Is there in famous people in union county?
A - F
Bud Abbott (1895-1974), actor/comedian (Asbury Park)
Isa Abdul-Quddus (born 1988), safety for the New Orleans Saints
(Union)
Joseph Alexander Adams (1803-1880), born in New Germantown,
noted engraver[1]
Timothy Adams (born 1967), actor, Sunset Beach, Ocean Ave.
(Belleville)
Liam Aiken (born 1990), actor (Englewood)
Jordan Alan (born 1967), filmmaker (Bayonne)
Mitch Albom (born 1958), writer, broadcaster, and musician
(Passaic)
Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin (born 1930) NASA, astronaut, second man to
walk on the moon (born in Glen Ridge, grew up in Montclair)
Jason Alexander (born 1959), actor, George Costanza on Seinfeld
(Newark, raised in Livingston)
Samuel Alito (born 1950), U.S. Supreme Court justice (Trenton,
raised in Hamilton)
Malik Allen (born 1978), power forward for the Orlando Magic
(Willingboro)
John Amos (born 1939), actor (Newark)
Richard Anderson (born 1926), actor, The Six Million Dollar Man,
Kung Fu, The Bionic Woman (Long Branch)
Kristina Apgar (born 1985), actress, Privileged (Morristown)
Billy Ard (born 1959), former guard for the New York Giants and
Green Bay Packers (East Orange, raised in Watchung)
Bruce Arians (born 1952), offensive coordinator for the
Indianapolis Colts (Paterson)
Allan Arkush (born 1948), film and television director (Jersey
City)
Jillian Armenante (born 1968), actress, Judging Amy
(Paterson)
Paul Auster (born 1947), author/screenwriter (born in Newark,
grew up in South Orange)
Miles Austin (born 1984), wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys
(born in Summit, grew up in Garfield)
James Avery (born 1948), actor, voice actor, The Fresh Prince of
Bel-Air, Sparks, The Closer (Atlantic City)
Melissa Bacelar (born 1979), actress and scream queen
(Piscataway)
Bret Baier (born 1970), news anchor for the Fox News Channel,
Special Report with Bret Baier (Rumson)
Andrew Bailey (born 1984), pitcher for the Boston Red Sox
(Haddon Heights)
David Bailey, (1933-2004), actor, Another World (Newark)
Amiri Baraka (born 1934), poet (Newark)
James J. Barry, Jr. (born 1946), former NJ politician from the
70s and 80s (Orange, raised in New Vernon)
Rick Barry (born 1944), retired NBA small forward (Elizabeth,
grew up in Roselle Park)
James Barton (1890-1962), actor (Gloucester City)
Dana Bash (born 1971), CNN reporter and anchorwoman
(Montvale)
Count Basie (1904-1984), jazz pianist, organist, bandleader (Red
Bank)
Alison Becker (born 1977), actress/comedian, The Other Guys
(Allamuchy)
Bill Bellamy (born 1965), actor/comedian (Newark)
Regina Belle (born 1963), singer (Englewood)
Joan Bennett (1910-1990), actress (Palisades Park)
Kafi Benz (born 1941), writer and conservationist (Chatham)
Xander Berkeley (born 1955), actor (Mendham)
Adam Bernstein (born 1960), TV/music video director &
producer (Princeton)
Mike Bibby (born 1978), point guard for the New York Knicks
(Cherry Hill)
Jack Bicknell, Jr. (born 1963), offensive line coach for the
Kansas City Chiefs (North Plainfield)
Jason Biggs (born 1978), actor (Hasbrouck Heights)
Mary Birdsong (born 1968), actress/comedian Reno 911! (Long
Beach Island)
Roger Birnbaum (born c. 1950), movie producer, Four Christmases,
27 Dresses, Eight Below, Mr. 3000, Six Days Seven Nights
(Teaneck)
Vivian Blaine (1921-1995), actress and singer (Newark)
Tammy Blanchard (born 1976), actress (Bayonne)
Mark Blum (born 1950), actor (Newark)
Peter Boettke (born 1960), economist of the Austrian School
(Rahway)
Clint Bolick (born 1957), attorney and prominent school choice
advocate (Elizabeth)
Jon Bon Jovi (born 1962), musician (Perth Amboy)
Denise Borino (1964-2010), actress, Ginny Sacramoni on The
Sopranos (Roseland)
Joe Borowski (born 1971), former MLB pitcher, current
sportscaster for the Arizona Diamondbacks (Bayonne)
Philip Bosco (born 1930), actor (Jersey City)
Dennis Boutsikaris (born 1952), actor (Newark)
Katrina Bowden (born 1988), actress, Cerie on 30 Rock
(Wyckoff)
Gary Brackett (born 1980), former middle linebacker for the
Indianapolis Colts (Glassboro)
Zach Braff (born 1975), actor (South Orange, New Jersey)
John Brennan (born 1954), current Deputy National Security
Adviser for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (North
Bergen)
William J. Brennan, Jr. (1906-1997), U.S. Supreme Court justice
(Newark)
David Brewster (journalist), publisher and journalist
(Newark)
Kenny Britt (born 1988), wide receiver for the Tennessee Titans
(Bayonne)
Jacqueline Brookes (born 1930), actress (Montclair)
Donald Brown (born 1987), running back for the Indianapolis
Colts (Atlantic Highlands)
Roscoe Lee Browne (1925-2007), actor (Woodbury)
David Bryan (born 1962), musician (Perth Amboy)
Mark Bryant (born 1965), former NBA player and current assistant
coach for the Oklahoma City Thunder (Glen Ridge, raised in South
Orange)
Jake Burbage (born 1992), actor Grounded for Life
(Willingboro)
Richard Burgi (born 1958), actor Desperate Housewives, The
Sentinel (Montclair)
Nicholas Murray Butler (1862-1947), Nobel Prize-winning
philosopher, diplomat, and educator (Elizabeth)
Greg Buttle (born 1954), retired linebacker for the New York
Jets (Atlantic City, raised in Linwood)
Andrew Bynum (born 1987), center for the Los Angeles Lakers
(Plainsboro)
P. J. Byrne (born 1974), actor, The Game (South Orange)
Michael Cade (born 1972), actor, California Dreams (Elmwood
Park)
Alisyn Camerota (born 1969), news anchor for Fox News, co-host
of Fox & Friends Weekend (Shrewsbury)
William Campbell (1923-2011), actor (Newark)
Bobby Cannavale (born 1971), actor, Bobby Caffey on Third Watch
(Union City)
Ron Carey (1935-2007), actor, Barney Miller (Newark)
Philip Carey[2] (1925-2009), actor, One Life to Live
(Hackensack)
Julie Carmen (born 1954), actress (Millburn)
Jonathan Casillas (born 1987), former linebacker for the New
Orleans Saints (New Brunswick)
Joanna Cassidy (born 1945), actress, Margaret Chenowith on Six
Feet Under (Haddonfield)
Iván Castro (born 1967), U.S. Army Captain serving on active
duty in the Special Forces despite losing his eyesight
(Hoboken)
Michael Chang (born 1972), retired professional tennis player
(Hoboken)
Cheryl Chase (born 1958), voice actress, Angelica Pickles on
Rugrats (Manville)
Jeff Chase (born 1968), actor (Paterson)
Aneesh Chopra (born 1972), Chief Technology Officer under Barack
Obama (Trenton, raised in Princeton Junction)
Vinny Ciurciu (born 1980), former National Football League
linebacker (Hackensack)
Earl Clark (born 1988), forward for the Orlando Magic
(Plainfield)
Harlan Coben (born 1962), author of mystery novels and thrillers
(Newark, raised in Livingston)
Robert Coello (born 1984), pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays
(Bayonne)
Willie Cole (born 1955), sculptor (Newark)
Richard Conte (1910-1975), actor, The Godfather (Jersey
City)
Greg Coolidge (born 1972), actor, screenwriter, director (Red
Bank)
Sam Coppola (born 1935), actor (Jersey City)
Deena Nicole Cortese (born 1987) Jersey Shore, TV personality
(New Egypt, New Jersey)
Joseph Cortese (born 1949), actor (Paterson)
Phil Costa (born 1987), center and guard for the Dallas Cowboys
(Moorestown)
Blake Costanzo (born 1984), linebacker for the Chicago Bears
(Franklin Lakes)
Lou Costello (1906-1959), comedian, actor (Paterson)
Michael Cristofer (born 1945) Pulitzer Prize & Tony
Award-winning playwright; screenwriter; actor; director
(Trenton)
Joseph Cross (born 1986) actor, Running with Scissors, Flags of
Our Fathers (New Brunswick)
Valerie Cruz (born 1976), actress, Nip/Tuck, The Dresden Files,
Dexter (Elizabeth)
Victor Cruz (born 1986), wide receiver for the New York Giants
(Paterson)
Ken Cuccinelli (born 1968), Attorney General of Virginia
(Edison)
John T. Cunningham (born 1915), journalist, writer, and
historian (Newark, raised in Brookside)
Vincent Curatola (born 1953), Johnny Sack on The Sopranos
(Englewood)
Brian Cushing (born 1987), outside linebacker for the Houston
Texans (Park Ridge)
Jack Cust (born 1979), designated hitter and outfielder for the
New York Yankees (Flemington)
Tawny Cypress (born 1976) actress, K-Ville, Heroes (Point
Pleasant)
Joe Dante (born 1946), film director, Gremlins (Morristown)
Jeff Datz (born 1959), third base coach for the Seattle Mariners
(Camden)
Anthony Davis (born 1989), offensive tackle for the San
Francisco 49ers (Piscataway)
Hope Davis (born 1964), actress, About Schmidt, Next Stop
Wonderland (Englewood)
Lanny Davis (born 1946), former Special Counsel to the President
to Bill Clinton (Jersey City)
Sandra Dee (1942-2005), actress (Bayonne)
Robert De Grasse (1900-1971), cinematographer (Maplewood)
Martina Deignan, soap opera actress, Santa Barbara, As the World
Turns (East Orange)
Mark DeRosa (born 1975), utility player for the Washington
Nationals (Passaic)
Danny DeVito[3] (born 1944), actor (Neptune City)
Tommy DeVito, (born 1928), musician and singer; lead guitarist
of The Four Seasons (Belleville)
Khigh Dheigh (1910-1991), actor, Wo Fat on Hawaii Five-O (Spring
Lake)
Ernest Dickerson (born 1951), film and television director
(Newark)
John DiMaggio (born 1968), voice actor, Bender on Futurama
(North Plainfield)
Pat DiNizio (born 1955), singer, The Smithereens (Scotch
Plains)
Peter Dinklage (born 1969), actor, Elf, Prince Caspian
(Morristown, raised in Mendham Township)
Peter Dobson (born 1964), actor, Cover Me (Red Bank)
Jamie Donnelly (born 1947), actress (Teaneck)
Michael Douglas (born 1944), Academy Award-winning actor,
producer (New Brunswick)
Jim Dowd (born 1968), professional ice hockey player (Brick
Township)
Al Downing (born 1941), professional baseball pitcher New York
Yankees, Oakland A's, Milwaukee Brewers, Los Angeles Dodgers, NL
Comeback player of the year 1971, (Trenton, New Jersey)
Derek Drymon (born 1965), cartoon producer, SpongeBob
SquarePants (Morristown)
Thomas F. Duffy (born 1955), actor (Woodbridge)
Tabitha D'umo (born 1973), dance teacher, choreographer, and
creative director (Galloway)
Jancee Dunn (born 1966), journalist, author, and former VJ for
MTV2 (Chatham)
Ashley Alexandra Dupré (born 1985), high-priced prostitute,
singer (Beachwood)
Asher Brown Durand (1796-1886), artist (Maplewood)
Andrea Dworkin (1946-2005), radical feminist and activist
(Camden)
Randy Edelman (born 1947), film & TV score composer
(Paterson)
Geoff Edwards (born 1931), actor, radio and television
personality (Westfield)
Róisín Egenton (born 1977), 2000 International Rose of Tralee
(Fanwood)
Hallie Kate Eisenberg (born 1992), teen actress (East
Brunswick)
Robert Ellenstein (born 1923), actor (Newark)
Linda Emond (born 1959), actress, Julie & Julia (New
Brunswick)
Alecko Eskandarian (born 1982), soccer player (Montvale)
Janet Evanovich (born 1943), novelist (South River)
Charles Evered (born 1964), writer, director (Passaic, grew up
in Rutherford)
Greg Evigan (born 1953), actor, B. J. and the Bear, My Two Dads
(South Amboy)
Donald Fagen (born 1948), musician (South Brunswick)
Kenneth Faried (born 1989), power forward for the Denver Nuggets
(Newark)
Vera Farmiga (born 1973), actress The Departed, The Manchurian
Candidate (Irvington)
John Farrell (born 1962), manager for the Toronto Blue Jays
(Monmouth Beach)
Edward Feigenbaum (born 1936), computer scientist known as "the
father of expert systems" (Weehawken)
Joan Field (born 1915), violinist (Long Branch)
Joe Fields (born 1953), former NFL center, primarily with the
New York Jets (Woodbury)
Gail Fisher (1935-2000), actress, Mannix (Orange)
Leo Fitzpatrick (born 1978), actor, Johnny Weeks on The Wire
(West Orange)
Joe Flacco (born 1985), quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens
(Audubon)
Susan Flannery (born 1939), soap opera actress (Jersey City)
Josh Flitter (born 1994), child actor (Ridgewood)
Mary Florentine (born 1950), psychoacoustics researcher
(Nutley)
Richard Florida (born 1957), urban studies theorist, author of
Who's Your City? (Newark)
Rick Folbaum (born 1969), news anchor and correspondent for Fox
News (Cherry Hill)
Steve Forbes (born 1947), editor-in-chief of Forbes magazine as
well as president and CEO of Forbes, Inc. (Morristown)
Darren Ford (born 1985), outfielder for the Seattle Mariners
(Vineland)
Beth Fowler (born 1940), actress/singer (Jersey City)
Randy Foye (born 1983), point guard for the Los Angeles Clippers
(Newark)
Connie Francis (born 1938), pop singer (Newark)
Genie Francis (born 1962), actress, General Hospital
(Englewood)
Barney Frank (born 1940), openly gay Massachusetts congressman
(Bayonne)
Waldo Frank (1889-1967), novelist, historian, literary critic
(Long Branch)
Todd Frazier (born 1986), player for the Cincinnati Reds (Point
Pleasant)
Dean Friedman (born 1955), singer-songwriter (Paramus)
[edit]G - L
Tony Galento
James Gandolfini
Whitney Houston
Artie Lange
Queen Latifah
Judith Light
Tony Galento (1910-1979), heavyweight boxer and actor, On the
Waterfront (Orange)
James Gandolfini (born 1961), actor, starred in The Sopranos
(Westwood)
Antonio Garay (born 1979), defensive tackle for the San Diego
Chargers (Rahway)
Allen Garfield (born 1939), actor (Newark)
Lee Garlington (born 1953), actress (Teaneck)
David Garrison (born 1952), actor, Married... with Children,
It's Your Move (Long Branch)
Willie Garson (born 1964), actor (Highland Park)
Bob Gaudio (born 1942), singer, songwriter, musician and record
producer; keyboardist/backing vocalist for The Four Seasons
Gloria Gaynor (born 1949), singer (Newark)
Michael V. Gazzo (1923-1995), actor, Frank Pentangeli in The
Godfather Part II (Hillside)
Brian Geraghty (born 1974), actor (Toms River)
Michael Giacchino (born 1967), Oscar-winning composer
(Riverside, grew up in Edgewater Park)
Elizabeth Gillies (born 1993), actress, singer, dancer
(Haworth)
Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997), poet (Paterson)
Savion Glover (born 1973), actor, tap dancer and choreographer
(Newark)
Joshua Gomez (born 1975), actor, Chuck, Without a Trace
(Bayonne)
Rick Gomez (born 1972), actor, Band of Brothers (Bayonne)
Kerri Green (born 1967), actress (Fort Lee)
Bob Greene (born 1958), fitness guru, author (Cherry Hill)
Peter Greene (born 1965), actor, Zed from Pulp Fiction
(Montclair)
Shonn Greene (born 1985), running back for the New York Jets
(Sicklerville)
Zach Grenier (born 1954), actor, Touching Evil (Englewood)
Dan Grunfeld (born 1984), professional basketball player
(Franklin Lakes)
Tom Guiry (born 1981), actor, The Black Donnellys (Trenton)
Alison Haislip (born 1981), actress, TV correspondent, Attack of
the Show!, The Voice, Battleground (Tewksbury Township)
Chelsea Handler (born 1975), stand-up comedian, actress, host of
Chelsea Lately (Livingston)
John Harkes[4] (born 1967), soccer player (Kearny)
Jess Harnell (born 1963), voice actor, Animaniacs, Up, the
Transformers movies (Teaneck)
Al Harrington (born 1980), forward for the Denver Nuggets
(Orange)
Ed Harris (born 1950), actor, (born in Englewood, raised in
Tenafly)
Franco Harris (born 1950), former Hall of Fame fullback with the
Pittsburgh Steelers (Fort Dix)
Roxanne Hart (born 1952), actress, Chicago Hope (Trenton)
Robert Hegyes (1951-2012), actor (Perth Amboy)
Gerald Henderson, Jr. (born 1987), shooting guard for the
Charlotte Bobcats (Caldwell)
Al Herpin (born 1853), notable insomniac (Trenton)
Frank Herrmann (born 1984), relief pitcher for the Cleveland
Indians (Rutherford)
Jon-Erik Hexum (1957-1984), actor, model, Voyagers! (Englewood,
raised in Tenafly)
Shana Hiatt (born 1975), model, presenter (Tabernacle
Township)
Michele Hicks (born 1973), actress, Mara Vendrell on The Shield
(Essex County)
Brian Hill (born 1947), assistant coach for the Detroit Pistons
(East Orange)
Dulé Hill (born 1975), actor (East Brunswick, raised in
Sayreville)
Lauryn Hill (born 1975), singer/rapper/songwriter (South
Orange)
Jesse Holley (born 1984), wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys
(Roselle)
Richard Hooker (1924-1997), writer, surgeon, author of the
novel, MASH (Trenton)
Jermaine 'Huggy' Hopkins (born 1973), actor (Newark)
Neil Hopkins (born 1977), actor (Trenton)
Wil Horneff (born 1979), actor (born in Englewood, raised in
Saddle River)
Dennis Horner (born 1988), forward for the New Jersey Nets
(Linwood)
Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz (born 1966), member of the Beastie Boys
(South Orange)
Cissy Houston (born 1933), singer (Newark)
Whitney Houston (1963-2012), singer/actress (Newark, grew up in
East Orange)
Tim Howard (born 1979), Soccer player (North Brunswick)
Paul Iacono (born 1988), actor, stars in The Hard Times of RJ
Berger (Secaucus)
Frank Iero (born 1981) rhythm guitarist of My Chemical Romance
(Belleville)
Mark Ingram, Jr. (born 1989), running back for the New Orleans
Saints (Hackensack)
Michael Jace (born 1965) actor, Officer Julien Lowe on The
Shield (Paterson)
Leonard Jeffries (born 1937), controversial professor of Black
Studies at the City University of New York (Newark)
Malcolm Jenkins (born 1987), safety for the New Orleans Saints
(Piscataway)
Rodney Jerkins (born 1977), songwriter, record producer,
musician (Pleasantville)
Enoch "Nucky" Johnson (1883-1968), Atlantic City political boss
and racketeer, basis for Boardwalk Empire's Nucky Thompson
(Galloway Township)
James P. Johnson (1894-1955), stride jazz pianist (New
Brunswick)
Leavander Johnson (1969-2005), world champion boxer (Atlantic
City)
Frankie Jonas (born 2000), child actor, Jonas L.A.
(Ridgewood)
Kevin Jonas (born 1987), singer/guitarist/member of the Jonas
Brothers (Teaneck, raised in Wyckoff)
Dahntay Jones (born 1980), player for the Indiana Pacers
(Trenton, raised in Hamilton Square)
Donald Jones (born 1987), wide receiver for the Buffalo Bills
(Plainfield)
Linda Jones (born 1944), soul singer (Newark)
Maxine Jones (born 1965), singer (Paterson)
Nate Jones (born 1982), free agent cornerback (Newark)
Ben Jorgensen, (born 1983), musician, Teaneck
Just Blaze, rap musician (Paterson)
Jerome Kagan (born 1929), pioneer in the field of developmental
psychology (Newark)
Stanley Kamel (1943-2008), actor, Monk, Melrose Place (South
River)
Ira Kaplan, musician, co-founder of Yo La Tengo (Hoboken)
Myq Kaplan (born 1978), stand-up comedian (Livingston)
Eric Karros (born 1967), former MLB first baseman, current color
commentator for Major League Baseball on Fox (Hackensack)
Danny Kass (born 1982), pro snowboarder (Vernon Valley)
Thomas Kean (born 1935), former governor, 9/11 Commission
chairman (Bedminster)
Brian Keith (1921-1997), actor (Bayonne)
Daniel Hugh Kelly (born 1952), actor (Elizabeth)
Mark Kelly (born 1964), astronaut, husband of Congresswoman
Gabrielle Giffords, twin brother of Scott Kelly (Orange)
Scott Kelly (born 1964), astronaut, Commander of International
Space Station Expedition 26, twin brother of Mark Kelly
(Orange)
Stacey Kent (born 1965), singer (South Orange)
Tom Kiesche (born 1967), actor (Hackensack)
Jim Kiick (born 1946), former NFL running back, primarily for
the Miami Dolphins (Lincoln Park)
Victor Kilian (1891-1979), actor (Jersey City)
Zalman King (born 1942), actor, director, writer, Body Language
(Trenton)
Alfred Kinsey (1894-1956), zoologist and sexologist
(Hoboken)
Michael E. Knight (born 1959), actor (Princeton)
Ann McLaughlin Korologos, (born 1941), Secretary of Labor from
1987 to 1989 (Chatham)
Ernie Kovacs (1919-1962), comedian (Trenton)
Dennis Kozlowski (born 1946), former CEO of Tyco International,
convicted in 2005 (Newark)
Jane Krakowski (born 1969), actress (Parsippany)
Barbara Kruger (born 1945), conceptual artist (Newark)
Larry Kudlow (born 1947), economist, TV personality, syndicated
columnist (Englewood)[5]
Richard Kuklinski (1935-2006), murderer of over 100 people in
mob-related instances (Jersey City)
Brielle LaCosta (born 1984), Miss NJ 2010 & 2011, beauty
queen, model (Warren)
Nathan Lane (born 1956), actor (Jersey City)
Artie Lange (born 1967), actor/comedian/media personality
(Livingston, raised in Union)
Frank Langella (born 1938), actor, played Perry White in
Superman Returns (Bayonne)
Ali Larter (born 1976), actress, Niki Sanders on Heroes (Cherry
Hill)
Vincent Larusso (born 1978), actor, The Mighty Ducks trilogy
(Livingston)
Queen Latifah (born 1970), singer/actress/rapper (Newark)
Jack Lawless (born 1987), drummer of the Jonas Brothers
(Middletown)
Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000), African-American artist (Atlantic
City)
Nicole Leach (born 1979), actress (Montclair)
Fran Lebowitz (born 1950), author (Morristown)
Al Leiter (born 1965), retired MLB starting pitcher, current
analyst for the MLB Network and color commentator for the YES
Network (Toms River)
Paul Le Mat (born 1946), actor, Lonesome Dove: The Series
(Rahway)
Stephanie Lemelin (born 1979), actress (Sewell)
Arthur Lenk (born 1964), Israeli diplomat (Paterson)
Robert Sean Leonard (born 1969), actor (born in Westwood, raised
in Ridgewood)
Michael Lerner (born 1943), left-wing activist and rabbi
(Newark)
Jerry Levine (born 1957), actor, director, Going Places, Will
& Grace (New Brunswick)
Jerry Lewis (born 1926), actor/comedian/director (Newark)
Judith Light (born 1949), Emmy-winning actress, Who's the Boss?,
Ugly Betty, Law & Order: SVU (Trenton)
Damon Lindelof (born 1973), television and film producer, Lost,
Crossing Jordan, Star Trek (Teaneck)
Ray Liotta (born 1955), actor (born in Newark, raised in Union
Township)
Sean Lissemore (born 1987), defensive end for the Dallas Cowboys
(Teaneck)
Norman Lloyd (born 1914), actor, director, producer, St.
Elsewhere (Jersey City)
Amy Locane (born 1971), actress (Trenton)
Kurt Loder (born 1945), film critic, author, columnist,
television personality (Ocean City)
Faizon Love (born 1968), actor (Newark)
George Lowe (1895-1981), Major League Baseball pitcher (born in
Ridgefield Park; died in Somers Point)
Derek Luke (born 1974), actor (Jersey City)
[edit]M - R
Brit Morgan
Jodi Lyn O'Keefe
Joe Pantoliano
Joe Pesci
Marisa Petroro
Laura Prepon
Tara Reid
Martha MacCallum (born 1962), news anchor for the Fox News
Channel (Wyckoff)
Elliott Maddox (born 1947), former Major League Baseball player
(East Orange)
Patrick Malone (born 1969), actor (Newark)
Steve Maneri (born 1988), offensive tackle for the Kansas City
Chiefs (Saddle Brook)
N. Gregory Mankiw (born 1958), macroeconomist and chairman of
the Council of Economic Advisers under President George W. Bush
(Trenton)
David Marciano (born 1960), actor (Newark)
Lisa Marie (born 1968), model/actress (Piscataway)
John Marin (1870-1953), artist (Rutherford)
Robert Markowitz (born 1935), film/television director
(Irvington)
Marc Maron (born 1963), stand-up comedian (Jersey City)
Nick Massi (1927-2000), bass singer and bass guitarist for The
Four Seasons (Newark)
Vin Mazzaro (born 1986), starting pitcher for the Kansas City
Royals (Hackensack, raised in Rutherford)
Turk McBride (born 1985), defensive end for the New Orleans
Saints (Camden)
Andrew McCarthy (born 1962), actor (Westfield)
Beth McCarthy-Miller (born 1963), TV director, Saturday Night
Live, 30 Rock, The Marriage Ref (Elizabeth)
Thomas McCarthy (born 1966), actor, writer, director, Scott
Templeton on The Wire (New Providence)
Heather McComb (born 1977), actor, Profiler, Party of Five
(Barnegat Township)
Mary McCormack (born 1969), actress, In Plain Sight, The West
Wing, Murder One (Plainfield)
Warren Sturgis McCulloch (1898-1969), neurophysiologist and
cybernetician (Orange)
Tom McGowan (born 1959), actor, Frasier, Down the Shore,
Everybody Loves Raymond (Belmar)
Kareem McKenzie (born 1979), former offensive tackle for the New
York Giants (Trenton)
Bryant McKinnie (born 1979), offensive tackle for the Baltimore
Ravens (Woodbury)
Christopher McQuarrie (born 1968), Academy Award-winning
screenwriter, director (Princeton Junction)
Tony Meola (born 1969), soccer player (Kearny)
Lee Meredith (born 1947), actress (River Edge)
Jason Mewes (born 1974), actor (Highlands)
Dan Meyer (born 1981), relief pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates
(Woodbury)
Cristin Milioti (born 1985), actress (Cherry Hill)
John Milnor (born 1931), mathematician, notable in the fields of
exotic spheres and mathematical economics (Orange)
Kelly Jo Minter (born 1966), actress (Trenton)
Susan Misner (born 1971), actress (Paterson, grew up in
Pequannock Township)
Dorian Missick (born 1976), actor (East Orange)
Thomas Mitchell (1892-1962), Oscar-winning actor (Elizabeth)
Jay Mohr (born 1970), actor/stand-up comedian (Verona)
Steve Monarque (born 1959), actor, Friday the 13th: The Series
(Pompton Lakes)
Trevor Moore (born 1980), actor, comedian, writer, The Whitest
Kids U' Know (Montclair)
Brit Morgan (born 1987), actress, True Blood, The Middleman
(Marlton)
Kevin Mulvey (born 1985), free agent starting pitcher
(Parlin)
Frankie Muniz (born 1985), actor (Wood-Ridge)
Eric Murdock (born 1968), former professional basketball player
(Somerville)
Troy Murphy (born 1980), power forward and center for the Los
Angeles Lakers (Morristown)
Tom Murro (born 1966), journalist, columnist, TV Personality
(Franklin Lakes)
Andrew Napolitano (born 1950), Fox News Channel analyst, author,
talk radio host (Newark)
Naturi Naughton (born 1984), singer and actress (East
Orange)
Ozzie Nelson (1906-1975), actor/bandleader (born in Jersey City,
raised in Ridgefield Park)
Ricky Nelson (1940-1985), singer/actor (Teaneck)
Bebe Neuwirth (born 1958), actress (Princeton)
David Newsom (born 1962), actor, photographer, Homefront (North
Caldwell)
Kathleen Noone (born 1945), Emmy-winning actress, Sunset Beach,
Knots Landing, All My Children (Hillsdale)
Jeffrey Nordling (born 1962), actor, Once and Again, 24, Dirt
(born in Ridgewood, raised in Washington Township)
Jim Norton (born 1968), comedian, radio personality, actor,
author (Bayonne)
Joseph Nye (born 1937), international relations scholar and
co-founder of the neoliberalism school of thought (South
Orange)
Liam O'Brien (born 1976), voice actor, Monster, Ghost in the
Shell (Belleville)
Shaun O'Hara (born 1977), former center for the New York Giants
(Hillsborough Township)
Jodi Lyn O'Keefe (born 1978), actress (Cliffwood Beach)
Greg Olsen (born 1985), tight end for the Carolina Panthers
(Wayne)
Shaquille O'Neal (born 1972), former 15-time NBA All-Star center
(Newark)
Peter Onorati (born 1954), actor, Civil Wars, Joe's Life, Cop
Rock (Boonton)
Ashley Rose Orr (born 1990), actress (Denville)
Claudette Ortiz (born 1981), R&B and Hip-Hop singer
(Willingboro)
David Packer (born 1962), actor (Passaic)
John Panelli (1926-2012), former NFL linebacker and running back
(Morristown)
Franklin Pangborn (1889-1958), character actor (Newark)
Joe Pantoliano (born 1951), actor/writer (Hoboken)
Bill Parcells (born 1941), former NFL Head Coach and current
ESPN analyst (Englewood)
Robert Pastorelli (1954-2004), actor, Murphy Brown, Cracker,
Eraser (New Brunswick)
Alice Paul (1885-1977), suffragist (Mount Laurel)
Elizabeth Peña (born 1961), actress, The Incredibles, Rush Hour
(Elizabeth)
Irving Penn (1917-2009), photographer (Plainfield)
Kal Penn (born 1977), actor (Montclair)
Fernando Perez (born 1983), outfielder for the New York Mets
(Elizabeth, raised in West Windsor)
Millie Perkins (born 1938), actress (Passaic, raised in Fair
Lawn)
Jim Perry (born 1934), U.S. and Canadian game show host
(Camden)
Joe Pesci (born 1943), actor (Newark)
Marisa Petroro (born 1972), actress and model (Elizabeth)
Thomas R. Pickering[6] (born 1931) diplomat (Orange)
Jimmy Pinchak (born 1996), teen actor, Family Affair (Point
Pleasant)
Danny Pintauro (born 1976) actor, Who's the Boss? (Milltown)
Joe Piscopo (born 1951), actor, Saturday Night Live, 100 Deeds
for Eddie McDowd (Passaic)
Michael Pitt (born 1981), actor, Dawson's Creek, Boardwalk
Empire, The Village (West Orange)
Michael J. Pollard (born 1939), actor, Bonnie and Clyde
(Passaic)
Rick Porcello (born 1988), starting pitcher for the Detroit
Tigers (Morristown)
Laura Prepon (born 1980), actress (Watchung)
Molly Price (born 1966), actress (North Plainfield)
Lou Taylor Pucci (born 1985), actor (Seaside Heights, raised in
Keansburg)
Keshia Knight Pulliam (born 1979), actress (Newark)
Rah Digga (born 1970), rap musician (Newark)
Ronald T. Raines (born 1958) scientist, educator, and
entrepreneur (Montclair)
Melissa Rauch (born 1980), actress, comedienne, Bernadette
Rostenkowski on The Big Bang Theory (Marlboro)
Redman (born 1970), rap musician (Newark)
Isaac Redman (born 1984), running back for the Pittsburgh
Steelers (Paulsboro)
Melissa Reeves (born 1967), soap opera actress, Days of our
Lives, Santa Barbara (Eatontown)
Tara Reid (born 1975), actress (Wyckoff)
Claudio Reyna (born 1973), soccer player (Livingston)
Jim Ringo (1931-2007), Hall of Fame center and head coach
(Orange)
Kelly Ripa (born 1970), actress/television host (Berlin)
Alan Rosenberg (born 1950), actor, Cybill, The Guardian, Civil
Wars (Passaic)
Jeffrey Ross (born 1965), stand-up comedian (Springfield)
Giuseppe Rossi (born 1987), soccer player (Teaneck, New
Jersey)
Philip Roth (born 1933), author (Newark)
Thomas Rowe (born 1968), former Leonia police chief
(Passaic)
Richard Ruccolo (born 1972), actor, Two Guys and a Girl, Rita
Rocks (Marlton)
Mark Rudd (born 1947), left wing activist, founding member of
the Weather Underground
Tom Ruegger (born 1956), Producer, Creator of The Animaniacs
(Metuchen)
(Irvington, raised in Maplewood)
Deborah Rush (born 1954), actress, Strangers with Candy, Big
Lake (Chatham)
[edit]S - Z
Laura San Giacomo
Antonin Scalia
Bitty Schram
Frank Sinatra
Mira Sorvino
Bruce Springsteen
Meryl Streep
Joe Theismann
John Travolta
Zakk Wylde
Katie Sagona (born 1989), actress (Westwood)
Eva Marie Saint (born 1924), Academy Award-winning actress
(Newark)
Richie Sambora (born 1959), guitarist for rock band Bon Jovi
(Perth Amboy, raised in Woodbridge Township)
Ajai Sanders (born 1967), actress, A Different World
(Trenton)
Laura San Giacomo (born 1962), actress (Denville)
Caitlin Sanchez (born 1996), actress (Englewood)
Hector Santiago (born 1987), relief pitcher for the Chicago
White Sox (Newark)
Dick Savitt (born 1927), tennis player, ranked #2 in the world
in 1951 (Bayonne)
Antonin Scalia (born 1936), U.S. Supreme Court justice
(Trenton)
Natalie Schafer (1900-1991), actress, Mrs. Howell on Gilligan's
Island (Red Bank)
Tom Scharpling (born 1969), comedian (Newbridge)
Roy Scheider (1932-2008), actor, Jaws, The French Connection,
SeaQuest DSV (Orange)
Sarah Schkeeper (born 1981), guard for the New York Sharks
(Livingston)
Charlie Schlatter (born 1966), actor, voice actor, Diagnosis:
Murder, Loonatics Unleashed (Englewood)
Steve Schmidt (born 1970), campaign strategist and advisor to
the 2008 presidential campaign of Senator John McCain (North
Plainfield)
Scott Schoeneweis (born 1973), free agent relief pitcher (Long
Branch, raised in Mount Laurel)
Bitty Schram (born 1968), actress, Sharona Fleming on Monk
(Mountainside)
Norton Schwartz (born 1951), US Air Force general and Chief of
Staff of the United States Air Force (Toms River)
Sherwood Schwartz (1916-2011), television producer (Passaic)
Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr. (born 1934) U.S. general, led coalition
forces in the Gulf War (Trenton)
Debralee Scott (1953-2005), actress, Angie (Elizabeth)
Doc Searls (born 1947), journalist, columnist, blogger, author
(Jersey City)
Henry Selick (born 1952), stop motion director, producer,
writer, The Nightmare Before Christmas, James and the Giant Peach,
Coraline (Glen Ridge, raised in Rumson)
Ivan Sergei (born 1971), actor, Jack & Jill, Once a Thief,
Crossing Jordan (Hawthorne)
Matt Servitto (born 1965), actor, Agent Harris on The Sopranos
(Teaneck)
Marc Shaiman (born 1959), composer, lyricist, arranger, and
performer for films, TV, and theater (Newark)
Christian Sharps (1810-1874), inventor of the first successful
breech-loading rifle (Washington)
Jonathan Marc Sherman (born 1968), playwright (Morristown, grew
up in Livingston)
Sheetal Sheth (born 1976), actress (Phillipsburg)
Armin Shimerman (born 1949), actor, Star Trek: DS9, Buffy the
Vampire Slayer, Beauty and the Beast (Lakewood)
Everett Shinn (1876-1953), artist (Woodstown)
David K. Shipler (born 1942), author, (Chatham)
Michael Showalter (born 1970), actor/comedian (Princeton)
Joel Silver (born 1952), film and television producer, the
Matrix Trilogy, the Lethal Weapon movies, Die Hard, Predator (South
Orange)
Jimmi Simpson (born 1975), actor, Date Night (Hackettstown)
Frank Sinatra (1915-1998), singer/Academy Award-winning actor
(Hoboken)
Frank Sinatra, Jr. (born 1944), singer, songwriter, conductor
(Jersey City)
Nancy Sinatra (born 1940), singer, actress (Jersey City)
Tony Siragusa (born 1967), former football player
(Kenilworth)
Jeremy Slate (1926-2006), actor (Atlantic City)
Jennifer Schwalbach Smith (born 1971), actress (Newark)
J. R. Smith (born 1985), shooting guard for the New York Knicks
(Freehold)
Kevin Smith (born 1970), filmmaker (Highlands)
Tasha Smith (born 1971), actress, Boston Common, Couples Retreat
(Camden)
Chris Snee (born 1982), guard for the New York Giants
(Edison)
Todd Solondz (born 1959), filmmaker (Newark)
Soraya (1969-2006), singer-songwriter (Point Pleasant)
Mira Sorvino (born 1967), Oscar-winning actress (Tenafly)
Arthur Space (1908-1983), actor, Lassie (New Brunswick)
Bruce Springsteen (born 1949), singer/songwriter (Long Branch,
raised in Freehold)
Pamela Springsteen (born 1962), actress and photographer
(Freehold)
Amos Alonzo Stagg (1862-1965), athlete and pioneering college
coach in multiple sports, primarily football (West Orange)
Mindy Sterling (born 1953), actress, Frau Farbissina in the
Austin Powers movies (Paterson)
Martha Stewart (born 1941) lifestyle guide, entrepreneur (Jersey
City, grew up in Nutley)
Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946), photographer (Hoboken)
Meryl Streep (born 1949), Academy Award-winning actress
(Summit)
William Graham Sumner (1840-1910), prominent sociologist,
educator, academic (Paterson)
Josh Sussman (born 1983), actor, Glee, Warren the Ape
(Teaneck)
Loretta Swit (born 1937), actress, Margaret Houlihan on M*A*S*H
(Passaic)
Tammy Lynn Sytch (born 1972), professional wrestling valet (Fort
Monmouth)
Michael Taccetta (born 1947), high-ranking member of the
Lucchese crime family (Newark)
Danny Tamberelli (born 1982), actor (Wyckoff)
Glenn Taranto (born 1959), actor, Gomez in The New Addams Family
(Hackensack)
Jon Tenney (born 1961), actor, The Closer, Get Real, Green
Lantern (Princeton)
Jack Terricloth (born 1970) lead singer of The World/Inferno
Friendship Society (Bridgewater)
Joe Theismann (born 1949), former quarterback for the Washington
Redskins and color commentator for the NFL Network (New Brunswick,
raised in South River)
Tim Thomas (born 1977), former NBA forward (Paterson)
Jason Thompson (born 1986), forward and center for the
Sacramento Kings (Mount Laurel)
Steve Tisch (born 1949), Chairman and Executive Vice President
for the New York Giants; also a film and television producer
(Lakewood)
Ashley Tisdale (born 1985) actress/singer (Ocean Township)
Ray Toro (born 1977) lead guitarist of My Chemical Romance
(Kearny)
Ellen Travolta (born 1940), actress, Charles in Charge, Joanie
Loves Chachi (Englewood)
John Travolta (born 1954), actor (Englewood)
Linda Tripp (born 1949), central figure in the Lewinsky scandal
of 1998 and 1999 (Jersey City)
Mike Trout (born 1991), outfielder for the Los Angeles Angels
(Millville)
Martin Truex, Jr. (born 1980), NASCAR driver (Englishtown)
Eddie Trunk (born August 8, 1964), is an American music
historian, radio personality, talk show host and author
(Madison)
Tiquan Underwood (born 1987), wide receiver for the New England
Patriots (North Brunswick)
James Urbaniak (born 1963), actor, voice actor, The Venture
Bros. (Bayonne)
Frankie Valli (born 1937), singer (Newark)
Lee Van Cleef (1925-1989), character actor in Westerns
(Somerville)
Rudy Van Gelder (born 1924), Blue Note Records recording
engineer (Jersey City)
James Van Riemsdyk (born May 4, 1989), plays left wing for the
NHL/Philadelphia Flyers(Middletown, New Jersey)
Sarah Vaughan (1924-1990), singer (Newark)
Chris Vaughn (born 1976), singer-songwriter
(Neptune[disambiguation needed ])
Tom Verducci, sportswriter for Sports Illustrated and si.com,
baseball insider on MLB Tonight and Hot Stove (East Orange, raised
in Glen Ridge)
Alex Vincent (born 1981), child actor (Newark, raised in
Maywood)
Vitamin C (born 1969), pop singer (Old Bridge Township)
Floyd Vivino (born 1951), actor (Paterson)
Frank Vogel (born 1973), head coach for the Indiana Pacers
(Wildwood)
Paul Volcker (born 1927), economist, Chairman of the Economic
Recovery Advisory Board under President Barack Obama (Cape May,
raised in Teaneck)
Tracey Walter (born 1947), character actor (Jersey City)
Patrick Warburton (born 1964), actor (Paterson)
Malcolm Jamal Warner (born 1970), actor (Jersey City)
Dionne Warwick (born 1940), R&B singer, actress (East
Orange)
Vernee Watson-Johnson (born 1954), actress (Trenton)
Gerard Way (born 1977) lead singer of My Chemical Romance
(Summit)
Mikey Way (born 1980) bass guitarist of My Chemical Romance
(Newark)
Charlie Weis (born 1956), head football coach for the University
of Kansas (Middlesex)
Shaun Weiss (born 1978), actor, The Mighty Ducks movies
(Montvale)
Paul Wesley (born 1982), actor in "The Vampire Diaries", from
(New Brunswick), grew up in (Marlboro)
David West (born 1980), power forward for the Indiana Pacers
(Teaneck)
Stylez G. White (born 1979), former NFL defensive end
(Newark)
Gary Williams (born 1945), retired men's basketball coach for
the University of Maryland, current Big Ten Network analyst
(Collingswood)
J. D. Williams (born 1981), actor (Newark)
Malinda Williams (born 1975), actress, Tracy "Bird" Van Adams on
Soul Food (Elizabeth, raised in Westfield)
Wendy Williams, radio/television host (born in Asbury Park, grew
up in Ocean Township)
William Carlos Williams (1883-1963), poet (Rutherford)
Frank Winters (born 1964), former NFL center, primarily for the
Green Bay Packers (Hoboken)
Corey Wootton (born 1987), defensive end for the Chicago Bears
(Rutherford)
Jason Worilds (born 1988), outside linebacker for the Pittsburgh
Steelers (Rahway, raised in Carteret)
Chris Wragge (born 1970), sports journalist and presenter for
WCBS-TV (Hackensack)
Kelly Wright (born 1987), artist, radio host on WPIR Pratt
Radio, (Maywood, New Jersey)
Robert Wuhl (born 1951), actor, writer, comedian, Batman, Arliss
(Union)
Chris Wylde (born 1976), actor, comedian, Strip Mall
(Hackettstown)
Zakk Wylde (born 1967), guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne and Black
Label Society (Bayonne, raised in Jackson Township)
Aaron Yoo (born 1979), actor, Disturbia (East Brunswick)
Albert Young (born 1985), running back for the Pittsburgh
Steelers (Moorestown)
Karen Young (born 1958), actress, Agent Robyn Sanseverino on The
Sopranos (Pequannock)
Larry Young (1940-1978), hard bop jazz organist (Newark)
Pia Zadora (born 1954), actress and singer (Hoboken)
Stuart Zagnit (born 1952), actor (New Brunswick)
Ian Ziering (born 1964), actor, Beverly Hills, 90210 (Newark,
raised in West Orange)
Vanessa Zima (born 1986), actress (Phillipsburg)
Yvonne Zima (born 1989), actress, The Young and the Restless, ER
(Phillipsburg)
[edit]Born elsewhere, grew up in New Jersey
Anne Hathaway
Denyce Lawton
Michelle Malkin
Brittany Murphy
Cameron Richardson
Michelle Rodriguez
Brooke Shields
Elisabeth Shue
Bruce Willis
Teresa Wright
Soren Sorensen Adams (1878-1963), inventor of the Joy buzzer,
(born Aarhus, Denmark, grew up Perth Amboy, died Asbury Park)
Juan Agudelo (born 1992), soccer player for the New York Red
Bulls and the U.S. men's national team (born in Colombia, raised in
Barnegat)
Akon, (born 1973),[7] platinum R & B singer. (Born in
St.Louis, MO, partly raised in Senegal and then moved to Jersey
City)
Carlo Alban, (born 1979), actor, Prison Break (born in Ecuador,
grew up in Sayreville)
Jeff Anderson (born 1970), actor, Randal Graves in Kevin Smith's
View Askewniverse (born in Connecticut, raised in Atlantic
Highlands)
Mark Attanasio, owner of the Milwaukee Brewers (The Bronx,
raised in Tenafly)
Joe Bastardi (born 1955), weather forecaster (Providence, Rhode
Island, partly raised in Somers Point)
Laura Benanti (born 1979) Tony Award-winning Broadway actress
(New York City, grew up in Kinnelon)
Moe Berg (1902-1972), MLB catcher and spy during World War II
(New York City, raised in Newark)
Steve Berman, (born 1968) gay author (Philadelphia, raised in
Cherry Hill)
Ahmed Best, (born 1973), voice actor, Jar Jar Binks in the Star
Wars prequel trilogy (New York City, raised in Maplewood)
Michael Ian Black (born 1971), comedian, actor, Ed, The State,
Viva Variety (Chicago, raised in Hillsborough)
Anthony Bourdain, (born 1956) chef, author and television
personality (New York City, grew up in Leonia, New Jersey)
James L. Brooks, (born 1940), film & television producer
& director (Brooklyn, grew up in North Bergen)
Joe Budden, (born 1980) rap musician (Spanish Harlem, raised in
Jersey City)
Tisha Campbell-Martin (born 1968), actress (Oklahoma City,
raised in Newark)
David Cassidy (born 1950), actor/singer (New York City, grew up
in West Orange)[8]
Luis Castillo (born 1983), NFL defensive end, formerly of the
San Diego Chargers (Brooklyn, raised in Garfield)
Kevin Chamberlin (born 1963), actor, Road to Perdition, Die Hard
with a Vengeance (Baltimore, MD, raised in Moorestown)
Mona Charen (born 1957), columnist, political analyst, author
(New York City, raised in Livingston)
David Chase (born 1945), creator, The Sopranos (Mount Vernon,
New York, grew up in Clifton and North Caldwell)
Chino XL (born 1971), rapper/actor (Bronx, grew up in East
Orange)
Rhys Coiro (born 1979), actor, Billy Walsh on Entourage
(Calabria, Italy,[9] moved to Princeton)
Monica Crowley (born 1968), radio and television commentator
(born in Arizona, raised in Warren Township)
Tom Cruise (born 1962), actor (Syracuse, New York, grew up in
Glen Ridge)
Michael Cudlitz (born 1964), actor, Southland, Standoff, Beverly
Hills, 90210 (Long Island, NY, raised in Lakewood)
David DeJesus (born 1979), right fielder for the Chicago Cubs,
(Brooklyn, grew up in Manalapan Township)
Nicholas Delmore (1894-1982), gangster and boss of the
DeCavalcante crime family (Sicily, raised in Atlantic City)
Kat DeLuna (born 1987), pop and R&B singer (Bronx, NY,
partly raised in Newark)
William Demarest (1892-1983), character actor (St. Paul, MN,
grew up in New Bridge in Bergen County)
Rosemarie DeWitt (born 1974), actress, United States of Tara,
Standoff (Queens, NY, raised in Hanover Township)
Tate Donovan (born 1963), actor, Damages, The O.C., Hercules
(New York City, raised in Englewood and Tenafly)
Karen Duffy (born 1961), model/actress (New York City, grew up
in Park Ridge)
Andrew Fastow (born 1961), former CFO at Enron and convicted
felon (Washington, D.C., grew up in New Providence)
Linda Fiorentino (born 1958), actress (Philadelphia, grew up in
Turnersville[10])
Oscar Fraley (1914-1994), co-author of Eliot Ness's memoir, The
Untouchables (Philadelphia, grew up in Woodbury)
Lawrence Frank (born 1970), head coach for the Detroit Pistons
(New York City, raised in Teaneck)
Milton Friedman (1912-2006), Nobel Prize-winning economist,
statistician, and public intellectual (Brooklyn, grew up in
Rahway)
Daisy Fuentes (born 1966), model/TV personality (Havana, Cuba,
grew up in Newark and Harrison)
Junior Galette (born 1988), defensive end and linebacker for the
New Orleans Saints (Port-au-Prince, Haiti, grew up in Montvale)
Jim Gary (1939-2006), sculptor, (born in Sebastian, Florida from
infancy grew up in Colts Neck) and resided in New Jersey for the
rest of his life
Camille Grammer (born 1963), cast member on The Real Housewives
of Beverly Hills (Newport Beach, CA, raised in Jersey City)[11]
Bob Guccione (1930-2010), founder and publisher of Penthouse
magazine (Brooklyn, raised in Bergenfield)
Vida Guerra (born 1980), model (Havana, raised in Perth
Amboy)
Debbie Harry (born 1945), singer/actress (Miami, raised in
Hawthorne)
Anne Hathaway, (born 1982), actress (born in Brooklyn, raised in
Millburn)
Ethan Hawke, (born 1970), actor, (Austin, Texas, partly raised
in West Windsor)
Bob Herbert (born 1945), op-ed columnist for The New York Times
(Brooklyn, raised in Montclair)
Orel Hershiser (born 1958), former Cy Young-winning baseball
pitcher and ESPN baseball analyst (Buffalo, New York, raised in
Cherry Hill)
Toomas Hendrik Ilves, (born 1953), President of Estonia
(Stockholm, Sweden, raised in Leonia)
Sheena Iyengar (born 1969), professor at Columbia Business
School, specializing in research on choice (born in Toronto, grew
up in Flushing, Queens and Elmwood Park)
Chris Jent (born 1970), retired NBA player and current assistant
coach for the Cleveland Cavaliers (Orange, California, grew up in
Sparta)
Joe Jonas (born 1989), singer/member of the Jonas Brothers (Casa
Grande, Arizona, grew up in Wyckoff)
Nick Jonas, (born 1992), singer/member of the Jonas Brothers
(Dallas, grew up in Wyckoff)
Brian Joo (born 1981), Korean singer (Los Angeles, raised in
Absecon)
Ryan Kalish (born 1988), outfielder with the Boston Red Sox (Los
Angeles, raised in Shrewsbury)
Kevin Kelly (born 1952), founding executive editor of Wired
magazine (born in Pennsylvania, grew up in Westfield)
Ezra Koenig (born 1984), musician, Vampire Weekend (New York
City, raised in Northern New Jersey)
Denyce Lawton (born 1978), actress / model, Tyler Perry's House
of Payne (Seoul, South Korea, partly raised in Neptune)
Ted Leo (born 1970), indie rock musician (South Bend, Indiana,
raised in Bloomfield)[12]
Samm Levine (born 1982), actor, Freaks and Geeks, Inglourious
Basterds (Chicago, raised in Fort Lee)
Carl Lewis (born 1961), track and field legend, nine-time
Olympic gold medalist (Birmingham, Alabama, grew up in
Willingboro)
Naomi Cornelia Long Madgett (born 1923), poet (Norfolk,
Virginia, partly raised in East Orange)
Bill Maher (born 1956), stand-up comedian, TV host, left wing
pundit, Real Time with Bill Maher (New York City, grew up in River
Vale)
Michelle Malkin (born 1970), conservative pundit (Philadelphia,
grew up in Absecon)
Constantine Maroulis (born 1975), singer (New York City, grew up
in Wyckoff)
Devin McCourty (born 1987), cornerback for the New England
Patriots (Nyack, New York, raised in Montvale)
John C. McGinley (born 1959), actor, Perry Cox on Scrubs (New
York City, grew up in Millburn)
Natalia Alexandra Mitsuoka (born 1988), Argentinian figure
skater (born in Argentina, raised in New Providence)
Matt Mulhern (born 1960), actor, filmmaker, Major Dad
(Philadelphia, raised in Montvale)
Brittany Murphy (1977-2009), actress, King of the Hill, Happy
Feet, 8 Mile (Atlanta, grew up in Edison and Burbank,
California)
Jim Nantz (born 1959), sportscaster for CBS Sports (Charlotte,
North Carolina, grew up in Colts Neck Township)
Jack Nicholson (born 1937), Oscar-winning actor (New York City,
grew up in Neptune City)
J. J. North, actress, (Philadelphia, raised in New Jersey)
Karen O (born 1978), lead singer of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs (born in
South Korea, raised in Englewood)
Christine O'Donnell (born 1969), 2010 Republican candidate for
Senator of Delaware (Philadelphia, grew up in Moorestown)
Brian O'Halloran (born 1969), actor in Kevin Smith's View
Askewniverse (Manhattan, partly raised in Old Bridge)
Rick Overton (born 1954), actor, comedian (Forest Hills, raised
in Englewood)
Scott Patterson (born 1958), actor, Gilmore Girls, The Event,
Aliens in America (Philadelphia, raised in Haddonfield)
Piper Perabo (born 1976), actress, Cheaper by the Dozen (Dallas,
grew up in Toms River)
Maxwell Perkins (1884-1947), editor for Ernest Hemingway, F.
Scott Fitzgerald, and Thomas Wolfe (New York City, grew up in
Plainfield)
Clarke Peters (born 1952), actor, Det. Lester Freamon on The
Wire (New York City, grew up in Englewood)
Shaun Phillips (born 1981), outside linebacker for the San Diego
Chargers (Philadelphia, raised in Willingboro Township)
Carol Potter (born 1948), actress, Beverly Hills, 90210, Sunset
Beach (New York City, grew up in Tenafly)
Dwight Muhammad Qawi (born 1953), former world boxing champion
and Boxing Hall of Famer (Baltimore, grew up in Camden)
Rebecca Quick (born 1972), co-anchorwoman of CNBC's Squawk Box
(born in Indiana, raised in Medford)
Anna Quindlen (born 1953), author, journalist, and Pulitzer
Prize-winning columnist, (Philadelphia, graduated from South
Brunswick High School in South Brunswick)
B. J. Raji (born 1986), nose tackle for the Green Bay Packers
(New York City, raised in Washington Township)
Christopher Reeve (born 1952), actor (New York City, grew up in
Princeton)
Christina Ricci (born 1980), actress (Santa Monica, California,
grew up in Montclair)
Cameron Richardson (born 1979), actress/model, Cover Me, Point
Pleasant, Alvin and the Chipmunks (Baton Rouge, Louisiana, raised
in Old Bridge Township)
Ian Roberts (born 1965), actor, comedian, Upright Citizens
Brigade, Reno 911! (Queens, NY, raised in Secaucus)
Michelle Rodriguez (born 1978), actress, Avatar, the Fast and
the Furious movies, S.W.A.T. (Bexar County, TX, partly raised in
Jersey City)
Carl Sagan (1934-1996), astronomer/astrochemist/author (Ithaca,
New York, grew up in Rahway)
Samardo Samuels (born 1989), player for the Cleveland Cavaliers
(Trelawny, Jamaica, raised in Newark)
Gabe Saporta (born 1979), singer/musician, currently for the pop
rock band Cobra Starship (Montevideo, Uruguay, grew up in
Springfield Township)
Susan Sarandon (born 1946), actress (New York City, grew up in
Edison)
Jessica Savitch (1947-1983), TV broadcaster and news reporter
(Kennett Square, PA, partly raised in Margate City)
Jon Seda (born 1970), actor, Homicide: Life on the Street, Kevin
Hill, Close to Home (New York City, grew up in Clifton)
Brooke Shields (born 1965), actress, Suddenly Susan (New York
City, grew up in Englewood)
Andrew Shue (born 1967), actor, Melrose Place (Wilmington, DE,
raised in South Orange)[13]
Elisabeth Shue (born 1963), actress, Back to the Future Part II
(Wilmington, DE, raised in South Orange)[13]
Bryan Singer (born 1965), director (New York City, grew up in
Princeton Junction)
Patti Smith (born 1946), rock musician (Chicago, grew up in
Woodbury)
Michael Sorrentino (born 1982), reality TV star of Jersey Shore,
(Staten Island, New York, grew up in Manalapan)
John Spencer, (1946-2005), actor, The West Wing, L.A. Law, The
Rock (New York City, grew up in Totowa)
Steven Spielberg (born 1946), legendary Hollywood director and
producer (Cincinnati, partly raised in Haddon Township)
Jon Stewart (born 1962), comedian/actor (New York City, grew up
in Lawrence Township)
Jack Tatum (1948-2010), NFL safety primarily with the Oakland
Raiders (Cherryville, NC, grew up in Passaic)
Joseph Hooton Taylor, Jr. (born 1941), Nobel Prize-winning
astrophysicist (Philadelphia, raised in Cinnaminson)
Lance Thomas (born 1988), player for the New Orleans Hornets
(Brooklyn, NY, raised in Scotch Plains)
Steven Van Zandt (born 1950), rock musician, actor, The
Sopranos, (Winthrop, Massachusetts, grew up in Middletown)
Bruce Vilanch (born 1948), comedy writer (New York City, raised
in Paterson)
Frank Vincent (born 1932), actor, (North Adams, Massachusetts,
grew up in Jersey City)
Voltaire (born 1967), musician (Havana, Cuba), unknown which
city he grew up in.
Bruce Willis (born 1955), actor (Idar-Oberstein, Germany, grew
up in Penns Grove)
Scott Wolf (born 1968), actor, Party of Five, Everwood, The Nine
(Boston, raised in West Orange)
Teresa Wright (1918-2005), Oscar-winning actress, The Best Years
of Our Lives, The Pride of the Yankees (New York City, grew up in
Maplewood)
[edit]Born in New Jersey, grew up elsewhere
Grover Cleveland
Kirsten Dunst
Sterling Hayden
Derek Jeter
Kevin Spacey
Jack Abramoff (born 1958), former lobbyist and businessman
convicted of fraud, conspiracy, and tax evasion (Atlantic City,
moved to Beverly Hills, California at age 9)
Lavoy Allen (born 1989), power forward for the Philadelphia
76ers (Trenton, would move to Pennsylvania)
Jozy Altidore (born 1989), soccer player (Livingston, raised in
Boca Raton, Florida)
Priscilla Barnes (born 1955), actress, Terri Alden on Three's
Company (Fort Dix, raised in California)
Robert Blake (born 1933), actor, Baretta (born in Nutley, raised
in Los Angeles)
Elizabeth Bogush (born 1977), actress, Titans (Perth Amboy,
raised in Pittsburgh, PA and Hingham, MA)[14]
Phil Bredesen (born 1943), Governor of Tennessee (Oceanport,
grew up in different parts of the country)
Marshon Brooks (born 1989), player with the New Jersey Nets
(Long Branch, raised in Tucker, Georgia)
Michael R. Burns (born 1958), Vice Chairman of Lions Gate
Entertainment (born in Long Branch, raised in New Canaan,
Connecticut)
Mary Chapin Carpenter (born 1958), Grammy-winning folk and
country singer (born in Princeton but would later move to Japan,
then Washington, D.C.)
Sean Casey (born 1974), former MLB All-Star first baseman,
current color commentator for the Cincinnati Reds (Willingboro,
would move away to Pittsburgh, PA)
Paul Cushing Child (1902-1994), husband of celebrity chef, Julia
Child (Montclair, raised in Boston)
Grover Cleveland (1837-1908), 22nd and 24th President of the
United States (Caldwell, raised in western New York)
Jason Cook (born 1980), actor, Days of our Lives, General
Hospital (Somerdale, raised in California)
Brian De Palma (born 1940), film director (born in Newark,
raised in Philadelphia and New Hampshire)
Brian Delate (born 1949), actor (Trenton, raised in Bucks
County, Pennsylvania)
Kirsten Dunst (born 1982), actress, Mary Jane Watson in the
Spider-Man trilogy (Point Pleasant, raised in Los Angeles)
Mel Ferrer (1917-2008), actor, director, Falcon Crest (Elberon,
raised in New York and Connecticut)
John Forsythe (1918-2010), actor, Dynasty, Charlie's Angels,
Bachelor Father (Penns Grove, raised in Brooklyn, New York)
Kate French (born 1985), actress, Wicked Wicked Games, The L
Word (Flemington, raised in Long Island, NY)
Dana Fuchs (born 1976), singer/songwriter (born in New Jersey,
raised in Wildwood, Florida)
Janeane Garofalo (born 1964), comedian, actress, left-wing
activist (born in Newton, raised in California and Texas)
David Garrard (born 1978), quarterback for the Jacksonville
Jaguars (Plainfield, raised in Durham, North Carolina)
Paul Gleason (1939-2006), actor, The Breakfast Club (Jersey
City, raised in Florida)
Mike Goodson (born 1987), running back for the Oakland Raiders
(born in Irvington, raised in Texas)
Chuck Greenberg (born 1961), former owner of the Texas Rangers
(Englewood, raised in Pittsburgh)
Robert David Hall (born 1947), actor, CSI (East Orange, moved to
California)
Sterling Hayden (1916-1986), actor (born in Upper Montclair; as
a child, moved to New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, D.C.,
and Maine)
Jason Heyward (born 1989), right fielder for the Atlanta Braves
(Ridgewood, raised in Georgia)
Debra Hill (1950-2005), screenwriter, producer (Haddonfield,
grew up in Philadelphia)
Linda Hunt (born 1945), Oscar-winning actress, (Morristown,
raised in Westport, Connecticut)
Ice-T (born 1958), rapper and actor (Newark, moved to Los
Angeles)
Derek Jeter (born 1974), shortstop for the New York Yankees,
(born in Pequannock, but raised primarily in Kalamazoo,
Michigan)
Richard Kind (born 1956) actor, Mad About You, Spin City
(Trenton, raised in Pennsylvania)
Bobby Korecky (born 1979), relief pitcher for the Toronto Blue
Jays (Hillside, would move away to Michigan)
Sue Ane Langdon (born 1936), actress, Arnie, Bachelor Father
(Paterson, raised in New York, Michigan, and Oregon)
Gordon MacRae (1921-1986), actor, singer (East Orange, raised in
Massachusetts and New York)
Norman Mailer (1923-2007), Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist,
essayist, poet (Long Branch, raised in Brooklyn)
Camryn Manheim (born 1961), Emmy-winning actress & left-wing
activist, The Practice, Ghost Whisperer, The L Word (West Caldwell,
grew up in Peoria, Illinois)
Richard Matheson (born 1926), sci-fi and fantasy author and
screenwriter (Allendale, raised in Brooklyn)
Lindsey McKeon (born 1982), actress, Saved by the Bell: The New
Class, Guiding Light (Summit, raised in Los Angeles)
Kate Micucci (born 1980), actress, comedian, and
singer-songwriter (born in NJ, raised in Nazareth,
Pennsylvania)
Bob Milacki (born 1964), former MLB pitcher, primarily with the
Baltimore Orioles (Trenton, raised in Lake Havasu City,
Arizona)
Christina Milian (born 1981), R&B and pop singer-songwriter,
dancer, actress, and model (Jersey City, grew up in Waldorf,
Maryland, then would move to Los Angeles)
Eric Millegan (born 1974), actor, Zack Addy on Bones
(Hackettstown, raised in Springfield, Oregon)
Philip Morrison (1915-2005), prominent physicist (Somerville,
grew up in Pittsburgh)
Charlie Morton (born 1983), pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates
(Flemington, would move away to Connecticut)
Montell Owens (born 1984), fullback for the Jacksonville Jaguars
(Plainfield, would move away to Delaware)
Daniel Pearl (1963-2002), journalist who was kidnapped and
killed by Al-Qaeda (Princeton, grew up in Los Angeles)
A. J. Price (born 1986), point guard for the Indiana Pacers
(Orange, raised in East Massapequa, NY)
Dana Reeve (1961-2006), actress, singer, widow of Christopher
Reeve (born in Teaneck, raised in Greenburgh, New York)
Dennis Rodman (born 1961), former NBA forward, who played
primarily with the Detroit Pistons and the Chicago Bulls (Trenton,
grew up in Dallas, Texas)
Joe Rogan (born 1967) comedian, actor, UFC color commentator
(born in Bridgewater, raised in Newton, Massachusetts)
Paul Rudd (born 1969), actor, Knocked Up, The 40-Year-Old
Virgin, Friends (born in Passaic, raised in Overland Park,
Kansas)
Zoe Saldana (born 1978), actress, Avatar, Pirates of the
Caribbean, Star Trek (Passaic, raised in Queens, New York)
Cindy Sherman (born 1954), photographer (born in Glen Ridge,
raised in Huntington, New York)
Paul Simon (born 1941), musician, composer (born in Newark, grew
up in Queens, New York)
Kevin Spacey (born 1959), actor (born in South Orange, grew up
in Southern California)
J. Michael Straczynski (born 1954), writer, producer, creator of
Babylon 5 and its spin-off (born in Paterson, grew up in different
parts of the country)
Red Strader (1902-1956), AAFC and NFL head coach (Newton, raised
in Modesto, California)
Dave Thomas (1932-2002), founder of the Wendy's fast food
restaurant chain (born in Atlantic City, grew up in different parts
of the country)
Jack Warden (1920-2006), Emmy-winning actor, N.Y.P.D., The Bad
News Bears, Crazy Like a Fox (Newark, grew up in Louisville,
Kentucky)
Liza Weil (born 1977), actress, Paris Geller on Gilmore Girls
(born in NJ, raised in Lansdale, Pennsylvania)
Jane Wyatt (1910-2006), three-time Emmy-winning actress, Father
Knows Best (Mahwah, raised in New York City)
Nick Zano (born 1978), actor, What I Like About You, Beverly
Hills Chihuahua (Nutley, grew up in Wellington, Florida)
[edit]Born elsewhere, live in New Jersey
Muhummad Ali
Yogi Berra
Jeff Feagles
Willie Randolph
CC Sabathia
Dave Winfield
Danny Aiello (b. New York City, New York), lives in Saddle
River
Alan Alda (b. New York City, New York), lives in Leonia
Muhammad Ali (b. Louisville, Kentucky), lives in Cherry Hill
Paul Anka (b. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada), lives in Tenafly
AZ (b. New York City, New York), lives in Englewood
Brian Baldinger (b. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), lives in Cherry
Hill
Jesse Barfield (b. Joliet, Illinois), lives in Tenafly
Yogi Berra (b. St. Louis, Missouri) lives in Montclair
George Benson (b. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), lives in
Englewood
Mary J. Blige (b. New York City, New York), lives in
Cresskill
Andre Braugher (b. Chicago, Illinois), lives in South Orange
Jim Bunning (b. Southgate, Kentucky), lives in Cherry Hill
Jim Byrnes (b. St. Louis, Missouri), lives in Allendale
Harry Carson (b. Florence, South Carolina), lives in Franklin
Lakes
Vince Carter (b. Daytona Beach, Florida), lives in Saddle
River
Sarah Chang (b. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), lives in Cherry
Hill
Connie Chung (b. Washington, D.C.), lives in Middletown
Mary Higgins Clark (b. New York City, New York) Lives in Saddle
River
Bobby Clarke (b. Flin Flon, Manitoba), lives in Cherry Hill
Alon Cohen (b. Israel), lives in Tenafly
Stephen Colbert (b. Charleston, South Carolina), lives in
Montclair
Sean Combs ("Diddy") (b. New York City, New York), lives in
Alpine
Peter Criss (b. Brooklyn, New York), lives in Wall Township
Johnny Damon (b. Fort Riley, Kansas), lives in Ridgewood
Damon Dash (b. New York City, New York), lives in Alpine
Darryl Dawkins (b. Orlando, Florida), lives in Marlboro
Steve Doocy (b. Algona, Iowa), lives in Wyckoff
Halim El-Dabh (b. Cairo, Egypt), lives in Cresskill
Melissa Elliott ("Missy") (b. Portsmouth, Virginia, lives in
Kinnelon
Jeff Feagles (b. Anaheim, California), lives in Ridgewood
Lior Haramaty (b. Israel), lives in Tenafly
Bobby Hebb (b. Nashville, Tennessee), lives in Cresskill
Sam Huff (b. Morgantown, West Virginia), lives in Franklin
Lakes
Jay-Z (b. New York City, New York), lives in Alpine
Tommy John (b. Terre Haute, Indiana), lives in Franklin
Lakes
Michael Johns (b. Allentown, Pennsylvania), lives in
Deptford
Jim Jones (b. New York City, New York), lives in Fair Lawn
Zab Judah (b. New York City, New York), lives in Teaneck
Kitty Kallen (b. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), lives in
Englewood
Jevon Kearse (b. Fort Myers, Florida), lives in Moorestown
Jason Kidd (b. San Francisco, California), lives in Saddle
River
Lil' Kim (b. New York City, New York), lives in Alpine
Bernard King (b. New York City, New York), lives in Franklin
Lakes
Josue Lajeunesse (b. Haiti), lives in Lawrence
Michael Landon (b. Queens, New York City), lived in
Collingswood
Phoebe Laub (b. New York City, New York), lives in Teaneck
Bettye LaVette (b. Muskegon, Michigan, lives in West Orange
Heather Locklear (b. Westwood, California), lives in Wayne
Mario (b. Baltimore, Maryland), lives in Teaneck
Tino Martinez (b. Tampa, Florida), lives in Tenafly
Fred Mascherino (b. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), lives in
Union
Don Mattingly (b. Evansville, Indiana), lives in Tenafly
Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels (b. New York City, New York), lives in
Wayne
Bob McGrath (b. Ottawa, Illinois), lives in Teaneck
Donovan McNabb (b. Chicago, Illinois), lives in Moorestown
Bob Menne (b. Demarest, New Jersey), lives in Demarest
Eddie Murphy (b. New York City, New York), lives in
Englewood
Bob Menne (b. Demarest, New Jersey), lives in Demarest
Richard Milhous Nixon (b. Yorba Linda, California), lived in
Saddle River
Tina Nordström (b. Valluv, Skåne County in Sweden), lives in
Englewood Cliffs
Randal Pinkett (b. Philadelphia, PA), lives in Somerset
Maury Povich (b. Washington, D.C.), lives in Middletown
Aidan Quinn (b. Rockford, Illinois), lives in Englewood
Willie Randolph (b. Holly Hill, South Carolina), lives in
Franklin Lakes
Geraldo Rivera (b. New York City, New York), lives in
Middletown
Sylvia Robinson (b. New York City, New York), lives in
Englewood
Chris Rock (b. Andrews, South Carolina), lives in Alpine
Jeremy Roenick (b. Boston, Massachusetts), lives in
Moorestown
Jimmy Rollins (b.Oakland, California) lives in Woolwich
Township
Ja Rule (b. New York City, New York), lives in Saddle River
CC Sabathia (b. Vallejo, California), lives in Alpine
Gary Sheffield (b. Tampa, Florida), lives in Alpine
Lito Sheppard (b. Jacksonville, Florida), lives in
Moorestown
Brooke Shields (b. New York City, New York), lives in
Englewood
Joseph Simmons (b. New York City, New York), lives in Saddle
River
Kimora Lee Simmons (b. St. Louis, Missouri), lives in Saddle
River
Russell Simmons (b. New York City, New York), lives in Saddle
River
Phil Simms (b. Lebanon, Kentucky), lives in Franklin Lakes
Wesley Snipes (b. Orlando, Florida), lives in Alpine
Luis Sojo (b. Miranda State, Venezuela), lives in Saddle
Brook
Paul Sorvino (b. New York City, New York), lives in Tenafly
James "J.T." Taylor (b. Laurens, South Carolina), lives in
Franklin Lakes
Mitch Williams (b. Santa Ana, California), lives in Medford
Dave Winfield (b. Saint Paul, Minnesota), lives in Teaneck
Stevie Wonder (b. Saginaw, Michigan), lives in Alpine
Shou-Wu Zhang (b. Hexian, Anhui, China), lives in Tenafly, New
Jersey