Editing Little Ferry, New Jersey (section)

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

* [[Tom Boisture]] (1931–2011), [[American football]] high school / college coach and [[NFL]] scout who was the head of player personnel for the [[New York Giants]]<ref>Levin, Jay. [http://www.northjersey.com/news/retired-giants-executive-thomas-boisture-of-little-ferry-dead-at-79-1.1170478 "Retired Giants executive Thomas Boisture of Little Ferry dead at 79"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', March 17, 2011. Accessed May 12, 2016. "Tom Boisture never made a tackle or caught a pass for the Giants but he wore a [[Super Bowl XXI]] ring on his left hand and a [[Super Bowl XXV]] ring on his right. The Little Ferry resident, who died last Friday at 79, headed the Giants' player personnel for 20 years."</ref> 
* [[Oscar Gamble]] (1949–2018), former outfielder / designated hitter who played for the [[New York Yankees]]<ref>Waggoner, Walter H. [https://www.nytimes.com/1976/10/24/archives/new-jersey-weekly-taking-license-with-plates-taking-license-with.html "Taking License With Plates"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 24, 1976. Accessed June 7, 2012. "Ohio has a 'GAMBLE,' which happens to be the license on the car owned by Oscar Gamble, the New York Yankee outfielder now living in Little Ferry."</ref>
* [[Phil Hawes]] (born 1989), [[mixed martial arts|mixed martial artist]] who competes in the [[Middleweight (MMA)|Middleweight]] division of the [[Ultimate Fighting Championship]]<ref>Aitken, Robert. [https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/2016/07/28/mma-little-ferrys-phil-hawes-not-afraid-to-enter-the-cage/94960142/ "MMA: Little Ferry’s Phil Hawes not afraid to enter the cage"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', July 28, 2016. Accessed May 9, 2021. "For nearly two years, they kept Phil Hawes from fighting his next professional MMA bout. That wait finally ended June 17, when the Little Ferry resident made his debut with the World Series of Fighting."</ref>
* [[Bill Lovett]] (1894–1923), gangster<ref>Staff. [https://archive.today/20130131145912/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/357710782.html?dids=357710782:357710782&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Sep+03,+1924&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=FATE+PURSUES+GIRL+OF+SLUM&pqatl=google "Fate Pursues Girl Of Slum: Anna Lonergan's Hopes Fade Before Ill Luck Widow of Gangster, She Marries Another Dead Man's Friends Avenge Slight With Blood"], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', September 3, 1924. Accessed June 7, 2012. "Anna and her tired mother and her liability of a husband moved into a cottage at Little Ferry, N.J. Here Bill worked in the garden and grew better and they were happy."</ref><ref>McNamara, Joseph. [https://books.google.com/books?id=Q9-PJ0A6wtAC&pg=PA176 ''The Justice Story: True Tales of Murder, Mystery, Mayhem''], p. 176. [[Sports Publishing]] LLC, 2000. {{ISBN|9781582612850}}. Accessed December 9, 2013. "After his marriage to Peg Leg's sister, Anna, the much-feared Lovett retired from the day-to-day supervision of White Hand activities and moved to Little Ferry, N.J."</ref>
* [[Ambar Lucid]] (born 2001), singer-songwriter, musician<ref>Herrera, Isabelia. [https://pitchfork.com/features/rising/ambar-lucid-garden-of-lucid-interview/ "Ambar Lucid’s Arena-Sized Soul Will Help You Overcome; People used to tell this teenage singer-songwriter she wouldn’t make it because she is Latina. Here, she talks about proving them wrong."], [[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]], April 14, 2020. Accessed April 20, 2020. "Ambar is waiting out the pandemic with her family at her childhood home in Little Ferry, a New Jersey suburb that she’s just returned to after spending a year and a half chasing her musical aspirations in Los Angeles."</ref>
* [[Margherita Marchione]] (1922–2021), nun, writer, teacher and apologeticist, who dedicated herself in her later years to the defense of [[Pope Pius XII]] and his failure to save more Jews from the Nazis during [[The Holocaust]]<ref>Ruby, Walter. [http://www.njjewishnews.com/njjn.com/021507/njThePopesDefender.html "The Pope's Defender; A Morristown nun leads a one-woman crusade to change minds about Pius XII's role in the Shoa"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928064825/http://www.njjewishnews.com/njjn.com/021507/njThePopesDefender.html |date=2007-09-28 }}, ''[[New Jersey Jewish News]]'', February 15, 2007. Accessed December 9, 2013. "Marchione was born in Little Ferry in 1922 to a family of Italian immigrants."</ref>
* [[Pete Michels]] (born 1964), animation director, whose credits include ''[[The Simpsons]]'', ''[[Family Guy]]'' and ''[[Rick and Morty]]''<ref>[http://www.animationinsider.com/2015/03/pete-michels/ Pete Michels Interview], [[Animation Insider]], March 18, 2015. Accessed December 31, 2020. "Where are you from and how did you get into the animation business? I’m from Little Ferry, New Jersey… a suburb of New York City that’s located just south of Hackensack."</ref>
* [[Chico Resch]] (born 1949), retired [[ice hockey]] [[goaltender]] and television [[sportscaster]] who played 14 seasons in the NHL for the [[New York Islanders]] and [[New Jersey Devils]]<ref>Yorio, Kara. [http://www.northjersey.com/sports/227557051_Canadian_born__former_Islander__Flyer_and_Devil_has_become_a_Jersey_guy.html?page=all "Canadian born, former Islander, Flyer and Devil has become a Jersey guy"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', October 13, 2013. Accessed December 9, 2013. "Before Lyndhurst the Resches lived in Little Ferry, and Ridgewood during his playing days, but Lyndhurst feels most like home, Chico said."</ref>
* [[Buddy Valastro]] (born 1977), star of ''[[Cake Boss]]'', who was presented with the "[[keys to the city]]" of Little Ferry in 2010<ref>Staff. [http://www.northjersey.com/arts_entertainment/television/93047634_The__Boss__comes_home.html "The Cake Boss returns to Little Ferry"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213203210/http://www.northjersey.com/arts_entertainment/television/93047634_The__Boss__comes_home.html |date=2013-12-13 }}, ''Little Ferry Local'', May 7, 2010. Accessed August 22, 2012. "Cake Boss Buddy Valastro returned to Little Ferry on April 27 to accept the 'keys to the city' during ceremonies at Borough Hall. Valastro, who grew up in town, is best known for his starring role on the TLC television program ''The Cake Boss.''"</ref>