Bensonhurst, Brooklyn: Difference between revisions

* [[Ralph Snyderman]] (born 1940), physician, scientist and administrator<ref>[[Ralph Snyderman|Snyderman, Ralph]]. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv11317x0 ''A Chancellor's Tale: Transforming Academic Medicine''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128022356/https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv11317x0 |date=November 28, 2022 }}, [[JSTOR]]. Accessed August 26, 2020. "From the perspective of my humble beginnings in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, the likelihood of my being offered this lofty position would have seemed so remote as to be considered impossible."</ref>

* [[Paul Sorvino]] (1939–2022), actor known for his role in ''[[Goodfellas]]'' and father of [[Mira Sorvino]]<ref>Hamill, Denis. [https://www.nydailynews.com/championship-director-paul-sorvino-behind-camera-cable-film-prizewinning-play-article-1.834388 "That ''Championship'' Director Paul Sorvino Goes Behind The Camera For A Cable Film Of The Prizewinning Play"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516161145/https://www.nydailynews.com/championship-director-paul-sorvino-behind-camera-cable-film-prizewinning-play-article-1.834388 |date=May 16, 2022 }}, ''[[New York Daily News]]'', May 16, 1999. Accessed August 24, 2020. "When he was a 4-year-old kid in Bensonhurst, Paul Sorvino told his mother, "I'm going to be an actor."</ref>

* [[Ray Suarez]] (born 1957), news correspondent<ref>[https://www.tpl.org/magazine/old-neighborhood-conversation-ray-suarez151landpeople "The Old Neighborhood: A conversation with Ray Suarez; Land & People"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516161145/https://www.tpl.org/magazine/old-neighborhood-conversation-ray-suarez151landpeople |date=May 16, 2022 }}, [[The Trust for Public Land]]. Accessed August 24, 2020. "[Q:] Tell us about your old neighborhood. [A:] It was Brooklyn. I was born in Crown Heights, on the edge of Bedford-Stuyvesant, and when I was three, we moved to Bensonhurst."</ref>

* [[Anthony Terlato]] (1934–2020)), winemaker, Horatio Alger Award winner, "Father of Pinot Grigio" in the U.S<ref>Asimov, Eric. [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/23/dining/drinks/anthony-terlato-dead.html "Anthony Terlato, Who Brought Pinot Grigio to the U.S., Dies at 86 In a 60-year career as a wine importer and marketer, he introduced Americans to lesser-known labels and shaped tastes."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200824073631/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/23/dining/drinks/anthony-terlato-dead.html |date=August 24, 2020 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', July 23, 2020. Accessed August 24, 2020. "Anthony John Terlato was born on May 11, 1934, in Brooklyn and grew up in the Bensonhurst neighborhood."</ref>