Biographical Records

Notable People from New York

17,567 notable figures born in New York, showing page 100 of 352, ranked by historical prominence.

Walter Charles Robinson
Walter Charles Robinson
American actor (1873-1942)
1873 - 1942
actor
Brinsley Shaw
Brinsley Shaw
American actor and screenwriter (1876-1931)
1876 - 1931
film actorfilm directoractor
Gano Dunn
Gano Dunn
American academic administrator (1870-1953)
1870 - 1953
engineer
Hugo Ballin
Hugo Ballin
American artist (1879-1956)
1879 - 1956
scenographerfilm producerfilm director
Kingsley Benedict
Kingsley Benedict
actor (1878-1951)
1878 - 1951
actor
Fletcher Steele
American architect
1885 - 1971
landscape architectarchitect
Dorothy Kenyon
Dorothy Kenyon
American politician (1888–1972)
1888 - 1972
lawyerjudge
Florence Nash
Florence Nash
American actress (1888-1950)
1888 - 1950
film actorstage actorwriter
Frances Starr
Frances Starr
American actress (1881–1973)
1881 - 1973
television actorfilm actorstage actor
Ida Darling
Ida Darling
American actress (1880–1936)
1880 - 1936
film actorstage actoractor
Guy Pène du Bois
Guy Pène du Bois
American painter, critic and educator (1884-1958)
1884 - 1958
art criticgraphic artistpainter
Harry Garson
Harry Garson
American film director (1882–1938)
1882 - 1938
directorfilm directorfilm producer
Harry Semels
Harry Semels
American actor (1887–1946)
1887 - 1946
film actoractor
Elisabeth Irwin
American academic (1880-1942)
1880 - 1942
educatorpsychologist
George L. Cobb
George L. Cobb
American composer (1886–1942)
1886 - 1942
composer
Leonard Bacon
American poet, translator, and literary critic (1887–1954)
1887 - 1954
poetliterary criticuniversity teacher
Lillian Worth
Lillian Worth
American actress (1884-1952)
1884 - 1952
film actoractor
Louise Hammond Raymond
Louise Hammond Raymond
American tennis player (1886-1991)
1886 - 1991
tennis player
Marian Skinner
actress (1880-1963)
1880 - 1963
film actoractor
Philip Moeller
Theatre producer and director (1880-1958)
1880 - 1958
theatre directorfilm director
John Taber
John Taber
Member of the United States House of Representatives from New York (1880-1965)
1880 - 1965
politicianlawyerjudge
Joseph A. Burke
American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church; bishop of the Diocese of Buffalo, New York (1886–1962)
1886 - 1962
Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Mary Ryan
Mary Ryan
American actress (1885-1948)
1885 - 1948
film actorstage actoractor
Edna Luby
Edna Luby
American actress (1884-1928)
1884 - 1928
Ziegfeld girlstage actoractor
Nat Fleischer
Nat Fleischer
American writer and magazine founder (1887–1972)
1887 - 1972
boxerjournalisthistorian
Alberto Colombo
Alberto Colombo
American conductor (1888–1954)
1888 - 1954
music directorfilm score composerconductor
Albert T. Olmstead
American historian (1880–1945)
1880 - 1945
university teacherhistorian
Edward Laroque Tinker
American writer and philanthropist (1881–1968)
1881 - 1968
writer
Ethel Byrne
Ethel Byrne
American nurse
1883 - 1955
nurse
Walter Pach
Walter Pach
American artist, proselytizer for modern art (1883-1958)
1883 - 1958
art collectorart criticgraphic artist
Anthony Dimond
Anthony Dimond
American politician (1881-1953)
1881 - 1953
teacherpoliticianlawyer
Marguerite Bertsch
Marguerite Bertsch
American screenwriter and film director (1889–1967)
1889 - 1967
film directorscreenwriter
Millicent Hearst
Millicent Hearst
Vaudeville performer, socialite, philanthropist, and owner of Hearst Corporation (1882-1974)
1882 - 1974
actor
Theodore Willard Case
Theodore Willard Case
American physicist, inventor (1888–1944)
1888 - 1944
film directordirectorinventor
William Harrigan
William Harrigan
American actor (1894–1966)
1894 - 1966
actor
Stuart N. Lake
American writer (1889-1964)
1889 - 1964
biographerwriterscreenwriter
Waxey Gordon
Waxey Gordon
American mobster (1888–1952)
1888 - 1952
criminal
Arthur T. Hannett
Arthur T. Hannett
American politician (1884-1966)
1884 - 1966
juristgovernorpolitician
Herbert Pell
Herbert Pell
American politician (1884-1961)
1884 - 1961
diplomatpolitician
Chapman Grant
American zoologist, historian and publisher (1887-1983)
1887 - 1983
herpetologistscientific collectorpublisher
Mae Harrington
American supercentenarian
1889 - 2002
Bert Kalmar
American lyricist (1884-1947)
1884 - 1947
librettistlyricistsongwriter
Gustave Fitzhugh Touchard, Jr.
Gustave Fitzhugh Touchard, Jr.
American tennis player (1888-1918)
1888 - 1918
tennis player
John Stone
(1888-1961) film producer
1888 - 1961
film producerscreenwriter
John Arnold
John Arnold
American cinematographer (1889–1964)
1889 - 1964
cinematographer
Witter Bynner
Witter Bynner
American poet, writer and scholar (1881-1968)
1881 - 1968
linguisttranslatorpoet
Abbie Mitchell
Abbie Mitchell
American soprano opera singer (1884–1960)
1884 - 1960
opera singerstage actoruniversity teacher
Albert Herman
American actor, screenwriter and film director (1887–1958)
1887 - 1958
film actorfilm producerfilm director
Carroll John Daly
American writer
1889 - 1958
novelistauthorwriter
Ruth Draper
Ruth Draper
American actress (1884-1954)
1884 - 1956
stage actortranslatorplaywright
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