Arguably the most famous living artist of his generation, Johns is best known for his colorful paintings of flags and maps.

A veteran producer and screenwriter as well as the longtime partner of Ang Lee—he's produced/written Lee's The Ice Storm, Hulk, and Brokeback Mountain—indie film powerhouse Jim Schamus is now CEO of Universal's art-house arm, Focus Features.

Fashion entrepreneur Tommy Hilfiger's company has seen better days, but the clothing line that bears his name soldiers on.

Governor of New York from 1983 to 1995, Cuomo is also known for siring a brood of prominent New Yorkers bearing his surname. He's the dad of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and 20/20 anchor Chris Cuomo.

"The Ralph Lauren of hip hop," Ecko is an urban entrepreneur and owner of a billion dollar fashion empire.

His Eminence Edward Cardinal Egan was the Archbishop of New York—and the leader of New York City's millions of Catholics—from 2000-2009.

Adored by smug blue-state yuppies everywhere, Stephen Colbert is the host of the second most popular fake news show on Comedy Central.

The oft-imitated Gunn is the host of Project Runwayand chief creative officer at Liz Claiborne.

Ivana is the ex-wife of Donald Trump and the mother of three of his five kids-Ivanka, Don Jr., and Eric.

Tinsley earned A-list social status the old-fashioned way-relentless self-promotion. After briefly working at Vogue, attending Parsons for four months, and working at PR firm Harrison & Shriftman, in 2002 she gave up on the notion of a day job when she tied the knot with longtime boyfriend Topper (otherwise known as Robert Livingston Mortimer) and focused her energies on rising to the top of the social ladder. At her peak in the mid-aughts, with her comings and goings constantly featured on Page Six, Mortimer landed luxury brand endorsements, "designing" gigs, and her own reality show on the CW network. The blitz of exposure has brought with it the inevitable backlash, and in 2008 she and Topper separated. [Image via Getty]

Ingrid Newkirk's worst nightmare, Basso is a furrier and QVC pitchman. He's also a fixture at society events around town.

Considered by many to be the finest actor of his generation, De Niro's also a quintessential New Yorker and he owns about half of Tribeca to prove it.

The co-founder of Spy, former editor-in-chief of New York, and novelist, Andersen has been at (or near) the center of the media universe for more than two decades.

A fashion designer to aging, millionaire socialites, Hannant's clients reside almost exclusively in the 10021 zip code.

LeFrak is a real estate heiress, social fixture, and occasional film and theater producer.

A society staple, Calicchio is heir to one of New York's biggest real estate fortunes.

Charlie Rangel is the gravelly-voiced Congressman who represents Harlem, Spanish Harlem, and Washington Heights. Of course, you probably know him best for his near-constant appearances on the cable news circuit.

Actress Mariska Hargitay plays uptight detective Olivia Benson on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

Thanks to roles in geek fare like Star Wars, V for Vendetta, and Garden State, the former child actress from Long Island is what Winona Ryder was a generation ago-a perpetually pixified princess with an edge.

Rosie is the genial talk show host-turned-loudmouthed dyke.