List of Famous people born in New York City, United States of America

Frank John Hughes is an American film and television actor, and screenwriter. Hughes is best known for his portrayals of "Wild Bill" Guarnere in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, Tom Fox in Catch Me If You Can, Tim Woods in 24, and Walden Belfiore in The Sopranos.

Drew Z. Greenberg is an American television producer and writer best known for working on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Smallville, The O.C., Dexter, Warehouse 13, Arrow and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. He has also written some comic books, like Green Arrow and Buffy the Vampire Slayer comics.

Louis John "Lou" DiBella, Jr. is an American boxing promoter and television/film producer. He is Founder and CEO of DiBella Entertainment based in New York City. DiBella currently promotes world-rated fighters Regis Prograis, Tevin Farmer, Sergiy Derevyanchenko, Ivan Baranchyk, Richard Commey, George Kambosos Jnr, as well as rising prospects Oleksandr Teslenko and US Olympian Charles Conwell, among many others, like Willie Nelson (boxer) also called Willie "The Great" Nelson who beat world champion Tony Harrison and several top prospects. Lou is an ardent supporter of women's boxing and his expanding roster of female fighters includes world champions Amanda Serrano and Alicia Napoleon as well as Heather Hardy, Shelly Vincent, Raquel Miller and Tiara Brown. DiBella also promoted events that Deontay Wilder, the former WBC heavyweight champion, fights on.

John Dunning is an American writer of non-fiction and detective fiction. He is known for his reference books on old-time radio and his series of mysteries featuring Denver bookseller and ex-policeman Cliff Janeway.

Robert John Brennan is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who serves as Bishop of Columbus. He had served as the Auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York. He was appointed as the 12th Bishop of the Diocese of Columbus, Ohio, on January 31, 2019 and was officially installed as Bishop of Columbus on March 29, 2019.

Sean Nelson is an American actor.

James Hiroyuki Liao is an American actor known for his roles as Jay Lee on Unforgettable and Roland Glenn on Prison Break.

Theodore Preston Hill is an American mathematician specializing in probability theory. He is a professor emeritus at the Georgia Institute of Technology and a researcher at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.

John E. "Jack" Potter is the president and CEO of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority since July 18, 2011. He is the former United States Postmaster General and CEO of the United States Postal Service (USPS), having become the 72nd postmaster general on June 1, 2001. Potter is the second longest-serving postmaster general, following Gideon Granger.

Deborah J. Ross, is an American science fiction and fantasy author.