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

Clifford Ross Powell was an American Republican Party acting governor of New Jersey from January 3, 1935, to January 8, 1935.

Jimmy Conlin was an American character actor who appeared in almost 150 films in his 32-year career.

William Sulzer was an American lawyer and politician, nicknamed Plain Bill Sulzer. He was the 39th Governor of New York and a long-serving congressman from the same state.

Peter Dumont Vroom, an American Democratic Party politician, served as the ninth Governor of New Jersey and as a member of the United States House of Representatives for a single term, from 1839–1841.

Isaac Hamilton Rapp, was a notable American architect who has been called the "Creator of the Santa Fe style." He was born in Orange, New Jersey.

John Franklin Fort was an American Republican Party politician, who served as the 33rd Governor of New Jersey, from 1908 to 1911. His uncle, George Franklin Fort, was a Democratic Governor of New Jersey from 1851 to 1854.

James Fairman Fielder was an American politician of the Democratic party, who served as the 35th Governor of New Jersey, from 1913 to 1917, with a break of several months when he stepped down from office to avoid constitutional limits on serving successive terms.

William Nelson Runyon was an Acting Governor of New Jersey and a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Leon Rutherford Taylor was an American politician who was the acting governor of New Jersey from October 28, 1913, to January 20, 1914. Taylor took office upon the resignation of James Fairman Fielder, who had stepped down to create a vacancy in the governorship and avoid constitutional limits on succeeding himself.

George Sebastian Silzer served as the 38th Governor of New Jersey.