List of Famous people born in New Jersey, United States of America
Monique Luiz
Monique Luiz, also known as "Daisy Girl" or "Peace, Little Girl", is an American former child model best known for starring in the Daisy advertisement, part of the incumbent president Lyndon B. Johnson's re-election campaign. Working under the stage name Monique Cozy, her first commercial came at age two. She appeared in advertisements for various American companies like Kodak, Velveeta and Prudential Insurance. She moved to France in 1975, where she remained until her adulthood, and returned to the US in 1983. She appeared in the 2014 documentary Bombs Away, and was enlisted by the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton to appear in a "sequel" for her presidential campaign against Donald Trump.
Mickey Deans
Michael DeVinko, Jr., known as Mickey Deans, was an American musician and entrepreneur, and the fifth and last husband of actress and singer Judy Garland.
Richard Thaler
Richard H. Thaler is an American economist and the Charles R. Walgreen Distinguished Service Professor of Behavioral Science and Economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. In 2015, Thaler was president of the American Economic Association.
Malcolm Jenkins
Malcolm Jenkins is an American football safety for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Ohio State, earning consensus All-American honors, and winning the Jim Thorpe Award as a senior. He was drafted by the Saints in the first round of the 2009 NFL Draft and has also played for the Philadelphia Eagles.
Mohamed Sanu
Mohamed Sanu Sr. is an American football wide receiver for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Rutgers and was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the third round of the 2012 NFL Draft. He has also been a member of the Atlanta Falcons, New England Patriots, and San Francisco 49ers.
Taye Diggs
Scott Leo "Taye" Diggs is an American actor and singer. He is known for his roles in the Broadway musicals Rent and Hedwig and the Angry Inch, the TV series Private Practice and All American, the films How Stella Got Her Groove Back, Brown Sugar, The Best Man and its sequel, The Best Man Holiday. Between 2014 and 2016 he starred as Inspector Terry English in Murder in the First.
Sonya Deville
Daria Rae Berenato is an American professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. She is currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Sonya Deville.
Victor Cruz
Victor Michael Cruz is a former American football wide receiver. He played college football at UMass, and signed with the New York Giants as an undrafted free agent in 2010. With the Giants he won Super Bowl XLVI over the New England Patriots, and made the 2012 Pro Bowl.
Jayson Oweh
Odafe Jayson Oweh is an American football outside linebacker for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Penn State.
Laurene Powell Jobs
Laurene Powell Jobs is an American billionaire heiress, businesswoman, executive and the founder of Emerson Collective, an organization that, among other investing and philanthropic activities, advocates for policies concerning education reform, social redistribution and environmental conservation, and a major donor to the Democratic Party candidates including Kamala Harris and Joe Biden. She is also co-founder and president of the board of College Track, which prepares disadvantaged high school students for college. Powell Jobs resides in Palo Alto, California, with her three children. She is the widow and heir of Steve Jobs, co-founder and former CEO of Apple Inc. She manages the Laurene Powell Jobs Trust.