23 Celebrities Who Have Their Own Private Islands
- Photo: Andrea Raffin / Shutterstock.comJohnny Depp owns a 45-acre tropical island called Little Hall’s Pond Cay in the Caribbean. The actor says that Marlon Brando taught him how to buy an island.More Johnny Depp
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- Photo: Agência Brasil / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 3.0 BRIn 2011, Shakira teamed up with Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters to buy an island of Bonds Cay, north of the Bahamas. They are reportedly developing a resort for multi-millionaires.More Shakira
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Photo: Featureflash / ShutterstockIn 2007, Tommy Lee bought an island off the coast of Dubai and gave it to Pamela Anderson. He was attempting to win the Baywatch babe back.More Pamela Anderson- Dig Deeper...Inside Pamela Anderson And Tommy Lee's Complicated Relationship
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- Photo: Tinseltown / ShutterstockIn 2005, Leonardo DiCaprio purchased the Blackadore Caye island, which is located off the coast of Belize. An outspoken climate change activist, he's overseen the construction of an eco-conscious luxury resort on the 104-acre isle, and the "restorative island" opens to guests in 2018.
- In 2005, Mel Gibson bought the Mao Island, a volcanic island in Fiji's Lau Group of islands. The island was featured in an episode of 30 Rock entitled "Operation Righteous Cowboy Lightning."More Mel Gibson
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- Photo: Everett Collection / Shutterstock.comJulia Roberts reportedly owns her own island in the Bahamas.More Julia Roberts
- John Lennon purchased the Dorinish Island in Clew Bay in County Mayo, Ireland. The island was nicknamed "Beatles Island." Yoko Ono sold the property after Lennon's death and donated the money to an Irish orphanage.More John Lennon
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- Photo: Featureflash / Shutterstock.comJaws director Steven Spielberg owns an island in Madeira Archipelago off the coast of Portugal.More Steven Spielberg
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- Photo: Handout / Getty ImagesIn 2009, Tyler Perry purchased the White Bay Cay in The Exuma Cays in the Bahama. The Madea mastermind took pilot lessons so he could fly his private plane to the island.More Tyler Perry
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- Photo: Everett Collection / ShutterstockGood Will Hunting actor Robin Williams owned an island in Pender Harbor, British Columbia, Canada.More Robin Williams
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- Photo: Metaweb (FB) / Fair useIn 2007, Eddie Murphy purchased a Rooster Cay island in the Bahamas. Murphy previously owned another island in the Bahamian cay called Pearl.More Eddie Murphy
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- Photo: Sofi / FlickrIn 1960, Marlon Brando fell in love with the French Polynesian island Tetiaroa and he purchased it soon after. After Brando died, the executors of the estate granted development rights to Pacific Beachcomber SC.More Marlon Brando
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- Photo: Tinseltown / ShutterstockMusician Lenny Kravitz bought an island in the Eleutheta archipelago in the Bahamas, where his mother was from.More Lenny Kravitz
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- Photo: Debby Wong / ShutterstockIn 2006, Tim McGraw and his wife Faith Hill purchased an island called Goat Cay in the Bahamas. They built a 15,000 square foot vacation home on the island.More Tim McGraw
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- In 2006, Faith Hill and her husband Tim McGraw purchased an island called Goat Cay in the Bahamas. They built a 15,000 square foot vacation home on the island.More Faith Hill
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- Photo: DFree / ShutterstockIn 2008, Ricky Martin purchased an island near Angra dos Reis, off the coast of Brazil. Reportedly, the "Livin' La Vida Loca" singer paid $8 million for his tropical paradise.More Ricky Martin
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- Photo: Metaweb (FB) / Public domainSuperstar magician David Copperfield owns 11 islands in the Bahamas. David Copperfield has rented out his resort to several famous people, including Johnny Depp, John Travolta, Oprah Winfrey, and Bill Gates.More David Copperfield
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- Photo: Metaweb / GNU Free Documentation LicenseCeline Dion owned a private Floridian island. In 2013, she put the place up for sale for the price of $72.5 million.More Celine Dion
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- Photo: Christopher Michael Little / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0Gene Hackman previously owned an island among Washington's San Juan Islands. He sold the place in 2008, and purchased an island in British Columbia, Canada.More Gene Hackman
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- Photo: Wikimedia Commons / CC-BYSir Richard Branson purchased Necker Island in 1978. He rents the island out for $62,000 a day. Google co-founder Larry Page got married on the island in 2007.More Richard Branson
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