- Donald Trump
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946 in Queens, New York, New York) is an American business executive, entrepreneur, television personality and author. He is the CEO of Trump Organization, an American-based real estate developer, and the founder of Trump Entertainment, which operates several casinos. He received a great deal of publicity following the success of his reality television show, … - Erick Lindgren
Erick Lindgren (born August 11, 1976 in Burney, California) is an American professional poker player. He won his first major tournament at the Bellagio in 2002 and followed that up with his first World Poker Tour (WPT) win ten months later. Six months after that, he won the WPT PartyPoker Million III cruise, where he walked away with the million dollar top prize. In January 2005, he finished 2nd in the World Series of Poker Circuit Event in Atlantic City. - Bobby Flay
Robert William Flay is a fourth generation Irish-American celebrity chef and restaurateur. He is the owner and executive chef of six restaurants: "Mesa Grill", "Bolo Bar & Restaurant", and "Bar Americain" in New York City, "Mesa Grill" Las Vegas (Caesars Palace), "Mesa Grill" Bahamas (Atlantis Paradise Island, Nassau), and Bobby Flay Steak (Atlantic City, New Jersey). Flay has hosted four Food Network television programs, … - Cyndy Violette
Cyndy Violette (born 19 August 1959 in Queens, NY) is an American professional poker player. Cyndy often played poker with family members as a child. Her family relocated to Las Vegas when she was 12 years old; Cyndy took to playing casino poker once she reached the legal age. She spent a short time as a casino employee, working as a blackjack and poker dealer. - Jim Whelan
Jim Whelan (born November 8, 1948) is an American Democratic Party politician, who serves in the New Jersey General Assembly where he represents the 2nd legislative district, having taken office on January 10, 2006. Whelan was elected to the Assembly on November 8, 2005, unseating Republican Kirk W. Conover, who had held the seat since 2003 in this Republican-leaning district. - Lovemore N'Dou
Lovemore N'dou (born 16th August, 1971 in Transvaal, South Africa) is a Sydney based Australian boxer. He was the IBF World Light Welterweight champion, before losing a 12 round decision to Paul Malignaggi. After a successful amateur career of 68 fights with 66 wins and 2 losses, where Ndou was a four-time South African champion in four consecutive years, N'dou made his professional debut in 1993 against Enoch Khuzwayo in Johannesburg, … - Nick Schulman
Nick "The Takeover" Schulman (born 18 September 1984) is an American professional poker player from Manhattan, New York. Schulman began playing at the age of 18, turned professional at 19, and at age 21 won the fourth season World Poker Tour (WPT) World Poker Finals poker tournament, winning $2,167,500, a record for a regular season event on the WPT. He also became the youngest winner of a WPT event. - Leavander Johnson
Leavander Johnson (December 24 1969 - September 22 2005) was an American lightweight boxer. He once held the International Boxing Federation version of the world title. He won the title on June 17 2005 against the Italian fighter Stefano Zoff, winning after the referee stopped the fight in the seventh round. Johnson made his debut as a professional boxer in 1989 following a successful amateur career, during which he fought in over 130 contests. - Michael Gracz
Maciek ("Michael" or "Mike") Gracz (pronounced Grahtz) (born October 23 1980 in Warsaw) is a Polish professional poker player, based in Raleigh, North Carolina. Gracz learned poker from his father and played regularly whilst studying at North Carolina State University. Gracz's first major victory was in the $5,000 no limit hold'em championship event in the 2004 Trump Classic in Atlantic City. He won over the field of 155 entrants to take home the $295,275 first prize. - Lou Savarese
Lou Savarese (born July 14, 1965) is a boxer from Houston, Texas, whose boxing career has been filled with unusual circumstances. "'Lou Savarese" - Margaret Gorman
Margaret Gorman (1905-1995) is best known for being the very first Miss America, from the year 1921. Gorman was chosen from a photo popularity contest and finalist round as the first "Miss Washington, D.C.," and was invited on that count to join the Second Annual Atlantic City Pageant as an honored guest. This was held on September 8, 1921. There she was invited to join a new event: the "Inter-City Beauty" Contest. - Ben Rose
Ben Rose (1916 - 1980) was an American photographer. Ben Rose started as a photographer when he was a young man. He was graduated from the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art in 1938 and where he taught Photography and Advertising Photography from 1945-1950. His first show at the A-D Galley was in 1941 with Arnold Newman with whom he had grown up in Atlantic City. - Richard J. Hughes
Richard Joseph Hughes (b. August 10 1909, Florence Township, New Jersey - d. December 7 1992, Boca Raton, Florida) was an American Democratic Party politician, who served as the 45th Governor of New Jersey, from 1962 to 1970 and as Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court from 1973-1979. To date, Hughes is the only person to have served New Jersey as both Governor and Chief Justice. Born in 1909 in Florence Township, New Jersey, … - Robert Irvine
Robert Irvine C.E.C. MCFA (C.G.) (born 1965) is a celebrity chef who stars in a show on Food Network called "Dinner: Impossible," which premiered January 24th, 2007. With no prior warning and no preparation, the show pits Irvine against seemingly impossible culinary challenges, including preparing a wedding for 200, including 1,000 hors doeuvres in only 10 hours, cooking in an authentic 18th century kitchen, on a cattle drive, in an Ice Hotel, … - Constance Moore
Constance Moore (January 18, 1920 - September 16, 2005 in Los Angeles, California) was a singer and actress. Her most noted work was in wartime musicals such as "Show Business" and "Atlantic City" and the classic 1939 movie serial "Buck Rogers", in which she played Wilma Deering, the only female character in the serial. Moore was born in Sioux City, Iowa but spent most of her formative years in Dallas, Texas. - Vera Coking
Vera Coking is a retired homeowner in Atlantic City, New Jersey. In 1993, when Donald Trump sought to expand his property holdings around his Atlantic City casino and hotel (to build a parking lot designed for limosines), he bought several lots adjacent to his property. Coking, who had lived in her house at that time for about 35 years, refused to sell. This was not the first time Coking had been asked to sell her property for development. - Alisa Cooper
Alisa Cooper is an American Democratic Party politician from New Jersey,who was elected Freeholder-at-Large in November 2005 representing all of Atlantic County. Cooper was born and raised in Atlantic City. She is a graduate of Atlantic City High School and the University of Maryland from which she holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Music Education. Cooper is the owner of "Alisa Cooper Orchestras", a music and entertainment agency. - Alene Paone
Alene Paone Scoblete is the CEO of Paone Press, a mail-order publishing house in New York which specializes in gaming books and videos, primarily by her husband Frank Scoblete, a widely-published authority on casino gambling. Paone's earlier career was as an actress. During the 1980s she was one of the leads in the Other Vic Theatre Company, co-owned by Scoblete. They met in 1986 at a theater audition. - Albert Hoffman
Albert Hoffman (1915 - 1993) was an American painter and wood carver. Never progressing beyond a sixth-grade education, Hoffman earned his living operating a junkyard near Atlantic City, New Jersey. A self-taught artist, he found inspiration in narratives from the Torah; over his lifetime he produced over 250 carvings whose subjects were drawn from the Bible or from his Jewish background. His works are also a mirror of his personal interests: whaling, horse racing, … - Gary Mule Deer
Gary Mule Deer is a comedian and country musician. During a career spanning several decades, he has appeard in films such as "Annie Hall", "Up In Smoke" and "Tilt", and has been a frequent performer on television shows such as Make Me Laugh, The Gong Show, Late Show with David Letterman and The Tonight Show. In the 70's, Gary performed in Denver with Denny Flannigan in a comedy act called "Muledeer and Moondog Medicine Show. - Nicholas Scutari
Nicholas P. Scutari (born November 18, 1968) is an American Democratic Party politician, who has been serving in the New Jersey State Senate since 2004, where he represents the 22nd Legislative District. Before his election the Senate, Scutari was a member of the Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders, where he became the youngest Freeholder Chairman in county history. He served as Freeholder Chairman in 1999, after serving a year as Freeholder Vice Chairman. - Lisa Kleypas
Lisa Kleypas (born 1964) is a best-selling American author of romance novels set primarily in the nineteenth century. In 1985, she was named Miss Massachusetts and competed in the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City. Kleypas currently resides in Texas with her husband and their two children. - James Hillman
James Hillman (1926-) is a psychologist, considered to be one of the most original of the 20th century. Trained at the Jung Institute in Zurich, he developed archetypal psychology (polytheistic myth as psychology). Hillman is a prolific writer and international lecturer as well as a private practitioner. James Hillman was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey in 1926. He served in the US Navy Hospital Corps from 1944-1946, … - Leslie Glass
Leslie Glass (born Leslie Fisher on October 4 1963 in Baltimore, Maryland; died August 4 2000 in Baltimore), was a model, erotic actress and animal rescuer. As described at her obituary at the age of 36, she was "best known as a "Penthouse" Pet of the Year Runner-Up and "Penthouse International" Pet of the Year, model, exotic dancer, Vivid Films adult film star, and founder of Pet-4-Pets, an animal rescue and care organization". - Nicodemo Scarfo
Nicodemo Domenico Scarfo (born March 8, 1929, Brooklyn, New York) was an American mafioso, member of the U.S. Cosa Nostra, and head of the Scarfo Crime Family which controlled organized crime in Philadelphia, as well as parts of southern New Jersey and even Newark, New Jersey. Scarfo's father was a made member of the New York based Genovese crime family, and later Scarfo's son Nicky, Jr. became a made member of the Lucchese crime family, … - Michael J. Matthews
Michael J. Matthews was mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey from 1982 to 1983. He was Atlantic City's first Mayor after it changed to a mayoral form of government in 1982, but was recalled by the voters in a referendum in March of 1983, shortly before being indicted on federal extortion charges of having used his office to extort bribes from businessmen to benefit himself and associates in organized crime. In the indictment, released by United States Attorney W. Hunt Dumont, … - Laurence Tisch
Laurence Alan Tisch (born March 5 1923, died November 15 2003) was a Wall Street investor and self-made billionaire. He was the CEO of CBS television network from 1986 to 1995. With his brother Bob Tisch, he was part owner of the Loews Corporation. He is the namesake of the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University (NYU). His 1982 donation enabled the school to relocate to its current Broadway facility. - Tamara Sky
Tamara Sky is a professional disc jockey and model. Sky has been Miss Puerto Rico Bikini and is of Puerto Rican origin. She was the cover celebrity and centerfold for the April 2006 issue of the Mexican edition of "Playboy". Then she was named Miss August 2007 for the United States edition of the magazine. Her Playmate film will feature an actual music video of a song called "Lick it" that is sung by and co-produced by her. - James L. Usry
James Leroy Usry (February 2, 1922 in Athens, Georgia - February 25, 2002 in Absecon, New Jersey) was the first African American Mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey. A Republican, Usry served as mayor from 1984 to 1990, after defeating Mayor Michael J. Matthews in a recall election. From 1952 to 1984, Usry was an educator in the Atlantic City School District, where he served as assistant superintendent from 1977 to 1984. - Joseph Fralinger
Joseph Fralinger (1847 - 1927) was an American businessman and confectioner. Joseph Fralinger was known as the "Salt Water Taffy King" and is sometimes credited with inventing the candy concoction. It is disputed if he was in fact the inventor. Some credit Enoch James. Regardless, Fralinger did more than anybody to popularize the treat, establishing a candy selling business promoting the treat. Joseph Fralinger, was a former glassblower and fish merchant, … - Joe Bush
Joe Bush is a well-traveled organ grinder, one of the last in the dying business that reached its height in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Bush, who had played as a bass guitarist in a rock 'n roll band and worked as a stilt walker, began this pursuit in 1975, inspired by people who said his mustache reminded them of an organ grinder. Initially his few competitors told him, "You want to learn how to do this, … - Candy Jones
Candy Jones (born Jessica Wilcox in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on December 31 1925, died January 181990) was an American fashion model, writer and radio talk show host. In the 1940s and 1950s she was a leading model and pin up girl, and afterwards established a modelling school and wrote several books on modelling and fashion. From 1972, Jones was a co-host of John Nebel's talk radio show (he was her second husband) on WMCA in New York City. - Ziggy Elman
Harry Aaron Finkelman (May 26, 1914 - June 26, 1968), better known by the stage name Ziggy Elman, was an American jazz trumpeter most associated with Benny Goodman, though he also led his own Ziggy Elman and His Orchestra. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but his family settled in Atlantic City when he was age four. His father was a klezmer violinist who hoped he would play violin as well, but he abandoned this instrument at an early point. - Belle Baker
Belle Baker (25 December 1893, New York City, New York - 29 April 1957, Los Angeles, California) was an American singer and actress. Born Bella Becker, she rose to fame as a vaudeville vocalist, appearing on Broadway and in nightclubs, films, radio and television. In the early 1920s, when she was well known as The Ragtime Singer, Baker took part in a Baltimore song competition with Catherine Calvert, … - Jeremy Slate
Jeremy Slate was a US film and television actor, born in Atlantic City, New Jersey on February 17 1926. He died following surgery for cancer on November 19 2006 in Los Angeles. He acted in a number of television series, which included Aquanauts, Gunsmoke, Mission: Impossible, Bewitched, and My Name Is Earl. From 1979-1987, Slate portrayed 'Chuck Wilson' on the daytime drama One Life to Live. He also appeared in a number of films throughout his career. - Rocky Castellani
Attilio N. "Rocky" Castellani (born May 26, 1926), is a long retired American boxer. He was born in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, to Attilio Castellani (1889-1974) and Concetta Castellani (1901-1985), who later moved to Margate City, formerly South Atlantic City, in Atlantic County in eastern New Jersey. The highlight of Castellani's career was probably his 1955 bout with Hall of Famer Sugar Ray Robinson. - Frank Tieri
Frank Tieri (February 22, 1904 - March 31, 1981) was a high-ranking member of the New York Mafia. Nicknamed "Funzi" or "the Old Man", Tieri was the first mobster to be convicted under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act that was primarily enacted in order to bring down Mafia bosses. Arriving from Naples in 1911, Tieri was denied US citizenship twice living as a resident alien in Brooklyn. - Akio Kashiwagi
Akio Kashiwagi a.k.a. "The Warrior" was a wealthy Tokyo-based real estate investor who supposedly had ties with Yakuza, and a wealthy gambler who frequented Las Vegas casinos throughout the 1970s and 1980s. He was a big fan of baccarat. Unfortunately by the end of the 1980s, Kashiwagi had used up his casino credit, owing many casino executives, among them Donald Trump, millions of dollars. - Harry B. Smith
Harry B. Smith (born December 28, 1860 in Buffalo, New York - died January 2, 1936 in Atlantic City) was a renowned and prolific writer, lyricist, and composer. He worked on many of the famous productions of his time. - Tommy Wang
Tommy Wang is an American professional poker player from Rosemead, California. Wang frequently plays in high-stakes cash games in Atlantic City, often playing against Cyndy Violette. He is described by CardPlayer Magazine editor "Happy" Jeff Shulman as "one of the nicest guys in poker." <sup>1<;/sup> Wang is not a regular on the poker tournament circuit, although he was invited to and appeared in the second series of Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament.
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