List of people from Englewood, New Jersey
Appearance
The people that are listed below were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Englewood, New Jersey.
Academics and science
- Gordon Park Baker (1938–2002), philosopher[1]
- Malcolm McKenna (1930–2008), paleontologist, whose wife, Priscilla, served as mayor of Englewood[2]
- Robert Mills (1927–1999), physicist[3]
- Eli Sagan (1927−2015), clothing manufacturer; lecturer and author in cultural anthropology; political activist; served on the national finance committee for George McGovern's 1972 presidential campaign, a role that earned him a spot on Richard Nixon's Enemies List in 1973[4]
- Dorothy Warburton (1935/6–2016), geneticist.[5]
Arts
Authors
- Charles W. Bailey (1929−2012), journalist, newspaper editor and novelist who co-wrote the 1962 best-selling political thriller novel Seven Days in May.[6]
- Kevin Baker (born 1958), novelist and journalist[7]
- Claudia Cohen (born 1950), socialite and gossip columnist[8]
- Brian Daley (1947−1996), science fiction novelist[9]
- Anna Dewdney (1965−2016), author and illustrator of children's books, including Llama Llama Red Pajama.[10]
- Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906–2001), author and aviator; wife of Charles Lindbergh and daughter of Dwight Morrow[11]
- James Lord (1922–2009), biographer[12]
- William Marchant (1923–95), playwright and screenwriter, best known for writing the play that served as the basis for the 1957 Walter Lang movie, The Desk Set.[13]
- Ian O'Connor (born 1964), sports columnist; ESPN radio host; wrote books Arnie & Jack: Palmer, Nicklaus & Golf's Greatest Rivalry and The Captain: The Journey of Derek Jeter[14]
- Upton Sinclair (1878–1968), author; established a commune called Helicon Home Colony in 1906 with proceeds from his novel The Jungle; it burned down in 1907[15]
Movies, radio, stage, television, and fine arts
- Glenn Anders (1889−1981), actor best known for his work in Broadway theatre.[16]
- John Aprea (born 1941), actor, known for his role as "Young Sal Tessio" in The Godfather: Part II (1974) and on television as "Lucas Castigliano" on the soap opera Another World.[17]
- Martin Block (1903−1967), disk jockey who is said to have inspired the creation of the term by Walter Winchell.[18]
- Elizabeth Bracco (born 1959), actress[19]
- David Cassidy (born 1950), actor and musician, best known for his role on The Partridge Family.[20]
- David X. Cohen (born 1966), head writer and executive producer of TV series Futurama.[21]
- Peter Coyote (born 1941), actor and author[22]
- Vince Curatola (born 1953), played Johnny Sack on the HBO series The Sopranos.[23]
- Leonard John Davis (1956−1996), painter[24]
- John Fiedler (1925–2005) voice actor and character actor in stage, film, television and radio, known as the voice of Piglet in Disney's many Winnie the Pooh productions, and as Mr. Peterson, nervous patient on The Bob Newhart Show.[25]
- Lucy Fisher (born 1949), film producer[26]
- Genie Francis (born 1962), best known for her role as Laura Spencer on General Hospital[27]
- Ivor Francis (1918–1986), actor[27]
- Zach Grenier (born 1954), actor known for roles in Fight Club and Deadwood, and on Broadway[28]
- Jess Harnell, voice actor and singer, best known for voicing Wakko Warner in Animaniacs.[29]
- Justine Johnstone (1895−1982), stage and silent screen actress; later a pathologist and was part of the team that developed the modern intravenous drip technique.[30]
- Sara Lee Kessler (born 1951), television news reporter.[31]
- Alicia Keys (born 1981), singer, songwriter, record producer and actress.[32]
- Téa Leoni (born 1966), actress[33]
- Bruce McKenna (born 1962), television and movie screenwriter[34]
- Eddie Murphy (born 1961), comedian and actor[35]
- Miles Orman (born 1984), cast member on Sesame Street.[36]
- Roscoe Orman (born 1944), television personality Gordon on Sesame Street[37]
- Charles Osgood (born 1933), television personality[38]
- Rick Overton (born 1954), screenwriter, actor, and comedian[39]
- Betsy Palmer (1926−2015), actress[40]
- Sarah Jessica Parker (born 1965), actress, best known for her starring role in HBO's Sex and the City.[41]
- Clarke Peters (born 1952), actor; played Det. Lester Freamon on HBO's The Wire.[42]
- Sylvia Pressler (1934–2010), Chief Judge of the Appellate Division the New Jersey Superior Court for five years, officially retiring from the bench in 2004[43]
- Aidan Quinn (born 1959), actor[19]
- Rick Schwartz (born c. 1968), film producer[44]
- Al Sharpton (born 1954), civil rights activist and radio talk show host[45]
- Dick Shawn (born 1925), actor and comedian[46]
- Brooke Shields (born 1965), actress[47]
- Gloria Swanson (1897–1983), actress[35][48]
- John Travolta (born 1954), actor[49]
Music
- Regina Belle (born 1963), Grammy Award-winning singer[50]
- Estelle Bennett (1941−2009), member of the girl group The Ronettes, with her sister Ronnie Spector and cousin Nedra Talley.[51]
- Tony Bennett (born 1926), Grammy Award-winning singer[52]
- George Benson (born 1943), jazz singer and musician[53]
- John Bergamo (born 1940), percussionist and composer[54]
- William Foden (1860–1947), classical guitar composer; lived in Englewood since 1911
- Virgil Fox (1912–1980), organist[55]
- Dizzy Gillespie (1917–1993), jazz trumpeter; lived in Englewood from 1965 until his death in 1993[56]
- Doug Howard (born 1956), musician, vocalist and songwriter; has performed with Touch, Todd Rundgren, Utopia and The Edgar Winter Group.[57]
- Ernie Isley (born 1952), guitarist and member of The Isley Brothers[58]
- Marvin Isley (1953–2010), bassist and member of the Isley Brothers[58]
- Serius Jones (born 1982), MC, battle rapper, mixtape awards winner[59]
- Kitty Kallen (born 1922), singer[60]
- Lil' Kim (born 1975), real name Kimberly Jones, rapper[61]
- Nypoleon, R&B singer, songwriter, producer, actor; born in Trinidad and moved to Englewood[62]
- Karen O (born 1978 as Karen Lee Orzołek), lead vocalist for the New York City art punk band Yeah Yeah Yeahs.[63]
- Clyde Otis (1924–2008), music industry executive[64]
- Margaret Patrick (1913–1994), "Ebony" of "Ebony and Ivory"[65]
- Wilson Pickett (1941–2006), singer[35]
- Sylvia Robinson (1936–2011), singer, record producer, and co-founder of Sugar Hill Records and All Platinum Records.[66]
- The Sugarhill Gang, recorded "Rapper's Delight" in 1979, the first hip hop single to become a Top 40 hit[67]
- Bob Weinstock (1928–2006), founder of Prestige Records.[68]
- Leslie West (born 1945), musician, singer and guitarist of Mountain.[69]
- Matt White (born 1980), singer-songwriter[70]
- Eric Williams, singer and member of Blackstreet.[71]
Business and industry
- John Crowley (born 1967), biotech executive who helped develop a treatment for Pompe disease after his children were diagnosed with the condition[72]
- Victor Farris (1910−1985), inventor and businessman; credited with inventing the paper milk carton[73]
- B. C. Forbes (1880–1954), founder of Forbes magazine.[74]
- David Hoadley, former president of the Panama Railway.[75]
- Daniel E. Straus (born 1957), business executive who is co-founder of CareOne LLC and is Vice Chairman of the Memphis Grizzlies.[76]
- Cyma Zarghami (born c. 1961), president of Nickelodeon and MTV Networks' Kids & Family Group.[77]
Government and politics
- Byron Baer (1929–2007), politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1972 to 1993 and in the State Senate from 1994 to 2005.[78]
- Shmuley Boteach (born 1966), Orthodox rabbi; radio and television host; author; ran for Congress in New Jersey's 5th congressional district[79]
- Wayne A. Cauthen (born 1955), current and first appointed African American City Manager of Kansas City, Missouri.[80]
- Orestes Cleveland (1829–1896), Mayor of Jersey City 1864–1867 and 1886–1892; member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's 5th congressional district, 1869-1871[81]
- Ron de Lugo (born 1930), first Delegate from the United States Virgin Islands to the United States House of Representatives[82]
- Jon Leibowitz (born 1958), chairman of the Federal Trade Commission.[83]
- Michael Leiter, Director of the National Counterterrorism Center.[84]
- Dwight Morrow (1873–1931), former United States Senator; United States Ambassador to Mexico; father-in law of Charles Lindbergh; namesake of Dwight Morrow High School.[85]
- Sybil Moses (c. 1939–2009), prosecutor of the "Dr. X killings" case; New Jersey Superior Court judge[86]
- Dan Fellows Platt (1873–1937), art collector and expert; Mayor of Englewood (1904–1905)[87]
- Steve Rothman (born 1952), Congressmen representing Englewood; Mayor of Englewood, 1983-1989[88]
- Sister Souljah (born 1964), rapper and activist[89]
- Walter Scott Taylor, Sr., clergyman, civil rights advocate and first African-American mayor of Englewood[90]
- Susan Thomases (born 1944), attorney; personal counsel and informal adviser to Hillary Clinton during the Clinton presidency[91]
- Robert Torricelli (born 1951), former U.S. Senator; resided in Englewood throughout his career of elective political office[91]
- Alexander Buel Trowbridge (1929–2006), former United States Secretary of Commerce.[92]
- Austin Volk (1919–2010), former Mayor of Englewood during the 1967 civil unrest; former New Jersey assemblyman[93]
- Michael Wildes (born 1964), immigration lawyer who served as Mayor of Englewood from 2004-2010.[94]
- Craig Zucker (born 1975), member of the Maryland State Senate.[95]
Sports
- Jack Armstrong (born 1965), former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher.[96]
- Sean Banks (born 1985), professional basketball player[97]
- Alejandro Bedoya (born 1987), professional soccer player for FC Nantes and the United States men's national soccer team.[98]
- Gregg Berhalter (born 1973), former professional soccer player; head coach of the Columbus Crew of Major League Soccer.[99]
- Ruben Brown (born 1972), guard for 13 seasons in the NFL for the Buffalo Bills and Chicago Bears.[100]
- Dick Button (born 1929), Olympic ice skater and commentator; ranked #11 on the Sports Illustrated list of "The 50 Greatest New Jersey Sports Figures"[101]
- Nick Catone (born 1981), mixed martial artist who fights in the Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight division[102]
- Devin Fuller (born 1994), wide receiver for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League.[103]
- Bruce Harper (born 1955), former professional football player for the New York Jets.[104]
- Chuck Knox Jr. (born 1965), NFL assistant coach[105]
- Ross Krautman (born 1991), placekicker for the Syracuse Orange football team[106]
- Bill Parcells (born 1941), NFL Head Coach, formerly of the New York Giants and New York Jets.[107]
- Phil Pepe (1935−2015), baseball writer and radio voice who spent more than five decades covering sports in New York City.[108]
- Ethel Bliss Platt (1881–1971), U.S. tennis doubles champion in 1906, wife of Dan Fellows Platt[109]
- Lou Tepe (born 1930), offensive lineman for three seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers.[110]
- Jordan Theodore (born 1989), professional basketball player who currently plays for the Frankfurt Skyliners of the German Basketball League.[111]
- Tony Tolbert (born 1967), former NFL player for the Dallas Cowboys.[112]
- Ron Villone (born 1970), pitcher for the New York Yankees and 11 other teams during his MLB career[113]
- Bill Willoughby (born 1957), former NBA basketball player; the first NBA player drafted out of high school when he was selected by the Atlanta Hawks in 1975[114]
- John Winkin (1919−2014), baseball coach, scout, broadcaster, journalist and collegiate athletics administrator; led the University of Maine Black Bears baseball team to six College World Series berths in an 11-year span[115]
Other
- Clifford Whittingham Beers (1876–1943), founder of the American mental hygiene movement[74]
- Sophie Clark (1943–1962), the only African American victim of the Boston Strangler, Albert DeSalvo.[116]
- Dr. John Lattimer (1914–2007), urologist; did extensive research on the Lincoln and Kennedy assassinations; had an extensive collection of military paraphernalia, including "medieval armor, Revolutionary and Civil War rifles and swords, a pile of cannonballs, World War II machine guns and German Lugers, and drawings by Adolf Hitler."[117]
- Charles Lindbergh (1902–1974), aviator[11]
- Bernarr Macfadden (1868–1955), physical culture advocate[74]
References
- ^ Staff. "Phi Betes Vote", The Harvard Crimson, November 25, 1958. Accessed November 2, 2012. "Phi Beta Kappa elected the Senior Sixteen in its annual fall election last night. Chosen were Gordon P. Baker of Lowell House and Englewood, N.J."
- ^ Elliott, Ann Brimacombe. Charming the Bones: A Portrait of Margaret Matthew Colbert, p. 80. Kent State University Press, 2000. ISBN 0-87338-648-5. Accessed July 22, 2011. "The McKennas were not strictly Leonians. They lived in the next town, Englewood. Malcolm McKenna was a colleague of Ned's, a paleontologist at the American Museum. His wife, Priscilla, played the harpsichord professionally in New York and some years later became mayor of Englewood."
- ^ via The New York Times. "Dr. Robert Mills, 72, Contributed to Study Of Subatomic Particles", South Florida Sun-Sentinel, October 31, 1999. Accessed November 2, 2012. "Dr. Mills, who lived in Columbus, was born on April 15, 1927, in Englewood, N.J."
- ^ Levin, Jay. "Eli Sagan, 87, proud Nixon 'enemy'", The Record (Bergen County), January 9, 2015. Accessed January 18, 2015. "Mr. Sagan and his wife, Frimi, who taught English at Dwight-Englewood School, lived in Englewood for 55 years. They moved to Dedham, Mass., in 2011."
- ^ Levin, Jay. "Pioneering geneticist Dorothy Warburton of Englewood dies at 80", The Record (Bergen County), May 4, 2016. Accessed June 10, 2016. "Dorothy Warburton, whose groundbreaking scientific research focused on fetal chromosomal abnormalities and shed light on the reasons for miscarriage, died April 26 at her Englewood home."
- ^ Dunlap, Charles W. "Charles W. Bailey, Journalist and Political Novelist, Dies at 82", The New York Times, January 4, 2012. Accessed December 5, 2013. Charles W. Bailey, who edited The Minneapolis Tribune for most of the 1970s, when it was among the most polished of the nation’s midsize daily newspapers, after earlier winning renown as a co-author of the best-selling cold war novel “Seven Days in May,” died on Tuesday in Englewood, N.J.... Mr. Bailey died at the Lillian Booth Actors Home."
- ^ Reading Guide for Paradise Alley, HarperCollins. Accessed February 14, 2012. "About the Author: Kevin Baker was born in 1958 in Englewood, New Jersey, but grew up mainly in Rockport, Massachusetts."
- ^ Fox, Margalit. "Claudia Cohen, 56, Socialite And a Reporter of Gossi", The New York Times, June 16, 2007. Accessed June 18, 2010. "Claudia Lynn Cohen was born on Dec. 16, 1950, in Englewood, N.J."
- ^ Biography, Brian-Daley.com. Accessed August 12, 2015. "Brian was born in Englewood Hospital in Englewood, New Jersey on Dec. 22, 1947."
- ^ Levin, Jay. "Anna Dewdney, children's author, illustrator of Llama Llama stories, dies at 50", The Record (Bergen County), September 7, 2016. Accessed September 7, 2016. "That's doubly appropriate: The charming picture book deals with a little llama's separation anxiety on the first day of preschool. And Dewdney grew up in Englewood."
- ^ a b "New Outlook", Time, August 29, 1932. Accessed May 21, 2007. "For nine days last fortnight a "birth watch" of newshawks and cameramen camped outside the gates of the Morrow estate at Englewood, N. J., waiting to flash the news of the advent of Anne Morrow Lindbergh's second child."
- ^ Grimes, William. "James Lord, Biographer and Memoirist, Is Dead at 86", The New York Times, August 27, 2009. Accessed November 2, 2012. "Mr. Lord was born and reared in Englewood, N.J. His father was a stockbroker, and until the Wall Street crash the family lived, as Mr. Lord put it, in 'the lower echelons of the upper classes.'"
- ^ Gussow, Mel. "William Marchant, 72, 'Desk Set' Playwright", The New York Times, December 20, 1995. Accessed December 1, 2007. "Mr. Marchant had been a resident of the Actors Fund of America Nursing and Retirement Home in Englewood, N.J., before moving to the hospital last year. Before that, he lived in Stanton, N.J., in a house owned by the actress Dorothy Stickney, said Kenneth Stadnik, a neighbor."
- ^ Staff. "Bergen Celebrity Signing: Former Record columnist Ian O'Connor will sign his new book The Captain: The Journey of Derek Jeter", Bergen.com, April 24, 2011. Accessed November 5, 2013. "Ian O'Connor, Englewood native and current River Vale resident, will be signing his new book "The Captain" and speaking about the Yankee icon's career at Bookends in Ridgewood on May 19th at 7:30 p.m."
- ^ Brown, Peggy Ann. "Not Your Usual Boardinghouse Types: Upton Sinclair's Helicon Home Colony, 1906–1907", Department of American Studies, George Washington University, May 1993. Accessed June 29, 2011. "For five months more than seventy-five men, women, and children made Helicon their home for varying lengths of time. Their efforts received wide press coverage and attracted the attention of William James and John Dewey in addition to numerous curiosity-seekers. On March 16, 1907 a fire destroyed the main building, and the colony disbanded."
- ^ via Associated Press. "Glenn Anders", Toledo Blade, October 27, 1981. Accessed December 5, 2013. "ENGLEWOOD, NJ - Glenn Anders, an actor on the Broadway stage who appeared in nearly 50 plays during his 40-year career, died Monday at age 92."
- ^ Coutros, Evonne. "ENGLEWOOD NATIVE STRIKES OUT ON OWN", The Record (Bergen County), July 20, 1994. Accessed November 25, 2007.
- ^ Boyle, Hal. "Block, King of the Disk Jockeys", The Milwaukee Journal, October 26, 1949. accessed December 5, 2013. "He lives quietly in Englewood, N. J., and spends his spare time tinkering with his fancy Jaguar or working on his own ham radio station."
- ^ a b Hyman, Vicki. "The View from Jersey still in the works, according to Karen Duffy", The Star-Ledger, February 8, 2008. Accessed July 4, 2008. "The show would feature a rotating cast, among them Elizabeth Bracco, a "Sopranos" castmate and sister of Lorraine, who until recently lived with husband Aidan Quinn in Englewood."
- ^ Green, Robin. "Naked Lunch Box: The David Cassidy story", Rolling Stone, May 11, 1972. Accessed May 13, 2007. "David Bruce Cassidy was born on April 12th, 1950 in Englewood, New Jersey. He moved to Hollywood with his mother after his parents, Broadway actors Evelyn Ward and Jack Cassidy, were divorced when he was five."
- ^ David X. Cohen, Comedy Central. Accessed June 18, 2010. "Originally from Englewood, NJ, Cohen now resides in Los Angeles, CA."
- ^ Peter Coyote Bio, Jack. Accessed November 25, 2007. "At fourteen he was a campaign worker in the Adlai Stevenson presidential campaign in his home town of Englewood, New Jersey."
- ^ Vince Curatola as Kohnny "Sack" Sacramoni, The Sopranos. Accessed December 15, 2007. "He was born and raised in Englewood, New Jersey, as a child his paper route customers included several actors and entertainers who influenced his love for the arts."
- ^ Brody, Leslie. "PAINTER MOURNED, REMEMBERED -- GIFTS OF A GRACEFUL LIFE SCHOLARSHIP TO FOSTERLOVE OF ART, HISTORY", The Record (Bergen County), January 10, 1997. Accessed July 3, 2014. "His mother's well-thumbed newspaper clipping shows a proud little boy, all of 8 years old, with his painting of George Washington hung on the wall of his Englewood school back in 1964."
- ^ Bernstein, Adam. "Actor John Fiedler Dies; Was Piglet's Voice in 'Pooh' Films", The Washington Post, June 28, 2005. Accessed December 15, 2007. "John Fiedler, 80, a stage, film and television actor who excelled at meek or nervous roles and was personally chosen by Walt Disney to play the voice of Piglet in Winnie the Pooh films, died June 25 at the Lillian Booth Actors' Home in Englewood, N.J."
- ^ Schwartz, Tony. "Forever Young", New York (magazine), September 5, 1983, pp. 22–31. "He met Lucy Fisher in 1969. She was a sophomore at Radcliffe, and Peter had just graduated. Lucy grew up in Englewood, New Jersey, the oldest of three children in a family Peter described as 'aristocracy'."
- ^ a b Alexander, Rodi. "Genie Francis Returns To The Tube in 'The Note'", Hampton Independents, November 28, 2007. "Genie's first break into show business came about when her father Ivor (who was a renowned stage actor) decided he wanted to be a film actor. He packed up the family, left Englewood, N.J. and headed to California."
- ^ Hernandez, Ernio. "PLAYBILL.COM'S CUE & A: Zach Grenier", Playbill, February 18, 2009. Accessed June 18, 2010. "I was born in Englewood, New Jersey, although my family moved four months later. Child of an electrical engineer, I moved once every year or so in the first 14 years of my life. I'd have to say that my hometown is Ann Arbor, though, which is where I went to high school."
- ^ Zayas, Javier. "'Wakko Yaks: A Conversation with Jess Harnell' by Javier Zayas", Fulle Circle Magazine, April 17, 2015. Accessed June 17, 2015. "Javier Zayas: So you were born in Teaneck, New Jersey? Jess Harnell: Actually it was Englewood Hospital, but right near Teaneck and that's where I lived so we'll stick with that."
- ^ Lowe, Denise. An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films: 1895-1930, p. 1947. Routledge, 2014. ISBN 9781317718963. Accessed June 15, 2015. "Johnstone, Justine (1895 Englewood, NJ - 1982 Santa Monica, CA)"
- ^ Markos, Kibret. "Judge sends Bergen County, N.J., contractor to jail.", The Record (Bergen County), October 16, 2004. Accessed May 13, 2007. "Robert Miller and Sara Lee Kessler hired a contractor in July 2002 to renovate their kitchen at their Englewood home."
- ^ Zillow. "Report: Alicia Keys Buys Englewood Estate From Eddie Murphy", October 16, 2004. Accessed December 6, 2012.
- ^ Diamond, Jamie. "UP AND COMING: Tea Leoni; Playing Golf, Wearing Pearls, Taking Pratfalls", The New York Times, April 21, 1996. Accessed November 30, 2014. "The only daughter of a corporate lawyer father and a nutritionist mother, Ms. Leoni grew up in Englewood, N.J., and New York and attended the Brearley School in New York and the Putney School in Vermont."
- ^ White, Liz. "He's With the Program: Bruce McKenna, Englewood native", (201) magazine, January 2008, p. 54. Accessed June 29, 2011. "The standard he sets for himself in Hollywood took root in Englewood. A Dwight-Englewood alum, class of 1980, McKenna left a lasting impression on faculty there."
- ^ a b c James, George. "WORTH NOTING; Eddie Murphy Is Trading Places", The New York Times, January 16, 2005. Accessed May 21, 2007. "The neighborhood is Englewood's tony East Hill, which over the years has been home to staid Wall Street financiers and flashy show business personalities, from the actress Gloria Swanson to the soul belter Wilson Pickett and the rapper Lil' Kim."
- ^ Boone, Roderick. "Marist rookie was on 'Sesame Street'", Poughkeepsie Journal, February 18, 2004. Accessed February 17, 2011. "But for Miles Orman, who hails from Englewood N.J. and went to Bergen Catholic High School, the thing he enjoyed most was going to work with his father every day."
- ^ Staff. "'Gordon' visits hospital ward", Toledo Blade, June 27, 1990. Accessed February 17, 2011. "Kim Burkholder Archbold, and her children Ryane, 3, and Michael, 7, share a laugh with a character from Sesame Street as Roscoe Orman, of Englewood, N.J., who plays Gordon on the popular children's television show, makes a visit to the pediatric ward at Toledo Hospital."
- ^ Parisi, Albert J. "New Jersey Q & A: Charles Osgood; A New Face at CBS 'Sunday Morning'", The New York Times, April 24, 1994. Accessed October 19, 2007. "Charles Osgood will be saying a lot more than that in his new, high-visibility television assignment, one he says fills him with pride, joy, and a bit of anxiety about long hours at work and responsibilities at home in Englewood."
- ^ Ferguson, Fred. "Young Comics Compete For Laughs – And Fame", Reading Eagle, December 21, 1980. Accessed February 14, 2012. "Overton, 26, from Englewood, N.J., does Darth vade from Star Wars."
- ^ via United Press International. "Betsy Palmer – She's Also An Actress", The Montreal Gazette, December 18, 1967. Accessed February 17, 2011. "Betsy is married to Dr. Vincent J. Merendino, an obstetrician-gynecologist whose Manhattan practice gives them both odd commuting hours to their home in nearby Englewood, N.J."
- ^ Klein, Alvin. "ACTRESS, 18, HAS SOME REGRETS", The New York Times, October 30, 1983. Accessed February 14, 2012. "Before attending Hollywood High School, she was a student at Dwight Morrow High School in Englewood.... After living for a while on Roosevelt Island, between Manhattan and Queens, Mr. and Mrs. Forste bought a house in Englewood."
- ^ Chollet, Laurence. "THE MORE MOES THE MERRIER, HE SAYS ", The Record (Bergen County), April 8, 1992. Accessed September 9, 2008.
- ^ Award-Winning Alumni, Bostonia, Fall 2004. Accessed September 20, 2007. "Sylvia Pressler (CAS'55) of Englewood, N.J., received the New Jersey State Bar Foundation's Medal of Honor for her contributions to improving the justice system."
- ^ Rosenblatt, Gary. "Joining 'Gangs' to Work With the Best: Executive producer Rick Schwartz savors a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to work with Martin Scorsese and others.", The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, January 2, 2003. Accessed October 22, 2011. "When the now-legendary film director Martin Scorsese first discovered Herbert Asbury's book, Gangs of New York, in 1970 and decided to make it into a film, Rick Schwartz was a 2-year-old growing up in a modern Orthodox home in Teaneck, N.J.... During several recent interviews, Schwartz, 34, who now lives in Englewood, N.J., spoke about the 'incredible opportunity' of spending much of the last three years working closely with Scorsese and actors like Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis and Cameron Diaz on the film, an almost three-hour depiction of the brutal and bruising life in Lower Manhattan during the Civil War period, little explored in American movies."
- ^ Staff. "Sharpton to run for U.S. Senate", The Pittsburgh Press, January 21, 1992. Accessed February 17, 2011. "Sharpton, who lives with his wife and two daughters in Englewood, N.J., and also shares an apartmentin Brooklyn with a friend, said his legal residence was New York."
- ^ Lewis, Dan. "Dick Shawn: Mixed-Media Man", The Baltimore Sun, November 28, 1971. Accessed February 17, 2011. "DICK SHAWN left the comforts of his 14-room home in Englewood, NJ, one recent Sunday and flew to Hollywood to start work on a movie for television."
- ^ Nieves, Evelyn. "It Takes a Lot More Than a Mall to Make a Real Jersey Girl", The New York Times, November 17, 1996. Accessed February 14, 2012. "Jersey girls will often stay in Jersey even after they've made it big, like Whitney Houston, who'd rather buy half of Mendham Township than quit the state, or Brooke Shields, who commutes to work from Englewood."
- ^ Lynn, Kathleen. "Looking to trade up? $39M sought for Englewood estate", The Record (Bergen County), March 18, 2013. Accessed January 3, 2015. "Looking to trade up? If you’ve got $39 million, you might take a gander at Gloria Crest, a 1926 Italianate castle on Englewood’s East Hill, which was once occupied by the movie star Gloria Swanson."
- ^ Sweathog Heartthrob, Time, July 26, 1976. "The urge to perform runs in the Travolta family. John's mother, Helen Burke, an actress in Englewood, N.J., urged all her six children to take part in local theater."
- ^ Bryant, Scott Poulsen. "Regina: a showstopper with star power – singer Regina Belle – Cover Story", Essence August 1993. "It was during her formative years in Englewood, New Jersey, that Belle developed her commitments to family and music."
- ^ Lustig, jay. "Ronettes singer Estelle Bennett dies at age 67", The Star-Ledger, February 12, 2009. Accessed December 5, 2013. "She sang on '60s rock hits like 'Be My Baby,' 'Baby, I Love You' and 'Walking In the Rain,' and toured with groups like The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. But fame was fleeting for Estelle Bennett of The Ronettes.... Police found Bennett dead Wednesday, at her Englewood apartment."
- ^ Woliver, Robbie. " MUSIC; Bennett Stepping Out With Studio And Dropping in for a Performance", The New York Times, August 27, 2000. Accessed April 4, 2008. "TONY BENNETT certainly lives the good life. And he is about to share some of his sweet fortune with his former hometown of Englewood.... Mr. Bennett lived in Englewood from 1957 to 1971, and Dae Bennett operates a successful recording studio there."
- ^ The State of Jazz: Meet 40 More Jersey Greats, The Star-Ledger, September 28, 2004.
- ^ John Bergamo Bio Accessed May 14, 2009.
- ^ Dyer, Richard. "Who Is the World's Best Organist? Ask Virgil Fox; Who Is the World's Best Organist?", The New York Times, September 29, 1974. Accessed February 17, 2011. "Virgil Fox lives on the scale you would expect in a 26-room mansion in Englewood, N.J., a half hour from Manhattan."
- ^ Starita, Angela. " ON THE MAP; A Medical Haven for Indigent Jazz Musicians", The New York Times, October 10, 1999. Accessed May 13, 2007. "John Birks (Dizzy) Gillespie, the trumpeter, lived in Englewood from 1964 until his death in 1993."
- ^ "Ex-rocker Turns 'He-Man' in Live Fantasy Show", The Star-Ledger, February 11, 1987. "Musician and Actor Doug Howard, who calls Englewood home..."
- ^ a b Wilner, Paul. "Isley Brothers: A Family Affair", The New York Times, March 13, 1977. Accessed May 1, 2008. "WHEN Sallye Isley moved her brood of children from Cincinnati to Englewood in the summer of 1959, she was participating in a show-business phenomenon."
- ^ "Quick News on Serius Jones, Capone and Rawkus Records", XXL May 9, 2007. Accessed May 13, 2007. "Englewood, NJ native, Serius Jones, is preparing for a big year with the release of his DTP debut album, Life is Serius."
- ^ Kenney, Kevin. "Swan Song premature for Kitty Kallen", The Record (Bergen County), April 20, 1991. Accessed May 13, 2007. "During a career of singing with Jimmy Dorsey, Harry James, and other stars from the big-band era, silky-voiced Kitty Kallen of Englewood got used to reading her reviews."
- ^ Matthews, Adam. "And Then What", XXL, July 2005. Accessed May 13, 2007. "Kim sped off in a limo. But police paid a visit to her home in Englewood, N.J., the next day and soon arrested her associate Suif "C Gutta" Jackson and her former manager and housemate, Damion "D. Roc" Butler."
- ^ "Nypoleon Warms Up, 7/10/2008
- ^ La Gorce, Tammy. "Success Stories In New Jersey Rock: The Un-Springsteen", The New York Times, November 16, 2003. Accessed January 2, 2008. "All of which is fine by Ms. O, 24, an Englewood native who still lives in Bergen County but declined to say where."
- ^ Jaeger, Barbara. "REBUILDING A FOUNDATION", The Record (Bergen County), May 22, 1994. Accessed October 20, 2007. "Veteran songwriter, record producer, and music publisher Clyde Otis of Englewood, whose song Take a Look won a Grammy this year for best jazz vocal performance by Natalie Cole, has announced the reactivation of the Take a Look Foundation."
- ^ Dullea, Georgia. "Ebony and Ivory: 1 Keyboard, 2 Good Hands". New York Times, September 28, 1987. Accessed Feb 16, 2010.
- ^ Daly, Steven. "Hip-Hop Happens; Released in 1979, the single "Rapper's Delight" launched hip-hop as a multi-billion-dollar phenomenon.", Vanity Fair, , November 1, 2005. Accessed July 4, 2008. "One evening in late June 1979, she found herself attending a party in Manhattan, 30 minutes from her home in Englewood, New Jersey, at an uptown club named Harlem World. Sylvia Robinson is now retired from the music game, but she will never forget the sights and sounds that assailed her senses when she took her seat in the club's balcony."
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- ^ Morley, Hugh R. "ENGLEWOOD ROCKER LESLIE WEST SUES EX-EAGLE OVER CANCELED GIGS", The Record (Bergen County), August 26, 1997. Accessed May 11, 2009.
- ^ Miller, Jen A. "Best Days For A Debut Jersey Artist", New Jersey Monthly, December 19, 2007. Accessed May 11, 2009. "When Englewood native Matt White was five years old, he met Bruce Springsteen in a diner."
- ^ Blackstreet, laurentpoms.com. Accessed June 7, 2007. "BLACKSTREET est un groupe américain de heavy-r'n'b et de hip-hop-soul fondé en 1992 à New York par TEDDY RILEY (chant, né le 08/10/1967 à Harlem, ex-GUY), MARK MIDDLETON (chant, né un 4 juin à Brooklyn), CHAUNCEY "BLACK" HANNIBAL (chant, né un 24 novembre à Patterson) et ERIC WILLIAMS (chant, né un 6 janvier à Englewood)."
- ^ Secher, Benjamin. "Extraordinary Measures – John Crowley interview: When John Crowley learnt that two of his children had a rare, terminal disease, rather than accept the apparently inevitable he embarked on a race against time to discover a cure. Now his extraordinary story has been made into a film.", The Daily Telegraph, February 25, 2010. Accessed February 17, 2011. "John Crowley was born into a close-knit Irish Catholic family in Englewood, New Jersey, in 1967. Shortly before his eighth birthday his father, a policeman, died on duty after a faulty exhaust pipe caused his patrol car to fill with carbon monoxide."
- ^ via United Press International. "Victor Farris, 75; Invented Paper Milk Carton", Chicago Tribune, March 10, 1985. Accessed June 15, 2015. "Mr. Farris was born in Buffalo and was a resident of Tenafly and Englewood, N.J., before he retired to Palm Beach 20 years ago."
- ^ a b c "Certified Servants", Time, December 4, 1933. "Englewood. N. J., on the highlands opposite Manhattan, is a community of wealthy burghers, like Banker Seward Prosser, Editor Bertie Charles Forbes, Publisher Bernarr Macfadden, Mental Hygienist Clifford Whittingham Beers, onetime Second Assistant Postmaster General Warren Irving Glover, Mrs. Dwight Whitney Morrow."
- ^ Trowbridge, Francis Bacon. The Hoadley Genealogy: A History of the Descendants of William Hoadley of Branford, Connecticut, Together with Some Account of Other Families of the Name. New Haven, Conn.: Francis Bacon Trowbridge, 1894.
- ^ Staff. "50 Wealthiest New Jersyans", InsuranceNewsNet.com. Accessed February 18, 2016. "Daniel E. and Moshael Straus; NET WORTH: $905 million; AGE: Daniel, 58; Moshael, 63; RESIDENCE: Englewood (both brothers live there)"
- ^ Staff. "SpongeBob loves Cyma Zarghami: Iranian woman understands what American kids want—and she gives it to them.", Iran Times International, March 20, 2009. Accessed September 10, 2012. "Zarghami was born in Iran, moved with her family to Canada, and then settled in Englewood, New Jersey, before relocating to New York..."
- ^ Pillets, Jeff. "Byron Baer resigns from N.J. Senate, citing illness.", The Record (Bergen County), September 8, 2005. Accessed March 9, 2008.
- ^ Stewart, Nikita. "A man on a mission: Cory Booker", The Star-Ledger, October 3, 2000. Accessed September 2, 2007. "'I knew him when no cameras were rolling,' said Boteach, who lives in Englewood and sees Booker frequently."
- ^ City Manager's Office: Wayne A. Cauthen, accessed May 13, 2007. "A native of Englewood, N.J., Cauthen came to Kansas City from Denver, where he was chief of staff to Mayor Wellington E. Webb from March 1997 to March 2003."
- ^ Orestes Cleveland biography, United States Congress. Accessed June 12, 2007.
- ^ Staff. Ron De Lugo, Hispanic Americans in Congress, 1822–1995. Accessed November 2, 2012. "Ron de Lugo was born in Englewood, New Jersey on August 2, 1930."
- ^ Diduch, Mary. "FTC chairman returns home to Bergen", The Record (Bergen County), June 20, 2012. Accessed June 21, 2012. "When Jon Leibowitz was growing up in Englewood, his friends and classmates at Dwight Morrow High School knew him as smart kid who didn't flaunt his intelligence, and who was friends with everyone. Few could have imagined he would end up running the Federal Trade Commission, a powerful federal agency with more than 1,000 employees."
- ^ Rettig, Jessica. "10 Things You Didn't Know About Michael Leiter", U.S. News & World Report, January 7, 2010. Accessed April 13, 2011. "Michael Leiter grew up in Englewood, N.J., where he graduated from the Dwight-Englewood Prepatory [sic] School in 1987."
- ^ Dwight Whitney Morrow, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed July 4, 2008.
- ^ Grimes, William. "Sybil R. Moses, Prosecutor and Longtime New Jersey Judge, Dies at 69", The New York Times, January 24, 2009. Accessed November 2, 2012. "Sybil R. Moses, who in the 1970s was the prosecuting attorney in the “Dr. X” trial and later became a judge in New Jersey, died Friday at her home in Englewood, N.J. She was 69."
- ^ Staff. "DAN F. PLATT, 65, ARCHAEOLOGIST; Former Mayor of Englewood, an Art Collector and Author, Dies at His Home SERVED PRINCETON BOARD Delegate to the Democratic Convention in 1912 Which Nominated Wilson Author of Books Entered Politics in 1900", The New York Times, May 7, 1938. Accessed November 2, 2012. "Dan Fellows Platt, archaeologist, art collector, author and former Mayor of Englewood, died this morning in his home at Booth Avenue and Lydecker Street, here, after a month's illness."
- ^ Englewood, Congressman Steve Rothman. Accessed June 29, 2011. "Congressman Rothman was born there and was proud to have served as Mayor of Englewood from 1983 to 1989, during which time he earned a reputation as an effective and fiscally responsible leader."
- ^ Brody, Leslie. "SOULJAH'S ROOTS REACH ENGLEWOOD", The Record (Bergen County), June 18, 1992. Accessed November 11, 2007. "Sister Souljah, the rap singer who accused Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton of racism, began her activist days as a student in Englewood."
- ^ Brooke, James. "REV. WALTER TAYLOR, EX-MAYOR IN JERSEY LED DRIVE FOR RIGHTS", The New York Times, June 18, 1984. Accessed June 29, 2011. "The Rev. Walter Scott Taylor, a civil- rights leader and the first black mayor of Englewood, N.J., died of cancer Saturday at Englewood Hospital. He was 67 years old."
- ^ a b Auster, Elizabeth. "SOME BAD BLOOD IN THE CLINTON CAMP", The Record (Bergen County), June 28, 1992. Accessed April 21, 2008. "Some of the gossip from the Clinton campaign these days could be mighty interesting to New Jersey Democrats – especially those acquainted with Susan Thomases, formerly of Englewood, and Rep. Robert Torricelli, currently of Englewood."
- ^ Saxon, Wolfgang. "Alexander Trowbridge, 76, Ex-Secretary of Commerce, Dies", The New York Times, April 28, 2006. Accessed October 17, 2015. "Alexander Buel Trowbridge, known as Sandy, was born in Englewood, N.J., the son of an academic and grandson of an architect, both his namesakes."
- ^ Levin, Jay. "Austin N. Volk, former Englewood mayor, dies at 91", The Record (Bergen County), September 21, 2010. Accessed October 6, 2010.
- ^ Fabrikant, Mel. "Attorney to the Stars, Michael Wildes, Retained By Best-Selling Artist Sarah Brightman", Paramus Post, October 22, 2010. Accessed October 18, 2015. "Michael has become internationally renowned for having represented the United States Government in immigration proceedings, and in private practice, for the successful representation of several defectors who have provided hard-to-obtain national security information to the United States and, most recently during as former mayor of Englewood, NJ, for obtaining an injunction to prevent Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi from residing in New Jersey during the 2009 UN Summit."
- ^ House of Delegates: CRAIG J. ZUCKER, Maryland State Archives. Accessed September 29, 2012.
- ^ "Armstrong Disarms Mets", The Record (Bergen County), May 4, 1990. "OK, let's get the obvious out of the way. Born in Englewood and a star at Neptune High School who went on to pitch at Rider College and the University of Oklahoma, 6-foot-5, 220-pound Cincinnati right-hander Jack Armstrong fulfills the qualifications for the obvious nickname, All-American Boy, like the fictional character of the same name."
- ^ Vitale, Dick. "Focusing on pros might cost Banks NBA dream", ESPN, January 19, 2005. Accessed February 16, 2011. "A 6-foot-8 sophomore forward from Englewood, N.J., Banks was one of America's premier diaper dandies a year ago. In fact, ESPN.com named him the best freshman in the nation last season, when he averaged 17.4 points and 6.5 rebounds while shooting 43 percent from the field."
- ^ "FC Nantes Squad 14-15"
- ^ via Associated Press. "Columbus Crew hire Gregg Berhalter as coach", Sports Illustrated, November 6, 2013. Accessed December 5, 2013. "The Columbus Crew hired former U.S. men's national team and Major League Soccer player Gregg Berhalter as their seventh head coach.The Englewood, N.J., native replaces interim coach Brian Bliss, who took over during the recently completed Crew season for the fired Robert Warzycha, who had led the team the past five years."
- ^ Ruben Brown, National Football League. Accessed December 5, 2013.
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- ^ La Monica, Mark. "Back to the octagon for Nick Catone in UFC 128", Newsday, March 17, 2011. "'My girl thought I was nuts in the beginning,' Nick Catone said. But if that's the best way for the mixed martial artist from Englewood, N.J., to lessen the pain of herniated discs in his back..."
- ^ Devin Fuller, UCLA Bruins football. Accessed May 1, 2016. "PERSONAL - Full Name: Devin Lewis Fuller ... Born in Englewood, NJ"
- ^ Coutros, Evonne. "Pro Athletes Help Train Tomorrow's Heroes", The Record (Bergen County), January 7, 1999. Accessed May 1, 2016. "Harper, who grew up in Englewood and now lives in Norwood, was one of the shortest players on the Jets for eight years."
- ^ Staff. "Chuck Knox Jr., The Official National Football League Record and Fact Book, 1996, National Football League, p. 135. Workman Publishing Company, Incorporated, 1997. ISBN 0-7611-0482-8. Accessed June 29, 2011. "Chuck Knox, Jr., defensive assistant; born June 19, 1965, Englewood, NJ, lives in Mt. Laurel, NJ."
- ^ Ross Krautman - 2011 Football, Syracuse Orange football. Accessed November 30, 2014. "Personal: Ross Jordan Krautman … Born in February 1991 in Englewood, N.J."
- ^ Puma, Mike. "Parcells made struggling franchises into winners", The New York Times, January 23, 2002. Accessed July 4, 2008. "Ironically, Parcells was born in Englewood, N.J., where Lombardi's coaching career started (on the high school level)."
- ^ Weber, Bruce. "Phil Pepe, Longtime New York Sportswriter, Dies at 80", The New York Times, December 14, 2015. Accessed March 29, 2016. "Phil Pepe, a popular New York sportswriter who covered the Yankees for city newspapers, delivered radio commentary and wrote dozens of books with, and about, major league stars, died on Sunday at his home in Englewood, N.J."
- ^ Frank, Michael. "Poignant Portraits of Collectors, Lovers of ArtBook Review / Memoirs; A GIFT FOR ADMIRATION, Further Memoirs, by James Lord, Farrar, Straus & Giroux $22, 198 pages", Los Angeles Times, June 26, 1998. Accessed November 2, 2012. "Yet even he seems surprised by Ethel Bliss Platt, the widow of an Italian art collector who lived near his parents in Englewood, N.J."
- ^ Moss, Irv. "Education continues to stoke former Steeler", The Denver Post, January 22, 2008. Accessed January 1, 2015. "The experience took Tepe back to his roots in Englewood, N.J., and to a time when he needed the incentive of playing football to keep him in school.... Born: June 18, 1930, North Bergen, N.J. High school: Dwight Morrow, Englewood, N.J., 1946-48"
- ^ Medcalf, Myron. "Get to know: Seton Hall's Jordan Theodore", ESPN, December 28, 2011. Accessed March 27, 2016. "So the single parent sent the Seton Hall senior from Englewood, N.J., to Paterson Catholic high school in Paterson, N.J., where he blossomed during the final two years of his prep career."
- ^ Staff. "TOLBERT WINS FIRST TRIP TO HONOLULU", The Record (Bergen County), December 13, 1996. Accessed June 29, 2011. "Englewood native Tony Tolbert was among nine Dallas Cowboys selected Thursday to the Pro Bowl.... The eight-year veteran played at Dwight Morrow High School before attending Texas-El Paso."
- ^ Baumbach, Jim. "YANKEES, New home suits Villone, Lefty grew up a fan of Yanks, Gator, Donnie – and now joins them", Newsday, December 17, 2005. Accessed February 17, 2011. "Villone, who turns 36 next month and was born in Englewood, N.J., had a 4.08 ERA with 70 strikeouts in 64 innings (79 games) for the Marlins and Mariners last season."
- ^ Strauss, Robert. "One High School Standout Has Many Footsteps to Follow", The New York Times, February 13, 2000. Accessed May 11, 2009. "Bill Willoughby, from Englewood, was the first high school student to skip college and be drafted into the N.B.A. when he was picked by Atlanta in 1975."
- ^ Levin, Jay. "John Winkin, Maine baseball coach who got his start in Englewood, dead at 94 ", The Record (Bergen County), July 22, 2014. Accessed July 23, 2014. "At the invitation of Englewood’s schools superintendent, Mr. Winkin joined the faculty at his alma mater, Dwight Morrow High School."
- ^ Sherman, Casey. "A rose for Mary: the hunt for the real Boston strangler", p. 25. University Press of New England, 2003. ISBN 1-55553-578-X. Accessed January 14, 2013.
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