Islands of the rich and famous
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There is nothing more exclusive and sought after inthe world than having your own private island. From Riccardo Montalban's Fantasy Island to Dr. No's Crab Key, private islands are exactly that – private. Here is the rumoured list of those who have made the investment:
- Johnny Depp – Little Halls Pond Cay, Nassau, Bahamas
- Nicholas Cage – Leaf Cay, Bahamas
- Ian Fleming (James Bond Author) – Goat Island, Tobago
- Robin Williams (Actor/Comedian) – Unamed island in Pender Harbour, British Columbia Canada
- Gene Hackman – sland in British Columbia, Canada
- John Wayne – Taborcillo Island, Panama
- Paloma Picasso, daughter of Pablo – Petalous Island, Western Greece
- Steven Spielberg (film director) – Madeira, Portugal
- Richard Branson (Virgin entrepreneur) – Necker Island -British Virgin Islands and Makepeace Island, Australia
- Rod Stewart – The island of Great Britain, Nakheel’s "The World" Dubai, UAE
- Diana Ross (Pop Diva) – Taino, French Polynesia
- Ted Turner (Founder of CNN) – St Phyllis Island, South Carolina
- Bill Gates (Microsoft) – Forsythe Island, New Zealand
- Malcolm Forbes – Laucala Island, Fiji
- Aristotle Onassis – Skorpios island, Greece
- John Melk (Blockbuster Video) – Musha Cay, Bahamas
- Rodolf Nureyev – Li Galli Islands, gulf of Naples, Italy
- Agnetha Faltskog, Rock band "Abba" – Ekerö, near Stockholm, Baltic Sea, Sweden
- Charles A. Lindberg – Illiec Island off the coast of Brittany
- Forbes Family – Naushon Island, Massachusetts
- Bacardi Family – Island near Granada
- Disney family – Echo Island, San Juan islands, Washington
- Du Pont family – Cherry Island, Chesapeake Bay Maryland
- Heidseck Family (Champagne) – Illiec Island off the coast of Brittany
- Robinson family – Nihhau Island, Hawaii
- Peggy Rockefeller – Buckle Island, Maine
- Lawrence Rockefeller – andy Cay, Jost Van Dyke BVI
- Tennis Star Bjorn Borg – Kattilo island, Sweden
- Baron Rothschild – Bell Island, the Bahamas
- Novelist Michael Ondaatje – Several islands, Mahone Bay, Ireland
- Iranian Prince Sharam – D’arros Island, Seychelles
- Leonardo Ferragamo – White Island, Grenadines, The Caribbean
- Marlon Brando – Te’tiarao, French Polynesia
- John Lennon – Mago Island, Fiji
- Errol Flynn – Navy Island, Port Antonio, Jamaica
- Tony Curtis – Rocky Island, Nova Scotia