#1Famous people · East Meadow
17 famous people were born in East Meadow, most of them between 1920 and 1969
At the top of the list is the American basketball player Julius Erving, covered in 51 languages. The American musician Sterling Morrison ranks second, ahead of Lee Zeldin. More are athletes than anything else, 7 in all. Fewer than a quarter of the 1,292 towns in New York with famous people list more.
Born here
17
notable people
Best known
Julius Erving
in 51 Wikipedia languages
First
1931
Raymond Gniewek
Youngest
1987
Melinda Sullivan
Most common field
Sports
7 people
What stands out about East Meadow’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When East Meadow’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1950s, at 6.
SportsWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageMusicPolitics & LawScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in East Meadow
First, Julius Erving (51 languages), then Sterling Morrison (35) and Lee Zeldin (30).
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What East Meadow is known for
Performers stand out most, at 1.9 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in East Meadow
Another 14, the earliest born in 1931.
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Close by, the fullest list is Westbury’s, at 21 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is East Meadow and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (14)
- Julius Erving: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sterling Morrison: Ralf Zeigermann, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lee Zeldin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis Sachar: Matthew C. Wright, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Adam Busch: Raven Underwood, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Serra: Tom Nguyen, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Viola: White House Photographic Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Donald E. Ingber: PopTech, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Melinda Sullivan: Tapgrl30, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brandon Moore: Marc_Bulger_pass_behind_Brandon_Moore.jpg: John Martinez Pavliga derivative work: Lpdrew, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Satriani: Michael Hanselmann, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Barbara Crampton: Moritz Barcelona from Barcelona, Catalunya, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Aljamain Sterling: MMAnytt, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tatyana Ali: The Bui Brothers, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons