Biographical Records

Notable People from New York

17,567 notable figures born in New York, showing page 290 of 352, ranked by historical prominence.

Esther Shemitz
Esther Shemitz
20th-Century American painter and illustrator
1900 - 1986
cartoonist
Olive Tjaden
American architect
1904 - 1997
architect
Thomas A. Wornham
Thomas A. Wornham
U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant General (1903-1984)
1903 - 1984
military personnel
William E. Schevill
U.S. paleontologist (1906–1994)
1906 - 1994
paleontologist
Chester H. Roth
American businessman (1902-1977)
1902 - 1977
managerentrepreneurbusinessperson
Karen DeWolf
American screenwriter (1909–1989)
1909 - 1989
screenwriter
Hannah Josephson
American historian (1900-1976)
1900 - 1976
historian
Olive P. Lester
American academic
1903 - 1996
academic
Ahron Ben-Shmuel
American artist known for sculpture (1903–1984)
1903 - 1984
sculptorartist
Mandë Holford
Mandë Holford
American chemist
1901
researcherchemistdiplomat
Barbara Stoddard Burks
American psychologist (1902-1943)
1902 - 1943
behavior geneticistpsychologist
William Johnstone
William Johnstone
American actor (1908-1996)
1908 - 1996
actor
Doris Spiegel
American artist (1901-1996)
1901 - 1996
painter
Sylvia Thalberg
American screenwriter
1907 - 1988
writerscreenwriter
John Peter Toohey
American writer
1879 - 1946
writer
Irving Starr
American film producer
1905 - 1982
film producer
Consuelo Flowerton
Consuelo Flowerton
American actress (1901 – 1965)
1900 - 1965
Ziegfeld girlperforming artistactor
Cathleen Vanderbilt
Cathleen Vanderbilt
American heiress (1904-1944)
1904 - 1944
socialite
Tubby Raskin
American basketball coach
1902 - 1981
basketball coachbasketball player
Danny Webb
American voice actor
1906 - 1983
voice actormilitary personnelactor
Peg Fenwick
Peg Fenwick
American screenwriter and playwright
1907 - 1987
playwrightscreenwriter
Mary Lawlor
Mary Lawlor
American stage and screen actress (1907–1977)
1907 - 1977
film actorstage actor
Stephen Chase
Stephen Chase
American film and television actor (1902-1982)
1902 - 1982
film actortelevision actorstage actor
Helen Lawrenson
Helen Lawrenson
memoirist (1907-1982)
1907 - 1982
memoiristsatiristjournalist
Joseph Livingston
American journalist (1905–1989)
1905 - 1989
newspaper editorjournalist
Miriam Becker
American mathematician
1909 - 2000
mathematician
Irwin Franklyn
American writer, screenwriter, film director, film producer (1904–1966)
1904 - 1966
film producerfilm directorwriter
Caroline Bedell Thomas
Caroline Bedell Thomas
American cardiologist
1904 - 1997
cardiologist
James O'Neill
James O'Neill
American lawyer, politician and judge (1847-1929)
1847 - 1929
politicianlawyerjudge
Harriet Griffin
American mathematician
1903 - 1991
mathematician
Leona Zacharias
Leona Zacharias
biologist, researcher
1907 - 1990
teacherscientist
Richard Walling
Richard Walling
American actor and photographer (1904–1983)
1904 - 1983
film actorphotographer
Muriel Kirkland
Muriel Kirkland
Performer ( b. Aug 19, 1903 Yonkers, New York, USA - d. Sep 26, 1971 New York, New York, USA ) Female
1903 - 1971
film actoractor
Edwin J. Messinger
Edwin J. Messinger
American Army general
1907 - 1965
military officer
Henry Bond Fargo
American politician
1843 - 1932
politician
Bob O'Connor
American football offensive lineman (1904-1998)
1904 - 1998
American football player
Bobby Reis
American baseball player (1909-1973)
1909 - 1973
baseball player
Bots Nekola
American baseball player (1906-1987)
1906 - 1987
baseball player
Simon Newton Dexter North
Simon Newton Dexter North
American historian
1849 - 1924
statisticianhistorian
Calvert Coggeshall
American artist (1907-1990)
1907 - 1990
painterartist
Carl Fischer
American baseball player
1905 - 1963
baseball player
Herbert Gouverneur Ogden
Herbert Gouverneur Ogden
Geographer and Civil servant
1846 - 1906
cartographergeographer
Carmine DeSapio
American politician
1908 - 2004
politician
Charles Alderson Janeway
American immunologist and pediatrician (1909–1981)
1909 - 1981
immunologistpediatricianteacher
Ray V. Pierce
Ray V. Pierce
American politician (1840–1914)
1840 - 1914
politician
Ralph Ham
professional baseball player (1849-1905)
1849 - 1905
baseball player
Charles N. Hunter
Charles N. Hunter
colonel in the United States Army (1906–1978)
1906 - 1978
historian
Charles Samuels
American writer (1902-1982)
1902 - 1982
novelistjournalistbiographer
Charlie Engle
American baseball player (1903-1983)
1903 - 1983
baseball player
Clay Van Alstyne
Clay Van Alstyne
American baseball player (1900-1960)
1900 - 1960
baseball player
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