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==Notable people== {{Category see also|People from Andover, New Jersey}} People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Andover include: * [[Stephen M. Balzer]] ({{circa|1864}}β1940), mechanic and developer of an early car and airplane engine<ref>[http://amhistory.si.edu/onthemove/collection/object_1282.html Balzer automobile patents] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141126040835/http://amhistory.si.edu/onthemove/collection/object_1282.html |date=November 26, 2014 }}, [[Smithsonian Institution]] America on the Move. Accessed April 22, 2017. "Stephen Marius Balzer (1864?-1940) was an inventor and early automobile manufacturer.... He originally lived in the Bronx, but had moved to Andover New Jersey by the time of his death in 1940."</ref> * [[Kenneth Burke]] (1897β1993), cultural and literary critic and philosopher; [[Harry Chapin|Harry]] and [[Tom Chapin]]'s grandfather<ref>[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BG&p_theme=bg&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADE099E1B49D55&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "Kenneth Burke, 96 Philosopher, Writer On Language"], ''[[Boston Globe]]'', November 22, 1993. Accessed July 16, 2008. "Kenneth Burke, a philosopher who was influential in American literary circles, has died. He was 96. Mr. Burke died Friday of heart failure at his home in Andover, N.J."</ref> * [[Finn M. W. Caspersen]] (1941β2009), financier and philanthropist<ref>[[William D. Cohan|Cohan, William D.]] [http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2010/02/caspersen-suicide-201002 "The Shot Heard 'Round the Clubs"], ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'', January 5, 2010. Accessed April 22, 2017 "The Caspersens eventually moved to Andover, New Jersey, and Venice, Florida.... The Caspersens had had homes in the area, in both Andover and Bernardsville."</ref> * [[Newman E. Drake]] (1860β1930), founder of the [[Drake's Cakes|Drake's]] baking company<ref>Staff. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1930/03/20/96075443.pdf "Newman E. Drake Dies After Operation; Founder of Bakery Concern Bearing Family Name--Spent Youth on Farm."], ''[[The New York Times]]'', March 20, 1930. Accessed April 21, 2017. "Mr. Drake was born on Dec. 16, 1860, at Andover, N. J., the sone of John B. and Elizabeth Stackhouse Drake, and was educated in the public schools of Newton."</ref> * [[Rob Freeman]] (born 1981), member of [[Hidden in Plain View]]<ref>Bove, Stephen. [https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/app/access/1732866121.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+30%2C+2007&author=STEPHEN+BOVE&pub=Asbury+Park+Press&desc=COMING+IN+FOR+A+LANDING&pqatl=google "Coming in for a Landing"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106225207/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/app/access/1732866121.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+30,+2007&author=STEPHEN+BOVE&pub=Asbury+Park+Press&desc=COMING+IN+FOR+A+LANDING&pqatl=google |date=November 6, 2012 }}, ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', March 30, 2007. Accessed June 2, 2011. "Made up of Andover-born singer/songwriter Rob Freeman (guitarist and singer for Hidden in Plain View) on vocals, guitars, piano and drums along with Jason Jaksetic on bass and guitars, The Pilot has been writing and recording copious amounts of material while touring and performing regular acoustic sets..."</ref>
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