List of Long Islanders

This is a list of famous people from Nassau and Suffolk counties on Long Island.

People from Brooklyn and Queens are on List of famous New Yorkers.

Born either in Nassau or in Suffolk County

• Buddy McGirt - boxing champion and trainer
• Brendan Brown (Singer/Songwriter/Guitarist)
• Andrew Conza(baseball player)
• Peter Hillowe [The Bear] - Socialite
• A+ (rapper)
• Tatyana Ali (actress)
• Carol Alt (Model / Actress)
• Criss Angel (Illusionist / Entertainer)
• Judd Apatow (Movie Producer)
• Kyle Casey "KC" Armstrong (radio personality)
• Ashanti (singer)
• Daniel Baldwin (actor)
• Stephen Baldwin (actor)
• William Baldwin (actor)
• Craig Biggio
• Nikki Blonsky (Actress)
• Brian Bloom
• Nicholas Braun
• Michael "Mikey" Brenley
• Jim Breuer (comedian)
• Brian Burns (Actor)
• Edward Burns (Actor)
• Steve Buscemi (Actor)
• Mariah Carey (singer)
• Tricia Cast
• Frank Catalanotto
• Speedy Claxton
• LL Cool J (rapper)
• Joneil Casimir, (Kid killa) (rapper)
• Kevin Covais (Singer / American Idol)\
• Bob Costas (Sportscaster)
• Billy Crystal (comedian)
• Anthony Cumia
• Chuck D (rapper)
• Jennifer Capriati (tennis player)
• Rodney Dangerfield (comedian)
• Lama Surya Das (Buddhist teacher)
• Taylor Dayne (singer)
• Gary Dell'Abate
• Dave Dictor
• James Dolan (CEO)
• William "Flavor Flav" Drayton (rapper)
• Billy Donovan
• Meredith Eaton-Gilden
• Julius "Dr J" Erving (Basketball Player)
• Boomer Esiason (NFL Quarterback)
• Edie Falco (actress)
• Jay Fiedler
• Amy Fisher (former convicted attempted murderer)
• William Floyd (signer declaration of independence)
• Melvin Fowler
• Mike Francesa (Sports Radio Commentator)
• D'Brickashaw Ferguson
• Tony Graffanino
• Leroy Grumman (Engineer / Co-Founder Northrop-Grumman)
• Tom Gugliotta
• Melissa Joan Hart (actress)
• Joey Heatherton
• Christopher Higgins
• Gregg "Opie" Hughes (radio host)
• Sarah Hughes (Champion Figure Skater)
• Bob Iger
• Kevin James (Comedian/Actor)
• Chris Jericho (Wrestler/Musician)
• Joan Jett (singer)
• Billy Joel (singer)
• Christine Jorgensen
• Bob Keeshan
• Jackie Kennedy Onassis (former first lady)
• Brian Kilmeade (Fox News Personality)
• Mike Komisarek
• Tony Kornheiser
• Michael Kors
• Ron Kovic (Activist / Author)
• Saul Kripke
• William "Brimstone" Kucmierowski (wrestler)
• Jesse Lacey (musician)
• Jonathan Larson
• Lindsay Lohan (actress)
• Lori Loughlin (actress)
• Charles Ludlam
• Patti LuPone
• Ralph Macchio (actor)
• Method Man (rapper)
• "Stuttering" John Melendez (comedian)
• Harvey Milk (Politician)
• John Moschitta, Jr.,credited in The Guinness Book of World Records as the world's fastest talker, with the ability to articulate 586 words per minute. Featured as the fast talking executive in the Fed Ex commercials.
• Eddie Money (Musician)
• Jane Monheit
• Brandon Moore
• Kevin Moore (Keyboard player/ex-Dream Theater, Chroma Key, O.S.I.)
• Charlie Murphy (Actor / Comedian)
• Eddie Murphy (Actor / Comedian / Musician)
• Michael Patrick Murphy (former Navy SEAL)
• John Myung (Bassist/Dream Theater)
• Yvette Nelson
• Eric Nystrom
• Soledad O'Brien (News Anchor)
• Rosie O'Donnell (comedian)
• Bill O'Reilly (commentator)
• John Petrucci (Guitarist/Dream Theater)
• Mike Portnoy (Drummer/Dream Theater)
• Prodigy (rapper)
• Steve Park (race car driver)
• Thomas Pynchon
• Lou Reed (singer)
• Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser (guitarist)
• Juan Romero
• Matt Serra
• Joe Satriani (guitarist)
• John Savage (actor)
• Telly Savalas (actor)
• Erik "Everlast" Schrody (singer)
• Rob Scuderi
• Brian Setzer (guitarist)
• Eric Sermon
• Michael Scott (paper salesman)
• Chuck Schuldiner
• Jamie-Lynn Sigler
• DJ Skribble (disc jockey)
• Dee Snider (singer)
• Howard Stern (radio host)
• [Edie Falco] (actress)
• Taking Back Sunday
• John Tesh (TV and Radio Personality)
• Vinny Testaverde (NFL Quarterback)
• Laurence Traiger (Composer)
• Thomas Truxtun
• Steve Vai (guitarist)
• Frank Viola
• Leslie West
• John Williams (composer)
• Meg Whitman (CEO)
• Walt Whitman (poet)
• Carl Yastrzemski
• Naushad R. Shahzad (entrepreneur, politician)
• Lady Gaga (singer)
• Xit19 (rap group)

Raised either in Nassau or in Suffolk County (but born in neither)

• Lyle Alzado (NFL Athlete)
• Bruce Arena (soccer coach)
• Kenia Arias (singer)
• Dave Attell (comedian)
• David Baltimore (biologist)
• Pat Benatar (singer)
• Ross Bleckner
• Paul Bowles
• Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale (socialite)
• Edith Bouvier Beale (socialite)
• Peter Breggin
• Jim Brown (NFL Player / Actor)
• Lorraine Bracco (Actress)
• Edward Burns (Actor)
• Elaine Chao
• Ben Cohen (businessman)
• Kenneth Cole (clothing designer)
• Francis Ford Coppola (movie director)
• EPMD (rap group)
• Al D'Amato (Politician)
• Tony Danza (actor)
• Robert Davi
• Ted Demme
• Brian Dennehy (Actor)
• Howard Deutch
• John DiResta
• Martin Feldstein
• Mick Foley (Wrestler)
• John Paul Foschi
• John Fugelsang
• Barbara Gaines
• Rande Gerber
• Louis Gerstner, Jr.
• Lisa "Lisa G" Glasberg
• Louise Glück (poet)
• Doris Kearns Goodwin
• Jerry Greenfield (businessman)
• Morlon Greenwood
• Al Groh (Football Coach)
• Carolyn Gusoff (News Reporter)
• Lisa Gay Hamilton
• Sean Hannity (Fox News Commentator)
• Kemp Hannon (Politician)
• Kene Holliday (actor)
• Emily Hughes
• Glenn Hughes (singer)
• Billy Idol (Singer / Musician)
• Michael Isikoff
• David Israel
• Jhay Harmony (singer)
• Axella Johannesson
• Dean Kamen
• Donna Karan (Designer)
• Andy Kaufman (comedian)
• Brian Keith (actor)
• Moira Kelly
• George Kennedy (Actor)
• Billy Koch
• Gene Larkin
• Peggy Lipton (Actress)
• Craig Mack
• Jeffrey MacDonald (convicted murderer)
• Steve Madden (Designer)
• Ira Magaziner
• Ashley Massaro
• Michael McKean(Actor)
• Idina Menzel
• Chrisette Michelle
• Lil Mo
• Bruce Murray (sportscaster)
• Keith Murray
• Dan Nelson (singer)
• Shane Olivea
• Adam Pascal
• Robert Phillips
• Natalie Portman (actress)
• The Product G&B
• Rakim (rapper)
• Jef Raskin
• CJ Ramone (Musician / Bassist Ramones)
• Busta Rhymes (rapper)
• Don Rickles (comedian)
• Evan Roberts (radio personality)
• Ray Romano (comedian)
• Seth Rudetsky
• Jack Scalia (Actor)
• Laura Schlessinger
• John Sebastian (singer)
• Jerry Seinfeld (comedian)
• Cindy Sherman (Photographer / Director)
• Richard Shindell (singer)
• Jim Steinman
• Susan Sullivan (actress)
• Wally Szczerbiak
• Laurence Traiger (composer)
• Fred Travalena (comedian)
• Gary Valentine (Actor / Comedian)
• Stuart Weitzman (shoe designer)
• Alan Zweibel (producer)
• Andy LoCascio (tv personality)
• Elliot Easton (Cars guitarist)
• U.R.B.Z. (Rapper)
• Zack Ryder (Wrestler)
• Darrell Black (Visual Artist)

Moved either to Nassau or to Suffolk County as an adult (neither born nor raised in either)

• Raoul Barré
• Lloyd Banks
• Brand New
• Sterling Brinkley
• Harry Chapin (Musician / Composer)
• John Coltrane (saxophonist)
• Perry Como (Musician)
• Nelson DeMille
• Francis Scott Fitzgerald (writer)
• John Ford (musician from Strawbs, Hudson Ford, The Monks (UK band))
• Princess Xenia Georgievna of Russia
• glassJAw
• Victoria Gotti (John Gotti's daughter)
• Sal Governale
• William Hitler (Adolf Hitler's nephew)
• Joseph Heller
• Jack Kerouac (Writer)
• Willem de Kooning (painter)
• Guy Lombardo (band leader)
• Ashley Massaro*Costantino Nivola (Italian artist and sculptor, professor at *Harvard and*Columbia University)
• Jackson Pollock (painter)
• Mario Puzo (writer)
• Jean Ritchie (dulcimerist)
• Theodore Roosevelt (Former President / Conservationist)
• Bret Saberhagen
• John Serry, Sr.
• Robert Sobel
• John Philip Sousa (composer)
• Tazz (Wrestler)
• Vision of Disorder (Hardcore Musicians)
• James Dewey Watson (biologist)