Notable interments at Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York)
946 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), translator, orientalist, academic
- A'Lelia Walker (1886–1954), entrepreneur, socialite
- A'Lelia Walker (1886–1954), entrepreneur, socialite
- A'Lelia Walker (1886–1954), entrepreneur, socialite
- A'Lelia Walker (1886–1954), entrepreneur, socialite
- A'Lelia Walker (1886–1954), entrepreneur, socialite
- A'Lelia Walker (1886–1954), entrepreneur, socialite
- Aaron Vanderpoel (1799–1870), judge, lawyer, politician
- Abraham B. Tappen (1823–1896), judge, lawyer, politician
- Abraham Van Buren (1807–1873), military personnel, secretary
- Ada Smith (1894–1984), actor, entertainer, singer
- Addison Brown (1830–1913), astronomer, judge, writer
- Adelaide Herrmann (1853–1932), stage actor, magician
- Adelaide Wallerstein (1869–1942), physician, lawyer, translator
- Adrian Iselin (1818–1905), businessperson
- Adrian Iselin Jr. (1846–1935), banker
- Agnes Huntington (1864–1953), singer, opera singer
- Aileen Pringle (1895–1989), actor, film actor
- Albert C. Bostwick, Jr. (1901–1980), jockey
- Albert Carlton Bostwick (1878–1911), athlete
- Albert Ellis (1913–2007), psychologist, cognitive scientist, non-fiction writer
- Albert Smith Bickmore (1839–1914), naturalist, writer, scientific collector
- Albertson Van Zo Post (1866–1938), novelist, fencer
- Aleck Smith (1871–1919), baseball player
- Alex Pompez (1890–1974), baseball player
- Alexander Archipenko (1887–1964), photographer, illustrator, graphic designer
- Alexander Herrmann (1844–1896), illusionist, magician
- Alexander P. de Seversky (1894–1974), businessperson, military personnel, aircraft pilot
- Alfonso P. Villa (1875–1968), investment banker, factory owner
- Alfred C. Chapin (1848–1936), lawyer, politician
- Alfred Charles Post (1806–1886), surgeon
- Alfred Erskine Marling (1858–1935), businessperson
- Alfred Henry Lewis (1855–1914), writer, lawyer, journalist
- Alfred Lebbeus Loomis (1831–1895), physician
- Alice Foote MacDougall (1867–1945), writer
- Allen Sothoron (1893–1939), baseball player
- Alphaeus Philemon Cole (1876–1988), painter, etcher
- Alva Belmont (1853–1933), socialite, patron of the arts, political activist
- Alvin Jewett Johnson (1827–1884), historian, cartographer, publisher
- Ambrosio José Gonzales (1818–1893), military officer
- Amelia Bingham (1869–1927), actor, stage actor
- Andrew C. Zabriskie (1853–1916)
- Andrew J. Rogers (1828–1900), lawyer, politician
- Angelica Singleton Van Buren (1818–1877), politician
- Ann Woodward (1915–1975)
- Anna Hartwell Lusk (1870–1968)
- Anna Hyatt Huntington (1876–1973), artist, sculptor
- Anna Laughlin (1885–1937), actor
- Anne Lynch Botta (1815–1891), writer, poet, socialite
- Anne Thompson MacDonald (1896–1993), philanthropist
- Annie Yeamans (1835–1912), actor, stage actor
- Anson Phelps Stokes (1838–1913), entrepreneur, banker, opinion journalist
- Anson Phelps Stokes (1874–1958), writer, parson, Anglican priest
- Anson Phelps Stokes (1905–1986), Anglican priest
- Anthony Allaire (1829–1903), military officer
- Anthony Walton White Evans (1817–1886), engineer, civil engineer
- Antoinette Perry (1888–1946), theatre manager, stage actor, theatrical producer
- Anton Kliegl (1872–1927), entrepreneur, inventor
- Arabella Huntington (1850–1924), art collector
- Archer Milton Huntington (1870–1955), writer, poet, entrepreneur
- Archibald Gracie (1755–1829), businessperson
- Archibald Gracie III (1832–1864), military personnel
- Archibald Gracie IV (1859–1912), writer, businessperson, historian
- Archibald Gracie IV (1859–1912), writer, businessperson, historian
- Arnold Daly (1875–1927), film producer, film actor
- Arnold Daly (1875–1927), film producer, film actor
- Arthur Baldwin Turnure (?–1906)
- Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait (1819–1905), artist, painter
- Arthur Hammerstein (1872–1955), composer, songwriter, theatre manager
- Arthur Hawley Scribner (1859–1932), entrepreneur, publisher
- Arthur Mellen Wellington (1847–1895), engineer, civil engineer
- Arthur Parker Whetsol (1905–1940), trumpeter, jazz musician
- Ashbel P. Fitch (1848–1904), lawyer, politician
- Attilio Piccirilli (1866–1945), sculptor
- Attilio Piccirilli (1866–1945), sculptor
- August Heckscher (1848–1941), entrepreneur
- Augusta Foote Arnold (1844–1904), naturalist, writer, marine biologist
- Augusta Öhrström-Renard (1856–1921), opera singer, voice teacher
- Augustus D. Juilliard (1836–1919), businessperson, philanthropist, patron of the arts
- Augustus G. Paine, Jr. (1866–1947), banker, financier
- 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), lawyer, politician
- Austin Corbin (1827–1896), lawyer, businessperson, journalist
- Barbara Britton (1920–1980), actor, television actor, film actor
- Barbara Britton (1920–1980), actor, television actor, film actor
- Barbara Hutton (1912–1979), socialite
- Barney Roos (1887–1960), engineer
- Barron Collier (1873–1939), entrepreneur
- Bartow Sumter Weeks (1861–1922), judge, lawyer, politician
- Bat Masterson (1853–1921), journalist, bretteur
- Baxter Dickinson (1795–1875)
- Baxter Dickinson (1795–1875)
- Benjamin A. Willis (1840–1886), lawyer, politician
- Benjamin Franklin Butler (1795–1858), lawyer, politician, jurist
- Benjamin Helm Bristow (1832–1896), lawyer
- Benjamin K. Phelps (1832–1880), lawyer
- Benjamin L. Fairchild (1863–1946), lawyer, politician
- Benjamin S. Mears (1873–1952), actor, playwright, musical theatre actor
- Benjamin S. Mears (1873–1952), actor, playwright, musical theatre actor
- Benjamin T. Babbitt (1809–1889), inventor
- Benjamin Welles (1857–1935)
- Benjamin Welles (1857–1935)
- Bernarr Macfadden (1868–1955), businessperson, journalist, film director
- Bert Savoy (1876–1923), stage actor, female impersonator
- Bert Williams (1874–1922), screenwriter, actor, singer
- Beverly Peer (1912–1997), double-bassist, jazz musician
- Big Pun (1971–2000), actor, record producer, musician
- Billy Bang (1947–2011), composer, musician, violinist
- Black Herman (1889–1934), stage actor, magician
- Blanche DeLoosey (1857–1932)
- Blanche Oelrichs (1890–1950), screenwriter, writer, poet
- Blanche Shoemaker Wagstaff (1886–1967), writer, poet, editor
- Bob Douglas (1882–1979), entrepreneur, basketball player, basketball coach
- Bobby Clark (1888–1960), actor, screenwriter, stage actor
- Boris Brasol (1885–1963), jurist, translator, biographer
- Brandon Tynan (1875–1967), actor
- Brayton Ives (1840–1914), businessperson
- Brice Goldsborough (1889–1927), navigator
- Bud Fisher (1885–1954), screenwriter, comics artist, cartoonist
- Bud Fisher (1885–1954), screenwriter, comics artist, cartoonist
- C. B. J. Snyder (1860–1945), architect
- C. D. Bliss (1870–1948), head coach, American football player
- C. Oliver Iselin (1854–1932), banker
- Canada Lee (1907–1952), actor, bandleader, jockey
- Carl Limberg (1883–1916)
- Caroline LeRoy (1797–1882)
- Carrie Astor Wilson (1861–1948)
- Carrie Chapman Catt (1859–1947), writer, politician, journalist
- Carter Burden (1941–1996), politician
- Celia Cruz (1925–2003), actor, singer
- Chance M. Vought (1890–1930), engineer, inventor, 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 (1896–1986), entrepreneur, business magnate, art collector
- Charles Bierer Wrightsman (1896–1986), entrepreneur, business magnate, art collector
- Charles Bunstein Stover (1861–1929)
- Charles C. Dodge (1841–1910), military officer
- Charles Edwin Wilbour (1833–1896), writer, translator, Egyptologist
- Charles Evans Hughes (1862–1948), judge, lawyer, politician
- Charles Evans Hughes Jr. (1889–1950), lawyer, jurist
- Charles Fisher (1816–1891), actor, stage actor
- Charles Frederick Chandler (1836–1925), chemist, editor
- Charles Gilbert Gates (1876–1913), businessperson
- Charles H. Adams (1824–1902), lawyer, politician
- Charles H. Treat (1842–1910), politician
- Charles H. Treat (1842–1910), politician
- Charles Henry Marshall (1838–1912), businessperson, art collector
- Charles Henry Marshall (1838–1912), businessperson, art collector
- Charles K. Graham (1824–1889), lawyer, engineer, military officer
- Charles K. Harris (1867–1930), composer, music publisher, songwriter
- Charles K. Harris (1867–1930), composer, music publisher, songwriter
- Charles May Oelrichs (1858–1932), broker, banker
- Charles P. Daly (1816–1899), judge, politician, jurist
- 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), judge, politician
- Charles Warner (1846–1909), stage actor
- Charles William Harkness (1860–1916), businessperson
- Charlotte Beebe Wilbour (1833–1914), founder, orator, suffragist
- Chauncey Olcott (1860–1932), composer, actor, singer
- Chauncey Olcott (1860–1932), composer, actor, singer
- Christian Archibald Herter (1865–1910), physician, pathologist
- Cicely Tyson (1924–2021), actor, stage actor, voice actor
- Clara B. Spence (1859–1923), teacher
- Clara Fisher (1811–1898), actor
- Clara Mannes (1869–1948), pianist, musician
- Clara Mannes (1869–1948), pianist, musician
- Clarence Day (1874–1935), screenwriter, writer, poet
- Clarence S. Wadsworth (1871–1941)
- Clarice Taylor (1917–2011), stage actor, television actor, film actor
- Clark Terry (1920–2015), composer, singer, bandleader
- Clyde Fitch (1865–1909), writer, playwright, songwriter
- Coleman Hawkins (1904–1969), composer, musician, saxophonist
- Collis Potter Huntington (1821–1900), entrepreneur, industrialist
- 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), politician, merchant, treasurer
- Countee Cullen (1903–1946), writer, poet, novelist
- Cyrus C. Miller (1866–1956), politician, historian, lacrosse player
- Cyrus Edson (1857–1903), physician, rower
- Damon Runyon (1884–1946), writer, journalist, film producer
- Damon Runyon (1884–1946), writer, journalist, film producer
- Damon Runyon (1884–1946), writer, journalist, film producer
- Dan Topping (1912–1974), sports executive
- Daniel Bennett St. John Roosa (1838–1908), surgeon, military physician, ophthalmologist
- Daniel Cottier (1838–1891), painter, draftsperson
- Daniel Giraud Elliot (1835–1915), naturalist, zoologist, ornithologist
- Daniel S. Lamont (1851–1905), secretary, politician
- Dave Orr (1859–1915), baseball player
- David C. Montgomery (1870–1917), actor, stage actor
- David C. Montgomery (1870–1917), actor, stage actor
- David Farragut (1801–1870), politician, admiral, military officer
- David Hoadley (1806–1873), businessperson, banker
- David Hurst Knott (1879–1954), politician
- David Low Dodge (1774–1852), theologian, peace activist
- David Mannes (1866–1959), conductor, violinist, music educator
- David Stuart Dodge (1836–1921)
- Dayton Lummis (1903–1988), actor, rancher, television actor
- De Witt C. Flanagan (1870–1946), politician
- Dean Meminger (1948–2013), basketball player, basketball coach
- Diahann Carroll (1935–2019), actor, singer, stage actor
- Diana Barrymore (1921–1960), actor, writer, stage actor
- Dick Rudolph (1887–1949), funeral director, baseball player
- Diego Suarez (1888–1974), landscape architect
- Digby Bell (1849–1917), actor, singer, stage actor
- Dora Mills Adams (1874–1943), actor
- Dora Wiley (1853–1924), actor, stage actor, opera singer
- Dora Wiley (1853–1924), actor, stage actor, opera singer
- Dorothy Dalton (1893–1972), actor, stage actor, film actor
- Dorothy Kenyon (1888–1972), judge, lawyer
- Dorothy Parker (1893–1967), screenwriter, writer, poet
- 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), composer, conductor, record producer
- Duncan K. McRae (1820–1888), politician
- E. L. Doctorow (1931–2015), screenwriter, writer, professor
- Edgar Melville Ward (1849–1915), painter
- Edgar Melville Ward (1849–1915), painter
- Edith Catherine Gould (1901–1937), writer
- Edith Catherine Gould (1901–1937), writer
- Edmund C. Converse (1849–1921), businessperson, art collector, philanthropist
- Edmund Clarence Stedman (1833–1908), writer, poet, banker
- Edmund Wetmore (1838–1918), lawyer
- Edoardo Ferrari-Fontana (1878–1936), singer, musician, opera singer
- Edward A. Johnson (1860–1944), lawyer, politician
- Edward Bierstadt (1824–1906), photographer
- Edward C. Post (1845–1915)
- Edward Coleman Delafield (1878–1976), banker
- Edward Coleman Delafield (1878–1976), 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), businessperson, banker
- Edward Harkness (1874–1940), businessperson
- Edward Harrigan (1844–1911), actor, writer, composer
- Edward Knight Collins (1802–1878), merchant, operator
- Edward M. Knox (1842–1916)
- Edward McKnight Kauffer (1890–1954), graphic designer, painter, visual artist
- Edward Mitchell (1842–1909), lawyer, military personnel, politician
- Edward O. Wolcott (1848–1905), lawyer, politician
- Edward R. Bacon (1848–1915), businessperson, art collector
- Edward R. Ladew (1855–1905)
- Edward Ridley Finch (1873–1965), judge, lawyer
- Edward Schell (1819–1893)
- Edward Siedle (1858–1925), property master, technical director
- 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), lawyer, politician
- Elisabeth Marbury (1856–1933), writer, politician, literary agent
- Elita Proctor Otis (1860–1927), actor, stage actor
- Eliza Ann Youmans (1826–1914), writer, translator, botanist
- Eliza Osgood Vanderbilt Webb (1860–1936), heiress
- Elizabeth Bisland (1861–1929), writer, journalist
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815–1902), actor, writer, abolitionist
- Elizabeth Clementine Stedman (1810–1889), writer, poet
- Ella Johnson (1919–2004), singer, musician, jazz musician
- Ella King Torrey (1957–2003), scholar, cultural activist, administrator
- Ellin Berlin (1903–1988), novelist, short story writer
- Elliot Danforth (1850–1906), lawyer, politician
- Ellsworth Raymond Johnson (1905–1968), drug trafficker
- Emily Stevens (1882–1928), actor, stage actor, film actor
- Emily Stevens (1882–1928), actor, stage actor, film actor
- Emma Juch (1861–1939), opera singer
- Ernest Trow Carter (1866–1953), composer
- Ernie Davis (1939–1963), basketball player, American football player
- Estelle Liebling (1880–1970), composer, opera vocal coach, opera singer
- Esther Muir (1903–1995), actor, stage actor, film actor
- Ethel Borden (1897–1953), screenwriter, Ziegfeld girl, stage actor
- Ethel Levey (1880–1955), actor
- Eugene Higgins (1860–1948)
- Eugene O'Neill, Jr. (1910–1950), university teacher, classical philologist
- Eva Ingersoll Brown (1863–1928), women's rights activist, suffragist
- Eva Ingersoll Wakefield (1892–1970), writer
- Eva Ingersoll Wakefield (1892–1970), writer
- Everett Colby (1874–1940), politician
- Evermont Hope Norton (1873–1960), businessperson
- Ezra Hall Gillett (1823–1875), biographer, parson, theologian
- F. Benedict Herzog (1859–1912), photographer, inventor
- F. G. Maeder (1840–1891), actor, playwright
- F. Ray Comstock (1878–1949), impresario, manufacturer
- Felix F. Feist (1883–1936), lyricist, film studio executive
- Felix Knight (1908–1998), actor
- Felix Pappalardi (1939–1983), composer, singer, record producer
- Fernando Yznaga (1851–1901)
- Fernando Yznaga (1851–1901)
- Finley Johnson Shepard (1867–1942), railway executive
- Finley Peter Dunne (1867–1936), screenwriter, writer, journalist
- 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), writer, socialite, salonnière
- Florence Mills (1896–1927), actor, singer, dancer
- Florence Mills (1896–1927), actor, singer, dancer
- Florence Sutro (1865–1906), suffragette, music promoter
- Foxhall Keene (1867–1941), equestrian, racing automobile driver, tennis player
- Frances Elizabeth Barrow (1822–1894), writer, children's writer
- Frances Fuller (1907–1980), actor, stage actor, film actor
- Francis Hopkinson Smith (1838–1915), writer, engineer, painter
- Francis Key Pendleton (1850–1930), judge, lawyer
- Francis Key Pendleton (1850–1930), judge, lawyer
- Francis Lieber (1800–1872), writer, jurist, economist
- Francis Patrick Garvan (1875–1937), lawyer, jurist, art collector
- Francis W. Martin (1878–1947), judge
- Frank A. O'Donnel (1852–1906), politician
- Frank Belknap Long (1901–1994), writer, poet, novelist
- Frank Damrosch (1859–1937), conductor, organist, music teacher
- Frank Dempster Sherman (1860–1916), writer, poet
- Frank E. Campbell (1872–1934), funeral director
- Frank Leslie (1821–1880), businessperson, illustrator, xylographer
- Frank Polk (1871–1943), lawyer, politician, jurist
- Frank Scalice (1893–1957), gangster
- Frank Scalice (1893–1957), gangster
- Frank Winfield Woolworth (1852–1919), businessperson
- Frankie Frisch (1898–1973), baseball player
- Frankie Frisch (1898–1973), baseball player
- Frankie Manning (1914–2009), ballet dancer, choreographer, dancer
- Franklin Simon (1865–1934), businessperson
- Franz Sigel (1824–1902), politician, military officer, journalist
- Fred Heineman (1929–2010), politician, police officer
- Frederic De Belleville (1855–1923), actor
- Frederic Thompson (1873–1919), architect, theatrical producer, master builder
- Frederic W. Lincoln, Jr. (1898–1968), military officer
- Frederick Augustus Starring (1834–1904), civil engineer
- Frederick Burr Opper (1857–1937), screenwriter, 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), politician, university teacher
- Frederick P. Hummel (1856–1915), lawyer, politician
- Frederick Stark Pearson (1861–1915), engineer, entrepreneur, financier
- Frederick Triebel (1865–1944), sculptor
- Frederick William Holls (1857–1903), politician, jurist
- Fritz Kreisler (1875–1962), composer, violinist
- Fritz Williams (1865–1930), stage actor
- Gaetano Reina (1889–1930), businessperson, criminal
- Gail Borden (1801–1874), businessperson, entrepreneur, inventor
- Gardner Quincy Colton (1814–1898), inventor
- Generoso Pope (1891–1950), politician, entrepreneur
- George Alexander McGuire (1886–1934), Anglican priest, religious leader
- George Alexander McGuire (1886–1934), Anglican priest, religious leader
- George Arents (1916–1992), racing driver, racing automobile driver
- George Arents (1916–1992), racing driver, racing automobile driver
- George Arents (1875–1960), racing driver, business executive, collector
- George B. Post (1837–1913), architect
- George Bird Grinnell (1849–1938), naturalist, writer, historian
- George Blake Grinnell (1823–1891), businessperson, financier
- George Carter Barrett (1838–1906), judge, lawyer
- George Charles Boldt Sr. (1851–1916), businessperson, hotel manager
- George Frederick Shrady, Sr. (1837–1907), physician, surgeon, journalist
- George Julian Zolnay (1863–1949), sculptor
- George Landon Ingraham (1847–1931), judge, lawyer
- George M. Cohan (1878–1942), screenwriter, actor, writer
- George M. Gould (1848–1922), editing staff, journalist, linguist
- George McManus (1884–1954), comics artist, cartoonist
- George Platt Lynes (1907–1955), photographer, fashion photographer
- George Ripley (1802–1880), writer, theologian, journalist
- George Scott Graham (1850–1931), lawyer, politician, university teacher
- George Seward (1840–1910), diplomat
- George Swett Appleton (1821–1878), publisher
- George T. Delacorte Jr. (1894–1991), editor
- George W. De Long (1844–1881), naturalist, military officer, naval officer
- George W. Kavanaugh (1862–1951), politician
- George Washington Woodruff (1864–1934), judge, lawyer, American football player
- Georgette Cohan (1900–1988), actor, stage actor
- Geraldine Fitzgerald (1913–2005), actor, singer, stage actor
- Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875–1942), artist, socialite, sculptor
- Gilbert Miller (1884–1969), actor, impresario, theatrical producer
- Gladys Buchanan Unger (1885–1940), screenwriter, playwright
- Grace Hoadley Dodge (1856–1914), teacher, missionary, philanthropist
- Graeme Hammond (1858–1944), neurologist, fencer
- Graham Lusk (1866–1932), university teacher, nutritionist, physiologist
- Grantland Rice (1880–1954), journalist, sports journalist
- Gregory Kelly (1892–1927), actor, stage actor, silent film actor
- Gregory Kelly (1892–1927), actor, stage actor, silent film actor
- Gunning S. Bedford (1806–1870), medical author, obstetrician-gynecologist, gynecologist
- Gus Edwards (1879–1945), composer, songwriter, film director
- Gus Edwards (1879–1945), composer, songwriter, film director
- Gustav Luders (1865–1913), composer, conductor, music director
- Gustave Frohman (1854–1930), theatrical producer, film producer
- Hamilton McKown Twombly (1849–1910), businessperson
- Harold Hunter (1974–2006), actor, film actor, skateboarder
- Harold Lockwood (1887–1918), actor, film actor
- Harold Morris (1890–1964), composer, pianist, music educator
- Harold Nicholas (1921–2000), actor, dancer
- Harold Vermilyea (1889–1958), actor
- Harris C. Fahnestock (1835–1914), businessperson, banker
- Harry Benjamin Jepson (1870–1952), organist
- Harry Carey (1878–1947), screenwriter, writer, actor
- Harry Harkness Flagler (1870–1952), philanthropist
- Harry Payne Whitney (1872–1930), lawyer, businessperson, art collector
- Harry Wills (1889–1958), boxer
- Hattie Williams (1870–1942), actor, stage actor
- Heinie Zimmerman (1887–1969), baseball player
- Helen Carruthers (1892–1925), actor, film actor
- Helen Day Miller (1838–1889)
- Helene Rosson (1897–1985), actor, film actor
- Henry Alger Gildersleeve (1840–1923)
- Henry B. Quinby (1846–1924), politician, governor
- Henry Baldwin Hyde (1834–1899), business executive
- Henry Bruckner (1871–1942), politician
- Henry Bryan Hall (1808–1884), engraver, painter, visual artist
- Henry Clews (1836–1923), writer, financier
- Henry Creamer (1879–1930), composer, singer, musician
- Henry E. Tremain (1840–1910), military leader
- Henry Eagle (1801–1882), military personnel
- Henry Francis Shoemaker (1845–1918), banker, railway executive
- Henry Gaylord Wilshire (1861–1927), editor, publisher, socialist
- Henry Gaylord Wilshire (1861–1927), editor, publisher, socialist
- Henry Krumb (1875–1958), engineer, mining engineer
- Henry Lehman (1822–1855), businessperson, merchant, banker
- Henry Mitchell MacCracken (1840–1918), theologian, educator, editor
- Henry Mosler (1841–1920), painter
- Henry Noble MacCracken (1880–1970), university teacher, university president, academic administrator
- Henry Patterson Loomis (1859–1907), physician
- Henry S. Harper (1864–1944), publisher
- Henry T. Sloane (1846–1937), businessperson
- Henry T. Sloane (1846–1937), businessperson
- Henry W. Armstrong (1879–1951), composer
- Herbert Brenon (1880–1958), screenwriter, actor, writer
- Herbert Gresham (1853–1921), actor, theatre director
- Herbert L. Griggs (1855–1944)
- Herbert Witherspoon (1873–1935), opera singer
- Herman Melville (1819–1891), writer, teacher, sailor
- Herman Ossian Armour (1837–1901), businessperson
- Hermann Oelrichs (1850–1906), businessperson
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin (1828–1913), politician
- Hideyo Noguchi (1876–1928), physician, pathologist, microbiologist
- Hope Goddard Iselin (1868–1970), sailor, horse breeder
- Horace Bullard (1938–2013), restaurateur, real estate developer
- Horace Francis Clark (1815–1873), politician
- Howard Crosby (1826–1891), writer, Christian minister, university teacher
- Hugh Dudley Auchincloss Jr. (1897–1976), lawyer, military officer, business broker
- Huguette Marcelle Clark (1906–2011), musician, painter, art collector
- Ida Conquest (1876–1937), actor, stage actor
- Ida Straus (1849–1912), businessperson
- Ignacio de la Torre y Mier (1866–1918), businessperson, politician
- Ignatz Anton Pilát (1820–1870), gardener, botanist, horticulturist
- Illinois Jacquet (1922–2004), composer, singer, musician
- Irene Castle (1893–1969), actor, dance teacher, dancer
- Irving Berlin (1888–1989), screenwriter, composer, musician
- Irving Sands Olds (1887–1963), lawyer, industrialist, art collector
- Irwin Untermyer (1886–1973), judge, art collector
- Isabel Rockefeller Lincoln (1902–1980), socialite
- Isadore Rush (1866–1904), actor
- Isidor Straus (1845–1912), businessperson, politician
- Isidore Singer (1859–1939), writer, editor, publisher
- Ivan Caryll (1861–1921), composer
- J. Borden Harriman (1864–1914), investment banker
- J. C. Julius Langbein (1845–1910), politician
- J. C. Leyendecker (1874–1951), illustrator, painter, designer
- J. Cleaveland Cady (1837–1919), architect
- J. Edward Simmons (1841–1910), banker
- J. Frederick Talcott (1866–1944), merchant
- J. Hartley Manners (1870–1928), actor, playwright
- Jabez Abel Bostwick (1830–1892), businessperson, entrepreneur
- Jackie McLean (1931–2006), composer, bandleader, saxophonist
- Jacob Hermann Knapp (1832–1911), otolaryngologist, ophthalmologist
- Jacob Hermann Knapp (1832–1911), otolaryngologist, ophthalmologist
- Jacob Hermann Knapp (1832–1911), otolaryngologist, ophthalmologist
- Jacob Wendall (1869–1911), actor
- James A. Jewell (1840–1912), judge
- James Anthony Bailey (1847–1906), circus performer, circus director
- James Barnes (1866–1936), historian, biographer, journalist
- James Ben Ali Haggin (1822–1914), lawyer, financier, art collector
- James Brand (1829–1897)
- James Cash Penney (1875–1971), entrepreneur
- James Coats Auchincloss (1885–1976), politician, civil servant, stockbroker
- James G. Clinton (1804–1849), judge, lawyer, politician
- James G. Donovan (1898–1987), lawyer, politician, jurist
- James Grant Wilson (1832–1914), writer, military officer, historian
- James Hazen Hyde (1876–1959), photographer, entrepreneur, art collector
- James Henry Darlington (1856–1930), bishop, Anglican priest
- James Hood Wright (1836–1894), banker, financier, philanthropist
- James Hulme Canfield (1847–1909), lawyer
- James J. Lanzetta (1894–1956), judge, lawyer, politician
- James Joseph Hines (1876–1957), politician
- James K. Hackett (1869–1926), actor, theatre manager, stage actor
- James Lent Barclay (1848–1925), businessperson
- James Lewis (1837–1896), actor, stage actor
- James M. Morrison (1805–1880), businessperson, banker, business executive
- James Mackintosh Kennedy (1848–1922), engineer
- James Monroe McLean (1818–1890), businessperson, business executive
- James Montgomery Flagg (1877–1960), screenwriter, photographer, actor
- James Paul Donahue Jr. (1915–1966), socialite
- James Pond (1838–1903), editor
- James R. Whiting (1803–1872), judge, lawyer
- James Rennie (1890–1965), actor
- James Renwick Brevoort (1832–1918), painter
- James Shewan (1848–1914), businessperson
- James Stillman (1850–1918), businessperson, banker
- James T. Woodward (1837–1910), banker
- James Vanderburgh Parker (1830–1917)
- James W. Nicholson (1821–1887), military officer
- James W. Nye (1815–1876), judge, lawyer, politician
- James Walter Thompson (1847–1928), advertising person
- James Watson Webb (1802–1884), writer, diplomat, media proprietor
- James Xavier McLanahan (1809–1861), lawyer, politician
- Jane Middleton (1818–1885)
- Jefferson De Angelis (1859–1933), actor, performing artist, stage 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), sailor, bartender, art collector
- Jess Dandy (1871–1923), actor
- Jesse I. Straus (1872–1936), businessperson, diplomat
- Jim Holdsworth (1850–1918), baseball player
- Joe Foy (1943–1989), baseball player
- Joe Smith (1884–1981), comedian
- Joe Wilder (1922–2014), composer, musician, bandleader
- John A. Hadden Jr. (1834–1931)
- John Augustine McCall (1849–1906), executive
- John B. Fassett (1843–1905)
- John B. Haskin (1821–1895), judge, lawyer, politician
- John B. McDonald (1844–1911), businessperson
- John Bassett Moore (1860–1947), judge, lawyer, jurist
- John Bishop Putnam (1849–1915), publisher
- John Blair Scribner (1850–1879), businessperson, publisher
- John C. Rice (1858–1915), actor, stage actor
- John Christopher Draper (1835–1886), surgeon, chemist
- John Christopher Draper (1835–1886), surgeon, chemist
- John Clinton Gray (1843–1915), judge, lawyer
- John Cruger Mills (1829–1889), writer
- John D. Hertz (1879–1961), businessperson, association football player
- John D. Terry (1845–1919)
- John Elliott Cowdin (1858–1941), polo player
- John Findley Wallace (1852–1921), engineer
- John Francis Wheaton (1866–1922), lawyer, politician
- John G. Agar (1856–1935), lawyer
- John Godfrey Moore (1847–1899), businessperson, financier
- John H. Cook (1840–1916)
- John H. Davis (1929–2012), writer, author
- John H. Inman (1844–1896), financier
- John Hall (1829–1898), pastor
- John Held, Jr. (1889–1958), illustrator, cartoonist, cartographer
- John Henry MacCracken (1875–1948), academic administrator
- John Howard Van Amringe (1835–1915), mathematician, university teacher
- John J. Wysong (1839–1910), lawyer
- John James Powers (1912–1942), military officer
- John K. Hackett (1821–1879), lawyer
- John Murray Anderson (1886–1954), screenwriter, songwriter, lighting designer
- John Purroy Mitchel (1879–1918), mayor, lawyer, politician
- 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), merchant, banker, financier
- John Thomas Lockman (1834–1912), military leader
- John Thompson (1802–1891), banker
- John Warne Gates (1855–1911), businessperson
- John Wheeler (1823–1906), lawyer, politician
- John Wilbur Chapman (1859–1918), writer, theologian, evangelist
- John William Sterling (1844–1918), lawyer
- Johnny Marks (1909–1985), composer, songwriter, lyricist
- Johnny Murphy (1908–1970), baseball player
- Johnny Pacheco (1935–2021), composer, singer, record producer
- Jonah Jones (1909–2000), musician, trumpeter, jazz musician
- Jonah Jones (1909–2000), musician, trumpeter, jazz musician
- José María Mora (1847–1926), photographer
- Josef Stránský (1872–1936), composer, conductor, art dealer
- Joseph C. Baldwin (1897–1957), politician
- Joseph Hodges Choate (1832–1917), writer, lawyer, jurist
- Joseph I. C. Clarke (1846–1925), writer, poet, playwright
- Joseph J. Slocum (1833–1924)
- Joseph Pulitzer (1847–1911), politician, journalist, newspaper proprietor
- Joseph Rowan (1870–1930), lawyer, politician
- Joseph Stella (1877–1946), painter, architectural drafter, draftsperson
- Josephine Brandell (1891–1977), actor, opera singer, stage actor
- Josiah Macy, Jr. (1837–1876), merchant, philanthropist
- Josiah McCracken (1874–1962), physician, dean, athletics competitor
- Josiah Sutherland (1804–1887), judge, lawyer, politician
- Jules Bache (1861–1944), banker, financier, art collector
- Julian Edwards (1855–1910), composer
- Julius Kayser (1838–1920), businessperson, manager
- Karl Struss (1886–1981), photographer, cinematographer, camera operator
- Kate Macy Ladd (1863–1945), philanthropist
- Katherine Duer Mackay (1879–1930), writer, suffragist
- Katherine Duer Mackay (1879–1930), writer, suffragist
- Kathryn Bache Miller (1896–1979), socialite, art collector, philanthropist
- Kathryn Osterman (1883–1956), actor
- Kathryn Osterman (1883–1956), actor
- Kiki Preston (1896–1946), socialite
- King Oliver (1881–1938), composer, conductor, songwriter
- Konstantin Oberuchev (1864–1929), writer, major general, military officer
- Lamon V. Harkness (1850–1915), businessperson
- Lance Reventlow (1936–1972), racing driver, Formula One driver
- Laura Joyce Bell (1854–1904), singer, stage actor
- Laura Joyce Bell (1854–1904), singer, stage actor
- Laurette Taylor (1884–1946), actor, stage actor
- Laurette Taylor (1884–1946), actor, stage actor
- Lawrence Grossmith (1877–1944), actor, stage actor, film actor
- Lee Konitz (1927–2020), composer, musician, saxophonist
- Leonard Liebling (1874–1954), composer, pianist, music critic
- Leonard Liebling (1874–1954), composer, pianist, music critic
- Leopold Damrosch (1832–1885), composer, conductor, musician
- LeRoy Neiman (1921–2012), actor, painter
- Lewis Bartholomew Woodruff (1809–1875), judge, lawyer
- Lillian Harris Dean (1872–1929), entrepreneur, cook, real estate agent
- Lillian Harris Dean (1872–1929), entrepreneur, cook, real estate agent
- Lindley Miller Garrison (1864–1932), lawyer, politician, minister
- Lionel Hampton (1908–2002), actor, composer, pianist
- Lloyd Tilghman (1816–1863), military leader
- Lotta Crabtree (1847–1924), actor, comedian, stage actor
- Louis Everett Burnham (1915–1960), journalist, activist
- Louis F. Haffen (1854–1935), politician
- Louis Marx (1896–1982), inventor
- Louise Henry (1911–2011), actor, film actor
- Lucy Skidmore Scribner (1853–1931), founder, philanthropist
- Madam C. J. Walker (1867–1919), businessperson, entrepreneur, inventor
- Madeline Hurlock (1899–1989), actor, comedian, art collector
- Madeline Hurlock (1899–1989), actor, comedian, art collector
- Major Allen (1896–1947), baseball player
- Malvina Hoffman (1887–1966), writer, artist, painter
- Malvina Hoffman (1887–1966), writer, artist, painter
- Malvina Thompson (1893–1953), press secretary
- Mamie Lincoln (1869–1938)
- Mansfield Lovell (1822–1884), engineer, soldier
- Marcus Benjamin (1857–1932), historian, chemist
- Margaret de Crussol d'Uzès (1932–1977)
- Margaret Getchell LaForge (1841–1880), merchant, business executive
- Margaret Manton Merrill (1859–1893), translator, journalist
- Margaret Rudkin (1897–1967), entrepreneur, executive
- Maria Kraus-Boelté (1836–1918), pedagogue
- Marie Luhring (1892–1939), engineer, mechanical engineer, automotive engineer
- Marie Mattingly Meloney (1878–1943), journalist
- Marietta Bonfanti (1845–1921), ballet dancer, ballet master, choreographer
- Marietta Bonfanti (1845–1921), ballet dancer, ballet master, choreographer
- Marilyn Miller (1898–1936), actor, singer, Ziegfeld girl
- Marjorie Gould (1890–1955), socialite
- Marshall O. Roberts (1814–1880), ship-owner, business magnate, shop assistant
- Marshall Orme Wilson (1860–1926), banker
- Martha Mansfield (1899–1923), actor, Ziegfeld girl, stage actor
- Martin Saxe (1874–1967), lawyer, politician
- Martin W. Littleton (1872–1934), lawyer, politician
- Mary Cohan (1909–1983), composer, songwriter, lyricist
- Mary Elizabeth McCracken (1911–1945), missionary, medic
- Mary Emma Stillman Harkness (1874–1950), art collector, philanthropist, patron of the arts
- Mary Garrett Hay (1857–1928), politician, suffragette, activist
- Mary Hawkins (1875–1950)
- Mary Lawrence (1868–1945), sculptor
- Mary M. Crawford (1884–1972), physician, surgeon
- Mary Wilson Goelet (1855–1929), socialite
- Matthew Borden (1842–1912), businessperson, art collector
- Max F. Schmittberger (1851–1917), police officer
- Max Roach (1924–2007), composer, musician, drummer
- Maximilian Berlitz (1852–1921), linguist
- McHenry Boatwright (1928–1994), pedagogue, opera singer
- Mercedes Gilbert (1894–1952), actor, poet, nurse
- Meredith Howland (1833–1912), military personnel
- Michael Reilly (1869–1944), lawyer, politician, jurist
- Michael Ulshoeffer (1793–1881), judge, lawyer, politician
- Mihajlo Pupin (1858–1935), engineer, physicist, mathematician
- Mihajlo Pupin (1858–1935), engineer, physicist, mathematician
- Mildred Adams (1894–1980), writer, translator, journalist
- Miles Davis (1926–1991), actor, composer, conductor
- Millicent Hearst (1882–1974), actor
- Milt Jackson (1923–1999), composer, singer, musician
- Miriam Leslie (1836–1914), writer, businessperson
- Mollie King (1898–1981), actor
- Mollie King (1898–1981), actor
- Nat M. Wills (1873–1917), musician
- Nate Salsbury (1846–1902), playwright, showman, stage actor
- Nellie Bly (1865–1922), writer, entrepreneur, inventor
- Nellie Bly (1865–1922), writer, entrepreneur, inventor
- Nelson Wheatcroft (1852–1897), actor, stage actor
- Nicholas B. La Bau (1823–1873), politician
- Nick Erickson (1870–1931), coxswain
- Nina Mae McKinney (1912–1967), actor, singer, stage actor
- Nora Bayes (1880–1928), entrepreneur, singer, songwriter
- Nora Bayes (1880–1928), entrepreneur, singer, songwriter
- Norma Miller (1919–2019), actor, composer, singer
- Norman B. Ream (1844–1915), entrepreneur, financier
- Ogden Goelet (1851–1897), businessperson
- Olive Thomas (1894–1920), screenwriter, actor, Ziegfeld girl
- Oliver Belmont (1858–1908), politician, socialite, financier
- Oliver Harriman Sr. (1829–1904), businessperson, merchant
- Orme Wilson Jr. (1860–1966), diplomat
- Ornette Coleman (1930–2015), composer, musician, bandleader
- Orson Desaix Munn (1824–1907), publisher
- Oscar Hammerstein I (1848–1919), composer, entrepreneur, songwriter
- Oscar Hugh La Grange (1837–1915), military officer
- Otho Cushing (1871–1942), illustrator
- Otto Preminger (1905–1986), actor, character actor, theatre manager
- P. Henry Dugro (1855–1920), judge, lawyer, politician
- Paul A. Fino (1913–2009), judge, lawyer, politician
- Paul du Chaillu (1835–1903), writer, zoologist, anthropologist
- Paul Morton (1857–1911), businessperson, politician
- Pauline Bradford Mackie (1873–1956), writer, novelist
- Pauline Bradford Mackie (1873–1956), writer, novelist
- Pauline Hall (1862–1919), actor, opera singer
- Pauline Hall (1862–1919), actor, opera singer
- Pauline Whittier (1876–1946), golfer
- Pedro Knight (1921–2007), trumpeter
- Per Axel Rydberg (1860–1931), curator, university teacher, botanical collector
- 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), banker, art collector, investment banker
- Philip Schaff (1819–1893), writer, historian, translator
- Pierre Lecomte du Noüy (1883–1947), physicist, mathematician, biologist
- Pigmeat Markham (1904–1981), actor, singer, stage actor
- Polly Lada-Mocarski (1902–1997), professor, inventor, bookbinder
- Polly Walters (1913–1994), actor
- Princess Anastasia of Greece and Denmark (1878–1923), socialite, aristocrat
- 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), swimmer, open water swimmer
- Q30505087 (1889–1968), entertainer, singer
- 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), writer, novelist
- Q5621291 (1875–1906), painter
- Q5668655 (1854–1928), military officer, baseball manager, activist
- Q5729642 (1828–1889), politician
- Q5739979 (1874–1930), architect
- Q6142422 (1820–1892), art collector
- Q6687680 (1851–1932), surgeon, Major
- Q6705591 (1841–1918), banker
- Q7795303 (1823–1885), police officer
- Q8006032 (1878–1925), journalist
- Q8011878 (1814–1899), publisher
- Q90876134 (1808–1901), marine engineer
- Queena Mario (1896–1951), writer, singer, musician
- Rafael Díez de la Cortina (1859–1939), military personnel, politician, professor
- Ralph Bunche (1904–1971), diplomat, political scientist
- Ralph MacDonald (1944–2011), composer, drummer, musician
- Ralph Pulitzer (1879–1939), businessperson, editor, opinion journalist
- Raymond Hitchcock (1865–1929), screenwriter, actor, stage actor
- Rebecca Salome Foster (1848–1902), missionary
- Reginald De Koven (1859–1920), composer, conductor, music critic
- Reginald De Koven (1859–1920), composer, conductor, music critic
- Ricardo Cortez (1900–1977), actor, film director, stockbroker
- Richard Busteed (1822–1898), judge, lawyer, politician
- Richard Hudnut (1855–1928), businessperson
- Richard Kyle Fox (1846–1922), editor, publisher, promoter
- Richard Thornton Wilson (1829–1910), investment banker
- Richard Thornton Wilson, Jr. (1866–1929), banker
- Robert Abbe (1851–1928), physicist, surgeon, oncologist
- Robert Anderson Van Wyck (1849–1918), judge, lawyer, politician
- Robert Augustus Chesebrough (1837–1933), inventor, chemist
- Robert Brown Potter (1829–1887), military officer
- Robert Collyer (1823–1912), writer, preacher
- Robert Eberhard Launitz (1806–1870), artist, sculptor
- Robert Goelet (1841–1899), businessperson
- Robert Lehman (1891–1969), banker, financier, art collector
- Robert Maclay (1834–1898)
- Robert Moses (1888–1981), architect, engineer, urban planner
- Robert Ober (1881–1950), actor, film director
- Robert Ober (1881–1950), actor, film director
- Robert W. Bonynge (1863–1939), lawyer, politician
- Robert Walton Goelet (1880–1941), financier
- Robert Wilson Goelet (1880–1966), businessperson
- Roi Cooper Megrue (1882–1927), writer, playwright, theatrical producer
- Roshanara (1894–1926), choreographer, dancer
- Rowland Hussey Macy (1822–1877), entrepreneur
- Roy Innis (1934–2017), politician
- Royal Hurlburt Weller (1881–1929), lawyer, politician
- Rudolf Eickemeyer, Jr. (1862–1932), photographer, artist, illustrator
- Rudolph Fisher (1897–1934), writer, physician, playwright
- Rudolph Jay Schaefer I (1863–1923), businessperson
- Ruth Rowland Nichols (1901–1960), aircraft pilot, feminist
- Ruth Snyder (1895–1928), murderer
- Rutherford Page (1887–1912), aircraft pilot
- S. Stanwood Menken (1870–1954), lawyer, jurist
- Sam H. Harris (1872–1941), theatrical producer, theatre manager
- Sam H. Harris (1872–1941), theatrical producer, theatre manager
- Sam H. Harris (1872–1941), theatrical producer, theatre manager
- Sam M. Lewis (1885–1959), singer, musician, lyricist
- Sam Thorne (1873–1930), American football player
- Samuel Colman (1832–1920), writer, artist, painter
- Samuel Henry Kress (1863–1955), teacher, entrepreneur, art collector
- Samuel I. Prime (1812–1885), writer, biographer, theologian
- Samuel Isham (1855–1914), painter, art historian
- Samuel McMillan (1850–1924), politician
- Samuel Parsons (1844–1923), architect, landscape architect
- Samuel Rossiter Betts (1787–1868), judge, lawyer, politician
- Samuel S. Slater (1870–1916), politician
- Samuel Untermyer (1858–1940), lawyer, businessperson, politician
- Samuel Untermyer II (1912–2001), engineer, nuclear physicist
- Scott La Rock (1962–1987), disc jockey, record producer, collector
- Seabury C. Mastick (1871–1969), lawyer, politician
- Septimia Randolph Meikleham (1814–1887)
- Seymour Joseph Guy (1824–1910), painter
- Shannon Day (1896–1977), actor, stage actor, film actor
- Shirley Burden (1908–1989), photographer, photojournalist, journalist
- Shirley Ellis (1929–2005), singer, songwriter
- Sidney Dillon (1812–1892), financier
- Sidney Dillon Ripley (1863–1905)
- Sidney L. Mason (1886–1923), actor
- Simeon Leland (1816–1872), businessperson
- Simeon Leland (1816–1872), businessperson
- Simon Guggenheim (1867–1941), politician, entrepreneur
- Sokei-an (1882–1945), writer, journalist
- Sorakichi Matsuda (1859–1891), professional wrestler, rikishi
- Steele MacKaye (1842–1894), actor, inventor, playwright
- Stephen Pearl Andrews (1812–1886), writer, journalist, philosopher
- Stephen V. Harkness (1818–1888), businessperson, saddler
- Sue Harvard (1888–1967), opera singer
- Susy Clemens (1872–1896), writer, biographer, literary critic
- Suzy Frelinghuysen (1911–1988), painter, opera singer
- Swante M. Swenson (1816–1896), entrepreneur
- T. J. Oakley Rhinelander (1858–1946)
- Takamine Jōkichi (1854–1922), chemist
- Tex Rickard (1870–1929), sports promoter, boxing promoter
- Theodor Reik (1888–1969), psychologist, psychoanalyst, psychologist of religion
- Theodore C. Marceau (1859–1922), photographer
- Theodore C. Marceau (1859–1922), photographer
- Theodore C. Marceau (1859–1922), photographer
- Theodore Low De Vinne (1828–1914), writer, businessperson, publisher
- Theodore P. Gilman (1841–1930), banker
- Theodore P. Shonts (1855–1919), lawyer, businessperson
- Theodore W. Greig (1843–1893)
- Theresa Fair Oelrichs (1854–1926), socialite
- Thomas F. Donnelly (1863–1924), judge, lawyer, politician
- 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), artist, illustrator, painter
- Thomas Sturgis (1846–1914), businessperson
- Timothy Field Allen (1837–1902), physician, surgeon's assistant, botanical collector
- Tito Puente (1923–2000), actor, composer, conductor
- Tito Puente (1923–2000), actor, composer, conductor
- Tommy Gagliano (1884–1951), crime boss
- Toshia Mori (1912–1995), actor, film actor
- Ullie Akerstrom (1870–1941), actor, poet, playwright
- Ullie Akerstrom (1870–1941), actor, poet, playwright
- Ulysses Doubleday (1824–1893), military officer
- Vedah Bertram (1891–1912), actor, film actor
- Vernon Castle (1887–1918), dancer
- Vernon M. Davis (1855–1931), judge, lawyer
- Victor Herbert (1859–1924), screenwriter, composer, conductor
- 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), botanical collector, botanist, mycologist
- Virginia Fair Vanderbilt (1875–1935), socialite, philanthropist
- Vito Anthony Marcantonio (1902–1954), lawyer, politician
- Vivian Beaumont Allen (1885–1962), actor, philanthropist
- Vladimir Ussachevsky (1911–1990), composer, film score composer
- W. C. Handy (1873–1958), composer, pianist, musician
- W. Earl Dodge (1858–1884), American football player
- W. R. Vermilye (1810–1876), businessperson, banker
- Waldo Hutchins (1822–1891), lawyer, politician
- Walt Kuhn (1877–1949), photographer, illustrator, comics artist
- Walt Whitman Rostow (1916–2003), writer, politician, economist
- Walter Underhill (1795–1866), politician
- Walter W. Law (1837–1924), businessperson
- Walter Watson (1830–1900), businessperson, banker
- Wilford Horace Smith (1863–1926), lawyer
- William A. Clark (1839–1925), teacher, politician, entrepreneur
- William A. M. Burden (1906–1984), businessperson
- William A. M. Burden I (1877–1909), American football player
- William Allen Butler (1825–1902), writer, lawyer
- William Brookfield (1844–1903), businessperson, politician
- William Butler Hornblower (1851–1914), judge, lawyer
- William Butler Ogden (1805–1877), mayor, politician
- William Collins Whitney (1841–1904), lawyer, businessperson, politician
- William Courtleigh (1869–1930), stage actor, silent film actor
- William Courtleigh (1869–1930), stage actor, silent film actor
- William Courtleigh, Jr. (1892–1918), actor
- William Courtleigh, Jr. (1892–1918), actor
- William Crapo Durant (1861–1947), entrepreneur, industrialist
- William d'Alton Mann (1839–1920), businessperson, military personnel, journalist
- William de Leftwich Dodge (1867–1935), painter
- William E. Dodge (1805–1883), politician
- William E. Dodge, Jr. (1832–1903), businessperson, philanthropist
- William Frederick Havemeyer (1804–1874), politician
- William Frederick Havemeyer (1804–1874), politician
- William Henry Porter (1861–1926), banker
- William Henry Webb (1816–1899), engineer
- William Hubert Burr (1851–1934), civil engineer, textbook writer
- William Josiah Tilson (1871–1949), judge, lawyer
- William L. Abingdon (1859–1918), stage actor, film 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), pastor, biographer, theologian
- William Matheus Sullivan (1885–1947)
- William McAdoo (1853–1930), lawyer, politician
- William Mecklenburg Polk (1844–1918), physician, politician, biographer
- William Montgomery Vermilye (1801–1878), businessperson
- William Nelson Cromwell (1854–1948), lawyer, businessperson
- William P. Merrill (1867–1954), hymnwriter
- William Reese Jones (1889–1940), singer, radio personality, silent film actor
- William S. Hofstra (1861–1932), businessperson
- William Seaman Bainbridge (1870–1947), physician, military officer, surgeon
- 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), lawyer, banker
- William Ziegler (1843–1905), photographer, businessperson
- William Ziegler, Jr. (1891–1958), businessperson, philanthropist
- Willie Hammerstein (1874–1914), theatre manager
- Willis S. Paine (1848–1927), lawyer
- Willy Meyer (1854–1932), surgeon
- Winifred Sackville Stoner (1884–1931), Esperantist
- Winifred Sackville Stoner (1884–1931), Esperantist
- Worthington Miner (1900–1982), screenwriter, actor, stage actor
- Zachariah Cantey Deas (1819–1882), broker
- Zoe Dana Underhill (1847–1934), writer, translator