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== Notable people == {{Category see also|People from Rocky Hill, New Jersey}} People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Rocky Hill include: * [[John Berrien]] (1711β1772), justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court and trustee of the College of New Jersey, now Princeton University<ref name=courts>{{cite book |last1=Keasbey |first1=Edward Quinton |title=The Courts and Lawyers of New Jersey 1661β1912 |date=1912 |publisher=Lewis Historical Publishing Company |pages=303β5 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yAFAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA303 |chapter=John Berrien, 1764β1772, His home called "Rockingham," Washington's headquarters at Rocky Hill |volume=I}}</ref> * [[John Berrien (major)|John Berrien Jr.]] (1759β1815), army officer during the Revolutionary War<ref name=ghs>{{Cite web |title=Major John Berrien |url=https://georgiahistory.com/ghmi_marker_updated/major-john-berrien/ |access-date=2022-04-04 |website=Georgia Historical Society |date=June 16, 2014 |language=en-US}}</ref> * [[John Macpherson Berrien]] (1781β1856), served as [[United States Attorney General]] and represented [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] in the [[United States Senate]]<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000413 John Macpherson Berrien], ''[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]''. Accessed December 13, 2007.</ref> * [[Anthony Cassar]] (born 1996), [[Freestyle wrestling|freestyle wrestler]] who was the [[NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships|NCAA Division I champion]]<ref>Galli, Gianna. [https://www.collegian.psu.edu/sports/wrestling/anthony-cassars-journey-through-hardship-inspires-those-around-him/article_bf90edcc-7f7f-11ea-aee6-4f44085dd044.html "Anthony Cassar's journey through hardship inspires those around him"], ''[[Daily Collegian]]'', April 26, 2020. Accessed March 10, 2022. "The moment Cael Sanderson randomly assigned three-time NCAA Champion Bo Nickal and NCAA Champion Anthony Cassar to room together freshman year, Nickal knew Cassar was going to make history.... But that's what makes the Rocky Hill, New Jersey, native's story so intriguing."</ref> * [[Tom Malinowski]] (born 1965), diplomat and politician who represents [[New Jersey's 7th congressional district]]<ref>Muscavage, Nick. [https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/politics/2018/11/07/nj-7th-district-congress-tom-malinowski-defeats-leonard-lance/1902521002/ "NJ elections: Democrat Tom Malinowski unseats Republican Leonard Lance in NJ's 7th Congressional District"], ''[[Courier News]]'', November 7, 2018. Accessed July 17, 2019. "'I think our supporters are incredibly and intensely enthusiastic,' Malinowski said Tuesday afternoon after casting his vote at Rocky Hill Borough Hall, a short walk from his residence."</ref> * [[Stephen F. Voorhees]] (1878β1965), architect in practice in [[New York City]] from 1910 until 1959, who was president of the [[American Institute of Architects]] from 1935 to 1937.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112036862/obituary-for-stephen-francis-voorhees/ "Stephen Voorhees, 86, Times Tower Architect"], ''[[Newsday]]'', January 25, 1965. Accessed October 26, 2022, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "Born in Rocky Hill, NJ, Voorhees was the scion of a family that arrived in Brooklyn from Holland in 1660."</ref> * [[George Washington]], stayed in [[Rockingham (house)|Rockingham]], the house of the Berrien family, in the late summer of 1783, while Congress was in session in Princeton<ref name=courts/>
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