List of people from Jersey City, New Jersey

The following is a list of notable people from Jersey City, New Jersey. (B) denotes that the person was born there.

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References

  1. Fox, Margalit. "Jean Anyon Dies at 72; Wrote 'Ghetto Schooling'", The New York Times, September 29, 2013. Accessed October 2, 2013. "Jean Maude Anyon was born in Jersey City on July 16, 1941. She received a bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania, followed by a master's in education there and a Ph.D. from New York University in education and psycholinguistics."
  2. Barron, James. "JIM BISHOP, A COLUMNIST, DIES: POPULAR AUTHOR OF 21 BOOKS", The New York Times, July 28, 1987. Accessed November 4, 2016. "James Alonzo Bishop was born Nov. 21, 1907, in Jersey City, the oldest son of a police lieutenant."
  3. Staff. "Joseph Krumgold, Screenwriter And Author of Children's Books", The New York Times, July 16, 1980. Accessed November 4, 2016. ""Born in Jersey City, Mr. Krumgold was graduated from New York University and became a screenwriter in Hollywood."
  4. Cannella, Wendy. "Wendy Cannella: This Fierce Life: An Interview with Laura McCullough", Painted Bride Quarterly, Issue 94. Accessed November 4, 2016. "LM: I was born in Jersey City, in the Margaret Hague, the women's hospital that the infamous Irish Mayor Hague built, grew up in suburbia, a little town called Colonia, not too far from Perth Amboy, and my family would drive to the wooded parts north many weekends when I was a child."
  5. Walter Dean Myers, Scholastic. Accessed January 20, 2011.
  6. 2010 National Book Award Finalist,Young People's Literature: Walter Dean Myers, National Book Foundation. Accessed July 6, 2014. "He lives in Jersey City, New Jersey, with his family."
  7. Resolution Honoring Jersey City Native Michael Shaara on the Anniversary of His Birth, City of Jersey City, June 23, 2010. Accessed November 4, 2016. "Wherea, Michael Shaara, the son of Italian immigrants was born in Jersey City on June 23, 1928"
  8. Grimes, William. "Janine Pommy Vega, Restless Poet, Dies at 68". The New York Times, January 2, 2011. Accessed April 17, 2014. "Janine Pommy was born on Feb. 5, 1942, in Jersey City."
  9. John Bachmann: The Seat of War. Bird's Eye View of Part of Maryland, Distr of Columbia and Part of Virginia., Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps. Accessed November 4, 2016. "Following the war, Bachmann continued to produce fine city views from his studio in Jersey City, New Jersey."
  10. Smith, Ray. "Hoboken through the eyes of an artistJersey City painter's work shows scenes of the city as Americana", The Hudson Reporter, September 9, 2010. Accessed November 9, 2016. "Jones grew up in New Providence, N.J., but attended school in New York City.... Jones, 66, has been painting since he was 20-years-old, and now resides in Jersey City.... Jones lived in Hoboken for 15 years beginning in 1977."
  11. Staff. "Obituary; Geroge Catlin, Artist", The New York Times, December 24, 1872. Accessed November 4, 2016. "George Catlin, the artist, died at his home in Jersey City, yesterday morning, at the age of seventy-four."
  12. Gates, Anita. "Elaine Lustig Cohen, Designer Who Left Her Mark Everywhere, Dies at 89", The New York Times, October 7, 2016. Accessed October 9, 2016. "Elaine Firstenberg was born on March 6, 1927, in Jersey City, the daughter of Herman Firstenberg, a plumber, and the former Elizabeth Loeb."
  13. Kimmelman, Michael. "Alphaeus Cole, a Portraitist, 112", The New York Times, November 26, 1988. Accessed October 2, 2013. "Mr. Cole, whose father was Timothy Cole, a noted 19th-century engraver of Old Master paintings, was born in Jersey City, N. J., on July 12, 1876."
  14. Gopnik, Adam. "Bayonne", The New Yorker, April 24, 1989. Accessed July 9, 2016.
  15. Woodward, Richard B. "ART; Two Wild and Crazy Emigres Discover Bayonne", The New York Times, March 26, 1989. Accessed July 9, 2016. "Unlike Jersey City, where Mr. Melamid lives with his family (Mr. Komar still lives in Manhattan), Bayonne has never been either sufficiently run down or sufficiently desirable to invite gentrification."
  16. Hevesi, Dennis. "Elizabeth Allen, 77, Stage Star Known for Memorable TV Line, Is Dead", The New York Times, October 9, 2006. Accessed October 2, 2013. "Elizabeth Ellen Gillease was born on Jan. 25, 1929, in Jersey City, the daughter of Viola and Joseph Gillease."
  17. Schuh, Jamie. "Howard Stern Show's Beetlejuice makes an appearance in North Bergen", The Jersey Journal, August 28, 2009. Accessed July 9, 2016. "'It's about livin', livin' life. It's my life whether there's cameras there or not!' exclaimed famed Howard Stern sidekick and Jersey City native Beetlejuice, talking about his new reality series, which chronicles his hilarious exploits with best friend Bobby Rooney, a Bayonne native."
  18. Rosenfeld, Stacy. "Quite the Character: Haworth's Philip Bosco Reflects on his Illustrious Life and Acting Career", Bergen.com, April 16, 2014. Accessed November 4, 2016. "Born and raised in Jersey City, Bosco was a rough-and-tumble kid who found his place onstage."
  19. Barnes, Brooks. "John Calley, Hollywood Chief, Dies at 81", The New York Times, September 14, 2011. Accessed November 4, 2016. "John Calley was born July 8, 1930, in Jersey City, the son of a car salesman, and, after serving in the Army, worked at 21 as a mail clerk for NBC in New York."
  20. Henry, Diane. "Richard Conte, Actor, 59, Dies; Played Gangster and Hero Roles", The New York Times, April 16, 1975. Accessed November 4, 2016. "He was named Nicholas Conte when he was born in March, 1916. The son of a Jersey City barber. But 20th Century Fox insisted his name be changed, preferably to Nicholas Conty. He compromised by changing his first name to Richard, believing, he told an interviewer, that as long as he held on to Conte his friends in Jersey City would not accuse him of having gone Hollywood."
  21. Staff. "Danny Dayton, 75, Actor and Director", The New York Times, February 12, 1999. Accessed October 2, 2013. "Mr. Dayton, who was born in Jersey City, N.J., was a graduate of New York University's School of Journalism but turned instead to the theater."
  22. "Cirie Fields", CBS. Accessed November 3, 2016
  23. US Passport Application (Ruth Findlay) 29 May 1924 (Ancestry.com scan)
  24. Peck, Stacey. "Home Q&A", Los Angeles Times, September 13, 1981. Accessed April 28, 2012. "Flannery attributes her self-assurance to her parents. 'I was born In Jersey City, New Jersey, and both my parents were first generation Americans of Irish descent.'"
  25. Paul Gleason Biography, Film Reference, Accessed November 15, 2010.
  26. Staff. "Paul Gleason, 67; Grouchy Principal in Breakfast Club", Los Angeles Times, May 29, 2006. Accessed November 4, 2016. "Gleason was born May 4, 1939, in Jersey City, N.J., and grew up in Miami."
  27. Harbin, Billy J.; Marra, Kim.; and Schanke, Robert A. The Gay & Lesbian Theatrical Legacy: A Biographical Dictionary of Major Figures in American Stage History in the Pre-Stonewall Era, p. 178. University of Michigan Press, 2005. ISBN 9780472068586. Accessed November 4, 2016. "Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, Guilfoyle as a young man heard about a scholarship competition at New York's School for the Theater (on Lexington Avenue), and he decided to audition."
  28. Thomas Jr., Robert McG. "Dennis James, 79, TV Game Show Host and Announcer, Dies", The New York Times, June 6, 1997. Accessed July 9, 2016. "A native of Jersey City, Mr. James, whose original name was Demie James Sposa, graduated from St. Peter's College and passed up medical school to become an actor."
  29. Herbert Jefferson Jr, The New York Times. Accessed November 21, 2015.
  30. Staff. "Victor Kilian, Actor, Found Beaten Fatally In Hollywood Home", The New York Times, March 13, 1979. Accessed November 4, 2016. "Mr. Kilian, a native of Jersey City, made his Broadway debut with the late Walter Huston in 1924 in Eugene O'Neill's Desire Under the Elms."
  31. Dezell, Maureen. "Nathan Lane goes beyond Broadway", The Boston Globe, October 19, 2003. Accessed July 6, 2014. "Lane has described his Irish Catholic family background as 'bad Eugene O'Neill.' Born in Jersey City, the third of three sons in a blue-collar family, he was named after his uncle Joe, a Jesuit priest."
  32. Halterman, Jim. "HOUSE's Robert Sean Leonard on Wilson being 'a strange man'", JimHalterman.com, December 3, 2009. Accessed November 4, 2016. "Looking ahead, it's no surprise that Leonard is not eager to land his own television series and take on the kind of demands that Hugh Laurie endures as House. The Jersey City native, however, clearly doesn't take his success for granted."
  33. Katz, Ephraim, Fred Klein; Ronald Dean Nolan, The Film Encyclopedia (Third Edition). New York: HarperPerennial, 1998. ISBN 9780062734921 page 1838.
  34. Speiser, matthew. "Actor Derek Luke inspires crowd in Jersey City", The Jersey Journal, May 17, 2015. Accessed November 4, 2016. "Actor Derek Luke spoke at the Mary McLeod Bethune Center in Jersey City on Sunday, May 17, 2015. Luke grew up in Jersey City, attended Snyder High School, and currently is in Empire."
  35. Jones, Jack. "Ozzie Nelson", Los Angeles Times, June 4, 1975. Accessed April 29, 2014. "Born Oswald George Nelson on March 20, 1906 in Jersey City, NJ"
  36. Rothstein, Mervyn. "A LIFE IN THE THEATRE: Actress Phyllis Newman Plays Many Roles On Stage and Beyond", Playbill, May 28, 2012. Accessed April 17, 2014. "'It was born in me,' Phyllis Newman says. 'I had to perform. My parents told me that when I was three or four I would go out in the street and sing and bring people in to watch me in my apartment in Jersey City.'"
  37. Maher, Adam. "Jersey City comedian Patrice O'Neal dies at 41", The Jersey Journal, November 30, 2011. Accessed November 4, 2016. "Comedian, actor and radio personality Patrice O'Neal, of Jersey City, died yesterday morning due to complications from a stroke. He was 41."
  38. Slotnik, Daniel E. "Cliff Osmond, Prolific Character Actor, Dies at 75", The New York Times, December 27, 2012. Accessed July 6, 2014. "Clifford Osman Ebrahim was born on Feb. 26, 1937, in Jersey City (adapting his middle name as his professional name)."
  39. "Julie Thinks Kevin is Psycho!" The Real World: New York; Episode 11; First aired July 30, 1992; MTV.
  40. Katchmer, George A. A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses, p. 312. McFarland & Company, 2002. ISBN 9780786446933. Accessed November 5, 2016. "William 'Billy' Quirk was born March 29, 1873, in Jersey City, New Jersey, and died at age 53 in Hollywood, California, on April 20, 1926."
  41. Silverman, Stephen M. "Girlfight Star in Alleged Girl Fight". People, March 20, 2002. Accessed September 22, 2013. "Sultry actress Michelle Rodriguez, who played a boxer in the 2000 film Girlfight and who appears in the new movie Resident Evil, was arrested Saturday on charges of fighting with another woman at her apartment in Jersey City, N.J., reports New York's Daily News.... According to the news, Rodriguez, born in Texas, moved to Jersey City with her mother and some of her 10 brothers in 1990."
  42. Staff. "BASIL RUYSDAEL, ANNOUNCER, DIES; Voice of Hit Parade Was Coach of Tibbett - Sang at 'Met' 8 Seasons", The New York Times, October 12, 1960. Accessed November 5, 2016. "Mr. Ruysdael was born in Jersey City and graduated from Cornell University with a degree in electrical engineering."
  43. Chawkins, Steve. "Joseph Sargent dies at 89; prize-winning film and TV movie director ", Los Angeles Times, December 23, 2014. "Born to Italian immigrants in Jersey City, N.J., on July 22, 1925, Giuseppe Daniele Sorgente was the son of an ice-wagon driver and a seamstress."
  44. Staff. "Fast Facts: Martha Stewart Timeline", Fox News, March 4, 2005. Accessed November 4, 2016. "Born Martha Kostyra on Aug. 3, 1941, the future domestic trendsetter was the second of six children of Polish immigrant parents in Jersey City, N.J., across the Hudson River from downtown Manhattan."
  45. D'Onofrio, Mike. "From Jersey City streets to Survivor jungle a culture shock, contestant says", The Jersey Journal, February 25, 2014. Accessed November 4, 2016. "Years of patrolling Jersey City streets as a police officer could not fully prepare Tony Vlachos for what awaited him as a contestant on Survivor."
  46. Tracey Walter, TCM.com. Accessed November 5, 2016. "A native of Jersey City, NJ, Walter discovered acting while watching an off-Broadway play, Scuba Duba."
  47. Malcolm-Jamal Warner Biography, Biography.com, February 9, 2015. Accessed November 5, 2016.
  48. Cover, Time, January 31, 1972.
  49. Watkins, Mel. "Flip Wilson, Outrageous Comic and TV Host, Dies at 64", The New York Times, November 27, 1998. Accessed September 8, 2011. "Mr. Wilson was born Clerow Wilson in Jersey City on Dec. 8, 1933, one of 18 children. He was placed in foster care at the age of 7, shortly after his mother abandoned the family."
  50. Jones, Steve. "Akon, not 'Trouble,' is his middle name", USA Today, October 4, 2004. Accessed November 4, 2016. "Akon (real name: Allaune Thiam) is the son of acclaimed Senegalese percussionist Mor Thiam, who came to the USA to tour with dancers Katherine Dunham and Alvin Ailey. Growing up, Akon had a hard time getting along with kids in New Jersey. When he and his older brother reached high school, his parents left them on their own in Jersey City and moved the family to Atlanta."
  51. Hood, John. "Our Band to Admire", Miami New Times, September 13, 2007. Accessed November 4, 2016. "Then those Big Bad Apple glory boys disappeared. Two — singer Paul Banks and drummer Sam Fogarino — decamped to Jersey City."
  52. Kaulessar, Ricardo. "Celebrate good timesJersey City pals have spent 40 years as Kool & the Gang", The Hudson Reporter, June 18, 2009. Accessed November 4, 2016. "Current Montclair resident Robert Bell, who came to Jersey City in 1961 as a 12-year-old with his mom and brother Ronald, recently talked about staying 'fresh' after five decades of music."
  53. Joe Budden Allmusic.
  54. Conte, Michaelangelo. "Jersey City rap star Joe Budden is on the Hudson County sheriff's chart as a deadbeat dad owing nearly $13,000 in child support", The Jersey Journal, October 19, 2010. Accessed November 4, 2016. "Born in Spanish Harlem, Budden moved to Jersey City with his family when he was 11 and grew up on the West Side. He now has addresses on Bentley Avenue in Jersey City and River Road in North Bergen."
  55. Caramanica, Jon. "Prince Be, Who Infused Rap With Mysticism, Dies at 46", The New York Times, June 19, 2016. Accessed July 9, 2016. "Prince Be was born Attrell Cordes on May 15, 1970, in Jersey City."
  56. Dino Danelli, Playbill (magazine). Accessed November 4, 2016. "Born: July 23, 1944 in Jersey City, NJ"
  57. Al Di Meola – Elegant Gypsy and More Electric Tour 2015, The Center for the Arts. Accessed November 4, 2016. "A native of New Jersey who still resides in the Garden State, Di Meola was born in Jersey City on July 22, 1954."
  58. Jersey City rapper DJ DX shares stories through old, new school sounds.
  59. Staff. "Landmark Loew's sets 2010 shows", The Jersey Journal, December 18, 2009. Accessed November 4, 2016. "On Friday, Jan. 15, 2010 at 8 p.m., a Loew's-Down Blues Concert will feature blues great and Jersey City resident John Hammond plus The Duke Robillard Band."
  60. Ratliff, Ben. "Andrew Hill, 75, Jazz Artist Known for His Daring Style, Dies", The New York Times, April 21, 2007. Accessed January 2, 2008. "Andrew Hill, a pianist and composer of highly original and sometimes opaquely inner-dwelling jazz whose work only recently found a wide audience, died yesterday at his home in Jersey City. He was 75."
  61. Hao Huang, Scripps College; Accessed October 23, 2010.
  62. Allen, Craig. "Craig Allen says: 'Meet New Jersey's Marilyn McCoo'", WKXW, November 29, 2014. "As we continue to stuff your radio full of Jersey's Favorite (Homegrown) Artists through the long Thanksgiving weekend, you should recognize the talents of Marilyn McCoo! She was born in Jersey City on September 30, 1943."
  63. Gil Mellé, Columbia University. Accessed November 4, 2016.
  64. Christina Milian Biography, Biography.com, April 2, 2014. Accessed November 4, 2016. "Born on September 26, 1981, in Jersey City, New Jersey, singer and actress Christina Milian moved to Los Angeles, California, at age 13 to pursue an acting career."
  65. Frank Sinatra's Jersey City Connection, City of Jersey City. Accessed November 4, 2016. "Among the highlights of Sinatra's life in Jersey City are: The singer and Nancy Barbato of Jersey City were married here in Our Lady of Sorrows Church. The newlyweds resided in an apartment at 137 Bergen Avenue. Their first two children – Nancy and Frank Jr. – were born at Margaret Hague Hospital in Jersey City."
  66. Shaw, Arnold. Sinatra: Retreat of the Romantic, p. 75. W. H. Allen Ltd, 1968. Accessed April 29, 2014. "Franklin Wayne Sinatra, now known simply as Frank Sinatra Jr., made his appearance in Jersey City on the afternoon of January 10, just about the time that radio listeners were beginning to hear a ditty that went 'mairzy doats and doesy doats and little lambsy divy.'"
  67. Lee, Laura. The Name's Familiar II, p. 296. Pelican Publishing Company. ISBN 9781455609178. Accessed April 29, 2014. "Nancy Sinatra was born June 8, 1940 in Jersey City, New Jersey, the first child of Nancy and Frank Sinatra."
  68. via Associated Press. "Charles Smith, Kool & the Gang guitarist, dies at 57", USA Today, June 23, 2006. Accessed November 5, 2016. "Born on Sept. 6, 1948, in Jersey City, he was introduced to jazz guitar by his father in the early 1960s."
  69. Ojutiku, Mak. "St. Peter's Prep holds groundbreaking for $5.25 million athletic center", The Jersey Journal, January 21, 2016. Accessed November 3, 2016. "The facility's namesake, William 'Guy' Perkins, who was also present at the groundbreaking, provided a $1.5 million donation for the facility. Perkins, a Jersey City native, played for the school's football team before he graduated in 1986."
  70. Berger, Joseph. "Raymond A. Brown, Civil Rights Lawyer, Dies at 94", The New York Times, October 11, 2009. Accessed November 3, 2016. "Mr. Brown was born in 1915 in Fernandina Beach, Fla., the son of a railroad mechanic. When he was 2, his family moved to Jersey City."
  71. Orestes Cleveland biography, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed November 4, 2016. "moved to Jersey City, N.J., in 1845 and became involved in the manufacture of black lead, stove polish, and pencils"
  72. Smothers, Ronald. "Death of Jersey City Mayor Tips the Balance of Power", The New York Times, May 27, 2004. Accessed November 4, 2016. "Glenn Dale Cunningham was born Sept. 13, 1943, in Jersey City. He attended city schools before joining the Marine Corps in 1961 and serving for four years. He joined the city's police force in 1967, rising through the ranks to captain, all while earning a bachelor's degree at Jersey City State College and graduating cum laude in 1974."
  73. "DALY, William Davis, (1851 - 1900)", Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed November 4, 2016. "DALY, William Davis, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Jersey City, N.J., June 4, 1851"
  74. DANIELS, Dominick Vincent, (1908 - 1987), Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed November 4, 2016. "DANIELS, Dominick Vincent, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J., October 18, 1908; educated in the Jersey City public schools"
  75. EDWARDS, Edward Irving, (1863 - 1931), Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed November 4, 2016. "EDWARDS, Edward Irving, a Senator from New Jersey; born in Jersey City, N.J., December 1, 1863; attended the Jersey City public schools and New York University, New York City"
  76. Governor James Fairman Fielder, National Governors Association. Accessed November 4, 2016. "James F. Fielder, the forty-fourth and forty-sixth governor to serve New Jersey, was born in Jersey City, New Jersey on February 26, 1867."
  77. Louis J. Freeh, September 1, 1993 - June 25, 2001, Federal Bureau of Investigation. Accessed November 4, 2016. "Louis J. Freeh was born in Jersey City, New Jersey."
  78. Kaufman, Marc; and Von Bergen, Jane M. "From Paradise To Prison - The Odyssey Of A Fugitive", The Philadelphia Inquirer, January 3, 1988. Accessed July 6, 2014. "David Friedland's glorious beach chalet, just a few coconut palms from the azure-blue Indian Ocean, was to be finished by New Year's.... The ex-senator from Jersey City faces up to 150 years in prison if convicted on a 1985 indictment charging him with conspiring to pay kickbacks to pension-fund trustees of the Teamsters Local 701 in New Brunswick in return for letting him invest $20 million from the fund."
  79. GRAY, Edward Winthrop, (1870 - 1942), Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed November 4, 2016."GRAY, Edward Winthrop, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Jersey City, N.J., August 18, 1870; attended the public schools"
  80. Staff. "J. Owen Grundy Dead at 73; Official Jersey City Historian", The New York Times, January 30, 1985. Accessed November 4, 2016. "J. Owen Grundy, the official historian of Jersey City and chairman of the city's Municipal Historic Districts Commission, died Monday at Christ Hospital in Jersey City. He was 73 years old and a native of Jersey City."
  81. GUARINI, Frank Joseph Jr., (1924 - ), Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed November 4, 2016. "GUARINI, Frank Joseph Jr., a Representative from New Jersey; born in Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J., August 20, 1924; graduated from Lincoln High School, 1942"
  82. Frank Hague, 1876-1956; Mayor of Jersey City, 1917-1947 (Retired), New Jersey City University. Accessed November 4, 2016. "Frank Hague was born on January 17, 1876, to Irish immigrants Margaret Fagen/Fagin and John Hague from County Cavan, the second of eight children. His father worked as a blacksmith and a bank guard. The family lived on a street of tenement houses commonly known as 'Cork Row' in the Second Ward or 'Horseshoe' district."
  83. Lundy, F. L., et. al. Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, 1918", p. 292. J.A. Fitzgerald, 1918. Accessed November 4, 2016. "JAMES A HAMILL (Dem., Jersey City) Mr. Hamill was born in the old Sixth Ward of Jersey City, March 31, 1877, and is a counselor-at-law."
  84. HART, Edward Joseph, (1893 - 1961), Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed November 4, 2016. "HART, Edward Joseph, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Jersey City, N.J., March 25, 1893"
  85. Staff. John V. Kelly, The Star-Ledger, November 2, 2009. Accessed November 4, 2016. "John V. Kelly, 83, of Nutley passed away on Friday, Oct. 30, 2009, at Clara Maass Medical Center, Belleville. Mr. Kelly was born on July 11, 1926, to Joseph and Mary Silvestri Kelly on Griffith Street in Jersey City."
  86. Eugene Walter Leake, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed November 11, 2007.
  87. Fitzgerald, Thomas F. Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey 1900, p. 291. T. F. Fitzgerald, 1900. Accessed July 18, 2016. "JOB H. LIPPINCOTT, Jersey City. Justice Lippincott was born near Mount Holly, N.J., November 12th, 1842. He was reared on his father's farm at Vincentown, N.J., and received a common-school education."
  88. "DRPA CFO John T. Hanson Named Acting CEO; Hanson to Replace Outgoing CEO John J. Matheussen for 30 Days", Delaware River Port Authority, January 15, 2014. Accessed September 22, 2015. "A native of Jersey City, Matheussen was appointed CEO on April 1, 2003."
  89. McADOO, William, (1853 - 1930), Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed November 4, 2016. "McADOO, William, a Representative from New Jersey; born near Ramelton, County Donegal, Ireland, October 25, 1853; immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled in Jersey City, N.J., in 1865"
  90. Staff. "Report: McGreevey moves to Jersey City", The Jersey Journal, October 16, 2015. Accessed November 4, 2016. "Former Gov. Jim McGreevey has moved to Jersey City, the place he was born, PolitickerNJ reported."
  91. MILTON, John Gerald, (1881 - 1977), Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed November 4, 2016. "MILTON, John Gerald, a Senator from New Jersey; born in Jersey City, N.J., January 21, 1881"
  92. A. Harry Moore School, New Jersey City University. Accessed November 4, 2016. "Moore, one of six children of Robert White and Martha McComb Moore, was born in the working class Lafayette section of Jersey City."
  93. "New Jersey Governor Franklin Murphy", National Governors Association. Accessed September 22, 2015. "Franklin Murphy, the fortieth governor of New Jersey, was born in Jersey City, New Jersey on January 3, 1846."
  94. Gettleman, Jeffrey. "William Musto, 88, a Mayor Re-elected on His Way to Jail, Is Dead", The New York Times, March 1, 2006. Accessed September 8, 2011. "William Vincent Musto was born March 27, 1917, at a hospital in neighboring Jersey City. He spent his entire life in what is now Union City, except during World War II, when he served as an artillery officer under Gen. George S. Patton. Mr. Musto won a Bronze Star."
  95. NORTON, Mary Teresa, United States House of Representatives. Accessed November 4, 2016. "Mary Teresa Hopkins was born on March 7, 1875, in Jersey City, New Jersey."
  96. O'BRIEN, Charles Francis Xavier, (1879 - 1940), Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed November 4, 2016. "O'BRIEN, Charles Francis Xavier, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Jersey City, N.J., March 7, 1879"
  97. Johnston, Laurie. "Phelps Phelps, 84, Ambassador and Albany Legislator", The New York Times, June 12, 1981. Accessed November 4, 2016. "Phelps Phelps, a former New York State Senator and Assemblyman who later served as Governor of American Samoa and Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, died Wednesday in Wildwood, N.J., at the age of 84. A lawyer and had lived in Wildwood for six years and nine years before that in Jersey City."
  98. Mary Philbrook, New Jersey Courts. Accessed November 5, 2016. "Philbrook was born in 1872 in Jersey City."
  99. SIEMINSKI, Alfred Dennis, (1911 - 1990), Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed November 5, 2016. "SIEMINSKI, Alfred Dennis, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J., August 23, 1911"
  100. Goodnough, Abby. "Thomas Smith, 68, Ex-Jersey City Mayor, Dies", The New York Times, June 5, 1996. Accessed November 5, 2016. "Thomas F. X. Smith, a former Mayor of Jersey City who helped revive the city's downtown area but lost in the Democratic primary when he made a bid for Governor in 1981, died on Friday at his home in Jersey City."
  101. Gonzalez, David. "Woman In The News; Dynamic Advocate; Nadine Strossen", The New York Times, January 28, 1991. Accessed November 5, 2016. "Born in Jersey City on Aug. 18, 1950, Nadine Strossen moved with her family to Hopkins, Minn., when she was 8 years old after her father, an oil company executive, was transferred."
  102. John Parnell Thomas, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed May 23, 2008.
  103. Staff. "Harry L. Towe, 92, A Former Congressman", The New York Times, February 10, 1991. Accessed November 5, 2016. "Born in Jersey City, Mr. Towe attended the United States Naval Academy and graduated from the New Jersey Law School in 1925."
  104. TOWEY, Frank William, Jr., (1895 - 1979), Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed November 5, 2016. "TOWEY, Frank William, Jr., a Representative from New Jersey; born in Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J., November 5, 1895; attended Manresa Hall Grammar School and St. Peters High School, Jersey City, N.J"
  105. Sackett, William. Scannell's New Jersey's first citizens and state guide, p. 454. J.J. Scannell, 1919. Accessed November 4, 2016. "JOSEPH P. TUMULTY - Jersey City - Secretary to the President. Born at Jersey City, May 5, 1870; son of Philip and Alicia Tumulty, of Jersey City"
  106. Staff. "James A. Tumulty Jr. Is Dead; Jersey Lawyer and Politician, 74", The New York Times, November 26, 1974. Accessed November 5, 2016. "Mr. Tumulty was born in Jersey City, a nephew of Joseph Tumulty, who was personal secretary and a close associate of President Woodrow Wilson."
  107. Charles Henry Voorhis, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed November 11, 2007.
  108. Meyer, Peter. "The New Superintendent of Schools for New Orleans", Education Next, Fall 2011, Vol. 11, No. 4. Accessed November 4, 2016. "TFA sent White to Jersey City, to 3,000-student Dickinson High School, overlooking the Holland Tunnel, where he taught English for three years and learned that 'there are a lot of challenges and we shouldn't kid ourselves.'"
  109. Medal of Honor recipients – World War II (A–F), United States Army Center of Military History. Accessed September 3, 2016.
  110. Nominations Before the Senate Armed Services Committee, First Session, 112th Congress, Federation of American Scientists. Accessed September 9, 2013. "Martin E. Dempsey... 5. Date and place of birth: March 14, 1952; Jersey City, NJ."
  111. Medal of Honor recipients – Vietnam (A-L), United States Army Center of Military History. Accessed September 3, 2016.
  112. Madison II (Schooner), Naval History and Heritage Command. Accessed November 4, 2016. "Commander James Jonas Madison, born 20 May 1888 in Jersey City, N.J., was appointed lieutenant in the Naval Reserve 8 May 1917."
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