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 in Nassau or Suffolk

*A+ (rapper)
*Carol Alt
*Criss Angel
*Judd Apatow
*KC Armstrong
*Ashanti
*Alec Baldwin
*Daniel Baldwin
*Stephen Baldwin
*William Baldwin
*Craig Biggio
*Bruce Blakeman
*Nikki Blonsky
*Brian Bloom
*Nicholas Braun
*Michael "Mikey" Brenley
*Steve Buscemi
*Mariah Carey
*Tricia Cast
*Frank Catalanotto
*Speedy Claxton
*LL Cool J
*Kevin Covais
*Billy Crystal
*Anthony Cumia
*Chuck D
*Jennifer Capriati
*Rodney Dangerfield
*Taylor Dayne
*Gary Dell'Abate
*Dave Dictor (MDC)
*James Dolan (CEO Cablevision)
*William "Flavor Flav" Drayton
*Billy Donovan
*Meredith Eaton-Gilden
*Julius Erving
*Boomer Esiason
*Jay Fiedler
*Amy Fisher
*Melvin Fowler
*Mike Francesa
*D'Brickashaw Ferguson
*Deborah Gibson
*Tony Graffanino
*Leroy Grumman
*Tom Gugliotta
*Melissa Joan Hart
*Joey Heatherton
*Christopher Higgins
*Gregg "Opie" Hughes
*Sarah Hughes
*Bob Iger
*Kevin James
*Chris Jericho
*Joan Jett
*Billy Joel
*Christine Jorgensen
*Bob Keeshan (Captain Kangaroo)
*Jackie Kennedy Onassis
*Brian Kilmeade
*Mike Komisarek
*Tony Kornheiser
*Michael Kors
*Ron Kovic
*William Kucmierowski (professional wrestler Brimstone)
*Jonathan Larson
*Lindsay Lohan
*Charles Ludlam
*Patti LuPone
*Ralph Macchio
*Method Man
*"Stuttering" John Melendez
*Eddie Money
*Jane Monheit
*Kevin Moore
*Michael P. Murphy
*John Myung
*Yvette Nelson
*Eric Nystrom
*Soledad O'Brien
*Rosie O'Donnell
*Bill O'Reilly
*John Petrucci
*Mike Portnoy
*Prodigy (rapper)
*Steve Park (NASCAR)
*Thomas Pynchon
*Lou Reed
*Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser (guitarist for rock band "Blue Öyster Cult")
*Juan Romero
*Matt Serra
*Joe Satriani
*John Savage (the actor)
*Telly Savalas
*Erik "Everlast" Schrody
*Rob Scuderi
*Brian Setzer
*Eric Sermon
*Jamie-Lynn Sigler
*DJ Skribble
*Dee Snider
*Howard Stern
*John Tesh
*Vinny Testaverde
*Thomas Truxtun
*Steve Vai
*Frank Viola
*Leslie West
*Meg Whitman (CEO eBay)
*Walt Whitman
*Carl Yastrzemski

Famous residents who grew up in Nassau or Suffolk, but were not born there

;These people first resided in Nassau or Suffolk after their birth but before becoming an adult
*Ashanti
*Lyle Alzado
*Dave Attell
*David Baltimore, winner of the 1975 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine
*Pat Benatar
*Ross Bleckner
*Bruce Blakeman
*Paul Bowles
*Peter Breggin
*Jim Brown
*Lorraine Bracco
*Edward Burns
*Steve Buscemi
*John Cassavetes
*Elaine Chao
*Speedy Claxton
*Ben Cohen - Ben and Jerry's
*Kenneth Cole
*Francis Ford Coppola
*Kevin Covais
*EPMD
*Al D'Amato
*Tony Danza
*Robert Davi
*Taylor Dayne
*Ted Demme
*Brian Dennehy
*Howard Deutch
*John DiResta
*Martin Feldstein
*D'Brickashaw Ferguson
*Jay Fiedler
*Amy Fisher
*Mick Foley
*John Paul Foschi
*Mike Francesa
*John Fugelsang
*Barbara Gaines
*Rande Gerber
*Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.
*Deborah Gibson
*Lisa Glasberg (aka Lisa G)
*Louise Glück
*Doris Kearns Goodwin
*Jerry Greenfield- Ben and Jerry's
*Morlon Greenwood
*Al Groh
*Carolyn Gusoff
*Lisa Gay Hamilton
*Sean Hannity
*Kemp Hannon
*Christopher Higgins
*Emily Hughes
* Glenn Hughes
*Sarah Hughes
*Michael Isikoff
*David Israel
*LL Cool J
*Lady May
* Kevin James
*Billy Joel
*Axella Johannesson
* Dean Kamen
*Donna Karan
*Andy Kaufman
*Moira Kelly
* George Kennedy
*Billy Koch
*Mike Komisarek
*Tony Kornheiser
* Michael Kors
*William Kucmierowski (professional wrestler Brimstone)
* Gene Larkin
*Peggy Lipton
*Lindsay Lohan
*Craig Mack
*Steve Madden
*Ira Magaziner
*Ashley Massaro
*Michael McKean
*Idina Menzel
*Chrisette Michelle
*Lil Mo
*Eddie Money
*Charlie Murphy
*Eddie Murphy
*Bruce Murray
*Keith Murray
*Eric Nystrom
*Shane Olivea
*Adam Pascal
*Robert Phillips
*Natalie Portman
*The Product G&B
*Rakim
*Jef Raskin
*CJ Ramone
*Busta Rhymes
*Evan Roberts
*Ray Romano
*Teddy Roosevelt
*Seth Rudetsky
*Jack Scalia
*Laura Schlessinger
*Rob Scuderi
*Jerry Seinfeld
*Eric Sermon
*Cindy Sherman
*Jamie-Lynn Sigler
*Jim Steinman
*Howard Stern
*Wally Szczerbiak
*Gary Valentine
*Stuart Weitzman - Shoe Designer
*Alan Zweibel - Writer/ProducerJLO
*Singer/Songwriter John Sebastian of the Lovin' Spoonful
*Guitar legend Joe Satriani
*Singer/Songwriter Richard Shindell

Famous residents of Nassau or Suffolk

;These people first resided in Nassau or Suffolk after becoming adults
* Ashley Massaro
* Raoul Barré
* Lloyd Banks
* Brand New
*Sterling Brinkley
* Harry Chapin
* John Coltrane
* Nelson DeMille
* F. Scott Fitzgerald
* Victoria Gotti
* Sarah Hughes
* Jack Kerouac
* Willem de Kooning
* William Kucmierowski (professional wrestler Brimstone)
* Jesse Lacey
* Jackson Pollock
* Mario Puzo
* Theodore Roosevelt
* Bret Saberhagen
* John Serry, Sr.
* Robert Sobel
* Howard Stern
* Taking Back Sunday
* Tazz
* Vision of Disorder
* James D. Watson
* Princess Xenia Georgievna of Russia
* Perry Como
* Appalachian dulcimer player Jean Ritchie
* Famous Band Leader Guy Lombardo
* Marching Band Legend John Philip Sousa