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

Tamara Antrice George (née Johnson; born April 29, 1971), best known by her stage/nickname Taj, is an American singer, rapper, actress, and author. George is best known as one-third of the R&B singing group Sisters with Voices (SWV). She also competed on the eighteenth season of Survivor, Survivor: Tocantins.

Anne Kathleen Maloney, known professionally as Anne Lockhart, is an American actress best known for her role as Lieutenant Sheba in the original Battlestar Galactica series. She is the daughter of actress June Lockhart.

Jerald B. Harkness is an American former professional basketball player. He played for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Indiana Pacers of the American Basketball Association (ABA). Harkness attended Loyola of Chicago, where he was captain of the 1962–1963 team that won the 1963 NCAA Title. He is a civil rights activist.

Michael Vincent Drake is an American university administrator and physician who is the 21st president of the University of California. From 2014 to June 2020, he was the 15th president of Ohio State University. From 2005 to 2014, he was the chancellor of the University of California, Irvine and prior to that served as vice president for health affairs for the University of California system.

Claudia Tenney is an American attorney, publisher, and politician who served as the U.S. Representative for New York's 22nd congressional district from 2017 to 2019.

Thomas R. Frieden is an American infectious disease and public health physician. He serves as president and CEO of Resolve to Save Lives, a $225 million, five-year initiative to prevent epidemics and cardiovascular disease.

Steven Andrew Engel is an American lawyer. He served as the United States Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel in the Donald Trump administration. Engel, who previously worked in the George W. Bush administration as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Counsel, was nominated by President Donald Trump on January 31, 2017, and confirmed on November 7, 2017. On January 20, 2021, he was succeeded by Christopher H. Schroeder, serving under the Biden Administration.

Margaret Wise Brown was an American writer of children's books, including Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny, both illustrated by Clement Hurd. She has been called "the laureate of the nursery" for her achievements.

Robert MacNaughton is an American actor.

Charlie Alexander Villanueva is a Dominican-American former professional basketball player who last played for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA).