List of people from New York City

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

People from New York City[]

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by with reliable sources.

0–9[]

  • 50 Cent (Curtis Jackson, born 1975) – businessman and rapper
  • 6ix9ine (Daniel Hernandez, born 1996) – rapper

A[]

  • Andy Schor (born 1975) – member of the Michigan House of Representatives
  • Aaliyah (Aaliyah Haughton, 1979–2001) – singer, actress and model
  • Zaid Abdul-Aziz (born 1946) – professional basketball player
  • Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born 1947) – basketball player
  • George Abernethy (1807–1877) – first provisional Governor of Oregon[1]
  • Cecile Abish (born 1930) – sculptor
  • Oday Aboushi (born 1991) – football player
  • Ray Abruzzo (born 1954) – actor
  • Bella Abzug (1920–1998) – Congressional representative
  • Garnett Adrain (1815–1878) – member of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey[1]
  • Cornelius Rea Agnew (1830–1888) – ophthalmologist[1]
  • Eliza Agnew (1807–1883) – Presbyterian missionary[1]
  • Christina Aguilera (born 1980) – singer
  • Danny Aiello (1933–2019) – actor
  • AJR (born 1990, 1994, and 1997) – indie pop trio and multi-instrumentalists
  • Marv Albert (born 1941) – sports announcer
  • Alan Alda (born 1936) – actor
  • Ira Aldridge (1805–1867) – stage actor[1]
  • William Alexander, Lord Stirling (1726–1783) – major general in the American Revolutionary War[1]
  • Nancy Allen (born 1950) – actress
  • Woody Allen (born 1935) – film director, actor and screenwriter
  • Vincent Alo (1904–2001) – mobster
  • Rafer Alston (born 1976) – basketball player
  • Lee J. Ames (1921–2011) – illustrator and writer; known for the Draw 50... learn-to-draw books
  • Trey Anastasio (born 1964) – rock musician, member of the band, Phish
  • 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'
  • Charles Anthon (1797–1867) – classical scholar[1]
  • Carmelo Anthony (born 1984) – basketball player
  • Marc Anthony (born 1968)  – singer, actor
  • Judd Apatow (born 1967)  – producer, director, comedian, actor and screenwriter
  • Fiona Apple (born 1977)  – singer-songwriter
  • Jacob Appel – (born 1973), short story writer, bioethicist, born in New York City
  • Diane Arbus (1923–1971) – photographer
  • Nate Archibald (born 1948) – professional basketball player
  • Edward Arnold (1890–1956) – actor
  • Rosanna Arquette (born 1959) – actress
  • Kenneth J. Arrow (1921-2017) – economist; recipient, 1972 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
  • Beatrice Arthur (1922–2009) – actress
  • William H. Aspinwall(1807–1875) – railroad promoter[1]
  • John Jacob Astor III (1822–1890) – businessman, member of the Astor family
  • Vincent Astor (1891–1959) – businessman, philanthropist, member of the Astor family
  • William Backhouse Astor, Sr. (1792–1875) – businessman, member of the Astor family[1]
  • René Auberjonois (1940–2019) – actor
  • Jake T. Austin (born 1994)  – actor, model, author
  • Awkwafina (Nora Lum, born 1988) – rapper, actress
  • AZ (born 1972)  – rapper, former member of the rap group The Firm
  • Hank Azaria (born 1964) – actor

B[]

  • Edwin Burr Babbitt – actor
  • Johnny Bach (1924–2016) – professional basketball player and coach
  • William Bliss Baker – landscape artist
  • 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
  • Kamani Batista (born 1996) – R&B/Pop singer-songwriter
  • Bryan Bautista – Dominican-American musician, singer, and contestant from NBC's The Voice season 10
  • Earl Beecham – football player
  • Harry Belafonte (born 1927) – singer-songwriter, activist, actor
  • Bo Belinsky (1936–2001) – Major League Baseball player
  • Aisha Tandiwe Bell – mixed media artist
  • Tony Bennett – jazz singer and musician
  • Lillie Berg (1845–1896) – musician, musical educator
  • Moe Berg (1902–1972) – Major League Baseball player and spy
  • Milton Berle – comedian
  • Paul Berlenbach (1901–1985) – light heavyweight boxing champion, 1925–1926
  • Dellin Betances – Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Acid Betty – drag queen
  • Bipolar Explorer – dreampop band
  • Joan Blondell – actress
  • Humphrey Bogart (1899–1957) – actor
  • A Boogie wit da Hoodie (born 1995) – rapper
  • William T. Bonniwell, Jr. – Wisconsin and Minnesota politician
  • Joseph Borelli – politician, conservative commentator
  • Francis Bouillon – National Hockey League defenseman playing for the Nashville Predators
  • Kate Parker Scott Boyd (1836–1922) – artist, journalist, temperance worker
  • William Boylan (1869–1940) – first President of Brooklyn College
  • Barbara Boxer – U.S. Senator from California
  • James J. Braddock – boxer (aka "Cinderella Man")
  • Hermann Braun (1918–1945) – actor
  • Abigail Breslin – actress and musician
  • Jimmy Breslin – columnist
  • Spencer Breslin – actor and musician
  • Eben Britton – football player
  • Matthew Broderick – actor and singer
  • Action Bronson – rapper
  • Mel Brooks – film director, screenwriter, actor
  • Julia Brown – madam and prostitute
  • Larry Brown – basketball player and coach
  • Quincy Brown – actor
  • Tarell Brown (born 1985) – football player
  • Andrew Bryson (1822–1892) – United States Navy rear admiral
  • William F. Buckley, Jr. – author and conservative commentator
  • Sidney Jonas Budnick – abstract artist
  • George Burns (1896–1996)  – comedian
  • Steve Buscemi – actor
  • Barbara Bush (1925–2018)  – wife of George H. W. Bush
  • Gene Byrnes – cartoonist

C[]

  • Christopher Latore Wallace ( The Notorious BIG) – rapper
  • James Caan (born 1940) – actor
  • Adolph Caesar (1933–1986) – actor
  • Leslie Cagan (born 1947) – activist and writer
  • James Cagney (1899–1986) – actor
  • Eddie Cahill (born 1978) – actor
  • Edward L. Cahn (1899–1963) – film director known for the Our Gang comedies
  • Sarth Calhoun – electronic musician
  • Joseph A. Califano (born 1931) – Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
  • Maria Callas (1923–1977) – Greek-American opera singer
  • Richard Camacho – singer, musician, member of Latin music band CNCO, Dominican-origin
  • Christian Camargo – actor
  • Schuyler V. Cammann (1912–1991) – anthropologist
  • Chris Canty – football player
  • Al Capone (1899–1947) – Prohibition gangster, boss of Chicago Outfit
  • Mae Capone (1897–1986) – wife of Al Capone
  • Francis Capra (born 1983) – actor
  • Jennifer Capriati (born 1976) – tennis player
  • Nestor Carbonell (born 1967) – actor
  • Irene Cara (born 1959) – singer-songwriter, dancer, actress
  • Cardi B (born 1992) – rapper
  • Benjamin Cardozo (1870–1938) – Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
  • Michael A. Cardozo – 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
  • Julian Casablancas (born 1978) – lead singer of rock band The Strokes; musician
  • Colin Cassady (born 1986) – professional wrestler working for WWE
  • John Cassavetes (1929–1989) – actor
  • DJ Cassidy (born 1981) – DJ, record producer, MC
  • Luis Castillo – football player
  • Vinnie Caruana (born 1979) – musician, singer
  • Phoebe Cates (born 1963) – actress
  • Jose Ceballos – trade unionist, political campaign manager
  • Bennett Cerf (1898–1971) – publisher, TV personality
  • Stanley Chais (1926–2010) – investment advisor in the Madoff investment scandal
  • Timothée Chalamet – actor
  • Jeff Chandler (1918–1961) – actor
  • Frank Chanfrau (1824–1884) – actor
  • James S. C. Chao – Chinese-American entrepreneur, philanthropist
  • Harry Chapin (1942–1981) – singer-songwriter
  • Roz Chast – cartoonist
  • Paddy Chayefsky – author
  • Maury Chaykin – actor
  • Julie Chen – television personality
  • Edmund A. Chester – executive at CBS
  • Jennie Jerome Churchill (1854–1921) – mother of Winston Churchill
  • Peter Cincotti – singer-songwriter
  • Robert Clohessy (born 1957) – actor
  • Evan Cole – CEO of H.D. Buttercup
  • Schuyler Colfax Jr. (1823–1885) – former Vice President of the United States
  • Margaret Colin – actress
  • Willie Colón – salsa musician, social activist
  • Irv Constantine – football player
  • Evan Conti (born 1993) – American-Israeli basketball player and coach
  • Hugh E. Conway – labor economist
  • Terence Cooke (1921–1983) – seventh archbishop of New York
  • Anderson Cooper – television journalist
  • George H. Cooper (1821–1891) – United States Navy rear admiral[2]
  • Shaun Cooper (born 1980) – rock musician, bassist
  • Karla Cornejo Villavicencio – writer[3]
  • Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez – U.S. Representative
  • William R. Cosentini – mechanical engineer and founder of Cosentini Associates
  • Ann Coulter – conservative commentator, writer
  • Freddie Crawford – basketball player
  • Peter Criss (born 1945) – rock musician, songwriter
  • 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
  • Jermaine Cunningham (born 1988) – football player
  • Andrew Cuomo (born 1957) – Governor of New York
  • Mario Cuomo (1932–2015) – Governor of New York
  • Quentin Curry (born 1972) – landscape painter
  • Valerie Curtin (born 1945) – actress, screenwriter
  • Tony Curtis (1925–2010) – actor

D[]

  • Alexandra Daddario – actress
  • Matthew Daddario – actor
  • Charles Patrick Daly – judge
  • Robert Dalva – filmmaker, editor
  • Al D'Amato – politician
  • Claire Danes – actress
  • Rodney Dangerfield – comedian
  • Lloyd Daniels – basketball player
  • Ron Dante – singer-songwriter, record producer
  • Tony Danza – actor
  • Bobby Darin – singer-songwriter, entertainer, actor
  • Candy Darling  actress and Warhol Superstar
  • Jim David – comedian, actor, playwright
  • Larry David – actor, writer, comedian, producer
  • Pete Davidson – actor, comedian
  • Marion Davies – actress
  • Al "Bummy" Davis – boxer
  • Sammy Davis, Jr. (1925–1990) – singer, entertainer
  • Dawin (full name Dawin Polanco) – hip hop-R&B singer, musician, record producer
  • Rosario Dawson – actress
  • Clarence Day (1874–1935) – author and humorist
  • Dorothy Day – Catholic social activist
  • Bill de Blasio – Mayor of New York City
  • Robert De Niro – actor
  • Éamon de Valera – Taoiseach (prime minister) and President of Ireland
  • Philip DeFranco – YouTuber and video blogger
  • Lana Del Rey – model, singer-songwriter
  • Samuel R. Delany – author and critic
  • Don DeLillo – author
  • Aaron T. Demarest – carriage manufacturer
  • Derek Dennis – football player
  • Jerry Denny – Major League Baseball player[4]
  • Desiigner – rapper
  • Willy DeVille (1950–2009) – singer
  • Kevin Devine – musician, songwriter
  • Neil Diamond – singer, composer
  • Mobb Deep – rappers
  • John DiBartolomeo (born 1991) – American-Israeli basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
  • Vin Diesel – actor
  • Alex Donahue – artist, designer
  • Meg Donnelly –actress, singer, dancer
  • Vincent D'Onofrio – 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 – composer
  • Irvin Dorfman (1924–2006) – tennis player
  • Phoebe Doty – prostitute and madam
  • Amanda Minnie Douglas (1831–1916) – writer
  • Kirk Douglas – actor
  • Robert Downey Jr. – actor, producer, singer
  • Ervin Drake – composer, producer, writer, musician
  • Fran Drescher – actor
  • Julia Louis-Dreyfus – actress
  • Richard Dreyfuss – 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
  • David Duchovny – actor
  • Patty Duke (1946–2016) – actress, activist for mental-health issues
  • Lena Dunham – actress, screenwriter, producer, director
  • Joseph Dunninger – mentalist
  • Bryant Dunston (born 1986) – American-Armenian basketball player
  • Richard Dupont – artist
  • Jimmy Durante (1893–1980) – American actor and pianist

E[]

  • Dominique Easley (born 1992) – football player
  • Gertrude Ederle (1905–2003) – swimmer
  • Eddie Egan (1930–1995)  – police detective
  • Gladys Egan (1900–1985) – child actress
  • Jesse Eisenberg (born 1983) – actor
  • Billy Eichner (born 1978) – actor
  • Ansel Elgort (born 1994) – actor, singer, dancer, DJ
  • Lapo Elkann (born 1977) – chief executive officer, Fiat
  • Bill Elko (born 1959) – football player
  • Etika (1990–2019) – YouTuber, streamer
  • Mario Elie (born 1963) – basketball player
  • Duke Ellington (1899–1974) – jazz pianist
  • Abby Elliott (born 1987) – actress
  • Nora Ephron (1941–2012) – director, screenwriter, author
  • Omar Epps (born 1973) – actor
  • Theo Epstein (born 1973) – formerly the youngest general manager in MLB, currently President of Baseball Operations for the Chicago Cubs
  • Eru (born 1983) – singer

F[]

  • Peter Facinelli – actor
  • Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. – actor
  • Edie Falco – actress
  • Jonah Falcon – actor and writer; achieved fame in early 2000s for his penis size
  • Jimmy Fallon – comedian
  • Doug E. Fresh – musician
  • Peter Falk – actor
  • Tali Farhadian – former federal prosecutor and current candidate for New York County District Attorney
  • Louis Farrakhan – leader of the Nation of Islam
  • Perry Farrell – musician
  • Alice Faye – actress
  • Charles Fazzino – pop artist
  • Harry Feldman (1919–1962) – Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Jack Feldman – lyricist
  • Morton Feldman – composer
  • Julissa Ferreras – New York City Council Member, Finance Committee chair
  • Richard Feynman – theoretical physicist; recipient 1965 Nobel Prize in Physics
  • Harvey Fierstein – actor and playwright
  • Hamilton Fish – Governor of New York and U.S. Secretary of State
  • Mickey Fisher (1904/05–1963), basketball coach
  • Herbert Flam (1928–1980) – tennis player
  • Bobby Flay – chef
  • Waka Flocka Flame – rapper
  • Jeffrey Flier – Dean of Harvard Medical School
  • Jane Fonda – actress
  • Peter Fonda – actor
  • Hector Fonseca – DJ
  • Malcolm Forbes – publisher
  • Davy Force – major league baseball player[4]
  • Whitey Ford – pitcher for the New York Yankees
  • Adam Fox (born 1998) – professional ice hockey defenseman for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League
  • Anthony Franciosa – actor
  • David Frankel – film director
  • Al Franken – comedian and radio host, U.S. Senator from Minnesota
  • Michael Freeman – inventor, entrepreneur, author, and business consultant
  • Ace Frehley – guitarist
  • Milton Friedman – economist
  • Eric Fromm – tennis player
  • John Frusciante – musician, artist

G[]

  • Jim Gaffigan – comedian, actor, writer and author
  • Gus Gardella – football player
  • Eliza Ann Gardner – Abolitionist
  • Art Garfunkel – singer-songwriter, actor
  • Lou Gehrig – baseball player
  • Sarah Michelle Gellar – actress
  • Natalie Gelman – singer/songwriter
  • Richard Genelle – actor
  • Stefani Germanotta – aka Lady Gaga – singer-songwriter, actor
  • George Gershwin – composer
  • Ira Gershwin – lyricist
  • Tiffany Giardina – singer-songwriter
  • Mel Gibson – American-born Australian/Irish actor and director
  • Marie George – actress and singer
  • Vitas Gerulaitis – tennis player
  • Ruth Bader Ginsburg – Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court
  • Rabbi Issamar Ginzberg – business strategist, rabbi, motivational speaker
  • The GoStation – indie rock group[5]
  • Rudolph Giuliani – former Mayor of New York City
  • Charles V. Glasco, New York City Police Sergeant, most well known for his efforts to rescue John William Warde in 1938[6]
  • Jackie Gleason – comedian, actor
  • James Gleason – actor
  • Joel Glucksman (born 1949) – Olympic fencer
  • Whoopi Goldberg – comedian, actress, TV personality
  • William Goldberg – diamond dealer
  • Daniel S. Goldin – NASA director
  • 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 – member of the psychedelic-rock band MGMT
  • Richard Goode – classical pianist
  • Cuba Gooding Jr. – actor
  • Jared Gordon – mixed martial artist
  • Joan Gould – author and journalist
  • Doris Kearns Goodwin – author
  • Leo Gorcey – film actor and comedian, leader of the Dead End Kids, East Side Kids, and Bowery Boys in several movies
  • Robert A. Gorman (born 1937) – law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
  • Eydie Gorme – singer
  • Victor Gotbaum – labor leader
  • Elliott Gould – actor
  • David C. Gowdey – politician
  • Topher Grace – actor
  • Sean Grande – television and radio sportscaster
  • Rocky Graziano (born Thomas Rocco Barbella) – boxer
  • Hank Greenberg – Hall of Fame baseball player
  • Alan Greenspan – economist, former Federal Reserve chairman
  • Adrian Grenier – actor
  • Bill Griffith – cartoonist (Zippy)[7]
  • Melanie Griffith – actress
  • Alfred Grossman – writer and novelist.
  • Bob Guccione – publisher
  • Peggy Guggenheim – art collector
  • Rajat Gupta (born 1948) – CEO of McKinsey & Company convicted of insider trading
  • Jim Gurfein (born 1961) – tennis player
  • Steve Guttenberg – actor
  • Maggie Gyllenhaal – actress

H[]

  • Adelaide Hall – jazz singer, Broadway star, actress
  • Huntz Hall – comedian, actor; co-starred in several Dead End Kids, East Side Kids and Bowery Boys movies
  • Mortimer Halpern – Broadway stage manager
  • Eddy Hamel (1902–1943) – Jewish-American soccer player for Dutch club AFC Ajax who was killed by the Nazis in Auschwitz concentration camp
  • Pete Hamill – journalist
  • Marvin Hamlisch – composer
  • Armand Hammer – industrialist and philanthropist
  • Oscar Hammerstein II – composer
  • Han Terra – polymath
  • Frank Hankinson – major league baseball player[4]
  • Sean Hannity – television host, author, conservative political commentator
  • Nelson Harding (1879–1944) – editorial cartoonist
  • Edward W. Hardy (born 1992) – composer, musician and producer
  • Donald J. Harlin – Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Air Force
  • Lynn Harrell – cellist
  • W. Averell Harriman – diplomat and Governor of New York
  • Zelda Harris – actress
  • Anne Hathaway – actress
  • Marcia Haufrecht – actor, director, playwright
  • Curt Hawkins – WWE wrestler
  • Patrick Joseph Hayes (1867–1938) – fifth archbishop of New York
  • Susan Hayward (1917–1975) – actress
  • Rita Hayworth – actress
  • Anthony Hecht – poet
  • Carol Heiss – Olympic figure skater (silver 1956, gold 1960)
  • Joseph Heller – author
  • Alvin Hellerstein (born 1933) – U.S. federal judge
  • Lance Henriksen – actor
  • Brian Henson – puppeteer, director, producer
  • Bernard Herrmann (1911–1975) – composer
  • Susan Hendl (1947–2020) – ballet dancer and répétiteur
  • Robert Hess (1935–2014) – sculptor, art educator
  • Peter Cooper Hewitt (1861–1921) – inventor
  • William Hickey – actor
  • Logan Hicks – artist
  • Hildegarde – cabaret singer
  • Paris Hilton – socialite, actress
  • Gregory Hines – dancer and actor
  • Judd Hirsch (born 1935) – actor
  • William E. Hoehle – member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
  • Eric Holtz (born 1965) – Head Coach of the Israel National Baseball Team
  • Megan Hollingshead (born 1968) – actress, singer, broadway star
  • Lena Horne (1917–2010) – singer
  • Edward Everett Horton – actor
  • Curly Howard – actor of comedy team The Three Stooges
  • Moe Howard – actor of comedy team The Three Stooges
  • Shemp Howard – actor of comedy team The Three Stooges
  • Steny Hoyer (born 1939) – "U.S Representative from Maryland's 5th district, 1981-Present"
  • Tina Huang – actress
  • Richard Hunt – puppeteer and television director
  • Tab Hunter (1931–2018) – actor
  • Cornelia Collins Hussey (1827–1902) – philanthropist, writer
  • Barbara Hutton (1912–1979) – socialite dubbed "Poor Little Rich Girl"

I[]

  • Scott Ian – guitarist for Anthrax
  • Washington Irving – author
  • John Isaac – photographer

J[]

  • Wolfman Jack (also known as Robert Weston Smith; 1938–1995) – radio personality
  • Jane Jacobs (1916–2006) – economist, urban theorist, activist
  • Ken Jacobs (born 1933) – artist and filmmaker
  • Aaron Judge – baseball player, born in California
  • Marc Jacobs (born 1963) – fashion designer
  • Henry James (1843–1916) – writer
  • William James (1842–1910) – philosopher and psychologist
  • Jaiquawn Jarrett (born 1989) – football player
  • John Jay (1745–1829) – diplomat, jurist (including Chief Justice of the United States) and politician (including Governor of New York)
  • Jay-Z (born 1969) – businessperson and rapper
  • Karine Jean-Pierre – political campaign organizer
  • Charles Jenkins (born 1989) – basketball player
  • Max Jenkins (born 1985) – actor and writer
  • Ron Jeremy (born 1953) – pornographic actor, filmmaker, actor, comedian
  • Ty Jerome (born 1997) – American professional basketball player
  • Jessi (born 1988) – rapper
  • Jipsta (John Patrick Masterson; born 1974) – rapper
  • MC Jin (born 1982) – rapper
  • Billy Joel (born 1949) – singer-songwriter
  • David Johansen (born 1950) – actor, singer-songwriter
  • Scarlett Johansson (born 1984) – actress
  • Daymond John – entrepreneur
  • Crockett Johnson (1906–1975) – cartoonist and children's writer (Harold and the Purple Crayon)
  • Boris Johnson (born 1964) – American-born British politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and former Mayor of London (2008–2016)
  • Nasir Jones (born 1973) – actor, rapper and former member of the rap group The Firm
  • Norah Jones (born 1979) – actress, instrumentalist and singer-songwriter
  • Julia Jones-Pugliese (1909–1993) – national champion fencer and fencing coach
  • Michael Jordan – basketball player
  • Lazarus Joseph (1891–1966) – NY 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

K[]

  • Philip Mayer Kaiser (1913–2007) – U.S. diplomat
  • Andy Kaufman (1949–1984) – comedian
  • Charlie Kaufman (born 1958) – screenwriter
  • Danny Kaye (1911–1987) – actor and comedian
  • Lenny Kaye (born 1946) – guitarist
  • Thomas Kean (born 1935) – Governor of New Jersey
  • Harvey Keitel (born 1939) – actor
  • Bridget Kelly (born 1986) – singer
  • George Kennedy (1925–2016) – actor
  • Jacqueline Kennedy (1929–1994) – First Lady of the United States and editor
  • Max Kennedy (born 1965) – author, lawyer
  • Jerome Kern (1885–1945) – composer
  • Alicia Keys (born 1981) – R&B singer
  • Robert Kibbee (1921–1982) – Chancellor of the City University of New York
  • Jimmy Kimmel (born 1967) – comedian and television talk-show host
  • Carole King (born 1942) – singer-songwriter
  • Keith Kinkaid (born 1989) – professional ice hockey player
  • Nancy Kissinger (born 1934) – philanthropist
  • Calvin Klein (born 1942) – fashion designer
  • Christopher Knight  – actor
  • John "Julius" Knight – music producer, DJ
  • Miss Ko (born 1985) – rapper
  • Ed Koch (1924–2013) – Mayor of New York City
  • E. L. Konigsburg (1930–2013) – writer
  • Peter Koo (born 1952) – politician, pharmacist
  • C. Everett Koop (1916–2013) – physician
  • Yaphet Kotto (1939–2021) – actor
  • Sandy Koufax (born 1935) – MLB pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, perfect game pitcher
  • Joey Kramer (born 1950) – drummer, Aerosmith
  • Lenny Kravitz (born 1964) – singer-songwriter
  • Barbara Kruger – feminist artist
  • Stanley Kubrick (1928–1999) – film director, screenwriter
  • Bruce Kulick (born 1953) – guitarist
  • William Kunstler (1919–1995) – lawyer
  • Tony Kushner (born 1956) – playwright, screenwriter
  • Allan Kwartler (1917–1998) – sabre and foil fencer, Pan American Games and Maccabiah Games champion
  • Martin Kove - actor, known for The Karate Kid (franchise) as John Kreese in Cobra Kai

L[]

  • David LaChapelle – photographer
  • Lady Gaga – musician, actress
  • Fiorello La Guardia (1882–1947) – Mayor of New York City
  • Jesse Lacey – musician and singer
  • Bert Lahr (1895–1967) – actor and comedian
  • Veronica Lake – actress
  • Jake LaMotta – boxer
  • Lana Del Rey – singer
  • Burt Lancaster (1913–1994) – actor
  • Martin Landau – actor
  • Diane Lane (born 1965) – actress
  • Leo Laporte – founder/host of TWiT.tv
  • Floria Lasky (1923–2007) – theater world lawyer
  • Cyndi Lauper – singer
  • Ralph Lauren – fashion designer
  • Emma Lazarus – author and poet
  • Steve Lawrence – singer and actor
  • Derek Lee – baseball player
  • Jeanette Lee (born 1971) – professional pool player
  • Stan Lee (1922–2018) – comic-book writer, editor, film executive producer, actor, and publisher for Marvel Comics
  • Madeleine L'Engle – author
  • Franz Leichter (born 1930) – politician
  • Melissa Leo (born 1960) – actress
  • A. Leo Levin (1919–2015) – law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
  • Huey Lewis – musician and singer
  • Joe E. Lewis (1902–1971) – comedian
  • Miranda Lichtenstein (born 1969) – artist
  • Roy Lichtenstein – artist
  • Joe Lieberman – former long-time U.S. Senator from Connecticut (1989–2013); 2000 vice presidential nominee under Al Gore
  • Lil' Kim (Kimberly Denise Jones; born 1976) – actress and rapper
  • Lil Tjay (born 2001) - rapper
  • John Lindsay – Mayor of New York City
  • John Linnell - musician, one half of alternative rock duo They Might Be Giants
  • Liondub (Erik Weiss; born 1973)  – DJ and Record Producer
  • Deborah Lipstadt  – historian and author
  • Peggy Lipton – actress
  • Lisa Lisa (born 1966) – freestyle singer; fronted Cult Jam; born Lisa Velez
  • John Liu (born 1967) – American politician, 43rd New York City Comptroller
  • Lucy Liu – actress
  • Robert R. Livingston – U.S. founding father and diplomat
  • Daniel Lobell – stand-up comedian and podcaster
  • Tommy Lockhart – Inductee into Hockey Hall of Fame, and United States Hockey Hall of Fame[8][9]
  • Robert Loggia – actor
  • Lindsay Lohan – actress
  • Vince Lombardi – football coach
  • Ki Longfellow – novelist
  • Jennifer Lopez – singer and actress
  • Julia Louis-Dreyfus – actress
  • Willie Lozado – baseball player
  • Bennet Nathaniel "Nate" Lubell (1916–2006) – Olympic fencer
  • Edna Luby – Broadway and vaudeville performer
  • Lucky Luciano – gangster
  • Sid Luckman – football player and coach
  • Frankie Lymon – singer
  • Carol Lynley – actress

M[]

  • Alice Foote MacDougall (1867–1945) – coffee wholesaler, restaurateur, and business owner in the City[10]
  • Ruth Madoff (born 1941) – wife of Bernie Madoff
  • Umber Majeed (born 1989) – visual artist
  • Lil Mama (born 1989) – rapper and actress
  • Bernard Malamud – author
  • Melissa Manchester – singer
  • Barry Manilow – singer-songwriter, musician
  • Mike Mansfield – Senator from Montana (raised in Montana)
  • Bruce Manson (born 1956) – tennis player
  • Stephon Marbury – professional basketball player
  • James Margolis (born 1936) – Olympic fencer
  • Rose Marie (Mazetta) – actress
  • Ernest Martin – theatre director and manager
  • Melanie Martinez – singer-songwriter, actress, director, photographer, screenwriter
  • Soraida Martinez – artist, designer
  • Sadie Martinot  – singer, actress
  • Constantine Maroulis – American Idol finalist
  • Lee Marvin – actor
  • Chico Marx – member of the Marx Brothers
  • Groucho Marx – member of the Marx Brothers
  • Gummo Marx – member of the Marx Brothers
  • Harpo Marx – member of the Marx Brothers
  • Zeppo Marx – member of the Marx Brothers
  • James Maslow – actor and singer (raised in California)
  • Jackie Mason (born 1931) – comedian, actor (born in Wisconsin)
  • John Massari – composer, sound designer
  • Walter Matthau – actor
  • Loretta Mazza (born 1957) – Sammarinese politician, Mayor of Acquaviva (2009–2013)
  • John McCloskey (1810–1885) – Cardinal Archbishop of New York, 1864–1885
  • Frank McCourt – author (raised in Ireland, returned later in life)
  • Malachy McCourt – author (raised in Ireland, returned later in life)
  • Allie McGuire – professional basketball player
  • Kenneth McMillan (1932–1989) – actor
  • Andrea Mitchell – journalist, NBC News
  • Paul Meltsner – WPA-era painter and muralist
  • Bob Melvin (born 1961) – Major League Baseball player and manager
  • Dave Meltzer – pro wrestling journalist
  • Herman Melville (1819–1891) – author
  • Daniel Menaker (1941–2020) – writer and editor
  • Grace Meng (born 1975) – lawyer and politician, Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee
  • Yehudi Menuhin (1916–1999) – violinist
  • Idina Menzel (born 1971) – singer, actress
  • Ethel Merman (1908–1984) – singer, actress
  • Helen Merrill – jazz singer
  • Robert Merrill (1917–2004) – singer
  • Stefano Miceli (1975) - pianist, conductor
  • Lea Michele – actress, singer
  • Vera Michelena (1885–1961) – actress, dancer and singer
  • Nicki Minaj − rapper, actress
  • Alyssa Milano – actress
  • Adeline Miller – prostitute, madam
  • Arthur Miller (1915–2005) – playwright
  • Marcus Miller – bassist and composer
  • Sally Milgrim – fashion designer
  • Stephanie Mills – singer, former Broadway star
  • Harvey Milk – gay activist, politician
  • Andy Mineo – Christian rapper
  • Sal Mineo (1939–1976) – actor
  • Lin-Manuel Miranda  musical theatre writer and performer
  • John Joseph Mitty – Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco
  • Isaac Mizrahi – fashion designer
  • Eddie Money (1949-2019) – singer
  • Mary Tyler Moore (1936-2017) – actress, producer
  • Melba Moore – actress, singer
  • Nancie Monelle (1841–1903) – physician, missionary
  • Tom Morello – guitarist
  • Henry Morgan – radio and television personality
  • Huey Morgan – musician, radio DJ, songwriter, television personality
  • Gouverneur Morris – U.S. founding father; U.S. Senator
  • Zero Mostel – actor, comedian
  • Tommy Mottola – music executive
  • Maria Muldaur – folk and blues singer-songwriter
  • John Mulholland – documentary filmmaker, film historian
  • Gerry Mulligan – musician
  • Richard Mulligan – actor
  • Robert Mulligan – director
  • Chris Mullin – basketball player
  • Charlie Murphy – actor, comedian
  • Chris Murphy – U.S. Senator from Connecticut since 2013
  • Eddie Murphy – actor, comedian

N[]

  • James M. Nack (1809–1879) – deaf and mute poet
  • Dominic Napolitano (1930–1981) – Mafia caporegime
  • Janet Napolitano (born 1957) – third US Secretary of Homeland Security
  • Nas (born 1973) – rapper born Nasir Jones
  • Michael H. Nash (1946–2012) – labor historian, librarian, and archivist
  • Casey Neistat (Born 1981) filmmaker, producer, youtuber
  • Russell Nash (1518–2002) – antiques dealer on Hudson Street
  • Debbie Nathan (born 1950)  – American feminist journalist
  • Tonie Nathan (1923–2014) – Libertarian Party political figure
  • Sarah Natochenny (born 1987) – voice actress
  • Lia Neal (born 1995) – Olympic swimmer[11]
  • Oscar Neebe (1850–1916) – anarchist, labor activist, one of Haymarket bombing trial defendants
  • Howard Nemerov (1920–1991) – poet
  • Sylvester Nevins – politician
  • Sam Newfield (1899–1964) – film director
  • John Philip Newman (1826–1899) – Methodist bishop
  • Denise Nickerson (1957–2019) – actress
  • Harry Nilsson (1941–1994) – singer-songwriter
  • Cynthia Nixon (born 1966) – actress
  • Joakim Noah (born 1985) – NBA center for the New York Knicks
  • Jerry Nolan (1946–1992) – rock drummer
  • John Nolan (born 1978) – musician and singer
  • Charles Nordhoff (1830–1901) – journalist, descriptive and miscellaneous writer
  • Dagmar Nordstrom (1903–1976) – composer, pianist and singer; member of the cabaret singing duo the Nordstrom Sisters
  • Siggie Nordstrom (1893–1980) – actress, model and singer; member of the cabaret singing duo the Nordstrom Sisters
  • Ed Norris (born 1960) – radio host
  • Chris Noth (born 1954) – actor
  • Geoffrey Notkin (born 1961)  – TV science educator
  • The Notorious B.I.G. (Christopher George Latore Wallace) – rapper
  • Carrie Nye (1936–2006) – actress

O[]

  • Simon Oakland – actor
  • Jerry O'Connell – actor and television personality
  • Al Oerter (1935–2007) – four-time Olympic champion in discus throw
  • Kevin Ogletree – football player
  • Garrick Ohlsson (born 1948) – classical pianist
  • Keith Olbermann – television sportscaster and commentator
  • Jon Oliva – Savatage singer and keyboardist
  • Chris O'Loughlin (born 1967) – Olympic fencer
  • Eugene O'Neill – playwright
  • Paul O'Neill (1956–2017)  – music composer and producer
  • Robert Oppenheimer – physicist; "father of the atomic bomb"
  • Jerry Orbach – actor
  • Lisa Ortiz (born 1974) – actress
  • Bill O'Reilly – former Fox News anchor
  • Adam Ottavino MLB pitcher for the Boston Red Sox
  • Rick Overton – actor and comedian

P[]

  • P. Diddy (born 1969) – rapper
  • Al Pacino (born 1940) – actor
  • Saul K. Padover (1905–1981) – historian
  • Fanny Purdy Palmer (1839–1923), author, lecturer, activist
  • Joseph Papp – theater producer, impresario, founder of The Public Theater
  • Rob Parker – sportswriter, TV analyst
  • Lana Parrilla – actress
  • Joe Paterno – football coach
  • James Patterson – novelist
  • Sarah Paulson – actress
  • Josh Peck – actor
  • Jan Peerce (1904–1984) – opera tenor
  • Amanda Peet – actress
  • Richard Pelham – blackface performer
  • Claiborne Pell – Senator from Rhode Island
  • Caroline Pennell – singer-songwriter, musician, and contestant on NBC's The Voice season 5
  • Sam Perkins – basketball player
  • Bernadette Peters – actress, 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)
  • Lip Pike – baseball player, four-time home-run champion[4]
  • John Pleshette – actor
  • Suzanne Pleshette (1937–2008) – actress from Bob Newhart Show
  • Ethel McClellan Plummer (1888–1936) – artist
  • Christopher Poole – creator of websites 4chan and Canvas Networks
  • Pop Smoke (1999–2020) – rapper
  • Ted Post – movie and TV director
  • Neil Postman – author, cultural critic
  • Chaim Potok (1929–2002) – author
  • Bud Powell – jazz pianist
  • Colin Powell – U.S. Army general and U.S. Secretary of State
  • Gary Powell – drummer
  • Joshua Prager – physician
  • Priscilla Presley – actress
  • Prince Royce – singer-songwriter, actor
  • Tito Puente – bandleader
  • Mario Puzo – author

Q[]

  • Q-Tip – rapper

R[]

  • Renee Rabinowitz (1934–2020) – psychologist and lawyer
  • Raekwon – rapper (Wu-tang Clan)
  • Bill Rafferty – comedian
  • Tubby Raskin (1902–1981) - basketball player and coach
  • Joey Ramone and Marky Ramone – punk-rock musicians
  • Michael Rapaport – actor, comedian, director
  • Ray Ratkowski – football player
  • Remedy (born Ross Filler in 1972) – rapper
  • Ray Rice – football player
  • Melissa Rauch – actress and comedian
  • Lou Reed – rock musician, songwriter
  • A$AP Rocky – rapper
  • Christopher Reeve (1952-2004) – actor
  • Carl Reiner – comedian, actor, director, author
  • Rob Reiner – actor and director
  • Paul Reiser – actor
  • Charlie Reiter (born 1988) – footballer
  • Ed Rendell – former Mayor of Philadelphia, Governor of Pennsylvania
  • Brandon Reilly – musician, guitarist, singer
  • Leah Remini – actress
  • Bebe Rexha (born 1989) – singer-songwriter
  • Vincent Rey – football player
  • Charles E. Rice – legal scholar, university professor
  • Buddy Rich – jazz drummer
  • Renée Richards (born 1934) – tennis player
  • Terry Richardson – fashion photographer
  • Burton Richter – Nobel Prize-winning physicist
  • Don Rickles – comedian
  • Kathleen Ridder – women's equal rights activist, writer, educator, philanthropist[12]
  • Robert Ridder – Ice hockey administrator and media mogul[13]
  • Joel Rifkin – serial killer
  • Robin Riker – actress and book author
  • Thelma Ritter – actress
  • Joan Rivers – comedian
  • Chris Rock – comedian and actor
  • Laurance Rockefeller – conservationist and philanthropist
  • Winthrop Rockefeller – Governor of Arkansas
  • Norman Rockwell – artist
  • Alex Rodriguez – baseball player
  • John Rogan – football player
  • Sonny Rollins – jazz saxophonist
  • Ray Romano – comedian and actor
  • Saoirse Ronan – American-born Irish actress
  • Igal Roodenko (1917–1991) – civil-rights activist, pacifist
  • Sean Rooks – basketball player and coach[14]
  • Mickey Rooney – actor
  • Franklin Roosevelt – 32nd President of the United States
  • Remy Ma – rapper
  • Eleanor Roosevelt – U.S. First Lady and human-rights activist
  • Theodore Roosevelt – 26th President of the United States
  • Ethel Greenglass Rosenberg – convicted spy
  • Beatrice Rosen – actress (raised in Paris)
  • Jeffrey Rosen - billionaire businessman
  • Robert Rosen (1934–1998) – American theoretical biologist
  • Aaron "Rosy" Rosenberg (1912–1979) – two-time "All-American" college football player, and film and television producer
  • Julius Rosenberg – convicted spy
  • Nicole Ross (born 1989) - Olympic foil fencer
  • Emmy Rossum – actress
  • Veronica Roth – novelist
  • Mercedes Ruehl – actress
  • Vic Ruggiero – ska musician frontman of The Slackers
  • Louis Rukeyser – business columnist, economic commentator
  • Damien Russell – NFL player
  • Art Rust Jr. – sportscaster

S[]

  • Carl Sagan – physicist and astronomer
  • Boris Said – NASCAR driver
  • J. D. Salinger – author
  • Jonas Salk – medical researcher
  • John Salley – basketball player
  • Jerry Saltz – art critic, art historian
  • Claudio Sanchez – musician
  • Bernie Sanders – politician and U.S. Senator from Vermont since 2007
  • Adam Sandler – actor, comedian
  • Romeo Santos – singer-songwriter, actor, record producer
  • Dennis Sarfate – professional baseball player
  • Dustin Satloff – boy entrepreneur
  • Francesco Scavullo – photographer
  • Dick Schaap – journalist
  • Jeremy Schaap – journalist
  • Vincent Schiavelli – actor and food writer
  • Leonard Schleifer – scientist and business executive
  • Julian Schnabel – artist and motion picture director
  • Mathieu Schneider – hockey player
  • Sandra Schnur – disability-rights activist
  • Loretta Schrijver – Dutch television host
  • Rick Schroder – actor
  • Amy Schumer – actress and comedian
  • Chuck Schumer – U.S. Senator from New York since 1999; cousin of Amy
  • Julius Schwartz – comic book editor
  • Martin Scorsese – film director
  • Vin Scully – sportscaster
  • Malik Sealy – basketball player
  • Heriberto Seda (born 1967) - serial killer who copied The Zodiac Killer
  • Jon Seda – comedian
  • Barney Sedran (1891–1964) – Hall of Fame basketball player
  • Jerry Seinfeld – comedian
  • Julius Seligson (1909–1987) – tennis player
  • Edward Selzer (1893–1970) – film producer, Warner Bros.
  • Maurice Sendak (1928–2012) – author and illustrator
  • Peter Senercia (Tazz) – American radio personality, color commentator and retired professional wrestler
  • John Serry, Sr. – accordionist, organist, composer, arranger
  • Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton – founder of Sisters of Charity; first native-born US citizen canonized
  • Cynthia Propper Seton (1926–1982) – novelist
  • Tupac Shakur (1971–1996)  – rapper and actor
  • Gene Shalit – film critic; raised in New Jersey
  • Frank Shannon – conservative political analyst, columnist, and candidate
  • Judy Shapiro-Ikenberry (born 1942) – long-distance runner
  • Artie Shaw (1910–2004) – bandleader
  • 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 – actress
  • Kevin Shields – musician; member of the band My Bloody Valentine
  • Daniel Sickles – Civil War general
  • Bugsy Siegel – gangster
  • Jules Siegel – author
  • Maggie Siff – actress
  • Beverly Sills (1929–2007) – opera singer
  • Lauren Silva – painter
  • Ron Silver – actor, radio show host
  • Robert Silverberg – author
  • Dean Silvers – film producer
  • Alan Silvestri – film music composer
  • Carly Simon – singer-songwriter
  • Neil Simon – playwright
  • Richard L. Simon (1899–1960) – businessman and publisher
  • Kaseem Sinceno – football player
  • John Slidell – Senator from Louisiana and Confederate diplomat
  • Al Smith (1873–1944) – Governor of New York and presidential candidate
  • Will Smith (1981–2016) – former football player
  • Phoebe Snow – singer-songwriter
  • James McCune Smith – Abolitionist
  • Stephen Sondheim – musical theatre composer and lyricist
  • Aaron Sorkin – playwright and screenwriter
  • Sonia Sotomayor – United States Supreme Court Justice
  • Mickey Spillane – author
  • Eliot Spitzer – former Governor of New York
  • Howard Spira
  • Sylvester Stallone – actor, director, screenwriter
  • Sebastian Stan – actor, MARVEL (Bucky Barnes)
  • Paul Stanley – hard-rock guitarist, singer and songwriter
  • Barbara Stanwyck (1907–1990) – actress
  • Joe Start – Major League Baseball player[4]
  • James Steen – football player
  • Howard Stern – radio and television host
  • John Stevens – delegate to Continental Congress for New Jersey
  • Andrew Stewart – player of gridiron football
  • Foley Stewart – musician
  • Jon Stewart – writer, producer, political satirist, actor, television personality, comedian, and former host of The Daily Show (1999–2015); born in New York City, raised in New Jersey
  • Julia Stiles – actress
  • Ben Stiller – actor
  • Henry L. Stimson – politician and diplomat
  • Oliver Stone – film director
  • Larry Storch – actor, comedian
  • Susan Strasberg – actress
  • Robert Strassburg – composer, conductor, musicologist
  • James Strauch (1921–1998) – Olympic fencer
  • Barbra Streisand – singer and actress
  • Meryl Streep – actress
  • 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 – actress
  • Kevin Sussman – actor

T[]

  • Vic Tayback (1930–1990) – actor
  • Alma Tell (1898–1937) – stage and screen actress
  • Olive Tell (1894–1951) – stage and screen actress
  • Maurice Tempelsman (born 1929) – businessman
  • Veronica Taylor (born 1965) – actress Pokémon
  • Chloe Temtchine (born 1982/1983) – singer-songwriter
  • The Tenderloins (born 1976) – American comedy troupe currently composed of Joseph "Joe" Gatto, James "Murr" Murray, Brian "Q" Quinn, and Salvatore "Sal" Vulcano
  • Studs Terkel (1912–2008) – author and historian
  • Milton Terris (1915–2002) – public health physician and epidemiologist
  • Roy M. Terry – Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Air Force
  • Vinny Testaverde – football player
  • Teyana Taylor – singer-songwriter, actress, dancer, choreographer, director and model
  • Irving Thalberg – film producer
  • Leon Thomas III – actor
  • Soren Thompson (born 1981)  – two-time Olympic and team World Champion épée fencer
  • Johnny Thunders – rock musician
  • Gene Tierney (1920–1991) – actress
  • Harry Tietlebaum (born 1889) – organized crime figure
  • Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933) – artist
  • Matt Titus – professional matchmaker
  • James Toback (born 1944) – screenwriter and director
  • Isabella Tobias (born 1991) – ice dancer
  • Lola Todd (1904–1995) – silent film actress
  • Bill Todman – game show producer
  • Michael Tolkin (born 1950) – filmmaker and novelist
  • Marisa Tomei (born 1964) – actress
  • Joe Torre – baseball player and manager
  • Douglas Townsend (1921–2012) – composer and musicologist
  • Michelle Trachtenberg – actress
  • Mary Travers – singer with Peter, Paul, and Mary
  • Payson J. Treat (1879–1972) – Japanologist[15]
  • Alex Treves (1929–2020) – Italian-born American Olympic fencer
  • Bernard Trink (1931–2020) – columnist
  • Donald Trump – 45th President of the United States, businessman
  • Donald Trump Jr. – businessman
  • Eric Trump – businessman
  • Fred Trump – real estate developer and philanthropist
  • Ivanka Trump – businesswoman
  • Tiffany Trump – socialite
  • Barbara Tuchman (1912–1989) – historian; author
  • Richard Tucker (1913–1975) – opera tenor
  • Gene Tunney – 1926–28 heavyweight boxing champion
  • John V. Tunney – former U.S. Senator
  • John Turturro – actor and director
  • William Tweed (1823–1878) – politician
  • Liv Tyler – actress
  • Steven Tyler (born 1948) – singer, Aerosmith
  • Mike Tyson (born 1966)  – boxer
  • Neil deGrasse Tyson – astronomer, science communicator

U[]

  • Leslie Uggams – singer, actress
  • The Ultimate Warrior (born Jim Hellwig and also known as Warrior) – professional wrestler
  • Louis Untermeyer (1885–1977) – poet, anthologist, critic, and editor
  • Hikaru Utada – singer, musician

V[]

  • Andrew Vachss – lawyer and author
  • Margaret Newton Van Cott – first woman to be licensed to preach in The Methodist Episcopal Church.
  • Cy Vance - New York County District Attorney (2014 to 2022)
  • Cornelius Vanderbilt – businessman
  • Robert Vaughn (1932–2016) – actor
  • George Vergara – NFL player
  • Jennifer von Mayrhauser – costume designer

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 – actor
  • Adam Walker – football player
  • Hezekiah Walker – bishop and gospel artist
  • Jimmy Walker (1881–1946) – Mayor of New York City
  • Kemba Walker – basketball player
  • Eli Wallach – actor
  • Donald A. Wallance – industrial designer[16]
  • Fats Waller – jazz pianist
  • Rudolf Wanderone – professional pool player
  • Charles B. Wang (1944–2018) – businessman, philanthropist
  • Vera Wang – fashion designer
  • Bree Warren – model
  • Raees Warsi – poet, journalist, social and worker
  • Kerry Washington – actress
  • Damon Wayans – actor and producer
  • Dwayne Wayans – director, producer and writer
  • Keenen Ivory Wayans – actor, director, producer and writer
  • Kim Wayans – actress
  • Marlon Wayans – actor and producer
  • Nadia Wayans – actress
  • Shawn Wayans – actor and producer
  • Michael Weatherly – actor
  • Sigourney Weaver – actress
  • Brian Wecht (born 1975) – musician, producer for Ninja Sex Party and Starbomb, and member of Game Grumps
  • Steven Weinberg – Nobel Prize-winning physicist
  • Malina Weissman (born 2003) – child actress
  • Leslie West – rock musician
  • Mae West (1893–1980) – actress
  • Nathanael West – author
  • Edith Wharton – author
  • Joss Whedon – screenwriter, film and television producer, author and composer
  • Maggie Wheeler – actress
  • White Light Motorcade –music group[17]
  • Billy Whitlock – blackface performer
  • Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney – sculptor and art patron
  • Edward W. Whitson – Wisconsin State Assemblyman
  • Kristen Wiig – actress, comedian and writer
  • Charles Wilkes – naval officer and explorer
  • Lenny Wilkens – basketball player and coach
  • Billy Dee Williams (born 1937) – actor
  • Vanessa L. Williams – singer and actress
  • Walter Winchell (1897–1972) – newspaper and radio gossip commentator
  • Harry Winitsky – political activist; founding member of the Communist Party USA
  • Dean Winters – actor
  • Mike Witteck – football player
  • George Worth – born György Woittitz (1915–2006), Olympic medalist saber fencer
  • James Hood Wright – businessman
  • William H. H. Wroe – member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
  • Jason Wu – fashion designer
  • Charles Wuorinen – composer

Y[]

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

Z[]

Non-native New Yorkers[]

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

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by with reliable sources.

A[]

  • William Adams – academic and clergyman; founder and president of the Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York; born in Connecticut[1]
  • Samuel Adler – rabbi; born in Worms, Germany[1]
  • Lisa Ann – pornographic actress, born in Pennsylvania
  • Frederick Styles Agate – painter; born in England[1]
  • Thomas Peter Akers – vice president of the gold board; born in Knox County, Ohio[1]
  • Richard S. Aldrich – U.S. Representative from Rhode Island, practiced law in New York City[18]
  • Jason Alexander – actor; born in Newark, New Jersey
  • Jennifer Aniston – actress; born in Sherman Oaks, California
  • Chester A. Arthur – U.S. president; born in Fairfield, Vermont
  • Isaac Asimov – author; born in Petrovichi, Russian SFSR
  • John Jacob Astor – first multimillionaire of U.S.; born in Germany

B[]

  • Lucille Ball – comedian, actress, born in Jamestown, New York
  • Count Basie – jazz pianist and band leader, born in Red Bank, New Jersey
  • William Basinski – avant-garde composter, born in Austin, Texas
  • Laura Joyce Bell  – contralto, wife of Digby Bell, born in London, England
  • Irving Berlin – composer, lyricist, born in Russia
  • Leonard Bernstein – conductor, born in Lawrence, Massachusetts
  • Lewis Black – comedian, born in Silver Spring, Maryland
  • Jon Blake – actor, model, born in Charlotte, North Carolina
  • C. L. Blood – physician[19]
  • Michael Bloomberg – businessman and mayor, born in Boston, Massachusetts
  • Mary Booze – first African-American woman to sit on the Republican National Committee, 1924–1948; moved to New York from Mound Bayou, Mississippi
  • David Bowie – English musician, actor, artist, born in London, England
  • Marlon Brando, Jr. – actor, born in Omaha, Nebraska
  • Brandy – singer, born in McComb, Mississippi
  • Lottie Briscoe – stage and silent film actress, born in St. Louis, Missouri
  • Tom Brokaw – television journalist, born in Webster, South Dakota
  • Orestes Brownson – writer, abolitionist, pro-labor reformer, Catholic apologist, born in Stockbridge, Vermont

C[]

  • Sid Caesar – comedian and actor, born in Yonkers
  • Antón Cabaleiro – visual artist born in Spain
  • Mariah Carey – singer, born in Huntington, New York
  • Wendy Carlos – musician, born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island
  • Stokely Carmichael – political activist, born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
  • Art Carney – actor, born in Mount Vernon, New York
  • Enrico Caruso – opera tenor, born in Naples, Italy
  • Willa Cather – author, born in Back Creek Valley, Virginia
  • Connie Chung – television journalist, born in Washington, D.C.
  • Madonna – singer, songwriter, actress, director, born in Bay City, Michigan
  • Dick Clark – TV personality and producer, born in Mount Vernon, New York
  • Chelsea Clinton – daughter of President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, born in Little Rock, Arkansas
  • DeWitt Clinton – Senator and Governor of New York, born in Napanoch, New York
  • George M. Cohan – entertainer and songwriter, born in Providence, Rhode Island
  • J Cole – rapper, artist, born in Frankfurt, Germany
  • Anthony Comstock – reformer, born in New Canaan, Connecticut
  • Nanette Comstock  – Broadway actress, born in Albany, New York
  • Bill Cosby – actor and comedian, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Billy Crawford – singer, born in Manila, Philippines
  • Fanny Crosby – hymn writer, born in Southeast, New York
  • Tom Cruise – actor, born in Syracuse, New York
  • Bill Cullen – radio host, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

D[]

  • Lorenzo Da Ponte – librettist to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and professor of Italian at Columbia University, born in Ceneda, Italy
  • Varina Banks Howell Davis (1826–1906) – wife of Confederate president, born in Mississippi
  • Sylvia Day – author, born in Los Angeles, California
  • Mike Dean – hip hop record producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, born in Houston, Texas
  • Mac DeMarco – singer-songwriter, born in Duncan, British Columbia
  • Thomas E. Dewey – Governor of New York
  • Vin Diesel – actor
  • Marlene Dietrich – actress, born in Berlin, Germany
  • Joe DiMaggio – baseball player, born in California
  • David Dinkins – former Mayor of New York City, born in Trenton, New Jersey
  • George Washington Dixon – performer, newspaper editor
  • Kevin Durant – basketball player, born in Washington D.C.
  • Frederick Douglass – abolitionist, born in Cordova, Maryland
  • Francis P. Duffy – priest, World War I chaplain to 69th New York, born in Canada
  • Bob Dylan – singer-songwriter, born in Duluth, Minnesota

E[]

  • Wilberforce Eames – bibliographer and librarian, born in Newark, New Jersey
  • Edward Egan – Cardinal Archbishop of New York, born in Oak Park, Illinois
  • Patrick Ewing – former NBA All-Star center, born in Jamaica

F[]

  • Lee Falk – cartoonist (The Phantom), born in St. Louis, Missouri
  • Barbara Feldon – retired actress; author and writer
  • Millard Fillmore – U.S. president, born in Summerhill, New York
  • Bobby Fischer – chess champion, born in Chicago, Illinois
  • Ella Fitzgerald – jazz singer, born in Newport News, Virginia, lived in Yonkers, New York
  • Barthold Fles – literary agent, born in Amsterdam, lived and worked in Manhattan
  • Steve Forbes – publisher, born in Morristown, New Jersey
  • Heather Foster – Jamaica-born American professional bodybuilder
  • Felix Frankfurter – Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, born in Vienna, Austria
  • Henry Clay Frick – businessman, born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

G[]

  • Dave Gahan – Depeche Mode singer, born in Epping, Essex, UK
  • Alberta Gallatin – stage and screen actress, born in Cabell County, West Virginia
  • Greta Garbo – actress, born in Stockholm, Sweden
  • Dizzy Gillespie – jazz trumpet player, born in Cheraw, South Carolina
  • Miguel Gómez – photographer, born in Bogotá, Colombia

H[]

  • Bobby Hackett – jazz musician, born in Providence, Rhode Island
  • Thomas S. Hamblin – actor, manager of the Bowery Theater
  • Alexander Hamilton – U.S. Founding Father, born in the West Indies
  • Townsend Harris – first US diplomat in Japan, one of the founders of the City College of New York, born in Sandy Hill, New York
  • Mariska Hargitay (born 1964)  – actress, born in Santa Monica, California
  • Randy Harrison (born 1977) – actor, born in New Hampshire and formerly of Alpharetta, Georgia
  • Deborah Harry – singer, actress, born in Union City, New Jersey
  • Francis L. Hawks – politician; priest, Episcopal Church; born in New Bern, North Carolina
  • Carlton Hayes – history professor at Columbia University, ambassador to Spain, born in Afton, New York
  • O. Henry – author, born in Greensboro, North Carolina
  • Tommy Hilfiger – fashion designer, born in Elmira, New York
  • Herman Hollerith – inventor, born in Buffalo, New York
  • Lester Holt – journalist and news anchor for the weekday edition of NBC Nightly News and Dateline NBC, born in San Francisco, California
  • Ian Hornak – realist painter, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Harry Houdini (1874–1926) – legendary illusionist and escape artist; born in Budapest; made NYC his home from 1904 onwards
  • Langston Hughes – poet, born in Joplin, Missouri

I[]

  • Kyrie Irving – basketball player, born in Australia, grew up in New Jersey

J[]

  • Michael Jordan − basketball player, born in Brooklyn, New York, Raised in Wilmington, North Carolina
  • Janet Jackson – singer, born in Gary, Indiana
  • Jane Jacobs (1916–2006) – economist, urban theorist, activist
  • Jonathan Jafari – YouTube entertainer, co-creator of Game Grumps, born in Rancho Palos Verdes, California
  • Kamara James – Olympic fencer, born in Kingston, Jamaica
  • Kevin James – actor, born in Mineola, New York
  • Peter Jennings – television journalist, born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Derek Jeter – baseball player, born in New Jersey
  • Boris Johnson – Mayor of London, England and former MP for Henley, born in New York City
  • Paddy Johnson – art critic

K[]

  • Gabriel Kahane – musician, born in Venice Beach, California
  • Tim Keller – speaker, pastor, born in Lehigh, Pennsylvania
  • Robert F. Kennedy – U.S Attorney General and U.S Senator, born in Brookline, Massachusetts
  • Tom Kennedy – game show host
  • Jack Kerouac - writer most famously associated with the [Beat movement]
  • Kiesza (full name Kiesza Rae Ellestad) – musician, dancer, and multi-instrumentalist, born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  • Lisa Kudrow – actress, born in Encino, California
  • Howard Kyle – actor and founding member of Actors' Equity, born in Shullsburg, Wisconsin

L[]

  • Kirke La Shelle – playwright and theatrical producer, born in Wyoming, Illinois
  • Lachi – singer-songwriter, born in Towson, Maryland
  •  – playwright, born in Stourbridge
  • John Layfield – professional wrestler, born in Sweetwater, Texas
  • Heath Ledger – actor, born in Perth, Western Australia
  • Amy Lee – singer, born in Riverside, California
  • Spike Lee – film director and actor, born in Atlanta, Georgia
  • John Lennon – singer and songwriter, born in Liverpool, England
  • Pierre Lorillard IV – tobacco mogul, born in Westchester, New York
  • Sidney Lumet – film director, born in Philadelphia
  • Mike Lupica – journalist, author, born in Oneida, New York
  • Stan Lee – creator of Marvel Comics, born in Manhattan, New York
  • Fran Lebowitz – author and public speaker, born in Morristown, New Jersey

M[]

  • Ralph Macchio – actor, born on Long Island, New York
  • Ali MacGraw – actress, born in Pound Ridge, New York
  • Earl Manigault – basketball player, born in Charleston, South Carolina
  • Mickey Mantle – baseball Hall of Famer, born in Spavinaw, Oklahoma
  • Dean Martin – singer and actor, born in Ohio
  • Ricky Martin – singer, born in Puerto Rico
  • Jan Matulka – painter, born in Vlachovo Březí, Czech Republic
  • Willie Mays – baseball Hall of Famer, born in Alabama
  • Mike McAlary – Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, born in Honolulu
  • John McCloskey – first American-born cardinal, born in Brooklyn
  • Rue McClanahan – theater, television, and movie actress, born in Oklahoma
  • Linda McCartney – photographer, wife of Beatle Paul McCartney
  • John McEnroe – tennis player and TV commentator, born in Germany
  • Zubin Mehta – orchestra conductor, born in Bombay, India
  • Scott Mescudi – rapper, singer, songwriter, born in Cleveland, Ohio
  • Seth Meyers – comedian, actor, and television personality, born in Evanston, Illinois
  • Bette Midler – singer and actress, born in Honolulu, Hawaii
  • Liza Minnelli – actress and singer, born in Hollywood, California
  • The Misshapes – DJs and party hosts
  • Miyawaki - Singer-songwriter musician
  • Moondog (born Louis Hardin) – eccentric street musician and poet, born in Kansas
  • Garry Moore – television show host and producer, born in Baltimore, Maryland
  • John Pierpont Morgan – businessman, born in Hartford, Connecticut
  • Robert Moses – NYC urban planner and developer, born in New Haven, Connecticut
  • Andrew M. Murstein – taxi executive, founder of Medallion Financial

N[]

  • Joe Namath – professional football player, born in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania
  • Thomas Nast (1840–1902) – German-born American caricaturist and editorial cartoonist; "father of the American cartoon"
  • Casey Neistat – YouTuber, entrepreneur, known for many of his projects based in New York
  • Colette Nelson – IFBB professional bodybuilder

O[]

  • Soledad O'Brien – television journalist, born in Saint James, New York
  • John Joseph O'Connor – Roman Catholic Cardinal Archbishop of New York, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Rosie O'Donnell – actress and television personality, born on Long Island, New York
  • Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen – actresses and fashion designers, born in Sherman Oaks, California
  • Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis – First Lady of United States, born in Southampton, New York
  • Yoko Ono – artist, musician, singer and songwriter, born in Tokyo, Japan
  • Haley Joel Osment – actor, born in Los Angeles, California
  • Ginny Owens – singer-songwriter, author and blogger, born in Jackson, Mississippi

P[]

  • Sarah Jessica Parker – actress, born in Nelsonville, Ohio
  • George A. Parkhurst (1841–1890) – actor, witnessed Lincoln assassination (born in New York State, died in New York City)
  • Natalia Paruz – aka the "Saw Lady", subway musician, born in Givatayim, Israel
  • James Patterson  – author
  • Kira Peikoff – novelist and journalist
  • Ronald Perelman – investor, owner of Revlon, born in Greensboro, North Carolina[20]
  • Itzhak Perlman (born 1945) – violinist, born in Jaffa, Israel
  • David Hyde Pierce – actor, born in Saratoga Springs, New York
  • Alban W. Purcell (c. 1843 – 1913) – stage actor, born in Wadsworth, Ohio

R[]

  • Daniel Radcliffe – born in Fulham, London, England, United Kingdom
  • Johnny Ramone – born on Long Island, New York
  • Ayn Rand – novelist and philosopher, born in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
  • Tony Randall – actor, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
  • Dan Rather – television news anchor, born in Wharton, Texas
  • Ryan Reynolds – actor; born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • Raven-Symoné – actress and singer; born in Atlanta, Georgia
  • John D. Rockefeller – businessman, born in Richford, New York
  • Richard Rodgers – composer, born on Long Island, New York
  • Andrew Rooney – CBS 60 Minutes commentator, born in Albany, New York
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt – U.S. president, born in Hyde Park, New York
  • Dräco Rosa – composer, singer, and actor, born on Long Island, New York
  • Damon Runyon – journalist and playwright, born in Manhattan, Kansas
  • Babe Ruth – professional baseball player, born in Baltimore, Maryland

S[]

  • Telly Savalas – actor, born on Long Island, New York
  • Menachem Mendel Schneersohn – rabbi, leader of Chabad hasidic movement, born in Nikolaiv, Russian Empire
  • Patti Scialfa – singer-songwriter, and guitarist
  • Amy Sedaris – actress, author and comedian
  • Chloë Sevigny – actress, director, fashion icon, born in Darien, Connecticut
  • Jean Shafiroff – philanthropist and socialite
  • Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant – journalist and writer, born in Winchester, Massachusetts
  • Fulton J. Sheen – Catholic bishop, author, TV show host, born in El Paso, Illinois
  • Abraham Shiplacoff – Jewish-American trade union organizer and left wing political activist, born in Chernigov, Ukraine
  • Alana Shipp – American/Israeli IFBB professional bodybuilder
  • Ryan Shore – composer, songwriter, conductor
  • Bobby Short – jazz musician, born in Danville, Illinois
  • Joel Siegel – film critic, born in Los Angeles
  • Paul Simon – singer-songwriter, born in Newark Heights, New Jersey
  • Frank Sinatra – singer and actor, born in Hoboken, New Jersey
  • Upton Sinclair – author, born in Baltimore, Maryland
  • Patti Smith – singer and poet, born in Chicago
  • Kevin Spacey  – actor, director, writer, producer, comedian
  • Regina Spektor – singer-songwriter, born in Moscow, Russia
  • Francis Spellman – Roman Catholic Cardinal Archbishop of New York, born in Whitman, Massachusetts
  • Bruce Springsteen  – singer-songwriter, guitarist, humanitarian
  • Dylan Sprouse  – actor, entrepreneur, born in Arezzo, Italy
  • George Steinbrenner – New York Yankees owner, born in Bay Village, Ohio
  • Wilhelm Steinitz – world chess champion, born in Prague, Czech Republic
  • Martha Stewart – designer and TV personality, born in Jersey City, New Jersey
  • Sting – musician, born in England
  • Shontelle
  • Emma Stone – actress, born in Scottsdale, Arizona
  • Michael Strahan – retired football player, actor and television personality, born in Houston, Texas
  • Lee Strasberg – actor and acting teacher, born in Budaniv, Ukraine
  • Meryl Streep – actress, born in Summit, New Jersey
  • Peter Stuyvesant – Governor of New Netherland, born in Peperga, Netherlands
  • Taylor Swift – singer-songwriter

T[]

  • Eva Tanguay (1878–1947) – vaudeville singer and comedian, born in Quebec
  • Nikola Tesla (1856–1943) – inventor, engineer and futurist, born in Smiljan, Austrian Empire
  • Samuel J. Tilden – presidential candidate, born in New Lebanon, New York
  • Daniel D. Tompkins – U.S. vice president, born in Westchester County
  • Frederick Trump – German American businessman
  • Melania Trump – 45th First Lady of the United States and model, born in Novo Mesto, Yugoslavia

U[]

  • Johannes Urzidil – writer, born in Prague, Bohemia

V[]

  • Martin Van Buren – U.S. president, born in Kinderhook, New York
  • Andrew VanWyngarden – member of MGMT
  • Gary Vaynerchuk – serial entrepreneur and best-selling author
  • Jon Voight – actor, born in Yonkers, New York

W[]

  • Rufus Wainwright – musician, born in Rhinebeck, New York
  • John Evangelist Walsh – writer and historian, editor of the Reader's Digest Bible
  • Barbara Walters – TV journalist and personality, born in Boston
  • Dean Wareham – singer-songwriter, born in New Zealand
  • Andy Warhol – artist, born in Pittsburgh
  • Denzel Washington – actor, born in Mount Vernon, New York
  • Walt Whitman – poet and author, born in West Hills (Long Island), New York
  • Olivia Wilde – actress
  • Barney Williams – Irish-American comedian
  • Jayson Williams – basketball player, born in Ritter, South Carolina
  • Christopher Woodrow – movie producer, born in Syracuse, New York
  • Jason Wu – fashion designer

X[]

  • Malcolm X (El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz) – American Muslim, Civil human rights activist

See also[]

  • List of people from New York
  • By borough:
    • List of people from the Bronx
    • List of people from Brooklyn
    • List of people from Manhattan
      • List of people from the Upper East Side
    • List of people from Queens
    • List of people from Staten Island

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