Brokaw – television journalist, born in Webster, South Dakota Orestes Brownson – writer, abolitionist, pro-labor reformer, Catholic apologist, born in Stockbridge, Vermont David Byrne – musician, born in Dumbarton, Scotland C Sid Caesar – comedian and actor, born in Yonkers Antón Cabaleiro – visual artist born in Spain Mariah Carey – singer, born in Huntington, New York Wendy Carlos – musician, born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island Stokely Carmichael – political activist, born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Art Carney – actor, born in Mount Vernon, New York Enrico Caruso – opera tenor, born in Naples, Italy Willa Cather – author, born in Back Creek Valley, Virginia Connie Chung – television journalist, born in Washington, D.C. Madonna – singer-songwriter, actress, director, born in Bay City, Michigan Dick Clark – TV personality and producer, born in Mount Vernon, New York Chelsea Clinton – daughter of President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, born in Little Rock, Arkansas DeWitt Clinton – Senator and Governor of New York, born in Napanoch, New York George M. Cohan – entertainer and songwriter, born in Providence, Rhode Island J Cole – rapper, artist, born in Frankfurt, Germany Anthony Comstock – reformer, born in New Canaan, Connecticut Nanette Comstock – Broadway actress, born in Albany, New York Bill Cosby – actor and comedian, born in Philadelphia Billy Crawford – singer, born in Manila, Philippines Fanny Crosby – hymn writer, born in Southeast, New York Tom Cruise – actor, born in Syracuse, New York Bill Cullen – radio host, born in Pittsburgh D Lorenzo Da Ponte – librettist to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and professor of Italian at Columbia University, born in Ceneda, Italy Varina Banks Howell Davis (1826–1906) – wife of Confederate president, born in Mississippi Sylvia Day – author, born in Los Angeles Mike Dean – hip hop record producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, born in Houston Mac DeMarco – singer-songwriter, born in Duncan, British Columbia, Canada Thomas E. Dewey – Governor of New York Vin Diesel – actor Marlene Dietrich – actress, born in Berlin, Germany Joe DiMaggio – baseball player, born in California David Dinkins – former Mayor of New York City, born in Trenton, New Jersey George Washington Dixon – performer, newspaper editor Kevin Durant – basketball player, born in Washington D.C. Frederick Douglass – abolitionist, born in Cordova, Maryland Francis P. Duffy – priest, World War I chaplain to 69th