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==Notable people== [[File:Red Holzman, Rochester Royals, 1950.jpg|thumb|180px|[[Red Holzman]]]] * [[Lyle Alzado]] (1949–1992), actor and All Pro National Football League [[defensive lineman]]<ref>[https://www.espn.com/classic/biography/s/Alzado_Lyle.html Not the size of the dog in the fight], [[ESPN.com]], accessed December 10, 2006</ref> * [[Jake Burton Carpenter|Jake Burton]] (1954–2019), snowboarding pioneer<ref>[http://www.k5.com/page.asp?itemid=229 Jake Burton Biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061208104320/http://www.k5.com/page.asp?itemid=229 |date=December 8, 2006 }}, accessed January 4, 2007. "Born in New York City on April 29, 1954, Jake spent his childhood in Cedarhurst, New York."</ref> * [[Helen Hicks]] (1911–1974), pro golfer who was one of the 13 co-founders of the [[LPGA]] in 1950.<ref>[[Rhonda Glenn|Glenn, Rhonda]]. [http://www.usga.org/articles/2010/12/on-the-early-road-with-helen-hicks-2147491640.html "On The Early Road With Helen Hicks"], [[USGA]], December 26, 2010. Accessed January 15, 2017. "Born into a jovial and athletic family on Feb. 11, 1911, in Cedarhurst, N.Y., Hicks, like many girls, was introduced to golf by her father. Young Helen began playing at the age of 15 and improved rapidly. She won the Metropolitan Women’s Golf Association Junior Girls’ Championship at the same time she was starring as a basketball player for Lawrence High School."</ref> * [[Red Holzman]] (1920–1998), two-time NBA All-Star guard, former coach of the [[New York Knicks]], Hall of Fame<ref>[[Ira Berkow|Berkow, Ira]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/15/sports/red-holzman-hall-of-fame-coach-dies-at-78.html "Red Holzman, Hall of Fame Coach, Dies at 78"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', November 15, 1998. Accessed September 15, 2008. "He and his wife bought a house in Cedarhurst, N.Y., in the Five Towns section of Long Island in the 1950s, and stayed there all their lives, raising Gail, their only child in a 55-year marriage."</ref><ref>[http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14980162&BRD=1601&PAG=461&dept_id=479855&rfi=6 Coaching the supercoach: Woodmere agent Joe Glass helped close deal for new Knicks coach Larry Brown] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930014814/http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14980162&BRD=1601&PAG=461&dept_id=479855&rfi=6 |date=September 30, 2007 }}, ''[[Nassau Herald]]'', August 4, 2005. "Thanks in part to Glass, Brown will become the 22nd head coach in Knicks history, following in the footsteps of the late Red Holzman of Cedarhurst, who coached the Knicks to two NBA championships in the early 1970s, the last time the team won titles. Brown has mentioned that one of the things he remembers most about the area is playing basketball with Holzman at the Number Five School playground in Cedarhurst."</ref> * [[Alan Kalter]] (born 1943), announcer on the ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]''.<ref>[http://www.cbs.com/shows/late_show/bios/29710/ Alan Kalter], [[CBS]]. Accessed June 23, 2016. "Alan is a native New Yorker, born in Brooklyn and raised in Little Neck and Cedarhurst, New York."</ref> * [[Lisa Lillien]], cookbook author and founder of Hungrygirl.com * [[Shane Olivea]] (1981-2022), football player<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lind |first=Andrew |date=March 3, 2022 |title=Former Ohio State OT Shane Olivea Passes Away At Age 40 |url=https://www.si.com/college/ohiostate/football/ohio-state-football-former-offensive-tackle-shane-olivea-passes-away-age-40 |access-date=April 3, 2024 |website=Sports Illustrated Ohio State Buckeyes News, Analysis and More |language=en}}</ref> * [[Alwin Max Pappenheimer Jr.]] (1908-1995), American biochemist and immunologist after whom [[Pappenheimer bodies]] are named * [[Lil Tecca]] (born 2002), rapper, singer and songwriter.<ref>Koscik, Danielle. [https://medium.com/@dkoscik1/rapper-lil-teccas-transition-from-high-school-student-to-chart-topping-artist-16483cf94d90 "Rapper Lil Tecca’s Transition from High school Student to Chart Topping Artist"], [[Medium (website)]], November 21, 2019. Accessed September 26, 2020. "Tyler-Justin Anthony Sharpe grew up in Cedarhurst, Long Island right around the corner from the high school he would attend for 3 years before making it big. While at Lawrence High school he would tend to stay in the background before people worldwide knew his name."</ref> * [[Evan Roberts (sportscaster)|Evan Roberts]] (born 1983), radio personality * [[Michael Scanlan (priest)|Michael Scanlan]] (1931–2017), Roman Catholic priest.<ref>Gossett, Dave. [http://www.heraldstaronline.com/news/local-news/2017/01/funeral-services-scheduled-for-former-franciscan-president-rev-michael-scanlan-tor/ "Funeral services scheduled for former Franciscan president, Rev. Michael Scanlan, TOR; Rev. Scanlan, credited with saving FUS, dies"], ''[[Herald-Star]]'', January 8, 2017. Accessed January 15, 2017. "Scanlan was born Vincent Michael Scanlan in 1931 in Cedarhurst, Long Island, N.Y."</ref> * [[Rodolfo Valentin]] (born 1944), celebrity hair stylist<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 10, 2011 |title=Emotional wig fitting at Cedarhurst beauty salon |url=https://www.liherald.com/stories/emotional-wig-fitting-at-cedarhurst-beauty-salon,36944 |access-date=April 3, 2024 |website=Herald Community Newspapers |language=en}}</ref>
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