Many notable people were either born in New York City or adopted it as their home. These people were not born or adopted in New York City and raised elsewhere but are well known for living in New York City. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history. Tools Tools. Download as PDF Printable version. In other projects.
Wikimedia Commons Wikidata item. People from New York City [ edit ]. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. A [ edit ]. Ames β β illustrator and writer; known for the Draw B [ edit ]. Blige born β singer Henry H. Bliss β β first recorded person to be killed by a traffic collision in the United States Joan Blondell β β actress Humphrey Bogart β β actor A Boogie wit da Hoodie born β rapper William T.
Bonniwell Jr. Louis Cardinals Abigail Breslin born β actress and musician Jimmy Breslin β β columnist Spencer Breslin born β actor and musician Richard Bright β β actor Eben Britton born β football player Matthew Broderick born β actor and singer Action Bronson born β rapper Mel Brooks born β film director, screenwriter, actor Helen Gilman Noyes Brown β philanthropist Julia Brown β madam and prostitute Larry Brown born β basketball player and coach Quincy Brown born β actor Tarell Brown born β football player Andrew Bryson β β United States Navy rear admiral William F.
Buckley Jr. C [ edit ]. Supreme Court Michael A. Chao born β Chinese-American entrepreneur, philanthropist Harry Chapin β β singer-songwriter Roz Chast born β cartoonist Paddy Chayefsky β β author Maury Chaykin β β actor Julie Chen born β television personality Edmund A. Buttercup Schuyler Colfax Jr. Conway born β labor economist Terence Cooke β β seventh archbishop of New York Anderson Cooper born β television journalist George H. Cooper β β United States Navy rear admiral [ 13 ] Shaun Cooper born β rock musician, bassist Lillian Copeland β β Olympic discus champion; set world records in discus, javelin, and shot put Francis Ford Coppola born β film director, screenwriter, and producer Karla Cornejo Villavicencio β writer [ 14 ] Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez born β U.
Representative William R. Cosentini β mechanical engineer and founder of Cosentini Associates Ann Coulter born β conservative commentator, writer Freddie Crawford born β basketball player Peter Criss born β rock musician, songwriter Billy Crystal born β comedian, actor, director George Cukor β β film director Kieran Culkin born β actor Kit Culkin born β actor Macaulay Culkin born β actor Rory Culkin born β actor Jermaine Cunningham born β football player Andrew Cuomo born β Governor of New York Mario Cuomo β β Governor of New York Quentin Curry born β landscape painter Valerie Curtin born β actress, screenwriter Tony Curtis β β actor.
