List of Famous people born in New York, United States of America
Thomas Bryant
Thomas Jermaine Bryant is an American professional basketball player for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Indiana Hoosiers from 2015 to 2017.
Jesse Dylan
Jesse Byron Dylan is an American film director and production executive. He is the founder of the media production company Wondros and Lybba, a non-profit organization. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and TED. He is the son of musician Bob Dylan and brother of singer Jakob Dylan.
Grace Wong
Grace Wong Kwan-hing is a Hong Kong television actress, best known for her role as Fa Man in the martial arts television drama A Fist Within Four Walls. She was the first runner up at the Miss Hong Kong 2007 beauty pageant. She was contestant No. 9, an overseas delegate from New York City, United States. At the Miss International 2007 pageant, she also made top 15 at the pageant. Grace has publicly declared that she is a devout Christian. She is close friends with Linda Chung, Eliza Sam, Leanne Li and Christine Kuo. Grace's acting roles for the past 10 years have shown her to be in running for one of TVB's fadan titles.
Lyor Cohen
Lyor Cohen is an American music industry executive. Cohen has been actively involved in hip hop at various record labels for more than 30 years. He started by managing rappers for Rush Productions, then led Def Jam. After Def Jam, Cohen took on a leadership role at Warner Music Group. In September 2012, Cohen resigned from Warner and started his own independent label, 300 Entertainment. On September 28, 2016, Cohen was named YouTube's Global Head of Music.
Peter Duchin
Peter Oelrichs Duchin is an American pianist and band leader.
John Sculley
John Sculley III is an American businessman, entrepreneur and investor in high-tech startups. Sculley was vice-president (1970–1977) and president of PepsiCo (1977–1983), until he became chief executive officer (CEO) of Apple Inc. on April 8, 1983, a position he held until leaving in 1993. In May 1987, Sculley was named Silicon Valley's top-paid executive, with an annual salary of US$10.2 million.
Smush Parker
William Henry "Smush" Parker is an American former professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA), the NBA D-League and several leagues overseas. Parker played shooting guard in college but moved to point guard in the NBA.
Keith Gordon
Keith Gordon is an American actor and film director.
Joe Panik
Joseph Matthew Panik is an American professional baseball second baseman who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants, New York Mets and Toronto Blue Jays. Panik was an All-Star in 2015 and won a Gold Glove Award in 2016.
Kevin S. Bright
Kevin S. Bright is an American television executive producer and director whose credits include Dream On and Friends.