CDP (CENSUS-DESIGNATED PLACE)

Population:
38977 (2000 census)

County:
Essex County

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
Montclair State University	1908
Montclair High School, Montclair, NJ

MUSEUM

Museum	Founded
Montclair Art Museum	1909

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Buzz Aldrin	Astronaut	20-Jan-1930		Second man on the Moon
Jack Bogle	Business	8-May-1929		Founder, The Vanguard Group
George S. Brown	Military	17-Aug-1918	5-Dec-1978	Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1974-78
Richard Burgi	Actor	30-Jul-1958		Det. Ellison on The Sentinel
Lawrence R. Codey	Business	c. 1944		President of PSE&G, 1991-2000
Jim Courter	Politician	14-Oct-1941		Congressman from New Jersey, 1979-91
Peter Greene	Actor	8-Oct-1965		Laws of Gravity
Louis Jean Heydt	Actor	17-Apr-1905	29-Jan-1960	American character actor
Charles B. Johnson	Business	6-Jan-1933		Billionaire, Franklin Resources
Amazing Kreskin	Magician	12-Jan-1935		Frequent guest mentallist on the Tonight Show
Joshua Lederberg	Biologist	23-May-1925	2-Feb-2008	Genetic properties of bacteria
Kal Penn	Actor	23-Apr-1977		Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Duncan Sheik	Musician	18-Nov-1969		Barely Breathing
A. Michael Spence	Economist	7-Nov-1943		Asymmetric markets
Elaine Stewart	Actor	31-May-1930	27-Jun-2011	Brigadoon

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
J. Carter Bacot	Business	7-Feb-1933	7-Apr-2005	CEO of the Bank of New York, 1982-98
Eddie Bracken	Actor	7-Feb-1915	14-Nov-2002	Hail the Conquering Hero
Larry Doby	Baseball	13-Dec-1923	18-Jun-2003	First African-American in AL
Isabel Paterson	Author	22-Jan-1886	10-Jan-1961	The God of the Machine

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