Biographical Records

Notable People from New York

17,567 notable figures born in New York, showing page 1 of 352, ranked by historical prominence.

Donald Trump
Donald Trump
American businessman and politician (born 1946), President of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025)
1946
game show hostreal estate entrepreneurfilm producer
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
president of the United States from 1933 to 1945 (1882–1945)
1882 – 1945
statesperson
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
1858 – 1919
diaristconservationistscientific collector
Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick
American filmmaker (1928–1999)
1928 – 1999
film screenwriterproducermanufacturer
Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman
American poet, essayist and journalist (1819–1892)
1819 – 1892
essayistnovelistpublisher
Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt
American diplomat and activist, First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945 (1884–1962)
1884 – 1962
autobiographerpeace activistwomen's rights activist
Martin Van Buren
Martin Van Buren
president of the United States from 1837 to 1841
1782 – 1862
foreign ministerstatespersonPresident of the Republic
Carl Sagan
Carl Sagan
American astrophysicist, cosmologist and author (1934–1996)
1934 – 1996
science fiction writerplanetary scientistscience communicator
Millard Fillmore
Millard Fillmore
president of the United States from 1850 to 1853
1800 – 1874
statespersonPresident of the Republicjurist
Milton Friedman
Milton Friedman
American economist and statistician (1912–2006)
1912 – 2006
essayiststatisticianuniversity teacher
Tupac Shakur
Tupac Shakur
American rapper and actor (1971–1996)
1971 – 1996
activistfilm actortelevision actor
Robert Oppenheimer
Robert Oppenheimer
American theoretical physicist, known as "father of the atomic bomb" (1904–1967)
1904 – 1967
theoretical physicistnuclear physicistscience administrator
Herman Melville
Herman Melville
American writer and poet (1819–1891)
1819 – 1891
essayistart collectorlibrettist
William James
William James
American philosopher, psychologist, and pragmatist (1842–1910)
1842 – 1910
philosopheruniversity teacherpsychologist
J. D. Salinger
J. D. Salinger
American author (1919–2010)
1919 – 2010
novelistwriter
Humphrey Bogart
Humphrey Bogart
American actor (1899–1957)
1899 – 1957
film actornaval officerfilm producer
Arthur Miller
Arthur Miller
American playwright and essayist (1915–2005)
1915 – 2005
essayistprose writernovelist
Mae West
Mae West
American actress, singer, screenwriter, and writer (1893–1980)
1893 – 1980
autobiographerfilm screenwriterfilm actor
Washington Irving
Washington Irving
American writer, historian and diplomat (1783-1859)
1783 – 1859
essayistnovelistjournalist
Eugene O'Neill
Eugene O'Neill
American playwright (1888–1953)
1888 – 1953
playwrightwriterscreenwriter
Al Capone
Al Capone
American gangster (1899–1947)
1899 – 1947
gangster
Nancy Reagan
Nancy Reagan
First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989
1921 – 2016
autobiographerfilm actortelevision actor
Rita Hayworth
Rita Hayworth
American actress (1918–1987)
1918 – 1987
producertelevision actorfilm actor
Louise Glück
Louise Glück
U.S. poet and Nobel laureate (1943–2023)
1943 – 2023
essayistpoetwriter
John D. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
American industrialist and philanthropist (1839–1937)
1839 – 1937
philanthropistbankeraccountant
Lauren Bacall
Lauren Bacall
American actress (1924–2014)
1924 – 2014
film actortelevision actormodel
George Carlin
George Carlin
American stand-up comedian (1937–2008)
1937 – 2008
film actorstand-up comedianhumorist
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
First Lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963
1929 – 1994
modeljournalistliterary editor
Kirk Douglas
Kirk Douglas
American actor (1916–2020)
1916 – 2020
philanthropisttelevision actorfilm actor
Henry James
Henry James
American and British writer (1843–1916)
1843 – 1916
short story writernovelistliterary critic
Stan Lee
Stan Lee
American comic book writer, editor, publisher, and producer (1922–2018)
1922 – 2018
science fiction writercomics editorcomics writer
Steven Weinberg
Steven Weinberg
American theoretical physicist (1933-2021)
1933 – 2021
theoretical physicistcosmologistuniversity teacher
Anthony Bourdain
Anthony Bourdain
American chef and television personality (1956-2018)
1956 – 2018
essayisttravelernovelist
Groucho Marx
Groucho Marx
American comedian (1890–1977)
1890 – 1977
television actorfilm actorradio personality
Anna Politkovskaya
Anna Politkovskaya
Russian journalist (1958–2006)
1958 – 2006
peace activistactivistjournalist
Abraham Maslow
Abraham Maslow
American psychologist (1908–1970)
1908 – 1970
university teacherpsychologist
Henry Miller
Henry Miller
American novelist (1891–1980)
1891 – 1980
watercoloristessayistshort story writer
Dennis M. Ritchie
Dennis M. Ritchie
American computer scientist, co-inventor of the Unix operating system and the C programming language
1941 – 2011
programmermathematiciancomputer scientist
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Philip Seymour Hoffman
American actor (1967–2014)
1967 – 2014
film actortelevision actortheatre director
Murray Gell-Mann
Murray Gell-Mann
American physicist (1929–2019)
1929 – 2019
theoretical physicistnon-fiction writerphysicist
Maria Meneghini Callas
Maria Meneghini Callas
American-Greek operatic soprano (1923–1977)
1923 – 1977
opera singeractor
Susan Sontag
Susan Sontag
American writer and filmmaker, professor, and activist (1933–2004)
1933 – 2004
women's rights activistessayistphilosopher
James Cagney
James Cagney
American actor and dancer (1899–1986)
1899 – 1986
trade unionisttelevision actorfilm actor
Carl Reiner
Carl Reiner
American actor
1922 – 2020
film actordirectorfilm producer
Jonas Salk
Jonas Salk
Jewish-American inventor of polio vaccine (1914–1995)
1914 – 1995
virologistimmunologistepidemiologist
Jeffrey Epstein
Jeffrey Epstein
American sex offender and financier (1953–2019)
1953 – 2019
investment bankerhuman traffickerfinancier
Martin Landau
Martin Landau
American actor (1928–2017)
1928 – 2017
film actortelevision actorfilm producer
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
American lawyer and jurist (1933–2020)
1933 – 2020
Member of the Constitutional Court of Austriajuristlawyer
Joan Rivers
Joan Rivers
American comedian, actress, and television host (1933–2014)
1933 – 2014
film actortelevision actordirector
Edith Wharton
Edith Wharton
American writer and designer (1862–1937)
1862 – 1937
novelistprose writerart historian
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