| Note: All of the individuals listed here were either born in New Jersey or moved to New Jersey and spent many years living in the Garden State. |
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| 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) |
| Rocky Aoki - Entrepreneur (Tenafly) |
| 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) |
| Laura Benanti – Actress/Singer (Kinnelon) |
| 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) |
| Rubin "Hurricane" Carter – Boxer (Clifton) |
| 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) |
| Lou Dobbs - Media Anchor (Sussex) |
| 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) |
| Frank Edgar - UFC fighter (Toms River) |
| 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) |
| Joe Flacco – Football Player (Audubon) |
| 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) |
| Brian Geraghty – Actor (Toms River) |
| 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) |
| Celeste Holm – Actress (Long Valley) |
| Cissy Houston – Singer (Newark) |
| Whitney Houston – Singer (Newark) |
| Tim Howard – Soccer Player (North Brunswick) |
| Charles Evans Hughes – Supreme Ct Justice (Newark) |
| Linda Hunt – Actress (Morristown) |
| Ice-T – Rapper (Newark) |
| Frank Iero – Musician (Belleville) |
| George Inness – Artist (Newark) |
| Washington Irving – Author (Newark) |
| Ja Rule – Rapper (Saddle River) |
| Derek Jeter – Baseball Player (Pequannock) |
| Rodney Jerkins – Songwriter/Producer (Pleasantville) |
| James P. Johnson - Jazz Musician (New Brunswick) |
| Jonas Brothers – Music Group (Wyckoff) |
| Eric Karros – Baseball Player (Hackensack) |
| Danny Kass - Professional Snowboarder (Vernon) |
| Tom Kean – Governor (??) |
| Jerome Kearn – Composer (Newark) |
| Philip Kearny – Military General |
| 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) |
| Karen McCullah Lutz – Screenwriter (Oakland, NJ) |
| 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) |
| John Marin – Artist (Weehawken) |
| 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) |
| Thomas Mitchell – Actor (Elizabeth) |
| The Misfits – Music Group (Lodi) |
| Jay Mohr – Actor (Verona) |
| Thelonius Monk – Jazz Musician (Englewood) |
| Monster Magnet – Music Group (Red Bank) |
| Tony Mottola – Musician (Kearny) |
| Frankie Muniz – Actor (Wood Ridge) |
| Brittany Murphy – Actress (Edison) |
| Eddie Murphy – Comedian/Actor (Englewood) |
| My Chemical Romance – Music Group (Belleville/Kearny) |
| Jim Nantz – Sports Anchor (Colts Neck) |
| 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) |
| Raymond Odierno – Army General (Rockaway, NJ) |
| Jodi Lyn O’Keefe – Actress (Cliffwood Beach, NJ) |
| 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) |
| Kurt Pellegrino – UFC Fighter (Point Pleasant) |
| 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) |
| Willie Randolph - Baseball Player / Manager (Franklin Lakes) |
| The Rascals - Singing Group (Garfield) |
| 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) |
| Jeffrey Ross – Comedian (Springfield) |
| 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) |
| Roger Sanchez – Producer, DJ (Bergen County ??) |
| 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) |
| Tony Siragusa – Football Player (Kenilworth) |
| 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) |
| Rod Steiger – Actor (Newark) |
| John Sterling – Sportscaster (Edgewater) |
| David Stern – NBA Commissioner (Teaneck) |
| Jon Stewart – Comedian (Lawrenceville) |
| Martha Stewart – Cook/Host (Nutley) |
| Alfred Stieglitz – Photographer (Hoboken) |
| Richard Stockton – Supreme Ct. Justice (Princeton) |
| 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) |
| David Tyree – Football Player (Montclair) |
| 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/Mt 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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