List of people from New York State

• Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, (born 1947), NBA player
• Woody Allen, (born 1935), actor, director and writer
• Louis Armstrong, (1901-1971), jazz musician
• Count Basie, (1904-1984), jazz musician
• Humphrey Bogart, (1899-1957), actor
• James Cagney, (1899-1986), actor
• Maria Callas, (1923-1977), opera singer
• John Coltrane, (1926-1967), jazz musician
• Sean Combs, music producer, performer
• Aaron Copland, (1900-1990), composer
• Warren Cuccurullo, (born 1956), rock guitarist
• Claire Danes, (born 1979), actor
• Sammy Davis, Jr, actor, singer
• Robert De Niro, (born 1943), actor
• Melvil Dewey, (1851-1931), originator of the Dewey Decimal System
• Jimmy_Durante, (1893 - 1980), American entertainer
• Ella Fitzgerald, (1918-1996), singer
• Henry Louis Gehrig, MLB player
• George Gershwin, (1898-1937), composer
• Rudolph Giuliani, (born 1944), former mayor
• Jackie Gleason, actor
• Billie Holiday, (1915-1959), singer
• Harry Houdini, (1874-1926), magician
• Henry James, (1843-1916), author
• John Jay, (1745-1829), first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
• Sandy Koufax, (born 1935), MLB player
• Jennifer Lopez, (born 1970), actress, dancer and music performer
• Norman Mailer, (born 1923), author
• Chico, Groucho, Harpo, Zeppo Marx, comedians
• Herman Melville, (1819-1891), writer
• Ethel Merman, (1908-1984), actor
• Notorious BIG, rapper
• Eugene O'Neill, (1888-1953), playwright
• Christopher Reeve, (born 1952), actor
• Mickey Rooney, (born 1920), actor
• Franklin D. Roosevelt, former President of the United States
• Jonas Salk, (1914-1995), scientist
• Martin Scorsese, (born 1942), director
• Jerry Seinfeld, (born 1954), comedian
• Barbara Stanwyck, (1907-1990), actor
• Barbra Streisand, (born 1942), singer, actor
• Louis Comfort Tiffany, (1848-1933), artist
• Donald Trump
• Mae West, (1893-1980), actor
• Edith Wharton, (1862-1937), author
• Joey Ramone, (1952-2001), singer

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