Biographical Records

Notable People from New York

17,567 notable figures born in New York, showing page 151 of 352, ranked by historical prominence.

Jean Rosenthal
Jean Rosenthal
American lighting designer (1912–1969)
1912 - 1969
scenographerlighting designer
Jesse Louis Lasky Jr.
Jesse Louis Lasky Jr.
American screenwriter, novelist, playwright and poet (1910–1988)
1910 - 1988
autobiographernovelistplaywright
Lee Davenport
Lee Davenport
American physicist (1915–2011)
1915 - 2011
physicist
Joseph Warren Stilwell, Jr.
Joseph Warren Stilwell, Jr.
Vietnam War United States Army Special Forces general (1912–1966)
1912 - 1966
military personnel
Judith Graham Pool
Doctor that discovered cryoprecipitation
1919 - 1975
physiologistphysician
Larry Eisenberg
Larry Eisenberg
American writer
1919 - 2018
science fiction writernovelist
Martin B. McKneally
Martin B. McKneally
American politician
1914 - 1992
politicianlawyer
Marty Glickman
American sports announcer (1917-2001)
1917 - 2001
athletics competitorsports commentator
Melvin Metcalfe, Sr.
sound engineer (1911-1977)
1911 - 1977
audio engineer
Mortimer Caplin
Mortimer Caplin
American tax attorney and Commissioner of Internal Revenue (1916-2019)
1916 - 2019
military officerlawyer
Paul Genge
Paul Genge
American actor (1913-1988)
1913 - 1988
actor
Peter Agostini
American sculptor and painter (1913-1993)
1913 - 1993
draftspersonsculptor
Gordon Heath
American actor and musician (1918-1991)
1918 - 1991
film actoractor
H. Stuart Hughes
American historian (1916–1999)
1916 - 1999
peace activisthistorianpolitician
Hal Mooney
American composer, arranger, bandleader (1911–1995)
1911 - 1995
bandleadermusiciancomposer
Huntington Hartford
Huntington Hartford
American businessman, philanthropists, film producer, art collector (1911-2008)
1911 - 2008
art collectorfilm producer
Jack Manning
Jack Manning
American actor, teacher and stage director (1916-2009)
1916 - 2009
television actortheatre directorschool teacher
Dorothy Woolfolk
American comic book editor (1913–2000)
1913 - 2000
comics writer
Edward John Harper
First Bishop of St. Thomas (1910-1990)
1910 - 1990
Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Edwin Broderick
Catholic bishop
1917 - 2006
Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Gabriel Dell
Gabriel Dell
American actor (1919-1988)
1919 - 1988
television actorstage actoractor
George W. Comstock
Public health physician, epidemiologist and educator
1915 - 2007
epidemiologistwriter
Sam Shaw
American photographer (1912-1999)
1912 - 1999
manufacturerdirectorfilm producer
Nathaniel Lubell
Fencer, artist (1916–2006)
1916 - 2006
fencerartist
Petey Scalzo
Petey Scalzo
American boxer (1917-1993)
1917 - 1993
boxer
Phil Terranova
American boxer (1919-2000)
1919 - 2000
boxer
Don Richardson
American television director (1918-1996)
1918 - 1996
television directoractor
Stuyvesant Wainwright
Stuyvesant Wainwright
United States Representative from New York (1921-2010)
1921 - 2010
politicianlawyer
David Sayre
American X-ray crystallographer (1924-2012)
1924 - 2012
crystallographeruniversity teachermathematician
Grace Renzi
Grace Renzi
American painter (1922–2011)
1922 - 2011
painter
Tobias Schneebaum
Tobias Schneebaum
American anthropologist (1922–2005)
1922 - 2005
anthropologistwriter
Bob MacKinnon
American baseball player and coach (1927-2015)
1927 - 2015
American football playerbaseball playerbasketball player
Arnold Brackman
Arnold Brackman
American journalist (1923–1983)
1923 - 1983
journalistwriter
Shadrach Woods
American architect (1923-1973)
1923 - 1973
architect
Ken Keller
American basketball player (1922–1983)
1922 - 1983
basketball player
James Lincoln Collier
Skilled musician and author
1928 - 2024
novelistchildren's writerjournalist
Jerome Ambro
Jerome Ambro
American politician (1928-1993)
1928 - 1993
politician
Frank Springer
cartoonist (1929–2009)
1929 - 2009
comics artistillustrator
Helen Keane
jazz record producer and artist manager (1923-1996)
1923 - 1996
talent managerrecord producer
Richard Barry Bernstein
American physical chemist (1923–1990)
1923 - 1990
university teacherchemist
Robert Stevens
American director (1920–1989)
1920 - 1989
film directortelevision director
John W. Wydler
John W. Wydler
American politician (1924-1987)
1924 - 1987
juristpoliticianlawyer
Charles J. Stewart
American actor (1923-2016)
1923 - 2016
television actoractor
Mario Gigante
American mobster
1923 - 2022
organized crime
Melvin J. Lasky
American journalist (1920–2004)
1920 - 2004
opinion journalistjournalisteditor
Charles McGregor
American actor (1922-1996)
1922 - 1996
actor
Chester Kallman
American poet and librettist (1921–1975)
1921 - 1975
librettisttranslatorpoet
Daniel Hoffman
American poet and essayist
1923 - 2013
university teacherpoet
Daniel Levinson
psychologist and one of the founders of the field of Positive Adult Development
1920 - 1994
university teacherpsychologist
Ernest Kinoy
American screenwriter
1925 - 2014
television writerfilm screenwritertelevision producer
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