The American state of New York can confidently be proud of itself - many celebrities who have achieved world fame and popularity today were born in it. Celebrities who were born in New York City include famous musicians, actors, athletes, directors and even billionaires.
People from show business
Actors who were born in New York hospitals include Peter Gallagher, Kirk Douglas, Christopher Atkins, Alec Baldwin and Chevy Chase. Also in New York was born the famous director, producer and screenwriter John Carpenter, who shot such cult horror films as "Mist" based on the novel by Stephen King, "The Thing", "Christina", "Vampires", "Village of the Damned", etc. …
For his work, John has been awarded many prizes - including the director received the Bram Stoker Award for his film about vampires.
The angelic-looking blonde singer, Nick Carter, was also born in New York. Subsequently, the talented boy became one of the soloists of the mega-popular Backstreet Boys and gained even greater fame thanks to his romances with such scandalous celebrities as Paris Hilton and Britney Spears.
Peter Gallagher, Kirk Douglas and Alec Baldwin are old school actors who have starred in many famous Hollywood films over their long careers. Gallagher, in addition to his film career, writes music and is engaged in writing. Douglas is one of the last representatives of the "golden era" of Hollywood. Alec Baldwin, the brightest actor from the Baldwin dynasty, today retired from filming in films and preferred the director's chair. The comedian Chevy Chase, popular in the 1980s and 90s, gained popularity, acting mainly in eccentric comedies.
Other famous persons
It was in New York that the world's first dollar billionaire, entrepreneur and philanthropist John Davison Rockefeller was born. He founded the Rockefeller and Chicago Universities, donated a lot of money for medicine and education, and was also a very devout and hardworking Christian.
Despite the fact that people considered him almost a product of the devil, Rockefeller was proud of his impeccable morality all his life and lived according to strict principles.
Was born in New York and the wife of the President of the United States - Jacqueline Kennedy, who was considered a model of taste and beauty. A girl from a good family married John F. Kennedy, who later became the president of America and repeatedly brought the beautiful wife to nervous breakdowns with his numerous love affairs.
Also from New York, Olympic figure skating champion Sarah Hughes, volleyball inventor Billy Morgan and thirty-second President of the United States Franklin Roosevelt.
