List of people from New Jersey

(born 2000), professional soccer playing for Leeds United and the United States men's national soccer team (Medford)

(1895–1974), actor and comedian (Asbury Park)

(born 1988), safety for the Detroit Lions (Union)

(1803–1880), engraver (born in New Germantown)^[1]

(born 1981), safety for the Houston Texans (Paterson)

(born 1967), actor, Sunset Beach, Ocean Ave. (Belleville)

(1912–1988), cartoonist and creator of The Addams Family (Westfield)

(born 1985), Israeli-American professional soccer defender who has played for Hapoel Ashkelon

(born 1956), voice actor; the Transformers movies (Paterson)

(1900–1973), physicist and a pioneer in computing, original conceptual designer behind IBM's Harvard Mark I computer (Hoboken)

(born 1990), saber fencer; won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the Women's Saber Team competition

(born 1967), filmmaker (Bayonne)

(born 1958), writer, broadcaster, and musician (Passaic)

(born 1930), NASA astronaut, second man to walk on the Moon (born in Glen Ridge, grew up in Montclair)

(born 1959), actor, George Costanza on Seinfeld, Hugo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Newark, raised in Livingston)

(born 1983), former NFL defensive tackle (Orange)

(born 1958), former lobbyist and businessman convicted of fraud, conspiracy, and tax evasion (Atlantic City, moved to Beverly Hills, California, at age 9)

(born 1989), power forward for the Philadelphia 76ers (Trenton, moved to Pennsylvania)

(born 1989), soccer player (Livingston, raised in Boca Raton, Florida)

(born 1955), actress, Terri Alden on Three's Company (Fort Dix, raised in California)

(born 1952), CEO and Chairman of Time Warner (Paterson, raised in Darien, Connecticut)

(1933–2023), actor, Baretta (born in Nutley, raised in Los Angeles)

(born 1977), actress, Titans (Perth Amboy, raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Hingham, Massachusetts)^[19]

(born 1943), Governor of Tennessee (Oceanport, grew up in different parts of the country)

(born 1989), player with the New Jersey Nets (Long Branch, raised in Tucker, Georgia)

(born 1958), Vice Chairman of Lions Gate Entertainment (born in Long Branch, raised in New Canaan, Connecticut)

(born 1958), Grammy-winning folk and country singer (born in Princeton; moved to Japan, then Washington, D.C.)

(born 1974), former MLB All-Star first baseman, current color commentator for the Cincinnati Reds (Willingboro, moved to Pittsburgh)

(1902–1994), husband of celebrity chef Julia Child (Montclair, raised in Boston)

(1837–1908), 22nd and 24th President of the United States (Caldwell, raised in western New York)

(born 1980), actor, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital (Somerdale, raised in California)

(1789–1851), writer (Burlington, raised in Cooperstown)

(born 1940), film director (born in Newark, raised in Philadelphia and New Hampshire)

(born 1982), actress, Mary Jane Watson in the Spider-Man trilogy (Point Pleasant, raised in Los Angeles)

(born 1935), marine biologist, explorer, author (Gibbstown, raised in Florida)

(born 1993), tight end for the Detroit Lions (Newark, moved to North Carolina)

(1917–2008), actor, director, Falcon Crest (Elberon, raised in New York and Connecticut)

(1918–2010), actor, Dynasty, Charlie's Angels, Bachelor Father (Penns Grove, raised in Brooklyn, New York)

(born 1985), actress, Wicked Wicked Games, The L Word (Flemington, raised in Long Island, New York)

(born 1981), soccer player

(born 1976), singer/songwriter (born in New Jersey, raised in Wildwood, Florida)

(born 1964), comedian, actress, left-wing activist (born in Newton, raised in California and Texas)

(born 1978), quarterback for the Jacksonville Jaguars (Plainfield, raised in Durham, North Carolina)

(1939–2006), actor, The Breakfast Club (Jersey City, raised in Florida)

(born 1987), running back for the Oakland Raiders (born in Irvington, raised in Texas)

(born 1961), former owner of the Texas Rangers (Englewood, raised in Pittsburgh)

(born 1947), actor, CSI (East Orange, moved to California)

(1916–1986), actor (born in Upper Montclair; as a child, moved to New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, D.C., and Maine)

(1927–2009), actor raised in California

(born 1989), right fielder for the Chicago Cubs (Ridgewood, raised in Georgia)

(born 1945), Oscar-winning actress (Morristown, raised in Westport, Connecticut)

(born 1958), rapper and actor (Newark, moved to Los Angeles)

(born 1983), guard for the Buffalo Bills (Englewood, grew up in Glendale, Arizona)

(born 1974), shortstop for the New York Yankees (born in Pequannock, but raised primarily in Kalamazoo, Michigan)

(born 1956), actor, Mad About You, Spin City (Trenton, raised in Pennsylvania)

(born 1979), relief pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays (Hillside, moved to Michigan)

(1876–1960), cultural anthropologist (Hoboken, grew up in New York)

(1936–1961), jazz double bassist (Irvington, grew up in Geneva, New York)

(1905–1973), silent and early sound film actress from Union City, grew up in New York City

(born 1936), actress, Arnie, Bachelor Father (Paterson, raised in New York, Michigan, and Oregon)

(1925–2008), Nobel Prize–winning molecular biologist (Montclair, raised in Manhattan)

(1921–1986), actor, singer (East Orange, raised in Massachusetts and New York)

(1923–2007), Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, essayist, poet (Long Branch, raised in Brooklyn)

(born 1961), Emmy-winning actress & left-wing activist, The Practice, Ghost Whisperer, The L Word (West Caldwell, grew up in Peoria, Illinois)

(born 1963), comedian, actor, podcaster (born in Jersey City, raised in Wayne, Alaska and Albuquerque)

(1926–2013), sci-fi and fantasy author and screenwriter (Allendale, raised in Brooklyn)

(born 1982), actress, Saved by the Bell: The New Class, Guiding Light (Summit, raised in Los Angeles)

(born 1980), actress, comedian, and singer-songwriter (born in NJ, raised in Nazareth, Pennsylvania)

(born 1964), former MLB pitcher, primarily with the Baltimore Orioles (Trenton, raised in Lake Havasu City, Arizona)

(born 1981), R&B and pop singer-songwriter, dancer, actress, and model (Jersey City, grew up in Waldorf, Maryland, moved to Los Angeles)

(born 1974), actor, Zack Addy on Bones (Hackettstown, raised in Springfield, Oregon)

artist and photographer (raised in New Hampshire)^[20]

(1915–2005), prominent physicist (Somerville, grew up in Pittsburgh)

(born 1983), starting pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays (Flemington, raised in Trumbull, Connecticut)

(born 1984), fullback for the Jacksonville Jaguars (Plainfield, moved to Delaware)

(1963–2002), journalist who was kidnapped and killed by Al-Qaeda (Princeton, grew up in Los Angeles)

(born 1986), point guard for the Indiana Pacers (Orange, raised in East Massapequa, New York)

(1961–2006), actress, singer, widow of Christopher Reeve (born in Teaneck, raised in Greenburgh, New York)

(born 1961), former NBA forward, who played primarily with the Detroit Pistons and the Chicago Bulls (Trenton, grew up in Dallas, Texas)

(born 1967), comedian, actor, UFC color commentator (born in Bridgewater, raised in Newton, Massachusetts)

(born 1969), actor, Knocked Up, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Friends (born in Passaic, raised in Overland Park, Kansas)

(born 1978), actress, Avatar, Pirates of the Caribbean, Star Trek (Passaic, raised in Queens, New York)

(1936–2016), associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (Trenton, raised in Queens, New York)

(born 1954), photographer (born in Glen Ridge, raised in Huntington, New York)

(born 1941), musician, composer (born in Newark, grew up in Queens, New York)

(1912–2003), Doubleday editor (born in South Orange, grew up in Brooklyn)

(born 1972), basketball Hall of Famer, 15-time NBA All-Star center (Newark)

(born 1959), actor (born in South Orange, grew up in Southern California)

(born 1954), writer, producer, creator of Babylon 5 and its spin-off (born in Paterson, grew up in different parts of the country)

(1902–1956), AAFC and NFL head coach (Newton, raised in Modesto, California)

(1932–2002), founder of the Wendy's fast food restaurant chain (born in Atlantic City, grew up in different parts of the country)

(1920–2006), Emmy-winning actor, N.Y.P.D., The Bad News Bears, Crazy Like a Fox (Newark, grew up in Louisville, Kentucky)

(born 1977), actress, Paris Geller on Gilmore Girls (born in NJ, raised in Lansdale, Pennsylvania)

(1883–1963), poet (Rutherford), grew up in Dominican Republic

(1910–2006), three-time Emmy-winning actress, Father Knows Best (Mahwah, raised in New York City)

(born 1978), actor, What I Like About You, Beverly Hills Chihuahua (Nutley, grew up in Wellington, Florida)

(1878–1963), inventor of the Joy buzzer (born Aarhus, Denmark, grew up Perth Amboy, died Asbury Park)

(born 1992), soccer player for the New York Red Bulls and the U.S. men's national team (born in Colombia, raised in Barnegat)

(born 1973),^[21] platinum R&B singer (born in St. Louis, Missouri, partly raised in Senegal, then moved to Jersey City)

(born 1979), actor, Prison Break (born in Ecuador, grew up in Sayreville)

(born 1970), actor, Randal Graves in Kevin Smith's View Askewniverse (born in Connecticut, raised in Atlantic Highlands)

owner of the Milwaukee Brewers (The Bronx, raised in Tenafly)

(born 1964), guitarist, composer, and vocalist for the rock band Phish (Fort Worth, Texas, raised in Princeton)

(born 1993), forward for the San Antonio Spurs (New York City, raised in North Bergen and Fairview)

(born 1970), comedian, former host of Cash Cab (Bowling Green, Kentucky, grew up in Chatham)

Commissioner of Health of the City of New York

(1916–1945), Marine, Medal of Honor recipient (Buffalo, New York, grew up in Raritan)

(born 1955), weather forecaster (Providence, Rhode Island, partly raised in Somers Point)

(born 1979), Tony Award-winning Broadway actress (New York City, grew up in Kinnelon)

(born 1985), journalist, pundit, Fox News contributor (Saudi Arabia, raised in Ridgewood)

(1902–1972), MLB catcher and spy during World War II (New York City, raised in Newark)

(born 1968), author (Philadelphia, raised in Cherry Hill)

(born 1970), television and radio sportscaster (Brooklyn, raised in Howell)

(born 1973), voice actor, Jar Jar Binks in the Star Wars prequel trilogy (New York City, raised in Maplewood)

(born 1971), comedian, actor, Ed, The State, Viva Variety (Chicago, raised in Hillsborough)

(born 1969), politician, former mayor of Newark; current United States Senator (born in Washington, D.C., raised in Harrington Park)

(1956–2018), chef, author and television personality (New York City, grew up in Leonia)

(born 1940), film and television producer and director (Brooklyn, grew up in North Bergen)

(born 1980), rap musician (Spanish Harlem, raised in Jersey City)

(born 1968), actress (Oklahoma City, raised in Newark)

actor, Jersey Boys, writer, producer (Brooklyn, New York, raised in Holmdel)

(born 1990), NHL defenseman (Natick, Massachusetts, raised in Colonia)

(born 1983), NFL defensive end, formerly of the San Diego Chargers (Brooklyn, raised in Garfield)

(born 1963), actor, Road to Perdition, Die Hard with a Vengeance (Baltimore, Maryland, raised in Moorestown)

(born 1957), columnist, political analyst, author (New York City, raised in Livingston)

(born 1945), creator, The Sopranos (Mount Vernon, New York, grew up in Clifton and North Caldwell)

(born 1971), rapper, actor (Bronx, grew up in East Orange)

(born 1982), actress, Maggie Greene on The Walking Dead (Philadelphia, partially raised in Cherry Hill)

(born 1979), actor, Billy Walsh on Entourage (Calabria, Italy,^[22] moved to Princeton)

(1952–2016), author (Hormigueros, Puerto Rico, raised in Paterson)

(1941–2000), later known as Doris Coley-Kenner and then Doris Kenner-Jackson, singer with The Shirelles

(born 1960), Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (Yonkers, New York, grew up in Allendale)

(born 1968), radio and television commentator (born in Arizona, raised in Warren Township)

(born 1962), actor (Syracuse, New York, grew up in Glen Ridge)

(born 1964), actor, Southland, The Walking Dead, Standoff (Long Island, New York, raised in Lakewood)

(born 2002), competitive swimmer (Yardley, Pennsylvania, raised in Pennington and Hamilton)^[23]

(born 1979), Major League Baseball outfielder (Brooklyn, grew up in Manalapan Township)

(born 1987), pop and R&B singer (Bronx, New York, partly raised in Newark)

(1892–1983), character actor (St. Paul, Minnesota, grew up in New Bridge in Bergen County)

(born 1974), actress, United States of Tara, Standoff (Queens, New York, raised in Hanover Township)

(born 1963), stand-up comedian, actor (Havana, Cuba, raised in North Bergen)

(born 1986), relief pitcher for the Washington Nationals (Rapid City, South Dakota, grew up in Tabernacle)

(1822-1891), president, New Jersey Woman's Christian Temperance Union (Philadelphia; raised in Pennington, New Jersey)

(born 1961), model and actress (New York City, grew up in Park Ridge)

(born 1994), point guard for the Houston Rockets (Brampton, Ontario, raised in Newark)

(born 1974/1975), former U.S. federal prosecutor (Englewood Cliffs)

(born 1961), CFO at Enron, convicted felon (Washington, D.C., grew up in New Providence)

(born 1958), actress (Philadelphia, grew up in Turnersville^[24])

(1914–1994), co-author of Eliot Ness's memoir, The Untouchables (Philadelphia, grew up in Woodbury)

(born 1970), professional basketball coach (New York City, raised in Teaneck)

(1912–2006), Nobel Prize-winning economist, statistician, and public intellectual (Brooklyn, grew up in Rahway)

(born 1966), model and TV personality (Havana, Cuba, grew up in Newark and Harrison)

(born 1988), defensive end and linebacker for the New Orleans Saints (Port-au-Prince, Haiti, grew up in Montvale)

(1939–2006), sculptor (born in Sebastian, Florida, grew up from infancy in Colts Neck and resided in New Jersey for the rest of his life)

(born 1963), cast member on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (Newport Beach, California, raised in Jersey City)^[25]

(1930–2010), founder and publisher of Penthouse magazine (Brooklyn, raised in Bergenfield)

(born 1980), model (Havana, raised in Perth Amboy)

(1939–2019), actress (Suffern, raised in Jersey City)

(born 1945), singer and actress (Miami, raised in Hawthorne)

(born 1982), actress (born in Brooklyn, raised in Millburn)

(born 1970), actor (Austin, Texas, partly raised in West Windsor)

(born 1945), op-ed columnist for The New York Times (Brooklyn, raised in Montclair)

(born 1958), Cy Young-winning baseball pitcher and ESPN baseball analyst (Buffalo, New York, raised in Cherry Hill)

(1950–2005), screenwriter, producer (born in Philadelphia, grew up in Haddonfield)^[26]

(born 1990), safety for the Baltimore Ravens (Jacksonville, Florida, raised in West Orange)

(1922–2012), business executive and philanthropist (Brooklyn, raised in Nutley)

(1926–1992), novelist, co-founder of The Paris Review (Douglas, Arizona, raised in Princeton)

(born 1953), President of Estonia (Stockholm, Sweden, raised in Leonia)

(1919–2016), HOF baseball player (Haleburg, Alabama, grew up in Orange)

(born 1992) point guard for the Brooklyn Nets (born in Australia, raised in West Orange)

(born 1969), professor at Columbia Business School, specializing in research on choice (born in Toronto, grew up in Flushing, Queens, and Elmwood Park)

(born 1944), R&B/soul singer-songwriter (Thomson, Georgia, raised in Newark and Brooklyn)

(born 1936), former New Jersey State Senator and mayor of Newark, convicted criminal (born in Jacksonville, grew up in Newark)

(born 1970), NBA player, assistant coach for the Cleveland Cavaliers (Orange, California, grew up in Sparta)

(born 1989), singer, member of the Jonas Brothers (Casa Grande, Arizona, grew up in Wyckoff)

(born 1992), singer, member of the Jonas Brothers (Dallas, grew up in Wyckoff)

(born 1981), Korean singer (Los Angeles, raised in Absecon)

(born 1987), actor (Santa Ana, California, grew up in Newark)

(born 1988), outfielder with the Chicago Cubs (Los Angeles, raised in Shrewsbury)

(born 1952), founding executive editor of Wired magazine (born in Pennsylvania, grew up in Westfield)

(born 1993), small forward for the Charlotte Hornets (Philadelphia, grew up in Somerdale)

(born 1984), musician, Vampire Weekend (New York City, raised in Northern New Jersey)

(1936–1991), actor, Bonanza, Little House on the Prairie (Queens, New York raised in Collingswood)

real name Amy Lee (born 1989), Korean singer (Denver, Colorado, grew up in Palisades Park and Leonia)

(born 1970), indie rock musician (South Bend, Indiana, raised in Bloomfield)^[27]

(1919–2015), law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School

(born 1982), actor, Freaks and Geeks, Inglourious Basterds (Chicago, raised in Fort Lee)

(born 1961), track and field legend, nine-time Olympic gold medalist (born in Birmingham, Alabama, grew up in Willingboro)

(born 1947), comedian, actor, Anything but Love, Curb Your Enthusiasm (Brooklyn, raised in Englewood)

(1930–2021), chief operative for the White House Plumbers unit under the Nixon administration (Brooklyn, raised in Hoboken and West Caldwell)

(1923–2020), poet (Norfolk, Virginia, partly raised in East Orange)

(born 1956), comedian, actor, TV personality, left wing pundit, Real Time with Bill Maher (New York City, grew up in River Vale)

(born 1970), conservative pundit (Philadelphia, grew up in Absecon)

(born 1975), singer (New York City, grew up in Wyckoff)

(born 1956), tennis player (Queens, grew up in Wayne)

(born 1963), songwriter and keyboardist with the rock band Phish (Philadelphia, raised in Basking Ridge)

(born 1987), free safety for the New England Patriots (Nyack, New York, raised in Montvale)

(born 1959), actor, Perry Cox on Scrubs (New York City, grew up in Millburn)

(born 1986), actress, Rachel Berry on Glee (Bronx, raised in Tenafly)

(born 1988), Argentinian figure skater (born in Argentina, raised in New Providence)

(born 1960), actor, filmmaker, Major Dad (Philadelphia, raised in Montvale)

(1977–2009), actress, King of the Hill, Happy Feet, 8 Mile (Atlanta, grew up in Edison and Burbank, California)

(born 1959), sportscaster for CBS Sports (Charlotte, North Carolina, grew up in Colts Neck Township)

actress (Philadelphia, raised in New Jersey)

(born 1978), lead singer of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs (born in South Korea, raised in Englewood)

(born 1969), 2010 Republican candidate for Senator of Delaware (Philadelphia, grew up in Moorestown)

(born 1969), actor in Kevin Smith's View Askewniverse (Manhattan, partly raised in Old Bridge)

(born 1977), former center for the Cleveland Browns and New York Giants (Chicago, grew up in Hillsborough Township)

(born 1954), actor, comedian (Forest Hills, raised in Englewood)

(born 1991), hockey player (Smithtown, New York, grew up in Montvale)

(born 1958), actor, Gilmore Girls, The Event, Aliens in America (Philadelphia, raised in Haddonfield)

(born 1976), actress, Cheaper by the Dozen (Dallas, grew up in Toms River)

(born 1983), former Tampa Bay Rays outfielder, current San Francisco Giants coach

(1884–1947), editor for Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Thomas Wolfe (New York City, grew up in Plainfield)

(born 1952), actor, Det. Lester Freamon on The Wire (New York City, grew up in Englewood)

(born 1981), outside linebacker for the San Diego Chargers (Philadelphia, raised in Willingboro Township)

(born 1965), actress, Providence, Partners, Godzilla (Elmira, NY, raised in Mahwah)

(born 1948), actress, Beverly Hills, 90210, Sunset Beach (New York City, grew up in Tenafly)

(born 1953), former world boxing champion and Boxing Hall of Famer (Baltimore, grew up in Camden)

(born 1972), co-anchorwoman of CNBC's Squawk Box (born in Minneapolis, raised in Medford)

(born 1953), author, journalist, and Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist (Philadelphia, graduated from South Brunswick High School in South Brunswick)

(born 1986), nose tackle for the Green Bay Packers (New York City, raised in Washington Township)

(1952–2004), actor (New York City, grew up in Princeton)

(born Shirley Owens, 1941), lead singer of The Shirelles (grew up in Passaic)

(born 1980), actress (Santa Monica, California, grew up in Montclair)

(born 1979), actress and model, Cover Me, Point Pleasant, Alvin and the Chipmunks (Baton Rouge, Louisiana, raised in Old Bridge Township)

(1941–2011), computer scientist who created the C programming language and co-created Unix (Bronxville, NY, raised in Summit)

(born 1965), actor, comedian, Upright Citizens Brigade, Reno 911! (Queens, New York, raised in Secaucus)

(born 1978), actress, Avatar, the Fast and the Furious movies, S.W.A.T. (Bexar County, Texas, partly raised in Jersey City)

(born 1973), Democratic Party strategist and Fox News contributor (Moscow, Russia, partially raised in Plainsboro)

(born 1975), general manager for the Philadelphia Eagles (Brooklyn, raised in Marlboro)

billionaire businessman

(1934–1996), astronomer, astrochemist and author (Ithaca, New York, grew up in Rahway)

(born 1989), player for the Cleveland Cavaliers (Trelawny, Jamaica, raised in Newark)

(born 1979), singer and musician, currently for the pop rock band Cobra Starship (Montevideo, Uruguay, grew up in Springfield Township)

(born 1946), actress (New York City, grew up in Edison)

(1947–1983), television journalist (Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, partly raised in Margate City)

(1967–2020), musician (Fountains of Wayne), songwriter, producer, arranger (Manhattan, grew up in Montclair)

(born 1970), actor, Homicide: Life on the Street, Kevin Hill, Close to Home (New York City, grew up in Clifton)

(1942–2021), Major League Baseball All Star outfielder (South Bronx, New York City, grew up in Englewood)

(born 1926), film critic of NBC's Today (New York City, raised in Morristown)

(born 1965), actress, Suddenly Susan (New York City, grew up in Englewood)

(born 1967), actor, Melrose Place (Wilmington, Delaware, raised in South Orange)^[28]

(born 1963), actress, Back to the Future Part II (Wilmington, Delaware, raised in South Orange)^[28]

(1920–2021). Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and Secretary of Labor (New York City, grew up in Englewood)

(born 1965), film director (New York City, grew up in Princeton Junction)

(born 1954), artist and sculptor; her father was the sculptor Tony Smith (born in West Germany, raised in South Orange from infancy to high school)

(born 1946), rock musician (Chicago, grew up in Woodbury)

(1914–1971), NFL football player

(1952–2024), Don Forchelli Professor of Law and Director of the Center for the Study of Law, Language and Cognition at Brooklyn Law School.

(1946–2005), actor, The West Wing, L.A. Law, The Rock (New York City, grew up in Totowa)

(born 1946), legendary Hollywood director and producer (Cincinnati, partly raised in Haddon Township)

(1942–2020), NBA commissioner, member of the Basketball Hall of Fame (New York City, raised in Teaneck)

(born 1962), comedian, actor and television personality (New York City, grew up in Lawrence Township)

real name Solana Rowe (born 1989), PBR&B singer-songwriter, signed to Top Dawg Entertainment (St. Louis, Missouri, raised in Maplewood)

(1948–2010), NFL safety primarily with the Oakland Raiders (Cherryville, North Carolina, grew up in Passaic)

(born 1941), Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist (Philadelphia, raised in Cinnaminson)

(born 1988), player for the New Orleans Hornets (Brooklyn, New York, raised in Scotch Plains)

(1952–2016), Nobel Prize–winning biochemist (New York City, grew up in Livingston)

(born 1950), rock musician, actor, The Sopranos (Winthrop, Massachusetts, grew up in Middletown)

(born 1963), NFL football player (Brooklyn, New York, grew up in Elizabeth)

(born 1948), comedy writer (New York City, raised in Paterson)

(1937–2017), actor (North Adams, Massachusetts, grew up in Jersey City)

(born 1967), musician (Havana, Cuba)

(born 1981), mixed martial artist (Bamberg, South Carolina, raised in Passaic)

economist, founder of High Frequency Economics (Bronx, raised in Teaneck)

(1922–2015), banker, civil servant, chairman of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (Evanston, Illinois, raised in Montclair)

(born 1959), disgraced anchor of NBC Nightly News (Elmira, New York, partly raised in Middletown)

(born 1955), actor (Idar-Oberstein, born in Germany, grew up in Penns Grove)

(born 1968), actor, Party of Five, Everwood, The Nine (Boston, raised in West Orange)

(1918–2005), Oscar-winning actress, The Best Years of Our Lives, The Pride of the Yankees (New York City, grew up in Maplewood)

(born New York City), lived in Saddle River

(born New York City), lives in Leonia

(born Louisville, Kentucky), lived in Cherry Hill

(born Ottawa, Ontario, Canada), lives in Tenafly

(born New York City), lives in Englewood

(born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), lives in Cherry Hill

(born Joliet, Illinois), lives in Tenafly

(born St. Louis, Missouri), lived in Montclair

(born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), lives in Englewood^[29]

(born New York City), lives in Cresskill

(born Los Angeles), lives in Englewood^[30]

(born Chicago, Illinois), lives in South Orange

(born Southgate, Kentucky), lives in Cherry Hill

(born St. Louis, Missouri), lives in Allendale

(born Lyons, Iowa), lived in Millington

(born Florence, South Carolina), lives in Franklin Lakes

(born Daytona Beach, Florida), lives in Saddle River

(born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), lives in Cherry Hill

(born Washington, D.C.), lives in Middletown

(born New York City), lives in Saddle River

(born Flin Flon, Manitoba), lives in Cherry Hill

(born Israel), lives in Tenafly

(born Charleston, South Carolina), lives in Montclair

("Diddy") (born New York City), lives in Alpine

(1847–1924), actress, comedian, philanthropist (born New York City), lived in Hopatcong

(born Brooklyn, New York), lives in Wall Township

(born Havana, Cuba), lived in Fort Lee

(born Fort Riley, Kansas), lives in Ridgewood

(born New York City), lives in Alpine

(born Orlando, Florida), lives in Marlboro

(born Texas, lives in Wantage)

(born Algona, Iowa), lives in Wyckoff

(born Milan, Ohio), lived in Newark and West Orange

(born Ulm, Germany), lived in Princeton

(born Cairo, Egypt), lives in Cresskill

real name Melissa Elliott (born Portsmouth, Virginia), lives in Kinnelon

(born Anaheim, California), lives in Ridgewood

(born Clarendon County, South Carolina), lived in East Orange

(born Israel), lives in Tenafly

(born Nashville, Tennessee), lives in Cresskill

(born 1975), chief executive officer of the United States Olympic Committee

(1917–2012), Oscar-winning actress (born in Manhattan, lived in Long Valley)

(born Morgantown, West Virginia), lives in Franklin Lakes

(born New York City), lives in Alpine

(born Terre Haute, Indiana), lives in Franklin Lakes

(born Allentown, Pennsylvania), lives in Deptford

(born New York City), rapper, lives in Fair Lawn

(born New York City), lives in Teaneck

(born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), lives in Englewood

(born Fort Myers, Florida), lives in Moorestown

(born San Francisco, California), lives in Saddle River

(born New York City), lives in Alpine

(born New York City), lives in Franklin Lakes

(born Queens, New York City), lived in Collingswood

(born New York City), lives in Teaneck

(born Muskegon, Michigan), lives in West Orange

(born Borough Park, Brooklyn, New York City), lives in Toms River, singer

(born Westwood, Los Angeles), lives in Wayne

(born Baltimore, Maryland), lives in Teaneck

(born Tampa, Florida), lives in Tenafly

(born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), lives in Union

(born Evansville, Indiana), lives in Tenafly

(born New York City), lives in Wayne

(born Ottawa, Illinois), lives in Teaneck

(born Chicago, Illinois), lives in Moorestown

born and lives in Demarest

(born New York City), lives in Englewood

(1840–1902), caricaturist, editorial cartoonist (born in Kingdom of Bavaria, lived in Morristown)

(1923–2005), US District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, lived in Stone Harbor

(born Yorba Linda, California), lived in Saddle River

(1926-2022), Polish-American Holocaust survivor, educator, and philanthropist

(born Valluv, Skåne County in Sweden), lives in Englewood Cliffs

(born Cleveland), lived in, and continues to maintain a presence in Cliffside Park, New Jersey, now lives in Huntington Valley, Pennsylvania.

(born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), lives in Somerset

(born Washington, D.C.), lives in Middletown

(born Rockford, Illinois), lives in Englewood

(born Holly Hill, South Carolina), lives in Franklin Lakes

(1864–1945), co-founder and first Dean of Brooklyn Law School, lived in Morristown

(born New York City), lived in Middletown

(born New York City), lives in Englewood

(born Andrews, South Carolina), lives in Alpine

(born Boston, Massachusetts), lives in Moorestown

(born Oakland, California), lives in Woolwich Township

(born New York City), lives in Saddle River

Lucy Mercer Rutherfurd (1891–1948), socialite, mistress of (born in Washington, DC, lived in Allamuchy)

(born Vallejo, California), lives in Alpine

professional wrestler, (born Mission, Texas), lives in Roxbury

(born Tampa, Florida), lives in Alpine

(born Jacksonville, Florida), lives in Moorestown

(born New York City), lives in Englewood

(born New York City), lives in Saddle River

(born St. Louis, Missouri), lives in Saddle River

(born New York City), lives in Saddle River

(born Lebanon, Kentucky), lives in Franklin Lakes

(1851–1940), scientist, inventor, author, editor, educator, and linguist (born New York City), lived in South Orange

(1879–1963), photographer (born Brooklyn), lived in South Orange

(born Orlando, Florida), lives in Alpine

(born Miranda State, Venezuela), lives in Saddle Brook

(born New York City), lived in Tenafly

(born Laurens, South Carolina), lives in Franklin Lakes

(born Santa Ana, California), lives in Medford

(born Staunton, Virginia), 28th President of the United States, Governor of New Jersey, lived in Princeton

(born Saint Paul, Minnesota), lives in Teaneck

(born Saginaw, Michigan), lives in Alpine

(born Liaoning, China), lives in New Jersey

(born Hexian, Anhui, China), lives in Tenafly