Albany County

Bret Harte writer, Albany-
Learned Hand jurist, Albany-
Leland Stanford railroad magnate, Watervliet

Allegany County            history

Alfred G Packer- famous criminal

Bronx County

Tupac Shakur rapper, Bronx

Broome County

 Anthony George (soap-opera actor)
Jack Sharkey (heavyweight boxing champion)

Cattaraugus County

  

Cayuga County

Millard Fillmore U.S. president, Locke-

Chautauqua County

George Abbott stage producer, Forestville-
Lucille Ball actress, Jamestown-
George Pullman inventor, Brocton

Chemung County

 Tommy Hilfiger- Fashion Designer

Chenango County

  

Clinton County

 John Henry Hopkins, Jr., -Writer of  We Three Kings

Columbia County

Martin Van Buren U.S. president, Kinderhook-

Cortland County

William O. Stoddard- editor of the Central Illinois Gazette

Delaware County

  

Dutchess County

  

Erie County

Willis Haviland Carrier inventor, Angola-

Essex County

  

Franklin County

Booker T. Washington

Fulton County

  

Genesee County

  

Greene County

  

Hamilton County

  

Herkimer County

Frank Langellaactor, Bayonne-

Jefferson County

Bruce Cooper Clark general, Adams-
Frank Winfield Woolworth merchant, Rodman-

Kings County (Brooklyn)

Aaron Copland composer, Brooklyn-
George Gershwin composer, Brooklyn-
Jackie Gleason comedian, actor, Brooklyn-
Michael Jeffery Jordan basketball player, Brooklyn
Mickey Rooney actor, Brooklyn
Barbara Stanwyck actress, Brooklyn
Mae West actress, Brooklyn-

Lewis County

  

Livingston County

  

Madison County

  

Monroe County

  

Montgomery County

  

Nassau County

Billy Joel singer, composer, Hicksville-
Linus Yale inventor, Salisbury

New York County (Manhattan)

Christopher Reeve actor, spokesperson, Manhattan-

Niagara County

  

Oneida County

George Eastman inventor, Waterville-

Onondaga County

Tom Cruise actor, Syracuse-

Ontario County

John N. Willys industrialist, Canandaiqua-

Orange County

  

Orleans County

  

Oswego County

  

Otsego County

George Babcock inventor, Unadilla Forks-
Franklin D. Roosevelt U.S. president, Hyde Park-

Putman County

  

Queens County

Chamique Holdsclaw basketball player, Flushing-
Ethel Merman singer, actress, Astoria-

Rensselaer County

  

Richmond County (Staten Island)

  

Rockland County

Edward Hopper painter, Nyack-

Saratoga County

  

Schenectady County

  

Schoharie County

George Westinghouse Jr. inventor, Central Bridge-

Schuyler County

  

Seneca County

 Red Jacket Seneca chief

Steuben County

  

St. Lawrence County

  

Suffolk County

Walt Whitman poet, West Hills-

Sullivan County

Victor Lasky author, Liberty-

Tioga County

 John D. Rockefeller industrialist, Richford

Tompkins County

  

Ulster County

  

Warren County

Charles Evans Hughes jurist, Glens Falls-

Washington County

  

Wayne County

  

Westchester County

Rockwell Kent painter, Terrytown
Ogden Nash poet, Rye-

Wyoming County

  

Yates County

  

New York City

Borough County
Borough of Manhattan New York County
Borough of Brooklyn Kings County
Borough of Queens Queens County
Borough of the Bronx Bronx County
Borough of Staten Island Richmond County

 

 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar basketball player, NYC-
Humphrey Bogart actor, NYC
James Cagney actor, NYC
Maria Callas soprano, NYC
Benjamin N. Cardozo jurist, NYC
Paddy Chayefsky playwright, NYC
Sean Combs Puff Daddy music, NYC
Peter Cooper industrialist, philanthropist, NYC
Claire Danes actress, NYC
Sammy Davis, Jr. actor, singer, NYC
Agnes de Mille choreographer, NYC
Gertrude Belle Elion inventor, NYC
Henry Louis Gehrig baseball player, NYC
Sarah Gellar actress, NYC
Julia Ward Howe poet, social reformer, NYC
Washington Irving author, NYC
Henry James author, NYC
John Jay jurist, NYC
Jerome Kern composer, NYC
Vince Lombardi football coach, NYC
Chico, Groucho, Harpo, Zeppo Marx comedians, NYC
Herman Melville author, NYC
Rosie O'Donnel comedian,-NYC
Eugene O'Neill playwright, NYC
Norman Rockwell painter, illustrator, NYC
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt reformer, humanitarian, NYC
Theodore Roosevelt U.S. president, NYC
Jonas Salk polio researcher, NYC
Alfred Emanuel Smith politician, NYC
Rise Stevens mezzo-soprano, NYC
Barbra Streisand singer, actress, NYC
Louis Comfort Tiffany painter, craftsman, NYC
Edith Wharton author, NYC