* Richard Greenberg, Broadway playwright (Take Me Out, A Naked Girl on the Appian Way)
* Brandon T. Moore, NFL linebacker
* Rob Moore, [NFL] wide receiver
* Raymond Henderson, noted Photographer
* Sterling Morrison, guitarist & back-up singer with The Velvet Underground
* Fred Reinfeld, chess player/author (resident of; died in)
* Joel Rifkin, serial killer
* Chris Rollins, the "Sergeant"
* Darren Romeo, illusionist/magician, website
* Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady of the United States (childhood resident)
* Louis Sachar, author
* Bob Russo, Renowned Town Hero.
* Adam Busch, actor/singer
* Matt Serra, mixed martial artist, and the former UFC Welterweight Champion
* Nick Serra, mixed martial artist, UFC contender
* Billy Staples, radio producer/comedy writer/actor
* Andrew Weber, winner of VH1's 2007 World Series of Pop Culture
* Frank Viola, Major League Baseball pitcher
* Leslie West (1945-), of the hard rock group Mountain.
在東梅多拍過的電影
* Let the Good Times Roll, footage filmed in Modell's.
* The Hot Rock (film) (1972), 又名 "How to Steal a Diamond in Four Uneasy Lessons," footage filmed at the prison, showing the high school in the background.
* Married to the Mob (《嫁入黑幫》)(1988)
* Pieces of April (《四月碎片》)(2003), scene in car with Krispy Kreme and Wal-Mart in background on Hempstead Turnpike