Masta Killa

American rapper and member of the wu-tang clan.

Born August 18th, 1969 (age 56 years) in Brooklyn.

Bernie Kopell

American actor.

Born June 21st, 1933 (age 92 years) in Brooklyn.

Geoffrey Owens

American actor.

Born March 18th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Brooklyn.

Ellen Greene

American actress and singer.

Born February 22nd, 1951 (age 75 years) in Brooklyn. ^[ref]

Atul Gawande

American surgeon.

Born November 5th, 1965 (age 60 years) in Brooklyn.

Irving Thalberg

American film producer (1899-1936).

Born May 30th, 1899 in Brooklyn. ^[ref]

Died September 14th, 1936 at 37 years old in Santa Monica (pneumonia). ^[ref]

Al Kooper

American songwriter, record producer and musician.

Born February 5th, 1944 (age 82 years) in Brooklyn.

Ben Cohen

American businessman.

Born March 18th, 1951 (age 75 years) in Brooklyn.

Ron Chernow

American writer and historian (born 1949).

Born March 3rd, 1949 (age 77 years) in Brooklyn.

Terry Gross

American journalist; host and producer of "fresh air" a peabody award-winning radio program.

Born February 14th, 1951 (age 75 years) in Brooklyn.