40.7119° N, 73.9186° W
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.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Long Island City during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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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 rapper — 21.1× the global rate.
Long Island City under-produces football — only 0.4× the global rate.
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.
- Film & TV
- Sports
- Music
- Politics & Law
- Writing
- Science
- Other
- Field: Writer Clear ×
Paul Bowles
1910 - 1999
Russell Simmons
Born 1957
Ann Druyan
Born 1949
Susan Faludi
Born 1959
Matt Ruff
Born 1965
Eric Metaxas
Born 1963
Letty Cottin Pogrebin
Born 1939
Michael Manning (fetish artist)
Born 1963
Eric Jay Dolin
Born 1961
Carol Rifka Brunt
Born 1970
Mose Durst
Born 1939
Thomas E. Kennedy
Born 1944
Robert Farrar Capon
1925 - 2013
Robert J. Wicks
Born 1946
Christopher Myers
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Donald A. Wallance
1909 - 1990
Brett Lewis
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Crosby Bonsall
1921 - 2014
Bill Cheng
Born 1983
Joseph M. Monks
Born 1968
Renée Shafransky
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Bruce D. Jette
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