Editing Oradell, New Jersey (section)

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

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* [[Hugh David Black]] (1903–1942), officer in the [[United States Navy]] killed in action during [[World War II]], who is the namesake of the [[USS Black (DD-666)|USS ''Black'']] and for whom Commander Black Drive is named<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20021220021747/http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/pers-us/uspers-b/hd-black.htm Lieutenant Commander Hugh D. Black, USN (1903-1942)], [[Naval History & Heritage Command]]. Accessed December 12, 2013. "Hugh David Black was born in Oradell, New Jersey, on 29 June 1903."</ref>
* [[Charles Livingston Bull]] (1874–1932), wildlife illustrator<ref>[http://beta.congress.gov/congressional-record/2013/04/26/extensions-of-remarks-section/article/E562-3 Recognizing The 100th Anniversary Of The Oradell Public Library], ''[[Congressional Record]]'', April 26, 2013, 113th Congress, 1st Session - Issue: Vol. 159, No. 59 — Daily Edition. Accessed July 17, 2013. "World renowned painter Charles Livingston Bull, an Oradell resident and an original board member, donated multiple works of art which reside in the library to this day."</ref>
* [[Ginny Capicchioni]], [[lacrosse]] [[Goaltender (field lacrosse)|goaltender]] who was the first woman to compete in the [[National Lacrosse League]]<ref>Roberts, Jeff. [http://www.northjersey.com/story-archives/oradell-s-ginny-capicchioni-first-woman-on-men-s-usa-lacrosse-team-1.1170708 "Oradell's Ginny Capicchioni first woman on men's USA lacrosse team"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', April 12, 2011. Accessed July 29, 2015. "The Oradell resident knows what awaits her and Team USA next month at the World Indoor Lacrosse Championship in Prague.... Capicchioni never played lacrosse at River Dell, which did not field a girls program at the time."</ref>
* [[Graham Clarke (musician)|Graham Clarke]] (born 1970), musician, songwriter, arranger, and entertainer<ref>[http://www.grahamclarke.com/aboutgraham.php About Graham] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205195706/http://www.grahamclarke.com/aboutgraham.php |date=2012-02-05 }}, GrahamClarke.com. Accessed September 21, 2015. "Graham Clarke grew up in Oradell, New Jersey (but don't hold it against him). He has been performing for children professionally since September 1995. He currently lives in a big, old house in Somers, NY, with his wife, Peggy, and his frisky, cottony soft dogs, Plato and Athena."</ref>
* [[Kevin DelGobbo]] (1964–2017), politician who served in the [[Connecticut House of Representatives]] from 1997 to 2009<ref>[https://www.cga.ct.gov/2018/TOB/h/2018HJ-00171-R00-HB.htm "Resolution Expressing Sympathy On The Death Of Kevin DelGobbo"], [[Connecticut General Assembly]]. Accessed September 23, 2024. "Whereas, on Monday, July 3, 2017, the State of Connecticut lost a distinguished former legislator and longtime public servant, with the passing of Kevin DelGobbo at the age of fifty-three; and Whereas, Kevin was born on April 15, 1964, in Oradell, New Jersey, the son of the late Nancy (Avallone) Stiber and Joseph DelGobbo"</ref>
* [[David D. Demarest]] (1819–1898), author and theologian<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-new-york-times-obituary-for-david-d/165879890/ "The Rev. Dr. David D. Demarest."], ''[[The New York Times]]'', June 23, 1898. Accessed February 16, 2025, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "The Rev. Dr. Demarest was born In Oradell, Bergen County, N. J., on July 30, 1819."</ref>
* [[Joe DiPietro]] (born 1960), playwright and author<ref>Feldberg, Robert. [http://www.northjersey.com/arts_entertainment/96236374_Joe_DiPietro___Memphis__playwright_and_Oradell_native__in_Tony_spotlight.html "Joe DiPietro, 'Memphis' playwright and Oradell native, in Tony spotlight"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', June 13, 2010. Accessed September 6, 2011. "When Joe DiPietro was growing up on Essex Street in Oradell, one of his favorite haunts was the borough library, where he read lots of plays, including ''Death of a Salesman'' and ''Journey's End.''"</ref>
* [[Percy Keese Fitzhugh]] (1876–1950), author of many popular children's books, resided in Oradell from 1927 until his death in 1950<ref>[http://www.bridgeboro.com/page5.html "Fitzhugh, Author, Is Victim Of Stroke At Oradell Home"], copy of article from ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', February 7, 1950. Accessed September 15, 2015. "Oradell-Percy Keese Fitzhugh, 73, Author of many boys' books, died Wednesday at 6 P.M. following a stroke. He had lived at 283 Maple Avenue for the past 23 years."</ref>
* [[Lynn Forester de Rothschild]] (born 1954), Chief Executive Officer of E.L. Rothschild, a [[holding company]] she owns with her husband [[Evelyn Robert de Rothschild|Sir Evelyn Robert de Rothschild]]<ref>[http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-25772010_ITM "Lady Lynn: when she remarried, New Jersey–born CEO Lynn Forester acquired a new title. But as Lady de Rothschild, she's still got the old entrepreneurial zeal."], ''[[W (magazine)|W]]'', August 1, 2002. Accessed September 6, 2011. "Brought up in an all-American, middle-class family in white-picket-fence Oradell, New Jersey, Rothschild built an impressive resume quickly:"</ref>
* [[Mark Gorton]] (born 1966), founder of peer-to-peer file sharing service [[Limewire]] and financial firm [[Tower Research]]<ref>[https://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/new-york/nysdce/1:2006cv05936/288038/297 ''Arista Records LLC et al v. Lime Wire LLC et al'' Filing 297], Justia. Accessed January 7, 2023. "I was born in 1966 and grew up in Oradell, New Jersey. I went to public schoolin Oradell and graduated valedictorian of my high school class."</ref>
* [[Hugh J. Grant]] (1858–1910), politician who served two terms as the 88th mayor of [[New York City]], from 1889 to 1892, who remains the youngest mayor in the city's history<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1910/11/04/archives/exmayor-grant-dies-suddenly-falls-on-the-stairs-of-his-home-on.html "Ex-Mayor Grant Dies Suddenly; Falls on the Stairs of His Home on Returning from an Outing and Expires. Twice Mayor Of The City Formerly High in the Councils of Tammany Hall, He Lost His Prestige with Croker's Retirement."], ''[[The New York Times]]'', November 4, 1910. Accessed January 5, 2018. "Mayor Grant was a member of the Catholic, Manhattan, Arion, Narragansett, and New York Athletic Clubs. Of late he had spent most of his time at his home in Oradell, N. J."</ref>
* [[Ellsworth Kelly]] (1923–2015), painter, sculptor, and printmaker associated with [[hard-edge painting]], [[Color Field]] painting and the [[minimalism|minimalist]] school<ref>Hyman, Vicki. [http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2015/12/ellsworth_kelly_dead_painter_obituary_oradell.html "Oradell's Ellsworth Kelly, pillar of abstract painting, dies at 92"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], December 28, 2015. Accessed December 29, 2015. "Kelly was born in Newburgh, N.Y., in 1923, but his family soon moved to the Rockwell-esque town of Oradell, where he attended public school and his grandmother introduced him to bird-watching at the Oradell Reservoir near his home."</ref>
* [[Vince Lombardi]] (1913–1970), [[National Football League]] Head Coach of the [[Green Bay Packers]]. Lombardi was an assistant coach for the [[New York Giants]] while living on Oradell Avenue during the 1950s<ref>[[Dave Anderson (sportswriter)|Anderson, Dave]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/1986/12/21/sports/sports-of-the-times-parcells-is-one-of-them.html "Sports Of The Times; Parcells Is 'One Of Them'"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 21, 1986. Accessed December 25, 2011. "His family soon moved to Oradell, where Vince Lombardi lived briefly as the Giants' offensive coach."</ref>
* [[Bill Madden (sportswriter)|Bill Madden]] (born 1946), sportswriter for the ''[[New York Daily News]]''<ref>Harbord, Eamon. [http://www.northjersey.com/news/102507999_Hall_of_Fame_writer_has_his_day.html "Hall of Fame writer, former Oradell resident, has his day"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', September 9, 2010. Accessed February 16, 2011. "'A 45-year resident of Oradell, he is the son of former Councilman Charlie Madden and father of Oradell Police Officer Tom Madden,' Councilman James Koth read from the proclamation.... The 64-year-old Madden grew up in Oradell and graduated from Bergen Catholic High School."</ref>
* [[Bill McGovern (American football)|Bill McGovern]] (1962–2023), [[American football]] coach<ref>{{cite web|first=Ben|last=Bolch|title=Bill McGovern, former UCLA football defensive coordinator battling cancer, dies at 60|date=May 30, 2023|work=Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/ucla/story/2023-05-30/ucla-football-defensive-coordinator-bill-mcgovern-died-cancer|access-date=May 30, 2023}}</ref>
* [[Jim McGovern (golfer)|Jim McGovern]] (born 1965), professional golfer<ref>Brown, Clifton. [https://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/18/sports/golf-a-former-rising-star-hopes-to-rise-again.html "Golf; A Former Rising Star Hopes to Rise Again"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 18, 1999. Accessed December 25, 2011. "When Jim McGovern was an all-state tight end at Bergen Catholic High School, few people would have predicted that he would become a professional golfer. He didn't start playing golf seriously until 11th grade. And don't most golfers come from warm-weather states like California or Florida, instead of places like Oradell, N.J.?"</ref>
* [[Rob McGovern]] (born 1966), former [[American football]] [[linebacker]] who played for the [[Kansas City Chiefs]], [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] and [[New England Patriots]]<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/595691596/ "Rob McGovern is Bergen County Y's Person of the Year"], ''Town News'', December 19, 2007. Accessed December 28, 2021, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "Rob McGovern of the Oradell and Bergen Catholic McGovern family is the YMCA of Greater Bergen County‘s Person of the Year for 2007.... McGovern grew up in Oradell and attended Bergen Catholic High School."</ref>
* [[Dan Oates]] (born 1955), police chief of [[Aurora, Colorado]]<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."</ref>
* [[George Papp]] (1916–1989), [[comic book]] artist who co-created the [[Green Arrow]] character with [[Mort Weisinger]] and was best known as one of the principal artists on the long-running [[Superboy]] feature for [[DC Comics]]<ref name=History>[http://www.oradell.org/ornj/Community/Oradell%27s%20History/ Oradell's History], Borough of Oradell. Accessed January 5, 2018. "The list of other famous Oradell residents has included Ellsworth Kelly, the world-famous minimalist artist; Tony award-winning Playwright and Author Joe DiPietro; Pro Football Hall of Famer Bill Parcells; Wally Schirra, the only astronaut to fly in three U.S. space missions (Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo); DC Comics artist George Papp; and Hugh J. Grant, mayor of New York City from 1889 to 1892."</ref>
* [[Bill Parcells]] (born 1941), [[National Football League]] Head Coach of the [[New York Giants]], [[New York Jets]] and the [[Dallas Cowboys]]<ref>[http://www.giants.com/news/press_releases/story.asp?story_id=9785 Giants at Dallas Cowboys], [[New York Giants]], October 16, 2005. "Parcells, 61, is an Oradell, N.J. native. He was a member of the first graduating class at River Dell High School in Oradell in 1959, where he starred in basketball, football and baseball."</ref>
* [[Harry Randall Jr.]] (1927–2013), politician who served in the [[New Jersey General Assembly]] from 1962 to 1966 and from 1968 to 1970, after which he served as a member of the Bergen County [[Board of County Commissioners (New Jersey)|Board of Chosen Freeholders]]<ref>Ensslin, John. [http://www.northjersey.com/news/harry-randall-jr-former-bergen-county-legislator-freeholder-dies-at-86-1.165563 "Harry Randall Jr., former Bergen County legislator, freeholder, dies at 86"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', May 3, 2013. Accessed November 5, 2015. "Mr. Randall was born in Oradell and grew up in Westwood.... A Republican, he started in politics by serving on the Westwood Borough Council."</ref>
* [[Nelson Riddle]] (1921–1985), arranger and conductor<ref>[http://www.nelsonriddlemusic.com/nr_bio_ex.htm Nelson Riddle official website], accessed February 27, 2007. "Born June 1, 1921 in Oradell, NJ, Nelson Smock Riddle studied piano as a child, later switching to trombone at the age of 14."</ref>
* [[Hezly Rivera]] (born 2008), [[Artistic gymnastics|artistic gymnast]]<ref>[https://members.usagym.org/pages/athletes/nationalTeamWomen.html?id=957625 Hezly Rivera], [[USA Gymnastics]], Accessed May 9, 2023. "Birthplace: Hackensack, NJ; Hometown: Oradell, NJ"</ref>
* [[Darren Rizzi]] (born 1970), football coach<ref>Schutta, Gregory. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160911093215/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-22452056.html "Oradell's Rizzi Named New Haven Head Coach"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', February 25, 1999. Accessed May 25, 2016. "Former Bergen Catholic standout and NFL player Darren Rizzi broke into the head coaching ranks Wednesday when he was named the head football coach at the University of New Haven. The Oradell native returns to New Haven, where he spent four seasons as an assistant under former head coach Tony Sparano."</ref>
* [[Marie Rossi]] (1959–1991), Major, [[United States Army]], served as a pilot for the [[101st Airborne Division]], served in [[Gulf War|Operation Desert Storm]]. She was killed when the [[CH-47 Chinook|Chinook helicopter]] that she was piloting crashed on March 1, 1991<ref>Sullivan, Joseph F. [https://www.nytimes.com/1991/03/07/nyregion/army-pilot-s-death-stuns-her-new-jersey-neighbors.html "Army Pilot's Death Stuns Her New Jersey Neighbors"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', March 7, 1991. Accessed September 15, 2015. "Oradell, N.J., March 6— This suburb of 8,000 prides itself on its sense of family and on its local heroes, like the astronaut Wally Schirra, for whom a small park near the heart of town is dedicated. This week Maj. Marie T. Rossi joined those heroes. "</ref>
* [[Rich Scanlon]] (born 1980), linebacker who has played for the [[New York Giants]]<ref>Garafolo, Mike. [http://www.nj.com/giants/index.ssf/2008/12/scanlon_the_newest_giant_is_a.html "Scanlon, the newest Giant, is a man in demand"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', December 31, 2008. Accessed February 17, 2011. "'I've already seen the ticket guy,' the Oradell native and former Bergen Catholic star said by phone, minutes after the ink on his 1-year contract had dried."</ref>
* [[Wally Schirra]] (1923–2007), astronaut who was the only man to fly in America's first three space programs: [[Project Mercury|Mercury]], [[Project Gemini|Gemini]] and [[Project Apollo|Apollo]]<ref>Richie, Jason. [https://books.google.com/books?id=gCv2tf60XlAC&pg=PA74&lpg=PA74&dq=%22wally+schirra%22+oradell "Spectacular Space Travelers"], p. 74, accessed February 27, 2007.</ref>
* [[Matt Silverstein]] (born 1979), co-creator of ''[[Drawn Together]]''<ref>Rohan, Virginia. "Two Jersey guys get it 'Together'", ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', October 4, 2007. "Comedy writers Matt Silverstein and Dave Jeser met at the Dwight-Englewood School, where a prank, fittingly enough, led them to realize they were kindred creative spirits.... Silverstein, 35, was born and raised in Oradell."</ref>
* [[Guy Talarico]] (born 1955), member of the [[New Jersey General Assembly]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/19980225004737/http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/html98/talarico.htm Assemblyman Guy F. Talarico], [[New Jersey Legislature]], backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of February 25, 1998. Accessed June 13, 2010.</ref>
* [[Yoojin Grace Wuertz]] (born 1980), novelist who wrote the 2017 book ''Everything Belongs To Us''<ref>Passow, Sam. [http://www.northjersey.com/story/life/2017/04/04/passing-down-stories-oradell-resident-yoojin-grace-wuertz/100010548/ "Passing Down Stories: Oradell resident Yoojin Grace Wuertz"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', April 4, 2017. Accessed June 5, 2017. "Wuertz, who lives in Oradell after growing up in Paramus and Ridgefield Park, released ''Everything Belongs to Us'' in February."</ref>
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