List of people from New Jersey
The following is a list of notable individuals who were born, raised, or have a strong association with the U.S. state of New Jersey.
Born and raised in New Jersey
A–F
- Brenden Aaronson, soccer player for Leeds United and the United States men's team
- Bud Abbott, actor and comedian, part of Abbott and Costello
- Isa Abdul-Quddus, safety for the Detroit Lions
- Joseph Alexander Adams, engraver
- Mike Adams, safety for the Houston Texans
- Timothy Adams, actor, Sunset Beach, Ocean Ave
- Charles Addams, cartoonist, creator of The Addams Family
- Ryan Adeleye, soccer player for Hapoel Ashkelon
- Charlie Adler, voice actor,Starscream (Transformers) in the Transformers film series
- Howard H. Aiken, physicist, computer scientist, developer of Harvard Mark I
- Jordan Alan, filmmaker, Terminal Bliss, Kiss & Tell, The Gentleman Bandit
- Mitch Albom, writer, journalist, humanitarian, author of Tuesdays with Morrie
- Buzz Aldrin, NASA astronaut, second man to walk on the Moon
- Jason Alexander, actor, George Costanza on Seinfeld, Hugo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Jay Alford, defensive tackle for the New York Giants
- Samuel Alito, associate justice, U.S. Supreme Court
- Malik Allen, basketball player, assistant coach for the Miami Heat
- Emma B. Alrich, journalist, writer, educator, charter member of Woman's Relief Corps
- Enzo Amore, professional wrestler
- Harold Amos, microbiologist, professor at Harvard Medical School
- John Amos, actor, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Good Times, The West Wing
- Richard Anderson, actor, The Six Million Dollar Man, Kung Fu, The Bionic Woman
- Jack Antonoff, musician, guitarist for Fun
- Kristina Apgar, actress, Privileged
- Virginia Apgar, physician, inventor of the Apgar score
- Billy Ard, football player for the New York Giants, Green Bay Packers
- Chris Argyris, business theorist, professor at Harvard
- Bruce Arians, head coach for the Arizona Cardinals
- Allan Arkush, film and television director, Heroes, Rock 'n' Roll High School, Crossing Jordan
- Jillian Armenante, actress, Judging Amy
- Rich Attonito, mixed martial artist
- Paul Auster, author, screenwriter
- Miles Austin, wide receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles
- Jackie Autry, MLB executive
- Dan Avidan, singer, musician and television host, Ninja Sex Party, Starbomb, Game Grumps
- Robert Ayers, defensive end for the New York Giants
- Melissa Bacelar, actress and scream queen
- Bret Baier, television presenter, Special Report with Bret Baier
- Andrew Bailey, relief pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels
- David Bailey, actor, Another World
- Sean Baker, filmmaker, Tangerine, The Florida Project
- Esther E. Baldwin, missionary, teacher, writer
- Wade Baldwin IV, basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.
- Amiri Baraka, poet
- Michael Barkann, radio talk show host, television host
- James J. Barry Jr., politician
- Rick Barry, NBA and ABA small forward and Hall of Fame inductee
- James Barton, Vaudville actor
- Danny Basavich, professional pool player
- Dana Bash, CNN reporter and anchorwoman
- Count Basie, jazz pianist, organist, bandleader
- Ellen Bass, professor, poet, and author
- Bruce Baumgartner, freestyle wrestler, two-time Olympic champion, four-time Olympic medalist, three-time World champion, nine-time World medalist
- Beetlejuice, a.k.a. Lester Green, entertainer, guest on The Howard Stern Show
- Bo Belinsky, MLB player
- Amir Bell, basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League
- Emma Bell, actress
- Madeline Bell, soul singer
- Bill Bellamy, actor, comedian
- Regina Belle, singer
- Stephen Benkovic, chemist, National Academy of Sciences inductee
- Joan Bennett, actress
- Kafi Benz, writer and conservationist
- Jay Berger, tennis player; highest world ranking #7
- Xander Berkeley, actor
- Adam Bernstein, video director and producer
- Alessandra Biaggi, New York State Senator
- Mike Bibby, NBA player
- Jack Bicknell Jr., offensive line coach for the Kansas City Chiefs
- Bam Bam Bigelow, professional wrestler
- Jason Biggs, actor, American Pie, American Pie 2, American Wedding, American Reunion
- Mary Birdsong, actress, comedian Reno 911!
- Roger Birnbaum, film producer, Four Christmases, 27 Dresses, Eight Below, Mr. 3000, Six Days Seven Nights
- Sofia Black-D'Elia, actress, All My Children, Skins, The Messengers
- Vivian Blaine, actress and singer, Guys and Dolls
- Betsy Blair, actress, Marty
- Tammy Blanchard, actress
- Carol Blazejowski, Hall of Fame basketball player
- Al Blozis, New York Giants tackle, died as a soldier in combat during World War II
- Mark Blum, actor
- Judy Blume, author
- Peter Boettke, economist of the Austrian School
- Tim Bogert, bass guitarist and vocalist for Vanilla Fudge, Cactus, and Beck, Bogert & Appice
- Rachel Bolan, professional musician, most notably as the bass guitar player for the hard rock/heavy metal band Skid Row (American band). He was born in Point Pleasant, New Jersey and raised in Toms River, New Jersey
- Clint Bolick, attorney and prominent school choice advocate
- Jon Bon Jovi, musician
- Denise Borino, actress, Ginny Sacramoni on The Sopranos
- Joe Borowski, former MLB pitcher, current sportscaster for the Arizona Diamondbacks
- Philip Bosco, actor
- Emma Bourne, president, New Jersey Woman's Christian Temperance Union
- Dennis Boutsikaris, actor
- Katrina Bowden, actress, Cerie on 30 Rock
- Todd Bowles, former head coach of the New York Jets
- Brad Brach, relief pitcher for the Atlanta Braves
- Gary Brackett, middle linebacker for the Indianapolis Colts
- Zach Braff, actor, Scrubs, Chicken Little
- Debbie Bramwell-Washington, IFBB professional bodybuilder
- John Brennan, director of Central Intelligence Agency
- William J. Brennan Jr., U.S. Supreme Court justice
- David Brewster, publisher and journalist
- Cameron Brink, forward for the Los Angeles Sparks
- Ralph L. Brinster, geneticist
- Kenny Britt, wide receiver for the New England Patriots
- Tal Brody, American-Israeli basketball player
- Betty Bronson, actress, Peter Pan
- Jacqueline Brookes, actress
- Dave Brown, quarterback for the New York Giants and Arizona Cardinals
- Donald Brown, running back for the Indianapolis Colts
- Ella Barksdale Brown, journalist, educator
- Roscoe Lee Browne, actor, The Cowboys, The Mambo Kings
- Lou Brutus, radio host, musician, photographer
- David Bryan, musician
- Mark Bryant, NBA player, assistant coach
- John D. Bulkeley, vice admiral in United States Navy, Medal of Honor recipient
- King Kong Bundy, professional wrestler, stand-up comedian, actor
- Jake Burbage, actor Grounded for Life
- Richard Burgi, actor Desperate Housewives, The Sentinel
- Aaron Burr, third Vice President of the United States
- Jordan Burroughs, freestyle wrestler, Olympic gold medalist, four-time World Champion
- Glen Burtnik, musician
- Da'Sean Butler, basketball player for Hapoel Be'er Sheva of the Israeli Premier League
- Nicholas Murray Butler, Nobel Prize-winning philosopher, diplomat, and educator
- Greg Buttle, linebacker for the New York Jets
- Andrew Bynum, center for the Philadelphia 76ers
- Brendan Byrne, Governor of New Jersey
- P. J. Byrne, actor, The Game
- Michael Cade, actor, California Dreams
- Joseph Caldwell, mathematician, first president of the University of North Carolina
- Alisyn Camerota, news anchor for CNN
- Alyssa Campanella, Miss USA 2011, 1st runner-up Miss Teen USA 2007, model, blogger
- John W. Campbell, science fiction writer and editor, Analog Science Fiction and Fact
- William Campbell, actor
- Bobby Cannavale, actor, Bobby Caffey on Third Watch
- Philip Carey, actor, One Life to Live
- Ron Carey, actor, Barney Miller
- Julie Carmen, actress
- Thomas Carpenter, a patriot of the American Revolutionary War; born in Salem, died in Carpenter's Landing
- Rosalind Cash, actress
- Jonathan Casillas, linebacker for the New York Giants
- David Cassidy, actor/singer, star of the 1970s television show The Partridge Family
- Joanna Cassidy, actress, Blade Runner, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Six Feet Under
- Iván Castro, U.S. Army captain serving on active duty in the Special Forces despite losing his eyesight
- Sean Chandler, safety for New York Giants
- Michael Chang, professional tennis player
- Cheryl Chase, voice actress, Angelica Pickles on Rugrats
- Jeff Chase, actor
- Mike Chernoff, general manager of the Cleveland Indians
- Michael Chertoff, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security under President George W. Bush
- Aneesh Chopra, chief technology officer under Barack Obama
- Chris Christie, 55th governor of New Jersey
- Jack Ciattarelli, politician
- Vinny Ciurciu, National Football League linebacker
- Earl Clark, forward for the Los Angeles Lakers
- Harlan Coben, author of mystery novels and thrillers
- Robert Coello, pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays
- Willie Cole, sculptor
- Ross Colton, ice hockey center for the Tampa Bay Lightning
- Mattea Conforti, actress
- Kristen Connolly, actress, As the World Turns, House of Cards, Zoo
- Richard Conte, actor, The Godfather
- Kellyanne Conway, campaign manager for Donald Trump, Counselor to the President
- Greg Coolidge, actor, screenwriter, director
- David Copperfield, illusionist
- Sam Coppola, actor
- Barbara Corcoran, businesswoman, investor, and television personality
- Joseph Cortese, actor
- Phil Costa, center and guard for the Dallas Cowboys
- Blake Costanzo, linebacker for the Chicago Bears
- Lou Costello, comedian, actor, Abbott and Costello films and television series
- Bob Cottingham, Olympic sabre fencer, 1988 and 1992
- Jonathan Townley Crane, clergyman, author, abolitionist
- Stephen Crane, novelist, short story writer, poet, journalist
- Michael Cristofer, Pulitzer Prize and Tony winning playwright; screenwriter; actor; director
- Joseph Cross, actor, Running with Scissors, Flags of Our Fathers
- Crowbar, professional wrestler
- Valerie Cruz, actress, Nip/Tuck, The Dresden Files, Dexter
- Victor Cruz, wide receiver for the New York Giants
- Ken Cuccinelli, Attorney General of Virginia
- John T. Cunningham, journalist, writer, and historian
- Vincent Curatola, actor, Johnny Sack on The Sopranos
- Vinny Curry, defensive end for the Philadelphia Eagles
- Brian Cushing, outside linebacker for the Houston Texans
- Jack Cust, designated hitter and outfielder for the New York Yankees
- Tawny Cypress, actress, K-Ville, Heroes
- Mike Daniels, defensive end for the Green Bay Packers
- Joe Dante, film director, Gremlins
- Glenn Danzig, Misfits and Danzig frontman
- Jeff Datz, third base coach for the Seattle Mariners
- Dov Davidoff, comedian, actor
- [Anthony Davis (offensive Tackle (American and Canadian football)|tackle, born 1989)|Anthony Davis], offensive tackle for the San Francisco 49ers
- Brett Davis, comedian
- Hope Davis, actress, About Schmidt, American Splendor, The Hoax
- Lanny Davis, Special Counsel to the President to Bill Clinton
- Ida Wharton Dawson, President, New Jersey State Federation of Women's Clubs
- Sandra Dee, actress, Gidget, A Summer Place
- Robert De Grasse, cinematographer
- Dean DeLeo, guitarist for Stone Temple Pilots, Talk Show, Army of Anyone, Laughter Train
- Mark Delavan, operatic bass-baritone
- Martina Deignan, soap opera actress, Santa Barbara, As the World Turns
- Mary R. Denman, first president of the New Jersey Woman's Christian Temperance Union
- Mark DeRosa, utility player for the Washington Nationals
- Beatie Deutsch, ultra-Orthodox Jewish American-Israeli marathon runner
- Danny DeVito, actor and director, Taxi, Hoffa, War of the Roses, Get Shorty, Batman Returns, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
- Tommy DeVito, musician and singer; lead guitarist of The Four Seasons
- Khigh Dhiegh, actor, Wo Fat on Hawaii Five-O
- Ernest Dickerson, film and television director
- John DiMaggio, voice actor, Bender on Futurama
- Al Di Meola, professional jazz/fusion/world music guitarist. Played with Chick Corea's Return for Forever, successful solo career, and work with John McLaughlin, Paco de Lucia, and countless others
- Pat DiNizio, singer, The Smithereens
- Peter Dinklage, actor, Elf, Game of Thrones
- Peter Dobson, actor, Cover Me
- The Dolan Twins, comedians
- Franklin D'Olier, businessman; first National Commander of the American Legion
- Tate Donovan, actor, Damages, The O.C., Hercules
- Jamie Donnelly, actress
- Ruth Donnelly, actress
- Michael Douglas, Academy Award-winning actor, producer
- Jim Dowd, professional ice hockey player
- Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein, guitarist, The Misfits
- Al Downing, professional baseball pitcher New York Yankees, Oakland A's, Milwaukee Brewers, Los Angeles Dodgers, NL Comeback Player of the Year 1971
- Dylan Dreyer, meteorologist for the Today Show
- Derek Drymon, cartoon producer, SpongeBob SquarePants
- Thomas F. Duffy, actor
- Tom Dugan, one-person show actor, writer and director
- Tabitha D'umo, dance teacher, choreographer, and creative director
- Jancee Dunn, journalist, author, and former VJ for MTV2
- Kirsten Dunst, actress
- Ashley Alexandra Dupré, prostitute, singer
- Asher Brown Durand, artist
- Lou Duva, boxing trainer and sports personality
- Andrea Dworkin, radical feminist and activist
- Frederick Eberhardt, engineer, philanthropist, university administrator and businessman
- Daniel Edelman, midfielder for MLS club New York Red Bulls
- Randy Edelman, film and TV score composer
- Frankie Edgar, mixed martial artist
- Geoff Edwards, actor, radio and television personality
- Todd Edwards, music producer
- Róisín Egenton, 2000 International Rose of Tralee
- Hallie Kate Eisenberg, teen actress
- Pablo Eisenberg, scholar, social justice advocate, and tennis player
- Hy Eisman, cartoonist, Katy Keene, Little Iodine, Katzenjammer Kids, Popeye
- Robert Ellenstein, actor
- Linda Emond, actress, Julie & Julia
- Alecko Eskandarian, soccer player
- Janet Evanovich, novelist
- Bill Evans, jazz pianist and composer
- Josh Evans, [Safety (American and Canadian American football|football position)|safety] for the Jacksonville Jaguars
- Charles Evered, writer, director
- Greg Evigan, actor, B. J. and the Bear, My Two Dads
- Ellen Hackl Fagan, abstract artist and curator
- Donald Fagen, musician
- Joseph Farah, journalist and editor-in-chief of WorldNetDaily
- Tali Farhadian, former US federal prosecutor
- Kenneth Faried, power forward for the Denver Nuggets
- Taissa Farmiga, actress, American Horror Story, The Bling Ring
- Vera Farmiga, actress, The Departed, Up in the Air
- John Farrell, manager for the Boston Red Sox
- Warren Farrell, educator, gender equality activist and author
- Edward Feigenbaum, computer scientist known as "the father of expert systems"
- Fetty Wap, real name Willie Maxwell II, singer, rapper
- Joan Field, violinist
- Joe Fields, NFL center, primarily with the New York Jets
- Nic Fink, Olympic swimmer
- Anthony Firkser, football tight end for the New England Patriots of the National Football League
- Dale S. Fischer, US district court judge
- Gail Fisher, actress, Mannix
- Leo Fitzpatrick, actor, Johnny Weeks on The Wire
- Minkah Fitzpatrick, NFL safety
- Joe Flacco, NFL quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens
- Harris Flanagin, governor of Arkansas
- Susan Flannery, soap opera actress
- Josh Flitter, child actor
- Mary Florentine, psychoacoustics researcher
- Richard Florida, urban studies theorist, author of Who's Your City?
- Jehyve Floyd, basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Rick Folbaum, television personality for Fox News
- Dick Foran, Western film actor
- Malcolm Forbes, entrepreneur, publisher, New Jersey State Senator
- Steve Forbes, editor-in-chief of Forbes magazine; president and CEO of Forbes, Inc.
- Darren Ford, outfielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates
- Mike Ford, first baseman for the New York Yankees
- Gerard J. Foschini, telecommunications engineer
- Preston Foster, actor
- Beth Fowler, actress, singer
- Randy Foye, shooting guard/point guard for the Utah Jazz
- Connie Francis, pop singer
- Genie Francis, actress, General Hospital
- Barney Frank, U.S. representative for Massachusetts
- Waldo Frank, novelist, historian, literary critic
- Todd Frazier, infielder for the New York Yankees, previously Cincinnati Reds, Chicago White Sox
- Dean Friedman, singer-songwriter
- Lennie Friedman, NFL offensive lineman for the Cleveland Browns
- Chad Frye, cartoonist and illustrator
- Greg Fulginiti, recording and mastering engineer
- Melissa Fumero, actress, ''Brooklyn Nine-Nine''
G–S
- Alice Gainer, anchorwoman for WCBS-TV
- Natasha Gajewski, founder of Symple Health
- Tony Galento, heavyweight boxer and actor, On the Waterfront
- James Gandolfini, actor, starred in The Sopranos
- Antonio Garay, defensive tackle for the San Diego Chargers
- Allen Garfield, actor
- Lee Garlington, actress
- David Garrison, actor, Married... with Children, It's Your Move
- Willie Garson, actor, Sex and the City
- Bob Gaudio, singer, songwriter, musician and record producer; keyboardist/backing vocalist for The Four Seasons
- Johnny Gaudreau, ice hockey left winger for the Calgary Flames
- Gloria Gaynor, singer
- Michael V. Gazzo, playwright and actor, Frank Pentangeli in The Godfather Part II
- Brian Geraghty, actor
- Michael Giacchino, Oscar-winning composer
- Ray Gillen, hard rock/heavy metal vocalist; founding member of Badlands, Sun Red Sun, and performed with Black Sabbath. Born in New York City, however he was raised in Cliffside Park, New Jersey
- Elizabeth Gillies, actress, singer, dancer
- Justin Gimelstob, tennis player
- Allen Ginsberg, poet
- Bob Giraldi, film, TV and music video director
- Kid Gleason, baseball player
- Savion Glover, actor, tap dancer and choreographer
- Judy Gold, stand-up comic
- Al Golden, head football coach for the University of Miami
- Joshua Gomez, actor, Chuck, Without a Trace
- Rick Gomez, actor, Band of Brothers
- Frances Goodrich, screenwriter, It's a Wonderful Life, The Thin Man
- Hedwig Gorski, poet
- Goose Goslin, Hall of Fame baseball infielder
- Dwayne Gratz, cornerback for the Jacksonville Jaguars
- Kerri Green, actress
- Bob Greene, fitness guru, author
- Khaseem Greene, linebacker for the Chicago Bears
- Peter Greene, actor, Zed from Pulp Fiction
- Shonn Greene, running back for the New York Jets
- Zach Grenier, actor, Touching Evil
- Max Greyserman, golfer on the PGA Tour
- Hezekiah Griggs, III, entrepreneur, philanthropist, investor
- Christina Grimmie, singer-songwriter, contestant on The Voice
- Robert Griswold, swimmer
- Dan Grunfeld, professional basketball player
- Tom Guiry, actor, The Black Donnellys
- Alen Hadzic, fencer, banned for life due to sexual misconduct
- Marvelous Marvin Hagler, boxer
- Alison Haislip, actress, Attack of the Show!, The Voice, Battleground
- Halsey, singer-songwriter and actress
- Rusty Hamer, child actor, Make Room for Daddy
- David Hand, animator, director, Walt Disney Productions, Gaumont-British, Alexander Film Company
- Chelsea Handler, stand-up comedian, actress, host of Chelsea Lately
- Henry Janeway Hardenbergh, architect
- John Harkes, soccer player
- Jess Harnell, voice actor, Animaniacs, Up, the Transformers movies
- Al Harrington, player for the Orlando Magic
- Ed Harris, actor, Pollock, The Truman Show, The Right Stuff, Apollo 13, Game Change
- Franco Harris, Hall of Fame fullback with the Pittsburgh Steelers
- Roxanne Hart, actress, Chicago Hope
- Dwayne Haskins, football player
- Tobin Heath, forward for the U.S. women's team and Portland Thorns
- Robert Hegyes, actor, Welcome Back, Kotter
- Grace Helbig, actress, comedian, Camp Takota
- Mark Helias, jazz musician
- Gerald Henderson Jr., shooting guard for the Charlotte Bobcats
- Al Herpin, insomniac, the "Man Who Never Slept"
- Frank Herrmann, relief pitcher for the Cleveland Indians
- Robert Hess, President of Brooklyn College
- Jon-Erik Hexum, actor, model, Voyagers!
- Richard X. Heyman, singer-songwriter, musician, original member of The Doughboys
- Shana Hiatt, model, presenter
- Beatrice Hicks, engineer, co-founder, and first president of the Society of Women Engineers
- Michele Hicks, actress, Mara Vendrell on The Shield
- Brian Hill, assistant coach for the Detroit Pistons
- Dulé Hill, actor, Psych
- Lauryn Hill, singer, rapper, songwriter
- Mary G. Hill, first of president the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Newark
- Garret Hobart, 24th Vice President of the United States
- Chris Hogan, wide receiver for the New England Patriots
- Jesse Holley, wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys
- Richard Hooker, writer, surgeon, author of the novel MASH
- Jermaine 'Huggy' Hopkins, actor
- Neil Hopkins, actor
- Wil Horneff, actor
- Dennis Horner, forward for the Artland Dragons
- Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz, member of the Beastie Boys
- Andrew Horowitz, keyboardist of Tally Hall
- Cissy Houston, singer
- Whitney Houston, singer and actress
- Tim Howard, soccer player for Memphis 901, Everton
- Thomas Hutchins, military engineer, cartographer, geographer and surveyor
- Paul Iacono, actor, The Hard Times of RJ Berger
- Frank Iero, rhythm guitarist of My Chemical Romance
- Sonny Igoe, jazz and big band drummer
- Mark Ingram II, running back for the New Orleans Saints
- Ryan Izzo, tight end for the New England Patriots
- Michael Jace, actor,The Shield
- Leonard Jeffries, controversial professor City University of New York
- Malcolm Jenkins, safety for the Philadelphia Eagles
- Rodney Jerkins, songwriter, record producer, musician
- Dontae Johnson, cornerback for the San Francisco 49ers
- Enoch "Nucky" Johnson, Atlantic City political boss and racketeer, basis for Boardwalk Empire's Nucky Thompson
- James P. Johnson, stride jazz pianist
- J. Seward Johnson Jr., sculptor
- Leavander Johnson, world champion boxer
- Marsha P. Johnson, drag queen, gay liberation activist
- Robert Wood Johnson II, businessman, Chairman of the Board of Johnson & Johnson
- Soterios Johnson, host on public radio station WNYC
- Frankie Jonas, child actor, Jonas
- Kevin Jonas, singer, guitarist, member of the Jonas Brothers
- Dahntay Jones, player for the Indiana Pacers
- Donald Jones, wide receiver for the Buffalo Bills
- Keith Jones, broadcaster
- Linda Jones, soul singer
- Maxine Jones, singer
- Michael Jones, voice actor, actor, YouTube personality
- Nate Jones, NFL cornerback
- Ben Jorgensen, musician
- Just Blaze, rap musician
- Yaki Kadafi, rapper and member of Tupac Shakur's group Outlawz
- Jerome Kagan, pioneer in the field of developmental psychology
- Herman Kahn, preeminent nuclear scientist of the 20th century from Bayonne
- Stanley Kamel, actor, Monk, Melrose Place
- Ira Kaplan, musician, co-founder of Yo La Tengo
- Myq Kaplan, stand-up comedian
- Eric Karros, MLB first baseman, TV color commentator for
- Danny Kass, pro snowboarder
- Thomas Kean, governor, 9/11 Commission chairman
- Brian Keith, actor, The Parent Trap, Nevada Smith, Family Affair, The Wind and the Lion
- Daniel Hugh Kelly, actor
- Mark Kelly, astronaut, husband of Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, twin brother of Scott Kelly
- Scott Kelly, astronaut, Commander of International Space Station Expedition 26, twin brother of Mark Kelly
- Victor J. Kemper, cinematographer
- Stacey Kent, singer
- Walter Kidde, founder of the Kidde company
- Tom Kiesche, actor
- Jim Kiick, NFL running back, primarily for the Miami Dolphins
- Victor Kilian, actor
- Joyce Kilmer, poet
- Zalman King, actor, director, writer, Body Language
- Alfred Kinsey, zoologist and sexologist
- Michael E. Knight, actor
- Ann McLaughlin Korologos, Secretary of Labor from 1987 to 1989
- Ernie Kovacs, comedian and actor
- Stephen Kovacs, saber fencer and fencing coach, charged with sexual assault, died in prison
- Dennis Kozlowski, CEO of Tyco International, convicted in 2005
- Jane Krakowski, actress, 30 Rock
- Barbara Kruger, conceptual artist
- Larry Kudlow, economist, TV personality, syndicated columnist
- Richard Kuklinski, murderer of over 100 people in mob-related instances
- Jared Kushner, Senior Advisor to President Donald Trump
- William Labov, linguist
- Christian Lambertsen, environmental medicine and diving medicine specialist
- Nathan Lane, actor in The Birdcage, The Producers and Tony, Emmy, Golden Globe-winner
- Artie Lange, actor, comedian, radio personality
- Frank Langella, actor, Dracula, Superman Returns, Frost/Nixon, Draft Day
- Jack Langer, basketball player and investment banker
- Mike Largey, basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Tara LaRosa, mixed martial artist
- Ali Larter, actress, Niki Sanders on Heroes
- Vincent Larusso, actor, The Mighty Ducks trilogy
- Jonathan Last, author, senior writer at The Weekly Standard
- Tommy La Stella, second baseman for the Chicago Cubs
- Queen Latifah, singer, actress, TV personality
- Jack Lawless, drummer of the Jonas Brothers
- Jacob Lawrence, artist
- Paul Le Mat, actor, American Graffiti, Melvin and Howard
- Nicole Leach, actress
- Fran Lebowitz, author
- AJ Lee, professional wrestler and author
- Beverly Lee, singer with The Shirelles
- Al Leiter, MLB starting pitcher, TV commentator
- Stephanie Lemelin, actress, Young Justice
- Arthur Lenk, Israeli diplomat
- Robert Sean Leonard, actor, House, Dead Poets Society
- Michael Lerner, left-wing activist and rabbi
- Jerry Levine, actor, director, Going Places, Will & Grace
- Diane Lewis
- Jerry Lewis, actor, comedian, director, telethon host, Academy Award honoree
- Bob Ley, ESPN sports anchor
- Judith Light, actress, Emmy winner, Who's the Boss?, Ugly Betty, Law & Order: SVU
- Damon Lindelof, television and film producer, Lost, Crossing Jordan, Star Trek
- Ray Liotta, actor, Goodfellas, The Rat Pack, Cop Land, Hannibal
- Sean Lissemore, defensive end for the Dallas Cowboys
- Carli Lloyd, Soccer Player, two-time FIFA Women World Player of the Year, two-time Olympic gold medalist, FIFA Women's World Cup gold and silver medalist, plays for the United States women's national soccer team
- Norman Lloyd, actor, director, producer, St. Elsewhere
- Amy Locane, actress
- Kurt Loder, film critic, author, columnist, TV personality
- Jim Lord, singer-songwriter
- Faizon Love, actor
- Derek Luke, actor
- Martha MacCallum, news anchor for the Fox News Channel
- Bob MacDonald, MLB pitcher
- Elliott Maddox, MLB player
- Leonard Maltin, film critic, film historian, author
- Steve Maneri, tight end for the Chicago Bears
- Greg Mankiw, macroeconomist and chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President George W. Bush
- David Marciano, actor
- Bernie Marcus, founder and first CEO of The Home Depot
- Lisa Marie, model and actress
- John Marin, artist
- Robert Markowitz, film and TV director
- Marc Maron, stand-up comedian
- George R. R. Martin, novelist, short story writer, author of A Song of Ice and Fire * Soraida Martinez, artist, designer and social activist known for creating the art style of Verdadism.
- Nick Massi, bass singer and bass guitarist for The Four Seasons
- Terry Matalas, television writer, director, executive producer
- Ronald F. Maxwell, film director, screenwriter
- Vin Mazzaro, relief pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates
- Matt McAndrew, singer-songwriter, contestant from The Voice season 7
- Turk McBride, defensive end for the New Orleans Saints
- Andrew McCarthy, actor, Less than Zero, Pretty in Pink, Weekend at Bernie's
- Beth McCarthy-Miller, TV director, Saturday Night Live, 30 Rock, The Marriage Ref
- Tom McCarthy, actor, writer, director, Scott Templeton on The Wire
- Heather McComb, actor, Profiler, Party of Five
- Mary McCormack, actress, In Plain Sight, The West Wing, Murder One
- Warren Sturgis McCulloch, neurophysiologist and cybernetician
- Don McGahn, White House Counsel to President Donald Trump
- Tom McGowan, actor, Frasier, Down the Shore, Everybody Loves Raymond
- McJuggerNuggets, real name Jesse Ridgway, YouTuber
- Kareem McKenzie, former offensive tackle for the New York Giants
- Bryant McKinnie, offensive tackle for the Baltimore Ravens
- Christopher McQuarrie, Academy Award-winning screenwriter, director
- Joe Medwick, Hall of Fame baseball player
- George Mehnert, freestyle wrestler, two-time Olympic gold medalist
- Tony Meola, soccer player
- Lee Meredith, actress, The Producers
- Frank Messina, poet
- Otto Messmer, animator, co-created Felix the Cat
- Jason Mewes, actor, Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma
- Dan Meyer, relief pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates
- Jeromy Miles, safety for the Baltimore Ravens
- Cristin Milioti, actress, How I Met Your Mother, Fargo, The Wolf of Wall Street
- Bea Miller, singer
- E. Spencer Miller, Dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School
- Ezra Miller, actor
- John Milnor, mathematician, notable in the fields of exotic spheres and mathematical economics
- Kelly Jo Minter, actress
- Susan Misner, actress
- Dorian Missick, actor
- Thomas Mitchell, Oscar-winning actor
- Jay Mohr, actor, comedian, radio personality
- Frank Molinaro, freestyle wrestler for the USA Olympics
- Steve Monarque, actor, Friday the 13th: The Series
- Raymond Rocco Monto, orthopedic surgeon, researcher
- Eugene Monroe, offensive tackle for the Baltimore Ravens
- John J. Mooney, chemical engineer, co-inventor of the three-way catalytic converter
- Trevor Moore, actor, comedian, writer, The Whitest Kids U' Know
- Knowshon Moreno, professional football player
- Brit Morgan, actress, True Blood, The Middleman
- Liv Morgan, WWE wrestler
- Dezman Moses, linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs
- Kevin Mulvey, MLB starting pitcher
- Xavier Munford, basketball player for Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Frankie Muniz, actor, Malcolm in the Middle
- Ed Murawinski, artist, New York Daily News
- Eric Murdock, professional basketball player
- Joseph S. Murphy, President of Queens College, President of Bennington College, and Chancellor of the City University of New York
- Troy Murphy, power forward and center for the Los Angeles Lakers
- Tom Murro, journalist, columnist, TV personality
- Ira B. Nadel, biographer, literary critic
- Vince Naimoli, owner of the Tampa Bay Rays
- Andrew Napolitano, Fox News Channel analyst, author, talk radio host
- Naturi Naughton, singer and actress
- Ozzie Nelson, actor, bandleader and TV personality
- Quenton Nelson, NFL offensive lineman
- Ricky Nelson, singer and actor
- Randy Neumann, boxer and referee
- Bebe Neuwirth, Tony-winning actress
- David Newsom, actor, photographer, Homefront
- Rebecca S. Nichols, poet
- Jack Nicholson, Oscar-winning actor
- Kathleen Noone, Emmy-winning actress, Sunset Beach, Knots Landing, All My Children
- Jeffrey Nordling, actor, Once and Again, 24, Dirt
- Jim Norton, comedian, radio personality, actor, author
- Joseph Nye, international relations scholar and co-founder of the neoliberalism school of thought
- Liam O'Brien, voice actor, Monster, Ghost in the Shell
- Daniel Och, chairman and CEO of Och-Ziff Capital Management Group
- Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, actress
- Criss Oliva, lead guitarist for metal band Savatage
- Greg Olsen, tight end for the Carolina Panthers
- T. J. O'Malley, aerospace engineer
- Henry O'Neill, actor
- Jerry Only, musician, bassist for The Misfits
- Peter Onorati, actor, Civil Wars, Joe's Life, Cop Rock
- Heather O'Reilly, three-time Olympic gold medalist and professional soccer player
- Claudette Ortiz, R&B and Hip-Hop singer
- David Packer, actor
- Diamond Dallas Page, professional wrestler
- John Panelli, NFL linebacker and running back
- Franklin Pangborn, character actor
- Joe Pantoliano, actor, The Matrix, Memento, The Fugitive, Bound, The Sopranos
- Tom Papa, comedian, actor, and writer
- Bill Parcells, NFL coach and Hall of Famer, TV commentator
- Robert Pastorelli, actor, Murphy Brown, Cracker, Eraser
- Alice Paul, suffragist
- Elizabeth Peña, actress, The Incredibles, Rush Hour
- Irving Penn, photographer
- Kal Penn, actor
- Caroline Pennell, singer-songwriter, contestant from The Voice season 5
- Jabrill Peppers, strong safety and return specialist for the New York Giants
- Fernando Perez, former MLB outfielder, baseball analyst for MLB.com
- Millie Perkins, actress
- Jim Perry, U.S. and Canadian game show host
- Joe Pesci, Oscar-winning actor, Goodfellas, Raging Bull, Casino, JFK, Home Alone
- Ralph Peterson Jr., jazz drummer and bandleader
- Thomas R. Pickering, diplomat
- Kate Pierson, singer, founding member of the B-52s
- Jimmy Pinchak, teen actor, Family Affair
- Gregory Pincus, biologist and researcher who co-invented the combined oral contraceptive pill
- Danny Pintauro, actor, Who's the Boss?
- Joe Piscopo, actor and comedian, Saturday Night Live, Wise Guys, 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd
- Mahlon Pitney, U.S. Supreme Court justice
- Michael Pitt, actor, Dawson's Creek, Boardwalk Empire, The Village
- Michael J. Pollard, actor, Bonnie and Clyde
- Rick Porcello, starting pitcher for the Boston Red Sox
- Laura Prepon, actress
- Molly Price, actress
- Lou Taylor Pucci, actor
- Keshia Knight Pulliam, actress, The Cosby Show
- Charlie Puth, singer
- Matthew Quick, author of young adult and fiction novels
- Phil Radford, Greenpeace Executive Director
- Rah Digga, rap musician
- Ronald T. Raines, scientist, educator, and entrepreneur
- Bill Raisch, actor, One-Armed Man on The Fugitive
- Anthony Ranaudo, pitcher for the Texas Rangers
- Melissa Rauch, actress, comedian, Bernadette Rostenkowski on The Big Bang Theory
- Nate Ravitz, radio personality, Fantasy Focus
- Redman, rap musician
- Isaac Redman, running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers
- Melissa Reeves, soap opera actress, Days of Our Lives, Santa Barbara
- Tara Reid, actress, American Pie, American Pie 2, American Reunion
- Juliette Reilly, singer-songwriter and YouTuber
- Claudio Reyna, soccer player
- Herb Rich, two-time All-Pro NFL football player
- Nelson Riddle, arranger, composer, bandleader and orchestrator
- Jim Ringo, NFL Hall of Fame center and head coach
- Kelly Ripa, actress and television personality
- Paul Robeson, singer, actor, Civil Rights Movement activist
- Buddy Rogers, pro wrestler and the first ever WWE champion
- Emma Winner Rogers, writer, suffragist
- Seth Roland, soccer player and coach
- James Rolfe, filmmaker and internet personality, star and creator of the Angry Video Game Nerd web series
- Danielle Rose Russell, actress, Hope Mikaelson in Legacies
- Alan Rosenberg, actor, Cybill, The Guardian, Civil Wars
- Jeff Ross, comedian
- Wilbur Ross, U.S. Secretary of Commerce under President Donald Trump
- Giuseppe Rossi, soccer player
- Philip Roth, author
- Joan Roughgarden, ecologist and evolutionary biologist
- Richard Ruccolo, actor, Two Guys and a Girl, Rita Rocks
- Mark Rudd, left-wing activist, founding member of the Weather Underground
- Tom Ruegger, producer, creator of The Animaniacs
- Deborah Rush, actress, Strangers with Candy, Family Business, You've Got Mail
- Bob Ryan, sportswriter
- Bobby Ryan, ice hockey winger for the Ottawa Senators
- Logan Ryan, cornerback for the New England Patriots
- Dave Sabo, nicknamed The Snake, is a professional guitar player, most notably as a founding member of Skid Row (American band). He was also an early member of Bon Jovi before they achieved global fame. Perth Amboy, NJ
- Peter Sagal, NPR host
- Katie Sagona, actress
- Eva Marie Saint, Academy Award-winning actress
- Richie Sambora, guitarist for rock band Bon Jovi
- Ajai Sanders, actress, A Different World
- Laura San Giacomo, actress, Just Shoot Me!
- Caitlin Sanchez, actress
- Hector Santiago, pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels
- Mohamed Sanu, wide receiver for the Atlanta Falcons
- Dick Savitt, tennis player, ranked No. 2 in the world in 1951
- Natalie Schafer, actress, Mrs. Howell on Gilligan's Island
- Tom Scharpling, comedian
- Dore Schary, film screenwriter and producer
- Roy Scheider, actor, Jaws, The French Connection, All That Jazz
- Greg Schiano, head coach Tampa Bay Buccaneers, former head football coach Rutgers University
- Wally Schirra, Navy officer and test pilot
- Sarah Schkeeper, guard for the New York Sharks
- Steve Schmidt, campaign strategist and advisor to the 2008 presidential campaign of Senator John McCain
- Fred Schneider, frontman of the B-52s
- Scott Schoeneweis, former MLB relief pitcher
- Frank D. Schroth, publisher of the Brooklyn Eagle
- Thomas N. Schroth, journalist, specializing in Inside the Beltway politics
- Norton Schwartz, US Air Force general and Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force
- Sherwood Schwartz, television producer
- Norman Schwarzkopf Jr., U.S. general, led coalition forces in the Gulf War
- Rusty Schweickart, aeronautical engineer, NASA astronaut, research scientist
- Patti Scialfa, singer-songwriter, musician, member of the E Street Band
- Debralee Scott, actress, Angie
- Doc Searls, journalist, columnist, blogger, author
- Bruce Seldon, boxer
- Henry Selick, stop motion director, producer, writer, The Nightmare Before Christmas, James and the Giant Peach, Coraline
- Ivan Sergei, actor, Jack & Jill, Once a Thief, Crossing Jordan
- Matt Servitto, actor, Agent Harris on The Sopranos
- Marc Shaiman, composer, lyricist, arranger, and performer
- Christian Sharps, inventor of first successful breech-loading rifle
- Ed Shaughnessy, swing and bebop drummer best known for his 29 years on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
- Duncan Sheik, singer-songwriter and composer
- Quinn Shephard, actress and filmmaker
- Cindy Sherman, artist and photographer
- Jonathan Marc Sherman, playwright
- Sheetal Sheth, actress
- Armin Shimerman, actor, Star Trek: DS9, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Beauty and the Beast
- Everett Shinn, artist
- David K. Shipler, author
- The Shirelles, iconic and seminal girl group of the 1960s and 1970s
- Joseph Shivers, textile chemist
- Michael Showalter, actor/comedian
- Joel Silver, film and television producer, the Matrix Trilogy, the Lethal Weapon movies, Die Hard, Predator
- Bill Simon, businessman, California politician
- Jimmi Simpson, actor, House of Cards, Westworld, Date Night
- Frank Sinatra, iconic singer and Academy Award-winning actor
- Frank Sinatra Jr., singer, songwriter, conductor
- Nancy Sinatra, singer, actress
- Tony Siragusa, football player and TV commentator
- Jeremy Slate, actor
- Devin Smeltzer, starting pitcher for the Minnesota Twins
- Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, actress
- J. R. Smith, shooting guard for the New York Knicks
- Kevin Smith, filmmaker, Clerks, Dogma, Red State
- Tasha Smith, actress, Boston Common, Tyler Perry's For Better or Worse
- Chris Snee, guard for the New York Giants
- Jason Snelling, running back for the Atlanta Falcons
- Todd Solondz, filmmaker
- Soraya, singer–songwriter
- Mira Sorvino, Oscar-winning actress
- Arthur Space, actor, Lassie
- Charles Speziale, scientist who had worked in Langley Research Center
- Bruce Springsteen, iconic singer-songwriter
- Pamela Springsteen, actress and photographer
- Amos Alonzo Stagg, athlete and pioneering college coach in multiple sports, primarily football
- Cody Stashak, relief pitcher for the Minnesota Twins
- Mark Stein, rock musician, composer, and arranger
- Victor J. Stenger, particle physicist, atheist, author
- Mindy Sterling, actress, Frau Farbissina in the Austin Powers movies
- Robert Sternberg, psychologist and psychometrician
- Martha Stewart, lifestyle guide, entrepreneur, TV personality
- Alfred Stieglitz, photographer
- Rod Streater, wide receiver for the Oakland Raiders
- Meryl Streep, Academy Award-winning actress
- Julian M. Sturtevant, professor of biochemistry, Yale University
- William Graham Sumner, prominent sociologist, educator, academic
- Josh Sussman, actor, Glee, Warren the Ape
- Loretta Swit, actress, Margaret Houlihan on M*A*S*H
- Tammy Lynn Sytch, professional wrestling valet
T–Z
- Michael Taccetta, high-ranking member of the Lucchese crime family
- Julian Talley, wide receiver for the New York Giants
- Danny Tamberelli, actor
- Kathryn Tappen, NBC sportscaster
- Glenn Taranto, actor, Gomez in The New Addams Family
- Frank Tashlin, animator, screenwriter, and film director
- Giselle Tavera, singer
- John Taylor, businessman, politician, creator of Taylor brand pork roll
- Eileen Tell, tennis player
- Jon Tenney, actor, The Closer, Get Real, Scandal
- Jack Terricloth, lead singer of The World/Inferno Friendship Society
- Joe Theismann, quarterback for Notre Dame and the Washington Redskins, TV color commentator
- Tim Thomas, NBA forward
- Jason Thompson, forward and center for the Sacramento Kings
- Steve Tisch, chairman and executive vice president for the New York Giants; also a film and television producer
- Ashley Tisdale, actress, High School Musical, The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, Phineas and Ferb and singer
- Ray Toro, lead guitarist of My Chemical Romance
- Karl-Anthony Towns, NBA player
- Justin Trattou, defensive end for the Minnesota Vikings
- Ellen Travolta, actress, Charles in Charge, Joanie Loves Chachi
- John Travolta, actor, Saturday Night Fever, Grease, Pulp Fiction
- Linda Tripp, central figure in Clinton–Lewinsky scandal of 1998 and 1999
- Mike Trout, outfielder for the Los Angeles Angels
- Martin Truex Jr., NASCAR driver
- Eddie Trunk, music historian, radio personality, author
- Louise Tunison, composer
- Joe Lynn Turner, professional rock/metal vocalist w/Rainbow, Deep Purple, Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force, solo artist
- Rahshon Turner, basketball player
- David Tyree, former NFL wide receiver and special teamer, primarily with the New York Giants
- Laura Tyson, economist, Director of the National Economic Council under Bill Clinton
- Tiquan Underwood, wide receiver for the New England Patriots
- James Urbaniak, actor, voice actor, The Venture Bros.
- Michael Uslan, producer of the Batman movies
- Alfred Vail, machinist, inventor, helped develop and commercialize the telegraph
- Buddy Valastro, reality television star, Cake Boss
- Frankie Valli, lead singer, The Four Seasons
- Lee Van Cleef, actor, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Escape from New York
- Rudy Van Gelder, Blue Note Records recording engineer
- Jeff Van Note, center for the Atlanta Falcons
- James Van Riemsdyk, NHL player
- Johnny Vander Meer, baseball pitcher who threw two consecutive no-hitters for Reds in 1938
- Sarah Vaughan, singer
- Tom Verducci, sportswriter for Sports Illustrated and si.com, commentator MLB Tonight
- Tom Verlaine, television guitarist
- Alex Vincent, child actor
- Art Vincent, radio personality
- Dick Vitale, sportscaster
- Vitamin C, pop singer
- Floyd Vivino, actor
- Frank Vogel, head coach for the Indiana Pacers
- Paul Volcker, economist, chairman of the Economic Recovery Advisory Board under President Barack Obama
- Frederica Von Stade, operatic mezzo-soprano
- Rich Vos, stand-up comic
- Jersey Joe Walcott, heavyweight champion
- Tracey Walter, character actor
- Patrick Warburton, actor
- Violet Richardson Ward, physical education instructor
- Travis Warech, American-German-Israeli basketball player for Israeli team Hapoel Be'er Sheva
- Malcolm Jamal Warner, actor
- Dionne Warwick, R&B singer, actress
- Rebecca Watson, skeptical blogger and podcast host who founded the Skepchick blog
- Vernee Watson-Johnson, actress
- Gerard Way, lead singer of My Chemical Romance
- Mikey Way, bass guitarist of My Chemical Romance
- Charlie Weis, head football coach for University of Kansas
- Shaun Weiss, actor, The Mighty Ducks movies
- Spencer Weisz, American-Israeli professional basketball player for Hapoel Haifa of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Richard Wenk, film director and screenwriter
- Paul Wesley, actor in The Vampire Diaries,, raised in
- David West, power forward for the Indiana Pacers
- Stylez G. White, NFL defensive end
- Tahir Whitehead, linebacker for the Detroit Lions
- Susie Wiles, 32nd White House Chief of Staff under President Donald Trump
- Muhammad Wilkerson, Defensive end for the New York Jets
- C. K. Williams, poet, critic and translator
- Gary Williams, basketball coach for University of Maryland, current Big Ten Network analyst
- J. D. Williams, actor
- Malinda Williams, actress, Tracy "Bird" Van Adams on Soul Food
- Nick Williams, wide receiver for the Atlanta Falcons
- Wendy Williams, radio and TV personality
- Terrie Williams, marine biologist and ecophysiologist who studies marine life
- Flip Wilson, comedian and actor
- Frank Winters, NFL center, primarily for the Green Bay Packers
- Henry Wittenberg, freestyle wrestler, Olympic champion, two-time Olympic medalist
- Alex Wojciechowicz, Hall of Fame NFL center and linebacker
- Sam Woodyard, big band drummer with Duke Ellington and others
- Beulah Woolston, teacher, translator, editor
- Corey Wootton, defensive end for the Chicago Bears
- Jason Worilds, outside linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers
- Bernie Worrell, keyboards, Parliament-Funkadelic, Talking Heads
- Chris Wragge, sports journalist and presenter for WCBS-TV
- Kelly Wright, artist, radio host on WPIR Pratt Radio
- Robert Wuhl, actor, writer, comedian, Batman, Cobb, Arliss
- Chris Wylde, actor, comedian, Strip Mall
- Zakk Wylde, guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne and Black Label Society
- Emmanuel Yarborough, amateur sumo wrestler, mixed martial arts competitor
- Maury Yeston, classical and Broadway composer, lyricist, and musicologist
- Aaron Yoo, actor, Disturbia
- Albert Young, running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers
- Karen Young, actress, Agent Robyn Sanseverino on The Sopranos
- Larry Young, hard bop jazz organist
- David Zabriskie, retired amateur wrestler and current wrestling coach
- Pia Zadora, actress and singer
- Stuart Zagnit, actor
- Rachel Zegler, actress, West Side Story
- Jackie Zeman, actress, General Hospital
- Ian Ziering, actor, Beverly Hills, 90210
- Vanessa Zima, actress
- Yvonne Zima, actress, The Young and the Restless, ER
- Jeremy Zuttah, offensive lineman for the Baltimore Ravens
- Abner Zwillman, Jewish American mob boss
Born in New Jersey, raised elsewhere
- Jack Abramoff, former lobbyist and businessman convicted of fraud, conspiracy, and tax evasion
- Lavoy Allen, power forward for the Philadelphia 76ers
- Jozy Altidore, soccer player
- Priscilla Barnes, actress, Terri Alden on Three's Company
- Jeffrey Bewkes, CEO and Chairman of Time Warner
- Robert Blake, actor, Baretta
- Elizabeth Bogush, actress, Titans
- Phil Bredesen, Governor of Tennessee
- Marshon Brooks, player with the New Jersey Nets
- Michael R. Burns, Vice Chairman of Lions Gate Entertainment
- Mary Chapin Carpenter, Grammy-winning folk and country singer
- Sean Casey, former MLB All-Star first baseman, current color commentator for the Cincinnati Reds
- Paul Cushing Child, husband of celebrity chef Julia Child
- Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th President of the United States
- Jason Cook, actor, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital
- James Fenimore Cooper, writer
- Brian De Palma, film director
- Sylvia Earle, marine biologist, explorer, author
- Eric Ebron, tight end for the Detroit Lions
- Mel Ferrer, actor, director, Falcon Crest
- John Forsythe, actor, Dynasty, Charlie's Angels, Bachelor Father
- Kate French, actress, Wicked Wicked Games, The L Word
- Kevin Friedland, soccer player
- Dana Fuchs, singer/songwriter
- Janeane Garofalo, comedian, actress, left-wing activist
- David Garrard, quarterback for the Jacksonville Jaguars
- Paul Gleason, actor, The Breakfast Club
- Mike Goodson, running back for the Oakland Raiders
- Chuck Greenberg, former owner of the Texas Rangers
- Robert David Hall, actor, CSI
- Sterling Hayden, actor
- Pepe Hern, actor raised in California
- Jason Heyward, right fielder for the Chicago Cubs
- Linda Hunt, Oscar-winning actress
- Ice-T, rapper and actor
- Richie Incognito, guard for the Buffalo Bills
- Derek Jeter, shortstop for the New York Yankees
- Roger Wolfe Kahn, bandleader, composer, arranger, and test pilot born in Morristown, New Jersey, but was raised and lived in New York City
- Richard Kind, actor, Mad About You, Spin City
- Bobby Korecky, relief pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays
- Alfred L. Kroeber, cultural anthropologist
- Scott LaFaro, jazz double bassist
- Lila Lee, silent and early sound film actress from Union City, raised in New York City
- Sue Ane Langdon, actress, Arnie, Bachelor Father
- Joshua Lederberg, Nobel Prize–winning molecular biologist
- Gordon MacRae, actor, singer
- Norman Mailer, novelist, essayist, poetm, Pulitzer-winner
- Camryn Manheim, actress, Emmy-winner,The Practice, Ghost Whisperer, The L Word
- Marc Maron, comedian, actor, podcaster
- Richard Matheson, sci-fi and fantasy author and screenwriter
- Lindsey McKeon, actress, Saved by the Bell: The New Class, Guiding Light
- Kate Micucci, actress, comedian, and singer-songwriter
- Bob Milacki, former MLB pitcher, primarily with the Baltimore Orioles
- Christina Milian, R&B and pop singer-songwriter, dancer, actress, and model
- Eric Millegan, actor, Zack Addy on Bones
- Susan Mikula, artist and photographer
- Philip Morrison, prominent physicist
- Charlie Morton, starting pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays
- Montell Owens, fullback for the Jacksonville Jaguars
- Daniel Pearl, journalist who was kidnapped and killed by Al-Qaeda
- A. J. Price, point guard for the Indiana Pacers
- Dana Reeve, actress, singer, widow of Christopher Reeve
- Dennis Rodman, former NBA forward, who played primarily with the Detroit Pistons and the Chicago Bulls
- Joe Rogan, comedian, actor, UFC color commentator
- Paul Rudd, actor, Knocked Up, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Friends
- Zoe Saldaña, actress, Avatar, Pirates of the Caribbean, Star Trek
- Antonin Scalia, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
- Cindy Sherman, photographer
- Paul Simon, musician, composer
- T. O'Conor Sloane III, Doubleday editor
- Shaquille O'Neal, basketball Hall of Famer, 15-time NBA All-Star center
- Kevin Spacey, actor
- J. Michael Straczynski, writer, producer, creator of Babylon 5 and its spin-off
- Red Strader, AAFC and NFL head coach
- Dave Thomas, founder of the Wendy's fast food restaurant chain
- Jack Warden, Emmy-winning actor, N.Y.P.D., The Bad News Bears, Crazy Like a Fox
- Liza Weil, actress, Paris Geller on Gilmore Girls
- William Carlos Williams, poet, raised in Dominican Republic
- Jane Wyatt, three-time Emmy-winning actress, Father Knows Best
- Nick Zano, actor, What I Like About You, ''Beverly Hills Chihuahua''
Born elsewhere, raised in New Jersey
- Soren Sorensen Adams, inventor of the joy buzzer
- Juan Agudelo, soccer player for the New York Red Bulls and the U.S. men's team
- Akon, platinum R&B singer
- DJ Akademiks, Jamaican-American podcaster, internet personality and live streamer
- Monica Aksamit, saber fencer and 2016 summer olympics bronze-medalist
- Carlo Alban, actor, Prison Break
- Jeff Anderson, actor, Randal Graves in Kevin Smith's View Askewniverse
- Mark Attanasio, owner of the Milwaukee Brewers
- Trey Anastasio, guitarist, composer, and vocalist for the rock band Phish
- Kyle Anderson, forward for the San Antonio Spurs
- Ben Bailey, comedian, game show host Cash Cab
- Oxiris Barbot, pediatrician, commissioner of health of the city of New York.
- John Basilone, sergeant, USMC, Medal of Honor recipient
- Joe Bastardi, weather forecaster
- Laura Benanti, Tony-winning Broadway actress
- Guy Benson, journalist, pundit, Fox News contributor
- Moe Berg, MLB catcher and spy during World War II
- Steve Berman, author
- Bonnie Bernstein, television and radio sportscaster
- Ahmed Best, voice actor, Jar Jar Binks in the Star Wars prequel trilogy
- Michael Ian Black, comedian, actor, Ed, The State, Viva Variety
- Carson Block, short-seller and investor
- Cory Booker, politician, former mayor of Newark; current United States Senator
- Anthony Bourdain, chef, author and television personality
- James L. Brooks, film and television producer and director
- Joe Budden, rap musician
- Tisha Campbell-Martin, actress
- Johnny Cannizzaro, actor, Jersey Boys, writer, producer
- John Carlson, NHL defenseman
- Luis Castillo, NFL defensive end, formerly of the San Diego Chargers
- Kevin Chamberlin, actor, Road to Perdition, Die Hard with a Vengeance
- Mona Charen, columnist, political analyst, author
- David Chase, creator, The Sopranos
- Chino XL, rapper, actor
- Lauren Cohan, actress, Maggie Greene on The Walking Dead
- Rhys Coiro, actor, Billy Walsh on Entourage
- Judith Ortiz Cofer, author
- Doris Coley, musician and singer for The Shirelles
- James Comey, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Monica Crowley, political pundit, former assistant secretary, U.S. State Department
- Tom Cruise, actor
- Michael Cudlitz, actor, Southland, The Walking Dead, Standoff
- David Curtiss, competitive swimmer
- David DeJesus, MLB outfielder
- Kat DeLuna, pop and R&B singer
- William Demarest, character actor
- Rosemarie DeWitt, actress, United States of Tara, Standoff
- Joey Diaz, stand-up comedian, actor
- Sean Doolittle, relief pitcher for the Washington Nationals
- Sarah Jane Corson Downs, president, New Jersey Woman's Christian Temperance Union
- Karen Duffy, model and actress
- Tyler Ennis, point guard for the Houston Rockets
- Tali Farhadian, former U.S. federal prosecutor
- Andrew Fastow, CFO at Enron, convicted felon
- Linda Fiorentino, actress
- Oscar Fraley, co-author of Eliot Ness's memoir, The Untouchables
- Lawrence Frank, professional basketball coach
- Milton Friedman, econcomist, statistician, developed the Chicago school, Nobel prize winner
- Daisy Fuentes, model and TV personality
- Junior Galette, defensive end and linebacker for the New Orleans Saints
- Jim Gary, sculptor
- Camille Grammer, cast member on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
- Jesse Grupper, Olympic rock climber
- Bob Guccione, founder and publisher of Penthouse magazine
- Vida Guerra, model
- Valerie Harper, actress
- Debbie Harry, singer and actress
- Anne Hathaway, actress
- Ethan Hawke, actor
- Bob Herbert, op-ed columnist for The New York Times
- Orel Hershiser, Cy Young-winning baseball pitcher and ESPN baseball analyst
- Debra Hill, screenwriter, producer
- Will Hill, safety for the Baltimore Ravens
- Jay Horwitz, New York Mets executive
- Lloyd Huck, business executive and philanthropist
- Harold L. Humes, novelist, co-founder of The Paris Review
- Toomas Hendrik Ilves, President of Estonia
- Monte Irvin, HOF baseball player
- Kyrie Irving, point guard for the Brooklyn Nets
- Sheena Iyengar, professor at Columbia Business School, specializing in research on choice
- Millie Jackson, R&B/soul singer-songwriter
- Sharpe James, New Jersey State Senator and mayor of Newark, convicted criminal
- Chris Jent, NBA player, assistant coach for the Cleveland Cavaliers
- Joe Jonas, singer, member of the Jonas Brothers
- Nick Jonas, singer, member of the Jonas Brothers
- Brian Joo, Korean singer
- Michael B. Jordan, actor
- Ryan Kalish, outfielder with the Chicago Cubs
- Tomas Kalnoky, musician and frontman of Catch 22, Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution, Streetlight Manifesto, and the Pentimento Music Company
- Kevin Kelly, founding executive editor of Wired magazine
- Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, small forward for the Charlotte Hornets
- Ezra Koenig, musician, Vampire Weekend
- Michael Landon, actor, Bonanza, Little House on the Prairie
- Ailee, real name Amy Lee, Korean singer
- Anton, real name Anton Chan-young Lee, member of boy band Riize
- Ted Leo, indie rock musician
- A. Leo Levin, law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
- Samm Levine, actor, Freaks and Geeks, Inglourious Basterds
- Carl Lewis, track and field legend, nine-time Olympic gold medalist
- Richard Lewis, comedian, actor, Anything but Love, Curb Your Enthusiasm
- G. Gordon Liddy, chief operative for the White House Plumbers unit under the Nixon administration
- Naomi Cornelia Long Madgett, poet
- Bill Maher, comedian, actor, TV personality, left wing pundit, Real Time with Bill Maher
- Michelle Malkin, conservative pundit
- Constantine Maroulis, singer
- Sam Mattis, Olympic discus thrower
- Gene Mayer, tennis player
- Page McConnell, songwriter and keyboardist with the rock band Phish
- Devin McCourty, free safety for the New England Patriots
- John C. McGinley, actor, Perry Cox on Scrubs
- Lea Michele, actress, Rachel Berry on Glee
- Natalia Alexandra Mitsuoka, Argentinian figure skater
- Matt Mulhern, actor, filmmaker, Major Dad
- Brittany Murphy, actress, King of the Hill, Happy Feet, 8 Mile
- Jim Nantz, sportscaster for CBS Sports
- J. J. North, actress
- Karen O, lead singer of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs
- Christine O'Donnell, 2010 Republican candidate for Senator of Delaware
- Brian O'Halloran, actor in Kevin Smith's View Askewniverse
- Shaun O'Hara, former center for the Cleveland Browns and New York Giants
- Rick Overton, actor, comedian
- Kyle Palmieri, hockey player
- Scott Patterson, actor, Gilmore Girls, The Event, Aliens in America
- Piper Perabo, actress, Cheaper by the Dozen
- Fernando Perez, former Tampa Bay Rays outfielder, current San Francisco Giants coach
- Maxwell Perkins, editor for Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Thomas Wolfe
- Clarke Peters, actor, Det. Lester Freamon on The Wire
- Shaun Phillips, outside linebacker for the San Diego Chargers
- Maria Pitillo, actress, Providence, Partners, Godzilla
- Carol Potter, actress, Beverly Hills, 90210, Sunset Beach
- Dwight Muhammad Qawi, former world boxing champion and Boxing Hall of Famer
- Becky Quick, co-anchorwoman of CNBC's Squawk Box
- Anna Quindlen, author, journalist, and Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist
- B. J. Raji, nose tackle for the Green Bay Packers
- Christopher Reeve, actor
- Shirley Alston-Reeves, lead singer of The Shirelles
- Christina Ricci, actress
- Cameron Richardson, actress and model, Cover Me, Point Pleasant, Alvin and the Chipmunks
- Dennis Ritchie, computer scientist who created the C programming language and co-created Unix
- Ian Roberts, actor, comedian, Upright Citizens Brigade, Reno 911!
- Michelle Rodriguez, actress, Avatar, the Fast and the Furious movies, S.W.A.T.
- Julie Roginsky, Democratic Party strategist and Fox News contributor
- Howie Roseman, general manager for the Philadelphia Eagles
- Jeffrey Rosen, billionaire businessman
- Carl Sagan, astronomer, astrochemist and author
- Samardo Samuels, player for the Cleveland Cavaliers
- Gabe Saporta, singer and musician, currently for the pop rock band Cobra Starship
- Susan Sarandon, actress
- Jessica Savitch, television journalist
- Adam Schlesinger, musician, songwriter, producer, arranger
- Jon Seda, actor, Homicide: Life on the Street, Kevin Hill, Close to Home
- Richie Scheinblum, MLB All Star outfielder
- Gene Shalit, film critic of NBC's Today
- Brooke Shields, actress, Suddenly Susan
- Andrew Shue, actor, Melrose Place
- Elisabeth Shue, actress, Back to the Future Part II
- George P. Shultz. Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and Secretary of Labor
- Bryan Singer, film director
- Kiki Smith, artist and sculptor; her father was the sculptor Tony Smith
- Patti Smith, rock musician
- David Smukler, NFL football player
- Lawrence Solan, Don Forchelli Professor of Law and Director of the Center for the Study of Law, Language and Cognition at Brooklyn Law School.
- John Spencer, actor, The West Wing, L.A. Law, The Rock
- Steven Spielberg, legendary Hollywood director and producer
- David Stern, NBA commissioner, member of the Basketball Hall of Fame
- Jon Stewart, comedian, actor and television personality
- SZA, real name Solana Rowe, PBR&B singer-songwriter, signed to Top Dawg Entertainment
- Jack Tatum, NFL safety primarily with the Oakland Raiders
- Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr., Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist
- Lance Thomas, player for the New Orleans Hornets
- Roger Y. Tsien, Nobel Prize–winning biochemist
- Steven Van Zandt, rock musician, actor, The Sopranos
- Alan Veingrad, NFL football player
- Bruce Vilanch, comedy writer
- Frank Vincent, actor
- Voltaire, musician
- Rodney Wallace, mixed martial artist
- Carl B. Weinberg, economist, founder of High Frequency Economics
- John C. Whitehead, banker, civil servant, chairman of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation
- Brian Williams, disgraced anchor of NBC Nightly News
- Bruce Willis, actor
- Scott Wolf, actor, Party of Five, Everwood, The Nine
- Teresa Wright, Oscar-winning actress, The Best Years of Our Lives, ''The Pride of the Yankees''
Born and raised elsewhere, live(d) in New Jersey
- Danny Aiello, lived in Saddle River
- Alan Alda, lives in Leonia
- Muhammad Ali, lived in Cherry Hill
- Paul Anka, lives in Tenafly
- Yael Averbuch, soccer player, U.S. women's team, general manager of NJ/NY Gotham FC
- AZ, lives in Englewood
- Brian Baldinger, lives in Cherry Hill
- Jesse Barfield, lives in Tenafly
- Yogi Berra, lived in Montclair
- George Benson, lives in Englewood
- Mary J. Blige, lives in Cresskill
- Shmuley Boteach, lives in Englewood
- Andre Braugher, lived in South Orange
- Jim Bunning, lives in Cherry Hill
- Jim Byrnes, lives in Allendale
- Harriet Frances Carpenter, lived in Millington
- Harry Carson, lives in Franklin Lakes
- Vince Carter, lives in Saddle River
- Sarah Chang, lives in Cherry Hill
- Connie Chung, lives in Middletown
- Mary Higgins Clark, lived in Saddle River
- Bobby Clarke, lives in Cherry Hill
- Alon Cohen, lives in Tenafly
- Stephen Colbert, lives in Montclair
- Sean Combs, lives in Alpine
- Lotta Crabtree, actress, comedian, philanthropist, lived in Hopatcong
- Peter Criss, lives in Wall Township
- Celia Cruz, lived in Fort Lee
- Johnny Damon, lives in Ridgewood
- Damon Dash, lives in Alpine
- Darryl Dawkins, lives in Marlboro
- Lou Dobbs
- Steve Doocy, lives in Wyckoff
- Thomas Edison, lived in Newark and West Orange
- Albert Einstein, lived in Princeton
- Halim El-Dabh, lives in Cresskill
- Missy Elliott, real name Melissa Elliott, lives in Kinnelon
- Jeff Feagles, lives in Ridgewood
- Althea Gibson, lived in East Orange
- Lior Haramaty, lives in Tenafly
- Bobby Hebb, lives in Cresskill
- Sarah Hirshland, chief executive officer of the United States Olympic Committee
- Celeste Holm, Oscar-winning actress
- Sam Huff, lives in Franklin Lakes
- Jay-Z, lives in Alpine
- Tommy John, lives in Franklin Lakes
- Michael Johns, lives in Deptford
- Jim Jones, rapper, lives in Fair Lawn
- Zab Judah, lives in Teaneck
- Kitty Kallen, lives in Englewood
- Jevon Kearse, lives in Moorestown
- Jason Kidd, lives in Saddle River
- Lil' Kim, lives in Alpine
- Bernard King, lives in Franklin Lakes
- Michael Landon, lived in Collingswood
- Phoebe Laub, lives in Teaneck
- Bettye LaVette, lives in West Orange
- Shulem Lemmer, lives in Toms River, singer
- Heather Locklear, lives in Wayne
- Mario, lives in Teaneck
- Tino Martinez, lives in Tenafly
- Fred Mascherino, lives in [Union Township, Union Township, Union County, New Jersey|Union County, New Jersey|Union]
- Don Mattingly, lives in Tenafly
- Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels, lives in Wayne
- Bob McGrath, lives in Teaneck
- Donovan McNabb, lives in Moorestown
- Bob Menne, born and lives in Demarest
- Eddie Murphy, lives in Englewood
- Thomas Nast, caricaturist, editorial cartoonist
- Clarence Charles Newcomer, federal judge lived in Stone Harbor
- Richard Milhous Nixon, lived in Saddle River
- Edward Mosberg, Polish American Holocaust survivor, educator, and philanthropist
- Tina Nordström, lives in Englewood Cliffs
- Mehmet Oz, lived in and maintains ties to Cliffside Park, now lives in Huntington Valley, PA
- Randal Pinkett, lives in Somerset
- Maury Povich, lives in Middletown
- Aidan Quinn, lives in Englewood
- Willie Randolph, lives in Franklin Lakes
- Larry Ray, convicted criminal, lives in Piscataway
- William P. Richardson, co-founder and first Dean of Brooklyn Law School, lived in Morristown
- Geraldo Rivera, lived in Middletown
- Sylvia Robinson, lives in Englewood
- Chris Rock, lives in Alpine
- Jeremy Roenick, lives in Moorestown
- Jimmy Rollins, lives in Woolwich Township
- Ja Rule, lives in Saddle River
- Lucy Mercer Rutherfurd, socialite, mistress of Franklin D. Roosevelt
- CC Sabathia, lives in Alpine
- Tito Santana, professional wrestler, lives in Roxbury
- Michel Sebastiani, Olympic fencing coach and member of the US Fencing Association Hall of Fame, lives in Princeton
- Gary Sheffield, lives in Alpine
- Lito Sheppard, lives in Moorestown
- Brooke Shields, lives in Englewood
- Joseph Simmons, lives in Saddle River
- Kimora Lee Simmons, lives in Saddle River
- Russell Simmons, lives in Saddle River
- Phil Simms, lives in Franklin Lakes
- T. O'Conor Sloane, scientist, inventor, author, editor, educator, and linguist, lived in South Orange
- T. O'Conor Sloane Jr., photographer, lived in South Orange
- Wesley Snipes, lives in Alpine
- Luis Sojo, lives in Saddle Brook
- Paul Sorvino, lived in Tenafly
- James "J.T." Taylor, lives in Franklin Lakes
- Walt Whitman, lived in Camden
- Mitch Williams, lives in Medford
- Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States, Governor of New Jersey, lived in Princeton
- Dave Winfield, lives in Teaneck
- Stevie Wonder, lives in Alpine
- Feng Yun, lives in New Jersey
- Shou-Wu Zhang, lives in Tenafly