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

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
  • 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
  • Alan Arkin (1934–2023) – actor
  • Chris Armas (born 1972) – soccer player
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 ) – 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Dana Barron (born 1966) – actress
  • 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
  • Bryan Bautista – Dominican-American musician, singer, and contestant
  • Dick Bavetta (born 1939) – NBA referee
  • Willow Bay (born 1963) – television host and journalist
  • Abraham Beame (1906–2001) – mayor of New York City
  • Allyce Beasley (born 1951) – actress
  • Bonnie Bedelia (born 1948) – actress
  • Daniel Bedoya (born 1994) – soccer player
  • 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
  • Ed Bishop (1932–2005) – actor
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Francis Bouillon (born 1975) – NHL player
  • John Boulos (1921–2002) – soccer player and National Soccer Hall of Fame inductee
  • Matthew Bouraee (born 1988) – soccer player
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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"
  • Brooke Bundy (born 1944) – actress
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Christian Camargo (born 1971) – actor
  • Brandon Cambridge (born 2002) – soccer player
  • Knox Cameron (born 1983) – soccer player
  • Sean Cameron (born 1985) – soccer player who represented the Guyana national team
  • 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
  • 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
  • John Cassavetes (1929–1989) – actor
  • Katherine Cassavetes (1906–1983) – actress
  • Nick Cassavetes (born 1959) – actor and filmmaker
  • Gabriel Casseus (born 1972) – actor
  • DJ Cassidy (Cassidy Podell, born 1981) – DJ, record producer, MC
  • David Cassidy (1950–2017) – actor and singer
  • Jack Cassidy (1927–1976) – actor and singer
  • Santiago Castaño (born 1995) – soccer player
  • 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
  • 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
  • Steve Chapin (born 1946) – singer-songwriter
  • Tom Chapin (born 1945) – singer-songwriter, actor, host of Make A Wish
  • Tina Charles (born 1988) – WNBA player
  • Roz Chast (born 1954) – cartoonist
  • Paddy Chayefsky (1923–1981) – author
  • Maury Chaykin (1949–2010) – actor
  • Danny Chen (1992–2011) – soldier
  • Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (born 1979) – U.S. representative for Florida
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Elvis Comrie (born 1959) – soccer player who represented the United States national team
  • 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
  • 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
  • Karla Cornejo Villavicencio – writer
  • 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
  • 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
  • Al D'Amato (born 1937) – politician
  • Cus D'Amato (1908–1985) – boxing manager and trainer
  • 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
  • Drita D'Avanzo (born 1976) – television personality (Mob Wives)
  • Jim David (born 1954) – comedian, actor, playwright
  • Jonathan David (born 2000) – soccer player who represented the Canada national team
  • Keith David (born 1956) – actor
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Bo Dietl (born 1950) – media personality and member of Homeland Security Advisory Council, former NYPD detective and private investigator
  • 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
  • Meg Donnelly (born 2000) – actress, singer, dancer
  • Richard Donner (1930–2021) – filmmaker
  • Vincent D'Onofrio (born 1959) – actor
  • Shaun Donovan (born 1966) – former U.S. 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
  • Heather Dubrow (born 1969) – reality television personality (The Real Housewives of Orange County)
  • 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 (1914–1971) – business executive, former general manager of the Copacabana and 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 <!--- Not vandalism: see article --->
  • 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
  • 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
  • Jorja Fox (born 1968) – actress
  • Virginia Foxx (born 1943) – U.S. representative for North Carolina
  • 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
  • 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) – businessman, founder of LJN, THQ and Jakks Pacific
  • Laura Friedman (born 1966) – U.S. representative for California
  • 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
  • Ray Gillen (1959–1993) – singer, member of Badlands and Black Sabbath
  • Lawrence Gilliard Jr. (born 1971) – actor
  • Betty Gilpin (born 1986) – actress
  • 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
  • Ilana Glazer (born 1987) – actress and comedian
  • Jackie Gleason (1916–1987) – comedian, actor
  • James Gleason (1882–1959) – actor
  • Joel Glucksman (born 1949) – Olympic fencer
  • Ros Gold-Onwude (born 1987) – sports broadcaster
  • 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
  • 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
  • Sammy "The Bull" Gravano (born 1940) – mobster, former underboss of the Gambino crime family
  • Renee Graziano (born 1969) – reality television personality (Mob Wives)
  • 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)
  • 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
  • Fred Gwynne (1926–1993) – 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Mark Helprin (born 1947) – author
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Jerry Iger (1903–1990) – cartoonist, co-founder of Eisner & Iger
  • Melanie Iglesias (born 1987) – model and actress
  • 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
  • Christian Izien (born 2000) – NFL player

J

  • Wolfman Jack (Robert Weston Smith, 1938–1995) – radio personality
  • Aziel Jackson (born 2001) – soccer player
  • 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
  • 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
  • Elena Kampouris (born 1997) – actress
  • 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; United States senator for Illinois 1825–1835
  • Kangol Kid (Shaun Fequiere, 1966–2021) – rapper, member of UTFO
  • Chris Kanyon (1970–2010) – professional wrestler\
  • Anna Kaplan (born 1985) – New York State Senator
  • Gabe Kaplan (born 1945) – actor
  • Jonathan Kaplan (1947–2025) – filmmaker
  • Donna Karan (born 1948) – fashion designer
  • Abraham Katz (1926–2013) – diplomat, U.S. 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
  • 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
  • Leni Klum (born 2004) – fashion model
  • 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) – 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
  • Adrienne La Russa (born 1948) – actress
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 on 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
  • Al Lewis (1923–2006) – actor
  • 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
  • Robert Loggia (1930–2015) – actor
  • Lindsay Lohan (born 1986) – actress and singer
  • Vince Lombardi (1913–1970) – NFL coach
  • Stacy London (born 1969) – TV personality, host of What Not to Wear
  • Nia Long (born 1970) – actress
  • Mike Longabardi (born 1973) – NBA assistant coach
  • 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
  • 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
  • Steve Madden (born 1958) – fashion designer and businessman
  • 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
  • Lil Mama (Niatia Kirkland, born 1989) – rapper and actress
  • Zohran Mamdani (born 1991) – mayor of New York City
  • 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
  • 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
  • Richard Masur (born 1948) – actor–
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Art Metrano (1936–2021) – actor
  • Dan Meuser (born 1964) – U.S. representative for Pennsylvania
  • 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
  • Dash Mihok (born 1974) – actor
  • 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
  • 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

N

  • James M. Nack (1809–1879) – deaf and mute poet
  • Jerry Nadler (born 1947) – U.S. representative for New York
  • 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 U.S. 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
  • Oscar Neebe (1850–1916) – anarchist, labor activist, one of Haymarket bombing trial defendants
  • Chuck Negron (1942–2026) – singer, songwriter, founding member of 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
  • Charlie O'Connell (born 1975) – actor
  • Jerry O'Connell (born 1974) – actor and television personality
  • Carroll O'Connor (1924–2001) – actor
  • Susan Louise O'Connor (born 1975) – film, television and stage actress
  • 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, lyricist 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 on 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
  • Olivia Palermo (born 1986) – fashion influencer, model and socialite
  • Adam Pally (born 1982) – actor and comedian
  • Joe Palma (1905–1994) – actor and comedian
  • Fanny Purdy Palmer (1839–1923) – author, lecturer, activist
  • Richie Palacios (born 1997) – MLB player
  • 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
  • Justin Pierce (1975–2000) – actor
  • Lip Pike (1845–1893) – baseball player, four-time home-run champion
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Robert Ridder (1919–2000) – Ice hockey administrator and media mogul
  • 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
  • Monti Rock III (1939–2026) – hairdresser, musician and performer
  • 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
  • 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 (1930–2026) – 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
  • Igal Roodenko (1917–1991) – civil-rights activist, pacifist
  • Sean Rooks (1969–2016) – basketball player and coach
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Raymond Serra (1936–2003) – actor
  • 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
  • Artie Shaw (1910–2004) – bandleader
  • Wallace Shawn (born 1943) – actor
  • 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
  • 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
  • Kristoff St. John (1966–2019) – 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
  • John Sterling (1938–2026) – 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
  • Matt Striker (born 1974) – professional wrestler and commentator
  • 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
  • Florence Sundstrom (1918–2001) – 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

  • Nedra Talley (1946-2026), singer
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Phallon Tullis-Joyce (born 1996) – soccer player for the United States national team
  • Lola Tung (born 2002) – actress
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Andrew Velazquez (born 1994) – MLB player
  • 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. (Victor Owusu, born 1987) – rapper
  • Justyn Vicky (1990–2023) – bodybuilder
  • Idara Victor – actress
  • Tommy Victor (born 1966) – musician
  • Lisa Vidal (born 1965) – actress
  • Kristen Vigard (born 1963) – 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
  • 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 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 (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
  • Walter Yetnikoff (1933–2021) – music executive, former CEO of CBS Records
  • 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
  • Mark Zuckerberg (born 1984) – media executive, chief executive officer of Facebook
  • Alan Zweibel (born 1950) – screenwriter, comedian and author
  • Joel Zwick (born 1942) – film, television and theater director

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
  • Jason Alexander (born 1959) – actor; born in Newark, New Jersey
  • Reytory Angola (–1689) – woman from Angola brought to New Amsterdam as a slave, later became a free landowner
  • 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
  • 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, played 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
  • Lynda Carter (born 1951) - actress, singer, born in Phoenix, Arizona
  • 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

D

  • Lorenzo Da Ponte (1749–1838) – librettist to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and professor of Italian at Columbia University, born in Ceneda, Italy
  • Varina Banks Howell Davis (1826–1906) – wife of Confederate president, born in 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
  • Denny Doherty (1940–2007) – singer, songwriter, born in Halifax, Nova Scotia
  • 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.
  • Shelley Duvall (1949–2024) – actress, born in Fort Worth, Texas
  • Bob Dylan (born 1941) – singer-songwriter, born in Duluth, Minnesota

E

  • 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, born in Belleville, Illinois
  • Edward Egan (1932–2015) – cardinal archbishop of New York, born in Oak Park, Illinois
  • Cass Elliot (1941–1974) – singer, actress, member of The Mamas & The Papas, born in Baltimore, Maryland
  • Adriano Espaillat (born 1954) – U.S. representative from New York, former New York state senator and New York state assemblyman
  • Patrick Ewing (born 1962) – former NBA All-Star center, born in Jamaica

F

  • 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

G

  • 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, born in Lowell Massachusetts
  • Dan Goldman (born 1976) – U.S. representative from New York
  • Miguel Gómez (born 1974) – photographer, born in Bogotá, Colombia
  • Erin Gray (born 1950), actress, born in Honolulu, Hawaii
  • 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

H

  • 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 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

I

  • Kyrie Irving (born 1992) – basketball player, born in Australia, grew up in New Jersey

J

  • Janet Jackson (born 1966) – singer, born in Gary, Indiana
  • Kate Jackson (born 1948), actress, director, born in Birmingham, Alabama
  • 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

K

  • 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, 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

L

  • 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
  • Pierre Lorillard IV (1833–1901) – tobacco manufacturer, born in Westchester County, New York
  • Ron Lundy (1934–2010) – radio host and announcer for WNIX, WLOK, WUBR, KZQZ, WABC, WCBS-FM, born in Memphis, Tennessee
  • Mike Lupica (born 1952) – journalist, novelist, sports writer, born in Oneida, New York

M

  • 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

N

  • 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

O

  • 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

P

  • 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
  • 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
  • John Phillips (1935–2001) – singer, songwriter, born in Parris Island, South Carolina
  • Michelle Phillips (born 1944) – singer, songwriter, actress, born in Long Beach, California
  • 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

R

  • 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
  • Dan Rather (born 1931) – television news anchor, born in Wharton, Texas
  • Raven-Symoné (born 1985) – actress and singer; born in Atlanta
  • John Reilly (1934–2021) – actor, born in Chicago Illinois
  • 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 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

S

  • 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
  • Mikie Sherrill (born 1972) - United States Navy pilot and current Governor of New Jersey, born in Alexandria, Virginia
  • 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
  • Jaclyn Smith born 1945), actress, born in Houston, Texas
  • 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
  • Abigail Spanberger (born 1979) - U.S. representative and current governor of Virginia, born in Red Bank, New Jersey
  • 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

T

  • 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, 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

U

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

V

  • 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

W

  • 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
  • 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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X

  • Malcolm X (El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz; 1925–1965) – Muslim, civil rights activist

Z

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

See also

  • List of LGBTQ people from New York City
  • 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
  • List of people from New York (state)

References