I grew up in Yonkers, NY which is above The Bronx so there are many notable names. Here are some of them:
Famous -
James Cagney
Adam Rodriguez - CSI Miami Hotie
Ella Fitzgerald - my Aunt Rita went to school with her!
Betty Shabazz - leader and wife of Malcolm X
Jon Voight - Yonkers actually had a parade for him after "Midnight Cowboy." Don't think he lives in Yonkers anymore.
Gene Krupa - he lived down the street from my father's cousin and we got
invited to his house to hear him play the drums!
Elisha Otis - Elevator inventor. My Mom was a bookkeeper there!
Infamous -
David Berkowitz - "Son of Sam" - Mom actually lived on the same block
as he did after he went to jail. Nice view of the Hudson
River/ Palisades, but he doesn't get to see that view now!
Linda Lovelace - think porn movie "Deep Throat" not Watergate
Lillo Brancato Jr. - actor but charged with second-degree murder of an NYC
Police Detective
Famous -
James Cagney
Adam Rodriguez - CSI Miami Hotie
Ella Fitzgerald - my Aunt Rita went to school with her!
Betty Shabazz - leader and wife of Malcolm X
Jon Voight - Yonkers actually had a parade for him after "Midnight Cowboy." Don't think he lives in Yonkers anymore.
Gene Krupa - he lived down the street from my father's cousin and we got
invited to his house to hear him play the drums!
Elisha Otis - Elevator inventor. My Mom was a bookkeeper there!
Infamous -
David Berkowitz - "Son of Sam" - Mom actually lived on the same block
as he did after he went to jail. Nice view of the Hudson
River/ Palisades, but he doesn't get to see that view now!
Linda Lovelace - think porn movie "Deep Throat" not Watergate
Lillo Brancato Jr. - actor but charged with second-degree murder of an NYC
Police Detective