List of people from Brooklyn
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This is a list of people who were either born or have lived in Brooklyn, a borough of New York City, New York, at some time in their lives.
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- Aaliyah (1979–2001) – actress, dancer and singer[1]
- Cal Abrams – Major League Baseball player (Madison)
- Masta Ace (born 1966) – rapper[2](Brownsville)
- Romeo Alaeff – Visual Artist
- Marv Albert – sportscaster (Manhattan Beach)
- Tatyana Ali – actress
- Woody Allen – film director, actor and screenwriter (Midwood)[3]
- Lyle Alzado – National Football League player
- Franco Ambriz – playwright
- Barbara Anderson – actress
- Carmelo Anthony – National Basketball Association player (Red Hook)[4]
- Darren Aronofsky – film director[5]
- Isaac Asimov[6] – author and biochemist
- Madeline Astor – Titanic survivor, wife of John Jacob Astor IV
- Red Auerbach – National Basketball Association coach and general manager, member of Hall of Fame (Williamsburg)
- Ken Auletta – journalist and writer
- Paul Auster – author (Park Slope)
B
- Scott Baio – actor (Dyker Heights)
- Ralph Bakshi (born 1938) – film director (Haifa, Israel–born and Brownsville-reared)
- Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960–1988) – artist
- Noah Baumbach (born 1969) – film director and writer (Midwood)
- Gary Becker – economist; Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1992) (Madison)
- Henry Ward Beecher (1813–1887) – clergyman and social reformer[7]
- Joy Behar[8] – comedian and talk-show host (Williamsburg)
- Paul Ben-Victor – actor (Midwood)
- Pat Benatar – singer (Greenpoint)
- Bill Benulis – penciller and inker
- Walter Berndt – cartoonist
- Lloyd Blankfein – investment banker; chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs
- Corbin Bleu – actor
- Joseph Bologna – actor
- Clara Bow (1905–1965) – actress (Prospect Heights)
- Riddick Bowe – boxer, heavyweight champion (Brownsville)[9]
- Barbara Boxer – [10] politician; U.S. Senator from California (since 1993)
- Scott Brady (1924–1985) – actor
- Mark Breland (born 1963) – boxer; five-time New York Golden Gloves champion
- Shannon Briggs – boxer, heavyweight champion
- Mel Brooks[11] – actor, comedian, film director, film producer and screenwriter (Williamsburg)
- Foxy Brown[12] – actress, model and rap artist (Park Slope)
- Larry Brown – 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
- Terry Burrus – musician; composer, conductor, producer
- Steve Buscemi[13] – actor, film director and screenwriter
C
- Charlie Callas (1927–2011) – comedian
- Giovanni Capitello – actor and director (Bay Ridge)
- Al Capone (1899–1947) – gangster (Red Hook)
- Fabiano Caruana – youngest chess grandmaster in United States history (Park Slope)
- Bea Chester – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
- Shirley Chisholm (1924–2005) – first African American U.S. Representative and first major-party candidate for U.S. President
- Andrew Dice Clay – comedian[14] (Sheepshead Bay)
- Pat Cooper – comedian
- Cheryl "Coko" Clemons – gospel singer and lead singer of R&B Group, SWV
- Maino – rapper (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
- Norm Coleman – former U.S. Senator from Minnesota (Madison)
- Chuck Connors (1921–1992) – actor
- George H. Cooper (1821–1891) – United States Navy rear admiral[15]
- John Corigliano – Academy Award-, Pulitzer Prize for Music- and Grammy Award-winning composer (Midwood)
- Aaron Copland (1900–1990) – composer
- Larry Corcoran (1859–1891) – Major League Baseball player
- Howard Cosell (1918–1995) – sportscaster[16]
- Delilah Cotto – dancer, model and actress (Coney Island)
- Jonathan Coulton – musician
- Ruthe B. Cowl (1912–2008) – philanthropist
- Melora Creager – singer
- Peter Criss – musician[17]
D
- Da Beatminerz – hip-hop production team
- Da Bush Babees – hip-hop group (Flatbush)
- John D'Aquino – actor
- Tony Danza – actor[18]
- Thomas Darden – U.S. Navy Rear admiral, 37th Governor of American Samoa[19]
- Jeru the Damaja – rapper[20] (East New York)
- Dana Dane – rapper (Fort Greene)
- Larry David – writer, producer, actor, and comedian (Sheepshead Bay)
- David DeJesus – MLB player
- Mos Def – actor and rapper[21] (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
- Buckshot – rapper (Crown Heights)
- Dom DeLuise (1933–2009) – comedian and actor
- Lena Dunham – actress and writer (Brooklyn Heights)
- Alan Dershowitz – lawyer, professor, author[22] (Williamsburg)
- Kevin Devine – musician
- Neil Diamond[23] – singer
- Vincent D'Onofrio – actor[24]
- Valerie D'Orazio – writer and blogger
- David Draiman – singer
- Richard Dreyfuss – actor[25]
- Shabazz the Disciple – rapper (Red Hook)
- Don Dubbins (1928–1991) – actor
- Kyle Bobby Dunn – composer, musician, artist (RAMBO)
- Jimmy Durante (1893–1980) – actor and comedian
E
- Nelson Erazo – professional wrestler signed to Ring of Honor (Bedford&hndash;Stuyvesant)
- Easy Mo Bee – hip-hop and R&B producer
- William J. Ecker – U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral
- Harry Eisenstat – Major League Baseball player (Madison)[26]
- EscoLIVE – hip-hop producer
F
- Fabolous – rapper[27] (Bedford-Stuyvesant)
- Edie Falco – actress[28]
- Jimmy Fallon – actor and comedian[29]
- Lotta Faust – musical comedy actress [30]
- Lillian Feickert, suffragette and politician [31]
- Bob Ferguson – MLB player
- Jerry Ferrara – actor
- Lou Ferrigno – former bodybuilder, actor[32]
- Martin Fettman – astronaut (Midwood)
- Ailene Fields – sculptor
- Harvey Fierstein – actor and playwright (Bensonhurst)[33]
- Bobby Fischer (1943–2008) – champion chess player (Flatbush)
- Percy Keese Fitzhugh (1876–1950) – author of children's books
- Rolf G. Fjelde – playwright, educator and poet
- Farrah Fleurimond – singer, songwriter and member of R&B group Lyric
- Cristina Fontanelli – opera singer[34][35]
- Yuri Foreman – world champion boxer
- John Forsythe (1918–2010) – actor
- Steve Franken – actor
- Bruce Franklin – professor
- Frank Frazetta (1928–2010) – artist
- Fab 5 Freddy – hip-hop pioneer
- Gary William Friedman – composer
- Milton Friedman – Nobel Prize-winning economist
- Fu-Schnickens rapper
- Full Force – 1980s R&B and production group
G
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- Ellis Gallagher – graffiti artist
- Vincent Gardenia (1920–1992) – actor (Bensonhurst)
- Ina Garten – Food Network television chef, cookbook author; known as the Barefoot Contessa
- The Kid Gashi – rapper
- Shad Gaspard – professional wrestler
- David Geffen – media mogul (Borough Park)
- Stefani Germanotta aka Lady Gaga – singer[36]
- Sylvia Gerrish, 19th century musical comedy performer[37]
- George Gershwin (1898–1937) – composer and younger brother of Ira
- Deborah Gibson – singer and songwriter
- Taj Gibson – NBA player
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg[38] – Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court (Madison)
- Johnny Gioeli – singer (Crush 40, Hardline, Axel Rudi Pell)
- Rudy Giuliani – former Mayor of New York; Republican Presidential candidate for 2008
- Jackie Gleason (1916–1987) – actor and comedian (Bushwick[39]/Bedford–Stuyvesant)
- Marty Glickman – Olympian and broadcaster (Madison)
- James Newton Gloucester – African-American abolitionist
- Jerry Goldstein – physicist
- Ben Goldwasser – member of the band MGMT
- Sid Gordon – two-time All-Star baseball player
- Louis Gossett, Jr. – Oscar-winning actor[40] (Sheepshead Bay)
- Alfred Gottschalk (1930–2009) – President of Hebrew Union College and leader in the Reform Judaism movement[41]
- Elliott Gould – actor[42]
- Yossi Green – composer[43]
- Kai Greene – bodybuilder
- Adrian Grenier – actor
- Bill Griffith – cartoonist (Zippy)[44]
- David Grimm (born 1965) – award-winning playwright and screenwriter
- Robert Grossman – illustrator
- Bob Guccione (1930–2010) – adult-magazine publisher
- Louise Gunning – singer, actress
- Sigrid Gurie – actress
- Arlo Guthrie – singer (Coney Island)[45]
- GZA – rapper (Bedford–Stuyvesant)[46][47]
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- Buddy Hackett (1924–2003) – actor and comedian (Williamsburg)
- Adelaide Hall (1901–1993) – jazz singer, songwriter, actress
- Marvin Hamlisch (1944–2012) – Oscar-winning composer of film scores (Midwood)
- Andrew P Harris – Maryland politician
- Barbara Grizzuti Harrison (1934–2002) – author
- Bobby Hambel – guitarist, Biohazard
- Anne Hathaway – Oscar-winning actress
- Knut Haukelid (1911–1994) – Norwegian resistance movement soldier
- Richie Havens (born 1941) – 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[48]
- Leona Helmsley (1920–2007) – businessperson and real estate investor[49]
- Sidney Hertzberg (1922–2005) – pro basketball player
- Henry Hill (1943–2012) – mobster, subject of Goodfellas
- Russel Hobbs – drummer; member of Gorillaz
- Zander Hollander (1923–2014), sportswriter, journalist, editor and archivist
- Red Holzman (1920–98) – Hall of Fame NBA two-time All-Star and coach
- Lena Horne – singer and actress[50] (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)
I
- Jimmy Iovine – Entrepreneur, record producer and film producer
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- Mark Jacobson – author, journalist, screenwriter
- Mark Jackson – basketball player
- Cheryl James – rapper and actress
- Shawn James – basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv
- Charles Jenkins – NBA player
- Tamara "Taj" Johnson-George – member of R&B group SWV (Bedford–Stuyvesant)[51]
- Jay-Z – rapper and entrepreneur (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
- Jaz-O – rapper (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
- Jennie Jerome – Lady Randolph Churchill, mother of Winston Churchill (Cobble Hill)
- Kimberly Denise Jones – Lil' Kim - rapper
- Kirk Jones, better known as Sticky Fingaz – of the rap group Onyx
- Norah Jones – musician, actress[52]
- Susannah Mushatt Jones – oldest-living New Yorker[53]
- Michael Jordan – basketball player
- Joey Badass – rapper
- Zab Judah – professional boxer
- Judge Judy Judith Sheindlin – television personality (Madison)
- Just-Ice - rapper
K
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- KA – rapper (Brownsville, Brooklyn)
- Roger Kahn – sportswriter and author of The Boys of Summer
- Meir Kahane – Orthodox Jewish rabbi, activist and founder of the Jewish Defense League
- Big Daddy Kane – rapper[54] (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
- Eric Kaplan – writer (Flatbush)
- Gabe Kaplan – actor and comedian
- Danny Kaye (1911–1987) – actor and comedian (East New York)
- Lainie Kazan – actress and singer
- Monica Keena – actress
- Harvey Keitel – actor[55]
- Steven G. Kellman – author and critic
- David M. Kennedy – professor of criminology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, author of Don't Shoot
- Jimmy Kimmel – comedian and television talk-show host
- Bernard King – NBA Hall Of Famer (Fort Greene)
- Carole King – singer-songwriter (Madison)[56]
- Larry King – television talk-show host and interviewer[57]
- Marvin Kitman – television critic, humorist, and author
- Brian Kokoska – artist
- C. Everett Koop – U.S. Surgeon General[58]
- Sandy Koufax – Hall of Fame baseball pitcher for Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers (Borough Park)
- Evelyn Kozak (born August 14, 1899) – supercentenarian who at the age of 115 years, 260 days is believed to be the world's oldest living Jewish person
- Talib Kweli – rapper and producer[59] (Park Slope)
L
- Rudy LaRusso – five-time All-Star NBA basketball player (Madison)
- Jeffrey Laitman – anatomist
- Pierre Lallement – inventor
- Sylven Landesberg – basketball shooting guard (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
- Reuben Lasker – marine biologist
- Steve Lawrence – singer and actor
- Spike Lee – film director, screenwriter and actor (lived in Fort Greene)
- Jonathan Lethem – author (Boerum Hill)
- Andrew Levane – NBA basketball player (Madison)
- Emmanuel Lewis – actor (Midwood)
- Tillie Ehrlich Lewis – businesswoman
- Nancy Lieberman – WNBA basketball player, coach and broadcaster; Hall of Fame
- Lil' Kim – Grammy Award winning-rapper (Bedford–Stuyvesant[60])
- O. Winston Link – photographer
- Paul Lo Duca – MLB baseball player
- Robert Logan – actor
- Robert K. Logan – scientist
- "The Brooklyn Brawler" Steve Lombardi – professional wrestler
- Vince Lombardi (1913–1970) – Pro Football Hall of Fame coach (Sheepshead Bay)
- Nia Long – actress
- Jackie Loughery – Miss New York USA 1952, Miss USA 1952
- Mynette Louie – film producer
- Sid Luckman (1916–1998) – NFL quarterback and Pro Football Hall of Fame
- MC Lyte – actress and rapper[61]
M
- M.O.P. – hip-hop duo (Brownsville)
- John Buffalo Mailer – playwright and youngest child of author Norman Mailer
- Norman Mailer (1923–2007) – author and playwright[62]
- Paul Malignaggi – boxer (Bensonhurst)
- Barry Manilow – singer-songwriter (Williamsburg)[63]
- Stephon Marbury – NBA player[64] (Coney Island)
- Mario – fictional video-game character
- Marty Markowitz – Borough President of Brooklyn, New York City
- Constantine Maroulis – singer
- Duane Martin – actor (All of Us)
- George Willard Martin – mycologist[65]
- Angie Martinez – radio personality, former rapper and actress
- Ronald Mellor – historian
- Boyd Melson – boxer
- Richard Merkin – painter and illustrator [66]
- Robert Merrill – opera singer
- Debra Messing – actress
- Sean Michaels – pornographic actor and director
- Alyssa Milano – actress
- Arthur Miller (1915–2005) – Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright (Gravesend)
- Henry Miller (1891–1980) – author and raconteur (Williamsburg)
- Jarrell Miller – kickboxer
- Matthew Paul Miller – reggae singer
- Wentworth Miller – actor
- Stephanie Mills – singer (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
- Walter Miller – jockey
- Irv Mondschein – track and field champion
- Lenny Montana – actor and professional wrestler
- Esai Morales – actor
- Ed Morris – 19th century MLB pitcher
- Joel Moses – former provost, MIT (Midwood)
- Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire – rapper (Crown Heights)
- Chris Mullin – NBA player and executive, Hall of Fame [67]
- Uncle Murda – rapper (East New York)
- Charlie Murphy – actor and comedian
- Eddie Murphy – actor and comedian
- Maxwell – singer-songwriter, producer, musician (East Brooklyn)
N
- Mark Newgarden – artist, cartoonist, writer, creator of Garbage Pail Kids, author of "We All Die Alone" and "How to Read Nancy" (Williamsburg)
- Ed Newman – NFL football player
- Jack Newfield (1938–2004) – writer
- Harry Nilsson (1941–1994) – singer-songwriter (Bushwick)
- Joakim Noah – NBA player
O
- O.C. – rapper (Bushwick)
- Ol' Dirty Bastard (1968–2004) – rapper (Fort Greene)
- Lil Mama – rapper[68]
- Originoo Gunn Clappaz – hip-hop group (Brownsville)
- Tasker Oddie – 12th Governor of Nevada and a United States Senator; born in Brooklyn.[69]
- Dave Orr – born in Brooklyn, MLB player
- Joell Ortiz – rapper and producer (Williamsburg)
P
- Peter Pace – Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Joseph Papp – theatrical impresario who created New York City's Public Theater[70]
- Papoose – rapper
- Ben Parris – author
- Lana Parrilla - actress
- Joe Paterno (1926–2012)[71] – football coach at Penn State in College Football Hall of Fame
- Angela Paton – theatre, TV and film actress
- Jayson Paul – professional wrestler
- Dickey Pearce – MLB player
- Rosie Perez – actress and choreographer (Bushwick)
- Rhea Perlman – actress[72]
- Harold Perrineau – actor
- Michael Pitt – actor and musician
- Suzanne Pleshette (1937–2008) – actress (Brooklyn Heights)
- Charles Millard Pratt – oil industrialist and philanthropist
- Frederic B. Pratt (1865–1945) – president of Brooklyn's Pratt Institute (1893–1937)
- George Dupont Pratt – conservationist and philanthropist
- Harold Pratt – oil industrialist
- Herbert L. Pratt (1871–1945) – oil industrialist
- John Pratt – lawyer, philanthropist, music impresario and financier
- DJ Premier – hip-hop disc jockey, producer, co-founder and member of hip-hop duo Gang Starr[73]
R
- Marky Ramone (born 1956) – drummer of the punk band The Ramones
- Eddie Rabbitt (1941–1998) – singer-songwriter
- Lou Reed (1942–2013)[74] – singer-songwriter
- Paul Regina – actor[75]
- Leah Remini – actress (Bensonhurst)
- Busta Rhymes – rapper[76][77] (East Flatbush and Bedford–Stuyvesant)
- Buddy Rich (1917–1987) – drummer and big-band leader
- Adam Richman – actor; host of reality-television series Man vs. Food
- Joan Rivers (1933–2014) – comedienne[78]
- Phil Rizzuto (1917–2007) – Major League Baseball player and broadcaster
- Chris Rock – actor and comedian (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
- Tony Rock – actor and comedian (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
- Saul Rogovin – Major League Baseball pitcher
- Mickey Rooney (1920–2014) – five-time Oscar-nominated actor
- Mike Rosen – radio talk show host and newspaper columnist
- Wayne Rosenthal – Major League Baseball pitcher and coach (Canarsie)
- Mark Roth – bowler
- Chris Rush – stand-up comedian
- RZA – rapper
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- Carl Sagan – scientist, author, educator (Bensonhurst)
- Saigon – actor and rapper
- Dmitri Salita – boxer
- Bernie Sanders[79] – Independent U.S. Senator from Vermont (Madison)
- Adam Sandler – actor and comedian[80]
- Tom Sawyer (1831–1906) – San Francisco firefighter who saved over 90 people in a ship crash; had Mark Twain character named after him[81]
- Roger Schank – education reformer, artificial-intelligence expert
- Ossie Schectman – NBA basketball guard
- Thomas D. Schiano – organ-transplantation specialist
- Steve Schirripa – actor (Bensonhurst)
- Andre-Michel Schub – pianist (Midwood)
- Chuck Schumer – U.S. Senator from New York (Flatbush)[82]
- Seymour Schwartzman – opera singer and cantor[83]
- Raymond Scott (born Harry Warnow, 1908–1994) – composer, bandleader, pianist, electronic-music pioneer
- Neil Sedaka – singer-songwriter[84]
- Erich Segal (1937–2010) – author, Academy Award-nominated screenwriter, and educator (Midwood)
- Jerry Seinfeld – actor and comedian (Borough Park)[85][86]
- Hubert Selby, Jr. – author
- Cletus Seldin - boxer
- Peter Senerchia – former professional wrestler, better known by ring name Tazz
- Kenny Scharf – graffiti artist
- Francis Ethelbert Sharkey – fictional character played by Terry Becker in the 1964–68 ABC television series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
- Phil Sellers – former NBA player
- Judith Sheindlin (Judge Judy)– judge (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
- Allie Sherman – NFL player and coach
- Michael Showalter – actor and comedian
- Gabourey Sidibe – actress (Bedford–Stuyvesant)[87]
- Bugsy Siegel (1906-1947) – gangster[88]
- Raymond Siller – television writer, political consultant
- Beverly Sills – opera singer
- Dean Silvers – film director, film producer, screenwriter, and author (East Flatbush)
- Phil Silvers (1911–1985) – actor and comedian
- Brandon Silvestry – professional wrestler, better known by ring name Kaval
- Neil Simon – playwright
- Heltah Skeltah – hip-hop duo (Brownsville)
- Skoob – one half of rap duo Das EFX
- Smif-n-Wessun – hip-hop duo
- Jimmy Smits – actor[89]
- Ralph Snyderman – physician, scientist, administrator (Bensonhurst)
- Robert Solow – economist; winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (Madison)
- Paul Sorvino – actor[90]
- Carl Søyland (1894–1978) – editor-in-chief of Nordisk Tidende
- Paul Spatola – musician
- DJ Spinderella – DJ and rapper
- Barbara Stanwyck (1907–1990) – Oscar-winning actress[91]
- Peter Steele (1962–2010) – bassist and singer (Type O Negative, Carnivore) (Midwood)
- Lance Stephenson – basketball player
- Connie Stevens – actress and singer[92]
- Neil M. Stevenson – Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Navy
- David Stones – rapper
- Barbra Streisand – Oscar-winning actress, singer, director, political activist (Williamsburg)
- Eric Stuart – actor and musician
- Ray Suarez – journalist (Bensonhurst)[93]
T
- Sebastian Telfair – NBA player
- Roy M. Terry – Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Air Force
- Tanisha Thomas – reality television participant/television show host[94][95]
- Marisa Tomei – Oscar-winning actress
- Joe Torre – Major League Baseball player, New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers manager, Hall of Fame[96] (Marine Park)
- Rachel Trachtenburg – actress, singer, musician (Bushwick)
- John Turturro – actor and director
- Mike Tyson – heavyweight boxing champion[97]
U
- UTFO – 1980s rap group
- Uncle Murda – gangster rapper (East New York)
V
- Andrew VanWyngarden – member of MGMT
- Alan Veingrad – NFL player
- Tony Visconti – musician, producer
W
- Eli Wallach – actor
- Mickey Welch – MLB player
- Mae West (1893–1980) – actress, playwright, and comedienne (Williamsburg/Greenpoint)
- Colson Whitehead – novelist and MacArthur Fellow
- Jan Wilsgaard – chief automotive designer, Volvo Cars, 1950–1990
- Walt Whitman (1819–1892) – poet, best known for Leaves of Grass, journalist and Brooklyn Eagle editor, essayist and humanist
- Whodini – 1980s rap group
- Michael K. Williams – actor[98]
- Robert Anton Wilson – author
- Shelley Winters (1920–2006) – Oscar-winning actress[99]
- Paula Wolfert – cookbook author, specialist in Mediterranean cuisines
- Wolfman Jack[100] – 1970s disc jockey
- Lloyd R. Woodson – arrested in 2010 with military-grade weapons and a detailed map of the Fort Drum military installation
- Christopher George Latore Wallace (1972–1997) - The Notorious B.I.G., Biggie or Biggie Smalls - rapper
Y
- Adam Yauch – rapper
- Henny Youngman (1906–1998) – comedian
Z
- Max Zaslofsky – NBA guard/forward, one-time FT% leader, one-time points leader, All-Star, ABA coach[101]
See also
- List of people from New York City
- List of people from the Bronx
- List of people from Queens
- List of people from Staten Island
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