Posted by Miltonebx on Wed, Jul 16, 2025

Who do you judge is a Bronx born individual who became the most famous for his/her accomplishments? It can be in any field such as entertainment, science, medical, government et.al.

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Posted by Richard O. on Wed, Jul 16, 2025

Bobbie Darrin,Steve Karmen

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Posted by Kevin Reynolds on Wed, Jul 16, 2025

Alan Alda

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Posted by John W on Thu, Jul 17, 2025

Al Pacino. E.174th and Vyse Ave. I believe.

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Posted by Larry From Ps96 on Thu, Jul 17, 2025

Penny marshal
Jennifer Lopez
Vanessa Williams
Billy Joel
Phil Spector
Stanley Kubrick
Mary Higgins Clark Danny Aiello
Alan Alda
Woody Allen
Joey Bishop
And a whole lot more, too may to mention.
Red Buttons
James Caan
George Carlin
Tony Curtis
Peter Falk
Robert Klein
The Belmonts
Sean Combs
Bobby Darin
Eydie Gorme
Colin POwell
Sonia Sotomayor
Lou Gehrig
Stokey Carmichael
Calvin Klein
Fred Trump
David Berkowitz
John Gotti

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Posted by Alvin L. on Thu, Jul 17, 2025

Nobel Prize Winners born in Bronx:
Rosalyn Yalow (Physiology or Medicine, 1977)
Claudia Goldin (Economics, 2023)
Steven Weinberg (Physics, 1979)

Developed Polio Vaccine:
Jonas Salk (Lived in Bronx, Elsmere Place)

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Posted by Miltonebx on Thu, Jul 17, 2025

Some comments. The choices to date are classic and personal to the poster--which is fine. Jennifer Lopez, not my favorite but I like her, currently is the most famous person from the Bronx. She is internationally known. Two of my favorites are from the sports world. Hank Greenberg and Lou Gehrig. For the future, Sonia Sotomayor is a Justice on the Supreme Court. I would expect that her name will forever be known in the legal world and by laymen. She has many decades ahead of her to put her signature on documents.

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Posted by Longtime Resident on Fri, Jul 18, 2025

Stubby Kaye, Don Adams,Jan Murray,John McSherry,Neil Simon

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Posted by Ph on Sat, Jul 19, 2025

Bryant & 174th.

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Posted by Barbara To Milton on Sun, Jul 20, 2025

Hank Greenberg's mother and my grandmother were related.

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Posted by Barbara on Sun, Jul 20, 2025

Carl Reiner...............not sure about his son Rob. If I were on Finding Your Roots, I could possibly learn that we are related.........!!!

My father, William was in Vaudeville as a soft shoe dancer. I still have a sort of playbill from the
Valentine theater in the Bronx.

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Posted by Chris on Wed, Jul 23, 2025

Jerome Ashby was a world renowned French Horn player for the N.Y. Philharmonic Orchestra. Although his on line biography makes no mention of him being from The Bronx Jerome lived across the street from me at 1925 Harrison Avenue. Our group played all the street games of the day and he was just a nice kid. I can still remember himself and his mom coming home in the evening during school and Jerome carrying a big encased musical instrument that was the French Horn.Jerome attended school downtown at Juilliard and his mom worked down there so that was why he didn't get home til after 6pm from school. Unfortunately Jerome passed away several years ago and I've often thought of approaching the NYCHA which owns the building today about the process of naming the building after him. This would require the cooperation of the family I'm sure which may be difficult.

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