Famous People Born In Brooklyn

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 1 Michael Jordan

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Listed In: Sportspersons

Famous As: Basketball player

Birthdate: February 17, 1963

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Height: 6'6" (198 cm)

 2 Anne Hathaway

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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Famous As: Actress

Birthdate: November 12, 1982

Sun Sign: Scorpio

Height: 5'8" (173 cm)

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New York City, New York

Queens, New York City

Buffalo, New York

 3 Eddie Murphy

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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Famous As: Actor

Birthdate: April 3, 1961

Sun Sign: Aries

Height: 5'9" (175 cm)

 4 Jay-Z

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Listed In: Singers

Famous As: Rapper

Birthdate: December 4, 1969

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

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Rochester, New York

Bronx, New York

Syracuse, New York

 5 Jimmy Fallon

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Listed In: Media Personalities

Famous As: Television Host

Birthdate: September 19, 1974

Sun Sign: Virgo

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

 6 Barbra Streisand

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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Famous As: Singer & Actress

Birthdate: April 24, 1942

Sun Sign: Taurus

Height: 5'5" (165 cm)

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Staten Island, New York

Albany, New York

Harlem, New York

 7 Jerry Seinfeld

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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birthdate: April 29, 1954

Sun Sign: Taurus

Height: 5'11" (180 cm)

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 8 Jean-Michel Basquiat

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Listed In: Miscellaneous

Famous As: Artist

Birthdate: December 22, 1960

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Died: August 12, 1988

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

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New Rochelle, New York

White Plains, New York

Schenectady, New York

 9 Larry David

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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birthdate: July 2, 1947

Sun Sign: Cancer

Height: 5'11" (180 cm)

 10 Neil Diamond

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Listed In: Singers

Famous As: Singer-songwriter & Musician

Birthdate: January 24, 1941

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

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Yonkers, New York

Elmira, New York

Mount Vernon, New York

 11 Alan Arkin

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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Famous As: Actor and Director

Birthdate: March 26, 1934

Sun Sign: Aries

Height: 5'9" (175 cm)

 12 Bernie Sanders

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Listed In: Leaders

Famous As: Politician

Birthdate: September 8, 1941

Sun Sign: Virgo

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

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Utica, New York

Peekskill, New York

Scarsdale, New York

 13 Bebe Rexha

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Listed In: Singers

Famous As: Singer

Birthdate: August 30, 1989

Sun Sign: Virgo

Height: 5'5" (165 cm)

 14 Mos Def

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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Famous As: Singer, Actor, Songwriter, Singer-songwriter, Composer, Rapper, Television actor, Record producer, Film actor

Birthdate: December 11, 1973

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Height: 5'10" (178 cm)

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Great Neck, New York

Ithaca, New York

Mount Kisco, New York

 15 George Gershwin

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Listed In: Musicians

Famous As: Composer

Birthdate: September 26, 1898

Sun Sign: Libra

Died: July 11, 1937

 16 Steve Buscemi

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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Famous As: Actor

Birthdate: December 13, 1957

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Height: 5'9" (175 cm)

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Rye, New York

Jamestown, New York

Newburgh, New York

 17 Alyssa Milano

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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Famous As: Actress

Birthdate: December 19, 1972

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Height: 5'2" (157 cm)

 18 David Duchovny

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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birthdate: August 7, 1960

Sun Sign: Leo

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

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Westbury, New York

Binghamton, New York

Canandaigua, New York

 19 Abraham Maslow

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Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics

Birthdate: April 1, 1908

Sun Sign: Aries

Died: June 8, 1970

 20 Janice Dickinson

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Listed In: Fashion

Famous As: Model

Birthdate: February 15, 1955

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Height: 5'10" (178 cm)

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Massapequa, New York

Endicott, New York

Oswego, New York

 21 David Blaine

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Listed In: Miscellaneous

Famous As: Magician

Birthdate: April 4, 1973

Sun Sign: Aries

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

 22 Adam Yauch

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Listed In: Singers

Famous As: Rapper

Birthdate: August 5, 1964

Sun Sign: Leo

Died: May 4, 2012

Height: 5'9" (175 cm)

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Glen Cove, New York

London, England

Los Angeles, California

 23 Martin Shkreli

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Listed In: Criminals

Famous As: Executive

Birthdate: March 17, 1983

Sun Sign: Pisces

Height: 5'7" (170 cm)

 24 GZA

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Listed In: Singers

Famous As: Rapper, Musician, Singer

Birthdate: August 22, 1966

Sun Sign: Leo

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

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Paris, France

Chicago, Illinois

Berlin, Germany

 25 Connie Stevens

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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Famous As: Film actress

Birthdate: August 8, 1938

Sun Sign: Leo

Height: 5'2" (157 cm)

 26 Danny Kaye

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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Famous As: Actor

Birthdate: January 18, 1911

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Died: March 3, 1987

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Rome, Italy

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Dublin, Ireland

 27 Daymond John

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Listed In: Writers

Famous As: CEO of FUBU

Birthdate: February 23, 1969

Sun Sign: Pisces

Height: 5'7" (170 cm)

 28 Clara Bow

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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Famous As: Actress

Birthdate: July 29, 1905

Sun Sign: Leo

Died: September 27, 1965

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Vienna, Austria

Moscow, Russia

Boston, Massachusetts

 29 Jonah Falcon

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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Famous As: Actor

Birthdate: July 29, 1970

Sun Sign: Leo

Height: 5'9" (175 cm)

 30 Debbie Gibson

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Listed In: Musicians

Famous As: Singer-songwriter, Singer, Actor, Composer, Film producer, Musician, Record producer, Pianist, Television actor

Birthdate: August 31, 1970

Sun Sign: Virgo

Height: 5'6" (168 cm)

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Toronto, Canada

Detroit, Michigan

Stockholm, Sweden

 31 La La Anthony

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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Famous As: Television personality

Birthdate: June 25, 1979

Sun Sign: Cancer

Height: 5'5" (165 cm)

 32 Vince Lombardi

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Listed In: Sportspersons

Famous As: American football player

Birthdate: June 11, 1913

Sun Sign: Gemini

Died: September 3, 1970

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Sydney, Australia

Madrid, Spain

Istanbul, Turkey

 33 Tony Danza

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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Famous As: Actor

Birthdate: April 21, 1951

Sun Sign: Taurus

Height: 5'9" (175 cm)

 34 Shirley Chisholm

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Listed In: Leaders

Birthdate: November 30, 1924

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Died: January 1, 2005

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Houston, Texas

Tokyo, Japan

Munich, Germany

 35 Gilbert Gottfried

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Listed In:

Famous As: Actor, Seiyū, Dub actor, Television actor, Podcaster

Birthdate: February 28, 1955

Sun Sign: Pisces

 36 Howard Schultz

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Listed In: Business People

Famous As: Chairman & CEO of Starbucks

Birthdate: July 19, 1953

Sun Sign: Cancer

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San Francisco, California

Montreal, Canada

Melbourne, Australia

 37 Andrew Dice Clay

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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Famous As: Comedian

Birthdate: September 29, 1957

Sun Sign: Libra

Height: 5'11" (180 cm)

 38 Al Sharpton

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Listed In: Activists

Famous As: Film actor, Radio personality, Actor, Politician

Birthdate: October 3, 1954

Sun Sign: Libra

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Budapest, Hungary

Hamburg, Germany

Mumbai, India

 39 Dorothy Day

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Listed In: Media Personalities

Birthdate: November 8, 1897

Sun Sign: Scorpio

Died: November 29, 1980

 40 Larry King

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Listed In: Media Personalities

Famous As: American Television and Radio Host

Birthdate: November 19, 1933

Sun Sign: Scorpio

Died: January 23, 2021

Height: 5'9" (175 cm)

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Singapore, Singapore

Atlanta, Georgia

Copenhagen, Denmark

 41 Vanessa Ferlito

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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Famous As: Actress

Birthdate: December 28, 1977

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Height: 5'6" (168 cm)

 42 Jasmine Cephas Jones

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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Famous As: Actress

Birthdate: July 21, 1989

Sun Sign: Cancer

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Washington D.C.

Minsk, Belarus

Saint Petersburg, Russia

 43 Annabella Sciorra

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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Famous As: Actress

Birthdate: March 29, 1960

Sun Sign: Aries

Height: 5'2" (157 cm)

 44 Maria Bartiromo

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Listed In: Media Personalities

Famous As: TV Journalist

Birthdate: September 11, 1967

Sun Sign: Virgo

Height: 5'5" (165 cm)

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

San Diego, California

Baltimore, Maryland

 45 Shannon Briggs

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Listed In: Sportspersons

Famous As: Boxer, Actor, Kickboxer

Birthdate: December 4, 1971

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Height: 6'4" (193 cm)

 46 Stephon Marbury

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Listed In: Sportspersons

Famous As: Basketball player

Birthdate: February 20, 1977

Sun Sign: Pisces

Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

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New Orleans, Louisiana

Dallas, Texas

Florence, Italy

 47 Martin Kove

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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Famous As: Actor

Birthdate: March 6, 1946

Sun Sign: Pisces

Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

 48 John Saxon

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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Famous As: Actor

Birthdate: August 5, 1935

Sun Sign: Leo

Height: 5'10" (178 cm)

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Buenos Aires, Argentina

Glasgow, Scotland

Mexico City, Mexico

 49 Buddy Rich

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Listed In: Musicians

Famous As: Musician

Birthdate: September 30, 1917

Sun Sign: Libra

Died: April 2, 1987

 50 Ina Garten

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Listed In: Media Personalities

Famous As: Author

Birthdate: February 2, 1948

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Height: 5'3" (160 cm)

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Cleveland, Ohio

Liverpool, England

Seoul, South Korea