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==Notable people== {{Category see also|People from Midland Park, New Jersey}} People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Midland Park include: * [[Anna Whitehead Bodeker]] (1826β1904), [[Women's suffrage|suffragist]] who led the earliest attempt to organize for [[Women's suffrage in states of the United States|women's suffrage]] in the state of [[Virginia]]<ref>[http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/dvb/bio.asp?b=Bodeker_Anna_Whitehead Anna Whitehead Bodeker], ''[[Dictionary of Virginia Biography]]''. Accessed July 26, 2019. "Anna Whitehead Bodeker (ca. 26 July 1826β26 October 1904), woman suffrage activist, was born in Midland Park, Bergen County, New Jersey, the daughter of Jesse Whitehead and Sophia Candy Whitehead, both of whom were English immigrants."</ref> <!-- Alphabetized as "Den Hollander, Roy" -->* [[Roy Den Hollander]] (1947β2020), lawyer who gained notoriety as a suspected murderer after acting as an attorney in several unsuccessful sex discrimination suits on behalf of men<ref>Hong, Nicole; Zaveri, Mihir; and Rashbaum, William K. [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/26/nyregion/roy-den-hollander-judge.html "Inside the Violent and Misogynistic World of Roy Den Hollander"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', July 26, 2020. Accessed February 8, 2022. "Mr. Den Hollander grew up in Midland Park, N.J., a middle-class town about 25 miles northwest of Manhattan, and had a loathing for his mother, clinging to grudges against her."</ref> * [[Drew Gibbs]] (1962β2021), [[American football|football]] coach who was head coach of the Kean University Cougars during the 1989 season and was a head coach at [[Ramapo High School (New Jersey)|Ramapo High School]]<ref>Sunderraj, Sunil. [https://sunilsunderraj.com/drew-gibbs-fosters-culture-of-success-and-tradition-at-ramapo-high-school/ "Drew Gibbs Fosters Culture of Success and Tradition at Ramapo High School"], SunilSunderraj.com, September 19, 2020. Accessed November 18, 2021. "Born in Rutherford, New Jersey, Drew Gibbs and his family moved to Midland Park when he was eight years old."</ref> * [[Carol Habben]] (1933β1997), [[center fielder]] and backup [[catcher]] who played for four seasons in the [[All-American Girls Professional Baseball League]]<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/14/sports/carol-habben-63-ex-baseball-player.html "Carol Habben, 63, Ex-Baseball Player"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', January 14, 1997. Accessed December 10, 2013. "Ms. Habben started playing baseball in high school in Midland Park, N.J., and played for a women's sandlot team in Rahway before signing a $250-a-month contract to play with the Peaches when she was still a teen-ager, said her sister, Jane Iannuzzi."</ref> * [[Garrett W. Hagedorn]] (1910β1985), politician who served in the [[New Jersey Senate]] from 1968 until his death<ref>Staff. [https://books.google.com/books?id=J3eHAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Senator+Hagedorn+was+born%22 ''Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, Volume 201, Part 1''], p. 233. J.A. Fitzgerald, 1984. Accessed August 24, 2016. "Senator Hagedorn was born Sept. 16, 1910, in Midland Park."</ref> * [[Fred Kornet]] (1919β2018), [[lieutenant general (United States)|lieutenant general]] in the [[United States Army]] who served as commander of the [[U.S. Army Aviation Systems Command]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=xPj1oNwlVLYC&pg=PA7735 ''Hearings Before and Special Reports Made by Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives on Subjects Affecting the Naval and Military Establishments''], p. 7735. [[United States Government Printing Office]], 1970. Accessed May 4, 202. "Fred Kornet Jr. was born in Wortendyke, N. J., on 2 October 1919. He graduated from high school in Pompton Lakes, N. J. He received his bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering from Lehigh University in 1940. He began his active Army career in February 1941 as a second lieutenant in the Ordinance Corps, assigned to Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland."</ref><ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/101044419/graduates-from-pompton-lakes-high/ "Pompton High Graduates"], ''The Morning Call'', June 22, 1936. Accessed May 4, 2022, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "The following 32 Midland Park students were graduated at Pompton Lakes High school Friday night... The honor students from. Midland Park are Fred Kornet, Jr, and Cornelius Alfred Roughgarden."</ref> * [[Dan Oates]] (born {{circa|1954}}), police chief of [[Aurora, Colorado]], who graduated from Nativity School here<ref>Naanes, Marlene; and Koloff, Abbott. [http://www.northjersey.com/midlandpark/Police_chief_overseeing_Colorado_movie_theater_shooting_case_grew_up_in_Midland_Park.html?page=all "Bergen County native leading investigation of Colorado theater massacre"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', July 23, 2012. Accessed July 25, 2012. "Daniel Oates, who, as the chief of police in Aurora, Colo., is in charge of investigating the most extensive mass shooting in the nation's history, grew up in Midland Park.... Oates was born in Hackensack and lived in Oradell before his family moved to Midland Park, his parents said.... He graduated from St. Joseph's Regional High School in 1973 and attended college at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania, where he majored in English."</ref> * [[Patricia Peardon]] (1923/24β1993), actress who originated the title role in the Broadway play ''[[Junior Miss]]''<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-record-patricia-peardon/117927522/ "Pat's Ridgewood Dates Gasp In Amazement To Find Star Of ''Junior Miss'' Now Only 16"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', January 6, 1942. Accessed May 2, 1942, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "The actress was born in Allendale. Later her family moved to Midland Park and Ridgewood."</ref> * [[Odeya Rush]] (born 1997), actress best known for her role as Fiona in ''[[The Giver (film)|The Giver]]''<ref>Gurrie, Samantha. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140413024007/http://us.aritzia.com/issues/issue-25/i25-odeya-rush/i25-ea-odeya-rush.html "Rush Hour; In her latest roles, Odeya Rush plays women who are wise beyond their yearsβbut the 16-year-old still gets starstruck by her castmates."], [[Aritzia]], backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of April 13, 2014. Accessed September 1, 2014. "When she was nine, her family immigrated to the United States from Israel (her name in Hebrew means 'Thank God') and settled in Birmingham, Alabama. They soon moved to Midland Park, New Jersey, and then this past year relocated to Los Angeles, where Rush is pursuing an independent study."</ref> * [[James E. Ryan (educator)|James E. Ryan]] (born 1966), president of the [[University of Virginia]]<ref>[https://news.virginia.edu/content/james-ryan-reintroduces-himself-university-community "James Ryan Reintroduces Himself To The University Community"], ''UVA Today'', September 15, 2017. Accessed September 28, 2020. "I attended public schools in my hometown of Midland Park, a small, then mostly blue-collar town in Northern New Jersey."</ref> * [[Warren Terhune]] (1869β1920), 13th [[Governor of American Samoa]]<ref>[http://americansamoa.gov/governors/commander-warren-jay-terhune Commander Warren Jay Terhune], [[American Samoa]]. Accessed January 23, 2011.</ref> * [[Johnny Vander Meer]] (1914β1997), the only player in [[MLB]] history to pitch two consecutive [[no-hitter]]s<ref>[http://static.espn.go.com/mlb/s/2003/0610/1565923.html Vander Meer's Night to Remember], [[ESPN]], dated June 13, 2004.</ref> * [[Donald R. Yennie]] (1924β1993), [[Theoretical physics|theoretical physicist]]<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-news-scholarship-awarded-to-d/141633365/ "Gov't Scholarship Awarded to Yennie"], ''[[Herald News]]'', October 6, 1950. Accessed February 19, 2024, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "Donald R. Yennie, president of the Student Council at Pompton Lakes High, School in 1941, has received a government scholarship..... Yennie resides at 268 Godwin Avenue. Midland Park."</ref>
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