nominated R&B and gospel singer and songwriter grew up in the Edgemere Projects. Rammellzee (1960–2010), rap pioneer; born and died in Far Rockaway. Kenneth Alan Ribet (born 1948), mathematician. Burton Richter (1931–2018), winner of 1976 Nobel Prize in Physics; graduated from Far Rockaway High School in 1948. Gary Schwartz (born 1940), art historian. MC Serch (born 1967 as Michael Berrin), former member of the hip hop group 3rd Bass. Raymond Smullyan (1919-2017), mathematician; grew up in Far Rockaway. Herbert Sturhahn (1902–1979), football player elected to the College Football Hall of Fame; born in Far Rockaway. Notes References External links Old Rockaway, New York, in Early Photographs by Vincent Seyfried, William Asadorian Far Rockaway: Abandoned Bungalows a 2009 photo essay by Nathan Kensinger Former villages in New York City Neighborhoods in Queens, New York Neighborhoods in Rockaway, Queens Populated coastal places in New York (state) Orthodox Judaism in New York City