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
• Frances Bavier (1902 - 1989), actress
• 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
• Arthur Miller (1915-2005), playwright
• 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
• Margaret Sanger (1879-1966), activist
• 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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• List of people by U.S. state