This is a list of people who were either born or have lived in the Bronx, a borough of New York City, at some time in their lives. Many of the early historical figures lived in that part of Westchester County which later became part of the Bronx.

Academics and science

Richard Alba (1942–2025) – Distinguished CCNY Professor of ethnicity and assimilation Jill Bargonetti (born 1962) – biologist and Presidential Early Career Award winner Marshall Berman (1940–2013) – philosopher of modernity; author of All That Is Solid Melts into Air Norman Birnbaum (1926–2019) – author, educator, political advisor; University Professor Emeritus, Georgetown University Law Center; taught at Amherst College, London School of Economics, Oxford University, University of Strasbourg Ira Black (1941–2006) – neuroscientist and stem-cell researcher; first director of the Stem Cell Institute of New JerseyPearce, Jeremy (January 12, 2006). "Dr. Ira B. Black, 64, Leader in New Jersey Stem Cell Effort, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved October 29, 2011. Xavier Briggs (born 1968) – former professor of planning at MIT, former associate director of Office of Management and Budget, former vice president of Ford Foundation; sometimes known as "Xavier de Souza Briggs" Roscoe Brown (1922–2016) – Tuskegee airman, exercise physiologist, president, Bronx Community College, New York City political adviserSam Roberts, "Roscoe C. Brown, 94, Tuskegee Airman and Political Confidant," New York Times, July 7, 2016 Charles DeLisi (born 1941) – Arthur Metcalf Professor of Science and Engineering, Boston University; dean emeritus, College of Engineering Morton Deutsch (1920–2017) – conflict resolution expertSam Roberts, "Morton Deutsch, conflict resolution expert, dies at 97," New York Times, March 23, 2017 W.E.B. Du Bois (1868–1963) – sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-AfricanistIan Frazer, "Old Hatreds," New Yorker, August 26, 2019, p. 36. Gertrude B. Elion (1918–1999) – Nobel Prize biochemist and pharmacologist Murray Gell-Mann (1929–2019) – Nobel Prize physicist of sub-atomic particleGeorge Johnson, "Murray Gell-Mann, Who Peered at Particles and Saw the Universe, Dies at 89." New York Times, May 25, 2019. Todd Gitlin (1943–2022) – sociologist; co-founder of Students for a Democratic SocietyMiller, Jim (November 8, 1987). "Tears and Riots, Love and Regrets". The New York Times. Retrieved October 29, 2011. "Mr. Gitlin was born in 1943. Growing up in the Bronx, the middle-class son of liberal Jewish parents, he was, as he recalls, 'studious and clean-cut,' a straight-arrow fan of Adlai Stevenson." Fred Greenstein (1930–2018) – political scientist who psychologically assessed U.S. presidentsKatherine Seelye, "Fred Greenstein, 88, A Political 'Psychologist' Who Assessed Presidents." New York Times, December 16, 2018 Henry Heimlich (1920–2016) – physician inventor of the Heimlich maneuverRobert McFadden, "Inventor of a life-saving maneuver", The New York Times, December 21, 2016 Matthew Henson (1866–1955) – explorer, co-discoverer of the North Pole (with Robert Peary) Gary Hermalyn (born 1953) – Centennial Historian of New York City, Edgar Allan Poe scholar Irving Howe (1920–1993) – literary critic, socialist writer, author of World of Our Fathers Samuel P. Huntington (1927–2008) – Government Professor at Harvard University; co-editor of Foreign Policy; author of political science works related to the modernization of societies, particularly those of developing nations Adrian Kantrowitz (1918–2008) – cardiac-surgery pioneerThe New York Times obituary. November 20, 2008. Arthur Kantrowitz (1913–2008) – nose cone physicist; co-inventor of the intra-aortic balloon pumpThe New York Times obituary. December 10, 2008. Jeffrey Lane – urban ethnographer, Rutgers University Robert Lefkowitz (born 1943) – 2012 recipient of Nobel prize for chemistry of protein receptors"Nobel Prize Winner Hails from the Bronx," MyFoxNY.com Howard Lesnick (1931–2020) – Jefferson B. Fordham Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School Paul Levinson (born 1947) – science-fiction and non-fiction author; communications professor Norman Levitt (1943–2009) – mathematician at Rutgers University Ronald Mallett (born 1945) – theoretical physicist of time travel Barry Mazur (born 1937) – mathematician and fellow of the National Academy of Sciences Joseph M. McShane (born 1949) – Jesuit priest; president of Fordham University Stanley Milgram (1933–1984) – psychologist known for obedience to authority and small world studiesThomas Blass, "The Man Who Shocked the World" Psychology Today, March 1, 2002 Joseph A. O'Hare (1931–2020) – Jesuit priest; longest-serving president of Fordham University (1984–2003); first chair of New York City Campaign Finance Board (1988–2003) Jay Pasachoff (1943–2022) – astronomer, umbraphileJason Kersten, "Dept. of Superlatives: Totally" New Yorker, August 28, 2017: 28–29 Carolyn Porco (born 1953) – planetary scientist; leader of the Cassini space observatory team at the Colorado Space Science Institute, studying Saturn Allan Pred (1936–2007) – geographer at University of Chicago and University of California, BerkeleyNatalia Vonnegut, "Alan Pred in Memoriam", Howard Raiffa (1924–2016) – economist; negotiation scientistSam Roberts, "Howard Raifa, 92, Negotiation Scientist" New York Times, July 18, 2016 Murray Rothbard (1926–1995) – economist; helped define modern libertarianism Ken Schaffer (born 1947) – inventor; invented the wireless guitar system, video placeshifting"Ken Schaffer: What's the Frequency?" http://www.nutcom.com/?cat=3 Joseph Francis Shea (1925–1999) – aerospace engineer; headed NASA's Apollo program Robert Sobel (1931–1999) – historian and writer; history professor at Hofstra University; writer of business histories Edward Soja (1940–2015) – postmodern political geography and urban theorist at UCLA Michael I. Sovern (1931–2020) – Chancellor Kent Professor of Law and president emeritus of Columbia University Robert Spinrad (1932–2009) – computer designer; director of the Xerox Palo Alto Research CenterMarkoff, John (September 6, 2009). Robert Spinrad, a Pioneer in Computing, Dies at 77". The New York Times. Retrieved October 29, 2011. Mark Steiner (1942–2020) – professor of philosophy of mathematics and physics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Leonard Susskind (born 1940) – theoretical physicistByrne, Peter (July 2011). "Bad Boy of Physics". Scientific American. pp. 80–83. Neil deGrasse Tyson (born 1958) – astrophysicist; director of the American Museum of Natural History's Hayden Planetarium; host of PBS's educational-television series NOVA scienceNOW and Cosmos: A SpaceTime Odyssey (2014) and Cosmos: Possible Worlds (2020) Lloyd Ultan (born 1938) – official historian of the Bronx Allen Weinstein (1937–2015) – historian; Archivist of the United States Barry Wellman (1942–2024) – sociologist; University of Toronto professor studying social networks, community and the Internet Rosalyn Sussman Yalow (1921–2011) – medical physicist; co-winner of the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineGellene, Denise (June 2, 2011). "Rosalyn S. Yalow, Nobel Medical Physicist, Dies at 89". The New York Times. Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi (1932–2009) – historian; Salo Baron Professor of Jewish history at Columbia UniversityBerger, Joseph (December 10, 2009). "Yosef H. Yerushalmi, Scholar of Jewish History, Dies at 77". The New York Times. Retrieved October 29, 2011.

Arts Architects

Vito Acconci (1940–2017) – architect, landscape architect and installation artist Horace Ginsbern (1902–1987) – architect; designed the landmark Art Deco Park Plaza Apartments on Jerome Avenue in the Bronx, and other New York City structuresRosenblum, Constance (August 20, 2009). "Grand Wasn't It?". The New York Times. Retrieved October 29, 2011. Daniel Libeskind (born 1946) – architect

Filmmakers Stanley Kubrick (1928–1999) – film director, screenwriter, editor, cinematographer, storyteller Gerard Malanga (born 1943) – filmmaker, poet, photographer, actor, curator and archivist

Photographers

Robert Altman (1944–2021) – photographer Richard Avedon (1923–2004) – photographer Alvin Baltrop (1948–2004) – photographer Margaret Bourke-White (1904–1971) – photographer (including documentary photographer) Ron Galella (1931–2022) – paparazzo photographerFriend, Tad (May 31, 2010). "Big Game Dept.: No Pictures". The New Yorker, pp. 24–25. Garry Gross (1937–2010) – fashion photographer (including nude images of Brooke Shields at age ten), dog portraiture photographer and dog trainerHevesi, Dennis (December 7, 2010)."Garry Gross Is Dead at 73; Photographer of Clothes and Their Absence". The New York Times. Retrieved October 29, 2011. Marcey Jacobson (1911–2009) – photographer; images of daily life in Chiapas, MexicoWeber, Bruce. (August 11, 2009). "Marcey Jacobson, a Photographer Inspired by Mexico, Dies at 97". The New York Times. Retrieved October 29, 2011. Joel Meyerowitz (born 1938) – photographer Ralph Morse (1917–2015) – photographer Phil Stern (1919–2014) – photographer in Hollywood, WWII and the White House Robert McFadden, "Phil Stern, Photographer; Chronicler of Movie Stars and a President was 95" New York Times, December 16, 2014" Raven B. Varona (born 1990) – photographerKate Dwyer, "A Photographer of the Hip-Hop Age." New York Times, December 1, 2019, p. ST10

Visual artists and designers

Vito Acconci (1940–2017) – architect, landscape architect and installation artist Bernard Bernstein (1928–2021) metalsmith, silversmith and teacher Willie Cole (born 1955) – visual artist; uses found material such as his "America" blackboardFrazier, Ian (December 21, 2009). "Dept. of Orientation: El Super". The New Yorker, p. 50. Cope2 (born 1968) – graffiti artist Ralph Fasanella (1914–1997) – painter Milton Glaser (1929–2020) – graphic designer; designer of the "I Love New York" logo Al Held (1928–2005) – abstract painter; associated with Abstract expressionism, Hard-edge and Color Field painting Sabin Howard (born 1963) – figurative sculptor, noted for U.S. World War I national monument Joel Iskowitz (born 1946) – illustrator, artist, designer for United States Mint(November 21, 2017). "Joel Iskowitz Artistic Infusion Program Designer". United States Mint. Retrieved December 27, 2017. C. Paul Jennewein (1890–1978) – sculptor Ivan Karp (1926–2012) – art dealer Ronnie Landfield (born 1947) – abstract painter; associated with lyrical abstraction, and color field paintingLandfield, Ronnie; Morgan, Robert C.; Landfield, Jenny (2007). Ronnie Landfield – Paintings from Five Decades – September 16 – November 25, 2007 (exhibition catalogue). Youngstown, Ohio: Butler Institute of American Art. "Beginnings". pp. 7–10. . Glenn Ligon (born 1960) – conceptual artist Whitfield Lovell (born 1959) – contemporary visual artist, painter, and installation artist; focuses on African-American themes; MacArthur Fellow (2007) Jules Maidoff (1933–2025) – artist, teacher and founder of Studio Art Centers International, Florence, Italy Rick Meyerowitz (born 1943) – illustrator, writer Piccirilli Brothers (including father, Giuseppe Piccirilli (1844–1910), and his six sons – Ferruccio (1864–1945), Attilio (1866–1945), Furio (1868–1949), Masaniello (1870–1951), Orazio (1872–1954) and Getulio (1874–1956)) – sculptors Larry Rivers (1923–2002) – painter Joel Arthur Rosenthal (born 1943) – jeweler Merryll Saylan (born 1936) – woodturner Edwin Scheier (1910–2008) – artist George Sugarman (1912–1999) – sculptor Lawrence Weiner (1942–2021) – artist; associated with conceptual art Marian Zazeela (1940–2024) – light artist, painter, and set designer; also musician of Hindustani classical music

Journalists and writers

Sholem Aleichem (1859–1916) – author William Henry Appleton (1814–1899) – publisher Army Archerd (1922–1999) – columnist for Variety