Bayside High School (Queens) alumni

Eric Leroy Adams is an American politician and former police officer who served as the 111th mayor of New York City from 2022 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, Adams was an officer in the New York City Transit Police and then the New York City Police Department (NYPD) for more than 20 years, retiring at the rank of captain. He served in the New York State Senate from 2006 to 2013, representing the 20th district in Brooklyn. In 2013, Adams became the first black American to be elected Brooklyn Borough President; he was re-elected in 2017.

American physician and astronaut

American guitarist

American R&B singer

American rapper

American actress (1934–1972)

American Sprinter, first female athletic scholarship

U.S.-American money manager

American basketball player-coach

American journalist (1939-2017)

US basketball player (1927-2018)

player of American football