Editing Freeport, New York (section)

==Notable people==
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* [[Cindy Adams]], gossip columnist.<ref name="Bleyer" />
* [[Desi Barmore]] (born 1960), American-Israeli basketball player
* [[Medea Benjamin]] (born Susan Benjamin), political activist, co-founder of [[Code Pink]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Voyageur '70 |author=Freeport High School|date=1970|page=116}} Yearbook.</ref>
* [[Leo Carrillo]], actor (Pancho in the ''[[Cisco Kid]]'' series) built a home on Randalls Channel at the corner of Roosevelt and South Long Beach Avenues.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.freeportny.com/Archive.asp?ADID=56|title=Message from the Mayor|author=Glacken, Bill|date=November 2004|website=freeportny.com|access-date=November 14, 2008}}{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* [[Broderick Crawford]], actor<ref name="Bleyer" />
* [[Patrick Day]], former professional boxer
* [[Justin Dunn]], baseball pitcher drafted in the [[2016 Major League Baseball draft]]
* [[Chris Edmonds]], 1985 NCAA Division 1 Wrestling Champion<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lighthousewrestling.com/2009/02/23/chris-edmond%E2%80%99s-ncaa-di-championship-finals/|title=Chris Edmonds|date=February 23, 2009|website=Lighthousewrestling.com|access-date=January 14, 2015}}</ref>
* [[D'Brickashaw Ferguson]], Pro Bowl offensive tackle for the [[New York Jets]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/24/AR2006042401650.html|title=Ferguson's Weight-and-See Attitude|author=Schlabach, Mark|date=April 25, 2006|newspaper=Washington Post|page=E01|access-date=November 13, 2008}}</ref>
* [[Flavor Flav]] (William Jonathan Drayton, Jr.), rapper and reality TV star; grew up in Freeport and neighboring [[Roosevelt, New York|Roosevelt]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newsday.com/services/newspaper/printedition/wednesday/partii/ny-ettop5650358apr16,0,769093.story|title=Flavor Flav's breakout role|author=Gamboa, Glenn|date=April 16, 2008|work=Newsday|access-date=May 12, 2008}}</ref>
* [[Kay Gardner (composer)|Kay Gardner]], musician, composer, author, and [[musical producer]] who lived in Freeport<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sandiego.edu/symphony/programnotess02.html|title=Program Notes|date=Spring 2002|website=USD Symphony|access-date=November 14, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509021905/http://www.sandiego.edu/symphony/programnotess02.html|archive-date=May 9, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[George Gollin]], an elementary particle physicist and physics professor<ref>{{cite web|url=http://physics.illinois.edu/people/Gollin/|title=Faculty bio for Professor George Gollin, Department of Physics|website=illinois.edu|publisher=University of Illinois|access-date=March 8, 2008}}</ref>
* [[Eddie Gordon (fighter)|Eddie Gordon]], professional [[mixed martial arts]] fighter and [[Ultimate Fighting Championship|UFC]]'s [[The Ultimate Fighter|TUF]] winner<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Eddie-Gordon-66410|title=Eddie Gordon|website=Sherdog.com}}</ref>
* [[Morlon Greenwood]], football player<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.freeportschools.org/news/2005/weight_room.cfm|title=FHS Gridiron Alumnus Funds Weight Room|website=Freeport Public Schools|access-date=November 13, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201095958/http://www.freeportschools.org/news/2005/weight_room.cfm|archive-date=December 1, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Havoc (Mobb Deep)|Havoc]], of hip-hop group [[Mobb Deep]], lives in Freeport<ref name="Ahmed, Insanul">{{cite news|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2011/05/prodigy-25-essentials/burn|title=Prodigy Breaks Down His 25 Most Essential Songs|author=Ahmed, Insanul|date=May 12, 2011|work=Complex|access-date=August 20, 2011}}</ref>
* [[Gabriel Heatter]], radio personality<ref>{{cite web|url=http://freeporthistorymuseum.org/wp/pdfs/Newsletters/Spring%202014%208x11%20color.pdf|title=92 Lena Avenue is Landmarked|date=Spring 2014|website=Freeport History Museum|publisher=Freeport Historical Society & Museum Newsletter|page=2|access-date=November 18, 2015|quote=Heatter lived in four homes in Freeport including: 92 Lena Avenue, 470 Pennsylvania Avenue, and 257 Mt. Joy Avenue. We have not identified the fourth house.}}</ref>
* [[Jay Hieron]], retired professional [[mixed martial arts]] fighter and [[International Fight League|IFL]] welterweight champion<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ifl.tv/Team-Anacondas-Jay-Hieron.html|title=Jay Hieron|website=Official website of the International Fight League|access-date=November 14, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081015071019/http://www.ifl.tv/Team-Anacondas-Jay-Hieron.html|archive-date=October 15, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mmarising.com/news/20080127INT.html|title=Exclusive interview with Jay Hieron|website=MMARising.com|access-date=November 14, 2008}}</ref>
* [[Mitch Kapor]], founder of [[Lotus Development]] Corporation and the designer of [[Lotus 1-2-3]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kurzweilai.net/bios/frame.html?main=/bios/bio0153.html?|title=Mitch Kapor|website=KurzweilAI.net|access-date=November 13, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090623114024/http://www.kurzweilai.net/bios/frame.html?main=%2Fbios%2Fbio0153.html%3F|archive-date=June 23, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[David A. Kessler]] (born 1951), pediatrician, attorney, author and administrator who served as commissioner of the [[Food and Drug Administration]] 1990 to 1997<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-nassau-edition-resume-of-fda-c/166028829/ "Resume: Dr. David A. Kessler"], ''[[Newsday]]'', June 9, 1991. Accessed February 17, 2025, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "Born May 31, 1951, in Brooklyn. Grew up in Freeport, attended the private Woodmere Academy."</ref>
* [[Joe Kelly (comics writer)|Joe Kelly]], comic book writer and founder of [[Man of Action Studios]] which created Ben 10 and Big Hero 6.
* [[Erik Larson (author)|Erik Larson]], author of books such as ''Isaac's Storm'' and ''[[The Devil in the White City]]'', attended Freeport High School<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2003_elarson.html|title=Erik Larson, 2003 National Book Award Finalist: Nonfiction|date=2003|website=The National Book Foundation|access-date=November 13, 2008|archive-date=February 13, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213230539/http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2003_elarson.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Peter Lerangis]], author of children's and young-adult fiction; valedictorian of the FHS Class of 1973<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=1608|title=Peter Lerangis (contributor bio)|website=Scholastic.com|access-date=November 13, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819230314/http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=1608|archive-date=August 19, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Steve Lieberman]], punk rock bassist, flautist, singer signed to [[JDub Records]] known as [[The Gangsta Rabbi]]; served as Freeport Village Comptroller (1998-2014)<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/accountant-finds-outlet-in-punk-rock-1.2852673 |author= Epstein, Reid J.|work= Newsday |page =A17 |title=Music is His Message|date=May 3, 2011}}</ref>
* [[Guy Lombardo]], musician and [[big band]]leader, lived in Freeport during the latter portion of his life; his former residence on South Grove Street (now Guy Lombardo Avenue) included a boathouse where he kept his powerful speed boats, which he raced on the ocean<ref name="Bleyer" />
* [[Jerry Mackey]], former [[American football]] [[linebacker]] signed by the [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]]
* [[Charles Manning]], international fashion model<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/29/male-models-photos-_n_5534325.html|author=Freeport Public Schools|work=Huffington Post|title=Male Models|date=June 29, 2014|access-date=November 8, 2014}}</ref>
* [[Donnie McClurkin]], [[Grammy Award]]-winning [[gospel music|gospel]] singer, and founder and pastor of Perfecting Faith Church in Freeport<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week836/profile.html|title=Profile: Donnie McClurkin|date=May 6, 2005|work=PBS Religion & Ethics|access-date=November 14, 2008}} (Episode no. 836)</ref>
* [[Eddie Murphy]], attended junior high school at John W. Dodd Middle School
* [[Billy Murray (singer)]], Vaudeville-era singer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.denvernightingale.com/archive/fl19540826.html|title=W. 'Billy' T. Murray Singing Nightingale, Buried in Holy Rood|website=denvernightingale.com |access-date=July 8, 2016}}</ref>
*[[Wade Nichols]] (born Dennis Posa), pornographic actor, cast member in ''[[The Edge of Night]]'', and a singer <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/nb-osd-toolbar/file-download/Richmond_Times_Dispatch_1982-07-24_6?setup=http://172.25.5.5:10009/SiteLinks/imageviewer/image/html/index.html%3Frem=nb_osd_toolbar%26image=fullsize%26url=image/v2:135B950C9F3CF0C6@GB3NEWS-14A0EA3BA47BF6DD@2445175-149C66451C1A8F23@5-149C66451C1A8F23%26xywh_relative=98%7C166%7C4951%7C3831|archive-url=https://archive.today/20181221214959/https://www.genealogybank.com/nb-osd-toolbar/file-download/Richmond_Times_Dispatch_1982-07-24_6?setup=http://172.25.5.5:10009/SiteLinks/imageviewer/image/html/index.html%3Frem=nb_osd_toolbar%26image=fullsize%26url=image/v2:135B950C9F3CF0C6@GB3NEWS-14A0EA3BA47BF6DD@2445175-149C66451C1A8F23@5-149C66451C1A8F23%26xywh_relative=98%7C166%7C4951%7C3831|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 21, 2018|title=Richmond_Times_Dispatch_1982-07-24_6 (4950x3831 pixels)|date=December 21, 2018|website=archive.is|access-date=April 7, 2020}}</ref>
* [[Shelly Peiken]], songwriter who is best known for co-writing the US #1 hits "What A Girl Wants" and "Come On over Baby" by Christina Aguilera.
* [[Prodigy (rapper)|Prodigy]], of hip-hop group [[Mobb Deep]], lived in Freeport<ref name="Ahmed, Insanul" />
* [[Emanuel Pupulidy]] (1918—1996), a race car driver<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.si.com/vault/1957/10/21/605521/day-for-aquavit|title=Day for Aquavit|first=Kenneth|last=Rudeen|website=si.com|access-date=May 17, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Lou Reed]], singer-songwriter and founding member of [[The Velvet Underground]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/reed_l.html|title=Lou Reed|work=American Masters|access-date=November 13, 2008|publisher=PBS}}</ref>
* [[Branch Rickey]], owner of the [[Brooklyn Dodgers]]<ref name="Bleyer" />
* [[Dick Schaap]], [[sportswriting|sportswriter]], broadcaster, and author<ref>{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950CEFDF1631F931A15751C1A9679C8B63|title=Dick Schaap Dies at 67; Ubiquitous Sports Journalist|author=Sandomir, Richard Sandomir|date=December 22, 2001|work=The New York Times|access-date=November 14, 2008}}</ref>
* [[Samantha Sepulveda]], a [[Long Island]] police officer who gained fame when the ''[[New York Post]]'' reported that she is also an Internet [[glamour model]]
* [[Clifton Smith (linebacker)|Clifton Smith]], former [[American football]] [[linebacker]] who played [[college football]] at [[Syracuse University]]
* [[Elinor Smith]], 1920s aviator<ref name="Bleyer" /><ref>{{Harvnb|Smith|1981|p=22}}</ref>
* [[Hale Smith]], 20th-century composer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chevalierdesaintgeorges.homestead.com/Smith.html|title=Hale Smith (1925-2009)|website=chevalierdesaintgeorges.homestead.com|access-date=November 18, 2015}}</ref>
* [[Dee Snider]] (born 1955), [[Twisted Sister]] singer, songwriter, radio personality, and actor<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/celebrities/dee-snider-frats-looney-tunes-long-island-cares-d9ad9s5n | title=Twisted Sister's Snider back on LI for book signing, Long Island Cares TV spot | date=June 27, 2023 }}</ref> 
* [[Susan Sullivan]], actress<ref name="Bleyer" />
* [[Brandon Tartikoff]], television executive who grew up in Freeport<ref name="Bleyer" /> 
* [[Noel Thompson (Wrestler)|Noel Thompson]], [[National Wrestling Hall of Fame]] inductee<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://gohofstra.com/sports/wrestling/roster/noel-thompson/210 | title=Noel Thompson - Wrestling }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://gohofstra.com/news/2014/4/26/WREST_Thompson_Inducted_Into_Wrestling_Hall_Of_Fame.aspx | title=WREST: Thompson Inducted into Wrestling Hall of Fame | date=February 25, 2024 }}</ref>
* [[Harold E. Varmus]], the 1989 recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1989/varmus-autobio.html|title=Harold E. Varmus – Autobiography|website=Nobelprize.org|publisher= Nobel Foundation}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Les Prix Nobel: The Nobel Prizes 1989|date=1990|publisher=Nobel Foundation|editor-last=Tore Frängsmyr|editor-first=Tore|location=Stockholm}}</ref>
* [[Jean R. Yawkey]], wife of [[Boston Red Sox]] owner [[Tom Yawkey]] and owner of the team from his death in 1976 until her own in 1992; grew up in Freeport.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE7DE1138F934A15751C0A964958260|title=Jean R. Yawkey, Red Sox Owner and Philanthropist, Is Dead at 83|author=Thomas, Robert McG. Jr.|date=February 27, 1992|work=The New York Times|access-date=November 14, 2008}}</ref>
* [[Michael Zielenziger]], journalist and author<ref name="SPLC-Flashings" />