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Notable People from New York

17,567 notable figures born in New York, showing page 10 of 352, ranked by historical prominence.

Franchot Tone
Franchot Tone
American actor (1905-1968)
1905 – 1968
producerfilm actortelevision actor
Grandma Moses
Grandma Moses
American painter (1860–1961)
1860 – 1961
embroidererpainterillustrator
Ira Gershwin
Ira Gershwin
American lyricist (1896–1983)
1896 – 1983
librettistlyricistsongwriter
Jonathan Netanyahu
Military officer and national hero of the State of Israel (1946–1976)
1946 – 1976
soldierparatroopermilitary officer
Helen Frankenthaler
Helen Frankenthaler
American painter (1928–2011)
1928 – 2011
lithographerdraftspersonprintmaker
Jake LaMotta
Jake LaMotta
American boxer (1922–2017)
1922 – 2017
autobiographerboxerfilm actor
Tom Lehrer
Tom Lehrer
American musician and mathematician (1928–2025)
1928 – 2025
theoretical physicistsatiristlyricist
Harold Arlen
Harold Arlen
American composer of popular music (1905-1986)
1905 – 1986
film producermusic arrangerfilm score composer
Paul Mazursky
Paul Mazursky
American film director, screenwriter, producer and actor (1930-2014)
1930 – 2014
autobiographerfilm actortelevision actor
Iris Apfel
Iris Apfel
American interior designer and fashion icon (1921–2024)
1921 – 2024
interior architectdesignermodel
Louis Comfort Tiffany
Louis Comfort Tiffany
American stained glass and jewelry designer (1848-1933)
1848 – 1933
designerjewelry designerglass artist
Manuela Gómez
Manuela Gómez
Empresaria, Chica reality (1989)
1897 – 1961
film actormodelfilm producer
Studs Terkel
Studs Terkel
American author, historian and broadcaster (1912-2008)
1912 – 2008
music journalistradio personalityjournalist
Zero Mostel
Zero Mostel
American actor (1915-1977)
1915 – 1977
film actortelevision actorvoice actor
Jan Sterling
Jan Sterling
American actress (1921–2004)
1921 – 2004
film actortelevision actorstage actor
Ed Lauter
Ed Lauter
American film and television actor (1938-2013)
1938 – 2013
film actortelevision actorstage actor
Vincent Schiavelli
Vincent Schiavelli
American actor (1948–2005)
1948 – 2005
film actortelevision actorvoice actor
Johnny Ramone
Johnny Ramone
American guitarist (1948–2004)
1948 – 2004
guitaristsongwritermusician
Ace Frehley
Ace Frehley
American guitarist (1951–2025)
1951 – 2025
rock musicianguitaristsongwriter
Vitas Gerulaitis
Vitas Gerulaitis
American tennis player (1954–1994)
1954 – 1994
tennis player
Matilda Joslyn Gage
Matilda Joslyn Gage
American abolitionist, writer
1826 – 1898
women's rights activistsuffragisteditor
Paul Strand
Paul Strand
American photographer (1890–1976)
1890 – 1976
film producerfilm directorcinematographer
Neilia Hunter
Neilia Hunter
American teacher and first wife of Joe Biden (1942–1972)
1942 – 1972
teacher
Peggy Guggenheim
Peggy Guggenheim
American art collector, art dealer, museum founder and socialite (1898–1979)
1898 – 1979
galleristpatron of the artsart collector
Chico Marx
Chico Marx
American comedian (1887–1961)
1887 – 1961
film actortelevision actorstage actor
Tony Sirico
Tony Sirico
American actor (1942–2022)
1942 – 2022
criminalactor
Henry Morgenthau Jr.
Henry Morgenthau Jr.
American politician (1891–1967)
1891 – 1967
finance ministereconomistpolitician
Richard Roundtree
Richard Roundtree
American actor and singer (1942–2023)
1942 – 2023
American football playerfilm actortelevision actor
Richard Avedon
Richard Avedon
American photographer (1923–2004)
1923 – 2004
fashion photographerdesignerphotographer
Nathanael West
American writer and screenwriter (1903–1940)
1903 – 1940
prose writernovelistplaywright
Lynn Conway
Lynn Conway
American computer scientist and electrical engineer (1938–2024)
1938 – 2024
university teacherelectrical engineerinventor
Charles Wilkes
Charles Wilkes
naval officer and explorer from the United States (1798-1877)
1798 – 1877
naval officerpolar explorerexplorer
Robert Lansing
Robert Lansing
American politician (1864-1928)
1864 – 1928
foreign ministerdiplomatjurist
Robert Montgomery
Robert Montgomery
American actor (1904-1981)
1904 – 1981
trade unionistmanufacturerfilm actor
William F. Buckley Jr.
William F. Buckley Jr.
American public intellectual, conservative author and political commentator (1925–2008)
1925 – 2008
novelistjournalisttelevision presenter
Estelle Getty
Estelle Getty
American actress (1923–2008)
1923 – 2008
film actortelevision actorstage actor
Ogden Nash
Ogden Nash
American poet (1902–1971)
1902 – 1971
poetwriterscreenwriter
Priscilla Cooper Tyler
Priscilla Cooper Tyler
First Lady of The United States from 1842 to 1844
1816 – 1889
actor
Alice Hamilton
Alice Hamilton
American physician and toxicologist (1869–1970)
1869 – 1970
pathologistbacteriologisttoxicologist
David McClelland
David McClelland
American psychologist (1917–1998)
1917 – 1998
university teacherpsychologistsociologist
Dick Clark
Dick Clark
American radio and television personality (1929–2012)
1929 – 2012
television personalitygame show hostpresenter
Morton Feldman
Morton Feldman
American composer (1926–1987)
1926 – 1987
dry cleanerfactory workeruniversity teacher
Susan Strasberg
Susan Strasberg
American film and stage actress (1938–1999)
1938 – 1999
film actortelevision actorstage actor
Robert Mapplethorpe
American photographer (1946–1989)
1946 – 1989
collagistart photographerfilm director
Jeanette Jerome
Jeanette Jerome
American-born British mother of Winston Churchill (1854–1921)
1854 – 1921
autobiographereditorsocialite
Walt Whitman Rostow
Walt Whitman Rostow
American economist, political theorist and government official (1916–2003)
1916 – 2003
political scientistuniversity teacherhistorian
Ruth Chatterton
Ruth Chatterton
American actress (1892–1961)
1892 – 1961
film actornovelisttelevision actor
Robert Mulligan
Robert Mulligan
American director (1925-2008)
1925 – 2008
film producerdirectorfilm director
Eric Carle
Eric Carle
American author and illustrator for children (1929–2021)
1929 – 2021
children's writerillustratorgraphic designer
Clement Greenberg
American essayist and visual art critic (1909-1994)
1909 – 1994
art theoristart collectorart critic
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