The People of New Jersey (original) (raw)

| William (Count) Basie | Red Bank | 1904-1984 | Musician | | | ----------------------------------------- | ------------- | --------- | --------------------------------- | | | Aaron Burr | Newark | 1756-1836 | Public official, political leader | | | Grover Cleveland | Caldwell | 1837-1908 | U.S. President | | | James Fenimore Cooper | Burlington | 1789-1851 | Author | | | Stephen Crane | Newark | 1871-1900 | Author | | | Alfred Joyce Kilmer | New Brunswick | 1886-1918 | Poet | | | James Lawrence | Burlington | 1781-1813 | Naval officer | | | Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley (Molly Pitcher) | Trenton | 1754-1832 | Revolutionary War heroine | | | Jack Nicholson | Neptune | 1937- | Actor | | | Dorothy Parker | West End | 1893-1967 | Author | | | Zebulon Montgomery Pike | Trenton | 1779-1813 | Soldier, explorer | | | Paul Bustill Robeson | Princeton | 1898-1976 | Singer, actor | | | Philip Milton Roth | Newark | 1933- | Author | | | Francis Albert (Frank) Sinatra | Hoboken | 1915-1998 | Singer, actor | | | Amos Alonzo Stagg | West Orange | 1862-1965 | Football coach | | | Robert Field Stockman | Princeton | 1834-1902 | Naval officer | | | Meryl Streep | Summit | 1949- | Actress | | | Albert Payson Terhune | Newark | 1872-1942 | Author | | | William Henry Vanderbilt | New Brunswick | 1821-1865 | Financier | |

Source: The World Almanac of the U.S.A. by Allan Carpenter and Carl Provorse, Copyright 1996.