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

Edith Falco is an American actress, best known for her roles as Carmela Soprano on the HBO series The Sopranos (1999–2007), in which she received six Emmy nominations, winning three for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, as well as winning two Golden Globes and five Screen Actors Guild Awards, and as Nurse Jackie Peyton on the Showtime series Nurse Jackie (2009–2015), earning a further six Emmy nominations and winning once for an Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy. She is also known for her role as Diane Whittlesey in HBO's prison drama Oz (1997–2000).

Henry Nichols Beard is an American humorist, one of the founders of the magazine National Lampoon and the author of several best-selling books.

Nargis Fakhri is a Pakistani-American film actress and model, who mainly appears in Hindi and English-language films. Her first role in film came with the 2011 romantic drama Rockstar, for which she was nominated for Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. She subsequently played a war correspondent in the political thriller Madras Cafe (2013), and starred in the commercially successful comedies Main Tera Hero (2014), Spy and Housefull 3 (2016).

Leslie Grace Martínez is an American singer and songwriter.

Victoria Gotti is a writer and reality television personality who is also the daughter of the deceased Gambino crime family Mafia boss John Gotti.

Rhea Jo Perlman is an American actress and writer. She played head-waitress Carla Tortelli in the sitcom Cheers (1982–1993). Over the course of 11 seasons, Perlman was nominated for ten Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress – winning four times – and was nominated for a record seven Golden Globe Awards for Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series. She has also appeared in films, including Canadian Bacon (1995), Matilda (1996), The Sessions (2012), and Poms (2019).

Lucas Hedges is an American actor. Born to the filmmaker Peter Hedges, he studied theater at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.

Hamidou Diallo is an American professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats. He was a consensus 5-star prospect, and one of the top rated basketball players in the class of 2017. Diallo is of Guinean descent. His parents, Abdoulaye and Marima, emigrated to New York from Guinea. He won the 2019 Slam Dunk Contest.

Kevin Michael Richardson is an American actor. Known for his distinctively deep voice, he has mostly voiced villainous characters in animation and video games. He has also voiced characters on Seth MacFarlane's shows Family Guy, The Cleveland Show, and American Dad! He received two Daytime Emmy Award nominations for voicing the Joker in The Batman (2004–2008) and is known for his roles as Trigon in both Teen Titans and Teen Titans Go!, Rosie in F Is for Family, the Mauler Twins and Monster Girl in Invincible, and Antauri in Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!

Ethan Suplee is an American film and television actor best known for his roles as Seth Ryan in American History X, Louie Lastik in Remember the Titans, Frankie in Boy Meets World, Randy Hickey in My Name Is Earl, Toby in The Wolf of Wall Street, Elwood in Without a Paddle, and his roles in Kevin Smith’s films.