List of people from Newark, New Jersey explained
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This is a list of notable people from Newark, New Jersey.
Academics and science
- Steve Adubato Sr. (1932–2020), founder of Robert Treat Academy Charter School[1]
- Alan P. Bell (1932–2002), psychologist who worked at the Kinsey Institute[2]
- Cornelia Chase Brant (1863–1959), Dean of New York Medical College and Hospital for Women
- Jabez Campfield (1737–1821), doctor who served as a surgeon in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War[3]
- Robert Curvin (1934–2015), researcher and theorist on issues related to urban poverty[4]
- John Cotton Dana (1856–1929), public librarian and founder of the Newark Museum[5]
- Carl Neumann Degler (1921–2014), historian and Pulitzer Prize winning author[6]
- Adele Dunlap (1902–2017), educator, was the oldest living American (from July 8, 2016, to February 5, 2017)[7]
- Arnie Kantrowitz (1940–2022), LGBT activist and college professor[8]
- Peter Knobel (1943–2019), Reform rabbi, educator and editor[9]
- Leonard Krieger (1918–1990), historian who paid particular attention to Modern Europe, particularly being known as an author on Germany[10]
- Ernest Mae McCarroll (1898–1990), medical doctor who became the first African American physician to be appointed to the staff of the Newark City Hospital, in 1946[11]
- August Meier (1923–2003), professor of history at Kent State University and a scholar on African American history[12]
- Charles Anthony Micchelli (born 1942), mathematician who has focused on numerical analysis, approximation theory and machine learning[13]
- Edward Morley (1838–1923), scientist best known for his role in the Michelson–Morley experiment, whose negative results paved the way for Albert Einstein's special relativity[14]
- Joseph S. Murphy (1933–1998), political scientist and university administrator, who was president of Queens College, president of Bennington College and chancellor of the City University of New York[15]
- James B. Nies (1856–1922), Episcopal minister and Assyriologist who was president of the American Oriental Society in 1921[16]
- John Alsop Paine (1840–1912), Presbyterian minister, botanist, professor of natural history and German, archaeologist and editor[17]
- Sam Porcello (1935–2012), food scientist who developed the Oreo cookie filling[18]
- Eugene G. Rochow (1909–2002), inorganic chemist and winner of the Perkin Medal[19]
- Frederick Schauer (1946–2024), legal scholar who was known for his work on American constitutional law, freedom of speech and on legal reasoning[20]
- Gaddis Smith (1932–2022), historian at Yale University and an expert on U.S. foreign relations and maritime history[21]
- Barbara Stanley (1949–2023), psychologist, researcher and suicidologist[22]
- Harold Widom (1932–2021), mathematician best known for his contributions to operator theory and random matrices[23]
- Charles D. Wrege (1924–2014), management historian and professor at Rutgers University[24]
- Lewis Yablonsky (1924–2014), sociologist, criminologist, author and psychotherapist, best known for his innovative and experiential work with gang members[25]
Arts
Architecture
Authors
- Paul Auster (1947–2024), author, known for works blending absurdism and crime fiction[29]
- Amina Baraka (born 1942 as Sylvia Robinson), poet, actress, author, community organizer, singer, dancer and activist[30]
- Amiri Baraka (1934–2014), Poet Laureate of New Jersey[31]
- Albert Boni (1892–1981), publisher[32]
- Milton W. Brown (1911–1998), New York art historian who wrote American Painting from the Armory Show to the Depression[33]
- Niobia Bryant (born 1972), author, who also writes under the pseudonym Meesha Mink[34]
- John W. Campbell (1910–1971), science fiction writer who was editor of Astounding Science Fiction from 1937 until his death[35]
- Harlan Coben (born 1962), novelist[36]
- Stephen Crane (1871–1900), author, known for the 1895 Civil War novel The Red Badge of Courage[37]
- Amanda Minnie Douglas (1831–1916), children's author[38]
- Ken Eulo (born 1939), Eugene O'Neill Award-winning writer and bestselling author whose novels have collectively sold over 13 million copies worldwide[39]
- Eloise Alma Flagg (1918–2018), first African American woman to be a school principal in Newark, New Jersey[40]
- Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997), poet, known for the 1956 poem "Howl"[41]
- Dan Gutman (born 1955), writer, primarily of children's fiction[42]
- Andrew Hubner (born 1962), novelist[43]
- Andrew Jacobs, journalist with The New York Times and documentary film director / producer[44]
- Jim Murphy (1947–2022), author of more than nonfiction and fiction books for children, young adults, and general audiences, including more than 30 about American history[45]
- Philip Roth (1933–2018), author[46] [47]
- David Shapiro (born 1947), poet and art historian[48]
- Dave Toma, former Newark Police Department police detective whose undercover work and battles with his superiors became the basis of the television series Toma, which ran on the ABC network from 1973 to 1974[49]
- Richard Wesley (born 1945), playwright and screenwriter[50]
- Thomas Chatterton Williams (born 1981), cultural critic and author, whose works include the 2019 book Self-Portrait in Black and White[51]
- Ruth Winter (born 1930), journalist and science writer[52]
- William Woestendiek (1920–2015), editor and journalist[53]
Fine arts
- Hilda Belcher (1881–1963), artist known for her paintings, watercolors and portraits[54]
- Judith Bernstein (born 1942), painter known for her large-scale paintings of penises[55]
- Robert Birmelin (born 1933), figurative painter, printmaker and draughtsman[56]
- Franco Castelluccio (born 1955), sculptor[57]
- Carmen Cicero (born 1926), painter[58]
- Andre de Krayewski (1933–2018), painter[59]
- M. Asli Dukan (born 1973), independent media producer, filmmaker and visual artist working with themes of speculative fiction[60]
- Amaranth Ehrenhalt (1928–2021), painter, sculptor and writer[61]
- Robert Farber (born 1944), photographer, known for his work with female nudes, fashion and still lifes[62]
- Jerry Gant (1961–2018), visual artist, poet, performance artist and educator[63]
- John R. Grabach (1886–1981), painter, known for his social and urban realism works of working class New Jersey and New York[64]
- Walter Granville-Smith (1870–1938) illustrator and painter who produced the first colored illustration that appeared in the United States[65]
- Tom Patrick Green (1942–2012), painter and professor[66]
- Akintola Hanif (born 1972), photographer[67]
- Alexander F. Harmer (1856–1925), painter who has been described as the first prominent painter of California[68]
- Grace Hartigan (1922–2008), abstract expressionist painter, member of the post-war avant-garde New York School[69]
- Eleanor Kish (1924–2014), artist best known for her paleoart depicting dinosaurs during the 1970s until the mid 1990s, many of which are on public display in museum collections[70]
- Douglas Kolk (1963–2014), artist known for drawing and work in collage and mixed media[71]
- Barbara Kruger (born 1945), conceptual artist[72]
- Lee Lozano (1930–1999), painter and conceptual artist[73]
- William Pope.L (1955–2023), visual artist best known for his work in performance art[74]
- Nina Howell Starr (1903–2000), photographer, art historian and art dealer[75]
- Philip Stein (1919–2009), painter[76]
Film, television and theater
- Jason Alexander (born 1959), actor, known for his role in Seinfeld[77]
- John Amos (1939–2024), actor who appeared on television in Good Times and The West Wing[78]
- Charita Bauer (1922–1985), soap opera radio and television actress[79]
- Bill Bellamy (born 1965), actor and former MTV VJ[80] [81]
- Taurean Blacque (born 1941), actor, best known for appearing on Hill Street Blues[82]
- Vivian Blaine (1921–1995), actress[83]
- John Carter (1922–2018), film editor whose work includes The Heartbreak Kid and Paper Lion[84]
- Brian De Palma (born 1940), film director[85]
- Ernest Dickerson (born 1951), film and TV director[86]
- Monique Dupree (born 1974), actress and wrestler best known for work in Tommy Dreamer’s wrestling promotion House of Hardcore[87]
- Grant Ellis (born 1993), television personality best known as a contestant on season 21 of The Bachelorette, and as the star of season 29 of The Bachelor[88]
- Allen Garfield (1939–2020), actor[89]
- Bernard Gersten (1923–2020), theatrical producer[90]
- Ice-T (born 1958), actor and rapper[91]
- Michael B. Jordan (born 1987), actor[92]
- Victor J. Kemper (1927–2023), cinematographer[93]
- Jerome Kern (1885–1945), composer credited with the idea of making Edna Ferber's novel Show Boat into a musical; also composed its music as well as the scores for many other shows; he considered "Ol' Man River" his masterpiece[94]
- Jerry Lewis (1926–2017), actor, director and comedian[95]
- Bob Ley, (born 1955), sports anchor for ESPN[96]
- Ray Liotta (1954–2022), actor[97]
- The Lucas Bros. (born 1985), Academy Award-nominated writers and producers of Judas and the Black Messiah, stand-up comedians[98]
- Bebe Neuwirth (born 1958), stage, TV and film actress[99]
- Okieriete Onaodowan (born 1987), actor[100]
- Leighton Osmun (1880–1928), screenwriter, playwright and author, who was active during Hollywood's silent era[101]
- Joe Pesci (born 1943), Academy Award-winning actor[102]
- Keshia Knight Pulliam (born 1979), actress; played Cliff Huxtable's youngest daughter Rudy on The Cosby Show[103]
- B.S. Pully (1910–1972; born Murray Lerman), nightclub comedian and stage actor who created the role of Big Jule in the musical Guys and Dolls[104]
- Queen Latifah (born 1970), Academy Award-nominated actress, Grammy Award-winning rapper and singer[105]
- Retta (born 1970), comedienne and actress, known for playing Donna Meagle in Parks and Recreation[106]
- Joe Rogan (born 1967), comedian, host of Fear Factor[107] and The Joe Rogan Experience podcast[108]
- Eva Marie Saint (born 1924), Academy Award-winning actress[109]
- Todd Solondz (born 1959), independent film director and screenwriter[110]
- Trish Vradenburg (1946–2017), playwright, author, television writer and advocate of research to cure Alzheimer's disease[111]
- Jack Warden (1920–2006), two-time Academy Award-nominated actor[112]
- Renauld White (1944–2024), actor and model, who appeared in the soap opera television series Guiding Light[113]
- Thea White (1940–2021), voice actress best known for her work as Muriel Bagge in the animated TV show Courage the Cowardly Dog[114]
- J. D. Williams (born 1978), actor[115]
- Ian Ziering (born 1964), actor, known for playing Steve Sanders on the television series Beverly Hills, 90210[116]
Music
- Tawatha Agee (born 1953), singer-songwriter[117]
- Andy Bey (born 1939), jazz singer and pianist[118]
- Geraldine Bey (born 1935), jazz singer and concert organizer[119]
- Salome Bey (1933–2020), singer-songwriter[120]
- Lou Brutus (born 1972), radio host, musician and photographer[121]
- John-Michael Caprio (1947–1997), conductor[122]
- Betty Carter (1929–1998), jazz singer[123]
- Lou Carter (1918–2005), jazz pianist, composer and songwriter[124]
- Eric Chasalow (born 1955), composer of acoustic and electronic music[125]
- Bill Chinnock (1947–2007), singer-songwriter and guitarist; part of the Asbury Park music scene with Bruce Springsteen in the late 1960s[126]
- Kat DeLuna (born 1987), singer[127]
- Rah Digga (born 1972), rapper[128]
- Faith Evans (born 1973), singer-songwriter[129]
- Ted Fio Rito (1900–1971), singer-songwriter[130]
- Connie Francis (born 1937), singer of hit songs such as "Who's Sorry Now?" and "Where the Boys Are"[131]
- Fugees, hip-hop group[132]
- Gloria Gaynor (born 1949), singer, known for disco-era hits including "I Will Survive"[133]
- Savion Glover (born 1973), actor, tap dancer and choreographer[134]
- Lorraine Gordon (1922–2018), longtime owner of the Village Vanguard jazz club in New York City's Greenwich Village[135]
- John Gorka (born 1958), folk musician[136]
- Bernard Greenhouse (born 1916), cellist[137] [138]
- Young Guru (born 1974 as Gimel Androus Keaton), audio engineer, record producer, disc jockey and record executive
- Gwen Guthrie (1950–1999), R&B and soul singer with dance hits "Ain't Nothin' Goin' On but the Rent" and "It Should've Been You"[139]
- Stefon Harris (born 1973), jazz vibraphonist[140]
- Cissy Houston (1933–2024), soul and gospel singer[141]
- Whitney Houston (1963–2012), singer and actress, also a member of the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame[142]
- Mach-Hommy, Haitian-American rapper and record producer[143]
- Nick Massi (1935–2000), Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member, as part of The Four Seasons[144]
- James Moody (1925–2010), jazz saxophonist and flute player[145]
- Melba Moore (born 1945), actress and singer[146]
- Tame One (born 1970 as Rahem Brown), hip hop artist of the rap duo Artifacts[147]
- Outsidaz, rap group[148] [149]
- Charlie Persip (1929–2020), jazz drummer[150]
- Redman (born 1970), rapper[151]
- Marc Ribot (born 1954), guitarist and composer[152]
- Fred Schneider (born 1951), singer-songwriter, arranger and musician, best known as the frontman of the rock band the B-52's, of which he is a founding member[153]
- Woody Shaw (1944–1989), jazz trumpeter and composer[154]
- Wayne Shorter (1933–2023), jazz composer and saxophonist
- Paul Simon (born 1941), songwriter and musician, who has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame[155]
- Tyshawn Sorey (born 1980), drummer and composer[156]
- Frankie Valli (born 1934), singer, frontman of The Four Seasons, member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame[157]
- Sarah Vaughan (1924–1990), jazz singer[158]
- Marlene VerPlanck (1933–2018), jazz and pop vocalist whose body of work centered on big band jazz, the American songbook and cabaret[159]
- Mikey Way (born 1980), bassist with My Chemical Romance[160]
- Max Weinberg (born 1951), drummer for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band and The Max Weinberg 7 on Late Night with Conan O'Brien[161]
- Larry Young (1940–1978), jazz organist[162]
Business and industry
- Seth Boyden (1788–1870), inventor, best known for patent leather[163]
- Ray Chambers (born 1942), businessman and philanthropist[164]
- William A. Conway (1910–2006), CEO of Garden State National Bank[165]
- Frederick Eberhardt (1868–1946), engineer, philanthropist, university administrator and president of Gould & Eberhardt[166]
- Martin S. Fox (1924–2020), publisher[167]
- John Jelliff (1813–1893), furniture maker during the second half of the 19th century[168]
- Dennis Kozlowski (born 1946), businessman and disgraced former CEO of Tyco International[169]
- Thomas N. McCarter (1867–1955), chief executive officer of PSE&G Corporation; developer of Newark's Pennsylvania Station; original benefactor of the McCarter Theatre in Princeton[170]
- Grace Mirabella (1929–2021), fashion journalist who was editor-in-chief of Vogue magazine between 1971 and 1988, after which she founded Mirabella magazine[171]
- Jack Northrop (1895–1981), aviation pioneer[172]
- Marc Roberts (born 1959), entrepreneur, sports manager, real estate developer and businessman[173]
- Brandon 'Scoop B' Robinson, NBA analyst
- Narciso Rodriguez (born 1961), fashion designer[174]
- Arthur A. Schmon (1895–1964), business executive who became a leading figure in the paper industry of Ontario and Quebec[175]
- Jordan Zimmerman (born), advertising business executive and philanthropist, who is the founder and chairman of Zimmerman Advertising[176]
Crime
- Mary Frances Creighton (1899–1936), housewife, who along with Everett Applegate, was executed in Sing Sing Prison's electric chair, Old Sparky, for the poisoning of Applegate's wife, Ada[177]
- Robert Peace (–2011), subject of The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace, a 2002 Yale University graduate and scientist, who operated a hydroponic marijuana farm in Newark, where he was shot to death[178]
- Akbar Pray (born 1948), drug kingpin who was sentenced to life in prison in 1990 for leading a drug gang since the early 1970s[179]
- Abner Zwillman (1904–1959), Jewish American mob boss[180]
Government, politics and community
See also: List of Mayors of Newark, New Jersey.
- Harold A. Ackerman (1928–2009), United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey[181]
- J. LeRoy Baxter (1881–1954), dentist / oral surgeon and politician, who was elected to represent Essex County, New Jersey, in the New Jersey General Assembly in 1928[182]
- Cory Booker (born 1969), United States Senator and former mayor of Newark[183]
- William J. Brennan Jr. (1906–1997), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States[184]
- Michael Donald Brown (born 1953), Shadow United States Senator representing the District of Columbia[185]
- Jacob Burnet (1770–1853), U.S. Senator[186]
- Aaron Burr (1756–1836), politician and Vice President of the United States[187]
- Robert L. Carter (1917–2012), civil rights leader; United States District judge[188] [189]
- Chris Christie (born 1962), 55th Governor of New Jersey[190]
- Silas Condit (1778–1861), represented New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives, 1831–1833[191]
- Steve Corodemus (born 1952), politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1992 to 2008, where he represented the 11th Legislative District[192]
- Eunice Dwumfour (1993–2023), member of the borough council of Sayreville, New Jersey, from 2021 until her assassination[193]
- Marvin E. Frankel (1920–2002), United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and human rights activist[194]
- Arline Friscia (1934–2019), politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1996 to 2002, where she represented the 19th Legislative District[195]
- Jacques Gansler (1934–2018), aerospace electronics engineer, defense contracting executive and public policy expert, who served as Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics[196]
- Michael Giuliano (1915–1976), politician who served two terms in the New Jersey Senate[197]
- Edward E. Gnichtel (1869−1933), businessman and politician who represented Essex County in the New Jersey General AssemblyHe was born in Newark on [198]
- Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti, former executive director of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority and Florida's Turnpike Enterprise, Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Transportation[199]
- George A. Halsey (1827–1894), represented New Jersey's 7th congressional district from 1867–1869 and 1871–1873[200]
- R. Graham Huntington (1897–1957), politician who served three terms in the New Jersey General Assembly representing Essex County[201]
- Abraham Kaiser (1852–1912), businessman, alderman, member of the New Jersey General Assembly[202]
- Ed Koch (1924–2013), Mayor of New York City[203]
- Alexander Matturri (1913–1992), politician and jurist who served in the New Jersey State Senate from 1968 to 1972[204]
- LaMonica McIver (born 1985/1986), politician who is a member-elect from New Jersey's 10th congressional district[205]
- Yaakov Ben Zion Mendelson (1875–1941), served as chief rabbi of the city in the 1920s and 1930s[206]
- John J. Miller Jr. (1923–2012), politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1962 to 1964[207]
- Hymen B. Mintz (1909–1986), politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1954 to 1957[208]
- George DeGraw Moore (1822–1891), Wisconsin State Senator and New Jersey jurist[209]
- Rocco Neri (1919–2011), politician who represented the 28th Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1974 to 1976[210]
- Sheila Oliver (1952–2023), politician who served as the second lieutenant governor of New Jersey, from 2018 until her death[211]
- Francis F. Patterson Jr. (1867–1935), represented New Jersey's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives, 1920–1927[212]
- Donald M. Payne (1934–2012), member of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey's 10th congressional district[213]
- Alexander C. M. Pennington (1810–1867), represented in the United States House of Representatives, 1853–1857[214]
- Hugo Pfaltz (1931–2019), politician who served two terms in the New Jersey General Assembly[215]
- Nicholas H. Politan (1935–2012), attorney who served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey[216]
- Oliver Randolph (1882–1951), first African American to be admitted to the New Jersey bar and second African American elected to the New Jersey Legislature[217]
- Ronald Rice (1945–2023), politician who served in the New Jersey State Senate from 1986 to 2022, where he represented the 28th legislative district[218]
- Peter W. Rodino (1909–2005), member of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey's 10th congressional district[219]
- Marge Roukema (1929–2014), politician who represented New Jersey in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1981 to 2003[220]
- Robert A. Salerno, associate judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia[221]
- William F. Schnitzler (1904–1983), labor union leader[222]
- Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf (1895–1958), first superintendent of the New Jersey State Police; father of Desert Storm commander H. Norman Schwarzkopf[223]
- Peter Shapiro (born 1952), financial services executive and former politician who was the youngest person ever elected to the New Jersey General Assembly and went on to serve as Essex County Executive[224]
- Sir Bysshe Shelley (1731–1815), grandfather of radical progressive English poet Percy Shelley was born here[225]
- Craig A. Stanley (born 1955), politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1996 to 2008, where represented the 28th Legislative District[226]
- Gary Saul Stein (born 1933), attorney and former associate justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court, who served for 17 years where he wrote over 365 published opinions[227] [228]
- Isaac Tichenor (1754–1838), politician who served as the third and fifth Governor of Vermont and as United States Senator[229]
- Anthony M. Villane (1929–2022), dentist and politician who was elected to serve seven terms in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1976 to 1988[230]
- John Beam Vreeland (1852–1923), lawyer who served in the New Jersey Senate and as the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey[231]
- Milton Waldor (1924–1975), politician who served in the New Jersey State Senate from 1968 to 1972, representing Essex County[232]
- George M. Wallhauser (1900–1993), Member of United States House of Representatives from New Jersey's 12th congressional district[233]
- Thomas C. Wasson (1896–1948), diplomat who was killed while serving as the Consul General for the United States in Jerusalem[234]
- Evelyn Williams, politician who briefly served in the New Jersey General Assembly representing the 28th Legislative District[235]
- James Zangari (1929–2011), politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from the 28th Legislative District from 1980 to 1996[236]
- William Cortenus Schenck (1773-1821), founder of Newark, Ohio, member of the Ohio Senate from 1803 to 1804.
Activists
- Helen Tufts Bailie (1874–1962), women's, labor and social rights activist who outed the Daughters of the American Revolution for having a blacklist[237]
- Earl Best (1947–2021), community activist known as "The Street Doctor"[238]
- Emma Bourne (1846–1924) president, New Jersey Woman's Christian Temperance Union[239]
- Jody Cohen (born 1954), first woman rabbi in Connecticut history and active in Jewish women's movements[240]
- Mary R. Denman (1823-1899), first president of the New Jersey Woman's Christian Temperance Union[241]
- Ida Wharton Dawson (1860-1928), social worker; President, New Jersey State Federation of Women's Clubs[242]
- Muriel Fox (born 1928), feminist activist who was a co-founder of the National Organization for Women[243] [244]
- Mary G. Hill (1803-1884), first of president the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Newark[245]
- Charles Jacobs, co-founder of the American Anti-Slavery Group[246]
- Daryle Lamont Jenkins (born 1968), civil rights activist and founder of One People's Project[247]
- Joseph Zadroga (1947–2024), advocate for first responders sickened from their time in the rubble of the World Trade Center following the September 11 terrorist attacks[248]
Military
Sports
- Jackie Autry (born 1941), Major League Baseball executive[257]
- Trevor Baptiste (born 1996), professional lacrosse midfielder for the Boston Cannons[258]
- Mike Barca (born 1954), soccer player[259]
- Moe Berg (1902–1972), Major League Baseball baseball player and spy[260]
- Jalen Berger, American football running back for the Michigan State Spartans football team[261]
- Jim Bouton (1939–2019), professional baseball player[262]
- Dino Boyd (born 1996), offensive lineman for the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League[263]
- Da'Sean Butler (born 1987), former basketball player who is currently an assistant coach for the College Park Skyhawks of the NBA G League[264]
- Robinson Canó (born 1982), baseball player[265]
- Rick Cerone (born 1954), professional former baseball player for the New York Yankees and the New York Mets; founder of the Newark Bears[266]
- Mike Charles (born 1962), former professional football player who played nose tackle for nine seasons in the National Football League[267]
- Andy Chisick (1916–1986), American football center who played in the NFL for the Chicago Cardinals[268]
- Patrick Cole (born 1993), professional basketball player[269]
- Leonard S. Coleman Jr. (born 1949), last president of the National League, serving from 1994 until 1999, when the position was eliminated by Major League Baseball[270]
- Tim Coleman (born 1995), professional basketball player[271]
- Sharife Cooper (born 2001), basketball player[272]
- August Desch (1898–1964), won bronze in the 400-meter hurdles at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium[273]
- Kenneth Faried (born 1989), basketball player for the Denver Nuggets who is the NCAA Division I modern era's all-time leading rebounder[274] [275]
- William Fenn (1904–1980), cyclist who competed in two events at the 1924 Summer Olympics[276]
- Randy Foye (born 1983), professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder[277]
- Awful Gardner (1825–1899), boxer who was one of the first celebrity Christian converts in the United States[278]
- Tate George (born 1968), point guard who played in the NBA for the New Jersey Nets and the Milwaukee Bucks[279]
- Willie Gilzenberg (1901–1978), booker, boxing promoter and wrestler in the New York and New Jersey areas[280]
- Norm Granger (born 1961), former fullback in the National Football League, who played for the Dallas Cowboys and the Atlanta Falcons[281]
- Kai Gray (born 1997), professional gridiron football defensive back for the Edmonton Elks of the Canadian Football League[282]
- Jerry Greenspan (1941–2019), NBA basketball player[283]
- Marvin Hagler (1954–2021), boxer and former Undisputed World Middleweight Champion who finished his career with a record of 62–3–2 with 52 knockouts and 12 title defenses[284]
- Billy Hamilton (1866–1940), major league baseball player[285] [286]
- Larry Hazzard (born 1944), former amateur boxer, boxing referee, athletic control board commissioner, teacher and actor[287]
- Larry Hesterfer (1878–1943), pitcher who played a single MLB game in 1901 with the New York Giants, in which he became the only player known to have hit into a triple play in his first major league at bat[288]
- Qadry Ismail (born 1970), former professional football player who played for 10 years in the NFL[289]
- Amara Kamara (born 1988), former gridiron football linebacker[290]
- Mohamed Kamara, American football defensive lineman for the Colorado State Rams[291]
- Sheldon Karlin (1950–2000), distance runner who won the New York City Marathon in 1972[292]
- David Levin (1948–2017), balloonist, who is the only person to have completed the "triple crown" by winning the World Gas Balloon Championship, the World Hot Air Ballooning Championships and the Gordon Bennett Cup[293]
- Honey Lott (1925–1980), Negro league outfielder who played for the New York Black Yankees[294]
- Boris Malenko (1933–1994), professional wrestler[295]
- Bobby Malkmus (born 1931), former professional baseball infielder who played in MLB for the Milwaukee Braves, Washington Senators and Philadelphia Phillies[296]
- Richard Matuszewski (born 1964), former professional tennis player[297]
- Jamar McGloster (born 1995), professional gridiron football offensive tackle for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League[298]
- Art McMahon (born 1946), defensive back for the Boston / New England Patriots football team from 1968 to 1970 and 1972[299]
- Jerron McMillian (born 1989), football safety who played in the NFL for the Green Bay Packers[300]
- George Mehnert (1881–1948), two-time Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling, first American wrestler to win two Olympic gold medals in wrestling[301]
- Angelo Mongiovi (born 1952), former wheelchair track, basketball and rugby competitor[302]
- Glenn Mosley (born 1955), former professional basketball player who played in the NBA for the Philadelphia 76ers and San Antonio Spurs[303]
- Renaldo Nehemiah (born 1959), hurdler; played in the NFL[304]
- Shaquille O'Neal (born 1972), professional basketball player, four-time NBA champion[305]
- Lou Palmer (1935–2019), sportscaster who was a SportsCenter anchor and reporter and one of the original studio anchors at WFAN, the nation's first all-sports radio station[306]
- Chet Parlavecchio (born 1960), former NFL football player[307]
- Aulcie Perry (born 1950), professional basketball player[308]
- Richie Regan (1930–2002), basketball player and coach who played in the NBA for the Rochester / Cincinnati Royals[309]
- Herb Rich (1928–2008), safety who played in the NFL for the New York Giants, Baltimore Colts and Los Angeles Rams[310]
- Camille Sabie (1902–1998), athlete who represented the United States in several events at the 1922 Women's World Games, winning gold medals in the 110 yd hurdles and standing long jump and a bronze medal in the conventional long jump[311]
- George MacDonald Sacko (1936–2011), captain of the Liberian national soccer team into the 1960s[312]
- Pete Shaw (born 1976), former safety; played eight seasons in the NFL for the San Diego Chargers and the New York Giants[313]
- Alshermond Singleton (born 1975), former football linebacker who played 10 seasons in the NFL for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Dallas Cowboys[314]
- Brittney Sykes (born 1994), WNBA guard for the Washington Mystics[315]
- David Smukler (1914–1971), American football fullback / linebacker who played in the NFL for the Philadelphia Eagles[316]
- Shakur Stevenson (born 1997), amateur bantamweight boxer who was chosen to be part US boxing team at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro[317]
- Andre Tippett (born 1959), Hall of Fame former linebacker with the New England Patriots[318]
- Walt Walsh (1897–1966), Major League Baseball player who played in two games as a pinch runner for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1920, never getting an at-bat[319]
- Art Weiner (1926–2013), end who played in the National Football League for the New York Yanks[320]
- Charley Weinert (1895–1969), boxer, known as the Newark Adonis[321]
- Dick Weisgerber (1915–1984), defensive back, fullback and kicker who played four NFL seasons with the Green Bay Packers[322]
- Gregor Weiss (born 1941), Olympic gymnast[323]
- Peter Westbrook (1952–2024), 13-time national sabre fencing champion and Olympic bronze medalist[324]
- Greg White (born 1979), defensive end for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers[325]
- Tahir Whitehead (born 1990), NFL linebacker, has played for the Detroit Lions[326]
- Earl Williams (1948–2013), Major League Baseball player who was the 1971 NL Rookie of the Year[327]
- Eric Williams (born 1972), former professional basketball player who played for the Boston Celtics and Denver Nuggets[328]
- Keith Willis (born 1959), former American football defensive lineman who played in the NFL for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Buffalo Bills and Washington Redskins[329]
See also
Notes and References
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- https://cordair.com/artists/castelluccio/index.html Franco Castelluccio
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- [Neil Genzlinger|Genzlinger, Neil]
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- https://americanart.si.edu/artist/john-r-grabach-1891 John R. Grabach
- https://nationalacademy.emuseum.com/people/442/walter-granvillesmith Walter Granville-Smith
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- http://voltashow.com/index.php?id=1913 Douglas Kolk
- https://americanart.si.edu/artist/barbara-kruger-2727 Barbara Kruger
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- Rothstein, Mervyn. "A Life in the Theatre: Bernard Gersten", Playbill, January 29, 2010. Accessed April 27, 2020 "I grew up in Newark, and at the end of the third grade a play was done to celebrate commencement.... I was in the dramatic club at West Side High School and I was voted best actor in my class."
- Fleeman, Michael. "Despite controversy, Ice-T's album is on the way down the charts", The Nevada Daily Mail, July 15, 1992. Accessed February 7, 2011. "Born Tracy Marrow in Newark, N.J., Ice-T wrote the title track for the movie Colors and made his acting debut in New Jack City."
- Herzog, Laura. "'Creed' star Michael B. Jordan gets key to hometown of Newark", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, November 18, 2015, updated February 26, 2018. Accessed March 3, 2018. "First Newark-raised actor Michael B. Jordan cracked the Hollywood A-list. On Tuesday night, he joined another exclusive list -- of people who have a 'key' to the Brick City.... Raised in Newark, Jordan studied drama at the public magnet Newark Arts High School, where his mother is still a teacher, city officials said."
- http://csac.buffalo.edu/dogday18.pdf "The Buffalo Film Seminars: Dog Day Afternoon"
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- Web site: ESPN legend, N.J. native Bob Ley coming out of retirement for 1 day as part of Seton Hall celebration . Rosenstein . Mike . 2020-02-20 . . 2023-11-05 . Ley, who was born in Newark and grew up in Bloomfield....
- Gould, Lance. "In Gritty 'Narc,' a Ray of Hope", New York Daily News, January 9, 2003. Accessed December 24, 2013. "But the Newark-born Liotta, 47, hasn't been exactly overwhelmed with his film choices."
- Kuperinsky, Amy. "N.J.’s Lucas Brothers accept special Writers Guild Award for Judas and the Black Messiah", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, March 22, 2021. Accessed November 16, 2023. "Newark’s Keith and Kenny Lucas accepted the Paul Selvin Award at the Writers Guild Awards Sunday."
- Bruck, Jerry via Associated Press. "Bebe Neuwirth brings flexibility to character: Bebe Neuwirth Says She's Not Like Lilith Character.", Rome News-Tribune, May 22, 1992. Accessed July 7, 2012. "Miss Neuwirth was born in Newark, N.J., and raised in Princeton."
- Keller, Ilana. "Broadway's Hamilton cast visits Six Flags Great Adventure", Asbury Park Press, October 13, 2015. Accessed November 9, 2016. "'It's really cool just being in a show that's loved so much that talks about my home state. It's really nice and there's a sense of pride every time it's mentioned in the show," said Onaodowan. He was born in Newark and graduated from West Orange High School, which he points out isn't far from Weehawken, site of the Alexander Hamilton-Aaron Burr duel that resulted in Hamilton's death."
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- Staff. "Now They're Good Fellas Ray Liotta And Joe Pesci Were Cold-Blooded Wiseguys In Their 1990 Movie, But In Films Opening This Weekend, They're Unlikely Heroes. \ Joe Pesci Is Out For Justice", The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 14, 1992. Accessed February 7, 2011. "Born 47 years ago in Newark, NJ, Pesci has been in and out of acting since he was 5."
- Staff. "Dr. Huxtable Cured Ailing TV sitcoms; Familiar Faces To Make Their Final Bows", The Kansas City Star, April 28, 1992. Accessed February 7, 2011. "Keshia Knight Pulliam, a native of Newark, NJ, plays daughter Rudy."
- via Associated Press. "B. S. Pally, Comedian, 61, Dies; Was Big Jule in ‘ Guys and Dolls’'", The New York Times, January 8, 1972. Accessed March 10, 2018. "Mr. Pully, when asked, said his initials B.S. stood for "Bernard Shaw." His original name was Murray Lerman and he was born in Newark."
- Ortega, Ralph R. "Queen Latifah joins Newark bus tour to raise awareness on home foreclosures", The Star-Ledger, February 11, 2009. Accessed February 7, 2011. "Latifah, a Newark native, was joined by former member of The Fugees, Wyclef Jean, and radio host, Angie Martinez, on a bus ride making several stops in the city to raise awareness of the foreclosure problem."
- Feuer, Ryan. "Comedian Retta talks Jersey roots, Parks and Rec and Geeks Who Drink", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, July 16, 2015, updated January 17, 2019. Accessed May 1, 2021. "'Growing up in Jersey makes you a little bit ballsier, a little more outspoken,' says the comedian/actress, who was born in Newark and raised in Edison and Cliffwood Beach."
- http://www.nbc.com/Fear_Factor/rants.shtml Joe Rogan
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- Morehouse, Rebecca. "Actress Eva Marie Saint's Bored With Saintly Roles", The Robesonian, February 1, 1978. Accessed February 7, 2011. "I was born in Newark and grew up in Albany, N.Y. I'm the third Eva Marie Saint in my family. Do you know – there's not a single 'Saint' in the Manhattan telephone directory."
- Goldmann, A.J. "Todd Solondz Unpacks Misery in Suburbia: 'Dark Horse' Director Solidifies Role as Master of Squirm", The Jewish Daily Forward, October 7, 2011. Accessed July 7, 2012. "The location and decor is Jewish suburban New Jersey, a typical piece of scene-setting for this Newark-born director. In the opening scene, Abe meets his dream girl, Miranda (Selma Blair), at a raucous and tacky Jewish wedding where they are the only people not dancing."
- Langer, Emily. "Trish Vradenburg, TV screenwriter who put spotlight on Alzheimer's, dies at 70", The Washington Post, April 18, 2017. Accessed September 2, 2019. "Patricia Ann Lerner – she later changed her middle name to Lois – was born in Newark on May 9, 1946."
- Staff. "People: Actor Jack Warden dead at age 85", Bowling Green Daily News, July 21, 2006. Accessed February 7, 2011. "Warden was born John H. Lebzelter in 1920 in Newark, N.J."
- Green, Penelope. "Renauld White, Debonair Model Who Broke Barriers, Dies at 80", The New York Times, July 19, 2024. Accessed July 21, 2024. "Renauld White was born on Feb. 1, 1944, in Newark, the second of four sons."
- Staff. "Local resident puts aside shyness, finds 'Courage'", New Jersey Hills, April 12, 2002. Accessed May 9, 2022. "Born in Newark, White moved to North Caldwell with her parents when she was 12. She said she knew from a very early age that she wanted to act."
- Nolan, Sara. "Youth Speak-Out in Newark", The Star-Ledger, July 29, 2008. Accessed July 7, 2012. "J.D. Williams steps out of HBO and back into Newark, NJ to appear at July's Youth Speak-Out."
- Staff. "Dancing With Who? Meet The B-List Celebrities Who Are Trying To Move Well Enough To Look Good With Their Professional Partners", Detroit Free Press, March 26, 2007. Accessed December 24, 2013. "Born March 30, 1964, Newark N.J. As smooth Steve on Beverly Hills 90210, he was the instigator who always ended up on his feet."
- Greene, Andy. "Singer Tawatha Agee on Her Years With Aretha Franklin, Dave Matthews, and David Bowie", Rolling Stone, July 7, 2021. Accessed December 30, 2021. "[Q] Where did you grow up? [A] I grew up in Newark, New Jersey."
- Adler, David R. "Andy Bey", JazzTimes, April 25, 2019. Accessed December 14, 2020. "Originally from Newark, N.J., Bey knew the Shorter brothers-Wayne and Alan-when they were both teenagers."
- Kogan, Rick. "Crowd Pleaser", Chicago Tribune, April 10, 2005. Accessed December 14, 2020. "The woman Tribune jazz critic Howard Reich calls 'the first lady of Chicago jazz' was born Geraldine Bey 70 years ago in Newark, N.J., the seventh of nine children in a home 'low on money but rich in family.'"
- Gans, Andrew. "Obie Award Winner Salome Bey Dies at 86; Dubbed Canada's First Lady of the Blues, the singer toured the world with Andy & the Bey Sisters.", Playbill, August 11, 2020. Accessed December 14, 2020. "Salome Bey, the singer-songwriter, composer, and actor who was known as Canada's First Lady of the Blues, died August 8 at the age of 86. Born October 10, 1933, in Newark, New Jersey, the Obie-winning artist performed with brother Andy Bey and sister Geraldine Bey (de Haas) as Andy & the Bey Sisters across the U.S., Europe, and Canada before relocating to Toronto in 1964."
- http://loubrutus.com/bio.html Lou Brutus Biography
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- https://www.newspapers.com/article/glen-ridge-voice-obituary-for-louis-cart/128537755/ "Louis Carter"
- http://www.newworldrecords.org/liner_notes/80440.pdf "Eric Chasalow / Over the Edge"
- Lusting, Jay. "Bill Chinnock tribute hits the Stone Pony on Saturday", The Star-Ledger, March 26, 2010. Accessed September 24, 2013. "Chinnock was born in Newark, and spent most of his childhood in Millburn and East Orange."
- Hyman, Vicki. "Star-Gazing at Fashion Week", The Star-Ledger, September 10, 2007. Accessed June 19, 2011. "Then there's Newark's own Kat DeLuna. Though she says she's been to a couple of Baby Phat shows before, Friday marked her first major incursion into the Bryant Park tents, and she was making the most of it."
- Gill, John. "Rah Digga Gets Hometown Key, Unleashes 'Harriet'", MTV.com, April 5, 2000. Accessed June 19, 2011. "Busta Rhymes' female protégé Rah Digga was in her hometown of Newark Tuesday evening for a very special occasion. In addition to celebrating the release of her solo debut album, 'Dirty Harriet,' she received the key to the city that raised her."
- Johnson, Martin. "Faith's New Chapter / Leaving behind the recent drama in her life, Evans is back at what she does best: singing", Newsday, April 29, 1999. Accessed December 24, 2013. "[Faith] Evans, a Newark native, had released a widely hailed debut recording, "Faith [Evans]," in 1995. Then things started happening fast. She met and fell in love with rapper Christopher Wallace, a k a Biggie Small or the Notorious B.I.G; they were married nine days after their first meeting."
- Bodian, Nat. Ted Fiorito: The Newark Son of Italian Immigrants who Became One of Greats of American Music . Virtual Newark. Accessed October 21, 2015. "Ted Fiorito was born on December 20, 1900 to a young Italian immigrant couple, Louis (Luigi) Fiorito and Eugenia Cantalupo Fiorito, both 21 years old... In the 1900 Newark birth records, his name was entered as Teodorico Salvatore Fiorito."
- Rose, Lisa. "Connie Francis Returns to Newark To Re-Record a Classic on Its Golden Anniversary", The Star-Ledger, May 9, 2010. Accessed June 19, 2011. "A meditation on loneliness penned by Neil Sedaka, 'Where the Boys Are' is being reinvented as electropop by producer Rob Fusari, best known as Lady Gaga's mentor/ex-boyfriend. His studio, coincidentally, is in the Newark neighborhood where Francis grew up."
- [Sia Michel|Michel, Sia]
- Heininger, Claire. "5K Raises More than $1M for Breast Cancer Research", The Star-Ledger, May 4, 2008. Accessed June 19, 2011. "After the teams crossed the finish line, singer Gloria Gaynor, a Newark native, entertained the crowd with her anthem, 'I Will Survive.' 'For the women of New Jersey, for the women of Newark, I'm very pleased to be here in support of this effort,' Gaynor said. 'It's extremely inspiring.'"
- Saltonstall, Dave. "Art-Felt Hope In Newark", New York Daily News, October 19, 2007. Accessed December 24, 2013. "With a star-studded cast and the hopes of an entire city on tap, the New Jersey Performing Arts Center opened last night in Newark with a gala extravaganza rarely found outside New York's elite halls.... For Glover, a native of Newark, the night was a chance to perform in front of family and friends."
- [Tim Weiner|Weiner, Tim]
- Willistein, Paul. "John Gorka Brings Wit, Baritone to Bethlehem", The Morning Call, September 27, 1997. Accessed December 24, 2013. "John Gorka's compelling baritone and dry wit has taken him from Moravian College (Class of 1980) to Godfrey Daniels' open mikes and now to Minnesota, where the Newark, N.J., native lives with his expectant wife."
- [Margalit Fox|Fox, Margalit]
- https://www.cellobello.org/cello-legacy/cellists/bernard-greenhouse/ Bernard Greenhouse
- Hamilton, Andrew, Gwen Guthrie, AllMusic. Accessed April 30, 2022. "Born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1950, Guthrie started singing in high school with a female quartet called the Ebonettes."
- Wise, Brian. "Eclectic Sounds of New Jersey, Echoing From Coast to Coast", The New York Times, February 8, 2004. Accessed June 19, 2011. "Nominated in various jazz categories are the saxophonist and Newark native Wayne Shorter; the pianist Keith Jarrett, from western New Jersey; the percussionist and Newark resident Stefon Harris".
- [Alvin Klein|Klein, Alvin]
- Preston, Rohan B. "Houston Parades Emotions", Chicago Tribune, July 4, 1994. Accessed December 24, 2013. "Pop-gospel diva Whitney Houston weaves the rich experience of her youth in Newark, N.J.-lessons gleaned from her mother, gospel singer Cissy Houston, and cousin Dionne Warwick, as well as the black church-into highly successful, if formulaic, popular music."
- Web site: Paul. Thompson. Mach-Hommy: The Man Behind the Mask. GQ. 2021-12-09. 2022-03-21.
- Staff. "Nick Massi, 73, Low Man in the Four Seasons", The New York Times, January 8, 2001. Accessed July 7, 2012. "Mr. Massi, whose original name was Nicholas Macioci, was born in Newark. He performed with several bands before joining Frankie Valli in a group called the Four Lovers."
- Guidry, Nate. "Music Preview: James Moody is proud to serve in Gillespie's big band", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 26, 2012. Accessed December 24, 2013. "Moody grew up in Newark listening to old jazz records by Jimmie Lunceford and Chick Webb. As a kid he gravitated to the saxophone after hearing Jimmy Dorsey and Charlie Barnett. Later, he was introduced to the sounds of Buddy Tate, Coleman Hawkins and Ben Webster."
- [Alvin Klein|Klein, Alvin]
- http://www.riotsound.com/hip-hop/rap/interviews/Tame-one-Artifacts/index.php "Hip-Hop, Rap Interviews : Tame One"
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- Aquilante, Dan. "Blues with Verve", New York Post, January 18, 2000. Accessed December 24, 2013. "Newark's eight-man rap collective Outsidaz -- whose members have flirted with mainstream success on an individual basis, recording with the likes of the Fugees, Redman and KRS-One -- pool their talents on this seven-song EP."
- Kanzler, George. "Charli Persip", All About Jazz, February 12, 1999. Accessed November 15, 2018. "Persip grew up in Newark, NJ and, after touring with Dizzy Gillespie's small group and State Department Big Band (1953–58), he became one of the most in demand drummers on jazz recordings, especially big band ones, in the late '50s and early '60s.... Went to West Side High School (in Newark) because Arts High didn't have a team. The West Side football team wasn't any good and neither was I."
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- Lustig, Jay. "'Rock Lobster,' The B-52's', NJArts.net, August 2, 2015. Accessed June 24, 2019. "The B-52’s formed in Athens, Ga., in 1976, but its two most high-profile band members have Jersey roots: Fred Schneider was born in Newark and grew up in Belleville and then Long Branch; Kate Pierson was born in Weehawken and grew up in Rutherford."
- http://www.newarkmuseum.org/jig-woody-shaw-legacy Jazz in the Garden: Woody Shaw Legacy Ensemble
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- Atmonavage, Joseph. "Everyone knew this Newark native was special. Now he's officially a genius", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, October 23, 2017. Accessed 14, 2018. "When talking about the newly minted MacArthur Foundation 'genius grant' winner and Newark native Tyshawn Sorey, Mark Gross likes to recount his first meeting with Sorey."
- O'Connor, Julie. "Tour celebrates Newark's own Frankie Valli", The Star-Ledger, February 24, 2008. Accessed July 7, 2012. "The event is the first in a series of city-related tours, inspired by the 2006 Tony Award-winning Broadway show, Jersey Boys, which chronicles the ascent of 1960s rock and roll group The Four Seasons, along with Valli, their Newark-born frontman."
- Stewart, Zan. "Newark native celebrates Sarah Vaughan with gusto", The Star-Ledger, March 30, 2009. Accessed July 7, 2012. "Accompanied by an ace band -- pianist Norman Simmons, bassist Lisle Atkinson, drummer Gordon Lane, flutist Tony Signa, and tenor saxophonist James Stewart -- Newark native Jackson sang songs recorded by Newark native Vaughan (1924–1990)."
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- May, Jeff. "Ex-Tyco Chief Dennis Kozlowski in divorce settlement", New Jersey Business, July 17, 2008. Accessed July 11, 2012. "Kozlowski, a poster boy for corporate excess, is serving a prison term for systematically looting the conglomerate he led to support his lavish lifestyle. Beyond the shower curtain, the most memorable example of the Newark native's profligate spending was an over-the-top 40th birthday party he threw for his wife in Sardinia for $2 million -- half of which was billed to Tyco."
- Staff. "T. N. M'Carter Sr., Founded Utility; Former President of Public Service in Jersey Dies - Lawyer, Ex-Legislator", The New York Times, October 24, 1955. Accessed July 23, 2011. "Mr. McCarter was born in Newark on Oct. 20, 1867. He received his early education at the Newark Academy and prepared for college at Dr. Pingry's School in Elizabeth."
- McGlone, Peggy. "Editor's memoir laments out-of-touch fashion industry", Star Tribune, October 8, 1995. Accessed December 30, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Her look and carriage display a confidence and ease far removed from her humble beginnings as the daughter of Italian immigrants living in Newark."
- Witkin, Richard. "John Knudsen Northrop, Aviation Design Pioneer, Dies", The New York Times, February 20, 1981. Accessed July 23, 2011. "Mr. Northrop was born in Newark on Nov. 10, 1895."
- https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/524244183/ "Roberts brings boxing back to the people"
- White, Constance C. R. "A Phoenix Rises to Take His Influence Global", The New York Times, December 30, 1997. Accessed July 7, 2012. "Mr. Rodriguez was in many ways an apt choice for the company, which is based in Madrid. Not only was he a rising star, but he is a rare kind of cosmopolitan: he is a son of Cuban immigrants, a grandson of Canary Islands emigres and a native of Newark."
- https://www.nytimes.com/1964/03/19/archives/arthur-a-schmon-of-ontario-paper-newsprint-executive-dieschicago.html "Arthur A. Schmon Of Ontario Paper; Newsprint Executive Dies—Chicago Tribune Director"
- Parekh, Rupal. "Zimmerman's Moment In The Sun; What's Behind the Florida Agency's Recent New-Business Binge", Advertising Age, April 28, 2008. Accessed June 1, 2018. "Born in Newark, N.J., he grew up the oldest of four siblings in a middle-class family."
- Gado, Mark. Death Row Women: Murder, Justice, and the New York Press, p. 94. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2008. . Accessed July 26, 2019. "Of all of the women executed in New York during the twentieth century, Mary Frances Creighton received the least sympathy from the public -- and this may be deservedly so.... Frances moved to Newark when she was fifteen, and finished her education in public schools."
- Staff. "Killed in apparent drug-related shooting, Yale alumnus remembered for leadership", The Star-Ledger, May 24, 2011. Accessed June 22, 2016. "The 30 year-old Yale scientist was using his knowledge of biochemistry to bring in $1,000 a day selling marijuana grown in the basement of the Smith Street home where he was killed, said law enforcement officials with knowledge of the investigation."
- Ferranti, Seth. "A Notorious Harlem Drug Lord Turned Witness Is Supposedly Out of Prison; Word of Alberto 'Alpo' Martinez's apparent release from a little-known federal prison witness protection program is resonating on the street.", Vice, September 14, 2015. Accessed November 1, 2017. "I knew if I could tell the stories of individuals who are respected in their communities like Larry Hoover from Chicago, Demetrius 'Big Meech' Flenory from Detroit, Akbar Pray from Newark, New Jersey, Guy Fisher from Harlem, Kenneth 'Supreme' McGriff from Queens and The Chamber Brothers from Detroit—just to name a few—we could help this generation make better decisions."
- Kaplan, Ron. "Longing for Longie; Film will take a look at an 'underrated' mobster", New Jersey Jewish News, May 9, 2012. Accessed April 16, 2016. "A native New Jerseyan, Zwillman was born in Newark in 1904."
- Ryan, Joe. "Harold Ackerman, federal judge in Newark who presided over Lucchese crime family trial, dies at 81", The Star-Ledger, December 3, 2009. Accessed April 6, 2022. "Born in Newark, Ackerman grew up in Irvington."
- https://books.google.com/books?id=JjBSAQAAMAAJ&q=Leroy+baxter+June+13th,+1881 Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, Volume 152
- https://www.booker.senate.gov/?p=about_senator About Cory
- Stern, Seth. "A Newark homecoming for the late Justice William J. Brennan", The Star-Ledger, June 3, 2010. Accessed July 23, 2011. "No one can fully appreciate the passionate champion for justice that Brennan became without understanding his roots in Newark, where he was born in 1906 on an unpaved stretch of New Street, just beyond the old Morris Canal."
- Holley, Joe. "The Race for Nonmember", The Washington Post, September 3, 2006. Accessed January 14, 2018. "Brown, a Newark native who spent his teenage years in Montgomery County, has been in politics most of his adult life."
- Este, David Kirkpatrick. "Discourse on the Life and Public Services of the Late Jacob Burnet: Delivered at Smith and Nixon's Hall", p. 3. Press of the Cincinnati Gazette Company, 1853. Accessed June 3, 2015. "Jacob Burnet, the sixth son of Doctor William Burnet, of Newark, New Jersey, was born on the 22d of February 1770."
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- Schwaneberg, Robert. "Education building honors a champion: Rights lawyer Carter argued Brown case", The Star-Ledger, November 21, 2006. "Almost 54 years ago, Robert L. Carter stood before the U.S. Supreme Court and argued that segregated schools can never be equal.... Yesterday, the Trenton building that houses the state Department of Education was dedicated in honor of Carter, who grew up in Newark and East Orange and is now a federal judge in New York... Born in Florida, Carter was 6 weeks old when his family moved to Newark. He attended Barringer High School in Newark and East Orange High School, graduating at age 16 after skipping two grades."
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- Staff. "Chris Christie, governor-elect of New Jersey", Reading Eagle, November 18, 2009. Accessed December 24, 2013. "Personal: Born in Newark, N.J., on Sept. 6, 1962, and raised in Livingston Township, an outer, upscale suburb of New Jersey's largest city."
- http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000672 Silas Condit
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- Scannell, John James; and Sackett, William Edgar. Scannell's New Jersey's First Citizens: Biographies and Portraits of the Notable Living Men and Women of New Jersey, with Informing Glimpses Into the State's History and Affairs, Volume 2, p. 186. Accessed February 16, 2024. "Edward E. Gnichtel - Newark. - Manufacturer and Banker. Born at Newark, N. J., April 25th, 1869; son of Frederick and Amelia (Lightlove) Gnichtel."
- Tate, Curtis. "Phil Murphy's pick for transportation commissioner has strong NJ roots" The Record, December 20, 2017. Accessed January 6, 2018. "Gutierrez-Scaccetti was born in Newark, raised in Lawrence Township and attended Rutgers."
- http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000087 George Armstrong Halsey
- https://books.google.com/books?id=n8UGAQAAIAAJ&q=%22south+side%22+%22Graham+Huntington%22 Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, Volume 165
- News: 20 April 1912. Abraham Kaiser Stricken at Meet. 16. Newark Evening Star and Newark Advertiser. Newark, N.J.. Chronicling America.
- Grynbaum, Michael M. "Bridge and Tunnel Types", The New York Times, December 8, 2010. Accessed July 7, 2012. "'You want to know what he really wanted? He wanted Newark Airport!' said George Arzt, a longtime friend and a former press secretary for Mr. Koch. 'He has always said to me that after he passes on, he would like Newark Liberty Airport named after him.' (Mr. Koch, although born in the Bronx, grew up in Newark.)"
- Fitzgerald, Thomas F. Fizgerald's Legislative Manual, State of New Jersey, Volume 194, Part 2; Volume 195, Parts 1-2, p. 354. J.A. Fitzgerald, 1971. Accessed April 20, 2020. "Alexander J. Matturri (Rep., Newark) Senator Matturri was born In Newark on November 28, 1913. He was educated at Central High School, Newark ; University of Virginia and Rutgers University Law School."
- Wiedmann, Tom. "Central Ward Councilwoman McIver Announces Bid For Reelection", TAPinto Newark, January 27, 2022. Accessed September 19, 2024. "Born and raised in the Central Ward, McIver attended Warren Street School and graduated from Morton Street School."
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- Johnson, Brent; and Livio, Susan K. "N.J. Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver, a pioneering public servant, dies", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, August 1, 2023. Accessed August 1, 2023. "Born and raised in Newark, Oliver graduated from the city’s Weequahic High School before earning a sociology degree from Lincoln University in Pennsylvania and a masters in planning and administration from Columbia University."
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- http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000213 Alexander C.M. Pennington
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- Sobko, Katie; and Stile, Charles. "State Sen. Ron Rice, a senior Black NJ political leader, dies at 77",The New York Times, March 15, 2023. "State Sen. Ronald Rice, the state’s longest-serving Black senator, who represented Newark, died Wednesday at the age of 77."
- http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000374 Peter Wallace Rodino Jr.
- Schudel, Matt. "Marge Roukema, moderate Republican congresswoman from New Jersey, dies at 85", The Washington Post, November 12, 2014. Accessed June 11, 2024. "Margaret Ellen Scafati was born Sept. 19, 1929, in Newark and grew up in West Orange, N.J."
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- Kennedy, Shawn G. "W.F. Schnitzler, Labor Chief, Dies", The New York Times, June 19, 1983. Accessed June 14, 2022. "Mr. Schnitzler, who was a native of Newark, started working on a peddler's wagon to help support the family."
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- Perlez, Jane. "Man In The News; Democratic Victor In Jersey Prepares: Peter Shapiro To Battle A Popular Incumbent: Political Success From Early Age", The New York Times, June 6, 1985. Accessed January 20, 2020. "Peter Shapiro was born in Newark on April 18, 1952, the second child of Dr. and Mrs. Shapiro."
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- Sullivan, Joseph F. "Man In The News; Agile Nominee For Jersey High Court", The New York Times, October 11, 1984. Accessed November 17, 2017. "Mr. Stein was born June 13, 1933, in Newark and attended schools in Irvington, where he was raised."
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- Nelson, William. "Hon. John Beam Vreeland" in Nelson's Biographical Cyclopedia of New Jersey, Volume 2, p. 179. Accessed September 2, 2021. "John Beam Vreeland, of Morristown, a prominent member of the Morris County Bar, was born December 30, 1852, in the city of Newark, New Jersey, son of George W. and Sarah M. (Smith) Vreeland."
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- http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000089 George Marvin Wallhauser
- Staff. "Wasson Long In Service; Started as Clerk in the Melbourne Consulate in 1924", The New York Times, May 23, 1948. Accessed March 7, 2018. "Mr. Wasson was born in Great Falls, Mont., on Feb 8, 1896, the son of Edmund Atwill and Mary DeVeny Wasson, His family moved to Newark, N. J., shortly after his birth and he received his schooling in the Newark grammar and high schools."
- [Wally Edge|Edge, Wally]
- Friedman, Matt. "James Zangari, former Essex County assemblyman, dies at 81", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, February 15, 2011. Accessed September 2, 2019. "One of eight children to Italian immigrant parents, Zangari was born in Newark at the start of the Great Depression. His mother died when he was 10 and his father could not take care of the family and earn a living at the same time. For several years, Zangari and his siblings lived in orphanages around Newark until his sister was old enough to take care of them."
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- Staff. "Dr. Charles Jacobs fights Islamic extremist hatred in America", Fight Hatred, December 20, 2011. Accessed August 4, 2014. "Charles Jacobs was born in Newark, New Jersey. He was active in the civil rights movement as a teenager, and in 1963, attended Martin Luther King's March on Washington."
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- Carter, Barry. "Salute this N.J. native. The Army’s top dentist is busting down racial barriers.", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, March 14, 2019. Accessed February 23, 2022. "Shan K. Bagby didn’t know much about dentistry, but as an 8-year-old boy growing up in Newark, meeting a dentist in the 1970s stuck with him. The gentleman was African-American, like him."
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- News: July 27, 1973 . Gen. Holmes Dager, WW II Commander . Northern Virginia Sun . Arlington, VA . 10 . Virginia Chronicle, Library of Virginia.
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- Wroth, William H. Stephen Watts Kearny, New Mexico Office of the State Historian. Accessed December 24, 2013. "General Stephen Watts Kearny led the United States army forces in the occupation of New Mexico in August 1846. General Kearny was born in 1794 in Newark, New Jersey. He attended public schools in Newark and enrolled in Columbia College in New York City in 1811."
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- Heaphy, Leslie A.; and May, Mel Anthony. Encyclopedia of Women and Baseball, p. 23. McFarland & Company, 2016. . Accessed August 21, 2019. "Autry, Jacqueline Ellam 'Jackie' (b. 2 October 1941, Newark, New Jersey) Owner Jackie Autry married into ownership of the California Angels through her husband, actor Gene Autry."
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- Via United Press International. "Moe Berg Dead At 70", The Pittsburgh Press, June 1, 1972. Accessed October 6, 2012. "Newark, NJ – Moe Berg, major league baseball's legendary scholar and linguist of the 1920s and 1930s is dead at the age of 70."
- Cooper, Darren. "Jalen Berger a one-of-a-kind player for Don Bosco football", The Record.October 10, 2018. Accessed September 14, 2022. "Jalen Berger defies comparison. The Don Bosco junior does things that normal high school football players don’t.... He’s soft-spoken, born and raised in Newark, the sixth child to Kesha and Terrance."
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- https://gobearcats.com/sports/football/roster/dino-boyd/8705 Dino Boyd
- Orr, Conor."Newark native Da'Sean Butler among local players selected in 2010 NBA Draft", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, June 25, 2010, updated January 18, 2019. Accessed November 10, 2020. "'I was literally just overwhelmed,' Butler, a Newark native, said. 'I started to cry for a second.' Butler, a former Bloomfield Tech star and two-year captain at West Virginia, was selected 42nd overall by the Miami Heat despite suffering a torn ACL and sprained MCL in his last collegiate game on April 3."
- Araton, Harvey. "A Fearless Prediction by Yanks' Cano", The New York Times, October 9, 2010. Accessed October 21, 2015. "Cano finished eighth grade and enrolled at Barringer High School, but he failed to make it through his freshman year or to play an inning of high school baseball in New Jersey."
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- https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/CharMi20.htm Mike Charles
- https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/480449209/ "Andy Chisick Elected Villanova Grid Leader"
- https://sienasaints.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/patrick-cole/428 Patrick Cole
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- Zagoria, Adam. "Sharife Cooper Helps Keep McEachern Undefeated, To Visit Duke & Kentucky", FloHoops, January 21, 2019. Accessed July 21, 2019. "Sharife Cooper was born in Newark, N.J., and moved to the Atlanta area when he was about 6 years old. But he still considers himself a Jersey Boy."
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- Berman, Zach. "With NBA draft in his hometown, Newark native Kenneth Faried will see dream fulfilled", The Star-Ledger, June 22, 2011. Accessed January 14, 2018. "Without traffic, it takes less than 10 minutes to get from the Zion Towers to the Prudential Center – north up Elizabeth Avenue, past Lincoln Park on Clinton Avenue and into downtown Newark on Broad Street. If only the path had been that easy for Kenneth Faried, a Newark native who will realize his dream in that building at Thursday's NBA Draft."
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- D'Alessandro, Dave. "Newark native Randy Foye stepping into leadership role for scandal-scarred Washington Wizards", The Star-Ledger, January 29, 2010. Accessed October 6, 2012. "It was barely two months ago that the Washington Wizards had five point guards, and now Randy Foye is essentially the last man standing. This is not the way the Newark native wanted it, and this isn't the way anyone with the most depraved imagination thought it would end up."
- [Alfred Ely|Ely, Alfred]
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- https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-jersey-journal-obituary-for-willie-g/143060047/ "Willie Gilzenberg, sports promoter"
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- Staff. "Maryland Loses Cage Regular Jerry Greenspan", The Baltimore Sun, February 9, 1961. Accessed December 24, 2013. "Coach Bud Millikan said the loss of Greenspan would hurt his team because he believes the 6-foot-6 Newark (NJ) native is 'one of the best big men I ever had.'"
- Staff. "Sports People; It's Marvelous, Really", The New York Times, April 25, 1982. Accessed October 6, 2012. "The name on the world middleweight boxing champion's robe is official: Marvelous Marvin Hagler. Named Marvin Nathaniel after his birth in Newark May 23, 1954, Hagler had the name legally changed Friday in Plymouth (Mass.) Probate Court."
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- http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=ISMAIQAD01 Qadry Ismail
- https://owlsports.com/sports/football/roster/amara-kamara/4040 Amara Kamara
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- Gambaccini, Peter. Eulogy for Sheldon Karlin, NY Runner, March / April 2000, at Central Park Track Club. Accessed January 8, 2018. "Karlin, only 49, died while walking near his home in Livingston, New Jersey, on January 16. He was known to have arteriosclerosis, and had suffered a mild heart attack in December.... Karlin was born in Newark and raised in Kenilworth, New Jersey, where he became captain of his high school cross country team and a conference champion in track."
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- Oliver, Greg; and Johnson, Steve. The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Heels, p. 76. ECW Press, 2010. . Accessed November 20, 2016. "Boris Malenko – The Great Malenko, or, more formally, Professor Boris Maximilianovich Malenko of the School of Hard Knocks – was a character cut from the heel fabric long since out of production, a master strategist who was worlds ahead of his contemporaries in manipulating fans' emotions... Born in 1933 in Newark, New Jersey, to a Polish immigrant father and American mother, Larry Simon was raised in nearby Irvington, and did some amateur wrestling at different YMCAs as a teenager."
- Wolf, Gregory H. Bobby Malkmus. Society for American Baseball Research. Accessed May 31, 2020. "Robert Edward Malkmus was born on July 4, 1931, in Newark, New Jersey, to Robert and Elizabeth Malkmus.... Malkmus was a standout at basketball and baseball at South Side High School in Newark, but few scouts gave the slightly built (5-feet-9 and about 160 pounds) second baseman a serious look."
- Finn, Robin. "Becker Wins Easily But Some Are Unamused", The New York Times, June 30, 1989. Accessed October 6, 2012. "The least of Boris Becker's troubles today was his second-round opponent, Richard Matuszewski of Newark, to whom he dealt a cavalier dismissal in straight sets, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4."
- https://cuse.com/sports/football/roster/jamar-mcgloster/13621 Jamar McGloster
- https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/McMaAr20.htm Art McMahon
- http://www.packers.com/team/roster/jerron-mcmillian/83be9b57-42ac-47bb-82c4-ada318d20551/ Jerron McMillian
- https://www.njsportsheroes.com/georgemehnertbxw.html George Mehnert
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- Carino, Jerry. "For Delgado, praise from a Seton Hall legend", Asbury Park Press, March 15, 2017. Accessed March 4, 2018. "Forty years ago, Glenn Mosley led the nation in rebounding. He's a fan of the Pirates' current king of the glass.... The 61-year-old, who lives in Newark and attends every Seton Hall home game, said they share one thing in common."
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- https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=puma--001lou Lou Puma
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- Staff. "Slam Dunking in Israel: Tel Aviv's Aulcie Perry is European League's best known basketball player", Ebony, February 1978, p. 50. Accessed August 4, 2014. "Israel's Aulcie Perry (at right, under basket), is European League's top 'superstar,' and one of the most popular athletes in Tel Aviv. The 6-10, 200-pound native of Newark, N. J. (below in action against Rome's Perugina Jeans), led the Tel Aviv Maccabis to last year's European Basketball championship."
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- via Associated Press. "NFL / Former Giants star Herb Rich dies", The Press of Atlantic City, March 29, 2008. Accessed July 17, 2013. "Born in Newark, N.J., Rich spent seven years in the NFL and was a two-time All-Pro defensive back. He played for the Giants between 1954 and 1956."
- Staff. "Glimpse of History: Woman athletes make history in 1922", The Star-Ledger, January 29, 2012, updated March 30, 2019. Accessed December 29, 2021. "Sabie was a graduate of East Side High School in Newark and a student at the Newark State Normal School, which later became Kean University."
- Khavkine, Richard. "A legend in his home country, former Liberian soccer great dies penniless on streets of Newark", The Star-Ledger, December 28, 2011. Accessed August 4, 2014.
- http://www.nfl.com/player/peteshaw/2525410/profile Pete Shaw
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- https://cuse.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/brittney-sykes/13106
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- Politi, Steve. "Newark boxer Shakur Stevenson qualifies for the 2016 U.S. Olympic team", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, December 13, 2015. Accessed August 8, 2016. "Stevenson, a Newark native who started mimicking the boxers he saw on TV when he was just 2 years old, is one step closer to Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 Summer Olympics after a unanimous decision over rival Ruben Villa in the U.S. Boxing Team Trials in Reno, Nevada."
- Bergeron, Tom. "Andre Tippett's journey to Pro Football Hall of Fame began in Newark", NJ.com, August 2, 2008. Accessed October 21, 2015. "Frank Verducci first laid eyes on Andre Tippett during the summer of 1974, when Tippett and his mother dropped by Newark's Barringer High School to file paperwork for him to transfer into the school."
- https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/walshwa01.shtml Walter William Walsh
- https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/W/WeinAr20.htm Art Weiner
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- Bonkowski, Jerry. "Profile / Peter Westbrook; Fencer primed to take stab at another medal", USA Today, June 23, 1988. Accessed December 24, 2013. "Westbrook, who grew up in Newark, N.J., was an unlikely candidate to become a fencer. But, because his Japanese-born mother felt he should be doing more than getting into fights, she offered him $20 if he would take fencing lessons."
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- Stanmyre, Matthew. "Lions LB Tahir Whitehead used persistence, his brother's message to escape Newark streets", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, December 22, 2013. Accessed June 3, 2015. "Today, Tahir, a 6-2, 228-pound reserve linebacker for the Detroit Lions, is believed to be the only player from Newark currently in the NFL."
- Castillo, Jorge. "Former Braves catcher Earl Williams, a New Jersey native, dies at 64", The Star Ledger, January 30, 2013. Accessed June 9, 2017. "Earl Williams, the 1971 National League Rookie of the Year with the Atlanta Braves, died Monday night. The Newark native and longtime Montclair resident was 64."
- Watanabe, Ben. "Former Celtic and Basketball Wives Husband Eric Williams Feels Free 'Like O.J.' Thanks to Divorce", NESN, July 5, 2011. Accessed August 4, 2014. "Williams was a versatile scorer on seven teams, including two stints with the Celtics, in his 12 NBA seasons. The Newark, N.J., native averaged 12.9 points in his first two seasons in Boston before he was traded in 1997 to Denver, where he was slowed by injuries."
- https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/W/WillKe26.htm Keith Willis