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

George Vance Murry S.J. was an American bishop of the Catholic Church and member of the Society of Jesus. He was the Bishop of Youngstown, after previously serving as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago and the Bishop of Saint Thomas in the Virgin Islands. He submitted his resignation in May 2020 after suffering a relapse of leukemia, but died before it was accepted.

Douglas Lawrence Osowski, known professionally as Mr. Lawrence, is an American animator, writer, voice actor, and comedian. He is best known for his work as a writer and voice actor for the Nicktoons Rocko's Modern Life and SpongeBob SquarePants, the latter of which he has provided the voice of Plankton, Larry the Lobster, and other various characters since 1999.

Joseph Bishara is an American composer, music producer, and actor, best known for his work scoring films such as Insidious, 11-11-11, Dark Skies, and The Conjuring. Bishara's career began with the 1998 Biblical drama Joseph's Gift, though he composes music for mainly horror and thriller films and has collaborated several times with director James Wan. Projects by directors John Carpenter and Joseph Zito, and musicians Ray Manzarek and Diamanda Galás have incorporated Bishara's work. In addition to composing, Bishara frequently appears in films he is involved in, usually made up as a demon or other supernatural creature. He has also functioned as a producer on Repo! The Genetic Opera and other projects.

Matthew Margeson is an American composer, musician, and arranger of film, television, and video game scores. He is a member of Hans Zimmer's Remote Control Productions, and has been a frequent collaborator of fellow composer Henry Jackman on films like Kick-Ass 2, Kingsman: The Secret Service, and its sequel Kingsman: The Golden Circle.

Paul Gregory Bootkoski is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

Nija Charles, professionally known as Nija is an American songwriter and record producer. Charles began her professional music career in 2017 writing songs for Beyoncé and Jay-Z ; Cardi B featuring SZA ; Cardi B featuring Kehlani ("Ring"); Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande ; and Chris Brown featuring Drake. She is signed to Universal Music Publishing Group.

Jon Kilik is an American film producer. He has worked with a number of filmmakers including Spike Lee, Julian Schnabel, Gary Ross, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Jim Jarmusch, Robert Altman and Oliver Stone.

Michael S. Purzycki is an American businessman and politician currently serving as the 56th Mayor of Wilmington, Delaware. Prior to serving as Mayor, Purzycki served as the executive director of the Riverfront Development Corporation and helped redevelop the Wilmington Riverfront. Originally from Newark, New Jersey, Purzycki attended the University of Delaware and had a short National Football League career for the New York Giants in the 1967–1968 season.

James Paul Mitchell was an American politician and businessman from New Jersey. Nicknamed "the social conscience of the Republican Party," he served as United States Secretary of Labor from 1953 to 1961 during the Eisenhower Administration. Mitchell was a potential running mate for the 1960 Republican presidential candidate, Vice President Richard M. Nixon. However, Nixon chose Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. After an unsuccessful run for Governor of New Jersey in 1961, he retired from politics.

Elisabeth Margaret Welch was an American singer, actress, and entertainer, whose career spanned seven decades. Her best-known songs were "Stormy Weather", "Love for Sale" and "Far Away in Shanty Town". She was American-born, but was based in Britain for most of her career.