SELECT DISTINCT COUNT(?uri) WHERE {?uri <http://dbpedia.org/ontology/birthPlace> <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Long_Island> . }
How many famous people are born in Long Island?
SELECT DISTINCT COUNT ( ?b ) WHERE { ?b property:birth_place resource:Long_Island . }
296
There are [296] people born in Long Island.
There are [296] people who were born on Long Island.
There are [296] people are there whose place of birth is that location.
There [296] people whose place of birth is this place.