Famous People Born In New York City

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 1 
Lady Gaga
(One of the Best-Selling Music Artists & Only Female to Achieve 4 Singles that Sold 10 Million Copies Globally)
Lady Gaga
305
Birthdate: March 28, 1986
Sun Sign: Aries
Height: 5'1" (155 cm)
 2 
Tupac Shakur
( 100 Greatest Artists of All Time by Rolling Stone)
Tupac Shakur
260
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: June 16, 1971
Sun Sign: Gemini
Died: September 13, 1996
 3 
Theodore Roosevelt
(26th President of the United States (1901-1909))
Theodore Roosevelt
75
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: October 27, 1858
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Died: January 6, 1919
 4 
Jordan Peele
(Actor and Comedian Known for His Comedy Sketch Series 'Key & Peele' and 'Mad TV')
Jordan Peele
39
Birthdate: February 21, 1979
Sun Sign: Pisces
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 5 
Eleanor Roosevelt
(Longest-Serving First Lady of The United States)
Eleanor Roosevelt
34
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: October 11, 1884
Sun Sign: Libra
Died: November 7, 1962
 6 
Martin Scorsese
(Director, Producer and One of the Major Figures of the 'New Hollywood' Era)
Martin Scorsese
26
Birthdate: November 17, 1942
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
 7 
Carole King
(Composer)
Carole King
43
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: February 9, 1942
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
 8 
Caroline Kennedy
29
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: November 27, 1957
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 9 
Luther Vandross
43
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: April 20, 1951
Sun Sign: Taurus
Died: July 1, 2005
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
 10 
Regis Philbin
(Actor)
Regis Philbin
18
Birthdate: August 25, 1931
Sun Sign: Virgo
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 11 
Burt Lancaster
(One of the Greatest Male Stars of Classic Hollywood Cinema)
Burt Lancaster
11
Birthdate: November 2, 1913
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Died: October 20, 1994
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 12 
Tracy Morgan
(Actor)
Tracy Morgan
14
Birthdate: November 10, 1968
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 13 
Lee Marvin
(American Actor Best Known for His Antogonist's Roles)
Lee Marvin
9
Birthdate: February 19, 1924
Sun Sign: Pisces
Died: August 29, 1987
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 14 
Lou Reed
(Lead Guitarist, Vocalist & Principal Songwriter of the Rock Band “The Velvet Underground”)
Lou Reed
14
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: March 2, 1942
Sun Sign: Pisces
Died: October 27, 2013
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 15 
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
(Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1993 - 2020))
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
81
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: March 15, 1933
Sun Sign: Pisces
Died: September 18, 2020
 16 
Rosario Dawson
(Best Known for Portraying the 'Star Wars' Character 'Ahsoka Tano')
Rosario Dawson
48
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: May 9, 1979
Sun Sign: Taurus
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 17 
Liv Tyler
(Best Known for Her Role as 'Arwen Undómiel' in the 'Lord of the Rings' Film Trilogy )
Liv Tyler
30
Birthdate: July 1, 1977
Sun Sign: Cancer
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 18 
Donald Trump
(45th President of the United States (2017 - 2021))
Donald Trump
628
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: June 14, 1946
Sun Sign: Gemini
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
 19 
David Harbour
29
Birthdate: April 10, 1975
Sun Sign: Aries
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
 20 
Jon Stewart
(Best Known for Hosting The Satiric Television News Program 'The Daily Show')
Jon Stewart
33
Birthdate: November 28, 1962
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
 21 
Sarah Hyland
(Actress)
Sarah Hyland
38
Birthdate: November 24, 1990
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Height: 5'2" (157 cm)
 22 
Maya Hawke
(Actress)
Maya Hawke
34
Birthdate: July 8, 1998
Sun Sign: Cancer
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
 23 
Barron Trump
(Youngest Son of Donald Trump)
Barron Trump
149
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: March 20, 2006
Sun Sign: Pisces
 24 
Claire Danes
(Known for Her Performance in TV Series 'Homeland')
Claire Danes
22
Birthdate: April 12, 1979
Sun Sign: Aries
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
 25 
Rob Reiner
(Actor)
Rob Reiner
21
Birthdate: March 6, 1947
Sun Sign: Pisces
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 26 
Jennifer Grey
(American Actress Known for Her Film ‘Dirty Dancing’)
Jennifer Grey
21
Birthdate: March 26, 1960
Sun Sign: Aries
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
 27 
Jordan Belfort
(Author of 'The Wolf of Wall Street')
Jordan Belfort
45
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 9, 1962
Sun Sign: Cancer
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 28 
Cicely Tyson
(Actress and Model Best Known for Her Films: 'Sounder' and ‘The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman’)
Cicely Tyson
30
Birthdate: December 18, 1924
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Died: January 28, 2021
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
 29 
Tony Bennett
(American Popular Retired Singer Best Known for His Album ‘I Left My Heart in San Francisco')
Tony Bennett
16
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: August 3, 1926
Sun Sign: Leo
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 30 
Patty Duke
(Actress and the-then Youngest Person to Receive an Oscar in a Competitive Category)
Patty Duke
13
Birthdate: December 14, 1946
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Died: March 29, 2016
Height: 5'0" (152 cm)
 31 
Nancy Reagan
(Former First Lady of the United States)
Nancy Reagan
20
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 6, 1921
Sun Sign: Cancer
Died: March 6, 2016
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
 32 
Harry Belafonte
(Singer, Actor)
Harry Belafonte
21
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: March 1, 1927
Sun Sign: Pisces
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 33 
William Zabka
(Known for His Role as Johnny Lawrence in the Karate Kid)
William Zabka
19
Birthdate: October 20, 1965
Sun Sign: Libra
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 34 
Penny Marshall
(Actress)
Penny Marshall
12
Birthdate: October 15, 1943
Sun Sign: Libra
Died: December 17, 2018
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
 35 
Leslie Odom Jr.
17
Birthdate: August 6, 1981
Sun Sign: Leo
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 36 
Harvey Keitel
(American Actor Best Known For Playing Morally Ambiguous Characters)
Harvey Keitel
7
Birthdate: May 13, 1939
Sun Sign: Taurus
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
 37 
Tom Morello
(American Guitarist Best Known for His Tenure with the Rock Band 'Rage Against the Machine')
Tom Morello
19
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: May 30, 1964
Sun Sign: Gemini
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 38 
Jonas Salk
(Medical researcher)
Jonas Salk
5
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: October 28, 1914
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Died: June 23, 1995
 39 
Ghostface Killah
(Musician, Rapper, Singer)
Ghostface Killah
21
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: May 9, 1970
Sun Sign: Taurus
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 40 
Ving Rhames
10
Birthdate: May 12, 1959
Sun Sign: Taurus
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 41 
Stacey Dash
(Actress)
Stacey Dash
20
Birthdate: January 20, 1967
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
 42 
Tony Curtis
23
Birthdate: June 3, 1925
Sun Sign: Gemini
Died: September 29, 2010
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 43 
Carly Simon
(Singer-Songwriter Known for Her Songs: ‘You're So Vain’, ‘Nobody Does It Better’ & ‘Let the River Run’)
Carly Simon
13
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: June 25, 1943
Sun Sign: Cancer
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 44 
Martin D. Ginsburg
(Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Husband)
Martin D. Ginsburg
15
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: June 10, 1932
Sun Sign: Gemini
Died: June 27, 2010
 45 
RZA
(Rapper)
RZA
15
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: July 5, 1969
Sun Sign: Cancer
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 46 
Michelle Trachtenberg
(Actress)
Michelle Trachtenberg
12
Birthdate: October 11, 1985
Sun Sign: Libra
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 47 
William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
William James
12
Birthdate: January 11, 1842
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Died: August 26, 1910
 48 
Josh Peck
(Actor & Stand-up Comedian)
Josh Peck
25
Birthdate: November 10, 1986
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 49 
Nile Rodgers
(Guitarist, Composer, Songwriter, Record producer, Film score composer)
Nile Rodgers
9
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: September 19, 1952
Sun Sign: Virgo
 50 
Billy Crystal
(Actor, Comedian & Directed Who Has Hosted the Academy Awards Nine Times)
Billy Crystal
15
Birthdate: March 14, 1948
Sun Sign: Pisces
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)