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Date of Birth
Date of Death (if available)
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Rutherford Notables
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William Carlos Williams (1883 - 1963)
Phisician / Poet
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Maxwell Becton (1868 - 1951)
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Fairleigh S. Dickinson (1866-1948)
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Winant Van Winkle (1878 - 1926)
Represented Bergen County in New Jersey Senate from 1935 - 1940
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John Cridland Latham (1888 - 1975)
Medal of Honor Recipient
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Richard King (1865 - 1944)
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Alfred Andriola (1912 - 1983)
Cartoonist
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John Marin (1870 - 1953)
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John Rutherfurd (1760 - 1840)
U.S. Senator
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Alexander Russell Webb (1846 - 1916)
Writer and Publisher
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Walter H. Stockmayer (1914 - 2004)
Chemist and University Professor
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Walter Whiting Vick (1878 - 1926)
Aide to Woodrow Wilson
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Fairleigh Dickinson Jr. (1920 - 1996)
Member of New Jersey Senate 1968
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George Dayton (1827 - 1902)
Senator 1875 - 1877
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William H. J. Ely (1891 - 1942)
New Jersey District Judge 1924 - 1928
New Jersey Senator 1932 - 1934 -
William Labov (born 1927)
Linguist
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Robert Leckie (1920 - 2001)
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Rene A. Morel (1932 - 2011)
Luthier (Violin)
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Howard Crook (Born 1947)
Lyric Tenor
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Fireman Ed (Born 1959)
New York Jets Unofficial Mascot
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Kathleen Donovan (Born 1952)
County Executive of Bergen County, New Jersey.
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John Dull
Folk Music Artist and Promoter
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Charles Evered (Born 1964)
Playwright and Director
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Beth Fowler (Born 1940)
Actress
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Louis Frey Jr. (Born 1934)
Republican Politician and Former Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida
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Peggy Noonan (Born 1950)
Author of Seven Books and was Special Assistant to to Former President Ronald Reagan
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Thomas R. Pickering (Born 1931)
United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 1989 - 1992
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Kate Pierson (Born 1948)
Singer with the B-52’s
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Chris Wragge (Born 1970)
News Anchor for WCBS - TV
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Daniel Holsman
Represented Bergen County in the N.J. Senate from 1863 - 1865
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Brant Alyea (Born 1940)
Former Professional Baseball Outfielder
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Ernest April (1890 - 1966)
Professional Anatomist at Columbia University
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Blanche Chapman (1851 - 1941)
Actress
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Jim Blumenstock (1918 - 1963)
Former American Football Fullback
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Erin C. Conaton (Born 1970)
is a former United States Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness. She previously served as Under Secretary of the Air Force.
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Deedy Crosson (1898 - 1973)
was an American Negro league shortstop in the 1920s.
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Wilhelmina Marguerita Crosson (1900 - 1991)
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Jack Egbert (Born 1983)
American former professional baseball pitcher
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Christopher Ford "Crowbar" (Born 1974)
American Professional Wrestler
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Guy Laverne Fake (1879 - 1957)
United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
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Harry Chapman Ford (Birth Unknow - 1938)
Playwright and Noveslist
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Jim Garrett (1930 - 2018)
American Football Player, Coach and Scout.
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Drew Gibbs (1962 - 2021)
former head football coach for the Kean University Cougars
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Jeanne Guillemin (1943 - 2019)
medical anthropologist and author
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Deana Haggag (Born 1987)
American arts organization leader
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Bill Hands (1940 - 2017)
American professional baseball player who pitched in the major leagues from 1965 to 1975.
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Kelly Hecking (Born 1980)
American former backstroke and freestyle competition swimmer.
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Frank Herrmann (Born 1984)
American former professional baseball pitcher.
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Art Hillhouse (1916 - 1980)
American professional basketball player.
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Amy Hoffman (Born 1952)
Writer, Educator and Community Activist.
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James A, Hyslop (1885 - 1953)
American entomologist who founded the Insect Pest Survey of the U.S. Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine.
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Bobby Jones (Born 1972)
American former professional baseball pitcher.
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Nancy Kedersha (Born 1951)
American cell biologist and micrographer
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Kim Kyung-Jun (Born 1987)
Violinist
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John Kimmons (Born 1952)
is a retired American lieutenant general.
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Sharon Kleinbaum (Born 1959)
American rabbi who serves as spiritual leader of New York City's Congregation Beit Simchat Torah
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Lillian Russell (1860-1922)
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Thomas Le Clear (1818 - 1892)
American Painter
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Steve Maclin (Born 1987)
Professional Wrestler
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Vin Mazzaro (Born 1986)
Professional Baseball Pitcher
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Pamela McCorduck (1940 - 2021)
American Writer
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Bernie McInerney (Born 1946)
Character Actor
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Charlei Morrow (Born 1942)
Sound Artist, Composer Performer.
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Richard Cooper Newick (1926 - 2013)
Sailboat Designer
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Shaun O'Hara (Born 1977)
American Professional Football Player
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Michael Olivo (Born 1988)
Cartoonist
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Pat Pacillo (Born 1963)
Baseball Pitcher
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Leo Paquin (1910 - 1993)
American Football Player
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Gerald J. Popek (1946 - 2008)
Computer Scientist
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Percy Prince (1887 - 1973)
English Amateur Footballer
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Frank Serrao (1918 - 1991)
American Football Coach
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Robert Smithson (1938 - 1973)
American Artist know for Sculpture and Land Art
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Jim Spanarkel (Born 1957)
American television analyst for College Basketball on CBS and Former Professional Basketball Player
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Calvin J. Spann (1924 - 2015)
Was one of the original Tuskegee Airmen,
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Brian Kim Stefans
American Poet
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Ellen R. Thompson (1928 - 2014)
Composer and Music Educator
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Daniel Van Winkle (1816 - 1886)
Land Developer
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Victor Victori (Born 1943)
A Portraitist, Painter, Sculptor, Author and Ordained Minister from South Korea
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Siobhan Vivian (Born 1979)
American Novelist, Editor, and Screenwriter
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John Wallace
American Football Coach
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Stan Walters (Born 1948)
American former professional football player
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Corey Wotton (Born 1987)
Former American Football Player
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Ramy Youssef (Born 1991)
Stand-Up Comedian, Actor, Writer, and Director
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Margaret G. Riggs (? - 1901)
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Enrico Ricciuto (1933 - 2017)
Builder
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John Robert Laval (1919 - 1995)
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Albert Laval (1922 - 2015)
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Ernest Laval (1917 - 2011)
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Mark Laval (1916 - 1981)
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Leon Laval (1925 - 1976)
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Moses Laval Jr. (1927 - 2004)
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Rod Leith
Served as Rutherford's historian for 20 years. He is a founding member of the Rutherford Historic Preservation Committee (1998-2022). He has written extensively on Rutherford and South Bergen County history. He is a former trustee of the Meadowlands Museum.
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Hoage Family ((Lafayette Hoage (1842 - 1921) and Harriet Hoage (?))
First Black Family (Former Slaves) to own property in Rutherford.
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Ida Katy (Katherine) Schultze (Leonard) - (1854 - 1916)
Founder of Rutherford’s Christian Science Church
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Harry Clay Ford (1844 - 1915)
Theatre Manager; said to be the last person to speak to John Wilkes Booth before the actor assassinated Abraham Lincoln.
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Ed Gajda
Former Chairman of the RHPC. Co-Founder and Chairman of the “Rutherford Historic Preservation Society”
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Warren Lee Goss (1835 - 1925)
Famed Civil War Author, Was imprisoned in Andersonville.
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Emily Goss (? - ?)
One of the founder of the “Town Improvement Association”. Canvassed throughout Rutherford in support of establishing Lincoln Park.
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Marjorie Wood Reenstra (1925 - 2001)
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Da'Mon Merkerson (Born 1989)
Arena Football League
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Bob DeMarco (Born 1938)
Football Center NFL
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Logi Gunnarsson (Born 1981)
Basketball (Icelandic National Basketball Team)
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Wayne Johnsen (Born 1977)
Boxer
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Erin Blanchfield (Born 1999)
is an American mixed martial artist currently competing in the Flyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
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Nick Boyd
He went from the gym at St. Mary’s Rutherford to the storied court at Madison Square Garden, and now, Nick Boyd is headed to the center of the college basketball world.
(Suggestion by David D’Alessandro)
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Philip Sheridan (? - 1989)
New Jersey “All State Football, Basketball and Baseball Teams.” Combat Pilot and Control Commander WWII. Presidential Citation and Distinguished Air Medal.
(Suggestion by David D’Alessandro)
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Steve Way (Born 1990)
Comedian · writer · actor · speaker · substitute teacher.
(Suggestion by David D’Alessandro)
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Enrica D'Alessandro (Born 1966)
Civil War Author “My Country Needs Me”.
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Corporal Thomas H. Everett (1897 - 1918)
Enlisted April 24, 1917 with Company L, 7th Division New York National Guard, Everett was assigned to 107 U.S Infantry 27th Division.
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William Henry Miller (1848 - ?)
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Caesar M. Marchioni
Inventor of the camera tripod along with his brother Mark Marchioni.
Photo courtesy of “Meadowlands Museum” and “Carol Kowalski”.
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Ferdinand Ralph Petrie (1925-2007)
Painter, designer.
Born in Rutherford, New Jersey, and received his art training at Parsons School of Design and The Famous
Artist School of Illustration.
(Suggestion by: Kevin and Kathlyn Hildebrand)
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Luigi Mario Vellucci (1913-2007)
Luigi Vellucci of Rutherford was born in Providence, Rhode Island in 1913.
Mr. Vellucci made his career as an opera singer, where he achieved some renown as a comprimario
tenor, the operatic equivalent of a character actor.
(Suggestion by: Kevin and Kathlyn Hildebrand)
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Alfio Micci (1918-2004)
First Violinist with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra under Leonard Bernstein and subsequent
conductors in other orchestras. Well known constructor of crossword puzzles.
(Suggestion by: Kevin and Kathlyn Hildebrand)
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John (Jack) Decker (Age 73, Retired)
Graduated Rutherford High School in 1969
Technical Deputy Program Manager for the Hubble Space Telescope and James Webb Space Telescope
program at the Goddard Space Flight Center. Recognized for numerous NASA awards.
(Suggestion by: Kevin and Kathlyn Hildebrand)
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