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List of people from Staten Island

This is a list of people who were either born or have lived in Staten Island, a borough of New York City, New York, at some time in their lives.

Contents

Past

  • Maurice Barrymore – vaudeville actor; had a farm on Staten Island in the late 19th century; appeared in local plays in Stapleton; the first amateur stage appearance of his children John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore and Ethel Barrymore was in Ft Wadsworth, where they lived with their grandmother Louisa Lane Drew
  • John Dehner- actor, played Cy Bennet on the The Doris Day Show ; born on Staten Island
  • David Froman  – actor, played "Gunther" on Edge of Night; was a regular on Matlock, once lived in Livingston
  • Florina Kaja – socialite; TV personality; cast member of Season 4 of the reality television series Bad Girls Club
  • Robert Loggia – actor, Scarface, The Sopranos, Big; New Dorp High School graduate
  • Paul Newman – actor; married to Joanne Woodward; lived in St. George, Staten Island
  • Mabel Normand (1892-1930) – silent film actress, director, writer; owned an early movie company; grew up in New Brighton; directed Chaplin in his first movies and appeared with him in Tillie's Punctured Romance
  • Edward Platt – actor who played "The Chief" on the 1960s TV show Get Smart; born on Staten Island

    • Present

  • Hunter Majewski (born 2003), reality television personality, actor and film writer
  • Christina Aguilera - born on Staten Island, known for NBC's "The Voice" and her music
  • Leslie Barrett – actress, known as Harvey's friend George in The Honeymooners episode "The Bensonhurst Bomber"
  • Mike Bocchetti -comic, Artie Lange Show, lives in Great Kills
  • 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
  • Roy Clark – country singer and musician; co-host of the television show Hee Haw; spent his early years on Staten Island
  • Pete Davidson – comedian, Saturday Night Live
  • John Dehner – television and movie actor; born on Staten Island
  • David Dukes – actor; lived in Brighton Heights briefly
  • Jennifer Esposito – actress, Spin City, Summer of Sam; attended Moore Catholic High School
  • Bobby Flay – chef on Food Network
  • Joseph "Joe" Gatto – member of the comedy group The Tenderloins and star of Impractical Jokers on TruTV
  • Carmine Giovinazzo – actor who plays Detective Danny Messer on the CBS drama CSI: NY
  • 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
  • Larry Harmon – Bozo the Clown; lived on Staten Island
  • Impractical Jokers – members of comedy troupe The Tenderloins (Joe Gatto, James Murray, Brian Quinn and Sal Vulcano)
  • Allen Jenkins – character actor, voice of cartoon Top Cat's Officer Dibble; born on Staten Island
  • Colin Jost - comedian "Saturday Night Live" , writer "Saturday Night"
  • Hassan Johnson – actor, featured in The Wire, Belly
  • Tim Kelleher – film, TV, and stage actor, writer, director; attended PS 35, OLGC and Msgr. Farrell
  • Yunjin Kim – actress, Lost
  • Sukanya Krishnan – host and news anchor for WPIX-11; grew up on Staten Island and graduated from New Dorp High School
  • Paul Land – actor, Spring Break, The Idolmaker
  • Bob Levy – comic; raised on Great Kills
  • Alyssa Milano – actress; raised on Staten Island
  • James "Murr" Murray – member of the comedy group The Tenderloins and star of Impractical Jokers on TruTV
  • Eddie Pepitone – actor and standup comedian
  • Angelina Pivarnick – former cast member of MTV's Jersey Shore seasons 1–2; born and raised on Staten Island
  • Brian "Q" Quinn – member of the comedy group The Tenderloins and star of Impractical Jokers on TruTV
  • Robin Quivers – radio personality from The Howard Stern Show; lives on Staten Island
  • Angela Raiola – Big Ang, star of Staten Island-based reality TV show Mob Wives
  • Tony Reali – Stat Boy on Pardon the Interruption; host of Around the Horn
  • Pat Robertson – TV personality and evangelist; lived in Great Kills in the 1960s; found his interest in religion while living on Staten Island
  • Guy Fieri – chef who co-owns six restaurants and has numerous TV shows
  • Larry Romano – actor, The King of Queens, NYPD Blue
  • Kevin Rooney – former manager of Mike Tyson; lived on Staten Island
  • Theo Rossi – actor, Sons of Anarchy
  • Gianni Russo – actor; played Carlo Rizzi in The Godfather; raised on Staten Island
  • Glenn Scarpelli – child actor from One Day at a Time; born and raised in Staten Island
  • Steven R. Schirripa – Bobby Bacala from The Sopranos
  • Rick Schroder – TV actor, Silver Spoons, NYPD Blue, 24, Strong Medicine
  • Steven Seagal – actor, lived on Staten Island
  • Raymond Serra – actor, Gotti, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  • Martin Sheen – actor, lived in St. George
  • Michael "The Situation" Sorrentino – from MTV'S Jersey Shore; born on Staten Island
  • Eddie Kaye Thomas – actor, Paul Finch in the American Pie movies; born and raised in New Dorp
  • Lenny Venito – actor, War of the Worlds
  • Salvatore "Sal" Vulcano – member of the comedy group The Tenderloins and star of Impractical Jokers on TruTV
  • Tristan Wilds – actor, The Wire, 90210
  • Joanne Woodward – actress; married to Paul Newman; lived in St. George, Staten Island
  • John Newell - star of stage and screen and notable stand in for Danny DeVito
  • Michael Drayer - actor, Mr. Robot, The Sopranos

    • Artists

  • Alice Austen – photographer, lifelong Staten Island resident; the MV Alice Austen is named after her
  • Mathew Brady – Civil War photographer; moved to Staten Island around 1850 with his wife Julia
  • John Carrère – architect; designed NY Public Library; lived in Clifton
  • John Celardo – illustrator of the Tarzan comic strip
  • Fred Cozzens – marine artist, 19th century
  • Jasper Francis Cropsey – landscape artist of the Hudson River School; born on his family's farm in Rossville
  • Evan Dorkin – cartoonist and creator of Milk & Cheese; longtime resident of Staten Island
  • Ernest Flagg – commercial architect; has an estate on Todt Hill
  • Alice Sargent Johnson – illustrator; lifelong Staten Islander
  • John Martinez – painter, known for his work No Greater Love, of the September 11 attacks and rescue effort
  • John A. Noble – lithographer and artist; the Staten Island Ferry, John A. Noble, was named after him
  • Frederick Law Olmsted – 19th-century architect; had a country house on Staten Island
  • Edward Sargent – architect, artist; lived in Tompkinsville; designed an armory, many Staten Island schools and homes
  • Francesco Scavullo – photographer; born on Staten Island
  • Cynthia von Buhler – artist and children's book author; resides in Staten Island
  • George Woodbridge – illustrator for Mad magazine and history books; lived on Staten Island

    • Business

  • William Henry Aspinwall (1807-1875) – shipping magnate; helped found the ASPCA and Metropolitan Museum of Art; died on Staten Island at his country estate on Aspinwall Street in Tottenville
  • Cesar Joseph Claro – President and CEO, Staten Island Economic Development Corporation; Executive Director, Richmond County Savings Foundation
  • Denis M. Hughes – President, NYS AFL-CIO; born and raised on Staten Island
  • Samuel I. Newhouse (born 1927) – media tycoon
  • Anson Phelps Stokes (1838-1913) – merchant, banker, philanthropist; owned Phelps-Dodge; his 10-acre mansion was next to Curtis High School
  • Cornelius Vanderbilt – 19th-century shipping and railroad magnate; born and lived on Staten Island; buried in the Moravian Cemetery at New Dorp
  • William Henry Vanderbilt (1821-1885)

    • Inventors

  • Thomas Adams (1818-1905) – invented chewing gum; founder of the chewing gum industry, later teamed up with William Wrigley Jr; lived on Staten Island in the 1860s–1870s
  • Charles Goodyear – inventor; lived on Staten Island for several years; experimented with rubber 1836–39 on Staten Island; that business failed and he moved to Boston; patented the vulcanization of rubber in the 1840s
  • Gustave Mayer – inventor of the Nilla wafer, later popularized by Nabisco
  • Antonio Meucci – inventor of the telephone; immigrated to Staten Island, settling in the Clifton area in 1850, where he lived for the remainder of his life

    • Historical notables and early settlers

  • Dorothy Day – social activist and anarchist; lived on Staten Island; buried in Resurrection Cemetery
  • Cornelis Melyn – early settler, political figure, and Patroon
  • Daniel Perrin – early settler known as "The Huguenot"
  • Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana (1794-1876) – five-time Mexican President, exiled on Staten Island
  • Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton (1744-1821) – the first American-born Roman Catholic saint
  • William Greenough Thayer (1863-1934) – educator, born in New Brighton, Staten Island
  • Julia Gardiner Tyler – second wife of President John Tyler; resided in Staten Island during the Civil War
  • Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882) – Italian general, politician, and nationalist; briefly worked as candle maker on Staten Island

    • Law

  • Marcia Clark – prosecutor in the O.J. Simpson trial; graduated from Susan E. Wagner High School; lived on Queen Street in Manor Heights, near the Todt Hill area
  • Joe Pistone – FBI agent (aka Donnie Brasco); lived in Staten Island for a brief period

    • Military and government

  • Michael R. Boera – Major General, USAF; F-16 pilot Desert Storm, Bosnian War; holder of Air Force Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross, Bronze Star; born and had elementary education on Staten Island
  • Walter L Bunyea;– Colonel, Armor, USA; Deputy Commanding Officer, 197th Infantry Brigade during Operation Desert Storm; Bronz Star; longest successful attack without operational pause in history; PS46, Curtis HS, South Beach Lifeguard
  • Father Vincent Capodanno – Chaplain, Lieutenant, United States Navy; Congressional Medal of Honor recipient
  • Ichabod Crane – US Army Colonel during the War of 1812; the nominal inspiration for the fictional protagonist in Washington Irving's Legend of Sleepy Hollow; buried in Staten Island
  • Thomas D Doubleday – Wall Street merchant; Colonel in Civil War; lived in Port Richmond; brother of Abner Doubleday
  • Fred Espenak – NASA scientist; born and educated on Staten Island
  • Louis V. Iasiello – Chief of Navy Chaplains from 2003 to 2006
  • Robert Gould Shaw (1837-1863) – Colonel who headed the Union Army's first African American regiment
  • Edward Stettinius Jr. – Chairman of US Steel; left to become Secretary of State to FDR Administration; former home is now Staten Island Academy, Todt Hill

    • Musicians

  • Christina Aguilera – pop singer; born on Staten Island
  • Steve Augeri – former lead singer of the rock band Journey
  • Joan Baez – folk singer, born on Staten Island; resided on Maine Avenue in Westerleigh; her father, Dr. Albert Baez, was a professor at Wagner College
  • Vito Bratta – guitarist for White Lion; lives on Staten Island
  • Cappadonna – rapper, Wu-Tang Clan member; born and raised on Staten Island
  • Roy Clark (born 1933) – country music performer
  • Christopher Coletti – trumpet player with Canadian Brass; raised in Staten Island
  • Ron Dante – lead singer for The Archies; number 1 song "Sugar Sugar"
  • Bobby Darin – singer; his family had a summer home as a child in South Beach, Staten Island
  • Mark Delpriora – classical guitarist and composer; born and raised on Staten Island
  • Eamon Doyle – rapper; born and raised on Staten Island
  • The Elegants – had #1 hit record in 1959, "Little Star", recorded in a South Beach Staten Island studio
  • Anthony Esposito – born on Staten Island; bassist for the rock bands Lynch Mob and Ace Frehley
  • Eileen Farrell - singer, lived on Emerson Hill and Grymes Hill.
  • Force MD's – some members were born and raised on Staten Island
  • Sandy Gennaro – drummer; raised in South Beach; played with Cyndi Lauper, Joan Jett, The Monkees and Pat Travers
  • Ghostface Killah – rapper, Wu-Tang Clan member; born and raised on Staten Island
  • George Harrison – member of the Beatles; briefly lived in Staten Island while being treated for cancer at Staten Island University Hospital
  • Billy Graziadei - guitarist and lead singer for rap-rock band Biohazard
  • Inspectah Deck – rapper, Wu-Tang Clan member; born and raised on Staten Island
  • David Johansen – (aka Buster Poindexter) of the New York Dolls
  • Kenny Jones – lead vocals, keyboards with The Strangeloves; born and raised on Staten Island
  • Frankie LaRocka – drummer and producer; played for Bryan Adams and Jon Bon Jovi; born and raised in South Beach
  • Blackie Lawless, born Steven Duren – lead singer of the 1980s heavy metal band W.A.S.P.
  • Lil' Suzy – freestyle singer
  • Galt MacDermot – musician and Lyricist for musicals such as Hair and The Two Gentlemen of Verona
  • Method Man – rapper, Wu-Tang Clan member; born and raised on Staten Island
  • Ingrid Michaelson – Indie-pop singer/songwriter; a Staten Island Technical High School graduate
  • Dom Pachino – rapper, Killarmy member; born in Manhattan, moved to Staten Island as a youth
  • JoJo Pellegrino – hip-hop artist
  • A.J. Pero – drummer for Twisted Sister
  • Vito Picone – with The Elegants, recorded #1 hit of 1959, "Little Star", on South Beach, Staten Island
  • PS22 Chorus – world-renowned elementary school chorus located in Graniteville; viral YouTube sensation; performed at the 83rd Academy Awards
  • Raekwon – rapper, Wu-Tang Clan member; born in Brooklyn, raised on Staten Island
  • Vernon Reid – guitar player for Living Colour
  • Bebe Rexha – singer-songwriter, grew up on Staten Island
  • Keith Richards – Rolling Stones guitarist; his wife was from Staten Island; in the 1980s he owned a home on the South Shore
  • RZA – rapper, Wu-Tang Clan founding member, Grammy Award-winning producer
  • Shyheim – rapper
  • Gene Simmons – Kiss bass player; went to Richmond College St. George
  • Earl Slick – guitarist, Phantom, Rocker and Slick; played with John Lennon
  • Anthony Spencer – singer-songwriter; lives in St. George
  • Don Staten - solo rap act, cousin of Ol' Dirty Bastard
  • Peter Steele – lead singer and bassist for the gothic-doom band Type O Negative
  • Kasim Sulton – bass player for Utopia, with Joan Jett and the Blackhearts; now a member of The New Cars
  • Ron Thal  – aka Bumblefoot; raised in Bay Terrace; guitar player for Guns N' Roses
  • Roland Trogan – composer, lives on Staten Island
  • U-God – rapper, Wu-Tang Clan member; born in Brooklyn, moved to Staten Island as a youth
  • UMC's – hip-hop duo of Hass G and Kool Kim
  • Ronnie James Vadala - musician; appeared on TV and several radio stations. Included in Who's Who. Lived in New Springville 1965 to 1983
  • Chuck Wayne – jazz guitarist with Woody Herman, George Shearing quintet, and Tony Bennett
  • White Lion – hard rock band
  • Mack Wilds - singer, born and raised on Staten Island
  • Wu-Tang Clan – hip-hop group; five of its ten members are from Staten Island; credited with giving Staten Island the nickname "Shaolin"
  • Danny Schuler - drummer for NY legendary rap-rock band Biohazard lived in Staten Island

    • Notorious

  • Paul Castellano – Gambino crime boss; lived in Todt Hill, Staten Island; buried in Moravian Cemetery in an unmarked grave
  • Sammy "The Bull" Gravano – mob turncoat; lived on Staten Island
  • Jeb Stuart Magruder (born 1934) – Staten Island native; Watergate figure in Nixon White House
  • Andre Rand – convicted kidnapper of two children; suspected serial killer

    • Past

  • Aaron Burr – third Vice President of the United States; known for duel with Alexander Hamilton; died on Staten Island at a hotel in the village of Port Richmond
  • Edward E. Fitzgibbon – Wisconsin State Assemblyman, farmer, and teacher; born on Staten Island
  • Giuseppe Garibaldi – 19th-century Italian revolutionary and statesman; lived for a time on Staten Island; worked as a candle-maker
  • Daniel D. Tompkins – sixth Vice President of the United States; entrepreneur, jurist, Congressman, Governor of New York; established Tompkinsville and the Staten Island Ferry

    • Recent

  • Joseph Borelli – former member of the New York State Assembly 2013 - 2015, current member of the New York City Council, and conservative commentator
  • Vinny Browne – born in Staten Island; 2010 candidate for the United States House of Representatives for Hawaii's 1st congressional district
  • Vito Fossella – Republican member of the New York City Council and United States House of Representatives
  • Michael Grimm – Republican member of the United States House of Representatives; former FBI agent
  • Ralph J. Lamberti - Democrat, Borough President of Staten Island, 1984-1989.
  • Caleb Lyon – designed the Seal of the State of California; served in the New York State Assembly, the New York State Senate, the U. S. House of Representatives, and as Governor of the Territory of Idaho
  • Michael E. McMahon – Democratic member of the New York City Council and the United States House of Representatives
  • Guy Molinari – former member of the New York State Assembly and the United States House of Representatives; Borough President of Staten Island, 1989–2001
  • Susan Molinari – Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, 1990-1997
  • James Oddo – Republican member of the New York City Council; current Borough President of Staten Island
  • Debi Rose – Democratic city councilwoman for the North Shore of Staten Island
  • Robert Straniere – Republican member of the New York State Assembly; ran for the United States House of Representatives in 2008

    • Sports

  • Tim Adleman - MLB player
  • Chris Agoliati - former professional soccer player
  • Emmanuel Akah - professional football player
  • Jim Albus – Champions Tour golfer
  • Lou Anarumo- current defensive backs coach of the Miami Dolphins.
  • Joe Andruzzi – Cleveland Browns offensive lineman; has three Super Bowl rings with the New England Patriots
  • Nicky Anosike – former NCAA basketball player; current member of the WNBA Los Angeles Sparks
  • OD Anosike – professional basketball player and 2 time NCAA Division 1 Rebounding Leader, attended St. Peter's Boys High School
  • Teddy Atlas – boxing trainer and commentator; trained Michael Moorer and Mike Tyson; winner of the Sam Taub Award
  • Rich Aurilia – All-Star shortstop, San Francisco Giants; grew up on Staten Island
  • Renaldo Balkman – New York Knicks 2006 first round draft pick; born on Staten Island
  • George Bamberger – baseball player and manager
  • Larry Bearnarth – college All-American baseball; pro with Mets; pitching Coach with Brewers
  • Carl Borack - fencer
  • Cliff Brantley – former MLB player for the Philadelphia Phillies, attended Port Richmond High School
  • Bill Britton – pro golfer; born and raised on Staten Island; graduate of Monsignor Farrell High School
  • Micah Brown - professional football quarterback
  • Marcus Browne – three-time Golden Gloves Champion; National PAL Champion; 2012 US Olympian
  • Tony Canzoneri - three time World Champion boxer
  • Irv Constantine – former NFL player, attended Curtis High School
  • Gloria Cordes (Elliott) – former All-American Girls Professional Baseball League pitcher
  • Ray Corley – former NBA player, attended St. Peter's Boys High School
  • Kevin Coyle – football lifer; former defensive coordinator of the Miami Dolphins
  • Terry Crowley – baseball player with 1970 World Champion Baltimore Orioles; Curtis High School graduate; Sunnyside native
  • Carolyn Cudone - golfer
  • Jennifer Derevjanik – plays for the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA; former St. Peters player
  • Gary di Silvestri - cross country skier, 2014 Winter Olympian
  • Karl Drews – former MLB player, attended Ralph R. McKee CTE High School
  • Billy Donovan – coach of the Oklahoma City Thunder; played AAU basketball with the Staten Island Stallions
  • Dominique Easley – NFL player, Super Bowl XLIX champion, attended Curtis High School
  • Jack Egbert - MLB player
  • Rich Eisen – former ESPN host; current host of the NFL Network
  • John Engels – high school All-American basketball player at St Peters; played at Penn in the Ivy League before playing in Europe
  • Terrence Engles – professional baseball player in the Seattle Mariners Organization
  • Brian Esposito – former MLB catcher, attended Staten Island Technical High School
  • Dude Esterbrook - former MLB player and manager
  • Warren Fenley – former basketball player for the Boston Celtics
  • Frank Fernández – catcher, outfielder for the Yankees; nicknamed the "Staten Island Strongboy"; Curtis High School graduate
  • Frank Ferrara – New Dorp High School; played for the New York Giants and Philadelphia Eagles; now with New York Dragons
  • Silvia Fontana – Italian figure skater in the 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympic Games; born in Staten Island
  • Nick Fotiu – first player ever from New York City (Borough of Staten Island) to play hockey for the hometown New York Rangers
  • John Franco – former New York Mets pitcher; lived on Todt Hill
  • Matt Galante – former bench coach for the Houston Astros and New York Mets; lives in Annadale
  • Tony Garea – former WWE wrestler; lived in Staten Island for years
  • Frank Genovese - former MLB player, manager and scout
  • George Genovese – former MLB player, attended Port Richmond High School
  • Steve Gregory – former NFL player, attended Curtis High School
  • Percy Haughton -former football & baseball player and coach
  • Vidal Hazelton – professional football player, attended Moore Catholic High School
  • Jim Lee Howell – former head coach of the New York Giants; head coach of Wagner College football
  • Jack Hynes – former soccer forward
  • James Jenkins – former NFL player for the Washington Redskins
  • John H. Johnson (1921-1988) – Minor League Baseball president
  • Halil Kanacevic – professional basketball player
  • Abel Kiviat – 1912 Summer Olympics Silver Medalist in the 1500m Run
  • Rich Kotite – former Philadelphia Eagles and New York Jets head coach; lives in West Brighton, Staten Island; played for the New York Giants, Pittsburgh Steelers and Wagner College
  • Lynn Kriengkrairut - ice dancer
  • Shemiah LeGrande – NFL player
  • Kevin Labanc - professional hockey player for the San Jose Sharks
  • Pete Lembo - football coach
  • Bill Lindsey - baseball player
  • Vito LoGrasso – WWE wrestler; from Staten Island
  • Hank Majeski – MLB infielder; born and raised in Staten Island
  • Dino Mangiero – former NFL player, attended Curtis High School
  • Jason Marquis – All Star pitcher for the Washington Nationals; attended Tottenville High School, where he pitched to two city championships
  • Tom Masella - American football coach and former player
  • Oleg Maskaev – heavyweight boxing champion
  • Kyle McAlarney – professional basketball player
  • Hurvin McCormack – former NFL player, attended New Dorp High School
  • Dennis McKnight – graduated from Susan Wagner High School; played nine seasons in the NFL; now coach at the University of Hawaii
  • Amar Mehta - figure skater who represents India internationally
  • Frank Menechino – Susan Wagner High School, Alabama; 10 seasons in MLB, most notably for the Oakland Athletics
  • Pete Mikkelsen – former Yankees, Dodgers, Pirates and Cardinals relief pitcher
  • Sudsy Monchik – five-time Pro World Champion racquetball player; attended Tottenville High School
  • Rose Montalbano – former All-American Girls professional baseball League infielder
  • Larry Napp - former MLB umpire
  • Kevin O'Connor- General Manager for the Utah Jazz
  • Buddy O'Grady – former NBA player for the Capitols, Bombers, and Steamrollers, former Head Coach for Georgetown Basketball
  • Ollie Ogbu – NFL/CFL professional football player, attended St. Joseph by the Sea High School
  • Adewale Ogunleye – Chicago Bears defensive end; formerly played for Indiana University and Tottenville High School
  • Eric Olsen – professional football player, played college football for Notre Dame
  • Mary Ewing Outerbridge (1852-1886) – "the mother of tennis"; set up the first tennis court in the US; buried in Silver Mount Cemetery in Silver Lake
  • Nick Pace – UFC fighter
  • Johnny Petraglia – pro bowler
  • Joe Pignatano – played for Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Mets; coach for the New York Mets, 1968–1981; lived in New Dorp
  • Angelina Pivarnick – wrestler; known for being a cast member on Jersey Shore
  • Tony Reali - host of Around the Horn on ESPN
  • David Richards - former NFL player
  • Bill Richmond – British pugilist; born a slave on colonial Staten Island; lived in the 18th and 19th centuries
  • Elmer Ripley – Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame member, coached Wagner, Georgetown, Yale, Columbia, Notre Dame, John Carroll University, Army, Harlem Globetrotters, Israel, and Canada.
  • Ricco Rodriguez – former UFC heavyweight champion
  • Kevin Rooney - former boxer and current trainer
  • Ryan Rossiter – professional basketball player, attended Monsignor Farrell High School
  • Peter Rossomando - football coach
  • Mark Roth - professional bowler
  • Sonny Ruberto – former MLB player, attended Curtis High School
  • Lewis Sanders – former NFL player, attended St. Peter's Boys High School
  • Randy Savage – former professional wrestler known as "Macho Man"
  • Rich Scheid – former MLB player
  • William Shakespeare – halfback at Notre Dame and member of College Football Hall of Fame
  • Abdul Shamsid-Deen – former basketball player drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics
  • Mike Siani – wide receiver for Villanova and number 1 draft choice for the Oakland Raiders; born and raised on Staten Island
  • Duane Singleton – former MLB outfielder
  • Bobby Thomson – "the shot heard round the world" 1951; played for NY Giants 1946-1953, 1957; grew up on Staten Island and attended Curtis High School
  • Elijah Tillery - former boxer
  • Bill Traffley - former MLB player
  • Vernon Turner – former NFL player, attended Curtis High School
  • Anthony Varvaro – pitcher for the Atlanta Braves; graduated from Curtis High School in June 2002, and St. Johns University
  • Isaiah Wilkerson – professional basketball player, attended Curtis High School
  • Mookie Wilson – New York Mets outfielder; lived on Staten Island
  • Andrew Wisniewski – former professional basketball player, attended St. Peter's Boys High School
  • John Wolyniec – forward for MLS side Red Bull New York

    • Historical

  • George William Curtis (1824-1892) – author, orator, reformer; namesake of Curtis High School
  • William T. Davis – naturalist, entomologist, and historian
  • Langston Hughes – poet; lived and worked for a season on a Staten Island farm growing vegetables
  • William James, philosopher, and his younger brother, novelist Henry James, spent a few summers on Staten Island when they were growing up in Manhattan
  • Edwin Markham – poet, lived on Staten Island
  • Frank McCourt – writer, taught at McKee High School
  • Henry David Thoreau – spent his longest time away from Concord, Massachusetts on Staten Island in the 1840s

    • Recent

  • Melissa Anelli – webmistress of The Leaky Cauldron; author of Harry, A History: The True Story of a Boy Wizard, His Fans, and Life Inside the Harry Potter Phenomenon
  • Tracy Brown - Essence best-selling author; born and raised in Mariners Harbor
  • Colin Jost – comedian, television writer, Saturday Night Live
  • Tim Kelleher – poet, journalist, documentarian; former media editor of First Things magazine; attended PS 35, OLGC and Ms
  • Richard Adams Locke – editor of the New York Sun; presumed author of the "Moon Hoax"; lived on Staten Island
  • Ki Longfellow – novelist, born on Staten Island; author of The Secret Magdalene
  • Andy Milligan – playwright and film director; resided in Staten Island
  • Kafū Nagai – Japanese author; wrote about his brief residence in American Stories
  • Theodore Sturgeon – science fiction author; born on Staten Island
  • John Taddeo – writer, director; born and raised in Staten Island
  • William J. Taverner – sex educator, author of texts in human sexuality, American Journal of Sexuality Education; grew up on Staten Island
  • Lara Vapnyar – Russian Jewish emigre writer known for her short stories
  • Paul Zindel – novelist and playwright whose books usually took place on Staten Island

    • References

    List of people from Staten Island Wikipedia
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