One of New York's most prominent rabbis, Schneier leads the Park East Synagogue on the Upper East Side. His son is Rabbi Marc Schneier.

Feisal Abdul Rauf

The Wylie Dufresne of the dessert scene, Goldfarb established himself as an authority on avant-garde sweets at his erstwhile SoHo dessert bar Room4Dessert. He's since squandered some of his cred with the gimmicky Battery Park sandwich kiosk Picnick and his seven-seat Dessert Studio inside ABC Carpet.

Often described as the "King of Cocktails," mixology maven Dale DeGroff has crafted cocktails for a slew of New York City restaurants and bars. The veteran barman at the Rainbow Room, he's also the author of The Craft of the Cocktail.

A disciple of Jimmy Bradley, Joey Campanaro is the chef at West Village spot The Little Owl as well as the hybrid market-restaurant Market Table.

Sam Mason

Mira Nair is the Oscar-nominated director of movies like Salaam Bombay!, Vanity Fair, and Monsoon Wedding.

The long-time center fielder for the Yankees and one of the most feared hitters during the team's late '90s heyday, Williams was kicked him to the curb as he approached his 40th birthday.

The daughter of renowned author Anita Desai, Indian-American novelist Desai is the author of The Inheritance of Loss and the youngest-ever winner of the Man Booker Prize, Britain's top literary award.

The star third baseman for the New York Mets, Wright's boy-next-door image has made him one of the city's most eligible bachelors.

A former star defenseman for the New York Rangers, Leetch helped the team win the 1994 Stanley Cup.

Despite talk that Jagr is past his prime, the former New York Rangers' right wing helped lead the team to the playoffs in 2005 for the first time in eight years. He's as well known for his history of heavy gambling and tax troubles as for his slap shots.

The CEO of Dow Jones from 1991 to 2006, Kann is married to former Wall Street Journal publisher Karen Elliott House. He won a Pulitzer for reporting on the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971.

Nolan is the former high-drama head coach of the New York Islanders under Charles Wang. He's since moved away from the US to coaching the Latvian national hockey team.

One of the greatest goalies of all time and a hero of the 1994 Stanley Cup-winning team, Richter retired from the New York Rangers in 2003.

A former TV news anchor, Ellerbee is the creator of Nickelodeon's Nick News series, a longtime producer of issue-driven TV documentaries, and the presumed inspiration for Candice Bergen's titular character on Murphy Brown.

With her sister Mary-Kate, former kiddie star Ashley Olsen now makes big bucks thanks to her Dualstar Entertainment Group, a tween fashion, entertainment, and lifestyle powerhouse, and her increasingly fancy-shmantzy lines.

Kathleen Marshall

Daughter of rock and roll royalty Keith Richards and wife Patti Hansen, socialite Theodora Richards was born in March, 1985 into the lap of luxury.

One of the very few African-American women on the benefit circuit, Fales-Hill is an author and the daughter of the late actress/singer Josephine Premice and Timothy Fales.