Herbert London
(1939-2018) Social critic, author. Herbert London was born in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York.
County: Queens
Jedediah Vincent Huntington
(1815-1862) Novelist. Jedediah Vincent Huntington was born in New York City and died at Pau, France.
Joe Pintauro
(1930-2018) Playwright. Joe Pintauro was born in Queens, New York, and died in Sag Harbor, New York.
Frances Walker-Slocum
(1924-2018) Author. Frances Walker-Slocum was born in Washington, District of Columbia, and died in Oberlin, Ohio. She taught at the Third Street Settlement School in Manhattan, New York.
Howard Roscoe Driggs
(1873-1963) Professor, novelist, author, editor. Howard R. Driggs was born in Pleasant Grove, Utah, and died in Bayside, New York.
Jerry A Fodor
(1935-2017) Philosopher, author. Jerry A. Fodor was born in New York City and died in Manhattan, New York.
Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Gangnus (Yevtushenko)
(1933-2017) Poet. Yevgeny Yevtushenko was born in Zima Junction, Irkutsk, Siberia, Russia, and died in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Jimmy Breslin
(1928-2017) Writer. Jimmy Breslin was born in Queens, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York. He was a columnist and best-selling author.
John (Jack) Denmore Ziegler Jr.
(1942-2017) Cartoonist. Jack Ziegler was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Kansas City, Kansas. He had been a cartoonist at The New Yorker.
Raymond Smullyan
(1919-2017) Author. Raymond Smullyan was born in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York, and died in Hudson, New York.