Biographical Records

Notable People from New York

17,567 notable figures born in New York, showing page 314 of 352, ranked by historical prominence.

Anna Peck Sill
Anna Peck Sill
American educator and Rockford Female Seminary founder (1816-1889)
1816 - 1889
educatorhead teacher
Julia Wilbur
Julia Wilbur
Quaker abolitionist, suffragist and nurse (1815-1895)
1815 - 1895
suffragistfeministdiarist
Charles DeWitt
Charles DeWitt
American politician
1727 - 1787
politician
Justus McKinstry
Justus McKinstry
American military officer
1814 - 1897
businessperson
Benjamin Franklin Graves
Benjamin Franklin Graves
American judge (1817-1906)
1817 - 1906
lawyerjudge
Sallie Holley
Sallie Holley
American abolitionist and educator (1818–1893)
1818 - 1893
teacher
George T. Downing
George T. Downing
abolitionist and activist for African-American civil rights (1819-1903)
1819 - 1903
suffragistrestaurateur
William H. Warner
officer in the United States Army's Corps of Topographical Engineers
1812 - 1849
explorer
William E. Le Roy
William E. Le Roy
American military personnel
1818 - 1888
military personnel
Thomas Welcome Roys
American whaleman
1815 - 1877
whaler
Louis Auslander
American mathematician (1928-1997)
1928 - 1997
university teachermathematician
Samuel Fowler Butterworth
American lawyer
1811 - 1875
lawyer
Lorenzo D. Whiting
American politician
1819 - 1889
politician
Elijah Easton
American politician (1815-1905)
1815 - 1905
politician
R. G. Buckingham
R. G. Buckingham
American mayor, doctor (1816-1889)
1816 - 1889
politician
A. Hyatt Smith
American lawyer and politician (1814–1892)
1814 - 1892
politicianbusinesspersonlawyer
T. H. Matteson
American painter (1813-1884)
1813 - 1884
painter
Canvass White
Canvass White
American civil engineer
1790 - 1834
civil engineerengineer
Anson Dodge
Canadian politician
1834 - 1918
timber merchantpolitician
William Steele
William Steele
Confederate Army general
1819 - 1885
military personnel
Nathaniel Bennett
Nathaniel Bennett
American judge
1818 - 1886
lawyerjudge
Stephen Mattoon
Stephen Mattoon
American missionary
1816 - 1889
translator
James Cephas Derby
James Cephas Derby
publisher
1818 - 1892
publisherwriter
Nelson J. Waterbury
Nelson J. Waterbury
American lawyer (1819–1894)
1819 - 1894
politicianlawyer
Thaddeus Davids
Thaddeus Davids
American businessman
1810 - 1894
businessperson
Benjamin T. Onderdonk
Benjamin T. Onderdonk
American bishop
1791 - 1861
Anglican priesttheologianbishop
Benjamin S. Cowen
American politician
1793 - 1869
journalisteditorpolitician
Jay Weston
American film producer and restaurant critic
1929 - 2023
film producerjournalisttelevision producer
Samuel D. Burchard
Samuel D. Burchard
minister (1812-1891)
1812 - 1891
Jerome Lyle Rappaport
Jerome Lyle Rappaport
American philanthropist (1927–2021)
1927 - 2021
lawyer
Jerry Lane
American baseball player (1926-1988)
1926 - 1988
baseball player
Jerry Williams
American talk radio host (1923-2003)
1923 - 2003
radio personality
Jesse Drakes
American jazz trumpeter (1926–2010)
1926 - 2010
jazz musicianmusician
Ezra Slocum Carr
Ezra Slocum Carr
American politician and university teacher (1819–1894)
1819 - 1894
university teacherpolitician
Nicholas Tsoucalas
United States Judge
1926 - 2018
judge
John W. Avery
New York shiip stores and general grocery business. Collector and disburser of earnings for pilots.
1814 - 1891
merchant
Alexander Gurdon Abell
an American diplomat, writer, and freemason
1818 - 1890
editordiplomatwriter
Jasper Hall Livingston
Jasper Hall Livingston
Horse owner, gentleman rider and sportsman.
1815 - 1900
William Simpson
African American portrait artist
1818 - 1872
artist
Marietta Judah
Marietta Judah
American actress (1812-1883)
1812 - 1883
actor
Mary Augusta Dix Gray
Mary Augusta Dix Gray
Early missionary to Oregon and Idaho in 1838. Mother to first White child west of the Rockies.
1810 - 1881
missionaryteacher
Thomas D. Doubleday
Thomas D. Doubleday
Union United States Army officer
1815 - 1863
businessperson
Sidney T. Holmes
Sidney T. Holmes
American politician
1815 - 1890
politicianlawyerjudge
Sidney Dillon
Sidney Dillon
American businessman (1812-1892)
1812 - 1892
financier
Danny Daniels
American dancer
1924 - 2017
choreographerteacher
David Fintz Altabé
American poet and academic
1929 - 2008
poet
Seth Green
Seth Green
American fish culturist
1817 - 1888
pisciculturistinventor
David Lund
American artist (1925-2002)
1925 - 2002
painter
Arthur St. Claire
American screenwriter (1899-1950)
1899 - 1950
screenwriter
Deane Dana
American politician (1926-2005)
1926 - 2005
politician
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