Editing Flower Hill, New York (section)

== Notable people ==
* [[Vincent R. Balletta Jr.|Vincent R. Balletta, Jr.]] – Former [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] New York State Assemblyman; lived on Country Club Drive.<ref>{{Cite news |last=O'Hearn |first=Bradford W. |date=January 16, 1975 |title=Board Reported Ready To OK New Roncallo Job |pages=23 |work=[[Newsday]] }}</ref>
* [[Mimi Benzell]] – Actress and singer for [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] and the [[Metropolitan Opera]].<ref name=":43" /><ref>{{Cite news|date=December 24, 1970|title=Mimi Benzell, Entertainer, Dead (Published 1970) |work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/12/24/archives/mimi-benzell-entertainer-dead-exmet-singer-47-appeared-on-stage.html|access-date=November 15, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=December 24, 1970|title=Mimi Benzell Dies At 46; Opera Star|work=[[Newsday]]}}</ref> Benzell lived on Cardinal Road, and was married to Walter Gould, the brother of American composer [[Morton Gould]].<ref name=":72">{{Cite news |date=July 30, 1949 |title=Mimi Benzell Married: Soprano Is the Bride of Walter Gould, Concert Manager |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1949/07/30/archives/mimi-benzell-married-soprano-is-the-bride-of-walter-gould-concert.html |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=title unknown |newspaper=New York Daily News|date=December 24, 1970 |page=37 |url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/395019368/ |via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription |access-date=November 15, 2020}}</ref>
* [[Nathalie Brown (murder victim)|Nathalie Brown]] – First murder victim of [[serial killer]] Ricardo Caputo; murdered at her parents' home in the village on July 31, 1971, at age 19.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fuqua |first=Lisa Marie |date=March 26, 2020 |title=Serial Killer On the Run for Over 20 Years, Turns Himself In — True Crime |url=https://medium.com/true-crime-addiction/serial-killer-on-the-run-for-over-20-years-turns-himself-in-true-crime-58d473e051bc |access-date=August 19, 2023 |website=True Crime Addiction |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=A Real Lady-Killer |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/98/02/15/reviews/980215.15friedmt.html |access-date=August 19, 2023 |website=archive.nytimes.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Pooley |first=Jack |date=September 19, 2019 |title=10 Serial Killers Who Turned Themselves In |url=https://whatculture.com/offbeat/10-serial-killers-who-turned-themselves-in |access-date=August 19, 2023 |website=WhatCulture.com |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Emil V. Cianciulli]] – Businessman, lawyer, [[Korean War]] veteran, and the former chairman of the [[Hofstra University]] Board of Trustees; lived on Oaktree Lane.<ref>{{Cite web|date=November 2019|title=Emil V. Cianciulli|url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/newsday/name/emil-cianciulli-obituary?pid=194362778|access-date=February 25, 2021|publisher=[[Newsday]]|via=Legacy.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=July 11, 1984|title=Island Helicopter Has a New President|work=[[Newsday]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Emil Cianciulli {{!}} C-SPAN.org|url=https://www.c-span.org/person/?emilcianciulli|access-date=February 25, 2021|website=www.c-span.org}}</ref>
* [[Perry Como]] – Singer, actor, and television personality. Como moved to Flower Hill in 1946.<ref>{{Cite news|date=January 27, 2012|title=1946: Singer Perry Como Moves to Flower Hill|page=E14|work=[[Newsday]]}}</ref>
* [[Carson Daly]] – [[NBC News|NBC]] television and radio personality, as well as a talk show host.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 11, 2013 |title=Carson Daly's House in Flower Hill, NY (Google Maps) (#2) |url=https://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/carson-dalys-house-1/view/google/ |access-date=September 5, 2020 |website=Virtual Globetrotting}}</ref>
* [[Connie Desmond]] – Sports broadcaster and singer.<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 20, 1983 |title=Some Remembrances Of a Voice of Summer: TV Sports |work=[[Newsday]] |pages=E2 }}</ref>
* [[Edwin Díaz]] – [[Major League Baseball|MLB]] baseball player for the [[New York Mets]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=PropertyShark Public Real Estate Records |url=https://www.propertyshark.com/mason/Property/1462443/79-Farm-View-Rd-Port-Washington-NY-11050/ |access-date=July 18, 2023 |website=www.propertyshark.com}}</ref>
* [[Daniel Dorff]] – [[Classical music|Classical]] composer and musician; grew up on Crabtree Lane.<ref>{{Cite web|date=November 2021|title=Remembering the Roslyn–Flower Hill Elementary School|url=http://villageflowerhill.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/11_2021-VFH-History-Report-Mitchell-Schwartz-1.pdf|access-date=November 11, 2021|website=Village of Flower Hill, New York}}</ref>
* [[Manoug Exerjian]] – Architect; Exerjian was born in the [[Ottoman Empire]] and immigrated to the United States in 1923.<ref name=":64">{{Cite news|date=November 6, 1974|title=Manoug Exerjian|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> He designed [[North Shore University Hospital]] in Manhasset and lived on Bonnie Heights Road.<ref name=":64" />
* [[Mike Francesa|Mike Francesca]] – Sports radio host.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 31, 2016 |title=Francesa donates to Phillips race |url=https://theislandnow.com/uncategorized/francesa-donates-to-phillips-race-2/ |access-date=September 6, 2020 |website=The Island Now}}</ref>
* [[Frank Genese]] – Architect and Village Trustee; has served as Deputy Mayor since 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|last=West|first=Teri|date=February 27, 2019|title=Plandome, Munsey Park mayors not seeking re-election - News|url=https://theislandnow.com/news-98/plandome-munsey-park-mayors-not-seeking-re-election/|access-date=June 7, 2021|website=The Island Now|language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Edmond Guggenheim]] – Businessman and philanthropist; member of the [[Guggenheim family]].<ref name=":43" />
* [[John Gurney (bass-baritone)|John Gurney]] – [[Bass-baritone]] singer for the Metropolitan Opera.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 22, 1940 |title=NEWSDAY Jottings |work=[[Newsday]] |pages=19 }}</ref>
* [[Horace Hagedorn]] – Businessman; lived on Farmview Road.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":24" />
* [[John Randolph Hearst]] – Business executive and the son of [[William Randolph Hearst]].<ref name=":43" /><ref>{{Cite news|date=October 23, 1946|title=BUYS LONG ISLAND ESTATE; John R. Hearst Gets Anderson Property at Flower Hill (Published 1946)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1946/10/23/archives/buys-long-island-estate-john-r-hearst-gets-anderson-property-at.html|access-date=January 21, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
* [[Benjamin Heller (lawyer)|Benjamin Heller]] – Lawyer known for participating in the creation of the New York City Code of Ethics. Served as the Mayor of Flower Hill between 1963 and 1970.<ref name=":1" /> He lived on Hemlock Road.<ref name=":06">{{Cite news|date=May 15, 1974|title=B. Heller, Ex-Mayor|work=[[Newsday]]}}</ref><ref name=":110">{{Cite news|date=May 15, 1974|title=BENJAMIN HELLER (Published 1974)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/05/15/archives/benjamin-heller.html|access-date=December 22, 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
* [[Milton Hopkins (biologist)|Milton Hopkins]] – Biology professor and author. Hopkins was the husband of Elizabeth Hewlett Hopkins, of the Hewlett family; they resided in the Hewlett Homestead.<ref name=":20" /><ref name=":43" /><ref name=":14">{{Cite news|date=October 12, 1940|title=New Residence in Growing Community|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
* [[Victor William Kliesrath|Victor W. Kliesrath]] – Former vice president of the [[Bendix Corporation]]; co-inventor of the [[Bragg-Kliesrath brake|Bragg-Kliesrath Brake]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=December 22, 1939|title=VICTOR KLIESRATH, BENDIX OFFICIAL, 58; Vice President of Aviation Firm, Twice Winner of Gold Cup for Speedboats, Dies ALSO DROVE RACING CARS Inventor of Booster Vacuum Brake Held Many Marine and Automotive Patents|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1939/12/22/archives/victor-kliesrath-bendix-official-58-vice-president-of-aviation-firm.html|access-date=April 22, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
* [[Kenneth Langone|Kenneth G. Langone]] – Founder, [[The Home Depot]]. Formerly lived on Elderfields Road.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|title=LandRecord Lookup|url=https://lrv.nassaucountyny.gov/info/031390100670/|access-date=December 18, 2020|website=lrv.nassaucountyny.gov}}</ref><ref name=":24">{{Cite journal|title=Section 3, Block 139-01|journal=Property Records, Section 3, Block 139-01|publisher=[[Nassau County, New York]]}}</ref>
* [[William John Logan]] – Banker, college football player, and the widower of [[Marjorie Church Logan]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=July 25, 1946|title=ROBBER KILLS WIFE OF BANKER IN HOME; Mrs. William John Logan Shot and Daughter Wounded by Man Who Makes Escape ROBBER KILLS WIFE OF BANKER IN HOME Daughter on Second Floor Started for Doctor's Office Maid Finds Dying Woman|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1946/07/25/archives/robber-kills-wife-of-banker-in-home-mrs-william-john-logan-shot-and.html|access-date=September 6, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|year=2014|title=2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2014/Awards.pdf|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)|page=4|accessdate=August 16, 2014|archive-date=November 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126094941/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2014/awards.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> Served as the Mayor of Flower Hill between 1931 and 1937; lived on Bonnie Heights Road.<ref name=":1" />
* [[Lebert Lombardo|Liebert Lombardo]] – Musician; [[Guy Lombardo]]'s younger brother.<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 19, 1949 |title=New Lombardo on Record |pages=18 |work=[[Newsday]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Bookbinder |first=Bernie |date=February 3, 1956 |title=Old Acquaintance Wants Lombardos' $ |pages=4 |work=[[Newsday]] }}</ref>
* [[Robert Manning (journalist)|Robert Manning]] – Journalist.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Altshul |first=Jack |date=July 28, 1953 |title=Heads and Tales: Polly Doesn't Like Parties, Any More |pages=34 |work=[[Newsday]] }}</ref>
* [[James McCann (businessman)|James F. McCann]] – Businessman; founder of [[1-800-Flowers|1-800 Flowers]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Undercover Boss Chris McCann to Rearrange 1-800-Flowers|url=https://www.aol.com/2010/04/09/undercover-boss-chris-mccann-to-rearrange-1-800-flowers/ |website=AOL |date=July 15, 2016 |access-date=September 6, 2020}}</ref><ref>[http://villageflowerhill.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/2016-2017-VILLAGE-TAX-ROLL-11-11-16.pdf 2016-2017 Village Tax Roll]. ''Village of Flower Hill.'' 2016. Retrieved November 9, 2020.</ref>
* [[Chris Mullin|Christopher Mullin]] – Former [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] basketball player.<ref name=":70">[http://villageflowerhill.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/2020-2021-Final-Roll.pdf 2020-2021 Village Tax Roll]. ''Village of Flower Hill.'' 2016. Retrieved November 9, 2020.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=November 2, 2016|title=Chris Mullin's House in Flower Hill, NY (Google Maps) (#2)|url=https://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/chris-mullins-house-1/view/google/ |website=Virtual Globetrotting |access-date=November 11, 2020}}</ref>
* [[Patrice Munsel]] – American opera singer; Munsel was the youngest singer to ever star at the Metropolitan Opera, at the age of 17.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ommerman|first=Betty|date=September 17, 1968|title=Style Note at Met Opening Is Elegance|page=1A|work=[[Newsday]]}}</ref><ref name="pmwosastn">{{cite news|last=Harrison|first=Gwen|date=November 1, 1944|title=Pat Munsel was opera star at 17|page=1-B|newspaper=Miami Daily News|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uAoyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=V-cFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1666%2C79179}}</ref>
* [[Carlos Munson|Carlos W. Munson]] – President of the [[Munson Steamship Company]]; resided at ''[[Elderfields Preserve|Elderfields]]''. Munson was the founding father of Flower Hill.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":43" /><ref name=":84" /><ref name=":85" />
* [[Nelson Olmsted]] – Actor; lived on Mason Drive.<ref name=":43" /><ref>{{Cite news|date=May 7, 1949|title=Newcomer on the Island|work=[[Newsday]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=September 25, 1956|title=Actor Makes 2 Records, Weirdest Under the Moon|work=[[Newsday]]}}</ref>
* [[Norman Penny|Norman F. Penny]] – Banker, insurance broker, and politician who had served in the [[New York State Assembly]] from 1938 to 1942; major [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] figure in Nassau County.<ref name=":50">{{Cite news |date=February 14, 1962 |title=Norman F. Penny Is Dead at 57; North Hempstead G.O.P. Leader |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1962/02/14/archives/norman-f-penny-is-dead-at-57-north-hempstead-gop-leader.html |access-date=August 22, 2022 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Lived on Knolls Lane.<ref name=":50" />
* [[Elaine Phillips]] – Served as Mayor of Flower Hill from 2012 until 2016, when she was elected to the [[New York State Senate]] on November 8, 2016.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />
* [[Ralph Pulitzer#Personal life and death|Ralph Pulitzer, Jr.]] – Son of publisher [[Ralph Pulitzer]]; lived on Elderfields Road in the Manhasset section of Flower Hill.<ref name=":43" /><ref>{{Cite news |title=Ralph Pulitzer Jr., Publisher's Son, 59 |work=The New York Times |url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1965/09/16/96718615.html |page=47 |access-date=November 10, 2020}}</ref>
* [[Günter Reimann]] – Economist and writer from Germany; vocal critic of [[Adolf Hitler]], [[fascism]], and the [[Nazi Germany|Nazis]].<ref>1990-1991 Village Tax Roll. ''Village of Flower Hill.'' 1991.</ref>
* [[Jesse Ricks|Jesse J. Ricks]] – Former board chairman of [[Union Carbide]]; his estate, [[Chanticlare]], was subdivided in the 1960s and became the Chanticlare at Flower Hill housing development.<ref name=":43" /><ref>{{Cite news|last=Kass|first=Jane|date=May 18, 1965|title=Mansion Spared as Homes Rise on Estate|work=[[Newsday]]}}</ref><ref>''Map of Chanticlare at Flower Hill, Situated in Flower Hill, Nassau Co., N.Y.''(Map). June 15, 1965 – via Nassau County Public Records.</ref>
* [[Barry Scheck]] – Attorney and legal scholar; grew up in Flower Hill.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marzlock |first=Ron |date=2023-07-13 |title=Barry Scheck: defense rested in Rego Park home |url=https://www.qchron.com/qboro/i_have_often_walked/barry-scheck-defense-rested-in-rego-park-home/article_8c661fc2-eeaf-5d8c-8c1e-a39d963af3bb.html |access-date=2024-07-26 |website=Queens Chronicle |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Robert C. Schuler]] – Advertising and public relations executive; Patrice Munsel's husband.<ref name=":87">{{Cite news|date=August 11, 1969|title=Bracelets Vanish; Actress at a Loss|page=23|work=[[Newsday]]}}</ref>
* [[Ben Selvin]] – Musician, band leader, and [[Guinness World Records|Guinness World Record]]-holding record producer known as "The Dean of Recorded Music"; lived on Reni Road.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 16, 1980 |title=Benjamin Selvin, Musician |work=[[Newsday]] |pages=29 }}</ref>
* [[Walter Slezak]] – Austrian actor; lived in Flower Hill until his death.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Flint|first=Peter B.|date=April 23, 1983|title=Walter Slezak, Actor, Is a Suicide at 80 on L.I. (Published 1983) |work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/04/23/obituaries/walter-slezak-actor-is-a-suicide-at-80-on-li.html|access-date=October 15, 2020}}</ref>
* [[Thomas J. Stevenson, Sr.]] – Shipping executive who founded the [[T. J. Stevenson & Company, Inc.|T. J. Stevenson & Company]]; lived on Elderfields Road.<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 29, 1968 |title=Thomas J. Stevenson Sr. Founded Shipping Firm |work=[[Newsday]] |pages=52 }}</ref>
* [[Michael J. Tully Jr.|Michael J. Tully, Jr.]] – Former lawyer and politician; Tully served as the Town of North Hempstead Supervisor and as a New York State Senator. He died of a heart attack in his home on Elderfields Road in 1997.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Lambert|first=Bruce|date=August 6, 1997|title=Michael J. Tully Jr., 64, Senator Who Fought for a Smoking Ban (Published 1997) |work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/06/nyregion/michael-j-tully-jr-64-senator-who-fought-for-a-smoking-ban.html|access-date=October 10, 2020}}</ref>
* [[Charles Vachris|Charles F. Vachris]] – Civil engineer and founder of Vachris Engineering; lived on Ridge Drive West and Dogwood Lane.<ref name=":89">{{Cite web|title=Village engineer dies of heart attack at 75|url=https://www.newsday.com/long-island/obituaries/charles-vachris-flower-hill-village-engineer-dies-at-75-1.9507916|access-date=June 25, 2021|website=Newsday|language=en}}</ref> Vachris served in various roles in Flower Hill's government, such as Village Trustee and Village Engineer.<ref name=":89" />
* [[Family of Donald Trump|Elizabeth Trump Walter]] – The sister of [[Fred Trump]], the mother of John Walter, and [[Donald Trump|President Donald J. Trump's]] aunt.<ref name=":69">{{Cite news|date=December 4, 1961|title=Mrs. William Walter |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
* [[John Whitney Walter|John W. Walter]] – Mayor of Flower Hill between 1988 and 1996, and following that, the Village Historian until his death in 2018.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":22" /> Walter was the first cousin of [[Donald Trump|President Donald J. Trump]].<ref name=":22">{{Cite web|last=Torrance|first=Luke|date=January 10, 2018|title=John Walter, Flower Hill mayor and cousin of the president, dies - News|url=https://theislandnow.com/news-98/john-walter-flower-hill-mayor-cousin-president-dies/ |website=The Island Now |access-date=September 7, 2020}}</ref>
* [[Burl S. Watson]] – President and CEO of [[Cities Service Company]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 18, 1975 |title=Obituaries: Burl S. Watson |page=33 |work=[[Newsday]] }}</ref>
* [[Bagley Wright]] – Real estate developer and philanthropist, notable for being a developer of the [[Space Needle]] in [[Seattle]]. Wright and his family moved to an Aspinwall & Simpson-designed home on Elderfields Road around 1940.<ref name=":43" /><ref name=":04">{{Cite web|title=Wright, Bagley (1924-2011)|url=https://www.historylink.org/File/9904|access-date=December 13, 2020|website=www.historylink.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=C. Bagley Wright, residence on Elderfields Rd., Flower Hill, Manhassett, Long Island. General exterior, entrance facade|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/2018736746/|access-date=December 13, 2020|website=Library of Congress}}</ref>