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==Notable people== {{Category see also|People from Little Silver, New Jersey}} People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Little Silver include: * [[Chester Apy]] (1932β2021), politician who represented [[New Jersey's 5th legislative district|District 5B]] in the [[New Jersey General Assembly]] from 1968 to 1970 and again from 1972 to 1974<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Fk3jhectAuYC&q=%22Chester+Apy%22+%22red+bank%22+%22little+silver%22 ''Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, 1973''], p. 403. J.A. Fitzgerald, 1973. Accessed April 19, 2020. "District 5B (part of Monmouth) Chester Apy (Rep., Little Silver) - Assemblyman Apy was born in Red Bank, N. J., March 8, 1932."</ref> * [[James Avati]] (1912β2005), artist and illustrator of paperback covers<ref>Schreuders, Piet. [http://cnmed123.com/bitstream/123456789/37262/1/Illustration%20magazine%201.pdf "The Paperback Art of James Avati"]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''Illustration Magazine'', October 2001, p. 16. Accessed July 14, 2011. "A large portion of Avati's youth was spent in Little Silver, a small community in Monmouth County, New Jersey, near the Atlantic coast. Sadly, Avati's father died suddenly of pneumonia in 1928. Luckily for the boy, he had a wealthy uncle who was willing to fund his college education at Princeton. In 1935, Avati graduated from there with a degree in Architecture."</ref> * [[Virginia Bauer]] (born 1956), advocate for families of the victims of the [[September 11 terror attacks]] who is a Commissioner of the [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey]]<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20101006164707/http://njnextstop.org/njnextstop/people/approved/20009_56.html Virginia S. Bauer]}}, New Jersey Next Stop. Accessed August 31, 2016. "Ginny grew up in Little Silver, Monmouth County as the eldest of five children. All through high school she had jobs, from babysitting at age 11 to afternoons and weekends as a cashier at the A&P in Little Silver. She graduated from Red Bank Catholic High School and Rosemont College before immediately landing a job with a Merrill Lynch training program."</ref> * [[John O. Bennett]] (born 1948), former assemblyman, state senator, Senate co-president and [[acting governor]]<ref>Sullivan, Joseph F. [https://www.nytimes.com/1988/04/03/nyregion/politics-parties-maneuver-to-replace-2-representatives.html "Politics; Parties Maneuver to Replace 2 Representatives"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', April 3, 1988. Accessed July 18, 2012. "Other Republican Assemblymen, including John O. Bennett of Little Silver and Joseph A. Palaia of Ocean Township, also have been mentioned."</ref> * [[Dave Bry]] (1970β2017), writer, music journalist and editor at ''[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]'', ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' and ''[[XXL (magazine)|XXL]]''<ref>[https://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/dave-bry Dave Bry], ''[[Huffington Post]]'', Accessed October 16, 2017. "Dave Bry was born in Red Bank, New Jersey in 1970 and raised in the neighboring town of Little Silver."</ref> * [[Brian Christian]] (born 1984), poet and nonfiction author<ref>Van Develde, Elaine. [http://atlanticville.gmnews.com/news/2004-01-09/Front_Page/004.html "A bicycle trip that leads to someone else's home"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721233029/http://atlanticville.gmnews.com/news/2004-01-09/Front_Page/004.html |date=2011-07-21 }}, ''Atlanticville'', January 9, 2004. Accessed March 17, 2011. "Shariff, 20, of Tinton Falls, is an undergraduate studying electrical engineering at Princeton University. Brown, 19, also from Tinton Falls, is a physics major at Yale University, New Haven, Conn.; and Christian, a Little Silver native, attends Brown University, Providence, R.I., and majors in computer science and philosophy."</ref> * [[Harold Hartshorne]] (1891β1961), gold medal winner in figure skating<ref>Schnitzspan, Karen L. [https://books.google.com/books?id=LpzCbas8FjYC&pg=PA91 ''Little Silver''], p. 91. [[Arcadia Publishing]], 1996. {{ISBN|0-7385-6358-7}}. Accessed July 14, 2011.</ref> * [[Karl Guthe Jansky]] (1905β1950), the founder of [[radio astronomy]]<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1950/02/15/archives/karl-g-jansky-44-authority-in-radio-bell-laboratories-engineer.html "Karl G. Jansky, 44, Authority In Radio; Bell Laboratories Engineer Dies--Discovered Waves of Extraterrestrial Origin"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', February 15, 1950. Accessed June 3, 2008. "Karl Guthe Jansky of 57 Silverton Avenue, Little Silver, N.J., radio research engineer with the Bell Telephone Laboratories since 1928, who discovered radio waves of extraterrestrial origin in 1933 died yesterday in the Riverside Hospital, Red Bank, N.J., of a heart malady."</ref> * [[Marilyn Levy]] (1922β2014), photographic chemist and inventor based at [[Fort Monmouth]]<ref>[http://tworivertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/09-OBITS.pdf "In Memoriam: Marilyn Levy"], ''The Two River Times'', July 4, 2014. Accessed August 31, 2021. "Marilyn Levy, 92, died on Thursday, June 19, at Riverview Hospital of heart failure. Marilyn was a long-time resident of Little Silver, previously residing in Red Bank."</ref> * [[Susan Love]] (1948β2023), surgeon, advocate of preventive breast cancer research and author<ref>Gleick, Elizabeth. [http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20103529,00.html "Susan Love; A Surgeon Crusades Against Breast Cancer"], ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'', July 25, 1994. Accessed September 3, 2015. "Born in Little Silver, N.J., the oldest of five children of Peggy and James Love, she moved to Puerto Rico when she was 13 after her father, a salesman for the Eaton machinery company, was transferred there."</ref> * [[Robert Lewis Morgan]] (born 1952), served in the [[New Jersey General Assembly]] for one term, from 2004 to 2006, where he represented the [[New Jersey's 12th legislative district|12th Legislative District]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20051223001603/http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/Morgan.asp Assemblyman Morgan's Legislative Website], [[New Jersey Legislature]] from the [[Internet Archive]], dated December 23, 2005. Accessed June 3, 2008.</ref> * [[Russell Ohl]] (1898β1987), engineer who is generally recognized for patenting the modern solar cell<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ethw.org/Russell_Ohl|title=Russell Ohl Biography|website=Engineering and Technology History Wiki| date=February 25, 2016 }}</ref> * [[Daniel J. O'Hern]] (1930β2009), former Associate Justice of the [[New Jersey Supreme Court]]<ref>[http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/pressrel/pr000523a.htm "Justice O'Hern Celebrates 70th Birthday and Retirement from NJ Supreme Court"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080614041308/http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/pressrel/pr000523a.htm |date=2008-06-14 }}, [[New Jersey Supreme Court]] press release. Accessed June 4, 2008. "Justice O'Hern and his wife Barbara live in Little Silver."</ref> * [[Declan O'Scanlon]] (born 1963), politician who represents the [[New Jersey's 13th legislative district|13th Legislative District]] in the [[New Jersey General Assembly]] and served on the Little Silver Borough Council from 1994 to 2007<ref>[http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/BIO.asp?Leg=277 Assemblyman O'Scanlon's legislative web page], [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed June 3, 2008.</ref> * [[Theodore D. Parsons]] (1894β1978), [[New Jersey Attorney General]] from 1949 to 1954<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1952/03/30/archives/church-to-be-started-ground-to-be-broken-today-for-edifice-at-red.html "Church To Be Started; Ground to Be Broken Today for Edifice at Red Bank"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', March 30, 1952. Accessed June 3, 2008. "One of the speakers will be Attorney General Theodore D. Parsons of New Jersey, who lives in neighboring Little Silver."</ref> * [[Mike Rice Jr.]] (born 1969), [[Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's basketball]] coach<ref>via [[Associated Press]]. [https://www.foxsports.com/stories/college-basketball/rutgers-79-monmouth-n-j-56 "Coburn, Rutgers overcome Monmouth 79-56"], ''[[Fox Sports]]'', December 18, 2010. Accessed February 2, 2025. "There was a sense of familiarity to the night for Rice, who lives in nearby Little Silver, N.J., and is 2-0 at Monmouth's new Multipurpose Activities Center in less than a year."</ref> * [[Meghan Tierney]] (born 1997), snowboarder who competed in [[snowboardcross]] for the United States at the [[2018 Winter Olympics]] in [[Pyeongchang]] and in the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing,China<ref>Edelson, Stephen. [https://www.app.com/story/sports/olympics/2018/01/25/tierney-winter-olympics/1064607001/ "Winter Olympics: Monmouth County native Meghan Tierney headed to South Korea"], ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', January 25, 2018. Accessed January 28, 2018. "Meghan Tierney was the young American girl competing in the rough-and-tumble world of international snowboard cross, challenging the top female snowboarders on the planet on icy turns and big-air jumps at harrowing speeds down the most treacherous courses.... Now Tierney, who grew up in Rumson and Little Silver, joins teammates like silver medalist Lindsey Jacobellis, her idol and former instructor, who was teaching her jumps at an early age, on the biggest stage in winter sports."</ref> * [[Greg Trooper]] (1956β2017), folk singer/songwriter<ref>Stern, Gary. [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal-news-working-for-a-song/164510882/ "A music-loving restaurateur runs workshops designed to help aspiring songwriters find their voice"], ''[[The Journal News]]'', August 7, 2005. Accessed February 2, 2025, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "Trooper, 50, is a native of Little Silver, N.J., next to Asbury Park."</ref> * [[Casey Webb]], television host and professional eater, best known as the host of the television series ''[[Man v. Food]]''<ref>[https://www.travelchannel.com/shows/man-v-food-1/articles/man-v-food-get-to-know-casey-webb "New Kid on the Block: Get to Know Casey Webb"], ''[[Travel Channel]]''. Accessed March 6, 2023. "[Q] Tell us a little bit about yourself. [A] I grew up in Little Silver, NJ, and now I live in Brooklyn."</ref>
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