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Natalie and Nadiya Anderson (born 1986) – twins, television personalities; contestants on The Amazing Race and winner of Survivor: San Juan del Sur

Charles Anthon (1797–1867) – classical scholar^[1]

Carmelo Anthony (born 1984) – basketball player

Marc Anthony (born 1968) – singer, actor

Judd Apatow (born 1967) – producer, director, comedian, actor and screenwriter

Fiona Apple (born 1977) – singer-songwriter

Jacob Appel – (born 1973), short story writer, bioethicist, born in New York City

Diane Arbus (1923–1971) – photographer

Nate Archibald (born 1948) – professional basketball player

Edward Arnold (1890–1956) – actor

Rosanna Arquette (born 1959) – actress

Kenneth J. Arrow (1921–2017) – economist; recipient, 1972 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

Beatrice Arthur (1922–2009) – actress

Marilyn Aschner (born 1948) – professional tennis player

William H. Aspinwall(1807–1875) – railroad promoter^[1]

John Jacob Astor III (1822–1890) – businessman, member of the Astor family

John Jacob Astor VI (1912–1992) – socialite and businessman, member of the Astor family

Vincent Astor (1891–1959) – businessman and philanthropist, member of the Astor family

William Backhouse Astor, Sr. (1792–1875) – businessman, member of the Astor family^[1]

William Backhouse Astor Jr. (1829–1892) – businessman, racehorse owner, and yachtsman, member of the Astor family

René Auberjonois (1940–2019) – actor

Jake T. Austin (born 1994) – actor, model, and writer

Awkwafina (Nora Lum, born 1988) – rapper and actress

AZ (born 1972) – rapper, former member of the rap group The Firm

Hank Azaria (born 1964) – actor

Arcángel (born 1985) - Rapper,Sing,Songwriter

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Edwin Burr Babbitt – actor

Morena Baccarin (born 1979) – Brazilian-born actress^[2]

Johnny Bach (1924–2016) – professional basketball player and coach

Emma Bailey (1910–1999) – auctioneer and author

William Bliss Baker – landscape artist

Azealia Banks (born 1991) – rapper, singer-songwriter, and actress

Lloyd Banks (born 1982) – rapper

Joseph Barbera (1911–2006) – animator, producer, director, MGM and co-founder of Hanna-Barbera

Moses Michael Levi Barrow (born Jamal Michael Barrow; 1978), better known by his stage name Shyne, Belizean rapper and politician

Bryan Bautista – Dominican-American musician, singer, and contestant

Earl Beecham – football player

Francesca Beghe

Harry Belafonte (1927-2023) – singer-songwriter, activist, actor

Bo Belinsky (1936–2001) – Major League Baseball player

Aisha Tandiwe Bell – mixed media artist

Tony Bennett – jazz singer and musician

Lillie Berg (1845–1896) – musician, musical educator

Moe Berg (1902–1972) – Major League Baseball player and spy

Milton Berle – comedian

Paul Berlenbach (1901–1985) – light heavyweight boxing champion, 1925–1926

Dellin Betances – Major League Baseball pitcher

Acid Betty – drag queen

Mario Biaggi (1917–2015) – decorated policeman and US Congressman

Bipolar Explorer – dreampop band

Raymond Ward Bissell – art historian

Mary J. Blige – singer

Joan Blondell – actress

Humphrey Bogart (1899–1957) – actor

A Boogie wit da Hoodie (born 1995) – rapper

William T. Bonniwell Jr. – Wisconsin and Minnesota politician

Joseph Borelli – politician, conservative commentator

Francis Bouillon – National Hockey League defenseman playing for the Nashville Predators

Kate Parker Scott Boyd (1836–1922) – artist, journalist, temperance worker

William Boylan (1869–1940) – first President of Brooklyn College

Barbara Boxer (born 1940) – U.S. Senator from California

James J. Braddock – boxer (aka "Cinderella Man")

Hermann Braun (1918–1945) – actor

Abigail Breslin – actress and musician

Jimmy Breslin – columnist

Spencer Breslin (born 1992) – actor and musician

Richard Bright (1937–2006) – actor

Eben Britton – football player

Matthew Broderick – actor and singer

Action Bronson – rapper

Mel Brooks (born 1926) – film director, screenwriter, actor

Helen Gilman Noyes Brown – philanthropist

Julia Brown – madam and prostitute

Larry Brown – basketball player and coach

Quincy Brown – actor

Tarell Brown (born 1985) – football player

Andrew Bryson (1822–1892) – United States Navy rear admiral

William F. Buckley Jr. – author and conservative commentator

Sidney Jonas Budnick – abstract artist

Daniel Bukantz (1917–2008) – four-time Olympic fencer

Robert John Burke (born 1960) – actor and firefighter

George Burns (1896–1996) – comedian

Steve Buscemi – actor

Benjamin Busch – U.S. Marine Lieutenant Colonel and actor

Barbara Bush (1925–2018) – wife of George H. W. Bush

Gene Byrnes – cartoonist

Michelle Borth – actress^[3]

Joey Badass – rapper

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Christopher Latore Wallace (The Notorious BIG) (1972–1997) – rapper

James Caan (1940–2022) – actor

Adolph Caesar (1933–1986) – actor

Leslie Cagan (born 1947) – activist and writer

James Cagney (1899–1986) – actor

Eddie Cahill (born 1978) – actor

Edward L. Cahn (1899–1963) – film director known for the Our Gang comedies

Sarth Calhoun – electronic musician

Joseph A. Califano (born 1931) – Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare

Maria Callas (1923–1977) – Greek-American opera singer

Cher Calvin (born 1974) – journalist

Richard Camacho – singer, musician, member of Latin music band CNCO, Dominican-origin

Christian Camargo – actor

Schuyler V. Cammann (1912–1991) – anthropologist

Chris Canty – football player

Jeimer Candelario – baseball player

William Mebarak Chadid (1931–present) – father of Shakira

Al Capone (1899–1947) – Prohibition gangster, boss of Chicago Outfit

Mae Capone (1897–1986) – wife of Al Capone

Capone (born 1976) – rapper

Francis Capra (born 1983) – actor

Jennifer Capriati (born 1976) – tennis player

Nestor Carbonell (born 1967) – actor

Irene Cara (born 1959) – singer-songwriter, dancer, actress

Cardi B (born 1992) – rapper

Benjamin Cardozo (1870–1938) – Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court

Michael A. Cardozo – Corporation Counsel

Hugh Carey (1919–2011) – Governor of New York

Timothy Carey (1929–1994) – actor

George Carlin (1937–2008) – comedian

Alan Carney (1909–1973) – actor, comedian

Caleb Carr (born 1955) – novelist, military historian

Eric Carr (1950–1991) – rock musician, songwriter

John Carradine (1906–1988) – actor

Julian Casablancas (born 1978) – lead singer of rock band The Strokes; musician

Colin Cassady (born 1986) – professional wrestler working for AEW

John Cassavetes (1929–1989) – actor

DJ Cassidy (born 1981) – DJ, record producer, MC

Richard S. Castellano (1933–1988) – actor

Luis Castillo – football player

Vinnie Caruana (born 1979) – musician, singer

Phoebe Cates (born 1963) – actress

Jose Ceballos – trade unionist, political campaign manager

Kai Cenat (born 2001) – YouTuber

Bennett Cerf (1898–1971) – publisher, TV personality

Billy Cesare (born 1955), American football player

Stanley Chais (1926–2010) – investment advisor in the Madoff investment scandal

Pauline Chalamet - actress

Timothée Chalamet – actor

Jeff Chandler (1918–1961) – actor

Frank Chanfrau (1824–1884) – actor

James S. C. Chao – Chinese-American entrepreneur, philanthropist

Harry Chapin (1942–1981) – singer-songwriter

Roz Chast – cartoonist

Paddy Chayefsky – author

Maury Chaykin – actor

Julie Chen – television personality

Edmund A. Chester – executive at CBS

Jennie Jerome Churchill (1854–1921) – mother of Winston Churchill

Hansol Vernon Chwe – singer (member of pop group Seventeen)

Peter Cincotti – singer-songwriter

Andre Cisco – NFL safety for the Jacksonville Jaguars

Robert Clohessy (born 1957) – actor

Evan Cole – CEO of H.D. Buttercup

Schuyler Colfax Jr. (1823–1885) – former Vice President of the United States

Margaret Colin – actress

Willie Colón – salsa musician, social activist

Jennifer Connelly (born 1970) – actress

Irv Constantine – football player

Evan Conti (born 1993) – American-Israeli basketball player and coach

Hugh E. Conway – labor economist

Terence Cooke (1921–1983) – seventh archbishop of New York

Anderson Cooper – television journalist

George H. Cooper (1821–1891) – United States Navy rear admiral^[4]

Shaun Cooper (born 1980) – rock musician, bassist

Lillian Copeland (1904–1964) - Olympic discus champion; set world records in discus, javelin, and shot put

Francis Ford Coppola (born 1939) – film director, screenwriter, and producer

Karla Cornejo Villavicencio – writer^[5]

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez – U.S. Representative

William R. Cosentini – mechanical engineer and founder of Cosentini Associates

Ann Coulter – conservative commentator, writer

Freddie Crawford – basketball player

Peter Criss (born 1945) – rock musician, songwriter

Billy Crystal (born 1948) – comedian, actor, director

George Cukor (1899–1983) – film director

Kieran Culkin (born 1982) – actor

Kit Culkin (born 1944) – actor

Macaulay Culkin (born 1980) – actor

Rory Culkin (born 1989) – actor

Jermaine Cunningham (born 1988) – football player

Andrew Cuomo (born 1957) – Governor of New York

Mario Cuomo (1932–2015) – Governor of New York

Quentin Curry (born 1972) – landscape painter

Valerie Curtin (born 1945) – actress, screenwriter

Tony Curtis (1925–2010) – actor

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Alexandra Daddario – actress

Matthew Daddario – actor

Chester Dale – banker

Charles Patrick Daly – judge

Robert Dalva – filmmaker, editor

Al D'Amato – politician

Claire Danes – actress

Rodney Dangerfield – comedian

Lloyd Daniels – basketball player

Ron Dante – singer-songwriter, record producer

Tony Danza – actor

Bobby Darin – singer-songwriter, entertainer, actor

Candy Darling actress and Warhol superstar

Jim David – comedian, actor, playwright

Larry David – actor, writer, comedian, producer

Pete Davidson – actor, comedian

Marion Davies – actress

Al "Bummy" Davis – boxer

Sammy Davis Jr. (1925–1990) – singer, entertainer

Dawin (full name Dawin Polanco) – hip hop-R&B singer, musician, record producer

Rosario Dawson – actress

Clarence Day (1874–1935) – author and humorist

Charlie Day – actor

Dorothy Day – Catholic social activist

Lillian Day – author and playwright

Hal de Becker – dancer and dance writer

Bill de Blasio – Mayor of New York City

Robert De Niro – actor

Éamon de Valera – Taoiseach (prime minister) and President of Ireland

Philip DeFranco – YouTuber and video blogger

Lana Del Rey

De La Ghetto(born 1984) - Singer, Rapper, Songwriter – model, singer-songwriter

Samuel R. Delany – author and critic

Don DeLillo – author

Aaron T. Demarest – carriage manufacturer

Travis Demeritte – MLB player

Derek Dennis – football player

Jerry Denny – Major League Baseball player^[6]

Desiigner – rapper

Willy DeVille (1950–2009) – singer

Kevin Devine – musician, songwriter

Artie Diamond – boxer

Neil Diamond – singer, composer

Mobb Deep – rappers

John DiBartolomeo (born 1991) – American-Israeli basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League

Vin Diesel – actor

Meg Donnelly – actress, singer, dancer

Vincent D'Onofrio – actor

Shaun Donovan (born 1966) – former US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and Director of the Office of Management and Budget, candidate in the 2021 New York City Democratic mayoral primary

Jim Dooley – composer

Irvin Dorfman (1924–2006) – tennis player

Phoebe Doty – prostitute and madam

Amanda Minnie Douglas (1831–1916) – writer

Kirk Douglas – actor

Robert Downey Jr. – actor, producer, singer

Ervin Drake – composer, producer, writer, musician

DreamDoll – rapper, singer, songwriter

Fran Drescher – actor

Julia Louis-Dreyfus – actress

Richard Dreyfuss – actor

Eric Drooker – artist, illustrator

Jim Drucker (born 1952/1953) – former Commissioner of the Continental Basketball Association, former Commissioner of the Arena Football League, and founder of NewKadia Comics

David Duchovny – actor

Patty Duke (1946–2016) – actress, activist for mental-health issues

Lena Dunham – actress, screenwriter, producer, director

Joseph Dunninger – mentalist

Bryant Dunston (born 1986) – American-Armenian basketball player

Richard Dupont – artist

Jimmy Durante (1893–1980) – actor and pianist

Paul Dano (born 1984) – actor

Jakob Dylan (born 1969) – singer

Griffin Dunne (born 1955) – film producer

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Dominique Easley (born 1992) – football player

Gertrude Ederle (1905–2003) – swimmer

Eddie Egan (1930–1995) – police detective

Gladys Egan (1900–1985) – child actress

Ned Eisenberg (1957–2022) – actor

Jesse Eisenberg (born 1983) – actor

Billy Eichner (born 1978) – actor

Ansel Elgort (born 1994) – actor, singer, dancer, DJ

Lapo Elkann (born 1977) – chief executive officer, Fiat

Bill Elko (born 1959) – football player

Margaret Dye Ellis (1845–1925) – social reformer, lobbyist

Albert Elsen (1927–1995) – art historian

Etika (1990–2019) – YouTuber, streamer

Mario Elie (born 1963) – basketball player

Duke Ellington (1899–1974) – jazz pianist

Abby Elliott (born 1987) – actress

Nora Ephron (1941–2012) – director, screenwriter, author

Omar Epps (born 1973) – actor

Theo Epstein (born 1973) – formerly the youngest general manager in MLB, currently President of Baseball Operations for the Chicago Cubs

Eru (born 1983) – singer

Elvis Crespo (born 1971) - Singer

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Peter Facinelli – actor

Douglas Fairbanks Jr. – actor

Edie Falco – actress

Jonah Falcon – actor and writer; achieved fame in early 2000s for his penis size

Jimmy Fallon – comedian

Doug E. Fresh – musician

Peter Falk – actor

Tali Farhadian – former federal prosecutor and current candidate for New York County District Attorney

Louis Farrakhan – leader of the Nation of Islam

Perry Farrell – musician

Alice Faye – actress

Charles Fazzino – pop artist

Harry Feldman (1919–1962) – Major League Baseball pitcher

Jack Feldman – lyricist

Morton Feldman – composer

Julissa Ferreras – New York City Council Member, Finance Committee chair

Richard Feynman – theoretical physicist; recipient 1965 Nobel Prize in Physics

Barbie Ferreira – actress (Euphoria)

Harvey Fierstein – actor and playwright

Hamilton Fish – Governor of New York and U.S. Secretary of State

Mickey Fisher (1904/05–1963) – basketball coach

Herbert Flam (1928–1980) – tennis player

Bobby Flay – chef

Waka Flocka Flame – rapper

Jeffrey Flier – Dean of Harvard Medical School

Kay Flock – rapper

Jane Fonda – actress

Peter Fonda – actor

Hector Fonseca – DJ

Malcolm Forbes – publisher

Davy Force – major league baseball player^[6]

Whitey Ford – pitcher for the New York Yankees

Adam Fox (born 1998) – professional ice hockey defenseman for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League

Anthony Franciosa – actor

David Frankel – film director

Al Franken – comedian and radio host, U.S. Senator from Minnesota

Michael Freeman – inventor, entrepreneur, author, and business consultant

Ace Frehley – guitarist

Milton Friedman – economist

Eric Fromm – tennis player

John Frusciante – musician, artist

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Luis García – baseball player

Gus Gardella – football player

Eliza Ann Gardner – Abolitionist

Art Garfunkel – singer-songwriter, actor

Lou Gehrig – baseball player

Sarah Michelle Gellar – actress

Natalie Gelman – singer/songwriter

Richard Genelle – actor

George Gershwin – composer

Ira Gershwin – lyricist

Tiffany Giardina – singer-songwriter

Marie George – actress and singer

Vitas Gerulaitis (1954-1994) – tennis player

Mel Gibson – American-born Australian/Irish actor and director

Justin Gignac – artist

Ruth Bader Ginsburg – Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court

Rabbi Issamar Ginzberg – business strategist, rabbi, motivational speaker

The GoStation – indie rock group^[7]

Rudolph Giuliani – former Mayor of New York City

Charles V. Glasco – New York City Police Sergeant, most well known for his efforts to rescue John William Warde in 1938^[8]

Jackie Gleason – comedian, actor

James Gleason – actor

Marco Glorious (born 1989) – television personality, actor, model, singer, and event host

Joel Glucksman (born 1949) – Olympic fencer

Whoopi Goldberg – comedian, actress, TV personality

William Goldberg – diamond dealer

Daniel S. Goldin – NASA director

Danielle Goldstein (born 1985) – American-Israeli show jumper

Leon M. Goldstein (died 1999) – President of Kingsborough Community College, and acting Chancellor of the City University of New York

Ben Goldwasser – member of the psychedelic-rock band MGMT

Minetta Good – painter and printmaker

Richard Goode – classical pianist

Cuba Gooding Jr. – actor

Cuba Gooding Sr. – singer

Jared Gordon – mixed martial artist

Joan Gould – author and journalist

Doris Kearns Goodwin – author

Leo Gorcey – film actor and comedian, leader of the Dead End Kids, East Side Kids, and Bowery Boys in several movies

Robert A. Gorman (born 1937) – law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School

Eydie Gorme – singer

Victor Gotbaum – labor leader

Gilbert Gottfried (1955-2022) – comedian and actor

Elliott Gould – actor

David C. Gowdey – politician

Topher Grace – actor

Sean Grande – television and radio sportscaster

Rocky Graziano (born Thomas Rocco Barbella) – boxer

Benny Green – pianist

Hank Greenberg – Hall of Fame baseball player

Alan Greenspan – economist, former Federal Reserve chairman

Sheila Greenwald – author

Adrian Grenier – actor

Bill Griffith – cartoonist (Zippy)^[9]

Melanie Griffith – actress

Alfred Grossman – writer and novelist

Bob Guccione – publisher

Peggy Guggenheim – art collector

Rajat Gupta (born 1948) – CEO of McKinsey & Company convicted of insider trading

Jim Gurfein (born 1961) – tennis player

Steve Guttenberg – actor

Maggie Gyllenhaal – actress

Joe Gatto – comedian

Milton H. Greene – fashion and celebrity photographer, film and television producer

Mamie Gummer – actress

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Adelaide Hall – jazz singer, Broadway star, actress

Huntz Hall – comedian, actor; co-starred in several Dead End Kids, East Side Kids and Bowery Boys movies

Jimmy Hall (born 1994) - basketball player in the Israeli National League

Mortimer Halpern – Broadway stage manager

Eddy Hamel (1902–1943) – Jewish-American soccer player for Dutch club AFC Ajax who was killed by the Nazis in Auschwitz concentration camp

Pete Hamill – journalist

Marvin Hamlisch – composer

Armand Hammer – industrialist and philanthropist

Oscar Hammerstein II – composer

Han Terra – polymath

Frank Hankinson – major league baseball player^[6]

Sean Hannity – television host, author, conservative political commentator

Nelson Harding (1879–1944) – editorial cartoonist

Edward W. Hardy (born 1992) – composer, musician and producer

Donald J. Harlin – Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Air Force

Lynn Harrell – cellist

W. Averell Harriman – diplomat and Governor of New York

Zelda Harris – actress

Maurice Harkless – NBA player

Anne Hathaway (born 1982) – actress

Marcia Haufrecht – actor, director, playwright

Maya Hawke (born 1998) – actress, singer-songwriter and model

Curt Hawkins – WWE wrestler

Patrick Joseph Hayes (1867–1938) – fifth archbishop of New York

Susan Hayward (1917–1975) – actress

Rita Hayworth – actress

Anthony Hecht – poet

Ladislav Hecht (1909–2004) – Czechoslovak-American tennis player

Carol Heiss – Olympic figure skater (silver 1956, gold 1960)

Joseph Heller – author

Alvin Hellerstein (born 1933) – U.S. federal judge

Lance Henriksen – actor

Brian Henson – puppeteer, director, producer

Bernard Herrmann (1911–1975) – composer

Elinore Morehouse Herrick (1895−1964) – labor–relations specialist

Susan Hendl (1947–2020) – ballet dancer and répétiteur

Robert Hess (1935–2014) – sculptor, art educator

Peter Cooper Hewitt (1861–1921) – inventor

William Hickey – actor

Logan Hicks – artist

Hildegarde – cabaret singer

Paris Hilton – socialite, actress

Gregory Hines – dancer and actor

Judd Hirsch (born 1935) – actor

Jack Hirschman (1933-2021) – poet and social activist

Camomile Hixon (born 1970) – visual artist

William E. Hoehle – member of the Wisconsin State Assembly

Robert Hofstadter, physicist and Nobel laureate

Eric Holtz (born 1965) – Head Coach of the Israel National Baseball Team

Megan Hollingshead (born 1968) – actress, singer, broadway star

Shaheen Holloway (born 1976) – basketball coach and former player, current head coach of the St. Peter's Peacocks

Lena Horne (1917–2010) – singer

Edward Everett Horton – actor

Curly Howard – actor of comedy team The Three Stooges

Moe Howard – actor of comedy team The Three Stooges

Shemp Howard – actor of comedy team The Three Stooges

Steny Hoyer (born 1939) – "U.S Representative from Maryland's 5th district, 1981–Present"

Tina Huang – actress

Jon Huertas – actor

Richard Hunt – puppeteer and television director

Tab Hunter (1931–2018) – actor

Cornelia Collins Hussey (1827–1902) – philanthropist, writer

Barbara Hutton (1912–1979) – socialite dubbed "Poor Little Rich Girl"

Sarah Hyland - actress and singer

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Scott Ian – guitarist for Anthrax

Carl Icahn – financier and a special advisor during the Trump administration

Tonya Ingram – author, poet, and disability rights activist

Washington Irving – author

John Isaac – photographer

Ice Spice – Rapper

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Wolfman Jack (also known as Robert Weston Smith; 1938–1995) – radio personality

Jane Jacobs (1916–2006) – economist, urban theorist, activist

Ken Jacobs (born 1933) – artist and filmmaker

Jack Jersawitz (1934–2012) – Marxist Activist and Television Host

Marc Jacobs (born 1963) – fashion designer

Henry James (1843–1916) – writer

William James (1842–1910) – philosopher and psychologist

Brenda Janowitz (born c. 1973) – writer and attorney

Jaiquawn Jarrett (born 1989) – football player

John Jay (1745–1829) – diplomat, jurist (including Chief Justice of the United States) and politician (including Governor of New York)

Jay-Z (born 1969) – businessperson and rapper

Karine Jean-Pierre – political campaign organizer

Derek Jeter – former baseball player

Charles Jenkins (born 1989) – basketball player

Max Jenkins (born 1985) – actor and writer

Ron Jeremy (born 1953) – pornographic actor, filmmaker, and comedian

Ty Jerome (born 1997) – professional basketball player

Jessi (born 1988) – rapper

Jipsta (John Patrick Masterson; born 1974) – rapper

MC Jin (born 1982) – rapper

Billy Joel (born 1949) – singer-songwriter

David Johansen (born 1950) – actor and singer-songwriter

Scarlett Johansson (born 1984) – actress, singer, and producer

Daymond John – entrepreneur

Crockett Johnson (1906–1975) – cartoonist and children's writer (Harold and the Purple Crayon)

Boris Johnson (born 1964) – British politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and former Mayor of London (2008–2016)

Norah Jones (born 1979) – singer-songwriter and actress

Jim Jones (born 1976) – rapper and record executive

Julia Jones-Pugliese (1909–1993) – national champion fencer and fencing coach

Michael Jordan (born 1963) – basketball player

Lazarus Joseph (1891–1966) – New York State Senator and New York City Comptroller

Colin Jost (born 1982) – comedian, actor, and writer

William Joyce (also known as Lord Haw-Haw; 1906–1946) – Nazi propaganda broadcaster

Spike Jonze (born 1969) – actor and filmmaker

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Elias Kane (1794-1835), served as the first Illinois Secretary of State from 1818-1822 and a United States Senator for Illinois from 1825-1835.^[10]

Qurrat Ann Kadwani (born 1981) – actress and playwright

Philip Mayer Kaiser (1913–2007) – U.S. diplomat

Bob Kaliban (1933–2020) – Actor, voice actor, and former president of SAG-AFTRA

Andy Kaufman (1949–1984) – comedian

Charlie Kaufman (born 1958) – screenwriter

Danny Kaye (1911–1987) – actor and comedian

Lenny Kaye (born 1946) – guitarist

Thomas Kean (born 1935) – Governor of New Jersey

Diane Keaton (born 1946) – actress

Harvey Keitel (born 1939) – actor

Bridget Kelly (born 1986) – singer

George Kennedy (1925–2016) – actor

Jacqueline Kennedy (1929–1994) – First Lady of the United States and editor

Max Kennedy (born 1965) – writer and lawyer

Tom Kenny (born 1962) - voice actor and comedian

Jerome Kern (1885–1945) – composer

Alicia Keys (born 1981) – singer-songwriter and actress

Robert Kibbee (1921–1982) – Chancellor of the City University of New York

Jimmy Kimmel (born 1967) – comedian and television talk-show host

Carole King (born 1942) – singer-songwriter

Larry King (1933–2021) – television talk-show and radio host

Morgana King (1930–2018) – singer and actress

Eddie Kingston (born 1981) – professional wrestler, currently signed with All Elite Wrestling

Keith Kinkaid (born 1989) – professional ice hockey player

Nancy Kissinger (born 1934) – philanthropist

Calvin Klein (born 1942) – fashion designer

Diana Kleiner (born 1947) – art historian

Christopher Knight – actor

John "Julius" Knight – music producer, DJ

Miss Ko (born 1985) – rapper

Ed Koch (1924–2013) – Mayor of New York City

E. L. Konigsburg (1930–2013) – writer

Peter Koo (born 1952) – politician and pharmacist

C. Everett Koop (1916–2013) – physician

Yaphet Kotto (1939–2021) – actor

Sandy Koufax (born 1935) – MLB pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, perfect game pitcher

Martin Kove – actor, known for The Karate Kid (franchise)asJohn KreeseinCobra Kai

Joey Kramer (born 1950) – drummer, Aerosmith

Lenny Kravitz (born 1964) – singer-songwriter

Barbara Kruger – feminist artist

Stanley Kubrick (1928–1999) – film director and screenwriter

Bruce Kulick (born 1953) – guitarist

William Kunstler (1919–1995) – lawyer

Tony Kushner (born 1956) – playwright and screenwriter

Allan Kwartler (1917–1998) – sabre and foil fencer, Pan American Games and Maccabiah Games champion

Ray Kurzweil (born 1947) – author, inventor, and futurist

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Lori Loughlin (born 1964) – actress

David LaChapelle – photographer

Lady Gaga – musician and actress

Fiorello La Guardia (1882–1947) – Mayor of New York City

Jesse Lacey – musician and singer

Bert Lahr (1895–1967) – actor and comedian

Veronica Lake – actress

Jake LaMotta – boxer

Burt Lancaster (1913–1994) – actor

Martin Landau – actor

Diane Lane (born 1965) – actress

Leo Laporte – founder/host of TWiT.tv

Floria Lasky (1923–2007) – theater world lawyer

Cyndi Lauper – singer

Casey LaBow – actress

Ralph Lauren – fashion designer

Emma Lazarus – author and poet

Steve Lawrence – singer and actor

Derek Lee – baseball player

Ivan Lee (born 1981) – Olympic saber fencer

Jeanette Lee (born 1971) – professional pool player

Stan Lee (1922–2018) – comic-book writer, editor, film executive producer, actor, and publisher for Marvel Comics

Madeleine L'Engle – author

Franz Leichter (1930–2023) – politician

Melissa Leo (born 1960) – actress

A. Leo Levin (1919–2015) – law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School

Huey Lewis – musician and singer

Joe E. Lewis (1902–1971) – comedian

Miranda Lichtenstein (born 1969) – artist

Roy Lichtenstein (1923–1997) – pop artist

Joe Lieberman – former long-time U.S. Senator from Connecticut (1989–2013); 2000 vice presidential nominee under Al Gore

Lil' Kim (Kimberly Denise Jones; born 1976) – actress and rapper

Lil Tjay (born 2001) – rapper

John Lindsay – Mayor of New York City

John Linnell – musician, one half of alternative rock duo They Might Be Giants

Laura Linney – actress

Liondub (Erik Weiss; born 1973) – DJ and record producer

Deborah Lipstadt – historian and author

Peggy Lipton – actress

Lisa Lisa (born 1966) – freestyle singer; fronted Cult Jam; born Lisa Velez

John Liu (born 1967) – politician, 43rd New York City Comptroller

Lucy Liu – actress

Robert R. Livingston – U.S. founding father and diplomat

Daniel Lobell – stand-up comedian and podcaster

Tommy Lockhart – inductee into Hockey Hall of Fame, and United States Hockey Hall of Fame^[11]^[12]

Robert Loggia – actor

Lindsay Lohan – actress and singer

Tina Louise – actress

Vince Lombardi – football coach

Mike Longabardi – assistant coach for the Atlanta Hawks

Ki Longfellow – novelist

Jennifer Lopez – singer and actress

Julia Louis-Dreyfus – actress

Willie Lozado – baseball player

Bennet Nathaniel "Nate" Lubell (1916–2006) – Olympic fencer

Edna Luby – Broadway and vaudeville performer

Lucky Luciano – gangster

Sid Luckman – football player and coach

Sidney Lumet (1924–2011) – film director, producer, and screenwriter

Frankie Lymon – singer

Carol Lynley – actress

Leslie Grace - Singer

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Lil Mabu – rapper

Alice Foote MacDougall (1867–1945) – coffee wholesaler, restaurateur, and business owner in the City^[13]

Ruth Madoff (born 1941) – wife of Bernie Madoff

Umber Majeed (born 1989) – visual artist

Lil Mama (born 1989) – rapper and actress

Sandro Mamukelashvili – professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs

Bernard Malamud – author

Melissa Manchester – singer

Barry Manilow – singer-songwriter

Mike Mansfield – Senator from Montana

Bruce Manson (born 1956) – tennis player

Stephon Marbury – professional basketball player

James Margolis (born 1936) – Olympic fencer

Rose Marie (Mazetta) – actress

Romany Malco (born 1968) – actor

John Marley (1907–1984) – actor

Dean Marlowe (born 1992) – safety for the Buffalo Bills

Constantine Maroulis – American Idol finalist

Ernest Martin – theatre director and manager

Melanie Martinez – singer-songwriter, actress, director, photographer, and screenwriter

Soraida Martinez – artist and designer

John Martino (born 1937) – actor^[14]^[15]

Sadie Martinot – singer, actress

Lee Marvin – actor

Chico Marx

Louis Marx Founder of Louis Marx and Company

Maelo Ruiz - Salsa Singer – member of the Marx Brothers

Groucho Marx – member of the Marx Brothers

Gummo Marx – member of the Marx Brothers

Harpo Marx – member of the Marx Brothers

Zeppo Marx – member of the Marx Brothers

James Maslow – actor and singer (raised in California)

John Massari – composer, sound designer

Ira Brad Matetsky (born 1962) – business litigation & real estate lawyer and prominent Wikipedian

Walter Matthau – actor

Loretta Mazza (born 1957) – Sammarinese politician, Mayor of Acquaviva (2009–2013)

Margherita Wood McCandlish (1892–1954) – American former First Lady of Guam. Born in New York City.

John McCloskey (1810–1885) – Cardinal Archbishop of New York, 1864–1885

Frank McCourt – author (raised in Ireland, returned later in life)

Malachy McCourt – author (raised in Ireland, returned later in life)

Allie McGuire – professional basketball player

Triston McKenzie – MLB pitcher

Kenneth McMillan (1932–1989) – actor

Andrea Mitchell – journalist, NBC News

Paul Meltsner – WPA-era painter and muralist

Bob Melvin (born 1961) – Major League Baseball player and manager

Dave Meltzer – pro wrestling journalist

Herman Melville (1819–1891) – author

Daniel Menaker (1941–2020) – writer and editor

Grace Meng (born 1975) – lawyer and politician, Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee

Yehudi Menuhin (1916–1999) – violinist

Idina Menzel (born 1971) – singer and actress

Ethel Merman (1908–1984) – singer and actress

Helen Merrill – jazz singer

Jenny B. Merrill (1854–1934) – educator, author

Robert Merrill (1917–2004) – singer

Stefano Miceli (1975) – pianist and conductor

Lea Michele – actress and singer

Vera Michelena (1885–1961) – actress, dancer, and singer

Alyssa Milano – actress

Sally Milgrim – fashion designer

Adeline Miller – prostitute and madam

Arthur Miller (1915–2005) – playwright

Marcus Miller – bassist and composer

Stephanie Mills – singer, former Broadway star

Andy Mineo – Christian rapper

Sal Mineo (1939–1976) – actor

Lin-Manuel Miranda – musical theatre writer and performer

John Joseph Mitty – Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco

Isaac Mizrahi – fashion designer

Aja Monet – poet

Eddie Money (1949–2019) – singer

Lenny Montana (1926–1992) – actor and professional wrestler^[16]^[17]

Mary Tyler Moore (1936–2017) – actress, producer

Melba Moore – actress, singer

Nancie Monelle (1841–1903) – physician, missionary

Tom Morello – guitarist

Henry Morgan – radio and television personality

Huey Morgan – musician, radio DJ, songwriter, television personality

Cathy Moriarty (born 1960) – actress

Gouverneur Morris – U.S. founding father; U.S. Senator

Zero Mostel – actor, comedian

Tommy Mottola – music executive

Maria Muldaur – folk and blues singer-songwriter

John Mulholland – documentary filmmaker, film historian

Gerry Mulligan – musician

Richard Mulligan – actor

Robert Mulligan – director

Thom Michael Mulligan – actor

Chris Mullin – basketball player

Charlie Murphy – actor, comedian

Chris Murphy – U.S. Senator from Connecticut since 2013

Eddie Murphy – actor, comedian

James Murray – comedian, actor, author

Yunus Musah – soccer player

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James M. Nack (1809–1879) – deaf and mute poet

Larry Nagler (born 1940) – tennis player, 1960 NCAA Tennis Singles Champion and Doubles Champion

Dominic Napolitano (1930–1981) – Mafia caporegime

Janet Napolitano (born 1957) – third US Secretary of Homeland Security

Nas (born 1973) – rapper, songwriter, and entrepreneur

Michael H. Nash (1946–2012) – labor historian, librarian, and archivist

Casey Neistat (Born 1981) filmmaker, producer, YouTuber

Tonie Nathan (1923–2014) – Libertarian Party political figure

Sarah Natochenny (born 1987) – voice actress

Lia Neal (born 1995) – Olympic swimmer^[18]

Oscar Neebe (1850–1916) – anarchist, labor activist, one of Haymarket bombing trial defendants

Howard Nemerov (1920–1991) – poet

Sylvester Nevins – politician

Sam Newfield (1899–1964) – film director

John Philip Newman (1826–1899) – Methodist bishop

Denise Nickerson (1957–2019) – actress

Harry Nilsson (1941–1994) – singer-songwriter

Cynthia Nixon (born 1966) – actress

Joakim Noah (born 1985) – NBA center for the New York Knicks

Jerry Nolan (1946–1992) – rock drummer

John Nolan (born 1978) – musician and singer

Charles Nordhoff (1830–1901) – journalist, descriptive and miscellaneous writer

Dagmar Nordstrom (1903–1976) – composer, pianist and singer; member of the cabaret singing duo the Nordstrom Sisters

Siggie Nordstrom (1893–1980) – actress, model and singer; member of the cabaret singing duo the Nordstrom Sisters

Ed Norris (born 1960) – radio host

Chris Noth (born 1954) – actor

Geoffrey Notkin (born 1961) – TV science educator

The Notorious B.I.G. (Christopher George Latore Wallace) – rapper

Carrie Nye (1936–2006) – actress

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Simon Oakland – actor

Jerry O'Connell – actor and television personality

Al Oerter (1935–2007) – four-time Olympic champion in discus throw

Kevin Ogletree – football player

Garrick Ohlsson (born 1948) – classical pianist

Keith Olbermann – television sportscaster and commentator

Jon Oliva – Savatage singer and keyboardist

Chris O'Loughlin (born 1967) – Olympic fencer

Eugene O'Neill – playwright

Paul O'Neill (1956–2017) – music composer and producer

Robert Oppenheimer – physicist; "father of the atomic bomb"

Jerry Orbach – actor

John Ortiz – actor

Lisa Ortiz (born 1974) – actress

Bill O'Reilly – former Fox News anchor

Lane Shi Otayonii – musician and interactive multimedia performer

Adam Ottavino – MLB pitcher for the Boston Red Sox

Rick Overton – actor and comedian

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P. Diddy (born 1969) – rapper, producer

Al Pacino (born 1940) – actor

Todd Phillips (born 1970) – filmmaker

Saul K. Padover (1905–1981) – historian

Alan J. Pakula (1928–1998) – film director, screenwriter, and producer

Fanny Purdy Palmer (1839–1923) – author, lecturer, activist

Joseph Papp – theater producer, impresario, founder of The Public Theater

Cheyenne Parker (born 1992) – WNBA player

Rob Parker – sportswriter, TV analyst

Lana Parrilla – actress

Pastel Ghost (Vivian Moon) – musician, singer, songwriter, and producer

Joe Paterno (1928–2012) – football coach

James Patterson – novelist

Sarah Paulson – actress

Josh Peck – actor

Jan Peerce (1904–1984) – opera tenor

Amanda Peet – actress

Richard Pelham – blackface performer

Claiborne Pell – Senator from Rhode Island

Caroline Pennell – singer-songwriter, musician, and contestant on NBC's The Voice season 5

Sam Perkins – basketball player

Alan Robert Pearlman (1925–2019) – engineer, synthesizer manufacturer (ARP Instruments, Inc.)

Bernadette Peters – actress, singer

Regis Philbin (1931–2020) – actor, entertainer, television personality, and former host of ABC's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (1999–2002) and Live! with Regis and Kelly (1983–2011)

Lip Pike – baseball player, four-time home-run champion^[6]

John Pleshette – actor

Suzanne Pleshette (1937–2008) – actress from Bob Newhart Show

Ethel McClellan Plummer (1888–1936) – artist

Christopher Poole – creator of websites 4chan and Canvas Networks

Pop Smoke (1999–2020) – rapper

Ted Post – movie and TV director

Neil Postman – author, cultural critic

Chaim Potok (1929–2002) – author

Bud Powell – jazz pianist

Colin Powell – U.S. Army general and U.S. Secretary of State

Gary Powell – drummer

Joshua Prager – physician

Priscilla Presley – actress

Prince Royce – singer-songwriter, actor

Tito Puente – bandleader

Mario Puzo – author

Paloma Mami - Singer

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Q-Tip – rapper

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Renee Rabinowitz (1934–2020) – psychologist and lawyer

Raekwon – rapper (Wu-tang Clan)

Bill Rafferty – comedian

Tubby Raskin (1902–1981) – basketball player and coach

Joey Ramone and Marky Ramone – punk-rock musicians

Michael Rapaport – actor, comedian, director

Ray Ratkowski – football player

Lihie Raz (born 2003) – American-born Israeli Olympic artistic gymnast

Remedy (born Ross Filler in 1972) – rapper

Ray Rice – football player

Melissa Rauch – actress and comedian

Amy Ryan – actress

Alan Reed (1907–1977) – actor

Lou Reed – rock musician, songwriter

Peter Revson (1939–1974) – race car driver

A$AP Rocky – rapper^[19]

Christopher Reeve (1952–2004) – actor

Carl Reiner – comedian, actor, director, author

Rob Reiner – actor and director

Paul Reiser – actor

Charlie Reiter (born 1988) – footballer

Ed Rendell – former Mayor of Philadelphia, Governor of Pennsylvania

Brandon Reilly – musician, guitarist, singer

Leah Remini – actress

Lana Del Rey – singer and songwriter

Bebe Rexha (born 1989) – singer-songwriter

Vincent Rey – football player

Ving Rhames – actor

Charles E. Rice – legal scholar, university professor

Buddy Rich – jazz drummer

Renée Richards (born 1934) – tennis player

Terry Richardson – fashion photographer

Kadary Richmond – college basketball player for the Seton Hall Pirates

Burton Richter – Nobel Prize-winning physicist

Don Rickles – comedian

Kathleen Ridder – women's equal rights activist, writer, educator, philanthropist^[20]

Robert Ridder – Ice hockey administrator and media mogul^[21]

Joel Rifkin – serial killer

Robin Riker – actress and book author

Thelma Ritter – actress

Joan Rivers (born Joan Alexandra Molinsky)(1933-2014)– comedian

Chris Rock – comedian and actor

Laurance Rockefeller – conservationist and philanthropist

Winthrop Rockefeller – Governor of Arkansas

Norman Rockwell – artist

Alex Rodriguez – baseball player

John Rogan – football player

Sonny Rollins – jazz saxophonist

Ray Romano – comedian and actor

Saoirse Ronan – American-born Irish actress^[22]

Igal Roodenko (1917–1991) – civil-rights activist, pacifist

Sean Rooks – basketball player and coach^[23]

Mickey Rooney – actor

Franklin Roosevelt – 32nd President of the United States

Eleanor Roosevelt – U.S. First Lady and human-rights activist

Theodore Roosevelt – 26th President of the United States

Ethel Greenglass Rosenberg – convicted spy

Beatrice Rosen – actress (raised in Paris)

Jeffrey Rosen – billionaire businessman

Robert Rosen (1934–1998) – theoretical biologist

Aaron "Rosy" Rosenberg (1912–1979) – two-time "All-American" college football player, and film and television producer

Julius Rosenberg – convicted spy

David H. Rosenbloom – author

Christopher Ross – sculptor, designer and collector

Nicole Ross (born 1989) – Olympic foil fencer

Emmy Rossum – actress

Veronica Roth – novelist

Mercedes Ruehl – actress

Vic Ruggiero – ska musician frontman of The Slackers

Louis Rukeyser – business columnist, economic commentator

Damien Russell – NFL player

Gianni Russo – actor, singer, and restaurateur^[24]

Art Rust Jr. – sportscaster

Remy Ma – rapper

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Carl Sagan – physicist and astronomer

Boris Said – NASCAR driver

J. D. Salinger – author

Jonas Salk – medical researcher

John Salley – basketball player

Jerry Saltz – art critic and art historian

Claudio Sanchez – musician

Bernie Sanders – politician, Senator from Vermont since 2007

Adam Sandler – actor, comedian

Jennifer San Marco – mass murder

Romeo Santos – singer-songwriter, actor, and record producer

Dennis Sarfate – professional baseball player

Dustin Satloff – entrepreneur

Francesco Scavullo – photographer

Dick Schaap – journalist

Jeremy Schaap – journalist

Vincent Schiavelli – actor and food writer

Harvey Schiller — sports and business executive

Lawrence Schiller — photojournalist and film producer

Leonard Schleifer – scientist and business executive

Julian Schnabel – artist and motion picture director

Mathieu Schneider – hockey player

Sandra Schnur – disability-rights activist

Andy Schor (born 1975) – member of the Michigan House of Representatives

Loretta Schrijver – Dutch television host

Rick Schroder – actor

Freddy Schuman (1925–2010) – superfan of the New York Yankees

Amy Schumer – actress and comedian

Chuck Schumer – Senator from New York since 1999; cousin of Amy Schumer

Julius Schwartz – comic book editor

Catherine Scorsese (1912–1997) – actress; mother of Martin Scorsese

Charles Scorsese (1913–1993) – actor; father of Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese (born 1942) – film director

Vin Scully – sportscaster

Malik Sealy – basketball player

Heriberto Seda (born 1967) – serial killer who copied The Zodiac Killer

Jon Seda – comedian

Barney Sedran (1891–1964) – Hall of Fame basketball player

Jerry Seinfeld – comedian and actor

Julius Seligson (1909–1987) – tennis player

Edward Selzer (1893–1970) – film producer, Warner Bros.

Maurice Sendak (1928–2012) – author and illustrator

Peter Senercia (Tazz) – radio personality, color commentator and retired professional wrestler

John Serry Sr. – accordionist, organist, composer, and arranger

Elizabeth Ann Seton – founder of Sisters of Charity; first native-born US citizen canonized

Cynthia Propper Seton (1926–1982) – novelist

Ruth Seymour (1935–2023) – broadcasting executive

Tupac Shakur (1971–1996) – rapper and actor

Gene Shalit – film critic

Frank Shannon – conservative political analyst, columnist, and candidate

Judy Shapiro-Ikenberry (born 1942) – long-distance runner

Artie Shaw (1910–2004) – bandleader

Leonard Shecter (1926–1974) – journalist and author

Judy Sheindlin ("Judge Judy") (born 1942) – judge and television personality

Art Sherman (born 1937) – horse trainer and jockey

Norm Sherry (1931–2021) – catcher, manager, and coach in Major League Baseball

Brooke Shields – actress and model

Kevin Shields – musician, member of the band My Bloody Valentine

Daniel Sickles – Civil War general

William James Sidis – mathematician, rumored to have had an IQ of 250

Bugsy Siegel – gangster

Jules Siegel – author

Maggie Siff – actress

George Silides (1922–2022) – politician and businessman, Alaska Senator

Beverly Sills (1929–2007) – opera singer

Lauren Silva – painter

Ron Silver – actor and radio show host

Robert Silverberg – author

Dean Silvers – film producer

Lindsay Sloane – actress

Alan Silvestri – film music composer

Carly Simon – singer-songwriter

Neil Simon – playwright

Richard L. Simon (1899–1960) – businessman and publisher

Kaseem Sinceno – football player

John Slidell – Senator from Louisiana and Confederate diplomat

Al Smith (1873–1944) – Governor of New York and presidential candidate

Russ Smith – basketball player

Will Smith (1981–2016) – former football player

Dee Snider – singer-songwriter; front man of the heavy metal band Twisted Sister

Phoebe Snow – singer-songwriter

James McCune Smith – abolitionist

Stephen Sondheim – musical theatre composer and lyricist

Aaron Sorkin – playwright and screenwriter

Sonia Sotomayor – United States Supreme Court Justice

Mickey Spillane – author

Eliot Spitzer – former Governor of New York

Howard Spira – gangster and gambler

Sylvester Stallone – actor, director, screenwriter

Sebastian Stan – actor

Paul Stanley – hard-rock guitarist, singer and songwriter

Barbara Stanwyck (1907–1990) – actress

Joe Start – Major League Baseball player^[6]

James Steen – football player

Peter Steele (singer and songwriter)

Jacob Steinmetz (born 2003) – baseball player^[25]

Howard Stern – radio and television host

John Stevens – delegate to Continental Congress for New Jersey

Andrew Stewart – player of gridiron football

Foley Stewart – musician

Jon Stewart – writer, producer, political satirist, actor, television personality, comedian, and former host of The Daily Show (1999–2015); born in New York City, raised in New Jersey

Julia Stiles – actress

Ben Stiller – actor and comedian

Henry L. Stimson – politician and diplomat

Oliver Stone – film director

Larry Storch – actor, comedian

Lee Strasberg (1901–1982) – Polish-born actor, director, and theatre practitioner

Susan Strasberg – actress

Robert Strassburg – composer, conductor, musicologist

James Strauch (1921–1998) – Olympic fencer

Barbra Streisand – singer and actress

Meryl Streep – actress

Scott Stringer (born 1960) – New York City Comptroller and Borough PresidentofManhattan

Jill Stuart – fashion designer

Big Sue – shopkeeper and underworld figure

Ed Sullivan (1901–1974) – television variety show host

Susan Sullivan – actress

B. J. Surhoff – MLB player

Rich Surhoff – MLB player

Kevin Sussman – actor

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Vic Tayback (1930–1990) – actor

Alma Tell (1898–1937) – stage and screen actress

Olive Tell (1894–1951) – stage and screen actress

Maurice Tempelsman (born 1929) – businessman

Veronica Taylor (born 1965) – actress Pokémon

Chloe Temtchine (born 1982/1983) – singer-songwriter

The Tenderloins (born 1976) – comedy troupe currently composed of Joseph "Joe" Gatto, James "Murr" Murray, Brian "Q" Quinn, and Salvatore "Sal" Vulcano

Studs Terkel (1912–2008) – author and historian

Milton Terris (1915–2002) – public health physician and epidemiologist

Roy M. Terry – Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Air Force

Vinny Testaverde – football player

Teyana Taylor – singer-songwriter, actress, dancer, choreographer, director and model

Irving Thalberg – film producer

Leon Thomas III – actor

Soren Thompson (born 1981) – two-time Olympic and team World Champion épée fencer

Johnny Thunders – rock musician

Gene Tierney (1920–1991) – actress

Harry Tietlebaum (born 1889) – organized crime figure

Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933) – artist

Matt Titus – professional matchmaker

James Toback (born 1944) – screenwriter and director

Isabella Tobias (born 1991) – ice dancer

Lola Todd (1904–1995) – silent film actress

Bill Todman (1916–1979) – game show producer

Michael Tolkin (born 1950) – filmmaker and novelist

Marisa Tomei (born 1964) – actress

Joe Torre – baseball player and manager

Douglas Townsend (1921–2012) – composer and musicologist

Michelle Trachtenberg – actress

Mary Travers – singer with Peter, Paul, and Mary

Payson J. Treat (1879–1972) – Japanologist^[26]

Alex Treves (1929–2020) – Italian-born American Olympic fencer

Bernard Trink (1931–2020) – columnist

Donald Trump – 45th President of the United States, businessman

Donald Trump Jr. – businessman

Eric Trump – businessman

Fred Trump – real estate developer and philanthropist

Ivanka Trump – businesswoman

Tiffany Trump – socialite

Barbara Tuchman (1912–1989) – historian; author

Richard Tucker (1913–1975) – opera tenor

Gene Tunney – 1926–28 heavyweight boxing champion

John V. Tunney – former U.S. Senator

John Turturro – actor and director

William Tweed (1823–1878) – politician

Liv Tyler – actress

Steven Tyler (born 1948) – singer, Aerosmith

Mike Tyson (born 1966) – boxer

Neil deGrasse Tyson – astronomer, science communicator

Tito Puente(1923–2000) - Salsa Singer

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Leslie Uggams – singer, actress

The Ultimate Warrior (born Jim Hellwig and also known as Warrior) – professional wrestler

Louis Untermeyer (1885–1977) – poet, anthologist, critic, and editor

Hikaru Utada – singer, musician

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Andrew Vachss – lawyer and author

Margaret Newton Van Cott – first woman to be licensed to preach in The Methodist Episcopal Church.

Cy Vance – New York County District Attorney (2014 to 2022)

Cornelius Vanderbilt – businessman

Idara Victor – actress

Tommy Victor – musician

Kia Vaughn (born 1987) – WNBA player

Robert Vaughn (1932–2016) – actor

George Vergara – NFL player

Abe Vigoda (1921–2016) – actor

Jennifer von Mayrhauser – costume designer

CoCo Vandeweghe – tennis player

Justyn Vicky (1990–2023) – bodybuilder

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Michael Wachter (born 1943) – professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School

Stanley M. Wagner (1932–2013) – rabbi and academic

Josh Waitzkin (born 1976) – chess player, martial arts competitor, and author

Christopher Walken – actor

Adam Walker – football player

Hezekiah Walker – bishop and gospel artist

Jimmy Walker (1881–1946) – Mayor of New York City

Kemba Walker – basketball player

Eli Wallach – actor

Donald A. Wallance – industrial designer^[27]

Fats Waller – jazz pianist

Rudolf Wanderone – professional pool player

Charles B. Wang (1944–2018) – businessman and philanthropist

Vera Wang – fashion designer

Bree Warren – model

Raees Warsi – poet, journalist, and social worker

Kerry Washington – actress

Damon Wayans – actor and producer

Dwayne Wayans – director, producer, and writer

Keenen Ivory Wayans – actor, director, producer, and writer

Kim Wayans – actress

Marlon Wayans – actor and producer

Nadia Wayans – actress

Shawn Wayans – actor and producer

Michael Weatherly – actor

Sigourney Weaver – actress

Brian Wecht (born 1975) – musician, producer for Ninja Sex Party and Starbomb, and member of Game Grumps

Steven Weinberg – Nobel Prize-winning physicist

Gabriel P. Weisberg – art historian

Malina Weissman (born 2003) – child actress

Tuesday Weld – actress

T. Tileston Wells, (1865–1946) – attorney and the Romanian Consul General

Sheck Wes (born 1998) – rapper

Leslie West – rock musician

Mae West (1893–1980) – actress

Nathanael West – author

Edith Wharton – author

Joss Whedon – writer, director, producer, and composer

Maggie Wheeler – actress

Sahvir Wheeler – basketball]] player

Billy Whitlock – blackface performer

Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney – sculptor and art patron

Edward W. Whitson – Wisconsin State Assemblyman

Kristen Wiig – actress, comedian, and writer

Matthew Wilder – singer and musician

Charles Wilkes – naval officer and explorer

Lenny Wilkens – basketball player and coach

Billy Dee Williams (born 1937) – actor

Vanessa L. Williams – singer and actress

Walter Winchell (1897–1972) – newspaper and radio gossip commentator

Harry Winitsky – political activist; founding member of the Communist Party USA

Dean Winters – actor

Mike Witteck – football player

Ira Wolfert (1908–1997) – war correspondent and writer

George Worth – born György Woittitz (1915–2006), Olympic medalist saber fencer

N'Bushe Wright - actress

James Hood Wright – businessman

Tanisha Wright (born 1983) – former WNBA player and current head coach of the Atlanta Dream

William H. H. Wroe – member of the Wisconsin State Assembly

Jason Wu – fashion designer

Charles Wuorinen – composer

Timothy Weah – soccer player

Willie Colón - Salsa Singer

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Izzy Yablok – football player

Tony Yayo – rapper

Burt Young – actor

Tony Young – actor

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William Zabka – actor known for his role as Johnny Lawrence in Cobra Kai
William Zinsser – writer, journalist, and professor
Charlotte Zucker (1921–2007) – actress

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William Adams – academic and clergyman; founder and president of the Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York; born in Connecticut^[1]

Samuel Adler – rabbi; born in Worms, Germany^[1]

Lisa Ann – pornographic actress, born in Pennsylvania.

Frederick Styles Agate – painter; born in England^[1]
Thomas Peter Akers – vice president of the gold board; born in Knox County, Ohio^[1]
Richard S. Aldrich – U.S. Representative from Rhode Island, practiced law in New York City^[28]
Jason Alexander – actor; born in Newark, New Jersey
Jennifer Aniston – actress; born in Sherman Oaks, California
Chester A. Arthur – U.S. president; born in Fairfield, Vermont
Isaac Asimov – author; born in Petrovichi, Russian SFSR
John Jacob Astor – first multimillionaire of U.S.; born in Germany

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Lucille Ball – comedian, actress, born in Jamestown, New York

Count Basie – jazz pianist and band leader, born in Red Bank, New Jersey

William Basinski – avant-garde composter, born in Austin, Texas

Laura Joyce Bell – contralto, wife of Digby Bell, born in London, England

Irving Berlin – composer, lyricist, born in Russia

Leonard Bernstein – conductor, born in Lawrence, Massachusetts

Lewis Black – comedian, born in Silver Spring, Maryland

C. L. Blood – physician^[29]

Michael Bloomberg – businessman and mayor, born in Boston, Massachusetts

Mary Booze – first African-American woman to sit on the Republican National Committee, 1924–1948; moved to New York from Mound Bayou, Mississippi

David Bowie – English musician, actor, artist, born in London, England

Marlon Brando Jr. – actor, born in Omaha, Nebraska

Brandy – singer, born in McComb, Mississippi

Lottie Briscoe – stage and silent film actress, born in St. Louis, Missouri

Tom Brokaw – television journalist, born in Webster, South Dakota

Orestes Brownson – writer, abolitionist, pro-labor reformer, Catholic apologist, born in Stockbridge, Vermont

David Byrne – musician, born in Dumbarton, Scotland

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Sid Caesar – comedian and actor, born in Yonkers

Antón Cabaleiro – visual artist born in Spain

Mariah Carey – singer, born in Huntington, New York

Wendy Carlos – musician, born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island

Stokely Carmichael – political activist, born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

Art Carney – actor, born in Mount Vernon, New York

Enrico Caruso – opera tenor, born in Naples, Italy

Willa Cather – author, born in Back Creek Valley, Virginia

Connie Chung – television journalist, born in Washington, D.C.

Madonna – singer-songwriter, actress, director, born in Bay City, Michigan

Dick Clark (1929-2012) – TV personality and producer, born in Mount Vernon, New York

Chelsea Clinton – daughter of President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, born in Little Rock, Arkansas

DeWitt Clinton – Senator and Governor of New York, born in Napanoch, New York

George M. Cohan – entertainer and songwriter, born in Providence, Rhode Island

J Cole – rapper, artist, born in Frankfurt, Germany

Anthony Comstock – reformer, born in New Canaan, Connecticut

Nanette Comstock – Broadway actress, born in Albany, New York

Bill Cosby – actor and comedian, born in Philadelphia

Billy Crawford – singer, born in Manila, Philippines

Fanny Crosby – hymn writer, born in Southeast, New York

Tom Cruise – actor, born in Syracuse, New York

Bill Cullen (1920-1990) – radio host, born in Pittsburgh

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Lorenzo Da Ponte – librettist to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and professor of Italian at Columbia University, born in Ceneda, Italy

Varina Banks Howell Davis (1826–1906) – wife of Confederate president, born in Mississippi

Sylvia Day – author, born in Los Angeles

Mike Dean – hip hop record producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, born in Houston

Mac DeMarco – singer-songwriter, born in Duncan, British Columbia, Canada

Thomas E. Dewey – Governor of New York

Vin Diesel – actor

Marlene Dietrich – actress, born in Berlin, Germany

Joe DiMaggio – baseball player, born in California

David Dinkins (1927-2020) – former Mayor of New York City, born in Trenton, New Jersey

George Washington Dixon – performer, newspaper editor

Kevin Durant – basketball player, born in Washington D.C.^[30]

Frederick Douglass – abolitionist, born in Cordova, Maryland

Francis P. Duffy – priest, World War I chaplain to 69th New York Infantry Regiment, born in Canada

Bob Dylan – singer-songwriter, born in Duluth, Minnesota

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Wilberforce Eames – bibliographer and librarian, born in Newark, New Jersey

Edward Egan – Cardinal Archbishop of New York, born in Oak Park, Illinois

Patrick Ewing – former NBA All-Star center, born in Jamaica^[31]

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Lee Falk – cartoonist, born in St. Louis

Barbara Feldon – writer and retired actress

Millard Fillmore – U.S. president, born in Summerhill, New York

Bobby Fischer – chess champion, born in Chicago

Ella Fitzgerald – jazz singer, born in Newport News, Virginia

Barthold Fles – Dutch-born literary agent

Jake Flores — comedian

Steve Forbes – publisher, born in Morristown, New Jersey

Heather Foster – Jamaican-born professional bodybuilder

Felix Frankfurter – Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, born in Vienna, Austria

Henry Clay Frick – businessman, born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

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Dave Gahan – Depeche Mode singer, born in Epping, Essex, United Kingdom

Alberta Gallatin – stage and screen actress, born in Cabell County, West Virginia

Greta Garbo – actress, born in Stockholm, Sweden

Dizzy Gillespie – jazz trumpet player, born in Cheraw, South Carolina

Miguel Gómez – photographer, born in Bogotá, Colombia

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Bobby Hackett – jazz musician, born in Providence, Rhode Island

Thomas S. Hamblin – actor, manager of the Bowery Theater

Alexander Hamilton – U.S. Founding Father, born in the West Indies

Townsend Harris – first U.S. diplomat in Japan, one of the founders of the City College of New York, born in Sandy Hill, New York

Mariska Hargitay (born 1964) – actress, born in Santa Monica, California

Randy Harrison (born 1977) – actor, born in New Hampshire and formerly of Alpharetta, Georgia

Deborah Harry – singer, actress, born in Union City, New Jersey

Francis L. Hawks – politician; priest, Episcopal Church; born in New Bern, North Carolina

Carlton Hayes – history professor at Columbia University, ambassador to Spain, born in Afton, New York

Ashton Hayward – former mayor of Pensacola, born in Pensacola, Florida

O. Henry – author, born in Greensboro, North Carolina

Tommy Hilfiger – fashion designer, born in Elmira, New York

Herman Hollerith – inventor, born in Buffalo, New York

Lester Holt – journalist and news anchor for the weekday edition of NBC Nightly News and Dateline NBC, born in San Francisco

Ian Hornak – realist painter, born in Philadelphia

Harry Houdini (1874–1926) – legendary illusionist and escape artist; born in Budapest, Hungary

Langston Hughes – poet, born in Joplin, Missouri

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Kyrie Irving – basketball player, born in Australia, grew up in New Jersey

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Janet Jackson – singer, born in Gary, Indiana

Jane Jacobs (1916–2006) – economist, urban theorist, and activist

JonTron – YouTuber, co-creator of Game Grumps, born in Rancho Palos Verdes, California

Kamara James – Olympic fencer, born in Kingston, Jamaica

Kevin James – actor, born in Mineola, New York

Peter Jennings – television journalist, born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Derek Jeter – baseball player, born in New Jersey

Paddy Johnson – art critic

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Gabriel Kahane – musician, born in Venice Beach, California

Tim Keller – speaker, pastor, born in Lehigh, Pennsylvania

Robert F. Kennedy – U.S. Attorney General and U.S. Senator, born in Brookline, Massachusetts

Tom Kennedy (1927-2020) – game show host

Jack Kerouac – writer most famously associated with the [Beat movement]

Kiesza (full name Kiesza Rae Ellestad) – musician, dancer, and multi-instrumentalist, born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Lisa Kudrow – actress, born in Encino, California

Howard Kyle – actor and founding member of Actors' Equity, born in Shullsburg, Wisconsin

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Kirke La Shelle – playwright and theatrical producer, born in Wyoming, Illinois

Lachi – singer-songwriter, born in Towson, Maryland

John Layfield – professional wrestler, born in Sweetwater, Texas

Heath Ledger – Australian actor

Amy Lee – singer, born in Riverside, California

Spike Lee – film director and actor, born in Atlanta

John Lennon – Singer, Songwriter, Activist. Lennon has a memorial in New York's Central Park. The memorial is named after The Beatles song Strawberry Fields Forever.

Pierre Lorillard IV – tobacco mogul, born in Westchester, New York

Mike Lupica – journalist, author, born in Oneida, New York

Fran Lebowitz – author and public speaker, born in Morristown, New Jersey