People from the state of New York who have achieved fame or note include:
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born 1947), NBA player
- Scott Adams (born 1957), cartoonist, creator of Dilbert
- Woody Allen (born 1935), actor, director and writer
- Louis Armstrong (1901-1971), jazz musician
- Richard Axel (born 1946), scientist, Nobel prize winner
- Count Basie (1904-1984), jazz musician
- Humphrey Bogart (1899-1957), actor
- James Cagney (1899-1986), actor
- Maria Callas (1923-1977), opera singer
- John Coltrane (1926-1967), jazz musician
- Sean Combs (born 1970), music producer, performer
- Aaron Copland (1900-1990), composer
- Tom Cruise (born 1962), actor
- Warren Cuccurullo (born 1956), rock guitarist
- Claire Danes (born 1979), actor
- Sammy Davis, Jr. (1925-1990), actor, singer
- Robert De Niro (born 1943), actor
- Melvil Dewey (1851-1931), originator of the Dewey Decimal System
- Jimmy Durante (1893-1980), American entertainer
- Ella Fitzgerald (1918-1996), singer
- Mick Foley (born 1965), professional wrestler and author
- Lou Gehrig (1903-1941), Baseball Hall of Famer
- George Gershwin (1898-1937), composer
- Rudolph Giuliani (born 1944), Mayor of New York during 9/11
- Jackie Gleason (1916-1987), actor
- Billie Holiday (1915-1959), singer
- Harry Houdini (1874-1926), magician
- Henry James (1843-1916), author
- Jay-Z (born 1970), rapper
- John Jay (1745-1829), first Chief Justice of the United States
- Sandy Koufax (born 1935), Baseball Hall of Famer
- Jennifer Lopez (born 1970), actress, dancer and music performer
- Norman Mailer (born 1923), author
- Chico, Groucho, Harpo, Zeppo Marx, comedians
- Herman Melville (1819-1891), writer
- Ethel Merman (1908-1984), actor
- The Notorious B.I.G. (1972-1997), rapper
- Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953), playwright
- Joey Ramone (1952-2001), singer
- Christopher Reeve (1952-2004), actor
- Mickey Rooney (born 1920), actor
- Franklin D. Roosevelt (1883-1945), former President of the United States
- Jonas Salk (1914-1995), scientist
- Martin Scorsese (born 1942), director
- Jerry Seinfeld (born 1954), comedian
- Barbara Stanwyck (1907-1990), actor
- Oliver Stone (born 1946), director
- Barbra Streisand (born 1942), singer, actor
- Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933), artist
- Donald Trump (born 1946), entrepreneur
- Mae West (1893-1980), actor
- Edith Wharton (1862-1937), author
- Carl Yastrzemski (born 1939), Baseball Hall of Famer
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