Biographical Records

Notable People from New York

17,567 notable figures born in New York, showing page 44 of 352, ranked by historical prominence.

Rae Allen
American actress (1926–2022)
1926 – 2022
film actortelevision actorstage actor
Gene Colan
Gene Colan
American comics creator and artist (1926-2011)
1926 – 2011
pencillervisual artistinker
Marjorie Housepian Dobkin
Marjorie Housepian Dobkin
American writer
1922 – 2013
historianwriter
Warren Spahn
Warren Spahn
American baseball player (1921–2003)
1921 – 2003
baseball player
Murray Schisgal
American playwright, television writer and screenwriter (1926-2020)
1926 – 2020
film producerplaywrightwriter
Jean E. Sammet
Jean E. Sammet
American computer scientist (1928-2017)
1928 – 2017
mathematiciancomputer scientist
Albert Popwell
American actor (1926-1999)
1926 – 1999
film actortelevision actordancer
Whitey Ford
Whitey Ford
American baseball player (1928–2020)
1928 – 2020
baseball player
John Edward Mack
American psychiatrist (1929–2004)
1929 – 2004
ufologistessayistuniversity teacher
Mel Stuart
American film director and producer (1928–2012)
1928 – 2012
producerdirectorfilm producer
Lawrence Sanders
American writer (1920–1998)
1920 – 1998
novelistjournalistwriter
Frank Harary
Frank Harary
American mathematician (1921–2005)
1921 – 2005
university teachermathematician
Ruth Lyttle Satter
American botanist, physiologist and mathematician (1923-1989)
1923 – 1989
botanistphysiologistmathematician
Herbert York
Herbert York
American physicist (1921-2009)
1921 – 2009
nuclear physicistuniversity teacherphysicist
Alan North
American actor (1920–2000)
1920 – 2000
film actortelevision actorstage actor
Carl Braun
Carl Braun
American basketball player and coach (1927-2010)
1927 – 2010
basketball coachbasketball player
Robert Michael White
Robert Michael White
American officer, astronaut, engineer and test pilot (1924–2010)
1924 – 2010
test pilotmilitary officerengineer
Dick McGuire
American basketball player and coach (1926–2010)
1926 – 2010
basketball coachbasketball player
Elihu Katz
Elihu Katz
American and Israeli sociologist (1926–2021)
1926 – 2021
communication scholarsociologistuniversity teacher
Frank Marth
Frank Marth
American actor (1922-2014)
1922 – 2014
film actortelevision actoractor
John Finnegan
American actor (1926-2012)
1926 – 2012
film actortelevision actorvoice actor
Stanley Karnow
Stanley Karnow
American historian and journalist (1925-2013)
1925 – 2013
journalisthistorian
Anthony Hecht
Anthony Hecht
American poet (1923–2004)
1923 – 2004
docentpoetwriter
Carol Grace
Carol Grace
American actress (1924-2003)
1924 – 2003
film actornovelistwriter
Norman Burton
American actor (1923–2003)
1923 – 2003
television actorstage actoractor
Bruce Geller
American television producer and writer (1930–1978)
1930 – 1978
manufacturerfilm producerfilm director
Mary Rodgers
American composer, screenwriter, children's writer (1931–2014)
1931 – 2014
children's writerlyricistcomposer
Joan Bennett Kennedy
Joan Bennett Kennedy
First wife of Ted Kennedy
1936 – 2025
modelsocialitepianist
Robert Chartoff
American film producer (1933–2015)
1933 – 2015
film producer
Martin Bregman
American film producer (1931–2018)
1931 – 2018
producerfilm producer
Felix Pappalardi
Felix Pappalardi
American music producer, songwriter, vocalist, and bassist (1939–1983)
1939 – 1983
songwriterguitaristmusician
Ken Jacobs
Ken Jacobs
American filmmaker (1933–2025)
1933 – 2025
film screenwriterfilm editordirector
Billy Goldenberg
American composer and songwriter (1936-2020)
1936 – 2020
film score composersongwritercomposer
Robert Spitzer
American psychiatrist (1932–2015)
1932 – 2015
non-fiction writeruniversity teacherpsychiatrist
Eli Broad
Eli Broad
American businessperson and philanthropist (1933–2021)
1933 – 2021
real estate developerphilanthropistart collector
Robert Shea
Robert Shea
American novelist and journalist (1933–1994)
1933 – 1994
science fiction writernovelistjournalist
James Burke
James Burke
American gangster (1931–1996)
1931 – 1996
drug traffickerscreenwriter
Donald Byrne
American chess player (1930-1976)
1930 – 1976
chess player
Willie Bobo
Willie Bobo
American jazz percussionist (1934–1983)
1934 – 1983
jazz musicianpercussionistmusician
Trevanian
American film scholar and writer (1931-2005)
1931 – 2005
non-fiction writernovelistuniversity teacher
Robert Stone
Robert Stone
American novelist (1937–2015)
1937 – 2015
novelistscreenwriterwriter
Don Calfa
American actor (1939-2016)
1939 – 2016
film actortelevision actorfilm producer
Richard Fariña
American folksinger, songwriter, poet and novelist (1937–1966)
1937 – 1966
novelistsinger-songwritersinger
Wolfman Jack
Wolfman Jack
American DJ and music TV host (1938–1995)
1938 – 1995
radio personalitymusiciandisc jockey
Doug Moe
Doug Moe
American basketball player and coach
1938 – 2026
basketball coachbasketball player
Mary Catherine Bateson
Mary Catherine Bateson
American anthropologist (1939-2021)
1939 – 2021
anthropologist
Leigh Van Valen
Leigh Van Valen
American biologist (1935–2010)
1935 – 2010
biologist
Roger C. Carmel
Roger C. Carmel
American actor (1932-1986)
1932 – 1986
television actorvoice actoractor
Jud Taylor
actor, television director, television producer (1932-2008)
1932 – 2008
trade unionistfilm actortelevision actor
Donald Beer
American rower (1935–1997)
1935 – 1997
rower
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