The following is a list of notable current and former residents of

Teaneck, New Jersey Teaneck () is a Township (New Jersey), township in Bergen County, New Jersey, Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is a bedroom community in the New York metropolitan area. The town is know for their pancake throwing contest held ...

. (B) denotes that the person was born in Teaneck.

Academics and science

* Robert S. Browne (1924-2004), economist who founded African-American self-help programs * Frank Chapman (1864–1945),

ornithologist Ornithology, from Ancient Greek ὄρνις (''órnis''), meaning "bird", and -logy from λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study", is a branch of zoology dedicated to the study of birds. Several aspects of ornithology differ from related discip ...

* Stephen P. Cohen (1945–2017), scholar on Middle Eastern affairs who founded the Institute for Middle East Peace and Development * Herbert Dardik (1935–2020),

vascular surgeon Vascular surgery is a surgical subspecialty in which vascular diseases involving the arteries, veins, or lymphatic vessels, are managed by medical therapy, minimally-invasive catheter procedures and surgical reconstruction. The specialty evolve ...

who served as the chief of vascular surgery at

Englewood Hospital and Medical Center Englewood Hospital is an acute care 294-bed teaching hospital in Englewood, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. In spring 2024, the medical center received an 'A' Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group patient safety organization. ...

* Frank Gill (born 1941),

* Alan Kadish (born 1956), president and CEO of

Touro College Touro University is a private Jewish university system headquartered in New York City, with branches throughout the United States as well as one each in Germany, Israel and Russia. It was founded by Bernard Lander in 1971 and named for Isaac a ...

* Peter Kenen (1932–2012), economist who served as provost of

Columbia University Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Churc ...

Karl Meyer Karl Meyer may refer to: *Karl Meyer (activist) (born 1937), American pacifist, activist, Catholic worker and tax resister * Karl Meyer (aviator) (1894–1917), World War I flying ace *Karl Meyer (biochemist) (1899–1990), German biochemist * Karl ...

(1899–1990), German-born biochemist *

Clifford Nass Clifford Ivar Nass (April 3, 1958 – November 2, 2013) was a professor of communication at Stanford University, co-creator of '' The Media Equation'' theory, and a renowned authority on human-computer interaction (HCI). He was also known for hi ...

(1958–2013), professor at

Stanford University Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a Private university, private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford (the eighth ...

; expert on human-computer interaction * Jane S. Richardson (born 1941),

biochemist Biochemists are scientists who are trained in biochemistry. They study chemical processes and chemical transformations in living organisms. Biochemists study DNA, proteins and Cell (biology), cell parts. The word "biochemist" is a portmanteau of ...

and developer of

ribbon diagram Ribbon diagrams, also known as Richardson diagrams, are three-dimensional space, 3D schematic representations of protein structure and are one of the most common methods of protein depiction used today. The ribbon depicts the general course and o ...

s of protein structure * Jacob J. Schacter (born 1950), senior scholar at the Center for the Jewish Future at

Yeshiva University Yeshiva University is a Private university, private Modern Orthodox Judaism, Orthodox Jewish university with four campuses in New York City.

; editor of a number of volumes about Rabbi

Joseph Soloveitchik Joseph Ber Soloveitchik ( ''Yosef Dov ha-Levi Soloveychik''; February 27, 1903 – April 9, 1993) was a major American Orthodox rabbi, Talmudist, and modern Jewish philosopher. He was a scion of the Lithuanian Jewish Soloveitchik rabbinic d ...

* Lawrence Solan (1952–2024), Don Forchelli Professor of Law and Director of the Center for the Study of Law, Language and Cognition at

Brooklyn Law School Brooklyn Law School (BLS) is a Private university, private law school in New York City. Founded in 1901, it has approximately 1,100 students. Brooklyn Law School's faculty includes 60 full-time faculty, 15 emeriti faculty, and adjunct faculty. ...

Benjamin Sommer Benjamin D. Sommer (Hebrew: בנימין זומר; born July 6, 1964) is an American biblical scholar and Jewish theologian. He is a Professor of Bible at The Jewish Theological Seminary of America and a Senior Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institu ...

(born 1964), Professor of Bible at The Jewish Theological Seminary of America and a Senior Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute * Yvonne Thornton (born 1947), physician and author * Helen M. Walker (1891–1983), statistician and researcher; first female president of the

American Statistical Association The American Statistical Association (ASA) is the main professional organization for statisticians and related professionals in the United States. It was founded in Boston, Massachusetts, on November 27, 1839, and is the second-oldest continuous ...

* Alan Westin (1929–2013),

professor; pioneer in studying issues related to

information privacy Information privacy is the relationship between the collection and dissemination of data, technology, the public expectation of privacy, contextual information norms, and the legal and political issues surrounding them. It is also known as dat ...

Arts

Architecture

* Louis Bourgeois (1856–1930), architect of the Bahá'í House of Worship * Alan Hantman (born 1942), architect who served as the 10th

Architect of the Capitol The Architect of the Capitol is the Federal government of the United States, federal Government agency, agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex. It is an agency of t ...

, from February 1997 until February 2007

Authors, journalists and publishers

* Shalom Auslander (born 1970), author of ''Foreskin's Lament: A Memoir'' (2007) * Peter Balakian (born 1951), poet, writer and academic *

Cathy Bao Bean Cathy Bao Bean () is a Chinese-American writer and educator, and is the author of ''The Chopsticks-Fork Principle: A Memoir and Manual'' (We Press, 2002). She lives in Frelinghuysen Township, New Jersey, with her husband, artist Bennett Bean. ' ...

(born 1942), author * Jim Bishop (1907–1987), journalist and author of the bestselling book ''The Day Lincoln Was Shot'' * Louis Black, co-founder of ''

The Austin Chronicle ''The Austin Chronicle'' is an alternative weekly newspaper published every Thursday in Austin, Texas, United States. The paper is distributed through free news-stands, often at local eateries or coffee houses frequented by its targeted demogra ...

'' and the annual

South by Southwest South by Southwest (SXSW) is an annual conglomeration of parallel film, interactive media, and music festivals and Convention (meeting), conferences organized jointly that take place in mid-March in Austin, Texas. It began in 1987 and has conti ...

film and music festival *

Don Bolles Donald Fifield Bolles (July 10, 1928 – June 13, 1976) was an American investigative reporter for ''The Arizona Republic'' newspaper who was known for his coverage of organized crime in and around Phoenix, Arizona, especially by the Chicago Ou ...

(1928–1976), investigative reporter killed in a Mob-related car bombing *

Richard Nelson Bolles Richard Nelson Bolles (March 19, 1927 – March 31, 2017) was an Episcopal clergyman and the author of the best-selling job-hunting book, '' What Color is Your Parachute?'' Early life Bolles was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was the brother ...

(1927–2017), clergyman and author of the best-selling job-hunting book, '' What Color is Your Parachute?'' * Rachel Kramer Bussel (born 1975), author, columnist and editor, specializing in

erotica Erotica is art, literature or photography that deals substantively with subject matter that is erotic, sexually stimulating or sexually arousing. Some critics regard pornography as a type of erotica, but many consider it to be different. Erot ...

George Cain George Cain (October 27, 1943 – October 23, 2010) was an African-American man well-known for writing ''Blueschild Baby'', a semi-autobiographical novel published in 1970. The book is about the life of a drug user who finally overcomes his ad ...

(1943–2010), author of ''Blueschild Baby'' * Louise DeSalvo (1942–2018), author * Shammai Engelmayer (born 1945), rabbi, journalist and author *

Howard Fast Howard Melvin Fast (November 11, 1914 – March 12, 2003) was an American novelist and television writer. Fast also wrote under the pen names E.V. Cunningham and Walter Ericson. Biography Early life Fast was born in New York City. His mother, ...

(1914–2003), novelist, author of ''

Spartacus Spartacus (; ) was a Thracians, Thracian gladiator (Thraex) who was one of the Slavery in ancient Rome, escaped slave leaders in the Third Servile War, a major Slave rebellion, slave uprising against the Roman Republic. Historical accounts o ...

'' * Jeff Gottesfeld (born 1956), author of '' Anne Frank and Me'' and ''The Tree in the Courtyard''; screenwriter, '' Broken Bridges''; television writer, ''

The Young and the Restless ''The Young and the Restless'' (often abbreviated as ''Y&R'') is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in the fictional Genoa City (named after the real-life Genoa City, Wiscon ...

'' * Steven Hartov (born 1953), American-Israeli author of fiction and non-fiction works, journalist, screenwriter and lecturer in international security affairs * David Heatley (born 1974),

cartoonist A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comics illustrators/artists in that they produce both the litera ...

, illustrator, graphic designer and musician * Marilyn Henry (1953–2011), journalist, historian and archivist for matters pertaining to

Holocaust reparations The Holocaust had a deep effect on society both in Europe and the rest of the world, and today its consequences are still being felt, both by children and adults whose ancestors were victims of this genocide. Evidence in Germany German soci ...

, survivor benefits and art looted by the Nazis *

Robert Hilferty Robert Hilferty (December 14, 1959 – July 24, 2009) was an American journalist, filmmaker, and AIDS activist based in New York City. Career Hilferty began his career in 1988 working as a production assistant for Robert Altman on ''The Cain ...

(1959–2009), journalist, filmmaker and AIDS activist * John Hoerr (1930–2015), journalist and historian best known for his work on

organized labor The labour movement is the collective organisation of working people to further their shared political and economic interests. It consists of the trade union or labour union movement, as well as political parties of labour. It can be considere ...

, industry, and politics * Mike Kelly, columnist for ''

The Record The Record may refer to: Music * The Record (Fear album), ''The Record'' (Fear album), a 1982 studio album by the hardcore-punk band Fear * The Record (Boygenius album), ''The Record'' (Boygenius album), a 2023 studio album by the indie rock supe ...

''; author of ''Color Lines'', a book about the shooting of an African-American teenager by a white Teaneck police officer *

Neil Kleid Neil Kleid (born 1975) is an American cartoonist who received a 2003 Xeric Award grant for his graphic novella ''Ninety Candles'' (2004). Raised in Oak Park, Michigan, he lives in New Jersey Kleid wrote '' Brownsville'', a graphic novel about M ...

(born 1975),

who received a 2003

Xeric Award The Xeric Foundation is a private, non-profit corporation based in Northampton, Massachusetts, which for twenty years awarded self-publishing grants to comic book creators, as well as qualified charitable and nonprofit organizations. The Xeric Fo ...

grant for his

graphic novel A graphic novel is a self-contained, book-length form of sequential art. The term ''graphic novel'' is often applied broadly, including fiction, non-fiction, and Anthology, anthologized work, though this practice is highly contested by comics sc ...

la ''Ninety Candles'' (2004) *

Lisa Lucas Lisa Lucas (born 1961) is an American former child actress best known for her role as "Addie Mills" in the Emmy-winning Christmas television special, '' The House Without a Christmas Tree''. Career Lucas also played Shirley MacLaine's daughter ...

, executive director of the

National Book Foundation The National Book Foundation (NBF) is an American nonprofit organization established with the goal "to raise the cultural appreciation of great writing in America." Established in 1989 by National Book Awards, Inc.,Edwin McDowell. "Book Notes: ...

and senior vice president at

Knopf Doubleday Random House is an imprint and publishing group of Penguin Random House. Founded in 1927 by businessmen Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer as an imprint of Modern Library, it quickly overtook Modern Library as the parent imprint. Over the follow ...

Barry N. Malzberg Barry Nathaniel Malzberg (July 24, 1939 – December 19, 2024) was an American writer and editor, most often of science fiction and fantasy. Life and career Early life and family Malzberg originated from a Jewish family and graduated from Syra ...

(born 1939), science fiction author * Brian Morton (born 1955), author of ''

Starting Out in the Evening ''Starting Out in the Evening'' is a 2007 American drama film directed by Andrew Wagner. The screenplay by Wagner and Fred Parnes is based on the novel of the same name by Brian Morton. Plot Now aging and ailing, the one-time celebrated autho ...

'' * Nicholasa Mohr (born 1938), author and academic whose first novel ''Nilda'' was about the

Nuyorican Nuyorican is a portmanteau word blending "New York" (or "Nueva York" in Spanish) and "Puerto Rican," referring to Puerto Ricans located in or around New York City, their culture, or their descendants (especially those raised or currently livin ...

experience * Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath (born 1958),

Yiddish language Yiddish, historically Judeo-German, is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated in 9th-century Central Europe, and provided the nascent Ashkenazi community with a vernacular based on High German fused with ...

poet * John A. Williams (1925–2015), author, journalist and academic whose novel '' The Man Who Cried I Am'' was a bestseller in 1967

Fine arts

* Robert Barry (born 1936), conceptual artist * Charles Harbutt (1935–2015), photographer * Renaldo Kuhler (1931–2013), scientific illustrator(B) * Thomas Nozkowski (1944–2019), contemporary painter(B) *

Frank R. Paul Frank Rudolph Paul (; born Rudolph Franz Paul; April 18, 1884 – June 29, 1963) was an American illustrator of pulp magazines in the science fiction field. A discovery of editor Hugo Gernsback, Paul was influential in defining the look of bo ...

(1884–1963), illustrator of science fiction * Claire Porter (born 1942), choreographer * Paul Shambroom (born 1956), photographer *

Chuck Stewart Charles Stewart (May 21, 1927 – January 20, 2017) was an American photographer best known for his portraits of jazz singers and musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, John Coltrane, Ella Fitzgerald, Earl Hines, and Miles Davis, a ...

(1927–2017), photographer * Henry Wessel Jr. (1942–2018), photographer

Fashion

* Rachel Antonoff (born 1981),

fashion design Fashion design is the art of applying design, aesthetics, clothing construction, and natural beauty to clothing and its accessories. It is influenced by diverse cultures and different trends and has varied over time and place. "A fashion design ...

er(B) *

Marc Jacobs Marc Jacobs (born April 9, 1963) is an American fashion designer. He is the head designer for his own fashion label, Marc Jacobs, and formerly Marc by Marc Jacobs, a diffusion line, which was produced for approximately 15 years, before it was d ...

(born 1963), designer and artistic director for

Louis Vuitton Louis Vuitton Malletier SAS, commonly known as Louis Vuitton (, ), is a French Luxury goods, luxury fashion house and company founded in 1854 by Louis Vuitton (designer), Louis Vuitton. The label's LV monogram appears on most of its products, ...

* Lynn Kohlman (1946–2008), fashion model

Movies, stage and television

Amy Aquino Amy Aquino McCoy (born March 20, 1957) is an American television, film, and stage actress. She has appeared in television series such as ''Brooklyn Bridge'', '' ER'', and ''Being Human'', and was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for her ...

(born 1957), television, film and stage actress who has appeared in TV series including ''

Brooklyn Bridge The Brooklyn Bridge is a cable-stayed suspension bridge in New York City, spanning the East River between the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn. Opened on May 24, 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge was the first fixed crossing of the East River. It w ...

'', '' ER'' and '' Being Human''(B) *

Ed Ames Edmund Dantes Urick (July 9, 1927 – May 21, 2023), known professionally as Ed Ames or Eddie Ames, was an American pop singer and actor. He was known for playing Mingo in the television series ''Daniel Boone (1964 TV series), Daniel Boone'', and ...

(1927–2023), popular singer and actor, known for playing Mingo in the television series ''

Daniel Boone Daniel Boone (, 1734September 26, 1820) was an American pioneer and frontiersman whose exploits made him one of the first folk heroes of the United States. He became famous for his exploration and settlement of Kentucky, which was then beyo ...

'' *

Paul Attanasio Paul Albert Attanasio (born November 14, 1959) is an American screenwriter and producer. He has twice been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, once for '' Quiz Show'' (1994) and once for '' Donnie Brasco'' (1997). Earl ...

(born 1959), screenwriter and executive producer of the TV series ''

House A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air c ...

'' *

De'Adre Aziza De'Adre Imani Aziza (; born June 14, 1977) is an African-American actress and singer. Early life and education Aziza was born in Atlanta, Georgia and raised in Teaneck, New Jersey. She is the daughter of Donna L. Avery, retired part-time assista ...

(born 1977), Broadway stage actress *

Dana Bash Dana Ruth Bash (née Schwartz; born June 15, 1971) is an American journalist, news anchor, host of '' Inside Politics'' and co-anchor of ''State of the Union'' on CNN. Early life and education Bash was born Dana Ruth Schwartz in Manhattan into ...

(born 1971),

CNN Cable News Network (CNN) is a multinational news organization operating, most notably, a website and a TV channel headquartered in Atlanta. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable ne ...

journalist *

Pat Battle Pat Battle (born December 9, 1959) is an American journalist. Since 1996, she has been at WNBC-TV. Early life Patricia (nickname, "Pat") N. Battle was born December 9, 1959. Of African-American descent, she grew up in Neptune Township, New Jer ...

(born 1959),

WNBC-TV WNBC (channel 4) is a television station in New York City that serves as the flagship of the NBC network. It is owned and operated by the network's NBC Owned Television Stations division alongside Linden, New Jersey–licensed Telemundo s ...

New Jersey New Jersey is a U.S. state, state located in both the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. Located at the geographic hub of the urban area, heavily urbanized Northeas ...

bureau reporter; weekend anchor for ''

Today in New York ''Today in New York'' (displayed on-air as "''Today in NY''") is a local morning news and entertainment television program airing on WNBC, an NBC owned-and-operated television station in New York City. The program is broadcast each weekday mo ...

''Salazar, Carolyn
"Teaneck couple sue radio shock jocks over on-air stunt"
''

'', December 4, 2007. Accessed October 25, 2014. * Eitan Bernath (born 2002), celebrity chef *

Roger Birnbaum Roger Birnbaum (born November 14, 1950) is an American film, television, and executive producer. Early life Birnbaum was born to a Jewish family in Teaneck, New Jersey, the son of Arlene (née Steinlauf) and Norman Birnbaum. His father was a ...

(born 1950), film producer who owns

Spyglass Entertainment Spyglass Media Group, LLC is an American independent film and television production and finance company based in Los Angeles, California. The company was founded by Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum on August 21, 1998 as Spyglass Entertainment and ...

* Ben Blank (1921–2009), television graphics innovator *

Philip Bosco Philip Michael Bosco (September 26, 1930 – December 3, 2018) was an American actor. He was known for his Tony Award-winning performance as Saunders in the 1989 Broadway production of '' Lend Me a Tenor'', and for his starring role in the 2007 f ...

(1930–2018), character actor *

Chris Brancato Chris Brancato (born July 24, 1962) is an American television and film writer and producer. Brancato grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey

(born 1962),

Hollywood Hollywood usually refers to: * Hollywood, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in California * Hollywood, a metonym for the cinema of the United States Hollywood may also refer to: Places United States * Hollywood District (disambiguation) * Hollywood ...

writer and producer of Sci Fi Channel's '' First Wave'' and the film ''

Species II ''Species II'' is a 1998 American science fiction horror thriller film directed by Peter Medak. The film is a sequel to ''Species'' (1995) and the second installment of the ''Species'' franchise. The film stars Michael Madsen, Natasha Henstridg ...

'' *

Colleen Broomall Colleen Broomall (born August 30, 1983, in Teaneck, New Jersey) is an American journalist and former child actor. Colleen grew up in Norwood, New Jersey and was cast to play the role of Meg Ryan's daughter on the soap opera ''As the World Tur ...

(born 1983), actress and journalist *

Carolee Carmello Carolee Carmello is an American actress best known for her performances in Broadway musicals and for playing the role of Maple LaMarsh on the television series '' Remember WENN'' (1996–1998). She is a three-time Tony Award nominee and a five ...

(born 1962), actress best known for her performances in

Broadway Broadway may refer to: Theatre * Broadway Theatre (disambiguation) * Broadway theatre, theatrical productions in professional theatres near Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, U.S. ** Broadway (Manhattan), the street ** Broadway Theatre (53rd Stre ...

musicals Musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance. The story and emotional content of a musical – humor, pathos, love, anger – are communicated through words, music, movement ...

Syd Cassyd Sydney Cassyd (December 28, 1908 – February 4, 2000) was the founder of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in 1946. Biography Born in Teaneck, New Jersey, Cassyd worked for the Army Signal Corps as a film editor under then-Col. Frank Cap ...

(1908–2000), television pioneer who was the founder of the

Academy of Television Arts & Sciences The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS), also colloquially known as the Television Academy, is a professional honorary organization dedicated to the advancement of the Television in the United States, television industry in the United S ...

(B) *

Gaius Charles Gaius Charles (born May 2, 1983) is an American actor known for his portrayal of Brian "Smash" Williams in the television drama, ''Friday Night Lights''. He also played Dr. Shane Ross on the ABC medical drama series ''Grey's Anatomy'' and a rec ...

(born 1983), actor, '' Friday Night Lights'' *

Jennifer Cody Jennifer Cody (born November 10, 1969) is an American actress and dancer. Personal life Cody was born on November 10, 1969, in Greece, New York. She began dancing at an early age. She studied acting at Fredonia State University, graduating wit ...

(born 1969), actress *

Joe DiPietro Joe DiPietro (born 1961) is an American playwright, lyricist and author. He is best known for the Tony Award-winning musical '' Memphis'', for which he won the Tony Awards for Best Book of a Musical and Best Original Score as well as for writi ...

(born 1961), playwright * Jamie Donnelly (born 1947), actress best known as Jan, one of the Pink Ladies from the film version of '' Grease'' * Sheldon Epps (born 1952), director and producer of television and theatrical works *

Hunter Foster Hunter Foster (born June 25, 1969) is an American musical theatre actor, singer, librettist, playwright and director. Career After touring in several shows and playing on Broadway, in 2001 he was cast in his breakthrough role of Bobby Strong ...

(born 1969), Broadway actor"The Leading Men: Hunter Green"
, ''

Playbill ''Playbill'' is an American monthly magazine for Audience, theatergoers. Although there is a subscription issue available for home delivery, most copies of ''Playbill'' are printed for particular productions and distributed at the door as the ...

'', September 9, 2003. Accessed September 13, 2011. "Foster is married to Jennifer Cody (Urinetown, Taboo); the cute couple live in Teaneck, N.J., with Zach, their Yorkshire terrier." *

Nely Galán Nely Galán (born 1963 in Santa Clara, Cuba) is an independent producer and a former President of Entertainment for Telemundo. She created and executively produced the Fox reality series '' The Swan''. Nely Galán was born Arnely Alvarez in Sant ...

(born 1963), independent producer, former president of entertainment for

Telemundo Telemundo (; formerly NetSpan) is an American Spanish-language terrestrial television network owned by NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, a division of NBCUniversal, which in turn is a wholly owned subsidiary of Comcast. It provides content ...

, and creator of the

FOX Foxes are small-to-medium-sized omnivorous mammals belonging to several genera of the family Canidae. They have a flattened skull; upright, triangular ears; a pointed, slightly upturned snout; and a long, bushy tail ("brush"). Twelve species ...

reality series '' The Swan'' * John A. Gambling (1930–2004), radio personality *

John B. Gambling John Bradley Gambling (April 9, 1897 – November 21, 1974) was an American radio personality. He was a member of the Gambling family, 3 generations of whom—John B., John A. and John R.—were hosts of WOR Radio's (New York City, 710 AM) morn ...

(1897–1974), radio personalityStaff
"Many Homes Are Sold In Teaneck Section; $3,000,000 Palisades Acreage Reported Acquired by Syndicate."
''

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of ...

'', July 1, 1929. Accessed December 13, 2011.Taylor, Mildred
"Spiritual Comforts Take Root"
, ''History of Teaneck'', pp. 98–103 via Teaneck Public Library. Accessed December 13, 2011. "Many good people came to live in the township, among them Ferde Grofe, composer of ''The Grand Canyon Suite'' and other fine music. The senior John Gambling of Radio Station WOR lived in Teaneck with his wife and his son John, who now heads the program that keeps the area posted each morning. Jim Bishop, syndicated columnist, built a fine home in Teaneck." *

Lee Garlington Ann Leslie "Lee" Garlington (born July 20, 1953) is an American actress. Early life Garlington was born in Teaneck, New Jersey on July 20, 1953. She spent her teenage years in Wilmington, Delaware. Career She has guest-starred in a number of not ...

(born 1953), actress(B) *

Susan Gordon Susan Gordon (July 27, 1949 – December 11, 2011) was an American actress who appeared in films and numerous episodes of television programs such as ''The Twilight Zone'', ''My Three Sons'', and ''The Donna Reed Show''. Life and career ...

(1949–2011), child actress in film and television *

Jess Harnell Jess Harnell (born December 23, 1963) is an American voice actor. His roles include Wakko Warner in ''Animaniacs'', Captain Hero in '' Drawn Together'', Jerry in the first two seasons of '' Totally Spies!'', Ironhide in the first three ''Tr ...

(born 1963), the voice of Wakko Warner on ''

Animaniacs ''Animaniacs'' is an American Animated series, animated Comedy television, comedy Musical film, musical television series created by Tom Ruegger and produced by Warner Bros. Television Animation. It originally aired on Fox Broadcasting Company ...

'' and announcer of ''

America's Funniest Home Videos ''America's Funniest Home Videos'', also called ''America's Funniest Videos'' (abbreviated as ''AFV''), is an American video clip television series on ABC, based on a recurring segment on the Japanese variety show '' Fun TV with Kato-chan and ...

'' * Gavin Houston (born 1977), actor, best known for playing the role of Jeffrey Harrington on the

Oprah Winfrey Network The Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN, also known as the OWN Network) is an American multinational basic cable television network which launched on January 1, 2011, effectively replacing the Discovery Health Channel, which one month later merged with ...

primetime television soap opera, '' The Haves and the Have Nots'' * Jay Jason (1915–2001),

Borscht Belt The Borscht Belt, or Yiddish Alps, is a region which was noted for its summer resorts that catered to Jewish vacationers, especially residents of New York City. The resorts, now mostly defunct, were located in the southern foothills of the Catski ...

comedian *

Jeffrey Kramer Jeffrey Kramer (born July 15, 1945) is an American film and television actor and producer. Life and career Kramer grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey, graduating from Teaneck High School with the Class of 1963 and attending Ithaca College. ...

(born 1945), film and television actor and producer * David P. Levin (born 1958), producer/writer/director for

MTV MTV (an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable television television channel, channel and the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group sub-division of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global. Launched on ...

TV Land TV Land is an American pay television channel owned by Paramount Global through its networks division's MTV Entertainment Group. It was originally launched as Nick at Nite’s TV Land as a spinoff of Nick at Nite programing block consisting e ...

, and

A&E Network A&E (an initialism of its original name, the Arts & Entertainment Network) is an American cable and satellite television network and the flagship property of A&E Networks, a joint venture between Hearst Communications and the Walt Disney Company ...

Ilana Levine Ilana Levine is an American actress. She made her first on-screen appearance as Andrea Spinelli in the HBO comedy-drama series ''Tanner '88'' (1988), appearing in 11 episodes. Career Raised in Teaneck, New Jersey, Levine attended Teaneck High Sc ...

(born 1963), actress who made her first on-screen appearance as Andrea Spinelli in the

HBO Home Box Office (HBO) is an American pay television service, which is the flagship property of namesake parent-subsidiary Home Box Office, Inc., itself a unit owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. The overall Home Box Office business unit is based a ...

comedy-drama series ''

Tanner '88 ''Tanner '88'' is a political mockumentary miniseries written by Garry Trudeau and directed by Robert Altman. First broadcast by HBO during the months leading up to the 1988 U.S. presidential election, it purports to tell the behind-the-scenes st ...

'' *

Damon Lindelof Damon Laurence Lindelof (born April 24, 1973) is an American screenwriter, comic book writer, and producer. Among his accolades, he received three Primetime Emmy Awards, from twelve nominations. In 2010, ''Time (magazine), Time'' magazine named ...

(born 1973), co-creator and executive producer of the TV series '' Lost'' *

Leonard Maltin Leonard Michael Maltin (born December 18, 1950) is an American film critic, film historian, and author. He is known for his book of film capsule reviews, '' Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide'', published from 1969 to 2014. Maltin was the film criti ...

(born 1950), film critic and author of ''

Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide ''Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide'' was a book-format collection of movie capsule reviews that began in 1969, was updated biannually after 1978, and then annually after 1986. The final edition was published in September 2014. It was originally calle ...

'' *

Patricia McBride Patricia McBride (born August 23, 1942) is a ballerina who spent nearly 30 years dancing with the New York City Ballet. McBride joined the New York City Ballet in 1959. She became a principal in 1961, becoming the company's youngest principal. ...

(born 1942), ballerina who performed with the

New York City Ballet New York City Ballet (NYCB) is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein. Balanchine and Jerome Robbins are considered the founding choreographers of the company. Léon Barzin was the company's fir ...

for 30 years *

Bob McGrath Robert Emmett McGrath (June 13, 1932 – December 4, 2022) was an American actor, singer, and children's author best known for playing original human character and music teacher Bob Johnson on the educational television series ''Sesame Street' ...

(1932–2022), played "Bob" on TV's ''

Sesame Street ''Sesame Street'' is an American educational television, educational children's television series that combines live-action, sketch comedy, animation, and puppetry. It is produced by Sesame Workshop (known as the Children's Television Worksh ...

'', the longest-lasting human character on the program *

Julianne Michelle Julianne Michelle (also known as Julianne Michelle Di Palma and Julianne Michelle Reeves; born September 5, 1987) is an American film actor, film and television actress. Retrieved April 5, 2010 Personal life Julianne Michelle, daughter of Joyc ...

(born 1987), film and television actress *

Zalmen Mlotek Zalmen Mlotek (; born June 15, 1951, in the Bronx, New York) is an American conductor, pianist, musical arranger, accompanist, composer, and the Artistic Director of the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene (NYTF), the longest continuous running ...

(born 1954), conductor, pianist, musical arranger,

accompanist Accompaniment is the part (music), musical part which provides the rhythmic and/or harmony (music), harmonic support for the melody or main themes of a song or instrumental piece. There are many different styles and types of accompaniment in di ...

, composer; artistic director of the National Yiddish Theatre –

Folksbiene The National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, commonly known as NYTF, is a professional theater company in New York City which produces both Yiddish theater, Yiddish plays and plays translated into Yiddish, in a theater equipped with simultaneous sup ...

* Susan Morrow (1931–1985), actress, star of '' The Savage''(B) *

Ozzie Nelson Oswald George Nelson (March 20, 1906 – June 3, 1975) was an American actor, filmmaker, musician, and bandleader. He originated and starred in ''The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet'', a radio and television series with his wife Harriet Nelson, ...

(1906–1975) and

Harriet Nelson Harriet Nelson (formerly Hilliard; born Peggy Lou Snyder; July 18, 1909 – October 2, 1994) was an American actress. Nelson is best known for her role on the sitcom ''The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet''. Early life and career Nelson was b ...

(1909–1994), from ''

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet ''The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet'' is an American television sitcom that aired on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from October 3, 1952, to April 23, 1966, and starred the real-life Nelson family. After a long run on radio, the show was b ...

'' *

Ricky Nelson Eric Hilliard "Ricky" Nelson (May 8, 1940 – December 31, 1985) was an American musician and actor. From age eight, he starred alongside his family in the radio and television series ''The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet''. In 1957, he began a ...

(1940–1985), son of Ozzie and Harriet; actor ('' Rio Bravo''); musician elected to the

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (RRHOF), also simply referred to as the Rock Hall, is a museum and hall of fame located in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States, on the shore of Lake Erie. The museum documents the history of rock music and the ...

in 1987 * Christopher O'Neal (born 1994), actor who appears on

Nickelodeon Nickelodeon (nicknamed Nick) is an American pay television channel and the flagship property of the Nickelodeon Group, a sub-division of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global. Launched on April 1, 1979, as the first ca ...

's '' How to Rock'' * Miko Oscard (born 1944), former child actor who appeared in film and television *

Sarah Jessica Parker Sarah Jessica Parker (born March 25, 1965) is an American actress and television producer. In a career spanning over five decades, she has performed across several productions of both Sarah Jessica Parker filmography, screen and stage. List o ...

(born 1965), actress, played

Carrie Bradshaw Caroline Marie "Carrie" Bradshaw is a fictional character and the protagonist of the HBO media franchise ''Sex and the City'', portrayed by Sarah Jessica Parker. In the television series and subsequent films, Carrie is a New York City-based newspa ...

's ''

Sex and the City ''Sex and the City'' is an American romantic comedy, romantic comedy-drama television series created by Darren Star for HBO, based on Sex and the City (newspaper column), the newspaper column and 1996 book by Candace Bushnell. It premiered in th ...

'' * Charles Payne (born 1960),

Fox Business Network Fox Business (officially known as Fox Business Network, or FBN) is an American conservative business news channel and website publication owned by the Fox News Media division of Fox Corporation. The channel broadcasts primarily from studios ...

television show host * Danielle Pinnock (born 1988), actress, comedian and writer *

Randall Pinkston Randall Pinkston was a correspondent/anchor for Al Jazeera America. Previously he was with CBS News. After a stint as a White House Correspondent in CBS's Washington Bureau, Pinkston became a general assignment reporter, contributing to CBS br ...

(born 1950), correspondent for

CBS News CBS News is the news division of the American television and radio broadcaster CBS. It is headquartered in New York City. CBS News television programs include ''CBS Evening News'', ''CBS Mornings'', news magazine programs ''CBS News Sunday Morn ...

* Dana Reeve (1961–2006), actress, singer, activist for disability causes; wife of

Christopher Reeve Christopher D'Olier Reeve (September 25, 1952 – October 10, 2004) was an American actor, activist, director, and author. He amassed Christopher Reeve on stage and screen, several stage and screen credits in his 34-year career, including playin ...

(B) *

Robert Ridgely Robert Ridgely (December 24, 1931 – February 8, 1997) was an American actor, known for both on-camera roles and extensive voice-over work. Early life Ridgely was born in Teaneck, New Jersey. Before becoming an actor, he worked as a cabaret e ...

(1931–1997), actor and voice-over artist; appeared in many

Mel Brooks Melvin James Brooks (né Kaminsky; born June 28, 1926) is an American actor, comedian, filmmaker, and songwriter. With a career spanning over seven decades, he is known as a writer and director of a variety of successful broad farces and parodie ...

movies and in ''

Boogie Nights ''Boogie Nights'' is a 1997 American drama film written, directed, and co-produced by Paul Thomas Anderson. It is set in Los Angeles's San Fernando Valley and focuses on a young nightclub dishwasher who becomes a popular star of pornographic ...

'' *

David Rothenberg David Rothenberg (born 1962) is a professor of philosophy and music at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, with a special interest in animal sounds as music. He is also a composer and jazz musician whose books and recordings reflect a long ...

(born 1933), Broadway producer and prisoners' rights activist * Rick Schwartz (born ), film producer * Seret Scott (born 1949), actress, director, and playwright, best known for her roles in the films '' Losing Ground'' and ''

Pretty Baby Pretty Baby may refer to: * ''Pretty Baby'' (1950 film), a comedy film featuring Dennis Morgan and Betsy Drake * ''Pretty Baby'' (1978 film), a drama film featuring Brooke Shields ** ''Pretty Baby'' (soundtrack), a soundtrack album from the film ...

'' *

Matt Servitto Matthew Joseph Servitto (born April 7, 1965) is an American actor known for his roles as Dwight Harris, Special Agent Dwight Harris on the HBO crime series ''The Sopranos'', Trask Bodine on ''All My Children'' (1989–1990), Deputy Brock Lotus on ...

(born 1965), actor known for his role on ''

The Sopranos ''The Sopranos'' is an American Crime film#Crime drama, crime drama television series created by David Chase. The series follows Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini), a New Jersey American Mafia, Mafia boss who suffers from panic attacks. He reluct ...

'' as

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Dwight Harris(B) *

Lawrence Sher Lawrence Sher, (born February 4, 1970) is an American cinematographer The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the recording of a film, television production, music video or ...

(born 1970), cinematographer *

Paul Sorvino Paul Anthony Sorvino (, ; April 13, 1939 – July 25, 2022) was an American actor. He often portrayed authority figures on both the criminal and the law enforcement sides of the law. Sorvino was particularly known for his roles as Lucchese cri ...

(1939–2022), actor * Josh Sussman (born 1983), actor *

Bill Timoney Bill Timoney (born March 5, 1958) is an American actor, director, script writer and producer. Career Perhaps the best known of Timoney's roles on television is the character of Alfred Vanderpool on ''All My Children.'' The musical team Boyz II Me ...

(born 1958), actor, director, script writer and producer(B) * Judy Tyler (1933–1957), actress who played Princess Summerfallwinterspring on ''

Howdy Doody ''Howdy Doody'' is an American Children's television series, children's television program (with circus and Western (genre), Western frontier themes) that was created and produced by Victor F. Campbell

'' and starred opposite

Elvis Presley Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor. Referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll", he is regarded as Cultural impact of Elvis Presley, one of the most significant cultural figures of the ...

in '' Jailhouse Rock'' *

John Ventimiglia John Ventimiglia (, ; born ) is an American actor. He portrayed Artie Bucco in the HBO television series ''The Sopranos'' and had a recurring role as Dino Arbogast, an Organized Crime Control Bureau Chief for the NYPD, on the American police pr ...

(born 1963), actor; played ''

Artie Bucco This is a list of characters from the HBO series ''The Sopranos'', and its prequel film '' The Many Saints of Newark.'' Main characters Cast table Main character biographies Tony Soprano Jennifer Melfi Carmela Soprano Christopher Moltisant ...

'' on ''

Music

Nat Adderley Nathaniel Carlyle Adderley (November 25, 1931 – January 2, 2000) was an American jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It ...

(1931–2000), jazz cornet and trumpet player *

Nat Adderley, Jr. Nathaniel Adderley Jr. (born May 23, 1955) is an American pop music, pop and rhythm and blues music arranger and pianist who spent much of his music career arranging as music director for Luther Vandross tours and contributed as co-songwriter on ...

(born 1955), music arranger who spent much of his career with

Luther Vandross Luther Ronzoni Vandross Jr. (April 20, 1951 – July 1, 2005) was an American Soul music, soul and Contemporary R&B, R&B singer, songwriter, and record producer. Over his career, he achieved eleven consecutive RIAA certification, RIAA-certified ...

Ray Barretto Raymundo "Ray" Barretto Pagán (April 29, 1929 – February 17, 2006) was an American percussionist and bandleader of Puerto Rican descent. Throughout his career as a percussionist, he played a wide variety of Latin music styles, as well as Lati ...

(1929–2006), conga drummer and bandleader *

Eef Barzelay Ifar "Eef" Barzelay (; born May 12, 1970) is an Israeli-American musician. He is the principal songwriter and singer of alternative country band Clem Snide, but has also toured as a solo act, both as a headliner and in support of various artis ...

(born 1970), chief songwriter, singer, and guitarist of alt-country indie rock band

Clem Snide Clem Snide is an alt-country band featuring Eef Barzelay (guitar, vocals), Brendan Fitzpatrick (bass) and Ben Martin (drums). History "Clem Snide" is a character in several novels by William S. Burroughs, including ''Naked Lunch'', '' The Tic ...

Bernard Belle Bernard Belle (November 12, 1964 – June 23, 2022) was an American composer, producer, and musician. After starting his career as an R&B guitarist, Belle became known as a songwriter for Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston and a producer of go ...

, composer, producer and musician *

Regina Belle Regina Belle (born July 17, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter who started her career in the mid-1980s. Known for her singles "Baby Come to Me (Regina Belle song), Baby Come to Me" (1989) and "Make It Like It Was" (1990), Belle is most notabl ...

(born 1963),

Grammy Award The Grammy Awards, stylized as GRAMMY, and often referred to as The Grammys, are awards presented by The Recording Academy of the United States to recognize outstanding achievements in music. They are regarded by many as the most prestigious ...

-winning singer * Roni Ben-Hur (born 1962), bebop jazz guitarist * Louis Black (born 1950), co-founder of South by Southwest Music, Film, and Interactive Conference and Festival * Miles Bonny (born 1980), record producer, singer-songwriter, trumpeter and DJ *

Pat Boone Patrick Charles Eugene Boone (born June 1, 1934) is an American singer, songwriter, actor, author, television personality, radio host and philanthropist. He sold nearly 50 million records, had 38 Top 40 hits, and has acted in many films. Boone ...

(born 1934), star pop singer from the 1950s whose best-known hits were ''

Ain't That a Shame "Ain't That a Shame" is a song written by Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew. Domino's recording of the song, originally stated as "Ain't It a Shame", released by Imperial Records in 1955, was a hit, eventually selling a million copies. It reached ...

'' and ''

Love Letters in the Sand "Love Letters in the Sand" is a popular song first published in 1931. It began life as a poem by Nick Kenny. J. Fred Coots read the poem in the New York Daily Mirror, and obtained Kenny's permission to set the poem to music. He went through 4 di ...

'' *

Donald Byrd Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II (December 9, 1932 – February 4, 2013) was an American jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter, composer and vocalist. A sideman for many other jazz musicians of his generation, Byrd was one of the few h ...

(1932–2013), jazz trumpeter *

Cakes da Killa Rashard Bradshaw, better known as Cakes da Killa, is an American rap artist who fuses genres of hip hop, house, and electronic dance music. He came to prominence in the "queer explosion" of hip hop music stemming from New York in 2012 and is amon ...

(born as Rashard Bradshaw), rapper *

Brendan Canty Brendan John Canty (born March 9, 1966) is an American musician, composer, producer and filmmaker, best known as the drummer for the band Fugazi (band), Fugazi. In 2007, ''Stylus Magazine'' ranked Canty at No. 29 on the list of "50 Greatest R ...

(born 1966), drummer of indie rock band

Fugazi Fugazi (; ) is an American post-hardcore band formed in Washington, D.C., in 1986. The band consists of guitarists and vocalists Ian MacKaye and Guy Picciotto, bassist Joe Lally, and drummer Brendan Canty. They were noted for their style-transc ...

Gordon Chambers Gordon Anthony Chambers (c. 1969) is an American singer-songwriter and record producer who has written songs for more than 75 recording artists including Angie Stone, Yolanda Adams, The Isley Brothers, Brandy, Trey Songz, Chaka Khan, Patti LaBell ...

(born ), singer-songwriter whose work includes " If You Love Me" by

Brownstone Brownstone is a brown Triassic–Jurassic sandstone that was historically a popular building material. The term is also used in the United States and Canada to refer to a townhouse clad in this or any other aesthetically similar material. Ty ...

Ray Chew Ray Chew (born 7 September 1958) is an American musician who plays keyboards and is a contemporary and orchestral arranger. He has been the music director of ABC's ''Dancing with the Stars'' since 2014. Biography Chew grew up in the Grant Hous ...

(born ), music director * Graham Clarke (born 1970), musician, songwriter, arranger, and entertainer * Brenda Miller Cooper (1916–2008), operatic

soprano A soprano () is a type of classical singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types. The soprano's vocal range (using scientific pitch notation) is from approximately middle C (C4) = 261 Hertz, Hz to A5 in Choir, choral ...

Johnny Copeland John Clyde Copeland (March 27, 1937 – July 3, 1997) was an American Texas blues guitarist and singer. In 1983, he was named Blues Entertainer of the Year by the Blues Foundation. He is the father of blues singer Shemekia Copeland. In 2017, ...

(1937–1997), blues guitarist and singerStrauss, Neil
"Johnny Copeland, 60, Who Sang Texas Blues and Played Guitar"
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'', June 4, 1997. Accessed March 18, 2012. "Johnny Copeland, one of the foremost Texas blues singers and guitarists of the 70s and 80s, died yesterday at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan. He was 60 and lived in Teaneck, N.J." * Shemekia Copeland (born 1979), blues singer * DMX (born as Earl Simmons, 1970–2021), rapper and actor *

Plácido Domingo José Plácido Domingo Embil (born 21 January 1941) is a Spanish opera singer, conductor, and arts administrator. He has recorded over a hundred complete operas and is well known for his versatility, regularly performing in Italian, French, ...

(born 1941), operatic tenor *

Ray Drummond Ray Drummond (born November 23, 1946, in Brookline, Massachusetts) is an American jazz bassist and teacher. He also has an Master of Business Administration, MBA from Stanford University, hence his linkage to the Stanford Jazz Workshop. He can be ...

(born 1946), jazz bassist *

Randy Edelman Randy Edelman (born June 10, 1947) is an American musician, Record producer, producer, and composer and Conducting, conductor for Film score, film and television. He began his career as a member of Broadway theatre, Broadway's pit orchestras; he ...

(born 1947), film and TV score composer *

Jon Faddis Jon Faddis (born July 24, 1953) is an American jazz trumpet player, conductor, composer, and educator, renowned for both his playing and for his expertise in the field of music education. Upon his first appearance on the scene, he became known ...

(born 1953), jazz trumpeter, conductor, composer and educator * Jon Garrison (born 1944), operatic tenor *

Jimmy Gnecco James Francis Gnecco III (born September 30, 1973) is an American singer, songwriter and multi instrumentalist who makes music both under his name and the moniker Ours (band), Ours. Gnecco is known for his multi-octave vocal range and singing st ...

(born 1973), musician from the

Ours Ours may refer to: People * Ours (singer), a French singer and songwriter. * Wes Ours (born 1977), an American football player Music * Ours (band), an American rock group Songs * "Ours" (song), by Taylor Swift, 2011 * "Ours", a song by Ed Sh ...

* Christine Goerke (born 1969),

-winning

dramatic soprano A dramatic soprano is a type of operatic soprano with a powerful, rich, emotive voice that can sing over, or cut through, a full orchestra. Thicker vocal folds in dramatic voices usually (but not always) mean less agility than lighter voices but a ...

Wally Gold Wally Gold (May 15, 1928 – June 7, 1998) was an American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and music business executive from Teaneck, New Jersey. Personal life Gold was born in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Gold moved to ...

(1928–1998), singer, songwriter, producer, music industry executive, best known for co-writing " It's Now or Never", "

Good Luck Charm "Good Luck Charm" is a song recorded by Elvis Presley and published by Gladys Music, Elvis Presley's publishing company, that reached number 1 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 list in the week ending April 21, 1962. It remained at the top of the lis ...

", and "

It's My Party "It's My Party" is a song recorded by American singer Lesley Gore on her debut studio album '' I'll Cry If I Want To'' (1963). It was released as a single on April 5, 1963, by Mercury Records. The song was written by Herb Wiener, John Gluck Jr. ...

" *

Lesley Gore Lesley Gore (born Lesley Sue Goldstein, May 2, 1946 – February 16, 2015) was an American singer and songwriter. At the age of 16, she recorded her first hit song " It's My Party", a US number one in 1963. She follow ...

(1946–2015), singer, songwriter, actress and activist known for her pop hit "

" * Florence Greenberg (1913–1995), record producer who discovered

The Shirelles The Shirelles were an American girl group formed in Passaic, New Jersey, in 1957. They consisted of schoolmates Shirley Owens (later Shirley Alston Reeves), Doris Coley (later Doris Kenner-Jackson), Addie "Micki" Harris (later Addie Harris McF ...

Ferde Grofé Ferdinand Rudolph von Grofé (March 27, 1892 April 3, 1972), known as Ferde Grofé () was an American composer, arranger, pianist, and instrumentalist. He is best known for his 1931 five-movement symphonic poem, ''Grand Canyon Suite'', and for ...

(1892–1972), composer and arranger, best known for his ''

Grand Canyon Suite The ''Grand Canyon Suite'' is a suite for orchestra by Ferde Grofé, composed between 1929 and 1931. It was initially titled ''Five Pictures of the Grand Canyon''. It consists of five movements, each an evocation in tone of a particular scen ...

'' *

Roland Hanna Roland Pembroke Hanna (February 10, 1932 – November 13, 2002) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and teacher. Biography Hanna studied classical piano from the age of 11, but was strongly interested in jazz, having been introduced to i ...

(1932–2002),

jazz pianist Jazz piano is a collective term for the techniques pianists use when playing jazz. The piano has been an integral part of the jazz idiom since its inception, in both solo and ensemble settings. Its role is multifaceted due largely to the Musical ...

, composer and teacher *

Joe Harnell Joseph Harnell (born Joseph Hittelman; August 2, 1924 – July 14, 2005) was an American composer, musician, and music arranger. Early life His father was a vaudeville performer who also played in jazz and klezmer ensembles. Harnell began playing ...

(1924–2005), composer and arranger *

Al Hibbler Albert George Hibbler (August 16, 1915 – April 24, 2001) was an American baritone vocalist, who sang with Duke Ellington's orchestra before having several pop hits as a solo artist. Some of Hibbler's singing is classified as rhythm and blu ...

(1915–2001), R&B singer; later civil rights activist *

Ronald Isley Ronald Isley ( ; born May 21, 1941) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. Isley is the lead singer and founding member of the family music group The Isley Brothers. Early life Born in 1941 to Sallye Bernice (née Bell) and O ...

(born 1941), co-founder and lead singer of the

Isley Brothers Isley is an English surname. The name can also be used as an anglicized variant for the German surnames Eisele and Eisler. Notable people with the surname include: *The Isley Brothers, American musical group ** Ernie Isley (born 1952), American ...

Rudolph Isley Rudolph "Rudy" Bernard Isley (April 1, 1939 – October 11, 2023) was an American singer-songwriter and Christian minister and one of the founding members of The Isley Brothers. Life and career Rudolph "Rudy" Bernard Isley was born on April 1, ...

(1939–2023), founding member of the Isley BrothersBrown, Shaylah
"For the Love of Them; Englewood, Teaneck rename streets for the Isley Brothers"
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'', June 25, 2021. Accessed August 4, 2022. "The family lived in Englewood, and Ronald and Rudolph Isley eventually moved to Teaneck. Their record label, T-Neck Records, named for the town, owns one of their greatest hits, 'It’s Your thing, Do What You Wanna Do.'" *

Milt Jackson Milton Jackson (January 1, 1923 – October 9, 1999), nicknamed "Bags", was an American jazz vibraphonist. He is especially remembered for his cool swinging solos as a member of the Modern Jazz Quartet and his penchant for collaborating with ...

(1923–1999), jazz vibraphonist * Moe Jaffe (1901–1972), songwriter *

Jodeci Jodeci ( ) is an American Contemporary R&B, R&B quartet consisting of members DeVanté Swing, Dalvin DeGrate, Mr. Dalvin, K-Ci, and K-Ci & JoJo, JoJo. Formed in 1988 in Charlotte, North Carolina, Jodeci began as a duo of DeVanté Swing and JoJo ...

, R&B group of the early 1990s * J. J. Johnson (1924–2001), jazz trombonist *

Kevin Jonas Paul Kevin Jonas Jr. (born November 5, 1987) is an American musician and actor. He rose to fame as the lead guitarist of the pop rock band Jonas Brothers alongside his younger brothers Joe and Nick. Jonas became a prominent figure on the Disne ...

(born 1987), background vocalist and lead guitarist for the

Jonas Brothers The Jonas Brothers () are an American pop rock band formed in 2005 comprising brothers Kevin Jonas, Joe Jonas, and Nick Jonas. Raised in Wyckoff, New Jersey, the Jonas Brothers moved to Little Falls, New Jersey, in 2005, where they wrote thei ...

* Sam Jones (1924–1981), jazz double bassist, cellist and composerWilson, John S
"Sound of Music in Teaneck Is Jazz"
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'', August 18, 1974. Accessed March 25, 2020. "The original purpose of the band was simply to provide young musicians in the area with an opportunity to rehearse big‐band arrangements and, possibly, to take advantage of the presence in Teaneck of such professional jazz musicians as McCoy Tyner and Roland Hanna, pianists; Rudy Collins and Eddie Locke, drummers; Sam Jones, a bassist, and Al Gafa, a guitarist. All took part in what are known as 'workshop situations.'" *

Thad Jones Thaddeus Joseph Jones (March 28, 1923 – August 20, 1986) was an American jazz trumpeter, composer and bandleader who has been called "one of the all-time greatest jazz trumpet soloists". Early life, family and education Thad Jones was born i ...

(1923–1986), jazz trumpeter, composer and bandleader * Ben Jorgensen (born 1983), lead singer of Armor for Sleep * Don "Magic" Juan (born 1950), merengue and hip-hop artist, from the 1990s merengue group

Proyecto Uno Proyecto Uno (from Spanish into English: Project One) is a Dominican-American Hip hop/ Merengue house group which helped popularize a style of music that blends merengue with techno, dancehall, hip-hop/ rap and reggae music. The band was found ...

Ulysses Kay Ulysses Simpson Kay (January 7, 1917 in Tucson, Arizona – May 20, 1995 in Englewood, New Jersey) was an American composer. His music is mostly neoclassical in style. Life and career Kay, the nephew of the classic jazz musician King Oliver, stu ...

(1917–1995), composer * Ben E. King (1938–2015), singer, " Stand by Me" *

Michael Korie Michael Korie (born April 1, 1955) is an American Libretto, librettist and lyricist whose writing for musical theater and opera includes the musicals ''Grey Gardens (musical), Grey Gardens'' and ''Far from Heaven (musical), Far From Heaven'', and ...

librettist A libretto (From the Italian word , ) is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or musical. The term ''libretto'' is also sometimes used to refer to the text of major ...

and lyricist, whose works include '' Grey Gardens''Rohan, Virginia
"The seeds of 'Grey Gardens' songs – Lyricist Michael Korie points to Teaneck upbringing"
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'', June 6, 2007. Accessed December 23, 2013. "Michael Korie, the Tony-nominated ''Grey Gardens'' lyricist, leads a visitor to a room in the Teaneck home where he grew up... This place, the Indicks' home since 1963, and these parents had a profound influence on Korie (his middle name, which he uses professionally), a successful lyricist who has also done several operas." * Anthony Laciura (born 1951), character tenor for the

Metropolitan Opera The Metropolitan Opera is an American opera company based in New York City, currently resident at the Metropolitan Opera House (Lincoln Center), Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center, situated on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Referred ...

Ezra Laderman Ezra Laderman (29 June 1924 – 28 February 2015) was an American composer of classical music. He was born in Brooklyn. Biography Laderman was of Jewish heritage. His parents, Isidor and Leah, both emigrated to the United States from Poland. Thou ...

(1924–2015),

contemporary classical music Contemporary classical music is Western art music composed close to the present day. At the beginning of the 21st-century classical music, 21st century, it commonly referred to the post-1945 Modernism (music), post-tonal music after the death of ...

composer who served as Dean and Professor at the

Yale School of Music The Yale School of Music (often abbreviated to YSM) is one of the 12 professional schools at Yale University. It offers three graduate degrees: Master of Music (MM), Master of Musical Arts (MMA), and Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA), as well as a joi ...

Yusef Lateef Yusef Abdul Lateef (born William Emanuel Huddleston; October 9, 1920 – December 23, 2013) was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, and prominent figure among the Ahmadiyya Community in the United States. Although Lateef's main i ...

(1920–2013), jazz multi-instrumentalist and composer *

Lil' Kim Kimberly Denise Jones (born July 11, 1974), Those giving 1974 include: * * * * * better known by her stage name Lil' Kim, is an American rapper. She was born and raised in New York City and lived much of her adolescent life on the streets after ...

(born 1974), rapper; born Kimberly Jones * Amy London (born 1957), jazz singerLaGorce, Tammy
"For Longtime Jazz Singer, Latest Success Is Sweet"
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'', April 6, 2008. Accessed September 21, 2011. "She sang in the Tony Award winning musical ''City of Angels'' from 1989 to 1992 before moving to Teaneck in 1998 with her husband, the jazz guitarist Roni Ben-Hur, and their daughters Sofia, now 12, and Anna, now 9." *

Mario Mario (; ) is a Character (arts), character created by the Japanese game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. He is the star of the ''Mario (franchise), Mario'' franchise, a recurring character in the ''Donkey Kong'' franchise, and the mascot of the Ja ...

(born 1986), R&B singer * Master Gee (born Guy O'Brien), co-founder of the hip hop group

The Sugarhill Gang The Sugarhill Gang is an American hip hop group formed in Englewood, New Jersey, in 1979. Their hit " Rapper's Delight", released the same year they were formed, was the first rap single to become a top 40 hit on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, rea ...

, best known for "

Rapper's Delight "Rapper's Delight" is a 1979 rap song that serves as the debut single of American hip-hop trio the Sugarhill Gang, produced by Sylvia Robinson. Although it was shortly preceded by the Fatback Band's " King Tim III (Personality Jock)", "Rapper ...

" *

Elliot Mazer Elliot Mazer (September 5, 1941February 7, 2021) was an American audio engineer and record producer. He was best known for his work with Linda Ronstadt, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, The Band, and Janis Joplin. In addition, he worked on film and televi ...

(1941–2021),

audio engineer An audio engineer (also known as a sound engineer or recording engineer) helps to produce a recording or a live performance, balancing and adjusting sound sources using equalization, dynamics processing and audio effects, mixing, reproduc ...

and record producer best known for his work with

Linda Ronstadt Linda Maria Ronstadt (born July 15, 1946) is an American singer who has performed and recorded in diverse genres including rock, country, light opera, the Great American Songbook, and Latin music. Ronstadt has earned 11 Grammy Awards, three A ...

Neil Young Neil Percival Young (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian and American singer-songwriter. After embarking on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s, Young moved to Los Angeles, forming the folk rock group Buffalo Springfield. Since the begi ...

Bob Dylan Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan; born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Described as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture over his nearly 70-year ...

The Band The Band was a Canadian-American rock music, rock band formed in Toronto, Ontario, in 1957. It consisted of the Canadians Rick Danko (bass, guitar, vocals, fiddle), Garth Hudson (organ, keyboards, accordion, saxophone), Richard Manuel (piano, d ...

and

Janis Joplin Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970) was an American singer and songwriter. One of the most iconic and successful Rock music, rock performers of her era, she was noted for her powerful mezzo-soprano vocals and her "electric" ...

Rose Marie McCoy Rose Marie McCoy (April 19, 1922 – January 20, 2015) was an American songwriter. She began her career as an aspiring singer before becoming a prolific songwriter during the 1950s and 1960s. Many artists have recorded some of the over 800 so ...

(1922–2015), songwriter *

Clyde McPhatter Clyde Lensley McPhatter (November 15, 1932 – June 13, 1972) was an American rhythm and blues, soul, and rock and roll singer. He was one of the most widely imitated R&B singers of the 1950s and early 1960sPalmer, Robert (1981)"Roy Brown, a Pio ...

(1932–1972), R&B singer who founded

The Drifters The Drifters are an American pop and R&B/soul vocal group. They were originally formed as a backing group for Clyde McPhatter, formerly the lead tenor of Billy Ward and his Dominoes in 1953. The second group of Drifters, formed in 1959 and ...

* Allan Monk (born 1942),

baritone A baritone is a type of classical music, classical male singing human voice, voice whose vocal range lies between the bass (voice type), bass and the tenor voice type, voice-types. It is the most common male voice. The term originates from the ...

opera singer * Melissa Morgan (born 1980), jazz vocalist *

The Notorious B.I.G. Christopher George Latore Wallace (May 21, 1972 – March 9, 1997), better known by his stage names the Notorious B.I.G., Biggie Smalls, or simply Biggie, was an American rapper. Rooted in the New York rap scene and gangsta rap tradi ...

(1972–1997), rapper; born Christopher Wallace *

Duke Pearson Columbus Calvin "Duke" Pearson Jr. (August 17, 1932 – August 4, 1980) was an American jazz pianist and composer. ''Allmusic'' describes him as having a "big part in shaping the Blue Note label's hard bop direction in the 1960s as a record pro ...

(1932–1980), jazz pianist and composer *

Bernard Purdie Bernard Lee "Pretty" Purdie (born June 11, 1939) is an American drummer, and an influential R&B, soul, funk and jazz musician. He is known for his precise time-keeping and his signature use of Tuplet, triplets against a half-time backbeat: the P ...

(born 1941), prolific session drummer *

Rufus Reid Rufus Reid (born February 10, 1944, in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American jazz bassist, educator, and composer. Biography Reid was raised in Sacramento, California, where he played the trumpet through junior high and high school. Upon graduation ...

(born 1944), jazz bassist and music educator * Richie Ranno (born 1950), guitarist best known as a member of

Starz Starz (stylized in all caps as STARZ; pronounced "stars") is an American pay television network owned by Starz Entertainment, and is the flagship property of Starz Inc. Launched in 1994 as a multiplex service of what is now Starz Encore, ...

* Scott Robinson (born 1959), jazz musician best known for his work with various styles of saxophone * Paul A. Rothchild (1935–1995), music producer of the late 1960s and 1970s, best known for his work with

The Doors The Doors were an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1965, comprising vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, guitarist Robby Krieger and drummer John Densmore. They were among the most influential and controversial rock acts ...

Ernie Royal Ernest Andrew Royal (June 2, 1921 in Los Angeles, California – March 16, 1983 in New York City) was a jazz trumpeter. His older brother was clarinetist and alto saxophonist Marshal Royal, with whom he appears on the classic Ray Charles big band ...

(1921–1983), jazz trumpeter *

Hilton Ruiz Hilton Ruiz (May 29, 1952 – June 6, 2006) was an American jazz pianist in the Afro-Cuban jazz mold, but was also a talented bebop player. He was of Puerto Rican descent. Biography Born in New York City, Ruiz began playing piano at the age of f ...

(1952–2006), jazz pianist, Afro-Cuban style *

Juelz Santana LaRon Louis James Sr. (born February 18, 1982), better known by his stage name Juelz Santana, is an American rapper and member of now-defunct hip-hop group, the Diplomats (also known as Dipset). He is best known for his appearances on group coho ...

(born 1982), rapper * Linda Scott (born 1945), singer best known for her 1961 hit " I've Told Every Little Star" *

Alan Silvestri Alan Anthony Silvestri (born March 26, 1950) is an American composer, conductor, orchestrator and music producer of film scores. He has received two Grammy Awards and two Primetime Emmy Awards as well as nominations for two Academy Awards and two ...

(born 1950), film composer * Ray Simpson (born 1954), lead singer of the

Village People Village People is an American disco group known for its on-stage costumes and suggestive lyrics in their music. The group was originally formed by French producers Jacques Morali and Henri Belolo and lead singer Victor Willis following the re ...

since 1980 *

Dave Sirulnick Dave Sirulnick (born May 26, 1964) is an American television producer. Sirulnick grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey, where he attended Teaneck High School and became involved with booking musicians such as LL Cool J, Run DMC, and Salt-N-Pepa at The ...

(born 1964), executive vice president for Multiplatform Production, News and Music at

Phoebe Snow Phoebe Snow (born Phoebe Ann Laub; July 17, 1950 – April 26, 2011) was an American roots music singer-songwriter and guitarist, known for her hit 1974 and 1975 songs "Poetry Man" and "Harpo's Blues", and her credited guest vocals on Paul Simo ...

(1952–2011), singer-songwriter born Phoebe Laub, who adopted the name of a train that ran through Teaneck, the

DJ Spinderella Deidra Muriel Roper (born August 3, 1970), known professionally as DJ Spinderella or simply Spinderella, is an American DJ, rapper and producer. She is best known as a member of the hip-hop group Salt-N-Pepa. Roper occasionally appeared in ''The ...

(born Deidra Muriel Roper, 1971), DJ for the hip-hop group

Salt-n-Pepa Salt-N-Pepa (sometimes stylized as Salt 'N' Pepa) is an American hip-hop, hip hop group formed in New York City in 1985, that comprised Salt (rapper), Salt (Cheryl James), Pepa (rapper), Pepa (Sandra Denton), and DJ Spinderella (Deidra Roper). ...

Trey Songz Tremaine Aldon Neverson (born November 28, 1984), known professionally as Trey Songz, is an American Contemporary R&B, R&B singer and songwriter. After being discovered by record producer Troy Taylor (record producer), Troy Taylor in 2003, Songz ...

(born 1984), R&B singer * Joris Teepe, jazz bassist, composer, arranger and big-band leader * Raymond Torres-Santos (born 1958), classical composer, pianist, arranger, conductor and Professor of Music at

CUNY The City University of New York (CUNY, pronounced , ) is the Public university, public university system of Education in New York City, New York City. It is the largest urban university system in the United States, comprising 25 campuses: eleven ...

McCoy Tyner Alfred McCoy Tyner (December 11, 1938March 6, 2020) was an American jazz piano, jazz pianist and composer known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet from 1960 to 1965, and his long solo career afterwards. He was an NEA Jazz Masters, NEA J ...

(1938–2020), jazz pianist known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet *

Lenny White Leonard White III (born December 19, 1949) is an American jazz fusion drummer who was a member of the band Return to Forever led by Chick Corea in the 1970s. White has been called "one of the founding fathers of jazz fusion". White has won thre ...

(born 1949), drummer described as "one of the founding fathers of

jazz fusion Jazz fusion (also known as jazz rock, jazz-rock fusion, or simply fusion) is a popular music genre that developed in the late 1960s when musicians combined jazz harmony and improvisation with rock music, funk, and rhythm and blues. Electric gui ...

" *

Eliot Zigmund Eliot Zigmund (born April 14, 1945) is an American jazz drummer, who has worked extensively as a session musician. Biography Zigmund studied at Mannes School of Music and City College of New York, where he graduated in 1969. After moving to Ca ...

(born 1945),

jazz drummer Jazz drumming is the art of playing percussion (predominantly the drum kit, which includes a variety of drums and cymbals) in jazz styles ranging from 1910s-style Dixieland jazz to 1970s-era jazz fusion and 1980s-era Latin jazz. The techniques an ...

; has worked extensively as a

session musician A session musician (also known as studio musician or backing musician) is a musician hired to perform in a recording session or a live performance. The term sideman is also used in the case of live performances, such as accompanying a reco ...

Business and industry

Bob Beaumont Robert Gerald Beaumont (April 1, 1932 – October 24, 2011) was the founder of Sebring-Vanguard a Florida-based company that produced the Citicar, an electric automobile manufacturer from 1974 to 1977. He was born in Teaneck, New Jersey and at ...

(1932–2011), founder of

Citicar The CitiCar was a car produced from 1974 to 1977 by Sebring, Florida–based Sebring-Vanguard, Inc. After being bought out by Commuter Vehicles, Inc, Sebring-Vanguard produced the similar Comuta-Car and Comuta-Van from 1979 to 1982. Similariti ...

, an electric automobile manufacturer from 1974 to 1977 * Matthew Hiltzik (born 1972), CEO and president of Hiltzik Strategies, a strategic consulting and communications firm *

Les Otten Leslie B. Otten (born 1949) is the former CEO of the American Skiing Company. Since resigning as its chief executive officer in 2001, Otten has been involved in numerous other businesses and industries, including the Major League Baseball's B ...

(born 1949), former CEO of the American Skiing Company * John G. Ryan (1910–1989), publisher who was president of P.F. Collier and Son Corporation, which distributed the ''

Collier's Encyclopedia ''Collier's Encyclopedia'' is a discontinued general encyclopedia first published in 1949 by P. F. Collier and Son in the United States. With ''Encyclopedia Americana'' and ''Encyclopædia Britannica, Collier's Encyclopedia'' became one of the t ...

'' * Paul Singer (born 1944), founder of

Elliott Management Corporation Elliott Investment Management L.P. is an American investment management firm. It is also one of the largest activist funds in the world. It is the management affiliate of American hedge funds Elliott Associates L.P. and Elliott International ...

* Lynn Tilton (born 1959), businesswoman * Bill Zanker (born 1954), creator of The Learning Annex

Government and politics

* Vincent M. Battle (born 1940), former United States Ambassador to Lebanon (B) * William W. Bennett (1841–1912),

property manager A property manager or estate manager is a person or firm charged with operating a real estate property for a fee. The property may be individual title owned or owned under the sectional title, share block company owned, and may be registered for ...

of the William Walter Phelps estate, who served as the first Mayor of Teaneck, New Jersey *

Leonie Brinkema Leonie Helen Milhomme Brinkema (born June 26, 1944) is a federal district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Early life and education She was born as Leonie Milhomme in Teaneck, New Jersey, and was r ...

(born 1944),

U.S. District Court The United States district courts are the trial courts of the U.S. federal judiciary. There is one district court for each federal judicial district. Each district covers one U.S. state or a portion of a state. There is at least one feder ...

judge in the

Zacarias Moussaoui Zacarias Moussaoui (, '; born 30 May 1968) is a French member of al-Qaeda who pleaded guilty in a U.S. federal court to conspiring to kill citizens of the United States as part of the 9/11 attacks. He is serving life imprisonment without the ...

case (B) * Thomas Ryan Byrne (1923–2014), career diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to the Kingdom of Norway (B) * Gale D. Candaras (born 1947), member of the

Massachusetts Senate The Massachusetts Senate is the upper house of the Massachusetts General Court, the bicameral state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Senate comprises 40 elected members from 40 single-member senatorial districts in the st ...

* Donna Christian-Christensen (born 1945), non-voting delegate to the

United States House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives is a chamber of the Bicameralism, bicameral United States Congress; it is the lower house, with the U.S. Senate being the upper house. Together, the House and Senate have the authority under Artic ...

for the

United States Virgin Islands The United States Virgin Islands, officially the Virgin Islands of the United States, are a group of Caribbean islands and a territory of the United States. The islands are geographically part of the Virgin Islands archipelago and are located ...

* Thomas Costa (1912–2003), member of the

New Jersey General Assembly The New Jersey General Assembly is the lower house of the New Jersey Legislature. Since the election of 1967 (1968 session), the Assembly has consisted of 80 members. Two members are elected from each of New Jersey's 40 legislative districts f ...

from 1968 to 1972 who served as mayor of Teaneck from 1966 to 1969 * John P. Cronan (born 1976), lawyer and former Assistant Attorney General in the

United States Department of Justice The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), also known as the Justice Department, is a United States federal executive departments, federal executive department of the U.S. government that oversees the domestic enforcement of Law of the Unite ...

who is a nominee to be a

United States district judge The United States district courts are the trial courts of the U.S. federal judiciary. There is one district court for each federal judicial district. Each district covers one U.S. state or a portion of a state. There is at least one feder ...

of the

United States District Court for the Southern District of New York The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (in case citations, S.D.N.Y.) is a federal trial court whose geographic jurisdiction encompasses eight counties of the State of New York. Two of these are in New York Ci ...

(B) * Eileen Dickinson (born 1949), politician who has served in the

Vermont House of Representatives The Vermont House of Representatives is the lower house of the Vermont General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Vermont. The House comprises 150 members, with each member representing around 4,100 citizens. Representatives a ...

since 2009 (B) * Naomi G. Eichen (born 1938), retired judge of the

New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division The New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division (in case citation, N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div) is the intermediate appellate court in New Jersey. "The Appellate Division of New Jersey's Superior Court is the first level appellate court, with ap ...

* Jeremy Feigenbaum, lawyer who has served as the inaugural Solicitor General of New Jersey since July 2020 * Matthew Feldman (1919–1994), mayor of Teaneck from 1960 to 1966; member of the

New Jersey Senate The New Jersey Senate is the upper house of the New Jersey Legislature by the Constitution of 1844, replacing the Legislative Council. There are 40 legislative districts, representing districts with an average population of 232,225 (2020 figure ...

for 1966–1968 and 1974–1994 * Steven Goldstein, LGBT activist and founder of Garden State Equality * Nelson G. Gross (1932–1997), politician who served in the

and as chairman of the

New Jersey Republican State Committee The New Jersey Republican Party (NJGOP) is the affiliate of the United States Republican Party in New Jersey. It was founded in 1880 and is currently led by Bob Hugin. Current leadership * Bob Hugin, Chairman * Darlene Shotmeyer, Vice Chai ...

* Mohammed Hameeduddin (born ), mayor of Teaneck, first Muslim mayor in Bergen County * Archibald C. Hart (1873–1935), represented

New Jersey's 6th congressional district New Jersey's 6th congressional district is represented by Democratic Party (United States), Democrat Frank Pallone, who has served the district in Congress since 1993. The district includes the northern and eastern portions of Middlesex County, ...

, 1912–1913 and 1913–1917 * Edward H. Hynes (born 1946), politician who served two terms in the

(B) * Elie Katz (born 1974), former mayor of Teaneck (B) * Florence Breed Khan (1875–1950), political hostess * Eleanor Kieliszek (1925–2017), first woman elected to the Teaneck Township Council (1970–2000) and first woman elected mayor of Teaneck (1974–1978, 1990–1992) * Theodora Lacey (born 1932), educator, civil rights activist, and leader of the effort to desegregate Teaneck's public schools *

Luis Muñoz Marín José Luis Alberto Muñoz Marín (February 18, 1898April 30, 1980) was a Puerto Rican journalist, politician, statesman and was the first elected governor of Puerto Rico, regarded as the "Architect of the Puerto Rico Commonwealth." In 1948 he ...

(1898–1980), first democratically elected

Governor of Puerto Rico The governor of Puerto Rico () is the head of government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. Elected to a 4 year-term through popular vote by the residents of the archipelago and island, ...

* Gabrielle Kirk McDonald (born 1942), federal and international judge * Dennis McNerney, former County Executive of Bergen County * Michael W. Moynihan (–1996), advocate of

free trade Free trade is a trade policy that does not restrict imports or exports. In government, free trade is predominantly advocated by political parties that hold Economic liberalism, economically liberal positions, while economic nationalist politica ...

who worked in the United States government and for international trade organizations (B) *

Peter Pace Peter Pace (born November 5, 1945) is a retired United States Marine Corps General (United States), general who served as the 16th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Pace was the first Marine officer appointed as chairman and the first Marine ...

(born 1945), former

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) is the presiding officer of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS). The chairman is the highest-ranking and most senior military officer in the United States Armed Forces Chairman: appointment; gra ...

; first Marine to hold the position * Arnold Petersen (1885–1976), National Secretary of the

Socialist Labor Party of America The Socialist Labor Party (SLP)"The name of this organization shall be Socialist Labor Party". Art. I, Sec. 1 of thadopted at the Eleventh National Convention (New York, July 1904; amended at the National Conventions 1908, 1912, 1916, 1920, 192 ...

from 1914 to 1969 * William Walter Phelps (1839–1894), member of the

who served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Germany * Christopher Porrino (born 1967), lawyer who became Acting

New Jersey Attorney General The attorney general of New Jersey is a member of the executive cabinet of the state and oversees the New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety, Department of Law and Public Safety. The office is appointed by the governor of New Jersey, confi ...

in June 2016 (B) *

Anthony Principi Anthony Joseph Principi (born April 16, 1944) was the fourth United States secretary of veterans affairs. He was appointed by President George W. Bush on January 23, 2001, and resigned on January 26, 2005. He Chaired the 2005 Defense Base Closu ...

(born 1944),

United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs The United States secretary of veterans affairs is the head of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, the department concerned with veterans' benefits, health care, and national veterans' memorials and cemeteries. The secretary is a me ...

2001–2005 * Elizabeth Randall (born 1954), politician who served in the

from 1986 to 1992, representing the 39th Legislative District(B) *

Adam Szubin Adam Jacob Szubin () is an American lawyer and former government official. Szubin served as the Acting Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence and the Acting Secretary of the Treasury of the United States. He served as the ac ...

, politician who has served as the Acting

Secretary of the Treasury The United States secretary of the treasury is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, and is the chief financial officer of the federal government of the United States. The secretary of the treasury serves as the principal a ...

of the United States * Carmen E. Turner (1931–1992), first African-American woman to head a major public transit agency, the

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA ), commonly referred to as Metro, is a tri-jurisdictional public transit agency that operates transit services in the Washington metropolitan area. WMATA provides rapid transit servic ...

* Paul A. Volcker, Jr. (1927–2019),

Chairman of the Federal Reserve The chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System is the head of the Federal Reserve, and is the active executive officer of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. The chairman presides at meetings of the Board. ...

during 1979–1987, and son of Paul A. Volcker, Sr., Teaneck's first Municipal Manager *

Loretta Weinberg Loretta Weinberg (born February 6, 1935) is an American Democratic Party politician, who served as a member of the New Jersey Senate from 2005-2022, where she represented the 37th Legislative District. She also served as Senate Majority Leader ...

(born 1935), former Majority Leader of the

Craig Zucker Craig Jason Zucker (born March 23, 1975) is an American politician who has represented Maryland Legislative District 14, District 14 in the Maryland Senate since 2016. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously represented the district in th ...

(born 1975), member of the

Maryland Senate The Maryland Senate, sometimes referred to as the Maryland State Senate, is the upper house of the General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maryland. Composed of 47 senators elected from an equal number of constituent single ...

Sports

* Brooke Ammerman (born 1990),

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...

forward who was the first player to score a goal in

Metropolitan Riveters The Metropolitan Riveters (originally the New York Riveters) were a professional women's ice hockey team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, with home games at the American Dream Meadowlands ice rink. They were one of the four charter franc ...

history * Robby Anderson (born 1993),

wide receiver A wide receiver (WR), also referred to as a wideout, and historically known as a split end (SE) or flanker (FL), is an eligible receiver in gridiron football. A key skill position of the offense (American football), offense, WR gets its name ...

for the

New York Jets The New York Jets are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Jets compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the American Football Conference (AFC) AFC East, East division. The team p ...

* Larry Arico (born 1969), former

American football American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular American football field, field with goalposts at e ...

coach"Pioneers: Arico Turned Things Around at FDU-Madison"
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Herald News The ''Herald News'' is a daily broadsheet newspaper headquartered in Woodland Park, New Jersey, that focuses on the Passaic County, New Jersey area. Today's ''Herald News'' is descended from several papers, but did not come to be until two ...

'', February 18, 2000. Accessed March 15, 2024, via

Newspapers.com Ancestry.com LLC is an American genealogy company based in Lehi, Utah. The largest for-profit genealogy company in the world, it operates a network of genealogical, historical records, and related genetic genealogy websites. It is owned by The ...

. "For the time being, Arico is settling into his new home in Teaneck with his wife, Kim, the head womens basketball coach at Adelphi University on Long Island." *

Kim Barnes Arico Kimberly Ann Barnes Arico (born August 9, 1970) is an American basketball coach and the current head coach of the Michigan Wolverines women's basketball team. She is the all-time winningest Michigan basketball coach. Previously, she was head co ...

(born 1970), women's basketball coach who is head coach of the

Michigan Wolverines women's basketball The Michigan Wolverines women's basketball team is the college basketball, intercollegiate women's basketball program representing the University of Michigan. The school competes in the Big Ten Conference in Division I (NCAA), Division I of the Na ...

team * Lance Ball (born 1985), former running back for the

Denver Broncos The Denver Broncos are a professional American football team based in Denver. The Broncos compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the American Football Conference (AFC) AFC West, West division. The team is headquartered in E ...

* Beth Beglin (born 1957), three-time member of the

United States women's national field hockey team The United States women's national field hockey team represents the United States in international field hockey. The team is currently coached by David Passmore. It made its first international appearance in 1920 when a touring team visited En ...

at the Summer Olympics * Dellin Betances (born 1988), pitcher who played for the

New York Mets The New York Mets are an American professional baseball team based in the Boroughs of New York City, New York City borough of Queens. The Mets compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National ...

and

New York Yankees The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the Boroughs of New York City, New York City borough of the Bronx. The Yankees compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Am ...

Jim Bouton James Alan Bouton (; March 8, 1939 – July 10, 2019) was an American professional baseball player. Bouton played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a pitcher for the New York Yankees, Seattle Pilots, Houston Astros, and Atlanta Braves between 196 ...

(1939–2019), former pitcher for the

, sportscaster and author of the controversial tell-all book ''

Ball Four ''Ball Four: My Life and Hard Times Throwing the Knuckleball in the Big Leagues'' is a book by Major League Baseball pitcher Jim Bouton, edited by Leonard Shecter and first published in 1970. The book is a diary of Bouton's 1969 season, sp ...

'' * Chris Brantley (born 1970), wide receiver who played in the NFL for the

Los Angeles Rams The Los Angeles Rams are a professional American football team based in the Greater Los Angeles, Greater Los Angeles area. The Rams compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC West, West ...

and

Buffalo Bills The Buffalo Bills are a professional American football team based in the Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area. The Bills compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the American Football Conference (AFC) AFC East, East div ...

* Rosey Brown (1932–2004),

offensive tackle Offensive may refer to: * Offensive (military), type of military operation * Offensive, the former name of the Dutch political party Socialist Alternative * Fighting words, spoken words which would have a tendency to cause acts of violence by the ...

who played for the

New York Giants The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Giants compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC East, East division. The ...

from 1953 to 1965 *

Tony Campbell Anthony Campbell (born May 7, 1962) is an American former professional National Basketball Association (NBA) player. Campbell played prep basketball at Teaneck High School in Teaneck, New Jersey, graduating in 1980. A 6'7" small forward out of ...

(born 1962), former NBA basketball player for the

New York Knicks The New York Knickerbockers, shortened and more commonly referred to as the New York Knicks, are an American professional basketball team based in the Boroughs of New York City, New York City borough of Manhattan. The Knicks compete in the Na ...

and several other teams *

Sam Cassell Samuel James Cassell Sr. (born November 18, 1969) is an American professional basketball coach and former point guard who serves as an assistant coach for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Drafted 24th overall in th ...

(born 1969), NBA player who lived here while playing for the

New Jersey Nets New or NEW may refer to: Music * New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz * ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013 ** "New" (Paul McCartney song), 2013 * ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator, 1995 * "New" (Daya song), 2017 * "New" (No Doubt song), 1 ...

* Sal Cenicola (born 1960), professional boxer recognized by the ''

Guinness Book of World Records ''Guinness World Records'', known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as ''The Guinness Book of Records'' and in previous United States editions as ''The Guinness Book of World Records'', is a British reference book published annually, listi ...

'' for the longest interval between professional boxing matches * Rick Cerone (born 1954), former MLB catcher who played for both the

and

* Carlos Clark (born 1996),

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a

defensive midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. ...

for the

Albany Great Danes men's soccer The Albany Great Danes men's soccer team represents the University at Albany, SUNY in NCAA Division I men's soccer competitions. The Great Danes compete in the America East Conference. Players Puerto Rican national team * T. J. Clemmings (born 1991), NFL

for the

Washington Redskins The Washington Commanders are a professional American football team based in the Washington metropolitan area. The Commanders compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC East, East ...

* Mike DeGerick (born 1943), pitcher who played two games for the Chicago White Sox before a line drive hit his head and ended his career * Alison Desir, author, activist and runner * Lawrence Frank (born 1970), former head coach of the

* Mike Fraysse (born 1943), US Olympic Cycling Coach; inducted into the United States Bicycling Hall of Fame * Zach Freemantle (born 2000), college basketball player for the Xavier Musketeers men's basketball, Xavier Musketeers * Doug Glanville (born 1970), baseball player who played for the Philadelphia Phillies and other teams * Steve Goepel (born 1949), former football player and coach (B) * Tamba Hali (born 1983), former NFL linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs of the NFL, born in Liberia but attended high school in Teaneck * Kevin Herget (born 1991), professional baseball pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays * Elston Howard (1929–1980), baseball player

* Zab Judah (born 1977), champion welterweight boxer * Bob Klapisch (born 1957), sportswriter for ''The Record (New Jersey), The Record'' * Maya Lawrence (born 1980), fencing, fencer and part of the United States Fencing Team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where she won a bronze medal in the Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's team épée, women's team épée * Carl "Spider" Lockhart (1943–1986), safety who played his entire 11-year career with the

* Ryan Malleck (born 1993),

tight end for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (B) * James Margolis (born 1936), fencer who represented the United States in the individual and team épée events at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome * Mike Massenzio (born 1982), mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist; has competed as a Middleweight (MMA), Middleweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship * Jim McGovern (golfer), Jim McGovern (born 1965), professional golfer (B) * Christina McHale (born 1992), tennis player (B) * Hank Morgenweck (1929–2007), Major League Baseball umpire (baseball), umpire, 1970–1975; called Nolan Ryan's fourth no-hitterLevin, Jay
"His Life's Calling: Balls, Strikes – Hank Morgenweck; Teaneck Ump Dies at 78; Had Fan Club"
''

'', August 9, 2007. Accessed December 23, 2013. "On June 1, 1975, at Anaheim Stadium, the Teaneck man had his 2 hours and 1 minute of fame. That afternoon, Morgenweck called balls and strikes as the great Nolan Ryan tossed the fourth of his seven career no-hitters: California Angels 1, Baltimore Orioles 0, before a crowd of 18,492." * John Orsino (1938–2016), Major League Baseball catcher who played for the San Francisco Giants (1961–1962), Baltimore Orioles (1963–1965) and Washington Senators (1961–71), Washington Senators (1966–1967) (B) * Randi Patterson (born 1985), professional soccer player who played for the New York Red Bulls * Bob Peck (athletic director), Bob Peck (1928–2021), athletic administrator who served as athletic director at Boston University and Williams College * Kasib Powell (born 1981), NBA basketball player who has played for the Miami Heat * Jean Prioleau (born 1970), head coach of the San Jose State Spartans men's basketball team * David Reed (soccer), David Reed (born 1988), professional soccer player * Seth Roland (born 1957), former soccer player who has been coach of the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights men's soccer team * Giuseppe Rossi (born 1987), Italian-American association football player, currently playing for Genoa C.F.C. and Italy national football team * Nick Saviano (born 1956), former tennis player; won one ATP title and reached two other finals * Jason Sehorn (born 1971), former NFL football player who played cornerback for the

(1994–2002) and St. Louis Rams (2003) * Steve Siegel (born 1948), former professional tennis player who played briefly on the international tennis circuit in the 1970s * Pierre Sow (born 1998), basketball player for the Buffalo eXtreme of the American Basketball Association (2000–present), American Basketball Association * John Sterling (sportscaster), John Sterling (born 1948), sportscaster for the

* David Stern (1942–2020), former commissioner of the National Basketball Association * Tyler Tejada (born 2005), college basketball player for the Towson Tigers men's basketball, Townson Tigers * Kamali Thompson (born 1991), fencer and physician * Quentin Walker (born 1961, class of 1979), former running back who played in the NFL for the St. Louis Rams * Doug Wark (born 1951), former soccer Striker (association football), forward who spent five seasons in the North American Soccer League (1968–1984), North American Soccer League and three in the MISL I, Major Indoor Soccer League * David West (basketball), David West (born 1980), National Basketball Association, NBA basketball player with the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets * Brandon Wimbush (born 1996), quarterback who played for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team (B) * Dave Winfield (born 1951), Hall of Fame baseball player * Ahmed Zayat (born 1962), thoroughbred racehorse owner whose horse American Pharoah won the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (United States), Triple Crown in 2015

Other

* Mickey Featherstone (born 1949), mobster and leader of The Westies gang * Martin Fleisher (born 1958), bridge player and attorney; won bridge world championship in 2017 * Shabbos Kestenbaum (born 1998), antisemitism activist (B) * Rabbi Howard Jachter, specialist in Get (divorce document), Jewish divorce procedure * Frank Lucas (drug dealer), Frank Lucas (1930–2019), drug lord in Harlem in the 1970s, and the subject of the 2007 biopic ''American Gangster (film), American Gangster'' * Marty Ravellette (1938–2007), armless hero * David Sklansky (born 1947), professional poker player and author * Rabbi Jeremy Wieder (born 1971), rosh yeshiva and instructor at

Yeshiva University Yeshiva University is a Private university, private Modern Orthodox Judaism, Orthodox Jewish university with four campuses in New York City.

's Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological SeminaryLeichman, Abigail Klein
"Gathering of the gabbais"
, ''Jewish Standard'', February 9, 2006. Accessed August 25, 2007. "Teaneck resident Rabbi Jeremy Wieder led the latter session."

References

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