Notable speakers with a New York accent

The following famous people or fictional characters are often seen as speaking with features typical of a New York accent. Most, but not all, are native New Yorkers. Their pronunciation and vocabulary can be useful guides to the subtleties of speaking New York.

*Bella Abzug
*Don Adams
*Alan Alda
*Jason Alexander
*Woody Allen
*Bruce Arena
*Issac Asimov
*Hank Azaria
*Alec Baldwin
*Belle Barth
*Buzzie Bavasi
*Abe Beame
*Tony Bennett
*Milton Berle
*Humphrey Bogart
*Bowery Boys
*Marlon Brando
*Jimmy Cannon
*George Carlin
*Art Carney
*Paddy Chayefsky
*Francis Ford Coppola
*Billy Crystal
*Mario Cuomo
*Tony Curtis
*Rodney Dangerfield
*Tony Danza
*Lou Gehrig
*Rudolph Giuliani
*Carol King
*Larry King
*Peter T. King
*Ed Koch
*Rosie O'Donnell
*Edward O'Leary
*Walter O'Malley
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*Jerry Orbach
*Al Pacino
*Chazz Palminteri
*Joe Paterno
*Rhea Perlman
*Rosie Perez
*Joe Pesci
*Felice Picano
*John Pleshette
*Neil Postman
*Richard Price
*Colin Quinn
*Regis Philbin
*Bill Rafferty
*George Raft
*Charles Rangel
*Michael Rapaport
*Lou Reed
*Leah Remini
*Don Rickles
*Thelma Ritter
*Joan Rivers
*Nelson Rockefeller
*Maxie Rosenbloom
*Henry Roth
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*Vince Russo
*Michael Savage
*Telly Savalas
*Three Stooges
*Joe Torre
*John Travolta
*Donald Trump
*John Turturro
*Christopher Walken
*Jimmy Walker
*Eli Wallach
*Barry Wellman
*Maggie Wheeler
*Lenny Wilkens
*Paul Wolfowitz
 
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