List of Famous people born in New York, United States of America
Marky Ramone
Marc Steven Bell, known professionally as Marky Ramone, is an American musician. He was the drummer of the punk rock band the Ramones, from May 1978 until February 1983, and August 1987 until August 1996. He has also played in other notable bands, Dust, Estus, Richard Hell and the Voidoids and Misfits.
Erik Fosnes Hansen
Erik Fosnes Hansen is a Norwegian writer.
Jeanette J. Epps
Jeanette Jo Epps is an American aerospace engineer and NASA astronaut. Epps received both her M. S. and Ph.D degrees in aerospace engineering from the University of Maryland, where she was part of the rotor-craft research group and was a NASA GSRP Fellow. She was chosen for the 20th class of NASA astronauts in 2009, graduating in 2011. Epps currently serves as a member of the ISS Operations Branch and has completed analog astronaut missions, including NEEMO 18 and CAVES 19. She is the second woman and first African-American woman to have participated in CAVES.
Brian Bloom
Brian Bloom is an American screenwriter, actor and voice over artist. Bloom is the writer of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, the most successful title in the franchise history to date. He also co-wrote the screenplay and starred in the Tony and Ridley Scott produced The A-Team (2010). Bloom is the voice of Captain America in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes and multiple subsequent Marvel titles. Brian is the voice of Varric Tethras in the Dragon Age II and Inquisition series as well as B.J. Blazkowicz in the Wolfenstein series and multiple Call of Duty performances including Nick Reyes in Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, the latter of which he co-wrote.
Lori Berenson
Lori Helene Berenson is an American who served a 20-year prison sentence for collaboration with a terrorist organization in Peru in 1996. Berenson was convicted of collaborating with the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA), a group accused of trying to overthrow the Peruvian government by force, considered to be a terrorist organization by the Peruvian government, and on the U.S. State Department's official "terrorist organization" list from 1997–2001. Her arrest and conviction, and the circumstances surrounding her trials, drew considerable attention in both the United States and Peru.
Joan Van Ark
Joan Van Ark is an American actress. She is best-known for her role as Valene Ewing on the primetime soap opera Knots Landing. A life member of The Actors Studio, she made her Broadway debut in 1966 in Barefoot in the Park. In 1971, she received a Theatre World Award and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for the revival of The School for Wives.
Craig Bierko
Craig Philip Bierko is an American actor and singer.
Trini Alvarado
Trinidad "Trini" Alvarado is an American actress best known for her performances as Margaret "Meg" March in the 1994 film adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's novel Little Women and Lucy Lynskey in the comedy/horror film The Frighteners. She also has had notable stage performances and singing roles in musicals.
Artie Kornfeld
Arthur Lawrence Kornfeld is an American musician, record producer, and music executive. He is best known as the music promoter for the Woodstock Festival held in 1969. Kornfeld is also known for his collaborations with Artie Kaplan.
Candice Night
Candice Night is an American vocalist/lyricist, multi-instrumentalist for the traditional folk rock project Blackmore's Night since its origins in 1997, and wife of British guitarist Ritchie Blackmore. Her first solo album, Reflections, was released in 2011.