Editing Haddon Township, New Jersey (section)

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

* [[Mitch Albom]] (born 1958), writer<ref>Rothschild, Barbara S. [https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courierpostonline/access/1714451801.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+12%2C+2008&author=BARBARA+S+ROTHSCHILD&pub=Courier+Post&desc=Longtime+rabbi+dies+at+age+90&pqatl=google "Longtime rabbi dies at age 90"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108051041/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courierpostonline/access/1714451801.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+12,+2008&author=BARBARA+S+ROTHSCHILD&pub=Courier+Post&desc=Longtime+rabbi+dies+at+age+90&pqatl=google |date=November 8, 2012 }}, ''[[Courier-Post]]'', February 12, 2008. Accessed March 24, 2011. "Lewis was an inspiration to Haddon Township native Mitch Albom, best-selling author of Tuesdays with Morrie and The Five People You Meet in Heaven."</ref>
* [[Laurie Beechman]] (1953–1998), Broadway actress<ref>Staff. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB32FB553051F89&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "Laurie Beechman"], ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', March 10, 1998. Accessed March 24, 2011. "Laurie Beechman, 44, a diminutive singer and actress whose immense talent, energy and heart took her from the stage at Haddon Township High School all the way to Broadway, died Sunday of ovarian cancer at home in White Plains, N.Y.... Last year, Haddon Township made her the first inductee into the Haddon Township Cultural Hall of Fame."</ref>
* [[Anthony S. Black|Tony Black]] (born 1951), record-holding [[jockey]] in [[North America]]n [[Thoroughbred racing|Thoroughbred horse racing]]<ref>Anastasia, Phil. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99869424/tony-black-jockey-from-haddon-township/ "Haddon Twp. jockey closes in on 5,000th victory"], ''[[Courier-Post]]'', April 22, 2006. Accessed April 16, 2022. "Black, 54, a longtime Haddon Township resident, is nearing his 5,000th career victory as a jockey."</ref>
* [[William B. Brahms]] (born 1966), librarian and [[Encyclopedia|encyclopedist]]<ref>[[William B. Brahms|Brahms, William B.]]; White-Grear, Sandra. [https://books.google.com/books?id=123KEkzswQgC&pg=PA34 ''Haddon Township''], p. 34. [[Arcadia Publishing]], 2011. {{ISBN|9780738576503}}. Accessed April 16, 2022. "The Haddon Hills Estates were single-family, colonial-style homes built in the early 1950s and stretched from Crystal Lake Avenue down to Crestwood Avenue. Author William B. Brahms is shown in front of his house on the 300 block of Briarwood Avenue, a few years after his family moved there in the late 1960s from the Haddon Hills Apartments."</ref>
* [[George E. Brunner]] (1896–1975), mayor of [[Camden, New Jersey]] from 1936 to 1959<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1975/02/09/archives/george-e-brunner-camden-exmayor.html "George E. Brunner, Camden Ex-Mayor"]. ''[[The New York Times]]'', February 9, 1975. Accessed March 24, 2011. "George E. Brunner, who was Mayor of Camden, N.J., from 1936 to 1959, died yesterday at his home in Haddon Township, N.J."</ref>
* [[William K. Dickey]] (1920–2008), lawyer and politician who served as Speaker of the [[New Jersey General Assembly]] and as chairman of the [[Delaware River Port Authority]]<ref>Downey, Sally A. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140815123447/http://articles.philly.com/2008-11-06/news/25255336_1_law-degree-speaker-lawyer "William K. Dickey, 1920-2008 Ex-speaker of Assembly, DRPA chair"], ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', November 6, 2008. Accessed December 13, 2014. "The Westmont native graduated from Collingswood High School."</ref>
* [[Mark Donohue]] (1937–1975), race car driver<ref>Lloyd, Alex. [https://autos.yahoo.com/bp/driving-mark-donohue-s-1972-indy-500-winning-race-car-at-the-brickyard-141701799.html "Driving the McLaren that won the 1972 Indy 500, a 1,000-hp time machine"], [[Yahoo News]], June 25, 2014. Accessed May 16, 2020. "Despite conquering the mythical Speedway, Donohue, from Haddon Township, N.J., retired from racing the following year after the death of his close friend Swede Savage."</ref>
* [[Joe Flacco]] (born 1985), NFL Quarterback<ref>Frank, Martin. [http://www.app.com/article/20120915/NJSPORTS031001/309150072/Eagles-prep-Ravens-s-no-huddle-offense "Eagles prep for Ravens's no-huddle offense"], ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', September 15, 2012. Accessed September 20, 2012. "QB Joe Flacco grew up in nearby Haddon Township and went to Delaware."</ref>
* [[Larry Kane]] (born 1942), only American reporter to travel with [[The Beatles]] on their 1964 North American tour<ref>Kane, Larry (2001)''Larry Kane's Philadelphia'' Philadelphia : Temple University Press. {{ISBN|1-56639-806-1}}; p. 12</ref><ref>Kane, Larry (2003) ''Ticket to Ride: Inside the Beatles' 1964 Tour That Changed the World'' New York : Penguin Books. {{ISBN|0-7624-1592-4}}</ref><ref>Staff. [https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courierpostonline/access/1840683311.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+20%2C+2001&author=&pub=Courier+Post&desc=Area+residents+help+power+MS+City+to+Shore+Bike+tour&pqatl=google "Area residents help power MS City to Shore Bike tour"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106045658/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courierpostonline/access/1840683311.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+20,+2001&author=&pub=Courier+Post&desc=Area+residents+help+power+MS+City+to+Shore+Bike+tour&pqatl=google |date=November 6, 2012 }}, ''[[Courier-Post]]'', September 20, 2001. Accessed March 24, 2011. "Kane, now of Abington, Pa., was briefly a South Jersey resident when he lived in Haddon Township as a young bachelor in the late 1960s."</ref>
* [[John McCarthy (American football)|John McCarthy]] (1916–1998), football player and coach<ref>Hagenmayer, S. Joseph. [https://web.archive.org/web/20141220210830/http://articles.philly.com/1998-05-14/news/25739324_1_coaching-ranks-basketball-teams-temple-university-coach "John P. Mccarthy, 81, S. Jersey Basketball Coach"], ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', May 14, 1998. Accessed December 14, 2013. "John P. 'Mac' McCarthy, 81, a legendary South Jersey basketball coach whose peers nicknamed him the Silver Fox for abilities as a strategist, died Tuesday at his Westmont home."</ref>
* [[Don McComb]] (1934–2018), [[defensive end]] who played for the [[Boston Patriots]]<ref>[https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/courierpostonline/obituary.aspx?n=donald-h-mccomb&pid=189193864 "Donald H. McComb"], ''[[Courier-Post]]''. Accessed May 16, 2020. "Donald H. McComb, of Haddon Twp., passed away Sunday, June 3, 2018 at his home with his family."</ref>
* [[Samuel Vaughan Merrick]] (1801–1870), first President of the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]] and co-founder of the [[Franklin Institute]]<ref name="haddontwphistoricalsociety.org">White-Grear, Sandra. [http://www.haddontwphistoricalsociety.org/presentations--Whitall-VanSciverPaper.pdf ''The Whitall-Van Sciver House''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321141654/http://www.haddontwphistoricalsociety.org/presentations--Whitall-VanSciverPaper.pdf |date=2012-03-21 }}. Haddon Township Historical Society, presented December 18, 2004. Accessed October 14, 2013.</ref>
* [[Cozy Morley]] ({{Circa|1926}}–2013), entertainer, singer<ref>Strauss, Robert. [https://nytimes.com/2000/08/13/nyregion/theater-for-comedian-old-jokes-loyal-fans.html "Theater; For Comedian, Old Jokes, Loyal Fans"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 19, 2006. Accessed December 13, 2014. "He admits to having homes in Florida and Wildwood, in addition to his primary residence along the Cooper River in Haddon Township in Camden County, where he lives with his wife, Bobbie."</ref>
* [[Sal Paolantonio]] (born 1956), ESPN reporter and writer<ref>Bracy, Aaron. [https://archive.today/20130201002018/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courierpostonline/access/1792546891.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+18,+2005&author=AARON+BRACY&pub=Courier+Post&desc=Staley's+success+is+no+surprise+to+Leslie&pqatl=google "Staley's success is no surprise to Leslie"], ''[[Courier-Post]]'', March 18, 2005. Accessed March 21, 2011. "Sal Paolantonio, a Haddon Township resident, recently signed a four-year contract extension with ESPN."</ref>
* [[Mary Roebling]] (1905–1994), banker, businesswoman, and philanthropist who was the first woman to serve as president of a major U.S. bank<ref>Pace, Eric. [https://www.nytimes.com/1994/10/27/obituaries/mary-roebling-89-first-woman-to-head-major-us-bank-dies.html "Mary Roebling, 89, First Woman To Head Major U.S. Bank, Dies"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 27, 1994. Accessed May 16, 2020. "She was born Mary Gindhart in 1907 in West Collingswood, N.J., the daughter of Isaac D. Gindhart Jr., a telephone company executive, and Mary Simon Gindhart, a music teacher."</ref>
* [[William G. Rohrer]] (1909–1989), founder of First Peoples Bank of New Jersey, the first bank in South Jersey to reach $1 billion in deposits, and mayor of Haddon Township for 36 years<ref>[https://business.rowan.edu/about/william-g-rohrer.html William G. Rohrer], [[Rowan University]]. Accessed May 16, 2020. "A resident of Haddon Township since 1929, Mr. Rohrer served as a committeeman for four years and as mayor for 36 years."</ref>
* [[Peter Schwartz (futurist)|Peter Schwartz]] (born 1946), [[futurist]], innovator, author, and co-founder of the [[Global Business Network]]<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98977422/merit-scholars-from-south-jersey-esp/ "Seven South Jersey High School Students Merit Scholarship Winners"], ''[[courier-Post]]'', April 23, 1964. Accessed April 3, 2022, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "Peter Schwartz of 258 Bewley rd., Haddon Township, Haddonfield Memorial High School, intends to major in aeronautical engineering at Rensselaer Technical Institute to become an aeronautical engineer."</ref>
* [[Hannah Whitall Smith]] (1832–1911), author in the [[Holiness movement]] and suffragette<ref name="haddontwphistoricalsociety.org"/>
* [[Steven Spielberg]] (born 1946), motion picture director and producer<ref>Lavinia, DeCastro. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99870337/haddon-township-profile/ "Haddon Township: Part of a larger whole"], ''[[Courier-Post]]'', October 19, 2006, Accessed April 16, 2022. "Did you know film director Steven Spielberg lived in Haddon Township as a youngster? Spielberg lived in the township from 1950 to 1953 and he is believed to have seen one of his first movies at the Westmont Theater."</ref>
* [[John M. Whitall]] (1800–1877), glass manufacturer and philanthropist<ref name="haddontwphistoricalsociety.org"/><ref>[[Hannah Whitall Smith|Smith, Hannah Whitall]]. [https://books.google.com/books?id=zVHLCNi3hQoC&pg=PA27 ''John M. Whitall: The Story of His Life''], p. 27. Accessed October 14, 2013.</ref>
* [[Miss New Jersey USA|Julianna White]] (born 1988), [[Miss New Jersey USA]] 2011<ref>Staff. [http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/ats/inside_story/article_ec05bcb0-8d43-526f-9b1e-16e9db448a23.html "Scott Cronick's Casino Action: Chef Gordon Ramsay makes the rounds in Atlantic City"], ''[[The Press of Atlantic City]]'', January 6, 2011. Accessed March 24, 2011. "Miss New Jersey Julianna White, of Haddon Township, was introduced to Frankie Valli after he appearance at Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa."</ref>