Biographical Records

Notable People from New York

17,567 notable figures born in New York, showing page 61 of 352, ranked by historical prominence.

Herb Abramson
Herb Abramson
American record company executive (1916–1999)
1916 – 1999
record producercomposer
Ray Eberle
Ray Eberle
American singer (1919–1979)
1919 – 1979
jazz singerjazz musicianfilm actor
Virgil Finlay
Virgil Finlay
American pulp fantasy, science fiction and horror illustrator (1914–1971)
1914 – 1971
illustratorpoet
Herman Feshbach
Herman Feshbach
American physicist (1917–2000)
1917 – 2000
nuclear physicistphysicist
Sol Spiegelman
Sol Spiegelman
American molecular biologist (1914-1983)
1914 – 1983
molecular biologist
James Bickford
bobsledder (1912–1989)
1912 – 1989
bobsledderpark ranger
Saul Chaplin
American composer and musical director (1912-1997)
1912 – 1997
film score composerlyricistsongwriter
Frank de Kova
actor (1910-1981)
1910 – 1981
film actortelevision actorstage actor
Don Cornell
Don Cornell
American singer (1919-2004)
1919 – 2004
jazz musiciantelevision actorsinger
Howard W. Koch
Howard W. Koch
American film producer (1916-2001)
1916 – 2001
producerfilm producerfilm director
William H. Reynolds
William H. Reynolds
American film editor (1910-1997)
1910 – 1997
film editor
Leon Kirchner
American composer (1919-2009)
1919 – 2009
music educatoruniversity teacherpianist
Jacob Akiba Marinsky
Jacob Akiba Marinsky
American chemist (1918–2005)
1918 – 2005
chemist
Charlie Shavers
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter (1920–1971)
1917 – 1971
trumpeterjazz musicianmusician
Alfred Drake
Alfred Drake
American actor (1914-1992)
1914 – 1992
television actortheatre directorstage actor
Morrie Schwartz
American sociologist (1916-1995)
1916 – 1995
sociologistuniversity teacherwriter
Dik Browne
American cartoonist (1917–1989)
1917 – 1989
draftspersoncomics artistcartoonist
William Kunstler
William Kunstler
American lawyer and civil rights activist (1919-1995)
1919 – 1995
civil rights advocatejuristlawyer
Renee Godfrey
Renee Godfrey
American actress and singer (1919-1964)
1919 – 1964
beauty pageant contestantfilm actortelevision actor
Richard Reeves
Richard Reeves
American character actor (1912–1967)
1912 – 1967
television actoractor
Stanley Kauffmann
American author, editor, and critic of film and theater (1916–2013)
1916 – 2013
magazine writertheatre criticscholar of English
Louis Salica
Louis Salica
boxer (1912–2002)
1912 – 2002
boxer
Herbert Aptheker
Herbert Aptheker
American Marxist historian and political activist (1915–2003)
1915 – 2003
historian of Modern Agetrade unionistuniversity teacher
Paul Bogart
TV and film director (1919–2012)
1919 – 2012
directorfilm directorscreenwriter
Frank Campanella
American actor (1919–2006)
1919 – 2006
film actortelevision actoractor
Alfred Kazin
Alfred Kazin
American writer (1915–1998)
1915 – 1998
diaristessayistliterary critic
Herbert Saffir
Herbert Saffir
American civil engineer, co-author of the Saffir-Simpson scale of hurricanes
1917 – 2007
civil engineer
William Nierenberg
William Nierenberg
American physicist (1919-2000)
1919 – 2000
nuclear physicistearth scientistphysicist
Alex Nicol
Alex Nicol
actor, film and television director (1916–2001)
1916 – 2001
television actorfilm directorstage actor
Julius Rosenberg
Julius Rosenberg
American man executed for spying for the Soviet Union (1918–1953)
1918 – 1953
spyelectrical engineerengineer
Richard Rober
Richard Rober
American actor (1910-1952)
1910 – 1952
film actoractor
Howard Crossett
bobsledder (1918-1968)
1918 – 1968
bobsledder
Donald Dupree
bobsledder (1919–1993)
1919 – 1993
bobsledder
Thomas Hicks
American bobsledder (1918–1992)
1918 – 1992
bobsledder
Ed Peck
Ed Peck
American actor (1917–1992)
1917 – 1992
television actoractor
Eugene Jackson
Eugene Jackson
American actor (1916-2001)
1916 – 2001
actor
Harry Lauter
Harry Lauter
American actor (1914-1990)
1914 – 1990
television actorartistactor
Larry Haines
American actor (1918-2008)
1918 – 2008
film actortelevision actoractor
Gloria Blondell
Gloria Blondell
American actress (1910–1986)
1915 – 1986
film actortelevision actorvoice actor
John Craven
John Craven
American actor (1916-1995)
1916 – 1995
film actorstage actoractor
Eleanor Hunt
Eleanor Hunt
American actress (1910-1981)
1910 – 1981
film actoractor
George D. Wallace
George D. Wallace
American actor (1917-2005)
1917 – 2005
actor
Emelyn Whiton
sailor
1916 – 1962
skippersailor
Eric Ridder
American sailor
1918 – 1996
skipper
Fay Baker
Fay Baker
American actress, novelist (1917-1987)
1917 – 1987
film actortelevision actornovelist
Faye Glenn Abdellah
Faye Glenn Abdellah
American nurse (1919-2017)
1919 – 2017
nurse
John Serry Sr.
American concert accordionist, arranger, and composer (1915–2003)
1915 – 2003
orchestra conductorjazz musicianaccordionist
Alice Hirson
American actress
1929 – 2025
film actortelevision actorstage actor
George Brecht
American artist and composer (1926-2008)
1924 – 2008
conceptual artistperformance artistvisual artist
Arnold Skaaland
American professional wrestler and manager (1925-2007)
1925 – 2007
professional wrestlermanager
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