Famous New Yorkers
1.George Abbott- stage producer
2. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar basketball player
3. Bell Abzug-Lawyer,- Congresswoman, Activist
4. John Jacob Astor- Builder, Real Estate Developer
5. Louis Auchincloss-Lawyer, Author
6. George Babcock inventor
7. James Baldwin-Author, Playwright
8. Lucille Ball actress
9. Amelia Jenks Bloomer-Feminist and Refomer
10. Humphrey Bogart- actor
11. William F. Buckley- Newspaper columnist, Author, Publisher
12. John Burroughs- Author
13. James Cagney -actor
14. Maria Callas -soprano
15. Benjamin N. Cardozo- jurist
16. Willis Haviland Carrier inventor
17. Paddy Chayefsky -playwright
18. Shirley Chisholm- Congresswoman
19. DeWitt Clinton-Mayor of NYC, Senator and Governor, Builder of Erie Canal
20. George Clinton-First Governor of NY
21. Bruce Cooper Clark -general
22. Peter Cooper -industrialist, philanthropist
23. Aaron Copland -composer
24. Ezra Cornell-Capitalist and Founder of Cornell University
25. Tom Cruise actor
26. Mario Cuomo-Governor
27. Genn Curtiss-Aviator
28. Claire Danes actress
29. Sammy Davis, Jr. actor, singer
30. Agnes de Mille choreographer
31. Frank Nelson Doubleday- Publisher
32. Andrew Jackson Downing-Landscape Architect
33. George Eastman inventor
34. Gertrude Belle Elion- inventor
35. William Fargo- Founder of American Express Company
36. James Farley- Postmaster General
37. Millard Fillmore – 13 th U.S. President
38. Hamilton Fish I, II, III, IV. –Congressional Dynasty
39. William Floyd- Member of Continental Congress
40. James Forrestal-Secretary of the Navy
41. Peter Gansevoort-Revolutionary War General
42. Henry Louis Gehrig- baseball player
43. Sarah Gellar- actress
44. George Gershwin- composer
Althea Gibson-Tennis star
Jackie Gleason comedian, actor
B.F. Goodrich-Founder of tire company
Jay Gould-Railroad Entreprenur
Rudolph Guiliani- Mayor NYC, Federal Prosecutor
Averill Harriman-Diplomat and statesman
Bret Harte- writer
Learned Hand -jurist
52.Edward Hopper -painter
53.Julia Ward Howe- poet, social reformer
54.Charles Evans Hughes- jurist
55. Washington Irving -author
56. Henry James- author
57. John Jay- jurist
58.Billy Joel singer,-composer
59. Michael Jeffery Jordan -basketball player
60.Jerome Kern- composer
61. Rockwell Kent- painter
62. Edward I. Koch-Mayor of NYC
63. Victor Lasky author
64. Fiorella LaGuardia-Mayor of NYC
65. John Lindsey-Mayor of NYC
66. Robert Livingston- Patriot and statesman, negotiated Louisiana Purchase
67. Philip Livingston- Patriot,- Signer of the Declaration of Independence
68. Vince Lombardi- football coach
69.Chico, Groucho, Harpo, Zeppo Marx comedians
79.Herman Melville author
80.Ethel Merman singer, actress
81. Governeur Morris- Statesman, Diplomat
82. Lewis Morris- Signer of the Declaration of Independence
83. Grandma Moses- painter
84. Ogden Nash -poet
85.Eugene O'Neill -playwright
86. George Pataki-Governor
87. Joseph Paterno- Football Coach
88.,. Colin Powell- Secretary of State
89.. George Pullman inventor
90... Red Jacket Seneca chief
91.. Christopher Reeve actor
92.. John D. Rockefeller industrialist
93. John D. Rockefeller II- Built Rockefeller Center
94. John D. Rockefeller III- Founded Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
95. John D. Rockefeller IV-Congressman and Governor of West Virginia
96.Norman Rockwell -painter, illustrator
97.Mickey Rooney -actor
98.Anna Eleanor Roosevelt- reformer, humanitarian, First Lady
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99. Franklin D. Roosevelt U.S. President
100.. Theodore Roosevelt U.S. President
101. Elihu Root- Lawyer, Statesman, Cabinet Officer
102..Jonas Salk polio researcher
103 Philip Schuyler- Senator, Delegate to the Continental Congress
104. Elizabeth Ann Seton- Saint
105. Horatio Seymour-Statesman, Governor
106. Alfred Emanuel Smith- politician, Governor
107. Leland Stanford railroad magnate
108. Elizabeth Cady Stanton- Feminist, Reforner
109. Barbara Stanwyck -actress,
110. Rise Stevens- mezzo-soprano
111. Barbra Streisand -singer, actress
112. Arthur Hays Sulzberger- Publisher of NEW YORK TIMES
113. Arthur Ochs Sulzberger-Publisher of NEW YORK TIMES
114. Louis Comfort Tiffany- painter, craftsman
115. Samuel J. Tilden- Lawyer, Reformer
116. Daniel D. Tompkins- Vice President, Governor
117. Joe Torre- Baseball Manager
118. Donald J. Trump- Real Estate
119. Sojourner Truth- Abolitionist and Women’s Rights Leader
120. Martin Van Buren U.S. president
121. Cornelius Vanderbilt- Steamship and Railroad Operator
122. James Walker- Mayor of NYC
123. Robert Wagner, Jr.- Mayor of NYC
124..Robert Wagner III- Chancellor of NYC schools
125 .Mae West- actress
126. George Westinghouse Jr.- inventor
127. Edith Wharton- author
128. William Wheeler- Vice President of the US
129. E. B. White- author
130. Walt Whitman- poet
131.Frank Winfield Woolworth –merchant
132. Linus Yale- inventor
January 5, 2009
FAMOUS NEW YORKERS 4th grade
DUE DATE) FEBRUARY 23, 2009
Choose from the list provided. Research and prepare a written
biography of a New Yorker (born in NY).
1. Cover
2. Body
3. Bibliography (sources of information)
You will also be required to present a short biography to the class of
why that person is a famous New Yorker.
Include their background and the accomplishments of your person you
selected.