Notable People from New Jersey

Bill Pascrell

American politician (1937–2024)

C. K. Williams

American poet and critic (1936-2015)

Flip Wilson

American comedian and actor (1933-1998)

Richard Codey

New Jersey State Senator and former Governor of New Jersey

Larry Young

American jazz musician (1940-1978)

Howard Finkel

American professional wrestling ring announcer (1950–2020)

Danny Federici

American musician (1950–2008)

Criss Oliva

American guitarist (1963–1993)

Hussein Fatal

American rapper (1973-2015)

Stephen W. Kearny

United States general (1794–1848)

Mahlon Dickerson

American politician (1770-1853)

John McLean

American jurist and politician (1785-1861)

Joseph Hewes

signer of the United States Declaration of Independence (1730-1779)

Michael Augustine Corrigan

Roman Catholic Archbishop of New York (1839–1902)

Lindley Miller Garrison

lawyer, U.S. Secretary of War (1864-1932)

Alphaeus Philemon Cole

American artist (1876-1988)

Van Wyck Brooks

American literary critic, biographer and historian (1886–1963)

Louis Scott

American long-distance runner

Gustave Bauer

American wrestler (1884–1947)

Aida de Acosta

American aviator

Sonny Greer

American jazz drummer (1895–1982)

Frances Goodrich

American writer (1890-1984)

Charles Edison

American politician (1890–1969)

Edwin L. Marin

American film director (1899–1951)

Horace Brown

American long-distance runner

Louis Jean Heydt

American actor (1903-1960)

Ozzie Nelson

actor, band leader, television producer and director (1906-1975)

Peter Pietras

American soccer player (1908-1993)

Archibald Cox

American prosecutor (1912–2004)

Joseph DePietro

American weightlifter (1914-1999)

George Rochberg

American composer (1918-2005)

Richard Halsey Best

US Navy pilot (1910-2001)

Steven Lysak

Canoe racer (1912–2002)

Grace Hartigan

American artist (1922-2008)

Chris Argyris

American business theorist (1923-2013)

Fred Schaus

American basketball player and coach, college athletics administrator (1925–2010)

Brendan Byrne

American politician and prosecutor (1924-2018)

Jeremy Slate

American actor (1926-2006)

William Campbell

American actor (1926–2011)

Mike Nazaruk

American racing driver (1921-1955)

William E. Simon

Secretary of the Treasury, businessman (1927–2000)

Kathleen Crowley

American actress and beauty pageant contestant (1929-2017)

Marla Adams

American actress (1938–2024)

Sam Coppola

American actor (1932/1935–2012)

Joan Carroll

American stage and film actress

Dave Sime

American Olympic sprinter, multi-sport athlete, and a pioneering ophthalmologist, who won a silver medal in the 100-meter dash at the 1960 Olympic Games

John Huchra

American astronomer and professor (1948-2010)

Gwen Guthrie

American singer-songwriter

Debralee Scott

American actress (1953-2005)