People from Brooklyn Heights

Russian-American poet (1940-1996)

Norwegian writer (1882–1949)

American writer and editor (1890–1937)

Matthew Paige Damon is an American actor, film producer, and screenwriter. He was ranked among Forbes's most bankable stars in 2007, and in 2010 was one of the highest-grossing actors of all time. He has received various awards and nominations, including an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for three British Academy Film Awards and seven Primetime Emmy Awards.

American playwright and essayist (1915–2005)

British-American poet (1907–1973)

American actress (born 1970)

American writer (1923–2007)

American actress and television producer (1936-2017)

Kimberly Alexis Bledel is an American actress and model. She is best known for her roles as Rory Gilmore on the television series Gilmore Girls and Emily Malek in The Handmaid's Tale. Bledel also had a recurring role in Mad Men and reprised her role as Rory Gilmore in the 2016 Netflix revival Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life.

American actor (born 1983)

American actor (born 1967)

American actress (1937-2008)

American writer (1917–1967)

American journalist, social activist, and Catholic convert (1897-1980)

Lena Dunham is an American writer, director, actress, and producer. She is the creator, writer, and star of the HBO television series Girls (2012–2017), for which she received several Emmy Award nominations and two Golden Globe Awards. Dunham also directed several episodes of Girls and became the first woman to win the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Comedy Series. She started her career writing, directing, and starring in her semi-autobiographical independent film Tiny Furniture (2010), for which she won an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay. She has since written and directed the 2022 films Sharp Stick and Catherine Called Birdy. In 2025, she created the Netflix series Too Much starring Megan Stalter.

American actor

British film director

American actress

Jewish-American poet (1928-2015)

German-American engineer

American film producer (born 1969)

American financier (1834–1916)

American actor

American diver, swimmer, Olympic gold medalist (1906–2002)

American drummer

American film and theatre critic (1924–2000)

American sculptor and filmmaker (born 1967)

American artist and art collector (1877-1952)

American botanist, zoologist and eugenicist (1866 – 1944)

writer (1914–2009)

American actor

American politician, signer of the Declaration of Independence (1716-1778)

American labor leader

American poet (1904–1978)

American author and conservative columnist

(1828-1919) Confederate Army general, judge

American theatre director (1937–2021)

American journalist

American novelist and journalist

United States labor leader (1868–1945)

American food writer

author

American folk singer and songwriter (1914-1981)

American dramatist (1891–1958)

American activist (1891-1988); wife of Bill W.

American online performance artist

social reformer

American novelist, poet (1849-1944)

American labor leader

American film director and writer

Greek-American soccer player

American scenic designer (1918-1994)

American judge (1897-1997)