List of Famous people born in New York, United States of America
Amy Hargreaves
Amy Hargreaves is an American actress who has worked in film, television, video games and theater. She has a recurring role on Homeland as Maggie Mathison. In 1994, she starred in Brainscan with Edward Furlong. In 2012, she made an appearance as Dr. Karen Folson in the 2nd season episode "Leap of Faith" on the CBS show Blue Bloods. In 2017, she began portraying the role of Lainie Jensen, mother of protagonist Clay Jensen, in the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why.
Danny Boy
Daniel O’Connor, better known as Danny Boy, is an American rapper and a member of the hip hop group, House of Pain. Danny Boy moved to California in the 1980s where he masterminded House of Pain.
Folarin Balogun
Folarin Balogun is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Arsenal.
Talia Balsam
Talia Balsam is an American television and film actress. She is the daughter of film actor Martin Balsam and actress Joyce Van Patten. She is married to John Slattery.
Elliott Abrams
Elliott Abrams is an American politician and lawyer, who has served in foreign policy positions for Presidents Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, and Donald Trump. Abrams is considered to be a neoconservative. He is currently a senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. On January 25, 2019, he was appointed as Special Representative for Venezuela. On September 1, 2020, he was further appointed to concurrently serve as the U.S. Special Representative for Iran.
Spencer Treat Clark
Spencer Treat Clark is an American actor. He rose to prominence for his roles in the films Gladiator (2000) and Unbreakable (2000). He has since appeared in the films Mystic River (2003), The Last House on the Left (2009), Much Ado About Nothing (2012) and Glass (2019).
Michael E. Horowitz
Michael Evan Horowitz is an American attorney and government official. He is the Inspector General of the United States Department of Justice.
Paul Singer
Paul Elliott Singer is an American billionaire hedge fund manager, activist investor, and philanthropist, with a net worth of $3.6 billion according to Forbes. Singer is also the founder and CEO of NML Capital Limited, a Cayman Islands subsidiary of Elliott Management.
Mariam Ghani
Mariam Ghani is an Afghan–American visual artist, photographer, filmmaker and social activist.
Isaiah Wilson
Isaiah Terrell Wilson is an American football offensive tackle for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Georgia.