Notable People from New York

Herbert Warren Wind

Sportswriter, amateur golfer (1916–2005)

Himan Brown

American radio and television program producer (1910–2010)

John S. Casement

Union Army officer

John J. Dewey

American politician (1822-1891)

Hugh Franklin Foster Jr.

United States Army officer (1918–2004)

Hy Peskin

photographer (1915–2005)

Ian Ballantine

American publisher (1916-1995)

Israel Horowitz

Record producer and classical music columnist

John F. Dickson

Police captain who co-led a police squad with drillmaster Theron S. Copeland during the New York Draft Riots; was also the longtime head of the Tombs Police Court.

J. Peter Grace

American businessman (1913-1995)

Jack Catran

Author, Scientist, Psychologist, & Linguist

Jack Doolan

American football player (1919-2002)

Jacob Arlow

American psychologist

John E. Hart

United States Navy officer

John Dodgson Barrow

American painter (1824-1906)

James Jerome Killeen

Roman Catholic bishop (1917–1978)

James Rosati

American artist (1911–1988)

James Thomas Foley

United States federal judge (1910-1990)

James W. Haviland

American physician (1911–2007)

James Walker Benét

American writer and journalist (1914–2012)

John Converse Starkweather

Union Army general (1829–1890)

Jay Williams

American writer (1914–1978)

John Chester Buttre

American engraver (1821-1893)

Jerome Snyder

American artist (1916-1976)

Jim Lansing

College football player and coach (1919-2000)

Jim Prendergast

American baseball player

Joan Kahn

editor (1914–1994)

Joseph Reeves Bolton III

American journalist

Joe Gallagher

American baseball player and coach

Joe Glazer

Folk musician (1918-2006)

Joel Carmichael

American historian

Joel Colton

American historian (1918-2011)

John Aspinwall Roosevelt

American businessman (1916-1981)

John Cort

American activist (1913-2006)

John Engh

Norwegian architect

John H. Ewing

American politician (1918-2012)

John J. Ghezzi

American politician

Dorothy Sarnoff

American opera singer (1914–2008)

Dorothy Sterling

American writer (1913-2008)

John Bancker Aycrigg

Member of the United States House of Representatives (1798-1856)

Douglas Greenwald

American economist (1914–1997)

Ed Franco

American football player (1915–1992)

Edgar Villchur

audio engineer

Edsall Walker

American baseball player

Edward "Porky" Cragg

Recipient of the Purple Heart medal

John Russell

American preacher and prohibition advocate (1822–1912)

Rufus H. King

American politician (1820–1890)

Fred Schwab

cartoonist

Frederick Burkhardt

American philosopher and historian of science (1912-2007)

George Barrie

American businessman (1912-2002)