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Staten Island, NY

Notable residents

• Evan Dorkin - Cartoonist and creator of Milk & Cheese is a long time resident of Staten Island
• Armand Assante - Actor, currently resides in Staten Island.
• Teddy Atlas - Boxing trainer
• Rich Aurilia - All Star Shortstop, San Francisco Giants grew up on Staten Island.
• Alice Austen - Photographer, lived all of her life on Staten Island. A Staten Island Ferry is named for her
• Christina Aguilera - Pop singer. Born on Staten Island, although she was raised in Pittsburgh, PA
• Joan Baez - folk singer, born in Staten Island (1941), and lived there the first few years of her life.
• Renaldo Balkman - New York Knicks 2006 First Round Draft Pick, Born on Staten Island
• Vito Bratta - guitarist for White Lion lives on Staten Island
• Clem Caserta - actor- Eltingville, Staten Island resident. Jimmy Whispers in A Bronx Tale, also was in GoodFellas, The Untouchables.
• Paul Castellano- Gambino Crime Boss, lived in the Todt Hill section
• Joe Causi - Disc Jockey, raised in Brooklyn, currently lives on Staten Island
• Marcia Clark - Famed Prosecuter, was involved in the famous O.J. Simpson trial, graduated from Wagner High School
• Roy Clark - Country singer, Hee Haw star, and guitarist, actually grew up in Great Kills, Staten Island
• Eric Close - Actor who plays "Martin Fitzgerald" on the CBS drama Without a Trace
• Ichabod Crane, a Colonel in the US Army during the War of 1812 and the nominal inspiration for the protagonist in Washington Irving's "Legend of Sleepy Hollow", who is buried in Staten Island, New York
• Jeffrey Dahmer - serial killer. This demented individual lived on Staten Island for awhile
• Bobby Darin - singer, his family had a summer home as a child in South Beach, Staten Island.
• John Dehner - Television and movie actor born on Staten Island. A notable and one of Hollywoods best character actors, Dehner played Doris Day's boss Sy Bennett on the Doris Day Show. He appeared in three classic Twilight Zone episodes and other movies and television shows. Western fans came to know Dehner as "Paladin" on radio's "Have Gun, Will Travel" in his radio days.
• Jennifer Esposito - actress Spin City, Summer of Sam
• Emilio Estevez - Actor, born on Staten Island (New York City)
• John Franco - Former New York Mets pitcher
• Hassan Johnson- Actor, featured in The Wire, Belly, etc.
• Steven Duren - Better known as Blackie Lawless, lead singer of the 1980s heavy metal band W.A.S.P. Lawless, who is a friend of fellow Staten Islander David Johansen, replaced Johnny Thunders in the New York Dolls when he was 18.
• Allen Jenkins - famed Hollywood character actor, voice of cartoon Top Cat's Officer Dibble was born on Staten Island.
• Eamon - Eamon Doyle rapper, born and raised on Staten Island
• Giuseppe Garibaldi - 19th century Italian revolutionary and statesman, lived for a time on Staten Island, and worked as a candle-maker
• Buddy Giovinazzo - Actor/Director/Writer who directed the cult films Combat Shock and No Way Home
• Carmine Giovinazzo - Actor who plays "Detective Danny Messer" on the CBS drama CSI: NY. He is a cousin of director Buddy Giovinazzo
• Sammy "The Bull" Gravano - mob turncoat lived on Staten Island
• Patti Hansen - Famous model and wife to The Rolling Stones' Keith Richards
• Beatles George Harrison lived in Staten Island briefly near Staten Island University Hospital while being treated for cancer there.
• David Johansen (aka Buster Poindexter) of the New York Dolls
• Ghostface Killah Rapper born on Staten Island.
• Robert Loggia - Actor (Scarface, The Sopranos, Big, etc.)
• Vito LoGrasso - WWE wrestler hails from Staten Island
• Madonna - lived in the Stapleton area briefly. Her video "Papa Don't Preach" was filmed there. Madonna chose the location herself. She said the neighborhood was perfect premise for the video story.
• Oleg Maskaev - Heavyweight Boxing Champion
• Paul Newman - lived on Staten Island in St. George, Staten Island
• Jason Marquis - Current pitcher with the St. Louis Cardinals, grew up on Staten Island
• Antonio Meucci - disputed inventor of the telephone, immigrated to Staten Island, settling in the Clifton area in 1850, where he would live for the remainder of his life
• Alyssa Milano - Actress. Although born in Brooklyn, she was raised on Staten Island
• Adewale Ogunleye- Chicago Bear's Defensive End, formerly played for Indiana University and Tottenville High School
• Jonathan M. Parisen - Filmmaker, was born and raised on Staten Island
• A.J. Pero - drummer for Twisted Sister
• Vito Picone - Vito and The Elegants, had a #1 song in the 50's "Little Star". The song was actually recorded in a South Beach, Staten Island studio.
• Joe Pistone - FBI agent aka Donnie Brasco was from Staten Island.
• Edward Platt - Actor who played "The Chief" on the 1960s TV show Get Smart
• Thommy Price - former Patty Smyth and Scandal and Billy Idol drummer
• Robin Quivers- radio personality from the Howard Stern show lives on Staten Island
• Kevin Rooney former manager of Mike Tyson lived on Staten Island
• Gianni Russo - Actor was born and raised on Staten Island. Gianni played Carlo Rizzi in The Godfather
• Randy Savage - Former Professional wrestler known as "Macho Man" now resides in Staten Island
• Steven R. Schirripa - Bobby Bacala from The Sopranos
• Rick Schroder - Actor who played "Ricky Stratton" on the 1980s NBC sitcom Silver Spoons and "Detective Danny Sorenson" on the ABC drama NYPD Blue. Currently appearing as "Dr. Dylan West" on the Lifetime drama Strong Medicine
• Martin Sheen - lived on Staten Island in St. George, Staten Island
• Gene Simmons - Bass player and rock star from the legend rock band KISS received his BA in Teaching from Richmond College (now the College of Staten Island).
• Sudsy Monchik- 5-Time Pro World Champion racquetball player.
• Method Man- Clifford Smith - Rapper/Wu-Tang Clan member (aka Method Man) was born on Staten Island
• Peter Steele - Lead singer and bassist for the gothic-doom band Type O Negative
• Theodore Sturgeon - Science fiction author
• Wu Tang Clan - Hip-hop group; 4 of the 9 are from Staten Island. Credited with giving Staten Island the nickname 'Shaolin'
• Larry Romano - actor The King of Queens, NYPD Blue
• Glenn Scarpelli - child actor from One Day at a Time born and raised in Staten Island
• Francesco Scavullo - Famous Photographer
• Steven Seagal - Actor, lived on Staten Island
• Raymond Serra - Actor, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movies, Gotti
• Earl Slick - Guitarist who has played with David Bowie, John Lennon and others.
• Kasim Sulton - musician
• Henry David Thoreau spent his longest time away from Concord, Massachusetts on Staten Island in the 1840s. He penned several letters to Ralph Waldo Emerson while on the island, and Emerson himself spent a significant amount of time on the island as well
• Daniel D. Tompkins, was the sixth Vice President of the United States, an entrepreneur, jurist, Congressman, Governor of New York, and established Tompkinsville in Staten Island and the Staten Island Ferry.
• Cornelius Vanderbilt - 19th century shipping and railroad magnate and patriarch of the Vanderbilt family, was born, and lived most of his life on, Staten Island. He is buried in the family vault in the Moravian Cemetery at New Dorp on Staten Island
• Lenny Venito - actor from The Sopranos, Gigli, War of the Worlds
• Paul Zindel - Novelist
• Force MD's born and raised on Staten Island had a top ten song Tender Love in 1986, produced by longtime Janet Jackson producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
• Tristan Wilds - actor from The Wire (TV series).