People from East Harlem

American mixed martial arts fighter

American author and advertising copywriter

Author, professor, arts administrator, expert in Yoruba culture, education and cultural activist on the African diaspora

New York City crime boss (1865-1915)

American actor (1944-2017)

American musician (1935-1991)

American federal and international judge

Member of the New York State Assembly, 1997–2000

Puerto Rican actor (1935-2013)

American actress and writer

American progressive broadcast journalist and investigative reporter

Filipino-African American Latin soul musician

New York state supreme court judge and author

member of the Genovese crime family

American mobster

Puerto Rican writer and poet

American basketball player (1929–2011)

American painter (1906-1956)

Puerto Rican politician

French-American artist and architect

American musician

American musician

American pianist (1929–2018)

Puerto Rican writer