Biographical Records

Notable People from New Jersey

3,162 notable figures born in New Jersey, showing page 61 of 64, ranked by historical prominence.

Betty S. Murphy
American lawyer
1933 – 2010
lawyer
Bill Kunkel
American baseball player
1936 – 1985
baseball playerbasketball officialbaseball umpire
Bob Mischak
American football player (1932-2014)
1932 – 2014
American football player
Bobby Thomas
American musician
1932 – 2013
jazz musicianmusic educatormusician
Fred Crolius
Fred Crolius
American football and baseball player and coach (1876-1960)
1876 – 1960
American football playerbaseball player
Brian McNaughton
US author
1935 – 2004
novelistwriter
Bruce William Kauffman
United States federal judge
1934 – 2021
lawyerjudge
Norman Twain
Norman Twain
American producer (1930-2016)
1930 – 2016
film producer
Eugene Grace
Eugene Grace
American businessman
1876 – 1960
industrialist
Paul Kramer
American politician (1933–2020)
1933 – 2020
politician
Ernest Lester Jones
Ernest Lester Jones
American scientist
1876 – 1929
surveyor
Peter S. Connor
Peter S. Connor
United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient (1932-1966)
1932 – 1966
military personnel
Silas Condict
American politician, 1738-1801
1738 – 1801
politician
Eli Thompson Fryer
Eli Thompson Fryer
United States Marine Corps Brigadier General, Medal of Honor awardee (1878-1963)
1878 – 1963
military officer
Ray Bremser
Beat poet (1934–1998)
1934 – 1998
poetwriter
Raymond Zane
American politician (1939–2024)
1939 – 2024
politicianlawyer
Reese Schonfeld
American journalist (1931–2020)
1931 – 2020
journalist
Samuel G. Wright
American politician
1781 – 1845
politician
Theodore S. Wright
Theodore S. Wright
African-American abolitionist minister
1797 – 1847
abolitionistChristian ministerpreacher
Dick Cogan
professional baseball player (1871-1948)
1871 – 1948
baseball player
Chet Hanulak
Chet Hanulak
American football player (born 1933)
1933 – 2021
American football player
Curt Merz
American football player (1938–2022)
1938 – 2022
American football player
Danny Lewis
American football player (1936–2015)
1936 – 2015
American football player
David A. Hodges
American electrical engineer
1937 – 2022
electrical engineer
David Friedland
American politician
1937 – 2022
politicianlawyer
Jane Norman Smith
Jane Norman Smith
American suffragist
1874 – 1953
suffragist
David Young
David Young
American civil servant, Watergate figure, lawyer, academic
1936 – 2025
businesspersonlawyer
Florence Merriam Johnson
Florence Merriam Johnson
American nurse
1876 – 1954
nurse
Judith St. George
American children's writer
1931 – 2015
non-fiction writerchildren's writerwriter
Lawrence Curry
American politician
1935 – 2018
politician
Lou Palmer
American sportscaster (1935-2019)
1935 – 2019
sports commentatorjournalist
Lovelace Watkins
Lovelace Watkins
American singer
1938 – 1995
singer
Marvin Felix Camillo
American actor and director (1937-1988)
1937 – 1988
theatre directorstage actoractor
Melville Bernd Kaufman
American ragtime composer
1879 – 1932
musiciancomposer
August William Hutaf
August William Hutaf
American illustrator
1874 – 1942
art directorillustrator
Nelson G. Gross
Nelson G. Gross
American politician (1932-1997)
1932 – 1997
restaurateurlawyerpolitician
Nina Baym
American literary critic
1936 – 2018
literary scholarliterary historianphilologist
Theodosia Garrison
Theodosia Garrison
American poet (1874-1944)
1874 – 1944
poet
Edward Francis McGrady
Edward Francis McGrady
American labor leader from Massachusetts
1874 – 1960
trade unionistprinterpolitician
Joseph P. Bickerton Jr.
Joseph P. Bickerton Jr.
American lawyer and theatre producer (1878–1936)
1878 – 1936
lawyer
Harry Gleason
American baseball player
1875 – 1961
baseball player
Isaac Joslin Cox
Isaac Joslin Cox
United States professor of history (1873–1956)
1873 – 1956
historian
David Gilbert Yates
American surgeon
1870 – 1918
medical writersurgeon
William Van Wagoner
William Van Wagoner
American racing cyclist and automobile designer
1870
sport cyclist
Russell Dermond
American canoeist
1936 – 2015
canoeist
William V. B. Van Dyck
William V. B. Van Dyck
American football player and coach, electrical engineer, and businessman (1875-1981)
1875 – 1981
American football playerengineer
William H. Thompkins
William H. Thompkins
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient (1872–1916)
1872 – 1916
soldier
Thomas Sinnickson
American politician (1786-1873)
1786 – 1873
politician
Walter Kidde
American scientist
1877 – 1943
businessperson
Tom Fennell
Tom Fennell
American football player and coach (1875–1936)
1875 – 1936
head coachlawyer
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