Biographical Records

Notable People from New York

17,567 notable figures born in New York, showing page 67 of 352, ranked by historical prominence.

Wally Van

actor, film director (1880-1974)

1880 – 1974

film actorfilm directordirector

John G. Adolfi

1888–1933; American silent film director, actor, and screenwriter (1888–1933)

1881 – 1933

directorfilm directoractor

Paul Stevens

bobsledder (1889-1949)

1889 – 1949

bobsledder

Arthur Caswell Parker

American archaeologist (1881–1955)

1881 – 1955

archaeologistanthropologisthistorian

Frank J. Coleman

American actor (1889-1948)

1889 – 1948

actor

Johnny Evers

American baseball player and coach (1881-1947)

1881 – 1947

baseball player

Alice Howell

American actress (1888-1961)

1888 – 1961

film actoractor

Allan Forrest

actor (1885-1941)

1885 – 1941

film actorfilm directoractor

Bud Duncan

American actor (1883-1960)

1883 – 1960

film actoractor

Carlton J. H. Hayes

American diplomat, academic, educator

1882 – 1964

authorhistoriandiplomat

Pete Smith

American publicist and short subject producer and narrator (1892-1979)

1892 – 1979

film directorfilm producervoice actor

Willie "The Lion" Smith

American musician (1897–1973)

1893 – 1973

jazz musicianmusicianpianist

Kay Swift

American composer of popular and classical music (1897–1993)

1897 – 1993

songwritercomposer

Violet Mersereau

actress (1892-1975)

1892 – 1975

film actorstage actoractor

Francis Xavier Ford

martyred American Catholic bishop (1892–1952)

1892 – 1952

Catholic bishopCatholic priestmissionary

Harry Akst

American songwriter (1894–1963)

1894 – 1963

film score composersongwriterpianist

Eleanor Goss

American tennis player (1895–1982)

1895 – 1982

tennis player

Charles Reznikoff

American Jewish Objectivist poet (1894-1976)

1894 – 1976

poet lawyerpoetlawyer

George Waggner

American actor and film director (1894-1984)

1894 – 1984

producerfilm actordirector

Glenn Hunter

American actor (1894–1945)

1894 – 1945

film actorstage actoractor

Hamilton Fish Armstrong

American diplomat (1893–1973)

1893 – 1973

editordiplomatpolitician

Dick Huemer

American animator, screenwriter (1898–1979)

1898 – 1979

film screenwriterstory artistfilm director

Gilbert Vernam

American cryptographer (1890–1960)

1890 – 1960

cryptographermathematicianengineer

Fletcher Pratt

American military historian and fantasy writer (1897–1956)

1897 – 1956

science fiction writernovelisttranslator

Philip Jessup

American diplomat, scholar, and jurist (1897–1986)

1897 – 1986

university teacherdiplomatjurist

Johnny Wilson

American boxer (1893-1985)

1893 – 1985

boxer

Ethel Shutta

American actress and singer (1896-1976)

1896 – 1976

film actorstage actorZiegfeld girl

Gladys Leslie

American actress (1899-1976)

1899 – 1976

film actoractor

Hallam Cooley

actor (1895-1971)

1895 – 1971

film actoractor

Rexford Tugwell

American economist, academic, and former governor of Puerto Rico (1891–1979)

1891 – 1979

academicadviseruniversity teacher

Katherine Perry

American actress (1897-1983)

1897 – 1983

film actorZiegfeld girlactor

Irving Ives

American politician (1896-1962)

1896 – 1962

politician

Ellsworth Paine Killip

American botanist (1890-1968)

1890 – 1968

scientific collectorbotanistbotanical collector

Lucy Fox

American actress (1897-1970)

1897 – 1970

film actoractor

Charles C. Wilson

American actor (1894-1948)

1894 – 1948

film directorstage actoractor

Anna Lehr

actress (1890-1974)

1890 – 1974

film actorstage actoractor

Edward Cronjager

American cinematographer (1904-1960)

1904 – 1960

cinematographer

David Buttolph

American composer (1902-1983)

1902 – 1983

film score composercomposeractor

Joe E. Lewis

American singer and comedian (1902–1971)

1902 – 1971

film actorcomediansinger

Art Jarrett

American singer (1907-1987)

1907 – 1987

film actortelevision actorbandleader

Robert Lewis

American actor (1909-1997)

1909 – 1997

opera directorfilm actordirector

Gladys Frazin

American actress (1900 – 1939)

1901 – 1939

film actorstage actoractor

Billy Burch

Canadian ice hockey player (1900–1950)

1900 – 1950

ice hockey player

Melvin Spencer Newman

American chemist (1908–1993)

1908 – 1993

chemist

Walter Flinsch

German rower (1903–1943)

1903 – 1943

rower

Robert Allen

American film actor (1906-1998)

1906 – 1998

film actortelevision actoraircraft pilot

Michael Maltese

American screenwriter and actor (1908–1981)

1908 – 1981

storyboard artistanimatoractor

Dean Benjamin McLaughlin

American astronomer (1901-1965)

1901 – 1965

astronomer

Fuller Albright

endocrinologist (1900-1969)

1900 – 1969

physician

Edward Eliscu

American actor (1902-1998)

1902 – 1998

film producerstage actorlyricist

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