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.

Contents 

• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z

A

Woody Allen

• Aaliyah (1979–2001) – actress, dancer and singer^[1]
• Cal Abrams (1924–1997) – Major League Baseball player (Madison)
• Romeo Alaeff (born 1970) – visual artist
• Marv Albert (born 1941) – sportscaster (Manhattan Beach)
• Tatyana Ali (born 1979) – actress
• Woody Allen (born 1935) – film director, actor and screenwriter (Midwood)^[2]
• Franco Ambriz – playwright
• Barbara Anderson (born 1945) – actress
• Carmelo Anthony (born 1984) – National Basketball Association player (Red Hook)^[3]
• Darren Aronofsky (born 1969) – film director
• Isaac Asimov^[4](1920–1992) – author and biochemist
• Madeline Astor (1893–1970) – Titanic survivor, wife of John Jacob Astor IV
• Red Auerbach (1917–2006) – National Basketball Association coach and general manager, member of Hall of Fame (Williamsburg)
• Ken Auletta (born 1942) – journalist and writer
• Paul Auster (born 1947) – author (Park Slope)

B

Mel Brooks

• Scott Baio (born 1960) – actor (Dyker Heights)
• Ralph Bakshi (born 1938) – film director (Haifa, Israel–born and Brownsville-reared)
• Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960–1988) – artist
• Noah Baumbach (born 1969) – film director and writer (Midwood)
• Gary Becker (1930–2014) – economist; Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1992) (Madison)
• Henry Ward Beecher (1813–1887) – clergyman and social reformer^[5]
• Begushkin, folk rock band ^[6]
• Joy Behar^[7] (born 1942) – comedian and talk-show host (Williamsburg)
• Paul Ben-Victor (born 1965) – actor (Midwood)
• Pat Benatar (born 1953) – singer (Greenpoint)
• Bill Benulis (born 1928) – penciller and inker
• Walter Berndt (1899–1979) – cartoonist
• Lloyd Blankfein (born 1954) – investment banker; chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs
• Corbin Bleu (born 1989) – actor
• Joseph Bologna (born 1934) – actor
• Clara Bow (1905–1965) – actress (Prospect Heights)
• Riddick Bowe (born 1967) – boxer, heavyweight champion (Brownsville)^[8]
• Barbara Boxer (born 1940) ^[9] – politician; U.S. Senator from California (since 1993)
• Scott Brady (1924–1985) – actor
• Mark Breland (born 1963) – boxer; five-time New York Golden Gloves champion
• Shannon Briggs (born 1971) – boxer, heavyweight champion
• Mel Brooks^[10] (born 1926) – actor, comedian, film director, film producer and screenwriter (Williamsburg)
• Foxy Brown^[11] (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
• Elliott Buckmaster (1889–1976) – U.S. Navy officer; naval aviator during World War I and World War II
• Buckshot (born 1974) – rapper (Crown Heights)
• Terry Burrus – musician; composer, conductor, producer
• Steve Buscemi ^[12] (born 1957) – actor, film director and screenwriter
• Busta Rhymes (born 1972) – rapper^[13][14] (East Flatbush and Bedford–Stuyvesant)

C

Al Capone

Aaron Copland

• Charlie Callas (1927–2011) – comedian
• Giovanni Capitello (born 1979) – actor and director (Bay Ridge)
• Al Capone (1899–1947) – gangster (Red Hook)
• Fabiano Caruana (born 1992) – youngest chess grandmaster in United States history (Park Slope)
• Bea Chester – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
• Shirley Chisholm (1924–2005) – first female African American U.S. Representative and first African American major-party candidate for U.S. President
• Andrew Dice Clay (born 1957) – comedian^[15] (Sheepshead Bay)
• Cheryl "Coko" Clemons (born 1970) – gospel singer and lead singer of R&B group SWV
• Maino (born 1973) – rapper (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
• Norm Coleman (born 1949) – former U.S. Senator from Minnesota (Madison)
• Chuck Connors (1921–1992) – actor
• George H. Cooper (1821–1891) – United States Navy rear admiral^[16]
• Pat Cooper (born 1929) – comedian
• Aaron Copland (1900–1990) – composer
• Larry Corcoran (1859–1891) – Major League Baseball player
• John Corigliano (born 1938) – Academy Award-, Pulitzer Prize for Music- and Grammy Award-winning composer (Midwood)
• Howard Cosell (1918–1995) – sportscaster^[17]
• William R. Cosentini – Mechanical Engineer and founder of Cosentini Associates
• Delilah Cotto – dancer, model and actress (Coney Island)
• Jonathan Coulton (born 1970) – musician
• Ruthe B. Cowl (1912–2008) – philanthropist
• Melora Creager (born 1966) – singer
• Jimmy Crespo (born 1954) – former Aerosmith guitarist
• Peter Criss (born 1945) – musician^[18]

D

Larry David

Mos Def

• Da Beatminerz – hip-hop production team
• Da Bush Babees – hip-hop group (Flatbush)
• Dana Dane (born 1965) – rapper (Fort Greene)
• Tony Danza (born 1951) – actor^[19]
• John D'Aquino (born 1958) – actor
• John Henry Davis (1921-1984) U.S. weightlifter 6 time world champion and 2 time Olympic gold medalist
• Thomas Darden (1900–1961) – U.S. Navy Rear admiral, 37th Governor of American Samoa^[20]
• Larry David (born 1947) – writer, producer, actor, and comedian (Sheepshead Bay)
• Mos Def (born 1973) – actor and rapper^[21] (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
• David DeJesus (born 1979) – MLB player
• Dom DeLuise (1933–2009) – comedian and actor
• Alan Dershowitz (born 1938) – lawyer, professor, author^[22] (Williamsburg)
• C.C. Deville (Bruce Johannesson) (born 1962) – musician
• Kevin Devine (born 1979) – musician
• Neil Diamond^[23] (born 1941) – singer
• Michael A. DiSpezio (born 1953) – writer, performer, and broadcast host
• Vincent D'Onofrio (born 1959) – actor
• Valerie D'Orazio (born 1974) – writer and blogger
• David Draiman (born 1973) – singer
• Richard Dreyfuss (born 1947) – actor^[24]
• Don Dubbins (1928–1991) – actor
• Lena Dunham (born 1986) – actress and writer (Brooklyn Heights)
• Kyle Bobby Dunn (born 1986) – composer, musician, artist (RAMBO)
• Jimmy Durante (1893–1980) – actor and comedian

E

• Easy Mo Bee (born 1965) – hip-hop and R&B producer
• William J. Ecker – U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral
• Harry Eisenstat (1915–2003) – Major League Baseball player (Madison)^[25]
• Erick Arc Elliott (born 1990) – rapper, producer
• EscoLIVE (born 1990) – hip-hop producer

F

Fabolous

Yuri Foreman

• Fab 5 Freddy (born 1959) – hip-hop pioneer
• Fabolous (born 1977) – rapper^[26] (Bedford-Stuyvesant)
• Edie Falco (born 1963) – actress^[27]
• Jimmy Fallon (born 1974) – actor and comedian^[28]
• Lotta Faust (1880–1910) – musical comedy actress ^[29]
• Lillian Feickert (1877–1945) – suffragette and politician ^[30]
• Bob Ferguson (1845–1894) – MLB player ("Death to Flying Things")
• Jerry Ferrara (born 1979) – actor
• Frank Ferrer (born 1966) – Guns N' Roses drummer
• Lou Ferrigno (born 1951) – former bodybuilder, actor^[31]
• Martin Fettman (born 1956) – astronaut (Midwood)
• Ailene Fields (born 1948) – sculptor
• Harvey Fierstein (born 1954) – actor and playwright (Bensonhurst)^[32]
• Bobby Fischer (1943–2008) – champion chess player (Flatbush)
• 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
• Cristina Fontanelli – opera singer^[33][34]
• Yuri Foreman (born 1980) – world champion boxer
• John Forsythe (1918–2010) – actor
• Steve Franken (1932–2012) – actor
• Bruce Franklin (born 1934) – professor
• Frank Frazetta (1928–2010) – artist
• Gary William Friedman – composer
• Milton Friedman (1912–2006) – Nobel Prize-winning economist
• Fu-Schnickens – rapper
• Full Force – 1980s R&B and production group

G

Debbie Gibson

Rudy Giuliani

GZA

• Ellis Gallagher (born 1973) – graffiti artist
• Vincent Gardenia (1920–1992) – actor (Bensonhurst)
• Ina Garten (born 1948) – Food Network television chef, cookbook author; known as the Barefoot Contessa
• Shad Gaspard (born 1981) – professional wrestler
• David Geffen (born 1943) – media mogul (Borough Park)
• Sylvia Gerrish (1860–1906) – 19th-century musical comedy performer^[35]
• George Gershwin (1898–1937) – composer and younger brother of Ira Gershwin
• Deborah Gibson (born 1970) – singer and songwriter
• Taj Gibson (born 1985) – NBA player
• Ruth Bader Ginsburg^[36] (born 1933) – Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court (Madison)
• Johnny Gioeli (born 1967) – singer (Crush 40, Hardline, Axel Rudi Pell)
• Rudy Giuliani (born 1944) – former United States Attorney, former Mayor of New York; 2008 Republican presidential candidate
• Jackie Gleason (1916–1987) – actor and comedian (Bushwick^[37]/Bedford–Stuyvesant)
• Marty Glickman (1917–2001) – Olympian and broadcaster (Madison)
• James Newton Gloucester – African-American abolitionist
• Jerry Goldstein (born 1970) – physicist
• Ben Goldwasser (born 1982) – member of the band MGMT
• Sid Gordon (1917–1975) – two-time All-Star baseball player
• Louis Gossett, Jr. (born 1936) – Oscar-winning actor^[38] (Sheepshead Bay)
• Alfred Gottschalk (1930–2009) – President of Hebrew Union College and leader in the Reform Judaism movement^[39]
• Elliott Gould (born 1938) – actor^[40]
• Yossi Green (born 1955) – composer^[41]
• Kai Greene (born 1975) – bodybuilder
• Adrian Grenier (born 1976) – actor
• Bill Griffith (born 1944) – cartoonist (Zippy)^[42]
• David Grimm (born 1965) – award-winning playwright and screenwriter
• Robert Grossman (born 1940) – 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)^[43]
• GZA (born 1966) – rapper (Bedford–Stuyvesant)^[44][45]

H

Adelaide Hall

Marvin Hamlisch

• Buddy Hackett (1924–2003) – actor and comedian (Williamsburg)
• Adelaide Hall (1901–1993) – jazz singer, songwriter, actress
• 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 (1934–2002) – author
• Anne Hathaway (born 1982) – Oscar-winning actress
• Knut Haukelid (1911–1994) – Norwegian resistance movement soldier
• Richie Havens (born 1941) – folk singer-songwriter, actor; first performer at the original Woodstock (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
• Susan Hayward (1917–1975) – Oscar-winning actress (Flatbush)
• Rita Hayworth (1918–1987) – actress^[46]
• Leona Helmsley (1920–2007) – businessperson and real estate investor^[47]
• Heltah Skeltah – hip-hop duo (Brownsville)
• Sidney Hertzberg (1922–2005) – pro basketball player
• Robert Hess (1935–2014) – sculptor
• Henry Hill (1943–2012) – mobster, subject of Goodfellas
• Russel Hobbs – drummer; member of Gorillaz
• Zander Hollander (1923–2014) – sportswriter, journalist, editor and archivist
• Red Holzman (1920–1998) – Hall of Fame NBA two-time All-Star and coach
• Homicide (born 1977) – ring name of Nelson Erazo, professional wrestler signed to Ring of Honor (Bedford-Stuyvesant)
• Lena Horne (1917–2010) – singer and actress^[48] (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
• 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)
• William G. Hundley (1925–2006) – criminal defense attorney for high-profile clients, reared in Brooklyn

I

• Anthony Ingrassia (1944–1995) – playwright, producer and director
• Jimmy Iovine (born 1953) – entrepreneur, record producer and film producer
• Breuk Iversen (born 1964) – designer and writer

J

Jay Z

• Mark Jackson (born 1965) – basketball player
• Mark Jacobson (born 1948) – author, journalist, screenwriter
• Cheryl James (born 1966) – rapper and actress
• Shawn James (born 1983) – basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv
• Jay Z (born 1969) – rapper and entrepreneur (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
• Jaz-O (born 1964) – rapper (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
• Charles Jenkins (born 1989) – NBA player
• Jennie Jerome (1854–1921) – Lady Randolph Churchill, mother of Winston Churchill (Cobble Hill)
• Jeru the Damaja (born 1972) – rapper^[49] (East New York)
• Joey Badass (born 1995) – rapper
• Tamara "Taj" Johnson-George (born 1971) – member of R&B group SWV (Bedford–Stuyvesant)^[50]
• Norah Jones (born 1979) – musician, actress^[51]
• Susannah Mushatt Jones (1899–2016) – oldest living New Yorker^[52]
• Michael Jordan (born 1963) – basketball player
• Zab Judah (born 1977) – professional boxer
• Just-Ice (born 1965) – rapper

K

Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax

Hall of Famer Roger Kahn

• KA (born 1972) – rapper (Brownsville, Brooklyn)
• Meir Kahane (1932–1990) – Orthodox Jewish rabbi, activist and founder of the Jewish Defense League
• Roger Kahn (born 1927) – sportswriter and author of The Boys of Summer
• Big Daddy Kane (born 1968) – rapper^[53] (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
• Eric Kaplan (born 1971) – writer (Flatbush)
• Gabe Kaplan (born 1943) – actor and comedian
• Danny Kaye (1911–1987) – actor and comedian (East New York)
• Lainie Kazan (born 1940) – actress and singer
• Monica Keena (born 1979) – actress
• Harvey Keitel (born 1939) – actor^[54]
• Steven G. Kellman (born 1947) – author and critic
• 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 (Madison)^[55]
• Larry King (born 1933) – television talk-show host and interviewer^[56]
• Marvin Kitman (born 1929) – television critic, humorist, and author
• Brian Kokoska (born 1988) – artist
• C. Everett Koop (1916–2013) – U.S. Surgeon General^[57]
• Sandy Koufax (born 1935) – Hall of Fame baseball pitcher for Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers (Borough Park)
• Evelyn Kozak (1899–2013) – supercentenarian who at the age of 117 years, 123 days is believed to be the world's oldest living Jewish person
• Talib Kweli (born 1975) – rapper and producer^[58] (Park Slope)

L

Spike Lee

• Jeffrey Laitman (born 1951) – anatomist
• Pierre Lallement (1843–1891) – inventor
• Sylven Landesberg (born 1990) – basketball shooting guard (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
• ^[59]Abbe Lane (born 1942) - singer, dancer, actress
• Rudy LaRusso (1937–2004) – five-time All-Star NBA basketball player (Madison)
• Reuben Lasker (1929–1988) – marine biologist
• Steve Lawrence (born 1935) – singer and actor
• Spike Lee (born 1957) – film director, screenwriter and actor (lived in Fort Greene)
• Jonathan Lethem (born 1964) – author (Boerum Hill)
• Andrew Levane (1920–2012) – NBA basketball player (Madison)
• Emmanuel Lewis (born 1971) – actor (Midwood)
• 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 or 1975) – Grammy Award-winning rapper (Bedford–Stuyvesant^[60])
• Lil Mama (born 1989) – rapper^[61]
• O. Winston Link (1914–2001) – photographer
• Paul Lo Duca (born 1972) – MLB baseball player
• Robert Logan (born 1941) – actor
• Robert K. Logan (born 1939) – scientist
• "The Brooklyn Brawler" Steve Lombardi (born 1961) – professional wrestler
• Vince Lombardi (1913–1970) – Pro Football Hall of Fame coach (Sheepshead Bay)
• 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^[62]

M

Boyd Melson

Alyssa Milano

Eddie Murphy

• 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^[63]
• Paul Malignaggi (born 1980) – boxer (Bensonhurst)
• Barry Manilow (born 1943) – singer-songwriter (Williamsburg)^[64]
• Stephon Marbury (born 1977) – NBA player^[65] (Coney Island)
• Mario – fictional video-game character
• Marty Markowitz (born 1945) – Borough President of Brooklyn, New York City
• Constantine Maroulis (born 1975) – singer
• Duane Martin (born 1965) – actor (All of Us)
• George Willard Martin (1886–1971) – mycologist^[66]
• Angie Martinez (born 1971) – radio personality, former rapper and actress
• Amy Upham Thomson McKean (1893–1972) – pianist, songwriter and composer
• Masta Ace (born 1966) – rapper^[67](Brownsville)
• Meechy Darko (born 1990) – rapper (Flatbush)
• Ronald Mellor (born 1940) – historian
• Boyd Melson (born 1981) – boxer
• Richard Merkin (1938–2009) – painter and illustrator ^[68]
• Robert Merrill (1917–2004) – opera singer
• Debra Messing (born 1968) – actress
• 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 (1890–1959) – jockey
• Wentworth Miller (born 1972) – actor
• Stephanie Mills (born 1957) – singer (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
• Irv Mondschein (1924–2015) – track and field champion
• Lenny Montana (1926–1992) – actor and professional wrestler
• Esai Morales (born 1962) – actor
• Ed Morris (1862–1937) – 19th-century MLB pitcher
• Joel Moses (born 1941) – former provost, MIT (Midwood)
• Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire (born 1986) – rapper (Crown Heights)
• Chris Mullin (born 1963) – NBA player and executive, Hall of Fame ^[69]
• Uncle Murda (born 1980) – rapper (East New York)
• Charlie Murphy (born 1959) – actor and comedian
• Eddie Murphy (born 1961) – actor and comedian
• Maxwell (born 1973) – singer-songwriter, producer, musician (East Brooklyn)

N

• Nas (Born 1973) – rapper, born Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones
• 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 football player
• Harry Nilsson (1941–1994) – singer-songwriter (Bushwick)
• Joakim Noah (born 1985) – NBA player
• The Notorious B.I.G. (1972–1997) – rapper, born Christopher George Latore Wallace; Biggie, Biggie Smalls

• Larry Namer (1948) Founder of E! Entertainment TV networks

O

• O.C. (born 1971) – rapper (Bushwick)
• Henry Obst (1906–1975) – football player
• Tasker Oddie (1870–1950) – 12th Governor of Nevada and a United States Senator; born in Brooklyn^[70]
• Ol' Dirty Bastard (1968–2004) – rapper (Fort Greene)
• Originoo Gunn Clappaz – hip-hop group (Brownsville)
• Dave Orr (1859–1915) – born in Brooklyn, MLB player
• Joell Ortiz (born 1980) – rapper and producer (Williamsburg)

P

• Peter Pace (born 1945) – Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

• Papoose (born 1978) – rapper
• Joseph Papp (1921–1991) – theatrical impresario who created New York City's Public Theater^[71]
• Lana Parrilla (born 1977) – actress
• Ben Parris (born 1961) – author
• Joe Paterno (1926–2012)^[72] – 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
• Rosie Perez (born 1964) – actress and choreographer (Bushwick)
• Rhea Perlman (born 1948) – actress^[73]
• Harold Perrineau (born 1963) – actor
• Michael Pitt (born 1981) – actor and musician
• Suzanne Pleshette (1937–2008) – actress (Brooklyn Heights)
• 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
• DJ Premier (born 1966) – hip-hop disc jockey, producer, co-founder and member of hip-hop duo Gang Starr^[74]

R

• Eddie Rabbitt (1941–1998) – singer-songwriter
• Marky Ramone (born 1956) – drummer of the punk band The Ramones
• Lou Reed (1942–2013)^[75] – singer-songwriter
• Paul Regina (1956–2006) – actor^[76]
• Leah Remini (born 1970) – actress (Bensonhurst)
• Buddy Rich (1917–1987) – drummer and big-band leader
• Adam Richman – actor; host of reality-television series Man vs. Food
• Joan Rivers (1933–2014) – comedian^[77]
• Phil Rizzuto (1917–2007) – Major League Baseball player and broadcaster
• Chris Rock (born 1965) – actor and comedian (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
• Tony Rock (born 1974) – actor and comedian (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
• 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
• Wayne Rosenthal (born 1965) – Major League Baseball pitcher and coach (Canarsie)
• Mark Roth (born 1951) – bowler
• Rowdy Rebel (born 1991) – rapper from GS9 (East New York)
• Chris Rush (born 1946) – stand-up comedian
• RZA (born 1969) – rapper

S

Dmitri Salita

Jerry Seinfeld

Barbra Streisand

• Carl Sagan (1934–1996) – scientist, author, educator (Bensonhurst)
• Saigon (born 1977) – actor and rapper
• Dmitri Salita (born 1982) – boxer
• Bernie Sanders^[78] (born 1941) – Independent U.S. Senator from Vermont (Madison)
• Adam Sandler (born 1966) – actor and comedian^[79]
• Tom Sawyer (1831–1906) – San Francisco firefighter who saved over 90 people in a ship crash; had Mark Twain character named after him^[80]
• Evie Sands (born 1946) – singer, songwriter and musician
• Roger Schank (born 1946) – education reformer, artificial-intelligence expert
• Kenny Scharf (born 1958) – graffiti artist
• Ossie Schectman (1919–2013) – NBA basketball guard
• Thomas D. Schiano (born 1962) – organ-transplantation specialist
• Steve Schirripa (born 1957) – actor (Bensonhurst)
• Andre-Michel Schub (born 1952) – pianist (Midwood)
• Chuck Schumer (born 1950) – U.S. Senator from New York (Flatbush)^[81]
• Seymour Schwartzman (1930–2009) – opera singer and cantor^[82]
• Raymond Scott (born Harry Warnow, 1908–1994) – composer, bandleader, pianist, electronic-music pioneer
• Neil Sedaka (born 1939) – singer-songwriter^[83]
• Erich Segal (1937–2010) – author, Academy Award-nominated screenwriter, and educator (Midwood)
• Jerry Seinfeld (born 1954) – actor and comedian (Borough Park)^[84][85]
• 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)
• 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)
• Allie Sherman (1923–2015) – NFL player and coach
• Bobby Shmurda (born 1994) – rapper from GS9 (East New York)
• Michael Showalter (born 1970) – actor and comedian
• Gabourey Sidibe (born 1983) – actress (Bedford–Stuyvesant)^[86]
• Bugsy Siegel (1906–1947) – gangster^[87]
• 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
• Neil Simon (born 1927) – playwright
• 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^[88]
• Ralph Snyderman (born 1940) – physician, scientist, administrator (Bensonhurst)
• Robert Solow (born 1924) – economist; winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (Madison)
• Paul Sorvino (born 1939) – actor^[89]
• 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^[90]
• Peter Steele (1962–2010) – bassist and singer (Type O Negative, Carnivore) (Midwood)
• Lance Stephenson (born 1990) – basketball player
• Connie Stevens (born 1938) – actress and singer^[91]
• 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
• Jerry Stiller (born 1927) – 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) – actor and musician
• Ray Suarez (born 1957) – journalist (Bensonhurst)^[92]

T

Marisa Tomei

• 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 U.S. Air Force
• Tanisha Thomas (born 1985) – reality television participant, television show host^[93][94]
• 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^[95] (Marine Park)
• Rachel Trachtenburg (born 1993) – actress, singer, musician (Bushwick)
• John Turturro (born 1957) – actor and director
• Nicholas Turturro (born 1962) – actor
• Mike Tyson (born 1966) – heavyweight boxing champion^[96]

U

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

V

MGMT

• Andrew VanWyngarden (born 1983) – member of MGMT
• Alan Veingrad (born 1963) – NFL player
• Idara Victor – actress
• Tony Visconti (born 1944) – musician, producer

W

Mae West

• Eli Wallach (1915–2014) – actor
• Mickey Welch (1859–1941) – MLB player
• Mae West (1893–1980) – actress, playwright, and comedian (Williamsburg/Greenpoint)
• Colson Whitehead (born 1969) – novelist and 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
• Michael K. Williams (born 1966) – actor^[97]
• Jan Wilsgaard (born 1930) – chief automotive designer, Volvo Cars, 1950–1990
• Robert Anton Wilson (1932–2007) – author
• Shelley Winters (1920–2006) – Oscar-winning actress^[98]
• Paula Wolfert (born 1938) – cookbook author, specialist in Mediterranean cuisines
• Wolfman Jack^[99] (1938–1995) – 1970s disc jockey
• Lloyd R. Woodson (born 1966) – arrested in 2010 with military-grade weapons and a detailed map of the Fort Drum military installation

Y

• Adam Yauch (1964–2012) – rapper, founding member of the Beastie Boys
• Henny Youngman (1906–1998) – comedian

Z

• Max Zaslofsky (1925–1985) – NBA guard/forward, one-time FT% leader, one-time points leader, All-Star, ABA coach^[100]
• Zombie Juice (born 1990) – rapper (Flatbush)

See also

• List of artists who have resided in Brooklyn
• List of people from New York City
  • List of people from the Bronx
  • List of people from Queens
  • List of people from Staten Island

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