Winters – actor Mike Witteck – football player George Worth – born György Woittitz (1915–2006), Olympic medalist saber fencer James Hood Wright – businessman William H. H. Wroe – member of the Wisconsin State Assembly Jason Wu – fashion designer Charles Wuorinen – composer Timothy Weah – soccer player Y Izzy Yablok – football player Tony Yayo – rapper Burt Young – actor Tony Young – actor Z William Zabka – actor known for his role as Johnny Lawrence in Cobra Kai Charlotte Zucker (1921–2007) – actress Non-native New Yorkers These people were not born or adopted in New York City and raised elsewhere but are well known for living in New York City. A William Adams – academic and clergyman; founder and president of the Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York; born in Connecticut Samuel Adler – rabbi; born in Worms, Germany Lisa Ann – pornographic actress, born in Pennsylvania Frederick Styles Agate – painter; born in England Thomas Peter Akers – vice president of the gold board; born in Knox County, Ohio Richard S. Aldrich – U.S. Representative from Rhode Island, practiced law in New York City Jason Alexander – actor; born in Newark, New Jersey Jennifer Aniston – actress; born in Sherman Oaks, California Chester A. Arthur – U.S. president; born in Fairfield, Vermont Isaac Asimov – author; born in Petrovichi, Russian SFSR John Jacob Astor – first multimillionaire of U.S.; born in Germany B Lucille Ball – comedian, actress, born in Jamestown, New York Count Basie – jazz pianist and band leader, born in Red Bank, New Jersey William Basinski – avant-garde composter, born in Austin, Texas Laura Joyce Bell – contralto, wife of Digby Bell, born in London, England Irving Berlin – composer, lyricist, born in Russia Leonard Bernstein – conductor, born in Lawrence, Massachusetts Lewis Black – comedian, born in Silver Spring, Maryland Jon Blake – actor, model, born in Charlotte, North Carolina C. L. Blood – physician Michael Bloomberg – businessman and mayor, born in Boston, Massachusetts Mary Booze – first African-American woman to sit on the Republican National Committee, 1924–1948; moved to New York from Mound Bayou, Mississippi David Bowie – English musician, actor, artist, born in London, England Marlon Brando Jr. – actor, born in Omaha, Nebraska Brandy – singer, born in McComb, Mississippi Lottie Briscoe – stage and silent film actress, born in St. Louis, Missouri Tom