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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. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be ...

, a

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 A ...

of New York City at some time in their lives.

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* Aaliyah (1979–2001) – actress, dancer and singer *

Cal Abrams Calvin Ross Abrams (March 2, 1924 – February 25, 1997), nicknamed "Abie", was an American professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1949 and 1956 for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds, Pittsburgh Pira ...

(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 Monica Aksamit (born February 18, 1990) is an American Olympic saber fencer. She represented the United States at the 2016 Summer Olympics, earning a bronze medal in the Women's Saber Team competition. She won a gold medal with Team USA at t ...

(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 hi ...

(1949–1992) – NFL All-Pro football player * Robert Asencio (born 1963) – Florida politician * Romeo Alaeff (born 1970) – visual artist *

Marv Albert Marv Albert (born Marvin Philip Aufrichtig; June 12, 1941) is an American retired sportscaster. Honored for his work as a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, he was commonly referred to as "the voice of basketball". From 1967 to 2004, he wa ...

(born 1941) – sportscaster ( Manhattan Beach) *

Tatyana Ali Tatyana Marisol Ali is an American actress and singer best known for her role as Ashley Banks on the NBC sitcom ''The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'' from 1990 to 1996. She starred as Tyana Jones on the TV One original series ''Love That Girl!'', an ...

(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 Midwood is a neighborhood in the south-central part of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It is bounded on the north by the Bay Ridge Branch tracks just above Avenue I and by the Brooklyn College campus of the City University of New York, a ...

) * Franco Ambriz – 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 ...

(born 1984) –

National Basketball Association The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball 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 in the United St ...

player ( Red Hook) *

Alan Arkin Alan Wolf Arkin (born March 26, 1934) is an American actor, director and screenwriter known for his performances on stage and screen. Throughout his career spanning over six decades, he has received various accolades, including an Academy Award ...

(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 Atlantic Division. They play their home games a ...

; 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(1920–1992) – author and biochemist * Madeline Astor (1893–1970) – ''Titanic'' survivor, wife of

John Jacob Astor IV John Jacob Astor IV (July 13, 1864 – April 15, 1912) was an American business magnate, real estate developer, investor, writer, lieutenant colonel in the Spanish–American War, and a prominent member of the Astor family. He died in the sink ...

W.H. Auden Wystan Hugh Auden (; 21 February 1907 – 29 September 1973) was a British-American poet. Auden's poetry was noted for its stylistic and technical achievement, its engagement with politics, morals, love, and religion, and its variety in ...

(1907–1973) – poet *

Red Auerbach Arnold Jacob "Red" Auerbach (September 20, 1917 – October 28, 2006) was an American professional basketball coach and executive. He served as a head coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA), most notably with the Boston Celtics. ...

(1917–2006) –

coach and general manager, member of Hall of Fame ( Williamsburg) *

Ken Auletta Kenneth B. Auletta (born April 23, 1942) is an American author, a political columnist for the New York Daily News, and media critic for ''The New Yorker''. Early life and education The son of an Italian American father and a Jewish American ...

(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 ...

(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 (born 1973) – American federal judge ( Gravesend) *

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 Adrienne Eliza Bailon-Houghton (née Bailon () ; born October 24, 1983) is an American television personality, singer, and actress. She is a former member of the girl groups 3LW and The Cheetah Girls. From 2013 to 2022, Bailon was a co-host of ...

(born 1983) – actress *

Scott Baio Scott Vincent James Baio (; born September 22, 1960) is an American actor. He is known for playing Chachi Arcola on the sitcom ''Happy Days'' (1977–1984) and its spin-off '' Joanie Loves Chachi'' (1982–1983), the title character on ...

(born 1960) – actor (

Dyker Heights Dyker Heights is a predominantly residential neighborhood in the southwest corner of the borough of Brooklyn in New York City. It is on a hill between Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, Borough Park, and Gravesend Bay. The neighborhood is bounded by 7th and ...

) *

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 theatric ...

(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 metropol ...

, 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 (

) *

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 move ...

er *

Lyman Beecher Lyman Beecher (October 12, 1775 – January 10, 1863) was a Presbyterian minister, and the father of 13 children, many of whom became noted figures, including Harriet Beecher Stowe, Henry Ward Beecher, Charles Beecher, Edward Beecher, Isabella B ...

(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 ...

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

Paul Ben-Victor Paul Ben-Victor (born July 24, 1965) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Greek mobster Spiros "Vondas" Vondopoulos on the HBO drama series ''The Wire'', Alan Gray in ''Entourage'' (2005–2008), and Ray in '' Body Parts'' (1991). ...

(born 1965) – actor (

) *

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 al ...

(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 Mary Crowell Van Benschoten (, Crowell; November 18, 1840 – March 29, 1921) was an American author and clubwoman. Through her pen, she led an active life, contributing to various papers and publishing a paper herself at one time. She was a charte ...

(1840-1921), author, newspaper publisher, clubwoman * Bill Benulis (1928–2011) – penciller and inker *

David Berkowitz David Richard Berkowitz (born Richard David Falco, June 1, 1953), also known as the Son of Sam and .44 Caliber Killer, is an American serial killer who pleaded guilty to eight shootings that began in New York City on July 29, 1976. 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, '' Smitty'', which he drew for 50 years. Biography Bernt's job as an office boy at the ''New York Journal'' , which he took on after dropping o ...

(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 nominate ...

(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 with ...

; chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs *

Corbin Bleu Corbin Bleu Reivers (; born February 21, 1989), known professionally as Corbin Bleu, is an American actor and singer. He made his acting debut in the 2004 adventure comedy film '' Catch That Kid''. He has since appeared in the Discovery Kids d ...

(born 1989) – actor *

Emily Blunt Emily Olivia Leah Blunt (born 23 February 1983) is a British actress. She is the recipient of several accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for three British Academy Film Awar ...

(born 1983) – actress *

Joseph Bologna Joseph Bologna (December 30, 1934 – August 13, 2017) was an American actor, playwright and screenwriter notable for his roles in the comedy films ''My Favorite Year'', '' Blame It on Rio'' and '' Transylvania 6-5000''. Life and career Bol ...

(1934–2017) – actor *

Clara Bow Clara Gordon Bow (; July 29, 1905 – September 27, 1965) was an American actress who rose to stardom during the silent film era of the 1920s and successfully made the transition to "talkies" in 1929. Her appearance as a plucky shopgirl in the ...

(1905–1965) – actress ( Prospect Heights) * Riddick Bowe (born 1967) –

boxer Boxer most commonly refers to: * Boxer (boxing), a competitor in the sport of boxing *Boxer (dog), a breed of dog Boxer or boxers may also refer to: Animal kingdom * Boxer crab * Boxer shrimp, a small group of decapod crustaceans * Boxer snipe ee ...

, heavyweight champion ( Brownsville) * Barbara Boxer (born 1940) – politician; U.S. Senator from California (since 1993) *

Harry Boykoff Harry J. Boykoff (July 24, 1922 – February 20, 2001) was a professional American basketball player. During his career he was often referred to as "Heshie", Big Hesh", and "Big Boy". He stood at tall. Early life Boykoff was born on the Lowe ...

(1922–2001) – basketball player * Steve Bracey (1950–2006) — basketball player *

Scott Brady Scott Brady (born Gerard Kenneth Tierney; September 13, 1924 – April 16, 1985) was an American film and television actor best known for his roles in Western films and as a ubiquitous television presence. He played the title role in the televi ...

(1924–1985) – actor *

Mark Breland Mark Anthony Breland (born May 11, 1963) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1984 to 1997, and held the WBA welterweight title twice between 1987 and 1990. He later became an actor with a wide range of movie and television ...

(born 1963) –

; five-time

New York Golden Gloves The New York Golden Gloves boxing tournament was considered by many boxing aficionados as one of the most elite Golden Gloves titles, along with the Chicago Golden Gloves. Named for the small golden gloves given out to the winners of each weigh ...

champion *

Shannon Briggs Shannon Briggs (born December 4, 1971) is an American former professional boxer. He is a two-time heavyweight champion, having held the lineal heavyweight championship from 1997 to 1998, and the WBO title from 2006 to 2007. Briggs is known for h ...

(born 1971) –

, heavyweight champion *

Gail Brodsky Gail Brodsky (born June 5, 1991) is an American former professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA singles ranking is 182, reached on March 19, 2012. On May 2, 2011, she peaked at No. 348 in the doubles rankings. On the ITF Circuit, she h ...

(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 ( Williamsburg) * 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 This article includes lists of all Olympic medalists since 1896, organized by each Olympic sport or discipline, and also by Olympiad. Medalist with most medals by sport Summer Olympic sports Winter Olympic sports A. Including military patrol e ...

, NCAA and NBA head coach *

Elliott Buckmaster Elliott Buckmaster (October 19, 1889 – October 10, 1976) was a United States Navy officer, later promoted to flag rank, and naval aviator during World War I and World War II. Born in Brooklyn, New York, to Dr. Augustus Harper Buckmaster (1859� ...

(1889–1976) –

U.S. Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage o ...

officer; naval aviator during

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

and

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 vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

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 thro ...

(born 1974) – rapper ( Crown Heights) *

Terry Burrus Terrance Corley Burrus is an American keyboardist, composer, dj, record producer, conductor, business, realty and fashion designer executive. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he started touring as a teenager, playing with jazz fusion violinist Mi ...

– musician; composer, conductor, producer * Steve Buscemi (born 1957) – actor, film director and screenwriter * Busta Rhymes (born 1972) – rapper (East Flatbush and Bedford–Stuyvesant)

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Red Cafe Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to orange and opposite violet. It has a dominant wavelength of approximately 625–740 nanometres. It is a primary color in the RGB color model and a seconda ...

(born 1976) – rapper ( Flatbush) * Charlie Callas (1927–2011) – comedian * Giovanni Capitello (born 1979) – actor/filmmaker * Al Capone (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 Fabiano Luigi Caruana (born July 30, 1992) is an American chess grandmaster. A chess prodigy, Caruana became a grandmaster at the age of 14 years, 11 months, and 20 days—the youngest grandmaster in the history of both Italy and the United Sta ...

(born 1992) – youngest chess grandmaster in United States history (

) * Jack Catran (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 found ...

– All-American Girls Professional Baseball League 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 distr ...

(1924–2005) – first female African American

U.S. Representative The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they c ...

and first African American

major-party A major party is a political party that holds substantial influence in a country's politics, standing in contrast to a minor party. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary: Major parties hold a significant percentage of the vote in electi ...

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 Am ...

) * Cheryl "Coko" Clemons (born 1970) – gospel singer and lead singer of R&B group

SWV SWV (Sisters with Voices) is an American R&B vocal trio from New York City whose members are Cheryl (Coko) Gamble, Tamara (Taj) Johnson, and Leanne (Lelee) Lyons. Formed in 1988 as a gospel group, SWV became one of the most successful R&B g ...

Abram Cohen Abram "Abe" Dreyer Cohen (October 25, 1924 – February 2, 2016) was an American Olympic foil, epee, and sabre fencer.Bob Wechsler''Day by Day in Jewish Sports History''/ref>Bernard Postal, Jesse Silver, Roy Silver''Encyclopedia of Jews in ...

(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, cla ...

, a liberator of the

Ohrdruf concentration camp Ohrdruf was a German forced labor and concentration camp located near Ohrdruf, south of Gotha, in Thuringia, Germany. It was part of the Buchenwald concentration camp network. Operation Created in November 1944 near the town of Ohrdruf, sout ...

, 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) – U.S. Senator 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 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...

from 2003 until 2009(

) *

Kim Coles Kim LaShaunda Coles (born January 11, 1962) is an American actress, comedian and game show host. Coles is known for her roles as a cast member on ''In Living Color'' for the first season (1990-1991) and as Synclaire James-Jones on television sitco ...

(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 profes ...

'' *

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 rep ...

(born 1982) – professional basketball player * George H. Cooper (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 Cooper ...

(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 Lawrence J. Corcoran (August 10, 1859 – October 14, 1891) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. Corcoran debuted in the 1880 season, where he won 43 games and led the Chicago team to the National ...

(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 ind ...

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 ...

- and

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 pr ...

-winning composer (

) *

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 Cosentini Associates is an engineering firm that provides consulting engineering services for the building industry. Company history Cosentini Associates was founded in 1952 by William Randolph Cosentini as W.R. Cosentini and Associates. Wil ...

– mechanical engineer and founder of

Cosentini Associates Cosentini Associates is an engineering firm that provides consulting engineering services for the building industry. Company history Cosentini Associates was founded in 1952 by William Randolph Cosentini as W.R. Cosentini and Associates. Wil ...

* Delilah Cotto – dancer, model and actress ( Coney Island) *

Jonathan Coulton Jonathan William Coulton (born December 1, 1970), often called "JoCo" by fans, is an American folk/comedy singer-songwriter, known for his songs about geek culture and his use of the Internet to draw fans. Among his most popular songs are " Co ...

(born 1970) – musician * Hart Crane (1899–1932) – poet ( The Bridge) *

Melora Creager Melora Creager (born March 25, 1966) is an American cello, cellist, singer-songwriter, performing artist and founder of the rock band Rasputina (band), Rasputina. Early life, beginnings and Rasputina Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Kansas City, M ...

(born 1966) – singer *

Jimmy Crespo Jimmy Crespo (born July 5, 1954) is an American guitarist. He was the lead guitarist for Aerosmith from 1979 until 1984. He co-wrote "Rock in a Hard Place" with Steven Tyler, and has performed or recorded with Rod Stewart, Billy Squier, Meat L ...

(born 1954) – former Aerosmith guitarist *

Peter Criss George Peter John Criscuola (born December 20, 1945), better known by his stage name Peter Criss, is a retired American musician, best known as a co-founder, original drummer, and vocalist of the hard rock band Kiss. Criss established The Ca ...

(born 1945) – musician *

Billy Cunningham William John Cunningham (born June 3, 1943) is an American former professional basketball player and coach, who was nicknamed the ''Kangaroo Kid'' for his leaping and record-setting rebounding abilities. He spent a total of 17 seasons with the ...

(born 1942) – NBA player and coach

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Larry David at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival 2

* Doug E. Doug (born 1970) comedian *

Da Beatminerz Da Beatminerz are a hip-hop production crew from Bushwick, Brooklyn, and are known for their dark, gritty sound that is very popular with the underground hip-hop scene. History The crew, originally composed of brothers Mr. Walt (born June 2, 196 ...

– hip-hop production team *

Da Bush Babees Da Bush Babees is an American group of underground hip-hop artists loosely affiliated with the Native Tongues. The members of the group originally performed under the stage names Babe-B-Face Kaos (later Lee Majors), Mister Man (later King Khali ...

– 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 Ameri ...

(born 1970) – actor and screenwriter *

Dana Dane Dana McCleese (born September 6, 1965), better known by his stage name Dana Dane, is an American rapper known for performance of humorous lyrics and for his fashion sense. Early life Dana was born in the Walt Whitman housing project in Fort Gr ...

(born 1965) – rapper (

Fort Greene Fort Greene is a neighborhood in the northwestern part of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood is bounded by Flushing Avenue and the Brooklyn Navy Yard to the north, Flatbush Avenue Extension and Downtown Brooklyn to the wes ...

) *

Tony Danza Tony Danza (born Anthony Salvatore Iadanza; April 21, 1951) is an American actor. He is known for co-starring in the television series ''Taxi'' (1978–1983) and '' Who's the Boss?'' (1984–1992), for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award a ...

(born 1951) – actor *

John D'Aquino John D'Aquino (born April 14, 1958) is an American film and television actor, best known for his role as Lieutenant Benjamin Krieg in ''seaQuest DSV'', Joel in the film '' Pumpkinhead'', U.S. President Richard Martinez in the Disney Channel O ...

(born 1958) – actor * John Henry Davis (1921–1984) – U.S. weightlifter 6 time world champion and 2 time Olympic gold medalist *

Jonathan David Jonathan Christian David (born January 14, 2000) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Lille. Born in the United States to Haitian parents, David was raised in Ottawa, Ontario, and represents the Ca ...

(born 2000) – soccer player * Thomas Darden (1900–1961) – U.S. Navy Rear admiral, 37th Governor of American Samoa *

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 seve ...

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

) *

Noach Dear Noach Dear (November 20, 1953 – April 19, 2020) was an American attorney, politician, and jurist who served as a New York Supreme Court judge. Dear was elected in 2008 as a civil court judge, in 2010 as an Acting Supreme Court Justice, an ...

(1953–2020) – New York Supreme Court 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. Ronald Joseph DeFeo Jr. (September 26, 1951 – March 12, 2021) was an American mass murderer who was tried and convicted for the 1974 killings of his father, mother, two brothers, and two sisters in Amityville, Long Island, New York. Conde ...

(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, b ...

'' *

David DeJesus David Christopher DeJesus (; born December 20, 1979) is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Royals, Oakland Athletics, Chicago Cubs, Washington Nationals, Tampa Bay Ray ...

(born 1979) – MLB player *

Dom DeLuise Dominick DeLuise (August 1, 1933 – May 4, 2009) was an American actor, comedian, director, producer, chef, and author. Known primarily for his comedic performances, he rose to fame in the 1970s as a frequent guest on television variety sho ...

(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 appoin ...

(born 1938) – lawyer, professor, author ( Williamsburg) *

C.C. Deville C.C. DeVille (born Bruce Anthony Johannesson; May 14, 1962) is an American guitarist best known as a member of rock band Poison. The band has sold more than 50 million albums worldwide, including 15 million in the United States. In addition to ...

(Bruce Johannesson) (born 1962) – musician * Kevin Devine (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 Gold ...

(born 1944) - actor, comedian, filmmaker * Neil Diamond (born 1941) – singer * Mary E. Dillon (1886 – October 20, 1983) – American engineer and President of Brooklyn Borough Gas Company * Michael A. DiSpezio (born 1953) – writer, performer, and broadcast host *

Chris DiStefano Christopher Paul Anthony Distefano (born August 26, 1984) is an American comedian. Primarily a stand-up comedian, Distefano began his career in entertainment on MTV and MTV2's shows '' Guy Code'' and ''Girl Code''. Distefano's first hour-long st ...

(born 1984) - comedian *

Vincent D'Onofrio Vincent Philip D'Onofrio (; born June 30, 1959) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his supporting and leading roles in both film and television. He has been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. His roles include Private Leonar ...

(born 1959) – actor *

Valerie D'Orazio Valerie D'Orazio (born February 23, 1974) is an American comic book writer and editor. Career D'Orazio was hired as assistant editor at Acclaim in 1997. She joined the Creative Services Department at DC Comics in 2000. In 2002, she became assi ...

(born 1974) – writer and blogger *

Irvin Dorfman Irvin "Irv" Sherrod Dorfman (September 3, 1924 – October 8, 2006) was an outstanding amateur American tennis player in the 1940s and 1950s. He was ranked No. 15 in singles in the United States in 1947, and No. 3 in doubles in the U.S. in 1948. ...

(1924–2006) – tennis player *

David Draiman David Michael Draiman ( he, דוד מיכאל דריימן; born March 13, 1973) is an American singer and songwriter. Noted for his distorted, operatic, baritone voice and percussive singing style, he is best known as the lead vocalist of the ...

(born 1973) – singer * Richard Dreyfuss (born 1947) – actor *

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(born 1952/1953) – former Commissioner of the Continental Basketball Association, 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 (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 (TV series), Girls'' (2012–2017), for which she received several Emmy ...

(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, ...

) *

Kyle Bobby Dunn Kyle Bobby Dunn (born February 27, 1986) is a Canadian composer, arranger, and live performance artist, performer of modern compositional and guitar based drone music. He has performed in live and exclusive outdoor settings, including Banff Natio ...

(born 1986) – composer, musician, artist (

RAMBO Rambo is a surname with Norwegian (Vestfold) and Swedish origins. It possibly originated with '' ramn'' + '' bo'', meaning "raven's nest". It has variants in French (''Rambeau'', ''Rambaut'', and ''Rimbaud'') and German (''Rambow''). It is now best ...

) * Jimmy Durante (1893–1980) – actor and comedian

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Easy Mo Bee Osten Harvey Jr. (born December 8, 1965), better known by his stage name Easy Mo Bee, is an American hip hop and R&B record producer, known for his production work for artists such as Big Daddy Kane and Miles Davis, as well as his affiliation ...

(born 1965) – hip-hop and R&B producer * William J. Ecker –

U.S. Coast Guard The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is the maritime security, search and rescue, and law enforcement service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the country's eight uniformed services. The service is a maritime, military, mul ...

Rear Admiral *

Harry Eisenstat Harry Eisenstat (October 10, 1915 – March 21, 2003) was a Major League Baseball (MLB) player who played from 1935 to 1942. Early life Eisenstat was born in Brooklyn, New York, and was Jewish. He attended James Madison High School in Brooklyn, ...

(1915–2003) – Major League Baseball player (

) *

Erick Arc Elliott Erick Elliott (born August 12, 1988), better known as Erick Arc Elliott or Erick the Architect, is an American rapper, singer, artist and record producer from Brooklyn, New York. A producer for the hip hop trio, Flatbush Zombies Flatbush Zombie ...

(born 1990) – rapper, producer * The Epochs – 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, des ...

– wealthy businessman and longtime child sex trafficker *

Etika Desmond Daniel Amofah (May 12, 1990 – June 19, 2019), better known as Etika, was an American YouTuber and online streamer. He was best known for his highly energetic reactions to '' Super Smash Bros.'' character reveals and Nintendo Direct ...

(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

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Fab 5 Freddy Fred Brathwaite (born August 31, 1959), more popularly known as Fab 5 Freddy, is an American visual artist, filmmaker, and hip hop pioneer. He is considered one of the architects of the street art movement. Freddy emerged in New York's downtown ...

(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 Edith Falco (born July 5, 1963) is an American actress. She is best known for portraying Carmela Soprano on the HBO series ''The Sopranos'' (1999–2007), and Nurse Jackie Peyton on the Showtime series ''Nurse Jackie'' (2009–2015). She also ...

(born 1963) – actress * Jimmy Fallon (born 1974) – actor and comedian * Anthony Fauci (born 1940) – Infectious disease expert, director of NIAD at National Institutes of Health * Lotta Faust (1880–1910) – musical comedy actress *

Lillian Feickert Lillian Ford Feickert (July 20, 1877 – January 21, 1945) was an American suffragist, New Jersey state political organizer, and the first woman from New Jersey to run for United States Senate. She served as the President of the New Je ...

(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 Frank Ferrer (born March 25, 1966) is an American rock drummer. He is best known as the drummer for hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he has played, toured, and recorded since 2006. Ferrer was also a member of The Psychedelic Furs, Love ...

(born 1966) – Guns N' Roses drummer *

Lou Ferrigno Louis Jude Ferrigno Sr. (; born November 9, 1951) is an American actor and retired professional bodybuilder. As a bodybuilder, Ferrigno won an IFBB Mr. America title and two consecutive IFBB Mr. Universe titles; and appeared in the documenta ...

(born 1951) – former bodybuilder, actor (Midwood) * Martin Fettman (born 1956) – astronaut (

) *

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 (born 1948) – sculptor *

Harvey Fierstein Harvey Forbes Fierstein ( ; born June 6, 1952) is an American actor, playwright and screenwriter. He is best known for his theater work in '' Torch Song Trilogy'' and '' Hairspray'' and movie roles in '' Mrs. Doubtfire'', ''Independence Day'', an ...

(born 1954) – actor and playwright (

Bensonhurst Bensonhurst is a residential neighborhood in the southwestern section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood is bordered on the northwest by 14th Avenue, on the northeast by 60th Street, on the southeast by Avenue P and 22n ...

) *

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 1 ...

(1943–2008) – champion chess player ( Flatbush) * Mickey Fisher (1904/05–1963) – basketball coach *

Robert William Fisher Robert William Fisher (born April 13, 1961) is an American fugitive wanted for allegedly killing his family and blowing up the house in which they lived in Scottsdale, Arizona, on April 10, 2001. Fisher served in the United States Navy and lat ...

(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 Ki ...

) * 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 *

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 r ...

, 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 – opera singer *

Yuri Foreman Yuri Foreman (born August 5, 1980) is an Israeli professional boxer who held the WBA super welterweight title from 2009 to 2010. He was born in Gomel, Belarus, but currently fights out of Brooklyn, New York. Foreman has also pursued Jewish reli ...

(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 (1932–2012) – actor *

Bruce Franklin H. Bruce Franklin (born February 1934) is an American cultural historian and scholar. He is notable for receiving top awards for his lifetime scholarship in fields as diverse as American studies, science fiction, prison literature and marine e ...

(born 1934) – professor *

Frank Frazetta Frank Frazetta (born Frank Frazzetta ; February 9, 1928 – May 10, 2010) was an American fantasy and science fiction artist, noted for comic books, paperback book covers, paintings, posters, LP record album covers, and other media. He i ...

(1928–2010) – artist *

Gary William Friedman Gary William Friedman is an American musical theatre, symphonic, film and television composer. His career began in the 1960s in New York City as a saxophonist in an improvisational ensemble and as a composer for experimental theater. Friedman's ...

– 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 Fu-Schnickens were an American hip-hop trio from 1988 to 1995, based in Brooklyn, New York. History Fu-Schnickens was composed of Chip Fu (Roderick Roachford), Moc Fu (Joe Jones), and Poc Fu (Lennox Maturine). ''Fu'' stood for unity and '' ...

– 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 vocal ...

– 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 Vincent Gardenia (born Vincenzo Scognamiglio; January 7, 1920 – December 9, 1992) was an Italian-American stage, film, and television actor. He was nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, first for ''Bang the Drum Slow ...

(1920–1992) – actor (Bensonhurst) * M. Elsa Gardner (1894–1963) – Engineer *

Ina Garten Ina Rosenberg Garten ( ; born February 2, 1948) is an American author, host of the Food Network program '' Barefoot Contessa'', and a former staff member of the Office of Management and Budget. Among her dishes are ''cœur à la crème'', celery ...

(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 ''Barefoot Contessa'' is an American cooking show that premiered November 30, 2002, on Food Network, and is currently the oldest show on the network's daytime schedule. Hosted by celebrity chef Ina Garten, each episode features Garten assembli ...

Shad Gaspard Shad Javier Gaspard (January 13, 1981 – May 17, 2020) was an American professional wrestler and actor. He was best known for his time with WWE, where he performed under his real name, or mononymously as Shad. Gaspard signed with World Wrestl ...

(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 o ...

* David Geffen (born 1943) – media mogul ( Borough Park) * Sylvia Gerrish (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 * Murray Gerstenhaber (born 1927) – mathematician and lawyer *

Deborah Gibson Deborah Ann Gibson (born August 31, 1970) is an American singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. Gibson released her debut album '' Out of the Blue'' in 1987, which spawned several international hits, later being certified triple plati ...

(born 1970) – singer and songwriter *

Taj Gibson Taj Jami Gibson (born June 24, 1985) is an American professional basketball player for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Gibson played college basketball for the USC Trojans and was selected 26th overall by th ...

(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 Presiden ...

(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 o ...

(

) *

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 Pe ...

(born 1967) – singer (

Crush 40 Crush 40 is a Japanese-American hard rock band. The group consists of guitarist and composer Jun Senoue and vocalist Johnny Gioeli, although Senoue has featured other lead vocalists on a Crush 40 album. Crush 40 is best known for their contri ...

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

Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...

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 Martin Irving Glickman (August 14, 1917 – January 3, 2001) was an American radio announcer who was famous for his broadcasts of the New York Knicks basketball games and the football games of the New York Giants and the New York Jets. Glickman w ...

(1917–2001) – Olympian and broadcaster (

) * James Newton Gloucester – African-American abolitionist * Baruch Goldstein (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 F ...

* Jerry Goldstein (born 1970) – physicist *

Ben Goldwasser Benjamin Nicholas Hunter Goldwasser (born December 17, 1982) is an American songwriter and musician in the psychedelic rock band MGMT, for which he primarily plays keyboards and sings. In 2009, his song " Electric Feel" (co-written with bandma ...

(born 1982) – member of the band MGMT * Norman Gorbaty (1932–2020) – artist *

Sid Gordon Sidney Gordon (August 13, 1917 – June 17, 1975) was an American right-handed Major League Baseball two-time All-Star outfielder, third baseman, and first baseman. He had a 13-year career in MLB for the New York Giants (1941–43, 1946–49, a ...

(1917–1975) – two-time All-Star baseball player *

Louis Gossett Jr. Louis Cameron Gossett Jr. (born May 27, 1936) is an American actor. Born in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City, He had his stage debut at the age of 17, in a school production of '' You Can't Take It with You.'' Shortly after he successfully ...

(born 1936) – Oscar-winning actor (

) *

Gilbert Gottfried Gilbert Jeremy Gottfried (February 28, 1955 – April 12, 2022) was an American stand-up comedian and actor, known for his exaggerated shrill voice, strong New York accent, and his edgy, often controversial, sense of humor. His numerous r ...

(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 (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 (born 1932) – cardiac surgeon * Kai Greene (born 1975) – bodybuilder *

Adrian Grenier Adrian Sean Grenier (born July 10, 1976) is an American actor, producer, director and musician. He is best known for his portrayal of Vincent Chase in the television series ''Entourage'' (2004–2011). He has appeared in films such as ''Drive Me ...

(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 (1931–2020) – Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbai and secretary to Menachem Schneerson ( Crown Heights) *

Robert Grossman Robert Grossman (March 1, 1940 – March 15, 2018) was an American painter, sculptor, filmmaker, comics artist, illustrator and author. In a career spanning fifty years, Grossman's illustrations have appeared over 500 times on the covers of var ...

(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 Louise Gunning (1878 – 1960) was an American soprano popular on Broadway in Edwardian musical comedy and comic opera from the late 1890s to the eve of the First World War. She was perhaps best remembered as Princess Stephanie of Balaria in the ...

(1879–1960) – singer, actress *

Sigrid Gurie Sigrid Gurie (born Sigrid Guri Haukelid; May 18, 1911 – August 14, 1969) was an American actress from the late 1930s to early 1940s. Early life Gurie was born in Brooklyn, New York. Her father was a civil engineer who worked for the N ...

(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. Gu ...

(born 1947) – singer ( Coney Island) *

GZA ''Gary Eldridge Grice'' (born August 22, 1966), better known by his stage names GZA ( ) and The Genius, is an American rapper and songwriter. A founding member of the hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan, GZA is the group's "spiritual head", being both ...

(born 1966) – rapper ( Bedford–Stuyvesant) * Maggie Gyllenhaal (born 1970) – actress

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Buddy Hackett Buddy Hackett (born Leonard Hacker; August 31, 1924 – June 30, 2003) was an American actor, comedian and singer. His best remembered roles include Marcellus Washburn in ''The Music Man'' (1962), Benjy Benjamin in ''It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Wo ...

(1924–2003) – actor and comedian ( Williamsburg) * Adelaide 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. * Bobby Hambel – guitarist, Biohazard * Marvin Hamlisch (1944–2012) – Oscar-winning composer of film scores (Midwood) * Andrew P. Harris (born 1957) – Maryland politician *

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison Barbara Grizzuti Harrison (September 14, 1934 – April 24, 2002) was an American journalist, essayist and memoirist. She is best known for her autobiographical work, particularly her account of growing up as a Jehovah's Witness, and for her tr ...

(1934–2002) – author *

Anne Hathaway Anne Jacqueline Hathaway (born November 12, 1982) is an American actress. The recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award, she was among the world's highest-paid actresses in 2 ...

(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. Billed as "an Aq ...

( Bedford–Stuyvesant) * Susan Hayward (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 Leona Roberts Helmsley (July 4, 1920 – August 20, 2007) was an American businesswoman. Her flamboyant personality and reputation for tyrannical behavior earned her the nickname Queen of Mean. After allegations of non-payment were made by co ...

(1920–2007) – businessperson and

real estate investor Real estate investing involves the purchase, management and sale or rental of real estate for profit. Someone who actively or passively invests in real estate is called a real estate entrepreneur or a real estate investor. Some investors actively ...

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 He ...

– hip-hop duo ( Brownsville) *

Sidney Hertzberg Sidney "Sonny" Hertzberg (July 29, 1922 – July 25, 2005) was an American professional basketball player. Early life Hertzberg was born in Brooklyn, New York, grew up in Crown Heights, and was Jewish. Hertzberg played at Samuel J. Tilden H ...

(1922–2005) – pro basketball player * Robert Hess (artist) (1935–2014) – sculptor * Robert Hess (college president) (1938–1994) – President of Brooklyn College *

Henry Hill Henry Hill Jr. (June 11, 1943 – June 12, 2012) was an American mobster who was associated with the Lucchese crime family of New York City from 1955 until 1980, when he was arrested on narcotics charges and became an FBI informant. Hill testi ...

(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 ...

, 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 *

William E. Hoehle William E. Hoehle was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly. Biography Hoehle was born on March 17, 1866, in Kings County, New York. In 1869, he moved to Port Washington, Wisconsin. After residing in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, ...

– member of the

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* 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 William "Red" Holzman (August 10, 1920 – November 13, 1998) was an American professional basketball player and coach. He is best known as the head coach of the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1967 to ...

(1920–1998) – Hall of Fame NBA two-time All-Star and coach * Homicide (born 1977) – ring name of Nelson Erazo,

signed to Ring of Honor ( Bedford-Stuyvesant) * Lena Horne (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 appeared ...

( 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 (1925–2006) – criminal defense attorney for high-profile clients, reared in Brooklyn * Hezekiah Hunter (1837–1894) – teacher, minister, and politician; born in Brooklyn.

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* 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 produces ...

(born 1953) – entrepreneur, record producer and film producer (Red Hook) *

Breuk Iversen Breuk Iversen (born July 25, 1964) is a designer and writer. Iversen was nicknamed the Mayor of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, one of the liveliest and largest art communities in the world. He is famous for his production, with Jan McLaughlin, at the ...

(born 1964) – designer and writer

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* Mark Jackson (born 1965) – basketball player * Cheryl James (born 1966) – rapper and actress * Shawn James (born 1983) – basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C., Maccabi Tel Aviv * Tama Janowitz (born 1957) – novelist * Jay-Z (born 1969) – rapper and entrepreneur ( Bedford–Stuyvesant) * Jaz-O (born 1964) – rapper ( Bedford–Stuyvesant) * Charles Jenkins (basketball), Charles Jenkins (born 1989) – NBA player * Jennie Jerome (1854–1921) – Lady Randolph Churchill, mother of Winston Churchill (Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, Cobble Hill) * Jeru the Damaja (born 1972) – rapper (East New York, Brooklyn, East New York) * Joey Badass (born 1995) – rapper * Evan M. Johnson, US Army brigadier general * Evan Malbone Johnson (1791–1865)– clergyman * Tamara Johnson-George, Tamara "Taj" Johnson-George (born 1971) – member of R&B group SWV ( Bedford–Stuyvesant) *Lamont Jones (basketball, born 1972), Lamont Jones (born 1972) – basketball player * Norah Jones (born 1979) – musician, actress * Susannah Mushatt Jones (1899–2016) – oldest living New Yorker * E. Bernard Jordan (born 1959) – founder of Zoe Ministries * Michael Jordan (born 1963) – basketball player * Zab Judah (born 1977) – professional boxer * Just-Ice (born 1965) – rapper

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* KA (rapper), KA (born 1972) – rapper (Brownsville, Brooklyn) * Meir Kahane (1932–1990) – Orthodox Jewish rabbi, activist and founder of the Jewish Defense League * Roger Kahn (1927–2020) – sportswriter and author of ''The Boys of Summer (book), 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 (artist), KAWS, born Brian Donnelly – graffiti artist, limited-edition clothing and toy designer * Danny Kaye (1911–1987) – actor and comedian (East New York, Brooklyn, East New York) * Lainie Kazan (born 1940) – actress and singer * Ezra Jack Keats (1916–1983) – author and illustrator * Monica Keena (born 1979) – actress * Harvey Keitel (born 1939) – actor * Steven G. Kellman (born 1947) – author and critic * Patsy Kelly (1910–1981) – actress * David M. Kennedy (criminologist), David M. Kennedy (born 1958) – professor of criminology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, author of ''Don't Shoot'' * The Kid Gashi (born 1989) – rapper * Jimmy Kimmel (born 1967) – comedian and television talk-show host * Bernard King (born 1956) – NBA Hall Of Famer (Fort Greene) * Carole King (born 1942) – singer-songwriter (

) * Larry King (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) – Surgeon General of the United States, U.S. Surgeon General * Sandy Koufax (born 1935) – Hall of Fame baseball pitcher for Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers ( Borough Park) * Martin Kove (born 1946) – actor * John Krasinski (born 1979) – actor and director * Talib Kweli (born 1975) – rapper and producer (

)

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* Jeffrey Laitman (born 1951) – anatomy, anatomist * Pierre Lallement (1843–1891) – inventor * Abbe Lane (born 1932) – singer, dancer, actress * Sylven Landesberg (born 1990) – American-Israeli basketball shooting guard (Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C., Maccabi Tel Aviv) * Michael Landon – actor, director, producer * Dulcinea Langfelder (born 1955) - multidisciplinary artist (drama, dance, song, mime, multimedia) * Rudy LaRusso (1937–2004) – five-time All-Star NBA basketball player (

) * Reuben Lasker (1929–1988) – marine biology, marine biologist * Cyndi Lauper (born 1953) – singer and activist * Arthur Laurents (1917–2011) – writer and director * Steve Lawrence (born 1935) – singer and actor * Heath Ledger (1979–2008) – actor * Spike Lee (born 1957) – film director, screenwriter and actor (lived in

) * Roy Lee (born 1969) – film producer * Shulem Lemmer (born 1990) – singer (Borough Park) * Ivan Leshinsky (born 1947) – American-Israeli basketball player (Midwood) * Jonathan Lethem (born 1964) – author (Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, Boerum Hill) * Andrew Levane (1920–2012) – NBA basketball player (

) * Lewis (baseball), Lewis (alive 1890) – former 19th-century professional baseball player * Emmanuel Lewis (born 1971) – actor (

) * Richard Lewis (comedian), 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, born Kimberly Denise Jones (born 1974/1975) –

-winning rapper ( Bedford–Stuyvesant) * Lil Mama (born 1989) – rapper * O. Winston Link (1914–2001) – photographer * Edith Raymond Locke, Edie Locke – fashion journalist * Paul Lo Duca (born 1972) – MLB baseball player * Robert Logan Jr., Robert Logan (born 1941) – actor * Robert K. Logan (born 1939) – scientist * Steve Lombardi, "The Brooklyn Brawler" Steve Lombardi (born 1961) – professional wrestler * Vince Lombardi (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 (1916–1998) – NFL quarterback and Pro Football Hall of Fame * MC Lyte (born 1970) – actress and rapper

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* M.O.P. – hip-hop duo ( Brownsville) * John Buffalo Mailer (born 1978) – playwright and youngest child of author Norman Mailer * Norman Mailer (1923–2007) – author and playwright * Paul Malignaggi (born 1980) – boxer (

) * Barry Manilow (born 1943) – singer-songwriter ( Williamsburg) * Stephon Marbury (born 1977) – NBA player ( Coney Island) * Mario (video game character), Mario – fictional video-game character * Marty Markowitz (born 1945) – Borough President of Brooklyn, New York City * Constantine Maroulis (born 1975) – singer * Branford Marsalis (born 1960) – saxophonist ( Clinton Hill) * Duane Martin (born 1965) – actor (''All of Us'') * George Willard Martin (1886–1971) – mycologist * Angie Martinez (born 1971) – radio personality, former rapper and actress * Masta Ace (born 1966) – rapper( Brownsville) * Maxwell (musician), Maxwell (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 (1901–1978) – New York City Comptroller, NYC Comptroller and NY State Residential Rent Control Commissioner, lawyer, and professor *Carson McCullers (1917–1967) – writer * Amy Upham Thomson McKean (1893–1972) – pianist, songwriter and composer * Triston McKenzie – professional baseball pitcher for The Cleveland Indians * Meechy Darko (born 1990) – rapper ( Flatbush) * Romany Malco (born 1968) – actor * Ronald Mellor (born 1940) – historian * Boyd Melson (born 1981) – boxer * Richard Merkin (1938–2009) – painter and illustrator * Robert Merrill (1917–2004) – opera singer * Debra Messing (born 1968) – actress * Sean Michaels (pornographic actor), Sean Michaels (born 1958) – pornographic actor and director * Thomas Mignone – film director, music video director, screenwriter * Alyssa Milano (born 1972) – actress * Arthur Miller (1915–2005) – Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright ( Gravesend) * Henry Miller (1891–1980) – author and raconteur ( Williamsburg) * Jarrell Miller (born 1988) – kickboxer * Matthew Paul Miller (born 1979) – reggae singer * Walter Miller (jockey), Walter Miller (1890–1959) – jockey * Wentworth Miller (born 1972) – actor * William J. Millican (1904-1944) – double Navy Cross recipient * Stephanie Mills (born 1957) – singer ( Bedford–Stuyvesant) * Irv Mondschein (1924–2015) – track and field champion * Lenny Montana (1926–1992) – actor and professional wrestler * Mary Tyler Moore (1936–2017) – actor * Esai Morales (born 1962) – actor * Ed Morris (1880s pitcher), Ed Morris (1862–1937) – 19th-century MLB pitcher * Joel Moses (1941–2022) – former provost, MIT (

) * Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire (born 1986) – rapper ( Crown Heights) * Chris Mullin (basketball), Chris Mullin (born 1963) – NBA player and executive, Hall of Fame * Uncle Murda (born 1980) – rapper (East Flatbush) * Charlie Murphy (actor), Charlie Murphy (1959–2017) – actor and comedian * Eddie Murphy (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 Swimming (sport), swimmer and Olympic medalist * 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'' ( Williamsburg) * Ed Newman (born 1951) – NFL All-Pro football player * Harry Nilsson (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 (born 1983) – actress

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* O.C. (rapper), O.C. (born 1971) – rapper ( Bushwick) * Henry Obst (1906–1975) – football player * Tasker Oddie (1870–1950) – List of Governors of Nevada, 12th Governor of Nevada and a United States Senate, United States Senator; born in Brooklyn * Dennis J. Patrick O'Grady (1943-1972) – Florida state senator * Ol' Dirty Bastard (1968–2004) – rapper (

) * Originoo Gunn Clappaz – hip-hop group ( Brownsville) * Dave Orr (1859–1915) – born in Brooklyn, MLB player * Joell Ortiz (born 1980) – rapper and producer ( Williamsburg) * Adam Ottavino (born 1985) – MLB pitcher for the New York Yankees

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* Peter Pace (born 1945) – Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff * Shemuel Pagan (born 1988) – professional boxer * Papoose (rapper), Papoose (born 1978) – rapper * Joseph Papp (1921–1991) – theatrical impresario who created New York City's Public Theater * Lana Parrilla (born 1977) – actress * Ben Parris (born 1961) – author * Joe Paterno (1926–2012) – football coach at Pennsylvania State University, Penn State in College Football Hall of Fame * Angela Paton (1930–2016) – theatre, TV and film actress * Jayson Paul (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 – home run champion baseball player * Michael Pitt (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 (1918–2022) – physical chemist * Charles Millard Pratt (1855–1935) – oil industrialist and philanthropist * Frederic B. Pratt (1865–1945) – president of Brooklyn's Pratt Institute (1893–1937) * George Dupont Pratt (1869–1935) – conservation movement, conservationist and philanthropist * Harold I. Pratt, Harold Pratt (1877–1939) – oil industrialist * Herbert L. Pratt (1871–1945) – oil industrialist * John Teele Pratt, John Pratt (1873–1927) – lawyer, philanthropist, music impresario and financier * Marianne Preger-Simon (born 1929) - dancer, choreographer, writer, and psychotherapist * DJ Premier (born 1966) – hip-hop disc jockey, producer, co-founder and member of hip-hop duo Gang Starr * Priscilla Presley (born 1945) - businesswoman, actress * Sean Price (1972–2015) – rapper (Brownsville)

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* Eddie Rabbitt (1941–1998) – singer-songwriter * Marky Ramone (born 1956) – drummer of the punk band The Ramones * Anthony Ramos (actor), Anthony Ramos (born 1991) – actor, singer-songwriter * Lou Reed (1942–2013) – singer-songwriter * Paul Regina (1956–2006) – actor * Leah Remini (born 1970) – actress (

) * Bebe Rexha (born 1989) – singer-songwriter and record producer * Buddy Rich (1917–1987) – drummer and big-band leader * Adam Richman (actor), Adam Richman – actor, host of reality television, reality-television series ''Man vs. Food'' * Thomas Ridgway (colonel), Thomas Ridgway, U.S. Army officer and father of General Matthew Ridgway * Joan Rivers (1933–2014) – comedian * Phil Rizzuto (1917–2007) – Major League Baseball player and broadcaster * Mary Fanton Roberts (1864–1956) – journalist, writer * Jackie Robinson – Major League Baseball player and pioneer, Brooklyn Dodgers * Chris Rock (born 1965) – actor and comedian ( Bedford–Stuyvesant) * Tony Rock (born 1974) – actor and comedian ( Bedford–Stuyvesant) * Captain America, Steve Rogers (born 1920) – American hero, federal official, intelligence operative, former soldier * Saul Rogovin (1923–1995) – Major League Baseball pitcher * Mickey Rooney (1920–2014) – five-time Oscar-nominated actor * Mike Rosen (born 1944) – radio talk show host and newspaper columnist *Aaron Rosenberg, 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 (Canarsie, Brooklyn, Canarsie) * Steve Ross (businessman), Steve Ross (1927–1992) – chairman of Time Warner * Mark Roth (born 1951) – bowler * Rowdy Rebel (born 1991) – rapper from GS9 (East Flatbush) *Ed Rubinoff (born 1935) - tennis player * David Ruggerio (born 1962) – chef * Brenda Russell (born 1949) – singer * Chris Rush (born 1946) – stand-up comedian * Sam Rutigliano (born 1933) – football coach * Carl Hancock Rux – writer, actor, and director (Fort Greene) * RZA (born 1969) – rapper

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* Peter Sarsgaard (born 1971) – actor * Carl Sagan (1934–1996) – scientist, author, educator (

) * Saigon (rapper), Saigon (born 1977) – actor and rapper * Stephanie Saland – ballet dancer and teacher * Dmitri Salita (born 1982) – boxer * Bernie Sanders (born 1941) – Independent (politician), Independent U.S. Senator from Vermont (

) * Adam Sandler (born 1966) – actor and comedian * Evie Sands (born 1946) – singer-songwriter and musician * Roger Schank (born 1946) – education reformer, artificial intelligence, artificial-intelligence expert * Kenny Scharf (born 1958) – graffiti artist * Ossie Schectman (1919–2013) – NBA basketball guard * Thomas D. Schiano (born 1962) – Organ transplantation, organ-transplantation specialist * Vincent Schiavelli (1948–2005) − actor, food writer * Steve Schirripa (born 1957) – actor (

) * Andre-Michel Schub (born 1952) – pianist (

) * Chuck Schumer (born 1950) – U.S. Senator from New York ( Flatbush) * Gary Schwartz (art historian), Gary Schwartz (born 1940) – art historian * Seymour Schwartzman (1930–2009) – opera singer and Hazzan, cantor * Raymond Scott (born Harry Warnow, 1908–1994) – composer, bandleader, pianist, electronic music, electronic-music pioneer * Neil Sedaka (born 1939) – singer-songwriter * Alonzo Bertram See (1849–1941) – businessman * Erich Segal (1937–2010) – author,

-nominated screenwriter, and educator (

) * Jerry Seinfeld (born 1954) – actor and comedian ( Borough Park) * Hubert Selby, Jr. (1928–2004) – author * Cletus Seldin (born 1986) – boxer * Phil Sellers (born 1953) – former NBA player * Greg Serano (born 1974) – actor * Shabazz the Disciple (born 1973) – rapper ( Red Hook) * Ruth Shafer (1912 –1972) – engineer * Judy Shapiro-Ikenberry (born 1942) – long-distance runner * Neal Shapiro (equestrian), Neal Shapiro (born 1945) – equestrian and Olympic medalist * Francis Ethelbert Sharkey – fictional character played by Terry Becker in the 1964–68 American Broadcasting Company, ABC television series ''Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea'' * Judith Sheindlin (born 1942) – television personality, ''Judge Judy'' (

/ Bedford–Stuyvesant) * Allie Sherman (1923–2015) – NFL player and coach * Art Sherman (born 1937) – horse trainer and jockey * Bobby Shmurda (born 1994) – rapper from GS9 (East Flatbush) * Michael Showalter (born 1970) – actor and comedian * Gabourey Sidibe (born 1983) – actress ( Bedford–Stuyvesant) * Bugsy Siegel (1906–1947) – gangster * Raymond Siller (born 1939) – television writer, political consulting, political consultant * Beverly Sills (1929–2007) – opera singer * Dean Silvers – film director, film producer, screenwriter, and author (East Flatbush, Brooklyn, East Flatbush) * Phil Silvers (1911–1985) – actor and comedian * David Sive (1922–2014) – attorney, environmentalist, and professor of environmental law * Skoob – 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 (

) * Robert Solow (born 1924) – economist; winner of the

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) * paul Sorvino (Born 1939–2022) – Actor * Carl Søyland (1894–1978) – editor-in-chief of ''Nordisk Tidende'' * Paul Spatola – musician * DJ Spinderella (born 1971) – DJ and rapper * Barbara Stanwyck (1907–1990) – Oscar-winning actress * Peter Steele (1962–2010) – bassist and singer (Type O Negative, Carnivore) (

) * Gary Stephan (born 1942) – artist * Lance Stephenson (born 1990) – basketball player * Stuart Sternberg (born 1959) – owner of the Tampa Bay Rays * Connie Stevens (born 1938) – actress and singer * Neil M. Stevenson (1930–2009) – Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Navy * Sticky Fingaz (born 1973) born Kirk Jones – of the rap group Onyx (group), Onyx * Jerry Stiller (1927-2020) – actor, father of Ben Stiller * David Stones (born 1988) – rapper * Barbra Streisand (born 1942) – Oscar-winning actress, singer, director, political activist ( Williamsburg) * Eric Stuart (born 1967) – voice actor, voice director, musician, singer and songwriter * Ray Suarez (born 1957) – journalist (

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

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* Sid Tannenbaum (1925–1986) – professional basketball player * Tazz (born 1967) – ring name of Peter Senerchia, former professional wrestler * Sebastian Telfair (born 1985) – NBA player * Roy M. Terry (1915–1988) – Chief of Chaplains of the United States, U.S. Air Force * Tanisha Thomas (born 1985) – reality television participant, television show host * Adrianne Tolsch (1938–2016) – Comedian, writer and graphic artist * Marisa Tomei (born 1964) – Oscar-winning actress * Joe Torre (born 1940) – Major League Baseball player, New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers manager, Hall of Fame (Marine Park, Brooklyn, Marine Park) * Rachel Trachtenburg (born 1993) – actress, singer, musician ( Bushwick) * Richard Tucker (actor), Richard Tucker (1884–1942) – actor * Mark Turenshine (1944–2016) – American-Israeli basketball player * John Turturro (born 1957) – actor and director * Nicholas Turturro (born 1962) – actor * Kathy Troccoli (born 1955) singer gospel * Mike Tyson (born 1966) – heavyweight boxing champion

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* Uncle Murda (born 1980) – gangster rapper (East New York, Brooklyn, East New York) * UTFO – 1980s rap group

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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 (1830–1898) – political advisor, educator, and missionary * Edward Vick (born 1944) – former CEO of Young & Rubicam * Idara Victor – actress * Tony Visconti (born 1944) – musician, producer * Abe Vigoda – actor

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* Kaci Walfall (born 2004) – actress * Eli Wallach (1915–2014) – actor * Shatzi Weisberger (1930–2022) – nurse, activist, and death educator * Mickey Welch (1859–1941) – MLB player * Mae West (1893–1980) – actress, playwright, and comedian ( Williamsburg/ Greenpoint) * Randy Weston (1926–2018) – pianist and composer * Colson Whitehead (born 1969) – novelist and MacArthur Fellows Program, MacArthur Fellow * Walt Whitman (1819–1892) – poet, best known for ''Leaves of Grass''; journalist and ''Brooklyn Eagle'' editor; essayist and humanist * Whodini – 1980s rap group * Olivia Wilde (born 1984) – actress (Clinton Hill) * Michael K. Williams (1966-2021) – actor * Michelle Williams (actress), Michelle Williams (born 1980) – actress * Jan Wilsgaard (1930–2016) – chief automotive designer, Volvo Cars, 1950–1990 * Robert Anton Wilson (1932–2007) – author * Shelley Winters (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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