List of people from New York

For a list of people from New York City, New York, see List of people from New York City.

People from the state of New York who have achieved fame or note include:

Public office

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Presidents

• Martin Van Buren (1782–1862), 8th President of the United States
• Millard Fillmore (1800–1874), 13th President of the United States
• Chester A. Arthur
• Grover Cleveland
• Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919), 25th Vice President and 26 President of the United States
• Franklin D. Roosevelt (1883–1945), 32nd President of the United States

Vice Presidents

Nelson Rockefeller

• Aaron Burr
• George Clinton
• Schuyler Colfax
• Nelson Rockefeller
• William A. Wheeler

Other

• Parmenio Adams, sheriff and United States Congressman
• Shirley Chisholm – Congresswoman and 1972 Democratic presidential candidate
• Dewitt Clinton, governor, built the Erie Canal
• Boris Johnson, present Mayor of London
• Hillary Rodham Clinton, U.S. Secretary of State, former U.S. Senator, former First Lady, and 2008 Democratic presidential candidate

Entertainment

Film/Theater/Dance/Modeling

Woody Allen

Lauren Bacall

Robert De Niro

Lindsay Lohan

Arthur Miller

• Woody Allen (1935–), actor, director and writer
• June Allyson (1917–2006), actress
• Diane Arbus (1923–1971) photographer
• Alan Arkin (1934–), actor
• Alison Arngrim (1962–), actress, comedian
• Jean Arthur (1900–1991), actress
• Lauren Bacall (1924–), actress
• Lucille Ball (1911–1989), comedian, actress
• Anne Bancroft (1931–2005), actress
• Frances Bavier (1902–1989), actor
• Barbara Bel Geddes (1922–2005), actress
• William Bendix (1906–1964), actor
• Constance Bennett (1904–1965), actress
• Joan Blondell (1906–1979), actress
• Ann Blyth (1928–), actress
• Humphrey Bogart (1899–1957), actor
• Shirley Booth (1898–1992), actress
• Clara Bow (1905–1965), actress
• Abigail Breslin (1996-), actress
• Adrien Brody (1973–), actor
• Mel Brooks (1926–), actor, producer, director
• James Caan (1940–), actor
• James Cagney (1899–1986), actor
• Jeff Chandler (1918–1961), actor
• Ruth Chatterton (1893–1961), actress
• Claudette Colbert (1903–1996), actress
• Billy Crudup (1968–), actor
• Tom Cruise (1962–), actor
• Tony Curtis (1925–2010), actor
• Claire Danes (1979–), actor
• Marion Davies (1897–1961), actress
• Sammy Davis, Jr. (1925–1990), actor, singer
• Agnes de Mille (1905–1993), dancer, choreographer
• Robert De Niro (1943–), actor
• Willy DeVille (1950–2009), singer
• Matt Dillon (1964-), actor
• Kirk Douglas (1916–), actor
• Fran Drescher (1957–), actress
• Jimmy Durante (1893–1980), entertainer, actor, singer, comedian
• Alice Faye (1915–1998), actress
• Jane Fonda (1937–), actress
• John Garfield (1913–1952), actor
• Ben Gazzara (1930–2012), actor
• Sarah Michelle Gellar (1977–), actress
• Jackie Gleason (1916–1987), actor
• Paulette Goddard (1910–1990), actress
• Elliott Gould (1938–), actor
• Jennifer Grey (1960-), actress
• Anne Hathaway (1982–), actress
• Susan Hayward (1917–1975), actress
• Rita Hayworth (1918–1987), actress
• Judy Holliday (1921–1965), actress
• Rick Jason (1923–2000), actor
• Danny Kaye (1913–1987), actor, singer
• Ricki Lake (1968–), actress, talk-show host
• Veronica Lake (1922–1973), actress
• Burt Lancaster (1913–1994), actor
• Michael Landon (1936–1991), actor
• Lindsay Lohan (1986–), actress
• Lee Marvin (1924–1987), actor
• James Maslow (1990–), actor, singer, dancer
• Walter Matthau (1920–2000), actor
• Ethel Merman (1908–1984), actor, singer
• Arthur Miller (1915–2005), playwright
• Robert Montgomery (1904–1981), actor
• Eugene O'Neill (1888–1953), playwright
• Anthony Perkins (1932–1992), actor
• George Raft (1895–1980), actor
• Christopher Reeve (1952–2004), actor
• Leah Remini (1970-),actress
• Thelma Ritter (1902–1969), actress
• Ray Romano (1957–), actor, comedian
• Mickey Rooney (1920–), actor
• Martin Scorsese (1942–), director
• George Segal (1934–), actor
• Sylvia Sidney (1910–1999), actress
• Barbara Stanwyck (1907–1990), actor
• Rod Steiger (1925–2002), actor
• Oliver Stone (1946–), director
• Benj Thall (1978-), actor
• Gene Tierney (1920–1991), actress
• Claire Trevor (1910–2000), actress
• Tuesday Weld (1943–), actress
• Mae West (1893–1980), actor

Comedians/humorists

Jerry Seinfeld

• Lucille Ball (1911–1989), comedian, actress
• Jay Leno (1950–), comedian, host of The Tonight Show
• Chico Marx (1887–1961), Vaudeville comedian, with the Marx Brothers
• Groucho Marx (1890–1977), Vaudeville comedian, with the Marx Brothers
• Harpo Marx (1888–1964), Vaudeville comedian, with the Marx Brothers
• Zeppo Marx (1901–1979), Vaudeville comedian, with the Marx Brothers
• Rosie O'Donnell (1962–), comedian
• Jerry Seinfeld (1954–), comedian, actor
• Chris Rock (1965–), Comedian, actor

Music

Lady Gaga

Billy Joel

Paul Simon

• Lady Gaga (1986–), singer
• Fiona Apple (1977–), singer
• Count Basie (1904–1984), jazz musician
• Adrienne Bailon(1983–), singer
• Pat Benatar (1953–), singer
• Mary J. Blige (1971–), singer
• Laura Branigan (1957–2004), singer
• Maria Callas (1923–1977), opera singer
• Mariah Carey (1970–), pop and r&b singer-songwriter
• Peter Cincotti (1983–) ,singer, songwriter, pianist
• Coko (1973–), singer (SWV)
• John Coltrane (1926–1967), jazz musician
• Aaron Copland (1900–1990), composer
• Warren Cuccurullo (1956–), rock guitarist
• Neil Diamond (1941–), singer, songwriter
• Ella Fitzgerald (1918–1996), singer
• George Gershwin (1898–1937), composer
• Kim Gordon (1953–), bass guitarist, guitarist, singer, songwriter, visual artist (Sonic Youth)
• Joel Hirschhorn (1938–2005), songwriter
• Billie Holiday (1915–1959), jazz and blues singer
• Lena Horne (1917–2010), singer, actress
• Freddie Jackson (1956–), singer
• Billy Joel (1949–), pianist, singer-songwriter
• Jerome Kern (1885–1945), composer
• Alicia Keys (1981–),singer,songwriter
• Carole King (1942–), singer-songwriter
• Cyndi Lauper (1953–), singer
• Joe Locke (1959–), Jazz artist
• Jennifer Lopez (1969–), singer, actress, dancer
• Constantine Maroulis (1975–), singer
• Natalie Merchant(1962?-),singer-songwriter
• Stephanie Mills (1957–), singer
• Laura Nyro (1947–1997), singer-songwriter
• Joey Ramone (1952–2001), singer, songwriter (Ramones)
• Sharon Redd (1945–1992), singer
• Lou Reed (1942–), singer, songwriter, guitarist
• Paul Simon (1941–), singer-songwriter, guitarist
• Ronnie Spector (1943–), singer (The Ronettes)
• Barbra Streisand (1942–), singer, actress
• Luther Vandross (1951–2005), singer
• Mary Weiss (1948–), singer (The Shangri-Las)
• Lana Del Rey-Elizabeth Grant (1986-),singer, songwriter

Rappers

Jay-Z

• 50 Cent
• Ja Rule
• Jay-Z
• LL Cool J
• Mos Def
• Nas
• Notorious B.I.G
• Rakim
• Rev Run
• lil Kim
• Nicki Minaj

Business

Donald Trump

Sanford Weill

• John Jacob Astor, fur trader, company founder
• Nicholas F. Brady, ceo Dillon Read, Sec of US Treasury
• C. Douglas Dillon, ceo Dillon Read,US Amb to France, Sec of US Treasury
• George Eastman (1854–1932), founder of the Eastman Kodak Co.
• Debra Fox President and Founder of Fox Learning Systems
• E.H. Harriman errand boy, broker, blder of RR empire
• J.P. Morgan, banker, ceo, co. founder
• Jeremiah Milbank, banker, co-founder Borden Milk Co. 1857
• Jacquelyn Ottman,marketing consultant
• Henry Paulson, ceo Goldman Sachs, Sec of US Treasury
• Joseph R. Perella, M&A pro, banker, ceo
• Donald Regan, ceo Merrill Lynch, Sec of US Treasury
• John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937), industrialist, philanthropist
• Robert Rubin, ceo Goldman Sachs, Sec of US Treasury
• Jacob Schiff Wall St exec, banker, Kuhn Loeb
• Donald Trump (1946–), billionaire entrepreneur
• Cornelius Vanderbilt, ferry & tug boat captain, company founder, esp RRs
• Sanford Weill, ceo Citigroup which he forged into global no.1 bank

Art/literature/journalism/philosophy

Frederick Douglass

• Samuel Hopkins Adams, muckraker, born in Dunkirk
• Scott Adams (1957–) cartoonist, creator of Dilbert
• William Bliss Baker (1859–1886), American landscape painter
• J. Bowyer Bell (1931–2003), historian, artist and art critic
• Jasper Francis Cropsey (1823–1900), artist
• Arthur B. Davies (1863–1928), artist
• Melvil Dewey (1851–1931), originator of the Dewey Decimal System
• Amy Dickinson, Chicago Tribune advice columnist, who grew up on a dairy farm in Freeville
• Frederick Douglass (1818–1895), editor and publisher of abolitionist newspapers such as The North Star.
• Arthur Dove (1880–1946), artist
• Philip Evergood (1901–1973), artist
• Ira Joe Fisher, author and weatherman, who was born and raised in Little Valley
• Helen Frankenthaler (1928–), artist
• Roni Horn (1955–), artist
• Washington Irving (1783–1859), author
• Henry James (1843–1916), author
• William James (1842–1910), philosopher
• Ellsworth Kelly (1923–), artist
• Verlyn Klinkenborg, member of the New York Times editorial board; writer and farmer
• Matt Lauer (1957–), news anchor of The Today Show
• Zoe Leonard (1961–), photographer and visual artist
• Norman Mailer (1923–2007), author
• Francis Mallison of Rome, Journalist, editor and public servant, helped organize the "Great Civil War Gold Hoax"
• Herman Melville (1819–1891), author, Moby-Dick
• Brice Marden (1938–), artist
• Ogden Nash (1902–1971), poet
• John Reed (1969–), author, Snowball's Chance
• Norman Rockwell (1894–1978), painter
• Tim Russert (1950–2008), host of NBC's Meet the Press, born and raised in Buffalo
• David Sedaris (1956–), humorist
• Dorothy Thompson, born in Lancaster
• Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933), artist
• Andrew Vachss (1942–), author, activist, and lawyer
• J. Alden Weir (1852–1919), painter
• Edith Wharton (1862–1937), author
• Walt Whitman (1819–1892), poet
• Brian Williams (1959–), news anchor of NBC Nightly News
• John Zogby of Utica, pollster and blogger

Science/medicine

• Richard Axel (1946–), scientist, Nobel prize winner
• Gertrude B. Elion (1918–1999), biochemist, pharmacologist, Nobel prize winner
• Carl Sagan (1934–1996), astronomer
• Jonas Salk (1914–1995), scientist, developed first polio vaccine

Athletics

Hall of Famer Hank Greenberg

Sandy Koufax

• Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1947–), NBA player
• Moe Berg (1902–72), Major League Baseball baseball player, and spy (New York City)
• Sue Bird (1980–), Women's National Basketball Association point guard, 2x Olympic champion, 4x All-Star (Seattle Storm) (Syosset)
• Andy Bloom (born 1973), Olympic shot putter
• Al "Bummy" Davis (1920–45), professional boxer (Brooklyn)
• Shay Doron (1985–), professional basketball player
• Julius Erving (1950–), NBA player
• Mick Foley (1965–), professional wrestler and author
• Whitey Ford, baseball player
• John Franco, baseball player
• Lou Gehrig (1903–1941), Baseball Hall of Famer
• Sid Gordon (1917–75), 2-time All Star major league baseball player
• Hank Greenberg (1911–1986), Baseball Hall of Famer (Greenwich Village)
• Sandy Koufax (1935–), Baseball Hall of Famer
• Scott Lipsky (1981–), tennis player
• Boyd Melson, boxer
• Joe Nathan (1974–), baseball player (Minnesota Twins), (born in Pine Bush)
• A. J. Pierzynski (1976–), baseball player (Chicago White Sox) (born in Bridgehampton)
• Lipman Pike (1845–93), Major League Baseball baseball player, 4x home run champion (New York City)
• Alex Rodriguez (1975–), MLB player
• Carl Yastrzemski (1939–), Baseball Hall of Famer

Infamous New Yorkers

• Jimmy Walker 1881–1946, NYC mayor forced into resigning by the Seabury Commission
• David Berkowitz (1953–), serial killer "Son of Sam"
• Shirley Winters (1948–), convicted arsonist and accused serial killer

Lawyers and jurists

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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

Religious leaders

• Avraham Qanai, leader of one of the first Karaite Jewish congregations in the U.S.A.

Other

• Grace Brown (1886–1906, murder victim)
• Mary Therese Friel (1960–), Miss USA 1979, model, businesswoman
• Harry Houdini (1874–1926), magician
• Kimberly Pressler (1977–), Miss USA 1999
• Margaret Sanger (1879–1966), activist
• Richard Stallman (1953–), programmer of Emacs, founder of GNU
• Josephine Terranova (1889–1981), criminal defendant