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

Yancy Victoria Butler is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Natasha Binder in the 1993 film Hard Target, Jess Crossman in Drop Zone, and Detective Sara Pezzini on the TNT supernatural drama series Witchblade.

Lisa Fischer is an American vocalist and songwriter. She found success with her 1991 debut album So Intense, which produced the Grammy Award–winning hit single "How Can I Ease the Pain". She has been a back-up singer for a number of famous artists including Sting, Luther Vandross and Tina Turner, and toured with The Rolling Stones from 1989 to 2015.

Douglas Kennedy is an American novelist.

Nicholas David Rowland Cassavetes is an American actor, director, and writer.

Alexis Gabrielle Dziena is an American actress.

Lana Maria Parrilla is an American actress. She was a regular cast member in the fifth season of the ABC sitcom Spin City (2000-2001) and in the fourth season of 24 (2005), and starred in Boomtown (2002-2003), Windfall (2006), Swingtown (2008), and as Dr. Eva Zambrano in the short-lived medical drama Miami Medical (2010), and as The Evil Queen/Regina Mills in the ABC fantasy drama series Once Upon a Time (2011-2018). In 2016 Parrilla won a Teen Choice Award for Choice Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actress.

Veronica Anne Roth is an American novelist and short story writer, known for her bestseller Divergent trilogy, which was subsequently filmed.

Louis Ozawa Changchien is an American actor best known for his role in the films Predators (2010) and The Bourne Legacy (2012).

Donna Murphy is an American actress and singer, known for her work in musical theater. A five-time Tony Award nominee, she has twice won the Tony for Best Actress in a Musical: for her role as Fosca in Passion (1994–95) and as Anna Leonowens in The King and I (1996–97). She was also nominated for her roles as Ruth Sherwood in Wonderful Town (2003), Lotte Lenya in LoveMusik (2007) and Bubbie/Raisel in The People in the Picture (2011).

Raquel Castro is an American actress, singer, and songwriter. She is known for starring in the 2004 film Jersey Girl as Gertie Trinké, the daughter of Ollie Trinké and Gertrude Steiney, for which Castro won the Young Artist Award for the Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Actress Age Ten or Younger. She was a contestant in the American version of The Voice.