List of sons and daughters from Queens

This list includes personalities who were born in Queens . Queens has been a borough of New York City in the United States since 1898 .

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50 cents

50 Cent (* 1975), rapper

A.

Natalie and Nicole Albino

Hank Azaria

Ray Abruzzo (born 1954), actor
Action Bronson (born 1983), rapper
Cecily Adams (1958-2004), actress and director
Joseph Patrick Addabbo (1925–1986), politician
Max Adler (* 1986), actor
Natalie Albino (* 1984), pop musician
Nicole Albino (* 1984), pop musician
John Alcorn (1935–1992), graphic designer and illustrator
Frank Aletter (1926–2009), actor
Kenny Anderson (born 1970), basketball player
Steven Antin (* 1958), actor, screenwriter, film producer, film director and stuntman
Iris Apfel (* 1921), businesswoman, interior designer and fashion icon
Emile Ardolino (1943–1993), film director, film producer and theater actor
Roone Arledge (1931-2002), television producer
Tichina Arnold (* 1969), film actress
Hank Azaria (born 1964), actor

B.

Barbara Bach (* 1947), actress
Clyde N. Baker (born 1930), civil engineer
Kyle Baker (born 1965), cartoonist
Cornelia Barns (1888–1941), feminist, socialist and political cartoonist
Nicole Bass (1964–2017), bodybuilder, actress, wrestler and valet
Bob Beamon (born 1946), athlete
Walter Becker (1950–2017), rock musician
Tobin Bell (born 1942), actor
Joey Beltram (* 1971), graffiti artist and musician
Casey Benjamin (* 1978), saxophonist, keyboardist, producer and songwriter
Tony Bennett (born 1926), jazz singer and entertainer
Ira Berlin (1941–2018), historian
Jeff Berlin (* 1953), bassist
Gary Bettman (born 1952), sports official
Dawoud Bey (* 1953), photographer
Big Ali , singer-songwriter, MC, DJ and rapper
Big Cass (born 1986), wrestler
Roy Bittan (* 1949), keyboardist
Don Blackman (1953–2013), funk and jazz pianist
Arthur Blank (* 1942), entrepreneur
Chuck Blazer (1945–2017), football official
Archie Bleyer (1909–1989), band leader and music producer
Isaac Bloom (around 1716 - 1803), politician
Lee R. Bobker (1925–1999), film director and producer
Marston T. Bogert (1868-1954), chemist
Paul Bowles (1910–1999), writer, composer and translator
Walter Bowne (1770–1846), politician
Eddie Bracken (1915–2002), actor
Peter Brancazio (1939-2020), physicist
Adrien Brody (* 1973), film actor
Hillary Brooke (1914–1999), actress
Tom Browne (* 1954), jazz trumpeter and singer of jazz radio
William F. Brunner (1887–1965), politician
Carol Rifka Brunt (* 1970), writer
Lloyd Bryce (1851-1917), politician
Nancy Burghart (* approx. 1945), racing cyclist
Dan Burros (1937–1965), American Nazi Party member
Sam Burtis (* 1948), jazz trombonist
Barbara Bush (1925–2018), First Lady of the United States
Bobby Byrne (1932-2017), cinematographer

C.

Charles Joseph Camarda

Jack Cassidy

Mario Cuomo

Charles Camarda (* 1952), astronaut
Peter Camejo (1939–2008), businessman, writer, environmentalist and politician
Mary Carillo (* 1957), tennis player and television journalist
Amanda Carlin (* 1957), actress and audio book speaker
David Caruso (born 1956), actor
Nicholas Cascone (* 1963), film and television actor
Robert P. Casey (1932-2000), politician
Jack Cassidy (1927–1976), singer and television actor
Charles Castronovo (* 1975), tenor
Louis Ozawa Changchien (born 1975), actor
Raymond Chappetto (* 1945), Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop
Diego Chávarri (* 1989), Peruvian-American football player
Chinx (1983-2015), rapper
Cree Cicchino (* 2002), actress and dancer
Kvitka Cisyk (1953–1998), coloratura soprano
George Coe (1929–2015), actor and film producer
I. Bernard Cohen (1914–2003), historian of science
Joe Cohn (* 1956), jazz guitarist
Cadwallader D. Colden (1769–1834), lawyer, officer and politician
Howard Collins (1930–2015), jazz and studio musician
William Cronjager (1930–1995), cameraman
Jackie Cruz (born 1986), actress
Andrew Cuomo (born 1957), politician
Chris Cuomo (* 1970), television journalist
Mario Cuomo (1932–2015), politician

D.

DJ Muggs

Fran Drescher

Ray Dalio (born 1949), entrepreneur, hedge fund manager and philanthropist
Marie Maynard Daly (1921-2003), biochemist
Julie Dash (born 1952), filmmaker
Charles Dauner (1912–1993), handball player
Rob David (* 1971), actor and composer
Tom DeFalco (* 1950), comic artist
Nunzio DeFilippis (* 1970), comic and television writer
Lou Del Valle (* 1968), boxer and world light heavyweight champion
Joseph Peter Michael Denning (1907–1990), Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop
Donny Deutsch (* 1957), entrepreneur and talk show host
Hamidou Diallo (* 1998), basketball player
William Diehl (1924–2006), novelist, journalist and photographer
DJ Clue (* 1975), hip-hop DJ
DJ Muggs (* 1968), DJ and music producer
Eric Jay Dolin (* 1961), author and employee of environmental protection organizations
Mary Agnes Donoghue (* 1943), screenwriter and film director
Thomas Downey (* 1949), politician
Fran Drescher (* 1957), actress, producer and author
Bob Dudley (born 1955), economic manager

E.

Jesse Eisenberg

Devin Ebanks (* 1989), basketball player
Henry E. Eccles (1898–1986), Rear Admiral in the US Navy
Beth Ehlers (* 1968), actress
Jesse Eisenberg (born 1983), actor

F.

Nargis Fakhri

Richard Feynman

Peter Facinelli (* 1973), actor
Mike Fahn (* 1960), jazz trombonist and horn player
Nargis Fakhri (* 1979), actress and model
Susan Faludi (* 1959), journalist and author
Warren Farrell (born 1943), author and men's rights activist
Jon Favreau (born 1966), actor, producer and director
Richard Feynman (1918–1988), physicist and Nobel Prize winner 1965
Sydney M. Finegold (1921–2018), internist, microbiologist and immunologist
Dan Flavin (1933–1996), visual artist
Glenn Fleshler (* 1968), actor
Fred Foss (1949–2019), jazz musician
Mimi Fox (* 1956), jazz guitarist and music teacher
Steve Franken (1932–2012), actor
Linda Freeland (* 1967), R&B, soul and gospel singer
Daniel Frisa (* 1955), lawyer and politician
Eric Fromm (* 1958), tennis player
John Frusciante (* 1970), guitarist
Edward Funk (1936-2016), tattoo artist

G

Kind of sparkle

Mary Gordon

Irv Gotti

Ed Gardner (1901–1963), actor, writer, screenwriter and director
Art Garfunkel (* 1941), musician
Philip Giaccone (1932-1981), mafia gangster
Keith Giffen (* 1952), comic book author and illustrator
Edgar Gilbert (1923–2013), mathematician
Greg Glassman (* 1977), musician (trumpet, composition) of modern jazz
Richard Glatzer (1952–2015), director, screenwriter and film producer
Bernhard Goetz (* 1947), '' Subway Vigilante ''
Howard Gordon (* 1961), screenwriter, novelist and producer of television series
Mary Gordon (born 1949), writer
Shep Gordon (* 1945), music manager, artist agent and film producer
Cliff Gorman (1936–2002), actor
Irv Gotti (* 1970), hip-hop producer
John A. Gotti (* 1964), mobster of the American Cosa Nostra
Kara Goucher (* 1978), long-distance runner
Richard Grasso (* 1946), Chairman and CEO of the New York Stock Exchange
Milford Graves (* 1941), drummer and jazz composer
Coco Grayson (* 2000), actress, child actress and voice actress
Glenn Greenwald (* 1967), journalist, blogger, writer and lawyer
Randy Gregg (* 1969), bass guitarist
William Gregory (1849–1901), politician
Robert Greifeld (* 1957), entrepreneur
April Greiman (* 1948), graphic designer and typographer
David Gries (* 1939), computer scientist
Max Grodénchik (* 1952), actor

H

Danielle Harris

Margaret Heckler

George Hincapie

Theodore Alvin Hall (1925-1999), physicist
Florence Halop (1923–1986), actress
Jimmy Halperin (* 1958), saxophonist and jazz composer
Luke Halpin (born 1947), actor
Kevin Hamilton (* 1984), basketball player
Tardo Hammer (* 1958), jazz musician
Harlœ (* 1992), R&B singer and songwriter
Joy Harmon (* 1940), baker and actress
Danielle Harris (born 1977), actress
Jerome Harris (* 1953), jazz bassist and guitarist
Walter A. Harrison (* 1930), theoretical solid-state physicist
Havoc (* 1974), hip-hop producer and rapper
Thomas W. Hawkins (* 1938), mathematician
Graham Haynes (* 1960), jazz musician
Margaret Heckler (1931–2018), diplomat and politician
Jane Henson (1934-2013), puppeteer
Kathleen Herles (* 1990), voice actress
Lawrence Hertzog (1951–2008), screenwriter and television producer
Frank Hewitt (1935–2002), jazz pianist
Elias Hicks (1748-1830), Quaker leader
George Hincapie (* 1973), racing cyclist
George J. Hochbrueckner (* 1938), politician
David Allen Hoffman (born 1944), mathematician
Chamique Holdsclaw (* 1977), basketball player
Thirstin Howl III , rapper
Lex Humphries (1936-1994), jazz drummer

I.

Gwen Ifill

Mildred Iatrou Morgan (* before 1987), sound engineer
Carl Icahn (* 1936), multi-billionaire and major investor
Gwen Ifill (1955 2016), journalist, television presenter and author
Vincent Irizarry (born 1959), actor

J

Peter Jurasik

Ja Rule (* 1976), rapper
Billy Jayne (born 1969), actor
Brian Jennings (1958-2015), visual effects supervisor and animator
Ron Jeremy (born 1953), porn actor
Melissa Jiménez (* 1984), singer and songwriter
Mindy Jostyn (1956-2005), singer and multi-instrumentalist
Peter Jurasik (born 1950), actor

K

David Krumholtz

William George Kaelin (* 1957), oncologist and Nobel Prize Laureate in Medicine 2019
Peter S. Kalikow (* 1942), entrepreneur and automobile collector
Kieran Kane (* 1949), country singer and songwriter
Donna Karan (* 1948), fashion designer and entrepreneur
Lenore Kasdorf (* 1948), film actress
Ibram X. Kendi (* 1982), racism researcher
Frederick Koehler (* 1975), actor
Kool G Rap (born 1968), rapper
Steve Koren (* 1966), screenwriter and film producer
Norman Krasna (1909–1984), screenwriter and playwright, film producer and director
David Krumholtz (* 1978), actor
Raymond Kurzweil (* 1948), computer pioneer and non-fiction author

L.

Michael Landon

Cyndi Lauper

Lucy Liu

Doron Lamb (born 1991), basketball player
Robia LaMorte (born 1970), actress
Michael Landon (1936–1991), actor
Stephen Lang (born 1952), actor
Liza Lapira (* 1981), actress
Estée Lauder (1906–2004), cosmetics entrepreneur
Cyndi Lauper (* 1953), singer
Cornelius Van Wyck Lawrence (1791–1861), politician
John W. Lawrence (1800–1888), politician
Samuel Lawrence (1773–1837), lawyer and politician
NeNe Leakes (born 1967), actress and a reality soap star
Malcolm D. Lee (* 1970), director and screenwriter
James Lent (1782–1833), lawyer and politician
Ken Levine (* 1966), computer game developer
Myron Levoy (1930-2019), writer
Jack Lew (* 1955), lawyer and politician
Peter Anthony Libasci (* 1951), Roman Catholic bishop
Matthew Libatique (* 1968), cameraman
Lil Tecca (* 2002), rapper and singer
Avi Lipkin (* 1949), Israeli military and politician
Lucy Liu (* 1968), actress
LL Cool J (* 1968), rapper
Joseph Loewenstein (* 1925), clergyman and De La Salle brother
James Lorinz (* 1964), actor, film director and screenwriter
Joe Lo Truglio (* 1970), actor, comedian and voice actor
Denton Lotz (1939–2019), Baptist theologian and pastor
Lori Loughlin (born 1964), actress

M.

Scott Machado (* 1990), basketball player
Hemky Madera (born 1977), actor
Bernard L. Madoff (* 1938), finance and stock broker
Billy Magnussen (born 1985), actor
George Maharis (* 1928), actor, singer and painter
Karl Makinen (born 1970), actor
Jesse Malin (* 1968), rock musician
Michael Malone (* 1971), basketball coach
Norman Mapp (1928–1988), jazz musician
Edward Mapplethorpe (* 1960), photographer and painter
Robert Mapplethorpe (1946–1989), photographer
Michael Manning (* 1963), author, photographer and graphic artist
James Maritato (born 1972), wrestler
Marley Marl (* 1962), music producer and DJ
James Marshall (born 1967), actor
Barney Martin (1923-2005), actor
Christopher Martin (* 1962), hip-hop musician
Melanie Martinez (* 1995), singer
Mohammad Yusef Mashriqi (* 1987), American-Afghan soccer player
Drea de Matteo (born 1972), actress
Gene Mayer (* 1956), tennis player
Sandy Mayer (* 1952), tennis player
Helen Mayer Harrison (1927-2018), artist
John Maynard (1786–1850), lawyer and politician
Debi Mazar (born 1964), actress
Sean McCaw (* 1973), Austrian basketball coach and player
Nicole McClure (* 1989), Jamaican-American national soccer player
Charles James McDonnell (1928-2020), Roman Catholic clergyman and auxiliary bishop in Newark
Patrick McGoohan (1928–2009), film actor, screenwriter and director
Gordon McKenzie (1927-2013), long distance runner
Julianne McNamara (* 1965), artistic gymnast
MC Shan (* 1965), rapper and music producer
John Megna (1952–1995), actor
Grace Meng (* 1975), politician
Ethel Merman (1908–1984), actress and singer
Eric Metaxas (* 1963), author, speaker and radio host
Omar Metwally (born 1974), actor
Dina Meyer (* 1968), actress
Darryl Middleton (born 1966), basketball player
Kevin Misher (born 1965), film producer
Charles Momsen (1896–1967), Vice Admiral and pioneer of submarine rescue
James Monaco (1942–2019), film scholar, critic, author and publisher
Alysia Montaño (* 1986), middle distance runner
Lana Moorer (* 1971), rapper and actress
John J. Morgan (1770–1849), politician
Meli'sa Morgan (born 1964), R&B singer
Stanley Moss (* 1925), poet, publisher and art dealer
Gerry Mulligan (1927-1996), jazz musician
Chris Mullin (born 1963), basketball player
Francis P. Mulvey (* 1944), economist
Lewis Mumford (1895–1990), architecture critic and scientist
Donna Murphy (born 1959), actress

N

Nas

Nas (* 1973), rapper
Tyrone Nash (* 1988), basketball player
Barbara Nichols (1928–1976), actress
Willi Ninja (1961–2006), dancer, choreographer and artist

O

Lamar Odom

James H. O'Brien (1860-1924), politician
Robyn Ochs (* 1958), author, editor, educator and activist of the bi-movement
Lamar Odom (born 1979), basketball player
Leslie Odom Jr. (* 1981), film actor, musical performer, producer and singer
Colby O'Donis (born 1989), singer
Daniel J. O'Donnell (* 1960), politician
Al Oerter (1936-2007), track and field athlete
Garrett Oliver (* 1962), brewer and beer author
Robert Olivo (Ondine) (1937-1989), actor
Rick Overton (* 1954), actor and screenwriter

P

Lou Pearlman

Elizabeth Perkins

Anita Page (1910–2008), film actress
Mukul Pahuja (* 1985 or 1986), professional poker player
Jorge-Luis Pallo (* 1974), American actor of Puerto Rican-Ecuadorian origin
Frankie Palmeri (* 1986), singer
Lou Pearlman (1954-2016), businessman and music manager
Basil Pennington (1931–2005), Roman Catholic theologian, Trappist, abbot, and spiritual writer
Elizabeth Perkins (born 1960), actress
Derrick Phelps (born 1972), basketball player
Paul Picerni (1922–2011), actor
Thomas J. Pickard (born 1950), government official and director of the FBI
Jimmy Picker (* 1949), animator and film producer
Roberta Piket (* 1966), jazz pianist, singer, composer and author
Donald L. Pilling (1943-2008), US Navy Admiral
Jacqueline Piñol (* 1979), actress and voice actress
Peter Polaco (born 1973), wrestler
Friedrich Poppenhusen (1861–1923), Hamburg merchant and member of parliament
LeBaron Bradford Prince (1840–1922), politician and governor of the New Mexico Territory from 1889 to 1893

Josephine Pucci (* 1990), ice hockey player

Q

T. Vincent Quinn

T. Vincent Quinn (1903–1982), lawyer and politician

R.

Jennifer Rush

Amy Ryan

Holly-Jane Rahlens (* 1950), writer and actress
Rahzel (* 1967), beatboxer
Rammellzee (1960–2010), graffiti artist and hip-hop musician
CJ Ramone (* 1965), bassist, singer and guitarist
Philip Rastelli (1918–1991), mobster and leader of the Bonanno family of the Cosa Nostra
Louise Reiss (1920–2011), doctor
Tommy Rettig (1941–1996), actor and software developer
Howie Richmond (1918–2012), music publisher
Don Rickles (1926-2017), comedian and entertainer
Samuel Riker (1743–1823), politician and officer in the Continental Army
Richard Riordan (* 1930), politician
Mike Rodriguez (* 1979), jazz musician
James A. Roe (1896–1967), officer, lawyer and politician
Ray Romano (born 1957), actor
Philip Rosenthal (* 1960), screenwriter and film producer
Barbara Rubin (1945–1980), experimental filmmaker
Jeffrey Z. Rubin (1941–1995), peace and negotiation researcher
Mercedes Ruehl (* 1948), actress
Matt Ruff (born 1965), writer
Jennifer Rush (* 1960), rock and pop singer
Amy Ryan (born 1969), actress

S.

Schmuel Sackett (* 1961), Israeli politician and religious Zionist
Melanie Safka (* 1947), singer and songwriter
Joshua Sands (1757–1835), officer, trader and politician
Stanley Schachter (1922–1997), social psychologist
Barry Scheck (born 1949), defense attorney and law professor
Ossie Schectman (1919-2013), basketball player
Jacqueline Schultz (* 1956), actress
David Schwimmer (* 1966), actor and director
Martin Scorsese (born 1942), director
Esther Scott (1953-2020), actress
Linda Scott (* 1945), pop singer
Stephen Scott (* 1969), jazz pianist
Gregg L. Semenza (* 1956), pediatrician
James A. Shannon (1904–1994), medical doctor, science manager, and director of the National Institutes of Health
Roxanne Shanté (* 1969), rapper and psychologist
Adrienne Shelly (1966–2006), actress and film director
Kevin Shields (* 1963), singer, guitarist and music producer
Abner W. Sibal (1921-2000), politician
Jamie-Lynn Sigler (* 1981), actress
Jocelyn B. Smith (* 1960), jazz singer
Kenny Smith (born 1965), basketball player
Melancton Smith (1744–1798), officer, trader and politician
Will Smith (1981-2016), American football player
Raymond Smullyan (1919–2017), mathematician and logician
Michael Soldier (* 1967), porn actor
James Southerland (born 1990), basketball player
Marc Spitz (1969–2017), writer, playwright and music journalist
Michael Spivak (* 1940), mathematician
Daniel Stanese (* 1994), football player
Beau Starr (born 1944), actor
Fredro Starr (* 1971), rapper and actor
Mike Starr (born 1950), actor
Howard Stern (born 1954), radio host
Robin Stone (born 1962), pop singer
Styles P. (* 1974), rapper

T

George Tenet

Donald Trump

Ralph Taeger (1936–2015), actor
Julie Tatham (1908–1999), writer
Shannon Tavárez (1999-2010), child actress
Lewis Thomas (1913-1993), medical doctor and essayist
Tony Thompson (1954-2003), drummer
George Tenet (* 1953), government official and director of the CIA from 1997 to 2004
Camille Thurman (* 1986), jazz musician
Dennis Tito (* 1940), entrepreneur, multimillionaire and first space tourist
Tragedy Khadafi (* 1971), rapper
Donald Trump (* 1946), entrepreneur and 45th US President
John G. Trump (1907–1985), electrical engineer and physicist
George Tsontakis (* 1951), composer and conductor

U

Ludmila Ulehla (1923–2009), composer and music teacher

V

Charlie Villanueva

James Van Praagh (* 1958), television producer and esotericist
John Ventimiglia (born 1963), actor
Christina Vidal (* 1981), actress and singer
Nina Vidal , singer-songwriter-artist and pianist
Charlie Villanueva (* 1984), American Dominican basketball player
Cyndy Violette (* 1959), poker player
Salvatore Vitale (* 1947), underboss of the Bonanno criminal family

W.

Christopher Walken

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Waddy Wachtel (* 1947), musician, composer and producer
Christopher Walken (born 1943), actor
Robert Walker junior (1940-2019), actor
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (* 1966), politician
Bob Weinstein (* 1954), film producer
Harvey Weinstein (* 1952), film producer
Mary Weiss (* 1948), singer
Michael J. Weithorn (* 1956), author, director and producer
James Wetherbee (born 1952), astronaut
Suzanne Weyn (* 1955), writer
John Williams (* 1932), composer
Todd Williams (born 1977), actor
George Willig (* 1949), building climber, stuntman and author
Gordon Willis (1931-2014), cameraman
Frank Wilczek (* 1951), physicist and Nobel Prize winner
Chris Wyse (* 1969), bass player and singer

Y

Tony Yayo

Yaeji (* 1993), American-Korean DJ and producer in the field of electronic music
Tony Yayo (born 1978), rapper
Anastasia Young (* 1988), luge rider
Burt Young (born 1940), actor
Ramy Youssef (* 1991), stand-up comedian, actor and screenwriter

Z

Benh Zeitlin

Benh Zeitlin (* 1982), filmmaker