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actually big d aside from the jokes you might have heard about new jersey its actually a reaaly good place to live lots of fameous people from and live herepeople List of people from New Jersey From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search The following is a list of famous people from New Jersey:
[edit] Notable people born in New Jersey Bud Abbott (1895–1974), actor/comedian (Asbury Park) Joseph Alexander Adams (1803–1880), born in New Germantown, noted engraver[1] Liam Aiken (born 1990), actor (Englewood) Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin (born 1920) NASA, astronaut, Second man to walk on the moon (born in Glen Ridge, grew up in Montclair) Samuel Alito (born 1950), U.S. Supreme Court justice (Trenton) John Amos (born 1939), actor (Newark) Jillian Armenante (born 1968), actress, Judging Amy (Paterson) David Ascalon (born 1945), sculptor (Cherry Hill) Maurice Ascalon (1913–2003), sculptor (Cherry Hill).[2] Paul Auster (born 1947), author/screenwriter (born in Newark, grew up in South Orange) Miles Austin (born 1984), wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys (Summit) David Bailey, (1933–2004), actor, Another World (Newark) Amiri Baraka (born 1934), poet (Newark) Priscilla Barnes (born 1955), actress (Fort Dix) James J. Barry Jr (born 1946), Assemblyman, Director of Consumer Affairs. Count Basie (1904–1984), jazz pianist, organist, bandleader (Red Bank) Bill Bellamy (born 1965), actor/comedian (Newark) Regina Belle (born 1963), singer (Englewood, New Jersey) Joan Bennett (1910-1990), actress (Palisades Park) Xander Berkeley (born 1955), actor (Mendham) Adam Bernstein (born 1960), TV/music video director & producer (Princeton) Jason Biggs (born 1978), actor (Hasbrouck Heights) Mary Birdsong (born 1968), actress/comedian Reno 911! (Long Beach Island) Roger Birnbaum movie producer, Four Christmases, 27 Dresses, Eight Below, Mr. 3000, Six Days Seven Nights (Teaneck) Tammy Blanchard (born 1976), actress (Bayonne) Mark Blum (born 1950), actor (Newark) Philip Bosco (born 1930), actor (Jersey City) Dennis Boutsikaris (born 1952), actor (Newark) Zach Braff (born 1975), actor (South Orange, New Jersey) Phil Bredesen (born 1943), Governor of Tennessee 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) Roscoe Lee Browne (1925–2007), actor (Woodbury) Jake Burbage (born 1992), actor Grounded for Life (Willingboro) Richard Burgi (born 1958), actor Desperate Housewives, The Sentinel (Montclair) Michael Cade (born 1972), actor California Dreams (Elmwood Park) Bobby Cannavale (born 1971), actor, Bobby Caffey on Third Watch (Union City) Philip Carey [1] (born 1925), actor One Life to Live (Hackensack) Joanna Cassidy (born 1945), actress, Margaret Chenowith on Six Feet Under (Haddonfield) Michael Chang (born 1972), retired professional tennis player (Hoboken) Willie Cole (born 1955), sculptor (Newark) Greg Coolidge (born 1972), actor, screenwriter, director (Red Bank) Sam Coppola (born 1935), actor (Jersey City) Joseph Cortese (born 1949), actor (Paterson) 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) Vincent Curatola (born 1953), Johnny Sack on The Sopranos (Englewood) Tawny Cypress (born 1976) actress, K-Ville, Heroes (Point Pleasant) Joe Dante (born 1946), film director, Gremlins (Morristown) 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) Martina Deignan, soap opera actress, Santa Barbara, As the World Turns (East Orange) Danny DeVito [2](born 1944), actor (Neptune) 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) Peter Dinklage (born 1969), actor, Elf, Prince Caspian (Morristown, raised in Mendham Township) Michael Douglas (born 1944), Academy Award-winning actor, producer (New Brunswick) Jim Dowd (born 1968), professional ice hockey player (Brick Township) Derek Drymon (born 1965), cartoon producer (most famous for producing SpongeBob SquarePants), (Morristown) Tabitha D'umo (born 1973), dance teacher, choreographer, and creative director (Galloway) Ashley Alexandra Dupre (born 1985), high-priced prostitute, singer (Beachwood) Kirsten Dunst (born 1982), actress (Point Pleasant) 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) Greg Evigan (born 1953), actor, B. J. and the Bear, My Two Dads (South Amboy) Donald Fagen (born 1948), musician (Passaic) Vera Farmiga (born 1973), actress The Departed, The Manchurian Candidate (Irvington) 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) Beth Fowler (born 1940), actress/singer (Jersey City) Connie Francis (born 1938), pop singer (Newark) Genie Francis (born 1962), actress, General Hospital (Englewood) James Gandolfini (born 1961), actor (Westwood) Allen Garfield (born 1939), actor (Newark) David Garrison (born 1952), actor, Married... with Children, It's Your Move (Long Branch) Willie Garson (born 1964), actor (Highland Park) Gloria Gaynor (born 1949), singer (Newark) Brian Geraghty (born 1974), actor (Toms River) Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997), poet (Paterson) Savion Glover (born 1973), actor, tap dancer and choreographer (Newark) Rick Gomez (born 1972), actor, Band of Brothers (Bayonne) Peter Greene (born 1965), actor, Zed from Pulp Fiction (Montclair) Zach Grenier (born 1954), actor, Touching Evil (Englewood) Tom Guiry (born 1981), actor, The Black Donnellys (Trenton) John Harkes [3](born 1967), soccer player (Kearny) Ed Harris (born 1950), actor, (born in Englewood, raised in Tenafly) Franco Harris (born 1950), former football player (Fort Dix) Roxanne Hart (born 1952), actress, Chicago Hope (Trenton) Robert Hegyes (born 1951), actor (Perth Amboy) Matthew Hendrickson (born 1972), Pro wrestler, spiderball toy inventer, (Saddle Brook) Al Herpin (born 1853), notable insomniac (Trenton) Dulé Hill (born 1975), actor (East Brunswick, raised in Sayreville) Lauryn Hill (born 1975), singer/rapper/songwriter (South Orange) Wil Horneff (born 1979), actor (born in Englewood, raised in Saddle River) Cissy Houston (born 1933), singer (Newark) Whitney Houston (born 1963), singer/actress (Newark, grew up in East Orange) Frank Iero (born 1981) rhythm guitarist of My Chemical Romance (Belleville) Michael Jace (born 1965) actor, Officer Julien Lowe on The Shield (Paterson) Derek Jeter (born 1974) baseball player (Pequannock, New Jersey) James P. Johnson (1894–1955) stride jazz pianist (New Brunswick) Leavander Johnson (1969–2005), world champion boxer (Atlantic City) Kevin Jonas (born 1987), singer/member of the Jonas Brothers (born Teaneck) grew up in Wyckoff) Linda Jones (born 1944), singer (Newark, New Jersey) Maxine Jones (born 1965), singer (Paterson) Ben Jorgensen, (born 1983), musician, Teaneck Jon Bon Jovi (born 1962), musician (Perth Amboy) Just Blaze, rap musician (Paterson) Ira Kaplan, musician, co-founder of Yo La Tengo (Hoboken) Eric Karros (born 1967), former MLB first baseman, current color commentator for Major League Baseball on Fox (Hackensack) Thomas Kean (born 1935), former governor, 9/11 Commission chairman (Bedminster) Brian Keith (1921–1997), actor (Bayonne) Daniel Hugh Kelly (born 1952), actor (Elizabeth) Victor Kilian (1891–1979), actor (Jersey City) Alfred Kinsey (1894–1956), zoologist and sexologist (Hoboken) Michael E. Knight (born 1959), actor (Princeton) Ernie Kovacs (1919–1962), comedian (Trenton) Jane Krakowski (born 1969), actress (Parsippany) Richard Kuklinski (1935–2006) murderer of over 100 people in mob-related instances (Jersey City) Nathan Lane (born 1956), actor (Jersey City) Artie Lange (born 1967), actor/comedian/media personality (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) 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) 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) Arthur Lenk (born 1964), Israeli diplomat (Paterson) Robert Sean Leonard (born 1969), actor (born in Westwood, raised in Ridgewood) Jerry Lewis (born 1926), actor/comedian/director (Newark) Ray Liotta (born 1955), actor (born in Newark, raised in Union) Amy Locane (born 1971), actress (Trenton) Faizon Love (born 1968), actor (Newark) Derek Luke (born 1974), actor (Jersey City) Martha MacCallum (born 1962), news anchor for Fox News (Wyckoff) Patrick Malone (born 1969), actor (Newark) David Marciano (born 1960), actor (Newark) Lisa Marie (born 1968), model/actress (Piscataway) John Marin (1870-1953), artist (Rutherford) Andrew McCarthy (born 1962), actor (Westfield) 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) Lindsey McKeon (born 1982), actress, Saved by the Bell: The New Class, Guiding Light (Summit) 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) Dorian Missick (born 1976), actor (East Orange) Thomas Mitchell (1892–1962), Oscar-winning actor (Elizabeth) Natalia Alexandra Mitsuoka (born 1988), Argentinian figure skater (New Providence) Jay Mohr (born 1970), actor/stand-up comedian (Verona) Frankie Muniz (born 1985), actor (Wood-Ridge) Martin Munsch (born 1967), actor, producer (Wyckoff) Andrew Napolitano (born 1950), Fox News analyst, author, talk radio host (Newark) 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) 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) Shaun O'Hara (born 1977), center for the New York Giants (Hillsborough Township) Jodi Lyn O'Keefe (born 1978), actress (Cliffwood Beach) Shaquille O'Neal (born 1972), professional basketball player (Newark) Ashley Rose Orr (born 1990), actress (Denville) Queen Latifah (born 1970), singer/actress/rapper (Newark) David Packer (born 1962), actor (Passaic) Joe Pantoliano (born 1951), actor/writer (Hoboken) David Paterno,(born 1957) weather writer, poet, bicyclist Bill Parcells (born 1941), NFL Head Coach (Englewood) Robert Pastorelli (1954-2004), actor, Murphy Brown, Cracker, Eraser (New Brunswick) Alice Paul (1885-1977), suffragist (Mount Laurel, New Jersey) Elizabeth Peña (born 1961), actress, The Incredibles, Rush Hour (Elizabeth) Kal Penn (born 1977), actor/Associate Director of the White House Office of Public Liaison (Montclair, New Jersey) 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) Thomas R. Pickering[4] (born 1931) diplomat (Orange) Danny Pintauro (born 1976) actor, Who's the Boss? (Milltown) Joe Piscopo (born 1951), actor, Saturday Night Live, 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd (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) Keshia Knight Pulliam (born 1979), actress (Newark) Rah Digga (born 1970), rap musician (Newark) Redman (born 1970), rap musician (Newark) Tara Reid (born 1975), actress (Wyckoff) Claudio Reyna (born 1973), soccer player (Livingston) Kelly Ripa (born 1970), actress/television host (Stratford) Giuseppe Rossi (born 1987), soccer player (Teaneck, New Jersey) Dennis Rodman (born 1961), former professional basketball player (Trenton) Philip Roth (born 1933), author (Newark) Eva Marie Saint (born 1924), Academy Award-winning actress (Newark) Richie Sambora (born 1959), guitarist for rock band Bon Jovi (Perth Amboy) Laura San Giacomo (born 1962), actress (Denville) Antonin Scalia (born 1936), U.S. Supreme Court justice (Trenton) Tom Scharpling (born 1969), comedian (Newbridge) Sherwood Schwartz (born 1916), television producer (Passaic, New Jersey) Norman Schwarzkopf (born 1934) U.S. General, led Coalition forces in the Gulf War (Trenton) Everett Shinn (1876-1953), artist (Woodstown) 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) Frank Sinatra (1915–1998), singer/Academy Award-winning actor (Hoboken) Jennifer Schwalbach Smith (born 1971), actress (Newark) Kevin Smith (born 1970), filmmaker (Highlands) Soraya (born 1969), Colombian-American singer–songwriter (Point Pleasant) Bruce Springsteen (born 1949), singer/songwriter (Freehold) Martha Stewart (born 1941) lifestyle guide, entrepreneur (b. Jersey City, grew up in Nutley) Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946), photographer (Hoboken) Meryl Streep[5] (born 1949), Academy Award-winning actress (Summit) Tammy Lynn Sytch (born 1972), professional wrestling valet (Fort Monmouth) Danny Tamberelli (born 1982), actor (Wyckoff) Glenn Taranto (born 1959), actor, Gomez in The New Addams Family (Hackensack) Gregory Taylor (born 1970), concert photographer (Plainfield), grew up in Warren) Ashley Tisdale (born 1985) actress/singer (Ocean Township) Ray Toro (born 1977) lead guitarist of My Chemical Romance (Kearny) Martin Truex Jr. (born 1980), NASCAR driver (Englishtown) John Travolta (born 1954), actor (Englewood) 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) Sarah Vaughan (1924-1990), singer (Newark) Vitamin C (born 1969), pop singer (Old Bridge Township) Joseph Venneri (artist/ producer) (born 1937), The Tokens Group ([[Jackson Township, New Jersey| Hackensack Floyd Vivino (born 1951), actor (Paterson) Patrick Warburton (born 1964), actor (Paterson) Malcolm-Jamal Warner (born 1970), actor (Jersey City) 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 Notre Dame (Middlesex) Stylez G. White (born 1979), defensive end for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Newark) Gary Williams (born 1945), men's basketball coach for the University of Maryland (Collingswood) J. D. Williams (born 1981), actor (Newark) Wendy Williams, radio/television host (born in Asbury Park, grew up in Ocean Township) William Carlos Williams (1883–1963), poet (Rutherford) 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) Zakk Wylde (born 1967), guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne and Black Label Society (Bayonne, raised in Jackson Township) Karen Young (born 1958), actress, Agent Robyn Sanseverino on The Sopranos (Pequannock) Larry Young (1940–1978), hard bop jazz organist (Newark) Ian Ziering (born 1964) actor, Beverly Hills, 90210 (Newark, raised in West Orange) [edit] Born elsewhere, grew up in New Jersey Samuel Sorenson Adams (1878–1963), inventor of the Joy Buzzer, (born Aarhus, Denmark, grew up Perth Amboy, died Asbury Park) Akon, (born 1973)[3], 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) Steve Berman, (born 1968) gay author (Philadelphia, raised in Cherry Hill) Laura Benanti, (born 1979) Tony Award-winning Broadway actress (New York City, grew up in Kinnelon) 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) James L. Brooks, (born 1940), film & television producer & director (Brooklyn, NY, grew up in North Bergen) Joe Budden, (born 1980) rap musician (Spanish Harlem, raised in Jersey City) Tisha Campbell (born 1968), actress. (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, raised in Newark) David Cassidy (born 1950), actor/singer (New York City, grew up in West Orange)[4] 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, New York, grew up in East Orange, New Jersey) Rhys Coiro (born 1979), actor, Billy Walsh on Entourage (Calabria, Italy[5], moved to Princeton) Tom Cruise (born 1962), actor (Syracuse, New York, grew up in Glen Ridge, New Jersey) Karen Duffy (born 1961), model/actress (New York City, grew up in Park Ridge) Lawrence Frank (born 1970), former head coach for the New Jersey Nets (New York City, raised in Teaneck) Milton Friedman (1912–2006), Nobel Prize-winning economist, statistician, and public intellectual (Brooklyn, grew up in Rahway) Vida Guerra (born 1980), model (Havana, Cuba, raised in Perth Amboy) Debbie Harry (born 1945), singer/actress (Miami, Florida, raised in Hawthorne) Anne Hathaway, (born 1982), actress (born in Brooklyn, raised in Millburn) Ethan Hawke, (born 1970), actor, (Austin, TX, partly raised in West Windsor) Orel Hershiser (born 1958), former Cy Young-winning baseball pitcher and ESPN baseball analyst (Buffalo, NY, raised in Cherry Hill) Toomas Hendrik Ilves, (born 1953), President of Estonia (Stockholm, Sweden, raised in Leonia) 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, Texas, grew up in Wyckoff) Brian Joo (born 1981), Korean singer (Los Angeles, California, raised in Absecon, 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, New Jersey).[6] 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 (Alabama, grew up in Willingboro) 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, Pennsylvania, grew up in Absecon) Constantine Maroulis (born 1975), singer (New York City, grew up in Wyckoff) John C. McGinley (born 1959), actor, Perry Cox on Scrubs (New York City, grew up in Millburn) Brittany Murphy (born 1977), actress (Atlanta, Georgia, grew up in Edison and Burbank, California) Jim Nantz (born 1959), sportscaster for CBS Sports (Charlotte, NC, 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 NJ) Brian O'Halloran (born 1969), actor in Kevin Smith's View Askewniverse (Manhattan, partly raised in Old Bridge) Piper Perabo (born 1976), actress, Cheaper by the Dozen (Dallas, TX, grew up in Toms River) Clarke Peters (born 1952), actor, Det. Lester Freamon on The Wire (New York City, grew up in Englewood) Christopher Reeve (born 1952), actor (New York City, New York, grew up in Princeton, New Jersey) Christina Ricci (born 1980), actress (Santa Monica, California, grew up in Montclair, New Jersey) Cameron Richardson (born 1979), actress/model, Cover Me, Point Pleasant, Alvin and the Chipmunks (Baton Rouge, LA, raised in Old Bridge Township) Carl Sagan (1934-1996), astronomer/astrochemist/author (Ithaca, New York, grew up in Rahway, New Jersey) 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) Brooke Shields (born 1965), actress, Suddenly Susan (New York City, grew up in Englewood) Bryan Singer (born 1965), director (New York City, grew up in Princeton Junction) Patti Smith (born 1946), rock musician (Chicago, grew up in Woodbury, New Jersey) 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, OH, partly raised in Haddon Township) Jon Stewart (born 1962), comedian/actor (New York City, grew up in Lawrence Township) Steven Van Zandt (born 1950), rock musician, actor, The Sopranos, (Winthrop, MA, grew up in Middletown) Frank Vincent (born 1932), actor, (North Adams, MA, grew up in Jersey City) Bruce Willis (born 1955), actor (Idar-Oberstein, Germany, grew up in Penns Grove, New Jersey) Gerard and Mikey Way. Born in Belleville and grew up in Hoboken. [edit] Grew up elsewhere, well known for success in New Jersey Wendy Coakley-Thompson (born 1966), writer, Back to Life (novel), (b. New York, grew up in Nassau, Bahamas and lived in Montclair) Thomas Edison (1847–1931), inventor and businessman (b. Ohio, grew up in Michigan and lived in Edison and West Orange) Walt Whitman (1819–1892), author/poet (b. Huntington, grew up in Brooklyn and lived in Washington DC and Camden) Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924), Governor, President (b. Virginia, grew up in Georgia and South Carolina) [edit] Born in New Jersey, grew up elsewhere Robert Blake (born 1933), actor Baretta (born in Nutley, raised in Los Angeles) Michael R. Burns (born 1958), Vice Chairman of Lionsgate (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.) Grover Cleveland (1837–1908), 22nd and 24th President of the United States (Caldwell), family relocated to western New York state Brian De Palma (born 1940), film director (born in Newark, raised in Philly and New Hampshire) Brian Delate (born 1949), actor (Trenton, raised in Bucks County, PA) 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, NC) Paul Gleason (1939–2006), actor, The Breakfast Club (Jersey City, raised in Florida) 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) Debra Hill (1950–2005), screenwriter, producer (Haddonfield, grew up in Philly) Linda Hunt (born 1945), Oscar-winning actress, (Morristown, raised in Westport, CT) Ice T (born 1958), rapper and actor (Newark, moved to California, Now resides in North Bergen, NJ) 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) Camryn Manheim (born 1961), Emmy-winning actress & left-wing activist, The Practice, Ghost Whisperer, The L Word (West Caldwell, grew up in Peoria, IL) Richard Matheson (born 1926), sci-fi and fantasy author and screenwriter (Allendale, raised in Brooklyn) Christina Milian (born 1981), R&B and pop singer-songwriter, dancer, actress, and model (Jersey City, grew up in Waldorf, MD, then would move to L.A.) Eric Millegan (born 1974), actor, Zack Addy on Bones (Hackettstown, raised in Springfield, OR) Dana Reeve (1961–2006), actress, singer, widow of Christopher Reeve (born in Teaneck, raised in Greenburgh, NY) Joe Rogan (born 1967) comedian, actor, UFC color commentator (born in Bridgewater, raised in Newton, Massachusetts) Paul Simon (born 1941), musician, composer (born in Newark, grew up in Queens, New York) Soraya (1969–2006), musician (born in Point Pleasant, grew up in Colombia) Kevin Spacey (born 1959), actor (born in South Orange, grew up in Southern California) Dave Thomas (1932–2002), Atlantic City, New Jersey, founder of the Wendy's fast food restaurant chain [edit] Born elsewhere, live in New Jersey 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 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, NJ. 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 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 Jeff Feagles (b. Anaheim, California), lives in Ridgewood Lior Haramaty (b. Israel), lives in Tenafly Ron Harper (b. Dayton, Ohio) 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 Phoebe Laub (b. New York City, New York), lives in Teaneck Heather Locklear (b. Westwood, California), lives in Wayne Mario (b. Baltimore, Maryland), lives in Teaneck Tino Martinez (b. Tampa, Florida), lives in Tenafly 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 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. 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