People from the Lower East Side

Great Orthodox Jewish Rabbi of the 20th century (1895–1986)

104th New York City mayor (1906–2001)

American television executive producer and director

American activist (1970–2006)

American music publisher, singer, lyricist, and jazz artist promoter (1894-1985)

American economist (1942-2019)

American rapper

American physical chemist (1918–2022)

Puerto Rican actor

American writer (1924–2013)

American poet (1904–1978)

Atomic spy for the Soviet Union (1922–2014)

American screenwriter and lyricist (1897–1964)

American mathematician (1918-2001)

American mobster

Hungarian playwright (1903-1973)

Swiss visual artist

American mathematician (1918–2013)

American singer and actress (1893–1957)

American mobster (1888–1952)

American mnemonist, magician, and author (1926–2023)

television producer

American politician (1944–2022)

American writer (1909–1993)

American businessman (1916–1985)

American electrical engineer (1925-2011)

American theatre director (1901–1980)

American historian (1893-1972)

American activist

American playwright and writer (1898–1971)

Bengali-American entrepreneur and computer programmer (1986-2020)

German-American gemstone dealer and philanthropist (1855–1924)

American comedian & actor

actress (1922-2014)

American journalist, author, and investigative reporter (1934–2025)

American anthropologist (1922–2005)

first immigrant to pass through Ellis Island

Catholic bishop

Graffiti Artist, Actor (born 1960)

American musician

American actor, director, painter (1931-2006)

American labor leader (1928–1997)

American sailor and labor leader (1906-1981)

American football executive (1887–1959)

American photographer (1942- )

American politician (1880-1963)

American spy for the Soviet Union (1924-2008)

American playwright (1949-2016)

American philosopher (1917–2016)

American actor and model

American television and film director, producer and writer