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

Arlyn Phoenix

Arlyn Sharon Phoenix, commonly known as Heart Phoenix, is an American social activist and mother of actors River, Rain, Joaquin, Liberty, and Summer Phoenix.

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Theo Rossi

John Theodore Rossi
First Name Theo
Last Name Rossi
Born on June 4, 1975 (age 50)
Height 175 cm | 5'9

John Theodore Rossi is an American actor and producer best known for his portrayal of Juan Carlos "Juice" Ortiz on the FX series Sons of Anarchy (2008–2014). He is also known for his portrayal of Hernan "Shades" Alvarez in Luke Cage (2016–2018).

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Josh Peck

Joshua Michael Peck
First Name Josh
Last Name Peck
Born on November 10, 1986 (age 39)
Height 181 cm | 5'11

Joshua Michael Peck is an American actor, comedian, and YouTuber. Peck began his career as a child actor in the late 1990s and early 2000s, and had an early role on The Amanda Show from 2000 to 2002. Peck rose to prominence for his role as Josh Nichols alongside Drake Bell's character in the Nickelodeon sitcom Drake & Josh from 2004 to 2007, and in its two television films in 2006 and 2008. He then acted in films such as Mean Creek (2004), Drillbit Taylor (2008), The Wackness (2008), ATM (2012), Red Dawn (2012), Battle of the Year (2013), Danny Collins (2015), and Take the 10 (2017). Peck provided the voice of Eddie in the Ice Age franchise since Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006), and voiced Casey Jones in the Nickelodeon animated series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012–2017). He also starred with John Stamos in the Fox comedy series Grandfathered (2015–2016). In 2017, Peck started a comedic lifestyle YouTube channel, Shua Vlogs, featuring David Dobrik, his wife Paige O'Brien, and many of the vlogsquad members.

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Dan Bongino

Daniel John Bongino
First Name Dan
Last Name Bongino
Born on December 4, 1974 (age 51)

Daniel John Bongino is an American conservative political commentator, radio show host, author, politician, former New York City Police Department (NYPD) officer and former Secret Service agent. He ran unsuccessfully for Congress as a Republican in 2012, 2014, and 2016.

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James Toback

First Name James
Last Name Toback
Born on November 23, 1944 (age 81)

James Toback is an American screenwriter and film director. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1991 for Bugsy. He has directed films including The Pick-up Artist, Two Girls and a Guy and Black and White.

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Kenny Smith

Kenneth "The Jet" Smith is an American sports commentator and former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played in the NBA from 1987 to 1997 as a member of the Sacramento Kings, Atlanta Hawks, Houston Rockets, Detroit Pistons, Orlando Magic, and Denver Nuggets. He won two NBA championships with Houston.

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Romeo Santos

First Name Romeo
Last Name Santos
Born on July 21, 1981 (age 44)

Romeo Santos, is an American singer, songwriter, actor, record producer, and lead vocalist of the bachata band Aventura. In 2002, the song "Obsesión" reached number one in Italy for 16 consecutive weeks. He released several albums with Aventura before the group broke up. Since then, Santos has embarked on a solo career which has spawned seven number one songs on the Hot Latin Songs chart and sixteen number ones on the Tropical Songs chart.

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Andre Royo

First Name Andre
Last Name Royo
Born on July 18, 1968 (age 57)
Height 170 cm | 5'7

Andre Royo is an American actor, producer, and writer. He is best known for his role as Reginald "Bubbles" Cousins on the HBO crime drama series The Wire, and his appearances on Fringe, Party Down, How to Make It in America, and the 2013 film The Spectacular Now. Royo also appeared as Lucious Lyon's defense attorney Thirsty Rawlings on the FOX drama series Empire.

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Patty McCormack

Patricia Ellen Russo
First Name Patty
Last Name McCormack
Born on August 21, 1945 (age 80)

Patricia "Patty" McCormack is an American actress with a career in theater, films, and television.

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Carly Simon

Carly Elisabeth Simon
First Name Carly
Born on June 25, 1945 (age 80)
Height 179 cm | 5'10

Carly Elisabeth Simon is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and children's author. She first rose to fame in the 1970s with a string of hit records; her 13 Top 40 U.S. hits include "Anticipation", "Haven't Got Time for the Pain", "You Belong to Me", "Coming Around Again", and her four Gold-certified singles "You're So Vain", "Mockingbird", "Nobody Does It Better" from the 1977 James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me, and "Jesse".

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