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New Notable Newarkers
Since The Famous, The Familiar and The Forgotten was published, I’ve continued my research into notable people who’ve lived in Newark and come up with the following list of more than 200 new names. In addition to people who are long gone, it includes some others whose profiles have risen over the last decade.
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Sidney Nathan “Nat Arno” Abramowitz: pro boxer & mob enforcer
(April 1, 1910—Aug. 8, 1973)
LIVED: 32 Hillside Place; 51 Richmond St.; 177 Scheerer Ave.
Philip B. Alagia: Essex County chief of staff & Democratic strategist
(June 30, 1967 — )
LIVED: 70 Beaumont Place; 420 Clifton Ave.
Dr. David M. Albert: ophthalmologist, researcher & medical historian
(Dec. 19, 1936 — )
LIVED: 93 Wainwright St.; 24 Keer Ave.
Dolores Alexander: NOW’s first executive director, reporter & restaurateur
(Aug. 10, 1931—May 13, 2008)
LIVED: 171 Sylvan Ave.
Kenneth B. Amada: concert pianist & college music professor
(Sept. 30, 1931—July 4, 2015)
LIVED: 85 Manor Drive
Herman Amis: radio deejay & Apollo Theater emcee
(Sept. 8, 1924—Dec. 24, 2007)
LIVED: 10 Hill St.
Stanley S. Applebaum: composer, arranger & musician
(March 1, 1922—Feb. 23, 2019)
LIVED: 129 Chancellor Ave.
Vincent Apruzzese: labor lawyer, NJSBF medal recipient & mock trial namesake
(Nov. 1, 1928—March 3, 2004)
LIVED: 102 Grand Ave.
Anthony Avent: Seton Hall University & pro basketball player
(Oct. 18, 1969 — )
LIVED: 22 Richmond St.; 59 Sayre St.
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Shan K. Bagby: chief, U.S. Army Dental Corps
(April 1967 — )
LIVED: 47 Wilbur Ave.
Albert “Abie” Bain: ranking pro fighter & actor
(Aug. 10, 1906—April 9, 1993)
LIVED: 445 Clinton Ave.
Russell W. Baker: Pulitzer-Prize winning author & newspaper columnist
(Aug. 14, 1925—Jan. 21, 2019)
LIVED: 81 ½ Wakeman Ave.
James Albert London “Bubba” Baker: pro football player
(Dec. 9, 1956 — )
LIVED: 116 Vassar Ave.; 373 Lyons Ave.
Carl T. Bannwart: Newark Shade Tree Commission secretary & parks official
(Jan. 29, 1926—May 14, 1975)
LIVED: 747 Clifton Ave.
Marietta C. Barkhorn: NJ Department of Institutions & Agencies member
(Dec. 16, 1891—Oct. 16, 1969)
LIVED: 45 Johnson Ave.; 168 Clinton Ave.; 182 Hunterdon St.
Captain Joseph Basile: “America’s Brass Band King”
(Sept. 13, 1889—June 22, 1961)
LIVED: 291 Orange St.; 376 Sixth Ave.; 65 N. 14th St.
Celeste A. Bateman: arts advocate, event producer & documentarian
(Sept. 1, 1956 — )
LIVED: 68 Shephard Ave.
Julia Baxter “Judy” Bates: trailblazing college student & educator
(April 19, 1917—July 10, 2003)
LIVED: 15 Elm St.
Pearl Beatty: Essex County’s first freeholder president & housing authority chair
(1936—April 2, 2019)
LIVED: 58 Marshall St.; 151 Quitman St.
John S. Bell: Newark police chief & head of U.S. Secret Service
(Nov. 23, 1844—June 20, 1917)
LIVED: 173 Roseville Ave.; 24 Fulton St.; 40 Halsey St.
Beryl Lieff Benderly: health & science journalist & author
(Dec. 25, 1943 — )
LIVED: 80 Goodwin Ave.
Marc E. Berson: developer, board chairman & philanthropist
(August 1944—Dec. 2, 2023)
LIVED: 296 Hobson St.
Larry Biase: iconic Italian restaurant owner
(March 13, 1918—Dec. 13, 2002)
LIVED: 451 Bloomfield Ave.
Robert Birmelin: figurative painter, printer & draughtsman
(1933 — )
LIVED: 51 N. 14th St.
Michael “Mickey” Bontempo: cop, council president & watershed security chief
(Sept. 15, 1900—Sept. 14, 1983)
LIVED: 505 Market St.; 66 Prospect St.; 3 Norman Road
Sal Bontempo: NJ Democratic chair, city & state commissioner & authority chair
(Aug. 14, 1909—June 20, 1989)
LIVED: 66, 84, 123 Prospect St.; 505 Market St.; 22 Reynolds Pl.; 23 Synott Pl.
Louis “Lew Brice” Borach: actor, silent era and sound
(Oct. 26, 1893—June 16, 1966)
LIVED: 26 Lafayette St.; 78 William St.; 49 Rankin St.
Charles R. “Charley” Bowers: cartoonist, animator & filmmaker
(June 6, 1887—Nov. 24, 1946)
LIVED: 89 Court St.
Emma H. Bourne: NJ Women’s Christian Temperance Union president
(Sept. 5, 1842—Oct. 5, 1924)
LIVED: 182 N. 9th St.; 186 N. 9th St.; 265 High St.; 332 High St.
Dr. Cornelia “Nellie” Chase Brant: physician, medical college dean & activist
(Dec. 16, 1863—March 9, 1959)
LIVED: 1 Sherman Ave.
Una Abell Brinker: actress
(August 1875—Nov. 12, 1952)
LIVED: 377 Washington St.; 89 Quitman St.
Elizabeth A. “Betty” Bronson: silent film actress
(Nov. 17, 1906—Oct. 19, 1971)
LIVED: 272 Runyon St.
Noah Brooks: journalist, editor & Lincoln biographer
(Oct. 25, 1830—Aug. 16, 1903)
LIVED: 2 Lombardy St.
Lonnie G. Bunch III: historian & Smithsonian Institution secretary
(Nov. 18, 1952 — )
LIVED: 867 Broadway; 437 Jeliff Ave.
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Charles Calello: musician, composer, arranger & conductor
(Aug. 24, 1938 — )
LIVED: 52 Elm Road; 350 New York Ave.
John W. Campbell Jr.: science fiction writer
(June 8, 1910—July 11, 1971)
LIVED: 16 Treacy Ave.
Robert Wright Campbell: screenwriter, novelist & playwright
(June 9, 1927—Sept. 21, 2000)
LIVED: 357 Peshine Ave.; 191 Chadwick Ave.
Frank P. “Frank Christian” Caputo: guitarist
(Oct. 19, 1952—Dec. 24, 2012)
LIVED: 139 Clifton Ave.
Dennis Carey: Democratic Party leader & city fire commissioner
(Nov. 18, 1903—March 8, 1973)
LIVED: 379 N. 11th St.; 90 Longfellow Ave.; 79 Wilsey St.
Plinio Catucci: fishing reel designer
(March 31, 1869—1954)
LIVED: 199 E. Kinney St.; 72 Prospect St.
Berele Chagy: world-famous cantor & composer
(July 25, 1892—April 25, 1954)
LIVED: 249 Avon Ave.; 545 Elizabeth Ave.
Walter D. Chambers: City Hall & phone company trailblazer, college trustee
(Dec. 28, 1931 — )
LIVED: 177 Pennington Ct.; 34 Clinton Pl.; 57 E. Kinney St. & 278 Mulberry St.
Eliza A. Chase: trailblazing school principal, poet & writer of short stories
(c.1829—Jan. 2, 1880)
LIVED: 1 Sherman Ave.; 1 Hanover Place
Alessandro “Alexander” Chiappinelli: pianist, educator & piano school founder
(July 7, 1896—June 5, 1982)
LIVED: 300 Hunterdon St.; 39 Randolph Pl.; 335 13th Ave.; 177 Littleton Ave.
Ronald J. “Ron Carey” Cicenia: actor & comedian
(Dec. 11, 1935—Jan. 16, 2007)
LIVED: 251 Clifton Ave.
Carmen L. Cicero: painter & art professor
(Aug. 14, 1926 — )
LIVED: 370 Roseville Ave.; 68 Lehigh Ave.; 52 Jefferson St.
Chrystal Clarke: actress
(August 1992 — )
LIVED: 145 Mt. Pleasant Ave.
Neal C. Cocchia: Star-Ledger reporter & editorial writer
(Dec. 24, 1917—Aug. 26, 2010)
LIVED: 160 Warren St.; 51, 539 Clifton Ave.; 196 Roseville Ave.
Rev. Russell Coleman: pastor, recording artist, club & hotel owner
(Feb. 12, 1917—July 20, 1999)
LIVED: 37 Ridgewood Ave.
Horace N. Congar: lawyer, newspaper editor, diplomat & insurance executive
(July 31, 1817—Jan. 25, 1893)
LIVED: 19, 23 Fair; 83, 97 & 115 Mulberry St.; 55, 61 & 65 Washington St.
Dr. Stephen Congar: physician, legislator & father of city public school system
(1810—Sept. 18, 1896)
LIVED: 19, 23 Fair; 83, 97 & 115 Mulberry St.; 331 Broad St.
Morgan Conway: actor & the first feature film “Dick Tracy”
(March 16, 1900—Nov. 16, 1981)
LIVED: 11 Bowery; 125 Polk St.; 27 13th Ave.; 425 Mt. Prospect Ave.
Albert Coutinho: assemblyman, library board president & youth soccer official
(June 16, 1969 — )
LIVED: 417 Chestnut St.; 205 Warwick St.; 51 Jackson St.
Bernardino Coutinho: Newark’s Portugal Day founder & bakery owner
(Oct. 13, 1937—June 4, 2016)
LIVED: 51 Jackson St.; 417 Chestnut St.; 205 Warwick St.
Edward N. Crane: Newark Museum founding trustee & donor of Tibetan art
(April 5, 1846—June 13, 1911)
LIVED: 354 Mt. Prospect Ave.; 20 Central Ave.
Mary Frances Creighton: murderer known as the “Black-Eyed Borgia”
(July 29, 1899—July 16, 1936)
LIVED: 359 N. 7th St.
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Ida Wharton Dawson: president, New Jersey State Federation of Women’s Clubs
(July 3, 1880—May 18, 1928)
LIVED: 291 Market St.; 1011 Broad St.
Angelo “Gyp” DeCarlo: Genovese crime family boss
(Sept. 2, 1902—Oct. 20, 1973)
LIVED: 863 18th Ave.
Leo J. Dee Jr.: artist specializing in silverpoint drawing
(July 8, 1931—Nov. 22, 2004)
LIVED: 255 Grafton Ave.; 75 Custer Ave.
Carl Neumann Degler: historian & Pulitzer Prize-winning author
(Feb. 6, 1921—Dec. 27, 2014)
LIVED: 133 Smith St.
Elizabeth DelTufo: historic preservationist
(October 1933 — )
LIVED: 197 Ballantine Parkway
Morris “Marty DeRose” DeRosa: singer
(Aug. 10, 1935—Nov. 8, 2023)
LIVED: 143 Ferry St.
Walter “Corky” Devlin: pro basketball player
(Dec. 21, 1931—April 28, 1995)
LIVED: 601 S. 19th St.
Dr. William S. Disbrow: physician & Newark Museum natural science donor
(March 18, 1861—Dec. 22, 1922)
LIVED: 151 Orchard St.
Rebecca Doggett: civic leader & Port Authority’s first Black female executive
(February 1941 — )
LIVED: 25 Clifton Ave.; 82 Wilson Place
Liza M. Donnell: WNBA player
(Oct. 4, 1967 — )
LIVED: 15 Vassar Ave.
Cecil I. Dorrian: pioneering World War I and foreign correspondent & playwright
(Sept. 20, 1882—Aug. 18, 1928)
LIVED: 19 Fulton St.; 2 Broad St.
Amanda M. Douglas: novelist, short story writer & author of juvenile fiction
(July 14, 1831—July 18, 1916)
LIVED: 232 Orange St.; 20 Cross; 46, 130, 375, 380, 420 & 470 Summer Ave.
Carla Dunlap-Kaan: professional bodybuilder & fitness expert
(Oct. 22, 1954 — )
LIVED: 63 Scheerer Ave.
Kenneth M. Dychtwald: gerontologist, psychologist, author & PBS host
(March 1950 — )
LIVED: 174 Vassar Ave.
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Frederick L. Eberhardt: engineer, tool manufacturer, NJIT trustee, philanthropist
(Feb. 27, 1868—1946)
LIVED: 17 Hillside Ave.
Arthur F. Egner: lawyer & Newark Museum benefactor
(Sept. 20, 1882—June 7, 1943)
LIVED: 219 Washington St.; 1015 Broad St.
Bernard D. Elving: Yiddish actor & theater owner
(1893—Aug. 28, 1948)
LIVED: 328, 489 & 493 Belmont Ave.; 42 Hillside Place
Israel Elving: Yiddish theater owner & manager
(March 19, 1885—1947)
LIVED: 512 & 519 Belmont Ave.; 153 Ridgewood Ave.
Louise Epperson: community activist & hospital patient relations director
(Oct. 17, 1908—March 8, 2002)
LIVED: 40 12th Ave.; 303 7th Ave.
Benjamin C. Epstein: high school principal & Newark Teachers Union co-founder
(Dec. 17, 1912—July 13, 2000)
LIVED: 89 Hobson St.; 96 Goldsmith Ave.; 202 Osborne Terrace
Harry L. Ettlinger: World War II “Monument Man”
(Jan. 28, 1926—Oct. 21, 2018)
LIVED: 82 Seymour Ave.
Faith Evans: singer, songwriter & actress
(June 10, 1973 — )
LIVED: 11 Grumman Ave.
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Dr. Mary Farley: physician & college educator
(Dec. 20, 1865—May 31, 1962)
LIVED: 58 Market St.; 607 Broad St.
Grace Baxter Fenderson: teacher & NAACP national board member
(Nov. 2, 1883—March 21, 1962)
LIVED: 15 Elm St.
Dr. Rita Sapiro Finkler: pioneering endocrinologist
(Nov. 1, 1888—Nov. 8, 1968)
LIVED: 642 High St.; 35 Leslie St.; 99 Lyons Ave.
Frederick Finter: wagon & carriage manufacturer
(June 8, 1814—May 1, 1885)
LIVED: 108 Congress St.
Maxie Fisher: pro prizefighter
(Oct. 14, 1912—May 16, 1973)
LIVED: 67 Barclay St.; 364 Hillside Ave.
John Y. Foster: editor, state Republican leader & state Assembly clerk
(June 19, 1831—Nov. 13, 1896)
LIVED: 10 Stratford Place; 14 Court St.; 4 Quinton St.
Muriel Fox: NOW co-founder, board chair & PR executive
(Feb. 3, 1928 — )
LIVED: 386 Hawthorne Ave.
James A. Furey: New York Titan linebacker (original member), teacher & coach
(Sept. 22, 1932—Jan. 28, 2024)
LIVED: 199 Lake St.
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Jacques S. “Jack” Gansler: aerospace engineer & government defense official
(Nov. 21, 1934—Dec. 4, 2018)
LIVED: 16 Johnson Ave.
Jerry Gant: sculptor, graffiti artist & visual and performance artist
(Nov. 21, 1961—Nov. 11, 2018)
LIVED: 31 Central Ave.; 555 Elizabeth Ave.; 339 Leslie St.
Dr. E. Wyman Garrett: obstetrician, professor & civic leader
(1933—March 31, 2018)
LIVED: 114 S. 12th St.; 124 S. 6th St.; 80 Howard St.
Henry M. Gasser: artist
(Oct. 31, 1909—Dec. 15, 1981)
LIVED: 398 Avon Ave.; 255 Florence St.; 55 Lincoln Ave.
Andrew “Andy Gerard” Gerardo: mob capo
(Aug. 9, 1930—Jan. 29, 2012)
LIVED: 33 Drift St.; 91 Clifton Ave.; 480 4th Ave.
Bernard Gersten: theatrical producer
(Jan. 30, 1923—April 27, 2020)
LIVED: 49 Farley Ave.; 112 Newton St.
Francis J. Giantomasi Jr.: lawyer & Essex County counsel
(June 15, 1955 — )
LIVED: 300 Lafayette St.
Joshua Glenn: Tuskegee Airman
(Oct. 20, 1924—May 20, 1967)
LIVED: 352 Washington St.
Charles Goeller: artist
(Nov. 10, 1901—March 6, 1955)
LIVED: 34 Renner Ave.; 634 Clinton Ave.; 24 Wilbur Ave.
Edwin S. Goldstein: The Valerie Fund founder
(c.1935 — )
LIVED: 153 Mapes Ave.
Seymour “Sy” Gomberg: Oscar-nominated screenwriter, producer & activist
(Aug, 19, 1918—Feb. 11, 2001)
LIVED: 65 Delavan Ave.
Dr. Robert J. Gorlin: oral pathologist, geneticist, professor & author
(Jan. 11, 1923—Aug. 29, 2006)
LIVED: 56 Parkview Terrace
Kenneth L. Gosner: Newark Museum curator, author & illustrator
(Dec. 3, 1925—April 3, 1992)
LIVED: 453 Mt. Prospect Ave.; 901 Clifton Ave.
Claude B. Govan: Tuskegee Airman
(May 5, 1916—Dec. 4, 1982)
LIVED: 39 Waverly Ave.; 124 Spruce St.; 294 Chadwick Ave.
John R. Grabach: painter
(March 2, 1888—March 17, 1981)
LIVED: 187, 192 S. 9th St.; 215 S. 10th St.
Michelle S. “Mikki Taylor” Graves: writer, motivational speaker & TV personality
(1954? — )
LIVED: 26 Avon Ave.
Martin L. Greenberg: lawyer, judge, state senator & casino executive
(Feb. 24, 1932—March 22, 2024)
LIVED: 86 Hedden Terrace
Musette Brook Gregory: suffragist & civil rights activist
(Oct. 10, 1876—July 26, 1921)
LIVED: 172 N. 11th St.
Louis Greiner: German revolutionary & lawyer
(c.1814—Oct. 25, 1874)
LIVED: 177 Washington St.; 21 William St.
Yanka Gross: Jewish social organization volunteer
(c.1860—Jul 14, 1962)
LIVED: 62 N. 6th St.
Sanford M. “Sandy” Grossman: Emmy-winning TV sports director
(June 12, 1935—April 2, 2014)
LIVED: 84 Scheerer Ave.; 643 Belmont Ave.
Henry A. Guenther: owner of Olympic Park
(May 11, 1879—Aug. 24, 1953)
LIVED: 300 Clifton Ave.; 273 Ridge St.; 123 Belmont Ave.; 94 Newark St.
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Anna M. Haag: heroine of 1910 High Street factory fire
(August 17, 1879—Nov. 29, 1910)
LIVED: 70 N. 7th St.
Rev. William P. Haas: Dominican priest & eighth president of Providence College
(May 31, 1927—May 9, 2023)
LIVED: 33 Kenmore Ave.; 172 S. 8th St.
George E. Haight: TV, film and Broadway producer & writer
(Feb. 22, 1905—April 17, 1984)
LIVED: 222 N. 6th St.
Dr. Eleanor Haines: New Jersey Medical Society’s first female member
(Nov. 14, 1845—April 23, 1924)
LIVED: 936 Broad St.
Louis “Lou” Halper: ranking pro boxer
(Jan. 27, 1909—Jan. 1, 1973)
LIVED: 155 Renner Ave.; 32 Beacon St.; 62 Hillside Place; 225 Broome St.
Alan B. Handler: New Jersey Supreme Court justice
(July 20, 1931—May 23, 2024)
LIVED: 43 Vassar St.
Estelle Furstenberg Hantman: concert violinist & teacher
(Sept. 8, 1903—June 19, 1983)
LIVED: 335 Osborne Terrace
Stefon Harris: vibraphonist
(March 23, 1973 — )
LIVED: 45 Cornerstone Lane
Jacob Haussling: Essex County sheriff & Newark mayor
(Feb. 22, 1855—Feb. 25, 1921)
LIVED: 440 High St.
Rev. William P. Hayes: church pastor & Newark Housing Authority chairman
(Jan. 18, 1881—April 27, 1963)
LIVED: 272 S. 6th St.
Samuel A. Haynes Sr.: editor, NJ Afro-American & state labor official
(Feb. 28, 1898—July 1, 1971)
LIVED: 334 Hillside Ave.
Ryan P. Haygood: lawyer & social activist
(Sept. 25, 1974 — )
LIVED: 106 Hansbury Ave.; 497 Jeliff Ave.
“George Cooper” Healey: actor, silent era and sound
(Dec. 12, 1892—Dec. 9, 1943)
LIVED: 332 15th Ave.
Rico Hightower: gospel & R&B singer & victim in Billy Stewart’s fatal accident
(Oct. 21, 1942—Jan. 17, 1970)
LIVED: 437 Belmont Ave.
Robert Lee “Sugar” Hightower: gospel singer & guitarist
(Dec. 16, 1948—Aug. 24, 2010)
LIVED: 437 Belmont Ave.
Mary Gordon Barnett “Mother” Hill: temperance activist & social reformer
(March 6, 1803—January 1884)
LIVED: 332 High St.
Albert M. Holbrook: city directory publisher & industrial exhibitions manager
(April 27, 1824—Sept. 4, 1891)
LIVED: 34 Park St.
Wilhelmina Holder: education advocate
(Aug. 16, 1951—April 30, 2022)
LIVED: 45 17th Ave.; 391 S. 11th St.; 204 Eastern Parkway
Conrad Hollinger: German revolutionary & founder of German newspapers
(1817—March 27, 1870)
LIVED: 24 Camfield St.
Frances Sachs Honig: concert pianist
(1928—June 4, 2018)
LIVED: 27 Wolcott Terrace; 48-50 Demarest St.
John R. Houston Jr.: Whitney Houston’s father & manager, city planning official
(Sept. 13, 1920—Feb. 2, 2003)
LIVED: 205 2nd St.; 55 Shanley Ave.
Olive B. “Gloria Hope” Francies Hughes: silent film actress
(Nov. 9, 1899—Oct. 29, 1976)
LIVED: 101 Walnut St.; 202 Clinton Ave.; 299 Clifton Ave.
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Elsie Soper Illingworth: charitable organization volunteer
(Feb. 9, 1879—Feb. 21, 1968)
LIVED: 89 Shanley Ave.
Edward Issler: pianist, arranger, orchestra leader & 19th century recording artist
(1856—1922)
LIVED: 261 High St.; 118 Central Ave.
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Russell P. Jacoby: first city editor, Newark Evening News
(July 23, 1862—Oct. 19, 1899)
LIVED: 12 Plum St.; 52 James St.; 24 Franklin St.; 61 Columbia St.; 17 W. Park St.
Dr. Clarence S. Janifer: physician & NJ Medical Society’s first Black member
(March 13, 1886—Nov. 14, 1950)
LIVED: 172 Parker St.; 208 Parker St.; 190 1/2 Ridge St.
James E. Johnstone: Deadball Era umpire
(Dec. 9, 1872—June 13, 1927)
LIVED: 122 Central Ave.; 46 Nelson Place; 875 S. 14th St.
Linda Jones: gospel & soul singer
(Dec. 14, 1944—March 14, 1972)
LIVED: 165 Sherman Ave.
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Dupre L. “DoItAll” Kelly: rap artist & Newark City Council member
(Jan. 14, 1971 — )
LIVED: 318 S. 19th St.
Victor J. Kemper: cinematographer
(April 14, 1927—Nov. 27, 2023)
LIVED: 351 Fabyan Place; 44 Treacy Ave.
Alice W. Kendall: Newark Museum director & first curator
(May 18, 1884—June 9, 1959)
LIVED: 41 Milford Ave.; 569 Mt. Prospect Ave.; 29 Leslie St.
Thomas T. Kinney: newspaper owner and editor & Lincoln convention delegate
(Aug. 13, 1821—Dec. 2, 1900)
LIVED: Park House, 31 Washington St.; 1062 Broad St.
Eleanor M. “Eleanor Kish” Kiss: artist specializing in paleoart
(March 17, 1924—Oct. 12, 2014)
LIVED: 350 Morris Ave.
David S. Klein: Star-Ledger Giants football beat writer, columnist & author
(March 10, 1940 — )
LIVED: 279 Lehigh Ave.; 345 Goldsmith Ave.
Isidore Klein: early film animator & New Yorker magazine cartoonist
(Oct. 12, 1897—Jan. 3, 1986)
LIVED: 36 Boyd St.; 68 Monmouth St.
Moss H. Klein: Star-Ledger New York Yankees beat writer, editor & author
(July 27, 1951 — )
LIVED: 279 Lehigh Ave.; 345 Goldsmith Ave.
Ruth Kligman: painter & artist muse
(Jan. 25, 1930—March 1, 2010)
LIVED: 24 Tillinghast St.; 362 Schley St.
Lenore “Lee Lozano” Knaster: painter & conceptual artist
(Nov. 5, 1930—Oct. 2, 1999)
LIVED: 525 Elizabeth Ave.
Theodore “Ted” L. Koehler: lyricist & Harold Arlen collaborator
(July 14, 1894—Jan. 17, 1973)
LIVED: 122 Johnson Ave.
Dr. Henry R. Kranzler: psychiatry professor & addiction expert
(Feb. 11, 1950 — )
LIVED: 8 Farley Ave.
Andrzej Krayewski: painter & poster artist from Poland
(June 20, 1933—April 10, 2018)
LIVED: 230 Mt. Vernon Place
Nathan Krueger: art dealer & gallery owner
(July 9, 1916—Oct. 29, 1961)
LIVED: 308 Hillside Ave.; 185 Grumman Ave.
John Kruesi: inventor & Thomas Edison’s head machinist
(May 15, 1843—Feb. 22, 1899)
LIVED: 81 Liberty St.; 54 Green St.
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Myrna L. Lamb: playwright
(Aug. 3, 1930—Sept. 15, 2017)
LIVED: 50 Carolina Ave.; 169 Howard St.; 131 Hobson St.
Rev. Frederick A. Lehlbach: German revolutionary, pastor & community leader
(Jan. 1, 1805—Sept. 11, 1875)
LIVED: 167, 181 Washington St.
Herman Lehlbach: Essex County sheriff, state assemblyman & congressman
(July 3, 1845—Jan. 11, 1904)
LIVED: 165 Mt. Prospect Ave.; 107 Mt. Pleasant Ave.
Jose L. Linares: chief judge of New Jersey’s federal courts
(Nov. 30, 1953 — )
LIVED: 824 Clifton Ave.; 361 Woodside Ave.
Benilde Little: author
(July 7, 1958 — )
LIVED: 897 Hunterdon St.
Alfred Max Loewenthal: labor official, Rutgers professor & civil rights activist
(May 30, 1916—April 7, 1980)
LIVED: 52 Stanton St.; 460 Belmont Ave.
Dennis H. “Halim Suliman” Lowery: poet
(Oct. 12, 1951—July 3, 2006)
LIVED: 25 Clifton Ave.; 97 Schuyler Ave.; 15 Hill St.; 342 Seymour Ave.
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Nicholas E. “Nick Massi” Macioci: Four Seasons bassist, songwriter & arranger
(Sept. 19, 1927—Dec. 24, 2000)
LIVED: 613 N. 4th St.; 356 N. 12th St.
Rev. Alexander MacWhorter: pastor, wartime chaplain & Princeton trustee
(July 26, 1734—July 20, 1807)
LIVED: “The Parsonage,” southwest corner of Broad & William streets
Albert “Boomie” Malekoff: Hall of Fame high school football coach
(April 26, 1923—May 18, 2019)
LIVED: 263 Peshine Ave.
Robert J. “Bob” Molinaro: Major League Baseball outfielder
(May 21, 1950 — )
LIVED: 197 3rd St.
John A. Matthews: lawyer, legislator, U.S. Commissioner & court advisor
(Sept. 22, 1882—April 20, 1960)
LIVED: 375 S. 11th St.; 111 Halsey St.
Virginius D. Mattia: doctor, researcher, big pharma president & humanitarian
(May 20, 1923—July 4, 1971)
LIVED: 204 Highland Ave; 217 N. 16th St.
Leopold C. Matzal: portrait artist & mural painter
(Aug. 13, 1890—Nov. 22, 1956)
LIVED: 882 S. 19th St.; 660 Mt. Prospect Ave.; 21 Netherwood Place
Robert N. McCarter: NJ Attorney General & state bar association president
(April 28, 1859—May 30, 1941)
LIVED: 1080 Broad St.; 1044 Broad St.
W.J. McKiernan: news reporter, playwright & city school playground supervisor
(June 1863—March 10, 1923)
LIVED: 197 N. 6th St.; 194 Avon Ave.; 82 Bleeker St.
John T. McSharry: school principal, college instructor & editor
(June 14, 1906—Jan. 15, 1988)
LIVED: 247 Delavan Ave.; 293 Ellery Ave.; 225 Mt. Prospect Ave.
August A. Meier: African-American activist, author & college professor
(April 30, 1923—March 19, 2003)
LIVED: 109 Beaumont Place; 617 Highland Ave.
August F. Meisselbach: fishing reel manufacturer
(July 13, 1863—May 4, 1927)
LIVED: 62 Morton St.; 325 13th Ave.
Sam Melchionne Sr.: accordionist & Las Vegas bandleader
(Sept. 19, 1931—March 31, 2011)
LIVED: 459 N. 7th St.
Frederic Messina: mayor of Shrewsbury, NJ
(July 27, 1910—April 6, 2002)
LIVED: 195 Norfolk St.; 75 Chelsea Ave.
Thomas Messina: “Flying Tiger” flight surgeon & Newark physician
(Nov. 17, 1908—April 14, 2000)
LIVED: 195 Norfolk St.; 75 Chelsea Ave.
Herbert “Taurean Blacque” Middleton Jr.: “Hill Street Blues” detective
(May 10, 1940—July 21, 2022)
LIVED: 215 12th Ave.; 476 S. 12th St.
William Milwitzky: Newark’s first public school supervisor of modern languages
(Dec. 24, 1875—June 7, 1956)
LIVED: 48 N. 10th St.; 237 1st Ave.; 301 Hunterdon St.
Marie Grace Mirabella: Vogue editor
(June 10, 1929—Dec. 23, 2021)
LIVED: 125 Lincoln Ave.
Joseph S. Murphy: CUNY chancellor, college president & government official
(Nov. 15, 1933—Jan. 17, 1998)
LIVED: 19 Nye Ave.
Joseph T. Murray: inventor & Thomas Edison business partner
(May 12, 1834—Jan. 27, 1907)
LIVED: 854 Broad St.; 29 Park Place
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George Neville: actor
(Oct. 17, 1865—Aug. 18, 1932)
LIVED: 223 Chadwick Ave.; 101 Court St.; 79 Baldwin St.; 401 Washington St.
James B. Nies: Episcopal minister & American Oriental Society president
(Nov. 22, 1856—June 18, 1922)
LIVED: 149 S. Prospect St.
James R. Nugent: Democratic Party leader
(July 26, 1864—April 26, 1927)
LIVED: 614 High St.; 29 Arch St.
Jerry Nusbaum: Star-Ledger “Personally Speaking” columnist
(Aug. 23, 1883—July 4, 1970)
LIVED: 96 Pomona Ave.
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Stuart Oderman: author & silent film composer and accompanist
(Feb. 7, 1940—July 28, 2017)
LIVED: 160 Grumman Ave.; 5 Harding Terrace
Peter P. O’Fake: musician; music and dance instructor & orchestra leader
(Jan. 19, 1820—Jan. 23, 1884)
LIVED: 83, 91 New St.; 31 Division Place
James L. Ogle: sportswriter, author
(July 26, 1911–Jan. 30, 2005)
LIVED: 42 Bloomfield Ave.; 2 Moen Place
John A. Otto Jr.: Olympic cyclist
(Nov. 4, 1900-May 1, 1966)
LIVED: 49 Quitman St.; 136 Belmont Ave.; 110 Wainwright St.
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Ralph D. Paine: journalist & author
(Aug. 28, 1871—April 29, 1925)
LIVED: 862 DeGraw Ave.
Rev. Ray Palmer: hymn writer & poet
(Nov. 12, 1808—March 29, 1887)
LIVED: 205 Mt. Pleasant Ave.
Richard W. Parker: assemblyman, congressman & House Judiciary chairman
(Aug. 6, 1848—Nov. 28, 1923)
LIVED: 568 Broad St.; 29 Saybrook Place
Rose R. Parsonnet: pianist, music teacher, school founder & civic leader
(May 26, 1900—Dec. 6, 2003)
LIVED: 608 High St.; 18 Keer Ave.
Brig. Gen. Alexander C.M. Pennington Jr.: Army officer in two wars
(Jan. 8, 1838—Nov. 30, 1917)
LIVED: 532 High St.; 137 Broad St.
Alexander C.M. Pennington Sr.: lawyer, alderman, assemblyman & congressman
(July 2, 1810—Jan. 25, 1867)
LIVED: 532 High St.; 137 Broad St.
Dr. Samuel H. Pennington: physician, bank president & newspaper founder
(Oct. 16, 1806—March 14, 1900)
LIVED: 692 High St.
Charles L. “Charli” Persip: jazz drummer
(July 26, 1929—Aug. 23, 2020)
LIVED: 178 Camden St.; 25 S. 13th St.
Mary Philbrook: lawyer & New Jersey’s first female bar member
(Aug. 6, 1872—Sept. 2, 1958)
LIVED: 375 Mt. Prospect Ave.; 69 N.11th St.; 1183 Broad St.; 143 Monmouth St.
Benjamin T. Pierson: Newark’s first city directory publisher
(c.1793—June 18, 1862)
LIVED: 20 Clinton St.
Ann Van Wagenen Plume: Revolutionary War heroine
(Oct. 30, 1752—Feb. 19, 1816)
LIVED: Plume House, 407 Broad St.
Nicholas H. Politan: New Jersey federal judge
(Nov. 13, 1935—Feb. 20, 2012)
LIVED: 152 S. 8th St.
Wayne “Akbar” Pray: convicted federal drug kingpin
(March 22, 1948 — )
LIVED: 134 Somerset St.; 297 Morris Ave.; 118 Shanley Ave.
Carl E. Prince: NYU history professor, author & historian
(Dec. 8, 1934 –)
LIVED: 39 Eckert Ave.
Louis J. “Lou Palmer” Puma: ESPN & WFAN sportscaster
(Nov. 5, 1935—Oct. 18, 2019)
LIVED: 68 2nd St.; 651 N. 6th St.
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Nicholas A. Reale: watercolorist
(March 20, 1922—Nov. 18, 1984)
LIVED: 893 Hunterdon St.
Michael J. Redmond: Star-Ledger classical music critic
(Dec. 23, 1949 — )
LIVED: 375 Clifton Ave.; 602 Clifton Ave.; 71 Broad St.
Pat A. Restaino: high school principal
(Jan. 26, 1928—Dec. 30, 2013)
LIVED: 133 7th Ave.; 82 Mt. Prospect Ave.
George E. Reynolds: University of Houston & pro basketball player
(Nov. 23, 1947—Nov. 3, 2019)
LIVED: 356 Bergen St.
Damon J. Rich: urban planner & MacArthur Foundation “genius”
(Jan. 3, 1975 — )
LIVED: 25 Prospect St.
“Fannie” E. Traphagen Rippel: church and civic leader & foundation namesake
(May 27, 1861—February 1943)
LIVED: 15, 17 Baldwin St.; 67 Johnson Ave.
Julius S. Rippel: banker, investor, financier & foundation benefactor
(Sept. 21, 1868—Dec. 10, 1950)
LIVED: 17 Baldwin St.; 67 Johnson Ave.; 101 Chadwick Ave.
David Ritz: musical biographer and ghostwriter, novelist & liner note writer
(Dec. 2, 1943 — )
LIVED: 60 Hillside Ave.; 68 Nairn Place
Kate Louis Roberts: quotation book editor & Newark reference librarian
(June 4, 1861—Aug. 12, 1941)
LIVED: 168 Summer Ave.; 473 Prospect Ave.
Rev. Dillard Robinson III: first Black cathedral dean in the Episcopal Church
(June 8, 1934—Jan. 16, 1996)
LIVED: 515 Parker St.
George T. Rockwell: pharmacist, fundraiser & Newark Museum benefactor
(May 11, 1858—Oct. 1, 1929)
LIVED: 425 South Orange Ave.
Richard W. Roper: policy expert and consultant, educator & trustee
(Sept. 9, 1945 — )
LIVED: 19 Grumman Ave.
Seymour Rosenfeld: orchestra trumpeter & teacher
(May 13, 1923—March 8, 2005)
LIVED: 834 S. 13th St.; 92 Quitman St.
Edwin F. Russell: newspaper publisher & Vogue publisher
(July 15, 1914—Dec. 22, 2001)
LIVED: 615 Clifton Ave.; 197 Ballantine Parkway
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Carmelia “Camille” Sabie: track & field champion
(Nov. 25, 1902—March 20, 1998)
LIVED: 182 Jefferson St.
Julia Sabine: Newark librarian, teacher & editor
(Feb. 4, 1905—Sept. 22, 1990)
LIVED: 371 Lake St.; 282 6th Ave.; 427 Summer Ave.
Henry Sauerbier: hardware manufacturer & Civil War swordsmith
(January 1822—July 8, 1886)
LIVED: 68 Halsey St.; 24 Clinton Ave.; 38 Pennington St.; Irvington Road
David Schnitter: jazz saxophonist
(March 19, 1948 — )
LIVED: 125 Rose St.
Maurice W. “Reese” Schonfeld: CNN & Food Network co-founder
(Nov. 5, 1931—July 28, 2020)
LIVED: 7 Farley Ave.; 245 Madison Ave.
Anthony J. “Tony” Scotti: actor, TV & film producer & record label co-founder
(Dec. 22, 1939 — )
LIVED: 37 Monroe St.
Benjamin J. “Ben” Scotti: NFL player, TV producer & record label co-founder
(June 9, 1937 — )
LIVED: 37 Monroe St.
Edward W. Scudder Jr.: Newark Evening News president & publisher
(Jan. 15, 1882—Feb. 19, 1953)
LIVED: 77 Clinton Ave.; 234 Ballantine Parkway
Antonio Seabra: restaurateur, food importer-exporter & supermarket owner
(Feb. 28, 1955 — )
LIVED: 119 Ferry St.
Moses “Moe Septee” Septytor: concert promoter & theatrical producer
(July 13, 1925—April 1, 1997)
LIVED: 209 16th Ave.; 504 S. 11th St.
Laura “Mother Shackleford” Shackleford: organizer of burials for NJ’s poor
(April 1861—Nov. 26, 1961)
LIVED: 32 Avon Ave.; 32 Clinton Ave.
Louise Shugard: charitable benefactor & social advocate
(June 1871—March 24, 1951)
LIVED: 84 Clinton Ave.
Mark Silver: Jewish liturgical music composer, choir conductor & music teacher
(July 17, 1889—Jan. 23, 1965)
LIVED: 119 Lyons Ave.; 178 Huntington Terrace; 42 Harding Terrace
Elizabeth Blume Silverstein: groundbreaking female attorney
(Nov. 2, 1892–Feb. 3, 1991)
LIVED: 176 Broome St.; 83 Montgomery St.; 62 Osborne Terrace
Frank L. Smith: Broadway theater manager
(1886—Feb. 8, 1953)
LIVED: 120 Shephard Ave.
Howard Smith: writer, Oscar-winning documentarian, talk show host & lecturer
(Dec. 10, 1936—May 1, 2004)
LIVED: 172 Goldsmith Ave.
Tyshawn Sorey: drummer, composer & MacArthur Foundation “genius”
(July 8, 1980 — )
LIVED: 44 Hansbury Ave.
Armando Sozio: painter & instructor
(Oct. 16, 1897—October 23, 1966)
LIVED: 160 8th Ave.; 254 Ridge St.
Dominick A. “Dick” Spina: city police director during 1967 riots
(June 5, 1911—June 19, 1977)
LIVED: 388 Highland Ave.; 630 N. 6th St.
Cornelia M. “Nina” Howell Starr: photographer, art historian & art dealer
(March 16, 1903—May 4, 2000)
LIVED: 211 Ballantine Parkway; 205 Old Bloomfield Road
Rev. Jonathan French Stearns: First Church pastor & Princeton trustee
(Sept. 4, 1808—Nov. 11, 1889)
LIVED: 1028 Broad St.
Edmund C. Stedman: writer, editor, banker, poet & literary critic
(Oct. 8, 1833—Jan. 18, 1908)
LIVED: Quinton Street, corner of Avon Avenue
Henry A. Steel: Newark Evening News publisher
(1853—Sept. 23, 1908)
LIVED: 17 West Park St.; 69 Columbia St.
Philip Stein: painter & muralist
(Feb. 5, 1919—April 27, 2009)
LIVED: 85 Johnson Ave.; 266 Peshine Ave.
Abraham “Harry Steppe” Stepner: vaudeville actor & burlesque comedian
(March 6, 1888—Nov. 22, 1934)
LIVED: 33 Barclay St.; 248 W. Kinney St.
Shakur Stevenson: world champion prizefighter
(June 28, 1995 — )
LIVED: 143 Muhammad Ali Ave.
Ida Wells Stroud: watercolorist & art teacher
(Oct. 19, 1869—Dec. 1, 1944)
LIVED: 85 N. 7th St.
Miriam V. Studley: New Jersey Room librarian & newspaper columnist
(July 18, 1899—May 1984)
LIVED: 282 6th Ave.; 352 6th Ave.
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Griffith H. “Grif” Teller: painter of railroad scenes
(Dec. 9, 1899—April 8, 1993)
LIVED: 728 Ridge St.; 911 Lake St.
Mary V. “Marion Harland” Terhune: bestselling author & public lecturer
(Dec. 21, 1830—June 3, 1922)
LIVED: 476 High St.; 4 West Park; 82 Park Place
Christiana Trefz: brewery president & nursing school benefactor
(1831—Aug. 13, 1913)
LIVED: 187, 215 Littleton Ave.; 30 Beacon
Donald Trousdell: graphic artist
(1937—Feb. 3, 2017)
LIVED: 100 Garrison St.
Rev. Homer J. Tucker: pastor, leading Baptist Church official & social activist
(Oct. 30, 1898—July 9, 1978)
LIVED: 315 Ridge St.
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Franz “Frank” Umbscheiden: German revolutionary & newspaper editor
(June 24, 1821—Dec. 13, 1874)
LIVED: 172 Bank St.; 69 ½ Lush St.
Max “Lionel Strongfort” Unger: bodybuilding pioneer
(Nov. 23, 1876—Nov. 27, 1967)
LIVED: 86 Park Place
William M. Untermann: lawyer & judge
(Nov. 26, 1880—Feb. 8, 1944)
LIVED: 25 Chancellor Ave.; 13 Richmond St.; 38 Elizabeth Ave.
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Rev. Dr. Edward W. Verner Jr.: physician & Black Ministers Council of NJ founder
(April 12, 1919—Oct. 18, 2007)
LIVED: 472 Market St.; 18 S. 8th St.
Marlene VerPlanck: jazz singer
(Nov. 11, 1933—Jan. 14, 2018)
LIVED: 465 N. 9th St.
Theodore J. Vincentz: musician, music teacher & orchestra leader
(Feb. 20, 1858—June 17, 1933)
LIVED: 36 Boston St.; 250 Fairmount Ave.; 327 South Orange Ave.
Patricia “Trish” Lerner Vradenburg: TV writer, playwright, novelist & publisher
(May 9, 1946—April 17, 2017)
LIVED: 9 Porter Place
John B. Vreeland: lawyer, judge, state senator & U.S. Attorney for New Jersey
(Dec. 30, 1852—July 1, 1923)
LIVED: 34 Hill St.
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Frederick Waldmann: saloon keeper & theater owner and manager
(July 20, 1832—Nov. 11, 1888)
LIVED: 159, 164, 232 Market St.; 551, 560 High St.; 8 Library Court
Dr. William R. Ward: physician & civic leader
(Dec. 9, 1870—Feb. 10, 1955)
LIVED: 122 Chancellor Ave.
William Halsey Wood: architect
(April 24, 1855—March 13, 1897)
LIVED: 36 Burnet St.; 212 Clifton Ave.; 538 Summer Ave.
Rev. Charles C. Weathers: pastor, state parole board member & radio host
(c.1892—June 9, 1942)
LIVED: 140 Barclay St.; 112 Newton St.
Dr. David Fairchild Weeks: physician & head college football coach
(July 31, 1874—March 15, 1929)
LIVED: 237 Broad St.; 50 Astor; 245 Bank St.
Thea White: stage and voice actress & Marlene Dietrich’s personal assistant
(June 16, 1940—July 30, 2021)
LIVED: 34 Oraton St.; 834 Lake St.
Tahir Whitehead: NFL linebacker
(April 2, 1990 — )
LIVED: 605 15th Ave.
Joan Whitlow: Star-Ledger reporter, columnist & editorial writer
(Dec. 11, 1948 — )
LIVED: 276 Eastern Parkway
“Alan Paul” Wichinsky: singer & “The Manhattan Transfer” founding member
(Nov. 23, 1949 — )
LIVED: 322 Hunterdon St.; 323 Renner Ave.
Harold Widom: mathematician, professor & author
(Sept. 23, 1932—Jan. 20, 2021)
LIVED: 5 Wolcott Terrace
Christopher Wiedenmayer: pioneering brewery owner
(c.1812—Sept. 10, 1879)
LIVED: 224 Hamburg Place
George W. Wiedenmayer: brewery owner, council president & state legislator
(April 28, 1848—Sept. 5, 1909)
LIVED: 588 Market St.; 156 Passaic Ave.; 150 Hamburg Place
Naomi (Sisselman) Wilzig: pre-eminent erotic art collector
(Dec. 5, 1934—April 7, 2015)
LIVED: 205 Rutgers Place; 30 Wilbur Ave.
William H. Wright: U.S. Senator, congressman & Newark mayor
(Nov. 13, 1794—Nov. 1, 1866)
LIVED: 8 Park Place
William M. Wright: career Army officer, WWI corps & division commander
(Sept. 24, 1883—Aug. 16, 1943)
LIVED: 24 Park Place
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Lewis Yablonsky: sociologist, author & educator
(Nov 23, 1924—Jan. 29, 2014)
LIVED: 126 Johnson Ave.; 163 Osborne Terrace
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Carl T. Ziegler: German revolutionary & lawyer
(Nov. 22, 1814—Jan. 14, 1882)
LIVED: 135 Jefferson St.
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