People from the state of New York who have achieved fame or note include:
Native Americans
Public Office
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
- 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
- Jimmy Durante (1893-1980), entertainer, actor, singer, comedian
- Jackie Gleason (1916-1987), actor
- Ethel Merman (1908-1984), actress, singer
- Arthur Miller (1915-2005), playwright
- Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953), playwright
- Christopher Reeve (1952-2004), actor
- 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
Music
- Count Basie (1904-1984), jazz musician
- Maria Callas (1923-1977), opera singer
- John Coltrane (1926-1967), jazz musician
- Sean "P. Diddy" Combs (1970-), music producer, performer
- Aaron Copland (1900-1990), composer
- Warren Cuccurullo (1956-), rock guitarist
- Ella Fitzgerald (1918-1996), singer
- George Gershwin (1898-1937), composer
- Billie Holiday (1915-1959), jazz and blues singer
- Jay-Z (1970-), rapper
- Billy Joel (1949-), pianist, singer-songwriter
- Jerome Kern (1885-1945), composer
- Jennifer Lopez (1970-), singer, actress, dancer
- The Notorious B.I.G. (1972-1997), rapper
- Joey Ramone (1952-2001), singer
- Barbra Streisand (1942-), singer, actor
- Eric West (1982-), model, actor, pop music singer
Business
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
- Norman Mailer (1923-), author
- Herman Melville (1819-1891), author, Moby-Dick
- Ogden Nash (1902-1971), poet
- Norman Rockwell (1894-1978), painter
- Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933), artist
- Edith Wharton (1862-1937), author
- Walt Whitman (1819-1892, poet
Science/Medicine
Athletics
Infamous New Yorkers
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