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Brooklyn Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. Kings County is the most populous Administrative divisions of New York (state)#County, county in the State of New York, ...

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borough A borough is an administrative division in various English-speaking countries. In principle, the term ''borough'' designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely. History In the Middle ...

of New York City at some time in their lives.

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Aaliyah Aaliyah Dana Haughton (; January 16, 1979 – August 25, 2001) was an American singer and actress. She has been credited for helping to redefine contemporary R&B, pop and hip hop, earning her the nicknames the "Princess of R&B" and "Q ...

(1979–2001) – actress, dancer and singer * Cal Abrams (1924–1997) –

Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL) ...

player (

Madison Madison may refer to: People * Madison (name), a given name and a surname * James Madison (1751–1836), fourth president of the United States Place names * Madison, Wisconsin, the state capital of Wisconsin and the largest city known by this ...

) * Monica Aksamit (born 1990), saber fencer; won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the Women's Saber Team competition. *

Lyle Alzado Lyle Martin Alzado (April 3, 1949 – May 14, 1992) was an American professional All Pro football defensive end of the National Football League (NFL), famous for his intense and intimidating style of play. Alzado played 15 seasons, splitting h ...

(1949–1992) – NFL All-Pro football player *

Robert Asencio Robert Asencio (born August 1963) is an American Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician and former Miami-Dade Schools Police Department captain from Florida. From 2016 to 2018, Asencio served in the Florida House of Representative ...

(born 1963) – Florida politician * Romeo Alaeff (born 1970) – visual artist * Marv Albert (born 1941) – sportscaster ( Manhattan Beach) * Tatyana Ali (born 1979) – actress *

Woody Allen Heywood "Woody" Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; November 30, 1935) is an American film director, writer, actor, and comedian whose career spans more than six decades and multiple Academy Award-winning films. He began his career writing ...

(born 1935) – film director, actor and screenwriter ( Midwood) *

Franco Ambriz Franco Ambriz is a playwright and director. His plays have been produced in New York City and Los Angeles. He co-wrote '' Footsteps In The Dark'' with the late Iranian director Reza Abdoh for the Los Angeles Festival, artistic director Peter Sel ...

– playwright * Barbara Anderson (born 1945) – actress *

Carmelo Anthony Carmelo Kyam Anthony (born May 29, 1984) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has been named an NBA All-Star ten times and an All-NBA Team m ...

(born 1984) –

National Basketball Association The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball sports league, league in North America. The league is composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada) and is one of the major professional sports leagues i ...

player ( Red Hook) * Alan Arkin (born 1934) – actor, director and screenwriter * Jack Armstrong (basketball) (born 1963) – sportscaster

Toronto Raptors The Toronto Raptors are a Canadian professional basketball team based in Toronto. The Raptors compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference (NBA), Eastern Conference Atlantic Division (NBA) ...

; former coach Niagara University *

Darren Aronofsky Darren Aronofsky (born February 12, 1969) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. His films are noted for their surrealistic, melodramatic, and sometimes disturbing elements, often in the form of psychological fiction. Arono ...

(born 1969) – film director *

Isaac Asimov Isaac Asimov ( ; 1920 – April 6, 1992) was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. During his lifetime, Asimov was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers, along with Robert A. Heinlein and ...

(1920–1992) – author and

biochemist Biochemists are scientists who are trained in biochemistry. They study chemical processes and chemical transformations in living organisms. Biochemists study DNA, proteins and cell parts. The word "biochemist" is a portmanteau of "biological che ...

* Madeline Astor (1893–1970) – ''Titanic'' survivor, wife of John Jacob Astor IV * W.H. Auden (1907–1973) – poet * Red Auerbach (1917–2006) –

coach and general manager, member of Hall of Fame (

Williamsburg Williamsburg may refer to: Places *Colonial Williamsburg, a living-history museum and private foundation in Virginia *Williamsburg, Brooklyn, neighborhood in New York City *Williamsburg, former name of Kernville (former town), California *Williams ...

) * Ken Auletta (born 1942) – journalist and writer *

Paul Auster Paul Benjamin Auster (born February 3, 1947) is an American writer and film director. His notable works include ''The New York Trilogy'' (1987), '' Moon Palace'' (1989), '' The Music of Chance'' (1990), ''The Book of Illusions'' (2002), '' The B ...

(born 1947) – author (

Park Slope Park Slope is a neighborhood in northwestern Brooklyn, New York City, within the area once known as South Brooklyn. Park Slope is roughly bounded by Prospect Park and Prospect Park West to the east, Fourth Avenue to the west, Flatbush A ...

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John Badalamenti John Leonard Badalamenti (born 1973) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. Biography Badalamenti received a Bachelor of Arts, with highest honors, a Master of Arts, and a Jur ...

(born 1973) – American federal judge (

Gravesend Gravesend is a town in northwest Kent, England, situated 21 miles (35 km) east-southeast of Charing Cross (central London) on the south bank of the River Thames and opposite Tilbury in Essex. Located in the diocese of Rochester, it is th ...

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Noah Baumbach Noah Baumbach () (born September 3, 1969) is an American film director and screenwriter. He is known for making witty and intellectual comedies set in New York City and has often been compared to writer-directors such as Woody Allen and Whit St ...

(born 1969) – film director and writer * Adrienne Bailon (born 1983) – actress * Scott Baio (born 1960) – actor ( Dyker Heights) *

Ralph Bakshi Ralph Bakshi (born October 29, 1938) is an American animator and filmmaker. In the 1970s, he established an alternative to mainstream animation through independent and adult-oriented productions. Between 1972 and 1992, he directed nine theatri ...

(born 1938) – film director (

Haifa Haifa ( he, חֵיפָה ' ; ar, حَيْفَا ') is the third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv—with a population of in . The city of Haifa forms part of the Haifa metropolitan area, the third-most populous metropoli ...

, Israel–born and Brownsville-reared) * Moses Michael Levi Barrow (born Jamal Michael Barrow; 1978), better known by his stage name Shyne, Belizean rapper and politician * Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960–1988) – artist *

(born 1969) – film director and writer ( Midwood) *

Gary Becker Gary Stanley Becker (; December 2, 1930 – May 3, 2014) was an American economist who received the 1992 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. He was a professor of economics and sociology at the University of Chicago, and was a leader of ...

(1930–2014) – economist;

Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, officially the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel ( sv, Sveriges riksbanks pris i ekonomisk vetenskap till Alfred Nobels minne), is an economics award administered ...

(1992) (

) * Francis J. Beckwith (born 1960) – philosopher

Baylor University Baylor University is a private Baptist Christian research university in Waco, Texas. Baylor was chartered in 1845 by the last Congress of the Republic of Texas. Baylor is the oldest continuously operating university in Texas and one of the ...

Henry Ward Beecher Henry Ward Beecher (June 24, 1813 – March 8, 1887) was an American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker, known for his support of the abolition of slavery, his emphasis on God's love, and his 1875 adultery trial. His r ...

(1813–1887) – clergyman and

social reform A reform movement or reformism is a type of social movement that aims to bring a social or also a political system closer to the community's ideal. A reform movement is distinguished from more radical social movements such as revolutionary m ...

er * Lyman Beecher (1775–1863) – clergyman and father of Henry Ward Beecher,

Thomas K. Beecher Thomas Kinnicut Beecher (February 10, 1824 - March 14, 1900) was a Congregationalist preacher and the principal of several schools. As a Congregational minister, his father took the family from Beecher's birthplace of Litchfield, Connecticut, to ...

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Harriet Beecher Stowe Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe (; June 14, 1811 – July 1, 1896) was an American author and abolitionist. She came from the religious Beecher family and became best known for her novel '' Uncle Tom's Cabin'' (1852), which depicts the ha ...

* Begushkin – folk rock band * Joy Behar (born 1942) – comedian and talk-show host (

) * Paul Ben-Victor (born 1965) – actor ( Midwood) *

Pat Benatar Patricia Mae Giraldo (''née'' Andrzejewski, formerly Benatar; born January 10, 1953), known professionally as Pat Benatar, is an American rock singer and songwriter. In the United States, she has had two multi-platinum albums, five platinum alb ...

(born 1953) – singer ( Greenpoint) *

Randy E. Bennett Randy Elliot Bennett is an American educational researcher who specializes in educational assessment. He is currently the Norman O. Frederiksen Chair in Assessment Innovation at Educational Testing Service in Princeton, NJ. His research and writ ...

– educational researcher ( Flatbush) * Mary Crowell Van Benschoten (1840-1921), author, newspaper publisher, clubwoman *

Bill Benulis Bill Benulis (November 5, 1928 – May 30, 2011) was an American comic book artist in the 1950s. His style is distinctive, and he signed his work, he drew 146 stories in a variety of genres. He was associated with artist Jack Abel who inked much ...

(1928–2011) – penciller and inker * David Berkowitz (born 1953) – serial killer known as "Son of Sam" *

Walter Berndt Walter Berndt (November 22, 1899, – August 15, 1979) was a cartoonist known for his comic strip A comic strip is a sequence of drawings, often cartoons, arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often se ...

(1899–1979) – cartoonist *

Paul Bettany Paul Bettany (born 27 May 1971) is an English actor. He is mostly known for his roles as J.A.R.V.I.S. and Vision in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, recently starring in the Disney+ miniseries '' WandaVision'' (2021), for which he was nominated ...

(born 1971) – actor (Brooklyn Heights) *

Lloyd Blankfein Lloyd Craig Blankfein (born September 20, 1954) is an American investment banker who has served as senior chairman of Goldman Sachs since 2019, and chairman and chief executive from 2006 until the end of 2018. Previous to leading Goldman Sachs, ...

(born 1954) –

investment banker Investment banking pertains to certain activities of a financial services company or a corporate division that consist in advisory-based financial transactions on behalf of individuals, corporations, and governments. Traditionally associated wit ...

; chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs * Corbin Bleu (born 1989) – actor * Emily Blunt (born 1983) – actress * Joseph Bologna (1934–2017) – actor * Clara Bow (1905–1965) – actress ( Prospect Heights) *

Riddick Bowe Riddick Lamont Bowe (born August 10, 1967) is an American former professional boxer who competed between 1989 and 2008. He reigned as the undisputed world heavyweight champion in 1992, and as an amateur he won a silver medal in the super heavyw ...

(born 1967) – boxer,

heavyweight Heavyweight is a weight class in combat sports and professional wrestling. Boxing Professional Boxers who weigh over are considered heavyweights by 3 of the 4 major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Federation, the W ...

champion ( Brownsville) *

Barbara Boxer Barbara Sue Boxer (née Levy; born November 11, 1940) is an American politician and lobbyist who served in the United States Senate, representing California from 1993 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served as the U. ...

(born 1940) – politician;

U.S. Senator The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States. The composition and powe ...

from California (since 1993) * Harry Boykoff (1922–2001) – basketball player *

Steve Bracey Stephen Henry Bracey (August 1, 1950 – February 14, 2006) was an American basketball player. Biography Bracey grew up in Brooklyn, where he attended Midwood High School. A 6' 1" guard, he first played at Kilgore Junior College in Texas, where ...

(1950–2006) — basketball player * Scott Brady (1924–1985) – actor * Mark Breland (born 1963) – boxer; five-time New York Golden Gloves champion * Shannon Briggs (born 1971) – boxer,

champion * Gail Brodsky (born 1991) – tennis player *

Mel Brooks Mel Brooks (born Melvin James Kaminsky; June 28, 1926) is an American actor, comedian and filmmaker. With a career spanning over seven decades, he is known as a writer and director of a variety of successful broad farces and parodies. He began ...

(born 1926) – actor, comedian, film director, film producer and screenwriter (

) * Foxy Brown (born 1978) – actress, model and rap artist (

) * Larry Brown (born 1940) – basketball player and coach, point guard, three-time All-Star, three-time assists leader, Olympic champion, NCAA and NBA head coach * Elliott Buckmaster (1889–1976) – U.S. Navy officer; naval aviator during

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, ...

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World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

Buckshot A shotgun shell, shotshell or simply shell is a type of rimmed, cylindrical (straight-walled) cartridges used specifically in shotguns, and is typically loaded with numerous small, pellet-like spherical sub-projectiles called shot, fired thr ...

(born 1974) – rapper ( Crown Heights) * Terry Burrus – musician; composer, conductor, producer *

Steve Buscemi Steven Vincent Buscemi ( ,As stated in interviews by Buscemi himself, some may insist that his pronunciation of his own name is "wrong" because it does not match the original Italian pronunciation as well. It is not uncommon for people to pronou ...

(born 1957) – actor, film director and screenwriter *

Busta Rhymes Trevor George Smith Jr. (born May 20, 1972), known professionally as Busta Rhymes, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor. Chuck D of Public Enemy gave him the moniker Busta Rhymes, after NFL and CFL wide receiver ...

(born 1972) – rapper (East Flatbush and Bedford–Stuyvesant)

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* Red Cafe (born 1976) – rapper ( Flatbush) *

Charlie Callas Charlie Callas (born Charles Callias; December 20, 1924 – January 27, 2011) was an American actor and comedian. He was most commonly known for his work with Mel Brooks, Jerry Lewis, and Dean Martin, and his many stand-up appearances on te ...

(1927–2011) – comedian *

Giovanni Capitello Giovanni Familiare Capitello (born August 27, 1979, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor / filmmaker. Background Capitello is of Sicily#People, Sicilian and Germans, German descent and was born in Brooklyn (1979) and raised in East Patch ...

(born 1979) – actor/filmmaker *

Al Capone Alphonse Gabriel Capone (; January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947), sometimes known by the nickname "Scarface", was an American gangster and businessman who attained notoriety during the Prohibition era as the co-founder and boss of the ...

(1899–1947) – gangster ( Red Hook) *

Truman Capote Truman Garcia Capote ( ; born Truman Streckfus Persons; September 30, 1924 – August 25, 1984) was an American novelist, screenwriter, playwright and actor. Several of his short stories, novels, and plays have been praised as literary classics, ...

(1924–1984) – writer (Brooklyn Heights) * Jack Carter (1922–2015) – comedian * Fabiano Caruana (born 1992) – youngest chess grandmaster in United States history (

) *

Jack Catran Jack Catran (January 22, 1918 – January 18, 2001) was an American industrial designer, behavioral psychologist, scientist, and linguist. He was a NASA human factors engineer on the first Apollo mission and was best known for his refut ...

(1918–2001) – industrial designer and linguist (Bensonhurst) *

Jasmine Cephas Jones Jasmine Cephas Jones (born July 21, 1989) is an American-British actress, singer, and producer, who originated the dual roles of Peggy Schuyler and Maria Reynolds in the Broadway stage musical '' Hamilton''. In 2020, Cephas Jones won a Primet ...

(born 1989) – actress, singer, songwriter *

Roz Chast Rosalind Chast (born November 26, 1954) is an American cartoonist and a staff cartoonist for ''The New Yorker''. Since 1978, she has published more than 800 cartoons in ''The New Yorker''. She also publishes cartoons in ''Scientific American'' and ...

(born 1954) – cartoonist *

Bea Chester Bea Chester (born c.1921) was a utility infielder who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. She batted and threw right-handed. A native of Brooklyn, New York, Bea Chester was one of the original South Bend Blue Sox fou ...

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All-American Girls Professional Baseball League The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) was a professional women's baseball league founded by Philip K. Wrigley which existed from 1943 to 1954. The AAGPBL is the forerunner of women's professional league sports in the Uni ...

player *

Shirley Chisholm Shirley Anita Chisholm ( ; ; November 30, 1924 – January 1, 2005) was an American politician who, in 1968, became the first black woman to be elected to the United States Congress. Chisholm represented New York's 12th congressional dist ...

(1924–2005) – first female African American U.S. Representative and first African American major-party candidate for U.S. President *

Andrew Dice Clay Andrew Dice Clay (born Andrew Clay Silverstein; September 29, 1957) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He rose to prominence in the late 1980s with a brash, deliberately offensive persona known as "The Diceman". In 1990, he became the fi ...

(born 1957) – comedian (

Sheepshead Bay Sheepshead, Sheephead, or Sheep's Head, may refer to: Fish * '' Archosargus probatocephalus'', a medium-sized saltwater fish of the Atlantic Ocean * Freshwater drum, ''Aplodinotus grunniens'', a medium-sized freshwater fish of North and Central ...

) * Cheryl "Coko" Clemons (born 1970) – gospel singer and lead singer of R&B group SWV * Abram Cohen (1924–2016) – Olympic fencer * David Cohen (1917–2020) – member of the

US Army The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight U.S. uniformed services, and is designated as the Army of the United States in the U.S. Constitution.Article II, section 2, c ...

, a liberator of the Ohrdruf concentration camp, and a schoolteacher * Herbert Cohen (born 1940) – Olympic fencer * Maino (born 1973) – rapper ( Bedford–Stuyvesant) *

Norm Coleman Norman Bertram Coleman Jr. (born August 17, 1949) is an American politician, attorney, and lobbyist. From 2003 to 2009, he served as a United States Senator for Minnesota. From 1994 to 2002, he was mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota. First elected ...

(born 1949) –

from

Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minne ...

from 2003 until 2009(

) * Kim Coles (born 1962) – comedienne, actress from ''

Living Single ''Living Single'' is an American television sitcom created by Yvette Lee Bowser that aired for five seasons on the Fox network from August 22, 1993, to January 1, 1998. The show centered on the lives of six friends who shared personal and profess ...

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Jennifer Connelly Jennifer Lynn Connelly (born December 12, 1970) is an American actress. She began her career as a child model before making her acting debut in the 1984 crime film ''Once Upon a Time in America''. After having worked as a model for several year ...

(born 1970) – actress (Brooklyn Heights) *

Chuck Connors Kevin Joseph Aloysius "Chuck" Connors (April 10, 1921 – November 10, 1992) was an American actor, writer, and professional basketball and baseball player. He is one of only 13 athletes in the history of American professional sports to have p ...

(1921–1992) – actor *

Omar Cook Omar-Sharif Cook ( sr, Omar-Šarif Kuk / Омар-Шариф Кук; born January 28, 1982) is an American-Montenegrin professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Cleveland Charge of the NBA G League. He ...

(born 1982) – professional basketball player *

George H. Cooper Rear Admiral George H. Cooper (27 July 1821 – 17 November 1891) was an officer in the United States Navy. During his long naval career, he served on the African Slave Trade Patrol, and fought in the Second Seminole War, the Mexican War, the ...

(1821–1891) – United States Navy rear admiral *

Pat Cooper Pat Cooper (born Pasquale Caputo; July 31, 1929) is an American actor and comedian. Life and career His father Michael Caputo was a bricklayer from Mola di Bari, Italy and his mother, Louise Gargiulo was born in Brooklyn, New York, where Coop ...

(born 1929) – comedian (Red Hook) *

Aaron Copland Aaron Copland (, ; November 14, 1900December 2, 1990) was an American composer, composition teacher, writer, and later a conductor of his own and other American music. Copland was referred to by his peers and critics as "the Dean of American Com ...

(1900–1990) – composer * Larry Corcoran (1859–1891) –

player * John Corigliano (born 1938) –

Academy Award The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment in ...

Pulitzer Prize for Music The Pulitzer Prize for Music is one of seven Pulitzer Prizes awarded annually in Letters, Drama, and Music. It was first given in 1943. Joseph Pulitzer arranged for a music scholarship to be awarded each year, and this was eventually converted ...

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Grammy Award The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pre ...

-winning composer ( Midwood) *

Howard Cosell Howard is an English-language given name originating from Old French Huard (or Houard) from a Germanic source similar to Old High German ''*Hugihard'' "heart-brave", or ''*Hoh-ward'', literally "high defender; chief guardian". It is also probabl ...

(1918–1995) – sportscaster * William R. Cosentini – mechanical engineer and founder of Cosentini Associates *

Delilah Cotto Delilah Cotto is a Puerto Rican-American actress, dancer and model. Early life Cotto was born and raised in the Coney Island section of Brooklyn, New York to Puerto Rican parents. She studied drama at the High School of Performing Arts in ...

– dancer, model and actress (

Coney Island Coney Island is a peninsular neighborhood and entertainment area in the southwestern section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood is bounded by Brighton Beach and Manhattan Beach to its east, Lower New York Bay to th ...

) * Jonathan Coulton (born 1970) – musician *

Hart Crane Harold Hart Crane (July 21, 1899 – April 27, 1932) was an American poet. Provoked and inspired by T. S. Eliot, Crane wrote modernist poetry that was difficult, highly stylized, and ambitious in its scope. In his most ambitious work, ''The Bridge ...

(1899–1932) – poet (

The Bridge The Bridge may refer to: Art, entertainment and media Art * ''The Bridge'' (sculpture), a 1997 sculpture in Atlanta, Georgia, US * Die Brücke (''The Bridge''), a group of German expressionist artists * ''The Bridge'' (M. C. Escher), a lithograph ...

) * Melora Creager (born 1966) – singer * Jimmy Crespo (born 1954) – former Aerosmith guitarist * Peter Criss (born 1945) – musician * Billy Cunningham (born 1942) – NBA player and coach

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Larry David at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival 2

Doug E. Doug Doug E. Doug (born Douglas Bourne; January 7, 1970) is an American actor. He started his career at age 17 as a stand-up comedian. He played the role of Griffin Vesey on the CBS sitcom ''Cosby (TV series), Cosby'', Sanka Coffie in the film ''Co ...

(born 1970) comedian * Da Beatminerz – hip-hop production team * Da Bush Babees – hip-hop group ( Flatbush) *

Matt Damon Matthew Paige Damon (; born October 8, 1970) is an American actor, film producer, and screenwriter. Ranked among '' Forbes'' most bankable stars, the films in which he has appeared have collectively earned over $3.88 billion at the North Amer ...

(born 1970) – actor and screenwriter * Dana Dane (born 1965) – rapper ( Fort Greene) * Tony Danza (born 1951) – actor * John D'Aquino (born 1958) – actor * John Henry Davis (1921–1984) – U.S. weightlifter 6 time world champion and 2 time Olympic gold medalist * Jonathan David (born 2000) – soccer player *

Thomas Darden Thomas Francis Darden Jr. (September 8, 1900 – June 17, 1961) was a U.S. Navy officer who achieved the rank of captain, the commander of a Navy light cruiser during World War II, and was the governor of American Samoa from July 7, 1949 t ...

(1900–1961) – U.S. Navy

Rear admiral Rear admiral is a senior naval flag officer rank, equivalent to a major general and air vice marshal and above that of a commodore and captain, but below that of a vice admiral. It is regarded as a two star " admiral" rank. It is often rega ...

, 37th

Governor of American Samoa This is a list of governors, etc. of the part of the Samoan Islands (now comprising American Samoa) under United States administration since 1900. From 1900 to 1978 governors were appointed by the Federal government of the United States. Since ...

Larry David Lawrence Gene David (born July 2, 1947) is an American comedian, writer, actor, and television producer. He and Jerry Seinfeld created the television sitcom ''Seinfeld'', on which David was head writer and executive producer for the first sev ...

(born 1947) – writer, producer, actor, and comedian (

) * Noach Dear (1953–2020) –

New York Supreme Court The Supreme Court of the State of New York is the trial-level court of general jurisdiction in the New York State Unified Court System. (Its Appellate Division is also the highest intermediate appellate court.) It is vested with unlimited civ ...

Judge *

Mos Def Yasiin Bey (; born Dante Terrell Smith, December 11, 1973), previously and more commonly known by his stage name Mos Def (), is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and actor. His hip hop career began in 1994, alongside his siblings in the s ...

(born 1973) – actor and rapper ( Bedford–Stuyvesant) * Ronald DeFeo Jr. (1951–2021) – mass murderer who killed his family in 1974; was the inspiration for ''

The Amityville Horror ''The Amityville Horror'' is a book by American author Jay Anson, published in September 1977. It is also the basis of a series of films released from 1979 onward. The book is based on the claims of paranormal experiences by the Lutz family, ...

'' * David DeJesus (born 1979) – MLB player * Dom DeLuise (1933–2009) – comedian and actor *

Alan Dershowitz Alan Morton Dershowitz ( ; born September 1, 1938) is an American lawyer and former law professor known for his work in U.S. constitutional law and American criminal law. From 1964 to 2013, he taught at Harvard Law School, where he was appointe ...

(born 1938) – lawyer, professor, author (

) * C.C. Deville (Bruce Johannesson) (born 1962) – musician *

Kevin Devine Kevin Devine (born December 19, 1979) is an American songwriter and musician from Staten Island, New York City, who is known for his introspective and political themes. He is a contemporary member of the underground indie rock and indie folk m ...

(born 1979) – musician *

Danny Devito Daniel Michael DeVito Jr. (born November 17, 1944) is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. He gained prominence for his portrayal of the taxi dispatcher Louie De Palma in the television series '' Taxi'' (1978–1983), which won him a Go ...

(born 1944) - actor, comedian, filmmaker *

Neil Diamond Neil Leslie Diamond (born January 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. He has sold more than 130 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling musicians of all time. He has had ten No. 1 singles on the Hot 100 and Adul ...

(born 1941) – singer * Mary E. Dillon (1886 – October 20, 1983) – American engineer and President of Brooklyn Borough Gas Company *

Michael A. DiSpezio Michael Anthony DiSpezio (born 1953) is an American author, television host and stage edutainment performer who specializes in science and science education. He is known for his quick wit and playful style. Along with infusing his performances wi ...

(born 1953) – writer, performer, and broadcast host * Chris DiStefano (born 1984) - comedian * Vincent D'Onofrio (born 1959) – actor * Valerie D'Orazio (born 1974) – writer and blogger * Irvin Dorfman (1924–2006) – tennis player * David Draiman (born 1973) – singer *

Richard Dreyfuss Richard Stephen Dreyfuss (; born Dreyfus; October 29, 1947) is an American actor. He is known for starring in popular films during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, including '' American Graffiti'' (1973), '' Jaws'' (1975), '' Close Encounters of th ...

(born 1947) – actor * Jim Drucker (born 1952/1953) – former Commissioner of the

Continental Basketball Association The Continental Basketball Association (CBA) (originally known as the Eastern Pennsylvania Basketball League, and later as the Eastern Professional Basketball League and the Eastern Basketball Association) was a men's professional basketball m ...

, former Commissioner of the

Arena Football League The Arena Football League (AFL) was a professional arena football league in the United States. It was founded in 1986, but played its first official games in the 1987 season, making it the third longest-running professional football league in ...

, and founder of NewKadia Comics *

Don Dubbins Donald Gene Dubbins (June 28, 1928 – August 17, 1991) was an American film, stage and television actor. Life and career Born in Brooklyn, New York. Dubbins began his career in 1953, appeariing in the television series '' The Doctor''. He also ...

(1928–1991) – actor *

Lena Dunham Lena Dunham (, born May 13, 1986) is an American writer, director, actress, and producer. She is known as the creator, writer, and star of the HBO television series '' Girls'' (2012–2017), for which she received several Emmy Award nominations ...

(born 1986) – actress and writer (

Brooklyn Heights Brooklyn Heights is a residential neighborhood within the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood is bounded by Old Fulton Street near the Brooklyn Bridge on the north, Cadman Plaza West on the east, Atlantic Avenue on the south, an ...

) * Kyle Bobby Dunn (born 1986) – composer, musician, artist ( RAMBO) *

Jimmy Durante James Francis Durante ( , ; February 10, 1893 – January 29, 1980) was an American comedian, actor, singer, vaudevillian, and pianist. His distinctive gravelly speech, Lower East Side accent, comic language-butchery, jazz-influenced songs ...

(1893–1980) – actor and comedian

E

* Easy Mo Bee (born 1965) – hip-hop and R&B producer * William J. Ecker – U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral * Harry Eisenstat (1915–2003) – Major League Baseball player (

) * Erick Arc Elliott (born 1990) – rapper, producer *

The Epochs The Epochs are an alternative rock band based in Brooklyn, New York, and fronted by the brothers Hays and Ryan Holladay. Members Hays and Ryan Holladay grew up in Arlington, Virginia, and are self-taught musicians. The brothers share vocal duti ...

– rock band, formed in 2002 *

Jeffrey Epstein Jeffrey Edward Epstein ( ; January 20, 1953August 10, 2019) was an American sex offender and financier. Epstein, who was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York City, began his professional life by teaching at the Dalton School in Manhattan, de ...

– wealthy businessman and longtime child sex trafficker * Etika (1990–2019) –

YouTuber A YouTuber is an online personality and/or influencer who produces videos on the video-sharing platform YouTube, typically posting to their personal YouTube channel. The term was first used in the English language in 2006. Influence Influe ...

and online streamer

F

* Fab 5 Freddy (born 1959) – hip-hop pioneer *

Fabolous John David Jackson (born November 18, 1977), better known by his stage name Fabolous, is an American rapper. Raised in Brooklyn, he first gained recognition while still a senior in high school, when he performed live on American music executive ...

(born 1977) – rapper ( Bedford-Stuyvesant) * Edie Falco (born 1963) – actress *

Jimmy Fallon James Thomas Fallon (born September 19, 1974) is an American comedian, television host, actor, and writer. He is known for his work in television as a cast member on ''Saturday Night Live'' and as the host of the late-night talk show ''The Ton ...

(born 1974) – actor and comedian *

Anthony Fauci Anthony Stephen Fauci (; born December 24, 1940) is an American physician-scientist and immunologist serving as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and the chief medical advisor to the preside ...

(born 1940) – Infectious disease expert, director of NIAD at National Institutes of Health *

Lotta Faust Charlotte "Lotta" Faust (February 8, 1880 ''–'' January 25, 1910) was an American actress, dancer, and singer. She performed an interpretation of the Salome dance based on the play ''Salome (play), Salome'' (1893) by Oscar Wilde."In Memori ...

(1880–1910) – musical comedy actress * Lillian Feickert (1877–1945) – suffragette and politician * Bob Ferguson (1845–1894) – MLB player ("Death to Flying Things") *

Jerry Ferrara Jerry Charles Ferrara (born November 25, 1979) is an American actor known for his role as Turtle on the HBO comedy series '' Entourage'', and starred on the Starz drama series '' Power'' as Joe Proctor. Life and career Ferrara was born in Broo ...

(born 1979) – actor * Frank Ferrer (born 1966) – Guns N' Roses drummer * Lou Ferrigno (born 1951) – former bodybuilder, actor (Midwood) *

Martin Fettman Martin Joseph Fettman (B.S., D.V.M., M.S., Ph.D., Diplomate, ACVP) is an American pathologist and researcher who flew on NASA Space Shuttle mission STS-58 aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia as a Payload Specialist. Personal data Born December ...

(born 1956) – astronaut ( Midwood) *

Suzi Ferrer Suzi Ferrer (born Susan Nudelman on May 24, 1940 in Brooklyn, New York), also known as Sasha Ferrer, was a visual artist based in San Juan, Puerto Rico from the mid-1960s to 1975. She is known for her transgressive, irreverent, avant-garde, art ...

(1940–2006) – US/Puerto-Rican visual artist and feminist *

Ailene Fields Ailene Fields (born 1948) is an American sculptor and stone carving teacher known for her skills in stone, bronze and acrylic. Her subjects often call upon mythology and fairy tales for inspiration. Biography Born Eileen Rubin in 1948 in Brook ...

(born 1948) – sculptor * Harvey Fierstein (born 1954) – actor and playwright ( Bensonhurst) *

Bobby Fischer Robert James Fischer (March 9, 1943January 17, 2008) was an American chess grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess Champion. A chess prodigy, he won his first of a record eight US Championships at the age of 14. In 1964, he won with an ...

(1943–2008) – champion chess player ( Flatbush) * Mickey Fisher (1904/05–1963) – basketball coach * Robert William Fisher (born 1961) – murderer and fugitive (

FBI Ten Most Wanted The FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives is a most wanted list maintained by the United States's Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The list arose from a conversation held in late 1949 between J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the FBI, and William Kin ...

) * Percy Keese Fitzhugh (1876–1950) – author of children's books * Rolf G. Fjelde (1926–2002) – playwright, educator and poet * Farrah Fleurimond – singer-songwriter and member of R&B group

Lyric Lyric may refer to: * Lyrics, the words, often in verse form, which are sung, usually to a melody, and constitute the semantic content of a song * Lyric poetry is a form of poetry that expresses a subjective, personal point of view * Lyric, from ...

James Florio James Joseph Florio (August 29, 1937 – September 25, 2022) was an American politician who served as the 49th governor of New Jersey from 1990 to 1994. He was previously the U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 1st congressional district from ...

(born 1937) – 49th

Governor of New Jersey The governor of New Jersey is the head of government of New Jersey. The office of governor is an elected position with a four-year term. There is a two consecutive term term limit, with no limitation on non-consecutive terms. The official re ...

, 1990 until 1994 *

Jonathan Safran Foer Jonathan Safran Foer (; born February 21, 1977) is an American novelist. He is known for his novels ''Everything Is Illuminated'' (2002), ''Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close'' (2005), ''Here I Am (novel), Here I Am'' (2016), and for his non-fict ...

(born 1977) – novelist *

Cristina Fontanelli Cristina Fontanelli (born in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actress, opera singer and television presenter. Early life The Italian-American Fontanelli was born in Brooklyn, New York."Christina Fontanelli sings 'Christmas in Italy' program" ' ...

– opera singer * Yuri Foreman (born 1980) – world champion boxer *

John Forsythe John Forsythe (January 29, 1918 – April 1, 2010) was an American stage, film/television actor, producer, narrator, drama teacher and philanthropist whose career spanned six decades. He also appeared as a guest on several talk and variety s ...

(1918–2010) – actor *

Steve Franken Stephen Robert Franken (May 27, 1932 – August 24, 2012) was an American actor who worked in film and television for over fifty years. Career Franken, the son of a Hollywood press agent, was born in Brooklyn, New York and graduated from Corne ...

(1932–2012) – actor * Bruce Franklin (born 1934) – professor * Frank Frazetta (1928–2010) – artist * Gary William Friedman – composer *

Milton Friedman Milton Friedman (; July 31, 1912 – November 16, 2006) was an American economist and statistician who received the 1976 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his research on consumption analysis, monetary history and theory and the ...

(1912–2006) – Nobel Prize-winning economist * Fu-Schnickens – rapper *

Full Force Full Force is an American music group of hip hop and R&B singers and producers from Brooklyn, New York. Members *B-Fine (Brian George) - drums and drum programming, backing vocals *Shy Shy (Hugh Junior Clark) - bass guitar, backing voc ...

– 1980s R&B and production group

G

* Eric Gonzalez (born 1969) politician *

Ellis Gallagher Ellis Gallagher is an artist and painter known primarily for street drawings made by working with different sources of light and shadows and chalk on the streets of New York City, as well as other international destinations. Gallagher was born in M ...

(born 1973) – graffiti artist * Vincent Gardenia (1920–1992) – actor (Bensonhurst) * M. Elsa Gardner (1894–1963) – Engineer * Ina Garten (born 1948) –

Food Network Food Network is an American basic cable channel owned by Television Food Network, G.P., a joint venture and general partnership between Warner Bros. Discovery Networks (which holds a 69% ownership stake of the network) and Nexstar Media Group ...

television chef, cookbook author; known as the Barefoot Contessa * Shad Gaspard (1981–2020) –

professional wrestler Professional wrestling is a form of theater that revolves around staged wrestling matches. The mock combat is performed in a ring similar to the kind used in boxing, and the dramatic aspects of pro wrestling may be performed both in the ring or ...

David Geffen David Lawrence Geffen (born February 21, 1943) is an American business magnate, producer and film studio executive. He co-created Asylum Records in 1971 with Elliot Roberts, Geffen Records in 1980, DGC Records in 1990, and DreamWorks SKG in 19 ...

(born 1943) – media mogul ( Borough Park) *

Sylvia Gerrish Sylvia Gerrish (born Lillian M. Rollins; May 1860 – December 8, 1906) was an American musical theatre performer who found success in New York and London in the 1880s and early 1890s. She was known as "The Girl with the Poetical Legs".

(1860–1906) – 19th-century musical comedy performer *

George Gershwin George Gershwin (; born Jacob Gershwine; September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned popular, jazz and classical genres. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions ' ...

(1898–1937) – composer and younger brother of

Ira Gershwin Ira Gershwin (born Israel Gershovitz; December 6, 1896 – August 17, 1983) was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs in the English language of the ...

* Murray Gerstenhaber (born 1927) – mathematician and lawyer * Deborah Gibson (born 1970) – singer and songwriter * Taj Gibson (born 1985) – NBA player *

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Joan Ruth Bader Ginsburg ( ; ; March 15, 1933September 18, 2020) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020. She was nominated by President ...

(1933–2020) –

Associate Justice Associate justice or associate judge (or simply associate) is a judicial panel member who is not the chief justice in some jurisdictions. The title "Associate Justice" is used for members of the Supreme Court of the United States and some sta ...

United States Supreme Court The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases, and over state court cases that involve a point ...

(

) *

Johnny Gioeli Johnny Gioeli ( ; born October 5, 1967) is an American singer, songwriter and composer, known as the vocalist of the hard rock band Crush 40. He is also the original lead singer of the band Hardline and a member of German guitarist Axel Rudi Pel ...

(born 1967) – singer ( Crush 40,

Hardline In politics, hardline (or hard-line) is an adjective describing a stance on an issue that is inflexible and not subject to compromise. A hardliner is a person holding such views. The stance is usually far from the centrist view. People, policies ...

, Axel Rudi Pell) *

Rudy Giuliani Rudolph William Louis Giuliani (, ; born May 28, 1944) is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 107th Mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2001. He previously served as the United States Associate Attorney General from 1981 to 19 ...

(born 1944) – former United States Attorney, former Mayor of New York; 2008 Republican presidential candidate *

Jackie Gleason John Herbert Gleason (February 26, 1916June 24, 1987) was an American actor, comedian, writer, composer, and conductor known affectionately as "The Great One." Developing a style and characters from growing up in Brooklyn, New York, he was know ...

(1916–1987) – actor and comedian ( Bushwick/ Bedford–Stuyvesant) * Marty Glickman (1917–2001) – Olympian and broadcaster (

) *

James Newton Gloucester The Reverend James Newton Gloucester was an African-American clergyman and businessman who was a supporter of abolitionist John Brown John Brown most often refers to: *John Brown (abolitionist) (1800–1859), American who led an anti-slavery raid ...

– African-American abolitionist *

Baruch Goldstein Baruch Kopel Goldstein ( he, ברוך קופל גולדשטיין; born Benjamin Carl Goldstein; December 9, 1956 – February 25, 1994) was an Israeli-American mass murderer, religious extremist, and physician who perpetrated the 1994 terroris ...

(1956–1994) – American-Israel extremist and perpetrator of the 1994

Cave of the Patriarchs massacre The Cave of the Patriarchs massacre, also known as the Ibrahimi Mosque massacre or the Hebron massacre, was a shooting massacre carried out by Baruch Goldstein, an American-Israeli extremist and member of the far-right Kach movement. On 25 ...

* Jerry Goldstein (born 1970) – physicist * Ben Goldwasser (born 1982) – member of the band MGMT *

Norman Gorbaty Norman Gorbaty (October 5, 1932 – September 26, 2020) was an American artist who lived and worked in New York. Early life After graduating from Amherst College, Gorbaty was the recipient of a Simpson fellowship from Amherst and a teaching fe ...

(1932–2020) – artist * Sid Gordon (1917–1975) – two-time All-Star baseball player * Louis Gossett Jr. (born 1936) – Oscar-winning actor (

) * Gilbert Gottfried (1955–2022) – stand-up comedian, actor * Alfred Gottschalk (1930–2009) – President of Hebrew Union College and leader in the

Reform Judaism Reform Judaism, also known as Liberal Judaism or Progressive Judaism, is a major Jewish denomination that emphasizes the evolving nature of Judaism, the superiority of its ethical aspects to its ceremonial ones, and belief in a continuous sear ...

movement *

Elliott Gould Elliott Gould (; né Goldstein; born August 29, 1938) is an American actor. He began acting in Hollywood films during the 1960s. Elliott's breakthrough role was in the '' Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice'' (1969), for which he received a nomination ...

(born 1938) – actor *

Yossi Green Yossi Green (born 1955)Green, Yossi. "Looking Back at Williamsburg". '' Ami'', April 5, 2017, pp. 158–165. is a Hasidic Jewish composer of contemporary Jewish religious music. As of 2013 he had written more than 700 melodiesBleich, Chananya. "A ...

(born 1955) – composer *

Dr. George E. Green George E. Green is an American cardiac surgeon best known for pioneering and implementing the first surgical procedure of the left coronary artery bypass graft using the internal thoracic artery sutured to the left anterior descending coronary ...

(born 1932) – cardiac surgeon *

Kai Greene Kai Greene (born July 12, 1975), is an American personal trainer, artist, actor, and professional bodybuilder. He came in second place at the 2012, 2013, and 2014 editions of the IFBB's Mr. Olympia competition and has not competed in it since ...

(born 1975) – bodybuilder * Adrian Grenier (born 1976) – actor ( Clinton Hill) *

Bill Griffith William Henry Jackson Griffith (born January 20, 1944) is an American cartoonist who signs his work Bill Griffith and Griffy. He is best known for his surreal comedy, surreal daily comic strip ''Zippy the Pinhead, Zippy''. The catchphrase "Are w ...

(born 1944) – cartoonist ('' Zippy'') * David Grimm (born 1965) – award-winning playwright and screenwriter *

Leib Groner Yehuda Leib "Leibel" Groner ( yi, יהודה ליב גראנער; April 25, 1931 – April 7, 2020) was an American Hasidic Jewish teacher, scholar, and author. He is best known for having served as the personal secretary to Rabbi Menachem Mendel ...

(1931–2020) –

Chabad-Lubavitch Chabad, also known as Lubavitch, Habad and Chabad-Lubavitch (), is an Orthodox Jewish Hasidic dynasty. Chabad is one of the world's best-known Hasidic movements, particularly for its outreach activities. It is one of the largest Hasidic group ...

Rabbai and secretary to

Menachem Schneerson Menachem Mendel Schneerson (Modern Hebrew: מנחם מענדל שניאורסון; old-fashioned spelling: מנחם מענדל שניאורסאהן; April 5, 1902 OS – June 12, 1994; AM 11 Nissan 5662 – 3 Tammuz 5754), known to man ...

( Crown Heights) * Robert Grossman (born 1940) – illustrator *

Bob Guccione Robert Charles Joseph Edward Sabatini Guccione ( ; December 17, 1930 – October 20, 2010) was an American photographer and publisher. He founded the adult magazine ''Penthouse'' in 1965. This was aimed at competing with Hugh Hefner's ''Playboy'', ...

(1930–2010) – adult-magazine publisher * Louise Gunning (1879–1960) – singer, actress * Sigrid Gurie (1911–1969) – actress *

Arlo Guthrie Arlo Davy Guthrie (born July 10, 1947) is an American folk singer-songwriter. He is known for singing songs of protest against social injustice, and storytelling while performing songs, following the tradition of his father, Woody Guthrie. G ...

(born 1947) – singer (

) * GZA (born 1966) – rapper ( Bedford–Stuyvesant) *

Maggie Gyllenhaal Margalit Ruth "Maggie" Gyllenhaal (; born November 16, 1977) is an American actress and filmmaker. Part of the Gyllenhaal family, she is the daughter of filmmakers Stephen Gyllenhaal and Naomi Achs, and the older sister of actor Jake Gyllenh ...

(born 1970) – actress

H

* Buddy Hackett (1924–2003) – actor and comedian (

) *

Adelaide Hall Adelaide Louise Hall (20 October 1901 – 7 November 1993) was an American-born UK-based jazz singer and entertainer. Her long career spanned more than 70 years from 1921 until her death and she was a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance. Hall ...

(1901–1993) – jazz singer, songwriter, actress *

Jimmy Hall Jimmy Hall (born April 26, 1949) is the American lead singer and harmonica player for the Southern rock group, Wet Willie. Hall was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and reared in Mobile, Alabama. He first gained notoriety in 1970 as the lead vocal ...

(born 1994), basketball player in the

Israeli National League Liga Leumit ( he, ליגה לאומית, lit. ''National League'') is the second division of the Israeli Football League, and below its Premier League. Structure There are 16 clubs in the league. At the end of each season, the two lowest-place ...

. *

Bobby Hambel Biohazard is an American hardcore band formed in Brooklyn, New York City, in 1987. They are one of the earliest bands to fuse hardcore punk and heavy metal with elements of hip hop. The original lineup consisted of bassist/vocalist Evan Sei ...

– guitarist, Biohazard *

Marvin Hamlisch Marvin Frederick Hamlisch (June 2, 1944 – August 6, 2012) was an American composer and conductor. Hamlisch was one of only seventeen people to win Emmy, Grammy, Academy Awards, Oscar and Tony Awards, Tony awards. This collection of all fou ...

(1944–2012) – Oscar-winning composer of film scores (Midwood) * Andrew P. Harris (born 1957) – Maryland politician * Barbara Grizzuti Harrison (1934–2002) – author * Anne Hathaway (born 1982) – Oscar-winning actress *

Knut Haukelid Knut Haukelid ( May 17, 1911 - March 8, 1994) was a Norwegian military officer. He was a Norwegian resistance movement soldier during World War II, most notable for participating in the Norwegian heavy water sabotage. Early life Knut Anders Ha ...

(1911–1994) – Norwegian resistance movement soldier * Richie Havens (1941– 2013) – folk singer-songwriter, actor; first performer at the original

Woodstock Woodstock Music and Art Fair, commonly referred to as Woodstock, was a music festival held during August 15–18, 1969, on Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, New York, United States, southwest of the town of Woodstock, New York, Woodstock. ...

( Bedford–Stuyvesant) *

Susan Hayward Susan Hayward (born Edythe Marrenner; June 30, 1917 – March 14, 1975) was an American film actress, best known for her film portrayals of women that were based on true stories. After working as a fashion model for the Walter Thornton Model A ...

(1917–1975) – Oscar-winning actress ( Flatbush) *

Rita Hayworth Rita Hayworth (born Margarita Carmen Cansino; October 17, 1918May 14, 1987) was an American actress, dancer and producer. She achieved fame during the 1940s as one of the era's top stars, appearing in 61 films over 37 years. The press coined th ...

(1918–1987) – actress * Leona Helmsley (1920–2007) – businessperson and real estate investor *

Heltah Skeltah Heltah Skeltah was an American hip hop duo which consisted of rappers Jahmal "Rock" Bush and Sean "Ruck" Price. The two were also members of New York supergroup Boot Camp Clik, along with Buckshot, Smif-N-Wessun and O.G.C. Biography H ...

– hip-hop duo ( Brownsville) * Sidney Hertzberg (1922–2005) – pro basketball player *

Robert Hess (artist) Robert Henry Hess (August 12, 1935 – May 8, 2014) was an American sculptor and art educator. He was best known for his abstract metal sculptures and wood carvings. Hess served on the faculty of Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, for 34 y ...

(1935–2014) – sculptor *

Robert Hess (college president) Robert Lee Hess (December 18, 1932 – January 12, 1992) was an American scholar of African history, and the sixth President of Brooklyn College. Personal life Hess was born in Asbury Park, New Jersey, to Henry and Ada (Davis) Hess. He attended ...

(1938–1994) – President of Brooklyn College * Henry Hill (1943–2012) –

mobster A gangster is a criminal who is a member of a gang. Most gangs are considered to be part of organized crime. Gangsters are also called mobsters, a term derived from ''mob'' and the suffix ''-ster''. Gangs provide a level of organization and r ...

, subject of ''Goodfellas'' *

Russel Hobbs Russel Hobbs is a fictional American musician and member of the British virtual band Gorillaz. He provides the drums and percussion for the band. Like all the other Gorillaz band members, he was created by Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett in 1998 ...

– drummer; member of

Gorillaz Gorillaz are an English virtual band formed in 1998 by musician Damon Albarn and artist Jamie Hewlett, from London. The band primarily consists of four fictional members: 2-D (character), 2-D (Singing, vocals, Musical keyboard, keyboards), Murd ...

* William E. Hoehle – member of the

Wisconsin State Assembly The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Representatives are elected for two-year terms ...

* Steven Hoffenberg – fraudster *

Zander Hollander Zander Hollander (March 24, 1923 – April 11, 2014) was an American sportswriter, journalist, editor and archivist. Many years before the internet and unfinished cable television system emerged, Hollander served as a prolific supplier of encycl ...

(1923–2014) – sportswriter, journalist, editor and archivist * Red Holzman (1920–1998) – Hall of Fame NBA two-time All-Star and coach *

Homicide Homicide occurs when a person kills another person. A homicide requires only a volitional act or omission that causes the death of another, and thus a homicide may result from accidental, reckless, or negligent acts even if there is no inten ...

(born 1977) – ring name of Nelson Erazo,

signed to

Ring of Honor Ring of Honor (ROH) is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Jacksonville, Florida. The promotion was founded by Rob Feinstein on February 23, 2002, and was operated by Cary Silkin from 2004 until 2011, when the promotion was s ...

( Bedford-Stuyvesant) *

Lena Horne Lena Mary Calhoun Horne (June 30, 1917 – May 9, 2010) was an American dancer, actress, singer, and civil rights activist. Horne's career spanned more than seventy years, appearing in film, television, and theatre. Horne joined the chorus of th ...

(1917–2010) – singer and actress ( Bedford–Stuyvesant) *

Curly Howard Jerome Lester Horwitz (; October 22, 1903 – January 18, 1952), known professionally as Curly Howard, was an American actor and comedian. He was best known as a member of the American comedy team the Three Stooges, which also featured his elder ...

(Jerome Lester Horwitz; 1903–1952) – comedian; member of

The Three Stooges The Three Stooges were an American vaudeville and comedy team active from 1922 until 1970, best remembered for their 190 short subject films by Columbia Pictures. Their hallmark styles were physical farce and slapstick. Six Stooges appear ...

( Brownsville) *

Moe Howard Moses Harry Horwitz (June 19, 1897 – May 4, 1975), known professionally as Moe Howard, was an American actor and comedian. He is best known as the leader of The Three Stooges, the farce comedy team who starred in motion pictures and television ...

(Moses Harry Horwitz; 1897–1975) – comedian; leader of The Three Stooges ( Brownsville) *

Shemp Howard Samuel Horwitz (March 11, 1895 – November 22, 1955), known professionally as Shemp Howard, was an American actor and comedian. He was called "Shemp" because "Sam" came out that way in his mother's thick Litvak accent. He is best known as the ...

(Samuel Horwitz; 1895–1955) – comedian; member of The Three Stooges ( Brownsville) *

William G. Hundley William George Hundley (August 16, 1925 – June 11, 2006) was an American criminal defense attorney, who specialized in the representation of political figures accused of white-collar crimes. Earlier in the 1950s and 1960s, as a United State ...

(1925–2006) – criminal defense attorney for high-profile clients, reared in Brooklyn *

Hezekiah Hunter Hezekiah Hamilton Hunter (1837 – 1894) was an American teacher, minister and politician. He was an African-American politician during the Reconstruction Era and served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1870 to 1872. Biograp ...

(1837–1894) – teacher, minister, and politician; born in Brooklyn.

I

* Anthony Ingrassia (1944–1995) – playwright, producer and director *

Jimmy Iovine James Iovine ( ; ; born March 11, 1953) is an American entrepreneur, record executive, and media proprietor best known as the co-founder of Interscope Records. In 2006, Iovine and rapper-producer Dr. Dre founded Beats Electronics, which prod ...

(born 1953) – entrepreneur, record producer and film producer (Red Hook) * Breuk Iversen (born 1964) – designer and writer

J

Mark Jackson Mark A. Jackson (born April 1, 1965) is an American former professional basketball player. A point guard from St. John's University, he played for the New York Knicks, Los Angeles Clippers, Indiana Pacers, Denver Nuggets, Toronto Raptors, Utah ...

(born 1965) – basketball player * Cheryl James (born 1966) – rapper and actress * Shawn James (born 1983) – basketball player for

Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv ( he, מכבי תל אביב) is one of the largest sports clubs in Israel, and a part of the Maccabi association. Many sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv are in association with Maccabi and compete in a variety of sports, such ...

* Tama Janowitz (born 1957) – novelist * Jay-Z (born 1969) – rapper and entrepreneur ( Bedford–Stuyvesant) * Jaz-O (born 1964) – rapper ( Bedford–Stuyvesant) * Charles Jenkins (born 1989) – NBA player * Jennie Jerome (1854–1921) – Lady Randolph Churchill, mother of Winston Churchill ( Cobble Hill) *

Jeru the Damaja Kendrick Jeru Davis (born February 14, 1972), known as Jeru the Damaja, is an American rapper and record producer. He is known for his 1993 single " Come Clean" from his debut album, '' The Sun Rises in the East'', ranked as one of the 100 grea ...

(born 1972) – rapper ( East New York) *

Joey Badass Jo-Vaughn Virginie Scott (born January 20, 1995), known professionally as Joey Badass (stylized as Joey Bada$$), is an American rapper, singer, and actor. A native of Brooklyn, New York City, he is a founding member of the hip-hop collective Pr ...

(born 1995) – rapper * Evan M. Johnson, US Army brigadier general * Evan Malbone Johnson (1791–1865)– clergyman * Tamara "Taj" Johnson-George (born 1971) – member of R&B group SWV ( Bedford–Stuyvesant) *

Lamont Jones Lamont "MoMo" Jones (born June 26, 1990) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Semt77 Yalovaspor of the Turkish Basketball First League. He was a standout college player for Iona College and was an honorable mention ...

(born 1972) – basketball player *

Norah Jones Norah Jones (born Geethali Norah Jones Shankar; March 30, 1979) is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. She has won several awards for her music and as of 2012, has sold more than 50 million records worldwide. '' Billboard'' named her the ...

(born 1979) – musician, actress *

Susannah Mushatt Jones Susannah Mushatt Jones (July 6, 1899 – May 12, 2016) was an American supercentenarian who was, at the age of 116 years and 311 days, the world's oldest living person and the last living American born in the 19th century. She received tributes f ...

(1899–2016) – oldest living New Yorker *

E. Bernard Jordan Elijah Bernard Jordan (born June 10, 1959) better known as E. Bernard Jordan, is an American television evangelist, founder of Zoe Ministries, and writer of books on prosperity theology. Jordan grew up in Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant area and b ...

(born 1959) – founder of Zoe Ministries *

Michael Jordan Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963), also known by his initials MJ, is an American businessman and former professional basketball player. His biography on the official NBA website states: "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the g ...

(born 1963) – basketball player *

Zab Judah Zabdiel Judah (born October 27, 1977) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1996 to 2019. He held multiple world championships in two weight classes, including the IBF and WBO junior welterweight titles between 2000 and 2 ...

(born 1977) – professional boxer *

Just-Ice Joseph Williams Jr. (born June 22, 1965), better known by the stage name Just-Ice, is an American rapper from New York City. A former bouncer at punk clubs, Williams was the first of the New York rappers to embrace gangsta rap, and when he bur ...

(born 1965) – rapper

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* KA (born 1972) – rapper (

Brownsville, Brooklyn Brownsville is a residential neighborhood in eastern Brooklyn in New York City. The neighborhood is generally bordered by Crown Heights to the northwest; Bedford–Stuyvesant and Cypress Hills to the north; East New York to the east; Canarsi ...

) *

Meir Kahane Meir David HaKohen Kahane (; he, רבי מאיר דוד הכהן כהנא ; born Martin David Kahane; August 1, 1932 – November 5, 1990) was an American-born Israeli ordained Orthodox rabbi, writer, and ultra-nationalist politician who ser ...

(1932–1990) – Orthodox Jewish rabbi, activist and founder of the Jewish Defense League *

Roger Kahn Roger Kahn (October 31, 1927 – February 6, 2020) was an American author, best known for his 1972 baseball book '' The Boys of Summer''. Biography Roger Kahn was born in Brooklyn, New York, on October 31, 1927, to Olga (''née'' Rockow) and ...

(1927–2020) – sportswriter and author of '' The Boys of Summer'' * Big Daddy Kane (born 1968) – rapper ( Bedford–Stuyvesant) * Eric Kaplan (born 1971) – writer ( Flatbush) * Gabe Kaplan (born 1943) – actor and comedian * KAWS, born Brian Donnelly – graffiti artist, limited-edition clothing and toy designer *

Danny Kaye Danny Kaye (born David Daniel Kaminsky; yi, דוד־דניאל קאַמינסקי; January 18, 1911 – March 3, 1987) was an American actor, comedian, singer and dancer. His performances featured physical comedy, idiosyncratic pantomimes, an ...

(1911–1987) – actor and comedian ( East New York) *

Lainie Kazan Lainie Kazan (born Lainie Levine; May 15, 1940) is an American actress and singer. She was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for ''St. Elsewhere'' and the 1993 Tony Award for Best Featured Act ...

(born 1940) – actress and singer * Ezra Jack Keats (1916–1983) – author and illustrator * Monica Keena (born 1979) – actress *

Harvey Keitel Harvey Keitel ( ; born May 13, 1939) is an American actor. He is known for his portrayal of morally ambiguous and "tough guy" characters. He first rose to prominence during the New Hollywood movement, and has held a long-running association wit ...

(born 1939) – actor * Steven G. Kellman (born 1947) – author and critic * Patsy Kelly (1910–1981) – actress * David M. Kennedy (born 1958) – professor of criminology at

John Jay College of Criminal Justice The John Jay College of Criminal Justice (John Jay) is a public college focused on criminal justice and located in New York City. It is a senior college of the City University of New York (CUNY). John Jay was founded as the only liberal arts co ...

, author of ''Don't Shoot'' * The Kid Gashi (born 1989) – rapper *

Jimmy Kimmel James Christian Kimmel (born November 13, 1967) is an American television host, comedian, writer, and producer. He is the host and executive producer of ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'', a late-night talk show that premiered on ABC on January 26, 2003, ...

(born 1967) – comedian and television talk-show host * Bernard King (born 1956) – NBA Hall Of Famer ( Fort Greene) *

Carole King Carole King Klein (born Carol Joan Klein; February 9, 1942) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician who has been active since 1958, initially as one of the staff songwriters at 1650 Broadway and later as a solo artist. Regarded as one o ...

(born 1942) – singer-songwriter (

) *

Larry King Larry King (born Lawrence Harvey Zeiger; November 19, 1933 – January 23, 2021) was an American television and radio host, whose awards included 2 Peabodys, an Emmy and 10 Cable ACE Awards. Over his career, he hosted over 50,000 interviews. ...

(born 1933–2021) – television talk-show host and interviewer * Marvin Kitman (born 1929) – television critic, humorist, and author * Brian Kokoska (born 1988) – artist * C. Everett Koop (1916–2013) – U.S. Surgeon General *

Sandy Koufax Sanford Koufax (; born Sanford Braun; December 30, 1935) is an American former left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played his entire career for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers from 1955 to 1966. He has been hailed as one of t ...

(born 1935) – Hall of Fame baseball pitcher for Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers ( Borough Park) * Martin Kove (born 1946) – actor *

John Krasinski John Burke Krasinski (; born October 20, 1979) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his role as Jim Halpert on the NBC sitcom '' The Office''. He also served as a producer and occasional director of the series throughout its ni ...

(born 1979) – actor and director *

Talib Kweli Talib Kweli Greene (; born October 3, 1975) is an American rapper. He earned recognition early on through his collaboration with fellow Brooklyn rapper Mos Def in 1997, when they formed the group Black Star. Kweli's musical career continued with ...

(born 1975) – rapper and producer (

)

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* Jeffrey Laitman (born 1951) –

anatomist Anatomy () is the branch of biology concerned with the study of the structure of organisms and their parts. Anatomy is a branch of natural science that deals with the structural organization of living things. It is an old science, having it ...

* Pierre Lallement (1843–1891) – inventor * Abbe Lane (born 1932) – singer, dancer, actress * Sylven Landesberg (born 1990) – American-Israeli basketball shooting guard (

) * Michael Landon – actor, director, producer * Dulcinea Langfelder (born 1955) - multidisciplinary artist (drama, dance, song, mime, multimedia) *

Rudy LaRusso Rudolph A. LaRusso (November 11, 1937 – July 9, 2004) was an American professional basketball player who was a five-time All-Star in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was nicknamed "Roughhouse Rudy." Early life LaRusso was Jewish ...

(1937–2004) – five-time All-Star NBA basketball player (

) *

Reuben Lasker Reuben Lasker (December 1, 1929 – March 12, 1988) was a fisheries scientist known for his contributions to larval ecology, particularly the Stable Ocean Hypothesis. Early life and education Lasker was born to Theodore and Mary Lasker in Brook ...

(1929–1988) –

marine biologist Marine biology is the scientific study of the biology of marine life, organisms in the sea. Given that in biology many phyla, families and genera have some species that live in the sea and others that live on land, marine biology classifies sp ...

Cyndi Lauper Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper Thornton (born June 22, 1953) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and activist. Her career has spanned over 40 years. Her album '' She's So Unusual'' (1983) was the first debut album by a female artist to ach ...

(born 1953) – singer and activist *

Arthur Laurents Arthur Laurents (July 14, 1917 – May 5, 2011) was an American playwright, theatre director, film producer and screenwriter. After writing scripts for radio shows after college and then training films for the U.S. Army during World War ...

(1917–2011) – writer and director * Steve Lawrence (born 1935) – singer and actor *

Heath Ledger Heath Andrew Ledger (4 April 1979 – 22 January 2008) was an Australian actor and music video director. After playing roles in several Australian television and film productions during the 1990s, Ledger moved to the United States in 1998 to ...

(1979–2008) – actor *

Spike Lee Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee (born March 20, 1957) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. His production company, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, has produced more than 35 films since 1983. He made his directorial debut ...

(born 1957) – film director, screenwriter and actor (lived in Fort Greene) * Roy Lee (born 1969) – film producer *

Shulem Lemmer Shulem Lemmer (born November 6, 1989), known professionally simply as "Shulem," is an American Belz Hasidic singer from Borough Park, Brooklyn, in New York City.Irene Connelly (December 9, 2019)"An Unexpected Hasidic Pop Star Takes The Stage,"''The ...

(born 1990) – singer (Borough Park) * Ivan Leshinsky (born 1947) – American-Israeli basketball player (Midwood) *

Jonathan Lethem Jonathan Allen Lethem (; born February 19, 1964) is an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer. His first novel, '' Gun, with Occasional Music'', a genre work that mixed elements of science fiction and detective fiction, was publi ...

(born 1964) – author (

Boerum Hill Boerum Hill (pronounced ) is a small neighborhood in the northwestern portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, bounded by Schermerhorn Street to the north and Fourth Avenue to the east. The western border is variously given as either S ...

) *

Andrew Levane Andrew Joseph "Fuzzy" Levane (April 11, 1920 – April 30, 2012) was an American professional basketball player and coach. A 6'2" guard, he played collegiately at St. John's University. He spent three years in the NBA and its predecessor lea ...

(1920–2012) – NBA basketball player (

) * Lewis (alive 1890) – former 19th-century professional baseball player * Emmanuel Lewis (born 1971) – actor ( Midwood) * Richard Lewis (born 1947) – actor and comedian * Tillie Ehrlich Lewis (1901–1977) – businesswoman * Nancy Lieberman (born 1958) – WNBA basketball player, coach and broadcaster; Hall of Fame *

Lil' Kim Kimberly Denise Jones (born July 11, 1974), Those giving 1974 include: * * * * * better known by her stage name Lil' Kim, is an American rapper and reality television personality. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York City, she lived much of he ...

, born Kimberly Denise Jones (born 1974/1975) –

-winning rapper ( Bedford–Stuyvesant) * Lil Mama (born 1989) – rapper * O. Winston Link (1914–2001) – photographer *

Edie Locke Edie Locke (3 August 1921 - 23 August 2020) was an Austrian-American magazine editor and television producer and presenter. She was editor-in-chief of '' Mademoiselle'' from 1971 through 1979. Early life Edith Rosenberg Laub was born in Vienna o ...

– fashion journalist *

Paul Lo Duca Paul Anthony Lo Duca (born April 12, 1972) is an American retired professional baseball player and television personality. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers (–), Florida Marlins (2004–, ), New York Met ...

(born 1972) – MLB baseball player * Robert Logan (born 1941) – actor * Robert K. Logan (born 1939) – scientist * "The Brooklyn Brawler" Steve Lombardi (born 1961) –

Vince Lombardi Vincent Thomas Lombardi (June 11, 1913 – September 3, 1970) was an American football coach and executive in the National Football League (NFL). Lombardi is considered by many to be the greatest coach in football history, and he is recognized a ...

(1913–1970) – Pro Football Hall of Fame coach (

) * Nia Long (born 1970) – actress * Jackie Loughery (born 1930) – Miss New York USA 1952, Miss USA 1952 * Mynette Louie – film producer * Low Ki (born 1979) – ring name of Brandon Silvestry, professional wrestler *

Sid Luckman Sidney Luckman (November 21, 1916 – July 5, 1998) was an American professional football player who was a quarterback for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL) from 1939 through 1950. During his twelve seasons with the Bears ...

(1916–1998) –

NFL The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the major ...

quarterback and Pro Football Hall of Fame *

MC Lyte Lana Michele Moorer (born October 11, 1970), better known by her stage name MC Lyte, is an American rap music, rapper, Disc jockey, DJ, actress and entrepreneur. Considered one of the pioneers of female rap, Lyte first gained fame in the late 19 ...

(born 1970) – actress and rapper

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M.O.P. M.O.P. (short for Mash Out Posse) is an American hip hop duo composed of East Coast rappers Billy Danze and Lil' Fame. The song " Ante Up", was released on their ''Warriorz'' album in 2000. The group has frequently collaborated with DJ Premi ...

– hip-hop duo ( Brownsville) * John Buffalo Mailer (born 1978) – playwright and youngest child of author

Norman Mailer Nachem Malech Mailer (January 31, 1923 – November 10, 2007), known by his pen name Norman Kingsley Mailer, was an American novelist, journalist, essayist, playwright, activist, filmmaker and actor. In a career spanning over six decades, Mailer ...

(1923–2007) – author and playwright * Paul Malignaggi (born 1980) – boxer ( Bensonhurst) *

Barry Manilow Barry Manilow (born Barry Alan Pincus; June 17, 1943) is an American singer and songwriter with a career that spans seven decades. His hit recordings include "Could It Be Magic", " Somewhere Down the Road", " Mandy", "I Write the Songs", " Can ...

(born 1943) – singer-songwriter (

) *

Stephon Marbury Stephon Xavier Marbury (born February 20, 1977) is an American former professional basketball player and current head coach in the Chinese Basketball Association. After his freshman year with the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, he was selected as t ...

(born 1977) – NBA player (

) *

Mario is a character created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. He is the title character of the '' Mario'' franchise and the mascot of Japanese video game company Nintendo. Mario has appeared in over 200 video games since his c ...

– fictional video-game character *

Marty Markowitz Martin Markowitz (born February 14, 1945) is an American politician who served as the borough president of Brooklyn, New York City. He was first elected in 2001 after serving 23 years as a New York State Senator. His third and final term ended ...

(born 1945) – Borough President of Brooklyn, New York City *

Constantine Maroulis Constantine James Maroulis (; born September 17, 1975) is an American actor and rock singer. He was the sixth-place finalist on the fourth season of the reality television series '' American Idol'', and received a nomination for the Tony Award ...

(born 1975) – singer *

Branford Marsalis Branford Marsalis (born August 26, 1960) is an American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. While primarily known for his work in jazz as the leader of the Branford Marsalis Quartet, he also performs frequently as a soloist with classical ense ...

(born 1960) – saxophonist ( Clinton Hill) *

Duane Martin Duane Martin (born August 11, 1965) is an American actor. Early life and education Martin was born in Brooklyn, New York, and he graduated from New York University. He played NCAA Division III basketball at NYU and was signed as an undraf ...

(born 1965) – actor ('' All of Us'') * George Willard Martin (1886–1971) –

mycologist Mycology is the branch of biology concerned with the study of fungi, including their genetic and biochemical properties, their taxonomy and their use to humans, including as a source for tinder, traditional medicine, food, and entheogens, as w ...

Angie Martinez Angela Martinez (born January 9, 1971) is an American radio personality, rapper, singer, and actress. Nicknamed "The Voice of New York" during her two-decade tenure at New York City station HOT 97 (WQHT), she left that position in 2014 to jo ...

(born 1971) – radio personality, former rapper and actress * Masta Ace (born 1966) – rapper( Brownsville) *

Maxwell Maxwell may refer to: People * Maxwell (surname), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name ** James Clerk Maxwell, mathematician and physicist * Justice Maxwell (disambiguation) * Maxwell baronets, in the Baronetage o ...

(born 1973) – singer-songwriter, producer, musician (East Brooklyn) * Lee Mazzilli – American professional baseball player, coach, and manager. Part of the 1986 World Series Champion New York Mets *

Joseph McGoldrick Joseph Daniel McGoldrick (June 5, 1901 – April 5, 1978) was an American politician and lawyer. He was Comptroller of New York City for nearly nine years. He subsequently was New York State Residential Rent Control Commissioner, founded a law fi ...

(1901–1978) – NYC Comptroller and NY State Residential Rent Control Commissioner, lawyer, and professor *

Carson McCullers Carson McCullers (February 19, 1917 – September 29, 1967) was an American novelist, short-story writer, playwright, essayist, and poet. Her first novel, '' The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter'' (1940), explores the spiritual isolation of misfits ...

(1917–1967) – writer *

Amy Upham Thomson McKean Amy Upham Thomson-McKean (b. 22 February 1893 d. 1972) was an American pianist, songwriter and composer. Amy Thomson's father, Ralph E. emigrated from Glasgow in Scotland as a young man. Her mother was Anna J. Thomson and she had one brother Robe ...

(1893–1972) – pianist, songwriter and composer * Triston McKenzie – professional baseball pitcher for The

Cleveland Indians The Cleveland Guardians are an American professional baseball team based in Cleveland. The Guardians compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central division. Since , they have played at Progressive ...

* Meechy Darko (born 1990) – rapper ( Flatbush) *

Romany Malco Romany relates or may refer to: *The Romani people or Romany people, also known as Gypsies *Romani language or Romany language, the language of the Romani people *"Romany", the pseudonym of a broadcaster and writer of Romani descent, George Bramwe ...

(born 1968) – actor *

Ronald Mellor Ronald J. Mellor (born September 30, 1940) is a distinguished professor of history at the University of California, Los Angeles. His area of research has been ancient religion and Roman historiography, where he has published a number of books. Mel ...

(born 1940) – historian *

Boyd Melson Boyd "Rainmaker" Melson (born October 16, 1981) is a retired American light middleweight boxer. As an amateur, Melson won the 48th World Military Boxing Championship gold medal in the weight class, and was a three-time United States Army champ ...

(born 1981) – boxer *

Richard Merkin Richard Marshall Merkin (1938 – September 5, 2009) was an American painter, illustrator and arts educator. Merkin's fascination with the 1920s and 1930s defined his art and shaped his identity as a professional dandy. Many of his works depict t ...

(1938–2009) – painter and illustrator * Robert Merrill (1917–2004) – opera singer *

Debra Messing Debra Lynn Messing (born August 15, 1968) is an American actress. After graduating from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, Messing received short-lived roles on television series such as '' Ned and Stacey'' on Fox (1995–1997) a ...

(born 1968) – actress * Sean Michaels (born 1958) – pornographic actor and director * Thomas Mignone – film director, music video director, screenwriter *

Alyssa Milano Alyssa Jayne Milano (born December 19, 1972) is an American actress. She has played Samantha Micelli in '' Who's the Boss?'', Jennifer Mancini in '' Melrose Place'', Phoebe Halliwell in '' Charmed'', Billie Cunningham in '' My Name Is Earl'', S ...

(born 1972) – actress *

Arthur Miller Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright, essayist and screenwriter in the 20th-century American theater. Among his most popular plays are ''All My Sons'' (1947), ''Death of a Salesman'' (19 ...

(1915–2005) – Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright (

) *

Henry Miller Henry Valentine Miller (December 26, 1891 – June 7, 1980) was an American novelist. He broke with existing literary forms and developed a new type of semi-autobiographical novel that blended character study, social criticism, philosophical ref ...

(1891–1980) – author and

raconteur A humorist ( American) or humourist ( British spelling) is an intellectual who uses humor, or wit, in writing or public speaking, but is not an artist who seeks only to elicit laughs. Humorists are distinct from comedians, who are show busin ...

(

) *

Jarrell Miller Jarrell Miller (born July 15, 1988) is an American professional boxer and former kickboxer who competes in the heavyweight division. He first came to prominence in 2007 when he competed for the New Jersey Tigers in the World Combat League and ...

(born 1988) – kickboxer * Matthew Paul Miller (born 1979) – reggae singer * Walter Miller (1890–1959) – jockey *

Wentworth Miller Wentworth Earl Miller III (born June 2, 1972) is an American-British actor and screenwriter. He rose to prominence following his starring role as Michael Scofield in the Fox series ''Prison Break'', for which he received a nomination for the ...

(born 1972) – actor *

William J. Millican William John Millican (April 24, 1904 – November 13, 1944) was a decorated submarine commander in the United States Navy during World War II. Commander Millican was twice awarded the Navy Cross, but was presumed killed in action when the subma ...

(1904-1944) – double

Navy Cross The Navy Cross is the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps' second-highest military decoration awarded for sailors and marines who distinguish themselves for extraordinary heroism in combat with an armed enemy force. The medal is eq ...

recipient *

Stephanie Mills Stephanie Dorthea Mills (born March 22, 1957) is an American singer and songwriter. She rose to stardom as " Dorothy" in the original seven-time Tony Award winning Broadway run of the musical ''The Wiz'' from 1974 to 1979. The song "Home" from t ...

(born 1957) – singer ( Bedford–Stuyvesant) *

Irv Mondschein Irving "Moon" Mondschein (February 7, 1924 – June 5, 2015) was an American track and field athlete and football player. Personal life Mondschein, who was Jewish, was born in Brooklyn, New York. He attended Boys High School, where he ran trac ...

(1924–2015) – track and field champion * Lenny Montana (1926–1992) – actor and professional wrestler *

Mary Tyler Moore Mary Tyler Moore (December 29, 1936 – January 25, 2017) was an American actress, producer, and social advocate. She is best known for her roles on ''The Dick Van Dyke Show'' (1961–1966) and ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' (1970–1977), which ...

(1936–2017) – actor * Esai Morales (born 1962) – actor * Ed Morris (1862–1937) – 19th-century MLB pitcher * Joel Moses (1941–2022) – former provost, MIT ( Midwood) *

Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire Hugh Anthony Allison (born 1986), better known by his stage name Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire (often censored as Mr. MFN eXquire or simply eXquire), is an American rapper. Born and raised in Brooklyn, he debuted with the release of his first mixtape, ...

(born 1986) – rapper ( Crown Heights) * Chris Mullin (born 1963) – NBA player and executive, Hall of Fame * Uncle Murda (born 1980) – rapper ( East Flatbush) * Charlie Murphy (1959–2017) – actor and comedian *

Eddie Murphy Edward Regan Murphy (born April 3, 1961) is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and singer. He rose to fame on the sketch comedy show ''Saturday Night Live'', for which he was a regular cast member from 1980 to 1984. Murphy has als ...

(born 1961) – actor and comedian

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* Boris Nachamkin (1933–2018) – NBA basketball player * Sam Nahem (1915–2004) – Major League Baseball pitcher * Larry Namer (born 1948) – founder of E! Entertainment TV networks * Lia Neal (born 1995) – competitive

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

and

Olympic medal An Olympic medal is awarded to successful competitors at one of the Olympic Games. There are three classes of medal to be won: gold, silver, and bronze, awarded to first, second, and third place, respectively. The granting of awards is laid ou ...

ist * Jack Newfield (1938–2004) – writer * Mark Newgarden (born 1959) – artist, cartoonist, writer, creator of Garbage Pail Kids, author of ''We All Die Alone'' and ''How to Read Nancy'' (

) * Ed Newman (born 1951) – NFL All-Pro football player *

Harry Nilsson Harry Edward Nilsson III (June 15, 1941 – January 15, 1994), sometimes credited as Nilsson, was an American singer-songwriter who reached the peak of his commercial success in the early 1970s. His work is characterized by pioneering vocal ov ...

(1941–1994) – singer-songwriter ( Bushwick) * Joakim Noah (born 1985) – NBA basketball player * Peggy Noonan (born 1950) – author, columnist * The Notorious B.I.G. (1972–1997) – rapper, born Christopher George Latore Wallace; Biggie, Biggie Smalls *

Lupita Nyong'o Lupita Amondi Nyong'o (, ; ; born 1 March 1983) is a Kenyan-Mexican actress. She is the recipient of several accolades, including an Academy Award, and nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Tony Award. The daughter of Kenyan politi ...

(born 1983) – actress

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* O.C. (born 1971) – rapper ( Bushwick) * Henry Obst (1906–1975) – football player * Tasker Oddie (1870–1950) – 12th Governor of Nevada and a

United States Senator The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States. The composition and p ...

; born in Brooklyn * Dennis J. Patrick O'Grady (1943-1972) – Florida state senator *

Ol' Dirty Bastard Russell Tyrone Jones (November 15, 1968 – November 13, 2004), better known by his stage name Ol' Dirty Bastard (often abbreviated as ODB), was an American rapper. He was one of the founding members of the Wu-Tang Clan, a rap group primarily fr ...

(1968–2004) –

rapper Rapping (also rhyming, spitting, emceeing or MCing) is a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular". It is performed or chanted, usually over a backing beat or musical accompaniment. The ...

( Fort Greene) * Originoo Gunn Clappaz – hip-hop group ( Brownsville) * Dave Orr (1859–1915) – born in Brooklyn, MLB player *

Joell Ortiz Joell Christopher Ortiz (born July 6, 1980) is an American rapper and a former member of the group Slaughterhouse. Ortiz grew up in the Cooper Park Houses in the East Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, New York, formerly signed to Dr. Dre's Aft ...

(born 1980) – rapper and producer (

) *

Adam Ottavino Adam Robert Ottavino (born November 22, 1985) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals, Colorado Rockies, New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox and New Y ...

(born 1985) – MLB pitcher for the

New York Yankees The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of the Bronx. The Yankees compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. They are one o ...

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Peter Pace Peter Pace (born November 5, 1945) is a retired United States Marine Corps general who served as the 16th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Pace was the first Marine officer appointed as chairman and the first Marine officer to be appointed ...

(born 1945) – Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff * Shemuel Pagan (born 1988) – professional boxer * Papoose (born 1978) – rapper * Joseph Papp (1921–1991) – theatrical

impresario An impresario (from the Italian ''impresa'', "an enterprise or undertaking") is a person who organizes and often finances concerts, plays, or operas, performing a role in stage arts that is similar to that of a film or television producer. H ...

who created New York City's Public Theater * Lana Parrilla (born 1977) – actress * Ben Parris (born 1961) – author *

Joe Paterno Joseph Vincent Paterno (; December 21, 1926 – January 22, 2012), sometimes referred to as JoePa, was an American college football player, athletic director, and coach. He was the head coach of the Penn State Nittany Lions from 1966 to 20 ...

(1926–2012) – football coach at

Penn State #Redirect Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State or PSU) is a public state-related land-grant research university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsylvania. Founded in 1855 as the Farmers' High ...

in College Football Hall of Fame * Angela Paton (1930–2016) – theatre, TV and film actress *

Jayson Paul Jayson Anthony Paul (born December 10, 1984) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to the National Wrestling Alliance. He is best known for his time in WWE under the ring name JTG. Paul began his professional wrestling career in ...

(born 1984) – professional wrestler * Dickey Pearce (1836–1908) – MLB player * Nelson Peltz (born 1942) – billionaire businessman and investor * Rosie Perez (born 1964) – actress and choreographer ( Bushwick and later Clinton Hill) * Rhea Perlman (born 1948) – actress * Harold Perrineau (born 1963) – actor *

Lip Pike Lipman Emanuel "Lip" Pike (May 25, 1845 – October 10, 1893) the "Iron Batter", was an American who was one of the stars of 19th-century baseball in the United States. His brother, Israel Pike, played briefly for the Hartford Dark Blues during ...

– home run champion baseball player *

Michael Pitt Michael Carmen Pitt (born April 10, 1981) is an American actor, model, and musician. Pitt is known in film for his roles in '' Murder by Numbers'' (2002), Bernardo Bertolucci's '' The Dreamers'' (2003), Gus Van Sant's '' Last Days'' (2005), and ...

(born 1981) – actor and musician * Stacey Plaskett (born 1966) – politician and attorney * Suzanne Pleshette (1937–2008) – actress (

) * Mark F. Pomerantz (born 1951) - attorney, prosecutor *

Martin Pope Martin Pope (born Isidore Poppick; August 22, 1918March 27, 2022) was an American physical chemist and professor at New York University. His discoveries of ohmic contacts and research in the fields of organic insulators and semiconductors le ...

(1918–2022) – physical chemist *

Charles Millard Pratt Charles Millard Pratt (November 2, 1855 – November 27, 1935) was an American oil industrialist, educator, and philanthropist. As the eldest son of industrialist Charles Pratt, in 1875 he began working at Charles Pratt and Company, soon be ...

(1855–1935) – oil industrialist and philanthropist * Frederic B. Pratt (1865–1945) – president of Brooklyn's

Pratt Institute Pratt Institute is a private university with its main campus in Brooklyn, New York. It has a satellite campus in Manhattan and an extension campus in Utica, New York at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute. The school was founded in 1887 ...

(1893–1937) *

George Dupont Pratt George Dupont Pratt (August 16, 1869 – January 20, 1935) was an American conservationist, philanthropist, Boy Scout sponsor, big-game hunter and collector of ancient antiquities. Early life Pratt was born on August 16, 1869, and raised i ...

(1869–1935) – conservationist and philanthropist * Harold Pratt (1877–1939) – oil industrialist * Herbert L. Pratt (1871–1945) – oil industrialist * John Pratt (1873–1927) – lawyer, philanthropist, music impresario and financier *

Marianne Preger-Simon Marianne Preger-Simon (born 1929) is an American dancer, choreographer, writer, and psychotherapist. She is best known for her work as a founding member of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. Early life and education Marianne Preger-Simon was b ...

(born 1929) - dancer, choreographer, writer, and psychotherapist *

DJ Premier Christopher Edward Martin (born March 21, 1966), known professionally as DJ Premier (also known as Preemo), is an American record producer and DJ. He is considered one of the greatest hip hop producers of all time. He was half of the hip hop du ...

(born 1966) – hip-hop disc jockey, producer, co-founder and member of hip-hop duo

Gang Starr Gang Starr was an American hip hop duo, consisting of Texas record producer DJ Premier and Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: ...

Priscilla Presley Priscilla Ann Presley ( Wagner, changed by adoption to Beaulieu; born May 24, 1945) is an American actress and businesswoman. She is the former wife of American singer Elvis Presley, as well as co-founder and former chairwoman of Elvis Presley ...

(born 1945) - businesswoman, actress *

Sean Price Sean Duval Price (March 17, 1972August 8, 2015) was an American rapper and member of the hip hop collective Boot Camp Clik. He was one half of the duo Heltah Skeltah, performing under the name Ruck, along with partner Rock. Early life and educat ...

(1972–2015) – rapper (Brownsville)

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Eddie Rabbitt Edward Thomas Rabbitt (November 27, 1941 – May 7, 1998) was an American country music singer and songwriter. His career began as a songwriter in the late 1960s, springboarding to a recording career after composing hits such as " Kentucky Rain ...

(1941–1998) – singer-songwriter *

Marky Ramone Marc Steven Bell (born July 15, 1952) is an American drummer. He began playing in hard rock bands in the New York City area, notably Dust and Estus. He was asked to drum for punk rock band Richard Hell and the Voidoids. He replaced drummer Tommy ...

(born 1956) – drummer of the punk band

The Ramones The Ramones were an American punk rock band that formed in the New York City neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens, in 1974. They are often cited as the first true punk rock group. Despite achieving a limited commercial appeal in the United ...

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Lou Reed Lewis Allan Reed (March 2, 1942October 27, 2013) was an American musician, songwriter, and poet. He was the guitarist, singer, and principal songwriter for the rock band the Velvet Underground and had a solo career that spanned five decades. ...

(1942–2013) – singer-songwriter * Paul Regina (1956–2006) – actor * Leah Remini (born 1970) – actress ( Bensonhurst) *

Bebe Rexha Bleta Rexha (; born August 30, 1989), known professionally as Bebe Rexha ( ), is an American pop singer and songwriter. After signing with Warner Records in 2013, Rexha received songwriting credits on Eminem's single " The Monster" (which late ...

(born 1989) – singer-songwriter and record producer *

Buddy Rich Bernard "Buddy" Rich (September 30, 1917 – April 2, 1987) was an American jazz drummer, songwriter, conductor, and bandleader. He is considered one of the most influential drummers of all time. Rich was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York ...

(1917–1987) – drummer and big-band leader * Adam Richman – actor, host of reality-television series '' Man vs. Food'' * Thomas Ridgway, U.S. Army officer and father of General

Matthew Ridgway General Matthew Bunker Ridgway (March 3, 1895 – July 26, 1993) was a senior officer in the United States Army, who served as Supreme Allied Commander Europe (1952–1953) and the 19th Chief of Staff of the United States Army (1953–1955). Alth ...

* Joan Rivers (1933–2014) – comedian * Phil Rizzuto (1917–2007) – Major League Baseball player and broadcaster * Mary Fanton Roberts (1864–1956) – journalist, writer *

Jackie Robinson Jack Roosevelt Robinson (January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972) was an American professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era. Robinson broke the baseball color lin ...

– Major League Baseball player and pioneer, Brooklyn Dodgers *

Chris Rock Christopher Julius Rock (born February 7, 1965) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and filmmaker. Known for his work in comic film, television and stage, he has received multiple accolades, including three Grammy Awards for best comedy ...

(born 1965) – actor and comedian ( Bedford–Stuyvesant) * Tony Rock (born 1974) – actor and comedian ( Bedford–Stuyvesant) * Steve Rogers (born 1920) – American hero, federal official, intelligence operative, former soldier * Saul Rogovin (1923–1995) – Major League Baseball pitcher *

Mickey Rooney Mickey Rooney (born Joseph Yule Jr.; other pseudonym Mickey Maguire; September 23, 1920 – April 6, 2014) was an American actor. In a career spanning nine decades, he appeared in more than 300 films and was among the last surviving stars of the ...

(1920–2014) – five-time Oscar-nominated actor *

Mike Rosen Michael Rosen (born December 5, 1944)''The Mike Rosen Show'', 850 KOA, December 22, 2008 (10 a.m. hour) is an American radio personality and political commentator. He was the host of ''The Mike Rosen Show'' on talk radio station 850 KOA in Denver ...

(born 1944) – radio talk show host and newspaper columnist * Aaron "Rosy" Rosenberg (1912–1979) – two-time "All-American" college football player, and film and television producer * Wayne Rosenthal (born 1965) – Major League Baseball pitcher and coach (

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* Mark Roth (born 1951) – bowler * Rowdy Rebel (born 1991) – rapper from GS9 (East Flatbush) *

Ed Rubinoff Edward 'Ed' Rubinoff (born July 12, 1935) is an American male former tennis player who was active in the 1960s. He won the 1952 singles title at the Orange Bowl junior tennis tournament, and the 1953 mixed doubles title the following year. At th ...

(born 1935) - tennis player *

David Ruggerio David Ruggerio (born Sabatino Antonino Gambino; June 26, 1962, in Brooklyn, USA) is an American chef, author, and television personality. Son of Saverio Erasmo Gambino and Constance Lazzarino, he became famous in the food world during the 1990s. R ...

(born 1962) – chef * Brenda Russell (born 1949) – singer * Chris Rush (born 1946) – stand-up comedian *

Sam Rutigliano Sam William Rutigliano (born July 1, 1931) is a former American football coach and current television football analyst for WEWS, the ABC affiliate in Cleveland. He served as the head coach for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football Lea ...

(born 1933) – football coach *

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– writer, actor, and director ( Fort Greene) *

RZA Robert Fitzgerald Diggs (born July 5, 1969), better known by his stage name the RZA ( ), is an American rapper, actor, filmmaker, and record producer. He is the ''de facto'' leader of the hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan, having produced most albums ...

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Carl Sagan Carl Edward Sagan (; ; November 9, 1934December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, planetary scientist, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, author, and science communicator. His best known scientific contribution is research on ...

(1934–1996) – scientist, author, educator ( Bensonhurst) *

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Ossie Schectman Oscar Benjamin "Ossie" Schectman (March 30, 1919 – July 30, 2013) was an American professional basketball player. He is credited with having scored the first basket in the Basketball Association of America (BAA), which would later become the Na ...

(1919–2013) – NBA basketball guard *

Thomas D. Schiano Thomas D. Schiano (born August 12, 1962), M.D., is an American specialist in liver transplantation, intestinal transplantation and in the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic liver disease. He serves as associate editor for the journals ...

(born 1962) – organ-transplantation specialist * Vincent Schiavelli (1948–2005) − actor, food writer * Steve Schirripa (born 1957) – actor ( Bensonhurst) * Andre-Michel Schub (born 1952) – pianist ( Midwood) *

Chuck Schumer Charles Ellis Schumer ( ; born November 23, 1950) is an American politician serving as Senate Majority Leader since January 20, 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, Schumer is in his fourth Senate term, having held his seat since 1999, and ...

(born 1950) –

from New York ( Flatbush) *

Gary Schwartz Gary E. Schwartz is an American psychologist, author, parapsychologist and professor at the University of Arizona and the director of its Laboratory for Advances in Consciousness and Health. Schwartz researches the veracity of mediums and energy ...

(born 1940) – art historian * Seymour Schwartzman (1930–2009) – opera singer and

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Raymond Scott Raymond Scott (born Harry Warnow; September 10, 1908 – February 8, 1994) was an American composer, band leader, pianist, record producer, and inventor of electronic instruments. Though Scott never scored cartoon soundtracks, his music is ...

(born Harry Warnow, 1908–1994) – composer, bandleader, pianist, electronic-music pioneer *

Neil Sedaka Neil Sedaka (; born March 13, 1939) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. Since his music career began in 1957, he has sold millions of records worldwide and has written or co-written over 500 songs for himself and other artists, collabo ...

(born 1939) – singer-songwriter * Alonzo Bertram See (1849–1941) – businessman * Erich Segal (1937–2010) – author,

-nominated screenwriter, and educator ( Midwood) *

Jerry Seinfeld Jerome Allen Seinfeld ( ; born April 29, 1954) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and producer. He is best known for playing a semi-fictionalized version of himself in the sitcom ''Seinfeld'', which he created and wrote with Larr ...

(born 1954) – actor and comedian ( Borough Park) * Hubert Selby, Jr. (1928–2004) – author *

Cletus Seldin Cletus Seldin (born September 11, 1986) is an American professional boxer. Early life Seldin was born in East Yaphank, New York (part of Shirley, New York, on Long Island). He is Jewish. He was named after former New York Yankee third baseman ...

(born 1986) – boxer * Phil Sellers (born 1953) – former NBA player *

Greg Serano Greg Serano (born August 7, 1972) is an American actor. He is best known for his role of Pablo Betart on ''Wildfire'' and as Enrique Salvatore in ''Legally Blonde''. He played a role in ''Power'' as Agent Juan Julio Medina. Filmography Film *''B ...

(born 1974) – actor *

Shabazz the Disciple Shabazz the Disciple, also known as Scientific Shabazz, born David Collins, is a rapper from the Red Hook Houses of Red Hook, Brooklyn. He is an original member of the Sunz of Man and Da Last Future. Biography Shabazz appeared in the 1994 Gr ...

(born 1973) – rapper ( Red Hook) * Ruth Shafer (1912 –1972) – engineer * Judy Shapiro-Ikenberry (born 1942) – long-distance runner * Neal Shapiro (born 1945) – equestrian and Olympic medalist *

Francis Ethelbert Sharkey ''Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea'' is a 1964–1968 American science fiction television series based on the 1961 film of the same name. Both were created by Irwin Allen, which enabled the film's sets, costumes, props, special effects models, ...

– fictional character played by Terry Becker in the 1964–68 ABC television series ''

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea ''Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea'' is a 1961 American science fiction disaster film, produced and directed by Irwin Allen, and starring Walter Pidgeon and Robert Sterling. The supporting cast includes Peter Lorre, Joan Fontaine, Barbara E ...

'' * Judith Sheindlin (born 1942) – television personality, ''

Judge Judy ''Judge Judy'' is an American arbitration-based reality court show presided over by former Manhattan Family Court Judge Judith Sheindlin. The show featured Sheindlin as she adjudicated real-life small-claims disputes within a simulated court ...

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/ Bedford–Stuyvesant) * Allie Sherman (1923–2015) – NFL player and coach *

Art Sherman Art Sherman (born February 17, 1937) is a former American horse trainer and jockey. At the age of 77 he became the oldest trainer to win the Kentucky Derby. He began his career as a stable hand for Rex Ellsworth and Mesh Tenney. While working ...

(born 1937) – horse trainer and jockey * Bobby Shmurda (born 1994) – rapper from GS9 (East Flatbush) *

Michael Showalter Michael Showalter (born June 17, 1970) is an American comedian, actor, director, writer, and producer. He first came to recognition as a cast member on MTV's '' The State'', which aired from 1993 to 1995. He and David Wain created the ''Wet Hot ...

(born 1970) – actor and comedian * Gabourey Sidibe (born 1983) – actress ( Bedford–Stuyvesant) *

Bugsy Siegel Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel (February 28, 1906 – June 20, 1947) was an American mobster who was a driving force behind the development of the Las Vegas Strip. Siegel was not only influential within the Jewish Mob, but along with his childhood fri ...

(1906–1947) – gangster *

Raymond Siller Raymond Siller (born April 8, 1939) is an American television writer and political consultant. He was nominated for four Emmy Awards as long-time head writer on ''The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson''. He has written for four U.S. presidents ...

(born 1939) – television writer,

political consultant Political consulting is a form of consulting that consists primarily of advising and assisting political campaigns. Although the most important role of political consultants is arguably the development and production of mass media (largely tel ...

* Beverly Sills (1929–2007) – opera singer *

Dean Silvers Dean Silvers is an American film producer, film director, screenwriter, attorney and author. Personal life Dean Silvers was born in Brooklyn, New York and currently resides in Manhattan, New York with his wife, Marlen Hecht, and their two son ...

– film director, film producer, screenwriter, and author ( East Flatbush) *

Phil Silvers Phil Silvers (born Phillip Silver; May 11, 1911 – November 1, 1985) was an American entertainer and comedic actor, known as "The King of Chutzpah". His career as a professional entertainer spanned nearly sixty years. Silvers achieved major popu ...

(1911–1985) – actor and comedian * David Sive (1922–2014) – attorney, environmentalist, and professor of environmental law *

Skoob Skoob is a collaborative social network for Brazilian readers, launched in January 2009 by developer Lindenberg Moreira. Without advertising, the site became a meeting point for readers and writers who exchange tips about books and organize meetin ...

– half of rap duo Das EFX * Justine Skye (born 1995) – singer-songwriter, dancer and model * Smif-n-Wessun – hip-hop duo * Jimmy Smits (born 1955) – actor * Pop Smoke (1999–2020) from Canarsie – rapper * Ralph Snyderman (born 1940) – physician, scientist, administrator ( Bensonhurst) *

Robert Solow Robert Merton Solow, GCIH (; born August 23, 1924) is an American economist whose work on the theory of economic growth culminated in the exogenous growth model named after him. He is currently Emeritus Institute Professor of Economics at th ...

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(Born 1939–2022) – Actor * Carl Søyland (1894–1978) – editor-in-chief of ''

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Paul Spatola Hurt was an American rock band formed in Virginia in 2000. The band has released four major label albums. The band first released the independent albums ''Hurt'' in 2000 and ''The Consumation'' in 2003. The band received worldwide acclaim with ...

– musician * DJ Spinderella (born 1971) – DJ and rapper *

Barbara Stanwyck Barbara Stanwyck (; born Ruby Catherine Stevens; July 16, 1907 – January 20, 1990) was an American actress, model and dancer. A stage, film, and television star, during her 60-year professional career she was known for her strong, realistic sc ...

(1907–1990) – Oscar-winning actress * Peter Steele (1962–2010) – bassist and singer (

Type O Negative Type O Negative were an American gothic metal band formed in Brooklyn, New York City in 1989 by Peter Steele (bass, lead vocals), Kenny Hickey (guitar, co-lead vocals), Josh Silver (keyboards, backing vocals), and Sal Abruscato (drums, per ...

Carnivore A carnivore , or meat-eater (Latin, ''caro'', genitive ''carnis'', meaning meat or "flesh" and ''vorare'' meaning "to devour"), is an animal or plant whose food and energy requirements derive from animal tissues (mainly muscle, fat and other ...

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Gary Stephan Gary Stephan (born 1942) is an Americans, American Abstract art, abstract painting, painter born in Brooklyn who has exhibited his work throughout the United States and Europe. He lives and works in New York City and Stone Ridge, NY and is on ...

(born 1942) – artist * Lance Stephenson (born 1990) – basketball player * Stuart Sternberg (born 1959) – owner of the

Tampa Bay Rays The Tampa Bay Rays are an American professional baseball team based in St. Petersburg, Florida. The Rays compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. Since its inception, the team's home v ...

Connie Stevens Connie Stevens (born Concetta Rosalie Ann Ingolia; August 8, 1938) is an American actress and singer. Born in Brooklyn, New York City to musician parents, Stevens was raised there until age 12, when she was sent to live with family friends in r ...

(born 1938) – actress and singer *

Neil M. Stevenson Neil MacGill Stevenson (December 26, 1930 – November 21, 2009) was a rear admiral and Chief of Chaplains of the United States Navy. Biography Stevenson was born in Brooklyn in 1930. He attended the Bay Ridge United Presbyterian Church (now the ...

(1930–2009) – Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Navy * Sticky Fingaz (born 1973) born Kirk Jones – of the rap group

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Jerry Stiller Gerald Isaac Stiller (June 8, 1927 – May 11, 2020) was an American actor and comedian. He spent many years as part of the comedy duo Stiller and Meara with his wife, Anne Meara, to whom he was married for over 60 years until her death in 201 ...

(1927-2020) – actor, father of Ben Stiller * David Stones (born 1988) – rapper *

Barbra Streisand Barbara Joan "Barbra" Streisand (; born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, actress and director. With a career spanning over six decades, she has achieved success in multiple fields of entertainment, and is among the few performers awar ...

(born 1942) – Oscar-winning actress, singer, director, political activist (

) * Eric Stuart (born 1967) – voice actor, voice director, musician, singer and songwriter *

Ray Suarez Rafael Suarez, Jr. (born March 5, 1957), known as Ray Suarez, is an American broadcast journalist and author. He is currently a visiting professor at NYU Shanghai and was previously the John J. McCloy Visiting Professor of American Studies at Am ...

(born 1957) – journalist ( Bensonhurst) * Jason Sudeikis (born 1975) – actor and comedian (Clinton Hill) * Harold Syrett (1913–1984) – President of Brooklyn College

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Sid Tannenbaum Sidney Harold Tanenbaum (October 8, 1925 – September 4, 1986) was an American professional basketball player. He was twice a consensus first-team All-American (in 1946 and 1947) and twice a Haggerty Award winner (1946 and 1947). He went on to ...

(1925–1986) – professional basketball player *

Tazz Peter Senerchia (born October 11, 1967), better known by the ring name Taz (also spelled Tazz) is an American radio host, radio personality, color commentator, and retired Professional wrestling, professional wrestler signed to All Elite Wrestlin ...

(born 1967) – ring name of Peter Senerchia, former professional wrestler * Sebastian Telfair (born 1985) – NBA player *

Roy M. Terry Roy M. Terry (July 15, 1915 – May 12, 1988) was Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Terry later moved to Danbury, Connecticut and was an ordained Methodist pastor. He was a graduate of Syracuse Unive ...

(1915–1988) – Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Air Force * Tanisha Thomas (born 1985) – reality television participant, television show host *

Adrianne Tolsch Adrianne Tolsch (October 31, 1938 – December 7, 2016) was an American comedian. Tolsch's comedy style is bold, conversational, and covers broad topics. She made jokes about life as a middle-age woman, her sex life, her Jewish identity and Jewish ...

(1938–2016) – Comedian, writer and graphic artist *

Marisa Tomei Marisa Tomei ( , ; born December 4, 1964) is an American actress. She came to prominence as a cast member on ''The Cosby Show'' spin-off '' A Different World'' in 1987. After having minor roles in a few films, she came to international attention ...

(born 1964) – Oscar-winning actress *

Joe Torre Joseph Paul Torre (; born July 18, 1940) is an American professional baseball executive, serving as a special assistant to the Commissioner of Baseball since 2020. He previously served in the capacity of Major League Baseball's (MLB) chief bas ...

(born 1940) – Major League Baseball player,

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manager, Hall of Fame ( Marine Park) * Rachel Trachtenburg (born 1993) – actress, singer, musician ( Bushwick) * Richard Tucker (1884–1942) – actor *

Mark Turenshine Mark Turenshine (also spelled "Torenshine"; מרק טורנשיין; December 20, 1944 – February 26, 2016) was an American-Israeli basketball player. He played for Hapoel Tel Aviv in the Israel Basketball Premier League from 1969 to 1977, and f ...

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(born 1966) – heavyweight

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* Lou Vairo (born 1945) – ice hockey coach and inductee into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame * Andrew VanWyngarden (born 1983) – member of MGMT * Alan Veingrad (born 1963) – NFL player *

Guido Verbeck Guido Herman Fridolin Verbeck (born Verbeek) (23 January 1830 – 10 March 1898) was a Dutch political advisor, educator, and missionary active in ''Bakumatsu'' and Meiji period Japan. He was one of the most important foreign advisors serving th ...

(1830–1898) – political advisor, educator, and missionary *

Edward Vick Edward H. Vick (born February 27, 1944) is a former US naval officer, businessman, American author and a volunteer advocate worker for veterans' causes. He served two tours of duty during the Vietnam War and received two Bronze Star Medals with ...

(born 1944) – former CEO of

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Idara Victor Idara Victor is a Nigerian-American actress best known for her lead roles in ''Rizzoli & Isles'' and '' Turn: Washington's Spies''. Early life and education Idara Victor was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Barbara and Stan Victor, both from Akwa ...

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Tony Visconti Anthony Edward Visconti (born April 24, 1944) is an American record producer, musician and singer. Since the late 1960s, he has worked with an array of performers. His first hit single was T. Rex's " Ride a White Swan" in 1970, the first of many ...

(born 1944) – musician, producer * Abe Vigoda – actor

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Kaci Walfall Kaci Walfall (born 2004) is an American actress known for playing the titular role in ''Naomi''. Early life Walfall was born June 20, 2004 in Brooklyn, New York. Career Walfall began pursuing acting seriously at age 7. made her broadway deb ...

(born 2004) – actress *

Eli Wallach Eli Herschel Wallach (; December 7, 1915 – June 24, 2014) was an American film, television, and stage actor from New York City. From his 1945 Broadway debut to his last film appearance, Wallach's entertainment career spanned 65 years. Origina ...

(1915–2014) – actor *

Shatzi Weisberger Joyce "Shatzi" Weisberger (; June 17, 1930 – December 1, 2022) was an American death educator, activist, and nurse in New York City. Weisberger turned to death education in her later life after a 47-year career as a nurse, during which she a ...

(1930–2022) – nurse, activist, and death educator * Mickey Welch (1859–1941) – MLB player *

Mae West Mae West (born Mary Jane West; August 17, 1893 – November 22, 1980) was an American stage and film actress, playwright, screenwriter, singer, and sex symbol whose entertainment career spanned over seven decades. She was known for her breezy ...

(1893–1980) – actress, playwright, and comedian (

/ Greenpoint) * Randy Weston (1926–2018) – pianist and composer *

Colson Whitehead Arch Colson Chipp Whitehead (born November 6, 1969) is an American novelist. He is the author of eight novels, including his 1999 debut work ''The Intuitionist''; '' The Underground Railroad'' (2016), for which he won the 2016 National Book Awar ...

(born 1969) – novelist and

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Walt Whitman Walter Whitman (; May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among ...

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'' editor; essayist and humanist * Whodini – 1980s rap group * Olivia Wilde (born 1984) – actress (Clinton Hill) * Michael K. Williams (1966-2021) – actor * Michelle Williams (born 1980) – actress * Jan Wilsgaard (1930–2016) – chief automotive designer,

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Robert Anton Wilson Robert Anton Wilson (born Robert Edward Wilson; January 18, 1932 – January 11, 2007) was an American author, futurist, psychologist, and self-described agnostic mystic. Recognized within Discordianism as an Episkopos, pope and saint, Wilso ...

(1932–2007) – author *

Shelley Winters Shelley Winters (born Shirley Schrift; August 18, 1920 – January 14, 2006) was an American actress whose career spanned seven decades. She appeared in numerous films. She won Academy Awards for ''The Diary of Anne Frank'' (1959) and '' A Patch ...

(1920–2006) – Oscar-winning actress * Paula Wolfert (born 1938) – cookbook author, specialist in Mediterranean cuisines * Wolfman Jack (1938–1995) – 1970s disc jockey * BD Wong (born 1960) – actor (Bedford Stuyvesant) * Lloyd R. Woodson (born 1966) – arrested in 2010 with military-grade weapons and a detailed map of the Fort Drum military installation * Harold G. Wren (1921–2016) – dean of three law schools * Timothy Weah (born. 2000) – soccer player

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* Adam Yauch (1964–2012) – rapper, founding member of the Beastie Boys * Janet Yellen (born 1946) – economist and U.S. secretary of the treasury * Henny Youngman (1906–1998) – comedian

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* Max Zaslofsky (1925–1985) – NBA guard/forward, one-time FT% leader, one-time points leader, All-Star, ABA coach * Zombie Juice (born 1990) – rapper ( Flatbush) * Shirley Zussman (1914–2021) – sex therapist * Shlomo Zev Zweigenhaft (1915–2005) – rabbi

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