List of Famous people born in New Jersey, United States of America
Stedman Graham
Stedman Graham is an American educator, author, businessman, and speaker. He is the long-term partner of Oprah Winfrey.
Artie Lange
Arthur Steven Lange Jr. is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and radio personality best known for his tenures on the sketch comedy series Mad TV from 1995 to 1997 and as Howard Stern's Sidekick on The Howard Stern Show from 2001 to 2009. Raised in New Jersey, Lange first worked as a longshoreman and taxi driver to help support his family, following the death of his quadriplegic father. He debuted as a stand-up comic in 1987 and took up the profession full-time five years later, developing his act in the New York City area.
Keshia Knight Pulliam
Keshia Knight Pulliam is an American actress. She is known for her childhood role as Rudy Huxtable, the youngest daughter of Cliff and Clair Huxtable from the ages of 5 to 13, on the NBC sitcom The Cosby Show (1984–1992) and as an adult as Miranda Lucas-Payne on the TBS comedy-drama Tyler Perry's House of Payne (2007–present).
Bob Enyart
Bob Enyart was an American talk radio host and pastor of Denver Bible Church. He was an outspoken critic of vaccinations and mandated masks for the prevention of COVID-19.
Amanda Anisimova
Amanda Anisimova is an American professional tennis player. She is the third-youngest player ranked in the top 100 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) and has a career-high ranking of No. 21 in the world. Anisimova won her first WTA title at the Copa Colsanitas in April 2019 at the age of 17.
Wilbur Ross
Wilbur Louis Ross Jr. is an American businessman who served as the 39th United States Secretary of Commerce from 2017 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Ross was previously chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of WL Ross & Co from 2000 to 2017.
Philip Roth
Philip Milton Roth was an American novelist and short-story writer.
Michaela Jaé Rodriguez
Michaela Antonia Jaé Rodriguez, known professionally as Michaela Jaé Rodriguez and formerly as Mj Rodriguez, is an American actress and singer. Born in Newark, New Jersey, Rodriguez attended several performing arts schools in her youth before being cast in a theater production of Rent as Angel Dumott Schunard, winning the 2011 Clive Barnes Award for her performance.
Mahlon Pitney
Mahlon R. Pitney IV was an American lawyer, jurist, and Republican Party politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives for two terms from 1895 to 1899. He later served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1911 to 1922.
Diane Allen
Diane B. Allen is an American journalist, nightly news anchor, and Republican politician who represented the 7th legislative district in the New Jersey Assembly from 1996 to 1998 and New Jersey Senate from 1998 to 2018.