Editing Carteret, New Jersey (section)

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

* [[Jim Babjak]] (born 1957), [[Dennis Diken]] (born 1957) and [[Mike Mesaros (musician)|Mike Mesaros]] of the pop/rock group [[The Smithereens]] are former Carteret residents who met in school there<ref>Cahillane, Kevin. [https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/10/nyregion/not-fade-away-the-smithereens-monument-to-persistence.html "Not Fade Away: The Smithereens' Monument to Persistence"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180728012403/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/10/nyregion/not-fade-away-the-smithereens-monument-to-persistence.html |date=July 28, 2018 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 10, 2004. Accessed November 3, 2007. "The band formed in 1980 when three Carteret High School graduates (class of 1975) and childhood friends (Mr. Babjak, Dennis Diken on drums and Mike Mesaros on bass) met Pat DiNizio, a Scotch Plains singer-songwriter-garbage man."</ref>
* [[Joseph A. Cafasso]] (born 1956), former [[Fox News]] consultant on military and [[counterterrorism]] issues who left the network after allegations surfaced that he misrepresented his military record<ref>Rutenberg, Jim. [https://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/29/business/at-fox-news-the-colonel-who-wasn-t.html "At Fox News, the Colonel Who Wasn't"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011081853/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/29/business/at-fox-news-the-colonel-who-wasn-t.html |date=October 11, 2021 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', April 29, 2002. Accessed June 17, 2012. "Born in 1956, he graduated from Carteret High School in Carteret, N.J., military records show."</ref>
* [[Jim Conti]], of the ska band [[Streetlight Manifesto]]<ref>Jordan, Chris. [https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/app/access/1787497571.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+18%2C+2005&author=CHRIS+JORDAN&pub=Asbury+Park+Press&desc=Streetlight+Manifesto+set+to+shred&pqatl=google "Streetlight Manifesto set to shred"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105125643/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/app/access/1787497571.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+18,+2005&author=CHRIS+JORDAN&pub=Asbury+Park+Press&desc=Streetlight+Manifesto+set+to+shred&pqatl=google |date=November 5, 2012 }}, ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', June 18, 2005. Accessed February 6, 2011. "Carteret's Jim Conti, tenor sax, had to return to the States because of an illness in his family, and new trumpet player, Delano Bonner, a native of Jamaica, had problems entering Europe because of visa problems."</ref>
* [[Thomas Deverin]] (1921–2010), former mayor of Carteret who served 22 years in the [[New Jersey General Assembly]]<ref>Malwitz, Rick. [http://www.thedailyjournal.com/article/CN/20101227/NEWS/12270339/Longtime-Carteret-political-figure-Deverin-dies-age-89 "Longtime Carteret political figure Deverin dies at age 89"]{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''[[The Daily Journal (New Jersey)]]'', December 27, 2010. Accessed February 28, 2011. "State Assemblyman Thomas Deverin of Carteret (right) takes the oath of office in 1979, administered by state Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard Hughes. Deverin, who was also a former mayor of the borough, died Dec. 23 at the age of 89."</ref>
* [[Keith Hughes (basketball)|Keith Hughes]] (1968–2014), basketball player at Syracuse University and Rutgers who was selected by the [[Houston Rockets]] in the [[1991 NBA draft]], but never played in the NBA<ref>Haley, John. [http://www.nj.com/hssports/blog/boysbasketball/index.ssf/2010/04/nj_hoops_middlesex_county_a_look_back_at_the_season_a_to_z_scoring_leaders_and_more.html "NJ Hoops: Middlesex County: A look back at the season A to Z; Scoring leaders and more"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120063113/https://www.nj.com/hssports/blog/boysbasketball/index.ssf/2010/04/nj_hoops_middlesex_county_a_look_back_at_the_season_a_to_z_scoring_leaders_and_more.html |date=November 20, 2018 }}, ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', April 3, 2010. Accessed February 23, 2011. "Keith Hughes is the son of former Carteret and Rutgers great Keith Hughes."</ref>
* [[Sam Kamara]] (born 1997), professional [[American football|football]] [[defensive end]] for the [[Cleveland Browns]]<ref>Borden, Marcus. [https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/sports/nfl/2021/05/22/carteret-kamara-signs-chicago-bears-free-agent/5220866001/ "Football: Carteret's Kamara signs with Bears as undrafted free agent"], ''[[Courier News]]'', May 22, 2021. Accessed March 27, 2025</ref>
* [[Chad Kinch]] (1958–1994), shooting guard who played in the NBA for the [[Cleveland Cavaliers]] and [[Dallas Mavericks]]<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/08/obituaries/chad-kinch-35-ex-basketball-star.html Chad Kinch, 35, Ex-Basketball Star] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307040803/http://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/08/obituaries/chad-kinch-35-ex-basketball-star.html |date=March 7, 2016 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', April 8, 1994. Accessed June 17, 2012. "Carteret, N.J., April 7— Chad Kinch, a former basketball star at Perth Amboy High School in New Jersey and the Cleveland Cavaliers' No. 1 draft choice in 1980, died at home on Sunday. He was 35."</ref>
* [[Isa Leshko]] (born 1971), artist and author of ''Allowed to Grow Old: Portraits of Elderly Animals from Farm Sanctuaries''<ref>[https://levygallery.com/artist/isa-leshko/ Isa Leshko] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013231817/https://levygallery.com/artist/isa-leshko/ |date=October 13, 2022 }}, Richard Levy Gallery. Accessed October 13, 2022. "Isa Leshko Born: 1971, Carteret, NJ"</ref>
* [[Jim McGreevey]] (born 1957), former [[Governor of New Jersey]], grew up in Carteret<ref>Slackman, Michael; and Jacons, Andrew. [https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/15/nyregion/governor-resigns-conflict-sex-ambition-politics-closet-double-life.html&pagewanted=all "The Governor Resigns: The Conflict; Sex, Ambition and the Politics of the Closet: A Double Life"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123140349/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/15/nyregion/governor-resigns-conflict-sex-ambition-politics-closet-double-life.html%26pagewanted%3Dall |date=November 23, 2018 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 15, 2004. Accessed July 25, 2013. "Mr. McGreevey was molded both by the stern expectations of his father, who believed that discipline was best dispensed with a firm hand, and the Catholic, working-class ethos of his hometown, Carteret."</ref>
* [[Art McMahon]] (born 1946), [[defensive back]] for the [[New England Patriots|Boston / New England Patriots]] football team from 1968 to 1970 and 1972<ref>[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/McMaAr20.htm Art McMahon] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180110174515/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/McMaAr20.htm |date=January 10, 2018 }}, [[Pro-Football-Reference.com]]. Accessed January 9, 2018.</ref>
* [[Joe Medwick|Joe "Ducky" Medwick]] (1911–1975), [[left fielder]] for the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] during the "[[Gashouse Gang]]" era of the 1930s, elected to the [[Baseball Hall of Fame]] in 1968, by the [[Veterans Committee]]<ref>via [[United Press International]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/1975/03/22/archives/ducky-meduwick-slugger-for-gas-house-gang-dies-a-controversial.html "Ducky Medwick, Slugger For Gas House Gang, Dies; A Controversial Player"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326033939/https://www.nytimes.com/1975/03/22/archives/ducky-meduwick-slugger-for-gas-house-gang-dies-a-controversial.html |date=March 26, 2023 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', March 22, 1975. Accessed September 5, 2011. "Medwick was born in Carteret, N.&nbsp;J., on Nov. 24, 1911, and went on to star at Carteret High School in track, football, basketball and baseball."</ref><ref>[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=medwijo01 Joe Medwick at Baseball Almanac] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061024000845/http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=medwijo01 |date=October 24, 2006 }}, accessed December 7, 2006.</ref> Ranked #7 on the ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' list of ''The 50 Greatest New Jersey Sports Figures''.<ref>[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/magazine/features/si50/states/new_jersey/greatest/ The 50 Kdet New Jersey Sports Figures] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313205911/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/magazine/features/si50/states/new_jersey/greatest/ |date=March 13, 2007 }}, ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'', December 27, 1999.</ref>
* [[Nicholas Minue]] (1905–1943), United States Army Private who received the [[Medal of Honor]] for military service in World War II. An elementary school on Post Boulevard is named in his honor<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1944/04/02/archives/slain-soldier-hero-won-highest-honor-jersey-private-in-regular-army.html "Slain Soldier Hero Won Highest Honor; Jersey Private in Regular Army Charged Foe Alone in Africa"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109195012/https://www.nytimes.com/1944/04/02/archives/slain-soldier-hero-won-highest-honor-jersey-private-in-regular-army.html |date=November 9, 2023 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', April 2, 1944. Accessed February 6, 2011.</ref>
* [[Paul J. Pluta]], Rear Admiral, [[United States Coast Guard]] (Ret.)<ref>Staff. [http://www.marinelink.com/news/article/rear-admiral-paul-pluta-redefines-maritime-security/318411.aspx "Rear Admiral Paul Pluta Redefines Maritime Security"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319035948/http://www.marinelink.com/news/article/rear-admiral-paul-pluta-redefines-maritime-security/318411.aspx |date=March 19, 2012 }}, MarineLink.com, June 7, 2002. Accessed September 5, 2011. "As a young man growing up in the New York City suburb of Carteret, N.J., Pluta knew that he wanted to be involved with some branch of the military, but the decision that loomed over him throughout high school was a tough one. Upon graduation from high school, he weighed his options, singling out the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, N.Y. and the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn."</ref>
* [[Joseph Sirola]] (1929–2019), was an actor known as "The King of the Voice-Overs"<ref>Barnes, Mike. [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/joseph-sirola-dead-actor-tony-winning-producer-was-89-1162858/ "Joseph Sirola, Actor and Tony-Winning Producer, Dies at 89 Joseph Sirola, the genial actor and Tony Award-winning producer who was known as 'The King of the Voice-Overs,' has died. He was 89."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721181303/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/joseph-sirola-dead-actor-tony-winning-producer-was-89-1162858/ |date=July 21, 2021 }}, ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'', February 10, 2019. Accessed July 21, 2021. "A son of Croatian immigrants, Sirola was born on Oct. 7, 1929, in Carteret, New Jersey."</ref>
* [[Joel Weisman]] (1943–2009), physician who was one of the first to identify a pattern of illnesses that was ultimately diagnosed as [[AIDS]]<ref>Colvin, Richard. [https://archive.today/20130701192046/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/59828711.html?dids=59828711:59828711&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+01,+1988&author=RICHARD+COLVIN&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Merciful+M.+D.+Pioneering+Physician+Also+Political+Advocate+for+AIDS+Victims&pqatl=google "Merciful M. D. Pioneering Physician Also Political Advocate for AIDS Victims"], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', May 1, 1988. Accessed July 1, 2013. "Weisman teamed up with Rogolsky in 1975 after three years in private practice in Carteret, NJ, his hometown."</ref>
* [[Laurence S. Weiss]] ({{circa|1919}}–2003), business executive and politician who served in the [[New Jersey Senate]] from 1978 to 1992<ref>[[Frank Pallone|Pallone, Frank]]. [http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CREC-1994-09-29/html/CREC-1994-09-29-pt1-PgE57.htm "Tribute To Laurence Weiss"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181212123015/https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CREC-1994-09-29/html/CREC-1994-09-29-pt1-PgE57.htm |date=December 12, 2018 }}, ''[[Congressional Record]]'', Volume 140, Number 139 (September 29, 1994). Accessed September 24, 2015. "Mr. Speaker, the story of Larry Weiss is one of the great American success stories. Born in Hungary, he immigrated to the United States with his parents at the age of 3. The Weiss family settled first in Jersey City, then Carteret, where Larry went through the public schools and graduated from the high school."</ref>
* [[Jason Worilds]] (born 1988), football player selected by the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] in the [[2010 NFL draft]]<ref>Vrentas, Jenny. [http://www.nj.com/sports/nfldraft/index.ssf/2010/04/steelers_draft_carteret_produc.html "Steelers draft Carteret product Jason Worilds in second round of NFL Draft"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528050953/http://www.nj.com/sports/nfldraft/index.ssf/2010/04/steelers_draft_carteret_produc.html |date=May 28, 2010 }}, ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', April 23, 2010. Accessed July 15, 2010.</ref>