Editing Tewksbury Township, New Jersey (section)

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

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* [[Harriet Adams]] (1892–1982), [[novelist]] and [[publisher]] who authored some 200 books including many in the ''[[Nancy Drew]]'' series (under the pseudonym [[Carolyn Keene]]) and a few in the ''[[Hardy Boys]]'' series (under the pseudonym [[Franklin W. Dixon]])<ref>Epstein, Rick. [http://www.nj.com/hunterdon-county-democrat/index.ssf/2009/08/visitors_can_see_garden_at_for.html "Visitors can see garden at former Tewksbury, NJ home of Nancy Drew author"], ''[[Hunterdon County Democrat]]'', August 17, 2009. Accessed October 11, 2015. "One of the gardens is on Bird Haven Farm in Tewksbury Township, which was the place where many of the old Nancy Drew mystery books were written by Harriet Adams."</ref>
* [[Joseph Alexander Adams]] (1803–1880), engraver<ref>Staff. [https://books.google.com/books?id=gH_nAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA65 ''American printer and lithographer, Volume 17''], p. 65, Moore Publishing Co., 1893. Accessed March 14, 1993.</ref>
* [[John Amos]] (born 1939), [[actor]]<ref>Morella, Nicole. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120725040146/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/mycentraljersey/access/1821461491.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+13%2C+2003&author=Nicole+Morella&pub=Courier+-+News&desc=Jersey%27s+John+Amos+stars+as+sitcom+dad&pqatl=google "Jersey's John Amos stars as sitcom dad"], ''[[Courier News (New Jersey)]]'', September 13, 2003. Accessed January 21, 2011. "Amos, who owns a home in Tewksbury but lives on his boat off the coast of Mexico, also has been seen recently on NBC's hit 'The West Wing'."</ref>
* [[Dan Cocoziello]] (born 1985), professional lacrosse player<ref>Staff. [https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/dailyrecord/access/1710275091.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+25%2C+2008&author=&pub=Daily+Record&desc=Mountain+Lakes+alumnus+Bucco+preps+for+championship+game&pqatl=google "Mountain Lakes alumnus Bucco preps for championship game"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106010915/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/dailyrecord/access/1710275091.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+25,+2008&author=&pub=Daily+Record&desc=Mountain+Lakes+alumnus+Bucco+preps+for+championship+game&pqatl=google |date=November 6, 2012 }}, ''[[Daily Record (New Jersey)|Daily Record]]'', May 25, 2008. Accessed March 14, 2011. "Princeton's Dan Cocoziello of Oldwick, earned first-team honors for the first time in his four-year collegiate career."</ref>
* [[Everett Fagan]] (1918–1983), professional baseball player during the 1940s<ref>[https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/everett-fagan/ Everett Fagan], [[Society for American Baseball Research]]. Accessed March 5, 2023. "Born January 13, 1918 at Pottersville, NJ"</ref>
* [[Eileen Ford]] (1922–2014), co-founder of [[Ford Modeling Agency|Ford Modeling Agency, now called Ford Models]]<ref>Speers, W. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB2A48AE61900E0&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "Model-Agency Fords Lose N. Jersey Home To Fire"], ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', March 4, 1993. Accessed March 29, 2008. "The fab North Jersey home of Gerard and Eileen Ford, owners of the fashion industry's most prestigious modeling agency, was pretty much totaled by fire Tuesday night. Nobody was hurt but a fire official said the Tewksbury Township home was 90 percent destroyed."</ref>
* [[Gerard W. Ford]] (1924–2008), co-founder of [[Ford Modeling Agency|Ford Modeling Agency, now called Ford Models]]<ref>Wilson, Eric. [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/26/nyregion/26ford.html "Jerry Ford, 83, Man Behind the Models, Dies"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 26, 2008. Accessed March 14, 2011. "Jerry Ford, who with his wife, Eileen, established one of the most recognizable modeling agencies in the world, turning a profession regarded as practically a hobby in the 1940s into one dominated by well-paid supermodels in the 1980s, died on Sunday in Morristown, N.J.. He was 83 and lived in Oldwick, N.J."</ref>
* [[James Gandolfini]] (1961–2013), [[actor]] best known for his lead role in the [[HBO]] series ''[[The Sopranos]]''<ref>Slaght, Veronica. [http://www.nj.com/news/local/index.ssf/2009/09/gandolfini_buys_home_in_tewksb.html "'Sopranos' star James Gandolfini buys home in Tewksbury"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', September 24, 2009. Accessed January 21, 2011. "James Gandolfini, who portrayed the conflicted mobster on the popular HBO drama ''The Sopranos,'' has taken up residence in the posh seclusion of Tewksbury's wooded hills."</ref>
* [[Lawrence R. Hafstad]] (1904–1993), [[electrical engineer]] and [[physicist]] notable for his pioneering work on nuclear reactors.<ref>Saxon, Wolfgang. [https://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/22/obituaries/lawrence-r-hafstad-dies-at-89-helped-to-develop-nuclear-power.html "Lawrence R. Hafstad Dies at 89; Helped to Develop Nuclear Power"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 22, 1993. Accessed February 7, 2023. "Dr. Lawrence Randolph Hafstad, a physicist who played an important role in the development of nuclear power plants, died on Oct. 12 at his home in Oldwick, N.J."</ref>
* [[Alison Haislip]] (born 1981), [[actress]] and correspondent for [[G4tv]]'s ''[[Attack of the Show!]]''<ref>Wells, Candace. [http://njmonthly.com/articles/jersey-living/alison-haislip/ "Alison Haislip: Social (Media) Climber; Tewksbury native Alison Haislip is the (social media) voice of The Voice, NBC's hit singing competition program."], ''[[New Jersey Monthly]]'', July 11, 2011. Accessed May 24, 2016. "What do you get when you combine music, a major television network and the Internet? Answer: The ideal job for Tewksbury native Alison Haislip."</ref>
* [[Tally Hall (band)|Andrew Horowitz]] (born 1983), musician/singer in [[Tally Hall (band)|Tally Hall]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080508223245/http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/tally_hall/artist.jhtml#biographyEnd Tally Hall], [[MTV]]. Accessed January 21, 2011. "The group was formed in late 2002 while attending the University of Michigan, and each member hails from suburban Detroit except Horowitz, who calls Tewksbury, NJ, home."</ref>
* Kamine family, owners of Olympic horse [[Royal Kaliber]].<ref>Jaffer, Nancy. [http://www.nj.com/sports/njsports/index.ssf/2009/03/jessica_springsteen_wins_morri.html "Jessica Springsteen wins Morris Excellence in Equitation competition"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', March 21, 2009. Accessed January 21, 2011.</ref>
* [[Charlie Murphy (actor)|Charlie Murphy]] (1959–2017), [[actor]] and [[comedian]]<ref>[http://www.sfstandup.com/calendar/show.php?eventid=8482 Charlie Murphy at Pepper Belly's] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716044431/http://www.sfstandup.com/calendar/show.php?eventid=8482 |date=2011-07-16 }}, SFstandup.com. Accessed January 21, 2011.</ref>
* [[Joe Piscopo]] (born 1951), actor and comedian<ref>Maciborski, Nathan. [https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/mycentraljersey/access/1818365341.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+12%2C+2003&author=Nathan+Maciborski&pub=Courier+-+News&desc=Patriots+celebrate+successful+season&pqatl=google "Patriots celebrate successful season"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105093042/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/mycentraljersey/access/1818365341.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+12,+2003&author=Nathan+Maciborski&pub=Courier+-+News&desc=Patriots+celebrate+successful+season&pqatl=google |date=November 5, 2012 }}, ''[[Courier News (New Jersey)]]'', December 12, 2003. Accessed January 21, 2011. "Instead another Joe was on hand to honor Lyle and the Patriots, actor and Tewksbury resident Joe Piscopo."</ref><ref>Homer, Jordan. [http://www.newjerseyhills.com/hunterdon_review/news/tewksbury-s-piscopo-featured-at-cento-amici-s-th-spring/article_8058f7f3-5e58-58ba-bf6a-bf5691b84d7f.html "Tewksbury's Piscopo featured at Cento Amici's 28th spring scholarship dinner"], ''Hunterdon Review'', April 9, 2016. Accessed October 26, 2018. "Joe Piscopo, Tewksbury resident, former ''Saturday Night Live'' star, morning radio host and New Jersey Hall of Famerwas the evening's star."</ref>
* [[Webster B. Todd]] (1899–1989), businessman, Republican leader, and father of [[Christine Todd Whitman]]<ref>via [[Associated Press]]. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AC&p_theme=ac&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAEAA8238431A68&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "Election '93 / Christie Whitman From A Long Line Of Party Faithful"], ''[[The Press of Atlantic City]]'', November 3, 1993. Accessed January 21, 2011.</ref>
* [[Frederica von Stade]] (born 1945), opera singer<ref>Abrams, Bernie. [https://www.newjerseyhills.com/entertainment/archives/native-daughter-comes-home/article_0d26c73e-b10e-5588-b88f-006feb3fe135.html?_ev_id=1029337_history_lunch_break%3A_from_royals_to_robots "Native daughter comes home"], ''New Jersey Hills'', June 11, 2007. Accessed May 1, 2022. "Her roots, she admits, run very deep in the area though she now lives in California. She grew up in the Oldwick section of Tewksbury Township where, at the Country Day School, her teacher Miss Noling encouraged von Stade's vocal development in performing Gilbert and Sullivan operettas."</ref>
* [[George David Weiss]] (1921–2010), songwriter and former President of the [[Songwriters Guild of America]]<ref>[[Margalit Fox|Fox, Margalit]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/24/arts/music/24weiss.html "George David Weiss, Writer of Hit Pop Songs, Dies at 89"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 23, 2010. Accessed March 14, 2011. "George David Weiss, a songwriter who had a hand in some of the biggest hits of mid-century pop music, recorded by some of the biggest stars, died on Monday at his home in Oldwick, N.J. He was 89."</ref>
* [[Christine Todd Whitman]] (born 1946), 50th [[Governor of New Jersey]]<ref name=NYT2002>Cohen, Joyce. [https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/22/travel/havens-weekender-tewksbury-nj.html "Havens; Weekender | Tewksbury, N.J."], ''[[The New York Times]]'', November 22, 2002. Accessed January 30, 2023. "The most famous resident is New Jersey's former governor Christine Todd Whitman, now administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, whose family owns a farm there."</ref>
* [[John Whitman (businessman)|John Whitman]] (1944–2015), businessman, investment banker and husband of [[Christine Todd Whitman]]<ref>Friedman, Matt. [http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/07/john_whitman_husband_of_former_nj_governor_dies.html "John Whitman, husband of former N.J. Gov. Christie Whitman, dies"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], July 2, 2015. Accessed July 10, 2015. "But Whitman, who lived with his wife on a farm in Oldwick, was a key player in his her first campaign."</ref>
* [[Kate Whitman Annis]] (born {{circa|1977}}), general manager of the [[Metropolitan Riveters]] of the [[National Women's Hockey League]]<ref>[https://www.newjerseyhills.com/like-mother-like-daughter---kate-whitman-enters-somerset-county-freeholder-contest/article_183b7df0-ae2e-5453-aeab-686ba51b03b7.html "Like mother, like daughter - Kate Whitman enters Somerset County freeholder contest"], ''New Jersey Hills'', January 31, 2017. Accessed November 19, 2020. "Whitman grew up in Far Hills, later moving to the Oldwick section of Tewksbury Township when her parents took over her maternal grandparents' farm."</ref>
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