Editing Oceanside, New York (section)

== Notable people ==
[[File:Jay Fiedler.jpg|thumb|180px|[[Jay Fiedler]]]]
[[File:Art Heyman basketball portrait (Chanticleer 1962).jpg|thumb|180px|[[Art Heyman]]]]
[[File:Michael Massimino.jpg|thumb|180px|[[Mike Massimino]]]]
[[File:National Cancer Institute director Harold E. Varmus (3) (cropped).jpg|thumb|180px|[[Harold Varmus]]]]
* [[Ron Atanasio|Ron Atansaio]] (born 1956), soccer player<ref>{{Cite web |title=NASL-Ron Atanasio |url=https://www.nasljerseys.com/Players/A/Atanasio.Ron.htm |access-date=January 1, 2025 |website=(NASL) jerseys}}</ref>
*[[Glenn Gordon Caron]] (born 1954), writer, director, and producer
*[[Thomas H. Cormen]] (born 1956), computer scientist, co-author of ''[[Introduction to Algorithms]]''
*[[Wayne Diamond]], fashion designer
* [[Don Diamont]] (born 1962), actor known for his roles as [[Brad Carlton]] on ''[[The Young and the Restless]]'' and [[Bill Spencer Jr.]] on ''[[The Bold and the Beautiful]]''.
*[[Warren Eckstein]] (born 1949), pet behaviorist, animal trainer, animal rights activist, humorist, and author
*[[Arthur Rose Eldred]] (1895–1951), first [[Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America)]].<ref>[http://www.eaglescout.org/history/first_eagle.html The BSA's First Eagle Scout Arthur Rose Eldred], EagleScout.org. Accessed September 22, 2015. "Arthur Rose Eldred was born in Brooklyn, NY on August 16, 1895. His father died when Arthur was very young, and he was raised in Oceanside, Long Island, NY by his mother."</ref>
*[[Jay Fiedler]] (born 1971), former [[National Football League|NFL]] [[quarterback]] for the [[Minnesota Vikings]], [[Jacksonville Jaguars]], [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]], [[Philadelphia Eagles]], [[Miami Dolphins]], and [[New York Jets]].<ref>Kriegel, Mark. [http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/sports/fiedler-stands-pass-time-article-1.885153 "FIEDLER STANDS THE PASS OF TIME"], ''[[Daily News (New York)]]'', November 19, 2000. Accessed September 22, 2015. "And today, that's what he is. Jay Fiedler starts for the Miami Dolphins. The kid who was living in his parents house in Oceanside, out of football for two years, has replaced the great Dan Marino."</ref>
* [[Susie Fishbein]] (born 1968), best-selling [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox Jewish]] [[kashrut|kosher]] [[cookbook]] author.<ref>Sharp, Bracha K. [http://jewishlinkbwc.com/index.php?option=com_content&id=6871%3Acooking-with-elegance-artistry-and-love-an-interview-with-susie-fishbein&Itemid=585 "Cooking With Elegance, Artistry, and Love: An Interview With Susie Fishbein"], ''The Jewish Link – Bronx, Westchester & Connecticut'', May 7, 2015. Accessed September 22, 2015. "Fishbein grew up in Oceanside, N.Y., and now resides in Livingston, N.J. with her family."</ref>
*[[Ricky Ian Gordon]] (born 1956), composer of art song, opera and musical theatre
*[[Shep Gordon]] (born 1945), [[talent manager]], [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] film agent, and [[Film producer|producer]].
*[[Moshe Gottesman]] (born 1932), rabbi and dean for the Hebrew Academy of Nassau County
*[[Gilda Gray]] (1895–1959), Polish-American "flapper", 1920s-'30s, known as the "Shimmy Queen" and Florenz Ziegfeld's "golden girl"
*[[Murray Handwerker]] (1921–2011), businessman
*[[Andrew Herman]] (born 1983), former professional soccer player 
*[[Art Heyman]] (1941–2012), college basketball AP Player of the Year (1963) and NBA player
*[[Bob Iger]] (born 1951), CEO of [[The Walt Disney Company]]
*[[Dan Ingram]] (1934-2018), disc jockey
*[[Leon Johnson (running back)|Leon Johnson]] (born 1974), former professional football player
*[[Norman Lent]] (1931– 2012), New York State Senator and member of the US House of Representatives 
*[[Dennis Leonard]] (born 1951), member of the [[Kansas City Royals Hall of Fame]], started Game 5 of the [[1976 ALCS|1976]] and [[1977 ALCS]] vs. the [[New York Yankees]], won Game 4 of the [[1980 World Series]] vs. the [[Philadelphia Phillies]]
*[[Tomas Masaryk]] (1850–1937),  first president of Czechoslovakia, the "Father of the Czech Nation"; lived in Oceanside for a time during his exile of 1918
*[[Mike Massimino]] (born 1962), NASA astronaut and  professor of mechanical engineering at Columbia University 
*[[Stephen Robert Morse]], American-British Emmy-nominated producer and director
*[[David Paymer]] (born 1954), actor (''[[Carpool (1996 film)|Carpool]]'')
*[[Frank Pellegrino (actor)|Frank Pellegrino]] (1944–2017), actor (''[[GoodFellas]]'', ''[[Law & Order]]'', ''[[The Sopranos]]'')
*[[Darby Penney]] (1952–2021), writer, activist
*[[Andrew Pollack]] (born 1966), school safety activist
*[[Betty Robbins]] (1924–2005), cantor
*[[William Rose (illustrator)|William Rose]] (1909–1972), illustrator and film poster artist 
*[[Michael Rosenbaum]] (born 1972), actor, singer, and film producer
*[[Jackie Tohn]] (born c. 1980/1981), actress and musician
*[[Al Trautwig]] (born 1956), sportscaster, 2000 NYC Sportscaster of the Year
*[[Ernie Vandeweghe]] (1928-2014), Knicks star and father of NBA player and executive [[Kiki Vandeweghe]]
*[[Harold E. Varmus]] (born 1939), co-recipient of the 1989 [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]<ref>Kerr, Kathleen. [http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-century_of_science_dissons,0,7662594.story "They Began Here: Around the country, leading thinkers in health and science can trace their roots to Long Island"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080609022451/http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-century_of_science_dissons,0,7662594.story |date=2008-06-09 }}, ''[[Newsday]]'', July 16, 2008. Accessed September 17, 2008.</ref>
*[[Reginald VelJohnson]] (born 1952), actor best known for his role as Carl Winslow on ''[[Family Matters]]''
*[[Ann Dryden Witte]] (born 1942), economist and university professor