List of Famous people born in New York, United States of America
Annie Golden
Annie Golden is an American actress and singer. She first came to prominence as the lead singer of the punk band The Shirts from 1975 to 1981 with whom she recorded three albums. She began her acting career as Mother in the 1977 Broadway revival of Hair; later taking on the role of Jeannie Ryan in the 1979 film version of the musical. Other notable film credits include Desperately Seeking Susan (1985), Baby Boom (1987), Longtime Companion (1989), Strictly Business (1991), Prelude to a Kiss (1992), 12 Monkeys (1995), The American Astronaut (2001), It Runs in the Family (2003), Adventures of Power (2008), and I Love You Phillip Morris (2009).
Eve Ensler
Eve Ensler, also known mononymously as V, is an American playwright, performer, feminist, and activist. Ensler is best known for her play The Vagina Monologues. In 2006 Charles Isherwood of The New York Times called The Vagina Monologues "probably the most important piece of political theater of the last decade."
Charles Paraventi
Charles Paraventi is an American-born Brazilian actor.
Tatiana Santo Domingo
Tatiana Casiraghi is a Monegasque socialite, heiress, and the wife of Andrea Casiraghi, who is fourth in the line of succession to the Monegasque throne. On the Forbes 2016 list of the world's billionaires, she was ranked #722 with an estimated net worth of US$2.4 billion.
Jon Kabat-Zinn
Jon Kabat-Zinn is an American professor emeritus of medicine and the creator of the Stress Reduction Clinic and the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Kabat-Zinn was a student of Zen Buddhist teachers such as Philip Kapleau, Thich Nhat Hanh and Seung Sahn and a founding member of Cambridge Zen Center. His practice of yoga and studies with Buddhist teachers led him to integrate their teachings with scientific findings. He teaches mindfulness, which he says can help people cope with stress, anxiety, pain, and illness. The stress reduction program created by Kabat-Zinn, mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), is offered by medical centers, hospitals, and health maintenance organizations, and is described in his book Full Catastrophe Living.
Ross the Boss
Ross Friedman, also known as Ross the Boss, is a guitarist, known as a founding member of both the punk band the Dictators, and the heavy metal band Manowar.
Damaris Lewis
Damaris Lewis is an American model and actress. She appeared in the 2009, 2010, and 2011 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issues. In 2018, she acted in the film BlacKkKlansman.
John Glover
John Soursby Glover Jr. is an American actor, known for a range of villainous roles in films and television, including Daniel Clamp in Gremlins 2: The New Batch and Lionel Luthor on the Superman-inspired television series Smallville.
Carl Gottlieb
Carl Gottlieb is an American screenwriter, actor, comedian and executive. He is probably best known for co-writing the screenplay for Jaws and its first two sequels, as well as directing the 1981 film Caveman.
Lucy DeVito
Lucy Chet DeVito is an American actress. She is the daughter of actors Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman.