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These famous people all resided in The Bronx, New York City, at some time in their lives. Many of the early historical figures lived in that part of Westchester County which would later become part of The Bronx.

Academics and science

Arts

Fine arts, architecture and photography

Authors

===Movies, television, radio, theater and dance===

Music

Government and politics

Sports

Name Givers

Active Citizens

Business

Infamous

References

  1. Miller, Jim. "TEARS AND RIOTS, LOVE AND REGRETS", The New York Times, November 8, 1987. Accessed November 19, 2007. "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."
  2. New York Times obituary, November 20, 2008.
  3. New York Times obituary, December 10, 2008.
  4. Fox, Margalit. "Chaim Potok, 73, Dies; Novelist Illumined the World of Hasidic Judaism", The New York Times, July 24, 2002. Accessed December 1, 2007. "Herman Harold Potok was born in the Bronx on Feb. 17, 1929."
  5. Boxer, Sarah. "Wry Child of the Unconscious; William Steig, 90, on Art, Life and the Mysterious Orgone", The New York Times, November 29, 1997. Accessed November 5, 2007. "He was born in 1907, grew up in the Bronx and had what he once called a defective education."
  6. Norman, Michael. "HIS BUS CAME IN", The New York Times, January 21, 1990. "Later, when the family moved near Boston Road in the Bronx, the progenitor showed himself even less."
  7. Harmetz, Aljean. "June Allyson, Adoring Wife in MGM Films, Is Dead at 88", The New York Times, July 11, 2006. Accessed November 5, 2007. "June Allyson was born Ella Geisman on Oct. 7, 1917, in the Bronx."
  8. Berkvist, Robert. "Anne Bancroft, Stage and Film Star in Voracious and Vulnerable Roles, Dies at 73", The New York Times, June 8, 2005. Accessed November 5, 2007. "Anna Maria Louisa Italiano was born on Sept. 17, 1931, in the Bronx to Italian immigrant parents."
  9. Severo, Richard. "Joey Bishop, 89, Last of the Rat Pack, Is Dead", The New York Times, October 19, 2007. Accessed 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."
  10. New York Times obituary, November 20, 2008.
  11. Rothstein, Mervyn. "Comedian Red Buttons Dies at 87", The New York Times, July 14, 2006. Accessed 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."
  12. Weinraub, Bernard. "James Caan Takes a Gamble On 'Las Vegas,' and Scores", The New York Times, May 17, 2004. Accessed 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."
  13. Margalit Fox, "Robert Mulligan, Director, Is Dead at 83". New York Times, December 23, 2008.
  14. James, Caryn. "Do the Movies Get New York Right?", The New York Times, July 9, 1995. Accessed 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."
  15. Fernandez. "For One Week, a Bronx Cheer Means Cheering for the Borough", The New York Times, June 17, 2006. Accessed November 5, 2007. "The Bronx is also Afrika Bambaataa, who, while growing up in the Bronx River Houses, became a D.J. in the early 1970's."
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