List of people from New York City

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Many notable people have been born in New York City or have adopted it as their home.

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People from New York City

0–9

22Gz (Jeffrey Mark Alexander, born 1997) – rapper
40 Cal. (Calvin Byrd, born 1979) – rapper
50 Cent (Curtis Jackson, born 1975) – businessman and rapper
6ix9ine (Daniel Hernandez, born 1996) – rapper

A

Aaliyah (Aaliyah Haughton, 1979–2001) – singer, actress and model
Quinton Aaron (born 1984) – actor
Bud Abbott (1897–1974) – actor and comedian
Diahnne Abbott (born 1945) – actress
Zaid Abdul-Aziz (born 1946) – professional basketball player
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born 1947) – basketball player
George Abernethy (1807–1877) – first provisional governor of Oregon^[1]
Cecile Abish (born 1930) – sculptor
Oday Aboushi (born 1991) – football player
J. J. Abrams (born 1966) – film director and producer
Jon Abrahams (born 1977) – actor
Ray Abruzzo (born 1954) – actor
Bella Abzug (1920–1998) – congressional representative
Jane Actman (1949–2018) – actress
Ad-Rock (Adam Horovitz, born 1966) – rapper and musician, member of Beastie Boys
Brooke Adams (born 1949) – actress
Eric Adams (born 1960) – former mayor of New York City
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (born 1991) – author
Pamela Adlon (born 1966) – actress
Garnett Adrain (1815–1878) – member of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey^[1]
Cornelius Rea Agnew (1830–1888) – ophthalmologist^[1]
Eliza Agnew (1807–1883) – Presbyterian missionary^[1]
Chris Agoliati (born 1951) – soccer player
Christina Aguilera (born 1980) – singer
Kamal Ahmed (born 1966) – comedian, member of The Jerky Boys
Danny Aiello (1933–2019) – actor
AJR (born 1990, 1994, and 1997) – indie pop trio and multi-instrumentalists
Kenny Albert (born 1968) – sportscaster
Marv Albert (born 1941) – sportscaster
Steve Albert (born 1952) – sportscaster
Eva Allen Alberti (1856–1938) – dramatics teacher
Alan Alda (born 1936) – actor
Beatrice Alda (born 1961) – actress
Robert Alda (1914–1986) – actor
Anne Reeve Aldrich (1866–1892) – writer
Ira Aldridge (1805–1867) – stage actor^[1]
Flex Alexander (born 1970) – actor and comedian
Khandi Alexander (born 1957) – dancer, choreographer and actress
William Alexander, Lord Stirling (1726–1783) – major general in the American Revolutionary War^[1]
Davi Alexandre (born 2007) – soccer player
Sadam Ali (born 1988) – boxer
Nancy Allen (born 1950) – actress
Rae Allen (1926–2022) – actress
Woody Allen (born 1935) – film director, actor and screenwriter
Vincent Alo (1904–2001) – mobster
Daniella Alonso (born 1978) – actress
Rafer Alston (born 1976) – basketball player
Carol Alt (born 1961) – actress and model
Jose Alvarado (born 1998) – NBA player
Trini Alvarado (born 1967) – actress
Fernando Álvarez (born 2003) – soccer player
Lyle Alzado (1949–1992) – NFL player
Hamisi Amani-Dove (born 1974) – soccer player
Lee J. Ames (1921–2011) – illustrator and writer; known for the Draw 50... learn-to-draw books
Nicholas Ammeter (born 2000) – soccer player
Eva Amurri (born 1985) – actress
Trey Anastasio (born 1964) – rock musician, member of the band, Phish
John Andariese (1938–2017) – sports broadcaster
Kenny Anderson (born 1970) – professional basketball player
Natalie and Nadiya Anderson (born 1986) – twins, television personalities; contestants on The Amazing Race and winner of Survivor: San Juan del Sur
Tige Andrews (1920–2007) – actor
Michael Angarano (born 1987) – actor
Charles Anthon (1797–1867) – classical scholar^[1]
Carmelo Anthony (born 1984) – NBA player
Cole Anthony (born 2000) – NBA player
Kiyan Anthony (born 2007) – basketball player
La La Anthony (born 1982) – actress and television personality
Marc Anthony (born 1968) – singer, actor
Judd Apatow (born 1967) – producer, director, comedian, actor and screenwriter
Jacob Appel (born 1973) – short story writer, bioethicist, born in New York City
Carmine Appice (born 1946) – drummer, member of Vanilla Fudge and Cactus, etc.
Vinny Appice (born 1957) – drummer, member of Black Sabbath and Dio
Fiona Apple (born 1977) – singer-songwriter
Diane Arbus (1923–1971) – photographer
Arcángel (born 1985) – rapper, singer-songwriter
Nate Archibald (born 1948) – professional basketball player
Victor Argo (1934–2004) – actor
Luis Argudo (born 1995) – soccer player^[2]
Alan Arkin (1934–2023) – actor
Chris Armas (born 1972) – soccer player^[3]
Alison Arngrim (born 1962) – actress
Edward Arnold (1890–1956) – actor
Darren Aronofsky (born 1969) – filmmaker
Rosanna Arquette (born 1959) – actress
Lisa Arrindell (born 1969) – actress
Kenneth J. Arrow (1921–2017) – economist; recipient, 1972 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
Ron Artest III (born 1999) – basketball player
Beatrice Arthur (1922–2009) – actress
Bob Arum (born 1931) – boxing promoter
Marilyn Aschner (born 1948) – professional tennis player
William Asher (1921–2012) – film and television director and producer
William H. Aspinwall (1807–1875) – railroad promoter^[1]
Ari Aster (born 1986) – filmmaker
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 family
William 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
Teddy Atlas (born 1956) – boxing trainer and commentator
René Auberjonois (1940–2019) – actor
Jake T. Austin (born 1994) – actor, model and writer
Awkwafina (Nora Lum, born 1988) – rapper and actress
Hassan Ayari (born 2002) – soccer player^[4]
AZ (Anthony Cruz, born 1972) – rapper
Hank Azaria (born 1964) – actor

B

Edwin Burr Babbitt (1862–1939) – actor
Lauren Bacall (1924–2014) – actress
Morena Baccarin (born 1979) – Brazilian-born actress^[5]
Johnny Bach (1924–2016) – professional basketball player and coach
Sosie Bacon (born 1992) – actress
Joey Badass (Jo-Vaughn Scott, born 1995) – rapper
Jane Badler (born 1953) – actress
Mohamed 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 author
Adrienne Bailon-Houghton (born 1983) – actress and singer
Scott Baio (born 1960) – actor
Nicholson Baker (born 1957) – novelist and essayist^[6]
William Bliss Baker (1859–1886) – landscape artist
Folarin Balogun (born 2001) – soccer player who represented the United States national team and England at a youth level^[7]
Martin Balsam (1919–1996) – actress
Talia Balsam (born 1959) – actress
Azealia Banks (born 1991) – rapper, singer-songwriter, and actress
Lloyd Banks (born 1982) – rapper
Joseph Barbera (1911–2006) – animator, producer, director, MGM and co-founder of Hanna-Barbera
Ellen Barkin (born 1954) – actress
Erick Barkley (born 1978) – NBA player
Iran Barkley (born 1960) – boxer
Saquon Barkley (born 1997) – NFL player
Salvatore Barone (born 1995) – soccer player^[8]
Anna Baryshnikov (born 1992) – actress
Rocco Basile (1968–2022) – philanthropist
Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960–1988) – artist
Angela Bassett (born 1958) – actress
Arun Basuljevic (born 1995) – soccer player^[9]
Bryan Bautista – Dominican-American musician, singer, and contestant
Willow Bay (born 1963) – television host and journalist
Dick Bavetta (born 1939) – NBA referee
Abraham Beame (1906–2001) – mayor of New York City
Allyce Beasley (born 1951) – actress
Daniel Bedoya (born 1994) – soccer player^[10]
Earl Beecham (born 1965) – football player
Zazie Beetz (born 1991) – actress
Francesca Beghe (born 1957) – singer-songwriter
Harry Belafonte (1927–2023) – singer-songwriter, activist, actor
Jordan Belfort (born 1962) – former stockbroker, financial criminal and author of The Wolf of Wall Street
Bo Belinsky (1936–2001) – Major League Baseball player
Aisha Tandiwe Bell – mixed media artist
Lake Bell (born 1979) – actress
Frank Bello (born 1965) – musician, member of Anthrax
Charlie Benante (born 1962) – musician, member of Anthrax
Pat Benatar (born 1953) – singer
Wilfred Benítez (born 1958) – boxer
Tony Bennett (1926–2023) – jazz singer and musician
Michael Bentt (born 1965) – boxer and actor
Berry Berenson (1948–2001) – actress and model
Marisa Berenson (born 1947) – actress and model
Lillie Berg (1845–1896) – musician, musical educator
Moe Berg (1902–1972) – Major League Baseball player and spy
Milton Berle (1908–2002) – comedian
Paul Berlenbach (1901–1985) – light heavyweight boxing champion, 1925–1926
Pavel Bermondt-Avalov (1877–1973) – Russian-Georgian military officer and warlord
Julissa Bermudez (born 1983) – actress and television host
Walter Berry (born 1964) – basketball player
Dellin Betances (born 1988) – Major League Baseball pitcher
Gary Bettman (born 1952) – commissioner of the NHL
Acid Betty (born 1977) – drag queen
Mario Biaggi (1917–2015) – decorated policeman and US congressman
Big Daddy Kane (Antonio Hardy, born 1968) – rapper
Big L (Lamont Coleman, 1974–1999) – rapper
Big Pun (Christopher Rios, 1971–2000) – rapper
Peter Billingsley (born 1971) – actor and filmmaker
Gus Birney (born 1999) – actress
Raymond Ward Bissell (1936–2019) – art historian
Rolando Blackman (born 1959) – basketball player
David Blaine (born 1973) – magician
William Peter Blatty (1928–2017) – author and filmmaker
Yasmine Bleeth (born 1968) - actress, played a role on Baywatch
Mary J. Blige (born 1971) – singer
Henry H. Bliss (1830–1899) – first recorded person to be killed by a traffic collision in the United States
Joan Blondell (1906–1979) – actress
Richard Blumenthal (born 1946) – U.S. senator for Connecticut^[11]
Alonzo Bodden (born 1962) – actor and comedian
Humphrey Bogart (1899–1957) – actor
Sheila Bond (1927–2017) – actress and singer
Bobby Bonilla (born 1963) – MLB player
William T. Bonniwell Jr. – Wisconsin and Minnesota politician
A Boogie wit da Hoodie (born 1995) – rapper
Murray Bookchin (1921–1986) philosopher, historian, activist
Elayne Boosler (born 1952) – comedian
Joseph Borelli (born 1982) – politician, conservative commentator
Michelle Borth (born 1978) – actress^[12]
Francis Bouillon (born 1975) – NHL player
John Boulos (1921–2002) – soccer player and National Soccer Hall of Fame inductee^[13]
Matthew Bouraee (born 1988) – soccer player^[14]
Anthony Bourdain (1956–2018) – chef, author and television host
Riddick Bowe (born 1967) – boxer
Barbara Boxer (born 1940) – U.S. senator from California
Kate Parker Scott Boyd (1836–1922) – artist, journalist, temperance worker
Terrence Boyd (born 1991) – soccer player^[15]
William Boylan (1869–1940) – first president of Brooklyn College
Lucy Boynton (born 1994) – actress
Lorraine Bracco (born 1954) – actress
James J. Braddock (1905–1974) – boxer (aka "Cinderella Man")
Hermann Braun (1918–1945) – actor
Sam Breadon (1876–1949) – president and owner of the St. Louis Cardinals
Mike Breen (born 1961) – sports commentator
Mark Breland (born 1963) – boxer
Johnny Brennan (born 1961) – comedian, member of The Jerky Boys
Abigail Breslin (born 1996) – actress and musician
Jimmy Breslin (1930–2017) – columnist
Spencer Breslin (born 1992) – actor and musician
Fanny Brice (1891–1951) – actress, comedian and singer
Shannon Briggs (born 1971) – boxer
Ella Bright (born 2006) – actress
Richard Bright (1937–2006) – actor
Danielle Brisebois (born 1969) – actress and singer
Eben Britton (born 1987) – football player
Matthew Broderick (born 1962) – actor and singer
Action Bronson (born 1983) – rapper
Larry Brooks (1950–2025) – sports journalist
Mel Brooks (born 1926) – film director, screenwriter, actor
Dario Brose (born 1970) – soccer player, coach, and 1992 Olympian^[16]
Helen Gilman Noyes Brown – philanthropist
Julia Brown – madam and prostitute
Larry Brown (born 1940) – basketball player and coach
Quincy Brown (born 1991) – actor
Tarell Brown (born 1985) – football player
Andrew Bryson (1822–1892) – United States Navy rear admiral
William F. Buckley Jr. (1925–2008) – author and conservative commentator
Sidney Jonas Budnick (1921–1994) – abstract artist
Daniel Bukantz (1917–2008) – four-time Olympic fencer
David Bullock (born 1960) – serial killer known as "The .38 Caliber Killer"
Cara Buono (born 1971) – actress
Kareem Burke (born 1974) – record executive, co-founder of Roc-A-Fella Records
Robert John Burke (born 1960) – actor and firefighter
Catherine Burns (1945–2019) – actress
Edward Burns (born 1968) – actor and filmmaker
George Burns (1896–1996) – comedian
Ursula Burns (born 1958) – businesswoman, former CEO of Xerox
John Buscema (1927–2002) – comic book artist
Sal Buscema (1936–2026) – comic book artist
Steve Buscemi (born 1957) – actor
Benjamin Busch – U.S. Marine lieutenant colonel and actor
Jon Busch (born 1976) – soccer player^[17]
Barbara Bush (1925–2018) – wife of George H. W. Bush
James Butler (born 1972) – boxer
Red Buttons (1919–2006) – actor and comedian
Tom Byer (born 1960) – soccer player, coach, and writer^[18]
Gene Byrnes (1889–1974) – cartoonist

C

James Caan (1940–2022) – actor
Flávio Cabral (1916–1990) – muralist
Adolph Caesar (1933–1986) – actor
Leslie Cagan (born 1947) – activist and writer
James Cagney (1899–1986) – actor
Eddie Cahill (born 1978) – actor
Edward L. Cahn (1899–1963) – film director known for the Our Gang comedies
Sammy Cahn (1913–1993) – lyricist, musician and songwriter
Bobby Caldwell (1951–2023) – singer
Sarth Calhoun – electronic musician
Joseph A. Califano (born 1931) – Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
Maria Callas (1923–1977) – Greek-American opera singer
Northern Calloway (1948-1990), actor, played david on Sesame street
Cher Calvin (born 1974) – journalist
Héctor Camacho (1962–2012) – boxer
Héctor Camacho Jr. (born 1978) – boxer
Richard Camacho – singer, musician, member of Latin music band CNCO, Dominican-origin
Anthony Camal – judo practitioner^[19]
Christian Camargo (born 1971) – actor
Brandon Cambridge (born 2002) – soccer player^[20]
Knox Cameron (born 1983) – soccer player^[21]
Sean Cameron (born 1985) – soccer player who represented the Guyana national team^[22]
Schuyler V. Cammann (1912–1991) – anthropologist
Cam'ron (Cameron Giles, born 1976) – rapper
Jeimer Candelario (born 1993) – baseball player
Jake Cannavale (born 1995) – actor and musician
Dina Cantin (born 1972) – television personality (The Real Housewives of New Jersey)
Eddie Cantor (1982–1964) – comedian, actor, singer and dancer
Chris Canty (born 1982) – football player
Capone (Kiam Holley, born 1976) – rapper
Al Capone (1899–1947) – Prohibition gangster, boss of Chicago Outfit
Mae Capone (1897–1986) – wife of Al Capone
Francis Capra (born 1983) – actor
Jennifer Capriati (born 1976) – tennis player
Irene Cara (1959–2022) – singer-songwriter, dancer, actress
Nestor Carbonell (born 1967) – actor
Cardi B (Belcalis Almánzar, born 1992) – rapper
Benjamin 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) – actor
George Carlin (1937–2008) – comedian
Alan Carney (1909–1973) – actor, comedian
Caleb Carr (born 1955) – novelist, military historian
Eric Carr (1950–1991) – rock musician, songwriter
John Carradine (1906–1988) – actor
Máximo Carrizo (born 2008) – soccer player^[23]
T. K. Carter (1956–2026) – actor
Vinnie Caruana (born 1979) – musician, singer
David Caruso (born 1956) – actor
Julian Casablancas (born 1978) – lead singer of rock band The Strokes; musician
Desiree Casado (born 1985) – actress
Colin Cassady (born 1986) – professional wrestler
Gabriel Casseus (born 1972) – actor
David Cassidy (1950–2017) – actor and singer
Jack Cassidy (1927–1976) – actor and singer
John Cassavetes (1929–1989) – actor
Katherine Cassavetes (1906–1983) – actress
Nick Cassavetes (born 1959) – actor and filmmaker
DJ Cassidy (Cassidy Podell, born 1981) – DJ, record producer, MC
Santiago Castaño (born 1995) – soccer player^[24]
Richard S. Castellano (1933–1988) – actor
Luis Castillo (born 1983) – football player
Phoebe Cates (born 1963) – actress
Miles Caton (born 2005) – actor
Chris Cattaneo (born 1957) – soccer player^[25]
Jose Ceballos – trade unionist, political campaign manager
Marie Celeste (1875–1954) – soprano, actress, socialite, and philanthropist
Kai Cenat (born 2001) – YouTuber
Bennett Cerf (1898–1971) – publisher, TV personality
Billy Cesare (born 1955) – American football player
Stanley Chais (1926–2010) – investment advisor in the Madoff investment scandal
Pauline Chalamet (born 1992) – actress
Timothée Chalamet (born 1995) – actor
Julian Champagnie (born 2001) – NBA player
Justin Champagnie (born 2001) – NBA player
Jeff Chandler (1918–1961) – actor
Frank Chanfrau (1824–1884) – actor
Stockard Channing (born 1944) – actress
James S. C. Chao (born 1927) – Chinese-American entrepreneur, philanthropist
Harry Chapin (1942–1981) – singer-songwriter
Tina Charles (born 1988) – WNBA player
Roz Chast (born 1954) – cartoonist
Paddy Chayefsky (1923–1981) – author
Maury Chaykin (1949–2010) – actor
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (born 1979) – U.S. representative for Florida^[26]
Edmund A. Chester (1897–1973) – executive at CBS
Dominic Chianese (born 1931) – actor
Chino XL (Derek Barbosa, 1974–2024) – rapper
Wendy Choo (Karen Yu, born 1992) – professional wrestler
Robert Christgau (born 1942) – music journalist
Thom Christopher (1940–2024) – actor
Andreas Chronis (born 1989) – soccer player^[27]
Jennie Jerome Churchill (1854–1921) – mother of Winston Churchill
Hansol Vernon Chwe – singer (member of pop group Seventeen)
Michael Cimino (1939–2016) – film director, film producer and screenwriter
Peter Cincotti (born 1983) – singer-songwriter
Lou Cioffi (born 1957) – soccer player^[28]
Andre Cisco (born 2000) – NFL safety for the Jacksonville Jaguars
Karen Civil (born 1984) – music Executive and marketing strategist
Gil Clancy (1922–2011) – boxing trainer and analyst
Felicia Buttz Clark (1862–1931) – writer
Yvette Clarke (born 1964) – U.S. representative for New York^[29]
Andrew Dice Clay (born 1957) – actor and comedian
Jill Clayburgh (1944–2010) – actress
Ellen Cleghorne (born 1965) – actress and comedian
Robert Clohessy (born 1957) – actor
Sam Coffey (born 1998) – soccer player for the United States national team
Donald Cogsville (born 1965) – soccer player who represented the United States national team^[30]
Ben Cohen (born 1951) – businessman, entrepreneur and activist, co-founder of Ben & Jerry's
Evan Cole (born 1961) – CEO of H.D. Buttercup
Kim Coles (born 1962) – actress
Schuyler Colfax Jr. (1823–1885) – former vice president of the United States
Margaret Colin (born 1958) – actress
Willie Colón (born 1950) – salsa musician, social activist
King Combs (born 1998) – rapper and model, son of Sean Combs
Sean Combs (born 1969) – rapper^[31]
Elvis Comrie (born 1959) – soccer player who represented the United States national team^[32]
Jeff Conaway (1950–2011) – actor
Didi Conn (born 1951) – actress
Jennifer Connelly (born 1970) – actress
Irv Constantine (1907–1966) – football player
Evan Conti (born 1993) – American-Israeli basketball player and coach
Hugh E. Conway (born 1942) – labor economist
Terence Cooke (1921–1983) – seventh archbishop of New York
Gerry Cooney (born 1956) – boxer
Anderson Cooper (born 1967) – television journalist
George H. Cooper (1821–1891) – United States Navy rear admiral^[33]
Shaun Cooper (born 1980) – rock musician, bassist
Lillian Copeland (1904–1964) – Olympic discus champion; set world records in discus, javelin, and shot put
Francis Ford Coppola (born 1939) – film director, screenwriter, and producer
Catherine Corcoran – actress^[34]
Karla Cornejo Villavicencio – writer^[35]
Kevin Corrigan (born 1969) – actor
Howard Cosell (1918–1995) – sportscaster
William R. Cosentini – mechanical engineer and founder of Cosentini Associates
Richard Cottingham (born 1946) – serial killer known as "The Torso Killer" and "The Times Square Ripper"
Ann Coulter (born 1961) – conservative commentator, writer
Freddie Crawford (born 1941) – basketball player
Elvis Crespo (born 1971) – singer
Peter Criss (born 1945) – rock musician, songwriter
Randy Cross (born 1954) – NFL player
Jon Cryer (born 1965) – actor
Billy Crystal (born 1948) – comedian, actor, director
George Cukor (1899–1983) – film director
Kieran Culkin (born 1982) – actor
Kit Culkin (born 1944) – actor
Macaulay Culkin (born 1980) – actor
Rory Culkin (born 1989) – actor
Anthony Cumia (born 1961) – radio personality, host of Opie and Anthony
Jermaine Cunningham (born 1988) – football player
Andrew Cuomo (born 1957) – governor of New York
Mario Cuomo (1932–2015) – governor of New York
Lee Curreri (born 1961) – actor and musician
Quentin Curry (born 1972) – landscape painter
Valerie Curtin (born 1945) – actress, screenwriter
Tony Curtis (1925–2010) – actor
Ann Cusack (born 1961) – actress
Dick Cusack (1925–2003) – actor and filmmaker
Joan Cusack (born 1962) – actress

D

Mike D (Michael Diamond, born 1965) – rapper and musician, member of Beastie Boys
Al D'Amato (born 1937) – politician
Cus D'Amato (1908–1985) – boxing manager and trainer
Drita D'Avanzo (born 1976) – television personality (Mob Wives)
Nia DaCosta (born 1989) – film director and writer
Yaya DaCosta (born 1982) – actress and model
Alexandra Daddario (born 1986) – actress
Matthew Daddario (born 1987) – actor
Chester Dale (1883–1962) – banker
Robert Dalva (1942–2023) – filmmaker, editor
Charles Patrick Daly (1816–1899) – judge
Tim Daly (born 1956) – actor
Stuart Damon (1937–2021) – actor
Claire Danes (born 1979) – actress
Rodney Dangerfield (1921–2004) – comedian
Lloyd Daniels (born 1967) – basketball player
William Daniels (born 1927) – actor
Paul Dano (born 1984) – actor
Ron Dante (born 1945) – singer-songwriter, record producer
Tony Danza (born 1951) – actor
Dapper Dan (Daniel Day, born 1944) – fashion designer
Georgine Darcy (1933–2004) – actress and dancer
Bobby Darin (1936–1973) – singer-songwriter, entertainer, actor
Candy Darling (1944–1974) – actress and Warhol superstar
Tony Darrow (born 1938) – actor
Damon Dash (born 1971) – record executive, co-founder of Roc-A-Fella Records
Keith David (born 1956) – actor
Jim David (born 1954) – comedian, actor, playwright
Jonathan David (born 2000) – soccer player who represented the Canada national team^[36]
Larry David (born 1947) – actor, writer, comedian, producer
Aqil Davidson (AKA A-Plus, born 1972) – rapper, member of Wreckx-n-Effect
Pete Davidson (born 1993) – actor, comedian
Marion Davies (1897–1961) – actress
Aaron Davis (born 1967) – boxer
Al "Bummy" Davis (1920–1945) – boxer
Clive Davis (born 1932) – A&R and record executive
Larry Davis (1966–2008) – convicted murderer who was infamously acquitted of a shootout with the New York City Police Department^[37]
Sammy Davis Jr. (1925–1990) – singer, entertainer
Dawin (full name Dawin Polanco; born 1990) – hip hop-R&B singer, musician, record producer
Rosario Dawson (born 1979) – actress
Bill Day (born 1959) – filmmaker
Charlie Day (born 1976) – actor
Clarence Day (1874–1935) – author and humorist
Dorothy Day (1897–1980) – Catholic social activist
Lillian Day (1893–1991) – author and playwright
Hal de Becker (1931–2021) – dancer and dance writer
Bill de Blasio (born 1961) – mayor of New York City
De La Ghetto (born 1984) – singer, rapper, songwriter, model
Drea de Matteo (born 1972) – actress
Robert De Niro (born 1943) – actor
Suzanne de Passe (born 1946) – television, music and film producer
Melissa De Sousa (born 1967) – actress
Éamon de Valera (1882–1975) – taoiseach (prime minister) and president of Ireland
Laura Dean (born 1963) – actress
Ruby Dee (1922–2014) – actress
Philip DeFranco (born 1985) – YouTuber and video blogger
Lana Del Rey (born 1985) – singer-songwriter
Vanessa del Rio (born 1952) – pornographic actress
Dana Delany (born 1956) – actress
Samuel R. Delany (born 1942) – author and critic
Don DeLillo (born 1936) – author
Michael DeLorenzo (born 1959) – actor, dancer and director
Dom DeLuise (1933–2009) – actor and comedian
Aaron T. Demarest (1841–1908) – carriage manufacturer
Travis Demeritte (born 1994) – MLB player
Ted Demme (1963–2002) – film and television director, creator of Yo! MTV Raps
Derek Dennis (born 1988) – football player
Jerry Denny (1859–1927) – Major League Baseball player^[38]
Desiigner (Sidney Selby III, born 1997) – rapper
C.C. DeVille (born 1962) – guitarist, member of Poison
Willy DeVille (1950–2009) – singer
Kevin Devine (born 1979) – musician, songwriter
Rosemarie DeWitt (born 1971) – actress
Artie Diamond – boxer
Neil Diamond (born 1941) – singer, composer
John DiBartolomeo (born 1991) – American-Israeli basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Carola Dibbell (born 1945) – music journalist
Janice Dickinson (born 1955) – model and television personality
Vin Diesel (born 1967) – actor
August Dietrich (1858–unknown) – member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
Maximilian Dietz (born 2002) – professional soccer player
Paul Dini (born 1957) – writer, animator and comic book artist
Chris Distefano (born 1984) – comedian
Byron Donalds (born 1978) – U.S. representative for Florida^[39]
Meg Donnelly (born 2000) – actress, singer, dancer
Richard Donner (1930–2021) – filmmaker
Vincent D'Onofrio (born 1959) – actor
Shaun 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) – composer
Irvin Dorfman (1924–2006) – tennis player
Phoebe Doty – prostitute and madam
Doug E. Doug (born 1970) – actor
Amanda Minnie Douglas (1831–1916) – writer
Kirk Douglas (1916–2020) – actor
Robert Downey Jr. (born 1965) – actor, producer, singer
Robert Downey Sr. (1936–2021) – filmmaker
Ervin Drake (1919–2015) – composer, producer, writer, musician
DreamDoll (Tabatha Robinson, born 1992) – rapper
Fran Drescher (born 1957) – actor
Richard Dreyfuss (born 1947) – actor
Eric Drooker – artist, illustrator
Jim Drucker (born 1952/1953) – former commissioner of the Continental Basketball Association, former commissioner of the Arena Football League, and founder of NewKadia Comics
Jack Drury (born 2000) – NHL player
David Duchovny (born 1960) – actor
Bubba Ray Dudley (Mark LoMonaco, born 1971) – professional wrestler
Patty Duke (1946–2016) – actress, activist for mental-health issues
Allen B. DuMont (1901–1965) – electronics engineer, scientist, inventor, and founder of the DuMont Television Network
Lena Dunham (born 1986) – actress, screenwriter, producer, director
Griffin Dunne (born 1955) – film producer
Joseph Dunninger (1892–1975) – mentalist
Don Dunphy (1908–1998) – sports commentator
Bryant Dunston (born 1986) – American-Armenian basketball player
Richard Dupont (born 1968) – artist
Jimmy Durante (1893–1980) – actor and pianist
Lou Duva (1922–2017) – boxing manager and trainer
Jakob Dylan (born 1969) – singer
Alexis Dziena (born 1984) – actress

E

Daisy Eagan (born 1979) – actress
Dominique Easley (born 1992) – football player
Gertrude Ederle (1905–2003) – competition swimmer, first woman to swim across English channel
Dean Edwards (born 1970) – comedian and actor
Steve Edwards (born 1948) – news anchor
Eddie Egan (1930–1995) – police detective
Gladys Egan (1900–1985) – child actress
Billy Eichner (born 1978) – actor
Rich Eisen (born 1969) – sportscaster and radio host
Jesse Eisenberg (born 1983) – actor
Ned Eisenberg (1957–2022) – actor
Will Eisner (1917–2005) – cartoonist and writer, co-founder of Eisner & Iger
Ansel Elgort (born 1994) – actor, singer, dancer, DJ
Arthur Elgort (born 1940) – photographer
Sophie Elgort (born 1986) – photographer
Paula Eliasoph (1895–1983) – painter, printmaker
Mario Elie (born 1963) – basketball player
Lapo Elkann (born 1977) – chief executive officer, Fiat
Bill Elko (born 1959) – football player
Duke Ellington (1899–1974) – jazz pianist
Abby Elliott (born 1987) – actress
Chris Elliott (born 1960) – actor
Margaret Dye Ellis (1845–1925) – social reformer, lobbyist
Velena G. Ellis (1914–1971) – attorney and police officer
Albert Elsen (1927–1995) – art historian
Emily Engstler (born 2000) – WNBA player
Jack Entratter ("Mr. Entertainment", 1914–1971) – business executive, former general manager of the Copacabana and the Sands Hotel and Casino
DJ Envy (RaaShaun Casey, born 1977) – DJ and radio personality
Nora Ephron (1941–2012) – director, screenwriter, author
Omar Epps (born 1973) – actor
Mark Epstein (born 1954) – property developer, brother of Jeffrey Epstein
Jeffrey Epstein (1953–2019) – financier and convicted child sex offender
Theo Epstein (born 1973) – formerly the youngest general manager in MLB, currently president of Baseball Operations for the Chicago Cubs
Eru (born 1983) – singer
Giancarlo Esposito (born 1958) – actor
Jennifer Esposito (born 1973) – actress
Susie Essman (born 1955) – actress+
Emilio Estevez (born 1962) – actor
Ramon Estevez (born 1963) – actor
Renée Estevez (born 1967) – actress
Erik Estrada (born 1949) – actor
Etika (Desmond Amofah, 1990–2019) – YouTuber, streamer
Christine Evangelista (born 1986) – actress

F

Fabolous (John David Jackson, born 1977) – rapper
Peter Facinelli (born 1973) – actor
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (1909–2000) – actor
Donald Faison (born 1974) – actor
Edie Falco (born 1963) – actress
Jonah Falcon (born 1970) – actor and writer; achieved fame in early 2000s for his penis size
Peter Falk (1927–2011) – actor
Jimmy Fallon (born 1974) – comedian
Tali Farhadian – former federal prosecutor; candidate for New York County district attorney
Steve Farhood (born 1957) – boxing historian and analyst, former editor-in-chief of The Ring
Louis Farrakhan (born 1933) – leader of the Nation of Islam
Perry Farrell (born 1959) – musician
Joey Fatone (born 1977) – singer, member of NSYNC
Jon Favreau (born 1966) – actor and filmmaker
Alice Faye (1915–1998) – actress
Charles Fazzino (born 1955) – pop artist
Harry Feldman (1919–1962) – Major League Baseball pitcher
Jack Feldman – lyricist
Kurt Feldman (born 1984) – musician, composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist
Morton Feldman (1926–1987) – composer
José Feliciano (born 1945) – musician
Vanessa Ferlito (born 1977) – actress
Abel Ferrara (born 1951) – filmmaker
Jerry Ferrara (born 1979) – actor
Barbie Ferreira (born 1996) – actress (Euphoria)
Julissa Ferreras (born 1976) – New York City Council Member, Finance Committee chair
Lou Ferrigno (born 1951) – bodybuilder and actor
Richard Feynman (1918–1988) – theoretical physicist; recipient 1965 Nobel Prize in Physics
Kim Fields (born 1969) – actress
Harvey Fierstein (born 1952) – actor and playwright
Bill Finger (1914–1974) – comic book writer, co-creator of Batman
Shelly Finkel (born 1944) – boxing promoter and manager
Bobby Fischer (1943–2008) – chess grandmaster
Hamilton Fish (1808–1893) – governor of New York and U.S. Secretary of State
Dominique Fishback (born 1991) – actress
Langston Fishburne (born 1988) – actor
Laurence Fishburne (born 1961) – actor
Mickey Fisher (1904/05–1963) – basketball coach
Greg Fitzsimmons (born 1966) – comedian
Herbert Flam (1928–1980) – tennis player
Waka Flocka Flame (Juaquin Malphurs, born 1986) – rapper
Bobby Flay (born 1964) – chef and television personality
Tom Fleischman (born 1951) – sound engineer
Chuck Fleischmann (born 1962) – U.S. representative for Tennessee^[40]
Susan Fleming (1908–2002) – actress, wife of Harpo Marx
Jeffrey Flier (born 1948) – dean of Harvard Medical School
Kay Flock (born 2003) – rapper
Jim Florentine (born 1964) – comedian, actor and television personality
Brian Flores (born 1981) – NFL coach
Jane Fonda (born 1937) – actress
Peter Fonda (1940–2019) – actor
Hector Fonseca (born 1980) – DJ
Malcolm Forbes (1919–1990) – publisher
Davy Force (1849–1918) – major league baseball player^[38]
Whitey Ford (1928–2020) – pitcher for the New York Yankees
Andrew Form (born 1969) – film producer
John Forsythe (1918–2010) – actor
William Forsythe (born 1955) – actor
Vito Fossella (born 1965) – borough president of Staten Island and U.S. representative for New York^[41]
Jorja Fox (born 1968) – actress
Virginia Foxx (born 1943) – U.S. representative for North Carolina^[42]
Nikolai Fraiture (born 1978) – bassist of rock band The Strokes, musician
Anthony Franciosa (1928–2006) – actor
Frankee (Nicole Spinelli, born 1983) – singer
David Frankel (born 1959) – film director
Lois Frankel (born 1948) – U.S. representative for Florida^[43]
Al Franken (born 1951) – comedian and radio host, U.S. senator from Minnesota
Helen Frankenthaler (1928–2011) – abstract painter
Michael Franzese (born 1951) – former mobster, internet personality
Michael Freeman – inventor, entrepreneur, author, and business consultant
Ace Frehley (1951–2025) – guitarist
Doug E. Fresh (born 1966) – musician
Jack Friedman (1939–2010) – business man, founder of LJN, THQ and Jakks Pacific
Laura Friedman (born 1966) – U.S. representative for California^[44]
Milton Friedman (1912–2006) – economist
Eric Fromm (born 1958) – tennis player
John Frusciante (born 1970) – guitarist, member of Red Hot Chili Peppers

G

Michael Gandolfini (born 1999) – actor
Luis García – baseball player
Gus Gardella (1895–1974) – football player
Eliza Ann Gardner (1831–1922) – abolitionist
Alex Garfin (born 2004) – actor
Art Garfunkel (born 1941) – singer-songwriter, actor
Julia Garner (born 1994) – actress
Shad Gaspard (1981–2020) – professional wrestler
Lexa Gates – musician and rapper
Joe Gatto (born 1976) – comedian
Rudy Gay (born 1986) – NBA player
David Geffen (born 1943) – record executive and film producer
Lou Gehrig (1903–1941) – MLB player
Sarah Michelle Gellar (born 1977) – actress
Natalie Gelman (born 1985) – singer/songwriter
Richard Genelle (1961–2008) – actor
Marie George (1876–1955) – actress and singer
George Gershwin (1898–1937) – composer
Ira Gershwin (1896–1983) – lyricist
Vitas Gerulaitis (1954–1994) – tennis player
Tiffany Giardina (born 1993) – singer-songwriter
Debbie Gibson (born 1970) – singer
Justin Gignac (born 1981) – artist
Betty Gilpin (born 1986) – actress
Lawrence Gilliard Jr. (born 1971) – actor
Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933–2020) – associate justice of U.S. Supreme Court
Issamar Ginzberg – business strategist, rabbi, motivational speaker
Greg Giraldo (1965–2010) – comedian
Rudolph Giuliani (born 1944) – mayor of New York City
Robin Givens (born 1964) – actress
Charles V. Glasco – New York City police sergeant, known for his efforts to rescue John William Warde in 1938^[45]
Ilana Glazer (born 1987) – actress and comedian
Jackie Gleason (1916–1987) – comedian, actor
James Gleason (1882–1959) – actor
Joel Glucksman (born 1949) – Olympic fencer
Whoopi Goldberg (born 1955) – comedian, actress, TV personality
William Goldberg (1925–2003) – diamond dealer
Daniel S. Goldin (born 1940) – NASA director
Danielle Goldstein (born 1985) – American-Israeli show jumper
Leon 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 printmaker
Richard Goode (born 1943) – classical pianist
Cuba Gooding Jr. (born 1968) – actor
Cuba Gooding Sr. (1944–2017) – singer
Doris Kearns Goodwin (born 1943) – author
Leo Gorcey (1917–1969) – film actor and comedian, leader of the Dead End Kids, East Side Kids, and Bowery Boys in several movies
Jared Gordon (born 1988) – mixed martial artist
Kyle Gordon (born 1992) – comedian, singer, and YouTuber^[46]
Robert A. Gorman (born 1937) – law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
Eydie Gorme (1928–2013) – singer
Karen Lynn Gorney (born 1945) – actress
Louis Gossett Jr. (1936–2024) – actor
Victor Gotbaum (1921–2015) – labor leader
Gilbert Gottfried (1955–2022) – comedian and actor
Irv Gotti (Irving Lorenzo, 1970–2025) – record executive and producer
John Gotti (1940–2002) – crime boss
Elliott Gould (born 1938) – actor
Joan Gould (1927–2022) – author and journalist
David C. Gowdey (1841–1908) – politician
Leslie Grace (born 1995) – singer
Topher Grace (born 1978) – actor
Sean Grande (born 1969) – television and radio sportscaster
Lee Grant (born 1925) – actress
Oliver "Power" Grant (1973–2026) – music executive and actor
Bonita Granville (1923–1988) – actress and television producer
F. Gary Gray (born 1969) – filmmaker
Renee Graziano (born 1969) – reality television personality (Mob Wives)
Sammy "The Bull" Gravano (born 1940) – mobster, former underboss of the Gambino crime family
Rocky Graziano (born Thomas Rocco, 1919–1990) – boxer
Benny Green (born 1963) – pianist
Hank Greenberg (1911–1986) – Hall of Fame baseball player
Ariana Greenblatt (born 2007) – actress
Angela Greene (1921–1978) – actress
Denny Greene (1949–2015) – singer, member of Sha Na Na
Milton H. Greene (1922–1985) – fashion and celebrity photographer, film and television producer
Jerry Greenfield (born 1951) – businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Ben & Jerry's
Alan Greenspan (born 1926) – economist, Federal Reserve chairman
Sheila Greenwald (born 1934) – author
Adrian Grenier (born 1976) – actor
Jennifer Grey (born 1960) - actress
Bill Griffith (born 1944) – cartoonist (Zippy)^[47]
Melanie Griffith (born 1957) – actress
Alfred Grossman (1927–1987) – writer and novelist
Harry Guardino (1925–1995) – actor
Alex Guarnaschelli (born 1969) – chef and television personality
Bob Guccione (1930–2010) – publisher
Richie Guerin (born 1932) – NBA player and coach
Peggy Guggenheim (1898–1979) – art collector
Grace Gummer (born 1986) – actress
Mamie Gummer (born 1983) – actress
Rajat Gupta (born 1948) – CEO of McKinsey & Company convicted of insider trading
Jim Gurfein (born 1961) – tennis player
Steve Guttenberg (born 1958) – actor
Luis Guzmán (born 1956) – actor
Maggie Gyllenhaal (born 1977) – actress

H

Joan Hackett (1934–1983) – actress
Ilfenesh Hadera (born 1985) – actress
Aaron Hall (born 1964) – singer
Adelaide Hall (1901–1993) – jazz singer, Broadway star, actress
Anthony Michael Hall (born 1968) – actor
Huntz Hall (1920–1999) – comedian, actor; co-starred in several Dead End Kids, East Side Kids and Bowery Boys movies
Jimmy Hall (born 1994) – basketball player in the Israeli National League
Julian Hall (born 2008) – soccer player^[48]
Mortimer Halpern (1909–2006) – Broadway stage manager
Julie Halston (born 1954) – actress and comedian
Eddy Hamel (1902–1943) – Jewish-American soccer player for Dutch club AFC Ajax who was killed by the Nazis in Auschwitz concentration camp
Pete Hamill (1935–2020) – journalist
Marvin Hamlisch (1944–2012) – composer
Armand Hammer (1898–1990) – industrialist and philanthropist
Oscar Hammerstein II (1895–1960) – composer
Han Terra (born 1982) – polymath
Frank Hankinson (1856–1911) – major league baseball player^[38]
Adam Hann-Byrd (born 1982) – actor
Sean Hannity (born 1961) – television host, author, conservative political commentator
Nelson Harding (1879–1944) – editorial cartoonist
Edward W. Hardy (born 1992) – composer, musician and producer
Maurice Harkless (born 1993) – basketball player
Donald J. Harlin (1935–2015) – chief of chaplains of the U.S. Air Force
Andre Harrell (1960–2020) – record executive
Lynn Harrell (1944–2020) – cellist
W. Averell Harriman (1891–1986) – diplomat and governor of New York
Andy Harris (born 1957) – U.S. representative for Maryland^[49]
David Harris (1949–2024) – actor
Julie Harris (1925–2013) – actress
Zelda Harris (born 1985) – actress
Jackée Harry (born 1956) – actress
Bob Hastings (1925–2014) – actor
Anne Hathaway (born 1982) – actress
Marcia Haufrecht (born 1937) – actor, director, playwright
Richie Havens (1941–2013) – singer-songwriter, guitarist
Levon Hawke (born 2002) – actor
Maya Hawke (born 1998) – actress, singer-songwriter and model
Curt Hawkins (born 1985) – professional wrestler
Billy Hayes (born 1947) – author of Midnight Express
Patrick Joseph Hayes (1867–1938) – fifth archbishop of New York
Susan Hayward (1917–1975) – actress
Rita Hayworth (1918–1987) – actress
Shari Headley (born 1964) – actress
Anthony Hecht (1923–2004) – poet
Ladislav Hecht (1909–2004) – Czechoslovak-American tennis player
Jamie Hector (born 1975) – actor
Lucas Hedges (born 1996) – actor
Carol Heiss (born 1940) – Olympic figure skater (silver 1956, gold 1960)
Joseph Heller (1923–1999) – author
Alvin Hellerstein (born 1933) – U.S. federal judge
Susan Hendl (1947–2020) – ballet dancer and répétiteur
Lance Henriksen (born 1940) – actor
Buck Henry (1930–2020) – actor and filmmaker
Nelson H. Henry (1855–1923) – member of the New York State Assembly, adjutant general of New York^[50]
Brian Henson (born 1963) – puppeteer, director, producer
Jean-Noël Herlin (born 1940) – archivist, antiquarian bookseller, curator
Jason Hernandez (born 1983) – soccer player who represented the Puerto Rico national team and general manager^[51]
Elinore Morehouse Herrick (1895–1964) – labor–relations specialist
Bernard Herrmann (1911–1975) – composer
Robert Hess (1935–2014) – sculptor, art educator
Peter Cooper Hewitt (1861–1921) – inventor
Paul Heyman (born 1965) – professional wrestling manager, promoter and commentator
William Hickey (1927–1997) – actor
Catherine Hicks (born 1951) – actress
D'atra Hicks (born 1967) – actress and singer
Taral Hicks (born 1974) – actress and singer
Hildegarde (1906–2005) – cabaret singer
Roger Hill (1949–2014) – actor
Kathy Hilton (born 1959) – socialite, fashion designer, actress
Nicky Hilton (born 1983) – socialite, fashion designer, model
Paris Hilton (born 1981) – socialite, actress
Gregory Hines (1946–2003) – dancer and actor
Judd Hirsch (born 1935) – actor
Jack Hirschman (1933–2021) – poet and social activist
Camomile Hixon (born 1970) – visual artist
Julius Hodge (born 1983) – basketball player and coach
William E. Hoehle – member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
Steven Hoffenberg (1945–2022) – businessman and convicted fraudster
Cooper Hoffman (born 2003) – actor
Robert Hofstadter (1915–1990) – physicist and Nobel laureate
Eleanor Holm (1912–2004) – competitive swimmer, 1932 Olympic gold medalist
Eric Holtz (born 1965) – head coach of the Israel National Baseball Team
Megan Hollingshead (born 1968) – actress, singer, broadway star
Shaheen Holloway (born 1976) – basketball coach and former player, current head coach of the St. Peter's Peacocks
Ellen Holly (1931–2023) – actress
Eli Holzman (born 1974) – writer, producer, and television executive
Rio Hope-Gund (born 1999) – soccer player
Lena Horne (1917–2010) – actress and singer
Edward Everett Horton (1886–1970) – actor
Jay Horwitz (born 1945) – New York Mets executive
Curly Howard (1903–1952) – actor of comedy team The Three Stooges
Moe Howard (1897–1975) – actor of comedy team The Three Stooges
Shemp Howard (1895–1955) – actor of comedy team The Three Stooges
Steny Hoyer (born 1939) – U.S. representative for Maryland and House Majority leader^[52]
Tina Huang (born 1981) – actress
Jon Huertas (born 1969) – actor
Gregg "Opie" Hughes (born 1963) – radio personality, host of Opie and Anthony
Richard Hunt (1951–1992) – puppeteer and television director
Harold Hunter (1974–2006) – professional skateboarder and actor
Tab Hunter (1931–2018) – actor
Cornelia Collins Hussey (1827–1902) – philanthropist, writer
Barbara Hutton (1912–1979) – socialite dubbed "Poor Little Rich Girl"
Sarah Hyland (born 1990) – actress and singer

I

David Iacono (born 2002) – actor
Scott Ian (born 1963) – guitarist, member of Anthrax
Raúl Ibañez (born 1972) – MLB player
Carl Icahn (born 1936) – financier and a special advisor during the Trump administration
Ice Spice (Isis Gaston, born 2000) – rapper
Bob Iger (born 1951) – media executive, former CEO of The Walt Disney Company
Melanie Iglesias (born 1987) – model and actress
Jerry Iger (1903–1990) – cartoonist, co-founder of Eisner & Iger
Robert Iler (born 1985) – actor
Tonya Ingram (1991–2022) – author, poet, and disability rights activist
Inspectah Deck (Jason Hunter, born 1970) – rapper, member of Wu-Tang Clan
Jimmy Iovine (born 1953) – record executive and media proprietor
Washington Irving (1783–1859) – author
John Isaac – photographer

J

Wolfman Jack (Robert Weston Smith, 1938–1995) – radio personality
Aziel Jackson (born 2001) – soccer player^[53]
Mark Jackson (born 1965) – basketball player and coach
Troy "Escalade" Jackson (1973–2011) – basketball player
Jane Jacobs (1916–2006) – economist, urban theorist, activist
Ken Jacobs (born 1933) – artist and filmmaker
Lawrence Hilton Jacobs (born 1953) – actor
Marc Jacobs (born 1963) – fashion designer
Elizabeth Jagger (born 1984) – model, activist, daughter of Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall
Henry James (1843–1916) – writer
William James (1842–1910) – philosopher and psychologist
Brenda Janowitz (born c. 1973) – writer and attorney
Jaiquawn Jarrett (born 1989) – football player
Jam Master Jay (1965–2002) – DJ and producer, member of Run-DMC
John Jay (1745–1829) – diplomat, jurist (including chief justice of the United States) and politician (including governor of New York)
Jay-Z (Shawn Carter, born 1969) – rapper and businessman
Jaz-O (Jonathan Burks, born 1964) – rapper
Karine Jean-Pierre (born 1974) – political campaign organizer
Hakeem Jeffries (born 1970) – U.S. representative for New York and Democratic leader in the House^[54]
Charles Jenkins (born 1989) – basketball player
Max Jenkins (born 1985) – actor and writer
Ron Jeremy (born 1953) – pornographic actor, filmmaker, and comedian
Jharrel Jerome (born 1997) – actor
Ty Jerome (born 1997) – professional basketball player
Jack Jersawitz (1934–2012) – Marxist Activist and Television Host
Jessi (born 1988) – rapper
Hugh Jessiman (born 1984) – NHL player
Jipsta (John Patrick Masterson; born 1974) – rapper
Billy Joel (born 1949) – singer-songwriter
David Johansen (1950––2025) – actor and singer-songwriter, member of New York Dolls
Scarlett Johansson (born 1984) – actress, singer, and producer
Daymond John (born 1969) – entrepreneur
Boris Johnson (born 1964) – British politician, prime minister of the United Kingdom, and former mayor of London (2008–2016)
Crockett Johnson (1906–1975) – cartoonist and children's writer (Harold and the Purple Crayon)
Jim Jones (born 1976) – rapper and record executive
Norah Jones (born 1979) – singer-songwriter and actress
Julia Jones-Pugliese (1909–1993) – national champion fencer and fencing coach
Spike Jonze (born 1969) – actor and filmmaker
Michael Jordan (born 1963) – basketball player
Lazarus Joseph (1891–1966) – New York state senator and New York City comptroller
Colin Jost (born 1982) – comedian, actor, and writer
William Joyce (also known as Lord Haw-Haw; 1906–1946) – Nazi propaganda broadcaster
Francine Justa (1942–2016) – activist and affordable housing advocate in New York City

K

K7 (Louis Sharpe, born 1966) – rapper and singer
Qurrat Ann Kadwani (born 1981) – actress and playwright
Marilyn Kagan (1951–2020) – actress and psychotherapist
Philip Mayer Kaiser (1913–2007) – U.S. diplomat
Bob Kaliban (1933–2020) – actor, voice actor, and former president of SAG-AFTRA
Bob Kane (1915–1998) – comic book writer and artist, creator of Batman
Elias Kane (1794–1835) – served as the first Illinois Secretary of State 1818–1822 and a United States senator for Illinois 1825–1835^[55]
Kangol Kid (Shaun Fequiere, 1966–2021) – rapper, member of UTFO
Chris Kanyon (1970–2010) – professional wrestler
Gabe Kaplan (born 1945) – actor
Jonathan Kaplan (1947–2025) – filmmaker
Donna Karan (born 1948) – fashion designer
Abraham Katz (1926–2013) – diplomat, United States Ambassador to the OECD
Michael Katz (1939–2025) – sportswriter
Jeffrey Katzenberg (born 1950) – media proprietor and film producer
Andy Kaufman (1949–1984) – actor and comedian
Charlie Kaufman (born 1958) – screenwriter
Elaine Kaufman (1929–2010) – restauranter (Elaine's)
Michael Kay (born 1961) – sports broadcaster
Danny Kaye (1911–1987) – actor and comedian
Lenny Kaye (born 1946) – guitarist
Thomas Kean (born 1935) – governor of New Jersey
Monica Keena (born 1979) – actress
Harvey Keitel (born 1939) – actor
Max Kellerman (born 1973) – sports analyst
Kevin Kelley (born 1967) – boxer
Bridget Kelly (born 1986) – singer
Moira Kelly (born 1968) – actress
Robin Kelly (born 1956) – U.S. representative for Illinois^[56]
Alexa Kenin (1962–1985) – actress
George Kennedy (1925–2016) – actor
Jacqueline Kennedy (1929–1994) – First Lady of the United States and editor
John F. Kennedy Jr. (1960–1999) – attorney and magazine publisher, son of John F. Kennedy
Max Kennedy (born 1965) – writer and lawyer
Tom Kenny (born 1962) – voice actor and comedian
Jerome Kern (1885–1945) – composer
Alicia Keys (born 1981) – singer-songwriter and actress
Robert Kibbee (1921–1982) – Chancellor of the City University of New York
Lil' Kim (Kimberly Denise Jones; born 1976) – actress and rapper
Jimmy Kimmel (born 1967) – comedian and television talk-show host
King Princess (born 1998) – singer-songwriter
Carole King (born 1942) – singer-songwriter
Larry King (1933–2021) – television talk-show and radio host
Morgana King (1930–2018) – singer and actress
Keith Kinkaid (born 1989) – professional ice hockey player
Bruce Kirby (1925–2021) – actor
Bruno Kirby (1949–2006) – actor
Jack Kirby (1917–1994) – comic book artist, co-creator of Avengers, Hulk and X-Men
Lola Kirke (born 1990) – actress and singer
Sally Kirkland (1941–2025) – actress
Nancy Kissinger (born 1934) – philanthropist
Calvin Klein (born 1942) – fashion designer
Diana Kleiner (born 1947) – art historian
Greta Kline (born 1994) – singer and musician
Christopher Knight (born 1957) – actor
John "Julius" Knight – music producer, DJ
Miss Ko (Christine Ko, born 1985) – rapper
Ed Koch (1924–2013) – mayor of New York City
E. L. Konigsburg (1930–2013) – writer
Peter Koo (born 1952) – politician and pharmacist
Kool G Rap (Nathaniel Wilson, born 1968) – rapper
C. Everett Koop (1916–2013) – physician
Tony Kornheiser (born 1948) – host of Pardon the Interruption, sportswriter and columnist
Yaphet Kotto (1939–2021) – actor
Sandy Koufax (born 1935) – MLB pitcher
Martin 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-songwriter
Jill Krementz (born 1940) – author and photographer
Gary Kreps (born 1952) – health and risk communication scholar
KRS-One (Lawrence Parker, born 1965) – rapper
Barbara Kruger (born 1945) – feminist artist
David Krumholtz (born 1978) – actor
Stanley Kubrick (1928–1999) – film director and screenwriter
Bob Kulick (1950–2020) – guitarist
Bruce Kulick (born 1953) – guitarist
Clarence Kummer (1899–1931) – U.S. Riding Hall of Fame jockey
William Kunstler (1919–1995) – lawyer
Ray Kurzweil (born 1947) – author, inventor, and futurist
Tony Kushner (born 1956) – playwright and screenwriter
Kienast quintuplets (born 1970) – set of quintuplets
Allan Kwartler (1917–1998) – sabre and foil fencer, Pan American Games and Maccabiah Games champion

L

Fiorello La Guardia (1882–1947) – mayor of New York City
Casey LaBow (born 1986) – actress
Jesse Lacey (born 1978) – musician and singer
David LaChapelle (born 1963) – photographer
Lady Gaga (Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, born 1986) – musician and actress
Sophia Laforteza (born 2002) – singer, dancer and member of girl group Katseye
Bert Lahr (1895–1967) – actor and comedian
Veronica Lake (1922–1973) – actress
Jake LaMotta (1922–2017) – boxer
Burt Lancaster (1913–1994) – actor
Martin Landau (1928–2017) – actor
Steve Landesberg (1936–2010) – actor
Diane Lane (born 1965) – actress
Don Lane (1933–2009) – talk show host
Meyer Lansky (1902–1983) – gangster
Leo Laporte (born 1956) – founder/host of TWiT.tv
Adrienne La Russa (born 1948) - actress
Floria Lasky (1923–2007) – theater world lawyer
Sanaa Lathan (born 1971) – actress
Cyndi Lauper (born 1953) – singer
Ralph Lauren (born 1939) – fashion designer
Emma Lazarus (1849–1887) – author and poet
Blackie Lawless (Steven Duren, born 1956) – singer and guitarist, member of W.A.S.P.
Gracie Lawrence (born 1997) – actress and singer
Marc Lawrence (born 1959) – filmmaker
Steve Lawrence (1935–2024) – singer and actor
NeNe Leakes (born 1967) – television personality (The Real Housewives of Atlanta)
Ron Leavitt (1947–2008) – television produced and writer, co-creator of Married... with Children
Harold Lederman (1940–2019) – boxing judge and analyst
Ivan Lee (born 1981) – Olympic saber fencer; banned for life by SafeSport^[57]
Jeanette Lee ("The Black Widow", born 1971) – professional pool player
Malcolm D. Lee (born 1970) – filmmaker
Peyton Elizabeth Lee (born 2004) – actress
Spike Lee (born 1957) – filmmaker
Stan Lee (1922–2018) – comic-book writer, editor, film executive producer, actor, and publisher for Marvel Comics
Will Lee (1908–1982) – actor (Mr. Hooper in Sesame Street)
John Leguizamo (born 1960 or 1964) – actor
Franz Leichter (1930–2023) – politician
Madeleine L'Engle (1918–2007) – author
Sean Lennon (born 1975) – musician, son of John Lennon
Melissa Leo (born 1960) – actress
Téa Leoni (born 1966) – actress
Ken Leung (born 1970) – actor
Margarita Levieva (born 1980) – actress
A. Leo Levin (1919–2015) – law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
Floyd Levine (1932–2025) – actor
Shlomo Levinger (born 1997) – magician and mentalist
Huey Lewis (born 1950) – musician and singer
Joe E. Lewis (1902–1971) – comedian
Richard Lewis (1947–2024) – actor and comedian
Miranda Lichtenstein (born 1969) – artist
Roy Lichtenstein (1923–1997) – pop artist
Larry Lieber (born 1931) – comic book artist and writer
Joe Lieberman (1942–2024) – former long-time U.S. senator from Connecticut (1989–2013); 2000 vice presidential nominee under Al Gore
Chris Lighty (1968–2012) – record executive
Hal Linden (born 1931) – actor
John Lindsay (1921–2000) – mayor of New York City
Hamish Linklater (born 1976) – actor and playwright
John Linnell (born 1959) – musician, one half of alternative rock duo They Might Be Giants
Laura Linney (born 1964) – actress
Liondub (Erik Weiss; born 1973) – DJ and record producer
Deborah Lipstadt (born 1947) – historian and author
Peggy Lipton (1946–2019) – actress
Lisa Lisa (Lisa Velez, born 1967) – singer, member of Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam
Peyton List (born 1998) – actress
Zoe Lister-Jones (born 1982) – actress
Havana Rose Liu (born 1997) – actress
John Liu (born 1967) – politician, 43rd New York City comptroller
Lucy Liu (born 1968) – actress
Robert R. Livingston (1746–1813) – U.S. founding father and diplomat
LL Cool J (James Todd Smith, born 1968) – rapper and actor
Daniel Lobell – stand-up comedian and podcaster
Tommy Lockhart (1892–1979) – inductee into Hockey Hall of Fame and United States Hockey Hall of Fame^[58]^[59]
Robert Loggia (1930–2015) – actor
Lindsay Lohan (born 1986) – actress and singer
Vince Lombardi (1913–1970) – NFL coach
Mike Longabardi (born 1973) – NBA assistant coach
Nia Long (born 1970) – actress
Ki Longfellow (1944–2022) – novelist
Jennifer Lopez (born 1969) – singer and actress
Lori Loughlin (born 1964) – actress
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (born 1961) – actress
Tina Louise (born 1934) – actress
Evelyn Lozada (born 1975) – model and TV personality
Willie Lozado (born 1959) – baseball player
Bennet Nathaniel "Nate" Lubell (1916–2006) – Olympic fencer
Edna Luby (1884–1928) – Broadway and vaudeville performer
Charles "Lucky" Luciano (1897–1962) – gangster
Sid Luckman (1916–1998) – football player and coach
Jenny Lumet (born 1967) – actress and screenwriter
Sidney Lumet (1924–2011) – film director, producer, and screenwriter
Justine Lupe (born 1989) – actress
Frankie Lymon (1942–1968) – singer
Carol Lynley (1942–2019) – actress
Natasha Lyonne (born 1979) – actress
MC Lyte (Lana Moorer, born 1970) – rapper, actress and television announcer

M

Remy Ma (Reminisce Smith, born 1980) – rapper
Peter Maas (1929–2001) – author and journalist
Lil Mabu (born 2005) – rapper
Alice Foote MacDougall (1867–1945) – coffee wholesaler, restaurateur, and business owner in the city^[60]
Ali MacGraw (born 1939) – actress
John F. Mackie (1835–1910) – Medal of Honor recipient
Lukas MacNaughton (born 1995) – soccer player who represented the Canada national team^[61]
Bernie Madoff (1938–2021) – financier and financial criminal
Ruth Madoff (born 1941) – wife of Bernie Madoff
Bill Maher (born 1956) – comedian and TV host
Umber Majeed (born 1989) – visual artist
Bernard Malamud (1914–1986) – author
Romany Malco (born 1968) – actor
Nicole Malliotakis (born 1980) – U.S. representative for New York^[62]
Lil Mama (Niatia Kirkland, born 1989) – rapper and actress
Zohran Mamdani (born 1991) – mayor of New York City^[63]
Paloma Mami (born 1999) – singer
Sandro Mamukelashvili (born 1999) – professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs
Melissa Manchester (born 1951) – singer
Barry Manilow (born 1943) – singer-songwriter
Arnold Manoff (1914–1965) – screenwriter
Dinah Manoff (born 1956) – actress
Mase (Mason Betha, born 1975) – rapper
Mike Mansfield (1903–2001) – senator from Montana
Bruce Manson (born 1956) – tennis player
Charlotte Manson (1917–1996) – radio actress
Sonia Manzano (born 1950) – actress
John Mara (born 1954) – businessman, co-owner of the New York Giants
Stephon Marbury (born 1977) – professional basketball player
James Margolis (born 1936) – Olympic fencer
Rose Marie (1923–2017) – actress
John Marley (1907–1984) – actor
Dean Marlowe (born 1992) – safety for the Buffalo Bills
Constantine Maroulis (born 1975) – American Idol finalist
Garry Marshall (1934–2016) – filmmaker and screenwriter
Penny Marshall (1943–2018) – actress and filmmaker
Diane Martel (1962–2025) – music video director
Ernest Mateen (1966–2012) – boxer
Christopher "Play" Martin (born 1962) – rapper and actor
Darnell Martin (born 1964) – filmmaker
Ernest Martin (born 1932) – theatre director and manager
Alpo Martinez (1966–2021) – drug lord
Angie Martinez (born 1971) – radio personality
Melanie Martinez (born 1995) – singer-songwriter, actress, director, photographer, and screenwriter
Soraida Martinez (born 1956) – artist and designer
John Martino (born 1937) – actor^[64]^[65]
Sadie Martinot (1861–1923) – singer, actress
Lee Marvin (1924–1987) – actor
Chico Marx (1887–1961) – comedian
Groucho Marx (1890–1977) – member of the Marx Brothers
Gummo Marx (1892–1977) – member of the Marx Brothers
Harpo Marx (1888–1964) – member of the Marx Brothers
Louis Marx (1896–1982) – founder of Louis Marx and Company
Zeppo Marx (1901–1979) – member of the Marx Brothers
James Maslow (born 1990) – actor and singer (raised in California)
Anthony Mason (1966–2015) – NBA player
John Massari (born 1957) – composer, sound designer
Ashley Massaro (1979–2019) – professional wrestler
Alanna Masterson (born 1988) – actress
Samantha Mathis (born 1970) – actress
Walter Matthau (1920–2000) – actor
Sam Mattis (born 1994) – Olympic discus thrower
Debi Mazar (born 1964) – actress
Loretta Mazza (born 1957) – Sammarinese politician, mayor of Acquaviva (2009–2013)
Margherita Wood McCandlish (1892–1954) – former First Lady of Guam, born in New York City
Joe McCarthy (born 2001) – rugby union player
John McCloskey (1810–1885) – cardinal archbishop of New York, 1864–1885
Frank McCourt (1930–2009) – author (raised in Ireland, returned later in life)
Malachy McCourt (1931–2024) – author (raised in Ireland, returned later in life)
Darryl "DMC" McDaniels (born 1964) – rapper, member of Run-DMC
Ralph McDaniels (born 1959) – radio and television personality, host of Video Music Box
Oisin McEntee (born 2001) – Irish soccer player^[66]
John C. McGinley (born 1959) – actor
Allie McGuire (born 1951) – professional basketball player
Triston McKenzie (born 1997) – MLB pitcher
Kenneth McMillan (1932–1989) – actor
Audrey Meadows (1922–1996) – actress
Anne Meara (1929–2015) – actress and comedian
Kay Medford (1916–1980) – actress
Gregory Meeks (born 1953) – U.S. representative for New York^[67]
Paul Meltsner – WPA-era painter and muralist
Dave Meltzer (born 1959) – pro wrestling journalist
Herman Melville (1819–1891) – author
Bob Melvin (born 1961) – Major League Baseball player and manager
Daniel Menaker (1941–2020) – writer and editor
Bob Menendez (born 1954) – U.S. senator for New Jersey; the first sitting member of Congress to be convicted of being a foreign agent^[68]
Grace Meng (born 1975) – lawyer and politician, Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee
Yehudi Menuhin (1916–1999) – violinist
Idina Menzel (born 1971) – singer and actress
Larry Merchant (born 1931) – boxing analyst and sportswriter
Ethel Merman (1908–1984) – singer and actress
Helen Merrill (born 1929) – jazz singer
Jenny B. Merrill (1854–1934) – educator, author
Robert Merrill (1917–2004) – singer
Debra Messing (born 1968) – actress
Dan Meuser (born 1964) – U.S. representative for Pennsylvania^[69]
Dina Meyer (born 1968) – actress
Robert Miano (born 1942) – actor
Stefano Miceli (1975) – pianist and conductor
Al Michaels (born 1944) – sports broadcaster
Lea Michele (born 1986) – actress and singer
Vera Michelena (1885–1961) – actress, dancer, and singer
Alyssa Milano (born 1972) – actress
Sally Milgrim (1898–1994) – fashion designer
Adeline Miller (1777–1859) – prostitute and madam
Arthur Miller (1915–2005) – playwright
Dick Miller (1928–2019) – actor
Jarrell Miller (born 1988) – boxer
Marcus Miller (born 1959) – bassist and composer
Sienna Miller (born 1981) – actress
Stephanie Mills (born 1957) – singer, former Broadway star
Andy Mineo (born 1988) – Christian rapper
Sal Mineo (1939–1976) – actor
Rachel Miner (born 1980) – actress
Marvin Minsky (1927–2016) – cognitive and computer scientist
Lin-Manuel Miranda (born 1980) – musical theatre writer and performer
Andrea Mitchell (born 1946) – journalist, NBC News
John Joseph Mitty (1884–1961) – Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco
Isaac Mizrahi (born 1961) – fashion designer
Gerald Mohr (1914–1968) – actor
Nancie Monelle (1841–1903) – physician, missionary
Aja Monet (born 1987) – poet
Eddie Money (1949–2019) – singer
Lenny Montana (1926–1992) – actor and professional wrestler^[70]^[71]
Julie Chen Moonves (born 1970) – television personality
Davey Moore (1959–1988) – boxer
Indya Moore (born 1995) – actress
Mary Tyler Moore (1936–2017) – actress, producer
Melba Moore (born 1945) – actress, singer
Michael Moorer (born 1967) – boxer
Nicholas Montemarano (born 1970) – writer
Tom Morello (born 1964) – guitarist
Rita Moreno (born 1931) – actress
Henry Morgan (1915–1994) – radio and television personality
Huey Morgan (born 1986) – musician, radio DJ, songwriter, television personality
Cathy Moriarty (born 1960) – actress
Erin Moriarty (born 1994) – actress
Gouverneur Morris (1752–1816) – U.S. founding father; U.S. senator
Shelley Morrison (1936–2019) – actress
Vic Morrow (1929–1982) – actor
Joe Morton (born 1947) – actor
Zero Mostel (1915–1977) – actor, comedian
Tommy Mottola (born 1949) – music executive
DJ Muggs (Lawrence Muggerud, born 1968) – record producer and DJ, member of Cypress Hill
Eddie Mustafa Muhammad (born 1952) – boxer
Maria Muldaur (born 1942) – folk and blues singer-songwriter
John Mulholland – documentary filmmaker, film historian
Brian Mullen (born 1962) – NHL player
Joe Mullen (born 1957) – NHL player
Brennan Lee Mulligan (born 1988) – actor, comedian and gamemaster
Gerry Mulligan (1927–1996) – musician
Richard Mulligan (1932–2000) – actor
Robert Mulligan (1925–2008) – director
Thom Michael Mulligan – actor
Chris Mullin (born 1963) – basketball player
Charlie Murphy (1959–2017) – actor, comedian
Chris Murphy (born 1973) – U.S. senator from Connecticut since 2013
Eddie Murphy (born 1961) – actor, comedian
James Murray (born 1976) – comedian, actor, author
Yunus Musah (born 2002) – soccer player
Bess Myerson (1924–2014) – actress, model and politician
Monti Rock III (1939–2026) – Singer, Hustler, Entertainer and a hairdresser from Bronx, full name: Joseph Moses Montanez Jr.

N

James M. Nack (1809–1879) – deaf and mute poet
Jerry Nadler (born 1947) – U.S. representative for New York^[72]
Larry 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 (Nasir Jones, born 1973) – rapper, songwriter, and entrepreneur
Michael H. Nash (1946–2012) – labor historian, librarian, and archivist
Tonie Nathan (1923–2014) – Libertarian Party political figure
Sarah Natochenny (born 1987) – voice actress
Lia Neal (born 1995) – Olympic swimmer^[73]
Oscar Neebe (1850–1916) – anarchist, labor activist, one of Haymarket bombing trial defendants
Chuck Negron (1942-2026) - singer, songwriter, founding memberof music and rock band Three Dog Night
Casey Neistat (born 1981) filmmaker, producer, YouTuber
Haywood Nelson (born 1960) – actor
Sean Nelson – actor
Howard Nemerov (1920–1991) – poet
Sylvester Nevins – politician
Sam Newfield (1899–1964) – film director
John Philip Newman (1826–1899) – Methodist bishop
Pete Nice (born 1967) – rapper, member of 3rd Bass
Mike Nichols (1931–2014) – comedian, film and theatre director
Denise Nickerson (1957–2019) – actress
Harry Nilsson (1941–1994) – singer-songwriter
Nine (Derrick Keyes, born 1969) – rapper
Cynthia Nixon (born 1966) – actress
Joakim Noah (born 1985) – NBA center for the New York Knicks
Jerry Nolan (1946–1992) – rock drummer
John Nolan (born 1978) – musician and singer
Charles Nordhoff (1830–1901) – journalist, descriptive and miscellaneous writer
Dagmar Nordstrom (1903–1976) – composer, pianist and singer; member of the cabaret singing duo the Nordstrom Sisters
Siggie Nordstrom (1893–1980) – actress, model and singer; member of the cabaret singing duo the Nordstrom Sisters
Ed Norris (born 1960) – radio host
Chris Noth (born 1954) – actor
Geoffrey Notkin (born 1961) – TV science educator
The Notorious B.I.G. (Christopher George Latore Wallace, 1972–1997) – rapper
Miguel A. Núñez Jr. (born 1959) – actor
Carrie Nye (1936–2006) – actress
Laura Nyro (1947–1997) – singer-songwriter

O

Simon Oakland (1915–1983) – actor
John Oates (born 1948) – musician, member of Hall & Oates
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (born 1989) – U.S. representative for New York^[74]
Charlie O'Connell (born 1975) – actor
Jerry O'Connell (born 1974) – actor and television personality
Carroll O'Connor (1924-2001) - actor, he played the role of Archie Bunker on All In The Family
Susan Louise O'Connor (born 1975) – film, television and stage actress^[75]
Lamar Odom (born 1979) – NBA player
Al Oerter (1935–2007) – four-time Olympic champion in discus throw
Kevin Ogletree (born 1987) – NFL player
Adewale Ogunleye (born 1977) – NFL player
Garrick Ohlsson (born 1948) – classical pianist
Keith Olbermann (born 1959) – television sportscaster and commentator
Jon Oliva (born 1960) – Savatage singer and keyboardist
Olivia (born 1981) – singer
Chris O'Loughlin (born 1967) – Olympic fencer
Gregory Olsen (born 1945) – entrepreneur
Patrice O'Neal (1969–2011) – comedian
Eugene O'Neill (1888–1953) – playwright
Paul O'Neill (1956–2017) – record producer, lyracist and musician
Paul O'Neill (1956–2017) – music composer and producer
Robert Oppenheimer (1904–1967) – physicist; "father of the atomic bomb"
Jerry Orbach (1935–2004) – actor
Bill O'Reilly (born 1949) – former Fox News anchor
Tony Orlando (born 1944) – singer
Roscoe Orman (born 1944) – actor known for playing Gordon Robinson in Sesame Street
John Ortiz (born 1968) – actor
Lisa Ortiz (born 1974) – actress
Lane Shi Otayonii – musician and interactive multimedia performer
Adam Ottavino (born 1985) – MLB pitcher
Rick Overton (born 1954) – actor and comedian

P

Al Pacino (born 1940) – actor
Saul K. Padover (1905–1981) – historian
Josh Pais (born 1964) – actor
Alan J. Pakula (1928–1998) – film director, screenwriter, and producer
Adam Pally (born 1982) – actor and comedian
Joe Palma (1905–1994) – actor and comedian
Fanny Purdy Palmer (1839–1923) – author, lecturer, activist
Chazz Palminteri (born 1952) – actor
Joseph Papp (1921–1991) – theater producer, impresario, founder of The Public Theater
Rob Parker (born 1964) – sportswriter, TV analyst
Smush Parker (born 1981) – NBA player
Cheyenne Parker-Tyus (born 1992) – WNBA player
Lana Parrilla (born 1977) – actress
Jason Patric (born 1966) – actor
Glenn Patrick (born 1950) – NHL player
Pastel Ghost (Vivian Moon) – musician, singer, songwriter, and producer
Joe Paterno (1928–2012) – football coach
Floyd Patterson (1935–2006) – boxer
James Patterson (born 1947) – novelist
J.N. Pattison (1839–1905) – pianist, composer
Sarah Paulson (born 1974) – actress
Allen Payne (born 1968) – actor
Alan Robert Pearlman (1925–2019) – engineer, synthesizer manufacturer (ARP Instruments, Inc.)
Lou Pearlman (1954–2016) – music manager and scam artist, founder of Backstreet Boys and NSYNC
Josh Peck (born 1986) – actor
Jordan Peele (born 1979) – actor, comedian and filmmaker
Jan Peerce (1904–1984) – opera tenor
Amanda Peet (born 1972) – actress
Richard Pelham (1815–1876) – blackface performer
Claiborne Pell (1918–2009) – senator from Rhode Island
Francis L. Pell (1873–1945) – architect
Caroline Pennell (born 1996) – singer-songwriter, musician, and contestant on NBC's The Voice season 5
Anthony Perkins (1932–1992) – actor
Osgood Perkins (born 1974) – filmmaker and actor
Sam Perkins (born 1961) – NBA player
Rhea Perlman (born 1948) – actress
Ron Perlman (born 1950) – actor
Harold Perrineau (born 1963) – actor
Bernadette Peters (born 1948) – actress, singer
Regis Philbin (1931–2020) – actor, entertainer, television personality, and former host of ABC's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (1999–2002) and Live! with Regis and Kelly (1983–2011)
Todd Phillips (born 1970) – filmmaker
Fafà Picault (born 1991) – soccer player who represented the United States national team and Haiti national team^[76]
Justin Pierce (1975–2000) – actor
Lip Pike (1845–1893) – baseball player, four-time home-run champion^[38]
Bronson Pinchot (born 1959) – actor
Ed Pinckney (born 1963) – NBA player
Rick Pitino (born 1952) – basketball coach
Stacey Plaskett (born 1966) – delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives for the U.S. Virgin Islands^[77]
Galo Plaza (1906–1987) – President of Ecuador
John Pleshette (born 1942) – actor
Suzanne Pleshette (1937–2008) – actress
George Plimpton (1927–2003) – sportswriter
Ethel McClellan Plummer (1888–1936) – artist
Dascha Polanco (born 1982) – actress
Lumi Pollack (born 2009) – actress
Christopher Poole – creator of websites 4chan and Canvas Networks
Pop Smoke (Bashar Jackson, 1999–2020) – rapper
Ted Post (1918–2013) – movie and TV director
Neil Postman (1931–2003) – author, cultural critic
Chaim Potok (1929–2002) – author
Bud Powell (1924–1966) – jazz pianist
Colin Powell (1937–2021) – U.S. Army general and U.S. Secretary of State
Gary Powell (born 1969) – drummer
Joshua Prager (born 1949) – physician
Priscilla Presley (born 1945) – actress
Harold Pressley (born 1963) – NBA player
Kelly Price (born 1973) – singer
Damian Priest (Luis Martinez, born 1982) – professional wrestler
L. Bradford Prince (1840–1922) – politician who was governor of New Mexico Territory^[78]
Prince Royce (born 1989) – singer-songwriter, actor
Freddie Prinze (1954–1977) – comedian and actor
Tito Puente (1923–2000) – bandleader
Mario Puzo (1920–1999) – author

Q

Q-Tip (born 1970) – rapper
Paris Qualles (born 1951) – screenwriter and film producer
Rainey Qualley (born 1989) – actress
Harvey Quaytman (1937–2002) – abstract painter
Queen Pen (Lynise Walters, born 1972) – rapper
Joe Quesada (born 1962) – comic book artist and writer
Mae Questel (1908–1998) – actress, voice of Betty Boop and Olive Oyl
Brian Quinn (born 1976) – improvisational comedian, member of The Tenderloins, star of Impractical Jokers
Josephine Quirk (1882–1976) – screenwriter and film producer

R

Lily Rabe (born 1982) – actress
Renee Rabinowitz (1934–2020) – psychologist and lawyer
Raekwon (Corey Woods, born 1970) – rapper (Wu-tang Clan)
Bill Rafferty (1944–2012) – comedian
Angela "Big Ang" Raiola (1960–2016) – reality television personality (Mob Wives and Big Ang)
Manny Ramirez (born 1972) – MLB player
Joey Ramone (1951–2001) and Marky Ramone (born 1952) – punk-rock musicians
Alex Ramos (born 1961) – boxer
Michael Rapaport (born 1970) – actor, comedian, director
Condola Rashad (born 1986) – actress
Tubby Raskin (1902–1981) – basketball player and coach
Ray Ratkowski (born 1939) – football player
Devin Ratray (born 1977) – actor
Larry Ray (born 1959) – criminal convicted of sex trafficking, extortion, forced labor, and other offenses, sentenced to 60 years in prison
Melissa Rauch (born 1980) – actress and comedian
Lihie Raz (born 2003) – American-born Israeli Olympic artistic gymnast
Karlie Redd (born 1973) – television personality, model and actress
Alan Reed (1907–1977) – actor
Lou Reed (1942–2013) – rock musician, songwriter
Robert I. Rees (1871–1936) – US Army brigadier general, AT&T executive^[79]^[80]^[81]
Christopher Reeve (1952–2004) – actor
Christopher "Kid" Reid (born 1964) – rapper and actor
Kareem Reid (born 1975) – basketball player
Brandon Reilly (born 1981) – musician, guitarist, singer
Charles Nelson Reilly (1931–2007) – actor and comedian
Carl Reiner (1922–2020) – comedian, actor, director, author
Rob Reiner (1947–2025) – actor and director
Estelle Reiner (1914–2008) – actress and singer
Paul Reiser (born 1956) – actor
Charlie Reiter (born 1988) – footballer
Remedy (Ross Filler, born 1972) – rapper
Leah Remini (born 1970) – actress
Ed Rendell (born 1944) – former mayor of Philadelphia, governor of Pennsylvania
Peter Revson (1939–1974) – race car driver
Bebe Rexha (born 1989) – singer-songwriter
Vincent Rey (born 1987) – football player
Judy Reyes (born 1967) – actress
Ving Rhames (born 1959) – actor
Alfonso Riberio (born 1971) – actor, comedian, singer, television host
Charles E. Rice (1931–2015) – legal scholar, university professor
Buddy Rich (1917–1987) – jazz drummer
DJ Richie Rich (Richard Lawson, born 1969) – DJ and record producer, member of 3rd Bass
Renée Richards (born 1934) – tennis player
Terry Richardson (born 1965) – fashion photographer
Adam Richman (born 1974) – television host
Kadary Richmond (born 2001) – college basketball player for the Seton Hall Pirates
Burton Richter (1931–2018) – Nobel Prize-winning physicist
Don Rickles (1926–2017) – comedian
Kathleen Ridder (1922–2017) – women's equal rights activist, writer, educator, philanthropist^[82]
Robert Ridder (1919–2000) – Ice hockey administrator and media mogul^[83]
Joel Rifkin (born 1959) – serial killer
Robin Riker (born 1952) – actress and book author
Teddy Riley (born 1967) – singer-songwriter and record producer, member of Guy and Blackstreet
Thelma Ritter (1902–1969) – actress
Joan Rivers (born Joan Alexandra Molinsky, 1933–2014) – comedian
Johnny Rivers (born 1943) – musician
Melissa Rivers (born 1968) – actress and TV personality
Phil Rizzuto (1917–2007) – MLB player and commentator
Brian Robbins (born 1963) – filmmaker
Tim Robbins (born 1958) – actor
Doris Roberts (1925–2016) – actress
Leon Robinson (born 1962) – actor
Sugar Ray Robinson (1921–1989) – boxer
Chris Rock (born 1965) – comedian and actor
Tony Rock (born 1974) – comedian and actor
Laurance Rockefeller (1910–2004) – conservationist and philanthropist
Winthrop Rockefeller (1912–1973) – governor of Arkansas
Norman Rockwell (1894–1978) – artist
A$AP Rocky (born 1988) – rapper^[84]
Nile Rodgers (born 1952) – musician, songwriter and record producer, member of Chic
Alex Rodriguez (born 1975) – baseball player
John Rogan (born 1960) – football player
Al Roker (born 1954) – weatherman and television personality
Sonny Rollins (born 1930) – jazz saxophonist
Ray Romano (born 1957) – comedian and actor
John Romita Jr. (born 1956) – comic book artist
John Romita Sr. (1930–2023) – comic book artist
Saoirse Ronan (born 1994) – American-born Irish actress^[85]
Igal Roodenko (1917–1991) – civil-rights activist, pacifist
Sean Rooks (1969–2016) – basketball player and coach^[86]
Kevin Rooney (born 1956) – boxer and boxing trainer
Mickey Rooney (1920–2014) – actor
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) – U.S. First Lady and human-rights activist
Franklin Roosevelt (1882–1945) – 32nd president of the United States
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) – 26th president of the United States
Alan Rosen (born 1969) – restaurant and bakery owner, and author
Beatrice Rosen (born 1977) – actress (raised in Paris)
Jeffrey Rosen – billionaire businessman
Robert Rosen (1934–1998) – theoretical biologist
Sam Rosen (born 1947) – sportscaster
Aaron "Rosy" Rosenberg (1912–1979) – two-time "All-American" college football player, and film and television producer
Ethel Greenglass Rosenberg – convicted spy
Julius Rosenberg – convicted spy
David H. Rosenbloom – author
Christopher Ross (1931–2023) – sculptor, designer and collector
Nicole Ross (born 1989) – Olympic foil fencer
Emmy Rossum (born 1986) – actress
Veronica Roth (born 1988) – novelist
David René de Rothschild (born 1942) – banker^[87]
Royal Flush (Ramel Govantes, born 1975) – rapper
Ella Rubin (born 2001) – actress
Kevin Rudolf (born 1983) – singer
Mercedes Ruehl (born 1948) – actress
Vic Ruggiero – ska musician frontman of The Slackers
Maelo Ruiz (born 1966) – salsa singer
Louis Rukeyser (1933–2006) – business columnist, economic commentator
Charles E. Rushmore (1857–1931) – businessman and attorney, namesake of Mount Rushmore
Frank Russek (1875/1876–1948) – Polish-born American co-founder of the Russeks department store chain
Damien Russell (born 1970) – NFL player
Gianni Russo (born 1943) – actor, singer, and restaurateur^[88]
James Russo (born 1953) – actor
Art Rust Jr. (1927–2010) – sportscaster
Amy Ryan (born 1968) – actress

S

Benny Safdie (born 1986) – filmmaker and actor
Josh Safdie (born 1984) – filmmaker
Carl Sagan (1934–1996) – physicist and astronomer
Boris Said (born 1962) – NASCAR driver
Theresa Saldana (1954–2016) – actress
Zoe Saldaña (born 1978) – actress
J. D. Salinger (1919–2010) – author
Jonas Salk (1914–1995) – medical researcher
John Salley (born 1964) – basketball player
Jerry Saltz (born 1951) – art critic and art historian
Jennifer San Marco (1961–2006) – mass murderer
Claudio Sanchez (born 1978) – musician
Bernie Sanders (born 1941) – U.S. senator for Vermont and major two-time presidential candidate^[89]
Metta Sandiford-Artest (born 1979) – NBA player
Adam Sandler (born 1966) – actor, comedian
Isabel Sanford (1917-2004) - actress
Merlin Santana (1976–2002) – actor
Saundra Santiago (born 1957) – actress
Reni Santoni (1938–2020) – actor
Romeo Santos (born 1981) – singer-songwriter, actor, and record producer
Mia Sara (born 1967) – actress
Dennis Sarfate (born 1981) – professional baseball player
Dustin Satloff – entrepreneur
Camille Saviola (1950–2021) – actress
Francesco Scavullo (1921–2004) – photographer
Dick Schaap (1934–2001) – journalist
Jeremy Schaap (born 1969) – journalist
Dolph Schayes (1928–2015) – NBA player and coach
Vincent Schiavelli (1948–2005) – actor and food writer
Harvey Schiller (born 1940) – sports and business executive
Lawrence Schiller (born 1936) – photojournalist and film producer
Steve Schirripa (born 1957) – actor
Leonard Schleifer (born 1952) – scientist and business executive
Tatiana Schlossberg (1990-2025) - environmental journalist, author
Julian Schnabel (born 1951) – artist and motion picture director
Noah Schnapp (born 2004) – actor^[90]
Mathieu Schneider (born 1969) – hockey player
Sandra Schnur (1955–1994) – disability-rights activist
Andy Schor (born 1975) – member of the Michigan House of Representatives
Bitty Schram (born 1968) – actress
Loretta Schrijver (born 1956) – Dutch television host
Rick Schroder (born 1970) – actor
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (born 1966) – U.S. representative for Florida^[91]
Freddy Schuman (1925–2010) – superfan of the New York Yankees
Amy Schumer (born 1981) – actress and comedian
Chuck Schumer (born 1950) – U.S. senator for New York and House minority leader; cousin of Amy Schumer^[92]
Ben Schwartz (born 1981) – actor and comedian
Julius Schwartz (1915–2004) – comic book editor
David Schwimmer (born 1966) – actor
Annabella Sciorra (born 1960) – actress
Catherine Scorsese (1912–1997) – actress; mother of Martin Scorsese
Charles Scorsese (1913–1993) – actor; father of Martin Scorsese
Francesca Scorsese (born 1999) – actress; daughter of Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese (born 1942) – film director
Mona Scott-Young (born 1967) – television producer (Love & Hip Hop)
Lauren Scruggs (born 2003) – Olympic fencer
Vin Scully (1927–2022) – sportscaster
Dante Sealy (born 2003) – soccer player who represented the Trinidad and Tobago national team^[93]
Malik Sealy (1970–2000) – NBA player
John Sebastian (born 1944) – singer and musician, member of The Lovin' Spoonful
Heriberto Seda (born 1967) – serial killer who copied The Zodiac Killer
Jon Seda (born 1970) – actor
Barney Sedran (1891–1964) – Hall of Fame basketball player
Kyra Sedgwick (born 1965) – actress
Jerry Seinfeld (born 1954) – comedian and actor
Julius Seligson (1909–1987) – tennis player
Edward Selzer (1893–1970) – film producer, Warner Bros.
Maurice Sendak (1928–2012) – author and illustrator
MC Serch (Michael Berrin, born 1967) – rapper and record executive, member of 3rd Bass
Frank Serpico (born 1936) – retired NYPD detective and whistleblower
John Serry Sr. (1915–2003) – accordionist, organist, composer, and arranger
Cynthia Propper Seton (1926–1982) – novelist
Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774–1821) – founder of Sisters of Charity; first native-born US citizen canonized
Ruth Seymour (1935–2023) – broadcasting executive
Tupac Shakur (1971–1996) – rapper and actor
Gene Shalit (born 1926) – film critic
God Shammgod (born 1976) – NBA player and coach
Frank Shannon (1874–1959) – conservative political analyst, columnist, and candidate
Judy Shapiro-Ikenberry (born 1942) – long-distance runner
Al Sharpton (born 1954) – civil rights and social justice activist, founder of the National Action Network, Baptist minister, and radio and television personality^[94]
Artie Shaw (1910–2004) – bandleader
Leonard Shecter (1926–1974) – journalist and author
Ally Sheedy (born 1962) – actress
Emmet Sheehan (born 1999) – Major League Baseball pitcher
Charlie Sheen (born 1965) – actor
Jerry Sheindlin (born 1933) – judge and television personality
Judy Sheindlin ("Judge Judy") (born 1942) – judge and television personality
Art Sherman (born 1937) – horse trainer and jockey
Norm Sherry (1931–2021) – catcher, manager, and coach in Major League Baseball
Brooke Shields (born 1965) – actress and model
Kevin Shields (born 1963) – musician, member of the band My Bloody Valentine
Talia Shire (born 1946) – actress
Ethel Shutta (1896–1976) – actress and singer
Shyne (Moses Michael Levi Barrow, born 1978) – Belizean rapper and politician
Daniel Sickles (1819–1914) – Civil War general
Gabourey Sidibe (born 1983) – actress
William James Sidis (1898–1944) – mathematician, rumored to have had an IQ of 250
Bugsy Siegel (1906–1947) – gangster
Jules Siegel (1935–2012) – author
Maggie Siff (born 1974) – actress
George Silides (1922–2022) – politician and businessman, Alaska senator
Beverly Sills (1929–2007) – opera singer
Lauren Silva (born 1987) – painter
Ron Silver (1946–2009) – actor and radio show host
Robert Silverberg (born 1935) – author
Miriam Silverman (born 1977) – actress
Dean Silvers – film producer
Alan Silvestri (born 1950) – film music composer
Carly Simon (born 1943) – singer-songwriter
Neil Simon (1927–2018) – playwright
Richard L. Simon (1899–1960) – businessman and publisher
Danny Simmons (born 1953) – artist
Diggy Simmons (born 1995) – rapper
Joseph "Run" Simmons (born 1964) – rapper, member of Run-DMC
Russell Simmons (born 1957) – record executive, founder of Def Jam Recordings
Ray Simpson (born 1954) – singer, member of Village People
Kaseem Sinceno (born 1976) – football player
Bryan Singer (born 1965) – filmmaker
Demi Singleton (born 2007) – actress
Robert Sirico (born 1951) – Catholic priest, founder of Acton Institute
Tony Sirico (1942–2022) – actor
John Slidell (1793–1871) – senator from Louisiana and Confederate diplomat
Lindsay Sloane (born 1977) – actress
Elissa Slotkin (born 1976) – U.S. senator for Michigan^[95]
Sherrod Small (born 1973) – comedian
Al Smith (1873–1944) – governor of New York and presidential candidate
James McCune Smith (1813–1865) – abolitionist
Kenny Smith (born 1965) – NBA player and commentator
Russ Smith (born 1991) – basketball player
Stephen A. Smith (born 1967) – sports analyst and TV personality
Will Smith (1981–2016) – NFL player
Jake Smollett (born 1989) – actor and cooking personality
Jurnee Smollett (born 1986) – actress
Patty Smyth (born 1957) – singer
Dee Snider (born 1955) – singer-songwriter; front man of the heavy metal band Twisted Sister
Wesley Snipes (born 1962) – actor
Phoebe Snow (1950–2011) – singer-songwriter
Leelee Sobieski (born 1983) – actress
Jesse Lee Soffer – actor
Sombr – singer
Stephen Sondheim (1930–2021) – musical theatre composer and lyricist
Barry Sonnenfeld (born 1953) – filmmaker
Aaron Sorkin (born 1961) – playwright and screenwriter
Mira Sorvino (born 1967) – actress
Paul Sorvino (1939–2022) – actor
Talisa Soto (born 1967) – actress and model
Sonia Sotomayor (born 1954) – United States Supreme Court justice
Aries Spears (born 1975) – comedian and actor
Phil Spector (1939–2021) – record producer
Mickey Spillane (1918–2006) – author
Joe Spinell (1936–1989) – actor
Howard Spira – gangster and gambler
Eliot Spitzer (born 1959) – former governor of New York
Marina Squerciati (born 1984) – actor
Melissa St. Vil (born 1983) – boxer
Sylvester Stallone (born 1946) – actor, director, screenwriter
Sebastian Stan (born 1982) – actor
Paul Stanley (born 1952) – hard-rock guitarist, singer and songwriter
Barbara Stanwyck (1907–1990) – actress
Jean Stapleton (1923-2013) - actress
Joe Start (1842–1927) – Major League Baseball player^[38]
Peter Steele (1962–2010) – singer and songwriter
James Steen (1913–1983) – football player
Charley Steiner (born 1949) – sports commentator and broadcast journalist
Jacob Steinmetz (born 2003) – baseball player^[96]
John Sterling (born 1938) – sports broadcaster
David Stern (1942–2020) – lawyer and business executive, 4th commissioner of the NBA
Howard Stern (born 1954) – radio and television host
John Stevens (1715–1792) – delegate to Continental Congress for New Jersey
Alex Stewart (1964–2016) – boxer
Andrew Stewart (born 1965) – player of gridiron football
Jon Stewart (born 1962) – writer, producer, political satirist, actor, television personality, comedian, and former host of The Daily Show (1999–2015); born in New York City, raised in New Jersey
Julia Stiles (born 1981) – actress
Ben Stiller (born 1965) – actor and comedian
Jerry Stiller (1927–2020) – actor and comedian
Henry L. Stimson (1867–1950) – politician and diplomat
Oliver Stone (born 1946) – film director
Larry Storch (1923–2022) – actor, comedian
Steve Stoute (born 1970) – record executive
Lee Strasberg (1901–1982) – Polish-born actor, director, and theatre practitioner
Susan Strasberg (1938–1999) – actress
Robert Strassburg (1915–2003) – composer, conductor, musicologist
Marcia Strassman (1948–2014) – actress
James Strauch (1921–1998) – Olympic fencer
Barbra Streisand (born 1942) – singer and actress
Rod Strickland (born 1966) – NBA player
Scott Stringer (born 1960) – New York City comptroller and borough president of Manhattan
Jill Stuart – fashion designer
Big Sue – shopkeeper and underworld figure
Ed Sullivan (1901–1974) – television variety show host
Susan Sullivan (born 1942) – actress
Tika Sumpter (born 1980) – actress
B. J. Surhoff (born 1964) – MLB player
Rich Surhoff (born 1962) – MLB player
Leonard Susskind (born 1940) – theoretical physicist
Bruce Sussman (born 1949) – lyricist and librettist
Kevin Sussman (born 1970) – actor
Keith Sweat (born 1961) – singer
Alexa Swinton (born 2009) – actress

T

Shannon Tavarez (1999–2010) – actress
Vic Tayback (1930–1990) – actor
Teyana Taylor (born 1990) – singer-songwriter, actress, dancer, choreographer, director and model
Veronica Taylor (born 1965) – actress, Pokémon
Tazz (Peter Senercia, born 1967) – radio personality, color commentator and retired professional wrestler
Sebastian Telfair (born 1985) – NBA player
Alma Tell (1898–1937) – stage and screen actress
Olive Tell (1894–1951) – stage and screen actress
Chloe Temtchine (born 1982/1983) – singer-songwriter
Studs Terkel (1912–2008) – author and historian
Richard Termini (born 1956) – musician
Milton Terris (1915–2002) – public health physician and epidemiologist
Roy M. Terry (1915–1988) – chief of chaplains of the U.S. Air Force
Mark Texeira (born 1961) – comic book artist
Vinny Testaverde (born 1963) – NFL player
Irving Thalberg (1899–1936) – film producer
Eddie Kaye Thomas (born 1980) – actor
Ianthe Thomas (1951–2002) – author
Leon Thomas III (born 1993) – actor
Soren Thompson (born 1981) – two-time Olympic and team World Champion épée fencer
Dominique Thorne (born 1997) – actress
Johnny Thunders (1952–1991) – rock musician
Gene Tierney (1920–1991) – actress
Harry Tietlebaum – organized crime figure
Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933) – artist
Whitney Tilson (born 1966) – hedge fund manager, philanthropist, author, and Democratic political activist
Dennis Tito (born 1940) – engineer, entrepreneur, and first space tourist
Matt Titus – professional matchmaker
Lil Tjay (born 2001) – rapper
James Toback (born 1944) – screenwriter and director
Isabella Tobias (born 1991) – Israeli ice dancer
Lola Todd (1904–1995) – silent film actress
Bill Todman (1916–1979) – game show producer
Michael Tolkin (born 1950) – filmmaker and novelist
Marisa Tomei (born 1964) – actress
Jacob Toppin (born 2000) – NBA player
Obi Toppin (born 1998) – NBA player
Frank Torre (1931–2014) – MLB player
Joe Torre (born 1940) – MLB player and manager
Gina Torres (born 1969) – actress
Ritchie Torres (born 1988) – U.S. representative for New York^[97]
Douglas Townsend (1921–2012) – composer and musicologist
Michelle Trachtenberg (1985–2025) – actress
Mary Travers (1936–2009) – singer with Peter, Paul, and Mary
Payson J. Treat (1879–1972) – Japanologist^[98]
Alex Treves (1929–2020) – Italian-born American Olympic fencer
Bernard Trink (1931–2020) – columnist
R-Kal Truluck (1974–2019) – NFL player
Barron Trump (born 2006) – son of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States
Donald Trump (born 1946) – 45th and 47th president of the United States, businessman
Donald Trump Jr. (born 1977) – businessman
Eric Trump (born 1984) – businessman
Fred Trump (1905–1999) – real estate developer and philanthropist
Ivanka Trump (born 1970) – businesswoman
Kai Trump (born 2007) – social media personality, daughter of Vanessa Trump and Donald Trump Jr.
Vanessa Trump (formerly Vanessa Haydon, born 1977) – model, ex-wife of Donald Trump Jr.
Constance Tsang – filmmaker
Michael Tucci (born 1946) – actor
Barbara Tuchman (1912–1989) – historian and author
Richard Tucker (1913–1975) – opera tenor
Lola Tung (born 2002) – actress
Phallon Tullis-Joyce (born 1996) – soccer player for the United States national team
Gene Tunney (1897–1978) – boxer
John V. Tunney (1934–2018) – U.S. senator
Joe Turkel (1927–2022) – actor
Aida Turturro (born 1962) – actress
John Turturro (born 1957) – actor and director
Nicholas Turturro (born 1962) – actor
William Tweed (1823–1878) – politician
Liv Tyler (born 1977) – actress
Steven Tyler (born 1948) – singer, Aerosmith
Cicely Tyson (1924–2021) – actress
Mike Tyson (born 1966) – boxer
Neil deGrasse Tyson (born 1958) – astronomer, science communicator

U

Leslie Uggams (born 1943) – singer, actress
Louis Untermeyer (1885–1977) – poet, anthologist, critic, and editor
Jimmy Urine (born 1969, also known as James Euringer) – singer, musician, songwriter
Hikaru Utada (born 1983) – singer, musician

V

Andrew Vachss (1942–2021) – lawyer and author
Xavier Valdez (born 2003) – soccer player who represented the Dominican Republic national team^[99]
Jim Valentino (born 1952) – comic book artist and writer
Nick Valensi (born 1981) – lead guitarist of rock band The Strokes, musician
Jim Valvano (1946–1993) – college basketball coach and broadcaster
Margaret Newton Van Cott (1830–1914) – first woman licensed to preach in the Methodist Episcopal Church
Jeff Van Drew (born 1953) – U.S. representative for New Jersey^[100]
Dick Van Patten (1928–2015) – actor
Grace Van Patten (born 1996) – actress
Joyce Van Patten (born 1934) – actress
Tim Van Patten (born 1959) – actor, television director and producer
Cy Vance (born 1954) – New York County district attorney (2014–2022)
Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794–1877) – businessman
Gloria Vanderbilt (1924–2019) – actress, fashion model, heiress and socialite
CoCo Vandeweghe (born 1991) – tennis player
Luther Vandross (1951–2005) – singer
John Vargas (born 1958) – actor
Kia Vaughn (born 1987) – WNBA player
Robert Vaughn (1932–2016) – actor
Suzanne Vega (born 1959) – singer-songwriter
Zelina Vega (born 1990) – professional wrestler
Lauren Vélez (born 1964) – actress
Lorraine Vélez (born 1964) – actress and singer
John Ventimiglia (born 1963) – actor
Ben Vereen (born 1946) – actor, dancer and singer
George Vergara (1901–1982) – NFL player
V.I.C. (born 1987) – rapper
Justyn Vicky (1990–2023) – bodybuilder
Idara Victor – actress
Tommy Victor (born 1966) – musician
Lisa Vidal (born 1965) – actress
Abe Vigoda (1921–2016) – actor
Charlie Villanueva (born 1984) – NBA player
Anthony Volpe (born 2001) – MLB player
Jennifer von Mayrhauser (born 1948) – costume designer
Sal Vulcano (born 1976) – Improvisational and stand-up comedian, member of The Tenderloins, star of Impractical Jokers

W

Michael Wachter (born 1943) – professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
Stanley M. Wagner (1932–2013) – rabbi and academic
Josh Waitzkin (born 1976) – chess player, martial arts competitor, and author
Christopher Walken (born 1943) – actor
Adam Walker (born 1963) – football player
Hezekiah Walker (born 1962) – bishop and gospel artist
Jimmie Walker (born 1947) – actor and comedian
Jimmy Walker (1881–1946) – mayor of New York City
Kemba Walker (born 1990) – NBA player
Eli Wallach (1915–2014) – actor
Donald A. Wallance – industrial designer^[101]
Fats Waller (1904–1943) – jazz pianist
Donnie Walsh (born 1941) – NBA coach and executive
Jessica Walter (1941–2021) – actress
Rudolf Wanderone (1913–1996) – professional pool player
Charles B. Wang (1944–2018) – businessman and philanthropist
Vera Wang (born 1949) – fashion designer
Julie Warner (born 1965) – actress
Bree Warren – model
Lesley Ann Warren (born 1946) – actress
Raees Warsi (born 1963) – poet, journalist, and social worker
Kerry Washington (born 1977) – actress
Chaunté Wayans (born 1982) – actress and comedian
Damien Dante Wayans (born 1980) – actor
Damon Wayans (born 1960) – actor and producer
Dwayne Wayans (born 1956) – director, producer, and writer
Keenen Ivory Wayans (born 1958) – actor, director, producer, and writer
Kim Wayans (born 1961) – actress
Marlon Wayans (born 1972) – actor and producer
Nadia Wayans (born 1961) – actress
Shawn Wayans (born 1971) – actor and producer
Dave Waymer (1958–1993) – NFL player
Timothy Weah (born 2000) – soccer player
Michael Weatherly (born 1968) – actor
Sigourney Weaver (born 1949) – actress
Steven Weber (born 1961) – actor
Brian Wecht (born 1975) – musician, producer for Ninja Sex Party and Starbomb, and member of Game Grumps
Steven Weinberg (1933–2021) – Nobel Prize-winning physicist
Bob Weinstein (born 1954) – film producer
Harvey Weinstein (born 1952) – film producer and convicted sex offender
Jerry Weintraub (1937–2015) – film producer and talent manager
Gabriel P. Weisberg (born 1942) – art historian
Malina Weissman (born 2003) – actress
Tuesday Weld (born 1943) – actress
T. Tileston Wells (1865–1946) – attorney and the Romanian Consul General
Sheck Wes (born 1998) – rapper
Leslie West (1945–2020) – rock musician
Mae West (1893–1980) – actress
Nathanael West (1903–1940) – author
Yael Averbuch West (born 1986) – soccer player and sports executive^[102]
Merritt Wever (born 1980) – actress
Edith Wharton (1862–1937) – author
Joss Whedon (born 1964) – writer, director, producer, and composer
Maggie Wheeler (born 1961) – actress
Sahvir Wheeler (born 2001) – basketball player
Jeremy Allen White (born 1991) – actor
Michael Jai White (born 1967) – actor and martial artist
Sheldon Whitehouse (born 1955) – U.S. senator for Rhode Island^[103]
Billy Whitlock – blackface performer
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875–1942) – sculptor and art patron
Edward W. Whitson (1849–?) – Wisconsin state assemblyman
Marion Wiesel (1931–2025) – Austrian-American Holocaust survivor, humanitarian, and translator
Matthew Wilder (born 1953) – singer and musician
Lenny Wilkens (1937–2025) – basketball player and coach
Charles Wilkes (1798–1877) – naval officer and explorer
Billy Dee Williams (born 1937) – actor
Cara Williams (1925–2021) – actress
Clarence Williams III (1939–2021) – actor
Hype Williams (born 1970) – music video and film director
Michael K. Williams (1966–2021) – actor
Vanessa E. Williams (born 1963) – actress
Vanessa L. Williams (born 1963) – singer and actress
Zelda Williams (born 1989) – actress and filmmaker, daughter of Robin Williams
George Willig (AKA "The Human Fly" born 1949) – mountain-climber famous for climbing 2 World Trade Center in 1977
Debra Wilson (born 1962) – actress and comedian
Walter Winchell (1897–1972) – newspaper and radio gossip commentator
Harry Winitsky (1898–1939) – political activist; founding member of the Communist Party USA
Henry Winkler (born 1945) – actor
Irwin Winkler (born 1931) – film producer and director
Dean Winters (born 1964) – actor
Mike Witteck (1964–1990) – football player
Ira Wolfert (1908–1997) – war correspondent and writer
Matthew Wolff (born 1990) – graphic designer^[104]
Bokeem Woodbine (born 1973) – actor
Lorande Loss Woodruff (1879–1947) – biologist
Deborah Ann Woll (born 1985) – actress
Jamal Woolard (born 1975) – actor and rapper
George Worth, born György Woittitz (1915–2006) – Olympic medalist saber fencer
Dorsey Wright (born 1957) – actor
James Hood Wright (1836–1894) – businessman
Michael Wright (born 1956) – actor
N'Bushe Wright (born 1969) – actress
Tanisha Wright (born 1983) – former WNBA player and WNBA head coach
William H. H. Wroe (1831–1897) – member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
Jason Wu (born 1982) – fashion designer
Charles Wuorinen (1938–2020) – composer

X

X1 (Bruce Sandlin, 1979–2007) – rapper
Xaviersobased (born 2003) – rapper, producer

Y

Izzy Yablok (1907–1983) – football player
Sherry Yard (born 1964) – chef, restaurateur and television personality
Adam "MCA" Yauch (1964–2012) – rapper and musician, member of Beastie Boys
Tony Yayo (born 1978) – rapper
Elizabeth Yeampierre – attorney and environmental activist
Angela Yee (born 1976) – radio personality
Janet Yellen (born 1946) – former U.S treasury secretary and economist
Young MC (Marvin Young, born 1967) – rapper
Burt Young (1940–2023) – actor
Tony Young (1937–2002) – actor
Ramy Youssef (born 1991) – actor and comedian

Z

William Zabka (born 1965) – actor
David Zaslav (born 1960) – media executive, CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery
Kristi Zea (born 1948) – production and costume designer, art director
Andrew Zimmern (born 1961) – chef, restauranteur and television personality
William Zinsser (1922–2015) – writer, journalist, and professor
Chuck Zito (born 1953) – actor, stuntman and bodyguard
Charlotte Zucker (1921–2007) – actress
Alan Zweibel (born 1950) – screenwriter, comedian and author
Joel Zwick (born 1942) – film, television and theater director
Mark Zuckerberg (born 1984) – media executive, chief executive officer of Facebook

Non-native New Yorkers

These people were not born or adopted in New York City, and were raised elsewhere, but are well known for living in New York City.

A

William Adams (1807–1880) – academic and clergyman; founder and president of the Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York; born in Connecticut^[1]
Samuel Adler (1809–1891) – rabbi; born in Worms, Germany^[1]
Frederick Styles Agate (1803–1844) – painter; born in England^[1]
Thomas Peter Akers (1828–1877) – vice president of the gold board; born in Knox County, Ohio^[1]
Richard S. Aldrich (1884–1941) – U.S. representative from Rhode Island, practiced law in New York City^[105]
Jason Alexander (born 1959) – actor; born in Newark, New Jersey
Reytory Angola (c. 1626–1689) – woman from Angola brought to New Amsterdam as a slave, later became a free landowner^[106]
Jennifer Aniston (born 1969) – actress; born in Sherman Oaks, California
Lisa Ann (born 1972) – pornographic actress, born in Pennsylvania
Betsy Arakawa (1959–2025) – musician, pianist, born in Honolulu, Hawaii
Chester A. Arthur (1829–1886) – U.S. president; born in Fairfield, Vermont
Isaac Asimov (1920–1992) – author; born in Petrovichi, Russian SFSR
John Jacob Astor (1763–1848) – first multimillionaire of U.S.; born in Germany

B

Lucille Ball (1911–1989) – comedian, actress, born in Jamestown, New York
Drew Barrymore (born 1975) – actress and host of The Drew Barrymore Show, born in Culver City, California
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, England
Irving Berlin (1888–1989) – composer, lyricist, born in Russia
Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990) – conductor, born in Lawrence, Massachusetts
Lewis Black (born 1948) – comedian, born in Silver Spring, Maryland
C. L. Blood (1835–1908) – physician^[107]
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
Hugh Brannum (1910–1987), actor, he played the role of Mr. Green Jeans on Captain Kangaroo, born in Sandwich, Illinois
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
Ruth Buzzi (1936–2025), actress, comedian, singer, born in Westerly, Rhode Island
David Byrne (born 1952) – musician, born in Dumbarton, Scotland

C

Antón Cabaleiro (born 1977) – visual artist born in Spain
Sid Caesar (1922–2014) – comedian and actor, born in Yonkers
Mariah 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 Tobago
Art Carney (1918–2003) – actor, born in Mount Vernon, New York
Enrico Caruso (1873–1921) – opera tenor, born in Naples, Italy
Willa Cather (1876–1974) – author, born in Back Creek Valley, Virginia
Connie Chung (born 1946) – television journalist, born in Washington, D.C.
Dick Clark (1929–2012) – TV personality and producer, born in Mount Vernon, New York
Kelly Clarkson (born 1982) – singer and host of The Kelly Clarkson Show, born in Fort Worth, Texas
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 York
George 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
Mark Consuelos (born 1971) – actor and host of Live with Kelly and Mark, born in Zaragoza, Spain
Bill Cosby (born 1937) – actor and comedian, born in Philadelphia
Billy Crawford (born 1982) – singer, born in Manila, Philippines
Fanny 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

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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 Mississippi
Sylvia Day (born 1973) – author, born in Los Angeles
Mike Dean (born 1965) – hip-hop record producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, born in Houston
Mac DeMarco (born 1990) – singer-songwriter, born in Duncan, British Columbia, Canada
Thomas E. Dewey (1902–1971) – governor of New York
Vin Diesel (born 1967) – actor
Marlene Dietrich (1901–1992) – actress, born in Berlin, Germany
Joe DiMaggio (1914–1999) – baseball player, born in California
David Dinkins (1927–2020) – former mayor of New York City, born in Trenton, New Jersey
George Washington Dixon (1801–1861) – performer, newspaper editor
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 Canada
Kevin Durant (born 1988) – basketball player, born in Washington, D.C.^[108]
Shelley Duvall (1949–2024) – actress, born in Fort Worth, Texas
Bob Dylan (born 1941) – singer-songwriter, born in Duluth, Minnesota

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Wilberforce Eames (1855–1937) – bibliographer and librarian, born in Newark, New Jersey
Buddy Ebsen (1908–2003) – actor, dancer, played roles on The Beverly Hillbillies and Barnaby Jones television series, born in Belleville, Illinois
Edward Egan (1932–2015) – cardinal archbishop of New York, born in Oak Park, Illinois
Adriano Espaillat (born 1954) – U.S. representative from New York, former New York state senator and New York state assemblyman^[109]
Patrick Ewing (born 1962) – former NBA All-Star center, born in Jamaica^[110]

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Lee Falk (1911–1999) – cartoonist, born in St. Louis
Barbara Feldon (born 1933) – writer and retired actress
Millard Fillmore (1800–1874) – U.S. president, born in Summerhill, New York
Bobby Fischer (1943–2008) – chess champion, born in Chicago
Carrie Fisher (1956–2016) – actress, born in Burbank, California
Ella Fitzgerald (1917–1996) – jazz singer, born in Newport News, Virginia
Barthold Fles (1902–1989) – Dutch-born literary agent
Steve Forbes (born 1947) – publisher, born in Morristown, New Jersey
Heather Foster (born 1966) – Jamaican-born professional bodybuilder
Felix Frankfurter (1882–1965) – associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, born in Vienna, Austria
Morgan Freeman (born 1937) – actor, producer, narrator, born in Memphis, Tennessee
Henry 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 Kingdom
Alberta Gallatin (1861–1948) – stage and screen actress, born in Cabell County, West Virginia
Greta Garbo (1905–1990) – actress, born in Stockholm, Sweden
Teri Garr (1944–2024) – actress, born in Lakewood, Ohio
Dizzy Gillespie (1917–1993) – jazz trumpet player, born in Cheraw, South Carolina
Mark Goddard (1936–2023) – actor, attended American Academy of Dramatic Arts, played the role Derek Barrington on General Hospital, born in Lowell Massachusetts
Dan Goldman (born 1976) – U.S. representative from New York^[111]
Miguel Gómez (born 1974) – photographer, born in Bogotá, Colombia
Roger Grimsby (1928–1995) – news anchor for KMOX-TV, KGO-TV, WABC-TV, WNBC-TV, and KUSI, born in Butte, Montana
Savannah 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
Gene Hackman (1930–2025) – actor, born in San Bernardino, California
Thomas S. Hamblin (1800–1853) – actor, manager of the Bowery Theater
Alexander Hamilton (1755–1804) – U.S. Founding Father, born in the West Indies
Albert Hammond Jr. (born 1980) – rhythm guitarist of rock band The Strokes, musician, born in Los Angeles
Mariska Hargitay (born 1964) – actress, born in Santa Monica, California
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
Harry Harrison (1930–2020) – radio jockey host for WMCA, WABC, and WCBS-FM, born in Chicago, Illinois
Randy Harrison (born 1977) – actor, born in Nashua, New Hampshire
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 Carolina
Carlton Hayes (1882–1964) – history professor at Columbia University, U.S. ambassador to Spain, born in Afton, New York
Ashton Hayward (born 1969) – former mayor of Pensacola, born in Pensacola, Florida
Sherman Hemsley (1939–2012) – actor, played the role of George Jefferson in The Jeffersons television series, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
O. Henry (1862–1910) – writer, born in Greensboro, North Carolina
Tommy Hilfiger (born 1951) – fashion designer, born in Elmira, New York
Hal Hirshorn (1965–2025) – painter and photographer, born in Philadelphia
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 Francisco
Ian Hornak (1944–2002) – realist painter, born in Philadelphia
Harry Houdini (1874–1926) – illusionist and escape artist; born in Budapest, Hungary
Matt Hoyle – photographer, previously lived in Los Angeles and Australia
Langston 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 activist
Kamara James (1984–2014) – Olympic fencer, born in Kingston, Jamaica
Kevin James (born 1965) – actor, born in Mineola, New York
Peter Jennings (1938–2005) – television journalist, born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Derek Jeter (born 1974) – baseball player, born in New Jersey
Weijia Jiang (born 1983) – reporter for WCBS-TV, now at CBS News in Washington, born in Xiamen, Fujian, China
Paddy Johnson – art critic
JonTron (born 1990) – YouTuber, co-creator of Game Grumps, born in Rancho Palos Verdes, California

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Gabriel Kahane – musician, born in Venice Beach, California
Tim Keller (1950–2023) – speaker, pastor, born in Lehigh, Pennsylvania
Grace Kelly (1929–1982) – actress, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) - U.S. Senator, he was the 35th president of the united states, born in Brookline, Massachusetts
Robert F. Kennedy (1925–1968) – U.S. attorney general and U.S. senator, born in Brookline, Massachusetts
Ted Kennedy (1932-2009) - U.S. Senator, born in Boston Massachusetts
Tom Kennedy (1927–2020) – game show host
Jack Kerouac (1922–1969) – writer associated with the Beat movement
Kiesza (born 1989) (full name Kiesza Rae Ellestad) – musician, dancer, and multi-instrumentalist, born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Lisa 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
Fran Lebowitz (born 1950) – writer and public speaker, born in Morristown, New Jersey
Heath Ledger (1979–2008) – Australian actor
Amy Lee (born 1981) – singer, born in Riverside, California
John Lennon (1940–1980) – singer-songwriter, activist; has a memorial in New York's Central Park
Ron Lundy (1934–2010) – radio host and announcer for WNIX, WLOK, WUBR, KZQZ, WABC, WCBS-FM, born in Memphis, Tennessee
Pierre Lorillard IV (1833–11901) – tobacco manufacturer, born in Westchester County, New York
Mike Lupica (born 1952) – journalist, novelist, sports writer, born in Oneida, New York

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Ralph Macchio (born 1961) – actor, born on Long Island
John Madden (1936–2021) – NFL head coach and color commentator on CBS Sports, born in Austin, Minnesota
Madonna (born 1958) – singer-songwriter, actress, director, born in Bay City, Michigan
Earl Manigault (1944–1998) – basketball player, born in Charleston, South Carolina
Yisroel Mantel – Orthodox rabbi, born in Antwerp, Belgium
Mickey Mantle (1931–1995) – baseball Hall of Famer, born in Spavinaw, Oklahoma
Dean Martin (1917–1995) – singer and actor, born in Ohio
Ricky Martin (born 1971) – singer, born in Puerto Rico
Jackie Mason (1928–2021) – comedian and actor, born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Jan Matulka (1890–1972) – painter, born in Vlachovo Březí, Czech Republic
Willie Mays (1931–2024) – baseball Hall of Famer, born in Alabama
Mike McAlary (1957–1998) – Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, born in Honolulu
Linda McCartney (1941–1998) – photographer, wife of Beatle Paul McCartney
Rue McClanahan (1934–2010) – theater, television, and movie actress, born in Oklahoma
John McCloskey (1810–1885) – first American-born cardinal, born in Brooklyn
John McEnroe (born 1959) – tennis player and TV commentator, born in Germany
Zubin Mehta (born 1936) – orchestra conductor, born in Bombay, India
Scott Mescudi (born 1984) – rapper, singer, songwriter, born in Cleveland
Seth 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 Honolulu
Nicki 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 hosts
Miyawaki (born 1990) – singer-songwriter musician
Moondog (born Louis Hardin; 1916–1999) – eccentric street musician and poet, born in Kansas
Garry Moore (1915–1993) – television show host and producer, born in Baltimore
Rita Moreno (born 1931) – actress, singer, dancer, born in Humacao, Puerto Rico
Fabrizio Moretti (born 1980) – drummer of rock band The Strokes, musician, born in Brazil
John Pierpont Morgan (1837–1913) – businessman, born in Hartford, Connecticut
Michele Moses – philosopher of education, academic administrator
Robert Moses (1888–1981) – NYC urban planner and developer, born in New Haven, Connecticut
Andrew M. Murstein (born 1964) – taxi executive, founder of Medallion Financial

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Joe Namath (born 1943) – professional football player, born in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania
Thomas Nast (1840–1902) – German-born American caricaturist and editorial cartoonist; "father of the American cartoon"
Debbie Nathan – feminist journalist, born in Houston, Texas
Casey Neistat (born 1981) – YouTuber and entrepreneur, known for many of his projects based in New York
Colette Nelson (born 1974) – IFBB professional bodybuilder
Richard Nixon (1913–1994) – former vice president and 37th president of the United States^[112]

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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, Pennsylvania
Rosie O'Donnell (born 1962) – actress and television personality, born on Long Island
Mary-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, Japan
Haley Joel Osment (born 1988) – actor, born in Los Angeles
Hassan Ouakrim (1939/1940–2025) – dancer, choreographer and art collector
Ginny 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 time
Sarah 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, Israel
James Patterson (born 1947) – author
Kira Peikoff (born 1985) – novelist and journalist
Ronald Perelman (born 1943) – investor, owner of Revlon, born in Greensboro, North Carolina^[113]
Itzhak Perlman (born 1945) – violinist, born in Jaffa, Israel
Pauley Perrette (born 1969) – actress and singer, acted on NCIS, later owned Donna Bells Bake Shop in New York City, born in New Orleans, Louisiana
David Hyde Pierce (born 1959) – actor, born in Saratoga Springs, New York
Sidney Poitier (1927-2022) - actor, film director, born in Miami, Florida
Mihajlo Pupin (1858–1935) physicist, born in Idvor, Austrian Empire
Alban W. Purcell (c. 1843–1913) – stage actor, born in Wadsworth, Ohio

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Daniel Radcliffe (born 1989) – born in Fulham, London, England, United Kingdom
Johnny Ramone (1948–2004) – born on Long Island
Ayn Rand (1905–1982) – Russian-born novelist and philosopher
Tony Randall (1920–2004) – actor, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Susan Wu Rathbone (1921–2019) – Chinese-born community leader^[114]
Dan Rather (born 1931) – television news anchor, born in Wharton, Texas
John Reilly (1934-2021) - actor, he played the role of sean donely on General Hospital, born in Chicago Illinois
Raven-Symoné (born 1985) – actress and singer; born in Atlanta
Ryan Reynolds (born 1976) – actor; born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Kelly Ripa (born 1970) – actress and host of Live with Kelly and Mark, born in Stratford, New Jersey
John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937) – businessman, born in Richford, New York
Fred Rogers (1928-2003) - children's television presenter, created and hosted the television show Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Richard Rodgers (1902–1979) – composer, born on Long Island
Andrew Rooney (1919–2011) – CBS 60 Minutes commentator, born in 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 Island
Damon Runyon (1880–1946) – journalist and playwright, born in Manhattan, Kansas
Nipsey Russell (1918-2005) - actor, comedian, dancer, born in Atlanta Georgia
Babe Ruth (1895–1948) – professional baseball player, born in Baltimore
Winona Ryder (born 1971) – actress, born in Winona, Minnesota

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Samia (born 1996) – musician
Telly Savalas (1922–1994) – actor, born on Long Island
Menachem Mendel Schneersohn (1789–1866) – rabbi, leader of Chabad hasidic movement, born in Nikolaiv, Russian Empire
Patti Scialfa (born 1953) – singer-songwriter and guitarist
Amy Sedaris (born 1961) – actress, writer, and comedian
David Sedaris (born 1956) – comedian and writer
Chloë Sevigny (born 1974) – actress, director, and fashion icon, born in Darien, Connecticut
Jean Shafiroff – philanthropist and socialite
Fulton J. Sheen (1895–1979) – Catholic bishop, writer, television show host, born in El Paso, Illinois
Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant (1881–1965) – journalist, novelist, born in Winchester, Massachusetts
Abraham Shiplacoff – Jewish-American trade-union organizer and left-wing political activist, born in Chernihiv, Ukraine
Alana Shipp – American-Israeli IFBB professional bodybuilder
Shontelle (born 1985) – singer and songwriter
Ryan Shore (born 1974) – composer, songwriter, and conductor
Bobby Short (1924–2005) – jazz musician, born in Danville, Illinois
Joel Siegel (1943–2007) – film critic, born in Los Angeles
Gene Simmons (born 1949) – musician, born in Haifa, Israel
Paul Simon (born 1941) – singer-songwriter, born in Newark, New Jersey
Frank Sinatra (1915–1998) – singer and actor, born in Hoboken, New Jersey
Upton Sinclair (1878–1968) – writer, born in Baltimore
Patti Smith (born 1946) – singer and poet, born in Chicago
Joe Solomon (1930–2023) – cricketer, born in Port Mourant, Berbice, British Guiana
Kevin Spacey (born 1959) – actor, director, writer, producer, and comedian
Regina Spektor (born 1980) – singer-songwriter, born in Moscow, Russia
Francis Spellman (1889–1967) – Roman Catholic Cardinal Archbishop of New York, born in Whitman, Massachusetts
Bruce Springsteen (born 1949) – singer-songwriter, guitarist, and humanitarian
Dylan Sprouse (born 1992) – actor, entrepreneur, born in Arezzo, Italy
Elaine Steinbeck (1914–2003) – actress, stage manager, born in Austin, Texas
John Steinbeck (1902–1968) – novelist, born in Salinas, California
George Steinbrenner (1930–2010) – New York Yankees owner, born in Bay Village, Ohio
Wilhelm Steinitz (1836–1900) – world chess champion, born in Prague, Czech Republic
Martha Stewart (born 1941) – designer and television personality, born in Jersey City, New Jersey
Sting (born 1951) – musician, born in England
Emma Stone (born 1988) – actress, born in Scottsdale, Arizona
Michael Strahan (born 1971) – actor, television personality, and retired football player, born in Houston
Meryl Streep (born 1949) – actress, born in Summit, New Jersey
Peter Stuyvesant (1610–1672) – governor of New Netherland, born in Peperga, Netherlands
Pat Summerall (1930–2013) – NFL player and announcer color commentator for CBS Sports, born in Lake City, Florida
Taylor Swift (born 1989) – singer-songwriter

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Eva Tanguay (1878–1947) – vaudeville singer and comedian, born in Quebec
Maurice Tempelsman (born 1929) – Belgian-American businessman, born in Antwerp, Belgium
Nikola Tesla (1856–1943) – inventor, engineer and futurist, born in Smiljan, Austrian Empire
Pankit Thakker (born 1981) – actor
Samuel 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
Harry Townes (1914-2001) - actor, played an episode role of dell fry on The Incredible Hulk, born in Huntsville, Alabama
Frederick Trump (1869–1918) – German-born businessman
Melania Trump (born 1970) – 45th and 47th First Lady of the United States and model, born in Novo Mesto, Yugoslavia^[115]

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Johannes Urzidil (1896–1970) – writer, born in Prague, Bohemia

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Martin Van Buren (1782–1862) – U.S. president, born in Kinderhook, New York
Andrew VanWyngarden (born 1983) – member of MGMT
Gary Vaynerchuk (born 1975) – serial entrepreneur and best-selling author
Nydia Velázquez (born 1953) – U.S. congresswoman and former New York City councilor
Jon Voight (born 1938) – actor, born in Yonkers, New York
Kurt Vonnegut (1922–2007) – writer, born and raised in Indianapolis

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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 Boston
Franklin W. Ward (1870–1938) – Adjutant General of New York^[116]
Dean Wareham (born 1963) – singer-songwriter, born in New Zealand
Andy Warhol (1928–1987) – artist, born in Pittsburgh
Denzel Washington (born 1954) – actor, born in Mount Vernon, New York
Debbie Weems (1950–1978) – actress and singer notably on Captain Kangaroo, born in Houston, Texas
Raquel Welch (1940–2023) – actress and model, born in Chicago, Illinois
Tahnee Welch (born 1961) – actress and model, born in San Diego, California
Walt Whitman (1819–1892) – poet and author, born in West Hills, New York
Olivia Wilde (born 1984) – actress
Gene Wilder (1933-2016) - actor, comedian, filmmaker, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Barney Williams (1824–1876) – Irish-born comedian
Jayson Williams (born 1968) – basketball player, born in Ritter, South Carolina
Wendy Williams (born 1964) – media personality, host of The Wendy Williams Show, born in Asbury Park, New Jersey
Kate Winslet (born 1975) – actress, born in Reading Berkshire, England
Christopher 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 rights activist

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Zohran Mamdani (born 1991) – mayor of New York City, born in Kampala, Uganda

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