Editing North Babylon, New York (section)

=== 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.