List of Famous people born in New Jersey, United States of America
Bobby Hurley
Robert Matthew Hurley is an American basketball coach and former player who is the head coach of the Arizona State men's team. He was previously the head coach at the University at Buffalo.
Ray Fisher
Raymond Fisher is an American actor. He is known for his portrayal of Cyborg in the DC Extended Universe, appearing first in a cameo in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) and then in a lead role in Justice League (2017) and Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021). On stage, he starred as Muhammad Ali in Will Power's 2013 play Fetch Clay, Make Man.
Tommy Page
Thomas Alden Page was an American singer-songwriter, best known for his 1990 hit single "I'll Be Your Everything" and was later a music industry executive. He appeared on an 1992 episode of Full House, being the object of both DJ and Stephanie's affections.
Linda Hunt
Lydia Susanna "Linda" Hunt is an American actress of stage and screen. Hunt is notable for her distinctive voice and her small stature.
Athing Mu
Athing Mu is an American middle-distance runner. She set the world under-20 record in the women's indoor 800 meters in early 2021 with a time of 1:58.40 sec, and the world under-20 best in the indoor 600 meters in 2019 when she was 16 years of age. Mu's time over 600 meters, 1:23.57, is the second fastest ever run indoors and the second fastest run by an American in any condition.
Franklin D'Olier
Franklin D'Olier was an American businessman who served as the first national commander of The American Legion, from 1919 to 1920, and was the great-grandfather of actor Christopher Reeve.
King Kong Bundy
Christopher Alan Pallies was an American professional wrestler, actor and stand-up comedian, better known by his ring name, King Kong Bundy. He appeared in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in the mid-1980s and mid-1990s and wrestled in the main event of WrestleMania 2 in 1986, facing Hulk Hogan in a steel cage match for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship. He also headlined the inaugural Survivor Series in 1987, as well as the first edition of Extreme Championship Wrestling's flagship event, November to Remember, in 1993.
Vicente Luque
Vicente Catta Preta Luque is an American-born Brazilian mixed martial artist who competes in the welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. As of February 8, 2021, he is #10 in the UFC welterweight rankings.
Richard Kuklinski
Richard Leonard Kuklinski was an American serial criminal and murderer. Kuklinski was engaged in criminal activities for most of his adult life. He ran a burglary ring and distributed pirated pornography. Kuklinski killed several people he lured with offers of a business deal so that he could rob them of their cash. Law enforcement officials described him as someone who killed for profit. Kuklinski lived with his wife and children in the New Jersey suburb of Dumont. They knew him as a loving father and husband who provided for his family, but one who also had a violent temper and was physically abusive to his wife. His family stated that they were unaware of his crimes. He was given the moniker Iceman by authorities after they discovered that he had frozen the body of one of his victims in an attempt to disguise the time of death.
Barbara Corcoran
Barbara Ann Corcoran is an American businesswoman, investor, speaker, consultant, syndicated columnist, author, and television personality. She founded The Corcoran Group, a real estate brokerage in New York City, which she sold to NRT for $66 million in 2001. One of the show's original "Shark" investors, Corcoran has appeared in all 12 seasons of ABC's Shark Tank to date. As of February 2020, she has made 53 deals on the show, the largest being a $350,000 investment for 40% of Coverplay.