People
Famous New Jersey People
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- Bud Abbott (1895–1974), actor/comedian
- Charles Addams, (1912-1988), cartoonist
- Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin (1930-), astronaut
- Count Basie (1904–1984), jazz pianist, organist, bandleader
- [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Basilone John Basilone} (1916-1945), marine
- Jon Bon Jovi (1962-), musician
- William J. Brennan, Jr. (1906–1997), U.S. Supreme Court justice
- Aaron Burr (1756-1836), vice-president
- Nicholas Murray Butler(1862–1947), Nobel Prize-winning philosopher, diplomat, and educator
- Thomas Carpenter (1752-1847)Revolutionary War-era glassmaker.
- Mary Higgins Clark (1929-), mystery writer
- Grover Cleveland (1837-1908), president
- Samuel Colt (1814-1862), gun manufacturer
- James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851), writer
- Lou Costello (1906–1959), comedian, actor
- Stephen Crane (1871-1900), writer
- Andrea Dworkin (1946–2005), radical feminist and activist
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- Thomas Edison (1847-1931), inventor
- [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstein Albert Einstein (1879-1955), theoretical physicist
- Milton Freedman (1912-2006), economist
- Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997), poet
- William "Bull" Halsey (1882-1959), Admiral
- John P. Holland (1814-1914), submarine developer
- Whitney Houston (1963–2012), singer/actress
- Enoch "Nucky" Johnson (1883–1968), political boss and racketeer
- Alfred Joyce Kilmer (1888-1918), poet
- Ernie Kovacs (1919–1962), comedian
- Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), photographer
- Charles A. Lindbergh (1902-1974), aviator
- [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Maass Clara Maass (1876-1901), nurse
- Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937), radio developer
- Thomas Nast (1840-1902), cartoonist
- Alice Paul (1885-1977), suffragist and feminist
- Zebulon Pike (1779-1813), explorer
- Paul Robeson (1898-1976), singer, activist, actor
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- Peter Rodino (1909-2005), politician
- Ida Rosenthal (1886-1973), inventor of bra
- Carl Sagan (1934-1996), astronomer
- Antonin Scalia (1936- ), U.S. Supreme Court justice
- Walter Schirra (1923-2007), astronaut
- Frank Sinatra (1915–1998), singer/actor
- James Still, (1812-1882), physician
- Bruce Springsteen (1949- ), singer/songwriter
- Edward Stratemeyer (1862-1930), author of Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys mysteries
- John Taylor (1836-1909), developer of Taylor ham
- William Carlos Williams (1883–1963), poet
- Woodrow Wilson, (1856-1924), educator and president.
- Walt Whitman (1819-1892), poet and author
See also
- Wikipedia Notable People From NJ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_from_New_Jersey]
- State of NJ, Famous NJ [http://www.state.nj.us/nj/about/famous/]
- Famous New Jerseyans [http://www.famousnewjerseyans.com/]