List of Famous people born in New York, United States of America
Dale Peck
Dale Peck is an American novelist, literary critic, and columnist. His 2009 novel, Sprout, won the Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Children's/Young Adult literature, and was a finalist for the Stonewall Book Award in the Children's and Young Adult Literature category.
Nina Davuluri
Nina Davuluri is an American public speaker and advocate, who is currently the host of the reality show Made in America on Zee TV America.
Oz Perkins
Osgood Robert "Oz" Perkins II is an American actor, screenwriter, and director.
Jonny Flynn
Jonny William Flynn is an American former professional basketball player. A three-year National Basketball Association (NBA) veteran, he last played for the Orlandina Basket of the Lega Basket Serie A and played collegiate basketball for the Syracuse Orange.
Joyce Hyser
Joyce Hyser is an American actress. She is best known for her role in the 1985 cult classic Just One of the Guys and for her recurring role in L.A. Law.
Justin Henry
Justin Henry is an American actor, known for playing the object of the titular custody battle in the 1979 film Kramer vs. Kramer, a debut role that earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, when he was eight years old. As of 2020, he remains the youngest Oscar nominee in any category, and the only actor or actress ever nominated in the same decade as his or her birth. The performance later earned him a spot on VH1's list of 100 Greatest Kid Stars. Most of his film and television credits came as a child or teenager, although he has continued acting as an adult.
Frank Whaley
Frank Joseph Whaley is an American actor, film director, screenwriter, and comedian. His roles include Brett in Pulp Fiction, Robbie Krieger in The Doors, young Archie "Moonlight" Graham in Field of Dreams, and Guy in Swimming With Sharks. He also appeared in the films Born on the Fourth of July, The Freshman, A Midnight Clear, Swing Kids, Broken Arrow, and World Trade Center.
Spencer Fox
Spencer Fox is an American musician, singer and actor, he is currently the lead guitarist for the indie rock band Charly Bliss, since 2014.
Chip Fields
Laverne "Chip" Fields, who is sometimes credited as Chip Hurd or Chip Fields–Hurd, is an American singer, actress, television director, producer, consultant, and dialogue coach, who has appeared in popular films, television shows, and Broadway theatre. She is best known for portraying Lynetta Gordon, the abusive birth mother of Penny Gordon Woods in a four–part episode (1977) of the 1970s sitcom Good Times.
Mark Jindrak
Mark Robert Jindrak is an American businessman, professional wrestler and actor. He is best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as Mark Jindrak and for his appearances with Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) under the ring name Marco Corleone. He is a former CMLL World Heavyweight Champion, CMLL World Trios Champion, and WCW World Tag Team Champion.