Steinitz – world chess champion, born in Prague, Czech Republic Martha Stewart – designer and TV personality, born in Jersey City, New Jersey Sting – musician, born in England Shontelle Emma Stone – actress, born in Scottsdale, Arizona Michael Strahan – actor, television personality, and retired football player, born in Houston Meryl Streep – actress, born in Summit, New Jersey Peter Stuyvesant – Governor of New Netherland, born in Peperga, Netherlands Taylor Swift – singer-songwriter T Eva Tanguay (1878–1947) – vaudeville singer and comedian, born in Quebec Nikola Tesla (1856–1943) – inventor, engineer and futurist, born in Smiljan, Austrian Empire Samuel J. Tilden – presidential candidate, born in New Lebanon, New York Daniel D. Tompkins – U.S. vice president, born in Westchester County, New York Frederick Trump – German-born businessman Melania Trump – 45th First Lady of the United States and model, born in Novo Mesto, Yugoslavia U Johannes Urzidil – writer, born in Prague, Bohemia V Martin Van Buren – U.S. president, born in Kinderhook, New York Andrew VanWyngardenmember of MGMT Gary Vaynerchuk serial entrepreneur and best-selling author Jon Voight – actor, born in Yonkers, New York Kurt Vonnegut (1922–2007) writer, born and raised in Indianapolis Sal Vulcano – actor and comedian W Rufus Wainwrightmusician, born in Rhinebeck, New York John Evangelist Walsh – writer and historian, editor of the Reader's Digest Bible Barbara Walters – TV journalist and personality, born in Boston Dean Wareham – singer-songwriter, born in New Zealand Andy Warhol – artist, born in Pittsburgh Denzel Washington – actor, born in Mount Vernon, New York Walt Whitman – poet and author, born in West Hills, New York Olivia Wilde – actress Barney Williams Irish-born comedian Jayson Williams – basketball player, born in Ritter, South Carolina Christopher Woodrow – movie producer, born in Syracuse, New York Jason Wu – fashion designer X Malcolm X (El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz) – American Muslim, Civil human rights activist See also List of people from New York By borough: List of people from the Bronx List of people from Brooklyn List of people from Manhattan List of people from the Upper East Side List of people from Queens List of people from Staten Island References New York City New York City New York City People