Biographical Records

Notable People from New York

17,567 notable figures born in New York, showing page 28 of 352, ranked by historical prominence.

Constance Binney

American stage and film actress and dancer (1896–1989)

1896 – 1989

film actorstage actorZiegfeld girl

John Hoyt

American film, stage, and television actor (1905-1991)

1905 – 1991

film actortelevision actorstage actor

Helen Twelvetrees

American actress (1908–1958)

1908 – 1958

film actorstage actoractor

Frankie Genaro

American boxer (1901–1966)

1901 – 1966

boxer

Moe Berg

baseball player, spy (1902–1972)

1902 – 1972

baseball playerspy

Morris Kline

American mathematician, teacher and author (1908–1992)

1908 – 1992

historian of mathematicseducatormathematician

Mickey Marcus

Israeli general (1901–1948)

1901 – 1948

military officercolonelmilitary personnel

Frank Belknap Long

American novelist, short story writer, poet (1901–1994)

1901 – 1994

science fiction writercomics writernovelist

Kay Johnson

American actress (1904–1975)

1904 – 1975

film actorstage actoractor

Billie Dove

American silent film actress; aviator (1903–1997)

1903 – 1997

film actormodelZiegfeld girl

Helen Meany

American diver (1904–1991)

1904 – 1991

competitive diver

Ilka Chase

American actress and novelist (1900–1978)

1900 – 1978

film actortelevision actornovelist

George Ledyard Stebbins

American botanist and geneticist (1906-2000)

1906 – 2000

geneticistbotanistuniversity teacher

Frank Hussey

athletics competitor (1905-1974)

1905 – 1974

athletics competitor

Dutch Schultz

American mobster in the 1920s and 1930s

1901 – 1935

criminal

Laura Riding

American poet, critic, novelist, essayist and short story writer (1901-1991)

1901 – 1991

novelistcriticliterary critic

John Miller

American rower (1903–1965)

1903 – 1965

rower

Robert Anderson

American playwright, screenwriter, and theater producer (1917–2009)

1917 – 2009

television writertelevision actortheatrical producer

H. Bruce Humberstone

American actor and director (1901-1984)

1901 – 1984

directorfilm directoractor

Ad Reinhardt

American painter and printmaker (1913–1967)

1913 – 1967

collagistprintmakeruniversity teacher

Jane Bowles

American novelist, playwright (1917–1973)

1917 – 1973

novelistplaywrightwriter

Abraham Polonsky

American politician (1910-1999)

1910 – 1999

novelistdirectorfilm director

Nick Cravat

American actor (1912-1994)

1912 – 1994

circus performerfilm actortelevision actor

Mason Adams

American actor (1919–2005)

1919 – 2005

film actortelevision actorradio personality

Norman Dello Joio

American composer (1913–2008)

1913 – 2008

musicologistuniversity teacherorganist

Muriel Rukeyser

poet and political activist (1913–1980)

1913 – 1980

poetwriterscreenwriter

Frances Drake

American actress (1912-2000)

1912 – 2000

film actoractor

Charles Poor Kindleberger

American economic historian 1910-2003

1910 – 2003

university teachereconomist

Charlie Barnet

American saxophonist, composer, bandleader (1913-1991)

1913 – 1991

jazz musiciansaxophonistbandleader

Daniel Mann

American stage, film and television director (1912-1991)

1912 – 1991

theatre directordirectorfilm director

William Gibson

American playwright and novelist (1914–2008)

1914 – 2008

novelistplaywrightpoet

Mickey Cohen

American criminal (1913–1975)

1913 – 1976

boxercriminal

Stephen McNally

American actor (1913-1994)

1911 – 1994

film actortelevision actorlawyer

Junior Durkin

American actor (1915–1935)

1915 – 1935

film actorstage actoractor

Marguerite Chapman

American actress (1918-1999)

1918 – 1999

film actortelevision actormodel

Garry Winogrand

American street photographer (1928–1984)

1928 – 1984

photojournalistphotographer

Regina Resnik

American opera singer (1922–2013)

1922 – 2013

opera directormusic educatoropera singer

Connie Kay

American drummer (1927–1994)

1927 – 1994

jazz musicianmusician

Joe Paterno

American college football coach (1926-2012)

1926 – 2012

American football coach

Red Mitchell

American jazz double-bassist, composer, lyricist, and poet (1927-1992)

1927 – 1992

jazz musiciandouble-bassistlyricist

Barbara Nichols

American actress (1928-1976)

1928 – 1976

film actortelevision actordancer

Harris Wofford

American politician (1926-2019)

1926 – 2019

civil rights advocatejuristpolitician

Nils Bohlin

Swedish inventor (1920–2002)

1920 – 2001

mechanical engineerinventor

Alex Katz

American painter and sculptor (born 1927)

1927

designergraphic artistsculptor

Rupert Crosse

American actor (1927-1973)

1927 – 1973

film actortelevision actoractor

Doc Pomus

American recording artist; blues singer, lyricist, songwriter (1925–1991)

1925 – 1991

songwritersingercomposer

Shelly Manne

American jazz drummer (1920–1984)

1920 – 1984

jazz drummerrecording artistmusician

Charlie Callas

American actor, comedian, and jazz drummer (1927-2011)

1927 – 2011

jazz musicianfilm actortelevision actor

Ray Lumpp

basketball player (1923–2015)

1923 – 2015

basketball player

Tom Dowd

American music producer (1925–2002)

1925 – 2002

record produceraudio engineerengineer

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