• John Thomas Wilder (January 31, 1830 in Greene County, New York – October 20, 1917) was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
• Harold John Ellison (17 January 1917 in Buffalo, New York - 5 June 1942), was a naval aviator and member of Torpedo Squadron 8, the whole of which was lost during the Battle of Midway.

• Elbridge Gerry Spaulding (February 24, 1809 – May 5, 1897) was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from New York.
• Eliakim Sherrill (February 16, 1813 – July 4, 1863) was an antebellum United States Congressman from the state of New York and a brigade commander in the Union Army during the American Civil War
• The February 15, 2003 anti-war protest was a protest across the world against war. Over 100,000 New Yorkers took part in the protest on that day

• Murder of Grace Brown (March 20, 1886 – July 11, 1906) was the murder of a New York-raised American skirt factory worker and became the basis of Roberta Alden, a character from the novel An American Tragedy.
• Billy Collins (March 22, 1941) is an American poet who has previously been recognized as a Literary Lion of the New York Public Library and New York State Poet for 2004.
• Arent S. Crowninshield (March 14, 1843 - 1908) was an admiral of the United States Navy.
• Herbert Henry Lehman (March 28, 1878 – December 5, 1963) was a Democratic Party politician from New York who served as the Governor of New York from 1933 until 1942.

• Michael Brown (born April 25, 1949 in New York), is an American singer-songwriter.
• Henry Gross (born April 1, 1951 in Brooklyn, New York), is an American singer-songwriter, best known for his hit song "Shannon."
• Fernando James "Freddy" Ferrer (born April 30, 1950 in the Bronx, New York) was the Borough President of The Bronx from 1987 to 2001.
• Maya Deren (April 29, 1917, Kiev – October 13, 1961 in New York City) was an American avant-garde filmmaker and film theorist of the 1940s and 1950s.

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• Ruth Atkinson Ford, née Ruth Atkinson (June 2, 1918 - May 31, June 1, or June 15, 1997) was a pioneering female cartoonist and comic book artist, raised in New York, who helped create the long-running Marvel Comics characters Millie the Model and Patsy Walker.
• Kevin Burns (born June 18, 1955 in Schenectady, New York) is an Emmy Award-winning American television and film producer, director, and screenwriter.
• Francis Marion McDowell (June 12, 1831 in Wayne, New York – March 22, 1894) was an American banker and farmer and a co-founder of the National Grange.
  

• Esther Brann (July 21, 1899- January 9, 1998) was an American children’s author and illustrator who was born in New York City
• Jonathan Myles (born July 24, 1982) is an American luger who competed from 1999 to 2006. He finished 18th in the men's singles event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. Myles currently owns a landscaping business in New York
• Olive Risley Seward (July 15, 1844 in Fredonia, New York – November 27, 1908) was the adopted daughter of William Henry Seward, United States Secretary of State under Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson.

• Rob Carpenter (born August 1, 1968) is a retired American football wide receiver who played for the New England Patriots, New York Jets and Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League.
• George Herbert "Pete" Bostwick (August 14, 1909 in Bisby Lake, New York - January 13, 1982) was an American court tennis player, a steeplechase jockey and horse trainer, and an eight-goal polo player.
• Thomas Christian Murphy (born August 27, 1979, in Suffern, New York) is a Major League Baseball outfielder with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Murphy is a 1997 graduate of Charlotte High School in Punta Gorda, Florida.
• George Dupont Pratt (16 August 1869 in Brooklyn – 20 January 1935) was a conservationist, philanthropist, Boy Scout sponsor, big-game hunter and collector of ancient antiquities.

• Matt Patricia (born September 13, 1974 in Sherrill, New York) is the current American football linebackers coach for the New England Patriots of the National Football League.
• Stephanie Marie McMahon-Levesque (born September 24, 1976) better known by her maiden name Stephanie McMahon, is World Wrestling Entertainment's Executive Vice President of Talent Relations, Live Events and Creative Writing.
• Jim McBride (born September 16, 1941, in New York, New York) is an American television and film director, producer, and screenwriter.
• Edith Roberts (September 17, 1899 - August 20, 1935) was a silent film actress from New York City. She was a child performer in vaudeville before she came to Hollywood, California in 1915.

• Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is a Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter and musician, raised in Queens, New York City . Simon is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, both as half of the folk-singing duo Simon and Garfunkel and as a solo artist.
• Edgar Evertson Saltus (October 8, 1855 – July 31, 1921) was an American writer known for his highly refined prose style. His works paralleled those by European decadent authors such as Huysmans and Oscar Wilde. Saltus wrote two books of philosophy, The Philosophy of Disenchantment and The Anatomy of Negation.
• Lynn O. Waldorf (October 3, 1902 in Clifton Springs, New York – August 15, 1981), better known as "Pappy" Waldorf," was a Hall of Fame college football coach.

• Ruben Santiago-Hudson (born November 24, 1956 in Lackawanna, New York) is a Tony Award-winning American actor and playwright.
• Stephen Hinsdale Weed (November 17, 1831 – July 2, 1863) was a career military officer in the United States Army. He was killed defending Little Round Top during the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War.
• Crane Wilbur (November 17, 1886 in Athens, New York – October 18, 1973) was an American writer, actor and director for stage, radio and screen.
• Mary Edwards Walker (November 26, 1832 in Oswego – February 21, 1919) was an American feminist, abolitionist, prohibitionist, alleged spy, prisoner of war, surgeon, and the only woman to receive the Medal of Honor.

• Monroe Leland Hayward (December 22, 1840 in Willsboro, New York – December 5, 1899) was a Senator from Nebraska.
• Ronnie Cuber (born December 25, 1941 in New York City) is primarily a jazz baritone saxophonist; he has also played in Latin, pop, rock and blues sessions.
• William Francis Deegan (December 28, 1882 – April 3, 1932) was an architect, Major in the Army Corps of Engineers, and Democratic political leader in New York City.
• Joel Collier (born December 25, 1963 in Buffalo, New York) is a former American football defensive backs coach in the National Football League.