West End Avenue - Notable Residents

Notable Residents

Notable current and former residents of West End Avenue include:

  • Judy Collins (1939 -), folk singer and song writer resides at 845 West End Avenue. Novelist Herman Wouk lived at this address during his college years.
  • Tina Fey, former SNL cast member and creator of NBC's 30 Rock lives on West End Avenue near 80th Street
  • Joseph Heller (1923-1990), wrote Catch-22 while living at 390 West End Avenue.
  • Elena Kagan, born April 28, 1960, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, grew up on West End Avenue and 75th Street.
  • Economist Ludwig von Mises lived at 777 West End Avenue.
  • Jesse L. Lasky (1880-1958), the theatrical and burlesque producer lived at 601 West End Avenue
  • Madeleine L'Engle who wrote A Wrinkle in Time and its sequels while living in the Cleburne Building at 924 West End Avenue.
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff lived at 505 West End Avenue
  • The rural mansion of Isidor Straus and Ida Straus was located between West End and Broadway at 105th on the site of the present Cleburne Building.
  • Marilyn Jordan Taylor FAIA, first woman to chair SOM and since October 1, 2008, Dean of the U Penn School of Design, resided at 490 West End Avenue.

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