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

Angela Patrice Hill is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the strawweight division. She was formerly signed with the Invicta Fighting Championships, of which she was the strawweight champion. She is also a former World Kickboxing Association champion. Hill currently fights for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. As of April 25, 2022, she is #13 in the UFC women's strawweight rankings

Richard Philip Lewis is an American stand-up comedian and actor.

Scott Weinger is an American actor, writer, and producer, best known as the voice of the Disney character Aladdin in the character's titular animated film and various follow-ups, and as Steve Hale on the ABC sitcom Full House and its Netflix sequel Fuller House. For ABC, he wrote and produced for the television sitcoms Galavant and Black-ish and was a co-executive producer of ABC's The Muppets.

Rohan Chand is an American child actor. He has appeared in films such as Jack and Jill, Lone Survivor, and Bad Words. He also appeared in the "Crossfire" episode of Homeland. He made a cameo appearance in Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle in 2017. He starred as Mowgli in the Warner Bros film Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle released on Netflix in 2018.

George Gershwin was an American composer, pianist and painter whose compositions spanned both popular and classical genres. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions Rhapsody in Blue (1924) and An American in Paris (1928), the songs "Swanee" (1919) and "Fascinating Rhythm" (1924), the jazz standard "I Got Rhythm" (1930), and the opera Porgy and Bess (1935), which gave birth to the hit "Summertime".

On December 22, 1984, four teens, Barry Allen, Troy Canty, Darrell Cabey, and James Ramseur, were shot and wounded by Bernhard Goetz on a New York City Subway train in Manhattan.

Daniel O’Connor, better known as Danny Boy, is an American rapper and a member of the hip hop group, House of Pain. Danny Boy moved to California in the 1980s where he masterminded House of Pain.

Elizabeth Ann Perkins is an American actress. Her film roles have included About Last Night (1986), Big (1988), The Flintstones (1994), Miracle on 34th Street (1994), Avalon (1990), and He Said, She Said (1991), and her voice as Coral in the Pixar film Finding Nemo (2003). She is also well known for her role as Celia Hodes in the Showtime TV series Weeds, for which she received three Primetime Emmy nominations and two Golden Globe nominations.

Don Most is an American actor and singer, best known for his role as Ralph Malph on the television series Happy Days.

Theodore A. "Teddy" Atlas Jr. is an American boxing trainer and fight commentator.