List of Famous people born in New York, United States of America
Tommy Dreamer
Thomas James Laughlin, best known by his ring name Tommy Dreamer, is an American professional wrestler and promoter. He is the owner and promoter of the House of Hardcore promotion, for whom he also wrestles, and works as a wrestler, producer and member of the creative team for Impact Wrestling.
Francis Crowley
Francis "Two Gun" Crowley was an American murderer. His crime spree lasted nearly three months, ending in a two-hour shootout with the New York City Police Department on May 7, 1931, that was witnessed by 15,000 bystanders and received national attention. He became the archetype of the Irish gangster. In 1932 he was executed in New York's electric chair.
Disappearance of Lauren Spierer
Lauren Spierer is an American woman who is presumed dead after she disappeared on June 3, 2011, following an evening at Kilroy’s Sports Bar, a bar in Bloomington, Indiana. At the time, she was a 20-year-old student at Indiana University. Her disappearance generated national press coverage and remains unsolved.
Reni Santoni
Reni Santoni was an American film, television and voice actor. He was noted for playing Poppie on the television sitcom Seinfeld, Tony Gonzales in Cobra, and Chico González in Dirty Harry.
Gregory Diaz IV
Gregory Diaz IV is an American actor, singer and dancer. Diaz is known for his role as Quentin in the Netflix series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and he also appeared in the 2016 film Carrie Pilby. In 2021, he starred in the musical film In the Heights.
Joseph Simmons
Joseph Ward Simmons, better known by the stage name Run, Rev. Run or DJ Run, is an American rapper, producer, DJ and TV personality. Simmons is one of the founding members of the influential hip hop group Run–D.M.C. He is also a practicing minister, known as Reverend Run.
Larry Lieber
Lawrence D. Lieber is an American comic book artist and writer best known as co-creator of the Marvel Comics superheroes Iron Man, Thor, and Ant-Man; for his long stint both writing and drawing the Marvel Western Rawhide Kid; and for illustrating the newspaper comic strip The Amazing Spider-Man from 1986 to September 2018. From 1974 to 1975, he was editor of Atlas/Seaboard Comics. Lieber is the younger brother of Marvel Comics writer, editor, and publisher Stan Lee.
Monica Keena
Monica Keena is an American actress. She made her film debut in While You Were Sleeping (1995), and a lead role as Lilliana Lilli Hoffman in Snow White: A Tale of Terror (1997).
Lesley Ann Warren
Lesley Ann Warren is an American actress and singer. Warren made her Broadway debut in 1963, and in 1965 received wide recognition for playing the title role in the television musical production of Cinderella. She later had starring roles in the Disney musical films The Happiest Millionaire (1967) and The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (1968).
Edna Schmidt
Edna Schmidt was a journalist who was a news anchor for Noticiero Univision Edición Nocturna. The journalist, who is of Puerto Rican descent, covered the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center attacks, the panic caused by the anthrax threat and the execution of the Oklahoma bomber Timothy McVeigh. On June 24, 2021, it was reported that she had died.