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NEW YORK CITY

Most Famous People Born in New York City, USA

Notable people
22,064
Peak decade
1940s
Median birth year
1935
Most distinctive
Screenwriter 5.4×

If the 20th century held a casting call, it was in New York. Almost all of the city's notable births fall after 1900, fueled by an entertainment economy — Broadway, Tin Pan Alley, the studio system, late-night TV, hip-hop in the Bronx — that has minted more actors, comedians, and musicians than any other American city. Even its 19th-century names skew literary: poets, editors, journalists, not generals or industrialists.

Standouts

What New York City Is Known For

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Actor is New York City's biggest profession — 14% of all notables (3,012).

New York City over-indexes on screenwriter 5.4× the global rate.

New York City under-produces football — only 0.1× the global rate.

  1. Actor 3,012 2.6×
  2. Politician 1,004 0.4×
  3. Writer 859 1.2×
  4. Film 841 3.1×
  5. Lawyer 794 2.1×
  6. Music 767 2.4×
  7. Baseball 584 2.3×
  8. Singer 573 1.3×
  1. Screenwriter 522 5.4×
  2. Producer 225 3.6×
  3. Novelist 299 3.4×
  4. Film 841 3.1×
  5. Photographer 287 2.7×
  6. Actor 3,012 2.6×
  7. Music 767 2.4×
  8. Baseball 584 2.3×
  1. Football 365 0.1×
  2. Politician 1,004 0.4×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of New York City's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

1800 1850 1900 1950 2000
  • Film & TV
  • Writing
  • Music
  • Sports
  • Politics & Law
  • Science
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Showing 1,332 of 22,064 notable people

9194 DRUMMER

Mike Smith (drummer)

Born 1970

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9211 MUSIC

Victor Axelrod

Born 1972

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9213 ACTOR

Andrea Rosen

Born 1974

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9225 ACTOR

Andrea Sartoretti (attore)

Born 1971

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9242 BOXER

Junior Jones

Born 1970

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9273 FINANCIER

Alejandro Santo Domingo

Born 1977

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9279 BASEBALL

Frank Menechino

Born 1971

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9280 BASKET

Corey Albano

Born 1975

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9290 WRITER

Steve Stoute

Born 1971

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9292 PRODUCER

Remedy (rapper)

Born 1972

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9302 BASEBALL

John Halama

Born 1972

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9328 HOCKEY

Sarah Tueting

Born 1976

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9335 FILM

Steven Schneider

Born 1974

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9428 FOOTBALL

Trevor Pryce

Born 1975

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9429 MATHEMATICIAN

Nate Ackerman

Born 1978

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9430 WRITER

Rebecca Pawel

Born 1977

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9432 ACTOR

Mariah Milano

Born 1979

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9449 FILM

Azazel Jacobs

Born 1972

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9459 EXECUTIVE

Ronn Torossian

Born 1974

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9462 RAPPER

Ruste Juxx

Born 1978

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9497 BUSINESS

Jeff Weiner

Born 1970

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9499 BASEBALL

Luis Lopez (third baseman)

Born 1973

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9547 ATHLETIC

Robert Howard (athlete)

1975 - 2004

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9554 ACTOR

Kathy Brier

Born 1975

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9579 DESIGNER

Jonathan Hoefler

Born 1970

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9602 FILM

Corinne Marrinan

Born 1974

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9623 SINGER

Divino

Born 1977

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9699 BASKET

Jaquay Walls

Born 1978

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9711 WRESTLER

Cynthia Lynch

Born 1971

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9734 PROGRAMMER

Mark Abene

Born 1972

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9764 WRESTLING

Joel Gertner

Born 1975

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9790 WRITER

Bill Konigsberg

Born 1970

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9798 PAINTER

Isca Greenfield-Sanders

Born 1978

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9803 AUTHOR

Isa Chandra Moskowitz

Born 1973

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9817 ACTOR

Ariyan A. Johnson

Born 1971

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9821 SCREENWRITER

Steven-Elliot Altman

Born 1976

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9873 ACTOR

Steven Martini

Born 1975

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9880 BASKET

Gordon Malone

Born 1974

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9897 BASKET

Brian Brown

Born 1979

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9932 MODEL

Evelyn Lozada

Born 1975

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9936 ACTOR

Vanessa Trump

Born 1977

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9942 ACTOR

Dahlia Salem

Born 1971

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9983 PLAYER

Héctor Soto

Born 1978

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10007 DAUGHTER

Dylan Lauren

Born 1974

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10022 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Curtis Yarvin

Born 1973

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10025 ACTOR

Coralina Cataldi Tassoni

Born 1971

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10028 CONDUCTOR

Abraham Burton

Born 1971

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10061 RAPPER

Tru Life

Born 1976

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10082 ARTIST

Nancy Lang

Born 1976

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10100 JOURNALIST

Dave Itzkoff

Born 1976

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10101 ACTOR

Henry Wolfe

Born 1979

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10103 ACTOR

Claudia Mason

Born 1973

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10113 ACTOR

Frank Maharajh

Born 1974

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10130 BUSINESS

Larry Hryb

Born 1976

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10156 PRODUCER

J. J. Philbin

Born 1974

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10158 SINGER

Jim Bianco

Born 1976

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10159 ACTOR

Gene Gabriel

Born 1970

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10194 WRITER

Frank Tieri (writer)

Born 1970

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10196 SCREENWRITER

Denis McGrath

1972 - 2017

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10221 FOOTBALL

Hurvin McCormack

Born 1972

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10261 BASEBALL

Tom Gregorio

Born 1977

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10266 WRITER

David Nekrutman

Born 1973

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10297 JOURNALIST

Megan McArdle

Born 1973

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10318 PUBLICIST

Lizzie Grubman

Born 1971

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10341 ACTOR

Hassan Johnson

Born 1976

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10369 BUSINESS

Perry Chen

Born 1976

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10398 MOTORCYCLE

Joi Harris

1977 - 2017

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10402 COMPOSER

Steven Fox

Born 1978

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10430 WRESTLER

Pablo Marquez

Born 1979

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10453 JOURNALIST

Nir Rosen

Born 1977

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10458 MUSIC

Adam MacDougall (musician)

Born 1974

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10462 LAWYER

Manish S. Shah

Born 1972

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10476 ACTOR

Jessica Leccia

Born 1976

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10512 ACTOR

Lizette Carrión

Born 1972

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10523 SINGER

Nell Bryden

Born 1977

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10575 ACTOR

James C. Mathis III

Born 1974

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10591 BUSINESS

Marco Alverà

Born 1975

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10606 ACTOR

Michael K. Lee

Born 1973

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10617 FOOTBALL

Jon Harris (American football)

Born 1974

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10701 ROWER

Porter Collins

Born 1975

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10705 WRITER

Paul Rieckhoff

Born 1970

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10711 BASKET

Joe Bunn

Born 1975

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10717 ACTOR

Grizz Chapman

Born 1974

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10719 PRODUCER

Noah Oppenheim

Born 1978

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10720 PSYCHIATRIST

Bandy X. Lee

Born 1970

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10752 ACTOR

Renn Hawkey

Born 1974

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10759 BASKET

Jermaine Turner

Born 1974

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10765 CONDUCTOR

Mimi Jones

Born 1972

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10780 ENGINEER

Evelyn Wang

Born 1978

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10805 SCREENWRITER

Jenni Konner

Born 1971

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10813 ACTOR

Christopher McCulloch

Born 1971

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10821 SINGER

Princess Tatiana von Fürstenberg

Born 1971

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10829 DIPLOMAT

Matthew Barzun

Born 1970

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10834 NOVELIST

Myke Cole

Born 1973

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10835 SCREENWRITER

Kief Davidson

Born 1970

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10858 POLITICIAN

Jose Peralta

1971 - 2018

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10878 ACTOR

William DeMeo

Born 1971

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10899 MODELL

Angela Devi

1975 - 2006

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10906 WRITER

Gina Trapani

Born 1975

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10909 ACTOR

Liz Feldman

Born 1977

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10917 BASKET

Sedric Webber

Born 1977

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10919 FOOTBALL

Joe Andruzzi

Born 1975

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10921 ESSAYIST

Sloane Crosley

Born 1978

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10934 POLITICIAN

Rosa Clemente

Born 1972

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11005 PRODUCER

DJ Megatron

1978 - 2011

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11014 ACTOR

Charlene Aspen

Born 1973

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11022 WRITER

Michael A. Burstein

Born 1970

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11045 ACTOR

Scott Rayow

Born 1971

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11133 WRESTLER

Dan Bobish

Born 1970

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11137 COMPOSER

Marco Oppedisano

Born 1971

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11165 CHESS

Mirjana Marić

Born 1970

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11172 JOURNALIST

Alexis Glick

Born 1972

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11181 FOOTBALL

Marco Rivera

Born 1972

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11200 PHOTOGRAPHER

Martynka Wawrzyniak

Born 1979

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11218 RAPPER

Spliff Star

Born 1975

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11225 BASKET

Jaime Peterson

Born 1971

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11249 KILLED

Patrick Dorismond

1974 - 2000

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11266 ACTOR

Alison Bartlett-O'Reilly

Born 1971

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11286 SINGER

Arianna Zukerman

Born 1972

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11299 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Lori A. Clarke

Born 1970

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11306 THEATRE

Alex Timbers

Born 1978

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11313 PRODUCER

Ming (DJ)

Born 1972

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11342 PLASTIC SURGEON

Michael Salzhauer

Born 1972

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11407 MUSIC

Scott Jacoby (producer)

Born 1971

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11431 BOXER

Sechew Powell

Born 1979

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11466 SINGER

Natalia Zukerman

Born 1975

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11489 SINGER

Danny Diablo

Born 1971

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11490 BASKET

Corey Williams (basketball, born 1977)

Born 1977

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11495 FENCER

Tamir Bloom

Born 1971

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11525 NOVELIST

Carolyn Mackler

Born 1973

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11527 CHOREOGRAPHER

Tyce Diorio

Born 1970

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11538 FENCER

Cliff Bayer

Born 1977

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11544 SINGER

Jonny McGovern

Born 1975

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11555 STATISTICIAN

Howard Friedman

Born 1972

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11559 WRITER

Darien Sills-Evans

Born 1974

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11577 SINGER

Angela Hunte

Born 1975

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11590 FILM

Matthew Ross (filmmaker)

Born 1976

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11591 RESTAURATEUR

Sarma Melngailis

Born 1972

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11642 CHILD

David Lauren

Born 1971

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11646 PRODUCER

Charlie Grandy

Born 1974

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11715 ROWER

Laurel Korholz

Born 1970

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11785 ACTOR

Christina Kirk

Born 1970

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11790 LAWYER

Rosa Brooks

Born 1970

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11804 NOVELIST

Ronald Malfi

Born 1977

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11825 FILM

Raphaela Neihausen

Born 1976

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11834 ACTOR

Kipp Marcus

Born 1970

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11858 SINGER

Maude Maggart

Born 1975

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11881 RAPPER

Afrika Baby Bam

Born 1970

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11908 ACTOR

Marisa Ryan

Born 1974

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11923 WRITER

Siobhan Vivian

Born 1979

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11925 BOXER

Taurus Sykes

Born 1975

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12001 ARTIST

Jennifer Rubell

Born 1970

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12043 ACTOR

Bryce Wilson

Born 1972

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12050 POLITICIAN

Michele Fiore

Born 1970

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12051 COACH

Michael Huger

Born 1970

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12052 BASKET

Carlton Aaron

Born 1979

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12083 LAWYER

Jesse M. Furman

Born 1972

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12113 POET

Anna Ziegler

Born 1979

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12115 POET

Amit Majmudar

Born 1979

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12140 PHYSICIST

Thomas Fink

Born 1972

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12146 SINGER

Angelo Garcia

Born 1976

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12187 AUTHOR

John Buffalo Mailer

Born 1978

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12202 ACTOR

Amit Tandon

Born 1979

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12219 PRODUCER

Younglord

Born 1978

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12223 LAWYER

Italo Zanzi

Born 1974

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12257 ENTREPRENEUR

Doug Davis (businessman)

Born 1974

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12268 FILM

Morgan Pehme

Born 1978

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12272 PHOTOGRAPHER

Melanie Pullen

Born 1975

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12352 CHEF

Scott Leibfried

Born 1971

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12401 ACTOR

Lemon Andersen

Born 1975

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12405 FENCER

Jonathan Tiomkin

Born 1979

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12433 POET

Carmen Giménez Smith

Born 1971

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12442 SOCIALITE

Alexandra von Fürstenberg

Born 1972

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12449 PRODUCER

Eli Holzman

Born 1974

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12453 PLAYER

Martin Blackman

Born 1970

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12480 ARTIST

Golan Levin

Born 1972

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12486 PRODUCER

Rick Schwartz

Born 1971

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12508 SINGER

Irwin Thomas

Born 1971

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12537 BUSINESS

Randy Altschuler

Born 1970

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12564 ACTOR

Christian Monzon

Born 1977

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12566 WRITER

Ada Calhoun

Born 1976

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12567 AUTHOR

Michael Port

Born 1970

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12616 WRESTLING

Elektra (wrestling)

Born 1970

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12637 PLAYWRIGHT

Charles Messina

Born 1971

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12639 JOURNALIST

Sewell Chan

Born 1977

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12665 FILM

Judd Ehrlich

Born 1971

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12702 ACTOR

Joseph Baldwin

Born 1970

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12717 SINGER

Catherine Porter

Born 1979

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12719 EDITOR

Radhika Jones

Born 1973

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12728 RAPPER

Ali Dee Theodore

Born 1970

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12741 MARTIAL ART

Rory Singer

Born 1976

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12749 NOVELIST

Michael Cisco

Born 1970

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12757 MUSIC

Carolyn Leonhart

Born 1971

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12763 ACTOR

Dawson (actor)

Born 1973

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12829 SINGER

Alexis Cole

Born 1976

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12845 SINGER

Sharissa

Born 1976

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12857 WRITER

Ben Raab

Born 1970

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12883 FILM

Alex Turner (director)

Born 1971

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12921 ACTOR

Angela Alvarado

Born 1972

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12927 BOXER

Shaun George (boxer)

Born 1979

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12948 FILM

Israel Lugo

Born 1973

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12957 NOVELIST

Lee Konstantinou

Born 1978

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12972 SCREENWRITER

Andy Blitz

Born 1971

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12981 DESIGNER

Ralph Gilles

Born 1970

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12982 RAPPER

DJ Cocoa Chanelle

Born 1971

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13005 JOURNALIST

Sean Fletcher

Born 1974

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13024 SCREENWRITER

Giovanni Capitello

Born 1979

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13032 ENVIRONMENTALIST

Daniel G. McGowan

Born 1974

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13046 ACTOR

Walter Latham

Born 1970

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13088 HISTORIAN

Eric M. Nelson

Born 1977

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13094 NOVELIST

Jennifer Vanderbes

Born 1974

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13110 PRODUCER

Nikko London

Born 1975

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13130 COMEDIAN

Roy Wood Jr.

Born 1978

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13166 POLITICIAN

Ramfis Domínguez-Trujillo

Born 1970

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13253 NOVELIST

Lauren Grodstein

Born 1975

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13271 SPORT

Samantha Harvey (pentathlete)

Born 1972

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13272 SPRINT

Dadi Denis

Born 1976

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13299 DANCER

Sonya Tayeh

Born 1977

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13332 JOURNALIST

Jéssica de la Peña

Born 1977

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13333 VOCALIST

Ray Reyes

Born 1970

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13367 PRESENTER

Dina Manzo

Born 1972

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13368 POLITICIAN

Jane Kim

Born 1977

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13369 FILM

Jennifer Elster

Born 1970

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13373 SINGER

Nadine Renee

1972 - 2004

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13383 PRESENTER

Juliette Powell

Born 1976

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13384 BASKET

Eddie Rivera

Born 1970

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13388 ARTIST

Jackie Sumell

Born 1973

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13392 NOVELIST

Laura Dave

Born 1977

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13393 JOURNALIST

Ann Shoket

Born 1972

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13425 BASEBALL

Frank Rodriguez

Born 1972

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13438 PAINTER

Sebastian Blanck

Born 1976

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13444 THEATRE

Arielle Tepper Madover

Born 1972

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13455 FILM

Boaz Lavie

Born 1974

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13485 PHOTOGRAPHER

Lisa Oppenheim

Born 1975

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13509 NOVELIST

Nicola Kraus

Born 1974

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13525 BASKET

William Sanders (basketball)

Born 1972

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13550 PUPPETEER

Heather Henson

Born 1970

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13594 BASKET

Rafi Reavis

Born 1977

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13644 NOVELIST

Micol Ostow

Born 1976

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13647 MODEL

Claudia Wagner

Born 1979

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13650 AUTHOR

Peter Shankman

Born 1972

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13660 ACTOR

Aris Sas

Born 1976

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13676 RAPPER

Shabaam Sahdeeq

Born 1974

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13720 STORYTELLER

Jonah Sachs

Born 1975

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13721 SCIENTIST

Lissette Martinez

Born 1971

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13726 PAINTER

Benjamin Degen

Born 1976

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13750 LAWYER

Angel Taveras

Born 1970

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13758 SINGER

Leah Siegel

Born 1979

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13775 NEWS PRESENTER

Cher Calvin

Born 1974

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13779 SAILOR

Robert Merrick

Born 1971

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13784 MUSIC

Big DS

1971 - 2003

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13827 FOOTBALL

Tutan Reyes

Born 1977

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13876 POLITICIAN

Vanessa Gibson

Born 1979

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13892 BUSINESS

Sky Dayton

Born 1971

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13903 FENCER

Nick Bravin

Born 1971

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13915 FILM

Gee Malik Linton

Born 1973

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13922 BASEBALL

Brian Esposito

Born 1979

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13953 WRITER

Christine Whelan

Born 1977

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14008 DEVELOPER

Sharif El-Gamal

Born 1973

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14012 COMPOSER

Ari Benjamin Meyers

Born 1972

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14017 ACTOR

Gina La Piana

Born 1978

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14038 BASEBALL

A. J. Preller

Born 1976

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14040 ACTOR

Greg Scarnici

Born 1972

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14044 HISTORIAN

Rachel Hope Cleves

Born 1975

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14049 NOVELIST

Nic Kelman

Born 1971

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14055 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Adam Berinsky

Born 1970

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14085 JOURNALIST

Daniel Genis

Born 1978

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14112 SONGWRITER

Kerry Brothers Jr.

Born 1970

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14119 FILM

Jason Cuadrado

Born 1970

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14134 NOVELIST

Ingrid Law

Born 1970

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14135 WORKER

Lizette Parker

1971 - 2016

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14171 SPORT

Jon Sciambi

Born 1970

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14179 JOURNALIST

Jason Pinter

Born 1979

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14205 ACTOR

Castro Supreme

Born 1976

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14228 FILM

Mandy Stein

Born 1975

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14232 ACTOR

Christopher Moynihan

Born 1973

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14239 ARTIST

Zachary Lieberman

Born 1977

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14243 SCULPTOR

Orly Genger

Born 1979

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14277 FILM

Peter Entell

Born 1975

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14320 FILM

Yoruba Richen

Born 1972

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14323 ENTREPRENEUR

Jay Penske

Born 1979

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14332 RADIO

Veronica Vasicka

Born 1970

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14348 SCIENTIST

Rohit Aggarwala

Born 1971

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14357 SINGER

Simi Sernaker

Born 1979

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14367 FILM

Keith Alan Morris

Born 1972

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14399 LAWYER

Christopher Nixon Cox

Born 1979

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14412 BASKET

Zach Zarba

Born 1975

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14430 POET

Susan Atefat Peckham

1970 - 2004

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14432 ARTIST

Kambui Olujimi

Born 1976

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14437 FILM

Joe Lipari

Born 1979

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14458 JOURNALIST

Elizabeth Spiers

Born 1976

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14465 ACTOR

Wass Stevens

Born 1970

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14480 LAWYER

Edmond E. Chang

Born 1970

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14481 POLITICIAN

Laurie Cumbo

Born 1975

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14489 COMPOSER

Alfonzo Blackwell

Born 1971

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14506 COMPOSER

Andrew Shapiro

Born 1975

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14515 NEUROSCIENTIST

H. A. Berlin

Born 1975

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14519 PAINTER

Alex Beard (artist)

Born 1970

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14539 BUSINESS

Andrew Ballen

Born 1973

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14562 NOVELIST

Caren Gussoff

Born 1973

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