# List of people from Brooklyn

This is a list of people who were either born or have lived in Brooklyn, a borough of New York City at some time in their lives.
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z
* See also
* References

## A

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

## B

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

## C

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

## D

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

## E

* Easy Mo Bee (born 1965) – hip-hop and R&B producer
* William J. Ecker – U.S. Coast Guard rear admiral
* David Carl Edelman (born 1961) – former Chief Marketing Officer at Aetna and Harvard Business School professor
* Harry Eisenstat (1915–2003) – Major League Baseball player (Madison)
* Arthur Rose Eldred (1895–1951) – agricultural and railroad industry executive, civic leader, and the first Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America
* H. Wentworth Eldredge (1909–1991) – sociologist, urban planner, and World War II spy
* Niles Eldredge (born 1943) – biologist and paleontologist
* Arthur Elgort (born 1940) – fashion photographer
* Stanley Ellin (1916–1986) – mystery writer
* Erick Arc Elliott (born 1990) – rapper, producer
* Louis Eppolito (1948–2019) – New York City Police officer who worked for the American Mafia
* The Epochs – rock band, formed in 2002
* Benjamin Epstein (1912-1983) – national director of the Anti-Defamation League
* Jeffrey Epstein – wealthy businessman and longtime child sex trafficker
* Aprille Ericsson (born 1963) – aerospace engineer
* Etika (1990–2019) – YouTuber and online streamer
* Lou Everett (1924–1965) – United States Army Air Corps fighter pilot and test pilot
* Natale Evola (1907–1973) – mobster
* Miriam Ezagui (born 1986) – nurse and TikToker

## F

* Fabolous (born 1977) – rapper (Bedford-Stuyvesant)
* Tony Fabrizio (born 1960) – political strategist and polster
* Walter Fairservis (1921–1994) – archaeologist
* Edie Falco (born 1963) – actress
* Gertrude Falk (1925–2008) – physiologist
* Jimmy Fallon (born 1974) – actor and comedian
* Abram P. Fardon (1837–1913) – politician and dentist
* Steve Farhood (born 1957) – boxing historian and analyst
* Ustad Ahmad Farooq (1981−2015) – terrorist
* Bob Farrell (1927–2015) – motivational speaker
* Anthony Fauci (born 1940) – infectious disease expert, director of NIAD at National Institutes of Health
* Alex Faust (born 1989) – sportscaster
* Lotta Faust (1880–1910) – musical comedy actress
* Vincent Favale (born 1959) – co-founder of Comedy Central
* Tom Feelings (1933–2003) – artist, cartoonist, children's book illustrator, author, teacher, and activist
* Lillian Feickert (1877–1945) – suffragette and politician
* Stu Feiner (born 1961) – sports handicapper and media personality
* Eliot Feld (born 1942) – modern ballet choreographer, performer, teacher, and director
* Harvey Feldman (1931–2009) – diplomat who planned the 1972 Nixon visit to China
* Charles Feltman (1841–1910) – restaurateur
* Bob Ferguson (1845–1894) – MLB player ("Death to Flying Things")
* Jerry Ferrara (born 1979) – actor
* Frank Ferrer (born 1966) – Guns N' Roses drummer
* Suzi Ferrer (1940–2006) – US/Puerto-Rican visual artist and feminist
* Lou Ferrigno (born 1951) – former bodybuilder, actor (Midwood)
* Martin Fettman (born 1956) – astronaut (Midwood)
* Ailene Fields (born 1948) – sculptor
* Sheldon D. Fields (born 1970) – nurse, educator, and researcher
* Robin Fierce (born 1995) – drag performer
* Harvey Fierstein (born 1954) – actor and playwright (Bensonhurst)
* Frank Filan (1905-1952) – winner of the 1944 Pulitzer Prize for Photography
* Imero Fiorentino (1928–2013) – lighting designer
* Mario P. Fiori (born 1941) – Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment
* Bobby Fischer (1943–2008) – champion chess player (Flatbush)
* Carl Fischer (1924–2023) – photographer
* Jesse Fischer – pianist, keyboardist, composer, and producer
* Josef E. Fischer (1937–2021) – surgeon, scientist, and professor at Harvard Medical School
* Stan Fischler (born 1932) – historian of hockey and the New York City Subway
* Florrie Fisher (1918–1972) – motivational speaker
* Larry Fisher (1907–2001) – real estate developer and philanthropist
* Mickey Fisher (1904/05–1963) – basketball coach
* Robert William Fisher (born 1961) – murderer and fugitive (FBI Ten Most Wanted)
* Sister Mary Irene FitzGibbon (1823–1896) – nun who founded the New York Foundling Hospital
* Percy Keese Fitzhugh (1876–1950) – author of children's books
* Rolf G. Fjelde (1926–2002) – playwright, educator and poet
* Yonnette Fleming (born 1968) – urban farmer
* Farrah Fleurimond – singer-songwriter and member of R&B group Lyric
* James Florio (1937–2022) – 49th governor of New Jersey, 1990–1994
* CJ Fly (born 1993)
* James Foley (born 1953) – film director
* Emily Jordan Folger (1858–1936) – co-founder Folger Shakespeare Library
* Henry Clay Folger (1857–1930) – businessman
* John S. Folk (died 1885) – law enforcement officer and official in New York City
* Vivian Folkenflik (1940–2023) – educator and translator
* Cliff Fong (born 1969) – interior designer, fashion designer, and television personality
* Cristina Fontanelli – opera singer
* William H. Force (1852–1917) – merchant
* Ita Ford (1940–1980) – Maryknoll Sister who served as a missionary
* William P. Ford (1936–2008) – lawyer and bond trader
* Yuri Foreman (born 1980) – world champion boxer
* John Forsythe (1918–2010) – actor
* William Forsythe (born 1955) – actor
* Laura Fortman (born 1954) – women's rights activist, government official, and non-profit executive
* Leo Frank (1884–1915) – lynching victim of an anti-semitic mob who was previously wrongly convicted of murder
* Steve Franken (1932–2012) – actor
* Bruce Franklin (born 1934) – professor
* Sidney Franklin (1903–1976) – bullfighter
* Frank Frazetta (1928–2010) – artist
* Fab 5 Freddy (born 1959) – hip-hop pioneer
* Avram C. Freedberg (born 1947) – Broadway producer
* David L. Fried (1933–2022) – scientist in the field of optics
* Gary William Friedman – composer
* Freda Friedman Salzman (1927–1981) – theoretical physicist
* Milton Friedman (1912–2006) – Nobel Prize-winning economist
* Herbert Friedmann (1900–1987) – ornithologist
* Fu-Schnickens – rapper
* Full Force – 1980s R&B and production group
* Ashrita Furman (born 1954) – juggler who holds many Guinness World Records
* Henry Watson Furniss (1868-1955) – medical doctor and diplomat

## G

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

## H

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

## I

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

## J

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

## K

* KA (born 1972) – rapper (Brownsville, Brooklyn)
* Julia Kaganskiy (born 1986) – curator
* Meir Kahane (1932–1990) – Orthodox Jewish rabbi, activist and founder of the Jewish Defense League
* Roger Kahn (1927–2020) – sportswriter and author of The Boys of Summer
* Bill Kaiserman (1942–2020) – fashion designer
* Big Daddy Kane (born 1968) – rapper (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
* Edith Kaplan (1924–2009) – psychologist and pioneer of neuropsychological tests
* Eric Kaplan (born 1971) – writer (Flatbush)
* Gabe Kaplan (born 1943) – actor and comedian
* Mitch Kapor (born 1950) – entrepreneur
* Daniella Karagach (born 1992) – dancer and choreographer
* Stanley Karnow (1925–2013) – journalist and historian
* Ivan Karp (1926–2012) – art dealer
* Leon Karp (1903-1951) – artist
* Abraham Katz (1926–2013) - diplomat, United States Ambassador to the OECD
* Jack Katz (born 1927) – artist
* Kaves – fine art painter, graffiti artist, illustrator, director, actor, author, rapper, and entrepreneur (Bay Ridge, Brooklyn)
* KAWS, born Brian Donnelly – graffiti artist, limited-edition clothing and toy designer
* Danny Kaye (1911–1987) – actor and comedian (East New York)
* Lainie Kazan (born 1940) – actress and singer
* Shake Keane (1927–1997) – jazz musician and poet
* Ezra Jack Keats (1916–1983) – author and illustrator
* Monica Keena (born 1979) – actress
* Harvey Keitel (born 1939) – actor
* Steven G. Kellman (born 1947) – author and critic
* Patsy Kelly (1910–1981) – actress
* Raja Feather Kelly – dancer and choreographer
* Wilhelmena Rhodes Kelly – historian, genealogist, and writer
* Ken Kelsch (1947–2023) – cinematographer
* John Whitefield Kendrick (1917–2009) – economist
* David M. Kennedy (born 1958) – professor of criminology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, author of Don't Shoot
* Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy (born 1939) – feminist and pioneer in women's studies
* Norm Kent (1949–2023) – criminal defense attorney, publisher, and radio talk show host.
* Kasim Keto – music producer
* Aleksandr Khazanov (born 1979) – mathematician
* William Chauncey Kibbe (died 1904) – Adjutant General of California
* The Kid Gashi (born 1989) – rapper
* Eleanor Kieliszek (1925–2017) – politician
* Antony Ferdinand Kilbourn (1894–1961) – president of De La Salle College
* Jimmy Kimmel (born 1967) – comedian and television talk-show host
* Michael Kimmel (born 1951) – sociologist
* Bernard King (born 1956) – NBA Hall of Famer (Fort Greene)
* Carole King (born 1942) – singer-songwriter (Madison)
* Larry King (1933–2021) – television talk-show host and interviewer
* Shaka King (born 1980) – film director, screenwriter, and film producer
* June Kirby (1928–2022) – actress, model, and wardrobe supervisor for Hollywood films
* Marvin Kitman (1929–2023) – television critic, humorist, and author
* Matthew Klapper – attorney
* Anne Klein (1923–1974) – fashion designer
* Florence Klotz (1920–2006) – costume designer
* Joseph P. Knapp (1864–1951) – publisher and philanthropist
* Rachel Kohl Finegold (born 1980) – rabbi
* Brian Kokoska (born 1988) – artist
* Jerome B. Komisar (born 1937) – economist
* C. Everett Koop (1916–2013) – U.S. Surgeon General
* Constance Kopp (1878-1931) – first female undersheriff in the United States
* Maya Kornberg (born 1991) – political scientist and commentator
* Bertram Kostant (1928–2017) – mathematician
* Sandy Koufax (born 1935) – Hall of Fame baseball pitcher for Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers (Borough Park)
* Martin Kove (born 1946) – actor
* Nikolas Kozloff (born 1969) – academic, author and photojournalist
* Carl Hermann Kraeling (1897–1966) – theologian, historian, and archaeologist
* Edward E. Kramer (born 1961) – editor, co-founder of Dragon Con, and convicted child molester.
* Jerome Krase (born 1943) – social scientist and academic
* John Krasinski (born 1979) – actor and director
* Philip Krey (born 1950) – former President of Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia
* Martin H. Krieger (1944–2024) – physicist
* Alan M. Kriegsman (1928–2012) – dance critic
* Paul L. Krinsky (1928–2023) – admiral in the merchant marines and superintendent of the United States Merchant Marine Academy
* Lucy Kroll (1909–1997) – theatrical and literary agent
* Ethan Kross – experimental psychologist, neuroscientist and writer
* Rich Krueger (born 1960) – rock singer-songwriter and neonatologist
* Jeff Kwatinetz (born 1965) – entertainment industry executive
* Talib Kweli (born 1975) – rapper and producer (Park Slope)

## L

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

## M

* Nadine Macaluso (born 1967) – psychotherapist, author, internet personality, and former model
* Clara MacBeth (1870 or 1871–1970) – heiress
* Anne Thompson MacDonald (1896–1993) – philanthropist and founder of Recording for the Blind
* Nicholas Macdonald (born 1944) – author and filmmaker
* Lester Machta (1919–2001) – meteorologist and first director of the Air Resources Laboratory
* Rose Mackenberg (1892–1968) – investigator specializing in fraudulent psychic mediums
* Joseph Maguire (born 1951) – Director of the National Counterterrorism Center
* John Buffalo Mailer (born 1978) – playwright and youngest child of author Norman Mailer
* Norman Mailer (1923–2007) – author and playwright
* Maino (born 1973) – rapper (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
* Romany Malco (born 1968) – actor
* Paul Malignaggi (born 1980) – boxer (Bensonhurst)
* Fern Mallis (born 1948) – fashion businesswoman
* Adrienne Mancia (1927–2022) – film curator
* Thomas Mancuso (1912–2004) – epidemiologist
* Irwin D. Mandel (1922–2011) – expert on dental chemistry
* Barry Manilow (born 1943) – singer-songwriter (Williamsburg)
* Mike Mansfield (1903–2001) – United States Senator and Congressman from Montana; born in Brooklyn
* Stephon Marbury (born 1977) – NBA player (Coney Island)
* Erin Markey (born 1981) – writer and comedian
* Mario – fictional video-game character
* Athan Maroulis (born 1964) – actor, vocalist and record producer
* Marty Markowitz (born 1945) – Borough President of Brooklyn, New York City
* Constantine Maroulis (born 1975) – singer
* Carmel Carrington Marr (1921-2015) – lawyer and co-founder of the Amistad Research Center
* Branford Marsalis (born 1960) – saxophonist (Clinton Hill)
* Duane Martin (born 1965) – actor (All of Us)
* George Willard Martin (1886–1971) – mycologist
* Angie Martinez (born 1971) – radio personality, former rapper and actress
* Masta Ace (born 1966) – rapper (Brownsville)
* Abraham Maslow (1908–1970) – psychologist who created Maslow's hierarchy of needs
* Jerry Masucci (1934–1997) – attorney, businessman and co-founder of Fania Records
* Maxwell (born 1973) – singer-songwriter, producer, musician (East Brooklyn)
* William May (1953–2009) – theatre director, producer, and composer
* Alice Mayhew (1932–2020) – vice president and editorial director for Simon & Schuster
* Joan Maynard (1928−2006) – preservationist, artist, and writer
* Bruce Mazlish (1923–2016) – historian
* Paul Mazursky (1930–2014) – film director, screenwriter, and actor
* Lee Mazzilli – professional baseball player, coach, and manager; part of the 1986 World Series Champion New York Mets
* Yavilah McCoy (born 1972) – activist and founder of Ayecha
* Carson McCullers (1917–1967) – writer
* Joseph McGoldrick (1901–1978) – NYC Comptroller and NY State Residential Rent Control Commissioner, lawyer, and professor
* Amy Upham Thomson McKean (1893–1972) – pianist, songwriter and composer
* Christopher McKee (born 1935) – historian
* Triston McKenzie – professional baseball pitcher for The Cleveland Indians
* John Bach McMaster (1852–1932) – American historian
* Meechy Darko (born 1990) – rapper (Flatbush)
* Ronald Mellor (born 1940) – historian
* Boyd Melson (born 1981) – boxer
* Arthur I. Mendolia (1917–2007) – chemical engineer
* Ralph Mercado (1941–2009) – businessman and music promoter
* Richard Merkin (1938–2009) – painter and illustrator
* Robert Merrill (1917–2004) – opera singer
* Debra Messing (born 1968) – actress
* John C. Metzler Sr. (1909–1990) – superintendent of Arlington National Cemetery
* Martin Meyerson (1922–2007) – city planner, academic, and president of the University of Pennsylvania
* Keith Michael (born 1972) – fashion designer
* Al Michaels (born 1944) – television sportscaster
* Sean Michaels (born 1958) – pornographic actor and director
* Thomas Mignone – film director, music video director, screenwriter
* Muriel Miguel (born 1937) – director, choreographer, playwright, actor and educator
* Alyssa Milano (born 1972) – actress
* Barbara Milberg (1931–2020) – ballerina, writer, and academic
* Anita Miller (born 1931) – urbanist
* Arthur Miller (1915–2005) – Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright (Gravesend)
* Henry Miller (1891–1980) – author and raconteur (Williamsburg)
* Jarrell Miller (born 1988) – kickboxer
* Matthew Paul Miller (born 1979) – reggae singer
* Walter Miller (1890–1959) – jockey
* Wentworth Miller (born 1972) – actor
* William J. Millican (1904–1944) – double Navy Cross recipient
* Stephanie Mills (born 1957) – singer (Bedford–Stuyvesant)
* Willard L. Miranker (1932–2011) – mathematician and computer scientist
* Matthew Mirones (born 1956) – politician in the New York State Assembly
* Arnon Mishkin – management consultant, media personality, and news analyst for Fox News
* Eleanor Mlotek (1922–2013) – musicologist
* Rinty Monahan (1928–2003) – Major League Baseball player
* Irv Mondschein (1924–2015) – track and field champion
* Lenny Montana (1926–1992) – actor and professional wrestler
* Elisa Monte (born 1946) – choreographer and dancer
* Pilar Montero (1921–2012) – bar owner
* Evelyn Mulry Moore (1942–2012) – swimmer and Paralympic gold medalist
* John Moore (1834–1894) – Uilleann piper
* Mary Tyler Moore (1936–2017) – actor
* M.O.P. – hip-hop duo (Brownsville)
* Esai Morales (born 1962) – actor
* Ed Morris (1862–1937) – 19th-century MLB pitcher
* Joel Moses (1941–2022) – former provost, MIT (Midwood)
* William A. Moses (1933–2002) – real estate developer and founder of the Community Housing Improvement Program
* Bret Mosley (born 1961) – singer-songwriter
* Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire (born 1986) – rapper (Crown Heights)
* Isadore Gilbert Mudge (1875–1957) – librarian
* John C. Mula (1942–2018) – art director and production designer
* Chris Mullin (born 1963) – NBA player and executive, Hall of Fame
* Charlie Murphy (1959–2017) – actor and comedian
* Eddie Murphy (born 1961) – actor and comedian
* Muriel Oxenberg Murphy (1926–2008) – museum curator, art historian and socialite
* Robert Cushman Murphy (1887–1973) – ornithologist
* Tracy Dickinson Mygatt (1885–1973) – writer, pacifist, and co-founder of the War Resisters League

## N

* Boris Nachamkin (1933–2018) – NBA basketball player
* Sam Nahem (1915–2004) – Major League Baseball pitcher
* Larry Namer (born 1948) – founder of E! Entertainment TV networks
* Nicole Napolitano (born 1969) – American television personality and entrepreneur
* Lia Neal (born 1995) – competitive swimmer and Olympic medalist
* Lemrick Nelson (born 1975) – convicted murderer
* Nikita Nesterenko (born 2001), professional ice hockey center who plays in the National Hockey League for the Anaheim Ducks
* Edwin C. Nevis (1926–2011) – gestalt therapist
* Jack Newfield (1938–2004) – writer
* Donald J. Newman (1930–2007) – mathematician
* Stanley Newman (born 1952) – puzzle creator, editor, and publisher
* Mark Newgarden (born 1959) – artist, cartoonist, writer, creator of Garbage Pail Kids, author of We All Die Alone and How to Read Nancy (Williamsburg)
* Ed Newman (born 1951) – NFL All-Pro football player
* Mike Nieves – president and CEO of Hispanic Information and Telecommunications Network
* Louis J. Nigro Jr. (1947–2013) – diplomat
* Harry Nilsson (1941–1994) – singer-songwriter (Bushwick)
* Joakim Noah (born 1985) – NBA basketball player
* Charles Nolan (1957–2011) – fashion designer
* Peggy Noonan (born 1950) – author, columnist
* The Notorious B.I.G. (1972–1997) – rapper, born Christopher George Latore Wallace; Biggie, Biggie Smalls
* Lupita Nyong'o (born 1983) – actress

## O

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

## P

* Peter Pace (born 1945) – Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
* Shemuel Pagan (born 1988) – professional boxer
* Frances "Fanny" Palmer (1812–1876) – artist
* Richard Palmese (born 1947) – music industry executive
* Bruce Pandolfini (born 1947) – chess player and writer on chess
* Papoose (born 1978) – rapper
* Joseph Papp (1921–1991) – theatrical impresario who created New York City's Public Theater
* Yannis Pappas (born 1976) – comedian
* John Parisella (born 1944) – horse trainer
* Lana Parrilla (born 1977) – actress
* Ben Parris (born 1961) – author
* Annie-B Parson (born 1958) – choreographer, dancer, and director
* Joe Paterno (1926–2012) – football coach at Penn State in College Football Hall of Fame
* Angela Paton (1930–2016) – theatre, TV and film actress
* Jayson Paul (born 1984) – professional wrestler
* Dickey Pearce (1836–1908) – MLB player
* Nelson Peltz (born 1942) – billionaire businessman and investor
* James W. C. Pennington (c. 1807–1870) – historian, abolitionist, orator, minister, writer, and social organizer
* Joe Pepitone (1940–2023) – professional baseball player
* Rosie Perez (born 1964) – actress and choreographer (Bushwick and later Clinton Hill)
* Rhea Perlman (born 1948) – actress
* Steven Peros – playwright, screenwriter, and director
* Harold Perrineau (born 1963) – actor
* Richard Perry (1942–2024) – record producer
* Jerome B. Peterson (1859–1943) – newspaper editor and civil servant
* Lip Pike – home run champion baseball player
* Elizabeth Pipko (born 1995) – author, model, media personality, and political operative.
* Michael Pitt (born 1981) – actor and musician
* Stacey Plaskett (born 1966) – politician and attorney
* Suzanne Pleshette (1937–2008) – actress (Brooklyn Heights)
* Albert Podell (1937–2023) – magazine editor and writer, advertising executive, trial attorney, and documentary film producer and director
* Van Nest Polglase (1898–1968) – Academy Award nominated art director
* Gene Polito (1918–2010) – cinematographer and mechanical engineer
* Robert Pollack (born 1940) – professor of biological sciences
* Mark F. Pomerantz (born 1951) – attorney, prosecutor
* Samuel Hartt Pook (1827–1901) – naval architect
* Martin Pope (1918–2022) – physical chemist
* Ed Posner (1933–1993) – information theorist and neural network researcher
* Augustus Post (1873–1952) – automotive pioneer, balloonist, early aviator, writer, actor, musician and lecturer
* Frank Potenza (1933–2011) – police officer and actor
* Troy Powell (born 1969) – dancer, choreographer, and director
* Ed Powers (born 1954) – pornographic film director, producer, actor, and radio host
* Charles Millard Pratt (1855–1935) – oil industrialist and philanthropist
* Frederic B. Pratt (1865–1945) – president of Brooklyn's Pratt Institute (1893–1937)
* George Dupont Pratt (1869–1935) – conservationist and philanthropist
* Harold Pratt (1877–1939) – oil industrialist
* Herbert L. Pratt (1871–1945) – oil industrialist
* John Pratt (1873–1927) – lawyer, philanthropist, music impresario and financier
* Sherman Pratt (1900–1964) – sportsman, explorer, and co-founder of Florida's Marineland and the Grenville Baker Boys Club
* Marianne Preger-Simon (1929–2024) – dancer, choreographer, writer, and psychotherapist
* DJ Premier (born 1966) – hip-hop disc jockey, producer, co-founder and member of hip-hop duo Gang Starr
* Priscilla Presley (born 1945) – businesswoman, actress
* Steven Pressman (born 1952) – economist
* Sean Price (1972–2015) – rapper (Brownsville)
* Shimon Prokupecz (born 1978) – journalist
* Elisabeth Prueitt – pastry chef
* Roger Pulvers (born 1944) – playwright and theatre director

## Q

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

## R

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

## S

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

## T

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

## U

* Uncle Murda (born 1980) – gangster rapper (East New York)
* Adelaide Underhill (1860–1936) – librarian
* Daniel Oscar Underhill (1845–1929) – banker
* UTFO – 1980s rap group

## V

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

## W

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

## Y

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

## Z

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