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

Maurice José Harkless is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the St. John's Red Storm before being drafted 15th overall, after his freshman season, in the 2012 NBA draft. Harkless has represented the Puerto Rican national team.

Linda Cohn is an American sportscaster. She anchors ESPN's SportsCenter.

Isabel Boyer Gillies is an American author and retired actress. She played Elliot Stabler's wife, Kathy, in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Her memoir Happens Every Day was a New York Times bestseller, and her most recent book is the young adult novel Starry Night.

Guy Domville Siner is an American-born English actor best known for his role as Oberleutnant Hubert Gruber in the British television series 'Allo 'Allo!

Cullen Andrew Jones is an American competition swimmer and Olympic gold medalist who specializes in freestyle sprint events. As part of the American team, he holds the world record in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he won silver medals in the 4 x 100-meter freestyle relay and the 50-meter freestyle, as well as the gold in the 4 x 100-metre medley.

Daniel Leonard Nigro is an American songwriter and producer. He is the former lead singer and guitarist of the indie rock band As Tall As Lions. Alongside collaborators Ariel Rechtshaid and Justin Raisen of Heavy Duty Music, Nigro has recently written and produced for Conan Gray, Carly Rae Jepsen, Sky Ferreira, Empress Of, Lewis Capaldi, Olivia Rodrigo and more. He moved on to a solo project called "Blocks".

David McAlister Barry is an American author and columnist who wrote a nationally syndicated humor column for the Miami Herald from 1983 to 2005. He has also written numerous books of humor and parody, as well as comic novels. Barry's honors include the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary (1988) and the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism (2005).

Kenneth Anderson is an American retired basketball player. After a college career at Georgia Tech, he played point guard professionally from 1991 to 2006, mostly in the National Basketball Association.

Mel Winkler was an American actor, voice actor, stage performer, and dancer, perhaps best known as the voice of Aku Aku in the Crash Bandicoot video games, from Crash Bandicoot: Warped to Crash Twinsanity.

Robert Hunter Caldwell is an American singer and songwriter who recorded the hit single "What You Won't Do for Love" in 1978. After several R&B and smooth jazz albums, Caldwell turned to singing standards from the Great American Songbook. He maintains a loyal following in Japan.