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New Jersey
People
Every state of the Union has given birth to people who have left a lasting impression on our history and culture. The following native New Jerseyites have played distinctive roles.
Born in New Jersey
| Famous New Jerseyites | ||||||
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| Name | Born / Died | Place | ||||
| William Alexander "Bud" Abbott
Actor, Producer, Comedian |
Born: | October 2, 1895 | Asbury Park | |||
| Died: | April 24, 1974 | Woodland Hills, Calif. | ||||
| Charles Samuel Addams
Cartoonist |
Born: | January 7, 1912 | Westfield | |||
| Died: | September 29, 1988 | New York, N.Y. | ||||
| Edwin Eugene "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr.
Astronaut, Fighter pilot |
Born: | January 20, 1930 | Montclair | |||
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| Jason Alexander
(Born: Jay Scott Greenspan) Actor |
Born: | September 23, 1959 | Newark | |||
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| William "Count" Basie
Jazz Musician, Bandleader, Composer |
Born: | August 21, 1904 | Red Bank | |||
| Died: | April 26, 1984 | Hollywood, Fla. | ||||
| Joan Geraldine Bennett
Actress |
Born: | February 27, 1910 | Palisades Park | |||
| Died: | December 7, 1990 | Scarsdale, N.Y. | ||||
| Judy Blume
(Born: Judy Sussman) Writer |
Born: | February 12, 1938 | Elizabeth | |||
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| Jon Bon Jovi
(Born: John Francis Bongiovi, Jr.) Musician, Songwriter |
Born: | March 2, 1962 | Sayreville | |||
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| William Joseph Brennan, Jr.
Supreme Court Justice |
Born: | April 25, 1906 | Newark | |||
| Died: | July 24, 1997 | Washington, D.C. | ||||
| Aaron Burr. Jr.
Politician, U.S. Vice President |
Born: | February 6, 1756 | Newark | |||
| Died: | September 14, 1836 | Port Richmond, N.Y. | ||||
| Stephen Grover Cleveland
U.S. President |
Born: | March 18, 1837 | Caldwell | |||
| Died: | June 24, 1908 | Princeton | ||||
| James Fenimore Cooper
Writer |
Born: | September 15, 1789 | Burlington | |||
| Died: | September 14, 1851 | Cooperstown, N.Y. | ||||
| David Copperfield
(Born: David Seth Kotkin) Magician, Illusionist |
Born: | September 16, 1956 | Metuchen | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Lou Costello
(Born: Louis Francis Cristillo) Actor, Comedian |
Born: | March 6, 1906 | Paterson | |||
| Died: | March 3, 1959 | East Los Angeles, Calif. | ||||
| Stephen Crane
Writer, Poet, Journalist |
Born: | November 1, 1871 | Newark | |||
| Died: | June 5, 1900 | Badenweiler, Germany | ||||
| Sandra Dee
(Born: Alexandra Cymboliak Zuck) Actress |
Born: | April 23, 1942 | Bayonne | |||
| Died: | February 20, 2005 | Thousand Oaks, Calif. | ||||
| Helen Gahagan Douglas
Actress, Politician |
Born: | November 25, 1900 | Boonton | |||
| Died: | June 28, 1980 | New York, N.Y. | ||||
| Kirsten Caroline Dunst
Actress, Singer |
Born: | April 30, 1982 | Point Pleasant | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Irwin Allen Ginsberg
Poet |
Born: | June 3, 1926 | Newark | |||
| Died: | April 5, 1997 | New York, N.Y. | ||||
| Savion Glover
Dancer, Choreographer, Actor |
Born: | November 19, 1973 | Newark | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| William Frederick Halsey, Jr.
Naval Commander |
Born: | October 30, 1882 | Elizabeth | |||
| Died: | August 20, 1959 | Fishers Island, N.Y. | ||||
| Donald Fletcher Holmes
Chemist, Inventor |
Born: | September 29, 1910 | Woodbury | |||
| Died: | October 13, 1980 | |||||
| Whitney Elizabeth Houston
Singer, Actress |
Born: | August 9, 1963 | Newark | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Derek Sanderson Jeter
Baseball player |
Born: | June 26, 1974 | Pequannock Township | |||
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| Alfred Joyce Kilmer
Poet, Journalist, Editor |
Born: | December 6, 1886 | New Brunswick | |||
| Died: | July 30, 1918 | Near Seringes-et-Nesles, France | ||||
| Alfred Charles Kinsey
Entomologist |
Born: | June 23, 1894 | Hoboken | |||
| Died: | August 25, 1956 | Bloomington, Ind. | ||||
| Ernest Edward "Ernie" Kovacs
Comedian |
Born: | January 23, 1919 | Trenton | |||
| Died: | January 13, 1962 | Los Angeles, Calif. | ||||
| Dorothea Lange
Photographer |
Born: | May 25, 1895 | Hoboken | |||
| Died: | October 11, 1965 | San Francisco, Calif. | ||||
| James Lawrence
Naval officer |
Born: | October 1, 1781 | Burlington | |||
| Died: | June 4, 1813 | At sea (Atlantic Ocean) | ||||
| Jerry Lewis
(Born: Joseph Levitch) Comedian, Actor, Producer, Writer |
Born: | March 16, 1926 | Newark | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Anne Morrow Lindbergh
(Born: Anne Spencer Morrow) Aviator, Author |
Born: | June 22, 1906 | Englewood | |||
| Died: | February 7, 2001 | Passumpsic, Vt. | ||||
| Raymond "Ray" Liotta
Actor |
Born: | December 18, 1955 | Newark | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Norman Kingsley Mailer
Writer, Poet, Playwright |
Born: | January 31, 1923 | Long Branch | |||
| Died: | November 10, 2007 | New York, N.Y. | ||||
| James Wilson Marshall
Carpenter, Saw Mill Operator |
Born: | October 8, 1810 | Round Mountain or Lambertville | |||
| Died: | August 10, 1885 | Kelsey, Calif. | ||||
| Patricia McBride
Dancer, Ballerina |
Born: | August 23, 1942 | Teaneck | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley
(AKA: Molly Pitcher) Revolutionary War lore |
Born: | October 13, 1754 | Near Trenton | |||
| Died: | January 22, 1832 | Carlisle, Penn. | ||||
| Eger Vaughan Murphree
Chemist |
Born: | November 3, 1898 | Bayonne | |||
| Died: | October 29, 1962 | Summit | ||||
| Dorothy Parker
(Born: Dorothy Rothschild) Writer, Poet, Critic |
Born: | August 22, 1893 | Long Branch | |||
| Died: | June 7, 1967 | New York, N.Y. | ||||
| Zebulon Montgomery Pike
Soldier, Explorer |
Born: | January 5, 1779 | Lamberton | |||
| Died: | April 27, 1813 | Toronto, Canada | ||||
| Joseph Charles John "Joe" Piscopo
Comedian, Actor |
Born: | June 17, 1951 | Passaic | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Paul LeRoy Bustill Robeson
Athlete, Actor, Singer, Writer, Civil Rights Activist |
Born: | April 9, 1898 | Princeton | |||
| Died: | January 23, 1976 | Philadelphia, Penn. | ||||
| Edward J. Rosinski
Chemical engineer, Inventor |
Born: | August 12, 1921 | Gloucester County | |||
| Died: | May 4, 2000 | |||||
| Philip Milton Roth
Writer |
Born: | March 19, 1933 | Newark | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Eva Marie Saint
Actress |
Born: | July 4, 1924 | Newark | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Ruth St. Denis
(Born: Ruth Emma Denis) Dance Innovator, Dancer |
Born: | January 20, 1879 | Newark | |||
| Died: | July 21, 1968 | Los Angeles, Calif. | ||||
| Antonin Gregory Scalia
Supreme Court Justice |
Born: | March 11, 1936 | Trenton | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| H. Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.
(Born: Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr.) (Nicknames: "Stormin' Norman", "The Bear") Army General |
Born: | August 22, 1934 | Trenton | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Francis "Frank" Sinatra
Singer, Actor |
Born: | December 12, 1915 | Hoboken | |||
| Died: | May 14, 1998 | Los Angeles, Calif. | ||||
| Kevin Spacey
(Born: Kevin Spacey Fowler) Actor, Director |
Born: | July 26, 1959 | South Orange | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen
Singer, Songwriter, Musician |
Born: | September 23, 1949 | Long Branch | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Amos Alonzo Stagg
Collegiate coach |
Born: | August 16, 1862 | West Orange | |||
| Died: | March 17, 1965 | Stockton, Calif. | ||||
| Alfred Stieglitz
Photographer |
Born: | January 1, 1864 | Hoboken | |||
| Died: | July 13, 1946 | New York, N.Y. | ||||
| Mary Louise "Meryl" Streep
Actress |
Born: | June 22, 1949 | Summit | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Albert Payson Terhune
Writer, Dog breeder, Journalist |
Born: | December 21, 1872 | Newark | |||
| Died: | February 18, 1942 | Pompton Lakes | ||||
| David "Dave" Thomas
Restaurateur, Philanthropist |
Born: | July 2, 1932 | Atlantic City | |||
| Died: | January 8, 2002 | Fort Lauderdale, Fla. | ||||
| John Joseph Travolta
Actor, Dancer, Singer |
Born: | February 18, 1954 | Englewood | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| Frankie Valli
(Born: Francis Stephen Castelluccio) Singer, Musician |
Born: | Frankie Valli | Newark | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| William Henry Vanderbilt
Businessman |
Born: | May 8, 1821 | New Brunswick | |||
| Died: | December 8, 1885 | New York, N.Y. | ||||
| Sarah Lois Vaughan
Singer |
Born: | March 27, 1924 | Newark | |||
| Died: | April 3, 1990 | Hidden Hills, Calif. | ||||
| Marie Dionne Warwick
Singer, Actress |
Born: | December 12, 1940 | East Orange | |||
| Died: | ||||||
| William Carlos Williams
Poet |
Born: | September 17, 1883 | Rutherford | |||
| Died: | March 4, 1963 | Columbia, Ky. | ||||
| Edmund Wilson
Writer, Critic |
Born: | May 8, 1895 | Red Bank | |||
| Died: | June 12, 1972 | Talcottville, N.Y. | ||||
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