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NEW YORK CITY

Most Famous People Born in New York City, USA

Notable people
22,064
Peak decade
1940s
Median birth year
1935
Most distinctive
Screenwriter 5.4×

If the 20th century held a casting call, it was in New York. Almost all of the city's notable births fall after 1900, fueled by an entertainment economy — Broadway, Tin Pan Alley, the studio system, late-night TV, hip-hop in the Bronx — that has minted more actors, comedians, and musicians than any other American city. Even its 19th-century names skew literary: poets, editors, journalists, not generals or industrialists.

Standouts

What New York City Is Known For

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Actor is New York City's biggest profession — 14% of all notables (3,012).

New York City over-indexes on screenwriter 5.4× the global rate.

New York City under-produces football — only 0.1× the global rate.

  1. Actor 3,012 2.6×
  2. Politician 1,004 0.4×
  3. Writer 859 1.2×
  4. Film 841 3.1×
  5. Lawyer 794 2.1×
  6. Music 767 2.4×
  7. Baseball 584 2.3×
  8. Singer 573 1.3×
  1. Screenwriter 522 5.4×
  2. Producer 225 3.6×
  3. Novelist 299 3.4×
  4. Film 841 3.1×
  5. Photographer 287 2.7×
  6. Actor 3,012 2.6×
  7. Music 767 2.4×
  8. Baseball 584 2.3×
  1. Football 365 0.1×
  2. Politician 1,004 0.4×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

1800 1850 1900 1950 2000
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  • Writing
  • Music
  • Sports
  • Politics & Law
  • Science
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8300 ACTOR

Vitina Marcus

Born 1937

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8311 NEUROLOGIST

Kenneth Heilman

Born 1938

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8317 LAWYER

Robert S. Bennett

Born 1939

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8318 MATHEMATICIAN

Joseph L. Fleiss

1937 - 2003

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8320 POLITICIAN

Thomas C. Reed

Born 1934

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8334 JUDO

Rena Kanokogi

1935 - 2009

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8357 THEATER

Mel Gussow

1933 - 2005

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8371 ACTOR

Hope Holiday

Born 1930

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8376 SINGER

Earl Carroll (vocalist)

1937 - 2012

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8404 WRITER

Lynne Sharon Schwartz

Born 1939

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8407 ARTIST

Stan Goldberg

1932 - 2014

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8423 PHOTOGRAPHER

Cecile Abish

Born 1930

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8447 CRIMINOLOGIST

Alfred Blumstein

Born 1930

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8453 SKATER

Sonya Klopfer

Born 1934

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8457 PENCILLER

Tony Tallarico

Born 1933

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8461 PAINTER

John Perreault

1937 - 2015

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8466 MILITAR

Edward Clyde Benfold

1931 - 1952

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8481 MAFIOSO

Carmine Persico

1933 - 2019

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8519 ARTIST

Ira Schneider

Born 1939

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8553 DESIGNER

Burton Kramer

Born 1932

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8559 TALENT AGENT

Frank Barsalona

1938 - 2012

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8562 ACADEMIC

Nellie Y. McKay

1930 - 2006

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8570 MATHEMATICIAN

Gustave Solomon

1930 - 1996

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8578 WRITER

Ann McGovern

1930 - 2015

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8580 ECONOMIST

Warren Samuels

1933 - 2011

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8603 ARTIST

Bill Bollinger

1939 - 1988

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8604 FILM

Howard Storm (director)

Born 1939

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8606 MATHEMATICIAN

Calvin C. Moore

Born 1936

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8608 WRITER

Deena Metzger

Born 1936

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8636 POET

Ronald Ribman

Born 1932

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8638 MUSIC

Arnie Lawrence

1938 - 2005

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8662 RADIO

J. P. McCarthy

1933 - 1995

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8679 POLITICIAN

Winston Lord

Born 1937

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8681 PAINTER

Robert Moskowitz

Born 1935

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8703 AUTHOR

Steve Katz (writer)

Born 1935

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8707 ACTOR

Marilyn Sokol

Born 1937

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8711 MATHEMATICIAN

Morton Brown

Born 1931

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8712 BUSINESS

Fred Wilpon

Born 1936

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8746 MATHEMATICIAN

Bernard Maskit

Born 1935

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8755 MOBSTER

Victor Amuso

Born 1934

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8794 FILM

Joel M. Reed

1933 - 2020

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8813 HISTORIAN

Paul Cohen (historian)

Born 1934

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8820 ACTOR

Jordan Charney

Born 1937

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8824 ACTOR

Linda Marsh

Born 1939

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8825 MAFIA

Dominick Napolitano

1930 - 1981

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8838 LAWYER

Norman Dorsen

1930 - 2017

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8856 ART HISTORIAN

Theodore Reff

Born 1930

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8861 MATHEMATICIAN

Joel Smoller

1935 - 2017

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8863 MUSIC

Rudy Collins

1934 - 1988

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8914 CHOREOGRAPHER

Bob Avian

Born 1937

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8915 PHILOSOPHER

Isaac Levi

1930 - 2018

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8931 WRITER

Isidore Haiblum

1935 - 2012

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8932 LAWYER

Jerry Sheindlin

Born 1933

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8936 MATHEMATICIAN

Stephen H. Davis

Born 1939

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8938 AUTHOR

Laleh Bakhtiar

1938 - 2020

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8941 PHARMACOLOGIST

Philip Needleman

Born 1939

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8942 WRITER

Marianne Legato

Born 1935

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8953 PHYSICIST

Joel H. Ferziger

1937 - 2004

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8954 PAINTER

Judith Brown (sculptor)

1931 - 1992

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8962 LINGUIST

Michael N. Nagler

Born 1937

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8988 ACTOR

Arthur Haggerty

1931 - 2006

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9008 PLAYWRIGHT

Jack Richardson (writer)

1934 - 2012

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9016 ACADEMIC

Robert H. Socolow

Born 1937

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9027 MATHEMATICIAN

Paul Baum (mathematician)

Born 1936

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9029 LAWYER

Alvin Hellerstein

Born 1933

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9047 CINEMA

Stevan Larner

1930 - 2005

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9053 BOXER

Joey Archer

Born 1938

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9061 COLLECTOR

Stuart Pivar

Born 1930

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9072 NEUROSCIENTIST

Edward Taub

Born 1931

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9079 MATHEMATICIAN

Burton Wendroff

Born 1930

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9126 JOURNALIST

Betty Rollin

Born 1936

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9127 DESIGNER

Deborah Sussman

1931 - 2014

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9135 WRITER

Marco Vassi

1937 - 1989

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9148 INVENTOR

Anthony Maglica

Born 1930

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9149 POLITICIAN

Frank J. Brasco

1932 - 1998

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9158 PHYSICIST

Arthur Bienenstock

Born 1935

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9160 WRITER

Nonny Hogrogian

Born 1932

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9162 JUDGE

Chester J. Straub

Born 1937

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9167 PIANIST

Johnny Varro

Born 1930

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9175 CRIME

Al Indelicato

1931 - 1981

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9199 MUSIC

Lenny McBrowne

Born 1933

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9227 DIPLOMAT

Joseph Verner Reed Jr.

1937 - 2016

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9229 BUSINESS

Don Valentine

1932 - 2019

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9250 MATHEMATICIAN

Donald Solitar

1932 - 2008

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9272 NEUROLOGIST

John M. Freeman

1933 - 2014

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9274 PRIEST

Timothy A. McDonnell

Born 1937

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9275 ENGINEER

Robert Fischell

Born 1930

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9284 PUBLISHER

Dan Rattiner

Born 1939

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9289 HISTORIAN

David Neft

Born 1937

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9307 JOURNALIST

Selwyn Raab

Born 1934

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9321 ROWER

Donald Beer

1935 - 1997

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9323 ARCHITECT

Joan E. Goody

1935 - 2009

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9333 BASKET

Zeke Zawoluk

1930 - 2007

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9336 DIPLOMAT

Herman Jay Cohen

Born 1932

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9339 LAWYER

John Eugene Zuccotti

1937 - 2015

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9340 BIOLOGIST

Michael Menaker

Born 1934

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9348 ECONOMIST

Arthur Goldberger

1930 - 2009

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9357 TELEVISION

Edarem

1932 - 2012

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9360 PAINTER

Emily Mason

1932 - 2019

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9362 BASEBALL

Bob Grim (baseball)

1930 - 1996

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9388 BOXER

Doug Jones (boxer)

1937 - 2017

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9398 WRITER

Roberta Kalechofsky

Born 1931

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9405 MATHEMATICIAN

Marvin Greenberg

1935 - 2017

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9413 ACTOR

Marti Stevens (actress)

Born 1933

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9417 AUTHOR

Rick DeMarinis

1934 - 2019

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9419 SINGER

Hank Medress

1938 - 2007

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9431 NOVELIST

Arnold Federbush

1935 - 1993

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9438 CHESS

James Sherwin

Born 1933

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9445 PIANIST

Gloria Coleman

1931 - 2010

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9472 MUSIC

Nancy Harrow

Born 1930

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9473 PIANIST

Arbie Orenstein

Born 1937

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9474 SCHOLAR

Bruce Malina

1933 - 2017

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9478 ACTOR

Bob Holiday

1932 - 2017

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9490 PSYCHOLOGIST

Susan Folkman

Born 1938

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9498 FILM

Miles Kreuger

Born 1934

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9502 ECONOMIST

Peter S. Albin

1934 - 2008

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9519 SINGER

Tally Brown

1934 - 1989

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9522 FILM

Harvey Miller

1935 - 1999

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9524 BASKET

Al Ferrari

1933 - 2016

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9546 COMICS

Bunny Hoest

Born 1932

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9562 PHYSICIST

Richard Liboff

1931 - 2014

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9563 PHYSICIST

Eugene I. Gordon

1930 - 2014

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9564 HISTORIAN

Justus Drew Doenecke

Born 1938

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9567 HISTORIAN

Frank J. Coppa

Born 1937

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9570 JOURNALIST

Amy Taubin

Born 1939

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9632 MATHEMATICIAN

Marc Rieffel

Born 1937

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9640 PAINTER

John Balossi

1931 - 2007

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9661 OFFICER

Robert E. Kramek

1939 - 2016

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9669 BASKET

Tom Brennan (basketball, born 1930)

1930 - 1990

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9675 JOURNALIST

Louis Rukeyser

1933 - 2006

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9680 SCIENTIST

Irwin M. Brodo

Born 1935

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9683 MATHEMATICIAN

Henry C. Wente

1936 - 2020

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9694 LAWYER

Barbara Jacobs Rothstein

Born 1939

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9705 PHYSICIST

Oscar W. Greenberg

Born 1932

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9709 BASKET

Bill Bolger

1931 - 2009

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9726 ATHLETIC

Adolph Plummer

1938 - 2015

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9735 ACTOR

Millette Alexander

Born 1933

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9754 ACADEMIC

Mel Alexenberg

Born 1937

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9779 MATHEMATICIAN

Anatole Beck

1930 - 2014

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9786 POET

Harry Fainlight

1935 - 1982

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9787 PHOTOGRAPHER

David Montgomery (photographer)

Born 1937

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9804 POET

Rosario Morales

1930 - 2011

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9827 ART HISTORIAN

Ellen Handler Spitz

Born 1939

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9831 ACTOR

William Bogert

1936 - 2020

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9834 BANK

Angelo Mozilo

Born 1938

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9841 ARCHITECT

M. Paul Friedberg

Born 1931

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9848 ACTOR

Yale Summers

1933 - 2012

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9851 BASKET

Brendan McCann

Born 1935

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9859 LAWYER

Martin D. Ginsburg

1932 - 2010

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9881 PIANIST

Agustin Anievas

Born 1934

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9883 PIANIST

Sondra Bianca

Born 1930

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9886 LAWYER

Martin Garbus

Born 1934

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9935 HISTORIAN

Ronald Radosh

Born 1937

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9940 LAWYER

Gladys Kessler

Born 1938

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9941 ASTRONOMER

George Wallerstein

Born 1930

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9947 ACTOR

Victor Mohica

1933 - 2019

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9959 PIANIST

Samuel Sanders

1937 - 1999

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9965 CONDUCTOR

David Epstein (conductor)

1930 - 2002

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9968 MUSIC

Herb Bushler

Born 1939

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9970 BASKET

Red Davis (basketball)

Born 1932

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9974 BASKET

Leroy Wright

1938 - 2020

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9994 PSYCHOANALYST

Muriel Drazien

1938 - 2018

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9997 CHEMIST

Albert Meyers

1932 - 2007

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9998 ACTOR

Patricia Hardy

1931 - 2011

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10003 CRIMINOLOGIST

Joan McCord

1930 - 2004

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10023 ACTOR

Richard Foronjy

Born 1937

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10037 BASKET

Boris Nachamkin

1933 - 2018

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10041 SINGER

Frankie Sardo

1936 - 2014

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10042 LAWYER

William Francis Pepper

Born 1937

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10043 ARTIST

Martha Edelheit

Born 1931

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10050 MOBSTER

Vincenzo Aloi

Born 1933

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10069 PUBLISHER

Martin Greif

1938 - 1996

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10075 MUSIC

Dickie Goodman

1934 - 1989

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10086 SCREENWRITER

Peter Bart

Born 1932

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10089 ACTOR

Carl Heinz Choynski

Born 1936

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10107 FINANCIER

Saul Steinberg (businessman)

1939 - 2012

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10108 COACH

Sam Rutigliano

Born 1933

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10111 ACTOR

Patricia Marand

1934 - 2008

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10120 BILLIONAIRE

Donald Newhouse

Born 1930

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10124 PHYSICIST

Allan Franklin

Born 1938

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10140 ENGINEER

Jobst Brandt

1935 - 2015

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10146 PHYSICIST

Marcia Neugebauer

Born 1932

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10149 ARTIST

Rosemarie Castoro

1939 - 2015

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10161 BASKET

Jim Brasco

1931 - 2014

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10171 POET

Reuven Ben-Yosef

1937 - 2001

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10172 ACTOR

Arlene McQuade

1936 - 2014

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10175 POET

Michael S. Harper

1938 - 2016

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10176 RABBI

Noah Weinberg

1930 - 2009

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10179 COMPOSER

Rodgers Grant

1936 - 2012

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10185 BASKET

Bill McCadney

1935 - 2009

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10190 FILM

Paul N. Lazarus III

Born 1938

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10192 RABBI

Nachman Kahana

Born 1937

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10193 TRADE UNION

Tom Kahn

1938 - 1992

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10198 ASTRONOMER

Arthur M. Wolfe

1939 - 2014

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10202 TEACHER

Arthur R. Miller

Born 1934

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10215 LAWYER

Shirley Abrahamson

Born 1933

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10218 NOVELIST

Robert Lipsyte

Born 1938

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10223 PHYSICIAN

Jesse Roth

Born 1934

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10254 CHOREOGRAPHER

David Gordon (choreographer)

Born 1936

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10260 ARTIST

Willoughby Sharp

1936 - 2008

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10262 THERAPIST

Sidra Stone

Born 1937

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10281 JUDGE

Stephen F. Williams

1936 - 2020

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10285 POLITICIAN

John Patler

Born 1938

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10291 OFFICER

Donald Cook (Medal of Honor)

1934 - 1967

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10315 POLITICIAN

Ruth Shack

Born 1931

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10317 WRITER

Patricia Reilly Giff

Born 1935

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10320 LAWYER

Diarmuid O'Scannlain

Born 1937

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10322 BUSINESS

Arthur C. Martinez

Born 1939

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10324 PRIEST

Edward Joseph Gilbert

Born 1936

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10380 BANDLEADER

Peter Duchin

Born 1937

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10397 DESIGNER

R. O. Blechman

Born 1930

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10399 OFFICER

Howard V. Lee

1933 - 2019

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10400 MODEL

Dorothy McGowan

Born 1939

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10404 ADVERTISING

Jerry Della Femina

Born 1936

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10407 CHOREOGRAPHER

Fred Herko

1936 - 1964

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10441 CHEMIST

Philip Eaton

Born 1936

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10442 BASKET

Dick Duckett

Born 1933

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10446 EDITOR

Herman Slater

1935 - 1992

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10452 MATHEMATICIAN

Jonathan Lubin

Born 1936

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10454 JOURNALIST

Ilene Beckerman

Born 1935

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10457 PAINTER

J. Bowyer Bell

1931 - 2003

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10464 FILM

Bert Salzman

Born 1931

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10484 SAILOR

Michael Mooney (sailor)

1930 - 1985

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10503 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Francis Beer

Born 1939

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10506 MATHEMATICIAN

Jerome Levine

1937 - 2006

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10509 FILM

Robert Michael Lewis

Born 1934

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10511 PHOTOGRAPHER

Arlene Alda

Born 1933

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10515 ACTOR

Ted Donaldson

Born 1933

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10527 BUSINESS

Alan Siegel

Born 1938

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10529 ACTOR

Patricia Harmsworth, Viscountess Rothermere

1933 - 1992

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10537 ACTOR

Lita Milan

Born 1933

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10542 SINGER

Jonathan Schwartz (radio)

Born 1938

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10543 DIVER

Frank Gorman (diver)

Born 1937

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10551 PRODUCER

Buz Kohan

Born 1933

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10556 POET

William J. Higginson

1938 - 2008

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10564 RESEARCH

Eric H. Davidson

1937 - 2015

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10582 FINANCIER

Asher Edelman

Born 1939

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10611 ARTIST

Liliane Lijn

Born 1939

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10625 PAINTER

Robert Kipniss

Born 1931

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10633 TRUMPET

Burt Collins

1931 - 2007

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10635 PROFESSOR

Stephen Orgel

Born 1933

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10639 ACTOR

Marc Cavell (actor)

1939 - 2004

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10646 SONGWRITER

Bill Giant

1930 - 1987

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10649 NOVELIST

Nicholasa Mohr

Born 1938

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10673 WRITER

Anne Roiphe

Born 1935

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10674 PAINTER

Beth Ames Swartz

Born 1936

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10681 ACTOR

Marilyn Chris

Born 1938

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10707 ACTOR

Lisa Seagram

1936 - 2019

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10714 FILM

Jeffrey Meyers

Born 1939

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10721 SPRINT

Dolores Dwyer

1934 - 2011

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10727 LAWYER

Jon O. Newman

Born 1932

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10734 ACTIVIST

Curtis Gans

1937 - 2015

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10735 JOURNALIST

Peter S. Prescott

1935 - 2004

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10747 LINGUIST

George Cardona

Born 1936

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10757 BOXER

Robert Carmody

1938 - 1967

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10760 MUSIC

Jack Reilly (musician)

1932 - 2018

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10776 SONGWRITER

Mark Barkan

1934 - 2020

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10778 POLITICIAN

George Firestone

1931 - 2012

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10784 PAINTER

Eliana Menassé

Born 1930

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10788 ARTIST

Arline Fisch

Born 1931

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10789 OFFICER

Lawrence Korb

Born 1939

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10801 JUDGE

Judith W. Rogers

Born 1939

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10808 FILM

Gordon Davidson (director)

1933 - 2016

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10811 ARTIST

Raphael Montañez Ortiz

Born 1934

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10826 PHILOSOPHER

John Hart Ely

1938 - 2003

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10848 NOVELIST

Jonathan Baumbach

1933 - 2019

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10849 POLITICIAN

Loretta Weinberg

Born 1935

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10879 BOTANIST

Leslie D. Gottlieb

1936 - 2012

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10901 ACTOR

Warren Berlinger

1937 - 2020

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10914 PRIEST

Joseph Michael Sullivan

1930 - 2013

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10924 FREELANCER

Jimmy Magee

1935 - 2017

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10949 SCREENWRITER

Sherman Yellen

Born 1932

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10952 BUSINESS

Peter O'Malley

Born 1937

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10958 BUSINESS

Alan Hirschfield

1935 - 2015

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10959 PHYSICIST

Herman Winick

Born 1932

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10976 WRITER

Nick Meglin

1935 - 2018

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10977 JOURNALIST

Burt Wolf

Born 1938

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10978 COMPOSER

Malcolm Peyton

Born 1932

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10980 PRIEST

Robert Anthony Brucato

1931 - 2018

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10999 MISSIONARY

Stanley Sjöberg

Born 1936

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11019 PHOTOGRAPHER

Margaret Randall

Born 1936

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11030 CHOREOGRAPHER

Ron Field

1933 - 1989

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11063 MUSIC

Steve Knight (musician)

1935 - 2013

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11087 LAWYER

Rosemary S. Pooler

Born 1938

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11089 FILM

Gabriel Katzka

1931 - 1990

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11094 SINGER

Richard Hayes (singer)

1930 - 2014

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11114 HISTORIAN

Melvin Small

Born 1939

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11122 PHOTOGRAPHER

Dan Budnik

1933 - 2020

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11125 PHOTOGRAPHER

Melvin Sokolsky

Born 1933

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11126 POLITICIAN

Phyllis Kahn

Born 1937

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11141 NOVELIST

Claude Brown

1937 - 2002

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11155 BASKET

Don Goldstein

Born 1930

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11191 BASKET

Ronnie MacGilvray

Born 1930

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11194 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Myron Weiner

1931 - 1999

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11197 PRIEST

Vincent DePaul Breen

1936 - 2003

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11201 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Melvin Ember

1933 - 2009

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11209 LAWYER

Michael Boudin

Born 1939

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11210 SCREENWRITER

William M. Hoffman

1939 - 2017

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11224 CHOREOGRAPHER

Benjamin Harkarvy

1930 - 2002

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11231 NOVELIST

Sandra Hochman

Born 1938

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