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These people all resided in The Bronx borough of New York City, New York, at some time in their lives. Many of the early historical figures lived in that part of Westchester County which later became part of The Bronx.
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.Academics and science
- Ira Black (1941–2006) – neuroscientist and stem-cell researcher; first director of the Stem Cell Institute of New Jersey
- Todd Gitlin (born 1943) – sociologist; co-founder of Students for a Democratic Society
- Adrian Kantrowitz (1918–2008) – cardiac-surgery pioneer
- Arthur Kantrowitz (1913–2008) – nose cone physicist; co-inventor of the intra-aortic balloon pump
- Paul Levinson (born 1947) – science-fiction and non-fiction author; communications professor
- Ronald Mallett (born 1945) – theroetical physicist of time travel
- Joseph M. McShane (born 1942) – Jesuit priest; president of Fordham University
- Joseph A. O'Hare (born 1931) – Jesuit priest; longest-serving president of Fordham University (1984–2003); first chair of New York City Campaign Finance Board (1988–2003)
- Carolyn Porco (born 1953) – planetary scientist; leader of the Cassini space observatory team at the Colorado Space Science Institute, studying Saturn
- Alan Pred (1936-2007) – geographer at University of Chicago and University of California, Berkeley
- Murray Rothbard (1926–1995) – economist; helped define modern libertarianism
- Ken Schaffer (born 1947) – inventor; invented wireless guitar, video placeshifting
- Joseph Francis Shea (1925–1999) – aerospace engineer; headed NASA's Apollo program
- Robert Sobel (1931–1999) – historian and writer; history professor at Hofstra University; writer of business histories
- Michael I. Sovern (born 1931) – Chancellor Kent Professor of Law and President Emeritus of Columbia University
- Robert Spinrad (1932–2009) – computer designer; director of the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center
- Leonard Susskind (born 1940) – theoretical physicist
- Neil deGrasse Tyson (born 1959) – astrophysicist; director of the American Museum of Natural History's Hayden Planetarium; host of PBS's educational-television series NOVA scienceNOW
- Allen Weinstein (born 1937) – historian; Archivist of the United States
- Barry Wellman (born 1942) – sociologist; University of Toronto professor studying social networks, community and the Internet
- Rosalyn Sussman Yalow (born 1921) – medical physicist; co-winner of the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi (1932–2009) – historian; Salo Baron Professor of Jewish History at Columbia University
Arts
Architecture, art and photography
- Robert Altman (photographer) (born 1944) – photojournalist and music photographer- Rolling Stone Magazine
- Vito Acconci (born 1940) – architect, landscape architect and installation artist
- Margaret Bourke-White (1904–1971) – photographer (including documentary photographer)
- Cope2 (born 1968) – graffiti artist
- Willie Cole (born 1955) – artist; uses found material such as his "America" blackboard
- Ralph Fasanella (1914–1997) – painter
- Edward A. Feiner – architect; former chief architect, U.S. General Services Administration
- Ron Galella (born 1931) – paparazzo photographer
- Horace Ginsbern – architect; designed the landmark Art Deco Park Plaza Apartments, located on Jerome Avenue in the Bronx, and other New York City structures
- Milton Glaser (born 1929) – graphic designer; designer of the I Love New York logo
- Garry Gross (1937–2010) – fashion photographer (including nude images of Brooke Shields at age ten), dog portraiture photographer and dog trainer
- Al Held (1928–2005) – abstract painter; associated with Abstract expressionism, Hard-edge and Color Field painting
- Marcey Jacobson (1911–2009), photographer; images of daily life in Chiapas, Mexico
- C. Paul Jennewein (1890–1978) – sculptor
- Ivan Karp (1926-2012) – art dealer
- Ronnie Landfield (born 1947) – abstract painter; associated with Lyrical Abstraction, and Color Field painting
- Daniel Libeskind (born 1946) – architect
- Whitfield Lovell (1959) – painter and installation artist; focuses on African-American themes; MacArthur Fellow (2007)
- Joel Meyerowitz (born 1938) – photographer
- Rick Meyerowitz (born 1943) – artist
- Piccirilli Brothers (including father, Giuseppe Piccirilli (1844–1910), and his six sons – Ferruccio (born 1864), Attilio (1866–1945), Furio (1868–1949), Masaniello (1870–1951), Orazio (1872–1954) and Getulio (1874–1956)) – sculptors
- Louis Risse – French-born engineer; conceived of the Grand Concourse, a boulevard in the Bronx
- Larry Rivers (1923–2002) – artist
- Edwin Scheier (born 1910) – artist
- George Sugarman (1912–1999) – sculptor
- Lawrence Weiner (born 1942) – artist; associated with conceptual art
- Marian Zazeela (born 1940) – light artist, painter, and set designer; also musician of Hindustani classical music
Authors
- Sholem Aleichem (1859–1916) – author
- William Henry Appleton (1814–1899) – publisher
- Army Archerd (1922–1999) – columnist for Variety
- Harold Bloom (born 1930) – literary critic
- Leslie Brody (born 1952) – non-fiction author
- Jerome Charyn (born 1937) – prolific novelist and author of several memoirs
- Mary Higgins Clark (born 1927) – best-selling author of suspense novels
- Avery Corman (born 1935) – novelist; author of The Old Neighborhood, set in the Bronx
- Don DeLillo (born 1936) – novelist
- Patrick Di Justo (born 1964) – magazine writer
- E. L. Doctorow (born 1931) – author
- Jules Feiffer (born 1929) – cartoonist (primarily in The Village Voice); playwright, screenwriter
- Marilyn Hacker (born 1942) – poet, critic, reviewer
- David Halberstam (1934–2007) – Pulitzer Prize-winning author, New York Times journalist
- Phil Hall (born 1964) – film critic
- Max Kadushin (1895–1980) – rabbi, theologian and author at Conservative Synagogue Adath Israel of Riverdale
- Paul Levinson (born 1947) – science fiction and non-fiction author
- Miles Marshall Lewis (born 1970) – pop-culture critic
- John Matteson (born 1961) – Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer
- Judith Merril (1923–1997) – science-fiction editor and author
- Steve Mirsky – Scientific American columnist
- Nicholasa Mohr (born 1938) – Nuyorican writer about Puerto Rican women in New York
- Clifford Odets, 1906–1963) – playwright, co-founder of the Group Theatre
- Cynthia Ozick (born 1928) – award-winning novelist and short-story writer
- Grace Paley (1922–2007) – award-winning short-story writer
- Michael Pearson (born 1949) – Old Dominion University English professor and author of several books, including his memoir, Dreaming of Columbus: A Boyhood in the Bronx
- Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) – author and poet
- Chaim Potok (1929–2002) – author
- Richard Price (writer) (born 1949) – novelist and screenwriter
- Spider Robinson (born 1948) – science-fiction writer of novels and short stories
- Abraham Rodríguez, Jr., – contemporary author writes/mentors about the Nuyorican Latino/a experience
- S.J. Rozan – mystery writer, with a series of noirish stories set in the Bronx
- Oliver Sacks (born 1933) – neurologist and author
- Douglas Sadownick – gay fiction writer, journalist and psychotherapist
- William Safire (1929–2009) – journalist, speech writer, literary stylist
- Kate Simon (1912–1990) – memoirist and popular travel guide author
- Arthur Spiegelman (1940–2008) – journalist {not the author of Maus}
- William Steig (1907–2003) – cartoonist and author
- Mark Twain (1835–1910) – author
- Dorothy Uhnak (1930–2006) – mystery writer who drew upon her past experience as a NYPD detective
- Barry Wellman (born 1942) – sociologist of community, networks and the Internet
- Herman Wouk (born 1915) – author
Dance, film, radio, television and theatre
- Danny Aiello (born 1933) – actor
- Alan Alda (born 1936) – actor
- Woody Allen (born 1935) – film director and actor
- Jennifer Lopez (born 1969) – singer,dancer and actress.
- June Allyson (1917–2006) – actress
- Bruce Altman (born 1955) – actor
- Christopher Aponte – ballet dancer and choreographer
- Arthur Aviles (born 1963) – dancer and choreographer
- Emanuel Azenberg (born 1934) – theatrical producer
- Anne Bancroft (1931–2005) – actress
- Ellen Barkin (born 1954) – actress
- Peter S. Beagle (born 1939) – fantasy and science fiction author
- Tyson Beckford (born 1970) – model and actor
- Joey Bishop (1918–2007) – entertainer
- Irving Brecher (1914–2008) – radio, television and film comedy writer
- Joy Bryant (born 1976) – actress
- Red Buttons (1919–2006) – comedian and actor
- James Caan (born 1940) – actor
- George Carlin (1937–2008) – comedian
- Paddy Chayefsky (1923–1981) – screenwriter
- Dominic Chianese (born 1931) – actor
- Kevin Corrigan (born 1969) – actor
- Tony Curtis (1925–2010) – actor
- Stacey Dash (born 1966) – actress
- Michael DeLorenzo (born 1959) – actor
- Richard Dubin (born 1945) – television writer, director and producer
- Peter Falk (1927–2011) – actor
- Jon Favreau (born 1966) – film and television director and actor
- Cuba Gooding, Jr. (born 1968) – actor
- Mortimer Halpern (1909-2006) – Broadway stage manager
- Jonathan Harris (1914–2002) – actor
- Richard Hunt (1951–1992) – Muppet puppeteer
- Amy Heckerling (born 1954) – film director
- Bernard Herrmann (1911–1975) – film composer
- Robert Klein (born 1942) – comedian
- Yaphet Kotto (born 1937) – actor
- Stanley Kubrick (1928–1999) – film director
- Tom Leykis (born 1956) – radio host
- Domenick Lombardozzi (born 1976) – actor
- Linda Lovelace (1949–2002) – porn actress and anti-porn activist
- Sonia Manzano (born 1950) – actress
- Garry Marshall (born 1934) – television and film director
- Penny Marshall (born 1942) – actress and director
- Lea Michele (born 1986) – actress
- Sal Mineo (1939–1976) – actor
- Tracy Morgan (1968-), actor, comedian
- Romeo Muller (1928–1992) – television writer
- Robert Mulligan (1925–2008) – film director
- Jan Murray (1916–2006) – comedian
- Carroll O'Connor (1924–2001) – actor
- Jerry Orbach (1935–2004) – actor
- Al Pacino (born 1940) – actor
- Chazz Palminteri (born 1952) – actor
- Regis Philbin (born 1931) – media personality and television talk-show host
- Carl Reiner (born 1922) – comedian and film director
- Rob Reiner (born 1945) – actor and film director
- Kristina Reyes (born 1994) – actress and bass guitarist
- Tanya Roberts (born 1955) – actress
- Leon Robinson (born 1962) – actor
- George Romero (born 1940) – horror film director
- Andre Royo (born 1968) – actor
- Mike Savage (born 1942) – radio talk-show host
- Robert Schimmel (1950–2010) – comedian
- Daniel Schorr (1918–2010) – journalist
- John Patrick Shanley (born 1950) – playwright
- Maggie Siff (born 1974) – actor
- Neil Simon (born 1927) – playwright and screenwriter
- Wesley Snipes (born 1962) – actor
- Lionel Stander (1908–1994) – actor
- Arnold Stang (1918–2009) – actor
- Joseph Stein (1912–2010) – playwright
- Renée Taylor (born 1933) – actress
- Harold Thau – theater and television producer
- Rachel Ticotin (born 1958) – actress
- Tony Vitale (born 1964) – film writer, producer and director
- Kerry Washington (born 1977) – actress
- Douglas Watt (1914–2009) – theater critic
- Malik Yoba (born 1967) – actor
Music
- Anthony Amato (1920–2011), founder and director of Amato Opera Theater.
- Anaís – singer
- Afrika Bambaataa – disc jockey
- Jennifer Lopez (born 1969) – Dancer;actress; singer-songwriter
- Jamar Rogers (born 1982) – Singer
- Aventura (born 1996) – Bachata music group
- Balozi Dola – Tanzanian rapper who often sings with Bronx hip-hop groups, but in Swahili
- The Belmonts – late 1950s singing group, with Dion
- Busy Bee Starski – old-school rapper from the 1980s
- Jellybean Benitez – music producer credited with discovering Madonna
- Mary J. Blige (born 1971) – singer-songwriter
- The Chiffons – early 1960s girl group
- DJ Chuck Chillout – disc jockey
- Cold Crush Brothers – rap group
- Diamond D – hip-hop artist
- Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band – 1970s disco group
- Angela Bofill (born 1954) – R&B singer-songwriter
- Cuban Link (born 1974) – hip-hop artist
- Arnold Eidus – concert violinist and veteran session musician
- Jerry Calliste Jr (born 1965) – music-industry executive
- Diahann Carroll (born 1935) – actress and singer
- Grand Mixer DXT – disc jockey
- Aaron Hall (born 1964) – R&B singer-songwriter
- Lord Finesse – hip-hop artist
- Cheryl "Coko" Clemons (born 1973) – gospel singer and lead singer of R&B group SWV
- Willie Colón (born 1950) – trombonist
- Judy Craig – lead singer of the Chiffons
- Bobby Darin (1936–1973) – 1950s–1960s singer
- Dennis Day (1916–1988) – comedian and singer; regular on Jack Benny radio and television programs
- Inspectah Deck – rapper; member of Wu-Tang Clan
- Showbiz and A.G. – hip-hop duo
- Tim Dog (born 1967) – rapper
- Kat DeLuna (born 1987) – 1950's-1960s singer
- Dion DiMucci (born 1939) – singer-songwriter; 1950s–1960s rock singer
- Neal Stuart Schneberg [born 1950) – ; singer; 1950s-1970s singer The Zircons; Zirkons; The Cordials, Empire State Band
- Grandmaster Flash (born 1958) – disc jockey
- Ace Frehley (born 1951) – Kiss guitarist
- Funky Four Plus One – rap group
- Furious Five – rap group
- Funkmaster Flex – disc jockey
- Bob Gaudio (born 1942) – Four Seasons principal songwriter and group member
- Stan Getz (1927–1991) – jazz musician
- Eydie Gormé (born 1931) – traditional pop music singer
- Andre "Dr. Jeckyll" Harrell – one half of rap duo Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde (group)
- Jimi Hazel (born 1963) – 24-7 Spyz guitarist, vocalist and producer
- Heatmakerz – hip-hop producers
- Hell Rell – rapper
- Kool DJ Herc – disc jockey
- Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz – hip-hop duo
- Jazzy Five – rap group
- Cory Gunz – rapper
- Fat Joe (born 1970) – rapper
- Joey Kramer – drummer from Aerosmith
- Billy Joel (born 1949) – singer
- Jim Jones (rapper) (born 1976) – rapper, actor
- Positive K – rapper
- Helen Kane (1903–1966) – singer
- Kool Keith (born c. 1964) – hip-hop artist
- Kid Capri – disc jockey and producer
- Don Kirshner (1934–2011) – 1950s–1060s rock producer, 1970s television: "Rock Concert"
- La India – "The Princess of Salsa"
- Héctor Lavoe (1946–1993) – salsa singer
- Prince Royce (born 1989) – bachata singer/songwriter
- Leanne "Lelee" Lyons (born 1973) – member of R&B goup SWV
- Remy Ma (born 1981) – rapper
- Ronnie Ortiz-Magro (born 1986) – participant on MTV's reality-television series Jersey Shore
- Melle Mel (born 1961) – rapper
- French Montana (born 1984) – rapper
- Jerry Moss (born 1935) – co-founder of A&M Records; owner of Zenyatta race horse
- Chris Moy (born 1992) – member of Menudo
- Nine (rapper) – rapper
- Laura Nyro (1947–1997) – composer and singer
- Jon Oliva (born 1960) – heavy-metal singer
- Drag On (born 1979) – rapper
- KRS-One (born 1965) – rapper
- Adelina Patti (1843–1919) – opera singer
- Jan Peerce (1904–1984) – opera singer
- Roberta Peters (born 1930) – opera singer
- Tito Puente (1923–2000) – jazz musician
- Big Pun (1971–2000) – rapper
- Rahzel – rapper, beatboxer
- Christopher "Kid" Reid – one half of Kid 'n Play
- Slick Rick – rapper
- T La Rock – rapper
- Gil Scott-Heron – "Godfather of Rap"
- Carly Simon (born 1945) – singer-songwriter
- Joanna Simon (born 1940) – mezzo-soprano opera singer and later MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour arts correspondent; older sister of Carly Simon and Lucy Simon
- Lucy Simon (born 1943) – composer and older sister of singer-songwriter Carly Simon
- Nice & Smooth – rap duo
- Soulsonic Force – rap group
- Joey Spampinato – musician
- Regina Spektor (born 1980) – singer-songwriter
- Maxine Sullivan (1911–1987) – jazz singer
- Swizz Beatz – record producer/rapper
- Grand Wizard Theodore – disc jockey
- Arturo Toscanini (1867–1957) – cellist, conductor
- Richard Tucker (1913–1975) operatic tenor, cantor Temple Adath Israel
- Ultramagnetic MC's – rap group
- Dave Valentin (born 1954) – Latin jazz flutist
- Luther Vandross (1951–2005) – singer
- Mario Vazquez (born 1977) – singer
- Veronica Vazquez (born 1975) – singer
- Louie Vega – disc jockey and music producer
- Jesse West – rapper, producer
- Christopher Williams – singer
- Sadat X – rapper; member of Brand Nubian
Government and politics
- Bella Abzug (1920–1998) – Congresswoman and international feminist leader
- Herman Badillo (born 1929) – former New York City housing official, Bronx Borough President, Congressman and CUNY board of trustees chair
- Adolfo Carrión, Jr. – former Bronx Borough President tapped by President Barack Obama to be Director of the White House Office of Urban Affairs
- Gray Davis (born 1942) – former Governor of California
- Louis Farrakhan (born 1933) – Black Muslim leader
- Luis A. Gonzalez – first Latino to be named Presiding Justice of the New York State Appellate Division, First Judicial Department
- Alan Grayson (born 1958) – former Democratic Congressman, Florida
- Eric Holder (born 1951) – first African American-appointed United States Attorney General.
- Martin Jezer (1940–2005) – progressive activist in New York and Vermont; leader of stutterers' self-help movement.
- Benjamin Kaplan (1911–2010) – law professor, judge, crafter of Nuremberg Trials indicments
- Ed Koch (born 1924) – politician; former U.S. Representative who became a three-term Mayor of New York City
- Kenneth Kronberg (1948–2007) – leading member of LaRouche Movement
- Fiorello H. La Guardia (1882–1947) – former Mayor of New York City
- Nita Lowey (born 1937) – Congresswoman since 1988 whose Westchester district once included parts of the Bronx and Queens
- Norman Marcus – former general counsel, New York City Planning Commission
- Gouverneur Morris (1752–1816) – revolutionary war statesman
- Michael Mukasey (born 1941) – former U.S. judge and U.S. Attorney General (under George W. Bush
- Colin Powell (born 1937) – former United States Secretary of State
- Anthony Romero (born 1965) – executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union
- Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) – U.S. President who spent boyhood summers at Wave Hill in the Riverdale section of The Bronx, New York City
- Sonia Sotomayor (born 1954) – federal appeals court judge, New York; appointed by President Barack Obama to the Supreme Court of the United States
- Eliot Spitzer (born 1959) – politician and television talk-show host; former New York State Attorney General (1999–2006); Governor of New York (2007–2008)
- Charles Urstadt – gubernatorial advisor and appointee most noted for development of Battery Park City and as namesake of contentious Urstadt Law
Sports
- Nate Archibald (born 1948) – former NBA player
- Elías Larry Ayuso (born 1977) – Puerto Rican basketball player
- Margaret Bailes (born 1951) – Olympic gold medalist
- Iran Barkley (born 1960) – boxer
- Bobby Bonilla – former MLB player
- Willie Cager, Nevil Shed – stars on 1966 Texas Western University NCAA basketball championship team
- Rod Carew (born 1945) – Baseball Hall of Famer signed by the Minnesota Twins in the Bronx
- Cus D'Amato (1908–1985) – boxing manager
- Aaron Davis (born 1967) – boxer
- Bizunesh Deba (born 1987) – marathoner
- Art Donovan (born 1925) – former NFL football tackle
- Mike "SuperJew" Epstein (born 1943) – MLB first baseman
- Chris Eubank (born 1966) – boxer
- Lou Gehrig (1903–1941) – Baseball Hall of Famer and New York Yankees first baseman
- Marty Glickman (1917–2001) – athlete and sports announcer
- Mitch Green (born 1957) – boxer
- Hank Greenberg (1911–1986) – Baseball Hall of Famer
- Nat Holman – Hall of Fame basketball player and coach
- Cullen Jones (born 1984) – swimmer
- Max Kellerman (born 1973) – sports-radio host
- Marie Kruckel (born 1924) – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
- Jake LaMotta (born 1921) – boxer
- Fred Lewis (born 1947) – American-handball player
- Anibal Lopez, (born 1942) – bodybuilder
- Floyd Mayweather, Sr. (born 1952) – boxing trainer
- Doug Marrone (born 1964) – head coach – Syracuse University football team
- Nat Militzok (1923–2009) – basketball player
- Davey Moore (1959–1988) – WBA world middleweight champion boxer
- Juan Orozco (born 1993) champion gymnast, 2012 Olympian
- Justin Pierce (1975–2000) – skateboarder
- Alex Ramos (born 1961) – boxer
- Randy Ruiz (born 1977) – baseball player Toronto Blue Jays designated hitter
- Dolph Schayes (born 1928) – Hall of Fame NBA basketball player and coach
- Vin Scully (born 1927) – sportscaster
- Amanda Serrano (born 1988) – IBF Female World Super Featherweight champion boxer
- Hilton White (1933–1990) – basketball coach and community leader
- Kemba Walker (born 1990) – basketball player; Charlotte Bobcats point guard
Name givers
- Anne Hutchinson (1591–1643) – pioneer religious liberation
- Thomas Pell (1608–1669) – physician
Activists
- Majora Carter (born 1966) – MacArthur Genius Award winning founder of Sustainable South Bronx
- Claudette Colvin (born 1939) – first person to protest bus desegregation in the U.S. South (Montgomery, Alabama), March 2, 1955
- Ita Ford (1940–1980) – Maryknoll nun, murdered by Salvadoran death squad
- Ray McGovern (born 1939) – retired Central Intelligence Agency officer turned political activist
- Maurice Paprin (1920–2005) – Mitchell Lama apartments developer and social activist
- Sally Regenhard – 9/11 activist and notable Co-op City resident
- Stephen Spiro – conscientious objector and Vietnam War opponent
- Elizabeth Sturz (1917–2010) – founder Argus Community and Harbor House; folklorist with husband Alan Lomax
Business
- Lloyd Blankfein (born 1954) – businessman; chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs (since 2006)
- Eli Broad (born 1933) – businessman and arts philanthropist; co-founder Kaufman & Broad
- B. Gerald Cantor (1916–1996) – businessman; cofounder of securities firm Cantor Fitzgerald, who with his wife Iris, amassed and then donated nationally the largest private collection of sculptures by Auguste Rodin
- Millard "Mickey" Drexler" (born 1944) – businessman; chief executive officer of J. Crew; former chief executive officer of the Gap
- Elaine Kaufman (1929–2010) – businessperson; proprietor of Elaine's, a restaurant in the Manhattan borough of New York City that was a haunt of writers, actors, politicians
- Harry Helmsley (1909–1997) – real estate magnate in New York City
- Roger Hertog – cofounder of investment firm, co-publisher of The New Republic magazine; philanthropist
- Collis Potter Huntington (1821–1900) – railroad and shipbuilding magnate, who created the privately endowed Huntington Free Library and Reading Room near his summer home in the Throggs Neck neighborhood of the Bronx
- Calvin Klein (born 1942) – clothing designer
- Ralph Lauren (born 1939) – clothing designer
- Reuben and Rose Mattus (1912–1994; 1916–2006) – founders of Häagen-Dazs ice cream
- Mark Penn (born 1954) – chief executive officer of the public-relations firm Burson-Marsteller and president of the polling firm Penn, Schoen and Berland Associates
- Sol Price (1916–2009) – founder of the Price Club and FedMart retail stores
- Robert Stock – owner and designer of Robert Graham menswear; former designer of Chaps Jeans
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Infamous
- David Berkowitz (born 1953) – "Son of Sam" serial killer
- Larry Davis (criminal) (1966–2008) – drug dealer and shot multiple police officers
- John Gotti (1940–2002) – crime boss
See also
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