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This is a list of notable people who were either born or have lived in
Staten Island , today a
borough of
New York City ,
New York , at some time in their lives. The list does not include people who were only in Staten Island as college students, military personnel, hospital patients, or prisoners. Approximately 800 people (or performing groups) are listed alphabetically under their primary vocations, which themselves are listed alphabetically.
Actors, actresses, dancers, models, film and TV
Past
Paul Newman and
Joanne Woodward
Phyllis Allen (1861–1938) – comedian who worked with fellow Staten Island native
Mabel Normand and other silent-film stars
Arthur Anderson (1922–2016) – actor of radio, stage, film, and television; voice of
Lucky Charms leprechaun
Leslie Barrett (1919–2010) – frequent actor in theater and television, especially 1950s–1960s
Maurice Barrymore (born Herbert Blythe, 1849–1905) – vaudeville actor; father of
John ,
Lionel , and
Ethel Barrymore ; lived in Fort Wadsworth, with their grandmother
Louisa Lane Drew
John Dehner (1915–1992) – television and movie actor; born on Staten Island
Raoul Pene Du Bois (1914–1985) – costume and scenic designer for stage and film; two-time
Tony Award winner
David Dukes (1945–2000) – stage, television and movie actor; lived briefly in
Brighton Heights, Staten Island
Joey Faye (born Joseph Antony Palladino, c.1909–1997) – comic actor in vaudeville, theater, films and television
David Froman (1938–2010) – portrayed twins Gunther and Bruno on
The Edge of Night , and Lt. Bob Brooks on
Matlock ; once lived in Livingston
Ben Grauer (1908–1977) – longtime broadcaster on radio and television
Neal Hart (1879–1949) – actor and director of silent films
Allen Jenkins (born Alfred McGonegal, 1900–1974) – character actor, voice of cartoon
Top Cat ' s Officer Dibble; born on Staten Island
Betsy Joslyn (born 1954) – Broadway actress, best known for
Sweeney Todd
Thomas W. Keene (born Thomas R. Eagleson, 1840–1898) – Shakespearean actor
Guy Kibbee (1882–1956) – stage and film actor, father of CUNY Chancellor
Robert Kibbee
Paul Land (born Paul Calandrillo, 1956–2007) – actor,
Spring Break ,
The Idolmaker
Robert Loggia (1930–2015) – actor,
Scarface ,
The Sopranos ,
Big ; attended
New Dorp High School and
Wagner College
Allan Manings (1924–2010) – television producer and comedy writer, best known for
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In ,
Good Times ,
One Day at a Time
Paul Newman (1925–2008) –
Academy Award winning actor; married to Joanne Woodward; lived in
St. George, Staten Island
[1]
Mabel Normand (1892–1930) – silent film actress, director, writer, producer; frequent collaborator with
Fatty Arbuckle ,
Charlie Chaplin ,
Mack Sennett ; grew up in New Brighton
Edward Platt (1916–1974) – actor who played "The Chief" on the 1960s TV show
Get Smart ; born on Staten Island
Frances Robinson (born Marion Frances Ladd, 1916–1971) – actress in early films
Ivy Scott (1886–1947) – actress on radio and Broadway
Raymond Serra (1936–2003) – actor in television and films, including
Gotti and the first two
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movies
Don Stewart (1935–2006) – actor, best known for his long-running role as attorney Mike Bauer on
Guiding Light
Robert Taber (1865–1904) – Shakespearean actor; brother of mathematician
Henry Taber , both born on Staten Island
Joanne Woodward (born 1930) – Academy Award winning actress; married to Paul Newman; lived in St. George
Recent
Alyssa Milano
Betty Aberlin – children's television actress known for
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
Frank Albanese (1931–2015) – actor known for playing mobsters, most notably "Uncle Pat" on
The Sopranos
Yancey Arias – actor
Gerald Arpino (1923–2008) – dancer, choreographer, co-founder of the
Joffrey Ballet
Alexandra Barreto – actress in television and film
Jedediah Bila – conservative television host; Wagner College valedictorian
Mike Bocchetti – stand-up comedian and radio personality
Patrick Breen – frequent television actor
Kathy Brier – actress in television and musical theater
Mickey Burns – television host and producer, best known for the celebrity interview show Profiles
Syma Chowdhry – model and television reporter
Eric Close – actor who plays Martin Fitzgerald on the
CBS drama
Without a Trace
Sheena Colette – actress on
Gossip Girl ,
White Collar ; model in W magazine, Elle ; graduated from St. Joseph by the Sea
Pete Davidson – comedian,
Saturday Night Live
Drita D'Avanzo – reality television personality
Laura Dean – choreographer known for whirling dances
James DeMonaco – screenwriter, director and producer, best known for
The Purge franchise
Michael Drayer – actor,
Mr. Robot ,
The Sopranos
Selita Ebanks –
Victoria's Secret model
Rich Eisen – former
ESPN host; current host for the
NFL Network
Frances Esemplare (1934–2017) – actress who played Nucci Gualtieri on The Sopranos
Jennifer Esposito – actress,
Spin City ,
Summer of Sam ; attended
Moore Catholic High School
Emilio Estevez – actor; oldest son of
Janet and
Martin Sheen ; born on Staten Island
Christine Evangelista – actress; star of
The Arrangement
Robert Funaro – actor,
The Sopranos , played
Eugene Pontecorvo ; lives in
New Dorp
Chris Galletta – screenwriter of
The Kings of Summer
Joe Gatto – comedian in
The Tenderloins , featured on
Impractical Jokers
Gee Money (born Gary Euton) – radio and television personality and actor
Buddy Giovinazzo – filmmaker and author, best known for
Combat Shock and
Life is Hot in Cracktown
Carmine Giovinazzo – actor who plays Detective
Danny Messer on the
CBS drama
CSI: NY ; cousin of Buddy Giovinazzo and Larry Romano
Karl Girolamo – film and television actor
Jenn Graziano – executive producer of Staten Island-based reality TV show
Mob Wives
Renee Graziano – cast member of Mob Wives ; sister of Jenn
Dan Grimaldi – actor,
The Sopranos ' twins Philly and Patsy Parisi; former resident
Vinny Guadagnino – of MTV's
Jersey Shore ; born and raised on Staten Island
Patti Hansen – model; wife of
The Rolling Stones '
Keith Richards ; graduated from
Tottenville High School
Melanie Iglesias – model and TV actress
Hassan Johnson – actor, featured in
The Wire ,
Belly
Rebekka Johnson – actress, best known for playing Dawn Rivecca on Netflix's wrestling comedy
GLOW
Colin Jost – comedian and writer, best known for
Saturday Night Live
Florina Kaja – socialite; TV personality; cast member of Season 4 of the reality television series
Bad Girls Club
Jon and Al Kaplan – musical parody writers, best known for
Silence! The Musical
Tim Kelleher – film, TV, and stage actor, writer, director; attended PS 35, OLGC and Msgr. Farrell
Yunjin Kim – actress,
Lost
Sukanya Krishnan – news anchor; graduated from
New Dorp High School
John Lavelle – stage, film, and television actor
Bob Levy – comedian and radio personality known as "The Reverend"
Annette D'Agostino Lloyd – silent film historian
Jeremy Luke – film and television actor
Jon Lung – product designer, graphic designer and co-host of the TV series
Mythbusters
[2]
Jamie Lynn Macchia –
Miss New York 2015
Larry Marshall – performer in musical theater and film
Craig Mazin – screenwriter known for
The Hangover sequels and
Chernobyl miniseries
Alyssa Milano – film and television actress,
Who's the Boss? ,
Melrose Place ,
Charmed ,
Mistresses ; raised on Staten Island
Patty Mullen – actress and model; born and raised on Staten Island
James Murray – comedian in
The Tenderloins , featured on
Impractical Jokers
Julius R. Nasso – film producer, notably including 1990s association with
Steven Seagal
Garry Pastore – film and television actor; documentary director; brother of
Eric Blackwood (musician) and cousin of
Vincent Pastore
Eddie Pepitone – actor and standup comedian
Otto Petersen (1960–2014) – comedian and ventriloquist, known for his act "Otto and George"
Angelina Pivarnick – former cast member of MTV's
Jersey Shore seasons 1–2; born and raised on Staten Island
Brian Quinn – comedian in
The Tenderloins , featured on
Impractical Jokers
Robin Quivers – radio personality from The Howard Stern Show ; lives on Staten Island
Jack Radcliffe (born Frank Martini) – pornographic film actor
Michael Rainey Jr. – actor,
Power
Angela Raiola (1960–2016) – Big Ang, star of
Mob Wives
Tony Reali – "Stat Boy" on
Pardon the Interruption ; host of
Around the Horn on
ESPN
Greg Rikaart – television actor and
Daytime Emmy winner, best known as
Kevin Fisher from
The Young and the Restless
Pat Robertson – TV personality and evangelist; found his interest in religion while living on Staten Island in the 1950s
Larry Romano – actor,
The King of Queens ,
NYPD Blue
James Rosen – TV journalist; raised on Staten Island
Theo Rossi – actor,
Sons of Anarchy
Ronen Rubinstein – actor,
9-1-1: Lone Star
Gianni Russo – actor, played
Carlo Rizzi in The Godfather ; raised on Staten Island
Joey Salads (born Joseph Saladino) – YouTube personality known for prank videos
Glenn Scarpelli – child actor from
One Day at a Time ; son of comic book artist
Henry Scarpelli
Steve Schirripa – actor, producer, voice-over artist;
Bobby Bacala from
The Sopranos
[3]
Ricky Schroder – TV and film actor,
The Champ ,
Silver Spoons ,
NYPD Blue ,
24 ,
Strong Medicine
Steven Seagal – actor, lived on Staten Island
[1]
Brendan Sexton III – film and television actor
Janet Sheen – actress and producer; she and
Martin Sheen had first child
Emilio Estevez while living in
St. George
Martin Sheen (born Ramón Estévez) – actor, best known for
Apocalypse Now and
The West Wing
Peter Sollett – film director and screenwriter, known for
Raising Victor Vargas and
Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist
Michael "The Situation" Sorrentino – from MTV'S
Jersey Shore ; born on Staten Island
Kevin Sussman – actor and comedian, known for
Ugly Betty and
The Big Bang Theory
Chris Terrio – film director and screenwriter; won Academy Award for
Argo screenplay
Eddie Kaye Thomas – actor, Paul Finch in the
American Pie movies; born and raised in New Dorp
Jeff Trachta – TV actor,
The Bold and the Beautiful ,
America's Got Talent
Lenny Venito – actor,
War of the Worlds
Sal Vulcano – comedian in
The Tenderloins , featured on
Impractical Jokers
Brian Whitman – radio host, impersonator, comedian
Tristan Wilds – actor,
The Wire ,
90210 ; Grammy-nominated recording artist known as Mack Wilds
Jeff Wittek – YouTube comedian
Ben Younger – screenwriter and director of
Boiler Room ,
Prime ,
Bleed for This
Architects
Frederick Law Olmsted
Artists
Francesco Scavullo
Business, labor, philanthropy
Cornelius Vanderbilt
William Henry Aspinwall (1807–1875) – shipping magnate; co-founder of ASPCA and Metropolitan Museum; died at his country estate on Aspinwall Street in Tottenville
William Bard (1778–1853) – founder of
New York Life Insurance and Trust Company ; namesake of Bard Avenue
Ella Reeve Bloor (1862–1951) – labor organizer and socialist
Roderick Cameron (1825–1900) – shipping executive and horse breeder
Barbara Chernow – administrative leader for schools and universities
Rufus King Delafield (1802–1874) – banker and cement manufacturer; namesake of Delafield Place
W. Butler Duncan I (1830–1912) – Scottish-born banker; head of
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
John Eberhard Faber (1822–1879) – German-born manufacturer of pencils
Joseph Giacomo Ferari (1868–1953) – lion tamer and circus owner at
Dreamland on Coney Island
James Clair Flood (1826–1889) – built a fortune from silver mining in Nevada's
Comstock Lode
Lisa Garcia Quiroz (1961–2018) – business executive at
Time Warner
Mott Green (born David Friedman, 1966–2013) – founder of the environmentally sustainable Grenada Chocolate Company
William H. Friedland (1923–2018) – sociologist, labor activist and researcher
Richard Guarasci – college administrator, including 18th president of
Wagner College
Baruch Herzfeld – provider of community webcasting and bicycling
William Horrmann (1863–1927) – head of Rubsam & Horrmann Brewing Co.; built Horrmann Castle atop Grymes Hill
Denis M. Hughes – president of New York State
AFL–CIO since 1999; born and raised on Staten Island
Charles Wallace Hunt (1841–1911) – producer of coal-handling equipment
James Jebbia – founder of
Supreme , an international clothing brand and skateboard retailer
George H. Kendall (c.1854–1924) – president of
New York Bank Note Company that printed stock certificates
Josephine Shaw Lowell (1843–1905) – co-founder of
National Consumers League and other charities for women; sister of Colonel
Robert Gould Shaw
Oroondates Mauran (1791–1846) – owner of steamship and ferry operations
John A. McMullen – senior advisor to corporate and government leaders
John Mojecki (1865–1951) – Polish-born homebuilder and philanthropist
Paul Montauk (1922–1998) – political and labor activist with the
Socialist Workers Party
Michael Mulgrew – president of
United Federation of Teachers since 2009
Ralph Munroe (1851–1933) – yacht designer and pioneering settler of
Miami
Samuel I. Newhouse (1927–2017) – billionaire co-owner of
Advance Publications
Eugenius Harvey Outerbridge (1860–1932) –
fiberboard industrialist; co-founder of
Richmond County Country Club ; chairman of
Port Authority ; namesake of
Outerbridge Crossing ; brother of tennis pioneer
Mary Ewing Outerbridge
Edward Martineau Perine (1809–1905) – Alabama merchant and plantation owner; born on Staten Island and descended from
Daniel Perrin , "The Huguenot"
George Haven Putnam (1844–1930) – president of book publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
John Bishop Putnam (1849–1915) – treasurer and director of book publisher G. P. Putnam's Sons; brother of George Haven Putnam
Louis Rossmann – repair technician and activist
Bradhurst Schieffelin (1824–1909) – drugmaking and petroleum business; social activist
Sarah Blake Sturgis Shaw (1815–1902) – abolitionist, women's rights supporter, philanthropist, mother of
Robert Gould Shaw and
Josephine Shaw Lowell
Anson Phelps Stokes (1838–1913) – partner in family's
Phelps Dodge Mining Company ; his 10-acre mansion was next to Curtis High School; namesake of notable clergymen
son and
grandson
Edith Minturn Stokes (1867–1937) – philanthropist, daughter of shipping magnate
Robert Bowne Minturn Jr. , daughter-in-law of mining executive
Anson Phelps Stokes
Van Toffler (b. 1960) – longtime
MTV executive, rising to President of
Viacom Media Networks Music Group 2008–2015
Gustavus Trask (1836–1914) – sea captain; governor of
Sailors' Snug Harbor
Vanderbilt family – wealthy Dutch-American railroad owners and heirs, including many 19th-century Staten Island residents and the church-sized
Vanderbilt Mausoleum in
New Dorp 's
Moravian Cemetery
Arthur von Briesen (1843–1920) – lawyer, philanthropist, president of
Legal Aid Society ; estate became Von Briesen Park next to Fort Wadsworth
Erastus Wiman (1834–1904) – president of the Staten Island Railway Co. and the St. George Ferry
Crime
Paul Castellano
Historical notables and early settlers
Inventors
Antonio Meucci
Military and government
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Donald Armstrong (1889–1984) – Brigadier General in the US Army during World War II
Richard Bayley (1745–1801) – first health officer of the Port of New York, in charge of Staten Island quarantine station; father of
Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton ; grandfather of
James Roosevelt Bayley
Taylor G. Belcher (1920–1990) – United States Ambassador to Cyprus and Peru
Edward Clyde Benfold (1931–1952) – US Navy hospital corpsman killed in the Korean War;
Medal of Honor recipient
Andrew E. K. Benham (1832–1905) – Admiral, United States Navy
Christopher Billop (c.1738–1827) – British Loyalist colonel during the American Revolution; Staten Island home was the landmark
Conference House
Christopher Billopp (c.1638–1726) – English naval officer; great-grandfather of Christopher Billop; Staten Island home became the Conference House
Vincent R. Capodanno (1929–1967) – Chaplain and Lieutenant in US Navy; Medal of Honor recipient; Maryknoll Catholic priest and candidate for sainthood
Salvatore Cassano (b. 1945) –
New York City Fire Commissioner 2010–2014
John J. Cisco (1806–1884) – Assistant Treasurer of the United States for three Presidents
Marcia Clark – prosecutor in the
O. J. Simpson trial; graduated from
Susan E. Wagner High School ; lived in Manor Heights
Kevin J. Collins – senior aide to Republican Party politicians
Ichabod Crane (1787–1857) – military officer for 48 years; nominal inspiration for the fictional protagonist in
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow ; buried in Staten Island
Thomas D. Doubleday (1816–1864) – Wall Street merchant; Colonel in Civil War; lived in Port Richmond; brother of
Abner Doubleday
Trevor N. Dupuy (1916–1995) – US Army colonel; prominent military historian
Sara Ehrman (1919–2017) – senior aide to national Democratic Party politicians
Fred Espenak – NASA scientist, eclipse expert; born and educated on Staten Island
Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807–1882) – Italian revolutionary and statesman; lived for a time on Staten Island
[1]
Eric Garner (1970–2014) – former NYC Parks employee, fatally choked by police while being arrested for unlicensed cigarettes
Irving Hale (1861–1930) – brigadier general who served in the Philippines during the
Spanish–American War
Maura Harty – United States
Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs
Louis V. Iasiello – Rear Admiral;
Chief of Navy Chaplains 2003–2006; Franciscan Catholic priest
Patrick Henry Jones (1830–1900) – Civil War brigadier general;
Postmaster of New York City
Thomas Jordan (1819–1895) – Civil War general and author
Andrew Juxon-Smith (1931–1996) – head of
Sierra Leone military government 1967–1968
Lewis A. Kaplan –
US District Court Judge in New York
Robert Kibbee (1921–1982) – Chancellor of the
City University of New York ; son of actor
Guy Kibbee
Robert S. Lasnik – US District Court Judge in Washington state
James E. Leonard – Chief of New York City Fire Department 2014–2019
Cecil B. Lyon (1903–1993) – US Ambassador to Chile, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives
Jeb Stuart Magruder (1934–2014) – Staten Island native; Watergate figure in Nixon White House; Presbyterian minister
John Marburger (1941–2011) – director of
Brookhaven National Laboratory ; science advisor to President George W. Bush
Francis Xavier McQuade (1878–1955) – New York City judge; advocate for Sunday baseball; part-owner of
New York Giants
Angel Mendez (1946–1967) – US Marine awarded the
Navy Cross for his death in Vietnam War; raised at Mount Loretto
Joseph F. Merrell (1926–1945) – Medal of Honor recipient in World War II
Mersereau Ring – Staten Island family that supported the American Revolution with extensive spying activities, 1776–1781
Ed Murphy – peace and labor activist; organizer of
Vietnam Veterans Against the War and the
Workforce Development Institute
Robert Nelson (1794–1873) – physician; general of Canadian army rebelling unsuccessfully against British colonial rule
Joe Pistone –
FBI agent, best known as Donnie Brasco; lived in Staten Island for a brief period
Joseph Rallo – leader of public universities; Commissioner of Higher Education for
Louisiana
Muhamed Sacirbey – Bosnian diplomat
Louis N. Scarcella (b. 1951) – NYPD homicide detective involved in 20 overturned convictions
Les Schneider (b. 1939) –
US Air Force pilot, known for
Gemini 8 rescue mission
Robert Gould Shaw (1837–1863) – colonel who headed the Union Army's first African American regiment, subject of the feature film
Glory
Richard Sheirer (1946–2012) – senior official in NYC Fire Department, Police Department, and Office of Emergency Management
Edward Stettinius Jr. (1900–1949) – Chairman of US Steel; Secretary of State in FDR Administration; former home is now
Staten Island Academy
Gustav Struve (1805–1870) – German journalist and revolutionary; American Civil War captain
George Augustus Vaughn Jr. (1897–1989) – World War I
flying ace ; co-founder of
Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology
Katherine Walker (1848–1931) – keeper of
Robbins Reef Light in New York Harbor; helped rescue more than 50 sailors
Theodore Winthrop (1828–1861) – one of the first Union officers killed in the American Civil War
James Zappalorti (1945–1990) – disabled veteran of the Vietnam War; victim of anti-gay murder
Musicians
Past
Roy Clark
Roy Clark (1933–2018) – country music performer; co-host of the television show
Hee Haw ; spent his early years on Staten Island
Bobby Darin (born Walden Robert Cassotto, 1936–1973) – singer; his family had a summer home as a child in
South Beach, Staten Island
The Elegants – had #1 hit record in 1959, "Little Star", recorded in a South Beach studio
Vincent Fanelli (1883–1966) – principal harpist of
Philadelphia Orchestra and
Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra
Eileen Farrell (1920–2002) – singer of classical and popular music; lived on Emerson Hill and Grymes Hill
Force MDs – vocal group; several members were born and raised on Staten Island
Bobby Gustafson (b. 1965) – guitarist best known for the heavy metal band
Overkill
Bill Hughes (1930–2018) – jazz trombonist and bandleader with the
Count Basie Orchestra
Frankie LaRocka (1954–2005) – drummer and producer; played for Bryan Adams and Jon Bon Jovi; born and raised in South Beach
Q Lazzarus (born Diana Luckey, 1960–2022) – singer known for "
Goodbye Horses ", featured in the films
Married to the Mob and
The Silence of the Lambs
Carl Lesch (1924–1983) – music director and educator for Catholic churches and schools
Antoine "T.C.D." Lundy (1963–1998) – singer-songwriter with the
Force MDs
Max Maretzek (1821–1897) – opera director and composer
Galt MacDermot (1928–2018) – musician and lyricist for musicals such as
Hair and
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Patricia Neway (1919–2012) – operatic soprano and musical theater actress; won a
Tony Award for
The Sound of Music
A.J. Pero (1959–2015) – drummer for
Twisted Sister
Charles Seeger (1886–1979) – musicologist in family of
folk music specialists
Ruth ,
Peggy ,
Mike , and
Pete Seeger ; brother of poet
Alan Seeger
George Siravo (1916–2000) – saxophonist for
Glenn Miller ; orchestrator for
Tony Bennett ,
Doris Day ,
Frank Sinatra
Axel Stordahl (1913–1963) – music director for hundreds of
Frank Sinatra songs
Roland Trogan (1933–2012) – classical composer; lived on Staten Island
UMC's – 1990s hip-hop duo of
Haas G and
Kool Kim
Cherry Vanilla (born Kathleen Dorritie) – singer and publicist, including for
David Bowie and
Vangelis
Chuck Wayne (born Charles Jagelka, 1923–1997) – jazz guitarist with
Woody Herman ,
George Shearing , and
Tony Bennett
Recent
Wu-Tang Clan
9th Prince (born Terrance Hamlin) – co-founder of rap group
Killarmy ; brother of
Wu-Tang Clan co-founder
RZA
Christina Aguilera –
Mouseketeer ; pop singer; judge on NBC's
The Voice ; born on Staten Island
[1]
Steve Augeri – former lead singer of the rock band
Journey
Joan Baez – folk singer and activist; born on Staten Island; daughter of inventor and Wagner College professor
Albert Baez
Eric Blackwood (born Eric Pastore) – guitarist and singer-songwriter for
Edison's Children ; brother of actor
Garry Pastore and cousin of
Vincent Pastore
Vito Bratta – guitarist for
White Lion ; lives on Staten Island
Cappadonna (born Darryl Hill) – rapper, Wu-Tang Clan member; born and raised on Staten Island
Richie Castellano – musician for
Blue Öyster Cult
Lenny Cerzosie – lead singer of Staten Island hard rock band
The Infinite Staircase
Ron Dante – lead singer for
The Archies ; number 1 song "
Sugar Sugar "
Mark Delpriora – classical guitarist and composer; born and raised on Staten Island
Trife Diesel (born Theo Bailey) – rapper affiliated with Wu-Tang Clan
Eamon Doyle – rapper; born and raised on Staten Island
Anthony Esposito – former bassist for
Lynch Mob and
Ace Frehley ; film producer; born on Staten Island
Frankee (born Nicole Francine Aiello) – R&B singer-songwriter
Reeves Gabrels – rock guitarist and songwriter with
David Bowie ,
Tin Machine , and
The Cure
Sandy Gennaro – drummer; raised in South Beach; played with Cyndi Lauper, Joan Jett,
The Monkees and Pat Travers
Ghostface Killah (born Dennis Coles) – rapper, Wu-Tang Clan member; born and raised on Staten Island
Billy Graziadei – guitarist and lead singer for rap-rock band
Biohazard
GZA (born Gary E. Grice) – rapper, Wu-Tang Clan founding member, born on Staten Island
Haas G (born Carlos Evans) – rapper also known as Fantom of the Beat, half of the 1990s duo
The UMC's
Hanz On (born Anthony Messado) – rapper affiliated with Wu-Tang Clan
Inspectah Deck (born Jason Hunter) – rapper; Wu-Tang Clan member; born and raised on Staten Island
David Johansen – (also known as Buster Poindexter) of the
New York Dolls
Blackie Lawless (born Steven Duren) – lead singer of the 1980s heavy metal band
W.A.S.P.
Lil Suzy (born Suzanne Casale Melone) – freestyle singer
Method Man (born Clifford M. Smith) – rapper; Wu-Tang Clan member; born in Hempstead, Long Island, and raised on Staten Island
Ingrid Michaelson – Indie-pop
singer/songwriter ; a
Staten Island Technical High School graduate
Kevin Norton – jazz and contemporary percussionist, composer, teacher
NYOIL (born Kim Sharpton) – rapper also known as Kool Kim, half of the 1990s duo
The UMC's
Jeannine Otis – singer and theater professional
David Park – rap producer and recording engineer
Vito Picone – with
The Elegants , recorded #1 hit of 1959, "Little Star", in South Beach
John Pisano – jazz guitarist, including long collaborations with
Herb Alpert ,
Peggy Lee ,
Joe Pass
PS22 Chorus – prominent elementary-school chorus located in Graniteville; performed at the
83rd Academy Awards
Raekwon (born Corey Woods) – rapper, Wu-Tang Clan member; born in Brooklyn, raised on Staten Island
Vernon Reid – guitar player for
Living Colour
Remedy (born Ross Filler, 1972) – rapper affiliated with Wu-Tang Clan
Bebe Rexha – singer-songwriter, grew up on Staten Island
Keith Richards –
Rolling Stones guitarist; his wife
Patti Hansen was from Staten Island; in the 1980s they owned a home on the South Shore
Rockell (born Rachel Alexandra Mercaldo) – freestyle pop singer
Daniel Rodriguez – operatic tenor known as "The Singing Policeman" for his former work in
NYPD 's Ceremonial Unit
RZA (born Robert Fitzgerald Diggs) – rapper, Wu-Tang Clan founding member,
Grammy Award -winning producer
Shyheim (born Shyheim Dionel Franklin) – rapper affiliated with Wu-Tang Clan
Gene Simmons (born Chaim Witz, later Eugene Klein) –
Kiss bass player; attended
Richmond College
Earl Slick – guitarist, Phantom, Rocker and Slick; played with
John Lennon
Peter Steele (born Peter Ratajczyk, 1962–2010) – lead singer and bassist for the
gothic metal band
Type O Negative
Steve Stoll (born Stephen Stollmeyer) – drummer and techno producer
Streetlife (born Patrick Charles) – rapper affiliated with Wu-Tang Clan
Kasim Sulton – bass player for
Utopia , with
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts ; now a member of
The New Cars
Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal (born Ronald Blumenthal) – guitar player for
Guns N' Roses , raised in
Bay Terrace
U-God (born Lamont Jody Hawkins) – rapper, Wu-Tang Clan member; born in Brooklyn, moved to Staten Island as a youth
Buz Verno (b. 1953) – bass guitarist, including for fellow Staten Islanders
David Johansen and
Cherry Vanilla
Kenny Washington (b. 1958) – jazz drummer
White Lion –
hard rock band
Rusty Willoughby (b. 1966) – rock musician in the Seattle area since the 1980s
Wu-Tang Clan – influential hip-hop group; most of its founding members were from Staten Island; credited with giving Staten Island the nickname "Shaolin"
Politicians
Past
Eugenio Alvarez (1918–1976) –
NY State Assembly 1973–1974
Edward J. Amann Jr. (1925–2009) – NY State Assembly 1953–1973
Robert S. Bainbridge (1913–1959) –
NY State Senate 1943–1946
Samuel Barton (1785–1858) –
US House of Representatives 1835–1837
Howard R. Bayne (1851–1933) – lawyer, historian, member of NY State Senate
Obadiah Bowne (1822–1874) – member of
32nd US Congress and a
presidential elector
James A. Bradley (1830–1921) – New Jersey politician; founder of
Asbury Park and
Bradley Beach
John M. Braisted Jr. (1907–1997) – NY State Senate 1948–1952;
District Attorney 1956–1975
Erastus Brooks (1815–1886) – NY State Senate 1854–1857, NY State Assembly 1878–1883
John Broome (1738–1810) – NY State Assembly 1800–1802, NY State Senate 1804,
NY Lieutenant Governor 1804–1810
Ellsworth B. Buck (1892–1970) – US House of Representatives 1944–1948; opposed development of
Fresh Kills Landfill
Aaron Burr (1756–1836) – third
US Vice President ; known for duel with
Alexander Hamilton ; died in Port Richmond
Thomas Child Jr. (1818–1869) – US House of Representatives 1855–1857, NY State Assembly,
town supervisor of
Northfield, Staten Island
Robert Christie Jr. (1824–?) – NY State Assembly, NY State Senate
Elizabeth Connelly (1928–2006) – NY State Assembly 1973–2000; first woman to win elective office in Staten Island
Robert T. Connor (1919–2009) –
borough president 1966–1977
Henry Crocheron (1772–1819) – member of
14th US Congress
Jacob Crocheron (1774–1849) – member of
21st US Congress , brother of Henry
George Cromwell (1860–1934) – businessman, lawyer, NY State Assembly and Senate, first borough president of Staten Island
Harman B. Cropsey (c.1775–1859) – Richmond County Sheriff 1829–1831, NY State Senate 1832–1835; uncle of artist
Jasper Francis Cropsey
Edward V. Curry (1909–1982) – NY State Assembly 1949–1952, NY State Senate 1955–1956, NY City Council 1958–1978
John Decker (1823–1892) – NY State Assembly; the last Chief Engineer of New York's Volunteer Fire Department
Johannes de Decker (1626–?) – Comptroller of
New Amsterdam ; negotiated 1664 colonial surrender to the British
Thomas Dongan (1634–1715) –
Governor of NY Province ; namesake of
Dongan Hills
William Duer (1805–1879) – NY State Assembly; District Attorney; US House of Representatives
Joseph Egbert (1807–1888) – US House of Representatives 1841–1843
Rae L. Egbert (1891–1964) – NY State Senate 1935–1940; descendant of the farming family for which
Egbertville is named
Daniel D. T. Farnsworth (1819–1892) – president of
West Virginia Senate ; second
Governor of West Virginia
Edward E. Fitzgibbon (1847–1909) –
Wisconsin State Assembly ; born on Staten Island
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Frank Fossella (1925–2014) – NY City Council 1985; uncle of Vito
Albert Jennings Fountain (1838–1896) –
Texas Senate ;
New Mexico House of Representatives
John C. Fremont (1813–1890) – Civil War major general; first Senator from California; first Republican Party nominee for President; Governor of the
Territory of Arizona
Samuel H. Frost (1818–?) – town supervisor of
Westfield, Staten Island 1851–1856; NY State Senate 1870–1871
Anthony Gaeta (1927–1988) – borough president 1977–1984
James J. Galdieri (1896–1944) –
Jersey City politician
James Guyon Jr. (1778–1846) – member of NY State Assembly and
16th US Congress
Robert E. Johnson (1909–1995) – NY State Senate 1941–1942, 1947
Abraham Jones (1725–1792) – member of 1st NY State Assembly 1777–1778; expelled and imprisoned for British Loyalist activity
David D. Kpormakpor (1935–2010) –
Liberian law professor, Supreme Court justice, head of state 1994–1995
Nicholas B. La Bau (1823–1873) – NY State Assembly; NY State Senate; son-in-law of
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Ralph J. Lamberti (born 1934) – borough president 1984–1989
Nicholas LaPorte (1926–1990) – NY City Council 1977–1985; deputy borough president 1985–1989
Robert Lindsay (1895/1896–1972) – NY City Council 1964–1972
Francis Lovelace (c.1621–1675) – second
Governor of NY Province ; purchased Staten Island from Native Americans and built farm
John A. Lynch (1882–1954) – NY State Senate; borough president 1922–1933
Caleb Lyon (1822–1875) – NY State Assembly; NY State Senate; US House of Representatives; Governor of the
Territory of Idaho
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Albert V. Maniscalco (1908–1998) – NY State Assembly; NY City Council; borough president 1954–1965
[12]
Charles J. McCormack (1865–1915) – NY State Assembly 1903; Richmond County Sheriff 1904–1907; borough president 1914–1915
Henry B. Metcalfe (1805–1881) – District Attorney; County Judge; US House of Representatives 1875–1877
S. Robert Molinari (1897–1957) – NY State Assembly 1943–1944; father of Guy; grandfather of Susan
Nicholas Muller (1836–1917) – NY State Assembly 1875–1876; US House of Representatives for 12 years during 1877–1902
James J. Murphy (1898–1962) – US House of Representatives 1949–1952; NY City Council 1954–1957
John M. Murphy (1926–2015) – US House of Representatives 1963–1981; convicted in
Abscam bribery case
William L. Murphy (1944–2010) – District Attorney 1983–2003
Benjamin Nichols (1920–2007) – science educator and
Democratic Socialist mayor of
Ithaca, NY
Jerome X. O'Donovan (1944–2014) – NY City Council 1983–2001; great-grandson of Irish activists
Jeremiah and
Mary Jane O'Donovan Rossa
James A. O'Leary (1889–1944) – US House of Representatives 1935–1944; great-grandfather of
Vito Fossella
Joseph A. Palma (1889–1969) – borough president 1934–1945
Harry J. Palmer (1872–1948) – NY State Senate 1929–1934
John Palmer (1842–1905) – Civil War officer; elected as
NY Secretary of State
Ruth Perry (1939–2017) – Liberian senator, head of state 1996–1997
George M. Pinney Jr. (1856–1921) – Richmond County District Attorney; town supervisor of
Castleton, Staten Island
Anning Smith Prall (1870–1937) – US House of Representatives 1923–1934;
FCC Chair 1935–1937; namesake of Prall Intermediate School (I.S. 27)
Edmund P. Radigan (1889–1968) – NY State Assembly 1945–1948
John H. Ray (1886–1975) – US House of Representatives 1953–1962
William N. Reidy (1912–1952) – NY State Assembly 1949–1952
Joseph Ridgway (1783–1861) –
Ohio House of Representatives 1828–1831; US House of Representatives 1837–1843
Lucio F. Russo (1912–2004) – NY State Assembly 1953–1974
Antonio López de Santa Anna (1794–1876) – five-time
President of Mexico ; retook the
Alamo ; exiled on Staten Island
Alfred E. Santangelo (1912–1978) – NY State Senate; US House of Representatives
Henry J. Seaman (1805–1861) – US House of Representatives 1845–1847
William Allaire Shortt (1859–1915) – NY State Assembly 1908–1911
William A. Stevens (1879–1941) – President of
New Jersey Senate ;
New Jersey Attorney General
Vito J. Titone (1929–2005) – Associate Judge of
New York Court of Appeals 1985–1998; father of Matthew
Daniel D. Tompkins (1774–1825) –
NY Governor ;
US Vice President ; established
Tompkinsville ,
SI Ferry , Richmond Turnpike (
Victory Blvd. )
Hannah Tompkins (1781–1829) – NY First Lady; US Second Lady; wife of Daniel
Minthorne Tompkins (1807–1881) – NY State Assembly; NY State Senate; son of Daniel and Hannah; co-founder of NY Republican Party, and
Stapleton
Julia Gardiner Tyler (1820–1889) – second wife of US President John Tyler; resided in Staten Island after being widowed during the Civil War
Jacob Tyson (1773–1848) – town supervisor of Castleton, Staten Island; county judge; US House of Representatives 1823–1825; NY State Senate
Calvin D. Van Name (1857–1924) – NY State Assembly; borough president 1915–1921
Thomas J. Walsh (1891/1892–1955) – NY State Senate; District Attorney; Judge
Hubbard R. Yetman (1847–1924) – NY State Assembly; town supervisor of Westfield, Staten Island
Recent
Susan Molinari
Sal Albanese –
NY City Council 1983–1997, representing Brooklyn; four-time mayoral candidate
Joseph Borelli –
NY State Assembly 2013–2015; NY City Council 2015– ; conservative commentator
Justin Brannan – NY City Council, representing Brooklyn; former musician; attended
College of Staten Island
David Carr – NY City Council 2021–
Ronald Castorina – NY State Assembly 2016–2018; judge 2021–
Alfred C. Cerullo III – NY City Council 1990–1994, commissioner 1994–1999, professional actor in theater and television
Michael Cusick – NY State Assembly 2003–
Serena DiMaso – New Jersey politician
Dan Donovan – District Attorney 2004–2015; US House of Representatives 2015–2018
Charles Fall – NY State Assembly 2019–
Stephen Fiala – NY City Council 1998–2001
Vito Fossella –
Republican member of NY City Council 1994–1997; US House of Representatives 1997–2008;
borough president 2022–
John Fusco – NY City Council 1992–1998; judge 1998–2013
Sara M. Gonzalez – NY City Council 2002–2013, representing Brooklyn; attended College of Staten Island
John T. Gregorio (1928−2013) – New Jersey politician
Michael Grimm – Republican member of US House of Representatives 2011–2014; former
FBI agent
Kamillah Hanks – NY City Council 2022–
Janele Hyer-Spencer – NY State Assembly 2007–2010
Vincent M. Ignizio – NY State Assembly; NY City Council
Andrew Lanza – NY City Council;
NY State Senate
John W. Lavelle (1949–2007) – NY State Assembly 2001–2007
Donna Lupardo – NY State Assembly, representing Binghamton; born and educated on Staten Island
Nicole Malliotakis – Republican, NY State Assembly 2011–2020; US House of Representatives 2021–
John J. Marchi (1921–2009) – NY State Senate 1957–2006; led Staten Island's
NYC secession movement
Steven Matteo – NY City Council 2015–2021
Michael McMahon – NY City Council 2003–2008; US House of Representatives 2009–2010; District Attorney 2016–
Matthew Mirones – NY State Assembly 2002–2006
Kenneth Mitchell – NY City Council 2009; Executive Director of
Staten Island Zoo 2010–
Guy Molinari (1928–2018) – NY State Assembly 1975–1980; US House of Representatives 1981–1989; borough president 1990–2001; father of Susan
Susan Molinari – US House of Representatives 1990–1997; keynote speaker for
1996 Republican National Convention
James Molinaro – borough president 2002–2013
James Oddo – Republican member of NY City Council 1999–2013; borough president 2014–2021
Michelle Paige Paterson – NY First Lady, wife of Governor David Paterson
Sam Pirozzolo – NY State Assembly 2023–
Michael Reilly – NY State Assembly 2019–
Leticia Remauro – Republican county chair 1999–2002
Debi Rose – Democratic member of NY City Council for the
North Shore of Staten Island, 2010–2021
Max Rose – Democratic member of US House of Representatives, 2019–2020
Diane Savino – NY State Senate 2005–2022
Jessica Scarcella-Spanton – NY State Senate 2023–
Philip S. Straniere –
Staten Island Civil Court judge 1997–
Robert Straniere – NY State Assembly 1981–2004; brother of Philip
Michael Tannousis – NY State Assembly 2021–
Matthew Titone – NY State Assembly 2007–2018; Richmond County Surrogate Judge 2019–
Louis Tobacco – NY State Assembly 2007–2012
Eric N. Vitaliano – NY State Assembly 1983–2001; judge 2001–
Religion
Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton
Patrick Ahern (1919–2011) – Catholic priest and bishop
James Roosevelt Bayley (1814–1877) – nephew of St.
Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton ; Catholic pastor of
St. Peter's Church ; Bishop of Newark; Archbishop of Baltimore
William H. Boole (1827–1896) – Methodist pastor and prominent Prohibitionist
Robert Anthony Brucato (1931–2018) – Catholic priest and bishop
Peter John Byrne (born 1951) – Catholic priest and bishop
Romi Cohn (1929–2020) – Orthodox Jewish rabbi, mohel, Holocaust survivor, and real-estate developer
Dorothy Day (1897–1980) – social activist and radical; co-founder of
Catholic Worker movement and newspaper; candidate for sainthood
Edward Doane (1820–1890) – Congregationalist missionary to Pacific islands
Edmund J. Dobbin (1935–2015) – Augustinian Catholic priest and longest-serving president of
Villanova University
John Christopher Drumgoole (1816–1888) – Catholic priest and founder of
Mount Loretto Children's Home
John Murphy Farley (1842–1918) – Cardinal; Catholic Archbishop of New York; priest at St. Peter's Church 1870–1872
Joseph A. Farrell (1873–1960) – Catholic priest, teacher, namesake of
Monsignor Farrell High School
Reuven Feinstein (born 1937) – Orthodox Jewish rabbi; head of the
Yeshiva of Staten Island
George Henry Guilfoyle (1913–1991) – Catholic priest and bishop
Edward D. Head (1919–2005) – Catholic priest and bishop
Eliza Healy (1846–1919, known as Sister Saint Mary Magdalen) – one of the first African-American Catholic mother superiors, including of
Notre Dame Academy, Staten Island
Metropolitan Ireney (born Ivan Dmitriyevich Bekish, 1892–1981) – primate of the
Orthodox Church in America
Walter P. Kellenberg (1901–1986) – Catholic priest and bishop
Thomas John McDonnell (1894–1961) – Catholic priest and bishop
Richard Channing Moore (1762–1841) – Episcopal rector of
St. Andrew's Church ; Bishop of Virginia
William Muhm (born 1957) – Catholic priest, chaplain, bishop
Miguel Pedro Mundo (1937–1999) – Catholic priest and bishop
Patrick O'Boyle (1896–1987) – Cardinal; Catholic Archbishop of Washington; director of Mount Loretto 1936–1943
John Joseph O'Hara (born 1946) – Catholic priest and bishop
Frank Pavone (born 1959) – Catholic ex-priest and anti-abortion activist
Satsvarupa das Goswami (born Stephen Guarino, 1939) – writer, poet, artist, and guru for the
International Society for Krishna Consciousness
Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton (1774–1821) – first American-born Roman Catholic saint; founder of American branch of
Sisters of Charity ; Staten Island resident in 1790s
Anson Phelps Stokes II (1874–1958) – Episcopal priest; secretary of Yale University; civil rights activist; son of
namesake mining executive ; father of
namesake bishop
William Greenough Thayer (1863–1934) – Episcopal minister and educator, born in New Brighton, Staten Island
Terry Troia (born 1958) – Reformed minister; longtime leader of Staten Island's interfaith nonprofit Project Hospitality
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Edmund James Whalen (born 1958) – Catholic priest and bishop; graduate and former principal of Msgr. Farrell H.S.
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Science, mathematics, medicine
John Peoples Jr.
Oscar Auerbach (1905–1997) – pathologist who helped prove that
smoking causes lung cancer
Nathaniel Lord Britton (1859–1934) – co-founder of
New York Botanical Garden ; donor of
The Britton Cottage , now in Richmondtown
James Chapin (1889–1964) – ornithologist for
American Museum of Natural History ; author of the landmark Birds of the Belgian Congo
Helen Clevenger (1917–1936) –
NYU chemistry student who was murdered in North Carolina
William T. Davis (1862–1945) – naturalist, entomologist, historian; co-founder of
Staten Island Institute of Arts & Sciences
Samuel Mackenzie Elliott (1811–1875) – pioneer of American
ophthalmology ; abolitionist leader; lieutenant colonel
Allan L. Goldstein – biochemist, specializing in the
thymus gland and the immune system
Augustus Radcliffe Grote (1841–1903) – entomologist, expert on butterflies and moths
Gary Hartstein – anaesthesiologist, emergency physician for
Formula One racing events
Arthur Hollick (1857–1933) – paleobotanist, expert on fossil plants
Bruce Kershner (1950–2007) – forest ecologist, environmentalist, biology teacher
Rebecca Lancefield (1895–1981) – microbiologist at
Rockefeller University and
Columbia University ; expert on
streptococcal bacteria
Charles W. Leng (1859–1941) – naturalist, entomologist, historian; co-founder of Staten Island Institute of Arts & Sciences
Lily McNair – psychologist; past provost of
Wagner College ; president of
Tuskegee University
John Coleman Moore (1923–2016) – mathematician and professor, specializing in
algebraic topology
Peter Panzica (born 1965) – director of anesthesiology;
Harvard Medical School faculty
John Peoples Jr. – physicist; past director of
Fermilab and
Sloan Digital Sky Survey
George H. Pepper (1873–1924) – archaeologist, specializing in Native American burial grounds
Leonard Radinsky (1937–1985) – paleontologist and professor, specializing in fossil mammals
Edward H. Robitzek (1912–1984) – tuberculosis expert and chief physician at
Sea View Hospital ; helped develop
isoniazid antibiotic treatment
Doris Schattschneider – geometer and professor; first female editor of
Mathematics Magazine
Leroy Louis Schwartz (1932/1933–1997) – pediatrician; health policy researcher
Lynn Steen (1941–2015) – mathematician and professor, president of
Mathematical Association of America
Henry Taber (1860–1936) – mathematician and professor, specializing in
linear algebra ; brother of Shakespearean actor
Robert Taber
Kaya Thomas –
app developer ; mentor with
Black Girls Code
Thomas Gordon Thompson (1888–1961) – oceanographer and professor, specializing in the chemistry of the sea
Paul Torgersen (1931–2015) – engineering professor and president of
Virginia Tech
Mikhail Varshavski – "Doctor Mike", celebrity physician
J. Lamar Worzel (1919–2008) – geophysical oceanographer, specializing in deep-sea acoustics and gravity measurements
Sports
Baseball
Bobby Thomson
Tim Adleman (b. 1987) –
Major League Baseball (MLB) and
KBO League (KBO) pitcher; attended
Georgetown University
Rich Aurilia (b. 1971) – MLB All-Star shortstop; attended
St. John's University
George Bamberger (1923–2004) – MLB pitcher, pitching coach, and manager
Larry Bearnarth (1941–1999) – MLB pitcher and pitching coach, attended St. John's University
Cliff Brantley (b. 1968) – MLB pitcher; attended
Port Richmond High School
Julie Bowers (1926–1977) –
Negro League catcher, played for
New York Black Yankees
Jerry Casale (1933–2019) – MLB pitcher; Staten Island resident
Gloria Cordes (Elliott) (1931–2018) –
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) pitcher
Tom Cosgrove (b. 1996) – MLB pitcher; attended
Monsignor Farrell High School
Jack Cronin (1874–1929) – MLB pitcher from 1895 to 1904
Terry Crowley (b. 1947) – MLB outfielder and hitting coach, won
World Series ring; attended
Curtis High School
Nick Dini – MLB catcher
Karl Drews (1920–1963) – MLB pitcher; attended
Ralph R. McKee CTE High School
Jack Egbert (b. 1983) – MLB pitcher
Brian Esposito (b. 1979) – MLB catcher; attended
Staten Island Technical High School
Dude Esterbrook (1857–1901) – MLB third baseman and manager
Bobby Evans – MLB executive, including general manager of the San Francisco Giants
Frank Fernández – MLB catcher and outfielder, the "Staten Island Strongboy"; attended Curtis High School
Matt Festa – MLB pitcher
John Franco – MLB pitcher; Staten Island resident
Grover Froese (1916–1982) – MLB umpire and scout
Matt Galante – MLB bench coach; Staten Island resident
Frank Genovese (1914–1981) – MLB outfielder and scout, minor league manager; older brother of George
George Genovese (1922–2015) – MLB pinch hitter specialist, minor league manager; attended
Port Richmond High School
Zack Granite – MLB outfielder; attended Tottenville High School
Lee Howard (1923–2018) – MLB pitcher in 1946 and 1947
John H. Johnson (1921–1988) – executive, president of
National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues
Bill Lindsey – MLB catcher
Hank Majeski (1916–1991) – MLB third baseman and batting coach; minor league manager and
Wagner College coach
Jason Marquis – MLB All-Star pitcher; attended
Tottenville High School
Joe McDonald – MLB executive, including general manager of three teams; won six World Series rings
Matty McIntyre (1880–1920) – MLB outfielder; helped lead the
Detroit Tigers to the World Series in 1908 and 1909
Frank Menechino – MLB infielder and designated hitter; attended
Susan E. Wagner High School and
University of Alabama
Pete Mikkelsen (1939–2006) – MLB relief pitcher
Rose Montalbano – AAGPBL infielder, 1951–1953
Al Naples (1926–2021) – MLB shortstop in 1949
Larry Napp (born Larry Albert Napodano, 1916–1993) – MLB umpire
Craig Noto – head baseball coach for Wagner College; former player and coach for
St. Peter's Boys High School
Joe Pignatano – MLB catcher and bullpen coach; won World Series ring
Glen Richardson (1927–2017) – second baseman for the
New York Black Yankees ; attended Tottenville High School
Sonny Ruberto (1946–2014) – MLB catcher; attended Curtis High School
Rich Scheid – MLB pitcher
George Sharrott (1869–1932) – MLB pitcher from 1893 to 1894
Jack Sharrott (1869–1927) – MLB pitcher and outfielder from 1890 to 1893; cousin of George
Duane Singleton – MLB center fielder
Shea Spitzbarth – MLB pitcher
Jack Taylor (1873–1900) – MLB pitcher in the
National League from 1891 to 1899
Bobby Thomson (1923–2010) – MLB All-Star third baseman and outfielder, hit "
Shot Heard 'Round the World "; attended Curtis High School
Bill Traffley (1859–1908) – MLB catcher for the
Chicago White Stockings
Tuck Turner (1867–1945) – MLB outfielder from 1893 to 1898
Billy Urbanski (1903–1973) – MLB infielder for the
Boston Braves
Frank Umont (1917–1991) – MLB umpire, after several years playing football for the New York Giants
Anthony Varvaro (1984–2022) – MLB pitcher and Port Authority police officer; graduated from Curtis High School and St. John's University
Mookie Wilson – MLB center fielder; Staten Island resident
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Basketball
Elmer Ripley
Bowling
Boxing
Tony Canzoneri
Adewale Ogunleye
Emmanuel Akah (b. 1979) –
National Football League (NFL) and
NFL Europa offensive lineman
Lou Anarumo – coaching staff member of college and NFL teams
Joe Andruzzi – NFL offensive lineman, won three
Super Bowl rings
Dawn Aponte – NFL executive
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Teddy Atlas III – professional football scout; son of boxing trainer
Teddy Atlas
Dan Blaine (1891–1958) – halfback, owner of the
Staten Island Stapletons ; brought team into NFL
Micah Brown –
Canadian Football League (CFL) and
Arena Football quarterback
Irv Constantine (1907–1966) – NFL back, for one game with the Staten Island Stapletons; attended
Curtis High School
Anthony Coyle – NFL offensive tackle for the
Pittsburgh Steelers ; attended
Tottenville High School
Kevin Coyle – coaching staff member of college and NFL teams;
Alliance of American Football (AAF) head coach
Dominique Easley – NFL linebacker, won a Super Bowl ring; attended Curtis High School
Gus Edwards – NFL running back for the
Baltimore Ravens
Frank Ferrara – NFL defensive end; attended
New Dorp High School
Steve Gregory – NFL safety and coach;
Detroit Lions defensive assistant
Percy Haughton (1876–1924) – college head coach, won three
NCAA championships ,
College Football Hall of Fame member; baseball coach and investor
Vidal Hazelton – NFL and CFL wide receiver, attended
Moore Catholic High School
Jim Lee Howell (1914–1995) – NFL receiver and defensive back; head coach for the
New York Giants and
Wagner College
James Jenkins – NFL tight end, won a Super Bowl ring
Rich Kotite – NFL tight end, head coach of the
Philadelphia Eagles and
New York Jets ; attended Wagner College
Shemiah LeGrande – NFL and
Indoor American football defensive tackle
Pete Lembo – coaching staff member of college teams
Dino Mangiero – NFL defensive lineman, attended Curtis High School
Tom Masella – head coach of several college football teams, including Wagner College
Hurvin McCormack – NFL defensive tackle, attended New Dorp High School
Dennis McKnight – NFL guard, coaching staff member of college and CFL teams;
Hamilton Tiger-Cats offensive line coach
Dan Mullen – college football coach; graduate of Wagner College
Ollie Ogbu – NFL, CFL, and Arena football defensive tackle, attended
St. Joseph by the Sea High School
Adewale Ogunleye – NFL defensive end; attended
Indiana University and Tottenville High School
Eric Olsen – NFL center, attended
Notre Dame
David Richards – NFL guard; 1983
USA Today High School All-American
Peter Rossomando – college head coach at
Central Connecticut
Lewis Sanders – NFL cornerback, attended
University of Maryland and
St. Peter's Boys High School
William Shakespeare (1912–1974) – college halfback at
Notre Dame ,
College Football Hall of Fame member, "The Bard of Staten Island"
Mike Siani – NFL wide receiver,
No. 1 draft choice of the
Oakland Raiders ; attended
Villanova University
Jeff Stoutland – NFL coach, graduate of
Port Richmond High School
Mickey Sullivan (1916–2000) – head football coach at Wagner College from 1957 to 1961
Vernon Turner – NFL and
NFL Europa running back, wide receiver, and return specialist; attended Curtis High School
Golf
Gymnastics
Hockey
Ice skating
Martial arts
Racket sports
Abel Kiviat
Soccer
Track and field
Wrestling
Randy Savage
Other
Loni Harwood
Writers
Past
Anna Leonowens
Henry H. Carter (1905–2001) – linguist, professor, specialist in Spanish and Portuguese translation
William Rossa Cole (1919–2000) – author, poet, anthologist, editor; grandson of Irish activists
Jeremiah and
Mary Jane O'Donovan Rossa
James Gould Cozzens (1903–1978) – short story writer and
Pulitzer Prize -winning novelist
George William Curtis (1824–1892) – author, orator, reformer; namesake of Curtis High School
Donald Davidson (1917–2003) – influential philosopher and professor
William Main Doerflinger (1910–2000) – author and editor, including a major collection of folksongs (
sea shanties )
John Drebinger (1891–1979) – sports editor for
The Richmond County Advance , longtime baseball reporter for
The New York Times , winner of 1973
Spink Award
Isaac K. Funk (1839–1912) – Lutheran minister; co-founder of
Funk & Wagnalls Company , publisher of dictionaries and encyclopedias
Sydney Howard Gay (1814–1888) – journalist and abolitionist, active in the
Underground Railroad
Emily Genauer (1911–2002) – Pulitzer-winning art critic
Langston Hughes (1902–1967) – poet; lived and worked for a season on a Staten Island farm growing vegetables
William James (1842–1910) – philosopher, and his younger brother, novelist
Henry James (1843–1916), spent a few summers on Staten Island
Florence Morse Kingsley (1859–1937) – author of popular and religious fiction
Anna Leonowens (1831–1915) – travel writer and educator, governess for King of Siam; memoir evolved into
The King and I
Richard Adams Locke (1800–1871) – editor of
The New York Sun ; presumed author of the "
Great Moon Hoax "; lived on Staten Island
Laurence Manning (1899–1972) – science fiction author
Edwin Markham (1852–1940) – poet, school administrator, namesake of Markham Intermediate School (I.S. 51)
John William Martin (1864/1865–1956) – socialist academic, lecturer, writer; hosted many celebrity authors
Andy Milligan (1929–1991) – playwright and film director; resided in Staten Island
Kafū Nagai (born Nagai Sōkichi, 1879–1959) – Japanese author; wrote about his brief residence in American Stories
Frederick Nebel (1903–1967) – novelist and short story writer known for his
hardboiled detective fiction
Francis Parkman (1823–1893) – historian of the American frontier
Emily Post (c.1872–1960) – columnist and author, best known for
Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics, and at Home
Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869–1935) – three-time winner of
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry , best known for the narrative poem "
Richard Cory "
Armand Schwerner (1927–1999) – poet, best known for Tablets ; professor at
Staten Island Community College and
College of Staten Island
Alan Seeger (1888–1916) – poet and World War I hero (
I Have a Rendezvous with Death ); brother of
Charles Seeger ; uncle of
Pete Seeger
Theodore Sturgeon (1918–1985) – science fiction author; born on Staten Island
Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) – essayist, philosopher, naturalist; spent his longest time away from
Concord, Massachusetts on Staten Island in the 1840s
Amy Vanderbilt (1908–1974) – author of the best-selling Complete Book of Etiquette ; distant cousin of
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Phyllis A. Whitney (1903–2008) – prolific mystery writer; Staten Island resident during 1950s–1960s
William Winter (1836–1917) – poet, critic, biographer, theater historian
Paul Zindel (1936–2003) – novelist and Pulitzer-winning playwright, whose stories usually took place on Staten Island
Recent
Ayad Akhtar – playwright, novelist, screenwriter; won Pulitzer Prize for
Disgraced
Melissa Anelli – webmistress of
The Leaky Cauldron ; author of
Harry, A History
Tracy Brown – Essence best-selling author; born and raised in Mariners Harbor
Cheryl Burke (1972–2011) – poet, posthumous winner of
Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual Literature
Gwen Carr – activist, public speaker, author, after her son
Eric Garner was killed by police
Christopher Celenza – historian of the Italian Renaissance; dean of
Georgetown University College of Arts and Sciences
Vito Delsante – comic book writer, including several issues of
Scooby-Doo
Shawnae Dixon – chef, cookbook author
C. P. Dunphey – author of science fiction and horror stories
Alex Gino – winner of
Stonewall Book Award and Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Children's Literature
Suheir Hammad – poet, author, Palestinian activist
Michael Henry Heim (1943–2012) – literary translator, fellow of the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Tyehimba Jess – Pulitzer Prize winning poet,
College of Staten Island professor
Charlie Kadau – longtime writer and senior editor for
MAD magazine
Michael Largo – author of mostly non-fiction books, including Final Exits ; The Portable Obituary ; Genius and Heroin
Ki Longfellow – novelist, born on Staten Island; author of
The Secret Magdalene
Lois Lowry – children's author, two-time
Newbery Medal winner
Brian Plante – writer, best known for science fiction stories
Darwin Porter (born 1937) – travel writer and
celebrity biographer ; lives in New Brighton in the former home of
Howard R. Bayne
Joe Raiola – longtime writer and senior editor for MAD magazine
Sarah Schulman – novelist, playwright, LGBT activist, College of Staten Island professor
Pam Sherman –
Gannett columnist also known as "The Suburban Outlaw"
David O. Stewart (b. 1951) – historian and author
William J. Taverner – sex educator and author; grew up on Staten Island
Anthony Torrone (b. 1955) – author of Anthony's Prayers , inspired by his years in
Willowbrook State School
Lara Vapnyar (b. 1975) – Russian Jewish emigre writer known for her novels and short stories
See also
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