Born: Jan. 31, 1919Baseball 1B-2B-3B 4-sport athlete at UCLA (baseball, basketball, football and track); hit .387 with Kansas City Monarchs of Negro Leagues in 1945; signed by Brooklyn Dodgers'…
actorBorn: 9/23/1920Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York Academy Award-winning film, television and stage actor who gained fame as a child actor and continued acting throughout his adult life. His films…
astronomerBorn: 11/9/1934Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York America's most famous astronomer, who specialized in exobiology, the field of biology that investigates extraterrestrial life, wrote more…
actorBorn: 6/20/1933Birthplace: New York, New York A top-notch character actor, he starred as Cher's jilted fiancé in Moonstruck (1987) and as a Brooklyn pizzeria owner in Do the Right Thing (1989…
actor, directorBorn: 12/13/1957Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York Prolific actor whose distinctive face and comedic talent have made him a star of independent film. His credits include Reservoir Dogs (…
Born: Dec. 13, 1924
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First Black player in the AL; joined the Cleveland Indians in July 1947, three months after Jackie Robinson entered the Majors with the NL's Brooklyn…
prisonerBorn: October 18, 1970Birthplace: Brooklyn, New YorkBest Known as: supporter to al-Qaeda and terrorism Jose Padilla, who was arrested in Chicago in 2002 and…
(Aaliyah Haughton)rhythm-and-blues singer, actressBorn: January 16, 1979Birthplace: Brooklyn, N.Y. Rhythm-and-blues singer and actress who was on the brink of superstardom when she died in a plane…
Born: March 19, 1943Birthplace: Brooklyn, N.Y. Excimer eye surgery— IBM researchers Srinivasan, Wynne, and Blum developed this technique used in LASIK (Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis) eye…
(Allen Stewart Konigsberg)writer, actor, playwrightBorn: 12/1/1935Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York Academy Award-winning film director, writer, actor and playwright whose films range from comic…
