| Alexander, James | 1691-1756 | NY lawyer; early benefactor of a NY college |
| Barclay, Henry | 1715-1764 | Rector of Trinity Church 1748-1764 |
| Block, Adrien | fl.1610-1624 | Early explorer of NYC waterways |
| Burnett, William | 1688-1729 | Provincial Governor of New York |
| Cornbury, Edward | 1661-1723 | Governor of NY Province, 1702-1708 |
| Crommelin, Robert | . | Architect of College Hall, 1756-1760 |
| Duane, James | 1733-1797 | Mayor of NYC |
| Fletcher, Benjamin | 1640-1703 | NY Provincial Governor |
| Hudson, Henry | . | Early explorer of New York region (1609) |
| Leiser, Jacob | 1640-1691 | Led a rebellion against the royal Government in 1688 |
| Minuit, Peter | 1580-1638 | Early Governor of New Amstredam |
| Moore, Henry | . | Provincial Governor of NY in 1770s |
| Stuyvesant, Peter | 1610-1672 | Governor of New Netherland 1642-1664 |
| da Verrazano, Giovanni | 1480-1528 | !st European explorer of New York Harbor in 1524 |
| Vesey, William | 1674-1746 | First rector of Trinity Church, 1697- 1745 |
| Witherspoon, John | 1723-1794 | President of Princeton, 1768-1790 |
| Zenger, John Peter | 1697-1746 | NYC journalist tried for criticizing provincial leaders |