List of people from Rutherford, New Jersey explained

Following is a list of people from Rutherford, New Jersey Those included were born in, are residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Rutherford.

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  1. http://www.reuben.org/ncs/members/memorium/andriola.jpg Alfred Andriola
  2. https://www.nytimes.com/1882/11/28/archives/the-deathlist-of-a-day-thomas-le-clear-the-famous-portraitpainter.html "The Death-List Of A Day; Thomas Le Clear The Famous Portrait-Painter."
  3. [Ken Johnson (art critic)|Johnson, Ken]
  4. Martin, Douglas. "Dick Newick, Sailboat Design Visionary, Dies at 87", The New York Times, September 15, 2013. Accessed September 27, 2015. "Richard Cooper Newick, who his family said died of heart failure, was born in Hackensack, N.J., on May 9, 1926. He grew up in Rutherford, N.J., where at age 10 he built two kayaks with his father and brother."
  5. Nicholaides, Kelly. "Unique Rutherford artists' work to be exhibited in hometown", The Record, August 10, 2017. Accessed November 19, 2017. "Artist Victor Victori, known for his 'multiplism' paintings, neoclassical-inspired godly sculptures and presidential portraits, teams up with ceramics guru Lucille Scurti and the Potters Guild of New Jersey for an exhibit at Harpy Art Gallery in Rutherford. The Aug. 19-Sept. 8 exhibit will highlight both Rutherford residents' unique specialties."
  6. Brown, Lee Francis. Rutherford Then and Now, p. 33.
  7. Staff. "M.W. Becton Dead; Manufacturer, 83; Maker of Surgical Instruments Was a Founder of Fairleigh Dickinson College in 1941", The New York Times, January 3, 1951. Accessed May 10, 2011. "Rutherford, N.J., Jan. 2-- Maxwell W. Becton, a founder and trustee of Fairleigh Dickinson College here, died today at his home, 140 Ridge Road, after an illness of several years."
  8. http://www.teaneck.org/virtualvillage/FDU_PictHist/Dickinson.html "Col. Dickinson, 84, College Founder: Head of Surgical Instrument Firm in Rutherford Dies, Set Up School in 1942
  9. http://artfcity.com/deana-haggag-and-catherine-akins/ "Haggag and Akins"
  10. Neumann, William. Rutherford, p. 8. Arcadia Publishing, 2012. . Accessed September 27, 2015.
  11. Smith, Jessie Carney, ed. Notable Black American Women, Book 2, p. 152. VNR AG, 1996. . Accessed December 12, 2015.
  12. https://dspace.allegheny.edu/bitstream/handle/10456/15285/Campus_19630221.pdf?sequence=1 "Thirteen Students Compete for Offices"
  13. [Israel Shenker|Shenker, Israel]
  14. http://www.dartmouth.edu/~chem/faculty/stockyobit.html "In Memoriam: Dr. Walter H. Stockmayer 1914-2004"
  15. Staff. "Howard Crook", American Record Guide Volume 41, p. 26. Helen Dwight Reid Educational Foundation, 1977. Accessed May 10, 2011. "Crook, from Rutherford, NJ, has a somewhat neutral and nondescript tenor coloring..."
  16. Coutros, Evonne. "Screenwriter Has Spielberg's Number", The Record, May 15, 1994. Accessed August 29, 2011.
  17. http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/01/12/fireman-ed-on-wfan-i-can-handle-new-england-crowd/ "Fireman Ed: 'I Can Handle' New England Crowd"
  18. Beckerman, Jim. "Fowler draws on salon ties for role", The Record, March 12, 2008. Accessed March 12, 2008. "Born in Jersey City, raised in Rutherford (she cut her acting teeth with the Bergen County Players in Oradell), she lived in Teaneck, Hawthorne and Glen Rock before settling, eight years ago, in New Milford."
  19. https://www.fromthetop.org/musician/kyung-jun-kim/ Kyung-Jun Kim, violin
  20. Staff. "Versatility marks actor's career", University of Delaware Messenger, Volume 6, Number 3, 1997. Accessed December 16, 2013. "He lives in Rutherford, N.J., with his second wife, Leilani, and their son, Danny. Rutherford is just 25 minutes from New York City, and close enough to the airports that jet him to Hollywood."
  21. [Margalit Fox|Fox, Margalit]
  22. Page, Tim. Charlie Morrow, A Portrait, Charlie Morrow. Accessed September 27, 2015. "Morrow, a warm, affable man who puts a visitor on a first name basis immediately, was born in 1942, the son of two New Jersey psychiatrists, and grew up in the New York suburbs of Rutherford and Passaic."
  23. Staff. "B-52s 'Party' lands close to hometown", The Record, August 15, 2009. Accessed January 14, 2012. "But Athens is a university town – cosmopolitan – with transplants from all over. Which is how Pierson (Weehawken-born, Rutherford-raised) and Schneider (Newark and Long Branch) came to be in the area, ready to join forces with several local musicians to create New Wave's quirkiest party band."
  24. Web site: Obituary for Ellen R. Thompson at Hultgren Funeral Home . 2021-07-13 . www.hultgrenfh.com . en.
  25. Spelling, Ian. "Broadcast Newsman: WCBS-TV's Chris Wragge is anchored in Bergen", (201) magazine, February 1, 2009, backed up by the Internet Archive as of January 26, 2011. Accessed July 30, 2018. "Chris Wragge knows his way around this county. The popular WCBS-TV news anchor was born in Hackensack, raised in Rutherford and moved to Mahwah when he was in sixth grade."
  26. Kuperinsky, Amy. "Meet Ramy Youssef, star of Ramy, the Hulu show that breaks new ground while drawing on his N.J. roots", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, April 19, 2019. Accessed December 27, 2019. "Ramy is the lead character in Ramy, a compelling new Hulu series starring Ramy Youssef, a comedian who grew up in Rutherford."
  27. https://www.nytimes.com/1957/09/25/archives/judge-guy-fake-of-jersey-dead-retired-chief-of-federal-district.html "Judge Guy Fake Of Jersey Dead; Retired Chief of Federal District Court Opposed New Deal, Income Tax"
  28. Rohan, Virginia. "'The Pacific' miniseries unfolds through Rutherford veteran's eyes", The Record, March 14, 2010. Accessed May 10, 2011. "Leckie — who grew up in Rutherford — may not have spoken about the Pacific until later in his life, but he wrote volumes about it, including a powerful and unexpurgated memoir, Helmet for My Pillow, his first book, published in 1957."
  29. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98973820/obituary-for-pamela-ann-mccorduck/ "Obituary: Pamela Ann McCordruck"
  30. Voorhis, Linda. "Peggy Noonan To Speak At WPC", The New York Times, March 4, 1992. Accessed October 13, 2007. "Former Rutherford resident Peggy Noonan, a White House speechwriter"
  31. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/brian-kim-stefans Brian Kim Stefans
  32. Speiser, Matt. "Rutherford Upbringing Inspires Young Author", Rutherford Daily Voice, April 21, 2016. Accessed November 18, 2017. "If you graduated Rutherford High School with Siobhan Vivian in 1997, you might find yourself as a character in one of her books. The author, who is about to publish her eighth young adult book, says her Rutherford upbringing serves as a 'deep well' of inspiration that she returns to time and time again."
  33. https://web.archive.org/web/20090803073413/http://geocities.com/Heartland/Woods/4623/amexemtimes/amexemtimes6.html Alexander Russell Webb
  34. Wittenauer, Cheryl. "University to get Williams' poem", The Washington Times, March 13, 2007. Accessed August 29, 2011. "Along with his literary career, Mr. Williams had a medical practice in Rutherford, N.J. "
  35. O'Keefe, Daniel. "Rutherford's WWI monument is ready for extreme facelift", South Bergenite, July 22, 2009. Accessed May 10, 2011. "He also wants to include additional information commemorating Sergeant John C. Latham, a man from Rutherford who enlisted in 1917 and went on to win the Congressional Medal of Honor, as well as honors from Great Britain and France."
  36. Reilly, Daniel W. "Peace reigns among Armed Services Committee staff", Politico, December 4, 2007. Accessed November 22, 2017. "Conaton, who grew up in Rutherford, N.J., has degrees from Georgetown and Tufts universities."
  37. Trevino, Julissa. "Family, military pay tribute to Tuskegee Airman Calvin Spann", The Dallas Morning News, Born in Rutherford, N.J., Spann was a Tuskegee Airman and fighter pilot with the 100th Fighter Squadron of the 332nd Fighter Group."
  38. http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dayan-deamer.html#0031E06G9 Dayton
  39. 1876 A.H. Walker Atlas of Bergen County New Jersey, p. 159.
  40. Van Valen, James M. History of Bergen County, published New Jersey pub. and engraving co., 1900, p. 689. Accessed September 9, 2008.
  41. [David Stout|Stout, David]
  42. http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dickinson.html#RF10P9GYL Index to Politicians: Dickinson
  43. https://web.archive.org/web/20090424083629/http://www.co.bergen.nj.us/countyclerk/subpages/donovan.htm Kathleen A. Donovan
  44. Staff. "William H. J. Ely, Jersey Ex-Leader; Former State Senator, WPA Director, Dies -- Beaten by Barbour for U. S. Senate", The New York Times, March 3, 1942. Accessed May 10, 2011. "Rutherford, N. J., March 2 - William Harvey J. Ely, former State Senator from Bergen County and State Works Progress Administrator, died tonight at his home, having suffered a stroke this morning while at his law office. Born in Rutherford on Sept. 18, 1981, Mr. Ely started his political career in 1926 as a member of the Rutherford Borough Council, the first Democrat to win a seat in twenty-five years."
  45. http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ely.html#RPR18BEKG William H.J. Ely
  46. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000381 Louis Frey Jr.
  47. http://fas-history.rutgers.edu/clemens/NJLaw/holsman1862.html Catharine Holsman and Others vs. The Boiling Spring Bleaching Company
  48. http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holmstrom-holswade.html#0031DZAX4 Daniel Holsman
  49. http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=44269 "Nomination of Thomas R. Pickering To Be United States Ambassador to Nigeria"
  50. http://www.jerseyhistory.org/findingaid.php?aid=0398 Manuscript Group 398, Rutherfurd Family
  51. Staff. "Teaneck Park Dedicated; State Senator Van Winkle Makes Address at Ceremonies", The New York Times, July 6, 1937. Accessed May 10, 2011. "Winant Van Winkle of Rutherford, State Senator from Bergen County, made the dedication address at the opening of the new municipal park on Route 4 at Belle Avenue here this afternoon."
  52. http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vanwagenen-vaudain.html#ROC1F6B04 Van Winkle
  53. 300th Anniversary Journal of the Van Winkle Family, p. 21.
  54. Staff. "Walker W. Vick Dies; Aided Wilson In 1912; Former Receiver of Dominican Customs Was an Officer of Democratic Committee.", The New York Times, May 3, 1926. Accessed September 27, 2015. "For many years he lived in Rutherford, N.J., and was active in politics there."
  55. Scannell's New Jersey First Citizens (1918) Accessed March 16, 2010.
  56. Web site: Brant Alyea . baseballbiography.com . mdy-all.
  57. Adamek, Steve. "Where are they now? Rutherford's Bill Hands", The Record, May 31, 2010. Accessed May 14, 2016. "But Rutherford (where he (Bill Hands) grew up playing with Brant Alyea, a former big league outfielder) also is still home,"
  58. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BlumJi20.htm Jim Blumenstock
  59. https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=crosso000dee Deedy Crosson
  60. Melok, Bobby. "Where Are They Now? Crowbar", WWE, August 29, 2012. Accessed September 27, 2015. "Ford's love of wrestling began at childhood. A major fan of superheroes and comic books, the Rutherford, N.J., native was originally drawn to larger-than-life characters like Hulk Hogan and Ultimate Warrior."
  61. [Bob Klapisch|Klapisch, Bob]
  62. Staff. "Jim Garrett ... Halfback: Rough Riders Sign Import And Canuck", Ottawa Citizen, June 22, 1957. Accessed August 29, 2011. "Garrett, who started his career at Rutherford High School, Rutherford, N.J. booted 55 out of 60 extra points while in service and had 12 out of 16 field goal attempts."
  63. http://www.rutherfordschools.org/rhs/athletics/hof/dinner.html RHS Athletic Hall of Fame Induction Dinner
  64. Yannis, Alex. "Columbia To Name Garrett As Coach", The New York Times, December 27, 1984. Accessed September 27, 2015. "Garrett, a native of Rutherford, N.J., was an all-conference running back at Utah State."
  65. Sunderraj, Sunil. "Drew Gibbs Fosters Culture of Success and Tradition at Ramapo High School", SunilSunderraj.com, September 19, 2020. Accessed November 18, 2021. "Born in Rutherford, New Jersey, Drew Gibbs and his family moved to Midland Park when he was eight years old."
  66. Zagoria, Adam. "Winning a Way of Life for Rutherford's Hecking; All-American Swimmer Headed to Notre Dame", Herald & News, April 9, 1998. Accessed June 9, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "'She finally got one of each (color) so I said, "Just go back to getting the blues," ' Hecking's mother, Diana, said Wednesday at Rutherford High School before her daughter signed a National Letter of Intent to attend Notre Dame on a near-full athletic scholarship."
  67. Kensik, Edward. "Rutherford native working out of the pen for Cleveland Indians", South Bergenite, June 17, 2010. Accessed May 6, 2012. "Well, it has been five years of hard work that finally paid off for Rutherford native and relief pitcher Frank Herrmann to make it to the Big Show of Major League Baseball as he pitched for the Cleveland Indians on June 4 in Chicago against the White Sox."
  68. https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/h/hillhar01.html Art Hilhouse
  69. [Jack Curry|Curry, Jack]
  70. http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/r/rodney.html Online World of Wrestling
  71. Kepner, Tyler. "Yankees Beat Athletics for Seventh Straight Win", The New York Times, July 24, 2009. Accessed July 30, 2018. "The A's started Vin Mazzaro, a 22-year-old rookie who grew up a Yankees fan while starring at Rutherford High School in New Jersey."
  72. http://www.arenafan.com/players/?page=players&player=11996&pageview=news Da`Mon Merkerson
  73. O'Gorman, George. "Giants Stadium celebration gives Big Blue chance to celebrate at home for the first time in months", Trentonian, February 6, 2008, backed up by the Internet Archive as of June 12, 2008. Accessed January 6, 2015. "For two of the Giants' three Jersey guys, the salute by their home state wasn't a surprise. 'They always do things right in New Jersey,' said center Shaun O'Hara, a Rutgers grad who grew up in Hillsborough and now lives in Rutherford."
  74. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pacilpa01.shtml Pat Pacillo
  75. [Malcolm Moran|Moran, Malcolm]
  76. [Robert McG. Thomas Jr.|Thomas Jr., Robert McG.]
  77. Staff. "Percy Prince", The New York Times, December 5, 1973. Accessed November 19, 2017. "Percy Prince, who headed foodstuffs purchasing here for the Cunard Line at his retirement in 1952, died Monday in Bergen Pines Hospital, Paramus, N.J. He was 86 years old and lived at 65 Yahara Avenue in Rutherford, N.J."
  78. Stapleton, Art. "Stapleton: Pat Sullivan, Jim Spanarkel relive the Final Four frenzy", The Record, April 5, 2011. Accessed December 11, 2011. "Jim Spanarkel would agree, although when he starred for Duke in 1978, the Rutherford resident and his teammates were not as fortunate as Sullivan and the Tar Heels."
  79. Recchia, Philip.; Susannah Cahalan. "Jint In Home Blitz; Strahan's $3m Pad-Buy Spree.", New York Post, June 25, 2006. Accessed August 29, 2011. "Closer to the Montclair, N.J., manse he and [Jean] called home for five years is [Michael Strahan]'s Rutherford, N.J., condo in a 16-unit complex called Park Avenue Townhouses. That spanking-new Colonial-style abode, which went for about $800,000, features a Jacuzzi, personal gym and view of Giants Stadium."
  80. https://www.newspapers.com/article/22503456/asbury_park_press_asbury_park_new/ "Harry L. Towe, at 92, had served in Congress"
  81. Staff. "New Jersey Sports; Bengal Bodyguard", The New York Times, February 3, 1973. Accessed August 29, 2011. "The answer, of course, is a professional football lineman, and while members of that front wall usually don't rate headlines, Rutherford's Stan Walters is deserving of some attention following his rookie season with the Cincinnati Bengals."
  82. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/W/WaltSt00.htm Stan Walters
  83. http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/wootton_corey00.html Cory Wooton
  84. Cimini, Rich. "Jets need D-line help on Day 2", ESPN, April 30, 2010. Accessed February 22, 2011. "If Rex Ryan wants a five-technique end for his 3-4 scheme, a candidate is Northwestern's Corey Wootton (6-6, 270). Like Wilson, he's a Jersey kid, born in Rutherford and a former standout at Don Bosco Prep."

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