Editing Washington Heights, Manhattan (section)

==Notable people==
{{See also|Category:People from Washington Heights, Manhattan}}
Notable residents of Washington Heights include:

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* [[Pedro Alvarez (baseball)|Pedro Alvarez]] (born 1987), baseball player who was drafted second overall by the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] in the [[2008 Major League Baseball Draft]].<ref>Nelson, Amy K. [https://www.espn.com/mlb/draft2008/news/story?id=3423039 "Alvarez following in some famous footsteps"], ''[[ESPN.com]]'', June 3, 2008. Retrieved June 10, 2008. "In just a few days, Montas and the entire Washington Heights community anticipate that their native son, Pedro Alvarez, a star third baseman for Vanderbilt University, will be the highest player ever drafted from the upper Manhattan neighborhood of New York City."</ref>
* [[Alex Arias]] (born 1967), Dominican-American former Major League Baseball player.<ref>Mickle, Tripp. [http://www.nyc24.org/2006/newnewyorkers/beisbol/index.html "At George Washington High School, Beisbol is a Hit"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928062045/http://www.nyc24.org/2006/newnewyorkers/beisbol/index.html |date=September 28, 2007 }}, New Media Workshop at the [[Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism]]. Retrieved May 21, 2007. "Since the mid-1980s, the school has produced two World Series winners in the Major Leagues: Manny Ramírez of the Boston Red Sox and former Florida Marlins shortstop Alex Arias."</ref>
* [[George Grey Barnard]] (1863–1938), sculptor.<ref>[https://www.philamuseum.org/pma_archives/ead.php?c=GGB&p=hn "George Grey Barnard Papers : Historical Note"], [[Philadelphia Museum of Art]]. Retrieved April 16. 2020. "1894–1895: Moves to Washington Heights, New York; produces many pieces for patrons."</ref>
* [[Harry Belafonte]] (1927–2023), calypso singer and Grammy winner.<ref>[[Henry Louis Gates, Jr.|Gates Jr., Henry Louis]]. [http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1996/08/26/belafontes-balancing-act "Belafonte's Balancing Act"], ''[[The New Yorker]]'', August 26, 1996. Retrieved July 20, 2016. "In 1953, enjoying his first real taste of affluence, Belafonte moved from Washington Heights into a white neighborhood in Elmhurst, Queens."</ref>
* [[Ward Bennett]] (1917–2003), designer, artist and sculptor.<ref>Iovine, Julie V. [https://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/16/arts/ward-bennett-85-dies-designed-with-american-style.html "Ward Bennett, 85, Dies; Designed With American Style"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 16, 200. Retrieved April 16, 2020. "Mr. Bennett was born on Nov. 17, 1917, in Washington Heights in upper Manhattan."</ref>
* [[Dellin Betances]] (born 1988), MLB pitcher for the [[New York Mets]].<ref>[[Marly Rivera|Rivera, Marly]]. [https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/19316029/yankees-star-dellin-betances-growing-dominican-repping-hometown-team "For Betances, repping the Yankees is an American dream"], ''[[ESPN]]'', April 17, 2017. Retrieved April 16, 2020. "Yankees setup man Dellin Betances was born in New York, but he says his parents' Dominican heritage has always been a huge part of his identity – particularly growing up in Washington Heights, a majority-Latino neighborhood of the city."</ref>
* [[Jocelyn Bioh]], Ghanaian-American writer, playwright and actor.<ref>Soloski, Alexis. [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/01/theater/playwright-jocelyn-bioh-africa-mean-girls-play.html "For This Playwright, Africa With Laughter, Not Tears"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', November 1, 2017. Retrieved April 16, 2020. "Ms. Bioh, 34, grew up in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, the youngest of three siblings in a tight-knit, tough-love family that often lived hand-to-mouth."</ref>
* [[Stanley Bosworth]] (1927–2011), founding headmaster of [[Saint Ann's School (Brooklyn)|Saint Ann's School]] in Brooklyn, which he headed from 1965 to 2004.<ref>Levy, Ariel. [https://nymag.com/nymetro/news/people/features/n_10337/ "The Devil & Saint Ann's"], ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]'', April 30, 2004. Retrieved April 16, 2020. "Stanley is Jewish himself, raised in Washington Heights, by parents he calls 'the greatest bumblers in the world.'"</ref>
* [[Tally Brown]] (1934–1989), singer and actress in films by [[Andy Warhol]] and other underground filmmakers.<ref>[http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/lot.208.html/2006/photographs-n08227 Diane Arbus 1923–1971 'Waitress, Nudist Camp, N. J.'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160504194536/http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/lot.208.html/2006/photographs-n08227 |date=May 4, 2016 }}, [[Sotheby's]]. Retrieved April 16, 2020. "In her later years, Brown lived in Washington Heights, New York City, and was the focus of German director Rosa von Praunheim's award-winning documentary, ''Tally Brown, N. Y.'' (1979)."</ref>
* [[Robert John Burke]] (born 1960), actor.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160307042311/https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/9625/Robert-John-Burke/biography "Robert John Burke"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of March 7, 2016. Retrieved April 16, 2020. "Birthplace: Washington Heights, New York, USA"</ref>
* [[Maria Callas]] (1923–1977), Greek-American opera singer.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t3bg3dGzNewC|title=Maria Callas: An Intimate Biography|first=Anne|last=Edwards|isbn=9780312269869|date=2001-08-18}}</ref>{{Rp|57}}
* [[Cardi B]] (born 1992), rapper, songwriter, actress and television personality.<ref>Haskell, Rob. [https://www.vogue.com/article/cardi-b-cover-january-2020 "Cardi B: Unfiltered, Unapologetic, Unbowed"], ''[[Vogue (magazine)]]'', December 9, 2019. Retrieved December 17, 2019. "It's the middle of an early-autumn afternoon, and Cardi is stretched out on the green modular sofa in the living room of her grandmother's apartment in Washington Heights.... Cardi was born at NewYork-Presbyterian, not far from this walkup whose hallways are saturated with the warm smells of Dominican cooking."</ref>
* [[Jerry Craft]] (born 1963), children's book author and illustrator / syndicated cartoonist and creator of the Mama's Boyz comic strip.<ref>[http://jerrycraft.net/jerrycraft.html Author / Illustrator] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180412064034/http://www.jerrycraft.net/jerrycraft.html |date=April 12, 2018 }}, Jerry Craft. Retrieved July 23, 2013.</ref>
* [[Rod Carew]] (born 1945), former professional baseball player and member of the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame]].<ref>[http://www.sportingnews.com/blog/ps3265/tag/RodCarew "This Week In Baseball History – Week ending 10/5"]{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''[[Sporting News]]'', October 8, 2007. Retrieved June 10, 2008. "In 1958, the Carew family migrated to America and settled in the Washington Heights section of New York City."</ref>
* [[Frances Conroy]] (born 1953), actress.<ref name=Thinking1 />
* [[Nelson Antonio Denis]] (born 1954), former member of the [[New York State Assembly]].<ref>Monell, Ray. [https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/theater-arts/nelson-denis-war-book-escalating-article-1.2255222 "Nelson A. Denis' book ''War Against All Puerto Ricans'' is escalating"], ''[[New York Daily News]]'', June 11, 2015. Retrieved December 17, 2019. "'It's been psychologically and intellectually stimulating, because it's been interesting to see some of these changes after I talk to people and after they read the book. It's an interesting process,' says Denis, an ex-New York assemblyman from Washington Heights of Puerto Rican and Cuban heritage."</ref>
* [[Morton Deutsch]] (1920–2017), [[Social psychology|social psychologist]] who was one of the founding fathers of the field of [[conflict resolution]].<ref>Roberts, Sam. [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/21/nyregion/morton-deutsch-dead-conflict-resolution.html "Morton Deutsch, Expert on Conflict Resolution, Dies at 97"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', March 21, 2017. Retrieved March 23, 2017. "Raised in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan, he read Freud and Marx when he was 10, graduated from Townsend Harris Hall and entered City College when he was 15 planning to become a psychiatrist."</ref>
* [[David Dinkins]] (1927–2020), Mayor of New York City from 1990 to 1994.<ref>Armstrong, Lindsay. [https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150810/washington-heights/proposal-rename-street-for-david-dinkins-dropped-by-councilman "Proposal To Rename Street for David Dinkins Dropped by Councilman"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603105515/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150810/washington-heights/proposal-rename-street-for-david-dinkins-dropped-by-councilman |date=June 3, 2016 }}, [[DNAinfo.com]], August 10, 2015. Retrieved April 28, 2016. "WASHINGTON HEIGHTS – A proposal to rename an Uptown street in honor of David Dinkins has been dropped, after a politician supporting the plan said the former mayor's family was not on board with the idea."</ref>
* [[Jim Dwyer (journalist)|Jim Dwyer]] (1957–2020), columnist and reporter at ''[[The New York Times]]''.<ref>[http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/d/jim_dwyer/index.html?inline=nyt-per Times Topics: People – Jim Dwyer], ''[[The New York Times]]''. Retrieved June 28, 2007. "Born and raised in the city, Jim is the son of Irish immigrants. For the last 30 years, he has lived in Washington Heights with his family."</ref>
* [[Laurence Fishburne]] (born 1961), Academy Award-nominated actor.<ref>Staff. [http://www.nydailynews.com/services/realestate/2008/03/07/2008-03-07_hudson_heights_delivers.html "Hudson Heights delivers"], ''[[New York Daily News]]'', March 7, 2008. Retrieved March 20, 2008. "Hudson Heights continues to deliver on big space, river views and affordable apartments. And celebrities. Actor Laurence Fishburne lives in historic Castle Village overlooking the Hudson."</ref>
* [[Luis Flores (basketball)|Luis Flores]] (born 1981), former NBA point guard.<ref>Weiss, Dick. [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-118625776.html "Flores, from Dominican Republic, takes unusual journey."]{{dead link|date=February 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, ''[[New York Daily News]]'', March 20, 2004. Retrieved June 7, 2007. "Luis Flores never figured his future would be in basketball when he was growing up in San Pedro de Marcos, a Dominican Republic hotbed for major league baseball prospects.... But all that changed when his parents sent him from that sun-drenched Caribbean island to live with his grandparents Basilio and Juanita Flores in Washington Heights when he was just 8 years old. "</ref>
* [[Hillel Furstenberg]] (born 1935), [[mathematician]] known for his application of [[probability theory]] and [[ergodic theory]] methods to other areas of mathematics.<ref>Chang, Kenneth. [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/18/science/abel-prize-mathematics.html "Abel Prize in Mathematics Shared by 2 Trailblazers of Probability and Dynamics Hillel Furstenberg, 84, and Gregory Margulis, 74, both retired professors, share the mathematics equivalent of a Nobel Prize."], ''[[The New York Times]]'', March 18, 2020. Retrieved March 18, 2020. "Dr. Furstenberg was born in Berlin in 1935. His family, which was Jewish, was able to leave Germany just before the start of World War II and made its way to the United States, settling in New York City in the Washington Heights neighborhood in Manhattan."</ref>
* [[Lou Gehrig]] (1903–1941), professional baseball player for the [[New York Yankees]] and member of the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame]].<ref>Robinson, Ray. [https://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/03/sports/baseball/gehrig-remains-a-presence-in-his-former-neighborhood.html "Gehrig Remains a Presence in His Former Neighborhood"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', July 3, 2005. Retrieved April 25, 2016. "By World War I, the Gehrig family had moved to Washington Heights. It was there that Gehrig was taunted as 'a dirty Hun,' a result of the anti-German sentiment in the country."</ref>
* [[Elias Goldberg]] (1886–1978), New York painter, with most of his city paintings focusing on the area of Washington Heights. Mr. Goldberg exhibited at the legendary [[Charles Egan Gallery]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/oralhistories/index.cfm/fuseaction/OralHistories.ViewOralHistory/CollectionID/12110|title=Bruce Hooton 1965 Interview of Elias Goldberg at the Smithsonian Archives of American Art}}</ref>
* [[Leo Gorcey]] (1917–1969), member of the original cast of "[[Dead End (1937 film)|Dead End]]", and memorably outspoken member of the [[Dead End Kids]] / [[East Side Kids]] / [[The Bowery Boys]].<ref>Lamparski, Richard. [https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/98862190/ "Whatever Happened to Leo Gorcey?"], ''[[Detroit Free Press]]'', April 27, 1969. Retrieved January 18, 2021, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "The leader of the Dead End Kids, East Side Kids and Bowery Boys was born in New York City in 1917. Leo Gorcey came by the accent that was to make him over a million dollars quite naturally during his boyhood in the Washington Heights section of New York City."</ref>
* [[Alan Greenspan]] (born 1926), 13th Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve.<ref>Martin, Justin. [https://www.nytimes.com/books/first/m/martin-greenspan.html?_r=1&oref=slogin "Greenspan: The Man Behind the Money"], Perseus Publishing. Retrieved June 7, 2007. "A few years prior to the great stock market crash of 1929, Alan Greenspan's parents moved into an apartment in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan."</ref>
* [[Hex Hector]] (born 1965), Grammy Award-winning remixer and producer.<ref name="CBS New York – Breaking News, Sports, Weather, Traffic And The Best of NY 2020">{{cite web | title=Hispanic Heritage Month: Washington Heights – CBS New York | website=CBS New York | date=September 14, 2020 | url=https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2020/09/14/hispanic-heritage-month-washington-heights/ | access-date=July 18, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Jacob K. Javits]] (1904–1986), United States Senator from New York from 1957 to 1981.<ref>[http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_your_park/historical_signs/hs_historical_sign.php?id=8724 Jacon K. Javits Playground]. Retrieved December 27, 2006. "Jacob Javits was born on the Lower East Side to Russian Jewish parents. He lived variously in Brooklyn and Manhattan, including this neighborhood, on West 192nd Street, when he was 15."</ref>
* [[Henry Kissinger]] (1923–2023), former [[National Security Advisor (United States)|National Security Advisor]] and [[United States Secretary of State]].<ref>[http://www.coldwarfiles.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=people.details&thisunit=0&peopleid=122 Cold War Files: Henry Kissinger] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070712011403/http://www.coldwarfiles.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=people.details&thisunit=0&peopleid=122 |date=July 12, 2007 }}. Retrieved December 27, 2006. "He spent his high-school years in the Washington Heights section of upper Manhattan but never lost his pronounced German accent. Kissinger attended [[George Washington High School (New York City)|George Washington High School]] at night and worked in a shaving-brush factory during the day."</ref>
* [[Paul Kolton]] (1923–2010), chairman of the [[American Stock Exchange]].<ref>Kaplan, Thomas. [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/30/business/30kolton.html "Paul Kolton, Who Led the American Stock Exchange, Dies at 87"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 29, 2010. Retrieved April 28, 2016. "Mr. Kolton was born Paul Komisaruk on June 1, 1923, in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan."</ref>
* [[Joshua Lederberg]] (1925–2008), geneticist who received the 1958 [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] for work in bacterial genetics, was born in Montclair.<ref>Morse, Stephen S. "Joshua Lederberg (1925–2008)", ''[[Science (magazine)]]'', March 7, 2008, vol 319, p. 1351.</ref><ref>Broad, William J. [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/us/05lederberg.html?pagewanted=all "Joshua Lederberg, 82, a Nobel Winner, Dies"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', February 5, 2008. Retrieved April 28, 2016. "Dr. Lederberg was born May 23, 1925, in Montclair, N.J., to Zvi Hirsch Lederberg, a rabbi, and the former Esther Goldenbaum, who had emigrated from what is now Israel two years earlier. His family moved to the Washington Heights section of Manhattan when he was 6 months old."</ref>
* [[Stan Lee]] (1922–2018), creator of [[Spider-Man]], [[X-Men]], [[The Incredible Hulk]].<ref>Sinclair, Tom. [https://ew.com/article/2003/06/20/meet-stan-lee-mind-behind-spider-man-and-hulk/ "Still a Marvel! Meet Stan Lee: The mind behind Spider-Man and Hulk. EW talks with the legend who rewrote the book on comics in the '60s, and planted seeds for today's biggest summer movies"], ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'', June 20, 2003. Retrieved June 7, 2007. "To fully understand how Lee, a poor Jewish kid from New York's Washington Heights, came to be the Munificent Monarch of the Mighty Marvel Universe, we must journey back through the mists of time, all the way to the first quarter of the last century, to reveal...the Origin of Stan Lee!"</ref>
* [[Frankie Lymon]] (1942–1968), lead singer of [[The Teenagers]], best known for their hit "[[Why Do Fools Fall in Love (song)|Why Do Fools Fall in Love?]]"<ref>{{cite news|work=[[Smithsonian Magazine]]|title=Teen Idol Frankie Lymon's Tragic Rise and Fall Tells the Truth About 1950s America|access-date=February 10, 2021|date=January 2018|first=Jeff|last=MacGregor|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/teen-idol-frankie-lymon-tragic-rise-fall-tells-truth-1950s-america-180967506/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|work=[[The New York Times]]|title=Here's Who First Asked Rock's Big Question|access-date=|date=November 19, 1992|first=Richard|last=Perez-Pena|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/11/19/nyregion/here-s-who-first-asked-rock-s-big-question.html}}</ref>
* [[Lin-Manuel Miranda]] (born 1980), actor, and [[Tony Award]]-winning composer and lyricist, best known for writing and acting in the Broadway musicals ''[[In the Heights]]'' and ''[[Hamilton (musical)|Hamilton]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/lin-manuel-miranda-ingenuity-awards-180957234/?no-ist|title=Meet Lin-Manuel Miranda, the Genius Behind "Hamilton," Broadway's Newest Hit|first=Jeff|last=MacGregor}}</ref>
* [[Theodore Edgar McCarrick]] (born 1930), Cardinal who served as [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington]] (2001–2006).<ref>Dewan, Shaila K. [https://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/22/world/new-princes-church-washington-prelate-global-view-pastor-for-poor.html "New Princes Of The Church: The Washington Prelate; Global View Of a Pastor For the Poor"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', January 22, 2001. Retrieved April 25, 2016. "Archbishop McCarrick grew up in Washington Heights, in Manhattan."</ref>
* [[Daniel D. McCracken]] (1930–2011), early computer pioneer and author.<ref>Swalec, Andrea. [https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20110801/washington-heights-inwood/washington-heights-computer-science-expert-dies "Washington Heights Computer Science Expert Dies"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601082749/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20110801/washington-heights-inwood/washington-heights-computer-science-expert-dies |date=June 1, 2016 }}, [[DNAinfo.com]] New York, August 1, 2011. Retrieved April 25, 2016. "Computer science expert, City College professor and Washington Heights resident Daniel McCracken died Saturday of cancer, his wife, Helen Blumenthal, said in a statement Monday."</ref>
* [[Knox Martin]] (born 1923), painter, sculptor and muralist.<ref>Staff. [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/newyorkstories/artstroll.html "Festival Brings Month of Performances Uptown"], [[Columbia University]] ''New York Stories'', June 13, 2008. Retrieved April 25, 2016. "During this year's stroll, artist Knox Martin will be honored. Martin, born in Barranquilla, Colombia, has been a resident of Washington Heights for more than 75 years."</ref>
* [[Mims (rapper)|Mims]] (born 1981), Jamaican-American rapper.<ref>Sanneh, Kelefa. [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/05/arts/music/05jam.html?ref=music "In Search of New York at a Hip-Hop Summit"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', June 5, 2007.Retrieved June 7, 2007. "Sometime around 6:30 the Washington Heights-raised rapper Mims ? better known as the 'This Is Why I'm Hot? guy' hit the stage to tell the crowd why he is hot. (It's related somehow to his flyness.)"</ref>
* [[Andy Mineo]] (born 1988), rapper, singer, producer, director, and minister signed to Reach Records.<ref>[http://reachrecords.com/artists/andy-mineo/ Andy Mineo], [[Reach Records]]. Retrieved April 28, 2016. "A Syracuse native, Mineo is now more known as the kid from Washington Heights, New York City who is selling out major performance venues all over America and across the pond in Europe."</ref>
* [[Karina Pasian]] (born 1991), recording [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] singer from [[Def Jam Records]].<ref>Feeney, Michael J. [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/manhattan/washington-heights-singer-karina-pasian-set-perform-love-song-city-9-11-anniversary-article-1.954831 "Washington Heights singer Karina Pasian set to perform love song to city for 9/11 anniversary"], ''[[New York Daily News]]'', September 9, 2011. Retrieved April 28, 2016.</ref>
* [[Manny Pérez]] (born 1969), Dominican actor, appeared in ''[[Third Watch]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Patrick|last=Goldstein|date=2009-09-24|title=Worth all the effort|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-sep-24-et-bigpicture24-story.html|access-date=2021-07-19|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|quote=When he was 11, his family moved to Manhattan's Washington Heights neighborhood, where he still makes his home.}}</ref>
* [[Jim Powers]] (born 1958), retired [[professional wrestling|professional wrestler]] best known for his appearances with the [[WWE|World Wrestling Federation]] from 1987 to 1994.<ref>Herzog, Kenny. [https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/features/dont-call-me-a-jobber-former-stallion-jim-powers-remains-forever-young-20150204 "Don't Call Me a Jobber: Former Stallion Jim Powers Remains Forever Young; Meet another of pro wrestling's preeminent "enhancement talents", a man who rode with Paul Roma (and was almost managed by Mr. T)"], ''[[Rolling Stone (magazine)]]'', February 4, 2015. Retrieved December 15, 2017. "James Manley, a.k.a. former WWE/WCW mainstay Jim Powers, is the first to admit that when he makes plans, they usually don't happen.... Manley was born in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan in 1958, and was raised there by his aunt, uncle and grandmother.'"</ref>
* [[Freddie Prinze]] (1954–1977), Hungarian-Puerto Rican stand-up comedian, best known for his 1970s TV series ''[[Chico and the Man]]'' co-starring [[Jack Albertson]].<ref>[http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/P/htmlP/prinzefredd/prinzefredd.htm Biography of Freddie Prinze] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020815051952/http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/P/htmlP/prinzefredd/prinzefredd.htm |date=August 15, 2002 }}, [[Museum of Broadcast Communications]]. Retrieved January 3, 2007.</ref>
* [[Manny Ramírez]] (born 1972), Dominican-born baseball player from 1993 to 2011.<ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FCI/is_8_60/ai_76133586 "Head of Production – Manny Ramírez, baseball player for the Red Sox – Statistical Data Included"], ''[[Baseball Digest]]'', August 2001 by Gordon Edes. "For a Dominican kid who grew up in the non-trendy side of Manhattan—that upper end of the island known as Washington Heights—Manny Ramírez tends to have his name dropped in the same sentence as the game's biggest stars, past and present, and isn't out of place in their company."</ref>
* [[Kenny Rankin]] (1940–2009), musician, singer and songwriter.<ref>[http://www.kennyrankin.com/bio.html Rankin website bio] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001204164600/http://www.kennyrankin.com/bio.html |date=December 4, 2000 }}, Retrieved August 4, 2011. "Growing up in the multicultural hotbed of New York's Washington Heights neighborhood, he absorbed a broad array of musical influences, from AfroCuban to Top 40 to Jazz to Brazilian."</ref>
* [[Alex Rodriguez]] (born 1975), Dominican-American baseball player for the [[New York Yankees]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20050308215313/http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1285/is_6_34/ai_n6097754 "Alex Rodriguez: he arrived in New York to cries of both 'Hallelujah!' and 'Is he worth it?' but after his bumpy, bruised beginnings in the Bronx, baseball's heavy-hitting superstar has hit his stride"], ''[[Interview (magazine)]]'', July 2004. "The kid who was born in Washington Heights, New York City, and grew up in Miami had no doubts about handling the pressure in a town where movie stars are second-class citizens to top-tier ballplayers."</ref>
* [[James R. Russell]] (born 1953), scholar and Harvard University professor.<ref>[[James R. Russell|Russell, James R.]] [https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/10221/notes-of-a-rebel-professor "Notes of a Rebel Professor"], ''Middle East Forum'', March 22, 2006. Retrieved March 17, 2020. "Among the 'little Eichmanns' working at the WTC when "the chickens came home to roost" were men and women from my old neighborhood, Washington Heights: Dominican immigrants who worked as janitors, as cooks at Windows on the World."</ref>
* [[Merlin Santana]] (1976–2002), Dominican-American actor.<ref>Renata-Christine. [https://medium.com/@thewritingcasper/the-murder-of-a-former-television-child-star-merlin-santana-45b0ec89d6e7 ""] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217233325/https://medium.com/@thewritingcasper/the-murder-of-a-former-television-child-star-merlin-santana-45b0ec89d6e7 |date=December 17, 2019 }}, [[Medium (website)]], August 16, 2019. Retrieved December 17, 2019. "26-year-old Merlin Santana was born and raised in Washington Heights in which is located on the upper west side of New York City. The neighborhood in which he resided as a child was poverty-stricken and overrun with crime."</ref>
* [[Vin Scully]] (1927–2022), sportscaster for the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]].<ref>Sandomir, Richard. [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/05/sports/baseball/05scully.html "Daffy Days of Brooklyn Return for Vin Scully"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 5, 2006. Retrieved April 28, 2016. "Scully's lyrical voice has belonged to Los Angeles for so long that only older fans can recall Scully's time with the Dodgers in Brooklyn from 1950 to 1957 after growing up in the Bronx and in Washington Heights. His last known address in New York was 869 West 180th Street; he took the subway to Ebbets Field during his first Dodgers season."</ref>
* [[William Shea|William "Bill" Shea]] (1907–1991), lawyer, instrumental in the founding of the [[New York Mets]] and [[New York Islanders]], namesake of [[Shea Stadium]]<ref name="shea">{{Cite web|url=https://www.hoyabasketball.com/players/w_shea.htm|title=Georgetown Basketball History Project|website=www.hoyabasketball.com}}</ref>
* [[Scott Stringer]] (born 1960), [[New York City Comptroller]] and [[Borough President]] of [[Manhattan]].<ref>Cooper, Michael. [https://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/14/nyregion/metrocampaigns/scott-stringer-wins-a-crowded-primary-and-a-likely.html "Scott Stringer Wins a Crowded Primary and a Likely Election as Borough President"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', September 14, 2005. Retrieved January 29, 2020. "Mr. Stringer pledged last night to make the office meaningful, and to give Manhattan residents a bigger say in the planning of their borough. 'I'm going to work in every neighborhood, from Lower Manhattan to Harlem to Washington Heights, where I grew up,' he said in a telephone interview as he prepared to make a victory speech."</ref>
* [[Allen Swift]] (1924–2010), actor, writer and magician, best known as a voiceover artist who voiced characters [[Simon Bar Sinister]] and Riff-Raff on the [[Underdog (TV series)|''Underdog'']] cartoon show<ref>[[William Grimes (journalist)|Grimes, William]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/28/arts/28swift.html ""], ''[[The New York Times]]'', April 27, 2010. Accessed December 28, 2023. "Mr. Swift was born on Jan. 16, 1924, in Washington Heights and grew up in Brooklyn."</ref>
* [[TAKI 183]], New York City [[graffiti]]st.<ref>Boland Jr., Ed. [https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/15/nyregion/fyi-113182.html "F.Y.I."], ''[[The New York Times]]'', June 15, 2003. Retrieved April 28, 2016. "An article about TAKI 183, which appeared in The New York Times on July 21, 1971, revealed that he was a 17-year-old who lived on 183rd Street in Washington Heights."</ref>
* [[Tiny Tim (musician)|Tiny Tim]] (1932–1996), singer and ukulele player, a novelty act of the 1960s best known for his rendition of "[[Tiptoe Through the Tulips]]".<ref>Grimes, William. [https://www.nytimes.com/1996/12/02/arts/tiny-tim-singer-dies-at-64-flirted-chastely-with-fame.html "Tiny Tim, Singer, Dies at 64; Flirted, Chastely, With Fame"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 2, 1996. Retrieved April 28, 2016. "Tiny Tim, whose real name was Herbert Khaury, was born in New York City and grew up in Washington Heights."</ref>
* [[Leslie Uggams]], actress and singer best known for her appearances in ''[[Roots (1977 miniseries)|Roots]]'' and ''[[Hallelujah, Baby!]]''<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1977/08/26/from-singalong-to-roots-leslie-uggams-has-arrived/d8bed270-bc1e-4091-9fb5-50377293a91c/|title=From 'Singalong' to 'Roots,' Leslie Uggams Has Arrived|date=August 26, 1977|access-date=February 10, 2021|first=Jacqueline|last=Trescott|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref>
* [[George Weinberg (psychologist)|George Weinberg]] (1929–2017), psychologist and author, who coined the term "[[homophobia]]" in 1965.<ref>[[William Grimes (journalist)|Grimes, William]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/22/us/george-weinberg-dead-coined-homophobia.html "George Weinberg Dies at 87; Coined 'Homophobia' After Seeing Fear of Gays"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', March 22, 2017. Retrieved March 23, 2017. "George Henry Weinberg was born on May 17, 1929, in Manhattan, where he grew up in Washington Heights."</ref>
* [[Joel Westheimer]], professor of citizenship education at the [[University of Ottawa]]
* [[Ruth Westheimer]] (1928–2024, born Karola Siegel; known as "Dr. Ruth") German-American sex therapist, talk show host, author, professor, Holocaust survivor, and former [[Haganah]] sniper.<ref>[http://www.grandtimes.com/private.html Dr. Ruth: The Private Parts]. Retrieved December 27, 2006. "Dr. Ruth and her husband, Fred Westheimer, still reside in the same three-bedroom apartment in Washington Heights where they raised their two children."</ref>
* [[Jerry Wexler]] (1917–2008), music producer who coined the term "[[Rhythm and blues]]".<ref>Kahn, Ashley. [https://web.archive.org/web/20080818092544/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/22595667/the_record_collector_jerry_wexler_dies_at_age_91 "Jerry Wexler: The Man Who Invented Rhythm & Blues: Aretha Franklin producer, Atlantic Records co-chief and music business pioneer dies at age 91"], ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', August 15, 2008. Retrieved August 17, 2008. "He was born Gerald Wexler in 1917 to a working class family, and grew up during the Depression in the upper Manhattan neighborhood of Washington Heights."</ref>
* [[Guy Williams (actor)|Guy Williams]] (1924–1989), [[Italian American]] actor.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180311054533/http://www.guywilliams.net/bio.htm A Brief Biography of Guy Williams]}}, The Guy Williams Webshrine. Retrieved April 30, 2016. "Guy was born Armando Catalano to Italian immigrant parents on 14 January 1924 in the Bronx, New York, USA. He grew up in the Washington Heights area of Manhattan."</ref>
* [[Rafael Yglesias]] (born 1954), novelist and screenwriter.<ref>[http://web.emerson.edu/brightlights/event/an-evening-with-screenwriternovelist-rafael-yglesias/ An Evening with Screenwriter/Novelist Rafael Yglesias] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507085523/http://web.emerson.edu/brightlights/event/an-evening-with-screenwriternovelist-rafael-yglesias/ |date=May 7, 2016 }}, [[Emerson College]]. Retrieved April 30, 2016. "Rafael Yglesias is an American novelist and screenwriter. He was born (May 12, 1954) and raised in Manhattan's Washington Heights neighborhood."</ref>
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