Editing Ridgefield, New Jersey (section)

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

* [[Tim Bogert]] (born 1944), bass guitarist and vocalist<ref>Atkinson, Rick. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53270945/this-winter-is-johnny-and-his-music-is/ "This Winter Is Johnny, And His Music Is Hot"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', May 14, 1971. Accessed June 11, 2020. "For Cactus, this was more than just another show. This was more of a homecoming, since Tim Bogert comes from Ridgefield."</ref>
* [[Brendan A. Burns]] (1895–1989), U.S. Army major general<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/7477618?mark=7b22746f6b656e223a22646a4468767375386e41654e2b57476b6b3858444f493370566c67775458687a5835316c646b34614534733d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d |title=1900 United States Federal Census, Entry for Thomas F. Byrnes Family |date=June 8, 1900 |website=Ancestry.com |publisher=Ancestry.com LLC |location=Lehi, UT |url-access=subscription |access-date=November 4, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=February 16, 1957 |title=State's Armed Forces Stage Review in Honor of Retiring Commander of New York National Guard |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-buffalo-news-review/134635237/ |work=[[Buffalo Evening News|Buffalo Evening News Magazine]] |location=Buffalo, NY |page=12 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
* [[Marlene Caride]] (born 1963), politician who served in the [[New Jersey General Assembly]] from 2012 to 2018, where she represented the [[New Jersey's 36th legislative district|36th Legislative District]]<ref>[http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/bio.asp?Leg=348 Assemblywoman Marlene Caride (D)], [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed December 15, 2013.</ref>
* [[Louise DeSalvo]] (1942–2018), writer, editor, professor, and lecturer who was a renowned [[Virginia Woolf]] scholar<ref>Seelye, Katharine Q. [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/11/obituaries/louise-desalvo-dead.html "Louise DeSalvo, Memoirist and Virginia Woolf Scholar, Dies at 76"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', November 11, 2018. Accessed December 25, 2023. "Her early life was spent in the hardscrabble milieu of Hoboken, N.J., tenements, but in the postwar boom her family moved to a house in Ridgefield, a more suburban New Jersey town."</ref>
* [[Marcel Duchamp]] (1887–1968), French artist<ref>[http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=63436#.UcujCm28M6s "Icons of twentieth century photography come to Edinburgh for major Man Ray exhibition"], ArtDaily. Accessed June 26, 2013. "He initially taught himself photography in order to reproduce his works of art but in 1920 began to work as a portrait photographer to fund his work in other media. In 1915, whilst at Ridgefield artist colony in New Jersey, he met the French artist Marcel Duchamp and together they tried to establish a New York outpost of the Dada movement."</ref>
* [[Ronald Enroth]] (1938–2023), Professor of Sociology at [[Westmont College]]<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104465558/profile-of-richard-enroth/ "Student of the Week; Ronald Enroth Plans to Become a Teacher; Like History, Writing, Traveling and Books"], ''[[Poughkeepsie Journal]]'', December 2, 1955. Accessed June 26, 2022, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "Born in Weehawken, N. J., Ronald was raised in Ridgefield, N. J., and attended the Dwight Morrow High School in Englewood, N. J., prior to moving to New Paltz two years ago."</ref>
* [[Gilbert Gaul (artist)|Gilbert Gaul]] (1855–1919), painter and illustrator of military subjects ranging from the American Civil War to World War I, as well as American Western vistas and scenes<ref>Bonner, Judith H.; and Pennington, Estill Curtis. [https://books.google.com/books?id=uj4vqIjD-_AC&pg=PA318 "Gaul, Gilbert William"], in ''The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Volume 21: Art and Architecture'', p. 318. [[University of North Carolina Press]], 2013. {{ISBN|9780807869949}}. Accessed November 16, 2017. "By 1910, he had returned to his native New Jersey, living out his remaining years in Ridgefield, where he continued to paint, producing some paintings of World War I, which lacked the immediacy and success of his Civil War work."</ref>
* [[Samuel Halpert]] (1884–1930), painter<ref name=TFAOI/>
* [[Thomas H. Herring]] (1812–1874), President of the New Jersey Senate in 1859 as well as the president of the Northern Railroad starting in 1859<ref>[http://www.northernbranchcorridor.com/docs/Northern%20Branch%20DOCS/Northern%20Branch%20DEIS%20Appendices/Appendix%20H%20-%20Historic.pdf Northern Branch DEIS], Northern Branch Corridor. Accessed May 6, 2017. "Ridgefield: The arrival of the Northern Railroad of New Jersey in Ridgefield in 1859 made this area, with its hills providing scenic vistas, accessible to New York City and ripe for suburban development. Several persons with interests in the railroad lived in Ridgefield. They included Thomas H. Herring, who, according to Poor's Atlas, in 1859 was the President of the Northern Railroad."</ref>
*<!--Alphabetized as Jacobus--> [[David Schenk Jacobus]] (1862–1955), [[Mechanical engineering|mechanical engineer]] who served as president of the [[American Society of Mechanical Engineers]] in the year 1916–1917<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=fe0cAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1430 "Dr. D. S. Jacobus"], ''The Iron Age'', Volume 96, December 16, 1915. Accessed June 11, 2020. "Dr. David Schenk Jacobus, the new president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, was born in Ridgefield, N. J., in 1862."</ref>
* [[Frederick Krafft]] (1860–1933), [[socialist]] [[political activist]] and politician, who was convicted in 1918 for a violation of the [[Espionage Act]] and was the only person convicted under this law to receive a full [[pardon|executive pardon]] from [[President of the United States|President]] [[Woodrow Wilson]]<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1933/09/01/archives/frederick-krafft-jersey-socialist-once-was-man-ager-of-volkszeitung.html "Frederick Krafft.; Jersey Socialist Once Was Manager of Volkszeitung Here."], ''[[The New York Times]]'', September 1, 1933. Accessed September 26, 2018. "Frederick Krafft, in his day one of the most active and demonstrative Socialist workers in Bergen County, is dead at his home in Ridgefield."</ref>
* [[Alfred Kreymborg]] (1883–1966), poet and novelist<ref name=TFAOI/>
* [[Joseph Lagana]] (born 1978), politician who has represented the [[New Jersey's 38th legislative district|38th Legislative District]] in the [[New Jersey General Assembly]] since January 2014<ref>Wassel, Bryan. [http://archive.northjersey.com/news/incumbents-face-challenge-for-council-seats-in-paramus-1.288199 "Incumbents face challenge for council seats in Paramus"], ''Town News'', November 7, 2011. Accessed May 6, 2017. "Lagana was raised in Ridgefield, and moved to Paramus in April 2009.... Lagana has served on various boards, including the Ridgefield Planning Board, the Bergen County Committee for Community Development and currently serves on the Paramus Environmental Commission."</ref>
* [[Chris Lema]] (born 1995), [[association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[Midfielder (association football)|midfielder]] for [[New York Red Bulls II]] in the [[United Soccer League]]<ref>[http://www.guhoyas.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/christopher_lema_905639.html Christopher Lema], [[Georgetown Hoyas men's soccer]]. Accessed March 17, 2018. "Hometown: Ridgefield, N.J.; High School: Ridgefield Memorial"</ref>
* [[Man Ray]] (1890–1976), one of the most important painters and photographers of the [[surrealism|Surrealist]] and [[dadaism|Dada]] movements, had a house in an artists' colony that once existed in Ridgefield<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1976/11/19/archives/man-ray-is-dead-in-paris-at-86-dadaist-painter-and-photographer.html "Man Ray Is Dead in Paris at 86; Dadaist Painter and Photographer"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', November 19, 1976. Accessed September 26, 2018. "His style changed in 1915 to 'reducing human figures to flat-patterned disarticulated forms.' He was living at the time in Ridgefield, N.&nbsp;J."</ref>
* [[Survivor: Guatemala|Judd Sergeant]], contestant on the eleventh season of ''[[Survivor (U.S. TV series)|Survivor]]''<ref>Schwarz, Marc. [https://web.archive.org/web/20121019190010/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-116060852.html "Talking To Judd Sergeant"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', December 5, 2005. Accessed May 4, 2008. "Judd Sergeant, the 35-year-old doorman from Ridgefield, was loud, aggressive and one of the most talked-about contestants on 'Survivor: Guatemala.'"</ref>
* [[Bob Schroder]] (born 1944), MLB infielder who played for the [[San Francisco Giants]]<ref>[http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/9e9fac51 Bob Schroder], [[Society for American Baseball Research]]. Accessed May 6, 2017.</ref>
* [[Alexander Shaler]] (1827–1911), [[Union Army]] general in the [[American Civil War]] who later served as [[Mayor of Ridgefield, New Jersey]]<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1911/12/28/archives/gen-a-shaler-dead-in-his-84th-year-distinguished-civil-war-veteran.html "Gen. A. Shaler Dead In His 84th Year; Distinguished Civil War Veteran and Long Prominent in State National Guard."], ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 28, 1911. Accessed September 26, 2018. "Gen. Shaler moved to Ridgefield, N. J., and was one of the founders of Hudson Heights and other properties in that vicinity. He served as the Mayor of the Borough of Ridgefield from 1899 to 1901."</ref>
* [[Gregor Weiss]] (born 1941), [[artistic gymnast]] who represented the [[United States at the 1964 Summer Olympics]], placing 7th in the team event<ref>[https://issuu.com/usagymnastics/docs/1964_8nov ''Modern Gymnast''], November 1964. Accessed November 16, 2017. "Greg Weiss: Height, 5-6; Weight, 138; Age, 23; Ridgefield, New Jersey.... Attended high school at Dwight Morrow, Englewood, New Jersey."</ref>
* [[Henry Wessel Jr.]] (1942–2018), photographer and educator<ref>[[Philip Gefter|Gefter, Philip]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/24/obituaries/henry-wessel-photographer-dead.html "Henry Wessel, Whose Lens Captured Life in the West, Is Dead at 76"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', September 24, 2018. Accessed September 26, 2018. "Henry Wessel Jr. was born on July 28, 1942, in Teaneck, N.J., and grew up in nearby Ridgefield. He studied psychology at Penn State University, graduating in 1966."</ref>
* [[William Carlos Williams]] (1883–1963), poet<ref>[http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Williams__William_Carlos.html "Williams, William Carlos"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816183328/http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Williams__William_Carlos.html |date=2011-08-16 }}, Pennsylvania Center for the Book at [[Pennsylvania State University]]. Accessed January 5, 2012. "William Carlos Williams began spending time at Grantwood in New Jersey. There he and other poets would work on their crafts. In 1916, he edited an episode of The Others, a poetry magazine based in Grantwood. He became friends at that time with Marianne Moore, who had very much in common with WCW, as she had studied biology in college. Williams would continue his involvement in Grantwood and ''The Others'' until the magazine failed due to funding shortages in the twenties and the group disbanded shortly thereafter."</ref>