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Glen Cove is a city in Nassau County
Nassau County, New York

Nassau County is a suburban Political subdivisions of New York State#County in the New York Metropolitan Area east of New York City in the U.S....
, New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
 on the North Shore
North Shore (Long Island)

The North Shore of Long Island is the area along Long Island's northern coast, bordering Long Island Sound. Traditionally, the region has been the most affluent on Long Island and among the most affluent in the New York metropolitan area, which has earned it the nickname "the Gold Coast." Though some consider the North Shore to include parts...
 of Long Island
Long Island

Long Island is an island located in southeastern New York, United States, just east of Manhattan. Stretching northeast into the Atlantic Ocean, Long Island contains four counties, two of which are Borough s of New York City, and two of which are mainly suburban....
. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city population was 26,622. The Mayor is Mr. Ralph V. Suozzi, cousin of current County Executive Thomas Suozzi
Thomas Suozzi

Thomas R. Suozzi is the county executive of Nassau County, New York. He was first elected to the post of county executive in 2001, the first Democratic county executive since Eugene Nickerson left office in 1971....
. Part of the early 20th century Gold Coast of the North Shore, Glen Cove has a diverse population. Glen Cove is one of the only two cities in Nassau County. The other is Long Beach
Long Beach, New York

Long Beach is a Political subdivisions of New York State#City in Nassau County, New York, New York on a barrier island off the South Shore of Long Island and one of only two cities in the county....
.

city is on the north shore of Long Island
Long Island

Long Island is an island located in southeastern New York, United States, just east of Manhattan. Stretching northeast into the Atlantic Ocean, Long Island contains four counties, two of which are Borough s of New York City, and two of which are mainly suburban....
, adjacent to the Long Island Sound
Long Island Sound

Long Island Sound is an estuary of the Atlantic Ocean and various rivers in the United States that lies between the coast of Connecticut to the north and Long Island, New York to the south....
.






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Glen Cove is a city in Nassau County
Nassau County, New York

Nassau County is a suburban Political subdivisions of New York State#County in the New York Metropolitan Area east of New York City in the U.S....
, New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
 on the North Shore
North Shore (Long Island)

The North Shore of Long Island is the area along Long Island's northern coast, bordering Long Island Sound. Traditionally, the region has been the most affluent on Long Island and among the most affluent in the New York metropolitan area, which has earned it the nickname "the Gold Coast." Though some consider the North Shore to include parts...
 of Long Island
Long Island

Long Island is an island located in southeastern New York, United States, just east of Manhattan. Stretching northeast into the Atlantic Ocean, Long Island contains four counties, two of which are Borough s of New York City, and two of which are mainly suburban....
. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city population was 26,622. The Mayor is Mr. Ralph V. Suozzi, cousin of current County Executive Thomas Suozzi
Thomas Suozzi

Thomas R. Suozzi is the county executive of Nassau County, New York. He was first elected to the post of county executive in 2001, the first Democratic county executive since Eugene Nickerson left office in 1971....
. Part of the early 20th century Gold Coast of the North Shore, Glen Cove has a diverse population. Glen Cove is one of the only two cities in Nassau County. The other is Long Beach
Long Beach, New York

Long Beach is a Political subdivisions of New York State#City in Nassau County, New York, New York on a barrier island off the South Shore of Long Island and one of only two cities in the county....
.

Geography

The city is on the north shore of Long Island
Long Island

Long Island is an island located in southeastern New York, United States, just east of Manhattan. Stretching northeast into the Atlantic Ocean, Long Island contains four counties, two of which are Borough s of New York City, and two of which are mainly suburban....
, adjacent to the Long Island Sound
Long Island Sound

Long Island Sound is an estuary of the Atlantic Ocean and various rivers in the United States that lies between the coast of Connecticut to the north and Long Island, New York to the south....
. The hills that stretch along the north shore of Long Island, on which Glen Cove is built, are the terminal moraines left by glaciers of the last ice age.

Glen Cove is located at (40.867326, -73.627738).

The City of Glen Cove is bordered on three sides by the Town of Oyster Bay
Oyster Bay (town), New York

The Town of Oyster Bay is one of three Political subdivisions of New York State#Town in Nassau County, New York, New York on Long Island, United States....
. The Town of Oyster Bay villages and hamlets bounding Glen Cove are (clockwise from the north east) :Lattingtown
Lattingtown, New York

The Village of Lattingtown is located within the Oyster Bay , New York in Nassau County, New York, New York in the United States. The population was 1,860 at the 2000 census....
, Locust Valley
Locust Valley, New York

Locust Valley is a hamlet located within the Oyster Bay , New York in Nassau County, New York, New York. As of the United States 2000 Census, the CDP population was 3,521....
, Matinecock
Matinecock, New York

The Village of Matinecock is located within the Oyster Bay , New York in Nassau County, New York, New York, United States. The population was 836 at the 2000 census....
, Glen Head
Glen Head, New York

Glen Head is a hamlet located within the Oyster Bay , New York in Nassau County, New York, New York. As of the United States 2000 Census, the population of Glen Head was 4,625....
, and Sea Cliff
Sea Cliff, New York

The Village of Sea Cliff is located within the Oyster Bay , New York in Nassau County, New York, New York. As of the United States 2000 Census, the village population was 5,066....
. To the north, the city is bordered by the Long Island Sound.

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data....
, the city has a total area of 19.2 square miles (49.9 km˛), of which, 6.7 square miles (17.2 km˛) of it is land and 12.6 square miles (32.7 km˛) of it (65.51%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census
Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population....
 of 2000, there were 31,622 people, 9,461 households, and 6,651 families residing in the city. The population density
Population density

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans....
 was 4,006.0 people per square mile (1,545.7/km˛). There were 9,734 housing units at an average density of 1,464.7/sq mi (565.2/km˛). The racial makeup of the city was 80.28% White, 6.40% African American, 0.29% Native American, 4.11% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 5.72% from other races
Race (United States Census)

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget , are Self-concept data items in which residents choose the Race in the United States or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin ....
, and 23.15% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 20.0% of the population.

There were 9,461 households out of which 29.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.5% were married couples
Marriage

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 living together, 12.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.7% were non-families. 24.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.72 and the average family size was 3.22.

In the city the population was spread out with 21.2% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 30.6% from 25 to 44, 22.6% from 45 to 64, and 17.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 92.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.4 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $89,000 and the median income for a family was $118,000. Males had a median income of $61,900 versus $40,581 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income

Per capita income means how much each individual receives, in monetary terms, of the yearly income generated in the country. This is what each citizen is to receive if the yearly national income is divided equally among everyone....
 for the city was $86,627.

Government and Politics

On the national, state and local level Glen Cove leans strongly Democratic. In 2008 Democrat Barack Obama
Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II is the List of Presidents of the United States and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office....
 defeated Republican John Mccain
John McCain

John Sidney McCain III is the senior senator United States United States Senator from Arizona. He was the Republican Party presidential nominee in the 2008 United States presidential election....
 57% to 43%.

History


Glen Cove was first settled as "Musketa Cove", on land purchased from the Matinecock Indians in 1668, by Joseph Carpenter, brothers Nathaniel, Daniel and Robert Coles, and Nicholas Simkins. "Musketa" was an Algonquin word that meant "place of rushes".

In the 1830s steam boats started regular service between Musketa Cove and New York City, arriving at a point still called The Landing. New York City residents were reluctant to take the passage since Musketa sounded too much like mosquito. In 1834 the residents decided to change the name to Glen Cove (said to be the misheard suggestion "Glencoe", after the Scottish glen
Glen Coe

Glen Coe is a glen in the Scottish Highlands of Scotland. It lies in the southern part of the Lochaber committee area of Highland Council, and was formerly part of the Counties of Scotland of Argyll....
). By 1850 the village had become a popular summer resort community for New York City residents. This popularity brought the railroad to Glen Cove in 1867; providing quicker, more frequent service to New York City. The availability of the train and the town's location on Long Island Sound made it attractive to year round residents, and the population grew.

The vistas afforded of Long Island Sound from the town's rolling hills attracted 19th century industrial barons including Charles Pratt
Charles Pratt

Charles Pratt was a United States capitalism, businessman and philanthropist.Pratt was a pioneer of the U.S. petroleum industry, and established his kerosene refinery Astral Oil Works in Brooklyn, New York....
, J. P. Morgan
J. P. Morgan

John Pierpont Morgan was an United States financier, banker and art collector who dominated corporate finance and industrial consolidation during his time....
, F. W. Woolworth, who built large estates along the island's north shore. This expanse of settled wealth was part of what would become known as the Gold Coast.

The mansions were turned to other purposes, most before the mid-20th century. Charles Pratt's house is now the Harrison Conference Center. F. W. Woolworth's house, Killenworth, is owned by the Russian UN delegation, who have used it for decades to house visitors and for weekend retreats. Both Nikita Khrushchev
Nikita Khrushchev

Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964, following the death of Joseph Stalin, and Premier of the Soviet Union from 1958 to 1964....
 and Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro

Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz is a Cuban revolutionary leader who was prime minister of Cuba from February 1959 to December 1976 and then president, premier until his resignation from the office in February 2008....
 separately stayed at Killenworth in conjunction with appearances at the United Nations. Another former Pratt estate, The Braes, has long been the location of the Webb Institute
Webb Institute

The Webb Institute is a specialized private college in Glen Cove, New York that has only one program, which is undergraduate. Each graduate of Webb Institute earns a Bachelor of Science degree in naval architecture and marine engineering....
, a college for naval architecture.

On June 8 1917, Glen Cove became an independent city; separating from the Town of Oyster Bay after 250 years.

Education


Public Schools

The city of Glen Cove and its residents are serviced by the Glen Cove City School District. Children that live within the boundaries of the City attend The Eugene J. Gribbin School/ Katherine A. Deasy Elementary School for grades K-2(pre-k offered at Deasy), Landing School/ Margaret. A. Connolly School for grades 3-5, Robert M. Finley Middle School for grades 6-8, and Glen Cove High School
Glen Cove High School

Glen Cove High School, commonly referred to as GC, or GCHS, is a public high school apart of the Glen Cove City School District. Located at 150 Dosoris Ln., Glen Cove, on the North Shore of Long Island, GCHS sits upon 50 acres of land....
 for grades 9-12. The Glen Cove City School District's "Paired Plan" has The Gribbin School & Connolly School paired as well as The Deasy School & Landing School paired, eventually leading students to meet at the Middle and High Schools.

Private Schools

Aside from the public schools located within Glen Cove, there are multiple private institutions of education that are also inside the boundaries of the city.
  • Solomon Schechter Day School of Nassau County Middle/ High School
  • All Saints Regional Catholic School
  • Webb Institute
    Webb Institute

    The Webb Institute is a specialized private college in Glen Cove, New York that has only one program, which is undergraduate. Each graduate of Webb Institute earns a Bachelor of Science degree in naval architecture and marine engineering....
     of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
  • Friends Academy
    Friends Academy

    Friends Academy is a Religious Society of Friends, coeducational, independent, college preparatory school serving students from age three through the twelfth grade, located in Locust Valley, New York, New York....
    , a Quaker School, is located on the border of Glen Cove and Locust Valley. Although its mailing address is of Locust Valley residence, the property of the school comes in direct contact with homes in Eastern Glen Cove, and many of the school's students are residents of Glen Cove.


Transportation

  • Rail: Glen Cove is served by the Long Island Railroad, which has three stations within the boundaries of the city: Sea Cliff
    Sea Cliff (LIRR station)

    The Sea Cliff Railroad Station is a historic railroad station along the Oyster Bay Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located on Sea Cliff Avenue and Glen Keith Road between Glen Cove Avenue and Cedar Swamp Road in the City of Glen Cove, New York, east of the Town of Oyster Bay hamlet of Sea Cliff, New York....
    , Glen Street
    Glen Street (LIRR station)

    Glen Street is a railroad station along the Oyster Bay Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located on Glen Street , near Elm Avenue, in the City of Glen Cove, New York....
     and Glen Cove
    Glen Cove (LIRR station)

    Glen Cove is a railroad station along the Oyster Bay Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located between Pearsall Avenue and Norfolk Lane north of Duck Pond Road in the city of Glen Cove, New York....
    .
  • Bus: Glen Cove is served by Long Island Bus routes #27 and #21.
  • Ferry: Glen Cove is building a new ferry terminal for service to Manhattan
    Manhattan

    Manhattan is one of the five borough of New York City, located primarily on Manhattan Island at the mouth of the Hudson River.With a United States Census of 1,620,867 living in a land area of 22.96 square miles , Manhattan, coextensive with New York County, is the most population density county in the United States, w...
     and potentially La Guardia Airport.


Business and economy

Glen Cove is the headquarters of the American Stamp Dealers Association.

Movies and TV shows filmed in Glen Cove

  • Annie Hall
    Annie Hall

    Annie Hall is an Cinema of the United States romantic comedy film directed by Woody Allen from a script co-written with Marshall Brickman. One of Allen's most popular films, it won numerous awards at the time of its release, including four Academy Awards, and in 2002 Roger Ebert referred to it as "just about everyone's favorite Woody All...
     (1977), starring Woody Allen
    Woody Allen

    Woody Allen is an Cinema of the United States film director, writer, actor, comedian, musician and playwright.Allen's distinctive films, which run the gamut from dramas to Screwball comedy film, have made him one of the most respected living American directors....
     and Diane Keaton
    Diane Keaton

    Diane Keaton is an United Statesn Cinema of the United States actress, film director and film producer. Keaton began her career on stage, and made her screen debut in 1970....
  • Arthur (film)
    Arthur (film)

    Arthur is a 1981 film set in New York City which tells the story of drunken playboy millionaire Arthur Bach , who is on the brink of an arranged marriage to a wealthy heiress, Susan Johnson ....
     (1981), starring Dudley Moore
    Dudley Moore

    Dudley Stuart John Moore Order of the British Empire was an English people actor, comedian and musician.Moore first came to prominence as one of the four writer-performers in Beyond the Fringe in the early 1960s and became famous as half of the hugely popular television double-act he formed with Peter Cook....
     and Liza Minnelli
    Liza Minnelli

    Liza May Minnelli is an United Statesn actress and singer. She is the daughter of actress and singer Judy Garland and Garland's second husband, film director Vincente Minnelli....
  • Batman Forever
    Batman Forever

    Batman Forever is a 1995 superhero film based on the DC Comics character Batman. Joel Schumacher directed the film, which stars Val Kilmer as Batman, as well as Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey, Nicole Kidman and Chris O'Donnell....
     (1995), starring Val Kilmer
    Val Kilmer

    Val Edward Kilmer is an American actor and possible candidate for Governor of New Mexico. Originally a stage actor, Kilmer became popular in the mid-1980s after a string of appearances in comedy films, starting with Top Secret! , then the cult classic Real Genius , as well as blockbuster action films, including a role in Top Gun ...
    , Tommy Lee Jones
    Tommy Lee Jones

    'Tommy Lee Jones' is an Academy Award-, Golden Globe-, Screen Actors Guild- and Emmy Award-winning United States actor and film director. He is perhaps best known for his appearances as Samuel Gerard in The Fugitive and U.S....
    , Jim Carrey
    Jim Carrey

    James Eugene Carrey , best known as Jim Carrey, is a two-time Golden Globe Award-winning Canadian-American actor and stand-up comedian. He is probably best known for his manic and slapstick performances in comedy films such as Dumb and Dumber, The Mask , Liar Liar, and Bruce Almighty....
    , and Nicole Kidman
    Nicole Kidman

    Nicole Mary Kidman, Order of Australia is an Academy Award-winning Hawaiian-born Australian actress, fashion model, singer, United Nations Citizen of the World award-winning humanitarian, and a UNIFEM and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador....
  • North by Northwest
    North by Northwest

    North by Northwest is an Cinema of the United States Thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint and James Mason, and featuring Leo G....
     (1959), directed by Alfred Hitchcock
    Alfred Hitchcock

    Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, Order of the British Empire was a British filmmaker and film producer who pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres....
    , starring Cary Grant
    Cary Grant

    Archibald Alec Leach , better known by his stage name, Cary Grant, was a British-born American actor. With his distinctive yet not quite placeable accent, he was noted as perhaps the foremost exemplar of the debonair leading man, handsome, virile, charismatic and charming....
     and Eva Marie Saint
    Eva Marie Saint

    Eva Marie Saint is an Academy Awards-winning United States Actor. She has starred on Broadway, in films and on television beginning in the 1950s....
  • Sabrina
    Sabrina (1954 film)

    Sabrina is a 1954 film directed by Billy Wilder, adapted for the screen by Wilder, Samuel A. Taylor, and Ernest Lehman from Taylor's play Sabrina Fair ....
     (1954), starring Humphrey Bogart
    Humphrey Bogart

    Humphrey DeForest Bogart was an United_States_of_America actor and cultural icon. In 1997, Entertainment Weekly magazine named him the number one movie legend of all time....
    , Audrey Hepburn
    Audrey Hepburn

    Audrey Hepburn was a Belgian-born, Dutch-raised actress of British and Dutch ancestry.Born in Brussels, Hepburn lived in Arnhem in The Netherlands during her childhood and for the duration of the World War II....
    , and William Holden
    William Holden

    William Holden was an Academy Award-winning United States film actor. One of the top stars of the 1950s, he was named one of the "Top 10 stars of the year" six times and appeared on the American Film Institute's AFI's 100 Years......
  • Sabrina
    Sabrina (1995 film)

    Sabrina is a 1995 in film romantic comedy film adapted by Barbara Benedek and David Rayfiel, based on the Sabrina , which in turn was based upon a play entitled Sabrina Fair....
     (1995), starring Harrison Ford
    Harrison Ford

    Harrison Ford is an United Statesn actor. Ford is best known for his performances as Han Solo in the original Star Wars trilogy, and as the Indiana Jones in the Indiana Jones franchise#Films film series....
    , Greg Kinnear
    Greg Kinnear

    Gregory Kinnear is an Academy Award-nominated United States actor and television personality, who first rose to stardom as the first host of E!'s Talk Soup....
    , and Julia Ormond
    Julia Ormond

    Julia Karin Ormond is a United Kingdom actress who has appeared in film and television and on stage....
  • Hair
    Hair (film)

    Hair is a 1979 film adaptation of the 1968 Broadway Hair about a Vietnam war military draft who meets and befriends a tribe of long-haired hippies on his way to the army induction center....
     (1979), starring Treat Williams
    Treat Williams

    Treat Williams is an American actor who has appeared on film, stage and television over the course of his prolific career. From 2002 to 2006, he was the star of the popular television series Everwood....
    , John Savage
    John Savage (actor)

    ----John Savage is an American film actor, Film producer, production manager, and composer....
    , and Beverly D'Angelo
    Beverly D'Angelo

    Beverly D'Angelo is an United Statesn singer and actress....
  • Hello Again
    Hello Again (film)

    Hello Again is a 1987 comedy film, directed by Frank Perry, written by Susan Isaacs and staring Shelley Long, Judith Ivey, Gabriel Byrne, Corbin Bernsen, Sela Ward, Austin Pendleton, Carrie Nye, Robert Lewis, Madeleine Potter and Illeana Douglas....
     (1987), starring Shelly Long and Corbin Bernsen
    Corbin Bernsen

    'Corbin Dean Bernsen' is an United States of America actor, known for his work on television. His greatest fame came from his role of Arnold Becker on L.A....
  • Dedication
    Dedication (film)

    Dedication is a 2007 romantic comedy film starring Billy Crudup and Mandy Moore. Written by David Bromberg this movie is actor Justin Theroux's directorial debut....
     (2007), starring Billy Crudup
    Billy Crudup

    William Gaither "Billy" Crudup is an United States Tony Award-winning actor of film and theatre. He is well known for his roles as guitarist Russell Hammond in Almost Famous, Will Bloom in Big Fish, and Ashitaka in Princess Mononoke....
     and Mandy Moore
    Mandy Moore

    Amanda Leigh "Mandy" Moore is an United States singer-songwriter, actress and fashion designer. She was raised in Florida. Moore became famous as a teenager in the late 1990s, after the release of her teen pop albums So Real , I Wanna Be with You, and Mandy Moore ....
  • Law & Order: Criminal Intent
    Contract (Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode)

    Contract is a List of Law & Order: Criminal Intent episodes episode of the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent....
     (2008) - Contract (Season 7, Episode 12)


Places of interest

  • Garvies Point Museum and Preserve
  • Morgan Park
  • Glen Cove Municipal Golf Course


Notable residents


Former residents


  • Mike Armstrong
    Mike Armstrong

    Michael Dennis Armstrong played Major League Baseball from 1980 to 1987, mainly as a relief pitcher. Armstrong batted and threw right-handed....
     - MLB middle relief pitcher
  • Anthony Becht
    Anthony Becht

    Anthony G. Becht is an American football tight end for the St. Louis Rams of the National Football League. He was originally drafted by the New York Jets 27th overall in the 2000 NFL Draft....
     - NFL tight end
  • Sean Bergenheim
    Sean Bergenheim

    Sean Bergenheim is a Finnish people professional ice hockey player. He is currently a Winger for the New York Islanders in the of the National Hockey League....
     - NHL forward for New York Islanders
    New York Islanders

    The New York Islanders are a professional ice hockey team based in Uniondale, New York, New York. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League ....
  • Roy Campanella
    Roy Campanella

    Roy Campanella , nicknamed "Campy", was an United States baseball player — primarily at the position of catcher — in the Negro Leagues and Major League Baseball....
     - Hall of Fame MLB catcher
  • Zdeno Chara
    Zdeno Chára

    Zdeno Ch?ra is a Slovakia ice hockey defenceman and team Captain of the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League . At 6 ft 9 in , he is the tallest player ever to play in the NHL....
     - All Star NHL defenseman
  • Daniel J. Daly
    Daniel Daly

    Sergeant Major Daniel Joseph "Dan" Daly was a United States Marine Corps and one of only 19 men to receive the Medal of Honor twice. .Dan Daly is well remembered for his famous cry during the Battle of Belleau Wood, when, besieged, outnumbered, outgunned, and pinned down, he led his men in attack, shouting, "Come on, you sons of bitches,...
     - two-time awardee of Medal of Honor
  • Howard Davis Jr.
    Howard Davis Jr.

    Howard Davis Jr. was a world class United States amateur and professional boxing....
     - Olympic gold medal-winning boxer
    Boxing

    Boxing is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar human weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds....
  • Ashanti Douglas
    Ashanti (singer)

    Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, actor, dancer, and model who rose to fame in the early 2000s. Ashanti is most famous for her eponymous Grammy Award-winning debut album Ashanti which featured the hit song "Foolish ", and sold over 504,000 copies in its first week of release in the U.S....
     - American singer and actress
  • John Edward
    John Edward

    John Edward McGee, Jr. , better known as John Edward, is an American author, television personality, and purported Mediumship. He is best known for his TV shows Crossing Over with John Edward and John Edward Cross Country, which are premised on Edward attempting to communicate with the soul of the audience members' deceased rel...
     - American author
    Author

    An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created....
     and psychic
  • J. P. Getty - American industrialist
  • Mel Gibson
    Mel Gibson

    Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson, Officer of the Order of Australia is an Australian-American actor, film director, film producer and screenwriter....
     - American actor
    Actor

    An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
    , producer
    Film producer

    A film producer is someone who creates the conditions for making film. The producer initiates, co-ordinates, supervises and controls matters such as fund-raising, hiring key personnel and arranging for distributors....
     and director
    Film director

    A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a film. A film director visualizes the Screenplay, controlling a film's artistic and dramatic aspects, while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of his or her vision....
  • Craig Hansen
    Craig Hansen

    Craig Robert Hansen is a relief pitcher in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization. A Closer out of St. John's University , Hansen was drafted in and quickly made his major league debut, but has since spent most of his career at the Triple-A level....
     - pitcher for Pittsburgh Pirates
    Pittsburgh Pirates

    The Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League Baseball club based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania. They play in the National League Central of the National League, and are five-time World Series Champions and played in the first one....
  • Billy Joel
    Billy Joel

    William Martin "Billy" Joel is an United States rock music musician, singer-songwriter, and Classical music composer. He released his first hit song, "Piano Man ", in 1973....
     - American singer and songwriter
    Songwriter

    File:Beethoven.jpgA songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics, as well the musical composition or melody to songs. One who writes only lyrics is a lyricist, while one who writes only music is a composer....
  • Kenny Jonsson - former NHL defenseman
  • Robert F. Kennedy
    Robert F. Kennedy

    Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy , also called RFK, was an United States politician. He was United States Attorney General from 1961 to 1964 and a United States Senator from New York from 1965 until his Robert F....
     - former Attorney General, Presidential candidate
  • Marcus Loew
    Marcus Loew

    Marcus Loew was an United States business magnate and a pioneer of the motion picture industry who formed Loews Theatres and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ....
     - founder of Loews Cineplex Entertainment
    Loews Cineplex Entertainment

    Loews Theatres, aka Loews Incorporated, founded in 1904 by Marcus Loew, was the oldest theater chain operating in North America until it merged with AMC Theatres on January 26, 2006....
  • J. P. Morgan
    J. P. Morgan

    John Pierpont Morgan was an United States financier, banker and art collector who dominated corporate finance and industrial consolidation during his time....
     - American financier
    Financier

    Financier is a term for a person who handles large sums of money, usually involving loan, financing projects, large-scale investment, or large-scale money management....
    , banker, and philanthropist
    Philanthropist

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  • Junius Spencer Morgan
    Junius Spencer Morgan

    Junius Spencer Morgan was an American banker and financier, born at West Springfield , Massachusetts, USA....
     - American banker and financier
    Financier

    Financier is a term for a person who handles large sums of money, usually involving loan, financing projects, large-scale investment, or large-scale money management....
  • Joe Namath
    Joe Namath

    Joseph William Namath , also known as Broadway Joe or Joe Willie, is a former United States American football quarterback. He played for the University of Alabama under legendary coach Paul "Bear" Bryant and his assistant, Howard Schnellenberger, from 1962?1964, and in the American Football League and National Football League duri...
     - Hall of Fame football
    American football

    American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive team sport known for mixing strategy with physical play....
     player
  • Mike Piazza
    Mike Piazza

    Michael Joseph Piazza is an Italy-American former Major League Baseball catcher. He played in his career with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Florida Marlins, New York Mets, San Diego Padres and the Oakland Athletics....
     - All Star MLB catcher
  • Charles Pratt
    Charles Pratt

    Charles Pratt was a United States capitalism, businessman and philanthropist.Pratt was a pioneer of the U.S. petroleum industry, and established his kerosene refinery Astral Oil Works in Brooklyn, New York....
     - petroleum industry pioneer
  • George Dupont Pratt
    George Dupont Pratt

    George Dupont Pratt was a conservationist, philanthropist, Boy Scout sponsor, big-game hunter and collector of ancient antiquities....
     - American conservationist and philanthropist
  • Harold I. Pratt
    Harold I. Pratt

    Harold Irving Pratt was an American oil industrialist and philanthropist....
     - American oil industrialist
  • Herbert L. Pratt
    Herbert L. Pratt

    Herbert Lee Pratt was an American business man and a leading figure in the United States oil industry....
     - head of Standard Oil
    Standard Oil

    Standard Oil was a predominant United States integrated petroleum producing, transporting, refining, and marketing company. Established in 1870 as an Ohio Corporation, it was the largest oil refiner in the world and operated as a major company trust and was one of the world's first and largest multinational corporations until it was broken up...
  • Thomas Pynchon
    Thomas Pynchon

    Thomas Ruggles Pynchon, Jr. is an American literature based in New York City, noted for his dense and complex works of fiction. Hailing from Long Island, Pynchon spent two years in the United States Navy and earned an English studies degree from Cornell University....
     - American author
  • Telly Savalas
    Telly Savalas

    Aristotelis ?Telly? Savalas was an American film and television actor and singer, whose career spanned four decades. Best known for playing the title role in the popular 1970s crime drama Kojak, Savalas was nominated for an Academy Awards for his supporting role in Birdman of Alcatraz ....
     - Emmy Award-winning actor
  • Franklin Winfield Woolworth - founder of F.W. Woolworth Company
  • Joe Rizzo
    Joe Rizzo

    Joe Rizzo is a former linebacker of the Denver Broncos. He played for the Broncos from 1974 to 1980 and was a starter in Super Bowl XII and member of the Orange Crush Defense....
    - NFL linebacker, Denver Broncos 1974-1980
  • Weeb Ewbank
    Weeb Ewbank

    Wilbur "Weeb" Ewbank was an United States professional American football coach....
     - American football
    American football

    American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive team sport known for mixing strategy with physical play....
     coach
  • Ridley Pearson
    Ridley Pearson

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     - American author


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  • Richie Cannata
    Richie Cannata

    Richie Cannata is an American music producer, multi-instrumentalist and studio owner. He is most notable for playing saxophone in the Billy Joel band alongside the late Doug Stegmeyer, and Liberty DeVitto and others....
     - saxophone
    Saxophone

    The saxophone is a conical-Bore transposing instrument musical instrument considered a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and are played with a Single-reed instrument mouthpiece similar to the clarinet....
     player for Billy Joel
    Billy Joel

    William Martin "Billy" Joel is an United States rock music musician, singer-songwriter, and Classical music composer. He released his first hit song, "Piano Man ", in 1973....
  • Ellie Cornell
    Ellie Cornell

    Ellie Cornell is an United States Actor and Film Film producer, known primarily for her roles in horror films. After her marriage to producer Mark Gottwald, she is sometimes credited as Ellie Gottwald....
     - American actress
  • Christopher Curtis - American actor
  • Mariusz Czerkawski
    Mariusz Czerkawski

    Mariusz Czerkawski is a Poland retired ice hockey player. He is sometimes known by his nickname the "Polish Prince."After a good season with the GKS Tychy in 1990-91, the Boston Bruins drafted him in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft in the 5th round, 105th overall....
     - NHL forward for New York Islanders
    New York Islanders

    The New York Islanders are a professional ice hockey team based in Uniondale, New York, New York. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League ....
  • Whitey Ford
    Whitey Ford

    Edward Charles "Whitey" Ford is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who spent his entire 18-year career with the New York Yankees. He was voted into the Hall of Fame in 1974....
     - baseball player
  • Eric Godard
    Eric Godard

    Eric Godard is a Canada professional ice hockey Winger for the Pittsburgh Penguins....
     - NHL forward for New York Islanders and Calgary Flames
    Calgary Flames

    The Calgary Flames are a professional ice hockey team based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. They are a member of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League ....
  • Nick Markakis
    Nick Markakis

    Nicholas Markakis is a Major League Baseball outfielder currently with the American League's Baltimore Orioles....
     - American MLB outfielder for the Baltimore Orioles
    Baltimore Orioles

    The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball based in Baltimore. They are a member of the American League East of Major League Baseball's American League....
  • Brian Myers
    Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder

    Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder are an United States professional wrestling tag team that are currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment wrestling on its WWE Friday Night SmackDown WWE Brand Extension....
     - American professional wrestler known as Curt Hawkins
  • Savanna Samson
    Savanna Samson

    Savanna Samson is an United States pornographic actress....
     - adult film actress
  • Miroslav Satan - All Star NHL forward
  • David Strickland
    David Strickland

    David Gordon Strickland Jr. was an United States actor, best known for his role as the boyish rock music reporter Todd Styles in the NBC sitcom Suddenly Susan....
     - American actor
  • Thomas Suozzi
    Thomas Suozzi

    Thomas R. Suozzi is the county executive of Nassau County, New York. He was first elected to the post of county executive in 2001, the first Democratic county executive since Eugene Nickerson left office in 1971....
     - Nassau County
    Nassau County, New York

    Nassau County is a suburban Political subdivisions of New York State#County in the New York Metropolitan Area east of New York City in the U.S....
     executive, 2006 primary candidate for Governor of New York
    New York

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  • Donald Sutherland
    Donald Sutherland

    'Donald McNicol Sutherland',? Order of Canada is a Canada character actor with a film career spanning over 50 years. He is currently working in the American television series, Dirty Sexy Money. Sutherland's most notable movie roles included offbeat warriors in such war movies as The Dirty Dozen, in 1967, and M*A*S*H and Kelly's...
     - Canadian actor
  • Clark Terry
    Clark Terry

    Clark Terry , is an American swing music and bebop trumpeter, a pioneer of the fluegelhorn in jazz, educator, and NEA Jazz Masters inductee....
     - American swing trumpet
    Trumpet

    The trumpet is a musical instrument with the highest Register in the brass instrument family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BC....
    er
  • Ed Westfall
    Ed Westfall

    Edwin Vernon "Shadow" Westfall is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 18 seasons in the National Hockey League with the Boston Bruins and the New York Islanders from 1961?62 NHL season until 1978?79 NHL season....
     - former captain of New York Islanders


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