List of people from New Jersey
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This is a list of some famous people from New Jersey.
- Bud Abbott (1895–1974), straight man to Lou Costello (Asbury Park).
- Jason Alexander (b. 1959), actor, Seinfeld (Newark).
- Amiri Baraka (b. 1934), poet (Newark).
- Count Basie (1904–1984), jazz pianist, organist, bandleader (Red Bank).
- William J. Brennan (1906–1997), U.S. Supreme Court justice (Newark).
- Lou Costello (1906–1959), comedian, actor (Paterson).
- Danny DeVito (b. 1944), actor (Neptune).
- Derek Drymon (b. 1965), cartoon producer (most famous project Spongebob Squarepants), Morristown
- Kirsten Dunst (b. 1982), actress (Point Pleasant).
- Andrea Dworkin (b. 1946), feminist and activist (Camden).
- Alecko Eskandarian (b. 1982), soccer player (Montvale).
- Donald Fagen (b. 1948), musician (Passaic).
- James Gandolfini (b. 1961), actor (Westwood).
- Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997), poet (Paterson).
- John Harkes (b. 1967), professional soccer player (Kearny).
- Michael Johns (b. 1964), health care executive, former White House speechwriter to President George H.W. Bush (Deptford).
- Jon Bon Jovi (b. 1962), musician (Perth Amboy).
- Thomas Kean (b. 1935), former governor, 9/11 Commission chairman (Bedminster).
- Alfred Kinsey (1894–1956), zoologist and sexologist (Hoboken).
- Ray Liotta (b. 1955), actor (Newark).
- Andrew McCarthy (b. 1962), actor (Westfield).
- Jack Nicholson (b. 1937), actor (Neptune).
- Joe Pesci (b. 1943), actor (Newark).
- Tara Reid (b.1975), actress (Wyckoff).
- Claudio Reyna (b. 1973), soccer player (Livingston).
- Philip Roth (b. 1933), author (Newark).
- Eva Marie Saint (b. 1924), actress (Newark).
- Antonin Scalia (b. 1936), U.S. Supreme Court justice (Trenton).
- Frank Sinatra (1915–1998), singer, actor (Hoboken).
- Kevin Smith (b. 1970), filmmaker (Highlands).
- Bruce Springsteen (b. 1949), musician (Freehold).
- Jon Stewart (b. 1962), comedian, Daily Show host (Trenton).
- Martha Stewart (b. 1941) lifestyle guide, entrepreneur (b. Jersey City, grew up in Nutley).
- Meryl Streep (b. 1949), actress (Summit).
- Tammy Lynn Sytch (b. 1972), professional wrestling valet (Fort Monmouth).
- John Travolta (b. 1954), actor (Englewood).
- Lee Van Cleef (1925–1989), character actor in Westerns (Somerville).
- William Carlos Williams (1883–1963), poet (Rutherford).
- Bruce Willis (b. 1955), actor (Penn's Grove).
Born elsewhere, grew up in New Jersey
- David Chase (b. 1945), creator, The Sopranos (b. NY, grew up in Clifton and North Caldwell).
- Carl Lewis (b. 1961), track and field legend, nine-time Olympic gold medalist (b. Alabama, grew up in Willingboro).
- Michelle Malkin (b. 1970), conservative pundit (b. Pennsylvania, grew up in Absecon).
Grew up elsewhere, made it big in New Jersey
- Thomas Edison (1847–1931), inventor and businessman (b. Ohio, grew up in Michigan, moved to Newark and lived in Menlo Park).
Born in New Jersey, grew up elsewhere
- Ice-T (b. 1958), rapper and actor (Newark, moved to California)
- Derek Jeter (b. 1974), New York Yankees basball player, born in NJ, but raised primarily in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
- Paul Simon (b. 1941) musician, composer (born in Newark, grew up in Queens)