Notable interments at Green-Wood Cemetery
1091 notable figures are documented at Green-Wood Cemetery in Wikidata's burial records, each with a Wikipedia article and a recorded place of burial. Listed alphabetically.
- A. Damien Martin (1933–1991), teacher
- A. Lanfear Norrie (1857–1910), businessperson, socialite
- Aaron Ward (1851–1918), military officer
- Abigail Hopper Gibbons (1801–1893), teacher, nurse
- Abijah Mann (1793–1868), judge, politician
- Abraham B. Baylis (1811–1882), businessperson
- Abraham Jacobi (1830–1919), physician, pediatrician, university teacher
- Abraham Schermerhorn (1783–1850), businessperson
- Abram Duryée (1815–1890), military officer
- Abram Stevens Hewitt (1822–1903), mayor, lawyer, politician
- Abram Wakeman (1824–1889), lawyer, politician
- Ada Rehan (1859–1916), actor, stage actor
- Adam Norrie (1796–1882), businessperson, banker
- Adele Livingston de Talleyrand-Perigord (1841–1912)
- Adolf Neuendorff (1843–1897), composer, musician, pianist
- Adolphe Libaire (1840–1920)
- Agnes Dean Abbatt (1847–1917), painter, watercolorist
- Al Johnson (1860–1901), sports executive
- Al Nichols (1852–1936), baseball player
- Al Thake (1849–1872), baseball player
- Al Wright (1842–1905), baseball player
- Alan Dale (1925–2002), singer
- Albert Anastasia (1902–1957), gangster, criminal, crime boss
- Albert Anastasia (1902–1957), gangster, criminal, crime boss
- Albert Oldfield Brown (1872–1945), actor, stockbroker
- Albert Plummer (1840–1912), politician
- Albert Rhys Williams (1883–1962), priest, journalist
- Alexander Henry Stevens (1834–1916), businessperson, banker
- Alexander Lyman Holley (1832–1882), engineer, inventor
- Alexander McCue (1826–1889), lawyer
- Alexander Saeltzer (1814–1883), architect
- Alexis A. Julien (1840–1919), geologist, chemist, meteorological observer
- Alfred Cotton Bedford (1863–1925), businessperson
- Alfred Cutler Barnes (1842–1904), publisher
- Alfred E. Steers (1860–1948), judge, politician
- Alfred Maurer (1868–1932), painter
- Alfred Sands Pell (1786–1831)
- Alfred Wingate Craven (1810–1879), engineer, civil engineer
- Alice Cary (1820–1871), writer, poet, novelist
- Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt (1861–1884), socialite
- Allen George Newman (1875–1940), sculptor
- Allen George Newman (1875–1940), sculptor
- Almet Francis Jenks (1853–1924), judge, lawyer
- Ambrose Cornelius Kingsland (1804–1878), politician, merchant
- Amelia K. Wing (1837–1927), writer, philanthropist
- Amy Fawsitt (1836–1876), actor
- Amy Fawsitt (1836–1876), actor
- Andreas Nilsen Rygg (1868–1951), historian, journalist, publisher
- Andrew Bryson (1822–1892), military officer
- Andrew Hutchins Mickle (1805–1863), politician
- Angelo Ippolito (1922–2001), painter, draftsperson
- Ann Hall (1792–1863), artist, painter
- Ann S. Stephens (1810–1886), writer, journalist, novelist
- Anna Bowman Dodd (1858–1929), novelist
- Anna Case (1889–1984), composer, singer, songwriter
- Anna Case (1889–1984), composer, singer, songwriter
- Anna Ottendorfer (1815–1884), writer, businessperson, journalist
- Anna Pendleton Schenck (1874–1915), architect
- Anne Hartley Gilbert (1821–1904), actor, stage actor, dancer
- Annie Morrill Smith (1856–1946), editor, botanist, botanical collector
- Anson Green Phelps (1781–1853), businessperson
- Anson Herrick (1812–1868), politician, journalist, publisher
- Anthony Eickhoff (1827–1901), politician, journalist
- Anton A. Raven (1833–1919), businessperson, business executive
- Archibald D. Russell (1853–1919)
- Archibald Robertson (1765–1835), graphic artist, painter, etcher
- Ardeshir Mohasses (1938–2008), cartoonist, artist, illustrator
- Asa Bird Gardiner (1839–1919), lawyer, politician
- Asa Brainard (1841–1888), baseball player
- Asa Wentworth Tenney (1833–1897), judge, politician, lawyer
- Asher Brown Durand (1796–1886), photographer, engraver, painter
- Augusta Browne (1820–1882), composer, writer, journalist
- Augusta Larned (1835–1924), writer, journalist
- Augustus Chapman Allen (1806–1864), businessperson
- Augustus Chapman Allen (1806–1864), businessperson
- Augustus Robin (1822–1898), engraver
- Azariah C. Flagg (1790–1873), politician, editor
- Bakhyt Kenjeev (1950–2024), poet
- Barney Williams (1824–1876), actor, stage actor
- Beatrice Winser (1869–1947), librarian
- Beekman Winthrop (1874–1940), judge, lawyer, politician
- Benjamin Franklin Tracy (1830–1915), judge, lawyer, politician
- Benjamin Franklin Tracy (1830–1915), judge, lawyer, politician
- Benjamin Hazard Field (1814–1893), merchant, philanthropist
- Benjamin Vaughan Abbott (1830–1890), lawyer, novelist
- Bijou Heron (1863–1937), actor, stage actor
- Bill Hughes (1860–1928), baseball player
- Billy Barnie (1853–1900), baseball player
- Bird Sim Coler (1867–1941), politician, stockbroker
- Bird Sim Coler (1867–1941), politician, stockbroker
- Bradish Johnson (1811–1892), businessperson
- Bradley Martin (1841–1913), socialite, capitalist
- Brander Matthews (1852–1929), writer, lawyer, professor
- Bronson M. Cutting (1888–1935), politician
- Bruce Crane (1857–1937), painter
- C. K. Garrison (1809–1885), politician, businessperson
- C. Walter Nichols (1875–1963), businessperson, engineer
- C.F. Theodore Steinway (1825–1889), entrepreneur, piano maker, musical instrument maker
- Caleb Lyon (1822–1875), politician
- Camilla Urso (1840–1902), musician, violinist
- Carmine Persico (1933–2019), gangster
- Carola Woerishoffer (1885–1911), social worker, philanthropist, trade unionist
- Carola Woerishoffer (1885–1911), social worker, philanthropist, trade unionist
- Carola Woerishoffer (1885–1911), social worker, philanthropist, trade unionist
- Carola Woerishoffer (1885–1911), social worker, philanthropist, trade unionist
- Caroline Berryman Spencer (1861–1948), socialite, journalist
- Caroline Henderson Griffiths (1861–1937), philanthropist
- Caroline Placide (1798–1881), actor, dancer
- Caroline Weldon (1844–1921), artist
- Carolyn Wilson Harris (1849–1910), botanical collector, botanist, lichenologist
- Catharine Lorillard Wolfe (1828–1887), art collector, patron of the arts
- Catherine R. Mott (1836–1880), inventor
- Charles A. Schieren (1842–1915), businessperson, politician, art collector
- Charles A. Schieren (1842–1915), businessperson, politician, art collector
- Charles A. Schieren (1842–1915), businessperson, politician, art collector
- Charles A. Schieren (1842–1915), businessperson, politician, art collector
- Charles Augustus Briggs (1841–1913), writer, librarian, university teacher
- Charles Ebbets (1859–1925), architect, politician
- Charles Edmund Horman Lazar (1942–1973), writer, journalist
- Charles Edmund Horman Lazar (1942–1973), writer, journalist
- Charles Edward Isaacs (1811–1860), physician, anatomist
- Charles F. Erhart (1821–1891), businessperson, chemist
- Charles Feltman (1841–1910), restaurateur, hot dog vendor
- Charles Frederick Havemeyer (1867–1898)
- Charles Godfrey Gunther (1822–1885), politician
- Charles H. Foy (1809–1866)
- Charles H. Russell (1845–1912), lawyer, politician, banker
- Charles H. Van Brunt (1835–1905), judge, lawyer
- Charles Henry Coster (1852–1900), banker
- Charles Henry Miller (1842–1922), painter
- Charles Henry Stanley (1819–1901), chess player
- Charles Henry Stanley (1819–1901), chess player
- Charles Inslee (1870–1922), actor, film director, film actor
- Charles J. Kurth (1862–1896), lawyer, politician
- Charles L. Reason (1818–1893), photographer, mathematician, linguist
- Charles Lewis Tiffany (1812–1902), entrepreneur, jeweler
- Charles Linnaeus Benedict (1824–1901), judge, lawyer, politician
- Charles Loring Elliott (1812–1868), painter
- Charles M. Barras (1826–1873), actor, playwright
- Charles M. Higgins (1854–1929), entrepreneur, anti-vaccine activist
- Charles Minthorn Murphy (1870–1950), sport cyclist
- Charles Morgan (1795–1878), businessperson
- Charles Pfizer (1824–1906), entrepreneur, chemist
- Charles Roome (1812–1890)
- Charles S. Wainwright (1826–1907), military officer, diarist
- Charles T. White (1821–1891), singer, blackface minstrel performer
- Charles Willoughby Dayton (1846–1910), judge, politician
- Charles Yerkes (1837–1905), businessperson, entrepreneur, art historian
- Charlotte Canda (1828–1845)
- Charlotte Denman Lozier (1844–1870), physician, suffragette
- Chester Sanders Lord (1850–1933), journalist
- Churchill C. Cambreleng (1786–1862), politician, diplomat
- Clara Bloodgood (1870–1907), actor, stage actor
- Clara Harrison Stranahan (1831–1905), writer, art historian
- Clara Harrison Stranahan (1831–1905), writer, art historian
- Clara Harrison Stranahan (1831–1905), writer, art historian
- Clara Harrison Stranahan (1831–1905), writer, art historian
- Clarence H. Mackay (1874–1938), businessperson
- Clark Robinson Griggs (1824–1915), politician
- Clarkson F. Crosby (1817–1858), politician
- Claudio S. Grafulla (1812–1880), composer, conductor
- Clemence Sophia Harned Lozier (1813–1888), physician, suffragette, gynecologist
- Cleveland Winslow (1836–1864), military personnel
- Cornelius Roosevelt (1794–1871), businessperson, politician, entrepreneur
- Cornelius V. Clickener (1817–1864), politician
- Correa Moylan Walsh (1862–1936), economist
- Cortlandt F. Bishop (1870–1935), bibliophile
- Count Gedney (1849–1922), baseball player
- Curtis Coe Bean (1828–1904), politician
- Cyrus P. Smith (1800–1877), politician
- Daniel Appleton (1785–1849), publisher
- Daniel D. Whitney (1818–1914), politician
- Daniel Huntington (1816–1906), painter
- Daniel L. Braine (1829–1898), military officer
- Daniel Morris (1812–1889), lawyer, politician
- Daniel Tompkins Van Buren (1826–1890), military officer, civil engineer
- Daniel Willis James (1832–1907), merchant
- David A. Bokee (1805–1860), lawyer, politician
- David A. Boody (1837–1930), lawyer, politician
- David Bates Douglass (1790–1849), architect, engineer, academic
- David Bruce-Brown (1887–1912), engineer, racing automobile driver
- David Einhorn (1809–1879), rabbi, editor
- David Johnson (1827–1908), painter
- David Parks Fackler (1841–1924), actuary
- De Robigne Mortimer Bennett (1818–1882), physician, cobbler, caregiver
- Demas Barnes (1827–1888), politician
- DeWitt Clinton (1769–1828), writer, politician
- DeWolf Hopper (1858–1935), actor, stage actor, radio personality
- Dick Hunt (1847–1895), baseball player
- Dike Varney (1880–1950), baseball player
- Dixon Hall Lewis (1802–1848), lawyer, politician
- Do-Hum-Me (1825–1843), artist
- Doğan Uluç (1935–2022), writer, journalist
- Dorothy Catherine Draper (1807–1901), photographer
- Dude Esterbrook (1857–1901), baseball player
- Dudley Sanford Gregory (1800–1874), politician
- Dudley Selden (1794–1855), lawyer, politician
- Duncan Curry (1812–1894), baseball player
- Dwight Townsend (1826–1899), politician
- E. R. Squibb (1819–1900), physician, pharmacologist
- Eastman Johnson (1824–1906), photographer, painter, lithographer
- Ebenezer Stevens (1751–1823), businessperson
- Edgar M. Cullen (1843–1922), judge, lawyer
- Edith Claire Bryce (1880–1960), peace activist
- Edmund Horman (1906–1993), businessperson
- Edmund L. Baylies (1857–1932), lawyer
- Edmund Schermerhorn (1815–1891)
- Edward A. Lambert (1813–1885), businessperson, politician
- Edward Brush Fowler (1826–1896), military officer
- Edward Cooper (1824–1905), politician
- Edward F. Williams (1826–1902), shipbuilder
- Edward Ferrero (1831–1899), military officer, choreographer
- Edward Jardine (1828–1893), military officer
- Edward M. Grout (1861–1931), lawyer, military personnel, politician
- Edward M. Shepard (1850–1911), lawyer
- Edward Middleton (1810–1883)
- Edward Neufville Tailer (1830–1917), businessperson
- Edward Prime (1801–1883), banker
- Edward Stiles Stokes (1840–1901)
- Edwards W. Fiske (1805–1874), politician
- Edwin F. De Nyse (1842–1896), poet, journalist, librettist
- Edwin Forbes (1839–1895), painter, etcher
- Edwin Nelson Appleton (1877–1937), military personnel
- Edwin Pearce Christy (1815–1862), actor, composer, songwriter
- Eleanor Butler Sanders (1849–1905), socialite, suffragist
- Eli Siegel (1902–1978), poet
- Elias Howe (1819–1867), inventor, machinist
- Elias Howe (1819–1867), inventor, machinist
- Elisha Foote (1809–1883), judge, meteorological observer
- Elizabeth Amelia Gloucester (1817–1883)
- Elizabeth Bogart (1795–1879), poet
- Elizabeth Cushier (1837–1931), physician, obstetrician
- Elizabeth F. Ellet (1818–1877), writer, poet, historian
- Elizabeth Peña (1959–2014), actor, stage actor, film director
- Elizabeth Richards Tilton (1834–1897), editing staff, suffragist
- Elizur G. Webster (1829–1900), silversmith, founder
- Elliott Carter (1908–2012), composer, university teacher, music educator
- Elmer Ambrose Sperry (1860–1930), businessperson, entrepreneur, inventor
- Emery Hetrick (1931–1987), physician, psychiatrist
- Emlen Roosevelt (1857–1930), banker, treasurer
- Emma Cunningham (1816–1887)
- Emma Howson (1844–1928), opera singer
- Emma Leavitt-Morgan (1865–1956), tennis player
- Emma Marcy Raymond (1839–1913), composer
- Emma Stebbins (1815–1882), artist, sculptor
- Erastus C. Benedict (1800–1880), politician, jurist
- Ernestine Friedmann (1884–1973), writer, economist
- Essie Wick Rowland (1871–1957), socialite
- Estelle Skidmore Doremus (1830–1905), philanthropist
- Ethel McClellan Plummer (1888–1936), illustrator, suffragist
- Eugene A. Philbin (1857–1920), judge, lawyer
- Eugene Joshua Giannini (1865–1923), coach, university teacher
- Eugene M. Travis (1863–1940), politician
- Eugene Schieffelin (1827–1906)
- Eunice Newton Foote (1819–1888), physicist, inventor, climatologist
- Eunice White Beecher (1812–1897), writer
- Euphemia Vale Blake (1825–1904), writer
- Everett P. Wheeler (1840–1925), lawyer
- Ezra Miller (1812–1885), politician, justice of the peace
- F. Augustus Heinze (1869–1914), entrepreneur
- Fanny R. M. Hitchcock (1851–1936), mathematician, chemist, biologist
- Fanny White (1823–1860), prostitute
- Ferdinand Ward (1851–1925), financier
- Fitch Waterman Taylor (1803–1865), writer
- Fitz John Porter (1822–1901), military personnel, military officer
- Fletcher Harper (1806–1877), printer, publisher
- Florence Brevoort Kane (1895–1956), artist, sculptor
- Florence La Badie (1888–1917), actor, stage actor, film actor
- Forrest Winant (1888–1928), actor, stage actor, film actor
- Frances Brundage (1854–1937), writer, illustrator, artist
- Frances Esemplare (1934–2017), actor, television actor
- Frances Flora Bond Palmer (1812–1876), artist, painter, lithographer
- Frances Kellor (1873–1952), writer, sociologist
- Francis B. Cutting (1804–1870), lawyer, politician
- Francis B. Cutting (1804–1870), lawyer, politician
- Francis B. Stryker (1811–1892), politician
- Francis Barretto Spinola (1821–1891), lawyer, politician, military officer
- Francis E. Dorn (1911–1987), lawyer, politician, military officer
- Francis Fauvel Gouraud (1808–1847), photographer, engineer
- Francis H. Wilson (1844–1910), lawyer, politician
- Francis N. Bangs (1828–1885), lawyer
- Francis R. Tillou (1795–1865)
- Francis Scott Street (1831–1883), journalist
- Francis Seger (1796–1872), judge, lawyer, politician
- Francis W. Judge (1838–1904)
- Francis William Sullivan (1887–1963), writer
- Francis William Sullivan (1887–1963), writer
- Frank A. Perret (1867–1943), photographer, engineer, entrepreneur
- Frank Gray Griswold (1854–1937)
- Frank Hankinson (1856–1911), baseball player
- Frank Miller (1848–1903)
- Frank Morgan (1890–1949), actor, musician, character actor
- Franklin Bartlett (1847–1909), lawyer, politician
- Franklin Clark (1801–1874), politician
- Fred Crane (1840–1925), baseball player
- Fred Ebb (1928–2004), writer, composer, poet
- Fred Jacklitsch (1876–1937), baseball player
- Fred Siefke (1870–1893), baseball player
- Frederic Kernochan (1876–1937), lawyer
- Frederic W. Stevens (1839–1928), businessperson, banker
- Frederick A. Schroeder (1833–1899), politician, industrialist
- Frederick A. Stokes (1857–1939), publisher
- Frederick A. Wells (1857–1926), politician
- Frederick August Otto Schwarz (1836–1911), merchant
- Frederick Augustus Conkling (1816–1891), politician, businessperson
- Frederick B. Conway (1819–1874), actor, stage actor
- Frederick G. Eldridge (1837–1889)
- Frederick G. Eldridge (1837–1889)
- Frederick Gilbert Bourne (1851–1919), businessperson
- Frederick James Hamilton Merrill (1861–1916), geologist, botanical collector
- Frederick S. Gibbs (1845–1903), politician
- Frederick Saunders (1807–1902), writer, librarian, bookseller
- Frederick Smyth (1832–1900), judge, lawyer
- Frederick W. Rowe (1863–1946), lawyer, politician
- Frederick Winthrop (1839–1865), military personnel
- Gabriel Furman (1800–1854), judge, lawyer, politician
- Gabriel Harrison (1818–1902), writer, photographer, playwright
- Gamaliel Bartlett (1796–1859)
- Gamaliel King (1795–1875), politician, architect
- Gardiner Greene Howland (1787–1851)
- Genevieve B. Earle (1885–1956), politician, suffragette
- Genevieve Hecker (1883–1960), golfer
- George A. Green (1876–1923), lawyer, politician
- George A. Jarvis (1806–1893), military personnel
- George A. Soper (1870–1948), engineer
- George Ayres Leavitt (1822–1888), publisher
- George B. Francis (1883–1967), lawyer, politician
- George Bellows (1882–1925), teacher, painter, university teacher
- George Briggs (1805–1869), politician
- George Bruce (1781–1866), entrepreneur, inventor
- George Bruce (1781–1866), entrepreneur, inventor
- George C. Tilyou (1862–1914), entrepreneur, showman
- George Catlin (1796–1872), writer, lawyer, artist
- George Crockett Strong (1832–1863), military officer
- George Edwin Ewing (1828–1884), sculptor
- George Faulkner Wetherbee (1851–1920), painter
- George Fletcher (1845–1872), baseball player
- George Francis Train (1829–1904), writer, businessperson, politician
- George Frederick Shrady, Jr. (1861–1933), coroner
- George G. Haven Jr. (1866–1925), banker
- George Gardner Barnard (1829–1882), judge, physician, lawyer
- George Gardner Barnard (1829–1882), judge, physician, lawyer
- George Gardner Barnard (1829–1882), judge, physician, lawyer
- George Gosman DeWitt (1845–1912)
- George H. Cooper (1821–1891), military officer
- George Hall (1795–1868), politician
- George Henry Hall (1825–1913), painter
- George L. Fox (1831–1910), judge, politician
- George Muirson Totten (1809–1884), engineer, civil engineer
- George N. Seger (1866–1940), politician
- George Nicholas Sanders (1812–1873)
- George Phineas Gordon (1810–1878), businessperson, printer
- George Pierce Andrews (1835–1902), judge, lawyer
- George Steers (1815–1856), engineer, yacht designer
- George W. Blunt (1802–1878), engineer, publisher, marine surveyor
- George Washington Cullum (1809–1892), military officer, biographer, civil engineer
- George Zabriskie Gray (1838–1889), Anglican priest
- George Zabriskie Gray (1838–1889), Anglican priest
- George Zabriskie Gray (1838–1889), Anglican priest
- George Zabriskie Gray (1838–1889), Anglican priest
- Georgia Engelhard (1906–1986), photographer, mountaineer
- Georgiana Wilmerding Phelps (1873–1960), socialite
- Georgine von Januschofsky (1849–1914), actor, singer, stage actor
- Gerald Warner Brace (1901–1978), university teacher, pedagogue, writer
- Gerald Warner Brace (1901–1978), university teacher, pedagogue, writer
- Goold H. Redmond (1838–1906)
- Goold H. Redmond (1838–1906)
- Gordon Webster Burnham (1803–1885), industrialist
- Gorham Parks (1794–1877), lawyer, politician
- Grace Duffield Goodwin (1869–1926), writer, lecturer
- Grace Nail Johnson (1885–1976), civil rights advocate, patron of the arts
- Grace Webster Hinsdale (1865–1902), writer
- Greene C. Bronson (1789–1863), judge, lawyer, politician
- Grenville Lindall Winthrop (1864–1943), lawyer, philanthropist, art collector
- Gus Williams (1848–1915), actor, stage actor
- Gustav Kobbé (1857–1918), writer, music critic, journalist
- Guy Wetmore Carryl (1873–1904), writer, poet, humorist
- Hamilton Fish Kean (1862–1941), politician
- Hannibal Kimball (1832–1895), businessperson
- Harmanus B. Duryea I (1815–1884), lawyer, military personnel, politician
- Harold Hartshorne (1891–1961), figure skater, ice dancer
- Harriet Burton Laidlaw (1873–1949), suffragist
- Harry A. Hanbury (1863–1940), politician
- Harry B. Smith (1860–1936), writer, composer, lyricist
- Harry B. Smith (1860–1936), writer, composer, lyricist
- Harry Eytinge (1822–1902), actor, stage actor
- Harry Roseland (1867–1950), painter
- Harry T. Morey (1873–1936), actor, cinematographer, stage actor
- Harvey A. Allen (1818–1882), politician
- Hedda Sterne (1910–2011), artist, painter, sculptor
- Heinrich Göbel (1818–1893), engineer, watchmaker, inventor
- Helen Gilman Noyes Brown (1867–1942), philanthropist, clubwoman
- Helen Hartley Jenkins (1860–1934), nurse, philanthropist
- Helen Knubel (1901–1992), librarian
- Helen Watterson Moody (1860–1928), writer, journalist
- Henry A. Walke (1809–1896), military officer
- Henry Augustus Smythe (1819–1884), politician
- Henry B Bolster (1792–1859), politician
- Henry Bergh (1811–1888), writer, diplomat, social reformer
- Henry Bristow (1840–1906), politician
- Henry Brockholst Livingston (1757–1823), judge, lawyer, jurist
- Henry C. Miner (1842–1900), politician, impresario
- Henry C. Murphy (1810–1882), writer, lawyer, politician
- Henry C. Weir (1840–1927)
- Henry Chadwick (1824–1908), journalist, baseball player, statistician
- Henry Draper (1837–1882), photographer, astronomer, physician
- Henry E. Steinway (1797–1871), entrepreneur, piano maker, musical instrument maker
- Henry Evelyn Pierrepont (?–1911), merchant
- Henry G. Stebbins (1811–1881), politician
- Henry G. Stebbins (1811–1881), politician
- Henry Galbraith Ward (1851–1933), judge, lawyer
- Henry George (1839–1897), writer, politician, economist
- Henry George, Jr. (1862–1916), politician, journalist, biographer
- Henry Grinnell (1799–1874), explorer
- Henry Halleck (1815–1872), lawyer, military personnel, major general
- Henry Hilton (1824–1899), businessperson
- Henry Holt (1840–1926), novelist
- Henry Ives Cobb (1859–1931), architect
- Henry James Montague (1843–1878), actor, stage actor
- Henry Jarvis Raymond (1820–1869), writer, politician, journalist
- Henry John Wallack (1790–1870), stage actor
- Henry John Whitehouse (1803–1874), Anglican priest
- Henry Maunsell Schieffelin (1808–1890)
- Henry Osborne Havemeyer (1847–1907), businessperson, entrepreneur, art collector
- Henry Peters Gray (1819–1877), painter
- Henry Rutgers (1745–1830), politician
- Henry Rutgers Beekman (1845–1900), judge, collector
- Henry Ward Beecher (1813–1887), writer, politician, journalist
- Henry Warner Slocum Sr. (1827–1894), lawyer, politician, military officer
- Henry William Poor (1844–1915), stockbroker
- Henry Z. Steinway (1915–2008), businessperson, piano maker
- Herman D. Aldrich (1801–1880), businessperson
- Herman Knickerbocker Vielé (1856–1908), writer, poet
- Hilborne Roosevelt (1849–1886), businessperson, musical instrument maker
- Hobart Upjohn (1876–1949), architect
- Horace Brigham Claflin (1811–1885), merchant
- Horace Brooks (1814–1894), military officer
- Horace Greeley (1811–1872), writer, businessperson, politician
- Horatio Collins King (1837–1918), lawyer
- Horatio Stockton Howell (1820–1863), military personnel, chaplain
- Howard Potter (1826–1897), banker, financier
- Hubert G. Taylor (?–1928), politician
- Hubert T. Parson (1872–1940), businessperson
- Hugh de Laussat Willoughby (1856–1939), designer
- Ichabod Spencer (1798–1854), writer, preacher, Christian minister
- Imogen Clark (1858–1936), writer
- Ira D. Sankey (1840–1908), composer, singer
- Ira Mallory Remsen (1876–1928), painter, playwright
- Ira Mallory Remsen (1876–1928), painter, playwright
- Irving Ter Bush (1869–1948), businessperson
- Isaac Bell, Jr. (1846–1889), diplomat
- Isaac C. Delaplaine (1817–1866), lawyer, politician
- Isaac K. Funk (1839–1912), publisher, lexicographer, theologian
- Isaac Newton Phelps (1802–1888), banker
- Isaac T. Hopper (1771–1852), abolitionist
- J. Edward Swanstrom (1853–1911), lawyer, politician
- J. Frederic Kernochan (1842–1929)
- J. H. Colton (1800–1893), geographer, cartographer, publisher
- J. H. Colton (1800–1893), geographer, cartographer, publisher
- J. Howard Kitching (1838–1865)
- J. Howard Redfield (1879–1944), mathematician
- J. Marion Sims (1813–1883), physician, surgeon, gynecologist
- J. S. Ogilvie (1843–1910), publisher
- J. Sinclair Armstrong (1915–2000)
- J. Thomson Willing (1860–1947), artist, painter
- J. Van Vechten Olcott (1856–1940), lawyer, politician
- Jack Chapman (1843–1916), baseball player
- Jacob Aaron Westervelt (1800–1879), politician
- Jacob Wrey Mould (1825–1886), architect, illustrator, musician
- James A. Roosevelt (1825–1898), businessperson
- James A. Thompson (1873–1923), politician
- James Allen Hardie (1823–1876), military personnel
- James Bard (1815–1897), painter
- James Bogardus (1800–1874), engineer, architect, inventor
- James Boulter Stokes (1804–1881)
- James Brooks (1810–1873), politician, editor, journalist
- James Brooks (1810–1873), politician, editor, journalist
- James Brown Lord (1859–1902), architect
- James Carson Brevoort (1818–1887), librarian, historian, ichthyologist
- James Creelman (1859–1915), journalist
- James D. M. Beebe (1827–1917), Sandy Hook pilot
- James David Smillie (1833–1909), painter, art collector, printmaker
- James David Smillie (1833–1909), painter, art collector, printmaker
- James de Peyster Ogden (1790–1870)
- James Densmore (1820–1889), engineer, journalist
- James E. Davis (1962–2003), politician, police officer
- James F. D. Lanier (1858–1928), banker
- James F. Pierce (1830–1905), politician
- James F. Pierce (1830–1905), politician
- James Fairman (1826–1904), painter
- James Gordon Bennett Sr. (1795–1872), businessperson, editor, journalist
- James Harper (1795–1869), politician, printer, publisher
- James Howell (1829–1897), politician
- James Humphrey (1811–1866), lawyer, politician
- James I. Jones (1786–1858), military personnel
- James I. Roosevelt (1795–1875), judge, lawyer, businessperson
- James Kirke Paulding (1778–1860), writer, poet, politician
- James Lanier (1800–1881), writer, lawyer, entrepreneur
- James Lawlor Kiernan (1837–1869), surgeon
- James Lees Laidlaw (1868–1932)
- James Lyman Van Buren (1837–1866), military leader
- James M. Cavanaugh (1823–1879), politician
- James Maury (1746–1840), diplomat
- James McDougal Hart (1828–1901), painter
- James Merritt Ives (1824–1895), lithographer
- James Milnor (1773–1845), lawyer, politician, Christian minister
- James Milnor (1773–1845), lawyer, politician, Christian minister
- James Munro Nixon (1822–1899)
- James Porter (1787–1839), judge, lawyer, politician
- James Powell Kernochan (1831–1897)
- James R. Howe (1839–1914), politician
- James R. Soley (1850–1911), writer, military historian
- James Renwick (1790–1863), naturalist, engineer, physicist
- James Renwick Jr. (1818–1895), architect, art collector
- James Rushmore Wood (1816–1882), surgeon, anatomist
- James S. T. Stranahan (1808–1898), politician
- James Truslow Adams (1878–1949), writer, historian, biographer
- James Watson Gerard (1867–1951), judge, lawyer, politician
- James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938), writer, composer, lawyer
- James William Beekman (1815–1877), politician
- James William Wallack (1794–1864), actor, stage actor
- Jane Hungerford Milbank (1871–1931), writer, poet, suffragette
- Jane Sloman (1824–1906), composer, singer, pianist
- Jean Broward Shevlin Gerard (1938–1996), diplomat
- Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960–1988), cartoonist, sculptor, architectural drafter
- Jennie Worrell (1850–1899), actor, stage actor
- Jeremiah Hamilton (1805–1875), businessperson, broker
- Jeremiah Johnson (1766–1852), politician
- Jeremiah Lanphier (1809–1898), tailor
- Jerome Sykes (1868–1903), stage actor
- Jesse H. Bunnell (1843–1899), scientist
- Jesse Johnson (1842–1918), judge, lawyer
- Jim Creighton (1841–1862), baseball player, cricketer
- Jim Korwan (1874–1899), baseball player
- Joe Gallo (1929–1972), criminal
- Joel Erhardt (1838–1909), lawyer, businessperson
- Joel T. Headley (1813–1897), writer, politician, historian
- Joel Thompson (1760–1843), judge, lawyer, politician
- John A. Bensel (1863–1922), civil engineer
- John A. Hartwell (1869–1940), American football player, rowing coach
- John A. Lott (1806–1878), judge, lawyer, politician
- John Allan Wyeth (1845–1922), physician, surgeon, biographer
- John Austin Stevens (1827–1910), writer, businessperson, historian
- John Austin Stevens (1795–1874), banker
- John B. Henderson (1826–1913), lawyer, politician
- John B. Johnston (1882–1960), judge, lawyer, politician
- John Brougham (1810–1880), actor, writer, poet
- John C. Furman (1854–1898)
- John Costelloe (1961–2008), actor, firefighter, stage actor
- John Costelloe (1961–2008), actor, firefighter, stage actor
- John Craig (1868–1932), actor
- John Crerar (1827–1889), businessperson, patron of the arts
- John Crosby Brown (1838–1909), banker, investment banker
- John D. Lawson (1816–1896), engineer, politician
- John D. Sloat (1781–1867), politician, governor, military officer
- John de Saulles (1878–1917), actor, real estate agent
- John E. Bendix (1818–1877), military officer
- John E. Ruston (1872–1932), lawyer
- John Eberhard Faber (1822–1879), businessperson, factory owner
- John Egbert Farnum (1824–1870), military personnel
- John Eliot Bowen (1858–1890), writer
- John Ellis Roosevelt (1853–1939), lawyer
- John Franklin Gray (1804–1881), homeopath
- John Frederick Kensett (1816–1872), painter
- John G. Bergen (1814–1867)
- John George Brown (1831–1913), painter
- John Godfrey Saxe (1816–1887), writer, poet, politician
- John Godfrey Schumaker (1826–1905), lawyer, politician
- John H. Graham (1835–1895), politician
- John Hardy (1835–1913), lawyer, politician
- John Hardy (1835–1913), lawyer, politician
- John Hays Hammond Sr. (1855–1936), businessperson, engineer, diplomat
- John Henderson (1870–1923), diplomat
- John Henry Hobart Haws (1809–1858), lawyer, politician
- John Howard Redfield (1815–1895), paleontologist, botanical collector, botanist
- John Hyatt Smith (1824–1886), politician
- John Innes Kane (1850–1913)
- John J. Adams (1848–1919), lawyer, politician
- John James Speed (1803–1867), politician, farmer, inventor
- John Johnston (1781–1851)
- John Kendrick Bangs (1862–1922), writer, journalist, novelist
- John L. Griffiths (1855–1914), writer, diplomat
- John La Farge (1835–1910), writer, painter, stained-glass artist
- John Lafayette Riker (1824–1862), jurist, military officer
- John Lefferts (1785–1829), politician
- John M. Gamble (1791–1836), military officer
- John M. Mitchell (1858–1905), lawyer, politician
- John M. Trimble (1815–1867), architect
- John M. Wood (1813–1864), politician
- John Mackie Falconer (1820–1903), painter, etcher
- John Matthews (1808–1870), engineer, entrepreneur, inventor
- John McClintock (1814–1870), writer, archivist, theologian
- John McComb Jr. (1763–1853), architect
- John N. Coyne (1839–1907)
- John Nicholas Genin (1819–1878), businessperson
- John O. Whitehouse (1817–1881), politician, journalist
- John Oakey (1829–1898), lawyer, military personnel, politician
- John P. Erickson (1826–1907)
- John Peter Haines (1851–1921)
- John Roach (1815–1887), businessperson
- John Swanel Inskip (1816–1884), evangelist, clergyman
- John Swanel Inskip (1816–1884), evangelist, clergyman
- John Swanel Inskip (1816–1884), evangelist, clergyman
- John Swanel Inskip (1816–1884), evangelist, clergyman
- John Swinton (1829–1901), writer, journalist, editor
- John Taylor Johnston (1820–1893), businessperson, art collector
- John Thomas (1805–1871), physician, preacher, theologian
- John Thomas Underwood (1857–1937), inventor
- John Valentine (1855–1903), baseball player
- John Vanderbilt (1819–1877), judge, lawyer, politician
- John W. Avery (1814–1891), merchant
- John W. Hunter (1807–1900), politician
- John W. Mackay (1831–1902), businessperson, explorer
- John W. Stiles (1811–1885), military personnel
- John Walter Bratton (1867–1947), composer, actor
- John William Casilear (1811–1893), photographer, painter
- John William Draper (1811–1882), photographer, writer, physicist
- John Wolfe Ambrose (1838–1899), civil engineer
- Johnny Torrio (1882–1957), criminal
- Jonathan Leavitt (1797–1852), publisher
- Jonathan Young (1826–1885), military officer
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- Joseph C. Hendrix (1853–1904), politician
- Joseph C. Hoagland (1841–1899), businessperson, business executive
- Joseph Delafield (1790–1875), lawyer
- Joseph Gilman (1738–1806), judge, politician
- Joseph Henderson (1826–1890), Sandy Hook pilot
- Joseph Larocque (1831–1908), lawyer
- Joseph Sprague (1783–1854), businessperson, politician
- Josephine Louise Newcomb (1816–1901), philanthropist
- Josephine Louise Newcomb (1816–1901), philanthropist
- Joshua Baker (1799–1885), judge, lawyer, politician
- Joshua R. Sands (1795–1883), military officer
- Joshua Sands (1757–1835), politician
- Juan Trippe (1899–1981), entrepreneur
- Julia Hoyt (1894–1955), actor
- Julia Livingston Delafield (1801–1882)
- Julia Rush Cutler Ward (1796–1824), poet
- Julia Sand (1850–1933)
- Julie Mathilde Lippmann (1864–1952), writer
- Julie Morrow Deforest (1882–1979), painter
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- Kate Claxton (1850–1924), screenwriter, actor, stage actor
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- Lawrence Mott (1881–1931), novelist
- Leah Fox (1813–1890)
- Leffert Lefferts (1774–1847)
- Lemuel Wilmarth (1835–1918), artist, painter
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- Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990), writer, composer, conductor
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- Leopold von Gilsa (1824–1870), military personnel
- Lester Wallack (1820–1888), actor, writer, stage actor
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- Letitia Mumford Geer (1852–1935), nurse, inventor
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- Lewis Blix (1862–1934)
- Lewis R. Packard (1836–1884), university teacher, classical philologist
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- Lispenard Stewart (1855–1927), lawyer, politician
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- Lloyd Stephens Bryce (1851–1917), writer, politician, diplomat
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- Lorillard S. Spencer (1883–1939), businessperson, military personnel
- Lot Clark (1788–1862), lawyer, politician
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- Louis N. Stodder (1837–1911)
- Louisa Barnewall Van Rensselaer (1836–1920)
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- Lucy Mabel Hall-Brown (1843–1907), writer, physician, university teacher
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- Luis Senarens (1863–1939), journalist, novelist, science fiction writer
- Luis Senarens (1863–1939), journalist, novelist, science fiction writer
- Luis Senarens (1863–1939), journalist, novelist, science fiction writer
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- Manuel de la Cruz y Fernández (1861–1896), writer, journalist, literary critic
- Manuel de la Cruz y Fernández (1861–1896), writer, journalist, literary critic
- Manuel de la Cruz y Fernández (1861–1896), writer, journalist, literary critic
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- Marian Spore Bush (1892–1946), dentist, socialite, painter
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- Mary Wicks (1819–1898), artist, editor
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- Sid Bernstein (1918–2013), record producer, impresario, talent manager
- Sidney Edwards Morse (1794–1871), engineer, inventor, geographer
- Sidney Edwards Morse (1794–1871), engineer, inventor, geographer
- Silas Belden Dutcher (1829–1909), politician
- Silas Moore Stilwell, Sr. (1800–1881), lawyer, politician
- Silas Stringham (1798–1876), military officer
- Simeon B. Chittenden (1814–1889), politician
- Simon Boerum (1724–1775), politician
- Solomon Allen (1751–1821), itinerant minister
- Sophie Worrell (1848–1917), actor
- Stephen H. Tyng (1800–1885), writer, parson, clergyman
- Stephen T. Hopkins (1849–1892), politician
- Stephen V. White (1831–1913), lawyer, politician
- Stephen Whitney (1776–1860), politician
- Steven Vincent (1955–2005), journalist
- Sumner Gerard (1916–2005), politician, rancher
- Susan McKinney Steward (1847–1918), writer, physician, homeopath
- Teunis Garret Bergen (1806–1881), writer, politician, historian
- Theodore Dwight (1764–1846), writer, lawyer, politician
- Theodore Dwight (1796–1866), writer, historian
- Theodore E. Steinway (1883–1957), entrepreneur, philatelist, piano maker
- Theodore Havemeyer (1839–1897), businessperson
- Theodore Havemeyer (1839–1897), businessperson
- Theodore L. Cuyler (1822–1909), writer, parson, cleric
- Theodore Roosevelt Sr. (1831–1878), entrepreneur, philanthropist
- Theodorus B. M. Mason (1849–1899), military officer
- Theodorus B. M. Mason (1849–1899), military officer
- Theodorus Bailey Myers (1821–1888), lawyer
- Theophilus Beebe (1800–1867)
- Thomas Adams (1818–1905), scientist, inventor
- Thomas Bangs Thorpe (1815–1878), writer, illustrator, journalist
- Thomas C. Durant (1820–1885), physician, businessperson
- Thomas Child (1818–1869), judge, lawyer, politician
- Thomas Child (1818–1869), judge, lawyer, politician
- Thomas Crawford (1814–1857), painter, sculptor
- Thomas Crawford (1814–1857), painter, sculptor
- Thomas D. Rice (1808–1860), writer, composer, comedian
- Thomas De Witt Talmage (1832–1902), writer, clergyman
- Thomas Hastings (1784–1872), composer
- Thomas Henry Barry (1855–1919)
- Thomas Hicks (1823–1890), painter
- Thomas J. Creamer (1843–1914), lawyer, politician
- Thomas L. McKenney (1785–1859), writer
- Thomas Newbold (1849–1929), politician
- Thomas P. Ochiltree (1839–1902), politician, journalist, editor
- Thomas P. Ochiltree (1839–1902), politician, journalist, editor
- Thomas R. Whitney (1807–1858), politician, journalist
- Thomas S. Negus (1828–1894), instrument maker
- Thomas W. Cumming (1814–1855), politician, pharmacist
- Thomas William Sweeny (1820–1892), military officer, soldier
- Thure de Thulstrup (1848–1930), illustrator, painter
- Tilly Lynde (1782–1857), lawyer, politician
- Timothy Alden (1823–1858), inventor
- Timothy L. Woodruff (1858–1913), politician, lieutenant governor
- Tom Hyer (1819–1864), boxer
- Tom L. Johnson (1854–1911), politician, inventor, clerk
- Townsend Harris (1804–1878), diplomat
- Travis Harvard Whitney (1875–1934)
- Trenor W. Park (1823–1882), businessperson, politician, lawyer
- Valentine Mott (1785–1865), surgeon
- Varian Fry (1907–1967), writer, civil rights advocate, journalist
- Vincent Colyer (1825–1888), artist, painter
- Vincent Colyer (1825–1888), artist, painter
- Violet Oakley (1874–1961), writer, illustrator, painter
- Violet Oakley (1874–1961), writer, illustrator, painter
- Virginia Buchanan (1866–1931), actor
- Wallace Fessenden (1860–1935), baseball player
- Walter Bruchhausen (1892–1976), judge, lawyer
- Walter Hunt (1796–1859), inventor, mechanic, designer
- Walter Phelps (1832–1878), military officer
- Ward McAllister (1827–1895), socialite
- Warren I. Lee (1876–1955), lawyer, politician
- Warren I. Lee (1876–1955), lawyer, politician
- Washington Allon Bartlett (1816–1865), politician
- Washington Irving Bishop (1855–1889), magician
- Waterman Ormsby (1809–1883), printer, engraver
- Wauhope Lynn (1856–1920), judge, lawyer, politician
- Willard Bartlett (1846–1925), lawyer, judge, journalist
- Willard F. Jones (1890–1967), marine architect
- William B. Maclay (1812–1882), lawyer, politician
- William B. Maclay (1812–1882), lawyer, politician
- William Baker (1866–1930), baseball player
- William Bayard Cutting (1850–1912), lawyer
- William Bayard Cutting Jr. (1878–1910), diplomat
- William Bayard Cutting Jr. (1878–1910), diplomat
- William Bernbach (1911–1982), entrepreneur, economist, art director
- William C. Redfield (1789–1857), paleontologist, meteorologist
- William C. Wallace (1856–1901), lawyer, politician
- William Cary Sanger (1853–1921), lawyer, politician
- William Colford Schermerhorn (1821–1903), lawyer, businessperson
- William Colgate (1783–1857), businessperson, entrepreneur, philanthropist
- William Crary Brownell (1851–1928), writer, journalist, literary critic
- William Cutting (1832–1897), military leader
- William D. Dickey (1845–1924)
- William Dennistoun Murphy (1859–1935)
- William Earl Dodge Stokes (1852–1926), businessperson
- William Erigena Robinson (1814–1892), lawyer, politician
- William F. Mangels (1866–1958)
- William Fellowes Morgan Jr. (1889–1977), businessperson
- William Fellowes Morgan Sr. (1861–1943), businessperson
- William Gilbert Anderson (1860–1947), author, physical education teacher, sports pedagogue
- William Gurney (1821–1879), military officer
- William H. Mathews (1844–1928), military personnel
- William H. Nichols (1852–1930), businessperson, chemist
- William H. West (1853–1902), performing artist
- William Hart (1823–1894), painter
- William Hart (1866–1899), military personnel
- William Henry Aspinwall (1807–1875), civil engineer
- William Henry Goodyear (1846–1923), historian, art historian, curator
- William Henry Powell (1823–1879), painter
- William Holbrook Beard (1825–1900), painter
- William Holme Van Buren (1819–1883), surgeon, anatomist
- William Ives Budington (1815–1879), Christian minister
- William J. Coombs (1833–1922), politician
- William J. Coombs (1833–1922), politician
- William J. Florence (1831–1891), playwright, songwriter, stage actor
- William Jay Gaynor (1851–1913), judge, mayor, lawyer
- William Jay Gaynor (1851–1913), judge, mayor, lawyer
- William L. Bull (1844–1914), businessperson, banker
- William Larned (1872–1926), soldier, tennis player
- William Livingston (1723–1790), lawyer, politician, governor
- William Loring Andrews (1837–1920), publisher, art collector, book collector
- William Loring Andrews (1837–1920), publisher, art collector, book collector
- William Loring Andrews (1837–1920), publisher, art collector, book collector
- William Loring Andrews (1837–1920), publisher, art collector, book collector
- William Lyall (1840–1916), businessperson
- William M. Calder (1869–1945), politician
- William M. Calder (1869–1945), politician
- William Magear Tweed (1824–1878), politician, political boss
- William Merritt Chase (1849–1916), photographer, painter
- William Mills Ivins, Sr. (1851–1915), politician
- William Niblo (1790–1878), restaurateur
- William O'Bryan (1778–1868)
- William Oland Bourne (1819–1901), writer, editor, publisher
- William Paterson Van Rensselaer (1805–1872)
- William Paul Gerhard (1854–1927), engineer, civil engineer
- William Peter Van Ness (1778–1826), judge, writer, lawyer
- William Poole (1821–1855), politician, criminal, boxer
- William R. Brewster (1828–1869), military officer
- William S. Hart (1864–1946), actor, screenwriter, writer
- William S. Miller (1793–1854), politician
- William Sampson (1764–1836), lawyer
- William Shepard Wetmore (1801–1862), businessperson
- William Starr Miller II (1856–1935), businessperson
- William Steinway (1835–1896), businessperson, piano maker, musical instrument maker
- William Stewart Halsted (1852–1922), physician, surgeon
- William T. Conklin (1908–1990), politician
- William Travers Jerome (1859–1934), judge, lawyer
- William Wall (1800–1872), politician, banker
- William Wheatley (1816–1876), actor, stage actor
- William Wood (1808–1894)
- Winifred Edgerton Merrill (1862–1951), teacher, mathematician
- Winthrop Sargent Gilman (1808–1884), entrepreneur, banker
- Winthrop Sargent Gilman (1808–1884), entrepreneur, banker
- Woolson Morse (1858–1897), composer
- Zhe Zeng (1972–2001), bank employee