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

Theodore John Leonsis is an American businessman, investor, filmmaker, author, philanthropist, and former politician. He is a former senior executive with America Online (AOL), and the founder, chairman, and CEO of Monumental Sports & Entertainment. He is also founding member and investor in the Revolution Growth Fund, which includes investments in FedBid, Resonate Insights, Optoro and CustomInk. He is the founder and chairman of SnagFilms, which produced the documentary film Nanking. The film was honored with the 2009 News & Documentary Emmy Award. He is also an author, having published the book The Business of Happiness in 2010.

Dewey Bozella is a former professional boxer who is known for being wrongfully imprisoned. Convicted in 1983 for the murder of an elderly woman, Bozella served 26 years in prison before his conviction was overturned in 2009 after being proved innocent.

Curtis Samuel is an American football wide receiver for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Ohio State and was drafted by the Panthers in the 2nd round of the 2017 NFL Draft.

Nancy Sharon Kissinger is an American philanthropist, and the wife of former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. The couple married on March 30, 1974, in Arlington, Virginia.

Andrew Peter Harris is an American politician and physician who has been the U.S. Representative for Maryland's 1st congressional district since 2011. He is currently the only Republican member of Maryland's congressional delegation. Harris previously served in the Maryland Senate.

Peter Thomas King is an American politician who served as the U.S. Representative for New York's 2nd congressional district from 2013 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he served for 14 consecutive terms, from 1993 to 2021. He represents a South Shore Long Island district that includes parts of Nassau County and Suffolk County and was previously numbered as the 3rd congressional district.

Max N. Rose is an American politician who served a single term from 2019–21 as a United States Congressman from New York and who is currently serving as special assistant to the United States secretary of defense for COVID-19.

Warren Thomas Farrell is an American political scientist, activist and author of seven books on men's and women's issues.

Stephanos Bibas is a United States Circuit Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Before his appointment to the bench, Bibas was a professor of law and criminology and director of the Supreme Court clinic at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He is a noted scholar of criminal procedure with expertise in criminal charging, plea bargaining, and sentencing. As a professor, Bibas examined how procedural rules written for jury trials have unintended consequences when cases involving jury trials are the exception, rather than the rule, with 95 percent of defendants pleading guilty. Bibas also studied the role of substantive goals such as remorse and apology in criminal procedure.

Caswell Senior, known professionally as Casanova, is an American rapper born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. In 2016, Casanova made his first original song "Don't Run". He is currently signed to Roc Nation, LLC. In 2020, he was indicted on RICO and racketeering charges alongside 17 others due to various criminal activities his Bloods gang Untouchable Gorilla Stone Nation allegedly participated in, including the murder of a 15-year old boy.