Editing Berkeley Township, New Jersey (section)

==Notable people==
{{Category see also|People from Berkeley Township, New Jersey}}
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Berkeley Township include:
* [[Tom DeBlass]] (born 1982), practitioner of [[Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu]] and [[mixed martial arts|mixed martial artist]] signed with [[ONE Championship]]<ref>Bakan, Josh. [https://patch.com/new-jersey/berkeley-nj/national-bullying-prevention-month-comes-berkeley-cr-schools "National Bullying Prevention Month Comes To Berkeley, CR Schools"], Berkeley, NJ, Patch, October 10, 2019. Accessed July 16, 2020. "Tom DeBlass, a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner from Berkeley, is giving a sportsmanship presentation to Central Regional's fall sports teams."</ref>
* [[Jazmyn Foberg]] (born 2000), [[artistic gymnast]] who was the 2014 US Junior National All-Around and Uneven Bars Champion<ref>Wall, Karen. [http://patch.com/new-jersey/berkeley-nj/all-jazzy-berkeley-gymast-wins-national-championship "All That Jazzy: Berkeley Gymnast Wins National Championship; Jazmyn Foberg, 14, earns all-around title at U.S. Junior National Championships"], Berkeley Patch, August 23, 2014. Accessed October 12, 2015. "Berkeley gymnast Jazmyn Foberg is the new junior national gymnastics all-around champion."</ref>
* [[Al Leiter]] (born 1965), former MLB pitcher who played for both the [[New York Mets]] and [[New York Yankees]]<ref>[http://web.yesnetwork.com/announcers/bio.jsp?id=aleiter YES Announcers: Al Leiter, New York Yankees analyst], [[YES Network]]. Accessed January 25, 2015. "Leiter is a native of Bayville, N.J."</ref>
* [[Mark Leiter]] (born 1963), retired [[Major League Baseball]] [[pitcher]]<ref>Edelson, Stephen. [https://www.newspapers.com/article/asbury-park-press-profile-of-mark-leiter/164674622/ "Learning to cherish their Time"], ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', February 4, 2025, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "Toms River players William Fleury, 12, Alex Civitello, 12, and Christian Wood, 12, listen to Mark Leiter, a former major league baseball player who grew up in Berkeley Township, on Tuesday during the Little League state championship banquet at the Berkeley Little League Complex in Bayville."</ref>
* [[Phil Longo]] (born 1968), [[American football]] coach who is head coach for the [[Sam Houston Bearkats football]] team<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11436024/daily-record/ "Coach"], ''[[Daily Record (New Jersey)|Daily Record]]'', December 13, 1988. Accessed September 15, 2020, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "Longo, 30, was born in the Jersey Shore community of Red Bank and grew up in Bayville, where he attended Central Regional High."</ref>
* [[Megan McCafferty]] (born 1973), author best known for her series of books about [[Jessica Darling]], a witty teenage heroine<ref>Ervolino, Bill. "Jessica's a step behind her author", ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', September 9, 2007. "Like her heroine, McCafferty knows her way around the Garden State, having grown up in Bayville before moving to Brooklyn and Manhattan and then getting married and settling in -- ahem -- Princeton."</ref>
* [[Herbert Irving Preston]] (1876–1928), private serving in the [[United States Marine Corps]] who received the [[Medal of Honor]] for bravery during the [[Boxer Rebellion]]<ref>[http://www.mcu.usmc.mil/historydivision/Pages/Who's%20Who/P-R/preston_hi.aspx Private Herbert Irving Preston, USMC] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923064032/https://www.mcu.usmc.mil/historydivision/Pages/Who%27s%20Who/P-R/preston_hi.aspx |date=2015-09-23 }}, [[United States Marine Corps History Division]]. Accessed January 25, 2015. "Born: 6 August 1876 or 1878 in Berkeley, New Jersey"</ref>
* [[Augusta Huiell Seaman]] (1879–1950), author of [[children's literature]]<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1950/06/05/archives/augusta-seaman-author-since-07-writer-of-many-childrens-books-dies.html "Augusta Seaman, Author Since '07; Writer of Many Children's Books Dies at 71--Serials Appeared in St. Nicholas"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', June 5, 1950. Accessed July 1, 2022. "Mrs. Francis Parkman Freeman, author of many children's books under the name of Augusta Huiell Seaman, died today at her home on Island Beach."</ref>