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

Ibram Xolani Kendi is an American author, professor, anti-racist activist, and historian of race and discriminatory policy in America. In July 2020, he assumed the position of director of the Center for Antiracist Research at Boston University.

Thomas Hunter Campbell McDonell is an American actor, musician, artist, and photographer known for his role as Finn Collins on the CW post-apocalyptic series The 100.

Daphnée Lynn Duplaix Samuel is an American actress and model.

Erica Jasmin Mena Samuels is an American television personality and former model/video vixen. She is best known for her appearances on Love & Hip Hop: New York.

Gregg Leonard Semenza is a Pediatrician and Professor of Genetic Medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He serves as the director of the vascular program at the Institute for Cell Engineering. He is a 2016 recipient of the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research. He is known for his discovery of HIF-1, which allows cancer cells to adapt to oxygen-poor environments. He shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for "discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability" with William Kaelin Jr. and Peter J. Ratcliffe.

Jackie Cruz is a Dominican–American actress, singer and former model. She is known for her role as Marisol "Flaca" Gonzales on the Netflix original series Orange Is the New Black, and currently stars in a recurring role on NBC's Good Girls.

Chris Distefano is an American comedian. Primarily a stand-up comedian, Distefano began his career in entertainment on MTV and MTV2's shows Guy Code and Girl Code. His first hour-long stand-up special Chris Distefano: Size 38 Waist was released in 2019 by Comedy Central. Currently, he co-hosts the podcast History Hyenas with Yannis Pappas as well as hosts Stand-up with Chris Distefano.

Sandra Hochman is an American author, poet, screenwriter, lyricist and documentary film maker. Her first autobiographical novel Walking Papers was very well received and Philip Roth called it a masterpiece. She has published seven books of poetry; her first book won the Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition. She has also written for The New York Times, Life (magazine), People (magazine), New York (magazine) and many more. She created the Foundation You're an Artist Too, which was an after school program held weekly at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Her film Year of The Woman is the first feminist film ever made. She co-produced it with Porter Bibb, the producer of The Rolling Stones documentary Gimme Shelter. Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. described it as "the greatest combination of sex and politics ever seen in a film."`

Brian Lewis is an American public relations executive and former Executive Vice President at Fox News.

Michael Neil Kay is the television play-by-play broadcaster of the New York Yankees and host of CenterStage on the YES Network, and the host of The Michael Kay Show heard on WEPN-FM in New York City and simulcast on ESPN Xtra on XM Satellite Radio.