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This is a list of famous people from Nassau and Suffolk counties on Long Island. Nassau County is a suburban county in the New York Metropolitan Area east of New York City in the U.S. state of New York. ...
Suffolk County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. ...
Mercator projection of Long Island Long Island is an island in New York, USA. It has an area of 1,377 square miles (3567 km²) and a population of 7. ...
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Carol Alt (born December 1, 1960 in East Williston, Long Island, New York) is an American supermodel. ...
Judd Apatow (b. ...
K.C. Armstrong Kyle Casey (K.C.) Armstrong (born July 17, 1975) is an actor, amateur bodybuilder, model, and comedian. ...
Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas (born October 13, 1980), professionally known as Ashanti, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, poet, actress, and fashion designer who rose to fame in the early 2000s. ...
Alexander Rae Baldwin III (born April 3, 1958) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. ...
Daniel Leroy Baldwin is an American actor, producer and director, born 5 October 1960 in Massapequa, New York. ...
Stephen Baldwin (born May 12, 1966 in Massapequa, New York) is an American actor, best known for his role in the 1995 ensemble cult film, The Usual Suspects. ...
Sharon Stone and William Baldwin in Sliver William Baldwin (born February 21, 1963 in Massapequa, New York) is an American actor. ...
Craig Alan Biggio [BIDGE-ee-oh] (born December 14, 1965 in Smithtown, NY) is a seven-time All-Star baseball player who has played his entire Major League career with the Houston Astros. ...
Steven Vincent Buscemi (born December 13, 1957) is an Emmy and Golden Globe nominated American film and stage character actor and film director, based in New York City. ...
Trevor Tahiem Smith, Jr. ...
JR may stand for: Japan Railways Jim Reitz, Disc Jockey for WFHN Aero California, International Air Transport Association code. ...
Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1970) is an American pop and R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. ...
Tricia Cast (born November 16, 1966 in Medford, New York) is an American actress. ...
Frank John Catalanotto (pronounced Ca-ta-lan-NAH-tow) (born April 27, 1974 in Smithtown, New York) is a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Toronto Blue Jays. ...
Kevin Covais Kevin Patrick Covais (born May 30, 1989) was a fifth season American Idol participant from Levittown, New York. ...
Billy Crystal Billy Crystal (born March 14, 1947 in Long Beach, New York) is an American actor, writer, producer, comedian and film director. ...
Opie and Anthony Opie (Gregg Hughes, b. ...
Carlton Douglas Chuck D Ridenhour (born August 1, 1960) is an American rapper, composer, actor, author, radio personality and producer. ...
Country: United States Residence: Wesley Chapel, Florida, USA Height: 170 cm (57) Weight: 72. ...
Rodney Dangerfield (November 22, 1921 – October 5, 2004), born Jacob Cohen, was an American comedian and actor, best known for the line I dont get no respect and his monologues on that theme. ...
Taylor Dayne on the cover of one of her Greatest Hits compilations Taylor Dayne (born Leslie Wunderman, March 7, 1962, in Baldwin, Nassau County, New York) is an American pop vocalist, dance artist and actress. ...
Gary Patrick DellAbate (born March 14, 1961 in Uniondale, Long Island, New York) is the producer of The Howard Stern Show and co-host of The Wrap-Up Show. ...
William Jonathan Drayton Jr. ...
William John Billy Donovan (born May 30, 1965 in Rockville Centre, New York, United States) is a basketball coach who has taken the University of Florida mens team to 2 NCAA Final Fours in 2000 and 2006, the 2000 national championship game, and the 2006 NCAA championship with a...
Julius Winfield Erving II (born February 22, 1950 in Roosevelt, New York), commonly known by the nickname Dr. J, is a former American basketball player who helped launch a modern style of play that emphasizes leaping and play above the rim. ...
Norman Julius Boomer Esiason (born April 17, 1961 in West Islip, New York) is a former quarterback with the National Football Leagues Cincinnati Bengals (1984-1992, 1997), the New York Jets (1993-1995) and the Arizona Cardinals (1996). ...
It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Joey Buttafuoco. ...
Deborah Ann Gibson, credited as Debbie Gibson (born August 31, 1970, in Brooklyn, New York[1]) is an American singer-songwriter who was a teen idol in her youth. ...
Tony Graffanino Photo: © MLB Anthony Joseph (Tony) Graffanino (born June 6, 1972 in Amityville, New York) is an infielder in Major League Baseball who plays for the Boston Red Sox since 2005. ...
Leroy Randle Grumman (January 4, 1895 - October 4, 1982) was an American industrialist and aeronautical engineer. ...
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Melissa Joan Hart (born April 18, 1976) is an American actress who is best known for playing the title roles in two successful television series, Clarissa Explains It All and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. ...
Long Island, New York-born Joey Heatherton was christened Davenie Johanna Heatherton in 1944. ...
Opie and Anthony Opie (Gregg Hughes, b. ...
Sarah Elizabeth Hughes (born May 2, 1985 in Great Neck, New York) was the Olympic gold medalist in womens figure skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah. ...
Kevin James (born Kevin George Knipfing on April 26, 1965 in Mineola, New York) is an American comedian and Emmy-nominated actor. ...
Christopher Keith Irvine (born on November 9, 1970), better known by the ring name Chris Jericho, is a Canadian actor, radio host, rock musician and inactive professional wrestler. ...
Christine Jorgensen (May 30, 1926–May 3, 1989), born George William Jorgensen, Jr. ...
Tony Kornheiser (born Anthony Irwin Kornheiser on July 13, 1948) is a popular sportswriter, radio and television talk show host, and columnist for The Washington Post. ...
Designer Michael Kors at Chicago Fashion Week Fall 2004 in Chicago Michael Kors (born 1959) is an American fashion designer. ...
Ronald L. Kovic (born July 4, 1946) is an anti-war activist who was paralyzed in the Vietnam War. ...
Lindsay Dee Lohan[1] (born July 2, 1986) is an American actress and pop music singer. ...
Patti LuPone in her Tony Award winning role as Eva Perón in the Broadway musical Evita. ...
Ralph George Macchio (born November 4, 1961) is an actor from Huntington, New York, on Long Island and attended Half Hollow Hills HS West. ...
Method Man (born Clifford Smith, April 1, 1971 in Hempstead, New York) is an American rapper and member of the hip hop collective, Wu-Tang Clan. ...
John Melendez, formerly known as Stuttering John (b. ...
Edward Joseph Mahoney, more commonly known as Eddie Money, (born March 21, 1949) is an American rock musician and singer. ...
Jane Monheit (born November 3, 1977) is considered by some to be one of the most promising American jazz vocalists of her generation. ...
CNNs Soledad OBrien MarÃa de la Soledad Teresa OBrien [1](b. ...
Roseann Teresa ODonnell (born March 21, 1962 in Bayside, Queens, New York) is an American talk show host; comedian; film, television, and stage actress; and LGBT advocate. ...
William James Bill OReilly, Jr. ...
John Petrucci (born July 12, 1967) is an American guitarist best known as a founding member of the progressive metal group Dream Theater. ...
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Thomas Ruggles Pynchon, Jr. ...
Lewis Allen Lou Reed (born March 2, 1942 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist. ...
Donald Buck Dharma Roeser (born November 12, 1947, in Long Island, New York) is an American guitarist and songwriter, best known for being a member of Blue Öyster Cult since the groups formation in 1967. ...
Blue Öyster Cult is an American psychedelic/heavy metal band formed in the late 1960s and active as of 2006. ...
Joe Satch Satriani (born on July 15, 1956, in Westbury, New York, USA) is an American instrumental rock guitarist and teacher. ...
There is also a doctor and politician of the same name, see John Savage (politician) John Savage (b. ...
Everlast (born Erik Schrody, August 18, 1969 in Valley Stream, New York) is an American singer-songwriter, known for his genre-crossing mix of rap and acoustic-based rock music. ...
Brian Setzer (born April 10, 1959 in Massapequa, Long Island, New York) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. ...
Jamie-Lynn Sigler. ...
Dee Snider (on right) Dee Snider in his Twisted Sister persona David Daniel Dee Snider (born March 15, 1955 in Massapequa, New York, United States) is the frontman for American hard rock band Twisted Sister. ...
Howard Allen Stern (born January 12, 1954) is an American radio and TV personality, media mogul, humorist, actor, and author. ...
John Tesh (born July 9, 1952) is an American new age and contemporary Christian musician. ...
Vincent Frank Testaverde (born November 13, 1963 in Brooklyn, New York) is a American football quarterback for the National Football Leagues New England Patriots. ...
Thomas Truxtun Thomas Truxtun (or Truxton) (February 17, 1755 - May 5, 1822) was an American naval officer. ...
Steven Siro Vai (born June 6, 1960 in Carle Place, New York) is a Grammy Award-winning guitarist, composer and record producer. ...
Frank John Viola, Jr. ...
Walt Whitman Walter Whitman (May 31, 1819 - March 26, 1892) was an American Romantic poet, essayist, journalist, and humanist. ...
Carl Michael Yastrzemski (pronounced ) (born August 22, 1939 in Southampton, New York, United States) was an American Major League Baseball player. ...
Raymond Michael Brenley (born March 26, 1983 in Long Island, New York) is a professional wrestler currently performing for World Wrestling Entertainment on the RAW brand as Mikey. ...
Famous residents who grew up in Nassau or Suffolk Lyle Alzado (April 3, 1949 – May 14, 1992) was a NFL football player most famous for his intense and intimidating style of play. ...
Dave Attell (born January 18, 1965) is a popular American stand-up comedian and host of Comedy Centrals Insomniac with Dave Attell. ...
Alexander Rae Baldwin III (born April 3, 1958) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. ...
Daniel Leroy Baldwin is an American actor, producer and director, born 5 October 1960 in Massapequa, New York. ...
Stephen Baldwin (born May 12, 1966 in Massapequa, New York) is an American actor, best known for his role in the 1995 ensemble cult film, The Usual Suspects. ...
Sharon Stone and William Baldwin in Sliver William Baldwin (born February 21, 1963 in Massapequa, New York) is an American actor. ...
David Baltimore (b. ...
List of Nobel Prize laureates in Physiology or Medicine from 1901 to the present day. ...
Ross Bleckner (born 1949) is an American artist from New York City. ...
Paul Frederic Bowles (December 30, 1910 - November 18, 1999), was an American composer, author, and traveler. ...
Peter R. Breggin is a controversial psychiatrist from the United States. ...
James Nathaniel Jim Brown (born February 17, 1936) is a retired American professional football player who also made his mark as an actor and social activist. ...
Lorraine Bracco (born October 2, 1955[1][2]) is an Academy Award-nominated American actress who is best known for her role as Dr. Jennifer Melfi on the HBO TV series, The Sopranos. ...
Edward Burns Edward Burns Jr. ...
Steven Vincent Buscemi (born December 13, 1957) is an Emmy and Golden Globe nominated American film and stage character actor and film director, based in New York City. ...
John Nicholas Cassavetes (Greek: Ιωάννης Îικολάου ΚασσαβÎττης) (December 9, 1929–February 3, 1989) was an American actor, screenwriter, and director. ...
Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao Elaine Lan Chao (Traditional Chinese: 趙å°è˜; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Chao Hsiao-lan; b. ...
Ben Cohen may be: Ben Cohen, English rugby player Ben Cohen, American businessman. ...
Ben and Jerrys factory in Waterbury, Vermont Ben and Jerrys is a brand of ice cream, frozen yogurt, sorbet, and novelty products, manufactured by Ben & Jerrys Homemade, Inc. ...
Kenneth Cole (b. ...
Francis Ford Coppola (born April 7, 1939) is a five time Academy Award winning American film director, producer, and screenwriter. ...
Kevin Covais Kevin Patrick Covais (born May 30, 1989) was a fifth season American Idol participant from Levittown, New York. ...
Alfonse Marcello DAmato (born August 1, 1937) is a former New York politician. ...
Tony Danza in the 1980s. ...
Taylor Dayne on the cover of one of her Greatest Hits compilations Taylor Dayne (born Leslie Wunderman, March 7, 1962, in Baldwin, Nassau County, New York) is an American pop vocalist, dance artist and actress. ...
Ted Demme (October 26, 1963 – January 13, 2002), born in New York, New York, was an American film director and producer. ...
Brian Dennehy in Death of a Salesman Brian Dennehy parodied in South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut Brian Dennehy (born July 9, 1938 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA) is an Irish-American actor who has appeared in movies, television shows, and stage productions. ...
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John DiResta is a former policeman turned comedian who had his short lived UPN series called DiResta from 1998-1999. ...
Martin Stuart Feldstein (born November 25, 1939) is an American economist. ...
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Mick Foley Sr. ...
John Paul Foschi(Born:May 18, 1982) is a National Football League tight end for the Oakland Raiders Foschi is from Long Island, New York and attended Chaminade High School. ...
John Fugelsang (born September 3, 1969 in Long Island, New York is an American actor and stand-up comedian best known for his show Junk Male on VH1. ...
Barbara Gaines, a 1975 graduate of George W. Hewlett High School and 1979 graduate of Ithaca College, is Executive Producer of The Late Show with David Letterman. ...
Rande Gerber (born April 27, 1962) [1] is the owner/operator of the Midnight Oil Chain of Bars and Lounges. ...
Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. ...
Deborah Ann Gibson, credited as Debbie Gibson (born August 31, 1970, in Brooklyn, New York[1]) is an American singer-songwriter who was a teen idol in her youth. ...
Lisa Lisa G Glasberg is an American radio and TV personality. ...
Louise Elisabeth Glück (born April 22, 1943) is an American poet. ...
Doris Kearns Goodwin Doris Kearns Goodwin (January 4, 1943-) is an award-winning author and historian, who has written many Pulitzer Prize-winning books. ...
Jerry Greenfield (born March 14, 1951) is an American entrepreneur, a co-founder of Ben & Jerrys. ...
Ben and Jerrys factory in Waterbury, Vermont Ben and Jerrys is a brand of ice cream, frozen yogurt, sorbet, and novelty products, manufactured by Ben & Jerrys Homemade, Inc. ...
Al Groh (born July 13, 1944 in New York City, New York) is the current head coach of the University of Virginia college football team and the former head coach of the New York Jets of the NFL. Groh has over 38 years of professional and collegiate coaching experience; This...
Carolyn Gusoff is an Emmy Award-winning reporter with WNBC in New York City, the NBC affiliate. ...
Lisa Gay Hamilton (born March 25, 1964 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress most well known for her role as attorney Rebecca Washington on the ABC legal drama The Practice. ...
Sean Patrick Hannity (born December 30, 1961, in New York City, New York) is an American conservative talk radio host, an executive producer of Fox News Channels program Hannity & Colmes, and the author of two books. ...
Kemp Hannon is a member of the New York State Senate from Nassau County. ...
Christopher Wiley Higgins (born June 2, 1983) is an ice hockey player in the NHL. An All-American at Yale University, he was selected by the Montreal Canadiens in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft. ...
Emily Hughes (born January 26, 1989) is a United States figure skater and member of the U.S. Figure Skating Team at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. ...
Glenn Hughes (July 18, 1950 - March 4, 2001) was the original Biker character in the group Village People. ...
Sarah Elizabeth Hughes (born May 2, 1985 in Great Neck, New York) was the Olympic gold medalist in womens figure skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah. ...
Michael Isikoff is an investigative journalist for the US-based magazine Newsweek. ...
David Israel, aka David M. Israel, is a producer and writer as well as a former sportscaster for the NY Mets. ...
Kevin James (born Kevin George Knipfing on April 26, 1965 in Mineola, New York) is an American comedian and Emmy-nominated actor. ...
William Martin Billy Joel (born May 9, 1949, in Bronx, New York) is an American singer, pianist, and songwriter. ...
One of the first music cyber stars, due to the ability to distribute her music primarily via the Internet, Australian Singer/songwriter Axella Johannesson was born January 11, 1958 in Mount Vernon, New York, United States. ...
Dean Kamen on one of his inventions, the Segway Human Transporter. ...
Donna Faske (born October 2, 1948 in Forest Hills, New York), better known as Donna Karan, is an American fashion designer. ...
Andrew Geoffrey Kaufman (January 17, 1949 – May 16, 1984) was a Jewish New York-born American entertainer. ...
George Kennedy George Kennedy (born February 18, 1925 in New York City, New York) is an actor who has appeared in over 200 film and television productions. ...
Billy Koch (born December 14, 1974 in Rockville Centre, New York) was a reliever in the MLB. // Career Billy Koch played college baseball for Clemson University from 1994-1996. ...
Mike Komisarek (January 19, 1982) is a professional ice hockey player. ...
Tony Kornheiser (born Anthony Irwin Kornheiser on July 13, 1948) is a popular sportswriter, radio and television talk show host, and columnist for The Washington Post. ...
Designer Michael Kors at Chicago Fashion Week Fall 2004 in Chicago Michael Kors (born 1959) is an American fashion designer. ...
Eugene Thomas Larkin (born October 24, 1962 in Flushing, New York) was a switch-hitting Utility infielder who played his entire seven-year baseball career with the Minnesota Twins. ...
U.S. actress who was born on August 30, 1947, in New York City to a Jewish-American father and an Irish-born mother who was also Jewish. ...
Lindsay Dee Lohan[1] (born July 2, 1986) is an American actress and pop music singer. ...
Steve Madden (born 1958) is the founder of the Steve Madden footwear company. ...
Ira Magaziner (born November 8, 1947?[1]) was an aide to President Clinton and later became his chief Internet policy advisor. ...
Ashley Massaro (born May 26, 1979 in Babylon, New York), sometimes known as just Ashley is a model and professional wrestler, currently working for World Wrestling Entertainments on its SmackDown! brand. ...
Michael McKean (born October 17, 1947) is an American actor, comedian, composer and musician, best known for his portrayal of Leonard Lenny Kosnowski on the sitcom Laverne and Shirley; as one of the members of Spinal Tap; as a Saturday Night Live cast member; and for other various appearances in...
Idina Menzel (born Idina Kim Mentzel on May 30, 1971 in New York City) is an American actress, singer and songwriter who is best known for her Tony Award-winning performance in Wicked and her Tony-nominated performance in Rent. ...
Edward Joseph Mahoney, more commonly known as Eddie Money, (born March 21, 1949) is an American rock musician and singer. ...
Edward Regan Murphy (born April 3, 1961 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American comedian and actor. ...
Bruce Murray is currently a co-host of The Mike and Murray Show on Sirius Radio (he began in the summer of 2006). ...
Shane Olivea (born October 7, 1981 in Bronx, New York) is an American football player who currently plays offensive tackle for the San Diego Chargers of the NFL. Since being drafted in the 7th round of the 2004 NFL Draft by the Chargers, Olivea has started 31 games in 2...
Adam Pascal Adam Pascal (born October 25, 1970) is an American actor, best known for being the first to play the role of Roger Davis in the Jonathan Larson musical Rent on Broadway. ...
Natalie Portman (Hebrew: × ×˜×œ×™ פורטמן), born Natalie Hershlag (Hebrew: × ×˜×œ×™ הרשלג) on June 9, 1981, is a Golden Globe-winning, Academy Award-nominated Israeli-American actress. ...
Jef Raskin outdoors, photographed by his son Aza Raskin. ...
Christopher John Ward (born October 8, 1965), better known as C.J. Ramone or C-Jay Ramone was the bassist for The Ramones from 1989 to 1996. ...
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Raymond Romano (b. ...
Theodore Roosevelt (October 27, 1858–January 6, 1919) was the twenty-fifth (1901) Vice President and the twenty-sixth (1901-1909) President of the United States, succeeding to the office upon the assassination of William McKinley. ...
Seth Rudetsky is currently a host on Sirius Satellite Radios Broadways Best. ...
Jack Scalia (born 1950) is an actor from the 1970s and 1980s. ...
Dr. Laura Schlessinger Laura Catherine Schlessinger (born January 16, 1947) is an American cultural and conservative commentator, most known as host of the popular Dr. Laura radio advice call-in show. ...
Jerome Seinfeld (born April 29, 1954) is an Emmy Award- and Golden Globe Award-winning American comedian, actor, and writer from Massapequa, New York, a large community on the south shore of Long Island. ...
Cover of Cindy Shermans The Complete Untitled Film Stills Cindy Sherman (born Glen Ridge, New Jersey January 19, 1954) is an American photographer and film director known for her conceptual self portraits. ...
Jamie-Lynn Sigler. ...
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Walter Robert Wally Szczerbiak (born March 5, 1977 in Madrid, Spain) is an American basketball player for the Boston Celtics. ...
Gary Valentine (born Gary Joseph Knipfing on November 22, 1961, in New York City) is a comedian who has found modest success in comedy clubs and on television. ...
Stuart Weitzman is the designer of the internationally famous, high-end shoe company, Stuart Weitzman Inc. ...
Alan Zweibel (born 1950 is a producer and writer on such productions as Saturday Night Live, PBS Great Performances, and Its Garry Shandlings Show. ...
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