Famous People Born In Harlem

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 1 Sean Combs

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Listed In: Singers

Famous As: Rapper

Birthdate: November 4, 1969

Sun Sign: Scorpio

Height: 5'10" (178 cm)

 2 Teyana Taylor

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189

Listed In: Fashion

Famous As: Singer

Birthdate: December 10, 1990

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Height: 5'4" (163 cm)

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New York City, New York

Brooklyn, New York

Queens, New York City

 3 Moby

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Listed In: Musicians

Famous As: Musician

Birthdate: September 11, 1965

Sun Sign: Virgo

Height: 5'7" (170 cm)

 4 Biz Markie

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146

Listed In: Musicians

Famous As: Rappers

Birthdate: April 8, 1964

Sun Sign: Aries

Height: 6'3" (190 cm)

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Buffalo, New York

Rochester, New York

Bronx, New York

 5 Ed Sullivan

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Listed In: Media Personalities

Famous As: Television Personality

Birthdate: September 28, 1901

Sun Sign: Libra

Died: October 13, 1974

Height: 5'7" (170 cm)

 6 Leslie Uggams

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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Famous As: Actress

Birthdate: May 25, 1943

Sun Sign: Gemini

Height: 5'5" (165 cm)

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Staten Island, New York

Syracuse, New York

Albany, New York

 7 Norman Whitfield

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Listed In: Singers

Famous As: Songwriter

Birthdate: May 12, 1940

Sun Sign: Taurus

Died: September 16, 2008

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 8 Ilfenesh Hadera

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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Famous As: Actress

Birthdate: December 1, 1985

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Height: 5'11" (180 cm)

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New Rochelle, New York

White Plains, New York

Schenectady, New York

 9 James Butler

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Listed In: Sportspersons

Famous As: Boxer

Birthdate: December 18, 1972

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

 10 Darryl McDaniels

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Listed In: Singers

Famous As: Musician

Birthdate: May 31, 1964

Sun Sign: Gemini

Height: 6'1" (185 cm)

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Yonkers, New York

Elmira, New York

Mount Vernon, New York

 11 Rob Brown

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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Famous As: Actor

Birthdate: March 11, 1984

Sun Sign: Pisces

Height: 6'1" (185 cm)

 12 Sylvia Robinson

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Listed In: Singers

Famous As: Singer

Birthdate: March 6, 1935

Sun Sign: Pisces

Died: September 29, 2011

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Utica, New York

Peekskill, New York

Ithaca, New York

 13 Benny Carter

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Listed In: Musicians

Famous As: Saxophonist

Birthdate: August 8, 1907

Sun Sign: Leo

Died: July 12, 2003

 14 Toni Cade Bambara

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Listed In: Writers

Famous As: Author

Birthdate: March 25, 1939

Sun Sign: Aries

Died: December 9, 1995

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Newburgh, New York

Mount Kisco, New York

Rye, New York

 15 Joe Cortez

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Listed In: Sportspersons

Famous As: Boxer Referee

Birthdate: October 13, 1943

Sun Sign: Libra

 16 June Jordan

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Listed In: Writers

Famous As: Poet

Birthdate: July 9, 1936

Sun Sign: Cancer

Died: June 14, 2002

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Binghamton, New York

Great Neck, New York

Scarsdale, New York

 17 J. Bruce Llewellyn

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Listed In: Business People

Famous As: Businessman

Birthdate: July 16, 1927

Sun Sign: Cancer

Died: April 7, 2010

 18 Gloria Lynne

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Listed In: Singers

Famous As: Vocalist

Birthdate: November 23, 1929

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Died: October 15, 2013

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Westbury, New York

Jamestown, New York

Canandaigua, New York

 19 Roy DeCarava

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Listed In: Photographers

Famous As: Artist

Birthdate: December 9, 1919

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Died: October 27, 2009

 20 Claude Brown

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Listed In: Writers

Famous As: Author

Birthdate: February 23, 1937

Sun Sign: Pisces

Died: February 2, 2002

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Massapequa, New York

Endicott, New York

Oswego, New York

 21 Vincent Harding

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Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics

Famous As: Historian

Birthdate: July 25, 1931

Sun Sign: Leo

Died: May 19, 2014

 22 Lyman Good

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Listed In: Sportspersons

Famous As: Mixed martial artist

Birthdate: May 26, 1985

Sun Sign: Gemini

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

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Glen Cove, New York

London, England

Los Angeles, California

 23 Etan Thomas

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Listed In: Sportspersons

Famous As: Basketball Player

Birthdate: April 1, 1978

Sun Sign: Aries

Height: 6'10" (208 cm)

 24 Pee Wee Kirkland

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Listed In: Criminals

Famous As: Basketball player

Birthdate: May 6, 1945

Sun Sign: Taurus

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Paris, France

Chicago, Illinois

Berlin, Germany

 25 Royal Ivey

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Listed In: Sportspersons

Famous As: Basketball player, Basketball coach

Birthdate: December 20, 1981

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Height: 6'4" (193 cm)

 26 Julius Hodge

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Listed In: Sportspersons

Famous As: Basketball player, Basketball coach

Birthdate: November 18, 1983

Sun Sign: Scorpio

Height: 6'7" (201 cm)

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Rome, Italy

Dublin, Ireland

 27 Jerry Harkness

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Listed In: Sportspersons

Famous As: Basketball player

Birthdate: May 7, 1940

Sun Sign: Taurus

Died: August 24, 2021

Height: 6'2" (188 cm)