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

Andrew Newmark is an American session drummer who was a member of Sly and the Family Stone and has played with John Lennon, Pink Floyd, David Bowie, and Roxy Music.

Rachel Covey is an American actress known for her roles in the 2005 film Duane Hopwood alongside David Schwimmer and the 2007 Disney movie Enchanted alongside Patrick Dempsey and Amy Adams. For her role in the latter film, she received a nomination for "Young Actress Age Ten or Younger" at the 29th Young Artist Awards. In recent years, she has begun playwriting and composing, and has both directed and performed in her original work. Her one-act, one-woman play "Waiting Room" was performed at The Player's Theatre in New York City. "Waiting Room" was also featured in play festivals at Manhattan Repertory Theatre and Albany's Capital Repertory Theatre. Painting Faye Salvez, a full length musical written and scored by Covey, joined the New York Musical Festival (NYMF) in July, 2017.

Simon Hawke is an American author of mainly science fiction and fantasy novels. He was born Nicholas Valentin Yermakov, but began writing as Simon Hawke in 1984 and later changed his legal name to Hawke. He has also written near future adventure novels under the pen name J. D. Masters and a series of humorous mystery novels. He was the Colorado Writer of the Year, 1992.

Edward Leo "Shea" Farrell III is an American actor and producer best known for playing Mark Danning in Aaron Spelling's series, Hotel.

Isidore Mankofsky is an American cinematographer. He shot more than 200 educational movies for Encyclopædia Britannica.

Melissa Manchester is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Since the 1970s, her songs have been carried by adult contemporary radio stations. She has also appeared on television, in films, and on stage.

Scott Colomby is an American film, television, and stage actor, best known for his roles in Caddyshack (1980) and Porky's (1982).

Robert B. Shapiro is a businessman and attorney who has worked extensively with the biochemical corporations G. D. Searle & Company and Monsanto. Before working in this sector he was Vice-President and legal counsel at General Instrument from 1972 to 1979. His father, Moses, was Chairman of this company from 1969 to 1975.

Samuel B. Register is an American television producer and businessman. He is the president of Warner Bros. Animation, Warner Digital Series, and Cartoon Network Studios.