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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
  • Film & TV
  • Writing
  • Music
  • Sports
  • Politics & Law
  • Science
  • Other
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Showing 2,268 of 22,064 notable people

13695 HOCKEY

Frank Anzalone

Born 1954

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13734 ECONOMIST

Michael Whinston

Born 1959

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13735 HISTORIAN

Nikita Harwich

Born 1951

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13766 JOURNALIST

Steve Wulf

Born 1950

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13776 ACTOR

Gillian Scalici

Born 1950

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13790 NOVELIST

Philip Graham (writer)

Born 1951

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13799 ARTIST

Alice Attie

Born 1950

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13800 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Robert Entman

Born 1950

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13804 RESTAURATEUR

Patrick Clark (chef)

1955 - 1998

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13824 ACTOR

Randi Brooks

Born 1956

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13841 MUSIC

Bill O'Connell

Born 1953

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13847 PSYCHOLOGIST

Andrew Tatarsky

Born 1955

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13854 SCREENWRITER

Everett Quinton

Born 1952

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13873 SCREENWRITER

Robert L. Richards

Born 1950

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13884 EDITOR

Stan Grossfeld

Born 1951

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13885 PHILOSOPHER

Gary Peller

Born 1955

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13921 RABBI

Barry Freundel

Born 1951

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13923 MODEL

Beatrice Welles

Born 1955

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13929 SCHOLAR

Douglas Jacobsen

Born 1951

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13933 GENETICIST

Kenneth Offit

Born 1955

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13938 SURGEON

Gary Onik

Born 1952

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13946 SPORT

Howie Rose

Born 1954

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13948 TEACHER

Robert Roth (activist)

Born 1950

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13954 ACTOR

Rita Walter

Born 1951

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13990 FILM

Sam Messer

Born 1955

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13996 LAWYER

Silda Wall Spitzer

Born 1957

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14015 COMEDIAN

Bobby Collins (comedian)

Born 1951

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14042 LAWYER

Dana L. Christensen

Born 1951

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14047 ACTOR

Ivy Austin

Born 1958

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14063 ATHLETE

Nancy Bell-Johnstone

Born 1959

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14069 WRITER

Sandra Kitt

Born 1950

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14074 SCREENWRITER

Seth Greenland

Born 1955

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14081 PAINTER

Barbara Prey

Born 1957

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14083 SPORT

Deirdre Murphy

1959 - 2014

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14084 POLITICIAN

Ralph C. Johnson

1953 - 2016

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14092 POLITICIAN

Joseph Pennacchio

Born 1955

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14094 TEACHER

David E. Keyes

Born 1956

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14102 NOVELIST

Pam Rosenthal

Born 1950

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14117 CHEF

Tom Valenti

Born 1959

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14124 COMPOSER

Bruce Wolosoff

Born 1955

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14153 WRITER

Michelle Herman

Born 1955

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14155 BUSINESS

Ted Harbert

Born 1955

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14157 PHOTOGRAPHER

Joe Lewis (artist)

Born 1953

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14181 INVESTMENT

Henry Swieca

Born 1957

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14184 SINGER

Boyd Jarvis

1958 - 2018

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14201 MUSIC

Michele Hendricks

Born 1953

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14207 ACADEMIC

Ron Scapp

Born 1955

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14231 FILM

Barry Josephson

Born 1956

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14242 SCREENWRITER

Hilary J. Bader

1952 - 2002

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14249 PRODUCER

Steve Lindsey

Born 1956

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14256 SINGER

Russell Russell

Born 1958

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14266 ARTIST

Batton Lash

1953 - 2019

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14268 WRITER

Jean Zimmerman

Born 1957

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14269 PHYSICIST

Louis F. DiMauro

Born 1953

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14286 JOURNALIST

Jeanne Moos

Born 1950

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14294 PRODUCER

Walter Gibbons

1954 - 1994

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14296 LAWYER

Randy Levine

Born 1955

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14297 WRITER

Tonya Bolden

Born 1959

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14298 SONGWRITER

John Loeffler

Born 1951

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14304 FOOTBALL

Rick Parros

Born 1958

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14308 PHYSICIAN

Jane Aronson

Born 1951

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14333 RAPPER

Jimmy Spicer

1958 - 2019

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14334 WRITER

Perri Klass

Born 1958

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14336 ART HISTORIAN

Timothy Rub

Born 1952

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14341 ACTOR

James Martin Kelly

Born 1954

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14342 BIOLOGIST

Richard D. Klausner

Born 1951

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14343 SONGWRITER

Tom Price (musician)

Born 1956

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14361 BASSIST

Ed Gagliardi

1952 - 2014

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14372 PHOTOGRAPHER

Marilyn Nance

Born 1953

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14379 PHILOSOPHER

Catherine Chevalley

Born 1951

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14382 LAWYER

Analisa Torres

Born 1959

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14384 MATHEMATICIAN

Richard Arratia

Born 1950

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14385 PIANIST

Jay Gottlieb

Born 1952

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14389 INVESTOR

Glenn Dubin

Born 1957

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14390 NEUROSCIENTIST

Brian Wandell

Born 1951

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14392 PHYSICIAN

Robert Aronowitz

Born 1953

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14404 NOVELIST

Joanne Bertin

Born 1953

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14405 COMEDIAN

Barry Mitchell (comedian)

Born 1952

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14409 LAWYER

Alissa Keny-Guyer

Born 1959

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14416 ACTOR

Suzanna Love

Born 1950

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14420 COMPOSER

Matthew Greenbaum

Born 1950

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14435 PLAYWRIGHT

David Hirson

Born 1958

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14440 ART HISTORIAN

Jonathan Weinberg

Born 1957

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14444 COMPOSER

Richard Karpen

Born 1957

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14456 MUSIC

David Shapiro (bass player)

1952 - 2011

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14467 PHOTOGRAPHER

Merry Alpern

Born 1955

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14477 CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Lucy Hood

1957 - 2014

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14484 MUSIC

Martin Rennert

Born 1954

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14501 LAWYER

Lance M. Africk

Born 1951

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14523 WRITER

Laurie Wolf

Born 1956

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14532 WRITER

Bert Sperling

Born 1950

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14535 LAWYER

Zoë Baird

Born 1952

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14536 WRITER

Giuliano Hazan

Born 1958

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14544 FILM

Rachel Feldman

Born 1954

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14549 ENTREPRENEUR

Larry Bock

1959 - 2016

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14557 JOURNALIST

Andrew Hindes

Born 1958

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14559 JOURNALIST

Jonathan Landman

Born 1952

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14561 PLAYWRIGHT

Allan Havis

Born 1951

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14571 ACTOR

Christopher John Fields

Born 1956

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14580 LAWYER

Richard W. Roberts

Born 1953

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14581 OFFICER

John A. Toolan

Born 1954

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14586 PHOTOGRAPHER

Lori Grinker

Born 1957

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14593 FILM

Franc Reyes (film director)

Born 1950

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14594 LAWYER

Mark J. Bennett

Born 1953

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14627 POLITICIAN

Amy Paulin

Born 1955

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14638 WRITER

Glen Macnow

Born 1955

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14640 MATHEMATICIAN

Michelle L. Wachs

Born 1952

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14649 ACTOR

Linda Gibboney

Born 1951

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14653 LAWYER

Joette Katz

Born 1953

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14660 ENTREPRENEUR

Matthew Bronfman

Born 1959

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14670 PHOTOGRAPHER

David Howard (photographer artist)

Born 1952

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14687 CARTOONIST

Leslie Cabarga

Born 1954

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14695 PHOTOGRAPHER

Peter Lippmann

Born 1956

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14704 COMPOSER

Ronald Caltabiano

Born 1959

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14707 ACTOR

Ken Michelman

Born 1955

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14710 HISTORIAN

David S. Katz

Born 1953

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14763 OPERA

Berle Sanford Rosenberg

Born 1951

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14769 ENTREPRENEUR

Jacob Ostreicher

Born 1959

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14771 JOURNALIST

Anthony Mason (journalist)

Born 1956

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14774 PRODUCER

Jill Farren Phelps

Born 1950

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14785 COLLECTOR

John Rossant

Born 1955

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14786 RADIO

Phil Lempert

Born 1953

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14791 JOURNALIST

Holly Sklar

Born 1955

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14798 ADVERTISING

Chef Tony

Born 1954

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14805 PHOTOGRAPHER

Martine Aballéa

Born 1950

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14809 SKATER

Erroll Fraser

1950 - 2002

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14811 ENTERTAINER

Bob Lockwood

1954 - 1989

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14816 SONGWRITER

Kenny Laguna

Born 1954

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14829 PAINTER

JoAnne Carson

Born 1953

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14834 BANDLEADER

Steve Freund

Born 1952

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14863 POLITICIAN

Dana Beyer

Born 1952

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14865 WRITER

Paul LaRosa

Born 1953

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14880 SCULPTOR

Jane Rosen

Born 1950

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14881 LAWYER

Barry T. Albin

Born 1952

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14894 PHOTOGRAPHER

Jill Enfield

Born 1954

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14895 JOCKEY

Rich Conaty

1954 - 2016

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14905 SPORT

Rick Gotkin

Born 1959

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14907 PROFESSOR

James Kwak

Born 1950

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14909 FILM

Lillian Birnbaum

Born 1955

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14920 BASSIST

Heiri Känzig

Born 1957

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14930 ACADEMIC

Gillian Einstein

Born 1950

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14937 JOURNALIST

Rosanna Scotto

Born 1958

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14952 POLITICIAN

Eric C. Bauman

Born 1958

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14976 COLLECTOR

Stephan Loewentheil

Born 1950

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14978 MUSIC

Prescott Niles

Born 1954

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14980 SOCIOLOGIST

Alan Briskin

Born 1954

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14988 WRITER

Mark Chironna

Born 1954

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14992 PHOTOGRAPHER

Catherine Jansen

Born 1950

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15003 IMAM

Siraj Wahhaj

Born 1950

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15006 POLITICAL

Phil Schiliro

Born 1956

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15033 POLITICIAN

Thomas Duane

Born 1955

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15035 REPUBLICAN

Scott Milne

Born 1959

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15037 SINGER

Rhonda Heath

Born 1955

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15045 ACADEMIC

Valerie Smith (academic)

Born 1956

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15047 WRITER

E. Bernard Jordan

Born 1959

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15048 CHOREOGRAPHER

Joseph Fontano

Born 1950

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15049 JOURNALIST

Hal Plotkin

Born 1957

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15061 BASKET

David Ancrum

Born 1958

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15073 ARTIST

Sal Randolph

Born 1959

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15082 SINGER

Mike Yung

Born 1959

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15083 PRODUCER

Dave Dictor

Born 1956

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15101 SCREENWRITER

Barry Michael Harman

Born 1952

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15106 SPORT

Matt Roy (bobsleigh)

Born 1959

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15111 PROGRAMMER

Jef Poskanzer

Born 1958

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15115 POLITICIAN

Matthew Mirones

Born 1956

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15128 PHILANTHROPIST

Harold O. Levy

1952 - 2018

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15131 POLITICIAN

Linda R. Greenstein

Born 1950

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15141 SINGER

Mendy Werdyger

Born 1959

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15142 ACTOR

Sal Landi

Born 1951

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15157 THEATRE

Gerald Gutierrez

1950 - 2003

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15166 WRITER

Diana Raab

Born 1954

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15170 BASEBALL

Tommy Sandt

Born 1950

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15186 POLITICIAN

Linda Rosenthal

Born 1957

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15193 LAWYER

Thurgood Marshall Jr.

Born 1956

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15202 BUSINESS

Steven Rothenberg

1958 - 2009

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15207 BOXER

Edwin Malave

Born 1950

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15223 TELEVISION

Jonathan Pontell

Born 1950

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15231 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Kevin Avruch

Born 1950

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15234 WRITER

Susan Rosenberg

Born 1955

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15237 ACADEMIC

Danuta Shanzer

Born 1956

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15241 COMPOSER

Mark Gustavson

Born 1959

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15244 HISTORIAN

Jeffrey L. Gurian

Born 1956

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15258 PHOTOGRAPHER

Erica Lennard

Born 1950

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15276 FENCER

Nikki Franke

Born 1951

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15290 CHOREOGRAPHER

Nina Winthrop

Born 1956

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15291 LAWYER

Paul J. Fishman

Born 1957

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15303 PAINTER

Tracy 168

Born 1958

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15307 FATHER

Urmila Devi Dasi

Born 1955

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15308 FOOTBALL

Randy Reutershan

Born 1955

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15313 BUSINESS

Alan Schwartz

Born 1950

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15318 DEPUTY

Joseph Maguire

Born 1952

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15322 PIANIST

Eric Himy

Born 1950

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15327 SINGER

Cyndi Grecco

Born 1952

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15337 POLITICIAN

Robert Jackson (New York politician)

Born 1950

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15352 AUTHOR

Whitney Crothers Dilley

Born 1950

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15354 WRITER

Michael Gallagher (writer)

Born 1951

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15360 TELEVISION

Tony Perkins (news anchor)

Born 1959

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15366 ARTIST

Pippo Lionni

Born 1954

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15375 JOURNALIST

Craig Rivera

Born 1954

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15398 METEOROLOGIST

James T. Moore

1952 - 2006

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15402 MATHEMATICIAN

Steven Weintraub

Born 1951

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15418 BUSINESS

Gary Barnett (real estate developer)

Born 1956

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15432 POLITICIAN

Richard Campagna

Born 1954

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15448 RABBI

Yitzchok Adlerstein

Born 1950

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15462 STOCKBROKER

Alfred E. Smith IV

1951 - 2019

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15465 MUSIC

Billy Drewes

Born 1952

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15475 PHOTOGRAPHER

Richard Corman (photographer)

Born 1954

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15476 PROFESSOR

Christopher Rose (electrical engineer)

Born 1957

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15487 SINGER

Jonathan Gregg

Born 1955

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15503 DESIGNER

Laurie Rosenwald

Born 1955

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15524 ACTOR

Elizabeth D'Onofrio

Born 1957

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15528 LAWYER

Jon D. Levy

Born 1954

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15533 BASEBALL

Julio Cruz (baseball)

Born 1954

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15543 MUSIC

Geoff Goodman

Born 1956

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15554 CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Barbara Byrd-Bennett

Born 1951

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15562 PROFESSOR

David Sanjek

1952 - 2011

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15570 NEUROLOGIST

Stuart C. Sealfon

Born 1956

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15573 POET

Ally Acker

Born 1954

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15582 FENCER

Edward Donofrio

Born 1951

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15584 NOVELIST

Shariann Lewitt

Born 1954

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15593 BUSINESS

Moshe Rubashkin

Born 1958

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15620 DIPLOMAT

Bruce J. Oreck

Born 1953

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15643 POLITICIAN

John A. Russo (politician)

Born 1959

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15649 COACH

Jim Fleming (American football)

Born 1959

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15650 PLAYWRIGHT

Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros

Born 1959

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15699 ACTOR

Robert Amico

Born 1953

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15702 LAWYER

Charles J. O'Byrne

Born 1959

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15706 POLITICIAN

Joel Benenson

Born 1952

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15707 JOURNALIST

David Rosengarten

Born 1950

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15712 MATHEMATICIAN

Jeffrey Hoffstein

Born 1953

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15714 BUSINESS

Wayne M. Perry

Born 1950

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15720 POLITICIAN

Bob Giuda

Born 1952

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15750 PROFESSOR

Harold Hellenbrand

Born 1953

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15754 WRITER

Glenda R. Taylor

Born 1955

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15770 POLITICIAN

Andy Tobin

Born 1958

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15777 SINGER

Von LMO

Born 1954

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15781 BASEBALL

Dan Morogiello

Born 1955

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15785 THEATER

Jed Bernstein

Born 1955

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15805 LAWYER

Robert S. Lasnik

Born 1951

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15812 ASTRONOMER

Frank Hill (scientist)

Born 1951

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15822 PAINTER

Kase2

1958 - 2011

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15827 LAWYER

George H. Wu

Born 1950

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15830 ACTOR

Rosalind Miles (actress)

Born 1951

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15842 JOURNALIST

Susan Zirinsky

Born 1952

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15855 PHARMACOLOGIST

Seth Lederman

Born 1957

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15859 DIPLOMAT

Martin J. Silverstein

Born 1954

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15865 FILM

Robert Lawrence (producer)

Born 1952

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15867 JOURNALIST

Dori J. Maynard

1958 - 2015

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15872 JOURNALIST

Merrill Goozner

Born 1950

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15895 LAWYER

Paul S. Diamond

Born 1953

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15900 FENCER

Mark Smith (fencer)

Born 1956

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15906 SCULPTOR

Tony Marsh (artist)

Born 1954

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15908 PHOTOGRAPHER

Chris Gulker

1951 - 2010

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15913 TRADE UNION

Eric Lee (labour organizer)

Born 1955

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15927 POLITICIAN

Donna Lupardo

Born 1954

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15928 ACTOR

Kirsten Gille

Born 1954

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15929 CHOREOGRAPHER

Dulcinea Langfelder

Born 1955

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15979 INVENTOR

Mario Cardullo

Born 1957

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15981 LAWYER

Chase T. Rogers

Born 1956

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16014 DENTIST

Gerry Curatola

Born 1957

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16042 POLICE

Frank Spangenberg

Born 1957

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16043 PHOTOGRAPHER

Jack Wishna

1958 - 2012

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16064 RABBI

Nachum Dov Brayer

Born 1959

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16071 WRITER

Peter Heller

Born 1959

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16080 ONCOLOGIST

Jeffrey Long

Born 1954

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16084 ACTOR

P.R. Paul

Born 1956

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16087 POLITICIAN

Vincent J. Gentile

Born 1959

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16089 PLAYER

Cary Leeds

Born 1957

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16092 SCREENWRITER

Carter Scholz

Born 1953

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16094 BUSINESS

Jill Barad

Born 1951

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16103 MUSIC

Kim Clarke

Born 1954

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16121 EDUCATION

Anthony Marx

Born 1959

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16137 BUSINESS

Keith Bergelt

Born 1958

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16169 PHILOSOPHER

Linda Zerilli

Born 1956

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16176 ASTRONOMER

Gibor Basri

Born 1951

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16191 ACTOR

Peter van Norden

Born 1950

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16210 ARTIST

Burton Chenet

1958 - 2012

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16228 AUTHOR

Mathew D. Rose

Born 1954

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16232 BASEBALL

Jim Maler

Born 1958

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16261 POLITICIAN

Lori Berman

Born 1958

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16262 RABBI

Kinneret Shiryon

Born 1955

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16263 FILM

Bill Block

Born 1954

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16264 RADIO

Randy West

Born 1953

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16266 POLITICIAN

Michael Montesano

Born 1954

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16279 GOLF

Bill Britton

Born 1955

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16281 FOOTBALL

Dave Waymer

1958 - 1993

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16282 SCIENTIST

Joshua M. Epstein

Born 1951

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16314 POLITICIAN

Helene Weinstein

Born 1952

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16323 LAWYER

Domenic Recchia

Born 1959

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16377 ACTOR

Patricia Mauceri

Born 1950

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16383 PENCILLER

Angel Gabriele

1956 - 2016

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16397 FOOTBALL

Robert Boggi

Born 1955

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16402 TROMBONIST

Marco Katz

Born 1957

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16409 ACTIVIST

Rip Sullivan

Born 1959

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16416 OFFICER

Sean Coffey

Born 1956

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16452 LAWYER

Gregory M. Sleet

Born 1951

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16459 POLITICIAN

Phillip Steck

Born 1959

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16461 RABBI

Naamah Kelman

Born 1955

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16468 BIOGRAPHER

Juliette Rossant

Born 1959

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16478 FILM

Phil Solomon (filmmaker)

1954 - 2019

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