borough historian John B. Manbeck says only that these street names "have questionable origins," as does Love Lane, which reputedly gets its name from the meetings that took place there between a pretty girl who lived nearby and her suitors. Notable people There have been many noted residents of Brooklyn Heights. The dates listed are their respective birth and death dates. Famous residents include: W. H. Auden (1907–1973), poet, lived with Benjamin Britten and Carson McCullers at 7 Middagh Street Tyra Banks (born 1973), television personality, producer, author, actress, and former model Javier Bardem (born 1969), actor Alfred Smith Barnes (1817–1888), publisher and philanthropist Haley Bennett (born 1988), actress, singer and dancer Matthew Barney (born 1967), artist John R. Bartels (1897–1997), United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Henry Ward Beecher (1813–1887), clergyman, social reformer and abolitionist Paul Bettany (born 1971), actor Morton Birnbaum (1926–2005), lawyer and physician who advocated for the right of psychiatric patients to have adequate, humane care, and who coined the term sanism. Björk (born 1965), musician Alexis Bledel (born 1981), actress Emily Blunt (born 1983), actress. Lee Breuer (1937–2021), playwright and theater director Benjamin Britten (1913–1976), composer, lived with W. H. Auden and Carson McCullers at 7 Middagh Street Matthew Broderick (born 1962), actor Joseph Brodsky (1940–1996), Nobel Prize winner and U.S. Poet Laureate Gabriel Byrne (born 1950), actor Truman Capote (1924–1984), author, lived at 70 Willow Street Ron Chernow (born 1949), Pulitzer prize-winning author and historian Peggy Clark (1915–1996), lighting designer, costume designer and set designer. Jennifer Connelly (born 1970), actress Barbara Cooney (1917–2000), writer and illustrator Hart Crane (1899–1932), poet Scott Crary (born 1978), director and producer Penélope Cruz (born 1974), actress Matt Damon (born 1970), actor Pete Davidson (born 1993), stand-up comedian Adam Driver (born 1983), actor who appeared as Kylo Ren in the Star Wars sequel trilogy. W. E. B. Du Bois (1868–1963), sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, author and editor Lena Dunham (born 1986), actress, writer and director Andrea Dworkin (1946–2005), author Bonnie Erickson (born 1941), designer of puppets, costumes, toys, and graphics, best known for her work with Jim Henson and The Muppets where her creations include Miss Piggy. William Everdell (born 1941), historian, author and teacher Abram Fitkin (1878–1933), investment banker and philanthropist Tom Frieden, infectious disease and public health expert, who was director of the U.S. Centers