List of Brooklyn celebrities
This list includes personalities who were born in Brooklyn . Brooklyn has been a borough of New York City since 1898 .
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- 6ix9ine (born 1996), rapper
A.
- Aaliyah (1979-2001), R&B singer
- Kenny Aaronson (* 1952), electric bass player
- Ahmed Abdul-Malik (1927–1993), jazz musician
- Michael Abene (* 1942), jazz musician
- Milton Abramowitz (1915-1958), mathematician
- Herb Abramson (1916-1999), music producer
- Matthew T. Abruzzo (1889–1971), lawyer
- Kirk Acevedo (born 1971), actor
- James Truslow Adams (1878-1949), historian and writer
- Léonie Adams (1899–1988), poet
- Mason Adams (1919-2005), actor
- Bob Adelman (1930–2016), photographer and author
- Derrick Adkins (born 1970), track and field athlete
- Jerry Adler (* 1929), theater director and director, television and film actor
- Warren Adler (1927-2019), author
- Frank Adonis (1935-2018), actor
- Herman A. Affel (1893–1972), electrical engineer and inventor
- Eden Ahbez (1908–1995), composer
- Danny Aiello (1933–2019), actor and singer
- Franklyn Ajaye (born 1949), actor and stand-up comedian
- Charles Alderton (1875–1941), pharmacist and inventor
- Ross Alexander (1907–1937), actor
- Taru Alexander (* 1967), jazz musician
- Marcus Alexis (1932–2009), economics professor
- Wendell Alexis (born 1964), basketball player
- Sadam Ali (* 1988), boxer
- Tatyana Ali (* 1979), actress and singer
- Alisha (* 1968), dance pop singer
- Rae Allen (born 1926), actress
- Woody Allen (born 1935), comedian, director, writer and actor
- Rebecca Alpert (* 1950), author and rabbi
- Lyle Alzado (1949–1992), football player and actor
- Jerome Ambro (1928-1993), politician
- George Amy (1903-1986), film editor
- Barbara Anderson (born 1945), actress
- George Whelan Anderson Jr. (1906-1992), Admiral
- Warren Anderson (1921-2014), manager
- Wes Anderson (* 1964), jazz musician
- Michael Angarano (* 1987), film and television actor
- Joanna Angel (* 1980), porn actress and producer
- Carmelo Anthony (born 1984), basketball player
- Stuart S. Antman (* 1939), mathematician
- Aaron Antonovsky (1923-1994), sociologist
- Kenneth Appel (1932-2013), mathematician
- Vinny Appice (born 1957), drummer
- Herbert Aptheker (1915–2003), historian and political activist
- Dwayne Archbold (born 1980), basketball player
- Bruce Arena (* 1951), football coach
- Darren Aronofsky (* 1969), film director and screenwriter
- Donald Joel Aronow (1927–1987), designer, constructor, operator and racing boat driver
- Beatrice Arthur (1922–2009), actress
- Joe Ascione (1961-2016), jazz drummer
- Julius Ashkin (1920–1982), theoretical and experimental physicist
- Madeleine Astor (1893–1940), wife of the hotel owner John Jacob Astor IV (1864–1912)
- Essence Atkins (born 1972), actress
- David Atlas (1924-2015), meteorologist
- Red Auerbach (1917-2006), basketball coach
- Steve Augeri (born 1959), rock singer
- Louis Auslander (1928–1997), mathematician
- Maurice Auslander (1926–1994), mathematician
- Sophie Auster (* 1987), singer and actress
- David Paul Ausubel (1918–2008), author of writings on learning theory
- Daniel Axelrod (1910–1998), botanist and paleoecologist
- AZ (* 1973), rap musician
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- Sol Babitz (1911–1982), violinist and music theorist
- Steve Backer (1937-2014), jazz producer
- Charles Bacon (1885–1968), track and field athlete and Olympic champion
- Henry Bacon (1846–1915), lawyer and politician
- Joseph Badalucco, Jr. (born 1960), actor
- Michael Badalucco (born 1954), actor
- Joey Badass (* 1995), rapper and hip-hop musician
- Hilary J. Bader (1952-2002), screenwriter
- Jane Badler (born 1953), actress
- Scott Baio (born 1961), actor
- Vincent John Baldwin (1907–1979), Catholic auxiliary bishop
- Veronica Balfe (1913–2000), marksman and actress
- Ina Balin (1937–1990), actress
- Charles Daniel Balvo (* 1951), Roman Catholic bishop and diplomat
- BAM (* 1970), rapper, music producer, performance artist and actor
- Danny Bank (1922-2010), jazz musician
- Gerald Michael Barbarito (* 1950), Roman Catholic bishop
- Francis Channing Barlow (1834-1896), politician and general in the Civil War
- Klara Barlow (1928–2008), opera singer
- Wade Barnes (1954–2012), jazz drummer, composer, music producer, arranger and music teacher
- Allen Baron (* 1927), screenwriter, film and television director, producer and actor
- Caroline Baron (* 1961), film producer
- Judi Barrett (* 1941), author of picture books for children
- Malcolm Barrett (born 1980), actor
- Marlyne Barrett (born 1978), actress
- Ray Barretto (1929-2006), jazz musician
- George Barrie (1912–2002), entrepreneur, company manager, film composer and film producer
- Carolyne Barry (1943–2015), dancer, actress, acting teacher and casting director
- Eileen Barton (1924-2006), singer and actress
- Austin Basis (born 1976), actor
- Ajmal Basit (* 1978), basketball player
- Edward Bassett (1863–1948), lawyer and politician
- William A. Bassett (* 1931), geophysicist, mineralogist, geochemist and geologist
- Lillian Bassman (1917–2012), painter and photographer
- Fabián Bastidas (* 1993), football player
- Noah Baumbach (* 1969), film director and screenwriter
- Allyce Beasley (born 1954), actress and voice actress
- Robin Beck (* 1954), singer
- Frank J. Becker (1899–1981), politician
- Frederick Bedell (1868-1958), physicist
- Joy Behar (* 1942), comedian, actress and presenter
- Karl Howell Behr (1885–1949), tennis player and banker
- Richie Beirach (* 1947), jazz musician
- Jack Belden (1910–1989), war correspondent and writer
- Michael Bell (born 1938), actor
- Richard Bellman (1920–1984), mathematician
- Steven Bellovin , researcher in computer networks and security
- Solon S. Beman (1853-1914), architect
- Seth Benardete (1930–2001), classical philologist and philosopher
- Pat Benatar (born 1953), rock singer
- Lourdes Benedicto (born 1974), actress
- William Rose Benét (1886–1950), poet and editor
- Spencer Gordon Bennet (1893-1987), director
- Betty T. Bennett (1935-2006), literary scholar
- Charles G. Bennett (1863–1914), lawyer and politician
- John J. Bennett (1894–1967), soldier, lawyer and politician
- Robert S. Bennett (* 1939), lawyer
- William Bennett (born 1943), politician
- Donald R. Bensen (1927–1997), science fiction writer and editor
- Paul Ben-Victor (born 1965), actor
- Bob Berg (1951-2002), jazz musician
- Dave Berg (1920–2002), cartoonist and comic artist
- Paul Berg (* 1926), biochemist and molecular biologist, Nobel Prize winner 1980
- Philip Berg (1929–2013), founder and director of the Kabbalah Center
- John T. Bergen (1786–1855), politician
- Teunis G. Bergen (1806-1881), politician
- Bennett Berger (1926–2005), cultural sociologist
- Lee Bergere (1918-2007), actor
- Alan Bergman (* 1925), songwriter and composer
- Borah Bergman (1933-2012), jazz pianist
- George M. Bergman (* 1943), mathematician
- Eleanor Bergstein (* 1938), writer, screenwriter, film producer and film director
- C. Fred Bergsten (* 1941), economist and political advisor
- Xander Berkeley (born 1955), actor
- David Berkowitz (born 1953), serial killer
- Jay Berliner (* 1940), guitarist
- Molly Bernard (* 1988), actress
- Walter Berndt (1899–1979), cartoonist
- Artie Bernstein (1909–1964), jazz bassist
- Walter Bernstein (* 1919), screenwriter
- Anthony Joseph Bevilacqua (1923–2012), Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop of Philadelphia
- Big Daddy Kane (born 1968), rapper
- Jedediah Bila (* 1979), journalist, author and television presenter
- Emily Bindiger (born 1955), actress and singer
- Lillian Birnbaum (* 1955), Austrian-American film director and producer and photographer
- Ed Bishop (1932-2005), actor
- Otis Blackwell (1931–2002), composer
- David Blaine (* 1973), action artist and street magician
- Marcie Blane (* 1944), pop singer
- Herbert Blau (1926–2013), theater director and author
- Albert P. Blaustein (1921–1994), lawyer
- Corbin Bleu (* 1989), actor
- Archibald Meserole Bliss (1838–1923), politician
- Héctor Blondet (1947–2006), Puerto Rican basketball player
- William Blum (1933–2018), publicist and critic of US foreign policy
- Richard Blumenthal (* 1946), politician
- John Joseph Boardman (1894–1978), Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop in Brooklyn
- David Boehm (1893–1962), screenwriter
- Simon Boerum (1724–1775), politician
- Neil Bogart (1943–1982), manager and record company boss
- Bill Bollinger (1939–1988), sculptor
- Allan R. Bomhard (* 1943), linguist
- John Bonetti (1928-2008), poker player
- Paul Hyde Bonner (1893–1968), writer and diplomat
- Robert Boochever (1917–2011), lawyer
- Douglas H. Bosco (* 1946), politician
- Alice Boughton (1867–1943), photographer and painter
- Clara Bow (1905–1965), actress
- Riddick Bowe (* 1968), heavyweight boxer
- Herbert Wolcott Bowen (1856–1927), lawyer and diplomat
- Barbara Boxer (* 1940), politician
- Elizabeth Bracco (born 1957), actress
- Lorraine Bracco (born 1954), actress
- Benjamin Bradshaw (1879-1960), wrestler
- Edward Thomas Brady (* 1943), judge
- Scott Brady (1924–1985), film and television actor
- Myles Brand (1942–2009), university and sports official
- Michael Brandon (* 1945), actor and director
- Frank J. Brasco (1932–1998), lawyer and politician
- Alan Braufman (* 1951), jazz musician
- William Braunstein (Ill Bill) (* 1972), rapper and music producer
- James D. Breckenridge (1926–1982), art historian
- Patrick Breen (* 1960), actor and screenwriter
- Vincent DePaul Breen (1936–2003), Roman Catholic Bishop of Metuchen
- Edmund Breese (1871-1936), actor and author
- Mark Breland (born 1963), boxer
- Joseph R. Brennan (1900-1989), basketball player
- Albert Brenner (* 1926), production designer and art director
- Shannon Briggs (born 1971), heavyweight boxer
- Richard Bright (1937-2006), actor
- Danielle Brisebois (* 1969), songwriter and actress
- Stanley Brock (1931–1991), actor
- Howard Brockway (1870–1951), composer
- Gladys Brockwell (1894–1929), actress
- Howard Brofsky (1927–2013), jazz musician and university professor
- Mel Brooks (born 1926), comedian and director
- Joyce Brothers (1927–2013), psychologist, television personality, and columnist
- Heywood Broun (1888–1939), sports journalist and critic
- Brian Brown (born 1979), basketball player
- Foxy Brown (born 1978), rapper
- Larry Brown (born 1940), basketball coach
- Michael Stuart Brown (born 1941), geneticist
- Susan Brownmiller (* 1935), journalist and activist
- Walter Bruchhausen (1892–1976), federal judge
- Paul Brumer (* 1945), Canadian theoretical chemist
- George Jarvis Brush (1831-1912), mineralogist
- David Bryant (* 1983), jazz musician
- John Bucher (1930–2020), jazz musician
- Eric Buchman (born 1979), poker player
- Buckshot (born 1974), rapper
- Irving Louis Burgie ( Lord Burgess ) (1924–2019), composer
- Arnold I. Burns (1930-2013), lawyer
- Ken Burns (* 1953), documentary filmmaker
- Lucy Burns (1879–1966), suffragette and suffragette
- John Buscema (1927–2002), comic book artist
- Sal Buscema (* 1936), comic artist
- Steve Buscemi (born 1957), actor
- Frederick Busch (1941-2006), writer
- James Glentworth Butler (1821-1916), Presbyterian clergyman
- Jerry Butler (1959-2018), adult film actor
- Arthur Byron (1872–1943), actor
C.
- George Cables (* 1944), jazz musician
- Gerard Cafesjian (1925–2013), lawyer and patron
- Frank Joseph Caggiano (* 1959), Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop
- Thomas Calabro (born 1959), actor
- William M. Calder (1869–1945), politician
- Louis Calhern (1895–1956), actor
- Joseph A. Califano (* 1931), lawyer, minister and economic manager
- John Callahan (1953-2020), actor
- Charlie Callas (1924–2011), actor and comedian
- Felix Campbell (1829–1902), politician
- Kevin P. Campbell (* 1952), physiologist, biophysicist and neuroscientist
- Helen Candee (1858–1949), writer, journalist, feminist and interior designer
- Mark A. Cane (* 1944), climate researcher and oceanographer
- Gaby Canizales (* 1960), boxer
- Charles R. Cantor (* 1942), molecular biologist and biotechnologist
- Arnold S. Caplin (1929–2009), music producer
- Al Capone (1899-1947), gang boss
- Frank Capone (1895-1924), mobster
- John Carberry (1904–1998), Roman Catholic Archbishop and Cardinal
- Christopher Michael Cardone (* 1957), Catholic clergyman, Archbishop of Honiara
- John F. Carew (1873–1951), lawyer and politician
- Hugh Carey (1919-2011), politician
- Frank Carillo (* 1950), guitarist, singer and rock musician
- Philip Carlo (1949-2010), journalist
- Thomas Francis Carney (* 1931), British-Canadian ancient historian and communication scientist
- William Carney (1942-2017), politician
- Thelma Carpenter (1922–1997), jazz singer and actress
- Eric Carr (1950-1991), musician
- Steve Carr (* 1962), film director and producer
- Lisa Nicole Carson (born 1969), actress
- Chris Carter (* 1992), basketball player
- Terry Carter (born 1928), actor
- Steve Carver (* 1945), photographer, film director and film producer
- Anthony Casso (* 1940), Mafioso of the Lucchese family
- Paul Castellano (1915–1985), mafioso and head of the Gambino family
- Hamilton Castner (1858–1899), chemical industrialist
- Ignatius Anthony Catanello (1938–2013), Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop
- Michael P. Cava (1926-2010), chemist
- Emanuel Celler (1888–1981), politician
- Charles Chadwick (1874–1953), track and field athlete
- Rachel Chagall (born 1952), actress
- Paul Chaikin (* 1945), physicist
- William Henry Chamberlin (1897–1969), Russia correspondent and Eastern Europe historian
- Robert W. Chambers (1865–1933), painter and author
- Rohan Chand (* 2003 or 2004), child actor
- David Chandler (1944-2017), chemist
- Jeff Chandler (1918–1961), film actor
- Irwin Chanin (1891–1988), architect
- Harold Chapin (1886–1915), English actor and playwright
- Saul Chaplin (1912–1997), composer and songwriter
- Emile Charlap (1918–2015), musician, copyist and contractor
- Melanie JB Charles (* ≈1988), jazz musician
- Larry Charles (* 1956), screenwriter and director
- Lorenzo Charles (1963-2011), basketball player
- Maury Chaykin (1949–2010), American-Canadian actor
- Jeff Cheeger (* 1943), mathematician
- Norman Cherner (1920–1987), prefabricated house pioneer and furniture designer
- Ron Chernow (* 1949), journalist and biographer
- Bernard Childs (1910–1985), painter and printmaker
- Shirley Chisholm (1924-2005), politician
- Carl Heinz Choynski (* 1936), German actor
- John T. Christian , civil engineer
- Julie Christmas (* 1975), rock and metal singer
- Louis K. Church (1846–1898), politician
- Jennie Churchill (1854–1921), philanthropist and author
- Dane Clark (1912–1998), actor
- John Clark (* 1944), jazz musician
- Andrew Dice Clay (born 1957), comedian and actor
- Linda Clifford (* 1944 or 1948), disco and soul singer
- Larry Clinton (1909–1985), swing musician
- Sidney Clute (1916–1985), actor
- Artie Cobb (born 1942), poker player
- Elizabeth Coffin (1850–1930), painter
- Ben Cohen (born 1951), entrepreneur
- Isidore Cohen (1922–2005), chamber musician and violinist
- Judith Love Cohen (1933–2016), aerospace engineer and author
- Mickey Cohen (1913-1976), mobster
- Paul Cohen (* 1922), jazz trumpeter
- Samuel Cohen (1921–2010), physicist and inventor of the neutron bomb
- Seymour S. Cohen (1917-2018), biochemist and cancer researcher
- Stanley Cohen (1922-2020), neuroscientist and biochemist
- William W. Cohen (1874–1940), politician
- Julian Cole (1925–1999), mathematician
- Anthony Coleman (* 1955), jazz musician
- Norm Coleman (born 1949), politician
- Luis Collazo (born 1981), boxer
- Frank Collett (1941 or 1942–2016), jazz pianist and keyboardist
- Barry Commoner (1917–2012), biologist and ecologist
- William Conklin (1872–1935), film actor
- Joanna Connor (* 1962), blues musician
- Chuck Connors (1921–1992), actor and baseball player
- Ronald Gerard Connors (1915–2002), Roman Catholic bishop
- John Cook (born 1946), politician
- Omar Cook (* 1982), basketball player
- Dillon Cooper (born 1992), rapper
- J. Fred Coots (1897-1985), songwriter
- Aaron Copland (1900–1990), composer
- Barbara Corday (* 1944), screenwriter and film producer
- Jeff Corey (1914-2002), actor
- Cormega (born 1969), rapper
- Ted de Corsia (1905–1973), actor
- Robert W. Cort , film producer
- Benedito Domingos Vito Coscia (1922–2008), Roman Catholic Bishop of Jataí in Brazil
- Robert Costanzo (born 1942), actor
- Robert Cottingham (* 1935), painter and graphic artist
- Robert Coyle (* 1964), Roman Catholic Auxiliary Bishop in Rockville Center
- Mimi Cozzens (* 1935), film, television and theater actress
- Omar Credle (OC) (born 1972), rapper
- Gregory Crewdson (born 1962), photographer
- Peter Criss (* 1945), drummer
- Percy Crosby (1891–1964), author, illustrator and cartoonist
- Richard Crudo (* 1957), cameraman
- Wilson Cruz (born 1973), actor
- Ronnie Cuber (* 1941), jazz musician
- Thomas H. Cullen (1868–1944), lawyer and politician
- Billy Cunningham (born 1943), basketball player and coach
- Ann Cusack (born 1961), actress
- Jon Cutler (* 1969), house DJ
D.
- Al D'Amato (* 1937), lawyer and politician
- Vic Damone (1928–2018), singer and actor
- Viola Dana (1897–1987), silent film actress
- William Daniels (born 1927), actor
- Tony Danza (* 1951), Italian-American actor
- Georgine Darcy (1931–2004), actress
- Candy Darling (1944–1974), transvestite and film actor
- Connie Darnowski (* 1934), hurdler
- Tony Darrow (* 1938), Italian-American actor
- Nelson Horatio Darton (1865-1948), geologist
- Hal David (1921–2012), songwriter
- Jonathan David (* 2000), football player
- Larry David (* 1947), comedian, screenwriter and actor
- Kief Davidson (* 1970), filmmaker
- Paul Davidson (* 1930), economist
- Marion Davies (1897–1961), actress
- John Bryant Davila (born 1980), actor
- Carl Davis (* 1936), composer
- Clive Davis (* 1932), entrepreneur in the music business
- Dexter Davis (born 1970), American football player
- James E. Davis (1962–2003), police officer and politician
- Gloria Davy (1931–2012), opera singer
- Donald Day (1895–1966), journalist, author and radio propagandist for Großdeutscher Rundfunk
- Dorothy Day (1897–1980), social activist and journalist
- Frank DeCicco (1935–1986), criminal and member of the Gambino mafia family
- Ronald DeFeo (* 1951), multiple murderer
- Hugh DeHaven (1895–1980), pilot, engineer and accident research pioneer
- David DeJesus (born 1979), baseball player
- Albert Dekker (1905–1968), film actor and local politician
- John J. Delaney (1878-1948), politician
- Lew Del Gatto (* 1941), jazz, fusion and studio musician
- Dom DeLuise (1933–2009), actor, director, singer and dancer
- Paddy DeMarco (1928-1997), boxer
- Roy DeMeo (1942–1983), Italian-American mobster of the La Cosa Nostra in the Gambino family
- Les DeMerle (* 1946), big band leader, drummer and singer
- James DeMonaco (* 1969), director, screenwriter and film producer
- Gloria DeNard (* 1927), jazz musician and music teacher
- Kenwood Dennard (* 1956), drummer and music teacher
- Alan M. Dershowitz (* 1938), lawyer, political activist and publicist
- Sugar Pie DeSanto (* 1935), R&B singer, dancer, entertainer and composer
- Desiigner (* 1997), American rapper and songwriter
- John Devereaux (born 1962), basketball player
- CC DeVille (born 1962), guitarist
- Neil Diamond (born 1941), singer and songwriter
- Lou DiBella (* 1960), boxing promoter
- Janice Dickinson (* 1955), model, actress, photographer and writer
- Robert Diggs (* 1969), rap musician and member of the Wu-Tang Clan
- Jeff Dinitz (* 1952), mathematician
- Gene DiNovi (* 1928), jazz pianist and composer
- Diane DiPrima (* 1934), writer
- Bob Dishy (born 1934), actor
- Diane Dixon (born 1964), track and field athlete
- DJ Casper (* 1971), DJ
- DJ Spinna (* around 1973), DJ and music producer
- Jack Donohue (1908–1984), show dancer, choreographer, screenwriter, musical director, producer and director
- James Donahue (1886–1966), track and field athlete
- Walter Donaldson (1893–1947), composer
- JP Donleavy (1926-2017), Irish-American writer
- Vincent D'Onofrio (born 1959), actor
- Daisy Donovan (* 1975), British actress, writer and producer
- Vikki Dougan (* 1929), model and actress
- Andrew Douglas (* 1998), squash player
- Edwin B. Dooley (1905-1982), politician
- Brendan Dooling (born 1990), actor
- Sante D'Orazio (* 1956), photographer
- Francis E. Dorn (1911–1987), lawyer and politician
- Frank Nelson Doubleday (1862-1934), publisher
- Nelson Doubleday (1889-1949), publisher
- Doug E. Doug (born 1970), actor
- Eddie Dougherty (1915-1994), jazz drummer
- Carol Douglas (* 1948), soul and disco singer
- Donald Wills Douglas (1892–1981), aircraft manufacturer
- John E. Douglas (* 1945), criminalist and publicist
- Will Downing (* 1965), soul and house singer and songwriter
- Jerry Doyle (1956–2016), actor, radio presenter and politician
- David Draiman (* 1973), musician, disturbed / device
- Stan Drake (1921–1997), comic book artist
- Tom Drake (1918–1982), actor
- Hal Draper (1914–1990), socialist, Marxism researcher, author and translator
- Deborah Drattell (* 1956), composer
- Katherine Sophie Dreier (1877–1952), painter, art patron and art collector
- Margaret Dreier Robins (1868–1945), trade unionist and suffragette
- Mary Dreier (1875–1963), trade unionist and women's rights activist
- Mildred Dresselhaus (1930–2017), physicist
- Henry Dreyfuss (1904–1972), product designer
- Lorin Dreyfuss (* 1943), actor, screenwriter and producer
- Edmund H. Driggs (1865-1946), politician
- Michael Drosnin (1946–2020), investigative journalist and bestselling author
- Mort Drucker (1929-2020), cartoonist
- Al Duffy (1906-2006), jazz violinist
- Allen B. DuMont (1901-1965), electrical engineer
- Pamela Duncan (1931–2005), actress
- Mike Dunleavy (born 1954), basketball player and coach
- Linwood G. Dunn (1904-1998), special effects artist
- John Charles Dunne (born 1937), Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop
- Robbie Dupree (born 1946), pop singer and songwriter
- Gene Dynarski (1933-2020), actor
E.
- Madeline Early (1912–2001), mathematician and university professor
- Josephine Earp (1861–1944), actress and professional dancer
- Monk Eastman (1873-1920), criminal
- Easy Mo Bee (* 1965), music producer and rapper
- Philip Eaton (* 1936), chemist
- Herb Edelman (1933–1996), actor
- Vince Edwards (1928–1996), actor and director
- Ella Ehni (1875–1952), German politician
- Leon Ehrenpreis (1930–2010), mathematician
- George Stephen Eisenbarth (1947–2012), endocrinologist, immunologist and diabetologist
- Will Eisner (1917–2005), comic artist
- Florence Eldridge (1901–1988), actress
- Jennifer Elie (* 1986), tennis player
- Mortimer M. Elkind (1922–2000), physicist and radiation biologist
- Aaron Elkins (born 1935), crime writer
- Stanley Ellin (1916-1986), crime writer
- El-P (* 1975), rapper and music producer
- Morris Engel (1918–2005), photographer, cameraman, screenwriter and director
- Theobald Engelhardt (1851–1935), architect
- Epic Mazur (* 1970), rapper, singer and producer
- Louis Eppolito (1948–2019), New York Police Department officer
- Omar Epps (* 1973), actor
- Shareeka Epps (* 1989), actress
- Jeffrey Epstein (1953-2019), investment banker
- Marion Epstein (1915–2014), mathematician
- Nelson Erazo (Homicide) (born 1977), pro-wrestler
- Jade Eshete , actress
- Jennifer Esposito (born 1973), actress
- Joe Esposito (born 1948), singer
- John Esposito (* 1940), Islamic scholar
- John Esposito (* 1953), jazz pianist, composer, arranger and music producer
- Marcellus H. Evans (1884–1953), lawyer and politician
- Natale Evola (1907–1973), professional criminal
F.
- Fabolous (born 1977), rapper
- Solomon Fabricant (1906-1989), economist
- Clifton Fadiman (1904–1999), writer, journalist and entertainer
- Tony Falanga , double bass player
- Edie Falco (born 1963), actress
- Robert Falkenburg (* 1926), tennis player
- JoAnn Falletta (* 1954), musician and conductor
- Jimmy Fallon (* 1974), comedian, presenter and actor
- James Farentino (1938–2012), film actor
- Richard Fariña (1937–1966), writer and musician
- Carmine Fatico (1910–1991), Caporegime of the Gambino family
- Joey Fatone (born 1977), singer
- Joan Feigenbaum (* 1958), computer scientist, mathematician and university lecturer
- Bernard Feld (1919–1993), physicist
- Liz Feldman (* 1977), comedian, screenwriter and television producer
- Al Feldstein (1925–2014), comic book artist and painter
- Chuck Fenda (* 1972), reggae / dub musician
- Vanessa Ferlito (* 1980), actress
- Alison Fernandez (* 2005), actress
- Don Ferrara (1928–2011), jazz trumpeter
- Jerry Ferrara (born 1979), actor
- Lou Ferrigno (* 1951), actor and bodybuilder
- Martin Joseph Fettman (* 1956), astronaut
- Cy Feuer (1911–2006), theater owner, music director, film and theater producer
- Edward Fielding (1875-1945), actor
- Mark Fields (born 1961), manager
- Shep Fields (1910-1981), swing musician
- Harvey Fierstein (born 1954), actor
- Sylvia Fine (1913–1991), composer and film producer
- Gerald R. Fink (* 1940), geneticist
- Fyvush Finkel (1922-2016), actor
- Nat Finkelstein (1933–2009), photographer, photojournalist and book author
- Norman Finkelstein (* 1953), political scientist and author
- James Finn (* 1956), jazz musician
- Ephraim Fischbach (* 1942), physicist
- Lisa Fischer (* 1958), R&B singer
- Avery Fisher (1906–1994), entrepreneur, inventor, and music patron
- Marc Fitten (* 1974), author and publicist
- Glenn Fitzgerald (born 1971), actor
- John Joseph Fitzgerald (1872–1952), politician
- Ernest Flagg (1857-1947), architect
- Marshall Flaum (1925–2010), film director, screenwriter and producer of documentaries
- Richard Fleischer (1916-2006), director
- Sid Fleischman (1920-2010), writer
- Joe Fleishaker (1954-2016), actor
- Brian Flores (born 1981), American football coach
- James Florio (born 1937), politician
- Joseph V. Flynn (1883–1940), lawyer and politician
- Dan Fogler (* 1976), actor, director, voice actor and screenwriter
- James Foley (born 1953), director
- Graham Forbes (1917–1984), jazz pianist and arranger
- Paul Leicester Ford (1865–1902), writer, historian and biographer
- Mark Forest (born 1933), bodybuilder, actor and opera singer
- Mitchel Forman (* 1956), keyboard player of fusion and modern jazz
- Chet Forrest (1915–1999), pianist, conductor, film composer and songwriter
- William Forsythe (born 1955), actor
- Robert Foster (* 1949), English professor and writer
- Gardner Fox (1911–1986), comic book and science fiction writer
- Allan Franklin (* 1938), physicist, science historian and science philosopher
- Bob Frankston (* 1949), software developer
- Daniel Franzese (* 1978), actor
- Michael Franzese (* 1951), mobster and capo of the American Cosa Nostra
- Elisabeth Fraser (1920–2005), actress
- Frank Frazetta (1928-2010), fantasy and science fiction illustrator
- Leonard Freed (1929-2006), photographer
- Morton Freedgood (1913-2006), writer
- John Freely (1926–2017), physicist, author and university professor
- JE Freeman (1946-2014), actor
- Frank Freidel (1916–1993), historian
- Richard H. Frenkiel (* 1943), engineer and pioneer of mobile communications technology
- Jacque Fresco (1916-2017), social reformer
- Leonard Frey (1938–1988), actor
- Blanche Friderici (1878–1933), actress
- Herbert Friedman (1916-2000), physicist
- Milton Friedman (1912–2006), economist and Nobel Prize winner
- Moishe Friedman (* 1972), Holocaust denier and anti-Zionist
- Herbert Friedmann (1900–1987), ornithologist, zoological curator and art historian
- Rudolf Friedmann (1891–1945), journalist, foreign correspondent, writer, translator and lawyer
- Orrin Frink (1901–1988), mathematician and university professor
- Robert Funaro (* 1959), film and television actor
- Ashrita Furman (* 1954), record holder in record keeping
- Victor Futter (1919–2005), lawyer and professor
G
- William Maxwell Gaines (1922–1992), founder of MAD magazine and editor of comic series
- Eddie Gale (1941-2020), jazz musician
- Eric Gale (1938–1994), jazz musician
- Helen Gallagher (* 1926), actress, dancer and singer
- Vincent Gallagher (1899-1983), rower
- Billy Gallo (born 1966), actor
- Carla Gallo (born 1975), actress
- Joseph Gallo (1929–1972), Italian-American mobster
- Sid Ganis (* 1940), film producer and actor
- Kim Gannon (1900–1974), songwriter and songwriter
- Herb Gardner (1934–2003), cartoonist, playwright and screenwriter
- Charlotte Garrigue (1850–1923), American-Czech pianist
- Ina Garten (* 1948), cook, cookbook author and columnist
- Leonard Gaskin (1920–2009), jazz musician
- Marjorie Gateson (1891–1977), actress
- Justin Gatlin (* 1982), track and field athlete
- James M. Gavin (1907–1990), General and Ambassador
- Atul Gawande (* 1965), physician, university professor and surgeon
- Timothy F. Geithner (* 1961), Minister of Finance (2009–2013)
- Herbert Gelernter (1929–2015), physicist and computer scientist
- Kitty Genovese (1935–1964), victim of crime
- Nelson George (born 1957), author, critic and producer
- George Gershwin (1898–1937), composer
- Charles Gerstenberg (1882–1948), founder of the publishing house
- Murray Gerstenhaber (* 1927), mathematician
- Vitas Gerulaitis (1954-1994), tennis player
- Joey Giardello (1930-2008), middleweight boxer
- Melvin Gibbs , bassist, composer and producer
- Terry Gibbs (* 1924), jazz vibraphonist
- Bob Gibson (1931-1996), folk musician
- Debbie Gibson (* 1970), singer, actress, songwriter and composer
- Taj Gibson (born 1985), basketball player
- Gary Giddins (* 1948), jazz author, jazz critic, film critic and journalist
- Edward Joseph Gilbert (* 1936), Roman Catholic priest and bishop
- Connie Gilchrist (1901–1985), actress
- Bob Gill (* 1931), illustrator and graphic designer
- Norman Gimbel (1927-2018), songwriter
- Alex Gimeno , musician and disc jockey
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg (* 1933), judge
- Seymour Ginsburg (1927-2004), computer scientist
- Robert Ginty (1948–2009), actor, director and screenwriter
- Johnny Gioeli (* 1967), rock singer
- Vince Giordano (* 1952), jazz musician
- Ira Gitler (1928–2019), jazz critic and author
- Rudolph Giuliani (* 1944), politician and Mayor of New York from 1994 to 2001
- Eugene Robert Glazer (born 1942), actor
- Jackie Gleason (1916–1987), comedian, actor, composer and big band leader
- Michael Gleason (1938-2016), television producer and screenwriter
- George Washington Goethals (1858–1928), United States Army officer and engineer
- Gerry Goffin (1939-2014), songwriter
- Gary David Goldberg (1944–2013), film producer and screenwriter
- Jeffrey Goldberg (* 1965), journalist and author
- Annie Golden (* 1951), actress, singer and composer
- Billy Goldenberg (1936–2020), film composer and songwriter
- Elliot Goldenthal (* 1954), composer
- Irene Goldin (1910–2004), nurse and member of the International Brigades and the Resistance
- Mickey Goldsen (1912–2011), music publisher
- Baruch Goldstein (1956–1994), officer in the Israeli army and assassin
- Malcolm Goldstein (* 1936), composer, violinist and improvisation musician
- Eugene Goldwasser (1922-2010), biochemist
- Ralph E. Gomory (* 1929), computer scientist, mathematician and research manager
- Kenny Dope Gonzalez (* 1970), DJ and music producer
- Rick Gonzalez (born 1979), actor
- Frank Johnson Goodnow (1859-1939), lawyer and political scientist
- Doris Kearns Goodwin (* 1943), historian
- Irving Gordon (1915–1996), songwriter and songwriter
- Leo Gordon (1922–2000), actor and author
- Lesley Gore (1946–2015), singer and songwriter
- Michael Gore (* 1951), composer
- Louis Gossett Jr. (born 1936), actor
- Gilbert Gottfried (* 1955), comedian and actor
- Paul Gottfried (* 1941), political scientist, historian, philosopher and author
- William P. Gottlieb (1917–2006), photographer
- Elliott Gould (born 1938), film actor
- Horace F. Graham (1862-1941), politician
- Sara Gran (* 1971), crime writer
- Sammy Gravano (* 1945), Cosa Nostra mobster
- John Gray (born 1958), screenwriter and director
- Mack Gray (1905–1981), actor
- David E. Green (1910-1983), biochemist
- Gerald Green (1922-2006), writer
- Irving Green (1916-2006), record producer
- Richard Green (1936–2019), doctor, professor, sexologist, lawyer, and author
- Joanne Greenberg (* 1932), writer
- Ellen Greene (* 1951), singer and actress
- Kai Greene (* 1975), bodybuilder
- Howard Greenfield (1936–1986), lyricist and songwriter
- Jerry Greenfield (born 1951), entrepreneur
- Ralph R. Greenson (1911–1979), psychiatrist and psychoanalyst
- Ellie Greenwich (1940–2009), singer, songwriter and record producer
- Marion Greenwood (1909–1970), painter and graphic artist
- Grace Greenwood Ames (1905–1979), artist
- Harry Gray (1905–1963), film producer and filmmaker
- Gary Grice (born 1966), rapper
- Daniel J. Griffin (1880–1926), lawyer and politician
- Gillett Griffin (1928–2016), curator of the library at Princeton University
- Miles Griffith (* 1969), jazz singer
- James Henry Ambrose Griffiths (1903–1964), Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop
- Dan Grimaldi (born 1952), actor
- George Bird Grinnell (1849–1938), natural scientist, historian, ethnologist and author
- David Groh (1939–2008), actor
- Don Grolnick (1947–1996), jazz musician, composer and producer
- Ernest A. Gross (1906–1999), lawyer and diplomat
- Henry Gross (* 1951), singer-songwriter
- Sanford J. Grossman (born 1953), economist and financial advisor
- Stefan Grossman (* 1945), guitarist, textbook author and producer
- Steve Grossman (1951-2020), jazz musician
- Jay Gruska (* 1953), composer
- Bob Guccione (1930-2010), editor
- Tom Guarna (* around 1970), modern jazz musician
- Saverio Guerra (born 1964), actor
- Sigrid Gurie (1911–1969), Norwegian-American actress
- Arlo Guthrie (born 1947), folk musician
- Amy Gutmann (* 1949), political scientist, President of the University of Pennsylvania
- Louis Guttman (1916–1987), American-Israeli social researcher
H
- Richard Nathan Haass (* 1951), diplomat
- Howard Haber (* 1952), physicist
- Philip Habib (1920–1992), American diplomat of Lebanese origin
- Buddy Hackett (1924–2003), comedian and actor
- Jeffrey C. Hall (* 1945), geneticist and chronobiologist
- John Halliday (1880-1947), actor
- Bertrand Halperin (* 1941), physicist
- Morton Hamermesh (1915-2003), physicist
- Walter Hampden (1879–1955), actor and theater director
- Patricia Hardy (1931–2011), actress
- Joi Harris (1976-2017), motorcycle road racer and stuntwoman
- Marvin Harris (1927-2001), anthropologist
- Stephen E. Harris (* 1936), physicist and electrical engineer
- Newton Harrison (born 1932), Land Art artist
- Charles Harwood (1880–1950), lawyer and politician
- Jimmie Haskell (1926–2016), arranger, conductor, composer and film composer
- Reuben L. Haskell (1878–1971), lawyer and politician
- Bob Hastings (1925-2014), actor
- Anne Hathaway (* 1982), actress
- Richie Havens (1941-2013), folk singer
- Connie Hawkins (1942-2017), basketball player
- James Hayman , writer
- Susan Hayward (1917–1975), film actress
- Eddie Hazel (1950-1992), guitarist
- Edward Bayard Heath (1888–1931), aviation pioneer and entrepreneur
- Ed Heck (* 1963), pop art artist
- Jamie Hector (born 1975), actor
- James J. Heffernan (1888–1967), architect and politician
- Fritz Augustus Heinze (1869–1914), entrepreneur
- Al Held (1928–2005), painter
- Helen Hellwig (1874–1960), tennis player
- Leon Henkin (1921-2006), logician
- Charlotte Henry (1914–1980), actress
- Cory Henry (* 1987), jazz and gospel musician
- Ernie Henry (1926–1957), alto saxophonist
- Paul Herman (born 1946), actor
- Robert Hermann (1931–2020), mathematician and physicist
- Maximiliano Hernández (* 1973), actor
- Ira Herskowitz (1946-2003), geneticist
- Greg Hetson (born 1961), guitarist
- William Hickey (1927–1997), actor
- Jennifer Higdon (* 1962), composer
- Michael Higgins (1920–2008), actor
- Henry Hill (1943-2012), Mobster
- Harry Hillman (1881–1945), athlete and Olympic champion (1904)
- Milton Himmelfarb (1918-2006), writer
- Aisha Hinds (* 1975), actress
- Samuel S. Hinds (1875-1948), actor
- Shelley Hirsch (* 1952), singer and composer
- David Hitlin (* 1942), experimental particle physicist
- John Hoben (1884-1915), rower
- Reuben Hoch (* 1959), jazz musician
- Melvin Hochster (* 1943), mathematician
- Paul Hoffert (* 1943), Canadian composer, pianist, vibraphonist and music teacher
- Jeffrey Alan Hoffman (* 1944), astronaut
- Charlie Hofheimer (* 1981), film and theater actor
- Jack Hofsiss (1950–2016), film and theater director
- Michael Hollick (* 1970), actor and voice actor
- Kenneth Hollon (1909–1974), jazz musician
- Eleanor Holm (1913-2004), swimmer
- Marty Holmes (1925–2001), saxophonist, arranger and composer
- Elizabeth Holtzman (* 1941), politician
- Edwin Honig (1919–2011), poet, literary critic and translator
- Lena Horne (1917–2010), singer and actress
- David Horowitz (musician) (1942 / 43–2020), musician and composer
- Israel Albert Horowitz (1907–1973), chess player
- Edward Everett Horton (1886-1970), actor
- Bess Houdini (1876–1943), artist and stage assistant to her husband Harry Houdini
- Curly Howard (1903-1952), comedian
- Moe Howard (1897-1975), comedian
- Robert Howard (1975-2004), track and field athlete
- Shemp Howard (1895–1955), comedian
- Waite Hoyt (1899-1984), baseball player
- Chris Huffins (* 1970), track and field athlete
- John W. Hunter (1807-1900), politician
- Michelle Hurst (* before 1974), actress
- Leo Hurwitz (1909–1991), film director, film producer, screenwriter, film editor and cameraman
- Robert Maynard Hutchins (1899–1977), educational theorist
- Gregory Hutchinson (* 1970), jazz drummer
I.
- Anthony Iannaccone (* 1943), composer and music teacher
- Melanie Iglesias (* 1987), actress, model and singer
- Louis J. Ignarro (* 1941), scientist
- Carmine Infantino (1925–2013), comic book writer and editor
- Walter Iooss (1914–1987), double bass player
- Jimmy Iovine (* 1953), music producer and entrepreneur
- Steve Israel (* 1958), politician
- Stan Ivar (born 1943), actor
J
- Paul Jabara (1948–1992), actor, singer, songwriter and composer
- Arthur Jackson (1918-2015), marksman
- JJ Jackson (* 1942), American-British soul and R&B singer
- Mark Jackson (born 1965), basketball player
- Ken Jacobs (* 1933), film director
- Oswald Jacoby (1902–1984), game expert and author
- Rona Jaffe (1931–2005), writer
- Brion James (born 1955), musician
- Carl Janelli (1927–2018), jazz musician
- Laurence M. Janifer (1933-2002), science fiction writer
- Jam Master Jay (1965–2002), DJ and hip-hop musician
- Art Jarrett (1907–1987), swing musician
- Russell Javors (born 1952), rock musician
- Karla Jay (* 1947), English specialist
- Ricky Jay (1946–2018), conjurer, actor and author
- Jay-Z (* 1969), rap musician
- Garland Jeffreys (born 1943), pop singer
- Hakeem Jeffries (* 1970), politician
- Adele Jergens (1917–2002), actress
- Jennie Jerome (1854–1921), philanthropist and author, mother of Winston Churchill
- Jeru the Damaja (* 1972), rapper
- Saint Jhn (* 1986), rapper, singer, songwriter and music producer
- WLG Joerg (1885–1952), geographer and cartographer
- Charles H. Joffe (1929-2008), film producer
- Robert John (* 1946), singer and songwriter
- Jeromus Johnson (1775–1846), politician
- Hettie Jones (* 1934), Beat author
- Junior Jones (born 1970), boxer
- Norah Jones (born 1979), singer
- Michael Jordan (born 1963), basketball player
- Kara Lynn Joyce (* 1985), freestyle swimmer
- JPEGMAFIA (* 1989), rapper and music producer
- Mychal Judge (1933-2001), Roman Catholic priest
- Heather Juergensen (* 1970), actress, screenwriter and film producer
- David Julius (* 1955), sensory physiologist
- Robert Justman (1926–2008), film producer and assistant director
K
- Meir Kahane (1932–1990), Israeli rabbi and Zionist
- Danny Kalb (* 1942), musician, guitarist
- Philip Mayer Kaiser (1913–2007), government official and diplomat
- Roberta Kalechofsky (* 1931), writer and animal rights activist
- Chester Kallman (1921–1975), writer and librettist
- Frank Kane (1912–1968), advertising specialist and author
- Jeff Kanew (* 1944), film director, screenwriter and film editor
- Karl Kani (* 1970), fashion designer
- William B. Kannel (1923-2011), cardiologist and epidemiologist
- Marvin Kaplan (1927-2016), actor
- Stanley Karnow (1925–2013), journalist and historian
- Gabe Kaplan (* 1945), poker player, actor and television presenter
- Mitch Kapor (* 1950), software developer and entrepreneur
- John Karlen (1933-2020), actor
- Jerry Kasenetz (* 1943), music producer
- Kashif (1959-2016), R&B singer, songwriter, and producer
- Ray Kassar (1928-2017), manager
- Ben Katchor (* 1951), comic artist
- Robert W. Kates (1929–2018), geographer and environmental scientist
- Milton Katims (1909–2006), conductor and violinist
- Alex Katz (* 1927), painter
- Dovid Katz (* 1956), linguist and political activist
- Fred Katz (1919–2013), cultural anthropologist, composer and cellist
- Robert Katz (1933-2010), investigative writer and screenwriter
- Sheldon Katz (* 1956), mathematician
- Steve Katz (* 1945), musician (singer, guitarist)
- Nadeen L. Kaufman (* 1945), psychologist
- Danny Kaye (1911–1987), actor, comedian and singer
- Alfred Kazin (1915–1998), author and literary critic
- Willie Keeler (1872-1923), baseball player
- Monica Keena (born 1979), actress
- Harvey Keitel (born 1939), actor
- Larry Keith (1931-2010), actor
- Patsy Kelly (1910–1981), actress
- Paul Kelly (1899–1956), actor
- Charles Kelman (1930-2004), ophthalmologist and inventor
- Patricia Kennealy-Morrison (* 1946), writer and journalist
- Eugene James Keogh (1907–1989), lawyer and politician
- Robert Kerman (1947-2018), actor
- Alexander Kevitz (1902–1981), chess player
- Daniel Keyes (1927-2014), writer
- David E. Keyes (* 1956), computer scientist, applied mathematician and engineer
- Michael Kidd (1915–2007), choreographer, dancer, actor and director
- Killah Priest (born 1970), rapper
- Jake Kilrain (1859-1937), heavyweight boxer
- Bernard King (born 1956), basketball player
- Larry King (born 1933), journalist
- King Princess (* 1998), musician
- Leon Kirchner (1919–2009), composer
- Kenny Kirkland (1955-1998), jazz musician
- John Kissel (1864–1938), politician
- Tory Kittles (born 1975), actor
- Irving Klaw (1910–1966), photographer
- Abraham Klein (1927–2003), theoretical physicist
- Morris Kline (1908-1992), mathematician
- Sonya Klopfer (* 1934), figure skater
- Florence Klotz (1920–2006), costume designer
- Charles R. Knight (1874-1953), artist
- Kirk Knight (* 1995), rapper, music producer and songwriter
- Wilbur Richard Knorr (1945–1997), mathematician
- Jay Kogen (born 1963), comedy writer
- John Kogut (* 1945), theoretical physicist
- Lawrence Konner (* 1949), screenwriter and producer
- Steven Koonin (* 1951), theoretical physicist
- Elaine de Kooning (1918–1989), painter, graphic artist and art critic
- C. Everett Koop (1916-2013), pediatric surgeon,
- Al Kooper (* 1944), rock musician, singer and producer
- Bernie Kopell (born 1933), actor
- E. Christian Kopff (* 1946), classical philologist
- Arthur Kornberg (1918-2007), biochemist
- Artie Kornfeld (* 1942), musician, songwriter, record producer and manager
- Edward M. Kosower (* 1929), Israeli-American chemist
- Bertram Kostant (1928–2017), mathematician
- Sandy Koufax (born 1935), baseball player
- William B. Kouwenhoven (1886–1975), electrical engineer
- Martin Kove (born 1946), actor
- Carl Hermann Kraeling (1897–1966), Christian archaeologist
- Mousa Kraish (born 1975), actor
- Stanley Kramer (1913–2001), director and film producer
- Lee Krasner (1908–1984), painter
- Lenny Kravitz (* 1964), singer and musician
- Solly Krieger (1909–1964), boxer
- Alan M. Kriegsman (1928–2012), dance critic and Pulitzer Prize winner
- Irving Kristol (1920–2009), political writer and social scientist
- Fredric Kroll (* 1945), composer and writer
- Steve Kuhn (* 1938), jazz musician
- Walt Kuhn (1877–1949), painter, cartoonist and lithographer
- Bob Kulick (1950–2020), rock musician and music producer
- Bruce Kulick (* 1953), rock musician
- Henry G. Kunkel (1916-1983), immunologist
- Mort artist (* 1931), illustrator
- William Francis Kupfer (1909–1998), Roman Catholic priest and Bishop of Taichung
- Manny Kurtz (1911–1984), songwriter
- Karyn Kusama (* 1968), film director and screenwriter
- Philip Kutzko (* 1946), mathematician
- Talib Kweli (* 1975), rapper
L.
- Charles C. Ladd (* 1932), civil engineer
- Ezra Laderman (1924-2015), composer
- Richard LaGravenese (* 1959), screenwriter and film director
- Veronica Lake (1922–1973), actress
- William F. Lamb (1883-1952), architect
- Norman Lamm (1927–2020), modern Orthodox rabbi, scholar and author
- John LaMotta (1939-2014), actor
- Martin Landau (1928–2017), film and television actor
- Eric Lander (* 1957), mathematician and biologist
- Sylven Landesberg (* 1990), US-Israeli basketball player
- David Landsberg (1944–2018), actor, screenwriter and producer
- Abbe Lane (born 1932), actress and singer
- Ken Lane (1912–1996), musician and composer
- Michael Lang (* 1944), music producer
- Irving Langmuir (1881–1957), chemist, physicist and Nobel Prize winner
- Sheila Larken (born 1944), television actress
- Marjorie Larney (* 1937), javelin thrower, discus thrower and shot putter
- Mary LaRose (* around 1965), painter and singer
- Robert LaSardo (born 1963), actor
- Batton Lash (1953–2019), comic book writer and editor
- Henry J. Latham (1908–2002), lawyer and politician
- Dan Lauria (born 1947), actor
- Arnie Lawrence (1938–2005), tenor saxophonist, music teacher and composer
- Eugene Lawrence (born 1986), basketball player
- Jack Lawrence (1912-2009), songwriter
- Steve Lawrence (* 1935), pop singer, entertainer and actor
- Viola Lawrence (1894–1973), film editor
- Jerry Lawson (1940-2011), video game developer
- Frank Layden (* 1932), basketball coach and manager
- Edward Lazansky (1872–1955), lawyer and politician
- Mell Lazarus (1927–2016), comic artist
- Evelyn Lear (1926–2012), opera singer and soprano
- Ron Leavitt (1947-2008), screenwriter and television producer
- Ranee Lee (* 1942), Canadian jazz singer
- Roy Lee (* 1969), film producer
- John Lefferts (1785–1829), politician
- Ari Lehman (* 1965), actor and musician
- Steve Lehman (* 1978), jazz musician
- Mitch Leigh (1928–2014), composer and theater producer
- Arthur Leipzig (1918–2014), photographer
- Alan Lelchuk (* 1938), writer and university lecturer
- Harvey Lembeck (1923–1982), actor
- Michael Lembeck (* 1948), film director and actor
- Isobel Lennart (1915–1971), screenwriter and writer
- Ted Leonsis (* 1957), entrepreneur and patron
- Peter Lerangis (* 1955), writer and theater actor
- Daniel Lerner (1917–1980), propaganda researcher
- Harriet Lerner (* 1944), psychologist, psychotherapist and feminist
- Randy Lerner (* 1962), businessman and owner of sports clubs
- Larry Levan (1954–1992), DJ and music producer
- Howard Leventhal (* 1931), psychologist
- Arnold J. Levine (* 1939), biologist and cancer researcher
- David Levine (1926–2009), painter and caricaturist
- Arthur Levitt (* 1931), economic manager, entrepreneur and politician
- Helen Levitt (1913–2009), photographer and filmmaker
- Paul Levitz (* 1956), publishing director and comic author
- Howard Levy (* 1951), harmonica player
- Albert Lewin (1894–1968), director, producer and screenwriter
- Damaris Lewis (* 1990), actress and model
- Richard Lewis (born 1947), actor and comedian
- Robert Lewis (1909–1997), director, actor and acting teacher
- Walter Licht (* 1946), historian
- Stephen Lichtenbaum (* 1939), mathematician
- Nancy Lieberman (* 1958), basketball player and coach
- David Liebman (* 1946), saxophonist
- Alfred F. Lichtenstein (1876–1947), philatelist
- Robert Lifton (* 1926), psychiatrist and author
- Lil 'Cease (born 1976), rapper
- Lil 'Dap , rapper and producer
- Lil 'Kim (* 1974/1975/1976), rapper
- Lil Suzy (* 1979), freestyle and pop singer
- Sophia Lillis (* 2002), actress
- Jason Lindner (* 1973), jazz pianist, arranger, composer and orchestra leader
- George W. Lindsay (1865–1938), politician
- Dennis Liotta (* 1949), chemist
- Bernard Lippmann (1915–1988), theoretical physicist
- Robert Littell (* 1935), writer
- Steve Little (* 1935), jazz and studio musician
- Tony Lo Bianco (born 1936), actor and director
- Robert Logan (born 1941), actor
- Steve Lombardi (born 1962), wrestler
- Vince Lombardi (1913-1970), American football coach
- Nia Long (born 1970), actress
- Robert Longo (* 1953), artist
- Frederic Brewster Loomis (1873-1937), paleontologist
- Teófimo López (* 1997), professional boxer
- Vincent Lopez (1895–1975), swing musician and band leader
- Elias Lorenzo (* 1960), religious, abbot and auxiliary bishop in Newark
- Jackie Loughery (born 1930), actress and beauty queen
- Mia Love (* 1975), politician
- Herbie Lovelle (1924–2009), jazz musician and film actor
- Seth Low (1850–1916), educator and politician
- Bob Lubbers (1922-2017), comic book artist
- Abraham S. Luchins (1914-2005), psychologist
- Sid Luckman (1916-1998), American football player
- Andy Luotto (* 1950), American-Italian comedian, actor and television presenter
- Gene Luotto (* around 1928; † 2011), Italian-American screenwriter and dubbing director
- Carmen Luvana (* 1981), porn actress
- Nancy Lynch (* 1948), computer scientist
- Richard Lynch (1940–2012), actor
- Danny Lyon (* 1942), photographer and documentary filmmaker
M.
- Donald MacBride (1889–1957), actor
- Philip Charles MacKenzie (* 1946), actor and film director
- Frederick William MacMonnies (1863–1937), sculptor and painter
- Johnny Maestro (1939-2010), singer
- Thomas F. Magner (1860–1945), lawyer and politician
- James P. Maher (1865–1946), politician
- Maino (born 1973), rapper
- Denise Majette (* 1955), politician
- Bernard Malamud (1914–1986), writer
- Bruce J. Malina (1933-2017), Roman Catholic theologian
- Albert Maltz (1908–1985), writer and screenwriter
- Joe Maneri (1927–2009), musician
- Mat Maneri (* 1969), jazz musician
- Barry Manilow (born 1943), singer
- Barry Mann (* 1939), songwriter and music producer
- Daniel Mann (1912–1991), film and television director
- Herbie Mann (1930–2003), jazz musician
- Brennan Manning (1934–2013), writer, Franciscan priest and orator
- Raymond B. Manning (1934-2000), zoologist and taxonomist
- Joe Mantell (1915-2010), actor
- Martin Manulis (1915–2007), TV producer
- Kenneth Mapp (* 1955), politician and governor of the US Virgin Islands since 2015
- Patricia Marand (1934–2008), actress
- Stephon Marbury (born 1977), basketball player
- Jerry March (1929–1997), chemist and specialist author
- David Margulies (1937-2016), actor
- Henry Mark (1917–1961), artist
- Paul A. Marks (1926-2020), medical doctor
- Jacques R. Marquette (1915–1999), cameraman and film producer
- Bobbi Martin (1943–2000), country and pop singer and songwriter
- Eddie Martin (1903-1968), boxer
- Paul C. Martin (1931–2016), theoretical physicist
- Abraham Maslow (1908-1970), psychologist
- Shirley Mason (1900–1979), silent film actress
- Masta Ace (The INC) (born 1966), rapper
- Masta Killa (born 1969), rapper
- Armand Mastroianni (* 1948), film director and film producer
- Samantha Mathis (born 1970), actress
- Al Matthews (1942–2018), actor and singer
- Arthur Mattuck (* 1930), mathematician
- Joseph Mauborgne (1881–1971), cryptologist
- Arnie Mausser (* 1954), soccer goalkeeper
- Hiram Percy Maxim (1869-1936), inventor
- Maxwell (* 1973), R&B musician
- Mitchell May (1870–1961), lawyer and politician
- Mujaahid Maynard (* 1971), wrestler
- MC Mazique (* 1975), basketball player
- Craig Mazin (* 1971), screenwriter and film director
- Paul Mazursky (1930–2014), author and actor
- Chuck McCann (1934-2018), actor
- Mike McCarthy (* 1968), cyclist
- John McCloskey (1810–1885), Roman Catholic Archbishop and Cardinal
- Hurvin McCormack (born 1972), football player
- Frank McCourt (1930–2009), American writer of Irish descent
- Malachy McCourt (born 1931), Irish-American actor, writer and politician
- Vincent Homer McFarlane (1914-2006), Jamaican diplomat
- Walter McGrail (1888-1970), film actor
- David McHugh (* 1941), composer and university professor
- Earl McIntyre , jazz musician
- Dean Benjamin McLaughlin (1901-1965), astronomer
- Terrence McManus , jazz guitarist
- Kenneth McMillan (1932-1989), actor
- Anne Meara (1929–2015), actress and comedian
- John J. Mearsheimer (* 1947), political scientist
- Frank Medrano (born 1958), actor
- George Meeker (1904–1984), actor
- Juan Melendez (* 1951), activist against the death penalty
- Sid Melton (1917-2011), actor
- Memphis Bleek (* 1978), rap musician
- Nathan Mendelsohn (1917-2006), Canadian mathematician
- Marie Menken (1909–1970), writer, journalist and filmmaker
- E. Elias Merhige (* 1964), film director
- Max Mermelstein (1942–2008), drug smuggler
- Neil Meron (* 1955), film producer
- Robert Merrill (1917-2004), opera singer (baritone)
- Debra Messing (* 1968), actress
- Robert Metcalfe (* 1946), inventor of the Ethernet
- Art Metrano (born 1936), actor
- Rhoda Bubendey Métraux (1914–2003), anthropologist and writer
- Richard Michaels (* 1936), film director and script supervisor
- Sean Michaels (* 1958), porn actor and director
- Pras Michel (* 1972), rapper and songwriter
- Alyssa Milano (* 1972), actress, producer and singer
- Jacob Milgrom (1923–2010), US-Israeli rabbi and religious scholar
- Inez Milholland (1886–1916), suffragette, war correspondent and labor lawyer
- Allison Miller (* 1974 or 1975), jazz musician and composer
- Bill Miller (1915-2006), musician
- Jarrell Miller (born 1988), boxer
- Jimmy Miller (1942–1994), record producer and musician
- John Miller (1903-1965), rower
- Marcus Miller (* 1959), musician and electric bass player
- Victor S. Miller (* 1947), mathematician and computer scientist
- Waldron DeWitt Miller (1879-1929), ornithologist
- Theodore Millon (1928-2014), psychologist
- Jackie Mills (1922-2010), jazz drummer, songwriter and music producer
- June Tarpé Mills (1918–1988), comic book author
- Stephanie Mills (* 1957), R&B and soul singer
- Jack Minker (* 1927), computer scientist
- Faith Minton (* 1957), actress and stunt woman
- Danny Miranda (* 1964), bassist
- Isaac Mizrahi (* 1961), fashion designer
- Vic Mizzy (1916-2009), film composer
- Arthur Modell (1925–2012), entrepreneur and football team owner
- Irving Mondschein (1924-2015), decathlete
- Peter Montagna (* 1952), make-up artist
- John Patrick Montague (1929-2016), author
- Lenny Montana (1926–1992), wrestler and actor
- Art Mooney (1911-1993), swing musician
- Elisabeth Moore (1876–1959), tennis player
- Mary Tyler Moore (1936–2017), actress and comedian
- Angel Moraes (* 1965), DJ, remixer and music producer
- David Morales (* 1961), American DJ and house musician of Puerto Rican descent
- Mark Morales (* 1960), rapper and music producer
- Mike Morgenstern (* 1939), jazz musician
- Jerome Moross (1913–1983), composer
- John Morressy (1930-2006), science fiction and fantasy writer
- Bruce Morrow (born 1935), radio host
- Mos Def (* 1973), musician and actor
- Bob Moses (* 1948), jazz drummer
- Ras Moshe (* 1968), jazz musician
- Arnold Moss (1910–1989), theater and film actor
- Don Most (* 1953), actor and voice actor
- Zero Mostel (1915–1977), actor and comedian
- Francis J. Mugavero (1914–1991), Roman Catholic clergyman and Bishop of Brooklyn
- Ali Shaheed Muhammad (* 1970), DJ and music producer
- Charles Richard Mulrooney (1906–1989), Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop
- Matt Munisteri , musician and songwriter
- Lily von Muralt (1849–1921), Swiss writer for children's and youth literature
- Charlie Murphy (1959-2017), actor, writer and comedian
- Eddie Murphy (born 1961), actor and comedian
- Henry C. Murphy (1810–1882), lawyer and politician
- James J. Murphy (1898–1962), politician
- Robert Cushman Murphy (1887–1973), ornithologist
- Tom Murphy (born 1935), middle distance runner
- Keith Murray (born 1974), rapper
- Charles Muscatine (1920–2010), literary scholar
- Lorenzo Music (1937–2001), voice actor, television producer and screenwriter
N
- David Nadien (1926–2014), violinist and concert master
- Jerrold Nadler (* 1947), politician
- Michael Nagler (* 1937), university professor, author and peace activist
- Marty Napoleon (1921–2015), jazz musician
- Randy Napoleon (* 1977), jazz guitarist
- Teddy Napoleon (1914–1964), swing pianist
- Joe Napolitano (1948-2016), television director
- Necro (* 1976), rapper and producer
- Philip Needleman (* 1939), pharmacologist
- Andrew Neiderman (born 1940), writer and screenwriter
- Peter Nero (* 1934), pianist and conductor
- Donald Newman (1930-2007), mathematician
- Lesléa Newman (* 1955), author
- William H. Nichols (1852–1930), chemist and chemical industrialist
- Jean Nidetch (1923–2015), entrepreneur
- Joe Nieves (born 1977), actor
- Harry Nilsson (1941–1994), songwriter, singer, pianist and guitarist
- Hugh Nissenson (1933-2013), writer
- Robert Nodar junior (1916–1974), lawyer and politician
- Dick Noel (1926 or 1927-2017), singer
- Peggy Noonan (* 1950), book author and columnist
- Gene Norman (1922-2015), jazz musician
- Harold Norse (1916–2009), lyric poet of the Beat Generation
- Kevin Norton (* 1956), jazz musician
- Notorious BIG (1972-1997), rapper
- Lynn Nottage (* 1964), playwright
- Robert Nozick (1938–2002), philosopher
O
- Johnny O , singer
- Ben Oakland (1907–1979), film composer and songwriter
- Harry Church Oberholser (1870–1963), ornithologist and biologist
- Tasker Oddie (1870–1950), politician
- Adam O'Farrill (* 1994), jazz musician
- Christina Offley (* 1993), actress
- Warren B. Offutt (1928–2017), engineer, amateur astronomer and asteroid explorer
- Scott O'Grady (born 1965), US Air Force pilot
- Alexis Ohanian (* 1983), entrepreneur and investor
- Ol 'Dirty Bastard (1968-2004), rapper
- Olivia (* 1981), singer
- Gregory Olsen (* 1945), entrepreneur and space tourist
- Jane O'Meara Sanders (born 1950), social worker and academic
- Gerard Kitchen O'Neill (1927–1992), physicist and space pioneer
- Marco Oppedisano (* 1971), composer and guitarist
- Joell Ortiz (born 1980), rapper
- John Ortiz (* 1968), actor
- Paul Oscher (* 1950), musician
- Stanley Osher (* 1942), mathematician
- Donald L. O'Toole (1902–1964), lawyer and politician
- Mary White Ovington (1865–1951), suffragette, journalist, and co-founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- Geoffrey Owens (born 1961), actor
- Wendy Oxenhorn , social activist and jazz and blues promoter
P
- Peter Pace (* 1945), Vice Chief of Staff of the US Armed Forces
- José Padilla (* 1970), imprisoned
- Lina Pagliughi (1907–1980), opera singer
- Charlemagne Palestine (born 1945 or 1947), composer
- Reid Paley , rock musician
- Anna Helene Palmie (1863–1946), mathematician and university professor
- Bruce Paltrow (1943–2002), film and television producer
- Papoose (born 1978), rapper
- Michael Paré (born 1958), actor
- Lawrence Parker (KRS-One) (born 1965), rapper and graffiti writer
- Leonard Parker (* 1938), theoretical physicist
- Smush Parker (born 1981), basketball player
- Lana Parrilla (born 1977), actress
- Peter Parros (born 1960), actor
- Joe Paterno (1926–2012), American football coach
- David Paterson (born 1954), politician
- John Patitucci (* 1959), jazz bassist
- Angela Paton (1930–2016), actress
- Jayson Paul (born 1984), wrestler
- William E. Paul (1936-2015), immunologist
- Cecil Payne (1922-2007), jazz musician
- Annette Peacock (* 1941), musician
- Dave Pell (1925-2017), jazz musician
- Nelson Peltz (* 1942), hedge fund manager
- Beverly Pepper (1922–2020), painter and sculptor
- Irene Pepperberg (* 1949), scientist
- Simeon Joseph Perelman (1904–1979), humorist, writer and screenwriter
- Alan Perelson (* 1947), biophysicist
- Rosie Perez (born 1964), actress
- Sam Perkins (born 1961), basketball player
- Rhea Perlman (born 1948), actress
- Harold Perrineau Jr. (born 1963), actor
- Sacha Perry (* 1970), jazz pianist
- Carmine Persico (1933–2019), member of the Cosa Nostra, head of the Colombo family
- Donna Pescow (born 1954), actress and television director
- Hy Peskin (1915–2005), photographer and pioneer of sports photography
- Jim Petro (* 1948), lawyer and politician
- Henry Petroski (* 1942), civil engineer and technical historian
- William Gardner Pfann (1917–1982), materials scientist
- Joseph L. Pfeifer (1892–1974), doctor and politician
- Phife Dawg (1970-2016), rapper
- Michael Phillips (* 1943), film producer
- Todd Phillips (* 1970), director, producer and screenwriter
- Jessica Pimentel (* 1982), actress and singer
- Lockwood Pirie (1904-1965), sailor
- Harvey Pitt (* 1945), lawyer and politician
- Adolph Plummer (1938–2015), 400 m runner and world record holder
- Robert Plutchik (1927-2006), psychologist
- Bertram L. Podell (1925–2005), lawyer and politician
- Norman Podhoretz (* 1930), intellectual
- Frederik Pohl (1919–2013), science fiction author
- Karl Polenske (1881–1949), German lawyer and university professor
- Gene Polito (1918-2010), cameraman
- Rachel Pollack (* 1945), science fiction and esoteric writer and cartoonist
- Pop Smoke (1999-2020), rapper and songwriter
- Ted Post (1918-2013), director
- Sechew Powell (* 1979), professional boxer
- Ed Powers (born 1954), porn producer and actor
- Byron Preiss (1953–2005), publisher, book packager, game developer and author
- Noah Preminger (* 1986), jazz musician
- Priscilla Presley (born 1945), actress
- Frank Press (1924-2020), geophysicist
- Charles Previn (1888–1973), film composer, music director and conductor
- Sean Price (1972-2015), rapper
- Bernie Privin (1919–1999), jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player of swing
- Prodigal Sunn , rapper, producer and actor
- Murray H. Protter (1918-2008), mathematician
- David Proval (born 1942), actor
Q
- John Quayle (1868-1930), politician
- Queen Pen (born 1972), rapper
- James Quinn (1906-2004), track and field athlete
- Everett Quinton (born 1952), actor, director, playwright and screenwriter
R.
- Eddie Rabbitt (1941-1998), country musician
- Lawrence Rabiner (* 1943), computer scientist and electrical engineer
- Alan Rabinowitz (1953-2018), mammal loge and conservationist
- Raekwon (* 1970), rap musician
- Meredith Rainey Valmon (* 1968), middle distance runner
- Keith Raniere (* 1960), entrepreneur and psycho-coach
- Herman Raucher (* 1928), writer and screenwriter
- Allan Ray (born 1984), basketball player
- Ricardo Ray (* 1945), American-Puerto Rican pianist, composer and band leader
- Joel M. Reed (1933–2020), director of soft porn and splatter films
- Lou Reed (1942–2013), singer-songwriter and guitarist
- Henry Reeve (1850–1876), Cuban freedom fighter and brigadier general
- Paul Regina (1956-2006), actor
- Irving Reiner (1924–1986), mathematician
- Meyer Reinhold (1909–2002), ancient historian
- Abe Reles (1906–1941), contract killer
- Richard Remer (1883–1973), walker
- Leah Remini (born 1970), actress
- Ira Rennert (* 1934), entrepreneur
- Charles Reznikoff (1894–1976), poet
- Hanon Reznikov (1950–2008), actor, writer and director
- Bebe Rexha (* 1989), pop singer
- Arthur Rhames (1957–1989), jazz musician
- Busta Rhymes (born 1972), rapper
- Norman Richardson (born 1977), basketball player
- Adam Richman (born 1974), actor
- Marvin Rick (1901-1999), obstacle runner
- Henry W. Riecken (1917–2012), sociologist
- Heinrich Ries (1871–1951), geologist
- Greg Rikaart (born 1977), actor
- Paul Rishell (born 1950), blues guitarist
- Thelma Ritter (1902–1969), actress
- Geraldo Rivera (* 1943), lawyer, journalist, author, reporter and TV presenter
- Mark Rivera (* 1952), music director, event manager and rock musician
- Joan Rivers (1933-2014), entertainer
- James Rizzi (1950–2011), artist
- Phil Rizzuto (1917-2007), baseball player
- Brian Robbins (born 1963), film producer and director
- David P. Robbins (1942-2003), mathematician
- Trina Robbins (* 1938), cartoonist
- Allan Roberts (1905–1966), pianist, composer and songwriter
- Ben Roberts (1916–1984), screenwriter and producer
- Henry Roberts (1853–1929), politician and governor of the US state of Connecticut
- Hugh A. Robertson (1932–1988), film editor and director
- Fred J. Rode (1896–1971), production designer
- Milton Rogovin (1909-2011), photographer
- Anna Katharine Rohlfs (1846–1935), writer
- Owen Roizman (* 1936), cameraman
- Marcus Rojas (* 1963), jazz tuba player and music teacher
- Winfred Rolker (1892–1978), walker
- John Romita junior (* 1956), comic artist
- John Romita senior (* 1930), comic artist
- John J. Rooney (1903–1975), lawyer and politician
- Mickey Rooney (1920-2014), actor
- Hayden Rorke (1910–1987), actor
- Irwin Rose (1926-2015), biochemist
- Latarsha Rose , actress
- Marcc Rose (born 1992), actor
- Max Rose (* 1986), politician and veteran
- Mickey Rose (1935-2013), screenwriter
- Saul Roseman (1921-2011), biochemist
- George Rosen (1910–1977), doctor and medical historian
- Michael Rosen (* 1938), mathematician
- Nathan Rosen (1909–1995), US-Israeli physicist
- Philip Rosenberg (* 1935), art director and production designer
- Sid Rosenberg (* 1967), radio presenter
- Stuart Rosenberg (1927–2007), film director
- Theodore Rosengarten (* 1944), historian
- Maxwell Rosenlicht (1924–1999), mathematician
- Howard Rosenman (* 1945), film producer, screenwriter and actor
- Leonard Rosenman (1924–2008), film music composer
- Robert Rosenthal (1917–2007), lawyer and highly decorated pilot
- Martha Rosler (* 1943), artist
- George H. Ross (born 1928), businessman
- Herbert Ross (1927–2001), choreographer and film director
- Steven Ross (1927-1992), manager
- Irwin Rosten (1924–2010), film producer, film director and screenwriter
- Eugene V. Rostov (1913–2002), legal scholar and author
- Frederick Roth (1872–1944), sculptor
- Suze Rotolo (1943–2011), artist, political activist and author
- Julian B. Rotter (1916-2014), psychologist
- Steve Rubell (1943–1989), founder of the New York nightclub Studio 54
- Mann Rubin (1927–2013), screenwriter
- William Rubin (1927–2006), art historian and curator
- Arthur B. Rubinstein (1938–2018), composer for film and television music
- Stephen A. Rudd (1874–1936), lawyer and politician
- Alexander Rudzinski (* 1960), German radio presenter of American origin
- Brenda Russell (* 1949), R&B, jazz and pop singer, songwriter and keyboardist
- Loris S. Russell (1904-1998), Canadian geologist and paleontologist
- Aaron Russo (1943–2007), businessman, filmmaker, and political activist
- Gianni Russo (* 1943), actor and singer
- Joe Russo (born 1976), drummer
- Sonny Russo (1929–2013), jazz musician
S.
- Gerald E. Sacks (1933–2019), mathematical logician
- Paul Sado (* 1978), screenwriter, director and actor
- Jamie Saft (* 1971), jazz musician and composer
- Carl Sagan (1934–1996), astronomer and writer
- Saigon (* 1978), rapper
- Louis Salica (1912-2002), boxer
- Albert Salmi (1928–1990), actor
- Bobbi Salvör Menuez (* 1993), artist, curator and actress
- Paul Robert Sanchez (* 1946), Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop in Brooklyn
- Bernie Sanders (* 1941), politician
- Lawrence Sanders (1920–1998), journalist and writer
- Adam Sandler (* 1966), actor, producer and screenwriter
- Robert Charles Sands (1799–1832), writer and poet
- Richard Sanford (1877–1966), obstacle runner
- Jonathan Sanger (* 1944), director and film producer
- Joe Santos (1931-2016), actor
- Mia Sara (* 1967), actress
- Seymour Sarason (1919-2010), psychologist
- Jack Sarfatti (* 1939), physicist
- Joseph W. Sarno (1921–2010), director, producer and screenwriter
- Stanley J. Sarnoff (1917–1990), medic and inventor
- Andrew Sarris (1928–2012), film critic
- Linda Sarsour (* 1980), political activist
- Kevin Saunderson (born 1964), producer of techno music
- Eddie Sauter (1914–1981), jazz and swing musician
- Charles Saxon (1920–1988), cartoonist and illustrator
- John Saxon (1935-2020), actor
- Said Sayrafiezadeh (* 1968), playwright and writer
- Petey Scalzo (1917-1993), boxer
- Nicodemo Scarfo (1929–2017), mobster of the American Cosa Nostra
- Carl Schall (1856–1939), German chemist
- Edward Scharfenberger (* 1948), Roman Catholic bishop
- Aubrey Schenck (1908-1999), film producer
- Harold A. Scheraga (1921-2020), chemist
- Vincent Schiavelli (1948–2005), actor
- Lawrence Schiller (* 1936), photojournalist, film producer, director and publisher
- James Schiro (1946-2014), manager
- Steve Schirripa (born 1958), actor
- Laura Schlessinger (* 1947), radio presenter and author
- Arleen Schloss (* 1943), performance artist, video pioneer and curator
- Pop Smoke (1999-2020), rapper and songwriter
- David Schneider (1918–1995), anthropologist
- Helen Schneider (* 1952), singer and actress
- Bernard C. Schoenfeld (1907–1990), screenwriter
- Ralph Schoenman (* 1935), peace activist
- Peggy Scholler (1941–2001), javelin thrower
- Ben Schonzeit (* 1942), painter
- Aaron Schroeder (1926–2009), songwriter, composer and editor
- Roger SH Schulman (* 20th century), film producer and screenwriter
- Howard Schultz (* 1953), Chairman of the Board of Directors of Starbucks
- Peter C. Schultz (* 1942), materials scientist
- Charles Schumer (* 1950), politician and US Senator
- Arthur Schwartz (1900–1984), light music composer
- Delmore Schwartz (1913–1966), poet and narrator
- Lynne Sharon Schwartz (* 1939), writer
- Peter-Andrew Schwarz (* 1960), archaeologist
- Annabella Sciorra (born 1964), actress
- Raymond Scott (1908–1994), composer, band leader, pianist and engineer
- Alexander Scourby (1913–1985), actor and speaker
- Frank Serpico (* 1936), police officer
- Neil Sedaka (born 1939), singer and songwriter
- Erich Segal (1937–2010), writer and screenwriter
- Ruth Seid (1913–1995), author
- Maren Seidler (* 1951), shot put
- Jerry Seinfeld (* 1954), actor and comedian
- Jay Sekulow (* 1957), attorney and director of the American Center for Law and Justice
- Vanessa Selbst (* 1984), poker player
- Hubert Selby (1928-2004), writer
- Jack Sendak (1923-1995), children's author
- Maurice Sendak (1928–2012), illustrator, children's book author and stage painter
- John Serry senior (1915–2003), accordion virtuoso, arranger, composer, organist and teacher
- Johnny Seven (1926-2010), actor
- Clarine Seymour (1898–1920), actress
- Steve Shagan (1927–2015), writer, screenwriter and film producer
- Howard Shanet (1918–2006), conductor and composer
- Tupac Shakur (1971-1996), rapper
- Ascher H. Shapiro (1916–2004), engineer scientist for hydrodynamics and aerodynamics
- David Shapiro (1952–2011), jazz bassist and music teacher
- Francine Shapiro (1948–2019), literary scholar and psychologist
- Harold Shapiro (* 1928), mathematician
- James S. Shapiro (* 1955), English and literary scholar
- Sidney Shapiro (1915-2014), author and translator
- Ray Sharkey (1952-1993), film actor
- Al Sharpton (born 1954), preacher and politician
- Melville Shavelson (1917–2007), film director, producer and screenwriter
- Robert Sheckley (1928-2005), writer
- Mickey Sheen (1927-1987), jazz musician
- Shepard Sherbell (1944-2018), photographer and journalist
- Moshe Sherer (1921–1998), rabbi and advocate of the Orthodox Jews
- Martin J. Sherwin (* 1937), historian
- Neil Shicoff (born 1949), opera singer
- Martin Shkreli (* 1983), hedge fund manager
- Ann Shoemaker (1891–1978), actress
- David Sholtz (1891–1953), politician
- Eddie Shu (1918–1986), jazz musician
- Michael Shub (* 1943), mathematician
- Claire Shulman (1926–2020), politician and President of Queens
- Julius Shulman (1910–2009), photographer
- Sheila Shulman (1936–2014), American-British rabbi in London
- Frank Shuman (1862-1918), inventor
- Gabourey Sidibe (born 1983), actress
- Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel (1906–1947), mobster from Kosher Nostra
- Janis Siegel (* 1952), singer
- Carl Sigman (1909-2000), songwriter
- Michelangelo Signorile (* 1960), writer and broadcaster
- Robert J. Silbey (1940-2011), chemist
- William Silkworth (1884–1971), marksman
- Karen Sillas (* 1963), stage and film actress
- Henry Silva (* 1928), American actor of Puerto Rican origin
- Robert Silverberg (* 1935), author (science fiction)
- Phil Silvers (1911–1985), entertainer and actor
- Larry Silverstein (born 1931), real estate entrepreneur
- Brandon Silvestry (born 1979), wrestler
- Matt Simons (* 1987), pop musician
- Lorna Simpson (* 1960), photographer, concept and video artist
- Israel Singer (* 1942), General Secretary of the World Jewish Congress from 2001 to 2007
- Michael Singer (* 1945), sculptor, landscape architect and concept artist
- Doris Singleton (1919–2012), singer and actress
- John Sinibaldi (1913-2006), racing cyclist
- Tony Sirico (born 1942), actor
- Philip Skell (1918-2010), chemist
- Sunny Skylar (1913–2009), singer and musician
- Glenn Slater (* 1968), songwriter
- Neal Slavin (* 1941), photographer, director and film producer
- Earl Slick (* 1952), rock guitarist and composer
- Slim Jim Phantom (born 1961), drummer
- Erinn Smart (* 1980), fencer
- Keeth Smart (* 1978), fencer
- Marie Smidt (1845–1925), wife of Johann Smidt
- Betty Smith (1896–1972), writer
- Leonard Smith (1894-1947), cinematographer
- Edward Smith Parsons (1863-1943), university professor
- Mark Snow (* 1946), film music composer
- Robert Snyder (1916-2004), documentary filmmaker
- Donald Solitar (1932–2008), mathematician
- Peter Sollett (* 1976), film director and screenwriter
- Lew Soloff (1944-2015), jazz trumpeter
- Gustave Solomon (1930–1996), mathematician and engineer
- Robert M. Solovay (* 1938), mathematician
- Robert Merton Solow (* 1924), economist
- Andrew Lawrence Somers (1895–1949), politician
- Bonnie Somerville (* 1974), actress and singer
- Milt Sonsky (* 1941), javelin thrower
- Gilbert Sorrentino (1929-2006), writer
- Paul Sorvino (born 1939), actor
- Mark Soskin (* 1953), jazz pianist and keyboard player
- Jeff Scott Soto (born 1965), rock singer
- Talisa Soto (* 1967), actress and model
- Charles S. Sperry (1847-1911), Admiral
- Angelina Spicer (* 1981), actress and stand-up comedian
- Murray R. Spiegel , applied mathematician and textbook author
- Sol Spiegelman (1914-1983), molecular biologist
- Mickey Spillane (1918–2006), crime writer and comic book writer
- Phillip Sprangle (* 1944), physicist
- Larry Spruch (1923-2006), physicist
- Ted Stamm (1944–1984), painter
- William Stanley (1858-1916), inventor
- Barbara Stanwyck (1907–1990), actress
- Jason Starr (born 1966), writer and screenwriter
- Peter Steele (1962-2010), musician
- Abby Stein (* 1991), transgender activist and blogger
- Seymour Stein (* 1942), rock music producer
- Alan E. Steinweis (* 1957), historian
- Alex Steinweiss (1917–2011), graphic designer
- Gary Stephan (* 1942), painter
- Lance Stephenson (born 1990), basketball player
- Bert Stern (1929–2013), fashion and advertising photographer
- Connie Stevens (born 1938), actress and singer
- Curtis Stevens (* 1985), professional boxer
- Steve Stevens (born 1959), musician
- Anita Stewart (1895–1961), actress during the silent film era
- Johnny Stewart (born 1934), actor
- Lynne Stewart (1939–2017), lawyer and civil rights activist
- Steady Fingaz , DJ and music producer
- Sticky Fingaz (* 1973), rapper and actor
- Jerry Stiller (1927-2020), actor
- Curtis Stone (born 1922), medium-distance, long-distance and obstacle runner
- Merlin Stone (1931–2011), theologian, art historian and sculptor
- Michael L. Stone (1949-2005), cinematographer
- Sheldon Leslie Stone (* 1946), experimental particle physicist
- Gil Stratton (1922–2008), actor and sports reporter
- Harry Strauss (1909–1941), contract killer
- Philip Strax (1909-1999), medical doctor
- Barbra Streisand (* 1942), film actress, singer and film director
- Joseph Michael Sullivan (1930–2013), Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop
- Larry Sultan (1946–2009), artist and photographer
- Carol Ann Susi (1952–2014), film and stage actress
- Willie Sutton (1901-1980), serial bank robber
- Moss Sweedler (* 1942), mathematician
- Karl Swenson (1908–1978), actor
- Swizz Beatz (* 1978), hip-hop producer and rapper
- Paul Sylbert (1928–2016), art director and production designer
- Richard Sylbert (1928–2002), production designer
- Frank Paul Sylos (1900–1976), film architect
- Sylvia Syms (1917–1992), jazz singer
T
- Aron Tager (1934–2019), actor, voice actor and artist
- Constance Talmadge (1898–1973), actress during the silent film era
- Natalie Talmadge (1896–1969), actress during the silent film era
- Tamar-kali (* 20th century), rock-singer-songwriter, guitarist and composer
- Deborah Tannen (* 1945), sociolinguist
- Robert Emmett Tansey (1897–1951), actor, screenwriter, film producer and film director
- Frank Tarloff (1916–1999), screenwriter
- Peter Tarnoff (* 1937), diplomat
- Richard John Tarrant (* 1945), classical philologist
- Ronald Tavel (1936–2009), playwright and screenwriter
- Dave Taylor (* 1944), bass trombonist
- Ivy Taylor (* 1970), politician
- Larry Taylor (1942-2019), bass guitarist
- Taz (born 1967), wrestler
- Yehuda Teichtal (* 1972), Orthodox Hasidic rabbi
- Sebastian Telfair (* 1985), basketball player
- Danny Tenaglia (* 1961), DJ and music producer
- Vinny Testaverde (born 1963), football player
- Ron Thal (* 1969), rock guitarist, composer and producer
- Irving Thalberg (1899–1936), film producer
- Paul Thek (1933–1988), painter and object artist
- Bob Thiele (1922–1996), music producer and composer
- Samuel O. Thier (* 1937), physician and manager
- Leon Thomas III (* 1993), actor and singer
- Elliot Tiber (1935–2016), painter, comedian and author
- Neil Edward Tiedemann (* 1948), Roman Catholic bishop
- Gene Tierney (1920–1991), actress
- James Tierney (* 1947), lawyer and politician
- Lawrence Tierney (1919–2002), actor
- John H. Tilelli junior (born 1941), General in the US Army
- Sidney Tillim (1925–2001), artist and art critic
- Jamaal Tinsley (born 1978), basketball player
- Laurence Tisch (1923–2003), manager
- Robert Tisch (1926–2005), businessman and entrepreneur
- Marisa Tomei (born 1964), actress
- Richard J. Tonry (1893–1971), politician
- Burt Topper (1928–2007), film producer, film director, screenwriter and film actor
- Obi Toppin (* 1998), basketball player
- Joe Torre (* 1940), baseball player and manager
- Steven Toushin (* 1946), film producer, screenwriter and author
- Cheryl Toussaint (* 1952), middle distance runner and sprinter
- Allan Trautman (* 1955), puppeteer and actor
- Morton "Morty" Trautman (≈1925–2012), musician
- Eugene M. Travis (1863–1940), businessman and politician
- Barbara Trentham (1944–2013), film and television actress
- Claire Trevor (1910-2000), actress
- Anthony Tromba (* 1943), mathematician
- Robert Trowers (* 1957), jazz trombonist
- Herbert Trube (1886–1959), middle and long distance runner
- Jay Tuck (* 1945), journalist, television producer, book author, speaker and lecturer
- Barbara Tucker (* 1967), house singer
- Marcia Tucker (1940–2006), art historian, art critic, curator and museum director
- Richard Tucker (1913–1975), opera singer
- Annita Tuller (1910–1994), mathematician and university professor
- Kenneth Turan (* 1946), film critic, author and lecturer
- Joe Turkel (born 1927), actor
- Edwin Turney (1929-2008), entrepreneur
- John Turturro (born 1957), actor
- Mike Tyson (born 1966), boxer
- Tiger Tyson (born 1977), porn actor
U
- U-God (* 1970), MC
- Edwin Ubiles (* 1986), American basketball player of Puerto Rican origin
- Reva Urban (1925–1987), painter and graphic artist
V
- Brenda Vaccaro (born 1939), actress
- Warren Vaché senior (1914–2005), jazz musician and journalist
- Michael Vale (1922-2005), actor
- Howard Valentine (1881-1932), track and field athlete
- William Van Alen (1882–1954), architect
- Morris Vandersteen (born 1954), bodybuilder and wrestler
- Abraham Vanderveer (1781–1839), politician
- Willard Van der Veer (1894–1963), cameraman
- Tim Van Patten (* 1959), television director, actor, screenwriter and producer
- Dave Van Ronk (1936–2002), guitarist, singer and songwriter
- Johnny Varro (* 1930), jazz pianist, arranger and band leader
- Alan Vega (1938-2016), singer
- Lauren Vélez (born 1964), actress
- Michael Venezia (* 1935), painter
- Fay Victor (* 1965), jazz singer
- Abe Vigoda (1921-2016), actor
- Al Viola (1919-2007), musician
- Tony Visconti (* 1944), British-American music producer and musician
- Lester D. Volk (1884–1962), doctor, lawyer and politician
W.
- Arthur Edward Waite (1857-1942), author
- Jerry Wald (1911–1962), screenwriter and film producer
- George E. Waldo (1851–1942), lawyer and politician
- Hezekiah Walker (* 1962), gospel singer, singer-songwriter and pastor of the Brooklyn Megachurch Love Fellowship Tabernacle
- Anthony Wallace (born 1989), football player
- Lee Wallace (born 1930), stage and film actor
- William C. Wallace (1856–1901), lawyer and politician
- Eli Wallach (1915-2014), actor
- Steve Wallach (* 1945), computer architect
- Henry Wallman (1915–1992), mathematician and electronics specialist
- Michael F. Walsh (1894–1956), lawyer and politician
- Paul Henry Walsh (1937–2014), Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop
- Jessica Walter (* 1941), actress
- Charles Walters (1911–1982), film director and choreographer
- Kenneth Wapnick (1942-2013), psychologist and author
- Harry Warren (1893–1981), musician, composer and songwriter
- Kenny Washington (* 1958), jazz drummer
- Bruce Wasserstein (1947–2009), banker
- Wendy Wasserstein (1950–2006), playwright
- Frank B. Weeks (1854–1935), politician
- Sanford I. Weill (* 1933), founder of Citigroup
- Steven M. Weinreb (* 1941), chemist
- William C. Weldon (born 1948), company manager
- Gina Werfel (* 1951), painter and art professor
- Kenny Werner (* 1951), jazz pianist
- Alvy West (1915–2012), jazz musician
- Mae West (1893–1980), actress
- Donald E. Westlake (1933-2008), crime writer
- Helen Westley (1875–1942), actress
- Randy Weston (1926-2018), jazz musician
- Michael Jai White (* 1967), stunt coordinator and actor
- Okaro White (born 1992), basketball player
- Mitchell Whitfield (born 1964), theater and television actor
- James Whitworth (1936–1991), actor
- Emma Whiton McDonald (1886–1948), mathematician and university professor
- Kenneth B. Wiberg (* 1927), chemist
- Alexander Solomon Wiener (1907–1976), serologist
- Leon Wieseltier (* 1952), journalist
- Robert Wilensky (1951–2013), computer scientist
- Lenny Wilkens (* 1937), basketball player and coach
- Jack Wilkins (* 1944), jazz and fusion guitarist
- William Willett Jr. (1869–1938), lawyer and politician
- Bill Williams (1915–1992), actor
- Cara Williams (born 1925), actress
- Freedom Williams (born 1966), rapper
- Michael K. Williams (born 1966), actor
- Ted Williams (born 1957), radio host
- Victor Williams (* 1970), actor and producer
- Ajita Wilson (* around 1950, † 1987), actress and porn star
- Robert Anton Wilson (1932–2007), bestselling author, philosopher and anarchist
- William Winant (* 1953), percussionist
- Mary Wineberg (* 1980), sprinter
- Dave Winer (* 1955), software developer and company founder
- Jason Wingreen (1920-2015), actor
- Terence Winter (* 1960), screenwriter and producer of television series
- Terry Winters (* 1949), painter
- Carl Wintzer (1860–1943), Prussian officer, most recently major general in the First World War
- Joel-Peter Witkin (* 1939), photographer
- Laura Witte (1869–1939), German women's rights activist
- Owen N. Witte (* 1949), molecular biologist and cancer researcher
- Fred Wolf (* 1932), animator, film director, film producer and screenwriter
- Arthur M. Wolfe (1939-2014), astrophysicist
- Gene Wolfe (1931-2019), science fiction and fantasy writer
- Wolfman Jack (1938-1995), disc jockey
- Paul Wolfowitz (* 1943), politician and President of the World Bank from 2005 to 2007
- PJ Wolfson (1903–1979), screenwriter, film producer, and writer
- Deborah Ann Woll (* 1985), actress
- Peggy Wood (1892–1978), singer and actress
- Nashom Wooden (1969–2020), singer and drag queen
- Jamal Woolard (* 1975), actor and rapper
- Mary Woronov (* 1943), actress, writer and painter
- Tanisha Wright (born 1983), basketball player
- Carl Wunsch (* 1941), professor of physical oceanography
- Eric Wyatt (* 1961), jazz musician
- John W. Wydler (1924–1987), lawyer and politician
- James J. Wynne (* 1943), physicist
X
- Emanuel Xavier (* 1971), lyricist, poetry slammer and political activist
Y
- Frank Yablans (1935–2014), film producer and screenwriter
- Irwin Yablans (* 1934), film producer
- Herbert Yates (1880–1966), businessman and film producer
- Adam Yauch (1964–2012), musician and music producer
- Janet Yellen (* 1946), economist
- Young Dirty Bastard , rapper
- Young MA (* 1992), rapper
- Robert Youngson (1917–1974), screenwriter, director and film producer
- Marshall C. Yovits (1923–2018), physicist and computer scientist
Z
- Norman Zabusky (1929–2018), physicist
- Max Zaslofsky (1925–1985), basketball player
- Bobby Zankel (* 1949), jazz saxophonist
- Leo C. Zeferetti (1927–2018), politician
- Art Zeller (1930–1999), bodybuilder and photographer
- Anna Ziegler (* 1979), playwright
- Howard Zinn (1922–2010), historian and political scientist
- Mark Zoback (* 1948), geophysicist
- Gordon Zubrod (1914-1999), oncologist
- Susan Zuccotti (* 1940), historian
- Paul Zukofsky (1943–2017), violinist, conductor and music educator
- Robert Zwanzig (1928–2014), theoretical physicist and chemist
- Joel Zwick (* 1942), film, television and theater director and film producer