Biographical Records
Notable People from New York
17,567 notable figures born in New York, showing page 30 of 352, ranked by historical prominence.
Irv Gotti
1970 – 2025
music executiverappersongwriter
Phife Dawg
1970 – 2016
rappermusiciancomposer
Ned Vizzini
1981 – 2013
editorial columnistnovelistchildren's writer
Holcombe Ward
1878 – 1967
tennis player
Sybil Ludington
1761 – 1839
revolutionary
Philip Freneau
1752 – 1832
journalisteditorpoet
William Floyd
1734 – 1821
politician
Samuel L. Mitchill
1764 – 1831
ichthyologistuniversity teacherchemist
James W. Nye
1815 – 1876
prosecutorjuristgovernor
John William Casilear
1811 – 1893
painterphotographer
Andrew Jackson Downing
1815 – 1852
pomologistnewspaper editorhorticulturist
Hannibal Goodwin
1822 – 1900
Anglican priestinventorphotographer
George Crum
1822 – 1914
chefinventor
George Henry Williams
1823 – 1910
politicianlawyerjudge
Roscoe Conkling
1829 – 1888
politicianlawyer
Henry Jarvis Raymond
1820 – 1869
journalistpoliticianwriter
J. Alden Weir
1852 – 1919
painter
Louisine Havemeyer
1855 – 1929
women's rights activistsuffragistart collector
Lucy Bacon
1857 – 1932
painter
Annie Morrill Smith
1856 – 1946
scientific collectorgenealogistbotanist
Anna Botsford Comstock
1854 – 1930
scientific illustratorprintmakerentomologist
Mary J. Rathbun
1860 – 1943
scientific collectorcarcinologistcurator
Winnaretta Singer
1865 – 1943
patron of the artssalonnièresocialite
Willis Rodney Whitney
1868 – 1958
chemist
Edith Schwartz Clements
1874 – 1971
scientific collectorecologistbotanical illustrator
John Bray
1875 – 1945
athletics competitor
John Cregan
1878 – 1965
athletics competitor
Oliver Campbell
1871 – 1953
tennis player
William Dickey
1874 – 1944
competitive diver
John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever
1886 – 1971
cricketertennis playerart collector
George Walsh
1889 – 1981
directorfilm actoractor
Elsie Ferguson
1883 – 1961
film actorstage actoractor
Florence La Badie
1888 – 1917
film actorstage actoractor
James Gleason
1882 – 1959
film actortelevision actorfilm director
Paul Pilgrim
1883 – 1958
middle-distance runnerathletics competitorlong-distance runner
Frederick Lorz
1884 – 1914
marathon runnerlong-distance runner
Leo Goodwin
1883 – 1957
water polo playercompetitive diverswimmer
Alan Seeger
1888 – 1916
poetmilitary personnelwriter
Crane Wilbur
1886 – 1973
film actordirectorfilm director
Alfred Lane
1891 – 1965
sport shooter
Paul Kelly
1899 – 1956
television actorfilm actorstage actor
Robert Riskin
1897 – 1955
directorfilm producerfilm director
Donald Johnston
1899 – 1984
rower
Vince Gallagher
1899 – 1983
rower
Louis Buchalter
1897 – 1944
gangster
Charles Brackett
1892 – 1969
producerfilm producerfilm director
Toni Frissell
1907 – 1988
photographer
Florence Eldridge
1901 – 1988
film actorstage actoractor
Alan Helffrich
1900 – 1994
athletics competitor