List of people from New York City
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Many notable people were either born or adopted in New York City.
People from New York City
A
- AZ rapper and former member of the rap group The Firm
- Zaid Abdul-Aziz (born 1946) – professional basketball player
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born 1947) – basketball player
- George Abernethy (1807–1877) – first provisional Governor of Oregon[1]
- Cecile Abish (born 1930) – sculptor
- Oday Aboushi (born 1991) – football player
- Garnett Adrain (1815–1878) – member of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey[1]
- Cornelius Rea Agnew (1830–1888) – ophthalmologist[1]
- Eliza Agnew (1807–1883) – Presbyterian missionary[1]
- Christina Aguilera (born 1980) – American singer
- Danny Aiello (born 1933) – actor
- Marv Albert (born 1941) – sports announcer
- Alan Alda (born 1936) – actor
- Ira Aldridge (1805–1867) – stage actor[1]
- William Alexander, Lord Stirling (1726–1783) – American major general in the American Revolutionary War[1]
- Woody Allen (born 1935) – American film director, actor, screenwriter
- Rafer Alston – basketball player
- Lee J. Ames – illustrator and writer; known for the Draw 50... learn-to-draw books
- Kenny Anderson – professional basketball player
- Charles Anthon – classical scholar[1]
- Carmelo Anthony – basketball player
- Marc Anthony – singer and actor
- Judd Apatow – producer, director, comedian, actor and screenwriter
- Fiona Apple – singer-songwriter
- Diane Arbus (1923–1971) – photographer
- Nate Archibald (born 1948) – professional basketball player
- Kenneth J. Arrow – economist; recipient, 1972 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
- Beatrice Arthur (1922–2009) – actress
- William H. Aspinwall – railroad promoter[1]
- John Jacob Astor III (1822–1890) – businessman and member of the Astor family
- Vincent Astor (1891–1959) – businessman, philanthropist and member of the Astor family
- William Backhouse Astor, Sr. (1792–1875) – businessman and member of the Astor family[1]
- Jake T. Austin – actor, model, author
B
- Edwin Burr Babbitt – actor
- Johnny Bach (1924–2016) – professional basketball player and coach
- Evan Baken – musician, drummer and record company executive
- William Bliss Baker – landscape artist
- Azealia Banks – rapper
- Joseph Barbera (1911–2006) – animator, producer, director, MGM and co-founder of Hanna-Barbera
- Bryan Bautista - Dominican-American musician, singer, and contestant from NBC's The Voice season 10
- Earl Beecham – American football player
- Tony Bennett - iconic jazz singer and musician
- Moe Berg – Major League Baseball player and spy
- Milton Berle – comedian
- Paul Berlenbach (1901–1985) – light heavyweight boxing champion from 1925 to 1926
- Joan Blondell – actress
- Humphrey Bogart (1899–1957) – American actor
- William T. Bonniwell, Jr. – Wisconsin and Minnesota politician
- Joseph Borelli – politician and conservative commentator
- Francis Bouillon – National Hockey League defenseman playing for the Nashville Predators
- Barbara Boxer – U.S. Senator from California
- James J. Braddock – boxer (aka "Cinderella Man")
- Hermann Braun (1918–1945) – actor
- Abigail Breslin – actress and musician
- Jimmy Breslin – columnist
- Spencer Breslin—actor and musician
- Eben Britton – football player
- Matthew Broderick – actor
- Action Bronson – rapper
- Mel Brooks – film director, screenwriter and actor
- Julia Brown – madam and prostitute
- Larry Brown – basketball player and coach
- Tarell Brown (born 1985) – football player
- Andrew Bryson (1822–1892) – United States Navy rear admiral
- William F. Buckley, Jr. – author and conservative commentator
- George Burns – comedian
- Steve Buscemi – actor
- Gene Byrnes – cartoonist
C
- James Caan – actor
- Adolph Caesar (1933–1986) – actor
- Leslie Cagan (born 1947) – activist and writer
- James Cagney (1899–1986) – actor
- Eddie Cahill (born 1978) – actor
- Edward L. Cahn (1899–1963) – film director known for the Our Gang comedies
- Sarth Calhoun – electronic musician
- Joseph A. Califano – Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
- Maria Callas (1923–1977) – Greek-American opera singer
- Christian Camargo – actor
- Schuyler V. Cammann – anthropologist
- Chris Canty – football player
- Al Capone (1899–1947) – Prohibition gangster, boss of Chicago Outfit
- Mae Capone (1897–1986) – wife of Al Capone
- Francis Capra (born 1983) – actor
- Nestor Carbonell (born 1967) – actor
- Benjamin Cardozo – Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
- Hugh Carey – Governor of New York
- Timothy Carey (1929–1994) – actor
- George Carlin (1937–2008) – comedian
- Alan Carney (1909–1973) – actor and comedian
- Caleb Carr (born 1955) – novelist and military historian
- Eric Carr – rock musician, songwriter
- John Carradine (1906–1988) – actor
- Julian Casablancas – lead singer of rock band The Strokes, musician
- Colin Cassady (born-1986) - professional wrestler working for WWE
- John Cassavetes – actor
- Luis Castillo – football player
- Vinnie Caruana – musician, singer
- Phoebe Cates – actress
- Jose Ceballos – trade unionist and political campaign manager
- Bennett Cerf (1898–1971) – publisher, TV personality
- Jeff Chandler – actor
- Frank Chanfrau – actor
- Harry Chapin (1942–1981) – singer-songwriter
- Paddy Chayefsky – author
- Maury Chaykin – actor
- Julie Chen – television personality
- Edmund A. Chester – executive at CBS
- Jennie Jerome Churchill – mother of Winston Churchill
- Peter Cincotti – singer-songwriter
- Robert Clohessy – actor
- Margaret Colin – actress
- Irv Constantine – football player
- Hugh E. Conway – labor economist
- Anderson Cooper – television journalist
- George H. Cooper (1821–1891) – United States Navy rear admiral[2][3]
- Shaun Cooper – rock musician, bassist
- William R. Cosentini – Mechanical Engineer and founder of Cosentini Associates
- Freddie Crawford – basketball player
- Peter Criss – rock musician, songwriter
- Billy Crystal – comedian, actor, director
- George Cukor – film director
- Jermaine Cunningham – football player
- Mario Cuomo – Governor of New York
- Valerie Curtin – actress and screenwriter
- Tony Curtis – actor
- Christopher Whalen – investment banker
D
- Alexandra Daddario – actress
- Matthew Daddario – actor
- Charles Patrick Daly – judge
- Al D'Amato – politician
- Claire Danes – actress
- Rodney Dangerfield – comedian
- Lloyd Daniels – basketball player
- Ron Dante – singer-songwriter and record producer
- Tony Danza – actor
- Bobby Darin – singer, entertainer, actor, songwriter
- Larry David – actor, writer, comedian, producer
- Marion Davies – actress
- Al "Bummy" Davis – boxer
- Sammy Davis, Jr. – singer and entertainer
- Rosario Dawson – actress
- Clarence Day (1874–1935) – author and humorist
- Dorothy Day – Catholic social activist
- Bill de Blasio – Mayor of New York City
- Philip DeFranco - YouTuber and video blogger
- Robert De Niro – actor
- Éamon de Valera – Taoiseach (prime minister) and President of Ireland
- Lana Del Rey – model and singer-songwriter
- Samuel R. Delany – author and critic
- Don DeLillo – author
- Aaron T. Demarest – carriage manufacturer
- Derek Dennis – American football player
- Jerry Denny – Major League Baseball player[4]
- Desiigner – rapper
- Willy DeVille (1950–2009) – singer
- Kevin Devine – musician and songwriter
- Neil Diamond – singer and composer
- Vin Diesel – actor
- Vincent D'Onofrio – actor
- Phoebe Doty – prostitute and madam
- Amanda Minnie Douglas (1831–1916) – writer
- Kirk Douglas – actor
- Robert Downey Jr. – actor, producer and singer
- Ervin Drake – composer, producer, writer, musician
- Fran Drescher – actor
- Richard Dreyfuss – actor
- Eric Drooker – artist and illustrator
- David Duchovny – actor
- Patty Duke – actress and activist for mental-health issues
- Lena Dunham – actress, screenwriter, producer and director
- Joseph Dunninger – mentalist
E
- Dominique Easley – football player
- Gertrude Ederle (1905–2003) – American swimmer
- Eddie Egan – police detective
- Gladys Egan – child actress
- Jesse Eisenberg – actor
- Ansel Elgort – actor, singer, dancer, DJ
- Lapo Elkann – chief executive officer, Fiat
- Bill Elko – football player
- Mario Elie – basketball player
- Duke Ellington – jazz pianist
- Abby Elliott – actress
- Nora Ephron – director, screenwriter, author
- Eru – singer
Eli Manning - Football Player
F
- Peter Facinelli – actor
- Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. – actor
- Edie Falco – actress
- Jonah Falcon – actor and writer; achieved fame in early 2000s for his penis size
- Jimmy Fallon – comedian
- Peter Falk – actor
- Louis Farrakhan – leader of the Nation of Islam
- Perry Farrell – musician
- Alice Faye – actress
- Charles Fazzino – Pop Artist
- Jack Feldman – lyricist
- Morton Feldman – composer
- Julissa Ferreras – New York City Council Member, Finance Committee chair
- Richard Feynman – theoretical physicist; recipient 1965 Nobel Prize in Physics
- Harvey Fierstein – actor and playwright
- Hamilton Fish – Governor of New York and U.S. Secretary of State
- Bobby Flay – chef
- Jeffrey Flier – Dean of Harvard Medical School
- Jane Fonda – actress
- Peter Fonda – actor
- Hector Fonseca – deejay
- Malcolm Forbes – publisher
- Davy Force – major league baseball player[4]
- Whitey Ford – pitcher for the New York Yankees
- Anthony Franciosa – actor
- David Frankel – film director
- Al Franken – comedian and radio host, U.S. Senator from Minnesota
- Michael Freeman – inventor, entrepreneur, author, and business consultant
- Ace Frehley – guitarist
- Milton Friedman – economist
- John Frusciante – musician, artist
G
- Jim Gaffigan – comedian, actor, writer, and author
- Gus Gardella – football player
- Art Garfunkel – singer-songwriter, actor
- Lou Gehrig – baseball player
- Sarah Michelle Gellar – actress
- Richard Genelle – actor
- George Gershwin – composer
- Ira Gershwin – lyricist
- Tiffany Giardina – singer-songwriter
- Mel Gibson – American-born Australian/Irish actor and director
- Vitas Gerulaitis – tennis player
- Guy Gillette – photographer
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg – Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court
- Rabbi Issamar Ginzberg – business strategist, rabbi, motivational speaker
- Rudolph Giuliani – former Mayor of New York City
- Jackie Gleason – comedian, actor
- James Gleason – actor
- Whoopi Goldberg – comedian, actress, TV personality
- William Goldberg – diamond dealer
- Daniel S. Goldin – NASA director
- Ben Goldwasser – member of the psychedelic-rock band MGMT
- Cuba Gooding Jr. – actor
- Doris Kearns Goodwin – author
- Leo Gorcey – film actor and comedian, Leader of the Dead End Kids, East Side Kids, and Bowery Boys in several movies
- Victor Gotbaum – labor leader
- Elliott Gould – actor
- David C. Gowdey – politician
- Naresh Goyal – chairman of Jet Airways based in Mumbai
- Topher Grace – actor
- Rocky Graziano (born Thomas Rocco Barbella) – boxer
- Hank Greenberg – Hall of Fame baseball player
- Alan Greenspan – economist, former Federal Reserve chairman
- Adrian Grenier – actor
- Bill Griffith – cartoonist (Zippy)[5]
- Melanie Griffith – actress
- Bob Guccione – publisher
- Peggy Guggenheim – art collector
- Steve Guttenberg – actor
- Maggie Gyllenhaal – actress
H
- 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
- Mortimer Halpern – Broadway stage manager
- Pete Hamill – journalist
- Marvin Hamlisch – composer
- Armand Hammer – industrialist and philanthropist
- Oscar Hammerstein II – composer
- Frank Hankinson – major league baseball player[4]
- Sean Hannity – television host, author, conservative political commentator
- Nelson Harding (1879–1944) – editorial cartoonist
- Donald J. Harlin – Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Air Force
- W. Averell Harriman – diplomat and Governor of New York
- Zelda Harris – actress
- Anne Hathaway – actress
- Marcia Haufrecht – actor, director, playwright
- Curt Hawkins – WWE wrestler
- Susan Hayward (1917–1975) – actress
- Rita Hayworth – actress
- Anthony Hecht – poet
- Carol Heiss – Olympic figure skater (silver 1956, gold 1960)
- Joseph Heller – author
- Jim Hellwig (better known as Warrior) – professional wrestler
- Lance Henriksen – actor
- Brian Henson – puppeteer, director, producer
- Bernard Herrmann (1911–1975) – composer
- Peter Cooper Hewitt (1861–1921) – inventor
- William Hickey – actor
- Hildegarde – cabaret singer
- Paris Hilton – socialite, actress
- Gregory Hines – dancer and actor
- Judd Hirsch (born 1935) – actor
- Lena Horne (1917–2010) – singer
- Edward Everett Horton – actor
- Curly Howard – actor of comedy team The Three Stooges
- Moe Howard – actor of comedy team The Three Stooges
- Shemp Howard – actor of comedy team The Three Stooges
- Tina Huang – actress
- Richard Hunt – puppeteer and television director
- Tab Hunter (born 1931) – actor
- Barbara Hutton (1912–1979) – socialite dubbed "Poor Little Rich Girl"
I
- Washington Irving – author
- John Isaac – photographer
J
- Wolfman Jack (also known as Robert Weston Smith; 1938–1995) – radio personality
- Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson – businessman and rapper
- Jane Jacobs (1916–2006) – economist, urban theorist, activist
- Ken Jacobs (born 1933) – artist and filmmaker
- Marc Jacobs (born 1963) – fashion designer
- Henry James (1843–1916) – writer
- William James (1842–1910) – philosopher and psychologist
- Jaiquawn Jarrett (born 1989) – football player
- John Jay (1745–1829) – diplomat, jurist (including Chief Justice of the United States) and politician (including Governor of New York)
- Jay-Z (born 1969) – businessperson and rapper
- Charles Jenkins (born 1989) – basketball player
- Max Jenkins (born 1985) – actor and writer
- John Patrick Masterson (also known as Jipsta; born 1974) – rapper
- Billy Joel (born 1949) – singer and songwriter
- David Johansen (born 1950) – actor, singer and songwriter
- Scarlett Johansson (born 1984) – actress
- Boris Johnson (born 1964) – American-born British politician and former Mayor of London (2008–2016)
- Kimberly Denise Jones (also known as Lil' Kim; born 1976) – actress and rapper
- Nasir Jones (born 1973) – actor, rapper and former member of the rap group The Firm
- Norah Jones (born 1979) – actress, instrumentalist and singer-songwriter
- Michael Jordan (born 1963) – basketball player
- William Joyce (also known as Lord Haw-Haw; 1906–1946) – Nazi propaganda broadcaster
K
- Philip Mayer Kaiser (1913–2007) – U.S. diplomat
- Andy Kaufman (1949–1984) – comedian
- Charlie Kaufman (born 1958) – screenwriter
- Danny Kaye (1913–1987) – actor and comedian
- Lenny Kaye (born 1946) – guitarist
- Thomas Kean (born 1935) – Governor of New Jersey
- Harvey Keitel (born 1939) – actor
- Bridget Kelly (born 1986) – singer
- George Kennedy (1925–2016) – actor
- Jacqueline Kennedy (1929–1994) – First Lady of the United States and editor
- Jerome Kern (1885–1945) – composer
- Alicia Keys (born 1981) – R&B singer
- Jimmy Kimmel (born 1967) – comedian and television talk-show host
- Keith Kinkaid (born 1989) – professional ice hockey player
- Calvin Klein (born 1942) – fashion designer
- Ed Koch (1924–2013) – Mayor of New York City
- E. L. Konigsburg (born 1930) – writer
- C. Everett Koop (1916–2013) – physician
- Yaphet Kotto (born 1939) – actor
- Lenny Kravitz (born 1964) – singer and songwriter
- Stanley Kubrick (1928–1999) – film director and screenwriter
- Bruce Kulick (born 1953) – guitarist
- William Kunstler (1919–1955) – lawyer
- Tony Kushner (born 1956) – playwright and screenwriter
L
- Fiorello La Guardia (1882–1947) – Mayor of New York City
- Jesse Lacey – musician and singer
- Lady Gaga – singer-songwriter, actress
- Bert Lahr (1895–1967) – actor and comedian
- Veronica Lake – actress
- Jake LaMotta – boxer
- Burt Lancaster (1913–1994) – actor
- Martin Landau – actor
- Diane Lane (born 1965) – actress
- Leo Laporte – founder/host of TWiT.tv
- Floria Lasky (1923–2007) – theater world lawyer
- Cyndi Lauper – singer
- Ralph Lauren – fashion designer
- Emma Lazarus – author and poet
- Steve Lawrence – singer and actor
- Derek Lee – baseball player
- Jeanette Lee (born 1971) – professional pool player
- Madeleine L'Engle – author
- Franz Leichter (born 1930) – politician
- Melissa Leo (born 1960) – actress
- Princess Leonore, Duchess of Gotland (born 2014) – fifth in line to the Swedish throne
- Huey Lewis – musician and singer
- Joe E. Lewis (1902–1971) – comedian
- Roy Lichtenstein – artist
- John Lindsay – Mayor of New York City
- Peggy Lipton – actress
- Lisa Lisa (born 1966) – freestyle singer; fronted Cult Jam; born Lisa Velez
- Lucy Liu – actress
- Robert R. Livingston – U.S. Founding Father and diplomat
- Robert Loggia – actor
- Lindsay Lohan – actress
- Vince Lombardi – football coach
- Ki Longfellow – novelist
- Jennifer Lopez – actor and singer
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus – actress
- Willie Lozado – baseball player
- Edna Luby – Broadway and vaudeville performer
- Lucky Luciano – gangster
- Sid Luckman – football player and coach
- Frankie Lymon – singer
M
- Bernard Malamud – author
- Melissa Manchester – singer
- Barry Manilow – singer, songwriter, musician
- Mike Mansfield – Senator from Montana (raised in Montana)
- Stephon Marbury – professional basketball player
- Ernest Martin – theatre director and manager
- Soraida Martinez – artist, designer
- Sadie Martinot – singer, actress
- Constantine Maroulis – American Idol finalist
- Lee Marvin – actor
- Chico Marx – member of the Marx Brothers
- Groucho Marx – member of the Marx Brothers
- Gummo Marx – member of the Marx Brothers
- Harpo Marx – member of the Marx Brothers
- Zeppo Marx – member of the Marx Brothers
- James Maslow – actor and singer (raised in California)
- John Massari – composer, sound designer
- Walter Matthau – actor
- John McCloskey – Cardinal Archbishop of New York, 1864–1885
- Frank McCourt – author (raised in Ireland, returned later in life)
- Malachy McCourt – author (raised in Ireland, returned later in life)
- Linda McCartney – photographer, late wife of Beatle Paul McCartney
- Allie McGuire – professional basketball player
- Kenneth McMillan (1932–1989) – actor
- Andrea Mitchell – journalist, NBC News
- Paul Meltsner – WPA-era painter and muralist
- Dave Meltzer – pro wrestling journalist
- Herman Melville (1819–1891) – author
- Yehudi Menuhin (1916–1999) – violinist
- Idina Menzel (born 1971) – singer and actress
- Ethel Merman (1908–1984) – singer and actress
- Robert Merrill (1917–2004) – singer
- Lea Michele – actress, singer
- Vera Michelena (1885–1961) – actress, dancer and singer
- Alyssa Milano – actress
- Adeline Miller – prostitute and madam
- Arthur Miller (1915–2005) – playwright
- Eleanor Miller – member of the Chipettes
- Marcus Miller – bassist and composer
- Sienna Miller – actress, fashion designer, model
- Stephanie Mills – singer and former Broadway star
- Harvey Milk – gay activist and politician
- Nicki Minaj – singer and songwriter
- Andy Mineo – Christian rapper
- Sal Mineo (1939–1976) – actor
- John Joseph Mitty – Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco
- Isaac Mizrahi – fashion designer
- Eddie Money – singer
- Mary Tyler Moore – actress and producer
- Melba Moore – actress and singer
- Nancie Monelle (born 1841), physician and missionary
- Tom Morello – guitarist
- Henry Morgan – radio and television personality
- Huey Morgan – musician, radio DJ, songwriter, television personality
- Gouverneur Morris – U.S. founding father; U.S. Senator
- Zero Mostel – actor and comedian
- Maria Muldaur – folk and blues singer-songwriter
- Gerry Mulligan – musician
- Richard Mulligan – actor
- Robert Mulligan – director
- Chris Mullin – basketball player
- Charlie Murphy – actor and comedian
- Eddie Murphy – actor and comedian
N
- James M. Nack (1809–1879) – deaf and mute poet
- Dominic Napolitano (1930–1981) – Mafia caporegime
- Janet Napolitano (born 1957) – third US Secretary of Homeland Security
- Nas (born 1973) – rapper born Nasir Jones
- Michael H. Nash (1946–2012) – labor historian, librairan, and archivist
- Russell Nash (1518–2002) – antiques dealer on Hudson Street
- Tonie Nathan (born 1923) – Libertarian Party political figure
- Oscar Neebe (1850–1916) – anarchist, labor activist, one of Haymarket bombing trial defendants
- Casey Neistat (born 1981) – film director, producer, designer
- Howard Nemerov (1920–1991) – poet
- Sylvester Nevins – politician
- Sam Newfield (1899–1964) – film director
- John Philip Newman (1826–1899) – Methodist bishop
- Denise Nickerson (born 1957) – actress
- Harry Nilsson (1941–1994) – singer-songwriter
- Cynthia Nixon (born 1966) – actress
- 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
- Carrie Nye (1936–2006) – actress
O
- John Oates (born 1949) – guitarist Hall & Oates
- Jerry O'Connell - actor and television personality
- Al Oerter (1935–2007) – four-time Olympic champion in discus throw
- Kevin Ogletree – football player
- Keith Olbermann – television sportscaster and commentator
- Jon Oliva – Savatage singer and keyboardist
- Eugene O'Neill – playwright
- Paul O'Neill – music composer and producer
- Robert Oppenheimer – physicist; "father of the atomic bomb"
- Jerry Orbach – actor
- Bill O'Reilly – Fox News anchor
- Rick Overton – actor and comedian
P
- P. Diddy (born 1969) – rapper
- Al Pacino (born 1940) – actor
- Saul K. Padover (1905–1981) – historian
- Joseph Papp – theater producer, impresario and founder of The Public Theater
- Rob Parker – sportswriter and TV analyst
- Lana Parrilla – actress
- Joe Paterno – 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 from NBC's The Voice season 5
- Sam Perkins – basketball player
- Bernadette Peters – actress and singer
- Regis Philbin – 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[4]
- John Pleshette – actor
- Suzanne Pleshette – actress
- Dawin (full name Dawin Polanco) – Hip hop-R&B singer, musician, and record producer
- Christopher Poole – creator of websites 4chan and Canvas Networks
- Ted Post – movie and TV director
- Neil Postman – author and cultural critic
- Chaim Potok (1929–2002) – author
- Bud Powell – jazz pianist
- Colin Powell – U.S. Army general and U.S. Secretary of State
- Gary Powell – drummer
- Joshua Prager – physician
- Priscilla Presley – actress
- Tito Puente – bandleader
- Mario Puzo – author
Q
- Q-Tip – rapper
R
- Raekwon – rapper (Wu-tang Clan)
- Bill Rafferty – comedian
- Joey Ramone and Marky Ramone – punk-rock musicians
- Michael Rapaport – actor, comedian, director
- Ray Ratkowski – football player
- Melissa Rauch – actress and comedian
- Lou Reed – rock musician, songwriter
- A$AP Rocky – rapper
- Christopher Reeve – actor
- Carl Reiner – comedian, actor, director, author
- Paul Reiser – actor
- Ed Rendell – former Mayor of Philadelphia, Governor of Pennsylvania
- Brandon Reilly – musician, guitarist, singer
- Leah Remini – actress
- Vincent Rey – football player
- Charles E. Rice – legal scholar, university professor
- Buddy Rich – jazz drummer
- Terry Richardson – fashion photographer
- Burton Richter – Nobel Prize-winning physicist
- Thelma Ritter – actress
- Joan Rivers – comedian
- Chris Rock – comedian and actor
- Laurance Rockefeller – conservationist and philanthropist
- Winthrop Rockefeller – Governor of Arkansas
- Norman Rockwell – artist
- Alex Rodriguez – baseball player
- John Rogan – football player
- Sonny Rollins – jazz saxophonist
- Ray Romano – comedian and actor
- Saoirse Ronan – American-born Irish actress
- Igal Roodenko (1917–1991) – civil-rights activist, pacifist
- Sean Rooks – basketball player and coach[6]
- Mickey Rooney – actor
- Franklin Roosevelt – 32nd President of the United States
- Remy Ma – rapper
- 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)
- Julius Rosenberg – convicted spy
- 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
- Art Rust Jr – sportscaster
S
- Carl Sagan – physicist and astronomer
- J. D. Salinger – author
- Jonas Salk – medical researcher
- John Salley – basketball player
- Jerry Saltz – art critic, art historian
- Jason Saltzman – businessperson
- Claudio Sanchez – musician
- Bernie Sanders - politician and U.S. Senator from Vermont since 2007
- Adam Sandler – actor, comedian
- Dustin Satloff – boy entrepreneur
- Francesco Scavullo – photographer
- Dick Schaap – journalist
- Jeremy Schaap – journalist
- Vincent Schiavelli – actor
- Julian Schnabel – artist and director
- Mathieu Schneider – hockey player
- Sandra Schnur – disability-rights activist
- Loretta Schrijver – Dutch television host
- Rick Schroder – actor
- Amy Schumer - actress and comedian
- Chuck Schumer – U.S. Senator from New York since 1999; cousin of Amy
- Julius Schwartz – comic book editor
- Martin Scorsese – film director
- Vin Scully – sportscaster
- Malik Sealy – basketball player
- Jon Seda – comedian
- Jerry Seinfeld – comedian
- Edward Selzer (1893–1970) – film producer, Warner Bros.
- Maurice Sendak (1928–2012) – author and illustrator
- John Serry, Sr. – accordionist, organist, composer, arranger
- Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton – founder of Sisters of Charity; first native-born US citizen canonized
- Tupac Shakur – rapper
- Gene Shalit – film critic; raised in New Jersey
- Frank Shannon – conservative political analyst, columnist, and candidate.
- Artie Shaw (1910–2004) – bandleader
- Judith Sheindlin ("Judge Judy") (born 1942) – judge and television personality
- Brooke Shields – actress
- Daniel Sickles – Civil War general
- Bugsy Siegel – gangster
- Jules Siegel – author
- Beverly Sills (1929–2007) – opera singer
- Ron Silver – actor, radio show host
- Robert Silverberg – author
- Dean Silvers – film producer
- 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
- Will Smith (1981–2016) former American football player
- Phoebe Snow – singer-songwriter
- Stephen Sondheim – musical theatre composer and lyricist
- Aaron Sorkin – playwright and screenwriter
- Sonia Sotomayor – United States Supreme Court Justice
- Mickey Spillane – author
- Eliot Spitzer – former Governor of New York
- Sylvester Stallone – actor, director, screenwriter
- Paul Stanley – hard-rock guitarist, singer and songwriter
- Barbara Stanwyck (1907–1990) – actress
- Joe Start – Major League Baseball player[4]
- James Steen – football player
- Howard Stern – radio and television host
- John Stevens – delegate to Continental Congress for New Jersey
- Andrew Stewart – player of gridiron football
- Foley Stewart – musician
- Jon Stewart – 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; actors, popular known for Madagascar, Night at the Museum & Zoolander
- Henry L. Stimson – politician and diplomat
- Oliver Stone – film director
- Susan Strasberg – actress
- Robert Strassburg – composer, conductor, musicologist
- Barbra Streisand – singer and actress
- Meryl Streep – actress
- Jill Stuart – fashion designer
- Ed Sullivan (1901–1974) – television variety show host
- Susan Sullivan – actress
T
- Vic Tayback (1930–1990) – actor
- Alma Tell (1898–1937) – stage and screen actress
- Olive Tell (1894–1951) – stage and screen actress
- Maurice Tempelsman – businessman
- Chloe Temtchine (born 1982/1983) – singer-songwriter
- Studs Terkel (1912–2008) – author and historian
- Milton Terris (1915–2002) – public health physician and epidemiologist
- Roy M. Terry – Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Air Force
- Vinny Testaverde – football player
- Irving Thalberg – film producer
- Johnny Thunders – rock musician
- Gene Tierney (1920–1991) – actress
- Harry Tietlebaum (born 1889) – organized crime figure
- Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933) – artist
- Matt Titus – professional matchmaker
- James Toback (born 1944) – screenwriter and director
- Isabella Tobias (born 1991) – ice dancer
- Lola Todd (1904–1995) – silent film actress
- Bill Todman – game show producer
- Michael Tolkin (born 1950) – filmmaker and novelist
- Marisa Tomei – actress
- Joe Torre – baseball player and manager
- Douglas Townsend (1921–2012) – composer and musicologist
- Michelle Trachtenberg – actress
- Mary Travers – singer with Peter, Paul, and Mary
- Donald Trump – businessman and president-elect
- Barbara Tuchman (1912–1989) – historian; author
- Richard Tucker (1913–1975) – opera tenor
- Gene Tunney – 1926–28 heavyweight boxing champion
- John V. Tunney – former U.S. Senator
- John Turturro – actor and director
- William Tweed (1823–1878) – politician
- Liv Tyler – actress
- Mike Tyson – boxer
- Neil deGrasse Tyson – astronomer, science communicator
- Leon Thomas III - actor
U
- Leslie Uggams – singer; actress
- Louis Untermeyer (1885–1977) – poet, anthologist, critic, and editor
- Hikaru Utada – musician
V
- Andrew Vachss – lawyer and author
- Joan Van Ark – actress
- Cornelius Vanderbilt – businessman
- Luther Vandross – singer
- Robert Vaughn (born 1932) – actor
- George Vergara – NFL player
- Jennifer von Mayrhauser – costume designer
W
- Josh Waitzkin (born 1976) – chess player, martial arts competitor, and author
- Christopher Walken – actor
- Adam Walker – football player
- Hezekiah Walker – bishop and gospel artist
- Jimmy Walker (1881–1946) – Mayor of New York City
- Kemba Walker – basketball player
- Christopher George Latore Wallace (The Notorious B.I.G.) – rapper
- Eli Wallach – actor
- Donald A. Wallance – industrial designer[7]
- Fats Waller – jazz pianist
- Abby Wambach – soccer player
- Vera Wang – fashion designer
- Raees Warsi – poet, journalist, social and worker
- Kerry Washington – actress
- Gerard Way – singer, musician, and frontman of the pop punk band My Chemical Romance
- Damon Wayans – actor and producer
- Dwayne Wayans – director, producer and writer
- Elvira Wayans – writer
- Keenen Ivory Wayans – actor, director, producer and writer
- Kim Wayans – actress
- Marlon Wayans – actor and producer
- Nadia Wayans – actress
- Shawn Wayans – actor and producer
- Michael Weatherly – actor
- Sigourney Weaver – actress
- Brian Wecht (born 1975) – musician, producer for Ninja Sex Party and Starbomb, and member of Game Grumps
- Steven Weinberg – Nobel Prize-winning physicist
- Leslie West – rock musician
- Mae West (1893–1980) – actress
- Nathanael West – author
- Edith Wharton – author
- Joss Whedon – screenwriter, film and television producer, author and composer
- Maggie Wheeler – actress
- White Light Motorcade –music group [8]
- Billy Whitlock – blackface performer
- Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney – sculptor and art patron
- Edward W. Whitson – Wisconsin State Assemblyman
- Charles Wilkes – naval officer and explorer
- Lenny Wilkens – basketball player and coach
- Billy Dee Williams (born 1937) – actor
- Vanessa L. Williams – singer and actress
- Walter Winchell (1897–1972) – newspaper and radio gossip commentator
- Harry Winitsky – political activist; founding member of the Communist Party USA
- Dean Winters – actor
- Mike Witteck – football player
- Charles Wuorinen – composer
Y
- Izzy Yablok – football player
- Tony Yayo – rapper
- Tony Young – actor
Z
- Z-Trip – disc jockey and producer
Non-native New Yorkers
These people were not born or adopted in New York City but were raised elsewhere, or are/were well known for living there.
A
- William Adams – academic and clergy; founder and president of the Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York; born in Connecticut[1]
- Samuel Adler – rabbi; born in Worms, Germany[1]
- Frederick Styles Agate – painter; born in England[1]
- Thomas Peter Akers – vice president of the gold board; born in Knox County, Ohio[1]
- Richard S. Aldrich – U,S. Representative from Rhode Island, practiced law in New York City[9]
- Jason Alexander – actor; born in Newark, New Jersey
- Jennifer Aniston – actress; born in Sherman Oaks, California
- Chester A. Arthur – U.S. President; born in Fairfield, Vermont
- Isaac Asimov – author; born in Petrovichi, Russian SFSR
- John Jacob Astor – first multimillionaire of U.S.; born in Germany
B
- Lucille Ball – comedian, actress, born in Jamestown, New York
- Lloyd Banks – rapper, born in New Carrollton, Maryland
- Count Basie – jazz pianist and band leader, born in Red Bank, New Jersey
- William Basinski – avant-garde composter, born in Austin, Texas
- Laura Joyce Bell – contralto, wife of Digby Bell, born London, England
- Irving Berlin – composer, lyricist, born in Russia
- Leonard Bernstein – conductor, born in Lawrence, Massachusetts
- Lewis Black – comedian, born in Silver Spring, Maryland
- Jon Blake – actor, model, born in Charlotte, North Carolina
- Michael Bloomberg – businessman and mayor, born in Boston, Massachusetts
- Mary Booze – first African-American woman to sit on the Republican National Committee, 1924-1948; moved to New York from Mound Bayou, Mississippi
- David Bowie – musician, actor, artist. Born in the Brixton, England
- Marlon Brando, Jr. – actor, born in Omaha, Nebraska
- Brandy – singer, born in Mississippi
- Lottie Briscoe – stage and silent film actress, born in St. Louis, Missouri
- Tom Brokaw – television journalist, born in Webster, South Dakota
- Orestes Brownson – writer, abolitionist, pro-labor reformer, Catholic apologist, born in Stockbridge, Vermont
- Nathan Buckley – baseball player, pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers; born in Brooklyn
C
- Sid Caesar – comedian and actor, born in Yonkers
- Mariah Carey – singer, born on Long Island
- Wendy Carlos – musician, born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island
- Stokely Carmichael – political activist, born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
- Art Carney – actor, born in Mount Vernon, New York
- Enrico Caruso – opera tenor, born in Naples, Italy
- Willa Cather – author, born in Back Creek Valley, Virginia
- Connie Chung – television journalist, born in Washington, D.C.
- Madonna Ciccone – singer, songwriter, actress, director, born in Bay City, Michigan
- Dick Clark – TV personality and producer, born in Mount Vernon, New York
- DeWitt Clinton – Senator and Governor of New York, born in Napanoch, New York
- George M. Cohan – entertainer and songwriter, born in Providence, Rhode Island
- Anthony Comstock – reformer, born in New Canaan, Connecticut
- Nanette Comstock – Broadway actress, born in Albany, New York
- Bill Cosby – actor and comedian, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Billy Crawford – singer, born in Manila, Philippines
- Fanny Crosby – hymn writer, born in Southeast, New York
- Tom Cruise – actor, born in Syracuse, New York
- Bill Cullen – radio host, born in Pennsylvania
D
- 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
- Mike Dean – hip hop record producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, born in Houston, Texas
- Mac DeMarco – singer-songwriter, born in Duncan, British Columbia
- 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 – former Mayor of New York City, born in Trenton, New Jersey
- George Washington Dixon – performer, newspaper editor
- 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
E
- Wilberforce Eames – bibliographer and librarian, born in Newark, New Jersey
- Edward Egan – Cardinal Archbishop of New York, born in Oak Park, Illinois
- Kiesza (full name Kiesza Rae Ellestad) – musician, dancer, and multi-instrumentalist, born in Calgary, Canada
- Patrick Ewing – former NBA All-Star center, born in Jamaica
F
- Lee Falk – cartoonist (The Phantom), born in St. Louis, Missouri
- Millard Fillmore – U.S. President, born in Summerhill, New York
- Bobby Fischer – chess champion, born in Chicago, Illinois
- Ella Fitzgerald – jazz singer, born in Virginia, lived in Yonkers, New York
- Barthold Fles – literary agent, born in Amsterdam, lived and worked in Manhattan
- Steve Forbes – publisher, born in Morristown, New Jersey
- Heather Foster – Jamaica-born American professional bodybuilder
- Felix Frankfurter – Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, born in Vienna, Austria
- Henry Clay Frick – businessman, born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
G
- Dave Gahan – Depeche Mode singer
- Alberta Gallatin – stage and screen actress, born in Cabell County, West Virginia
- Greta Garbo – actress, born in Stockholm, Sweden
- Dizzy Gillespie – jazz trumpet player, born in South Carolina
- Guy Gillette – photographer, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
H
- 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 US diplomat in Japan, one of the founders of the City College of New York, born in Sandy Hill, New York
- Randy Harrison (born 1977) – actor born in New Hampshire and formerly of Alpharetta, Georgia
- Deborah Harry – singer, actress, born in Union City, New Jersey
- Francis L. Hawks – politician; priest, Episcopal Church; born in New Bern, North Carolina
- Carlton Hayes – history professor at Columbia University, ambassador to Spain, born in Afton, New York
- O. Henry – author, born in North Carolina
- Tommy Hilfiger – fashion designer, born in Elmira, New York
- Herman Hollerith – inventor, born in Buffalo, New York
- Ian Hornak – realist painter, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Harry Houdini (1874–1926) – legendary illusionist and escape artist; born in Budapest; made NYC his home from 1904 onwards
- Langston Hughes – poet, born in Joplin, Missouri
J
- Janet Jackson – singer, born in Gary, Indiana
- Jane Jacobs (1916–2006) – economist, urban theorist, activist
- Kamara James – Olympic fencer, born in Kingston, Jamaica
- Kevin James – actor, born on Long Island, New York
- Peter Jennings – television journalist, born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Derek Jeter – baseball player, born in New Jersey
- Boris Johnson – Mayor of London, England and former MP for Henley, born in New York City
- Paddy Johnson – art critic
K
- Gabriel Kahane – musician, born in Venice Beach, California
- Tim Keller – speaker, pastor, born in Lehigh, Pennsylvania
- Robert F. Kennedy - U.S Attorney General and U.S Senator, born in Brookline, Massachusetts
- Tom Kennedy – game show host
- Beyoncé – singer and songwriter, born in Houston, Texas
- Lisa Kudrow – actress, born in Encino, California
- Howard Kyle – actor and founding member of Actors' Equity, born in Shullsburg, Wisconsin
L
- 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 – actor, born in Perth, Western Australia
- Amy Lee – singer, born in Riverside, California
- Spike Lee – film director and actor, born in Atlanta, Georgia
- John Lennon – singer and songwriter, born in Liverpool, England
- Ki Longfellow – novelist, born on Staten Island
- Pierre Lorillard IV – tobacco mogul, born in Westchester, New York
- Sidney Lumet – film director, born in Philadelphia
- Mike Lupica – journalist, author, born in Oneida, New York
M
- Ralph Macchio – actor, born on Long Island, New York
- Ali MacGraw – actress, born in Pound Ridge, New York
- Earl Manigault – basketball player, born in Charleston, South Carolina
- Mickey Mantle – baseball Hall of Famer, born in Spavinaw, Oklahoma
- Dean Martin – singer and actor, born in Ohio
- Ricky Martin – singer, born in Puerto Rico
- Jan Matulka – painter, born in Vlachovo Březí, Czech Republic
- Willie Mays – baseball Hall of Famer, born in Alabama
- Mike McAlary – Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, born in Honolulu
- John McCloskey – first American-born cardinal, born in Brooklyn
- Rue McClanahan – theater, television, and movie actress, born in Oklahoma
- Linda McCartney – photographer, wife of Beatle Paul McCartney
- John McEnroe – tennis player and TV commentator, born in Germany
- Zubin Mehta – orchestra conductor, born in Bombay, India
- Seth Meyers - comedian, actor, and television personality, born in Evanston, Illinois
- Bette Midler – singer and actress, born in Honolulu, Hawaii
- Nicki Minaj – rapper, singer and songwriter, born in Saint James, Trinidad and Tobago
- Liza Minnelli – actress and singer, born in Hollywood, California
- The Misshapes – DJs and party hosts
- Moondog (born Louis Hardin) – eccentric street musician and poet, born in Kansas
- Garry Moore – television show host and producer, born in Baltimore, Maryland
- John Pierpont Morgan – businessman, born in Hartford, Connecticut
- Robert Moses – NYC urban planner and developer, born in New Haven, Connecticut
- Andrew M. Murstein – taxi executive, founder of Medallion Financial
N
- Joe Namath – professional football player, born in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania
- Thomas Nast (1840–1902) – German-born American caricaturist and editorial cartoonist; "father of the American cartoon"
- Colette Nelson – IFBB professional bodybuilder
O
- Soledad O'Brien – television journalist, born in Saint James, New York
- John Joseph O'Connor – Roman Catholic Cardinal Archbishop of New York, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Rosie O'Donnell – actress and television personality, born on Long Island, New York
- Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen – actresses, born in Sherman Oaks, California
- Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis – First Lady of United States, born in Southampton, New York
- Yoko Ono – artist, musician, singer and songwriter, born in Tokyo, Japan
P
- Sarah Jessica Parker – actress, born in Nelsonville, Ohio
- George A. Parkhurst (1841–1890) – actor, witnessed Lincoln assassination (born New York State, died New York City)
- 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[10]
- 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 Wadsworth, Ohio
R
- Daniel Radcliffe – born in Fulham, London, England, United Kingdom
- Johnny Ramone – born on Long Island, New York
- Ayn Rand – novelist and philosopher, born in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
- Tony Randall – actor, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Dan Rather – television news anchor, born in Wharton, Texas
- Ryan Reynolds – actor; born in Vancouver, Canada
- Raven-Symoné – actress and singer; born in Atlanta, Georgia
- Chris Rock – comedian, born in Andrews, South Carolina
- John D. Rockefeller – businessman, born in Richford, New York
- Richard Rodgers – composer, born on Long Island, New York
- Andrew Rooney – CBS 60 Minutes commentator, born in Albany, New York
- Franklin D. Roosevelt – U.S. President, born in Hyde Park, New York
- Dräco Rosa – composer, singer, and actor, born on Long Island, New York
- Damon Runyon – journalist and playwright, born in Manhattan, Kansas
- Babe Ruth – professional baseball player, born in Baltimore, Maryland
S
- Telly Savalas – actor, born on Long Island, New York
- Menachem Mendel Schneersohn – rabbi, leader of Chabad hasidic movement, born in Nikolaiv, Russian Empire
- Amy Sedaris – actress, author and comedian
- Chloë Sevigny – actress, director, fashion icon, born in Darien, Connecticut
- Jean Shafiroff – philanthropist and socialite
- Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant – journalist and writer, born in Winchester, Massachusetts
- Fulton J. Sheen – Catholic bishop, author, TV show host, born in El Paso, Illinois
- Abraham Shiplacoff – Jewish-American trade union organizer and left wing political activist, born in Chernigov, Ukraine
- Alana Shipp – American/Israeli IFBB professional bodybuilder
- Bobby Short – jazz musician, born in Danville, Illinois
- Joel Siegel – film critic, born in Los Angeles
- Paul Simon – singer-songwriter, born in Newark Heights, New Jersey
- Frank Sinatra – singer and actor, born in Hoboken, New Jersey
- Upton Sinclair – author, born in Baltimore, Maryland
- Patti Smith – singer and poet, born in Chicago
- Kevin Spacey – actor, director, writer, producer, comedian
- Regina Spektor – singer-songwriter, born in Moscow, Russia
- Francis Spellman – Roman Catholic Cardinal Archbishop of New York, born in Whitman, Massachusetts
- Bruce Springsteen – singer, songwriter, guitarist, humanitarian
- George Steinbrenner – New York Yankees owner, born in Bay Village, Ohio
- Wilhelm Steinitz – world chess champion, born in Prague, Czech Republic
- Martha Stewart – designer and TV personality, born in Jersey City, New Jersey
- Sting – musician, born in England
- Emma Stone – actress, born in Scottsdale, Arizona
- Michael Strahan - retired American football player, actor and television personality, born in Houston, Texas
- Lee Strasberg – actor and acting teacher, born in Budaniv, Ukraine
- Meryl Streep – actress, born in Summit, New Jersey
- Peter Stuyvesant – Governor of New Netherland, born in Peperga, Netherlands
T
- Eva Tanguay (1878–1947) – vaudeville singer and comedian., born in Quebec
- Samuel J. Tilden – presidential candidate, born in New Lebanon, New York
- Daniel D. Tompkins – U.S. Vice President, born in Westchester County
U
- Johannes Urzidil – writer, born in Prague, Bohemia
V
- Martin Van Buren – US President, born in Kinderhook, New York
- Andrew VanWyngarden – member of MGMT
- Jon Voight – actor, born in Yonkers, New York
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 (Long Island), New York
- Olivia Wilde – actress
- Barney Williams – Irish-American comedian
- Jayson Williams – basketball player, born in South Carolina
- Christopher Woodrow – movie producer, born in Syracuse, New York
Unknown place of birth
The following people are known to have lived in New York City, though their place of birth is unknown.
- C. L. Blood – physician[11]
See also
- List of people from New York
- By borough:
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- ^ Adm George H. Cooper at Find a Grave
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