List of people from New Rochelle, New York

This list includes notable people who were born in New Rochelle, New York, or lived there for a significant period of time.

Frank Abagnale, security consultant and former confidence trickster, check forger, and impostor Herbert Agar, journalist Tony Aiello, CBS television reporter Horace M. Albright, conservationist James P. Allaire, credited with developing marine steam engine Robert Allen, pianist, songwriter ("Chances Are", "There's No Place Like Home for the Holidays") Dick Ambrose, actor Harold Anderson, illustrator Susan B. Anthony, suffragist Lee Archer, WWII fighter pilot; one of the first African-American CEOs of a Fortune 500 company Bernard Arnault, LVMH chairmanIN BUSINESS; A King-Size Fee Dispute, NY Times, Patrick O'Gilfoil Healy, May 15, 2005 Jesse Arnelle, basketball playerEncyclopedia of African-American Culture and History, Jack Salzman, David L. Smith, Cornel West, p. 196. Gerry Baker, soccer player Faith Baldwin, author Marc Ian Barasch, author Phil Barnhart, politician Nathan Franklin Barrett, landscape architect Edward A. Batchelor, sportswriter Reynolds Beal, artist Anthony C. Beilenson, California legislator Francis Rufus Bellamy, writer and editor Dick Berg, screenwriter; film and television producer Phil Berger, politician Derek Bermel, composer, clarinetist, conductorList of Distinguished Alumni, New Rochelle High School website, accessed May 3, 2008 Thomas V. Bermingham, Jesuit priest; classics professor and advisor for The Exorcist Arnold Bernstein, owner of several shipping lines"Arnold Bernstein Dead qt 83: Built Atlantic Shipping Fleets". The New York Times. March 9, 1971. p. 41. Virginia Berresford, printmaker; artist Elizabeth Berridge, actress Helen Ginger Berrigan, federal judge Lipman Bers, mathematician Anthony Bevilacqua, Roman Catholic cardinal James Biber, architect Walter Biggs, illustrator Jerry Bilik, composerThe Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music: Composers and Their Music, William H. Rehrig, Paul E. Bierley, p. 75 Stanley Bing, magazine writer Ken Blanchard, author, management expert Anthony Lispenard Bleecker, banker Scotty Bloch, actress Jerry Bock, composer (Fiddler on the Roof) Mark Bomback, screenwriter Benjamin Bonneville, 19th-century fur trader Nicholas Bonneville, 19th-century bookseller Agnes Booth, actress Connie Booth, writer and actress Franklin Booth, artist noted for pen-and-ink illustrations Gloria Borger, CNN and CBS special correspondent David Borowich, financier, philanthropist, community activist Rudy Boschwitz, former U.S. senator Carrie Bowman, actress Peter Bowman, politician Samuel S. Bowne, 19th-century U.S. representative Peter V. Brett, writer of fantasy novels Teresa Brewer, pop and jazz singer, lived on Pinebrook BoulevardThe Celebrity Black Book: Over 55,000 Accurate Celebrity Addresses, Jordan McAuley, p. 86. Clare Briggs, early 20th-century comic strip artist Nell Brinkley, illustrator, "Queen of Comics"Nell Brinkley - 1918 "Love Letters" , Lois E. and Tom J. Collins, pg. 206 Ron Bruder, billionaire businessman Edson Buddle, soccer player John Bunny, actor Olivia Ward Bush-Banks, writer CL Smooth, rapper Joey Calderazzo, jazz pianist Daryl Campbell, politician, Democratic member of the Florida House of Representatives since 2022 Joseph Campbell, mythologist, professor and authorCurrent Biography Yearbook, H.W. Wilson Company, p. 58. Thomas Carmody, lawyer and politician Craig Carton, radio personality, Boomer and Carton in the Morning Irene Castle, ballroom dancerWomen Vaudeville Stars: Eighty Biographical Profiles, by Armond Fields, p. 210. Montague Castle (1867–1939), Canadian-born American stained glass artist, painter, and business person Vernon Castle, ballroom dancer Carrie Chapman Catt, women's suffragistEleanor Flexner, Century of Struggle, 1959; Harvard University Press, 1996, pp. 264-285, 300-317. Frank Tolles Chamberlin, artist Riley Chamberlin, actor Kenneth Chenault, CEO of American Express, lives in the cityA CEO and a gentleman by Greg Farrell, USA TODAY, April 24, 2005 Penny Chenery, bred and raced Secretariat George Randolph Chester, author of Five Thousand an Hour Kay Christopher, actress Howard Chandler Christy, illustrator Graham Clarke, musician, songwriter Gene Colan, comic book artist Willie Colón, singer, musician, activist, producer Bob Coltman, singer, musician Peter Conrad, sociologist Thomas Cooke, soccer player, participant in the 1904 Olympics James Fenimore Cooper, author J. Fred Coots, songwriter ("Santa Claus is Coming to Town") Maurice Copeland, actor Dean Cornwell, artist Bud Cort, actorThe Film Encyclopedia, Ephraim Katz, p. 293. Johnny Counts, football player Richard Courant, mathematician Glenn Cowan (1952–2004), table tennis player Judy Crichton, television producer Robert Crichton, novelist Caresse Crosby, actress Otho Cushing, artistOtho Cushing Dies; A cartoonist 71 NY Times Obituary Faith Daniels, television journalist Miriam Davenport, artist Thaddeus Davids, colonial businessman Irwin D. Davidson, politician Billy Davis, songwriter ("Lonely Teardrops"; "Buy the World a Coke") Guy Davis, musician Ossie Davis, actor, playwright and social reformer, husband of Ruby Dee, lived in Rochelle HeightsReference Library of Black America, by Harry A. Ploski & James De Bois Williams, p. 1137 Drew S. Days, III, solicitor general of the United States, professor of Law at Yale Law School Alfred Dellentash (born 1948), drug smuggler and band manager Jane Emmet de Glehn, figure and portrait painter René-Thierry Magon de la Villehuchet, financier Peter De Rose, songwriter (Deep Purple) Dan DeCarlo, cartoonist who developed Josie and the Pussycats and Archie Comics Ruby Dee, actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, and activist; married to Ossie Davis, lived in Rochelle Heights Bob Denver, actor (Gilligan from Gilligans Island)Bob Denver, 70; Brought Goofy Comedy to Role as TV's Gilligan, The Washington Post, September 7, 2005 Donald V. DeRosa, president, University of the Pacific Leon Dewan, artist Louis Diat, chef, creator of vichyssoise John Dickerson, trainer Kevin Dillon, actor Matt Dillon, actorCurrent Biography, by H.W. Wilson Company, p. 91. Joseph J. DioGuardi, politician Kara DioGuardi, songwriter, judge on American Idol E.L. Doctorow, author, RagtimeContemporary Jewish-American Novelists: A Bio-Critical Sourcebook, Joel Shatzky, Michael Taub, p. 54. Kaneji Domoto, architect Daniel Dorff, musician, composer Edward M. Douglas, businessman Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr., entrepreneur Elsie Driggs, painter Nancy Proskauer Dryfoos, sculptor James Dunn, actor Christopher Edley, Jr., class of 1970; dean of University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall) Richard Edson, actor Arnold Ehrlich, biblical and rabbinical scholar David A. Embury, attorney, author, The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks Grenville T. Emmet, diplomat Lydia Field Emmet, painterBiographical Sketches of American Artists, By Michigan State Library, Helen L. Earle, pg.65 Robert Temple Emmet, artist William Le Roy Emmet, engineer Justus B. Entz, electrical engineer, inventor of the electromagnetic transmission Jean Erdman, dancer Ato Essandoh, television and film actor Anthony Walton White Evans, 19th-century civil engineer Bernard Evslin, author Tom Evslin, businessman Douglas Fairbanks, actor John Falter, artist and Saturday Evening Post illustratorFuturliner Poster GM Futurliner Restoration Project National Automotive and Truck Museum of the United States Peter Faneuil, wealthy colonial merchant, slave trader, and philanthropist who donated Faneuil Hall to Boston Diane Farrell, politician, unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Connecticut's 4th congressional district in 2004 and 2006 Charles Fazzino, 3D pop artist William N. Fenton, writer W C Fields, comedian and actorNew Rochelle Festival Celebrates the Funny Side of Life, The New York Times, March 8, 1987 Annie Finch, poet Terry Finn, actress, original Broadway cast of Merrily We Roll Along Laurence Fishburne, actor, playwright, director, and producer, married to Gina Torres Thom Fitzgerald, theater director Noah Fleiss, actorTheatre World 1991-1992, by John Willis, p. 212. Robert MacDonald Ford, Washington state representative Victor Forsythe, artist Kendall Foss, journalist Eddie Foy, Jr., actorThe Film Encyclopedia, Ephraim Katz, p. 479. Eddie Foy, Sr., actor, comedian, dancer and vaudevillian Sidney Frank, multi-billionaire creator of "top-shelf" liquors, The Brown Daily Herald, January 25, 2006 Betty Freeman, philanthropist Kurt O. Friedrichs, German-American mathematician Frankie Frisch, baseball playerA Job for the Flash, Time Magazine, June 20, 1949 Franklin Clark Fry, leading Lutheran clergyman, known for his work on behalf of interdenominational unity Ed Gallagher, football player, University of Pittsburgh Ralph Gants, jurist Lou Gehrig, Hall of Fame baseball playerLou Gehrig: A Biography By William C. Kashatus, page 61 Leslie H. Gelb, former president of the Council on Foreign Relations Charles Dana Gibson, illustrator Steven Gilborn, television and film actor Dorothy Gish, actress Lillian Gish, actress Robin Givens, film, television and stage actress Marty Glickman, Jewish American track-and-field athlete and sports announcer Barbara Goldsmith, author Peter Gordon, composer Irv Gotti, Murder Inc. CEO, record producer; Beechmont WoodsThe New York Times > Arts > Music > Hip-Hop Producer Surrenders in Money-Laundering Case Steve Gottlieb, music executive Frank Graham, writer Josiah Gray, MLB pitcher for the Washington Nationals Grand Puba, rapper Barry Gray, radio personality Courtney Greene, NFL safety James Gregory, stage, screen and TV actor Nick Gregory, meteorologist Della Griffin, jazz vocalist, drummer Ralph Guggenheim, video designer Molly Guion, artist David Hall, sound archivist, author Monty Hall, television personality Roy Hamilton, singer E. W. Hammons, producer Butch Harmon, golf instructor, grew up in New Rochelle Claude Harmon, golfer, lived in New RochelleClaude Harmon's Teaching Legacy, New York Times, August 10, 1997 Alfred Harvey, creator of Richie Rich Greg Hawkins, hedge fund manager Julian Hawthorne, author Peter Lind Hayes, actor, lived on Icard Lane off Pelham Road Anthony Heald, actorThe New York Chronology: The Ultimate Compendium of Events, People, By James Trager, page.771 Mary Healy, entertainer William Randolph Hearst, newspaper baron A. G. Heaton, artist, author and leading numismatist Henry Heimlich, creator of the Heimlich maneuver John Held, Jr., cartoonist Larry Hennessy, basketball player Don Hewitt, television producerTell Me a Story: The Don Hewitt Saga Marion West Higgins, politician Dietrich von Hildebrand, philosopher John H. Hilldring, general Ron Hines, first black Ivy League-educated auto racing engineer on America's road racing circuits George Hirsch, publisher, New York Magazine, New York Times Charles J. Hite, ran Thanhouser Company Wilder Hobson, journalist Doug Hoffer, policy analyst Grethe Barrett Holby, producer Quame Holder, footballer Henry Holt, publisher and authorHenry Holt's Home Burned, The New York Times, April 23, 1904 Bill Hook, chess master Bronson Howard, dramatistThe Autobiography of a Play Papers on Play-Making, II Devon Hughes, professional wrestlerWestchester.com - Pro Wrestling Returns To New Rochelle Rowland Hughes, budget director Terrell Hughes, professional wrestler Terrence Hughes, professional wrestler Walter Beach Humphrey, illustrator Joseph Humphreys, boxing official Francis Hunter, model