Celebrities Who Own Private Islands

by Lisa Palladino (RSS feed)
Jul 9th 2008 at 12:02PM

While reading my morning guilty-pleasure blog, Celebritology, I came across a post that referred readers to All Property Management, which recently listed, in its blog section, a number of celebs who own islands, along with a few details about each island. With the way the press hounds celebs, no wonder they want to get away from it all. According to the post, private islands really cost (um, we knew that), with the owner buying the land, supplying their own water and electricity, creating a waste disposal system and building a dock or an airstrip. Also, don't forget security -- if you're off filming or do-gooding or having twins in France, you can't leave the island unattended.

Here's the list of celebs the post cited as island-owners: John Lennon, Marlon Brando, Mel Gibson, Johnny Depp, Nicolas Cage, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, Gene Hackman, Robin Williams, Tony Curtis, Richard Branson, David Copperfield, Leonardo DiCaprio and Athena Onassis. See the gallery for a few of these retreat spots.

Gallery: Celebrity Private Islands

Tags: celebrities, celebrity, celebrity couples, CelebrityCouples, islands, private island, PrivateIsland, real estate, RealEstate

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Valerie Jul 9th 2008 8:13PM

To be with Johnny Depp on a private island.........
Never too old to dream.

Graffitimonkie Jul 9th 2008 9:19PM

It must be great to be a movie celebrity and own a private island, no paparazzi and rich enough to avoid the housing crisis and subprime mortgage disaster.

Only question I have is whether they'll need to pay for electricity there and which company would service them...

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