List of Famous people born in New York, United States of America
Nancy Travis
Nancy Ann Travis is an American actress.
Bob Beckel
Robert Gilliland Beckel is an American political analyst and pundit, and a former political operative. He is a former analyst and commentator on Fox News. He had previously been a commentator on Fox News where he co-hosted The Five until he was released in 2015 after being absent for several months while recovering from back surgery. After departing Fox News in 2015, Beckel became a commentator for CNN. On January 16, 2017, he returned to Fox News as a co-host of The Five. On May 19, 2017, Fox News announced Beckel was released again after he was accused of making a racist remark against another Fox News employee. On February 19, 2018 he launched a podcast titled "Beckel's Bob Cast."
Richard Lewis
Richard Philip Lewis is an American stand-up comedian and actor.
Scott Weinger
Scott Weinger is an American actor, writer, and producer, best known as the voice of the Disney character Aladdin in the character's titular animated film and various follow-ups, and as Steve Hale on the ABC sitcom Full House and its Netflix sequel Fuller House. For ABC, he wrote and produced for the television sitcoms Galavant and Black-ish and was a co-executive producer of ABC's The Muppets.
Wynter Gordon
Diana Gordon, previously known by her stage name Wynter Gordon, is an American singer-songwriter. She began her career writing music for other artists, later singing with Atlantic Records where she started to work on her own album. Gordon has performed backing vocals in the studio and she continues to collaborate on writing. Her debut album With the Music I Die was released in 2011.
Rohan Chand
Rohan Chand is an American child actor. He has appeared in films such as Jack and Jill, Lone Survivor, and Bad Words. He also appeared in the "Crossfire" episode of Homeland. He made a cameo appearance in Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle in 2017. He starred as Mowgli in the Warner Bros film Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle released on Netflix in 2018.
Steve Jordan
Steve Jordan is an Emmy award-winning musical director and, Grammy award-winning producer, songwriter, and musician. During the 1970s and 1980s, he was a member of the bands for the television shows Saturday Night Live and Late Night With David Letterman.
George Gershwin
George Gershwin was an American composer, pianist and painter whose compositions spanned both popular and classical genres. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions Rhapsody in Blue (1924) and An American in Paris (1928), the songs "Swanee" (1919) and "Fascinating Rhythm" (1924), the jazz standard "I Got Rhythm" (1930), and the opera Porgy and Bess (1935), which gave birth to the hit "Summertime".
F. Gary Gray
Felix Gary Gray is an American film director, film producer, music video director, and actor.
Leelee Sobieski
Liliane Rudabet Gloria Elsveta "Leelee" Sobieski is an American artist and retired actress. She achieved fame in her teens with roles in films such as Deep Impact, Eyes Wide Shut, Never Been Kissed, Joy Ride, Here on Earth, and The Glass House. She received Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for her portrayal of the title character in the television film Joan of Arc and a further Golden Globe nomination for her performance in the miniseries Uprising.