List of Famous people born in New Jersey, United States of America

Raymond Toro is an American musician who serves as lead guitarist and backing vocalist of the band My Chemical Romance.

John Macpherson Berrien of Georgia was a United States senator from Georgia and Andrew Jackson's Attorney General.

Robert Henry Widmer was an American aeronautical engineer who specialized in designing aircraft for the military. He spent his career working for Convair which became General Dynamics, then Lockheed, and then Lockheed Martin. His feisty personality and at times insubordinate attitude at one time led company leaders to strongly consider firing him. However, his brilliance at envisioning and designing desirable aircraft years before there was even a market for them led to his appointment as Vice President for science and engineering for all of General Dynamics.

William Roger Welch is an American conceptual artist, installation artist and video artist.

James Chipman Fletcher served as the 4th and 7th Administrator of NASA, first from April 27, 1971 to May 1, 1977, under President Richard M. Nixon, and again from May 12, 1986 to April 8, 1989, under President Ronald Reagan. As such, he was responsible for the early planning of the Space Shuttle program, and later for its recovery and return to flight after the Space Shuttle Challenger accident. Prior to this, he was president of the University of Utah from 1964 to 1971.

Robert Ridgely was an American actor and voice artist, known for both on-camera roles and extensive voice-over work.

Juanita Hall was an American musical theatre and film actress. She is remembered for her roles in the original stage and screen versions of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals South Pacific as Bloody Mary – a role that garnered her the Tony Award – and Flower Drum Song as Madame Liang.

Rev. Robert Wilkinson Castle Jr. was an American Episcopal priest, social activist, and actor. Castle was the subject of the 1992 documentary film Cousin Bobby, which was directed by his cousin, film director Jonathan Demme. His involvement in Demme's documentary led to an unlikely career as an actor in more than a dozen films over the next two decades, including roles in Philadelphia, The Addiction, Beloved, and Rachel Getting Married.

Everett Shinn was an American painter and member of the urban realist Ashcan School.

Tracey Norman Walter is an American character actor and comedian. He has appeared in over 100 films and television series.