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==Notable people== '''People born in Levittown:''' * [[Stephan Barea]] (1991β ), soccer player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stephan Barea |url=https://gohofstra.com/sports/mens-soccer/roster/stephan-barea/2405 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=[[Hofstra Pride men's soccer|Hofstra Pride]]}}</ref> * [[Brand New (band)|Brand New]] band members [[Jesse Lacey]] (1978), Vin Accardi, Brian Lane, and Garrett Tierney<ref name="Rolling Stone Brand New">{{cite news |first=Jenny |last=Eliscu |title=Hot Band: Brand New, When is emo worth a million dollars? When it's made by these guys |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/brandnew/articles/story/5938668/hot_band_brand_new |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001212039/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/brandnew/articles/story/5938668/hot_band_brand_new |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 1, 2007 |work=Rolling Stone Magazine |publisher=Rolling Stone L.L.C. |location=New York, NY |date=September 10, 2003 |access-date=October 4, 2008}}</ref> * [[Dan Cantor]] (1955β ), Socialist political leader and founder of the [[Working Families Party]] * [[Kevin Covais]] (1989β ), [[American Idol (season 5)|5th season]] ''[[American Idol]]'' contestant, singer, actor * [[Tom Kapinos]] (1969β ) screenwriter (''[[Dawson's Creek]]''), executive producer and creator of ''[[Californication (TV series)|Californication]]'' * [[David Falk]] (1950β ), American sports agent who primarily works with basketball players in the National Basketball Association; Michael Jordan's agent for the entirety of his NBA career * [[Brian Kilcommons]] (1953β ), famous American dog trainer<ref name="Time">Hamilton, Anita (April 30, 2006) [https://web.archive.org/web/20090114083455/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1189250,00.html?iid=sphere-inline-bottom "He's a Dog's Best Friend"] ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''</ref> * [[Miss Understood]] (Alex Heimberg), [[drag artist]], actor and businessperson * [[Adam Wurtzel]] (1985β ), television personality '''People at one point living in Levittown''': * [[Bobby Cassidy|"Irish" Bobby Cassidy]] (1944β ), professional boxer * [[David Catapano]] (1973β ), celebrity chef (''[[Food Network|Chopped]]''), lived in Levittown, New York for much of [[MacArthur High School (Levittown, New York)|his grade school years]]. * [[John A. Gambling]] (1930β2004), morning radio host on [[WOR-AM]]<ref name="Newsday It Came From"/> * [[Ellie Greenwich]] (1940β2009), [[Songwriters Hall of Fame|Songwriter Hall of Fame]], songwriter<ref name="Newsday It Came From">{{cite web|title=It Came From Levittown |url=http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-levittown-hslevpop,0,393870.story |work=Newsday |publisher=Newsday Inc. |location=Melville, NY |access-date=October 4, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512151030/http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-levittown-hslevpop%2C0%2C393870.story |archive-date=May 12, 2008 }}</ref> * [[Bill Griffith]] (1944β ), cartoonist (''[[Zippy the Pinhead|Zippy]]'')<ref name="Newsday It Came From"/> * [[Steve Israel]] (1958β ), politician, attended [[MacArthur High School (Levittown, New York)|MacArthur High School]] * [[Billy Joel]] (1949β ), musician, lived in a Levitt-built house in [[Hicksville, New York|Hicksville]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ahrens |first=Frank |date=April 22, 1998 |title=Billy Joel, Bard of the 'Burbs' |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1998/04/23/billy-joel-bard-of-the-burbs/9c2cbce6-aa8d-44e5-b6cc-32954d389e9b/ |access-date=January 23, 2023 |newspaper=Washington Post}}</ref> * [[Brian Kenny (sportscaster)|Brian Kenny]] (1963β ), sportscaster on the [[MLB Network]], ''[[SportsCenter]]'', ''[[Friday Night Fights]]'' * [[Donnie Klang]] (1985β ), hip-hop singer (''[[Take You There (Donnie Klang song)|Take You There]]'')<ref name="Newsday Donnie Klang">{{cite news |first=Glenn |last=Gamboa |title=Donnie Klang of Levittown gets a push from Diddy |url=http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-starring_li_pop,1,4835386,full.story |work=Newsday |publisher=Newsday Inc. |location=Melville, NY |access-date=October 4, 2008}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> * [[Cyril M. Kornbluth]] (1923β1958), [[Hugo Award for Best Short Story|Hugo]]- and [[Prometheus Award]]-winning science fiction writer (''[[The Syndic]]'') * [[Damian Maffei]] (1977β ), actor (''[[Closed for the Season Movie|Closed for the Season]]'') * [[Eddie Money]] (1949β2019), musician (''[[Two Tickets to Paradise]]''), attended [[Island Trees High School]] though he lived in adjacent [[Plainedge, New York]]<ref name="Newsday Eddie Money">{{cite news |first=Letta |last=Tayler |title=Sounding Off in Suburbia |url=http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/music/ny-ffmus5818719aug31a,0,2659580.story |work=Newsday |publisher=Newsday Inc. |location=Melville, NY |access-date=October 4, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090309062030/http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/music/ny-ffmus5818719aug31a,0,2659580.story |archive-date=March 9, 2009 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> * [[Sterling Morrison]] (1942β1995), guitarist with [[The Velvet Underground]]<ref name="eMusic Sticking With You">{{cite web|url=http://www.emusic.com/features/spotlight/277_200506.html |title=Sticking With You |access-date=October 4, 2008 |last=Powers |first=Ann |date=June 1, 2005 |work=eMusic.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613045159/http://www.emusic.com/features/spotlight/277_200506.html |archive-date=June 13, 2011 }}</ref> * [[Bill O'Reilly (political commentator)|Bill O'Reilly]] (1949β ), political commentator, raised in a Levitt-built part of the adjacent community of [[Salisbury, Nassau County, New York|Salisbury]], also called South [[Westbury, New York|Westbury]] * [[Harold R. Story]] (1919β1987), US Army major general<ref name="Newsday1987">{{cite news |date=10 September 1987 |title=Death Notice, Harold R. Story |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-nassau-edition-obituary-for-h/171813532/ |work=[[Newsday]] |location=Melville, New York |page=40 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref name="Appointed1972">{{cite news |date=15 June 1972 |title=Appointed: Harold R. Story |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/sun-journal-appointed/171818545/ |work=[[Sun Journal (Lewiston, Maine)|Lewiston Evening Journal]] |location=Lewiston, Maine |page=6 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> * [[Moe Tucker]] (1944β ), drummer for [[the Velvet Underground]]<ref name="eMusic Sticking With You"/>
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