Brooklyn
Brooklyn ranks 11th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Vienna, Berlin, and Budapest. Memorable people born in Brooklyn include Abraham Maslow, Anthony Fauci, and Milton Friedman. Memorable people who died in Brooklyn include Nora Bayes, Lucy Burns, and Charles Bradley. Brooklyn has been the birth place of many actors, and singers and the death place of many musicians, and actors. Brooklyn is located in United States.
Brooklyn is the most populous of the five boroughs of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Located at the westernmost end of Long Island and formerly an independent city, Brooklyn shares a land border with the borough and county of Queens. It has several bridge and tunnel connections to the borough of Manhattan, across the East River, and is connected to Staten Island by way of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1810 and 2002, Brooklyn was the birth place of 475 globally memorable people, including Abraham Maslow, Anthony Fauci, and Milton Friedman. Additionaly, 43 globally memorable people have passed away in Brooklyn including Nora Bayes, Lucy Burns, and Charles Bradley.
People Born in Brooklyn
Go to all RankingsAbraham Maslow
PSYCHOLOGIST
1908 - 1970
HPI: 80.93
Rank: 320
Anthony Fauci
PHYSICIAN
1940 - Present
HPI: 80.91
Rank: 130
Milton Friedman
ECONOMIST
1912 - 2006
HPI: 77.39
Rank: 385
Barbra Streisand
SINGER
1942 - Present
HPI: 76.35
Rank: 241
Jeffrey Epstein
BUSINESSPERSON
1953 - 2019
HPI: 76.09
Rank: 203
Michael Jordan
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1963 - Present
HPI: 74.53
Rank: 107
Eli Wallach
ACTOR
1915 - 2014
HPI: 74.35
Rank: 274
Joe Dassin
SINGER
1938 - 1980
HPI: 74.20
Rank: 441
Bob Kahn
INVENTOR
1938 - Present
HPI: 73.96
Rank: 133
John Saxon
ACTOR
1935 - 2020
HPI: 73.93
Rank: 383
Louis Gossett Jr.
ACTOR
1936 - 2024
HPI: 73.63
Rank: 260
Irwin Rose
BIOLOGIST
1926 - 2015
HPI: 73.60
Rank: 317
Newly Added People Born in Brooklyn
Go to all RankingsPeople Deceased in Brooklyn
Go to all RankingsNora Bayes
SINGER
1880 - 1928
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Rank: 1
Lucy Burns
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1879 - 1966
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 2
Charles Bradley
SINGER
1948 - 2017
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Rank: 3
Margaret Woodbridge
SWIMMER
1902 - 1995
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Rank: 4
Pepper Adams
MUSICIAN
1930 - 1986
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Rank: 5
Alexander Lodygin
ENGINEER
1847 - 1923
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Rank: 6
Karl Ferdinand Braun
INVENTOR
1850 - 1918
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Rank: 7
Jonas Mekas
WRITER
1922 - 2019
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Rank: 8
Elmer Ambrose Sperry
INVENTOR
1860 - 1930
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Rank: 9
Eubie Blake
COMPOSER
2 - 1983
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Rank: 10
Michael K. Williams
ACTOR
1966 - 2021
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Rank: 11
Steponas Kairys
POLITICIAN
1879 - 1964
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Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Brooklyn
Go to all RankingsNora Bayes
SINGER
1880 - 1928
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Rank: 1
Charles Bradley
SINGER
1948 - 2017
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Rank: 3
Margaret Woodbridge
SWIMMER
1902 - 1995
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Rank: 4
Pepper Adams
MUSICIAN
1930 - 1986
HPI: NaN
Rank: 5
Alexander Lodygin
ENGINEER
1847 - 1923
HPI: NaN
Rank: 6
Karl Ferdinand Braun
INVENTOR
1850 - 1918
HPI: NaN
Rank: 7
Jonas Mekas
WRITER
1922 - 2019
HPI: NaN
Rank: 8
Elmer Ambrose Sperry
INVENTOR
1860 - 1930
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Rank: 9
Eubie Blake
COMPOSER
2 - 1983
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Rank: 10
Michael K. Williams
ACTOR
1966 - 2021
HPI: NaN
Rank: 11
Steponas Kairys
POLITICIAN
1879 - 1964
HPI: NaN
Rank: 12
Ned Vizzini
WRITER
1981 - 2013
HPI: NaN
Rank: 14
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Brooklyn were actors (178), singers (40), musicians (24), basketball players (22), and writers (20), while most who died were musicians (5), actors (5), singers (4), social activists (4), and writers (4).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Brooklyn, including John Saxon, Louis Gossett Jr., and Martin Landau. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Brooklyn, including Eli Wallach, John Saxon, and Louis Gossett Jr..
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Brooklyn since 1700.