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

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

president of the United States from 1933 to 1945 (1882–1945)

1882 - 1945

statesperson

Theodore Roosevelt

26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)

1858 - 1919

diaristconservationistscientific collector

Stanley Kubrick

American filmmaker (1928–1999)

1928 - 1999

film screenwriterproducermanufacturer

Walt Whitman

American poet, essayist and journalist (1819–1892)

1819 - 1892

essayistnovelistpublisher

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

president of the United States from 1837 to 1841

1782 - 1862

foreign ministerstatespersonPresident of the Republic

Carl Sagan

American astrophysicist, cosmologist and author (1934–1996)

1934 - 1996

science fiction writerplanetary scientistscience communicator

Millard Fillmore

president of the United States from 1850 to 1853

1800 - 1874

statespersonPresident of the Republicjurist

Milton Friedman

American economist and statistician (1912–2006)

1912 - 2006

essayiststatisticianuniversity teacher

Tupac Shakur

American rapper and actor (1971–1996)

1971 - 1996

activistfilm actortelevision actor

Robert Oppenheimer

American theoretical physicist, known as "father of the atomic bomb" (1904–1967)

1904 - 1967

theoretical physicistnuclear physicistscience administrator

Herman Melville

American writer and poet (1819–1891)

1819 - 1891

essayistart collectorlibrettist

William James

American philosopher, psychologist, and pragmatist (1842–1910)

1842 - 1910

philosopheruniversity teacherpsychologist

J. D. Salinger

American author (1919–2010)

1919 - 2010

novelistwriter

Humphrey Bogart

American actor (1899–1957)

1899 - 1957

film actornaval officerfilm producer

Arthur Miller

American playwright and essayist (1915–2005)

1915 - 2005

essayistprose writernovelist

Mae West

American actress, singer, screenwriter, and writer (1893–1980)

1893 - 1980

autobiographerfilm screenwriterfilm actor

Washington Irving

American writer, historian and diplomat (1783-1859)

1783 - 1859

essayistnovelistjournalist

Eugene O'Neill

American playwright (1888–1953)

1888 - 1953

playwrightwriterscreenwriter

Al Capone

American gangster (1899–1947)

1899 - 1947

gangster

Nancy Reagan

First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989

1921 - 2016

autobiographerfilm actortelevision actor

Rita Hayworth

American actress (1918–1987)

1918 - 1987

producertelevision actorfilm actor

Louise Glück

U.S. poet and Nobel laureate (1943–2023)

1943 - 2023

essayistpoetwriter

John D. Rockefeller

American industrialist and philanthropist (1839–1937)

1839 - 1937

philanthropistbankeraccountant

Lauren Bacall

American actress (1924–2014)

1924 - 2014

film actortelevision actormodel

George Carlin

American stand-up comedian (1937–2008)

1937 - 2008

film actorstand-up comedianhumorist

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

First Lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963

1929 - 1994

modeljournalistliterary editor

Kirk Douglas

American actor (1916–2020)

1916 - 2020

philanthropisttelevision actorfilm actor

Henry James

American and British writer (1843–1916)

1843 - 1916

short story writernovelistliterary critic

Stan Lee

American comic book writer, editor, publisher, and producer (1922–2018)

1922 - 2018

science fiction writercomics editorcomics writer

Steven Weinberg

American theoretical physicist (1933-2021)

1933 - 2021

theoretical physicistcosmologistuniversity teacher

Anthony Bourdain

American chef and television personality (1956-2018)

1956 - 2018

essayisttravelernovelist

Groucho Marx

American comedian (1890–1977)

1890 - 1977

television actorfilm actorradio personality

Anna Politkovskaya

Russian journalist (1958–2006)

1958 - 2006

peace activistactivistjournalist

Abraham Maslow

American psychologist (1908–1970)

1908 - 1970

university teacherpsychologist

Henry Miller

American novelist (1891–1980)

1891 - 1980

watercoloristessayistshort story writer

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

American actor (1967–2014)

1967 - 2014

film actortelevision actortheatre director

Murray Gell-Mann

American physicist (1929–2019)

1929 - 2019

theoretical physicistnon-fiction writerphysicist

Maria Meneghini Callas

American-Greek operatic soprano (1923–1977)

1923 - 1977

opera singeractor

Susan Sontag

American writer and filmmaker, professor, and activist (1933–2004)

1933 - 2004

women's rights activistessayistphilosopher

James Cagney

American actor and dancer (1899–1986)

1899 - 1986

trade unionisttelevision actorfilm actor

Carl Reiner

American actor

1922 - 2020

film actordirectorfilm producer

Jonas Salk

Jewish-American inventor of polio vaccine (1914–1995)

1914 - 1995

virologistimmunologistepidemiologist

Jeffrey Epstein

American sex offender and financier (1953–2019)

1953 - 2019

investment bankerhuman traffickerfinancier

Martin Landau

American actor (1928–2017)

1928 - 2017

film actortelevision actorfilm producer

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

American lawyer and jurist (1933–2020)

1933 - 2020

Member of the Constitutional Court of Austriajuristlawyer

Joan Rivers

American comedian, actress, and television host (1933–2014)

1933 - 2014

film actortelevision actordirector

Edith Wharton

American writer and designer (1862–1937)

1862 - 1937

novelistprose writerart historian

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