Editing River Edge, New Jersey (section)

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

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* [[Reino Aarnio]] (1912–1988), architect<ref>[http://communities.aia.org/sites/hdoaa/wiki/American%20Architects%20Directories/1970%20American%20Architects%20Directory/Bowker_1970_A.pdf ''1970 American Architects Directory''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724230710/http://communities.aia.org/sites/hdoaa/wiki/American%20Architects%20Directories/1970%20American%20Architects%20Directory/Bowker_1970_A.pdf |date=July 24, 2011 }}, American Architects Directories. Accessed December 15, 2013.</ref>
* [[Joanna Angel]] (born 1980), alternative pornographic and mainstream actress, director, and writer of adult films<ref>[http://librefashion.com/story-of-joanna-angel/ "Story Of Joanna Angel: I Am A Total Nerd. I Love To Read & Write"], Librefashion, May 2, 2015. Accessed September 21, 2015. "Joanna was born in Brooklyn, New York, to a Jewish Israeli mother and an American father. She was raised in River Edge in Bergen County, New Jersey, where she attended Cherry Hill Elementary School and graduated from River Dell High School in 1998."</ref>
* [[Bonnie August]] (1947–2003), fashion designer who innovated the disco-era look of unitards under wrap skirts<ref>Rourke, Mary. [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-aug-12-me-august12-story.html "Bonnie August, 56; Designer of Bodywear"], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', August 12, 2003. Accessed July 27, 2023. "She was born in River Edge, N.J."</ref>
* [[Robert O. Becker]] (1923–2008), orthopedic surgeon and researcher in [[electrophysiology]]/electromedicine who co-authored ''The Body Electric: Electromagnetism and the Foundation of Life''<ref>Staff. [http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20080529/OBIT01/622148355/-1/obit "Dr. Robert O. Becker"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215123122/http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20080529/OBIT01/622148355/-1/obit |date=December 15, 2018 }}, ''[[Watertown Daily Times]]'', May 29, 2008. Accessed December 15, 2013. "Born May 31, 1923, in River Edge, N.J., son of Elizabeth Blanck and the Rev. Otto Julius Becker, he received a bachelor's degree in 1946 from Gettysburg (Penn.) College and his medical degree in 1948 from New York University School of Medicine, New York City."</ref>
* [[Frank Capsouras]] (born 1947), [[Olympic weightlifting|weightlifter]] who represented the United States in the [[Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 kg|men's heavyweight event]] at the [[1972 Summer Olympics]]<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1964/08/23/archives/voteseeker-makes-a-representative-showing-here-schemansky-victor-in.html 'Vote‐Seeker Makes a Representative Showing Here; Schemansky Victor in Trials With Lift of 1,146 Pounds"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 23, 1964. Accessed January 18, 2020. "The others were 17‐year-old Frank Capsouras of River Edge, N. J., and Jim Dorn of Earlington, Pa. Each lifted 859 1/2 pounds, but Capsouras earned second place because he carried less body weight—180 pounds to 181 3/4."</ref>
* [[Charley Casserly]] (born 1949), former [[General Manager]] of the [[Washington Redskins]]<ref>Aldridge, David. [https://web.archive.org/web/20121021232723/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-912818.html "Casserly Goes According to The Plan; Redskins' Rocky Start Puts Focus On GM Who Put Team Together"], ''[[The Washington Post]]'', October 5, 1994. Accessed October 9, 2008. "Casserly knows this just as surely as he knows he's from River Edge, N.J."</ref>
* [[J. Walter Christie]] (1865–1944), [[tank]] pioneer<ref>[http://bergencountyhistory.org/Pages/ACenturyAgo07.html "A Century Ago"], Bergen County Historical Society. Accessed October 9, 2008. "Walter Christie, the record-breaking automobilist, of River Edge, was nearly killed at Pittsburg on September 9, 1907, when running his machine at the rate of 70 miles per hour."</ref>
* [[John Donovan (American football)|John Donovan]] (born 1974), college football coach who has been the offensive coordinator for the [[Vanderbilt Commodores football]] program<ref>[http://www.umterps.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=29700&ATCLID=207383386 John Donovan], [[Maryland Terrapins football]]. Accessed December 15, 2013. "A native of River Edge, N.J., Donovan married the former Stacey Spicer of Potomac, Md., in May, 2005."</ref>
* [[Paul J. Fishman]] (born 1957), [[United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey]]<ref>Friedman, Alexi. [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/06/us_attorney_nominee_has_more_t.html "U.S. attorney nominee has more than a decade of experience as a prosecutor"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', June 14, 2009. Accessed December 15, 2013. "Fishman was born in New York City and grew up in River Edge, a two-square-mile borough north of Hackensack."</ref>
* [[Louise Gonnerman]] (born 1947), former professional [[tennis]] player.<ref>Kurland, Bob. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113543033/louise-gonnerman-of-river-edge/ "Louise Gonnerman Enters Big Time"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', July 14, 1964. Accessed November 23, 2022, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "But this time it looks as though the River Dell High School senior will break the pattern. 'I love to play tennis,' declared Louise as she prepared applications for the Pennsylvania Grass Court and Delaware tournaments at her River Edge apartment."</ref>
* [[Freddie Hoffman]] ({{circa|1959}}), bicyclist who has ridden more than one million miles on his bicycle<ref>Reardon, Patricia; and Collina, Helen Lippman. [https://www.nytimes.com/1987/04/26/nyregion/bicyclists-heading-for-the-open-road.html "Bicyclists Heading for the Open Road"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', April 26, 1987. Accessed July 18, 2013. "Since 1965, says Freddie Hoffman of River Edge, he has bicycled more than 600,000 miles, or 'more than enough to go to the moon, orbit twice and come back.'"</ref>
* [[Colorforms|Harry and Patricia Kislevitz]], creators of Colorforms, the 'stick-on' vinyl shapes toy<ref>Hotchkin, Sheila via [[Associated Press]]. [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-dec-31-fi-colorforms31-story.html "Colorforms, at 50, an Idea That StuckToys: The simple vinyl shapes that kids slap onto shiny surfaces generate tens of millions of dollars each year."], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', December 31, 2001. Accessed August 28, 2011. "The business outgrew the apartment near New York University and the couple moved to a house in River Edge. Later they started a factory in northern New Jersey, moving it several times before settling on Ramsey."</ref>
* [[Lucile Lawrence]] (1907–2004), harpist<ref>Rabinowitz, Nancy. [http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20001022/NEWS/310229900&cid=sitesearch "At 93, harpist still is treasured teacher, mentor"], ''[[South Coast Today]]'', October 22, 2000. Accessed October 9, 2008. "Even if that means hopping a bus near her home in River Edge, N.J., and making the four-hour, 200-mile trip to her students at Boston University, where she has been on the faculty of the School for the Arts for the past 36 years."</ref>
* [[Jack Lazorko]] (born 1956), former pitcher who played for the [[Milwaukee Brewers]], [[Seattle Mariners]], and the [[California Angels]]<ref>[[Ira Berkow|Berkow, Ira]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/1993/07/11/sports/baseball-s-king-of-the-road-jack-lazorko-doesn-t-pitch-here-anymore.html "Baseball's King of the Road; Jack Lazorko Doesn't Pitch Here Anymore"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', July 11, 1993. Accessed February 6, 2013. "Few baseball careers have been anything like Jack Lazorko's, who was born in Hoboken, N.J., and grew up in River Edge to the north, and who has called so many places home since then that, he says, he has single-handedly kept map makers in business."</ref>
* [[Mickey Mantle]] (1931–1995), former baseball player for the  [[New York Yankees]], member of the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame]]<ref>Staff. [https://books.google.com/books?id=70gEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA102 "Mickey Mantle Comes of Age as a Slugger: A Prodigy of Power"], ''[[Life (magazine)|Life]]'', p. 102, June 25, 1956. Accessed August 29, 2011. "Two Mickey mantles practice on lawn of house in River Edge, N.J. As his father pitches, Mickey Jr. takes real Mantle swing. Ball is tied to string to save Mickey from chasing his son's hits."</ref>
* [[Charles Mayo (golfer)|Charles Mayo]] (1884–1977), English-American professional golfer<ref>Fitzgerald, Tommy. [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2206&dat=19670128&id=d9gzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LusFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2151,3247901&hl=en "That Youngster Sam Snead Is A Comer"], ''[[The Miami News]]'', January 28, 1967. Accessed September 23, 2015. "He was referring to 82-year-old Charles Mayo of River Edge, N.J., a student of his in 1904 when he was a young pro at Banstead Downs near the Epsom Downs race track in England."</ref>
* [[Lee Meredith]] (born 1947), actress who played the role of [[Ulla (The Producers)|Ulla]] in the 1968 screen version of ''[[The Producers (1968 film)|The Producers]]''<ref>Demarrais, Kevin G. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160505011443/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-138719195.html "Starting Over; Leaving the spotlight (or jumping into it) is tough, but these people are satisfied with their new vocations."], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', April 29, 2007. Accessed April 5, 2016.</ref>
* [[Billy Paultz]] (born 1948), former [[American Basketball Association|ABA]] and [[NBA]] basketball player, nicknamed "The Whopper"<ref>Skevin, Tom. "A Nets fan reminisces", ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', January 27, 2004. "I go back to when Billy Paultz of River Edge was a rookie. I was surprised in the 1970-71 season when I saw that the 6-foot-11 Whopper didn't even jump center - the much shorter Sonny Dove did."</ref>
* [[Gene Roddenberry]] (1921–1991), television screenwriter, producer and creator of ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]''<ref>via [[Associated Press]]. [https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/325761705/ "15 Killed, 22 Are Safe In Pan American Crash; Eclipse Down In Syria On Way To N.Y. Incomplete Reports Had Caused Fears For Clipper America"], ''[[Tampa Times|The Tampa Times]]'', June 19, 1947. Accessed May 12, 2021, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "Fifteen persons ol 37 aboard the New York-bound Pan American World Airways Constellation Eclipse were killed early today when the giant liner crashed at Meyadine, Syria, while trying to make a forced landing, the airline announced.... The company said information from its Damascus office was that the three crew members who survived were Purser Anthony Volpe, Stewardess Jane Bray, both of New York, and Third Officer Eugene W. Roddenberry, River Edge, N. J."</ref>
* [[Scot D. Ryersson]] (born 1960), [[illustrator]], [[graphic artist]] and writer<ref>Burrow, Megan. [http://www.northjersey.com/news/105409913_Exhibit_inspired_by_fictional_characters.html "River Edge Library exhibit inspired by fictional characters"], ''Town News'', October 21, 2010. Accessed November 26, 2013. "'Arcanifacts' is a collection of 21 works taken from a larger project River Edge resident Scot Ryersson began in 2007."</ref>
* [[Teata Semiz]] (1934–2021), bowler who was inducted into the [[Professional Bowlers Association]] Hall of Fame in 1991<ref>[http://www.bowl.com/Hall_of_Fame/Hall_of_Famers/Superior_Performance/Teata_Semiz/ Teata Semiz], Bowling Hall of Fame. Accessed May 10, 2015.</ref>
* [[Ali Shayegan]] (1903–1981), opponent of [[Shah]] [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi]] who lived in political exile in the United States from 1958<ref>Treaster, Joseph B. [https://www.nytimes.com/1981/05/16/obituaries/ali-shayegan-an-exile-who-fought-the-shah-and-aided-mossadegh.html "Ali Shayegan, an Exile Who Fought the Shah and Aided Mossadegh"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', May 16, 1981. Accessed October 28, 2015. "His health began to deteriorate and he returned to his home in River Edge, N.J., in September 1979."</ref>
* [[Ellen Zavian]] (born 1963), [[sports agent]] and attorney who was the [[National Football League]]'s first female attorney-agent<ref>Johnson, Christina. [https://www.nytimes.com/1991/12/22/nyregion/new-jersey-q-a-ellen-m-zavian-a-female-agent-for-professional-athletes.html "New Jersey Q & A: Ellen M. Zavian; A Female Agent for Professional Athletes"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 22, 1991. Accessed July 3, 2022. "Ellen M. Zavian, a 28-year-old lawyer who lives in River Edge, is the only one of the dozen based in New Jersey."</ref>
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