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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
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  • Writing
  • Music
  • Sports
  • Politics & Law
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Showing 3,012 of 22,064 notable people

7549 ACTOR

S. Rankin Drew

1891 - 1918

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7554 ACTOR

John Pleshette

Born 1942

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7558 ACTOR

Calvin Jung

Born 1945

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7562 ACTOR

Marian Winters

1924 - 1978

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7570 ACTOR

John Craven (actor)

1916 - 1995

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7574 ACTOR

Catherine Curtin

-

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7590 ACTOR

Victor Rendina

1916 - 1985

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7604 ACTOR

Mia Amber Davis

1974 - 2011

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7614 ACTOR

Daniel Jenkins

Born 1963

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7615 ACTOR

Angela Clarke (American actress)

1909 - 2010

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7616 ACTOR

Eddie Ryder

1923 - 1997

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7619 ACTOR

June Angela

Born 1959

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7623 ACTOR

Charles Chun

Born 1967

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7633 ACTOR

Bob Lenox

1944 - 2010

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7635 ACTOR

Don Stewart (actor)

1935 - 2006

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7636 ACTOR

Pamela Duncan (actress)

1931 - 2005

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7639 ACTOR

Sarah Hay

Born 1987

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7641 ACTOR

Griffin Newman

Born 1989

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7644 ACTOR

Jadrien Steele

Born 1974

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7649 ACTOR

Joanna Roos

1901 - 1989

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7663 ACTOR

Angelica Page

Born 1964

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7671 ACTOR

Paul Bryar

1910 - 1985

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7688 ACTOR

Maeve Kinkead

Born 1946

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7724 ACTOR

John Shepherd (actor)

Born 1960

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7736 ACTOR

Neal Huff

-

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7770 ACTOR

Steve Pendleton

1908 - 1984

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7772 ACTOR

Jackie Kelk

1923 - 2002

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7787 ACTOR

Robert Hoy

1927 - 2010

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7794 ACTOR

Johnny Seven (actor)

1926 - 2010

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7795 ACTOR

Ellen Holly

Born 1931

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7799 ACTOR

Douglas Wood (actor)

1880 - 1966

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7801 ACTOR

Emily Stevens (actress)

1882 - 1928

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7806 ACTOR

Stephen DeRosa

Born 1968

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7814 ACTOR

Max Jenkins

Born 1985

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7816 ACTOR

Sandy Becker

1922 - 1996

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7817 ACTOR

Michael Vale

1922 - 2005

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7832 ACTOR

C. J. Laing

Born 1956

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7833 ACTOR

William Gillespie (actor)

1894 - 1938

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7841 ACTOR

Jeffrey Kramer

Born 1945

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7845 ACTOR

Charles Seel

1897 - 1980

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7847 ACTOR

David Harris (American actor)

Born 1959

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7853 ACTOR

Claire Carleton

1913 - 1979

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7855 ACTOR

Lyrica Okano

Born 1994

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7858 ACTOR

Jason Zimbler

Born 1977

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7875 ACTOR

G. Pat Collins

1895 - 1959

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7876 ACTOR

Caitlin Keats

Born 1972

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7910 ACTOR

Hartley Power

1894 - 1966

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7913 ACTOR

Bill Corbett

Born 1960

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7919 ACTOR

Sydney Walsh

Born 1961

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7924 ACTOR

Charles Tannen

1915 - 1980

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7932 ACTOR

Danny Goldman

1939 - 2020

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7955 ACTOR

Kimiko Ikegami

Born 1959

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7957 ACTOR

Bartlett Robinson

1912 - 1986

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7959 ACTOR

David Sheiner

Born 1928

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7974 ACTOR

Stephen Pearlman

1935 - 1998

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7977 ACTOR

Bentein Baardson

Born 1953

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7996 ACTOR

Cheryl Shepard

Born 1966

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8003 ACTOR

Louis Giambalvo

Born 1945

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8004 ACTOR

Mateo Arias

Born 1995

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8012 ACTOR

Robert Harper (actor)

1951 - 2020

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8016 ACTOR

Joe Silver

1922 - 1989

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8022 ACTOR

Jessica Dublin

1918 - 2012

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8030 ACTOR

Katherine Perry

1897 - 1983

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8036 ACTOR

Steve Ryan (actor)

1947 - 2007

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8039 ACTOR

Erik Lee Preminger

Born 1944

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8040 ACTOR

Marcia Haufrecht

Born 1937

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8041 ACTOR

Don Lane

1933 - 2009

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8045 ACTOR

Tracy Griffith

Born 1965

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8046 ACTOR

Irene Ware

1910 - 1993

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8051 ACTOR

Peggy Lukac

Born 1949

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8052 ACTOR

Holly-Jane Rahlens

Born 1950

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8055 ACTOR

Savannah Haske

Born 1977

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8068 ACTOR

George Magrill

1900 - 1952

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8070 ACTOR

Michael Drayer

Born 1986

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8071 ACTOR

Tony Clarke (singer)

1940 - 1971

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8074 ACTOR

Jodi Long

Born 1954

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8094 ACTOR

Owen Kline

Born 1991

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8100 ACTOR

Veronica Cooper

1913 - 2000

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8126 ACTOR

Salem Ludwig

1915 - 2007

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8128 ACTOR

Bernard Barrow

1927 - 1993

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8142 ACTOR

Edna Flugrath

1892 - 1966

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8155 ACTOR

Beatrice Alda

Born 1961

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8161 ACTOR

Dean Flynn

Born 1981

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8169 ACTOR

Rainbow Harvest

Born 1967

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8172 ACTOR

Irene Hunt (actress)

1892 - 1988

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8186 ACTOR

Ralph Cooper

1908 - 1992

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8189 ACTOR

Michael Gaunt

Born 1946

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8199 ACTOR

Beth Porter

Born 1942

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8204 ACTOR

Jamila Velazquez

Born 1995

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8212 ACTOR

John Gemberling

Born 1981

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8229 ACTOR

Jessi Klein

Born 1975

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8243 ACTOR

Judy Marte

Born 1983

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8259 ACTOR

Doris Rankin

1888 - 1946

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8265 ACTOR

Simon Prescott

Born 1936

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8271 ACTOR

Annie Griffin

Born 1960

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8275 ACTOR

Edna Payne

1891 - 1953

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8284 ACTOR

Arthur Storch

1925 - 2013

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8286 ACTOR

Robert Desiderio

Born 1951

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8289 ACTOR

Jack DeLeon

1924 - 2006

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8295 ACTOR

Vincent Beck

1924 - 1984

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8300 ACTOR

Vitina Marcus

Born 1937

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8301 ACTOR

Beatrice Kay

1907 - 1986

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8308 ACTOR

Alix Lynx

Born 1989

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8309 ACTOR

W. E. Lawrence

1896 - 1947

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8312 ACTOR

Cynthia Kirchner

Born 1982

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8332 ACTOR

Pat Hartigan (actor)

1881 - 1951

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8337 ACTOR

Philip Charles MacKenzie

Born 1946

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8339 ACTOR

Julius Tannen

1880 - 1965

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8343 ACTOR

Joel Swetow

Born 1951

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8345 ACTOR

Monte Collins

1898 - 1951

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8354 ACTOR

Dondre Whitfield

Born 1969

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8360 ACTOR

Jane White

1922 - 2011

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8365 ACTOR

Josephine Premice

1926 - 2001

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8371 ACTOR

Hope Holiday

Born 1930

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8405 ACTOR

Dolores Sutton

1927 - 2009

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8430 ACTOR

Meghan Andrews

Born 1979

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8431 ACTOR

Jeff Blynn

Born 1954

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8437 ACTOR

Emil Wolk

Born 1944

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8446 ACTOR

Symona Boniface

1894 - 1950

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8450 ACTOR

Ken Scott (actor)

1928 - 1986

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8463 ACTOR

Marilyn Michaels

Born 1943

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8465 ACTOR

Wil Shriner

Born 1953

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8511 ACTOR

Michael Carmine

1959 - 1989

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8532 ACTOR

Rosanne Katon

Born 1954

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8533 ACTOR

Fiona Hogan

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8537 ACTOR

Alfred C. Abadie

1878 - 1950

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8541 ACTOR

Kaitlin Hopkins

Born 1964

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8548 ACTOR

Wolf Hudson

Born 1984

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8560 ACTOR

Anna Lehr

1890 - 1974

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8561 ACTOR

Murielle Telio

-

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8564 ACTOR

Josie Sadler

1871 - 1927

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8565 ACTOR

David Valcin

Born 1964

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8588 ACTOR

Phil Reeves

Born 1946

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8590 ACTOR

Shelley Hirsch

Born 1952

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8597 ACTOR

Rosamond Pinchot

1904 - 1938

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8607 ACTOR

Jack Rovello

Born 1994

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8609 ACTOR

Mat Lucas

Born 1979

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8613 ACTOR

F. A. Turner

1858 - 1980

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8632 ACTOR

Gene Pollar

1892 - 1971

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8633 ACTOR

Megan Ketch

Born 1982

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8635 ACTOR

Mace Coronel

Born 2004

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8648 ACTOR

Nicolette Pierini

Born 2003

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8656 ACTOR

Matthew Sussman

Born 1958

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8663 ACTOR

Bruce Solomon

Born 1944

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8668 ACTOR

Megan Hollingshead

Born 1968

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8672 ACTOR

Jean-Claude La Marre

Born 1973

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8689 ACTOR

Magda Foy

1906 - 1972

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8707 ACTOR

Marilyn Sokol

Born 1937

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8721 ACTOR

Lincoln Maazel

1903 - 2009

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8731 ACTOR

Amanda Anka

Born 1968

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8736 ACTOR

Tom Mason (actor)

Born 1949

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8741 ACTOR

Cole Hawkins

Born 1991

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8742 ACTOR

Richard Genelle

1961 - 2008

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8752 ACTOR

Peter Abbay

Born 1966

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8764 ACTOR

Mick Hazen

Born 1993

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8788 ACTOR

Grace George

1879 - 1961

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8793 ACTOR

Charles Russell (actor)

1918 - 1985

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8808 ACTOR

Camila Ashland

1918 - 2008

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8820 ACTOR

Jordan Charney

Born 1937

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8822 ACTOR

Colby Minifie

Born 1992

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8823 ACTOR

Isabelle Caillat

Born 1978

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8824 ACTOR

Linda Marsh

Born 1939

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8826 ACTOR

Betty Morrissey

1908 - 1944

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8828 ACTOR

Welly Yang

-

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8839 ACTOR

Frances Robinson (actress)

1916 - 1971

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8850 ACTOR

Lee Bryant

Born 1945

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8858 ACTOR

Michael St. Gerard

Born 1961

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8867 ACTOR

Katy Selverstone

Born 1966

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8870 ACTOR

Sheila Bond

1928 - 2017

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8872 ACTOR

Brian Tarantina

1959 - 2019

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8878 ACTOR

Katharine Balfour

1921 - 1990

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8911 ACTOR

Howard Crampton

1865 - 1922

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8912 ACTOR

Raymond O'Connor

Born 1952

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8920 ACTOR

Cate Bauer

Born 1922

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8928 ACTOR

Rita Carewe

1909 - 1955

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8940 ACTOR

Adepero Oduye

Born 1977

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8945 ACTOR

Catya Sassoon

1968 - 2002

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8946 ACTOR

Emily Robinson

Born 1998

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8948 ACTOR

Arnold Daly

1875 - 1927

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8949 ACTOR

Kathryn Fiore

Born 1979

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8964 ACTOR

John Tansey

1901 - 1971

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8988 ACTOR

Arthur Haggerty

1931 - 2006

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8993 ACTOR

Meg Donnelly

Born 2000

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9006 ACTOR

Evelyn Dall

1918 - 2010

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9017 ACTOR

Eugenie Forde

1879 - 1940

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9032 ACTOR

Bernard Durning

1893 - 1923

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9041 ACTOR

Roy Stuart (actor)

1927 - 2005

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9056 ACTOR

Lillian Blauvelt

1873 - 1947

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9071 ACTOR

Christopher Collet

Born 1968

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9074 ACTOR

Stephen Mailer

Born 1966

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9095 ACTOR

Jason Marin

Born 1974

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9098 ACTOR

Hallam Cooley

1895 - 1971

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9120 ACTOR

Sal Viscuso

Born 1948

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9122 ACTOR

Cadence Lux

Born 1992

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9129 ACTOR

Giorgia Whigham

Born 1997

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9130 ACTOR

Myra Turley

Born 1947

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9131 ACTOR

Aaron Refvem

Born 1997

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9137 ACTOR

Mousa Kraish

Born 1975

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9154 ACTOR

Rosita Fornés

1923 - 2020

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9155 ACTOR

Charley Foy

1898 - 1984

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9156 ACTOR

Carol Goodner

1904 - 2001

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9174 ACTOR

Henry Lascoe

1912 - 1964

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9188 ACTOR

Katherine Cassavetes

1906 - 1983

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9191 ACTOR

Kyle Jean-Baptiste

1993 - 2015

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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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9247 ACTOR

Harold Chapin

1886 - 1915

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9267 ACTOR

Jake Goldberg

Born 1996

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9271 ACTOR

Norma Donaldson

1928 - 1994

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9312 ACTOR

Peggy Miley

Born 1941

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9319 ACTOR

Latarsha Rose

-

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9320 ACTOR

Gladys Portugues

Born 1957

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9322 ACTOR

Aladdin (performer)

1912 - 1970

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9329 ACTOR

Nina Axelrod

Born 1955

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9331 ACTOR

Jill Latiano

Born 1981

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9337 ACTOR

Whitney Bourne

1914 - 1988

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9343 ACTOR

Nicole Berger (American actress)

Born 2003

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9349 ACTOR

Michael Potts (actor)

-

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9356 ACTOR

Larry Block

1942 - 2012

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9364 ACTOR

Marc Coppola (actor)

Born 1958

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9379 ACTOR

Paul Lipson

1913 - 1996

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9406 ACTOR

Hallie Foote

Born 1950

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9407 ACTOR

Peter Simon (actor)

Born 1943

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9413 ACTOR

Marti Stevens (actress)

Born 1933

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9414 ACTOR

Nesbitt Blaisdell

Born 1928

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9432 ACTOR

Mariah Milano

Born 1979

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9439 ACTOR

Shannon Day

1896 - 1977

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9450 ACTOR

Paul Linke

Born 1948

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9453 ACTOR

Marc Stevens (actor)

1943 - 1989

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9461 ACTOR

Lydia Jordan

Born 1994

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9478 ACTOR

Bob Holiday

1932 - 2017

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9479 ACTOR

John DeMita

Born 1959

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9480 ACTOR

Carrie Dobro

Born 1957

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9500 ACTOR

David Downing (actor)

Born 1943

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9508 ACTOR

George Bunny

1867 - 1952

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9509 ACTOR

Apollo Smile

Born 1967

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9517 ACTOR

James Henry Hackett

1800 - 1871

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9532 ACTOR

Carolyne Barry

1943 - 2015

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9549 ACTOR

Frank Losee

1856 - 1937

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9554 ACTOR

Kathy Brier

Born 1975

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9555 ACTOR

Kelsey Fowler

Born 1996

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9576 ACTOR

Allan Trautman

Born 1955

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9586 ACTOR

Joseph Bernard (actor)

1923 - 2006

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9588 ACTOR

Matthew Arkin

Born 1959

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9590 ACTOR

Benjamin Busch

Born 1968

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9601 ACTOR

Alma Tell

1898 - 1934

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9608 ACTOR

Charles McGregor

1922 - 1996

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9609 ACTOR

Bruce Baron

1949 - 2013

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9610 ACTOR

Wolé Parks

Born 1982

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9613 ACTOR

Frank Whitson

1877 - 1946

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9628 ACTOR

Larkin Malloy

1954 - 2016

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9634 ACTOR

Alexandra Barreto

Born 1982

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9646 ACTOR

Brinsley Shaw

1876 - 1931

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9648 ACTOR

Lillian Walker

1887 - 1975

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9654 ACTOR

Wallace McCutcheon Jr.

1880 - 1928

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9655 ACTOR

Joanna Frank

Born 1941

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9698 ACTOR

Gloria Shea

1910 - 1995

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9703 ACTOR

Adam Shulman

Born 1981

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9735 ACTOR

Millette Alexander

Born 1933

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9742 ACTOR

Lillian Lux

1918 - 2005

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9747 ACTOR

Renée Lippin

Born 1946

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9757 ACTOR

Silvestre Rasuk

Born 1987

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9761 ACTOR

Burke Moses

Born 1959

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9766 ACTOR

Jeff Lima (actor)

Born 1990

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9773 ACTOR

Matt Roe

1952 - 2003

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9774 ACTOR

John Lavelle (actor)

Born 1981

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9795 ACTOR

Damaris Lewis

Born 1990

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9817 ACTOR

Ariyan A. Johnson

Born 1971

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9822 ACTOR

Billy Nelson (actor)

1903 - 1973

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9830 ACTOR

Shirl Conway

1916 - 2007

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9831 ACTOR

William Bogert

1936 - 2020

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9847 ACTOR

Peggy Allenby

1901 - 1966

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9848 ACTOR

Yale Summers

1933 - 2012

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9850 ACTOR

Alex Barris

1922 - 2004

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9852 ACTOR

Kevin Phillips (actor)

Born 1981

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9860 ACTOR

Lili Mirojnick

Born 1984

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9873 ACTOR

Steven Martini

Born 1975

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9889 ACTOR

Hy Anzell

1923 - 2003

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9891 ACTOR

Carl Lee (actor)

1926 - 1986

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9894 ACTOR

Nancy Addison

1946 - 2002

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9906 ACTOR

Michael James Shaw

Born 1986

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9908 ACTOR

Eden Cale

Born 1985

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9923 ACTOR

Thomas Jefferson (acteur)

1856 - 1932

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9930 ACTOR

Dennie Moore

1902 - 1978

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9936 ACTOR

Vanessa Trump

Born 1977

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9942 ACTOR

Dahlia Salem

Born 1971

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9947 ACTOR

Victor Mohica

1933 - 2019

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9958 ACTOR

Mollie King

1895 - 1981

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9986 ACTOR

William "Stage" Boyd

1889 - 1935

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9989 ACTOR

Trina Parks

Born 1946

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9991 ACTOR

Claudia Morgan

1911 - 1974

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9998 ACTOR

Patricia Hardy

1931 - 2011

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10001 ACTOR

Dion Boucicault Jr.

1859 - 1929

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10021 ACTOR

Harrison Chad

Born 1992

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10023 ACTOR

Richard Foronjy

Born 1937

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10025 ACTOR

Coralina Cataldi Tassoni

Born 1971

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10030 ACTOR

Danny Arnold

1925 - 1995

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10054 ACTOR

Mari Devon

Born 1960

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10055 ACTOR

Jack Grimes (actor)

1926 - 2009

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10058 ACTOR

Rick Elice

Born 1956

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