List of people from Brooklyn explained

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]
• Cal Abrams (1924–1997) – Major League Baseball player (Madison)
• 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
• Marv Albert (born 1941) – sportscaster (Manhattan Beach)
• Tatyana Ali (born 1979) – actress
• Rawle Alkins (born 1997) – basketball player in the NBA and Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Woody Allen (born 1935) – film director, actor and screenwriter (Midwood)^[2]
• Lyle Alzado (1949–1992) – NFL All-Pro football player
• Franco Ambriz – playwright
• Barbara Anderson (born 1945) – actress
• Carmelo Anthony (born 1984) – National Basketball Association player (Red Hook)^[3]
• 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
• Robert Asencio (born 1963) – Florida politician
• Isaac Asimov^[4] (1920–1992) – author and biochemist
• 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)
• Ken Auletta (born 1942) – journalist and writer
• Paul Auster (born 1947) – author (Park Slope)

B

• John Badalamenti (born 1973) – federal judge (Gravesend)
• Adrienne Bailon (born 1983) – actress
• Scott Baio (born 1960) – actor (Dyker Heights)
• Ralph Bakshi (born 1938) – film director (Haifa, Israel–born and Brownsville-reared)
• Folarin Balogun (born 2001) – soccer player
• 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)
• Francis J. Beckwith (born 1960) – philosopher at Baylor University
• Henry Ward Beecher (1813–1887) – clergyman and social reformer^[6]
• Lyman Beecher (1775–1863) – clergyman and father of Henry Ward Beecher, Thomas K. Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe^[7]
• Begushkin – folk rock band^[8]
• Joy Behar^[9] (born 1942) – comedian and talk-show host (Williamsburg)
• Paul Ben-Victor (born 1965) – actor (Midwood)
• Pat Benatar (born 1953) – singer (Greenpoint)
• Randy E. Bennett – educational researcher (Flatbush)
• Mary Crowell Van Benschoten (1840–1921), author, newspaper publisher, clubwoman
• Bill Benulis (1928–2011) – penciller and inker
• David Berkowitz (born 1953) – serial killer known as "Son of Sam"
• Walter Berndt (1899–1979) – cartoonist
• Paul Bettany (born 1971) – actor (Brooklyn Heights)^[10]
• Lloyd Blankfein (born 1954) – investment banker; chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs
• Corbin Bleu (born 1989) – actor
• George G. Bloomer (born 1963) – televangelist
• Emily Blunt (born 1983) – actress^[11]
• Joseph Bologna (1934–2017) – actor
• Clara Bow (1905–1965) – actress (Prospect Heights)
• Riddick Bowe (born 1967) – boxer, heavyweight champion (Brownsville)^[12]
• Barbara Boxer (born 1940)^[13] – politician; U.S. Senator from California (since 1993)
• Harry Boykoff (1922–2001) – basketball player
• Steve Bracey (1950–2006) — basketball player
• Scott Brady (1924–1985) – actor
• Mark Breland (born 1963) – boxer; five-time New York Golden Gloves champion
• Shannon Briggs (born 1971) – boxer, heavyweight champion
• Gail Brodsky (born 1991) – tennis player
• Mel Brooks (born 1926) – actor, comedian, film director, film producer and screenwriter (Williamsburg)
• Foxy Brown^[14] (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^[15] (born 1957) – actor, film director and screenwriter
• Busta Rhymes (born 1972) – rapper^[16] (East Flatbush and Bedford–Stuyvesant)

C

• Red Cafe (born 1976) – rapper (Flatbush)
• Charlie Callas (1927–2011) – comedian
• Duncan Candler (1873–1949) – architect
• Giovanni Capitello (born 1979) – actor/filmmaker
• Al Capone (1899–1947) – gangster (Red Hook)
• Truman Capote (1924–1984) – writer (Brooklyn Heights)^[17]
• Jack Carter (1922–2015) – comedian
• Fabiano Caruana (born 1992) – youngest chess grandmaster in United States history (Park Slope)
• Jack Catran (1918–2001) – industrial designer and linguist (Bensonhurst)^[18]
• Jasmine Cephas Jones (born 1989) – actress, singer, songwriter ^[19]
• George S. Chase (1909–1972) – composer
• Roz Chast (born 1954) – cartoonist
• 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 (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
• Herbert Cohen (born 1940) – Olympic fencer
• Norm Coleman (born 1949) – U.S. Senator from Minnesota, 2003–2009 (Madison)
• Kim Coles (born 1962) – comedian, actress from Living Single
• Jennifer Connelly (born 1970) – actress (Brooklyn Heights)^[10]
• Chuck Connors (1921–1992) – actor
• Omar Cook (born 1982) – professional basketball player
• George H. Cooper (1821–1891) – United States Navy rear admiral^[20]
• Pat Cooper (1929–2023) – comedian (Red Hook)
• 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^[21]
  • William R. Cosentini – mechanical engineer and founder of Cosentini Associates Delilah Cotto – dancer, model and actress (Coney Island)
• Jonathan Coulton (born 1970) – musician
• Hart Crane (1899–1932) – poet (The Bridge)^[22]
• Melora Creager (born 1966) – singer
• Jimmy Crespo (born 1954) – former Aerosmith guitarist
• Peter Criss (born 1945) – musician
• Billy Cunningham (born 1942) – NBA player and coach

D

• 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^[23]
• John D'Aquino (born 1958) – actor
• Thomas Darden (1900–1961) – U.S. Navy rear admiral, 37th Governor of American Samoa^[24]
• Jonathan David (born 2000) – soccer player
• Larry David (born 1947) – writer, producer, actor, and comedian (Sheepshead Bay)
• John Henry Davis (1921–1984) – U.S. weightlifter, 6-time world champion and 2-time Olympic gold medalist
• Noach Dear (1953–2020) – New York Supreme Court judge
• Mos Def (born 1973) – actor and rapper^[25] (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
• Ronald DeFeo Jr. (1951–2021) – mass murderer who killed his family in 1974; inspiration for The Amityville Horror^{[26] [27]}
• David DeJesus (born 1979) – MLB player
• Dom DeLuise (1933–2009) – comedian and actor
• Alan Dershowitz (born 1938) – lawyer, professor, author^[28] (Williamsburg)
• C.C. Deville (Bruce Johannesson) (born 1962) – musician
• Kevin Devine (born 1979) – musician
• Danny Devito (born 1944) – actor, comedian, filmmaker
• Neil Diamond^[29] (born 1941) – singer
• Mary E. Dillon (1886–1983) – engineer and president of Brooklyn Borough Gas Company
• Michael A. DiSpezio (born 1953) – writer, performer, and broadcast host
• Chris DiStefano (born 1984) – comedian
• Vincent D'Onofrio (born 1959) – actor
• Valerie D'Orazio (born 1974) – writer and blogger
• Irvin Dorfman (1924–2006) – tennis player
• Doug E. Doug (born 1970) – comedian
• David Draiman (born 1973) – singer
• Richard Dreyfuss (born 1947) – actor
• 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
• 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)^[30]
• Erick Arc Elliott (born 1990) – rapper, producer
• The Epochs – rock band, formed in 2002
• Jeffrey Epstein – wealthy businessman and longtime child sex trafficker
• Etika (1990–2019) – YouTuber and online streamer

F

• Fab 5 Freddy (born 1959) – hip-hop pioneer
• Fabolous (born 1977) – rapper (Bedford-Stuyvesant)
• Edie Falco (born 1963) – actress^[31]
• Jimmy Fallon (born 1974) – actor and comedian^[32]
• Anthony Fauci (born 1940) – infectious disease expert, director of NIAD at National Institutes of Health
• Lotta Faust (1880–1910) – musical comedy actress^[33]
• Lillian Feickert (1877–1945) – suffragette and politician^[34]
• 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)^[35]
• Martin Fettman (born 1956) – astronaut (Midwood)
• Ailene Fields (born 1948) – sculptor
• Harvey Fierstein (born 1954) – actor and playwright (Bensonhurst)^[36]
• Bobby Fischer (1943–2008) – champion chess player (Flatbush)
• Mickey Fisher (1904/05–1963) – basketball coach
• Robert William Fisher (born 1961) – murderer and fugitive (FBI Ten Most Wanted)
• Percy Keese Fitzhugh (1876–1950) – author of children's books
• Rolf G. Fjelde (1926–2002) – playwright, educator and poet
• Farrah Fleurimond – singer-songwriter and member of R&B group Lyric
• James Florio (1937–2022) – 49th governor of New Jersey, 1990–1994^[37]
• Cristina Fontanelli – opera singer^[38]
• 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

• 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)
• Sylvia Gerrish (1860–1906) – 19th-century musical comedy performer^{[39] [40]}
• George Gershwin (1898–1937) – composer and younger brother of Ira Gershwin
• Murray Gerstenhaber (1927–2024) – mathematician and lawyer
• Deborah Gibson (born 1970) – singer and songwriter
• Taj Gibson (born 1985) – NBA player
• Ruth Bader Ginsburg^[41] (1933–2020) – 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/^[42] Bedford–Stuyvesant)
• Marty Glickman (1917–2001) – Olympian and broadcaster (Madison)
• James Newton Gloucester – African-American abolitionist
  • 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
• Eric Gonzalez (born 1969) politician
• Norman Gorbaty (1932–2020) – artist
• Sid Gordon (1917–1975) – two-time All-Star baseball player
• Louis Gossett Jr. (born 1936) – Oscar-winning actor^[43] (Sheepshead Bay)
• Gilbert Gottfried (1955–2022) – stand-up comedian, actor^[44]
• Alfred Gottschalk (1930–2009) – president of Hebrew Union College and leader in the Reform Judaism movement^[45]
• Elliott Gould (born 1938) – actor^[46]
• George E. Green (born 1932) – cardiac surgeon^[47]
• Yossi Green (born 1955) – composer^[48]
• Kai Greene (born 1975) – bodybuilder
• Adrian Grenier (born 1976) – actor^[49] (Clinton Hill)
• Bill Griffith (born 1944) – cartoonist (Zippy)^[50]
• David Grimm (born 1965) – award-winning playwright and screenwriter
• Leib Groner (1931–2020) –  Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbai and secretary to Menachem Schneerson (Crown Heights)
• Karl Grossman (born 1942) – professor, journalist, author, TV program host
• 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)^[51]
• Maggie Gyllenhaal (born 1970) – actress^[52]
• GZA (born 1966) – rapper (Bedford–Stuyvesant)^[53]

H

• Buddy Hackett (1924–2003) – actor and comedian (Williamsburg)
• Adelaide Hall (1901–1993) – jazz singer, songwriter, actress
• Jimmy Hall (born 1994), basketball player in the Israeli National League
• Bobby Hambel – guitarist, Biohazard
• Marvin Hamlisch (1944–2012) – Oscar-winning composer of film scores (Midwood)
• Andrew P. Harris (born 1957) – Maryland politician
• Barbara Grizzuti Harrison (1934–2002) – author
• Anne Hathaway (born 1982) – Oscar-winning actress
• Knut Haukelid (1911–1994) – Norwegian resistance movement soldier
• Richie Havens (1941– 2013) – 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^[54]
• Leona Helmsley (1920–2007) – businessperson and real estate investor^[55]
• Heltah Skeltah – hip-hop duo (Brownsville)
• Sidney Hertzberg (1922–2005) – pro basketball player
• Robert Hess (1935–2014) – sculptor
• Robert Hess (1938–1994) – President of Brooklyn College
• Henry Hill (1943–2012) – mobster, subject of Goodfellas
• Russel Hobbs – drummer; member of Gorillaz
• William E. Hoehle – member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
• Steven Hoffenberg – fraudster
• 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^[56] (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
• Hezekiah Hunter (1837–1894) – teacher, minister, and politician; born in Brooklyn^[57]

I

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

J

• Mark Jackson (born 1965) – basketball player
• Cheryl James (born 1966) – rapper and actress
• Shawn James (born 1983) – basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv
• Tama Janowitz (born 1957) – novelist^[58]
• 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 (East New York)
• Joey Badass (born 1995) – rapper
• Evan M. Johnson – US Army brigadier general^[59]
• Evan Malbone Johnson (1791–1865) – clergyman^[59]
• Tamara "Taj" Johnson-George (born 1971) – member of R&B group SWV (Bedford–Stuyvesant)^[60]
• Lamont Jones (born 1972) – basketball player
• Norah Jones (born 1979) – musician, actress
• Susannah Mushatt Jones (1899–2016) – oldest living New Yorker^[61]
• E. Bernard Jordan (born 1959) – founder of Zoe Ministries
• Michael Jordan (born 1963) – basketball player
• Zab Judah (born 1977) – professional boxer
• Just-Ice (born 1965) – rapper

K

• KA (born 1972) – rapper (Brownsville, Brooklyn)
• Meir Kahane (1932–1990) – Orthodox Jewish rabbi, activist and founder of the Jewish Defense League
• Roger Kahn (1927–2020) – sportswriter and author of The Boys of Summer
• Big Daddy Kane (born 1968) – rapper (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
• Eric Kaplan (born 1971) – writer (Flatbush)
• Gabe Kaplan (born 1943) – actor and comedian
• Abraham Katz (1926–2013) - diplomat, United States Ambassador to the OECD
• Kaves – fine art painter, graffiti artist, illustrator, director, actor, author, rapper, and entrepreneur^[62] (Bay Ridge, Brooklyn) ^[63]
• 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
• Ezra Jack Keats (1916–1983) – author and illustrator
• Monica Keena (born 1979) – actress
• Harvey Keitel (born 1939) – actor^[64]
• Steven G. Kellman (born 1947) – author and critic
• Patsy Kelly (1910–1981) – actress
• David M. Kennedy (born 1958) – professor of criminology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 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)^[65]
• Larry King (1933–2021) – television talk-show host and interviewer^[66]
• Marvin Kitman (1929–2023) – television critic, humorist, and author
• Brian Kokoska (born 1988) – artist
• C. Everett Koop (1916–2013) – U.S. Surgeon General^[67]
• Sandy Koufax (born 1935) – Hall of Fame baseball pitcher for Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers (Borough Park)
• Martin Kove (born 1946) – actor
• John Krasinski (born 1979) – actor and director^[68]
• Talib Kweli (born 1975) – rapper and producer^[69] (Park Slope)

L

• Jeffrey Laitman (born 1951) – anatomist
• Pierre Lallement (1843–1891) – inventor
• Sylven Landesberg (born 1990) – American-Israeli basketball shooting guard (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
• Michael Landon – actor, director, producer
• Abbe Lane (born 1932) – singer, dancer, actress
• Dulcinea Langfelder (born 1955) – multidisciplinary artist (drama, dance, song, mime, multimedia)
• Rudy LaRusso (1937–2004) – five-time All-Star NBA basketball player (Madison)
• Reuben Lasker (1929–1988) – marine biologist
• 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^[70]
• Ivan Lee (born 1981) – Olympic saber fencer
• Roy Lee (born 1969) – film producer
• Spike Lee (born 1957) – film director, screenwriter and actor (lived in Fort Greene)
• 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)
• Lewis (alive 1890) – former 19th-century professional baseball player
• Emmanuel Lewis (born 1971) – actor (Midwood)
• Richard Lewis (1947–2024) – actor and comedian
• Tillie Ehrlich Lewis (1901–1977) – businesswoman
• Nancy Lieberman (born 1958) – WNBA basketball player, coach and broadcaster; Hall of Fame
• Lil' Kim, born Kimberly Denise Jones (born 1974/1975) – Grammy Award-winning rapper (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
• Lil Mama (born 1989) – rapper
• O. Winston Link (1914–2001) – photographer
• Paul Lo Duca (born 1972) – MLB baseball player
• Edie Locke – fashion journalist^[71]
• Robert Logan (born 1941) – actor
• Robert K. Logan (born 1939) – scientist
• Steve Lombardi (born 1961) – professional wrestler, ring name "The Brooklyn Brawler"
• Vince Lombardi (1913–1970) – Pro Football Hall of Fame coach (Sheepshead Bay)
• Nia Long (born 1970) – actress
• Jackie Loughery (1930–2024) – 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^[72]

M

• 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^[73]
• Maino (born 1973) – rapper (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
• Romany Malco (born 1968) – actor
• Paul Malignaggi (born 1980) – boxer (Bensonhurst)
• Barry Manilow (born 1943) – singer-songwriter (Williamsburg)^[74]
• Stephon Marbury (born 1977) – NBA player^[75] (Coney Island)
• Mario – fictional video-game character
• Marty Markowitz (born 1945) – Borough President of Brooklyn, New York City
• Constantine Maroulis (born 1975) – singer
• Branford Marsalis (born 1960) – saxophonist^[76] (Clinton Hill)
• Duane Martin (born 1965) – actor (All of Us)
• George Willard Martin (1886–1971) – mycologist^[77]
• Angie Martinez (born 1971) – radio personality, former rapper and actress
• Masta Ace (born 1966) – rapper^[78] (Brownsville)
• Maxwell (born 1973) – singer-songwriter, producer, musician (East Brooklyn)
• Lee Mazzilli – professional baseball player, coach, and manager; part of the 1986 World Series Champion New York Mets
• Carson McCullers (1917–1967) – writer^[79]
• 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
• Triston McKenzie – professional baseball pitcher for The Cleveland Indians
• Meechy Darko (born 1990) – rapper (Flatbush)
• Ronald Mellor (born 1940) – historian
• Boyd Melson (born 1981) – boxer
• Richard Merkin (1938–2009) – painter and illustrator^[80]
• 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
• William J. Millican (1904–1944) – double Navy Cross recipient
• Stephanie Mills (born 1957) – singer (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
• Irv Mondschein (1924–2015) – track and field champion
• Lenny Montana (1926–1992) – actor and professional wrestler
• Mary Tyler Moore (1936–2017) – actor
• Esai Morales (born 1962) – actor
• Ed Morris (1862–1937) – 19th-century MLB pitcher
• Joel Moses (1941–2022) – former provost, MIT (Midwood)
• Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire (born 1986) – rapper (Crown Heights)
• Chris Mullin (born 1963) – NBA player and executive, Hall of Fame^[81]
• Charlie Murphy (1959–2017) – actor and comedian
• Eddie Murphy (born 1961) – actor and comedian

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
• Lia Neal (born 1995) – competitive swimmer and Olympic medalist^[82]
• Nikita Nesterenko (born 2001), professional ice hockey center who plays in the National Hockey League for the Anaheim Ducks^[83]
• Jack Newfield (1938–2004) – writer
• Mark Newgarden (born 1959) – artist, cartoonist, writer, creator of Garbage Pail Kids, author of We All Die Alone and How to Read Nancy (Williamsburg)
• Ed Newman (born 1951) – NFL All-Pro football player
• Harry Nilsson (1941–1994) – singer-songwriter (Bushwick)
• Joakim Noah (born 1985) – NBA basketball player
• Peggy Noonan (born 1950) – author, columnist
• The Notorious B.I.G. (1972–1997) – rapper, born Christopher George Latore Wallace; Biggie, Biggie Smalls
• Lupita Nyong'o (born 1983) – actress^[84]

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^[85]
• Dennis J. Patrick O'Grady (1943–1972) – Florida state senator
• Ol' Dirty Bastard (1968–2004) – rapper (Fort Greene)
• Originoo Gunn Clappaz – hip-hop group (Brownsville)
• Dave Orr (1859–1915) – MLB player, born in Brooklyn
• Joell Ortiz (born 1980) – rapper and producer (Williamsburg)
• 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
• Papoose (born 1978) – rapper
• Joseph Papp (1921–1991) – theatrical impresario who created New York City's Public Theater^[86]
• Lana Parrilla (born 1977) – actress
• Ben Parris (born 1961) – author
• Joe Paterno (1926–2012)^[87] – 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
• Rosie Perez (born 1964) – actress and choreographer (Bushwick and later Clinton Hill)^[88]
• Rhea Perlman (born 1948) – actress^[89]
• Harold Perrineau (born 1963) – actor
• Lip Pike – home run champion baseball player
• Michael Pitt (born 1981) – actor and musician
• Stacey Plaskett (born 1966) – politician and attorney^[90]
• Suzanne Pleshette (1937–2008) – actress (Brooklyn Heights)
• Robert Pollack (born 1940) – professor of biological sciences
• Mark F. Pomerantz (born 1951) – attorney, prosecutor
• Martin Pope (1918–2022) – physical chemist
• Charles Millard Pratt (1855–1935) – oil industrialist and philanthropist
• Frederic B. Pratt (1865–1945) – president of Brooklyn's Pratt Institute (1893–1937)
• George Dupont Pratt (1869–1935) – conservationist and philanthropist
• Harold Pratt (1877–1939) – oil industrialist
• Herbert L. Pratt (1871–1945) – oil industrialist
• John Pratt (1873–1927) – lawyer, philanthropist, music impresario and financier
• Marianne Preger-Simon (born 1929) – dancer, choreographer, writer, and psychotherapist
• DJ Premier (born 1966) – hip-hop disc jockey, producer, co-founder and member of hip-hop duo Gang Starr
• Priscilla Presley (born 1945) – businesswoman, actress
• Sean Price (1972–2015) – rapper (Brownsville)

R

• Eddie Rabbitt (1941–1998) – singer-songwriter
• Marky Ramone (born 1956) – drummer of the punk band The Ramones
• Anthony Ramos (born 1991) – actor, singer-songwriter (Bushwick)
• Florence Ravenel (1896–1975) – actress; born in Minnesota, raised in Brooklyn^{[91] [92]}
• Lou Reed (1942–2013)^[93] – singer-songwriter
• Paul Regina (1956–2006) – actor^[94]
• Leah Remini (born 1970) – actress (Bensonhurst)
• Bebe Rexha (born 1989) – singer-songwriter and record producer
• Buddy Rich (1917–1987) – drummer and big-band leader
• Adam Richman – actor, host of reality-television series Man vs. Food
• Thomas Ridgway – U.S. Army officer and father of General Matthew Ridgway^[95]
• Joan Rivers (1933–2014) – comedian^[96]
• Phil Rizzuto (1917–2007) – Major League Baseball player and broadcaster
• Mary Fanton Roberts (1864–1956) – journalist, writer
• Jackie Robinson – Major League Baseball player and pioneer, Brooklyn Dodgers
• Chris Rock (born 1965) – actor and comedian (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
• Tony Rock (born 1974) – actor and comedian (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
• 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
• Mickey Rooney (1920–2014) – five-time Oscar-nominated actor
• 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
• Wayne Rosenthal (born 1965) – Major League Baseball pitcher and coach (Canarsie)
• Steve Ross (1927–1992) – chairman of Time Warner
• Mark Roth (born 1951) – bowler
• Rowdy Rebel (born 1991) – rapper from GS9 (East Flatbush)
• Ed Rubinoff (born 1935) – tennis player
• David Ruggerio (born 1962) – chef
• Chris Rush (born 1946) – stand-up comedian
• Brenda Russell (born 1949) – singer
• Sam Rutigliano (born 1933) – football coach^[97]
• Carl Hancock Rux – writer, actor, and director^[98] (Fort Greene)
• RZA (born 1969) – rapper

S

• Jonathan Safran Foer (born 1977) – novelist^[99]
• 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
• Bernie Sanders^[100] (born 1941) – Independent U.S. Senator from Vermont (Madison)
• Adam Sandler (born 1966) – actor and comedian^[101]
• Evie Sands (born 1946) – singer-songwriter and musician
• Peter Sarsgaard (born 1971) – actor^[102]
• 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
• Vincent Schiavelli (1948–2005) − actor, food writer
• Steve Schirripa (born 1957) – actor (Bensonhurst)
• Andre-Michel Schub (born 1952) – pianist (Midwood)
• Chuck Schumer (born 1950) – U.S. Senator from New York (Flatbush)^[103]
• Gary Schwartz (born 1940) – art historian^[104]
• Seymour Schwartzman (1930–2009) – opera singer and cantor^[105]
• Chris Matthew Sciabarra (born 1960) – political theorist
• Raymond Scott (born Harry Warnow, 1908–1994) – composer, bandleader, pianist, electronic-music pioneer
• Neil Sedaka (born 1939) – singer-songwriter
• Alonzo Bertram See (1849–1941) – businessman^[106]
• Erich Segal (1937–2010) – author, Academy Award-nominated screenwriter, and educator (Midwood)
• Jerry Seinfeld (born 1954) – actor and comedian (Borough Park)^{[107] [108]}
• Hubert Selby, Jr. (1928–2004) – author
• Cletus Seldin (born 1986) – boxer
• Phil Sellers (born 1953) – former NBA player
• Greg Serano (born 1974) – actor
• Shabazz the Disciple (born 1973) – rapper (Red Hook)
• Ruth Shafer (1912 –1972) – engineer
• 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)
• Allie Sherman (1923–2015) – NFL player and coach
• Art Sherman (born 1937) – horse trainer and jockey
• Bobby Shmurda (born 1994) – rapper from GS9 (East Flatbush)
• Michael Showalter (born 1970) – actor and comedian
• Shyne (born Jamal Michael Barrow; 1978), Belizean rapper and politician
• Gabourey Sidibe (born 1983) – actress (Bedford–Stuyvesant)^[109]
• Bugsy Siegel (1906–1947) – gangster^[110]
• 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
• David Sive (1922–2014) – attorney, environmentalist, and professor of environmental law
• Skoob – half of rap duo Das EFX
• Justine Skye (born 1995) – singer-songwriter, dancer and model
• Smif-n-Wessun – hip-hop duo
• Jimmy Smits (born 1955) – actor^[111]
• Pop Smoke (1999–2020) from Canarsie – rapper
• Ralph Snyderman (born 1940) – physician, scientist, administrator (Bensonhurst)
• Robert Solow (1924–2023) – economist; winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (Madison)
• Paul Sorvino (1939–2022) – actor^[112]
• 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^[113]
• Peter Steele (1962–2010) – bassist and singer (Type O Negative, Carnivore) (Midwood)
• Gary Stephan (born 1942) – artist
• Lance Stephenson (born 1990) – basketball player
• Stuart Sternberg (born 1959) – owner of the Tampa Bay Rays
• Connie Stevens (born 1938) – actress and singer
• Neil M. Stevenson (1930–2009) – Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Navy
• Sticky Fingaz (born 1973), born Kirk Jones, member of the rap group Onyx
• Jerry Stiller (1927–2020) – actor, father of Ben Stiller
• David Stones (born 1988) – rapper
• Barbra Streisand (born 1942) – Oscar-winning actress, singer, director, political activist (Williamsburg)^[101]
• Eric Stuart (born 1967) – voice actor, voice director, musician, singer and songwriter
• Ray Suarez (born 1957) – journalist (Bensonhurst)^[114]
• Jason Sudeikis (born 1975) – actor and comedian (Clinton Hill)^[115]
• Harold Syrett (1913–1984) – president of Brooklyn College

T

• Sid Tannenbaum (1925–1986) – professional basketball player
• Tazz (born 1967) – ring name of Peter Senerchia, former professional wrestler
• Sebastian Telfair (born 1985) – NBA player
• Roy M. Terry (1915–1988) – Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Air Force
• Tanisha Thomas (born 1985) – reality television participant, television show host^{[116] [117]}
• Adrianne Tolsch (1938–2016) – comedian, writer and graphic artist^[118]
• 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^[119] (Marine Park)
• Rachel Trachtenburg (born 1993) – actress, singer, musician (Bushwick)
• Kathy Troccoli (born 1955) – gospel singer
• Richard Tucker (1884–1942) – actor
• Mark Turenshine (1944–2016) – American-Israeli basketball player
• John Turturro (born 1957) – actor and director
• Nicholas Turturro (born 1962) – actor
• Mike Tyson (born 1966) – heavyweight boxing champion^[120]

U

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

V

• Lou Vairo (born 1945) – ice hockey coach and inductee into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame^[121]
• Mary Crowell Van Benschoten (1840–1921), author, newspaper publisher, clubwoman
• Andrew VanWyngarden (born 1983) – member of MGMT
• Alan Veingrad (born 1963) – NFL player
• Guido Verbeck (1830–1898) – political advisor, educator, and missionary^[122]
• Edward Vick (born 1944) – former CEO of Young & Rubicam^[123]
• Idara Victor – actress
• Abe Vigoda – actor
• Tony Visconti (born 1944) – musician, producer

W

• Kaci Walfall (born 2004) – actress
• Eli Wallach (1915–2014) – actor
• Timothy Weah (born 2000) – soccer player
• Shatzi Weisberger (1930–2022) – nurse, activist, and death educator
• Mickey Welch (1859–1941) – MLB player
• Mae West (1893–1980) – actress, playwright, and comedian (Williamsburg/Greenpoint)
• Randy Weston (1926–2018) – pianist and composer
• Colson Whitehead (born 1969) – novelist and MacArthur Fellow
• Isaiah Whitehead (born 1995), basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets (NBA), now in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Walt Whitman (1819–1892) – poet, best known for Leaves of Grass; journalist and Brooklyn Eagle editor; essayist and humanist
• Whodini – 1980s rap group
• Olivia Wilde (born 1984) – actress (Clinton Hill)
• Michael K. Williams (1966–2021) – actor^[124]
• Michelle Williams (born 1980) – actress^[125]
• 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
• Shelley Winters (1920–2006) – Oscar-winning actress^[126]
• Paula Wolfert (born 1938) – cookbook author, specialist in Mediterranean cuisines
• Wolfman Jack^[127] (1938–1995) – 1970s disc jockey
• BD Wong (born 1960) – actor (Bedford Stuyvesant)^[128]
• Lloyd R. Woodson (born 1966) – arrested in 2010 with military-grade weapons and a detailed map of the Fort Drum military installation
• Harold Wren (1921–2016) – dean of three law schools

Y

• Adam Yauch (1964–2012) – rapper, founding member of the Beastie Boys
• Janet Yellen (born 1946) – economist and U.S. secretary of the treasury^[129]
• 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^[130]
• Zombie Juice (born 1990) – rapper (Flatbush)
• Shirley Zussman (1914–2021) – sex therapist
• Shlomo Zev Zweigenhaft (1915–2005) – rabbi

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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