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

Brendan Todd Haywood is an American former professional basketball player who was a center in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He won an NBA championship with the Dallas Mavericks in 2011. Following his playing career, Haywood became a college basketball announcer for CBS Sports and a co-host/analyst on SiriusXM NBA Radio.

Peter Lawrence Strauss is an American television and film actor, known for his roles in several television miniseries in the 1970s and 1980s. He is five-time Golden Globe Awards nominee.

Christopher Lee Rios Jr., known professionally as Chris Rivers, is an American rapper. He is the youngest son of the late rapper Big Pun.

Jeffrey Stephen Wigand is an American biochemist and former vice president of research and development at Brown & Williamson in Louisville, Kentucky, who worked on the development of reduced-harm cigarettes and in 1996 blew the whistle on tobacco tampering at the company. The 1999 film The Insider portrayed him and the story.

Leonard Martin Kravitz was an American soldier in the United States Army who served in the Korean War. He is a posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor.

Jill Ellen Abramson is an American author, journalist, and academic. She is best known as the former executive editor of The New York Times; Abramson held that position from September 2011 to May 2014. She was the first female executive editor in the paper's 160-year history. Abramson joined the New York Times in 1997, working as the Washington bureau chief and managing editor before being named as executive editor. She previously worked for The Wall Street Journal as an investigative reporter and a deputy bureau chief.

Kevin Connolly is an American actor and director. He is best known for his role as Eric Murphy in the HBO series Entourage, and his role as the eldest son Ryan Malloy in the 1990s television sitcom Unhappily Ever After. Connolly is also a director, having directed many episodes of television as well as the films Gardener of Eden, Dear Eleanor and Gotti.

Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, known professionally as Chuck D or Da Sneed, is an American rapper, author, and producer. As the leader of the rap group Public Enemy, which he co-founded in 1985 with Flavor Flav, Chuck D helped create politically and socially conscious hip hop music in the mid-1980s. The Source ranked him at No. 12 on their list of the Top 50 Hip-Hop Lyricists of All Time.

Lawrence John Miller is an American comedian, actor, news podcaster, and columnist. He's known for his role as Lou Bonaparte in Mad About You (1993–1998), Tommy in 8 Simple Rules (2002–2003), Pointy-Haired Boss in Dilbert (1999–2000), Jerome Nash in Life's Work (1996–1997), Edwin Poole in Boston Legal (2004–2009, Mr. Hollister in Pretty Woman, Dean Richmond in The Nutty Professor and The Nutty Professor 2, Walter Stratford in 10 Things I Hate About You, and as Principal Elliot T. Jindraike in Max Keeble's Big Move.

Kenneth D. Cole is an American clothing designer.