•
Herb Abrams (1955–1996) (born Herbert Charles Abrams), founder of the
Universal Wrestling Federation •
Skippy Adelman (1924–2004) (born Julius Adelman), photographer, executive in film production and advertising agencies •
Abe Beame (1906–2001) (born Abraham David Birnbaum), mayor of New York City •
Benny Bell (1906–1999) (born Benjamin Samberg), American singer and songwriter •
Ruby Goldstein (1907–1984), boxer and boxing referee •
Aaron Goodelman (1890–1978), sculptor •
Sid Gordon (1917–1975), baseball player •
Morton Gould (1913–1996), musical composer, conductor, arranger, and pianist •
Laurel Griggs (2006–2019), child actress •
Ze'ev Jabotinsky (1880–1940), Zionist leader, author, poet, orator, and soldier, reinterred in
Mount Herzl Cemetery in
Jerusalem in 1964. •
Alexa Kenin (1962–1985), actress •
Oscar Lewis (1914–1970), author and anthropologist •
Jacob Milch (1866–1945), writer, candy manufacturer, socialist •
Moissaye Joseph Olgin (1878–1939), writer, journalist, and Communist •
Lou Pearlman (1954–2016), record producer and Ponzi Scheme Con Artist •
Mae Questel (1908–1998), actress and vocal artist •
Tommy Ramone (real name Thomas Erdely, 1949–2014), original drummer for the punk rock band, the
Ramones. •
Emily Remler (1957–1990), jazz guitarist •
Seymour R. Thaler (1919–1976), lawyer, New York State Senator, and felon •
Nahum Tschacbasov (1899–1984), Russian Empire-born painter, educator, poet ==See also==