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The following people were all born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Brooklyn, New York.
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- Aaliyah (1979–2001) – actress, dancer and singer[1]
- Cal Abrams – Major League Baseball player (Madison)
- Masta Ace (born 1966) – rapper[2](Brownsville)
- Marv Albert – sportscaster (Manhattan Beach)
- Tatyana Ali – actress
- Debbie Almontaser – educator and founder of Brooklyn's Khalil Gibran International Academy, a New York City Arab-themed public school
- Woody Allen – director (Midwood)[3]
- Lyle Alzado – National Football League player
- Franco Ambriz – playwright
- Carmelo Anthony – National Basketball Association player (Red Hook)[4]
- Darren Aronofsky – director[5]
- Isaac Asimov[6] – author and biochemist
- Red Auerbach – guard; National Basketball Association coach and general manager; Hall of Fame (Williamsburg)
- Ken Auletta – journalist and writer
- Paul Auster – author (Park Slope)
B
- Scott Baio – 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 – economist; Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1992) (Madison)
- Henry Ward Beecher (1813–1887) – clergyman and social reformer[7]
- Joy Behar[8] – comedian and talk-show host (Williamsburg)
- Paul Ben-Victor – actor (Midwood)
- Pat Benatar – singer (Greenpoint)
- Bill Benulis – penciller and inker
- Lloyd Blankfein – investment banker; chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs
- Corbin Bleu – actor
- Clara Bow (1905–1965) – actress (Prospect Heights)
- Riddick Bowe – boxer; heavyweight-boxing champion (Brownsville)[9]
- Barbara Boxer[10] – politician; U.S. Senator from California (since 1993)
- Mark Breland (born 1963) – boxer; five-time New York Golden Gloves champion
- Shannon Briggs – boxer; heavyweight-boxing champion
- Mel Brooks[11] – actor, comedian, film director, film producer and screenwriter (Williamsburg)
- Foxy Brown[12] – actress, model and rap artist (Park Slope)
- Larry Brown – sportsperson (professional basketball player and coach); National Basketball Association coach, point guard, three-time All-Star, three-time assists leader, Olympic champion
- Elliott Buckmaster (1889–1976) – military person; U.S. Navy officer; naval aviator during World War I and World War II
- Terry Burrus – musician; composer, conductor, producer and songwriter
- Steve Buscemi[13] – actor, film director and screenwriter
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- Charlie Callas – comedian
- Giovanni Capitello – actor and director (Bay Ridge)
- Al Capone (1899–1947) – gangster (Park Slope)
- Fabiano Caruana – youngest chess grandmaster in United States history (Park Slope)
- Bea Chester – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
- Shirley Chisholm (1924–2005) – first African American U.S. Representative and first major-party candidate for U.S. President
- Andrew Dice Clay – comedian[14] (Sheepshead Bay)
- Pat Cooper – comedian
- Cheryl "Coko" Clemons – gospel singer and lead singer of R&B Group, SWV
- Maino – rapper (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
- Norm Coleman – former U.S. Senator from Minnesota (Madison)
- Chuck Connors (1921–1992) – actor
- John Corigliano – Academy Award-, Pulitzer Prize for Music- and Grammy Award-winning composer (Midwood)
- Aaron Copland (1900–1990) – composer
- Larry Corcoran (1859–1891) – Major League Baseball player
- Howard Cosell (1918–1995) – sportscaster[15]
- Delilah Cotto – dancer, model and actress (Coney Island)
- Jonathan Coulton – musician
- Ruthe B. Cowl (1912–2008) – philanthropist
- Melora Creager – singer
- Peter Criss – musician[16]
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- Da Beatminerz – hip-hop production team
- Da Bush Babees – hip-hop group (Flatbush)
- John D'Aquino – actor
- Tony Danza – actor[17]
- Thomas Darden – American Rear admiral, 37th Governor of American Samoa[18]
- Jeru the Damaja – rapper[19] (East New York)
- Dana Dane – rapper (Fort Greene)
- Larry David – writer, producer, actor, and comedian (Sheepshead Bay)
- David DeJesus – MLB player
- Mos Def – actor and rapper[20] (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
- Buckshot – rapper (Crown Heights)
- Dom DeLuise – actor
- Alan Dershowitz – lawyer, professor, author[21] (Williamsburg)
- Kevin Devine – musician
- Neil Diamond[22] – singer
- Vincent D'Onofrio – actor[23]
- Valerie D'Orazio – writer and blogger
- David Draiman – singer
- Richard Dreyfuss – actor[24]
- Shabazz the Disciple – rapper (Red Hook)
- Don Dubbins (1928–1991) – actor
- Kyle Bobby Dunn – composer, musician, artist (RAMBO)
- Jimmy Durante (1893–1980) – actor and comedian
- Just-Ice – rapper
- Madeleine Astor – second wife of the millionaire John Jacob Astor IV
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- Nelson Erazo – professional wrestler signed to Ring of Honor (Bedford&hndash;Stuyvesant)
- Easy Mo Bee – hip-hop and R&B producer
- Harry Eisenstat – Major League Baseball player (Madison)[25]
- EscoLIVE – hip-hop producer
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- Fabolous – rapper[26] (Bedford-Stuyvesant)
- Fat Boys – rap group
- Edie Falco – actress[27]
- Jimmy Fallon – actor and comedian[28]
- Lotta Faust – musical comedy actress [29]
- Bob Ferguson – MLB player
- Jerry Ferrara – actor
- Lou Ferrigno – former bodybuilder, actor[30]
- Martin Fettman – astronaut (Midwood)
- Harvey Fierstein – actor and playwright (Bensonhurst)[31]
- Bobby Fischer (1943–2008) – champion chess player (Flatbush)
- Percy Keese Fitzhugh (1876–1950) – author of children's books
- Rolf G. Fjelde – playwright, educator and poet
- Flint 707 (Born 1956) – (Hip-Hop Pioneer,artist,writer,producer)Former UGA Member(Bushwick)
- Cristina Fontanelli – opera singer[32][33]
- Yuri Foreman – world champion boxer
- John Forsythe (1918–2010) – actor
- Steven Franken – actor
- Bruce Franklin—professor
- Frank Frazetta (1928-2010) – artist
- Fab 5 Freddy – hip-hop pioneer
- Gary William Friedman – composer
- Milton Friedman – Nobel Prize-winning economist
- Fu-Schnickens rapper
- Full Force – 1980s R&B and production group
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- Ellis Gallagher – graffiti artist
- The Kid Gashi – rapper
- Vincent Gardenia – actor
- Ina Garten – Food Network television chef, and bestselling cookbook author; often referred to as the Barefoot Contessa
- Shad Gaspard – professional wrestler
- David Geffen – media mogul (Borough Park)
- George Gershwin – composer and younger brother of Ira
- Stefani Germanotta aka Lady Gaga – Singer, Human Rights Activist, God
- Ira Gershwin – lyricist and one-time collaborator with brother George
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg[34] – Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court (Madison)
- Deborah Gibson – singer and songwriter
- Taj Gibson – NBA Player
- Johnny Gioeli – singer (Crush 40, Hardline, Axel Rudi Pell)
- Rudy Giuliani – former Mayor of New York; Republican Presidential candidate for 2008
- Jackie Gleason – actor and comedian (Bushwick[35]/Bedford–Stuyvesant)
- Marty Glickman – Olympian and broadcaster (Madison)
- Jerry Goldstein – physicist
- Ben Goldwasser – member of the band MGMT
- Sid Gordon – two-time All Star major league baseball player
- Louis Gossett, Jr. – actor[36] (Sheepshead Bay)
- Alfred Gottschalk (1930–2009) – President of Hebrew Union College and leader in the Reform Judaism movement[37]
- Elliott Gould – actor[38]
- Uncle Murda – rapper
- Kai Greene – bodybuilder
- Adrian Grenier – actor
- Robert Grossman – illustrator
- David Grimm (born 1965) – award-winning playwright and screenwriter
- Bob Guccione – adult-magazine publisher
- Sigrid Gurie – actress
- Arlo Guthrie – singer (Coney Island)[39]
- GZA – rapper (Bedford–Stuyvesant)[40][41]
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- Buddy Hackett – actor and comedian (Williamsburg)
- Marvin Hamlisch – Academy Award-winning composer of film scores (Midwood)
- Andrew P Harris – Maryland politician
- Barbara Grizzuti Harrison (1934–2002) – author
- 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 – actress (Flatbush)
- Rita Hayworth (1918–1987) – actress[42]
- Leona Helmsley – businessperson and real estate investor[43]
- Sidney Hertzberg (1922–2005) – former pro-basketball player
- Henry Hill (born 1943) – former mobster
- Russel Hobbs – drummer; member of Gorillaz
- Red Holzman (1920–98) – Hall of Fame NBA two-time All-Star and coach
- Lena Horne – singer[44] (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
- Matt Horween (born 1944) Bensonhurst-Bath Beach retired US Diplomat, writer
- 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)
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- Mark Jacobson – author, journalist, screenwriter
- Charles Jenkins – NBA player
- Tamara "Taj" Johnson-George – member of R&B group SWV (Bedford–Stuyvesant)[45]
- Jay-Z – rapper and entrepreneur (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
- Jaz-O – rapper (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
- Sticky Fingaz – of the rap group Onyx
- Michael Jordan – basketball player
- Zab Judah – professional boxer
- Judge Judy Judith Sheindlin – television personality (Madison)
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- Roger Kahn – sportswriter and author of The Boys of Summer
- Meir Kahane – Orthodox Jewish rabbi, activist and founder of the Jewish Defense League
- Big Daddy Kane – rapper[46] (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
- Eric Kaplan – writer (Flatbush)
- Gabe Kaplan – actor and comedian
- Danny Kaye – actor and comedian (East New York)
- Lainie Kazan – actress
- Monica Keena – actress
- Harvey Keitel – actor[47]
- Steven G. Kellman – author and critic
- David M. Kennedy – professor of criminology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, author of Don't Shoot
- Jimmy Kimmel, comedian and television talk-show host
- Carole King – singer-songwriter (Madison)[48]
- Larry King – television talk-show host and interviewer[49]
- Brian Kokoska – artist
- C. Everett Koop – U.S. Surgeon General[50]
- Sandy Koufax – baseball player (Borough Park)
- Talib Kweli – rapper and producer[51] (Park Slope)
- KA – rapper (Brownsville, Brooklyn)
Ruby Kessler Boxer fought in Madison Square Garden, out of Coney Island.In the 1940's
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- Rudy LaRusso – five-time All-Star NBA basketball player (Madison)
- Jeffrey Laitman – anatomist
- Pierre Lallement – inventor
- Sylven Landesberg – basketball shooting guard (Maccabi Haifa BC)
- Reuben Lasker – marine biologist
- Steve Lawrence – singer
- Spike Lee – film director (lived in Fort Greene)
- Jonathan Lethem – author (Boerum Hill)
- Andrew Levane – NBA basketball player (Madison)
- Emmanuel Lewis – actor (Midwood)
- Nancy Lieberman – WNBA basketball player; Hall of Fame
- Lil' Kim – rapper (Bedford–Stuyvesant[52])
- O. Winston Link – photographer
- Paul Lo Duca – MLB baseball player
- Robert Logan – actor
- Robert K. Logan – scientist
- "The Brooklyn Brawler" Steve Lombardi – professional wrestler
- Vince Lombardi – football coach (Sheepshead Bay)
- Nia Long – actress
- Sid Luckman – NFL football quarterback and Pro Football Hall of Fame
- MC Lyte – actress and rapper[53]
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- M.O.P. – hip-hop duo (Brownsville)
- John Buffalo Mailer – playwright and youngest child of author Norman Mailer
- Norman Mailer – author and playwright[54]
- Paul Malignaggi – boxer (Bensonhurst)
- Barry Manilow – singer-songwriter (Williamsburg)[55]
- Stephon Marbury – NBA player[56] (Coney Island)
- Constantine Maroulis – singer
- Duane Martin – actor (All of Us)
- George Willard Martin – mycologist[57]
- Julito McCullum – actor
- Ronald Mellor – historian
- Boyd Melson – boxer
- Robert Merrill – opera singer
- Scott Mescudi – rap artist
- Debra Messing – actress
- Alyssa Milano – actress
- Arthur Miller – author and playwright (Gravesend)
- Henry Miller – author and raconteur (Williamsburg)
- Matthew Paul Miller – reggae singer
- Wentworth Miller – actor
- Stephanie Mills – singer (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
- Walter Miller – jockey
- Irv Mondschein – American track and field champion
- Lenny Montana – actor and professional wrestler
- Esai Morales – actor
- Joel Moses – former provost, MIT (Midwood)
- Chris Mullin – former NBA player[58]
- Charlie Murphy – actor and comedian
- Eddie Murphy – actor and comedian
- Maxwell – R&B, neo-soul singer, songwriter, producer, musician (East Brooklyn)
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- Ed Newman – NFL football player
- Jack Newfield (1938–2004) – writer
- Harry Nilsson (1941–1994) – singer-songwriter (Bushwick)
- Joakim Noah – NBA player
- The Notorious B.I.G – Rapper
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- O.C. – rapper
- Ol' Dirty Bastard (1968–2004) – rapper (Fort Greene)
- Lil Mama – rapper[59]
- Originoo Gunn Clappaz – hip-hop group (Brownsville)
- Dave Orr – born in Brooklyn, MLB player
- Joell Ortiz – rapper and producer (Williamsburg)
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- Joseph Papp – theatrical impresario who created New York City's Public Theater[60]
- Papoose – rapper
- Ben Parris – author
- Joe Paterno[61] – football coach at Pennsylvania State University
- Jayson Paul – professional wrestler
- Dickey Pearce – MLB player
- Rosie Perez – actress and choreographer (Bushwick)
- Rhea Perlman – actress[62]
- Harold Perrineau – actor
- Michael Pitt – actor and musician
- Suzanne Pleshette (1937–2008) – actress (Brooklyn Heights)
- Norman Podhoretz – neo-conservative intellectual and former editor Commentary[63]
- Charles Millard Pratt – oil industrialist and philanthropist
- Frederic B. Pratt (1865–1945) – president of Brooklyn's Pratt Institute (1893–1937)
- George Dupont Pratt – conservationist and philanthropist
- Harold I. Pratt – oil industrialist
- Herbert L. Pratt – oil industrialist
- John Teele Pratt – lawyer, philanthropist, music impresario and financier
- DJ Premier – hip-hop disc jockey, producer, co-founder and member of hip-hop duo Gang Starr[64]
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- Marky Ramone (born 1956) – drummer of the punk band The Ramones
- Eddie Rabbitt (1941–1998) – singer-songwriter
- Terry Randolph – football player
- Lou Reed[65] – singer-songwriter
- Leah Remini – actress (Bensonhurst)
- Busta Rhymes – rapper[66][67] (East Flatbush and Bedford–Stuyvesant)
- Adam Richman – actor; host of reality-television series Man vs. Food
- Joan Rivers – comedienne[68]
- Phil Rizzuto (1917–2007) – baseball player
- Jackie Robinson (1919–1972) – baseball player for the Brooklyn Dodgers
- Chris Rock – actor and comedian (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
- Tony Rock – actor and comedian (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
- Saul Rogovin – Major League Baseball pitcher
- Mickey Rooney – actor
- Mike Rosen – radio talk show host and newspaper columnist
- Wayne Rosenthal – major league baseball pitcher and coach (Canarsie)
- Mark Roth – bowler
- Runaway Dorothy – band
- Nomi Ruiz – singer
- Chris Rush – stand-up comedian
- RZA – rapper
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- Amir Sadollah – mixed martial artist
- Carl Sagan – scientist, author, educator (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
- Saigon – actor and rapper
- Dmitry Salita – boxer
- Bernie Sanders[69] – Independent U.S. Senator from Vermont (Madison)
- Adam Sandler – actor and comedian[70]
- Henry Sapoznik – ethnomusicologist, author, record and radio producer
- Roger Schank – education reformer, artificial-intelligence expert
- Ossie Schectman – NBA basketball guard
- Thomas D. Schiano – organ-transplantation specialist
- Steve Schirripa – actor (Bensonhurst)
- Andre-Michel Schub – pianist (Midwood)
- Chuck Schumer – U.S. Senator from New York (Flatbush)[71]
- Seymour Schwartzman – opera singer and cantor[72]
- Raymond Scott (born Harry Warnow, 1908–1994) – composer, bandleader, pianist, electronic-music pioneer
- Neil Sedaka – singer-songwriter[73]
- Erich Segal – author, Academy Award-nominated screenwriter, and educator (Midwood)
- Jerry Seinfeld – actor and comedian[74]
- Hubert Selby, Jr. – author
- Peter Senerchia – former professional wrestler, better known by ring name Tazz
- Kenny Scharf – graffiti artist
- Phil Sellers – former NBA player
- Judith Sheindlin – judge (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
- Allie Sherman – NFL player and coach
- Michael Showalter – actor and comedian
- Gabourey Sidibe – actress (Bedford–Stuyvesant)[75]
- Bugsy Siegel – gangster[76]
- Raymond Siller – television writer, political consultant
- Beverly Sills – opera singer
- Phil Silvers – actor and comedian
- Brandon Silvestry – professional wrestler, better known by ring name Kaval
- Neil Simon – playwright
- Heltah Skeltah – hip-hop duo (Brownsville)
- Skoob – one half of rap duo Das EFX
- Smif-n-Wessun – hip-hop duo
- Jimmy Smits – actor[77]
- Ralph Snyderman – physician, scientist, administrator (Bensonhurst)
- Robert Solow – economist; winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (Madison)
- Paul Sorvino – actor[78]
- Carl Søyland (1894–1978) – editor-in-chief of Nordisk Tidende
- Paul Spatola – musician
- Barbara Stanwyck (1907–1990) – actress[79]
- Peter Steele (1962–2010) – bassist and singer (Type O Negative, Carnivore) (Midwood)
- Connie Stevens – actress and singer[80]
- Barbra Streisand – actress, singer, director, political activist (Williamsburg)
- Eric Stuart – actor and musician
- Ray Suarez – journalist (Bensonhurst)[81]
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- Sebastian Telfair – NBA player
- Roy M. Terry – Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Air Force
- Marisa Tomei – actress
- Joe Torre – Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team manager; formerly New York Yankees baseball team manager[82] (Marine Park)
- Rachel Trachtenburg – actress, singer, musician (Bushwick)
- John Turturro – actor
- Mike Tyson – heavyweight Boxing champion[83]
U
- UTFO – 1980s rap group
- Uncle Murda – gangster rapper (East New York)
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- Andrew VanWyngarden – member of MGMT
- Alan Veingrad – NFL football player
- [[Tony Visconti] ] – Musician, Producer
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- Eli Wallach – actor
- Mickey Welch – MLB player
- Eric West – actor
- Mae West (1893–1980) – actress, playwright, and comedienne (Williamsburg/Greenpoint)
- Colson Whitehead – novelist and MacArthur Fellow
- Jan Wilsgaard – Head Automotive Designer, Volvo Cars, 1950–1990
- 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 – actor[84]
- Robert Anton Wilson – author
- Shelley Winters – actress[85]
- Wolfman Jack[86] – 1970s disc jockey
- Lloyd R. Woodson – arrested in 2010 with military-grade weapons and a detailed map of the Fort Drum military installation
- Notorious B.I.G., (1972–1997), rapper (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
Y
- Adam Yauch – rapper
- Henny Youngman – comedian
Z
- Max Zaslofsky – NBA guard/forward, one-time FT% leader, one-time points leader, All-Star, ABA coach[87]
See also
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