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

Daniel Klein is an American bassist best known as a member of The J. Geils Band.

Edward K. Archer, known professionally as Special Ed, is an American rapper and producer. Ed is perhaps best known for the songs "I Got It Made", "Think About It" and "I'm The Magnificent" from his debut album Youngest in Charge, released in 1989 when he was 16 years old.

Anthony Robert Kushner is an American playwright, author, and screenwriter. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1993 for his play Angels in America, then adapted it for HBO in 2003. He co-authored the screenplay for the 2005 film Munich, and he wrote the screenplay for the 2012 film Lincoln. Both were critically acclaimed, and he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay for each. He received a National Medal of Arts from President Barack Obama in 2013.

Larry David Sharpe is an American business consultant, entrepreneur, political activist, and podcaster. He was a candidate for the Libertarian Party nomination for vice-president of the United States in 2016, losing to former Massachusetts governor Bill Weld. Sharpe was the Libertarian nominee for Governor of New York in the 2018 gubernatorial election, and again received that party's gubernatorial nomination in the 2022 New York gubernatorial election.

Candice Azzara is an American character actress.

Adam Robert Ottavino is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the St. Louis Cardinals, Colorado Rockies, and New York Yankees. Listed at 6 feet 5 inches (1.96 m) and 246 pounds (112 kg), he throws right-handed and is a switch hitter.

Michael Boynton Jr. is an American basketball coach. He is the head men's basketball coach at the Oklahoma State University–Stillwater.

Kevin Sussman is an American actor and comedian. He played Walter on the ABC comedy-drama Ugly Betty and Stuart Bloom on the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory. Starting with the sixth season of The Big Bang Theory, he was promoted to a series regular.

Monifah is an American R&B singer-songwriter. She is best known for her association with the late rapper Heavy D. and her music from the mid-1990s including "I Miss You ", "You" and "Touch It", which was released in 1998. Monifah was raised in the East Harlem section of New York City. She starred on TV One's reality show R&B Divas: Atlanta. In 2015, Monifah signed with and released a single "One Moment" with Famous Records / Famous Music Group based out of Sunrise, FL who distributes via Universal.

Richard O'Neil Burrell better known by his stage name Robb Banks, is an American rapper. Born in New York City, the rapper later moved to Broward County, Florida, at age six and has lived there ever since. He gained recognition with the Raider Klan movement in 2012 where he would debut his first mixtape Calendars and his follow-up mixtape Tha City in 2013. His debut studio album, Year of the Savage, was released on October 2, 2015.