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Notable People from New York

17,567 notable figures born in New York, showing page 55 of 352, ranked by historical prominence.

Patricia Breslin
Patricia Breslin
American actress (1931–2011)
1926 – 2011
film actortelevision actor
Gerald Fried
American composer, conductor, and oboist (1928–2023)
1928 – 2023
oboistfilm score composermusician
Lee Bergere
Lee Bergere
American actor (1918-2007)
1924 – 2007
television actoractor
Bert Berns
American songwriter and record producer of the 1960s (1929–1967)
1929 – 1967
songwriterrecord producercomposer
Bob Thiele
American record producer, music executive (1922-1996)
1922 – 1996
music executivelyricistrecord producer
Evelyn M. Witkin
Evelyn M. Witkin
American geneticist (1921–2023)
1921 – 2023
geneticistuniversity teacher
John A. Wickham
John A. Wickham
United States Army general (1928–2024)
1928 – 2024
military personnelteacher
Mel Powell
Mel Powell
American composer (1923-1998)
1923 – 1998
musicologistjazz musicianmusic educator
Alfred Reed
Alfred Reed
American composer, arranger and conductor (1921–2005)
1921 – 2005
bandmastermusic arrangerbandleader
Fred Steiner
American composer, conductor, orchestrator, film historian and arranger for television, radio and film (1923-2001)
1923 – 2011
music arrangerfilm score composercomposer
Jason Evers
Jason Evers
American actor (1922-2005)
1922 – 2005
television actorfilm actorstage actor
William Duell
American actor and singer (1923–2011)
1923 – 2011
film actortelevision actorstage actor
Bud Greenspan
American film director, writer, and producer (1926–2010)
1926 – 2010
film producerfilm directorwriter
Dick Smith
Dick Smith
American make-up artist (1922-2014)
1922 – 2014
make-up artist
Michael Currie
American actor (1928-2009)
1928 – 2009
television actoractor
Gary Graffman
American musician (1928–2025)
1928 – 2025
piano teacherpedagoguemusician
George Plimpton
George Plimpton
American writer (1927–2003)
1927 – 2003
American football playerfilm actortelevision actor
Mary Grace Canfield
Mary Grace Canfield
American theatre, film and television actress (1924-2014)
1924 – 2014
film actortelevision actoractor
Sumner White
American sailor (1929–1988)
1929 – 1988
skipper
Al Plastino
Al Plastino
American artist (1921-2013)
1921 – 2013
draftspersoncartoonistcomics artist
Frank D. Gilroy
Frank D. Gilroy
American playwright, screenwriter, producer, and director (1925–2015)
1925 – 2015
novelistfilm producerfilm director
Max Zaslofsky
Max Zaslofsky
American basketball player and coach (1925–1985)
1925 – 1985
basketball coachbasketball player
Harvey Lembeck
American actor (1923–1982)
1923 – 1982
television actorstage actor
Shana Alexander
Shana Alexander
American journalist (1925–2005)
1925 – 2005
journalistwriter
Marvin J. Chomsky
American television and film director (1929-2022)
1929 – 2022
directorfilm producerfilm director
Robert Milton Young
American film director (1924–2024)
1924 – 2024
film editordirectorfilm director
Don Heck
American comics artist (1929–1995)
1929 – 1995
comics artist
Warren Adler
American novelist, author and playwright (1927–2019)
1927 – 2019
playwrightpoetwriter
Jay Anson
American author (1921–1980)
1921 – 1980
film screenwriternovelistdirector
Moshe Hirsch
Moshe Hirsch
anti-Zionist Jewish leader of Neturei Karta, rabbi
1923 – 2010
rabbipolitician
Charles Goodell
Charles Goodell
American politician (1926-1987)
1926 – 1987
politicianlawyer
Dick Ayers
Dick Ayers
American comic book artist (1924-2014)
1924 – 2014
pencillercaricaturistinker
Ada Louise Huxtable
Ada Louise Huxtable
American architecture writer (1921–2013)
1921 – 2013
newspaperpersonarchitectural historianjournalist
Gertrude Himmelfarb
American historian (1922-2019)
1922 – 2019
university teacherhistorianwriter
Donald M. Blinken
Donald M. Blinken
American diplomat and businessman
1925 – 2022
diplomatmilitary personnel
Benjamin A. Gilman
Benjamin A. Gilman
politician and United States Army Air Force officer
1922 – 2016
politicianlawyer
Bill Gold
American graphic designer
1921 – 2018
designergraphic artistposter artist
Bobby Van
Bobby Van
American actor and game show host (1928-1980)
1928 – 1980
game show hostdancerchoreographer
Harry Landers
Harry Landers
American actor (1921–2017)
1921 – 2017
film actortelevision actor
James Lamy
bobsledder (1928–1992)
1928 – 1992
bobsledder
Anna Mae Hays
Anna Mae Hays
United States Army general (1920–2018)
1920 – 2018
military officer
Lee Fierro
American actress
1929 – 2020
actor
George Martin
American actor (1929–2010)
1929 – 2010
television actorstage actoractor
James Luisi
former NBA player, actor (1928-2002)
1928 – 2002
film actortelevision actorbasketball player
Norman Lamm
Norman Lamm
American rabbi (1927–2020)
1927 – 2020
Jewish theologianJudaic scholarphilosopher
Toni Cade Bambara
American author, activist, professor (1939–1995)
1939 – 1995
documentariannovelistuniversity teacher
Betsy Jones-Moreland
Betsy Jones-Moreland
American actress (1930–2006)
1930 – 2006
film actortelevision actoractor
Shari Lewis
Shari Lewis
American ventriloquist, puppeteer, and television show host (1933-1998)
1933 – 1998
ventriloquistpuppeteertelevision presenter
Leonard Goldberg
American film and television producer (1934-2019)
1934 – 2019
film producerexecutivetelevision producer
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