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List of people from New Jersey

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The following is a list of notable people born, raised, or closely associated with the U.S. state of New Jersey.

Born and raised in New Jersey

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A–F

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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
Buzz Aldrin
John Amos
Sean Baker
Count Basie
Judy Blume
Jon Bon Jovi
Zach Braff
William Brennan Jr.
Aaron Burr
Jordan Burroughs
Da'Sean Butler
Bobby Cannavale
David Copperfield
Stephen Crane
Joe Dante
Glenn Danzig and Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein
Sandra Dee
Danny DeVito
Peter Dinklage
Michael Douglas
Asher Brown Durand
Bill Evans
Vera Farmiga
Anthony Firkser
Joe Flacco
Steve Forbes
Connie Francis
Barney Frank

G–S

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James Gandolfini
Allen Ginsburg
Peter Greene
Ed Harris
Garret Hobart
Whitney Houston
Thomas Kean
Joyce Kilmer
Jared Kushner
Artie Lange
Queen Latifah
Fran Lebowitz
Jerry Lewis
Ray Liotta
Marc Maron
George R. R. Martin
Tom McCarthy
Jason Mewes
Ricky Nelson
Jack Nicholson
Jerry Only
Joe Pantoliano
Kal Penn
Joe Pesci
Joe Piscopo
Redman
Kelly Ripa
Michelle Rodriguez
Philip Roth
Roy Scheider
Jimmi Simpson
Frank Sinatra
Kevin Smith
Todd Solondz
Mira Sorvino
Bruce Springsteen
Martha Stewart
Meryl Streep
Loretta Swit

T–Z

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John Taylor (Taylor Ham)
John Travolta
Mike Trout
Lee Van Cleef
Uncle Floyd Vivino
Malcolm Jamal Warner
Dionne Warwick
Spencer Weisz
Flip Wilson
Bernie Worrell

Born in New Jersey, raised elsewhere

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Grover Cleveland
Janeane Garofalo
Derek Jeter
Shaquille O'Neal
Joe Rogan
Antonin Scalia
Kevin Spacey
William Carlos Williams

Born elsewhere, raised in New Jersey

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James Comey
Debbie Harry
Anne Hathaway
Ethan Hawke and Wesley Snipes
Orel Hershiser
Michael B. Jordan
Carl Lewis
G. Gordon Liddy
Bill Maher
Brittany Murphy
Christopher Reeve
Gene Shalit
Brooke Shields
Jon Stewart
Steven Van Zandt
Bruce Willis

Born and raised elsewhere, live(d) in New Jersey

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Alan Alda
Muhammad Ali
Connie Chung
Thomas Edison
Albert Einstein
Michael Landon
Walt Whitman
Woodrow Wilson
Dave Winfield

See also

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References

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