Biographical Records

Notable People from New York

17,567 notable figures born in New York, showing page 230 of 352, ranked by historical prominence.

Anna Rochester
Anna Rochester
American activist
1880 - 1966
historianeconomistwriter
John F. Curry
John F. Curry
American general (1886-1973)
1886 - 1973
military personnel
Langley Collyer
American compulsive hoarder
1885 - 1947
pianist
Gemma La Guardia Gluck
Gemma La Guardia Gluck
American writer (1881-1962)
1881 - 1962
writer
Irma Lindheim
Irma Lindheim
American writer (1886-1978)
1886 - 1978
politicianwriter
Carolyn Mase
American painter
1880 - 1949
painter
Helen Morgenthau Fox
Helen Morgenthau Fox
American botanist and author (1884–1974)
1884 - 1974
botanical collectorbotanistwriter
M. B. Banks
M. B. Banks
American college football coach, college basketball coach, college baseball coach, college athletics administrator (1883-1970)
1883 - 1970
American football coachAmerican football playerbaseball player
Harry J. Malony
Harry J. Malony
U.S. Army major general (1889–1971)
1889 - 1971
military personnel
Jessie Sampter
Jessie Sampter
American zionist
1883 - 1938
zionistpoetwriter
Eugene Speicher
Eugene Speicher
American artist (1883-1962)
1883 - 1962
draftspersonpainter
Harold Vermilyea
American actor (1889-1958)
1889 - 1958
actor
Carola Woerishoffer
Carola Woerishoffer
American labor activist and settlement worker
1885 - 1911
philanthropisttrade unionistsocial worker
Robert Wilson Goelet
Robert Wilson Goelet
American real estate developer
1880 - 1966
businessperson
Margaret Hayden Rorke
Margaret Hayden Rorke
American color expert (1883-1969)
1883 - 1969
suffragiststage actoractor
Robert Evans
American racing driver
1889 - 1971
racing automobile driverracing driverengineer
Richard Alfred Rossiter
American astronomer (1886–1977)
1886 - 1977
astronomer
Burnet Tuthill
American conductor and musicologist (1888-1982)
1888 - 1982
musicologistmusicianclarinetist
Jack Haskell
Jack Haskell
American choreographer (1886-1963)
1886 - 1963
film directorchoreographer
Leo Frederick Rayfiel
Leo Frederick Rayfiel
American politician (1888–1978)
1888 - 1978
politicianlawyerjudge
Bill Bird
Bill Bird
American journalist
1889 - 1963
journalist
Charles Harwood
American politician (1880-1950)
1880 - 1950
juristgovernorpolitician
Chester A. Lyons
Chester A. Lyons
American film director and cinematographer (1885–1936)
1885 - 1936
film directorcinematographer
Clara Gold
Clara Gold
American actress and recording artist (1888-1946)
1888 - 1946
recording artistactor
James Rosenberger
James Rosenberger
American sprinter (1887–1946)
1887 - 1946
athletics competitor
Al Burch
Al Burch
American baseball player (1883-1926)
1883 - 1926
baseball player
Albert C. Cohn
American judge (1885–1959)
1885 - 1959
lawyerjudge
Albert Howson
American actor (1881-1960)
1881 - 1960
stage actoractorscreenwriter
Alfred Conkling Coxe Jr.
Alfred Conkling Coxe Jr.
United States federal judge (1880–1957)
1880 - 1957
lawyerjudge
Ambrose O'Connell
American judge
1881 - 1962
lawyerjudge
Babe Danzig
Babe Danzig
American baseball player
1887 - 1931
baseball player
Buck Miles
Player of American Football (1888-1954)
1888 - 1954
American football player
Beatrice Forbes, Countess of Granard
Beatrice Forbes, Countess of Granard
American heiress
1883 - 1972
socialite
Ben Egan
Ben Egan
American baseball player
1883 - 1968
baseball player
Dwight Franklin
American artist, taxidermist, naturalist, museum curator (1888-1971)
1888 - 1971
costume designernaturalist
Elisabeth Martini
American architect
1886 - 1984
architect
Edith Claire Bryce
Edith Claire Bryce
American pacifist
1880 - 1960
peace activist
Charles Ulrick Bay
Charles Ulrick Bay
American diplomat
1888 - 1955
diplomat
Henry Cushier Raven
American zoologist
1889 - 1944
scientific collectoranatomistzoologist
Talbot Hamlin
Talbot Hamlin
American architect, professor, and librarian
1889 - 1956
historianprofessorlibrarian
Rose G. Jacobs
Rose G. Jacobs
was a founding member and two-term president of Hadassah Women's Zionist Organization of America.
1888 - 1975
William Kramer
American long-distance runner (1884-1964)
1884 - 1964
long-distance runner
Pell Trenton
Pell Trenton
American actor (1883-1924)
1883 - 1924
film actor
Benjamin Sherman
American athletics competitor
1881
athletics competitor
Ogden Mills Reid
Ogden Mills Reid
American newspaper publisher who was president of the New York Herald Tribune
1882 - 1947
publisher
Coretti Arle Titz
Coretti Arle Titz
American singer
1881 - 1951
film actoropera singerdancer
Herbert Spencer Jackson
North American mycologist (1883–1951)
1883 - 1951
mycologistbotanistbotanical collector
Robert Milasch
American actor (1885-1954)
1885 - 1954
stage actorfilm actoractor
Gertrude Vanderbilt
Gertrude Vanderbilt
American stage actress (1885-1960)
1885 - 1960
dancerZiegfeld girlactor
Mabel Frenyear
Mabel Frenyear
American actress
1880
actor
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