| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for | 
|---|
| William Waldorf Astor | Publisher | 31-Mar-1848 | 18-Oct-1919 | The Observer | 
| William C. Bouck | Politician | 7-Jan-1786 | 19-Apr-1859 | Governor of New York, 1843-45 | 
| Herbert Brownell, Jr. | Government | 20-Feb-1904 | 1-May-1996 | US Attorney General, 1953-57 | 
| Aaron Burr | Politician | 6-Feb-1756 | 14-Sep-1836 | Killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel | 
| Shirley Chisholm | Politician | 30-Nov-1924 | 1-Jan-2005 | First black woman elected to US House | 
| George Clinton | Military | 26-Jul-1739 | 20-Apr-1812 | US Vice President, 1805-12 | 
| Bainbridge Colby | Government | 22-Dec-1869 | 11-Apr-1950 | US Secretary of State, 1920-21 | 
| Ezra Cornell | Business | 11-Jan-1807 | 9-Dec-1874 | Founder of Cornell University | 
| Erastus Corning II | Politician | 7-Oct-1909 | 28-May-1983 | Mayor of Albany, New York, 1942-83 | 
| Joseph Crowley | Politician | 16-Mar-1962 |  | Congressman, New York 7th | 
| Chauncey Depew | Politician | 23-Apr-1834 | 5-Apr-1928 | Co-Founder of the Pilgrims Society | 
| Thomas P. DiNapoli | Politician | 10-Feb-1954 |  | Comptroller, State of New York | 
| John Adams Dix | Politician | 24-Jul-1798 | 21-Apr-1879 | Governor of New York, 1873-75 | 
| Eliot Engel | Politician | 18-Feb-1947 |  | Congressman, New York 17th | 
| James A. Farley | Government | 30-May-1888 | 9-Jun-1976 | US Postmaster General, 1933-40 | 
| Millard Fillmore | Head of State | 7-Jan-1800 | 8-Mar-1874 | 13th President of the US, 1850-53 | 
| Hamilton Fish II | Politician | 17-Apr-1849 | 15-Jan-1936 | Congressman from New York, 1909-11 | 
| Hamilton Fish III | Politician | 7-Dec-1888 | 18-Jan-1991 | Congressman from New York, 1920-45 | 
| Dan Frisa | Politician | 27-Apr-1955 |  | Congressman from New York, 1995-97 | 
| Robert Garcia | Politician | 9-Jan-1933 |  | Congressman from New York, 1978-90 | 
| Jacob H. Gilbert | Politician | 17-Jun-1920 | 27-Feb-1981 | Congressman from New York, 1960-71 | 
| Benjamin A. Gilman | Politician | 6-Dec-1922 |  | Congressman from New York, 1973-2003 | 
| S. William Green | Politician | 16-Oct-1929 | 14-Oct-2002 | Congressman from New York, 1978-93 | 
| Alexander Hamilton | Government | 11-Jan-1757 | 12-Jul-1804 | Primary author of The Federalist Papers | 
| Brian Higgins | Politician | 6-Oct-1959 |  | Congressman, New York 27th | 
| Maurice Hinchey | Politician | 27-Oct-1938 |  | Congressman, New York 22nd | 
| Ward Hunt | Judge | 14-Jun-1810 | 24-Mar-1886 | US Supreme Court Justice, 1873-82 | 
| Irving M. Ives | Politician | 24-Jan-1896 | 24-Feb-1962 | US Senator from New York, 1947-59 | 
| James Kent | Judge | 31-Jul-1763 | 12-Dec-1847 | Commentaries on American Law | 
| Preston King | Politician | 14-Oct-1806 | 12-Nov-1865 | US Senator, committed suicide | 
| Mary Anne Krupsak | Politician | 26-Mar-1932 |  | Lt. Governor of New York, 1975-78 | 
| Randy Kuhl | Politician | 19-Apr-1943 |  | Congressman from New York, 2005-09 | 
| John J. LaFalce | Politician | 6-Oct-1939 |  | Congressman from New York, 1975-2003 | 
| Morgan Lewis | Politician | 16-Oct-1754 | 7-Apr-1844 | Governor of New York, 1804-07 | 
| Henry Brockholst Livingston | Judge | 25-Nov-1757 | 18-Mar-1823 | US Supreme Court Justice, 1807-23 | 
| Michael McNulty | Politician | 16-Sep-1947 |  | Congressman from New York, 1989-2009 | 
| James M. Mead | Politician | 27-Dec-1885 | 15-Mar-1964 | US Senator from New York, 1938-47 | 
| Gregory Meeks | Politician | 25-Sep-1953 |  | Congressman, New York 6th | 
| Grace Meng | Politician | 1-Oct-1975 |  | Congresswoman, New York 6th | 
| Guy Molinari | Politician | 23-Nov-1928 |  | Congressman from New York, 1981-89 | 
| Lewis Henry Morgan | Anthropologist | 21-Nov-1818 | 17-Dec-1881 | Ancient Society | 
| Gouverneur Morris | Politician | 31-Jan-1752 | 6-Nov-1816 | American financier, Revolutionary politician | 
| Jerrold Nadler | Politician | 13-Jun-1947 |  | Congressman, New York 8th | 
| John Lord O'Brian | Government | 14-Oct-1874 | 1974 | Prominent antitrust lawyer | 
| George Pataki | Politician | 24-Jun-1945 |  | Governor of New York, 1995-2006 | 
| Bill Paxon | Politician | 29-Apr-1954 |  | Congressman from New York, 1989-99 | 
| Nathaniel Pitcher | Politician | 1777 | 25-May-1836 | Twice Congressman from New York | 
| Charles Rangel | Politician | 11-Jun-1930 |  | Congressman, New York 15th | 
| Henry J. Raymond | Journalist | 24-Jan-1820 | 19-Jun-1869 | Co-Founder of The New York Times | 
| Thomas Reynolds | Politician | 3-Sep-1950 |  | Congressman from New York, 1999-2009 | 
| Samuel I. Rosenman | Government | 13-Feb-1896 | 24-Jun-1973 | White House Counsel, 1943-46 | 
| Chuck Schumer | Politician | 23-Nov-1950 |  | US Senator from New York | 
| José Serrano | Politician | 24-Oct-1943 |  | Congressman, New York 16th | 
| Sheldon Silver | Politician | 13-Feb-1944 |  | Former Speaker, NY State Assembly | 
| Louise Slaughter | Politician | 14-Aug-1929 |  | Congresswoman, New York 28th | 
| Alfred E. Smith | Government | 30-Dec-1873 | 4-Oct-1944 | Twice Governor of New York | 
| Stephen Solarz | Politician | 12-Sep-1940 | 29-Nov-2010 | Congressman from New York, 1975-93 | 
| Gerald B. H. Solomon | Politician | 14-Aug-1930 | 26-Oct-2001 | Congressman from New York, 1979-99 | 
| Ambrose Spencer | Politician | 13-Dec-1765 | 13-Mar-1848 | Congressman and Judge from New York | 
| John C. Spencer | Politician | 8-Jan-1788 | 18-May-1855 | US Secretary of the Treasury, 1843-44 | 
| John Tayler | Politician | 4-Jul-1742 | 19-Apr-1829 | Governor of New York, 1817 | 
| Smith Thompson | Judge | 17-Jan-1768 | 18-Dec-1843 | US Supreme Court Justice, 1823-43 | 
| Samuel J. Tilden | Politician | 9-Feb-1814 | 4-Aug-1886 | Lost the stolen 1876 US election | 
| Daniel D. Tompkins | Politician | 21-Jun-1774 | 11-Jun-1825 | Vice President under James Monroe | 
| Paul Tonko | Politician | 18-Jun-1949 |  | Congressman, New York 21st | 
| James W. Wadsworth, Jr. | Politician | 12-Aug-1877 | 21-Jun-1952 | US Senator from New York, 1915-27 | 
| Robert F. Wagner, Sr. | Politician | 8-Jun-1877 | 4-May-1953 | US Senator from New York, 1927-49 | 
| Richard C. Wesley | Judge | 1-Aug-1949 |  | 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals | 
| William A. Wheeler | Politician | 30-Jun-1819 | 4-Jun-1887 | Vice President under Hayes | 
| Malcolm Wilson | Politician | 26-Feb-1914 | 13-Mar-2000 | Governor of New York, 1973-75 | 
| John Young | Politician | 12-Jun-1802 | 23-Apr-1852 | Governor of New York, 1847-49 |