List of Sons and Daughters of the City of Newark, New Jersey
This is a list of public figures that American US in the city of Newark ( New Jersey ) were born. The list does not claim to be complete.
18th century
- John Sergeant (1710–1749), English missionary in Stockbridge, Massachusetts
- Isaac Tichenor (1754–1838), politician, lawyer, governor, and senator of Vermont
- Aaron Burr (1756–1836), politician
- William S. Pennington (1757–1826), lawyer and politician
- Thomas Ward (around 1759-1842), politician
- Josiah Ogden Hoffman (1766–1837), lawyer and politician
- Jacob Burnet (1770-1853), politician
- Timothy Davis (1794–1872), politician
- Stephen W. Kearny (1794-1848), officer
- William Pennington (1796–1862), politician
19th century
1801-1875
- Alexander CM Pennington (1810-1867), politician
- Marcus Lawrence Ward (1812-1884), politician
- Benjamin F. Conley (1815–1886), politician
- William Augustus Darling (1817–1895), politician
- Frederick Halstead Teese (1823-1894), politician
- Julius Adolph de Lagnel (1827–1912), Confederate General in the American Civil War
- George H. Noonan (1828–1907), politician
- Edward W. Morley (1838-1923), chemist
- Michael Augustine Corrigan (1839–1902), Roman Catholic Archbishop of New York
- Helen Amira Shafer (1839–1894), mathematician and President of Wellesley College
- James A. Connolly (1843-1914), politician
- Frances Brundage (1854–1937), painter, illustrator and children's book author
- John Joseph O'Connor (1855–1927), Roman Catholic Bishop of Newark
- William Bates (1860-1931), ophthalmologist
- Henry Holden Huss (1862–1953), composer
- Louis Michel Eilshemius (1864–1941), painter
- Francis F. Patterson (1867-1935), politician
- Percy Hamilton Stewart (1867–1951), politician
- Henry S. Washington (1867–1934), geologist and mineralogist
- Paul J. Moore (1868–1938), politician
- William F. Birch (1870–1946), politician
- Louis Adolphe Coerne (1870–1922), composer
- Benedict Lincoln Prieth (1870–1934), newspaper publisher and publicist
- Stephen Crane (1871-1900), writer
- Marion Estelle Edison-Oeser (1873–1965), daughter of the inventor and industrialist Thomas Alva Edison
- John Driscoll Fitz-Gerald (1873-1946), Romanist and Hispanicist
- Edward W. Berry (1875-1945), paleobotanist
1876-1900
- Taylor Holmes (1878-1959), theater and film actor
- Ruth St. Denis (1879–1968), dancer, choreographer and teacher
- Franklin W. Fort (1880-1937), politician
- George Mehnert (1881–1948), American wrestler of German origin
- John Eisele (1884–1933), long distance runner
- Albert Zirkel (1884–1945), wrestler, Olympic bronze medalist in 1904
- Harold Lockwood (1887-1918), actor
- Emil Ernst (1889–1942), German astronomer
- Robert M. Haas (1889–1962), film architect
- Ben Adams (1890–1961), track and field athlete
- James Clement Dunn (1890–1979), diplomat
- Francis Joseph Monaghan (1890–1942), Roman Catholic Bishop of Ogdensburg
- Harriet Adams (1892–1982), writer
- George Cooper (1892–1943), silent film actor
- Malcolm McGregor (1892-1945), actor
- John Knudsen Northrop (1895–1981), industrialist and aircraft designer
- H. Norman Schwarzkopf senior (1895–1958), police officer and general
- Charles Wagenheim (1896–1979), actor
- Arthur Walsh (1896–1947), politician
- August Desch (1898–1964), hurdler
- Bennie Krueger (1899–1967), jazz composer and big band leader
- Ted Fiorito (1900–1971), jazz musician
- George M. Wallhauser (1900–1993), politician
20th century
1901-1910
- Harry Stradling Sr. (1901-1970), cameraman
- Sol Halperin (1902–1977), cameraman and special effects technician
- Joe Tarto (1902-1986), jazz bassist
- Leo Huberman (1903-1968), journalist
- Edward L. O'Neill (1903-1948), politician
- George William Ahr (1904–1993), Roman Catholic Bishop of Trenton
- Matty Malneck (1904–1981), jazz musician and composer
- Viola Gertrude Wells (1904–1984), blues singer
- Abner Zwillman (1904–1959), Mafioso ("Kosher Nostra"), was known as "Al Capone of New Jersey"
- James Gallagher (1905 – after 1928), football player
- Jotham Johnson (1905–1967), Classical archaeologist
- Marion Parsonnet (1905–1960), screenwriter
- Dore Schary (1905–1980), writer, screenwriter and film producer
- William Joseph Brennan (1906–1997), lawyer, Supreme Court Justice
- Carl Kress (1907–1965), jazz guitarist
- Gregory Mangin (1907–1979), tennis player
- Eugene G. Rochow (1909-2002), chemist
- Peter Wallace Rodino (1909-2005), Congressman
- Rudy Williams (1909-1954), jazz saxophonist
- John W. Campbell (1910–1971), science fiction writer and editor
- William Trager (1910-2005), parasitologist
1911-1920
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- Steven Lysak (1912–2012), canoeist and Olympic champion 1948
- Ernie Powell (1912 - unknown), jazz musician
- Hugh Joseph Addonizio (1914–1981), politician; Mayor of Newark from 1962 to 1970
- Bill Littlejohn (1914-2010), film animator and trade unionist
- Bobby Plater (1914–1982), jazz saxophonist
- Tino Reboli (1914–1985), racing cyclist
- Vincent Pasquale Biunno (1916–1991), federal judge
- Dolly Dawn (1916-2002), singer
- Bernard Greenhouse (1916–2011), cellist and music teacher
- Lowell Hastings (1916–1993), jazz and R&B musician
- Clem Moorman (1916–2017), musician and actor
- Elwood Engel (1917–1986), chief designer at Chrysler Corporation
- Leslie Fiedler (1917–2003), literary scholar and critic
- Bill Finegan (1917–2008), jazz pianist, band leader and arranger
- Harold Garfinkel (1917–2011), sociologist and founder of ethnomethodology
- Lou Carter (1918-2005), jazz pianist
- Leonard Krieger (1918–1990), modern historian
- Ike Quebec (1918–1963), jazz musician and record producer
- Morton Schindel (1918-2016), film producer
- Jerry Wald (1918–1973), clarinetist and band leader
- Babs Gonzales (1919-1980), jazz singer
- Jason Seley (1919-1983), sculptor
- Philip Selznick (1919-2010), sociologist
- Philip Stein (1919–2009), called "Estaño", painter
- Norman Tokar (1919–1979), film director and actor
- Sam Moskowitz (1920–1997), science fiction writer and editor
- Arthur Nobile (1920-2004), microbiologist
- Irving Ravetch (1920-2010), screenwriter
- Jack Warden (1920–2006), film and stage actor
1921-1930
1921–1925:
- Vivian Blaine (1921–1995), actress
- Vinnie Burke (1921-2001), jazz bassist
- Mike Nazaruk (1921–1955), racing car driver
- Ted Schroeder (1921-2006), tennis player
- Stan Applebaum (1922–2019), pianist, composer, arranger and orchestra leader
- Charita Bauer (1922–1985), actress
- Lorraine Gordon (1922–2018), peace activist and jazz club owner
- Grace Hartigan (1922-2008), painter
- Helen Schifano (1922–2007), gymnast and Olympic bronze medalist in 1948
- Faye Adams (born 1923), singer
- Chris Argyris (1923–2013), professor of administrative science at Yale and co-founder of organizational development
- William Campbell (1923-2011), actor
- Robert Ellenstein (1923–2010), actor, singer and drama teacher
- Al Haig (1924–1982), jazz musician
- Arnold Harberger (* 1924), economist
- Leonard B. Kaufman (1924–2009), acting agent and film producer
- Eva Marie Saint (born 1924), actress
- Sarah Vaughan (1924–1990), jazz singer
- Dick Sheridan (≈1925–2018), jazz and studio musician
- Marvin Davis (1925–2004), entrepreneur and multi-billionaire
- Paul Kurtz (1925–2012), philosopher and secular humanist
- Connie Simmons (1925-1989), basketball player
1926–1930:
- Jerry Lewis (1926–2017), actor and director
- Robert Wright Campbell (1927-2000), screenwriter, writer and actor
- Joe Cinderella (1927–2012), jazz musician
- Victor J. Kemper (* 1927), cameraman
- Dominic Anthony Marconi (* 1927), Roman Catholic clergyman, auxiliary bishop emeritus in Newark
- Larry Weiss (1927–2011), jazz musician
- James Cohn (born 1928), composer
- Amaranth Ehrenhalt (* 1928), painter
- Meredith Gourdine (1929–1998), long jumper and engineer
- WEB Griffin (1929-2019), writer
- Jerome Kagan (* 1929), psychologist
- Allard K. Lowenstein (1929–1980), politician
- Bernie Marcus (* 1929), entrepreneur
- Marge Roukema (1929–2014), politician
- Morton Stevens (1929-1991), composer
- Bob Crewe (1930–2014), songwriter, musician, record producer, label owner and artist
- Herbert Klein (* 1930), politician
- Lee Lozano (1930–1999), concept and performance artist
- Johnny Saxton (1930-2008), boxer
- Sheldon M. Wolff (1930–1994), internist and inflammation researcher
1931-1940
1931-1935:
- Roy Adler (1931–2016), mathematician
- Bob Clotworthy (1931-2018), water diver and Olympic champion in 1956
- Allen Klein (1931–2009), businessman and head of various record companies
- Walter C. Pitman (1931–2019), geophysicist
- Judith Viorst (* 1931), author, journalist and psychoanalyst
- Peter Eisenman (* 1932), architect
- David A. Prince (* 1932), neurologist and epileptologist
- Alan Shorter (1932–1988), jazz trumpeter
- Harold Widom (* 1932), mathematician
- David Bailey (1933-2004), actor
- Salome Bey (1933-2020), singer and actress
- Tom Courtney (* 1933), athlete and Olympic champion
- Cissy Houston (born 1933), gospel and soul singer; Mother of Whitney Houston
- Philip Roth (1933-2018), writer
- Teri Shields (1933–2012), actress and model
- Wayne Shorter (* 1933), jazz saxophonist and composer
- Joe Thomas (1933-2017), jazz musician
- Marlene VerPlanck (1933–2018), jazz singer
- Amiri Baraka (1934–2014), poet, playwright, music critic and prose author
- Richard Meier (* 1934), architect and Pritzker Prize winner
- Donald M. Payne (1934–2012), politician
- Richard Schechner (* 1934), theater director, producer and university lecturer
- Frankie Valli (born 1934), pop singer
- Ron Carey (1935-2007), actor
- Nick Massi (1935–2000), bass singer in the pop group The Four Seasons
- Charles Molnar (1935–1996), computer engineer
- Judith A. Reisman (* 1935), communication scientist and university lecturer
- Pat Senatore (* 1935), jazz musician
- Jack Keil Wolf (1935–2011), computer scientist
1936–1940:
- Al Attles (born 1936), basketball player and coach
- Tom Fuccello (1936–1993), actor
- Scott LaFaro (1936–1961), jazz bassist
- Charles Kenneth Williams (1936–2015), poet and Pulitzer Prize winner
- Connie Francis (born 1937), pop singer
- Eddie Gladden (1937-2003), musician
- Irwin Levine (1938–1997), composer
- Jimmie Smith (born 1938), jazz drummer
- John Amos (born 1939), film and television actor and former professional American football player
- Andy Bey (* 1939), jazz singer and pianist
- Allen Garfield (1939-2020), actor
- Paul Rabinowitz (* 1939), mathematician
- Paul Gregory Bootkoski (* 1940), Roman Catholic clergyman, Bishop of Metuchen
- Anthony Cerami (* 1940), biochemist
- Brian De Palma (born 1940), film director
- Malcolm Holzman (* 1940), architect
- Marty Sheller (* 1940), jazz trumpeter and arranger
- Stuart Wurtzel (* 1940), film architect
- Larry Young (1940–1978), jazz musician
1941-1950
- Lawrence Schulman (* 1941), theoretical physicist
- Paul Simon (* 1941), musician
- Taurean Blacque (born 1941), actor
- Buddy Terry (1941–2019), jazz and studio musician
- Madeline Bell (born 1942), soul singer
- Peter J. Biondi (1942–2011), politician
- Raymond Xifo (* 1942), film and theater actor
- Gloria Gaynor (born 1943), singer
- Joe Pesci (born 1943), actor
- Joel Weisman (1943–2009), physician, doctor for internal medicine and researching AIDS pioneer
- Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio (born 1944), Roman Catholic clergyman, Bishop of Brooklyn
- Linda Jones (1944–1972), soul singer
- Arthur Joseph Serratelli (* 1944), Roman Catholic bishop
- Dick Zimmer (born 1944), politician
- Michael Berenbaum (* 1945), scholar, professor, rabbi, writer and filmmaker
- Leroy Hutson (* 1945), soul singer, composer, music producer and songwriter
- Barbara Kruger (* 1945), concept artist
- Susie Morgenstern (* 1945), French author for children and young people
- Dee Dee Warwick (1945-2008), soul singer
- Harold M. Weintraub (1945-1995), geneticist
- Phil Grippaldi (born 1946), weightlifter
- Paul Auster (* 1947), writer
- Kali Fasteau (* 1947), jazz musician
- David Levin (1948-2017), balloon athlete
- Andy McCloud (1948–2010), jazz musician and composer
- David Schnitter (* 1948), jazz musician
- Scott Allen (born 1949), figure skater
- Steve Colson (* 1949), jazz pianist, arranger and composer
- Kenneth D. Rose (* 1949), paleontologist
- Gwen Guthrie (1950–1999), singer, pianist and songwriter
- Mark Blum (1950–2020), actor
- Andrew Napolitano (* 1950), lawyer
1951-1960
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- AA Attanasio (* 1951), science fiction and fantasy author
- Ernest R. Dickerson (* 1951), director and cameraman
- Larry Fast (* 1951), musician
- Fred Schneider (* 1951), rock musician
- Ellen Tauscher (1951–2019), politician
- Max Weinberg (* 1951), drummer
- Dennis Boutsikaris (born 1952), actor
- Jim Pugliese (* 1952), musician
- Marvelous Marvin Hagler (* 1954), professional boxer
- Victor Jones (* 1954), jazz drummer
- Ray Liotta (born 1954), actor
- Marc Ribot (* 1954), avant-garde guitarist and composer
- Louis Sarno (1954–2017), music researcher
- Steve Swell (* 1954), jazz trombonist
- Thomas F. Duffy (born 1955), actor
- William Pope.L (born 1955), artist
- Richard Florida (* 1957), economist and university professor
- Michael Gulezian (* 1957), fingerstyle guitarist
- Ice-T (born 1958), musician and actor
- Donald Payne junior (* 1958), politician
- Jason Alexander (* 1959), actor, director and film producer
- Renaldo Nehemiah (* 1959), track and field athlete
- Marc Shaiman (* 1959), film composer
- Todd Solondz (* 1959), film director and screenwriter
1961-1970
- Dez Cadena (* 1961), musician
- Vernon Campbell (born 1961), actor
- Narciso Rodriguez (* 1961), fashion designer
- David Toub (* 1961), composer
- Chris Christie (* 1962), politician
- Harlan Coben (* 1962), crime novel writer
- Tony Dawson-Harrison aka Captain Hollywood (* 1962), musician
- Michael Saporito (* 1962), Roman Catholic clergyman and auxiliary bishop in Newark
- Whitney Houston (1963–2012), singer and actress
- David Fiuczynski (* 1964), jazz fusion guitarist
- Keith Gatlin (born 1964), basketball player
- Nil Lara (* 1964), musician
- Richard Matuszewski (* 1964), tennis player
- Ian Ziering (born 1964), actor
- Tate George (born 1968), basketball player
- Fred Herzog (* 1969), basketball player
- Ras J. Baraka (* 1970), politician; Mayor of Newark since 2014
- Queen Latifah (* 1970), hip-hop musician and actress
- Redman (born 1970), rapper
1971-1980
- Jason Friedberg (* 1971), director and screenwriter
- Jennifer Schwalbach Smith (* 1971), actress and director
- Shaquille O'Neal (born 1972), basketball player
- Eric Williams (born 1972), basketball player
- Savion Glover (* 1973), tap dancer and choreographer
- Jermaine Hopkins (born 1973), actor
- Faruq Saleem (* 1973), heavyweight boxer
- Dremiel Byers (born 1974), wrestler
- Rah Digga (* 1974), rapper
- Raheem DeVaughn (* 1975), R&B singer
- Raymond Toro (* 1977), guitarist with My Chemical Romance
- JD Williams (born 1978), actor
- Keshia Knight Pulliam (born 1979), actress
- Tyshawn Sorey (* 1980), jazz musician
- Mikey Way (* 1980), musician
1981-2000
- Alex Vincent (born 1981), actor
- Melvin Creddle (* 1982), basketball player
- Randy Foye (born 1983), basketball player
- Raymond Jordan (* 1986), wrestler
- Brittany Underwood (born 1988), actress and singer
- Kenneth Faried (* 1989), basketball player
- Eric Ebron (born 1993), American football player
- Lucky Jones (born 1993), basketball player
- Tajae Sharpe (born 1994), American football player
- Bam Adebayo (born 1997), basketball player
- Shakur Stevenson (* 1997), bantamweight boxer
- Dälek (founded 1998), hip-hop group
See also
Web links
Commons : People of Newark, New Jersey - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Albert Zirkel in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
- ↑ George Cooper on IMDb.com (English)
- ↑ Malcolm McGregor on IMDb.com (English)
- ↑ Steve Lysak in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
- ↑ Helen Schifano in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
- ↑ Connie Simmons in the database of Basketball-Reference (English)
- ↑ Taurean Blacque on IMDb.com (English)
- ↑ Tate George in the database of Basketball-Reference (English)
- ↑ Eric Williams , basketball.realgm.com (English)
- ↑ JD Williams on IMDb.com (English)
- ↑ Lucky Jones , basketball.realgm.com (English)