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

Joseph Caldwell was a U.S. educator, Presbyterian minister, mathematician, and astronomer. He was the first president of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, holding the office from 1804 until 1812, and from 1816 until his death in 1835.

Arthur L. Todd was an American cinematographer whose work included Hot Saturday (1932), I've Got Your Number (1934) and You're in the Army Now (1941).

Scott Bechtel Smith is an American author and screenwriter. He has written two novels, A Simple Plan (1993) and The Ruins (2006). Both were adapted into films - A Simple Plan (1998) and The Ruins (2008), respectively - based on Smith's own screenplays. He also wrote the screenplays for the films Siberia (2018) and The Burnt Orange Heresy (2019). His screenplay for A Simple Plan earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Elizabeth "Ely" Pouget is an American actress and former model.

Billy Quirk was an American stage and silent-film actor. He performed in at least 182 films between 1909 and 1924. Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, he died in Los Angeles, California. Gem Motion Picture Company produced a series of "Billy" titled pictured starring Quirk.

Charles Wagenheim was an American actor who starred in over 250 films. Wagenheim appeared in Barnaby Jones, portraying a cemetery groundskeeper ; episode titled, "The Murdering Class"(03/04/1973).

Hector Turnbull was an American screenwriter and film producer. He wrote for 25 films between 1915 and 1937. He was born in Arlington, New Jersey and died in New Hope, Pennsylvania from a heart attack.

Lindley Miller Garrison was an American lawyer from New Jersey who served as Secretary of War under U.S. President Woodrow Wilson between 1913 and 1916.

John Sharpenstein Hager was an American politician from the state of California. He served in the U.S. Senate from 1873 to 1875.