Forest Hills, Queens - Notable Residents

Notable Residents

• Hank Azaria (born 1964), actor and voice artist
• Walter Becker (born 1950), half of the musical duo Steely Dan
• Joseph Bowler (born 1928), artist and illustrator
• Michael A. Burstein (born 1970), science fiction writer
• Dale Carnegie (1888–1955), self-improvement lecturer and author of How to Win Friends and Influence People
• David Caruso, (born 1956), actor in CSI: Miami, and NYPD Blue
• Candy Darling (1944–1974), Warhol Superstar who appeared in a number of his films
• Sergei Dovlatov (1941–1990), Russian short story writer and novelist
• Geraldine Ferraro (1935–2011), member of U.S. House of Representatives, television personality
• Art Garfunkel (born 1941), singer-songwriter
• Ernie Grunfeld (born 1955), former player and general manager of the New York Knicks
• Alan Hevesi (born 1940), former Comptroller of New York
• Steve Hofstetter (born 1979), comedian/radio personality
• John V. Hogan (1890–1960), radio pioneer
• John Francis Hylan (1848–1936), Mayor of New York City (1918–1925)
• Ethel D. Jacobs (1910–2001), thoroughbred horse owner and breeder, wife of Hirsch Jacobs
• Hirsch Jacobs (1904–1970), thoroughbred jockey, husband of Ethel Jacobs
• Donna Karan (born 1948), fashion designer
• Helen Keller (1880–1968), lecturer, author, fundraiser, activist
• Alan King (1927–2004), comedian and actor
• Andrea King (1919–2003), actress
• David Krumholtz (born 1978), actor
• Gary Kurfirst (1947–2009), concert promoter and record producer
• Michael Landon (1936–1991), actor known for his roles on Bonanza and Little House on the Prairie
• Harvey J. Levin (1924–1992), internationally recognized pioneer of communications economics, holder of Long Island's first professorial chair
• Jack McAuliffe (1866–1937), world lightweight boxing champion
• Min Xiao-Fen (born 1961), pipa player and vocalist
• Michele "Big Mike" Miranda (1896–1973), consigliere of the Genovese crime family and one of the most powerful New York gangsters in the 1950s and 1960s
• Carroll O'Connor (1924–2001), actor, best known for his role as Archie Bunker on All in the Family
• Rick Overton (born 1954), actor and comedian
• Peter Parker (created 1962), fictional superhero and photographer
• Susan Polgar (born 1969), chess grandmaster
• Dee Dee Ramone (1951–2002), bassist and songwriter of seminal punk rock band, the Ramones
• Joey Ramone (1951–2001), lead singer and songwriter of the Ramones
• Johnny Ramone (1948–2004), guitarist of the Ramones
• Tommy Ramone (born 1952), record producer and musician with the Ramones
• Wilhelm Reich (1897–1957), psychiatrist known for his theories of Orgone energy
• Daniel Ribacoff (born 1959), private investigator and polygraph expert for The Steve Wilkos Show
• Ray Romano (born 1957), actor-comedian, best known for Everybody Loves Raymond
• Chris Rush, stand-up comedian
• Renato Russo (1960–1996), Brazilian bandleader
• Joan Shawlee (1926–1987), actress
• Paul Simon (born 1941), singer-songwriter
• Debbie Wasserman Schultz (born 1966), member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Florida's 20th congressional district.
• Tatiana Troyanos (1938–1993), mezzo-soprano known for her work at the Metropolitan Opera
• Bob Tufts (born 1955), former Major League Baseball pitcher
• Jeff Wayne (born 1943), musician known for his musical version of The War of the Worlds
• Katharine Weber (born 1955), novelist, author of five novels, including Triangle and True Confections
• Anthony Weiner (born 1964). member, U.S. House of Representatives from 1999 to 2011 (resigned)
• Leslie West (born 1945), of the hard rock band Mountain
• Henry Willson (1911–1978), Hollywood agent
• Jack Wyatt (1917–2008), host of ABC's Confession; Episcopalian priest
• Gideon Yago (born 1978), journalist, former correspondent at MTV and CBS News
• Manuel Ycaza (born 1938), jockey inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
• John Zaccaro (born 1953), real estate developer