List of people from New York (state)
State Flag of New York Location of New York in the U.S. map The following is a list of prominent people who were born in/lived in or around the U.S. state of New York , or for whom New York is a significant part of their identity.
Government and politics
Presidents
Martin Van Buren Millard Fillmore Chester A. Arthur Grover Cleveland Theodore Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt Donald Trump
Vice presidents
Nelson Rockefeller
Governors
DeWitt Clinton (1769–1828), 6th Governor of New York, built the Erie Canal Andrew Cuomo (born 1957), 56th Governor of New York , praised for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic , but forced into resigning amid sexual harassment allegations Mario Cuomo (1932–2015), 52nd Governor of New York, father of Andrew CuomoHoward Dean (born 1948), former Governor of Vermont (1991–2003), and 2004 Democratic candidate for presidentThomas E. Dewey (1902–1971), 47th Governor of New York, Republican nominee for president in 1944 and 1948 Charles Evans Hughes (1862–1948), 36th Governor of New York, Secretary of State, 11th Chief Justice of the United States and 1916 Republican presidential nomineeKathy Hochul (born 1958), 57th (incumbent) Governor of New York, and first woman to hold that positionJohn Jay (1745–1829), 1st Chief Justice of the United States, 2nd Governor of New York, and 8th President of the Continental Congress David Paterson (born 1954), 55th Governor of New York, first African American governor and lieutenant governor of New YorkGeorge Pataki (born 1945), 53rd Governor of New York, governor during the 9/11 attacks L. Bradford Prince (1810–1886), Governor of New Mexico Territory and member of New York's state assembly and state senate Horatio Seymour (1810–1886), 18th Governor of New York and 1868 Democratic presidential nomineeAl Smith (1873–1944), 42nd Governor of New York and 1928 Democratic presidential candidateSamuel J. Tilden (1814–1886), 25th Governor of New York and 1876 Republican presidential candidate
Senators
Chuck Schumer Barbara Boxer (born 1940), longtime United States Senator from California (1993–2017) – New York City Hillary Clinton (born 1947), former United States Secretary of State (2009–2013), New York Senator (2000–2009), and former First Lady (1993–2000), 2016 Democratic nominee for president – Chappaqua Roscoe Conkling (1829–1888), New York Senator (1867–1881) and leader of the Stalwart faction of the Republican Party – Albany Al Franken (born 1951), Minnesota Senator (2009–2018) – New York CityKirsten Gillibrand (born 1966), New York Senator since 2009 – AlbanyBob Menendez (born 1954), New Jersey Senator since 2006 – New York CityChris Murphy (born 1973), former Congressman (2007–2013) and current Connecticut Senator since 2013 – White Plains Bernie Sanders (born 1941), Vermont Senator since 2007, former Mayor of Burlington, Vermont (1981–1989) and 2016 and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate – Brooklyn Chuck Schumer (born 1950), Democratic Leader of the United States Senate since 2017 and long-time New York Senator since 1999 cousin of comedian Amy Schumer – BrooklynRobert F. Wagner (1877–1953), New York Senator (1927–1949) – Manhattan
Mayors
Eric Adams (born 1960), 110th (incumbent) Mayor of New York CityBill de Blasio (born 1961), 109th Mayor of New York City (2014-2021)Michael Bloomberg (born 1942), 108th Mayor of New York City (2002–2013)Rudy Giuliani (born 1944), 107th Mayor of New York City (1994–2001), mayor during the 9/11 attacks David Dinkins (1927–2020), 106th Mayor of New York City (1990-1993), first African-American Mayor of New York CityEd Koch (1924–2013) 105th Mayor of New York City (1978–1989)Fiorello La Guardia (1882–1947), 99th Mayor of New York City (1934–1945)John Lindsay (1921–2000), 103rd Mayor of New York City (1966–1973)Stephanus Van Cortlandt (1643–1700), 17th, and first native-born, mayor of New York City (1677–1678 and 1686–1688)Robert Anderson Van Wyck (1849–1918), 91st Mayor of New York City (1898–1901), first Mayor post-consolidationRobert F. Wagner Jr. (1910–1991), 102nd Mayor of New York City (1954–1965)Jimmy Walker (1881–1946), flamboyant 97th Mayor of New York City (1926–1932) forced into resigning by the Seabury Commission
Other politicians
Parmenio Adams (1776–1832), sheriff and US congressman [ 1] Alan Bersin (born 1946) - President Obama's "Border Czar," US Attorney for the Southern District of California , California Secretary of Education, Commissioner of US Customs and Border Protection , US Department of Homeland Security Secretary for International Affairs, and INTERPOL vice president[ 2] Alessandra Biaggi (born 1986), New York State Senator Mario Biaggi (1917–2015), decorated policeman and US congressmanShirley Chisholm (1924–2005), US congresswoman and 1972 Democratic presidential candidateJohn "J.J." Dewey (1822–1891), territorial legislator in Minnesota[ 3] August Dietrich , member of the Wisconsin State Assembly William H. Donaldson (1931–2024), 27th Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Asaph Elston (1845–1914), member of the Wisconsin State Assembly Geraldine Ferraro (1935–2011), US congresswoman from New York and first female vice presidential candidate of a major political party in 1984Alexander Hamilton (1757–1804), first US secretary of the treasury Zach Iscol (born 1978), US Marine Corps veteran, entrepreneur, candidate in the 2021 New York City Comptroller election [ 4] Boris Johnson (born 1964), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Lazarus Joseph (1891–1966), NY state senator and New York City Comptroller Jack Kemp (1935–2009), NFL football player for the Buffalo Bills , secretary of housing under President George H. W. Bush , and 1996 Republican nominee for vice president under Bob Dole Caroline Kennedy (born 1957), former U.S. ambassador to Japan (2013–2017), and daughter of former president John F. Kennedy and former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis William Loeb Jr. (1866–1937), secretary to President Theodore RooseveltJoseph McGoldrick (1901–1978), NYC comptroller and NY state residential rent control commissioner, lawyer, and professorHarvey Milk (1930–1978), first openly gay person to be elected to public office in CaliforniaMazi Melesa Pilip , Ethiopian-born American politicianWilliam M. Tweed (1823–1878), known as "Boss" Tweed; Grand Sachem of Tammany Hall
First Ladies
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Barbara Bush (1925–2018), First Lady of the United States as the wife of George H. W. Bush Rose Cleveland (1846–1918), First Lady of the United States as the wife of Grover Cleveland Abigail Fillmore (1798–1853), First Lady of the United States as the wife of Millard Fillmore Mary Arthur McElroy (1841–1917), acting First Lady of the United States as the sister of Chester A. Arthur Elizabeth Monroe (1768–1830), First Lady of the United States as the wife of James Monroe Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929–1994), First Lady of the United States as the wife of John F. Kennedy Frances Cleveland (1864–1947), First Lady of the United States as the wife of Grover ClevelandNancy Reagan (1921–2016), First Lady of the United States as the wife of Ronald Reagan Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962), First Lady of the United States as the wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt Julia Gardiner Tyler (1820–1889), First Lady of the United States as the wife of John Tyler Priscilla Cooper Tyler (1816–1889), First Lady of the United States as the wife of John Tyler
Entertainment
Woody Allen Lauren Bacall Alec Baldwin Lucille Ball Anne Bancroft Humphrey Bogart James Caan James Cagney Chevy Chase Tom Cruise Tony Curtis Sammy Davis Jr. Robert De Niro Kirk Douglas Robert Downey Jr. Mel Gibson Whoopi Goldberg Rita Hayworth Scarlett Johansson Danny Kaye Burt Lancaster Spike Lee Eddie Murphy Al Pacino Regis Philbin Sylvester Stallone Howard Stern Denzel Washington Mae West George Abbott (1887–1995), stage producerEva Allen Alberti (1856–1938), dramatics teacherGia Allemand (1983–2013), actressWoody Allen (born 1935), actor, director, and writerJune Allyson (1917–2006), actressTyler Alvarez (born 1997), actorMichael Angarano (born 1987), actorDiane Arbus (1923–1971), photographerMoisés Arias (born 1994), actorAlan Arkin (1934–2023), actorAlison Arngrim (born 1962), actress and comedianRosanna Arquette (born 1959), actressJean Arthur (1900–1991), actressJake T. Austin (born 1994), actorAwkwafina (born 1988), actress, rapper, and comedianLauren Bacall (1924–2014), actressMorena Baccarin (born 1979), Brazilian-born actress[ 5] Alec Baldwin (born 1958), actor, producer, and comedianDaniel Baldwin (born 1960), actor, director, and producerStephen Baldwin (born 1966), actor, author, and producerWilliam Baldwin (born 1963), actor, producer, and writerLucille Ball (1911–1989), actressAnne Bancroft (1931–2005), actressJoseph Barbera (1911–2006), animator, producer, and directorMikhail Baryshnikov (born 1948), ballet dancerFrances Bavier (1902–1989), actorBarbara Bel Geddes (1922–2005), actressWilliam Bendix (1906–1964), actorConstance Bennett (1904–1965), actressMatt Bennett (born 1991), actorMabelle Biggart (1861–unknown), dramatic reader, preacherYasmine Bleeth (born 1968), actressCorbin Bleu (born 1989), actor, model, singer-songwriter, dancer, and film producerJoan Blondell (1906–1979), actressNikki Blonsky (born 1988), actressAnn Blyth (born 1928), actressHumphrey Bogart (1899–1957), actorShirley Booth (1898–1992), actressClara Bow (1905–1965), actressAbigail Breslin (born 1996), actressSpencer Breslin (born 1992), actorRichard Bright (1937–2006), actorMatthew Broderick (born 1962), actorAdrien Brody (born 1973), actorMel Brooks (born 1926), actor, producer, and directorSteve Buscemi (born 1957), actor, comedian, and directorEdd Byrnes (1932–2020), actorJames Caan (1940–2022), actorJames Cagney (1899–1986), actorJeanne Cagney (1919–1984), actressWilliam Cagney (1905–1988), actorNéstor Carbonell (born 1967), actor and directorRichard S. Castellano (1933–1988), actorDavid Castro (born 1996), actorRaquel Castro (born 1994), actress, singer, and songwriterHarrison Chad (born 1992), actor and voice actorJeff Chandler (1918–1961), actorChevy Chase (born 1943), actor and comedianRuth Chatterton (1892–1961), actressJames Coco (1930–1987), actorClaudette Colbert (1903–1996), actressJennifer Connelly (born 1970), actress and modelElizabeth Marney Conner (1856–unknown), dramatic readerKevin Conroy (1955–2022), actor and voice actorFrancis Ford Coppola (born 1939), film director, producer, and screenwriterKevin Corrigan (born 1969), actorBilly Crudup (born 1968), actorTom Cruise (born 1962), actorJon Cryer (born 1965), actor, screenwriter, television director, and film producerBilly Crystal (born 1948), actorKieran Culkin (born 1982), actorMacaulay Culkin (born 1980), actor, Kevin McAllister from Home Alone Rory Culkin (born 1989), actorTony Curtis (1925–2010), actorAlexandra Daddario (born 1986), actressMatthew Daddario (born 1987), actorClaire Danes (born 1979), actressRodney Dangerfield (1921–2004), comedian and actorMarion Davies (1897–1961), actressSammy Davis Jr. (1925–1990), actor and singerAgnes de Mille (1905–1993), dancer and choreographerRobert De Niro (born 1943), actorWilly DeVille (1950–2009), singerDon Diamont (born 1962), actorGuillermo Díaz (born 1975), Cuban-American actorVin Diesel (born 1967), actor, producer, director, and screenwriterElla Dietz (1847–1920), actress, poetTaye Diggs (born 1971), actorMatt Dillon (born 1964), actorTroy Donahue (1936–2001), actorKether Donohue (born 1985), actress and singerKirk Douglas (1916–2020), actor and father of Michael DouglasMichael Douglas (born 1944), actor, producer, and son of Kirk DouglasRobert Downey Jr. (born 1965), actorRobert Downey Sr. (1936–2021), actor, filmmaker, and father of Robert Downey Jr.Fran Drescher (born 1957), actressLena Dunham (born 1986), actress, filmmaker, and writerJimmy Durante (1893–1980), entertainer, actor, singer, and comedianJesse Eisenberg (born 1983), actorOmar Epps (born 1973), actorPeter Falk (1927–2011), actorAlice Faye (1915–1998), actressJane Fonda (born 1937), actressSpencer Fox (born 1993), actorJames Gandolfini (1961–2013), actor and producerJohn Garfield (1913–1952), actorBen Gazzara (1930–2012), actorSarah Michelle Gellar (born 1977), actressRichard Genelle (1961–2008), actorMel Gibson (born 1956), American-born Australian/Irish actor and filmmakerJackie Gleason (1916–1987), actorPaulette Goddard (1910–1990), actressWhoopi Goldberg (born 1955), actress, comedian, and co-host of ABC 's The View Cuba Gooding Jr. (born 1968), Academy Award -winning actorElliott Gould (born 1938), actorJennifer Grey (born 1960), actressJason Griffith (born 1980), voice actorA. R. Gurney (1930–2017), playwrightMaggie Gyllenhaal (born 1977), actressEstelle Harris (1928–2022), actress, voice actress, and comedianJonathan Harris (1914–2002), actorHurd Hatfield (1917–1998), actorAnne Hathaway (born 1982), actressMaya Hawke (born 1998), actress, model and singer-songwriterSusan Hayward (1917–1975), actressRita Hayworth (1918–1987), actressMax Hechtman (born 1997), filmmaker, video editor, and videographerKathleen Herles (born 1990), voice actressPhilip Seymour Hoffman (1967–2014), actorJudy Holliday (1921–1965), actressWhitney Houston (1963–2012), singer, actress, producer, and modelSarah Hyland (born 1990), actressSkai Jackson (born 2002), actressRick Jason (1923–2000), actorScarlett Johansson (born 1984), actress, model, and singerJason Harris Katz (born 1969), voice actor and television hostDanny Kaye (1911–1987), actor, singerJack Kelly (1927–1992), actorMoira Kelly (born 1968), actressMorgana King (1930–2018), singer and actressWayne Knight (born 1955), actor, voice artist, and comedianRicki Lake (born 1968), actress, talk-show hostVeronica Lake (1922–1973), actressAdam Lamberg (born 1984), actorBurt Lancaster (1913–1994), actorMichael Landon (1936–1991), actorLinda Larkin (born 1970), actress and voice actressFredric Lebow (born 1956), screenwriterPeyton Elizabeth Lee (born 2004), actressSpike Lee (born 1957), director, producerMelissa Leo (born 1960), actressLaura Linney John Lithgow (born 1945), actor, comedianAliana Lohan (born 1993), actress, singer and sister of actors Lindsay and Michael Lohan Jr.Lindsay Lohan (born 1986), actress, singer and sister of actors Ali and Michael Lohan Jr.Kristanna Loken (born 1979), actressSeth MacFarlane (born 1973), actor, writer, producer, and creator of Family Guy Steele MacKaye (1842–1894), playwright and actorJohn Marley (1907–1984), actorVincent Martella (born 1992), actorJohn Martino (born 1937), actor[ 6] [ 7] Lee Marvin (1924–1987), actorJames Maslow (born 1990), actor, singer, and dancerAlanna Masterson (born 1988), actressChristopher Masterson (born 1980), actorDanny Masterson (born 1976), actorWalter Matthau (1920–2000), actorAl Matthews (1942–2018), actor and singerJulianna Rose Mauriello (born 1991), actress and dancerEaddy Mays , actressJesse McCartney (born 1987), actor, singer-songwriterThomas McDonell (born 1986), actorMichael McKean (born 1947), comedian, actor and musicianCaleb McLaughlin (born 2001), actorEthel Merman (1908–1984), actor and singerLea Michele (born 1986), actress and singerArthur Miller (1915–2005), playwrightLenny Montana (1926–1992), actor and professional wrestler[ 8] [ 9] Robert Montgomery (1904–1981), actorCharlie Murphy (1959–2017), actor and comedianChad Michael Murray (born 1981), actorJack Nicholson (born 1937), actor and filmmakerDylan O'Brien (born 1991), actorCameron Ocasio (born 1999), actorJerry O'Connell (born 1974), actorEugene O'Neill (1888–1953), playwrightLane Shi Otayonii , musicianAl Pacino (born 1940), actorHayden Panettiere (born 1989), actress, model, singer, and activistJansen Panettiere (born 1994), actor and voice actorConnor Paolo (born 1990), actorCorey Parker (born 1965), actorGeorge A. Parkhurst (1841–1890), actorJosh Peck (born 1986), actorAmanda Peet (born 1972), actress and writerNicola Peltz (born 1995), actressWill Peltz (born 1986), actorAnthony Perkins (1932–1992), actorRegis Philbin (1931–2020), actor, singer, and television personalityPriscilla Presley (born 1945), actress and business magnateFátima Ptacek (born 2000), actress and voice actressBill Pullman (born 1953), actorMae Questel (1908–1998), actressGeorge Raft (1901–1980), actorGene Anthony Ray (1962–2003), actorNancy Reagan (1921–2016), actress and former First Lady of the United States Alan Reed (1907–1977), actor and voice artistChristopher Reeve (1952–2004), actorTara Reid (born 1975), actressLeah Remini (born 1970), actressAlfonso Ribeiro (born 1971), actor, television director, dancer, and television personality; host of America's Funniest Home Videos season 19 winner of Dancing with the Stars Thelma Ritter (1902–1969), actressEmma Roberts (born 1991), actress and singerEdward G. Robinson (1893–1973), actorRay Romano (born 1957), actor, comedianSaoirse Ronan (born 1994), American-born Irish actressMickey Rooney (1920–2014), actorEmmy Rossum (born 1986), actress, singer-songwriterMickey Rourke (born 1952), actor, screenwriter, and retired boxerPaul Rudd (born 1969), actor, comedian, writer, and producerGianni Russo , actor, singer, and restaurateur[ 10] Ernie Sabella (born 1949), actor and voice actorZoe Saldana (born 1978), American-Dominican actress and dancerRuben Santiago-Hudson (born 1956), actor and playwrightBen Schwartz (born 1981), actor, comedian, and writerMartin Scorsese (born 1942), directorGeorge Segal (1934–2021), actorMatthew Senreich (born 1974), screenwriterCharlie Sheen (born 1965), actorTalia Shire (née Coppola), actressSylvia Sidney (1910–1999), actressChristian Slater (born 1969), actorJamil Walker Smith (born 1982), actorKevin Spacey (born 1959), actor, film director, producer, screenwriter, and singerSylvester Stallone (born 1946), actor, screenwriter, producer, and directorBarbara Stanwyck (1907–1990), actorRod Steiger (1925–2002), actorHoward Stern (born 1954), actor, radio and television personality, author, and photographerBen Stiller (born 1965), actor, comedian, and filmmakerOliver Stone (born 1946), directorBeatrice Straight (1914–2001), actressLee Strasberg (1901–1982), Polish-born actor, director, and theatre practitionerMeryl Streep (born 1949) actressDavid Strickland (1969–1999), actorKevin Sussman (born 1970), actor and comedianVeronica Taylor (born 1978), voice actressBenj Thall (born 1978), actorLeon Thomas III (born 1993), actorCharlotte Thompson (1843–1898), actressGene Tierney (1920–1991), actressAshley Tisdale (born 1985), actress, singer, and producerMichelle Trachtenberg (born 1985), actressClaire Trevor (1910–2000), actressJohn Turturro (born 1958), American-Italian actor, writer, and filmmakerAbe Vigoda (1921–2016), actorDenzel Washington (born 1954), Academy Award-winning actorKerry Washington (born 1977), actressMichael Weatherly (born 1968), actor and directorScott Weinger (born 1975), actor, voice actor, writer, and producerTuesday Weld (born 1943), actressTom Welling (born 1977), actor, director, producer, and modelMing-Na Wen (born 1963), Macau-born actress and model[ 11] [ 12] Mae West (1893–1980), actorKristen Wiig (born 1973), actressOlivia Wilde (born 1984), actressTylen Jacob Williams (born 2001), actorTyler James Williams (born 1992), actorTyrel Jackson Williams (born 1997), actorZelda Williams (born 1989), actress; daughter of late comedian and actor Robin Williams Lanford Wilson (1937–2011), playwrightApril Winchell (born 1960), actressPaul Winchell (1922–2005), actor and comedianAlex Wolff (born 1997), actor, musician, and composerNick Zano (born 1978), actorTalia Ryder (born 2002), actress
Rodney Dangerfield Jimmy Fallon The Marx Brothers Don Rickles Joan Rivers Jerry Seinfeld Pamela Adlon (born 1966), actress, voice actress, producer, and directorCarlos Alazraqui (born 1962), actor and comedianWoody Allen (born 1935), comedian, screenwriter, director, actor, author, playwright, and musicianDesmond Amofah (1990–2019), YouTuber better known as EtikaAlec Baldwin (born 1958), actor, comedian, and producerLucille Ball (1911–1989), comedian, actressMike Bocchetti (born 1961), stand-up comedian and radio personalityZach Braff (born 1975), actor, comedian, director, screenwriter, and producerAlyson Cambridge (born 1980), operatic soprano and classical music, jazz, and American popular song singerMichael Carbonaro (born 1982), actor and magicianEddie Carmel , born Oded Ha-Carmeili (1936–1972), Israeli-born entertainer with gigantism and acromegaly, popularly known as "The Jewish Giant"George Carlin (1937–2008), comedian and actorMichael Cole (born 1968), WWE announcerPete Davidson (born 1993), comedian and actorPhilip DeFranco (born 1985), YouTuber and video bloggerDanny DeVito (born 1944), comedian, actor, producer, and directorJohn DiMaggio (born 1968), actor and comedianJimmy Fallon (born 1974), comedian, actor, and television hostNika Futterman (born 1969), actress, voice actress, comedian, and singerCurly Howard (1903–1952), comedian, vaudevillian actor, and member of The Three Stooges Moe Howard (1897–1975), actor, comedian, and member of the Three StoogesKevin James (born 1965), comedian, actor, screenwriter, and producerColin Jost (born 1982), comedian, actor and writerJWoww (real name Jennifer Farley) (born 1986), reality television personalityDaniel Keem (born 1982), YouTuber better known as KeemstarTom Kenny (born 1962), actor, comedian, voice of SpongeBob SquarePants Jimmy Kimmel (born 1967), comedian, producer, voice actor, musician, and television personalityJay Leno (born 1950), comedian, former host of The Tonight Show Demetri Martin (born 1973), comedianChico Marx (1887–1961), vaudeville comedian with the Marx Brothers Groucho Marx (1890–1977), vaudeville comedian with the Marx BrothersGummo Marx (1892–1977), vaudeville comedian with the Marx BrothersHarpo Marx (1888–1964), vaudeville comedian with the Marx BrothersZeppo Marx (1901–1979), vaudeville comedian with the Marx BrothersJackie Mason (1928–2021), comedian and actorKate McKinnon (born 1984), comedienne, actress, and voice actressEddie Murphy (born 1961), comedian, actor, writer, singer, producer, and voice actorRosie O'Donnell (born 1962), comedian, actress, and television personalityJordan Peele (born 1979), comedian, actor, film director, and screenwriterMelissa Rauch (born 1980), comedian and actressKevin Michael Richardson (born 1964), actor and voice actorAdam Richman (born 1974), television personalityDon Rickles (1926–2017), comedianJoan Rivers (1933–2014), actress and comedianChris Rock (born 1965), comedian and actorAdam Sandler (born 1966), comedian, actor, screenwriter, film producer, and musicianAdam Savage (born 1967), co-host of MythBusters Amy Schumer (born 1981), stand-up comedian and actressJerry Seinfeld (born 1954), comedian and actorJudy Sheindlin (born 1942), lawyer and television personality (Judge Judy Rowena Granice Steele (1824–1901), performer, writerMartha Stewart (born 1941), businesswoman, writer, chef, and television personalityJon Stewart (born 1962), comedian, actor, writer, producer, director, media critic, and television personality; former host of The Daily Show Fred Tatasciore (born 1967), voice actorJohn Valby (born 1944), comedian and musician
Singers and instrumentalists
Christina Aguilera Tony Bennett Maria Callas Mariah Carey Lana Del Rey Neil Diamond Lady Gaga Art Garfunkel and Paul Simon George Gershwin Billy Joel Jennifer Lopez Idina Menzel Barbra Streisand Steven Tyler Aaliyah (1979–2001), singer, actress, model, and dancerChristina Aguilera (born 1980), singer-songwriter, and actressVinnie Amico , drummerFiona Apple (born 1977), singerArcángel , reggaeton singerHarold Arlen (1905–1986), composerAshanti (born 1980), singerAdrienne Bailon (born 1983), singerDavid Baker , singerChris Barnes (born 1967), musicianCount Basie (1904–1984), jazz musicianBryan Bautista (born 1992), Dominican-American pop singer and contestant on NBC 's The Voice season 10 Jay Beckenstein (born 1951), saxophonistMadison Beer (born 1999), singerPat Benatar (born 1953), singerTony Bennett (1926–2023), jazz singerMary J. Blige (born 1971), singer-songwriter, and actressJon Bon Jovi (born 1962), singer-songwriter, record producer, philanthropist, and actor (Bon Jovi )Laura Branigan (1952–2004), singerKeith Buckley (born 1979), musicianClem Burke (born 1955), musician and drummer (Blondie )Maria Callas (1923–1977), opera singerMariah Carey (born 1969), pop and R&B singer-songwriterVanessa Carlton (born 1980), pop singer-songwriterBlue Ivy Carter (born 2012), singerPeter Case (born 1954), singer-songwriterPeter Cincotti (born 1983), singer-songwriter, and pianistCoko (born 1973), singer (SWV )John Coltrane (1926–1967), jazz musicianAaron Copland (1900–1990), composerWarren Cuccurullo (born 1956), rock guitaristVic Dana (born 1942), singerDawin (full name Dawin Polanco; born 1990), hip hop-R&B singer-songwriter and record producerBlossom Dearie (1924–2009), jazz singer and pianistLana Del Rey (born 1985), singer-songwriterRob Derhak (born 1968), bass guitaristLance Diamond (1945–2015), singerNeil Diamond (born 1941), singer-songwriterAni DiFranco (born 1970), singer-songwriterJonathan Donahue (born 1966), rock musicianJoAnn Falletta (born 1954), classical guitarist and orchestral conductorMorton Feldman (1926–1987), composerElla Fitzgerald (1918–1996), singerJohn Flansburgh (born 1960), singer-songwriterBrendan Fletcher (born 1990), pop singer-songwriter and contestant on NBC 's The Voice season 11
Lukas Foss (1922–2009), composer and orchestral conductorSawyer Fredericks (born 1999), contemporary folk singer-songwriter, and winner of NBC's The Voice season 8 Dave Fridmann , producerLady Gaga (real name Stefani Germanotta) (born 1986), singer-songwriterArt Garfunkel (born 1941), folk rock singer, poet, and actor (Simon & Garfunkel )Chuck Garvey , guitaristGeorge Gershwin (1898–1937), composerKim Gordon (born 1953), bass guitarist, guitarist, singer-songwriter, and visual artist (Sonic Youth )Lesley Gore (1946–2015), singer-songwriter, actress, and activistAndy Grammer (born 1983), singer-songwriter and record producerGrasshopper (born Sean Mackowiak; born 1967), rock musicianJim Hall (1930–2013), jazz guitaristDebbie Harry (born 1945), singer-songwriter, actress, and lead singer of Blondie Alan Heatherington (born 1945), orchestral conductorRay Henderson (1897–1970), songwriterLauryn Hill (born 1975), singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer, and actressJoel Hirschhorn (1938–2005), songwriterBillie Holiday (1915–1959), jazz and blues singerBob Holz (born 1958), drummer and composerLena Horne (1917–2010), singer and actressWhitney Houston (1963–2012), singer, actress, producer, and modelFreddie Jackson (born 1956), singerRick James (1948–2004), singerBilly Joel (born 1949), pianist, singer-songwriterJoe Jonas (born 1989), singer-songwriter, actor, former member of the Jonas Brothers , brother of Nick, and current lead singer of DNCE Nick Jonas (born 1992), singer-songwriter, producer, actor, brother of Joe, and former member of the Jonas BrothersJerome Kern (1885–1945), composerAlicia Keys (born 1981), singer-songwriterCarole King (born 1942), singer-songwriterLinda Király (born 1983), American-born Hungarian pop singer-songwriter and sister of ViktorViktor Király (born 1984), American-born Hungarian pop singer and contestant on NBC 's The Voice season 9 Cyndi Lauper (born 1953), singerJacquie Lee (born 1997), pop singer and contestant on NBC's The Voice season 5 Mel Lewis (1929–1990), drummerJohn Linnell (born 1959), singer-songwriterJoe Locke (born 1959), jazz artistJohn Lombardo (born 1952), musician and songwriterJennifer Lopez (born 1969), singer, actress, and dancerDavid Lucas (born 1937), composerGary Mallaber (born 1946), drummerBarry Manilow (born 1943), singer-songwriter and musicianConstantine Maroulis (born 1975), singerMelanie Martinez (born 1995), singer-songwriter, and music/video directorBrian McKnight (born 1969), R&B singerDon McLean (born 1945), singerDon Menza (born 1936), saxophonistIdina Menzel (born 1971), singer-songwriter, actress, and voice of Elsa in Frozen Natalie Merchant (born 1963), singer-songwriterStephanie Mills (born 1957), singerJanelle Monáe (born 1985), musician, model, and actressGurf Morlix , musicianHani Naser (1950–2020), Jordanian-American musicianJosh Newton (born 1973), bassistWillie Nile (born 1948), singer-songwriterLaura Nyro (1947–1997), singer-songwriterColby O'Donis (born 1989), pop-R&B singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actorOlivia (born 1981), R&B singer known for contributing vocals to the 50 Cent song "Candy Shop "Jack Owen (born 1967), guitarist (Cannibal Corpse )Tina Parol (born 1988), singer-songwriterJ.N. Pattison (1839-1905), pianist and composerCaroline Pennell (born 1996), singer-songwriter and contestant on NBC 's The Voice season 5 Alisan Porter (born 1981), retired actress, singer-songwriter, and winner of NBC's The Voice season 10 Charlie Puth (born 1991), pop singer-songwriter and record producerJoey Ramone (1951–2001), punk rock singer-songwriter and musician (Ramones )Mary Ramsey (born 1963), musicianSharon Redd (1945–1992), singerLou Reed (1942–2013), singer-songwriter, and guitaristBebe Rexha (born 1989), singer-songwriterNeil Rosenshein (born 1947), operatic singer and lyric tenorRahzel (born 1964), beatboxerKevin Rudolf (born 1983), pop/indie rock singer, musician, and record producerJason Sebastian Russo (born 1973), rock musicianJustin Russo (born 1976), rock musicianJohn Rzeznik (born 1965), musician (Goo Goo Dolls )Romeo Santos , singerAdam Schlesinger (1967–2020), musician (Fountains of Wayne ), songwriter, producer, and arrangerAl Schnier (born 1968), guitaristJohn Serry Sr. (1915–2003), concert accordionist, organist, composer, arranger, and educatorBilly Sheehan (born 1953), bass guitaristKevin Shields (born 1963), musician, singer-songwriter and record producer (My Bloody Valentine )Paul Simon (born 1941), folk rock musician, guitarist, singer-songwriter, and actor (Simon & Garfunkel)Frank Sinatra (1915–1998), iconic jazz/pop singer, actor, and producerJustine Skye (born 1995), singerLonnie Smith (1942–2021), jazz organistDee Snider , singer-songwriter; front man of the heavy metal band Twisted Sister Ronnie Spector (1943–2022), singer (The Ronettes )John Stevens (born 1987), singerStevie J (born Steve Jordan), musicianBarbra Streisand (born 1942), singer, actressStan Szelest (1943–1991), musicianRobby Takac (born 1964), musician (Goo Goo Dolls )George Tutuska , musician (Goo Goo Dolls, Jackdaw )Steven Tyler (born 1948), Hard rock musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, former television music competition judge, and lead singer of the rock band Aerosmith Sal Valentinetti (born 1995), Italian-American jazz singer and contestant on America's Got Talent season 11
Grace VanderWaal (born 2004), singer-songwriter, ukuleleist, and winner of America's Got Talent season 11Luther Vandross (1951–2005), singerJeremy Wall , jazz musicianLuke Walter Jr. (1947–1996), Belgian musicianGrover Washington Jr. (1943–1999), saxophonistGerard Way (born 1977), pop punk-alternative/punk/emo rock musician, singer-songwriter, comic book writer, actor, and former lead singer of My Chemical Romance Alex Webster (born 1969), bassist (Cannibal Corpse )Mary Weiss (1948–2024), singer (The Shangri-Las )Cory Wells (1941–2015), singerPatrick Wilson (born 1969), drummerJack Yellen (1892–1991), lyricist, composer
Rappers
50 Cent Jay-Z LL Cool J 2Pac (1971–1996), rapper, record producer, actor, and poet50 Cent (born 1975), rapper, actor, businessman, and actorAmil (born 1973), rapper and singerASAP Rocky (born 1988), rapper, record producer, director, actor, and modelCardi B (born 1992), rapperAzealia Banks (born 1991), rapperMoses Michael Levi Barrow (born Jamal Michael Barrow; 1978), better known by his stage name Shyne, Belizean rapper and politicianBeastie Boys (1979–2014), hip hop/hardcore punk bandBig L (1974–1999), hip-hop recording artistAction Bronson (born 1983), rapper and television presenterLola Brooke , rapperFoxy Brown (born 1978), rapperBusta Rhymes (born 1972), hip hop recording artist, actor, record producer, and record executiveCam'ron (born 1976), rapper, actor, and entrepreneurSean Combs (born 1969), rapper, singer-songwriter, actor, record producer, and entrepreneur (also known as "P. Diddy", "Puff Daddy", or "Diddy")Desiigner (born 1997), rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, record executive, and actorDreamDoll (born 1992), rapperDMX (1970–2021), rapper, record producer, and actorFabolous (born 1977), rapperFivio Foreign (born 1990), rapperIce Spice (born 2000), rapperJadakiss (born 1975), rapperJay-Z (born 1969), rapper, businessman, investor, and actorFat Joe (born 1970), rapperJim Jones (born 1976), hip-hop recording artistMC Jin , rapper and actorKRS-One (born 1965), rapper and occasional producerLil' Kim (born 1975), rapper, songwriter, record producer, model, and actressLL Cool J (born 1968), rapper, actor, and host of Spike TV 's Lip Sync Battle Lil Mama (born 1989), rapper and singerThe Lox Biz Markie (1964–2021), rapper, DJ, and record producerMatisyahu (born 1979), rapper, reggae vocalist, beatboxer, and alternative rock musicianTravie McCoy (born 1981), rapper singer, co-founder and lead singer of Gym Class Heroes MF Doom (born 1971), rapper and record producerMobb Deep Mos Def (born 1973), hip hop recording artist, actor, and activistRemy Ma (born 1980), rapperYoung M.A (born 1992), rapperPost Malone (born 1995), rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producerNicki Minaj (born 1982), rapper, singer, songwriter, and actressNas (born 1973), hip hop recording artist, record producer, actor, and entrepreneurThe Notorious B.I.G. (1972–1997), rapper and actor (also known as "Biggie Smalls" or "Biggie")Onyx Rakim (born 1968), rapperRemedy (born Ross Filler in 1972), rapperJa Rule (born 1976), rapperRun-DMC Russ (born 1992), rapper, singer-songwriter, and record producerJuelz Santana (born 1982), rapper and actorBobby Shmurda (born 1994), rapperFreaky Tah (1971–1999), rapperPop Smoke (1999–2020), rapperA Tribe Called Quest Sheck Wes (born 1998), rapperWu-Tang Clan Adam Yauch (1964–2012), rapper, singer-songwriter, musician, director, and film distributor6ix9ine (born 1996), rapper, songwriterJoey Badass (born 1995), rapperEli Da Vincii, rapper, songwriter
Dusty Locane (born 1999), rapperPrincess Nokia (born 1992), rapperRich the Kid (born 1992), rapper
Bands
Goo Goo Dolls KIϟϟ AJR (2005–), indie pop bandAmerican Authors (2006–), pop rock bandAventura , bachata groupBeastie Boys (1979–2014), hip hop/hardcore punk bandBlondie (1974–), new wave -punk rock bandCobra Starship (2006–2015), dance-pop bandBlue Öyster Cult (1967–), rock bandForeigner Goo Goo Dolls (1985–), alternative -pop rock bandGym Class Heroes (1997–2012, 2018–2019, 2023‒present), rap rock bandKIϟϟ (1973–), hard rock bandNaturally 7 , a cappella bandRamones (1974–1996), punk rock bandSteely Dan (1971–), jazz rock bandTwisted Sister (1972–), heavy metal bandVampire Weekend X Ambassadors (2009–), alternative/pop rock band
Susan B. Anthony Anderson Cooper Howard Cosell Bob Costas F. Scott Fitzgerald Washington Irving Larry King Bill Maher Herman Melville Sojourner Truth Walt Whitman Lois Bryan Adams (1817–1870), writer, newspaper editor/proprietorSamuel Hopkins Adams (1871–1958), muckraker; born in Dunkirk Scott Adams (born 1957), cartoonist and creator of Dilbert George Worsley Adamson (1913–2005), illustrator and cartoonistNancy H. Adsit (1825–1902), art educatorMarv Albert (born 1941), basketball announcer on TNT Esther Saville Allen (1837–1913), authorLavilla Esther Allen (1834–1903), writer, poet, readerEstelle Mendell Amory (1845–1923), authorSusan B. Anthony (1820–1906), women's rights activist Cory Arcangel (born 1978), artistEmma Whitcomb Babcock (1849–1926), litterateur, authorWilliam Bliss Baker (1859–1886), landscape painterMary E. C. Bancker (1860–1921), authorJosephine Cushman Bateham (1829–1901), reformer, editor, writerLydia Baxter (1809–1874), poet, hymnistLauren Belfer , authorJ. Bowyer Bell (1931–2003), historian, artist and art criticTimothy D. Bellavia (born 1971), artist and illustratorEmma Lee Benedict (1857–1937), author, editorLouise Blanchard Bethune (1856–1913), architectJennie M. Bingham (1859–1933), authorSuessa Baldridge Blaine (1860–1932), writer of temperance pageantsWolf Blitzer (born 1948), CNN journalist, host of The Situation Room Lawrence Block (born 1938), authorHoward Bloom (born 1943), authorSophia Braeunlich (1854–1898), journalistJoseph Brodsky (1940–1996), Russian-American poetDale Brown (born 1956), authorPhoebe Hinsdale Brown (1783–1861), hymnistGordon Bunshaft (1909–1990), architectCharles E. Burchfield (1893–1967), artistCaroline Chesebro' (1825–1873), writer, publisherCharles Clough (born 1951), artistJane Elizabeth Conklin (1831–1914), journalist, writerFrances Augusta Conant (1842–1903), journalist, editorAnderson Cooper (born 1967), CNN journalist and television personalityHoward Cosell (1918–1995), ABC Sports broadcaster from 1953 until 1985Bob Costas (born 1952), longtime broadcaster for NBC Sports and television host of 12 Olympic Games Burton Crane (1901–1963), journalistRobert Creeley (1926–2005), poetJasper Francis Cropsey (1823–1900), artistArthur B. Davies (1863–1928), artistHelen Aldrich De Kroyft (1818–1915), authorDon DeLillo (born 1936), authorMelvil Dewey (1851–1931), originator of Dewey Decimal System Amy Dickinson (born 1959), Chicago Tribune Anna Bowman Dodd (1858–1929), authorAmanda Minnie Douglas (1831–1916), writerFrederick Douglass (1818–1895), editor and publisher of abolitionist newspapers such as The North Star Arthur Dove (1880–1946), artistE. J. Eames (1813–1856), writer, poetPhilip Evergood (1901–1973), artistEmma Pike Ewing (1838–1917), educator, authorMary Galentine Fenner (1839–1903), poet, litterateurLaura Dayton Fessenden (1852–1924), authorLeslie Fiedler (1917–2003), literary criticSteve Fiorilla (1961–2009), artistIra Joe Fisher (born 1947), author and weatherman; born and raised in Little Valley F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940), author; raised in Buffalo Edith Willis Linn Forbes (1865–1945), poet, writerHelen Frankenthaler (1928–2011), artistKelly Freas (1922–2005), artistAnna Katharine Green (1846–1935), authorE.B. Green (1855–1950), architectJulia Boynton Green (1861–1957), poetTerry Gross (born 1951), radio host of Fresh Air Caren Gussoff , authorAlex Haley (1921–1992, author of Roots Mary C. F. Hall-Wood (1842/3–1899), poet, authorSean Hannity (born 1961), radio and television talk show hostAlfred Harvey (1913–1994), writer and publisher; founder of Harvey Comics Richard Hofstadter (1916–1970), author and philosopherPaul Horgan (1903–1995), authorRoni Horn (born 1955), artistElbert Hubbard (1856–1915), philosopher and writerSibyl Marvin Huse (1866–1939), author and teacherIdil Ibrahim , directorMarilla Baker Ingalls (1828–1902), missionary, writerWashington Irving (1783–1859), author of Rip Van Winkle The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Florence Carpenter Ives (1854–1900), journalistHenry James (1843–1916), authorWilliam James (1842–1910), philosopherSally Jenkins (born 1960), sports columnist and feature writer for The Washington Post Electa Amanda Wright Johnson (1838–1929), philanthropist, writerJames A. Johnson (1865–1939), architectMary Catherine Judd (1852–1930s), educator, author, peace activistFrank Judge , poet and translatorMichael Kay (born 1961), play-by-play announcer for the New York Yankees Ellsworth Kelly (1923–2015), artistMegyn Kelly (born 1970), political commentatorJohn Kessel (born 1950), authorMaria Brace Kimball (1852–1933), elocutionist, writerLarry King (1933–2021), television and radio hostVerlyn Klinkenborg (born 1952), member of The New York Times Nancy Kress (born 1948), authorMatt Lauer (born 1957), anchor for The Today Show Zoe Leonard (born 1961), photographer and visual artistMartha D. Lincoln (1838–1911), author and journalistRobert Longo (born 1953), artistMabel Dodge Luhan (1879–1962), writer and patronBill Maher (born 1956), host of HBO political talk show Real Time with Bill Maher Norman Mailer (1923–2007), authorFrancis A. Mallison (1832–1877), journalist and helped organize the Great Civil War Gold Hoax; from Rome Helen A. Manville (1839–1912), poet, litterateurBrice Marden (1938–2023), artistHerman Melville (1819–1891), author of Moby-Dick Jenny B. Merrill (1854–1934), educator, writerMagdalene Merritt (1864–1935), poetAl Michaels (born 1944), longtime sportscaster for both NBC Sports and ABC Sports ; play-by-play announcer on Sunday Night Football Nettie Leila Michel (1863–1912), magazine editor, writerMarion Juliet Mitchell (1836–1917), poetAja Monet , American contemporary poet, writer, lyricist and activist from Brooklyn, New York.Morilla M. Norton (1865-1916), author, poetDavid Muir (born 1973), ABC journalist and anchorOgden Nash (1902–1971), poetMinerva Brace Norton (1837–1894), educator, authorEmily S. Oakey (1829–1883), poet, hymnistJoyce Carol Oates (born 1938), authorJessie Fremont O'Donnell (1860–1897), writer, lecturerElizabeth M. Olmsted (1825–1910), poetBill O'Reilly (born 1949), host of The O'Reilly Factor Fox News Anna Campbell Palmer (1854–1928), authorFanny Purdy Palmer (1839–1923), writer, poetJane Marsh Parker (1836–1913), author, historian, clubwomanWilliam Ordway Partridge (1861–1930), sculptorJane Lippitt Patterson (1829–1919), writer, editorMargaret B. Peeke (1838–1908), lecturer, authorSarah Maria Clinton Perkins (1824–1905), minister, social reformer, editor, authorTim Powers (born 1952), authorThomas Pynchon (born 1937), authorHarriet Newell Ralston (1828–1920), poetIshmael Reed (born 1938), poetJohn Reed (born 1969), author of Snowball's Chance Emma May Alexander Reinertsen (1853–1920), writerSeymour Reit (1918–2001), writer and cartoonistHelen Hinsdale Rich (1827–1915), poetE. J. Richmond (1825–1918), authorNorman Rockwell (1894–1978), painterSpain Rodriguez (1940–2012), cartoonistMilton Rogovin (1909–2011), photographerCharles Rohlfs (1853–1936), craftsmanAl Roker (born 1954), weather anchor for NBC 's Today Christopher Ross (1931–2023), sculptorTim Russert (1950–2008), host of NBC's Meet the Press Vin Scully (1927–2022), longtime broadcaster for the Los Angeles Dodgers David Sedaris (born 1956), humorist and authorMary Alice Seymour (1837–1897), music criticEmma Augusta Sharkey (1858–1902), journalist, writerAl Sharpton (born 1954), civil rights activist and radio talk show hostEmma L. Shaw (1840–1924), magazine editorGrace Carew Sheldon (1855–1921), journalist, writer, editorTony Sisti (1901–1983), painterJeanie Oliver Davidson Smith (1836–1925), poet, romancistLura Eugenie Brown Smith (1854/64–1935), journalist, newspaper editor, writerHarriet Mabel Spalding (1862–1935), poet, litterateurEugene Speicher (1883–1962), painterAmelia M. Starkweather (1840–1926), educator, authorEsther Baker Steele (1835–1911), educator, author, editor, philanthropistCynthia Morgan St. John (1852–1919), Wordsworthian, book collector, and authorBaby Storme , alt-pop singerFran Striker (1903–1962), creator of the Lone Ranger Green Hornet Elizabeth Swados (1951–2016), authorSusie Forrest Swift (1862–1916), editorJake Tapper (born 1969), news anchor for CNNDorothy Thompson (1983–1961), journalist and radio broadcasterLouis Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933), artistMike Tirico (born 1966), sportscasterTom Toles (born 1951), cartoonistSojourner Truth (1797–1883), slave and civil rights activistIsrael Tsvaygenbaum (born 1961), Russian-American artistMark Twain (1835–1910), authorAndrew Vachss (1942–2021), author, activist, and lawyerMary Crowell Van Benschoten (1840–1921), author, newspaper publisher/editorEmily Elizabeth Veeder (1841–1898), authorRichard A. Waite (1848–1911), architectJ. Alden Weir (1852–1919), painterJane Meade Welch (1854–1931), journalistEdith Wharton (1862–1937), authorWalt Whitman (1819–1892), poetBrian Williams (born 1959), anchor of NBC Nightly News Jeneverah M. Winton (1837–1904), author, poetJulia McNair Wright (1840–1903), authorMarie Robinson Wright (1853–1914), writerJulia Ditto Young (1857–1915), novelist, poetJohn Zogby (born 1948), pollster and blogger
Sportspeople
Baseball
Craig Biggio Whitey Ford Lou Gehrig Hank Greenberg Sandy Koufax Carl Yastrzemski Harrison Bader (born 1994), Major League Baseball outfielderMoe Berg (1902–1972), Major League Baseball catcher and spy for the Office of Strategic Services Dellin Betances (born 1988), baseball pitcherCraig Biggio (born 1965), Baseball Hall of Famer Bobby Bonilla (born 1963), baseball playerRalph Branca (1926–2016), baseball pitcherKen Brett (1948–2003), baseball pitcherDan Brouthers (1858–1932), Baseball Hall of FamerAlexander Cartwright (1820–1892), "father of modern baseball", founding member of the New York Knickerbockers Base Ball Club Eddie Collins (1887–1951), Baseball Hall of FamerJimmy Collins (1870–1943), Baseball Hall of FamerBill Dahlen (1870–1950), baseball playerGeorge Davis (1870–1940), Baseball Hall of FamerHarry Eisenstat (1915–2003), baseball playerMike Epstein (born 1943), Major League Baseball first basemanJohnny Evers (1881–1947), Baseball Hall of FamerWhitey Ford (1928–2020), Baseball Hall of FamerJohn Franco (born 1960), baseball pitcherFrankie Frisch (1897–1973), Baseball Hall of FamerLou Gehrig (1903–1941), Baseball Hall of FamerSid Gordon (1917–1975), two-time All-Star major league baseball playerHank Greenberg (1911–1986), Baseball Hall of Famer (Greenwich Village)Bucky Harris (1896–1977), baseball managerOrel Hershiser (born 1958), baseball player and announcerWaite Hoyt (1899–1984), Baseball Hall of FamerJoe Kehoskie (born 1973), baseball executive; born in Auburn Willie Keeler (1872–1923), Baseball Hall of FamerKing Kelly (1857–1894), Baseball Hall of FamerSandy Koufax (born 1935), Baseball Hall of FamerTim Locastro (born 1992), baseball player; born in Syracuse Rob Manfred (born 1958), MLB commissioner; born in Rome Jason Marquis (born 1978), Major League Baseball All-Star pitcherEdgar Martínez (born 1963), baseball playerJohn McGraw (1873–1934), baseball manager; born in Truxton Bid McPhee (1859–1943), Baseball Hall of FamerBob Melvin (born 1961), baseball player and managerSam Nahem (1915–2004), Major League Baseball pitcherJoe Nathan (born 1974), baseball player, Minnesota Twins ; born in Pine Bush Jim Palmer (born 1945), Baseball Hall of FamerA. J. Pierzynski (born 1976), baseball player (Chicago White Sox ); born in Bridgehampton Lipman Pike (1845–1893), Major League Baseball player; two-time home run championOld Hoss Radbourn (1854–1897), Baseball Hall of FamerPhil Rizzuto (1917–2007), Baseball Hall of FamerAlex Rodriguez (born 1975), Major League Baseball playerSaul Rogovin (1923–1995), Major League Baseball pitcherRichie Scheinblum (1942–2021), Major League Baseball All-Star outfielderNorm Sherry (1931–2021), catcher, manager, and coach in Major League BaseballMose Solomon (1900–1966), the "Rabbi of Swat", Major League Baseball playerWarren Spahn (1921–2003), Baseball Hall of FamerJoe Torre (born 1940), baseball player, manager, and executiveMickey Welch (1859–1941), Baseball Hall of FamerLou Whitaker (born 1957), baseball playerDeacon White (1847–1939), Baseball Hall of FamerCarl Yastrzemski (born 1939), Baseball Hall of Famer
Basketball
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Nate Archibald Carmelo Anthony Sue Bird Julius Erving Chris Mullin Dolph Schayes Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born 1947), NBA Hall of Fame playerRawle Alkins (born 1997), basketball player in the NBA and Israeli Basketball Premier League Carmelo Anthony (born 1984), professional basketball player for the New York Knicks Nate Archibald (born 1948), NBA Hall of Fame basketball playerRed Auerbach (1917–2006), basketball coachDesi Barmore (born 1960), basketball playerDavid Bernsley (born 1969), American-Israeli basketball playerSue Bird (born 1980), Women's National Basketball Association point guard; two-time Olympic champion; four-time All-Star (Seattle Storm ) (Syosset)[ 13] Antonio Blakeney (born 1996), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League Harry Boykoff (1922–2001), professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics Larry Brown (born 1940), professional All Star basketball player and coachIsaiah Cousins (born 1994), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League Bob Cousy (born 1928), professional basketball player for the Boston CelticsBilly Cunningham (born 1943), basketball coachJon Dalzell , basketball playerJohn DiBartolomeo (born 1991), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League Billy Donovan (born 1965), basketball coachShay Doron (born 1985), professional basketball playerBryant Dunston (born 1986), basketball playerJulius Erving (born 1950), NBA playerMickey Fisher (1904/05–1963), basketball coachMarty Friedman (1889–1986), Hall of Fame pro basketball player and coachMarcus Gaither (1961–2020), basketball playerJimmy Hall (born 1994), basketball player in the Israeli National League .Sidney Hertzberg (1922–2005), professional basketball playerArt Heyman (1941–2012), professional basketball playerNat Holman (1896–1995), Hall of Fame basketball playerRed Holzman (1920–1998), NBA Hall of Fame basketball player and coachLamont Jones (born 1972), basketball playerMichael Jordan (born 1963), iconic NBA Hall of Fame basketball player, businessman and owner/chairman of the Charlotte Hornets ; considered the best basketball player of all time (Brooklyn)Sean Kilpatrick (born 1990), basketball player in NBA and for Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Basketball Super League Ken Labanowski (born 1959), basketball playerChristian Laettner (born 1969), former professional basketball playerSylven Landesberg (born 1990), basketball playerRudy LaRusso (1927–2004), professional basketball playerIvan Leshinsky (born 1947), American-Israeli basketball playerNancy Lieberman (born 1958), WNBA Hall of Fame basketball player, general manager, and coach (Olympic silver medal )Chris Mullin (born 1963), NBA Hall of Fame basketball playerBoris Nachamkin (1933–2018), professional basketball playerJoakim Noah (born 1985), professional basketball player (New York Knicks )Lamar Odom (born 1979), former professional basketball playerBernard Opper (1915–2000), professional basketball playerDonna Orender (née Geils) (born 1957), college basketball player and Women's Professional Basketball League All-Star; WNBA presidentRick Pitino (born 1952), basketball coachTubby Raskin (1902–1981), basketball player and coachPat Riley (born 1945), basketball player, coach, and executive; born in Rome Danny Schayes (born 1959), college and professional basketball player; son of Dolph SchayesDolph Schayes (1928–2015), NBA Hall of Fame player and coachOssie Schectman (1919–2013), basketball player; scored the first basket in NBA historyBarney Sedran (1891–1964), NBA Hall of Fame basketball playerAdam Silver (born 1962), NBA commissionerLou Silver , basketball playerRuss Smith , former NBA player, currently plays in the Israeli Basketball Premier League Sid Tannenbaum (1925–1986), professional basketball playerMark Turenshine (1944–2016), basketball playerJim Valvano (1946–1993), basketball coachKemba Walker (born 1990), professional basketball player for the Charlotte Hornets Isaiah Whitehead (born 1995), player for the Brooklyn Nets (NBA), now in the Israeli Basketball Premier League Metta World Peace (born 1979), former professional basketball playerMax Zaslofsky (1925–1985), professional basketball playerAdam Kemp , (born 1990), professional basketball player
Boxing
Mike Tyson Floyd Patterson Gene Tunney Abe "The Little Hebrew" Attell (1883–1970), boxer, World Featherweight ChampionRiddick "Big Daddy" Bowe (born 1967), World Heavyweight ChampionShannon Briggs (born 1971), boxer, World Heavyweight ChampionAl "Bummy" Davis (1920–1945), professional boxer (Brooklyn)Abe Goldstein (1898–1977), boxer, World Bantamweight championZab Judah (born 1977), boxer, World Welterweight and Junior Welterweight Champion Leiner; 1896–1947), boxer, World Lightweight ChampionSolly Krieger (1909–1964), boxer, World Middleweight ChampionJake "Raging [Bronx] Bull" LaMotta (1922–2017), boxer, World Middleweight ChampionBoyd Melson (born 1981), boxer, World Military Boxing Champions in the 69 kg. weight classSamuel Mosberg (1896–1967), boxer, Olympic light heavyweight championFloyd Patterson (1935–2006), boxer, World Heavyweight ChampionSugar Ray Robinson (1921–1989), boxer, World Middleweight ChampionMaxie "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom (1907–1976), World Light Heavyweight ChampionCharlie Phil Rosenberg (1902–1976), boxer, World Bantamweight ChampionBarney Ross (born Dov-Ber "Beryl" David Rosofsky; 1909–1967), boxer, world champion in three weight divisions: lightweight, light welterweight, and welterweightIsadore "Corporal Izzy" Schwartz (1902–1988), boxer, World Flyweight ChampionAl "The Bronx Beauty" Singer (1909–1961), boxer, World Lightweight ChampionGene Tunney (1897–1978), boxer, World Heavyweight ChampionMike Tyson (born 1966), former professional boxer, World Heavyweight Champion
Fencing
Soren Thompson Norman C. Armitage (born Norman Cudworth Cohn; 1907–1972), Olympic medalist saber fencer, 6x OlympianAlbert Axelrod (1921–2004), Olympic medalist foil fencer, 5x OlympianCliff Bayer (born 1977), 2x Olympic foil fencerRobert Blum (1928–2022), 2x Olympic saber fencerDaniel Bukantz (1917–2008), 4x Olympic foil fencer[ 14] Herbert Cohen (born 1940), 2x Olympic foil fencerGene Glazer (born 1939), 2x Olympic foil fencerHal Goldsmith (born Hans Goldschmidt; 1930–2004), 3x Olympic foil fencerRalph Goldstein (1913–1997), 2x Olympic épée fencerJulia Jones-Pugliese (1909–1993), national champion fencer and fencing coachAllan Kwartler (1917–1998), 3x Olympic sabre and foil fencer, Pan American Games and Maccabiah Games championIvan Lee (born 1981), Olympic saber fencerNate Lubell (1916–2006), 3x Olympic foil fencerTim Morehouse (born 1978), Olympic medalist saber fencer, 3x OlympianSoren Thompson (born 1981), 2x Olympian, NCAA épée champion, world team champion[ 15]
Jim Brown Rob Gronkowski Art Monk Doc Alexander (1897–1975), football player and coachLyle Alzado (1949–1992), football All Pro player (Denver Broncos, Los Angeles Raiders)Russ Brandon (born 1967), football executiveJim Brown (1936–2023), Hall of Fame football player (Cleveland Browns)Tom Coughlin (born 1946), football coachJordan Dangerfield (born 1990), NFL football playerBoomer Esiason (born 1961), former football player (Cincinnati Bengals)D'Brickashaw Ferguson (born 1983), NFL offensive tackle (New York Jets)Jay Fiedler (born 1971), NFL football quarterbackBrian Flores (born 1981), football coachRoger Goodell (born 1959), NFL commissioner; born in Jamestown Rob Gronkowski (born 1989), former football player (New England Patriots)Thomas Hennessy (born 1994), football playerArthur Jones (born 1986), football playerChandler Jones (born 1990), NFL outside linebackerBrett Kern (born 1986), NFL punter (Tennessee Titans)Vince Lombardi (1913–1970), football coachSid Luckman (1916–1998), football player (Chicago Bears), inducted into Hall of Fame in 1965John Mackey (1941–2011), football player (Baltimore Colts), inducted into Hall of Fame in 1992Ali Marpet (born 1993), football player (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)Doug Marrone (born 1964), football coachJosh Miller (born 1970), football player and football analystArt Monk (born 1957), former football player (Washington Redskins), inducted into Hall of Fame in 2008Ed Newman (born 1951), All-Pro football playerJoe Paterno (1926–2012), football coachMatt Patricia (born 1974), football coachAdam Podlesh (born 1983), football playerRay Rice (born 1987), former football player (Baltimore Ravens)Herb Rich (1928–2008), 2x All-Pro football playerAaron "Rosy" Rosenberg (1912–1979), 2x All-American college football player, and film and television producerAllie Sherman (1923–2015), National Football League player and head coachWill Smith (1981–2016), football player (New Orleans Saints ) (born in Queens )Alan Veingrad (born 1963), NFL football playerPop Warner (1871–1954), football coach
Ice hockey
Adam Fox Patrick Kane Gary Bettman (born 1952), NHL commissionerRyan Callahan (born 1985), NHL ice hockey player (Tampa Bay Lightning ) (Rochester )Tim Erixon (born 1991), American-born Swedish ice hockey player (Port Chester )Joel Farabee (born 2000), NHL ice hockey player (Philadelphia Flyers ) (Cicero)Adam Fox (born 1998), NHL ice hockey defenseman (New York Rangers )Brian Gionta (born 1979), NHL ice hockey player (Buffalo Sabres ) (Rochester)Patrick Kane (born 1988), NHL ice hockey player (Chicago Blackhawks ) (Buffalo )Seymour H. Knox III (1926–1996), co-founder of the Buffalo Sabres Alex "Mine Boy" Levinsky (1910–1990), American-born Canadian NHL player (Syracuse)Eric Nystrom (born 1983), NHL playerMax Pacioretty (born 1988), NHL ice hockey player (Vegas Golden Knights )Mathieu Schneider (born 1969), NHL player
Soccer
Timothy Weah
Swimming
Tennis
John McEnroe Marilyn Aschner (born 1948), tennis playerIrvin Dorfman (1924–2006), tennis playerHerbert Flam (1928–1980), tennis playerJim Grabb (born 1964), tennis playerJim Gurfein (born 1961), tennis playerLadislav Hecht (1909–2004), tennis playerScott Lipsky (born 1981), tennis playerJamie Loeb (born 1995), tennis playerBruce Manson (born 1956), tennis playerJohn McEnroe (born 1959), tennis playerLarry Nagler (born 1940), tennis playerRenée Richards (born 1934), tennis playerNoah Rubin (born 1996), tennis playerEd Rubinoff (born 1935), tennis playerJulius Seligson (1909–1987), tennis playerBill Tilden (1893–1953), tennis player
Track and field
Caitlyn Jenner
Other sports
Carol Heiss Jon Jones Charles Ackerly (1898–1982), Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling Carl Adams (born 1950), two-time NCAA wrestling champion, coach, and businessmanEd Banach (born 1960), Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestlingLou Banach (born 1960), Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestlingHerman Barron (1909–1978), professional golferJeff Blatnick (1957–2012), Olympic gold medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling Benjamin Bradshaw (1879–1960), Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestlingKareem Campbell (born 1973) professional skateboarder Glenn Cowan (1952–2004), table tennis playerRobert Curry (1882–1944), Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestlingKyle Dake (born 1991), Olympic freestyle wrestler, four-time World Champion, and four-time NCAA wrestling champion in four different weight classesYianni Diakomihalis (born 1999), four-time NCAA wrestling champion, World medalist in freestyle wrestlingTommy Dreamer (born 1971), professional wrestler (Yonkers)Jim Drucker (born 1952/1953), former Commissioner of the Continental Basketball Association , former Commissioner of the Arena Football League , and founder of NewKadia ComicsMick Foley (born 1965), professional wrestler and authorDanielle Goldstein (born 1985), American-Israeli show jumperNick Gwiazdowski (born 1992), two-time NCAA wrestling champion and two-time World medalist in freestyle wrestlingCarol Heiss (born 1940), figure skater , 1960 Olympic champion, five-time World ChampionLaurie Hernandez (born 2000), artistic gymnast, gold medalist at the 2016 Rio Olympics , and winner of Dancing with the Stars season 23 Jon Jones (born 1987), UFC light heavyweight championKristie Marano (born 1979), two-time World champion and nine-time World medalist in women's freestyle wrestlingColette Nelson (born 1974), professional bodybuilderTroy Nickerson (born 1987), NCAA wrestling champion, collegiate wrestling head coachIsidor Niflot (1881–1950), Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestlingBeth Phoenix (born 1980), professional wrestler (born in Elmira, New York )Damian Priest (born 1982), professional wrestler (born in New York City but raised in Dorado, Puerto Rico )Otto Roehm (1882–1958), Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestlingAljamain Sterling (born 1989), UFC ChampionChris Weidman (born 1984), former UFC Middleweight ChampionClaire Weinstein (born 2007), Olympic silver medalist freestyle swimmerZelina Vega (born 1990), professional wrestler
Business
John D. Rockefeller Cornelius Vanderbilt Mark Zuckerberg John Jacob Astor , fur trader and company founderNicholas F. Brady , former CEO of Dillon Read and 68th United States Secretary of the Treasury Helen Gilman Noyes Brown , philanthropist, clubwomanC. Douglas Dillon , former CEO of Dillon Read, United States Ambassador to France (1953–1957), and 57th United States Secretary of the TreasuryGeorge Eastman (1854–1932), founder of Eastman Kodak Joseph Ellicott (1760–1826), surveyor and city plannerWilliam Fargo (1818–1881), co-founder of American Express Company and Wells Fargo ; Mayor of Buffalo Reggie Fils-Aimé (born 1961), president and chief operating officer of Nintendo of America Debra Fox , founder of Fox Learning Systems Alexander Snow Gordon (died 1803), silversmithScott Greenstein (born 1959), president and chief content officer of Sirius XM Satellite Radio E. H. Harriman , errand boy, broker, railroaderGeorge A. Hormel (1860–1946), founder of Hormel Jeremy Jacobs (born 1940), owner of Delaware North and Boston Bruins John J. Kennedy (1857–1914), financier and 45th New York State Treasurer Harriette A. Keyser (1841–1936), industrial reformerSeymour H. Knox I (1861–1915), businessman and co-founder of F. W. Woolworth Company Seymour H. Knox II (1898–1990), philanthropist and former director of Marine Midland Bank Reginald Lenna , CEO and philanthropistJon L. Luther , food service executiveSherman J. Maisel (1918–2010), economistJeremiah Milbank , banker, co-founder of Borden Milk Co. (1857)Jacquelyn Ottman , marketing consultantHenry Paulson , former CEO of Goldman Sachs and United States Secretary of the TreasuryNelson Peltz (born 1942), billionaire businessman and investorJoseph R. Perella , financierJeffry Picower (1942–2009), investor and noted philanthropist involved in the Madoff investment scandalPat Powers (1870–1948), movie producerDonald Regan , former CEO of Merrill Lynch and 66th United States Secretary of the TreasuryRobert E. Rich Sr. (1913–2006), inventor and foodservice executiveDavid Rockefeller (1915–2017), bankerJohn D. Rockefeller (1839–1937), philanthropist and founder of Standard Oil John D. Rockefeller Jr. , philanthropist and financierWilliam Rockefeller (1841–1941), co-founder of Standard OilAlan Rosen (born 1969), restaurant and bakery owner, and authorJeffrey Rosen , billionaire businessmanRobert Rubin , former CEO of Goldman Sachs and 70th United States Secretary of the TreasuryScott Rudin , movie producerJacob Schiff , Wall Street executive and bankerEdward Selzer (1893–1970), movie producerEllsworth Milton Statler (1863–1928), hotelierStuart Sternberg (born 1959), owner of the Tampa Bay Rays Jill Stuart , fashion designer[ 19] Whitney Tilson (born 1966), hedge fund manager, philanthropist, author, and Democratic political activistDonald Trump Jr. (born 1977), businessman; eldest son of Donald Trump and brother of Eric, Ivanka, and TiffanyEric Trump (born 1984), philanthropist and businessman; son of Donald Trump and brother of Ivanka, Tiffany, and Donald Jr.Ivanka Trump (born 1981), businesswoman, writer, and former fashion model; daughter of Donald Trump and sister of Eric, Donald Jr., and TiffanyTiffany Trump (born 1993), daughter of Donald Trump and sister of Ivanka, Eric, and Donald Jr.Cornelius Vanderbilt , ferry and tugboat captain, company founder, and railroaderSanford Weill , former CEO of Citigroup Henry Wells (1805–1878), businessmanBob Weinstein (born 1954), movie producer and co-founder of Miramax Films and The Weinstein Company Harvey Weinstein (born 1952), movie producer and co-founder of Miramax Films and The Weinstein CompanyJohn G. Wickser (1858–1928), businessman and New York State Treasurer (1903–1904)Robert G. Wilmers (1934–2017), CEO of M&T Bank Christopher Woodrow (born 1977), movie producer and founder of Worldview Entertainment Mark Zuckerberg (born 1984), founder and CEO of Facebook
Scarlett Johansson Hayden Panettiere Keith Carlos (born 1987), fashion model, former football player, and winner of America's Next Top Model season 21 Nyle DiMarco (born 1989), model, actor, deaf activist, and winner of Dancing with the Stars season 22 and America's Next Top Model season 22 Barbie Ferreira (born 1996), actress and modelTom Ford (born 1961), fashion designer, film director, screenwriter, and film producerMary Therese Friel (born 1960), beauty queen, model, businesswoman, and winner of Miss USA 1979 Marc Jacobs (born 1963), fashion designer and former creative director of Louis Vuitton (1997–2014)Scarlett Johansson (born 1984), actress, model, and singerCalvin Klein (born 1942), fashion designer and founder of Calvin Klein Inc Michael Kors (born 1959), sportswear fashion designer; founder and CEO of Michael Kors Holdings Ralph Lauren (born 1939), fashion designer, philanthropist, business executive, and founder of the Ralph Lauren Corporation Stacy London (born 1969), stylist, fashion consultantJackie Loughery (1930–2024), actress, beauty queen, and inaugural winner of Miss USA Erica Mena (born 1987), model and television personalitySienna Miller (born 1981), actress, model, and fashion designerSarah Natochenny (born 1987), actress, film editor, fashion model, and voice actressRachel Nichols (born 1980), actress and modelHayden Panettiere (born 1989), actress, model, singer, and activistKimberly Pressler (born 1977), model, reality television star, and first runner-up at Miss USA 1995 Tanya Roberts (1955–2020), actress, modelAlexis Skyy (born 1994), model and television personalityCarmen Marc Valvo (born 1953), evening-wear and high-end cocktail dress designer
Lawyers and jurists
Ruth Bader Ginsburg John Jay Nicholas Allard (born 1952), Dean and President of Brooklyn Law School Benjamin N. Cardozo (1870–1938), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Alan Dershowitz (born 1938), Harvard Law School professor and scholar of United States constitutional law and criminal lawLinda Fairstein (born 1947), prosecutor and authorGerrit Forbes (1836–1906), Justice of the Supreme Court of New York Felix Frankfurter (1882–1965), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United StatesHenry Friendly (1903–1986), judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Kumiki Gibson , lawyerRuth Bader Ginsburg (1933–2020), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United StatesArthur Goldberg (1908–1990), United States Secretary of Labor , Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, and United States Ambassador to the United NationsEdith Julia Griswold (1863–1926), in her day, she was the only woman patent expertAlvin Hellerstein (born 1933), United States federal judgeJohn Jay (1745–1829), first Chief Justice of the United States Elena Kagan (born 1960), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United StatesA. Leo Levin (1919–2015), law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School John Roberts (born 1955), Chief Justice of the United StatesAntonin Scalia (1936–2016), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United StatesSonia Sotomayor (born 1954), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United StatesAmy Wax (born 1953), Robert Mundheim Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
Religious leaders
Science and medicine
Mandy Cohen Jonas Salk Carl Sagan Richard Feynman Richard Axel (born 1946), scientist and Nobel Prize winnerCora Belle Brewster (1859–1937), physician, surgeon, medical writer, editorFlora A. Brewster (1852–1919), physician, surgeon, editorMandy Cohen , physician and Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Anna Manning Comfort (1845–1931), physicianMary Gage Day (1857–1935), physician, medical writerGertrude B. Elion (1918–1999), biochemist , pharmacologist and Nobel Prize winnerRichard P. Feynman (1918–1988), physicist and Nobel prize winnerMurray Gerstenhaber (1927–2024), mathematician and lawyer Carl Sagan (1934–1996), astronomer Jonas Salk (1914–1995), scientist and developed first polio vaccine George Herman Babcock (1832–1893), inventorWilliam Martin Beauchamp , ethnologist and clergyman. Born in Orange County , he served an Episcopal parish in Baldwinsville for 35 years while also performing archæological research, particularly concerning the Haudenosaunee, and publishing his findings in eight books between 1892 and 1908.Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell , abolitionist, women's rights activist, and the first female doctor in the United States, studied medicine at Geneva College .
Willis Carrier , inventorCornelius Cooper , African-American physician, famous for his lawsuit to separate from the U.S. Army as an objector to the war while attending West Point Military AcademyDr. Asa Fitch of Salem , first occupational entomologist in the United States. In 1838 he began to collect and study insects for New York state. In 1854 he became the first professional Entomologist of New York State Agricultural Society , commissioned by the State of New York.
Dr. George Franklin Grant , born in Oswego , he was the first African-American professor at Harvard. He was also a Boston dentist, and the inventor of the golf tee.
James Hall (paleontologist) Professor Joseph Henry , scientist who advanced the understanding of electricity, and who served as the first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution .
Franklin B. Hough Irving Langmuir , chemist and physicist, Nobel laureate and resident of Schenectady.Eben Jenks Loomis , born at Oppenheim , was an astronomer . He was assistant in the Harvard American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac United States Naval Observatory in Washington, DC. He was a member of the United States eclipse expedition to Africa of 1889.Lewis Henry Morgan of Aurora and Rochester , ethnologist, anthropologist, writer and attorney. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels relied on his accounts of the evolution of indigenous peoples to fill in their own account of the development of capitalist society.Roger Tory Peterson , naturalist, ornithologist, writer and educator, born in Jamestown .Henry Rowe Schoolcraft , geographer, geologist, and ethnologist, born in Guilderland .Dr. Edward Livingston Trudeau , established the Adirondack Cottage Sanitarium at Saranac Lake for treatment of tuberculosis .
Charles Doolittle Walcott , paleontologistDr. Mary Edwards Walker of Oswego , feminist, abolitionist, prohibitionist, suffragist, alleged spy, prisoner of war, surgeon, and the only woman to receive the Medal of Honor.
Henry Augustus Ward
Foreign-born New Yorkers
Gene Simmons Jason Wu Moses Michael Levi Barrow (born Jamal Michael Barrow; 1978), better known by his stage name Shyne, Belizean rapper and politicianAndrulla Blanchette (born 1966), British-born professional bodybuilderMaksim Chmerkovskiy (born 1980), Ukrainian -born Latin ballroom dancer, choreographer, and instructor from ABC 's Dancing with the Stars Valentin Chmerkovskiy (born 1986), Ukrainian-born professional dancer from ABC's Dancing with the Stars ; brother of MaksLaura Creavalle (born 1959), Guyanese -born Canadian/American professional bodybuilderLisa Cross (born 1978), British -born professional bodybuilderSteven Derounian (1918–2007), Bulgarian -born politician and former United States Representative of New York (1953–1963, 1963–65)Heather Foster (born 1966), Jamaican -born American professional bodybuilderBev Francis (born 1955), Australian -born professional bodybuilder, powerlifter , and national shot put championCarolina Herrera (born 1939), Venezuelan -born fashion designer; dress designer of First Ladies from Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis to Michelle ObamaKyrie Irving (born 1992), Australian-born American professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets (formerly for the Cleveland Cavaliers )John Kneller (1916–2009), English-American professor and fifth President of Brooklyn College John Leguizamo (born 1964), Colombian -born actor, voice actor, producer, and stand-up comedianSean Patrick Maloney (born 1966), Canadian -born politician and U.S. Representative of New York since 2013Joel McHale (born 1971), Italian -born actor, comedian, writer, television producer, and television hostNicki Minaj (born 1982), Trinidadian -born rapper and singerEdward Mosberg (1926–2022), Polish-American Holocaust survivor, educator, and philanthropistPelé (real name Edson Arantes do Nascimento) (born 1940), Brazilian -born iconic soccer player and honorary president of the New York Cosmos ; considered the best soccer player of all timeKeanu Reeves (born 1964), Lebanese -born Canadian/American actor, producer, and musicianAlana Shipp (born 1982), Barbadian -born Israeli /American professional bodybuilderGene Simmons (real name Chaim Weitz) (born 1949), Israeli -born musician, singer-songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, actor, television personality, and lead singer of the band Kiss Albio Sires (born 1951), Cuban -born politician and United States Representative of New Jersey since 2006Snooki (real name Nicole Polizzi) (born 1987), Chilean -born reality television personality from Jersey Shore Amelie Veiller Van Norman (1844–1920), French-born American educator and civic reformerBruce Willis (born 1955), German -born American actor, producer, and singerJason Wu (born 1982), Taiwanese -born Canadian/American fashion designer and designer of First Lady Michelle Obama 's dresses
Infamous New Yorkers
Billy the Kid David Berkowitz (born 1953), serial killer (also known as "Son of Sam" and ".44 Caliber Killer")Billy the Kid (1859–1881), notorious wild west criminalAl Capone (1899–1947), gangster; co-founder and boss of the Chicago Outfit Frank Costello (1891–1973), Italian-American Mafia gangsterRobert Garrow (1936–1978), spree killer David Hampton (1964–2003), actor and impostor; posed as Poitier's son "David" in 1983, which inspired a play and film Steven Hoffenberg (1945–2022), CEO and fraudsterGypsyCrusader (born 1988), far-right political commentator, streamer, white supremacist, former Muay Thai fighter and convicted felonLucky Luciano (1897–1962), mobster; considered the father of modern organized crime in the United StatesTimothy McVeigh (1968–2001), convicted terrorist responsible for the Oklahoma City bombing Eugene Palmer (born 1939), murderer and fugitiveTheodore Rinaldo (1944–2000), convicted child sex offender Shirley Winters (born 1948), convicted arsonist and accused serial killerJoseph James DeAngelo (born 1945) serial killer (also known as the "Golden State Killer")
Other
Daniel Daly Mary Jane Aldrich (1833–1909), social reformerElnora Monroe Babcock (1852–1934), suffragistHelen Morton Barker (1834–1910), social reformerEmily Montague Mulkin Bishop (1858–1916), suffragist, writerLina Beecher (1841–1915), roller coaster designer and inventorMargaret McDonald Bottome (1827–1906), reformer, authorWilliam Boylan (1869–1940), first President of Brooklyn College Grace Brown (1886–1906), murder victimKai Cenat (born 2001), streamerLucinda Banister Chandler (1828–1911), social reformerCordelia Throop Cole (1833–1900), social reformer, writer, editorEmily Parmely Collins (1814–1909), suffragist, activist, writerJulia Colman (1828–1909), social reformerDaniel Daly (1873–1937), United States Marine , received Medal of Honor twice Frances Elizabeth Fryatt , specialist in household applied artsMary Ninde Gamewell (1858–1947), missionary, authorHarry Gideonse (1901–1985), President of Brooklyn College, and Chancellor of The New School for Social Research Harriet Newell Kneeland Goff (1828–1901), reformer, authorWilson Greatbatch (1919–2011), inventorKatherine Van Allen Grinnell (1839–1917), social reformer, authorAnnabel Morris Holvey (1855–1910), social reformer, writerCornelia Collins Hussey (1827–1902), philanthropist, suffragistClarissa Caldwell Lathrop (1847–1892), social reformerJennie Phelps Purvis (1831–1924), suffragist, reformer, writerEllen Sergeant Rude (1838-1916), writer, poet, and temperance reformerFrances Shimer (1826–1901), founder of Shimer College [ 20] Jane Slocum (1842-1924), educator, lecturerRichard Stallman (born 1953), programmer of Emacs and founder of GNU Emily Pitts Stevens (1841–1906), activist, editorKatharine Lent Stevenson (1853–1919), reformer, missionaryJosephine Terranova (1889–1981), criminal defendantMary Evalin Warren (1829–1904), social reformer, authorCharlotte Fowler Wells (1814–1901), phrenologistMary Traffarn Whitney (1852–1942), minister, reformer, philanthropistMargaret E. Winslow (1836–1936), activist, editor, writer
See also
References
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