List of Famous people born in New Jersey, United States of America
John Lissauer
John Lissauer is an American composer, producer, and performer. He grew up in Hauppauge, Long Island. At the age of 19, he arranged the first recordings of Al Jarreau. John went on to produce and arrange a pair of hugely successful Leonard Cohen albums. John produced and arranged the first, iconic recording of Hallelujah. It was also featured in the film Watchmen. In 2019, John was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame for producing, arranging and conducting the first recording of "Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen. Lissauer received a Clio "Campaign of the Decade" award for his work for Polaroid.
Caroline C. Fillmore
Caroline Carmichael McIntosh Fillmore was the second wife of 13th U.S. President Millard Fillmore. They were married in 1858, five years after he left office.
James Sie
James Sie is a Chinese-American actor and author. He was the voice of an animated Jackie Chan and several other characters in Jackie Chan Adventures, Master Monkey in Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, taking over for Chan, and Eddy Raja in the Uncharted series. His debut novel, Still Life Las Vegas, was published in August 2015.
Harold Garfinkel
Harold Garfinkel was an American sociologist, ethnomethodologist, and a Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is known for establishing and developing ethnomethodology as a field of inquiry in sociology. He is probably best known for his classic book, Studies in Ethnomethodology, which was published in 1967, a collection of articles some of which had previously been published. Selections from unpublished materials were later published in two volumes: Seeing Sociologically and Ethnomethodology's Program. There was also a collection of 'studies of work' by his students which he edited.
Vernon Campbell
Vernon Campbell is an American film actor. His thick set, stocky build and bald head has seen him play almost entirely police detectives or bodyguards.
Edward Irving Edwards
Edward Irving Edwards was an American Democratic Party politician who served as the 37th Governor of New Jersey from 1920 to 1923 and in the United States Senate from 1923 to 1929.
Frank Joseph Rodimer
Frank Joseph Rodimer was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Paterson from 1977 to 2004.
Jamie Donnelly
Jamie Donnelly is an American actress.
Ray Walker
Warren Reynolds "Ray" Walker was an American actor, born in Newark, New Jersey, who starred in Baby Take a Bow (1934), Hideaway Girl (1936), The Dark Hour (1936), The Unknown Guest (1943) and It's A Wonderful Life (1946).
Scott Neustadter
Scott Eric Neustadter is an American screenwriter and producer. He often works with his writing partner, Michael H. Weber. The two writers wrote the original screenplays for 500 Days of Summer and The Pink Panther 2. 500 Days of Summer is based on two real relationships Neustadter had. They also wrote the screenplays for The Spectacular Now, based on the novel by Tim Tharp, The Fault in Our Stars, based on the best-selling novel by John Green, and Paper Towns, based on another novel by Green.