Born in Brooklyn

Born: January 16, 1979 in Brooklyn, New York
Birth Name: Aaliyah Dana Haughton

Attended Detroit High School for the Fine and Performing Arts in Detroit, Michigan

Born: August 19, 1956 in Brooklyn, New York
Birth Name: Adam Arkin

Birth: September 9, 1966 in Brooklyn, New York
Birth Name: Adam Richard Sandler

Attended Manchester Central High School in Manchester, New Hampshire

Born: August 5, 1964 in Brooklyn, New York
Birth Name: Adam Nathaniel Yauch

Attended Edward R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn, New York

Born: September 25, 1962 in Brooklyn, New York
Birth Name: Aida Turturro

Born: March 26, 1934 in Brooklyn, New York
Birth Name: Alan Wolf Arkin

Attended Franklin High School in Los Angeles, California

Born: December 19, 1972 in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York
Birth Name: Alyssa Jayne Milano

Attended The Buckley School in Sherman Oaks, California

Born: November 12, 1982 in Brooklyn, New York
Birth Name: Anne Jacqueline Hathaway

Attended Millburn High School in Millburn, New Jersey

Born: July 16, 1907 in Brooklyn, New York
Birth Name: Ruby Catherine Stevens

Born: April 24, 1942 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York
Birth Name: Barbara Joan Streisand

Attended Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn, New York

Born: June 17, 1943 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York
Birth Name: Barry Alan Pincus

Attended Eastern District High School in Brooklyn, New York

Born: September 10, 1968 in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York
Birth Name: Antonio Hardy

Born: August 31, 1924 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York
Birth Name: Leonard Hacker

Attended New Utrecht High School in Brooklyn, New York

Born: May 20, 1972 in Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York
Birth Name: Trevor Tahiem Smith Jr.

Attended George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School in Brooklyn, New York

Born: May 29, 1984 in Brooklyn, New York
Birth Name: Carmelo Kyan Anthony

Attended Oak Hill Academy in Mouth of Wilson, Virginia

Born: February 9, 1942 in Brooklyn, New York
Birth Name: Carole Klein

Attended James Madison High School in Brooklyn, New York

Born: August 8, 1938 in Brooklyn, New York
Birth Name: Concetta Rosalie Anna Ingolia

Born: February 21, 1989 in Brooklyn, New York
Birth Name: Corbin Bleu Reivers

Attended High School of Performing Arts in Manhattan, New York

Born: Date Unknown in Brooklyn, New York
Birth Name: Daniel Grimaldi

Born: January 18, 1913 in East New York, Brooklyn, New York
Birth Name: David Daniel Kaminsky

Attended Thomas Jefferson High School in Brooklyn, New York

Born: February 12, 1969 in Brooklyn, New York
Birth Name: Darren Aronofsky

Attended Edward R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn, New York

Born: April 4, 1973 in Brooklyn, New York
Birth Name: David Blaine White

Attended Passaic Valley Regional High School in Little Falls, New Jersey

Born: August 31, 1970 in Brooklyn, New York
Birth Name: Deborah Ann Gibson

Attended Sanford H. Calhoun High School in Merrick, New York

Born: February 7, 1985 in Brooklyn, New York
Birth Name: Deborah Ann Woll

Attended Packer Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn, New York

Born: August 15, 1968 in Brooklyn, New York
Birth Name: Debra Lynn Messing

Attended East Greenwich High School in East Greenwich, Rhode Island

Born: August 1, 1933 in Brooklyn, New York
Birth Name: Dominick DeLuise

Attended High School of Performing Arts in Manhattan, New York

Born: August 11, 1965 in Brooklyn, New York
Birth Name: Duane Martin

Born: April 3, 1961 in Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York
Birth Name: Edward Regan Murphy

Attended Roosevelt High School in Roosevelt, New York

Born: July 5, 1963 in Brooklyn, New York
Birth Name: Edith Falco

Attended Northport High School in Northport, Long Island, New York

Born: December 7, 1915 in Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York
Birth Name: Eli Herschel Wallach

Attended Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn, New York

Born: August 29, 1938 in Brooklyn, New York
Birth Name: Elliott Goldstein

Attended Professional Children's School in Manhattan, New York

Born: March 9, 1971 in Brooklyn, New York
Birth Name: Emmanuel Lewis

Attended Midwood High School in Brooklyn, New York

Born: October 1, 1962 in Brooklyn, New York
Birth Name: Esai Manuel Morales

Attended The High School of Performing Arts in Manhattan, New York

Born: November 18, 1977 in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York
Birth Name: John David Jackson

Born: September 6, 1976 in Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York
Birth Name: Inga DeCarlo Fung Marchand

Attended Brooklyn College Academy in Brooklyn, New York

Born: May 6, 1983 in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York
Birth Name: Gabourey Sidibe

Born: November 19, 1920 in Brooklyn, New York
Birth Name: Gene Eliza Tierney

Attended Miss Porter's School in Farmington, Connecticut

Born: July 4, 1943 in Brooklyn, New York
Birth Name: Gerald Michael Riviera

Born: December 21, 1971 in Brooklyn, New York
Birth Name: Glenn Fitzgerald

Attended Bishop Ford High School in Brooklyn, New York

Born: August 7, 1963 in Brooklyn, New York
Birth Name: Harold Perrineau

Born: June 6, 1952 in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York
Birth Name: Harvey Fierstein

Born: May 13, 1939 in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, New York
Birth Name: Harvey Keitel

Attended Alexander Hamilton Vocational School in Brooklyn, New York

Born: February 26, 1916 in Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York
Birth Name: Herbert Walton Gleason Jr.

Attended Bushwick High School in Brooklyn, New York

Born: December 4, 1969 in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York
Birth Name: Shawn Corey Carter

Attended George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School in Brooklyn, New York

Born: November 25, 1979 in Brooklyn, New York
Birth Name: Jerry Ferrara

Attended New Utrecht High School in Brooklyn, New York

Born: April 29, 1954 in Brooklyn, New York
Birth Name: Jerome Allen Seinfeld

Attended Massapequa High School in Massapequa, New York

Born: September 19, 1974 in Brooklyn, New York
Birth Name: James Thomas Fallon Jr.

Attended Saugerties High School in Saugerties, New York

Born: November 13, 1967 in Mill Basin, Brooklyn, New York
Birth Name: James Christian Kimmel

Attended Ed W. Clark High School in Las Vegas, Nevada

Born: July 9, 1955 in Brooklyn, New York
Birth Name: Jimmy L. Smits

Attended Thomas Jefferson High School in Brooklyn, New York

Born: June 8, 1933 in Brooklyn, New York
Birth Name: Joan Alexandra Molinsky