Biographical Records

Notable People from New York

17,567 notable figures born in New York, showing page 60 of 352, ranked by historical prominence.

Frankie Frisch
Frankie Frisch
American baseball player and manager (1898–1973)
1897 – 1973
baseball player
Anne Cornwall
Anne Cornwall
American actress (1897–1980)
1897 – 1980
film actoractor
Claire Whitney
Claire Whitney
American stage actor (1890-1969)
1890 – 1969
film actorstage actoractor
Cleo Ridgely
Cleo Ridgely
American actress (1893-1962)
1893 – 1962
film actoractor
Gertrude Robinson
Gertrude Robinson
American silent film actress (1890-1962)
1890 – 1962
film actoractor
Herbert Agar
American journalist (1897-1980)
1897 – 1980
journalisteditorhistorian
Gerald Duffy
American journalist and screenwriter (1896-1928)
1896 – 1928
journalistscreenwriter
Lewis Seiler
Lewis Seiler
American film director (1890–1964)
1890 – 1964
directorfilm directorscreenwriter
Ida Rolf
American biochemist, creator of Rolfing (1896–1979)
1896 – 1979
biochemistchemistphysician
Sammy Brooks
Sammy Brooks
actor (1891-1951)
1891 – 1951
actor
Ellsworth Bunker
Ellsworth Bunker
American diplomat (1894–1984)
1894 – 1984
diplomatbusinessperson
Shannon Day
Shannon Day
American actress (1896-1977)
1896 – 1977
film actorstage actoractor
Sophie Aberle
Sophie Aberle
American anthropologist, physician and nutritionist (1896-1996)
1896 – 1996
anthropologistnutritionistphysician
Spencer Gordon Bennet
Spencer Gordon Bennet
American film director and producer (1893–1987)
1893 – 1987
directorfilm producerfilm director
Ted Adams
Ted Adams
American actor (1890-1973)
1890 – 1973
actor
Victor Hugo Green
Victor Hugo Green
American travel writer
1892 – 1960
travel writermail carriertravel agent
Ward Crane
Ward Crane
American actor (1890–1928)
1890 – 1928
actor
Morgan Farley
Morgan Farley
American actor (1898–1988)
1898 – 1988
stage actoractor
Alma Tell
Alma Tell
American actress (1898-1937)
1898 – 1937
film actorstage actoractor
Lina Pagliughi
Lina Pagliughi
Italian-American opera singer
1907 – 1980
opera singer
Don Dillaway
Don Dillaway
American actor (1903-1982)
1903 – 1982
film actoractor
Paul Francis Webster
American lyricist (1907–1984)
1907 – 1984
lyricistsongwritercomposer
Joseph F. Biroc
American cinematographer (1903-1996)
1903 – 1996
cinematographer
Clifton Fadiman
Clifton Fadiman
American author, editor, and radio and TV personality (1904–1999)
1904 – 1999
literary criticradio personalityjournalist
Charles Hapgood
American historian (1904-1982)
1904 – 1982
geographerhistorian
Eden Ahbez
American songwriter and recording artist (1908–1995)
1908 – 1995
singer-songwritersongwritersinger
Louis Zukofsky
American poet (1904–1978)
1904 – 1978
university teacherpoetwriter
Helen Schucman
Helen Schucman
American clinical and research psychologist (1909–1981)
1909 – 1981
psychologistwriter
Kitty Kelly
Kitty Kelly
stage, film, television actress (1902-1968)
1902 – 1968
film actortelevision actorZiegfeld girl
Edgar Pangborn
American writer (1909–1976)
1909 – 1976
science fiction writernovelistwriter
Abel Meeropol
American songwriter (1903-1986)
1903 – 1986
librettistlyricistsongwriter
Joseph Edward Mayer
American chemist (1904–1983)
1904 – 1983
university teacherchemistphysicist
Howard Koch
American screenwriter (1901-1995)
1901 – 1995
film producerplaywrightlawyer
Harry Eagle
American pathologist (1905–1992)
1905 – 1992
pathologist
Louis Meyer
Louis Meyer
American racecar driver (1904–1995)
1904 – 1995
racing automobile driver
Ralph Rainger
American songwriter and composer (1901-1942)
1901 – 1942
film score composersongwritermusician
Bob Marshall
Bob Marshall
Wilderness activist
1901 – 1939
conservationistforesterwriter
Marcia Davenport
American author and music critic
1903 – 1996
musicologistnovelistopinion journalist
G. Arthur Cooper
G. Arthur Cooper
American paleobiologist (1902–2000)
1902 – 2000
researcherpaleontologistgeologist
Gus Schilling
Gus Schilling
American comedian (1908-1957)
1908 – 1957
film actorstage actor
Herbert Friedmann
American ornithologist (1900-1987)
1900 – 1987
entomologistornithologistzoologist
Kathleen Key
Kathleen Key
American actress (1903-1954)
1903 – 1954
film actoractor
Lola Todd
Lola Todd
actress (1904-1995)
1904 – 1995
film actoractor
Phillip Reed
Phillip Reed
American actor (1908–1996)
1908 – 1996
film actortelevision actorstage actor
George Mitchell
George Mitchell
American actor (1905-1972)
1905 – 1972
television actorstage actor
Chick Chandler
Chick Chandler
American actor (1905-1988)
1905 – 1988
television actoractor
Lucien Prival
Lucien Prival
American actor (1901-1994)
1901 – 1994
film actoractor
Salvatore Tripoli
American boxer (1904-1990)
1904 – 1990
boxer
Denzil Best
Denzil Best
American jazz drummer (1917–1965)
1917 – 1965
jazz musicianmusiciandrummer
Belva Plain
American writer (1915-2010)
1915 – 2010
novelistwriter
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