Other Notable People
- Larry Doby, first African American to play in the American League and second to play in the MLB after Jackie Robinson. Doby attended LIU for one semester before joining the United States Navy.
- Angier Biddle Duke, former chancellor (1986–1993) of the Southampton campus and U.S. ambassador to El Salvador, Spain, Denmark, and Morocco. Duke's great-uncle, James Buchanan Duke, founded the American Tobacco Company.
- James Hester, first rector of United Nations University and former provost of LIU Brooklyn.
- Lillian R. Lieber, mathematician and popular author.
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