falk – actor
• Tali Farhadian – former federal prosecutor and current candidate for New York County District Attorney
• Louis Farrakhan – leader of the Nation of Islam
• Perry Farrell – musician
• Alice Faye – actress
• Charles Fazzino – pop artist
• Harry Feldman (1919–1962) – Major League Baseball pitcher
• 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
• Barbie Ferreira – actress (Euphoria)
• Harvey Fierstein – actor and playwright
• Hamilton Fish – Governor of New York and U.S. Secretary of State
• Mickey Fisher (1904/05–1963) – basketball coach
• Herbert Flam (1928–1980) – tennis player
• Bobby Flay – chef
• Waka Flocka Flame – rapper
• Jeffrey Flier – Dean of Harvard Medical School
• Kay Flock – rapper
• Jane Fonda – actress
• Peter Fonda – actor
• Hector Fonseca – DJ
• Malcolm Forbes – publisher
• Davy Force – major league baseball player
• Whitey Ford – pitcher for the New York Yankees
• Adam Fox (born 1998) – professional ice hockey defenseman for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League
• 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
• Eric Fromm – tennis player
• John Frusciante – musician, artist

. John.F - Medal of Honor Recipient

G

• Luis García – baseball player
• Gus Gardella – football player
• Eliza Ann Gardner – Abolitionist
• Art Garfunkel – singer-songwriter, actor
• Lou Gehrig – baseball player
• Sarah Michelle Gellar – actress
• Natalie Gelman – singer/songwriter
• Richard Genelle – actor
• George Gershwin – composer
• Ira Gershwin – lyricist
• Tiffany Giardina – singer-songwriter
• Marie George – actress and singer
• Vitas Gerulaitis (1954-1994) – tennis player
• Mel Gibson – American-born Australian/Irish actor and director
• Justin Gignac – artist
• Ruth Bader Ginsburg – Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court
• Rabbi Issamar Ginzberg – business strategist, rabbi, motivational speaker
• The GoStation – indie rock group
• Rudolph Giuliani – former Mayor of New York City
• Charles V. Glasco – New York City Police Sergeant, most well known for his efforts to rescue John William Warde in 1938
• Jackie Gleason – comedian, actor
• James Gleason – actor
• Marco Glorious (born 1989) – television personality, actor, model, singer, and event host
• Joel Glucksman (born 1949) – Olympic fencer
• Whoopi Goldberg – comedian, actress, TV personality
• William Goldberg – diamond dealer
• Daniel S. Goldin – NASA director
• Danielle Goldstein (born 1985) – American-Israeli show jumper
• Leon M. Goldstein (died 1999) – President of Kingsborough Community College, and acting Chancellor of the City University of New York
• Ben Goldwasser – member of the psychedelic-rock band MGMT
• Minetta Good – painter and printmaker
• Richard Goode – classical pianist
• Cuba Gooding Jr. – actor
• Cuba Gooding Sr. – singer
• Jared Gordon – mixed martial artist
• Joan Gould – author and journalist
• 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
• Robert A. Gorman (born 1937) – law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
• Eydie Gorme – singer
• Victor Gotbaum – labor leader
• Gilbert Gottfried (1955-2022) – comedian and actor
• Elliott Gould – actor
• David C. Gowdey – politician
• Topher Grace – actor
• Sean Grande – television and radio sportscaster
• Rocky Graziano (born Thomas Rocco Barbella) – boxer
• Benny Green – pianist
• Hank Greenberg – Hall of Fame baseball player
• Alan Greenspan – economist, former Federal Reserve chairman
• Sheila Greenwald – author
• Adrian Grenier – actor
• Bill Griffith – cartoonist (Zippy)
• Melanie Griffith – actress
• Alfred Grossman – writer and novelist
• Bob Guccione – publisher
• Peggy Guggenheim – art collector
• Rajat Gupta (born 1948) – CEO of McKinsey & Company convicted of insider trading
• Jim Gurfein (born 1961) – tennis player
• Steve Guttenberg – actor
• Maggie Gyllenhaal – actress
• Joe Gatto – comedian
• Milton H. Greene – fashion and celebrity photographer, film and television producer
• Mamie Gummer – actress

H

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

I

• Scott Ian – guitarist for Anthrax
• Carl Icahn – financier and a special advisor during the Trump administration
• Tonya Ingram – author, poet, and disability rights activist
• Washington Irving – author
• John Isaac – photographer
• Ice Spice – Rapper

J

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

K

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

L

• Lori Loughlin (born 1964) – actress
• David LaChapelle – photographer
• Lady Gaga – musician and actress
• 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
• Casey LaBow – actress
• Ralph Lauren – fashion designer
• Emma Lazarus – author and poet
• Steve Lawrence – singer and actor
• Derek Lee – baseball player
• Ivan Lee (born 1981) – Olympic saber fencer
• Jeanette Lee (born 1971) – professional pool player
• Stan Lee (1922–2018) – comic-book writer, editor, film executive producer, actor, and publisher for Marvel Comics
• Madeleine L'Engle – author
• Franz Leichter (1930–2023) – politician
• Melissa Leo (born 1960) – actress
• A. Leo Levin (1919–2015) – law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
• Huey Lewis – musician and singer
• Joe E. Lewis (1902–1971) – comedian
• Miranda Lichtenstein (born 1969) – artist
• Roy Lichtenstein (1923–1997) – pop artist
• Joe Lieberman – former long-time U.S. Senator from Connecticut (1989–2013); 2000 vice presidential nominee under Al Gore
• Lil' Kim (Kimberly Denise Jones; born 1976) – actress and rapper
• Lil Tjay (born 2001) – rapper
• John Lindsay – Mayor of New York City
• John Linnell – musician, one half of alternative rock duo They Might Be Giants
• Laura Linney – actress
• Liondub (Erik Weiss; born 1973) – DJ and record producer
• Deborah Lipstadt – historian and author
• Peggy Lipton – actress
• Lisa Lisa (born 1966) – freestyle singer; fronted Cult Jam; born Lisa Velez
• John Liu (born 1967) – politician, 43rd New York City Comptroller
• Lucy Liu – actress
• Robert R. Livingston – U.S. founding father and diplomat
• Daniel Lobell – stand-up comedian and podcaster
• Tommy Lockhart – inductee into Hockey Hall of Fame, and United States Hockey Hall of Fame
• Robert Loggia – actor
• Lindsay Lohan – actress and singer
• Tina Louise – actress
• Vince Lombardi – football coach
• Mike Longabardi – assistant coach for the Atlanta Hawks
• Ki Longfellow – novelist
• Jennifer Lopez – singer and actress
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus – actress
• Willie Lozado – baseball player
• Bennet Nathaniel "Nate" Lubell (1916–2006) – Olympic fencer
• Edna Luby – Broadway and vaudeville performer
• Lucky Luciano – gangster
• Sid Luckman – football player and coach
• Sidney Lumet (1924–2011) – film director, producer, and screenwriter
• Frankie Lymon – singer
• Carol Lynley – actress
• Leslie Grace - Singer

M

• Lil Mabu – rapper
• Alice Foote MacDougall (1867–1945) – coffee wholesaler, restaurateur, and business owner in the City
• Ruth Madoff (born 1941) – wife of Bernie Madoff
• Umber Majeed (born 1989) – visual artist
• Lil Mama (born 1989) – rapper and actress
• Sandro Mamukelashvili – professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs
• Bernard Malamud – author
• Melissa Manchester – singer
• Barry Manilow – singer-songwriter
• Mike Mansfield – Senator from Montana
• Bruce Manson (born 1956) – tennis player
• Stephon Marbury – professional basketball player
• James Margolis (born 1936) – Olympic fencer
• Rose Marie (Mazetta) – actress
• Romany Malco (born 1968) – actor
• John Marley (1907–1984) – actor
• Dean Marlowe (born 1992) – safety for the Buffalo Bills
• Constantine Maroulis – American Idol finalist
• Ernest Martin – theatre director and manager
• Melanie Martinez – singer-songwriter, actress, director, photographer, and screenwriter
• Soraida Martinez – artist and designer
• John Martino (born 1937) – actor
• Sadie Martinot – singer, actress
• Lee Marvin – actor
• Chico Marx
• Louis Marx Founder of Louis Marx and Company
• Maelo Ruiz - Salsa Singer – 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
• Ira Brad Matetsky (born 1962) – business litigation & real estate lawyer and prominent Wikipedian
• Walter Matthau – actor
• Sam Mattis (born 1994), Olympic discus thrower
• Loretta Mazza (born 1957) – Sammarinese politician, Mayor of Acquaviva (2009–2013)
• Margherita Wood McCandlish (1892–1954) – American former First Lady of Guam. Born in New York City.
• John McCloskey (1810–1885) – 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)
• Allie McGuire – professional basketball player
• Triston McKenzie – MLB pitcher
• Kenneth McMillan (1932–1989) – actor
• Andrea Mitchell – journalist, NBC News
• Paul Meltsner – WPA-era painter and muralist
• Bob Melvin (born 1961) – Major League Baseball player and manager
• Dave Meltzer – pro wrestling journalist
• Herman Melville (1819–1891) – author
• Daniel Menaker (1941–2020) – writer and editor
• Grace Meng (born 1975) – lawyer and politician, Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee
• Yehudi Menuhin (1916–1999) – violinist
• Idina Menzel (born 1971) – singer and actress
• Ethel Merman (1908–1984) – singer and actress
• Helen Merrill – jazz singer
• Jenny B. Merrill (1854–1934) – educator, author
• Robert Merrill (1917–2004) – singer
• Stefano Miceli (1975) – pianist and conductor
• Lea Michele – actress and singer
• Vera Michelena (1885–1961) – actress, dancer, and singer
• Alyssa Milano – actress
• Sally Milgrim – fashion designer
• Adeline Miller – prostitute and madam
• Arthur Miller (1915–2005) – playwright
• Marcus Miller – bassist and composer
• Stephanie Mills – singer, former Broadway star
• Andy Mineo – Christian rapper
• Sal Mineo (1939–1976) – actor
• Lin-Manuel Miranda – musical theatre writer and performer
• John Joseph Mitty – Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco
• Isaac Mizrahi – fashion designer
• Aja Monet – poet
• Eddie Money (1949–2019) – singer
• Lenny Montana (1926–1992) – actor and professional wrestler
• Mary Tyler Moore (1936–2017) – actress, producer
• Melba Moore – actress, singer
• Nancie Monelle (1841–1903) – physician, missionary
• Tom Morello – guitarist
• Henry Morgan – radio and television personality
• Huey Morgan – musician, radio DJ, songwriter, television personality
• Cathy Moriarty (born 1960) – actress
• Gouverneur Morris – U.S. founding father; U.S. Senator
• Zero Mostel – actor, comedian
• Tommy Mottola – music executive
• Maria Muldaur – folk and blues singer-songwriter
• John Mulholland – documentary filmmaker, film historian
• Gerry Mulligan – musician
• Richard Mulligan – actor
• Robert Mulligan – director
• Thom Michael Mulligan – actor
• Chris Mullin – basketball player
• Charlie Murphy – actor, comedian
• Chris Murphy – U.S. Senator from Connecticut since 2013
• Eddie Murphy – actor, comedian
• James Murray – comedian, actor, author
• Yunus Musah – soccer player

N

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

O

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

P

• P. Diddy (born 1969) – rapper, producer
• Al Pacino (born 1940) – actor
• Todd Phillips (born 1970) – filmmaker
• Saul K. Padover (1905–1981) – historian
• Alan J. Pakula (1928–1998) – film director, screenwriter, and producer
• Fanny Purdy Palmer (1839–1923) – author, lecturer, activist
• Joseph Papp – theater producer, impresario, founder of The Public Theater
• Cheyenne Parker (born 1992) – WNBA player
• Rob Parker – sportswriter, TV analyst
• Lana Parrilla – actress
• Pastel Ghost (Vivian Moon) – musician, singer, songwriter, and producer
• Joe Paterno (1928–2012) – football coach
• James Patterson – novelist
• Sarah Paulson – actress
• Josh Peck – actor
• Jan Peerce (1904–1984) – opera tenor
• Amanda Peet – actress
• Richard Pelham – blackface performer
• Claiborne Pell – Senator from Rhode Island
• Caroline Pennell – singer-songwriter, musician, and contestant on NBC's The Voice season 5
• Sam Perkins – basketball player
• Alan Robert Pearlman (1925–2019) – engineer, synthesizer manufacturer (ARP Instruments, Inc.)
• Bernadette Peters – actress, singer
• Regis Philbin (1931–2020) – actor, entertainer, television personality, and former host of ABC's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (1999–2002) and Live! with Regis and Kelly (1983–2011)
• Lip Pike – baseball player, four-time home-run champion
• John Pleshette – actor
• Suzanne Pleshette (1937–2008) – actress from Bob Newhart Show
• Ethel McClellan Plummer (1888–1936) – artist
• Christopher Poole – creator of websites 4chan and Canvas Networks
• Pop Smoke (1999–2020) – rapper
• Ted Post – movie and TV director
• Neil Postman – author, 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 – drummer
• Joshua Prager – physician
• Priscilla Presley – actress
• Prince Royce – singer-songwriter, actor
• Tito Puente – bandleader
• Mario Puzo – author
• Paloma Mami - Singer

Q

• Q-Tip – rapper

R

• Renee Rabinowitz (1934–2020) – psychologist and lawyer
• Raekwon – rapper (Wu-tang Clan)
• Bill Rafferty – comedian
• Tubby Raskin (1902–1981) – basketball player and coach
• Joey Ramone and Marky Ramone – punk-rock musicians
• Michael Rapaport – actor, comedian, director
• Ray Ratkowski – football player
• Lihie Raz (born 2003) – American-born Israeli Olympic artistic gymnast
• Remedy (born Ross Filler in 1972) – rapper
• Ray Rice – football player
• Melissa Rauch – actress and comedian
• Amy Ryan – actress
• Alan Reed (1907–1977) – actor
• Lou Reed – rock musician, songwriter
• Peter Revson (1939–1974) – race car driver
• A$AP Rocky – rapper
• Christopher Reeve (1952–2004) – actor
• Carl Reiner – comedian, actor, director, author
• Rob Reiner – actor and director
• Paul Reiser – actor
• Charlie Reiter (born 1988) – footballer
• Ed Rendell – former Mayor of Philadelphia, Governor of Pennsylvania
• Brandon Reilly – musician, guitarist, singer
• Leah Remini – actress
• Lana Del Rey – singer and songwriter
• Bebe Rexha (born 1989) – singer-songwriter
• Vincent Rey – football player
• Ving Rhames – actor
• Charles E. Rice – legal scholar, university professor
• Buddy Rich – jazz drummer
• Renée Richards (born 1934) – tennis player
• Terry Richardson – fashion photographer
• Kadary Richmond – college basketball player for the Seton Hall Pirates
• Burton Richter – Nobel Prize-winning physicist
• Don Rickles – comedian
• Kathleen Ridder – women's equal rights activist, writer, educator, philanthropist
• Robert Ridder – Ice hockey administrator and media mogul
• Joel Rifkin – serial killer
• Robin Riker – actress and book author
• Thelma Ritter – actress
• Joan Rivers (born Joan Alexandra Molinsky)(1933-2014)– 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
• Saoirse Ronan – American-born Irish actress
• Igal Roodenko (1917–1991) – civil-rights activist, pacifist
• Sean Rooks – basketball player and coach
• Mickey Rooney – actor
• Franklin Roosevelt – 32nd President of the United States
• Eleanor Roosevelt – U.S. First Lady and human-rights activist
• Theodore Roosevelt – 26th President of the United States
• Ethel Greenglass Rosenberg – convicted spy
• Beatrice Rosen – actress (raised in Paris)
• Jeffrey Rosen – billionaire businessman
• Robert Rosen (1934–1998) – theoretical biologist
• Aaron "Rosy" Rosenberg (1912–1979) – two-time "All-American" college football player, and film and television producer
• Julius Rosenberg – convicted spy
• David H. Rosenbloom – author
• Christopher Ross – sculptor, designer and collector
• Nicole Ross (born 1989) – Olympic foil fencer
• Emmy Rossum – actress
• Veronica Roth – novelist
• Mercedes Ruehl – actress
• Vic Ruggiero – ska musician frontman of The Slackers
• Louis Rukeyser – business columnist, economic commentator
• Damien Russell – NFL player
• Gianni Russo – actor, singer, and restaurateur
• Art Rust Jr. – sportscaster
• Remy Ma – rapper

S

• Carl Sagan – physicist and astronomer
• Boris Said – NASCAR driver
• J. D. Salinger – author
• Jonas Salk – medical researcher
• John Salley – basketball player
• Jerry Saltz – art critic and art historian
• Claudio Sanchez – musician
• Bernie Sanders – politician, Senator from Vermont since 2007
• Adam Sandler – actor, comedian
• Jennifer San Marco – mass murder
• Romeo Santos – singer-songwriter, actor, and record producer
• Dennis Sarfate – professional baseball player
• Dustin Satloff – entrepreneur
• Francesco Scavullo – photographer
• Dick Schaap – journalist
• Jeremy Schaap – journalist
• Vincent Schiavelli – actor and food writer
• Harvey Schiller — sports and business executive
• Lawrence Schiller — photojournalist and film producer
• Leonard Schleifer – scientist and business executive
• Julian Schnabel – artist and motion picture director
• Mathieu Schneider – hockey player
• Sandra Schnur – disability-rights activist
• Andy Schor (born 1975) – member of the Michigan House of Representatives
• Loretta Schrijver – Dutch television host
• Rick Schroder – actor
• Freddy Schuman (1925–2010) – superfan of the New York Yankees
• Amy Schumer – actress and comedian
• Chuck Schumer – Senator from New York since 1999; cousin of Amy Schumer
• Julius Schwartz – comic book editor
• Catherine Scorsese (1912–1997) – actress; mother of Martin Scorsese
• Charles Scorsese (1913–1993) – actor; father of Martin Scorsese
• Martin Scorsese (born 1942) – film director
• Lauren Scruggs – Olympic fencer
• Vin Scully – sportscaster
• Malik Sealy – basketball player
• Heriberto Seda (born 1967) – serial killer who copied The Zodiac Killer
• Jon Seda – comedian
• Barney Sedran (1891–1964) – Hall of Fame basketball player
• Jerry Seinfeld – comedian and actor
• Julius Seligson (1909–1987) – tennis player
• Edward Selzer (1893–1970) – film producer, Warner Bros.
• Maurice Sendak (1928–2012) – author and illustrator
• Peter Senercia (Tazz) – radio personality, color commentator and retired professional wrestler
• John Serry Sr. – accordionist, organist, composer, and arranger
• Elizabeth Ann Seton – founder of Sisters of Charity; first native-born US citizen canonized
• Cynthia Propper Seton (1926–1982) – novelist
• Ruth Seymour (1935–2023) – broadcasting executive
• Tupac Shakur (1971–1996) – rapper and actor
• Gene Shalit – film critic
• Frank Shannon – conservative political analyst, columnist, and candidate
• Judy Shapiro-Ikenberry (born 1942) – long-distance runner
• Artie Shaw (1910–2004) – bandleader
• Leonard Shecter (1926–1974) – journalist and author
• Judy Sheindlin ("Judge Judy") (born 1942) – judge and television personality
• Art Sherman (born 1937) – horse trainer and jockey
• Norm Sherry (1931–2021) – catcher, manager, and coach in Major League Baseball
• Brooke Shields – actress and model
• Kevin Shields – musician, member of the band My Bloody Valentine
• Daniel Sickles – Civil War general
• William James Sidis – mathematician, rumored to have had an IQ of 250
• Bugsy Siegel – gangster
• Jules Siegel – author
• Maggie Siff – actress
• George Silides (1922–2022) – politician and businessman, Alaska Senator
• Beverly Sills (1929–2007) – opera singer
• Lauren Silva – painter
• Ron Silver – actor and radio show host
• Robert Silverberg – author
• Dean Silvers – film producer
• Lindsay Sloane – actress
• Alan Silvestri – film music composer
• 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
• Russ Smith – basketball player
• Will Smith (1981–2016) – former football player
• Dee Snider – singer-songwriter; front man of the heavy metal band Twisted Sister
• Phoebe Snow – singer-songwriter
• James McCune Smith – abolitionist
• 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
• Howard Spira – gangster and gambler
• Sylvester Stallone – actor, director, screenwriter
• Sebastian Stan – actor
• Paul Stanley – hard-rock guitarist, singer and songwriter
• Barbara Stanwyck (1907–1990) – actress
• Joe Start – Major League Baseball player
• James Steen – football player
• Peter Steele (singer and songwriter)
• Jacob Steinmetz (born 2003) – baseball 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 – writer, producer, political satirist, actor, television personality, comedian, and former host of The Daily Show (1999–2015); born in New York City, raised in New Jersey
• Julia Stiles – actress
• Ben Stiller – actor and comedian
• Henry L. Stimson – politician and diplomat
• Oliver Stone – film director
• Larry Storch – actor, comedian
• Lee Strasberg (1901–1982) – Polish-born actor, director, and theatre practitioner
• Susan Strasberg – actress
• Robert Strassburg – composer, conductor, musicologist
• James Strauch (1921–1998) – Olympic fencer
• Barbra Streisand – singer and actress
• Meryl Streep – actress
• Scott Stringer (born 1960) – New York City Comptroller and Borough President of Manhattan
• Jill Stuart – fashion designer
• Big Sue – shopkeeper and underworld figure
• Ed Sullivan (1901–1974) – television variety show host
• Susan Sullivan – actress
• B. J. Surhoff – MLB player
• Rich Surhoff – MLB player
• Kevin Sussman – actor

T

• Vic Tayback (1930–1990) – actor
• Alma Tell (1898–1937) – stage and screen actress
• Olive Tell (1894–1951) – stage and screen actress
• Maurice Tempelsman (born 1929) – businessman
• Veronica Taylor (born 1965) – actress Pokémon
• Chloe Temtchine (born 1982/1983) – singer-songwriter
• The Tenderloins (born 1976) – comedy troupe currently composed of Joseph "Joe" Gatto, James "Murr" Murray, Brian "Q" Quinn, and Salvatore "Sal" Vulcano
• Studs Terkel (1912–2008) – author and historian
• Milton Terris (1915–2002) – public health physician and epidemiologist
• Roy M. Terry – Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Air Force
• Vinny Testaverde – football player
• Teyana Taylor – singer-songwriter, actress, dancer, choreographer, director and model
• Irving Thalberg – film producer
• Ianthe Thomas (1951-2002) - author
• Leon Thomas III – actor
• Soren Thompson (born 1981) – two-time Olympic and team World Champion épée fencer
• 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 (1916–1979) – game show producer
• Michael Tolkin (born 1950) – filmmaker and novelist
• Marisa Tomei (born 1964) – 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
• Payson J. Treat (1879–1972) – Japanologist
• Alex Treves (1929–2020) – Italian-born American Olympic fencer
• Bernard Trink (1931–2020) – columnist
• Donald Trump – 45th President of the United States, businessman
• Donald Trump Jr. – businessman
• Eric Trump – businessman
• Fred Trump – real estate developer and philanthropist
• Ivanka Trump – businesswoman
• Tiffany Trump – socialite
• 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
• Steven Tyler (born 1948) – singer, Aerosmith
• Mike Tyson (born 1966) – boxer
• Neil deGrasse Tyson – astronomer, science communicator
• Tito Puente(1923–2000) - Salsa Singer

U

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

V

• Andrew Vachss – lawyer and author
• Margaret Newton Van Cott – first woman to be licensed to preach in The Methodist Episcopal Church.
• Cy Vance – New York County District Attorney (2014 to 2022)
• Cornelius Vanderbilt – businessman
• Idara Victor – actress
• Tommy Victor – musician
• Kia Vaughn (born 1987) – WNBA player
• Robert Vaughn (1932–2016) – actor
• George Vergara – NFL player
• Abe Vigoda (1921–2016) – actor
• Jennifer von Mayrhauser – costume designer
• CoCo Vandeweghe – tennis player
• Justyn Vicky (1990–2023) – bodybuilder

W

• Michael Wachter (born 1943) – professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
• Stanley M. Wagner (1932–2013) – rabbi and academic
• Josh Waitzkin (born 1976) – chess player, martial arts competitor, and author
• Christopher Walken – actor
• Adam Walker – football player
• Hezekiah Walker – bishop and gospel artist
• Jimmy Walker (1881–1946) – Mayor of New York City
• Kemba Walker – basketball player
• Eli Wallach – actor
• Donald A. Wallance – industrial designer
• Fats Waller – jazz pianist
• Rudolf Wanderone – professional pool player
• Charles B. Wang (1944–2018) – businessman and philanthropist
• Vera Wang – fashion designer
• Bree Warren – model
• Raees Warsi – poet, journalist, and social worker
• Kerry Washington – actress
• Damon Wayans – actor and producer
• Dwayne Wayans – director, producer, and 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
• Brian Wecht (born 1975) – musician, producer for Ninja Sex Party and Starbomb, and member of Game Grumps
• Steven Weinberg – Nobel Prize-winning physicist
• Gabriel P. Weisberg – art historian
• Malina Weissman (born 2003) – child actress
• Tuesday Weld – actress
• T. Tileston Wells, (1865–1946) – attorney and the Romanian Consul General
• Sheck Wes (born 1998) – rapper
• Leslie West – rock musician
• Mae West (1893–1980) – actress
• Nathanael West – author
• Edith Wharton – author
• Joss Whedon – writer, director, producer, and composer
• Maggie Wheeler – actress
• Sahvir Wheeler – basketball]] player
• Billy Whitlock – blackface performer
• Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney – sculptor and art patron
• Edward W. Whitson – Wisconsin State Assemblyman
• Kristen Wiig – actress, comedian, and writer
• Matthew Wilder – singer and musician
• 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
• Ira Wolfert (1908–1997) – war correspondent and writer
• George Worth – born György Woittitz (1915–2006), Olympic medalist saber fencer
• N'Bushe Wright - actress
• James Hood Wright – businessman
• Tanisha Wright (born 1983) – former WNBA player and current head coach of the Atlanta Dream
• William H. H. Wroe – member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
• Jason Wu – fashion designer
• Charles Wuorinen – composer
• Timothy Weah – soccer player
• Willie Colón - Salsa Singer

Y

• Izzy Yablok – football player
• Tony Yayo – rapper
• Burt Young – actor
• Tony Young – actor

Z

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

Non-native New Yorkers

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

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

A

• William Adams – academic and clergyman; founder and president of the Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York; born in Connecticut
• Samuel Adler – rabbi; born in Worms, Germany
• Lisa Ann – pornographic actress, born in Pennsylvania.

• Frederick Styles Agate – painter; born in England
• Thomas Peter Akers – vice president of the gold board; born in Knox County, Ohio
• Richard S. Aldrich – U.S. Representative from Rhode Island, practiced law in New York City
• 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

• Lucille Ball – comedian, actress, born in Jamestown, New York
• Count Basie – jazz pianist and band leader, born in Red Bank, New Jersey
• William Basinski – avant-garde composter, born in Austin, Texas
• Laura Joyce Bell – contralto, wife of Digby Bell, born in London, England
• Irving Berlin – composer, lyricist, born in Russia
• Leonard Bernstein – conductor, born in Lawrence, Massachusetts
• Lewis Black – comedian, born in Silver Spring, Maryland
• C. L. Blood – physician
• 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
• David Bowie – English musician, actor, artist, born in London, England
• Marlon Brando Jr. – actor, born in Omaha, Nebraska
• Brandy – singer, born in McComb, 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
• David Byrne – musician, born in Dumbarton, Scotland

C

• Sid Caesar – comedian and actor, born in Yonkers
• Antón Cabaleiro – visual artist born in Spain
• Mariah Carey – singer, born in Huntington, 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
• 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 – singer-songwriter, actress, director, born in Bay City, Michigan
• Dick Clark (1929-2012) – TV personality and producer, born in Mount Vernon, New York
• Chelsea Clinton – daughter of President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, born in Little Rock, Arkansas
• DeWitt Clinton – Senator and Governor of New York, born in Napanoch, New York
• George M. Cohan – entertainer and songwriter, born in Providence, Rhode Island
• J. Cole – rapper, artist, born in Frankfurt, Germany
• 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
• 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 (1920-1990) – radio host, born in Pittsburgh

D

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

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, born in St. Louis
• Barbara Feldon – writer and retired actress
• Millard Fillmore – U.S. president, born in Summerhill, New York
• Bobby Fischer – chess champion, born in Chicago
• Ella Fitzgerald – jazz singer, born in Newport News, Virginia
• Barthold Fles – Dutch-born literary agent
• Jake Flores — comedian
• Steve Forbes – publisher, born in Morristown, New Jersey
• Heather Foster – Jamaican-born professional bodybuilder
• Felix Frankfurter – Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, born in Vienna, Austria
• Henry Clay Frick – businessman, born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

G

• Dave Gahan – Depeche Mode singer, born in Epping, Essex, United Kingdom
• 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 Cheraw, South Carolina
• Miguel Gómez – photographer, born in Bogotá, Colombia

H

• Bobby Hackett – jazz musician, born in Providence, Rhode Island
• Thomas S. Hamblin – actor, manager of the Bowery Theater
• Alexander Hamilton – U.S. Founding Father, born in the West Indies
• Townsend Harris – first U.S. diplomat in Japan, one of the founders of the City College of New York, born in Sandy Hill, New York
• Mariska Hargitay (born 1964) – actress, born in Santa Monica, California
• 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
• Ashton Hayward – former mayor of Pensacola, born in Pensacola, Florida
• O. Henry – author, born in Greensboro, North Carolina
• Tommy Hilfiger – fashion designer, born in Elmira, New York
• Herman Hollerith – inventor, born in Buffalo, New York
• Lester Holt – journalist and news anchor for the weekday edition of NBC Nightly News and Dateline NBC, born in San Francisco
• Ian Hornak – realist painter, born in Philadelphia
• Harry Houdini (1874–1926) – legendary illusionist and escape artist; born in Budapest, Hungary
• Matt Hoyle- Photographer, previously lived in Los Angeles and Australia
• Langston Hughes – poet, born in Joplin, Missouri

I

• Kyrie Irving – basketball player, born in Australia, grew up in New Jersey

J

• Janet Jackson – singer, born in Gary, Indiana
• Jane Jacobs (1916–2006) – economist, urban theorist, and activist
• JonTron – YouTuber, co-creator of Game Grumps, born in Rancho Palos Verdes, California
• Kamara James – Olympic fencer, born in Kingston, Jamaica
• Kevin James – actor, born in Mineola, New York
• Joe Solomon—cricketer, born in Port Mourant, Berbice, British Guiana
• Peter Jennings – television journalist, born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Derek Jeter – baseball player, born in New Jersey
• Paddy Johnson – art critic

K

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

L

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

M

• Ralph Macchio – actor, born on Long Island
• 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
• Jackie Mason – comedian and actor, born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin
• 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
• Scott Mescudi – rapper, singer, songwriter, born in Cleveland
• Seth Meyers – comedian, actor, and television personality, born in Evanston, Illinois
• Bette Midler – singer and actress, born in Honolulu
• Nicki Minaj − rapper and actress, born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
• Liza Minnelli – actress and singer, born in Hollywood, Los Angeles
• The Misshapes – DJs and party hosts
• Miyawaki – Singer-songwriter musician
• Moondog (born Louis Hardin) – eccentric street musician and poet, born in Kansas
• Garry Moore – television show host and producer, born in Baltimore
• John Pierpont Morgan – businessman, born in Hartford, Connecticut
• Robert Moses – NYC urban planner and developer, born in New Haven, Connecticut
• 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"
• Debbie Nathan - feminist journalist, born in Houston, Texas
• Casey Neistat – YouTuber and entrepreneur, known for many of his projects based in New York
• Colette Nelson – IFBB professional bodybuilder
• Richard Nixon – former Vice President and 37th President of the United States

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
• Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen – actresses and fashion designers, born in Sherman Oaks, California
• Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis – First Lady of United States, born in Southampton, New York
• Yoko Ono – artist and singer-songwriter, born in Tokyo, Japan
• Haley Joel Osment – actor, born in Los Angeles
• Ginny Owens – singer-songwriter, author and blogger, born in Jackson, Mississippi

P

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

R

• Daniel Radcliffe – born in Fulham, London, England, United Kingdom
• Johnny Ramone – born on Long Island
• Ayn Rand – Russian-born novelist and philosopher
• Tony Randall – actor, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
• Susan Wu Rathbone – Chinese-born community leader
• Dan Rather – television news anchor, born in Wharton, Texas
• Ryan Reynolds – actor; born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
• Raven-Symoné – actress and singer; born in Atlanta
• John D. Rockefeller – businessman, born in Richford, New York
• Richard Rodgers – composer, born on Long Island
• 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
• Damon Runyon – journalist and playwright, born in Manhattan, Kansas
• Babe Ruth – professional baseball player, born in Baltimore

S

• Samia – musician
• Telly Savalas – actor, born on Long Island
• Menachem Mendel Schneersohn – rabbi, leader of Chabad hasidic movement, born in Nikolaiv, Russian Empire
• Patti Scialfa – singer-songwriter and guitarist
• Amy Sedaris – actress, author, and comedian
• David Sedaris — comedian and author
• Chloë Sevigny – actress, director, and 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 Chernihiv, Ukraine
• Alana Shipp – American/Israeli IFBB professional bodybuilder
• Ryan Shore – composer, songwriter, and conductor
• Bobby Short – jazz musician, born in Danville, Illinois
• Joel Siegel (1943-2007) – 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
• Patti Smith – singer and poet, born in Chicago
• Kevin Spacey – actor, director, writer, producer, and 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, and humanitarian
• Dylan Sprouse – actor, entrepreneur, born in Arezzo, Italy
• George Steinbrenner (1930-2010) – New York Yankees owner, born in Bay Village, Ohio
• Wilhelm Steinitz – world chess champion, born in Prague, Czech Republic
• Martha Stewart – designer and TV personality, born in Jersey City, New Jersey
• Sting – musician, born in England
• Shontelle
• Emma Stone – actress, born in Scottsdale, Arizona
• Michael Strahan – actor, television personality, and retired football player, born in Houston
• Meryl Streep – actress, born in Summit, New Jersey
• Peter Stuyvesant – Governor of New Netherland, born in Peperga, Netherlands
• Taylor Swift – singer-songwriter

T

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

U

• Johannes Urzidil – writer, born in Prague, Bohemia

V

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

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
• Dean Wareham – singer-songwriter, born in New Zealand
• Andy Warhol – artist, born in Pittsburgh
• Denzel Washington – actor, born in Mount Vernon, New York
• Walt Whitman – poet and author, born in West Hills, New York
• Olivia Wilde – actress
• Barney Williams – Irish-born comedian
• Jayson Williams – basketball player, born in Ritter, South Carolina
• Christopher Woodrow – movie producer, born in Syracuse, New York
• Jason Wu – fashion designer

X

• Malcolm X (El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz) – American Muslim, Civil human rights activist

See also

• List of people from New York
• By borough:
  • List of people from the Bronx
  • List of people from Brooklyn
  • List of people from Manhattan
    • List of people from the Upper East Side
  • List of people from Queens
  • List of people from Staten Island