Daniel Oturu

Nigerian-american basketball player.

Born September 20th, 1999 (age 26 years) in Brooklyn.

Robin Lakoff

American linguist.

Born November 27th, 1942 in Brooklyn.

Died August 5th, 2025 at 82 years old in Walnut Creek. ^[ref]

Howard Greenfield

American lyricist and songwriter, who for several years in the 1960s worked out of the famous brill building..

Born March 15th, 1936 in Brooklyn.

Died March 4th, 1986 at 49 years old in Los Angeles (heart failure, death from AIDS-related complications).

Robert Stone

American novelist.

Born August 21st, 1937 in Brooklyn.

Died January 10th, 2015 at 77 years old in Key West (disease).

S. J. Perelman

American humorist, author, and screenwriter (1904-1979).

Born February 1st, 1904 in Brooklyn. ^[ref]

Died October 17th, 1979 at 75 years old in New York City. ^[ref]

Alice McDermott

American writer, novelist, essayist.

Born June 27th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Brooklyn.

Alan Blinder

American economist.

Born October 14th, 1945 (age 80 years) in Brooklyn.

Diane di Prima

American poet (1934-2020).

Born August 6th, 1934 in Brooklyn.

Died October 25th, 2020 at 86 years old in San Francisco. ^[ref]

Jeffrey C. Hall

American geneticist and chronobiologist.

Born May 3rd, 1945 (age 80 years) in Brooklyn.

Omar Cook

American-born montenegrin basketball player (born 1982).

Born January 28th, 1982 (age 44 years) in Brooklyn.