Abramoff, Jack (Atlantic City)
The GOP lobbyist who went to prison in 2006
Famous People from New Jersey
From the Who2 database of 4,809 musicians, actors, historical figures, and other celebrities:
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Aldrin, Buzz (Montclair)
The second man on the moon -
Alexander, Jason (Newark)
George Costanza on TV's Seinfeld -
Alito, Samuel (Trenton)
U.S. Supreme Court justice, 2006-present -
Altidor, Jozy (Livingston)
The fleet young striker for the 2010 US World Cup squad -
Bakley, Bonny Lee (Morristown)
The victim in the Robert Blake murder case -
Baraka, Amiri (Newark)
Author of the 1964 play Dutchman -
Basie, Count (Red Bank)
Swing bandleader and performer of "One O'Clock Jump" -
Biden, Jill (Hammonton)
The First Lady of the United States, 2021-present -
Blake, Robert (Nutley)
The Baretta star who was accused of killing his wife -
Blume, Judy (Elizabeth)
The author of Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret -
Bourne, Randolph (Bloomfield)
The author of Youth and Life -
Bouton, Jim (Newark)
The author of "Ball Four" -
Bradley, Bob (Montclair)
Coach of the U.S. men's national soccer team, 2006-2011 -
Braff, Zach (South Orange)
The guy from Scrubs and Garden State -
Brennan, John O. (North Bergen)
The director of the C.I.A. from 2013-2017 -
Burr, Aaron (Newark)
The Vice President who killed Alexander Hamilton -
Carter, Rubin "Hurricane" (Clifton)
The boxer whose murder convictions were tossed -
Christie, Chris (Newark)
The Governor of New Jersey, 2010-2018 -
Cleveland, Grover (Caldwell)
The 22nd and 24th president of the United States -
Cooper, James Fenimore (Burlington)
The American novelist who wrote The Last of the Mohicans -
Copperfield, David (Metuchen)
The magician who made the Statue of Liberty disappear -
Dee, Sandra (Bayonne)
Star of the 1959 movie Gidget -
Dickerson, Ernest R. (Newark)
Spike Lee's cinematographer and the director of 'Juice' -
Diggs, Taye
The young hunk from How Stella Got Her Groove Back -
Dinklage, Peter (Morristown)
He's the dwarf Tyrion Lannister on Game of Thrones -
Douglas, Michael (New Brunswick)
Gordon Gecko in the 1987 movie Wall Street -
Dunst, Kirsten (Point Pleasant)
Mary Jane in the Spider-Man film series -
Dupré, Ashley
The hired woman in the Eliot Spitzer scandal -
Dworkin, Andrea (Camden)
Author of Woman Hating -
Evans, Bill (Plainfield)
One of the all-time greats on jazz piano -
Fagen, Donald (Passaic)
Co-founder of the group Steely Dan -
Farmiga, Vera (Passaic County)
George Clooney's love interest in Up in the Air -
Fauset, Jessie Redmon (Camden)
The "midwife" of the Harlem Renaissance and editor of 'The Crisis' -
Fontana, D.C.
Scripter and story editor for the original 'Star Trek' -
Forbes, Steve (Morristown)
Publisher of Forbes magazine -
Gandolfini, James (Westwood)
Tony Soprano in the TV series The Sopranos -
Garofalo, Janeane (Newton)
Tart-tongued comic actress and radio host -
Ginsberg, Allen (Newark)
The Beat-era poet who wrote Howl -
Handler, Chelsea (Livingston)
TV Host and author of Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea -
Harris, Ed (Tenafly)
The intense actor who wrote and starred in Pollock -
Harrison, Anna (Morristown)
U.S. President William Henry Harrison's wife -
Hill, Lauryn (South Orange)
The singer from the Fugees -
Houston, Whitney (Newark)
The troubled pop singer of "Saving All My Love For You" -
Jeter, Derek (Pequannock)
Shortstop (and five-time World Series winner) for the New York Yankees since 1996 -
Jonas Brothers, The
The band of brothers who starred in the Disney movie Camp Rock -
Jonas, Frankie
The younger brother of the Jonas Brothers band -
Jonas, Kevin (Teaneck)
The oldest of the singing Jonas Brothers -
Kinsey, Alfred (Hoboken)
Author of The Kinsey Report on sexuality -
Kovacs, Ernie (Trenton)
Zany 1950s TV comedian -
Kreskin, The Amazing (Montclair)
Star of TV's The Amazing World of Kreskin -
Kushner, Jared (Livingston)
Donald Trump's son-in-law and adviser -
Langella, Frank (Bayonne)
The one who played Nixon in the movie Frost/Nixon -
Larter, Ali (Cherry Hill)
Struggling single mom Niki Sanders on the TV series Heroes -
Lewis, Jerry (Newark)
Host of the annual Jerry Lewis telethon -
Liddy, G. Gordon (Hoboken)
The nutty leader of the Watergate burglars -
Liotta, Ray (Newark)
Henry Hill in the movie Goodfellas -
Lloyd, Carli (Delran Township)
The midfielder who scored 3 goals in the 2015 World Cup finals -
Mailer, Norman (Long Branch)
Pugnacious author of The Naked and the Dead -
Martin, George R. R. (Bayonne)
The author of A Game of Thrones -
Matheson, Richard (Allendale)
The author of I Am Legend -
McCarthy, Tom (New Providence)
The director of Spotlight and The Station Agent -
McPhee, John (Princeton)
The creative non-fiction legend who wrote 'Annals of the Former World' -
Midler, Bette (Paterson)
The brash singer nicknamed "The Divine Miss M" -
Muniz, Frankie (Wood Ridge)
Malcolm from TV's Malcolm in the Middle -
Nicholson, Jack (Neptune)
The Oscar-winning actor who played Jake Gittes in Chinatown -
O'Neal, Shaquille (Newark)
7'1" center for the Boston Celtics -
Parker, Dorothy (West End)
The oft-quoted female wit of the Algonquin Round Table -
Pesci, Joe (Newark)
The star of My Cousin Vinny and Goodfellas -
Pitcher, Molly
Brave water-carrying woman of the American Revolutionary War -
Priebus, Reince
The RNC chairman who became Donald Trump's Chief of Staff -
Queen Latifah (Newark)
The jail matron Mama in the movie Chicago -
Reid, Tara (Wyckoff)
Host of the party travelogue show Taradise -
Ripa, Kelly (Stratford)
The zippy blonde host of Live! With Kelly and Michael -
Robeson, Paul (Princeton)
The actor, singer and activist known for Othello and Show Boat -
Rodman, Dennis (Trenton)
The freaky former NBA star with the funny hair colors -
Roth, Philip (Newark)
The author of Portnoy's Complaint -
Rudd, Paul (Passaic)
The Clueless guy who married Phoebe on Friends -
Saint, Eva Marie (Newark)
Marlon Brando's co-star in On the Waterfront -
Saldana, Zoe (Passaic)
Uhura in the new Star Trek and Neytiri in Avatar -
San Giacomo, Laura (West Orange)
Maya Gallo on TV's Just Shoot Me -
Scalia, Antonin (Trenton)
U.S. Supreme Court judge, 1986-2016 -
Scheider, Roy (Orange)
The star of the movies Jaws and All That Jazz -
Schwartz, Sherwood (Passaic)
The creator of Gilligan's Island and The Brady Bunch -
Schwarzkopf, H. Norman (Trenton)
U.S. General during the Persian Gulf War -
Simon, Paul (Newark)
Half of the singing duo Simon and Garfunkel -
Sinatra, Frank (Hoboken)
Singer of New York, New York and leader of the Rat Pack -
Smith, Kevin (Red Bank)
The director of Clerks and Chasing Amy -
Solanas, Valerie (Ventnor)
The woman who shot Andy Warhol -
Spacy, Kevin (South Orange)
Oscar-winning star of American Beauty -
Springsteen, Bruce (Freehold)
The New Jersey rocker who did the song "Born to Run" -
Stagg, Amos Alonzo (West Orange)
Football coach at the University of Chicago, 1892-1932 -
Stewart, Martha (Nutley)
The host of Martha Stewart's Living who was convicted of stock hanky-panky -
Streep, Meryl (Summit)
The multi-Oscared star of Out of Africa and The Devil Wears Prada -
Swit, Loretta (Passaic)
'Hot Lips' Houlihan -
Sykes, Wanda (Portsmouth)
The star of The Wanda Sykes Show on late-night TV -
Tisdale, Ashley
Maddie on Disney's The Suite Life of Zack and Cody -
Travolta, John (Englewood)
The star of Saturday Night Fever and Pulp Fiction -
Trout, Mike (Vineland)
Angels outfielder who was Rookie of the Year in 2014 -
Van Cleef, Lee (Somerville)
The "bad" guy in the western The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly -
Warwick, Dionne (East Orange)
Singer of "Walk On By" and "Do You Know the Way to San Jose?" -
Williams, Wendy (Asbury Park)
The radio and TV host who says "How ya doin'?" -
Williams, William Carlos
Author of the poetic epic Paterson -
Wilson, Flip
The Black comedian whose Geraldine character said "the devil made me do it!"