List of people from New York City

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

0–9

 * 50 Cent (Curtis Jackson) – businessman and rapper
 * 6ix9ine (Daniel Hernandez) – rapper

A

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

B

 * Edwin Burr Babbitt – actor
 * Johnny Bach (1924–2016) – professional basketball player and coach
 * Evan Baken – musician, drummer and record company executive
 * William Bliss Baker – landscape artist
 * Azealia Banks (born 1991) – rapper, singer-songwriter, actress
 * Lloyd Banks (born 1982) – rapper
 * Joseph Barbera (1911–2006) – animator, producer, director, MGM and co-founder of Hanna-Barbera
 * Bryan Bautista – Dominican-American musician, singer, and contestant from NBC's The Voice season 10
 * Earl Beecham – football player
 * Harry Belafonte (1927) – singer, songwriter, activist & actor
 * Bo Belinsky (1936–2001) – Major League Baseball player
 * Tony Bennett – jazz singer and musician
 * Lillie Berg (1845–1896) – musician, musical educator
 * Moe Berg (1902–1972) –  Major League Baseball player and spy
 * Milton Berle – comedian
 * Paul Berlenbach (1901–1985) – light heavyweight boxing champion, 1925–1926
 * Dellin Betances – Major League Baseball pitcher
 * Bipolar Explorer – dreampop band
 * Joan Blondell – actress
 * Humphrey Bogart (1899–1957) – actor


 * William T. Bonniwell, Jr. – Wisconsin and Minnesota politician
 * Joseph Borelli – politician and conservative commentator
 * Francis Bouillon – National Hockey League defenseman playing for the Nashville Predators
 * Kate Parker Scott Boyd (1836–1922) – artist, journalist, temperance worker
 * William Boylan (1869–1940) –first President of Brooklyn College
 * Barbara Boxer – U.S. Senator from California
 * James J. Braddock – boxer (aka "Cinderella Man")
 * Hermann Braun (1918–1945) – actor
 * Abigail Breslin – actress and musician
 * Jimmy Breslin – columnist
 * Spencer Breslin—actor and musician
 * Eben Britton – football player
 * Matthew Broderick – actor
 * Action Bronson – rapper
 * Mel Brooks – film director, screenwriter and actor
 * Julia Brown – madam and prostitute
 * Larry Brown – basketball player and coach
 * Quincy Brown - actor
 * Tarell Brown (born 1985) – football player
 * Andrew Bryson (1822–1892) – United States Navy rear admiral
 * William F. Buckley, Jr. – author and conservative commentator
 * Sidney Jonas Budnick, abstract artist
 * George Burns (1896–1996) – comedian
 * Steve Buscemi – actor
 * Barbara Bush (1925–2018) – wife of George H. W. Bush
 * Gene Byrnes – cartoonist

C

 * James Caan (born 1940) – actor
 * Adolph Caesar (1933–1986) – actor
 * Leslie Cagan (born 1947) – activist and writer
 * James Cagney (1899–1986) – actor
 * Eddie Cahill (born 1978) – actor
 * Edward L. Cahn (1899–1963) – film director known for the Our Gang comedies
 * Sarth Calhoun – electronic musician
 * Joseph A. Califano (born 1931) – Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
 * Maria Callas (1923–1977) – Greek-American opera singer
 * Richard Camacho – singer, musician, member of Latin music band CNCO, Dominican-origin
 * Christian Camargo – actor
 * Schuyler V. Cammann (1912–1991) – anthropologist
 * Chris Canty – football player
 * Al Capone (1899–1947) – Prohibition gangster, boss of Chicago Outfit
 * Mae Capone (1897–1986) – wife of Al Capone
 * Francis Capra (born 1983) – actor
 * Jennifer Capriati (born 1976) – tennis player
 * Nestor Carbonell (born 1967) – actor
 * Irene Cara (born 1959) – singer, songwriter, dancer & actress
 * Cardi B (born 1992) – rapper
 * Benjamin Cardozo (1870–1938) – Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
 * Hugh Carey (1919–2011) – Governor of New York
 * Timothy Carey (1929–1994) – actor
 * George Carlin (1937–2008) – comedian
 * Alan Carney (1909–1973) – actor and comedian
 * Caleb Carr (born 1955) – novelist and military historian
 * Eric Carr (1950–1991) – rock musician, songwriter
 * John Carradine (1906–1988) – actor
 * Julian Casablancas (born 1978) – lead singer of rock band The Strokes; musician
 * Colin Cassady (born 1986) – professional wrestler working for WWE
 * John Cassavetes (1929–1989) – actor
 * DJ Cassidy (born 1981) – DJ, record producer and MC
 * Luis Castillo – football player
 * Vinnie Caruana (born 1979) – musician, singer
 * Phoebe Cates (born 1963) – actress
 * Jose Ceballos – trade unionist and political campaign manager
 * Bennett Cerf (1898–1971) – publisher, TV personality
 * Stanley Chais (1926–2010) - investment advisor in the Madoff investment scandal
 * Jeff Chandler (1918–1961) – actor
 * Frank Chanfrau (1824–1884) – actor
 * James S. C. Chao – Chinese-American entrepreneur and philanthropist
 * Harry Chapin (1942–1981) – singer-songwriter
 * Roz Chast – cartoonist
 * Paddy Chayefsky – author
 * Maury Chaykin – actor
 * Julie Chen – television personality
 * Edmund A. Chester – executive at CBS
 * Jennie Jerome Churchill (1854–1921) – mother of Winston Churchill
 * Peter Cincotti – singer-songwriter
 * Robert Clohessy (born 1957) – actor
 * Evan Cole – CEO of H.D. Buttercup
 * Schuyler Colfax Jr. (1823-1885) – Former Vice President of the United States
 * Margaret Colin – actress
 * Irv Constantine – football player
 * Hugh E. Conway – labor economist
 * Terence Cooke (1921–1983) –seventh archbishop of New York
 * Anderson Cooper – television journalist
 * George H. Cooper (1821–1891) – United States Navy rear admiral
 * Shaun Cooper (born 1980) – rock musician, bassist
 * William R. Cosentini – mechanical engineer and founder of Cosentini Associates
 * Ann Coulter – conservative commentator, writer
 * Freddie Crawford – basketball player
 * Peter Criss (born 1945) – rock musician, songwriter
 * Billy Crystal (born 1948) – comedian, actor, director
 * George Cukor (1899–1983) – film director
 * Kieran Culkin (born 1982) – actor
 * Kit Culkin (born 1944) – actor
 * Macaulay Culkin (born 1980) – actor
 * Rory Culkin (born 1989) – actor
 * Jermaine Cunningham (born 1988) – football player
 * Mario Cuomo (1932–2015) – Governor of New York
 * Quentin Curry (born 1972) – landscape painter
 * Valerie Curtin (born 1945) – actress and screenwriter
 * Tony Curtis (1925–2010) – actor

D

 * Alexandra Daddario – actress
 * Matthew Daddario – actor
 * Charles Patrick Daly – judge
 * Al D'Amato – politician
 * Claire Danes – actress
 * Rodney Dangerfield – comedian
 * Lloyd Daniels – basketball player
 * Ron Dante – singer-songwriter and record producer
 * Tony Danza – actor
 * Bobby Darin – singer, entertainer, actor, songwriter
 * Candy Darling actress and Warhol Superstar
 * Larry David – actor, writer, comedian, producer
 * Pete Davidson – actor and comedian
 * Marion Davies – actress
 * Al "Bummy" Davis – boxer
 * Sammy Davis, Jr. (1925–1990) – singer and entertainer
 * Dawin (full name Dawin Polanco) – hip hop-R&B singer, musician, and record producer
 * Rosario Dawson – actress
 * Clarence Day (1874–1935) – author and humorist
 * Dorothy Day – Catholic social activist
 * Bill de Blasio – Mayor of New York City
 * Robert De Niro – actor
 * Éamon de Valera – Taoiseach (prime minister) and President of Ireland
 * Philip DeFranco – YouTuber and video blogger
 * Lana Del Rey – model and singer-songwriter
 * Samuel R. Delany – author and critic
 * Don DeLillo – author
 * Aaron T. Demarest – carriage manufacturer
 * Derek Dennis – football player
 * Jerry Denny – Major League Baseball player
 * Desiigner – rapper
 * Willy DeVille (1950–2009) – singer
 * Kevin Devine – musician and songwriter
 * Neil Diamond – singer and composer
 * Vin Diesel – actor
 * Vincent D'Onofrio –actor
 * Phoebe Doty – prostitute and madam
 * Jim Dooley – composer
 * Amanda Minnie Douglas (1831–1916) – writer
 * Kirk Douglas – actor
 * Robert Downey Jr. – actor, producer and singer
 * Ervin Drake – composer, producer, writer, musician
 * Fran Drescher – actor
 * Julia Louis-Dreyfus – actress
 * Richard Dreyfuss – actor
 * Eric Drooker – artist and illustrator
 * David Duchovny – actor
 * Patty Duke (1946–2016) – actress and activist for mental-health issues
 * Lena Dunham – actress, screenwriter, producer and director
 * Joseph Dunninger – mentalist

E

 * Dominique Easley – football player
 * Gertrude Ederle (1905–2003) – swimmer
 * Eddie Egan – police detective
 * Gladys Egan – child actress
 * Jesse Eisenberg – actor
 * Billy Eichner – actor
 * Ansel Elgort – actor, singer, dancer, DJ
 * Lapo Elkann – chief executive officer, Fiat
 * Bill Elko – football player
 * Etika (1990–2019) – YouTuber, streamer
 * Mario Elie – basketball player
 * Duke Ellington – jazz pianist
 * Abby Elliott – actress
 * Nora Ephron – director, screenwriter, author
 * Omar Epps – actor
 * Theo Epstein – formerly the youngest general manager in the history of MLB, when the Boston Red Sox hired him at the age of 28; currently President of Baseball Operations for the Chicago Cubs
 * Eru – singer

F

 * Peter Facinelli – actor
 * Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. – actor
 * Edie Falco – actress
 * Jonah Falcon – actor and writer; achieved fame in early 2000s for his penis size
 * Jimmy Fallon – comedian
 * Peter Falk – actor
 * Louis Farrakhan – leader of the Nation of Islam
 * Perry Farrell – musician
 * Alice Faye – actress
 * Charles Fazzino – pop artist
 * Harry Feldman (1919–1962) – Major League Baseball pitcher
 * Jack Feldman – lyricist
 * Morton Feldman – composer
 * Julissa Ferreras – New York City Council Member, Finance Committee chair
 * Richard Feynman – theoretical physicist; recipient 1965 Nobel Prize in Physics
 * Harvey Fierstein – actor and playwright
 * Hamilton Fish – Governor of New York and U.S. Secretary of State
 * Herbert Flam (1928–1980) – tennis player
 * Bobby Flay – chef
 * Jeffrey Flier – Dean of Harvard Medical School
 * Jane Fonda – actress
 * Peter Fonda – actor
 * Hector Fonseca – deejay
 * Malcolm Forbes – publisher
 * Davy Force – major league baseball player
 * Whitey Ford – pitcher for the New York Yankees
 * Anthony Franciosa – actor
 * David Frankel – film director
 * Al Franken – comedian and radio host, U.S. Senator from Minnesota
 * Michael Freeman – inventor, entrepreneur, author, and business consultant
 * Ace Frehley – guitarist
 * Milton Friedman – economist
 * Eric Fromm – tennis player
 * John Frusciante – musician, artist

G

 * Jim Gaffigan – comedian, actor, writer, and author
 * Gus Gardella – football player
 * Eliza Ann Gardner – Abolitionist
 * Art Garfunkel – singer-songwriter, actor
 * Lou Gehrig – baseball player
 * Sarah Michelle Gellar – actress
 * Richard Genelle – actor
 * Stefani Germanotta – aka Lady Gaga – singer-songwriter, actor
 * George Gershwin – composer
 * Ira Gershwin – lyricist
 * Tiffany Giardina – singer-songwriter
 * Mel Gibson – American-born Australian/Irish actor and director
 * Vitas Gerulaitis – tennis player
 * Guy Gillette – photographer
 * Ruth Bader Ginsburg – Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court
 * Rabbi Issamar Ginzberg – business strategist, rabbi, motivational speaker
 * The GoStation — indie rock group
 * Rudolph Giuliani – former Mayor of New York City
 * Charles V. Glasco, New York City Police Sergeant, most well-known for his efforts to rescue John William Warde in 1938
 * Jackie Gleason – comedian, actor
 * James Gleason – actor
 * Joel Glucksman (born 1949) – Olympic fencer
 * Whoopi Goldberg – comedian, actress, TV personality
 * William Goldberg – diamond dealer
 * Daniel S. Goldin – NASA director
 * Leon M. Goldstein (died 1999) - President of Kingsborough Community College, and acting Chancellor of the City University of New York
 * Ben Goldwasser – member of the psychedelic-rock band MGMT
 * Cuba Gooding Jr. – actor
 * Doris Kearns Goodwin – author
 * Leo Gorcey – film actor and comedian, leader of the Dead End Kids, East Side Kids, and Bowery Boys in several movies
 * Robert A. Gorman (born 1937) – law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
 * Eydie Gorme – singer
 * Victor Gotbaum – labor leader
 * Elliott Gould – actor
 * David C. Gowdey – politician
 * Topher Grace – actor
 * Sean Grande – television and radio sportscaster
 * Rocky Graziano (born Thomas Rocco Barbella) – boxer
 * Hank Greenberg – Hall of Fame baseball player
 * Alan Greenspan – economist, former Federal Reserve chairman
 * Adrian Grenier – actor
 * Bill Griffith – cartoonist (Zippy)
 * Melanie Griffith – actress
 * Bob Guccione – publisher
 * Peggy Guggenheim – art collector
 * Rajat Gupta (b. 1948) – CEO of McKinsey & Company convicted of insider trading
 * Steve Guttenberg – actor
 * Maggie Gyllenhaal – actress

H

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

I

 * Washington Irving – author
 * John Isaac – photographer

J

 * Wolfman Jack (also known as Robert Weston Smith; 1938–1995) – radio personality
 * Jane Jacobs (1916–2006) – economist, urban theorist, activist
 * Ken Jacobs (born 1933) – artist and filmmaker
 * Marc Jacobs (born 1963) – fashion designer
 * Henry James (1843–1916) – writer
 * William James (1842–1910) – philosopher and psychologist
 * Jaiquawn Jarrett (born 1989) – football player
 * John Jay (1745–1829) – diplomat, jurist (including Chief Justice of the United States) and politician (including Governor of New York)
 * Jay-Z (born 1969) – businessperson and rapper
 * Karine Jean-Pierre – political campaign organizer
 * Charles Jenkins (born 1989) – basketball player
 * Max Jenkins (born 1985) – actor and writer
 * Ron Jeremy (born 1953) – pornographic actor, filmmaker, actor and comedian
 * Jessi (born 1988) – rapper
 * Jipsta (John Patrick Masterson; born 1974) – rapper
 * MC Jin (born 1982) – rapper
 * Billy Joel (born 1949) – singer and songwriter
 * David Johansen (born 1950) – actor, singer and songwriter
 * Scarlett Johansson (born 1984) – actress
 * Daymond John – Entrepreneur
 * Crockett Johnson (1906–1975) – cartoonist and children's writer (Harold and the Purple Crayon)
 * Boris Johnson (born 1964) – American-born British politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and former Mayor of London (2008–2016)
 * Nasir Jones (born 1973) – actor, rapper and former member of the rap group The Firm
 * Norah Jones (born 1979) – actress, instrumentalist and singer-songwriter
 * Julia Jones-Pugliese (1909–1993) – national champion fencer and fencing coach
 * Michael Jordan (born 1963) – basketball player
 * Colin Jost (born 1982) – comedian, actor, and writer
 * William Joyce (also known as Lord Haw-Haw; 1906–1946) – Nazi propaganda broadcaster

K

 * Philip Mayer Kaiser (1913–2007) – U.S. diplomat
 * Andy Kaufman (1949–1984) – comedian
 * Charlie Kaufman (born 1958) – screenwriter
 * Danny Kaye (1911–1987) – actor and comedian
 * Lenny Kaye (born 1946) – guitarist
 * Thomas Kean (born 1935) – Governor of New Jersey
 * Harvey Keitel (born 1939) – actor
 * Bridget Kelly (born 1986) – singer
 * George Kennedy (1925–2016) – actor
 * Jacqueline Kennedy (1929–1994) – First Lady of the United States and editor
 * Max Kennedy (born 1965) – author, lawyer
 * Jerome Kern (1885–1945) – composer
 * Alicia Keys (born 1981) – R&B singer
 * Robert Kibbee (died 1982) - Chancellor of the City University of New York
 * Jimmy Kimmel (born 1967) – comedian and television talk-show host
 * Carole King (born 1942) – singer, songwriter
 * Keith Kinkaid (born 1989) – professional ice hockey player
 * Nancy Kissinger (born 1934) – philanthropist
 * Calvin Klein (born 1942) – fashion designer
 * Christopher Knight – actor
 * John "Julius" Knight — music producer, DJ
 * Miss Ko (born 1985) – rapper
 * Ed Koch (1924–2013) – Mayor of New York City
 * E. L. Konigsburg (born 1930) – writer
 * Peter Koo (born 1952) – politician, pharmacist
 * C. Everett Koop (1916–2013) – physician
 * Yaphet Kotto (born 1939) – actor
 * Joey Kramer (born 1950) – drummer, Aerosmith
 * Lenny Kravitz (born 1964) – singer and songwriter
 * Stanley Kubrick (1928–1999) – film director and screenwriter
 * Bruce Kulick (born 1953) – guitarist
 * William Kunstler (1919–1955) – lawyer
 * Tony Kushner (born 1956) – playwright and screenwriter
 * 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
 * Jesse Lacey – musician and singer
 * Bert Lahr (1895–1967) – actor and comedian
 * Veronica Lake – actress
 * Jake LaMotta – boxer
 * Burt Lancaster (1913–1994) – actor
 * Martin Landau – actor
 * Diane Lane (born 1965) – actress
 * Leo Laporte – founder/host of TWiT.tv
 * Floria Lasky (1923–2007) – theater world lawyer
 * Cyndi Lauper – singer
 * Ralph Lauren – fashion designer
 * Emma Lazarus – author and poet
 * Steve Lawrence – singer and actor
 * Derek Lee – baseball player
 * Jeanette Lee (born 1971) – professional pool player
 * Stan Lee (1922–2018) – comic-book writer, editor, film executive producer, actor, and publisher for Marvel Comics
 * Madeleine L'Engle – author
 * Franz Leichter (born 1930) – politician
 * Melissa Leo (born 1960) – actress
 * Princess Leonore, Duchess of Gotland (born 2014) – fifth in line to the Swedish throne
 * A. Leo Levin (1919–2015) – law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
 * Huey Lewis – musician and singer
 * Joe E. Lewis (1902–1971) – comedian
 * Miranda Lichtenstein (born 1969) – artist
 * Roy Lichtenstein – artist
 * Joe Lieberman – former long-time U.S. Senator from Connecticut (1989–2013); 2000 vice presidential nominee under Al Gore
 * Lil' Kim (Kimberly Denise Jones; born 1976) – actress and rapper
 * John Lindsay – Mayor of New York City
 * Liondub - (Erik Weiss; born 1973) DJ and Record Producer
 * Deborah Lipstadt – historian and author
 * Peggy Lipton – actress
 * Lisa Lisa (born 1966) – freestyle singer; fronted Cult Jam; born Lisa Velez
 * John Liu (born 1967) – American politician, 43rd New York City Comptroller
 * Lucy Liu – actress
 * Robert R. Livingston – U.S. founding father and diplomat
 * Tommy Lockhart – Inductee into Hockey Hall of Fame, and United States Hockey Hall of Fame
 * Robert Loggia – actor
 * Lindsay Lohan – actress
 * Vince Lombardi – football coach
 * Ki Longfellow – novelist
 * Jennifer Lopez – singer and actress
 * Julia Louis-Dreyfus – actress
 * Willie Lozado – baseball player
 * Bennet Nathaniel "Nate" Lubell (1916–2006) – Olympic fencer
 * Edna Luby – Broadway and vaudeville performer
 * Lucky Luciano – gangster
 * Sid Luckman – football player and coach
 * Frankie Lymon – singer
 * Carol Lynley – actress

M

 * Yo-Yo Ma – cellist
 * Alice Foote MacDougall (1867–1945) – coffee wholesaler, restaurateur, and business owner in the City
 * Ruth Madoff (born 1941), wife of Bernie Madoff
 * Umber Majeed (born 1989 in NYC) – visual artist
 * Bernard Malamud – author
 * Melissa Manchester – singer
 * Barry Manilow – singer, songwriter, musician
 * Mike Mansfield – Senator from Montana (raised in Montana)
 * Stephon Marbury – professional basketball player
 * James Margolis (born 1936) – Olympic fencer
 * Rose Marie (Mazetta) – actress
 * Ernest Martin – theatre director and manager
 * Soraida Martinez – artist, designer
 * Sadie Martinot – singer, actress
 * Constantine Maroulis – American Idol finalist
 * Lee Marvin – actor
 * Chico Marx – member of the Marx Brothers
 * Groucho Marx – member of the Marx Brothers
 * Gummo Marx – member of the Marx Brothers
 * Harpo Marx – member of the Marx Brothers
 * Zeppo Marx – member of the Marx Brothers
 * James Maslow – actor and singer (raised in California)
 * Jackie Mason (born 1931) – comedian and actor (born in Wisconsin)
 * John Massari – composer, sound designer
 * Walter Matthau – actor
 * Loretta Mazza (born 1957) – Sammarinese politician, Mayor of Acquaviva (2009-2013)
 * John McCloskey (1810–1885) – Cardinal Archbishop of New York, 1864–1885
 * Frank McCourt – author (raised in Ireland, returned later in life)
 * Malachy McCourt – author (raised in Ireland, returned later in life)
 * Allie McGuire – professional basketball player
 * Kenneth McMillan (1932–1989) – actor
 * Andrea Mitchell – journalist, NBC News
 * Paul Meltsner – WPA-era painter and muralist
 * Bob Melvin (born 1961) – Major League Baseball player and manager
 * Dave Meltzer – pro wrestling journalist
 * Herman Melville (1819–1891) – author
 * 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
 * Ethel Merman (1908–1984) – singer and actress
 * Helen Merrill – jazz singer
 * Robert Merrill (1917–2004) – singer
 * Lea Michele – actress, singer
 * Vera Michelena (1885–1961) – actress, dancer and singer
 * Alyssa Milano – actress
 * Adeline Miller – prostitute and madam
 * Arthur Miller (1915–2005) – playwright
 * Marcus Miller – bassist and composer
 * Stephanie Mills – singer and former Broadway star
 * Harvey Milk – gay activist and politician
 * Andy Mineo – Christian rapper
 * Sal Mineo (1939–1976) – actor
 * John Joseph Mitty – Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco
 * Isaac Mizrahi – fashion designer
 * Eddie Money – singer
 * Mary Tyler Moore – actress and producer
 * Melba Moore – actress and singer
 * Nancie Monelle (born 1841) – physician and missionary
 * Tom Morello – guitarist
 * Henry Morgan – radio and television personality
 * Huey Morgan – musician, radio DJ, songwriter, television personality
 * Gouverneur Morris – US founding father; U.S. Senator
 * Zero Mostel – actor and comedian
 * Tommy Mottola – music executive
 * Maria Muldaur – folk and blues singer-songwriter
 * Gerry Mulligan – musician
 * Richard Mulligan – actor
 * Robert Mulligan – director
 * Chris Mullin – basketball player
 * Charlie Murphy – actor and comedian
 * Chris Murphy – US Senator from Connecticut since 2013
 * Eddie Murphy – actor and comedian

N

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

O

 * Simon Oakland – actor
 * Jerry O'Connell – actor and television personality
 * Al Oerter (1935–2007) – four-time Olympic champion in discus throw
 * Kevin Ogletree – football player
 * Keith Olbermann – television sportscaster and commentator
 * Jon Oliva – Savatage singer and keyboardist
 * Chris O'Loughlin (born 1967) – Olympic fencer
 * Eugene O'Neill – playwright
 * Paul O'Neill (1956–2017) – music composer and producer
 * Robert Oppenheimer – physicist; "father of the atomic bomb"
 * Jerry Orbach – actor
 * Bill O'Reilly – former Fox News anchor
 * Rick Overton – actor and comedian

P

 * P. Diddy (born 1969) – rapper
 * Al Pacino (born 1940) – actor
 * Saul K. Padover (1905–1981) – historian
 * Joseph Papp – theater producer, impresario and founder of The Public Theater
 * Rob Parker – sportswriter and TV analyst
 * Lana Parrilla – actress
 * Joe Paterno – football coach
 * James Patterson – novelist
 * Sarah Paulson – actress
 * Josh Peck – actor
 * Jan Peerce (1904–1984) – opera tenor
 * Amanda Peet – actress
 * Richard Pelham – blackface performer
 * Claiborne Pell – Senator from Rhode Island
 * Caroline Pennell – singer-songwriter, musician, and contestant on NBC's The Voice season 5
 * Sam Perkins – basketball player
 * Bernadette Peters – actress and singer
 * Regis Philbin – actor, entertainer, television personality, and former host of ABC's Who Wants to be a Millionaire? (1999–2002) and Live! with Regis and Kelly (1983–2011)
 * Lip Pike – baseball player, four-time home-run champion
 * John Pleshette – actor
 * Suzanne Pleshette (1937–2008) – actress from Bob Newhart Show
 * Ethel McClellan Plummer (1888—1936) — artist
 * Christopher Poole – creator of websites 4chan and Canvas Networks
 * Ted Post – movie and TV director
 * Neil Postman – author and cultural critic
 * Chaim Potok (1929–2002) – author
 * Bud Powell – jazz pianist
 * Colin Powell – U.S. Army general and U.S. Secretary of State
 * Gary Powell – drummer
 * Joshua Prager – physician
 * Priscilla Presley – actress
 * Tito Puente – bandleader
 * Mario Puzo – author

Q

 * Q-Tip – rapper

R

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

S

 * Carl Sagan – physicist and astronomer
 * Boris Said – NASCAR driver
 * J. D. Salinger – author
 * Jonas Salk – medical researcher
 * John Salley – basketball player
 * Jerry Saltz – art critic, art historian
 * Claudio Sanchez – musician
 * Bernie Sanders – politician and U.S. Senator from Vermont since 2007
 * Adam Sandler – actor, comedian
 * Dustin Satloff – boy entrepreneur
 * Francesco Scavullo – photographer
 * Dick Schaap – journalist
 * Jeremy Schaap – journalist
 * Vincent Schiavelli – actor and food writer
 * Julian Schnabel – artist and director
 * Mathieu Schneider – hockey player
 * Sandra Schnur – disability-rights activist
 * Loretta Schrijver – Dutch television host
 * Rick Schroder – actor
 * Amy Schumer – actress and comedian
 * Chuck Schumer – U.S. Senator from New York since 1999; cousin of Amy
 * Julius Schwartz – comic book editor
 * Martin Scorsese – film director
 * Vin Scully – sportscaster
 * Malik Sealy – basketball player
 * Jon Seda – comedian
 * Barney Sedran (1891–1964) – Hall of Fame basketball player
 * Jerry Seinfeld – comedian
 * Julius Seligson (1909–1987) – tennis player
 * Edward Selzer (1893–1970) – film producer, Warner Bros.
 * Maurice Sendak (1928–2012) – author and illustrator
 * John Serry, Sr. – accordionist, organist, composer, arranger
 * Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton – founder of Sisters of Charity; first native-born US citizen canonized
 * Cynthia Propper Seton (1926–1982) – novelist
 * Tupac Shakur (1971-1996) – rapper
 * Gene Shalit – film critic; raised in New Jersey
 * Frank Shannon – conservative political analyst, columnist, and candidate
 * Artie Shaw (1910–2004) – bandleader
 * Judy Sheindlin ("Judge Judy") (born 1942) – judge and television personality
 * Brooke Shields – actress
 * Daniel Sickles – Civil War general
 * Bugsy Siegel – gangster
 * Jules Siegel – author
 * Maggie Siff – actress
 * Beverly Sills (1929–2007) – opera singer
 * Ron Silver – actor, radio show host
 * Robert Silverberg – author
 * Dean Silvers – film producer
 * Alan Silvestri – film music composer
 * Carly Simon – singer-songwriter
 * Neil Simon – playwright
 * Richard L. Simon (1899–1960) – businessman and publisher
 * Kaseem Sinceno – football player
 * John Slidell – Senator from Louisiana and Confederate diplomat
 * Al Smith (1873–1944) – Governor of New York and presidential candidate
 * Will Smith (1981–2016) – former football player
 * Phoebe Snow – singer-songwriter
 * James McCune Smith Abolitionist
 * Stephen Sondheim – musical theatre composer and lyricist
 * Aaron Sorkin – playwright and screenwriter
 * Sonia Sotomayor – United States Supreme Court Justice
 * Mickey Spillane – author
 * Eliot Spitzer – former Governor of New York
 * Howard Spira
 * Sylvester Stallone – actor, director, screenwriter
 * Paul Stanley – hard-rock guitarist, singer and songwriter
 * Barbara Stanwyck (1907–1990) – actress
 * Joe Start – Major League Baseball player
 * James Steen – football player
 * Howard Stern – radio and television host
 * John Stevens – delegate to Continental Congress for New Jersey
 * Andrew Stewart – player of gridiron football
 * Foley Stewart – musician
 * Jon Stewart – writer, producer, political satirist, actor, television personality, comedian, and former host of The Daily Show (1999–2015); born in New York City, raised in New Jersey
 * Julia Stiles – actress
 * Ben Stiller – actor
 * Henry L. Stimson – politician and diplomat
 * Oliver Stone – film director
 * Larry Storch - actor, comedian
 * Susan Strasberg – actress
 * Robert Strassburg – composer, conductor, musicologist
 * James Strauch (1921–1998) – Olympic fencer
 * Barbra Streisand – singer and actress
 * Meryl Streep – actress
 * Jill Stuart – fashion designer
 * Big Sue – shopkeeper and underworld figure
 * Ed Sullivan (1901–1974) – television variety show host
 * Susan Sullivan – actress
 * Kevin Sussman – actor

T

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

U

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

V

 * Andrew Vachss – lawyer and author
 * Cornelius Vanderbilt – businessman
 * Robert Vaughn (1932–2016) – actor
 * George Vergara – NFL player
 * Jennifer von Mayrhauser – costume designer

W

 * Michael Wachter (born 1943) - professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
 * Stanley M. Wagner (1932–2013) – rabbi and academic
 * Josh Waitzkin (born 1976) – chess player, martial arts competitor, and author
 * Christopher Walken – actor
 * Adam Walker – football player
 * Hezekiah Walker – bishop and gospel artist
 * Jimmy Walker (1881–1946) – Mayor of New York City
 * Kemba Walker – basketball player
 * Eli Wallach – actor
 * Donald A. Wallance – industrial designer
 * Fats Waller – jazz pianist
 * Charles B. Wang (born 1944) – businessman, philanthropist
 * Vera Wang – fashion designer
 * Raees Warsi – poet, journalist, social and worker
 * Kerry Washington – actress
 * Damon Wayans – actor and producer
 * Dwayne Wayans – director, producer and writer
 * Keenen Ivory Wayans – actor, director, producer and writer
 * Kim Wayans – actress
 * Marlon Wayans – actor and producer
 * Nadia Wayans – actress
 * Shawn Wayans – actor and producer
 * Michael Weatherly – actor
 * Sigourney Weaver – actress
 * Brian Wecht (born 1975) – musician, producer for Ninja Sex Party and Starbomb, and member of Game Grumps
 * Steven Weinberg – Nobel Prize-winning physicist
 * Malina Weissman (born 2003) - child actress
 * Leslie West – rock musician
 * Mae West (1893–1980) – actress
 * Nathanael West – author
 * Edith Wharton – author
 * Joss Whedon – screenwriter, film and television producer, author and composer
 * Maggie Wheeler – actress
 * White Light Motorcade –music group
 * Billy Whitlock – blackface performer
 * Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney – sculptor and art patron
 * Edward W. Whitson – Wisconsin State Assemblyman
 * Kristen Wiig – actress, comedian and writer
 * Charles Wilkes – naval officer and explorer
 * Lenny Wilkens – basketball player and coach
 * Billy Dee Williams (born 1937) – actor
 * Vanessa L. Williams – singer and actress
 * Walter Winchell (1897–1972) – newspaper and radio gossip commentator
 * Harry Winitsky – political activist; founding member of the Communist Party USA
 * Dean Winters – actor
 * Mike Witteck – football player
 * George Worth – born György Woittitz (1915–2006), Olympic medalist saber fencer
 * James Hood Wright – businessman
 * William H. H. Wroe – member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
 * Jason Wu fashion designer
 * Charles Wuorinen – composer

Y

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

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

A

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

B

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

C

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

D

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

E

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

F

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

G

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

H

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

J

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

K

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

L

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

M

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

N

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

O

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

P

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

R

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

S

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

T

 * Eva Tanguay (1878–1947) – vaudeville singer and comedian, born in Quebec
 * Samuel J. Tilden – presidential candidate, born in New Lebanon, New York
 * Daniel D. Tompkins – U.S. Vice President, born in Westchester County
 * Frederick Trump – German American businessman
 * Melania Trump – 45th First Lady of the United States and model, born in Slovenia

U

 * Johannes Urzidil – writer, born in Prague, Bohemia

V

 * Martin Van Buren – US President, born in Kinderhook, New York
 * Andrew VanWyngarden – member of MGMT
 * Gary Vaynerchuk – serial entrepreneur and best-selling author
 * Jon Voight – actor, born in Yonkers, New York

W

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