Famous New Yorkers

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

January 5, 2009

FAMOUS NEW YORKERS 4th grade

DUE DATE) FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Choose from the list provided. Research and prepare a written biography of a New Yorker (born in NY).

  1. Cover
  2. Body
  3. Bibliography (sources of information)

You will also be required to present a short biography to the class of why that person is a famous New Yorker.

Include their background and the accomplishments of your person you selected.