Born in Newark
Newark
City in Essex County, New Jersey, United States
Newark as a birthplace has produced a number of famous personalities of various fields (e.g. American singer, American singer and actress, American actor, comedian, director and television host): Gloria Gaynor, Whitney Houston, Jason Alexander and some more.
Celebrities from NewarkCelebrities from Newark
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48 Whitney Houston
American singer and actress
*August 9th, 1963 †February 11th, 2012, The Beverly Hilton.jpg "Jason Alexander")
_(cropped).jpg "Dennis Boutsikaris")
61 Chris Christie
55th Governor of New Jersey, former U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey
*September 6th, 1962
.jpg "Taye Diggs")
91 Jerry Lewis
American comedian, actor and filmmaker (1926–2017)
*March 16th, 1926 †August 20th, 2017, Las Vegas.jpg "Paul Simon")
80 Aaron Burr
Vice president of the United States from 1801 to 1805, lived (1756–1836)
*February 6th, 1756 †September 14th, 1836, Port Richmond.JPG "Brian De Palma")
62
Louis Sarno
American musicologist and author (1954-2017)
*July 3rd, 1954 †April 1st, 2017, Teaneck
82
Bob Crewe
American songwriter, dancer, singer, manager, and record producer
*November 12th, 1931 †September 11th, 2014, Scarborough.jpg "Sarah Vaughan")
66 Sarah Vaughan
American jazz and classical singer (1924–1990)
*March 27th, 1924 †April 3rd, 1990, Hidden Hills.jpg "Ice-T")
74
Dore Schary
Screenwriter, playwright, film director, studio executive (1905-1980)
*August 31st, 1905 †July 7th, 1980, New York City
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C. K. Williams
American poet and critic (1936-2015)
*November 4th, 1936 †September 20th, 2015, Hopewell.jpg "Wayne Shorter")
89 Wayne Shorter
American jazz saxophonist and composer (1933–2023)
*August 25th, 1933 †March 2nd, 2023, Los Angeles
70 William Bates
American ophthalmologist (1860-1931)
*December 23rd, 1860 †July 10th, 1931, New York City
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Norman Tokar
American film director, actor (1919-1979)
*November 25th, 1919 †April 6th, 1979, Hollywood
78
Richard Wesley
African American playwright, and screenwriter for television and cinema
*July 11th, 1945
_in_October_2011.jpg "Bill Bellamy")
.jpg "Austin Reaves")
82
Ira Lewis
American actor, writer, and playwright (1932-2015)
*August 27th, 1932 †April 4th, 2015, Edison
84 Fred Schaus
American basketball player and coach, college athletics administrator
*June 30th, 1925 †February 10th, 2010, Morgantown
70 Ted Fio Rito
American composer, orchestra leader, and keyboardist
*December 20th, 1900 †July 22nd, 1971, Scottsdale
69 Albert Payson Terhune
American writer (1872-1942)
*December 21st, 1872 †February 18th, 1942, Pompton Lakes
93 Harold Garfinkel
American sociologist (1917-2011)
*October 29th, 1917 †April 21st, 2011, Los Angeles 28
Stephen Crane
American novelist, short story writer, poet, and journalist
*November 1st, 1871 †June 5th, 1900, Badenweiler
96 Jon Hendricks
American jazz singer, lyricist, jazz critic and historian
*September 16th, 1921 †November 22nd, 2017, Manhattan
71 Dick Stabile
American jazz saxophonist and bandleader
*May 29th, 1909 †September 18th, 1980, New Orleans
.JPG "Raheem DeVaughn")
85 Jack Northrop
American aircraft industrialist and designer, founder of Northrop Corporation
*November 10th, 1895 †February 18th, 1981, Glendale
54 Clarence Hudson White
American photographer (1871-1925)
*April 8th, 1871 †July 7th, 1925, Mexico City
57 Edward James Roye
First member of Liberia's True Whig Party to serve as President (1815-1872)
*February 3rd, 1815 †February 12th, 1872, Monrovia
.jpg "Ian Ziering")
71 Sheila Oliver
Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey from 2018 to 2023
*July 14th, 1952 †August 1st, 2023, Saint Barnabas Medical Center
.jpg "Jahan Dotson")
_(cropped).jpg "Jon Duplantier")
Birthdays of famous people
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_2015.jpg "Vibeke Skofterud")
_%C2%A9_Ludwig_Schwab_(~1900%E2%80%931939)_OeNB_8154680.jpg "Oswald Menghin")
_(cropped).jpg "Ashe")
