List of people from New York City
New York City skylineMany notable people were either born in New York City or adopted it as their home.
People from New York City
50 Cent (Curtis Jackson, born 1975) – businessman and rapper6ix9ine (Daniel Hernandez, born 1996) – rapper22Gz (Jeffrey Mark Alexander, born 1997) – Brooklyn drill rapper
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Aaliyah (Aaliyah Haughton, 1979–2001) – singer, actress and modelZaid Abdul-Aziz (born 1946) – professional basketball playerKareem Abdul-Jabbar (born 1947) – basketball playerGeorge Abernethy (1807–1877) – first provisional Governor of Oregon [ 1] Cecile Abish (born 1930) – sculptorOday Aboushi (born 1991) – football playerRay Abruzzo (born 1954) – actorBella Abzug (1920–1998) – Congressional representativeGarnett 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] Chris Agoliati (born 1951) – soccer playerChristina Aguilera (born 1980) – singerDanny Aiello (1933–2019) – actorAJR (born 1990, 1994, and 1997) – indie pop trio and multi-instrumentalistsMarv Albert (born 1941) – sports announcerFrank Alesci (born 1986) – soccer playerEva Allen Alberti (1856–1938) – dramatics teacherAlan Alda (born 1936) – actorAnne Reeve Aldrich (1866–1892) – writerIra Aldridge (1805–1867) – stage actor[ 1] William Alexander, Lord Stirling (1726–1783) – major general in the American Revolutionary War [ 1] Davi Alexandre (born 2007) – soccer playerNancy Allen (born 1950) – actressWoody Allen (born 1935) – film director, actor and screenwriterVincent Alo (1904–2001) – mobsterRafer Alston (born 1976) – basketball playerFernando Álvarez (born 2003) – soccer playerHamisi Amani-Dove (born 1974) – soccer playerLee J. Ames (1921–2011) – illustrator and writer; known for the Draw 50... learn-to-draw booksNicholas Ammeter (born 2000) – soccer playerTrey Anastasio (born 1964) – rock musician, member of the band, Phish Kenny Anderson – (born 1970) professional basketball playerNatalie and Nadiya Anderson (born 1986) – twins, television personalities; contestants on The Amazing Race Survivor: San Juan del Sur Charles Anthon (1797–1867) – classical scholar[ 1] Carmelo Anthony (born 1984) – basketball playerMarc Anthony (born 1968) – singer, actorJudd Apatow (born 1967) – producer, director, comedian, actor and screenwriterFiona Apple (born 1977) – singer-songwriterJacob Appel – (born 1973), short story writer, bioethicist, born in New York CityDiane Arbus (1923–1971) – photographerNate Archibald (born 1948) – professional basketball playerEdward Arnold (1890–1956) – actorRosanna Arquette (born 1959) – actressKenneth J. Arrow (1921–2017) – economist; recipient, 1972 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences Beatrice Arthur (1922–2009) – actressMarilyn Aschner (born 1948) – professional tennis playerWilliam H. Aspinwall (1807–1875) – railroad promoter[ 1] John Jacob Astor III (1822–1890) – businessman, member of the Astor family John Jacob Astor VI (1912–1992) – socialite and businessman, member of the Astor family Vincent Astor (1891–1959) – businessman and philanthropist, member of the Astor familyWilliam Backhouse Astor, Sr. (1792–1875) – businessman, member of the Astor family[ 1] William Backhouse Astor Jr. (1829–1892) – businessman, racehorse owner, and yachtsman, member of the Astor family René Auberjonois (1940–2019) – actorJake T. Austin (born 1994) – actor, model, and writerAwkwafina (Nora Lum, born 1988) – rapper and actressAZ (born 1972) – rapper, former member of the rap group The Firm Hank Azaria (born 1964) – actorArcángel (born 1985) – Rapper,Sing,Songwriter
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Edwin Burr Babbitt (1862–1939) – actorMorena Baccarin (born 1979) – Brazilian-born actress[ 2] Johnny Bach (1924–2016) – professional basketball player and coachMohamed Bahi (born 1983/1984) – American-Algerian former Chief Liaison of New York City Mayor Eric Adams to the Muslim community.Emma Bailey (1910–1999) – auctioneer and authorWilliam Bliss Baker (1859–1886) – landscape artistFolarin Balogun (born 2001) – professional soccer playerAzealia Banks (born 1991) – rapper, singer-songwriter, and actressLloyd Banks (born 1982) – rapperJoseph Barbera (1911–2006) – animator, producer, director, MGM and co-founder of Hanna-Barbera Drew Barrymore (born 1975) - actress and host for The Drew Barrymore Show Moses Michael Levi Barrow (born Jamal Michael Barrow; 1978), better known by his stage name Shyne, Belizean rapper and politicianBryan Bautista – Dominican-American musician, singer, and contestantEarl Beecham (born 1965) – football playerFrancesca Beghe Harry Belafonte (1927–2023) – singer-songwriter, activist, actorBo Belinsky (1936–2001) – Major League Baseball playerAisha Tandiwe Bell – mixed media artistTony Bennett (1926–2023) – jazz singer and musicianLillie Berg (1845–1896) – musician, musical educatorMoe Berg (1902–1972) – Major League Baseball player and spyMilton Berle (1908–2002) – comedianPaul Berlenbach (1901–1985) – light heavyweight boxing champion, 1925–1926Pavel Bermondt-Avalov (1877–1973) – Russian-Georgian military officer and warlordDellin Betances (born 1988) – Major League Baseball pitcherAcid Betty (born 1977) – drag queenMario Biaggi (1917–2015) – decorated policeman and US CongressmanBipolar Explorer – dreampop bandRaymond Ward Bissell (1936–2019) – art historianMary J. Blige (born 1971) – singerHenry H. Bliss (1830–1899) – first recorded person to be killed by a traffic collision in the United StatesJoan Blondell (1906–1979) – actressHumphrey Bogart (1899–1957) – actorA Boogie wit da Hoodie (born 1995) – rapperWilliam T. Bonniwell Jr. – Wisconsin and Minnesota politicianJoseph Borelli (born 1982) – politician, conservative commentatorFrancis Bouillon (born 1975) – National Hockey League defenseman playing for the Nashville Predators Barbara Boxer (born 1940) – U.S. Senator from California Kate Parker Scott Boyd (1836–1922) – artist, journalist, temperance workerTerrence Boyd (born 1991) – professional soccer playerWilliam Boylan (1869–1940) – first President of Brooklyn College James J. Braddock (1905–1974) – boxer (aka "Cinderella Man")Hermann Braun (1918–1945) – actorSam Breadon (1876–1949) – president and owner of the St. Louis Cardinals Abigail Breslin (born 1996) – actress and musicianJimmy Breslin (1930–2017) – columnistSpencer Breslin (born 1992) – actor and musicianRichard Bright (1937–2006) – actorEben Britton (born 1987) – football playerMatthew Broderick (born 1962) – actor and singerAction Bronson (born 1983) – rapperMel Brooks (born 1926) – film director, screenwriter, actorHelen Gilman Noyes Brown – philanthropistJulia Brown – madam and prostituteLarry Brown (born 1940) – basketball player and coachQuincy Brown (born 1991) – actorTarell Brown (born 1985) – football playerAndrew Bryson (1822–1892) – United States Navy rear admiralWilliam F. Buckley Jr. (1925–2008) – author and conservative commentatorSidney Jonas Budnick (1921–1994) – abstract artistDaniel Bukantz (1917–2008) – four-time Olympic fencerRobert John Burke (born 1960) – actor and firefighterGeorge Burns (1896–1996) – comedianSteve Buscemi (born 1957) – actorBenjamin Busch – U.S. Marine Lieutenant Colonel and actorBarbara Bush (1925–2018) – wife of George H. W. Bush Gene Byrnes (1889–1974) – cartoonistMichelle Borth (born 1978) – actress[ 3] Joey Badass (born 1995) – rapper
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Christopher Latore Wallace (The Notorious BIG) (1972–1997) – rapperJames Caan (1940–2022) – actorFlávio Cabral (1916–1990) – muralistAdolph Caesar (1933–1986) – actorLeslie Cagan (born 1947) – activist and writerJames Cagney (1899–1986) – actorEddie Cahill (born 1978) – actorEdward L. Cahn (1899–1963) – film director known for the Our Gang Sarth Calhoun – electronic musicianJoseph A. Califano (born 1931) – Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Maria Callas (1923–1977) – Greek-American opera singerCher Calvin (born 1974) – journalistRichard Camacho – singer, musician, member of Latin music band CNCO , Dominican-originAnthony Camal – judo practitioner [ 4] Christian Camargo (born 1971) – actorSchuyler V. Cammann (1912–1991) – anthropologist Chris Canty (born 1982) – football playerJeimer Candelario (born 1993) – baseball playerWilliam Mebarak Chadid (1931–present) – father of Shakira
Al Capone (1899–1947) – Prohibition gangster, boss of Chicago Outfit Mae Capone (1897–1986) – wife of Al CaponeCapone (born 1976) – rapperFrancis Capra (born 1983) – actorJennifer Capriati (born 1976) – tennis playerNestor Carbonell (born 1967) – actorIrene Cara (1959–2022) – singer-songwriter, dancer, actressCardi B (born 1992) – rapperBenjamin Cardozo (1870–1938) – Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Michael A. Cardozo (born 1941) – Corporation Counsel Hugh Carey (1919–2011) – Governor of New York Timothy Carey (1929–1994) – actorGeorge Carlin (1937–2008) – comedianAlan Carney (1909–1973) – actor, comedianCaleb Carr (born 1955) – novelist, military historianEric Carr (1950–1991) – rock musician, songwriterJohn Carradine (1906–1988) – actorJulian Casablancas (born 1978) – lead singer of rock band The Strokes ; musicianColin Cassady (born 1986) – professional wrestler working for AEW John Cassavetes (1929–1989) – actorDJ Cassidy (born 1981) – DJ, record producer, MCRichard S. Castellano (1933–1988) – actorLuis Castillo (born 1983) – football playerVinnie Caruana (born 1979) – musician, singerPhoebe Cates (born 1963) – actressJose Ceballos – trade unionist, political campaign managerKai Cenat (born 2001) – YouTuberBennett Cerf (1898–1971) – publisher, TV personalityBilly Cesare (born 1955), American football playerStanley Chais (1926–2010) – investment advisor in the Madoff investment scandalPauline Chalamet (born 1992) – actressTimothée Chalamet (born 1995) – actorJeff Chandler (1918–1961) – actorFrank Chanfrau (1824–1884) – actorJames S. C. Chao (born 1927) – Chinese-American entrepreneur, philanthropistHarry Chapin (1942–1981) – singer-songwriterRoz Chast (born 1954) – cartoonistPaddy Chayefsky (1923–1981) – authorMaury Chaykin (1949–2010) – actorJulie Chen (born 1970) – television personalityEdmund A. Chester (1897–1973) – executive at CBS Jennie Jerome Churchill (1854–1921) – mother of Winston Churchill Hansol Vernon Chwe – singer (member of pop group Seventeen )Peter Cincotti (born 1983) – singer-songwriterAndre Cisco (born 2000) – NFL safety for the Jacksonville Jaguars Robert Clohessy (born 1957) – actorEvan Cole (born 1961) – CEO of H.D. ButtercupSchuyler Colfax Jr. (1823–1885) – former Vice President of the United States Margaret Colin (born 1958) – actressWillie Colón (born 1950) – salsa musician, social activistSean Combs (born 1969) – rapper[ 5] Jennifer Connelly (born 1970) – actressIrv Constantine (1907–1966) – football playerEvan Conti (born 1993) – American-Israeli basketball player and coachHugh E. Conway (born 1942) – labor economistTerence Cooke (1921–1983) – seventh archbishop of New YorkAnderson Cooper (born 1967) – television journalistGeorge H. Cooper (1821–1891) – United States Navy rear admiral[ 6] Shaun Cooper (born 1980) – rock musician, bassistLillian Copeland (1904–1964) – Olympic discus champion; set world records in discus, javelin, and shot putFrancis Ford Coppola (born 1939) – film director, screenwriter, and producerKarla Cornejo Villavicencio – writer[ 7] Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (born 1989) – U.S. RepresentativeWilliam R. Cosentini – mechanical engineer and founder of Cosentini Associates Ann Coulter (born 1961) – conservative commentator, writerFreddie Crawford (born 1941) – basketball playerPeter Criss (born 1945) – rock musician, songwriterBilly Crystal (born 1948) – comedian, actor, directorGeorge Cukor (1899–1983) – film directorKieran Culkin (born 1982) – actorKit Culkin (born 1944) – actorMacaulay Culkin (born 1980) – actorRory Culkin (born 1989) – actorJermaine Cunningham (born 1988) – football playerAndrew Cuomo (born 1957) – Governor of New YorkMario Cuomo (1932–2015) – Governor of New YorkQuentin Curry (born 1972) – landscape painterValerie Curtin (born 1945) – actress, screenwriterTony Curtis (1925–2010) – actor
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Alexandra Daddario (born 1986) – actressMatthew Daddario (born 1987) – actorChester Dale (1883–1962) – bankerCharles Patrick Daly (1816–1899) – judgeRobert Dalva (1942–2023) – filmmaker, editorAl D'Amato (born 1937) – politicianClaire Danes (born 1979) – actressRodney Dangerfield (1921–2004) – comedianLloyd Daniels (born 1967) – basketball playerRon Dante (born 1945) – singer-songwriter, record producerTony Danza (born 1951) – actorBobby Darin (1936–1973) – singer-songwriter, entertainer, actorCandy Darling (1944–1974) — actress and Warhol superstar Jim David (born 1954) – comedian, actor, playwrightLarry David (born 1947) – actor, writer, comedian, producerPete Davidson (born 1993) – actor, comedianMarion Davies (1897–1961) – actressAl "Bummy" Davis (1920–1945) – boxerSammy Davis Jr. (1925–1990) – singer, entertainerDawin (full name Dawin Polanco; born 1990) – hip hop-R&B singer, musician, record producerRosario Dawson (born 1979) – actressClarence Day (1874–1935) – author and humoristCharlie Day (born 1976) – actorDorothy Day (1897–1980) – Catholic social activistLillian Day (1893–1991) – author and playwrightHal de Becker (1931–2021) – dancer and dance writerBill de Blasio (born 1961) – Mayor of New York City Robert De Niro (born 1943) – actorÉamon de Valera (1882–1975) – Taoiseach (prime minister) and President of Ireland Philip DeFranco (born 1985) – YouTuber and video bloggerLana Del Rey (born 1985) — singer songwriterDe La Ghetto (born 1984) – Singer, Rapper, Songwriter – model, singer-songwriterSamuel R. Delany (born 1942) – author and criticDon DeLillo (born 1936) – authorAaron T. Demarest (1841–1908) – carriage manufacturerTravis Demeritte (born 1994) – MLB playerDerek Dennis (born 1988) – football playerJerry Denny (1859–1927) – Major League Baseball player[ 8] Desiigner (born 1997) – rapperWilly DeVille (1950–2009) – singerKevin Devine (born 1979) – musician, songwriterArtie Diamond – boxerNeil Diamond (born 1941) – singer, composerMobb Deep – rappersJohn DiBartolomeo (born 1991) – American-Israeli basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League Vin Diesel (born 1967) – actorAugust Dietrich (1858–unknown) – member of the Wisconsin State Assembly Maximilian Dietz (born 2002) – professional soccer playerMeg Donnelly (born 2000) – actress, singer, dancerVincent D'Onofrio (born 1959) – actorShaun Donovan (born 1966) – former US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and Director of the Office of Management and Budget , candidate in the 2021 New York City Democratic mayoral primary Jim Dooley (born 1976) – composerIrvin Dorfman (1924–2006) – tennis playerPhoebe Doty – prostitute and madamAmanda Minnie Douglas (1831–1916) – writerKirk Douglas (1916–2020) – actorRobert Downey Jr. (born 1965) – actor, producer, singerErvin Drake (1919–2015) – composer, producer, writer, musicianDreamDoll (born 1992) – rapper, singer, songwriterFran Drescher (born 1957) – actorJulia Louis-Dreyfus (born 1961) – actressRichard Dreyfuss (born 1947) – actorEric Drooker – artist, illustratorJim Drucker (born 1952/1953) – former Commissioner of the Continental Basketball Association , former Commissioner of the Arena Football League , and founder of NewKadia ComicsDavid Duchovny (born 1960) – actorPatty Duke (1946–2016) – actress, activist for mental-health issuesLena Dunham (born 1986) – actress, screenwriter, producer, directorJoseph Dunninger (1892–1975) – mentalistBryant Dunston (born 1986) – American-Armenian basketball playerRichard Dupont (born 1968) – artistJimmy Durante (1893–1980) – actor and pianistPaul Dano (born 1984) – actorJakob Dylan (born 1969) – singerGriffin Dunne (born 1955) – film producer
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Luis García – baseball playerGus Gardella (1895–1974) – football playerEliza Ann Gardner (1831–1922) – AbolitionistArt Garfunkel (born 1941) – singer-songwriter, actorLou Gehrig (1903–1941) – baseball playerSarah Michelle Gellar (born 1977) – actressNatalie Gelman (born 1985) – singer/songwriterRichard Genelle (1961–2008) – actorGeorge Gershwin (1898–1937) – composerIra Gershwin (1896–1983) – lyricistTiffany Giardina (born 1993) – singer-songwriterMarie George (1876–1955) – actress and singerVitas Gerulaitis (1954–1994) – tennis playerMel Gibson (born 1956) – American-born Australian/Irish actor and directorJustin Gignac (born 1981) – artistRuth Bader Ginsburg (1933–2020) – Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court Rabbi Issamar Ginzberg – business strategist, rabbi, motivational speaker
The GoStation – indie rock group[ 9] Rudolph Giuliani (born 1944) – former Mayor of New York City Charles V. Glasco – New York City Police Sergeant, most well known for his efforts to rescue John William Warde in 1938[ 10] Jackie Gleason (1916–1987) – comedian, actorJames Gleason (1882–1959) – actorMarco Glorious (born 1989) – television personality, actor, model, singer, and event host
Joel Glucksman (born 1949) – Olympic fencerWhoopi Goldberg (born 1955) – comedian, actress, TV personalityWilliam Goldberg (1925–2003) – diamond dealerDaniel S. Goldin (born 1940) – NASA directorDanielle Goldstein (born 1985) – American-Israeli show jumperLeon M. Goldstein (died 1999) – President of Kingsborough Community College , and acting Chancellor of the City University of New York Ben Goldwasser (born 1982) – member of the psychedelic-rock band MGMT Minetta Good (1895–1946) – painter and printmakerRichard Goode (born 1943) – classical pianistCuba Gooding Jr. (born 1968) – actorCuba Gooding Sr. (1944–2017) – singerJared Gordon (born 1988) – mixed martial artistJoan Gould (1927–2022) – author and journalistDoris Kearns Goodwin (born 1943) – authorLeo Gorcey (1917–1969) – film actor and comedian, leader of the Dead End Kids , East Side Kids , and Bowery Boys in several moviesRobert A. Gorman (born 1937) – law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School Eydie Gorme (1928–2013) – singerVictor Gotbaum (1921–2015) – labor leaderGilbert Gottfried (1955–2022) – comedian and actorElliott Gould (born 1938) – actorDavid C. Gowdey (1841–1908) – politicianTopher Grace (born 1978) – actorSean Grande (born 1969) – television and radio sportscasterRocky Graziano (born Thomas Rocco, 1919–1990) – boxerBenny Green (born 1963) – pianistHank Greenberg (1911–1986) – Hall of Fame baseball playerAlan Greenspan (born 1926) – economist, former Federal Reserve chairmanSheila Greenwald (born 1934) – authorAdrian Grenier (born 1976) – actorBill Griffith (born 1944) – cartoonist (Zippy [ 11] Melanie Griffith (born 1957) – actressAlfred Grossman (1927–1987) – writer and novelistBob Guccione (1930–2010) – publisherPeggy Guggenheim (1898–1979) – art collectorRajat Gupta (born 1948) – CEO of McKinsey & Company convicted of insider tradingJim Gurfein (born 1961) – tennis playerSteve Guttenberg (born 1958) – actorMaggie Gyllenhaal (born 1977) – actressJoe Gatto (born 1976) – comedianMilton H. Greene (1922–1985) – fashion and celebrity photographer, film and television producerMamie Gummer (born 1983) – actress
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Adelaide Hall (1901–1993) – jazz singer, Broadway star, actressHuntz Hall (1920–1999) – comedian, actor; co-starred in several Dead End Kids , East Side Kids and Bowery Boys moviesJimmy Hall (born 1994) – basketball player in the Israeli National League Mortimer Halpern (1909–2006) – Broadway stage managerEddy Hamel (1902–1943) – Jewish-American soccer player for Dutch club AFC Ajax who was killed by the Nazis in Auschwitz concentration campPete Hamill (1935–2020) – journalistMarvin Hamlisch (1944–2012) – composerArmand Hammer (1898–1990) – industrialist and philanthropistOscar Hammerstein II (1895–1960) – composerHan Terra (born 1982) – polymathFrank Hankinson (1856–1911) – major league baseball player[ 8] Sean Hannity (born 1961) – television host, author, conservative political commentatorNelson Harding (1879–1944) – editorial cartoonistEdward W. Hardy (born 1992) – composer, musician and producerDonald J. Harlin (1935–2015) – Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Air Force Lynn Harrell (1944–2020) – cellistW. Averell Harriman (1891–1986) – diplomat and Governor of New YorkZelda Harris (born 1985) – actressMaurice Harkless (born 1993) – NBA playerAnne Hathaway (born 1982) – actressMarcia Haufrecht (born 1937) – actor, director, playwrightMaya Hawke (born 1998) – actress, singer-songwriter and modelCurt Hawkins (born 1985) – WWE wrestlerPatrick Joseph Hayes (1867–1938) – fifth archbishop of New YorkSusan Hayward (1917–1975) – actressRita Hayworth (1918–1987) – actressAnthony Hecht (1923–2004) – poetLadislav Hecht (1909–2004) – Czechoslovak-American tennis playerMax Hechtman (born 1997) – filmmaker, video editor and videographerCarol Heiss (born 1940) – Olympic figure skater (silver 1956, gold 1960)Joseph Heller (1923–1999) – authorAlvin Hellerstein (born 1933) – U.S. federal judgeLance Henriksen (born 1940) – actorBrian Henson (born 1963) – puppeteer , director, producerBernard Herrmann (1911–1975) – composerElinore Morehouse Herrick (1895–1964) – labor–relations specialistSusan Hendl (1947–2020) – ballet dancer and répétiteur Robert Hess (1935–2014) – sculptor, art educatorPeter Cooper Hewitt (1861–1921) – inventorWilliam Hickey (1927–1997) – actorLogan Hicks – artistHildegarde (1906–2005) – cabaret singerParis Hilton (born 1981) – socialite, actressGregory Hines (1946–2003) – dancer and actorJudd Hirsch (born 1935) – actorJack Hirschman (1933–2021) – poet and social activistCamomile Hixon (born 1970) – visual artistWilliam E. Hoehle – member of the Wisconsin State Assembly Robert Hofstadter (1915–1990), physicist and Nobel laureateEric Holtz (born 1965) – Head Coach of the Israel National Baseball Team Megan Hollingshead (born 1968) – actress, singer, broadway starShaheen Holloway (born 1976) – basketball coach and former player, current head coach of the St. Peter's Peacocks Eli Holzman (born 1974) – writer, producer, and television executiveRio Hope-Gund (born 1999) – soccer playerLena Horne (1917–2010) – singerEdward Everett Horton (1886–1970) – actorJay Horwitz (born 1945) – New York Mets executiveCurly Howard (1903–1952) – actor of comedy team The Three Stooges Moe Howard (1897–1975) – actor of comedy team The Three StoogesShemp Howard (1895–1955) – actor of comedy team The Three StoogesSteny Hoyer (born 1939) – "U.S Representative from Maryland's 5th district, 1981–Present"Tina Huang (born 1981) – actressJon Huertas (born 1969) – actorRichard Hunt (1951–1992) – puppeteer and television directorTab Hunter (1931–2018) – actorCornelia Collins Hussey (1827–1902) – philanthropist, writerBarbara Hutton (1912–1979) – socialite dubbed "Poor Little Rich Girl"Sarah Hyland (born 1990) – actress and singer
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Wolfman Jack (also known as Robert Weston Smith; 1938–1995) – radio personalityJane Jacobs (1916–2006) – economist, urban theorist, activistKen Jacobs (born 1933) – artist and filmmakerJack Jersawitz (1934–2012) – Marxist Activist and Television HostJon Seda (born 1970) – actorMarc Jacobs (born 1963) – fashion designerHenry James (1843–1916) – writerWilliam James (1842–1910) – philosopher and psychologist Brenda Janowitz (born c. 1973) – writer and attorneyJaiquawn Jarrett (born 1989) – football playerJohn 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 (born 1974) – political campaign organizerDerek Jeter (born 1974) – former baseball playerCharles Jenkins (born 1989) – basketball playerMax Jenkins (born 1985) – actor and writerRon Jeremy (born 1953) – pornographic actor, filmmaker, and comedianTy Jerome (born 1997) – professional basketball playerJessi (born 1988) – rapperJipsta (John Patrick Masterson; born 1974) – rapperMC Jin (born 1982) – rapperBilly Joel (born 1949) – singer-songwriterDavid Johansen (born 1950) – actor and singer-songwriterJesse Lee Soffer – actorScarlett Johansson (born 1984) – actress, singer, and producerDaymond John (born 1969) – entrepreneurCrockett Johnson (1906–1975) – cartoonist and children's writer (Harold and the Purple Crayon )Boris Johnson (born 1964) – British politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and former Mayor of London (2008–2016)Norah Jones (born 1979) – singer-songwriter and actressJim Jones (born 1976) – rapper and record executiveJulia Jones-Pugliese (1909–1993) – national champion fencer and fencing coachMichael Jordan (born 1963) – basketball playerLazarus Joseph (1891–1966) – New York State Senator and New York City Comptroller Colin Jost (born 1982) – comedian, actor, and writerWilliam Joyce (also known as Lord Haw-Haw ; 1906–1946) – Nazi propaganda broadcasterSpike Jonze (born 1969) – actor and filmmakerFrancine Justa (1942–2016), activist and affordable housing advocate in New York City.
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Elias Kane (1794–1835), served as the first Illinois Secretary of State from 1818–1822 and a United States Senator for Illinois from 1825–1835.[ 12] Qurrat Ann Kadwani (born 1981) – actress and playwrightPhilip Mayer Kaiser (1913–2007) – U.S. diplomatBob Kaliban (1933–2020) – actor, voice actor, and former president of SAG-AFTRA Abraham Katz (1926–2013) – diplomat, United States Ambassador to the OECDAndy Kaufman (1949–1984) – comedianCharlie Kaufman (born 1958) – screenwriterDanny Kaye (1911–1987) – actor and comedianLenny Kaye (born 1946) – guitaristThomas Kean (born 1935) – Governor of New Jersey Diane Keaton (born 1946) – actressHarvey Keitel (born 1939) – actorBridget Kelly (born 1986) – singerGeorge Kennedy (1925–2016) – actorJacqueline Kennedy (1929–1994) – First Lady of the United States and editorMax Kennedy (born 1965) – writer and lawyerTom Kenny (born 1962) – voice actor and comedianJerome Kern (1885–1945) – composerAlicia Keys (born 1981) – singer-songwriter and actressRobert Kibbee (1921–1982) – Chancellor of the City University of New York Jimmy Kimmel (born 1967) – comedian and television talk-show hostCarole King (born 1942) – singer-songwriterLarry King (1933–2021) – television talk-show and radio hostMorgana King (1930–2018) – singer and actressEddie Kingston (born 1981) – professional wrestler, currently signed with All Elite Wrestling Keith Kinkaid (born 1989) – professional ice hockey playerNancy Kissinger (born 1934) – philanthropistCalvin Klein (born 1942) – fashion designerDiana Kleiner (born 1947) – art historianChristopher Knight (born 1957) – actorJohn "Julius" Knight – music producer, DJMiss Ko (born 1985) – rapperEd Koch (1924–2013) – Mayor of New York City E. L. Konigsburg (1930–2013) – writerPeter Koo (born 1952) – politician and pharmacistC. Everett Koop (1916–2013) – physicianYaphet Kotto (1939–2021) – actorSandy Koufax (born 1935) – MLB pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers , perfect game pitcherMartin Kove (born 1946) – actor, known for The Karate Kid (franchise) as John Kreese in Cobra Kai Joey Kramer (born 1950) – drummer, Aerosmith Lenny Kravitz (born 1964) – singer-songwriterGary Kreps (born 1952) – health and risk communication scholarBarbara Kruger (born 1945) – feminist artistStanley Kubrick (1928–1999) – film director and screenwriterBruce Kulick (born 1953) – guitaristWilliam Kunstler (1919–1995) – lawyerTony Kushner (born 1956) – playwright and screenwriterAllan Kwartler (1917–1998) – sabre and foil fencer, Pan American Games and Maccabiah Games championRay Kurzweil (born 1947) – author, inventor, and futurist
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Lil Mabu (born 2005) – rapperAlice Foote MacDougall (1867–1945) – coffee wholesaler, restaurateur, and business owner in the City[ 15] John F. Mackie (1835–1910) Medal of Honor recipientRuth Madoff (born 1941) – wife of Bernie MadoffUmber Majeed (born 1989) – visual artistLil Mama (born 1989) – rapper and actressSandro Mamukelashvili (born 1999) – professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs Bernard Malamud (1914–1986) – authorMelissa Manchester (born 1951) – singerBarry Manilow (born 1943) – singer-songwriterMike Mansfield (1903–2001) – Senator from MontanaBruce Manson (born 1956) – tennis playerStephon Marbury (born 1977) – professional basketball playerJames Margolis (born 1936) – Olympic fencerRose Marie (1923–2017) – actressRomany Malco (born 1968) – actorJohn Marley (1907–1984) – actorDean Marlowe (born 1992) – safety for the Buffalo Bills Constantine Maroulis (born 1975) – American Idol Ernest Martin (born 1932) – theatre director and managerMelanie Martinez (born 1995) – singer-songwriter, actress, director, photographer, and screenwriterMarina Squerciati (born 1984) – actorSoraida Martinez (born 1956) – artist and designerJohn Martino (born 1937) – actor[ 16] [ 17] Sadie Martinot (1861–1923) – singer, actressLee Marvin (1924–1987) – actorChico Marx (1887–1961) — comedianLouis Marx (1896–1982), Founder of Louis Marx and Company Maelo Ruiz (born 1966) – Salsa Singer – member of the Marx Brothers Groucho Marx (1890–1977) – member of the Marx BrothersGummo Marx (1892–1977) – member of the Marx BrothersHarpo Marx (1888–1964) – member of the Marx BrothersZeppo Marx (1901–1979) – member of the Marx BrothersJames Maslow (born 1990) – actor and singer (raised in California)John Massari (born 1957) – composer, sound designerIra Brad Matetsky (born 1962) – business litigation & real estate lawyer and prominent WikipedianWalter Matthau (1920–2000) – actorSam Mattis (born 1994), Olympic discus throwerLoretta Mazza (born 1957) – Sammarinese politician, Mayor of Acquaviva (2009–2013)Margherita Wood McCandlish (1892–1954) – American former First Lady of Guam. Born in New York City.John McCloskey (1810–1885) – Cardinal Archbishop of New York, 1864–1885Frank McCourt (1930–2009) – author (raised in Ireland, returned later in life)Malachy McCourt (1931–2024) – author (raised in Ireland, returned later in life)Allie McGuire (born 1951) – professional basketball playerTriston McKenzie (born 1997) – MLB pitcherKenneth McMillan (1932–1989) – actorAndrea Mitchell (born 1946) – journalist, NBC News Paul Meltsner – WPA-era painter and muralistBob Melvin (born 1961) – Major League Baseball player and managerDave Meltzer (born 1959) – pro wrestling journalistHerman Melville (1819–1891) – authorDaniel Menaker (1941–2020) – writer and editorGrace Meng (born 1975) – lawyer and politician, Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee Yehudi Menuhin (1916–1999) – violinistIdina Menzel (born 1971) – singer and actressEthel Merman (1908–1984) – singer and actressHelen Merrill (born 1929) – jazz singerJenny B. Merrill (1854–1934) – educator, authorRobert Merrill (1917–2004) – singerStefano Miceli (1975) – pianist and conductorLea Michele (born 1986) – actress and singerVera Michelena (1885–1961) – actress, dancer, and singerAlyssa Milano (born 1972) – actressSally Milgrim (1898–1994) – fashion designerAdeline Miller (1777–1859) – prostitute and madamArthur Miller (1915–2005) – playwrightMarcus Miller (born 1959) – bassist and composerStephanie Mills (born 1957) – singer, former Broadway starAndy Mineo (born 1988) – Christian rapperSal Mineo (1939–1976) – actorLin-Manuel Miranda (born 1980) – musical theatre writer and performerJohn Joseph Mitty (1884–1961) – Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco Isaac Mizrahi (born 1961) – fashion designerAja Monet (born 1987) – poetEddie Money (1949–2019) – singerLenny Montana (1926–1992) – actor and professional wrestler[ 18] [ 19] Mary Tyler Moore (1936–2017) – actress, producerMelba Moore (born 1945) – actress, singerNancie Monelle (1841–1903) – physician, missionaryTom Morello (born 1964) – guitaristHenry Morgan (1915–1994) – radio and television personalityHuey Morgan (born 1986) – musician, radio DJ, songwriter, television personalityCathy Moriarty (born 1960) – actressGouverneur Morris (1752–1816) – U.S. founding father; U.S. SenatorZero Mostel (1915–1977) – actor, comedianTommy Mottola (born 1949) – music executiveMaria Muldaur (born 1942) – folk and blues singer-songwriterJohn Mulholland – documentary filmmaker, film historianGerry Mulligan (1927–1996) – musicianRichard Mulligan (1932–2000) – actorRobert Mulligan (1925–2008) – directorThom Michael Mulligan – actorChris Mullin (born 1963) – basketball playerCharlie Murphy (1959–2017) – actor, comedianChris Murphy (born 1973) – U.S. Senator from Connecticut since 2013Eddie Murphy (born 1961) – actor, comedianJames Murray (born 1976) – comedian, actor, authorYunus Musah (born 2002) – soccer player
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James M. Nack (1809–1879) – deaf and mute poetLarry Nagler (born 1940) – tennis player, 1960 NCAA Tennis Singles Champion and Doubles Champion Dominic Napolitano (1930–1981) – Mafia caporegime Janet Napolitano (born 1957) – third US Secretary of Homeland Security Nas (born 1973) – rapper, songwriter, and entrepreneurMichael H. Nash (1946–2012) – labor historian, librarian, and archivistCasey Neistat (born 1981) filmmaker, producer, YouTuberTonie Nathan (1923–2014) – Libertarian Party political figureSarah Natochenny (born 1987) – voice actressLia Neal (born 1995) – Olympic swimmer [ 20] Oscar Neebe (1850–1916) – anarchist, labor activist, one of Haymarket bombing trial defendantsHoward Nemerov (1920–1991) – poetSylvester Nevins – politicianSam Newfield (1899–1964) – film directorJohn Philip Newman (1826–1899) – Methodist bishopDenise Nickerson (1957–2019) – actressHarry Nilsson (1941–1994) – singer-songwriterCynthia Nixon (born 1966) – actressJoakim Noah (born 1985) – NBA center for the New York KnicksJerry Nolan (1946–1992) – rock drummerJohn Nolan (born 1978) – musician and singerCharles Nordhoff (1830–1901) – journalist, descriptive and miscellaneous writerDagmar 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 SistersEd Norris (born 1960) – radio hostChris Noth (born 1954) – actorGeoffrey Notkin (born 1961) – TV science educatorThe Notorious B.I.G. (Christopher George Latore Wallace, 1972–1997) – rapperCarrie Nye (1936–2006) – actress
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J.N. Pattison (1839–1905) – pianist, composerP. Diddy (born 1969) – rapper, producerAl Pacino (born 1940) – actorTodd Phillips (born 1970) – filmmakerSaul K. Padover (1905–1981) – historianAlan J. Pakula (1928–1998) – film director, screenwriter, and producerFanny Purdy Palmer (1839–1923) – author, lecturer, activistJoseph Papp (1921–1991) – theater producer, impresario, founder of The Public Theater Cheyenne Parker (born 1992) – WNBA playerRob Parker (born 1964) – sportswriter, TV analystLana Parrilla (born 1977) – actressPastel Ghost (Vivian Moon) – musician, singer, songwriter, and producerJoe Paterno (1928–2012) – football coachJames Patterson (born 1947) – novelistSarah Paulson (born 1974) – actressJosh Peck (born 1986) – actorJan Peerce (1904–1984) – opera tenorAmanda Peet (born 1972) – actressRichard Pelham (1815–1876) – blackface performerClaiborne Pell (1918–2009) – Senator from Rhode IslandCaroline Pennell (born 1996) – singer-songwriter, musician, and contestant on NBC 's The Voice season 5 Sam Perkins (born 1961) – basketball playerAlan Robert Pearlman (1925–2019) – engineer, synthesizer manufacturer (ARP Instruments, Inc. )Bernadette Peters (born 1948) – actress, singerRegis Philbin (1931–2020) – actor, entertainer, television personality, and former host of ABC 's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Live! with Regis and Kelly Lip Pike (1845–1893) – baseball player, four-time home-run champion[ 8] John Pleshette (born 1942) – actorSuzanne Pleshette (1937–2008) – actress from Bob Newhart Show Ethel McClellan Plummer (1888–1936) – artistChristopher Poole – creator of websites 4chan and Canvas Networks Pop Smoke (1999–2020) – rapperTed Post (1918–2013) – movie and TV directorNeil Postman (1931–2003) – author, cultural criticChaim Potok (1929–2002) – authorBud Powell (1924–1966) – jazz pianistColin Powell (1937–2021) – U.S. Army general and U.S. Secretary of State Gary Powell (born 1969) – drummerJoshua Prager (born 1949) – physicianPriscilla Presley (born 1945) – actressL. Bradford Prince (1840–1922) – politician who was governor of New Mexico Territory [ 21] Prince Royce (born 1989) – singer-songwriter, actorTito Puente (1923–2000) – bandleaderMario Puzo (1920–1999) – authorPaloma Mami (born 1999) – Singer
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Q-Tip (born 1970) – rapper
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Renee Rabinowitz (1934–2020) – psychologist and lawyerRaekwon (born 1970) – rapper (Wu-tang Clan)Bill Rafferty (1944–2012) – comedianTubby Raskin (1902–1981) – basketball player and coachJoey Ramone (1951–2001) and Marky Ramone (born 1952) – punk-rock musiciansMichael Rapaport (born 1970) – actor, comedian, directorRay Ratkowski (born 1939) – football playerLihie Raz (born 2003) – American-born Israeli Olympic artistic gymnast Remedy (born Ross Filler in 1972) – rapperRay Rice (born 1987) – football playerMelissa Rauch (born 1980) – actress and comedianAmy Ryan (born 1968) – actressAlan Reed (1907–1977) – actorLou Reed (1942–2013) – rock musician, songwriterPeter Revson (1939–1974) – race car driverA$AP Rocky (born 1988) – rapper[ 22] Christopher Reeve (1952–2004) – actorCarl Reiner (1922–2020) – comedian, actor, director, authorRob Reiner (born 1947) – actor and directorPaul Reiser (born 1956) – actorCharlie Reiter (born 1988) – footballerEd Rendell (born 1944) – former Mayor of Philadelphia , Governor of Pennsylvania Brandon Reilly (born 1981) – musician, guitarist, singerLeah Remini (born 1970) – actressLana Del Rey (born 1985) – singer and songwriterBebe Rexha (born 1989) – singer-songwriterVincent Rey (born 1987) – football playerVing Rhames (born 1959) – actorCharles E. Rice (1931–2015) – legal scholar, university professorBuddy Rich (1917–1987) – jazz drummerRenée Richards (born 1934) – tennis playerTerry Richardson (born 1965) – fashion photographerKadary Richmond (born 2001) – college basketball player for the Seton Hall Pirates Burton Richter (1931–2018) – Nobel Prize-winning physicistDon Rickles (1926–2017) – comedianKathleen Ridder (1922–2017) – women's equal rights activist, writer, educator, philanthropist[ 23] Robert Ridder (1919–2000) – Ice hockey administrator and media mogul[ 24] Joel Rifkin (born 1959) – serial killerRobin Riker (born 1952) – actress and book authorThelma Ritter (1902–1969) – actressJoan Rivers (born Joan Alexandra Molinsky)(1933–2014)– comedianChris Rock (born 1965) – comedian and actorLaurance Rockefeller (1910–2004) – conservationist and philanthropistWinthrop Rockefeller (1912–1973) – Governor of Arkansas Norman Rockwell (1894–1978) – artistAlex Rodriguez (born 1975) – baseball playerJohn Rogan (born 1960) – football playerSonny Rollins (born 1930) – jazz saxophonistRay Romano (born 1957) – comedian and actorSaoirse Ronan (born 1994) – American-born Irish actress[ 25] Igal Roodenko (1917–1991) – civil-rights activist, pacifistSean Rooks (1969–2016) – basketball player and coach[ 26] Mickey Rooney (1920–2014) – actorFranklin Roosevelt (1882–1945) – 32nd President of the United States Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) – U.S. First Lady and human-rights activistTheodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) – 26th President of the United States Ethel Greenglass Rosenberg – convicted spyBeatrice Rosen (born 1977) – actress (raised in Paris)Alan Rosen (born 1969) – restaurant and bakery owner, and authorJeffrey Rosen – billionaire businessmanRobert Rosen (1934–1998) – theoretical biologistAaron "Rosy" Rosenberg (1912–1979) – two-time "All-American" college football player, and film and television producerJulius Rosenberg – convicted spyDavid H. Rosenbloom – authorChristopher Ross (1931–2023) – sculptor, designer and collectorNicole Ross (born 1989) – Olympic foil fencerEmmy Rossum (born 1986) – actressVeronica Roth (born 1988) – novelistMercedes Ruehl (born 1948) – actressVic Ruggiero – ska musician frontman of The Slackers Louis Rukeyser (1933–2006) – business columnist, economic commentatorDamien Russell (born 1970) – NFL playerGianni Russo (born 1943) – actor, singer, and restaurateur[ 27] Art Rust Jr. (1927–2010) – sportscasterRemy Ma (born 1980) – rapper
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Carl Sagan (1934–1996) – physicist and astronomerBoris Said (born 1962) – NASCAR driverJ. D. Salinger (1919–2010) – authorJonas Salk (1914–1995) – medical researcherJohn Salley (born 1964) – basketball playerJerry Saltz (born 1951) – art critic and art historianClaudio Sanchez (born 1978) – musicianBernie Sanders (born 1941) – politician, Senator from Vermont since 2007Adam Sandler (born 1966) – actor, comedianJennifer San Marco (1961–2006) – mass murderRomeo Santos (born 1981) – singer-songwriter, actor, and record producerDennis Sarfate (born 1981) – professional baseball playerDustin Satloff – entrepreneurFrancesco Scavullo (1921–2004) – photographerDick Schaap (1934–2001) – journalistJeremy Schaap (born 1969) – journalistVincent Schiavelli (1948–2005) – actor and food writerHarvey Schiller (born 1940) — sports and business executiveLawrence Schiller (born 1936) — photojournalist and film producerLeonard Schleifer (born 1952) – scientist and business executiveJulian Schnabel (born 1951) – artist and motion picture directorMathieu Schneider (born 1969) – hockey playerSandra Schnur (1955–1994) – disability-rights activistAndy Schor (born 1975) – member of the Michigan House of Representatives Loretta Schrijver (born 1956) – Dutch television hostRick Schroder (born 1970) – actorFreddy Schuman (1925–2010) – superfan of the New York Yankees Amy Schumer (born 1981) – actress and comedianChuck Schumer (born 1950) – Senator from New York since 1999; cousin of Amy Schumer Julius Schwartz (1915–2004) – comic book editorCatherine Scorsese (1912–1997) – actress; mother of Martin Scorsese Charles Scorsese (1913–1993) – actor; father of Martin Scorsese Martin Scorsese (born 1942) – film directorLauren Scruggs (born 2003) – Olympic fencerVin Scully (1927–2022) – sportscasterMalik Sealy (1970–2000) – basketball playerHeriberto Seda (born 1967) – serial killer who copied The Zodiac Killer Jon Seda (born 1970) – comedianBarney Sedran (1891–1964) – Hall of Fame basketball playerJerry Seinfeld (born 1954) – comedian and actorJulius Seligson (1909–1987) – tennis playerEdward Selzer (1893–1970) – film producer, Warner Bros. Maurice Sendak (1928–2012) – author and illustratorPeter Senercia (Tazz ) (born 1967) – radio personality, color commentator and retired professional wrestler
John Serry Sr. (1915–2003) – accordionist, organist, composer, and arrangerElizabeth Ann Seton (1774–1821) – founder of Sisters of Charity ; first native-born US citizen canonizedCynthia Propper Seton (1926–1982) – novelistRuth Seymour (1935–2023) – broadcasting executiveTupac Shakur (1971–1996) – rapper and actorGene Shalit (born 1926) – film criticFrank Shannon (1874–1959) – conservative political analyst, columnist, and candidateJudy Shapiro-Ikenberry (born 1942) – long-distance runnerAl Sharpton (born 1954) – civil rights and social justice activist, founder of the National Action Network , Baptist minister, and radio and television personality[ 28] Artie Shaw (1910–2004) – bandleaderLeonard Shecter (1926–1974) – journalist and authorJudy Sheindlin ("Judge Judy") (born 1942) – judge and television personalityArt Sherman (born 1937) – horse trainer and jockeyNorm Sherry (1931–2021) – catcher, manager, and coach in Major League BaseballBrooke Shields (born 1965) – actress and modelKevin Shields (born 1963) – musician, member of the band My Bloody Valentine Daniel Sickles (1819–1914) – Civil War generalWilliam James Sidis (1898–1944) – mathematician, rumored to have had an IQ of 250Bugsy Siegel (1906–1947) – gangsterJules Siegel (1935–2012) – authorMaggie Siff (born 1974) – actressGeorge Silides (1922–2022) – politician and businessman, Alaska SenatorBeverly Sills (1929–2007) – opera singerLauren Silva (born 1987) – painterRon Silver (1946–2009) – actor and radio show hostRobert Silverberg (born 1935) – authorDean Silvers – film producerLindsay Sloane (born 1977) – actressAlan Silvestri (born 1950) – film music composerCarly Simon (born 1943) – singer-songwriterNeil Simon (1927–2018) – playwrightRichard L. Simon (1899–1960) – businessman and publisherKaseem Sinceno (born 1976) – football playerJohn Slidell (1793–1871) – Senator from Louisiana and Confederate diplomatAl Smith (1873–1944) – Governor of New York and presidential candidateRuss Smith (born 1991) – basketball playerWill Smith (1981–2016) – former football playerDee Snider (born 1955) – singer-songwriter; front man of the heavy metal band Twisted Sister Phoebe Snow (1950–2011) – singer-songwriterJames McCune Smith (1813–1865) – abolitionistStephen Sondheim (1930–2021) – musical theatre composer and lyricistAaron Sorkin (born 1961) – playwright and screenwriterSonia Sotomayor (born 1954) – United States Supreme Court JusticeMickey Spillane (1918–2006) – authorEliot Spitzer (born 1959) – former Governor of New YorkHoward Spira – gangster and gamblerSylvester Stallone (born 1946) – actor, director, screenwriterSebastian Stan (born 1982) – actorPaul Stanley (born 1952) – hard-rock guitarist, singer and songwriterBarbara Stanwyck (1907–1990) – actressJoe Start (1842–1927) – Major League Baseball player[ 8] James Steen (1913–1983) – football playerPeter Steele (1962–2010) — singer and songwriterJacob Steinmetz (born 2003) – baseball player[ 29] Howard Stern (born 1954) – radio and television hostJohn Stevens (1715–1792) – delegate to Continental Congress for New JerseyAndrew Stewart (born 1965) – player of gridiron footballFoley Stewart – musicianJon Stewart (born 1962) – writer, producer, political satirist, actor, television personality, comedian, and former host of The Daily Show New Jersey Julia Stiles (born 1981) – actressBen Stiller (born 1965) – actor and comedianHenry L. Stimson (1867–1950) – politician and diplomatOliver Stone (born 1946) – film directorLarry Storch (1923–2022) – actor, comedianLee Strasberg (1901–1982) – Polish-born actor, director, and theatre practitionerSusan Strasberg (1938–1999) – actressRobert Strassburg (1915–2003) – composer, conductor, musicologistJames Strauch (1921–1998) – Olympic fencerBarbra Streisand (born 1942) – singer and actressMeryl Streep (born 1949) – actressScott Stringer (born 1960) – New York City Comptroller and Borough President of Manhattan Jill Stuart – fashion designerBig Sue – shopkeeper and underworld figureEd Sullivan (1901–1974) – television variety show hostSusan Sullivan (born 1942) – actressB. J. Surhoff (born 1964) – MLB playerRich Surhoff (born 1962) – MLB playerKevin Sussman (born 1970) – actor
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Vic Tayback (1930–1990) – actorAlma Tell (1898–1937) – stage and screen actressOlive Tell (1894–1951) – stage and screen actressMaurice Tempelsman (born 1929) – businessmanVeronica Taylor (born 1965) – actress Pokémon Chloe Temtchine (born 1982/1983) – singer-songwriterThe Tenderloins (born 1976) – comedy troupe currently composed of Joseph "Joe" Gatto, James "Murr" Murray, Brian "Q" Quinn, and Salvatore "Sal" VulcanoStuds Terkel (1912–2008) – author and historianMilton Terris (1915–2002) – public health physician and epidemiologistRoy M. Terry (1915–1988) – Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Air Force Vinny Testaverde (born 1963) – football playerTeyana Taylor (born 1990) – singer-songwriter, actress, dancer, choreographer, director and modelIrving Thalberg (1899–1936) – film producerIanthe Thomas (1951–2002) – authorLeon Thomas III (born 1993) – actorSoren Thompson (born 1981) – two-time Olympic and team World Champion épée fencerJohnny Thunders (1952–1991) – rock musicianGene Tierney (1920–1991) – actressHarry Tietlebaum – organized crime figureLouis Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933) – artistDennis Tito (born 1940) – engineer, entrepreneur, and first space tourist Matt Titus – professional matchmakerJames Toback (born 1944) – screenwriter and directorIsabella Tobias (born 1991) – ice dancerLola Todd (1904–1995) – silent film actressBill Todman (1916–1979) – game show producerMichael Tolkin (born 1950) – filmmaker and novelistMarisa Tomei (born 1964) – actressJoe Torre (born 1940) – baseball player and managerDouglas Townsend (1921–2012) – composer and musicologistMichelle Trachtenberg (born 1985) – actressMary Travers (1936–2009) – singer with Peter, Paul, and Mary Payson J. Treat (1879–1972) – Japanologist[ 30] Alex Treves (1929–2020) – Italian-born American Olympic fencerBernard Trink (1931–2020) – columnistDonald Trump (born 1946) – 45th and 47th President of the United States , businessmanDonald Trump Jr. (born 1977) – businessmanEric Trump (born 1984) – businessmanFred Trump (1905–1999) – real estate developer and philanthropistIvanka Trump (born 1970) – businesswomanTiffany Trump (born 1993) – socialiteBarbara Tuchman (1912–1989) – historian; authorRichard Tucker (1913–1975) – opera tenorGene Tunney (1897–1978) – 1926–28 heavyweight boxing championJohn V. Tunney (1934–2018) – former U.S. SenatorJohn Turturro (born 1957) – actor and directorWilliam Tweed (1823–1878) – politicianLiv Tyler (born 1977) – actressSteven Tyler (born 1948) – singer, Aerosmith Mike Tyson (born 1966) – boxerNeil deGrasse Tyson (born 1958) – astronomer, science communicator
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V
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Michael Wachter (born 1943) – professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School Stanley M. Wagner (1932–2013) – rabbi and academicJosh Waitzkin (born 1976) – chess player, martial arts competitor, and authorChristopher Walken (born 1943) – actorAdam Walker (born 1963) – football playerHezekiah Walker (born 1962) – bishop and gospel artistJimmy Walker (1881–1946) – Mayor of New York City Kemba Walker (born 1990) – basketball playerEli Wallach (1915–2014) – actorDonald A. Wallance – industrial designer[ 31] Fats Waller (1904–1943) – jazz pianistRudolf Wanderone (1913–1996) – professional pool playerCharles B. Wang (1944–2018) – businessman and philanthropistVera Wang (born 1949) – fashion designerBree Warren – modelRaees Warsi (born 1963) – poet, journalist, and social workerKerry Washington (born 1977) – actressDamon Wayans (born 1960) – actor and producerDwayne Wayans (born 1956) – director, producer, and writerKeenen Ivory Wayans (born 1958) – actor, director, producer, and writerKim Wayans (born 1961) – actressMarlon Wayans (born 1972) – actor and producerNadia Wayans (born 1961) – actressShawn Wayans (born 1971) – actor and producerMichael Weatherly (born 1968) – actorSigourney Weaver (born 1949) – actressBrian Wecht (born 1975) – musician, producer for Ninja Sex Party and Starbomb , and member of Game Grumps Steven Weinberg (1933–2021) – Nobel Prize-winning physicistGabriel P. Weisberg (born 1942) – art historianMalina Weissman (born 2003) – child actressTuesday Weld (born 1943) – actressT. Tileston Wells , (1865–1946) – attorney and the Romanian Consul GeneralSheck Wes (born 1998) – rapperLeslie West (1945–2020) – rock musicianMae West (1893–1980) – actressNathanael West (1903–1940) – authorEdith Wharton (1862–1937) – authorJoss Whedon (born 1964) – writer, director, producer, and composerMaggie Wheeler (born 1961) – actressSahvir Wheeler – basketball playerBilly Whitlock – blackface performerGertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875–1942) – sculptor and art patronEdward W. Whitson (1849–?) – Wisconsin State AssemblymanKristen Wiig (born 1973) – actress, comedian, and writerMatthew Wilder (born 1953) – singer and musicianCharles Wilkes (1798–1877) – naval officer and explorerLenny Wilkens (born 1937) – basketball player and coachBilly Dee Williams (born 1937) – actorVanessa L. Williams (born 1963) – singer and actressWalter Winchell (1897–1972) – newspaper and radio gossip commentatorHarry Winitsky – political activist; founding member of the Communist Party USA Dean Winters (born 1964) – actorMike Witteck (1964–1990) – football playerIra Wolfert (1908–1997) – war correspondent and writerLorande Loss Woodruff (1879-1947) - biologistGeorge Worth – born György Woittitz (1915–2006), Olympic medalist saber fencerN'Bushe Wright (born 1969) – actressJames Hood Wright (1836–1894) – businessmanTanisha Wright (born 1983) – former WNBA player and WNBA head coachWilliam H. H. Wroe (1831–1897) – member of the Wisconsin State Assembly Jason Wu (born 1982) – fashion designerCharles Wuorinen (1938–2020) – composerTimothy Weah (born 2000) – soccer playerWillie Colón (born 1950) – Salsa Singer
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Y
Z
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.
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B
Lucille Ball (1911–1989) – comedian, actress, born in Jamestown, New York Count Basie (1904–1984) – jazz pianist and band leader, born in Red Bank, New Jersey William Basinski (born 1958) – avant-garde composter, born in Austin, Texas Laura Joyce Bell (1854–1904) – contralto , wife of Digby Bell , born in London, EnglandIrving Berlin (1888–1989) – composer, lyricist, born in RussiaLeonard Bernstein (1918–1990) – conductor, born in Lawrence, Massachusetts Lewis Black (born 1948) – comedian, born in Silver Spring, Maryland C. L. Blood (1835–1908) – physician[ 33] Michael Bloomberg (born 1942) – businessman and mayor, born in Boston, Massachusetts Mary Booze (1878–1955) – first African-American woman to sit on the Republican National Committee , 1924–1948; moved to New York from Mound Bayou , Mississippi David Bowie (1947–2016) – English musician, actor, artist, born in London , England Marlon Brando Jr. (1924–2004) – actor, born in Omaha, Nebraska Brandy (born 1979) – singer, born in McComb, Mississippi Lottie Briscoe (1883–1950) – stage and silent film actress, born in St. Louis, Missouri Tom Brokaw (born 1940) – television journalist, born in Webster, South Dakota Orestes Brownson (1803–1876) – writer, abolitionist, pro-labor reformer, Catholic apologist, born in Stockbridge, Vermont David Byrne (born 1952) – musician, born in Dumbarton, Scotland
C
Sid Caesar (1922–2014) – comedian and actor, born in Yonkers Antón Cabaleiro (born 1977) – visual artist born in SpainMariah Carey (born 1969) – singer, born in Huntington, New York Wendy Carlos (born 1939) – musician, born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island Stokely Carmichael (1941–1998) – political activist, born in Port of Spain , Trinidad and TobagoArt Carney (1918–2003) – actor, born in Mount Vernon, New York Enrico Caruso (1873–1921) – opera tenor, born in Naples , ItalyWilla Cather (1876–1974) – author, born in Back Creek Valley, Virginia Connie Chung (born 1946) – television journalist, born in Washington, D.C.Madonna (born 1958) – singer-songwriter, actress, director, born in Bay City, Michigan Dick Clark (1929–2012) – TV personality and producer, born in Mount Vernon, New York Chelsea Clinton (born 1980) – daughter of President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton , born in Little Rock, Arkansas DeWitt Clinton (1769–1828) – Senator and Governor of New York , born in Napanoch , New YorkGeorge M. Cohan (1878–1942) – entertainer and songwriter, born in Providence, Rhode Island J. Cole (born 1985) – rapper, artist, born in Frankfurt, Germany Anthony Comstock (1844–1915) – reformer, born in New Canaan, Connecticut Nanette Comstock (1866–1942) – Broadway actress, born in Albany, New York Bill Cosby (born 1937) – actor and comedian, born in PhiladelphiaBilly Crawford (born 1982) – singer, born in Manila, PhilippinesFanny Crosby (1820–1915) – hymn writer, born in Southeast, New York Tom Cruise (born 1962) – actor, born in Syracuse, New York Bill Cullen (1920–1990) – radio host, born in Pittsburgh
D
Lorenzo Da Ponte (1749–1838) – 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 MississippiSylvia Day (born 1973) – author, born in Los AngelesMike Dean (born 1965) – hip hop record producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, born in HoustonMac DeMarco (born 1990) – singer-songwriter, born in Duncan, British Columbia , CanadaThomas E. Dewey (1902–1971) – Governor of New York Vin Diesel (born 1967) – actorMarlene Dietrich (1901–1992) – actress, born in Berlin, GermanyJoe DiMaggio (1914–1999) – baseball player, born in CaliforniaDavid Dinkins (1927–2020) – former Mayor of New York City , born in Trenton, New Jersey George Washington Dixon (1801–1861) – performer, newspaper editorKevin Durant (born 1988) – basketball player, born in Washington D.C.[ 34] Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) – abolitionist, born in Cordova, Maryland Francis P. Duffy (1871–1932) – priest, World War I chaplain to 69th New York Infantry Regiment , born in CanadaBob Dylan (born 1941) – singer-songwriter, born in Duluth, Minnesota
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Lee Falk (1911–1999) – cartoonist, born in St. LouisBarbara Feldon (born 1933) – writer and retired actressMillard Fillmore (1800–1874) – U.S. president, born in Summerhill, New York Bobby Fischer (1943–2008) – chess champion, born in ChicagoElla Fitzgerald (1917–1996) – jazz singer, born in Newport News, Virginia Barthold Fles (1902–1989) – Dutch-born literary agentJake Flores — comedianSteve Forbes (born 1947) – publisher, born in Morristown, New Jersey Heather Foster (born 1966) – Jamaican-born professional bodybuilderFelix Frankfurter (1882–1965) – Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States , born in Vienna, AustriaHenry Clay Frick (1849–1919) – businessman, born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
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Dave Gahan (born 1962) – Depeche Mode singer, born in Epping, Essex , United KingdomAlberta Gallatin (1861–1948) – stage and screen actress, born in Cabell County, West Virginia Greta Garbo (1905–1990) – actress, born in Stockholm, SwedenTeri Garr (1944–2024) – actress, born in Lakewood, Ohio Dizzy Gillespie (1917–1993) – jazz trumpet player, born in Cheraw, South Carolina Miguel Gómez (born 1974) – photographer, born in Bogotá, ColombiaSavannah Guthrie (born 1971) - Anchor for Today show on NBC , born in Sandringham, Victoria , Australia
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Bobby Hackett (1915–1976) – jazz musician, born in Providence, Rhode Island Thomas S. Hamblin (1800–1853) – actor, manager of the Bowery Theater Alexander Hamilton (1755–1804) – U.S. Founding Father , born in the West IndiesAlbert Hammond Jr (born 1980) – rhythm guitarist of rock band The Strokes , musician, born in Los Angeles Townsend Harris (1804–1878) – first U.S. diplomat in Japan, one of the founders of the City College of New York , born in Sandy Hill, New York Mariska Hargitay (born 1964) – actress, born in Santa Monica, California Randy Harrison (born 1977) – actor, born in New Hampshire and formerly of Alpharetta, Georgia Deborah Harry (born 1945) – singer, actress, born in Union City, New Jersey Francis L. Hawks (1798–1866) – politician; priest, Episcopal Church ; born in New Bern , North CarolinaCarlton Hayes (1882–1964) – history professor at Columbia University , ambassador to Spain, born in Afton , New YorkAshton Hayward (born 1969) – former mayor of Pensacola , born in Pensacola, Florida O. Henry (1862–1910) – author, born in Greensboro, North Carolina Tommy Hilfiger (born 1951) – fashion designer, born in Elmira, New York Herman Hollerith (1860–1929) – inventor, born in Buffalo, New York Lester Holt (born 1959) — journalist and news anchor for the weekday edition of NBC Nightly News and Dateline NBC , born in San FranciscoIan Hornak (1944–2002) – realist painter, born in PhiladelphiaHarry Houdini (1874–1926) – legendary illusionist and escape artist; born in Budapest, HungaryMatt Hoyle - Photographer, previously lived in Los Angeles and AustraliaLangston Hughes (1901–1967) – poet, born in Joplin, Missouri
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Kyrie Irving (born 1992) – basketball player, born in Australia, grew up in New Jersey
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Janet Jackson (born 1966) – singer, born in Gary, Indiana Jane Jacobs (1916–2006) – economist, urban theorist, and activistJonTron (born 1990) – YouTuber , co-creator of Game Grumps Rancho Palos Verdes, California Kamara James (1984–2014) – Olympic fencer, born in Kingston, JamaicaKevin James (born 1965) – actor, born in Mineola, New York Joe Solomon (1930–2023) — cricketer, born in Port Mourant , Berbice, British Guiana Peter Jennings (1938–2005) – television journalist, born in Toronto, Ontario, CanadaDerek Jeter (born 1974) – baseball player, born in New JerseyWeijia Jiang (born 1983)- reporter for WCBS-TV , now at CBS News in Washington, born in Xiamen , Fujian, ChinaPaddy Johnson – art critic
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Gabriel Kahane – musician, born in Venice Beach, California Tim Keller (1950–2023) – speaker, pastor, born in Lehigh, PennsylvaniaRobert F. Kennedy (1925–1968) – U.S. Attorney General and U.S. Senator, born in Brookline, Massachusetts Tom Kennedy (1927–2020) – game show hostJack Kerouac (1922–1969) – writer most famously associated with the [Beat movement]Kiesza (born 1989) (full name Kiesza Rae Ellestad) – musician, dancer, and multi-instrumentalist, born in Calgary , Alberta , CanadaLisa Kudrow (born 1963) – actress, born in Encino, California Howard Kyle (1861–1950) – actor and founding member of Actors' Equity , born in Shullsburg, Wisconsin
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Kirke La Shelle (1862–1905) – playwright and theatrical producer, born in Wyoming, Illinois Lachi – singer-songwriter, born in Towson, Maryland John Layfield (born 1966) – professional wrestler, born in Sweetwater, Texas Heath Ledger (1979–2008) – Australian actorAmy Lee (born 1981) – singer, born in Riverside, California Spike Lee (born 1957) – film director and actor, born in AtlantaJohn Lennon (1940–1980) – Singer, Songwriter, Activist. Lennon has a memorial in New York's Central Park . The memorial is named after The Beatles song Strawberry Fields Forever .Pierre Lorillard IV (1833–1901) – tobacco mogul, born in Westchester , New YorkMike Lupica (born 1952) – journalist, author, born in Oneida, New York Fran Lebowitz (born 1950) – author and public speaker, born in Morristown, New Jersey
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Ralph Macchio (born 1961) – actor, born on Long IslandAli MacGraw (born 1939) – actress, born in Pound Ridge, New York Earl Manigault (1944–1998) – basketball player, born in Charleston, South Carolina Mickey Mantle (1931–1995) – baseball Hall of Famer, born in Spavinaw, Oklahoma Dean Martin (1917–1995) – singer and actor, born in OhioRicky Martin (born 1971) – singer, born in Puerto RicoJackie Mason (1928–2021) – comedian and actor, born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin Jan Matulka (1890–1972) – painter, born in Vlachovo Březí , Czech RepublicWillie Mays (1931–2024) – baseball Hall of Famer, born in AlabamaMike McAlary (1957–1998) – Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, born in HonoluluJohn McCloskey (1810–1885) – first American-born cardinal, born in Brooklyn Rue McClanahan (1934–2010) – theater, television, and movie actress, born in OklahomaLinda McCartney (1941–1998) – photographer, wife of Beatle Paul McCartney John McEnroe (born 1959) – tennis player and TV commentator, born in GermanyZubin Mehta (born 1936) – orchestra conductor, born in Bombay , IndiaScott Mescudi (born 1984) – rapper, singer, songwriter, born in ClevelandSeth Meyers (born 1973) – comedian, actor, and television personality, born in Evanston, Illinois Adi Meyerson (born 1991) – jazz bassist, born in San Francisco, California Bette Midler (born 1945) – singer and actress, born in HonoluluNicki Minaj (born 1982) − rapper and actress, born in Port of Spain , Trinidad and Tobago Liza Minnelli (born 1946) – actress and singer, born in Hollywood, Los Angeles The Misshapes – DJs and party hostsMiyawaki (born 1990) – Singer-songwriter musicianMoondog (born Louis Hardin; 1916–1999) – eccentric street musician and poet, born in KansasGarry Moore (1915–1993) – television show host and producer, born in BaltimoreJohn Pierpont Morgan (1837–1913) – businessman, born in Hartford, Connecticut Robert Moses (1888–1981) – NYC urban planner and developer, born in New Haven, Connecticut Andrew M. Murstein (born 1964) – taxi executive, founder of Medallion FinancialFabrizio Moretti (born 1980) – drummer of rock band The Strokes , musician, born in Brazil
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Soledad O'Brien (born 1966) – television journalist, born in Saint James, New York John Joseph O'Connor (1920–2000) – Roman Catholic Cardinal Archbishop of New York, born in Philadelphia , PennsylvaniaRosie O'Donnell (born 1962) – actress and television personality, born on Long IslandMary-Kate and Ashley Olsen (born 1986) – actresses and fashion designers, born in Sherman Oaks, California Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929–1994) – First Lady of United States, born in Southampton, New York Yoko Ono (born 1933) – artist and singer-songwriter, born in Tokyo, JapanHaley Joel Osment (born 1988) – actor, born in Los AngelesGinny Owens (born 1975) – singer-songwriter, author and blogger, born in Jackson, Mississippi
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Charlie Parker (1920–1955) – musician in jazz, considered one of the greatest musicians of all timeSarah Jessica Parker (born 1965) – 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 , IsraelJames Patterson (born 1947) – authorKira Peikoff (born 1985) – novelist and journalistRonald Perelman (born 1943) – investor, owner of Revlon , born in Greensboro, North Carolina [ 37] Itzhak Perlman (born 1945) – violinist, born in Jaffa, Israel David Hyde Pierce (born 1959) – actor, born in Saratoga Springs, New York Alban W. Purcell (c. 1843 – 1913) – stage actor, born in Wadsworth, Ohio Mihajlo Pupin (1858–1935) physicist, born in Idvor , Austrian Empire
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Daniel Radcliffe (born 1989) – born in Fulham , London, England, United KingdomJohnny Ramone (1948–2004) – born on Long IslandAyn Rand (1905–1982) – Russian-born novelist and philosopherTony Randall (1920–2004) – actor, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma Susan Wu Rathbone (1921–2019) – Chinese-born community leader[ 38] Dan Rather (born 1931) – television news anchor, born in Wharton, Texas Ryan Reynolds (born 1976) – actor; born in Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaRaven-Symoné (born 1985) – actress and singer; born in AtlantaJohn D. Rockefeller (1839–1937) – businessman, born in Richford, New York Richard Rodgers (1902–1979) – composer, born on Long IslandAndrew Rooney (1919–2011) – CBS 60 Minutes Albany, New York Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945) – U.S. president, born in Hyde Park, New York Dräco Rosa (born 1969) – composer, singer, and actor, born on Long IslandDamon Runyon (1880–1946) – journalist and playwright, born in Manhattan, Kansas Babe Ruth (1895–1948) – professional baseball player, born in BaltimoreWinona Ryder (born 1971) - actress, born in Winona County, Minnesota
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Samia (born 1996) – musicianTelly Savalas (1922–1994) – actor, born on Long IslandMenachem Mendel Schneersohn (1789–1866) – rabbi, leader of Chabad hasidic movement, born in Nikolaiv , Russian EmpirePatti Scialfa (born 1953) – singer-songwriter and guitaristAmy Sedaris (born 1961) – actress, author, and comedianDavid Sedaris (born 1956) — comedian and authorChloë Sevigny (born 1974) – actress, director, and fashion icon, born in Darien, ConnecticutJean Shafiroff – philanthropist and socialiteElizabeth Shepley Sergeant (1881–1965) – journalist and writer, born in Winchester, Massachusetts Fulton J. Sheen (1895–1979) – Catholic bishop, author, TV show host, born in El Paso, Illinois Abraham Shiplacoff – Jewish-American trade union organizer and left wing political activist, born in Chernihiv , UkraineAlana Shipp – American/Israeli IFBB professional bodybuilderRyan Shore (born 1974) – composer, songwriter, and conductorBobby Short (1924–2005) – jazz musician, born in Danville, Illinois Joel Siegel (1943–2007) – film critic, born in Los AngelesPaul Simon (born 1941) – singer-songwriter, born in Newark Heights, New JerseyFrank Sinatra (1915–1998) – singer and actor, born in Hoboken, New Jersey Upton Sinclair (1878–1968) – author, born in BaltimorePatti Smith (born 1946) – singer and poet, born in ChicagoKevin Spacey (born 1959) – actor, director, writer, producer, and comedianRegina Spektor (born 1980) – singer-songwriter, born in Moscow, RussiaFrancis Spellman (1889–1967) – Roman Catholic Cardinal Archbishop of New York, born in Whitman, Massachusetts Bruce Springsteen (born 1949) – singer-songwriter, guitarist, and humanitarianDylan Sprouse (born 1992) – actor, entrepreneur, born in Arezzo, Italy George Steinbrenner (1930–2010) – New York Yankees owner, born in Bay Village, Ohio Wilhelm Steinitz (1836–1900) – world chess champion, born in Prague, Czech RepublicMartha Stewart (born 1941) – designer and TV personality, born in Jersey City, New Jersey Sting (born 1951) – musician, born in EnglandShontelle (born 1985) — singer and songwriterEmma Stone (born 1988) – actress, born in Scottsdale, Arizona Michael Strahan (born 1971) – actor, television personality, and retired football player, born in HoustonMeryl Streep (born 1949) – actress, born in Summit, New Jersey Peter Stuyvesant (1610–1672) – Governor of New Netherland , born in Peperga , NetherlandsTaylor Swift (born 1989) – singer-songwriter
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Eva Tanguay (1878–1947) – vaudeville singer and comedian, born in QuebecNikola Tesla (1856–1943) – inventor, engineer and futurist, born in Smiljan , Austrian EmpirePankit Thakker (born 1981) – actorSamuel J. Tilden (1814–1886) – presidential candidate, born in New Lebanon, New York Daniel D. Tompkins (1774–1825) – U.S. vice president, born in Westchester County, New York Frederick Trump (1869–1918) – German-born businessmanMelania Trump (born 1970) – 45th and 47th First Lady of the United States and model, born in Novo Mesto , Yugoslavia[ 39]
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Rufus Wainwright (born 1973) – musician, born in Rhinebeck, New York John Evangelist Walsh (1927–2015) – writer and historian, editor of the Reader's Digest Bible Barbara Walters (1929–2022) – TV journalist and personality, born in BostonDean Wareham (born 1963) – singer-songwriter, born in New ZealandAndy Warhol (1928–1987) – artist, born in PittsburghDenzel Washington (born 1954) – actor, born in Mount Vernon, New York Walt Whitman (1819–1892) – poet and author, born in West Hills, New York Olivia Wilde (born 1984) – actressBarney Williams (1824–1876) – Irish-born comedianJayson Williams (born 1968) – basketball player, born in Ritter, South CarolinaKate Winslet (born 1975) – actress, born in Reading Berkshire, EnglandChristopher Woodrow (born 1977) – movie producer, born in Syracuse, New York Jason Wu (born 1982) – fashion designer
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Malcolm X (El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz; 1925–1965) – American Muslim, Civil human rights activist
See also
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