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LONG ISLAND CITY

Most Famous People Born in Long Island City, United States

Notable people
1,037
Peak decade
1960s
Median birth year
1959
Most distinctive
Rapper 21.1×

Queens-adjacent and culturally inseparable from it, which is why the Rapper bench here runs at better than twenty-one times the global baseline — this is Queensbridge territory, the hip-hop equivalent of Liverpool's Cavern Club spread across a few square miles. The outsized Basket and Producer counts tell the rest of the story: street courts and bedroom studios feeding the same cultural pipeline, with a thick Screenwriter bump quietly trailing the neighborhood's film-school graduates.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Long Island City during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1960s with 166 notable births.

What Long Island City Is Known For

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Actor is Long Island City's biggest profession — 16% of all notables (167).

Long Island City over-indexes on rapper21.1× the global rate.

Long Island City under-produces football — only 0.4× the global rate.

  1. Actor167
  2. Basket86
  3. Politician70
  4. Football46
  5. Singer43
  6. Music40
  7. Film36
  8. Lawyer35
  1. Rapper2421.1×
  2. Basket866.6×
  3. Producer186.0×
  4. Wrestler144.2×
  5. Screenwriter173.8×
  6. Actor1673.0×
  7. Baseball353.0×
  8. Film362.8×
  1. Football460.4×
  2. Politician700.6×
  3. Writer220.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Long Island City's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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1,037 notable people

0001 FILM

Martin Scorsese

Born 1942

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0002 ACTOR

Christopher Walken

Born 1943

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0003 ACTOR

Lucy Liu

Born 1968

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0004 ACTOR

Jesse Eisenberg

Born 1983

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0005 ACTOR

LL Cool J

Born 1968

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0006 ACTOR

Patty Duke

1946 - 2016

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0007 ACTOR

Paulette Goddard

1910 - 1990

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0008 COMEDIAN

Don Rickles

1926 - 2017

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0009 ACTOR

Hank Azaria

Born 1964

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0010 INVENTOR

Ray Kurzweil

Born 1948

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0011 BIOLOGIST

Stephen Jay Gould

1941 - 2002

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0012 GUITAR

John Frusciante

Born 1970

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0013 FILM

Ron Jeremy

Born 1953

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0014 SINGER

Sean Lennon

Born 1975

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0015 SINGER

Bernadette Peters

Born 1948

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0016 ACTOR

Patrick McGoohan

1928 - 2009

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0017 COMPOSER

Richard Rodgers

1902 - 1979

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0018 ACTOR

Ethel Merman

1908 - 1984

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0019 MUSIC

Paul Stanley

Born 1952

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0020 ACTOR

Howard Stern

Born 1954

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0021 ACTOR

Burt Young

Born 1940

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0022 ACTOR

Peter Facinelli

Born 1973

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0023 JOURNALIST

Glenn Greenwald

Born 1967

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0024 ACTOR

Tobin Bell

Born 1942

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0025 SINGER

Dee Snider

Born 1955

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0026 FILM

John Frankenheimer

1930 - 2002

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0027 ACTOR

Ray Romano

Born 1957

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0028 ACTOR

Edward Burns

Born 1968

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0029 ACTOR

Mercedes Ruehl

Born 1948

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0030 ACTOR

Barbara Bach

Born 1947

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0031 ACTOR

Elizabeth Perkins

Born 1960

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0032 WRITER

Paul Bowles

1910 - 1999

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0033 FILM

Albert R. Broccoli

1909 - 1996

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0034 ACTOR

Robert Davi

Born 1953

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0035 ACTOR

Moira Kelly

Born 1968

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0036 BASKET

Metta World Peace

Born 1979

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0037 SINGER

Melanie (singer)

Born 1947

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0038 ACTOR

Dina Meyer

Born 1968

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0039 ACTOR

David Krumholtz

Born 1978

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0040 ACTOR

Drea de Matteo

Born 1972

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0041 ACTOR

Lori Loughlin

Born 1964

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0042 SCREENWRITER

Adrienne Shelly

1966 - 2006

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0043 SINGER

Jack Cassidy

1927 - 1976

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0044 PHYSICIST

Lisa Randall

Born 1962

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0045 POLITICIAN

Andrew Cuomo

Born 1957

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0046 GUITAR

Walter Becker

1950 - 2017

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0047 BIOLOGIST

Gerald Edelman

1929 - 2014

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0048 ARTIST

Dan Flavin

1933 - 1996

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0049 SINGER

Johnny Thunders

1952 - 1991

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0050 ACTOR

Reginald VelJohnson

Born 1952

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0051 WRITER

Russell Simmons

Born 1957

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0052 ACTOR

Jason Miller (playwright)

1939 - 2001

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0053 MUSIC

Kool G Rap

Born 1968

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0054 STOCKBROKER

Bernard Madoff

Born 1938

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0055 POLITICIAN

Joe Donnelly

Born 1955

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0056 ACTOR

Al Roker

Born 1954

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0057 SINGER

Meredith Monk

Born 1942

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0058 ACTOR

Jason Patric

Born 1966

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0059 SINGER

Jennifer Rush

Born 1960

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0060 WRITER

Ann Druyan

Born 1949

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0061 ACTOR

David Gallagher

Born 1985

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0062 DESIGNER

Iris Apfel

Born 1921

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0063 ACTOR

Dick Van Patten

1928 - 2015

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0064 ACTOR

Tika Sumpter

Born 1980

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0065 SINGER

Perry Farrell

Born 1959

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0066 SINGER

Eric Martin (musician)

Born 1960

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0067 CINEMA

Gordon Willis

1931 - 2014

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0068 SINGER

Melanie Martinez (singer)

Born 1995

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0069 ACTOR

Eddie Bracken

1915 - 2002

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0070 ACTOR

Liza Lapira

Born 1981

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0071 ACTOR

James Marshall (actor)

Born 1967

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0072 COMPOSER

Roy Bittan

Born 1949

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0073 RADIO

Bob Costas

Born 1952

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0074 WRITER

Susan Faludi

Born 1959

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0075 ACTOR

Peter Jurasik

Born 1950

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0076 FILM

Hype Williams

Born 1970

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0077 ACTOR

Nicholas Turturro

Born 1962

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0078 FILM

George Sidney

1916 - 2002

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0079 ACTOR

George Maharis

Born 1928

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0080 SPORT

George Hincapie

Born 1973

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0081 ACTOR

Tommy Rettig

1941 - 1996

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0082 LAWYER

William J. Casey

1913 - 1987

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0083 ACTOR

Tichina Arnold

Born 1969

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0084 RAPPER

Styles P

Born 1974

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0085 RAPPER

Joseph Simmons

Born 1964

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0086 FILM

Benh Zeitlin

Born 1982

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0087 ACTOR

Billy Magnussen

Born 1985

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0088 RAPPER

Pharoahe Monch

Born 1972

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0089 ACTOR

Nargis Fakhri

Born 1979

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0090 ACTOR

NeNe Leakes

Born 1967

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0091 CINEMA

Matthew Libatique

Born 1968

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0092 SKATER

Carol Heiss

Born 1940

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0093 ACTOR

Steve Antin

Born 1958

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0094 SCREENWRITER

Howard Gordon

Born 1961

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0095 LITERARY

Lionel Trilling

1905 - 1975

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0096 SCREENWRITER

Ralph Nelson

1916 - 1987

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0097 ACTOR

Shari Headley

Born 1964

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0098 PRODUCER

DJ Muggs

Born 1968

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0099 ACTOR

N.O.R.E.

Born 1976

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0100 FILM

Monte Hellman

Born 1932

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0101 ACTOR

Hillary Brooke

1914 - 1999

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0102 WRESTLER

Zelina Vega

Born 1990

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0103 ACTOR

Jared Martin

1941 - 2017

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0104 ACTOR

Max Adler (actor)

Born 1986

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0105 FILM

Emile Ardolino

1943 - 1993

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0106 PSYCHOLOGIST

Stanley Schachter

1922 - 1997

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0107 MUSIC

Marley Marl

Born 1962

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0108 FINANCIER

John Paulson

Born 1955

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0109 SCREENWRITER

Andrew Bergman

Born 1945

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0110 AUTHOR

Warren Farrell

Born 1943

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0111 BASSIST

Dan Lilker

Born 1964

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0112 ACTOR

Debra Wilson

Born 1962

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0113 MUSIC

Roxanne Shante

Born 1969

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0114 ACTOR

Barbara Nichols

1928 - 1976

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0115 DANCER

Leslie Odom Jr.

Born 1981

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0116 ACTOR

Omar Metwally

Born 1974

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0117 BASKET

Kenny Smith

Born 1965

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0118 WRESTLER

Chris Kanyon

1970 - 2010

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0119 ACTOR

Luke Halpin

Born 1947

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0120 POLITICIAN

Sheila Jackson Lee

Born 1950

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0121 MUSIC

Rahzel

Born 1967

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0122 ACTOR

Vincent Piazza

Born 1976

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0123 ACTOR

Lucinda Jenney

Born 1954

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0124 ACTOR

Cliff Gorman

1936 - 2002

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0125 FILM

Malcolm D. Lee

Born 1970

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0126 ACTOR

Barney Martin

1923 - 2005

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0127 MUSIC

Draco Rosa

Born 1969

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0128 ARTIST

Don Heck

1929 - 1995

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0129 RAPPER

Large Professor

Born 1973

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0130 BASKET

Chamique Holdsclaw

Born 1977

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0131 SINGER

Tragedy Khadafi

Born 1971

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0132 WRESTLER

Big Cass

Born 1986

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0133 JOCKEY

DJ Clue?

Born 1975

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0134 WRESTLER

Bubba Ray Dudley

Born 1971

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0135 DRUMMER

Frankie Banali

1951 - 2020

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0136 BASKET

Jim Valvano

1946 - 1993

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0137 BIOLOGIST

Anne Fausto-Sterling

Born 1944

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0138 ACTOR

Robert Walker (actor, born 1940)

1940 - 2019

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0139 SCREENWRITER

Bill D'Elia

-

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0140 RAPPER

Rich the Kid

Born 1992

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0141 ENTREPRENEUR

Dennis Tito

Born 1940

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0142 DANCER

Valarie Pettiford

Born 1960

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0143 PRODUCER

Roone Arledge

1931 - 2002

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0144 POLITICIAN

Grace Meng

Born 1975

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0145 PRODUCER

Joey Beltram

Born 1971

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0146 AUTHOR

R. J. Palacio

Born 1963

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0147 SINGER

Kelly Price

Born 1973

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0148 MAGISTRAT

Maryanne Trump Barry

Born 1937

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0149 SINGER

Pia Toscano

Born 1988

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0150 FILM

Norman Krasna

1909 - 1984

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0151 RUNNER

Kara Goucher

Born 1978

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0152 ACTOR

Frank Aletter

1926 - 2009

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0153 ACTOR

John Megna

1952 - 1995

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0154 BASKET

Roy Hibbert

Born 1986

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0155 WRITER

Matt Ruff

Born 1965

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0156 ACTOR

Louis Ozawa Changchien

Born 1975

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0157 MUSIC

Consequence (rapper)

Born 1977

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0158 ACTOR

Max Grodénchik

Born 1952

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0159 POLITICIAN

Peter Camejo

1939 - 2008

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0160 SINGER

Kvitka Cisyk

1953 - 1998

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0161 ACTOR

Frederick Koehler

Born 1975

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0162 ACTOR

Diggy Simmons

Born 1995

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0163 ACTOR

Philip Rosenthal

Born 1960

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0164 PRODUCER

Julie Chen

Born 1970

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0165 SPRINT

Vincent Matthews (athlete)

Born 1947

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0166 ARTIST

Keith Giffen

Born 1952

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0167 MANAGER

Ray Dalio

Born 1949

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0168 ACTOR

Jack Kehoe

1938 - 2020

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0169 ARTIST

Rammellzee

1960 - 2010

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0170 LAWYER

Gary Bettman

Born 1952

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0171 GURU

Adi Da

1939 - 2008

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0172 ACTOR

Tommy Pistol

Born 1976

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0173 MUSIC

MC Shan

Born 1965

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0174 SCREENWRITER

Lewis John Carlino

1932 - 2020

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0175 MUSIC

Eric "Bobo" Correa

Born 1968

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0176 WRESTLER

James Maritato

Born 1972

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0177 MUSIC

Samantha Maloney

Born 1975

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0178 CARTOONIST

Kyle Baker

Born 1965

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0179 POLITICIAN

William Stephens Smith

1755 - 1816

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0180 FOOTBALL

Jon Busch

Born 1976

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0181 BASKET

Kenny Anderson (basketball)

Born 1970

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0182 BASKET

Charlie Villanueva

Born 1984

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0183 SCREENWRITER

Christopher Priest (comics)

Born 1961

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0184 POLITICIAN

Bob Casey Sr.

1932 - 2000

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0185 WRESTLER

Matt Striker

Born 1974

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0186 ACTOR

Lynn Chen

Born 1976

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0187 ACTOR

Kevin Dobson

1943 - 2020

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0188 ACTOR

Adrián Suar

Born 1968

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0189 MODEL

Nyle DiMarco

Born 1989

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0190 SPRINT

Phyllis Francis

Born 1992

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0191 BASKET

Al McGuire

1928 - 2001

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0192 FILM

Julie Dash

Born 1952

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0193 RADIO

Danny Fields

Born 1941

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0194 ENTREPRENEUR

Arthur Blank

Born 1942

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0195 BASEBALL

Dennis Sarfate

Born 1981

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0196 MUSIC

MC Serch

Born 1967

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0197 ACTOR

Beau Starr

Born 1944

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0198 BASKET

Scott Machado

Born 1990

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0199 POLITICIAN

Byron Brown

Born 1958

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0200 BASKET

Bryant Dunston

Born 1986

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0201 RAPPER

Nature (rapper)

Born 1972

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0202 ACTOR

Jackie Cruz

Born 1986

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0203 MUSIC

Craig G

Born 1973

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0204 BASKET

Devin Ebanks

Born 1989

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0205 MUSIC

Big Noyd

Born 1975

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0206 COMEDIAN

Adam Ferrara

Born 1966

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0207 ACTOR

Glenn Fleshler

Born 1968

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0208 BASKET

Doron Lamb

Born 1991

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0209 ACTOR

Robia LaMorte

Born 1970

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0210 SCREENWRITER

Nick Santora

Born 1967

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0211 POLITICIAN

Robert Wexler

Born 1961

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0212 BASKET

Hamidou Diallo

Born 1998

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0213 COMEDIAN

Hari Kondabolu

Born 1982

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0214 MUSIC

Ronnie Earl

Born 1953

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0215 WRESTLER

Nicole Bass

1964 - 2017

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0216 BASKET

Brian Winters

Born 1952

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0217 POLITICIAN

Allyson Schwartz

Born 1948

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0218 MUSIC

Mitch Harris

Born 1969

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0219 ACTOR

Vincent Irizarry

Born 1959

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0220 LAWYER

Barry Scheck

Born 1949

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0221 ACTOR

Ondine (actor)

1937 - 1989

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0222 BASKET

Jeff Mullins (basketball)

Born 1942

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0223 ACTOR

Katie Lowes

Born 1981

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0224 POLITICIAN

James Harper (publisher)

1795 - 1869

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0225 CRIMINAL

Monk Eastman

1875 - 1920

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0226 JOCKEY

Scott La Rock

1962 - 1987

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0227 BANDLEADER

Archie Bleyer

1909 - 1989

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0228 PRODUCER

Mathematics (producer)

Born 1972

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0229 BASKET

James Southerland

Born 1990

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0230 ACTOR

Ed Gardner

1901 - 1963

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0231 PROFESSOR

Bruce Riedel

Born 1953

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0232 MUSIC

Marc Spitz

1969 - 2017

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0233 SPRINT

Lindy Remigino

1931 - 2018

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0234 BASKET

Crystal Langhorne

Born 1986

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0235 ACTOR

Adam Zolotin

Born 1983

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0236 SCREENWRITER

Steve Koren

Born 1966

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0237 BASKET

Arnett Moultrie

Born 1990

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0238 ACTOR

Vicky Jeudy

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0239 ACTOR

Beth Ehlers

Born 1968

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0240 RAPPER

Capone (rapper)

Born 1976

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0241 BASKET

Rafer Alston

Born 1976

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0242 FILMMAKER

Barbara Rubin

1945 - 1980

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0243 ACTOR

Cree Cicchino

Born 2002

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0244 ACTOR

Felice Schachter

Born 1963

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0245 SPORT

Chuck Blazer

1945 - 2017

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0246 ACTOR

Moshe Kasher

Born 1979

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0247 MODEL

Terrence J

Born 1982

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0248 PRODUCER

Rockwilder

Born 1971

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0249 MUSIC

Ed Lover

Born 1963

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0250 FILM

Shep Gordon

Born 1946

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0251 BASKET

Speedy Claxton

Born 1978

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0252 BASEBALL

Herb Score

1933 - 2008

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0253 OPERA

Charles Castronovo

Born 1975

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0254 SINGER

Dan Nelson

Born 1976

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0255 FILM

Mary Agnes Donoghue

Born 1942

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0256 FILM

Paul Maslansky

Born 1933

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0257 ACTOR

Black Child

Born 1973

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0258 WRITER

Eric Metaxas

Born 1963

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0259 ACTOR

Tony Tarantino

Born 1940

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0260 BASKET

Derrick Phelps

Born 1972

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0261 CORRESPONDENT

Chris Cuomo

Born 1970

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0262 FILM

Peter M. Brant

Born 1947

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0263 MUSIC

Stephen Scott (jazz pianist)

Born 1969

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0264 MUSIC

Jesse Colin Young

Born 1941

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0265 SINGER

Cherry Vanilla

Born 1943

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0266 EMPLOYEE

Philip Lader

Born 1946

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0267 ACTOR

Kelly Karbacz

-

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0268 SKIER

Penny Pitou

Born 1938

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0269 MUSIC

Leyla McCalla

Born 1985

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0270 COMPOSER

Charlie Smalls

1943 - 1987

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0271 COMPOSER

George Tsontakis

Born 1951

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0272 ARTIST

Bob Harras

Born 1959

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0273 SINGER

Meli'sa Morgan

Born 1964

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0274 FILM

Kevin Misher

Born 1965

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0275 COMPOSER

Eric Salzman

1933 - 2017

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0276 POET

Stephen Dunn

Born 1939

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0277 DIPLOMAT

Alvey A. Adee

1842 - 1924

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0278 NOVELIST

Sue Kaufman

1926 - 1977

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0279 ACTOR

Alonzo Bodden

Born 1962

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0280 ACTOR

Marcella Lowery

Born 1946

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0281 ECONOMIST

Victor Perlo

1912 - 1999

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0282 WRITER

Letty Cottin Pogrebin

Born 1939

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0283 FILM

Mark Canton

Born 1949

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0284 FILM

Michael J. Weithorn

Born 1956

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0285 BASKET

Dave Wohl

Born 1949

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0286 ACTOR

Diane Pershing

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0287 MUSIC

Chris Wyse

Born 1969

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0288 BUSINESS

Richard Grasso

Born 1946

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0289 BASKET

Cliff Clinkscales

Born 1984

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0290 LINGUIST

George Gibbs (ethnologist)

1815 - 1873

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0291 ASTRONAUT

Charles Camarda

Born 1952

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0292 WRESTLER

Kenny King (wrestler)

Born 1981

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0293 BASKET

Khalid Reeves

Born 1972

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0294 RAPPER

Akinyele (rapper)

Born 1970

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0295 MUSIC

Homeboy Sandman

Born 1980

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0296 SCREENWRITER

Mark Fergus

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0297 SINGER

Muzz Skillings

Born 1960

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0298 JOCKEY

DJ Olive

Born 1961

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0299 ATHLETIC

Priscilla Frederick

Born 1989

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0300 WRESTLER

Xavier (wrestler)

1977 - 2020

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