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==Notable people== {{More citations needed section|date=May 2015}} === Popular culture === North Babylon has had a number of residents over the years who have gained some varying degrees of fame. ''[[The Sopranos]]'' actress [[Edie Falco]], lived at the end of Gracie Drive next to Parliament Place School for several years in the late 1960s and early 1970s. [[LL Cool J]] (born James Todd Smith) lived on Lakeway Avenue and attended Belmont Elementary School, and Robert Moses Junior High School in the 1970s and 1980s. [[Dee Snider]], singer of the heavy metal band [[Twisted Sister]] lived on Lico Place in the early 1980s. Filmmaker Oliver Stone featured two people from North Babylon in his films [[The Doors (film)|The Doors]] and [[Midnight Express (film)|Midnight Express]]: * [[Patricia Kennealy-Morrison]], born Patricia Kennely, grew up on Belinda Court and graduated from North Babylon High School in 1963. She exchanged marriage vows in a Celtic pagan [[Handfasting (Neopaganism)|handfasting]] ceremony with [[The Doors]] singer [[Jim Morrison]] in June 1970. She was an accomplished rock music journalist and author who also wrote twelve books. In [[Oliver Stone]]'s film ''[[The Doors (film)|The Doors]]'', Kennealy-Morrison appears in a brief cameo as the Wiccan Priestess. Kennealy-Morrison's character is portrayed by [[Kathleen Quinlan]]. Patricia died on July 23, 2021, at her home in New York City.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Genzlinger |first1=Neil |title=Patricia Kennealy-Morrison, Rock Journalist, Dies at 75 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/04/arts/music/patricia-kennealy-morrison-rock-journalist-dies-at-75.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=October 25, 2021 |date=August 4, 2021 |archive-date=September 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210914092850/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/04/arts/music/patricia-kennealy-morrison-rock-journalist-dies-at-75.html |url-status=live }}</ref> * Actor and writer [[Billy Hayes (writer)|Billy Hayes]] wrote the autobiographical ''[[Midnight Express (book)|Midnight Express]]'', which was made into an Academy and Golden Globe Award winning film also named [[Midnight Express (film)|Midnight Express]] by Oliver Stone. [[Erik Chopin]] was the winner of [[The Biggest Loser (season 3)|season 3]] of [[NBC]]'s series ''[[The Biggest Loser (American TV series)|The Biggest Loser]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Browse "Popular" - NBC.com |url=https://www.nbc.com/shows/all/popular |access-date=2022-07-18 |website=NBC |language=en-US |archive-date=March 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150302081258/http://www.nbc.com/the-firm/about/bio/natasha-calis |url-status=live }}</ref> Socialite, friend of [[Paris Hilton]], and brief reality TV star [[Allison Melnick]] grew up in North Babylon, attending Peter J. Brennan Junior High School and North Babylon High School graduating in 1989. [[RuPaul]]'s Drag Race Season Six contestant [[Darienne Lake]], aka Gregory Meyer, who grew up in the Poet Section of North Babylon, attending Parliament Place Elementary School, until the early 1980s before moving to [[Rochester, NY]]. Model, actor and body builder [[Billy Herrington]], grew up on Rhoda Avenue and was a 1987 graduate of North Babylon High School. He has gained international fame as "Aniki". Billy died in 2018. [[Steve Cuozzo]] is a ''[[New York Post]]'' writer/editor from North Babylon. [[Frank Isola]] is a sportswriter, author, radio personality and ESPN contributor from North Babylon. [[Drew G. Montalvo]], International DJ and producer, is from North Babylon. === Athletics === [[Danny Green (basketball)|Danny Green]], a basketball guard for the [[North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball|University of North Carolina]] who hails from North Babylon, achieved success that led him to the [[2009 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament]]. Green was signed to the [[San Antonio Spurs]] in March 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.nba.com/spurs/news/110316_green.html|title = Spurs Sign Danny Green|website = [[NBA.com]]|access-date = March 23, 2011|archive-date = March 20, 2011|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110320024932/http://www.nba.com/spurs/news/110316_green.html|url-status = live}}</ref> Danny Green won an NBA Championship in 2014 with the San Antonio Spurs, beating the Miami Heat, 4-1 and was traded, with [[Kawhi Leonard]], to the [[Toronto Raptors]], who went on to win the 2019 NBA championship. He then signed a contract with the Los Angeles Lakers for the 2019β20 season. [[Bria Hartley]] is currently a professional WNBA basketball player for the New York Liberty. She played point guard for the [[Connecticut Huskies women's basketball|UConn women's basketball team]], and won back to back national championships in 2013 and 2014. She was drafted by the [[Seattle Storm]] with the seventh overall pick in the 2014 WNBA Draft and immediately traded to the [[Washington Mystics]], where she played until January 2017, before being traded to the [[New York Liberty]] to clear a salary cap. [[Scooter Berry|Richard Scooter Berry]], a 2005 graduate from North Babylon High School (NBHS), is a defensive end for the Arena Football League's [[Jacksonville Sharks]]. He has also gained notoriety for a picture from 2007 circulating on the internet where he is sitting next to fellow West Virginia player [[Johnny Dingle]] - forming a picture of "Dingle Berry".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://misterirrelevant.com/index.php/2007/09/15/west-vas-dingle-berry-hangs-together/ |title=West VA.'s Dingle-Berry Hangs Together |access-date=October 14, 2015 |archive-date=October 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018090340/http://misterirrelevant.com/index.php/2007/09/15/west-vas-dingle-berry-hangs-together/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Olympiads [[Joe Fitzgerald (handballer)|Joseph]] and [[Tom Fitzgerald (handballer)|Thomas Fitzgerald]] (1996 Olympics - Team Handball) also hail from North Babylon - growing up and graduating from North Babylon High School. [[Tim Seaman]], a 1990 graduate of North Babylon High School, was a member of the USA 2000 and 2004 Olympic teams for [[racewalking]]. He currently coaches other athletes from his currently home in [[Imperial Beach, California]]. [[Chris Aloisi]], born 1981, a soccer player and manager. === Historic Persons === [[August Belmont]], the noted 19th-century financier, raised racing horses at his estate which is now [[Belmont Lake State Park]]. There is still a flat circular plot of ground just south of the [[Southern State Parkway]] on the western side of Belmont Avenue where his trainers worked the horses when they were in New York for the racing season. The former driveway of Belmont's estate was lined with tall pine trees that are still visible in the median of the Southern State Parkway just west of Belmont Avenue. [[Austin Corbin]], who developed [[Coney Island]] in the 1870s before he became the manager of the Long Island Railroad, built his summer residence along the shores of what is now known as Deer Lake. Col. [[M. Robert Guggenheim]], an industrialist and statesman, and brother-in-law to the founder of the Long Island newspaper ''[[Newsday]]'', established a country estate on the same grounds as the former Corbin estate, which is now a neighborhood of post-war houses known as Parkdale Estates. The Guggenheims built a large home on Deer Park Avenue and horse stables (which later became the Stables Garden Center). For years the lakes known as Deer Lake were named Guggenheim Lakes. Other than the lakes and a couple of service buildings which were later relocated to West Islip, no traces of the Guggenheim estate remain. === Politicians === Former Suffolk County Executive [[Steve Bellone]] graduated from North Babylon High School in 1987 and was elected to office in 2012, serving until the end of 2023 after being term-limited out of office. Prior to serving as County Executive, Bellone served as Babylon Town Supervisor from 2001 to 2011. === 9/11 victims from North Babylon === {{Plain list| * William Johnston, 31, FDNY Engine 6, North Babylon High School, Class of 1987 <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://longisland.newsday.com/911-anniversary/victims/William-Johnston |title=Long Island remembers - William Johnston |access-date=March 23, 2011 |archive-date=July 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719061216/http://longisland.newsday.com/911-anniversary/victims/William-Johnston |url-status=dead }}</ref> * Andre G. Fletcher, 37, FDNY Rescue Co. 5 <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://longisland.newsday.com/911-anniversary/victims/Andre-Fletcher |title=Long Island remembers - Andre G. Fletcher |access-date=September 11, 2015 |archive-date=September 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922091136/http://longisland.newsday.com/911-anniversary/victims/Andre-Fletcher |url-status=dead }}</ref> * Catherine L. LoGuidice, 30 <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://longisland.newsday.com/911-anniversary/victims/Catherine-LoGuidice |title=Long Island remembers - Catherine Lisa LoGuidice |access-date=September 11, 2015 |archive-date=January 12, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112134636/http://longisland.newsday.com/911-anniversary/victims/Catherine-LoGuidice |url-status=dead }}</ref> * Richard M. Caproni, 34 <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://longisland.newsday.com/911-anniversary/victims/Richard-Caproni |title=Long Island remembers - Richard Michael Caproni |access-date=September 11, 2015 |archive-date=September 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922030101/http://longisland.newsday.com/911-anniversary/victims/Richard-Caproni |url-status=dead }}</ref> * Debra Mannetta (Ascoli), 31, North Babylon High School, Class of 1988 <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://longisland.newsday.com/911-anniversary/victims/Debra-Mannetta |title=Long Island remembers - Debra M. Mannetta |access-date=September 12, 2015 |archive-date=September 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922091025/http://longisland.newsday.com/911-anniversary/victims/Debra-Mannetta |url-status=dead }}</ref> * Richard Mangiano, Fireman * Kenneth A. George, 50, D.O.T (108 Forsythia Lane) * Philip Ognibene, 39, North Babylon Senior High School, Class of 1980 * Carlo Lillo, 37, FDNY Paramedic <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://longisland.newsday.com/911-anniversary/victims/Carlos-Lillo |title=Long Island remembers - Carlos R. Lillo |access-date=September 11, 2015 |archive-date=January 12, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112230219/http://longisland.newsday.com/911-anniversary/victims/Carlos-Lillo |url-status=dead }}</ref> * Stephen Scalza, 42, NYPD, North Babylon High School, Class of 1990 (died October 1, 2014 from lung disease as a result of the 9/11 recovery effort) * Mary Rubina Sperando, North Babylon High School, Class of 1979. }} === Vietnam War casualties from North Babylon === Source:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vietnam War casualties from New York |url=http://www.virtualwall.org/istate/istatny.htm |access-date=2022-07-18 |website=www.virtualwall.org |archive-date=April 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110402025858/http://www.virtualwall.org/istate/istatny.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> {{Plain list| * SGT Peter Nelson Baldwin, US Army * SP4 Vincent Anthony Datena, US Army * WO Bernardino Francis Genchi, US Army * PVT George Richard Green Jr, US Army * SP4 Luis Rola Mercado-Collado, US Army * PFC Wayne Lee Middleton, US Army * SP5 Phillip Rogers, US Army * SP4 Gary John Winkler, US Army * CPL Henry York, US Marines * LCPL Robert J. Reilly, Jr., US Marines, July 08, 1945 - December 09, 1965, North Babylon High School, Class of 1964 }}
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