Biographical Records

Notable People from New York

17,567 notable figures born in New York, showing page 253 of 352, ranked by historical prominence.

Mel Ferber
Television producer and director (1922–2003)
1922 - 2003
television directortelevision producer
Daniel Edelman
American public relations executive (1920-2013)
1920 - 2013
businessperson
Norma Barzman
American screenwriter (1920–2023)
1920 - 2023
writerscreenwriter
Helen L. Koss
four-term member of the Maryland House of Delegates (1922-2008)
1922 - 2008
politician
Raymond Jacobs
American photographer, filmmaker, and businessman (1923–1993)
1923 - 1993
filmmakerbusinesspersonphotographer
Fritzi Jane Courtney
American actress
1923 - 2012
film actortelevision actorstage actor
Andrew Geller
American architect (1924-2011)
1924 - 2011
architect
Francis E. Dec
Francis E. Dec
American outsider writer (1926–1996)
1926 - 1996
lawyer
Oscar Seborer
Soviet atomic spy on Manhattan Project
1921 - 2015
electrical engineer
Margaret Ahern
American cartoonist
1921 - 1999
cartoonistillustratoranimator
Vivian Cherry
American art photographer (1920-2019)
1920 - 2019
artistphotographer
Melvin Cohn
US biochemist and microbiologist
1922 - 2018
immunologistmicrobiologistbiochemist
Harry W. Anderson
American businessman
1922 - 2018
philanthropistart collectorhistorian
Pauline Menes
American politician (1924-2009)
1924 - 2009
substitute teachergeographereconomist
Benjamin Bederson
Benjamin Bederson
American physicist (1921–2023)
1921 - 2023
university teacherphysicistengineer
Christopher Knopf
American screenwriter
1927 - 2019
film produceractorscreenwriter
Hugh Hurd
American actor (1925-1995)
1925 - 1995
film actoractor
Arnold Weinstein
American librettist (1927-2005)
1927 - 2005
scholar of Englishlibrettistpoet
Art Brenner
American artist (1924-2013)
1924 - 2013
painterartist
Arthur A. Cohen
American Jewish scholar (1928–1986)
1928 - 1986
antiquarian booksellernovelistpublisher
Arthur Donald Spatt
Arthur Donald Spatt
United States federal judge (1925-2020)
1925 - 2020
lawyerjudge
Arthur Gelb
American journalist and editor (1924–2014)
1924 - 2014
literary criticeditorjournalist
Bernard E. Trainor
Bernard E. Trainor
United States Marine Corps general; journalist
1928 - 2018
military theoristjournalistcareer soldier
Betty Harford
American actress
1927 - 2025
television actoractor
Bill Drescher
American baseball player
1921 - 1968
baseball player
Bill Larkin
Bill Larkin
American politician
1928 - 2019
politician
Bill McIntyre
American actor (1929-2010)
1929 - 2010
television actorstage actoractor
Bill Wendell
television announcer from the United States
1924 - 1999
announcer
Billy DeMars
Billy DeMars
American baseball player and coach
1925 - 2020
baseball player
Bob Lennon
Bob Lennon
American baseball player (1928-2005)
1928 - 2005
baseball player
Bob Wolff
Bob Wolff
American sportscaster (1920-2017)
1920 - 2017
sports commentator
Buddy Kerr
Buddy Kerr
American baseball player
1922 - 2006
baseball player
Burt Reinhardt
American journalist and President of CNN
1920 - 2011
journalist
Burt Styler
American screenwriter (1925-2011)
1925 - 2011
film producertelevision producerscreenwriter
Burton Raffel
American English professor, literary scholar and translator
1928 - 2015
linguistliterary scholaruniversity teacher
Gene Levitt
writer
1920 - 1999
directorfilm directortelevision producer
George W. George
American producer (1920-2007)
1920 - 2007
producerfilm editorfilm producer
Gil Brewer
American novelist
1922 - 1983
novelistwriter
Gil Clancy
American boxer
1922 - 2011
boxer
Herschel Silverman
American poet (1926–2015)
1926 - 2015
poet
Jack Abel
Jack Abel
Comic book artist (1927-1996)
1927 - 1996
comics artist
Jack Kamen
American illustrator (1920–2008)
1920 - 2008
comics artistillustrator
Maria Bentel
American architect
1928 - 2000
architect
Jack Priestley
American cinematographer (1926-1993)
1926 - 1993
film directortelevision directorcinematographer
Henry Dye
Henry Dye
American mathematician (1926-1986)
1926 - 1986
mathematician
Edgar Z. Friedenberg
scholar of education and gender studies (1921-2000)
1921 - 2000
sociologistuniversity teacherwriter
Franca Duval
Franca Duval
American soprano
1925 - 2020
opera singersinger
Anita K. Bahn
American epidemiologist
1920 - 1980
epidemiologiststatistician
Judith Blake
American sociologist and demographer (1926-1993)
1926 - 1993
statisticiansociologist
William M. Feehan
American firefighter (1929-2001)
1929 - 2001
military officerfirefighter
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