Misplaced Pages

List of people from the Bronx: Difference between revisions

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Browse history interactively← Previous editContent deleted Content addedVisualWikitext
Revision as of 16:31, 24 June 2007 editBellagio99 (talk | contribs)Extended confirmed users, Pending changes reviewers, Rollbackers7,524 edits added names← Previous edit Latest revision as of 16:08, 9 January 2025 edit undoRaskuly (talk | contribs)Extended confirmed users5,740 edits →Sports: Added Arun BasuljevicTag: Visual edit 
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Short description|none}}
{{cleanup-list}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2020}}
These famous people all resided in ] at some time in their lives. Many of the early historical figures lived in that part of ] which would later become part of The Bronx.
This is a list of people who were either born or have lived in ], a ] of New York City, at some time in their lives. Many of the early historical figures lived in that part of ] which later became part of the Bronx.
* ], ], ], ], ], ]
* ], ], ], ], ], ], ]
* ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ],], ]
* ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ]
* ]
* ], ]
* ], ], ], ], ], ], ]
* ], ]
* ], ]
* ], ], ], ], ], ], ]
* ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ]
* ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ]
* ], ]
* ], ], ], ], ]
* ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ]
* ], ], ], ]
* ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ]
* ], ], ]
* ], ], ]
* ], ], ], ]


{{dynamic list|date=October 2011}}
]

== Academics and science ==
{{colbegin|colwidth=30em}}
* ] (born 1942) – Distinguished ] Professor of ethnicity and assimilation
* ] (born 1962) – biologist and Presidential Early Career Award winner
* ] (1940–2013) – philosopher of modernity; author of ''All That Is Solid Melts into Air''
* ] (1926–2019) – author, educator, political advisor; University Professor Emeritus, ]; taught at ], ], ], ]
* ] (1941–2006) – ] and ] researcher; first director of the Stem Cell Institute of New Jersey<ref>Pearce, Jeremy (January 12, 2006). . '']''. Retrieved October 29, 2011.</ref>
* ] (born 1968) – Former professor of planning at ], former associate director of ], former vice-president of ]. Sometimes known as "Xavier de Souza Briggs"
* ] (1922–2016) – ], exercise physiologist, President, ], New York City political adviser<ref>Sam Roberts, "Roscoe C. Brown, 94, Tuskegee Airman and Political Confidant," ''New York Times'', July 7, 2016</ref>
* ] (born 1941) – Arthur Metcalf Professor of Science and Engineering, ]. Dean emeritus, College of Engineering
* ] (1920–2017) – ] expert<ref>Sam Roberts, "Morton Deutsch, conflict resolution expert, dies at 97," ''New York Times,'' March 23, 2017</ref>
* ] (1868–1963) – sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist.<ref>Ian Frazer, "Old Hatreds," ''New Yorker'', August 26, 2019, p. 36.</ref>
* ] (1918–1999) – Nobel Prize biochemist and pharmacologist<ref name="jwa.org">{{Cite web|url=https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/elion-gertrude-belle|title=Gertrude Elion {{!}} Jewish Women's Archive|website=jwa.org|access-date=September 1, 2019}}</ref>
* ] (1929–2019) – Nobel Prize physicist of sub-atomic particle.<ref>George Johnson, "Murray Gell-Mann,Who Peered at Particles and Saw the Universe, Dies at 89." ''New York Times'', May 25, 2019.</ref>
* ] (1943–2022) – ]; co-founder of ]<ref>Miller, Jim (November 8, 1987). . '']''. Retrieved October 29, 2011. "Mr. Gitlin was born in 1943. Growing up in the Bronx, the middle-class son of liberal Jewish parents, he was, as he recalls, 'studious and clean-cut,' a straight-arrow fan of Adlai Stevenson."</ref>
* ] (1930–2018) – political scientist who psychologically assessed U.S. presidents<ref>Katherine Seelye, "Fred Greenstein, 88, A Political 'Psychologist' Who Assessed Presidents." ''New York Times,'' December 16, 2018</ref>
* ] (1920–2016) – physician inventor of the Heimlich maneuver<ref>Robert McFadden, "Inventor of a life-saving maneuver", ''The New York Times'', December 21, 2016</ref>
* ] (1866–1955) – Explorer, co-discoverer of the North Pole (with Robert Peary)
* ] (born 1953) – Centennial Historian of New York City, ] scholar
* ] (1920–1993) – literary critic, socialist writer, author of ''World of Our Fathers''
* ] (1927–2008) – Government Professor at ]; co-editor of '']''; author of political science works related to the modernization of societies, particularly those of developing nations
* ] (1918–2008) – ] pioneer<ref name="autogenerated1">'']'' obituary. November 20, 2008.</ref>
* ] (1913–2008) – ] ]; co-inventor of the ]<ref>'']'' obituary. December 10, 2008.</ref>
* ] – urban ethnographer, ]
* ] (born 1943) – 2012 recipient of Nobel prize for chemistry of protein receptors<ref>"Nobel Prize Winner Hails from the Bronx," MyFoxNY.com {{cite web |url=http://www.myfoxny.com/story/19782014/winner-of-nobel-prize-talks-with-good-day-new-york |title=Winner of Nobel prize talks with Good Day New York - New York News &#124; NYC Breaking News |accessdate=September 28, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121029074053/http://www.myfoxny.com/story/19782014/winner-of-nobel-prize-talks-with-good-day-new-york |archive-date=October 29, 2012 }}</ref>
* ] (1931–2020) – Jefferson B. Fordham Professor of Law, ]
* ] (1943–2009) – mathematician at ]<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Pasachoff|first1=Jay M.|title=Norm Levitt: An Obituary|journal=The Skeptical Inquirer|date=February 2010|volume=34|issue=1|publisher=]|url=http://www.csicop.org/si/show/norm_levitt_an_obituary|accessdate=April 28, 2016|archive-date=November 4, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104042811/http://www.csicop.org/si/show/norm_levitt_an_obituary|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* ] (born 1947) – ] and non-fiction author; ]
* ] (born 1945) – ] of ]
* ] (born 1937) – mathematician and Fellow of the ]
* ] (born 1949) – ] priest; president of ]
* ] (1933–1984) – psychologist known for ] and ] studies<ref>], "The Man Who Shocked the World" ''Psychology Today'', March 1, 2002</ref>
* ] (1931–2020) – ] priest; longest-serving president of ] (1984–2003); first chair of ] (1988–2003)
* ] (1943–2022) – ], ]<ref>Jason Kersten, "Dept. of Superlatives: Totally" ''New Yorker'', August 28, 2017: 28–29</ref>
* ] (born 1953) – ]; leader of the ] space observatory team at the ] ], studying ]<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/22/science/space/22prof.html?partner=rss&emc=rss | work= ] | author = ] | title=An Odyssey from the Bronx to Saturn's Rings | date=September 21, 2009 | accessdate= October 29, 2011}}</ref>
* ] (1936–2007) – geographer at ] and ]<ref>Natalia Vonnegut, "Alan Pred in Memoriam",{{cite web |url=http://oldweb.geog.berkeley.edu/PeopleHistory/faculty/AllanPred_InMemoriam.html |title=Allan Pred in Memoriam |accessdate=March 30, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331134549/http://oldweb.geog.berkeley.edu/PeopleHistory/faculty/AllanPred_InMemoriam.html |archive-date=March 31, 2012 }}</ref>
* ] (1924–2016) – economist; negotiation scientist<ref>Sam Roberts, "Howard Raifa, 92, Negotiation Scientist" ''New York Times'', July 18, 2016</ref>
* ] (1926–1995) – economist; helped define modern ]
* ] (born 1947) – inventor; invented the wireless guitar system, video ]<ref>"Ken Schaffer: What's the Frequency?" http://www.nutcom.com/?cat=3</ref>
* ] (1925–1999) – ]; headed ]'s ]
* ] (1931–1999) – historian and writer; history professor at ]; writer of business histories
* ] (1940–2015) – postmodern political geography and urban theorist at ]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.aag.org/2015/12/in-memoriam-edward-w-soja/|title = In Memoriam: Edward W. Soja|date = December 17, 2015}}</ref>
* ] (1931–2020) – Chancellor Kent Professor of Law and President Emeritus of Columbia University
* ] (1932–2009) – ]; director of the ]<ref>] (September 6, 2009). . '']''. Retrieved October 29, 2011.</ref>
* ] (1942–2020) – professor of philosophy of mathematics and physics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
* ] (born 1940) – theoretical physicist<ref>Byrne, Peter (July 2011). "Bad Boy of Physics". '']''. pp. 80–83.</ref>
* ] (born 1958) – ]; director of the ]'s ]; host of ] ] series '']'' and Cosmos: A SpaceTime Odyssey (2014) and Cosmos: Possible Worlds (2020).
* ] (born 1938) – official historian of the Bronx
* ] (1937–2015) – historian; ]
* ] (born 1942) – ]; ] professor studying ], community and the Internet
* ] (1921–2011) – ]; co-winner of the 1977 ]<ref>Gellene, Denise (June 2, 2011). "Rosalyn S. Yalow, Nobel Medical Physicist, Dies at 89". '']''.</ref>
* ] (1932–2009) – historian; ] Professor of ] at ]<ref>Berger, Joseph (December 10, 2009). . '']''. Retrieved October 29, 2011.</ref>
{{colend}}

==Arts==
===Architecture, art and photography===
{{colbegin|colwidth=30em}}
* ] (1940–2017) – architect, ] and ]
* ] (1944–2021) – photographer
* ] (1923–2004) – photographer
* ] (1948–2004) – photographer
* ] (1904–1971) – photographer (including ])
* ] (born 1968) – ]
* ] (born 1955) – artist; uses found material such as his "America" blackboard<ref name="autogenerated50">] (December 21, 2009). "Dept. of Orientation: El Super". '']'', p. 50.</ref>
* ] (1914–1997) – painter
* ] (born 1931) – ]<ref>] (May 31, 2010). "Big Game Dept.: No Pictures". '']'', pp. 24–25.</ref>
* ] (1902–1987) – architect; designed the landmark ] ] on ] in the Bronx, and other New York City structures<ref name="nytimes1">] (August 20, 2009). . '']''. Retrieved October 29, 2011.</ref>
* ] (1929–2020) – ]; designer of the "]" logo
* ] (1937–2010) – ] (including nude images of ] at age ten), dog ] photographer and ]<ref>Hevesi, Dennis (December 7, 2010).. '']''. Retrieved October 29, 2011.</ref>
* ] (born 1963) – figurative sculptor, noted for U.S. ] national monument
* ] (1928–2005) – abstract painter; associated with ], ] and ]<ref>{{cite news|author= McNay, Michael |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/aug/01/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries |title=Al Held – American Painter Who Found His Voice in Hard Edge Abstraction |work = ] |date= July 31, 2005|accessdate= October 29, 2011}}</ref>
* ] (born 1946) – illustrator, artist, designer for ]<ref>(November 21, 2017). . '']''. Retrieved December 27, 2017.</ref>
* ] (1911–2009) – photographer; images of daily life in ], Mexico<ref>Weber, Bruce. (August 11, 2009). . '']''. Retrieved October 29, 2011.</ref>
* ] (1890–1978) – sculptor
* ] (1926–2012) – ]
* ] (1928–1999) – director, screenwriter, editor, cinematographer, storyteller
* ] (born 1947) – abstract painter; associated with ], and ] painting<ref>]; ]; Landfield, Jenny (2007). ''Ronnie Landfield – Paintings from Five Decades – September 16 – November 25, 2007'' (]). ], Ohio: ]. "Beginnings". pp. 7–10. {{ISBN|978-1-882790-50-0}}.</ref>
* ] (born 1946) – architect
* ] (born 1960) – ]
* ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lehman.cuny.edu/vpadvance/artgallery/gallery/whitfield_lovell/biographical_notes.htm |title=Whitfield Lovell biographical notes}}</ref> (born 1959) – painter and ];<ref>{{cite web| author = ] |url=http://www.brooklynrail.org/2006/07/art/whitfield-lovell |title=Whitfield Lovell with John Yau | work = ] |date= July–August 2006 |accessdate= October 29, 2011}}</ref> focuses on ] themes; ] (2007)<ref>{{cite web|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |url=http://www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.2913825/apps/nl/content2.asp?content_id=%7B491135C4-E552-4ADB-80CA-B640676A5BF6%7D&notoc=1 |title=MacArthur Fellows 2007 – Whitfield Lovell |publisher=] |date=September 2007 |accessdate=October 29, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111027032553/http://www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.2913825/apps/nl/content2.asp?content_id=%7B491135C4-E552-4ADB-80CA-B640676A5BF6%7D&notoc=1 |archive-date=October 27, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| author = Video (requires ]; 00:02:11) | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0S_C9ZjR10&feature=user |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/a0S_C9ZjR10 |archive-date=2021-12-19 |url-status=live|title=2007 MacArthur Fellow: Whitfield Lovell |publisher= ] (via its YouTube channel) | date= June 11, 2008 |accessdate= October 29, 2011}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* ] (born 1933) – artist, teacher and founder of Studio Art Centers International, Florence, Italy
* ] (born 1943) – poet, photographer, filmmaker, actor, curator and archivist
* ] (born 1938) – photographer
* ] (born 1943) – artist
* ] (1917–2015) – photographer
* ] (including father, Giuseppe Piccirilli (1844–1910), and his six sons – Ferruccio (1864–1945), ] (1866–1945), ] (1868–1949), Masaniello (1870–1951), Orazio (1872–1954) and Getulio (1874–1956)) – sculptors
* ] (1923–2002) – artist
* ] (born 1943) – jeweler
* ] (born 1936) – ]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-merryll-saylan-13576|title=Oral history interview with Merryll Saylan, 2006 May 20 – June 5|publisher=], ]|date=2006|accessdate=September 22, 2019}}</ref>
* ] (1910–2008) – artist
* ] (1919–2014) – Hollywood, WWII and White House photographer<ref>Robert McFadden, "Phil Stern, Photographer; Chronicler of Movie Stars and a President was 95" ''New York Times'', December 16, 2014"</ref>
* ] (1912–1999) – sculptor<ref>{{cite news| author = ] |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE1D9113BF932A0575BC0A96F958260 |title= George Sugarman, a Sculptor Of Colorful Works, Dies at 87 |work = ] |date=August 31, 1999 |accessdate= October 28, 2011}}</ref>
* ] (born 1990) – photographer.<ref>Kate Dwyer, "A Photographer of the Hip-Hop Age." ''New York Times'', December 1, 2019, p. ST10</ref>
* ] (1942-2021) – artist; associated with ]
* ] (born 1940) – ]ist, painter, and ]er; also musician of ]
{{colend}}

===Journalists and writers===
] 2640 Grand Concourse, in the ] section of the Bronx. Poe spent the last few years of his life there.]]
{{colbegin|colwidth=30em}}
* ] (1859–1916) – author
* ] (1814–1899) – publisher
* ] (1922–1999) – columnist for '']''
* ] (1924–1987) – playwright and essayist
* ] (1930–2019) – literary critic
* ] (born 1952) – non-fiction author
* ] (born 1935) – non-fiction author of biographies of ] and ]
* ] (born 1937) – prolific novelist and author of several memoirs
* ] (1927–2020) – best-selling author of suspense novels
* ] (born 1935) – novelist; author of ''The Old Neighborhood'', set in the Bronx
* ] (born 1936) – novelist
* ] (1931–2015) – author
* ] (1917–2005) – author of '']'' and other ] and instruction books
* ] (born 1929) – cartoonist (primarily in '']''); playwright, screenwriter
* ] (1917–1974) – writer co-creator of Batman comic book<ref>George Gene Gustines, "At Bronx Corner, Gothamd City Honors One of Its Own." ''New York Times'', December 17, 2017</ref>
* ] (born 1935) – American critic, journalist, essayist, and memoirist
* ] (born 1942) – poet, critic, reviewer
* ] (born 1964) – film critic
* ] (1918–2015) – journalist for '']'' and '']''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/hy-hollinger-dies-dead-variety-reporter-1201613764/|title=Hy Hollinger, Longtime Variety Reporter, Dies at 97|first1=Pat|last1=Saperstein|date=October 8, 2015}}</ref>
* ] (1895–1980) – rabbi, theologian and author at ]
* ] (1911–2014) – novelist author of ''Up the Down Staircase'' about NYC schools in the 1950s<ref>Margalit Fox, "Bel Kaufman, Who Told What School Was Really Like, Dies at 103." ''New York Times'', July 28, 2014. </ref>
* ] (1937–2017) – novelist, short-story writer, university professor
* ] (born 1963) – poet, author, dramatist, songwriter
* ] (1922–2018) – leading creator of ]
* ] (born 1947) – science fiction and non-fiction author
* ] (1927–2013) – ''New York Times'' legal reporter, specializing in coverage of the U.S. Supreme Court<ref>] (March 25, 2013). "Anthony Lewis, Supreme Court Reporter Who Brought Law to Life, Dies at 85". '']''.</ref>
* ] (1911-1993) – lawyer, novelist, playwright, president of the ]
* ] (born 1970) – pop-culture critic
* ] (born 1962) – playwright and screenwriter<ref>Hilton Als, "Urban Blight: The World of Kenneth Lonergan," ''New Yorker'', September 22, 2014, pp. 107–109</ref>
* ] (born 1971) – journalist, multiple ]s
* ] – medical reporter and music critic
* ] (born 1961) – ]–winning biographer
* ] (1923–1997) – science-fiction editor and author
* ] – '']'' columnist
* ] (born 1938) – ] writer about ] women in New York
* ] (born 1968) – playwright, composer, and novelist
* ] (born 1946) – theater historian and arts journalist
* ] (1906–1963) – playwright, co-founder of the ]
* ] (born 1928) – award-winning novelist and short-story writer
* ] (1922–2007) – award-winning short-story writer<ref>Sarah Crown, "A Reading Class in Masters of the Short Story." ''Guardian News Service'', accessed via ''Toronto Globe and Mail'', Review section, December 12, 2009.</ref>
* ] (born 1949) – ] English professor and author of several books, including his memoir, ''Dreaming of Columbus: A Boyhood in the Bronx''
* ] (born 1951) – CEO of ], publisher of '']'', '']'', '']''<ref>Jeffrey Toobin, "Feeding the Beast." ''The New Yorker''. July 3, 2017</ref>
* ] (1809–1849) – author and poet
* ] (1929–2002) – author<ref>] (July 24, 2002). . '']''. Retrieved December 1, 2007. "Herman Harold Potok was born in the Bronx on Feb. 17, 1929."</ref>
* ] (born 1949) – novelist and screenwriter
* ] (born 1967) – television writer and author
* Charles Rice-González (born 1964) – novelist and playwright<ref>{{cite news|last=Junco |first=Maite |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/latino/gay-coming-of-age-chulito-puts-hunts-point-literary-map-article-1.1052290 |title=Gay coming-of-age novel 'Chulito' puts Hunts Point in the literary map | work = ] |date=March 29, 2012 |accessdate=October 16, 2015}}</ref>
* ] (born 1948) – science-fiction writer of novels and short stories
* ] (1937–2011) – feminist science-fiction writer
* ] (1933–2015) – neurologist and author
* ] – gay fiction writer, journalist and psychotherapist
* ] (1929–2009) – journalist, speech writer, literary stylist<ref>Robert McFadden, "Willim Safire, Political Columnist and Oracle of Language, Dies at 79" '']'', September 29, 2009.</ref>
* ] (born 1950) – military historian<ref name="somos primos">, SomosPrimos.com, August 2010; retrieved May 15, 2013.</ref>
* Kate Simon (1912–1990) – memoirist and popular travel guide author<ref>{{cite news|last=Flint |first=Peter B. |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE2D6133FF936A35751C0A966958260 |title=Kate Simon, Acclaimed Memoirist And Travel Writer, Is Dead at 77 | work = ] |date=February 5, 1990 |accessdate=March 14, 2011}}</ref>
* Arthur Spiegelman (1940–2008) – journalist {''not the author of Maus''}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081221/ts_nm/us_reuters_spiegelman_3 |title= Renowned journalist Arthur Spiegelman dies at 68 - Yahoo! News|website=news.yahoo.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081225224940/http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081221/ts_nm/us_reuters_spiegelman_3 |archive-date=December 25, 2008}}</ref>
* ] (1907–2003) – cartoonist and author<ref>Boxer, Sarah (November 29, 1997). . '']''. Retrieved November 5, 2007. "He was born in 1907, grew up in the Bronx and had what he once called a ''defective education.''"</ref>
* ] (1835–1910) – author<ref>Goodman, Jonathan (January–February 2001). . '']''. Retrieved August 7, 2013. "Mark Twain rented ] from 1901 through 1903, and ] lived there from 1942 through 1945."</ref>
* ] (1930–2006) – mystery writer who drew upon her past experience as a ] detective
* ] (1933–2015) – political/demographic analysis author (''The Real Majority'')<ref>Sam Roberts, "Ben Wattenberg, Author and Commentator, Dies at 81", ''The New York Times'', June 30, 2015</ref>
* ] (1921–2005) – documentary filmmaker
* ] (born 1942) – sociologist of community, networks and the Internet, co-author ''Networked''
* ] (born 1951) – ]-winning journalist, author and cartoonist
* ] (1915–2019) – author
{{colend}}

===Film, television, radio, dance and theatre===

{{colbegin|colwidth=20em}}
* ] (born 1951) – film director of ''Wild Style''<ref>"Goings on About Town," ''New Yorker,'' June 26, 2017, p. 10.</ref>
* ] (1933–2019) – actor<ref>Norman, Michael (January 21, 1990). . '']''. "Later, when the family moved near Boston Road in the Bronx, the progenitor showed himself even less."</ref>
* ] (born 1936) – actor
* ] (born 1950) – actress
* ] (born 1935) – film director and actor<ref>Meade, Marion. ''The Unruly Life of Woody Allen''. New York City: ]. Chapter 1 reprinted in .</ref>
* ] (1917–2006) – actress<ref>Harmetz, Aljean (July 11, 2006). . '']''. Retrieved November 5, 2007. "June Allyson was born Ella Geisman on Oct. 7, 1917, in the Bronx."</ref>
* ] (born 1955) – actor<ref>{{better source needed|date=August 2013|reason=imdb not generally considered reliable for biographical data (e.g., date/place of birth)}} . ].</ref>
* ] – ballet dancer and choreographer
* ] (born 1963) – dancer and choreographer
* ] (born 1934) – theatrical producer
* ] (1924–2014) – actress<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/08/12/cbs-news-actress-lauren-bacall-dies-at-89/|title = Screen Legend Lauren Bacall Dies at 89|date = August 12, 2014}}</ref>
* ] (1919–1996) – film actor
* ] (1931–2005) – actress<ref>Berkvist, Robert (June 8, 2005). . '']''. Retrieved November 5, 2007. "Anna Maria Louisa Italiano was born on Sept. 17, 1931, in the Bronx to Italian immigrant parents."</ref>
* ] (born 1954) – actress<ref name="autogenerated2">{{cite web|url=http://www.who2.com/city_newyork_thebronx.html |title=Place of Birth Index |publisher=Who2.com |accessdate=March 14, 2011}}</ref>
* Joseph Bassolino (Joey Boots) (1967–2016) – comedian who popularized the phrase "Baba Booey" on the ''Howard Stern Show''<ref></ref>
* ] (born 1939) – fantasy and science fiction author
* ] (born 1970) – model and actor
* ] (born 1973) – ]
* ] (1918–2007) – entertainer<ref>Severo, Richard (October 19, 2007). . '']''. Retrieved November 5, 2007. "Joey Bishop was born Joseph Abraham Gottlieb in the Bronx on Feb. 3, 1918, the fifth child and third son of Jacob Gottlieb and the former Anna Siegel, immigrants from Eastern Europe."</ref>
* ] (1914–2008) – radio, television and film comedy writer<ref name="autogenerated1"/>
* ] (born 1951) – film director, producer, and writer
* ] (born 1976) – actress
* ] (born 1971) – actress
* ] (1919–2006) – comedian and actor<ref>Rothstein, Mervyn (July 14, 2006). . '']''. Retrieved November 5, 2007. "He first attended P.S. 104 on East Fourth Street, but then his family moved to the Bronx, to 176th Street and Marmion Avenue."</ref>
* ] (1940–2022) – actor<ref>Weinraub, Bernard (May 17, 2004). . '']''. Retrieved November 5, 2007. "Born in the Bronx, reared in Queens, where his family owned a kosher meat market, Mr. Caan said he ran with a tough crowd, wanted to be a professional football player but wound up, for reasons he is still not entirely sure about, auditioning and being accepted at the Neighborhood Playhouse in Manhattan."</ref>
* ] (born 1980) – television screenwriter and producer.<ref>Emily Nussbaum, "Mr. Big." ''The New Yorker'', May 14, 2018</ref>
* ] (1937–2008) – comedian
* ], born Oded Ha-Carmeili (1936–1972) – Israeli-born entertainer with gigantism and acromegaly, popularly known as "The Jewish Giant"
* ] (1923–1981) – screenwriter<ref>David Marc and Robert Thompson, ''Prime Time Prime Movers'', Boston: Little Brown, 1992</ref>
* ] (born 1931) – actor
* ] (born 1956) – film producer<ref>Leah Morrison, "Lights Camera Sandy!" ''Lifestyles Magazine'', January 2017, pp. 22–25</ref>
* ] (1911–1976) – actor
* ] (born 1969) – actor
* ] (1925–2010) – actor<ref name="Reeves Wiedeman p. 20">Reeves Wiedeman, "Only in New York: Talk to Me." ''The New Yorker'', p. 20. February 9, 2005</ref>
* ] (born 1966/1967) – actress
* ] (born 1959) – actor
* ] (born 1983) – comedian, former host of ]'s '']'' and current host of ]'s '']''<ref name="Desus-Mero">Weiner, Jonah How Desus and Kid Mero Went From Twitter Cranks to Comedy's Hottest Duo Rolling Stone. July 8, 2015</ref>
* ] (born 1983) – comedian, former host of ]'s '']'' and current host of ]'s '']''<ref name="Desus-Mero"/>
* ] (born 1945) – television writer, director and producer
* ] (1927–2011) – actor<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nycplus.com/nyc18/just79morethings.html|title=Just 79 more things|website=nycplus.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013234622/http://www.nycplus.com/nyc18/just79morethings.html |archive-date=13 October 2007 |url-status=usurped}}</ref>
* ] (born 1966) – film and television director and actor<ref>Bowles, Scott (May 7, 2010). "Favreau's a Comic-Book Hero." '']''. pp. 1D-2D.</ref>
* ] (1926–2015) – TV host of ''Joe Franklin's Memory Lane''<ref name="Reeves Wiedeman p. 20"/>
* ] (born 1968) – actor
* ] (1923–2017) – film producer of academy awarding winning ] and ]<ref>Dave Itzkoff, "Howard Gottfried, 94, Producer of 'Network', Dies. ''New York Times,'' December 17, 2017</ref>
* ] (1934–2015) – Broadway theatrical producer<ref>Bruce Weber, "Don Gregory Dies at 80: Produced Solo Plays." ''New York Times'', November 10, 2015</ref>
* ] (1909–2006) – Broadway stage manager
* ] (1914–2002) – actor
* ] (1904–1961) – playwright and theatre director
* ] (born 1954) – film director
* ] (1911–1975) – film composer<ref>"Bernard Hermann (American Composer), ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' – ; Jim Fusilli, "The Psycho Maestro at 100." ''Wall Street Journal'', July 2, 2011.</ref>
* ] (1951–1992) – ] ]
* ] (born 1997) – actor
* ] (born 1942) – comedian
* ] (1939–2021) – actor
* ] (1928–1999) – film director
* ] (1936–2013) – documentary filmmaker, journalist
* ] (born 1963) – actor, performance artist, director
* ] (born 1956/1957) – radio host
* ] (born 1931) – actor, director, and musician<ref>{{cite web|last=Merwin|first=Ted|title=Hal Linden Brings His Clarinet Back Home|url=https://jewishweek.timesofisrael.com/hal-linden-brings-his-clarinet-back-home/|date=May 14, 2014|website=The Jewish Week|access-date=October 2, 2021}}</ref>
* ] (born 1986) – actress<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/10536573|work=BBC|title=Lindsay Lohan's chequered life in the spotlight|date=July 7, 2010|accessdate=December 28, 2016}}</ref>
* ] (born 1968) – actor
* ] (born 1976) – actor
* ] (born 1962) – screenwriter, director, playwright<ref>Rebecca Mead, "Lost Time," ''New Yorker,'' November 7, 2016</ref>
* ] (born 1969) – singer, actress and dancer
* ] (1949–2002) – porn actor and anti-porn activist
* ] (born 1951) – singer
* ] (born 1950) – actress, '']'' on ]
* ] (1934–2016) – television and film director<ref name="nytimes2">Rosenblum, Constance (August 21, 2009). . '']''.</ref>
* ] (1957-2022) – American radio personality
* ] (1943–2018) – actor and director<ref name="nytimes2"/>
* ] (born 1986) – actor
* ] (1939–1976) – actor
* ] (born 1968) – actor and comedian<ref>Wheeler, Brad (March 19, 2012). "Tracy Morgan". '']''. p. R3.</ref>
* ] (1928–1992) – television writer
* ] (1925–2008) – film director<ref>] (December 28, 2008). "Robert Mulligan, Director, Is Dead at 83". '']''.</ref>
* ] (1916–2006) – comedian
* ] (born 1968) – playwright, actor, director; spoken-word artist; co-founder of the Urban Expressionists Lab
* ] (1924–2014) – actor; best known as first Jewish Miss America<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.yahoo.com/bess-myerson-1st-jewish-miss-america-dies-90-220519835.html |title=Bess Myerson, the 1st Jewish Miss America, dies at 90 - Yahoo News |website=news.yahoo.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150106032212/http://news.yahoo.com/bess-myerson-1st-jewish-miss-america-dies-90-220519835.html |archive-date=2015-01-06}}</ref>
* ] (1924–2001) – actor
* ] (born 1972) – dancer, actor<ref>Hilton Als, "Body Politics", ''New Yorker'', April 24, 2017, p. 26</ref>
* ] (1935–2004) – actor
* ] (born 1937) – founder and director of the ], the ], and ]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/educ/exhibits/womenshall/html/orenstein.html|title=Toby Barbara Orenstein, Maryland Women's Hall of Fame|last=Maryland Commission for Women|date=2008|website=msa.maryland.gov|access-date=October 11, 2017}}</ref>
* ] (born 1985) – participant on ]'s reality-television series '']''{{citation needed|date=October 2011}}
* ] (born 1940) – actor
* ] (born 1952) – actor<ref>James, Caryn (July 9, 1995). . '']''. Retrieved November 5, 2007. "Mr. Palminteri, who grew up in the Bronx on 187th Street and Belmont Avenue, said, ''Basically the story was about this medieval village in the Bronx, but it was so truthful and so real about the Bronx.''"</ref>
* ] (born 1946) – actor
* ] (born 1950) – film actor; ], etc.
* ] (1931–2020) – media personality and television talk-show host
* ] (1922–2020) – comedian and film director
* ] (born 1945) – actor and film director
* ] (born 1994) – actress and bass guitarist
* ] (1932–2012) – theater and movie producer<ref>Weber, Bruce (November 28, 2012). "Martin Richards, Broadway Producer, Is Dead at 80". '']''.</ref>
* ] (1914–1990) – ]-nominated movie director
* ] (1949–2021) – actor<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mi6.co.uk/sections/girls/roberts.php3 | title=Mi6.co.uk }}</ref>
* ] (born 1962) – actor
* ] (born 1967) – poet and film star of '']''<ref>Antony Lane, "Deeo and Dark", ''The New Yorker'', December 21, 2015: 117</ref>
* ] (1940–2017) – horror film director<ref>Chris Alexander, "Horror Legends Talk about Hollywood." ''Metro Toronto'' October 28, 2016</ref>
* ] (born 1994) – film actor<ref>Steve Gow, "Saoirse Steps into Role She's Lived." ''Metro Toronto'', November 20, 2015, p. 26.</ref>
* ] (born 1968) – actor
* ] (born ?) – transgender film actress starred in ]<ref>Carlos Aguilar, "20 Essential Latino Films Since 2000", ''The New York Times'', October 4, p. AR7</ref>
* ] (born 1942) – radio talk-show host<ref>] (August 3, 2009). "Party of One". '']'', p. 53.</ref>
* ] (1950–2010) – comedian
* ] (1918–2010) – journalist
* ] (born 1981) – actor and comedian
* ] (born 1950) – playwright
* ] (born 1974) – actor
* ] (1927–2018) – playwright and screenwriter
* ] (born 1962) – actor
* ] (born 1977) – animated film director and voice actor at ]
* ] (1908–1994) – actor
* ] (1918–2009) – actor
* ] (1912–2010) – playwright<ref>Gates, Anita (October 26, 2010). "Joseph Stein, 'Fiddler on the Roof' Author, Dies at 98". '']''.</ref>
* ] (born 1933) – actress
* ] (born 1958) – actress<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/98/Rachel-Ticotin.html|title=Rachel Ticotin Biography (1958-)|website=www.filmreference.com}}</ref>
* ] (born 1964) – film writer, producer and director
* ] (born 1977) – actress
* ] (1914–2009) – theater critic<ref>Weber, Bruce (October 2, 2009). . '']''. Retrieved October 5, 2009.</ref>
* ] (1928–2017) – founder and impresario of the Bitter End 1960s hippie club; producer of movies about ], Bruce Lee
* ] (born 1938) – travel reporter and writer for CNN and ABC networks
* ] (born 1967) – actor
{{colend}}

===Music===
{{colbegin|colwidth=20em}}
* ] (born 1995) – rapper
* ] (born 1957) – disc jockey<ref>Fernandez, Manny (June 17, 2006). , '']''. Retrieved October 28, 2011. "The Bronx is also Afrika Bambaataa, who, while growing up in the Bronx River Houses, became a D.J. in the early 1970s."</ref>
* ] – Latin musician-composer and owner of Casa Amadeo music store
* ] (1920–2011) – founder and director of ]<ref>] (December 15, 2011). "Anthony Amato, 91, Owner of Feisty Opera". '']''.</ref>
* ] (born 1996) – ] music group
* ] (born 2000) – rapper
* ] – Yiddish-American singers from the 1930s to 1970s<ref>Joseph Berger, "Claire Barry, a Singer in Sister Duo, Dies at 94," ''New York Times'', December 3, 2014</ref>
* ] – late-1950s singing group, with ]
* ] (born 1957) – music producer credited with discovering ]
* ] (1956–2014) – old school rapper member of the ]
* ] (1971–2000) – rapper
* ] (born 1971) – singer and songwriter
* ] (born 1954) – R&B singer and songwriter
* ] (born 1962) – old-school rapper from the 1980s
* ] (born 1965) – music-industry executive
* ] (born 1997) – vocalist, founding member of ]
* ] (born 1992) – hip-hop recording artist
* ] (1935–2019) – actress and singer
* ] – early-1960s girl group
* ] (born 1970) – gospel singer and lead singer of R&B group
* ] (born 1969) – "Puff Diddy" rapper, singer, record producer, entrepreneur<ref>Erin Donnelly, "Jennifer Lopez opens up about dating Sean 'Diddy' Combs and Ben Affleck." ''Yahoo Entertainment'', December 22, 2019. </ref>
* ] – rap group
* ] (born 1950) – trombonist
* ] (born 1946) – lead singer of the ]
* ] (born 1974) – hip-hop artist
* ] (1936–1973) – 1950s–1960s singer
* ] (1916–1988) – comedian and singer; regular on ] radio and television programs
* ] (born 1970) – rapper; member of ]
* ] (born 1987) – 1950s–1960s singer
* ] (born 1968) – hip-hop artist
* ] (born 1939) – singer-songwriter; 1950s–1960s rock singer
* ] (born 1962) – disc jockey
* ] (born 1955) – hip hop pioneer
* ] – 1970s disco group
* ] (born 1979) – rapper
* ] (born 1992) – rapper
* ] (1922–2013) – concert violinist and ]
* ] (born 1970) – rapper
* ] (born 1940) – Grammy-winning composer
* ] (born 1951) – ] guitarist
* ] (Master of the Telecaster) (born 1952) – guitarist
* ] (born 1984) – rapper
* ] (born 1954) – guitarist and founding member of ] and ]
* ] (born 1968) – disc jockey
* ] (born 2003) – rapper
* ] – rap group
* ] – rap group
* ] (born 1942) – ] principal songwriter and group member<ref>Rotella, Mark (October 2, 2005). "Straight Out of Newark", '']''. Retrieved October 9, 2007. "Originally from the Bronx, Mr. Gaudio had, at age 15, written the hit "Who Wears Short Shorts," which he made up while driving with friends along the main drag in Bergenfield."</ref>
* ] (1927–1991) – jazz musician
* ] (born 1943) – classical pianist
* ] (1931–2013) – ] singer
* ] – disc jockey
* ] (born 1963) – disc jockey
* ] (born 1958) – disc jockey
* ] (born 1987) – rapper
* ] (born 1964) – R&B singer-songwriter
* ] (born 1964) – half of rap duo ]
* ] (1941–2013) – musician<ref>Martin, Douglas (April 23, 2013). "Richie Havens, a Soulful Folk Singer Who Riveted Woodstock, Dies at 72". '']''.</ref>
* ] – hip-hop producers
* ] (born 1979) – rapper
* ] (1961–2020) – Disk jockey, producer, and program director of "The Whole Wide World",<ref>Richard Sandomir, "Rita Houston, 59, Bronx D.J. who lifted music careers." ''New York Times.'' January 5, 2021.</ref>
* ] (1941–2016) – jazz vibraphonist who lived in the Bronx in the 1960s<ref>Nate Chinen, "Bobby Hutcherson, 75, Jazz Vibraphonist with Luminescent and Cooly Fluid Style," ''New York Times'', August 17, 2016</ref>
* ] (1961–1964) – singers, "]"
* ] – rap group
* ] (born 1949) – singer
* ] (born 1976) – rapper, actor
* ] (1903–1966) – singer
* ] (born 1967) – disc jockey and producer
* ] (1934–2011) – 1950s–1960s rock producer, 1970s television: "Rock Concert"<ref>Sisario, Ben (January 19, 2011). "Don Kirshner, 76, TV Host and Shaper of Hit Records". '']''.</ref>
* ] – singer
* ] (born 1963) – hip-hop artist
* ] (born 1950) – drummer from ]
* ] (born 1965) – rapper
* ] (born 1969) – "The Princess of Salsa"
* ] (1946–1993) – salsa singer
* ] (born 1928) – satirical songwriter and performer
* ] (born 1973) – member of R&B group ]*
* ] (born 1970) – hip-hop artist
* ] – hip-hop duo
* ] (born 1969) – singer, actress and dancer
* ] (born 1954) – singer, ], ] and ]; entertainer; radio DJ; saloon keeper
* ] (1909–1985) – composer of "]" and other songs
* ] (born 1979) – principal clarinetist of ]<ref>Tom Huizinga, "Clarinetist Anthony McGill Kneels, Pleads And Plays For Justice." ''NPR Music'', June 4, 2020. </ref>
* ] (1903–1986) – composer of "]", "]"; adoptive father of Rosenberg boys<ref>Joan Cook, "Abel Meeropol, 83, a songwriter, dies" ''New York Times'' October 31, 1986, https://www.nytimes.com/1986/10/31/obituaries/abel-meeropol-83-a-songwriter-dies.html</ref>
* ] (born 1961) – rapper
* ] (born 1951) – musician, singer, actor, model
* ] (born 1930) – jazz singer
* ] (1934–2005) – inventor of the ]
* ] (born 1935) – co-founder of ]; owner of ] race horse<ref>Drape, Joe (November 11, 2010). "The Sweet Tune of Perfection". '']'', pp. B12, B15.</ref>
* ] (born 1992) – member of ]
* ] (born 1968) – singer, pianist, composer, arranger, producer
* ] – rap duo
* ] (born 1969) – rapper
* ] (1947–1997) – composer and singer
* ] (born 1960) – heavy-metal singer
* ] (1843–1919) – opera singer
* ] (1904–1984) – opera singer
* ] (born 1947) – pianist and conductor
* ] (1930–2017) – opera singer
* ] (born 1967) – rapper
* ] (born 1938) – actor, singer-songwriter, video artist
* ] (born 1989) – ] singer-songwriter
* ] (1923–2000) – jazz musician
* ] (born 1979) – ] producer, guitarist and songwriter
* ] (born 1964) – rapper, beatboxer
* ] (born 1997) – singer from the group in Real Life
* ] (born 1964) – half of ]
* ] (born 1981) – rapper
* ] (born 1982) – singer
* ] (born 1957) - drummer, percussionist, composer, arranger, bandleader
* ] (born 2000) – rapper
* ] (born 1968) – rapper; member of ]
* ] (born 1981) – singer, bachata
* ] (1949–2011) – "godfather of rap"<ref>Wilkinson, Alec (August 9, 2010). "New York Is Killing Me". '']''. August 9, 2010, pp. 26–32.</ref>
* ] (born 2003) – rapper
* ] – hip-hop duo
* ] (born 1943) – singer-songwriter
* ] (1936–2022) – ] opera singer; '']'' arts correspondent; older sister of Carly Simon and Lucy Simon
* ] (1940–2022) – composer and older sister of Carly Simon
* ] (born 1965) – rapper
* ] – rap group
* ] (born 1948) – musician
* ] (1939–2021) – composer and arranger; murderer
* ] (born 1980) – singer-songwriter
* ] (born 1948) – country singer-songwriter
* ] (1911–1987) – jazz singer
* ] (born 1978) – record producer/rapper
* ] (born 1982) – bass player, rapper
* ] (born 1961) – rapper
* ] (born 1946) – former guitarist and founding member of ]
* ] (1967–2013) – rapper
* ] (born 2001) – rapper<ref name="Rolling Stone Lil Tjay">{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/lil-tjay-profile-artist-you-need-to-know-773450/|title=Rising Bronx Rapper Lil Tjay Will Make You Feel Old|last1=Holmes|first1=Charles|date=January 3, 2019|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=September 10, 2019}}</ref>
* ] (1867–1957) – cellist, conductor
* ] (1937–2004) – R&B singer and songwriter
* ] (1913–1975) – operatic tenor, ], Temple Adath Israel
* ] (born 1948) – frontman of ]<ref>''Walk This Way: The Autobiography of Aerosmith'' (1999 paperback edition) Harper Collins Publishers, p. 23. {{ISBN|0-06-051580-5}}</ref>
* ] – rap group
* ] (1952–2017) – ] flutist
* ] (1951–2005) – singer
* ] (born 1977) – singer
* ] (born 1975) – singer
* ] (born 1965) – disc jockey and music producer
* ] (born 1967) – rapper, producer
* ] (born 1967) – singer
* ] (born 1946) – lead singer of ]
* ] (born 1945) – Singer-songwriter. Backing vocalist Rolling Stones, Elton John, John Lennon
* ] (2000-present) - Singer-songwriter
{{colend}}

==Government and politics==
] lived when he was a student at ] from 1927 through 1930. This house is located at 5040 Independence Avenue, across the street from Wave Hill.<ref>{{cite web |title=New York Today: J.F.K. in the Bronx |website=] |url=http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/11/20/new-york-today-j-f-k-in-the-bronx/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0}}</ref>]]
{{colbegin|colwidth=30em}}
* ] (born 1938) – Assemblyman, Bronx Borough President, New York State Attorney General
* ] (1920–1998) – ] and international ] leader
* Brian G. Andersson (born 1957) – former New York City Commissioner of Records & Information Services.<ref></ref>
* ] (1929–2014) – former New York City housing official, Bronx ], Congressman and ] board of trustees chair
* ] (born 1965/1966) – Commissioner of Health of the City of New York
* ] (1917–2015) – decorated policeman and US Congressman
* ] (born 1961) – former Bronx ] appointed by President Barack Obama to be Director of the ]
* ] (born 1962) – first female Bronx County District Attorney
* ] (born 1942) – former ]
* ] (born 1973) – Bronx borough president and former ] assembly member
* ] (born 1933) – ] leader<ref name="autogenerated2"/>
* ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ny.gov/governor/press/press_0324093.html |title=Governor Andrew M. Cuomo |publisher=Ny.gov |date=March 10, 2011 |accessdate=March 14, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101225164327/http://www.ny.gov/governor/press/press_0324093.html |archive-date=December 25, 2010 }}</ref> – first Latino to be named Presiding Justice of the ], First Judicial Department
* ] (born 1958) – Democratic Congressman, Florida<ref>Barbaro, Michael (January 3, 2011). "Enter Swinging: Exit: Much the Same Way". '']''.</ref>
* ] – ] for the ]
* ] (born 1951) – first African American-appointed ]
* ] (born 1956/57) – Police Chief of Opa-locka, former Sheriff of Broward County
* ] (1940–2005) – progressive activist in New York and Vermont; leader of stutterers' self-help movement
* ] (1891–1966) – ] and ].
* ] (1911–2010) – law professor, judge, crafter of ] indictments<ref>Weber, Bruce (August 24, 2010). . '']''.</ref>
* ] (1917–1963) – 35th President of the United States; U.S. Senator from ] (born in ])<ref name=JFK>{{cite news|last=Gross|first= Max|url=http://www.nypost.com/seven/04242008/realestate/riverdale_run_107786.htm |title=Riverdale Run|newspaper=The New York Post|location=New York|date= April 24, 2008|accessdate= May 3, 2008|quote=John F. Kennedy spent his youth in an enormous white mansion on Independence Avenue}}</ref>
* ] (born 1955) – former Commissioner of Police and of Corrections, New York City.<ref>Ottoman, Sharon (February 12, 2020). "The Bizarre Life of the Man Accused in the Sarah Lawrence Sex Case". ''New York Times.'' </ref>
* ] (1924–2013) – politician; former ] who became a three-term ]
* ] (1948–2007) – leading member of ]
* ] (1882–1947) – former ]
* ] (born 1937) – ] served from 1989 to 2021 whose ] district once included parts of the Bronx and Queens
* ] (born 1918) – union organizer
* ] – former general counsel, ]<ref>{{Cite news|last=Hevesi|first=Dennis|date=July 7, 2008|title=Norman Marcus, New York City Zoning Expert, Dies at 75|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/07/nyregion/07marcus.html|access-date=July 21, 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
* ] (1878–1947) – first ]
* ] (born 1959) – Chief of Police of ]; former Superintendent of the ]; ] candidate for ]
* ] (1752–1816) – revolutionary war statesman
* ] (born 1941) – former U.S. judge and U.S. Attorney General (under ])
* ] (born 1989) – youngest woman ever elected to the ], 2018
* ] (1937–2021) – former ]
* ] (born 1965) – executive director of the ]
* ] (1858–1919) – U.S. president who spent boyhood summers at ] in the ] section of ], New York City
* ] (born 1961) – native of the Kingsbridge section of the Bronx, conservative activist, political analyst, columnist, and candidate for the ]
* ] (born 1968) – ] ] nominee for ]; ] Libertarian vice-presidential candidate
* ] (born 1954) – ] judge, New York; appointed by President ] to the ]
* ] (born 1959) – politician and television talk-show host; former ] (1999–2006); ] (2007–2008)
* ] (1948–2016) – ] police commissioner; Miami police chief; New York City deputy police commissioner<ref>Rick Rojas and Emily Palmer, "At Funeral Mass, Police Leader is Remembered as 'One of a Kind'". ''New York Times,'' August 24, 2016</ref>
* ] (1879–1940) – Soviet revolutionary and political theorist<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bolshevik.info/trotsky-in-january-1917-bronx-man-leads-russian-revolution.htm|title=Trotsky in January 1917: "Bronx Man Leads Russian Revolution"|first=John|last=Peterson|website=In Defence of Marxism}}</ref><ref>Casey Cep, "A radical faith", ''New Yorker,'' April 10: 74.</ref>
* ] (1928–2020) – gubernatorial advisor and appointee noted for development of ] and as namesake of contentious Urstadt Law<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gotham Gazette|url=https://www.gothamgazette.com/housing/jul.02.shtml|access-date=July 21, 2020|website=www.gothamgazette.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://downtownexpress.com/de_357/urstadt.html |title=Urstadt, a neighborhood founder, reflects on his last days in Battery Park City |website=downtownexpress.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100228022728/http://www.downtownexpress.com/de_357/urstadt.html |archive-date=2010-02-28}}</ref>
{{colend}}

==Sports==
], Hall of Famer]]
], Hall of Famer and two-time MVP]]
], Hall of Famer]]
{{colbegin|colwidth=30em}}
* ] (born 1948) – former NBA player
* ] (born 1972) – soccer player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chris Armas |url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/players/chris-armas/ |access-date=December 28, 2024 |website=]}}</ref>
* ] (1921–2004) – Olympic medalist foil fencer
* ] (born 1977) – professional basketball player and Olympian
* ] (born 1994) – MLB outfielder
* ] (born 1951) – Olympic gold medalist
* ] (born 1960) – boxer
* ] (born 1997) – NFL player, 2018 ]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saquon Barkley biography – Personal |url=http://www.gopsusports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/saquon_barkley_975777.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222225633/http://www.gopsusports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/saquon_barkley_975777.html |archive-date=February 22, 2018 |access-date=February 22, 2018 |website=GoPSUsports}}</ref>
* ] (born 1995) – soccer player<ref>{{Cite web |last=Huichapa |first=Alberto |date=November 13, 2023 |title=El Paso Locomotive FC Sign Midfielder Arun Basuljevic to Contract Extension for 2024 |url=https://www.eplocomotivefc.com/news/2023/11/13/el-paso-locomotive-fc-sign-midfielder-arun-basuljevic-to-contract-extension-for-2024/ |access-date=January 9, 2025 |website=]}}</ref>
* ] (born 1975) – former MLB player
* ] (born 1963) – former MLB player
* ] (1942–2023) – player on 1966 ] NCAA basketball championship team<ref name="autogenerated3">Grant, Jason (August 3, 2009). "More Than Playing Ball on a South Bronx Playground". '']''.</ref>
* ] (born 1945) – ]r signed by the ] in the Bronx<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SzMDAAAAMBAJ&q=Rod+Carew+and+the+Bronx&pg=PA60 |title=Baseball Digest 1977 |accessdate=March 14, 2011}}</ref>
* ] (born 1933) – former MLB player
* ] (born 1983) – former NFL player
* ] (1908–1985) – boxing manager
* ] (born 1967) – boxer
* ] (born 1987) – marathoner<ref>Julie Bosman (October 31, 2011). "Elite Runner Lives and Trains in New York". '']''.</ref>
* ] (1924–2013) – former NFL ]
* ] (born 1943) – MLB first baseman
* ] (born 1966) – boxer
* ] (1919–1962) – former MLB pitcher
* ] (1897–1973) – former MLB player
* ] (1903–1941) – ]r and ] first baseman
* ] (1917–2001) – athlete and sports announcer
* ] (born 1957) – boxer
* ] (1911–1986) – MLB Hall of Famer
* ] (born 1965) – ] manager
* ] (born 1988) – American-Puerto Rican basketball player for ] of the ]
* ] (born 1965) – Head Coach of the ]
* ] (born 1990) – Olympic fencer<ref>Andrew Marantz, "Up Life's Ladder: Touche" ''New Yorker'', April 8, 2016, pp. 24–25</ref>
* ] (1896–1995) – Hall of Fame basketball player and coach
* ] (born 1945) – New York Mets executive
* ] (born 1997) – basketball player, ] forward
* ] (born 1984) – swimmer
* ] (born 1973) – ] host
* ] (born 1944) – former ] player; ]
* ] (1924–2012) – ] player
* ] (1921–2017) – boxer
* ] (born 1947) – ] player
* ] (born 1942) – bodybuilder
* ] (1930–2015) – former MLB player
* ] (born 1964) – NFL coach
* ] (born 1952) – boxing trainer
* ] (born 1949) – Olympic soccer goalkeeper and current broadcaster
* ] (1923–2009) – basketball player
* ] (1917–2012) – founder, ]<ref>] (November 28, 2012). "The Bargainer Who Remade the Old Ball Game". '']''.</ref>
* ] (1959–1988) – WBA world middleweight champion boxer
* ] (born 1948) – former MLB player
* ] (1915–2000) – All-American basketball player for the ] and professional player
* ] (born 1993) – champion gymnast, 2012 Olympian<ref>Juliet Macur, Juliet (August 1, 2012). "Getting Back Up is Nothing New for Bronx Gymnast". '']''.</ref>
* ] (1975–2000) – skateboarder
* ] (born 1963) – basketball player, Villanova Wildcats Championship Team; 13-year NBA; Current Lead Assistant Coach, Minnesota Timberwolves
* ] (born 1942) – NFL executive
* ] (born 1982) - ] Wrestler of ] descent; Former ]; Currently a leader of ]<ref>{{cite web |title=Leaving his Atlantic City club job set Damian Priest up for WWE stardom |date=2022-07-23 |website=] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230524125213/https://nypost.com/2022/07/23/nyc-native-damian-priest-on-the-road-to-wwe-stardom/ |archive-date=2023-05-24 |url-status=live |url=https://nypost.com/2022/07/23/nyc-native-damian-priest-on-the-road-to-wwe-stardom/}}</ref>
* ] (born 1961) – boxer
* ] (1902–1981) – basketball player and coach
* ] (born 1988) – ] infielder<ref>James Wagner, "A Minor League Hit Machine Tries to Keep Producing with the Mets." ''New York Times'', August 18, 2016</ref>
* ] (born 1956) – executive director of ] players' union<ref>Andrew Keh, "Smashing a Ceiling and A Lot of Egos," ''New York Times'' sports section, August 17, 2014</ref>
* ] (born 1933) – basketball player
* ] (1928–2015) – Hall of Fame NBA basketball player and coach
* ] (1913–1997) – ] player
* ] (born 1967) – commentator, '']''
* ] (1927–2022) – sportscaster
* ] (born 1988) – IBF Female World Super Featherweight champion boxer
* ] (born 1943) – player on 1966 ] NCAA basketball championship team<ref name="autogenerated3" />
* ] (born 1986) – fencer
* ] (born 1990) – basketball player; ] ]
* ] (1933–1990) – basketball coach and community leader<ref name="autogenerated3" />
* ] (born 1994) – MLB infielder
{{colend}}

==Name givers==
{{colbegin|colwidth=30em}}
* ] (1595–1655) – one of the earliest settlers of the Bronx (area now named ])
* ] (1591–1643) – pioneer religious liberation
* ] (1608–1669) – physician
{{colend}}

==Activists==
{{colbegin|colwidth=30em}}
* ] (1921–2006) – anarchist, social ecologist, libertarian socialist
* ] (1922–2016) – ], President
* ] (1941–1998) – ] leader in the 1960s U.S. Civil Rights Movement
* ] (born 1966) – ]-winning founder of ]
* ] (born 1939) – first person to be arrested protesting bus segregation in the U.S. South, in ], March 2, 1955<ref>{{•}}Hoose, Phillip H. (2009). ''Claudette Colvin – Twice Toward Justice''. New York City: ]. {{ISBN|978-0-374-31322-7}}. <br />{{•}}Barnes, Brooks (November 26, 2009). "From Footnote to Fame in Civil Rights History". '']''.</ref>
* ] (1940–1980) – Maryknoll nun, murdered by Salvadoran death squad
* ] (1924–2016) – civil rights lawyer as head of ] for 23 years<ref>Richard Severo and William McDonald, "Jack Greenberg Dies at 91, Las Survivor of a Legendary Civil Rights Legal Team," ''New York Times'', October 13, 2016</ref>
* ] (born 1939) – retired ] officer turned political activist
* ] (1920–2005) – ] apartments developer and social activist
* ] (born 1943) – head of River Phoenix Center for Peacebuilding; mother of ], ]
* ] (born 1946) – 9/11 activist; ] resident
* ] (1951–2002) – transgender activist, "the Rosa Parks of the transgender movement"<ref>Gina Bellafante, "These Pioneers Reclaimed Pride," ''New York Times'', May 19, 2019, p. A26</ref>
* ] (born 1956) – child advocate<ref>Connie Loizos, "Jim Steyer runs the powerful nonprofit Common Sense Media; now he's using his influence to battle big tech". ''TechCrunch'', February 12, 2019.</ref>
* ] (1939–2007) – conscientious objector and Vietnam War opponent
* ] (1917–2010) – founder of Argus Community and Harbor House; folklorist with husband ]<ref>Martin, Douglas (October 22, 2010). "Elizabeth L. Sturz, 93, Dies; Salvaged Troubled Lives". '']'', p. A23.</ref>
{{colend}}

==Business==
{{colbegin|colwidth=30em}}
* ] (born 1964) – real estate developer and private equity investor
* ] – chef, born in the Bronx
* ] (born 1954) – businessman; chief executive officer of ] (since 2006)<ref>"Report on Business". '']''. April 17, 2010.</ref>
* ] (1933–2021) – businessman and arts philanthropist; co-founder of ]<ref>Bruch, Connie (December 10, 2010). "The Art of the Billionaire". '']''.</ref>
* ] (1916–1996) – businessman; co-founder of ] firm ]; with his wife Iris, amassed and then donated the largest private collection of sculptures by ]
* ] (1926–2010) – investment advisor in the Madoff investment scandal
* ] (1947–2015) – founder and CEO of Subway fast food sandwich chain
* ] (born 1944) – businessman; chief executive officer of ]; former chief executive officer of the ]<ref>Paumgarten, Nick (September 20, 2010). "The Merchant" '']'', pp. 74–87.</ref>
* ] (born 1961) – president of Nintendo of America
* ] (born 1947) – inventor, educator, business consultant, and entrepreneur
* ] (1909–1997) – real estate magnate in New York City
* ] (born 1941) – co-founder of investment firm; co-publisher of '']'' magazine; philanthropist<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/the-man-who-bailed-out-conrad-black/article1647276/ |title=This page is available to GlobePlus subscribers |work=]|accessdate=March 14, 2011}}</ref>
* ] (1812–1886) – inventor of rotary printing press<ref>''The Inland Printer'', Volume 69, Maclean-Hunter Publishing Corporation, 1922, p. 851.</ref>
* ] (1821–1900) – railroad and shipbuilding ]; created the privately endowed ] near his summer home in the ] neighborhood of the Bronx
* ] (1929–2010) – businessperson; proprietor of ], a restaurant in the ] ] of New York City that was a haunt of writers, actors, politicians<ref>] (January 22, 2011). "Four Hundred Dresses". '']'', p. 22.</ref>
* ] (born 1942) – clothing designer
* ] (born 1939) – clothing designer
* ] (1931–2022) – advertising<ref>James Barron, "An Adman's Big Pitch: His Life Work", ''The New York Times'', January 18, 2016</ref>
* ] (1945–2019) – billionaire businessman; CEO and chairman of ]; co-founder of ] of ]<ref>Sam Roberts, "Wiliam E. Macaulay, 74, Patron of Tuition-Free College", ''The New York Times'', December 8, 2019, p. 38.</ref>
* ] (1912–1994; 1916–2006) – founders of ] ice cream
* ] (born 1951) – businessman and principal mechanical engineer with NORAD Shelter Systems
* ] (1894–1980) – labor union leader: first president of the ]
* ] (1799–1866) – inventor of coal kitchen stove, founder of J.L. Mott Ironworks in Mott Haven, and developer of the South Bronx neighborhood now named after him<ref>J.T.Scharf, History of Westchester County New York, Including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which Have Been Annexed to New York City, Volume 1, Part 2, 1886, p. 831</ref>
* ] (born 1954) – chief executive officer of the public-relations firm ]; president of the polling firm ]
* ] (1916–2009) – founder of the ] and ] retail stores<ref>Fox, Margait (December 16, 2009). "Sol Price, Who Founded Price Club, Is Dead at 93". '']''.</ref>
* ] (1905–1999) – real estate developer; father of ]
* ] (born 1957) – real estate investor, landlord, and founder of the Witkoff Group
{{colend}}

==Attorneys==
{{colbegin|colwidth=30em}}
* ] (born 1950) – U.S. Attorney General under Donald Trump<ref>Mattathias Schwartz, "The Advocate" ''New York Times Magazine'', June 7, 2020,pp. 2025, 42–45.</ref>
* ] (born 1966) – Trump lawyer in impeachment case and elsewhere<ref>Karen Freifeld, "White House lawyer in Trump trial is both defender and key witness to events". ''Reuters'', January 21, 2020. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-cipollone/white-house-lawyer-in-trump-trial-is-both-defender-and-key-witness-to-events-idUSKBN1ZK1DD?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews</ref>
* ] (1930–1989) – sports agent, helped found the ]
* ] (1931–2008) – specializing in representing musical groups, spent 35 years as principal lawyer and general counsel for the ]
* ] (born 1941) – known for his ]
* ] (1933–2020) – founder of the ]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Genzlinger |first1=Neil |title=Gerald Shur, Architect of Witness Protection Program, Dies at 86 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/06/us/gerald-shur-dead.html |access-date=15 December 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=September 6, 2020}}</ref>
* ] (1935–2018) – co-founded plaintiff class action law firm ]
{{colend}}

==Infamous==
{{colbegin|colwidth=30em}}
* ] (born 1953) – "Son of Sam" serial killer
* ] (born 1975) – Russian spy<ref>Scott Pham, et al., "The Banker Was A Spy." ''Buzzfeed News'', September 22, 2020. </ref>
* ] (born 1946) – serial killer
* ] (1966–2008) – drug dealer; shot multiple police officers{{Citation needed|date=February 2011}}
* ] (1940–2002) – crime boss
* ] (1918–1999) – American chemist who led the ]'s 1950s–1960s assassination attempts and mind control program, known as ]
* ] (born 1974) – partner in ] Fine Jewelry; subject of multiple lawsuits<ref>Ben Schreckinger. "The Trouble With Ivanka's Business Partner. ''Politico'', August 27, 2017
</ref>
* ] (1950–1973) – federal fugitive
* ] (1942–2009) – investor and philanthropist involved in the Madoff investment scandal
* ] (1917–2018) – convicted along with ] and ] in 1951 of being a spy for the Soviet Union<ref></ref>
* ] (born 1959) – instrumental in ]'s ban from baseball
{{colend}}

==See also==
{{Portal|Biography|Lists|New York City}}
* ]
** ]<!--
**]&nbsp;– added in October 2011, but hidden as list not yet created-->
** ]
** ]

{{clear}}

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}
{{Bronx}}

]
]
]

Latest revision as of 16:08, 9 January 2025

This is a list of people who were either born or have lived in the Bronx, a borough of New York City, 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

Arts

Architecture, art and photography

Journalists and writers

Edgar Allan Poe Cottage 2640 Grand Concourse, in the Fordham section of the Bronx. Poe spent the last few years of his life there.

Film, television, radio, dance and theatre

Music

Government and politics

JFK House 5040 Independence Avenue. The house where John F. Kennedy lived when he was a student at Riverdale Country School from 1927 through 1930. This house is located at 5040 Independence Avenue, across the street from Wave Hill.

Sports

Lou Gehrig, Hall of Famer
Hank Greenberg, Hall of Famer and two-time MVP
Dolph Schayes, Hall of Famer

Name givers

Activists

Business

Attorneys

Infamous

See also

References

  1. Pearce, Jeremy (January 12, 2006). "Dr. Ira B. Black, 64, Leader in New Jersey Stem Cell Effort, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
  2. Sam Roberts, "Roscoe C. Brown, 94, Tuskegee Airman and Political Confidant," New York Times, July 7, 2016
  3. Sam Roberts, "Morton Deutsch, conflict resolution expert, dies at 97," New York Times, March 23, 2017
  4. Ian Frazer, "Old Hatreds," New Yorker, August 26, 2019, p. 36.
  5. "Gertrude Elion | Jewish Women's Archive". jwa.org. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  6. George Johnson, "Murray Gell-Mann,Who Peered at Particles and Saw the Universe, Dies at 89." New York Times, May 25, 2019.
  7. Miller, Jim (November 8, 1987). "Tears and Riots, Love and Regrets". The New York Times. Retrieved October 29, 2011. "Mr. Gitlin was born in 1943. Growing up in the Bronx, the middle-class son of liberal Jewish parents, he was, as he recalls, 'studious and clean-cut,' a straight-arrow fan of Adlai Stevenson."
  8. Katherine Seelye, "Fred Greenstein, 88, A Political 'Psychologist' Who Assessed Presidents." New York Times, December 16, 2018
  9. Robert McFadden, "Inventor of a life-saving maneuver", The New York Times, December 21, 2016
  10. ^ The New York Times obituary. November 20, 2008.
  11. The New York Times obituary. December 10, 2008.
  12. "Nobel Prize Winner Hails from the Bronx," MyFoxNY.com "Winner of Nobel prize talks with Good Day New York - New York News | NYC Breaking News". Archived from the original on October 29, 2012. Retrieved September 28, 2012.
  13. Pasachoff, Jay M. (February 2010). "Norm Levitt: An Obituary". The Skeptical Inquirer. 34 (1). Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. Archived from the original on November 4, 2013. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
  14. Thomas Blass, "The Man Who Shocked the World" Psychology Today, March 1, 2002
  15. Jason Kersten, "Dept. of Superlatives: Totally" New Yorker, August 28, 2017: 28–29
  16. Overbye, Dennis (September 21, 2009). "An Odyssey from the Bronx to Saturn's Rings". The New York Times. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
  17. Natalia Vonnegut, "Alan Pred in Memoriam","Allan Pred in Memoriam". Archived from the original on March 31, 2012. Retrieved March 30, 2012.
  18. Sam Roberts, "Howard Raifa, 92, Negotiation Scientist" New York Times, July 18, 2016
  19. "Ken Schaffer: What's the Frequency?" http://www.nutcom.com/?cat=3
  20. "In Memoriam: Edward W. Soja". December 17, 2015.
  21. Markoff, John (September 6, 2009). Robert Spinrad, a Pioneer in Computing, Dies at 77". The New York Times. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
  22. Byrne, Peter (July 2011). "Bad Boy of Physics". Scientific American. pp. 80–83.
  23. Gellene, Denise (June 2, 2011). "Rosalyn S. Yalow, Nobel Medical Physicist, Dies at 89". The New York Times.
  24. Berger, Joseph (December 10, 2009). "Yosef H. Yerushalmi, Scholar of Jewish History, Dies at 77". The New York Times. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
  25. Frazier, Ian (December 21, 2009). "Dept. of Orientation: El Super". The New Yorker, p. 50.
  26. Friend, Tad (May 31, 2010). "Big Game Dept.: No Pictures". The New Yorker, pp. 24–25.
  27. Rosenblum, Constance (August 20, 2009). "Grand Wasn't It?". The New York Times. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
  28. Hevesi, Dennis (December 7, 2010)."Garry Gross Is Dead at 73; Photographer of Clothes and Their Absence". The New York Times. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
  29. McNay, Michael (July 31, 2005). "Al Held – American Painter Who Found His Voice in Hard Edge Abstraction". The Guardian. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
  30. (November 21, 2017). "Joel Iskowitz Artistic Infusion Program Designer". United States Mint. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
  31. Weber, Bruce. (August 11, 2009). "Marcey Jacobson, a Photographer Inspired by Mexico, Dies at 97". The New York Times. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
  32. Landfield, Ronnie; Morgan, Robert C.; Landfield, Jenny (2007). Ronnie Landfield – Paintings from Five Decades – September 16 – November 25, 2007 (exhibition catalogue). Youngstown, Ohio: Butler Institute of American Art. "Beginnings". pp. 7–10. ISBN 978-1-882790-50-0.
  33. "Whitfield Lovell biographical notes".
  34. Yau, John (July–August 2006). "Whitfield Lovell with John Yau". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
  35. "MacArthur Fellows 2007 – Whitfield Lovell". John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. September 2007. Archived from the original on October 27, 2011. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
  36. Video (requires Adobe Flash; 00:02:11) (June 11, 2008). "2007 MacArthur Fellow: Whitfield Lovell". John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (via its YouTube channel). Archived from the original on December 19, 2021. Retrieved October 29, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  37. "Oral history interview with Merryll Saylan, 2006 May 20 – June 5". Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. 2006. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
  38. Robert McFadden, "Phil Stern, Photographer; Chronicler of Movie Stars and a President was 95" New York Times, December 16, 2014"
  39. Smith, Roberta (August 31, 1999). "George Sugarman, a Sculptor Of Colorful Works, Dies at 87". The New York Times. Retrieved October 28, 2011.
  40. Kate Dwyer, "A Photographer of the Hip-Hop Age." New York Times, December 1, 2019, p. ST10
  41. George Gene Gustines, "At Bronx Corner, Gothamd City Honors One of Its Own." New York Times, December 17, 2017
  42. Saperstein, Pat (October 8, 2015). "Hy Hollinger, Longtime Variety Reporter, Dies at 97".
  43. Margalit Fox, "Bel Kaufman, Who Told What School Was Really Like, Dies at 103." New York Times, July 28, 2014.
  44. Liptak, Adam (March 25, 2013). "Anthony Lewis, Supreme Court Reporter Who Brought Law to Life, Dies at 85". The New York Times.
  45. Hilton Als, "Urban Blight: The World of Kenneth Lonergan," New Yorker, September 22, 2014, pp. 107–109
  46. Sarah Crown, "A Reading Class in Masters of the Short Story." Guardian News Service, accessed via Toronto Globe and Mail, Review section, December 12, 2009.
  47. Jeffrey Toobin, "Feeding the Beast." The New Yorker. July 3, 2017
  48. Fox, Margalit (July 24, 2002). "Chaim Potok, 73, Dies; Novelist Illumined the World of Hasidic Judaism". The New York Times. Retrieved December 1, 2007. "Herman Harold Potok was born in the Bronx on Feb. 17, 1929."
  49. Junco, Maite (March 29, 2012). "Gay coming-of-age novel 'Chulito' puts Hunts Point in the literary map". The New York Daily News. Retrieved October 16, 2015.
  50. Robert McFadden, "Willim Safire, Political Columnist and Oracle of Language, Dies at 79" The New York Times, September 29, 2009.
  51. Antonio "the Marine" Santiago Recognized as Puerto Rico's Foremost Military Historian, SomosPrimos.com, August 2010; retrieved May 15, 2013.
  52. Flint, Peter B. (February 5, 1990). "Kate Simon, Acclaimed Memoirist And Travel Writer, Is Dead at 77". The New York Times. Retrieved March 14, 2011.
  53. "Renowned journalist Arthur Spiegelman dies at 68 - Yahoo! News". news.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on December 25, 2008.
  54. Boxer, Sarah (November 29, 1997). "Wry Child of the Unconscious; William Steig, 90, on Art, Life and the Mysterious Orgone". The New York Times. Retrieved November 5, 2007. "He was born in 1907, grew up in the Bronx and had what he once called a defective education."
  55. Goodman, Jonathan (January–February 2001). "Wave Hill: Sculpture in the Garden". Sculpture. Retrieved August 7, 2013. "Mark Twain rented Wave Hill from 1901 through 1903, and Arturo Toscanini lived there from 1942 through 1945."
  56. Sam Roberts, "Ben Wattenberg, Author and Commentator, Dies at 81", The New York Times, June 30, 2015
  57. "Goings on About Town," New Yorker, June 26, 2017, p. 10.
  58. Norman, Michael (January 21, 1990). "His Bus Came In". The New York Times. "Later, when the family moved near Boston Road in the Bronx, the progenitor showed himself even less."
  59. Meade, Marion. The Unruly Life of Woody Allen. New York City: Charles Scribner's Sons. Chapter 1 reprinted in .
  60. Harmetz, Aljean (July 11, 2006). "June Allyson, Adoring Wife in MGM Films, Is Dead at 88". The New York Times. Retrieved November 5, 2007. "June Allyson was born Ella Geisman on Oct. 7, 1917, in the Bronx."
  61. . Internet Movie Database.
  62. "Screen Legend Lauren Bacall Dies at 89". August 12, 2014.
  63. Berkvist, Robert (June 8, 2005). "Anne Bancroft, Stage and Film Star in Voracious and Vulnerable Roles, Dies at 73". The New York Times. Retrieved November 5, 2007. "Anna Maria Louisa Italiano was born on Sept. 17, 1931, in the Bronx to Italian immigrant parents."
  64. ^ "Place of Birth Index". Who2.com. Retrieved March 14, 2011.
  65. Associated Press,"Joey Boots of The Howard Stern Show dead at 49"
  66. Severo, Richard (October 19, 2007). "Joey Bishop, 89, Last of the Rat Pack, Is Dead". The New York Times. Retrieved November 5, 2007. "Joey Bishop was born Joseph Abraham Gottlieb in the Bronx on Feb. 3, 1918, the fifth child and third son of Jacob Gottlieb and the former Anna Siegel, immigrants from Eastern Europe."
  67. Rothstein, Mervyn (July 14, 2006). "Comedian Red Buttons Dies at 87". The New York Times. Retrieved November 5, 2007. "He first attended P.S. 104 on East Fourth Street, but then his family moved to the Bronx, to 176th Street and Marmion Avenue."
  68. Weinraub, Bernard (May 17, 2004). "James Caan Takes a Gamble On 'Las Vegas,' and Scores". The New York Times. Retrieved November 5, 2007. "Born in the Bronx, reared in Queens, where his family owned a kosher meat market, Mr. Caan said he ran with a tough crowd, wanted to be a professional football player but wound up, for reasons he is still not entirely sure about, auditioning and being accepted at the Neighborhood Playhouse in Manhattan."
  69. Emily Nussbaum, "Mr. Big." The New Yorker, May 14, 2018
  70. David Marc and Robert Thompson, Prime Time Prime Movers, Boston: Little Brown, 1992
  71. Leah Morrison, "Lights Camera Sandy!" Lifestyles Magazine, January 2017, pp. 22–25
  72. ^ Reeves Wiedeman, "Only in New York: Talk to Me." The New Yorker, p. 20. February 9, 2005
  73. ^ Weiner, Jonah How Desus and Kid Mero Went From Twitter Cranks to Comedy's Hottest Duo Rolling Stone. July 8, 2015
  74. "Just 79 more things". nycplus.com. Archived from the original on October 13, 2007.
  75. Bowles, Scott (May 7, 2010). "Favreau's a Comic-Book Hero." USA Today. pp. 1D-2D.
  76. Dave Itzkoff, "Howard Gottfried, 94, Producer of 'Network', Dies. New York Times, December 17, 2017
  77. Bruce Weber, "Don Gregory Dies at 80: Produced Solo Plays." New York Times, November 10, 2015
  78. "Bernard Hermann (American Composer), Encyclopædia Britannica – ; Jim Fusilli, "The Psycho Maestro at 100." Wall Street Journal, July 2, 2011.
  79. Merwin, Ted (May 14, 2014). "Hal Linden Brings His Clarinet Back Home". The Jewish Week. Retrieved October 2, 2021.
  80. "Lindsay Lohan's chequered life in the spotlight". BBC. July 7, 2010. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
  81. Rebecca Mead, "Lost Time," New Yorker, November 7, 2016
  82. ^ Rosenblum, Constance (August 21, 2009). "Grand, Wasn't It?". The New York Times.
  83. Wheeler, Brad (March 19, 2012). "Tracy Morgan". The Globe and Mail. p. R3.
  84. Fox, Margalit (December 28, 2008). "Robert Mulligan, Director, Is Dead at 83". The New York Times.
  85. "Bess Myerson, the 1st Jewish Miss America, dies at 90 - Yahoo News". news.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on January 6, 2015.
  86. Hilton Als, "Body Politics", New Yorker, April 24, 2017, p. 26
  87. Maryland Commission for Women (2008). "Toby Barbara Orenstein, Maryland Women's Hall of Fame". msa.maryland.gov. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  88. James, Caryn (July 9, 1995). "Do the Movies Get New York Right?". The New York Times. Retrieved November 5, 2007. "Mr. Palminteri, who grew up in the Bronx on 187th Street and Belmont Avenue, said, Basically the story was about this medieval village in the Bronx, but it was so truthful and so real about the Bronx."
  89. Weber, Bruce (November 28, 2012). "Martin Richards, Broadway Producer, Is Dead at 80". The New York Times.
  90. "Mi6.co.uk".
  91. Antony Lane, "Deeo and Dark", The New Yorker, December 21, 2015: 117
  92. Chris Alexander, "Horror Legends Talk about Hollywood." Metro Toronto October 28, 2016
  93. Steve Gow, "Saoirse Steps into Role She's Lived." Metro Toronto, November 20, 2015, p. 26.
  94. Carlos Aguilar, "20 Essential Latino Films Since 2000", The New York Times, October 4, p. AR7
  95. Sanneh, Kelefa (August 3, 2009). "Party of One". The New Yorker, p. 53.
  96. Gates, Anita (October 26, 2010). "Joseph Stein, 'Fiddler on the Roof' Author, Dies at 98". The New York Times.
  97. "Rachel Ticotin Biography (1958-)". www.filmreference.com.
  98. Weber, Bruce (October 2, 2009). "Douglas Watt, New York Theater Critic, Dies at 95". The New York Times. Retrieved October 5, 2009.
  99. Fernandez, Manny (June 17, 2006). "For One Week, a Bronx Cheer Means Cheering for the Borough", The New York Times. Retrieved October 28, 2011. "The Bronx is also Afrika Bambaataa, who, while growing up in the Bronx River Houses, became a D.J. in the early 1970s."
  100. Fox, Margalit (December 15, 2011). "Anthony Amato, 91, Owner of Feisty Opera". The New York Times.
  101. Joseph Berger, "Claire Barry, a Singer in Sister Duo, Dies at 94," New York Times, December 3, 2014
  102. Erin Donnelly, "Jennifer Lopez opens up about dating Sean 'Diddy' Combs and Ben Affleck." Yahoo Entertainment, December 22, 2019.
  103. Rotella, Mark (October 2, 2005). "Straight Out of Newark", The New York Times. Retrieved October 9, 2007. "Originally from the Bronx, Mr. Gaudio had, at age 15, written the hit "Who Wears Short Shorts," which he made up while driving with friends along the main drag in Bergenfield."
  104. Martin, Douglas (April 23, 2013). "Richie Havens, a Soulful Folk Singer Who Riveted Woodstock, Dies at 72". The New York Times.
  105. Richard Sandomir, "Rita Houston, 59, Bronx D.J. who lifted music careers." New York Times. January 5, 2021.
  106. Nate Chinen, "Bobby Hutcherson, 75, Jazz Vibraphonist with Luminescent and Cooly Fluid Style," New York Times, August 17, 2016
  107. Sisario, Ben (January 19, 2011). "Don Kirshner, 76, TV Host and Shaper of Hit Records". The New York Times.
  108. Tom Huizinga, "Clarinetist Anthony McGill Kneels, Pleads And Plays For Justice." NPR Music, June 4, 2020.
  109. Joan Cook, "Abel Meeropol, 83, a songwriter, dies" New York Times October 31, 1986, https://www.nytimes.com/1986/10/31/obituaries/abel-meeropol-83-a-songwriter-dies.html
  110. Drape, Joe (November 11, 2010). "The Sweet Tune of Perfection". The New York Times, pp. B12, B15.
  111. Wilkinson, Alec (August 9, 2010). "New York Is Killing Me". The New Yorker. August 9, 2010, pp. 26–32.
  112. Holmes, Charles (January 3, 2019). "Rising Bronx Rapper Lil Tjay Will Make You Feel Old". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
  113. Walk This Way: The Autobiography of Aerosmith (1999 paperback edition) Harper Collins Publishers, p. 23. ISBN 0-06-051580-5
  114. "New York Today: J.F.K. in the Bronx". The New York Times.
  115. Anders, "Interview with Brian G. Andersson", Lightray
  116. "Governor Andrew M. Cuomo". Ny.gov. March 10, 2011. Archived from the original on December 25, 2010. Retrieved March 14, 2011.
  117. Barbaro, Michael (January 3, 2011). "Enter Swinging: Exit: Much the Same Way". The New York Times.
  118. Weber, Bruce (August 24, 2010). "Benjamin Kaplan, Crucial Figure in Nazi Trials, Dies at 99". The New York Times.
  119. Gross, Max (April 24, 2008). "Riverdale Run". The New York Post. New York. Retrieved May 3, 2008. John F. Kennedy spent his youth in an enormous white mansion on Independence Avenue
  120. Ottoman, Sharon (February 12, 2020). "The Bizarre Life of the Man Accused in the Sarah Lawrence Sex Case". New York Times.
  121. Hevesi, Dennis (July 7, 2008). "Norman Marcus, New York City Zoning Expert, Dies at 75". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
  122. Rick Rojas and Emily Palmer, "At Funeral Mass, Police Leader is Remembered as 'One of a Kind'". New York Times, August 24, 2016
  123. Peterson, John. "Trotsky in January 1917: "Bronx Man Leads Russian Revolution"". In Defence of Marxism.
  124. Casey Cep, "A radical faith", New Yorker, April 10: 74.
  125. "Gotham Gazette". www.gothamgazette.com. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
  126. "Urstadt, a neighborhood founder, reflects on his last days in Battery Park City". downtownexpress.com. Archived from the original on February 28, 2010.
  127. "Chris Armas". Major League Soccer. Retrieved December 28, 2024.
  128. "Saquon Barkley biography – Personal". GoPSUsports. Archived from the original on February 22, 2018. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  129. Huichapa, Alberto (November 13, 2023). "El Paso Locomotive FC Sign Midfielder Arun Basuljevic to Contract Extension for 2024". El Paso Locomotive FC. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
  130. ^ Grant, Jason (August 3, 2009). "More Than Playing Ball on a South Bronx Playground". The New York Times.
  131. Baseball Digest 1977. Retrieved March 14, 2011.
  132. Julie Bosman (October 31, 2011). "Elite Runner Lives and Trains in New York". The New York Times.
  133. Andrew Marantz, "Up Life's Ladder: Touche" New Yorker, April 8, 2016, pp. 24–25
  134. Goldstein, Richard (November 28, 2012). "The Bargainer Who Remade the Old Ball Game". The New York Times.
  135. Juliet Macur, Juliet (August 1, 2012). "Getting Back Up is Nothing New for Bronx Gymnast". The New York Times.
  136. "Leaving his Atlantic City club job set Damian Priest up for WWE stardom". New York Post. July 23, 2022. Archived from the original on May 24, 2023.
  137. James Wagner, "A Minor League Hit Machine Tries to Keep Producing with the Mets." New York Times, August 18, 2016
  138. Andrew Keh, "Smashing a Ceiling and A Lot of Egos," New York Times sports section, August 17, 2014
  139.  • Hoose, Phillip H. (2009). Claudette Colvin – Twice Toward Justice. New York City: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 978-0-374-31322-7.
     • Barnes, Brooks (November 26, 2009). "From Footnote to Fame in Civil Rights History". The New York Times.
  140. Richard Severo and William McDonald, "Jack Greenberg Dies at 91, Las Survivor of a Legendary Civil Rights Legal Team," New York Times, October 13, 2016
  141. Gina Bellafante, "These Pioneers Reclaimed Pride," New York Times, May 19, 2019, p. A26
  142. Connie Loizos, "Jim Steyer runs the powerful nonprofit Common Sense Media; now he's using his influence to battle big tech". TechCrunch, February 12, 2019.
  143. Martin, Douglas (October 22, 2010). "Elizabeth L. Sturz, 93, Dies; Salvaged Troubled Lives". The New York Times, p. A23.
  144. "Report on Business". The Globe and Mail. April 17, 2010.
  145. Bruch, Connie (December 10, 2010). "The Art of the Billionaire". The New Yorker.
  146. Paumgarten, Nick (September 20, 2010). "The Merchant" The New Yorker, pp. 74–87.
  147. "This page is available to GlobePlus subscribers". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved March 14, 2011.
  148. The Inland Printer, Volume 69, Maclean-Hunter Publishing Corporation, 1922, p. 851.
  149. Talese, Gay (January 22, 2011). "Four Hundred Dresses". The New Yorker, p. 22.
  150. James Barron, "An Adman's Big Pitch: His Life Work", The New York Times, January 18, 2016
  151. Sam Roberts, "Wiliam E. Macaulay, 74, Patron of Tuition-Free College", The New York Times, December 8, 2019, p. 38.
  152. J.T.Scharf, History of Westchester County New York, Including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which Have Been Annexed to New York City, Volume 1, Part 2, 1886, p. 831
  153. Fox, Margait (December 16, 2009). "Sol Price, Who Founded Price Club, Is Dead at 93". The New York Times.
  154. Mattathias Schwartz, "The Advocate" New York Times Magazine, June 7, 2020,pp. 2025, 42–45.
  155. Karen Freifeld, "White House lawyer in Trump trial is both defender and key witness to events". Reuters, January 21, 2020. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-cipollone/white-house-lawyer-in-trump-trial-is-both-defender-and-key-witness-to-events-idUSKBN1ZK1DD?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews
  156. Genzlinger, Neil (September 6, 2020). "Gerald Shur, Architect of Witness Protection Program, Dies at 86". The New York Times. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  157. Scott Pham, et al., "The Banker Was A Spy." Buzzfeed News, September 22, 2020.
  158. Ben Schreckinger. "The Trouble With Ivanka's Business Partner. Politico, August 27, 2017
Neighborhoods in the New York City borough of the Bronx
South Bronx Kingsbridge Armory
West Bronx
East Bronx
Related areas
Categories: