Editing Jefferson Township, New Jersey (section)

== Notable people ==
{{Category see also|People from Jefferson Township, New Jersey}}
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Jefferson Township include:
* [[Derek Drymon]] (born 1968), former creative director on ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]''<ref>Jennings, Rob. [http://www.dailyrecord.com/news/articles/news1-Spongebob.htm "Jefferson native, SpongeBob go way back: Cartoonist an executive producer for animated film"] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120908031053/http://www.dailyrecord.com/news/articles/news1-Spongebob.htm |date=2012-09-08 }}, ''[[Daily Record (New Jersey)|Daily Record]]'', November 19, 2004. Accessed October 23, 2007. "But in Jefferson, Drymon is perhaps best remembered as an offensive guard and defensive tackle on the high school's state championship football team in 1986.... At Jefferson High School, when not playing football, Drymon was sketching comic books."</ref>
* [[Tim Jacobus]] (born 1959), artist best known for illustrating the covers for nearly one hundred books in [[R. L. Stine]]'s ''[[Goosebumps]]'' series<ref>Izzo, Michael. [https://www.dailyrecord.com/story/news/local/morris-county/2015/10/25/goosebumps-cover-artist-living-budd-lake/74275656/ "''Goosebumps'' cover artist living in Budd Lake"], ''[[Daily Record (New Jersey)|Daily Record]]'', October 26, 2015. Accessed September 25, 2024. "Jacobus, 56, has been a Morris County resident his whole life, living in Denville and Lake Hopatcong before settling in Budd Lake."</ref>
* [[Mike Leach (football player)|Mike Leach]] (born 1976), former NFL [[tight end]] for the [[Denver Broncos]] and [[long snapper]] for the [[Arizona Cardinals]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20011006141724/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/players/5381/ Mike Leach profile], ''[[CNN Sports Illustrated]]''. Accessed December 10, 2008.</ref>
* [[Bob Malone]] (born 1965), keyboardist, singer and songwriter<ref>Lustig, Jay. [https://www.njarts.net/nj-native-bob-malone-finds-inspiration-in-new-orleans-music/ "NJ native Bob Malone finds inspiration in New Orleans music"], NJArts.net, September 2, 2015. Accessed March 28, 2023. "Bob Malone grew up in Jefferson Township, yet in his piano playing, you hear the unmistakable stamp of New Orleans R&B."</ref>
* [[Deonna Purrazzo]] (born 1994), professional wrestler for [[All Elite Wrestling]]<ref>Varsallone, Jim. [https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/fighting/article169465567.html "Mae Young Classic alternate Purrazzo helps lead ROH Women of Honor"], ''[[Miami Herald]]'', August 25, 2017. Accessed August 21, 2018. "Born in Livingston and raised in Jefferson, New Jersey, Purrazzo is also attractive and vied for the title of Miss New Jersey USA....Purrazzo is a graduate of Jefferson Township High School."</ref>
* [[Jerry Reese]] (born 1963), former General Manager of the [[New York Giants]]<ref>Hague, Jim. [http://www.northjersey.com/sports/109120999_Falcons_end_grid_season_on_high_note_with_win_over_Lodi.html "Falcons end grid season on high note with win over Lodi"], ''Aim Jefferson'', November 19, 2010. Accessed March 29, 2012. "Freshman quarterback J.R. Reese finished with a flair. Reese completed all six of his passes Friday night for 75 yards and two touchdowns. The son of Giants general manager Jerry Reese has a very bright future with the Falcons and still has three years to fine tune his signal calling skills."</ref>
* [[Jaren Sina]] (born 1994), professional basketball player, who played for [[Astoria Bydgoszcz]] of the [[Polish Basketball League]]<ref>Lestinsky, Marc. [https://patch.com/new-jersey/jefferson/jefferson-student-hits-basketball-big-time "Jefferson Student Hits Basketball Big Time; Breakout 2010-11 season has netted Jefferson resident national attention."], Jefferson, NJ Patch, August 9, 2011. Accessed October 13, 2021. "Jefferson native and bona fide basketball star-in-the-making Jaren Sina admitted to being something of an unknown to most outsiders entering his freshman year at Gill St. Bernard's School (Gladstone) in 2009.... The 17-year-old kid from little-known Lake Hopatcong can play."</ref>
* [[Douglas Yeo]] (born 1955), [[bass trombone|bass trombonist]]<ref>[https://www.yeodoug.com/bio/text/yeobio.html Biography], YeoDoug.com. Accessed March 28, 2023. "Bass Trombonist Douglas Yeo was born in Monterey, California and grew up in Queens and Valley Stream, New York (where he began playing the trombone at the age of nine in the Hewlett-Woodmere school system), and Oak Ridge, New Jersey (where he graduated from Jefferson Township High School in 1973)."</ref>