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

Robert "Waddy" Wachtel is an American musician, composer and record producer, most notable for his guitar work. Wachtel has worked as session musician for other artists such as Linda Ronstadt, Stevie Nicks, Keith Richards, The Rolling Stones, Jon Bon Jovi, James Taylor, Iggy Pop, Warren Zevon, Bryan Ferry, Michael Sweet, Jackson Browne, and Andrew Gold, both in the studio and live.

Ernesto Shaw, better known as DJ Clue, is an Panamanian-American disc jockey (DJ), record producer, and radio personality.

Paul David Tonko is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative from New York's 20th congressional district. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district is in New York's Capital District and includes Albany, Schenectady and Troy. Tonko represented the 105th district in the New York Assembly from 1983 to 2007.

Glen Mazzara is an American television producer and writer. He is most well known for his work on The Shield, The Walking Dead and Damien.

David Blue is an American actor, writer, producer and director. He is known for his portrayal of Cliff St. Paul on Ugly Betty and Eli Wallace on the Syfy series Stargate Universe.

Daniel Julius Bernstein is an American German mathematician, cryptologist, and computer programmer. He is a professor in the department of mathematics and computer science at the Eindhoven University of Technology, as well as a Research Professor of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

James Johnston Navagh was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Ogdensburg, New York (1957–1963) and Bishop of Paterson, New Jersey (1963–1965).

Theodore Preston Hill is an American mathematician specializing in probability theory. He is a professor emeritus at the Georgia Institute of Technology and a researcher at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.

Kenneth M. Levine is an American game developer. He is the creative director and co-founder of Ghost Story Games. He led the creation of the BioShock series, and is also known for his work on Thief: The Dark Project and System Shock 2. He was named one of the "Storytellers of the Decade" by Game Informer and was the 1UP Network's 2007 person of the year. He received the inaugural Golden Joystick "Lifetime Achievement Award" for his work.

Gerard Christopher is an American actor, writer and producer. He was the second actor to play the role of Superboy in the television series of the same name, replacing John Haymes Newton who played the role in season one (1988–1989). During his tenure on Superboy he would later also be a producer and writer on the series. He has performed in a number of telemovies, and was a guest star on daytime soap operas such as Days of Our Lives and Sunset Beach, and the prime time soap opera Melrose Place. He has also starred in the comedy movie Tomboy (1985).