Editing Northfield, New Jersey (section)

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

* [[A. R. Ammons]] (1926–2001), author and poet, winner of the [[National Book Award]]<ref>Miller, Michael. [http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/capemay/v-printer/story/7487065p-7382225c.html "Pulitzer Prize poet will read works in O.C."], ''[[The Press of Atlantic City]]'', June 22, 2007. Accessed August 14, 2007. "The late poet A.R. Ammons, formerly of Ocean City, Northfield and Millville, won the prestigious National Book Award."</ref>
* [[Art Blakey]] (1919–1990), [[jazz]] drummer and bandleader<ref>Schaffer, Regina. [http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/atlanticcityinsiders/headliners/art-blakey-will-be-remembered-by-keith-hollis-band-jazz/article_1c7b9a16-fca8-508c-9f3a-42227e1345b4.html "Art Blakey will be remembered by Keith Hollis band, Jazz Vespers in Atlantic City Sunday"], ''[[The Press of Atlantic City]]'', January 14, 2014. Accessed May 21, 2017. "Hollis, an Atlantic City native, was only 6 years old when Blakey and his family, including longtime companion Sandy Warren, moved to Northfield."</ref>
* [[Vince Mazzeo]] (born 1964), politician who has served in the [[New Jersey General Assembly]] since January 2014, before which he had served as the mayor of Northfield from 2008 through 2014<ref>Parmley, Suzette. [https://web.archive.org/web/20151018080449/http://articles.philly.com/2013-12-09/news/44946880_1_randolph-lafferty-vince-mazzeo-hand-recount "Amid the produce, Vince Mazzeo basks in Assembly win"], ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', December 9, 2013. Accessed September 11, 2015. "Since 2008, Mazzeo has been mayor of Northfield, population 8,600, where he was born and raised."</ref>
* [[Evelyn Nesbit]] (1884–1967), chorus girl, noted for her entanglement in the murder of her ex-lover, architect [[Stanford White]], by her first husband, [[Harry K. Thaw]]<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1932/02/10/archives/evelyn-nesbit-ill-of-pneumonia.html "Evelyn Nesbit Ill of Pneumonia"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', February 10, 1932. Accessed September 26, 2019. "Atlantic City, N.&nbsp;J., Feb. 9 - Evelyn Nesbit, divorced wife of Harry K. Thaw, and well known here as a cabaret entertainer, was reported ill of pneumonia tonight in her home, 2,000 Shore Road, Northfield."</ref>
* [[Walter Fifield Snyder]] (1912–1993), scholar of ancient history<ref>[https://www.historians.org/publications-and-directories/perspectives-on-history/november-1993/in-memoriam-november-1993 "In Memoriam, November 1993 - Walter Fifield Snyder"], ''[[Perspectives on History]]'' November 1, 1993. Accessed July 30, 2019. "Walter Fifield Snyder passed away in Spring Hill, Florida, on February 9, 1993. Dr. Snyder was born on April 9, 1912, in Northfield, New Jersey, and received his AB from Swarthmore College in 1932."</ref>