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

Edwin M. Anzalone, better known as Fireman Ed, is a well known fan of the New York Jets. One of the most well-known National Football League fans, he has risen to prominence by appearing on many local radio shows. He is known for leading the crowd in the team chant, "J-E-T-S, Jets!, Jets!, Jets!", which originally was led by two retired NYPD Jet fans – alternating from one end zone to the other end zone, in the upper deck only. An actual New York City firefighter, Fireman Ed was injured on the job in 2007. During the butt fumble game, a rout of the Jets by the New England Patriots on Thanksgiving night 2012, Anzalone left the game before halftime, stating that he would no longer lead cheers at Jet games as Fireman Ed. At the first game of the 2015 NFL season, Fireman Ed returned to lead cheers for the Jets.

Damion Poitier is an American actor and stuntman known for his role as Chains in Payday 2. He appeared as Thanos in The Avengers (2012). He has also had roles in Captain America: Civil War, Star Trek, Jarhead, and Snow Dogs.

Nicole Krauss is an American author best known for her four novels Man Walks Into a Room (2002), The History of Love (2005), Great House (2010) and Forest Dark (2017), which have been translated into 35 languages. Her fiction has been published in The New Yorker, Harper's, Esquire, and Granta's Best American Novelists Under 40, and has been collected in Best American Short Stories 2003, Best American Short Stories 2008, and Best American Short Stories 2019. In 2011, Nicole Krauss won an award from the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards for Great House. A collection of her short stories, To Be a Man, was published in 2020.

RaaShaun Casey is an American disc jockey (DJ) and music producer better known by his professional name DJ Envy. He is one of the three hosts of the syndicated radio show The Breakfast Club, alongside Angela Yee and Charlamagne tha God on Power 105.1.

David R. Styles, better known by his stage name Styles P, is an American rapper, best known as a member of hip hop group The Lox, alongside childhood friends Sheek Louch and Jadakiss. Along with the other members of The Lox, he is a founder of D-Block Records and is also a part of the Ruff Ryders. In addition to his group work he has released multiple albums and mixtapes as a solo MC. In 2002 he released his debut solo album A Gangster and a Gentleman, which contained the hit single "Good Times". The song peaked at number 22 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and received massive nationwide airplay in 2002.

Leslie Kai Greene, better known as Kai Greene or Kai L. Greene, is an American retired professional bodybuilder, personal trainer, artist, and actor. He came in second place at the 2012, 2013, and 2014 editions of the IFBB's Mr. Olympia competition before seemingly retiring, and is often regarded as one of the best bodybuilders to have never won the competition.

Gennaro Anthony Sirico Jr. is an American actor best known for his role as Peter Paul "Paulie Walnuts" Gualtieri in The Sopranos. He has also made numerous appearances in the films of Woody Allen.

Matthew David McGorry is an American actor and activist. He is best known for playing John Bennett on the Netflix comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black and Asher Millstone on the ABC legal drama series How to Get Away with Murder.

Charles Carmine Zito Jr., is an American actor, amateur boxer, martial artist, celebrity bodyguard, stuntman, former boxing trainer and former president of the New York chapter of the Hells Angels.

John Anthony Zaccaro is an American real estate developer and owner of P. Zaccaro & Company, which was founded by his father Philip Zaccaro. The company acts as a landlord for properties in the Little Italy, Chinatown, and East Side areas of Manhattan and previously in Queens.