| Bud Abbot - Comedian
(Asbury Park) |
|
Val Ackerman
- WNBA Founding President (Pennington) |
|
Edie Adams
- Actress (Tenafly) |
| Nick
Adams - Actor (Garfield) |
|
Charles
Addams - Cartoonist (Westfield) |
| Danny
Aiello - Actor (Saddle River) |
| Akon
- Rapper (Jersey City) |
|
Alan Alda - Actor (Leonia) |
| Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin - Astronaut
(Montclair) |
| Samuel
Alito - Supreme Court Justice (Trenton) |
| Jason Alexander
- Actor (Livingston) |
| John
Amos - Actor (Newark) |
| Trey
Anastasio - Musician (Princeton) |
| A-Team
- Rap Group (Jersey City) |
| James
Avery - Actor (Atlantic City) |
|
Amiri Baraka
- Author (Newark) |
| Rick
Barry - Basketball Player (Roselle Park) |
| Clara
Barton - Social Activist (Bordentown) |
| Bam
Bam Bigelow - Wrestler (Asbury Park) |
| William "Count" Basie - Musician
(Red Bank) |
|
John Basilone
- Medal of Honor Recipient in WWII (Raritan) |
|
Lisa Beamer - Author (Cranbury) |
| Peter
Benchley - Author (Princeton) |
| Joan Bennett
- Actress (Palisades Park) |
| Yogi Berra - Baseball Player
(Montclair) |
| Jason
Biggs - Actor (Pompton Plains) |
|
Clint Black
- Musician (Long Branch) |
|
Joe Black
- Baseball Player (Plainfield) |
|
Michael Ian Black - Comedian (Hillsborough) |
| Robert Blake - Actor
(Nutley) |
|
Blues
Traveler - Music Group (Princeton) |
| Judy Blume - Author
(Elizabeth) |
| Jon Bon Jovi
-
Singer/Musician
(Sayreville) |
|
Debby
Boone - Singer/Actress (Hackensack) |
|
Pat Boone - Singer (Leonia) |
|
Bouncing
Souls - Music Group (New Brunswick) |
|
Anthony Bourdain - Professional Chef (Leonia) |
| Joe
Borowski - Baseball Player (Bayonne) |
| James
J. Braddock - Boxer (West New York) |
| Bill
Bradley - Basketball Player, Senator (Verona) |
|
Will Bradley
- Musician/Bandleader (Newton) |
| Zack
Braff - Actor/Director (South Orange) |
|
Andre
Braugher - Actor (South Orange) |
| William J. Brennan -
Supreme Court Justice (Newark) |
| Jim
Breuer - Comedian/Actor (Chester) |
|
Van Wyck
Brooks - Author / Literary Critic (Plainfield) |
| Bobbi
Brown - Makeup Executive (Montclair) |
| Joe
Budden - Rapper (Jersey City) |
| Aaron Burr -
Politician (Newark) |
|
Dick Button
- Figure Skater, Olympic Medalist (Englewood) |
|
Samuel Prescott Bush
- Industrialist/Entrepreneur (Orange) |
|
Brendan Byrne - Governor
(Roseland) |
| Milt
Campbell - Decathlete, Olympic Medalist (Plainfield) |
|
Tisha
Campbell-Martin - Actress (Newark) |
|
Ron Carey
- Actor (Newark) |
| Tucker
Carlson - Media Anchor (Madison) |
|
Joanna
Cassidy - Actress (Haddonfield) |
| Rick
Cerone - Baseball Player (Newark) |
|
Mary Chapin
Carpenter - Musician (Princeton) |
|
Wayne Chrebet
- Football Player (Garfield) |
| Mary Higgins Clark -
Author (Saddle River) |
| Grover Cleveland -
22nd US
President
(Caldwell) |
|
George
Clinton - Musician (Plainfield) |
| Harlan
Coben - Author (Livingtston) |
|
Steven Colbert - Comedian /
Actor (Montlcair) |
|
William
Colgate - Entrepreneur / Philanthropist (Jersey City) |
|
Junot Diaz
- Author (Paterson) |
| Sean
"P. Diddy" Combs - Rapper/Producer (Alpine) |
|
Richard Conte
- Actor (Jersey City) |
| James Fenimore
Cooper - Novelist (Burlington) |
|
Robin Cook - Author (Leonia) |
| David Copperfield -
Magician (Metuchen) |
| Lou Costello -
Comedian
(Paterson) |
| Jim
Cramer - Investment Expert (Summit) |
| Stephen Crane -
Author (Newark) |
|
Bob Crewe
- Songwriter/Producer (Belleville) |
| Tom Cruise - Actor
(Glen Ridge) |
|
Vincent Curatola - Actor (Upper
Saddle River) |
| Stacy
Dash - Actress (Paramus) |
| Ron
Dayne - Football Player (Berlin) |
| Sandra
Dee - Actress (Bayonne) |
|
Robert & Dean
DeLeo - Musicians (Point Pleasant Beach) |
| Danny DeVito - Actor
(Neptune) |
|
Dillinger
Escape Plan - Music Group (Morris Plains) |
| Peter
Dinklage - Actor (Morristown) |
| Larry
Doby - Baseball Player (Paterson) |
|
Tate Donovan
- Actor (Tenafly) |
| Michael Douglas -
Actor (New Brunswick) |
| Jim
Dowd - Hockey Player (Brick) |
| DMX
- Rapper (Teaneck) |
| Karen
Duffy - Model/Actress (Park Ridge) |
|
Olympia Dukakis - Actress
(Montclair) |
| Doris
Duke - Tobacco Heiress (Hillsoborough) |
|
Kirsten Dunst - Actress (Point Pleasant) |
|
Dr. Hook
- Music Group (Union City) |
|
Mark Ecko
- Fashion Designer/Entrepreneur (Lakewood) |
| Thomas Edison -
Inventor (West
Orange) |
| Albert
Einstein - Scientist (Princeton) |
|
Janet
Evanovich - Author (South River) |
|
Bill Evans
- Musician (Plainfield) |
| Greg
Evigan - Actor (Sayreville) |
| Jon
Faddis - Trumpeter (Teaneck) |
| Fat
Joe - Rapper (Paramus) |
| Linda
Fiorentino - Actress (Turnersville) |
|
Calista Flockhart - Actress (Medford) |
| Steve
Forbes - Forbes Magazine (Morristown) |
| John Forsythe - Actor
(Penns Grove) |
|
Fountains of
Wayne - Music Group (Montclair) |
| Connie Francis -
Singer
(Newark) |
|
Lawrence Frank - NBA Coach (Teaneck) |
|
Thomas Franklin - Photographer
(Hackensack
??) |
|
Louis Freeh - FBI Director
(Jersey City) |
| Milton
Friedman - Economist (Rahway) |
|
Jenna Fryer - Sports Writer (??) |
| Daisy Fuentes - Model
(Newark) |
| James
Gandolfini - Actor (Park Ridge) |
| Janeane Garofalo -
Actress/Comedian (Newton) |
| Arturo
Gatti - Boxer (Jersey City) |
|
Bob Gaudio
- Singer, Songwriter (Bergenfield) |
|
Gloria Gaynor - Singer (Newark) |
| Dizzy
Gillespie - Musician (Englewood) |
| Allen Ginsberg - Poet
(Newark) |
|
Savion Glover
- Actor / Choreographer (Newark) |
|
Scott
Goldblatt - Olympian (Scotch Plains) |
|
Francis
Goodrich - Screenwriter (Belleville) |
| Lesley
Gore - Singer (Tenafly) |
| Goose
Goslin - Baseball Player (Salem) |
|
Kelsey
Grammar - Actor (Colonia - Woodbridge Township) |
| David
Grisman - Musician (Passaic) |
| Vida
Guerra - Model (Perth Amboy) |
|
Buddy Hackett - Comedian (Fort
Lee) |
|
William Halsey - Admiral (Elizabeth) |
| Ed Harris - Actor
(Tenafly) |
| Franco
Harris - Football Player (Pine Hill) |
|
Mel Harris
- Actress (North Brunswick) |
|
Deborah Harry a.k.a. Blondie - Singer (Hawthorne) |
| Anne
Hathaway - Actress (Short Hills) |
| Ethan
Hawke - Actor (Princeton Junction) |
| Orel
Hershiser - Baseball Player (Cherry Hill) |
| Lauryn Hill - Singer (South
Orange) |
|
Cissy
Houston - Singer (Newark) |
| Whitney Houston -
Singer
(Newark) |
|
Tim Howard
- Soccer Player (North Brunswick) |
|
Charles Evans
Hughes - Supreme Ct Justice (Newark) |
| Ice-T - Rapper
(Newark) |
|
Frank Iero - Musician
(Belleville) |
| Washington Irving
- Author (Newark) |
| Ja
Rule - Rapper (Saddle River) |
| Derek Jeter -
Baseball Player (Pequannock) |
| Rodney
Jerkins - Songwriter/Producer (Pleasantville) |
|
Jonas
Brothers - Music Group (Wyckoff) |
|
Eric Karros
- Baseball Player (Hackensack) |
| Danny
Kass - Professional Snowboarder (Vernon) |
|
Tom Kean - Governor (??) |
|
Jerome Kearn - Composer
(Newark) |
| Jason
Kidd - Basketball Player (Saddle River) |
| Alfred Joyce Kilmer - Poet
(New Brunswick) |
| Kool &
the Gang - Music Group (Jersey City) |
|
Ed Koch
- NYC Mayor (Newark) |
| Ernie Kovacs -
Comedian (Trenton) |
| Jane
Krakowski - Actress (Parsippany) |
| KRS
One - Rapper (Englewood) |
|
Michael Landon - Actor (Collingswood) |
| Nathan
Lane - Actor (Jersey City) |
| Artie
Lange - Comedian (Union) |
|
Ali Larter
- Actress (Cherry Hill) |
| Al
Leiter - Baseball Player (Bayville) |
| Robert
Sean Leonard - Actor (Ridgewood) |
| Tea
Leone - Actress (Englewood) |
| Carl
Lewis - Runner, Olympic Medalist (Willingboro) |
| Huey Lewis -
Singer/Musician
(Livingston) |
| Jerry Lewis - Actor
(Newark) |
|
Richard Lewis - Actor/Comedian
(Englewood) |
|
G. Gordon Liddy
- Political Official, Media Figure (Hoboken) |
|
Lil' Kim -
Rapper (Alpine) |
|
Charles Lindbergh
- Aviation Pioneer (Englewood) |
|
Damon Lindelof - TV Writer /
Executive (Teaneck) |
|
Ray
Liotta - Actor (Union) |
| Tara
Lipinski - Figure Skater, Olympic Medalist |
| John
Lithgow - Actor (Princeton) |
|
Benilde Little - Author (Newark) |
| Vince
Lombardi - Football Coach (Englewood) |
|
Robert Ludlum - Author (Leonia) |
|
Gina Lynn - Adult Film Star
(Jackson) |
|
Zdenek Macal - Orchestra
Conductor (??) |
| Bill
Maher - Comedian (River Vale) |
| Norman Mailer
- Author
(Long Branch) |
|
Michelle
Malkin - Journalist/Political Commentator (Absecon) |
| The
Manhattans - Music Group (Jersey City) |
| Dawn
Marie - WWE Wrestler (Woodbridge) |
| Andrew
McCarthy - Actor (Westfield) |
|
Marilyn McCoo - Singer (Jersey City) |
|
Mary
McCormack - Actress (Plainfield) |
| John
McGinley - Actor (Short Hills) |
| Bob
McGrath - TV Host (Teaneck) |
|
Joe Medwick - Baseball Player
(Carteret) |
|
Tony Meola
- Soccer Player (Kearny) |
| Bette Midler - Singer
(Paterson) |
|
Christina
Milian - Singer / Actress (Jersey City) |
|
The Misfits
- Music Group (Lodi) |
| Jay Mohr - Actor
(Verona) |
|
Thelonius Monk - Jazz Musician (Englewood) |
|
Monster
Magnet - Music Group (Red Bank) |
|
Frankie Muniz - Actor (Wood Ridge) |
|
Brittany Murphy - Actress (Edison) |
| Eddie
Murphy - Comedian/Actor (Englewood) |
|
My Chemical
Romance - Music Group (Belleville/Kearny) |
|
Naughty by Nature - Rap Group
(East Orange) |
|
Frankie
Negrón - Singer (Newark) |
| Ricky
Nelson - Singer/Musician (Teaneck) |
|
Ozzie Nelson
- Band Leader / Entertainer (Ridgefield Park) |
| Bebe
Neuwirth - Actress (Princeton) |
| Jack Nicholson -
Actor (Neptune) |
|
Jim Norton - Comedian (Bayonne) |
| Annie
Oakley - Entertainer (Nutley) |
| Joyce
Carol Oates - Author (Princeton) |
| Shaquille O'Neal -
Basketball Player
(Newark) |
|
Dr. Mehmet Oz - Surgeon / Author
(Cliffside Park) |
| P.M.
Dawn - Singer/Rapper (Jersey City) |
|
General Peter Pace - U.S.
General (Teaneck) |
| Brian
De Palma - Director (Newark) |
| Joe
Pantoliano - Actor (Hoboken) |
|
Charlie
Papazian - Founder, Assoc. of Brewers (Watchung) |
| Bill
Parcells - Football Coach (Oradell) |
|
Robert
Pastorelli - Actor (New Brunswick) |
| Les
Paul - Musician (Mahwah) |
| Drew
Pearson - Football Player (South River) |
|
Kal Penn
- Actor (Montclair) |
| Piper
Perabo - Actress (Toms River) |
| Joe Pesci
- Actor (Belleville) |
| Robert
Pinsky - Poet (Long Branch) |
| Joe Piscopo -
Comedian
(North Caldwell) |
| John
Pizzarelli - Musician (Paterson) |
| Laura
Prepon - Actress (Watchung) |
| Queen Latifah
- Actress/Rapper (Irvington) |
|
Eddie Rabbitt
- Country Music Singer (East Orange) |
|
Tab Ramos - Soccer Player
(Kearny) |
| Redman - Rapper
(Newark) |
|
Christopher Reeve - Actor (Princeton) |
| Tara Reid -
Actress (Wyckoff) |
|
Claudio Reyna - Soccer Player
(Springfield) |
|
Christina Ricci - Actress (Montclair) |
| Nelson
Riddle - Music Arranger (Oradell) |
| Kelly
Ripa - Talk Show Host/Actress (Berlin) |
|
Geraldo Rivera - News Media Figure (Red Bank) |
| Phil Rizzuto -
Baseball Player/Broadcaster (Hillside) |
| Paul
Robeson - Actor, Civil Rights Activist (Princeton) |
| Chris
Rock - Comedian (Alpine) |
| Dennis
Rodman - Basketball Player (Trenton) |
|
Michelle Rodriguez - Actress (Jersey City) |
|
Philip Roth
- Author (Newark) |
| Mike
Rozier - Football Player (Camden) |
|
Melanie Safka
- Singer, Songwriter (Long Branch) |
|
Carl Sagan - Astronomer,
Astrobiologist (Rahway) |
| Richie
Sambora - Musician (Perth Amboy) |
| Eva Marie Saint -
Actress (Newark) |
| Susan
Sarandon - Actress (Edison) |
| John
Sayles - filmmaker (Hoboken) |
| Roy
Scheider - Actor (Orange) |
|
Wally Schirra
- Astronaut (Oradell) |
| Norman Schwarzkopf -
Army General (Trenton) |
| Brooke Shields -
Model/Actress
(Haworth) |
|
The Shrielles
- Music Group (Passaic) |
| Andrew Shue - Actor (South
Orange) |
| Elizabeth Shue -
Actress
(South Orange) |
|
Russell Simmons - Entrepreneur (Saddle River) |
|
Joseph Simmons (Reverend Run) -
Rapper (Saddle River) |
| Phil
Simms - Football Player (Franklin Lakes) |
|
Paul Simon - Singer/Musician (Hoboken) |
| Frank Sinatra -
Singer
(Hoboken) |
|
Skid Row
- Music Group (Toms River) |
| Kevin Smith ("Silent
Bob") - Director (Red Bank) |
| Patti Smith -
Musician (Woodbury) |
|
The
Smithereens - Music Group (Carteret) |
| Soul
Generation - Singers/Musicians (Jersey City) |
| Mira
Sorvino - Actress (Tenafly) |
| Paul
Sorvino - Actor (Tenafly) |
|
Southside Johnny - Musician
(Neptune) |
| Kevin Spacey - Actor
(South Orange) |
| Steven
Spielberg -
Film Director
(Montclair) |
|
Spin Doctors
- Music Group (Princeton) |
| Bruce Springsteen -
Singer/Musician
(Freehold) |
|
Elizabeth Cady Stanton - Suffragist (Tenafly) |
|
JoJo Starbuck - Figure Skater
(Madison) |
| David
Stern - NBA Commissioner (Teaneck) |
| Jon
Stewart - Comedian (Lawrenceville) |
| Martha Stewart -
Cook/Host
(Nutley) |
|
Lucy Stone
- Suffragist (Orange) |
|
Michael Strahan - Football Player (Montclair) |
| Meryl Streep -
Actress
(Bernardsville) |
|
Loretta Swit - Actress (Passaic) |
| Gay
Talese - Author (Ocean City) |
| Joe Theismann -
Football Player (South River) |
| Dave Thomas
-
Restaurateur (Atlantic City) |
| Tim
Thomas - Basketball Player (Paterson) |
| Bobby Thomson -
Baseball Player (Watchung) |
|
Ashlee
Tisdale - Actress / Singer (West Deal) |
|
Ray Toro - Musician (Belleville) |
| John Travolta - Actor
(Englewood) |
|
Jim Trelease
- Educational Reformer (Union/N. Plainfield) |
| Martin
Truex Jr. - NASCAR Driver (Mayetta) |
|
Harriet Tubman - Civil Rights Activist (Cape May) |
|
Joe Lynn
Turner - Singer (Hackensack) |
| Frankie Valli -
Singer
(Newark) |
| Lee
Van Cleef - Actor (Somerville) |
| William H.Vanderbilt
- Financier (New Brunswick) |
|
Casper Van
Dien - Actor (Ridgewood) |
| Sarah
Vaughn - Singer (Newark) |
|
Ron Villone
- Baseball Player (Englewood) |
|
Floyd Vivino
(Uncle Floyd) - TV Personality (Paterson) |
|
"Jersey" Joe
Walcott - Boxer (Merchantville) |
|
Jack Warden
(Actor) - Newark |
|
Malcolm-Jamal Warner - Actor (Jersey City) |
| Dionne Warwick -
Singer
(East Orange) |
|
Mikey Way - Musician (Bellevile) |
|
Gerard Way - Musician (Bellevile) |
| Max Weinburg -
Musician (South Orange) |
|
Charlie Weis
- Football Player / Coach (Middlesex) |
|
Lenny Welch - Singer (Asbury
Park) |
| Chuck
Wepner - Boxer (Bayonne) |
|
Valerie Wilson Wesley - Author (Montclair) |
| Walt
Whitman - Poet (Camden) |
|
Brian
Williams - Media Anchor (Middletown) |
|
Wendy
Williams - Radio Host (Asbury Park) |
|
William Carlos Williams - Poet (Rutherford) |
| Bruce Willis - Actor
(Penns Grove) |
|
Flip Wilson -
Comedian (Jersey City) |
|
Teddy Wilson
- Jazz Musician (Hillsdale) |
|
Scott Wolf -
Actor (West Orange) |
|
Stevie Wonder
- Singer/Musician (Alpine) |
|
John Woolman
- Early NJ Settler/Preacher
(Burlington/Mount Holly) |
|
Robert Wuhl -
Actor (Union) |
|
Wyclef Jean - Rapper (Newark) |
|
Zakk Wylde
- Musician (Bayonne) |
|
Frank Vincent
- Actor (Jersey City) |
|
Dick Vitale
- Sports Announcer/Analyst (East Rutherford) |
|
Eric Young
- Baseball Player (New Brunswick) |
|
Yo La Tengo
- Music Group (Hoboken) |
|
Pete Yorn
- Musician (Montivlle) |
| Ian Zering - Actor (West
Orange) |
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