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

Valerie Curtin is an American actress and screenwriter.

Jocelyn Bernadette Smith is an American jazz vocalist.

James Craig Adamson is a former NASA astronaut and retired Colonel of the United States Army. He is married with 3 children. James Adamson flew on two missions, STS-28 and STS-43, and completed 263 orbits and 334 hours in space. After retiring from NASA, he was recruited by Allied Signal where he retired in 2001. Adamson has logged over 3,000 hours in over 30 different types of helicopters and airplanes.

Gregory John Hartmayer, O.F.M. Conv. is an American prelate of the Catholic Church. A Conventual Franciscan, he serves as the Archbishop of Atlanta, having returned to the archdiocese where he worked from 1995 to 2011. From 2011 to 2020, he served as the bishop of the Diocese of Savannah.

Anthony D. Romero is the executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union. He assumed the position in 2001 as the first Latino and openly gay man to do so.

Iris Weinshall is the Chief Operating Officer of The New York Public Library, former vice chancellor at the City University of New York and a former commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation. Weinshall was appointed Chief Operating Officer by the Library in July 2014, and she began her tenure on September 1, 2014. She is the wife of U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer.

Jay Penske is an American media and publishing entrepreneur and racecar team owner. He is the Chairman and CEO of Penske Media Corporation, a digital media and publishing company he founded in 2004.

Anthony Gregory Brown is an American lawyer and politician, who is serving as the U.S. Representative for Maryland's 4th congressional district. The district covers most of the majority-black precincts in Prince George's County, as well as a sliver of Anne Arundel County.