This is a list of some famous people from New Jersey.

• Bud Abbott (b. 1895), straight man to Lou Costello (Asbury Park).
• Jason Alexander (b. 1959), actor, Seinfeld (Newark).
• Amiri Baraka (b. 1934), poet (Newark).
• Count Basie (1904–1984), jazz pianist, organist, bandleader (Red Bank).
• William J. Brennan (1906–1997), U.S. Supreme Court justice (Newark).
• Lou Costello (b. 1906), comedian, actor (Paterson).
• Danny DeVito (b. 1944), actor (Neptune).
• Kirsten Dunst (b. 1982), actress (Point Pleasant).
• Andrea Dworkin (b. 1946), feminist and activist (Camden).
• Alecko Eskandarian (b. 1982), soccer player (Montvale).
• Donald Fagen (b. 1948), musician (Passaic).
• James Gandolfini (b. 1961), actor (Westwood).
• Allen Ginsberg (b. 1926), poet (Paterson).
• John Harkes (b. 1967), professional soccer player (Kearny).
• Michael Johns (b. 1964), health care executive, former White House speechwriter to President George H.W. Bush (Deptford).
• Jon Bon Jovi (b. 1962), musician (Perth Amboy).
• Thomas Kean (b. 1935), former governor, 9/11 Commission chairman (Bedminster).
• Alfred Kinsey (b. 1894), zoologist and sexologist (Hoboken).
• Ray Liotta (b. 1955), actor (Newark).
• Andrew McCarthy (b. 1962), actor (Westfield).
• Jack Nicholson (b. 1937), actor (Neptune).
• Joe Pesci (b. 1943), actor (Newark).
• Tara Reid (b.1975), actress (Wyckoff).
• Claudio Reyna (b. 1973), soccer player (Livingston).
• Philip Roth (b. 1933), author (Newark).
• Eva Marie Saint (b. 1924), actress (Newark).
• Antonin Scalia (b. 1936), U.S. Supreme Court justice (Trenton).
• Frank Sinatra (1915–1998), singer, actor (Hoboken).
• Kevin Smith (b. 1970), filmmaker (Highlands).
• Bruce Springsteen (b. 1949), musician (Freehold).
• Jon Stewart (b. 1962), comedian, Daily Show host (Trenton).
• Meryl Streep (b. 1949), actress (Summit).
• John Travolta (b. 1954), actor (Englewood).
• Lee Van Cleef (b. 1925), character actor in Westerns (Somerville).
• William Carlos Williams (1883–1963), poet (Rutherford).
• Bruce Willis (b. 1955), actor (Penn's Grove).

Born elsewhere, grew up in New Jersey

• David Chase (b. 1945), creator, The Sopranos (b. NY, grew up in Clifton and North Caldwell).
• Carl Lewis (b. 1961), track and field legend, nine-time Olympic gold medalist (b. Alabama, grew up in Willingboro).
• Michelle Malkin (b. 1970), conservative pundit (b. Pennsylvania, grew up in Absecon).

Grew up elsewhere, made it big in New Jersey

• Thomas Edison (b. 1847), inventor and businessman (b. Ohio, grew up in Michigan, moved to Newark and lived in Menlo Park).

Born in New Jersey, grew up elsewhere

• Ice-T (b. 1958), rapper and actor (Newark, moved to California)

Related topics

• List of people by U.S. state
• The Sopranos