People of New Jersey
| William (Count) Basie |
Red Bank |
1904-1984 |
Musician |
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| Aaron Burr |
Newark |
1756-1836 |
Public official, political leader |
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| Grover Cleveland |
Caldwell |
1837-1908 |
U.S. President |
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| James Fenimore Cooper |
Burlington |
1789-1851 |
Author |
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| Stephen Crane |
Newark |
1871-1900 |
Author |
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| Alfred Joyce Kilmer |
New Brunswick |
1886-1918 |
Poet |
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| James Lawrence |
Burlington |
1781-1813 |
Naval officer |
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| Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley (Molly Pitcher) |
Trenton |
1754-1832 |
Revolutionary War heroine |
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| Jack Nicholson |
Neptune |
1937- |
Actor |
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| Dorothy Parker |
West End |
1893-1967 |
Author |
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| Zebulon Montgomery Pike |
Trenton |
1779-1813 |
Soldier, explorer |
|
| Paul Bustill Robeson |
Princeton |
1898-1976 |
Singer, actor |
|
| Philip Milton Roth |
Newark |
1933- |
Author |
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| Francis Albert (Frank) Sinatra |
Hoboken |
1915-1998 |
Singer, actor |
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| Amos Alonzo Stagg |
West Orange |
1862-1965 |
Football coach |
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| Robert Field Stockman |
Princeton |
1834-1902 |
Naval officer |
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| Meryl Streep |
Summit |
1949- |
Actress |
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| Albert Payson Terhune |
Newark |
1872-1942 |
Author |
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| William Henry Vanderbilt |
New Brunswick |
1821-1865 |
Financier |
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Source:
The World Almanac of the U.S.A.
by Allan Carpenter and Carl Provorse, Copyright 1996.
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