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This is a list of '''famous people from [[New York City]]'''.

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'''Dragons''' are an intelligent race that inhabit [[Alagaësia]], a fictional [[fantasy (genre)|fantasy world]] created by [[Christopher Paolini]]. They are a key part of the ''[[Inheritance Trilogy]]'', in which dragons are a nearly extinct and magical race.

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== Native New Yorkers ==

== Overview ==

Dragons have lived in [[Alagaësia]] since ancient times with the [[Alagaësia#Dwarves|Dwarves]]. The skin of a Dragon is nearly impenetrable, though the thin membrane of the wings can be easily pierced. Their scales glitter like gems, although each Dragon only has one scale color. They also have the same eye color as their scales, and their teeth and neck spikes are bone white. The Dragons breath flame the color of their scales, and some can impressively hold the flame for over an hour. The older the dragon grows, the longer they can hold the flame. They never stop growing until their death.

[[Image:Eragon_Saphira_Poster.jpg|250px|thumb|300px|Saphira, the dragon protagonist of the series, as shown in the [[Eragon (film)|film version]] of ''Eragon''.]]

Since the Dragons are bound to Alagaësia, they possess magical properties. Strange things seem to happen around Dragons - people live longer, the earth changes, and things of that nature, yet no one knows how it happens. It is possible these things happen because the Dragon's magic, which permeates every inch of their body. They cannot willingly use their magic, except for their fire. However, when using magic, their strength is unparalleled.

== History ==

The following were born in New York City. Some became famous after they moved away.

Before the formation of the Dragon Riders, a young elf hunted and killed a dragon like it was a common animal. The Dragons banded together and furiously attacked the Elves, leading into war.

Five years into the war, an Elf called [[Eragon I|Eragon]] found a white Dragon egg and raised the hatchling within, naming him Bid'Daum ; it was they who stopped the war, allowing peace to follow. In order to prevent another war, the Dragons connected their souls with the Elves, changing both races. Dragons gained the use of language and other trappings of civilization, as well as becoming less fierce. Since Humans came afterwards, the Human Riders were never affected by the Dragons as greatly as the Elves were.

===A===

*[[Aaliyah]] - singer

*[[Kareem Abdul-Jabbar]] - [[basketball]] player

*[[Bella Abzug]] - feminist activist and politican

*[[Marv Albert]] - sports announcer

*[[Danny Aiello]] - actor

*[[Woody Allen]] - [[film]] [[director]]

*[[Red Auerbach]] - [[basketball]] coach

== As mounts for Dragon Riders ==

===B===

The few Humans and Elves who ride Dragons like the Elf [[Eragon I]] are aptly called [[Dragon Riders]]. Dragons give their Riders "shining palms," a silver mark, or the "[[gedwey ignasia]]" as a result of the first physical contact between rider and dragon. Dragons communicate telepathically with their Riders, and house incredible magic that can combine with that of the Rider. Dragons are immortal and can also allow their Riders to be nearly immortal; old age will seldom kill them, although wounds or poison can. Over time the link between the dragon and rider will change the rider's appearance.

*[[Anne Bancroft]] - actress

== major dragons==

*[[Harry Belafonte]] - actor and singer

*[[Pat Benatar]] - singer

*[[Moe Berg]] - baseball player and spy

*[[Humphrey Bogart]] - [[film]] [[actor]]

*[[Clara Bow]] - actress

*[[Matthew Broderick]] - actor

*[[Mel Brooks]] - [[film]] [[director]]

*[[William F. Buckley, Jr.]] - author and conservative commentator

*[[Steve Buscemi]] - actor

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===C===

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*[[James Caan]] - actor

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*[[Maria Callas]] - opera singer

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*[[Al Capone]] - gangster

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*[[George Carlin]] - [[comedian]]

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*[[Paddy Chayefsky]]

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*[[Shirley Chisholm]] - politican

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*[[Peter Cooper]] - inventor

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*[[Aaron Copland]] - composer

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*[[Bob Costas]] - sports announcer

*[[Bob Cousy]] - basketball player

*[[George Cukor]] - [[film]] [[director]]

*[[Tony Curtis]] - actor

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===D===

'''Glaedr''' (Pronounced Glay-Dur) is a male golden [[Dragon (Inheritance)|dragon]] in [[Christopher Paolini]]'s ''[[Inheritance (trilogy)|Inheritance Trilogy]]''. He first appears in ''[[Eldest]]'', the second book of the trilogy. His [[Dragon Riders|Rider]] is [[Oromis]], who also is called ''Osthato Chetowä''—"The Mourning Sage" and ''Togira Ikonoka'' - "The Cripple Who Is Whole."

*[[Marion Davies]] - actress

*[[Sammy Davis, Jr.]] - singer and entertainer

*[[Alfonse D'Amato]] - politician

*[[Eamon de Valera]] - Irish [[Taoiseach]]

*[[Samuel R. Delany]] - author and critic

*[[Don DeLillo]] - author

*[[P. Diddy]] - [[rap]] artist

*[[Neil Diamond]] - singer and composer

*[[Richard Dreyfuss]] - actor

Glaedr is the oldest dragon in the trilogy, senior even to Galbatorix's black dragon [[Shruikan]]. He is three times larger than Saphira, the [[Eragon|main character's]] dragon. Like his Rider, Glaedr is disabled——his left foreleg is nothing but a white stump in place. Glaedr and Oromis live in Du Weldenvarden, a forest in the north of [[Alagaesia]], the world in which the trilogy takes place. The two hid during [[The Fall (Inheritance)|The Fall]] when the dragon riders and dragons were being killed by a rebellious rider named [[Galbatorix]], for if Glaedr and Oromis had died before one of the remaining dragon eggs had hatched, then there would be no one left to pass on the secrets to the new Rider.

===F===

*[[Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.]] - actor

*[[Richard Feynman]] - Nobel Prize-winning physicist

*[[50 Cent]] - [[rap]] artist

*[[Hamilton Fish]] - politician and Secretary of State

*[[Malcolm Forbes]] - publisher

*[[Al Franken]] - comedian and radio host

*[[Milton Friedman]] - economist

Oromis and Glaedr tutored the young riders [[Morzan]] and [[Brom (Inheritance)|Brom]].

===G===

*[[Lou Gehrig]] - [[baseball]] player

*[[George Gershwin]] - [[composer]]

*[[Ira Gershwin]] - lyricist

*[[Vitas Gerulaitis]] - tennis player

*[[Ruth Bader Ginsburg]] - Supreme Court justice

*[[Rudolph Giuliani]] - mayor

*[[Jackie Gleason]] - comedian

*[[Whoopi Goldberg]] - comedian and actress

*[[Daniel S. Goldin]] - [[NASA]] director

*[[Cuba Gooding Jr.]] - actor

*[[Elliott Gould]] - actor

*[[Hank Greenberg]] - baeball player

*[[Bob Guccione]] - publisher

===H=Role==

In ''[[Eldest]]'', Glaedr becomes [[Saphira]]'s teacher and the object of her affections. Oromis trains Saphira's Rider, [[Eragon (character)|Eragon]]. [[Saphira]] thinks that Glaedr will be her mate, but he rejects her. In this, Glaedr and Saphira have a fight which Saphira starts by scratching Glaedr in the right forleg. Glaedr respondes by biting Saphira in the thigh. Glaedr believes that the young female is meant for one of the unhatched dragon eggs. Later, on [[Eragon]]'s advice, Saphira apologizes to Glaedr.

*[[Armand Hammer]] - industrialist and philanthropist

*[[Rita Hayworth]] - actress

*[[Anthony Hecht]] - poet

*[[Joseph Heller]] - author

*[[Peter Cooper Hewitt]] - inventor

*[[Gregory Hines]] = dancer and actor

*[[Judd Hirsch]] - actor

*[[Lena Horne]] - singer

*[[Edward Everett Horton]] - actor

*Moe, Curly and Shemp Howard - the [[Three Stooges]]

== Role in the Inheritance Trilogy ==

===I===

In the events of the ''[[Inheritance Trilogy]]'', there are Dragons on each side of the war - [[Galbatorix]] houses one green unhatched Dragon egg and his own Dragon, [[Shruikan]]; under Galbatorix's control is [[Murtagh]] and his dragon [[Thorn (Inheritance)|Thorn]]. Fighting against Galbatorix for the [[Varden]] is [[Eragon (character)|Eragon]] and his dragon [[Saphira]], the last female dragon. Another Dragon is [[Glaedr]], who is the Dragon of [[Oromis]], the oldest remaining Rider, who is an Elf.

*[[Washington Irving]] - author

So far, the only dragon colors known are green (new dragon-unknown rider), blue ([[Saphira]] - [[Eragon (character)|Eragon]], [[Brom (Inheritance)|Brom]]), red ([[Thorn (Inheritance)|Thorn]] - [[Murtagh]]) and, we can assume [[Morzan]] since riders swords are the same color as their dragon), gold ([[Glaedr]] - [[Oromis]]), black ([[Shruikan]] - [[Galbatorix]]), white ([[Bid'Daum]] - Eragon the elf), brown (Mentioned by the elf Rhunon and[[ Brom]] tells [[Eragon]] that [[Miremel]] was brown), and purple (Mentioned by CP in an interview).

===J===

*[[Wolfman Jack]] - radio personality

*[[Henry James]] - [[author]]

*[[William James]] - [[philosopher]]

*[[Jay-Z]] - [[rap]] artist

*[[Billy Joel]] - singer

*[[Norah Jones]] - singer

*[[Michael Jordan]] - [[basketball]] player

Here is a chart of the known dragons and their riders.

===K===

Dragons Rider Color

*[[Danny Kaye]] - actor and comedian

*[[Harvey Keitel]] - actor

*[[Jerome Kern]] - composer

*[[Alicia Keys]] - [[R&B]] singer

*[[C. Everett Koop]] - physician

*[[Stanley Kubrick]] - [[film]] director

*[[William Kunstler]] - lawyer

#Unknown / Unknown / Green

===L===

#Thorn /Murtagh /Red

*[[Fiorello LaGuardia]] - mayor

#Saphira (2) / Eragon (2) / Blue

*[[Jake LaMotta]] - boxer

#Saphira (1) / Brom / Blue

*[[Martin Landau]] - actor

#Shrukian / Galbatorix /Black

*[[Cyndi Lauper]] - singer

#Glaedr / Oromis /Gold

*[[Emma Lazarus]] - author and poet

#Bid'daum /Eragon (1) / White

*[[Steve Lawrence]] - singer

#Unknown but probaly also named Thorn / Morzan / Red

*[[Madeleine L'Engle]] - author

#lormungr / Unknown / Unknown

*[[Roy Lichtenstein]] - artist

#vervada / none / Unknown

*[[John Lindsay]] - mayor

The (1) indicates the First Eragon or Saphira- the original rider and Brom's dragon and the (2) indicates the main character Eragon in the first and second book.

*[[Vince Lombardi]] - [[football]] coach

*[[Lindsay Lohan]] - actress and singer

*[[Jennifer Lopez]] - singer and actress

*[[Lucky Luciano]] - gangster

*[[Sid Luckman]] - footbal player and coach

Here is a list of all the other known dragons mentioned by Brom in book 1 (Eragon):

===M===

*[[Bernard Malamud]] - author

*[[Melissa Manchester]] - singer

*[[Stephon Marbury]] - professional [[basketball]] player

*Groucho, Harpo, Chico, Zeppo and Gummo Marx - the [[Marx Brothers]]

*[[Walter Matthau]] - actor

*[[Herman Melville]] - author

*[[Yehudi Menuhin]] - violinist

*[[Ethel Merman]] - singer and actress

*[[Arthur Miller]] - playwright

*[[Sal Mineo]] - actor

*[[Mary Tyler Moore]] - actress and producer

*[[Zero Mostel]] - actor and comedian

*[[Eddie Murphy]] - actor and comedian

#Jura

===N===

#Fundor (Who fought the giant sea snake)

*[[Najee]] - [[jazz]] musician

#Galzra

*[[Jack Nicholson]] - actor

#Briam

#Ohen the Strong

#Gretiem

#Beroan

#Roslarb

#Vanilor (male)

#Eridor (male)

#Ingothold (male)

#Miremel (female, brown dragon)

#Opheila (female)

#Lenora (female)

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===O===

*[[Carroll O'Connor]] - actor

*[[Eugene O'Neill]] - playwright

*[[Robert Oppenheimer]] - physicist

Saphira's parents were Iormunger and Vervada. Iormunger was a rider's dragon but Vervada was a wild female dragon who only gave 1 egg to the riders.

===P===

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*[[Al Pacino]] - actor

*[[Joe Paterno]] - football coach

*[[Chaim Potok]] - author

*[[Colin Powell]] - army general and Secretary of State

*[[Priscilla Presley]] - actress

*[[Tito Puente]] - band leader

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===R===

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*[[Joey Ramone]] and [[Marky Ramone]] - [[punk rock]] musicians

[[Category:Fictional magic users]]

*[[Christopher Reeve]] - actor

*[[Paul Reiser]] - actor

*[[Buddy Rich]] - jazz drummer

*[[Burton Richter]] - Nobel Prize-winning physicist

*[[Thelma Ritter]] - actress

*[[Norman Rockwell]] - artist

*[[Richard Rodgers]] - composer

*[[Alex Rodriguez]] - [[baseball]] player

*[[Mickey Rooney]] - actor

*[[Eleanor Roosevelt]] - First Lady and human rights activist

*[[Theodore Roosevelt]] - [[President of the United States]]

===S===

*[[Carl Sagan]] - physicist and astronomer

*[[J. D. Salinger]] - author

*[[Jonas Salk]] - medical researcher

*[[Dick Schaap]] - journalist

*[[Vin Scully]] - sports radio announcer

*[[Jerry Seinfeld]] - comedian

*[[Maurice Sendak]] - author and illustrator

*[[Elizabeth Ann Seton]] - first American Catholic saint

*[[Tupac Shakur]] - [[rap]] artist

*[[Artie Shaw]] - band leader

*[[Bugsy Siegel]] - gangster

*[[Beverly Sills]] - opera singer

*[[Robert Silverberg]] - author

*[[Neil Simon]] - playwright

*[[Stephen Sondheim]] - songwriter

*[[Mickey Spillane]] - author

*[[Sylvester Stallone]] - actor

*[[Barbara Stanwyck]] - actress

*[[Henry L. Stimson]] - politician and diplomat

*[[Oliver Stone]] - [[film]] [[director]]

*[[Barbra Streisand]] - singer and actress

===T===

*[[Irving Thalberg]] - film producer

*[[Louis Comfort Tiffany]] - artist

*[[Joe Torre]] - [[baseball]] player and coach

*[[Donald Trump]] - businessman

*[[John Turturro]] - actor

*[[Mike Tyson]] - professional boxer

===V===

*[[Luther Vandross]] - singer

===W===

*[[Eli Wallach]] - actor

*[[Steven Weinberg]] - Nobel Prize-winning physicist

*[[Nathanael West]] - author

*[[Edith Wharton]] - author

*[[Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney]] - sculptor and art patron

*[[Vanessa Williams]] - singer and actess

== Other New Yorkers ==

These people were not born in New York City but were well-known for living there.

*[[Jason Alexander]] - [[television]] [[actor]], born in [[New Jersey]]

*[[Isaac Asimov]] - [[author]], born in [[Russia]]

*[[John Jacob Astor]] - First multimillionaire of the US, born in Germany

*[[Count Basie]] - [[jazz]] [[pianist]] and band leader, born in [[New Jersey]]

*[[Mary J. Blige]] - [[R&B]] singer, born in [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]

*[[Michael Bloomberg]] - businessman and mayor, born in [[Massachusetts]]

*[[Brandy Norwood|Brandy]] - singer, born in [[Mississippi]]

*[[Mariah Carey]] - singer, born on [[Long Island]]

*[[Dick Clark (entertainer)|Dick Clark]] - born in [[Mount Vernon, New York]]

*[[Bill Cullen]] - radio host, born in [[Pennsylvania]]

*[[Joe DiMaggio]] - professional [[baseball]] player, born in [[California]]

*[[Frederick Douglass]] - abolitionist, born in [[Maryland]]

*[[Millard Fillmore]] - [[President of the United States]], born in [[Summerhill, New York]]

*[[Dizzy Gillespie]] - jazz [[trumpet]] player, born in [[South Carolina]]

*[[Alexander Hamilton]] - Founding Father, born in the [[West Indies]]

*[[Derek Jeter]] - professional [[baseball]] player, born in [[Michigan]]

*[[Tom Kennedy]] - [[game show]] host

*[[Lisa Kudrow]] - actress, born in [[California]]

*[[Spike Lee]] - film director, born in [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]

*[[Dean Martin]] - singer, born in [[Ohio]]

*[[Ricky Martin]] - singer, born in [[Puerto Rico]]

*[[John McEnroe]] - professional [[tennis]] player, born in [[Germany]]

*[[Rosie O'Donnell]] - [[comedian]], born on [[Long Island]]

*[[David Hyde Pierce]] - actor, born in [[Saratoga Springs, New York]]

*[[Tony Randall]] - actor, born in [[Oklahoma]]

*[[Dan Rather]] - television news anchor, born in [[Texas]]

*[[Chris Rock]] - comedian, born in [[South Carolina]]

*[[John D. Rockefeller]] - businessman, born in [[Richford, New York]]

*[[Frank Sinatra]] - singer, born in [[Hoboken, New Jersey]]

[[Category:New York City]]