List of people from Yonkers, New York

This is a list of notable people who were born in or have been residents of Yonkers, a city in Westchester County, in the U.S. state of New York, in the United States.

Academia

 * Herbert Benson (1935–2022), physician
 * Daniel Carleton Gajdusek (1923–2008), physician and medical researcher; co-recipient of 1976 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
 * John Howard Northrop (1891–1987), co-recipient of 1946 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
 * Rudolph Schoenheimer (1898–1941), German-American biochemist
 * Edwin Howard Armstrong (1890–1954), electronics pioneer

Business

 * Elisha Otis, inventor of the safety elevator and Otis Elevator Company
 * Alexander Smith, founder of Alexander Smith & Sons Carpet Company
 * Jay S. Walker founder of Priceline.com

Entertainment

 * Amanda Ayala, singer and musician
 * Carlos Alazraqui (born 1962), actor, stand-up comedian and impressionist
 * Joseph Alfidi (1949–2015), classical pianist
 * Charlie Benante (born 1962), musician best known as the drummer for thrash metal band Anthrax, as well as crossover thrashband Stormtroopers of Death.
 * Mary J. Blige (born 1971), R&B singer and Academy Award-nominated actress
 * Sid Caesar, actor and comedian
 * Cathy DeBuono, actress, psychotherapist, radio personality
 * DMX (1970–2021), rapper, actor
 * Ella Fitzgerald, singer
 * Thomas Mikal Ford, actor
 * Frances Foster, actress
 * Michael Fox (1921–1996), character actor who played Saul Feinberg on the daytime soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful
 * Joe Howard, actor
 * Immolation, Death metal band
 * Jadakiss, rapper, member of The LOX
 * Ekrem Jevrić, Montenegrin singer, rapper
 * Gene Krupa (1909–1973), drummer
 * Clayton LeBouef (born 1954), actor
 * Stagga Lee (born 1977), musician
 * W.C. Handy, composer and musician
 * Sheek Louch (born 1976), rapper, member of The LOX
 * Linda Lovelace (1949–2002), star of 1972 "porno chic" film Deep Throat
 * Richard Masur (born 1948), actor
 * Cathy Moriarty (born 1960), actress who appeared in Raging Bull
 * Outasight, singer, rapper
 * Erik Palladino, actor
 * Kevin Puts, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer
 * Will Rahmer, musician
 * Adam Rodriguez, actor
 * Robert Shayne, actor
 * Ice Spice, rapper
 * Avery Storm, R&B singer
 * Christine D'Clario, Christian singer
 * Styles P, Rapper, member of The LOX
 * Chip Taylor, songwriter (brother of Jon Voight)
 * Paul Teutul, Sr., founder of Orange County Choppers and reality television personality on American Chopper
 * Steven Tyler, musician, member of Aerosmith
 * Jon Voight, Oscar-winning actor
 * Tom Wolk, Hall & Oates session musician

Military

 * Joseph Stilwell, U.S. Army General during World War I and World War II

Miscellaneous

 * David Berkowitz (born 1953), serial killer known as the Son of Sam
 * Leo Baekeland (1863–1944), chemist, invented Bakelite at his "Snug Rock" home and laboratory in Yonkers in 1907
 * Felix Alderisio (1912–1971), mobster, bagman, hitman and burglar (Chicago Outfit)
 * James Comey, director of the FBI
 * Joan Donoghue (born 1956), American lawyer, President of the International Court of Justice
 * Rudolf Eickemeyer, Jr., photographer
 * Ron Garan, astronaut
 * Lewis Hine, photographer
 * Ethel D. Jacobs, thoroughbred racehorse owner
 * Henrietta Wells Livermore (1864–1933), women's suffragist leader
 * Michaela Odone (c. 1930–1992, née Murphy), mother of Lorenzo Odone, for whom Lorenzo's oil is named.
 * Sally Regenhard, community activist
 * Joe Ruback, license plate guy
 * Barbara Segal, artist and stone carver
 * Betty Shabazz, widow of civil rights leader Malcolm X
 * Joel Steinberg (born 1941), attorney convicted of manslaughter
 * Adriaen Cornelissen van der Donck, (c. 1618, 1655)
 * Samuel Untermyer, Prominent lawyer and civic leader known for bequeathing his Yonkers, New York estate, now known as Untermyer Park and Gardens, to the people of Yonkers
 * Melanie White, jewelry designer

Politics

 * Antony Blinken, 71st United States Secretary of State
 * William F. Bleakley (1883–1969), attorney, judge and politician who was the first Westchester County Executive.
 * Alfred DelBello, Mayor of Yonkers
 * Mike Spano, Mayor of Yonkers
 * Samuel J. Tilden, former Governor of New York and winner of the popular vote in the disputed Presidential Election of 1876
 * Nick Wasicsko, mayor during low-income housing controversy, 1988–1989; John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award runner-up
 * Malcolm Wilson, former Governor of New York

Sport

 * Joe Avezzano, American football player and coach
 * Rich Bisaccia, NFL coach
 * James Blake (born 1979), tennis player
 * Billy Burch (1900–1950), professional hockey player who was the first American-born player to win the Hart Trophy
 * Dave Costa, NFL player, Saunders HS 1957–1959
 * Jon Dalzell (born 1960), American-Israeli basketball player
 * Doug DeWitt, professional boxer
 * Tommy Dreamer, professional wrestler
 * Ralph Goldstein (1913–1997), Olympic épée fencer
 * Nealon Greene, professional football player (CFL)
 * Sean Kilpatrick, professional basketball player
 * Eddie Kingston, professional wrestler
 * Allan Kwartler (1917–1998), sabre and foil fencer, Pan American Games and Maccabiah Games champion
 * Joe Lapchick (1900–1970), basketball coach.
 * Ryan Meara (born 1990), professional soccer player
 * Larry Mann (1930–1952), NASCAR driver
 * Joe Panik, professional baseball player
 * Floyd Patterson, champion heavyweight boxer
 * Eulace Peacock, track and field athlete who defeated Jesse Owens in sprints
 * Vincent Richards, professional tennis player
 * Steve Ridzik, professional baseball player
 * Brian Sweeney, professional baseball player
 * Salvatore Tripoli, Olympic boxer
 * Trill Williams, cornerback for the Miami Dolphins
 * George Wright, baseball pioneer

Writer/ journalist

 * Mike Breen (born 1961), sports broadcaster
 * Mary Calvi, news anchor
 * Robert Celestino, writer and director
 * Tiziano Thomas Dossena, writer, editor
 * Tawny Godin, Miss America 1976, TV journalist (Tawny Little)
 * Patrick Quinlan, author, activist
 * Patricia Vaccarino, writer
 * Frederick Joseph (author), author, activist
 * Elsie B. Washington, author