Map of Upper Manhattan. Harlem and its subsections are highlighted in pink Harlem is located in Upper Manhattan, often referred to as Uptown by locals. It stretches from the East River in the east, to the Hudson River to the west; and between 155th Street in the north, where it meets Washington Heights, and an uneven boundary along the south that runs along either 96th Street east of Fifth Avenue or 110th Street west of Fifth Avenue. Central Harlem is bounded by Fifth Avenue on the east, Central Park on the south, Morningside Park, St. Nicholas Avenue and Edgecombe Avenue on the west, and the Harlem River on the north.[10] A chain of three large linear parks — Morningside Park, St. Nicholas Park and Jackie Robinson Park — are situated on steeply rising banks and form most of the district's western boundary. On the east, Fifth Avenue and Marcus Garvey Park, also known as Mount Morris Park, separate this area from East Harlem. The bulk of the area falls under Manhattan Community Board No. 10.[2] In the late 2000s, South Harlem, emerged from area redevelopment, running along Frederick Douglass Boulevard from West 110th to West 138th Streets.[11][12] The West Harlem neighborhoods of Manhattanville and Hamilton Heights comprise part of Manhattan Community Board No. 9. The two neighborhoods' area is bounded by Cathedral Parkway (110th Street) on the South; 155th Street on the North; Manhattan/Morningside Ave/St. Nicholas/Bradhurst/Edgecome Avenues on the East; and Riverside Park/the Hudson River on the west. Morningside Heights is located in the southern most section of West Harlem. Manhattanville begins at roughly 123rd Street and extends northward to 135th Street. The northern most section of West Harlem is Hamilton Heights.[3] East Harlem, also called Spanish Harlem, within Manhattan Community Board 11, is bounded by East 96th Street on the south, East 142nd Street on the north, Fifth Avenue on the west, and the Harlem River on the east.[4] Emergency services and representation[edit] The New York City Police Department patrols five precincts located within Harlem. The areas of West Harlem are served by the 30th Precinct,[13] the areas of Central Harlem are served by the 28th[14] and 32nd Precincts,[15] and the

areas of East Harlem are served by the 23rd[16] and 25th Precincts.[17] The New York City Fire Department operates 9 firehouses in Harlem, organized into 2 Battalions. The following fire companies are quartered in Harlem: Engine 35, Engine 37, Engine 47, Engine 58, Engine 59, Engine 69, Engine 80, Engine 84, Engine 91, Ladder 14, Ladder 23, Ladder 26, Ladder 28, Ladder 30, Ladder 34, Ladder 40, and the Chiefs of the 12th and 16th Battalions. Harlem is represented by New York's 13th congressional district, the New York State Senate's 30th district, the New York State Assembly's 68th and 70th districts, and the New York City Council's 7th, 8th, and 9th districts. History[edit] Main article: History of Harlem Before the arrival of European settlers, the area that would become Harlem (originally Haarlem) was inhabited by the Manhattans, a native tribe, who along with other Native Americans, most likely Lenape[18] occupied the area on a semi-nomadic basis. As many as several hundred farmed the Harlem flatlands.[19] Between 1637–39, a few settlements were established.[20][21] During the American Revolution, the British burned Harlem to the ground.[22] It took a long time to rebuild, as Harlem grew more slowly than the rest of Manhattan during the late 18th century.[23] After the American Civil War, Harlem experienced an economic boom starting in 1868. The neighborhood continued to serve as a refuge for New Yorkers, but increasingly those coming north were poor and Jewish or Italian.[24] The Metro-North Railroad,[25] as well as the Interborough Rapid Transit and elevated railway lines,[26] helped Harlem's economic growth, as they connected Harlem to lower and midtown Manhattan. Rowhouse built for the African-American population of Harlem in the 1930s A condemned building in Harlem after the 1970s The Jewish and Italian demographic decreased, while the black and Puerto Rican population increased in this time.[27] The early 20th-century Great Migration of blacks to northern industrial cities was fueled by their desire to leave behind the Jim Crow South, seek better jobs and education for their children, and escape a culture of lynching violence; during World War I, expanding industries recruited black laborers to fill new jobs, thinly staffed after the draft began to take young men.[28] In 1910, Central Harlem was about 10% black. By 1930, it had reached 70%.[29] Starting around the time of the end of World War I, Harlem became associated with the New Negro movement, and then the artistic outpouring known as the Harlem Renaissance, which extended to poetry, novels, theater, and the visual arts. So many blacks came that it "threaten[ed] the very existence of some of the leading industries of Georgia, Florida, Tennessee and Alabama."[30] Many settled in Harlem. By 1920, central Harlem was 32.43% black. The 1930 census revealed that 70.18% of Central Harlem's residents were black and lived as far south as Central Park, at 110th Street.[31] However, by the 1930s, the neighborhood was hit hard by job losses in the Great Depression. In the early 1930s, 25% of Harlemites were out of work, and employment prospects for Harlemites stayed bad for decades. Employment among black New Yorkers fell as some traditionally black businesses, including domestic service and some types of manual labor, were taken over by other ethnic groups. Major industries left New York City altogether, especially after 1950. Several riots happened in this period, including the 1935 and 1943 riots. There were major changes following World War II. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Harlem was the scene of a series of rent strikes by neighborhood tenants, led by local activist Jesse Gray, together with the Congress of Racial Equality, Harlem Youth Opportunities Unlimited (HARYOU), and other groups. These groups wanted the city to force landlords to improve the quality of housing by bringing them up to code, to take action against rats and roaches, to provide heat during the winter, and to keep prices in line with existing rent control regulations.[32] The largest public works projects in Harlem in these years were public housing, with the largest concentration built in East Harlem.[33] Typically, existing structures were torn down and replaced with city-designed and managed properties that would, in theory, present a safer and more pleasant environment than those available from private landlords. Ultimately, community objections halted the construction of new projects.[34] From the mid-20th century, the terrible quality of education in Harlem has been a source of distress. In the 1960s, about 75% of Harlem students tested under grade levels in reading skills, and 80% tested under grade level in math.[35] In 1964, residents of Harlem staged two school boycotts to call attention to the problem. In central Harlem, 92% of students stayed home.[36] In the post-World War II era, Harlem ceased to be home to a majority of the city's blacks,[37] but it remained the cultural and political capital of black New York, and possibly black America.[38][39] By the 1970s, many of those Harlemites who were able to escape from poverty left the neighborhood in search of safer streets, better schools and homes. Those who remained were the poorest and least skilled, with the fewest opportunities for success. Though the federal government's Model Cities Program spent $100 million on job training, health care, education, public safety, sanitation, housing, and other projects over a ten-year period, Harlem showed no improvement.[40] The city began auctioning its enormous portfolio of Harlem properties to the public in 1985. This was intended to improve the community by placing property in the hands of people who would live in them and maintain them. In many cases, the city would even pay to completely renovate a property before selling it (by lottery) below market value.[41] After the 1990s, Harlem began to grow again. Between 1990 and 2006 the neighborhood's population grew by 16.9%, with the percentage of blacks decreasing from 87.6% to 69.3%,[31] then dropping to 54.4% by 2010,[42] and the percentage of whites increasing from 1.5% to 6.6% by 2006,[31] and to "almost 10%" by 2010.[42] A renovation of 125th Street and new properties along the thoroughfare[43][44] also helped to revitalize Harlem.[45] Culture[edit] See also: Harlem Renaissance The Apollo Theater on 125th Street, in November 2006. In the 1920s and 1930s, Central and West Harlem was the focus of the "Harlem Renaissance", an outpouring of artistic work without precedent in the American black community. Though Harlem musicians and writers are particularly well remembered, the community has also hosted numerous actors and theater companies, including the New Heritage Repertory Theater,[46] National Black Theater, Lafayette Players, Harlem Suitcase Theater, The Negro Playwrights, American Negro Theater, and the Rose McClendon Players.[47] The Apollo Theater opened on 125th Street on January 26, 1934, in a former burlesque house. The Savoy Ballroom, on Lenox Avenue, was a renowned venue for swing dancing, and was immortalized in a popular song of the era, "Stompin' At The Savoy". In the 1920s and 1930s, between Lenox and Seventh Avenues in central Harlem, over 125 entertainment places operated, including speakeasies, cellars, lounges, cafes, taverns, supper clubs, rib joints, theaters, dance halls, and bars and grills.[48] 133rd Street, known as "Swing Street", became known for its cabarets, speakeasies and jazz scene during the Prohibition era, and was dubbed "Jungle Alley" because of "inter-racial mingling" on the street.[49][50] Some jazz venues, including most famously the Cotton Club, where Duke Ellington played, and Connie's Inn, were restricted to whites only. Others were integrated, including the Renaissance Ballroom and the Savoy Ballroom. In 1936, Orson Welles produced his famous black Macbeth at the Lafayette Theater in Harlem.[51] Grand theaters from the late 19th and early 20th centuries were torn down or converted to churches. Harlem lacked any permanent performance space until the creation of the Gatehouse Theater in an old Croton aqueduct building on 135th Street in 2006.[52] From 1965 until 2007, the community was home to the Harlem Boys Choir, a famous touring choir and education program for young boys, most of whom are black.[53] The Girls Choir of Harlem was founded in 1989, and closed with the Boys Choir.[54] Harlem is also home to the largest African American Day Parade which celebrates the culture of African diaspora in America. The parade was started up in the spring of 1969 with Congressman Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. as the Grand Marshal of the first celebration.[55] Arthur Mitchell, a former dancer with the New York City Ballet, established Dance Theatre of Harlem as a school and company of classical ballet and theater training in the late 1960s. The company has toured nationally and internationally. Generations of theater artists have gotten a start at the school. Manhattan's contributions to hip-hop stems largely from artists with Harlem roots such as Big L, Kurtis Blow and Immortal Technique. Harlem is also the birthplace of popular hip-hop dances such as the Harlem shake, toe wop, and Chicken Noodle Soup. Harlem is currently experiencing a gourmet renaissance with new dining hotspots popping up uptown around Frederick Douglass Boulevard.[56] At the same time, some residents are fighting back against the powerful waves of gentrification the neighborhood is experiencing. On October 17, 2013, residents staged a sidewalk sit-in to protest a five-days-a-week farmers market that would shut down Macombs Place at 150th Street.[57] Religious life[edit] St. Andrew's Episcopal Church Wikimedia Commons has media related to Churches in Harlem. Religious life has historically had a strong presence in Black Harlem. The area is home to over 400 churches.[58] Major Christian denominations include Baptists, Pentecostals, Methodists (generally African Methodist Episcopalian, or "AME"), Episcopalians, and Roman Catholic. The Abyssinian Baptist Church has long been influential because of its large congregation, and recently wealthy on account of its extensive real estate holdings. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints built a chapel on 128th Street in 2005. Previously the Church had had a branch meeting around the corner in a former Jehovah's Witnesses Kingdom Hall. As of 2015 there are 3 LDS Wards meeting at the Harlem Chapel. Many of the area's churches are "storefront churches", which operate in an empty store, or a basement, or a converted brownstone townhouse. These congregations may have fewer than 30–50 members each, but there are hundreds of them.[59] Others are old, large, and designated landmarks. Especially in the years before World War II, Harlem produced popular Christian charismatic "cult" leaders, including George Wilson Becton and Father Divine.[60] Mosques in Harlem include the Malcolm Shabazz Mosque No. 7 (formerly Mosque No. 7 Nation of Islam, and the location of the 1972 Harlem Mosque incident), the Mosque of Islamic Brotherhood and Masjid Aqsa. Judaism, too, maintains a presence in Harlem through the Old Broadway Synagogue. A non-mainstream synagogue of black Jews known as Commandment Keepers, was based in a synagogue at 1 West 123rd Street until 2008. Landmarks[edit] St Martin's Episcopal Church, at Lenox Avenue and 122nd Street Hotel Theresa building at the corner of Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard and 125th Street Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building, at the same intersection as the Hotel Theresa Many places in Harlem are New York City Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, or are otherwise prominent: 155th Street Viaduct leading to Macombs Dam Bridge Abyssinian Baptist Church Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building All Saints Church Apollo Theater Atlah Worldwide Church Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Astor Row Blockhouse[61] Bushman Steps Stairway that led baseball fans from the subway to The Polo Grounds ticket booth.[61][62] City College of New York Cotton Club Duke Ellington Circle Dunbar Apartments designed by architect Andrew J. Thomas. former home to W. E. B. Du Bois, Paul Robeson, Asa Philip Randolph, Bill “Bojangles” Robinson and explorer Matthew Henson[61] First Corinthian Baptist Church Fort Clinton, Central Park and Nutter's Battery Frederick Douglass Circle Graham Court Hamilton Grange Hamilton Heights Harbor Conservatory for the Performing Arts Harlem Children's Zone Harlem Hospital Center The Harlem School of the Arts Harlem Stage Harlem YMCA Harlem Hellfighters Monument / 369th Infantry Regiment Memorial[61] Hooper Fountain[61] Hotel Theresa James Bailey House Jumel Terrace and Morris-Jumel Mansion in modern-day Washington Heights. Langston Hughes House La Marqueta Lenox Lounge Manhattan Avenue-West 120th-123rd Streets Historic District Mink Building Minton's Playhouse Morningside Park Mount Morris Bank Building Mount Morris Park Historic District Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Mount Sinai Hospital, New York El Museo Del Barrio Museum of the City of New York National Black Theater New York College of Podiatric Medicine Rucker Park St. Martin's Episcopal Church (formerly Trinity Church) designed by William Appleton Potter[63] Savoy Ballroom marked by a plaque on Lenox.[64] St. Nicholas Historic District St. Nicholas Houses Strivers' Row Studio Museum in Harlem Swing Low Harriot Tubman Memorial Sylvia's Soul Food West 147th-149th Streets Historic District Population and demographics[edit] Like most neighborhoods in New York, the demographics of Harlem's communities have changed rapidly throughout the history of New York. In 1910, 10% of Harlem's population was black but by 1930, they had become a 70% majority.[7] The period between 1910 and 1930 marks a huge point in the great migration of African Americans from the South to New York. This point also marks an influx from downtown Manhattan neighborhoods where blacks were feeling less welcome, to the Harlem area.[7] The black population in Harlem peaked in 1950 with a 98% share of the population (population 233,000). As of 2000, Central Harlem had a black community comprising 77% of the population; however, the majority of African Americans moved out as more and more foreigners began to move in.[65] Central Harlem is the most famous section of Harlem and thus is commonly referred to simply as Harlem. Central Harlem is home to the famous Apollo Theater. Central Harlem[edit] In 2010, the population of Central Harlem was at 115,000 according to a regional census.[66] Central Harlem is home to the Mount Morris Park neighborhood. West Harlem[edit] In 2010, the population of West Harlem was at 110,193 according to a regional census.[67] West Harlem, consisting of Morningside Heights, Manhattanville, and Hamilton Heights, as a whole is predominately Hispanic. African Americans make up about a quarter of the West Harlem population.[3] However, Morningside Heights has a large number of White Americans.[68] Morningside Heights is known as the "Academic Acropolis of New York". Educational institutions in the neighborhood include Columbia University, Barnard College, and New York Theological Seminary. East Harlem[edit] In 2010, the population of East Harlem was at 120,000.[69] East Harlem originally formed as a predominately Italian American neighborhood, but its demographics have changed over the years. and it is now known as a predominately Hispanic neighborhood. Italian Harlem formed when Southern Italian immigration began in the late 19th century.[70] Italian Harlem is notable as the founding location of the Genovese crime family, one of the Five Families that dominated Italian organized crime in New York City as part of the Mafia (or Cosa Nostra).[71] The area began its transition from Italian Harlem to Spanish Harlem when Puerto Rican migration began after World War II.[72] This community of stateside Puerto Ricans is notable for its contributions to Salsa music. In recent decades, many Mexican and Salvadoran immigrants have also settled in East Harlem.[73] East Harlem is also known as El Barrio and today is predominantly Hispanic, though with a significant Black presence.[72] The area suffers from the highest violent crime rate in Manhattan.[74] Social issues[edit] Poverty and health[edit] A Harlem street scene Drew Hamilton Houses, a large low-income NYCHA housing project in Central Harlem Harlem suffers from unemployment rates higher than the New York average (generally more than twice as high)[75] and high mortality rates as well. In both cases, the numbers for men have been consistently worse than the numbers for women. Unemployment and poverty in the neighborhood resisted private and governmental initiatives to ameliorate them. During the Great Depression, unemployment in Harlem went past twenty percent and people were being evicted from their homes.[76] In the 1960s, uneducated blacks could find jobs more easily than educated ones could, confounding efforts to improve the lives of people who lived in the neighborhood through education.[77] Land owners took advantage of the neighborhood and offered apartments to the lower-class families for cheaper rent but in lower class conditions.[78] As of 1999, 179,000 housing units were available for the citizens of Harlem.[79] Housing activists in Harlem state that, even after residents were given vouchers for the Section 8 housing that was being placed, many were not able to live there and had to find homes elsewhere or become homeless.[79] Infant mortality was 124 per thousand in 1928 (12.4%) .[80] By 1940, infant mortality in Harlem was 5% (one infant in 20 would die), and the death rate from disease generally was twice that of the rest of New York. Tuberculosis was the main killer, and four times as prevalent among Harlem citizens than among the rest of New York's population.[80] A 1990 study of life expectancy of teenagers in Harlem reported that 15-year-old women in Harlem had a 65% chance of surviving to age 65, about the same as women in India. Fifteen-year-old men in Harlem, on the other hand, had a 37% chance of surviving to age 65, about the same as men in Angola.[81] Infectious diseases and diseases of the circulatory system were to blame, with a variety of contributing factors, including consumption of the deep-fried foods traditional to the South, which may contribute to heart disease. Crime[edit] Harlem Riot of 1964 Main article: Crime in Harlem In the early 20th century, Harlem was a stronghold of the Italian Mafia. As the ethnic composition of the neighborhood changed, black criminals began to organize themselves similarly. However, rather than compete with the established mobs, gangs concentrated on the "policy racket," also called the Numbers game, or bolita in East Harlem. This was a gambling scheme similar to a lottery that could be played, illegally, from countless locations around Harlem. According to Francis Ianni, "By 1925 there were thirty black policy banks in Harlem, several of them large enough to collect bets in an area of twenty city blocks and across three or four avenues."[82] By the early 1950s, the total money at play amounted to billions of dollars, and the police force had been thoroughly corrupted by bribes from numbers bosses.[83] These bosses became financial powerhouses, providing capital for loans for those who could not qualify for them from traditional financial institutions, and investing in legitimate businesses and real estate. One of the powerful early numbers bosses was a woman, Madame Stephanie St. Clair. The popularity of playing the numbers waned with the introduction of the state lottery, which has higher payouts and is legal. The practice continues on a smaller scale among those who prefer the numbers tradition or who prefer to trust their local numbers bank to the state. Statistics from 1940 show about 100 murders per year in Harlem, "but rape is very rare."[84] By 1950, essentially all of the whites had left Harlem and by 1960, much of the black middle class had departed. At the same time, control of organized crime shifted from Jewish and Italian syndicates to local black, Puerto Rican, and Cuban groups that were somewhat less formally organized.[82] At the time of the 1964 riots, the drug addiction rate in Harlem was ten times higher than the New York City average, and twelve times higher than the United States as a whole. Of the 30,000 drug addicts then estimated to live in New York City, 15,000 to 20,000 lived in Harlem. Property crime was pervasive, and the murder rate was six times higher than New York's average. Half of the children in Harlem grew up with one parent, or none, and lack of supervision contributed to juvenile delinquency; between 1953 and 1962, the crime rate among young people increased throughout New York City, but was consistently 50% higher in Harlem than in New York City as a whole.[85] Injecting heroin grew in popularity in Harlem through the 1950s and 1960s, though the use of this drug then leveled off. In the 1980s, use of crack cocaine became widespread, which produced collateral crime as addicts stole to finance their purchasing of additional drugs, and as dealers fought for the right to sell in particular regions, or over deals gone bad.[86] With the end of the "crack wars" in the mid-1990s and with the initiation of aggressive policing under mayors David Dinkins and subsequently Rudolph Giuliani, crime in Harlem plummeted. In 1981, 6,500 robberies were reported in Harlem. The number dropped to 4,800 in 1990, during David Dinkins' mayoralty.[citation needed] By 2000, only 1,700 robberies were reported, and by 2010, only 1,100 were reported. There have been similar changes in all categories of crimes tracked by the New York City Police Department.[87] In the 32nd Precinct, which services Central Harlem above 127th Street, for example, between 1990 and 2013, the murder rate dropped 89.4%, the rape rate dropped 67.5%, the robbery rate dropped 74.2%, burglary dropped 93.4%, and the total number of crime complaints dropped 77.6%.[88] Education[edit] Main article: Education in Harlem In 1977, Isiah Robinson, president of the New York City Board of Education, was quoted as saying that "the quality of education in Harlem has degenerated to the level of a custodial service."[46] As of May 2006, Harlem was the heart of the charter schools movement in Manhattan; of the 25 charter schools operating in Manhattan, 18 were in Harlem.[89] In 2010, about one age-eligible Harlem child in five was enrolled in charter schools.[90] The New York Public Library operates the Harlem Branch Library at 9 West 124th Street,[91] the George Bruce Library at 518 West 125th Street,[92] the 115th Street Branch Library at 203 West 115th Street,[93] and the 125th Street Branch Library at 224 East 125th Street, near Third Avenue.[94] The New York College of Podiatric Medicine, City College of New York, and Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, are all located in Harlem. Transportation[edit] Bridges[edit] Harlem River spans; Harlem to the left and the Bronx to the right The Harlem River separates the Bronx and Manhattan, necessitating several spans between the two New York City boroughs. In East Harlem, the Wards Island Bridge, also known as the 103rd Street Footbridge, connects Manhattan with Wards Island. The Triboro Bridge is a complex of three separate bridges that offers connections between Queens, Manhattan (Harlem), and the Bronx.[95] Public transportation[edit] Harlem – 125th Street station on the Metro-North Railroad Public transportation service is provided by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. This includes the New York City Subway and MTA Regional Bus Operations, as well as a Metro-North commuter rail stop at East 125th Street, connecting Westchester County with New York City. Some Bronx local routes also serve Manhattan, to provide customers with access between both boroughs.[96] Subway routes include: IRT Lenox Avenue Line (2 3 trains)[97] List of people from Harlem From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This is a list of people from Harlem in New York City. Contents [hide] 1 The early period (pre-1920) 2 Jewish, Italian, Irish Harlem (circa 1900–30) 3 The Harlem Renaissance and World War II (1920–1945) 4 Famous after World War II 5 Rap, hip hop, R&B and reality 6 21st-century residents 6.1 Representatives 7 References The early period (pre-1920)[edit] John James Audubon – naturalist[1] Frederic Alexander Birmingham – editor of Esquire magazine from 1945–1957, grew up in Harlem[2] Richard Croker – Tammany Hall politician,[3] lived at 26 Mount Morris Park West[4] James Reese Europe – musician, credited with inventing jazz; 67 West 133rd Street[1][5] Thomas Gilroy – New York mayor[4] Alexander Hamilton – politician; lived in Harlem at the end of his life Hubert Harrison – "The Father of Harlem Radicalism" Scott Joplin – pianist and composer; lived at 133 West 138th Street in 1916, then at 163 West 131st Street until his death in 1917; had a studio at 160 West 133rd Street[6] Alfred Henry Lewis – cowboy author[7] Vincent James McMahon – founder of the World Wide Wrestling Federation Paul Meltsner – WPA era painter and muralist; grew up in Harlem Thomas Nast – artist[1] Philip A. Payton, Jr. – real estate entrepreneur; lived at 13 West 131st Street[8] Norman Rockwell – lived as a child at 789 St. Nicholas Avenue[9] Norman Thomas – radical activist[10] Daniel Tiemann – New York mayor[11] Robert Van Wyck – New York mayor[4] Cornelius Van Wyck Lawrence – New York mayor[11] Jewish, Italian, Irish Harlem (circa 1900–30)[edit] Moe Berg Sholem Aleichem – writer, 110 Lenox Avenue[12] Moe Berg – Major League Baseball catcher; spy Milton Berle – comedian and actor, born in a five-story walkup at 68 West 118th Street[13] Fanny Brice – actress, houses at West 128th Street and West 118th Street[14] Art Buchwald – writer[10] Bennett Cerf – publisher,[15] was born on May 25, 1898 at 68 West 118th Street,[16] the same address as Milton Berle's Morris Raphael Cohen – philosopher, 498 West 135th Street[17] Milt Gabler – record producer, responsible for many innovations in the recording industry of the 20th century[18] Don Giosuele Galluci – gangster, 318 East 109th Street[17] George and Ira Gershwin - composers, grew up in Harlem; lived at 108 West 111th and other addresses.[19] George wrote his first hit song, "Swanee", at his home at 520 W. 144 Street in 1919.[9] The pair were living at 501 Cathedral Parkway in 1924, and it was in this apartment that George wrote "Rhapsody in Blue."[20] Oscar Hammerstein I – inventor and theatrical entrepreneur; lived at 333 Edgecombe Avenue[9] Oscar Hammerstein II – writer and theatrical producer, addresses on East 116th Street and 112th Street[21] Lorenz Hart – lyricist half of the Broadway songwriting team Rodgers and Hart, 59 West 119th Street[22] Harry Houdini – magician; lived at 278 West 113th Street from 1904 until his death in 1926[23] Frank Hussey – Olympian, 129th Street[24] Burt Lancaster – Oscar-winning actor and producer[10] Solomon Libin – writer in Yiddish[12] Seymour Martin Lipset – political sociologist, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, and Hazel Professor of Public Policy at George Mason University[25] Ignazio Lupo – counterfeiter, gangster[26] Marx Brothers – comedians, 239 East 114th Street[13] Arthur Miller – playwright, 45 West 110th Street[27][28] Giuseppe Morello – gangster, 323 East 107th Street[26] Belle Moskowitz – political advisor to New York Governor and 1928 presidential candidate Al Smith[29] Al Pacino – Academy Award-winning actor Charlie Pilkington – three-time New York champion boxer; East 102nd Street David Rappaport – fashion manufacturer, designer and painter[30] Moses Reicherson – linguist, East 106th Street[31] Richard Rogers – composer, 3 West 120th Street[1][15] Yossele Rosenblatt – celebrated cantor[32] Henry Roth – writer, 108 East 119th Street[12] Jessie Sampter – poet[24] John Sanford, born Julian Lawrence Shapiro – screenwriter and author who wrote 24 books[33] Pasquarelli Spinelli – gangster, 318 East 109th Street[17] Arthur Sulzberger – publisher of the New York Times [32] Henrietta Szold – founder of Hadassah[24] Vincent and Ciro Terranova – gangsters, 352 East 116th Street[34] The Harlem Renaissance and World War II (1920–1945)[edit] 409 Edgecombe Avenue Louis Armstrong – bandleader and trumpet player[35] Count Basie – bandleader and pianist; lived at 555 Edgecombe Avenue[36][37] George Wilson Becton – religious cult leader[38] Julius Bledsoe – singer; lived at 409 Edgecombe Avenue[37] Arna Bontemps – writer William Stanley Braithwaite – poet and essayist; lived at 409 Edgecombe Avenue[37] Charles David Brooks, Jr. (III) – director and professor of theatre; Harlem Hospital; lived at 53 Lenox Avenue Eunice Carter – New York state judge; lived at 409 Edgecombe Avenue[37] John Henrik Clarke – editor of Freedomways Magazine and of several books; professor; moved to Harlem in 1933[39] Collyer brothers – compulsive hoarders; lived in a townhouse at 128th Street and Fifth Avenue in Harlem their entire adult lives Countee Cullen – poet[35] Lillian Harris Dean – entrepreneur known as "Pigfoot Mary" Aaron Douglas – painter; lived at 409 Edgecombe Avenue[37][39] W. E. B. Du Bois – activist, writer; lived at 409 Edgecombe[36][37] Duke Ellington – composer, pianist and bandleader; lived on Riverside Drive and at 555 Edgecombe[36][40] Father Divine – religious leader,[40] lived in several locations in Harlem, including on Astor Row, and maintained offices at 20 West 115th Street[41] Rudolph Fisher – writer[39] Marcus Garvey – political figure, black separatist. Home at 235 West 131st Street[42] Charles Manuel "Sweet Daddy" Grace – evangelist, born in Cape Verde Islands but became prominent in Harlem in the 1920s[40] Lionel Hampton – jazz musician; lived in Harlem through World War II and for some years thereafter[39] Hubert Harrison – "The Father of Harlem Radicalism" Coleman Hawkins – musician, saxophone player; lived at 555 Edgecombe Avenue[43] Johnnie Hodges – musician; lived at 555 Edgecombe[36] Billie Holiday – singer; lived with her mother at 108 West 139th Street[44] Casper Holstein – gangster Lena Horne – singer and actress; lived at 555 Edgecombe Avenue[43] Langston Hughes – writer[45] Zora Neale Hurston – writer[45] Bumpy Johnson – gangster; lived in Lenox Terrace at 132nd Street and Lenox Avenue near the end of his life[46] James P. Johnson – pianist James Weldon Johnson – author, activist, composer; lived at 187 West 135th Street[36] Donald Jones – actor and dancer born in Harlem but moved to the Netherlands Fiorello La Guardia – New York mayor, from East Harlem Cora La Redd – dancer[35] Alain Locke – editor[35] Joe Louis – boxer; lived at 555 Edgecombe Avenue[43] Claude McKay – poet and novelist; born in Jamaica but moved to Harlem and wrote the famous novel Home to Harlem, West 131st Street[47] Florence Mills – entertainer Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. – religious, civic leader[40] A. Philip Randolph – activist, labor organizer Paul Robeson – singer and actor; lived at 555 Edgecombe Avenue[36][37] Bill "Bojangles" Robinson – dancer; lived on Strivers' Row[36] James Herman Robinson – pastor of the Church of the Master on 122nd St., founder of Operation Crossroads Africa, a forerunner of the Peace Corps Stephanie St. Clair – criminal leader; lived at 409 Edgecombe Avenue[48] Willie "The Lion" Smith – pianist Wallace Thurman – writer[35] Judge Charles E. Toney - first African American elected judge in New York City (1930); lived at 409 Edgecombe Avenue Jean Toomer – writer[39] James Van Der Zee – photographer[40] Madam C.J. Walker – philanthropist and tycoon A'Lelia Walker – socialite and businesswoman Fats Waller – pianist, born at 107 West 134th Street[49] Ethel Waters – singer, actress; born in Chester, Pennsylvania Walter Francis White – civil rights leader[50] Bert Williams – vaudeville performer; born in Antigua; died in 1922, near the start of the Harlem Renaissance Mary Lou Williams – pianist; lived at 63 Hamilton Terrace[44] Famous after World War II[edit] Miles Aiken, basketball player Fiona Apple - singer-songwriter and pianist, raised in Morningside Gardens[51] James Baldwin – novelist; lived at 131st Street and Adam Clayton Powell Blvd. (then called "Seventh Avenue")[52] Amiri Baraka, born LeRoi Jones – dancer, poet, activist Romare Bearden – artist, primarily working in collage Harry Belafonte – calypso musician Claude Brown – novelist, wrote Manchild in the Promised Land Ron Brown – U.S. Secretary of Commerce, grew up in the Hotel Theresa[53] Kareem Campbell – pro skateboarder George Carlin – comedian; 121st Street between Amsterdam and Broadway[54] Jimmy Castor – R&B/funk bandleader Chevy Chase – comedian, raised in East Harlem[55] Dr. Kenneth Clark – psychologist and activist; lived at 555 Edgecombe Avenue[37] Evelyn Cunningham – civil-rights-era journalist and aide to Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller of New York[56] Jules Dassin – film director[1] Benjamin J. Davis – New York city councilman, ultimately sent to jail for violations of the Smith Act[39] Ossie Davis – actor and director; lived in Harlem in the late 1930s and mid-1940s Sammy Davis, Jr. – entertainer, actor, member of Rat Pack, born in Harlem Hospital in 1925[57] Roy DeCarava – photographer, born in Harlem in 1919[58] Wanda De Jesus - actress David Dinkins – Mayor of New York; lived in the Riverton Houses[59] Ralph Ellison – novelist, wrote Invisible Man, about a man who moves from the deep south to Harlem; lived at 730 Riverside Drive in Harlem[60] Erik Estrada – actor, from East Harlem Jack Geiger – physician, co-founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility; lived with Canada Lee for a year at 555 Edgecombe Avenue[61] Althea Gibson – professional tennis player; lived at 115 West 143rd Street[36] Oscar Hammerstein II – writer and theatrical producer[1] W. C. Handy – composer and bandleader; lived on Strivers' Row in Harlem towards the end of his life[36] Rowsch Shaways Riya Qahtan Roya Toloui Sadegh Sharafkandi Sadet Karabulut Saladin Saleh Yousefi Salih Muslim Muhammad Sedigh Kamangar Selim Sadak Sevahir Bayindir Shahab Sheikh Nuri Sharaf Khan Bidlisi Shaikh Mahmood Barzenji Sheikh Ubeydullah Shibal Ibrahim Shirkuh Simko Shikak Soraya Serajeddini Sulaiman Shah Tamar Fattah Ramadhan Kuchar Taha Muhie eldin Marouf Taha Yassin Ramadan Theophobos Walid Jumblatt Widad Akrawi Yitzhak Mordechai Zübeyir Aydar Film directors and actors edit Bahman Ghobadi Behrouz Gharibpour Dilsa Demirbag Sten Dilshad Meriwani Ghotbeddin Sadeghi Hisham Zaman Huner Saleem Jamil Rostami Jano Rosebiani Kadir Talabani Mahmoud el Meliguy Mano Khalil Nisti Stêrk Shahram Alidi Shero Rauf Yilmaz Güney Yilmaz Erdogan Yüksel Yavuz Zeynel Dogan Hulya Avsar Rojda Demirer Belçim Bilgin Sport edit Aziz Yildirim Ahmad Al Salih Ahmad Karzan Amar Suloev Aram Khalili Avar Raza Aziz Shavershian Bovar Karim Celal Ibrahim Dara Mohammed Deniz Naki Ahmad Meshari Al Adwani Dr Abdul Razzak Al Adwani Thuraya Al Baqsami Abdullah Al Buloushi Jaber Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah Abdulaziz Al Anberi Fahad AlSharekh Abdul Rahman Al Sumait Faisal Al Dakhil Fehaid Al Deehani Mohammed al Ghareeb Wael Sulaiman Al Habashi Zaid Al Harb Jassem Al Houwaidi Ibrahim Khraibut Faiza Al Kharafi Jassem Al Kharafi Nasser Al Kharafi Abdullah III Al Salim Al Sabah Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah Nasser Al Mohammed Al Ahmed Al Sabah Bader Al Nashi Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah Saad Al Abdullah Al Salim Al Sabah Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah Abdallah Saleh Ali Al Ajmi Jamal Mubarak Ibrahim Al Mudhaf Bader Al Mutwa Abu Obeida Tawari al Obeidi Abdullah Abdul Latif Al Othman Abdullah Al Refai Ahmed al Rubei Sabah III Al Salim Al Sabah Salem Al Ali A Sabah Salem Sabah Al Salem Al Sabah Salim Al Mubarak Al Sabah Nawaf Al Mutairi Fahad Al Rashidi Ahmed Al Sadoun Fawzi Al Shammari Anouvong Boua Bounkhong Bouasone Bouphavanh Laasaenthai Bouvanaat General Cheng Fa Khai Fa Ngum Fay Na Huy of Champasak Sisavath Keobounphanh Kham Nai Kham Souk of Champasak Kham Oun I Khamphoui Khamtum Khun Lo Lan Kham Deng Somsavat Lengsavad Manoi Meunsai Nang Keo Phimpha Nark of Champasak No Muong Nokasad Ong Keo Ong Kommandam Chamleunesouk Ao Oudomphonh Boun Oum Oun Kham Mam Manivan Phanivong Phia Sing Phommathat Kaysone Phomvihane Photisarath Souvanna Phouma Nouhak Phoumsavanh Phetsarath Rattanavongsa Ouane Rattikone Ratsadanay Samsenethai Thayavong Savang Vong Savang A edit Augusts Vilis Abakuks – – a leader of the British Latvian community in exile Valerians Abakovskis – – inventor of a propeller powered railcar the aerowagon Rutanya Alda Rutanya Alda Skrastina born – actress Mommy Dearest Deer Hunter Viktors Alksnis born – Soviet military officer and Russian communist politician known as "the Black Colonel" Juris Alunans writer and philologist Ingrida Andrina – actress Iveta Apkalna born – organist Fricis Apšenieks – – chess player Vija Artmane – – actress Aspazija pen name of Elza Pliekšane poet and playwright Gunars Astra – – dissident fighter for human rights Auseklis see Mikelis Krogzems B edit Ainars Bagatskis born – basketball player Helmuts Balderis born – ice hockey player forward Janis Balodis – – army officer and politician Janis Balodis born – Latvian Australian playwright Karlis Balodis – – notable economist financist statistician and demographist Krišjanis Barons – – "the father of Latvian folk songs" who compiled and edited the first publication of Latvian folk song texts "Latvju Dainas" – Mihails Barišnikovs born – ballet dancer Karlis Baumanis – – composer author of the national anthem of the Republic of Latvia "Dievs sveti Latviju " God bless Latvia Vizma Belševica – – author candidate for Nobel Prize in Literature Eduards Berklavs – – politician leader of Latvian national communists Krišjanis Berkis – – general Dairis Bertans born – basketball player Isaiah Berlin Jesaja Berlins – – philosopher Eduards Berzinš – – soldier in the Red Army later Head of Dalstroy the Kolyma forced labour camps in North Eastern Siberia Kaspars Berzinš born – basketball player Karlis Betinš – – chess player Andris Biedrinš born – basketball player Gunars Birkerts born – architect Miervaldis Birze – – writer Ernests Blanks – – Latvian publicist writer historian the first to publicly advocate for Latvia s independence Rudolfs Blaumanis – – writer and playwright Himans Blums – – painter Janis Blums born – basketball player Arons Bogolubovs born – Olympic medalist judoka Baiba Broka born – actress Inguna Butane – fashion model C edit Valters Caps – – designed first Minox x photocameras Aleksandrs Cauna born – footballer Gustavs Celminš – – fascist politician leader of Perkonkrusts movement Vija Celmins born – American painter born in Latvia C edit Maris Caklais – poet Aleksandrs Caks – – poet Janis Cakste – – first Latvian president Tanhum Cohen Mintz Latvian born Israeli basketball player D edit Roberts Dambitis – – general and politician Janis Dalinš – – athlete race walker Emils Darzinš – – composer Kaspars Daugavinš born – ice hockey player Jacob Davis – – inventor of denim Johans Aleksandrs Heinrihs Klapje de Kolongs – – naval engineer Eliass Eliezers Desslers – – Orthodox rabbi Talmudic scholar and Jewish philosopher Leor Dimant born – the DJ for the rap metal group Limp Bizkit Anatols Dinbergs – – diplomat Aleksis Dreimanis born – geologist Inga Drozdova born – model and actress Olgerts Dunkers – – actor and film director E edit Mihails Eizenšteins – – architect Sergejs Eizenšteins – – film director Modris Eksteins born – Canadian historian and writer Andrievs Ezergailis born – historian of the Holocaust F edit Movša Feigins – – chess player Gregors Fitelbergs – – conductor composer and violinist Vesels fon Freitags Loringhofens – – colonel and member of the German resistance against German dictator Adolf Hitler Laila Freivalds born – former Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs G edit Inese Galante born – opera singer soprano Gints Gabrans born – artist Elina Garanca born – opera singer mezzo soprano Karlis Goppers – – general founder of Latvian Boy Scouts Andrejs Grants born – photographer Ernests Gulbis born – tennis player Natalija Gulbis born – Latvian descent LPGA golfer G edit Uldis Germanis – – historian under the alias of Ulafs Jansons a social commentator Aivars Gipslis – – chess player H edit Moriss Halle born – linguist Filips Halsmans – – Latvian American photographer Juris Hartmanis born – computer scientist Turing Award winner Uvis Helmanis – basketball player I edit Arturs Irbe born – ice hockey player goalkeeper Karlis Irbitis – – aviation inventor engineer designer J edit Gatis Jahovics – basketball player Mariss Jansons born – conductor Inese Jaunzeme born – athlete Rashida Jones born Latvian American actress K edit Aivars Kalejs born organist composer Sandra Kalniete born – politician diplomat former Latvia s EU commissioner Bruno Kalninš – – Saeima member Red Army General Imants Kalninš born – composer politician Oskars Kalpaks – – colonel first Commander of Latvian National Armed Forces Kaspars Kambala born – basketball player Martinš Karsums born – ice hockey player Reinis Kaudzite writer and journalist Renars Kaupers – musician Jekabs Ketlers – – Duke of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia Gustavs Klucis – – painter and graphic designer Aleksandrs Koblencs – – chess player Abrams Izaks Kuks – – chief rabbi Jewish thinker statesman diplomat mediator and a renowned scholar Aleksandrs Kovalevskis – – zoologist Gidons Kremers born – violinist and conductor Mikelis Krogzems – – poet author and translator of German poets Juris Kronbergs born – poet writer free lance journalist translator Atis Kronvalds – – teacher and journalist reformed the Latvian language organized the first Latvian Song and Dance Festival Dainis Kula born – athlete Olympic gold medal in javelin Alberts Kviesis – – president of Latvia L edit Aleksandrs Laime – – explorer Vilis Lacis – – author and politician Ginta Lapina born – fashion model Natalija Lašenova – gymnastics Olympic champion team Ed Leedskalnin Edvards Liedskalninš – – builder of Coral Castle in Florida claimed to have discovered the ancient magnetic levitation secrets used to construct the Egyptian pyramids Jekabs Mihaels Reinholds Lencs – – author Marija Leiko – – actress Aleksandrs Liepa – – inventor artist Maris Liepa – – ballet dancer Maksims Lihacovs born – professional football player Peggy Lipton born Latvian American actress Nikolajs Loskis – – philosopher Janis Lusis born – athlete Olympic champion L edit Jevgenija Lisicina born – organist M edit Maris Martinsons born film director producer screenwriter and film editor Hermanis Matisons – – chess player Zenta Maurina – – writer literary scholar culture philosopher Juris Maters – – author lawyer and journalist translated laws to Latvian and created the foundation for Latvian law Janis Medenis poet Arnis Mednis singer Zigfrids Anna Meierovics – – first Latvian Minister of Foreign Affairs Leo Mihelsons – – artist Arnolds Mikelsons – – artist Jevgenijs Millers – – czarist Russian general Karlis Milenbahs – – linguist N edit Arkadijs Naidics born – chess player now resident in Germany Andris Nelsons born – conductor of The Boston Symphony Orchestra Andrievs Niedra – – pastor writer prime minister of German puppet government Arons Nimcovics – – influential chess player Reinis Nitišs born World Rallycross driver Fred Norris born – Radio personality The Howard Stern Show O edit Stanislavs Olijars born – athlete European champion in m Hurdles Vilhelms Ostvalds – – received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in for his work on catalysis chemical equilibria and reaction velocities Elvira Ozolina born – athlete Olympic gold medal in javelin Sandis Ozolinš born – ice hockey player defense Valdemars Ozolinš – – composer conductor P edit Artis Pabriks born – Minister of Foreign Affairs – Karlis Padegs – – Graphic artist painter Marians Pahars born – soccer player Raimonds Pauls born – popular composer widely known in Russia Lucija Peka – – Artist of the Latvian Diaspora Jekabs Peterss – – revolutionary and Soviet Cheka leader Brita Petersone – American model Kaspars Petrovs born – serial killer Vladimirs Petrovs – – chess player Oskars Perro – Latvian soldier and writer Andris Piebalgs born – politician diplomat European Commissioner for Energy Janis Pliekšans – – distinguished Latvian writer author of a number of poetry collections Juris Podnieks – – film director producer Nikolajs Polakovs – – Coco the Clown Janis Poruks writer Rosa von Praunheim born – film director author painter and gay rights activist Sandis Prusis born – athlete bobsleigh Uldis Pucitis actor director Janis Pujats born – Roman Catholic cardinal Andrejs Pumpurs – – poet author of Latvian national epic Lacplesis R edit Rainis pseudonym of Janis Pliekšans poet and playwright Dans Rapoports American financier and philanthropist Lauris Reiniks – singer songwriter actor and TV personality Einars Repše born – politician Lolita Ritmanis born – orchestrator composer Ilja Ripss born inventor of the Bible Code Fricis Rokpelnis – – author Marks Rotko – – abstract expressionist painter Elza Rozenberga – – poet playwright married to Janis Pliekšans Juris Rubenis born – famous Lutheran pastor Martinš Rubenis born – athlete bronze medalist at the Winter Olympics in Turin Brunis Rubess born – businessman Inta Ruka born – photographer Tana Rusova born – pornographic actress S edit Rudolfs Saule born ballet master performer with the Latvian National Ballet Uljana Semjonova born – basketball player Haralds Silovs – short track and long track speed skater Karlis Skalbe – – poet Karlis Skrastinš – – ice hockey player Baiba Skride born – violinist Konstantins Sokolskis – – romance and tango singer Ksenia Solo born Latvian Canadian actress Serge Sorokko born art dealer and publisher Raimonds Staprans born – Latvian American painter Janis Šteinhauers – – Latvian industrialist entrepreneur and civil rights activist Gotthard Friedrich Stender – the first Latvian grammarian Lina Šterna – – biologist and social activist Roze Stiebra born animator Henrijs Stolovs – – stamp dealer Janis Streics born – film director screenwriter actor Janis Strelnieks born – basketball player Peteris Stucka – – author translator editor jurist and educator Janis Sudrabkalns poet and journalist Jevgenijs Svešnikovs born – prominent chess player Stanislavs Svjanevics – – economist and historian Š edit Viktors Šcerbatihs born – athlete weightlifter Pauls Šimanis – – Baltic German journalist politician activist defending and preserving European minority cultures Vestards Šimkus born – pianist Aleksejs Širovs born – chess player Andris Škele born – politician Prime Minister of Latvia Armands Škele – basketball player Ksenia Solo born – actress Ernests Štalbergs – – architect ensemble of the Freedom Monument Izaks Nahmans Šteinbergs – – politician lawyer and author Maris Štrombergs – BMX cyclist gold medal winner at and Olympics T edit Esther Takeuchi born – materials scientist and chemical engineer Mihails Tals – – the th World Chess Champion Janis Roberts Tilbergs – – painter sculptor U edit Guntis Ulmanis born – president of Latvia Karlis Ulmanis – – prime minister and president of Latvia


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Director of the Manhattan Borough President's Office, Special Assistant to the City Council President City of NY[65] Gordon Parks – film director and photographer[40] Basil Paterson – New York state senator, New York City deputy mayor for labor relations, Vice-Chairman of the Democratic National Committee[40][66] Samuel Pierce – Ronald Reagan's Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; lived in the Riverton Houses[59] Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. – politician Bud Powell – musician, pianist[62] Tito Puente, Sr. - musician, Spanish Harlem Gene Anthony Ray – dancer and actor[67] Isiah Robinson – president of the New York City Board of Education[40] Sugar Ray Robinson – boxer, entrepreneur; moved to Harlem at age 12 Sonny Rollins – musician, tenor saxophone[62] Steve Rossi – comedian, former manager for Howard Stern[68] Henry Roth – novelist[1] J. D. Salinger – novelist; lived at 3681 Broadway until he was nine years old[69] Hazel Scott – pianist, wife of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., first African American woman with her own television show.ref name="ng1977"/> Nina Simone – singer; lived, for a time, in Duke Ellington's old house in Harlem[40] Thomas Sowell – professional economist and author Billy Strayhorn – jazz composer, arranger Percy Sutton – Borough President of Manhattan: "If I were offered a million dollars, I wouldn't leave Harlem."[40] Billy Taylor – jazz pianist; lived in the Riverton Houses[59] Clarice Taylor – actress on the Cosby Show Samuel E Vázquez – abstract expressionist painter[70] [71] Dinah Washington – "Queen of the Blues"; born in Alabama but became famous when she lived in Harlem[40] Roy Wilkins – civil rights leader; lived at 409 Edgecombe[36] Louis T. 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Fresh – 80s rapper, runs a waffle house in Harlem Spoonie Gee – pioneer rapper Charles Hamilton – rapper Ilacoin - hip hop artist, creator of the "Pause" game Freddie Jackson – singer Jim Jones (rapper) – rapper (co-CEO of Diplomat Records) (Dipset) Kelis – R&B singer and songwriter Big L – rapper (deceased) Puff Daddy – rapper, producer Darlene Lewis – writer, lyricist, model, first female producer; host of hip-hop music video talk shows circa 1984–present Freekey Zekey – rapper (owner, CEO of 730 Dips Records) Immortal Technique – rapper Kurtis Blow – rapper Lil Mama – rapper; judge of America's Best Dance Crew Loaded Lux – battle rapper Biz Markie – rapper, disc jockey Mase – rapper Jae Millz – rapper Murda Mook – battle rapper (member Of Dot Mob) P-Star – rapper, singer, actress Ebony Haith – America's Next Top Model contestant, model Teddy Riley - producer, artist Carl Hancock Rux - writer, performer Sheena Sakai – America's Next Top Model contestant, model Isabel Sanford - actor; co-star of The Jeffersons Juelz Santana – rapper (owner, CEO of Skull Gang Records) Bre Scullark – America's Next Top Model contestant, model Tupac Shakur - rapper, actor, poet Smoke DZA - rapper Dani Stevenson – singer Keith Sweat – singer Teyana Taylor – singer and rapper signed to Kanye West's G.O.O.D. 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I've been coming home to Harlem for 50 years."[76] Angela Bassett – Emmy and Academy Award-nominated, and Golden Globe-winning actress Charlotte d'Amboise – actress and dancer Jonathan Franzen – author; lived on 125th Street when he wrote his book The Corrections[77] Marcia Gay Harden – Oscar-winning actress[45][78] Neil Patrick Harris – actor; lives near Morningside Park when not in Los Angeles[79] Terrance Mann – actor and dancer Cameron Mathison – actor on All My Children and contestant on Dancing with the Stars, 136 West 130th Street[80][81] S. Epatha Merkerson – actress [45] Harold Miller Hal -Actor "Gordon" Sesame Street lived 152nd Street & Mccombs Place before going to live and work in China, India and throughout Europe Mandy Patinkin – actor[45] Moe Berg From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article is about the American baseball player. For the Canadian singer/songwriter, see Moe Berg (musician). Moe Berg MoeBergGoudeycard.jpg Catcher Born: March 2, 1902 New York City, New York Died: May 29, 1972 (aged 70) Belleville, New Jersey Batted: Right Threw: Right MLB debut June 27, 1923, for the Brooklyn Robins Last MLB appearance September 1, 1939, for the Boston Red Sox MLB statistics Batting average .243 Hits 441 RBI 206 Teams Brooklyn Robins (1923) Chicago White Sox (1926–1930) Cleveland Indians (1931) Washington Senators (1932–1934) Cleveland Indians (1934) Boston Red Sox (1935–1939) Morris "Moe" Berg (March 2, 1902 – May 29, 1972) was an American catcher and coach in Major League Baseball who later served as a spy for the Office of Strategic Services during World War II. Although he played 15 seasons in the major leagues, almost entirely for four American League teams, Berg was never more than an average player, usually used as a backup catcher, and was better known for being "the brainiest guy in baseball"[1] than for anything he accomplished in the game. Casey Stengel once described Berg as "the strangest man ever to play baseball".[2] A graduate of Princeton University and Columbia Law School, Berg spoke several languages and regularly read 10 newspapers a day. His reputation was fueled by his successful appearances as a contestant on the radio quiz show Information, Please in which he answered questions about the derivation of words and names from Greek and Latin, historical events in Europe and the Far East, and ongoing international conferences.[3] As a spy working for the government of the United States, Berg traveled to Yugoslavia to gather intelligence on resistance groups the U.S. government was considering supporting. He was then sent on a mission to Italy, where he interviewed various physicists concerning the German nuclear program. After the war, Berg was occasionally employed by the OSS's successor, the Central Intelligence Agency, but, by the mid-1950s, was unemployed. He spent the last two decades of his life without work, living with various siblings. Contents 1 Early life 2 Major league career 2.1 Early career (1923–1925) 2.2 Career as a catcher (1926–1934) 2.3 First trip to Japan 2.4 Second trip to Japan 2.5 Late career and coaching (1935–1941) 3 Post-baseball career 3.1 Spying for the U.S. Government 3.2 After World War II 4 Death 5 Legacy 6 See also 7 References 8 External links Early life[edit] Moe Berg was Jewish, and was the third and last child of Bernard Berg, a pharmacist, and Rose Tashker, a homemaker, both Jewish, who lived in the Harlem section of New York City, New York, a few blocks from the Polo Grounds. When Berg was three and a half, he begged his mother to let him start school. In 1906, Bernard Berg bought a pharmacy in West Newark. In 1910 the Berg family moved again, to the Roseville section of Newark. Roseville offered Bernard Berg everything he wanted in a neighborhood—good schools, middle-class residents, and very few Jews.[4] Berg began playing baseball at the age of seven for the Roseville Methodist Episcopal Church baseball team under the less ethnic pseudonym Runt Wolfe. In 1918, at the age of 16, Berg graduated from Barringer High School. During his senior season, the Newark Star-Eagle selected a nine-man "dream team" for 1918 from the city's best prep and public high school baseball players, and Berg was named the team's third baseman. Barringer was the first in a series of institutions Berg joined in his life where his religion made him unusual. Most of the other students were East Side Italian Catholics or Protestants from Forest Hill, but there were not many Jews, just as Bernard wanted it.[5] After graduating from Barringer, Berg enrolled in New York University. He spent two semesters there and played baseball and basketball. In 1919 he transferred to Princeton University, and never again mentioned that he attended NYU for a year, presenting himself exclusively as a Princeton man.[6] Berg received a B.A., magna cum laude in modern languages. He had studied seven languages: Latin, Greek, French, Spanish, Italian, German and Sanskrit. His Jewish heritage and modest finances combined to keep him on the fringes of Princeton society, where he never quite fit in.[7] During his freshman year, Berg played first base on an undefeated team. Beginning in his sophomore year, he was the starting shortstop. He was not a great hitter and was a slow baserunner, but he had a strong, accurate throwing arm and sound baseball instincts. In his senior season, he was captain of the team and had a .337 batting average, batting .611 against Princeton's arch-rivals, Harvard and Yale. Berg and Crossan Cooper, Princeton's second baseman, communicated plays in Latin when there was a man on second base.[8] On June 26, 1923, Yale defeated Princeton 5–1 at Yankee Stadium to win the Big Three title. Berg had an outstanding day, getting two hits in four at bats (2–4) with a single and a double, and making several marvelous plays at shortstop. Both the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Robins desired "Jewish blood" on their teams, to appeal to the large Jewish community in New York, and expressed interest in Berg. The Giants were especially interested, but they already had two future Hall of Famers at shortstop, Dave "Beauty" Bancroft and Travis Jackson. The Robins were a mediocre team, where Berg would have a better chance to play. On June 27, 1923, Berg signed his first big league contract for $5,000 ($69,000 today) with the Robins.[9] Major league career[edit] Early career (1923–1925)[edit] Berg's first game with the Robins came on June 27, 1923 against the Philadelphia Phillies at the Baker Bowl. Berg came in at the start of the seventh inning, replacing Ivy Olson at shortstop, when the Robins were winning 13–4. Berg handled five chances without an error and caught a line drive to start a game-ending double play. He got a hit in two at bats, singling up the middle against Clarence Mitchell, and scoring a run.[10][11] For the season, Berg batted .187 and made 21 errors in 47 games, his only National League experience.[12] After the season ended, Berg took his first trip abroad, sailing from New York to Paris. He settled in the Latin Quarter in an apartment that overlooked the Sorbonne, where he enrolled in 32 different classes.[13] In Paris he developed a habit he kept for the rest of his life: reading several newspapers daily.[14] Until Berg finished reading a paper, he considered it "alive" and refused to let anyone else touch it. When he was finished with it, he would consider the paper "dead" and anybody could read it.[2] In January 1924, instead of heading back to New York and getting himself into shape for the upcoming baseball season, Berg toured Italy and Switzerland.[14] During spring training at the Robins facility in Clearwater, Florida, manager Wilbert Robinson could see that Berg's hitting had not improved, and optioned him to the Minneapolis Millers of the American Association. Berg did not take the demotion well and threatened to quit baseball, but by mid-April he reported to the Millers. Berg did very well once he became the Millers' regular third baseman, hitting close to .330, but in July his average plummeted and he was back on the bench. On August 19, 1924 Berg was loaned to the Toledo Mud Hens, a poor team ravaged by injuries. Berg was immediately inserted into the lineup at shortstop when Rabbit Helgeth refused to pay a $10 ($140 today) fine for poor play and was suspended. Major league scout Mike Gonzalez sent a telegram to the Dodgers evaluating Berg with the curt, but now famous, line, "Good field, no hit." Berg finished the season with a .264 average.[15] By April 1925, he was starting to show promise as a hitter with the Reading Keystones of the International League. Because of his .311 batting average and 124 runs batted in, the Chicago White Sox exercised their option they had with Reading, paying $6,000 ($81,000 today) for him, and moved Berg up to the big leagues the following year.[16] Career as a catcher (1926–1934)[edit] The 1926 season began with Berg informing the White Sox that he would skip spring training and the first two months of the season to complete his first year of law school at Columbia University, and Berg did not join the White Sox until May 28. Bill Hunnefield was signed by the White Sox to take Berg's place at shortstop, and was having a very good year, batting over .300. Berg played in only 41 games, batting .221.[17] Berg returned to Columbia after the season to continue working on his law degree. Despite White Sox owner Charles Comiskey offering him more money to come to spring training, Berg declined, and informed the White Sox that he would be reporting late for the 1927 season. Noel Dowling, a professor to whom Berg explained his situation, told Berg to take extra classes in the fall, and said that he would arrange with the dean a leave of absence from law school the following year, 1928.[18] Because he reported late, Berg spent the first three months of the season on the bench. In August, a series of injuries to catchers Ray Schalk, Harry McCurdy and Buck Crouse left the White Sox in need of somebody to play the position. Schalk, the White Sox player/manager, selected Berg, who did a fine job filling in. Schalk arranged for former Philadelphia Phillies catcher Frank Bruggy to meet the team at their next game, against the New York Yankees. Bruggy was so fat that pitcher Ted Lyons refused to pitch to him. When Schalk asked him whom he wanted to catch, Lyons selected Berg.[19] In Berg's debut as a starting catcher, he had to worry not only about catching Lyons' knuckleball, but also about facing the Yankees' Murderers' Row lineup, which included Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Earle Combs. Lyons beat the Yankees 6–3, holding Ruth hitless. Berg made the defensive play of the game when he caught a poor throw from the outfield, spun and tagged out Joe Dugan at the plate. He caught eight more times during the final month and a half of the season.[20] To prepare for the 1928 season, Berg went up to a lumber camp in New York's Adirondack Mountains three weeks before reporting to the White Sox spring training facility in Shreveport, Louisiana. The hard labor did wonders for him, as he reported to spring training on March 2, 1928 in excellent shape. By the end of the season, Berg had established himself as the starting catcher.[21] At law school, Berg failed Evidence and did not graduate with the class of 1929, but he did pass the New York State bar exam. He repeated the evidence course the following year, and on February 26, 1930 received his LL.B.[22] On April 6, during an exhibition game against the Little Rock Travelers, his spikes caught in the soil as he tried to change directions and he tore a knee ligament.[23] He was back in the starting lineup on May 23, 1930, but his knee would not allow him to play every day. He played in only 20 games the whole season and finished with a .115 batting average. During the winter, he took a job with the respected Wall Street law firm Satterlee and Canfield (now Satterlee, Stephens, Burke & Burke). The Cleveland Indians picked him up on April 2, 1931 when Chicago put him on waivers, but he played in only 10 games with 13 at-bats and only 1 hit for the entire season.[24] "Yeah, I know, and he can't hit in any of them."[25] — Dave Harris, Senators' outfielder, when told that Berg spoke seven languages The Indians gave him his unconditional release in January 1932, but with catchers hard to come by, Clark Griffith, owner of the Washington Senators, invited him to spring training in Biloxi, Mississippi. He made the team, playing in 75 games while not committing an error. When starting catcher Roy Spencer went down with an injury, Berg stepped in, throwing out 35 baserunners while batting .236.[26] First trip to Japan[edit] Retired ballplayer Herb Hunter arranged for three players, Berg, Lefty O'Doul and Ted Lyons, to go to Japan to teach baseball seminars at Japanese universities during the winter of 1932. On October 22, 1932, the group of three players began their circuit of Meiji, Waseda, Rikkyo, Todai (Tokyo Imperial), Hosei, and Keio universities, the members of the Tokyo Big6 Baseball League. When the other Americans returned to the United States after their coaching assignments were over, Berg stayed behind to explore Japan. He went on to tour Manchuria, Shanghai, Peking, Indochina, Siam, India, Egypt and Berlin.[27] Despite his desire to go back to Japan, Berg reported to the Senators training camp on February 26, 1933 in Biloxi. He played in just 40 games during the season, and batted only .185. The Senators won the pennant, but lost to the Giants in the World Series. Cliff Bolton, the Senators' starting catcher in 1933, demanded more money in 1934. When the Senators refused to pay him more, he sat out and Berg got the starting job. On April 22, Berg made an error, his first fielding mistake since 1932—an American League record of 117 consecutive errorless games. On July 25, the Senators gave Berg his unconditional release. He soon returned to the big leagues, however, after Cleveland Indians catcher Glenn Myatt broke his ankle on August 1. Indians manager Walter Johnson, who had managed Berg in 1932, offered Berg the reserve catching job. Berg played sporadically until Frankie Pytlak, Cleveland's starting catcher, injured himself, and Berg became the starting catcher.[28] Second trip to Japan[edit] Herb Hunter arranged for a group of All-Stars, including Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Earl Averill, Charlie Gehringer, Jimmie Foxx and Lefty Gomez, to tour Japan playing exhibitions against a Japanese all-star team. Despite the fact that Berg was a mediocre, third-string catcher, he was invited at the last minute to make the trip. Among the items Berg took with him to Japan were a 16-mm Bell and Howell movie camera and a letter from MovietoneNews, a New York City newsreel production company with which Berg had contracted to film the sights of his trip. When the team arrived in Japan, he gave a welcome speech in Japanese and also addressed the legislature.[29] On November 29, 1934, while the rest of the team was playing in Omiya, Berg went to Saint Luke's Hospital in Tsukiji, ostensibly to visit the daughter of American ambassador Joseph Grew. Instead, Berg sneaked onto the roof of the hospital, one of the tallest buildings in Tokyo, and filmed the city and harbor with his movie camera. He never did see the ambassador's daughter. Back at home, the Indians gave him his unconditional release. Berg continued on to the Philippines, Korea and Moscow.[30] Late career and coaching (1935–1941)[edit] After his return to America, Berg was picked up by the Boston Red Sox. In his five seasons with the Red Sox, Berg averaged fewer than 30 games a season.[31] On February 21, 1939, Berg made his first of three appearances on the radio quiz show, Information, Please. Berg put on a dazzling performance.[32] Of his appearance, baseball commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis told him, "Berg, in just thirty minutes you did more for baseball than I've done the entire time I've been commissioner".[33] On his third appearance, Clifton Fadiman, the moderator, started asking Berg too many personal questions. Berg did not answer any more questions and never appeared on the show again.[33] Regular show guest and sportswriter John Kieran later said that "Moe was the most scholarly professional athlete (I) ever knew."[34] After his playing career ended, Berg was a Red Sox coach in 1940 and 1941.[35] Post-baseball career[edit] Spying for the U.S. Government[edit] With the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese on December 7, 1941, the United States was thrust into World War II. To do his part for the war effort, Berg accepted a position with Nelson Rockefeller's Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs on January 5, 1942. Nine days later, his father, Bernard, died.[36] During the summer of 1942, Berg screened the footage he shot of Tokyo Bay for intelligence officers of the United States military. The film may have helped Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle plan his famous Doolittle Raid.[37] From August 1942 to February 1943, Berg was on assignment in the Caribbean and South America. His job was to monitor the health and physical fitness of the American troops stationed there. Berg, along with several other OIAA agents, left in June 1943 because they thought South America posed little threat to the United States, and they wanted to be someplace where their talents would be put to better use.[38] On August 2, 1943, Berg accepted a position with the Office of Strategic Services Special Operations Branch (SO) for a salary of $3,800 ($51,800 today) a year. He was a paramilitary operations officer in the part of the OSS that is now called the CIA Special Activities Division. In September, he was assigned to the OSS Secret Intelligence branch (SI) and given a spot on the OSS SI Balkans desk. In this role, he parachuted into occupied Yugoslavia to evaluate the various resistance groups operating against the Nazis to determine which was the strongest. He talked to both Draža Mihailovic and Tito and reviewed their forces, deciding that Tito had the stronger and better supported group. His evaluations were used to help determine the amount of support and aid to give each group.[39] In late 1943, Berg was assigned to Project Larson, an OSS operation set up by OSS Chief of Special Projects John Shaheen. The stated purpose of the project was to kidnap Italian rocket and missile specialists out of Italy and bring them to the U.S. However, there was another project hidden within Larson, called Project AZUSA, with the goal of interviewing Italian physicists to see what they knew about Werner Heisenberg and Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker. It was similar in scope and mission to the Alsos project.[40] Moe turned down the Medal of Freedom during his lifetime; it was re-awarded after his death, with his sister accepting on his behalf. From May to mid-December 1944, Berg hopped around Europe interviewing physicists and trying to convince several to leave Europe and work in America. At the beginning of December, news about Heisenberg giving a lecture in Zurich reached the OSS. Berg was assigned to attend the lecture and determine "if anything Heisenberg said convinced him the Germans were close to a bomb." If Berg came to the conclusion that the Germans were close, he had orders to shoot Heisenberg; Berg determined that the Germans were not close.[41] During his time in Switzerland, Berg became close friends with physicist Paul Scherrer. Berg returned to the United States on April 25, 1945, and resigned from the Strategic Services Unit, the successor to the OSS, in August. He was awarded the Medal of Freedom on October 10, but he rejected the award on December 2. His sister later accepted it on his behalf after his death.[42] After World War II[edit] In 1946, former Chicago White Sox teammate Ted Lyons was the new manager of the White Sox, and offered Berg a coaching position. Berg declined. Boston Red Sox owner Thomas Yawkey, who was much closer to Berg when he played for Red Sox, matched Lyons' offer, but Berg still turned them down. Berg did not apply for a teaching position, or join a law firm. In 1951, Berg begged the CIA to send him to Israel. "A Jew must do this," he wrote in his notebook. The CIA rejected Berg's request. Still, in 1952 Berg was hired by the CIA to use his old contacts from World War II to gather information about the Soviet atomic science. For the $10,000 plus expenses that Berg received, the CIA received nothing in return. The CIA officer who spoke with Berg when he returned from Europe said that he was "flaky".[43] Berg continued to serve his assignment for the CIA until 1954, when his contract expired. The CIA chose not to renew it. Berg tried again to serve the CIA and the CIA again declined. For the next 20 years, Berg had no real job, living off friends and relatives who put up with him because of his charisma. When they would ask what he did for a living, he would reply by putting his finger to his lips, giving them the impression that he was still a spy.[44] A lifelong bachelor, he lived with his brother Samuel for 17 years. According to Samuel, he became moody and snappish after the war and did not seem to care for much in life besides his books. His brother finally grew fed up with the arrangement and asked Moe to leave and even had eviction papers drawn up.[2] After being evicted from his brother's home, Berg moved in with his sister Ethel in Belleville, New Jersey, where he remained for the rest of his life.[45] He received a handful of votes in Baseball Hall of Fame voting (four in 1958, and five in 1960). When he was criticized for "wasting" his intellectual talent on the sport he loved, Berg replied, "I'd rather be a ballplayer than a justice on the U.S. Supreme Court".[46] Berg received many requests to write his memoirs, but turned them down; he almost wrote them in 1960, but he quit after the co-writer assigned to him confused him with Moe Howard of the Three Stooges.[2] Death[edit] Moe Berg died on May 29, 1972, at age 70, from injuries sustained in a fall at home. A nurse at the Belleville, New Jersey hospital where he died recalled his final words as, "How did the Mets do today?"[47] (They won.)[48] His remains were cremated and spread over Mount Scopus in Israel.[49] Legacy[edit] Berg was inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1996,[50] and the Baseball Reliquary's Shrine of the Eternals in 2000.[47] His is the only baseball card on display at the headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency.[51] In 1976, reporters Louis Kaufman of the Boston Globe and Tom Sewell of the Boston Herald joined writer Barbara Fitzgerald to write Moe Berg: Athlete, Scholar, Spy. In 1994 Nicholas Dawidoff wrote a biography, The Catcher Was a Spy: The Mysterious Life of Moe Berg. Rick Wilber has a story, Something Real, in the April/May 2012 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction that presents a lightly altered history of Berg's spying activities for the OSS in 1944. Berg makes an appearance again in the March 2013 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction in the story by Kristine Kathryn Rush Uncertainty. Berg makes a third appearance in the July issue of Asimov's Science Fiction in Rick Wilber's story, At Palomar. Berg is the subject of "Moe Berg: The Song" by Chuck Brodsky. Adam Clayton Powell IV – New York City council member Richard Price – author and screenwriter[75] Marcus Samuelsson – chef and restauranteur; lived in duplex near Frederick Douglass Boulevard[82] Akhnaten Spencer-El – Olympic fencer[83] Stephen Spinella – Tony Award-winning actor[84] Joel Steinberg – killed his adopted daughter; moved to Harlem after his 2004 release from prison[85] Alton White[citation needed] – hockey player Khalid Yasin – born in Harlem, New York; raised in Brooklyn; teacher and lecturer of Islam Representatives[edit] Inez Dickens - New York City Council Robert Jackson – New York City council David Paterson – New York State Governor Adam Clayton Powell IV – New York State Assembly Charles B. Rangel – United States House of Representatives, lives in Lenox Terrace at 132nd Street and Lenox Avenue. "I've always lived in Harlem. Never wanted to go anywhere else."[46] José M. Serrano – New York State Senate Keith L.T. Wright – New York State Assembly IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line (1 trains)[97] IRT Lexington Avenue Line (4 5 6 <6> trains at 125th Street)[97] IND Eighth Avenue Line (A B C D trains)[97] IND Concourse Line (B D trains at 155th Street)[97] Future: IND Second Avenue Line[98] Bus routes include: M1, M2, M3, M4, M5, M7, M10, M11, M15, M15 SBS, M35, M60 SBS, M100, M101, M102, M103, M104, M116 (Manhattan buses)[99] Bx6, Bx15, Bx19, Bx33 (Bronx buses)[99] The former NYPD 32nd Precinct building on Amsterdam Avenue at 152nd Stret The Highbridge Play Center at 173rd Street Zysman Hall of Yeshiva University, at 187th Street In popular culture[edit] The Rodgers & Hart play On Your Toes (1936) included the comic dance number "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue", performed by Ray Bolger and Tamara Geva. It was later performed on stage, film and television. It has been performed by the New York City Ballet, and was featured in the film version of On Your Toes, danced by Eddie Albert and Vera Zorina. In the biographical musical Words and Music (1948), a "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" ballet sequence is performed by Gene Kelly and Vera-Ellen. Slaughter on Tenth Avenue is also the name of a 1957 crime film and the debut album of Mick Ronson in 1974. In Moscow on the Hudson, Robin Williams's character Vladimir Ivanoff lived on 1320 Amsterdam Avenue. In How I Met Your Mother, Ted Mosby is said to have lived near the corner of 75th Street and Amsterdam Avenue. In Donald E. Westlake's "Dortmunder" series of crime novels the fictional O.J. Bar and Grill, the gang's favorite meeting place, is located on Amsterdam Avenue. In the "Asterisk" episode of the American TV drama Suits, Mike Ross mentions renting an apartment "off 10th Avenue", to which his colleague Rachel Zane replies, "Does it come with a bullet-proof vest?". Amsterdam Avenue is mentioned in the Joe Jackson song "Stranger Than You", from the album Night and Day II Broadway at dusk The area is served by the New York City Subway at the Cathedral Parkway – 110th Street and 116th Street – Columbia University stations of the New York City Subway's IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line (1 trains). New York City Bus service includes the M4, M5, M11, M60 SBS, M100 routes. Politics[edit] The neighborhood is divided between the 69th and 70th Assembly Districts, with the 69th represented by Democrat Daniel O'Donnell and the 70th represented by Democrat Keith L.T. Wright, in the State Assembly.[20][21] In the State Senate, the neighborhood is split between the 30th District, represented by Democrat Bill Perkins, and the 31st District, represented by Democrat Adriano Espaillat.[22][23] In Congress, the neighborhood was part of the district represented by Jerrold Nadler until 2002 redistricting moved it into Charles Rangel's Harlem-based district. The 2012 redistricting process moved the bulk of Morningside Heights into the new 10th Congressional District, largely represented by Nadler.[24] Notable residents[edit] Comedian George Carlin grew up on West 121st Street; the block of 121st Street where he lived was dedicated to him in October 2014.[25] In the comedy piece "White Harlem", which appears on his Occupation: Foole album, he said that younger residents would refer to the neighborhood as "White Harlem". This term is heard in "Brooklyn Without Limits", a 2010 episode of the comedy 30 Rock. Film director Cecil B. De Mille lived on West 114th Street between Broadway and Riverside Drive.[26] F. Scott Fitzgerald lived at 200 Claremont Ave. while working in advertising and writing This Side of Paradise.[27] George Gershwin began composing his Rhapsody in Blue while living at 501 West 110th Street.[26] Writer Allen Ginsburg lived at 536 West 114th Street.[26] Novelist Jack Kerouac lived at 421 West 118th Street.[26] Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court justice, lived in Morningside Gardens.[26] 3.2 The law, the lawsuit, and tenant groups 4 References 5 External links Success[edit] According to the New York State Homes and Community Renewal (formerly DHCR), "A total of 269 Mitchell-Lama developments with over 105,000 apartments were built under the program."[3] It has resulted in developments that were and are ethnically and even economically diverse as some of the original tenants became more successful (and therefore pay a surcharge) while others found themselves closer to or in poverty. The tenants have formed stable communities that in some cases (such as on the Upper West Side of Manhattan) have resulted in substantially increased property values. Buy out[edit] Landlords generally may remove the developments from Mitchell-Lama and privatize them by pre-paying the mortgage. In most cases, that happens 20 years after the project was developed, but in some cases, special land use agreements specify more time.[4] Between 1990 and 2005, Mitchell-Lama housing lost "22,688 units, over a third (34 percent) of its stock".[5] That pace is now increased in pace with the real estate market for rental buildings. When a building is privatized, it loses its tax abatement, the owner generally must refinance the mortgage, and the owner loses the right to a 6% annual return on investment. What happens to the tenants in those buildings depends on when they were built and public policy. Rentals built before 1974[edit] Tenants in rental buildings built before 1974 go into rent stabilization upon leaving Mitchell-Lama. That means their rents increase according to the New York City Rent Guidelines Board orders for each new lease,[6] as well as according to orders by the State's Office of Rent Administration for, among other things, major capital improvements [7] and landlord hardship.[8] Rentals built from 1974 on[edit] Upon leaving Mitchell-Lama, the owners of rental buildings built from 1974 on raise rents to whatever the market will bear. Tenants whose buildings had federally subsidized "236" mortgages may qualify for federal "enhanced" vouchers, which will permit them to pay at least what they are paying now, and no less than 30% of their income in rent. (The government pays the balance.) Tenants who do not qualify for enhanced vouchers—including all tenants in post-1973 buildings that were not federally subsidized—face losing their homes if they cannot pay the increased rents.[9] The fact that these buildings are no longer in a rent regulation program poses a particular problem for tenants who were receiving special subsidies based on poverty,[10] age,[11] and disability,[12] - subsidies that may not cover the rent in free market buildings. In some of these buildings, tenant associations are negotiating "landlord assistance plans" (LAPs) to implement the increases at a slower rate and protect some of the weakest tenants. These plans are often limited to a specific number of years, and upon their expiration, tenants may be vulnerable. LAPs do not preserve the stock of affordable housing for future tenants. Housing cooperatives[edit] After a certain period of years, owners of Mitchell-Lama limited equity housing cooperatives may decide according to their co-op voting rules to "privatize" (demutualize) their building as well. This may permit them to sell their apartments at enormous multiples of the prices they paid, but can potentially increase the rents of remaining residents since the building loses its tax abatement and may have increased payments for a non-subsidized mortgage. Flip taxes on resales can be used to mitigate such increases, but right now that is up to the co-op boards. (There is some effort to require them by legislation, but that has so far been unsuccessful. Such demutualization thus simultaneously diminishes the stock of affordable housing in a given area and increases tax revenue.[13] Policy[edit] Legislation[edit] Tenant groups have asked politicians to prevent the loss of this affordable housing, to which end some politicians have proposed bills[14] to the New York State legislature that would put all buildings leaving or that have left Mitchell-Lama into rent stabilization upon their privatization. However, the Rent Act of 2011[15] signed into law June 24, 2011, on did not mention Mitchell-Lama rentals or co-operatives. Given the lack of accountability from state legislators who reside outside of New York City, many tenants interested in preserving affordable housing in New York City seek to shift control over rent regulation from the state to the city by restoring "home rule."[16] Other bills have called for a one-year moratorium on all privatization ("buy-outs").[17] The law, the lawsuit, and tenant groups[edit] In November 2007, the State's Division of Housing & Community Renewal (DHCR) - now NYS HCR - adopted regulations stating that just removing a pre-1974 Mitchell-Lama from the program is not a "unique or peculiar circumstance" justifying a substantial rent increase.[18] Several landlords challenged that policy in court, asserting that it contradicts a court decision, KSLM-Columbus Apts. v. NYS DHCR,[19] and a lower court's reference to DHCR policy letters.[20] Justice Schlesinger of the New York State Supreme Court ruled[21] that the regulations are legal, and one of the owners (Steve Witkoff, owner of 95 W. 95th Street, now called "Columbus 95") appealed to the state's mid-level Appellate Division. On December 28, 2010, the Appellate Division, First Department (covering the New York City boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx) unanimously upheld DHCR's regulation.[22] The owner of Columbus 95 failed to pursue judicial permission to appeal to New York State's highest court, so the decision stands.[23] Many Mitchell-Lama tenants have joined together[4] to try to save their homes and affordable housing. Among other things, they work to elect pro-tenant politicians,[24] and to enact legislation that would put into rent stabilization all buildings taken out of Mitchell-Lama without regard to the year of their construction. Organizations like Tenants & Neighbors, the Mitchell Lama Residents Coalition and the Urban Homesteading Assistance Board have joined forces with building tenant associations in a coalition supporting "Protection for tenants, Incentives for landlords to stay in the program, and Enforcement of the law"—or "PIE". The Mitchell-Lama PIE Campaign is working to educate tenants[25] and preserve Mitchell-Lama housing - primarily rental housing. The P.I.E. campaign is also participating in the Real Rent Reform Campaign.[26] Some residents of Mitchell-Lama co-ops who want to preserve that status have formed the group Cooperators United for Mitchell-Lama.[27] Co-op City Mitchell Lama Parkchester, Bronx Parkfairfax, Virginia Park La Brea, Los Angeles, California Park Merced, San Francisco, California Penn South Riverton Houses Stuyvesant Town–Peter Cooper Village Joseph Simmons (Run), rapper/pastor Russell Simmons, entrepreneur/producer Heathcliff Slocumb, former pitcher Fredro Starr, actor, rapper and member of hip-hop group Onyx William Grant Still, "dean of American black composers"[32] Sticky Fingaz, actor, rapper and member of hip-hop group Onyx Eva Taylor, 20s vocalist known as the "Dixie Nightingale"[32] Donald Trump, real estate developer Ben Webster, jazz tenor saxophonist[32] Marinus Willett, mayor of New York 1807–08 Clarence Williams, jazz pianist and composer[32] Fess Williams, jazz clarinetist[32] Bernard Wright, pop/funk/jazz composer, keyboardist and singer Tony Yayo, rapper and member of hip-hop group G-Unit Neighborhood (approximate) Handicapped/disabled access Station Tracks Services Opened Transfers and notes Jamaica Handicapped/disabled access Jamaica – 179th Street all E rush hours F all times December 10, 1950 169th Street local F all times April 24, 1937 Parsons Boulevard all E rush hours F all times April 24, 1937 Sutphin Boulevard local F all times April 24, 1937 IND Archer Avenue Line (E all times) merges Briarwood Briarwood local E nights after 9:00 p.m. and weekends F all times April 24, 1937 connecting tracks to Jamaica Yard Kew Gardens Handicapped/disabled access Kew Gardens – Union Turnpike all E all times F all times December 31, 1936 Forest Hills 75th Avenue local E nights after 9:00 p.m. and weekends F all times December 31, 1936 connecting tracks to Jamaica Yard; former connection to IND World's Fair Line Handicapped/disabled access Forest Hills – 71st Avenue all E all times F all times M weekdays until 11:00 p.m. R all hours except late nights December 31, 1936 Rego Park 67th Avenue local E late nights M weekdays until 11 p.m. R all hours except late nights December 31, 1936 63rd Drive – Rego Park local E late nights M weekdays until 11 p.m. R all hours except late nights December 31, 1936 Elmhurst Woodhaven Boulevard local E late nights M weekdays until 11 p.m. R all hours except late nights December 31, 1936 Grand Avenue – Newtown local E late nights M weekdays until 11 p.m. R all hours except late nights December 31, 1936 Elmhurst Avenue local E late nights M weekdays until 11 p.m. R all hours except late nights December 31, 1936 Jackson Heights Handicapped/disabled access Jackson Heights – Roosevelt Avenue all E all times F all times M weekdays until 11:00 p.m. R all hours except late nights August 19, 1933 IRT Flushing Line (7 all times) at 74th Street – Broadway Woodside 65th Street local E late nights M weekdays until 11 p.m. R all hours except late nights August 19, 1933 express tracks diverge (E all except late nights F all times) Northern Boulevard local E late nights M weekdays until 11 p.m. R all hours except late nights August 19, 1933 Astoria 46th Street local E late nights M weekdays until 11 p.m. R all hours except late nights August 19, 1933 Steinway Street local E late nights M weekdays until 11 p.m. R all hours except late nights August 19, 1933 express tracks rejoin (E all except late nights F all times) Long Island City 36th Street local E late nights M weekdays until 11 p.m. R all hours except late nights August 19, 1933 IND 63rd Street Line splits (F all times) Handicapped/disabled access Queens Plaza all E all times M weekdays until 11:00 p.m. R all hours except late nights August 19, 1933 local tracks split to IND Crosstown Line (no regular service) and 60th Street Tunnel Connection (R all except late nights) Court Square – 23rd Street express E all times M weekdays until 11:00 p.m. August 28, 1939 IND Crosstown Line (G all times) IRT Flushing Line (7 all times <7>rush hours until 9:30 p.m., peak direction) 53rd Street Tunnel Midtown Manhattan Handicapped/disabled access Lexington Avenue – 53rd Street express E all times M weekdays until 11:00 p.m. August 19, 1933 IRT Lexington Avenue Line (4 late nights 6 all times <6>weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction) at 51st Street Fifth Avenue / 53rd Street express E all times M weekdays until 11:00 p.m. August 19, 1933 connection to IND Sixth Avenue Line (M weekdays until 11:00 p.m.) splits Seventh Avenue express E all times August 19, 1933 IND Sixth Avenue Line (B weekdays until 11:00 p.m. D all times) Handicapped/disabled access[note 2] 50th Street express E all times August 19, 1933 IND Eighth Avenue Line (A late nights C all except late nights) (transfer in same direction only) Theater and cinema edit See also List of Lithuanian actors Regimantas Adomaitis – theatre and film actor successful both in Lithuania and Russia Donatas Banionis – actor and star of Tarkovsky s Solaris Arturas Barysas – "counter culture" actor singer photographer and filmmaker known as the father of modern Lithuanian avant garde Šarunas Bartas – modern film director Ingeborga Dapkunaite – internationally successful actress Gediminas Girdvainis – lt Gediminas Girdvainis prolific theatre and movie actor Rolandas Kazlas – well known comedy actor Oskaras Koršunovas – best known modern theater director Jurgis Maciunas – initiator of Fluxus movement Vaiva Mainelyte – lt Vaiva Mainelyte popular actress remembered for the leading role in Bride of the Devil Lithuanian Velnio nuotaka Arunas Matelis – acclaimed documentary director Adolfas Mekas film director writer editor actor educator Jonas Mekas – filmmaker the godfather of American avant garde cinema Aurelija Mikušauskaite – television and theatre actress Juozas Miltinis – theater director from Panevežys Nijole Narmontaite – lt Nijole Narmontaite actress Eimuntas Nekrošius – theater director Algimantas Puipa – lt Algimantas Puipa film director Kostas Smoriginas – lt Kostas Smoriginas popular actor and singer Jonas Vaitkus – theater director director of Utterly Alone Adolfas Vecerskis – theatre and film actor director of theatre Arunas Žebriunas – lt Arunas Žebriunas one of the most prominent film directors during the Soviet rule Vytautas Šapranauskas – lt Vytautas Šapranauskas theater and film actor television presenter humorist Žilvinas Tratas actor and model Džiugas Siaurusaitis lt Džiugas Siaurusaitis actor television presenter humorist Sakalas Uždavinys lt Sakalas Uždavinys theater and film actor director Marius Jampolskis actor and TV host Ballet and Dance edit Egle Špokaite soloist of Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre – Actress art director Edita Daniute Professional Ballroom Dancer and World DanceSport Champion Iveta Lukosiute Professional Ballroom Dancer and World Dance Champion Music edit Soprano vocalist Violeta Urmanaviciute Urmana Pop singer Violeta RiaubiškyteSee also List of Lithuanian singers Linas Adomaitis – pop singer participant in the Eurovision Song Contest Ilja Aksionovas lt Ilja Aksionovas pop and opera singer boy soprano Osvaldas Balakauskas – ambassador and classical composer Alanas Chošnau – singer member of former music group Naktines Personos Egidijus Dragunas – lt Egidijus Dragunas leader of Sel one of the first hip hop bands in Lithuania Justas Dvarionas – lt Justas Dvarionas pianist educator Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis – painter and composer Balys Dvarionas – composer conductor pianist professor Gintare Jautakaite pop artist signed with EMI and Sony Music Entertainment in Gintaras Januševicius internationally acclaimed pianist Algirdas Kaušpedas architect and lead singer of Antis Nomeda Kazlauskaite Kazlaus opera singer dramatic soprano appearing internationally Vytautas Kernagis – one of the most popular bards Algis Kizys – long time bass player of post punk no wave band Swans Andrius Mamontovas – rock singer co founder of Foje and LT United Marijonas Mikutavicius – singer author of Trys Milijonai the unofficial sports anthem in Lithuania Vincas Niekus – lt Vincas Niekus composer Virgilijus Noreika – one of the most successful opera singers tenor Mykolas Kleopas Oginskis – one of the best composer of the late th century Kipras Petrauskas – lt Kipras Petrauskas popular early opera singer tenor Stasys Povilaitis – one of the popular singers during the Soviet period Violeta Riaubiškyte – pop singer TV show host Mindaugas Rojus opera singer tenor baritone Ceslovas Sasnauskas – composer Rasa Serra – lt Rasa Serra real name Rasa Veretenceviene singer Traditional folk A cappella jazz POP Audrone Simonaityte Gaižiuniene – lt Audrone Gaižiuniene Simonaityte one of the more popular female opera singers soprano Virgis Stakenas – lt Virgis Stakenas singer of country folk music Antanas Šabaniauskas – lt Antanas Šabaniauskas singer tenor Jurga Šeduikyte – art rock musician won the Best Female Act and the Best Album of in the Lithuanian Bravo Awards and the Best Baltic Act at the MTV Europe Music Awards Jonas Švedas – composer Michael Tchaban composer singer and songwriter Violeta Urmanaviciute Urmana opera singer soprano mezzosoprano appearing internationally Painters and graphic artists edit See also List of Lithuanian artists Robertas Antinis – sculptor Vytautas Ciplijauskas lt Vytautas Ciplijauskas painter Jonas Ceponis – lt Jonas Ceponis painter Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis – painter and composer Asteroid Ciurlionis is named for him Kostas Dereškevicius lt Kostas Dereškevicius painter Vladimiras Dubeneckis painter architect Stasys Eidrigevicius graphic artist Pranas Gailius lt Pranas Gailius painter Paulius Galaune Petronele Gerlikiene – self taught Lithuanian American artist Algirdas Griškevicius lt Algirdas Griškevicius Vincas Grybas – sculptor Leonardas Gutauskas lt Leonardas Gutauskas painter writer Vytautas Kairiukštis – lt Vytautas Kairiukštis painter art critic Vytautas Kasiulis – lt Vytautas Kasiulis painter graphic artist stage designer Petras Kalpokas painter Rimtas Kalpokas – lt Rimtas Kalpokas painter graphic artist Leonas Katinas – lt Leonas Katinas painter Povilas Kaupas – lt Povilas Kaupas Algimantas Kezys Lithuanian American photographer Vincas Kisarauskas – lt Vincas Kisarauskas painter graphic artist stage designer Saulute Stanislava Kisarauskiene – lt Saulute Stanislava Kisarauskiene graphic artist painter Stasys Krasauskas – lt Stasys Krasauskas graphic artist Stanislovas Kuzma – lt Stanislovas Kuzma sculptor Antanas Martinaitis – lt Antanas Martinaitis painter Jonas Rimša – lt Jonas Rimša painter Jan Rustem painter Antanas Samuolis – lt Antanas Samuolis painter Šarunas Sauka painter Boris Schatz – sculptor and founder of the Bezalel Academy Irena Sibley née Pauliukonis – Children s book author and illustrator Algis Skackauskas – painter Antanas Žmuidzinavicius – painter Franciszek Smuglewicz – painter Yehezkel Streichman Israeli painter Kazys Šimonis – painter Algimantas Švegžda – lt Algimantas Švegžda painter Otis Tamašauskas Lithographer Print Maker Graphic Artist Adolfas Valeška – painter and graphic artist Adomas Varnas – painter Kazys Varnelis – artist Vladas Vildžiunas lt Vladas Vildžiunas sculptor Mikalojus Povilas Vilutis lt Mikalojus Povilas Vilutis graphic artist Viktoras Vizgirda – painter William Zorach – Modern artist who died in Bath Maine Antanas Žmuidzinavicius – painter Kazimieras Leonardas Žoromskis – painter Politics edit President Valdas Adamkus right chatting with Vice President Dick Cheney left See also List of Lithuanian rulers Mindaugas – the first and only King of Lithuania – Gediminas – the ruler of Lithuania – Algirdas – the ruler together with Kestutis of Lithuania – Kestutis – the ruler together with Algirdas of Lithuania – Vytautas – the ruler of Lithuania – together with Jogaila Jogaila – the ruler of Lithuania – from to together with Vytautas the king of Poland – Jonušas Radvila – the field hetman of Grand Duchy of Lithuania – Dalia Grybauskaite – current President of Lithuania since Valdas Adamkus – President of Lithuania till Jonas Basanavicius – "father" of the Act of Independence of Algirdas Brazauskas – the former First secretary of Central Committee of Communist Party of Lithuanian SSR the former president of Lithuania after and former Prime Minister of Lithuania Joe Fine – mayor of Marquette Michigan – Kazys Grinius – politician third President of Lithuania Mykolas Krupavicius – priest behind the land reform in interwar Lithuania Vytautas Landsbergis – politician professor leader of Sajudis the independence movement former speaker of Seimas member of European Parliament Stasys Lozoraitis – diplomat and leader of Lithuanian government in exile – Stasys Lozoraitis junior – politician diplomat succeeded his father as leader of Lithuanian government in exile – Antanas Merkys – the last Prime Minister of interwar Lithuania Rolandas Paksas – former President removed from the office after impeachment Justas Paleckis – journalist and politician puppet Prime Minister after Soviet occupation Kazimiera Prunskiene – the first female Prime Minister Mykolas Sleževicius – three times Prime Minister organized

An advertisement for Miss Subways at the New York City Transit Museum From 1941 to 1976, the Board of Transportation/New York City Transit Authority sponsored the "Miss Subways" publicity campaign. In the musical On the Town, the character Miss Turnstiles is based on the Miss Subways campaign.[246][247] In one scene, the musical shows three sailors taking an uptown train at Times Square. The campaign was resurrected in 2004, for one year, as "Ms. Subways". It was part of the 100th anniversary celebrations. Featuring young models, entertainers and others, the monthly campaign, which included the winners' photos and biographical blurbs on placards in subway cards, featured such winners as Mona Freeman and prominent New York City restaurateur Ellen Goodman. The winner of this contest was Caroline Sanchez-Bernat, an actress from Morningside Heights.[248] Subway Series[edit] Main article: Subway Series Subway Series is a term attributed to any series of baseball games between New York City teams, called thus as opposing teams can travel to compete merely by using the subway system along with the fact that stations are adjacent and visible to their respective stadiums. Subway Series is a term long used in New York, going back to series between the Brooklyn Dodgers or New York Giants and the New York Yankees in the 1940s and '50s. Today, the term is used to describe the rivalry between the Yankees and the New York Mets. During the 2000 World Series, cars on the 4 train (which stopped at Yankee Stadium) were colored white with blue pinstripes, while cars on the 7 train (which stopped at Shea Stadium) were colored orange and blue, the Mets' team colors. Holiday Train[edit] Nostalgia Train at Second Avenue station in 2012 Since 2003, the MTA has operated a Holiday Train on Sundays in November and December, from the first Sunday after Thanksgiving to the Sunday before Christmas Day.[249] This train was made of cars from the R1 through R9 series. The route made all stops between Second Avenue in Manhattan and Queens Plaza in Queens via the IND Sixth Avenue and IND Queens Boulevard Lines. In 2011, the train operated on Saturdays instead of Sundays.[250] The contract, car numbers (and year built) used were R1 100 (1930), R1 381 (1931), R4 401 (1932), R4 484 (1932) – Bulls Eye lighting and a test P.A. system added in 1946, R6-3 1000 (1935), R6-1 1300 (1937), R7A 1575 (1938) – rebuilt in 1947 as a prototype for the R10 subway car, and R9 1802 (1940).[251] Coney Island Library Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) operates the Coney Island Library. It opened in 1911 as an unmanned deposit station. In 1921 it moved to the former Coney Island Times offices and became fully staffed. In 1954 another branch was built. BLP stated that the library was referred to as "the first-ever library built on stilts over the Atlantic Ocean."[57] Transportation[edit] Stillwell Avenue subway station Coney Island's main subway stop is Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue and is served by the D, F, N and Q trains. The terminal is the largest elevated metro station in North America and one of the largest elevated metro stations in the world, with eight tracks serving four platforms in the station. The entire station was rebuilt in 2002–04. The bus terminal beneath the station serves the B68 to Prospect Park, the B74 to the Coney Island/Sea Gate border, the B64 to Bay Ridge, and the B82 to Starrett City. The B36 runs from the Sea Gate border at West 37th Street to Nostrand Avenue at Avenue U in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. The X28 provides express bus service to Manhattan on weekdays. The three main west-east arteries in the Coney Island community, are, from north to south, Neptune Avenue (which crosses travels through Brighton Beach before becoming Emmons Avenue at Sheepshead Bay), Mermaid Avenue, and Surf Avenue (which becomes Ocean Parkway and then runs north toward Prospect Park). The cross streets in the Coney Island neighborhood proper are numbered with "West" prepended to their numbers, running from West 1st Street to West 37th Street at the border of Sea Gate (except for Cropsey Avenue, which becomes West 17th Street south of Neptune Avenue). The Ocean Parkway bicycle path, the oldest designated bicycle path in the United States, terminates in Coney Island. The Shore Parkway bikeway runs east along Jamaica Bay, and west and north along New York Harbor. Street bike lanes are marked in Neptune Avenue and other streets in Coney Island. In popular culture[edit] Main article: Coney Island in popular culture Brooklyn Public Library[edit] The Central Library at Grand Army Plaza. As an independent system, separate from the New York and Queens public library systems, the Brooklyn Public Library[82] offers thousands of public programs, millions of books, and use of more than 850 free Internet-accessible computers. It also has books and periodicals in all the major languages spoken in Brooklyn, including English, Russian, Chinese, Spanish, Hebrew, and Haitian Kreyol, as well as French, Yiddish, Hindi, Bengali, Polish, Italian, and Arabic. The Central Library is a landmarked building facing Grand Army Plaza. There are 58 library branches, placing one within a half mile of each Brooklyn resident. In addition to its specialized Business Library in Brooklyn Heights, the Library is preparing to construct its new Visual & Performing Arts Library (VPA) in the BAM Cultural District, which will focus on the link between new and emerging arts and technology and house traditional and digital collections. It will provide access and training to arts applications and technologies not widely available to the public. The collections will include the subjects of art, theater, dance, music, film, photography and architecture. A special archive will house the records and history of Brooklyn's arts communities. Partnerships with districts of foreign cities[edit] See also: New York City § Sister cities Anzio, Lazio, Italy – since 1990 Gdynia, Poland – since 1991[83] Besiktas, Istanbul Province, Turkey – since 2005[84] Leopoldstadt, Vienna, Austria – since 2007[85][86][87] London Borough of Lambeth, United Kingdom Bnei Brak, Israel Hospitals and healthcare[edit] Main article: List of hospitals in New York City § Brooklyn Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center [88] The Medical Society of the County of Kings, Inc. (founded 1822): its mission is "to foster progress in the science and art of medicine and to promote, preserve and enforce the highest of standards of ethical and proficient medical care This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (July 2011) Main article: Haitian Canadian In the 1950s, the Haitian population in Canada only numbered in the forties. The emigration of Haitians in more substantial numbers began with the bloody dictatorship of Francois Duvalier in the early 1960s. With most Haitians being able to speak French, Canada is a natural destination as French is one Canada's two official languages alongside English. The Haitian diaspora, including all emigrants and their immediate descendants, is estimated to number close to 213,000. Many chose Canada as their new home, specifically Quebec, for linguistic and religious reasons. In coming to Canada, professional Haitians often had to bypass a Duvalier law forbidding them to leave Haiti. They frequently were forced to flee Haiti with false documents and with no legal proof of identity. Upon arrival in Canada they would declare their status as political refugees. The trend of French-speaking Haitian immigrants to Canada was to settle in Quebec—95% of them. By 1965, some 2,000 Haitians had arrived. The period covering the late 1960 through the 1970s saw a dramatic change in both the volume and background of Haitian immigrants. This was the beginning of the massive exodus in response to the Duvalier regime. Haitians were drawn to Canada because of its tolerant immigration laws - foreign visitors, arriving with only a tourist visas, could later apply for landed immigrant status while in Canada. Canada also held an Eden-like quality for the Haitians, an image painted by friends already in Quebec who sent reports home that employment was abundant and well-paid. From 1973 to 1976 an average of approximately 3,000 Haitians were admitted to Canada each year, with a peak of 4,750 in 1974. The settlement of Haitians in Canada by the end of the exodus was estimated to have reached 45,070, according to Citizenship and Immigration Canada.[citation needed] 75 000 people born in Haiti arrived in Quebec between the years of 1961 and 2006 according to the community organization Maison d'Haiti based in Montreal.[citation needed] Michaëlle Jean, the former Governor General of Canada, is a Haitian immigrant who came to Canada with her family at the age of 11. Quebec[edit] The early Haitian immigrants, those who came between 1960 and 1970, were usually from the Haitian elite. They came from a comfortable life in terms of their social and professional status. Most were doctors, academics, teachers and pursued careers in the liberal professions. In 1965, Canada welcomed 38 Haitians in these fields. In 1966, the number increased to 42. Almost no Haitians of the working class emigrated over the same period.[citation needed] The Haitians of professional backgrounds received warm welcome in their new home. Their expertise was needed and they found work right away. Most had a level of education that was higher than that of the average Québécois. At the time, the medical, educational and civil service sectors of Quebec society were expanding. Haitians were in demand and filled a gap in the labour force. Ottawa, Ontario[edit] There are an estimated 20,000 persons of Haitian descent in the National Capital Region (including Ottawa and Gatineau). This smaller community of Haitian-Canadians tends to be more bilingual than their Quebec cousins. There is a Haitian-Canadian city councillor in Gatineau, QC. There is an annual Haitian music and culture festival, called "Festival Haiti En Fete", in the East-Ottawa suburb of Orleans, where a significant number of Haitian-Canadian families live.[citation needed] Cuba[edit] Main article: Haitian Cuban Haitian Creole and culture first entered Cuba with the arrival of Haitian immigrants at the start of the 19th century. Haiti was a French colony, and the final years of the 1791-1804 Haitian Revolution brought a wave of French settlers fleeing with their Haitian slaves to Cuba. They came mainly to the east, and especially Guantanamo, where the French later introduced sugar cultivation, constructed sugar refineries and developed coffee plantations. By 1804, some 30,000 French were living in Baracoa and Maisí, the furthest eastern municipalities of the province. Later, Haitians continued to come to Cuba to work as braceros (hand workers, from the Spanish word brazo, meaning "arm") in the fields cutting cane. Their living and working conditions were not much better than slavery. Although they planned to return to Haiti, most stayed on in Cuba. For years, many Haitians and their descendants in Cuba did not identify themselves as such or speak Creole. In the eastern part of the island, many Haitians suffered discrimination. But according to the Castro regime, since 1959, when he took over, this discrimination has stopped.[16] Haitian Creole is the second most spoken language in Cuba, where over 300,000 Haitian immigrants speak it. It is recognized as a language in Cuba and a considerable number of Cubans speak it fluently. Most of these speakers have never been to Haiti and do not possess Haitian ancestry, but merely learned it in their communities. In addition to the eastern provinces, there are also communities in Ciego de Ávila and Camagüey provinces where the population still maintains Creole, their mother tongue. Classes in Creole are offered in Guantanamo, Matanzas and the City of Havana. In addition, there is a Haitian Creole radio station operating in Havana.[17] References[edit] Jump up ^ Zachary Herivaux, soccer player Other sports[edit] Adler Volmar, judoka Andre Berto, professional boxer, 2004 Haitian olympian [26] and a two-time Welterweight champion. Barbara Pierre, track and field sprint athlete in the Pan American Games. Dayana Cadeau, Haitian-born Canadian-American professional bodybuilder Dudley Dorival, Olympic hurdler James Edson Berto, MMA fighter Marlena Wesh, sprinter competing in the 2012 Summer Olympics for Haiti Melissa St. Vil, women's lightweight boxer Moise Joseph, middle-distance runner, who competed in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens Nadine Faustin-Parker, hurdler who competed for the United States up to and including the 1999 indoor season Ovince St. Preux, mixed martial artist; who competes in the Light Heavyweight division for the UFC Rodney St. Cloud, professional bodybuilder Ronald Agénor, professional tennis player Samyr Laine, is an Olympic triple jumper who competed for Haiti at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Steven Lorrius, sprinter Victoria Duval, professional tennis player Religion[edit] Pierre Toussaint, Beatified candidate for sainthood in the Roman Catholic Church Other personalities[edit] Abner Louima, police abuse victim Gregory Lorjuste, Associate Director of Scheduling to President Barack Obama Patrick Dorismond, police abuse victim Henriette Delille (1812–1862) – founder of the Sisters of the Holy Family, declared venerable by the Pope in 2010 Curtis J. Guillory (born September 1, 1943) is the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Beaumont, TX Marie Laveau (1794–1881) – practitioner of voodoo.[110] Harold Robert Perry (1916–1991) – auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New Orleans John Ricard (1940–present) – prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the fourth Bishop of the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee Science and technology[edit] John James Audubon (1785–1851) – ornithologist, naturalist, and painter.[111] Barthelemy Lafon (1769–1820) was a notable Creole architect, engineer, city planner, and surveyor in New Orleans, Louisiana. Jean Alexandre LeMat (1824–1883) – best known for the percussion cap revolver that bears his name (see LeMat revolver).[112][113] Norbert Rillieux (1806–1894) – inventor and engineer.[114] Boyd Melson Paul Sentell Sports[edit] Jimmy Doyle (1924–1947) – an American welterweight boxer. Matt Forte (1985) – running back for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. Jermaine Kearse (1990) – Football Player Oliver Marcelle (1895–1949) – professional baseball player. Tyrann Mathieu (1992) – free safety for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). Boyd Melson (1981) – light middleweight boxer. Paul Charles Morphy (1837–1884) – chess master, lawyer.[115] Paul Sentell (1879–1923) – professional baseball player[116] Fictional characters[edit] Amos Moses, from Jerry Reed's song "Amos Moses" Leatherhead is considered a Cajun for the 1987 version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Remy LeBeau, a.k.a. Gambit, a long-standing member of the X-Men, is a New Orleans native who is proud of his Cajun heritage. In the film The Magnificent Seven (1960), the lead character Chris Adams, played by Yul Brynner is a Cajun. Bobby Boucher, main character played by Adam Sandler in the film The Waterboy. Guillaume "Bill" Dauterive from the cartoon King of the Hill. At one point, they travel to Louisiana in the episode titled "A Beer Can Named Desire", where Bill demonstrates his proficiency in Creole French. As Bill had never learned French before, it's implied that he just instinctively knew it. Jay "Chef" Hicks, a US Navy Swiftboat engineman who brings Captain Benjamin Willard to Colonel Walter E. Kurtz in Apocalypse Now. Polycarp, host of the children's TV show "Polycarp and Pals" broadcast locally by KATC (TV) television channel 3, Lafayette, Louisiana. Bayou Billy, video game and comic book character in The Adventures of Bayou Billy for the Nintendo Entertainment System by Konami. Emile Dufraisne, video game character in Splinter Cell Double Agent. Dave Robicheaux, the central character of James Lee Burke's award winning crime novels set in New Iberia and New Orleans. In the 1960s TV series Combat!, about a US Army infantry squad in World War II France, regular squad member PFC Paul LeMay was Cajun and known as "Caje"; he often served as the interpreter when interacting with the French locals. "Caje" was played by Pierre Jalbert, who was actually French-Canadian. In the film Universal Soldier, the lead character Luc Devreaux, played by Van Damme is a Cajun from the town of Meraux. In the film Hard Target, the lead character Chance Boudreaux, played by Van Damme is a Cajun from Bayou Lafourche in Southern Louisiana. In the webcomic Lackadaisy by Tracy J. Butler, two anthropomorphic cats, Nico and Serafine Savoy, are Cajuns. In David Lynch's film Wild at Heart, sisters Perdita and Juana Durango are Cajun. Rene Lenier, in the HBO series True Blood. Louisiana Story (1948, B&W) director: Robert Flaherty Southern Comfort (1981, color) directed by Walter Hill depicting Cajuns deep in the Louisiana swamps defending their homes from a perceived assault from a small unit of the Louisiana Army National Guard. Virgil, a boat pilot in the video game Left 4 Dead 2, is likely a Cajun. Ray, the firefly in Disney's The Princess and the Frog (2009). Abby Sciuto, the forensic scientist in the CBS prime-time adventure/crime series NCIS (TV series). Aloysius Pendergast, a special agent with the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation, and a central character in the novels of Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. Nick Gautier - Character in Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark Hunter series. Leon Micheaux - A Cajun jockey on the HBO drama Luck. Raoul "Gator" Fontenot - Character in Christine Feehan's GhostWalkers series, protagonist in the book Night Game. Remy Mackswain - Character in the movie The Big Easy played by Dennis Quaid Misty Day - A Cajun witch played by Lily Rabe in the FX (TV channel) mini series American Horror Story: Coven. Miscellanea[edit] Frank Abagnale (born 1948) famous impostor[87] Mary Katherine Campbell (1905–1990) Miss America titleholder, 1922 and 1923. First Runner-Up 1924. Of Cajun ancestry[88] Hillary Rodham Clinton (born 1947) United States Secretary of State, former democratic member of the United States Senate from New York, as the wife of Wiliam Jefferson Clinton she is a former first lady of the United States[89] Simon Favre, 18th century interpreter of Muscogean languages; ancestor of Brett Favre Charles Guiteau, assassin of U.S. President James Garfield Alice Heine, American-born Princess of Monaco Jean Lafitte, sometimes spelled Laffite, (c. 1780–c. 1826) Gulf of Mexico pirate, who provided critical support and expert artillery gunners to the American forces under Gen. Andrew Jackson in January 1815, at the Battle of New Orleans[8] Marie Laveau, voodoo queen Ervil LeBaron, Mormon fundamentalist prophet who ordered the killings of many of his opponents Carlene LeFevre, competitive eater and wife of Rich LeFevre Rich LeFevre, nicknamed "The Locust" is a competitive eater and husband of Carlene LeFevre Nadia McCaffrey, humanitarian Georges de Paris, French-American tailor of the United States presidents Elmo Patrick Sonnier, convicted murderer and rapist executed Virginie de Ternant, (1818–1887), owner and manager of Parlange Plantation 1998 Diagnosis: Murder Kathryn Wately Episode: "Wrong Number" 1999 Soldier of Fortune, Inc. Dr. Newman Episode: "Critical List" 1999 Grown Ups Claire Episode: "J Says" 1999 For Your Love Fariba Episode: "The Girl Most Likely To..." 2000–01 Third Watch Brooke 9 episodes 2000–01 Soul Food Josefina Alicante 5 episodes 2003–05 George Lopez Linda Lorenzo 3 episodes 2005 Modern Girl's Guide to Life Talent 5 episodes 2005–12 CSI: Miami Natalia Boa Vista Recurring in season 4; main in seasons 5–10 (153 episodes) 2006 Cries in the Dark Carrie Movie 2012 Family Trap Veronica Movie 2012 Help for the Holidays Sara Vancamp Movie 2013 Criminal Minds Agent Tanya Mays Episode: "Final Shot" 2016 Fuller House Teri Tanner Filming Imagen Foundation Award 2005 Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Adam Rodriguez Nominated Imagen Foundation Award 2006 Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Eva LaRue Nominated Imagen Foundation Award 2007 Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Eva LaRue Nominated Imagen Foundation Award 2009 Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Eva LaRue Nominated Imagen Foundation Award 2011 Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Eva LaRue Won Imagen Foundation Award 2012 Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Eva LaRue Won Motion Picture Sound Editors 2004 Best Sound Editing in Short Form - Sound Effects & Foley "Grand Prix" Nominated Motion Picture Sound Editors 2005 Best Sound Editing in Short Form - Sound Effects & Foley "Lost Son" Nominated Motion Picture Sound Editors 2005 Best Sound Editing in Long Form - Effects & Foley "Crimewave" Won Motion Picture Sound Editors 2006 Best Sound Editing in Short Form - Sound Effects & Foley "Urban Hellraisers" Nominated Motion Picture Sound Editors 2006 Best Sound Editing in Short Form - Dialogue & ADR "Three-Way" Nominated Motion Picture Sound Editors 2007 Best Sound Editing in Short Form - Music "Rio" Won Motion Picture Sound Editors 2007 Best Sound Editing in Short Form - Sound Effects & Foley "Come As You Are" Nominated Motion Picture Sound Editors 2009 Best Sound Editing in Short Form - Music "Tipping Point" Won Motion Picture Sound Editors 2010 Best Sound Editing in Short Form - Dialogue & ADR "Point of Impact" Nominated Motion Picture Sound Editors 2010 Best Sound Editing in Short Form - Sound Effects & Foley "Point of Impact" Nominated Motion Picture Sound Editors 2011 Best Sound Editing in Short Form "L.A." Nominated Motion Picture Sound Editors 2012 Best Sound Editing in Short Form "Crowned" Nominated People's Choice Award 2003 Favorite New TV Dramatic Series CSI: Miami Won Prism Award 2010 Best Depiction of Mental Health in a Drama Series "Head Case" Nominated Teen Choice Award 2012 Choice TV - Actor Adam Rodriguez Won Teen Choice Award 2012 Choice TV - Action CSI: Miami Won Young Artist Award 2003 Best Performance: Guest Starring Young Actor Raja Fenske Nominated Young Artist Award 2003 Best Performance: Guest Starring Young Actor Seth Adkins Nominated Young Artist Award 2004 Best Performance: Guest Starring Young Actress Sara Paxton Nominated Young Artist Award 2005 Best Performance: Guest Starring Young Actor Alex Black Nominated Young Artist Award 2008 Best Performance: Guest Starring Young Actress Cole Petersen Nominated Young Artist Award 2010 Best Performance: Guest Starring Young Actor (13 and Under) Scotty Noyd, Jr. Nominated Young Artist Award 2011 Best Performance: Guest Starring Young Actor (11-13) Colin Ford Nominated Young Artist Award 2012 Best Performance: Guest Starring Young Actor (11-13) Maxim Knight Nominated Young Artist Award 2012 Best Performance: Guest Starring Young Actress (17-21) Erin Sanders Nominated Young Artist Award 2012 Best Performance: Guest Starring Young Actress (10 and Under) Danielle Parker Central Park West (1996–1997) Seinfeld (1997) Spin City (1997, 2000) 3 episodes Jim Brown: All-American (2002) American Family (2002–2004) 8 episodes 8 Simple Rules (2004) Welcome to The Captain (2008) 5 episodes CSI: Miami (2012) 1 episode "Rest in Pieces" as Vina Navarro Creszenz Fitzinger 1911 Die Verräterin Yvonne 1911 Balletdanserinden Camille Flavier - Actress 1911 Der fremde Vogel Miss May 1911 Zigeunerblut (Short) Luscha 1911 Im großen Augenblick Annie 1911 Den sorte drøm Stella 1911 Nachtfalter (Short) Olga, Mademoiselle Yvonne 1911 Heißes Blut (Short) Jonna 1910 Afgrunden (S 1919 Mein Leopold Starke, Geschäftsführer 1918 Baronin Kammerjungfer 1918 Wer niemals einen Rausch gehabt 1917 Postkarten-Modell Fritz Feise 1915 Nocturno 1914 Die zweite Mutter 1914 General von Berning 1914 Mein Leopold Asta Nielsen ... Jonna Leo Peukert Leo Peukert ... Jonna's Chauffeur Georg Schrader Georg Schrader 1914 Michels eiserne Faust Michel 1913 Leo als Aushilfskellner (Short) 1913 Die Kunstschützin (Short) 1913 Leo, der schwarze Münchhausen (Short) 1912 Leo als Witwenfreund (Short) 1912 Die arme Jenny (Short) Eduard Reinhold 1912 Lotte (Short) 1911 Leo und seine drei Bräute (Short) 1911 Heißes Blut (Short) Jonna's Chauffeur 1911 Leibeigenschaft (Short) 191 Großkaufmann Lahr 1925 Gräfin Mariza Graf von Wittenburg 1925 Amor y toque de clarines Rudolf Del Zopp Leo Peukert Leo Peukert Fritz Spira Fritz Spira Erzherzog Leopold 1923 Freund Ripp 1923 Fridericus Rex - 4. Teil: Schicksalswende Generalfeldmarschall Laudon 1920 Der Pokal der Fürstin 1920 Die Stunde nach Mitternacht 1920 Elixiere des Teufels Hermeyen - Sohn des Barons aus erster Ehe 1919 Die Ehe aus Haß Maler Arnoldy 1919 Die Sekretärin des Gesandten 1919 Freie Liebe 1919 Seine Kammerzofe 1918 Ferdinand Lassalle 1917 Der zehnte Pavillon der Zitadelle 1914 Fräulein Leutnant 1914 Zweite Tür links 1914 Die Perle (Short) 1912 Ein Lebenslied (Short) 1910 Pro Patria (Short) Victor Janson Victor Janson Fritz Spira Fritz Spira Julius Falkenstein Julius Falkenstein 1921 Der Mann ohne Namen - 1. Der Millionendieb 1919 Das Schicksal der Carola van Geldern 1919 Der Dolch des Malayen Angelina 1919 Die Gelbe Fratze Kitty 1919 Prinz Kuckuck - Die Höllenfahrt eines Wollüstlings 1919 Der Knabe in Blau Schöne Zigeunerin / Fair gypsy List of Jews in sports From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This list of Jewish athletes in sports contains athletes who are Jewish and have attained outstanding achievements in sports. The criteria for inclusion in this list are: 1–3 places winners at major international tournaments; for team sports, winning in preliminary competitions of finals at major international tournaments, or playing for several seasons for clubs of major national leagues; or holders of past and current world records. Boldface denotes a current competitor. The topic of Jewish participation in sports is discussed extensively in academic and popular literature, because of the perceived role of sports as a historical avenue for Jewish people to overcome obstacles toward their participation in secular society (especially in Europe and the United States).[1] Contents [hide] 1 Athletes 1.1 Baseball 1.2 Basketball 1.3 Bowling 1.4 Boxing 1.5 Canoeing 1.6 Cricket 1.7 Equestrian 1.8 Fencing 1.9 Field Hockey 1.10 Figure skating 1.11 Football (American) 1.12 Football (Association; Soccer) 1.13 Football (Australian Rules) 1.14 Golf 1.15 Gymnastics 1.16 Ice hockey 1.17 Judo 1.18 Kickboxing 1.19 Mixed martial arts 1.20 Motorsport 1.21 Rowing 1.22 Rugby league 1.23 Rugby union 1.24 Sailing 1.25 Shooting 1.26 Skiing 1.27 Speed skating 1.28 Swimming 1.29 Table tennis 1.30 Tennis 1.31 Track and field 1.32 Triathlon 1.33 Volleyball 1.34 Water polo 1.35 Weightlifting 1.36 Wrestling 1.37 Professional wrestling 2 Commissioners, managers/coaches and owners 3 Officials and referees 4 Jewish sports halls of fame 5 See also 6 References 6.1 Notes 6.2 Bibliography 6.2.1 General works 6.2.2 Baseball 6.2.3 Boxing 6.2.4 Chess 6.2.5 Olympics Athletes[edit] Baseball[edit] Ryan Braun, outfielder (Milwaukee Brewers) Ike Davis, first baseman (Oakland Athletics) Ian Kinsler, second baseman (Detroit Tigers) Ryan Lavarnway, catcher (Atlanta Braves) Jason Marquis, pitcher (Cincinnati Reds) Joc Pederson, outfielder (Los Angeles Dodgers) Kevin Youkilis, first and third baseman Cal Abrams, US, outfielder[2] Rubén Amaro, Jr., US, outfielder, general manager (Philadelphia Phillies)[2] Morrie Arnovich, US, outfielder, All-Star[2] Brad Ausmus, US, catcher, All-Star, 3x Gold Glove, manager of the Detroit Tigers[2] José Bautista, Dominican-born, pitcher[2] Robert "Bo" Belinsky, U.S., pitcher. Pitched no-hit game as rookie with Los Angeles Angels in 1962.[3] Moe Berg, US, catcher & shortstop, and spy for US in World War II[2] Ron Blomberg, US, DH/first baseman/outfielder, Major League Baseball's first designated hitter[4] Lou Boudreau, US, shortstop, 8x All-Star, batting title, MVP, Baseball Hall of Fame, manager[2] Ralph Branca, US, pitcher, 3x All-Star[5] Ryan Braun, US, outfielder, 2007 Rookie of the Year, home run champion, 5x All-Star, 5x Silver Slugger, 2011 National League MVP (Milwaukee Brewers)[6] Craig Breslow, US, relief pitcher (Boston Red Sox)[2] Mark Clear, US, relief pitcher, 2x All-Star[7] Andy Cohen, US, second baseman, coach Harry Danning, US, catcher, 4x All-Star[2][8] Ike Davis, US, first baseman (Oakland Athletics)[9] Moe Drabowsky, US, pitcher[10] Harry Eisenstat, US, pitcher[11] Mike Epstein, US, first baseman[2] Harry Feldman, US, pitcher[2] Scott Feldman, US, pitcher (Houston Astros)[2] Gavin Fingleson, South African-born Australian, Olympic silver medalist[12] Nate Freiman, US, first baseman (Oakland Athletics)[13][14] Sam Fuld, US, outfielder (Oakland Athletics)[15] Sid Gordon, US, outfielder & third baseman, 2x All-Star[2] John Grabow, US, relief pitcher[2] Shawn Green, US, right fielder, 2x All-Star, Gold Glove, Silver Slugger[2] Hank Greenberg, US, first baseman & outfielder, 5x All-Star, 4x home run champion, 4x RBI leader, 2x MVP, Baseball Hall of Fame[2] Ken Holtzman, US, starting pitcher, 2x All-Star[2] Joe Horlen, US, pitcher, All-Star, ERA leader[2] Gabe Kapler, US, outfielder[2] Ian Kinsler, US, second baseman, 3x All-Star (Detroit Tigers)[16] Sandy Koufax, US, starting pitcher, 6x All-Star, 5x ERA leader, 4x strikeouts leader, 3x Wins leader, 2x W-L% leader, 1 perfect game, MVP, 3x Cy Young Award, Baseball Hall of Fame[2] Barry Latman, US, pitcher[11] Ryan Lavarnway, US, catcher (Atlanta Braves)[17] Al Levine, US, relief pitcher[2] Mike Lieberthal, US, catcher, 2x All-Star, Gold Glove[2] Elliott Maddox, US, outfielder & third baseman[2] Jason Marquis, US, starting pitcher, Silver Slugger, All Star (Cincinnati Reds)[2] Erskine Mayer, US, pitcher[2] Bob Melvin, US, catcher & manager of the Oakland Athletics[18] Jon Moscot, US, pitcher (Cincinnati Reds)[19] Jeff Newman, US, catcher & first baseman, All-Star, manager[2] Joc Pederson, US, outfielder (Los Angeles Dodgers)[20] Barney Pelty, US, pitcher[2] Lipman Pike, US, outfielder, second baseman, & manager, 4x home run champion, RBI leader[2] Kevin Pillar, US, outfielder (Toronto Blue Jays) Aaron Poreda, US, pitcher (Yomiuri Giants)[2] Scott Radinsky, US, relief pitcher[2] Dave Roberts, US, pitcher[2] Saul Rogovin, US, pitcher[2] Al "Flip" Rosen, US, third baseman & first baseman, 4x All-Star, 2x home run champion, 2x RBI leader, MVP[2] Goody Rosen, Canada, outfielder, All-Star[2] Josh Satin, US, second baseman (Cincinnati Reds)[21] Richie Scheinblum, US, outfielder, All-Star[2] Scott Schoeneweis, US, pitcher[2] Michael Schwimer, US, relief pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays)[22] Art Shamsky, US, outfielder & first baseman[2] Larry Sherry, US, relief pitcher[2] Norm Sherry, US, catcher & manager[2] Moe "the Rabbi of Swat" Solomon, US, outfielder[2] George Stone, US, outfielder, 1x batting title[23] Steve Stone, US, starting pitcher, All-Star, Cy Young Award[2] Danny Valencia, US, third baseman (Oakland Athletics)[24] Phil "Mickey" Weintraub, US, first baseman & outfielder Josh Whitesell, US, first baseman (Saraperos de Saltillo)[25] Steve Yeager, US, catcher[2] Kevin Youkilis, US, first baseman, third baseman, & left fielder, 3x All-Star, Gold Glove, Hank Aaron Award[2] Josh Zeid, US, pitcher for the Detroit Tigers Basketball[edit] Omri Casspi Jordan Farmar Gal Mekel Jon Scheyer Sam Balter, US, 5' 10" guard, Olympic champion[8][26] Sue Bird, US & Israel, WNBA 5' 9" point guard, 2x Olympic champion, 4x All-Star (Seattle Storm)[27] David Blatt, US & Israel, Israeli Premier League 6' 3.5" point guard, coached Russia National Basketball Team, Israel's Maccabi Tel Aviv to Euroleague Championship, Euroleague Coach of the Year, 4x Israeli Coach of the Year, Head Coach of Cleveland Cavaliers[28][29] David Blu (formerly "Bluthenthal"), US & Israel, Euroleague 6' 7" forward (Maccabi Tel Aviv)[30] Harry Boykoff, US, NBA 6' 10" center[31] Tal Brody, US & Israel, Euroleague 6' 2" shooting guard[8] Larry Brown, US, ABA 5' 9" point guard, 3x All-Star, 3x assists leader, NCAA National Championship coach (1988), NBA coach, Olympic champion, Hall of Fame[8][26] Omri Casspi, Israel, 6' 9" small forward, drafted in 1st round of 2009 NBA Draft (Sacramento Kings)[32] Shay Doron, Israel & US, WNBA 5' 9" guard (New York Liberty)[33] Lior Eliyahu, Israel, 6' 9" power forward, NBA draft 2006 (Orlando Magic; traded to Houston Rockets), playing in the Euroleague (Hapoel Jerusalem)[34] Jordan Farmar, US, NBA 6' 2" point guard (Los Angeles Clippers)[35] Marty Friedman, US, 5' 7" guard & coach, Hall of Fame[8] Ernie Grunfeld, Romania-born US, NBA 6' 6" guard/forward & GM, Olympic champion[36] Yotam Halperin, Israel, 6' 5" guard, drafted in 2006 NBA draft by Seattle SuperSonics (Hapoel Jerusalem)[34] Sonny Hertzberg, US, NBA 5' 9" point guard, original NY Knickerbocker[37] Art Heyman, US, NBA 6' 5" forward/guard[37] Nat Holman, US, ABL 5' 11" guard & coach, Hall of Fame[8] Red Holzman, US, BAA & NBA 5' 10" guard, 2x All-Star, & NBA coach, NBA Coach of the Year, Hall of Fame[8] Eban Hyams, India-Israel-Australia, 6' 5" guard formerly of the Australian National Basketball League, Israeli Super League, first ever Indian national to play in ULEB competitions[38] Barry Kramer, first team All-American at NYU in 1963 Joel Kramer, US Phoenix Suns 6'7" forward Sylven Landesberg, US, 6' 6" former UVA shooting guard (Maccabi Tel Aviv)[39] Rudy LaRusso, US, NBA 6' 7" forward/center, 5x All-Star[40] Nancy Lieberman, US, WNBA player, general manager, & coach, Olympic silver, Hall of Fame[26][41] Gal Mekel, Israel, NBA 6' 3" point guard (Dallas Mavericks)[42] Bernard Opper, US, NBL and ABL 5' 10" guard, All-American at University of Kentucky Donna Orender (née Geils), US, Women's Pro Basketball League 5' 7" point guard, All-Star, current WNBA president[37] Lennie Rosenbluth, US, NBA 6' 4" forward[36] Danny Schayes, US, NBA 6' 11" center/forward (son of Dolph Schayes)[37] Dolph Schayes, US, NBA 6' 7" forward/center, 3x FT% leader, 1x rebound leader, 12x All-Star, Hall of Fame, & coach (father of Danny Schayes)[8] Ossie Schectman, US, NBA 6' 0" guard, scorer of first NBA basket[36] Doron Sheffer, US (college), Maccabi Tel Aviv,Hapoel Jerusalem Jon Scheyer, US, All-American Duke University 6' 5" shooting guard & point guard (Maccabi Tel Aviv)[43] Barney Sedran, US, Hudson River League & New York State League 5' 4" guard, Hall of Fame[8] Sidney Tannenbaum, US, BAA 6' 0" guard, 2x All-American, left as NYU all-time scorer[8] Alex Tyus, US & Israel, 6' 8" power forward/center (Maccabi Tel Aviv) Neal Walk, US, NBA 6' 10" center[37] Max Zaslofsky, US, NBA 6' 2" guard/forward, 1x FT% leader, 1x points leader, All-Star, ABA coach[8] Bowling[edit] Barry Asher, 10 PBA titles, PBA Hall of Fame[7] Marshall Holman, 22 PBA titles (11th all-time); PBA Hall of Fame[44] Mark Roth, 34 PBA titles (5th all-time); PBA Hall of Fame[45] Boxing[edit] Yuri Foreman Zab Judah Dmitry Salita Barney Aaron (Young), English-born US lightweight, Hall of Fame[46] Abe Attell ("The Little Hebrew"), US, world champion featherweight, Hall of Fame[8] Monte Attell ("The Knob Hill Terror"), US, bantamweight[47] Max Baer ("Madcap Maxie"), US, world champion heavyweight. Wore a Star of David on his trunks; inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Hall of Fame/[48] Benny Bass ("Little Fish"), US, world champion featherweight & world champion junior lightweight, Hall of Fame[8] Fabrice Benichou, France, world champion super bantamweight[34] Jack Kid Berg (Judah Bergman), England, world champion junior welterweight, wore a Star of David on his trunks, Hall of Fame[8] Maxie Berger, Canada, wore a Star of David on his trunks[49] Samuel Berger, US, Olympic champion heavyweight[8] Jack Bernstein (also "John Dodick", "Kid Murphy", and "Young Murphy"), US, world champion junior lightweight[8] Nathan "Nat" Bor, US, Olympic bronze lightweight[26] Mushy Callahan (Vincente Sheer), US, world champion light welterweight[47] Joe Choynski ("Chrysanthemum Joe"), US, heavyweight, Hall of Fame[8][50] Robert Cohen, French & Algerian, world champion bantamweight[8] Al "Bummy" Davis (Abraham Davidoff), US, welterweight & lightweight, wore a Star of David on his trunks[47] Louis "Red" Deutsch, US, heavyweight, later famous as the proprietor of the Tube Bar in Jersey City, NJ and inspiration for Moe Szyslak on "The Simpsons" Carolina Duer ("The Turk"), Argentine, WBO world champion super flyweight and bantamweight[51] John "Jackie" Fields (Jacob Finkelstein), US, world champion welterweight & Olympic champion featherweight, Hall of Fame[8] Hagar Finer, Israel, WIBF champion bantamweight[52] Yuri Foreman, Belarusian-born Israeli US middleweight and World Boxing Association champion super welterweight[53] György Gedó, Hungary, Olympic champion light flyweight[41] Abe Goldstein, US, world champion bantamweight[54] Ruby Goldstein ("Ruby the Jewel of the Ghetto"), US, welterweight, wore a Star of David on his trunks[8] Roman Greenberg ("The Lion from Zion"), Israel, International Boxing Organization's Intercontinental champion heavyweight[53] Stéphane Haccoun, France, featherweight, super featherweight, and junior lightweight[55][56] Alphonse Halimi ("La Petite Terreur"), France, world champion bantamweight[8] Harry Harris ("The Human Hairpin"), US, world champion bantamweight[8] Gary Jacobs, Scottish, British, Commonwealth, and European (EBU) champion welterweight[57] Ben Jeby (Morris Jebaltowsky), US, world champion middleweight[47] Yoel Judah, US, 3x world champion kickboxer and boxer & trainer[58] Zab Judah ("Super"), US, world champion junior welterweight & world champion welterweight (Converted to Christianity)[58][59][60][61] Louis Kaplan ("Kid Kaplan"), Russian-born US, world champion featherweight, Hall of Fame[8][50] Solly Krieger ("Danny Auerbach"), US, world champion middleweight[8] Julie Kogon US, 1947 New England Lightweight Champion. Inducted into the Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame. Benny Leonard (Benjamin Leiner; "The Ghetto Wizard"), US, world champion lightweight, Hall of Fame[8] Battling Levinsky (Barney Lebrowitz), US, world champion light heavyweight, Hall of Fame[8] King Levinsky (Harry Kraków), US, heavweight, also known as Kingfish Levinsky[8] Harry Lewis (Harry Besterman), US, world champion welterweight[47] Ted "Kid" Lewis (Gershon Mendeloff), England, world champion welterweight, Hall of Fame[8] Sammy Luftspring, Canada, Canadian champion welterweight, Canada's Sports Hall of Fame[47] Saoul Mamby, US, world champion junior welterweight[47] Al McCoy (Alexander Rudolph), US, world champion middleweight[8] Daniel Mendoza, England, world champion heavyweight, Hall of Fame[8] Jacob Michaelsen, Denmark, Olympic bronze heavyweight[26] Samuel Mosberg, US, Olympic champion lightweight[8] Bob Olin, US, world champion light heavyweight[62] Victor Perez ("Young"), Tunisian, world champion flyweight[8] Harold Reitman ("The Boxing Doctor"), professional heavyweight that fought while working as surgeon, Golden Gloves champion.[63] Charlie Phil Rosenberg ("Charles Green"), US, world champion bantamweight[8] Dana Rosenblatt ("Dangerous"), US, world champion middleweight[64] Maxie Rosenbloom ("Slapsie"), US, world champion light heavyweight, wore a Star of David on his trunks, Hall of Fame[8] Barney Ross (Dov-Ber Rasofsky), US, world champion lightweight & junior welterweight, Hall of Fame[8] Mike Rossman (Michael Albert DiPiano; "The Jewish Bomber"), US, world champion light heavyweight, wore Star of David on trunks[64] Shamil Sabirov, Russia, Olympic champion light flyweight[26] Dmitry Salita ("Star of David"), US, North American Boxing Association champion light welterweight[65] Isadore "Corporal Izzy" Schwartz ("The Ghetto Midget"), US, world champion flyweight[8] Al Singer ("The Bronx Beauty"), US, world champion lightweight[47] "Lefty" Lew Tendler, US, bantamweight, lightweight, and welterweight, wore a Star of David on his trunks, Hall of Fame[8] Sid Terris ("Ghost of the Ghetto"), US, lightweight, wore a Star of David on his trunks[54] Matt Wels, England, champion of Great Britain lightweight and world champion welterweight Canoeing[edit] Jessica Fox Shaun Rubenstein László Fábián, Hungary, sprint canoer, Olympic champion (K-2 10,000 meter), 4x world champion (3x K-2 10,000 meter and 1x K-4 10,000 meter) and one silver (K-4 10,000 meter)[26] Imre Farkas, Hungary, sprint canoer, 2x Olympic bronze (C-2 1,000 and 10,000 meter)[66] Jessica Fox, French-born Australian, slalom canoer, Olympic silver (K-1 slalom), world championships bronze (C-1)[67] Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi, France, slalom canoer, Olympic bronze (K-1 slalom), 5 golds at ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships (2x K-1, 3x K-1 team)[41] Klára Fried-Bánfalvi, Hungary, sprint canoer, Olympic bronze (K-2 500 m), world champion (K-2 500 m)[26] Leonid Geishtor, USSR (Belarus), sprint canoer, Olympic champion (Canadian pairs 1,000-meter)[41] Joe Jacobi, US, slalom canoer, Olympic champion (Canadian slalom pairs)[41] Michael Kolganov, Soviet (Uzbek)-born Israeli, sprint canoer, world champion, Olympic bronze (K-1 500-meter)[41] Anna Pfeffer, Hungary, sprint canoer, Olympic 2x silver (K-2 500 m), bronze (K-1 500 m); world champion (K-2 500 m), silver (K-4 500 m), 2x bronze (K-2 500)[26] Naum Prokupets, Moldovan-born Soviet, sprint canoer, Olympic bronze (C-2 1,000-meter), gold (C-2 10,000-meter) at ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships[41] Leon Rotman, Romanian, sprint canoer, 2x Olympic champion (C-1 10,000 meter, C-1 1,000-meter) and bronze (C-1 1,000-meter), 14 national titles[41] Shaun Rubenstein, South Africa, canoer, World Marathon champion 2006[68] Cricket[edit] Michael Klinger Ben Ashkenazi, Australia (Victorian Bushrangers) Ali Bacher, South Africa, batsman and administrator (relative of Adam Bacher)[69] Mike Barnard, England, cricketer[69] Mark Bott, England, cricketer[70] Stevie Eskinazi, South African born, Australian raised, English wicketkeeper Mark Fuzes. Australian all rounder played for Hong Kong. Father Peter Fuzes kept goal for Australian Soccer team (see)[71] Dennis Gamsy, South Africa, Test wicket-keeper[72] Darren Gerard, England, cricketer[73] Norman Gordon, South Africa, fast bowler[69] Steven Herzberg, English-born Australian, cricketer[74] Sid Kiel, South Africa, opening batsman (Western Province)[75] Michael Klinger, Australia, batsman (Western Warriors)[69] Leonard "Jock" Livingston, Australia, cricketer[69] Bev Lyon, England, cricketer[69] Dar Lyon, England, cricketer (brother of Bev)[69] Greg, Jason, and Lara Molins, two brothers and a cousin from the same Irish family[74] Jon Moss, Australia, allrounder (Victorian Bushrangers)[69] John Raphael, England, batsman[69] Marshall Rosen, NSW Australia, cricketer and selector[76] Lawrence Seeff, South Africa, batsmen[77] Maurice Sievers, Australia, lower order batsman and fast-medium bowler[69] Bensiyon Songavkar, India, cricketer, MVP of 2009 Maccabiah Games cricket tournament[78] Fred Susskind, South Africa, Test batsman[69] Fred Trueman, England, English test fast bowler (a lifelong Christian)[69] Julien Wiener, Australia, Test cricketer[69] Mandy Yachad, South Africa, Test cricketer[69] Equestrian[edit] Margie Goldstein-Engle Robert Dover, US, 4x Olympic bronze, 1x world championship bronze (dressage)[79] Margie Goldstein-Engle, US, world championship silver, Pan American Games gold, silver, and bronze (jumping)[80] Edith Master, US, Olympic bronze (dressage)[26] Fencing[edit] Helene Mayer Soren Thompson Henri Anspach, Belgium (épée & foil), Olympic champion[26] Paul Anspach, Belgium (épée & foil), 2x Olympic champion[26] Norman Armitage (Norman Cohn), US (sabre), 17x US champion, Olympic bronze[26] Albert "Albie" Axelrod, US (foil); Olympic bronze, 4x US champion[8] Péter Bakonyi, Hungary (saber), Olympic 3x bronze[41] Cliff Bayer, US (foil); youngest US champion[37] Albert Bogen (Albert Bógathy), Austria (saber), Olympic silver[41] Tamir Bloom, US (épée); 2x US champion[37] Daniel Bukantz, US (foil); 4x US champion[37] Sergey Sharikov, Russia (saber), 2x Olympic champion, silver, bronze[26] Yves Dreyfus, France (épée), Olympic bronze, French champion[26] Ilona Elek, Hungary (saber), 2x Olympic champion[26] Boaz Ellis, Israel (foil), 5x Israeli champion[34] Siegfried "Fritz" Flesch, Austria (sabre), Olympic bronze[26] Dr. Dezsö Földes, Hungary (saber), 2x Olympic champion[26] Dr. Jenö Fuchs, Hungary (saber), 4x Olympic champion[81] Támas Gábor, Hungary (épée), Olympic champion[8] János Garay, Hungary (saber), Olympic champion, silver, bronze, killed by the Nazis[8] Dr. Oskar Gerde, Hungary (saber), 2x Olympic champion, killed by the Nazis[26] Dr. Sándor Gombos, Hungary (saber), Olympic champion[62] Vadim Gutzeit, Ukraine (saber), Olympic champion[82] Johan Harmenberg, Sweden (épée), Olympic champion[26] Delila Hatuel, Israel (foil), Olympian, ranked # 9 in world[83] Lydia Hatuel-Zuckerman, Israel (foil), 6x Israeli champion[84][85] Dr. Otto Herschmann, Austria (saber), Olympic silver[26] Emily Jacobson, US (saber), NCAA champion[86] Sada Jacobson, US (saber), ranked # 1 in the world, Olympic silver, 2x bronze[86] Allan Jay, British (épée & foil), Olympic 2x silver, world champion[26] Endre Kabos, Hungary (saber), 3x Olympic champion, bronze[26] Roman Kantor, Poland (épée), Nordic champion & Soviet champion, killed by the Nazis[26] Dan Kellner, US (foil), US champion[86] Byron Krieger, US[87] Grigory Kriss, Soviet (épée), Olympic champion, 2x silver[26] Allan Kwartler, US (saber), 3x Pan American Games champion[10] Alexandre Lippmann, France (épée), 2x Olympic champion, 2x silver, bronze[8] Helene Mayer, Germany & US (foil), Olympic champion[26] Ljubco Georgievski ????? ??????????? 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The Malagasy French Malgache are the ethnic group that forms nearly the entire population of Madagascar They are divided into two subgroups the "Highlander" Merina Sihanaka and Betsileo of the central plateau around Antananarivo Alaotra Ambatondrazaka and Fianarantsoa and the "coastal dwellers" elsewhere in the country This division has its roots in historical patterns of settlement The original Austronesian settlers from Borneo arrived between the third and tenth centuries and established a network of principalities in the Central Highlands region conducive to growing the rice they had carried with them on their outrigger canoes Sometime later a large number of settlers arrived from East Africa and established kingdoms along the relatively unpopulated coastlines The difference in ethnic origins remains somewhat evident between the highland and coastal regions In addition to the ethnic distinction between highland and coastal Malagasy one may speak of a political distinction as well Merina monarchs in the late th and early th century united the Merina principalities and brought the neighboring Betsileo people under their administration first They later extended Merina control over the majority of the coastal areas as well The military resistance and eventual defeat of most of the coastal communities assured their subordinate position vis à vis the Merina Betsileo alliance During the th and th centuries the French colonial administration capitalized on and further exacerbated these political inequities by appropriating existing Merina governmental infrastructure to run their colony This legacy of political inequity dogged the people of Madagascar after gaining independence in candidates ethnic and regional identities have often served to help or hinder their success in democratic elections Within these two broad ethnic and political groupings the Malagasy were historically subdivided into specifically named ethnic groups who were primarily distinguished from one another on the basis of cultural practices These were namely agricultural hunting or fishing practices construction style of dwellings music hair and clothing styles and local customs or taboos the latter known in the Malagasy language as fady citation needed The number of such ethnic groups in Madagascar has been debated The practices that distinguished many of these groups are less prevalent in the st century than they were in the past But many Malagasy are proud to proclaim their association with one or several of these groups as part of their own cultural identity "Highlander" ethnic groups Merina Sihanaka Betsileo Zafimaniry Coastal ethnic groups Antaifasy or Antefasy Antaimoro or Temoro or Antemoro Antaisaka or Antesaka Antambahoaka Antandroy or Tandroy Antankarana Antanosy or Tanosy Academia edit Afifi al Akiti Khasnor Johan historian Khoo Kay Kim Jomo Kwame Sundaram Danny Quah Harith Ahmad Architects edit Main article List of Malaysian architects Artists edit Main article List of Malaysian artists Business edit Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Al Bukhary born Tan Sri Dato Loh Boon Siew – Tan Sri Jeffrey Cheah Tan Sri William Cheng Dato Choong Chin Liang born Tan Sri Dato Tony Fernandes born Lim Goh Tong – Tan Sri Tiong Hiew King Tan Sri Teh Hong Piow born Chung Keng Quee – Tan Sri Ananda Krishnan born Robert Kuok born Tan Sri Quek Leng Chan born Shoba Purushothaman Shah Hakim Zain Halim Saad Tan Sri Mohd Saleh Sulong Tan Sri Vincent Tan born Lillian Too born Tan Sri Dr Francis Yeoh Tun Daim Zainuddin born Tan Sri Kong Hon Kong Designers edit Bernard Chandran fashion designer Jimmy Choo born shoe designer Poesy Liang born artist writer philanthropist jewellery designer industrial designer interior architect music composer Inventors edit Yi Ren Ng inventor of the Lytro Entertainers edit Yasmin Ahmad – film director Stacy Angie Francissca Peter born Jamal Abdillah born Sudirman Arshad – Loganathan Arumugam died Datuk David Arumugam Alleycats Awal Ashaari Alvin Anthons born Asmawi bin Ani born Ahmad Azhar born Ning Baizura born Kasma Booty died Marion Caunter host of One In A Million and the TV Quickie Ella born Erra Fazira born Sean Ghazi born Fauziah Latiff born Angelica Lee born Daniel Lee Chee Hun born Fish Leong born Sheila Majid born Amy Mastura born Mohamad Nasir Mohamad born Shathiyah Kristian born Meor Aziddin Yusof born Ah Niu born Dayang Nurfaizah born Shanon Shah born Siti Nurhaliza born Misha Omar born Hani Mohsin – Aziz M Osman born Azmyl Yunor born P Ramlee born Aziz Sattar born Fasha Sandha born Ku Nazhatul Shima Ku Kamarazzaman born Nicholas Teo born Pete Teo Penny Tai born Hannah Tan born Jaclyn Victor born Chef Wan Adira Suhaimi Michael Wong born Victor Wong born Dato Michelle Yeoh Hollywood actress born James Wan director of Hollywood films like several Saw films Insidious The Conjuring Fast and Furious born Ziana Zain born Zee Avi Shila Amzah Yunalis Zarai Zamil Idris born Military edit Leftenan Adnan – Warrior from mainland Malaya Antanum Warrior from Sabah Borneo Rentap Warrior from Sarawak Syarif Masahor Warrior from Sarawak Monsopiad Warrior from Sabah Borneo Haji Abdul Rahman Limbong Warrior from Telemong Terengganu Mat Salleh Warrior from Sabah Borneo Rosli Dhobi Warrior from Sarawak Politicians edit Parameswara founder of Sultanate of Malacca Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al Haj st Prime Minister of independent Malaya Tun Abdul Razak nd Prime Minister V T Sambanthan Founding Fathers of Malaysia along with Tunku Abdul Rahman and Tan Cheng Lock Tun Dato Sir Tan Cheng Lock Founder of MCA Tun Hussein Onn rd Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammad th Prime Minister Father of Modernisation Abdullah Ahmad Badawi th Prime Minister since Najib Tun Razak Current Prime Minister since Dato Seri Ong Ka Ting Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim Dato Wan Hisham Wan Salleh Nik Aziz Nik Mat Raja Nong Chik Zainal Abidin Federal Territory and Urban Wellbeing Minister Wan Azizah Wan Ismail Karpal Singh Lim Kit Siang Lim Guan Eng Tengku Razaleigh 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