Notable Current and Former Residents
- Gary Ackerman, Democratic Congressman for the 5th District of New York State
- Eric Asimov, former dining reporter for The New York Times
- Frances Hodgson Burnett, author of The Secret Garden, A Little Princess and Little Lord Fauntleroy
- William Casey, former director of the CIA
- Michael Crichton, author of Jurassic Park and creator of ER
- William Cullen Bryant, poet, journalist and editor
- Hal David, Grammy-winning, lyrics-writing partner of composer Burt Bacharach
- Allison Danzig, sportswriter for The New York Times and author
- Judith Steinberg Dean- wife of Howard Dean, physician
- Katarzyna Dolinska, model and former contestant on America's Next Top Model
- Carolyn Gusoff, journalist
- Jeffrey Guterman, author
- Roman Hamrlík, National Hockey League defenseman
- Ken Hechler, West Virginia, Democratic politician
- Paul Housberg, Artist
- Henry Jackson, financier
- Edward Lampert, Chairman of Sears Holding Company
- Wendy Liebman, comedienne
- Matthew Lippman, author of The New Year of Yellow, taught at Roslyn High School.
- Clarence Mackay, financier
- Bernard Madoff, former NASDAQ chairman and swindler
- Janet Maslin, The New York Times Critic
- Chris Miller, co-writer of the screenplay for the film Animal House
- Gabriela Mistral, Chilean poet and Nobel laureate
- Christopher Morley, foremost American children's author who died at his home, "Green Escape", in Roslyn Estates in 1957
- Nas, rapper lived in Roslyn Heights' Summitt Community
- Eugene H. Nickerson, Democratic Nassau County Executive, Long Island, N.Y., 1962–1970, and federal district court judge whose trials included the Abner Louima police brutality case
- J.P. Rosenbaum, Contestant and Winner of Season 7 of ABC's The Bachelorette
- Jose Santos, jockey and winner of the 2003 Kentucky Derby
- Adam Schefter, NFL reporter for ESPN lives in Roslyn Harbor
- Darin Strauss, best-selling author
- Darryl Strawberry, former Major League Baseball outfielder
- Stephen Taber, United States Congressman from New York from 1865–1869
- Fred Wilpon, owner of the New York Mets
- Jeff Wilpon, COO, the New York Mets, son of Fred Wilpon
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