Notable interments at Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York)
948 notable figures are documented at Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York) in Wikidata's burial records, each with a Wikipedia article and a recorded place of burial. Listed alphabetically.
- A. V. Williams Jackson (1862–1937), iranologist, scholar of English, linguist
- A'Lelia Walker (1885–1931), socialite, entrepreneur
- A'Lelia Walker (1885–1931), socialite, entrepreneur
- A'Lelia Walker (1885–1931), socialite, entrepreneur
- A'Lelia Walker (1885–1931), socialite, entrepreneur
- A'Lelia Walker (1885–1931), socialite, entrepreneur
- A'Lelia Walker (1885–1931), socialite, entrepreneur
- Aaron Vanderpoel (1799–1870), politician, lawyer, judge
- Abraham B. Tappen (1823–1896), politician, lawyer, judge
- Abraham Van Buren (1807–1873), secretary, military personnel
- Ada Smith (1894–1984), autobiographer, dancer, operator
- Addison Brown (1830–1913), botanist, politician, lawyer
- Adelaide Herrmann (1853–1932), magician, stage actor
- Adelaide Wallerstein (1869–1942), translator, physician, lawyer
- Adrian Iselin (1818–1905), businessperson
- Adrian Iselin Jr. (1846–1935), banker
- Agnes Huntington (1864–1953), opera singer, singer
- Aileen Pringle (1895–1989), film actor, actor
- Albert C. Bostwick, Jr. (1901–1980), jockey
- Albert Carlton Bostwick (1878–1911), athlete
- Albert Ellis (1913–2007), non-fiction writer, sex educator, behaviour therapist
- Albert Smith Bickmore (1839–1914), scientific collector, writer, naturalist
- Albertson Van Zo Post (1866–1938), fencer, novelist
- Aleck Smith (1871–1919), baseball player
- Alex Pompez (1890–1974), baseball player
- Alexander Archipenko (1887–1964), collagist, designer, architectural drafter
- Alexander Herrmann (1844–1896), magician, illusionist
- Alexander P. de Seversky (1894–1974), aerospace engineer, military theorist, military flight engineer
- Alfonso P. Villa (1875–1968), factory owner, investment banker
- Alfred C. Chapin (1848–1936), politician, lawyer
- Alfred Charles Post (1806–1886), surgeon
- Alfred Erskine Marling (1858–1935), businessperson
- Alfred Henry Lewis (1855–1914), editorial columnist, novelist, journalist
- Alfred Lebbeus Loomis (1831–1895), physician
- Alice Foote MacDougall (1867–1945), writer
- Allen Sothoron (1893–1939), baseball player
- Alphaeus Philemon Cole (1876–1988), etcher, painter
- Alva Belmont (1853–1933), suffragist, patron of the arts, political activist
- Alvin Jewett Johnson (1827–1884), publisher, cartographer, historian
- Ambrosio José Gonzales (1818–1893), military officer
- Amelia Bingham (1869–1927), stage actor, actor
- Andrew C. Zabriskie (1853–1916)
- Andrew J. Rogers (1828–1900), politician, lawyer
- Angelica Singleton Van Buren (1818–1877), politician
- Ann Woodward (1915–1975)
- Anna Hartwell Lusk (1870–1968)
- Anna Hyatt Huntington (1876–1973), sculptor, artist
- Anna Laughlin (1885–1937), actor
- Anne Lynch Botta (1815–1891), literary historian, salonnière, sculptor
- Anne Thompson MacDonald (1896–1993), philanthropist
- Annie Yeamans (1835–1912), stage actor, actor
- Anson Phelps Stokes (1838–1913), philanthropist, genealogist, opinion journalist
- Anson Phelps Stokes (1874–1958), Anglican priest, parson, writer
- Anson Phelps Stokes (1905–1986), Anglican priest
- Anthony Allaire (1829–1903), military officer
- Anthony Walton White Evans (1817–1886), civil engineer, engineer
- Antoinette Perry (1888–1946), stage actor, theatre director, theatre manager
- Anton Kliegl (1872–1927), inventor, entrepreneur
- Arabella Huntington (1850–1924), art collector
- Archer Milton Huntington (1870–1955), bibliophile, art collector, archaeologist
- Archibald Gracie (1755–1829), businessperson
- Archibald Gracie III (1832–1864), military personnel
- Archibald Gracie IV (1858–1912), soldier, historian, businessperson
- Archibald Gracie IV (1858–1912), soldier, historian, businessperson
- Arnold Daly (1875–1927), film actor, film producer
- Arnold Daly (1875–1927), film actor, film producer
- Arthur Baldwin Turnure (?–1906)
- Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait (1819–1905), painter, artist
- Arthur Hammerstein (1872–1955), theatrical producer, theatre manager, songwriter
- Arthur Hawley Scribner (1859–1932), publisher, entrepreneur
- Arthur Mellen Wellington (1847–1895), civil engineer, engineer
- Arthur Parker Whetsol (1905–1940), jazz musician, trumpeter
- Ashbel P. Fitch (1848–1904), politician, lawyer
- Attilio Piccirilli (1866–1945), sculptor
- Attilio Piccirilli (1866–1945), sculptor
- August Heckscher (1848–1941), entrepreneur
- Augusta Foote Arnold (1844–1904), marine biologist, writer, naturalist
- Augusta Öhrström-Renard (1856–1921), voice teacher, opera singer
- Augustus D. Juilliard (1836–1919), patron of the arts, philanthropist, businessperson
- Augustus G. Paine, Jr. (1866–1947), financier, banker
- Augustus G. Paine, Sr. (1839–1915), financier
- Augustus Kountze (1826–1892), banker
- Augustus Moore Herring (1867–1926), aircraft pilot
- Augustus Newbold Morris (1838–1906)
- Augustus Schell (1812–1884), lawyer
- Ausburn Birdsall (1814–1903), politician, lawyer
- Austin Corbin (1827–1896), journalist, businessperson, lawyer
- Barbara Britton (1919–1980), film actor, television actor, actor
- Barbara Britton (1919–1980), film actor, television actor, actor
- Barbara Hutton (1912–1979), socialite
- Barney Roos (1887–1960), engineer
- Barron Collier (1873–1939), entrepreneur
- Bartow Sumter Weeks (1861–1922), politician, lawyer, judge
- Bat Masterson (1853–1921), bretteur, journalist
- Baxter Dickinson (1795–1875)
- Baxter Dickinson (1795–1875)
- Benjamin A. Willis (1840–1886), politician, lawyer
- Benjamin Franklin Butler (1795–1858), jurist, politician, lawyer
- Benjamin Helm Bristow (1832–1896), lawyer
- Benjamin K. Phelps (1832–1880), lawyer
- Benjamin L. Fairchild (1863–1946), politician, lawyer
- Benjamin S. Mears (1871–1952), stage actor, musical theatre actor, playwright
- Benjamin S. Mears (1871–1952), stage actor, musical theatre actor, playwright
- Benjamin T. Babbitt (1809–1889), inventor
- Benjamin Welles (1857–1935)
- Benjamin Welles (1857–1935)
- Bernarr Macfadden (1868–1955), anti-vaccine activist, newspaper proprietor, nutritionist
- Bert Savoy (1876–1923), female impersonator, stage actor
- Bert Williams (1874–1922), blackface minstrel performer, film actor, film director
- Beverly Peer (1912–1997), jazz musician, double-bassist
- Big Pun (1971–2000), rapper, songwriter, musician
- Billy Bang (1947–2011), jazz musician, violinist, musician
- Black Herman (1889–1934), magician, stage actor
- Blanche DeLoosey (1857–1932)
- Blanche Oelrichs (1890–1950), radio personality, stage actor, socialite
- Blanche Shoemaker Wagstaff (1886–1967), editor, poet, writer
- Bob Douglas (1882–1979), basketball coach, basketball player, entrepreneur
- Bobby Clark (1888–1960), television actor, film actor, stage actor
- Boris Brasol (1885–1963), linguist, biographer, translator
- Brandon Tynan (1875–1967), actor
- Brayton Ives (1840–1914), businessperson
- Brice Goldsborough (1889–1927), navigator
- Bud Fisher (1884–1954), film producer, film director, journalist
- Bud Fisher (1884–1954), film producer, film director, journalist
- C. B. J. Snyder (1860–1945), architect
- C. D. Bliss (1870–1948), American football player, head coach
- C. Oliver Iselin (1854–1932), banker
- Canada Lee (1907–1952), film actor, boxer, stage actor
- Carl Limberg (1883–1916)
- Caroline LeRoy (1797–1882)
- Carrie Astor Wilson (1861–1948)
- Carrie Chapman Catt (1859–1947), feminist, women's rights activist, peace activist
- Carter Burden (1941–1996), politician
- Celia Cruz (1925–2003), singer, actor
- Chance M. Vought (1890–1930), aircraft designer, military flight engineer, aircraft pilot
- Channing Heggie Tobias (1882–1961), activist
- Charles Allen Munn (1859–1924), journalist
- Charles Arms Carleton (1836–1897), military officer
- Charles Avery Doremus (1851–1925), chemist
- Charles B. Woram (1845–1897), executive officer
- Charles Becker (1870–1915), police officer
- Charles Bierer Wrightsman (1895–1986), art collector, business magnate, entrepreneur
- Charles Bierer Wrightsman (1895–1986), art collector, business magnate, entrepreneur
- Charles Bunstein Stover (1861–1929)
- Charles C. Dodge (1841–1910), military officer
- Charles Edwin Wilbour (1833–1896), linguist, art collector, archaeologist
- Charles Evans Hughes (1862–1948), foreign minister, diplomat, jurist
- Charles Evans Hughes Jr. (1889–1950), jurist, lawyer
- Charles Fisher (1816–1891), stage actor, actor
- Charles Frederick Chandler (1836–1925), editor, chemist
- Charles Gilbert Gates (1876–1913), businessperson
- Charles H. Adams (1824–1902), politician, lawyer
- Charles H. Treat (1841–1910), politician
- Charles H. Treat (1841–1910), politician
- Charles Henry Marshall (1837–1912), art collector, businessperson
- Charles Henry Marshall (1837–1912), art collector, businessperson
- Charles K. Graham (1824–1889), civil engineer, military officer, engineer
- Charles K. Harris (1865–1930), lyricist, songwriter, music publisher
- Charles K. Harris (1865–1930), lyricist, songwriter, music publisher
- Charles May Oelrichs (1858–1932), banker, broker
- Charles P. Daly (1816–1899), geographer, jurist, politician
- Charles Ranhofer (1836–1899), chef
- Charles Ransom Miller (1849–1922), editor
- Charles Scribner I (1821–1871), publisher
- Charles Sidney Gilpin (1878–1930), actor
- Charles Sidney Gilpin (1878–1930), actor
- Charles Sprague Smith (1853–1910), academic
- Charles Sprague Smith (1853–1910), academic
- Charles T. Barney (1851–1907), banker
- Charles Thompson Mathews (1863–1934), architect
- Charles W. Clark (1871–1933), businessperson
- Charles Waldron Buckley (1835–1906), politician, judge
- Charles Warner (1846–1909), stage actor
- Charles William Harkness (1860–1916), businessperson
- Charlotte Beebe Wilbour (1833–1914), suffragist, orator, founder
- Chauncey Olcott (1858–1932), songwriter, singer, composer
- Chauncey Olcott (1858–1932), songwriter, singer, composer
- Christian Archibald Herter (1865–1910), pathologist, physician
- Cicely Tyson (1924–2021), film actor, television actor, model
- Clara B. Spence (1859–1923), teacher
- Clara Fisher (1811–1898), actor
- Clara Mannes (1869–1947), musician, pianist
- Clara Mannes (1869–1947), musician, pianist
- Clarence Day (1874–1935), autobiographer, humorist, essayist
- Clarence S. Wadsworth (1871–1941)
- Clarice Taylor (1917–2011), film actor, television actor, stage actor
- Clark Terry (1920–2015), musician, singer, composer
- Clyde Fitch (1865–1909), journalist, songwriter, playwright
- Coleman Hawkins (1904–1969), jazz musician, saxophonist, musician
- Collis Potter Huntington (1821–1900), industrialist, entrepreneur
- Columbus Iselin (1851–1933), businessperson
- Columbus Iselin (1851–1933), businessperson
- Coralie Blythe (1881–1928), actor
- Cornelia Chase Brant (1863–1959), homeopath
- Cornelius Newton Bliss (1833–1911), treasurer, merchant, politician
- Countee Cullen (1903–1946), children's writer, novelist, poet
- Cyrus C. Miller (1866–1956), lacrosse player, historian, politician
- Cyrus Edson (1857–1903), rower, physician
- Damon Runyon (1880–1946), film producer, journalist, writer
- Damon Runyon (1880–1946), film producer, journalist, writer
- Damon Runyon (1880–1946), film producer, journalist, writer
- Dan Topping (1912–1974), sports executive
- Daniel Bennett St. John Roosa (1838–1908), ophthalmologist, military physician, surgeon
- Daniel Cottier (1838–1891), draftsperson, painter
- Daniel Giraud Elliot (1835–1915), zoological collector, ornithologist, zoologist
- Daniel S. Lamont (1851–1905), secretary, politician
- Dave Orr (1859–1915), baseball player
- David C. Montgomery (1870–1917), stage actor, actor
- David C. Montgomery (1870–1917), stage actor, actor
- David Farragut (1801–1870), military officer, admiral, politician
- David Hoadley (1806–1873), banker, businessperson
- David Hurst Knott (1879–1954), politician
- David Low Dodge (1774–1852), peace activist, theologian
- David Mannes (1866–1959), music educator, violinist, conductor
- David Stuart Dodge (1836–1921)
- Dayton Lummis (1903–1988), film actor, television actor, rancher
- De Witt C. Flanagan (1870–1946), politician
- Dean Meminger (1948–2013), basketball coach, basketball player
- Diahann Carroll (1935–2019), film actor, television actor, model
- Diana Barrymore (1921–1960), talk show host, film actor, television actor
- Dick Rudolph (1887–1949), baseball player, funeral director
- Diego Suarez (1888–1974), landscape architect
- Digby Bell (1849–1917), stage actor, singer, actor
- Dora Mills Adams (1874–1943), actor
- Dora Wiley (1852–1924), opera singer, stage actor, actor
- Dora Wiley (1852–1924), opera singer, stage actor, actor
- Dorothy Dalton (1893–1972), film actor, stage actor, actor
- Dorothy Kenyon (1888–1972), lawyer, judge
- Dorothy Parker (1893–1967), literary critic, dialogue writer, journalist
- Dorothy Stimson (1890–1988), historian of science
- Douglas Gilmore (1903–1950), actor
- Douglas Gilmore (1903–1950), actor
- Douglas Gilmore (1903–1950), actor
- Douglas Gilmore (1903–1950), actor
- Duke Ellington (1899–1974), orchestra leader, jazz musician, jazz arranger
- Duncan K. McRae (1820–1888), politician
- E. L. Doctorow (1931–2015), essayist, novelist, university teacher
- Edgar Melville Ward (1839–1915), painter
- Edgar Melville Ward (1839–1915), painter
- Edith Catherine Gould (1900–1937), writer
- Edith Catherine Gould (1900–1937), writer
- Edmund C. Converse (1849–1921), philanthropist, art collector, businessperson
- Edmund Clarence Stedman (1833–1908), literary critic, banker, poet
- Edmund Wetmore (1838–1918), lawyer
- Edoardo Ferrari-Fontana (1878–1936), opera singer, musician, singer
- Edward A. Johnson (1860–1944), politician, lawyer
- Edward Bierstadt (1824–1906), photographer
- Edward C. Post (1845–1915)
- Edward Coleman Delafield (1877–1976), banker
- Edward Coleman Delafield (1877–1976), banker
- Edward Greey (1835–1888), writer
- Edward Greey (1835–1888), writer
- Edward Greey (1835–1888), writer
- Edward Greey (1835–1888), writer
- Edward H. H. Simmons (1876–1955), banker, businessperson
- Edward Harkness (1874–1940), businessperson
- Edward Harrigan (1844–1911), playwright, singer, composer
- Edward Knight Collins (1802–1878), operator, merchant
- Edward M. Knox (1842–1916)
- Edward McKnight Kauffer (1890–1954), designer, visual artist, painter
- Edward Mitchell (1842–1909), politician, military personnel, lawyer
- Edward O. Wolcott (1848–1905), politician, lawyer
- Edward R. Bacon (1848–1915), art collector, businessperson
- Edward R. Ladew (1855–1905)
- Edward Ridley Finch (1873–1965), lawyer, judge
- Edward Schell (1819–1893)
- Edward Siedle (1858–1925), technical director, property master
- Edward Spring Knapp (1879–1940), philatelist
- Edward Talcott (1858–1941), stockbroker
- Edwin Augustus Quick (1841–1913), architect
- Eileen Vollick (1908–1968), aircraft pilot
- Eleanora O'Donnell Iselin (1821–1897)
- Elijah Ward (1816–1882), politician, lawyer
- Elisabeth Marbury (1856–1933), theatrical producer, talent agent, translator
- Elita Proctor Otis (1860–1927), stage actor, actor
- Eliza Ann Youmans (1826–1914), botanist, translator, writer
- Eliza Osgood Vanderbilt Webb (1860–1936), heiress
- Elizabeth Bisland (1861–1929), journalist, writer
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815–1902), women's rights activist, abolitionist, writer
- Elizabeth Clementine Stedman (1810–1889), poet, writer
- Ella Johnson (1919–2004), jazz musician, musician, singer
- Ella King Torrey (1957–2003), administrator, cultural activist, scholar
- Ellin Berlin (1903–1988), short story writer, novelist
- Elliot Danforth (1850–1906), politician, lawyer
- Ellsworth Raymond Johnson (1905–1968), drug trafficker
- Emily Stevens (1882–1928), film actor, stage actor, actor
- Emily Stevens (1882–1928), film actor, stage actor, actor
- Emma Juch (1861–1939), opera singer
- Ernest Trow Carter (1866–1953), composer
- Ernie Davis (1939–1963), American football player, basketball player
- Estelle Liebling (1880–1970), voice teacher, opera vocal coach, opera singer
- Esther Muir (1903–1995), film actor, stage actor, actor
- Ethel Borden (1897–1953), stage actor, Ziegfeld girl, screenwriter
- Ethel Levey (1880–1955), actor
- Eugene Higgins (1860–1948)
- Eugene O'Neill, Jr. (1910–1950), university teacher, classical philologist
- Eva Ingersoll Brown (1863–1928), suffragist, women's rights activist
- Eva Ingersoll Wakefield (1891–1970), writer
- Eva Ingersoll Wakefield (1891–1970), writer
- Everett Colby (1874–1940), politician
- Evermont Hope Norton (1873–1960), businessperson
- Ezra Hall Gillett (1823–1875), theologian, parson, biographer
- F. Benedict Herzog (1859–1912), inventor, photographer
- F. G. Maeder (1840–1891), playwright, actor
- F. Ray Comstock (1878–1949), manufacturer, impresario
- Felix F. Feist (1883–1936), film studio executive, lyricist
- Felix Knight (1908–1998), actor
- Felix Pappalardi (1939–1983), guitarist, songwriter, musician
- Fernando Yznaga (1850–1901)
- Fernando Yznaga (1850–1901)
- Finley Johnson Shepard (1867–1942), railway executive
- Finley Peter Dunne (1867–1936), journalist, screenwriter, writer
- Fiorello H. La Guardia (1882–1947), politician
- Flora Payne (1842–1893)
- Florence Adele Vanderbilt Twombly (1854–1952), heiress
- Florence Fair (1907–1969), actor
- Florence Gould (1895–1983), salonnière, art collector, socialite
- Florence Mills (1895–1927), jazz singer, jazz musician, dancer
- Florence Mills (1895–1927), jazz singer, jazz musician, dancer
- Florence Sutro (1865–1906), music promoter, suffragette
- Foxhall Keene (1867–1941), racing automobile driver, polo player, golfer
- Frances Elizabeth Barrow (1822–1894), children's writer, writer
- Frances Fuller (1907–1980), film actor, television actor, stage actor
- Francis Hopkinson Smith (1838–1915), civil engineer, novelist, painter
- Francis Key Pendleton (1849–1930), lawyer, judge
- Francis Key Pendleton (1849–1930), lawyer, judge
- Francis Lieber (1800–1872), gymnast, opinion journalist, philosopher
- Francis Patrick Garvan (1875–1937), art collector, jurist, lawyer
- Francis W. Martin (1878–1947), judge
- Frank A. O'Donnel (1852–1906), politician
- Frank Belknap Long (1901–1994), comics writer, science fiction writer, novelist
- Frank Damrosch (1859–1937), music educator, music teacher, organist
- Frank Dempster Sherman (1860–1916), poet, writer
- Frank E. Campbell (1872–1934), funeral director
- Frank Leslie (1821–1880), printmaker, publisher, xylographer
- Frank Polk (1871–1943), diplomat, jurist, politician
- Frank Scalice (1893–1957), gangster
- Frank Scalice (1893–1957), gangster
- Frank Winfield Woolworth (1852–1919), businessperson
- Frankie Frisch (1897–1973), baseball player
- Frankie Frisch (1897–1973), baseball player
- Frankie Manning (1914–2009), dancer, choreographer, ballet dancer
- Franklin Simon (1865–1934), businessperson
- Franz Sigel (1824–1902), opinion journalist, revolutionary, journalist
- Fred Heineman (1929–2010), police officer, politician
- Frederic De Belleville (1855–1923), actor
- Frederic Thompson (1873–1919), theatre manager, master builder, theatrical producer
- Frederic W. Lincoln, Jr. (1898–1968), military officer
- Frederick Augustus Starring (1834–1904), civil engineer
- Frederick Burr Opper (1857–1937), caricaturist, comics artist, illustrator
- Frederick Freeman Proctor (1851–1929), businessperson
- Frederick Hill Meserve (1865–1962), photographer
- Frederick Kingsbury Curtis (1863–1936), lawyer
- Frederick M. Davenport (1866–1956), university teacher, politician
- Frederick P. Hummel (1856–1915), politician, lawyer
- Frederick Stark Pearson (1861–1915), financier, entrepreneur, engineer
- Frederick Triebel (1865–1944), sculptor
- Frederick William Holls (1857–1903), jurist, politician
- Fritz Kreisler (1875–1962), violinist, composer
- Fritz Williams (1865–1930), stage actor
- Gaetano Reina (1889–1930), criminal, businessperson
- Gail Borden (1801–1874), inventor, entrepreneur, businessperson
- Gardner Quincy Colton (1814–1898), inventor
- Generoso Pope (1891–1950), entrepreneur, politician
- George Alexander McGuire (1866–1934), religious leader, Anglican priest
- George Alexander McGuire (1866–1934), religious leader, Anglican priest
- George Arents (1916–1992), racing automobile driver, racing driver
- George Arents (1916–1992), racing automobile driver, racing driver
- George Arents (1875–1960), bibliographer, collector, business executive
- George B. Post (1837–1913), architect
- George Bird Grinnell (1849–1938), anthropologist, journalist, zoologist
- George Blake Grinnell (1823–1891), financier, businessperson
- George Carter Barrett (1838–1906), lawyer, judge
- George Charles Boldt Sr. (1851–1916), hotel manager, businessperson
- George Frederick Shrady, Sr. (1837–1907), journalist, surgeon, physician
- George Julian Zolnay (1863–1949), sculptor
- George Landon Ingraham (1847–1931), lawyer, judge
- George M. Cohan (1878–1942), director, manufacturer, librettist
- George M. Gould (1848–1922), ophthalmologist, lexicographer, linguist
- George McManus (1884–1954), cartoonist, comics artist
- George Platt Lynes (1907–1955), fashion photographer, photographer
- George Ripley (1802–1880), journalist, theologian, writer
- George Scott Graham (1850–1931), university teacher, politician, lawyer
- George Seward (1840–1910), diplomat
- George Swett Appleton (1821–1878), publisher
- George T. Delacorte Jr. (1894–1991), editor
- George W. De Long (1844–1881), explorer, naval officer, military officer
- George W. Kavanaugh (1862–1951), politician
- George Washington Woodruff (1864–1934), rowing coach, American football player, lawyer
- Georgette Cohan (1900–1988), stage actor, actor
- Geraldine Fitzgerald (1913–2005), film actor, television actor, theatre director
- Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875–1942), art collector, sculptor, socialite
- Gilbert Miller (1884–1969), theatre director, film director, theatrical producer
- Gladys Buchanan Unger (1885–1940), playwright, screenwriter
- Grace Hoadley Dodge (1856–1914), philanthropist, missionary, teacher
- Graeme Hammond (1858–1944), fencer, neurologist
- Graham Lusk (1866–1932), nutritionist, physiologist, university teacher
- Grantland Rice (1880–1954), sports journalist, journalist
- Gregory Kelly (1891–1927), silent film actor, stage actor, actor
- Gregory Kelly (1891–1927), silent film actor, stage actor, actor
- Gunning S. Bedford (1806–1870), obstetrician-gynecologist, medical author, obstetrician
- Gus Edwards (1878–1945), film director, songwriter, composer
- Gus Edwards (1878–1945), film director, songwriter, composer
- Gustav Luders (1865–1913), music director, conductor, composer
- Gustave Frohman (1854–1930), film producer, theatrical producer
- Hamilton McKown Twombly (1849–1910), businessperson
- Harold Hunter (1974–2006), skateboarder, film actor, actor
- Harold Lockwood (1887–1918), film actor, actor
- Harold Morris (1890–1964), music educator, pianist, composer
- Harold Nicholas (1921–2000), dancer, actor
- Harold Vermilyea (1889–1958), actor
- Harris C. Fahnestock (1835–1914), banker, businessperson
- Harry Benjamin Jepson (1870–1952), organist
- Harry Carey (1878–1947), film actor, director, stage actor
- Harry Harkness Flagler (1870–1952), philanthropist
- Harry Payne Whitney (1872–1930), polo player, art collector, businessperson
- Harry Wills (1889–1958), boxer
- Hattie Williams (1870–1942), stage actor, actor
- Heinie Zimmerman (1887–1969), baseball player
- Helen Carruthers (1892–1925), film actor, actor
- Helen Day Miller (1838–1889)
- Helene Rosson (1897–1985), film actor, actor
- Henry Alger Gildersleeve (1840–1923)
- Henry B. Quinby (1846–1924), governor, politician
- Henry Baldwin Hyde (1834–1899), business executive
- Henry Bruckner (1871–1942), politician
- Henry Bryan Hall (1808–1884), miniaturist, copper engraver, visual artist
- Henry Clews (1836–1923), financier, writer
- Henry Creamer (1879–1930), dancer, librettist, theatrical producer
- Henry E. Tremain (1840–1910), military leader
- Henry Eagle (1801–1882), military personnel
- Henry Francis Shoemaker (1845–1918), railway executive, banker
- Henry Gaylord Wilshire (1861–1927), socialist, publisher, editor
- Henry Gaylord Wilshire (1861–1927), socialist, publisher, editor
- Henry Krumb (1875–1958), mining engineer, engineer
- Henry Lehman (1822–1855), banker, merchant, businessperson
- Henry Mitchell MacCracken (1840–1918), academic administrator, philosopher, clergyman
- Henry Mosler (1841–1920), painter
- Henry Noble MacCracken (1880–1970), academic administrator, university president, university teacher
- Henry Patterson Loomis (1859–1907), physician
- Henry S. Harper (1864–1944), publisher
- Henry T. Sloane (1845–1937), businessperson
- Henry T. Sloane (1845–1937), businessperson
- Henry W. Armstrong (1879–1951), composer
- Herbert Brenon (1880–1958), film actor, director, film producer
- Herbert Gresham (1853–1921), theatre director, actor
- Herbert L. Griggs (1855–1944)
- Herbert Witherspoon (1873–1935), opera singer
- Herman Melville (1819–1891), art collector, essayist, librettist
- Herman Ossian Armour (1837–1901), businessperson
- Hermann Oelrichs (1850–1906), businessperson
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin (1828–1913), politician
- Hideyo Noguchi (1876–1928), pathologist, microbiologist, physician
- Hope Goddard Iselin (1868–1970), horse breeder, sailor
- Horace Bullard (1938–2013), real estate developer, restaurateur
- Horace Francis Clark (1815–1873), politician
- Howard Crosby (1826–1891), classical philologist, Christian minister, university teacher
- Hugh Dudley Auchincloss Jr. (1897–1976), business broker, military officer, lawyer
- Huguette Marcelle Clark (1906–2011), patron of the arts, art collector, painter
- Ida Conquest (1876–1937), stage actor, actor
- Ida Straus (1849–1912), businessperson
- Ignacio de la Torre y Mier (1866–1918), politician, businessperson
- Ignatz Anton Pilát (1820–1870), horticulturist, botanist, gardener
- Illinois Jacquet (1922–2004), saxophonist, jazz saxophonist, jazz musician
- Irene Castle (1893–1969), dancer, dance teacher, actor
- Irving Berlin (1888–1989), film screenwriter, musical theatre composer, film score composer
- Irving Sands Olds (1887–1963), art collector, industrialist, lawyer
- Irwin Untermyer (1886–1973), art collector, judge
- Isabel Rockefeller Lincoln (1902–1980), socialite
- Isadore Rush (1866–1904), actor
- Isidor Straus (1845–1912), politician, businessperson
- Isidore Singer (1859–1939), Judaic scholar, publisher, editor
- Ivan Caryll (1861–1921), composer
- J. Borden Harriman (1864–1914), investment banker
- J. C. Julius Langbein (1845–1910), politician
- J. C. Leyendecker (1874–1951), designer, painter, illustrator
- J. Cleaveland Cady (1837–1919), architect
- J. Edward Simmons (1841–1910), banker
- J. Frederick Talcott (1866–1944), merchant
- J. Hartley Manners (1870–1928), playwright, actor
- Jabez Abel Bostwick (1830–1892), entrepreneur, businessperson
- Jackie McLean (1931–2006), jazz musician, recording artist, saxophonist
- Jacob Hermann Knapp (1832–1911), ophthalmologist, otolaryngologist
- Jacob Hermann Knapp (1832–1911), ophthalmologist, otolaryngologist
- Jacob Hermann Knapp (1832–1911), ophthalmologist, otolaryngologist
- Jacob Wendall (1869–1911), actor
- James A. Jewell (1840–1912), judge
- James Anthony Bailey (1847–1906), circus director, circus performer
- James Barnes (1866–1936), journalist, biographer, historian
- James Ben Ali Haggin (1822–1914), art collector, financier, lawyer
- James Brand (1829–1897)
- James Cash Penney (1875–1971), entrepreneur
- James Coats Auchincloss (1885–1976), stockbroker, civil servant, politician
- James G. Clinton (1804–1849), military officer, politician, lawyer
- James G. Donovan (1898–1987), seaman, jurist, politician
- James Grant Wilson (1832–1914), genealogist, novelist, editor
- James Hazen Hyde (1876–1959), art collector, entrepreneur, photographer
- James Henry Darlington (1856–1930), Anglican priest, bishop
- James Hood Wright (1836–1894), philanthropist, financier, banker
- James Hulme Canfield (1847–1909), lawyer
- James J. Lanzetta (1894–1956), politician, lawyer, judge
- James Joseph Hines (1876–1957), politician
- James K. Hackett (1869–1926), stage actor, theatre manager, actor
- James Lent Barclay (1848–1925), businessperson
- James Lewis (1837–1896), stage actor, actor
- James M. Morrison (1805–1880), business executive, banker, businessperson
- James Mackintosh Kennedy (1848–1922), engineer
- James Monroe McLean (1818–1890), business executive, businessperson
- James Montgomery Flagg (1877–1960), lithographer, short story writer, humorist
- James Paul Donahue Jr. (1915–1966), socialite
- James Pond (1838–1903), editor
- James R. Whiting (1803–1872), lawyer, judge
- James Rennie (1890–1965), actor
- James Renwick Brevoort (1832–1918), painter
- James Shewan (1848–1914), businessperson
- James Stillman (1850–1918), banker, businessperson
- James T. Woodward (1837–1910), banker
- James Vanderburgh Parker (1830–1917)
- James W. Nicholson (1821–1887), military officer
- James W. Nye (1815–1876), prosecutor, jurist, governor
- James Walter Thompson (1847–1928), advertising person
- James Watson Webb (1802–1884), publisher, editor, media proprietor
- James Xavier McLanahan (1809–1861), politician, lawyer
- Jane Middleton (1818–1885)
- Jefferson De Angelis (1859–1933), stage actor, performing artist, actor
- Jeffrey Chuan Chu (1919–2011), computer scientist
- Jennie Yeamans (1862–1906), actor
- Jerry Cohan (1848–1917), actor
- Jerry Cohan (1848–1917), actor
- Jerry Thomas (1830–1885), non-fiction writer, art collector, bartender
- Jess Dandy (1871–1923), actor
- Jesse I. Straus (1872–1936), diplomat, businessperson
- Jim Holdsworth (1850–1918), baseball player
- Joe Foy (1943–1989), baseball player
- Joe Smith (1884–1981), comedian
- Joe Wilder (1922–2014), trumpeter, jazz musician, bandleader
- John A. Hadden Jr. (1834–1931)
- John Augustine McCall (1849–1906), executive
- John B. Fassett (1843–1905)
- John B. Haskin (1821–1895), politician, lawyer, judge
- John B. McDonald (1844–1911), businessperson
- John Bassett Moore (1860–1947), jurist, diplomat, lawyer
- John Bishop Putnam (1849–1915), publisher
- John Blair Scribner (1850–1879), publisher, businessperson
- John C. Rice (1858–1915), stage actor, actor
- John Christopher Draper (1835–1885), surgeon, chemist
- John Christopher Draper (1835–1885), surgeon, chemist
- John Clinton Gray (1843–1915), lawyer, judge
- John Cruger Mills (1829–1889), writer
- John D. Hertz (1879–1961), association football player, businessperson
- John D. Terry (1845–1919)
- John Elliott Cowdin (1858–1941), polo player
- John Findley Wallace (1852–1921), engineer
- John Francis Wheaton (1866–1922), politician, lawyer
- John G. Agar (1856–1935), lawyer
- John Godfrey Moore (1847–1899), financier, businessperson
- John H. Cook (1840–1916)
- John H. Davis (1929–2012), author, writer
- John H. Inman (1844–1896), financier
- John Hall (1829–1898), pastor
- John Held, Jr. (1889–1958), cartographer, cartoonist, illustrator
- John Henry MacCracken (1875–1948), academic administrator
- John Howard Van Amringe (1835–1915), university teacher, mathematician
- John J. Wysong (1839–1910), lawyer
- John James Powers (1912–1942), military officer
- John K. Hackett (1821–1879), lawyer
- John Murray Anderson (1886–1954), librettist, theatre director, director
- John Purroy Mitchel (1879–1918), politician, lawyer, mayor
- John Randolph Hearst (1909–1958), socialite
- John Reid (1840–1916), golfer
- John Sanford Barnes (1836–1911), military officer
- John Stewart Barney (1869–1925), painter
- John Stewart Kennedy (1830–1909), financier, banker, merchant
- John Thomas Lockman (1834–1912), military leader
- John Thompson (1802–1891), banker
- John Warne Gates (1855–1911), businessperson
- John Wheeler (1823–1906), politician, lawyer
- John Wilbur Chapman (1859–1918), evangelist, theologian, writer
- John William Sterling (1844–1918), lawyer
- Johnny Marks (1909–1985), lyricist, songwriter, composer
- Johnny Murphy (1908–1970), baseball player
- Johnny Pacheco (1935–2021), percussionist, musician, record producer
- Jonah Jones (1909–2000), recording artist, trumpeter, jazz musician
- Jonah Jones (1909–2000), recording artist, trumpeter, jazz musician
- José María Mora (1847–1926), photographer
- Josef Stránský (1872–1936), art collector, bandleader, art dealer
- Joseph C. Baldwin (1897–1957), politician
- Joseph Hodges Choate (1832–1917), diplomat, jurist, lawyer
- Joseph I. C. Clarke (1846–1925), journalist, playwright, poet
- Joseph J. Slocum (1833–1924)
- Joseph Pulitzer (1847–1911), newspaper proprietor, journalist, politician
- Joseph Rowan (1870–1930), politician, lawyer
- Joseph Stella (1877–1946), collagist, draftsperson, architectural drafter
- Josephine Brandell (1891–1977), opera singer, stage actor, actor
- Josiah Macy, Jr. (1837–1876), philanthropist, merchant
- Josiah McCracken (1874–1962), athletics competitor, American football player, dean
- Josiah Sutherland (1804–1887), politician, lawyer, judge
- Jules Bache (1861–1944), philanthropist, art collector, financier
- Julian Edwards (1855–1910), composer
- Julius Kayser (1838–1920), manager, businessperson
- Karl Struss (1886–1981), camera operator, cinematographer, photographer
- Kate Macy Ladd (1863–1945), philanthropist
- Katherine Duer Mackay (1878–1930), suffragist, writer
- Katherine Duer Mackay (1878–1930), suffragist, writer
- Kathryn Bache Miller (1896–1979), philanthropist, art collector, socialite
- Kathryn Osterman (1883–1956), actor
- Kathryn Osterman (1883–1956), actor
- Kiki Preston (1896–1946), socialite
- King Oliver (1881–1938), jazz musician, cornetist, trumpeter
- Konstantin Oberuchev (1864–1929), artillerist, revolutionary, military officer
- Lamon V. Harkness (1850–1915), businessperson
- Lance Reventlow (1936–1972), Formula One driver, racing driver
- Laura Joyce Bell (1854–1904), stage actor, singer
- Laura Joyce Bell (1854–1904), stage actor, singer
- Laurette Taylor (1883–1946), stage actor, actor
- Laurette Taylor (1883–1946), stage actor, actor
- Lawrence Grossmith (1877–1944), film actor, stage actor, actor
- Lee Konitz (1927–2020), jazz musician, saxophonist, musician
- Leonard Liebling (1874–1945), librettist, music critic, pianist
- Leonard Liebling (1874–1945), librettist, music critic, pianist
- Leopold Damrosch (1832–1885), violinist, musicographer, music educator
- LeRoy Neiman (1921–2012), painter, actor
- Lewis Bartholomew Woodruff (1809–1875), lawyer, judge
- Lillian Harris Dean (1870–1929), real estate agent, cook, entrepreneur
- Lillian Harris Dean (1870–1929), real estate agent, cook, entrepreneur
- Lindley Miller Garrison (1864–1932), minister, politician, lawyer
- Lionel Hampton (1908–2002), jazz musician, vibraphonist, saxophonist
- Lloyd Tilghman (1816–1863), military leader
- Lotta Crabtree (1847–1924), film actor, stage actor, comedian
- Louis Everett Burnham (1915–1960), activist, journalist
- Louis F. Haffen (1854–1935), politician
- Louis Marx (1896–1982), inventor, businessperson
- Louise Henry (1911–2011), film actor, actor
- Lucy Skidmore Scribner (1853–1931), philanthropist, founder
- Luther Kountze (1841–1918), banker
- Madam C. J. Walker (1867–1919), philanthropist, inventor, entrepreneur
- Madeline Hurlock (1897–1989), film actor, art collector, comedian
- Madeline Hurlock (1897–1989), film actor, art collector, comedian
- Major Allen (1896–1947), baseball player
- Malvina Hoffman (1885–1966), painter, sculptor, artist
- Malvina Hoffman (1885–1966), painter, sculptor, artist
- Malvina Thompson (1893–1953), press secretary
- Mamie Lincoln (1869–1938)
- Mansfield Lovell (1822–1884), soldier, engineer
- Marcus Benjamin (1857–1932), chemist, historian
- Margaret de Crussol d'Uzès (1932–1977)
- Margaret Getchell LaForge (1841–1880), business executive, merchant
- Margaret Manton Merrill (1859–1893), journalist, translator
- Margaret Rudkin (1897–1967), executive, entrepreneur
- Maria Kraus-Boelté (1836–1918), pedagogue
- Marie Luhring (1892–1939), automotive engineer, mechanical engineer, engineer
- Marie Mattingly Meloney (1878–1943), journalist
- Marietta Bonfanti (1845–1921), dancer, choreographer, ballet master
- Marietta Bonfanti (1845–1921), dancer, choreographer, ballet master
- Marilyn Miller (1898–1936), film actor, dancer, Ziegfeld girl
- Marjorie Gould (1890–1955), socialite
- Marshall O. Roberts (1814–1880), shop assistant, art collector, business magnate
- Marshall Orme Wilson (1860–1926), banker
- Martha Mansfield (1899–1923), dancer, film actor, model
- Martin Saxe (1874–1967), politician, lawyer
- Martin W. Littleton (1872–1934), politician, lawyer
- Mary Cohan (1909–1983), lyricist, songwriter, composer
- Mary Elizabeth McCracken (1911–1945), medic, missionary
- Mary Emma Stillman Harkness (1874–1950), bibliophile, philanthropist, patron of the arts
- Mary Garrett Hay (1857–1928), activist, suffragette, politician
- Mary Hawkins (1875–1950)
- Mary Lawrence (1868–1945), sculptor
- Mary M. Crawford (1884–1972), surgeon, physician
- Mary Wilson Goelet (1855–1929), socialite
- Matthew Borden (1842–1912), art collector, businessperson
- Max F. Schmittberger (1851–1917), police officer
- Max Roach (1924–2007), recording artist, jazz musician, percussionist
- Maximilian Berlitz (1852–1921), linguist
- McHenry Boatwright (1928–1994), opera singer, pedagogue
- Mercedes Gilbert (1894–1952), film actor, novelist, songwriter
- Meredith Howland (1833–1912), military personnel
- Michael Reilly (1869–1944), prosecutor, jurist, politician
- Michael Ulshoeffer (1793–1881), politician, lawyer, judge
- Mihajlo Pupin (1858–1935), university teacher, inventor, chemist
- Mihajlo Pupin (1858–1935), university teacher, inventor, chemist
- Mildred Adams (1894–1980), journalist, translator, writer
- Miles Davis (1926–1991), recording artist, television actor, orchestra leader
- Millicent Hearst (1882–1974), actor
- Milt Jackson (1923–1999), recording artist, vibraphonist, jazz musician
- Miriam Leslie (1836–1914), businessperson, writer
- Mollie King (1895–1981), actor
- Mollie King (1895–1981), actor
- Nat M. Wills (1873–1917), musician
- Nate Salsbury (1846–1902), talent agent, stage actor, showman
- Nellie Bly (1864–1922), suffragist, newspaperperson, traveler
- Nellie Bly (1864–1922), suffragist, newspaperperson, traveler
- Nelson Wheatcroft (1852–1897), stage actor, actor
- Nicholas B. La Bau (1823–1873), politician
- Nick Erickson (1870–1931), coxswain
- Nina Mae McKinney (1912–1967), film actor, television actor, dancer
- Nora Bayes (1880–1928), Ziegfeld girl, stage actor, songwriter
- Nora Bayes (1880–1928), Ziegfeld girl, stage actor, songwriter
- Norma Miller (1919–2019), humorist, dancer, choreographer
- Norman B. Ream (1844–1915), financier, entrepreneur
- Ogden Goelet (1851–1897), businessperson
- Olive Thomas (1894–1920), model, film actor, stage actor
- Oliver Belmont (1858–1908), financier, socialite, politician
- Oliver Harriman Sr. (1829–1904), merchant, businessperson
- Orme Wilson Jr. (1860–1966), diplomat
- Ornette Coleman (1930–2015), saxophonist, recording artist, jazz musician
- Orson Desaix Munn (1824–1907), publisher
- Oscar Hammerstein I (1848–1919), Theaterintendant, theatrical producer, songwriter
- Oscar Hugh La Grange (1837–1915), military officer
- Otho Cushing (1871–1942), illustrator
- Otto Preminger (1905–1986), film actor, television actor, film producer
- P. Henry Dugro (1855–1920), politician, lawyer, judge
- Paul A. Fino (1913–2009), jurist, politician, lawyer
- Paul du Chaillu (1835–1903), scientific collector, explorer, anthropologist
- Paul Morton (1857–1911), politician, businessperson
- Pauline Bradford Mackie (1873–1956), novelist, writer
- Pauline Bradford Mackie (1873–1956), novelist, writer
- Pauline Hall (1860–1919), opera singer, actor
- Pauline Hall (1860–1919), opera singer, actor
- Pauline Whittier (1876–1946), golfer
- Pedro Knight (1921–2007), trumpeter
- Per Axel Rydberg (1860–1931), scientific collector, plant taxonomist, botanist
- Percy Rivington Pyne II (1857–1929), banker
- Percy Rivington Pyne Jr. (1896–1941), fighter pilot
- Philip B. Low (1836–1912), politician
- Philip Lehman (1861–1947), art collector, investment banker, banker
- Philip Schaff (1819–1893), Bible translator, church historian, university teacher
- Pierre Lecomte du Noüy (1883–1947), biophysicist, philosopher, biologist
- Pigmeat Markham (1904–1981), stage actor, singer, actor
- Polly Lada-Mocarski (1902–1997), scholar, bookbinder, inventor
- Polly Walters (1913–1994), actor
- Princess Anastasia of Greece and Denmark (1878–1923), aristocrat, socialite
- Q1168008 (1840–1922), politician
- Q134665190 (1876–1916), stage actor
- Q134665686 (1854–1928), actor
- Q17403669 (1901–1969), politician
- Q194725 (1805–1861), politician
- Q20973154 (1877–1932), businessperson
- Q20973154 (1877–1932), businessperson
- Q20979334 (1922–1987), politician
- Q23613677 (1875–1945), banker
- Q263287 (1905–2003), open water swimmer, swimmer
- Q30505087 (1889–1968), singer, entertainer
- Q41202840 (1901–1977), social worker
- Q4804611 (1816–1886), banker
- Q4888680 (1859–1929), manager
- Q4911446 (1875–1919), baseball player
- Q5082419 (1921–1995), publisher
- Q5171375 (1821–1889), businessperson
- Q5171375 (1821–1889), businessperson
- Q5344151 (1861–1933), architect
- Q55978581 (1859–1939), novelist, writer
- Q5621291 (1875–1906), painter
- Q5668655 (1854–1928), activist, American football coach, baseball manager
- Q5729642 (1828–1889), politician
- Q5739979 (1874–1930), architect
- Q6142422 (1820–1892), art collector
- Q6687680 (1851–1932), Major, surgeon
- Q7795303 (1823–1885), police officer
- Q8006032 (1878–1925), journalist
- Q8011878 (1814–1899), publisher
- Q90876134 (1808–1901), marine engineer
- Queena Mario (1896–1951), novelist, voice teacher, opera singer
- Rafael Díez de la Cortina (1859–1939), carlist soldier, linguist, professor
- Ralph Bunche (1904–1971), political scientist, diplomat
- Ralph MacDonald (1944–2011), jazz musician, percussionist, musician
- Ralph Pulitzer (1879–1939), opinion journalist, editor, businessperson
- Raymond Hitchcock (1865–1929), stage actor, actor, screenwriter
- Rebecca Salome Foster (1848–1902), missionary
- Reginald De Koven (1859–1920), music critic, journalist, conductor
- Reginald De Koven (1859–1920), music critic, journalist, conductor
- Ricardo Cortez (1900–1977), film actor, stockbroker, film director
- Richard Busteed (1822–1898), military officer, politician, lawyer
- Richard Hudnut (1855–1928), businessperson
- Richard Kyle Fox (1846–1922), newspaper proprietor, publisher, promoter
- Richard Thornton Wilson (1829–1910), investment banker
- Richard Thornton Wilson, Jr. (1866–1929), banker
- Robert Abbe (1851–1928), radiologist, oncologist, surgeon
- Robert Anderson Van Wyck (1849–1918), politician, lawyer, judge
- Robert Augustus Chesebrough (1837–1933), chemist, inventor
- Robert Brown Potter (1829–1887), military officer
- Robert Collyer (1823–1912), preacher, writer
- Robert Eberhard Launitz (1806–1870), sculptor, artist
- Robert Goelet (1841–1899), businessperson
- Robert Lehman (1891–1969), polo player, philanthropist, art collector
- Robert Maclay (1834–1898)
- Robert Moses (1888–1981), independent politician, urban planner, engineer
- Robert Ober (1881–1950), film director, actor
- Robert Ober (1881–1950), film director, actor
- Robert W. Bonynge (1863–1939), politician, lawyer
- Robert Walton Goelet (1880–1941), financier
- Robert Wilson Goelet (1880–1966), businessperson
- Roi Cooper Megrue (1882–1927), director, theatrical producer, playwright
- Roshanara (1894–1926), dancer, choreographer
- Rowland Hussey Macy (1822–1877), entrepreneur
- Roy Innis (1934–2017), politician
- Royal Hurlburt Weller (1881–1929), politician, lawyer
- Rudolf Eickemeyer, Jr. (1862–1932), illustrator, artist, photographer
- Rudolph Fisher (1897–1934), radiologist, orator, novelist
- Rudolph Jay Schaefer I (1863–1923), businessperson
- Ruth Rowland Nichols (1901–1960), feminist, aircraft pilot
- Ruth Snyder (1895–1928), murderer
- Rutherford Page (1887–1912), aircraft pilot
- S. Stanwood Menken (1870–1954), jurist, lawyer
- Sam H. Harris (1872–1941), theatre manager, theatrical producer
- Sam H. Harris (1872–1941), theatre manager, theatrical producer
- Sam H. Harris (1872–1941), theatre manager, theatrical producer
- Sam M. Lewis (1885–1959), lyricist, musician, singer
- Sam Thorne (1873–1930), American football player
- Samuel Colman (1832–1920), printmaker, painter, artist
- Samuel Henry Kress (1863–1955), philanthropist, art collector, entrepreneur
- Samuel I. Prime (1812–1885), autobiographer, journalist, theologian
- Samuel Isham (1855–1914), art historian, painter
- Samuel McMillan (1850–1924), politician
- Samuel Parsons (1844–1923), architect, landscape architect
- Samuel Rossiter Betts (1787–1868), politician, lawyer, judge
- Samuel S. Slater (1870–1916), politician
- Samuel Untermyer (1858–1940), jurist, politician, businessperson
- Samuel Untermyer II (1912–2001), nuclear physicist, engineer
- Scott La Rock (1962–1987), social worker, collector, record producer
- Seabury C. Mastick (1871–1969), politician, lawyer
- Septimia Randolph Meikleham (1814–1887)
- Seymour Joseph Guy (1824–1910), painter
- Shannon Day (1896–1977), film actor, stage actor, actor
- Shirley Burden (1908–1989), film producer, journalist, photojournalist
- Shirley Ellis (1929–2005), songwriter, singer
- Sidney Dillon (1812–1892), financier
- Sidney Dillon Ripley (1863–1905)
- Sidney L. Mason (1886–1923), actor
- Simeon Leland (1812–1872), businessperson
- Simeon Leland (1812–1872), businessperson
- Simon Guggenheim (1867–1941), entrepreneur, politician
- Sokei-an (1882–1945), journalist, writer
- Sorakichi Matsuda (1859–1891), professional wrestler, rikishi
- Steele MacKaye (1842–1894), stage actor, theatre manager, playwright
- Stephen Pearl Andrews (1812–1886), linguist, anarchist, activist
- Stephen V. Harkness (1818–1888), saddler, businessperson
- Sue Harvard (1888–1967), opera singer
- Susy Clemens (1872–1896), literary critic, biographer, writer
- Suzy Frelinghuysen (1911–1988), opera singer, painter
- Swante M. Swenson (1816–1896), entrepreneur
- T. J. Oakley Rhinelander (1858–1946)
- Takamine Jōkichi (1854–1922), chemist
- Tex Rickard (1870–1929), boxing promoter, sports promoter
- Theodor Reik (1888–1969), psychologist of religion, psychoanalyst, psychologist
- Theodore C. Marceau (1858–1922), photographer
- Theodore C. Marceau (1858–1922), photographer
- Theodore C. Marceau (1858–1922), photographer
- Theodore Low De Vinne (1828–1914), book printer, publisher, businessperson
- Theodore P. Gilman (1841–1930), banker
- Theodore P. Shonts (1855–1919), businessperson, lawyer
- Theodore W. Greig (1843–1893)
- Theresa Fair Oelrichs (1854–1926), socialite
- Thomas F. Donnelly (1863–1924), politician, lawyer, judge
- Thomas Francis Gilroy (1840–1911), politician
- Thomas Hamlin Hubbard (1838–1915), lawyer
- Thomas Hunter (1831–1915), educator
- Thomas J. Kelly (1833–1908), Fenian
- Thomas Nast (1840–1902), draftsperson, consul general, caricaturist
- Thomas Sturgis (1846–1914), businessperson
- Timothy Field Allen (1837–1902), homeopath, surgeon's assistant, botanist
- Tito Puente (1923–2000), salsa musician, recording artist, percussionist
- Tito Puente (1923–2000), salsa musician, recording artist, percussionist
- Tommy Gagliano (1884–1951), crime boss
- Toshia Mori (1912–1995), film actor, actor
- Ullie Akerstrom (1864–1941), playwright, poet, actor
- Ullie Akerstrom (1864–1941), playwright, poet, actor
- Ulysses Doubleday (1824–1893), military officer
- Vedah Bertram (1891–1912), film actor, actor
- Vernon Castle (1887–1918), dancer
- Vernon M. Davis (1855–1931), lawyer, judge
- Victor Herbert (1859–1924), cellist, conductor, composer
- Victor Jacobi (1883–1921), composer
- Victor Jacobi (1883–1921), composer
- Victor Maurel (1848–1923), opera singer
- Vilma Lwoff-Parlaghy (1863–1923), painter
- Vincent Alo (1904–2001), mobster
- Vincent Richards (1903–1959), tennis player
- Violetta Susan Elizabeth White (1875–1949), scientific illustrator, non-fiction writer, mycologist
- Virginia Fair Vanderbilt (1875–1935), philanthropist, socialite
- Vito Anthony Marcantonio (1902–1954), politician, lawyer
- Vivian Beaumont Allen (1885–1962), philanthropist, actor
- Vladimir Ussachevsky (1911–1990), film score composer, composer
- W. C. Handy (1873–1958), autobiographer, music journalist, non-fiction writer
- W. Earl Dodge (1858–1884), American football player
- W. R. Vermilye (1810–1876), banker, businessperson
- Waldo Hutchins (1822–1891), politician, lawyer
- Walt Kuhn (1877–1949), draftsperson, lithographer, cartoonist
- Walt Whitman Rostow (1916–2003), political scientist, university teacher, historian
- Walter Underhill (1795–1866), politician
- Walter W. Law (1837–1924), businessperson
- Walter Watson (1830–1900), banker, businessperson
- Wilford Horace Smith (1863–1926), lawyer
- William A. Clark (1839–1925), art collector, Major, banker
- William A. M. Burden (1906–1984), businessperson
- William A. M. Burden I (1877–1909), American football player
- William Allen Butler (1825–1902), lawyer, writer
- William Brookfield (1844–1903), politician, businessperson
- William Butler Hornblower (1851–1914), lawyer, judge
- William Butler Ogden (1805–1877), politician, mayor
- William Collins Whitney (1841–1904), art collector, investor, businessperson
- William Courtleigh (1867–1930), silent film actor, stage actor
- William Courtleigh (1867–1930), silent film actor, stage actor
- William Courtleigh, Jr. (1892–1918), actor
- William Courtleigh, Jr. (1892–1918), actor
- William Crapo Durant (1861–1947), industrialist, entrepreneur
- William d'Alton Mann (1839–1920), journalist, military personnel, businessperson
- William de Leftwich Dodge (1867–1935), painter
- William E. Dodge (1805–1883), politician
- William E. Dodge, Jr. (1832–1903), philanthropist, businessperson
- William Frederick Havemeyer (1804–1874), politician
- William Frederick Havemeyer (1804–1874), politician
- William Hanna Thomson (1833–1918), physician, writer
- William Hanna Thomson (1833–1918), physician, writer
- William Henry Porter (1861–1926), banker
- William Henry Webb (1816–1899), engineer
- William Hubert Burr (1851–1934), textbook writer, civil engineer, university teacher
- William Josiah Tilson (1871–1949), lawyer, judge
- William L. Abingdon (1859–1918), film actor, stage actor
- William Lafayette Strong (1827–1900), politician
- William Lamon Harkness (1858–1919), businessperson
- William M. K. Olcott (1862–1933), lawyer
- William Mackergo Taylor (1829–1895), theologian, biographer, pastor
- William Matheus Sullivan (1885–1947)
- William McAdoo (1853–1930), politician, lawyer
- William Mecklenburg Polk (1844–1918), obstetrician-gynecologist, gynecologist, biographer
- William Montgomery Vermilye (1801–1878), businessperson
- William Nelson Cromwell (1854–1948), businessperson, lawyer
- William P. Merrill (1867–1954), hymnwriter
- William Reese Jones (1889–1940), silent film actor, radio personality, singer
- William S. Hofstra (1861–1932), businessperson
- William Seaman Bainbridge (1870–1947), medical officer, gynecologist, university teacher
- William Seward Webb (1851–1926), politician
- William Seymour Jr. (1818–1882), banker
- William Sohmer (1852–1929), politician
- William V.S. Thorne (1865–1920), tennis player
- William Vermilye Brady (1811–1870), politician
- William Woodward, Jr. (1920–1955), financier
- William Woodward, Sr. (1876–1953), banker, lawyer
- William Ziegler (1843–1905), businessperson, photographer
- William Ziegler, Jr. (1891–1958), philanthropist, businessperson
- Willie Hammerstein (1874–1914), theatre manager
- Willis S. Paine (1848–1927), lawyer
- Willy Meyer (1854–1932), surgeon
- Winifred Sackville Stoner (1877–1931), Esperantist
- Winifred Sackville Stoner (1877–1931), Esperantist
- Worthington Miner (1900–1982), television actor, director, film producer
- Zachariah Cantey Deas (1819–1882), broker
- Zoe Dana Underhill (1847–1934), translator, writer