Biographical Records

Notable People from New York

17,567 notable figures born in New York, showing page 89 of 352, ranked by historical prominence.

Robert Shayne
Robert Shayne
American actor (1900-1992)
1900 – 1992
television actoractor
George Decker
George Decker
22nd Chief of Staff of the United States Army
1902 – 1980
military personnel
Helen Tamiris
Helen Tamiris
American choreographer (1905-1966)
1905 – 1966
dancerchoreographer
Henry Scheffé
Henry Scheffé
American statistician (1907–1977)
1907 – 1977
statisticianuniversity teachermathematician
Iris Stuart
Iris Stuart
American actress (1903–1936)
1903 – 1936
actor
Margaret Webster
Margaret Webster
British-American actor and director (1905-1972)
1905 – 1972
theatre directorstage actortheatrical producer
Vito Anthony Marcantonio
Vito Anthony Marcantonio
Italian-American lawyer and politician (1902 – 1954)
1902 – 1954
politicianlawyer
Edward Heyman
American lyricist and producer (1907-1981)
1907 – 1981
lyricistsongwriterrecord producer
William Haade
William Haade
actor (1903-1966)
1903 – 1966
actor
William Janney
William Janney
American actor (1908-1992)
1908 – 1992
actor
Joe De Santis
Joe De Santis
actor (1909-1989)
1909 – 1989
television actorstage actor
Milt Gabler
Milt Gabler
American record producer (1911–2001)
1911 – 2001
record producercomposer
Lockwood Masters Pirie
American yachtmaster (1904–1965)
1904 – 1965
sailor
Fred Aldrich
Fred Aldrich
American actor (1904-1979)
1904 – 1979
television actoractor
Theresa Goell
American archaeologist (1901-1985)
1901 – 1985
archaeologistart historian
Charles K. Feldman
Hollywood attorney, talent agent, and film producer (1904-1968)
1904 – 1968
art collectorfilm producertalent agent
William Kroll
William Kroll
American musician (1901–1980)
1901 – 1980
music educatorviolinistcomposer
Morton Sobell
Morton Sobell
American spy for the Soviet Union (1917-2018)
1917 – 2018
spyelectrical engineerengineer
Chick Reiser
American basketball player-coach
1914 – 1996
basketball playerbasketball coach
Mabel Lang
American archaeologist and classical scholar (1917–2010)
1917 – 2010
historian of classical antiquityhellenistclassical philologist
James Bacon
American biographer, columnist, memoirist, reporter, and actor (1914–2010)
1914 – 2010
film actortelevision actorfilm producer
Arthur Piantadosi
Arthur Piantadosi
American sound engineer (1916–1994)
1916 – 1994
audio engineerengineer
Sidney Luft
American film producer and businessman (1915-2005)
1915 – 2005
producerfilm producerimpresario
Albert Wohlstetter
Albert Wohlstetter
American political scientist
1913 – 1997
political scientistuniversity teacher
Hank D'Amico
Hank D'Amico
American musician (1915–1965)
1915 – 1965
jazz musicianbandleaderclarinetist
David Hare
American artist (1917-1992)
1917 – 1992
autodidactmanufacturerjewelry designer
John Taras
ballet choreographer (1919–2004)
1919 – 2004
dancerchoreographerballet master
Robert Youngson
American film director (1917–1974)
1917 – 1974
producerfilm editordirector
Joel Thorne
Joel Thorne
American racing driver (1914-1955)
1914 – 1955
Formula One driverengineer
John M. Johansen
American architect (1916–2012)
1916 – 2012
visual artistassociation football playerarchitect
Arthur Berger
American composer and music critic (1912-2003)
1912 – 2003
music educatormusicologistuniversity teacher
Fred Meyer
Olympic gymnast
1910 – 1996
artistic gymnast
Martin Denny
American pianist and composer best known for originating the Exotica genre of music (1911–2005)
1911 – 2005
jazz musicianmusicianpianist
John R. Ragazzini
John R. Ragazzini
American control theorist (1912–1988)
1912 – 1988
university teacherengineer
Axel Stordahl
Axel Stordahl
American arranger, orchestra leader (1913–1963)
1913 – 1963
jazz musicianmusic arrangerbandleader
Slim Aarons
American photographer (1916–2006)
1916 – 2006
photographer
Jack Garfinkel
Jack Garfinkel
American basketball player (1918–2013)
1918 – 2013
basketball player
Lina Romay
Lina Romay
Mexican-American singer and actress (1919–2010)
1919 – 2010
jazz musicianfilm actorsinger
Hortense Calisher
American novelist, short story writer, and memoirist (1911-2009)
1911 – 2009
short story writernovelistwriter
Ellis Kolchin
American mathematician (1916–1991)
1916 – 1991
university teachermathematician
Ken Hechler
Ken Hechler
American politician (1914-2016)
1914 – 2016
university teacherhistorianpolitician
Bob Eberly
Bob Eberly
American singer, vocalist (1916–1981)
1916 – 1981
jazz musicianvocalistsinger
Albert Rose
American physicist (1910–1990)
1910 – 1990
physicistengineer
Peter Frelinghuysen, Jr.
Peter Frelinghuysen, Jr.
American politician (1916-2011)
1916 – 2011
art collectormilitary officerjurist
Mort Weisinger
American writer (1915–1978)
1915 – 1978
comics writerscience fiction writereditor
Edward L. Beach, Jr.
Edward L. Beach, Jr.
United States Navy submarine officer (1918–2002)
1918 – 2002
explorernon-fiction writersubmariner
Abe Burrows
American dramatist and playwright (1910-1985)
1910 – 1985
librettistdirectortheatre director
Lee Archer
Lee Archer
Tuskegee Airman (1919-2010)
1919 – 2010
aircraft pilotmilitary officer
Ralph J. Gleason
American music critic (1917–1975)
1917 – 1975
music journalistmusicologistessayist
Eddie Snyder
American composer and songwriter (1919-2011)
1919 – 2011
lyricistsongwritercomposer
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