This is a list of people who were either born or have lived in Brooklyn, a borough of New York City at some time in their lives.
A
- Aaliyah (1979–2001) – actress, dancer and singer[1]
- Cal Abrams (1924–1997) – Major League Baseball player (Madison)
- Monica Aksamit (born 1990), saber fencer; won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the Women's Saber Team competition.
- Lyle Alzado (1949–1992) – NFL All-Pro football player
- Robert Asencio (born 1963) – Florida politician
- Romeo Alaeff (born 1970) – visual artist
- Marv Albert (born 1941) – sportscaster (Manhattan Beach)
- Tatyana Ali (born 1979) – actress
- Woody Allen (born 1935) – film director, actor and screenwriter (Midwood)[2]
- Franco Ambriz – playwright
- Barbara Anderson (born 1945) – actress
- Carmelo Anthony (born 1984) – National Basketball Association player (Red Hook)[3]
- Alan Arkin (born 1934) – actor, director and screenwriter
- Jack Armstrong (basketball) (born 1963) – sportscaster Toronto Raptors; former coach Niagara University
- Darren Aronofsky (born 1969) – film director
- Isaac Asimov[4](1920–1992) – author and biochemist
- Madeline Astor (1893–1970) – Titanic survivor, wife of John Jacob Astor IV
- W.H. Auden (1907–1973) – poet[5]
- Red Auerbach (1917–2006) – National Basketball Association coach and general manager, member of Hall of Fame (Williamsburg)
- Ken Auletta (born 1942) – journalist and writer
- Paul Auster (born 1947) – author (Park Slope)
B
- Folarin Balogun (born 2001) – soccer player
- John Badalamenti (born 1973) – American federal judge (Gravesend)
- Noah Baumbach (born 1969) – film director and writer
- Adrienne Bailon (born 1983) – actress
- Scott Baio (born 1960) – actor (Dyker Heights)
- Ralph Bakshi (born 1938) – film director (Haifa, Israel–born and Brownsville-reared)
- Moses Michael Levi Barrow (born Jamal Michael Barrow; 1978), better known by his stage name Shyne, Belizean rapper and politician
- Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960–1988) – artist
- Noah Baumbach (born 1969) – film director and writer (Midwood)
- Gary Becker (1930–2014) – economist; Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1992) (Madison)
- Francis J. Beckwith (born 1960) – philosopher Baylor University
- Henry Ward Beecher (1813–1887) – clergyman and social reformer[6]
- Lyman Beecher (1775–1863) – clergyman and father of Henry Ward Beecher, Thomas K. Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe[7]
- Begushkin – folk rock band[8]
- Joy Behar[9] (born 1942) – comedian and talk-show host (Williamsburg)
- Paul Ben-Victor (born 1965) – actor (Midwood)
- Pat Benatar (born 1953) – singer (Greenpoint)
- Randy E. Bennett – educational researcher (Flatbush)
- Mary Crowell Van Benschoten (1840-1921), author, newspaper publisher, clubwoman
- Bill Benulis (1928–2011) – penciller and inker
- David Berkowitz (born 1953) – serial killer known as "Son of Sam"
- Walter Berndt (1899–1979) – cartoonist
- Paul Bettany (born 1971) – actor (Brooklyn Heights)[10]
- Lloyd Blankfein (born 1954) – investment banker; chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs
- Corbin Bleu (born 1989) – actor
- George G. Bloomer (born 1963) – televangelist
- Emily Blunt (born 1983) – actress[11]
- Joseph Bologna (1934–2017) – actor
- Clara Bow (1905–1965) – actress (Prospect Heights)
- Riddick Bowe (born 1967) – boxer, heavyweight champion (Brownsville)[12]
- Barbara Boxer (born 1940)[13] – politician; U.S. Senator from California (since 1993)
- Harry Boykoff (1922–2001) – basketball player
- Steve Bracey (1950–2006) — basketball player
- Scott Brady (1924–1985) – actor
- Mark Breland (born 1963) – boxer; five-time New York Golden Gloves champion
- Shannon Briggs (born 1971) – boxer, heavyweight champion
- Gail Brodsky (born 1991) – tennis player
- Mel Brooks (born 1926) – actor, comedian, film director, film producer and screenwriter (Williamsburg)[14]
- Foxy Brown[15] (born 1978) – actress, model and rap artist (Park Slope)
- Larry Brown (born 1940) – basketball player and coach, point guard, three-time All-Star, three-time assists leader, Olympic champion, NCAA and NBA head coach
- Elliott Buckmaster (1889–1976) – U.S. Navy officer; naval aviator during World War I and World War II
- Buckshot (born 1974) – rapper (Crown Heights)
- Terry Burrus – musician; composer, conductor, producer
- Steve Buscemi[16] (born 1957) – actor, film director and screenwriter
- Busta Rhymes (born 1972) – rapper[17][18] (East Flatbush and Bedford–Stuyvesant)
C
- Red Cafe (born 1976) – rapper (Flatbush)
- Charlie Callas (1927–2011) – comedian
- Duncan Candler (1873–1949) – architect
- Giovanni Capitello (born 1979) – actor/filmmaker
- Al Capone (1899–1947) – gangster (Red Hook)
- Truman Capote (1924–1984) – writer (Brooklyn Heights)[19]
- Jack Carter (1922–2015) – comedian
- Fabiano Caruana (born 1992) – youngest chess grandmaster in United States history (Park Slope)
- Jack Catran (1918–2001) – industrial designer and linguist (Bensonhurst)[20]
- Jasmine Cephas Jones (born 1989) – actress, singer, songwriter [21]
- George S. Chase (1909–1972) - composer
- Roz Chast (born 1954) – cartoonist
- Bea Chester – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
- Shirley Chisholm (1924–2005) – first female African American U.S. Representative and first African American major-party candidate for U.S. President
- Andrew Dice Clay (born 1957) – comedian (Sheepshead Bay)
- Cheryl "Coko" Clemons (born 1970) – gospel singer and lead singer of R&B group SWV
- Abram Cohen (1924–2016) – Olympic fencer
- David Cohen (1917–2020) – member of the US Army, a liberator of the Ohrdruf concentration camp, and a schoolteacher
- Herbert Cohen (born 1940) – Olympic fencer
- Maino (born 1973) – rapper (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
- Norm Coleman (born 1949) – U.S. Senator from Minnesota from 2003 until 2009(Madison)
- Kim Coles (born 1962) – comedienne, actress from Living Single
- Jennifer Connelly (born 1970) – actress (Brooklyn Heights)[10]
- Chuck Connors (1921–1992) – actor
- Omar Cook (born 1982) – professional basketball player
- George H. Cooper (1821–1891) – United States Navy rear admiral[22]
- Pat Cooper (born 1929) – comedian (Red Hook)
- Aaron Copland (1900–1990) – composer
- Larry Corcoran (1859–1891) – Major League Baseball player
- John Corigliano (born 1938) – Academy Award-, Pulitzer Prize for Music- and Grammy Award-winning composer (Midwood)
- Howard Cosell (1918–1995) – sportscaster[23]
- William R. Cosentini – mechanical engineer and founder of Cosentini Associates
- Delilah Cotto – dancer, model and actress (Coney Island)
- Jonathan Coulton (born 1970) – musician
- Hart Crane (1899–1932) – poet (The Bridge)[24]
- Melora Creager (born 1966) – singer
- Jimmy Crespo (born 1954) – former Aerosmith guitarist
- Peter Criss (born 1945) – musician
- Billy Cunningham (born 1942) – NBA player and coach
D
- Doug E. Doug – (born 1970) comedian
- Da Beatminerz – hip-hop production team
- Da Bush Babees – hip-hop group (Flatbush)
- Dana Dane (born 1965) – rapper (Fort Greene)
- Tony Danza (born 1951) – actor[25]
- John D'Aquino (born 1958) – actor
- John Henry Davis (1921–1984) – U.S. weightlifter 6 time world champion and 2 time Olympic gold medalist
- Jonathan David (born 2000) – soccer player
- Thomas Darden (1900–1961) – U.S. Navy Rear admiral, 37th Governor of American Samoa[26]
- Larry David (born 1947) – writer, producer, actor, and comedian (Sheepshead Bay)
- Noach Dear (1953–2020) – New York Supreme Court Judge
- Mos Def (born 1973) – actor and rapper[27] (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
- Ronald DeFeo Jr. (1951–2021) – mass murderer who killed his family in 1974; was the inspiration for The Amityville Horror[28][29]
- David DeJesus (born 1979) – MLB player
- Dom DeLuise (1933–2009) – comedian and actor
- Alan Dershowitz (born 1938) – lawyer, professor, author[30] (Williamsburg)
- C.C. Deville (Bruce Johannesson) (born 1962) – musician
- Kevin Devine (born 1979) – musician
- Danny Devito (born 1944) - actor, comedian, filmmaker[31]
- Neil Diamond[32] (born 1941) – singer
- Mary E. Dillon (1886 – October 20, 1983) – American engineer and President of Brooklyn Borough Gas Company
- Michael A. DiSpezio (born 1953) – writer, performer, and broadcast host
- Chris DiStefano (born 1984) - comedian
- Vincent D'Onofrio (born 1959) – actor
- Valerie D'Orazio (born 1974) – writer and blogger
- Irvin Dorfman (1924–2006) – tennis player
- David Draiman (born 1973) – singer
- Richard Dreyfuss (born 1947) – actor
- Jim Drucker (born 1952/1953) – former Commissioner of the Continental Basketball Association, former Commissioner of the Arena Football League, and founder of NewKadia Comics
- Don Dubbins (1928–1991) – actor
- Lena Dunham (born 1986) – actress and writer (Brooklyn Heights)
- Kyle Bobby Dunn (born 1986) – composer, musician, artist (RAMBO)
- Jimmy Durante (1893–1980) – actor and comedian
E
- Easy Mo Bee (born 1965) – hip-hop and R&B producer
- William J. Ecker – U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral
- Harry Eisenstat (1915–2003) – Major League Baseball player (Madison)[33]
- Erick Arc Elliott (born 1990) – rapper, producer
- The Epochs – rock band, formed in 2002
- Jeffrey Epstein – wealthy businessman and longtime child sex trafficker
- Etika (1990–2019) – YouTuber and online streamer
F
- Fab 5 Freddy (born 1959) – hip-hop pioneer
- Fabolous (born 1977) – rapper[34] (Bedford-Stuyvesant)
- Edie Falco (born 1963) – actress[35]
- Jimmy Fallon (born 1974) – actor and comedian[36]
- Anthony Fauci (born 1940) – Infectious disease expert, director of NIAD at National Institutes of Health
- Lotta Faust (1880–1910) – musical comedy actress[37]
- Lillian Feickert (1877–1945) – suffragette and politician[38]
- Bob Ferguson (1845–1894) – MLB player ("Death to Flying Things")
- Jerry Ferrara (born 1979) – actor
- Frank Ferrer (born 1966) – Guns N' Roses drummer
- Lou Ferrigno (born 1951) – former bodybuilder, actor (Midwood)[39]
- Martin Fettman (born 1956) – astronaut (Midwood)
- Suzi Ferrer (1940–2006) – US/Puerto-Rican visual artist and feminist
- Ailene Fields (born 1948) – sculptor
- Harvey Fierstein (born 1954) – actor and playwright (Bensonhurst)[40]
- Bobby Fischer (1943–2008) – champion chess player (Flatbush)
- Mickey Fisher (1904/05–1963) – basketball coach
- Robert William Fisher (born 1961) – murderer and fugitive (FBI Ten Most Wanted)
- Percy Keese Fitzhugh (1876–1950) – author of children's books
- Rolf G. Fjelde (1926–2002) – playwright, educator and poet
- Farrah Fleurimond – singer-songwriter and member of R&B group Lyric
- James Florio (born 1937) – 49th Governor of New Jersey, 1990 until 1994[41]
- Jonathan Safran Foer (born 1977) – novelist[42]
- Cristina Fontanelli – opera singer[43]
- Yuri Foreman (born 1980) – world champion boxer
- John Forsythe (1918–2010) – actor
- Steve Franken (1932–2012) – actor
- Bruce Franklin (born 1934) – professor
- Frank Frazetta (1928–2010) – artist
- Gary William Friedman – composer
- Milton Friedman (1912–2006) – Nobel Prize-winning economist
- Fu-Schnickens – rapper
- Full Force – 1980s R&B and production group
G
- Eric Gonzalez (born 1969) – politician
- Ellis Gallagher (born 1973) – graffiti artist
- Vincent Gardenia (1920–1992) – actor (Bensonhurst)
- M. Elsa Gardner (1894–1963) – Engineer
- Ina Garten (born 1948) – Food Network television chef, cookbook author; known as the Barefoot Contessa
- Shad Gaspard (1981–2020) – professional wrestler
- David Geffen (born 1943) – media mogul (Borough Park)
- Sylvia Gerrish (1860–1906) – 19th-century musical comedy performer[44][45]
- George Gershwin (1898–1937) – composer and younger brother of Ira Gershwin
- Murray Gerstenhaber (born 1927) – mathematician and lawyer
- Deborah Gibson (born 1970) – singer and songwriter
- Taj Gibson (born 1985) – NBA player
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg[46] (1933–2020) – Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court (Madison)
- Johnny Gioeli (born 1967) – singer (Crush 40, Hardline, Axel Rudi Pell)
- Rudy Giuliani (born 1944) – former United States Attorney, former Mayor of New York; 2008 Republican presidential candidate
- Jackie Gleason (1916–1987) – actor and comedian (Bushwick[47]/Bedford–Stuyvesant)
- Marty Glickman (1917–2001) – Olympian and broadcaster (Madison)
- James Newton Gloucester – African-American abolitionist
- Baruch Goldstein (1956–1994) – American-Israel extremist and perpetrator of the 1994 Cave of the Patriarchs massacre
- Jerry Goldstein (born 1970) – physicist
- Ben Goldwasser (born 1982) – member of the band MGMT
- Norman Gorbaty (1932–2020) – artist
- Sid Gordon (1917–1975) – two-time All-Star baseball player
- Louis Gossett Jr. (born 1936) – Oscar-winning actor[48] (Sheepshead Bay)
- Gilbert Gottfried (1955–2022) – stand-up comedian, actor[49]
- Alfred Gottschalk (1930–2009) – President of Hebrew Union College and leader in the Reform Judaism movement[50]
- Elliott Gould (born 1938) – actor[51]
- Yossi Green (born 1955) – composer[52]
- Dr. George E. Green (born 1932) – cardiac surgeon[53]
- Kai Greene (born 1975) – bodybuilder
- Adrian Grenier (born 1976) – actor[54] (Clinton Hill)
- Bill Griffith (born 1944) – cartoonist (Zippy)[55]
- David Grimm (born 1965) – award-winning playwright and screenwriter
- Leib Groner (1931–2020) – Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbai and secretary to Menachem Schneerson (Crown Heights)
- Karl Grossman (born 1942) -- professor, journalist, author, TV program host
- Robert Grossman (born 1940) – illustrator
- Bob Guccione (1930–2010) – adult-magazine publisher
- Louise Gunning (1879–1960) – singer, actress
- Sigrid Gurie (1911–1969) – actress
- Arlo Guthrie (born 1947) – singer (Coney Island)[56]
- GZA (born 1966) – rapper (Bedford–Stuyvesant)[57][58]
- Maggie Gyllenhaal (born 1970) – actress[59]
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- Buddy Hackett (1924–2003) – actor and comedian (Williamsburg)
- Adelaide Hall (1901–1993) – jazz singer, songwriter, actress
- Jimmy Hall (born 1994), basketball player in the Israeli National League.
- Bobby Hambel – guitarist, Biohazard
- Marvin Hamlisch (1944–2012) – Oscar-winning composer of film scores (Midwood)
- Andrew P. Harris (born 1957) – Maryland politician
- Barbara Grizzuti Harrison (1934–2002) – author
- Anne Hathaway (born 1982) – Oscar-winning actress[14]
- Knut Haukelid (1911–1994) – Norwegian resistance movement soldier
- Richie Havens (1941– 2013) – folk singer-songwriter, actor; first performer at the original Woodstock (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
- Susan Hayward (1917–1975) – Oscar-winning actress (Flatbush)
- Rita Hayworth (1918–1987) – actress[60]
- Leona Helmsley (1920–2007) – businessperson and real estate investor[61]
- Heltah Skeltah – hip-hop duo (Brownsville)
- Sidney Hertzberg (1922–2005) – pro basketball player
- Robert Hess (artist) (1935–2014) – sculptor
- Robert Hess (college president) (1938–1994) – President of Brooklyn College
- Henry Hill (1943–2012) – mobster, subject of Goodfellas
- Russel Hobbs – drummer; member of Gorillaz
- William E. Hoehle – member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- Steven Hoffenberg – fraudster
- Zander Hollander (1923–2014) – sportswriter, journalist, editor and archivist
- Red Holzman (1920–1998) – Hall of Fame NBA two-time All-Star and coach
- Homicide (born 1977) – ring name of Nelson Erazo, professional wrestler signed to Ring of Honor (Bedford-Stuyvesant)
- Lena Horne (1917–2010) – singer and actress[62] (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
- Curly Howard (Jerome Lester Horwitz; 1903–1952) – comedian; member of The Three Stooges (Brownsville)
- Moe Howard (Moses Harry Horwitz; 1897–1975) – comedian; leader of The Three Stooges (Brownsville)
- Shemp Howard (Samuel Horwitz; 1895–1955) – comedian; member of The Three Stooges (Brownsville)
- William G. Hundley (1925–2006) – criminal defense attorney for high-profile clients, reared in Brooklyn
- Hezekiah Hunter (1837–1894) – teacher, minister, and politician; born in Brooklyn.[63]
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- Anthony Ingrassia (1944–1995) – playwright, producer and director
- Jimmy Iovine (born 1953) – entrepreneur, record producer and film producer (Red Hook)
- Breuk Iversen (born 1964) – designer and writer
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- Mark Jackson (born 1965) – basketball player
- Cheryl James (born 1966) – rapper and actress
- Shawn James (born 1983) – basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv
- Tama Janowitz (born 1957) – novelist[64]
- Jay-Z (born 1969) – rapper and entrepreneur (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
- Jaz-O (born 1964) – rapper (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
- Charles Jenkins (born 1989) – NBA player
- Jennie Jerome (1854–1921) – Lady Randolph Churchill, mother of Winston Churchill (Cobble Hill)
- Jeru the Damaja (born 1972) – rapper[65] (East New York)
- Joey Badass (born 1995) – rapper
- Evan M. Johnson, US Army brigadier general[66]
- Evan Malbone Johnson (1791–1865)– clergyman[66]
- Tamara "Taj" Johnson-George (born 1971) – member of R&B group SWV (Bedford–Stuyvesant)[67]
- Lamont Jones (born 1972) – basketball player
- Norah Jones (born 1979) – musician, actress[68]
- Susannah Mushatt Jones (1899–2016) – oldest living New Yorker[69]
- E. Bernard Jordan (born 1959) – founder of Zoe Ministries
- Michael Jordan (born 1963) – basketball player
- Zab Judah (born 1977) – professional boxer
- Just-Ice (born 1965) – rapper
K
Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax
Hall of Famer Roger Kahn
- KA (born 1972) – rapper (Brownsville, Brooklyn)
- Meir Kahane (1932–1990) – Orthodox Jewish rabbi, activist and founder of the Jewish Defense League
- Roger Kahn (1927–2020) – sportswriter and author of The Boys of Summer
- Big Daddy Kane (born 1968) – rapper[70] (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
- Eric Kaplan (born 1971) – writer (Flatbush)
- Gabe Kaplan (born 1943) – actor and comedian
- Kaves – fine art painter, graffiti artist, illustrator, director, actor, author, rapper, and entrepreneur[71] (Bay Ridge, Brooklyn) [72]
- KAWS, born Brian Donnelly – graffiti artist, limited-edition clothing and toy designer
- Danny Kaye (1911–1987) – actor and comedian (East New York)
- Lainie Kazan (born 1940) – actress and singer
- Ezra Jack Keats (1916–1983) – author and illustrator
- Monica Keena (born 1979) – actress
- Harvey Keitel (born 1939) – actor[73]
- Steven G. Kellman (born 1947) – author and critic
- Patsy Kelly (1910–1981) – actress
- David M. Kennedy (born 1958) – professor of criminology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, author of Don't Shoot
- The Kid Gashi (born 1989) – rapper
- Jimmy Kimmel (born 1967) – comedian and television talk-show host[14]
- Bernard King (born 1956) – NBA Hall Of Famer (Fort Greene)
- Carole King (born 1942) – singer-songwriter (Madison)[74]
- Larry King (1933–2021) – television talk-show host and interviewer[75]
- Marvin Kitman (1929–2023) – television critic, humorist, and author
- Brian Kokoska (born 1988) – artist
- C. Everett Koop (1916–2013) – U.S. Surgeon General[76]
- Sandy Koufax (born 1935) – Hall of Fame baseball pitcher for Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers (Borough Park)
- Martin Kove (born 1946) – actor
- John Krasinski (born 1979) – actor and director[77]
- Talib Kweli (born 1975) – rapper and producer[78] (Park Slope)
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- Jeffrey Laitman (born 1951) – anatomist
- Pierre Lallement (1843–1891) – inventor
- Abbe Lane (born 1932) – singer, dancer, actress
- Sylven Landesberg (born 1990) – American-Israeli basketball shooting guard (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
- Michael Landon – actor, director, producer
- Dulcinea Langfelder (born 1955) - multidisciplinary artist (drama, dance, song, mime, multimedia)
- Rudy LaRusso (1937–2004) – five-time All-Star NBA basketball player (Madison)
- Reuben Lasker (1929–1988) – marine biologist
- Cyndi Lauper (born 1953) – singer and activist
- Arthur Laurents (1917–2011) – writer and director
- Steve Lawrence (born 1935) – singer and actor
- Heath Ledger (1979–2008) – actor[79]
- Ivan Lee (born 1981) – Olympic saber fencer
- Roy Lee (born 1969) – film producer
- Spike Lee (born 1957) – film director, screenwriter and actor (lived in Fort Greene)
- Shulem Lemmer (born 1990) – singer (Borough Park)
- Ivan Leshinsky (born 1947) – American-Israeli basketball player (Midwood)
- Jonathan Lethem (born 1964) – author (Boerum Hill)
- Andrew Levane (1920–2012) – NBA basketball player (Madison)
- Lewis (alive 1890) – former 19th-century professional baseball player
- Emmanuel Lewis (born 1971) – actor (Midwood)
- Richard Lewis (born 1947) – actor and comedian
- Tillie Ehrlich Lewis (1901–1977) – businesswoman
- Nancy Lieberman (born 1958) – WNBA basketball player, coach and broadcaster; Hall of Fame
- Lil' Kim, born Kimberly Denise Jones (born 1974/1975) – Grammy Award-winning rapper (Bedford–Stuyvesant[80])
- Lil Mama (born 1989) – rapper[81]
- O. Winston Link (1914–2001) – photographer
- Edie Locke – fashion journalist[82]
- Paul Lo Duca (born 1972) – MLB baseball player
- Robert Logan (born 1941) – actor
- Robert K. Logan (born 1939) – scientist
- "The Brooklyn Brawler" Steve Lombardi (born 1961) – professional wrestler
- Vince Lombardi (1913–1970) – Pro Football Hall of Fame coach (Sheepshead Bay)
- Nia Long (born 1970) – actress
- Jackie Loughery (born 1930) – Miss New York USA 1952, Miss USA 1952
- Mynette Louie – film producer
- Low Ki (born 1979) – ring name of Brandon Silvestry, professional wrestler
- Sid Luckman (1916–1998) – NFL quarterback and Pro Football Hall of Fame
- MC Lyte (born 1970) – actress and rapper[83]
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- M.O.P. – hip-hop duo (Brownsville)
- John Buffalo Mailer (born 1978) – playwright and youngest child of author Norman Mailer
- Norman Mailer (1923–2007) – author and playwright[84]
- Paul Malignaggi (born 1980) – boxer (Bensonhurst)
- Barry Manilow (born 1943) – singer-songwriter (Williamsburg)[85]
- Stephon Marbury (born 1977) – NBA player[86] (Coney Island)
- Mario – fictional video-game character
- Marty Markowitz (born 1945) – Borough President of Brooklyn, New York City
- Constantine Maroulis (born 1975) – singer
- Branford Marsalis (born 1960) – saxophonist[87] (Clinton Hill)
- Duane Martin (born 1965) – actor (All of Us)
- George Willard Martin (1886–1971) – mycologist[88]
- Angie Martinez (born 1971) – radio personality, former rapper and actress
- Masta Ace (born 1966) – rapper[89](Brownsville)
- Maxwell (born 1973) – singer-songwriter, producer, musician (East Brooklyn)
- Lee Mazzilli – American professional baseball player, coach, and manager. Part of the 1986 World Series Champion New York Mets
- Joseph McGoldrick (1901–1978) – NYC Comptroller and NY State Residential Rent Control Commissioner, lawyer, and professor
- Carson McCullers (1917–1967) – writer[90]
- Amy Upham Thomson McKean (1893–1972) – pianist, songwriter and composer
- Triston McKenzie – professional baseball pitcher for The Cleveland Indians
- Meechy Darko (born 1990) – rapper (Flatbush)
- Romany Malco (born 1968) – actor
- Ronald Mellor (born 1940) – historian
- Boyd Melson (born 1981) – boxer
- Richard Merkin (1938–2009) – painter and illustrator[91]
- Robert Merrill (1917–2004) – opera singer
- Debra Messing (born 1968) – actress
- Sean Michaels (born 1958) – pornographic actor and director
- Thomas Mignone – film director, music video director, screenwriter
- Alyssa Milano (born 1972) – actress
- Arthur Miller (1915–2005) – Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright (Gravesend)
- Henry Miller (1891–1980) – author and raconteur (Williamsburg)
- Jarrell Miller (born 1988) – kickboxer
- Matthew Paul Miller (born 1979) – reggae singer
- Walter Miller (1890–1959) – jockey
- Wentworth Miller (born 1972) – actor
- William J. Millican (1904-1944) – double Navy Cross recipient
- Stephanie Mills (born 1957) – singer (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
- Irv Mondschein (1924–2015) – track and field champion
- Lenny Montana (1926–1992) – actor and professional wrestler
- Mary Tyler Moore (1936–2017) – actor
- Esai Morales (born 1962) – actor
- Ed Morris (1862–1937) – 19th-century MLB pitcher
- Joel Moses (1941–2022) – former provost, MIT (Midwood)
- Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire (born 1986) – rapper (Crown Heights)
- Chris Mullin (born 1963) – NBA player and executive, Hall of Fame[92]
- Uncle Murda (born 1980) – rapper (East Flatbush)
- Charlie Murphy (1959–2017) – actor and comedian
- Eddie Murphy (born 1961) – actor and comedian
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- Boris Nachamkin (1933–2018) – NBA basketball player
- Sam Nahem (1915–2004) – Major League Baseball pitcher
- Larry Namer (born 1948) – founder of E! Entertainment TV networks
- Lia Neal (born 1995) – competitive swimmer and Olympic medalist[93]
- Nikita Nesterenko (born 2001), professional ice hockey center who plays in the National Hockey League for the Anaheim Ducks[94]
- Jack Newfield (1938–2004) – writer
- Mark Newgarden (born 1959) – artist, cartoonist, writer, creator of Garbage Pail Kids, author of We All Die Alone and How to Read Nancy (Williamsburg)
- Ed Newman (born 1951) – NFL All-Pro football player
- Harry Nilsson (1941–1994) – singer-songwriter (Bushwick)
- Joakim Noah (born 1985) – NBA basketball player
- Peggy Noonan (born 1950) – author, columnist
- The Notorious B.I.G. (1972–1997) – rapper, born Christopher George Latore Wallace; Biggie, Biggie Smalls
- Lupita Nyong'o (born 1983) – actress[95]
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- O.C. (born 1971) – rapper (Bushwick)
- Henry Obst (1906–1975) – football player
- Tasker Oddie (1870–1950) – 12th Governor of Nevada and a United States Senator; born in Brooklyn[96]
- Dennis J. Patrick O'Grady (1943-1972) – Florida state senator
- Ol' Dirty Bastard (1968–2004) – rapper (Fort Greene)
- Originoo Gunn Clappaz – hip-hop group (Brownsville)
- Dave Orr (1859–1915) – born in Brooklyn, MLB player
- Joell Ortiz (born 1980) – rapper and producer (Williamsburg)
- Adam Ottavino (born 1985) – MLB pitcher for the New York Yankees
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- Peter Pace (born 1945) – Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Shemuel Pagan (born 1988) – professional boxer
- Papoose (born 1978) – rapper
- Joseph Papp (1921–1991) – theatrical impresario who created New York City's Public Theater[97]
- Lana Parrilla (born 1977) – actress
- Ben Parris (born 1961) – author
- Joe Paterno (1926–2012)[98] – football coach at Penn State in College Football Hall of Fame
- Angela Paton (1930–2016) – theatre, TV and film actress
- Jayson Paul (born 1984) – professional wrestler
- Dickey Pearce (1836–1908) – MLB player
- Nelson Peltz (born 1942) – billionaire businessman and investor
- Rosie Perez (born 1964) – actress and choreographer (Bushwick and later Clinton Hill)[99]
- Rhea Perlman (born 1948) – actress[31]
- Harold Perrineau (born 1963) – actor
- Lip Pike – home run champion baseball player
- Michael Pitt (born 1981) – actor and musician
- Stacey Plaskett (born 1966) – politician and attorney[100]
- Suzanne Pleshette (1937–2008) – actress (Brooklyn Heights)
- Robert Pollack (biologist) (born 1940) - professor of biological sciences
- Mark F. Pomerantz (born 1951) - attorney, prosecutor
- Martin Pope (1918–2022) – physical chemist
- Charles Millard Pratt (1855–1935) – oil industrialist and philanthropist
- Frederic B. Pratt (1865–1945) – president of Brooklyn's Pratt Institute (1893–1937)
- George Dupont Pratt (1869–1935) – conservationist and philanthropist
- Harold Pratt (1877–1939) – oil industrialist
- Herbert L. Pratt (1871–1945) – oil industrialist
- John Pratt (1873–1927) – lawyer, philanthropist, music impresario and financier
- Marianne Preger-Simon (born 1929) - dancer, choreographer, writer, and psychotherapist
- DJ Premier (born 1966) – hip-hop disc jockey, producer, co-founder and member of hip-hop duo Gang Starr[101]
- Priscilla Presley (born 1945) - businesswoman, actress[14]
- Sean Price (1972–2015) – rapper (Brownsville)
R
- Eddie Rabbitt (1941–1998) – singer-songwriter
- Marky Ramone (born 1956) – drummer of the punk band The Ramones
- Anthony Ramos (born 1991) – actor, singer-songwriter
- Lou Reed (1942–2013)[102] – singer-songwriter
- Paul Regina (1956–2006) – actor[103]
- Leah Remini (born 1970) – actress (Bensonhurst)
- Bebe Rexha (born 1989) – singer-songwriter and record producer
- Buddy Rich (1917–1987) – drummer and big-band leader
- Adam Richman – actor, host of reality-television series Man vs. Food
- Thomas Ridgway, U.S. Army officer and father of General Matthew Ridgway[104]
- Joan Rivers (1933–2014) – comedian[105]
- Phil Rizzuto (1917–2007) – Major League Baseball player and broadcaster
- Mary Fanton Roberts (1864–1956) – journalist, writer
- Jackie Robinson – Major League Baseball player and pioneer, Brooklyn Dodgers
- Chris Rock (born 1965) – actor and comedian (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
- Tony Rock (born 1974) – actor and comedian (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
- Steve Rogers (born 1920) – American hero, federal official, intelligence operative, former soldier
- Mortimer Rogoff (1921-2008) - inventor and businessman
- Saul Rogovin (1923–1995) – Major League Baseball pitcher
- Mickey Rooney (1920–2014) – five-time Oscar-nominated actor
- Mike Rosen (born 1944) – radio talk show host and newspaper columnist
- Aaron "Rosy" Rosenberg (1912–1979) – two-time "All-American" college football player, and film and television producer
- Wayne Rosenthal (born 1965) – Major League Baseball pitcher and coach (Canarsie)
- Steve Ross (1927–1992) – chairman of Time Warner
- Mark Roth (born 1951) – bowler
- Rowdy Rebel (born 1991) – rapper from GS9 (East Flatbush)
- Ed Rubinoff (born 1935) - tennis player
- David Ruggerio (born 1962) – chef
- Brenda Russell (born 1949) – singer
- Chris Rush (born 1946) – stand-up comedian
- Sam Rutigliano (born 1933) – football coach[106]
- Carl Hancock Rux – writer, actor, and director[107] (Fort Greene)
- RZA (born 1969) – rapper
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- Peter Sarsgaard (born 1971) – actor[108]
- Carl Sagan (1934–1996) – scientist, author, educator (Bensonhurst)
- Saigon (born 1977) – actor and rapper
- Stephanie Saland – ballet dancer and teacher
- Dmitri Salita (born 1982) – boxer
- Bernie Sanders[109] (born 1941) – Independent U.S. Senator from Vermont (Madison)
- Adam Sandler (born 1966) – actor and comedian[14]
- Evie Sands (born 1946) – singer-songwriter and musician
- Roger Schank (born 1946) – education reformer, artificial-intelligence expert
- Kenny Scharf (born 1958) – graffiti artist
- Ossie Schectman (1919–2013) – NBA basketball guard
- Thomas D. Schiano (born 1962) – organ-transplantation specialist
- Vincent Schiavelli (1948–2005) − actor, food writer
- Steve Schirripa (born 1957) – actor (Bensonhurst)
- Andre-Michel Schub (born 1952) – pianist (Midwood)
- Chuck Schumer (born 1950) – U.S. Senator from New York (Flatbush)[110]
- Gary Schwartz (born 1940) – art historian[111]
- Seymour Schwartzman (1930–2009) – opera singer and cantor[112]
- Chris Matthew Sciabarra (born 1960) - American political theorist
- Raymond Scott (born Harry Warnow, 1908–1994) – composer, bandleader, pianist, electronic-music pioneer
- Neil Sedaka (born 1939) – singer-songwriter
- Alonzo Bertram See (1849–1941) – businessman[113]
- Erich Segal (1937–2010) – author, Academy Award-nominated screenwriter, and educator (Midwood)
- Jerry Seinfeld (born 1954) – actor and comedian (Borough Park)[114][115]
- Hubert Selby, Jr. (1928–2004) – author
- Cletus Seldin (born 1986) – boxer
- Phil Sellers (born 1953) – former NBA player
- Greg Serano (born 1974) – actor
- Shabazz the Disciple (born 1973) – rapper (Red Hook)
- Ruth Shafer (1912 –1972) – engineer
- Judy Shapiro-Ikenberry (born 1942) – long-distance runner
- Neal Shapiro (born 1945) – equestrian and Olympic medalist
- Francis Ethelbert Sharkey – fictional character played by Terry Becker in the 1964–68 ABC television series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
- Judith Sheindlin (born 1942) – television personality, Judge Judy (Madison / Bedford–Stuyvesant)
- Allie Sherman (1923–2015) – NFL player and coach
- Art Sherman (born 1937) – horse trainer and jockey
- Bobby Shmurda (born 1994) – rapper from GS9 (East Flatbush)
- Michael Showalter (born 1970) – actor and comedian
- Gabourey Sidibe (born 1983) – actress (Bedford–Stuyvesant)[116]
- Bugsy Siegel (1906–1947) – gangster[117]
- Raymond Siller (born 1939) – television writer, political consultant
- Beverly Sills (1929–2007) – opera singer
- Dean Silvers – film director, film producer, screenwriter, and author (East Flatbush)
- Phil Silvers (1911–1985) – actor and comedian
- David Sive (1922–2014) – attorney, environmentalist, and professor of environmental law
- Skoob – half of rap duo Das EFX
- Justine Skye (born 1995) – singer-songwriter, dancer and model
- Smif-n-Wessun – hip-hop duo
- Jimmy Smits (born 1955) – actor[118]
- Pop Smoke (1999–2020) from Canarsie – rapper
- Ralph Snyderman (born 1940) – physician, scientist, administrator (Bensonhurst)
- Robert Solow (1924–2023) – economist; winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (Madison)
- paul Sorvino (Born 1939–2022) – Actor[119]
- Carl Søyland (1894–1978) – editor-in-chief of Nordisk Tidende
- Paul Spatola – musician
- DJ Spinderella (born 1971) – DJ and rapper
- Barbara Stanwyck (1907–1990) – Oscar-winning actress[120]
- Peter Steele (1962–2010) – bassist and singer (Type O Negative, Carnivore) (Midwood)
- Gary Stephan (born 1942) – artist
- Lance Stephenson (born 1990) – basketball player
- Stuart Sternberg (born 1959) – owner of the Tampa Bay Rays
- Connie Stevens (born 1938) – actress and singer[121]
- Neil M. Stevenson (1930–2009) – Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Navy
- Sticky Fingaz (born 1973) born Kirk Jones – of the rap group Onyx
- Jerry Stiller (1927-2020) – actor, father of Ben Stiller
- David Stones (born 1988) – rapper
- Barbra Streisand (born 1942) – Oscar-winning actress, singer, director, political activist (Williamsburg)[14]
- Eric Stuart (born 1967) – voice actor, voice director, musician, singer and songwriter
- Ray Suarez (born 1957) – journalist (Bensonhurst)[122]
- Jason Sudeikis (born 1975) – actor and comedian (Clinton Hill)[123]
- Harold Syrett (1913–1984) – President of Brooklyn College
T
- Sid Tannenbaum (1925–1986) – professional basketball player
- Tazz (born 1967) – ring name of Peter Senerchia, former professional wrestler
- Sebastian Telfair (born 1985) – NBA player
- Roy M. Terry (1915–1988) – Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Air Force
- Tanisha Thomas (born 1985) – reality television participant, television show host[124][125]
- Adrianne Tolsch (1938–2016) – Comedian, writer and graphic artist[126]
- Marisa Tomei (born 1964) – Oscar-winning actress
- Joe Torre (born 1940) – Major League Baseball player, New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers manager, Hall of Fame[127] (Marine Park)
- Rachel Trachtenburg (born 1993) – actress, singer, musician (Bushwick)
- Richard Tucker (1884–1942) – actor
- Mark Turenshine (1944–2016) – American-Israeli basketball player
- John Turturro (born 1957) – actor and director
- Nicholas Turturro (born 1962) – actor
- Kathy Troccoli (born 1955) singer gospel
- Mike Tyson (born 1966) – heavyweight boxing champion[128]
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- Uncle Murda (born 1980) – gangster rapper (East New York)
- UTFO – 1980s rap group
V
- Lou Vairo (born 1945) – ice hockey coach and inductee into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame[129]
- Andrew VanWyngarden (born 1983) – member of MGMT
- Alan Veingrad (born 1963) – NFL player
- Guido Verbeck (1830–1898) – political advisor, educator, and missionary[130]
- Edward Vick (born 1944) – former CEO of Young & Rubicam[131]
- Idara Victor – actress
- Tony Visconti (born 1944) – musician, producer
- Abe Vigoda – actor
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- Kaci Walfall (born 2004) – actress
- Eli Wallach (1915–2014) – actor
- Shatzi Weisberger (1930–2022) – nurse, activist, and death educator
- Mickey Welch (1859–1941) – MLB player
- Mae West (1893–1980) – actress, playwright, and comedian (Williamsburg/Greenpoint)
- Randy Weston (1926–2018) – pianist and composer
- Colson Whitehead (born 1969) – novelist and MacArthur Fellow
- Walt Whitman (1819–1892) – poet, best known for Leaves of Grass; journalist and Brooklyn Eagle editor; essayist and humanist
- Whodini – 1980s rap group
- Olivia Wilde (born 1984) – actress (Clinton Hill)
- Michael K. Williams (1966-2021) – actor[132]
- Michelle Williams (born 1980) – actress[133]
- Jan Wilsgaard (1930–2016) – chief automotive designer, Volvo Cars, 1950–1990
- Robert Anton Wilson (1932–2007) – author
- Amelia Kempshall Wing (1837-1927) – author and philanthropist
- Shelley Winters (1920–2006) – Oscar-winning actress[134]
- Paula Wolfert (born 1938) – cookbook author, specialist in Mediterranean cuisines
- Wolfman Jack[135] (1938–1995) – 1970s disc jockey
- BD Wong (born 1960) – actor (Bedford Stuyvesant)[136]
- Lloyd R. Woodson (born 1966) – arrested in 2010 with military-grade weapons and a detailed map of the Fort Drum military installation
- Harold G. Wren (1921–2016) – dean of three law schools
- Timothy Weah (born 2000) – soccer player
Y
- Adam Yauch (1964–2012) – rapper, founding member of the Beastie Boys
- Janet Yellen (born 1946) – economist and U.S. secretary of the treasury[137]
- Henny Youngman (1906–1998) – comedian
Z
- Max Zaslofsky (1925–1985) – NBA guard/forward, one-time FT% leader, one-time points leader, All-Star, ABA coach[138]
- Zombie Juice (born 1990) – rapper (Flatbush)
- Shirley Zussman (1914–2021) – sex therapist
- Shlomo Zev Zweigenhaft (1915–2005) – rabbi
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