List of Brooklyn celebrities

This list includes personalities who were born in Brooklyn . Brooklyn has been a borough of New York City since 1898 .

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6ix9ine (born 1996), rapper

A.

AZ

Aaliyah (1979-2001), R&B singer
Kenny Aaronson (* 1952), electric bass player
Ahmed Abdul-Malik (1927–1993), jazz musician
Michael Abene (* 1942), jazz musician
Milton Abramowitz (1915-1958), mathematician
Herb Abramson (1916-1999), music producer
Matthew T. Abruzzo (1889–1971), lawyer
Kirk Acevedo (born 1971), actor
James Truslow Adams (1878-1949), historian and writer
Léonie Adams (1899–1988), poet
Mason Adams (1919-2005), actor
Bob Adelman (1930–2016), photographer and author
Derrick Adkins (born 1970), track and field athlete
Jerry Adler (* 1929), theater director and director, television and film actor
Warren Adler (1927-2019), author
Frank Adonis (1935-2018), actor
Herman A. Affel (1893–1972), electrical engineer and inventor
Eden Ahbez (1908–1995), composer
Danny Aiello (1933–2019), actor and singer
Franklyn Ajaye (born 1949), actor and stand-up comedian
Charles Alderton (1875–1941), pharmacist and inventor
Ross Alexander (1907–1937), actor
Taru Alexander (* 1967), jazz musician
Marcus Alexis (1932–2009), economics professor
Wendell Alexis (born 1964), basketball player
Sadam Ali (* 1988), boxer
Tatyana Ali (* 1979), actress and singer
Alisha (* 1968), dance pop singer
Rae Allen (born 1926), actress
Woody Allen (born 1935), comedian, director, writer and actor
Rebecca Alpert (* 1950), author and rabbi
Lyle Alzado (1949–1992), football player and actor
Jerome Ambro (1928-1993), politician
George Amy (1903-1986), film editor
Barbara Anderson (born 1945), actress
George Whelan Anderson Jr. (1906-1992), Admiral
Warren Anderson (1921-2014), manager
Wes Anderson (* 1964), jazz musician
Michael Angarano (* 1987), film and television actor
Joanna Angel (* 1980), porn actress and producer
Carmelo Anthony (born 1984), basketball player
Stuart S. Antman (* 1939), mathematician
Aaron Antonovsky (1923-1994), sociologist
Kenneth Appel (1932-2013), mathematician
Vinny Appice (born 1957), drummer
Herbert Aptheker (1915–2003), historian and political activist
Dwayne Archbold (born 1980), basketball player
Bruce Arena (* 1951), football coach
Darren Aronofsky (* 1969), film director and screenwriter
Donald Joel Aronow (1927–1987), designer, constructor, operator and racing boat driver
Beatrice Arthur (1922–2009), actress
Joe Ascione (1961-2016), jazz drummer
Julius Ashkin (1920–1982), theoretical and experimental physicist
Madeleine Astor (1893–1940), wife of the hotel owner John Jacob Astor IV (1864–1912)
Essence Atkins (born 1972), actress
David Atlas (1924-2015), meteorologist
Red Auerbach (1917-2006), basketball coach
Steve Augeri (born 1959), rock singer
Louis Auslander (1928–1997), mathematician
Maurice Auslander (1926–1994), mathematician
Sophie Auster (* 1987), singer and actress
David Paul Ausubel (1918–2008), author of writings on learning theory
Daniel Axelrod (1910–1998), botanist and paleoecologist
AZ (* 1973), rap musician

B.

Francis Channing Barlow

Sol Babitz (1911–1982), violinist and music theorist
Steve Backer (1937-2014), jazz producer
Charles Bacon (1885–1968), track and field athlete and Olympic champion
Henry Bacon (1846–1915), lawyer and politician
Joseph Badalucco, Jr. (born 1960), actor
Michael Badalucco (born 1954), actor
Joey Badass (* 1995), rapper and hip-hop musician
Hilary J. Bader (1952-2002), screenwriter
Jane Badler (born 1953), actress
Scott Baio (born 1961), actor
Vincent John Baldwin (1907–1979), Catholic auxiliary bishop
Veronica Balfe (1913–2000), marksman and actress
Ina Balin (1937–1990), actress
Charles Daniel Balvo (* 1951), Roman Catholic bishop and diplomat
BAM (* 1970), rapper, music producer, performance artist and actor
Danny Bank (1922-2010), jazz musician
Gerald Michael Barbarito (* 1950), Roman Catholic bishop
Francis Channing Barlow (1834-1896), politician and general in the Civil War
Klara Barlow (1928–2008), opera singer
Wade Barnes (1954–2012), jazz drummer, composer, music producer, arranger and music teacher
Allen Baron (* 1927), screenwriter, film and television director, producer and actor
Caroline Baron (* 1961), film producer
Judi Barrett (* 1941), author of picture books for children
Malcolm Barrett (born 1980), actor
Marlyne Barrett (born 1978), actress
Ray Barretto (1929-2006), jazz musician
George Barrie (1912–2002), entrepreneur, company manager, film composer and film producer
Carolyne Barry (1943–2015), dancer, actress, acting teacher and casting director
Eileen Barton (1924-2006), singer and actress
Austin Basis (born 1976), actor
Ajmal Basit (* 1978), basketball player
Edward Bassett (1863–1948), lawyer and politician
William A. Bassett (* 1931), geophysicist, mineralogist, geochemist and geologist
Lillian Bassman (1917–2012), painter and photographer
Fabián Bastidas (* 1993), football player
Noah Baumbach (* 1969), film director and screenwriter
Allyce Beasley (born 1954), actress and voice actress
Robin Beck (* 1954), singer
Frank J. Becker (1899–1981), politician
Frederick Bedell (1868-1958), physicist
Joy Behar (* 1942), comedian, actress and presenter
Karl Howell Behr (1885–1949), tennis player and banker
Richie Beirach (* 1947), jazz musician
Jack Belden (1910–1989), war correspondent and writer
Michael Bell (born 1938), actor
Richard Bellman (1920–1984), mathematician
Steven Bellovin , researcher in computer networks and security
Solon S. Beman (1853-1914), architect
Seth Benardete (1930–2001), classical philologist and philosopher
Pat Benatar (born 1953), rock singer
Lourdes Benedicto (born 1974), actress
William Rose Benét (1886–1950), poet and editor
Spencer Gordon Bennet (1893-1987), director
Betty T. Bennett (1935-2006), literary scholar
Charles G. Bennett (1863–1914), lawyer and politician
John J. Bennett (1894–1967), soldier, lawyer and politician
Robert S. Bennett (* 1939), lawyer
William Bennett (born 1943), politician
Donald R. Bensen (1927–1997), science fiction writer and editor
Paul Ben-Victor (born 1965), actor
Bob Berg (1951-2002), jazz musician
Dave Berg (1920–2002), cartoonist and comic artist
Paul Berg (* 1926), biochemist and molecular biologist, Nobel Prize winner 1980
Philip Berg (1929–2013), founder and director of the Kabbalah Center
John T. Bergen (1786–1855), politician
Teunis G. Bergen (1806-1881), politician
Bennett Berger (1926–2005), cultural sociologist
Lee Bergere (1918-2007), actor
Alan Bergman (* 1925), songwriter and composer
Borah Bergman (1933-2012), jazz pianist
George M. Bergman (* 1943), mathematician
Eleanor Bergstein (* 1938), writer, screenwriter, film producer and film director
C. Fred Bergsten (* 1941), economist and political advisor
Xander Berkeley (born 1955), actor
David Berkowitz (born 1953), serial killer
Jay Berliner (* 1940), guitarist
Molly Bernard (* 1988), actress
Walter Berndt (1899–1979), cartoonist
Artie Bernstein (1909–1964), jazz bassist
Walter Bernstein (* 1919), screenwriter
Anthony Joseph Bevilacqua (1923–2012), Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop of Philadelphia
Big Daddy Kane (born 1968), rapper
Jedediah Bila (* 1979), journalist, author and television presenter
Emily Bindiger (born 1955), actress and singer
Lillian Birnbaum (* 1955), Austrian-American film director and producer and photographer
Ed Bishop (1932-2005), actor
Otis Blackwell (1931–2002), composer
David Blaine (* 1973), action artist and street magician
Marcie Blane (* 1944), pop singer
Herbert Blau (1926–2013), theater director and author
Albert P. Blaustein (1921–1994), lawyer
Corbin Bleu (* 1989), actor
Archibald Meserole Bliss (1838–1923), politician
Héctor Blondet (1947–2006), Puerto Rican basketball player
William Blum (1933–2018), publicist and critic of US foreign policy
Richard Blumenthal (* 1946), politician
John Joseph Boardman (1894–1978), Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop in Brooklyn
David Boehm (1893–1962), screenwriter
Simon Boerum (1724–1775), politician
Neil Bogart (1943–1982), manager and record company boss
Bill Bollinger (1939–1988), sculptor
Allan R. Bomhard (* 1943), linguist
John Bonetti (1928-2008), poker player
Paul Hyde Bonner (1893–1968), writer and diplomat
Robert Boochever (1917–2011), lawyer
Douglas H. Bosco (* 1946), politician
Alice Boughton (1867–1943), photographer and painter
Clara Bow (1905–1965), actress
Riddick Bowe (* 1968), heavyweight boxer
Herbert Wolcott Bowen (1856–1927), lawyer and diplomat
Barbara Boxer (* 1940), politician
Elizabeth Bracco (born 1957), actress
Lorraine Bracco (born 1954), actress
Benjamin Bradshaw (1879-1960), wrestler
Edward Thomas Brady (* 1943), judge
Scott Brady (1924–1985), film and television actor
Myles Brand (1942–2009), university and sports official
Michael Brandon (* 1945), actor and director
Frank J. Brasco (1932–1998), lawyer and politician
Alan Braufman (* 1951), jazz musician
William Braunstein (Ill Bill) (* 1972), rapper and music producer
James D. Breckenridge (1926–1982), art historian
Patrick Breen (* 1960), actor and screenwriter
Vincent DePaul Breen (1936–2003), Roman Catholic Bishop of Metuchen
Edmund Breese (1871-1936), actor and author
Mark Breland (born 1963), boxer
Joseph R. Brennan (1900-1989), basketball player
Albert Brenner (* 1926), production designer and art director
Shannon Briggs (born 1971), heavyweight boxer
Richard Bright (1937-2006), actor
Danielle Brisebois (* 1969), songwriter and actress
Stanley Brock (1931–1991), actor
Howard Brockway (1870–1951), composer
Gladys Brockwell (1894–1929), actress
Howard Brofsky (1927–2013), jazz musician and university professor
Mel Brooks (born 1926), comedian and director
Joyce Brothers (1927–2013), psychologist, television personality, and columnist
Heywood Broun (1888–1939), sports journalist and critic
Brian Brown (born 1979), basketball player
Foxy Brown (born 1978), rapper
Larry Brown (born 1940), basketball coach
Michael Stuart Brown (born 1941), geneticist
Susan Brownmiller (* 1935), journalist and activist
Walter Bruchhausen (1892–1976), federal judge
Paul Brumer (* 1945), Canadian theoretical chemist
George Jarvis Brush (1831-1912), mineralogist
David Bryant (* 1983), jazz musician
John Bucher (1930–2020), jazz musician
Eric Buchman (born 1979), poker player
Buckshot (born 1974), rapper
Irving Louis Burgie ( Lord Burgess ) (1924–2019), composer
Arnold I. Burns (1930-2013), lawyer
Ken Burns (* 1953), documentary filmmaker
Lucy Burns (1879–1966), suffragette and suffragette
John Buscema (1927–2002), comic book artist
Sal Buscema (* 1936), comic artist
Steve Buscemi (born 1957), actor
Frederick Busch (1941-2006), writer
James Glentworth Butler (1821-1916), Presbyterian clergyman
Jerry Butler (1959-2018), adult film actor
Arthur Byron (1872–1943), actor

C.

George Cables

Frank Joseph Caggiano

George Cables (* 1944), jazz musician
Gerard Cafesjian (1925–2013), lawyer and patron
Frank Joseph Caggiano (* 1959), Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop
Thomas Calabro (born 1959), actor
William M. Calder (1869–1945), politician
Louis Calhern (1895–1956), actor
Joseph A. Califano (* 1931), lawyer, minister and economic manager
John Callahan (1953-2020), actor
Charlie Callas (1924–2011), actor and comedian
Felix Campbell (1829–1902), politician
Kevin P. Campbell (* 1952), physiologist, biophysicist and neuroscientist
Helen Candee (1858–1949), writer, journalist, feminist and interior designer
Mark A. Cane (* 1944), climate researcher and oceanographer
Gaby Canizales (* 1960), boxer
Charles R. Cantor (* 1942), molecular biologist and biotechnologist
Arnold S. Caplin (1929–2009), music producer
Al Capone (1899-1947), gang boss
Frank Capone (1895-1924), mobster
John Carberry (1904–1998), Roman Catholic Archbishop and Cardinal
Christopher Michael Cardone (* 1957), Catholic clergyman, Archbishop of Honiara
John F. Carew (1873–1951), lawyer and politician
Hugh Carey (1919-2011), politician
Frank Carillo (* 1950), guitarist, singer and rock musician
Philip Carlo (1949-2010), journalist
Thomas Francis Carney (* 1931), British-Canadian ancient historian and communication scientist
William Carney (1942-2017), politician
Thelma Carpenter (1922–1997), jazz singer and actress
Eric Carr (1950-1991), musician
Steve Carr (* 1962), film director and producer
Lisa Nicole Carson (born 1969), actress
Chris Carter (* 1992), basketball player
Terry Carter (born 1928), actor
Steve Carver (* 1945), photographer, film director and film producer
Anthony Casso (* 1940), Mafioso of the Lucchese family
Paul Castellano (1915–1985), mafioso and head of the Gambino family
Hamilton Castner (1858–1899), chemical industrialist
Ignatius Anthony Catanello (1938–2013), Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop
Michael P. Cava (1926-2010), chemist
Emanuel Celler (1888–1981), politician
Charles Chadwick (1874–1953), track and field athlete
Rachel Chagall (born 1952), actress
Paul Chaikin (* 1945), physicist
William Henry Chamberlin (1897–1969), Russia correspondent and Eastern Europe historian
Robert W. Chambers (1865–1933), painter and author
Rohan Chand (* 2003 or 2004), child actor
David Chandler (1944-2017), chemist
Jeff Chandler (1918–1961), film actor
Irwin Chanin (1891–1988), architect
Harold Chapin (1886–1915), English actor and playwright
Saul Chaplin (1912–1997), composer and songwriter
Emile Charlap (1918–2015), musician, copyist and contractor
Melanie JB Charles (* ≈1988), jazz musician
Larry Charles (* 1956), screenwriter and director
Lorenzo Charles (1963-2011), basketball player
Maury Chaykin (1949–2010), American-Canadian actor
Jeff Cheeger (* 1943), mathematician
Norman Cherner (1920–1987), prefabricated house pioneer and furniture designer
Ron Chernow (* 1949), journalist and biographer
Bernard Childs (1910–1985), painter and printmaker
Shirley Chisholm (1924-2005), politician
Carl Heinz Choynski (* 1936), German actor
John T. Christian , civil engineer
Julie Christmas (* 1975), rock and metal singer
Louis K. Church (1846–1898), politician
Jennie Churchill (1854–1921), philanthropist and author
Dane Clark (1912–1998), actor
John Clark (* 1944), jazz musician
Andrew Dice Clay (born 1957), comedian and actor
Linda Clifford (* 1944 or 1948), disco and soul singer
Larry Clinton (1909–1985), swing musician
Sidney Clute (1916–1985), actor
Artie Cobb (born 1942), poker player
Elizabeth Coffin (1850–1930), painter
Ben Cohen (born 1951), entrepreneur
Isidore Cohen (1922–2005), chamber musician and violinist
Judith Love Cohen (1933–2016), aerospace engineer and author
Mickey Cohen (1913-1976), mobster
Paul Cohen (* 1922), jazz trumpeter
Samuel Cohen (1921–2010), physicist and inventor of the neutron bomb
Seymour S. Cohen (1917-2018), biochemist and cancer researcher
Stanley Cohen (1922-2020), neuroscientist and biochemist
William W. Cohen (1874–1940), politician
Julian Cole (1925–1999), mathematician
Anthony Coleman (* 1955), jazz musician
Norm Coleman (born 1949), politician
Luis Collazo (born 1981), boxer
Frank Collett (1941 or 1942–2016), jazz pianist and keyboardist
Barry Commoner (1917–2012), biologist and ecologist
William Conklin (1872–1935), film actor
Joanna Connor (* 1962), blues musician
Chuck Connors (1921–1992), actor and baseball player
Ronald Gerard Connors (1915–2002), Roman Catholic bishop
John Cook (born 1946), politician
Omar Cook (* 1982), basketball player
Dillon Cooper (born 1992), rapper
J. Fred Coots (1897-1985), songwriter
Aaron Copland (1900–1990), composer
Barbara Corday (* 1944), screenwriter and film producer
Jeff Corey (1914-2002), actor
Cormega (born 1969), rapper
Ted de Corsia (1905–1973), actor
Robert W. Cort , film producer
Benedito Domingos Vito Coscia (1922–2008), Roman Catholic Bishop of Jataí in Brazil
Robert Costanzo (born 1942), actor
Robert Cottingham (* 1935), painter and graphic artist
Robert Coyle (* 1964), Roman Catholic Auxiliary Bishop in Rockville Center
Mimi Cozzens (* 1935), film, television and theater actress
Omar Credle (OC) (born 1972), rapper
Gregory Crewdson (born 1962), photographer
Peter Criss (* 1945), drummer
Percy Crosby (1891–1964), author, illustrator and cartoonist
Richard Crudo (* 1957), cameraman
Wilson Cruz (born 1973), actor
Ronnie Cuber (* 1941), jazz musician
Thomas H. Cullen (1868–1944), lawyer and politician
Billy Cunningham (born 1943), basketball player and coach
Ann Cusack (born 1961), actress
Jon Cutler (* 1969), house DJ

D.

Katherine Sophie Dreier

Mildred Dresselhaus

Al D'Amato (* 1937), lawyer and politician
Vic Damone (1928–2018), singer and actor
Viola Dana (1897–1987), silent film actress
William Daniels (born 1927), actor
Tony Danza (* 1951), Italian-American actor
Georgine Darcy (1931–2004), actress
Candy Darling (1944–1974), transvestite and film actor
Connie Darnowski (* 1934), hurdler
Tony Darrow (* 1938), Italian-American actor
Nelson Horatio Darton (1865-1948), geologist
Hal David (1921–2012), songwriter
Jonathan David (* 2000), football player
Larry David (* 1947), comedian, screenwriter and actor
Kief Davidson (* 1970), filmmaker
Paul Davidson (* 1930), economist
Marion Davies (1897–1961), actress
John Bryant Davila (born 1980), actor
Carl Davis (* 1936), composer
Clive Davis (* 1932), entrepreneur in the music business
Dexter Davis (born 1970), American football player
James E. Davis (1962–2003), police officer and politician
Gloria Davy (1931–2012), opera singer
Donald Day (1895–1966), journalist, author and radio propagandist for Großdeutscher Rundfunk
Dorothy Day (1897–1980), social activist and journalist
Frank DeCicco (1935–1986), criminal and member of the Gambino mafia family
Ronald DeFeo (* 1951), multiple murderer
Hugh DeHaven (1895–1980), pilot, engineer and accident research pioneer
David DeJesus (born 1979), baseball player
Albert Dekker (1905–1968), film actor and local politician
John J. Delaney (1878-1948), politician
Lew Del Gatto (* 1941), jazz, fusion and studio musician
Dom DeLuise (1933–2009), actor, director, singer and dancer
Paddy DeMarco (1928-1997), boxer
Roy DeMeo (1942–1983), Italian-American mobster of the La Cosa Nostra in the Gambino family
Les DeMerle (* 1946), big band leader, drummer and singer
James DeMonaco (* 1969), director, screenwriter and film producer
Gloria DeNard (* 1927), jazz musician and music teacher
Kenwood Dennard (* 1956), drummer and music teacher
Alan M. Dershowitz (* 1938), lawyer, political activist and publicist
Sugar Pie DeSanto (* 1935), R&B singer, dancer, entertainer and composer
Desiigner (* 1997), American rapper and songwriter
John Devereaux (born 1962), basketball player
CC DeVille (born 1962), guitarist
Neil Diamond (born 1941), singer and songwriter
Lou DiBella (* 1960), boxing promoter
Janice Dickinson (* 1955), model, actress, photographer and writer
Robert Diggs (* 1969), rap musician and member of the Wu-Tang Clan
Jeff Dinitz (* 1952), mathematician
Gene DiNovi (* 1928), jazz pianist and composer
Diane DiPrima (* 1934), writer
Bob Dishy (born 1934), actor
Diane Dixon (born 1964), track and field athlete
DJ Casper (* 1971), DJ
DJ Spinna (* around 1973), DJ and music producer
Jack Donohue (1908–1984), show dancer, choreographer, screenwriter, musical director, producer and director
James Donahue (1886–1966), track and field athlete
Walter Donaldson (1893–1947), composer
JP Donleavy (1926-2017), Irish-American writer
Vincent D'Onofrio (born 1959), actor
Daisy Donovan (* 1975), British actress, writer and producer
Vikki Dougan (* 1929), model and actress
Andrew Douglas (* 1998), squash player
Edwin B. Dooley (1905-1982), politician
Brendan Dooling (born 1990), actor
Sante D'Orazio (* 1956), photographer
Francis E. Dorn (1911–1987), lawyer and politician
Frank Nelson Doubleday (1862-1934), publisher
Nelson Doubleday (1889-1949), publisher
Doug E. Doug (born 1970), actor
Eddie Dougherty (1915-1994), jazz drummer
Carol Douglas (* 1948), soul and disco singer
Donald Wills Douglas (1892–1981), aircraft manufacturer
John E. Douglas (* 1945), criminalist and publicist
Will Downing (* 1965), soul and house singer and songwriter
Jerry Doyle (1956–2016), actor, radio presenter and politician
David Draiman (* 1973), musician, disturbed / device
Stan Drake (1921–1997), comic book artist
Tom Drake (1918–1982), actor
Hal Draper (1914–1990), socialist, Marxism researcher, author and translator
Deborah Drattell (* 1956), composer
Katherine Sophie Dreier (1877–1952), painter, art patron and art collector
Margaret Dreier Robins (1868–1945), trade unionist and suffragette
Mary Dreier (1875–1963), trade unionist and women's rights activist
Mildred Dresselhaus (1930–2017), physicist
Henry Dreyfuss (1904–1972), product designer
Lorin Dreyfuss (* 1943), actor, screenwriter and producer
Edmund H. Driggs (1865-1946), politician

Michael Drosnin (1946–2020), investigative journalist and bestselling author
Mort Drucker (1929-2020), cartoonist
Al Duffy (1906-2006), jazz violinist
Allen B. DuMont (1901-1965), electrical engineer
Pamela Duncan (1931–2005), actress
Mike Dunleavy (born 1954), basketball player and coach
Linwood G. Dunn (1904-1998), special effects artist
John Charles Dunne (born 1937), Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop
Robbie Dupree (born 1946), pop singer and songwriter
Gene Dynarski (1933-2020), actor

E.

Josephine Earp

Omar Epps

Jennifer Esposito

Madeline Early (1912–2001), mathematician and university professor
Josephine Earp (1861–1944), actress and professional dancer
Monk Eastman (1873-1920), criminal
Easy Mo Bee (* 1965), music producer and rapper
Philip Eaton (* 1936), chemist
Herb Edelman (1933–1996), actor
Vince Edwards (1928–1996), actor and director
Ella Ehni (1875–1952), German politician
Leon Ehrenpreis (1930–2010), mathematician
George Stephen Eisenbarth (1947–2012), endocrinologist, immunologist and diabetologist
Will Eisner (1917–2005), comic artist
Florence Eldridge (1901–1988), actress
Jennifer Elie (* 1986), tennis player
Mortimer M. Elkind (1922–2000), physicist and radiation biologist
Aaron Elkins (born 1935), crime writer
Stanley Ellin (1916-1986), crime writer
El-P (* 1975), rapper and music producer
Morris Engel (1918–2005), photographer, cameraman, screenwriter and director
Theobald Engelhardt (1851–1935), architect
Epic Mazur (* 1970), rapper, singer and producer
Louis Eppolito (1948–2019), New York Police Department officer
Omar Epps (* 1973), actor
Shareeka Epps (* 1989), actress
Jeffrey Epstein (1953-2019), investment banker
Marion Epstein (1915–2014), mathematician
Nelson Erazo (Homicide) (born 1977), pro-wrestler
Jade Eshete , actress
Jennifer Esposito (born 1973), actress
Joe Esposito (born 1948), singer
John Esposito (* 1940), Islamic scholar
John Esposito (* 1953), jazz pianist, composer, arranger and music producer
Marcellus H. Evans (1884–1953), lawyer and politician
Natale Evola (1907–1973), professional criminal

F.

Martin Joseph Fettman

Fabolous (born 1977), rapper
Solomon Fabricant (1906-1989), economist
Clifton Fadiman (1904–1999), writer, journalist and entertainer
Tony Falanga , double bass player
Edie Falco (born 1963), actress
Robert Falkenburg (* 1926), tennis player
JoAnn Falletta (* 1954), musician and conductor
Jimmy Fallon (* 1974), comedian, presenter and actor
James Farentino (1938–2012), film actor
Richard Fariña (1937–1966), writer and musician
Carmine Fatico (1910–1991), Caporegime of the Gambino family
Joey Fatone (born 1977), singer
Joan Feigenbaum (* 1958), computer scientist, mathematician and university lecturer
Bernard Feld (1919–1993), physicist
Liz Feldman (* 1977), comedian, screenwriter and television producer
Al Feldstein (1925–2014), comic book artist and painter
Chuck Fenda (* 1972), reggae / dub musician
Vanessa Ferlito (* 1980), actress
Alison Fernandez (* 2005), actress
Don Ferrara (1928–2011), jazz trumpeter
Jerry Ferrara (born 1979), actor
Lou Ferrigno (* 1951), actor and bodybuilder
Martin Joseph Fettman (* 1956), astronaut
Cy Feuer (1911–2006), theater owner, music director, film and theater producer
Edward Fielding (1875-1945), actor
Mark Fields (born 1961), manager
Shep Fields (1910-1981), swing musician
Harvey Fierstein (born 1954), actor
Sylvia Fine (1913–1991), composer and film producer
Gerald R. Fink (* 1940), geneticist
Fyvush Finkel (1922-2016), actor
Nat Finkelstein (1933–2009), photographer, photojournalist and book author
Norman Finkelstein (* 1953), political scientist and author
James Finn (* 1956), jazz musician
Ephraim Fischbach (* 1942), physicist
Lisa Fischer (* 1958), R&B singer
Avery Fisher (1906–1994), entrepreneur, inventor, and music patron
Marc Fitten (* 1974), author and publicist
Glenn Fitzgerald (born 1971), actor
John Joseph Fitzgerald (1872–1952), politician
Ernest Flagg (1857-1947), architect
Marshall Flaum (1925–2010), film director, screenwriter and producer of documentaries
Richard Fleischer (1916-2006), director
Sid Fleischman (1920-2010), writer
Joe Fleishaker (1954-2016), actor
Brian Flores (born 1981), American football coach
James Florio (born 1937), politician
Joseph V. Flynn (1883–1940), lawyer and politician
Dan Fogler (* 1976), actor, director, voice actor and screenwriter
James Foley (born 1953), director
Graham Forbes (1917–1984), jazz pianist and arranger
Paul Leicester Ford (1865–1902), writer, historian and biographer
Mark Forest (born 1933), bodybuilder, actor and opera singer
Mitchel Forman (* 1956), keyboard player of fusion and modern jazz
Chet Forrest (1915–1999), pianist, conductor, film composer and songwriter
William Forsythe (born 1955), actor
Robert Foster (* 1949), English professor and writer
Gardner Fox (1911–1986), comic book and science fiction writer
Allan Franklin (* 1938), physicist, science historian and science philosopher
Bob Frankston (* 1949), software developer
Daniel Franzese (* 1978), actor
Michael Franzese (* 1951), mobster and capo of the American Cosa Nostra
Elisabeth Fraser (1920–2005), actress
Frank Frazetta (1928-2010), fantasy and science fiction illustrator
Leonard Freed (1929-2006), photographer
Morton Freedgood (1913-2006), writer
John Freely (1926–2017), physicist, author and university professor
JE Freeman (1946-2014), actor
Frank Freidel (1916–1993), historian
Richard H. Frenkiel (* 1943), engineer and pioneer of mobile communications technology
Jacque Fresco (1916-2017), social reformer
Leonard Frey (1938–1988), actor
Blanche Friderici (1878–1933), actress
Herbert Friedman (1916-2000), physicist
Milton Friedman (1912–2006), economist and Nobel Prize winner
Moishe Friedman (* 1972), Holocaust denier and anti-Zionist
Herbert Friedmann (1900–1987), ornithologist, zoological curator and art historian
Rudolf Friedmann (1891–1945), journalist, foreign correspondent, writer, translator and lawyer
Orrin Frink (1901–1988), mathematician and university professor
Robert Funaro (* 1959), film and television actor
Ashrita Furman (* 1954), record holder in record keeping
Victor Futter (1919–2005), lawyer and professor

G

George Washington Goethals

William Maxwell Gaines (1922–1992), founder of MAD magazine and editor of comic series
Eddie Gale (1941-2020), jazz musician
Eric Gale (1938–1994), jazz musician
Helen Gallagher (* 1926), actress, dancer and singer
Vincent Gallagher (1899-1983), rower
Billy Gallo (born 1966), actor
Carla Gallo (born 1975), actress
Joseph Gallo (1929–1972), Italian-American mobster
Sid Ganis (* 1940), film producer and actor
Kim Gannon (1900–1974), songwriter and songwriter
Herb Gardner (1934–2003), cartoonist, playwright and screenwriter
Charlotte Garrigue (1850–1923), American-Czech pianist
Ina Garten (* 1948), cook, cookbook author and columnist
Leonard Gaskin (1920–2009), jazz musician
Marjorie Gateson (1891–1977), actress
Justin Gatlin (* 1982), track and field athlete
James M. Gavin (1907–1990), General and Ambassador
Atul Gawande (* 1965), physician, university professor and surgeon
Timothy F. Geithner (* 1961), Minister of Finance (2009–2013)
Herbert Gelernter (1929–2015), physicist and computer scientist
Kitty Genovese (1935–1964), victim of crime
Nelson George (born 1957), author, critic and producer
George Gershwin (1898–1937), composer
Charles Gerstenberg (1882–1948), founder of the publishing house
Murray Gerstenhaber (* 1927), mathematician
Vitas Gerulaitis (1954-1994), tennis player
Joey Giardello (1930-2008), middleweight boxer
Melvin Gibbs , bassist, composer and producer
Terry Gibbs (* 1924), jazz vibraphonist
Bob Gibson (1931-1996), folk musician
Debbie Gibson (* 1970), singer, actress, songwriter and composer
Taj Gibson (born 1985), basketball player
Gary Giddins (* 1948), jazz author, jazz critic, film critic and journalist
Edward Joseph Gilbert (* 1936), Roman Catholic priest and bishop
Connie Gilchrist (1901–1985), actress
Bob Gill (* 1931), illustrator and graphic designer
Norman Gimbel (1927-2018), songwriter
Alex Gimeno , musician and disc jockey
Ruth Bader Ginsburg (* 1933), judge
Seymour Ginsburg (1927-2004), computer scientist
Robert Ginty (1948–2009), actor, director and screenwriter
Johnny Gioeli (* 1967), rock singer
Vince Giordano (* 1952), jazz musician
Ira Gitler (1928–2019), jazz critic and author
Rudolph Giuliani (* 1944), politician and Mayor of New York from 1994 to 2001
Eugene Robert Glazer (born 1942), actor
Jackie Gleason (1916–1987), comedian, actor, composer and big band leader
Michael Gleason (1938-2016), television producer and screenwriter
George Washington Goethals (1858–1928), United States Army officer and engineer
Gerry Goffin (1939-2014), songwriter
Gary David Goldberg (1944–2013), film producer and screenwriter
Jeffrey Goldberg (* 1965), journalist and author
Annie Golden (* 1951), actress, singer and composer
Billy Goldenberg (1936–2020), film composer and songwriter
Elliot Goldenthal (* 1954), composer
Irene Goldin (1910–2004), nurse and member of the International Brigades and the Resistance
Mickey Goldsen (1912–2011), music publisher
Baruch Goldstein (1956–1994), officer in the Israeli army and assassin
Malcolm Goldstein (* 1936), composer, violinist and improvisation musician
Eugene Goldwasser (1922-2010), biochemist
Ralph E. Gomory (* 1929), computer scientist, mathematician and research manager
Kenny Dope Gonzalez (* 1970), DJ and music producer
Rick Gonzalez (born 1979), actor
Frank Johnson Goodnow (1859-1939), lawyer and political scientist
Doris Kearns Goodwin (* 1943), historian
Irving Gordon (1915–1996), songwriter and songwriter
Leo Gordon (1922–2000), actor and author
Lesley Gore (1946–2015), singer and songwriter
Michael Gore (* 1951), composer
Louis Gossett Jr. (born 1936), actor
Gilbert Gottfried (* 1955), comedian and actor
Paul Gottfried (* 1941), political scientist, historian, philosopher and author
William P. Gottlieb (1917–2006), photographer
Elliott Gould (born 1938), film actor
Horace F. Graham (1862-1941), politician
Sara Gran (* 1971), crime writer
Sammy Gravano (* 1945), Cosa Nostra mobster
John Gray (born 1958), screenwriter and director
Mack Gray (1905–1981), actor
David E. Green (1910-1983), biochemist
Gerald Green (1922-2006), writer
Irving Green (1916-2006), record producer
Richard Green (1936–2019), doctor, professor, sexologist, lawyer, and author
Joanne Greenberg (* 1932), writer
Ellen Greene (* 1951), singer and actress
Kai Greene (* 1975), bodybuilder
Howard Greenfield (1936–1986), lyricist and songwriter
Jerry Greenfield (born 1951), entrepreneur
Ralph R. Greenson (1911–1979), psychiatrist and psychoanalyst
Ellie Greenwich (1940–2009), singer, songwriter and record producer
Marion Greenwood (1909–1970), painter and graphic artist
Grace Greenwood Ames (1905–1979), artist
Harry Gray (1905–1963), film producer and filmmaker
Gary Grice (born 1966), rapper
Daniel J. Griffin (1880–1926), lawyer and politician
Gillett Griffin (1928–2016), curator of the library at Princeton University
Miles Griffith (* 1969), jazz singer
James Henry Ambrose Griffiths (1903–1964), Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop
Dan Grimaldi (born 1952), actor
George Bird Grinnell (1849–1938), natural scientist, historian, ethnologist and author
David Groh (1939–2008), actor
Don Grolnick (1947–1996), jazz musician, composer and producer
Ernest A. Gross (1906–1999), lawyer and diplomat
Henry Gross (* 1951), singer-songwriter
Sanford J. Grossman (born 1953), economist and financial advisor
Stefan Grossman (* 1945), guitarist, textbook author and producer
Steve Grossman (1951-2020), jazz musician
Jay Gruska (* 1953), composer
Bob Guccione (1930-2010), editor
Tom Guarna (* around 1970), modern jazz musician
Saverio Guerra (born 1964), actor

Sigrid Gurie (1911–1969), Norwegian-American actress
Arlo Guthrie (born 1947), folk musician
Amy Gutmann (* 1949), political scientist, President of the University of Pennsylvania
Louis Guttman (1916–1987), American-Israeli social researcher

H

Edward Everett Horton

Michelle Hurst

Richard Nathan Haass (* 1951), diplomat
Howard Haber (* 1952), physicist
Philip Habib (1920–1992), American diplomat of Lebanese origin
Buddy Hackett (1924–2003), comedian and actor
Jeffrey C. Hall (* 1945), geneticist and chronobiologist
John Halliday (1880-1947), actor
Bertrand Halperin (* 1941), physicist
Morton Hamermesh (1915-2003), physicist
Walter Hampden (1879–1955), actor and theater director
Patricia Hardy (1931–2011), actress
Joi Harris (1976-2017), motorcycle road racer and stuntwoman
Marvin Harris (1927-2001), anthropologist
Stephen E. Harris (* 1936), physicist and electrical engineer
Newton Harrison (born 1932), Land Art artist
Charles Harwood (1880–1950), lawyer and politician
Jimmie Haskell (1926–2016), arranger, conductor, composer and film composer
Reuben L. Haskell (1878–1971), lawyer and politician
Bob Hastings (1925-2014), actor
Anne Hathaway (* 1982), actress
Richie Havens (1941-2013), folk singer
Connie Hawkins (1942-2017), basketball player
James Hayman , writer
Susan Hayward (1917–1975), film actress
Eddie Hazel (1950-1992), guitarist
Edward Bayard Heath (1888–1931), aviation pioneer and entrepreneur
Ed Heck (* 1963), pop art artist
Jamie Hector (born 1975), actor
James J. Heffernan (1888–1967), architect and politician
Fritz Augustus Heinze (1869–1914), entrepreneur
Al Held (1928–2005), painter
Helen Hellwig (1874–1960), tennis player
Leon Henkin (1921-2006), logician
Charlotte Henry (1914–1980), actress
Cory Henry (* 1987), jazz and gospel musician
Ernie Henry (1926–1957), alto saxophonist
Paul Herman (born 1946), actor
Robert Hermann (1931–2020), mathematician and physicist
Maximiliano Hernández (* 1973), actor
Ira Herskowitz (1946-2003), geneticist
Greg Hetson (born 1961), guitarist
William Hickey (1927–1997), actor
Jennifer Higdon (* 1962), composer
Michael Higgins (1920–2008), actor
Henry Hill (1943-2012), Mobster
Harry Hillman (1881–1945), athlete and Olympic champion (1904)
Milton Himmelfarb (1918-2006), writer
Aisha Hinds (* 1975), actress
Samuel S. Hinds (1875-1948), actor
Shelley Hirsch (* 1952), singer and composer
David Hitlin (* 1942), experimental particle physicist
John Hoben (1884-1915), rower
Reuben Hoch (* 1959), jazz musician
Melvin Hochster (* 1943), mathematician
Paul Hoffert (* 1943), Canadian composer, pianist, vibraphonist and music teacher
Jeffrey Alan Hoffman (* 1944), astronaut
Charlie Hofheimer (* 1981), film and theater actor
Jack Hofsiss (1950–2016), film and theater director
Michael Hollick (* 1970), actor and voice actor
Kenneth Hollon (1909–1974), jazz musician
Eleanor Holm (1913-2004), swimmer
Marty Holmes (1925–2001), saxophonist, arranger and composer
Elizabeth Holtzman (* 1941), politician
Edwin Honig (1919–2011), poet, literary critic and translator
Lena Horne (1917–2010), singer and actress
David Horowitz (musician) (1942 / 43–2020), musician and composer
Israel Albert Horowitz (1907–1973), chess player
Edward Everett Horton (1886-1970), actor
Bess Houdini (1876–1943), artist and stage assistant to her husband Harry Houdini
Curly Howard (1903-1952), comedian
Moe Howard (1897-1975), comedian
Robert Howard (1975-2004), track and field athlete
Shemp Howard (1895–1955), comedian
Waite Hoyt (1899-1984), baseball player
Chris Huffins (* 1970), track and field athlete
John W. Hunter (1807-1900), politician
Michelle Hurst (* before 1974), actress
Leo Hurwitz (1909–1991), film director, film producer, screenwriter, film editor and cameraman
Robert Maynard Hutchins (1899–1977), educational theorist
Gregory Hutchinson (* 1970), jazz drummer

I.

Steve Israel

Anthony Iannaccone (* 1943), composer and music teacher
Melanie Iglesias (* 1987), actress, model and singer
Louis J. Ignarro (* 1941), scientist
Carmine Infantino (1925–2013), comic book writer and editor
Walter Iooss (1914–1987), double bass player
Jimmy Iovine (* 1953), music producer and entrepreneur
Steve Israel (* 1958), politician
Stan Ivar (born 1943), actor

J

Paul Jabara (1948–1992), actor, singer, songwriter and composer
Arthur Jackson (1918-2015), marksman
JJ Jackson (* 1942), American-British soul and R&B singer
Mark Jackson (born 1965), basketball player
Ken Jacobs (* 1933), film director
Oswald Jacoby (1902–1984), game expert and author
Rona Jaffe (1931–2005), writer
Brion James (born 1955), musician
Carl Janelli (1927–2018), jazz musician
Laurence M. Janifer (1933-2002), science fiction writer
Jam Master Jay (1965–2002), DJ and hip-hop musician
Art Jarrett (1907–1987), swing musician
Russell Javors (born 1952), rock musician
Karla Jay (* 1947), English specialist
Ricky Jay (1946–2018), conjurer, actor and author
Jay-Z (* 1969), rap musician
Garland Jeffreys (born 1943), pop singer
Hakeem Jeffries (* 1970), politician
Adele Jergens (1917–2002), actress
Jennie Jerome (1854–1921), philanthropist and author, mother of Winston Churchill
Jeru the Damaja (* 1972), rapper
Saint Jhn (* 1986), rapper, singer, songwriter and music producer
WLG Joerg (1885–1952), geographer and cartographer
Charles H. Joffe (1929-2008), film producer
Robert John (* 1946), singer and songwriter
Jeromus Johnson (1775–1846), politician
Hettie Jones (* 1934), Beat author
Junior Jones (born 1970), boxer
Norah Jones (born 1979), singer
Michael Jordan (born 1963), basketball player
Kara Lynn Joyce (* 1985), freestyle swimmer
JPEGMAFIA (* 1989), rapper and music producer
Mychal Judge (1933-2001), Roman Catholic priest
Heather Juergensen (* 1970), actress, screenwriter and film producer
David Julius (* 1955), sensory physiologist
Robert Justman (1926–2008), film producer and assistant director

K

Meir Kahane (1932–1990), Israeli rabbi and Zionist
Danny Kalb (* 1942), musician, guitarist
Philip Mayer Kaiser (1913–2007), government official and diplomat
Roberta Kalechofsky (* 1931), writer and animal rights activist
Chester Kallman (1921–1975), writer and librettist
Frank Kane (1912–1968), advertising specialist and author
Jeff Kanew (* 1944), film director, screenwriter and film editor
Karl Kani (* 1970), fashion designer
William B. Kannel (1923-2011), cardiologist and epidemiologist
Marvin Kaplan (1927-2016), actor
Stanley Karnow (1925–2013), journalist and historian
Gabe Kaplan (* 1945), poker player, actor and television presenter
Mitch Kapor (* 1950), software developer and entrepreneur
John Karlen (1933-2020), actor
Jerry Kasenetz (* 1943), music producer
Kashif (1959-2016), R&B singer, songwriter, and producer
Ray Kassar (1928-2017), manager
Ben Katchor (* 1951), comic artist
Robert W. Kates (1929–2018), geographer and environmental scientist
Milton Katims (1909–2006), conductor and violinist
Alex Katz (* 1927), painter
Dovid Katz (* 1956), linguist and political activist
Fred Katz (1919–2013), cultural anthropologist, composer and cellist
Robert Katz (1933-2010), investigative writer and screenwriter
Sheldon Katz (* 1956), mathematician
Steve Katz (* 1945), musician (singer, guitarist)
Nadeen L. Kaufman (* 1945), psychologist
Danny Kaye (1911–1987), actor, comedian and singer
Alfred Kazin (1915–1998), author and literary critic
Willie Keeler (1872-1923), baseball player
Monica Keena (born 1979), actress
Harvey Keitel (born 1939), actor
Larry Keith (1931-2010), actor
Patsy Kelly (1910–1981), actress
Paul Kelly (1899–1956), actor
Charles Kelman (1930-2004), ophthalmologist and inventor
Patricia Kennealy-Morrison (* 1946), writer and journalist
Eugene James Keogh (1907–1989), lawyer and politician
Robert Kerman (1947-2018), actor
Alexander Kevitz (1902–1981), chess player
Daniel Keyes (1927-2014), writer
David E. Keyes (* 1956), computer scientist, applied mathematician and engineer
Michael Kidd (1915–2007), choreographer, dancer, actor and director
Killah Priest (born 1970), rapper
Jake Kilrain (1859-1937), heavyweight boxer
Bernard King (born 1956), basketball player
Larry King (born 1933), journalist
King Princess (* 1998), musician
Leon Kirchner (1919–2009), composer
Kenny Kirkland (1955-1998), jazz musician
John Kissel (1864–1938), politician
Tory Kittles (born 1975), actor
Irving Klaw (1910–1966), photographer
Abraham Klein (1927–2003), theoretical physicist
Morris Kline (1908-1992), mathematician
Sonya Klopfer (* 1934), figure skater
Florence Klotz (1920–2006), costume designer
Charles R. Knight (1874-1953), artist
Kirk Knight (* 1995), rapper, music producer and songwriter
Wilbur Richard Knorr (1945–1997), mathematician
Jay Kogen (born 1963), comedy writer
John Kogut (* 1945), theoretical physicist
Lawrence Konner (* 1949), screenwriter and producer
Steven Koonin (* 1951), theoretical physicist
Elaine de Kooning (1918–1989), painter, graphic artist and art critic
C. Everett Koop (1916-2013), pediatric surgeon,
Al Kooper (* 1944), rock musician, singer and producer
Bernie Kopell (born 1933), actor
E. Christian Kopff (* 1946), classical philologist
Arthur Kornberg (1918-2007), biochemist
Artie Kornfeld (* 1942), musician, songwriter, record producer and manager
Edward M. Kosower (* 1929), Israeli-American chemist
Bertram Kostant (1928–2017), mathematician
Sandy Koufax (born 1935), baseball player
William B. Kouwenhoven (1886–1975), electrical engineer
Martin Kove (born 1946), actor
Carl Hermann Kraeling (1897–1966), Christian archaeologist
Mousa Kraish (born 1975), actor
Stanley Kramer (1913–2001), director and film producer
Lee Krasner (1908–1984), painter
Lenny Kravitz (* 1964), singer and musician
Solly Krieger (1909–1964), boxer
Alan M. Kriegsman (1928–2012), dance critic and Pulitzer Prize winner
Irving Kristol (1920–2009), political writer and social scientist
Fredric Kroll (* 1945), composer and writer
Steve Kuhn (* 1938), jazz musician
Walt Kuhn (1877–1949), painter, cartoonist and lithographer
Bob Kulick (1950–2020), rock musician and music producer
Bruce Kulick (* 1953), rock musician
Henry G. Kunkel (1916-1983), immunologist
Mort artist (* 1931), illustrator
William Francis Kupfer (1909–1998), Roman Catholic priest and Bishop of Taichung
Manny Kurtz (1911–1984), songwriter
Karyn Kusama (* 1968), film director and screenwriter
Philip Kutzko (* 1946), mathematician
Talib Kweli (* 1975), rapper

L.

Charles C. Ladd (* 1932), civil engineer
Ezra Laderman (1924-2015), composer
Richard LaGravenese (* 1959), screenwriter and film director
Veronica Lake (1922–1973), actress
William F. Lamb (1883-1952), architect
Norman Lamm (1927–2020), modern Orthodox rabbi, scholar and author
John LaMotta (1939-2014), actor
Martin Landau (1928–2017), film and television actor
Eric Lander (* 1957), mathematician and biologist
Sylven Landesberg (* 1990), US-Israeli basketball player
David Landsberg (1944–2018), actor, screenwriter and producer
Abbe Lane (born 1932), actress and singer
Ken Lane (1912–1996), musician and composer
Michael Lang (* 1944), music producer
Irving Langmuir (1881–1957), chemist, physicist and Nobel Prize winner
Sheila Larken (born 1944), television actress
Marjorie Larney (* 1937), javelin thrower, discus thrower and shot putter
Mary LaRose (* around 1965), painter and singer
Robert LaSardo (born 1963), actor
Batton Lash (1953–2019), comic book writer and editor
Henry J. Latham (1908–2002), lawyer and politician
Dan Lauria (born 1947), actor
Arnie Lawrence (1938–2005), tenor saxophonist, music teacher and composer
Eugene Lawrence (born 1986), basketball player
Jack Lawrence (1912-2009), songwriter
Steve Lawrence (* 1935), pop singer, entertainer and actor
Viola Lawrence (1894–1973), film editor
Jerry Lawson (1940-2011), video game developer
Frank Layden (* 1932), basketball coach and manager
Edward Lazansky (1872–1955), lawyer and politician
Mell Lazarus (1927–2016), comic artist
Evelyn Lear (1926–2012), opera singer and soprano
Ron Leavitt (1947-2008), screenwriter and television producer
Ranee Lee (* 1942), Canadian jazz singer
Roy Lee (* 1969), film producer
John Lefferts (1785–1829), politician
Ari Lehman (* 1965), actor and musician
Steve Lehman (* 1978), jazz musician
Mitch Leigh (1928–2014), composer and theater producer
Arthur Leipzig (1918–2014), photographer
Alan Lelchuk (* 1938), writer and university lecturer
Harvey Lembeck (1923–1982), actor
Michael Lembeck (* 1948), film director and actor
Isobel Lennart (1915–1971), screenwriter and writer
Ted Leonsis (* 1957), entrepreneur and patron
Peter Lerangis (* 1955), writer and theater actor
Daniel Lerner (1917–1980), propaganda researcher
Harriet Lerner (* 1944), psychologist, psychotherapist and feminist
Randy Lerner (* 1962), businessman and owner of sports clubs
Larry Levan (1954–1992), DJ and music producer
Howard Leventhal (* 1931), psychologist
Arnold J. Levine (* 1939), biologist and cancer researcher
David Levine (1926–2009), painter and caricaturist
Arthur Levitt (* 1931), economic manager, entrepreneur and politician
Helen Levitt (1913–2009), photographer and filmmaker
Paul Levitz (* 1956), publishing director and comic author
Howard Levy (* 1951), harmonica player
Albert Lewin (1894–1968), director, producer and screenwriter
Damaris Lewis (* 1990), actress and model
Richard Lewis (born 1947), actor and comedian
Robert Lewis (1909–1997), director, actor and acting teacher
Walter Licht (* 1946), historian
Stephen Lichtenbaum (* 1939), mathematician
Nancy Lieberman (* 1958), basketball player and coach
David Liebman (* 1946), saxophonist
Alfred F. Lichtenstein (1876–1947), philatelist
Robert Lifton (* 1926), psychiatrist and author
Lil 'Cease (born 1976), rapper
Lil 'Dap , rapper and producer
Lil 'Kim (* 1974/1975/1976), rapper
Lil Suzy (* 1979), freestyle and pop singer
Sophia Lillis (* 2002), actress
Jason Lindner (* 1973), jazz pianist, arranger, composer and orchestra leader
George W. Lindsay (1865–1938), politician
Dennis Liotta (* 1949), chemist
Bernard Lippmann (1915–1988), theoretical physicist
Robert Littell (* 1935), writer
Steve Little (* 1935), jazz and studio musician
Tony Lo Bianco (born 1936), actor and director
Robert Logan (born 1941), actor
Steve Lombardi (born 1962), wrestler
Vince Lombardi (1913-1970), American football coach
Nia Long (born 1970), actress
Robert Longo (* 1953), artist
Frederic Brewster Loomis (1873-1937), paleontologist
Teófimo López (* 1997), professional boxer
Vincent Lopez (1895–1975), swing musician and band leader
Elias Lorenzo (* 1960), religious, abbot and auxiliary bishop in Newark
Jackie Loughery (born 1930), actress and beauty queen
Mia Love (* 1975), politician
Herbie Lovelle (1924–2009), jazz musician and film actor
Seth Low (1850–1916), educator and politician
Bob Lubbers (1922-2017), comic book artist
Abraham S. Luchins (1914-2005), psychologist
Sid Luckman (1916-1998), American football player
Andy Luotto (* 1950), American-Italian comedian, actor and television presenter
Gene Luotto (* around 1928; † 2011), Italian-American screenwriter and dubbing director
Carmen Luvana (* 1981), porn actress
Nancy Lynch (* 1948), computer scientist
Richard Lynch (1940–2012), actor
Danny Lyon (* 1942), photographer and documentary filmmaker

M.

Maino

Mos Def

Donald MacBride (1889–1957), actor
Philip Charles MacKenzie (* 1946), actor and film director
Frederick William MacMonnies (1863–1937), sculptor and painter
Johnny Maestro (1939-2010), singer
Thomas F. Magner (1860–1945), lawyer and politician
James P. Maher (1865–1946), politician
Maino (born 1973), rapper
Denise Majette (* 1955), politician
Bernard Malamud (1914–1986), writer
Bruce J. Malina (1933-2017), Roman Catholic theologian
Albert Maltz (1908–1985), writer and screenwriter
Joe Maneri (1927–2009), musician
Mat Maneri (* 1969), jazz musician
Barry Manilow (born 1943), singer
Barry Mann (* 1939), songwriter and music producer
Daniel Mann (1912–1991), film and television director
Herbie Mann (1930–2003), jazz musician
Brennan Manning (1934–2013), writer, Franciscan priest and orator
Raymond B. Manning (1934-2000), zoologist and taxonomist
Joe Mantell (1915-2010), actor
Martin Manulis (1915–2007), TV producer
Kenneth Mapp (* 1955), politician and governor of the US Virgin Islands since 2015

Patricia Marand (1934–2008), actress

Stephon Marbury (born 1977), basketball player

Jerry March (1929–1997), chemist and specialist author

David Margulies (1937-2016), actor

Henry Mark (1917–1961), artist

Paul A. Marks (1926-2020), medical doctor

Jacques R. Marquette (1915–1999), cameraman and film producer

Bobbi Martin (1943–2000), country and pop singer and songwriter

Eddie Martin (1903-1968), boxer

Paul C. Martin (1931–2016), theoretical physicist

Abraham Maslow (1908-1970), psychologist

Shirley Mason (1900–1979), silent film actress

Masta Ace (The INC) (born 1966), rapper

Masta Killa (born 1969), rapper

Armand Mastroianni (* 1948), film director and film producer

Samantha Mathis (born 1970), actress

Al Matthews (1942–2018), actor and singer

Arthur Mattuck (* 1930), mathematician

Joseph Mauborgne (1881–1971), cryptologist

Arnie Mausser (* 1954), soccer goalkeeper

Hiram Percy Maxim (1869-1936), inventor

Maxwell (* 1973), R&B musician

Mitchell May (1870–1961), lawyer and politician

Mujaahid Maynard (* 1971), wrestler

MC Mazique (* 1975), basketball player

Craig Mazin (* 1971), screenwriter and film director

Paul Mazursky (1930–2014), author and actor

Chuck McCann (1934-2018), actor

Mike McCarthy (* 1968), cyclist

John McCloskey (1810–1885), Roman Catholic Archbishop and Cardinal

Hurvin McCormack (born 1972), football player

Frank McCourt (1930–2009), American writer of Irish descent

Malachy McCourt (born 1931), Irish-American actor, writer and politician

Vincent Homer McFarlane (1914-2006), Jamaican diplomat

Walter McGrail (1888-1970), film actor

David McHugh (* 1941), composer and university professor

Earl McIntyre , jazz musician

Dean Benjamin McLaughlin (1901-1965), astronomer

Terrence McManus , jazz guitarist

Kenneth McMillan (1932-1989), actor

Anne Meara (1929–2015), actress and comedian

John J. Mearsheimer (* 1947), political scientist

Frank Medrano (born 1958), actor

George Meeker (1904–1984), actor

Juan Melendez (* 1951), activist against the death penalty

Sid Melton (1917-2011), actor

Memphis Bleek (* 1978), rap musician

Nathan Mendelsohn (1917-2006), Canadian mathematician

Marie Menken (1909–1970), writer, journalist and filmmaker

E. Elias Merhige (* 1964), film director

Max Mermelstein (1942–2008), drug smuggler

Neil Meron (* 1955), film producer

Robert Merrill (1917-2004), opera singer (baritone)

Debra Messing (* 1968), actress

Robert Metcalfe (* 1946), inventor of the Ethernet

Art Metrano (born 1936), actor

Rhoda Bubendey Métraux (1914–2003), anthropologist and writer

Richard Michaels (* 1936), film director and script supervisor

Sean Michaels (* 1958), porn actor and director

Pras Michel (* 1972), rapper and songwriter

Alyssa Milano (* 1972), actress, producer and singer

Jacob Milgrom (1923–2010), US-Israeli rabbi and religious scholar

Inez Milholland (1886–1916), suffragette, war correspondent and labor lawyer

Allison Miller (* 1974 or 1975), jazz musician and composer

Bill Miller (1915-2006), musician

Jarrell Miller (born 1988), boxer

Jimmy Miller (1942–1994), record producer and musician

John Miller (1903-1965), rower

Marcus Miller (* 1959), musician and electric bass player

Victor S. Miller (* 1947), mathematician and computer scientist

Waldron DeWitt Miller (1879-1929), ornithologist

Theodore Millon (1928-2014), psychologist

Jackie Mills (1922-2010), jazz drummer, songwriter and music producer

June Tarpé Mills (1918–1988), comic book author

Stephanie Mills (* 1957), R&B and soul singer

Jack Minker (* 1927), computer scientist

Faith Minton (* 1957), actress and stunt woman

Danny Miranda (* 1964), bassist

Isaac Mizrahi (* 1961), fashion designer

Vic Mizzy (1916-2009), film composer

Arthur Modell (1925–2012), entrepreneur and football team owner

Irving Mondschein (1924-2015), decathlete

Peter Montagna (* 1952), make-up artist

John Patrick Montague (1929-2016), author

Lenny Montana (1926–1992), wrestler and actor

Art Mooney (1911-1993), swing musician

Elisabeth Moore (1876–1959), tennis player

Mary Tyler Moore (1936–2017), actress and comedian

Angel Moraes (* 1965), DJ, remixer and music producer

David Morales (* 1961), American DJ and house musician of Puerto Rican descent

Mark Morales (* 1960), rapper and music producer

Mike Morgenstern (* 1939), jazz musician

Jerome Moross (1913–1983), composer

John Morressy (1930-2006), science fiction and fantasy writer

Bruce Morrow (born 1935), radio host

Mos Def (* 1973), musician and actor

Bob Moses (* 1948), jazz drummer

Ras Moshe (* 1968), jazz musician

Arnold Moss (1910–1989), theater and film actor

Don Most (* 1953), actor and voice actor

Zero Mostel (1915–1977), actor and comedian

Francis J. Mugavero (1914–1991), Roman Catholic clergyman and Bishop of Brooklyn

Ali Shaheed Muhammad (* 1970), DJ and music producer

Charles Richard Mulrooney (1906–1989), Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop

Matt Munisteri , musician and songwriter

Lily von Muralt (1849–1921), Swiss writer for children's and youth literature

Charlie Murphy (1959-2017), actor, writer and comedian

Eddie Murphy (born 1961), actor and comedian

Henry C. Murphy (1810–1882), lawyer and politician

James J. Murphy (1898–1962), politician

Robert Cushman Murphy (1887–1973), ornithologist

Tom Murphy (born 1935), middle distance runner

Keith Murray (born 1974), rapper

Charles Muscatine (1920–2010), literary scholar

Lorenzo Music (1937–2001), voice actor, television producer and screenwriter

N

Marty Napoleon

Necro

Lesléa Newman

Lynn Emergency Days

David Nadien (1926–2014), violinist and concert master
Jerrold Nadler (* 1947), politician
Michael Nagler (* 1937), university professor, author and peace activist
Marty Napoleon (1921–2015), jazz musician
Randy Napoleon (* 1977), jazz guitarist
Teddy Napoleon (1914–1964), swing pianist
Joe Napolitano (1948-2016), television director
Necro (* 1976), rapper and producer
Philip Needleman (* 1939), pharmacologist
Andrew Neiderman (born 1940), writer and screenwriter
Peter Nero (* 1934), pianist and conductor
Donald Newman (1930-2007), mathematician
Lesléa Newman (* 1955), author
William H. Nichols (1852–1930), chemist and chemical industrialist
Jean Nidetch (1923–2015), entrepreneur
Joe Nieves (born 1977), actor
Harry Nilsson (1941–1994), songwriter, singer, pianist and guitarist
Hugh Nissenson (1933-2013), writer
Robert Nodar junior (1916–1974), lawyer and politician
Dick Noel (1926 or 1927-2017), singer
Peggy Noonan (* 1950), book author and columnist
Gene Norman (1922-2015), jazz musician
Harold Norse (1916–2009), lyric poet of the Beat Generation
Kevin Norton (* 1956), jazz musician
Notorious BIG (1972-1997), rapper
Lynn Nottage (* 1964), playwright
Robert Nozick (1938–2002), philosopher

O

Olivia

Gerard Kitchen O'Neill

Johnny O , singer
Ben Oakland (1907–1979), film composer and songwriter
Harry Church Oberholser (1870–1963), ornithologist and biologist
Tasker Oddie (1870–1950), politician
Adam O'Farrill (* 1994), jazz musician
Christina Offley (* 1993), actress
Warren B. Offutt (1928–2017), engineer, amateur astronomer and asteroid explorer
Scott O'Grady (born 1965), US Air Force pilot
Alexis Ohanian (* 1983), entrepreneur and investor
Ol 'Dirty Bastard (1968-2004), rapper
Olivia (* 1981), singer
Gregory Olsen (* 1945), entrepreneur and space tourist
Jane O'Meara Sanders (born 1950), social worker and academic
Gerard Kitchen O'Neill (1927–1992), physicist and space pioneer
Marco Oppedisano (* 1971), composer and guitarist
Joell Ortiz (born 1980), rapper
John Ortiz (* 1968), actor
Paul Oscher (* 1950), musician
Stanley Osher (* 1942), mathematician
Donald L. O'Toole (1902–1964), lawyer and politician
Mary White Ovington (1865–1951), suffragette, journalist, and co-founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Geoffrey Owens (born 1961), actor
Wendy Oxenhorn , social activist and jazz and blues promoter

P

Papoose

Peter Pace (* 1945), Vice Chief of Staff of the US Armed Forces
José Padilla (* 1970), imprisoned
Lina Pagliughi (1907–1980), opera singer
Charlemagne Palestine (born 1945 or 1947), composer
Reid Paley , rock musician
Anna Helene Palmie (1863–1946), mathematician and university professor
Bruce Paltrow (1943–2002), film and television producer
Papoose (born 1978), rapper
Michael Paré (born 1958), actor
Lawrence Parker (KRS-One) (born 1965), rapper and graffiti writer
Leonard Parker (* 1938), theoretical physicist
Smush Parker (born 1981), basketball player
Lana Parrilla (born 1977), actress
Peter Parros (born 1960), actor
Joe Paterno (1926–2012), American football coach
David Paterson (born 1954), politician
John Patitucci (* 1959), jazz bassist
Angela Paton (1930–2016), actress
Jayson Paul (born 1984), wrestler
William E. Paul (1936-2015), immunologist
Cecil Payne (1922-2007), jazz musician
Annette Peacock (* 1941), musician
Dave Pell (1925-2017), jazz musician
Nelson Peltz (* 1942), hedge fund manager
Beverly Pepper (1922–2020), painter and sculptor
Irene Pepperberg (* 1949), scientist
Simeon Joseph Perelman (1904–1979), humorist, writer and screenwriter
Alan Perelson (* 1947), biophysicist
Rosie Perez (born 1964), actress
Sam Perkins (born 1961), basketball player
Rhea Perlman (born 1948), actress
Harold Perrineau Jr. (born 1963), actor
Sacha Perry (* 1970), jazz pianist
Carmine Persico (1933–2019), member of the Cosa Nostra, head of the Colombo family
Donna Pescow (born 1954), actress and television director
Hy Peskin (1915–2005), photographer and pioneer of sports photography
Jim Petro (* 1948), lawyer and politician
Henry Petroski (* 1942), civil engineer and technical historian
William Gardner Pfann (1917–1982), materials scientist
Joseph L. Pfeifer (1892–1974), doctor and politician
Phife Dawg (1970-2016), rapper
Michael Phillips (* 1943), film producer
Todd Phillips (* 1970), director, producer and screenwriter
Jessica Pimentel (* 1982), actress and singer
Lockwood Pirie (1904-1965), sailor
Harvey Pitt (* 1945), lawyer and politician
Adolph Plummer (1938–2015), 400 m runner and world record holder
Robert Plutchik (1927-2006), psychologist
Bertram L. Podell (1925–2005), lawyer and politician
Norman Podhoretz (* 1930), intellectual
Frederik Pohl (1919–2013), science fiction author
Karl Polenske (1881–1949), German lawyer and university professor
Gene Polito (1918-2010), cameraman
Rachel Pollack (* 1945), science fiction and esoteric writer and cartoonist
Pop Smoke (1999-2020), rapper and songwriter
Ted Post (1918-2013), director
Sechew Powell (* 1979), professional boxer
Ed Powers (born 1954), porn producer and actor
Byron Preiss (1953–2005), publisher, book packager, game developer and author
Noah Preminger (* 1986), jazz musician
Priscilla Presley (born 1945), actress
Frank Press (1924-2020), geophysicist
Charles Previn (1888–1973), film composer, music director and conductor
Sean Price (1972-2015), rapper
Bernie Privin (1919–1999), jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player of swing
Prodigal Sunn , rapper, producer and actor
Murray H. Protter (1918-2008), mathematician
David Proval (born 1942), actor

Q

John Quayle

John Quayle (1868-1930), politician
Queen Pen (born 1972), rapper
James Quinn (1906-2004), track and field athlete
Everett Quinton (born 1952), actor, director, playwright and screenwriter

R.

Eddie Rabbitt (1941-1998), country musician
Lawrence Rabiner (* 1943), computer scientist and electrical engineer
Alan Rabinowitz (1953-2018), mammal loge and conservationist
Raekwon (* 1970), rap musician
Meredith Rainey Valmon (* 1968), middle distance runner
Keith Raniere (* 1960), entrepreneur and psycho-coach
Herman Raucher (* 1928), writer and screenwriter
Allan Ray (born 1984), basketball player
Ricardo Ray (* 1945), American-Puerto Rican pianist, composer and band leader
Joel M. Reed (1933–2020), director of soft porn and splatter films
Lou Reed (1942–2013), singer-songwriter and guitarist
Henry Reeve (1850–1876), Cuban freedom fighter and brigadier general
Paul Regina (1956-2006), actor
Irving Reiner (1924–1986), mathematician
Meyer Reinhold (1909–2002), ancient historian
Abe Reles (1906–1941), contract killer
Richard Remer (1883–1973), walker
Leah Remini (born 1970), actress
Ira Rennert (* 1934), entrepreneur
Charles Reznikoff (1894–1976), poet
Hanon Reznikov (1950–2008), actor, writer and director
Bebe Rexha (* 1989), pop singer
Arthur Rhames (1957–1989), jazz musician
Busta Rhymes (born 1972), rapper
Norman Richardson (born 1977), basketball player
Adam Richman (born 1974), actor
Marvin Rick (1901-1999), obstacle runner
Henry W. Riecken (1917–2012), sociologist
Heinrich Ries (1871–1951), geologist
Greg Rikaart (born 1977), actor
Paul Rishell (born 1950), blues guitarist
Thelma Ritter (1902–1969), actress
Geraldo Rivera (* 1943), lawyer, journalist, author, reporter and TV presenter
Mark Rivera (* 1952), music director, event manager and rock musician
Joan Rivers (1933-2014), entertainer
James Rizzi (1950–2011), artist
Phil Rizzuto (1917-2007), baseball player
Brian Robbins (born 1963), film producer and director
David P. Robbins (1942-2003), mathematician
Trina Robbins (* 1938), cartoonist
Allan Roberts (1905–1966), pianist, composer and songwriter
Ben Roberts (1916–1984), screenwriter and producer
Henry Roberts (1853–1929), politician and governor of the US state of Connecticut
Hugh A. Robertson (1932–1988), film editor and director
Fred J. Rode (1896–1971), production designer
Milton Rogovin (1909-2011), photographer
Anna Katharine Rohlfs (1846–1935), writer
Owen Roizman (* 1936), cameraman
Marcus Rojas (* 1963), jazz tuba player and music teacher
Winfred Rolker (1892–1978), walker
John Romita junior (* 1956), comic artist
John Romita senior (* 1930), comic artist
John J. Rooney (1903–1975), lawyer and politician
Mickey Rooney (1920-2014), actor
Hayden Rorke (1910–1987), actor
Irwin Rose (1926-2015), biochemist
Latarsha Rose , actress
Marcc Rose (born 1992), actor
Max Rose (* 1986), politician and veteran
Mickey Rose (1935-2013), screenwriter
Saul Roseman (1921-2011), biochemist
George Rosen (1910–1977), doctor and medical historian
Michael Rosen (* 1938), mathematician
Nathan Rosen (1909–1995), US-Israeli physicist
Philip Rosenberg (* 1935), art director and production designer
Sid Rosenberg (* 1967), radio presenter
Stuart Rosenberg (1927–2007), film director
Theodore Rosengarten (* 1944), historian
Maxwell Rosenlicht (1924–1999), mathematician
Howard Rosenman (* 1945), film producer, screenwriter and actor
Leonard Rosenman (1924–2008), film music composer
Robert Rosenthal (1917–2007), lawyer and highly decorated pilot
Martha Rosler (* 1943), artist
George H. Ross (born 1928), businessman
Herbert Ross (1927–2001), choreographer and film director
Steven Ross (1927-1992), manager
Irwin Rosten (1924–2010), film producer, film director and screenwriter
Eugene V. Rostov (1913–2002), legal scholar and author
Frederick Roth (1872–1944), sculptor
Suze Rotolo (1943–2011), artist, political activist and author
Julian B. Rotter (1916-2014), psychologist
Steve Rubell (1943–1989), founder of the New York nightclub Studio 54
Mann Rubin (1927–2013), screenwriter
William Rubin (1927–2006), art historian and curator
Arthur B. Rubinstein (1938–2018), composer for film and television music
Stephen A. Rudd (1874–1936), lawyer and politician
Alexander Rudzinski (* 1960), German radio presenter of American origin
Brenda Russell (* 1949), R&B, jazz and pop singer, songwriter and keyboardist
Loris S. Russell (1904-1998), Canadian geologist and paleontologist
Aaron Russo (1943–2007), businessman, filmmaker, and political activist
Gianni Russo (* 1943), actor and singer
Joe Russo (born 1976), drummer
Sonny Russo (1929–2013), jazz musician

S.

Saigon

Gerald E. Sacks (1933–2019), mathematical logician

Paul Sado (* 1978), screenwriter, director and actor

Jamie Saft (* 1971), jazz musician and composer

Carl Sagan (1934–1996), astronomer and writer

Saigon (* 1978), rapper

Louis Salica (1912-2002), boxer

Albert Salmi (1928–1990), actor

Bobbi Salvör Menuez (* 1993), artist, curator and actress

Paul Robert Sanchez (* 1946), Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop in Brooklyn

Bernie Sanders (* 1941), politician

Lawrence Sanders (1920–1998), journalist and writer

Adam Sandler (* 1966), actor, producer and screenwriter

Robert Charles Sands (1799–1832), writer and poet

Richard Sanford (1877–1966), obstacle runner

Jonathan Sanger (* 1944), director and film producer

Joe Santos (1931-2016), actor

Mia Sara (* 1967), actress

Seymour Sarason (1919-2010), psychologist

Jack Sarfatti (* 1939), physicist

Joseph W. Sarno (1921–2010), director, producer and screenwriter

Stanley J. Sarnoff (1917–1990), medic and inventor

Andrew Sarris (1928–2012), film critic

Linda Sarsour (* 1980), political activist

Kevin Saunderson (born 1964), producer of techno music

Eddie Sauter (1914–1981), jazz and swing musician

Charles Saxon (1920–1988), cartoonist and illustrator

John Saxon (1935-2020), actor

Said Sayrafiezadeh (* 1968), playwright and writer

Petey Scalzo (1917-1993), boxer

Nicodemo Scarfo (1929–2017), mobster of the American Cosa Nostra

Carl Schall (1856–1939), German chemist

Edward Scharfenberger (* 1948), Roman Catholic bishop

Aubrey Schenck (1908-1999), film producer

Harold A. Scheraga (1921-2020), chemist

Vincent Schiavelli (1948–2005), actor

Lawrence Schiller (* 1936), photojournalist, film producer, director and publisher

James Schiro (1946-2014), manager

Steve Schirripa (born 1958), actor

Laura Schlessinger (* 1947), radio presenter and author

Arleen Schloss (* 1943), performance artist, video pioneer and curator

Pop Smoke (1999-2020), rapper and songwriter

David Schneider (1918–1995), anthropologist

Helen Schneider (* 1952), singer and actress

Bernard C. Schoenfeld (1907–1990), screenwriter

Ralph Schoenman (* 1935), peace activist

Peggy Scholler (1941–2001), javelin thrower

Ben Schonzeit (* 1942), painter

Aaron Schroeder (1926–2009), songwriter, composer and editor

Roger SH Schulman (* 20th century), film producer and screenwriter

Howard Schultz (* 1953), Chairman of the Board of Directors of Starbucks

Peter C. Schultz (* 1942), materials scientist

Charles Schumer (* 1950), politician and US Senator

Arthur Schwartz (1900–1984), light music composer

Delmore Schwartz (1913–1966), poet and narrator

Lynne Sharon Schwartz (* 1939), writer

Peter-Andrew Schwarz (* 1960), archaeologist

Annabella Sciorra (born 1964), actress

Raymond Scott (1908–1994), composer, band leader, pianist and engineer

Alexander Scourby (1913–1985), actor and speaker

Frank Serpico (* 1936), police officer

Neil Sedaka (born 1939), singer and songwriter

Erich Segal (1937–2010), writer and screenwriter

Ruth Seid (1913–1995), author

Maren Seidler (* 1951), shot put

Jerry Seinfeld (* 1954), actor and comedian

Jay Sekulow (* 1957), attorney and director of the American Center for Law and Justice

Vanessa Selbst (* 1984), poker player

Hubert Selby (1928-2004), writer

Jack Sendak (1923-1995), children's author

Maurice Sendak (1928–2012), illustrator, children's book author and stage painter

John Serry senior (1915–2003), accordion virtuoso, arranger, composer, organist and teacher

Johnny Seven (1926-2010), actor

Clarine Seymour (1898–1920), actress

Steve Shagan (1927–2015), writer, screenwriter and film producer

Howard Shanet (1918–2006), conductor and composer

Tupac Shakur (1971-1996), rapper

Ascher H. Shapiro (1916–2004), engineer scientist for hydrodynamics and aerodynamics

David Shapiro (1952–2011), jazz bassist and music teacher

Francine Shapiro (1948–2019), literary scholar and psychologist

Harold Shapiro (* 1928), mathematician

James S. Shapiro (* 1955), English and literary scholar

Sidney Shapiro (1915-2014), author and translator

Ray Sharkey (1952-1993), film actor

Al Sharpton (born 1954), preacher and politician

Melville Shavelson (1917–2007), film director, producer and screenwriter

Robert Sheckley (1928-2005), writer

Mickey Sheen (1927-1987), jazz musician

Shepard Sherbell (1944-2018), photographer and journalist

Moshe Sherer (1921–1998), rabbi and advocate of the Orthodox Jews

Martin J. Sherwin (* 1937), historian

Neil Shicoff (born 1949), opera singer

Martin Shkreli (* 1983), hedge fund manager

Ann Shoemaker (1891–1978), actress

David Sholtz (1891–1953), politician

Eddie Shu (1918–1986), jazz musician

Michael Shub (* 1943), mathematician

Claire Shulman (1926–2020), politician and President of Queens

Julius Shulman (1910–2009), photographer

Sheila Shulman (1936–2014), American-British rabbi in London

Frank Shuman (1862-1918), inventor

Gabourey Sidibe (born 1983), actress

Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel (1906–1947), mobster from Kosher Nostra

Janis Siegel (* 1952), singer

Carl Sigman (1909-2000), songwriter

Michelangelo Signorile (* 1960), writer and broadcaster

Robert J. Silbey (1940-2011), chemist

William Silkworth (1884–1971), marksman

Karen Sillas (* 1963), stage and film actress

Henry Silva (* 1928), American actor of Puerto Rican origin

Robert Silverberg (* 1935), author (science fiction)

Phil Silvers (1911–1985), entertainer and actor

Larry Silverstein (born 1931), real estate entrepreneur

Brandon Silvestry (born 1979), wrestler

Matt Simons (* 1987), pop musician

Lorna Simpson (* 1960), photographer, concept and video artist

Israel Singer (* 1942), General Secretary of the World Jewish Congress from 2001 to 2007

Michael Singer (* 1945), sculptor, landscape architect and concept artist

Doris Singleton (1919–2012), singer and actress

John Sinibaldi (1913-2006), racing cyclist

Tony Sirico (born 1942), actor

Philip Skell (1918-2010), chemist

Sunny Skylar (1913–2009), singer and musician

Glenn Slater (* 1968), songwriter

Neal Slavin (* 1941), photographer, director and film producer

Earl Slick (* 1952), rock guitarist and composer

Slim Jim Phantom (born 1961), drummer

Erinn Smart (* 1980), fencer

Keeth Smart (* 1978), fencer

Marie Smidt (1845–1925), wife of Johann Smidt

Betty Smith (1896–1972), writer

Leonard Smith (1894-1947), cinematographer

Edward Smith Parsons (1863-1943), university professor

Mark Snow (* 1946), film music composer

Robert Snyder (1916-2004), documentary filmmaker

Donald Solitar (1932–2008), mathematician

Peter Sollett (* 1976), film director and screenwriter

Lew Soloff (1944-2015), jazz trumpeter

Gustave Solomon (1930–1996), mathematician and engineer

Robert M. Solovay (* 1938), mathematician

Robert Merton Solow (* 1924), economist

Andrew Lawrence Somers (1895–1949), politician

Bonnie Somerville (* 1974), actress and singer

Milt Sonsky (* 1941), javelin thrower

Gilbert Sorrentino (1929-2006), writer

Paul Sorvino (born 1939), actor

Mark Soskin (* 1953), jazz pianist and keyboard player

Jeff Scott Soto (born 1965), rock singer

Talisa Soto (* 1967), actress and model

Charles S. Sperry (1847-1911), Admiral

Angelina Spicer (* 1981), actress and stand-up comedian

Murray R. Spiegel , applied mathematician and textbook author

Sol Spiegelman (1914-1983), molecular biologist

Mickey Spillane (1918–2006), crime writer and comic book writer

Phillip Sprangle (* 1944), physicist

Larry Spruch (1923-2006), physicist

Ted Stamm (1944–1984), painter

William Stanley (1858-1916), inventor

Barbara Stanwyck (1907–1990), actress

Jason Starr (born 1966), writer and screenwriter

Peter Steele (1962-2010), musician

Abby Stein (* 1991), transgender activist and blogger

Seymour Stein (* 1942), rock music producer

Alan E. Steinweis (* 1957), historian

Alex Steinweiss (1917–2011), graphic designer

Gary Stephan (* 1942), painter

Lance Stephenson (born 1990), basketball player

Bert Stern (1929–2013), fashion and advertising photographer

Connie Stevens (born 1938), actress and singer

Curtis Stevens (* 1985), professional boxer

Steve Stevens (born 1959), musician

Anita Stewart (1895–1961), actress during the silent film era

Johnny Stewart (born 1934), actor

Lynne Stewart (1939–2017), lawyer and civil rights activist

Steady Fingaz , DJ and music producer

Sticky Fingaz (* 1973), rapper and actor

Jerry Stiller (1927-2020), actor

Curtis Stone (born 1922), medium-distance, long-distance and obstacle runner

Merlin Stone (1931–2011), theologian, art historian and sculptor

Michael L. Stone (1949-2005), cinematographer

Sheldon Leslie Stone (* 1946), experimental particle physicist

Gil Stratton (1922–2008), actor and sports reporter

Harry Strauss (1909–1941), contract killer

Philip Strax (1909-1999), medical doctor

Barbra Streisand (* 1942), film actress, singer and film director

Joseph Michael Sullivan (1930–2013), Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop

Larry Sultan (1946–2009), artist and photographer

Carol Ann Susi (1952–2014), film and stage actress

Willie Sutton (1901-1980), serial bank robber

Moss Sweedler (* 1942), mathematician

Karl Swenson (1908–1978), actor

Swizz Beatz (* 1978), hip-hop producer and rapper

Paul Sylbert (1928–2016), art director and production designer

Richard Sylbert (1928–2002), production designer

Frank Paul Sylos (1900–1976), film architect

Sylvia Syms (1917–1992), jazz singer

T

Aron Tager (1934–2019), actor, voice actor and artist
Constance Talmadge (1898–1973), actress during the silent film era
Natalie Talmadge (1896–1969), actress during the silent film era
Tamar-kali (* 20th century), rock-singer-songwriter, guitarist and composer
Deborah Tannen (* 1945), sociolinguist
Robert Emmett Tansey (1897–1951), actor, screenwriter, film producer and film director
Frank Tarloff (1916–1999), screenwriter
Peter Tarnoff (* 1937), diplomat
Richard John Tarrant (* 1945), classical philologist
Ronald Tavel (1936–2009), playwright and screenwriter
Dave Taylor (* 1944), bass trombonist
Ivy Taylor (* 1970), politician
Larry Taylor (1942-2019), bass guitarist
Taz (born 1967), wrestler
Yehuda Teichtal (* 1972), Orthodox Hasidic rabbi
Sebastian Telfair (* 1985), basketball player
Danny Tenaglia (* 1961), DJ and music producer
Vinny Testaverde (born 1963), football player
Ron Thal (* 1969), rock guitarist, composer and producer
Irving Thalberg (1899–1936), film producer
Paul Thek (1933–1988), painter and object artist
Bob Thiele (1922–1996), music producer and composer
Samuel O. Thier (* 1937), physician and manager
Leon Thomas III (* 1993), actor and singer
Elliot Tiber (1935–2016), painter, comedian and author
Neil Edward Tiedemann (* 1948), Roman Catholic bishop
Gene Tierney (1920–1991), actress
James Tierney (* 1947), lawyer and politician
Lawrence Tierney (1919–2002), actor
John H. Tilelli junior (born 1941), General in the US Army
Sidney Tillim (1925–2001), artist and art critic
Jamaal Tinsley (born 1978), basketball player
Laurence Tisch (1923–2003), manager
Robert Tisch (1926–2005), businessman and entrepreneur
Marisa Tomei (born 1964), actress
Richard J. Tonry (1893–1971), politician
Burt Topper (1928–2007), film producer, film director, screenwriter and film actor
Obi Toppin (* 1998), basketball player
Joe Torre (* 1940), baseball player and manager
Steven Toushin (* 1946), film producer, screenwriter and author
Cheryl Toussaint (* 1952), middle distance runner and sprinter
Allan Trautman (* 1955), puppeteer and actor
Morton "Morty" Trautman (≈1925–2012), musician
Eugene M. Travis (1863–1940), businessman and politician
Barbara Trentham (1944–2013), film and television actress
Claire Trevor (1910-2000), actress
Anthony Tromba (* 1943), mathematician
Robert Trowers (* 1957), jazz trombonist
Herbert Trube (1886–1959), middle and long distance runner
Jay Tuck (* 1945), journalist, television producer, book author, speaker and lecturer
Barbara Tucker (* 1967), house singer
Marcia Tucker (1940–2006), art historian, art critic, curator and museum director
Richard Tucker (1913–1975), opera singer
Annita Tuller (1910–1994), mathematician and university professor
Kenneth Turan (* 1946), film critic, author and lecturer
Joe Turkel (born 1927), actor
Edwin Turney (1929-2008), entrepreneur
John Turturro (born 1957), actor
Mike Tyson (born 1966), boxer
Tiger Tyson (born 1977), porn actor

U

Edwin Ubiles

U-God (* 1970), MC
Edwin Ubiles (* 1986), American basketball player of Puerto Rican origin
Reva Urban (1925–1987), painter and graphic artist

V

Fay Victor

Al Viola

Brenda Vaccaro (born 1939), actress
Warren Vaché senior (1914–2005), jazz musician and journalist
Michael Vale (1922-2005), actor
Howard Valentine (1881-1932), track and field athlete
William Van Alen (1882–1954), architect
Morris Vandersteen (born 1954), bodybuilder and wrestler
Abraham Vanderveer (1781–1839), politician
Willard Van der Veer (1894–1963), cameraman
Tim Van Patten (* 1959), television director, actor, screenwriter and producer
Dave Van Ronk (1936–2002), guitarist, singer and songwriter
Johnny Varro (* 1930), jazz pianist, arranger and band leader
Alan Vega (1938-2016), singer
Lauren Vélez (born 1964), actress
Michael Venezia (* 1935), painter
Fay Victor (* 1965), jazz singer
Abe Vigoda (1921-2016), actor
Al Viola (1919-2007), musician
Tony Visconti (* 1944), British-American music producer and musician
Lester D. Volk (1884–1962), doctor, lawyer and politician

W.

Arthur Edward Waite (1857-1942), author
Jerry Wald (1911–1962), screenwriter and film producer
George E. Waldo (1851–1942), lawyer and politician
Hezekiah Walker (* 1962), gospel singer, singer-songwriter and pastor of the Brooklyn Megachurch Love Fellowship Tabernacle
Anthony Wallace (born 1989), football player
Lee Wallace (born 1930), stage and film actor
William C. Wallace (1856–1901), lawyer and politician
Eli Wallach (1915-2014), actor
Steve Wallach (* 1945), computer architect
Henry Wallman (1915–1992), mathematician and electronics specialist
Michael F. Walsh (1894–1956), lawyer and politician
Paul Henry Walsh (1937–2014), Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop
Jessica Walter (* 1941), actress
Charles Walters (1911–1982), film director and choreographer
Kenneth Wapnick (1942-2013), psychologist and author
Harry Warren (1893–1981), musician, composer and songwriter
Kenny Washington (* 1958), jazz drummer
Bruce Wasserstein (1947–2009), banker
Wendy Wasserstein (1950–2006), playwright
Frank B. Weeks (1854–1935), politician
Sanford I. Weill (* 1933), founder of Citigroup
Steven M. Weinreb (* 1941), chemist
William C. Weldon (born 1948), company manager
Gina Werfel (* 1951), painter and art professor
Kenny Werner (* 1951), jazz pianist
Alvy West (1915–2012), jazz musician
Mae West (1893–1980), actress
Donald E. Westlake (1933-2008), crime writer
Helen Westley (1875–1942), actress
Randy Weston (1926-2018), jazz musician
Michael Jai White (* 1967), stunt coordinator and actor
Okaro White (born 1992), basketball player
Mitchell Whitfield (born 1964), theater and television actor
James Whitworth (1936–1991), actor
Emma Whiton McDonald (1886–1948), mathematician and university professor
Kenneth B. Wiberg (* 1927), chemist
Alexander Solomon Wiener (1907–1976), serologist
Leon Wieseltier (* 1952), journalist
Robert Wilensky (1951–2013), computer scientist
Lenny Wilkens (* 1937), basketball player and coach
Jack Wilkins (* 1944), jazz and fusion guitarist
William Willett Jr. (1869–1938), lawyer and politician
Bill Williams (1915–1992), actor
Cara Williams (born 1925), actress
Freedom Williams (born 1966), rapper
Michael K. Williams (born 1966), actor
Ted Williams (born 1957), radio host
Victor Williams (* 1970), actor and producer
Ajita Wilson (* around 1950, † 1987), actress and porn star
Robert Anton Wilson (1932–2007), bestselling author, philosopher and anarchist
William Winant (* 1953), percussionist
Mary Wineberg (* 1980), sprinter
Dave Winer (* 1955), software developer and company founder
Jason Wingreen (1920-2015), actor
Terence Winter (* 1960), screenwriter and producer of television series
Terry Winters (* 1949), painter
Carl Wintzer (1860–1943), Prussian officer, most recently major general in the First World War
Joel-Peter Witkin (* 1939), photographer
Laura Witte (1869–1939), German women's rights activist
Owen N. Witte (* 1949), molecular biologist and cancer researcher
Fred Wolf (* 1932), animator, film director, film producer and screenwriter
Arthur M. Wolfe (1939-2014), astrophysicist
Gene Wolfe (1931-2019), science fiction and fantasy writer
Wolfman Jack (1938-1995), disc jockey
Paul Wolfowitz (* 1943), politician and President of the World Bank from 2005 to 2007
PJ Wolfson (1903–1979), screenwriter, film producer, and writer
Deborah Ann Woll (* 1985), actress
Peggy Wood (1892–1978), singer and actress
Nashom Wooden (1969–2020), singer and drag queen
Jamal Woolard (* 1975), actor and rapper
Mary Woronov (* 1943), actress, writer and painter
Tanisha Wright (born 1983), basketball player
Carl Wunsch (* 1941), professor of physical oceanography
Eric Wyatt (* 1961), jazz musician
John W. Wydler (1924–1987), lawyer and politician
James J. Wynne (* 1943), physicist