Biographical Records

Notable People from New York

17,567 notable figures born in New York, showing page 31 of 352, ranked by historical prominence.

Shirley Mason
Shirley Mason
American actress (1900–1979)
1900 – 1979
film actoractor
Ted de Corsia
Ted de Corsia
American actor (1903-1973)
1903 – 1973
film actortelevision actoractor
Philip G. Epstein
American screenwriter (1909-1952)
1909 – 1952
playwrightscreenwriter
James Stillman Rockefeller
James Stillman Rockefeller
member of the Rockefeller family and American rower (1902-2004)
1902 – 2004
rowerfinancierbusinessperson
Leon Shamroy
American cinematographer (1901–1974)
1901 – 1974
cinematographer
Gale Gordon
Gale Gordon
American actor (1906–1995)
1906 – 1995
film actortelevision actoractor
Virginia Brown Faire
Virginia Brown Faire
American actress (1904–1980)
1904 – 1980
film actoractor
Fidel LaBarba
Fidel LaBarba
American boxer (1905–1981)
1905 – 1981
boxer
Dorothy Tree
Dorothy Tree
American actress, voice teacher and writer (1906-1992)
1906 – 1992
film actorstage actorteacher
Isaac Kashdan
American chess player (1905–1985)
1905 – 1985
chess player
Albert Hackett
Albert Hackett
American screenwriter (1900-1995)
1900 – 1995
film screenwriterfilm actorplaywright
Howard Kingsbury
American rower (1904-1991)
1904 – 1991
rower
Laurence Stoddard
Laurence Stoddard
American coxswain (1903-1997)
1903 – 1997
coxswain
George Tobias
George Tobias
actor (1901–1980)
1901 – 1980
film actortelevision actorstage actor
William Schuman
American composer and arts administrator (1910-1992)
1910 – 1992
classical composermusic educatormusicologist
Charles Drake
Charles Drake
American actor (1917-1994)
1917 – 1994
film actortelevision actorstage actor
Howard Morris
Howard Morris
American actor (1919–2005)
1919 – 2005
film actordub actortelevision actor
Lucille Bremer
Lucille Bremer
American actress and dancer (1917-1996)
1917 – 1996
film actordancermusician
Robert Strauss
Robert Strauss
American film actor (1913-1975)
1913 – 1975
film actortelevision actorstage actor
Leonard Warren
Leonard Warren
American operatic baritone (1911-1960)
1911 – 1960
opera singermusician
Budd Schulberg
Budd Schulberg
American writer (1914–2009)
1914 – 2009
novelistjournalisttelevision producer
Winthrop Rockefeller
Winthrop Rockefeller
Governor of Arkansas (1912-1973)
1912 – 1973
ranchergovernorpolitician
Sidney Dillon Ripley
Sidney Dillon Ripley
American ornithologist and 8th Secretary of the Smithsonian (1913–2001)
1913 – 2001
scientific collectorecologistbotanical collector
Delmore Schwartz
American poet (1913–1966)
1913 – 1966
prose writercriticliterary critic
James Gregory
James Gregory
American actor (1911-2002)
1911 – 2002
film actortelevision actorstage actor
Julian B. Rotter
American psychologist (1916–2014)
1916 – 2014
non-fiction writeruniversity teacherpsychologist
Harold J. Stone
Harold J. Stone
American stage, radio, film, and television character actor (1913–2005)
1913 – 2005
television actorfilm actorstage actor
William Lundigan
William Lundigan
actor (1914-1975)
1914 – 1975
television actoractorfilm actor
Art Mollner
Art Mollner
American basketball player (1912–1995)
1912 – 1995
basketball player
Gardner Fox
American comics writer and novelist (1911–1986)
1911 – 1986
comics writernovelistwriter
Doris Duke
Doris Duke
American heiress, philanthropist and billionaire (1912-1993)
1912 – 1993
magazine writerpatron of the artsart collector
Lewis Thomas
Lewis Thomas
American physician, poet and educator (1913-1993)
1913 – 1993
medical writerpoetphysician
Jeanne Cagney
Jeanne Cagney
American actress (1919-1984)
1919 – 1984
film actortelevision actorstage actor
Irwin Corey
Irwin Corey
American comedian and actor (1914–2017)
1914 – 2017
boxeractor
Joan Shawlee
Joan Shawlee
American actress (1926-1987)
1926 – 1987
film actortelevision actoractor
Olga San Juan
Olga San Juan
American actress (1927–2009)
1927 – 2009
film actormusicianactor
Conrad Janis
Conrad Janis
American actor and musician (1928–2022)
1928 – 2022
jazz musicianfilm actortelevision actor
David Finkelstein
David Finkelstein
American physicist (1929-2016)
1929 – 2016
university teacherphysicist
Barney Martin
Barney Martin
American actor (1923–2005)
1923 – 2005
film actortelevision actorstage actor
John Lindsay
John Lindsay
American politician (1921–2000)
1921 – 2000
military officerjuristpolitician
Mitzi Green
Mitzi Green
American child actress (1920–1969)
1920 – 1969
film actortelevision actorstage actor
Arthur Wightman
American physicist (1922-2013)
1922 – 2013
university teachermathematicianphysicist
Ray Barretto
Ray Barretto
American percussionist and bandleader of Puerto Rican ancestry (1929–2006)
1929 – 2006
jazz musicianpercussionistmusician
George Axelrod
American screenwriter, producer (1922-2003)
1922 – 2003
film producerfilm directorplaywright
Bobby Wanzer
American basketball player and coach (1921–2016)
1921 – 2016
basketball coachbasketball player
Leona Helmsley
Leona Helmsley
American hotel owner (1920–2007)
1920 – 2007
hotel ownerart collectorhotel manager
Frank Press
Frank Press
American geophysicist (1924–2020)
1924 – 2020
seismologistgeophysicistgeologist
Joseph Colombo
Joseph Colombo
Boss of the Colombo Crime Family (1923–1978)
1923 – 1978
gangster
Charles Rosen
American pianist and writer on music (1927–2012)
1927 – 2012
music historianmusic educatormusic theorist
James L. Buckley
James L. Buckley
United States politician and federal judge (1923-2023)
1923 – 2023
military officerjuristpolitician
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