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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
  • Other
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Showing 3,012 of 22,064 notable people

13177 ACTOR

Nore Davis

Born 1984

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13200 ACTOR

Toni Seven

1922 - 1991

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13202 ACTOR

Marie Shotwell

1880 - 1934

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13206 ACTOR

Gene Frankel

1919 - 2005

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13214 ACTOR

John Cenatiempo

Born 1963

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13226 ACTOR

Ethel Remey

1895 - 1979

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13229 ACTOR

Cy Schindell

1907 - 1948

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13231 ACTOR

Johnny Stewart

Born 1934

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13242 ACTOR

Josephine Earle

1892 - 1929

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13245 ACTOR

Alexandra Kenworthy

Born 1932

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13268 ACTOR

Joshua Shelley

1920 - 1990

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13310 ACTOR

Lillian Worth

1884 - 1952

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13339 ACTOR

Robert C. Hilliard

1857 - 1927

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13359 ACTOR

Raymond Singer

Born 1948

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13371 ACTOR

Rose Jackson (actress)

Born 1966

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13394 ACTOR

Constantine Gregory

Born 1942

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13400 ACTOR

Robert Karvelas

1921 - 1991

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13402 ACTOR

Betsy Joslyn

Born 1954

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13426 ACTOR

Bobby Slayton

Born 1955

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13431 ACTOR

Irene Franklin

1876 - 1941

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13442 ACTOR

Jeremiah Morris

1929 - 2006

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13445 ACTOR

Elaine Barrie

1915 - 2003

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13446 ACTOR

Alice Mann

1900 - 1986

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13459 ACTOR

Jimmy Savo

1895 - 1960

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13462 ACTOR

Lucy Fox

1897 - 1970

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13463 ACTOR

Menasha Skulnik

1890 - 1970

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13476 ACTOR

Billy Gallo

Born 1966

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13486 ACTOR

Virginia Vestoff

1939 - 1982

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13487 ACTOR

Winifred Lenihan

1898 - 1964

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13512 ACTOR

Barbara Slater (actress)

1920 - 1997

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13527 ACTOR

Olamide Faison

Born 1983

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13529 ACTOR

Philip Sterling

1922 - 1998

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13544 ACTOR

Bernard Punsly

1923 - 2004

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13549 ACTOR

Leigh Raven

Born 1991

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13551 ACTOR

Topo Swope

Born 1948

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13559 ACTOR

Joseph Byron Totten

1870 - 1946

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13561 ACTOR

Iris Burton

1930 - 2008

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13562 ACTOR

Jack Manning (actor)

1916 - 2009

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13570 ACTOR

Martin Roda Becher

Born 1944

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13579 ACTOR

Tom Hallick

Born 1941

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13587 ACTOR

Hank Henry

1906 - 1981

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13596 ACTOR

John Michael King

1926 - 2008

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13603 ACTOR

John Mengatti

Born 1954

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13618 ACTOR

Radio Man

Born 1951

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13619 ACTOR

Katherine Kellgren

1969 - 2018

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13627 ACTOR

Kate McGregor-Stewart

Born 1944

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13629 ACTOR

Rudy Challenger

Born 1928

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13630 ACTOR

Carl Weyant

Born 1983

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13649 ACTOR

Shepard Menken

1921 - 1999

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13660 ACTOR

Aris Sas

Born 1976

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13664 ACTOR

Alan Manson

1918 - 2002

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13666 ACTOR

Thelma Leeds

1910 - 2006

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13669 ACTOR

Kathleen Maguire

1925 - 1989

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13672 ACTOR

Jay Lawrence (actor)

1924 - 1987

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13681 ACTOR

Robert Hirschfeld

1942 - 2009

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13691 ACTOR

Donald Madden

1928 - 1983

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13704 ACTOR

William Bronder

1930 - 2015

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13708 ACTOR

Jamie Marsh

Born 1966

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13724 ACTOR

Tom Herbert

1888 - 1946

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13731 ACTOR

Miriam Wolfe

1922 - 2000

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13733 ACTOR

Octavia Handworth

1887 - 1978

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13743 ACTOR

Kenneth Kimmins

Born 1941

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13759 ACTOR

Pénélope Palmer

Born 1965

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13765 ACTOR

Frank Chanfrau

1824 - 1884

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13773 ACTOR

Carl T. Evans

Born 1968

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13776 ACTOR

Gillian Scalici

Born 1950

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13810 ACTOR

Lorin Dreyfuss

Born 1944

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13813 ACTOR

John Treacy Egan

Born 1962

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13814 ACTOR

Paul Lukather

1926 - 2014

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13815 ACTOR

Beryl Wallace

1909 - 1948

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13819 ACTOR

Rose Schlossberg

Born 1988

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13824 ACTOR

Randi Brooks

Born 1956

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13846 ACTOR

Charles Delaney

1892 - 1959

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13871 ACTOR

Peggy Lloyd

1913 - 2011

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13872 ACTOR

Rosemary Kuhlmann

1922 - 2019

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13882 ACTOR

John Dennis (attore)

1925 - 2004

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13891 ACTOR

Jen Drohan

-

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13904 ACTOR

Vanessa Hollingshead

-

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13905 ACTOR

Ric Roman

1916 - 2000

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13910 ACTOR

Louise Latimer (actress)

1913 - 1973

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13919 ACTOR

Stuart Seide

Born 1946

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13954 ACTOR

Rita Walter

Born 1951

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13972 ACTOR

Alan Feinstein (actor)

Born 1941

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13984 ACTOR

Carole Ita White

Born 1949

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13988 ACTOR

Ed Brady (actor)

1889 - 1942

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14017 ACTOR

Gina La Piana

Born 1978

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14033 ACTOR

Ed Deacy

Born 1946

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14040 ACTOR

Greg Scarnici

Born 1972

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14047 ACTOR

Ivy Austin

Born 1958

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14057 ACTOR

Bijou Fernandez

1873 - 1961

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14118 ACTOR

Joe Kirk

1903 - 1975

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14131 ACTOR

Mickey Fox

1915 - 1988

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14133 ACTOR

Stanley Myron Handelman

1929 - 2007

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14136 ACTOR

Neil Nephew

1939 - 1978

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14137 ACTOR

Jessica Lee Goldyn

Born 1985

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14142 ACTOR

Barry Lynch

Born 1944

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14161 ACTOR

John F. Hamilton

1893 - 1967

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14163 ACTOR

Maryam Hassan

Born 1993

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14205 ACTOR

Castro Supreme

Born 1976

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14232 ACTOR

Christopher Moynihan

Born 1973

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14238 ACTOR

Beverly Hope Atkinson

1935 - 2001

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14245 ACTOR

Lester Wallack

1820 - 1888

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14258 ACTOR

Maurice Manson

1913 - 2002

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14270 ACTOR

Paul Cavonis

Born 1937

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14289 ACTOR

Robert Milli

1933 - 2019

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14329 ACTOR

Jonah Meyerson

Born 1991

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14331 ACTOR

Melissa Prophet

Born 1962

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14335 ACTOR

Robert Lipton

Born 1943

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14338 ACTOR

Paul Genge

1913 - 1988

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14341 ACTOR

James Martin Kelly

Born 1954

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14354 ACTOR

Julia Hurley (actress)

1848 - 1927

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14365 ACTOR

Chris Bashinelli

Born 1986

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14383 ACTOR

Nicky Blair

1926 - 1998

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14386 ACTOR

Carlton Griffin

1893 - 1940

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14401 ACTOR

Mildred Bright

1892 - 1967

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14402 ACTOR

Lee Delano

1931 - 2017

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14415 ACTOR

Robert Smith (American actor)

1912 - 2001

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14416 ACTOR

Suzanna Love

Born 1950

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14418 ACTOR

Franco Corsaro

1900 - 1982

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14426 ACTOR

Lotta Faust

1880 - 1910

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14434 ACTOR

Vincent Serrano

1866 - 1935

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14448 ACTOR

Rebekka Johnson

-

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14454 ACTOR

Anna Simpson

Born 1985

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14457 ACTOR

Luba Lisa

1941 - 1972

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14459 ACTOR

Y'lan Noel

Born 1988

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14465 ACTOR

Wass Stevens

Born 1970

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14469 ACTOR

Ben Taggart

1889 - 1947

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14473 ACTOR

Manning Redwood

1929 - 2006

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14483 ACTOR

Bethany Anne Lind

-

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14499 ACTOR

Andra Akers

1943 - 2002

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14512 ACTOR

Howard Ryshpan

Born 1932

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14521 ACTOR

Amy Linker

Born 1966

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14571 ACTOR

Christopher John Fields

Born 1956

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14585 ACTOR

Vernon Cansino

1922 - 1974

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14590 ACTOR

McKee Anderson

Born 1945

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14600 ACTOR

Dick Yarmy

1932 - 1992

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14614 ACTOR

Walter Kinsella (actor)

1900 - 1975

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14624 ACTOR

J. Teddy Garces

Born 1974

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14625 ACTOR

Ruth Gilbert (actress)

1912 - 1993

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14642 ACTOR

Lou Cutell

Born 1930

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14649 ACTOR

Linda Gibboney

Born 1951

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14652 ACTOR

David Labiosa

Born 1961

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14654 ACTOR

Chesney Snow

Born 1979

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14658 ACTOR

Alex Gerry

1904 - 1993

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14661 ACTOR

Frankie Burke

1915 - 1983

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14673 ACTOR

Ogden Crane

1873 - 1940

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14677 ACTOR

William Wheatley

1816 - 1876

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14679 ACTOR

Fatima Faloye

Born 1972

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14691 ACTOR

Michael Lombard

Born 1934

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14699 ACTOR

Jennie Goldstein

1896 - 1960

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14703 ACTOR

Benj Thall

Born 1978

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14707 ACTOR

Ken Michelman

Born 1955

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14726 ACTOR

George Loros

Born 1944

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14728 ACTOR

Anthony Mangano

-

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14729 ACTOR

Sam Quartin

-

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14765 ACTOR

Élisabeth Alain

1937 - 1974

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14793 ACTOR

Johnny Roventini

1910 - 1998

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14804 ACTOR

Brenda Lane

1910 - 1942

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14812 ACTOR

Lew Palter

Born 1928

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14819 ACTOR

Kenneth Brown (playwright)

Born 1936

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14820 ACTOR

Kathryn Minner

1892 - 1969

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14851 ACTOR

Mark Ballou

Born 1971

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14868 ACTOR

Stanley Beck

Born 1936

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14873 ACTOR

George Rosener

1884 - 1945

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14886 ACTOR

Gilbert Green

1914 - 1984

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14898 ACTOR

Johnny Sanchez

-

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14903 ACTOR

John Rodney

1914 - 1996

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14908 ACTOR

Marie Wallace

1939 - 2013

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14912 ACTOR

Emily Yancy

Born 1939

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14919 ACTOR

Fred Aldrich

1904 - 1979

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14949 ACTOR

James Ciccone

Born 1963

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14954 ACTOR

Jerome Guardino

Born 1923

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15002 ACTOR

Benny Safdie

Born 1986

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15026 ACTOR

Sharon Gans

Born 1932

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15041 ACTOR

Walter Ackerman

1881 - 1938

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15055 ACTOR

Anya Taranda

1915 - 1970

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15065 ACTOR

Alexander Goodwin

Born 1987

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15081 ACTOR

Hugh O'Connell

1898 - 1943

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15107 ACTOR

Harry Bowen (actor)

1888 - 1941

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15113 ACTOR

Michael von Burg

Born 1977

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15142 ACTOR

Sal Landi

Born 1951

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15143 ACTOR

Joseph Walsh

Born 1937

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15148 ACTOR

Rosemary De Angelis

1933 - 2020

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15161 ACTOR

Monte Brice

1891 - 1962

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15167 ACTOR

Tara Monroe

Born 1973

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15168 ACTOR

J. Herbert Frank

1885 - 1926

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15217 ACTOR

Barbara Sommers

-

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15220 ACTOR

Julie Opp

1871 - 1921

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15236 ACTOR

Bryan Hearne

Born 1988

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15249 ACTOR

Marian Skinner

1880 - 1963

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15268 ACTOR

Louis Sorin

1893 - 1961

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15286 ACTOR

Desireé Vignolli

1965 - 2018

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15305 ACTOR

Al Silvani

1910 - 1996

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15312 ACTOR

Lewis Charles

1920 - 1979

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15338 ACTOR

William Wagner (actor)

1883 - 1964

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15358 ACTOR

Lovette George

1961 - 2006

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15374 ACTOR

Tram-Anh Tran

Born 1979

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15377 ACTOR

Will Roland

Born 1989

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15383 ACTOR

Bobby Alto

1938 - 2012

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15384 ACTOR

Kent Moran

Born 1982

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15387 ACTOR

June Kirby

Born 1928

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15393 ACTOR

James T. Powers (actor)

1862 - 1943

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15396 ACTOR

Chris Tardio

Born 1981

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15397 ACTOR

Brixton Karnes

1960 - 2012

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15399 ACTOR

Wayland Trask Jr.

1887 - 1918

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15404 ACTOR

Paula Lobo Antunes

Born 1976

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15409 ACTOR

Miles Robbins

Born 1992

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15445 ACTOR

Cat Greenleaf

Born 1972

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15449 ACTOR

Jake Smollett

Born 1989

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15466 ACTOR

Natalie Paul

-

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15512 ACTOR

Ray Reinhardt

Born 1930

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15515 ACTOR

Donald Richards

1919 - 1953

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15516 ACTOR

Guy Raymond

1911 - 1997

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15521 ACTOR

Jessie Stevens

1869 - 1922

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15524 ACTOR

Elizabeth D'Onofrio

Born 1957

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15560 ACTOR

Devika Bhise

-

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15567 ACTOR

Stanley Brock

1931 - 1991

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15588 ACTOR

Leyna Weber

-

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15589 ACTOR

Leslie Barrett

1919 - 2010

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15592 ACTOR

Wee Willie Davis

1906 - 1981

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15597 ACTOR

Rusty Jacobs

Born 1967

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15612 ACTOR

Gerrianne Raphael

Born 1925

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15622 ACTOR

Edward Elkas

1862 - 1933

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15628 ACTOR

Isabelle Urquhart

1865 - 1907

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15646 ACTOR

Lily Lodge

Born 1932

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15652 ACTOR

Peter F. Dailey

1868 - 1908

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15655 ACTOR

Craig Slocum

1934 - 1978

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15672 ACTOR

Elizabeth Sharland

-

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15677 ACTOR

Matty Kemp

1907 - 1999

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15679 ACTOR

Mel Brandt

1919 - 2008

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15691 ACTOR

Maggie Thrett

Born 1946

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15695 ACTOR

Betty Lou Holland

Born 1926

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15699 ACTOR

Robert Amico

Born 1953

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15701 ACTOR

Ken Garito

Born 1968

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15721 ACTOR

John Dilson

1891 - 1944

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15723 ACTOR

Kate Wilkinson

1916 - 1993

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15739 ACTOR

William Johnstone (actor)

1908 - 1996

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15769 ACTOR

Philip A. Scheib

1894 - 1969

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15791 ACTOR

Melissa Michaelsen

Born 1968

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15803 ACTOR

Brianne Berkson

Born 1983

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15817 ACTOR

Rory Kelly

Born 1961

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15824 ACTOR

Sharon Blynn

Born 1972

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15830 ACTOR

Rosalind Miles (actress)

Born 1951

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15834 ACTOR

Kate Mailer

Born 1962

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15847 ACTOR

Drew Denbaum

Born 1949

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15880 ACTOR

Frank Richardson

1892 - 1913

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15886 ACTOR

William Rothlein

Born 1943

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15888 ACTOR

Phyllis Rankin

1874 - 1934

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15894 ACTOR

James Lorinz

Born 1964

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15902 ACTOR

Robert Taber (actor)

1865 - 1904

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15909 ACTOR

Betty Bobbitt

1939 - 2020

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15912 ACTOR

Gus Williams (vaudeville)

1848 - 1915

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15925 ACTOR

Erika Thormahlen

Born 1983

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15928 ACTOR

Kirsten Gille

Born 1954

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15940 ACTOR

Bert Gordon (comedian)

1895 - 1974

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15954 ACTOR

Santos Ortega

1899 - 1976

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15961 ACTOR

Frank Gillmore

1867 - 1943

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15962 ACTOR

Mark Keyloun

Born 1960

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15965 ACTOR

Drummond Erskine

1919 - 2009

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15975 ACTOR

George Carleton (actor)

1885 - 1950

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15988 ACTOR

Michael Tadross

-

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15989 ACTOR

Billy Devlin

Born 1969

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16004 ACTOR

Frank Richards (actor)

1909 - 1992

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16017 ACTOR

Clara E. Laughlin

1873 - 1941

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16027 ACTOR

Carl Milletaire

1912 - 1994

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16058 ACTOR

Esther Sutherland

1932 - 1986

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16074 ACTOR

Gina Nemo

Born 1965

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16084 ACTOR

P.R. Paul

Born 1956

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16086 ACTOR

Sylvia O'Brien (actress)

1924 - 2006

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16099 ACTOR

J. J. Barry

1932 - 1990

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16108 ACTOR

Claudette Lali

Born 1975

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16132 ACTOR

Allison Barron

Born 1972

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16190 ACTOR

Judd Trichter

-

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16191 ACTOR

Peter van Norden

Born 1950

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16202 ACTOR

Jeff Sutphen

Born 1977

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16205 ACTOR

Dorothy Walters

1877 - 1934

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16206 ACTOR

Marion McCorry

Born 1945

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16226 ACTOR

Baynes Barron

1917 - 1982

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16235 ACTOR

Pitt Herbert

1914 - 1989

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16240 ACTOR

Gano Grills

-

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16276 ACTOR

Maria Consagra

-

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16309 ACTOR

John Mulrooney

-

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16315 ACTOR

Jason Everly

-

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16325 ACTOR

Claire Beckman

Born 1961

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16331 ACTOR

Tiny Brauer

1909 - 1990

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16338 ACTOR

Teri Keane

Born 1925

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16341 ACTOR

Colin Kane

Born 1979

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16360 ACTOR

Taryn Reif

Born 1976

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16377 ACTOR

Patricia Mauceri

Born 1950

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16389 ACTOR

Freja Lindström

Born 1985

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16399 ACTOR

Alice Fleming

1882 - 1952

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16408 ACTOR

Tess Frazer

-

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16418 ACTOR

Andrew Schulz

Born 1983

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16428 ACTOR

Laurie Mitchell

1928 - 2018

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16453 ACTOR

Jacquelyn Hyde

1931 - 1992

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16481 ACTOR

Al Rodrigo

Born 1960

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16496 ACTOR

Theo Kogan

Born 1969

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16500 ACTOR

Jocelyn Jones

Born 1950

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16513 ACTOR

Perla Aguiar

-

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16514 ACTOR

Richard Panebianco

Born 1971

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