Editing Mineola, New York (section)

=== Entertainment ===
* [[Lenny Bruce]] (1925–1966), comedian<ref>[http://www.newsday.com/long-island/history/from-the-archives-mineola-born-comedian-lenny-bruce-dies-at-age-40-1.10684961 "From the archives: Mineola-born comedian, Lenny Bruce, dies at age 40"], ''[[Newsday]]'', via [[Associated Press]]. August 13, 2015, originally published August 4, 1966. Accessed June 23, 2016.</ref>
* [[Slim Goodbody|John Burstein]] (born 1949), creator of '''Slim Goodbody''' ("the [[Superhero]] of [[Health]]")
* [[Jenna Busch]] (born 1973), entertainment journalist known for working on sites like [[IGN.com|IGN]], ''[[Huffington Post]]'', ''Coming Soon'', [[JoBlo.com|JoBlo]], SheKnows, [[Collider (website)|Collider]], and ''[[Stan Lee's World of Heroes]]''
* [[Jean Butler]], (born 1971), Stepdancer, master of Irish Dance, choreographer, and actress. Known for [[Riverdance]]
* [[Justine Cotsonas]] (born 1985), actress
* [[Emmy Clarke]] (born 1991), actress who played the recurring character [[Julie Teeger]] on the [[USA Network]] show ''[[Monk (TV series)|Monk]]''.
* [[Brian Dennehy]] (1938-2020), actor<ref><!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->[http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/celebrities/notable-long-islanders-1.2342650?image=77 "Notable Long Islanders"], ''[[Newsday]]'', June 16, 2016. Accessed June 23, 2016. "Actor Brian Dennehy, grew up in Mineola and graduated from Chaminade High School in Mineola."</ref>
* [[Andrew Heermans]] (born 1953), musician, mixer, [[Audio engineer|audio]], and [[mastering engineer]]
* [[Jimmy Hines]] (1903–1986), professional golfer
* [[Kevin James]] (born 1965), actor, comedian, star of films and television series ''[[The King of Queens]]''<ref>Gay, Verne. [http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/kevin-james-sitcom-kevin-can-wait-to-film-on-long-island-1.11797135 "Kevin James sitcom ''Kevin Can Wait'' to film on Long Island"], ''[[Newsday]]'', May 14, 2016. Accessed June 23, 2016. "James — born Kevin George Knipfing in Mineola, later raised in Stony Brook and a Ward Melville High School class of ’83 graduate — starred in ''The King of Queens'' on CBS from 1998 to 2007."</ref>
* [[Jack Kirby]] (1917-1994), [[Cartoonist|comic book artist]]
* [[James Patrick Kelly]] (born 1951), [[Hugo Award]]-winning author<ref><!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> [http://www.locusmag.com/2006/Issues/09Kelly.html "James Patrick Kelly: Explorer"], ''[[Newsday]]'', ''[[Locus (magazine)]]'', September 2006. Accessed June 23, 2016. "James Patrick Kelly was born in Mineola, New York."</ref>
* [[Jackie Martling]] (born 1948), comedian and former writer for ''[[The Howard Stern Show]]''<ref>Martling, Jackie. [https://books.google.com/books?id=QGjwbZFO_F4C&pg=PT19 ''Jackie 'The Joke Man' Martling's Disgustingly Dirty Joke Book''], p. 19. Accessed June 23, 2016. [[Simon and Schuster]], 1998. {{ISBN|9781439136911}}. "John Coger (what's a Coger?) Martling., Jr., was born in Mineola, Long Island, a suburb of New York City, on February 14, 1948."</ref>
* [[Sally Menke]] (1953-2010), [[film editor]] who worked in cinema and television
* [[Lia Purpura]] (born 1964), [[poet]], writer and [[educator]]
* [[Steve Rawlins]] (born 1954), musician, composer, arranger, musical director, and author
* [[Kim Richards]] (born 1964), child actress who starred in ''[[Nanny and the Professor]]'', ''[[Escape to Witch Mountain (1975 film)|Escape to Witch Mountain]]'', ''[[No Deposit, No Return]]'', and ''[[Return from Witch Mountain]]''<ref>Araos, Christian. 
[http://www.theislandnow.com/news/real-housewives-star-kim-richards-mineola-native-arrested-in-l/article_442b1368-3c4c-11e5-add6-1b06939e4d6a.html "'Real Housewives' star Kim Richards, Mineola native, arrested in L.A. for shoplifting"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822150253/http://www.theislandnow.com/news/real-housewives-star-kim-richards-mineola-native-arrested-in-l/article_442b1368-3c4c-11e5-add6-1b06939e4d6a.html|date=August 22, 2016}}, ''The Island Now'', August 6, 2015. Accessed June 23, 2016. "Richards was born in Mineola in 1964 and began her career at four months old when she appeared in a TV commercial."</ref>
* [[Lauren Scala]] (born 1982), [[WNBC]] and [[New York Nonstop]] correspondent<ref>{{Cite news |last=Murray |first=Anthony |date=November 1, 2017 |title=Taste And Style Returning To Mineola |url=http://mineolaamerican.com/2017/11/taste-and-style-returning-to-mineola/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180502001033/http://mineolaamerican.com/2017/11/taste-and-style-returning-to-mineola/ |archive-date=May 2, 2018 |work=Mineola American |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Robert B. Silvers]] (1929-2017), editor of ''[[The New York Review of Books]]''<ref>[http://www.nybooks.com/contributors/robert-b-silvers/ Robert B. Silvers], ''[[The New York Review of Books]]''. Accessed June 23, 2016. " Mr. Silvers, who graduated from the University of Chicago in 1947, was born in Mineola, New York."</ref>
* [[Joe Simon]] (1913-2011), comic book writer, artist, editor, and publisher
* [[Eric Staller]] (born 1947), mixed media artist
* [[Katherine Teck]] (born 1939), author and composer<ref>{{Cite book |last=Cohen |first=Aaron I. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16714846 |title=International encyclopedia of women composers |date=1987 |isbn=0-9617485-2-4 |edition=Second edition, revised and enlarged |location=New York |oclc=16714846}}</ref>
* [[Timothy Treadwell]] (1957-2003), bear enthusiast
* [[Gary Valentine]] (born 1961), actor and comedian
* [[Trisha Ventker]] (born 1967), author and photographic artist
* [[Tiffany Vollmer]] (born 1973), voice actress best known for portraying [[Bulma]] from ''[[Dragon Ball]]''<ref>{{cite web |title=Tiffany Vollmer - MediaTech Institute |url=https://mediatech.edu/our-team/tiffany-vollmer/ |access-date=February 2, 2020 |website=MediaTech Institute}}</ref>
* [[Peter Walker (actor)|Peter Walker]] (born 1927), film, stage and television actor
* [[W. D. Wetherell]] (born 1948), writer of books, novels, short story collections, memoirs, essay collections, travel and history