List of Famous people born in New Jersey, United States of America
Joe Germanotta
Eva Henning
Eva Henning was a Swedish stage and movie actress.
Katherine MacLean
Katherine Anne MacLean was an American science fiction author best known for her short fiction of the 1950s which examined the impact of technological advances on individuals and society.
Dory Previn
Dorothy "Dory" Veronica Previn was an American lyricist, singer-songwriter and poet.
Zakk Wylde
Zachary Phillip Wylde is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. He is best known for his tenure as the lead guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne and as the founder, lead guitarist, and lead singer of the heavy metal band Black Label Society. His signature bulls-eye design appears on many of his guitars and is widely recognized. He was also the lead guitarist and vocalist of Pride & Glory, who released one self-titled album in 1994 before disbanding. As a solo artist, he released the albums Book of Shadows and Book of Shadows II.
Robert Kean
Robert Winthrop Kean was an American Republican Party politician and member of one of the nation's oldest and longest serving political families. He served ten terms in the United States House of Representatives representing New Jersey.
Aida de Acosta
Aida de Acosta Root Breckinridge was an American socialite and the first woman to fly a powered aircraft solo. In 1903, while in Paris with her mother, she caught her first glimpse of dirigibles. She then proceeded to take only three flight lessons, before taking to the sky by herself.
John Milnor
John Willard Milnor is an American mathematician known for his work in differential topology, K-theory and dynamical systems. Milnor is a distinguished professor at Stony Brook University and one of the five mathematicians to have won the Fields Medal, the Wolf Prize, and the Abel Prize
Chris Smith
Christopher Henry Smith is an American politician serving his 21st term as the U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 4th congressional district. Though it has taken various forms, his district has always been situated in Central New Jersey. It includes portions of Mercer, Monmouth, and Ocean counties.
Molly O'Day
Molly O'Day was an American film actress and the younger sister of Sally O'Neil.