List of people from New York facts for kids

The following is a list of prominent people who were born in the U.S. state of New York, lived in New York, or for whom New York is a significant part of their identity.

Public office

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Presidents

• Martin Van Buren (1782–1862), 8th President of the United States
• Millard Fillmore (1800–1874), 13th President of the United States
• Chester A. Arthur (1829–1886), 21st President of the United States
• Grover Cleveland (1837–1908), 22nd and 24th President of the United States
• Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919), 25th Vice President and 26th President of the United States
• Franklin D. Roosevelt (1883–1945), 32nd President of the United States

Vice presidents

Nelson Rockefeller

• Aaron Burr
• George Clinton
• Schuyler Colfax
• Nelson Rockefeller
• William A. Wheeler

Other

• Parmenio Adams, sheriff and United States Congressman
• Shirley Chisholm, Congresswoman and 1972 Democratic presidential candidate
• Dewitt Clinton, governor, built the Erie Canal
• Hillary Rodham Clinton, U.S. Secretary of State; former U.S. Senator; former First Lady; 2008 Democratic presidential candidate
• J. J. Dewey (died 1891), territorial legislator in Minnesota
• William H. Donaldson (born 1931), 27th Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
• Boris Johnson, present Mayor of London
• William Loeb, Jr., secretary to President Theodore Roosevelt
• Chuck Schumer, United States Senator

Entertainment

Film, theater, dance, and modeling

Woody Allen

Lauren Bacall

Robert De Niro

Lindsay Lohan

Arthur Miller

Eaddy Mays

• Woody Allen (born 1935), actor, director and writer
• June Allyson (1917–2006), actress
• Diane Arbus (1923–1971), photographer
• Alan Arkin (born 1934), actor
• Alison Arngrim (born 1962), actress, comedian
• Jean Arthur (1900–1991), actress
• Lauren Bacall (1924–2014), actress
• Lucille Ball (1911–1989), comedian, actress
• Anne Bancroft (1931–2005), actress
• Joseph Barbera (1911–2006), animator, producer, director
• Mikhail Baryshnikov (born 1948), ballet dancer
• Frances Bavier (1902–1989), actor
• Barbara Bel Geddes (1922–2005), actress
• William Bendix (1906–1964), actor
• Constance Bennett (1904–1965), actress
• Yasmine Bleeth (born 1968), actress
• Joan Blondell (1906–1979), actress
• Ann Blyth (born 1928), actress
• Humphrey Bogart (1899–1957), actor
• Shirley Booth (1898–1992), actress
• Clara Bow (1905–1965), actress
• Abigail Breslin (born 1996), actress
• Adrien Brody (born 1973), actor
• Mel Brooks (born 1926), actor, producer, director
• James Caan (born 1940), actor
• James Cagney (1899–1986), actor
• Jeff Chandler (1918–1961), actor
• Ruth Chatterton (1893–1961), actress
• Claudette Colbert (1903–1996), actress
• Billy Crudup (born 1968), actor
• Tom Cruise (born 1962), actor
• Tony Curtis (1925–2010), actor
• Claire Danes (born 1979), actor
• Marion Davies (1897–1961), actress
• Sammy Davis, Jr. (1925–1990), actor, singer
• Agnes de Mille (1905–1993), dancer, choreographer
• Robert De Niro (born 1943), actor
• Willy DeVille (1950–2009), singer
• Matt Dillon (born 1964), actor
• Kirk Douglas (born 1916), actor
• Fran Drescher (born 1957), actress
• Jimmy Durante (1893–1980), entertainer, actor, singer, comedian
• Peter Falk (1927–2011), actor
• Alice Faye (1915–1998), actress
• Jane Fonda (born 1937), actress
• John Garfield (1913–1952), actor
• Ben Gazzara (1930–2012), actor
• Sarah Michelle Gellar (born 1977), actress
• Richard Genelle (1961–2008), actor
• Jackie Gleason (1916–1987), actor
• Paulette Goddard (1910–1990), actress
• Elliott Gould (born 1938), actor
• Jennifer Grey (born 1960), actress
• A. R. Gurney (born 1930), playwright
• Anne Hathaway (born 1982), actress
• Susan Hayward (1917–1975), actress
• Rita Hayworth (1918–1987), actress
• Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967–2014), actor
• Judy Holliday (1921–1965), actress
• Ruben Santiago-Hudson (born 1956), actor and playwright
• Rick Jason (1923–2000), actor
• Scarlett Johansson (born 1984), actress
• Danny Kaye (1913–1987), actor, singer
• Jack Kelly (1927–1992), actor, born in Astoria, Queens
• Ricki Lake (born 1968), actress, talk-show host
• Veronica Lake (1922–1973), actress
• Burt Lancaster (1913–1994), actor
• Michael Landon (1936–1991), actor
• Lindsay Lohan (born 1986), actress
• Kristanna Loken (born 1979), actress
• Steele MacKaye (1842–1894), playwright, actor
• Lee Marvin (1924–1987), actor
• James Maslow (born 1990), actor, singer, dancer
• Walter Matthau (1920–2000), actor
• Eaddy Mays, actress
• Ethel Merman (1908–1984), actor, singer
• Arthur Miller (1915–2005), playwright
• Lea Michele (born 1986), actress, singer
• Robert Montgomery (1904–1981), actor
• Dylan O'Brien (born 1991), actor
• Eugene O'Neill (1888–1953), playwright
• Corey Parker (born 1965), actor
• George A. Parkhurst (1841–1890), actor
• Anthony Perkins (1932–1992), actor
• Bill Pullman (born 1953), actor
• George Raft (1895–1980), actor
• Christopher Reeve (1952–2004), actor
• Leah Remini (born 1970), actress
• Thelma Ritter (1902–1969), actress
• Tanya Roberts (born 1955), actress, model
• Ray Romano (born 1957), actor, comedian
• Mickey Rooney (1920–2014), actor
• Martin Scorsese (born 1942), director
• George Segal (born 1934), actor
• Matthew Senreich (born 1974), screenwriter
• Sylvia Sidney (1910–1999), actress
• Barbara Stanwyck (1907–1990), actor
• Rod Steiger (1925–2002), actor
• Oliver Stone (born 1946), director
• Beatrice Straight (1914–2001), actress
• Benj Thall (born 1978), actor
• Gene Tierney (1920–1991), actress
• Claire Trevor (1910–2000), actress
• Tuesday Weld (born 1943), actress
• Mae West (1893–1980), actor
• Olivia Wilde (born 1984), actress
• Lanford Wilson (1937–2011), playwright

Comedians and humorists

Jerry Seinfeld

• Woody Allen (born 1935), comedian, screenwriter, director, actor, author, playwright, musician
• Lucille Ball (1911–1989), comedian, actress
• George Carlin (1937–2008), comedian, actor
• Jimmy Fallon (born 1974), comedian, actor, host of The Tonight Show
• Jay Leno (born 1950), comedian, host of The Tonight Show
• Demetri Martin (born 1973), comedian
• Chico Marx (1887–1961), vaudeville comedian, with the Marx Brothers
• Groucho Marx (1890–1977), vaudeville comedian, with the Marx Brothers
• Gummo Marx (1892–1977), vudeville comedian, with the Marx Brothers
• Harpo Marx (1888–1964), vaudeville comedian, with the Marx Brothers
• Zeppo Marx (1901–1979), vaudeville comedian, with the Marx Brothers
• Rosie O'Donnell (born 1962), comedian, actress, television personality
• Chris Rock (born 1965), comedian, actor
• Jerry Seinfeld (born 1954), comedian, actor
• John Valby (born 1944), comedian, musician

Music

Lady Gaga

Billy Joel

Paul Simon

• Aaliyah (1979–2001), Singer, actress, model, dancer
• Vinnie Amico, drummer
• Fiona Apple (born 1977), singer
• Harold Arlen (1905–1986), composer
• Christina Aguilera (born 1980), singer, songwriter, actress
• Adrienne Bailon(born 1983), singer
• David Baker, singer
• Chris Barnes, musician
• Count Basie (1904–1984), jazz musician
• Jay Beckenstein (born 1951), saxophonist
• Pat Benatar (born 1953), singer
• Mary J. Blige (born 1971), singer, songwriter, actress
• Laura Branigan (1952–2004), singer
• Keith Buckley (born 1979), musician
• Maria Callas (1923–1977), opera singer
• Mariah Carey (born 1970), pop and R&B singer and songwriter
• Peter Case (born 1954), singer-songwriter
• Peter Cincotti (born 1983), singer, songwriter, pianist
• Coko (born 1973), singer (SWV)
• John Coltrane (1926–1967), jazz musician
• Aaron Copland (1900–1990), composer
• Warren Cuccurullo (born 1956), rock guitarist
• Vic Dana (born 1942), singer
• Blossom Dearie (1924–2009), jazz singer and pianist
• Lana Del Rey (born 1986), singer, songwriter
• Rob Derhak (born 1968), bass guitarist
• Lance Diamond, singer
• Neil Diamond (born 1941), singer, songwriter
• Ani DiFranco (born 1970), singer-songwriter
• Jonathan Donahue (born 1966), rock musician
• JoAnn Falletta (born 1954), classical guitarist, orchestral conductor
• Morton Feldman (1926–1987), composer
• Ella Fitzgerald (1918–1996), singer
• John Flansburgh (born 1960), singer-songwriter
• Lukas Foss (1922–2009), composer, orchestral conductor
• Dave Fridmann, producer
• Chuck Garvey, guitarist
• George Gershwin (1898–1937), composer
• Kim Gordon (born 1953), bass guitarist, guitarist, singer, songwriter, visual artist (Sonic Youth)
• Grasshopper (born 1967), born Sean Mackowiak, rock musician
• Joel Hirschhorn (1938–2005), songwriter
• Billie Holiday (1915–1959), jazz and blues singer
• Jim Hall (born 1930), jazz guitarist
• Alan Heatherington (born 1945), orchestral conductor
• Ray Henderson (1897–1970), songwriter
• Lady Gaga (born 1986), born Stefani Germanotta, singer and songwriter
• Lena Horne (1917–2010), singer, actress
• Freddie Jackson (born 1956), singer
• Rick James (1948–2004), singer
• Billy Joel (born 1949), pianist, singer and songwriter
• Jerome Kern (1885–1945), composer
• Alicia Keys (born 1981), singer-songwriter
• Carole King (born 1942), singer-songwriter
• Cyndi Lauper (born 1953), singer
• Mel Lewis (1929–1990), drummer
• John Linnell (born 1959), singer-songwriter
• Joe Locke (born 1959), jazz artist
• John Lombardo (born 1952), musician, songwriter
• Jennifer Lopez (born 1969), singer, actress, dancer
• David Lucas (born 1937), composer
• Gary Mallaber (born 1946), drummer
• Constantine Maroulis (born 1975), singer
• Brian McKnight (born 1969), R&B singer
• Don Menza (born 1936), saxophonist
• Natalie Merchant(1962?-),singer-songwriter
• Stephanie Mills (born 1957), singer
• Gurf Morlix, musician
• Josh Newton (born 1973), bassist
• Willie Nile (born 1948), singer-songwriter
• Laura Nyro (1947–1997), singer-songwriter
• Jack Owen (born 1967), guitarist (Cannibal Corpse)
• Tina Parol, singer-songwriter
• Joey Ramone (1952–2001), singer, songwriter (Ramones)
• Mary Ramsey (born 1963), musician
• Sharon Redd (1945–1992), singer
• Lou Reed (born 1942), singer, songwriter, guitarist
• Neil Rosenshein (born 1947), operatic singer, lyric tenor
• Jason Sebastian Russo (born 1973), rock musician
• Justin Russo (born 1976), rock musician
• John Rzeznik (born 1965), musician (Goo Goo Dolls)
• Adam Schlesinger (born 1967), musician (Fountains of Wayne), songwriter, producer, arranger
• Al Schnier (born 1968), guitarist
• Billy Sheehan (born 1953), bass guitarist
• Paul Simon (born 1941), singer-songwriter, guitarist
• Lonnie Smith (born 1942), jazz organist
• Ronnie Spector (born 1943), singer (The Ronettes)
• John Stevens (born 1987), singer
• Stevie J. (born Steve Jordan), musician
• Barbra Streisand (born 1942), singer, actress
• Stan Szelest (1943–1991), musician
• Robby Takac (born 1964), musician (Goo Goo Dolls)
• George Tutuska, musician (Goo Goo Dolls, Jackdaw)
• Luther Vandross (1951–2005), singer
• Jeremy Wall, jazz musician
• Luke Walter Jr. (1947–1996), Belgian musician
• Grover Washington, Jr. (1943–1999), saxophonist
• Alex Webster (born 1969), bassist (Cannibal Corpse)
• Mary Weiss (born 1948), singer (The Shangri-Las)
• Cory Wells (born 1942), singer
• Patrick Wilson (born 1969), drummer
• Jack Yellen (1892–1991), lyricist, composer

Rappers

Jay Z

• 50 Cent
• KRS-One
• Jay Z
• LL Cool J
• Mos Def
• Nas
• The Notorious B.I.G.
• Rakim
• Run DMC
• Lil' Kim
• Beastie Boys
• Nicki Minaj
• Juelz Santana
• Jim Jones
• Cam'ron
• ASAP Rocky
• Busta Rhymes
• Big L
• Mobb Deep
• Wu-Tang Clan
• 2Pac
• Sean Combs
• Onyx
• A Tribe Called Quest

Business

Donald Trump

Sanford Weill

• John Jacob Astor, fur trader, company founder
• Nicholas F. Brady, former CEO of Dillon Read; 68th United States Secretary of the Treasury
• C. Douglas Dillon, former CEO of Dillon Read; US Ambassador to France (1953–1957); 57th United States Secretary of the Treasury
• George Eastman (1854–1932), founder of Eastman Kodak
• Joseph Ellicott (1760–1826), surveyor and city planner
• William G. Fargo (1818–1881), co-founder of American Express Company and Wells Fargo; mayor of Buffalo
• Debra Fox, founder of Fox Learning Systems
• E.H. Harriman, errand boy, broker, railroader
• George A. Hormel (1860–1946), founder of Hormel
• Jeremy Jacobs (born 1940), owner of Delaware North and the Boston Bruins
• John J. Kennedy (1857–1914), financier, 45th New York State Treasurer
• Seymour H. Knox I (1861–1915), businessman, co-founder of F. W. Woolworth Company
• Seymour H. Knox II (1898–1990), former director of Marine Midland Bank; philanthropist
• Jon L. Luther, food service executive
• Sherman J. Maisel (1918–2010), economist
• Jeremiah Milbank, banker, co-founder of Borden Milk Co., 1857
• J.P. Morgan, banker, co-founder of J.P. Morgan & Co.
• Jacquelyn Ottman, marketing consultant
• Henry Paulson, former CEO of Goldman Sachs; United States Secretary of the Treasury
• Joseph R. Perella, financier
• Pat Powers (1870–1948), movie producer
• Donald Regan, former CEO of Merrill Lynch; 66th United States Secretary of the Treasury
• Robert E. Rich, Sr. (1913–2006), inventor, foodservice executive
• John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937), founder of Standard Oil, philanthropist
• Robert Rubin, former CEO of Goldman Sachs; 70th United States Secretary of the Treasury
• Scott Rudin, movie producer
• Jacob Schiff, Wall Street executive, banker
• Edward Selzer (1893–1970), movie producer
• Ellsworth Milton Statler (1863–1928), hotelier
• Jill Stuart, fashion designer
• Donald Trump (born 1946), entrepreneur
• Cornelius Vanderbilt, ferry and tugboat captain; company founder; railroader
• Sanford Weill, former CEO of Citigroup
• Henry Wells (1805–1878), businessman
• John G. Wickser (1858–1928), businessman; New York State Treasurer (1903–1904)
• Bob Weinstein, movie producer, co-founder of Miramax Films
• Harvey Weinstein, movie producer, co-founder of Miramax Films
• Robert G. Wilmers (born 1935), CEO of M&T Bank
• Christopher Woodrow, movie producer

Art, literature, journalism, and philosophy

Joseph Brodsky

Frederick Douglass

Washington Irving

Mark Twain

Walt Whitman

• Samuel Hopkins Adams, muckraker, born in Dunkirk
• Scott Adams (born 1957), cartoonist, creator of Dilbert
• Susan B. Anthony, women's rights activist
• Cory Arcangel (born 1978), artist
• William Bliss Baker (1859–1886), landscape painter
• Lauren Belfer, author
• J. Bowyer Bell (1931–2003), historian, artist and art critic
• Timothy D. Bellavia (born 1971), artist and illustrator
• Louise Blanchard Bethune (1856–1913), architect
• Wolf Blitzer (born 1948), CNN journalist, host of The Situation Room
• Lawrence Block (born 1938), author
• Howard Bloom (born 1943), author
• Joseph Brodsky (1940–1996), Russian-American poet
• Dale Brown (born 1956), author
• Gordon Bunshaft (1909–1990), architect
• Charles E. Burchfield (1893–1967), artist
• Charles Clough (born 1951), artist
• Burton Crane (1901–1963), journalist
• Robert Creeley (1926–2005), poet
• Jasper Francis Cropsey (1823–1900), artist
• Arthur B. Davies (1863–1928), artist
• Don DeLillo (born 1936), author
• Melvil Dewey (1851–1931), originator of Dewey Decimal System
• Amy Dickinson, Chicago Tribune advice columnist, from Freeville
• Amanda Minnie Douglas (1831–1916), writer
• Frederick Douglass (1818–1895), editor and publisher of abolitionist newspapers such as The North Star
• Arthur Dove (1880–1946), artist
• Philip Evergood (1901–1973), artist
• Leslie Fiedler (1917–2003), literary critic
• Steve Fiorilla (1961–2009), artist
• Ira Joe Fisher, author and weatherman, who was born and raised in Little Valley
• F. Scott Fitzgerald, author, raised in Buffalo
• Helen Frankenthaler (born 1928), artist
• Kelly Freas (1922–2005), artist
• Anna Katharine Green (1846–1935), author
• E.B. Green (1855–1950), architect
• Terry Gross (born 1951), radio host, Fresh Air
• Alfred Harvey (1913–1994), writer and publisher, founder of Harvey Comics
• Richard Hofstadter (1916–1970), author and philosopher
• Paul Horgan (1903–1995), author
• Roni Horn (born 1955), artist
• Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915), philosopher and writer
• Idil Ibrahim, director
• Washington Irving (1783–1859), author, Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
• Henry James (1843–1916), author
• William James (1842–1910), philosopher
• James A. Johnson (1865–1939), architect
• Ellsworth Kelly (born 1923), artist
• John Kessel (born 1950), author
• Verlyn Klinkenborg, member of New York Times editorial board; writer and farmer
• Nancy Kress (born 1948), author
• Matt Lauer (born 1957), anchor of The Today Show
• Zoe Leonard (born 1961), photographer and visual artist
• Robert Longo (born 1953), artist
• Mabel Dodge Luhan (1879–1962), writer and patron
• Norman Mailer (1923–2007), author
• Francis Mallison, journalist, helped organize the Great Civil War Gold Hoax; from Rome
• Brice Marden (born 1938), artist
• Herman Melville (1819–1891), author of Moby-Dick
• Ogden Nash (1902–1971), poet
• Joyce Carol Oates (born 1938), author
• William Ordway Partridge (1861–1930), sculptor
• Tim Powers (born 1952), author
• Thomas Pynchon (born 1937), author
• Ishmael Reed (born 1938), poet
• John Reed (born 1969), author, Snowball's Chance
• Seymour Reit (1918–2001), writer and cartoonist
• Norman Rockwell (1894–1978), painter
• Spain Rodriguez (born 1940), cartoonist
• Milton Rogovin (1909–2011), photographer
• Charles Rohlfs (1853–1936, craftsman
• Tim Russert (1950–2008), host of NBC's Meet the Press
• David Sedaris (born 1956), humorist and author
• Tony Sisti (1901–1983), painter
• Eugene Speicher (1883–1962), painter
• Fran Striker (1903–1962), creator of the Lone Ranger and Green Hornet
• Elizabeth Swados (born 1951), author
• Dorothy Thompson, born in Lancaster
• Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933), artist
• Tom Toles (born 1951), cartoonist
• Israel Tsvaygenbaum (born 1961), Russian-American artist
• Mark Twain (1835–1910), author
• Andrew Vachss (born 1942), author, activist, and lawyer
• Richard A. Waite (1848–1911), architect
• J. Alden Weir (1852–1919), painter
• Edith Wharton (1862–1937), author
• Walt Whitman (1819–1892), poet
• Brian Williams (born 1959), anchor of NBC Nightly News
• John Zogby, pollster and blogger from Utica

Science and medicine

• Richard Axel (born 1946), scientist, Nobel prize winner
• Gertrude B. Elion (1918–1999), biochemist, pharmacologist, Nobel prize winner
• Richard P. Feynman (1918–1988), physicist, Nobel prize winner
• Carl Sagan (1934–1996), astronomer
• Jonas Salk (1914–1995), scientist, developed first polio vaccine

Athletics

Hall of Famer Hank Greenberg

Sandy Koufax

Eric Nystrom

• Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born 1947), NBA player
• Lisa Aukland (born 1957), professional bodybuilder and powerlifter
• Moe Berg (1902–72), Major League Baseball baseball player, and spy (New York City)
• Sue Bird (born 1980), Women's National Basketball Association point guard; two-time Olympic champion; four-time All-Star (Seattle Storm) (Syosset)
• Andrulla Blanchette (born 1966), British professional bodybuilder
• Andy Bloom (born 1973), Olympic shot putter
• Laura Creavalle (born 1959), Guyanese-born Canadian/American professional bodybuilder
• Lisa Cross (born 1978), British professional bodybuilder
• Al "Bummy" Davis (1920–45), professional boxer (Brooklyn)
• Shay Doron (born 1985), professional basketball player
• Tommy Dreamer (born 1971), professional wrestler (Yonkers)
• Julius Erving (born 1950), NBA player
• Mick Foley (born 1965), professional wrestler and author
• Whitey Ford, baseball player
• Heather Foster (born 1966), Jamaica-born American professional bodybuilder
• Bev Francis (born 1955), Australian professional bodybuilder, powerlifter, and national shot put champion
• John Franco, baseball player
• Lou Gehrig (1903–1941), Baseball Hall of Famer
• Sid Gordon (1917–75), two-time All Star major league baseball player
• Hank Greenberg (1911–1986), Baseball Hall of Famer (Greenwich Village)
• Jon Jones (born 1987), UFC champion
• Seymour H. Knox III (1926–1996), co-founder of the Buffalo Sabres
• Sandy Koufax (born 1935), Baseball Hall of Famer
• Scott Lipsky (born 1981), tennis player
• Boyd Melson, boxer
• Joe Nathan (born 1974), baseball player, Minnesota Twins; born in Pine Bush)
• Colette Nelson (born 1974), professional bodybuilder
• Eric Nystrom (born 1983), NHL player
• Beth Phoenix (born 1980), professional wrestler (born in Elmira, New York)
• A. J. Pierzynski (born 1976), baseball player (Chicago White Sox) (born in Bridgehampton)
• Lipman Pike (1845–93), Major League Baseball baseball player, 4x home run champion (New York City)
• Alex Rodriguez (born 1975), MLB player
• Alana Shipp (born 1982), Barbadian-born Israeli/American professional bodybuilder
• Carl Yastrzemski (born 1939), Baseball Hall of Famer

Lawyers and jurists

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

• Kumiki Gibson
• Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• John Jay (1745–1829), first Chief Justice of the United States
• Elena Kagan
• John G. Roberts
• Antonin Scalia
• Sonia Sotomayor

Religious leaders

• Avraham Qanai, leader of one of the first Karaite Jewish congregations in the United States
• Menachem Mendel Schneerson

Other

• Lina Beecher (1841–1915), roller coaster designer and inventor
• Grace Brown (1886–1906, murder victim)
• Mary Therese Friel (born 1960), Miss USA 1979, model, businesswoman
• Wilson Greatbatch (1919–2011), inventor
• Harry Houdini (1874–1926), magician
• Kimberly Pressler (born 1977), Miss USA 1999
• Margaret Sanger (1879–1966), activist
• Frances Shimer (1826–1901), founder of Shimer College
• Richard Stallman (born 1953), programmer of Emacs, founder of GNU
• Josephine Terranova (1889–1981), criminal defendant

Images for kids

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