List of people from New York
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People from the state of New York who have achieved fame or note include:
Contents
Public office
- Schuyler Colfax - US vice-president
- John Jay (1745-1829), first Chief Justice of the United States
- Millard Fillmore (1800-1874), 13th President of the United States
- Franklin D. Roosevelt (1883-1945), 32nd President of the United States
- Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), 25th Vice President and 26th President of the United States
- Martin Van Buren (1782-1862), 8th President of the United States
Entertainment
Film/theater
- Woody Allen (1935-), actor, director and writer
- Frances Bavier (1902 - 1989), actress
- Humphrey Bogart (1899-1957), actor
- James Cagney (1899-1986), actor
- Billy Crudup (1968-), actor
- Tom Cruise (1962-), actor
- Claire Danes (1979-), actress
- Sammy Davis, Jr. (1925-1990), actor, singer
- Agnes de Mille (1905-1993), dancer, choreographer
- Robert De Niro (1943-), actor
- Fran Drescher (1957-), actress
- Jimmy Durante (1893-1980), entertainer, actor, singer, comedian
- Jackie Gleason (1916-1987), actor
- Anne Hathaway (1982-), actor
- Rick Jason (1923-2000), actor
- Ethel Merman (1908-1984), actress, singer
- Arthur Miller (1915-2005), playwright
- Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953), playwright
- Christopher Reeve (1952-2004), actor
- Ray Romano (1957-), actor, comedian
- Mickey Rooney (1920-), actor
- Martin Scorsese (1942-), director
- Barbara Stanwyck (1907-1990), actress
- Oliver Stone (1946-), director
- Mae West (1893-1980), actress
Comedians/humorists
- Lucille Ball (1911-1989), comedienne, actress
- Chico Marx (1887-1961), Vaudeville comedian, with the Marx Brothers
- Groucho Marx (1890-1977), Vaudeville 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 (1962-), comedienne
- Jerry Seinfeld (1954-), comedian, actor
- Dennis Tucker (1972-), cartoonist
Music
- Count Basie (1904-1984), jazz musician
- Maria Callas (1923-1977), opera singer
- Mariah Carey (1970-), pop and r&b singer-songwriter
- John Coltrane (1926-1967), jazz musician
- Sean "Diddy" Combs (1970-), music producer, performer
- Aaron Copland (1900-1990), composer
- Warren Cuccurullo (1956-), rock guitarist
- Mos Def (1973-), hip hop artist
- Ella Fitzgerald (1918-1996), singer
- George Gershwin (1898-1937), composer
- Joel Hirschhorn (1938-2005), songwriter
- Billie Holiday (1915-1959), jazz and blues singer
- Jay-Z (1970-), rapper
- Billy Joel (1949-), pianist, singer-songwriter
- Jim Jones (rapper) (1976-), rapper
- Jerome Kern (1885-1945), composer
- Talib Kweli (1975-), hip hop artist
- Joe Locke (1959-), Jazz artist
- Constantine Maroulis (1975-), singer
- Natalie Merchant(1962?-),singer-songwriter
- Jennifer Lopez (1970-), singer, actress, dancer
- The Notorious B.I.G. (1972-1997), rapper
- Joey Ramone (1952-2001), singer
- Barbra Streisand (1942-), singer, actor
- Steven Tyler (1948-) singer, Aerosmith
- Eric West (1982-), model, actor, pop music singer
- Jerry Jeff Walker (1942-), singer-songwriter, embassador to belize
Business
- George Eastman (1854-1932), founder of the Eastman Kodak Co.
- John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937), industrialist, philanthropist
- Donald Trump (1946-), billionaire entrepreneur
Art/literature/journalism
- Scott Adams (1957-), cartoonist, creator of Dilbert
- Melvil Dewey (1851-1931), originator of the Dewey Decimal System
- Washington Irving (1783-1859), author
- Henry James (1843-1916), author
- Matt Lauer (1957-), news anchor of The Today Show
- Norman Mailer (1923-), author
- Herman Melville (1819-1891), author, ''Moby-Dick
- Ogden Nash (1902-1971), poet
- Norman Rockwell (1894-1978), painter
- David Sedaris (1956-), humorist
- Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933), artist
- Edith Wharton (1862-1937), author
- Walt Whitman (1819-1892), poet
- Brian Williams (1959-), news anchor of NBC Nightly News
Science/medicine
- Richard Axel (1946-), scientist, Nobel prize winner
- Gertrude B. Elion (1918-1999), biochemist, pharmacologist, Nobel prize winner
- Carl Sagan (1934-1996), astronomer
- Jonas Salk (1914-1995), scientist, developed first polio vaccine
Athletics
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1947-), NBA player
- Mick Foley (1965-), professional wrestler and author
- Julius Erving (1950-), NBA player
- Lou Gehrig (1903-1941), Baseball Hall of Famer
- Sandy Koufax (1935-), Baseball Hall of Famer
- Stephon Marbury (1977-), NBA player
- Carl Yastrzemski (1939-), Baseball Hall of Famer
Infamous New Yorkers
- David Berkowitz (1953-), serial killer ''"Son of Sam"
Lawyers and jurists
Other
- Harry Houdini (1874-1926), magician
- Margaret Sanger (1879-1966), activist
- Richard Stallman (1953-), programmer of Emacs, founder of GNU
See also
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