Editing Edgewater, New Jersey (section)

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

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* [[Ryan Allen (bass)|Ryan Allen]] (1943–2018), opera singer<ref>Fabrikant, Mel. [http://www.paramuspost.com/article.php/20110927132412853 "Edgewater Resident, Ryan Allen, to Appear in New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera's Tosca at BergenPAC"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406221539/http://www.paramuspost.com/article.php/20110927132412853 |date=April 6, 2012 }}, ''The Paramus Post'', September 27, 2011. Accessed December 12, 2011.</ref>
* [[Amerie]] (born 1978), R&B singer<ref name=Blender>Weiner, Jonah. [https://web.archive.org/web/20100728233046/http://www.blender.com/guide/67984/miss-thing.html "Miss Thing: Boasting a smash single, a hit album and the finest legs in pop, Amerie is R&B's It girl. What's more, she's lethal with an assault rifle"], ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]'', June 2005, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of July 28, 2010. Accessed September 13, 2017. "She says she dreams of starring in an action movie ('I'd love to play Angelina Jolie's arch-nemesis in Tomb Raider 3'), but her real extracurricular obsession involves elves, faeries and codpieces. When she's not playing 12-hour Sims marathons at her house in Edgewater, New Jersey—the tony suburb that is also home to Tyson Beckford and Q-Tip—she's working on writing her own Lord of the Rings–style series."</ref>
* [[Greg Amsinger]] (born 1979), sportscaster for [[MLB Network]]<ref>{{Cite episode |series=[[Hot Stove]] |network=[[MLB Network]] |location= Secaucus, New Jersey |date=January 14, 2013|season=5 |minutes=~110|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Nadiya Anderson]] (born 1986), television personality known for appearing with her twin sister, Natalie on ''[[The Amazing Race (American TV series)|The Amazing Race]]'' and ''[[Survivor: San Juan del Sur]]''<ref>[https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2014/12/17/twin-killing-natalie-wins-season-finale-of-survivor/ "Twin Killing! Natalie Wins Season Finale Of ''Survivor''"], [[KCAL-TV]], December 17, 2014. Accessed February 13, 2020. "In the end, Natalie Anderson was named the ultimate “Survivor” in the show’s season finale and walked away with the $1 million prize.... Natalie, a crossfit coach, started the game with her twin sister Nadiya, the first person voted out of the game. The 28-year-old twins hail from Edgewater, N.J., and appeared on “Amazing Race” twice."</ref>
* [[Natalie and Nadiya Anderson|Natalie Anderson]] (born 1986), television personality who appeared on ''[[The Amazing Race (American TV series)|The Amazing Race]]'' with her identical twin sister Nadiya; both later appeared on ''[[Survivor: San Juan del Sur]]'', where Natalie was crowned Sole Survivor, winning the show's $1 million prize<ref>[http://www.cbs.com/shows/amazing_race/cast/214811/ Natalie Anderson and Nadiya Anderson], ''[[The Amazing Race (American TV series)|The Amazing Race]]''. Accessed November 16, 2017. "Name: Natalie Anderson; Age: 27; Hometown: Edgewater, N.J.... Name: Nadiya Anderson; Age: 27; Hometown: Edgewater, N.J."</ref>
* [[Coco Austin]] (born 1979), model<ref name=sfgate>Staff. [http://blog.sfgate.com/dailydish/2012/10/30/coco-austin-turns-weather-reporter-to-record-storm-video/ "Coco Austin turns weather reporter to record storm video"], ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'', October 30, 2012. Accessed December 4, 2013. "The busty blonde model headed outside with a video camera to film the superstorm, which hit the city of Edgewater, where she shares an apartment with rapper/actor Ice-T."</ref>
* [[Tyson Beckford]] (born 1970), model<ref name=Blender/>
* [[Miri Ben-Ari]] (born 1978), Israeli-American violinist<ref>Beckerman, Jim. [https://web.archive.org/web/20161006075115/http://www.northjersey.com/arts-and-entertainment/pioneering-pop-and-hip-hop-violinist-to-visit-englewood-s-elisabeth-morrow-school-video-1.1645815 "Pioneering pop and hip-hop violinist to visit Englewood's Elisabeth Morrow School"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', August 15, 2016, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of October 6, 2016. Accessed September 13, 2017. "But Ben-Ari, who just moved to Fort Lee a few months ago — previously she had lived in Edgewater — will be stopping by Elisabeth Morrow in person Tuesday to teach a master class, give an in-school performance (not open to the public), and get the 200-plus students prepared for their big day Thursday."</ref>
* [[Brendan A. Burns]] (1895–1989), U.S. Army major general<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/7477675?mark=7b22746f6b656e223a22624f583963773834435030344a493177526b4e696f394f643964424b48356c627a526970326e6f4f3868303d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d |title=New Jersey State Census, Entry for Thomas F. Burns Family |date=June 30, 1905 |website=Ancestry.com |publisher=Ancestry.com LLC |url-access=subscription |access-date=November 4, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=February 16, 1957 |title=State's Armed Forces Stage Review in Honor of Retiring Commander of New York National Guard |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-buffalo-news-review/134635237/ |work=[[Buffalo Evening News|Buffalo Evening News Magazine]] |location=Buffalo, NY |page=12 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
* [[Cardi B]] (born 1992), rapper<ref>Kameir, Rawiya. [http://www.thefader.com/2017/06/22/cardi-b-cover-story-interview "Cardi B Did It Her Way; Cardi B engineered Instagram fame into reality TV stardom into a poppin' rap career. Now she's learning to juggle everything that comes with it."], ''[[The Fader]]'', June / July 2017. Accessed August 9, 2017. "To put it in her own indelicate words, Cardi B really has to take a shit. She's curled up in the backseat of a black Denali that has been tasked with delivering us over the Hudson River, from midtown Manhattan to her apartment in Edgewater, New Jersey."</ref>
* [[Maksim Chmerkovskiy]] (born 1980), professional dancer on the TV show ''[[Dancing with the Stars]]''<ref>Staff. [http://www.buddytv.com/articles/dancing-with-the-stars/dancing-with-the-stars-maksim-14473.aspx "Dancing with the Stars: Maksim Chmerkovskiy Has a Change of Heart "] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205142020/http://www.buddytv.com/articles/dancing-with-the-stars/dancing-with-the-stars-maksim-14473.aspx |date=2015-02-05 }}, [[BuddyTV]], December 5, 2007. Accessed October 9, 2013. "He says now that he was mainly tired after the rigors of competition, and homesick from being away from his Edgewater, New Jersey, home."</ref><ref>Dietsche, Erica. "Local 'Dancing' pro, Ali all about fancy footwork", ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', March 19, 2007. "Fans of ''Dancing With the Stars'' on ABC, which begins its fourth season tonight, haven't seen much of Edgewater-based dancer Maksim Chmerkovskiy."</ref>
* [[Liz Claman]] (born 1963), [[Fox Business Network]] anchor<ref>Rohan, Virginia. [https://web.archive.org/web/20081207002501/http://www.northjersey.com/entertainment/tv/Anchored_in_Edgewater.html "Anchored in Edgewater"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', December 3, 2008, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of December 7, 2008. Accessed September 13, 2017.</ref>
* [[Paige Conners]] (born 2000), Israeli-American pairs [[figure skating|figure skater]] who competed at the [[2018 Winter Olympics]] with her skating partner, [[Evgeni Krasnopolski]], representing [[Israel]]<ref>[http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00103080.htm Paige Conners / Evgeni Krasnopolski], [[International Skating Union]]. Accessed January 29, 2018.</ref>
* [[Barbara Corcoran]] (born 1949), real estate agent and investor<ref>Green, Penelope. [https://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/25/realestate/the-real-estate-queen-in-her-hive.html "The Real Estate 'Queen' in Her Hive"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', September 25, 2005. Accessed September 13, 2017. "'I never saw myself as a protected person,' said Ms. Corcoran, adding that she grew up in a two-room apartment in Edgewater, N.J., the second of 10 children."</ref>
* [[Fred Daibes]] (born 1956/1957), real estate developer<ref>Cattafi, Kristie. [https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/2023/09/22/who-is-fred-daibes-nj-developer-indicted-in-menendez-corruption-case/70932711007/ "Edgewater developer indicted along with Menendez in corruption scheme. Who is Fred Daibes?"],''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', September 22, 2023. Accessed January 4, 2024. "Fred Daibes, an Edgewater developer largely responsible for the 'gold coast' boom of high-rises along the Hudson River in Bergen County and a bank founder with prior legal woes, was one of five people indicted Friday in an alleged corruption scheme involving Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife."</ref>
* [[Harris Faulkner]] (born 1965), newscaster and television host for [[Fox News Channel]]<ref>Spelling, Ian. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160308083532/http://www.bergen.com/arts-and-music/tv/person-to-person-edgewater-s-harris-faulkner-of-fox-news-is-a-self-described-news-junkie-1.783946 "Person-to-Person: Edgewater's Harris Faulkner of Fox News is a self-described news junkie"], ''(201) Magazine'', January 2013, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of March 8, 2016. Accessed September 13, 2017. "Faulkner, who is also a motivational speaker, lives in Edgewater with her husband, Tony, and their kids, Bella, 6, and Danika, 3."</ref>
* [[Luke Higgins]] (1921–1991), football player<ref>[http://www.nfl.com/player/lukehiggins/2516488/profile Luke Higgins], [[NFL.com]]. Accessed September 13, 2017.</ref>
* [[Ice-T]] (born 1958), rapper and actor<ref name=sfgate/>
* [[JoJo (singer)|JoJo]] (born 1990), singer<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160505040607/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-97264830.html "This Week's Winners and Losers: JoJo"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', August 2, 2004, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of May 5, 2016. Accessed September 13, 2017. "At 13, the Edgewater resident is the youngest solo artist to receive an MTV Video Music Award nomination."</ref>
* [[Peter Moraites]] (1922–2014), Speaker of the [[New Jersey General Assembly]];<ref>Levin, Jay. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002330/http://www.northjersey.com/obituaries/peter-moraites-assembly-speaker-derailed-by-prison-1.647208?page=all "Peter Moraites, Assembly speaker derailed by prison"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', January 15, 2014, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of March 4, 2016. Accessed September 13, 2017. "Peter Moraites, a Bergen County Republican who rose to Assembly speaker. died Jan. 7.... Mr. Moraites and his wife, Helen, moved to Edgewater eight years ago, and then to Tappan, N.Y."</ref>
* [[Rachel Noerdlinger]] (born 1970), publicist, former chief of staff to [[Chirlane McCray]], the wife of [[Mayor of New York City]] [[Bill de Blasio]]{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}
* [[Nick Prisco]] (1909–1981), football tailback, played one season in the NFL with the [[Philadelphia Eagles]]<ref>[http://www.profootballarchives.com/playerp/pris00400.html Nick Prisco], The Pro Football Archivesl. Accessed September 13, 2017.</ref>
* [[Q-Tip (musician)|Q-Tip]] (born 1970), rapper<ref name=Blender/>
* [[Geraldo Rivera]] (born 1943), journalist, attorney, author and political commentator<ref>[https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/lifestyle/2004/09/14/good-neighbor-policy-geraldo-suing/50385562007/ "Geraldo Rivera sues over housing dispute"], ''[[San Angelo Standard-Times]]'', September 14, 2004. Accessed February 27, 2025. "The Fox News senior correspondent owns two homes in the 26-acre Edgewater Colony, where residents own their homes but share ownership of the land.... 'I intend living here always, hopefully in peace and loving my neighbors.'"</ref>
* [[John Sterling (sportscaster)|John Sterling]] (born 1948), radio broadcaster for the [[New York Yankees]]<ref>[[Bill Pennington|Pennington, Bill]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/02/sports/baseball/voice-of-yankees-draws-high-ratings-and-several-critics.html "Voice of Yankees Draws High Ratings and Many Critics"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 1, 2011. Accessed December 4, 2013. "Within 90 minutes of the final out, Sterling is usually at home in his apartment in Edgewater, N.J., where he lives alone."</ref><ref>[[Bob Klapisch|Klapisch, Bob]]. "Covering All Bases: Radio's John Sterling, Edgewater, calls the hits for Yankee games", ''(201)'', August 2008, p. 40.</ref>
* [[Francis R. Tillou]] ({{circa|1795}}–1865), lawyer and politician; operated a ferry between Edgewater and New York City; lived on an estate he called "Tillietudlem", located on the present site of the Edgewater Public Library<ref>Hall, Douglas E. [https://books.google.com/books?id=aivT42nBM50C&pg=PA55 ''Edgewater''], p. 55. [[Arcadia Publishing]], . Accessed December 4, 2013.</ref><ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1865/07/12/news/died.html Died], ''[[The New York Times]]'', July 12, 1865. Accessed December 4, 2013. "Tillou. -- At Tillietudlem N.J., on Monday, July 10. of paralysis, Francis R. Tillou, in the 70th year of his age."</ref>
* [[Osi Umenyiora]] (born 1981), [[defensive end]] for the [[New York Giants]]<ref>Jenkins, Lee. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090331130302/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/lee_jenkins/01/29/umenyoira0204/ "Global Warning: Born in Britain, nurtured in Nigeria and baptized for football in Alabama, Osi Umenyiora is ready to rock the Patriots' world"], ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'', January 29, 2008, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of March 31, 2009. Accessed September 13, 2017. "'I feel like I come from everywhere,' says Umenyiora, who now splits time between Atlanta and Edgewater, N.J."</ref>
* [[Chien-Ming Wang]] (born 1980), pitcher, played for the New York Yankees<ref>Kinkhabwala, Aditi. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160505011458/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-140040778.html "Wang at ease in two worlds"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', May 31, 2007, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of May 5, 2016. Accessed September 13, 2017. "He likes walking around New York City ('nobody knows me') and he loves living in Edgewater ('everything there')."</ref>
* [[Jim White (New York Giants)|Jim White]] (1920–1987), NFL [[Tackle (American and Canadian football)|tackle]], played for the [[New York Giants]]<ref>[http://www.nfl.com/player/jimwhite/2528670/profile Jim White], [[NFL.com]]. Accessed September 27, 2014.</ref><ref>Hall. Douglas E. [http://www.edgewaterresidential.com/2014/03/edgewater-recalls-football-hero-of-wwii-era/ "Edgewater recalls Football Hero of WWII Era"], Edgewater Residential, March 1, 2014. Accessed February 7, 2016. "With the fury and excitement of the 48th Super Bowl just a few miles away in Giant Stadium in East Rutherford, it brings to mind the superb athletic accomplishments of an Edgewater man who was born in Edgewater Feb. 8, 1920 and no doubt played football in Edgewater more than 80 years ago. He is James Joseph William White – Jim White, a popular athletically inclined teen whose interest and football skills won him a position on the legendary Fighting Irish football team at Notre Dame University in 1942."</ref>
* [[Norman Joseph Woodland]] (1921–2012), inventor of the [[barcode]]<ref>[[Margalit Fox|Fox, Margalit]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/13/business/n-joseph-woodland-inventor-of-the-bar-code-dies-at-91.html "N. Joseph Woodland, Inventor of the Bar Code, Dies at 91"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 12, 2012. Accessed December 12, 2012. "N. Joseph Woodland, who six decades ago drew a set of lines in the sand and in the process conceived the modern bar code, died on Sunday at his home in Edgewater, N.J.</ref>
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