Answer:
Here are some famous people that lived in New York (and their job(s)):
-George Abbott (producer)
-Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (basketball player)
-George Abernethy (first governor of Oregon)
-Bella Abzug (women rights leader; politician)
-Cornelius Rea Agnew (physician; surgeon)
-Eliza Agnew (missionary)
-Christina Aguilera (singer)
-Danny Aiello (actor)
-Marv Albert (television/radio sportscaster)
-Ira Aldridge (actor)
-William Alexander (major general revolutionary war)
-Woody Allen (actor; director)
-Alexander Anderson (illustrator)
-Michael Anderson (Columbia astronaut)
-Carmelo Anthony (basketball player)
-Diane Arbus (photographer)
-Kenneth Arrow (economist)
-Red Auerbach (basketball coach)
-Hank Azaria (actor)
-George Babcock (inventor)
-William Bliss Baker (artist)
-Lucille Ball (actress; comedian)
-Anne Bancroft (actress)
-John Barry (songwriter; singer)
-Harry Belafonte (actor; singer)
-Pat Benatar (singer)
-Moe Berg (baseball player)
-Bonnie Blair (Olympic gold medalist)
-Yasmine Bleeth (actress)
-Humphrey Bogart (actor)
-Margaret Bourke-White (photographer)
-Clara Bow (actress)
-Riddick Bowe (boxer)
-Barbara Boxer (politician)
-James Walter Braddock (boxer)
-Matthew Broderick (actor)
-Mel Brooks (actor; director; producer)
-William F. Buckley (Jr. author; commentator)
-Steve Buscemi (actor)
-James Caan (actor)
-James Cagney (actor)
-Maria Callas (opera singer)
-Al Capone (gangster)
-Benjamin N. Cardozo (jurist)
-Marian Carey (singer)
-George Carlin (comedian)
-Art Carney (actor)
-Willis Haviland Carrier (inventor)
-John Cassavetes (actor; screenwriter; director)
-Jeff Chandler (actor)
-Frank Chanfrau (actor)
-Paddy Chayefsky (playwright; screenwriter)
-Julie Chen (news anchor; television host)
-Shirley Chisholm politician)
-Dick Clark (television personality)
-Schuyler Colfax (US vice president)
-Sean Combs (actor; rapper)
-Anderson Cooper (television journalist)
-Peter Cooper (inventor; industrialist)
-Aaron Copland (composer)
-Bob Costas (television sportscaster)
-Ann Coulter (author; political commentator)
-Bob Cousy (basketball player)
-Jim Creighton (baseball player)
-Fanny Crosby (hymn writer)
-Tom Cruise (actor)
-George Cukor (film director)
-Mario Cuomo (politician)
-Tony Curtis (actor)
-Claire Danes (actress)
-Bobby Darin (singer; actor)
-Marion Davies (actress)
-Sammy Davis Jr. (singer; dancer; musician)
-Rosario Dawson (actress; singer)
-Al D'Amato (politician)
-Agnes de Mille (choreographer)
-Robert De Niro (actor)
-Samuel Delany (author)
-Don DeLillo (author)
-Jerry Denny (baseball player)
-Neil Diamond (singer; songwriter)
-Vin Diesel (actor)
-Richard Dreyfuss (actor)
-George Eastman (inventor)
-Gertrude Ederle (first woman to swim English channel)
-Gertrude Belle Elion (inventor)
-Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (actor)
-Morton Feldman (composer)
-Richard Feynman (physicist)
-Harvey Fierstein (actor)
-Millard Fillmore (US president)
-Hamilton Fish (politician)
-Jane Fonda (actress; activist)
-Peter Fonda (actor)
-Malcolm Forbes (publisher)
-Davy Force (baseball player)
-Anthony Franciosa (actor)