Biographical Records

Notable People from New York

17,567 notable figures born in New York, showing page 267 of 352, ranked by historical prominence.

William Hedgcock
Sound engineer
1883 - 1947
audio engineer
James Augustine Higgins
(1887-1962) American politician
1887 - 1962
politician
James Philip Dunn
American composer and organist (1884-1936)
1884 - 1936
composer
Phil Bradley
American baseball player (1885-)
1885
baseball player
Pat Rooney
Pat Rooney
American vaudeville actor (1880-1962)
1880 - 1962
film actormusical theatre actoractor
G. Frank Wallace
American politician in New York (1887-1964)
1887 - 1964
politician
Will Morrissey
Popular song lyricist, vaudeville actor, playwright, and theatrical producer (1887-1957)
1887 - 1957
songwriterlyricistrecord producer
LaMont boiler
LaMont boiler
high pressure boiler
1889 - 1942
inventor
C. D. Bliss
C. D. Bliss
American football player and coach (1870-1948)
1870 - 1948
American football playerhead coach
Bob Becker
American baseball player (1875-1951)
1875 - 1951
baseball player
Billy Milligan
Billy Milligan
Major League Baseball pitcher (1878-1928)
1878 - 1928
baseball player
William Edwards
William Edwards
American football player (1877-1943)
1877 - 1943
American football player
Chester C. Hayes
American painter (1867–1947)
1867 - 1947
painter
Hans Wolfgang Singer
Hans Wolfgang Singer
German art historian (1867-1957)
1867 - 1957
art historian
Rollin Arthur Harris
Ph.D. Cornell University 1888 (1863–1918)
1863 - 1918
oceanographersurveyor
Arthur Lord
American golfer (1868–1960)
1868 - 1960
golfer
Paul Everton
Paul Everton
American actor (1868-1948)
1868 - 1948
actor
Abraham Ten Broeck
Abraham Ten Broeck
politician and Militia general in the American Revolution (1734-1810)
1734 - 1810
military officerpolitician
Clarence Feldmann
Clarence Feldmann
Dutch electrical engineer (1867–1941)
1867 - 1941
electrotechnicianuniversity teacherelectronician
Robert Park
Robert Park
American football player and coach (1880-1961)
1880 - 1961
American football playerrower
Louis Marcus
Louis Marcus
American politician (1880-1936)
1880 - 1936
politician
Lew Leslie
American entertainer
1888 - 1963
theatrical producertheatre directorplaywright
Mitchell Kennerley
Mitchell Kennerley
American writer and publisher
1878 - 1944
publisher
Thomas Seabrooke
Thomas Seabrooke
American actor and singer
1860 - 1913
stage actorsinger
Adelaide Underhill
Adelaide Underhill
American librarian
1860 - 1936
William Edgar Easton
William Edgar Easton
American playwright and journalist
1861 - 1936
journalistplaywrightwriter
Francis Boardman Crowninshield
American yachtsman, amateur painter, and writer (1869–1950)
1869 - 1950
paintersailorwriter
Emilie V. Clarkson
Emilie V. Clarkson
American photographer (1863–1946)
1863 - 1946
artistphotographer
W. R. C. Latson
W. R. C. Latson
American physician and writer
1866 - 1911
physicianwriter
Peter Denoyelles
American politician (1766-1829)
1766 - 1829
politician
Grant Martin Overton
American writer and critic (1887–1930)
1887 - 1930
writer
Jack Cohn
Jack Cohn
American motion picture executive (1889-1956)
1889 - 1956
film studio executivefilm editorfilm producer
Edith Varian Cockcroft
Edith Varian Cockcroft
American painter, designer, inventor and ceramist (1881–1962)
1881 - 1962
artist
Joë Bridge
Joë Bridge
French painter
1886 - 1967
draftspersonpainter
Alice Riggs Hunt
Alice Riggs Hunt
American suffragist, writer, journalist
1884 - 1974
suffragistjournalistwriter
Daisy Jefferson
Daisy Jefferson
American actress (1889-1967)
1889 - 1967
film actor
Claude Fuess
Claude Fuess
American educator
1885 - 1963
writer
Rose Brenner
Rose Brenner
American Jewish women's leader (1884-1926)
1884 - 1926
women's rights activisteducator
Charles Suydam Cutting
Charles Suydam Cutting
American philanthropist, collector, and explorer (1889–1972)
1889 - 1972
explorernaturalist
Dorothea Mierisch
American artist (1885–1977)
1885 - 1977
painterartist
Lucille Newmark
American screenwriter
1880 - 1965
screenwriter
John Cheever Cowdin
American financier and polo player
1889 - 1960
polo playerfilm producerfinancier
Robert Panara
Robert Panara
writer, poet, professor and pioneer of deaf studies
1920 - 2014
educator
Gates W. McGarrah
Gates W. McGarrah
American banker
1863 - 1940
bankerbusinessperson
William V.S. Thorne
American tennis player
1865 - 1920
tennis player
Tom Costello
American jockey
1866
jockey
Betty Holliday
American artist
1925 - 2011
artist
Roger Carey
American baseball player
1865 - 1895
baseball player
John Burns
American baseball player
1861
baseball player
Danny Murphy
American baseball player (1864-1915)
1864 - 1915
baseball player
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