NJ Hall of Fame Honorees

1. Buzz Aldrin

Actor | Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Buzz Aldrin (born Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr.; January 20, 1930) is an American former astronaut, engineer and fighter pilot. He made three spacewalks as pilot of the 1966 Gemini 12 mission, and, as Lunar Module Eagle pilot on the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, he and mission commander Neil Armstrong were the...

2. Clara Barton

Clara Barton was born on December 25, 1821 in North Oxford, Massachusetts, USA. Clara died on April 12, 1912 in Glen Echo, Maryland, USA.

3. Yogi Berra

Actor | The Phil Silvers Show

One of baseball's greatest catchers of all time, Yogi Berra appeared in a record 14 World Series while calling the games for the New York Yankees. Berra proved invaluable to the Yankees as evidenced by his three American League Most Valuable Player awards. Berra was also one of the game's ...

4. Bill Bradley

Actor | The Cosby Show

Bill Bradley is an American politician and former professional basketball player. He served three terms as a Democratic U.S. Senator from New Jersey. He ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic Party's nomination for president in the 2000 election.

He was offered 75 college scholarships, but declined ...

5. Thomas A. Edison

Director | The Trick Cyclist

Thomas A. Edison was born on February 11, 1847 in Milan, Ohio, USA as Thomas Alva Edison. He was a producer and director, known for silent movies such as, The Trick Cyclist (1901), The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914) and Bicycle Trick Riding, No. 2 (1899). He also produced the first American film ...

6. Albert Einstein

Writer | Schooling the World

Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Kingdom of Württemberg, to a German Jewish family. He was the son of Pauline (Koch) and Hermann Einstein, a featherbed salesman. Albert began reading and studying science at a young age, and he graduated from a Swiss high school when he was 17. He then attended a ...

7. Malcolm S. Forbes

Writer | Some Call It Greed

Forbes grew up in wealthy circumstances. He later studied at Princeton University in the US state of New Jersey. He then served in the US Army and took part in World War II. From 1949 he was politically active in New Jersey and was a member of the Senate from 1951 to 1959. In 1954 his father died ...

8. Harriet Tubman

Writer | Camera Three

Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Ross, c. March 1822) was an American abolitionist and political activist. Born into slavery, Tubman escaped and subsequently made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including family and friends, using the network of antislavery activists and ...

9. Vincent Lombardi

Actor | Paper Lion

Vincent Lombardi was born on June 11, 1913 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Paper Lion (1968), Second Effort (1968) and The NFL on CBS (1956). He was married to Marie Lombardi. He died on September 3, 1970 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.

10. Toni Morrison

Writer | Song of Solomon

Toni Morrison was born on February 18, 1931 in Lorain, Ohio, USA. She was a writer and actress, known for Song of Solomon, Beloved (1998) and American Experience (1987). She was married to Harold Morrison. She died on August 5, 2019 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA.

11. Norman Schwarzkopf

Self | The American President

Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. (August 22, 1934 - December 27, 2012) was a United States Army general. While serving as the commander of United States Central Command, he led all coalition forces in the Gulf War.

Born in Trenton, New Jersey, Schwarzkopf grew up in the United States and later in Iran...

12. Frank Sinatra

Actor | From Here to Eternity

Frank Sinatra was born in Hoboken, New Jersey, to Italian immigrants Natalina Della (Garaventa), from Northern Italy, and Saverio Antonino Martino Sinatra, a Sicilian boxer, fireman, and bar owner. Growing up on the gritty streets of Hoboken made Sinatra determined to work hard to get ahead. ...

13. Bruce Springsteen

Soundtrack | Blinded by the Light

Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen was born September 23, 1949 in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA. His father, Douglas Frederick Springsteen, worked as a bus driver, and was of Irish and Dutch ancestry. His mother, Adele Ann (Zerilli), worked as a legal secretary, and was of Italian descent. He has an...

14. Meryl Streep

Actress | Out of Africa

Considered by many critics to be the greatest living actress, Meryl Streep has been nominated for the Academy Award an astonishing 21 times, and has won it three times. Meryl was born Mary Louise Streep in 1949 in Summit, New Jersey, to Mary Wolf (Wilkinson), a commercial artist, and Harry William ...

15. Bud Abbott

Actor | Hold That Ghost

Long acknowledged as one of the best "straight men" in the business, Bud Abbott was born William Alexander Abbott in Reading, Pennsylvania to Rae (Fisher) and Harry Abbott, who had both worked for the Barnum and Bailey Circus. When Bud was three his family moved to Asbury Park, New Jersey, which he...

16. Lou Costello

Actor | Hold That Ghost

Lou Costello was born Louis Francis Cristillo in Paterson, New Jersey, to Helen (Rege) and Sebastiano Cristillo. His father was from Calabria, Italy, and his mother was an American of Italian, French, and Irish ancestry. Raised in Paterson, Costello dropped out of high school and headed west to ...

17. F. Scott Fitzgerald

Writer | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

"There are no second acts in American lives," wrote F. Scott Fitzgerald, who himself went from being the high priest of the Jazz Age to a down-and-out alcoholic within the space of 20 years, but not before giving the world several literary masterpieces, the most famous of which is "The Great Gatsby...

18. Althea Gibson

Actress | The Horse Soldiers

She was the first to break the color barrier of the American Lawn Tennis League in 1950 and played in the U.S. National Tennis Championship in Forest Hills. She became the first African-American player to play in Wimbledon in 1951. She won the French Championship in 1956. She won in Wimbledon in ...

19. Jon Bon Jovi

Soundtrack | Young Guns II

Jon Bon Jovi, was born John Francis Bongiovi, Jr. On March 2, 1962, in Perth Amboy, New Jersey to parents John Francis Bongiovi, Sr. and Carol Sharkey.

Family: Jon's mother, Carol Sharkey, was a former model and one of the first Playboy Bunnies. She met Bon Jovi's father after she enlisted in the ...

20. Jerry Lewis

Actor | The Nutty Professor

Jerry Lewis (born March 16, 1926 - August 20, 2017) was an American comedian, actor, singer, film producer, screenwriter and film director. He is known for his slapstick humor in film, television, stage and radio. He was originally paired up with Dean Martin in 1946, forming the famed comedy team ...

21. Guglielmo Marconi

Self | Il santo padre ti parla!

Guglielmo Marconi was born on April 25, 1874 in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. He was married to Maria Bezzi-Scali and Beatrice O'Brien. He died on July 20, 1937 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

22. Shaquille O'Neal

Actor | Steel

Shaquille O'Neal is a retired professional American basketball player who is a sports analyst on the television program Inside the NBA on TNT. He is considered one of the greatest players in National Basketball Association (NBA) history. He was one of the tallest and heaviest players ever. O'Neal ...

23. Phil Rizzuto

Actor | Summer of Sam

Phil Rizzuto was the NY Yankees star shortstop for 13 seasons between 1941 and 1956. A Hall of Famer, Rizzuto was the American League Most Valuable Player in 1950. After his playing career, Rizzuto was a popular long-time TV/radio announcer for the Yankees. He called the action for 40 seasons from ...

24. Paul Robeson

Actor | Show Boat

This handsome, eloquent and highly charismatic actor became one of the foremost interpreters of Eugene O'Neill's plays and one of the most treasured names in song during the first half of the twentieth century. He also courted disdain and public controversy for most of his career as a staunch Cold ...

25. Carl Sagan

Writer | Contact

Astronomer, educator and author Carl Sagan was perhaps the world's greatest popularizer of science, reaching millions of people through newspapers, magazines and television broadcasts. He is well-known for his work on the PBS series Cosmos (1980), the Emmy Award and Peabody Award-winning show that ...

26. Walt Whitman

Writer | Messengers

Walter Whitman was an American poet, essayist and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse. His work ...

27. William Carlos Williams

Writer | Paterson

After graduating from medical school at the University of Pennsylvania, William Carlos Williams had a serious medical career in pediatrics, setting up private practice in his native town of Rutherford, New Jersey. Eventually he became head pediatrician of the General Hospital in Paterson. But ...

28. Count Basie

Soundtrack | Pearl Harbor

The famed composer ("One O'Clock Jump", "Two O'Clock Jump", "Jumpin' at the Woodside"), pianist, songwriter and bandleader began as an accompanist to vaudeville acts. He joined the Bennie Moten orchestra in Kansas City, later organizing his own orchestra and performing on radio. In 1936 he came to ...

29. Judy Blume

Writer | Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.

Judy Blume was born on February 12, 1938 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA. She is a writer and actress, known for Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (2023), Forever and Tiger Eyes (2012). She has been married to George Cooper since June 6, 1987. She was previously married to Thomas A. Kitchens and ...

30. William Brennan

Self | Super Chief: The Life and Legacy of Earl Warren

William Brennan was born on April 25, 1906 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. He was married to Mary Fowler and Marjorie Leonard. He died on July 24, 1997 in Arlington, Virginia, USA.

31. Danny DeVito

Actor | Matilda

Danny DeVito has amassed a formidable and versatile body of work as an actor, producer and director that spans the stage, television and film.

Daniel Michael DeVito Jr. was born on November 17, 1944, in Neptune, New Jersey, to Italian-American parents. His mother, Julia (Moccello), was a homemaker. ...

32. Larry Doby

Actor | It's My Turn

Larry Doby, the 7-time All-Star and 2-time American League home run leader, became the first African American to play in the A.L. when he made his debut on July 5, 1947. Doby's first appearance occurred less than three months after Jackie Robinson had become the first African American major leaguer...

33. Carl Lewis

Actor | Alien Hunter

Frederick Carlton "Carl" Lewis (born July 1, 1961) is an American former track and field athlete, who won 10 Olympic medals, including nine gold, and 10 World Championships medals, including eight gold. His career spanned from 1979 to 1996 when he last won an Olympic title and subsequently retired.

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34. Jack Nicholson

Actor | Chinatown

Jack Nicholson, an American actor, producer, director and screenwriter, is a three-time Academy Award winner and twelve-time nominee. Nicholson is also notable for being one of two actors - the other being Michael Caine - who have received an Oscar nomination in every decade from the '60s through ...

35. Alice Paul

Alice Paul is an American socialist, suffragist, feminist, and women's rights activist, and one of the main leaders and strategists of the campaign for the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits sex discrimination in the right to vote. Paul initiated, and along with Lucy ...

36. Les Paul

Soundtrack | Speed Racer

Les Paul was born on June 9, 1915 in Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Speed Racer (2008), Casino (1995) and Carol (2015). He was married to Mary Ford and Virginia Webb. He died on August 12, 2009 in White Plains, New York, USA.

37. Philip Roth

Writer | The Human Stain

Philip Roth was born on March 18, 1933 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for The Human Stain (2003), The Plot Against America (2020) and American Pastoral (2016). He was married to Claire Bloom and Margaret Elna (Martinson) Williams. He died on May 22, 2018 in ...

38. Susan Sarandon

Actress | Thelma & Louise

It was after the 1968 Democratic convention and there was a casting call for a film with several roles for the kind of young people who had disrupted the convention. Two recent graduates of Catholic University in Washington DC, went to the audition in New York for Joe (1970). Chris Sarandon, who ...

39. Wally Schirra

Self | Outdoor Rambling

Wally Schirra was born on March 12, 1923 in Hackensack, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for Outdoor Rambling (1972), Moonbug (2010) and Bicentennial Minutes (1974). He was married to Josephine Cook Fraser. He died on May 3, 2007 in La Jolla, California, USA.

40. Frankie Valli

Soundtrack | Grease

Frankie Valli was born on May 3, 1934 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. He is a music artist and actor, known for Grease (1978), Free Guy (2021) and Bumblebee (2018). He has been married to Jackie Jacobs since June 26, 2023. He was previously married to Randy Clohessy, MaryAnn Hannigan and Mary Mandel.

41. Woodrow Wilson

Self | The Adventures of a Boy Scout

Thomas Woodrow Wilson was an American politician and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921. A member of the Democratic Party, Wilson served as the president of Princeton University and as the governor of New Jersey before winning the 1912 presidential ...

42. John Basilone

John Basilone was born on November 4, 1916 in Buffalo, New York, USA. He was married to Lena Mae Riggs. He died on February 19, 1945 in IwoJima.

43. Tony Bennett

Actor | Muppets Most Wanted

Tony Bennett, one of the legends of jazz and popular music who served during the Second World War and then developed a career spanning over half a century, is now giving another concert tour across the United States and Europe.

He was born Anthony (Antonio) Dominick Benedetto on August 3, 1926, in ...

44. Mary Higgins Clark

Writer | Where Are the Children?

In 2002 Mary Higgins Clark published her memoir "Kitchen Privileges". The book describes her upbringing, first marriage and how she became such a famous author. Meanwhile 36 movies have been made that are based on Mary Higgins Clark's thrillers. For a while Mary Higgins Clark and her daughter ...

45. William F. Halsey

Self | Showtime, U.S.A.

US Admiral William "Bull" Halsey was born William Frederick Halsey Jr., in Elizabeth, New Jersey, on October 30, 1882, the son of the late Capt. William F. Halsey, US Navy. President William McKinley appointed Halsey to the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, in 1900. While at the Academy Halsey ...

46. Franco Harris

Actor | Monsters

he would have been 6 in 1956 when it said he was on NFL on CBS. he played in the nfl much later than that. without checking all the other data, this can't be an accurate date for him to have been on the show as the show didn't exist yet.

47. Queen Latifah

Actress | Chicago

Often considered hip-hop's first lady, the woman behind the moniker Queen Latifah was born Dana Elaine Owens on March 18, 1970, in East Orange, New Jersey. She is the daughter of Rita (Bray), a teacher, and Lancelot Owens Sr. She came from a police family-both her father and her older brother were ...

48. Bucky Pizzarelli

Music_department | Sweet and Lowdown

Bucky Pizzarelli was born on January 9, 1926 in Paterson, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for Sweet and Lowdown (1999), Mighty Aphrodite (1995) and Two Family House (2000). He was married to Ruth Litchult. He died on April 1, 2020 in Saddle River, New Jersey, USA.

49. Martha Stewart

Actress | Bad Moms

Martha Stewart was born on August 3, 1941 in Nutley, New Jersey, USA. She is a producer and actress, known for Bad Moms (2016), Men in Black II (2002) and Pixels (2015). She was previously married to Andrew Stewart.

50. Joe Theismann

Actor | Cannonball Run II

Joe Theismann was born on September 9, 1949 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor, known for Cannonball Run II (1984), ESPN's Sunday Night Football (1987) and The Man with Bogart's Face (1980). He has been married to Robin Smith since 1996. He was previously married to Jeanne Caruso and...

51. John Travolta

Actor | Pulp Fiction

John Joseph Travolta was born in Englewood, New Jersey, one of six children of Helen Travolta (née Helen Cecilia Burke) and Salvatore/Samuel J. Travolta. His father was of Italian descent and his mother was of Irish ancestry. His father owned a tire repair shop called Travolta Tires in Hillsdale, ...

52. Bruce Willis

Actor | Die Hard

Actor and musician Bruce Willis is well known for playing wisecracking or hard-edged characters, often in spectacular action films. Collectively, he has appeared in films that have grossed in excess of $2.5 billion USD.

Walter Bruce Willis was born on March 19, 1955, in Idar-Oberstein, West Germany,...

53. E Street Band

Soundtrack | Blinded by the Light

E Street Band is known for Blinded by the Light (2019), The Hot Zone (2019) and NCIS: New Orleans (2014).

54. Patti Scialfa

Soundtrack | No Looking Back

Patti Scialfa was born on July 29, 1953 in Deal, New Jersey, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for No Looking Back (1998), Manhood (2003) and The Mustangs: America's Wild Horses (2020). She has been married to Bruce Springsteen since June 8, 1991. They have three children.

55. Clarence Clemons

Actor | Blues Brothers 2000

Clarence Clemons was mostly known as being the dynamic saxophone player in Bruce Springsteen's E-Street Band. He was a pivotal part of the E-street band's persona and was a featured member of the band. His legacy teaming up with Bruce was a pivotal part of the success of the back up band. After ...

56. Max Weinberg

Soundtrack | Bewitched

Max Weinberg is the drummer of E Street Band, Bruce Springsteen's major band. His snare drum from the "Born In The USA" tour, "The Big Beat", is on display at the Hard Rock Cafe in NYC. Max started up his own record label and production company in 1990 called Hard Ticket Entertainment. He produced ...

57. Milt Campbell

Self | 1957 NFL Championship Game

Milt Campbell was born on December 9, 1933 in Plainfield, New Jersey, USA. He died on November 2, 2012 in Gainesville, Georgia, USA.

58. John Dorrance

Actor | Miracle of the Heart: A Boys Town Story

John Dorrance was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and grew up in Omaha, Nebraska, where he was tapped to play Glenn in the little-known TV movie "A Miracle of the Heart: A Boys' Town Story," his first professional acting credit. He obtained a degree in English Literature from the University of ...

59. Michael Douglas

Actor | Wall Street

A legendary actor with 50 celebrated years of film, television and producing experience, Michael Douglas is known for his era-defining roles and enduring cultural impact.

In addition to his career accomplishments, Douglas has remained a steadfast public servant, activist and philanthropist dedicated...

60. Bob Hurley

Producer | The Drifter

Bob Hurley is known for The Drifter (2009), Bu Lai'a the Hawaiian Superman (1994) and Remember a Day (2000).

61. Wellington Mara

Self | ESPN SportsCentury

Wellington Mara was born on August 14, 1916 in New York City, New York, USA. He was married to Ann Maria Teresa Mumm. He died on October 25, 2005 in Rye, New York, USA.

62. Annie Oakley

Self | Actors' Fund Field Day

Annie Oakley (born Phoebe Ann Mosey) was an American professional sharpshooter from Ohio. She starred for several years in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. Her stage acts were filmed for one of Thomas Edison's earliest Kinetoscopes in 1894. Later in life, Oakley trained other women in marksmanship. ...

63. Joyce Carol Oates

Writer | Blonde

Joyce Carol Oates was born on June 16, 1938 in Lockport, New York, USA. She is a writer and actress, known for Blonde (2022), Vengeance: A Love Story (2017) and Smooth Talk (1985). She was previously married to Charles Gross and Raymond Smith.

64. Christopher Reeve

Actor | Superman

Christopher D'Olier Reeve was born September 25, 1952, in New York City, to journalist Barbara Johnson (née Barbara Pitney Lamb) and writer/professor F.D. Reeve (Franklin D'Olier Reeve). He came from an upper-class family; his paternal grandfather was CEO of Prudential Financial, and one of his ...

65. Sarah Vaughan

Soundtrack | The Adjustment Bureau

Sarah Vaughan was born March 27, 1924 in Newark, NJ, and died April 3, 1990, in Los Angeles of lung cancer. Her parents were Asbury, a carpenter, and Ada, a laundress. She began studying music when she was seven, taking eight years of piano lessons and two years of organ. As a child she sang in the...

66. Eric LeGrand

Writer | Mission Possible with Eric LeGrand

In October 2010, Rutgers University football star, Eric LeGrand, sustained a spinal cord injury at his C3 and C4 vertebrae during a fourth quarter play at MetLife Stadium. While the initial prognosis was grim, Eric demonstrated his titan strength by shattering all expectations for his recovery and ...

67. Alice Guy

Director | The Woman of Mystery

The world's first female filmmaker, French-born Alice Guy entered the film business in 1896 as a secretary at Gaumont, a manufacturer of movie cameras and projectors who had purchased a "cinématographer" from its inventors, the Lumiere brothers. The next year Gaumont became the world's first motion...

68. Bobbi Brown

Make_up_department | The Red Dress Collection 2007 Fashion Show

Bobbi Brown was born on April 14, 1957 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She is known for The Red Dress Collection 2007 Fashion Show (2008), The Confidential Series: Chocolate Confidential (2007) and The Naked Truth of Kimberly Noel (2017). She has been married to Steven Plofker since September 10, 1988. ...

69. Grover Cleveland

Self | President Cleveland and President McKinley

Stephen Grover Cleveland was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897. Cleveland is the only president in American history to serve two non-consecutive terms in office. He won the popular vote for three ...

70. Celia Cruz

Soundtrack | Carlito's Way

Celia Cruz was born on October 21, 1925 in Havana, Cuba. She was a music artist and actress, known for Carlito's Way (1993), Amores Perros (2000) and Tower Heist (2011). She was married to Pedro Knight. She died on July 16, 2003 in Fort Lee, New Jersey, USA.

71. Whitney Houston

Soundtrack | The Bodyguard

Whitney Elizabeth Houston was born into a musical family on 9 August 1963, in Newark, New Jersey, the daughter of gospel star Cissy Houston (née Emily Lee Drinkard) and John Russell Houston, Jr., and cousin of singing star Dionne Warwick.

She began singing in the choir at her church, The New Hope ...

72. Thomas Kean

Producer | The Path to 9/11

Thomas Kean was born on April 21, 1935 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a producer, known for The Path to 9/11 (2006), Olympia (2018) and Are We Safer Today? (2021). He is married to Deborah Kean. They have three children.

73. Joe Piscopo

Actor | Saturday Night Live

Joe Piscopo was cast on Saturday Night Live (1975) in 1980 as part of an overall replacement of the original cast. However his team of players was not up to par in comedy and was quickly replaced except for him and Eddie Murphy. Together they dominated the show for the next three years. Since then ...

74. David Sarnoff

Actor | Susan and God

David Sarnoff was one of the giants of 20th Century mass media as the head of Radio Corp. of America (RCA) and the National Broadcasting System (MBC). Sarnoff, who was of Jewish descent, was born on February 27, 1891 in Belarus in the old Russian Empire and emigrated with his family to the United ...

75. Jersey Joe Walcott

Actor | The Harder They Fall

Jersey Joe Walcott was born on January 31, 1914 in Merchantville, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for The Harder They Fall (1956), Cain's Hundred (1961) and World's Heavyweight Championship: Joe Louis vs. Jersey Joe Walcott (1947). He died on February 25, 1994 in Camden, New Jersey, USA.

76. Dionne Warwick

Soundtrack | Alive

Dionne Warwick was born on December 12, 1940 in East Orange, New Jersey, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Alive (1993), The Happytime Murders (2018) and Bird Box (2018). She was previously married to William Elliott.

77. James Gandolfini

Actor | The Sopranos

James Gandolfini was born in Westwood, New Jersey, to Santa (Penna), a high school lunchlady, and James Joseph Gandolfini, Sr., a bricklayer and head school janitor. His parents were both of Italian origin. Gandolfini began acting in the New York theater. His Broadway debut was in the 1992 revival ...

78. Patrick Ewing

Actor | Space Jam

Patrick Ewing is a Jamaican-American retired Hall of Fame basketball player and head coach of the Georgetown University men's basketball team. He played most of his career as the starting center of the NBA's New York Knicks and also played briefly with the Seattle SuperSonics and Orlando Magic.

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79. Dorothy Parker

Writer | Saboteur

Dorothy Rothschild was born on August 22, 1893 into a family of comfortable financial means. Raised by her father and Stepmother after her mother's death, she was given an excellent education for the times. Highly intelligent, she pursued a career after her formal education and proved herself to be...

80. The Shirelles

Soundtrack | True Romance

The Shirelles is known for True Romance (1993), Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) and Filth (2013).

81. Beverly Lee

Soundtrack | Because I Said So

Beverly Lee was born on August 3, 1941 in Passaic, New Jersey, USA.

82. Doris Kenner-Jackson

Soundtrack | Because I Said So

Doris Kenner-Jackson was born on August 2, 1941 in Goldsboro, North Carolina, USA. She was an actress, known for Because I Said So (2007), It's Little Richard (1964) and 20 Years of Rock & Roll (1975). She was married to Wallace Jackson and Alfonza Kenner. She died on February 4, 2000 in ...

83. Shirley Alston

Soundtrack | Because I Said So

Shirley Alston was born on June 10, 1941 in Passaic, New Jersey, USA.

84. Micki Harris

Soundtrack | Because I Said So

Micki Harris was born on January 22, 1940 in Passaic, New Jersey, USA. She died on June 10, 1982 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

85. Jim Florio

Jim Florio was born on August 29, 1937 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was married to Lucinda Coleman and Maryanne Spaeth. He died on September 25, 2022 in Voorhees, New Jersey, USA.

86. Dizzy Gillespie

Soundtrack | The Talented Mr. Ripley

John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie, along with Charlie Parker, ushered in the era of Be-Bop in the American jazz tradition. He was born in Cheraw, South Carolina, and was the youngest of nine children. He began playing piano at the age of four and received a music scholarship to the Laurinburg Institute ...

87. Brian Williams

Editorial_department | NBC Nightly News

Brian Williams was born on May 5, 1959 in Ridgewood, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (1970), 30 Rock (2006) and Family Guy (1999). He has been married to Jane Gillian Stoddard since June 7, 1986. They have two children.

88. Alice Waters

Producer | Soul of a Banquet

Alice Waters was born on April 28, 1944 in Chatham, New Jersey, USA. She is a producer, known for Soul of a Banquet (2014), Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers (1980) and Dirt! The Movie (2009).

89. Howard Katz

Producer | Stroh's Circle of Sports

Howard Katz was born in 1949 in Livingston, New Jersey, USA. He is a producer and production manager, known for Stroh's Circle of Sports (1985), Games People Play (1980) and Orange Bowl Parade (1985).

90. James Fenimore Cooper

Writer | The Last of the Mohicans

Favorite writer of generations of Americans, Cooper was born on Tuesday, September 15th, 1789, and grew up on his family's huge wooded settlement, in Cooperstown, New York, which his father, William Cooper, a prominent Federalist, had founded before this son's birth. His days as a Yale student were...

91. Anna Quindlen

Writer | One True Thing

Anna Quindlen was born on July 8, 1953. She is a writer and producer, known for One True Thing (1998), Black and Blue (1999) and Matter & Manner (2017).

92. William Fox

Producer | 7th Heaven

Starting at the age 8 he had a series of jobs before starting his own business in 1900, which was sold to buy a Brooklyn nickelodeon in 1904. As the new owner with an empty house, Fox hired a coin manipulator and a barker to attract patrons into the dark 146-seat theatre. Once audiences adequately ...

93. Lewis Katz

Producer | Ring of Fire: The Emile Griffith Story

Lewis Katz is known for Ring of Fire: The Emile Griffith Story (2005) and SlingShot (2014).

94. Kool & The Gang

Soundtrack | The Nice Guys

Kool & the Gang are an American band formed in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1964 by brothers Robert "Kool" Bell and Ronald Bell, with Dennis "D.T." Thomas, Robert Mickens, Charles Smith, George Brown, and Ricky West. They have undergone numerous changes in personnel and have explored many musical ...

95. Robert 'Kool' Bell

Soundtrack | 2 Fast 2 Furious

Robert 'Kool' Bell was born on October 8, 1950 in Youngstown, Ohio, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003), The Nice Guys (2016) and The Nutty Professor (1996). He was previously married to Deborah Jones.

96. George 'Funky' Brown

Soundtrack | 2 Fast 2 Furious

George 'Funky' Brown was born on January 15, 1949 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003), The Nice Guys (2016) and The Nutty Professor (1996). He was married to Hanh Brown. He died on November 16, 2023 in Long Beach, California, USA.

97. Claydes Smith

Soundtrack | 2 Fast 2 Furious

Claydes Smith was born on September 6, 1948 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. He was a composer, known for 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003), The Nice Guys (2016) and The Nutty Professor (1996). He died on June 20, 2006 in Maplewood, New Jersey, USA.

98. Dennis D.T. Thomas

Soundtrack | 2 Fast 2 Furious

Dennis D.T. Thomas was born on February 9, 1951 in Orlando, Florida, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003), The Nutty Professor (1996) and Nick of Time (1995). He was married to Phynjuar. He died on August 7, 2021 in Montclair, New Jersey, USA.

99. Ronald Bell

Soundtrack | The Nice Guys

Ronald Bell was born on November 1, 1951 in Youngstown, Ohio, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for The Nice Guys (2016), Nick of Time (1995) and Us (2019). He was married to Pamela Nasim Bell, Tia Sinclair Bell and Yasin. He died on September 9, 2020 in Virgin Islands, USA.

100. James 'JT' Taylor

Soundtrack | The Nice Guys

JT's vocal talents were discovered at the age of seven while singing in his church choir, rapidly inspiring praise for him throughout his neighborhood. At the age of thirteen, JT formed his first band, gaining New York state recognition with an appearance at the world famous Apollo Theater. During ...