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

Shizuka Sugiyama , occasionally nicknamed Shiiyan (しぃやん) and The Big Newcomer of Hope , is an American-born Japanese female mixed martial artist. She previously fought in the MMA promotion Jewels and now competes for Deep.

Kurtis Walker, professionally known by his stage name Kurtis Blow, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record/film producer, b-boy, DJ, public speaker and minister. He is the first commercially successful rapper and the first to sign with a major record label. "The Breaks", a single from his 1980 self-titled debut album, is the first certified gold record rap song. Throughout his career he has released 15 albums and is currently an ordained minister.

Cameron Howard Winklevoss is an American cryptocurrency and Bitcoin investor, Olympic rower, entrepreneur, and founder of Winklevoss Capital Management and Gemini cryptocurrency exchange. He competed in the men's pair rowing event at the 2008 Summer Olympics with his identical twin brother and rowing partner, Tyler Winklevoss. Winklevoss and his brother are known for co-founding HarvardConnection along with Harvard classmate Divya Narendra. In 2004, the Winklevoss brothers sued Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, claiming he stole their ConnectU idea to create the popular social networking site Facebook. In addition to ConnectU, Winklevoss also co-founded the social media website Guest of a Guest with Rachelle Hruska.

Murray Joseph Schisgal was an American playwright and screenwriter.

Martin Victor Ferrero is an American actor. His most well known role is Donald Gennaro in the 1993 film Jurassic Park.

Stephanie Zimbalist is an American actress best known for her role as Laura Holt in the NBC detective series Remington Steele.

Guy Wildenstein is a French businessman, art dealer, and racehorse owner and breeder.

James Badge Dale is an American actor. He is known for playing Chase Edmunds in 24, Robert Leckie in The Pacific, State Trooper Barrigan in Martin Scorsese's The Departed, and Eric Savin in Iron Man 3.

Capri Anderson is an American pornographic actress.

Alfred Kasha was an American songwriter, whose songs include "The Morning After" from The Poseidon Adventure.