Editing Leonia, New Jersey (section)

==Notable people==
{{Category see also|People from Leonia, New Jersey}}
[[Image:Arlene & Alan Alda Children's Room at Leonia Public Library.jpg|thumb|upright|The Arlene & Alan Alda Children's Room at the Leonia Public Library]]
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Leonia include:

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* [[Ailee]] (born 1989), singer<ref>{{cite AV media |people= |date=13 October 2013 |title=[밥묵자] 보여줄게 훨씬 더 꼰대 같은 나 (feat. 에일리) |trans-title=[Bobmukja] I’ll show you that I’m even more like an old guy (feat. Ailee) |language=Korean |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TAiNWgA-44 |access-date=17 March 2024 |time=4:40 |via=youtube.com}}</ref>
* [[Alan Alda]] (born 1936), actor<ref name=NYT>Cheslow, Jerry.[https://www.nytimes.com/1997/06/15/realestate/well-read-well-shaded-and-well-placed.html "Well-Read, Well-Shaded and Well-Placed"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', June 15, 1997. Accessed October 18, 2013. "Much later, its residents included five Nobel Prize winners, among them Enrico Fermi, one of the developers of the atomic bomb, and Willard Libby, who discovered radiocarbon dating; Sammy Davis Jr., Pat Boone and Alan Alda, the entertainers, and Robert Ludlum, the author."</ref>
* [[Arlene Alda]] (born 1933), photographer and author<ref>Kuperinsky, Amy. [https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2018/07/alan_alda_parkinsons_diagnosis_nj_leonia.html "Alan Alda, longtime N.J. resident, announces Parkinson's diagnosis"], NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, July 31, 2018. "[Alan Alda] lived with his wife, photographer, clarinetist and writer Arlene Alda, in Leonia for 38 years, from 1963 to 2001."</ref>
* [[Robert J. Alexander]] (1918–2010), political activist who studied the trade union movement in Latin America and dissident communist political parties<ref>Perrone, Fernanda. [http://www2.scc.rutgers.edu/ead/manuscripts/alexanderf.html Inventory to the Papers of Robert Jackson Alexander], [[Rutgers University Libraries]], April 2000. Accessed November 9, 2013. "Robert Jackson Alexander was born on November 26, 1918 in Canton, Ohio. He was the son of Ralph S. Alexander, an instructor and graduate student in economics, and Ruth Jackson Alexander. In 1922, the family moved to Leonia, New Jersey, five miles from New York City where R.S. Alexander had attained a teaching position at Columbia."</ref>
* [[Elizabeth Baranger]] (1927–2019), physicist and academic administrator at the [[University of Pittsburgh]], whose research concerned [[Nuclear shell model|shell model]] calculations in [[nuclear physics]]<ref>Carpenter, Mackenzie. [https://www.post-gazette.com/uncategorized/2004/05/31/NEWSMAKER-Elizabeth-Baranger-Pioneering-woman-professor-at-Pitt-shuns-spotlight/stories/200405310108 "Newsmaker: Elizabeth Baranger / Pioneering woman professor at Pitt shuns spotlight"], ''[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]'', May 31, 2004. Accessed January 6, 2021. "Baranger, the daughter of Nobel-Prize winning physicist Harold Urey, spent much of her childhood in Leonia, N.J. watching members of the secretive Manhattan Project -- the developers of the nuclear bomb -- come and go at her house."</ref>
* [[Freddie Bartholomew]] (1924–1992), child actor<ref name=LeoniaBook>Karels, Carol. [https://books.google.com/books?id=ar0D1XKVDioC&pg=PA127 ''Leonia''], p. 127. Arcadia Publishing, 2002. {{ISBN|9780738509730}}. Accessed October 21, 2015. "By the 1970s, Leonia was home to may professional musicians, writers, and entertainers. Many - such as Alan Alda, an actor and director; Carmel Quinn a singer; Freddie Bartholomew, a child star; And Robert Ludlum, an actor, producer and author - contributed to the cultural life of the community. Others - such as singer Pat Boone, comic Buddy Hackett, and singer Sammy Davis Jr. - lived here because of its proximity to New York City."</ref><ref>Nuccio, Sal. [https://www.nytimes.com/1964/11/06/archives/advertising-role-for-freddie-bartholomew.html "Advertising: Role for Freddie Bartholomew"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', November 6, 1964. Accessed March 30, 2011. "He lives in Leonia, N.&nbsp;J., with his wife and three children 'in an old house we are all inordinately fond of.'"</ref>
* [[Jeff Bell (politician)|Jeff Bell]] (1943–2018), Republican nominee for U.S. Senate from New Jersey in 2014<ref>Friedmann, Matt. [http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/02/jeff_bell_to_run_for_us_senate.html "Jeff Bell, Republican U.S. Senate candidate from 1978, wants to challenge Booker"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', February 4, 2014. Accessed August 13, 2014. "Bell, a 70-year-old conservative policy wonk who has lived in northern Virginia for the last 31 years, rented a home in Leonia today and said he plans to seek the state's Republican nomination to challenge U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) in November."</ref>
* [[Robert Birmelin]] (born 1933), figurative painter, printmaker and draughtsman<ref>DiFulco, Pasquale. [https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/528512172/ "Colorful mural by Robert Birmelin recalls Paterson's rich history"], ''[[Herald News]]'', January 12, 1992. Accessed May 1, 2021, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "But long before the Leonia resident was garnering grants and fellowships, he painted mini-portraits on cardboard."</ref>
* [[Pat Boone]] (born 1934), singer<ref name=LeoniaBook/><ref name=NYT/><ref>Staff. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120724232832/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/2068855972.html?FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Jun+16%2C+1958&author=&pub=Daily+Boston+Globe+(1928-1960)&desc=Kings+for+A+Day&pqatl=google "Kings for A Day"], ''[[The Boston Globe]]'', June 16, 1958. Accessed March 30, 2011. "Singer Pat Boone and family leave Leonia, NJ home for church. Front, Cherry, 3 1/2; Debbie, 1 1/2, and Linda, 2 1/2."</ref>
* [[Anthony Bourdain]] (1956–2018), chef, author and television personality<ref>Mack, Patricia. [https://web.archive.org/web/20121020031347/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-35963365.html "The Cook, The Thief..."], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', October 25, 2000. Accessed March 30, 2011. "Anthony Bourdain, the Leonia native with the French-sounding name, took a leave from his job as executive chef at Brasserie Les Halles in New York City."</ref>
* [[Rutherford Boyd]] (1884–1951), artist<ref name=Boyd>Almenas, Maxim. [http://www.northjersey.com/obituaries/86487962_Saying_goodbye_to_David_Boyd.html "Saying goodbye to David Boyd"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', March 4, 2010. Accessed January 3, 2012. "The tours usually ended at 112 Prospect St. — not just because it was Boyd's home, but because it's the oldest standing house in the entire Borough, built in 1760. Many Leonians have ventured to see the home, which is on the National Register of Historic Sites. 'His dad, Rutherford [Boyd], a prominent artist, was attracted to the area because of the network of artists that congregated here,' said son-in-law Bill Ziegler, referring to a time when Leonia was a thriving artist colony. 'He saw the property as he was walking through town one day and decided right then and there to buy it [in 1916].'"</ref><ref>[http://www.askart.com/AskART/artists/biography.aspx?artist=23228 Rutherford (John Rutherford) Boyd (1884 - 1951)], AskArt.com. Accessed January 3, 2012. "Rutherford was born in Philadelphia and lived during his career in New York City, New Orleans where he was a sketch artist, and Leonia, New Jersey."</ref>
* [[Verona Burkhard]] (1910–2004), artist, known for her murals painted for the U.S. Treasury Department<ref>Kovinick, Phil; and Yoshiki-Kovinick, Marian. [https://books.google.com/books?id=ifhPAAAAMAAJ&dq=tenafly ''An encyclopedia of women artists of the American West''], p. 35. [[University of Texas Press]], 1998. Accessed May 11, 2017. "Later, during the depression of the 1930s and after, while living in Leonia, NJ (c. 1930 - c. 1936), Tenafly, NJ (c. 1936 - c. 1938), and New York (c. 1938 - 1949), she made great strides as an artist."</ref>
* [[Brendan A. Burns]] (1895–1989), U.S. Army major general<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/7481551?mark=7b22746f6b656e223a224438534267354e3479666f4164693768385968386555784f5142436b697239706f303538754a646f4630493d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d |title=1950 United States Federal Census, Entry for Brendan A. Burns Family |date=April 1, 1950 |website=Ancestry.com |publisher=Ancestry.com LLC |location=Lehi, UT |access-date=November 4, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=February 16, 1957 |title=State's Armed Forces Stage Review in Honor of Retiring Commander of New York National Guard |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-buffalo-news-review/134635237/ |work=[[Buffalo Evening News|Buffalo Evening News Magazine]] |location=Buffalo, NY |page=12 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
* [[Carolee Carmello]] (born 1962), actress<ref>Beckerman, Jim. [https://web.archive.org/web/20121020031326/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-51797907.html "Playing Strong-Willed Women"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', March 31, 2002. Accessed May 27, 2008. "After starring in such New York shows as ''Kiss Me Kate,'' ''1776,'' ''Parade,'' and ''City of Angels,'' Leonia resident Carolee Carmello wanted to do something closer to home."</ref>
* [[Charles Shepard Chapman]] (1879–1962), painter best remembered for his landscape of the [[Grand Canyon]] at the [[American Museum of Natural History]]<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1962/12/17/archives/charles-s-chapman-83-prizewinning-artist-dies.html "Charles S. Chapman, 83, Prize-Winning Artist, Dies"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 17, 1962. Accessed October 21, 2015. "Leonia, N.Y.,{{sic}} Dec. 16 - Charles Shepard Chapman, an artist, teacher and academician of the American Academy of Design, died yesterday at his home on 156 Sylvan Avenue where he had lived and worked for 50 years."</ref>
* [[Kathleen Clark]], playwright<ref>Aranda, Melinda Dean; and Karels, Carol. [http://archive.northjersey.com/community-news/her-world-is-on-the-stage-1.1375847?page=all "Leonia Lives: Kathleen Clark's world is on the stage"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170323054523/http://archive.northjersey.com/community-news/her-world-is-on-the-stage-1.1375847?page=all |date=2017-03-23 }}, ''Leonia Life'', July 17, 2015. Accessed March 22, 2017. "Kathleen 'Kate' Clark is a playwright whose plays have been produced in New York, off-Broadway and all over the U.S. She and her theater producer husband Richard Frankel have lived in Leonia for 21 years.... We moved here in 1994, during Leonia's Centennial."</ref>
* [[Edwin H. Colbert]] (1905–2001), paleontologist and author<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1964/12/04/archives/a-new-species-of-small-dinosaur-reported-found-by-yale-curator.html "A New Species of Small Dinosaur Reported Found by Yale Curator"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 4, 1964. Accessed November 10, 2012. "Dr. Edwin H. Colbert, chairman of the Department of Vertebrate Paleontology at the American of Natural History, said tonight at his home in Leonia, N.&nbsp;J., that Dr. Ostrom's report was 'a very good one.'"</ref><ref>Elliot, Ann Brimacombe. [https://books.google.com/books?id=PO46sAIx_98C ''Charming the Bones: A Portrait of Margaret Matthew Colbert'']. [[Kent State University Press]], 2000. {{ISBN|0873386485}}. pp. 68–71. "Ned started to house hunt in Leonia. It took him several visits, but eventually he found a three-bedroom house on High Street for which the landlord was asking a monthly rent of fifty dollars."</ref>
* [[Dan Colen]] (born 1979), artist<ref>Haramis, Nick. [http://www.blackbookmag.com/article/everything-and-nothing-dan-colen-reveals-there-are-two-sides-to-every-story/22662 "Everything & Nothing: Dan Colen Reveals There Are Two Sides to Every Story"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223082217/http://www.blackbookmag.com/article/everything-and-nothing-dan-colen-reveals-there-are-two-sides-to-every-story/22662 |date=2010-12-23 }}, ''[[BlackBook (magazine)|BlackBook]]'', October 1, 2010. Accessed March 31, 2011."The 31-year-old artist was born in Leonia, New Jersey, where, as a teenager, he befriended photographer Ryan McGinley at their local skate park."</ref><ref>[http://www.whitney.org/www/2006biennial/artists.php?artist=Colen_Dan Whitney Biennial 2006 - Artists], [[Whitney Museum of Art]]. Accessed March 31, 2011. "Born 1979, Leonia, New Jersey; lives in New York, New York"</ref>
* [[Paul Collins (musician)|Paul Collins]] (born 1956), rock musician and author, best known for his work in the power pop groups [[The Nerves]] and [[The Beat (American band)|The Beat]]<ref>Coyote, Ginger. [https://www.punkglobe.com/paulcollinsinterview0809.html "Paul Collins: He's Got The Beat"], ''[[Punk Globe]]''. Accessed March 25, 2021. "Punk Globe: Tell us a bit about your musical background? Paul Collins: I had a band in Leonia the town I lived in before I moved into NY, it was my first band and we played original songs, the band was called Home Grown and the only song I remember was 'I Lost My Body'."</ref>
* [[Robin Cook (American novelist)|Robin Cook]] (born 1940), physician and novelist<ref>Fabrikant, Geraldine. [https://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/21/business/talking-money-with-dr-robin-cook-prescription-real-estate-and-lots-of-it.html&pagewanted=all "Talking Money With: Dr. Robin Cook; Prescription: Real Estate, And Lots of It"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', January 21, 1996. Accessed November 10, 2012. "Dr. Cook's fascination with real estate goes back to his childhood. He grew up in Queens, the son of an art director at an advertising agency who bought a photostat business. Money was usually tight, he said, though by the time he was 8 years old, the family had 'nudged its way into the middle class' and moved to Leonia, N.J."</ref>
* [[Sam Coppola]] (1932–2012), actor who played hardware store owner 'Dan Fusco' in the 1977 film ''[[Saturday Night Fever]]''<ref>Levin, Jay. [http://www.northjersey.com/obituaries/138832399_Sam_Coppola__actor_in_films__TV__theater.html "Sam Coppola, actor in films, TV, theater"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', February 7, 2012. Accessed November 9, 2013. "Character actor Sam Coppola of Leonia, who gave John Travolta sage but salty advice in the 1977 film classic ''Saturday Night Fever,'' died Sunday."</ref>
* [[Alexander Dallin]] (1924–2000), historian, political scientist, and international relations scholar at Columbia University<ref>''Who's Who in America 1966–1967'' 34th edition, [[Marquis Who's Who]] (Chicago, 1966), p. 490. "Home: ... Park Av., Leonia, N.J."</ref>
* [[John Darrow]] (1907–1980), actor of the late silent and early talking film eras<ref>Phillips, Brent. [https://books.google.com/books?id=f2naBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA28 ''Charles Walters: The Director Who Made Hollywood Dance''], p. 28. [[University Press of Kentucky]], 2014. {{ISBN|9780813147239}}. Accessed May 16, 2016. ""A former movie actor, Darrow was an imposing presence.... Seven years Chuck's senior, he was born Henry L. Simpson on July 14, 1904, in Leonia, New Jersey."</ref>
* [[Sammy Davis Jr.]] (1925–1990), entertainer<ref name=NYT/>
* [[Wm Theodore de Bary]] (1919–2017), [[Sinologist]] and East Asian literary scholar who was a professor and administrator at [[Columbia University]] for nearly 70 years<ref>Martin, Douglas. [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/17/world/asia/wm-de-bary-dead-columbia-university-sinologist.html "Wm. Theodore de Bary, Renowned Columbia Sinologist, Dies at 97"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', July 17, 2017. Accessed July 17, 2017. "He grew up in Leonia, N.J., a town — directly across the Hudson River from the university campus — that was a favorite place of residence for many Columbia faculty members and employees."</ref>
* [[Priscilla Dean]] (1896–1987), actress popular in [[silent film]] as well as in theatre, with a career spanning two decades<ref>Staff. [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-02-06-mn-10546-story.html "Priscilla Dean; Screen Actress of Silent Films"], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', February 6, 1988. Accessed May 16, 2016. "Priscilla Dean, considered one of the best of the silent screen actresses, has died at her home in Leonia, a small New Jersey town she retired to more than 50 years ago."</ref>
* [[Dorothy Dinnerstein]] (1923–1992), feminist activist, author and academic<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/19/obituaries/dorothy-dinnerstein-feminist-writer-was-69.html "Dorothy Dinnerstein; Feminist Writer Was 69"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 19, 1992. Accessed November 7, 2018. "Dr. Dorothy Dinnerstein, a feminist author and professor emeritus of psychology at Rutgers University-Newark, died on Thursday in Englewood, N.J. She was 69 and lived in Leonia."</ref>
* [[Acheson J. Duncan]] (1904–1995), statistician and authority in [[quality control]]<ref>[http://ead.library.jhu.edu/ms387.xml Duncan (Acheson J.) 1904–1994 Papers (1936–1985)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929220727/http://ead.library.jhu.edu/ms387.xml |date=2011-09-29 }} [[Milton S. Eisenhower Library]] at [[Johns Hopkins University]]. Accessed November 9, 2013. "Acheson J. Duncan was born September 24, 1904 in Leonia, New Jersey."</ref>
* [[Harvey Dunn]] (1884–1952), illustrator<ref name=Dunn/>
* [[Gregg Edelman]] (born 1958), actor<ref>Feldberg, Robert. [https://web.archive.org/web/20121020031332/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-87668206.html "My oh my oh, he's come a ways"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', November 23, 2003. Accessed March 31, 2011. "When it was announced Gregg Edelman would be in the cast of the Broadway production of ''Wonderful Town'' - which opens tonight at the Al Hirschfeld Theater - it hardly registered as a surprise. That's because Edelman, who lives with his family in Leonia, is a hardy perennial on Broadway."</ref>
* [[Emme (model)|Emme]] (born 1963), plus-size supermodel<ref>"High School Girls Get The Big Picture On Modeling", ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', September 12, 1997. "Emme, the world's leading full-figured model and a resident of Leonia, was the star..."</ref><ref>Staff. [http://people.com/archive/emme-vol-41-no-17/ "Emme"], ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'', May 9, 1994. Accessed February 7, 2018. "Emme sometimes lectures at high schools near her Leonia, N.J., home. Her message: 'Don’t kill yourself trying to change your body. Change the way you think about your body.'"</ref>
* [[Enrico Fermi]] (1901–1954), Nobel Prize–winning physicist<ref name=NYT/><ref>Strauss, Robert. [https://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/28/nyregion/somebody-big-slept-here.html "Somebody Big Slept Here"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', March 28, 2004. Accessed March 30, 2011. "From 1940 to 1946, the nuclear physics pioneer Enrico Fermi (and winner of a Nobel Prize) lived at 382 Summit Avenue in Leonia. For the past 24 years, George and Jean Flynn, who both teach at Columbia University, as did Fermi, have lived in the house. Though they have lived there four times longer than the Fermis, they are still comfortable with it being called ''the Fermi House'' in the neighborhood. "</ref><ref name=NYT1960/>
* [[Morton Fried]] (1923–1986), professor of [[anthropology]] at [[Columbia University]]<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1986/12/20/obituaries/dr-morton-fried-63-anthropology-teacher.html "Dr. Morton Fried, 63, Anthropology Teacher"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 20, 1986. Accessed May 16, 2016. "Dr. Morton H. Fried, a professor of anthropology at Columbia University, died of cardiac arrest Thursday night at his home in Leonia, N.J."</ref>
* [[Ralph Fuller]] (1890–1963), cartoonist best known for his long running [[comic strip]] ''[[Oaky Doaks]]''<ref name=Landscapes>Mattingly, Paul H. [https://books.google.com/books?id=EZilrT2uuAUC&pg=PA228 ''Suburban Landscapes: Culture and Politics in a New York Metropolitan Community''], p. 228. [[Johns Hopkins University Press]], 2001. {{ISBN|9780801866807}}. Accessed May 16, 2016. "Ralph Fuller, one of the mainstays of the Leonia artist colony during the interwar years, was the creator of the highly successful nationally syndicated comic strip, ''Oaky Doaks''."</ref>
* <!-- alphabetized as "Goeppert Mayer, Maria" -->[[Maria Goeppert Mayer]] (1906–1972), Nobel Prize-winning physicist<ref>{{cite book | title=Nobel Prize Women in Science: Their Lives, Struggles, and Momentous Discoveries | author-first=Sharon Bertsch | author-last=McGrayne | publisher=Joseph Henry Press | edition=Second | location=Washington, DC | year=1998 | pages=190–193}} Excerpt can also be seen as [https://www.sandiego.gov/sites/default/files/item_6-sr-2345_via_siena.pdf this attachment to a Report to the Historical Resources Board] of the City of San Diego, August 18, 2016. "Soon after the invasion of Poland in the winter of 1939–1940, the Mayers moved to a modest clapboard house in Leonia, New Jersey, twenty minutes from Columbia. There they formed a little colony of past and future Nobel Prize winners, including the Fermis, the Ureys and a few years later the Willard Libbys."</ref>
* [[Buddy Hackett]] (1924–2003), comedian<ref name=LeoniaBook/><ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1958/08/30/archives/comedian-buys-home-buddy-hackett-new-owner-of-anastasia-house-in.html "Comedian Buys Home; Buddy Hackett New Owner of Anastasia House in Fort Lee"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 30, 1958. Accessed March 30, 2011. "Mr. Hackett lives at 581 Nordhoff Drive, Leonia."</ref>
* [[Marvin Harris]] (1927–2001), anthropologist<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20061207220820/http://www.cultural-materialism.org/cultural-materialism/harris.asp Marvin Harris]}}, Cultural Materialism. Accessed May 27, 2008. "Throughout the 1960s and 1970s Harris and his family lived in Leonia, New Jersey, which borders Fort Lee, right across the Hudson River from upper Manhattan."</ref>
[[Image:Toomas Hendrik Ilves giving a commencement address at Leonia High School graduation June 1972 1.jpg|thumb|right|Toomas Hendrik Ilves giving a commencement address at Leonia High School's graduation in 1972]]
* [[Richard Howell (comics)|Richard Howell]] (born 1955), a freelance comics artist who drew the second series of [[Marvel Comics]]' ''[[The Vision and the Scarlet Witch]]'', which was primarily set in Leonia<ref>{{cite web |last1=Karels |first1=Carol |title=Richard Howell: Comic Book Artist |url=https://leonialives50.wordpress.com/2014/07/11/a-real-life-comic-book-guy/ |website=Leonia Lives |date=July 11, 2014 |access-date=9 February 2021}}</ref>
* [[Toomas Hendrik Ilves]] (born 1953), [[President of Estonia]]<ref>Jackson, Herb. [http://www.president.ee/en/media/interviews/3304-qfrom-estonia-to-leoniaq-the-record-23-april-2008/index.html "From Estonia to Leonia"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514110653/http://www.president.ee/en/media/interviews/3304-qfrom-estonia-to-leoniaq-the-record-23-april-2008/index.html |date=2011-05-14 }}, ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', April 23, 2008. Accessed March 30, 2011. Copy of article at the official website of the [[President of Estonia]]. "Leonia High School helped make the Baltic Sea nation of Estonia one of the most Internet-reliant in the world, Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves says. How? By including Ilves, who grew up in Leonia, in an experimental four-year math program that featured computer programming."</ref>
* [[Phil Jackson]] (born 1945), basketball coach<ref>Adamek, Steve; and Iannazzone, Al. [https://web.archive.org/web/20121020031341/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-53411268.html "Lakers Notebook"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', June 5, 2002. Accessed March 30, 2011. "Phil Jackson's memories of New Jersey are fond and forgetful. He finished his playing career with the Nets when they played their home games at Rutgers, about an hour trip from where he lived in Leonia."</ref>
* [[Leland Jacobs]] (1907–1992), professor emeritus of education who was known for his education in the field of prose and poetry<ref>Saxon, Wolfgang. [https://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/07/nyregion/dr-leland-jacobs-85-educator-and-columbia-professor-emeritus.html "Dr. Leland Jacobs, 85, Educator And Columbia Professor Emeritus"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', April 7, 1992. Accessed May 16, 2016. "Dr. Leland B. Jacobs, a professor of education emeritus at Teachers College, Columbia University, who was known nationally for his concepts of teaching literature to the very young, died on Saturday at Englewood (N.J.) Hospital. He was 85 years old and lived in Leonia, N.J."</ref>
* [[Sid Jacobson]] (1929–1022), comic books writer who was managing editor and editor-in-chief for [[Harvey Comics]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/sidney-jacobson-obituary?id=35995758 |title=SIDNEY JACOBSON OBITUARY |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=25 July 2022 |website= |publisher=legacy.com |access-date=1 August 2022 |quote=Playing catch in front of the house in Leonia. Dad taught me how to throw a curve.}}</ref>
* [[Albert Journeay]] (1890–1972), football player who was captain of the [[Penn Quakers football]] team in 1914<ref>[http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/BBM/1914/bbm142t.pdf "Famous Football Captains of 1914"], ''Baseball Magazine'', December 1914, archived by LA84 Foundation. Accessed May 16, 2016. "Mr. Journeay was born at Piermont, N. Y., and resides at Leonia, N.J. He is 22 years old, six feet tall, and weighs 182 pounds. When he graduates, he expects to enter the manufacturing business."</ref>
* [[Marshall Kay]] (1904–1975), [[geologist]] and professor at [[Columbia University]]<ref>[https://www.iowalum.com/daa/search/profile.cfm?ID=374 Distinguished Alumni Awards: Dr. G. Marshall Kay, 24BS, 25MS], University of Iowa Alumni Association. Accessed May 16, 2016. "G. Marshall Kay, of Leonia, New Jersey, Newberry Professor of Geology at Columbia University, was educated in Iowa City, receiving his BS degree in 1924 and the MS degree in 1925."</ref>
* [[Marvin Kitman]] (1929–2023), television critic, humorist, and author<ref>[[Bob Klapisch|Klapisch, Bob]]. [http://www.bergen.com/people-and-parties/neighbors/newsday-newsie-leonia-s-marvin-kitman-recalls-his-days-as-a-media-critic-1.791313 "Leonia's Marvin Kitman recalls his days as a media critic"] ''The Record''. November 11, 2013. "Even though Kitman has been a Leonia resident since 1961 ..."</ref>
* [[Bob Klapisch]], sportswriter<ref>Bob Klapisch profile, ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]''. Accessed July 14, 2007. "Robert Salvador Klapisch was born in New York City and grew up in Leonia. He is a graduate of Leonia H.S., where he played baseball, and Columbia University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in political science."</ref>
* [[David Klass]], [[screenwriter]] and [[novelist]]<ref>Gallo, Donald R. [https://books.google.com/books?id=PUKr1HRstTYC&pg=PA298 ''Ultimate Sports''], p. 298. [[Random House Children's Books]], 2009. {{ISBN|9780307568434}}. Accessed May 16, 2016. "As a teenager David Klass played baseball and soccer at Leonia Public High School and went on to do the same at Yale University, from which he graduated."</ref>
* [[Perri Klass]], pediatrician and writer who has published extensively about her medical training and pediatric practice<ref>Neuhaus, Cable. [http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20092215,00.html "A Touch of Klass Is All It Takes to Be a Successful Author, Mom and Med Student at the Same Time"], ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'', November 18, 1985. Accessed May 16, 2016. "Klass' childhood in Leonia, N.J. prepared her well for her dual career."</ref>
* [[Dick Kryhoski]] (1925–2007), first baseman who played in Major League Baseball for five different teams between 1949 and 1955<ref>Levin, Jay. [https://web.archive.org/web/20121105195949/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-137993799.html "Dick Kryhoski, 82; Leonia's man in Yankee pinstripes"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', April 19, 2007. Accessed March 30, 2011. "Exactly 16,477 men have played major-league baseball as of this week, according to [[Baseball-Reference.com]]. Just one of them — Dick Kryhoski — came from Leonia."</ref><ref>Levin, Jay. [https://web.archive.org/web/20080719033941/http://www.northjersey.com/obituaries/12952602.html "Their lives made ours a little richer"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', January 1, 2008, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of May 19, 2008. Accessed March 30, 2011. "Dick Kryhoski, 82, on April 10. The only Leonia native to make it to the big leagues, Kryhoski played first base for the world champion '49 Yankees."</ref>
* [[George Lefferts]] (1921–2018), writer, producer, playwright, poet, and director<ref>Kuperinsky, Amy. [https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2011/10/old-time_radio_signs_off.html "A celebration of old-time radio signs off for good"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], October 20, 2011. Accessed May 29, 2023. "George Lefferts, 90, of Leonia, wrote for radio before going on to work in TV."</ref>
* [[Harold Lehman]] (1913-2006), artist known for his Post-Surrealist paintings, work with the Mexican muralist, [[David Alfaro Siqueiros]], and mural artist who created [[mural]]s for the [[Works Progress Administration|WPA]] at Rikers Island Penitentiary and the [[Renovo, Pennsylvania]], post office.<ref>Rourke, Mary. [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-12-me-lehman12-story.html "Harold Lehman, 92; Influential Muralist, Active Artist in the Post-Surrealist Movement"], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', April 12, 2006. Accessed January 30, 2023. "He died of natural causes in his home in Leonia, N.J., according to Roger van Oosten, a friend."</ref>
* [[Willard Libby]] (1908–1980), Nobel Prize–winning scientist who played a lead role in the development of [[radiocarbon dating]]<ref name=NYT/><ref name=NYT1960/>
* [[Robert Ludlum]] (1927–2001), author<ref name=LeoniaBook/><ref name=NYT/><ref>[[Judy Lee Klemesrud|Klemsrud, Judy]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/1977/07/10/archives/behind-the-best-sellers-robert-ludlum.html "Behind the Best Sellers: Robert Ludlum"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', July 10, 1977. Accessed March 30, 2011. "He writes for six or seven hours in an office in his house in Leonia."</ref>
* [[Philip Maneval]] (born 1956), composer<ref>[http://www.presser.com/Composers/info.cfm?Name=PHILIPMANEVAL Philip Maneval] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080617092907/http://www.presser.com/Composers/info.cfm?Name=PHILIPMANEVAL |date=2008-06-17 }}, [[Theodore Presser Company]]. Accessed March 30, 2011. "Born in Leonia, in northern New Jersey, Mr. Maneval received a Master of Arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied composition with Richard Wernick, George Crumb and George Rochberg."</ref>
* [[David Mansfield]] (born 1956), stringed-instrument musician and composer<ref>Gray, Michael. [https://books.google.com/books?id=a9UHAQAAMAAJ&q=leonia+%22David+Mansfield%22 ''The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia''], p. 449. [[Continuum International Publishing Group|Continuum]], 2006. {{ISBN|0-8264-6933-7}}. Accessed February 16, 2012. "Mansfield, David [c. 1956 –] David Mansfield is very coy about his birth date but he was born around 1956 in Leonia, New Jersey, where he grew up to be a multi-instrumentalist, playing mostly violin, mandolin and guitar."</ref>
* [[Vera Maxwell]] (1901–1995), fashion designer<ref>Jackson, Kenneth T.; Markoe, Karen; and Markoe, Arnie. [https://books.google.com/books?id=o1UYAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Vera+Maxwell%22+%22leonia+high+school%22 ''The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives: 1994-1996''], p. 352. [[Charles Scribner's Sons]], 2000. {{ISBN|0-684-80644-4}}. Accessed September 19, 2011. "She attended Leonia High School in New Jersey for one year, then entered the Metropolitan Opera School of Ballet in New York City."</ref>
* [[John C. McCloy]] (1876–1945), sailor twice awarded the [[Medal of Honor]]<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1945/05/26/archives/john-mcloy-won-two-honor-medals-retired-naval-hero-dies-in.html "John M'cloy Won Two Honor Medals; Retired Naval Hero Dies in Jersey--Cited for Deeds in China, at Vera Cruz Served on U.S.S. Newark In North Sea Patrol"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', May 26, 1945. Accessed March 30, 2011. "Leonia, N.J., May 25--Lieut. Comdr. John McCloy, USN, retired, one of the few men to win two Congressional Medals of Honor, and a holder also of the Navy Cross, was found dead in bed today by his housekeeper at his home here."</ref>
* [[Bob McFadden]] (1923–2000), voiceover actor<ref>Morley, Hugh R. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110516173229/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-24506477.html "Robert `Bob' Mcfadden; Voice Of Tv Commercials"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', January 10, 2000. Accessed March 31, 2011. "Robert 'Bob' McFadden, a former Leonia resident and show business stalwart who made his name doing radio and television voice-overs and impressions of famous people, died Friday, his family said. He was 76."</ref>
* [[Boris Moishezon]] (1937–1993), mathematician<ref>Saxon, Wolfgang. [https://www.nytimes.com/1993/08/27/obituaries/boris-g-moishezon-columbia-professor-of-math-dies-at-55.html "Boris G. Moishezon, Columbia Professor Of Math, Dies at 55"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 27, 1993. Accessed September 13, 2011. "Boris G. Moishezon, a mathematics professor at Columbia University who defected from the Soviet Union in 1972 and came to the United States five years later, died Wednesday. He was 55 and lived in Leonia, N.J. Dr. Moishezon had a heart attack while jogging and was pronounced dead in Holy Name Hospital in Teaneck, N.J., said his wife, Natalia."</ref>
* [[J. Vreeland Moore]] (1824–1903), brigadier general of the 1st New Jersey Regiment who played a major role in the borough's formation<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1903/07/09/archives/gen-j-vreeland-moore-dead-first-colonel-of-the-old-second-new.html "Gen.&nbsp;J. Vreeland Moore Dead.; First Colonel of the Old Second New Jersey Regiment--Long in the National Guard."], ''[[The New York Times]]'', July 9, 1903. Accessed November 9, 2013. "J. Vreeland Moore died yesterday at Leonia, in his seventy-ninth year. He had been ill about three weeks."</ref>
* [[Robert F. Murphy (anthropologist)|Robert F. Murphy]] (1924–1990), anthropologist<ref>Narvaez, Alfonso A. [https://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/11/obituaries/robert-f-murphy-66-professor-of-anthropology-and-an-author.html "Robert F. Murphy, 66, Professor Of Anthropology and an Author"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 11, 1990. Accessed May 9, 2012. "Robert Francis Murphy, a professor of anthropology at Columbia University, died on Monday at his home in Leonia, N.J."</ref>
* [[Norman D. Newell]] (1909–2005), professor of [[geology]] at [[Columbia University]], and chairman and curator of [[invertebrate paleontology]] at the [[American Museum of Natural History]]<ref>Pearce, Jeremy. [https://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/23/obituaries/23newell.html "Norman Newell, 96, Scientist Who Studied Dying Species, Has Died"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', April 23, 2005. Accessed May 10, 2012. "Dr. Norman D. Newell, an influential paleontologist who challenged opponents of evolutionary theory and helped shape theories explaining the mass extinctions of species, died on Monday at his home in Leonia, N.J., his family said. He was 96."</ref>
* [[James Noble (actor)|James Noble]] (1922–2016), actor<ref>Staff. [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DQRZAAAAIBAJ&sjid=H0YNAAAAIBAJ&dq=james-noble%20leonia&pg=1918%2C5280162 "James Noble: A Relaxed and Clever Actor"], ''[[The Union Democrat|The Daily Union Democrat]]'', February 27, 1980. Accessed May 12, 2016. "But the family still is in the process of becoming accustomed to living in California after moving from their permanent home in Leonia, N.J., which they've rented out."</ref>
* [[Christiane Noll]] (born 1968), singer and actress known for her work in [[musical theatre|musicals]] and on the concert stage<ref>Filichia, Peter. "N.J. Stage; Actress singing for joy at the Paper Mill.", ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', April 14, 2000. p. 23. "For Christiane Noll, performing in the Paper Mill Playhouse production of 'The Student Prince' is a homecoming beyond the usual definition. Growing up in Bergen County, she played Mrs. Barnum in a Leonia Middle School production of ''Barnum'' and was a Jet girl in a Leonia High School staging of ''West Side Story.''"</ref><ref>Spelling, Ian. [http://www.northjersey.com/bergen/Not_Afraid_of_the_Stage_Christiane_Noll_formerConsummate_Professional.html "Not Afraid of the Stage: Christiane Noll, former Leonia resident, is the Consummate Professional"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222052708/http://www.northjersey.com/bergen/Not_Afraid_of_the_Stage_Christiane_Noll_formerConsummate_Professional.html |date=2010-12-22 }}, ''(201) magazine'', May 1, 2010. Accessed March 30, 2011. "'Leonia was a wonderful little town. They always call it a bedroom community; lots of professionals, artists, teachers and musicians. A lot of the people work in New York City, but want a small-town atmosphere and a house with a yard and trees.'"</ref>
* [[Frank C. Osmers Jr.]] (1907–1977), represented [[New Jersey's 9th congressional district]] from 1939 to 1943 and 1951–1965<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000120 Frank Charles Osmers Jr.], ''[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]''. Accessed June 24, 2007.</ref>
* [[Clara Elsene Peck]] (1883–1968), [[illustrator]] and painter known for her illustrations of women and children in the early 20th century<ref name=Landscapes/>
* [[Mary Beth Peil]] (born 1940), actress<ref>Kaufman, Joanne. [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/02/realestate/an-actress-at-home-on-the-upper-west-side.html "An Actress at Home on the Upper West Side"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 2, 2016. Accessed August 4, 2022. "The minute she was divorced, the actress Mary Beth Peil high-tailed it out of Leonia, N.J., where she had raised her two children, and hit the reset button, first renting a one-bedroom apartment on the ground floor of a carriage house in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, then, a year later, in 1994, buying a similar unit on the fourth floor."</ref>
* [[Howard Post]] (1926–2010), animator, cartoonist, and comic strip and comic book writer-artist, known for his syndicated newspaper comic strip ''The Dropouts''.<ref>Via [[Associated Press]]. [https://www.nj.com/news/2010/05/howard_post_comic_strip_writer.html "Howard Post, comic strip artist from Leonia, dies at 83"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', May 25, 2010. Accessed August 4, 2022. "She said he drew much of his inspiration from things that happened around their house in Leonia, which was frequented by artists and musicians."</ref>
* [[Carmel Quinn]] (1925–2021), singer<ref name=LeoniaBook/><ref>Roura, Phil. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120403122447/http://articles.nydailynews.com/1998-03-15/entertainment/18067025_1_carmel-quinn-rockefeller-center-big-show "Carmel Quinn Hits The Eire Notes"], ''[[New York Daily News]]'', March 15, 1998. Accessed March 30, 2011. "Separated from her husband for the last 23 years, Quinn lives quietly in her suburban Leonia home 'The first and only house I've lived in since coming to America.'"</ref>
* [[Lucinda Rosenfeld]] (born 1969), novelist<ref>Connor, Erinn. [http://www.northjersey.com/arts_entertainment/books/189610271_Leonia_native_explores_the_delicate_relationship_between_three_sisters_in__The_Pretty_One_.html "Leonia native explores the delicate relationship between three sisters in ''The Pretty One''"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', February 4, 2013. Accessed February 4, 2013. "Q. What was it like growing up in Leonia? [A] I had a pretty happy childhood, based on my memories."</ref>
* [[Ben Ryan (composer)|Ben Ryan]] (1892–1968), [[songwriter]] who wrote the music and lyrics to the popular song ''[[Heart of My Heart|(The Gang that Sang) Heart of My Heart]]''<ref>via [[Associated Press]]. [https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/106340858/ "Ben Ryan, Noted Song Writer, Dies In Jersey"], ''[[The Indianapolis Star]]'', July 7, 1968. Accessed May 16, 2016. "Leonia, N.J. (AP) Song writer and vaudeville performer Ben Ryan, who wrote 'Inka Dinka Doo' for Jimmy Durante, died Friday at his home here after a long illness."</ref>
* [[Giorgio Santelli]] (1897–1985), fencer and [[fencing]] master who was part of the Italian team that won the gold medal in [[Fencing at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's team sabre|Men's team sabre]] at the [[1920 Summer Olympics]] and was the largest mid-20th century influence in raising the quality and popularity of fencing in the United States<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1985/10/11/sports/giorgio-santelli-87-ex-fencing-coach-of-us-olympians.html "Giorgio Santelli, 87, Ex-Fencing Coach Of U.S. Olympians"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 11, 1985. Accessed February 7, 2018. "Giorgio Santelli, a former United States Olympic fencing team coach and one of the most respected fencing masters in the world, died Tuesday in Teaneck, N.J. He was 87 years old.... Mr. Santelli, who lived in Leonia, N.J., is survived by his wife, Betty; two daughters, Donatella Czekus of Sao Paulo, Brazil, and Andrea of Massachusetts; a son, John, of Englewood, and one grandchild."</ref>
* [[Warner R. Schilling]] (1925–2013), political scientist and international relations scholar at Columbia University<ref>"Leonia man wins chair at Columbia", ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', November 9, 1973, p. C2. "Warner R. Schilling of ... Park Ave. has been named James T. Shotwell Professor of International Relations at Columbia University."</ref><ref>[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?pid=167692881 "Obituary: Werner R. Schilling"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 25, 2013. Accessed February 7, 2018. "Schilling--Warner R., died October 20, 2013, at age 88 at Englewood Hospital, Englewood, NJ. A long-time resident of Leonia, NJ, he grew up in the greater St. Louis area"</ref>
* [[Gene Shalit]] (born 1926), longtime film critic on network television<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=P7IXAAAAMAAJ&q=%22gene+shalit%22+leonia ''The Publishers Weekly'', Volume 184], p. 117. Accessed December 28, 2017. "Gene Shalit, who reviews books for children in the December issue of McCall's, will write a similar roundup for a spring issue, covering books issued Dec. 1, 1963- June 15, 1964. Review copies, galleys, illustrations, jackets should be sent to him at 139 Longview Ave., Leonia, N.J., not later than Jan. 17."</ref><ref name="shalits-in-leonia"/>
* [[Willa Shalit]] (born 1955), artist, theatrical and television producer, photographer, author/editor, and social conscious entrepreneur<ref name="shalits-in-leonia">Kahn, Toby. [http://people.com/archive/gene-shalits-daughter-willa-has-casts-of-characters-ranging-from-brooke-shields-to-president-reagan-vol-25-no-6/ "Gene Shalit's Daughter Willa Has Casts of Characters Ranging from Brooke Shields to President Reagan"], ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'', February 10, 1986. Accessed December 28, 2017. "Even as a young girl growing up in Leonia, N.J., Willa was fascinated with faces."</ref>
* [[Arshavir Shirakian]] (1900–1973), [[Armenians|Armenian]] writer who was noted for his assassination of [[Said Halim Pasha]] and [[Cemal Azmi]] as an act of vengeance for their roles in the [[Armenian genocide]]<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1973/04/16/archives/shiragian-73-dies-an-armenian-hero.html "Shiragian, 73, Dies; An Armenian Hero"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', April 16, 1973. Accessed October 17, 2020. "Leonia, N. J., April 15—Arshavir Shiragian, a retired dealer in Oriental rugs, who, as a young man, killed three prominent Turks in reprisal for the massacre of Armenians in World War I, died Thursday ill Englewood Hospital. He was 73 years old and lived at 530 Grandview Terrace."</ref>
* [[Ivory Sully]] (born 1957), [[NFL]] football player for [[Los Angeles Rams]] and [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]]<ref>Staff. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140809102913/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-80321241.html "Pro football"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', September 14, 2003. Accessed May 16, 2016. "DB Ivory Sully: Defensive back from Leonia and Delaware played for the Rams from 1979-84 after making the team as a free agent."</ref><ref>Staff. [http://www.wboc.com/Global/story.asp?S=11241542 "UD Announces Star-Studded Athletics Hall of Fame Induction Class"], [[WBOC-TV]], October 1, 2009. Accessed January 3, 2012. "An elusive running back for head coach Tubby Raymond's powerhouse Blue Hen football teams in 1976-78, Ivory Sully followed a spectacular college career at UD with a solid nine-year tenure in the National Football League that included playing in [[Super Bowl XIX]]. A native of Leonia, N.J., Ivory was a three-year standout in the UD backfield..."</ref>
* [[Al B. Sure!]] (born 1968), singer, songwriter and producer<ref>[[Stephen Holden|Holden, Stephen]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/31/arts/the-pop-life-479090.html "The Pop Life"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 31, 1990. Accessed January 3, 2012. "The singer, who lives in northern New Jersey, was born in Boston, lived in Leonia, N.J., for several years, then moved to Goshen, N.Y., and went to high school in Mount Vernon, N.Y."</ref>
* [[David Syrett]] (1939–2004), Professor of History at [[Queens College]] and researcher and documentary editor on eighteenth-century British naval history and the [[Battle of the Atlantic]] during [[World War II]]<ref>[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/northjersey/obituary.aspx?n=david-syrett&pid=2740304 "David Syrett: Obituary"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', October 22, 2004. Accessed May 16, 2016.</ref>
* [[Harold Urey]] (1893–1981), Nobel Prize–winning chemist<ref name=NYT1960>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1960/11/04/archives/3-nobel-winners-for-town.html "3 Nobel Winners for Town"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', November 4, 1960. Accessed March 30, 2011.</ref>
* [[Henry S. Walbridge]] (1801–1869), member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] from [[New York (state)|New York]] who served from 1851 to 1852<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000030 "Walbridge, Henry Sanford, (1801 - 1869)"], ''[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]''. Accessed November 9, 2013.</ref>
* [[Lynd Ward]] (1905–1985), illustrator and wordless novelist<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-record/137407322/ "Leonia Artist Awarded Prize"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|Bergen Evening Record]]'', November 11, 1949, p. 7. "Leonia—Lynd Ward of Christie Heights Street ... A resident of Leonia since 1943 ..."<!-- Ward lived in Leonia until 1958 --></ref>
* [[Lyndon Woodside]] (1935–2005), 10th conductor of the [[Oratorio Society of New York]]<ref>[[Allan Kozinn|Kozinn, Allan]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/26/arts/music/lyndon-woodside-70-leader-of-oratorio-society-is-dead.html "Lyndon Woodside, 70, Leader Of Oratorio Society, Is Dead"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 26, 2005. Accessed November 7, 2018. "Lyndon Woodside, a choral conductor who for more than three decades led one of New York City's oldest and largest choruses, the Oratorio Society of New York, died on Tuesday in Englewood, N.J. He was 70 and lived in Leonia, N.J."</ref>
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