Biographical Records

Notable People from New York

17,567 notable figures born in New York, showing page 187 of 352, ranked by historical prominence.

Lenny Hart
American musician
1919 - 1974
percussionistmusician
Ralph Young
Ralph Young
American singer (1918-2008)
1918 - 2008
actor
Richard G. Stilwell
Richard G. Stilwell
US general
1917 - 1991
military personnel
Richard Collins
American producer, director and screenwriter (1914–2013)
1914 - 2013
manufacturerfilm producerfilm director
Ed Danowski
American football player and coach (1911–1997)
1911 - 1997
American football player
Eddie Dougherty
American jazz musician (1915–1994)
1915 - 1994
jazz musicianmusician
Eddie Shu
American swing and jazz multi-instrumentalist with high proficiency on tenor and alto saxophone, clarinet, trumpet, harmonica, and accordion
1918 - 1986
saxophonistjazz musicianmusician
Edith Anderson
American translator and journalist (1915-1999)
1915 - 1999
journalisttranslatorwriter
Sal Maglie
Sal Maglie
American baseball player and coach (1917-1992)
1917 - 1992
baseball player
Samuel S. Stratton
Samuel S. Stratton
American politician (1916-1990)
1916 - 1990
politician
Sara Little Turnbull
Sara Little Turnbull
American product designer (1917–2015)
1917 - 2015
designer
Seymour Durst
American real estate developer
1913 - 1995
patron of the artsbibliophilebusinessperson
Seymour Reit
writer, cartoonist
1918 - 2001
children's writercomics artistwriter
Tommy Holmes
Tommy Holmes
American baseball player, coach, manager (1917–2008)
1917 - 2008
baseball player
Vernon Keogh
Vernon Keogh
American World War II RAF pilot
1912 - 1941
air force officeraircraft pilot
Walter D. Knight
American physicist (1919–2000)
1919 - 2000
physicist
William Needles
William Needles
actor (1919-2016)
1919 - 2016
film actoractor
William Summer Johnson
American chemist
1913 - 1995
university teacherchemist
William T. Orr
American television producer (1917-2002)
1917 - 2002
film producertelevision produceractor
Herman D. Stein
American academic (1917-2009)
1917 - 2009
university teacher
Irv Novick
artist (1916–2004)
1916 - 2004
pencillerdraftspersoncomics artist
John Sinibaldi
cyclist (1913–2006)
1913 - 2006
sport cyclist
Jerome Weidman
American writer (1913-1998)
1913 - 1998
librettistnovelistplaywright
Pauline Koner
Pauline Koner
American dancer (1912-2001)
1912 - 2001
dancerchoreographerwriter
Lester Koenig
American screenwriter and music industry executive
1918 - 1977
record producer
Walter Schloss
American investor (1916-2012)
1916 - 2012
businessperson
J. Merrill Knapp
American musicologist (1914–1993)
1914 - 1993
musicologistuniversity teacher
Julian Blaustein
American film producer (1913–1995)
1913 - 1995
producerfilm produceruniversity teacher
Sheldon Mayer
American comic creator (1917-1991)
1917 - 1991
editorial assistantcomics artistwriter
Paul Tripp
Paul Tripp
American musician (1911–2002)
1911 - 2002
dub actorfilm actorvoice actor
Leo Cherne
Leo Cherne
American economist (1912–1999)
1912 - 1999
economist
Robert Lee Wolff
American historian
1915 - 1980
bibliophileliterary scholaruniversity teacher
Murray Golden
television director
1912 - 1991
television director
Rod E. Geiger
American film director and producer
1915 - 2000
film producerfilm director
Emily Genauer
American art critic
1911 - 2002
art collectorart criticjournalist
George Edward Lynch
Catholic bishop
1917 - 2003
Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Eugene M. Zuckert
Eugene M. Zuckert
US secretary of the Air force (1911-2000)
1911 - 2000
military officerlawyer
Sir John Leslie, 4th Baronet
Sir John Leslie, 4th Baronet
Anglo-Irish baron; WWII POW
1916 - 2016
military personnel
Sol Price
founder of FedMart and Price Club (1916-2009)
1916 - 2009
businesspersonlawyer
Stanley Prager
Stanley Prager
American actor, TV show producer, theatrical director (1917-1972)
1917 - 1972
theatre directortelevision directoractor
Stanley Rubin
American film and television producer (1917-2014)
1917 - 2014
producerfilm producertelevision producer
Yoichi Okamoto
Yoichi Okamoto
American photographer (1915–1985)
1915 - 1985
White House photographerdirectorphotojournalist
Harold Lindsell
evangelical scholar
1913 - 1998
editortheologian
Harvey Shapiro
American cellist (1911-2007)
1911 - 2007
cellistKammermusiker
Thomas Quinn Curtiss
American journalist (1915-2000)
1915 - 2000
film criticjournalistwriter
Florence Meyer
American photographer (1911-1962)
1911 - 1962
dancersocialiteactor
Si Zentner
Si Zentner
American jazzband leader (1917–2000)
1917 - 2000
jazz musiciantrombonistbandleader
Frank Kane
American writer and screenwriter (1912-1968)
1912 - 1968
writerscreenwriter
Nathalia Crane
Nathalia Crane
American writer
1913 - 1998
novelistpoetwriter
Fredric M. Frank
American screenwriter (1911-1977)
1911 - 1977
writerscreenwriter
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