Friday, April 6, 2012

(F) Famous People who Resided in the Bronx

Lots of famous people lived in the Bronx. Some were born here.  Here is a short list of some of these people.  They are not in any order.  I only picked the ones out that people would know without having to go "who's that?"


Mark Twain (1835–1910) – author
Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) – author and poet
E. L. Doctorow (born 1931) – author
Danny Aiello (born 1933) – actor
Alan Alda (born 1936) – actor
Woody Allen (born 1935) – film director and actor
Jennifer Lopez (born 1969) – singer,dancer and actress
June Allyson (1917–2006) – actress
Penny Marshall (born 1942) – actress and director
Garry Marshall (born 1934) – television and film director
Carroll O'Connor (1924–2001) – actor
Jerry Orbach (1935–2004) – actor
Al Pacino (born 1940) – actor
Chazz Palminteri (born 1952) – actor
Regis Philbin (born 1931) – media personality and television talk-show host
Rob Reiner (born 1945) – actor and film director
Red Buttons (1919–2006) – comedian and actor
James Caan (born 1940) – actor
George Carlin (1937–2008) – comedian
Tony Curtis (1925–2010) – actor
Peter Falk (1927–2011) – actor
Jon Favreau (born 1966) – film and television director and actor
Cuba Gooding, Jr. (born 1968) – actor
Neil Simon (born 1927) – playwright and screenwriter
Wesley Snipes (born 1962) – actor
Anne Bancroft (1931–2005) – actress
Ellen Barkin (born 1954) – actress
Tracy Morgan (1968-), actor, comedian
Mary J. Blige (born 1971) – singer-songwriter
Bobby Darin (1936–1973) – 1950s–1960s singer
Carly Simon (born 1945) – singer-songwriter
Ace Frehley (born 1951) – Kiss guitarist
Billy Joel (born 1949) – singer
Lou Gehrig (1903–1941) – Baseball Hall of Famer and New York Yankees first baseman
John Gotti (1940–2002) – crime boss







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