List of people from New York City

New York City

Many notable people were either born or adopted in New York City.

People from New York City

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• 50 Cent (Curtis Jackson) – businessman and rapper
• 6ix9ine (Daniel Hernandez) – rapper

A

• Aaliyah (Aaliyah Haughton, 1979–2001) singer, actress, 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
• 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 (born 1933) – actor
• Marv Albert (born 1941) – sports announcer
• Alan Alda (born 1936) – actor
• Ira Aldridge (1805–1867) – stage actor
• William Alexander, Lord Stirling (1726–1783) – major general in the American Revolutionary War
• Woody Allen (born 1935) – film director, actor, screenwriter
• Vincent Alo (1904–2001) – mobster
• Rafer Alston – basketball player
• Lee J. Ames – illustrator and writer; known for the Draw 50... learn-to-draw books
• Trey Anastasio (born 1964) – rock musician and member of the band, Phish
• Kenny Anderson – professional basketball player
• Charles Anthon – classical scholar
• 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
• 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
• Jake T. Austin – actor, model, author
• Awkwafina (Nora Lum, born 1988) – rapper, actress
• AZ  – rapper and former member of the rap group The Firm

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 (born 1991) – rapper, singer-songwriter, actress
• 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 – football player
• Bo Belinsky (1936–2001) – Major League Baseball player
• Tony Bennett – iconic jazz singer and musician
• 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
• Bipolar Explorer – dreampop band
• Joan Blondell – actress
• Humphrey Bogart (1899–1957) – 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
• Kate Parker Scott Boyd (1836–1922) – artist, journalist, temperance worker
• 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
• Sidney Jonas Budnick, abstract artist
• George Burns (1896–1996)  – comedian
• Steve Buscemi – actor
• Barbara Bush (1925–2018)  – wife of George H. W. Bush
• Gene Byrnes – cartoonist

C

• James Caan – actor
• Antón Cabaleiro – visual artist born in Spain
• 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
• Richard Camacho – singer, musician, member of Latin music band CNCO, Dominican-origin
• 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
• Cardi B (born 1992) – rapper
• 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
• DJ Cassidy (born 1981) – DJ, record producer and MC
• 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
• James S.C. Chao – Chinese-American entrepreneur and philanthropist
• 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
• Evan Cole – CEO of H.D. Buttercup
• 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
• Shaun Cooper – rock musician, bassist
• William R. Cosentini – mechanical engineer and founder of Cosentini Associates
• Ann Coulter – conservative commentator, writer
• Freddie Crawford – basketball player
• Peter Criss – rock musician, songwriter
• Billy Crystal – comedian, actor, director
• George Cukor – film director
• Kieran Culkin – actor
• Kit Culkin – actor
• Macaulay Culkin – actor
• Rory Culkin – actor
• Jermaine Cunningham – football player
• Mario Cuomo – Governor of New York
• Quentin Curry – landscape painter
• Valerie Curtin – actress and screenwriter
• Tony Curtis – actor

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
• Candy Darling  actress and Warhol Superstar
• Larry David – actor, writer, comedian, producer
• Marion Davies – actress
• Al "Bummy" Davis – boxer
• Sammy Davis, Jr. (1925–1990) – singer and entertainer
• Dawin (full name Dawin Polanco) – hip hop-R&B singer, musician, and record producer
• Rosario Dawson – actress
• Clarence Day (1874–1935) – author and humorist
• Dorothy Day – Catholic social activist
• Bill de Blasio – Mayor of New York City
• Robert De Niro – actor
• Éamon de Valera – Taoiseach (prime minister) and President of Ireland
• Philip DeFranco – YouTuber and video blogger
• Lana Del Rey – model and singer-songwriter
• Samuel R. Delany – author and critic
• Don DeLillo – author
• Aaron T. Demarest – carriage manufacturer
• Derek Dennis – football player
• Jerry Denny – Major League Baseball player
• 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
• Jim Dooley – composer
• 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
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus – actress
• Richard Dreyfuss – actor
• Eric Drooker – artist and illustrator
• David Duchovny – actor
• Patty Duke (1946–2016) – 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) – 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
• Theo Epstein – formerly the youngest general manager in the history of MLB, when the Boston Red Sox hired him at the age of 28; currently President of Baseball Operations for the Chicago Cubs
• Eru – 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
• Peter Falk – actor
• 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
• Harvey Fierstein – actor and playwright
• Hamilton Fish – Governor of New York and U.S. Secretary of State
• Herbert Flam (1928–1980) – tennis player
• 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
• 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
• Eric Fromm – tennis player
• 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
• Stefani Germanotta – aka Lady Gaga – singer-songwriter, 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
• Joel Glucksman (born 1949) – Olympic fencer
• Whoopi Goldberg – comedian, actress, TV personality
• William Goldberg – diamond dealer
• Daniel S. Goldin – NASA director
• Ben Goldwasser – member of the psychedelic-rock band MGMT
• Cuba Gooding Jr. – actor
• Doris Kearns Goodwin – author
• Leo Gorcey – film actor and comedian, leader of the Dead End Kids, East Side Kids, and Bowery Boys in several movies
• Victor Gotbaum – labor leader
• Elliott Gould – actor
• David C. Gowdey – politician
• Topher Grace – actor
• Sean Grande – television and radio sportscaster
• 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)
• 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
• 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
• Frank Hankinson – major league baseball player
• 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
• Lance Henriksen – actor
• Brian Henson – puppeteer, director, producer
• Bernard Herrmann (1911–1975) – composer
• 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
• William E. Hoehle – member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
• 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
• 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
• Karine Jean-Pierre – political campaign organizer
• Charles Jenkins (born 1989) – basketball player
• Max Jenkins (born 1985) – actor and writer
• Jessi (born 1988) – rapper
• Jipsta (John Patrick Masterson; born 1974) – rapper
• MC Jin (born 1982) – rapper
• Billy Joel (born 1949) – singer and songwriter
• David Johansen (born 1950) – actor, singer and songwriter
• Scarlett Johansson (born 1984) – actress
• Crockett Johnson (1906–1975) – cartoonist and children's writer (Harold and the Purple Crayon)
• Boris Johnson (born 1964) – American-born British politician and former Mayor of London (2008–2016)
• Nasir Jones (born 1973) – actor, rapper and former member of the rap group The Firm
• Norah Jones (born 1979) – actress, instrumentalist and singer-songwriter
• Julia Jones-Pugliese (1909–1993) – national champion fencer and fencing coach
• 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
• Nancy Kissinger (born 1934) – philanthropist
• Calvin Klein (born 1942) – fashion designer
• John "Julius" Knight — music producer, DJ
• Miss Ko (born 1985) – rapper
• Ed Koch (1924–2013) – Mayor of New York City
• E. L. Konigsburg (born 1930) – writer
• Peter Koo (born 1952) – politician, pharmacist
• C. Everett Koop (1916–2013) – physician
• Yaphet Kotto (born 1939) – actor
• Joey Kramer (born 1950) – drummer, Aerosmith
• 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
• Allan Kwartler (1917–1998) – sabre and foil fencer, Pan American Games and Maccabiah Games champion

L

• Fiorello La Guardia (1882–1947) – Mayor of New York City
• Jesse Lacey – musician and singer
• Lady Gaga (born 1986) – 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
• Stan Lee – comic-book writer, editor, film executive producer, actor, and publisher for Marvel Comics
• 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
• Miranda Lichtenstein (born 1969) – artist
• Roy Lichtenstein – 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
• John Lindsay – Mayor of New York City
• Deborah Lipstadt  – historian and author
• Peggy Lipton – actress
• Lisa Lisa (born 1966) – freestyle singer; fronted Cult Jam; born Lisa Velez
• John Liu (born 1967) – American politician, 43rd New York City Comptroller
• Lucy Liu – actress
• Robert R. Livingston – U.S. founding father and diplomat
• Tommy Lockhart – Inductee into Hockey Hall of Fame, and United States Hockey Hall of Fame
• Robert Loggia – actor
• Lindsay Lohan – actress
• Vince Lombardi – football coach
• 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
• Frankie Lymon – singer
• Carol Lynley – actress

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
• James Margolis (born 1936) – Olympic fencer
• Rose Marie (Mazetta) – actress
• 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)
• Jackie Mason (born 1931) – comedian and actor (born in Wisconsin)
• 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)
• Allie McGuire – professional basketball player
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Marcus Miller – bassist and composer
• Stephanie Mills – singer and former Broadway star
• Harvey Milk – gay activist and politician
• 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 – US founding father; U.S. Senator
• Zero Mostel – actor and comedian
• Tommy Mottola – music executive
• 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
• Chris Murphy – US Senator from Connecticut since 2013
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Bill O'Reilly – former 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 on 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
• John Pleshette – actor
• Suzanne Pleshette (1937–2008) – actress from Bob Newhart Show
• 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

• Renee Rabinowitz (born 1934) – psychologist and lawyer
• 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
• Ray Rice – 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
• 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
• Bebe Rexha (born 1989) – singer and songwriter
• Vincent Rey – football player
• Charles E. Rice – legal scholar, university professor
• Buddy Rich – jazz drummer
• Renée Richards (born 1934) – tennis player
• Terry Richardson – fashion photographer
• Burton Richter – Nobel Prize-winning physicist
• Kathleen Ridder – Women's equal rights activist, writer, educator, philanthropist
• Robert Ridder – Ice hockey administrator and media mogul
• Robin Riker – actress and book author
• 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
• 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
• Boris Said – NASCAR driver
• J. D. Salinger – author
• Jonas Salk – medical researcher
• John Salley – basketball player
• Jerry Saltz – art critic, art historian
• 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 and food writer
• 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
• Barney Sedran (1891–1964) – Hall of Fame basketball player
• Jerry Seinfeld – comedian
• Julius Seligson (1909–1987) – tennis player
• 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
• Cynthia Propper Seton (1926–1982) – novelist
• 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
• Maggie Siff – actress
• 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 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
• 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 – actor known for Madagascar, Night at the Museum and Zoolander
• Henry L. Stimson – politician and diplomat
• Oliver Stone – film director
• Susan Strasberg – actress
• Robert Strassburg – composer, conductor, musicologist
• James Strauch (1921–1998) – Olympic fencer
• Barbra Streisand – singer and actress
• Meryl Streep – actress
• Jill Stuart – fashion designer
• Big Sue – shopkeeper and underworld figure
• Ed Sullivan (1901–1974) – television variety show host
• Susan Sullivan – actress
• Kevin Sussman – actor known for The Big Bang Theory

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
• Chloe Temtchine (born 1982/1983) – singer-songwriter
• The Tenderloins (born 1976) - an American 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
• Irving Thalberg – film producer
• 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 – 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
• Alex Treves (born 1929) – Italian-born American Olympic fencer
• Barron Trump – socialite
• Donald Trump – 45th President of the United States
• 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

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
• Cornelius Vanderbilt – businessman
• Robert Vaughn (1932–2016) – actor
• George Vergara – NFL player
• Jennifer von Mayrhauser – costume designer

W

• 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
• Abby Wambach – soccer player
• Charles B. Wang (born 1944) – businessman, philanthropist
• Vera Wang – fashion designer
• Raees Warsi – poet, journalist, social and 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
• 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
• Billy Whitlock – blackface performer
• Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney – sculptor and art patron
• Edward W. Whitson – Wisconsin State Assemblyman
• Kristen Wiig – actress, comedian and writer
• 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
• George Worth – born György Woittitz (1915–2006), Olympic medalist saber fencer
• James Hood Wright – businessman
• William H. H. Wroe – member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
• Charles Wuorinen – composer

Y

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

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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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

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
• 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, 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
• Sylvia Day – author, born in Los Angeles, California
• 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
• Patrick Ewing – former NBA All-Star center, born in Jamaica

F

• Lee Falk – cartoonist (The Phantom), born in St. Louis, Missouri
• Barbara Feldon – retired actress; author and writer
• 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
• Mariska Hargitay (born 1963)  – 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
• 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
• Jonathan Jafari – YouTube entertainer, co-creator of Game Grumps, born in Rancho Palos Verdes, California
• 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
• 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 – 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
• Scott Mescudi rapper, singer, songwriter, born Cleveland, Ohio
• 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"
• Casey Neistat – YouTuber, entrepreneur, known for many of his projects based in New York
• 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
• Haley Joel Osment – actor, born in Los Angeles, California

P

• 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

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, British Columbia, 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
• Patti Scialfa – singer, songwriter, and guitarist
• 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
• Dylan Sprouse  – actor, entrepreneur, born in Arezzo, Italy
• 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 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
• Taylor Swift

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
• Frederick Trump – German American businessman
• Melania Trump – 45th First Lady of the United States and model, born in Slovenia

U

• Johannes Urzidil – writer, born in Prague, Bohemia

V

• Martin Van Buren – US 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

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

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 Staten Island