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==Notable people== {{Category see also|People from Linwood, New Jersey}} People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Linwood include: * [[James F. Allen (businessman)|James F. Allen]] (born 1960), chairman of [[Hard Rock Cafe|Hard Rock International]] and [[chief executive officer]] of Seminole Gaming<ref>[[Pinky Kravitz|Kravitz, Pinky]]. [http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/communities/atlantic-city_pleasantville_brigantine/pinky-s-corner-hard-rock-s-ceo-climbed-ladder-in/article_3269c6c2-4ad6-11e0-881b-001cc4c03286.html "Pinky’s Corner: Hard Rock’s CEO climbed ladder in Atlantic City"], ''[[The Press of Atlantic City]]'', March 10, 2011. Accessed September 27, 2017. "Allen has a home in Linwood, attended Mainland Regional High School and learned the casino and restaurant business in Atlantic City."</ref> * [[John F. Amodeo]] (born 1950), member of the [[New Jersey General Assembly]] from 2008 to 2014 who represented the [[New Jersey's 2nd legislative district|2nd Legislative District]] and had served on the Linwood City Council from 1998 to 2005<ref>[http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/bio.asp?Leg=267 Assemblyman John F. Amodeo], [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed November 18, 2013. "City of Linwood Council 1998-2005, Planning Board 2004-05"</ref> * [[Sarah Broadhead]] (1831–1910), author of ''The Diary of a Lady from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania'', who became a resident of Linwood after 1885<ref>Rotondo, Christie. [http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/communities/northfield_linwood_somers-point/linwood-historians-find-grave-site-of-gettysburg-s-sarah-broadhead/article_8032ff6e-0647-11e5-8b77-0f992a263cb8.html "Linwood historians find grave site of Gettysburg's Sarah Broadhead"], ''[[The Press of Atlantic City]]'', May 30, 2015. Accessed November 23, 2016. "No one knows why Sarah Broadhead decided to call Linwood home after living through the battle of Gettysburg in 1863, or why her husband, Joseph Broadhead, was elected to the town's first borough council."</ref> * [[Greg Buttle]] (born 1954), former NFL linebacker for the [[New York Jets]]<ref>Eskenazi, Gerald. [https://www.nytimes.com/1982/07/27/sports/buttle-schroy-quit-as-jets-union-chiefs.html "Buttle, Schroy Quit As Jets' Union Chiefs"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', July 27, 1982. Accessed June 25, 2012. "'Right now I'm the player rep, but I'm not the player rep,' he said by telephone from his parents' home in Linwood, N.J."</ref> * [[Mark H. Buzby]] (born 1956), former [[United States Navy]] [[rear admiral (United States)|rear admiral]] who serves as Administrator of the [[United States Maritime Administration]]<ref>DeAngelis, Martin. [https://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/egg-harbor-township-submarine-veterans-prepare-to-unveil-memorial-years/article_32ebc9b6-d681-11e4-985d-9f159a61d64b.html "Egg Harbor Township Submarine Veterans prepare to unveil memorial, years in making"], ''[[The Press of Atlantic City]]'', March 29, 2015. Accessed September 12, 2018. "Rear Admirial Mark H. Buzby is retired now, but he’s a Linwood native who will be a featured speaker at the April 11 dedication of the memorial, and he was instrumental in helping the Egg Harbor Base deal with the Navy to track down a rare torpedo, the local vets say."</ref> * [[Joshua Cohen (writer)|Joshua Cohen]] (born 1980), novelist and story writer, best known for his works ''[[Witz (novel)|Witz]]'' (2010) and ''[[Book of Numbers (novel)|Book of Numbers]]'' (2015)<ref>DeAngelis, Martin. [http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/life/former-cape-may-resident-receives-glowing-reviews-for-page-book/article_96ebd46f-9dd9-5b7c-aa37-f9140072c4b4.html "Former Cape May resident receives glowing reviews for 800+ page book, ''Witz''"], ''[[The Press of Atlantic City]]'', July 30, 2010. Accessed January 23, 2018. "Joshua Cohen sits in front of his house in Cape May. Cohen, who grew up in Linwood and spent lots of summers in Cape May, has written a new novel, ''Witz.''... Not bad bookish company for a kid who grew up in Linwood and Cape May, went to the old Trocki Hebrew Academy in Margate and then to Mainland Regional High School, and who worked some summers at his uncle's docks across the bay from Cape May - when he wasn't being a slot cashier at a few Atlantic City casinos or a semi-professional guitar player at gigs around Ocean City, Ventnor and more local spots."</ref> * [[Chris Daggett]] (born 1950), President and CEO of the [[Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation]] who ran as an independent candidate for [[Governor of New Jersey]] in [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2009|the 2009 election]]<ref>Pizarro, Max. [http://www.politickernj.com/max/29865/daggett-start-walking-beaches-memorial-day-weekend "Daggett to start walking the beaches on Memorial Day weekend"], [[Politicker Network|PolitickerNJ]], May 19, 2009. Accessed November 18, 2013. "Independent gubernatorial candidate Chris Daggett intends to launch a beach-walking campaign tour in Cape May this coming Saturday. 'I grew up in Linwood, and I've been on the Ocean City beaches every summer of my life,' said the former regional administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)."</ref> * [[Shereef Elnahal]] (born 1985), physician who has served as 21st Commissioner of the [[New Jersey Department of Health]]<ref>Leonard, Nicole. [https://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/mainland-grad-likely-to-become-new-new-jersey-health-commissioner/article_d84f8def-5ead-5237-bb35-aaee61fe0e23.html "Mainland grad likely to become new New Jersey health commissioner"], ''[[The Press of Atlantic City]]'', March 12, 2018. Accessed May 21, 2019. "Before Elnahal became a state-appointed physician under Murphy and a federal one under President Barack Obama in 2015, he and his siblings grew up in Galloway Township and Linwood, where his parents settled after emigrating from Egypt."</ref> * [[John F. Gaffney]] (1934–1995), politician who represented the [[New Jersey's 2nd legislative district|2nd Legislative District]] in the [[New Jersey General Assembly]] after serving as Mayor of Linwood from 1976 to 1980<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/29/obituaries/john-f-gaffney-61-a-legislator-is-dead.html "John F. Gaffney, 61, A Legislator, Is Dead"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 29, 1995. Accessed September 6, 2016. "Assemblyman John F. Gaffney, who sponsored legislation to finance construction of the Atlantic City Convention Center and to streamline casino regulations, died on Sunday at his home in Egg Harbor Township.... He was a councilman in Linwood from 1974 to 1976, and Mayor of the city from 1976 to 1980."</ref> * [[Rachel Alana Handler]] (born 1998), actress, singer and motivational speaker who is best known for playing Chunks in the 2016 horror movie ''[[Smothered (film)|Smothered]]''<ref>Brunetti Post, Michelle. [http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/communities/northfield_linwood_somers-point/acting-dream-untouched-by-amputation/article_249c148a-ffa4-11e1-8d27-0019bb2963f4.html "Acting dream untouched by amputation"], ''[[The Press of Atlantic City]]'', September 15, 2012. Accessed April 4, 2016. "Rachel Handler, of Linwood, is so determined to be an actress, she is back to performing just months after her left leg was amputated below the knee in an accident on the New Jersey Turnpike. The 24-year-old Mainland Regional High School graduate, a lifelong dancer, was living in Queens and had just finished playing Snow White in a production at Nicu's Spoon Theater in midtown Manhattan."</ref> * [[Dennis Horner]] (born 1988), NBA basketball player who has played for the [[New Jersey Nets]]<ref>Stephenson, Colin. [http://www.nj.com/nets/index.ssf/2011/12/nets_dennis_horner_a_linwood_n.html "Nets' Dennis Horner, a Linwood native, gets some time to impress"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', December 17, 2011. Accessed December 27, 2011. "Linwood native Dennis Horner didn't expect to play as much as he did, but with Shelden Williams and Johan Petro in early foul trouble, Nets coach Avery Johnson was forced to turn to him for some minutes late in the first quarter."</ref> * [[David B. Joslin]] (born 1936), bishop of the [[Episcopal Diocese of Central New York]] from 1992 to 2000<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/491123939/ "Montvale Church Ordains Priest"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', August 9, 1965. Accessed December 1, 2020. "The Rev. David B. Joslin was ordained to the priesthood of the Episcopal Church in services yesterday at St. Paul's Episcopal Church.... Born in Collingswood, he lived most of his youth in Linwood, a suburb of Atlantic City, and now resides with his wife and son at 11 Marion Road."</ref> * [[Kenneth Lacovara]] (born 1961), [[paleontology|paleontologist]] best known for his discovery of [[Dreadnoughtus]]<ref>Avril, Tom. [https://www.inquirer.com/philly/news/20140906_Digging_it_up__breaking_it_down.html "Paleontologist gets equal pleasure explaining his work"], ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', September 7, 2014. Accessed September 22, 2022. "The carpenter's son grew up in Linwood, Atlantic County, where the coastal terrain is largely sand and mud. Then one day at a Cub Scouts meeting, when Lacovara was in second grade, an amateur geologist brought in a box of geodes and minerals."</ref> * [[George Landis]], [[American football]] coach who was the head football coach at [[Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania]] from 1982 to 1985 and [[Bucknell University]] from 1986 to 1988<ref>Steele, Jack. [https://www.newspapers.com/article/press-of-atlantic-city-george-landis-of/160073742/ "Lions 'Ready' Avers Landis"], ''[[The Press of Atlantic City]]'', January 1, 1970. Accessed November 30, 2024. "His mother, Mrs. Charlotte Landis of Linwood, N. J., arrived here and his wife, the former Kathy Maguire of Atlantic City, made light comments and tried to keep the pressure down."</ref> * [[Sonia Manzano]] (born 1950), actress, screenwriter and author, best known for playing the character Maria Rodriguez on the [[PBS]] television show ''[[Sesame Street]]'' between 1971 and 2015<ref>Kuperinsky, Amy. [https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2015/07/sonia_manzano_maria_leaving_sesame_street_44_years.html "Sonia Manzano, Maria on ''Sesame Street,'' retiring after 44 years"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], July 2, 2015, updated January 17, 2019. Accessed December 1, 2020. "Manzano, born in Linwood, grew up in the South Bronx and joined ''Sesame Street'' in 1971, soon after the show debuted in 1969."</ref> * [[Mk.gee]] (born 1997 as Michael Todd Gordon), singer-songwriter, music producer and multi-instrumentalist<ref>Brunetti, Michelle. [https://pressofatlanticcity.com/article_bf334b7f-4f02-5427-9be0-ff3ba7fde333.html "Everyone has a story: Linwood teen delves deeper into jazz"], ''[[The Press of Atlantic City]]'', April 2, 2014. Accessed November 3, 2024. "At 5 years old Michael Gordon, of Linwood, was studying piano and already composing music. After about a year, he picked up his piano teacher's guitar and started to play."</ref><ref>Coscarelli, Joe. [https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/04/arts/music/mkgee-two-star-the-dream-police.html "Mk.gee, an Unlikely Guitar God, Chases the Promise of Pop"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', September 4, 2024. Accessed November 3, 2024. "A loner from Linwood, N.J., a small shore town near Atlantic City, Gordon began writing and performing his own music during piano class by the age of 5."</ref> * [[Samuel Ojserkis]] (born 1990), [[Rowing (sport)|rower]] who competed in the [[Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's eight|men's eight]] event at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20151229045905/http://www.teamusa.org/us-rowing/athletes/Sam-Ojserkis Sam Ojserkis], [[United States Olympic Committee]]. Accessed August 11, 2016. "Birthplace: Pomona, N.J.; Hometown: Linwood, N.J.; High School: Mainland Regional High School (Linwood, N.J.) '08"</ref> * [[Tyler Stockton]], college football coach and former player who serves as the [[defensive coordinator]] and [[Linebacker|inside linebackers]] coach at [[Ball State Cardinals football|Ball State University]]<ref>[https://und.com/roster/tyler-stockton/ Tyler Stockton], [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football]]. Accessed January 11, 2022. "Hometown: Linwood, NJ; High School: Hun SchooL"</ref>
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