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==Notable people== {{Category see also|People from Roseland, New Jersey}} People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Roseland include: * [[Denise Borino-Quinn]] (1964β2010), actress who played the role of [[List of characters from The Sopranos β friends and family#Ginny Sacramoni|Ginny Sacramoni]], the wife of New York mob boss [[Johnny Sack]] in ''[[The Sopranos]]''<ref>Staff. [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sopranos-actress-denise-borin-quinn-33925 "''Sopranos'' Actress Denise Borin-Quinn Dies at 46; New Jersey native had no acting experience when she landed the role of Ginny Sacrimoni in the HBO series after attending an open casting call."], ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'', October 31, 2020. Accessed May 24, 2020. "Borino-Quinn, a Roseland native who lived in Bordentown, had no acting experience when she was hired in 2000 to play Ginny Sacrimoni, the mafia wife with a weight problem."</ref> * [[Mary Jo Codey]] (born 1955), mental health advocate and schoolteacher who is the former First Lady of New Jersey<ref>Staff. [http://newjerseyhills.com/the_progress/news/mary-jo-codey-of-roseland-honored/article_a2e6217a-8234-56f2-a85a-3a6803f74dea.html?mode=image&photo=0 "Mary Jo Codey of Roseland honored"], ''The Progress News''. Accessed October 10, 2013. "Roseland resident Mary Jo Codey, former First Lady of New Jersey and postpartum depression survivor, was honored for her tireless advocacy for postpartum depression recognition and treatment."</ref> * [[Richard Codey]] (born 1946), member of the [[New Jersey Senate]]<ref>Staff. [http://www.nj.com/columns/ledger/index.ssf?/base/columns-0/1223180747129770.xml&coll=1 "The Auditor"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', October 5, 2008. Accessed March 28, 2011. "But longtime West Orange resident Richard Codey, the former governor and current Senate president, is moving out of the town for a new home in Roseland."</ref> * [[Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr.]] (born 1952), County Executive of Essex County since 2003<ref>Kukaj, Hasime. [http://www.northjersey.com/news/essex-county-executive-moving-out-of-nutley-1.612899 "Essex County executive moving out of Nutley"], ''Nutley Sun'', July 29, 2013. Accessed August 13, 2014. "After calling Nutley home for 34 years, Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr. is moving to the Borough of Roseland."</ref> * [[Kevin Monangai]] (born 1993), [[running back]] who played in the NFL for the [[Philadelphia Eagles]]<ref>Shorr-Parks, Eliot. [http://www.nj.com/eagles/index.ssf/2015/08/eagles_sign_rb_kevin_monangai.html "Eagles sign New Jersey native Kevin Monangai"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], August 1, 2015. Accessed April 27, 2016. "A native of Roseland, NJ, he attended Seton Hall Prep in West Orange, NJ, where he was named the county player of the year and second-team All-State after rushing for 2,266 yards and 35 touchdowns as a senior."</ref> * [[Kyle Monangai]] (born 2002), [[American football]] [[running back]] for the [[Rutgers Scarlet Knights football|Rutgers Scarlet Knights]]<ref>[https://scarletknights.com/sports/football/roster/kyle-monangai/12796 Kyle Monangai], [[Rutgers Scarlet Knights football]]. Accessed December 12, 2023. "Hometown: Roseland, N.J. High School: Don Bosco Prep"</ref> * [[Janet G. Woititz]] (1938β1994), psychologist and researcher best known for her writings and lectures about the adult children of alcoholic parents<ref>Saxon, Wolfgang. [https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/14/obituaries/janet-g-woititz-55-author-who-studied-alcoholics-children.html "Janet G. Woititz, 55, Author Who Studied Alcoholics' Children"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', June 14, 1994. Accessed October 10, 2013. "Dr. Janet G. Woititz, a best-selling author, lecturer and counselor to the troubled offspring of alcoholics, died last Thursday at her home in Roseland, N.J. She was 55."</ref> * [[Adella Wotherspoon]] (1903β2004), survivor of the 1904 [[PS General Slocum|''General Slocum'']] disaster, in which more than 1,000 passengers were killed in a fire<ref>Crane, John Kenny. [https://books.google.com/books?id=3Fi6Hm5hfI8C&pg=PA72 ''The Secrets of North Brother Island: An Illustrated Novel of the Greatest American Disaster Before September 11, 2001''], p. 72. Xlibris Corporation, 2010. {{ISBN|9781462844708}}. Accessed October 10, 2013. "The next morning, Sunday no less, Sandy Blick called my room and told me she had arranged a meeting for me with Adella Wotherspoon, supposedly the only living survivor of the ''Slocum'' disaster (I would later discover there was one other still living), at her home in Roseland, New Jersey."{{self-published source|date=December 2017}}</ref>{{self-published inline|certain=yes|date=December 2017}}
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