List of Famous people born in New York, United States of America
Sheila Nevins
Sheila Nevins is an American television producer and head of MTV Documentary Films division of MTV Studios. Previously, Nevins was the President of HBO Documentary Films. She has produced over 1,000 documentary films for HBO and is one of the most influential people in documentary filmmaking. She has worked on productions that have been recognized with 35 News and Documentary Emmy Awards, 42 Peabody Awards, and 26 Academy Awards. She is also a member of the Peabody Awards board of directors, which is presented by the University of Georgia's Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. Nevins has won 32 individual Primetime Emmy Awards, more than any other person.
Kris Statlander
Kristen Stadtlander is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Kris Statlander. In addition to being signed to All Elite Wrestling, she performs on the independent circuit.
Stevie J
Steven Aaron Jordan is an American DJ, record producer, and television personality. One of the most successful record producers of the mid-to-late 1990s, Jordan won a 1997 Grammy Award for his work on Puff Daddy's debut album No Way Out and produced for a number of artists including Mariah Carey, Tevin Campbell, The Notorious B.I.G., 112, Jodeci, Faith Evans, Jay-Z, and Eve.
Sean Fletcher
Sean Fletcher is an American-British journalist, and television presenter.
Nick Foligno
Nicholas Foligno is an Canadian-American professional ice hockey forward for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected in the first round, 28th overall by the Ottawa Senators during the 2006 NHL Entry Draft.
Irving Thalberg
Irving Grant Thalberg was an American film producer during the early years of motion pictures. He was called "The Boy Wonder" for his youth and ability to select scripts, choose actors, gather production staff, and make profitable films, including Grand Hotel, China Seas, Camille, Mutiny on the Bounty and The Good Earth. His films carved out an international market, "projecting a seductive image of American life brimming with vitality and rooted in democracy and personal freedom", states biographer Roland Flamini.
Tami Roman
Tamisha Akbar better and professionally known as Tami Roman, is an American television personality, model, businesswoman and actress. Roman first gained fame on The Real World: California in 1993. After making cameo appearances and starring in supporting roles in various television shows and films in the 1990s and 2000s, Roman became one of the breakout stars of Vh1's Basketball Wives.
Liza Lapira
Liza Lapira is an American actress. She played Kianna in the 2008 film 21, Special Agent Michelle Lee in the CBS police procedural series NCIS and Ivy, Topher Brink's assistant in Dollhouse. Lapira has also co-starred in the short-lived sitcoms Traffic Light, Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23, Super Fun Night and 9JKL.
Justin Rohrwasser
Justin Rohrwasser is an American football placekicker for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Marshall, and was drafted by the Patriots in the fifth round of the 2020 NFL Draft.
Dave Bliss
David Gregory Bliss is an American basketball coach. He served as the head men's basketball coach at University of Oklahoma, Southern Methodist University, the University of New Mexico, Baylor University, and Southwestern Christian University, an NAIA school in Bethany, Oklahoma.