List of Famous people born in New Jersey, United States of America
Mike Chioda
Michael Joseph Chioda is an American professional wrestling senior referee, who most recently worked for All Elite Wrestling (AEW). Before his release on April 15, 2020, Chioda was the longest-tenured referee in WWE history, having been with the company since 1989.
Howard Unruh
Howard Barton Unruh was an American mass murderer who shot and killed 13 people during a 12-minute walk through his neighborhood on September 6, 1949, in Camden, New Jersey, when he was 28 years old. The incident became known as the "Walk of Death". Unruh was found to be criminally insane, and died in 2009 after a lengthy illness at the age of 88, following 60 years of confinement.
Joey Travolta
Joseph Allen Travolta, known professionally as Joey Travolta, is an American actor, producer, director, and screenwriter. He is the older brother of actor John Travolta.
Robert Pastorelli
Robert Joseph Pastorelli was an American actor.
Simon Gotch
Seth Lesser is an American professional wrestler better known by the ring name Simon Gotch. He is currently signed to Major League Wrestling (MLW), where he is a member of Contra Unit. He is best known for his time in WWE, where he held the NXT Tag Team Championship as one-half of The Vaudevillains along with Aiden English and also worked for the main roster on its SmackDown brand. He portrays one of MLW's main heels, part of the Contra Unit stable along with Jacob Fatu, Josef Samael and Ikuro Kwon.
Frank Tripucka
Francis Joseph Tripucka was an American collegiate and professional football quarterback, at Notre Dame, in the National Football League, in the Canadian Football League, and in the early American Football League.
Phyllis Newman
Phyllis Newman was an American actress and singer. She won the 1962 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her role as Martha Vail in the musical Subways Are for Sleeping on Broadway, received the Isabelle Stevenson Award in 2009 and was nominated another Tony for Broadway Bound (1987), as well as two nominations for Drama Desk Awards.
Bernie Worrell
George Bernard Worrell, Jr. was an American keyboardist and record producer best known as a founding member of Parliament-Funkadelic and for his work with Talking Heads. He is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 with fifteen other members of Parliament-Funkadelic. Worrell was described by Jon Pareles of The New York Times as "the kind of sideman who is as influential as some bandleaders."
Erik Stocklin
Erik Flynn Stocklin is an American actor known for recurring roles on television series Stalker (2014) and Mistresses (2013), and his leading role on Haters Back Off (2016–2017).
Margaret Travolta
Margaret Travolta is an American actress.