Budapest, Hungary Langston Hughes – poet, born in Joplin, Missouri I Kyrie Irving – basketball player, born in Australia, grew up in New Jersey J Janet Jackson – singer, born in Gary, Indiana Jane Jacobs (1916–2006) – economist, urban theorist, and activist JonTron – YouTuber, co-creator of Game Grumps, born in Rancho Palos Verdes, California Kamara James – Olympic fencer, born in Kingston, Jamaica Kevin James – actor, born in Mineola, New York Peter Jennings – television journalist, born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada Derek Jeter – baseball player, born in New Jersey Paddy Johnson – art critic K Gabriel Kahane – musician, born in Venice Beach, California Tim Keller – speaker, pastor, born in Lehigh, Pennsylvania Robert F. Kennedy – U.S Attorney General and U.S Senator, born in Brookline, Massachusetts Tom Kennedy – game show host Jack Kerouac – writer most famously associated with the [Beat movement] Kiesza (full name Kiesza Rae Ellestad) – musician, dancer, and multi-instrumentalist, born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada Lisa Kudrow – actress, born in Encino, California Howard Kyle – actor and founding member of Actors' Equity, born in Shullsburg, Wisconsin L Kirke La Shelle – playwright and theatrical producer, born in Wyoming, Illinois Lachi – singer-songwriter, born in Towson, Maryland John Layfield – professional wrestler, born in Sweetwater, Texas Heath Ledger – Australian actor Amy Lee – singer, born in Riverside, California Spike Lee – film director and actor, born in Atlanta John Lennon – Singer, Songwriter, Activist. Lennon has a memorial in New York's Central Park. The memorial is named after The Beatles song Strawberry Fields Forever. Pierre Lorillard IV – tobacco mogul, born in Westchester, New York Mike Lupica – journalist, author, born in Oneida, New York Fran Lebowitz – author and public speaker, born in Morristown, New Jersey M Ralph Macchio actor, born on Long Island Ali MacGraw – actress, born in Pound Ridge, New York Earl Manigault – basketball player, born in Charleston, South Carolina Mickey Mantle – baseball Hall of Famer, born in Spavinaw, Oklahoma Dean Martin – singer and actor, born in Ohio Ricky Martin – singer, born in Puerto Rico Jackie Mason – comedian and actor, born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin Jan Matulka – painter, born in Vlachovo Březí, Czech Republic Willie Mays – baseball Hall of Famer, born in Alabama Mike McAlary – Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, born in Honolulu John McCloskey – first American-born cardinal, born in Brooklyn