Albert Anastasia (1902–1957), mobster Maurice Ashley (born 1966), chess grandmaster Eric Adams (born 1960), 110th mayor of New York City since 2022 Ralph Bakshi (born 1938), film director Daniel Benzali (born 1950), Golden-Globe nominated actor Riddick Bowe (born 1967), boxer Harry Boykoff (1922–2001), NBA basketball player Shannon Briggs (born 1971), boxer Egbert B. Brown (1816–1902), Union general Andrew Dice Clay (born 1957), comedian Mickey Cohen (1913–1976), gangster Aaron Copland (1900–1990), composer Bummy Davis (1920–1945), boxer Vince Edwards (1928–1996), actor Melech Epstein (1889–1979), journalist and historian Meade Esposito (1907–1993), Brooklyn Democratic leader Fyvush Finkel (1922–2016), actor Max Fleischer (1883–1972), animator Brian Flores (born 1982), NFL coach John Forté (born 1975), rapper World B. Free (born 1953), former NBA player Nelson George (born 1957), author Marty Glickman (1917–2001), sportscaster Don Goldstein (born 1937 or 1938), All American and Pan American champion basketball player Sid Gordon (1917–1975), 2x All Star baseball player Solomon Grayzel (1896–1980), historian Arnold Greenberg (1932–2012), co-founder of Snapple Yoel Halpern (1904-1986), rabbi Larry Harlow (1939–2021), salsa music performer, composer, and producer Henry Hill (1943–2012), mobster associated with the Vario Crew and Lucchese crime family Red Holzman (1920–1998), NBA Hall of Fame player and coach Moe (1897–1975), Curly (1903–1952), and Shemp Howard (1895–1955), who were brothers and members of The Three Stooges Thirstin Howl the 3rd, rapper Gregory "Jocko" Jackson (1952–2012), community leader and NBA player Daniel Jacobs (born 1987), boxer Charles Jenkins (born 1989), NBA player Zab Judah (born 1977), boxer KA (born 1972), rapper Donald Kagan (1932–2021), historian Danny Kaye (1911–1987), entertainer Alfred Kazin (1915–1998), writer and literary critic Larry King (1933–2021), television and radio host Alvin Klein ( – 2009), theater critic for The New York Times Meyer Lansky (1902–1983), noted underworld figure Steve Lawrence (born 1935), singer Thomas A. LaVeist (born 1961), Dean of Tulane University School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine Leonard Marsh (1933–2013), co-founder of Snapple Zero Mostel (1915–1977), actor M.O.P., hip hop duo Eddie Mustafa Muhammad (born 1952), former boxer Alex B. Novikoff (1913–1987), cell biologist O.G.C., hip hop group Abraham Osheroff (1915–2008), political activist Joseph Papp (1921–1991), theatrical producer/director Bruce Pasternack (1947–2021), business author Norman Podhoretz, writer Sean Price (1972–2015), rapper Killah Priest (born 1970), rapper Isidor Isaac Rabi (1898–1988), physicist and 1944 Nobel Prize Laureate for his discovery of nuclear magnetic resonance Paul Rand (1914–1996), graphic designer Willie Randolph, former baseball player, manager, and coach Abe Reles, mobster Representativz, hip