- David Stern
David Joel Stern (born on September 22, 1942) is an American lawyer, who has been commissioner of the National Basketball Association (NBA) since 1984, when, via a successful coup d'etat he wrested control from the previous commissioner, Larry O'Brien. David Stern grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey, and is a graduate of Teaneck High School. Stern attended Rutgers University on a full scholarship. - Scott Garrett
E. Scott Garrett (born July 9, 1959 in Englewood, New Jersey) is a member of the United States House of Representatives. He is a Republican and has represented New Jersey's Fifth Congressional District seat since January 2003 (map). Prior to being elected to the House, Garrett served in the New Jersey General Assembly (the lower house of the New Jersey Legislature) from 1990 to 2002 representing the 24th legislative district, … - Gerald Cardinale
Gerald Cardinale (born February 27 1934) is an American Republican Party politician, who has been serving in the New Jersey State Senate since 1982, where he represents the 39th Legislative District. Cardinale served in the State Senate as Deputy Majority Leader from 1994-2001, as Majority Whip from 1992-1993, as Assistant Minority Leader from 1987-1989 and as Minority Whip from 1985-1986. He serves on the Commerce Committee, the Judiciary Committee, … - Loretta Weinberg
State Sen. Loretta Weinberg, D-Teaneck, said Tuesday that the private, for-profit entity that manages the publicly licensed Bergen Regional Medical Center should be required to open its books for financial scrutiny every year. Weinberg suggested that Colorado-based Solomon Health Services, the parent company of the firm that runs the Paramus hospital, would be subject to such disclosures under the provisions of a bill now wending its way through the state Legislature. - Robert M. Gordon
Robert M. Gordon (born July 3 1950) is an American Democratic Party politician, who serves in the New Jersey General Assembly, where he has represented the 38th legislative district since 1992. Gordon represents a district which covers an area between the Passaic and Hudson Rivers in suburban Bergen County. Gordon serves in the Assembly on the Appropriations Committee, the Environment and Solid Waste Committee and the Health and Human Services Committee. - Dizzy Gillespie
John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (October 21 1917 - January 6 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, singer, and composer. He was born in Cheraw, South Carolina. Together with Charlie Parker, he was a major figure in the development of bebop and modern jazz. In addition to featuring in these epochal moments in jazz, he was instrumental in founding Afro-Cuban jazz, the modern jazz version of the "Spanish Tinge". Gillespie was a trumpet virtuoso and gifted improviser, … - Bill Maher
William Maher, Jr., (pronounced:) (born January 20 1956) is an American comedian, actor, writer, and producer. He hosted the late-night television talk show "Politically Incorrect" on Comedy Central and ABC, and is currently the star of "Real Time with Bill Maher" on HBO. On June 1, 2006, he also began hosting an internet-exclusive talk show on Amazon.com entitled "Amazon Fishbowl". Maher is known for his political satire and sociopolitical commentary. - Steve Rothman
Steven R. "Steve" Rothman (born October 14 1952 in Englewood, New Jersey) is an American Democratic Party politician, who is a member of the United States House of Representatives for New Jersey's Ninth Congressional District (map). First sworn into the United States Congress on January 3, 1997, he now is serving his fifth two-year term in office. Rothman also sits on the powerful Committee on Appropriations in the House. He attended Washington University Law School. - Paul Sarlo
Paul A. Sarlo (born August 31, 1968) is an American Democratic Party politician, who has been serving in the New Jersey State Senate since 2003, where he represents the 36th Legislative District. Sarlo is the Assistant Majority Leader of the Senate, a position held since 2004. Sarlo was appointed as state senator when former District 36 Senator Garry Furnari, an attorney and mayor of Nutley was appointed to the New Jersey Superior Court. - Joan Voss
Joan Voss (b. August 21 1940, New York City) serves in the New Jersey General Assembly representing the 38th legislative district. She has served in the Assembly since 2004. Voss serves on the Assembly's Education and Regulated Professions and Independent Authorities Committees. She served on the Fort Lee Borough Council from 1993-2004. Voss is a member of the Fort Lee Municipal Alliance Committee, … - Nicholas Sacco
Nicholas J. Sacco (born November 17 1946) is an American Democratic Party politician, who has been serving in the New Jersey State Senate since 1994, where he represents the 32nd Legislative District. Senator Sacco is the Chairman of the Transportation Committee, and is also a member of Law and Public Safety and Veterans' Affairs Committee. In addition to serving as a State Senator and as Mayor of North Bergen (since 1991), … - Hope Davis
Hope Davis (born March 23, 1964) is an American actress. She has starred in more than 20 feature films including "About Schmidt", "Flatliners", "Mumford", "American Splendor" and "Next Stop Wonderland". She played Slim Keith in the 2006 film Infamous. Davis was born in Englewood, New Jersey. - James Gandolfini
Although he acted on Broadway and in various films in the 1990s, Gandolfini's most-acclaimed role is that of Tony Soprano, the Mafia boss and family man in the multi-award-winning HBO series The Sopranos, which debuted in 1999. He has since starred in films such as 8 MM and The Mexican. He was born in Westwood, New Jersey, grew up in New Jersey, and currently lives in New York City. - Dennis McNerney
Dennis McNerney is the County Executive of Bergen County, New Jersey. Dennis McNerney is currently serving his second term as County Executive, the highest elected office in Bergen County. He took office in January 2003 after being twice elected to the Bergen County Board of Chosen Freeholders in 1998 and 2001. McNerney was reelected to a second term of office as County Executive in 2006, defeating former Freeholder Todd Caliguire. - Mike Ferguson
Michael A. "Mike" Ferguson (b. June 22 1970, Ridgewood, New Jersey) is an American Republican Party politician who has been a member of the United States House of Representatives representing New Jersey's 7th congressional district since 2001. - Robert Sean Leonard
Robert Sean Leonard (born Robert Lawrence Leonard on February 28, 1969, in Ridgewood, New Jersey) is a Tony Award-winning American actor who is most noted for his role as an aspiring actor Neil Perry in the 1989 film "Dead Poets Society". He is a three-time Tony Award nominee (1993, 2001 and 2003), winning in 2001 (Best Actor - Featured Play) for his role as A.E. Housman in Tom Stoppard's "The Invention of Love". Currently, he plays Dr. - Ernie Isley
Ernie Isley (b. March 7 1952, Cincinnati, Ohio) is a member of the influential family music band, The Isley Brothers. First serving as a drummer, he moved up to bassist and guitarist and eventually after becoming a full-fledged member of the Isleys in 1973, helped the group bridge the gap between black soul and white rock and was one of the major funk musicians of his time. Ernie first was reared in Cincinnati, where his older brothers formed The Isley Brothers, … - Bill Parcells
Duane Charles "Bill" Parcells (born August 22, 1941 in Englewood, New Jersey), nicknamed "The Big Tuna", is a retired American football head coach, last coaching the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League. Parcells owns two Super Bowl rings with wins in Super Bowl XXI and Super Bowl XXV. He announced his fourth retirement from football on January 22, 2007 - Rudy van Gelder
Rudy Van Gelder (born November 2, 1924 in Jersey City, New Jersey) is a recording engineer specialising in jazz. Van Gelder is one of the legendary behind-the-scenes figures in Jazz. He first recorded friends in his parent's Hackensack, New Jersey living room, while working during the day as an optometrist. One of those friends, baritone saxophonist Gil Melle, introduced Van Gelder to Blue Note Records producer Alfred Lion around 1952. - David C. Russo
David C. Russo (born October 8, 1953) is an American Republican Party politician, who serves in the New Jersey General Assembly, where he has represented the 40th legislative district since 1990. He serves in the Assembly on the Financial Institutions and Insurance and the Housing and Local Government Committees and on the Joint Legislative Committee on Ethical Standards. - Jim Finn
Jim Finn (born December 9, 1976, Fair Lawn, New Jersey) is an American football fullback for the New York Giants NFL franchise. He is currently the national face of Phazyme in their latest ad campaign. - Charlotte Vandervalk
Charlotte Vandervalk (born July 31 1937) is an American Republican Party politician, who serves in the New Jersey General Assembly, where she represents the 39th legislative district. She has served in the Assembly since 1991 where she was Deputy Republican Leader from 2002-2003 and Assistant Majority Leader from 1992-1995. Vandervalk serves in the Assembly on the Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee and the Housing and Local Government Committee. - Chris Jasper
Chris Jasper (b. December 30 1951, New Jersey) was a member of both the legendary Isley Brothers and Isley-Jasper-Isley. He has also been a successful solo artist, with a number of his own albums. His keyboard and Moog synthesizer work was a primary ingredient of the Isley Brothers sound of the 70's and 80's. - Henry McNamara
Henry P. McNamara (born December 9, 1934) is an American Republican Party politician, who has been serving in the New Jersey State Senate since 1985, where he represents the 40th Legislative District. In the Senate, he was Minority Whip from 1990 to 1991. The Senator is currently a member of the Senate Environment Committee and the Transportation Committee. McNamara has announced that he won't run for re-election in 2007 and will step down when his term ends in 2008. - Corliss Lamont
Corliss Lamont (March 28, 1902-April 26, 1995), was a humanist and Marxist philosopher, and advocate of various left-wing and civil liberties causes. He is the great-uncle of 2006 Democratic Party nominee for the United States Senate from Connecticut, Ned Lamont - Ronald Isley
Ronald Isley (b. May 21 1941, Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American pop, rock, soul, and R&B singer and is known as the lead singer and founding member of the legendary family music group The Isley Brothers. He currently is enjoying a career resurgence that started in the mid-90s as an alter ego, Mr. Biggs, created by him and R. Kelly. - Todd Caliguire
Todd Caliguire is an American Republican Party politician in New Jersey. He is a former county freeholder and candidate for Governor of New Jersey. Caliguire is married to Laurie Gayle Stephenson, who is a professional actress who has appeared in several Broadway productions. Todd and Laurie have one daughter, Sarah Kate. Caliguire was an aide in the 1980s to then Governor of New Jersey Thomas Kean, … - Elizabeth Calabrese
Elizabeth Calabrese is an American Democratic Party politician, who has served on the Bergen County Board of Chosen Freeholders since 2004. On January 2, 2007, Calabrese was chosen to serve as Freeholder Vice-Chairman. She has served as Chairwoman of the Education Committee as well as Chairwoman to the Special Services School Board of Estimate. Freeholder Calabrese is a member of the Cultural and Historic Affairs, Organization and Internal Affairs, and Personnel Committees. - Joseph Coniglio
Joseph Coniglio (born February 6, 1943) is an American Democratic Party politician, who has been serving in the New Jersey State Senate since 2002, where he represents the 38th Legislative District. Coniglio is the Chairman of the State Government Committee, and also serves on the Senate Labor Committee and the Senate Budget & Appropriations Committee. Senator Coniglio has sponsored a number of important initiatives which have been signed into law. - Ed Marinaro
Ed Marinaro (born March 31, 1950 in New York City) is an American actor and former football player. Ed played his high school football in New Milford, New Jersey for the New Milford High School Knights. Marinaro played college football at Cornell University where he set over 16 NCAA records. He was the first running back in NCAA history to have over 4,000 career rushing yards. He was runner up to Pat Sullivan for the Heisman Trophy in 1971. - David X. Cohen
David X. Cohen (born 1966), born David Samuel Cohen, is an American television writer. He has written for "The Simpsons", and he is the head writer and executive producer of "Futurama". - Rudolph Isley
Rudolph Isley (born Rudolph Bernard Isley, 1 April 1939, Cincinnati, Ohio) is one of the founding members of the legendary family group, The Isley Brothers. Rudolph, known as Rudy, to family members, heavily contributed to the Isleys' sound co-writing the self-penned anthems, "Shout!", "It's Your Thing" and also wrote a rough draft of the brothers' 1975 classic ballad, "For the Love of You, Pt. 1 & 2". - Az
Anthony Cruz (born March 9, 1973 in Brooklyn, New York), better known as AZ, is a Grammy nominated East-Coast rapper currently residing in Englewood, New Jersey. Originally known as AZ The Visualiza, AZ has achieved a strong fanbase in spite of little mainstream success. He is of African-American and Dominican descent. - John E. Rooney
John E. Rooney (born April 23, 1939) is an American Republican Party politician, who serves in the New Jersey General Assembly, where he represents the 39th legislative district. He has served in the Assembly since 1983, making him the longest-serving representative in the New Jersey General Assembly. John E. Rooney currently serves on the Assembly's Environment and Solid Waste Committee and the Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee. - Marvin Isley
Marvin Isley (b. August 18 1953, Cincinnati, Ohio) was one of the members of the legendary family music group, The Isley Brothers and a seminal bass guitarist. Marvin grew up in Englewood, New Jersey and graduated from Dwight Morrow High School in 1972. In the late-1960s, he formed a trio with older brother Ernie and family friend Chris Jasper. By the end of the decade, the group joined the older half of the Isleys as its instrumentalists. - Charlie Schlatter
Charles Schlatter (born May 1, 1966 in Englewood, New Jersey) is an American actor. He has starred in numerous TV series and films, and is perhaps best known for his role in hit series "Diagnosis: Murder" as Dr. Jesse Travis and his appearance as Cadet Kyle Connors in "Police Academy: Mission to Moscow". - Chris Wragge
Chris Wragge (born June 19, 1970) is the main anchor for WCBS-TV News at 5 and at 11p.m. with Kristine Johnson. Previously, he co-anchored the Noon and 5pm newscasts, after transitioning from his role as the station's sports director. - Spero Dedes
Spero Dedes is a Greek-American sportscaster born in Paramus, New Jersey. He is a 2001 graduate of Fordham University in New York. Dedes is the radio voice of the Los Angeles Lakers, as well as a play-by-play announcer and host for the NFL Network. Previously, he was the host of NBA TV's "Hardwood Classics" and "The Insiders". He has also appeared on "CSI:NY". - Lilia Skala
Lilia Skala was an Austrian-American actress. Skala was born in Vienna, Austria. In the late 1930s, she was forced to flee her Nazi-occupied homeland with her Jewish husband, Eric Pollack, and their two young sons. Skala and her husband managed to escape (at different times) from Austria to England, and eventually settled in the USA. Lilia Skala appeared on countless television shows and serials from 1952 to 1985, … - Richard Varick
Richard Varick (15 March 1753 - 30 July 1831) was born in Hackensack, New Jersey and died in Jersey City, New Jersey. At the outset of the American Revolution he was studying law at King's College (predecessor to Columbia University) in New York City and became a captain in the militia. He served under General Philip Schuyler in various posts until after the Battle of Saratoga and was then appointed inspector general of West Point.
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