Architects •
Vito Acconci (1940–2017) – architect,
landscape architect and
installation artist •
Horace Ginsbern (1902–1987) – architect; designed the landmark
Art Deco Park Plaza Apartments on
Jerome Avenue in the Bronx, and other New York City structures •
Daniel Libeskind (born 1946) – architect
Filmmakers •
Stanley Kubrick (1928–1999) – film director, screenwriter, editor, cinematographer, storyteller •
Gerard Malanga (born 1943) – filmmaker, poet, photographer, actor, curator and archivist
Photographers •
Robert Altman (1944–2021) – photographer •
Richard Avedon (1923–2004) – photographer •
Alvin Baltrop (1948–2004) – photographer •
Margaret Bourke-White (1904–1971) – photographer (including
documentary photographer) •
Ron Galella (1931–2022) –
paparazzo photographer •
Garry Gross (1937–2010) –
fashion photographer (including nude images of
Brooke Shields at age ten), dog
portraiture photographer and
dog trainer •
Marcey Jacobson (1911–2009) – photographer; images of daily life in
Chiapas, Mexico •
Joel Meyerowitz (born 1938) – photographer •
Ralph Morse (1917–2015) – photographer •
Phil Stern (1919–2014) – photographer in Hollywood, WWII and the White House •
Raven B. Varona (born 1990) – photographer
Visual artists and designers •
Vito Acconci (1940–2017) – architect,
landscape architect and
installation artist •
Bernard Bernstein (1928–2021) metalsmith, silversmith and teacher •
Willie Cole (born 1955) – visual artist; uses found material such as his "America" blackboard •
Cope2 (born 1968) –
graffiti artist •
Ralph Fasanella (1914–1997) – painter •
Milton Glaser (1929–2020) –
graphic designer; designer of the "
I Love New York" logo •
Al Held (1928–2005) – abstract painter; associated with
Abstract expressionism,
Hard-edge and
Color Field painting •
Sabin Howard (born 1963) – figurative sculptor, noted for U.S.
World War I national monument •
Joel Iskowitz (born 1946) – illustrator, artist, designer for
United States Mint •
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 •
Glenn Ligon (born 1960) –
conceptual artist •
Whitfield Lovell (born 1959) – contemporary visual artist, painter, and
installation artist; focuses on
African-American themes;
MacArthur Fellow (2007) •
Jules Maidoff (1933–2025) – artist, teacher and founder of Studio Art Centers International, Florence, Italy •
Rick Meyerowitz (born 1943) – illustrator, writer •
Piccirilli Brothers (including father, Giuseppe Piccirilli (1844–1910), and his six sons – Ferruccio (1864–1945),
Attilio (1866–1945),
Furio (1868–1949), Masaniello (1870–1951), Orazio (1872–1954) and Getulio (1874–1956)) – sculptors •
Larry Rivers (1923–2002) – painter •
Joel Arthur Rosenthal (born 1943) – jeweler •
Merryll Saylan (born 1936) –
woodturner •
Edwin Scheier (1910–2008) – artist •
George Sugarman (1912–1999) – sculptor •
Lawrence Weiner (1942–2021) – artist; associated with
conceptual art •
Marian Zazeela (1940–2024) –
light artist, painter, and
set designer; also musician of
Hindustani classical music Journalists and writers 2640 Grand Concourse, in the
Fordham section of the Bronx. Poe spent the last few years of his life there. •
Sholem Aleichem (1859–1916) – author •
William Henry Appleton (1814–1899) – publisher •
Army Archerd (1922–1999) – columnist for
Variety •
James Baldwin (1924–1987) – playwright and essayist •
Harold Bloom (1930–2019) – literary critic •
Leslie Brody (born 1952) – non-fiction author •
Robert Caro (born 1935) – non-fiction author of biographies of
Robert Moses and
Lyndon Johnson •
Jerome Charyn (born 1937) – prolific novelist and author of several memoirs •
Mary Higgins Clark (1927–2020) – 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 •
E. L. Doctorow (1931–2015) – author •
Will Eisner (1917–2005) – author of
A Contract with God and other
graphic novels and instruction books •
Jules Feiffer (1929–2025) – cartoonist (primarily in
The Village Voice); playwright, screenwriter •
Bill Finger (1917–1974) – writer, co-creator of
Batman comic book •
Vivian Gornick (born 1935) – critic, journalist, essayist, and memoirist •
Marilyn Hacker (born 1942) – poet, critic, reviewer •
Phil Hall (born 1964) – film critic •
Hy Hollinger (1918–2015) – journalist for
Variety and
The Hollywood Reporter •
Max Kadushin (1895–1980) – rabbi, theologian and author at
Conservative Synagogue Adath Israel of Riverdale •
Bel Kaufman (1911–2014) – novelist author of
Up the Down Staircase about NYC schools in the 1950s •
William Melvin Kelley (1937–2017) – novelist, short-story writer, university professor •
Mark Lane (1927–2016) – author, attorney, researcher •
Annie Lanzillotto (born 1963) – poet, author, dramatist, songwriter •
Stan Lee (1922–2018) – leading creator of
Marvel Comics •
Paul Levinson (born 1947) – science fiction and non-fiction author •
Anthony Lewis (1927–2013) –
New York Times legal reporter, specializing in coverage of the U.S. Supreme Court •
Miles Marshall Lewis (born 1970) – pop-culture critic •
Eleazar Lipsky (1911–1993) – lawyer, novelist, playwright, president of the
Jewish Telegraphic Agency •
Kenneth Lonergan (born 1962) – playwright and screenwriter •
Lynda Lopez (born 1971) – journalist, multiple
broadcast networks •
Ray Marcano – medical reporter and music critic •
John Matteson (born 1961) –
Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer •
Richard Mauer (1949–2026) – investigative journalist •
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 •
Mwalim (born 1968) – playwright, composer, and novelist •
Davi Napoleon (born 1946) – theater historian and arts journalist •
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 •
David J. Pecker (born 1951) – CEO of
American Media, publisher of
National Enquirer,
US Weekly, ''
Men's Fitness'' •
Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) – author and poet •
Chaim Potok (1929–2002) – author •
Richard Price (born 1949) – novelist and screenwriter •
Chris Regan (born 1967) – television writer and author •
Spider Robinson (born 1948) – science-fiction writer of novels and short stories •
Joanna Russ (1937–2011) – feminist science-fiction writer •
Oliver Sacks (1933–2015) – neurologist and author •
Douglas Sadownick (born 1959) – gay fiction writer, journalist and psychotherapist •
William Safire (1929–2009) – journalist, speech writer, literary stylist •
Tony Santiago (born 1950) – military historian •
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 •
Al Wasserman (1921–2005) – documentary filmmaker •
Ben Wattenberg (1933–2015) – political/demographic analysis author (
The Real Majority) •
Gene Weingarten (born 1951) –
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, author and cartoonist •
Herman Wouk (1915–2019) – author
Film, television, radio, dance and theatre •
Charlie Ahearn (born 1951) – film director of
Wild Style •
Danny Aiello (1933–2019) – actor •
Alan Alda (born 1936) – actor •
Nancy Allen (born 1950) – actress •
Woody Allen (born 1935) – film director and actor •
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 •
Lauren Bacall (1924–2014) – actress •
Martin Balsam (1919–1996) – film actor •
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 •
Ahmed Best (born 1973) – actor,
Jar Jar Binks •
Joey Bishop (1918–2007) – entertainer •
Irving Brecher (1914–2008) – radio, television and film comedy writer •
James Caan (1940–2022) – actor •
Steven Canals (born 1980) – television screenwriter and producer •
George Carlin (1937–2008) – comedian •
Eddie Carmel, born Oded Ha-Carmeili (1936–1972) – Israeli-born entertainer with gigantism and acromegaly, popularly known as "The Jewish Giant" •
Paddy Chayefsky (1923–1981) – screenwriter •
Dominic Chianese (born 1931) – actor •
Sanford "Sandy" Climan (born 1956) – film producer •
Lee J. Cobb (1911–1976) – actor •
Kevin Corrigan (born 1969) – actor •
Tony Curtis (1925–2010) – actor •
Stacey Dash (born 1967) – actress •
Michael DeLorenzo (born 1959) – actor •
Desus (born 1983) – comedian, former host of
Viceland's
Desus and Mero and current host of
Showtime's
Desus & Mero •
Richard Dubin (born 1945) – television writer, director and producer •
Peter Falk (1927–2011) – actor •
Jon Favreau (born 1966) – film and television director and actor •
Joe Franklin (1926–2015) – TV host of ''Joe Franklin's Memory Lane'' •
Don Gregory (1934–2015) – Broadway theatrical producer •
Mortimer Halpern (1909–2006) – Broadway stage manager •
Jonathan Harris (1914–2002) – actor •
Moss Hart (1904–1961) – playwright and theatre director •
Amy Heckerling (born 1954) – film director •
Bernard Herrmann (1911–1975) – film composer •
Richard Hunt (1951–1992) –
Muppet puppeteer •
Jharrel Jerome (born 1997) – actor •
Steven Keats (1945–1994) – actor •
The Kid Mero (born 1983) – comedian, former host of
Viceland's
Desus and Mero and current host of
Showtime's
Desus & Mero •
Lindsay Lohan (born 1986) – actress •
Louis Lombardi (born 1968) – actor •
Domenick Lombardozzi (born 1976) – actor •
Kenneth Lonergan (born 1962) – screenwriter, director, playwright •
Jennifer Lopez (born 1969) – singer, actress and dancer •
Linda Lovelace (1949–2002) – porn actor and anti-porn activist •
Melissa Manchester (born 1951) – singer •
Sonia Manzano (born 1950) – actress,
Maria Figueroa Rodriguez on
Sesame Street •
Garry Marshall (1934–2016) – television and film director •
Penny Marshall (1943–2018) – actor and director •
Romeo Muller (1928–1992) – television writer •
Robert Mulligan (1925–2008) – film director •
Jan Murray (1916–2006) – comedian •
Mwalim (born 1968) – playwright, actor, director; spoken-word artist; co-founder of the Urban Expressionists Lab •
Bess Myerson (1924–2014) – actor; best known as first Jewish Miss America •
Carroll O'Connor (1924–2001) – actor •
Okwui Okpokwasili (born 1972) – dancer, actor •
Jerry Orbach (1935–2004) – actor •
Toby Orenstein (born 1937) – founder and director of the
Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts, the
Young Columbians, and
Toby's Dinner Theatre •
Ronnie Ortiz-Magro (born 1985) – participant on
MTV's reality-television series
Jersey Shore •
Al Pacino (born 1940) – actor •
Chazz Palminteri (born 1952) – actor •
Vincent Pastore (born 1946) – actor •
Ron Perlman (born 1950) – film actor,
Hellboy •
Regis Philbin (1931–2020) – media personality and television talk-show host •
Carl Reiner (1922–2020) – comedian and film director •
Rob Reiner (1947–2025) – actor and film director •
Kristina Reyes (born 1994) – actress and bass guitarist •
Martin Richards (1932–2012) – theater and movie producer •
Martin Ritt (1914–1990) –
Academy Award-nominated movie director •
Tanya Roberts (1949–2021) – actor •
Leon Robinson (born 1962) – actor •
Géza Röhrig (born 1967) – poet and film star of
Son of Saul •
George Romero (1940–2017) – horror film director •
Saoirse Ronan (born 1994) – film actor •
Andre Royo (born 1968) – actor •
Harmony Santana – transgender film actres,
Gun Hill Road •
Mike Savage (born 1942) – radio talk-show host •
Robert Schimmel (1950–2010) – comedian •
Daniel Schorr (1918–2010) – journalist •
Ben Schwartz (born 1981) – actor and comedian •
John Patrick Shanley (born 1950) – playwright •
Maggie Siff (born 1974) – actor •
Neil Simon (1927–2018) – playwright and screenwriter •
Wesley Snipes (born 1962) – actor •
Peter Sohn (born 1977) – animated film director and voice actor at
Pixar •
Danielle Spencer (1965–2025) – actress •
Lionel Stander (1908–1994) – actor •
Arnold Stang (1918–2009) – actor •
Joseph Stein (1912–2010) – playwright •
Renée Taylor (born 1933) – actress •
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 •
Fred Weintraub (1928–2017) – founder and impresario of the Bitter End 1960s hippie club; producer of movies about
Woodstock, Bruce Lee •
Tacarra Williams – comedian and actress •
Burt Wolf (born 1938) – travel reporter and writer for CNN and ABC networks •
Malik Yoba (born 1967) – actor
Music •
Miguel Angel Amadeo – Latin musician-composer and owner of Casa Amadeo music store •
Anthony Amato (1920–2011) – founder and director of
Amato Opera •
Aventura (born 1996) –
bachata music group •
B-Lovee (born 2000) – rapper •
Afrika Bambaataa (1957–2026) – disc jockey •
The Barry Sisters – Yiddish-American singers from the 1930s to 1970s •
The Belmonts – late 1950s singing group, with
Dion •
Jellybean Benitez (born 1957) – music producer credited with discovering
Madonna •
Big Bank Hank (1956–2014) – old school rapper member of the
Sugarhill Gang •
Big Pun (1971–2000) – rapper •
Mary J. Blige (born 1971) – singer and songwriter •
Angela Bofill (1954–2024) – R&B singer and songwriter •
A Boogie wit da Hoodie (born 1995) – rapper •
Busy Bee Starski (born 1962) – old-school rapper from the 1980s •
Jerry Calliste Jr (born 1965) – music-industry executive •
Richard Camacho (born 1997) – vocalist, founding member of
CNCO •
Cardi B (born 1992) – hip-hop recording artist •
Diahann Carroll (1935–2019) – actress and singer •
The Chiffons – early 1960s girl group •
Cheryl "Coko" Clemons (born 1970) – gospel singer and lead singer of R&B group •
Cold Crush Brothers – rap group •
Willie Colón (born 1950) – trombonist •
Sean Combs (born 1969) – "Puff Diddy", rapper, singer, record producer, entrepreneur •
Judy Craig (born 1946) – 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 •
Kat DeLuna (born 1987) – 1950s–1960s singer •
Diamond D (born 1968) – hip-hop artist •
Dion DiMucci (born 1939) – singer-songwriter; 1950s–1960s rock singer •
DJ Chuck Chillout (born 1962) – disc jockey •
DJ Kool Herc (born 1955) – hip hop pioneer •
Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band – 1970s disco group •
Drag On (born 1980) – rapper •
DreamDoll (born 1992) – rapper •
Arnold Eidus (1922–2013) – concert violinist and
session musician •
Fat Joe (born 1970) – rapper •
Charles Fox (born 1940) – Grammy-winning composer •
Ace Frehley (1951–2025) –
Kiss guitarist •
Kay Flock (born 2003) – rapper •
French Montana (born 1984) – rapper •
Ross "The Boss" Friedman (born 1954) – guitarist and founding member of
The Dictators and
Manowar •
Funkmaster Flex (born 1968) – disc jockey •
Funky Four Plus One – rap group •
Furious Five – rap group •
Bob Gaudio (born 1942) –
Four Seasons principal songwriter and group member •
Stan Getz (1927–1991) – jazz musician •
Richard Goode (born 1943) – classical pianist •
Eydie Gormé (1931–2013) –
traditional pop singer •
Grand Mixer DXT – disc jockey •
Grand Wizard Theodore (born 1963) – disc jockey •
Grandmaster Flash (born 1958) – disc jockey •
Cory Gunz (born 1987) – rapper •
Aaron Hall (born 1964) – R&B singer-songwriter •
Andre "Dr. Jeckyll" Harrell (1960–2020) – half of rap duo
Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde •
Richie Havens (1941–2013) – musician •
Heatmakerz – hip-hop producers •
Hell Rell (born 1979) – rapper •
Rita Houston (1961–2020) – disc jockey, producer, and program director of
The Whole Wide World •
Bobby Hutcherson (1941–2016) – jazz vibraphonist who lived in the Bronx in the 1960s •
Ice Spice (born 2000) – singer-songwriter •
Inspectah Deck (born 1970) – rapper; member of
Wu-Tang Clan •
The Jaynetts (1961–1964) – singers, "
Sally Go Round the Roses" •
Jazzy Five – rap group •
Billy Joel (born 1949) – singer •
Jim Jones (born 1976) – rapper, actor •
Helen Kane (1903–1966) – singer •
Kid Capri (born 1967) – disc jockey and producer •
Don Kirshner (1934–2011) – 1950s–1960s rock producer, 1970s television:
Rock Concert •
Jann Klose – singer •
Kool Keith (born 1963) – hip-hop artist •
Joey Kramer (born 1950) – drummer for
Aerosmith •
KRS-One (born 1965) – rapper •
La India (born 1969) – "the "princess of salsa" •
Héctor Lavoe (1946–1993) – salsa singer •
Tom Lehrer (1928–2025) – satirical songwriter and performer •
Lil Tjay (born 2001) – rapper •
Cuban Link (born 1974) – hip-hop artist •
Lord Finesse (born 1970) – hip-hop artist •
Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz – hip-hop duo •
Leanne "Lelee" Lyons (born 1973) – member of R&B group
SWV •
Richard "Handsome Dick" Manitoba (born 1954) – singer,
The Dictators,
MC5 and
Manitoba's Wild Kingdom; entertainer; radio DJ; saloon keeper •
Johnny Marks (1909–1985) – composer of "
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and other songs •
Anthony McGill (born 1979) – principal clarinetist of
New York Philharmonic •
Abel Meeropol (1903–1986) – composer of "
Strange Fruit", "
The House I Live In"; adoptive father of Rosenberg boys •
Melle Mel (born 1961) – rapper •
Alan Merrill (1951–2020) – musician, singer, actor, model •
Helen Merrill (born 1929) – jazz singer •
Robert Moog (1934–2005) – inventor of the
Moog synthesizer •
Jerry Moss (1935–2023) – co-founder of
A&M Records; owner of
Zenyatta race horse •
Chris Moy (born 1992) – member of
Menudo •
Mwalim (born 1968) – singer, pianist, composer, arranger, producer •
Nice & Smooth – rap duo •
Nine (born 1969) – rapper •
Laura Nyro (1947–1997) – composer and singer •
Jon Oliva (born 1960) – heavy-metal singer •
Adelina Patti (1843–1919) – opera singer •
Jan Peerce (1904–1984) – opera singer •
Murray Perahia (born 1947) – pianist and conductor •
Roberta Peters (1930–2017) – opera singer •
Positive K (born 1967) – rapper •
Tony Powers (born 1938) – actor, singer-songwriter, video artist •
Prince Royce (born 1989) –
bachata singer-songwriter •
Tito Puente (1923–2000) – jazz musician •
Rahzel (born 1964) – rapper, beatboxer •
Christopher "Kid" Reid (born 1964) – half of
Kid 'n Play •
Remy Ma (born 1980) – rapper •
Jamar Rogers (born 1982) – singer •
Arlen Roth (born 1952) – guitarist, "master of the Telecaster" •
Sadat X (born 1968) – rapper; member of
Brand Nubian •
Bobby Sanabria (born 1957) – drummer, percussionist, composer, arranger, bandleader •
Lenny Santos (born 1979) –
bachata producer, guitarist and songwriter •
Max Santos (born 1982) – bass player, rapper •
Romeo Santos (born 1981) – singer, bachata •
Gil Scott-Heron (1949–2011) – "godfather of rap" •
Sha EK (born 2003) – rapper •
Showbiz and A.G. – hip-hop duo •
Carly Simon (born 1943) – singer-songwriter •
Joanna Simon (1936–2022) –
mezzo-soprano opera singer;
MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour arts correspondent; older sister of Carly Simon and Lucy Simon •
Lucy Simon (1940–2022) – composer and older sister of Carly Simon •
Slick Rick (born 1965) – rapper •
Soulsonic Force – rap group •
Joey Spampinato (born 1948) – musician •
Phil Spector (1939–2021) – composer and arranger; murderer •
Regina Spektor (born 1980) – singer-songwriter •
Donna Stark (1948–2023) – country singer-songwriter •
Maxine Sullivan (1911–1987) – jazz singer •
Ron Suno (born 2000) – rapper •
Swizz Beatz (born 1978) – record producer/rapper •
T La Rock (born 1961) – rapper •
Ray Tabano (born 1946) – former guitarist and founding member of
Aerosmith •
Tim Dog (1967–2013) – rapper •
Arturo Toscanini (1867–1957) – cellist, conductor •
Doris Troy (1937–2004) – R&B singer and songwriter •
Richard Tucker (1913–1975) – operatic tenor,
cantor, Temple Adath Israel •
Steven Tyler (born 1948) – frontman of
Aerosmith •
Ultramagnetic MCs – rap group •
Dave Valentin (1952–2017) –
Latin jazz flutist •
Luther Vandross (1951–2005) – singer •
Mario Vazquez (born 1977) – singer •
Veronica Vazquez (born 1974) – singer •
Louie Vega (born 1965) – disc jockey and music producer •
Jesse West (born 1967) – rapper, producer •
Christopher Williams (born 1967) – singer •
Peter Wolf (born 1946) – lead singer of
The J. Geils Band •
Nanette Workman (born 1945) – singer-songwriter; backing vocalist for Rolling Stones, Elton John, John Lennon ==Government and politics==