40.6978° N, 73.9995° W — 21,959 FAMOUS PEOPLE
NEW YORK CITY
Most Famous People Born in New York City, USA
A comprehensive ledger of notable people across arts, science, politics, sport, and public life.
Lawrence A. Cremin
1925 - 1990
Martin Davidson
Born 1939
Milton Diamond
Born 1934
Bill Owens (New York politician)
Born 1949
Anne Fadiman
Born 1953
Robert Daley
Born 1930
Thomas Vonn
Born 1975
Brian Conrad
Born 1970
Herbie Faye
1899 - 1980
Gwyneth Horder-Payton
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William Gropper
1897 - 1977
Tom Gugliotta
Born 1969
Jerel Blassingame
Born 1981
Stephen Dixon (author)
1936 - 2019
Jane Olivor
Born 1947
Elvis Nolasco
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Chester Alan Arthur II
1864 - 1937
Hallowell Davis
1896 - 1992
Lillias White
Born 1951
Kevin Hays
Born 1968
Delilah Cotto
Born 1970
Joseph Chaikin
1935 - 2003
Paul Calle
1928 - 2010
Roc Marciano
Born 1978
David Lewin
1933 - 2003
Ellen Weston
Born 1939
Robert LuPone
Born 1946
Lynne Littman
Born 1941
Richard G. Stern
1928 - 2013
Tim Mara
1887 - 1959
Raymond Kelly
Born 1941
Al Hansen
1927 - 1995
Maurice Auslander
1926 - 1994
Susan Warner
1819 - 1885
Ethan Cohn
Born 1979
Fred Wilson (financier)
Born 1961
Jerrold Meinwald
1927 - 2018
Izzy Young
1928 - 2019
Alice Howell
1888 - 1961
Whitney Warren
1864 - 1943
Michael Kazin
Born 1948
Max Bemis
Born 1984
Chris Kontos (musician)
Born 1968
Alex Corbisiero
Born 1988
Bob Adelman
1930 - 2016
Steve Shagan
1927 - 2015
Arthur Galston
1920 - 2008
Stephen A. Mitchell (psychologist)
1946 - 2000
Big Kap
1970 - 2016
Robert Dalva
Born 1942
Thomas Quinn Curtiss
1915 - 2000
Donald Baechler
Born 1956
Elizabeth Spelke
Born 1949
Miho Saeki
Born 1976
Richard Sale (director)
1911 - 1993
Benjamin Weiss
Born 1941
David Atlas
1924 - 2015
Jess McMahon
1882 - 1954
Justin Lo
Born 1976
Cory Henry
Born 1987
Margaret G. Kivelson
Born 1928
Irving Fields
1915 - 2016
Joel Fuhrman
Born 1953
Jimmy Baio
Born 1962
N.U. Unruh
Born 1957
Thomas Pasatieri
Born 1945
Chris Pavone
Born 1968
Larry Campbell (musician)
Born 1955
Carol Grace
1924 - 2003
Jimmy Urine
Born 1969
Ryan Rossiter
Born 1989
Raymond Thayer Birge
1887 - 1980
Stephen Blackehart
Born 1967
Tatiana Santo Domingo
Born 1983
Francis Bouillon
Born 1975
Martin Charnin
1934 - 2019
Sandy Stone (artist)
Born 1936
Gertrude Robinson
1890 - 1962
Brennan Manning
1934 - 2013
Elisabeth Sanxay Holding
1889 - 1955
Donald McKayle
1930 - 2018
Iyanla Vanzant
Born 1953
Michael Weller
Born 1942
Pico Alexander
Born 1991
George William Curtis
1824 - 1892
Robert Zimmer
Born 1947
Robert A. Parker
Born 1936
Peter Gordon (composer)
Born 1951
Tyrel Jackson Williams
Born 1997
Belle Baker
1893 - 1957
Sandy Bull
1941 - 2001
Martin Manulis
1915 - 2007
Erik Seidel
Born 1959
Michael McMahon
Born 1957
Denise Alexander
Born 1939
Alfred Sommer
Born 1942
William H. Webb
1816 - 1899
Nat Schachner
1895 - 1955
Ron Dante
Born 1945
Charles Jenkins Sr.
Born 1934
Craig Wayans
Born 1991
Kayla Maisonet
Born 1999
Joseph Moncure March
1899 - 1977
Beverly Michaels
1928 - 2007
Doretta Morrow
1928 - 1968
Michael Pressman
Born 1950
Michael Kremer
Born 1964
Roy Turk
1892 - 1934
Alfonso Negro
1915 - 1984
Franklin M. Fisher
1934 - 2019
J. Peter May
Born 1939
Edwin Ubiles
Born 1986
John Rutherfurd
1760 - 1840
David Goodstein
Born 1939
Joan Evans (actress)
Born 1934
Seymour Stein
Born 1942
George Horton
1859 - 1942
Joseph Colombo
1923 - 1978
Robert Wolke
Born 1928
Diesel Washington
Born 1976
Justin Zackham
Born 1980
Bob Frankston
Born 1949
Kenneth Casey
1899 - 1965
Eddie Dibbs
Born 1951
Billy Martin (percussionist)
Born 1962
Eleanor Hunt
1910 - 1981
Nora Guthrie
Born 1950
Melanie Iglesias
Born 1987
Frankie Grande
Born 1983
Rudy LaRusso
1937 - 2004
Harlan Lane
1936 - 2019
Jeremy Dodson
Born 1987
Howard Sackler
1929 - 1982
Vito LoGrasso
Born 1964
George Templeton Strong (composer)
1856 - 1948
Charles Waldstein
1856 - 1927
Ira Berlin
1941 - 2018
Martin Branner
1888 - 1970
Sidney Drew
1863 - 1919
Seymour Durst
1913 - 1995
Jonathan Friedman
Born 1946
John Waters (director born 1893)
1893 - 1965
Carleton Young
1905 - 1994
Robert Dick (flutist)
Born 1950
Nydia Westman
1902 - 1970
Reggie Nadelson
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Dave Rubin
Born 1976
Karen Berger
Born 1958
Jeff Lieberman
Born 1947
Sante D'Orazio
Born 1956
Bill Guttentag
Born 1958
Kerry Butler
Born 1971
David Alden
Born 1949
Robert Shapiro (chemist)
1935 - 2011
Bess Houdini
1876 - 1943
Les Moonves
Born 1949
Dick Bavetta
Born 1939
Arthur Berger (composer)
1912 - 2003
Tanisha Wright
Born 1983
Charles M. Stein
1920 - 2016
Baldwin Cooke
1888 - 1953
Josephine Hopper
1883 - 1967
Gary Glasberg
1966 - 2016
Ariana (actress)
Born 1958
Israel Scheffler
1923 - 2014
Violet Mersereau
1892 - 1975
Fred E. Ahlert
1892 - 1953
Josh Haden
Born 1968
Andrew Wisniewski
Born 1981
Aaron Wildavsky
1930 - 1993
Roberta Smith
Born 1947
Chris Henchy
Born 1964
Paul Vario
1914 - 1988
John Spike
Born 1951
Bob Turner (American politician)
Born 1941
Phideaux Xavier
Born 1963
Francis Edward Peters
Born 1927
Ricardo Greer
Born 1977
Sander Gilman
Born 1944
Yehudi Wyner
Born 1929
Howard Alexander Smith
1880 - 1966
James Alexander Hamilton
1788 - 1878
Aline Bernstein
1880 - 1955
Ed Benguiat
1927 - 2020
Art Lande
Born 1947
Elsa Baquerizo
Born 1987
Hex Hector
Born 1965
Edward Gargan
1902 - 1964
William Lederer
1912 - 2009
Charles Osgood
Born 1933
Charles Giordano
Born 1954
James P. Gordon
1928 - 2013
Edwin Schlossberg
Born 1945
Robert Eisner
1922 - 1998
Alexander Slidell Mackenzie
1803 - 1848
Don Troiani
Born 1949
John Watts de Peyster
1821 - 1907
Karen Briggs (musician)
Born 1963
Alan Hewitt
1915 - 1986
Peter Blauner
Born 1959
Beatrice Roberts
1905 - 1970
John Joseph (singer)
Born 1962
Alan Rafkin
1928 - 2001
Ray Lumpp
1923 - 2015
Cole Tucker
1953 - 2015
Louis Wolfson (writer)
Born 1931
Richard Liberty
1932 - 2000
Henry Scheffé
1907 - 1977
Irving Amen
1918 - 2011
Lee Mazzilli
Born 1955
Felix Bernard
1897 - 1944
Kristina Train
Born 1982
Willis Goldbeck
1898 - 1979
Michael Stuart
Born 1975
Alfred Appel
1934 - 2009
Esther Friesner
Born 1951
Potter Palmer
1826 - 1902
Bill Ward (cartoonist)
1919 - 1998
Ashima Shiraishi
Born 2001
Mort Dixon
1892 - 1956
Wallace Berman
1926 - 1976
David Lehman
Born 1948
Solomon Berson
1918 - 1972
Helen Deutsch
1906 - 1992
Walter McGrail
1888 - 1970
Jake Deckard
Born 1972
Irwin Yablans
Born 1934
Ascher H. Shapiro
1916 - 2004
Steve Burtt Sr.
Born 1962
William Kroll
1901 - 1980
James Marcus (American actor)
1867 - 1937
Alice Vanderbilt Morris
1874 - 1950
Terry Dehere
Born 1971
Charles King (musical actor)
1886 - 1944
Bill Miller (pianist)
1915 - 2006
John Cullen Murphy
1919 - 2004
Jerome Hellman
Born 1928
Edgar Scherick
1924 - 2002
Jack Shea (director)
1928 - 2013
Paul Junger Witt
1943 - 2018
Diego García Sayán
Born 1950
W. C. Heinz
1915 - 2008
Margot Stevenson
1912 - 2011
Schuyler Hamilton
1822 - 1903
Lester L. Wolff
Born 1919
Marty Morell
Born 1944
Freekey Zekey
Born 1975
Ursula Curtiss
1923 - 1984
Italia Coppola
1912 - 2004
Andrew J. Nathan
Born 1943
Joseph Cullman
1912 - 2004
Lady Starlight
Born 1975
Roger Lapham
1883 - 1966
Isabel Gillies
Born 1970
Julius La Rosa
1930 - 2016
Harvey Pitt
Born 1945
Ruth Rowland Nichols
1901 - 1960
Noel Madison
1897 - 1975
Dorothy Kingsley
1909 - 1997
Stephen Grossberg
Born 1939
Mark Ulano
Born 1954
iO Tillett Wright
Born 1985
James Morris Blaut
1927 - 2000
Art Modell
1925 - 2012
Willie Moretti
1894 - 1951
Joe Maneri
1927 - 2009
Samuel Blatchford
1820 - 1893
James McCune Smith
1813 - 1865
Donald Kennedy
1931 - 2020
George Edward Post
1838 - 1909
Irving Brecher
1914 - 2008
Jai Uttal
Born 1951
Al Harewood
1923 - 2014
Michael Musto
Born 1955
Marlyne Barrett
Born 1978
Adam Herz
Born 1972
Marshall Meyer
1930 - 1993
Vito Fossella
Born 1965
Ezio Flagello
1931 - 2009
Richard J. Collins
1914 - 2013
Samuel Irving Newhouse Jr.
1927 - 2017
Troy Caupain
Born 1995
Miriam T. Griffin
1935 - 2018
Doug Morris
Born 1938
Ron Yuan
Born 1973
Jeffrey Epstein
1953 - 2019
Paul Griffin (musician)
1937 - 2000
Heywood Hale Broun
1918 - 2001
Alan Sonfist
Born 1946
Grayson McCouch
Born 1968
Lawrence Hauben
1931 - 1985
Chester Gillette
1883 - 1908
Paul Kay
Born 1934
Joseph Smagorinsky
1924 - 2005
Helen Jerome Eddy
1897 - 1990
Neil Jenney
Born 1945
Lisa Ortiz
Born 1974
George Whelan Anderson Jr.
1906 - 1992
Gail Parent
Born 1940
John A. King
1788 - 1867