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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.
Peter Riegert
Born 1947
Peter T. King
Born 1944
Terence Winter
Born 1960
Edward MacDowell
1860 - 1908
John Lindsay
1921 - 2000
Leonard Maltin
Born 1950
Timothée Chalamet
Born 1995
Lauren Vélez
Born 1964
Phil Rizzuto
1917 - 2007
Isabel Sanford
1917 - 2004
Sam Robards
Born 1961
James Gray (director)
Born 1969
Harry Stack Sullivan
1892 - 1949
David Blaine
Born 1973
Robert Sapolsky
Born 1957
Howard Deutch
Born 1950
Howard Schultz
Born 1953
Peter Matthiessen
1927 - 2014
Andy Milonakis
Born 1976
James R. Schlesinger
1929 - 2014
John O'Keefe (neuroscientist)
Born 1939
W. S. Merwin
1927 - 2019
William Hickey (actor)
1927 - 1997
Marissa Jaret Winokur
Born 1973
David Halberstam
1934 - 2007
Francis Capra
Born 1983
Albert Salmi
1928 - 1990
Robert Lopez
Born 1975
Mimi Leder
Born 1952
Zach Galligan
Born 1964
Carol Lynley
1942 - 2019
Margaret Dumont
1882 - 1965
Keith Olbermann
Born 1959
Jiah Khan
1988 - 2013
Paul Weitz (filmmaker)
Born 1965
Charles Wilkes
1798 - 1877
Al Oerter
1936 - 2007
Carmine Appice
Born 1946
Janet Margolin
1943 - 1993
Richard E. Bellman
1920 - 1984
Ricky Steamboat
Born 1953
Peter DeLuise
Born 1966
Naomi Novik
Born 1973
Walter Murch
Born 1943
Eddie Money
1949 - 2019
Ted Demme
1963 - 2002
Barry Mann
Born 1939
Louis Ignarro
Born 1941
Marc Lawrence
1910 - 2005
Harry Warren
1893 - 1981
Ty Simpkins
Born 2001
John Kerr (actor)
1931 - 2013
Ruth Chatterton
1892 - 1961
Harold Prince
1928 - 2019
Mika Brzezinski
Born 1967
Raphael Sbarge
Born 1964
Vanessa del Rio
Born 1952
Harry Davenport (actor)
1866 - 1949
Estelle Harris
Born 1928
Clive Davis
Born 1932
Christina Onassis
1950 - 1988
Cecily von Ziegesar
Born 1970
Erica Leerhsen
Born 1976
Eddie Rabbitt
1941 - 1998
Lenny Wilkens
Born 1937
Scott Mechlowicz
Born 1981
Peter S. Beagle
Born 1939
George Segal (artist)
1924 - 2000
Scott Weinger
Born 1975
Ben Shenkman
Born 1968
Jurnee Smollett-Bell
Born 1986
Bob Mould
Born 1960
Peter Lamborn Wilson
Born 1945
Hank Greenberg
1911 - 1986
Tracey Gold
Born 1969
Colby O'Donis
Born 1989
John Ortiz
Born 1968
Colson Whitehead
Born 1969
Joshua Malina
Born 1966
John Corigliano
Born 1938
Stanley Miller
1930 - 2007
Louise Lasser
Born 1939
Elena Kagan
Born 1960
Lance Stephenson
Born 1990
Frank Marshall (chess player)
1877 - 1944
Kimora Lee Simmons
Born 1975
William Hopper
1915 - 1970
Talia Balsam
Born 1959
Josh Hamilton (actor)
Born 1969
Clarke Peters
Born 1952
Louis Sachar
Born 1954
Arthur O'Connell
1908 - 1981
Ronald Lauder
Born 1944
Nicole Sullivan
Born 1970
Roy Cohn
1927 - 1986
Albert Dekker
1905 - 1968
Robert Rubin
Born 1938
Daniella Alonso
Born 1978
Jorja Fox
Born 1968
Lisa Fischer
Born 1958
Jon Abrahams
Born 1977
Carol Gilligan
Born 1936
Bella Abzug
1920 - 1998
Connor Paolo
Born 1990
Anthony Weiner
Born 1964
Audrey Meadows
1922 - 1996
Harvey Kurtzman
1924 - 1993
Holt McCallany
Born 1963
Jerry Ferrara
Born 1979
Zak Penn
Born 1968
Sean S. Cunningham
Born 1941
Paul Morrissey
Born 1938
Mark Rydell
Born 1934
Marky Ramone
Born 1956
Jane Badler
Born 1953
Stanley Cohen (biochemist)
1922 - 2020
Geoffrey Arend
Born 1978
Julius Axelrod
1912 - 2004
Harry Guardino
1925 - 1995
Walter Winchell
1897 - 1972
Steve Stevens
Born 1959
Sara Rue
Born 1979
Joel-Peter Witkin
Born 1939
Sheldon Leonard
1907 - 1997
Phife Dawg
1970 - 2016
Peter Segal
Born 1962
Patty McCormack
Born 1945
Paul Dini
Born 1957
Noah Emmerich
Born 1965
Nicolas Jaar
Born 1990
J. Carrol Naish
1896 - 1973
Perrey Reeves
Born 1970
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
1884 - 1980
Richard Bright (actor)
1937 - 2006
Rochelle Aytes
Born 1976
Erik Estrada
Born 1949
George Wald
1906 - 1997
Joan Van Ark
Born 1943
Robert Iler
Born 1985
Joseph Campanella
1924 - 2018
Ronnie Spector
Born 1943
Janet Napolitano
Born 1957
Mickey Hart
Born 1943
Ad-Rock
Born 1966
Sean Price
1972 - 2015
Trini Alvarado
Born 1967
Susan Oliver
1932 - 1990
Lorraine Gary
Born 1937
Paul Greengard
1925 - 2019
Raymond Scott
1908 - 1994
Diana Barrymore
1921 - 1960
Cynthia Weil
Born 1940
Juelz Santana
Born 1982
Vitas Gerulaitis
1954 - 1994
Everett Sloane
1909 - 1965
Larry Brown (basketball)
Born 1940
Nicholas Pileggi
Born 1933
Eric Close
Born 1967
Gunther Schuller
1925 - 2015
Michael Weston
Born 1973
Paul Sweezy
1910 - 2004
Gene Saks
1921 - 2015
Alan King
1927 - 2004
Joyce Van Patten
Born 1934
Ezra Koenig
Born 1984
Michael Rockefeller
1938 - 1961
Eric Roth
Born 1945
James Dunn (actor)
1901 - 1967
David Silverman (animator)
Born 1957
Bebel Gilberto
Born 1966
Jeff Scott Soto
Born 1965
Theodore Edgar McCarrick
Born 1930
Garry Trudeau
Born 1948
Andres Serrano
Born 1950
Shafi Goldwasser
Born 1958
Madison Grant
1865 - 1937
Noah Hawley
Born 1967
John Mott
1865 - 1955
Mark Boal
Born 1973
Martin Kove
Born 1946
Aaron Russo
1943 - 2007
Maxwell (musician)
Born 1973
Robert W. Chambers
1865 - 1933
Kristen Anderson-Lopez
Born 1972
Rob Brown (actor)
Born 1984
Vince Edwards
1928 - 1996
Deborah Ann Woll
Born 1985
Martin Hellman
Born 1945
Joe Budden
Born 1980
Gordon Matta-Clark
1943 - 1978
Doris Duke
1912 - 1993
David Proval
Born 1942
Michael Brandon
Born 1945
Susanne Langer
1895 - 1985
Jeffrey C. Hall
Born 1945
Garry Winogrand
1928 - 1984
C. Everett Koop
1916 - 2013
Julia Alvarez
Born 1950
Jonathan Haidt
Born 1963
Gertrude Ederle
1905 - 2003
Reuben Fine
1914 - 1993
Robert Barro
Born 1944
Ray Barretto
1929 - 2006
William Beebe
1877 - 1962
Fyvush Finkel
1922 - 2016
Terry Melcher
1942 - 2004
Anita Louise
1915 - 1970
Dave Van Ronk
1936 - 2002
Stubby Kaye
1918 - 1997
Judy Sheindlin
Born 1942
David Brown (producer)
1916 - 2010
Vinny Appice
Born 1957
Melonie Diaz
Born 1984
Mike Mansfield
1903 - 2001
Consuelo Vanderbilt
1877 - 1964
John Buscema
1927 - 2002
Arthur Laurents
1917 - 2011
Joe Roth
Born 1948
Vonda Shepard
Born 1963
Alex Katz
Born 1927
Joey Fatone
Born 1977
Herbie Mann
1930 - 2003
Blackie Lawless
Born 1956
Erin Moriarty (actress)
Born 1994
Dinah Manoff
Born 1958
Frank Perry
1930 - 1995
Richard Wilbur
1921 - 2017
Whitey Ford
1928 - 2020
James Gleason
1882 - 1959
Ina Balin
1937 - 1990
William Safire
1929 - 2009
Karyn Kusama
Born 1968
Keith Gordon
Born 1961
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Born 1931
Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal
Born 1969
Wynton Kelly
1931 - 1971
David Frankel
Born 1959
William Zabka
Born 1965
Barry Commoner
1917 - 2012
Edward Brophy
1895 - 1960
Earl Boen
Born 1945
Jeanna Fine
Born 1964
Arthur Ashkin
1922 - 2020
Roma Maffia
Born 1955
Joy Behar
Born 1942
Jonah Bobo
Born 1997
Kevin Rudolf
Born 1983
Antonio Fargas
Born 1946
Arthur Godfrey
1903 - 1983
Richard Lewontin
Born 1929
Charles Berlitz
1914 - 2003
Maggie McNamara
1928 - 1978
John Fenn (chemist)
1917 - 2010
Joanna Russ
1937 - 2011
Christa Miller
Born 1964
Noah Beery Jr.
1913 - 1994
Michael Kahn (film editor)
Born 1935
Esai Morales
Born 1962
Atul Gawande
Born 1965
M. Scott Peck
1936 - 2005
Sanford Meisner
1905 - 1997
David Dorfman
Born 1993
Edward Platt
1916 - 1974
Leslie Uggams
Born 1943
John Holt (educator)
1923 - 1985
Elizabeth Monroe
1768 - 1830
Awkwafina
Born 1989
Jerry Herman
1931 - 2019
Paul Ben-Victor
Born 1965
Richard C. Sarafian
1930 - 2013
George Tobias
1901 - 1980
Lee Radziwill
1933 - 2019
Varian Fry
1907 - 1967
Lee Friedlander
Born 1934
Irving Kristol
1920 - 2009
Richard Axel
Born 1946
Karl Swenson
1908 - 1978
Bill Kristol
Born 1952
Daniel Sickles
1819 - 1914
Donald Keene
1922 - 2019
Harry Hammond Hess
1906 - 1969
John Giorno
1936 - 2019
Walter Block
Born 1941
Gerard K. O'Neill
1927 - 1992
Victor Rasuk
Born 1984
Rick Gonzalez
Born 1979
Matt McGorry
Born 1986
Dane Clark
1912 - 1998
Paul Winchell
1922 - 2005
Glen Cook
Born 1944
Gregory Crewdson
Born 1962
MC Lyte
Born 1970
Vera Wang
Born 1949
Michael Lembeck
Born 1948
Ann Dvorak
1911 - 1979
Otis Blackwell
1931 - 2002
Adelaide Hall
1901 - 1993
Clifford Irving
1930 - 2017
David Herman
Born 1967
Richard Jeni
1957 - 2007