Editing Island Heights, New Jersey (section)

==Notable people==
{{Category see also|People from Island Heights, New Jersey}}
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Island Heights include:
* [[Charles R. Chickering]] (1891–1970), freelance artist who designed some 77 postage stamps for the U.S. Postal Service<ref>Malone, Jack. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105497045/charles-chickering-of-island-heights/ "Stamp Gossip: U.S. adds printing to series"], ''[[The News Journal|The Morning News]]'', May 20, 1970. Accessed July 12, 2022. "Charles R. Chickering. designer of several U.S. stamps, died the latter part of April at his home in Island Heights, N.J."</ref>
* [[Bessie Pease Gutmann]] (1876–1960), artist and illustrator<ref>Brown, James S. [https://www.newspapers.com/article/asbury-park-press-emily-r-perkins-and-ot/5569386/ "Still life artist Peto led parade to retreat"], ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', February 8, 1981. Accessed May 29, 2024, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "Another artist who summered for many years at Island Heights was Bessie Pease Gutmann, noted for her pictures of babies and small children that were widely distributed in this country and abroad as chromolithographs.... She established a summer home in Island Heights in 1925 and the balance of the year lived in South Orange."</ref>
* [[Gia Maione]] (1941–2013), singer and widow of [[Louis Prima]]<ref>Sapia, Joseph. [https://archive.today/20130131234630/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/app/access/1835374411.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+24,+2002&author=JOSEPH+SAPIA&pub=Asbury+Park+Press&desc=Louis+Prima's+widow+seeks+royalties+ISLAND+HEIGHTS+WOMAN+WED+BANDLEADER+IN+'63+Louis+Prima's+wife+files+suit+over+royalties&pqatl=google "Louis Prima's widow seeks royalties Island Heights Woman Wed Bandleader in '63 Louis Prima's wife files suit over royalties"], ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', December 24, 2002. Accessed July 18, 2011. "An Island Heights woman - the last of musician Louis Prima's five wives - is suing a California recording company, seeking royalties for the showman's work."</ref>
* [[John F. Peto]] (1854–1907), painter<ref>[[James Barron (journalist)|Barron, James]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/14/garden/restoring-america-s-past-bed-and-breakfast-inns.html "Restoring America's Past: Bed and Breakfast Inns"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', May 14, 1987. Accessed June 9, 2012. "Joy Peto Smiley operates the Studio of John F. Peto, a B & B in the house in Island Heights, N.J., where her grandfather painted portraits and landscapes."</ref>
* [[Glenn Taranto]] (born 1958/59), actor and screenwriter, who played [[Gomez Addams]] in ''[[The New Addams Family]]''<ref>Collins, Karyn D. [https://www.newspapers.com/article/asbury-park-press-profile-of-glenn-taran/137389262/ "Area man living out an actor's dream life"], ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', September 15, 1991. Accessed December 25, 2023, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "Glenn Taranto has come a long way since the days when he walked the boards as a member of the drama club at the old St. Joseph High School in Toms River (now known as Monsignor Donovan High School), performing in his high school's productions of musicals like ''South Pacific'' and ''1776.'' These days, Taranto, 32, whose parents, Elizabeth and Louis Sr., still live in Island Heights, is living a dream performing in one of the hottest off-Broadway plays to ever hit New York as well as performing in a showcase or workshop production of a play he wrote."</ref>
* [[Fred Wagner]] (1860–1940), one of the earliest of the [[Pennsylvania Impressionism|Pennsylvania impressionists]]<ref>Brown, James S. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56874186/fred-wagner-and-island-heights/ "Five generations of artists race roots to Philadelphia"], ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', September 14, 1980. Accessed August 7, 2020,, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "Wagner and Nunn painted extensively in the Toms River area, probably while guests at one of Bryant's Island Heights cottages."</ref>