Editing Roosevelt, New Jersey (section)

==Notable people==
{{Category see also|People from Roosevelt, New Jersey}}
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Roosevelt include:

* [[Benjamin Appel]] (1907–1977), crime novelist<ref>Jamieson, Wendell. [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/01/nyregion/thecity/01appe.html "CITY LORE; Hard-Boiled Tales, Told by a Gentleman"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', January 1, 2006. Accessed July 31, 2012. "BENJAMIN APPEL was an author of more than 25 novels from 1934 to 1977, many of them set in New York. He was raised in Hell's Kitchen in Manhattan and lived much of his life in Roosevelt, N.J., but after he moved he still came back to New York often."</ref>
* [[Benjamin Brown (developer)|Benjamin Brown]] (1885–1939), poultry trader who developed Roosevelt<ref name=RutgersHistory/>
* [[John Stanley Grauel]] (1917–1986), Methodist minister and Zionist leader<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1986/09/10/obituaries/rev-j-s-grauel-68-a-supporter-of-israel.html "Rev. J. S. Grauel, 68, A Supporter of Israel"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', September 10, 1986. Accessed February 14, 2011. "The Rev. John Stanley Grauel, a Methodist minister who was an activist for the Jewish people and Israel, died Friday at his home in Roosevelt, N.J."</ref>
* [[Lois Hunt]] (1925–2009), soprano opera singer who toured for decades with baritone [[Earl Wrightson]]<ref name=Thinking>Cheslow, Jerry. [https://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/03/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-living-roosevelt-nj-new-deal-enclave-friendly-arts.html "If You're Thinking of Living In/Roosevelt, N.J.; A New Deal Enclave Friendly to the Arts"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', February 3, 2002. Accessed July 28, 2009.</ref>
* [[Louis Kahn]] (1901–1974), assistant architect for the Jersey Homesteads, who later designed internationally famous buildings<ref>{{cite book |title= Louis Kahn's Situated Modernism |first=Sarah|author-link1=Sarah Williams Goldhagen|last=Goldhagen|year=2001 |publisher= Yale University Press |location= New Haven, Conn |isbn=978-0-300-07786-5 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=t6ztYionekIC&pg=PA14 14] }}</ref>
* [[Irwin Lachman]] (born 1930), one of the inventors of the [[catalytic converter]]<ref>Staff. [http://www.unews.utah.edu/p/?r=022106-32 "Research Team from Corning Incorporated Earn Nation's Highest Honor for Accomplishments"], [[University of Utah]] press release, March 14, 2005. Accessed February 14, 2011. "Irwin M. Lachman was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1930, but raised in Roosevelt, New Jersey. He graduated in 1948 from Upper Freehold Township High School, now called Allentown High School."</ref>
* [[Jacob Landau (artist)|Jacob Landau]] (1917–2001), printmaker, painter, and humanist<ref>[http://www.ettc.net/njarts/details.cfm?ID=1158 Jacob Landau (1917-2001)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719035348/http://www.ettc.net/njarts/details.cfm?ID=1158 |date=2011-07-19 }}, Art & Architecture of New Jersey, [[Stockton University]]. Accessed July 31, 2012. "Jacob Landau, a resident of Roosevelt, New Jersey in his later years, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on December 17, 1917."</ref>
* [[David Stone Martin]] (1913–1992), artist best known for his designs for jazz album covers<ref name=RutgersHistory>Staff. [http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/libs/scua/roosevelt/rstory.shtml "History Of Roosevelt, New Jersey"], [[Rutgers University]] Libraries. Accessed February 14, 2011.</ref>
* [[Stefan Martin (artist)|Stefan Martin]] (1936–1994), printmaker<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1994/10/19/obituaries/stefan-martin-artist-58.html "Stefan Martin; Artist, 58"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 19, 1994. Accessed November 21, 2017. "Stefan Martin, an artist noted for his wood engravings, drowned on Oct. 7 in Assunpink Lake in Millstone Township, N.J. He was 58 and lived in Roosevelt, N.J."</ref>
* [[Gregorio Prestopino]] (1907–1984), [[social realism|social realist]] painter of the 1930s<ref>Staff. [http://www.ettc.net/njarts/details.cfm?ID=1161 Gregorio Prestopino (1907-1984)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719035403/http://www.ettc.net/njarts/details.cfm?ID=1161 |date=2011-07-19 }}, [[Stockton University]]. Accessed February 14, 2011. "In 1949 the artist and his family moved to Roosevelt, New Jersey, a town known for its artist-residents."</ref>
* [[Paul Prestopino]] (1939–2023), multi-instrumental musician and audio engineer<ref>Smith, Richard D. [https://bluegrasstoday.com/paul-prestopino-passes/ "Paul Prestopino passes"], Bluegrass Today, July 20, 2023. Accessed November 13, 2023. "Paul Prestopino, a renowned multi-instrument sideman and recording engineer, with long experience in bluegrass, old-time, folk, and contra dance musics, passed away peacefully at his home in Roosevelt, NJ, on July 16, 2023."</ref>
* [[Louise Rosskam]] (1910–2003), documentary photographer<ref>Staff. [http://examiner.gmnews.com/news/2009-08-27/front_page/030.html "Roosevelt featured in new exhibit"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711102216/http://examiner.gmnews.com/news/2009-08-27/front_page/030.html |date=2011-07-11 }}, ''Allentown Examiner'', August 27, 2009. Accessed February 14, 2011. "On Oct. 7, photo-historian and Monmouth County Archivist Gary Saretzky will give a lecture on the late Edwin and Louise Rosskam, who lived in Roosevelt for many years."</ref>
* [[Ben Shahn]] (1898–1969), Social realist painter<ref>Hyman, Vicki. [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/11/family_of_storied_nj_artist_be.html "Family of storied N.J. artist Ben Shahn to sell home, personal collection"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', November 13, 2010. Accessed July 31, 2012. "It has been 41 years since the death of celebrated social realist painter Ben Shahn, and six years since his wife, Bernarda, an illustrator and painter, died in her sleep at their longtime home in Roosevelt."</ref>
* [[Bernarda Bryson Shahn]] (1903–2004), painter and wife of Ben Shahn<ref>[[Margalit Fox|Fox, Margalit]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/16/arts/16shahn.html "Bernarda Bryson Shahn, Painter, Dies at 101"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 16, 2004. Accessed February 14, 2011. "Bernarda Bryson Shahn, the widow of the painter Ben Shahn, who won her own recognition as an artist late in life, died on Sunday at her home in Roosevelt, N.J., her son, Jonathan Shahn, said. She was 101."</ref>
* [[Jonathan Shahn]] (1938–2021),<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=U. S. 1 |title=Deaths |url=https://www.communitynews.org/princetoninfo/business/fastlane/deaths/article_c955875d-5e11-5d15-b12c-95e06f38ee1b.html |access-date=2022-03-10 |website=Community News |date=September 9, 2020 |language=en}}</ref> noted sculptor and son of Ben and Bernarda Shahn<ref>[http://www.ettc.net/njarts/details.cfm?ID=411 Jonathan Shahn (b. 1938)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719035419/http://www.ettc.net/njarts/details.cfm?ID=411 |date=2011-07-19 }}, Art & Architecture of New Jersey, [[Stockton University]]. Accessed July 31, 2012. "He lives and works in Roosevelt, New Jersey."</ref>