Editing Eatontown, New Jersey (section)

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

* [[Preet Bharara]] (born 1968), former [[United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York]]<ref>Lattman, Peter. [https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/06/09/the-bhararas-join-an-elite-band-of-brothers/ "The Fabulous Bharara Boys"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', June 9, 2011. Accessed August 9, 2012. "He told the audience that he and his brother, who grew up in Eatontown, N.J., carved similar paths. Preet, 42, graduated from Harvard College; Vinnie, 39, the University of Pennsylvania."</ref>
* [[Charles W. Billings]] (1866–1928), politician and competitive shooter who was a member of the [[1912 Summer Olympics]] American trapshooting team that won the gold medal in [[Shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's team clay pigeons|team clay pigeons]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418073540/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bi/charles-billings-1.html Charles Billings], [[Sports Reference]]. Accessed February 1, 2018. "Born: November 26, 1866 in Eatontown, New Jersey, United States.... Charles Billings of Glen Ridge, New Jersey was on the first trapshooting squad the U.S. ever entered in the Olympics.... From 1920 until his death in 1928, Billings was the first mayor of Oceanport, New Jersey."</ref>
* [[Joe Bravo (jockey)|Joe Bravo]] (born 1971), [[thoroughbred horse racing]] jockey<ref>Edelson, Stephen. [http://www.app.com/story/sports/horses/2014/05/05/joe-bravo-longtime-monmouth-park-jockey-riding-recent-success-into-new-york-tracks/8740149/ "Joe Bravo, longtime Monmouth Park jockey, riding recent success into New York tracks"], ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', May 5, 2014. Accessed January 12, 2015. "'I love Monmouth Park, but it's a part-time job there right now,' Bravo said, having returned to his home in Eatontown on Sunday."</ref>
* [[Herm Edwards]] (born 1954), football analyst and former NFL head coach<ref>Merrill, Elizabeth. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=KC&p_theme=kc&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10F09E67229BE4D0&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "Coach driven by family, faith, football; Despite his years away, ties to KC, Chiefs remain strong"], ''[[Kansas City Star]]'', January 8, 2006. Accessed January 12, 2015. "Seventy-five miles from where his life started on an Army base in Eatontown, NJ, Edwards' New York minute is up."</ref>
* [[June Elvidge]] (1893–1965), film actress<ref>Staff. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1965/05/03/101543600.pdf "June Elvidge"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', May 3, 1965. Accessed January 12, 2015. "Eatontown, N. J., May 3 – June Elvidge, an actress early in the century and the widow of Britton Busch, a stockbroker, died yesterday at the Mary Lee Nursing Home."</ref>
* [[Houston Fields]] (1861–1899), sheriff of Monmouth County<ref>Whitehead, John. [https://books.google.com/books?id=-F8NAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Houston+Fields%22+eatontown ''The Judicial and Civil History of New Jersey, Volume 2''], p. 289. Courts, 1897. Accessed January 12, 2015. "Houston Fields, Freehold, son of Theodore and Rachel (Morris) Fields, was born near Eatontown, Monmouth county, N. J., October 23, 1861, and completed his education at the Freehold Institute."</ref>
* [[Liati Mayk-Hai]] (born 1981) singer-songwriter, visual artist, poet and athlete<ref>Kaplan, Ron. [http://www.njjewishnews.com/njjn.com/080907/moEatontownNativesPower.html "Eatontown natives power Israel to surprising success in softball"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071026063324/http://www.njjewishnews.com/njjn.com/080907/moEatontownNativesPower.html|date=October 26, 2007}}, ''[[New Jersey Jewish News]]'', August 7, 2007. Accessed December 28, 2007. "Eatontown native and star softball player Shyella Mayk, 28, and her sister Liati, 25, are part of the Israeli squad, which finished in a surprising fourth place at last month's European B Pool Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia."</ref>
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* [[Melissa Reeves]] (born 1967), actress who has played the role of [[Jennifer Horton]] on ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'' since 1985<ref>[http://www.nbc.com/days-of-our-lives/about/bio/melissa-reeves "Cast: Melissa Reeves – Jennifer Horton"], ''[[Days of Our Lives]]''. Accessed January 12, 2015. "Reeves was training with Phil Black in New York to be a dancer, commuting from her hometown in Eatontown, New Jersey to Manhattan every day in pursuit of her dream."</ref>
* [[Kevin Ritz]] (born 1965), former MLB pitcher who played for the [[Detroit Tigers]] and [[Colorado Rockies]]<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/ritzke01.shtml Kevin Ritz], [[Baseball-Reference.com]]. Accessed January 12, 2015.</ref>
* [[Cindy Lee Van Dover]] (born 1954), [[oceanography|oceanographer]], who also studies [[biodiversity]], [[biogeochemistry]], [[conservation biology]], ecology and [[marine science]]<ref>[https://www.amnh.org/explore/curriculum-collections/deep-sea-vents/cindy-lee-van-dover/ Cindy Lee Van Dover], [[American Museum of Natural History]]. Accessed February 1, 2018. "Hometown: Eatontown, New Jersey (Exit 105 on the Garden State Parkway), which is about five miles from where Bruce Springsteen grew up and about five miles from the Atlantic Ocean."</ref>
* [[Anthony M. Villane]] (1929–2022), dentist and politician, who served in the [[New Jersey General Assembly]] from 1976 to 1988<ref>[https://www.app.com/obituaries/asb282984 "Obituary of Anthony M. Villane, Jr."], ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', June 29, 2022. Accessed July 6, 2022. "Anthony M. Villane, Jr., 92 of Eatontown, NJ passed away peacefully on Wednesday, June 29 at Monmouth Medical Center with his wife and children by his side."</ref>
* [[Peter Vredenburgh Jr.]] (1837–1864), lawyer and [[Union Army]] major<ref>[http://vredenburgh.org/vredenburgh/pages/peterv.htm Peter Vredenburgh (1837–1864) A Register of His Papers], copied from the Monmouth NJ County Historical Association. Accessed January 12, 2015. "Settling in Eatontown, N.J., he practiced law for three years until commissioned into the U.S. Army, 14th Regiment N.J. Volunteers as a Major on August 25, 1862."</ref>