Editing Old Westbury, New York (section)

==Notable people==
[[File:Bethenny Frankel 2009.png|thumb|180px|[[Bethenny Frankel]]]]
[[File:Bess Myerson 1957.jpg|thumb|180px|[[Bess Myerson]]]]
[[File:Brandon Nimmo in the on-deck circle, March 30, 2023 - 001 (cropped).jpg|thumb|180px|[[Brandon Nimmo]]]]
[[File:Mrs Henry Phipps and Her Grandson Winston John Singer Sargent 1907.jpeg|thumb|right|upright=0.8|''Mrs. [[Henry Phipps Jr.|Henry Phipps]] and Her Grandson [[Winston Frederick Churchill Guest|Winston]]'' by [[John Singer Sargent]] (1906/07)]]
[[File:Howard Stern.jpg|thumb|180px|[[Howard Stern]]]]
[[File:Gloria Vanderbilt 1959.JPG|thumb|180px|[[Gloria Vanderbilt]]]]
[[File:James Walker NYWTS crop.jpg|thumb|180px|[[Jimmy Walker]]]]
[[File:Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (c 1909).jpg|thumb|180px|[[Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney]]]]
[[File:Steve Witkoff at White House Opioids Summit 2018 (cropped).png|thumb|180px|[[Steve Witkoff]]]]
* [[Jean Aberbach]] (1910–1992), Austrian-born American art collector, founder of [[Hill & Range]] music publishers that controlled much of the [[Elvis Presley]] catalog
* [[Carol Alt]] (born 1960), [[supermodel]], television personality
* [[Frank Altimari]] (1928–1998), judge of the [[U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit]] 
* [[Artful (horse)|Artful]], champion thoroughbred horse
* [[Ashanti (entertainer)|Ashanti]] (born 1980), musician<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cityfile.com/profiles/ashanti |title=Cityfile: Ashanti |website=cityfile.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828085921/http://www.cityfile.com/profiles/ashanti |archive-date=August 28, 2008}}</ref>
* [[Sam Ash#Ash Family history|Jerome Ash]], owner of [[Sam Ash Music]] stores
* [[Doe Avedon]] (1925–2011), fashion model and actress, wife of [[Richard Avedon]], the inspiration for [[Audrey Hepburn]]'s character in ''[[Funny Face]]'' (Avedon was legally adopted by the wealthy employer of her biological father who served as a butler until his death) <ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/23/arts/doe-avedon-fashion-model-and-actress-dies-at-86.html | work=The New York Times | first=Margalit | last=Fox | title=Doe Avedon, Fashion Model and Actress, Dies at 86 | date=December 23, 2011}}</ref>
* [[Robert Low Bacon]] (1884–1938), banker and congressman
* [[Florence Bellows Baker]] (1876–1936), philanthropist and horticulturist
* [[Charles T. Barney]] (1851–1907), president of [[Wells Fargo & Company]], president of the [[Knickerbocker Trust Company]]
* [[Alva Belmont]] (1853–1933), socialite, woman's suffragist
* [[Oliver Belmont]] (1858–1908), son of [[August Belmont]]
* [[Harvey R. Blau]] (1935–2018), former mayor and deputy mayor; chairman and former CEO of [[Griffon Corporation]]
* [[Vira Boarman Whitehouse]] (1875–1957), woman suffragist, birth control proponent 
* [[Bold Reason]], champion thoroughbred horse
* [[Albert C. Bostwick, Jr.]], steeplechase jockey, Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder/trainer, heir to the [[Standard Oil Trust]]
* [[Dunbar Bostwick]], horseman, pilot, sportsman, heir to the Standard Oil Trust
* [[George Herbert Bostwick]] (1909–1982), tennis player, jockey, trainer
* [[Pete Bostwick]], Standard Oil heir, tennis champion
* [[Buckpasser]]. champion thoroughbred horse
* [[Carl Andrew Capasso]], NYC contractor involved in bribery and tax evasion scandal
* [[Arielle Charnas]] (born 1987), fashion designer and blogger
* [[Michael Cimino]] (1939–2016), film writer and director
* [[F. Ambrose Clark]], equestrian, heir to [[Singer Corporation|Singer Sewing Machine Co.]]
* [[Cross and Cross|Eliot Cross]], architect and owner of [[Cross and Cross]]
* [[Marguerite Sawyer Hill Davis]], socialite and one of the wealthiest women of her time
* [[Herman Duryea]], thoroughbred race horse owner and breeder
* [[Herman Edwards]] (born 1954), [[Kansas City Chiefs]] coach
* [[Hervé Filion]] (1940–2017), Canadian harness racing driver
* [[Floyd H. Flake]] (born 1945), member of [[U.S. House of Representatives]]
* Max [[Fortunoff]], founder/owner of [[Fortunoff]] department stores<ref>{{cite news|last=Hudson|first=Edward|title=Max Fortunoff, 89, Is Dead; Headed Specialty Store Chain|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/26/obituaries/max-fortunoff-89-is-dead-headed-specialty-store-chain.html|newspaper=New York Times|access-date=June 7, 2012|date=July 26, 1987}}</ref>
* [[Bethenny Frankel]] (born 1970), SkinnyGirl cocktail founder, television personality (''[[Real Housewives of New York City]]'', ''[[Bethenny Ever After]]''), author of multiple titles making [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''The New York Times'' Best Seller list]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Frankel|first=Bethenny|title=Naturally Thin|year=2009|publisher=Touchstone|pages=Introduction}}</ref>
* [[Robert L. Gerry, Jr.]], [[polo]] champion, real estate investor
* [[Princesses: Long Island#Cast|Erica Gimbel]], socialite, reality television star on [[Princesses: Long Island]]
* [[Anson Goodyear]], philanthropist, chairman of [[Gaylord Container Corporation]], director of [[Paramount Pictures]], director of the [[Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad]], first president of the [[Museum of Modern Art#History|Museum of Modern Art]]
* [[Victoria Gotti]] (born 1962), daughter of [[John Gotti]], reality television star, author
* [[Michael P. Grace]], Irish-American chairman of [[W. R. Grace and Company]] (NYC) and Grace Brothers & Co. Ltd. (London, England)
* [[C. Z. Guest]], socialite, [[Truman Capote]] swan, celebrity gardener, author<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/bestdressed/bestdressed_women?currentPage=2 |title=Archived copy |website=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |access-date=April 2, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080229132518/http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/bestdressed/bestdressed_women?currentPage=2 |archive-date=February 29, 2008}}</ref>
* [[Cornelia Guest]] (born 1963), socialite, crowned "Deb of the Decade" by [[Andy Warhol]] (1980s), author<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/19/magazine/to-the-manor-born.html | work=The New York Times | first=Lynn | last=Hirschberg | title=To The Manor Born | date=August 19, 2001}}</ref>
* [[Frederick Guest]], British polo player, philanthropist, British politician and peer
* [[Winston Frederick Churchill Guest]], Anglo-American polo champion, [[Phipps family]] heir
* [[Marie Norton Harriman]] (1903–1970), [[First Ladies and Gentlemen of New York|First Lady of New York]], wife of [[W. Averell Harriman]], art collector
* [[Thomas Hastings (architect)|Thomas Hastings]] (1860–1929), architect, partner of [[Carrère and Hastings]]
* [[Leila Hadley]] (1925–2009), socialite, author
* [[Gustave Maurice Heckscher]] (1884–1967), pioneer seaplane aviator
* [[W. Barklie Henry]] (1867–1930), stockbroker, yachtsman
* [[Frederick C. Hicks|Frederick Hicks]] (1872–1925), congressman, diplomat
* [[James J. Hill#Family life|James N. Hill]], Canadian-American [[Great Northern Railway (U.S.)|Great Northern Railway]] heir, son of "the empire builder" [[James J. Hill]] and [[Margaret Sawyer Hill Davis|Margaret Sawyer Hill]]
* [[Thomas Hitchcock]], polo champion
* [[Adam C. Hochfelder]] (born 1971), real estate magnate
* [[Rick Hoffman]] (born 1970), actor
* [[Edward Francis Hutton]] (1875–1962), financier and co-founder of [[E. F. Hutton & Co.]]
* [[Matthew Ianniello]] (1920–2012), restaurateur, alleged [[Genovese crime family]] acting boss.
* [[Kevin James]] (born 1965), actor<ref>{{cite web |last1=Banks |first1=Beverly |title=Actor Kevin James Must Face Nanny's Bias, Retaliation Claims |url=https://www.law360.com/employment-authority/articles/1427487/actor-kevin-james-must-face-nanny-s-bias-retaliation-claims |website=Law360 |access-date=October 2, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Reza Jarrahy]] (born 1956), plastic surgeon, former husband of actress [[Geena Davis]]
* [[Peter S. Kalikow]] (born 1942), real estate magnate, car collector, former [[Forbes 400|''Forbes'' 400]] member, [[New York Post]] owner, [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] chairman and [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey]] commissioner
* [[Foxhall Keene]] (1867–1941), champion automobile racer, polo player, thoroughbred breeder, purported original namesake for "[[Chicken à la King]]"
* [[Charles Kelman]] (1930–2004), eye surgeon, medical pioneer
* [[Ed Kranepool]] (1944–2024), [[New York Mets]] [[first baseman]]
* [[Nicole Krauss]] (born 1974), author, wife of [[Jonathan Safran Foer]]
* [[James Lanier]] (1800–1881), entrepreneur, banker, founder of [[Winslow, Lanier & Co.]], owner of [[Lanier Mansion]]
* [[John LeBoutillier]] (born 1953), U.S. congressman
* [[Jack Liebowitz]] (1900–2000), original co-owner of [[DC Comics]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Nash|first1=Eric P.|title=Jack Liebowitz, Comics Publisher, Dies at 100|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/13/nyregion/jack-liebowitz-comics-publisher-dies-at-100.html|access-date=January 8, 2015|work=New York Times|date=December 13, 2000}}</ref>
* [[William Goadby Loew]] (1875–1955), financier and stockbroker 
* [[James Brown Lord]] (1859–1902), architect
* [[Charles B. Macdonald]], builder of first U.S. 18-hole golf course and other courses, founder of [[United States Golf Association]]
* [[Jack Martins]] (born 1967), NYS Senator, former mayor of [[Mineola, New York|Mineola]]
* [[Shep Messing]] (born 1949), soccer goalkeeper,  broadcaster, and chairman of the [[Major Arena Soccer League]]
* [[Marvin Middlemark]]  (1919–1989), inventor of/patent-holder for the "rabbit ears" television antenna
* [[Devereux Milburn]], champion polo player, attorney at [[Carter Ledyard & Milburn]], son of [[John G. Milburn]]
* [[Edwin D. Morgan (businessman)|E.D. Morgan III]], [[Edwin Denison Morgan|Morgan family]] heir, [[Pioneer Fund]] director, grandson/namesake of the NY governor and U.S. Senator
* [[Bess Myerson]] (1924–2014), [[Miss America]] (1945)
* [[Nas]] (born 1973), rapper<ref>Bryan, Carmen, ''It's No Secret: From Nas to Jay-Z, from seduction to scandal, a hip-hop Helen of Troy tells all''. New York: VH1 Books, 2006. p 208.</ref>
* [[Brandon Nimmo]] (born 1993), [[MLB]] [[outfielder]] for the [[New York Mets]]<ref>{{cite news |author1=Harrison Connery |title=Finding Nimmo a home: Mets star buys in Old Westbury |url=https://therealdeal.com/new-york/tristate/2023/03/14/finding-nimmo-a-home-mets-star-buys-in-old-westbury/ |access-date=March 15, 2023 |publisher=The Real Deal |date=March 14, 2023 |quote=After securing a $162 million long-term contract with the New York Mets, outfielder Brandon Nimmo is taking a walk to Old Westbury.}}</ref> 
* [[John Parisella]] (born 1940), horse trainer
* [[Darragh Park]] (1939–2009), artist, executor of the [[James Schuyler]] estate
* [[Angel Penna, Sr.]] (1923–1992), Argentine-born thoroughbred horse trainer
* [[Pergament Home Centers|Murray Pergament]], founder of [[Pergament Home Centers]]
* [[Henry Phipps, Jr.]], [[Carnegie Steel Company]] partner, philanthropist
* [[Henry Carnegie Phipps]], Carnegie Steel Company heir, Phipps family heir, sportsman, [[Wheatley Stable]] owner
* [[Hubert Beaumont Phipps]], Phipps family and [[Grace family]] heir, publisher, thoroughbred breeder
* [[John Shaffer Phipps]], director of [[U.S. Steel]] and [[W. R. Grace and Company|W. R. Grace & Co.]]
* [[Lillian Bostwick Phipps]], socialite, thoroughbred horse stable owner
* [[Michael Grace Phipps]], polo champion, Phipps family and Grace family heir, board member of [[Bessemer Trust]] and [[W.R. Grace & Co.]]
* [[Ogden Phipps]], Carnegie Steel heir, tennis champion, philanthropist
* [[Leonard Pines]] (1911–2001), owner of [[Hebrew National]]
* [[Fred Plum]] (1924–2010), [[neurosurgeon]], developed the term "[[persistent vegetative state]]" and treated [[President Nixon]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Ewen|first=Lara|title=$1,888,888M Old Westbury home started as farmhouse|url=https://www.newsday.com/classifieds/real-estate/old-westbury-home-sale-1.17882467|access-date=April 8, 2018|newspaper=Newsday|date=April 6, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Lilly Pulitzer]] (1931–2013), designer, socialite
* [[Aby Rosen]] (born 1960),<ref>{{cite news|last=Coscarelli|first=Joe|title=Damien Hirst Statue of Giant, Naked Pregnant Woman Scandalizing Long Island Rich People|url=http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/05/damien-hirst-naked-woman-statue-scandalizing-rich-people.html|access-date=May 8, 2014|newspaper=New York Magazine|date=May 8, 2014}}</ref> German and American art collector and real estate mogul with holdings including the [[Seagram Building]], [[Lever House]], [[W Hotels|W]] [[South Beach]], [[Gramercy Park Hotel]], [[Paramount Hotel]], and [[Planet Hollywood]] [[Miracle Mile Shops]]
* [[Steven Rubenstein]] (1962–2012), anthropologist
* [[Ely Sakhai]], notorious gallery owner and art forger
* [[David B. Samadi]], former chairman of Urology and Chief of Robotic Surgery at [[Lenox Hill Hospital]]
* [http://www.wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-features/victorious-vf-nabs-designer-label-with-586m-nautica-deal-726464?full=true Harvey Sanders], [[Nautica (clothing company)|Nautica]] CEO, chairman of the board and president, [[Under Armour]] director <ref>{{cite web|title=Former Nautica CEO Lists Sporty Long Island Estate for $7.5M|url=http://curbed.com/archives/2013/07/12/former-nautica-ceo-lists-sporty-long-island-estate-for-75m.php|work=Curbed|access-date=July 15, 2013}}</ref> 
* [[Vito Schnabel]] (born 1986), art dealer, actor, writer and producer, son of [[Julian Schnabel]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gould |first1=Jennifer |title=Vito Schnabel quietly bought a Long Island mansion last year |url=https://nypost.com/2020/01/15/vito-schnabel-quietly-bought-a-long-island-mansion-last-year/?_gl=1*jm6xdy*_ga*NTI5NzgxNDgyLjE3MjA3MzY1NjI.*_ga_0DZ7LHF5PZ*MTcyMTU4NzMwOS4yLjEuMTcyMTU4NzMxOC41MS4wLjA. |access-date=21 July 2024 |work=The New York Post |date=15 January 2020}}</ref>
* Steven Schonfeld, [[billionaire]], ranked 371 on ''Forbes'' 400<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2009/54/rich-list-09_Steven-Schonfeld_5ISP.html|title = Forbes List Directory|website = [[Forbes]]}}</ref>
* [[Eleanor Searle]] (1908–2002), philanthropist, singer
* [[Audiovox#History|John Shalam]], founder and CEO of [[Audiovox]]
* [[Igor Sikorsky]] (1889–1972), Russian-American airplane developer and first major producer of helicopters
* [[David Simon]] (born 1960), CEO of [[Simon Property Group]]
* [[Bernice Steinbaum]] (born 1941), gallerist, dealer, curator, juror, speaker, author
* [[Howard Stern]] (born 1954), entertainer
* [[Beatrice Straight]], member of [[Whitney family]], [[Academy Award]]-winning actress
* [[Willard Dickerman Straight]], banker, diplomat, co-founder of ''[[The New Republic]]'' magazine
* [[Harold E. Talbott]], early aviator, president of [[Dayton-Wright Airplane Company]], third [[United States Secretary of the Air Force]].
* [[Seabury Tredwell]], future owner of what is now the [[Merchant's House Museum]] in Manhattan
* [[Barry Van Gerbig]] (born 1939), socialite, son-in-law of [[Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.]], [[NHL]] owner
* [[Consuelo Vanderbilt]] (1877–1964), [[Vanderbilt family]] heiress, wife of, firstly, [[Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough]] and, secondly, record-breaking pilot [[Jacques Balsan]]
* [[Gloria Vanderbilt]] (1924–2019), Vanderbilt family heiress, clothing and perfume designer
* [[Harold Stirling Vanderbilt]], Vanderbilt family heir, prominent railroad industrialist, philanthropist and yachtsman
* [[William Kissam Vanderbilt II]], Vanderbilt family heir, prominent motor racer and yachtsman
* [[Francis Skiddy von Stade, Sr.]] (1884–1967), polo champion, [[Saratoga Race Course]] president
* [[Waldbaum's|Ira Waldbaum]], built up the [[Waldbaum's]] supermarket chain from a six store operation into one of the largest in the Northeast
* [[George Herbert Walker]] (1875–1953), banker and businessman, namesake and grandfather of U.S. president [[George H. W. Bush]], namesake and great-grandfather of U.S. President [[George W. Bush]]
* [[Jimmy Walker]] (1881–1946), flamboyant [[New York City Mayor]], part of the powerful [[Tammany Hall]] machine<ref>{{cite news|last1=Braff|first1=Danielle|title=NYC Mayor Jimmy Walker's Old Westbury Mansion for Sale|url=http://www.newsday.com/classifieds/real-estate/nyc-mayor-jimmy-walker-s-old-westbury-home-for-sale-1.10439501|access-date=May 16, 2015|newspaper=Newsday|date=May 15, 2015}}</ref>
* [[Electra Havemeyer Webb]] (1888–1960), collector, philanthropist, founder of the [[Shelburne Museum]]
* [[James Watson Webb]] (1802–1884), owner of ''[[New York Courier and Enquirer]]'' newspaper, politician
* [[J. Watson Webb, Jr.]] (1916–2000), film editor, heir to both the [[Henry Osborne Havemeyer|Havemeyer]] and Vanderbilt families
* [[William Collins Whitney]] (1841–1904), founder of the [[Whitney family]], financier, U.S. Cabinet member, thoroughbred stable owner
* [[Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney]], Vanderbilt family and Whitney family heir, financier, philanthropist
* [[Dorothy Payne Whitney]], Whitney family heiress, co-founder of [[The New Republic]] magazine and the [[Dartington School]]
* [[Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney]], Vanderbilt family heiress, founder of the [[Whitney Museum of American Art]]
* [[Harry Payne Whitney]], member of Whitney family, thoroughbred horse breeder
* [[Marylou Whitney]], socialite, philanthropist, thoroughbred stable owner
* [[John Wilmerding]] (1938–2024), art collector, curator and professor, [[Henry Osborne Havemeyer|Havemeyer]] and Vanderbilt family heir
* [[Charles Erwin Wilson|Charles E. Wilson]] (1890–1961), president of [[General Motors]], U.S. Cabinet member
* Robert Winthrop, member of the Dudley–Winthrop family, banker, philanthropist, namesake of [[Winthrop-University Hospital]]
*[[Steve Witkoff]] (born 1957),  [[Second presidency of Donald Trump|Special Envoy to the Middle East]] for U.S. President [[Donald Trump]]; real estate investor and developer, founder of the Witkoff Group, attorney
* [[Louis Wolfson]] (1912–2007), financier, thoroughbred horse owner
* [[Hpnotiq#History|Raphael Yakoby]], creator of [[Hpnotiq]]
* [[Alexei Yashin]] (born 1973), Russian professional hockey player, [[New York Islanders]]