Biographical Records

Notable People from New York

17,567 notable figures born in New York, showing page 13 of 352, ranked by historical prominence.

James J. Braddock
James J. Braddock
American boxer (1905-1974)
1905 – 1974
boxer
Paul Winchell
Paul Winchell
American actor (1922–2005)
1922 – 2005
ventriloquistdub actortelevision actor
Paul Rand
Paul Rand
American graphic designer (1914–1996)
1914 – 1996
designergraphic designerteacher
Nancy Carroll
Nancy Carroll
American actress (1903–1965)
1903 – 1965
film actortelevision actorstage actor
Vito Acconci
Vito Acconci
American designer, landscape architect, performance and installation artist (1940-2017)
1940 – 2017
visual artistlandscape architectillustrator
Lee Radziwill
Lee Radziwill
American socialite (1933–2019)
1933 – 2019
interior architecttelevision actorfashion designer
Bob Rafelson
Bob Rafelson
American film director (1933–2022)
1933 – 2022
film producerfilm directordirector
Maggie McNamara
Maggie McNamara
American actress (1928-1978)
1928 – 1978
film actortelevision actormodel
Mary Mapes Dodge
Mary Mapes Dodge
American children's writer (1831-1905)
1831 – 1905
novelistchildren's writereditor
George W. De Long
George W. De Long
American polar explorer (1844–1881)
1844 – 1881
explorernaval officermilitary officer
Chuck Connors
Chuck Connors
American athlete and actor (1921–1992)
1921 – 1992
philanthropistbaseball playerfilm actor
Carmen McRae
Carmen McRae
American jazz musician and actress (1922-1994)
1920 – 1994
jazz singerrecording artistjazz musician
Fanny Crosby
Fanny Crosby
19th century Christian hymnist
1820 – 1915
hymnwriterlibrettistmissionary
Robert Downey Sr.
Robert Downey Sr.
American filmmaker and actor (1936–2021)
1936 – 2021
manufacturerfilm actortelevision actor
Irving Baxter
Irving Baxter
athletics competitor
1876 – 1957
pole vaulterathletics competitor
Harry Stack Sullivan
American psychiatrist & psychoanalyst (1892-1949)
1892 – 1949
psychoanalystpsychiatrist
Liz Sheridan
American actress (1929–2022)
1929 – 2022
film actortelevision actordancer
Gordon Gould
Gordon Gould
American physicist and inventor (1920–2005)
1920 – 2005
university teacherinventorphysicist
Peter Matthiessen
Peter Matthiessen
American novelist (1927–2014)
1927 – 2014
novelisthistorianwriter
Ruth Teitelbaum
Ruth Teitelbaum
American computer programmer and mathematician
1924 – 1986
programmermathematicianengineer
Dan Gurney
Dan Gurney
American racing driver, constructor and team owner
1931 – 2018
Formula One driverracing automobile driverathlete
Ron Silver
Ron Silver
American actor and activist (1946-2009)
1946 – 2009
producerfilm actorblogger
Steven Bochco
Steven Bochco
American television writer and producer (1943–2018)
1943 – 2018
film producertelevision producerscreenwriter
Mary L. Cleave
Mary L. Cleave
American engineer and NASA astronaut (1947–2023)
1947 – 2023
engineerastronaut
Jonathan Larson
American composer and playwright (1960–1996)
1960 – 1996
librettistplaywrightcomposer
Big L
American rapper (1974–1999)
1974 – 1999
music executiverappermusician
Mary Arthur McElroy
Mary Arthur McElroy
First Lady of the United States (1841-1917)
1841 – 1917
politician
Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
US Army Medal of Honor recipient (1886–1944)
1887 – 1944
army officergovernorbusinessperson
Frederic Remington
Frederic Remington
American painter and sculptor (1861-1909)
1861 – 1909
paintersculptorillustrator
Emily Warren Roebling
Emily Warren Roebling
US civil engineer, helped complete the Brooklyn Bridge (1843-1903)
1843 – 1903
civil engineerforemanengineer
Dan Dailey
Dan Dailey
American actor, singer and dancer (1915–1978)
1915 – 1978
television actorfilm actordancer
Dolph Schayes
Dolph Schayes
American basketball player and coach (1928–2015)
1928 – 2015
basketball playerbasketball coach
Milton Glaser
Milton Glaser
American graphic designer (1929–2020)
1929 – 2020
graphic designer
Sylvia Rivera
Sylvia Rivera
American LGBT activist, transgender rights activist, and community worker (1951–2002)
1951 – 2002
LGBTQ rights activistwomen's rights activist
Cyril M. Kornbluth
American science fiction author (1923-1958)
1923 – 1958
short story writerscience fiction writernovelist
Louis Calhern
Louis Calhern
American stage and screen actor (1895-1956)
1895 – 1956
film actorstage actoractor
Richard Fleischer
Richard Fleischer
American film director (1916–2006)
1916 – 2006
directorfilm directorscreenwriter
William Daniels
William Daniels
American actor (born 1927)
1927
trade unionistfilm actortelevision actor
Sam Jaffe
Sam Jaffe
American actor, teacher, musician and engineer (1891-1984)
1891 – 1984
film actortelevision actorfilm producer
Irving Cummings
Irving Cummings
actor, film director (1888–1959)
1888 – 1959
film screenwriterproducerfilm producer
Charles Doolittle Walcott
Charles Doolittle Walcott
American paleontologist and 4th Secretary of the Smithsonian (1850-1927)
1850 – 1927
scientific collectormycologistbotanist
Hubert Selby Jr.
American writer (1928–2004)
1928 – 2004
film actornovelistwriter
A. E. Waite
A. E. Waite
British occultist mystic, poet and writer (1857–1942)
1857 – 1942
non-fiction writeroccultistopinion journalist
Henry Halleck
Henry Halleck
Union Army general (1815–1872)
1815 – 1872
scholarmilitary commandermajor general
Wolfgang Kapp
Wolfgang Kapp
Prussian civil servant and journalist. Nominal leader of the Kapp-Putsch (1858-1922)
1858 – 1922
beamterjuristpolitician
Paul Morrissey
Paul Morrissey
American film director (1938–2024)
1938 – 2024
film editordirectorfilm producer
Glenn Curtiss
Glenn Curtiss
American aviator and industrialist (1878-1930)
1878 – 1930
aircraft designersport cyclistracing automobile driver
L. Sprague de Camp
L. Sprague de Camp
American non- and speculative fiction writer
1907 – 2000
science fiction writeressayistnovelist
Edward Kasner
Edward Kasner
American mathematician (1878–1955)
1878 – 1955
university teachermathematician
Harold Brown
Harold Brown
U.S. Secretary of Defense (1927-2019)
1927 – 2019
physicistpolitician
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