| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Hugh J. Addonizio |
Politician |
31-Jan-1914 |
2-Feb-1981 |
Mayor of Newark, 1962-70 |
| Jason Alexander |
Actor |
23-Sep-1959 |
|
George Costanza on Seinfeld |
| John Amos |
Actor |
27-Dec-1939 |
|
James Evans on Good Times |
| Alvin Attles |
Basketball |
7-Nov-1936 |
|
Warriors Head Coach, 1970-83 |
| Paul Auster |
Novelist |
3-Feb-1947 |
|
New York Trilogy |
| Amiri Baraka |
Author |
7-Oct-1934 |
9-Jan-2014 |
Hated Whitey |
| Bill Bellamy |
Comic |
7-Apr-1965 |
|
Deaq on Fastlane |
| Taurean Blacque |
Actor |
10-May-1941 |
|
Det. Neal Washington on Hill Street Blues |
| Vivian Blaine |
Actor |
21-Nov-1921 |
9-Dec-1995 |
Guys and Dolls |
| Dennis Boutsikaris |
Actor |
21-Dec-1952 |
|
Jerry Harper on The Jackie Thomas Show |
| William J. Brennan |
Judge |
25-Apr-1906 |
24-Jul-1997 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1956-90 |
| Daryl G. Brewster |
Business |
14-Nov-1956 |
|
CEO of Krispy Kreme, 2006-08 |
| Aaron Burr |
Politician |
6-Feb-1756 |
14-Sep-1836 |
Killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel |
| John W. Campbell |
Editor |
8-Jun-1910 |
11-Jul-1971 |
Editor of Astounding, 1938-71 |
| William Campbell |
Actor |
30-Oct-1923 |
28-Apr-2011 |
Dementia 13 |
| Ron Carey |
Actor |
11-Dec-1935 |
16-Jan-2007 |
Officer Levitt on Barney Miller |
| Jack Cashill |
Author |
15-Dec-1947 |
|
What's The Matter With California? |
| Christopher J. Christie |
Politician |
6-Sep-1962 |
|
Governor of New Jersey |
| Leonard S. Coleman, Jr. |
Administrator |
17-Feb-1949 |
|
President of MLB National League, 1994-99 |
| Morgan Conway |
Actor |
16-Mar-1903 |
16-Nov-1981 |
Dick Tracy |
| Stephen Crane |
Novelist |
1-Nov-1871 |
5-Jun-1900 |
The Red Badge of Courage |
| Marvin Davis |
Business |
31-Aug-1925 |
25-Sep-2004 |
Oil magnate, former owner of 20th Century Fox |
| Brian De Palma |
Film Director |
11-Sep-1940 |
|
Carrie |
| Fredric Dicker |
Journalist |
1944 |
|
New York Post |
| Ernest R. Dickerson |
Film Director |
25-Jun-1951 |
|
Bulletproof |
| James Clement Dunn |
Diplomat |
27-Dec-1890 |
1979 |
Career US Ambassador |
| Patricia Lynch Ewell |
Diplomat |
20-Apr-1926 |
4-Dec-2011 |
US Ambassador to Madagascar, 1986-89 |
| Leslie A. Fiedler |
Critic |
8-Mar-1917 |
29-Jan-2003 |
Love and Death in the American Novel |
| Connie Francis |
Singer |
12-Dec-1938 |
|
Where the Boys Are |
| Allen Garfield |
Actor |
22-Nov-1939 |
|
Cry Uncle! |
| Gloria Gaynor |
Singer |
7-Sep-1949 |
|
I Will Survive |
| Allen Ginsberg |
Poet |
3-Jun-1926 |
5-Apr-1997 |
Howl! |
| Judy Gold |
Comic |
15-Nov-1962 |
|
25 Questions for a Jewish Mother |
| William Henry Harbaugh |
Historian |
16-Jan-1920 |
28-Apr-2005 |
Power and Responsibility |
| Charles A. Heimbold, Jr. |
Business |
27-May-1933 |
|
CEO of Bristol Myers Squibb, 1994-2001 |
| Taylor Holmes |
Actor |
16-May-1878 |
30-Sep-1959 |
Nightmare Alley |
| Cissy Houston |
Singer |
30-Sep-1933 |
|
Gospel singer, Mother of Whitney Houston |
| Whitney Houston |
Singer |
9-Aug-1963 |
11-Feb-2012 |
Diva and cautionary tale |
| Ice-T |
Rapper |
16-Feb-1958 |
|
Pimp, Cop Killer |
| Leonard Jeffries |
Scholar |
19-Jan-1937 |
|
Controversial blackademic |
| Bernard Kerik |
Law Enforcement |
4-Sep-1955 |
|
NYC Police Commissioner, 2000-01 |
| Allen Klein |
Business |
18-Dec-1931 |
4-Jul-2009 |
Prehensile ABKCO executive |
| Dennis Kozlowski |
Business |
16-Nov-1946 |
|
Disgraced CEO of Tyco |
| Murray Krieger |
Critic |
27-Nov-1923 |
5-Aug-2000 |
The Play and Place of Criticism |
| Barbara Kruger |
Artist |
26-Jan-1945 |
|
I Shop Therefore I Am |
| Paul Kurtz |
Philosopher |
21-Dec-1925 |
20-Oct-2012 |
Pro-skeptic activist |
| Jerry Lewis |
Comic |
16-Mar-1926 |
|
Muscular Dystrophy Association |
| Walter Liedtke |
Curator |
28-Aug-1945 |
3-Feb-2015 |
Curator of European Paintings at the Met, 1980-2015 |
| Ray Liotta |
Actor |
18-Dec-1954 |
|
Goodfellas |
| Allard Lowenstein |
Politician |
16-Jan-1929 |
14-Mar-1980 |
Congressman, New York 5th |
| Lee Lozano |
Painter |
5-Nov-1930 |
2-Oct-1999 |
Misogyny as art form |
| Bernie Marcus |
Business |
12-May-1929 |
|
Co-Founder of Home Depot |
| Frank S. Meyer |
Author |
9-May-1909 |
1-Apr-1972 |
In Defense of Freedom |
| Andrew Napolitano |
Pundit |
6-Jun-1950 |
|
Senior Judicial Analyst, FOX News |
| Renaldo Nehemiah |
Track and Field |
24-Mar-1959 |
|
Hurdles |
| Bebe Neuwirth |
Actor |
31-Dec-1958 |
|
Dr. Lilith Sternin-Crane on Cheers |
| Roy Franklin Nichols |
Historian |
3-Mar-1896 |
12-Jan-1973 |
The Disruption of American Democracy |
| Jack Northrop |
Business |
10-Nov-1895 |
18-Feb-1981 |
All-wing aircraft |
| Shaquille O'Neal |
Basketball |
6-Mar-1972 |
|
Shaq Attack |
| Franklin Pangborn |
Actor |
23-Jan-1888 |
20-Jul-1958 |
Character actor, 1920s to 1950s |
| Donald Payne |
Politician |
16-Jul-1934 |
6-Mar-2012 |
Congressman from New Jersey, 1989-2012 |
| Donald Payne, Jr. |
Politician |
16-Dec-1958 |
|
Congressman, New Jersey 10th |
| Joe Pesci |
Actor |
9-Feb-1943 |
|
Tommy DeVito in Goodfellas |
| Keshia Knight Pulliam |
Actor |
9-Apr-1979 |
|
Rudy Huxtable on The Cosby Show |
| Redman |
Rapper |
17-Apr-1970 |
|
Hip hop artist, Whut? Thee Album |
| Judith Reisman |
Author |
11-Apr-1935 |
|
Hates Kinsey |
| Retta |
Comic |
12-Apr-1970 |
|
Donna Meagle on Parks and Recreation |
| Marc Ribot |
Guitarist |
1954 |
|
Avant-garde guitarist and composer |
| Peter W. Rodino |
Politician |
7-Jun-1909 |
7-May-2005 |
Congressman from New Jersey, 1949-89 |
| Joe Rogan |
Actor |
11-Aug-1967 |
|
Host of Fear Factor |
| Philip Roth |
Novelist |
19-Mar-1933 |
|
Portnoy's Complaint |
| Marge Roukema |
Politician |
19-Sep-1929 |
12-Nov-2014 |
Congresswoman from New Jersey, 1981-2003 |
| Eva Marie Saint |
Actor |
4-Jul-1924 |
|
North by Northwest |
| Dore Schary |
Film/TV Producer |
31-Aug-1905 |
7-Jul-1980 |
President of MGM, 1951-56 |
| Fred Schneider |
Singer |
1-Jul-1951 |
|
Lead singer, The B-52's |
| Ted Schroeder |
Tennis |
20-Jul-1921 |
26-May-2006 |
Winner of 1949 Wimbledon |
| Richard B. Scudder |
Publisher |
13-May-1913 |
11-Jul-2012 |
Co-Founder, MediaNews Group |
| Robert F. Seedlock |
Military |
6-Feb-1913 |
5-May-2004 |
Built the Burma Road in WWII |
| Walter V. Shipley |
Business |
2-Nov-1935 |
|
CEO of Chase Manhattan, 1996-99 |
| Wayne Shorter |
Jazz Musician |
25-Aug-1933 |
|
Influential sax player and jazz composer |
| Harry Simeone |
Musician |
9-May-1911 |
22-Feb-2005 |
The Harry Simeone Chorale |
| Paul Simon |
Singer/Songwriter |
13-Oct-1941 |
|
Simon and Garfunkel |
| Orin R. Smith |
Business |
13-Aug-1935 |
|
CEO of Engelhard, 1984-2001 |
| Todd Solondz |
Film Director |
15-Oct-1959 |
|
Welcome to the Dollhouse |
| Susan Stamberg |
Radio Personality |
7-Sep-1938 |
|
NPR |
| Chauncey Starr |
Physicist |
14-Apr-1912 |
17-Apr-2007 |
Electric Power Research Institute |
| Tom Stemberg |
Business |
18-Jan-1949 |
23-Oct-2015 |
Founder and CEO of Staples, Inc. |
| Mike Straka |
Columnist |
10-Oct-1969 |
|
Grrr! columnist for Fox News |
| Ellen Tauscher |
Politician |
15-Nov-1951 |
|
Former Congresswoman, California 10th |
| Norman Tokar |
Film Director |
25-Nov-1919 |
6-Apr-1979 |
The Apple Dumpling Gang |
| Treach |
Actor |
2-Dec-1970 |
|
Naughty By Nature |
| Frankie Valli |
Singer |
3-May-1934 |
|
And The Four Seasons |
| Sarah Vaughan |
Singer |
28-Mar-1924 |
3-Apr-1990 |
The Divine One |
| Jack Warden |
Actor |
18-Sep-1920 |
19-Jul-2006 |
12 Angry Men |
| Gerard Way |
Musician |
9-Apr-1977 |
|
My Chemical Romance |
| Mikey Way |
Bassist |
10-Sep-1980 |
|
My Chemical Romance |
| Max Weinberg |
Drummer |
13-Apr-1951 |
|
Drummer for Springsteen and Conan |
| C. K. Williams |
Poet |
4-Nov-1936 |
20-Sep-2015 |
Repair |
| Robert J. Wussler |
Business |
8-Sep-1936 |
5-Jun-2010 |
President of CBS Television, 1976-78 |
| Ian Ziering |
Actor |
30-Mar-1964 |
|
Steve Sanders on Beverly Hills 90210 |
| Richard Zimmer |
Politician |
16-Aug-1944 |
|
Congressman from New Jersey, 1991-97 |
