South Bronx - Notable Natives

Notable Natives

  • John "coz" Acosta, member of band Forest for the Trees, vice-president American Federation of Musicians born South Bronx
  • Danny Aiello, born East Harlem raised on Bergen Ave
  • Bobby Darrin, born & raised on Lincoln Ave
  • Afrika Bambaataa, current resident of Soundview
  • Rapper A.G. of the duo Showbiz and A.G., raised in Mott Haven
  • Alex Ramos raised in The Bronx, Professional boxer
  • Rapper Armageddon
  • Al Pacino, raised in the South Bronx, born in East Harlem
  • Aventura Dominican-American bachata music group, formed in The Bronx, New York
  • Barry Wellman, raised in Fordham Road near Grand Concourse
  • Harold Bloom, writer, literary critic, lived in the South Bronx
  • Bernard McGuirk, grew up in the South Bronx
  • Majora Carter, raised in, and resident of Hunts Point
  • Colin Powell, raised in Hunts Point
  • Rapper Cuban Link, born in Cuba, raised in the South Bronx
  • Dolph Schayes, raised near East 180th Street and Grand Concourse
  • Rapper Drag-On, raised in Soundview
  • Rapper Fat Joe, raised in Morrisania
  • Grandmaster Flash, current resident of Morrisania
  • Harry Gibson
  • Rapper Hell Rell, raised in Tremont
  • Musician Jimi Hazel of 24-7 Spyz, raised in Mitchell Projects, Mott Haven
  • Jennifer Lopez, raised in Castle Hill
  • Hip hop pioneer DJ Kool Herc, raised in the Bronx and resides in 220th and Carpenter (Uptown Bronx)
  • Rapper KRS-One, originally from Brooklyn, raised in both Mott Haven and Soundview
  • Rapper Lord Tariq of the duo Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz, raised in Soundview
  • Murray Perahia, concert pianist and conductor, grew up in Walton Avenue
  • Charles Nelson Reilly actor, comedian, director and drama teacher, born in The Bronx.
  • Rebel Diaz Rebel Diaz is a political hip hop trio out of the Bronx, New York and Chicago
  • Ruben Diaz, Jr. Democratic Party politician
  • Rapper Remy Ma, raised in Castle Hill
  • Nine (rapper), rapper
  • Rapper T La Rock Raised in the Bronx
  • Scott La Rock Boogie Down Productions, born and raised in The Bronx
  • Fr. Stan Fortuna, ordained as a priest in the Bronx in 1990.
  • Tim Dog, rapper
  • Tom Leykis, radio personality, from Sheridan Ave
  • R&B singer Tony Sunshine, raised in Soundview
  • Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
  • Kerry Washington, actress, grew up on Jackson Avenue
  • Willie Colón, salsa musician
  • Big Pun, rapper, born and raised in Soundview
  • French Montana, rapper, raised in Tremont
  • Jordan Bratman, music marketer; born in the South Bronx
  • Leonard Susskind, Theoretical Physicist
  • Kemba Walker, NBA Player, raised in Soundview
  • Ray Vega (Musician), Jazz Trumpeter, raised in Mott Haven
  • Singer Xemidan Hydrazine Noxja Raised on Sheridan Avenue

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