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

Seth Grahame-Smith is an American novelist, film director, film producer, and screenwriter. He is best known as the author of The New York Times best-selling novels Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter, both of which have been adapted as feature films. Grahame-Smith is also the co-creator, head writer and executive producer of The Hard Times of RJ Berger, a scripted television comedy appearing on MTV. In collaboration with David Katzenberg, his partner in Katzsmith Productions, Grahame-Smith is currently developing a number of projects for television and film.

Saundra Santiago is an American actress. She is known for her role as Det. Gina Calabrese in the NBC crime drama series Miami Vice (1984–1989).

Timothy Franz Geithner is a former American central banker who served as the 75th United States Secretary of the Treasury under President Barack Obama, from 2009 to 2013. He was the President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York from 2003 to 2009, following service in the Clinton administration. Since March 2014, he has served as president and managing director of Warburg Pincus, a private equity firm headquartered in New York City.

Jay Acovone is an American actor.

William Hammond Talbot is an American singer-songwriter and musician, best known as the bassist of Crazy Horse.

Blaze Autumn Berdahl is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her roles as Lenni Frazier in the children's television series Ghostwriter and Ellie Creed in the film Pet Sematary (1989).

Robert David Levin is an American classical pianist, musicologist and composer, and is the artistic director of the Sarasota Music Festival.

Steve Augeri is an American rock singer best known for his work as the lead singer of Journey from 1998 to 2006. He was also affiliated with Tall Stories and Tyketto. In 2014, he formed the band Ünderwörld.

Gary Winnick is an American financier best known for founding and being Chairman of Global Crossing between 1997 and 2002. He is a global philanthropist who has funded hospitals, museums, schools and college scholarships. The Winnick Family Foundation has funded scholarships at Stanford University, Cornell University, Brown University, Tufts University and LIU Post, and endowed a faculty position at Columbia University.