Category: New York’s Own

Entries Born in New York, United States of America

These are the People born in the state of New York in the United States of America.

Entries:

  1. Aaliyah Haughton, Singer and Actress
  2. Albert Woolson, The Last Undisputed Survivor of the War Between the States
  3. Alice Bullis Ayler, One of the Last Children to Ride an Orphan Train
  4. Anne Sheafe Miller, The First Patient Saved by Penicillin
  5. Annie Edson Taylor, The First Person to Go Down Niagara Falls in a Barrel and Survive
  6. Barbara Bush, Former First Lady of the United States of America
  7. Barbi Benton, Model, Singer, and Actress
  8. Barbra Streisand, Multifaceted Entertainer
  9. Bertha Parker Cody, The First Female Native American Archaeologist
  10. Caresse Crosby, Inventor, Publisher, and Businesswoman
  11. Carlina White, Abducted Child Who Solved Her Own Kidnapping
  12. Caroline Kennedy, Former US Ambassador to Japan
  13. Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, Wife of John F Kennedy Jr
  14. Catherine "Kitty" Genovese, Murder Victim Whose Death Helped Create the 911 Emergency Alert System
  15. Charles Crittenton, Drug Manufacturer Turned Philanthropist
  16. Charlotte Woodward Pierce, Suffragist
  17. Chyna, Professional WWF Wrestler
  18. Clara Harris Rathbone, The Other Victim in the Presidential Box
  19. Deborah E Lipstadt, Shoah Historian
  20. Edith M Flanigen, Chemist Who Holds Over 100 Patents
  21. Edmonia Lewis, The First Professional African American Sculptor
  22. Eleanor Roosevelt, Former First Lady of the United States of America
  23. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Social Reformer & Suffrage Leader
  24. Elizabeth Freeman, The First Slave to File and Win a Suit for Freedom in Massachusetts
  25. Elizabeth Jennings Graham, She Did it 100 Years Before Rosa Parks
  26. Emily Howland, The First Woman to Charter a US National Bank
  27. Emily Warren Roebling, Engineer Noted for Her Work in Completing the Brooklyn Bridge
  28. Emma H Cunningham, Possible Murderess?
  29. Esther Hobart Morris, The First Female Justice of the Peace in the United States
  30. Esther Lederberg-Simon, Microbiologist
  31. Mother Fidelia McMahon, Oversaw the Expansion and Innovation of Arizona's First Hospital
  32. Francesca Hilton, Comedian, Actress, and Daughter of Zsa Zsa Gabor
  33. George Eastman, Founder of Eastman Kodak Company
  34. Gertrude Ederle, The First Woman to Swim the English Channel
  35. Gertrude B Elion, Pharmacologist Who Created Prescriptions to Combat Leukemia, Malaria, Herpes, and More
  36. Grace Bedell Billings, She Wrote President Lincoln a Now Famous Letter
  37. Rear Admiral Grace Hopper, The Woman Who Pioneered Computer Programming
  38. Hannah White Arnett, Revolutionary War Patriot
  39. Private Harold Baumgarten, World War II Survivor and Later Doctor
  40. Inez Milholland, Literally Campaigned Herself to Death for the Cause of Suffrage
  41. Iris Burton, Talent Agent for Hollywood Child Stars
  42. Ivanka Trump-Kushner, Former Business Leader at the Trump Organization
  43. Jane Stanford, Co-Founder of Stanford University
  44. Dr. Jane C Wright, Pioneering Cancer Researcher and Oncologist
  45. Janet Yellen, Former Chair of the United States Federal Reserve
  46. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Former First Lady of the United States of America
  47. Lady Jeanette Churchill, Million Dollar American Princess and Winston's Mom
  48. Jeanine Pirro, Former Judge and District Attorney
  49. Joan Rivers, Comedian and Actress
  50. Joan Whitney-Payson, The First Majority Shareholder of the New York Mets, Socialite, and Businesswoman
  51. John Walsh, Host and Creator of America's Most Wanted 
  52. Joy Mangano, Inventor
  53. Judith Exner, Allegedly JFK's Mistress
  54. Kate Warne, The First Female Detective in United States History
  55. Katharine Graham, Former CEO of The Washington Post
  56. Lady Gaga, Musician and Actress
  57. Linda Lovelace, Porn Star Who Went on to Become a Born-Again Christian
  58. Lola Greene Baldwin, The First Female Police Officer in the United States
  59. Lucille Ball, Actress, Comedian, and Studio Executive
  60. Madeleine Astor Dick, Titanic Survivor
  61. Mae Capone, Al's Wife
  62. Mae West, One of Hollywood's First "Sex Symbols"
  63. Margaret Floy Washburn, The First Woman to Earn a PhD in Psychology
  64. Margaret Rudkin, Founder of Pepperidge Farm
  65. Maria Halpin Hunt, Her Life was Destroyed by a US President
  66. Marie Maynard Daly, The First African American Woman to Receive a PhD in Chemistry
  67. Mark Hogancamp, Inspiring True Story Behind Welcome to Marwen
  68. Dr. Mary Edwards Walker, The First Woman in US History to be Awarded the Medal of Honor
  69. Mary Pinchot Meyer, Painter whose Murder has Never Been Solved
  70. Mary Von Waldersee, Philanthropist & Possible Mistress of Wilhelm II
  71. Meg Whitman, Former CEO of Ebay
  72. Megan Leavey, Former Marine Corps Corporal in a K-9 Unit
  73. Mindy Grossman, Former CEO of HSN
  74. Nancy Lieberman, The First Woman to Coach a Men's Professional Sports Team
  75. Nancy Reagan, Former First Lady of the United States of America
  76. Patricia Bath, Ophthalmologist and Laser Scientist
  77. Peanut the Squirrel, Executed by the State of New York
  78. Priscilla Presley, Business Magnate and Ex-Wife of Elvis Presley
  79. Brigadier General Ranald Mackenzie, This Guy Made George Armstrong Custer Look...Weak
  80. Robert Moog, Inventor of the Synthesizer
  81. Rosalyn Yalow, Biochemist and Medical Physicist
  82. Rose Cleveland, Acting First Lady of the United States During Her Brother, Grover Cleveland's, First Administration
  83. Rusty Kanokogi, Mother of Women's Judo
  84. Shirley Chisholm, The First African American Woman to Serve in the United States House of Representatives
  85. Sigourney Weaver, Actress Known as the Queen of SciFi
  86. Steve Buscemi, Actor and Former Firefighter
  87. Sybil Ludington, The Real Midnight Rider
  88. Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt Jr, The Only General To Land at Utah Beach During D-Day
  89. Tom Sawyer, Yes, He was a Real Person
  90. Vivienne Nearing, Cheated on a Game Show
  91. Walter Hunt, He Invented So Many Things the List Wouldn't Fit on This Little Line
  92. Ursula Burns, Former CEO of Xerox
  93. Zina Young, Religious Leader and Midwife

The United States

This Page is a Directory Page For the States, Territories, and Other Places That Fall Under the Umbrella of the United States. If the entry is highlighted orange then that means entries who were born there have been uploaded. If they are grey, hopefully that means entries are coming soon!

States, Territories, and More:

  1. Alabama
  2. Alaska
  3. American Samoa
  4. Arizona
  5. Arkansas
  6. California
  7. Colorado
  8. Connecticut
  9. Delaware
  10. Florida
  11. Georgia
  12. Guam
  13. Hawaii
  14. Idaho
  15. Illinois
  16. Indiana
  17. Iowa
  18. Kansas
  19. Kentucky
  20. Louisiana
  21. Maine
  22. Maryland
  23. Massachusetts
  24. Michigan
  25. Minnesota
  26. Mississippi
  27. Missouri
  28. Montana
  29. Nebraska
  30. Nevada
  31. New Hampshire
  32. New Jersey
  33. New Mexico
  34. New York
  35. North Carolina
  36. North Dakota
  37. Northern Mariana Islands
  38. Ohio
  39. Oklahoma
  40. Oregon
  41. Pennsylvania
  42. Puerto Rico
  43. Rhode Island
  44. South Carolina
  45. South Dakota
  46. Tennessee
  47. Texas
  48. Utah
  49. Vermont
  50. Virgin Islands
  51. Virginia
  52. Washington DC
  53. Washington State
  54. West Virginia
  55. Wisconsin
  56. Wyoming

333) Lady Jeanette Churchill

Courtesy of Geni

333: Jeanette Churchill

She was so much more than Winston’s Mother

Born: 9 January 1854, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

Died: 9 June 1921, London, United Kingdom

Also Known As: Jennie Jerome or Lady Randolph Churchill

Jennie was one of the women referred to as a “Million Dollar American Princess” meaning her family had money and wanted an aristocratic title so they married her off into the British Aristocracy (her father was known as the King of Wall Street in his time). She would have two sons with her first husband, the famous Prime Minister Winston, and John Strange Spencer.

Jennie became the Duchess of Marlborough thanks to her marriage and while never politically active she was an outspoken opponent of the Women’s Right to Vote—meaning she and her son Winston were often heckled by Suffragettes.

During the Second Boer War, Jennie bought and commissioned The Maine—a 200 bed hospital ship for the United States.

After her first husband’s death she became tabloid fodder marrying twice more and taking numerous lovers (including two kings). Jennie was also scandalous for being one of the few high society women to have a tattoo, hers was of a snake coiled around her left wrist.

A TV Miniseries about her life was made in 1974, entitled Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill.

For anyone curious, Jennie’s cousin was the founder of quaint mining town Jerome, Arizona, in the United States of America.

Badges Earned:

Find a Grave Marked

Located In My Personal Library:

Consuelo and Alva Vanderbilt: The Story of a Daughter and a Mother in the Gilded Age by Amanda Mackenzie Stuart

History’s Naughty Bits by Karen Dolby

The Husband Hunters by Anne de Courcy

Sources:

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jennie-Jerome-Churchill

https://winstonchurchill.org/the-life-of-churchill/life/family-man/sir-winston-and-his-mother/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20134/jennie-churchill

325) Jeanine Pirro

Courtesy of USA Today

325: Jeanine Pirro

Television Host, Author, Former Judge, Prosecutor, and New York Politician

Born: 2 June 1951, Elmira, New York, United States of America

Also Known As: Judge Jeanine

Jeanine is now the host of her own Fox News show Justice With Judge Jeanine.

She is also a former contributor to NBC News and the Today Show.

Viewers might also recognize her from several episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, where she appeared as a New York City Judge.

In 2019 Fox suspended her show for two weeks for comments she made about Representative Ilhan Omar.

Before stepping into the realm of television, Jeanine was the District Attorney for Westchester County, New York (the first woman elected to that position, in 1993). She was also a judge, also making history in 1990 by becoming the first woman elected to the bench in her county. Jeanine was the first woman to prosecute a murder case in Westchester County. She was even the first female president of the New York State District Attorney Association.

Both of her children have also gone to law school.

Badges Earned:

Located In My Personal Library:

Liars, Leakers, and Liberals by Jeanine Pirro

Radicals, Resistance, and Revenge by Jeanine Pirro

Sources:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1984860/bio

http://judgejeaninepirro.com/bio/

315) Janet Yellen

Courtesy of Berkeley Haas-University of California, Berkeley

315: Janet Yellen

Money, Money, Money, Money…Money

Born: 13 August 1946, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

Janet is an economist at the Brookings Institution and former chair of the Federal Reserve from 2014 to 2018. She was the first woman to ever run “The Fed”.

Before that, she served as Vice Chair from 2010 to 2014.

Janet was also president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco for six years.

She holds a doctorate in economics from Yale.

Janet is married to a man who is a co-winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics.

In 2020, Joe Biden announced that, should be become president of the United States, he would move to make Janet the first female Secretary of the United States Treasury. If the Senate confirms her, Janet will indeed become the first woman to take that Cabinet position. In 2021, Janet was confirmed as the Treasury Secretary.

Sources:

https://www.brookings.edu/experts/janet-l-yellen/

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Janet-Yellen

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55136504

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/01/25/senate-confirms-janet-yellen-as-first-female-treasury-secretary/

312) Sigourney Weaver

Courtesy of Variety

312: Sigourney Weaver

Actress who has been dubbed the “Sci-Fi Queen”

Born: 8 October 1949, Manhattan, New York, United States of America

Original Name: Susan Alexandra Weaver

Sigourney has been given the title because of her numerous roles in the genre—most prominently as Ellen Ripley in the Alien Franchise.

She stands at nearly six feet tall—and at the age of thirteen she had already reached five foot ten.

Sigourney has also notably appeared in the Ghostbusters franchise, the Avatar franchise, and the Disney Channel Original Movie Holes. Her voice can also be heard in the Disney Pixar Film Finding Dory.

She has been nominated for the Academy Award three times over her career. Sigourney is married and has one child.

Sources:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000244/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm

https://www.biography.com/actor/sigourney-weaver

303) Francesca Hilton

Francesca with her mother, Zsa Zsa

303: Francesca Hilton

Actress and the Only Daughter of Zsa Zsa Gabor and Conrad Hilton

Born: 10 March 1947, New York City, New York, United States of America

Died: 5 January 2015, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Original Name: Constance Francesca Gabor Hilton

Francesca’s life was never easy, despite the overwhelming wealth she grew up surrounded by. Francesca’s mother, Zsa Zsa, claimed she got pregnant after being raped by her husband Conrad. The couple divorced before Francesca was born.

When Francesca’s father died most of his money went to his foundation and she only received $100,000 out of the estimated $200 Million his estate was valued at. She contested the will in court but lost the case. Francesca’s plight is made even more sad when considering her half-brother Barron, who also contested the will, went on to win voting interest and income rights for the Hilton Company, and made himself a billionaire in the process.

Francesca also had strained relations with her mother. After her mother married for the final time, to Prince Frederic von Anhalt in 1986, Francesca would eventually end up in a legal battle with her stepfather, claiming von Anhalt was mismanaging her mother’s medical care and financial assets, as well as refusing to let Francesca visit her mother.  The two finally settled out of court, and Francesca was allowed to visit her aging mother. All of this came after von Anhalt had filed a lawsuit against Francesca two years prior, accusing his stepdaughter of fraud and forgery.

For a time, Francesca tried being a stand-up comedian, and part of her act was poking fun at family. She made jokes about her great-grand-niece, the famous Paris Hilton, as well as her mother Zsa Zsa. One of her jokes was, “My mother and I , we’re the best of friends now that we’re the same age.”

By the time of her death, Francesca was completely out of money and alternated between living in her car and a rent by the week apartment when she could afford it. And after she died, her own mother refused to come forward and claim her body. Finally, her stepfather stepped forward, but after allegations were made against him, the Los Angeles County authorities ordered an autopsy be performed and refused von Anhalt permission to take her body. One of her half-brothers stepped in and arranged her funeral.

It has been reported that because of Zsa Zsa’s advanced dementia, she was never made aware of Francesca’s death.

Badges Earned:

Find a Grave Marked

Sources:

https://danielleandandy.com/tragedy-francesca-hilton-daughter-zsa-zsa-gabor/

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/zsa-zsa-gabors-troubled-tragic-daughter-francesca-hilton/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140977042/francesca-hilton

300) Lucille Ball

Courtesy of Biography

300: Lucille Ball

Actress Primarily Known For Her Sitcom I Love Lucy

Born: 6 August 1911, Jamestown, New York, United States of America

Died: 26 April 1989, Beverly Hills, California, United States of America

Lucille had a particularly difficult childhood—her father died when she was three and her stepfather did not like children—she and her brother were separated from one another and their mother and she was sent to live with her step-grandmother who was very stern, leaving Lucille particularly unhappy as a child.

Lucille started out her professional career as a model for clothes and Chesterfield Cigarettes.

She and her first husband Desi Arnaz started Desilu Productions together and after their divorce Lucy bought Desi out—making her the first woman to run a major television production studio.

Badges Earned:

Find a Grave Marked

Located In My Personal Library:

The Hollywood Book of Death by James Robert Parish

Time Magazine's 100 Women of the Year (Lucille appears in the 1951 article, "Lucille Ball")

Where Are They Buried? How Did They Die? by Tod Benoit

Whose Who in American History: Leaders, Visionaries, and Icons who Shaped Our Nation by John M Thompson, William R Gray, and KM Kostyal

Sources:

https://www.biography.com/actor/lucille-ball

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7003071/lucille-ball

295) Lady Gaga

Courtesy of Harper's Bazaar

295: Lady Gaga

Grammy Award Winning Musician and Golden Globe Winning Actress

Born: 28 March 1986, New York City, New York, United States of America

Original Name: Stefani Germanotta

She used to be known for her provocative and slightly-crazed costuming and persona but lately is more known for appearing in American Horror Story and the 2018 remake A Star Is Born co-starring Bradley Cooper.

Netflix also released her documentary entitled Gaga: Five Foot Two, which documents her battle with chronic pain.

In 2019, Lady Gaga announced she was starting her own makeup line, Haus Laboratories.

Sources:

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lady-Gaga

https://www.hauslabs.com/

289) Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy

Courtesy of Town and Country Magazine

289: Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy

Fashion model and Publicist for Calvin Klein

Born: 7 January 1966, White Plains, New York, United States of America

Died: 16 July 1999, Near Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, United States of America

Carolyn is primarily known for being the wife of John F Kennedy Jr.

She reportedly hated the paparazzi continuously hounding her and John both before and during the marriage.

She, John, and her sister Lauren all boarded a private plane that John was piloting on a short trip (Lauren was to be dropped off first at Martha’s Vineyard and then John and Carolyn were to continue on to his cousin Rory’s wedding) when all three were killed when the plane crashed into the water.

Carolyn left behind no will, so her mother was put in charge of her estate and sued the Kennedy family for wrongful death--settling out of court.

Badges Earned:

Find a Grave Marked

Located In My Personal Library:

Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed by Maureen Callahan

The House of Kennedy by James Patterson and Cynthia Fagen

Sources:

https://www.biography.com/personality/carolyn-bessette-kennedy

https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a28398199/carolyn-bessette-mom-john-kennedy-jr-breakup/

https://www.biography.com/news/john-f-kennedy-jr-plane-crash-final-days

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_Jr.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5948/carolyn-kennedy