en List of people from Brooklyn

This is a list of people who were either born or have lived in Brooklyn, a borough of New York City at some time in their lives.

A

Aaliyah (1979–2001) – actress, dancer and singer^[1]
Allison Abbate (born 1965) – film producer and animator
Johari Abdul-Malik – imam and muslim activist
Cal Abrams (1924–1997) – Major League Baseball player (Madison)
Elaine Abrams – physician and epidemiologist
Elizabeth C. Addoms (1905–1983) – physical therapist and academic
Constance Ahrons (1937–2021) – psychotherapist
Aja (born 1994) – rapper, drag queen, and reality television personality
Monica Aksamit (born 1990), saber fencer; won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's saber team competition
Romeo Alaeff (born 1970) – visual artist
Sal Albanese (born 1949) – politician
Marv Albert (born 1941) – sportscaster (Manhattan Beach)
Steve Albert (born 1952) – sportscaster
Tatyana Ali (born 1979) – actress
Rawle Alkins (born 1997) – basketball player in the NBA and Israeli Basketball Premier League
Donna Allegra (1953–2020) – writer and dancer
Alexander Allen – stylist
Harry Allen (born 1963) – journalist
Woody Allen (born 1935) – film director, actor and screenwriter (Midwood)^[2]
Louis Allmendinger (1878–1937) – architect
Dean Alvord (1856–1941) – real estate developer
Lyle Alzado (1949–1992) – NFL All-Pro football player
Franco Ambriz – playwright
Anthony Ameruso (1937–2006) – New York City transportation commissioner
Alan Amron (born 1948) – inventor
John Andariese (1938–2017) – basketball player and sports broadcaster
Barbara Anderson (born 1945) – actress
Dave Anderson (1929–2018) – sportswriter
Warren Anderson (1921–2014) – businessman and CEO of Union Carbide Corporation at the time of the Bhopal disaster
Grace Andrews (1869–1951) – mathematician
Carmelo Anthony (born 1984) – National Basketball Association player (Red Hook)^[3]
Stephen Antonakos (1926–2013) – sculptor
Sonny Arguinzoni (born 1939) – evangelist and Christian religious leader
Alan Arkin (1934–2023) – actor, director and screenwriter
Jack Armstrong (born 1963) – sportscaster Toronto Raptors; former coach Niagara University
Darren Aronofsky (born 1969) – film director
Abraham Aronow (born 1940) – physician and photographer
Robert Asencio (born 1963) – Florida politician
Isaac Asimov^[4] (1920–1992) – author and biochemist
Stan Asofsky (1937–2024) – superfan of the New York Knicks
Madeline Astor (1893–1970) – Titanic survivor, wife of John Jacob Astor IV
W.H. Auden (1907–1973) – poet^[5]
Red Auerbach (1917–2006) – National Basketball Association coach and general manager, member of Hall of Fame (Williamsburg)
Aaron Augenblick (born 1975) – animator, director, and producer
Ken Auletta (born 1942) – journalist and writer
Louis Auslander (1928–1997) – mathematician
Maurice Auslander (1926–1994) – mathematician
Paul Auster (born 1947) – author (Park Slope)
Albert S. Axelrad (born 1938) – rabbi, author, educator, and community leader

B

John Badalamenti (born 1973) – federal judge (Gravesend)
Joey Badass (born 1995) – rapper
Jenny Baglivo(born 1948) – mathematician, statistician, and author
Adrienne Bailon (born 1983) – actress
Scott Baio (born 1960) – actor (Dyker Heights)
William Baker (1866–1930) – New York City Police Commissioner and owner of the Philadelphia Phillies
Ralph Bakshi (born 1938) – film director (Haifa, Israel–born and Brownsville-reared)
Folarin Balogun (born 2001) – soccer player
Jean Balukas (born 1959) – pool player
Francis J. Banfield (1827–1883) – soldier, law enforcement officer, and police sergeant
Ross Barkan (born 1989) – journalist, novelist, and essayist
Aziza Barnes (1992–2024) – poet, screenwriter and playwright
Samuel Baron (1925–1997) – flutist
Salvatore Barone (born 1995) – soccer player^[6]
Carolyne Barry (1943–2015) – dancer and dance instructor
Pauline Bart (1930–2021) – sociologist
Maria Bartiromo (born 1967) – journalist and author
Jake Barton (born 1972) – designer
Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960–1988) – artist
Ebenezer Bassett (1833–1908) – diplomat
Noah Baumbach (born 1969) – film director and writer (Midwood)
Frederick Converse Beach (1848–1918) – patent attorney, editor and co-owner of Scientific American
Gary Becker (1930–2014) – economist; Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1992) (Madison)
Francis J. Beckwith (born 1960) – philosopher at Baylor University
James D. M. Beebe (1827–1917) – Sandy Hook Pilot
Edward Beecher (1803–1895) – theologian
Henry Ward Beecher (1813–1887) – clergyman and social reformer^[7]
Lyman Beecher (1775–1863) – clergyman and father of Henry Ward Beecher, Thomas K. Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe^[8]
Begushkin – folk rock band^[9]
Joy Behar^[10] (born 1942) – comedian and talk-show host (Williamsburg)
Sam Belnavis (1939–2021) – executive in automobile racing
Paul Ben-Victor (born 1965) – actor (Midwood)
Pat Benatar (born 1953) – singer (Greenpoint)
Richard Bender (1930–2022) – architect and urban planner
Randy E. Bennett – educational researcher (Flatbush)
Mary Crowell Van Benschoten (1840–1921), author, newspaper publisher, clubwoman
Sarah Benson – director of avant-garde theatre
Bill Benulis (1928–2011) – penciller and inker
John G. Bergen (1814–1867) – n public servant and New York City Police Commissioner
David Berkowitz (born 1953) – serial killer known as "Son of Sam"
Joan Berkowitz (1931–2020) – chemist
A. R. Bernard (born 1953) – pastor and founder of the Christian Cultural Center
Walter Berndt (1899–1979) – cartoonist
Hannah Berner (born 1991) – comedian
Mike Berniker (1935–2008) – record producer
Karen Bernod (born 1964) – R&B vocalist, songwriter and producer
Herb Bernstein – record producer, composer, arranger, and conductor
Lou Bernstein (1911–2005) – photographer and teacher
Mark S. Berry – music and film producer
Alan Bersin (born 1946) - civil servant, lawyer, scholar, and educator^[11]
Paul Bettany (born 1971) – actor (Brooklyn Heights)^[12]
Miriam Bienstock (1923–2015) – record company executive
Jennifer Biesty – chef and restaurateur
Big Daddy Kane – rapper, producer and actor
Sidney W. Bijou (1908–2009) – developmental psychologist
Paul Binder (born 1942) – founder and ringmaster of the Big Apple Circus
J. Malcolm Bird (1886–1964) – mathematician and parapsychologist
Howard Kent Birnbaum (1932–2005) – metallurgist
Charles Biro (1911–1972) – cartoonist and comic book creator
Alexis Bittar – jewelry designer
Mary Walling Blackburn (born 1972) – artist, writer, and feminist
Brandon Blackwood – fashion designer and businessman
Larry J. Blake (1914–1982) – actor
Lloyd Blankfein (born 1954) – investment banker; chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs
Herbert Blau (1926–2013) – theatre director and educator
Corbin Bleu (born 1989) – actor
Paul Bloch (1939–2018) – publicist
Walter Block (born 1941) – economist and anarcho-capitalist theorist
Sara Blomqvist (born 1989) – fashion model
George G. Bloomer (born 1963) – televangelist
Kermit Bloomgarden (1904–1976) – theatrical producer
Emily Blunt (born 1983) – actress^[13]
William Bodde Jr. (1931–2020) – diplomat
Joseph Bologna (1934–2017) – actor
Kurt Boone (born 1959) – writer
Bob Born (1924–2023) – inventor of Peeps marshmallow confection
William Oland Bourne (1819–1901) – clergyman, publisher, journalist, editor, author, poet, and social reformer
Clara Bow (1905–1965) – actress (Prospect Heights)
Riddick Bowe (born 1967) – boxer, heavyweight champion (Brownsville)^[14]
Doug Bowser (born 1965) – president of Nintendo of America
Barbara Boxer (born 1940)^[15] – politician; U.S. Senator from California (since 1993)
Harry Boykoff (1922–2001) – basketball player
Elizabeth Bracco – actress
Lorraine Bracco (born 1954) – actress
Steve Bracey (1950–2006) — basketball player
Scott Brady (1924–1985) – actor
Justin Brannan (born 1978) – politician and musician
Maureen Braziel (born 1945) – pioneer of women's judo competition
George Braziller (1916–2017) – book publisher
Mark Breland (born 1963) – boxer; five-time New York Golden Gloves champion
Julia E. B. Brick (1819–1902) – philanthropist
Shannon Briggs (born 1971) – boxer, heavyweight champion
Richard Bright (1937–2006) – actor
Alice Brock (1941–2024) – artist, author and restaurateur
Gail Brodsky (born 1991) – tennis player
Lola Brooke (born 1994) – rapper
Mel Brooks (born 1926) – actor, comedian, film director, film producer and screenwriter (Williamsburg)^[16]
Brooklyn Thrill Killers – Four Brooklyn teenagers who were convicted of murdering a homeless man in 1954
Foxy Brown^[17] (born 1978) – actress, model and rap artist (Park Slope)
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
Nixzmary Brown (1998–2006) – murder victim
Patrick J. Brown (1952–2001) – fire captain who died in the September 11 attacks who is the subject of the 2006 film Finding Paddy
Peter Campbell Brown (1913–1994) – lawyer and government official
Richard Brown (1810–1885) – Sandy Hook Pilot
Dave Buchwald (born 1970) – filmmaker and hacker
Elliott Buckmaster (1889–1976) – U.S. Navy officer; naval aviator during World War I and World War II
Buckshot (born 1974) – rapper (Crown Heights)
Eddie Buczynski (1947–1989) – Wiccan and archaeologist
Nicholas Burke (born 1837) – uilleann piper
Kit Burns (1831–1870) – sportsman, saloon keeper and criminal
Sarah Burns – writer, public speaker, and filmmaker
Terry Burrus – musician; composer, conductor, producer
Steve Buscemi^[18] (born 1957) – actor, film director and screenwriter
Arnold H. Buss – psychologist and academic
Busta Rhymes (born 1972) – rapper^[19]^[20] (East Flatbush and Bedford–Stuyvesant)
Yitzhak Buxbaum (died 2020) – author and maggid

C

Red Cafe (born 1976) – rapper (Flatbush)
Jason Calacanis (born 1970) – podcaster and author
Paul Calello (1961–2010) – CEO of Credit Suisse Group
Charlie Callas (1927–2011) – comedian
Robert Horton Cameron (1908–1989) – mathematician known for the Cameron–Martin theorem
Duncan Candler (1873–1949) – architect
Mathilda B. Canter (1924–2015) – psychologist
Giovanni Capitello (born 1979) – actor/filmmaker
Al Capone (1899–1947) – gangster (Red Hook)
Mae Capone (1897–1986) – wife of Al Capone
Fred Capossela (1902–1991) – thoroughbred race track announcer
Truman Capote (1924–1984) – writer (Brooklyn Heights)^[21]
Miriam Carey (1979–2013) – woman killed at a White House security check point
Timothy Carey (1929–1994) – film and television character actor
Jack Carter (1922–2015) – comedian
Fabiano Caruana (born 1992) – youngest chess grandmaster in United States history (Park Slope)
Lionel Casson (1914–2009) – classical archaeologist
Jack Catran (1918–2001) – industrial designer and linguist (Bensonhurst)^[22]
Jasmine Cephas Jones (born 1989) – actress, singer, songwriter ^[23]
Gerald Chapman (1887–1926) – criminal known as "The Gentleman Bandit"
George S. Chase (1909–1972) – composer
Roz Chast (born 1954) – cartoonist
Joy Chatel (1947–2014) – cosmetologist, community organizer and activist
Edwin Checkley (1847–1925) – athlete, author, and physician
Phyllis Chesler (born 1940) – writer, psychotherapist, and academic
Bea Chester – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
Hilda Chester (1897–1978) – Brooklyn Dodgers super fan known as Howlin' Hilda
Nola Chilton (1922–2021) – theater director and acting teacher
Shirley Chisholm (1924–2005) – first female African American U.S. Representative and first African American major-party candidate for U.S. President
Alice Clark (died 2004) – singer
Donald C. Clark Sr. (1931–2020) – businessman and philanthropist
Adele Clarke (1945–2024) – sociologist and women's health scholar
Andrew Dice Clay (born 1957) – comedian (Sheepshead Bay)
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, a liberator of the Ohrdruf concentration camp, and schoolteacher
George H. Cohen – lawyer
Haylynn Cohen (born 1980) – model
Herbert Cohen (born 1940) – 2x Olympic foil fencer
Irwin Cohen (developer) (1933–2023) – lawyer, investor, and real estate developer
Karl P. Cohen (1913–2012) – physical chemist and mathematical physicist who helped usher in the age of nuclear energy and reactor development
Manuel F. Cohen (1912–1977) – chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Gary Cohn (1952–2024) – journalist
Joanne M. Cohoon (died 2016) – sociologist
Kenneth Cole – designer
Norm Coleman (born 1949) – U.S. Senator from Minnesota, 2003–2009 (Madison)
Kim Coles (born 1962) – comedian, actress from Living Single
Melville Collins (1878–1924) – actor, baritone, composer, and pianist
Sandy Collora (born 1968) – film director
Joseph Colombo (1923 –1978) – mobster who was boss of the Colombo crime family
Elvis Comrie (born 1959) – soccer player
Robert W. Conn (born 1942) – president and chief executive officer of The Kavli Foundation
Jennifer Connelly (born 1970) – actress (Brooklyn Heights)^[12]
Chuck Connors (1921–1992) – actor
Daniel Conover (1822–1896) – public servant, political activist, and industrialist
Mildred Constantine (1913–2008) – curator
Omar Cook (born 1982) – professional basketball player
Andrew W. Cooper (1927–2002) – civil rights activist, businessman, and journalist
George H. Cooper (1821–1891) – United States Navy rear admiral^[24]
Pat Cooper (1929–2023) – comedian (Red Hook)
Aaron Copland (1900–1990) – composer
Italia Coppola (1912–2004) – matriarch of the Coppola family
Larry Corcoran (1859–1891) – Major League Baseball player
John Corigliano (born 1938) – Academy Award-, Pulitzer Prize for Music- and Grammy Award-winning composer (Midwood)
William H. Cornwell (1843–1903) – businessman, military colonel and politician
Howard Cosell (1918–1995) – sportscaster^[25]
William R. Cosentini – mechanical engineer and founder of Cosentini Associates
Delilah Cotto – dancer, model and actress (Coney Island)
Jonathan Coulton (born 1970) – musician
Almira Kennedy Coursey (1914-1996) – activist and educator
Jesse Armour Crandall (1834–1920) – inventor and toy-maker
Hart Crane (1899–1932) – poet (The Bridge)^[26]
Melora Creager (born 1966) – singer
Jimmy Crespo (born 1954) – former Aerosmith guitarist
Peter Criss (born 1945) – musician
Seymour L. Cromwell (1871–1925) – banker who served as president of the New York Stock Exchange
Billy Cunningham (born 1942) – NBA player and coach
Duncan Curry (1812–1894) – baseball pioneer and insurance executive
Steve Cuozzo (born 1950) – newspaper editor, restaurant critic, and real estate columnist
Anthony Curtiss (1910–1981) – naturalist and writer
Malkia Cyril (born 1974) – poet and media activist

D

Da Beatminerz – hip-hop production team
Da Bush Babees – hip-hop group (Flatbush)
Andrea Dalzell – American nurse
Dana Dane (born 1965) – rapper (Fort Greene)
Tony Danza (born 1951) – actor^[27]
John D'Aquino (born 1958) – actor
Thomas Darden (1900–1961) – U.S. Navy rear admiral, 37th Governor of American Samoa^[28]
Jonathan David (born 2000) – soccer player
Larry David (born 1947) – writer, producer, actor, and comedian (Sheepshead Bay)
Brian David-Marshall (born 1967) – founding partner of Eternity Comics
Paul Davidson (1930–2024) – economist
Richard Davidson (born 1951) – psychologist
Edward H. Davis (1862-1951) – field collector for the Museum of the American Indian
James E. Davis (1962–2003) – politician who was assassinated
John Henry Davis (1921–1984) – U.S. weightlifter, 6-time world champion and 2-time Olympic gold medalist
Luther Davis (1916–2008) – playwright and screenwriter
Marguerite Inman Davis (1870–1963) – socialite, nurse and political figure
Tommy Davis – baseball player and coach
Noach Dear (1953–2020) – New York Supreme Court judge
Frank DeCicco (1935–1986) – mobster
Mos Def (born 1973) – actor and rapper^[29] (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
Ronald DeFeo Jr. (1951–2021) – mass murderer who killed his family in 1974; inspiration for The Amityville Horror^[30]^[31]
Calvert DeForest (1921–2007) – actor and comedian
Charles R. DeFreest (1852–1901) – journalist, newspaper editor, and politician
David DeJesus (born 1979) – MLB player
Jane Delgado (born 1953) – clinical psychologist, health care advocate, non-profit executive, and author
Dom DeLuise (1933–2009) – comedian and actor
Tony De Nonno (born 1947) – filmmaker, photographer, puppeteer, and historian
Alan Dershowitz (born 1938) – lawyer, professor, author^[32] (Williamsburg)
C.C. Deville (Bruce Johannesson) (born 1962) – guitarist for the bands Poison and Samantha 7
Kevin Devine (born 1979) – musician
Danny Devito (born 1944) – actor, comedian, filmmaker^[33]
Neil Diamond^[34] (born 1941) – singer
Lou DiBella – boxing promoter and television/film producer.
Sally Maria Diggs (died 1928) – enslaved African-American girl whose freedom was famously bought by Henry Ward Beecher
Mary E. Dillon (1886–1983) – engineer and president of Brooklyn Borough Gas Company
Jessica Dimmock (born 1978) – documentary photojournalist
Lou DiMuro (1931–1982) – umpire
Michael A. DiSpezio (born 1953) – writer, performer, and broadcast host
Chris DiStefano (born 1984) – comedian
Corey Dolgon – author and sociologist
Andy Dolich – sports executive
Candida Donadio (1929–2001) – literary agent
Vincent D'Onofrio (born 1959) – actor
Valerie D'Orazio (born 1974) – writer and blogger
Irvin Dorfman (1924–2006) – tennis player
Irwin Dorros (1929–2019) – telecommunications executive and engineer
Doug E. Doug (born 1970) – comedian
Carol Douglas (born 1948) – singer
Donald Wills Douglas Sr. (1892–1981) – aircraft industrialist and engineer
John E. Douglas (born 1945) – special agent and unit chief in the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation
Michael Dowd (born 1961) – police officer and convicted drug distributor who was the subject of the 2014 film The Seven Five
Daniel B. Drachman (1932–2022) – neurologist
David Draiman (born 1973) – singer
Arthur Drexler (1925–1987) – curator of the Museum of Modern Art
Henry Dreyfuss (1904–1972) – industrial designer
Richard Dreyfuss (born 1947) – actor
Veronica Driscoll (1926–1994) – nurse and labor organizer
Jim Drucker (born 1952/1953) – former Commissioner of the Continental Basketball Association, former Commissioner of the Arena Football League, and founder of NewKadia Comics
Don Dubbins (1928–1991) – actor
William S. Dudley (born 1936) – naval historian
Crescentius Richard Duerr (1922–2005) – president of De La Salle University
Lena Dunham (born 1986) – actress and writer (Brooklyn Heights)
Kyle Bobby Dunn (born 1986) – composer, musician, artist (RAMBO)
Walter L. Durack (1857–1918) – lawyer, politician, and judge
William West Durant (1850–1934) – designer
Jimmy Durante (1893–1980) – actor and comedian
Florence Spencer Duryea (1884–1966) – philanthropist
Michael Dweck (born 1957) – visual artist and filmmaker

E

Easy Mo Bee (born 1965) – hip-hop and R&B producer
William J. Ecker – U.S. Coast Guard rear admiral
David Carl Edelman (born 1961) – former Chief Marketing Officer at Aetna and Harvard Business School professor
Harry Eisenstat (1915–2003) – Major League Baseball player (Madison)^[35]
Arthur Rose Eldred (1895–1951) – agricultural and railroad industry executive, civic leader, and the first Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America
H. Wentworth Eldredge (1909–1991) – sociologist, urban planner, and World War II spy
Niles Eldredge (born 1943) – biologist and paleontologist
Arthur Elgort (born 1940) – fashion photographer
Stanley Ellin (1916–1986) – mystery writer
Erick Arc Elliott (born 1990) – rapper, producer
Louis Eppolito (1948–2019) – New York City Police officer who worked for the American Mafia
The Epochs – rock band, formed in 2002
Benjamin Epstein (1912-1983) – national director of the Anti-Defamation League
Jeffrey Epstein – wealthy businessman and longtime child sex trafficker
Aprille Ericsson (born 1963) – aerospace engineer
Etika (1990–2019) – YouTuber and online streamer
Lou Everett (1924–1965) – United States Army Air Corps fighter pilot and test pilot
Natale Evola (1907–1973) – mobster
Miriam Ezagui (born 1986) – nurse and TikToker

F

Fabolous (born 1977) – rapper^[36] (Bedford-Stuyvesant)
Tony Fabrizio (born 1960) – political strategist and polster
Walter Fairservis (1921–1994) – archaeologist
Edie Falco (born 1963) – actress^[37]
Gertrude Falk (1925–2008) – physiologist
Jimmy Fallon (born 1974) – actor and comedian^[38]
Abram P. Fardon (1837–1913) – politician and dentist
Steve Farhood (born 1957) – boxing historian and analyst
Ustad Ahmad Farooq (1981−2015) – terrorist
Bob Farrell (1927–2015) – motivational speaker
Anthony Fauci (born 1940) – infectious disease expert, director of NIAD at National Institutes of Health
Alex Faust (born 1989) – sportscaster
Lotta Faust (1880–1910) – musical comedy actress^[39]
Vincent Favale (born 1959) – co-founder of Comedy Central
Tom Feelings (1933–2003) – artist, cartoonist, children's book illustrator, author, teacher, and activist
Lillian Feickert (1877–1945) – suffragette and politician^[40]
Stu Feiner (born 1961) – sports handicapper and media personality
Eliot Feld (born 1942) – modern ballet choreographer, performer, teacher, and director
Harvey Feldman (1931–2009) – diplomat who planned the 1972 Nixon visit to China
Charles Feltman (1841–1910) – restaurateur
Bob Ferguson (1845–1894) – MLB player ("Death to Flying Things")
Jerry Ferrara (born 1979) – actor
Frank Ferrer (born 1966) – Guns N' Roses drummer
Suzi Ferrer (1940–2006) – US/Puerto-Rican visual artist and feminist
Lou Ferrigno (born 1951) – former bodybuilder, actor (Midwood)^[41]
Martin Fettman (born 1956) – astronaut (Midwood)
Ailene Fields (born 1948) – sculptor
Sheldon D. Fields (born 1970) – nurse, educator, and researcher
Robin Fierce (born 1995) – drag performer
Harvey Fierstein (born 1954) – actor and playwright (Bensonhurst)^[42]
Frank Filan (1905-1952) – winner of the 1944 Pulitzer Prize for Photography
Imero Fiorentino (1928–2013) – lighting designer
Mario P. Fiori (born 1941) – Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment
Bobby Fischer (1943–2008) – champion chess player (Flatbush)
Carl Fischer (1924–2023) – photographer
Jesse Fischer – pianist, keyboardist, composer, and producer
Josef E. Fischer (1937–2021) – surgeon, scientist, and professor at Harvard Medical School
Stan Fischler (born 1932) – historian of hockey and the New York City Subway
Florrie Fisher (1918–1972) – motivational speaker
Larry Fisher (1907–2001) – real estate developer and philanthropist
Mickey Fisher (1904/05–1963) – basketball coach
Robert William Fisher (born 1961) – murderer and fugitive (FBI Ten Most Wanted)
Sister Mary Irene FitzGibbon (1823–1896) – nun who founded the New York Foundling Hospital
Percy Keese Fitzhugh (1876–1950) – author of children's books
Rolf G. Fjelde (1926–2002) – playwright, educator and poet
Yonnette Fleming (born 1968) – urban farmer
Farrah Fleurimond – singer-songwriter and member of R&B group Lyric
James Florio (1937–2022) – 49th governor of New Jersey, 1990–1994^[43]
CJ Fly (born 1993)
James Foley (born 1953) – film director
Emily Jordan Folger (1858–1936) – co-founder Folger Shakespeare Library
Henry Clay Folger (1857–1930) – businessman
John S. Folk (died 1885) – law enforcement officer and official in New York City
Vivian Folkenflik (1940–2023) – educator and translator
Cliff Fong (born 1969) – interior designer, fashion designer, and television personality
Cristina Fontanelli – opera singer^[44]
William H. Force (1852–1917) – merchant
Ita Ford (1940–1980) – Maryknoll Sister who served as a missionary
William P. Ford (1936–2008) – lawyer and bond trader
Yuri Foreman (born 1980) – world champion boxer
John Forsythe (1918–2010) – actor
William Forsythe (born 1955) – actor
Laura Fortman (born 1954) – women's rights activist, government official, and non-profit executive
Leo Frank (1884–1915) – lynching victim of an anti-semitic mob who was previously wrongly convicted of murder^[45]
Steve Franken (1932–2012) – actor
Bruce Franklin (born 1934) – professor
Sidney Franklin (1903–1976) – bullfighter
Frank Frazetta (1928–2010) – artist
Fab 5 Freddy (born 1959) – hip-hop pioneer
Avram C. Freedberg (born 1947) – Broadway producer
David L. Fried (1933–2022) – scientist in the field of optics
Gary William Friedman – composer
Freda Friedman Salzman (1927–1981) – theoretical physicist
Milton Friedman (1912–2006) – Nobel Prize-winning economist
Herbert Friedmann (1900–1987) – ornithologist
Fu-Schnickens – rapper
Full Force – 1980s R&B and production group
Ashrita Furman (born 1954) – juggler who holds many Guinness World Records
Henry Watson Furniss (1868-1955) – medical doctor and diplomat

G

Artie Gaffin (1948–2019) – Broadway stage manager
Nina Gage (1883–1946) – nurse, educator, and president of the International Council of Nurses
Zach Gage (born 1985) – video game performer
Anthony Gaggi (1925–1988) – mobster
William Gaines (1922–1992) – publisher and co-editor of EC Comics
John Gallucci Jr. (born 1967) – physical therapist, athletic trainer, and executive
Sharif El-Gamal (born 1973) – real estate developer
Curtis Gans (1937–2015) – activist, writer, and expert on American voting patterns
Vincent Gardenia (1920–1992) – actor (Bensonhurst)
M. Elsa Gardner (1894–1963) – Engineer
Ina Garten (born 1948) – Food Network television chef, cookbook author; known as the Barefoot Contessa
Shad Gaspard (1981–2020) – professional wrestler
David Geffen (born 1943) – media mogul (Borough Park)
Eugene Genovese (1930–2012) – historian
Vincent J. Gentile (born 1959) – politician
Mark Gerard (1934–2011) – quine veterinarian
Sylvia Gerrish (1860–1906) – 19th-century musical comedy performer^[46]^[47]
George Gershwin (1898–1937) – composer and younger brother of Ira Gershwin
Murray Gerstenhaber (1927–2024) – mathematician and lawyer
Alfred Giardino (1913–1994) – lawyer
Deborah Gibson (born 1970) – singer and songwriter
Paul Gibson Jr. (1927–2014) – airline executive
Taj Gibson (born 1985) – NBA player
Sharon Gilbert (1944–2005) – artist
Kathleen Gilje (born 1945) – artist and art restorer
Jessie Gillespie Willing (1888–1972) – illustrator
Roswell Gilpatric (1906–1996) – attorney and government official
Ruth Bader Ginsburg^[48] (1933–2020) – Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court (Madison)
Johnny Gioeli (born 1967) – singer (Crush 40, Hardline, Axel Rudi Pell)
Linda Giudice – gynecologist and obstetrician
Rudy Giuliani (born 1944) – former United States Attorney, former mayor of New York; 2008 Republican presidential candidate
Daniel Glass – music industry executive
Ira Glasser (born 1938) – civil liberties activist
Jackie Gleason (1916–1987) – actor and comedian (Bushwick/^[49] Bedford–Stuyvesant)
S. Everett Gleason (1905-1974) – historian and intelligence analyst
Ollie Gleichenhaus (1911–1991) – restaurateur
Lila R. Gleitman (1929–2021) – expert on language acquisition and developmental psycholinguistics
Marty Glickman (1917–2001) – Olympian and broadcaster (Madison)
Joy Glidden (born 1960) – founding director, curator, television director, and senior executive
James Newton Gloucester – African-American abolitionist
Eleanor Glueck (1898–1972) – social worker and criminologist
Irwin Glusker (1924–2022) – art director
Gerry Goffin (1939–2014) – lyricist
Jeremy Gold (1942–2018) – actuary and economist
Richard Goldberg (born 1945) – convicted sex offender
Wendy C. Goldberg (born 1973) – theatre director
William Goldberg (1925–2003) – diamond dealer
Marty Golden (born 1950) – politician
Marvin Goldfried (born 1936) – psychologist
Steve Goldman (born 1945) – financial advisor and former gridiron football coach
Kathi Kamen Goldmark (1948–2012) – author, columnist, publishing consultant, radio and music producer, songwriter, and musician
Peter C. Goldmark Jr. (born 1940) – publisher and journalist
George Goldner (1918–1970) – owner of Tico Records and record producer and promoter
Baruch Goldstein (1956–1994) – American-Israel extremist and perpetrator of the 1994 Cave of the Patriarchs massacre
Jerry Goldstein (born 1970) – physicist
Ben Goldwasser (born 1982) – member of the band MGMT
Aquilino Gonell – United States Capitol Police officer
Eric Gonzalez (born 1969) – politician
Ed Goodgold (died 2021) – writer, music industry executive, and academic administrator
Norman Gorbaty (1932–2020) – artist
Carl Gordon (1932–2010) – actor
Glenna Gordon (born 1981) – documentary photographer, photojournalist, editor, and educator
Jim Gordon (1927–2003) – sportscaster
Sid Gordon (1917–1975) – two-time All-Star baseball player
Louis Gossett Jr. (born 1936) – Oscar-winning actor^[50] (Sheepshead Bay)
Gilbert Gottfried (1955–2022) – stand-up comedian, actor^[51]
Morton Gottlieb (1921–2009) – Broadway producer
Alfred Gottschalk (1930–2009) – president of Hebrew Union College and leader in the Reform Judaism movement^[52]
Elliott Gould (born 1938) – actor^[53]
Andrew Gounardes (born 1985) – lawyer and politician
Earl G. Graves Sr. (1935–2020) – entrepreneur, publisher, businessman, philanthropist, and advocate of African-American businesses
George E. Green (born 1932) – cardiac surgeon^[54]
Irving Green (1916–2006) – founder and president of Mercury Records
Yossi Green (born 1955) – composer^[55]
Gary Greenberg – psychologist
Joseph Greenberg (1915–2001) – linguist
Martin L. Greenberg (1932–2024) – politician and jurist
Alexander Greendale (1910-1981) – playwright and civic leader
Brenda M. Greene (born 1950) – scholar, author, literary activist, and radio host
Kai Greene (born 1975) – bodybuilder
Stewart Greene (1928–2019) – advertising executive
Martin Greenfield (1928–2024) – tailor
Elizabeth W. Greenwood (died 1922) – social reformer in the temperance movement and evangelist
Adrian Grenier (born 1976) – actor^[56] (Clinton Hill)
Harriet Griffin (1903–1991) – mathematician and author
Bill Griffith (born 1944) – cartoonist (Zippy)^[57]
David Grimm (born 1965) – award-winning playwright and screenwriter
Emmett Grogan (1942–1978) – actor and founder of the Diggers
Leib Groner (1931–2020) – Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbai and secretary to Menachem Schneerson (Crown Heights)
Ernest A. Gross (1906–1999) – diplomat and lawyer
Karl Grossman (born 1942) – professor, journalist, author, TV program host
Mildred Grossman (1916-1988) – educator, civil rights activist, unionist, and a photographer
Robert Grossman (1940–2018) – illustrator
Bob Guccione (1930–2010) – adult-magazine publisher
Louise Gunning (1879–1960) – singer, actress
Sigrid Gurie (1911–1969) – actress
Arlo Guthrie (born 1947) – singer (Coney Island)^[58]
Amy Gutmann (born 1949) – diplomat
Jack M. Guttentag (1923–2024) – banker and academic
Maggie Gyllenhaal (born 1970) – actress^[59]
GZA (born 1966) – rapper (Bedford–Stuyvesant)^[60]^[61]

H

Richard N. Haass (born 1951) – diplomat
Buddy Hackett (1924–2003) – actor and comedian (Williamsburg)
Deana Haggag (born 1987) – curator
Amy Halberstadt (born 1954) – psychologist
Adelaide Hall (1901–1993) – jazz singer, songwriter, actress
Jimmy Hall (born 1994), basketball player in the Israeli National League
Morton Halperin (born 1938) – analyst
Bobby Hambel – guitarist, Biohazard
Marvin Hamlisch (1944–2012) – Oscar-winning composer of film scores (Midwood)
Q. R. Hand Jr. (1937–2020) – poet
Steven Handel (born 1945) – ecologist and educator
Michelle Handelman (born 1960) – artist, writer, and filmmaker
Bethann Hardison – fashion model and activist
Kadeem Hardison (born 1965) – actor
Charles Hardy (died 2023) – competitive eater
Carter Harman (1918–2007) – composer, writer, and music industry executive
Edward John Harper (1910—1990) – Roman Catholic bishop
Andrew P. Harris (born 1957) – Maryland politician
Anita G. Harris (1937–2014) – geologist, paleontologist, and mapmaker
Eileen Harris (born 1932) – architectural historian and author.
Larry Harris (1947–2017) – co-founder of Casablanca Records
Barbara Grizzuti Harrison (1934–2002) – author
George Harrison (1915–2004) – gun runner for the Irish Republican Army
Richard James Hart (1892–1952) – sharpshooter and prohibition agent
Carol Harter (1941–2023) – President of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Anne Hathaway (born 1982) – Oscar-winning actress^[16]
Knut Haukelid (1911–1994) – Norwegian resistance movement soldier
Webley John Hauxhurst (1809–1874) – pioneer
Richie Havens (1941–2013) – folk singer-songwriter, actor; first performer at the original Woodstock (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
Connie Hawkins (1942–2017) – basketball player
James Hayden (1953–1983) – actor
Melissa Hayden – poker player
Ulric Haynes (1931–2020) – diplomat, lawyer, and academic
Susan Hayward (1917–1975) – Oscar-winning actress (Flatbush)
Rita Hayworth (1918–1987) – actress^[62]
Michael Hebranko (1953–2013) – man who suffered from an extreme case of morbid obesity
Kenneth Heilman (1938–2024) – behavioral neurologist
Albert S. Heinrich (1889–1974) – pioneer aviator
Esther Heins (1908-2007) – artist, scientific illustrator, and author
Hermann Helms (1870–1963) – chess player and writer
Leona Helmsley (1920–2007) – businessperson and real estate investor^[63]
Heltah Skeltah – hip-hop duo (Brownsville)
Joseph Henderson (1826–1890) – harbor pilot
Sheldon Saul Hendler (1936–2012) – scientist, physician and musician
Patrick T. Henry (born 1950) – Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs)
Aileen Hernandez (1926–2017) – union organizer, civil rights activist, and women's rights activist
William H. Herriman (1829–1918) – art collector
Judah Hertz (died 2021) – real estate investor and philanthropist
Sidney Hertzberg (1922–2005) – pro basketball player
Robert Hess (1935–2014) – sculptor
Robert Hess (1938–1994) – President of Brooklyn College
Bob Heussler – sports broadcaster
Israel Hicks (1943–2010) – theatre director
Thomas Michael Higgins (born 1966) – entrepreneur, investor, and banker
Vannie Higgins (1897–1932) – mobster
Henry Hill (1943–2012) – mobster, subject of Goodfellas
Newell Dwight Hillis (1858–1929) – minister and philosopher
Mildred Hilson (1898–1994) – socialite and philanthropist
Kenneth R. Himes (born 1950) – Roman Catholic theologian
Russel Hobbs – drummer; member of Gorillaz
William E. Hoehle – member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
Steven Hoffenberg – fraudster
Hendrick S. Holden (1849–1918) – politician and banker
Bobby Hollander (1929–2002) – publisher and pornographic film director and actor
Jean Hollander (1928–2019) – poet, translator and teacher
Zander Hollander (1923–2014) – sportswriter, journalist, editor and archivist
Thomas Holmes (died 1900) – mortician
Hamilton Holt (1872–1951) – educator, editor, author and politician
Red Holzman (1920–1998) – Hall of Fame NBA two-time All-Star and coach
Molly Holzschlag (1963–2023) – Open Web advocate and author
Homicide (born 1977) – ring name of Nelson Erazo, professional wrestler signed to Ring of Honor (Bedford-Stuyvesant)
Sidney Hook (1902–1989) – philosopher
Alfred Horn (1918–2001) – mathematician
Lena Horne (1917–2010) – singer and actress^[64] (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
Louis Hostlot (1848–1884) – priest
Avis and Effie Hotchkiss – mother and daughter pioneering motorcyclists
Bess Houdini (1876–1943) – stage assistant and wife of Harry Houdini
Henry Alonzo House (1840–1930) – inventor
Curly Howard (Jerome Lester Horwitz; 1903–1952) – comedian; member of The Three Stooges (Brownsville)
Moe Howard (Moses Harry Horwitz; 1897–1975) – comedian; leader of The Three Stooges (Brownsville)
Shemp Howard (Samuel Horwitz; 1895–1955) – comedian; member of The Three Stooges (Brownsville)
Brigid Hughes – literary editor
Charles F. Hummel (born 1932) – curator and author
William G. Hundley (1925–2006) – criminal defense attorney for high-profile clients, reared in Brooklyn
Anna Graham Hunter – writer
Hezekiah Hunter (1837–1894) – teacher, minister, and politician; born in Brooklyn^[65]
Frederick Hutson – businessman
Amy J. Hyatt (born 1955) – diplomat
Alice Clary Earle Hyde (1876-1943) – botanical artist and conservationist

I

Laura Ingalls (1893–1967) – aviator who won the Harmon Trophy
Anthony Ingrassia (1944–1995) – playwright, producer and director
Alex Inkeles (1920–2010) – sociologist and social psychologist
Jimmy Iovine (born 1953) – entrepreneur, record producer and film producer (Red Hook)
Alice Recknagel Ireys (1911–2000) – landscape architect
Breuk Iversen (born 1964) – designer and writer

J

Richard C. Jack – animator
Mark Jackson (born 1965) – basketball player
Randolph Jackson (born 1943) – lawyer and judge
Fishel Jacobs (born 1956) – rabbi and writer
Maura Jacobson (1926–2017) – crossword puzzle creator
Oswald Jacoby (1902–1984) – contract bridge player and author
Lloyd Jacquet (1899–1970) – founder of Funnies, Inc.
Cheryl James (born 1966) – rapper and actress
John Wells James (1873–1951) – artist
Shawn James (born 1983) – basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv
Tama Janowitz (born 1957) – novelist^[66]
Jay-Z (born 1969) – rapper and entrepreneur (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
Jaz-O (born 1964) – rapper (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
Anna V. Jefferson (1926–2011) – politician
Charles Jenkins (born 1989) – NBA player
J. T. W. Jennings (1856–1944) – architect
Paul Jennings (1918–1987) president of the International Union of Electrical Workers
Jennie Jerome (1854–1921) – Lady Randolph Churchill, mother of Winston Churchill (Cobble Hill)
Jeru the Damaja (born 1972) – rapper^[67] (East New York)
W. L. G. Joerg (1885–1952) – geographer
Ariyan A. Johnson – actress, television director, dancer and choreographer
Evan M. Johnson – US Army brigadier general^[68]
Evan Malbone Johnson (1791–1865) – clergyman^[68]
Maliq Johnson (born 2000) – actor
Tamara "Taj" Johnson-George (born 1971) – member of R&B group SWV (Bedford–Stuyvesant)^[69]
Alexander Johnston (died 1889) – historian
Nathan S. Jonas (1868–1943) – banker and philanthropist
Lamont Jones (born 1972) – basketball player
Norah Jones (born 1979) – musician, actress^[70]
Odyssey Jones (born 1994) – professional wrestler
Susannah Mushatt Jones (1899–2016) – oldest living New Yorker^[71]
Jim Jonsin (born 1970) – record producer and songwriter
E. Bernard Jordan (born 1959) – founder of Zoe Ministries
June Jordan (1936–2002) – poet, essayist, teacher, and activist.
Michael Jordan (born 1963) – basketball player
Pierre Joris (born 1946) – poet, essayist, translator, and anthologist
Audrey Joseph – record executive, nightclub owner and manager, and LGBT rights activist
William Joyce (1906–1946) – Nazi propaganda broadcaster; executed for treason
Zab Judah (born 1977) – professional boxer
David Julius (born 1955) – Nobel laureate
Lee Jussim (born 1955) – social psychologist
Just-Ice (born 1965) – rapper

K

KA (born 1972) – rapper (Brownsville, Brooklyn)
Julia Kaganskiy (born 1986) – curator
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
Bill Kaiserman (1942–2020) – fashion designer
Big Daddy Kane (born 1968) – rapper^[72] (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
Edith Kaplan (1924–2009) – psychologist and pioneer of neuropsychological tests
Eric Kaplan (born 1971) – writer (Flatbush)
Gabe Kaplan (born 1943) – actor and comedian
Mitch Kapor (born 1950) – entrepreneur
Daniella Karagach (born 1992) – dancer and choreographer
Stanley Karnow (1925–2013) – journalist and historian
Ivan Karp (1926–2012) – art dealer
Leon Karp (1903-1951) – artist
Abraham Katz (1926–2013) - diplomat, United States Ambassador to the OECD
Jack Katz (born 1927) – artist
Kaves – fine art painter, graffiti artist, illustrator, director, actor, author, rapper, and entrepreneur^[73] (Bay Ridge, Brooklyn) ^[74]
KAWS, born Brian Donnelly – graffiti artist, limited-edition clothing and toy designer
Danny Kaye (1911–1987) – actor and comedian (East New York)
Lainie Kazan (born 1940) – actress and singer
Shake Keane (1927–1997) – jazz musician and poet
Ezra Jack Keats (1916–1983) – author and illustrator
Monica Keena (born 1979) – actress
Harvey Keitel (born 1939) – actor^[75]
Steven G. Kellman (born 1947) – author and critic
Patsy Kelly (1910–1981) – actress
Raja Feather Kelly – dancer and choreographer
Wilhelmena Rhodes Kelly – historian, genealogist, and writer
Ken Kelsch (1947–2023) – cinematographer
John Whitefield Kendrick (1917–2009) – economist
David M. Kennedy (born 1958) – professor of criminology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, author of Don't Shoot
Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy (born 1939) – feminist and pioneer in women's studies
Norm Kent (1949–2023) – criminal defense attorney, publisher, and radio talk show host.
Kasim Keto – music producer
Aleksandr Khazanov (born 1979) – mathematician
William Chauncey Kibbe (died 1904) – Adjutant General of California
The Kid Gashi (born 1989) – rapper
Eleanor Kieliszek (1925–2017) – politician
Antony Ferdinand Kilbourn (1894–1961) – president of De La Salle College
Jimmy Kimmel (born 1967) – comedian and television talk-show host^[16]
Michael Kimmel (born 1951) – sociologist
Bernard King (born 1956) – NBA Hall of Famer (Fort Greene)
Carole King (born 1942) – singer-songwriter (Madison)^[76]
Larry King (1933–2021) – television talk-show host and interviewer^[77]
Shaka King (born 1980) – film director, screenwriter, and film producer
June Kirby (1928–2022) – actress, model, and wardrobe supervisor for Hollywood films
Marvin Kitman (1929–2023) – television critic, humorist, and author
Matthew Klapper – attorney
Anne Klein (1923–1974) – fashion designer
Florence Klotz (1920–2006) – costume designer
Joseph P. Knapp (1864–1951) – publisher and philanthropist
Rachel Kohl Finegold (born 1980) – rabbi
Brian Kokoska (born 1988) – artist
Jerome B. Komisar (born 1937) – economist
C. Everett Koop (1916–2013) – U.S. Surgeon General^[78]
Constance Kopp (1878-1931) – first female undersheriff in the United States
Maya Kornberg (born 1991) – political scientist and commentator
Bertram Kostant (1928–2017) – mathematician
Sandy Koufax (born 1935) – Hall of Fame baseball pitcher for Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers (Borough Park)
Martin Kove (born 1946) – actor
Nikolas Kozloff (born 1969) – academic, author and photojournalist
Carl Hermann Kraeling (1897–1966) – theologian, historian, and archaeologist
Edward E. Kramer (born 1961) – editor, co-founder of Dragon Con, and convicted child molester.
Jerome Krase (born 1943) – social scientist and academic
John Krasinski (born 1979) – actor and director^[79]
Philip Krey (born 1950) – former President of Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia
Martin H. Krieger (1944–2024) – physicist
Alan M. Kriegsman (1928–2012) – dance critic
Paul L. Krinsky (1928–2023) – admiral in the merchant marines and superintendent of the United States Merchant Marine Academy
Lucy Kroll (1909–1997) – theatrical and literary agent
Ethan Kross – experimental psychologist, neuroscientist and writer
Rich Krueger (born 1960) – rock singer-songwriter and neonatologist
Jeff Kwatinetz (born 1965) – entertainment industry executive
Talib Kweli (born 1975) – rapper and producer^[80] (Park Slope)

L

Marisa Lago (born 1955) – attorney
David D. Laitin (born 1945) – political scientist and academic
Jeffrey Laitman (born 1951) – anatomist
Kamala Shirin Lakhdhir – diplomat
Pierre Lallement (1843–1891) – inventor
Alfred A. Lama (1899–1984) – architect and politician
Alexander B. Lamberton (1839–1919) – politician, conservationist and lumberman
John LaMotta (1939–2014) – actor
Rachel Lampert – playwright, director, and choreographer
Sylven Landesberg (born 1990) – American-Israeli basketball shooting guard (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
Michael Landon – actor, director, producer
Abbe Lane (born 1932) – singer, dancer, actress
Arthur Bliss Lane (1894–1956) – diplomat
Mark Lane (1927–2016) – attorney, politician, and civil rights activist
Dulcinea Langfelder (born 1955) – multidisciplinary artist (drama, dance, song, mime, multimedia)
Alphonse F. La Porta (born 1939) – diplomat
Rose La Rose (1918–1972) – dancer and actress
Rudy LaRusso (1937–2004) – five-time All-Star NBA basketball player (Madison)
William S. Lasdon (1896–1984) – pharmaceutical executive and philanthropist
Reuben Lasker (1929–1988) – marine biologist
Catherine Allen Latimer (1896–1948) – librarian
Cyndi Lauper (born 1953) – singer and activist
Arthur Laurents (1917–2011) – writer and director
Steve Lawrence (1935–2024) – singer and actor
Heath Ledger (1979–2008) – actor^[81]
Edward Lee (born 1972) – chef
Ivan Lee (born 1981) – Olympic saber fencer; banned for life by SafeSport ^[82]
Roy Lee (born 1969) – film producer
Spike Lee (born 1957) – film director, screenwriter and actor (lived in Fort Greene)
Marlon Legere (born 1975) – convicted murderer^[83]
Sandra Leiblum (1943–2010) – author, lecturer, and researcher in sexology
Shulem Lemmer (born 1990) – singer (Borough Park)
Ivan Leshinsky (born 1947) – American-Israeli basketball player (Midwood)
Jonathan Lethem (born 1964) – author (Boerum Hill)
Andrew Levane (1920–2012) – NBA basketball player (Madison)
Nathan Leventhal – municipal government executive, arts administrator and corporate director
George W. LeVere (1820–1886) – pastor, educator, abolitionist, and civil rights activist
Robert V. Levine (1945–2019) – psychologist, writer, and academic
Stuart Levine (1932–2016) – academic and founder of the journal American Studies
Howard Levy (born 1937) – United States Army doctor and Vietnam War resister who was court-martialed
June Rockwell Levy (1886-1971) – philanthropist
Lewis (alive 1890) – former 19th-century professional baseball player
Daniel Lewis (born 1944) – choreographer
Emmanuel Lewis (born 1971) – actor (Midwood)
Richard Lewis (1947–2024) – actor and comedian
Robert Lewis (1909–1997) – actor, director, teacher, author and founder of the Actors Studio
Tillie Ehrlich Lewis (1901–1977) – businesswoman
Harvey Lichtenstein (1929–2017) – arts administrator
Evelyn S. Lieberman (1944–2015) – first woman to serve as White House Deputy Chief of Staff
Nancy Lieberman (born 1958) – WNBA basketball player, coach and broadcaster; Hall of Fame
Stanley Lieberson (1933–2018) – sociologist
Lil' Kim, born Kimberly Denise Jones (born 1974/1975) – Grammy Award-winning rapper (Bedford–Stuyvesant^[84])
Lil Mama (born 1989) – rapper^[85]
Harold F. Linder (1900–1981) – banker and diplomat
O. Winston Link (1914–2001) – photographer
Leonard Linkow (1926–2017) – dentist and pioneer in oral implants
Gertrude Lintz (1880–1968) – dog breeder and socialite
Abraham Littman (1880–1962) – Yiddish-language theatrical producer, director, and impresario
Jennie Livingston (born 1962) – film and television director and producer
Adrianne Lobel – scenic designer and producer
Luke Vincent Lockwood (1872–1951) –
Paul Lo Duca (born 1972) – MLB baseball player
Edie Locke – fashion journalist^[86]
Jack Lord (1920–1998) – actor, director and producer
Robert Logan (born 1941) – actor
Robert K. Logan (born 1939) – scientist
Anthony Lolli – real estate developer and founder of the Brooklyn-based brokerage firm Rapid Realty
Steve Lombardi (born 1961) – professional wrestler, ring name "The Brooklyn Brawler"
Vince Lombardi (1913–1970) – Pro Football Hall of Fame coach (Sheepshead Bay)
Michael Lomonaco (born 1955) – chef, restaurateur, and television personality
Nia Long (born 1970) – actress
Jackie Loughery (1930–2024) – Miss New York USA 1952, Miss USA 1952
Mynette Louie – film producer
Murray Louis (1926–2016) – modern dancer and choreographer
Harry Love (1911–1997) – animator
Mia Love (born 1975) – politician and political commentator
Hilde Lysiak (born 2006) – journalist
Low Ki (born 1979) – ring name of Brandon Silvestry, professional wrestler
Sid Luckman (1916–1998) – NFL quarterback and Pro Football Hall of Fame
Peter Luger (1866–1941) – chef and restaurateur
Carmen Luvana (born 1981) – pornographic actress
Danny Lyon (born 1942) – photographer and filmmaker
MC Lyte (born 1970) – actress and rapper^[87]

M

Nadine Macaluso (born 1967) – psychotherapist, author, internet personality, and former model
Clara MacBeth (1870 or 1871–1970) – heiress
Anne Thompson MacDonald (1896–1993) – philanthropist and founder of Recording for the Blind
Nicholas Macdonald (born 1944) – author and filmmaker
Lester Machta (1919–2001) – meteorologist and first director of the Air Resources Laboratory
Rose Mackenberg (1892–1968) – investigator specializing in fraudulent psychic mediums
Joseph Maguire (born 1951) – Director of the National Counterterrorism Center
John Buffalo Mailer (born 1978) – playwright and youngest child of author Norman Mailer
Norman Mailer (1923–2007) – author and playwright^[88]
Maino (born 1973) – rapper (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
Romany Malco (born 1968) – actor
Paul Malignaggi (born 1980) – boxer (Bensonhurst)
Fern Mallis (born 1948) – fashion businesswoman
Adrienne Mancia (1927–2022) – film curator
Thomas Mancuso (1912–2004) – epidemiologist
Irwin D. Mandel (1922–2011) – expert on dental chemistry
Barry Manilow (born 1943) – singer-songwriter (Williamsburg)^[89]
Mike Mansfield (1903–2001) – United States Senator and Congressman from Montana; born in Brooklyn
Stephon Marbury (born 1977) – NBA player^[90] (Coney Island)
Erin Markey (born 1981) – writer and comedian
Mario – fictional video-game character
Athan Maroulis (born 1964) – actor, vocalist and record producer
Marty Markowitz (born 1945) – Borough President of Brooklyn, New York City
Constantine Maroulis (born 1975) – singer
Carmel Carrington Marr (1921-2015) – lawyer and co-founder of the Amistad Research Center
Branford Marsalis (born 1960) – saxophonist^[91] (Clinton Hill)
Duane Martin (born 1965) – actor (All of Us)
George Willard Martin (1886–1971) – mycologist^[92]
Angie Martinez (born 1971) – radio personality, former rapper and actress
Masta Ace (born 1966) – rapper^[93] (Brownsville)
Abraham Maslow (1908–1970) – psychologist who created Maslow's hierarchy of needs
Jerry Masucci (1934–1997) – attorney, businessman and co-founder of Fania Records
Maxwell (born 1973) – singer-songwriter, producer, musician (East Brooklyn)
William May (1953–2009) – theatre director, producer, and composer
Alice Mayhew (1932–2020) – vice president and editorial director for Simon & Schuster
Joan Maynard (1928−2006) – preservationist, artist, and writer
Bruce Mazlish (1923–2016) – historian
Paul Mazursky (1930–2014) – film director, screenwriter, and actor
Lee Mazzilli – professional baseball player, coach, and manager; part of the 1986 World Series Champion New York Mets
Yavilah McCoy (born 1972) – activist and founder of Ayecha
Carson McCullers (1917–1967) – writer^[94]
Joseph McGoldrick (1901–1978) – NYC Comptroller and NY State Residential Rent Control Commissioner, lawyer, and professor
Amy Upham Thomson McKean (1893–1972) – pianist, songwriter and composer
Christopher McKee (born 1935) – historian
Triston McKenzie – professional baseball pitcher for The Cleveland Indians
John Bach McMaster (1852–1932) – American historian
Meechy Darko (born 1990) – rapper (Flatbush)
Ronald Mellor (born 1940) – historian
Boyd Melson (born 1981) – boxer
Arthur I. Mendolia (1917–2007) – chemical engineer
Ralph Mercado (1941–2009) – businessman and music promoter
Richard Merkin (1938–2009) – painter and illustrator^[95]
Robert Merrill (1917–2004) – opera singer
Debra Messing (born 1968) – actress
John C. Metzler Sr. (1909–1990) – superintendent of Arlington National Cemetery
Martin Meyerson (1922–2007) – city planner, academic, and president of the University of Pennsylvania
Keith Michael (born 1972) – fashion designer
Al Michaels (born 1944) – television sportscaster
Sean Michaels (born 1958) – pornographic actor and director
Thomas Mignone – film director, music video director, screenwriter
Muriel Miguel (born 1937) – director, choreographer, playwright, actor and educator
Alyssa Milano (born 1972) – actress
Barbara Milberg (1931–2020) – ballerina, writer, and academic
Anita Miller (born 1931) – urbanist
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 (1890–1959) – jockey
Wentworth Miller (born 1972) – actor
William J. Millican (1904–1944) – double Navy Cross recipient
Stephanie Mills (born 1957) – singer (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
Willard L. Miranker (1932–2011) – mathematician and computer scientist
Matthew Mirones (born 1956) – politician in the New York State Assembly
Arnon Mishkin – management consultant, media personality, and news analyst for Fox News
Eleanor Mlotek (1922–2013) – musicologist
Rinty Monahan (1928–2003) – Major League Baseball player
Irv Mondschein (1924–2015) – track and field champion
Lenny Montana (1926–1992) – actor and professional wrestler
Elisa Monte (born 1946) – choreographer and dancer
Pilar Montero (1921–2012) – bar owner
Evelyn Mulry Moore (1942–2012) – swimmer and Paralympic gold medalist
John Moore (1834–1894) – Uilleann piper
Mary Tyler Moore (1936–2017) – actor
M.O.P. – hip-hop duo (Brownsville)
Esai Morales (born 1962) – actor
Ed Morris (1862–1937) – 19th-century MLB pitcher
Joel Moses (1941–2022) – former provost, MIT (Midwood)
William A. Moses (1933–2002) – real estate developer and founder of the Community Housing Improvement Program
Bret Mosley (born 1961) – singer-songwriter
Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire (born 1986) – rapper (Crown Heights)
Isadore Gilbert Mudge (1875–1957) – librarian
John C. Mula (1942–2018) – art director and production designer
Chris Mullin (born 1963) – NBA player and executive, Hall of Fame^[96]
Charlie Murphy (1959–2017) – actor and comedian
Eddie Murphy (born 1961) – actor and comedian
Muriel Oxenberg Murphy (1926–2008) – museum curator, art historian and socialite
Robert Cushman Murphy (1887–1973) – ornithologist
Tracy Dickinson Mygatt (1885–1973) – writer, pacifist, and co-founder of the War Resisters League

N

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
Nicole Napolitano (born 1969) – American television personality and entrepreneur
Lia Neal (born 1995) – competitive swimmer and Olympic medalist^[97]
Lemrick Nelson (born 1975) – convicted murderer^[98]
Nikita Nesterenko (born 2001), professional ice hockey center who plays in the National Hockey League for the Anaheim Ducks^[99]
Edwin C. Nevis (1926–2011) – gestalt therapist
Jack Newfield (1938–2004) – writer
Donald J. Newman (1930–2007) – mathematician
Stanley Newman (born 1952) – puzzle creator, editor, and publisher
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
Mike Nieves – president and CEO of Hispanic Information and Telecommunications Network
Louis J. Nigro Jr. (1947–2013) – diplomat
Harry Nilsson (1941–1994) – singer-songwriter (Bushwick)
Joakim Noah (born 1985) – NBA basketball player
Charles Nolan (1957–2011) – fashion designer^[100]
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^[101]

O

Eric Ober – broadcasting executive
Henry Obst (1906–1975) – football player
O.C. (born 1971) – rapper (Bushwick)
Francis V. O'Connor (1937–2017) – art historian
Tasker Oddie (1870–1950) – 12th Governor of Nevada and a United States Senator; born in Brooklyn^[102]
Izzy Odigie (born 1996) – choreographer and dancer
Dennis J. Patrick O'Grady (1943–1972) – Florida state senator
Herbert S. Okun (1930–2011) – diplomat
Ol' Dirty Bastard (1968–2004) – rapper (Fort Greene)
Katherine Oliver – media and entertainment executive
Gregory Olsen (born 1945) – astronaut and scientist
Originoo Gunn Clappaz – hip-hop group (Brownsville)
Waterman Ormsby (1809–1883) – engraver and inventor
Dave Orr (1859–1915) – MLB player, born in Brooklyn
Mary Orr (1910–2006) – actress and writer
Joell Ortiz (born 1980) – rapper and producer (Williamsburg)
Aileen Osofsky (1926–2010) – community leader, philanthropist and bridge player
Steve Ostrow (1932–2024) – businessman, LGBT rights activist, and opera singer
Adam Ottavino (born 1985) – MLB pitcher for the New York Yankees

P

Peter Pace (born 1945) – Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Shemuel Pagan (born 1988) – professional boxer
Frances "Fanny" Palmer (1812–1876) – artist
Richard Palmese (born 1947) – music industry executive
Bruce Pandolfini (born 1947) – chess player and writer on chess
Papoose (born 1978) – rapper
Joseph Papp (1921–1991) – theatrical impresario who created New York City's Public Theater^[103]
Yannis Pappas (born 1976) – comedian
John Parisella (born 1944) – horse trainer
Lana Parrilla (born 1977) – actress
Ben Parris (born 1961) – author
Annie-B Parson (born 1958) – choreographer, dancer, and director
Joe Paterno (1926–2012)^[104] – football coach at 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
James W. C. Pennington (c. 1807–1870) – historian, abolitionist, orator, minister, writer, and social organizer
Joe Pepitone (1940–2023) – professional baseball player
Rosie Perez (born 1964) – actress and choreographer (Bushwick and later Clinton Hill)^[105]
Rhea Perlman (born 1948) – actress^[33]
Steven Peros – playwright, screenwriter, and director
Harold Perrineau (born 1963) – actor
Richard Perry (1942–2024) – record producer
Jerome B. Peterson (1859–1943) – newspaper editor and civil servant
Lip Pike – home run champion baseball player
Elizabeth Pipko (born 1995) – author, model, media personality, and political operative.
Michael Pitt (born 1981) – actor and musician
Stacey Plaskett (born 1966) – politician and attorney^[106]
Suzanne Pleshette (1937–2008) – actress (Brooklyn Heights)
Albert Podell (1937–2023) – magazine editor and writer, advertising executive, trial attorney, and documentary film producer and director
Van Nest Polglase (1898–1968) – Academy Award nominated art director
Gene Polito (1918–2010) – cinematographer and mechanical engineer
Robert Pollack (born 1940) – professor of biological sciences
Mark F. Pomerantz (born 1951) – attorney, prosecutor
Samuel Hartt Pook (1827–1901) – naval architect
Martin Pope (1918–2022) – physical chemist
Ed Posner (1933–1993) – information theorist and neural network researcher
Augustus Post (1873–1952) – automotive pioneer, balloonist, early aviator, writer, actor, musician and lecturer
Frank Potenza (1933–2011) – police officer and actor
Troy Powell (born 1969) – dancer, choreographer, and director
Ed Powers (born 1954) – pornographic film director, producer, actor, and radio host
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) – 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
Sherman Pratt (1900–1964) – sportsman, explorer, and co-founder of Florida's Marineland and the Grenville Baker Boys Club
Marianne Preger-Simon (1929–2024) – dancer, choreographer, writer, and psychotherapist
DJ Premier (born 1966) – hip-hop disc jockey, producer, co-founder and member of hip-hop duo Gang Starr^[107]
Priscilla Presley (born 1945) – businesswoman, actress^[16]
Steven Pressman (born 1952) – economist
Sean Price (1972–2015) – rapper (Brownsville)
Shimon Prokupecz (born 1978) – journalist
Elisabeth Prueitt – pastry chef
Roger Pulvers (born 1944) – playwright and theatre director

Q

Phil Quartararo (1956–2023) – music industry executive
Jennie Quigley (1850–1936) – sideshow performer

R

Eddie Rabbitt (1941–1998) – singer-songwriter
Rack-Lo – rapper and author
Marky Ramone (born 1956) – drummer of the punk band The Ramones
Anthony Ramos (born 1991) – actor, singer-songwriter (Bushwick)
Keith Raniere (born 1960) – cult leader who co-founded NXIVM
Arlene Raven (1944–2006) – art historian, author, critic, educator, and curator
Florence Ravenel (1896–1975) – actress; born in Minnesota, raised in Brooklyn^[108]^[109]
Lou Reed (1942–2013)^[110] – singer-songwriter
Paul Regina (1956–2006) – actor^[111]
Jerry Reinsdorf (born 1936) – sports executive and businessman
Odd Kristian Reme (1953–2024) – priest and politician
Leah Remini (born 1970) – actress (Bensonhurst)
Barbara Res – attorney, author, and engineer
Bebe Rexha (born 1989) – singer-songwriter and record producer
Dorothy P. Rice (1922–2017) – health statistician
Ed Rice (1918–2001) – author, publisher, photojournalist and painter
Buddy Rich (1917–1987) – drummer and big-band leader
Elsie Richardson (1922–2012) – community activist and civil servant
Adam Richman – actor, host of reality-television series Man vs. Food
Thomas Ridgway – U.S. Army officer and father of General Matthew Ridgway^[112]
Henry Riecken (1917–2012) – psychologist^[113]
Heinrich Ries (1871–1951) – economic geologist
Joan Rivers (1933–2014) – comedian^[114]
Phil Rizzuto (1917–2007) – Major League Baseball player and broadcaster
Saul Robbins (1922–2010) – toy manufacturer and co-founder of Remco
Warren Delano Robbins (1885–1935) – diplomat
Mary Fanton Roberts (1864–1956) – journalist, writer
Jackie Robinson – Major League Baseball player and pioneer, Brooklyn Dodgers
Dorothy Robins-Mowry (1921–2021) – diplomat and writer
Chris Rock (born 1965) – actor and comedian (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
Tony Rock (born 1974) – actor and comedian (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
Fred J. Rode (1896–1971) – Academy Award nominated set director
Jessamyn Rodriguez – social entrepreneur, educator, and hospitality executive
John Raphael Rogers (died 1934) – inventor of the Typograph^[115]
Steve Rogers (born 1920) – fictional superhero, federal official, intelligence operative, former soldier
Mortimer Rogoff (1921–2008) – inventor and businessman
Saul Rogovin (1923–1995) – Major League Baseball pitcher
Stan Rogow (1948–2023) – music manager, writer, and producer of film and television
Roget Romain (born 1966) – executive, producer, entertainment manager and entrepreneur
Edward A. Romano – entertainment executive
Mickey Rooney (1920–2014) – five-time Oscar-nominated actor
Daisy Rosario – public radio personality and producer
Max Rose (born 1986) – military officer and politician who served as a United States Representative from New York
Mike Rosen (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
Harold Rosenberg (1906–1978) – writer, educator, philosopher and art critic
Jerry Rosenberg – television personality
Philip Rosenberg (born 1935) – Academy Award winning production designer and art director
Wayne Rosenthal (born 1965) – Major League Baseball pitcher and coach (Canarsie)
Spencer Ross (born 1940) – sportscaster
Steve Ross (1927–1992) – chairman of Time Warner
Angela Carlozzi Rossi (1901-1977) – social worker
Mark Roth (born 1951) – bowler
Julian Rotter (1916-2014) – psychologist known for developing social learning theory
Rowdy Rebel (born 1991) – rapper from GS9 (East Flatbush)
Herbert H. Rowen (1916–1999) – historian
Essie Wick Rowland (1871–1957) – socialite
Jeff Rubens (born 1941) – bridge player, editor, and writer
Cyma Rubin (born 1926) – producer, writer, and director
Ed Rubinoff (born 1935) – tennis player
David Rubinson (born 1942) – recording engineer and music producer
Rudi (1928–1973) – spiritual teacher
David Ruggerio (born 1962) – chef
Chris Rush (born 1946) – stand-up comedian
Brenda Russell (born 1949) – singer
Sam Rutigliano (born 1933) – football coach^[116]
Carl Hancock Rux – writer, actor, and director^[117] (Fort Greene)
RZA (born 1969) – rapper

S

Jonathan Safran Foer (born 1977) – novelist^[118]
Carl Sagan (1934–1996) – scientist, author, educator (Bensonhurst)
Saigon (born 1977) – actor and rapper
Stephanie Saland – ballet dancer and teacher
Dmitri Salita (born 1982) – boxer
William Salter (1821–1910) – minister public orator, social activist, and historian
Arnold A. Saltzman (1916–2014) – businessman, diplomat, art collector, and philanthropist, b
John Samuelsen – labor union leader
Julia Sand (1848–1933) – letter writer who corresponded with President Chester A. Arthur
Bernie Sanders^[119] (born 1941) – Independent U.S. Senator from Vermont (Madison)
Jane Sanders (born 1950) – social worker, college administrator, activist, and political strategist
Adam Sandler (born 1966) – actor and comedian^[16]
Evie Sands (born 1946) – singer-songwriter and musician
Betty Santoro (1938–2005) – educator, activist and community leader
Porter Sargent (1872–1951) – educational theorist and critic
Peter Sarsgaard (born 1971) – actor^[120]
Lois Sasson (1940–2020) – jewelry designer and gay rights activist
Brittney Savage (born 1987) – professional wrestler
Viola Savoy (1899–1987) – actress
Leo Schachter (1924–2019) – diamond manufacturer
Roger Schank (born 1946) – education reformer, artificial-intelligence expert
Kenny Scharf (born 1958) – graffiti artist
Ossie Schectman (1919–2013) – NBA basketball guard
Robert Scherrer (1935–1995) – FBI agent
Thomas D. Schiano (born 1962) – organ-transplantation specialist
Vincent Schiavelli (1948–2005) − actor, food writer
Phil Schiliro (born 1956) – political consultant and strategist
Justin G. Schiller (born 1943) – bookseller
Vincent Schiraldi (born 1959) – juvenile justice policy reformer and activist
Steve Schirripa (born 1957) – actor (Bensonhurst)
Harvey Schlossberg (1936–2021) – psychoanalyst, police officer, and founder of modern crisis negotiation^[121]
Michael Schlow – chef and restaurateur
Ruth A. M. Schmidt (1916–2014) – geologist and paleontologist
Tobias Schneebaum (1922–2005) – artist, anthropologist, and AIDS activist
Robert Scholes (1929–2016) – literary critic and theorist
Andre-Michel Schub (born 1952) – pianist (Midwood)
Peter C. Schultz (born 1942) – co-inventor of fiber optics
Chuck Schumer (born 1950) – U.S. Senator from New York (Flatbush)^[122]
Alan Schwartz – businessman and is the executive chairman of Guggenheim Partners
Gary Schwartz (born 1940) – art historian^[123]
Ylon Schwartz – chessmaster
Joseph E. Schwartzberg (1928–2018) – writer, academic, and peace activist
Seymour Schwartzman (1930–2009) – opera singer and cantor^[124]
Chris Matthew Sciabarra (born 1960) – political theorist
Brian Scolaro (born 1973) – comedian, actor, voice-over actor and author
Raymond Scott (born Harry Warnow, 1908–1994) – composer, bandleader, pianist, electronic-music pioneer
Samuel R. Scottron (1841–1905) – inventor and engineer
John Scully (1846–1917) – Jesuit priest and president of Fordham University
Neil Sedaka (born 1939) – singer-songwriter
Alice Wiley Seay (1858–1937) – social worker and founder of the Empire State Federation of Women's Clubs
Alonzo Bertram See (1849–1941) – businessman^[125]
Murray Seeman (1914–2017) – lawyer and real estate developer
Erich Segal (1937–2010) – author, Academy Award-nominated screenwriter, and educator (Midwood)
Hugh Seidman (1940–2023) – poet
Steven Seifert (1950–2022) – medical toxicologist
Jerry Seinfeld (born 1954) – actor and comedian (Borough Park)^[126]^[127]
Matt Zoller Seitz (born 1968) – film and television critic, author and filmmaker
Hubert Selby, Jr. (1928–2004) – author
Cletus Seldin (born 1986) – boxer
Phil Sellers (born 1953) – former NBA player
Irene Mayer Selznick (1907–1990) – socialite and theatrical producer
George I. Seney (1826–1893) – banker, art collector, and philanthropist
Greg Serano (born 1974) – actor
Frank Serpico (born 1936) – New York Police Department detective and whistleblower
John Severin (1921–2012) – comics artist
Marie Severin (1929–2018) – comics artist and colorist
Shabazz the Disciple (born 1973) – rapper (Red Hook)
William Shadish (1949–2016) – psychologist and statistician
Ruth Shafer (1912 –1972) – engineer
Juliet Popper Shaffer (born 1932) – psychologist and statistician
Neal Shapiro (born 1945) – equestrian and Olympic medalist
Judy Shapiro-Ikenberry (born 1942) – long-distance runner
Francis Ethelbert Sharkey – fictional character played by Terry Becker in the 1964–68 ABC television series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Judith Sheindlin (born 1942) – television personality, Judge Judy (Madison / Bedford–Stuyvesant)
Lawrence L. Shenfield (1891–1974) – advertising executive
Allie Sherman (1923–2015) – NFL player and coach
Art Sherman (born 1937) – horse trainer and jockey
Fred Sherman (1924–2009) – economist and business commentator
Jerome K. Sherman (1925–2023) – biologist and founder of modern sperm banking and cryopreservation^[128]
Bobby Shmurda (born 1994) – rapper from GS9 (East Flatbush)
Lester Shorr (1907-1992) – cinematographer
Marjorie Shostak (1945–1996) – anthropologist
Michael Showalter (born 1970) – actor and comedian
Shyne (born Jamal Michael Barrow; 1978), Belizean rapper and politician
Gabourey Sidibe (born 1983) – actress (Bedford–Stuyvesant)^[129]
Bugsy Siegel (1906–1947) – gangster^[130]
Jill Sigman – choreographer and dancer
Raymond Siller (born 1939) – television writer, political consultant
Beverly Sills (1929–2007) – opera singer
Dean Silvers – film director, film producer, screenwriter, and author (East Flatbush)
Phil Silvers (1911–1985) – actor and comedian
John Sitaras (born 1972) – fitness professional
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
Harold S. Sloan (1888–1988) – economist
Buzz Slutzky (born 1988) – artist, writer, educator, and performer
Peer Smed (1878–1943) – silversmith
Smif-n-Wessun – hip-hop duo
Frank H. Smith – media executive and producer
Lois Smith (1928–2012) – publicist
Lucy Eaton Smith (1845-1894) – nun
Munroe Smith (1854–1926) – jurist and historian
Philip F. Smith (1932–2017) – Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard
Sanford L. Smith (1939–2024) – businessman
Jimmy Smits (born 1955) – actor^[131]
Stephen Edward Smith (1927–1990) – financial analyst and political strategist who was the husband of Jean Kennedy Smith
Pop Smoke (1999–2020) from Canarsie – rapper
Joel Smoller (1936–2017) – mathematician
Ralph Snyderman (born 1940) – physician, scientist, administrator (Bensonhurst)
Robert Solow (1924–2023) – economist; winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (Madison)
Lee Solters (1919–2009) – press agent
Gilbert Sorrentino (1929–2006) – novelist, short story writer, poet, literary critic, and editor
Paul Sorvino (1939–2022) – actor^[132]
Carl Søyland (1894–1978) – editor-in-chief of Nordisk Tidende
Paul Spatola – musician
Mortimer Spiegelman (1901–1969) – statistician
Michael Spiller (born 1961) – cinematographer and television director
DJ Spinderella (born 1971) – DJ and rapper
William F. Spurgin (1838–1904) – US Army brigadier general, lived in Brooklyn during retirement^[133]
Lamuel A. Stanislaus (1921–2016) – dentist and diplomat
Jessie Stanton (1887–1976) – writer
Barbara Stanwyck (1907–1990) – Oscar-winning actress^[134]
Adele Starr (1920-2010) – activist
Peter Steele (1962–2010) – bassist and singer (Type O Negative, Carnivore) (Midwood)
Charles M. Stein (1920–2016) – statistician and academic
Seymour Stein (1942–2023) – entrepreneur and music executive
Norman Steinberg (1939–2023) – television director, producer and screenwriter
Douglas C. Steiner (born 1960) – real estate developer
Gilbert Y. Steiner (1924-2006) – scholar and president of the Brookings Institution
Charles Stendig (1924–2024) – businessman and philanthropist
Gary Stephan (born 1942) – artist
Lance Stephenson (born 1990) – basketball player
Ray Stern (1933–2007) – professional wrestler, bodybuilder and entrepreneur.
Stuart Sternberg (born 1959) – owner of the Tampa Bay Rays
Connie Stevens (born 1938) – actress and singer^[135]
Neil M. Stevenson (1930–2009) – Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Navy
Bob Stewart (1920–2012) – television producer
Sticky Fingaz (born 1973), born Kirk Jones, member of the rap group Onyx
Jerry Stiller (1927–2020) – actor, father of Ben Stiller
Lulu G. Stillman (1881 or 1882–1969) – activist for Native American rights
Frederick A. Stokes (1857–1939) – publisher
David Stones (born 1988) – rapper
Ruth Storey (1913–1997) – actress
Jeff Strabone – scholar, political activist and civic leader
Granville Straker (born 1939) – music businessman and record producer
Evelyn Straus (1916–1992) – photojournalist
Barbra Streisand (born 1942) – Oscar-winning actress, singer, director, political activist (Williamsburg)^[16]
Eric Stuart (born 1967) – voice actor, voice director, musician, singer and songwriter
Ray Suarez (born 1957) – journalist (Bensonhurst)^[136]
Jason Sudeikis (born 1975) – actor and comedian (Clinton Hill)^[137]
Daniel Suhr (1964–2001) – first firefighter to die in the September 11 attacks
Jackie Summers – microdistiller, writer and chief executive officer of Jack from Brooklyn
Laura Sumner (1921–1993) – numismatist and poet
Rowena Swanson (born 1928) – information scientist
Glenn Switkes (1951–2009) – environmentalist and film-maker
Richard Sylbert (1928–2002) – film production designer and art director
Harold Syrett (1913–1984) – president of Brooklyn College

T

Gregory Tague (born 1957) – literary scholar
Nancy Tang (born 1943) – diplomat
Sid Tannenbaum (1925–1986) – professional basketball player
Yanki Tauber (born 1965) – scholar, rabbi, writer and editor
Irving Taylor (1914–1983) – composer, lyricist, and screenwriter
Tazz (born 1967) – ring name of Peter Senerchia, former professional wrestler
Sebastian Telfair (born 1985) – NBA player
Frank Terpil (1939–2016) – CIA agent and American defector
Robert Terzuola (born 1944) – knife maker
Roy M. Terry (1915–1988) – Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Air Force
Tanisha Thomas (born 1985) – reality television participant, television show host^[138]^[139]
Gale Thomson (1919–2010) – businesswoman and activist
John Threat (born 1973) – computer hacker
Yosel Tiefenbrun – tailor and rabbi
Frank Tieri (1904–1981) – mobster
Ira Tiffen (born 1951) – optics designer and glass artist
Adrianne Tolsch (1938–2016) – comedian, writer and graphic artist^[140]
Sy Tomashoff (1922-2019) – television production designer and set decorator
Marisa Tomei (born 1964) – Oscar-winning actress
Ronn Torossian (born 1974) – public relations executive
Joe Torre (born 1940) – Major League Baseball player, New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers manager, Hall of Fame^[141] (Marine Park)
Frank Tousey (1853–1902) – publisher
Isaac Toussie (born 1972) – real estate developer
Rachel Trachtenburg (born 1993) – actress, singer, musician (Bushwick)
Spencer Trask (1844–1909) – financier, philanthropist, and venture capitalist
Warren Lincoln Travis (1876–1941) – weightlifter
Mimi Trepel (1908–2006) – radio broadcaster
Kathy Troccoli (born 1955) – gospel singer
Kevin M. Tucker (1940–2012) – Commissioner of Philadelphia Police Department
Richard Tucker (1884–1942) – actor
Marcia Tucker (1940–2006) – art historian, art critic and curator
Florence Tullis (1936–2006) – mother of Roy L. Dennis who was portrayed by Cher in the 1985 film Mask
Kenneth Turan (born 1946) – film critic and writer
Mark Turenshine (1944–2016) – American-Israeli basketball player
John Turturro (born 1957) – actor and director
Nicholas Turturro (born 1962) – actor
Mike Tyson (born 1966) – heavyweight boxing champion^[142]

U

Uncle Murda (born 1980) – gangster rapper (East New York)
Adelaide Underhill (1860–1936) – librarian
Daniel Oscar Underhill (1845–1929) – banker
UTFO – 1980s rap group

V

Francis R. Valeo (1916–2006) – 21st Secretary of the United States Senate
Lou Vairo (born 1945) – ice hockey coach and inductee into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame^[143]
Isaac Van Anden (1812–1875) – newspaper publisher and founder of the Brooklyn Eagle
Mary Crowell Van Benschoten (1840–1921) – author, newspaper publisher, clubwoman
Charles H. Van Brunt (1835–1905) – lawyer and judge
Willard Van der Veer (1894–1963) – Academy Award winning cinematographer
Paul Van Dyke (1859–1933) – historian
Frank P. Van Pelt (1861–1942) – Sandy Hook Pilot
Andrew VanWyngarden (born 1983) – member of MGMT
Alan Veingrad (born 1963) – NFL player
Guido Verbeck (1830–1898) – political advisor, educator, and missionary^[144]
Dylan Verrechia (born 1976) – film director, producer, and screenwriter
Edward Verso (born 1941) – dancer and choreographer
Edward Vick (born 1944) – former CEO of Young & Rubicam^[145]
Idara Victor – actress
Abe Vigoda – actor
Pat Villani (1954–2011) – computer programmer
Sal Villanueva – record producer
Tony Visconti (born 1944) – musician, producer
Joseph Volpe (born 1940) – manager of the Metropolitan Opera
Thomas von Essen (born 1945) – New York City Fire Commissioner

W

Theodore Wachs (born 1941) – psychologist and academic
Larry Wachtel (1930–2007) – banker and radio personality
Siraj Wahhaj (born 1950) – imam and muslim activist
Edward T. Wailes (1903–1969) – diplomat and lawyer
A. E. Waite (1857–1942) – poet and mystic
Kaci Walfall (born 2004) – actress
Andre Walker (born 1965), designer
Eli Wallach (1915–2014) – actor
John C. Walsh – film director and screenwriter
William B. Walsh (1920–1996) – founder of Project HOPE (USA)
Rosalind P. Walter (1924–2020) – philanthropist and humanities advocate
Elizabeth von Till Warren (1934–2021) – historian and preservationist
Kenneth S. Warren (1929–1996) – scientist and physician
Isabel Bassett Wasson (1897–1994) – petroleum geologist and Yellowstone National Park ranger
Timothy Weah (born 2000) – soccer player
Susan Weber (born 1954) – historian
Elizur G. Webster (1829–1900) – silversmith
Sanford I. Weill (born 1933) – banker, financier, and philanthropist
Sidney Weinberg (1891–1969) – banker who led Goldman Sachs
Sylvia Weinstock (1930–2021) – baker and cake decorator
Shatzi Weisberger (1930–2022) – nurse, activist, and death educator
Mickey Welch (1859–1941) – MLB player
Harold Wenstrom (1893–1944) – cinematographer
Mae West (1893–1980) – actress, playwright, and comedian (Williamsburg/Greenpoint)
West Dakota – drag queen
Arthur H. Westing (1928–2020) – ecologist
Randy Weston (1926–2018) – pianist and composer
Jitu Weusi (1939-2013) – educator, activist, and co-founder of the National Black United Front
Alfred Tredway White (1846–1921) – housing reformer and philanthropist known as "Brooklyn's first citizen."^[146]
Frank Russell White (1889–1961) – architect
Nancy White (1916–2002) – editor of Harper's Bazaar^[147]
Stanley Hart White (1891–1979) – landscape architect and educator
Colson Whitehead (born 1969) – novelist and MacArthur Fellow
Isaiah Whitehead (born 1995) – basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets (NBA), now in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Laura Whitehorn (born 1945) – activist and participant in the 1983 United States Senate bombing
Walt Whitman (1819–1892) – poet, best known for Leaves of Grass; journalist and Brooklyn Eagle editor; essayist and humanist
Theodore Whitmarsh (1869–1936) – businessman and politician
Whodini – 1980s rap group
Oscar Widmann (1888–1961) – interior designer and co-founder of the American Institute of Designers
William H. Willcox (1832–1929) – architect
Olivia Wilde (born 1984) – actress (Clinton Hill)
Maya Wiley (born 1964) – lawyer, professor, and civil rights activist
Julia Willebrand (1933-2023) – environmental and peace activist
Jerry Williams (1923–2003) – radio host
Michael K. Williams (1966–2021) – actor^[148]
Michelle Williams (born 1980) – actress^[149]
Phyllis Williams Lehmann (1912–2004) – archaeologist
Tracy Williams (born 1988) – professional wrestler
Jeff Wilpon (born 1961) – businessman and owner of the New York Excelsior
Jan Wilsgaard (1930–2016) – chief automotive designer, Volvo Cars, 1950–1990
Robert Anton Wilson (1932–2007) – author
Amelia Kempshall Wing (1837–1927) – author and philanthropist
John Winslow (1825–1898) – lawyer
Shelley Winters (1920–2006) – Oscar-winning actress^[150]
Joel-Peter Witkin (born 1939) – photographer
Bertram Wolfe (1896–1977) – biographer and writer on communism
Paula Wolfert (born 1938) – cookbook author, specialist in Mediterranean cuisines
Milton Wolff (1915–2008) – writer and veteran of the Spanish Civil War
Wolfman Jack^[151] (1938–1995) – 1970s disc jockey
Paul Wolfowitz (born 1943) – political scientist and diplomat
Theresa Wolfson (1897–1972) – labor economist and educator
BD Wong (born 1960) – actor (Bedford Stuyvesant)^[152]
Lloyd R. Woodson (born 1966) – arrested in 2010 with military-grade weapons and a detailed map of the Fort Drum military installation
Georgeanna Woolsey (1833–1906) – writer and nurse
Harold Wren (1921–2016) – dean of three law schools
Lee Wulff (1905–1991) – artist, pilot, fly fisherman, author, filmmaker, outfitter and conservationist
Tony Wyllie (born 1967) – sports executive

Y

Robert D. Yates (1857–1885) – medical doctor and checkers player
Jean R. Yawkey (1909–1992) – owner of the Boston Red Sox
Adam Yauch (1964–2012) – rapper, founding member of the Beastie Boys
Kalman Yeger (born 1974) – politician
Janet Yellen (born 1946) – economist and U.S. secretary of the treasury^[153]
James Harvey Young (1915–2006) – social historian
Henny Youngman (1906–1998) – comedian and violinist

Z

Dov S. Zakheim (born 1948) – businessman, writer, and US government official
Walter Zanger (1935–2015) – author and television personality
Frank Zarb (born 1935) – businessman and politician
Max Zaslofsky (1925–1985) – NBA guard/forward, one-time FT% leader, one-time points leader, All-Star, ABA coach^[154]
Carl Zimmerman (born 1939) – theatre producer and talent agent
Zombie Juice (born 1990) – rapper (Flatbush)
Shirley Zussman (1914–2021) – sex therapist
Shlomo Zev Zweigenhaft (1915–2005) – rabbi

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