List of people from Brooklyn

The following people were all born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Brooklyn, New York.

• Woody Allen, director
• Franco Ambriz, playwright
• Carmelo Anthony, NBA player (Red Hook)
• Darren Aronofsky, director
• Paul Auster author
• Originoo Gunn Clappaz, hip-hop group
• Scott Baio, actor (Bay Ridge)
• Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988), artist
• Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887), social reformer, clergyman
• Joy Behar, comedian, talk show host (Williamsburg)
• Pat Benatar, singer (Greenpoint)
• Lloyd Blankfein, C.E.O. of Goldman Sachs
• Corbin Bleu, actor
• Smif-n-Wessun, hip-hop duo
• Clara Bow (1905-1965), actress (Coney Island)
• Barbara Boxer, junior U.S. Senator for California
• Mel Brooks, director, producer, actor, comedian (Williamsburg)
• Foxy Brown, rap artist, model, actress (Park Slope)
• Elliott Buckmaster, U.S. Navy officer and naval aviator
• 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)
• Shirley Chisholm (1924-2005), Democratic Congresswoman
• Pat Cooper, comedian
• Norm Coleman, Former U.S. Senator Minnesota
• Aaron Copland (1900-1990), composer
• Larry Corcoran (1859-1891), Major League Baseball player
• Howard Cosell, (1918–1995), sportscaster
• Delilah Cotto, dancer, model and actress
• Ruthe B. Cowl (1912-2008), philanthropist
• Heltah Skeltah, hip-hop duo
• Melora Creager, singer
• Peter Criss, musician
• John D'Aquino, actor
• Tony Danza, actor
• Larry David, writer, producer, actor, and comedian
• Al Bummy Davis, boxer (Brownsville)
• Jeru the Damaja, rapper (East New York)
• David DeJesus, MLB Player
• Mos Def, actor and rapper
• Buckshot, rapper
• Alan Dershowitz, lawyer, professor, author (Williamsburg)
• Kevin Devine, musician
• Neil Diamond, singer (Coney Island)
• Vincent D'Onofrio, actor
• Lil Mama, rapper
• Valerie D'Orazio, writer and blogger
• David Draiman, singer
• Richard Dreyfuss, actor
• Don Dubbins (1928-1991), actor
• Jimmy Durante (1893-1980), actor and comedian
• O.C., rapper
• Nelson Erazo, Professional Wrestler currently signed to TNA (Bedford-Stuyvesant)
• Fabolous, rapper (Bedford-Stuyvesant)
• Edie Falco, actress
• Jimmy Fallon, actor and comedian
• Bob Ferguson, MLB player
• Lou Ferrigno, actor
• Kinky Friedman, musician, mystery author, and frequent Texas gubernatorial candidate
• Harvey Fierstein, actor and playwright
• Bobby Fischer (1943–2008), champion chess player (Flatbush)
• Percy Keese Fitzhugh (1876-1950), author of popular children's books
• Steven Franken, actor
• M.O.P., hip-hop duo
• Ellis Gallagher, graffiti artist
• Gangstarr, rappers
• Ina Garten, Food Network TV 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
• Da Beatminerz, hip-hop production team
• Ira Gershwin, composer
• Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court
• Deborah Gibson, singer and songwriter
• Rudy Giuliani, former Mayor of New York, Republican Presidential candidate for 2008.
• Masta Ace, rapper
• Jackie Gleason, actor and comedian (Bushwick/Bedford-Stuyvesant)
• Jerry Goldstein, physicist
• Louis Gossett, Jr., actor (Sheepshead Bay)
• Elliott Gould, actor
• Adrian Grenier, actor
• Robert Grossman, illustrator
• David Grimm (born 1965), award winning playwright and screenwriter
• Maino, rapper
• Sigrid Gurie, Movie Actress
• Arlo Guthrie, singer (Coney Island)
• GZA, rapper (Bedford-Stuyvesant)
• Buddy Hackett, actor and comedian (Williamsburg)
• Andrew P Harris, Maryland politician
• Barbara Grizzuti Harrison (1934-2002), author
• Knut Haukelid (1911-1994), Norwegian resistance movement soldier
• Susan Hayward, actress (Flatbush)
• Rita Hayworth (1918-1987), actress
• Leona Helmsley, Helmsley Fortune
• Sidney Hertzberg (1922-2005), former pro-basketball player
• Willie Hines (Books), rapper, member of Das EFX
• Lena Horne, singer (Bedford-Stuyvesant)
• Kevin Hunte, Promoter, Lover, Fighter, Actioneer (Brooklyn Borough)
• Jay-Z, rapper and entrepreneur (Bedford-Stuyvesant)
• Michael Jordan, basketball player
• Zab Judah, professional boxer
• Roger Kahn, sportswriter and author of The Boys of Summer
• Big Daddy Kane, rapper (Bedford-Stuyvesant)
• Gabe Kaplan, actor and comedian
• Danny Kaye, actor and comedian (East New York)
• Lainie Kazan, actress
• Larry King, TV show host and interviewer
• C. Everett Koop, U.S. Surgeon General
• Sandy Koufax, baseball player (Borough Park)
• KRS-One, rapper and activist
• Talib Kweli, rapper and producer (Bedford-Stuyvesant)
• Pierre Lallement, inventor
• Steve Lawrence, singer
• Spike Lee, director (Fort Greene)
• Jonathan Lethem, author
• Paul Lo Duca, MLB Player
• Robert Logan, actor
• "The Brooklyn Brawler" Steve Lombardi, professional wrestler
• Vince Lombardi, football coach (Sheepshead Bay)
• Nia Long, actress
• MC Lyte, rapper, actress
• Lil' Kim, rapper (Bedford-Stuyvesant)
• Lil' Mama, rapper
• Norman Mailer, author and playwright
• Barry Manilow, singer and songwriter (Williamsburg)
• Stephon Marbury, NBA player
• Constantine Maroulis, singer
• Robert Merrill, opera singer
• Debra Messing, actress
• Alyssa Milano, actress
• Arthur Miller, author and playwright
• Henry Miller, author and raconteur (Williamsburg)
• Stephanie Mills, singer (Bedford-Stuyvesant)
• Lenny Montana, actor and professional wrestler
• Esai Morales, actor
• Chris Mullin, Former NBA Player
• Charlie Murphy, actor and comedian
• Eddie Murphy, actor and comedian
• Jack Newfield, (1938-2004), writer
• Harry Nilsson, (1941-1994), Singer songwriter, Bushwick
• Joakim Noah, NBA player
• Notorious B.I.G., (1972-1997), rapper (Bedford-Stuyvesant)
• Ol' Dirty Bastard, (1968-2004), rapper (Fort Greene)
• Dave Orr, born in Brooklyn, MLB player
• Joell Ortiz, rapper/producer
• Joseph Papp, producer and director
• Papoose, rapper
• Ben Parris, author
• Joe Paterno, football coach at Penn State University
• Jayson Paul, professional wrestler
• Dickey Pearce, MLB player
• Rosie Perez, actress and choreographer
• Harold Perrineau, actor
• Michael Pitt, actor and musician
• Suzanne Pleshette, (1937-2008), actress (Brooklyn Heights)
• Norman Podhoretz, neo-conservative intellectual and former editor Commentary
• Charles Millard Pratt, oil industrialist and philanthropist
• Frederic B. Pratt, president of Brooklyn's Pratt Institute for 44 years, from 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
• Eddie Rabbitt (1941-1998), singer and songwriter
• Lou Reed, singer and songwriter
• Busta Rhymes, rapper (Bedford-Stuyvesant)
• Joan Rivers, comedienne
• Phil Rizzuto, baseball player
• Jackie Robinson, (1919-1972), baseball player for the Brooklyn Dodgers
• Chris Rock, actor and comedian (Bedford-Stuyvesant)
• Mickey Rooney, actor
• Mike Rosen, radio talk show host and newspaper columnist
• Mark Roth, bowler
• RZA, rapper
• Carl Sagan, scientist, author, educator (Bedford-Stuyvesant)
• Saigon, rapper/actor
• Bernie Sanders, Independent U.S. Senator for Vermont
• Adam Sandler, actor and comedian
• Henry Sapoznik, ethnomusicologist, author, record and radio producer
• Roger Schank, education reformer, Artificial Intelligence expert
• Steve Schirripa, actor (Bensonhurst)
• Chuck Schumer, United States Senator from New York
• Raymond Scott (born Harry Warnow, 1908-1994), composer, bandleader, pianist, electronic music pioneer
• Neil Sedaka, singer and songwriter
• Jerry Seinfeld, actor and comedian
• Hubert Selby, Jr., author
• Peter Senerchia, professional wrestler, better known by ring name Tazz.
• Angelo John Sepe, Lufthansa heist robber, La Cosa Nostra soldier
• Kenny Scharf, graffiti artist
• Phil Sellers, former NBA player
• Judith Sheindlin, judge (Bedford-Stuyvesant)
• Gabourey Sidibe, actress, (Bedford-Stuyvesant)
• Bugsy Siegel, gangster
• Raymond Siller, television writer, political consultant
• Beverly Sills, opera singer
• Phil Silvers, actor and comedian
• Neil Simon, playwright
• Jimmy Smits, actor
• Paul Sorvino, actor
• Paul Spatola, musician
• Barbara Stanwyck (1907-1990), actress
• Peter Senerchia, former professional wrestler and former color commentator on WWE's ECW Brand
• Peter Steele, singer
• Connie Stevens, actress and singer
• Barbra Streisand, actress, singer, director, political activist (Williamsburg)
• Eric Stuart, actor and musician
• Ray Suarez, journalist (Bensonhurst)
• Sebastian Telfair, NBA player
• Marisa Tomei, actress
• Joe Torre, Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team manager; formerly New York Yankees baseball team manager
• Rachel Trachtenburg, actress, singer, musician (Bushwick)
• John Turturro, actor
• Mike Tyson, heavyweight Boxing champion
• Uncle Murda, rapper (Cypress Hills)
• Eli Wallach, actor
• Mickey Welch, MLB player
• 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, journalist, writer, abolitionist; author of "Leaves of Grass"
• Michael K. Williams, actor
• Robert Anton Wilson, author
• Shelley Winters, actress
• Adam Yauch, rapper
• Henny Youngman, comedian
• Cheryl "Coko" Clemons, gospel singer and lead singer of R&B Group, SWV
• Tamara "Taj" Johnson-George, member of R&B group SWV
• Shannon Briggs, heavyweight boxing champion
• Riddick Bowe, heavyweight boxing champion
• Eric Zaccar, playwright, screenwriter