List of people from Brooklyn

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

A

• Aaliyah (1979–2001) – actress, dancer and singer
• Allison Abbate (born 1965) – film producer and animator
• Johari Abdul-Malik – imam and Muslim activist
• Cal Abrams (1924–1997) – Major League Baseball player (Madison)
• Elaine Abrams – physician and epidemiologist
• Elizabeth C. Addoms (1905–1983) – physical therapist and academic
• Constance Ahrons (1937–2021) – psychotherapist
• Aja (born 1994) – rapper, drag queen, and reality television personality
• Monica Aksamit (born 1990), saber fencer; won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's saber team competition
• Romeo Alaeff (born 1970) – visual artist
• Michael Alaimo (1938–2025) – actor
• Sal Albanese (born 1949) – politician
• Marv Albert (born 1941) – sportscaster (Manhattan Beach)
• Steve Albert (born 1952) – sportscaster
• Tatyana Ali (born 1979) – actress
• Rawle Alkins (born 1997) – basketball player in the NBA and Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Donna Allegra (1953–2020) – writer and dancer
• Alexander Allen – stylist
• Harry Allen (born 1963) – journalist
• Woody Allen (born 1935) – film director, actor and screenwriter (Midwood)
• Louis Allmendinger (1878–1937) – architect
• Dean Alvord (1856–1941) – real estate developer
• Lyle Alzado (1949–1992) – NFL All-Pro football player
• Franco Ambriz – playwright
• Anthony Ameruso (1937–2006) – New York City transportation commissioner
• Alan Amron (born 1948) – inventor
• John Andariese (1938–2017) – basketball player and sports broadcaster
• Barbara Anderson (born 1945) – actress
• Dave Anderson (1929–2018) – sportswriter
• Warren Anderson (1921–2014) – businessman and CEO of Union Carbide Corporation at the time of the Bhopal disaster
• Grace Andrews (1869–1951) – mathematician
• Carmelo Anthony (born 1984) – National Basketball Association player (Red Hook)
• Stephen Antonakos (1926–2013) – sculptor
• Sonny Arguinzoni (1939–2025) – evangelist and Christian religious leader
• Alan Arkin (1934–2023) – actor, director and screenwriter
• Jack Armstrong (born 1963) – sportscaster Toronto Raptors; former coach Niagara University
• Darren Aronofsky (born 1969) – film director
• Abraham Aronow (born 1940) – physician and photographer
• Robert Asencio (born 1963) – Florida politician
• Isaac Asimov (1920–1992) – author and biochemist
• Stan Asofsky (1937–2024) – superfan of the New York Knicks
• Madeline Astor (1893–1970) – Titanic survivor, wife of John Jacob Astor IV
• W.H. Auden (1907–1973) – poet
• Red Auerbach (1917–2006) – National Basketball Association coach and general manager, member of Hall of Fame (Williamsburg)
• Aaron Augenblick (born 1975) – animator, director, and producer
• Ken Auletta (born 1942) – journalist and writer
• Louis Auslander (1928–1997) – mathematician
• Maurice Auslander (1926–1994) – mathematician
• Paul Auster (1947–2024) – author (Park Slope)
• Albert S. Axelrad (born 1938) – rabbi, author, educator, and community leader
• Martin Azarow (1934–2003) – actor

B

• John Badalamenti (born 1973) – federal judge (Gravesend)
• Joey Badass (born 1995) – rapper
• Jenny Baglivo (born 1948) – mathematician, statistician, and author
• Adrienne Bailon (born 1983) – actress
• Scott Baio (born 1960) – actor (Dyker Heights)
• William Baker (1866–1930) – New York City police commissioner and owner of the Philadelphia Phillies
• Ralph Bakshi (born 1938) – film director (Haifa, Israel–born and Brownsville-reared)
• Folarin Balogun (born 2001) – soccer player
• Jean Balukas (born 1959) – pool player
• Francis J. Banfield (1827–1883) – soldier, law enforcement officer, and police sergeant
• Ross Barkan (born 1989) – journalist, novelist, and essayist
• Aziza Barnes (1992–2024) – poet, screenwriter and playwright
• Samuel Baron (1925–1997) – flutist
• Salvatore Barone (born 1995) – soccer player
• Carolyne Barry (1943–2015) – dancer and dance instructor
• Pauline Bart (1930–2021) – sociologist
• Maria Bartiromo (born 1967) – journalist and author
• Jake Barton (born 1972) – designer
• Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960–1988) – artist
• Ebenezer Bassett (1833–1908) – diplomat
• Noah Baumbach (born 1969) – film director and writer (Midwood)
• Frederick Converse Beach (1848–1918) – patent attorney, editor and co-owner of Scientific American
• Gary Becker (1930–2014) – economist; Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1992) (Madison)
• Francis J. Beckwith (born 1960) – philosopher at Baylor University
• James D. M. Beebe (1827–1917) – Sandy Hook Pilot
• Edward Beecher (1803–1895) – theologian
• Henry Ward Beecher (1813–1887) – clergyman and social reformer
• Lyman Beecher (1775–1863) – clergyman and father of Henry Ward Beecher, Thomas K. Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Begushkin – folk rock band
• Joy Behar (born 1942) – comedian and talk-show host (Williamsburg)
• Sam Belnavis (1939–2021) – executive in automobile racing
• Paul Ben-Victor (born 1965) – actor (Midwood)
• Pat Benatar (born 1953) – singer (Greenpoint)
• Richard Bender (1930–2022) – architect and urban planner
• Randy E. Bennett – educational researcher (Flatbush)
• Mary Crowell Van Benschoten (1840–1921), author, newspaper publisher, clubwoman
• Sarah Benson – director of avant-garde theatre
• Bill Benulis (1928–2011) – penciller and inker
• John G. Bergen (1814–1867) – public servant and New York City Police Commissioner
• David Berkowitz (born 1953) – serial killer known as "Son of Sam"
• Joan Berkowitz (1931–2020) – chemist
• A. R. Bernard (born 1953) – pastor and founder of the Christian Cultural Center
• Walter Berndt (1899–1979) – cartoonist
• Hannah Berner (born 1991) – comedian
• Mike Berniker (1935–2008) – record producer
• Karen Bernod (born 1964) – R&B vocalist, songwriter and producer
• Herb Bernstein – record producer, composer, arranger, and conductor
• Lou Bernstein (1911–2005) – photographer and teacher
• Mark S. Berry – music and film producer
• Alan Bersin (born 1946) – civil servant, lawyer, scholar, and educator
• Paul Bettany (born 1971) – actor (Brooklyn Heights)
• Miriam Bienstock (1923–2015) – record company executive
• Jennifer Biesty – chef and restaurateur
• Big Daddy Kane – rapper, producer and actor
• Sidney W. Bijou (1908–2009) – developmental psychologist
• Paul Binder (born 1942) – founder and ringmaster of the Big Apple Circus
• J. Malcolm Bird (1886–1964) – mathematician and parapsychologist
• Howard Kent Birnbaum (1932–2005) – metallurgist
• Charles Biro (1911–1972) – cartoonist and comic book creator
• Alexis Bittar – jewelry designer
• Mary Walling Blackburn (born 1972) – artist, writer, and feminist
• Brandon Blackwood – fashion designer and businessman
• Larry J. Blake (1914–1982) – actor
• Lloyd Blankfein (born 1954) – investment banker; chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs
• Herbert Blau (1926–2013) – theatre director and educator
• Corbin Bleu (born 1989) – actor
• Paul Bloch (1939–2018) – publicist
• Walter Block (born 1941) – economist and anarcho-capitalist theorist
• Sara Blomqvist (born 1989) – fashion model
• George G. Bloomer (born 1963) – televangelist
• Kermit Bloomgarden (1904–1976) – theatrical producer
• William Bodde Jr. (1931–2020) – diplomat
• Joseph Bologna (1934–2017) – actor
• Kurt Boone (born 1959) – writer
• Bob Born (1924–2023) – inventor of Peeps marshmallow confection
• John Boulos (1921–2002) – soccer player and National Soccer Hall of Fame inductee
• Matthew Bouraee (born 1988) – soccer player
• William Oland Bourne (1819–1901) – clergyman, publisher, journalist, editor, author, poet, and social reformer
• Clara Bow (1905–1965) – actress (Prospect Heights)
• Riddick Bowe (born 1967) – boxer, heavyweight champion (Brownsville)
• Doug Bowser (born 1965) – president of Nintendo of America
• Barbara Boxer (born 1940) – politician; U.S. senator from California (1993–2017)
• Harry Boykoff (1922–2001) – basketball player
• Elizabeth Bracco (born 1957) – actress
• Lorraine Bracco (born 1954) – actress
• Steve Bracey (1950–2006) – basketball player
• Scott Brady (1924–1985) – actor
• Justin Brannan (born 1978) – politician and musician
• Maureen Braziel (born 1945) – pioneer of women's judo competition
• George Braziller (1916–2017) – book publisher
• Mark Breland (born 1963) – boxer; five-time New York Golden Gloves champion
• Julia E. B. Brick (1819–1902) – philanthropist
• Shannon Briggs (born 1971) – boxer, heavyweight champion
• Richard Bright (1937–2006) – actor
• Alice Brock (1941–2024) – artist, author and restaurateur
• Gail Brodsky (born 1991) – tennis player
• Lola Brooke (born 1994) – rapper
• Mel Brooks (born 1926) – actor, comedian, film director, film producer and screenwriter (Williamsburg)
• Brooklyn Thrill Killers – Four Brooklyn teenagers who were convicted of murdering a homeless man in 1954
• Dario Brose (born 1970) – soccer player and 1992 Olympian
• Foxy Brown (born 1978) – actress, model and rap artist (Park Slope)
• Larry Brown (born 1940) – basketball player and coach, point guard, three-time All-Star, three-time assists leader, Olympic champion, NCAA and NBA head coach
• Nixzmary Brown (1998–2006) – murder victim
• Patrick J. Brown (1952–2001) – fire captain who died in the September 11 attacks who is the subject of the 2006 film Finding Paddy
• Peter Campbell Brown (1913–1994) – lawyer and government official
• Richard Brown (1810–1885) – Sandy Hook Pilot
• Dave Buchwald (born 1970) – filmmaker and hacker
• Elliott Buckmaster (1889–1976) – U.S. Navy officer; naval aviator during World War I and World War II
• Buckshot (born 1974) – rapper (Crown Heights)
• Eddie Buczynski (1947–1989) – Wiccan and archaeologist
• Oral Bullen (born 1983) – soccer player
• Nicholas Burke (born 1837) – uilleann piper
• Kit Burns (1831–1870) – sportsman, saloon keeper and criminal
• Sarah Burns – writer, public speaker, and filmmaker
• Terry Burrus – musician; composer, conductor, producer
• Steve Buscemi (born 1957) – actor, film director and screenwriter
• Arnold H. Buss – psychologist and academic
• Daniel M. Burnham (1929–2020) – politician
• Busta Rhymes (born 1972) – rapper (East Flatbush and Bedford–Stuyvesant)
• Yitzhak Buxbaum (died 2020) – author and maggid

C

• Red Cafe (born 1976) – rapper (Flatbush)
• Jason Calacanis (born 1970) – podcaster and author
• Paul Calello (1961–2010) – CEO of Credit Suisse Group
• Charlie Callas (1927–2011) – comedian
• Brandon Cambridge (born 2002) – soccer player
• Robert Horton Cameron (1908–1989) – mathematician known for the Cameron–Martin theorem
• Sean Cameron (born 1985) – soccer player who represented Guyana
• Duncan Candler (1873–1949) – architect
• Mathilda B. Canter (1924–2015) – psychologist
• Giovanni Capitello (born 1979) – actor/filmmaker
• Al Capone (1899–1947) – gangster (Red Hook)
• Mae Capone (1897–1986) – wife of Al Capone
• Fred Capossela (1902–1991) – thoroughbred race track announcer
• Truman Capote (1924–1984) – writer (Brooklyn Heights)
• Miriam Carey (1979–2013) – woman killed at a White House security check point
• Timothy Carey (1929–1994) – film and television character actor
• Jack Carter (1922–2015) – comedian
• Fabiano Caruana (born 1992) – youngest chess grandmaster in United States history (Park Slope)
• Lionel Casson (1914–2009) – classical archaeologist
• Jack Catran (1918–2001) – industrial designer and linguist (Bensonhurst)
• Chris Cattaneo (born 1957) – soccer player
• Gerald Chapman (1887–1926) – criminal known as the "Gentleman Bandit"
• George S. Chase (1909–1972) – composer
• Roz Chast (born 1954) – cartoonist
• Joy Chatel (1947–2014) – cosmetologist, community organizer and activist
• Edwin Checkley (1847–1925) – athlete, author, and physician
• Phyllis Chesler (born 1940) – writer, psychotherapist, and academic
• Bea Chester – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
• Hilda Chester (1897–1978) – Brooklyn Dodgers super fan known as Howlin' Hilda
• Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (born 1979) – U.S. representative for Florida
• Nola Chilton (1922–2021) – theater director and acting teacher
• Shirley Chisholm (1924–2005) – first female African American U.S. representative and first African American major-party candidate for U.S. president
• Alice Clark (c. 1947–2004) – singer
• Donald C. Clark Sr. (1931–2020) – businessman and philanthropist
• Adele Clarke (1945–2024) – sociologist and women's health scholar
• Yvette Clarke (born 1964) – U.S. congresswoman and former New York City councilor
• Andrew Dice Clay (born 1957) – comedian (Sheepshead Bay)
• Cheryl "Coko" Clemons (born 1970) – gospel singer and lead singer of R&B group SWV
• Abram Cohen (1924–2016) – Olympic fencer
• David Cohen (1917–2020) – member of the US Army, a liberator of the Ohrdruf concentration camp, and schoolteacher
• George H. Cohen – lawyer
• Haylynn Cohen (born 1980) – model
• Herbert Cohen (born 1940) – 2x Olympic foil fencer
• Irwin Cohen (developer) (1933–2023) – lawyer, investor, and real estate developer
• Karl P. Cohen (1913–2012) – physical chemist and mathematical physicist who helped usher in the age of nuclear energy and reactor development
• Manuel F. Cohen (1912–1977) – chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
• Gary Cohn (1952–2024) – journalist
• Joanne M. Cohoon (died 2016) – sociologist
• Kenneth Cole – designer
• Norm Coleman (born 1949) – U.S. senator from Minnesota, 2003–2009 (Madison)
• Kim Coles (born 1962) – comedian, actress from Living Single
• Melville Collins (1878–1924) – actor, baritone, composer, and pianist
• Sandy Collora (born 1968) – film director
• Joseph Colombo (1923 –1978) – mobster who was boss of the Colombo crime family
• Elvis Comrie (born 1959) – soccer player who represented the United States national team
• Robert W. Conn (born 1942) – president and chief executive officer of The Kavli Foundation
• Jennifer Connelly (born 1970) – actress (Brooklyn Heights)
• Chuck Connors (1921–1992) – actor
• Daniel Conover (1822–1896) – public servant, political activist, and industrialist
• Mildred Constantine (1913–2008) – curator
• Omar Cook (born 1982) – professional basketball player
• Andrew W. Cooper (1927–2002) – civil rights activist, businessman, and journalist
• George H. Cooper (1821–1891) – United States Navy rear admiral
• Pat Cooper (1929–2023) – comedian (Red Hook)
• Aaron Copland (1900–1990) – composer
• Italia Coppola (1912–2004) – matriarch of the Coppola family
• Larry Corcoran (1859–1891) – Major League Baseball player
• John Corigliano (born 1938) – Academy Award-, Pulitzer Prize for Music- and Grammy Award-winning composer (Midwood)
• William H. Cornwell (1843–1903) – businessman, military colonel and politician
• Howard Cosell (1918–1995) – sportscaster
• William R. Cosentini – mechanical engineer and founder of Cosentini Associates
• Jonathan Coulton (born 1970) – musician
• Almira Kennedy Coursey (1914–1996) – activist and educator
• Jesse Armour Crandall (1834–1920) – inventor and toy-maker
• Hart Crane (1899–1932) – poet (The Bridge)
• Melora Creager (born 1966) – singer
• Jimmy Crespo (born 1954) – former Aerosmith guitarist
• Peter Criss (born 1945) – musician
• Seymour L. Cromwell (1871–1925) – banker who served as president of the New York Stock Exchange
• Billy Cunningham (born 1942) – NBA player and coach
• Duncan Curry (1812–1894) – baseball pioneer and insurance executive
• Steve Cuozzo (born 1950) – newspaper editor, restaurant critic, and real estate columnist
• Anthony Curtiss (1910–1981) – naturalist and writer
• Malkia Cyril (born 1974) – poet and media activist

D

• Da Beatminerz – hip-hop production team
• Da Bush Babees – hip-hop group (Flatbush)
• Andrea Dalzell – nurse
• Dana Dane (born 1965) – rapper (Fort Greene)
• Tony Danza (born 1951) – actor
• John D'Aquino (born 1958) – actor
• Thomas Darden (1900–1961) – U.S. Navy rear admiral, 37th governor of American Samoa
• Jonathan David (born 2000) – soccer player who represented the Canada soccer team
• Larry David (born 1947) – writer, producer, actor, and comedian (Sheepshead Bay)
• Brian David-Marshall (born 1967) – founding partner of Eternity Comics
• Paul Davidson (1930–2024) – economist
• Richard Davidson (born 1951) – psychologist
• Edward H. Davis (1862–1951) – field collector for the Museum of the American Indian
• James E. Davis (1962–2003) – politician who was assassinated
• John Henry Davis (1921–1984) – U.S. weightlifter, 6-time world champion and 2-time Olympic gold medalist
• Luther Davis (1916–2008) – playwright and screenwriter
• Marguerite Inman Davis (1870–1963) – socialite, nurse and political figure
• Tommy Davis – baseball player and coach
• Noach Dear (1953–2020) – New York Supreme Court judge
• Frank DeCicco (1935–1986) – mobster
• Mos Def (born 1973) – actor and rapper (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
• Ronald DeFeo Jr. (1951–2021) – mass murderer who killed his family in 1974; inspiration for The Amityville Horror
• Calvert DeForest (1921–2007) – actor and comedian
• Sebastian DeFrancesco (1953–2023), paralympic athlete and table tennis player
• Charles R. DeFreest (1852–1901) – journalist, newspaper editor, and politician
• David DeJesus (born 1979) – MLB player
• Jane Delgado (born 1953) – clinical psychologist, health care advocate, non-profit executive, and author
• Dom DeLuise (1933–2009) – comedian and actor
• Tony De Nonno (born 1947) – filmmaker, photographer, puppeteer, and historian
• Alan Dershowitz (born 1938) – lawyer, professor, author (Williamsburg)
• C.C. Deville (Bruce Johannesson) (born 1962) – guitarist for the bands Poison and Samantha 7
• Kevin Devine (born 1979) – musician
• Danny Devito (born 1944) – actor, comedian, filmmaker
• Neil Diamond (born 1941) – singer
• Lou DiBella – boxing promoter and television/film producer
• Sally Maria Diggs (died 1928) – enslaved African-American girl whose freedom was famously bought by Henry Ward Beecher
• Mary E. Dillon (1886–1983) – engineer and president of Brooklyn Borough Gas Company
• Jessica Dimmock (born 1978) – documentary photojournalist
• Lou DiMuro (1931–1982) – umpire
• Michael A. DiSpezio (born 1953) – writer, performer, and broadcast host
• Chris DiStefano (born 1984) – comedian
• Corey Dolgon – author and sociologist
• Andy Dolich – sports executive
• Candida Donadio (1929–2001) – literary agent
• Byron Donalds (born 1978) – U.S. representative for Florida
• Vincent D'Onofrio (born 1959) – actor
• Valerie D'Orazio (born 1974) – writer and blogger
• Irvin Dorfman (1924–2006) – tennis player
• Irwin Dorros (1929–2019) – telecommunications executive and engineer
• Doug E. Doug (born 1970) – comedian
• Carol Douglas (born 1948) – singer
• Donald Wills Douglas Sr. (1892–1981) – aircraft industrialist and engineer
• John E. Douglas (born 1945) – special agent and unit chief in the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation
• Michael Dowd (born 1961) – police officer and convicted drug distributor who was the subject of the 2014 film The Seven Five
• Daniel B. Drachman (1932–2022) – neurologist
• David Draiman (born 1973) – singer
• Arthur Drexler (1925–1987) – curator of the Museum of Modern Art
• Henry Dreyfuss (1904–1972) – industrial designer
• Richard Dreyfuss (born 1947) – actor
• Veronica Driscoll (1926–1994) – nurse and labor organizer
• Jim Drucker (born 1952/1953) – former Commissioner of the Continental Basketball Association, former Commissioner of the Arena Football League, and founder of NewKadia Comics
• Don Dubbins (1928–1991) – actor
• William S. Dudley (born 1936) – naval historian
• Crescentius Richard Duerr (1922–2005) – president of De La Salle University
• Allen B. DuMont (1901–1965) – electronics engineer, scientist, inventor, and founder of the DuMont Television Network
• Lena Dunham (born 1986) – actress and writer (Brooklyn Heights)
• Kyle Bobby Dunn (born 1986) – composer, musician, artist (RAMBO)
• Walter L. Durack (1857–1918) – lawyer, politician, and judge
• William West Durant (1850–1934) – designer
• Jimmy Durante (1893–1980) – actor and comedian
• Florence Spencer Duryea (1884–1966) – philanthropist
• Michael Dweck (born 1957) – visual artist and filmmaker

E

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

F

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

G

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

H

• Richard N. Haass (born 1951) – diplomat
• Buddy Hackett (1924–2003) – actor and comedian (Williamsburg)
• Deana Haggag (born 1987) – curator
• Amy Halberstadt (born 1954) – psychologist
• Adelaide Hall (1901–1993) – jazz singer, songwriter, actress
• Jimmy Hall (born 1994), basketball player in the Israeli National League
• Morton Halperin (born 1938) – analyst
• Bobby Hambel – guitarist, Biohazard
• Marvin Hamlisch (1944–2012) – Oscar-winning composer of film scores (Midwood)
• Q. R. Hand Jr. (1937–2020) – poet
• Steven Handel (born 1945) – ecologist and educator
• Michelle Handelman (born 1960) – artist, writer, and filmmaker
• Andis Harasani (1971–2025) – politician and economist
• Bethann Hardison – fashion model and activist
• Kadeem Hardison (born 1965) – actor
• Charles Hardy (died 2023) – competitive eater
• Carter Harman (1918–2007) – composer, writer, and music industry executive
• Edward John Harper (1910–1990) – Roman Catholic bishop
• Andrew P. Harris (born 1957) – Maryland politician
• Anita G. Harris (1937–2014) – geologist, paleontologist, and mapmaker
• Eileen Harris (born 1932) – architectural historian and author
• Larry Harris (1947–2017) – co-founder of Casablanca Records
• Barbara Grizzuti Harrison (1934–2002) – author
• George Harrison (1915–2004) – gun runner for the Irish Republican Army
• Richard James Hart (1892–1952) – sharpshooter and prohibition agent
• Carol Harter (1941–2023) – president of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas
• Anne Hathaway (born 1982) – Oscar-winning actress
• Knut Haukelid (1911–1994) – Norwegian resistance movement soldier
• Webley John Hauxhurst (1809–1874) – pioneer
• Richie Havens (1941–2013) – folk singer-songwriter, actor; first performer at the original Woodstock (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
• Connie Hawkins (1942–2017) – basketball player
• James Hayden (1953–1983) – actor
• Melissa Hayden – poker player
• Ulric Haynes (1931–2020) – diplomat, lawyer, and academic
• Susan Hayward (1917–1975) – Oscar-winning actress (Flatbush)
• Rita Hayworth (1918–1987) – actress
• Joseph A. Healey (1930–2005) – US Army major general
• Michael Hebranko (1953–2013) – man who suffered from an extreme case of morbid obesity
• Abraham Hecht (1922–2013) – Chabad-affiliated American Orthodox rabbi
• Jamie Hector (born 1975) – actor
• Kenneth Heilman (1938–2024) – behavioral neurologist
• Albert S. Heinrich (1889–1974) – pioneer aviator
• Esther Heins (1908–2007) – artist, scientific illustrator, and author
• Hermann Helms (1870–1963) – chess player and writer
• Leona Helmsley (1920–2007) – businessperson and real estate investor
• Heltah Skeltah – hip-hop duo (Brownsville)
• Joseph Henderson (1826–1890) – harbor pilot
• Sheldon Saul Hendler (1936–2012) – scientist, physician and musician
• Gabe Henry (born 1988) – author and humorist
• Patrick T. Henry (born 1950) – Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs)
• Aileen Hernandez (1926–2017) – union organizer, civil rights activist, and women's rights activist
• William H. Herriman (1829–1918) – art collector
• Judah Hertz (died 2021) – real estate investor and philanthropist
• Sidney Hertzberg (1922–2005) – pro basketball player
• Robert Hess (1935–2014) – sculptor
• Robert Hess (1938–1994) – president of Brooklyn College
• Bob Heussler – sports broadcaster
• Israel Hicks (1943–2010) – theatre director
• Thomas Michael Higgins (born 1966) – entrepreneur, investor, and banker
• Vannie Higgins (1897–1932) – mobster
• Henry Hill (1943–2012) – mobster, subject of Goodfellas
• Newell Dwight Hillis (1858–1929) – minister and philosopher
• Mildred Hilson (1898–1994) – socialite and philanthropist
• Kenneth R. Himes (born 1950) – Roman Catholic theologian
• Russel Hobbs – drummer; member of Gorillaz
• William E. Hoehle – member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
• Steven Hoffenberg – fraudster
• Hendrick S. Holden (1849–1918) – politician and banker
• Bobby Hollander (1929–2002) – publisher and pornographic film director and actor
• Jean Hollander (1928–2019) – poet, translator and teacher
• Zander Hollander (1923–2014) – sportswriter, journalist, editor and archivist
• Thomas Holmes (died 1900) – mortician
• Hamilton Holt (1872–1951) – educator, editor, author and politician
• Red Holzman (1920–1998) – Hall of Fame NBA two-time All-Star and coach
• Molly Holzschlag (1963–2023) – Open Web advocate and author
• Homicide (born 1977) – ring name of Nelson Erazo, professional wrestler signed to Ring of Honor (Bedford-Stuyvesant)
• Sidney Hook (1902–1989) – philosopher
• Alfred Horn (1918–2001) – mathematician
• Lena Horne (1917–2010) – singer and actress (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
• Louis Hostlot (1848–1884) – priest
• Avis and Effie Hotchkiss – mother and daughter pioneering motorcyclists
• Bess Houdini (1876–1943) – stage assistant and wife of Harry Houdini
• Henry Alonzo House (1840–1930) – inventor
• Curly Howard (Jerome Lester Horwitz; 1903–1952) – comedian; member of The Three Stooges (Brownsville)
• Moe Howard (Moses Harry Horwitz; 1897–1975) – comedian; leader of the Three Stooges (Brownsville)
• Shemp Howard (Samuel Horwitz; 1895–1955) – comedian; member of the Three Stooges (Brownsville)
• Brigid Hughes – literary editor
• Charles F. Hummel (born 1932) – curator and author
• William G. Hundley (1925–2006) – criminal defense attorney for high-profile clients, reared in Brooklyn
• Anna Graham Hunter – writer
• Hezekiah Hunter (1837–1894) – teacher, minister, and politician; born in Brooklyn
• Frederick Hutson – businessman
• Amy J. Hyatt (born 1955) – diplomat
• Alice Clary Earle Hyde (1876–1943) – botanical artist and conservationist

I

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

J

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

K

• KA (born 1972) – rapper (Brownsville, Brooklyn)
• Julia Kaganskiy (born 1986) – curator
• Meir Kahane (1932–1990) – Orthodox Jewish rabbi, activist and founder of the Jewish Defense League
• Roger Kahn (1927–2020) – sportswriter and author of The Boys of Summer
• Bill Kaiserman (1942–2020) – fashion designer
• Big Daddy Kane (born 1968) – rapper (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
• Edith Kaplan (1924–2009) – psychologist and pioneer of neuropsychological tests
• Eric Kaplan (born 1971) – writer (Flatbush)
• Gabe Kaplan (born 1943) – actor and comedian
• Mitch Kapor (born 1950) – entrepreneur
• Daniella Karagach (born 1992) – dancer and choreographer
• Stanley Karnow (1925–2013) – journalist and historian
• Ivan Karp (1926–2012) – art dealer
• Leon Karp (1903–1951) – artist
• Abraham Katz (1926–2013) – diplomat, United States ambassador to the OECD
• Jack Katz (born 1927) – artist
• Kaves – fine art painter, graffiti artist, illustrator, director, actor, author, rapper, and entrepreneur (Bay Ridge, Brooklyn)
• KAWS, born Brian Donnelly – graffiti artist, limited-edition clothing and toy designer
• Danny Kaye (1911–1987) – actor and comedian (East New York)
• Lainie Kazan (born 1940) – actress and singer
• Shake Keane (1927–1997) – jazz musician and poet
• Ezra Jack Keats (1916–1983) – author and illustrator
• Monica Keena (born 1979) – actress
• Harvey Keitel (born 1939) – actor
• Steven G. Kellman (born 1947) – author and critic
• Patsy Kelly (1910–1981) – actress
• Raja Feather Kelly – dancer and choreographer
• Wilhelmena Rhodes Kelly – historian, genealogist, and writer
• Ken Kelsch (1947–2023) – cinematographer
• John Whitefield Kendrick (1917–2009) – economist
• David M. Kennedy (born 1958) – professor of criminology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, author of Don't Shoot
• Don Kennedy (1932–2014), paralympic athlete, weightlifter and wheelchair basketball player
• Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy (born 1939) – feminist and pioneer in women's studies
• Norm Kent (1949–2023) – criminal defense attorney, publisher, and radio talk show host
• Kasim Keto – music producer
• Aleksandr Khazanov (born 1979) – mathematician
• William Chauncey Kibbe (died 1904) – Adjutant General of California
• The Kid Gashi (born 1989) – rapper
• Eleanor Kieliszek (1925–2017) – politician * Antony Ferdinand Kilbourn (1894–1961) – president of De La Salle College
• Jimmy Kimmel (born 1967) – comedian and television talk-show host
• Michael Kimmel (born 1951) – sociologist
• Bernard King (born 1956) – NBA Hall of Famer (Fort Greene)
• Carole King (born 1942) – singer-songwriter (Madison)
• Larry King (1933–2021) – television talk-show host and interviewer
• Shaka King (born 1980) – film director, screenwriter, and film producer
• June Kirby (1928–2022) – actress, model, and wardrobe supervisor for Hollywood films
• Marvin Kitman (1929–2023) – television critic, humorist, and author
• Matthew Klapper – attorney
• Anne Klein (1923–1974) – fashion designer
• Florence Klotz (1920–2006) – costume designer
• Joseph P. Knapp (1864–1951) – publisher and philanthropist
• Rachel Kohl Finegold (born 1980) – rabbi
• Brian Kokoska (born 1988) – artist
• Jerome B. Komisar (born 1937) – economist
• C. Everett Koop (1916–2013) – U.S. Surgeon General
• Constance Kopp (1878–1931) – first female undersheriff in the United States
• Bertram Kostant (1928–2017) – mathematician
• Sandy Koufax (born 1935) – Hall of Fame baseball pitcher for Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers (Borough Park)
• Martin Kove (born 1946) – actor
• Nikolas Kozloff (born 1969) – academic, author and photojournalist
• Carl Hermann Kraeling (1897–1966) – theologian, historian, and archaeologist
• Edward E. Kramer (born 1961) – editor, co-founder of Dragon Con, and convicted child molester.
• Jerome Krase (born 1943) – social scientist and academic
• John Krasinski (born 1979) – actor and director
• Philip Krey (born 1950) – former president of Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia
• Martin H. Krieger (1944–2024) – physicist
• Alan M. Kriegsman (1928–2012) – dance critic
• Paul L. Krinsky (1928–2023) – admiral in the merchant marines and superintendent of the United States Merchant Marine Academy
• Lucy Kroll (1909–1997) – theatrical and literary agent
• Ethan Kross – experimental psychologist, neuroscientist and writer
• Rich Krueger (born 1960) – rock singer-songwriter and neonatologist
• Jeff Kwatinetz (born 1965) – entertainment industry executive
• Talib Kweli (born 1975) – rapper and producer (Park Slope)

L

• Marisa Lago (born 1955) – attorney
• David D. Laitin (born 1945) – political scientist and academic
• Jeffrey Laitman (born 1951) – anatomist
• Kamala Shirin Lakhdhir – diplomat
• Pierre Lallement (1843–1891) – inventor
• Alfred A. Lama (1899–1984) – architect and politician
• Alexander B. Lamberton (1839–1919) – politician, conservationist and lumberman
• John LaMotta (1939–2014) – actor
• Rachel Lampert – playwright, director, and choreographer
• Sylven Landesberg (born 1990) – American-Israeli basketball shooting guard (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
• Michael Landon – actor, director, producer
• Abbe Lane (born 1932) – singer, dancer, actress
• Arthur Bliss Lane (1894–1956) – diplomat
• Mark Lane (1927–2016) – attorney, politician, and civil rights activist
• Dulcinea Langfelder (born 1955) – multidisciplinary artist (drama, dance, song, mime, multimedia)
• Alphonse F. La Porta (born 1939) – diplomat
• Rose La Rose (1918–1972) – dancer and actress
• Rudy LaRusso (1937–2004) – five-time All-Star NBA basketball player (Madison)
• William S. Lasdon (1896–1984) – pharmaceutical executive and philanthropist
• Reuben Lasker (1929–1988) – marine biologist
• Catherine Allen Latimer (1896–1948) – librarian
• Cyndi Lauper (born 1953) – singer and activist
• Arthur Laurents (1917–2011) – writer and director
• Steve Lawrence (1935–2024) – singer and actor
• Heath Ledger (1979–2008) – actor
• Edward Lee (born 1972) – chef
• Ivan Lee (born 1981) – Olympic saber fencer; banned for life by SafeSport
• Roy Lee (born 1969) – film producer
• Spike Lee (born 1957) – film director, screenwriter and actor (lived in Fort Greene)
• Marlon Legere (born 1975) – convicted murderer
• Sandra Leiblum (1943–2010) – author, lecturer, and researcher in sexology
• Shulem Lemmer (born 1990) – singer (Borough Park)
• Ivan Leshinsky (born 1947) – American-Israeli basketball player (Midwood)
• Jonathan Lethem (born 1964) – author (Boerum Hill)
• Andrew Levane (1920–2012) – NBA basketball player (Madison)
• Nathan Leventhal – municipal government executive, arts administrator and corporate director
• George W. LeVere (1820–1886) – pastor, educator, abolitionist, and civil rights activist
• Robert V. Levine (1945–2019) – psychologist, writer, and academic
• Stuart Levine (1932–2016) – academic and founder of the journal American Studies
• Howard Levy (born 1937) – United States Army doctor and Vietnam War resister who was court-martialed
• June Rockwell Levy (1886–1971) – philanthropist
• Lewis (alive 1890) – 19th-century professional baseball player
• Daniel Lewis (born 1944) – choreographer
• Emmanuel Lewis (born 1971) – actor (Midwood)
• Richard Lewis (1947–2024) – actor and comedian
• Robert Lewis (1909–1997) – actor, director, teacher, author and founder of the Actors Studio
• Tillie Ehrlich Lewis (1901–1977) – businesswoman
• Harvey Lichtenstein (1929–2017) – arts administrator
• Evelyn S. Lieberman (1944–2015) – first woman to serve as White House Deputy Chief of Staff
• Nancy Lieberman (born 1958) – WNBA basketball player, coach and broadcaster; Hall of Fame
• Stanley Lieberson (1933–2018) – sociologist
• Lil' Kim, born Kimberly Denise Jones (born 1974/1975) – Grammy Award-winning rapper (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
• Lil Mama (born 1989) – rapper
• Harold F. Linder (1900–1981) – banker and diplomat
• O. Winston Link (1914–2001) – photographer
• Leonard Linkow (1926–2017) – dentist and pioneer in oral implants
• Gertrude Lintz (1880–1968) – dog breeder and socialite
• Jennie Livingston (born 1962) – film and television director and producer
• Adrianne Lobel – scenic designer and producer
• Luke Vincent Lockwood (1872–1951) –
• Paul Lo Duca (born 1972) – MLB baseball player
• Edie Locke – fashion journalist
• Jack Lord (1920–1998) – actor
• Robert Logan (born 1941) – actor
• Robert K. Logan (born 1939) – scientist
• Anthony Lolli – real estate developer and founder of the Brooklyn-based brokerage firm Rapid Realty
• Steve Lombardi (born 1961) – professional wrestler, ring name "The Brooklyn Brawler"
• Vince Lombardi (1913–1970) – Pro Football Hall of Fame coach (Sheepshead Bay)
• Michael Lomonaco (born 1955) – chef, restaurateur, and television personality
• Nia Long (born 1970) – actress
• Jackie Loughery (1930–2024) – Miss New York USA 1952, Miss USA 1952
• Mynette Louie – film producer
• Murray Louis (1926–2016) – modern dancer and choreographer
• Harry Love (1911–1997) – animator
• Mia Love (1975–2025) – politician and political commentator
• Hilde Lysiak (born 2006) – journalist
• Low Ki (born 1979) – ring name of Brandon Silvestry, professional wrestler
• Sid Luckman (1916–1998) – NFL quarterback and Pro Football Hall of Fame
• Peter Luger (1866–1941) – chef and restaurateur
• Carmen Luvana (born 1981) – pornographic actress
• Danny Lyon (born 1942) – photographer and filmmaker
• MC Lyte (born 1970) – actress and rapper

M

• Nadine Macaluso (born 1967) – psychotherapist, author, internet personality, and former model
• Clara MacBeth (1870 or 1871–1970) – heiress
• Anne Thompson MacDonald (1896–1993) – philanthropist and founder of Recording for the Blind
• Nicholas Macdonald (born 1944) – author and filmmaker
• Lester Machta (1919–2001) – meteorologist and first director of the Air Resources Laboratory
• Rose Mackenberg (1892–1968) – investigator specializing in fraudulent psychic mediums
• Joseph Maguire (born 1951) – Director of the National Counterterrorism Center
• John Buffalo Mailer (born 1978) – playwright and youngest child of author Norman Mailer
• Norman Mailer (1923–2007) – author and playwright
• Maino (born 1973) – rapper (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
• Romany Malco (born 1968) – actor
• Paul Malignaggi (born 1980) – boxer (Bensonhurst)
• Fern Mallis (born 1948) – fashion businesswoman
• Adrienne Mancia (1927–2022) – film curator
• Thomas Mancuso (1912–2004) – epidemiologist
• Irwin D. Mandel (1922–2011) – expert on dental chemistry
• Barry Manilow (born 1943) – singer-songwriter (Williamsburg)
• Mike Mansfield (1903–2001) – United States senator and congressman from Montana; born in Brooklyn
• Stephon Marbury (born 1977) – NBA player (Coney Island)
• Erin Markey (born 1981) – writer and comedian
• Mario – fictional video-game character
• Athan Maroulis (born 1964) – actor, vocalist and record producer
• Marty Markowitz (born 1945) – borough president of Brooklyn, New York City
• Constantine Maroulis (born 1975) – singer
• Carmel Carrington Marr (1921–2015) – lawyer and co-founder of the Amistad Research Center
• Branford Marsalis (born 1960) – saxophonist (Clinton Hill)
• Duane Martin (born 1965) – actor (All of Us)
• George Willard Martin (1886–1971) – mycologist
• Angie Martinez (born 1971) – radio personality, former rapper and actress
• Masta Ace (born 1966) – rapper (Brownsville)
• Abraham Maslow (1908–1970) – psychologist who created Maslow's hierarchy of needs
• Jerry Masucci (1934–1997) – attorney, businessman and co-founder of Fania Records
• Maxwell (born 1973) – singer-songwriter, producer, musician (East Brooklyn)
• William May (1953–2009) – theatre director, producer, and composer
• Alice Mayhew (1932–2020) – vice president and editorial director for Simon & Schuster
• Joan Maynard (1928−2006) – preservationist, artist, and writer
• Bruce Mazlish (1923–2016) – historian
• Paul Mazursky (1930–2014) – film director, screenwriter, and actor
• Lee Mazzilli – professional baseball player, coach, and manager; part of the 1986 World Series Champion New York Mets
• Yavilah McCoy (born 1972) – activist and founder of Ayecha
• Carson McCullers (1917–1967) – writer
• Joseph McGoldrick (1901–1978) – NYC Comptroller and NY State Residential Rent Control Commissioner, lawyer, and professor
• Amy Upham Thomson McKean (1893–1972) – pianist, songwriter and composer
• Christopher McKee (born 1935) – historian
• Triston McKenzie – professional baseball pitcher for The Cleveland Indians
• John Bach McMaster (1852–1932) – American historian
• Meechy Darko (born 1990) – rapper (Flatbush)
• Edward J. Megarr (1927–2019) – United States Marine Corps major general
• Ronald Mellor (born 1940) – historian
• Boyd Melson (born 1981) – boxer
• Arthur I. Mendolia (1917–2007) – chemical engineer
• Ralph Mercado (1941–2009) – businessman and music promoter
• Richard Merkin (1938–2009) – painter and illustrator
• Robert Merrill (1917–2004) – opera singer
• Debra Messing (born 1968) – actress
• John C. Metzler Sr. (1909–1990) – superintendent of Arlington National Cemetery
• Martin Meyerson (1922–2007) – city planner, academic, and president of the University of Pennsylvania
• Keith Michael (born 1972) – fashion designer
• Al Michaels (born 1944) – television sportscaster
• Sean Michaels (born 1958) – pornographic actor and director
• Thomas Mignone – film director, music video director, screenwriter
• Muriel Miguel (born 1937) – director, choreographer, playwright, actor and educator
• Alyssa Milano (born 1972) – actress
• Barbara Milberg (1931–2020) – ballerina, writer, and academic
• Anita Miller (born 1931) – urbanist
• Arthur Miller (1915–2005) – Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright (Gravesend)
• Henry Miller (1891–1980) – author and raconteur (Williamsburg)
• Jarrell Miller (born 1988) – kickboxer
• Matthew Paul Miller (born 1979) – reggae singer
• Walter Miller (1890–1959) – jockey
• Wentworth Miller (born 1972) – actor
• William J. Millican (1904–1944) – double Navy Cross recipient
• Stephanie Mills (born 1957) – singer (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
• Willard L. Miranker (1932–2011) – mathematician and computer scientist
• Matthew Mirones (born 1956) – politician in the New York State Assembly
• Arnon Mishkin – management consultant, media personality, and news analyst for Fox News
• Eleanor Mlotek (1922–2013) – musicologist
• Edward L. Molineux (1833–1915) – Union Army officer, New York National Guard major general
• Rinty Monahan (1928–2003) – Major League Baseball player
• Irv Mondschein (1924–2015) – track and field champion
• Lenny Montana (1926–1992) – actor and professional wrestler
• Elisa Monte (born 1946) – choreographer and dancer
• Pilar Montero (1921–2012) – bar owner
• Evelyn Mulry Moore (1942–2012) – swimmer and Paralympic gold medalist
• Mary Tyler Moore (1936–2017) – actor
• M.O.P. – hip-hop duo (Brownsville)
• Esai Morales (born 1962) – actor
• Ed Morris (1862–1937) – 19th-century MLB pitcher
• Joel Moses (1941–2022) – former provost, MIT (Midwood)
• William A. Moses (1933–2002) – real estate developer and founder of the Community Housing Improvement Program
• Bret Mosley (born 1961) – singer-songwriter
• Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire (born 1986) – rapper (Crown Heights)
• Isadore Gilbert Mudge (1875–1957) – librarian
• John C. Mula (1942–2018) – art director and production designer
• Chris Mullin (born 1963) – NBA player and executive, Hall of Fame
• Charlie Murphy (1959–2017) – actor and comedian
• Eddie Murphy (born 1961) – actor and comedian
• Muriel Oxenberg Murphy (1926–2008) – museum curator, art historian and socialite
• Robert Cushman Murphy (1887–1973) – ornithologist
• Barbara Myers (born 1946) – former child model and actress, raised in Bensonhurst
• Tracy Dickinson Mygatt (1885–1973) – writer, pacifist, and co-founder of the War Resisters League

N

• Boris Nachamkin (1933–2018) – NBA basketball player
• Sam Nahem (1915–2004) – Major League Baseball pitcher
• Larry Namer (born 1948) – founder of E! Entertainment TV networks
• Nicole Napolitano (born 1969) – television personality and entrepreneur
• Lia Neal (born 1995) – competitive swimmer and Olympic medalist
• Lemrick Nelson (born 1975) – convicted murderer
• Nikita Nesterenko (born 2001), professional ice hockey center who plays in the National Hockey League for the Anaheim Ducks
• Edwin C. Nevis (1926–2011) – gestalt therapist
• Jack Newfield (1938–2004) – writer
• Donald J. Newman (1930–2007) – mathematician
• Stanley Newman (born 1952) – puzzle creator, editor, and publisher
• Mark Newgarden (born 1959) – artist, cartoonist, writer, creator of Garbage Pail Kids, author of We All Die Alone and How to Read Nancy (Williamsburg)
• Ed Newman (born 1951) – NFL All-Pro football player
• Mike Nieves – president and CEO of Hispanic Information and Telecommunications Network
• Louis J. Nigro Jr. (1947–2013) – diplomat
• Harry Nilsson (1941–1994) – singer-songwriter (Bushwick)
• Joakim Noah (born 1985) – NBA basketball player
• Charles Nolan (1957–2011) – fashion designer
• 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

O

• Eric Ober – broadcasting executive
• Henry Obst (1906–1975) – football player
• O.C. (born 1971) – rapper (Bushwick)
• Greg O'Connell (1942–2025) – property developer
• Francis V. O'Connor (1937–2017) – art historian
• Tasker Oddie (1870–1950) – 12th governor of Nevada and a United States senator; born in Brooklyn
• Izzy Odigie (born 1996) – choreographer and dancer
• Dennis J. Patrick O'Grady (1943–1972) – Florida state senator
• Herbert S. Okun (1930–2011) – diplomat
• Ol' Dirty Bastard (1968–2004) – rapper (Fort Greene)
• Katherine Oliver – media and entertainment executive
• Gregory Olsen (born 1945) – astronaut and scientist
• Originoo Gunn Clappaz – hip-hop group (Brownsville)
• Waterman Ormsby (1809–1883) – engraver and inventor
• Dave Orr (1859–1915) – MLB player, born in Brooklyn
• Mary Orr (1910–2006) – actress and writer
• Joell Ortiz (born 1980) – rapper and producer (Williamsburg)
• Aileen Osofsky (1926–2010) – community leader, philanthropist and bridge player
• Steve Ostrow (1932–2024) – businessman, LGBT rights activist, and opera singer
• Adam Ottavino (born 1985) – MLB pitcher for the New York Yankees

P

• Peter Pace (born 1945) – chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
• Shemuel Pagan (born 1988) – professional boxer
• Frances "Fanny" Palmer (1812–1876) – artist
• Richard Palmese (born 1947) – music industry executive
• Bruce Pandolfini (born 1947) – chess player and writer on chess
• Papoose (born 1978) – rapper
• Joseph Papp (1921–1991) – theatrical impresario who created New York City's Public Theater
• Yannis Pappas (born 1976) – comedian
• John Parisella (born 1944) – horse trainer
• Lana Parrilla (born 1977) – actress
• Annie-B Parson (born 1958) – choreographer, dancer, and director
• Joe Paterno (1926–2012) – football coach at Penn State in College Football Hall of Fame
• Angela Paton (1930–2016) – theatre, TV and film actress
• Jayson Paul (born 1984) – professional wrestler
• Dickey Pearce (1836–1908) – MLB player
• Nelson Peltz (born 1942) – billionaire businessman and investor
• James W. C. Pennington (–1870) – historian, abolitionist, orator, minister, writer, and social organizer
• Joe Pepitone (1940–2023) – professional baseball player
• Rosie Perez (born 1964) – actress and choreographer (Bushwick and later Clinton Hill)
• Rhea Perlman (born 1948) – actress
• Steven Peros – playwright, screenwriter, and director
• Harold Perrineau (born 1963) – actor
• Richard Perry (1942–2024) – record producer
• Jerome B. Peterson (1859–1943) – newspaper editor and civil servant
• Lip Pike – home run champion baseball player
• Elizabeth Pipko (born 1995) – author, model, media personality, and political operative
• Michael Pitt (born 1981) – actor and musician
• Stacey Plaskett (born 1966) – politician and attorney
• Suzanne Pleshette (1937–2008) – actress (Brooklyn Heights)
• Albert Podell (1937–2023) – magazine editor and writer, advertising executive, trial attorney, and documentary film producer and director
• Van Nest Polglase (1898–1968) – Academy Award-nominated art director
• Gene Polito (1918–2010) – cinematographer and mechanical engineer
• Robert Pollack (born 1940) – professor of biological sciences
• Mark F. Pomerantz (born 1951) – attorney, prosecutor
• Samuel Hartt Pook (1827–1901) – naval architect
• Martin Pope (1918–2022) – physical chemist
• Ed Posner (1933–1993) – information theorist and neural network researcher
• Augustus Post (1873–1952) – automotive pioneer, balloonist, early aviator, writer, actor, musician and lecturer
• Frank Potenza (1933–2011) – police officer and actor
• Troy Powell (born 1969) – dancer, choreographer, and director
• Ed Powers (born 1954) – pornographic film director, producer, actor, and radio host
• Charles Millard Pratt (1855–1935) – oil industrialist and philanthropist
• Frederic B. Pratt (1865–1945) – president of Brooklyn's Pratt Institute (1893–1937)
• George Dupont Pratt (1869–1935) – conservationist and philanthropist
• Harold Pratt (1877–1939) – oil industrialist
• Herbert L. Pratt (1871–1945) – oil industrialist
• John Pratt (1873–1927) – lawyer, philanthropist, music impresario and financier
• Sherman Pratt (1900–1964) – sportsman, explorer, and co-founder of Florida's Marineland and the Grenville Baker Boys Club
• Marianne Preger-Simon (1929–2024) – dancer, choreographer, writer, and psychotherapist
• DJ Premier (born 1966) – hip-hop disc jockey, producer, co-founder and member of hip-hop duo Gang Starr
• Priscilla Presley (born 1945) – businesswoman, actress
• Steven Pressman (born 1952) – economist
• Sean Price (1972–2015) – rapper (Brownsville)
• Shimon Prokupecz (born 1978) – journalist
• Elisabeth Prueitt – pastry chef
• Roger Pulvers (born 1944) – playwright and theatre director

Q

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

R

• Eddie Rabbitt (1941–1998) – singer-songwriter
• Rack-Lo – rapper and author
• Marky Ramone (born 1956) – drummer of the punk band The Ramones
• Anthony Ramos (born 1991) – actor, singer-songwriter (Bushwick)
• Keith Raniere (born 1960) – cult leader who co-founded NXIVM
• Arlene Raven (1944–2006) – art historian, author, critic, educator, and curator
• Florence Ravenel (1896–1975) – actress; born in Minnesota, raised in Brooklyn
• Larry Ray (born 1959) Ã¢Â€Â“ criminal convicted of sex trafficking, extortion, forced labor, and other offenses, sentenced to 60 years in prison
• Domenic Recchia (born 1959) Ã¢Â€Â“ attorney and politician
• Lou Reed (1942–2013) Ã¢Â€Â“ singer-songwriter
• Paul Regina (1956–2006) – actor
• Jerry Reinsdorf (born 1936) – sports executive and businessman
• Odd Kristian Reme (1953–2024) – priest and politician
• Leah Remini (born 1970) – actress (Bensonhurst)
• Barbara Res – attorney, author, and engineer
• Bebe Rexha (born 1989) – singer-songwriter and record producer
• Dorothy P. Rice (1922–2017) – health statistician
• Ed Rice (1918–2001) – author, publisher, photojournalist and painter
• Buddy Rich (1917–1987) – drummer and big-band leader
• Elsie Richardson (1922–2012) – community activist and civil servant
• Adam Richman – actor, host of reality-television series Man vs. Food
• Thomas Ridgway – U.S. Army officer and father of General Matthew Ridgway
• Henry Riecken (1917–2012) – psychologist
• Heinrich Ries (1871–1951) – economic geologist
• Joan Rivers (1933–2014) – comedian
• Phil Rizzuto (1917–2007) – Major League Baseball player and broadcaster
• Saul Robbins (1922–2010) – toy manufacturer and co-founder of Remco
• Warren Delano Robbins (1885–1935) – diplomat
• Mary Fanton Roberts (1864–1956) – journalist, writer
• Jackie Robinson – Major League Baseball player and pioneer, Brooklyn Dodgers
• Dorothy Robins-Mowry (1921–2021) – diplomat and writer
• Chris Rock (born 1965) – actor and comedian (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
• Tony Rock (born 1974) – actor and comedian (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
• Fred J. Rode (1896–1971) – Academy Award-nominated set director
• Jessamyn Rodriguez – social entrepreneur, educator, and hospitality executive
• John Raphael Rogers (1856–1934) – inventor of the Typograph
• Steve Rogers (born 1920) – fictional superhero, federal official, intelligence operative, former soldier
• Mortimer Rogoff (1921–2008) – inventor and businessman
• Saul Rogovin (1923–1995) – Major League Baseball pitcher
• Stan Rogow (1948–2023) – music manager, writer, and producer of film and television
• Roget Romain (born 1966) – executive, producer, entertainment manager and entrepreneur
• Edward A. Romano – entertainment executive
• Mickey Rooney (1920–2014) – five-time Oscar-nominated actor
• Daisy Rosario – public radio personality and producer
• Max Rose (born 1986) – military officer and politician who served as a United States representative from New York
• Mike Rosen (born 1944) – radio talk show host and newspaper columnist
• Aaron "Rosy" Rosenberg (1912–1979) – two-time "All-American" college football player, and film and television producer
• Harold Rosenberg (1906–1978) – writer, educator, philosopher and art critic
• Jerry Rosenberg – television personality
• Philip Rosenberg (born 1935) – Academy Award winning production designer and art director
• Wayne Rosenthal (born 1965) – Major League Baseball pitcher and coach (Canarsie)
• Spencer Ross (born 1940) – sportscaster
• Steve Ross (1927–1992) – chairman of Time Warner
• Angela Carlozzi Rossi (1901–1977) – social worker
• Mark Roth (born 1951) – bowler
• Julian Rotter (1916–2014) – psychologist known for developing social learning theory
• Rowdy Rebel (born 1991) – rapper from GS9 (East Flatbush)
• Herbert H. Rowen (1916–1999) – historian
• Essie Wick Rowland (1871–1957) – socialite
• Jeff Rubens (born 1941) – bridge player, editor, and writer
• Cyma Rubin (born 1926) – producer, writer, and director
• Ed Rubinoff (born 1935) – tennis player
• David Rubinson (born 1942) – recording engineer and music producer
• Rudi (1928–1973) – spiritual teacher
• David Ruggerio (born 1962) – chef
• Chris Rush (born 1946) – stand-up comedian
• Brenda Russell (born 1949) – singer
• Sam Rutigliano (born 1933) – football coach
• Carl Hancock Rux – writer, actor, and director (Fort Greene)
• RZA (born 1969) – rapper

S

• Jonathan Safran Foer (born 1977) – novelist
• Carl Sagan (1934–1996) – scientist, author, educator (Bensonhurst)
• Saigon (born 1977) – actor and rapper
• Stephanie Saland – ballet dancer and teacher
• Claudia Peña Salinas (born 1975) – artist
• Dmitri Salita (born 1982) – boxer
• William Salter (1821–1910) – minister, public orator, social activist, and historian
• Arnold A. Saltzman (1916–2014) – businessman, diplomat, art collector, and philanthropist
• John Samuelsen – labor union leader
• Julia Sand (1848–1933) – letter writer who corresponded with President Chester A. Arthur
• Bernie Sanders (born 1941) – Independent U.S. senator from Vermont (Madison)
• Jane Sanders (born 1950) – social worker, college administrator, activist, and political strategist
• Adam Sandler (born 1966) – actor and comedian
• Evie Sands (born 1946) – singer-songwriter and musician
• Betty Santoro (1938–2005) – educator, activist and community leader
• Porter Sargent (1872–1951) – educational theorist and critic
• Peter Sarsgaard (born 1971) – actor
• Lois Sasson (1940–2020) – jewelry designer and gay rights activist
• Brittney Savage (born 1987) – professional wrestler
• Viola Savoy (1899–1987) – actress
• Leo Schachter (1924–2019) – diamond manufacturer
• Roger Schank (born 1946) – education reformer, artificial-intelligence expert
• Kenny Scharf (born 1958) – graffiti artist
• Ossie Schectman (1919–2013) – NBA basketball guard
• Robert Scherrer (1935–1995) – FBI agent
• Thomas D. Schiano (born 1962) – organ-transplantation specialist
• Vincent Schiavelli (1948–2005) − actor, food writer
• Phil Schiliro (born 1956) – political consultant and strategist
• Justin G. Schiller (born 1943) – bookseller
• Vincent Schiraldi (born 1959) – juvenile justice policy reformer and activist
• Steve Schirripa (born 1957) – actor (Bensonhurst)
• Harvey Schlossberg (1936–2021) – psychoanalyst, police officer, and founder of modern crisis negotiation
• Michael Schlow – chef and restaurateur
• Ruth A. M. Schmidt (1916–2014) – geologist and paleontologist
• Tobias Schneebaum (1922–2005) – artist, anthropologist, and AIDS activist
• Robert Scholes (1929–2016) – literary critic and theorist
• Andre-Michel Schub (born 1952) – pianist (Midwood)
• Peter C. Schultz (born 1942) – co-inventor of fiber optics
• Chuck Schumer (born 1950) – U.S. senator from New York (Flatbush)
• Alan Schwartz – businessman; executive chairman of Guggenheim Partners
• Gary Schwartz (born 1940) – art historian
• Ylon Schwartz – chessmaster
• Joseph E. Schwartzberg (1928–2018) – writer, academic, and peace activist
• Seymour Schwartzman (1930–2009) – opera singer and cantor
• Chris Matthew Sciabarra (born 1960) – political theorist
• Brian Scolaro (born 1973) – comedian, actor, voice-over actor and author
• Raymond Scott (born Harry Warnow, 1908–1994) – composer, bandleader, pianist, electronic-music pioneer
• Samuel R. Scottron (1841–1905) – inventor and engineer
• John Scully (1846–1917) – Jesuit priest and president of Fordham University
• Neil Sedaka (1939–2026) – singer-songwriter
• Alice Wiley Seay (1858–1937) – social worker and founder of the Empire State Federation of Women's Clubs
• Alonzo Bertram See (1849–1941) – businessman
• Murray Seeman (1914–2017) – lawyer and real estate developer
• Erich Segal (1937–2010) – author, Academy Award-nominated screenwriter, and educator (Midwood)
• Hugh Seidman (1940–2023) – poet
• Steven Seifert (1950–2022) – medical toxicologist
• Jerry Seinfeld (born 1954) – actor and comedian (Borough Park)
• Matt Zoller Seitz (born 1968) – film and television critic, author and filmmaker
• Hubert Selby, Jr. (1928–2004) – author
• Cletus Seldin (born 1986) – boxer
• Phil Sellers (born 1953) – former NBA player
• Irene Mayer Selznick (1907–1990) – socialite and theatrical producer
• George I. Seney (1826–1893) – banker, art collector, and philanthropist
• Greg Serano (born 1974) – actor
• Frank Serpico (born 1936) – New York Police Department detective and whistleblower
• John Severin (1921–2012) – comics artist
• Marie Severin (1929–2018) – comics artist and colorist
• Shabazz the Disciple (born 1973) – rapper (Red Hook)
• William Shadish (1949–2016) – psychologist and statistician
• Ruth Shafer (1912 –1972) – engineer
• Juliet Popper Shaffer (born 1932) – psychologist and statistician
• Neal Shapiro (born 1945) – equestrian and Olympic medalist
• Judy Shapiro-Ikenberry (born 1942) – long-distance runner
• Francis Ethelbert Sharkey – fictional character played by Terry Becker in the 1964–68 ABC television series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
• Judith Sheindlin (born 1942) – television personality, Judge Judy (Madison / Bedford–Stuyvesant)
• Lawrence L. Shenfield (1891–1974) – advertising executive
• Allie Sherman (1923–2015) – NFL player and coach
• Art Sherman (born 1937) – horse trainer and jockey
• Fred Sherman (1924–2009) – economist and business commentator
• Jerome K. Sherman (1925–2023) – biologist and founder of modern sperm banking and cryopreservation
• Bobby Shmurda (born 1994) – rapper from GS9 (East Flatbush)
• Lester Shorr (1907–1992) – cinematographer
• Marjorie Shostak (1945–1996) – anthropologist
• Michael Showalter (born 1970) – actor and comedian
• Shyne (born Jamal Michael Barrow; 1978), Belizean rapper and politician
• Gabourey Sidibe (born 1983) – actress (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
• Bugsy Siegel (1906–1947) – gangster
• Jill Sigman – choreographer and dancer
• Raymond Siller (born 1939) – television writer, political consultant
• Beverly Sills (1929–2007) – opera singer
• Dean Silvers – film director, film producer, screenwriter, and author (East Flatbush)
• Phil Silvers (1911–1985) – actor and comedian
• John Sitaras (born 1972) – fitness professional
• David Sive (1922–2014) – attorney, environmentalist, and professor of environmental law
• Skoob – half of rap duo Das EFX
• Justine Skye (born 1995) – singer-songwriter, dancer and model
• Harold S. Sloan (1888–1988) – economist
• Buzz Slutzky (born 1988) – artist, writer, educator, and performer
• Peer Smed (1878–1943) – silversmith
• Smif-n-Wessun – hip-hop duo
• Frank H. Smith – media executive and producer
• Lois Smith (1928–2012) – publicist
• Lucy Eaton Smith (1845–1894) – nun
• Munroe Smith (1854–1926) – jurist and historian
• Philip F. Smith (1932–2017) – Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard
• Sanford L. Smith (1939–2024) – businessman
• Jimmy Smits (born 1955) – actor
• Stephen Edward Smith (1927–1990) – financial analyst and political strategist who was the husband of Jean Kennedy Smith
• Pop Smoke (1999–2020) – rapper (Canarsie)
• Joel Smoller (1936–2017) – mathematician
• Culver C. Sniffen (1844–1930) – Paymaster-General of the United States Army
• Ralph Snyderman (born 1940) – physician, scientist, administrator (Bensonhurst)
• Robert Solow (1924–2023) – economist; winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (Madison)
• Lee Solters (1919–2009) – press agent
• Gilbert Sorrentino (1929–2006) – novelist, short story writer, poet, literary critic, and editor
• Paul Sorvino (1939–2022) – actor
• Carl Søyland (1894–1978) – editor-in-chief of Nordisk Tidende
• Paul Spatola – musician
• Mortimer Spiegelman (1901–1969) – statistician
• Michael Spiller (born 1961) – cinematographer and television director
• DJ Spinderella (born 1971) – DJ and rapper
• William F. Spurgin (1838–1904) – US Army brigadier general, lived in Brooklyn during retirement
• Lamuel A. Stanislaus (1921–2016) – dentist and diplomat
• Jessie Stanton (1887–1976) – writer
• Barbara Stanwyck (1907–1990) – Oscar-winning actress
• Adele Starr (1920–2010) – activist
• Peter Steele (1962–2010) – bassist and singer (Type O Negative, Carnivore) (Midwood)
• Charles M. Stein (1920–2016) – statistician and academic
• Seymour Stein (1942–2023) – entrepreneur and music executive
• Norman Steinberg (1939–2023) – television director, producer and screenwriter
• Douglas C. Steiner (born 1960) – real estate developer
• Gilbert Y. Steiner (1924–2006) – scholar and president of the Brookings Institution
• Charles Stendig (1924–2024) – businessman and philanthropist
• Gary Stephan (born 1942) – artist
• Lance Stephenson (born 1990) – basketball player
• Ray Stern (1933–2007) – professional wrestler, bodybuilder and entrepreneur
• Stuart Sternberg (born 1959) – owner of the Tampa Bay Rays
• Connie Stevens (born 1938) – actress and singer
• Neil M. Stevenson (1930–2009) – chief of chaplains of the U.S. Navy
• Bob Stewart (1920–2012) – television producer
• Sticky Fingaz (born 1973), born Kirk Jones, member of the rap group Onyx
• Jerry Stiller (1927–2020) – actor, father of Ben Stiller
• Lulu G. Stillman (1881 or 1882–1969) – activist for Native American rights
• Frederick A. Stokes (1857–1939) – publisher
• David Stones (born 1988) – rapper
• Ruth Storey (1913–1997) – actress
• Jeff Strabone – scholar, political activist and civic leader
• Granville Straker (born 1939) – music businessman and record producer
• Evelyn Straus (1916–1992) – photojournalist
• Barbra Streisand (born 1942) – Oscar-winning actress, singer, director, political activist (Williamsburg)
• Eric Stuart (born 1967) – voice actor, voice director, musician, singer and songwriter
• Ray Suarez (born 1957) – journalist (Bensonhurst)
• Jason Sudeikis (born 1975) – actor and comedian (Clinton Hill)
• Daniel Suhr (1964–2001) – first firefighter to die in the September 11 attacks
• Jackie Summers – microdistiller, writer and chief executive officer of Jack from Brooklyn
• Laura Sumner (1921–1993) – numismatist and poet
• Rowena Swanson (born 1928) – information scientist
• Glenn Switkes (1951–2009) – environmentalist and film-maker
• Richard Sylbert (1928–2002) – film production designer and art director
• Harold Syrett (1913–1984) – president of Brooklyn College

T

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

U

• Uncle Murda (born 1980) – gangster rapper (East New York)
• Adelaide Underhill (1860–1936) – librarian
• Daniel Oscar Underhill (1845–1929) – banker
• Barbara Underwood (1932–2025) – politician
• UTFO – 1980s rap group

V

• Francis R. Valeo (1916–2006) – 21st Secretary of the United States Senate
• Lou Vairo (born 1945) – ice hockey coach and inductee into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame
• Isaac Van Anden (1812–1875) – newspaper publisher and founder of the Brooklyn Eagle
• Mary Crowell Van Benschoten (1840–1921) – author, newspaper publisher, clubwoman
• Charles H. Van Brunt (1835–1905) – lawyer and judge
• Willard Van der Veer (1894–1963) – Academy Award-winning cinematographer
• Paul Van Dyke (1859–1933) – historian
• Frank P. Van Pelt (1861–1942) – Sandy Hook Pilot
• Andrew VanWyngarden (born 1983) – member of MGMT
• Alan Veingrad (born 1963) – NFL player
• Nydia Velázquez (born 1953 – U.S. congresswoman, former New York City Councilor
• Guido Verbeck (1830–1898) – political advisor, educator, and missionary
• Dylan Verrechia (born 1976) – film director, producer, and screenwriter
• Edward Verso (born 1941) – dancer and choreographer
• Edward Vick (born 1944) – former CEO of Young & Rubicam
• Idara Victor – actress
• Abe Vigoda (1921–2016) – actor
• Pat Villani (1954–2011) – computer programmer
• Sal Villanueva – record producer
• Tony Visconti (born 1944) – musician, producer
• Joseph Volpe (born 1940) – manager of the Metropolitan Opera
• Thomas von Essen (born 1945) – New York City Fire Commissioner

W

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

Y

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

Z

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

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

References