This is a list of famous people from New York City. [edit] Native New Yorkers The following were born in New York City. Some became famous after they moved away. - Aaliyah - (1979-2001), R&B singer, dancer, model and actress
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - basketball player
- George Abernethy - (1807-1877), first provisional governor of Oregon[1]
- Bella Abzug - feminist activist and politician
- Garnett Adrain, (1815-1878), member of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey[1]
- Cornelius Rea Agnew, (1830-1888), ophthalmologist [1]
- Eliza Agnew, (1807-1883), Presbyterian missionary[1]
- Christina Aguilera - singer
- Danny Aiello - actor
- Marv Albert - sports announcer
- Alan Alda - actor, author, activist, director and screenwriter
- Anne Revere Aldrich - (1866-1892), poet and author[1]
- Ira Aldridge - (1805-1867), stage actor[1]
- William Alexander (aka Lord Stirling), (1726-1783), American major general in the American Revolutionary War[1]
| | [edit] Non-Native New Yorkers These people were not born in New York City but are or were well-known for living there. - Samuel Adler, rabbi, born in Worms, Germany [1]
- William Adams, born in Colchester, Connecticut, one of the founders and later the president of Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York[1]
- Frederick Styles Agate, born in England, noted painter. [1]
- Thomas Peter Akers, born in Knox County, Ohio, vice president of the gold board[1]
| | - Lucille Ball - comedienne, actress, born in Jamestown, New York
- Count Basie - jazz pianist and band leader, born in Red Bank, New Jersey
- Irving Berlin - composer, lyricist, born in Russia
- Lewis Black - comedian, born in Silver Spring, Maryland
- Michael Bloomberg - businessman and mayor, born in Boston, Massachusetts
- Marlon Brando, Jr. - actor, born in Omaha, Nebraska
| - Brandy - singer, born in Mississippi
- Tom Brokaw - television news anchor, born in Webster, South Dakota
- Orestes Brownson - writer, abolitionist, pro-labor reformer, Catholic apologist, born in Stockbridge, Vermont
- William F. Buckley, Jr. - author and conservative commentator, born in Mexico City, Mexico
| - Mariah Carey - singer, born on Long Island, New York
- Wendy Carlos - musician, born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island
- Stokely Carmichael - political activist, born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
- Art Carney - actor, born in Mount Vernon, New York
- Enrico Caruso - opera tenor, born in Naples, Italy
- Willa Cather - author, born in Back Creek Valley, Virginia
- Connie Chung - anchorwoman, born in Washington, D.C.
- Dick Clark - entertainer, born in Mount Vernon, New York
| - DeWitt Clinton - Senator and Governor of New York, born in Napanoch, New York
- George M. Cohan - entertainer, born in Providence, Rhode Island
- Anthony Comstock - reformer, born in New Canaan, Connecticut
- Bill Cosby - actor/comedian, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Billy Crawford - singer, born in Manila, Philippines
- Fanny Crosby - hymn writer, born in Southeast, New York
- Tom Cruise - actor, born in Syracuse, New York
- Bill Cullen - radio host, born in Pennsylvania
| - Thomas S. Hamblin - actor, manager of the Bowery Theatre
- Alexander Hamilton - Founding Father, born in the West Indies
- Townsend Harris - first US diplomat in Japan, one of the founders of CCNY, born in Sandy Hill, New York
- Deborah Harry - singer, actress, born in Union City, New Jersey
- Carlton Hayes - history professor at Columbia University, ambassador to Spain, born at Afton, New York
| | - Igor Karpov - musician, philosopher and solvedian, born in the Ukraine[citation needed]
- Ralph Macchio actor, born on Long Island, New York
- Ali MacGraw - actress, born in Pound Ridge, New York
- Earl Manigault - basketball player, born in Charleston, South Carolina
- Mickey Mantle - professional baseball player, born in Spavinaw, Oklahoma
- Dean Martin - singer, born in Ohio
- Ricky Martin - singer, born in Puerto Rico
- Jan Matulka - painter, born in Vlachovo Březí, Czech Republic
- Willie Mays - baseball hall of famer, born in Alabama
- John Cardinal McCloskey - first American born cardinal, born in City of Brooklyn, New York
| - John McEnroe - professional tennis player, born in Germany
- Zubin Mehta - orchestra conductor, born in Bombay, India
- Bette Midler - singer and actress, born in Honolulu, Hawaii
- The Misshapes - DJs and party hosts
- Moondog (Louis Hardin) - eccentric street musician & poet, born in Kansas
- Garry Moore - TV show host and producer, born in Baltimore, Maryland
- John Pierpont Morgan - businessman, born in Hartford, Connecticut
- Robert Moses - NYC urban planner and developer, born in New Haven, Connecticut
| - Johnny Ramone - born on Long Island, New York
- Tony Randall - actor, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Dan Rather - television news anchor, born in Wharton, Texas
- Chris Rock - comedian, born in Andrews, South Carolina
- John D. Rockefeller - businessman, born in Richford, New York
- Richard Rodgers - composer, born on Long Island, New York
| - Andrew Rooney - CBS 60 Minutes commentator, born in Albany, New York
- Franklin D. Roosevelt - President of the United States, born in Hyde Park, New York
- Dräco Rosa - composer, singer, and actor, born on Long Island, New York
- Babe Ruth - professional baseball player, born in Baltimore, Maryland
| - Telly Savalas - actor, born on Long Island, New York
- Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant - journalist and writer, born in Winchester, Massachusetts
- Fulton J. Sheen - Catholic bishop, author, TV show host, born in El Paso, Illinois
- Bobby Short - jazz musician, born in Danville, Illinois
- Paul Simon - songwriter, born in Newark Heights, New Jersey
- Frank Sinatra - singer, born in Hoboken, New Jersey
- Upton Sinclair - author, born in Baltimore, Maryland
- Patti Smith - singer and poet, born in Chicago
- Regina Spektor - singer, songwriter, born in Moscow, Russia
- Francis Cardinal Spellman - Roman Catholic Cardinal Archbishop of New York, born in Whitman, Massachusetts
| - Wilhelm Steinitz - world chess champion, born in Prague, Czech Republic
- Howard Stern - radio personality, born in Roosevelt, New York
- Sting - rock star, born in England
- Martha Stewart - home interior designer, born in Jersey City, New Jersey
- Lee Strasberg - acting teacher, born in Budaniv, Ukraine
- Meryl Streep - actress, born in Summit, New Jersey
- Ned Stuart - producer-actor-operatic lyric baritone, born in Exeter, England
- Peter Stuyvesant - Governor of New Netherlands, born in Peperga, Netherlands
- Raven Symone- Actress, Singer, born in Atlanta, Georgia
| [edit] References - ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who. 1967.
- ^ a b c d e f Template:Cite book Jennie Jerome Churchill
- ^ Hack, Richard (1996). When Money Is King. Beverly Hills, CA: Dove Books. pp. 1–4,9. ISBN 0-7871-1033-7.
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