List of people from New York City

This is a list of notable people from New York City, New York, United States.

Native New Yorkers

The following were born or adopted in New York City. Some became famous after they moved away.

A

• Aaliyah – (1979–2001), R&B singer, dancer, model and actress
• Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – basketball player
• George Abernethy – (1807–1877), first provisional Governor of Oregon
• Bella Abzug – feminist activist and politician
• 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 – singer
• Danny Aiello – actor
• Marv Albert – sports announcer
• Alan Alda – actor, author, activist, director and screenwriter
• Anne Revere Aldrich – (1866–1892), poet and author
• Ira Aldridge – (1805–1867), stage actor
• William Alexander (aka Lord Stirling), (1726–1783), American major general in the American Revolutionary War
• Andrew Jackson Allen, (1776–1853), actor, theater director, and costumer
• Woody Allen – film director
• Rafer Alston – basketball player
• Charles Anthon, classical scholar
• Carmelo Anthony – basketball player
• Diane Arbus – photographer
• Kenneth J. Arrow – economist; Nobel laureate (Economics, 1972)
• Beatrice Arthur – actress
• William H. Aspinwall – railroad promoter
• William Backhouse Astor, Sr. – businessman and member of the Astor family
• Red Auerbach – basketball coach
• Hank Azaria

B

• Edwin Burr Babbitt – U.S. Army Major General
• Evan Baken – musician, drummer, record company executive
• William Bliss Baker – landscape artist
• Jaime Lyn Beatty – singer/actor, Team StarKid
• Moe Berg – Major League Baseball player, and spy
• Francis Bouillon – National Hockey League defenseman currently playing for the Nashville Predators
• Barbara Boxer – Senator from California
• James J. Braddock – boxer (aka 'Cinderella Man')
• Abigail Breslin- actress, musician
• Matthew Broderick – actor
• Mel Brooks – film director
• Julia Brown – madam and prostitute
• Larry Brown – basketball player and coach
• Steve Buscemi – actor
• Henry Bogart – one of the first cinematographer’s w/Cinemascope
• Penn Badgley – actor

C

• James Caan – actor
• Joseph A. Califano – Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
• Maria Callas – opera singer
• Schuyler V. Cammann – anthropologist
• Al Capone – Prohibition gangster and boss of the Chicago Outfit
• Benjamin Cardozo – Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
• Hugh Carey – Governor of New York
• George Carlin – comedian
• Eric Carr  – rock musician, songwriter
• John Cassavetes – actor
• Vinnie Caruana – musician, singer
• Phoebe Cates – actress
• Jeff Chandler – actor
• Frank Chanfrau – actor
• Paddy Chayefsky – author
• Maury Chaykin -actor
• Julie Chen – anchorwoman
• Edmund A. Chester – executive at the CBS
• Jennie Jerome Churchill – mother of Winston Churchill
• Peter Cincotti – singer-songwriter
• Shaun Cooper – rock musician, bassist
• Freddie Crawford – basketball player
• Peter Criss – rock musician, songwriter
• George Cukor – film director
• Mario Cuomo – Governor of New York

D

• Charles Patrick Daly, judge
• Claire Danes – actress
• Lloyd Daniels – basketball player
• Rodney Dangerfield – comedian
• Ron Dante – singer-songwriter, and record producer
• 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
• Al D'Amato – politician
• Dorothy Day – Catholic social activist
• Robert De Niro – actor
• Éamon de Valera – Taoiseach (prime minister) and President of Ireland
• Willy DeVille (born 1950), singer
• Kevin Devine – musician and songwriter
• Samuel R. Delany – author and critic
• Don DeLillo – author
• Jerry Denny, major league baseball player
• Neil Diamond – singer and composer
• P. Diddy – rap artist
• Vin Diesel – actor
• Phoebe Doty – prostitute and madam
• Kirk Douglas – actor
• Joseph Dunninger – mentalist
• Fran Drescher – actor
• Richard Dreyfuss – actor
• David Duchovny – actor
• Patty Duke – actress and activist for mental-health issues

E

• Gertrude Ederle – swimmer
• Mario Elie – basketball player
• Duke Ellington – jazz pianist
• Nora Ephron – director, screenwriter, author
• Eru – singer (Korea)

F

• Peter Facinelli – actor
• Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. – actor
• Jimmy Fallon – comedian
• Peter Falk – actor
• Louis Farrakhan – Leader of the Nation of Islam
• Perry Farrell – musician
• Morton Feldman – Composer
• Richard Feynman – Nobel Prize-winning physicist
• 50 Cent – rap artist
• Harvey Fierstein – actor
• Hamilton Fish – Governor of New York and U.S. Secretary of State
• Jane Fonda – actress
• Peter Fonda – actor
• Malcolm Forbes – publisher
• Davy Force – major league baseball player
• Anthony Franciosa – actor
• Al Franken – comedian and radio host, Senator of Minnesota
• 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
• Gus Gardella – American football player
• John Garfield – actor
• Art Garfunkel – singer-songwriter
• Lou Gehrig – baseball player
• George Gershwin – composer
• Ira Gershwin – lyricist
• Vitas Gerulaitis – tennis player
• Tiffany Giardina – singer-songwriter
• Ruth Bader Ginsburg – Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
• Rudolph Giuliani – mayor of New York
• Jackie Gleason – comedian
• Whoopi Goldberg – comedian and actress
• William Goldberg – diamond dealer
• Daniel S. Goldin – NASA director
• Ben Goldwasser – member of MGMT
• Cuba Gooding Jr. – actor
• Doris Kearns Goodwin – author
• Victor Gotbaum – labor leader
• Elliott Gould – actor
• Topher Grace – actor
• Rocky Graziano – boxer (real name Thomas Rocco Barbella)
• Hank Greenberg – Hall of Fame baseball player
• Alan Greenspan – economist, former Federal Reserve Chairman
• Adrian Grenier – actor
• Melanie Griffith – actress
• Bob Guccione – publisher
• Peggy Guggenheim – art collector
• Maggie Gyllenhaal – actress

H

• Anne Hathaway – actress
• Armand Hammer – industrialist and philanthropist
• Oscar Hammerstein II – composer
• Frank Hankinson – major league baseball player
• Donald J. Harlin – Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Air Force
• W. Averell Harriman – diplomat and Governor of New York
• Curt Hawkins – WWE wrestler
• Francis L. Hawks, reverend
• Susan Hayward – actress
• Rita Hayworth – actress
• Anthony Hecht – poet
• Carol Heiss – Olympic figure skater (silver 1956, gold 1960)
• Joseph Heller – author
• Jim Hellwig – (Warrior) pro wrestler
• Lance Henriksen – actor
• Brian Henson – Muppeteer, director, producer
• Peter Cooper Hewitt – inventor
• Hildegarde – American cabaret singer
• Gregory Hines – dancer and actor
• Judd Hirsch – actor
• Lena Horne – singer
• Edward Everett Horton – actor
• Richard Hunt – Muppeteer and TV director
• Tab Hunter – actor
• Paris Hilton – fashionista
• Moe, Curly and Shemp Howard – the Three Stooges

I

• Washington Irving – author
• John Isaac – photographer

J

• Ja Rule (born 1976) – actor and rapper
• 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
• Marc Jacobs (born 1963 – fashion designer
• Henry James (1843–1916) – writer
• William James (1842–1910) – philosopher and psychologist
• 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
• Billy Joel (born 1949) – singer-songwriter
• David Johansen (born 1950) – actor and singer-songwriter
• Scarlett Johansson (born 1984) – actress
• 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) American basketball player
• Tommy Lee Jones (born 1946) – actor and film director
• William Joyce (also known as Lord Haw-Haw; 1906–1946) – Nazi propaganda broadcaster

K

• Philip Mayer Kaiser (1913–2007) – U.S. diplomat
• 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
• 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
• Calvin Klein (born 1942) – fashion designer
• Ed Koch (born 1924) – Mayor of New York City
• E. L. Konigsburg (born 1930) – writer
• C. Everett Koop (born 1916) – physician
• Lenny Kravitz (born 1964) – singer-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 – Mayor of New York City
• Jesse Lacey – musician and singer
• Veronica Lake – actress
• Jake LaMotta – boxer
• Burt Lancaster – actor
• Martin Landau – actor
• Diane Lane – actress
• Cyndi Lauper – singer
• Ralph Lauren – fashion designer
• Emma Lazarus – author and poet
• Steve Lawrence – singer
• Madeleine L'Engle – author
• Joe E. Lewis – comedian
• Roy Lichtenstein – artist
• John Lindsay – Mayor of New York City
• Peggy Lipton – actress
• Robert R. Livingston – U.S. Founding Father and diplomat
• Vince Lombardi – American football coach
• Robert Loggia – actor
• Lindsay Lohan – actress and singer
• Jennifer Lopez – singer and actress
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus – actress
• Willie Lozado – baseball player
• Lucky Luciano – gangster
• Sid Luckman – football player and coach
• Frankie Lyman – singer
• Derek Lee – baseball player
• Andy LoCascio – television personality

M

• Frank McCourt – author (raised in Ireland, returned later in life)
• Malachy McCourt – author (raised in Ireland, returned later in life)
• Bernard Malamud – author
• Melissa Manchester – singer
• Barry Manilow – singer-songwriter, musician
• Mike Mansfield – Senator from Montana (raised in Montana)
• Stephon Marbury – professional basketball player
• Soraida Martinez – artist, designer
• Constantine Maroulis – American Idol finalist
• Groucho, Harpo, Chico, Zeppo and Gummo Marx – the Marx Brothers
• John Massari – composer, sound designer
• Walter Matthau – actor
• John McCloskey – Cardinal Archbishop of New York from 1864 until his death in 1885
• Linda McCartney – photographer, late wife of Beatle Paul McCartney
• Allie McGuire – professional basketball player
• Paul Meltsner – WPA-era painter and muralist
• Herman Melville – author
• Yehudi Menuhin – violinist
• Ethel Merman – singer and actress
• Robert Merrill – singer
• Lea Michele - actress, singer
• Alyssa Milano – actress
• Adeline Miller – prostitute and madam
• Arthur Miller – playwright
• Marcus Miller – bassist and composer
• Sienna Miller-Actress, fashion designer, model
• Harvey Milk – gay activist and politician
• Sal Mineo – actor
• Nicki Minaj – rapper, singer, model
• John Joseph Mitty – Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco
• Isaac Mizrahi – fashion designer
• James Maslow – actor and singer (Big Time Rush)
• Eddie Money – singer
• Mary Tyler Moore – actress and producer
• Melba Moore – actress and singer
• Tom Morello – guitarist
• Henry Morgan – radio and television personality
• Gouverneur Morris – U.S. founding father; U.S. Senator
• Zero Mostel – actor and comedian
• Gerry Mulligan – musician
• Richard Mulligan – actor
• Robert Mulligan – director
• Chris Mullin – basketball player
• Charlie Murphy – actor and comedian
• Eddie Murphy – actor and comedian

N

• John Nolan – musician and singer
• Dagmar Nordstrom – composer, pianist, one of The Nordstrom Sisters
• Nordstrom Sisters – sister act, international cabaret singers
• Naresh Goyal – chairman of Jet Airways based in India

O

• John Oates – guitarist Hall & Oates
• Keith Olbermann – MSNBC anchor
• Eugene O'Neill – playwright
• Robert Oppenheimer – physicist; 'father of the atomic bomb'
• Bill O'Reilly – Fox News anchor
• Jerry Orbach – actor

P

• Al Pacino – actor
• Saul K. Padover – historian
• Joe Paterno – football coach
• James Patterson – novelist
• Amanda Peet – actress
• Richard Pelham – blackface performer
• Claiborne Pell – Senator from Rhode Island
• Sam Perkins – basketball player
• Bernadette Peters – actress and singer
• Lip Pike – major league baseball player, four-time home-run champion
• John Pleshette – actor
• Suzanne Pleshette – actress
• Neil Postman – author and cultural critic
• Chaim Potok – author
• Bud Powell – jazz pianist
• Colin Powell – U.S. Army general and U.S. Secretary of State
• Priscilla Presley – actress
• Tito Puente – band leader
• Mario Puzo – author

Q

• Q-Tip (rapper) – rapper

R

• Raekwon – rapper (Wu-tang Clan)
• Bill Rafferty – comedian
• Joey Ramone and Marky Ramone – punk-rock musicians
• Ray Ratkowski – football player
• Lou Reed – rock musician, songwriter
• Christopher Reeve – actor
• Paul Reiser – actor
• Ed Rendell – former Mayor of Philadelphia, Governor of Pennsylvania
• Brandon Reilly – musician, guitarist, singer
• Leah Remini – actress
• Charles E. Rice – legal scholar, university professor
• Buddy Rich – jazz drummer
• Burton Richter – Nobel Prize-winning physicist
• Thelma Ritter – actress
• Chris Rock – comedian
• Laurance Rockefeller – conservationist and philanthropist
• Winthrop Rockefeller – Governor of Arkansas
• Norman Rockwell – artist
• Alex Rodriguez – baseball player
• Sonny Rollins – jazz saxophonist
• Ray Romano – actor
• Igal Roodenko (1917–1991) – civil-rights activist, pacifist
• Mickey Rooney – actor
• Franklin Roosevelt – U.S. President
• Eleanor Roosevelt – U.S. First Lady and human-rights activist
• Theodore Roosevelt – U.S. President
• Ethel Greenglass Rosenberg – convicted spy
• Julius Rosenberg – convicted spy
• Mercedes Ruehl – actress
• Art Rust Jr – sportscaster
• Louis Rukeyser – business columnist; economic commentator

S

• Carl Sagan – physicist and astronomer
• Brooke Shields – actress
• J. D. Salinger – author
• Jonas Salk – medical researcher
• John Salley – basketball player
• Jerry Saltz – art critic, art historian
• Adam Sandler – actor, comedian
• Claudio Sanchez – musician
• Francesco Scavullo – photographer
• Dick Schaap – journalist
• Vincent Schiavelli – actor
• Julian Schnabel – artist and director
• Mathieu Schneider – hockey player
• Sandra Schnur – disability-rights activist
• Rick Schroder – actor
• Charles Schumer – Senator
• Julius Schwartz – comic book editor
• Martin Scorsese – film director
• Vin Scully – sports radio announcer
• Jerry Seinfeld – comedian
• Maurice Sendak – author and illustrator
• Malik Sealy – basketball player
• John Serry, Sr. – accordionist, organist, composer, arranger
• Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton – founder of the Sisters of Charity, first native-born US citizen canonized
• Tupac Shakur – rapper
• Artie Shaw – band leader
• Judith Sheindlin ("Judge Judy") – judge and television personality
• Daniel Sickles – Civil War general
• Bugsy Siegel – gangster
• Jules Siegel – author
• Beverly Sills – opera singer
• Ron Silver – actor, radio show host
• Robert Silverberg – author
• Carly Simon – singer-songwriter
• Neil Simon – playwright
• John Slidell – Senator from Louisiana and Confederate diplomat
• Al Smith – Governor of New York and presidential candidate
• Phoebe Snow – singer-songwriter
• Stephen Sondheim – songwriter
• Aaron Sorkin – playwright and screenwriter
• Mickey Spillane – author
• Eliot Spitzer – Governor of New York
• Sylvester Stallone – actor, director, screenwriter
• Paul Stanley – hard-rock guitarist, singer-songwriter
• Barbara Stanwyck – actress
• Joe Start – major league baseball player
• Howard Stern – radio and television host
• John Stevens – delegate to Continental Congress for New Jersey
• 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
• Susan Sullivan – actress

T

• Maurice Tempelsman – businessman
• Studs Terkel – author
• Roy M. Terry – Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Air Force
• Irving Thalberg – film producer
• Johnny Thunders – rock musician
• Gene Tierney – actress
• Louis Comfort Tiffany – artist
• Bill Todman – game show producer
• Marisa Tomei – actress
• Joe Torre – baseball player and coach
• Michelle Trachtenberg – actress
• Mary Travers – singer with Peter, Paul, and Mary
• Donald Trump – businessman
• Barbara Tuchman – historian; author
• Gene Tunney – 1926–28 heavyweight boxing champion
• John V. Tunney – former U.S. Senator
• John Turturro – actor
• William Tweed – politician
• Liv Tyler – actress
• Mike Tyson – professional boxer

U

• Leslie Uggams – singer; actress
• Hikaru Utada – musician

V

• Andrew Vachss – lawyer and author
• Cornelius Vanderbilt – businessman
• Joan Van Ark – actress
• Luther Vandross – singer
• George Vergara – NFL player

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 – Mayor of New York City
• Christopher Wallace – rapper
• Eli Wallach – actor
• Fats Waller – jazz pianist
• Vera Wang – fashion designer
• Keenen Ivory Wayans -actor, director, producer, and writer
• Elvira Wayans -writer
• Damon Wayans -actor producer
• Kim Wayans -actress
• Nadia Wayans -actress
• Dwayne Wayans -director producer writer
• Shawn Wayans -actor producer
• Marlon Wayans -actor producer
• Sigourney Weaver – actress
• Steven Weinberg – Nobel Prize-winning physicist
• Leslie West – rock musician
• Mae West – actress
• Nathanael West – author
• Edith Wharton – author
• 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
• Vanessa L. Williams – singer and actress
• Harry Winitsky – founding member of the CPUSA

Y

• Tony Yayo – rap artist

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.

A

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

B

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

C

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

D

• Lorenzo Da Ponte – librettist to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and professor of Italian at Columbia University, born in Ceneda, Italy
• 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

• Edward Egan – Cardinal Archbishop of New York, born in Oak Park, Illinois
• Patrick Ewing – former NBA All-Star center, born in Jamaica
• "Emmy" Rossum (Emmanuelle Grey) – actress and musician born in New York City New York^{[citation needed]}

F

• 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
• 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
• Greta Garbo – actress, born in Stockholm, Sweden
• Dizzy Gillespie – jazz trumpet player, born in South Carolina

H

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

J

• Jane Jacobs (1916–2006) – economist, urban theorist, activist
• Kevin James – actor, born on Long Island, New York
• Peter Jennings – television news anchor, born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Derek Jeter – professional 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, PA
• Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis – first lady, born in Southampton, New York
• Tom Kennedy – game show host
• Lisa Kudrow – actress, born in Encino, California

L

• Lachi – singer-songwriter, born in Towson, Maryland
• 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, born in Atlanta, Georgia
• John Lennon – singer-songwriter, born in Liverpool, England
• Pierre Lorillard IV – businessman and founder of tobacco company, born in Westchester, New York

M

• Ralph Macchio actor, born 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 – professional baseball player, born in Spavinaw, Oklahoma
• Dean Martin – singer, 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
• John McCloskey – first American born cardinal, born in City of Brooklyn, New York
• Linda McCartney – photographer, wife of Beatle Paul McCartney
• John McEnroe – professional tennis player, born in Germany
• Zubin Mehta – orchestra conductor, born in Bombay, India
• Bette Midler – singer and actress, born in Honolulu, Hawaii
• The Misshapes – DJs and party hosts
• Moondog (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-songwriter, born in Saint James, Trinidad and Tobago

N

• Joe Namath – professional football player, born in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania

O

• Soledad O'Brien – journalist (including CNN anchorwoman), born in Saint James, New York
• John Joseph O'Connor – Roman Catholic Cardinal Archbishop of New York, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Rosie O'Donnell – comedian, born on Long Island, New York
• Yoko Ono – artist and musician and singer-songwriter, born in Tokyo, Japan
• Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen, born in Sherman Oaks, California

P

• Sarah Jessica Parker – actress, born in Nelsonville, Ohio
• Ronald Perelman – investor, owner of Revlon, born in Greensboro, North Carolina
• Itzhak Perlman – violinist, born in Jaffa, Israel
• David Hyde Pierce – actor, born in Saratoga Springs, New York
• Natalia Paruz – a.k.a. the 'Saw Lady', subway musician, born in Givatayim, Israel

R

• Johnny Ramone – born on Long Island, New York
• 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
• Babe Ruth – professional baseball player, born in Baltimore, Maryland

S

• Telly Savalas – actor, born on Long Island, New York
• 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
• Bobby Short – jazz musician, born in Danville, Illinois
• Paul Simon – singer-songwriter, born in Newark Heights, New Jersey
• Frank Sinatra – singer, born in Hoboken, New Jersey
• Upton Sinclair – author, born in Baltimore, Maryland
• Patti Smith – singer and poet, born in Chicago
• Regina Spektor – singer-songwriter, born in Moscow, Russia
• Francis Spellman – Roman Catholic Cardinal Archbishop of New York, born in Whitman, Massachusetts
• Wilhelm Steinitz – world chess champion, born in Prague, Czech Republic
• Sting – rock star, born in England
• Martha Stewart – home interior designer, born in Jersey City, New Jersey
• Lee Strasberg – acting teacher, born in Budaniv, Ukraine
• Meryl Streep – actress, born in Summit, New Jersey
• Emma Stone – actress, born in Scottsdale, Arizona
• Peter Stuyvesant – Governor of New Netherland, born in Peperga, Netherlands
• Raven Symone – actress and singer; born in Atlanta, Georgia

T

• Samuel J. Tilden – presidential candidate, born in New Lebanon, New York
• Daniel D. Tompkins – U.S. Vice President, born in Westchester County

V

• Martin Van Buren – US President, born in Kinderhook, New York
• Andrew VanWyngarden – member of MGMT
• Jon Voight – actor, born in Yonkers, New York

W

• Rufus Wainwright – musician, born in Rhinebeck, New York
• Barbara Walters – journalist, writer, and media personality, born in Boston, Massachusetts
• Andy Warhol – artist, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• 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
• Jayson Williams – basketball player, born in Ritter, South Carolina

See also

• List of people from New York (state)
• Green-Wood Cemetery#Notable burials

Lists by New York City borough

• List of people from the Bronx
• List of people from Brooklyn, New York
• List of people from Queens
• List of people from Staten Island

External links

• City Lore's People's Hall of Fame