List of Famous people born in New Jersey, United States of America
Frederick Elmes
Frederick Elmes, ASC is an American cinematographer, known for his association with the independent film movement. He is a long-time collaborator of directors David Lynch, Ang Lee, Charlie Kaufman, Jim Jarmusch, and Todd Solondz. He has won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography twice, for Wild at Heart and Night on Earth, and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series for The Night Of.
Lee Garlington
Ann Leslie "Lee" Garlington is an American actress.
Tom McGowan
Thomas "Tom" McGowan is an American actor. He first become known for his stage career both on and off Broadway. In 1991, he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play for his Broadway debut performance in La Bête. In 2011, McGowan also was also chosen to step into the role of the Wizard on Wicked on Broadway. In 2014, McGowan starred in Harvey Fierstein's original Broadway play, Casa Valentina which was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play. Since then he has appeared in the Broadway revivals of She Loves Me (2016) and Kiss Me Kate (2019).
Irvin Koszewski
Irvin "Zabo" Koszewski was an American professional bodybuilder and a 2007 inductee to the International Federation of BodyBuilders Hall of Fame.
Charles Creighton Stratton
Charles Creighton Stratton was a politician from New Jersey, who served in the United States House of Representatives and was later the 15th Governor of New Jersey.
Jack Fina
Jack Fina was a bandleader, songwriter, and pianist.
Michael Guest
Michael Patrick Guest is an American attorney and Republican politician from Brandon, Mississippi. He has represented Mississippi's 3rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives since 2019.
Joe Hewitt
Joe Hewitt is a software programmer who is best known for his work on the Firefox web browser and related software development tools like Firebug and DOM Inspector.
Tyler Cowen
Tyler Cowen is an American economist, who is an economics professor at George Mason University, where he holds the Holbert L. Harris chair in the economics department. He hosts the economics blog Marginal Revolution, together with co-author Alex Tabarrok. Cowen and Tabarrok also maintain the website Marginal Revolution University, a venture in online education.