Editing Glen Rock, New Jersey (section)

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

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* [[Camille Abate]], attorney and Democratic Party politician<ref>Staff. [https://www.proquest.com/docview/437806401 "Sires defeats Vas in 13th District"], ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', June 7, 2006. Accessed December 10, 2014. "On the Democratic side, civil rights lawyer Camille M. Abate, 52, of Glen Rock, faced Paul Aronsohn, 39, a former pharmaceutical public relations executive."</ref>
* [[Kim Barnes Arico]] (born 1970), women's college basketball coach who is the head coach of the [[University of Michigan]] [[Michigan Wolverines women's basketball|women's basketball team]]<ref>[[Ian O'Connor|O'Connor, Ian]]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160810184527/http://www.northjersey.com/story-archives/o-connor-glen-rock-s-kim-barnes-arico-is-st-john-s-miracle-worker-1.1243796?page=all "O'Connor: Glen Rock's Kim Barnes Arico is St. John's miracle worker"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', March 9, 2010, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of August 10, 2016. Accessed August 29, 2017. "Out of her Rockwellian corner of Glen Rock, on the daily drive from Bergen to the urban realities of Queens, a mother of three tells a Big East success story that should embarrass every Tom, Dick and Harry – or every Norm, Freddie and Gonzo – failing to build a contender around the hurdles of their home, bittersweet home. Kim Barnes Arico, 39, head coach of the St. John's women, has future Sandra Bullock acceptance speech written all over her."</ref>
* [[Larry Arico]] (born 1969), former head college football coach for the [[Fairleigh Dickinson University|Fairleigh Dickinson University–Florham]] Devils and [[William Paterson University]] Pioneers football programs<ref>Wayne, Stephanie. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160113015501/http://www.northjersey.com/news/turf-plan-to-be-studied-1.988380?page=all "Formal committee will study artificial turf field proposal"], ''Glen Rock Gazette'', October 16, 2009, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of January 13, 2016. Accessed August 29, 2017. "Glen Rock resident Larry Arico, who is the athletic director and head football coach at Marist High School in Bayonne, said he has been on committees that have studied the safety of turf fields in-depth and nothing has shown that they are more dangerous than a grass field."</ref>
* [[Corinne May Botz]] (born 1977), visual artist and educator whose practice encompasses photography, writing, and filmmaking<ref>Green, Penelope. [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/04/garden/04botz.html "Documenting Accumulation and Its Discontents"],''[[The New York Times]]'', November 3, 2010. Accessed June 11, 2023. "When Corinne May Botz was a preteenager in Glen Rock, N.J., she and her two sisters appeared on a segment of ''Good Morning America'' as the 'bad example,' she said recently, in a story about children’s messy bedrooms."</ref>
* [[Guy W. Calissi]] (1909–1980), [[New Jersey Superior Court]] judge<ref>Kihss, Peter. [https://www.nytimes.com/1980/12/09/archives/guy-w-calissi-71-retired-judge-and-a-jersey-prosecutor-is-dead.html "Guy W. Calissi, 71, Retired Judge And a Jersey Prosecutor, Is Dead; College Scholarship Yielded Byrne Made 1970 Appointment"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 9, 1980. Accessed October 3, 2018. "Guy W. Calissi, Bergen County Prosecutor for 16 years and later a Superior Court judge, died Saturday at his home in Glen Rock, N.J."</ref>
* [[Keith Cardona]] (born 1992), goalkeeper for the [[Indy Eleven]] of the [[North American Soccer League (2011–2017)|North American Soccer League]]<ref>Fox, Ron. [http://www.northjersey.com/sports/goalie-cardona-must-save-his-best-attempt-for-later-1.313848?page=all "Goalie Keith Cardona must 'save' his best attempt for later"], ''Glen Rock Gazette'', August 6, 2010. Accessed November 13, 2016. "It's difficult to believe that Parade Magazine All-American goalkeeper Keith Cardona once was a center-back. That was several years ago when the Glen Rock teen played for the Shooting Stars locally, and he felt content at that position.... Too bad Cardona won't be doing so for the Glen Rock High School team, even though he'll be a senior there next month."</ref>
* [[Michael Cavanaugh (musician)|Michael Cavanaugh]] (born 1972), vocalist and musician, star of the Broadway musical ''[[Movin' Out (musical)|Movin' Out]]''<ref>Dunlap, LucyAnn. [http://www.princetoninfo.com/index.php?option=com_us1more&Itemid=6&key=07-08-2009%20Cavanaugh "What's New in Princeton & Central New Jersey?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101220023438/http://princetoninfo.com/index.php?option=com_us1more&Itemid=6&key=07-08-2009%20Cavanaugh |date=December 20, 2010 }}, ''U.S. 1 Newspaper'', July 8, 2009. Accessed February 28, 2011. "His home base is Las Vegas. He and his family moved there from Glen Rock, New Jersey, where they had lived while he was on Broadway."</ref>
* [[Daniel Flaherty]] (born 1993), actor who has appeared on the [[MTV]] show ''[[Skins (North American TV series)|Skins]]'' as well as in films and commercials<ref>Rohan, Virginia. Commercials, TV and Motion Pictures.[http://www.northjersey.com/arts_entertainment/113861879_Glen_Rock_actor_stars_in_MTV_s__Skins_.html "Glen Rock actor stars in MTV's ''Skins''"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', January 17, 2011. Accessed February 2, 2011.</ref>
* [[Pauline Flanagan]] (1925–2003), actress<ref>Staff. [http://irishecho.com/2011/02/final-curtain-2/ "Final Curtain"], ''[[The Irish Echo]]'', May 6, 2003. Accessed August 29, 2017. "Actress Pauline Flanagan, one of the pillars of New York's Irish Repertory Theatre and 2001 winner of London's coveted Laurence Olivier Award, died in the early hours of last Saturday morning, after having suffered a massive stroke on June 23... It was, in fact, in the midst of one of these sojourns, guest-starring in playwright Tom Stoppard's 'Indian Ink' at the Missouri Repertory Theatre in Kansas City, that the actress became sufficiently ill that she had to withdraw from the play a week before its closing performance and return to her home in Glen Rock, N.J., only a few weeks ago."</ref>
* [[Bob Franks]] (1951–2010), member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] from New Jersey<ref>Dowling, Matthew J. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_text_direct-0=0ED49EFE4732AB7F&p_field_direct-0=document_id "Election 2000 / For Franks, Family Life, Politics Go Hand in Hand"], ''[[The Press of Atlantic City]]'', October 29, 2000. Accessed December 10, 2014. "Franks, 49, was born in Hackensack and grew up in Glen Rock and Summit before attending college at DePauw University in Indiana."</ref>
* [[Gurbir Grewal]] (born 1973), [[Attorney General of New Jersey]] since 2018, who is the first [[Sikh American]] state attorney general in the United States<ref>Katzban, Nicholas. [https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/glen-rock/2017/12/13/opioid-crisis-worse-than-crack-epidemic-glen-rock-chief-says/930697001/ "Opioid crisis worse than crack epidemic, Glen Rock chief says"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', December 13, 2017. Accessed October 3, 2018. "Grewal, a Glen Rock resident, cited reporting by the New York Times that said while drug-related deaths remained relatively flat nationwide at around 10,000 per year in the '80s and '90s, that number jumped to about 55,000 in 2015, and is expected to hit 64,000 by year's end."</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/2016/12/02/bergen-prosecutor-talks-computer-crimes-heroin-epidemic/94760088/|title=Bergen prosecutor talks computer crimes, heroin epidemic|author=Allison Pries and John Ensslin|publisher=NorthJersey.com, part of the USA TODAY network|date=December 2, 2016|access-date=December 14, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2018/01/nj_gets_first_sikh_attorney_general_in_us_history.html|title=N.J. gets first Sikh attorney general in U.S. history|work=NJ.com|access-date=2018-01-16|language=en-US}}</ref> 
* [[Valerie Harper]] (1939–2019), actress best known for playing [[Rhoda Morgenstern]] on ''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Show]]'' and the spin-off series ''[[Rhoda]]''<ref>Ervolino, Bill. [http://www.northjersey.com/arts-and-entertainment/books/valerie-harper-opens-up-about-cancer-fight-in-new-memoir-on-life-before-after-rhoda-1.551901?page=all "Valerie Harper opens up about cancer fight in new memoir "], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', January 15, 2013. Accessed November 3, 2014. "But Harper, who was born in Suffern, N.Y., spent her early years in South Orange, Jersey City and Glen Rock — where her sister still lives and where, Harper insists, ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'' was on the table every day.'"</ref>
* [[Bud Hedinger]] (born 1947), [[Orlando, Florida]], radio personality<ref>Abbott, Jim. [https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1999/12/07/this-buds-for-you-3/ "This Bud's For You: That's The Message Of The Promotions For Wkcf News Anchor Bud Hedinger, The Man Around Whom The Station Is Building Its News Image."], ''[[Orlando Sentinel]]'', December 7, 1999. Accessed February 28, 2011. "It didn't take long for John Harris Brady Hedinger III to become Bud. His mother, Annorah, gave him the nickname on the day he was born - Jan. 23, 1947 - in suburban Glen Rock, N.J."</ref>
* [[George Hotz]] (born 1989), first person to unlock [[iPhone]] for use with carriers other than AT&T<ref>McKay, Martha. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160112152313/http://record-bergen.vlex.com/vid/unlock-iphone-whiz-cracks-code-tying-62926833 "Bergen Teen Claims Win in Global Race to Unlock Iphone; Tech Whiz Cracks Code Tying It to AT&T Network"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', August 25, 2007, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of January 12, 2016. Accessed August 29, 2017. "The 17-year-old Glen Rock resident posted the complicated steps on his blog Thursday.... 'I've lived and breathed that phone for the last two months,' said Hotz, a Bergen County Academies grad who won a prestigious $20,000 Intel science fair prize this year for a device that projects a 3-D image.</ref>
* [[John Houghtaling]] (1916–2009), who created the Magic Fingers Vibrating Bed in the basement of his home in Glen Rock<ref>[[Margalit Fox|Fox, Margalit]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/20/business/20houghtaling.html "John Houghtaling, Inventor of Magic Fingers Vibrating Bed, Dies at 92"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', June 19, 2009. Accessed May 9, 2012. "Tinkering in the basement of his home in Glen Rock, N.J., Mr. Houghtaling tested 300 motors before hitting on one that was light, unobtrusive and made the bed tingle at just the right frequency."</ref>
* [[Julia Meade]] (1925–2016), film and stage actress who was a frequent [[Sales presentation|pitch person]] in live commercials in the early days of television<ref>Ludlow, Jean . [https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/633025875/ "Julia Meade Pays Nostalgic Visit To Ridgewood"], ''Ridgewood Herald-News'', May 8, 1969. Accessed October 24, 2021, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "Julia Meade came home last Wednesday. Back in 1944, she was a senior at Ridgewood High.... Meade was born Julia Meade Kunze, the daughter of Adam and Caroline Kunze. For years she lived at 440 Doremus Ave., Glen Rock, and the family has also lived in Ho-Ho-Kus and Allendale."</ref>
* [[Paul Melicharek]] (born {{circa|1991}}), football [[defensive lineman]] who has played professionally for the [[Green Bay Blizzard]] and [[Lehigh Valley Steelhawks]]<ref>Fenton, Jim. [http://www.enterprisenews.com/article/20121115/NEWS/311159763 ""], ''[[The Enterprise (Brockton)|The Enterprise]]'', November 15, 2012. Accessed May 12, 2016. "Paul Melicharek, of Glen Rock, N.J., may not have known much about the area, but he was certainly familiar with the Bears' football program."</ref>
* [[Samuel Petrone]] (born 1989), professional soccer forward who has played for the Swedish team [[Mjällby AIF]]<ref>[http://www.soccertimes.com/americans/list.htm Americans Playing Abroad] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030211120/http://www.soccertimes.com/americans/list.htm |date=2013-10-30 }}, Soccer Times, as of September 15, 2013. Accessed November 1, 2013. "Samuel Petrone - forward - Mjällby AIF - Glen Rock, N.J."</ref>
* [[Lisa Rogak]] author, primarily of biographies and other non-fiction books<ref>Chollett, Laurence. [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-record-profile-of-lisa-angowski-roga/166140943/ "Sticks: One woman's guide to adopting life in the country"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', October 16, 1994. Accessed February 18, 2025. "Rogak, 31, was born and raised in Glen Rock and graduated from Saddle River Country Day School."</ref>
* [[Warren Ruggiero]] (born 1966), [[American football]] coach who is [[offensive coordinator]] for [[Wake Forest Demon Deacons football|Wake Forest]]<ref>[https://bluehens.com/sports/football/roster/warren-ruggiero/13204 Warren Ruggiero], [[Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football]]. Accessed September 5, 2021. "Hometown: Glen Rock, N.J.; High School: Glen Rock"</ref>
* [[Mariko Sakai]] (born 1990), Japanese [[Synchronized swimming|synchronized swimmer]] who competed in the [[Synchronized swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's team|women's team]] event at the [[2012 Olympic Games]]<ref>Odeven, Ed. [https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2012/07/31/olympic-swimming/latynina-watching-phelps-achievements-with-interest/ "Latynina watching Phelps' achievements with interest"], ''[[The Japan Times]]'', July 31, 2012. Accessed February 7, 2024. "In the Japanese Swimming Federation's English media guide, synchronized swimmer Mariko Sakai's birthplace is listed as New Jerger; actually, it's Glen Rock, New Jersey."</ref>
* [[Julie Spira]], author<ref>Snider, Susannah. [http://socialmediamore.com/julie-spira-is-featured-newsmaker-in-the-los-angeles-business-journal "Marketing Executive Keeps Things Social on Internet"], ''[[Los Angeles Business Journal]]'' copied at Social Media and More. Accessed November 3, 2014. "'Authenticity is really in,' noted Spira, who grew up in Glen Rock, a small New Jersey town."</ref>
* [[Paul Stekler]] (born 1953), documentary filmmaker (''George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire'', ''Eyes on the Prize II'') and chair of the Department of Radio Television Film at the University of Texas<ref>Deshpande, Nirmal. [https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/500099248/ "Stekler film debuts on PBS"], ''Glen Rock Gazette'', July 30, 2004. Accessed November 17, 2021, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "Glen Rock native Paul Stekler, the head of the film program at the University of Texas at Austin, has since won two George Foster Peabody Awards and three Emmy Awards for his political film documentaries."</ref>
* [[Patrick Stickles]] (born 1985), musician and the lead singer, frontman and songwriter of the punk rock band [[Titus Andronicus (band)|Titus Andronicus]]<ref>[[Jon Caramanica|Caramanica, Jon]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/13/arts/music/13punk.html "Two Bands Nurtured in a Garden State of Mind"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', March 12, 2010. Accessed May 12, 2016. "'Every great song about New Jersey has always been pretty much about getting out of there,' said Mr. Stickles, a native of Glen Rock, in a telephone interview on Tuesday, the day of the album's release on the XL label."</ref>
* [[Charlie Tahan]] (born 1997), child actor in the 2007 film ''[[I Am Legend (film)|I Am Legend]]''<ref name=Tahan>Fujimori, Sachi. [http://www.northjersey.com/community/112144374_Meet_the_Tahans__Child_actors_from_Glen_Rock_are_lighting_up_movie_screens.html "Meet the Tahans: Glen Rock brother-sister team lighting up the big screen"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', December 19, 2010. Accessed February 2, 2011.</ref>
* [[Daisy Tahan]] (born 2001), child actor who appeared in ''[[Nurse Jackie]]''<ref name=Tahan/>
* [[Ludovicus M. M. Van Iersel]] (1893–1987), recipient of the [[Medal of Honor]] for his actions in France during World War I<ref>[http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/worldwari.html Ludovicus M. M. Van Iersel] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081018140904/http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/worldwari.html |date=October 18, 2008 }}, [[United States Army Center of Military History]]. Accessed February 28, 2011.</ref>
* [[Floyd Vivino]] (born 1951), actor also known as Uncle Floyd<ref>Staff. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_text_direct-0=0EB297376A9CE114&p_field_direct-0=document_id "Uncle Floyd - His TV Program Gathers a Cult - It's So Bad, It's Good"], ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', February 26, 1984. Accessed December 10, 2014. "He studied piano as a child, and like his brothers - Jimmy, an arranger for the vocalist Phoebe Snow, and Larry, for years a saxophonist for Frankie Valli - began making a living at music soon after his graduation in 1969 from Glen Rock High School in Bergen County."</ref>
* [[Jimmy Vivino]] (born 1955), leader of [[The Basic Cable Band]], the house band on the [[TBS (U.S. TV channel)|TBS]] late night program ''[[Conan (talk show)|Conan]]''<ref>Stevens, Amanda. [https://patch.com/new-jersey/ridgewood/the-john-sebastian-jimmy-vivino-electric-duo "John Sebastian & GR's Jimmy Vivino Electrify Mexicali Live; Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Sebastian and Vivino shared the stage in Teaneck"], Ridgewood Patch, December 12, 2011. Accessed October 18, 2017. "John Sebastian and Glen Rock native Jimmy Vivino performed at Mexicali Live in Teaneck Saturday night before a full house. Vivino, a Glen Rock High School graduate, is the band leader of the Basic Cable Band on Conan O'Brien's late night talk show."</ref>
* [[William Wadsworth Evans]] (1887–1972), politician who served in the [[New Jersey General Assembly]] from 1919 to 1924<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-wwe-sr-obit/82179411/ "William Evans Sr., Ex-Assemblyman"], ''The News'', November 14, 1972. Accessed April 6, 2025, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "William Wadsworth Evans Sr., a Paterson attorney who served as Speaker of the New Jersey Assembly in 1920's died Monday, at the Ann-Dell Nursing Home, Wayne, after a long illness. He was 86 and lived at 152 Central Avenue, Glen Rock."</ref>
* [[Adrian Wojnarowski]] (born 1969), general manager of the [[St. Bonaventure Bonnies men's basketball]] team and former sportswriter for [[ESPN]] and ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]''<ref>[[Bob Klapisch|Klapisch, Bob]]. [https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/2017/03/09/klapisch-nobody-beats-woj/98960894/ "Klapisch: Nobody beats The Woj"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', March 9, 2017. Accessed October 2, 2019. "But good luck trying to convince Wojnarowski he’s a star. Despite 1.5 million followers on Twitter, he still thinks of himself as a news-gathering grunt, happy to be living with his family in Glen Rock. Most of Wojnarowski’s neighbors remember him from ''The Record'', where he won numerous awards as a general sports columnist from 1996-2006."</ref>
* [[Will Wood]], alternative rock singer-songwriter and keyboardist<ref>Ebeling. [https://www.theaquarian.com/2016/02/03/at-the-party-an-interview-with-will-wood-and-the-tapeworms/ "At The Party: An Interview with Will Wood And The Tapeworms"], ''[[The Aquarian Weekly]]'', February 3, 2016. Accessed March 30, 2021. "The group's ringleader, Glen Rock native Will Wood, started writing music in his early teens, originally playing piano at various cafes as a solo artist."</ref>
* [[Michael Zegen]] (born 1979), actor best known for his role as Joel Maisel on ''[[The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel]]''<ref>Blank, Matthew. [http://www.playbill.com/article/playbillcoms-cue-a-boardwalk-empire-and-bad-jews-star-michael-zegen-com-210613 "Playbill.Com's Cue & A: ''Boardwalk Empire'' and Bad Jews Star Michael Zegen"], ''[[Playbill]]'', October 15, 2013. Accessed December 20, 2018. "Where you were born/where you were raised: Originally from Glen Rock, NJ… then moved one town over to Ridgewood in the 5th grade."</ref>
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