Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index People from the state of New York who have achieved fame or note include: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, (born 1947), NBA player Woody Allen, (born 1935), actor, director and writer Louis Armstrong, (1901-1971), jazz musician 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, music producer, performer Aaron Copland, (1900-1990), composer Claire Danes, (born 1979), actor Sammy Davis, Jr, 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 Henry Louis Gehrig, MLB player George Gershwin, (1898-1937), composer Rudolph Giuliani, (born 1944), former mayor Jackie Gleason, actor Billie Holiday, (1915-1959), singer Harry Houdini, (1874-1926), magician Henry James, (1843-1916), author John Jay, (1745-1829), first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Sandy Koufax, (born 1935), MLB player 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 Notorious BIG, rapper Eugene O'Neill, (1888-1953), playwright Christopher Reeve, (born 1952), actor Mickey Rooney, (born 1920), actor Franklin D. Roosevelt, 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 Barbra Streisand, (born 1942), singer, actor Louis Comfort Tiffany, (1848-1933), artist Donald Trump Mae West, (1893-1980), actor Edith Wharton, (1862-1937), author Joey Ramone, (1952-2001), singer This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.