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

Herbert Brown is an American basketball coach and the brother of Hall of Fame coach Larry Brown. He is the former head coach of the Detroit Pistons (1976–78).

Sidney (Sid) Ganis is an American motion picture executive and producer who has produced such films as Big Daddy, Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, Mr. Deeds, The Master of Disguise and Akeelah and the Bee, Bang: The Bert Berns Story and Olympia.

James W. Skotchdopole is an Academy Award-winning and Emmy nominated American film producer. Skotchdopole won a 2015 Best Picture Academy Award® for his work producing Alejandro González Iñárritu's highly acclaimed Birdman or . Skotchdopole's work on the film also resulted in an Independent Spirit Best Picture Award, a DGA Award, a PGA Award and a BAFTA Best Film Award nomination.

Christine Sciulli is a New York-based video installation/intervention artist. Her works have been seen on the street, in New York area galleries and institutions. Recent exhibitions include The Arts Center in St. Petersburg, Florida and New York’s Islip Art Museum.

Noah Hawley is an American television writer, director, and producer, screenwriter, and bestselling author, known for creating and writing the FX television series Fargo (2014–present) and Legion (2017–2019). Hawley earlier worked on the television series Bones (2005–2008), The Unusuals (2009), and My Generation (2010). He is set to create a new television series based on the Alien film franchise.

David Valcin is an American actor. He was born in Staten Island, and raised in Brooklyn and Quebec. He began acting in High School in a community theater called The Jubilee Players. Valcin studied at Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana and later studied acting at The Atlantic Theater Company in New York City and Vermont. He is best known for his recurring role as Anthony Marconi also known as Scarface, on the action drama Person of Interest.

Robert Martin Solovay is an American mathematician specializing in set theory.

Catherine Russell is an American jazz singer. She is best known for her 2016 album Harlem on My Mind.

John Harron was an American actor. He appeared in 167 films between 1918 and 1940. Born in New York, New York, he was the brother of actor Robert Harron and of actress Mary Harron. Harron died in Seattle, Washington from spinal meningitis.