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