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

Gary Janetti is an American television writer and producer.

Ted Chiang is an American science fiction writer. His work has won four Nebula awards, four Hugo awards, the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, and four Locus awards. His short story "Story of Your Life" was the basis of the film Arrival (2016). He is also artist in residence at the University of Notre Dame.

Vasily Borisovic Strelnikov is a well-known Russian-American New York City-born VJ and DJ most commonly known to the Boomerang Generation as the voice behind MTV Russia from 1998 to 2002. Strelnikov's popularity was at its peak when he hosted the morning show Weekend's Whim. He is currently associated with Radio Mayak.

Michael Gerard Grimm is an American politician and convicted felon, who represented New York in the United States Congress from 2011 to 2015 until his conviction and resignation from Congress. Grimm represented New York's 13th congressional district during his first term, after which he represented New York's 11th congressional district. Both districts consisted of Staten Island and parts of Brooklyn. Grimm is a member of the Republican Party, and during his time in office was the only Republican to represent a significant portion of New York City.

James Phillip Rubin is an American former diplomat and journalist who served as U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs in the Clinton Administration from 1997–2000. He wrote a regular column on foreign affairs for The Sunday Times of London, and is currently Chair, International Policy and Strategy at Ballard Partners, based in Washington DC. He is also a Contributing Editor at Politico, writing on U.S. foreign policy and world affairs.

Robert John Duffy is an American politician who served as Lieutenant Governor of New York from 2011 to 2014. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 65th Mayor of Rochester, New York from 2006 to 2010.

André "Doctor Dré" Brown is an American radio personality and former MTV VJ.

William Shine is a former White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications in the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump. He spent most of his career as a producer and executive at Fox News. Most recently, he was co-president of Fox News, a position he held for 9 months before he was forced out on May 1, 2017. On March 8, 2019, the White House announced that Shine was resigning to advise President Trump's 2020 presidential campaign.

Elizabeth Ann Van Duyne is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Texas's 24th congressional district. A member of the Republican Party, she served as Mayor of Irving from 2011 through 2017. She is also a former official in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in the Trump administration. Van Duyne is the second Republican woman elected to a full term in the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas.

Bennie Amey III, known professionally as Blanco Brown, is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer who has produced for Chris Brown and Pitbull. Brown's debut single "The Git Up" was released in April 2019 and as of November 2020 had over 200 million streams on Spotify. In June 2019, Brown debuted on the Billboard charts, appearing at No. 41 on Emerging Artists. "The Git Up" later topped the Hot Country Songs chart and reached the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100.