The following people were born, or live in, Palm Beach, Florida:
Actors and actresses Ellen Barkin – actress George Hamilton – actor Mary Hartline – actress and model Margaret Hayes – actress Brett King – actor; later opened Coral Sands Hotel in the Bahamas; died in Palm Beach in 1999 Alexander Kirkland – actor Dina Merrill – actress and socialite (daughter of E.F. Hutton & Marjorie Merriweather Post) Mark Patton – 1980s television and film actor Stephanie Seymour – model and actress Sylvester Stallone – actor Alfie Wise – actor Mary Woronov – actress
Authors Ted Bell – bestselling author of suspense and espionage novels William S. Burroughs, Jr. – novelist, son of beat writer William S. Burroughs and great-grandson to William Seward Burroughs I, the original inventor of the Burroughs adding machine Ann Coulter – syndicated columnist, author, and political commentator Laurence Leamer – writer Dmitri Nabokov – son and literary heir of novelist Vladimir Nabokov Tony Nader – author and leader of the Transcendental Meditation movement James Patterson – best-selling author Richard René Silvin – author and lecturer
Businesspersons S. Daniel Abraham – creator of Slim Fast Dan Borislow – founder of magicJack John K. Castle – chairman and CEO of Castle Harlan, Inc. James H. Clark – founder of Netscape Horace Dodge – Dodge automotive family member Jeffrey Epstein – financier and convicted sex offender Malcolm Glazer – CEO of First Allied Corporation, sports team owner (Manchester United of the Premier League and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League) Jane Goldman – real estate investor and daughter of Sol Goldman E.F. Hutton – Wall Street broker who built Mar-a-Lago, husband of Marjorie Merriweather Post Raymond Kassar – investor and former chairman and CEO of Atari and former vice-chair of Burlington Industries John Kluge – chairman of Metromedia, estimated net worth is $11 billion David Koch – vice president of Koch Industries Estée Lauder – businesswoman and mother of Leonard and Ronald Lauder Leonard Lauder – businessman, art collector, and heir of Estée Lauder Companies Edgar F. Luckenbach – shipping magnate Bernard Madoff – former NASDAQ chairman and convicted felon of various securities fraud Ruth Madoff – wife of Bernie Madoff Charles Peter McColough – former chairman and CEO of the Xerox Corporation Gurnee Munn – president of American Totalisator Bud Paxson – founder of Paxson Communications Nelson Peltz – billionaire businessman and investor Ronald Perelman – corporate raider, chairman of Revlon; sold his Palm Beach house in 2004 for $70 million Jeffry Picower – investor and philanthropist involved in the Madoff investment scandal John Sculley – former CEO of Apple, Inc and former president of PepsiCo Christopher A. Sinclair – chairman and CEO of Mattel, former CEO of Pepsi-Cola
Music Jon Bon Jovi – singer from New Jersey; in March 2018 purchased a home on the island Jimmy Buffett – singer Vic Damone – singer-songwriter, actor Michael Jackson – singer, lived there briefly, 2003–2005 John Lennon – musician with The Beatles; bought Harold Vanderbilt's former home, El Solano, in 1980 shortly before his murder Rod Stewart – singer Butch Trucks – founding member of the Allman Brothers Band
Media Roger Ailes – television executive and media consultant Conrad Black – former Canadian media baron, author, and convicted fraudster; lived on Palm Beach Island for over twenty years Curt Gowdy – sportscaster Sean Hannity – television and radio political commentator Rush Limbaugh – radio show host, and conservative political commentator Mehmet Oz – better known as Dr. Oz, Turkish-American cardiothoracic surgeon, professor, author, and television personality Palm Beach Pete – social media personality Howard Stern – radio personality
Philanthropists Mary Duke Biddle – philanthropist and wife of Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Jr. Nancy Brinker – founder of Susan G. Komen for the Cure Joseph Gurwin – philanthropist Janet Annenberg Hooker – philanthropist and daughter of Moses Annenberg Evelyn Lauder – co-creator of the Pink Ribbon breast cancer awareness campaign, creator of Clinique Marjorie Merriweather Post – Post cereal heiress, socialite, and philanthropist who built Mar-a-Lago; wife of E.F. Hutton Mollie Wilmot – philanthropist and socialite Jayne Wrightsman – philanthropist and socialite
Politicians Chester C. Bolton – congressman from Ohio Frances P. Bolton – wife of Chester C. Bolton; served out the remainder of her husband's term after his death and then for nearly 30 years thereafter Paul Ilyinsky – mayor of Palm Beach Kennedy family – political family Brian Mulroney – former Canadian prime minister Henry Paulson – former US treasury secretary Wilbur Ross – US secretary of commerce Earl E. T. Smith – former United States ambassador to Cuba and mayor of Palm Beach Donald Trump – 45th and 47th president of the United States Ivana Trump – ex-wife of Donald Trump, until 2016 Melania Trump – wife of Donald Trump
Sports figures Logan Allen – MLB pitcher for the San Diego Padres Steve Alvers – American football player Rich Barnes – MLB pitcher for the Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians Scottie Barnes – NBA small forward for the Toronto Raptors Herman Barron – professional golfer Paul Fentress – Olympic field hockey player Richie Guerin – NBA shooting guard for the New York Knicks and Atlanta Hawks Lamar Jackson – NFL quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens Kevin Ohme – MLB pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals
Others Madeleine Astor – Titanic survivor and widow of John Jacob Astor IV Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Jr. – United States ambassador to several countries between the 1930s and 1960s Billy Bishop – World War I flying ace; died while spending the winter of 1956 in Palm Beach Henry Morrison Flagler – founder of Palm Beach Robert W. Gottfried – homebuilder Paul Tudor Jones – hedge fund manager and philanthropist Lana J. Marks – designer Addison Mizner – influential architect of Palm Beach landmarks and residences in the 1920s Paris Singer – builder of Everglades Club, within which is his apartment Harold Vanderbilt – railroad executive, great-grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt, owned El Solano before John Lennon bought it Vera Wang – fashion designer (sold the $9m mansion she owned on the Palm Beach coast and moved to NYC) Joseph E. Widener – founding benefactor of the National Gallery of Art, philanthropist, and horseman
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