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

Joseph Dorsett Bedle, Sr. was an American Democratic Party politician, who served as the 23rd Governor of New Jersey from 1875 to 1878.

Asher Brown Durand was an American painter of the Hudson River School.

Gilbert Warrenton was a prominent American silent and sound film cinematographer. He filmed over 150 films before his death. Notable credits include The Cat and the Canary (1927) and several B-movies of the 1950s and 1960s.

Ardolph Loges Kline, was a senior officer of the New York National Guard and a Republican politician who became acting Mayor of New York City on September 10, 1913, upon the death of Mayor William Jay Gaynor, serving for the rest of the year. He was later a United States Representative from Brooklyn (1921–1923).

Rodman McCamley Price was an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for one term from 1851–1853. He later served as the 17th Governor of New Jersey, from 1854 to 1857.

John Henderson was a lawyer and U.S. Senator from Mississippi.

John Joseph O'Connor was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Newark from 1901 until his death in 1927.

John Chambers was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky and the second Governor of the Iowa Territory.

George Franklin Fort was a physician, politician, judge, and a Democrat who served as the 16th Governor of New Jersey from 1851 to 1854.

William Pennington was an American politician and lawyer. He was the Governor of New Jersey from 1837 to 1843. He served one term in the United States House of Representatives, during which he served as Speaker of the House from 1860 to 1861.