Editing Huntington, New York (section)

==Notable people==
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* [[Jason Alexander]], actor{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}
* [[Wendy Wild|Wendy Andreiev]] (Wendy Wild), lead vocalist in the 1980s for several New York–based bands{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}
* [[Al Arbour]], lived in [[Cold Spring Harbor, New York|Cold Spring Harbor]] during his coaching career with the New York Islanders;<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newsday.com/sports/hockey/islanders/former-beat-writer-reflects-on-islanders-legend-al-arbour-i65178 |title=Former beat writer reflects on Islanders legend Al Arbour |date=August 29, 2015 |work=Newsday |first=Pat |last=Calabria |access-date=February 18, 2023 }}</ref> moved in 1999, some years after his retirement{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}
* [[Sam Aronson]], director of the [[Brookhaven National Laboratory]]<ref>{{cite web |last=Physics |first=American Institute of |date=September 24, 2021 |title=Sam Aronson |url=https://www.aip.org/history-programs/niels-bohr-library/oral-histories/45467 |access-date=February 18, 2023 |website=American Institute of Physics |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Aesop Rock|Ian Matthias Bavitz]] (Aesop Rock), [[Hip hop music|hip-hop, rap]] artist
* [[Joe Bendik]], professional soccer player
* [[Robert Bendiner]], journalist, editor, and author 
* [[Judith S. Bloch]], a [[Licensed Clinical Social Worker|LCSW]] and activist in the field of [[early childhood education]]
* [[Brian Bloom]], actor; previously lived in Dix Hills
* [[Bob Bourne]], former [[New York Islanders]] player
* [[Stephen Bowen (American football)|Stephen Bowen]], Dallas Cowboys defensive end; lived in Dix Hills through high school
* [[Christie Brinkley]], model<ref name=lloydneck>{{cite web|url=http://longisland.about.com/od/neighborhoods/ss/lloydneck_2.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513090107/http://longisland.about.com/od/neighborhoods/ss/lloydneck_2.htm|archive-date=May 13, 2013|title=Joseph Lloyd Manor House, Page 2 |publisher=Longisland.about.com |date=June 22, 2013 |access-date=June 26, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Anthony Brown (Maryland politician)|Anthony Brown]], Attorney General of [[Maryland]]
* [[Brendan B. Brown]], lead vocalist for the band [[Wheatus]]
* [[Edwin G. Burrows]], won 1999 [[Pulitzer Prize for History]] for the book ''[[Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898]]''<ref>{{Cite news | last = DeWan | first = George | title = LONG ISLAND OUR PAST / LI to NY: Hey, You Owe Us | newspaper = [[Newsday]] | date = April 24, 2000 | url = http://www.newsday.com/news/long-island-our-past-li-to-ny-hey-you-owe-us-a-prize-winning-historian-points-out-where-the-city-would-be-without-the-suburb-1.299073 | access-date = October 22, 2009 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007211334/http://www.newsday.com/news/long-island-our-past-li-to-ny-hey-you-owe-us-a-prize-winning-historian-points-out-where-the-city-would-be-without-the-suburb-1.299073 | archive-date=October 7, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Greg Buttle]], former [[NFL]] [[American football|football]] player for the [[New York Jets]]
* [[Peter Calandra]], Broadway, movie, and television pianist/composer<ref>{{cite web | title = Peter Calandra / Composer | url = http://www.pecamusic.com/bio/bio.htm | access-date = November 11, 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070820072101/http://www.pecamusic.com/bio/bio.htm | archive-date = August 20, 2007 | url-status = dead | df = mdy-all }}</ref>
* [[Mariah Carey]], singer-songwriter, born and raised in Centerport, New York; graduated from Harborfields High School in 1987.
* [[Alexandra Carter (negotiator)|Alexandra Carter]], academic, mediator, media personality, negotiation trainer, and author
* [[Harry Chapin]], singer-songwriter and humanitarian
* [[John Coltrane Home|John Coltrane]], famed jazz saxophonist and composer; lived in Dix Hills during the last years of his life
* [[William A. Conant]], member of the [[New York State Assembly]]
* [[Gerry Cooney]], former heavyweight boxer
* [[Bob Costas]], sportscaster
* [[Anthony Cumia]], former co-host of [[XM Satellite Radio]] program ''[[Opie and Anthony]]'', current host of ''[[The Anthony Cumia Show]]''
* [[Kenny Davern]], jazz clarinetist
* [[Cornelius H. DeLamater]], industrialist, and owner of Eaton's Neck
* [[Alice G. Dewey]], anthropologist
* [[Marlene Dietrich]], actress and singer<ref>{{cite web | first=Bob | last=Little | url=http://www.theliconnection.com/editorials/621 | title=Avenue of Stars | access-date=June 2, 2006 | url-status=usurped | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060905124221/http://www.theliconnection.com/editorials/621 | archive-date=September 5, 2006 | df=mdy-all }}</ref>
* [[James L. Dolan]], [[Cablevision]] CEO; graduated in 1974 from Cold Spring Harbor High School
* [[Harry E. Donnell]], noted architect, and Eaton's Neck estate owner
* [[Arthur Dove]], artist
* [[Adam Ebbin]], [[Senate of Virginia]] member
* [[Edie Falco]], Broadway, movie, and television actress best known for her role as [[Carmela Soprano]] on ''[[The Sopranos]]''
* [[Alison Fanelli]], actress best known for the role on the television series ''[[The Adventures of Pete & Pete]]''<ref>{{cite web | title = Alison Fanelli | publisher = [[IMDb]] | url = https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0266725/ | access-date = January 21, 2010 }}</ref>
* [[Greg Fox (author)|Greg Fox]], nationally syndicated [[comic strip]] artist/writer (His comic ''[[Kyle's Bed & Breakfast]]'' takes place in Northport)
* [[Mark Gastineau]], defensive end for the [[New York Jets]]; lived in Huntington Bay in the 1980s
* [[Andrew Geller]], architect<ref>{{cite episode | title = Leisureama homes | series = History Detectives | airdate = 2005 | season = 3 | number = 10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Episode 10, 2005: Leisurama (transcript) | work = History Detectives | publisher = PBS | url = https://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/pdf/310_leisureama.pdf | access-date = September 22, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last = Gorst | first = Jake | title = Andrew M Geller Biography | url = http://www.andrewgeller.net/ | access-date = September 22, 2009}}</ref>
* [[Clark Gillies]], former New York Islanders hockey player and Hockey Hall of Famer
* [[Jackie Gleason]], comedian; spent many summers in [[Asharoken]]
* [[Rube Goldberg]], cartoonist
* [[Don Goldstein]], All American and Pan American champion basketball player
* [[George Grosz]], artist<ref name="Grosz">{{cite web | url=http://www.heckscher.org/collection_george_grosz | title=George Grosz at The Heckscher Museum of Art | date=October 10, 2019 }}</ref>
* [[Leroy Grumman]]
* [[Tom Gugliotta]], former [[NBA]] player
* [[Julie Halston]], actress and comedian
* [[Jupiter Hammon]]
* [[Sean Hannity]], talk show and Fox News host
* [[John L. Hennessy]], president of [[Stanford University]]<ref name="Hennessy">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/04/30/120430fa_fact_auletta?currentPage=all |title=Get Rich U. |last1=Auletta |first1=Ken |date=April 30, 2012 |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |access-date=April 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130325125948/http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/04/30/120430fa_fact_auletta?currentPage=all |archive-date=March 25, 2013 |url-status=live |quote=Hennessy grew up in Huntington, Long Island.  }}</ref>
* [[Pete Harnisch]], Major League pitcher
* [[Mel Harris]], actress
* [[Tobias Harris]], NBA player
* [[Melissa Joan Hart]], actress, writer, director, producer, singer, and businesswoman
* [[Joseph Jeffrey Hazelwood]], the ship's master of the ''[[Exxon Valdez]]'' at the time of the [[Exxon Valdez oil spill|''Exxon Valdez'' oil spill]] in the Prince William Sound, Alaska, on March 24, 1989
* [[Elizabeth Hendrickson]], television actress best known for her role as twin sisters Frankie and Maggie Stone on ''[[All My Children]]''.<ref>{{cite web | title = Elizabeth Hendrickson | publisher = [[IMDb]] | url = https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1058513/ | access-date = January 21, 2010 }}</ref>
* [[Ron Hextall]], former NHL goalie{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}
* [[John Sloss Hobart]], owner of Eaton's Neck, and U.S. Senator; namesake of the Town's "Hobart Beach" in Eaton's Neck
* [[Bill Hoest|Bill]] and [[Bunny Hoest]], co-creators of ''[[The Lockhorns]]''
* [[Chris Hogan (American football)|Chris Hogan]], [[NFL]] [[wide receiver]] two-time [[Super Bowl]] Champion with the [[New England Patriots]].<ref>{{cite news | first = Tom | last = Rock | date = February 4, 2018 | work = [[Newsday]] | url = https://www.newsday.com/sports/football/super-bowl/super-bowl-lii-chris-hogan-patriots-1.16516099 | title=Super Bowl LII: Patriots' Chris Hogan is LI's ultimate commuter | access-date = March 11, 2019 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222041745/https://www.newsday.com/sports/football/super-bowl/super-bowl-lii-chris-hogan-patriots-1.16516099 | archive-date=February 22, 2019}}</ref>
* [[Opie and Anthony|Gregg (Opie) Hughes]]
*[[Sal Iacono|"Cousin" Sal Iacono]], comedian and writer
* [[Amy Ignatow]], author and illustrator, ''[[The Popularity Papers]]''
* [[Steve Israel]], [[U.S. Representative]] (D-N.Y.)
* [[50 Cent|Curtis Jackson]] (50 Cent), lived in [[Dix Hills, New York|Dix Hills]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://abc7ny.com/archive/6174489/ |access-date=December 28, 2013 |title=Home of 50 Cent destroyed by fire |date=May 30, 2008 |work=[[WABC-TV]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131229012510/http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news%2Flocal&id=6174489 |archive-date=December 29, 2013 |url-status=live  }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newsday.com/classifieds/real-estate/real-li-1.812034/50-cent-trying-to-sell-dix-hills-property-1.1787374 |access-date=December 28, 2013 |title=50 Cent trying to sell Dix Hills property |last1=Kellogg |first1=Valerie |date=March 1, 2010 |work=[[Newsday]] |publisher=[[Cablevision]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131229045835/http://www.newsday.com/classifieds/real-estate/real-li-1.812034/50-cent-trying-to-sell-dix-hills-property-1.1787374 |archive-date=December 29, 2013 |url-status=live  }}</ref>
* [[Bill Janovitz]], musician and writer
* [[Billy Joel]], singer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lloydharborluxuryhomes.com/ |title=Long Island Luxury Homes, Long Island real estate, Long Island Homes for sale |publisher=Lloydharborluxuryhomes.com |access-date=June 26, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Jenny Kallur]], Swedish World Championships finalist in 100-meter hurdles; born in Huntington
* [[Susanna Kallur]], Swedish World Indoor record holder in the 60-meter hurdles; born in Huntington
* [[Darius Kasparaitis]], former [[NHL]] [[ice hockey]] player for the New York Islanders, Pittsburgh Penguins, Colorado Avalanche and the New York Rangers.<ref>{{cite news | last = Diamos | first = Jason | title = Islanders Trade Kasparaitis for Smolinski |work=The New York Times | date = November 18, 1996 | url = https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9406E3DD133AF93BA25752C1A960958260 | access-date = May 31, 2008}}</ref>
* [[Ricky Kasso]], murderer
* [[Jack Kerouac]], novelist and writer commonly credited as a major catalyst for the 1960s [[counterculture]] movement.<ref>{{cite web | last = Asher | first = Levi | title = Jack Kerouac | work = Literary Kicks | date = September 19, 2001 | url = http://www.litkicks.com/BeatPages/page.jsp?what=JackKerouac | access-date = November 2, 2007 }}</ref>
* [[Pat LaFontaine]], professional hockey player
* [[Fiorello La Guardia]], famed former mayor of New York City
* [[Michael Lardon]], sport psychiatrist
* [[Lawrence C. Levy]] (born 1950), executive dean of the National Center for Suburban Studies at [[Hofstra University]], and journalist
* [[Charles Lindbergh]], aviator<ref name=lloydneck/>
* [[Lindsay Lohan]], spent a portion of her childhood and teen years in Cold Spring Harbor. She attended [[Cold Spring Harbor High School]] until her Sophomore year of high school
* [[Mark LoMonaco]], wrestler; grew up in Dix Hills
* [[Allie Long]], professional soccer player
* [[Carey Lowell]], actor; James Bond film ''Licence to Kill''; ''[[Law & Order]]'' character Jamie Ross, 1996–2001
* [[Charles Ludlam]], actor, playwright and founder of the Theater of the Ridiculous in New York City, grew up in Greenlawn and graduated from Harborfields High School.
* [[Patti Lupone]], [[Tony Award]]-winning [[Broadway theatre|broadway]] and television actress, best known for her role as [[Eva Peron]] in ''[[Evita (musical)|Evita]]'';<ref>{{cite web | title = Patti Lupone | publisher = [[IMDb]] | url = https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0526985/ | access-date = January 21, 2010 }}</ref> raised in Northport
* [[John Macaluso]], drummer
* [[Ralph Macchio]], actor (''[[The Karate Kid (1984 film)|The Karate Kid]]''); raised in Dix Hills
* [[Ashley Massaro]], former [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) Diva
* [[Barbara McClintock]] (1902–1992), Nobel Prize-winning cytogeneticist, died in Huntington
* [[Chris Messina (actor)|Chris Messina]], television actor, best known for his role as [[List of Six Feet Under characters#Ted Fairwell|Ted Fairwell]] on ''[[Six Feet Under (TV series)|Six Feet Under]]''<ref>{{cite web | title = Rozie Bacchi Publicity Stills & Production Photos | publisher = Rozie Bacchi | url =http://roziebacchi.tripod.com/rozie_photos_prod.html | access-date = November 12, 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Biography for Joe Roseto | publisher = [[IMDb]] | url = https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0742886/bio | access-date = November 12, 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Chris Messina | publisher = [[IMDb]] | url = https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0582149/ | access-date = November 12, 2007 }}</ref>
* [[Dina Meyer]], actress
* [[Dan Milano]], television writer and voice actor best known as the co-creator of the show ''[[Greg the Bunny]]''<ref>{{cite web | title = Dan Milano | publisher = [[IMDb]] | url = https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0586850/ | access-date = January 21, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{Citation | title = Open Seas 1990 (Northport High School Yearbook) | place = Marceline, Missouri | publisher = Walsworth Publishing Company | year = 1990 | volume = 11 | page = 169}}</ref>
* [[Paul Steven Miller]], commissioner, U.S. [[Equal Employment Opportunity Commission]] (1994–2004); Henry M. Jackson Professor of Law at the [[University of Washington School of Law]] (2004–present); [[Executive Office of the President of the United States|Special Assistant]] to President Obama (2009)
* [[Richard P. Mills (general)|Richard P. Mills]] Lt. General (ret), USMC 1975–2015<ref>{{cite news |url=https://patch.com/new-york/huntington/marine-general-recalls-his-whitman-roots |title=Marine General Recalls His Whitman Roots |website=[[Patch (website)|Patch]] |date=March 18, 2011 |first=Pam |last=Robinson |access-date=April 22, 2020 |quote=He has long been away from Huntington }}</ref>
* [[Eric Milnes]] (born 1959), harpsichordist, organist and conductor
* [[Josh Morgerman]] (born 1970), storm chaser, television personality, field correspondent, and businessman
* [[Bruce Morrison]], former U.S. Congressman from Connecticut; grew up in Northport and attended Northport High School<ref>{{cite web| title = MORRISON, Bruce Andrew, (1944, )| publisher = Biography Directory of the U.S. Congress| url = http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000992| access-date = July 27, 2008}}</ref>
*[[Henry A. Murphy]] (1867–1936), member of the New York State Assembly
* [[Jim Neu]] (1943–2010), playwright<ref>{{cite news |last=Weber |first=Bruce |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/21/theater/21neu.html |title=Jim Neu, Creator of Wry Plays, Is Dead at 66 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=July 21, 2010 |access-date=July 21, 2010}}</ref>
* [[Daniel O'Donnell (politician)|Daniel O'Donnell]], [[New York State Assembly]] member
* [[Rosie O'Donnell]], former talk show host and LGBT rights activist, raised in Commack
* [[Eugene O'Neill]], playwright, in 1931
* [[Steve Park (NASCAR)|Steve Park]], [[NASCAR]] driver
* [[LP (singer)|Laura Pergolizzi]]
* [[Todd Phillips]], filmmaker known for ''[[The Hangover]]''
* [[Mary Pickford]], actress
* [[Randy Rainbow]], comedian and singer, born in and grew up in Huntington until he was ten
* [[Gretchen Rau]], [[Academy Award]]-winning motion picture set decorator
* [[Sarah Reinertsen]], leg amputee and athlete who set many world records
* [[Alia Sabur]], youngest professor in history<ref>{{cite web |last=MacGowan |first=Carl |date=April 21, 2008 |work=Newsday |title=Guinness names Northport teen world's youngest professor |url=http://www.newsday.com/news/local/ny-liwhiz0422,0,4702323.story |access-date=April 22, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080426231156/http://www.newsday.com/news/local/ny-liwhiz0422%2C0%2C4702323.story |archive-date=April 26, 2008 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>
* [[Antoine de Saint-Exupéry]], author of ''[[The Little Prince]]'', written at [[Delamater-Bevin Mansion]] in [[Asharoken]] in 1942
* [[Paul Scheer]], actor and podcast host
* [[John Scurti]], television actor best known for his role as Kenny Shea on [[Rescue Me (American TV series)|''Rescue Me'']]<ref>{{cite web | title = John Scurti | publisher = [[IMDb]] | url = https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0780336/ | access-date = January 21, 2010 }}</ref>
*[[Bonnie Seeman]], ceramic artist and [[University of Miami]] art professor
* [[Craig Ricci Shaynak]], television [[character actor]]<ref>{{cite web | title = Craig Ricci Shaynak | publisher = [[IMDb]] | url = https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1575801/ | access-date = January 21, 2010 }}</ref>
* [[Cindy Sherman]], photographer
* [[David F. Schmitz]], history professor at [[Whitman College]]
* [[Dee Snider]], front man for rock band [[Twisted Sister]]
* [[David Spergel]], theoretical astrophysicist and [[MacArthur Fellow]]; presently a professor at [[Princeton University]] known for his work on the [[WMAP]] mission and chair of the Astrophysics Subcommittee of the [[NASA Advisory Council]]
* [[Henry L. Stimson]], Secretary of State under [[Herbert Hoover]], Secretary of War under [[William Howard Taft]] and again for [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] throughout [[World War II]]<ref name="stimson-dies-on-li">{{cite news|work=[[Newsday]]|title=Henry L. Stimson, 83, Dies on LI, Served Nation in Four Cabinets|date=October 21, 1950|page=2}}</ref>
* [[Brandon Sutter]], [[NHL]] player for the [[Vancouver Canucks]]
* [[Ruth Ann Swenson]], opera singer
* [[Wally Szczerbiak]], NBA basketball player for the [[Cleveland Cavaliers]]; attended Cold Spring Harbor High School
* [[Evan Thomas]], journalist; editor and author; grew up in Cold Spring Harbor
* [[Richard D. Veltri]], mechanical engineer and Connecticut state legislator; was born in Huntington
* [[Ryan Vesce]], player for the [[San Jose Sharks]] in the [[NHL]], grew up in [[Lloyd Harbor]], adjacent to Cold Spring Harbor, and attended Cold Spring Harbor High School
* [[Wesley Walker]], former Jets wide receiver
* [[James D. Watson]], Nobel Prize winner, co-discoverer of the structure of [[DNA]], and former Chancellor of the [[Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory]]
* [[Jim Wetherbee]] (born 1952), astronaut<ref>{{cite news |last=Kerr |first=Kathleen |url=http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-century_of_science_dissons,0,7662594.story |title=They Began Here: Around the country, leading thinkers in health and science can trace their roots to Long Island |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081214232230/http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-century_of_science_dissons,0,7662594.story |archive-date=December 14, 2008 |work=[[Newsday]] |date=July 16, 2008 |access-date=September 17, 2008}}</ref>
* [[Meg Whitman]], CEO of [[eBay]] and 2010 California gubernatorial candidate; grew up in [[Lloyd Harbor]], adjacent to Cold Spring Harbor, and attended Cold Spring Harbor High School, graduating in 1973
* [[Walt Whitman]], poet
* [[Judd Winick]], writer/artist from MTV's [[The Real World (San Francisco)|''The Real World'' San Francisco]] (former)
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