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

1 Public office
2 Entertainment
3 Business
4 Art/literature/journalism
5 Science/medicine
6 Athletics
7 Infamous New Yorkers
8 Lawyers and jurists
9 Other
10 References

[edit] Public office

Parmenio Adams, sheriff and United States Congressman^[1]
DeWitt Clinton, built the Erie Canal
Schuyler Colfax - US vice-president
John Jay (1745-1829), first Chief Justice of the United States
Millard Fillmore (1800-1874), 13^th President of the United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1883-1945), 32^nd President of the United States
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), 25^th Vice President and 26^th President of the United States
Martin Van Buren (1782-1862), 8^th President of the United States

[edit] Entertainment

[edit] Film/Theater/Dance/Modeling

Woody Allen (1935-), actor, director and writer
Lucille Ball (1911-1989), comedian, actress
Frances Bavier (1902 - 1989), actor
Humphrey Bogart (1899-1957), actor
James Cagney (1899-1986), actor
Claudette Colbert (1903-1996), actress
Billy Crudup (1968-), actor
Tom Cruise (1962-), actor
Claire Danes (1979-), actor
Sammy Davis, Jr. (1925-1990), actor, singer
Agnes de Mille (1905-1993), dancer, choreographer
Robert De Niro (1943-), actor
Fran Drescher (1957-), actor
Jimmy Durante (1893-1980), entertainer, actor, singer, comedian
Jackie Gleason (1916-1987), actor
Anne Hathaway (1982-), actress
Rick Jason (1923-2000), actor
Shaun Marcus (1982 -), Model and Dancer
Ethel Merman (1908-1984), actor, 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), actor
Oliver Stone (1946-), director
Ned Stuart (1945-), producer, screenwriter, composer, actor, operatic lyric baritone
Mae West (1893-1980), actor
Adrien Brody (1973-), actor

[edit] Comedians/humorists

Lucille Ball (1911-1989), comedian, 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-), comedian
Jerry Seinfeld (1954-), comedian, actor
Dennis Tucker (1972-), cartoonist

[edit] Music

Christina Aguilera,singer
Fiona Apple (1977-), singer
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
Aaron Copland (1900-1990), composer
Warren Cuccurullo (1956-), rock guitarist
Ella Fitzgerald (1918-1996), singer
George Gershwin (1898-1937), composer
Kim Gordon (1953-), bass guitarist, guitarist, singer, songwriter, visual artist (Sonic Youth)
Joel Hirschhorn (1938-2005), songwriter
Billie Holiday (1915-1959), jazz and blues singer
Billy Joel (1949-), pianist, singer-songwriter
Jerome Kern (1885-1945), composer
Alicia Keys (1981-),singer,songwriter
Joe Locke (1959-), Jazz artist
Jennifer Lopez (1970-), singer, actress, dancer
The Untouchable DJ Drastic (1982-), DJ, radio personality, & industry tastemaker
Constantine Maroulis (1975-), singer
Natalie Merchant(1962?-),singer-songwriter
Joey Ramone (1952-2001), singer, songwriter (Ramones)
Lou Reed (1942-), singer, songwriter, guitarist
Paul Simon (1941-), singer-songwriter, guitarist
Peter Cincotti(1983-) ,singer, songwritter, pianist

[edit] Rappers

[edit] Business

John Jacob Astor, fur trader , company founder
Nicholas F. Brady, ceo Dillon Read, Sec of US Treasury
Rayford Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates-fund mgrs
C. Douglas Dillon, ceo Dillon Read,US Amb to France, Sec of US Treasury
George Eastman (1854-1932), founder of the Eastman Kodak Co.
E.H. Harriman errand boy, broker, blder of RR empire
J.P. Morgan, banker, ceo, co. founder
Henry Paulson, ceo Goldman Sachs, Sec of US Treasury
Joseph R. Perella , M&A pro, banker , ceo
Donald Regan, ceo Merrill Lynch, Sec of US Treasury
John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937), industrialist, philanthropist
Robert Rubin, ceo Goldman Sachs, Sec of US Treasury
Jacob Schiff Wall St exec, banker, Kuhn Loeb
Donald Trump (1946-), billionaire entrepreneur
Cornelius Vanderbilt, ferry & tug boat captain, company founder, esp RRs
Sanford Weill, ceo Citigroup which he forged into global no.1 bank

[edit] Art/literature/journalism

Scott Adams (1957-), cartoonist, creator of Dilbert
William Bliss Baker (1859-1886), American landscape painter
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
John Reed (1969-), author, Snowball's Chance
Norman Rockwell (1894-1978), painter
David Sedaris (1956-), humorist
Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933), artist
Andrew Vachss, (1942-) author, activist, and lawyer
Edith Wharton (1862-1937), author
Walt Whitman (1819-1892), poet
Brian Williams (1959-), news anchor of NBC Nightly News

[edit] Science/medicine

Richard Axel (1946-), scientist, Nobel prize winner
M. A. Benjaminson (1930-), microbiologist and biotechnologist, in vitro meat pioneer
Gertrude B. Elion (1918-1999), biochemist, pharmacologist, Nobel prize winner
Carl Sagan (1934-1996), astronomer
Jonas Salk (1914-1995), scientist, developed first polio vaccine

[edit] Athletics

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1947-), NBA Finals player
Mick Foley (1965-), professional wrestler and author
Julius Erving (1950-), NBA Finals player
Lou Gehrig (1903-1941), Baseball Hall of Famer
Sandy Koufax (1935-), Baseball Hall of Famer
Stephon Marbury (1977-), NBA Finals player
Alex Rodriguez (1975-), MLB player
Carl Yastrzemski (1939-), Baseball Hall of Famer

[edit] Infamous New Yorkers

Jimmy Walker 1881-1946, NYC mayor forced into resigning by the Seabury Commission
David Berkowitz (1953-), serial killer "Son of Sam"
Ron Artest (1979-), basketball player (Sacramento Kings), nemesis by the Pistons fans because of the Pacers-Pistons brawl (born in Queens)
A.J. Pierzynski (1976-), baseball player (Chicago White Sox), nemesis of 2005 American League Championship Series by Angels fans (born in Bridgehampton)
Smush Parker (1981-), basketball player (Los Angeles Lakers)
Joe Nathan (1974-), baseball player (Minnesota Twins), (born in Pine Bush)
Shirley Winters (1948-), convicted arsonist and accused serial killer

[edit] Lawyers and jurists

Kumiki Gibson

[edit] Other

Harry Houdini (1874-1926), magician
Margaret Sanger (1879-1966), activist
Richard Stallman (1953-), programmer of Emacs, founder of GNU
Grace Brown (1886-1906, murder victim)

[edit] References

^ (1963) Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who.

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