Editing West Hempstead, New York (section)

==Notable people==
* [[Nathan Englander]], American short story writer and novelist, was born and raised in West Hempstead.<ref>[http://www.randomhouse.com/acmart/catalog/author.pperl?authorid=8116&view=fromauthor Nathan Englander - From the Author]</ref>
* [[Kalomoira]], popular Greek singer, was born in West Hempstead.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.greeknewsonline.com/long-islands-kalomira-sarantis-competing-in-antennas-fame-story/|title=Long Island's Kalomira Sarantis Competing in Antenna's ''Fame Story''|date=April 19, 2004}}</ref>
* [[Lucien Laurin]], award-winning horse trainer and Belmont Stakes champion, lived in West Hempstead.
* [[Don McPherson]], former NFL player<ref>{{cite web|title=Don McPherson|url=https://www.albany.edu/feature97/alcohol_awareness/mcpherson.html |website=Albany.com |access-date=April 24, 2022}}</ref>
* [[Walt Whitman]], American poet, essayist and journalist, was the headmaster of the West Hempstead-based District 17 Schoolhouse.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jacob|date=2009-08-20|title=Old School District 17 Schoolhouse|url=http://westhempsteadnowandthen.blogspot.com/search/label/Walt%20Whitman|access-date=2021-09-17|website=West Hempstead Now and Then}}</ref>
* [[Orville Wright]], Inventor of powered flight, lived in West Hempstead in the early 1930s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/WestHempsteadChamberofCommerce/posts/did-you-knowthat-besides-orville-wright-of-the-wright-brothers-and-co-inventor-o/609700065724672/|title=West Hempstead Chamber of Commerce|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=2018-11-23}}</ref>
* [[Heinrich Guggenheimer]], Prominent mathematician and Hebrew scholar, lived in West Hempstead later in life.<ref>{{cite web|title=Heinrich Guggenheimer|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Guggenheimer|access-date=July 10, 2024}}</ref>{{Circular reference|date=August 2024}}