Editing Hopewell, New Jersey (section)

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

* [[Danielia Cotton]] (born 1967), singer-songwriter<ref>LaGorce, Tammy. [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/28/nyregion/music-preview-not-quite-yasgurs-farm-but-close.html2 "Music Preview; Not Quite Yasgur's Farm, But Close"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', May 28, 2006. Accessed October 10, 2018. "It's also why Danielia Cotton, a blues-rocker from Hopewell, will stomp around with an electric guitar not far from where the Philadelphia techno-dobro artist Slo-Mo will transmit Beck-like musical signals."</ref>
* [[John Hart (New Jersey politician)|John Hart]] ({{circa|1711}}–1779), signer of the [[United States Declaration of Independence]], whose grave is located in the First Baptist Church graveyard on Broad Street<ref>Reilly, Matthew. [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-star-ledger-john-hart-of-hopewell-bo/162295094/ "Leaderlessness reigns in town 3 times over"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', November 17, 2000. Accessed January 4, 2025, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "And the home of John Hart, the signer, still stands in Hopewell Borough. There's also a Hart Avenue. in the borough, named after the revolutionary Hart. 'That's where his home was,' said John Hart. 'His house is still - there, a big old brick house.'"</ref>
* [[Amy Locane]] (born 1971), television and film actress who appeared in [[John Waters]]' 1990 musical comedy ''[[Cry-Baby]]'' and in the first season of the prime time soap opera ''[[Melrose Place (1992 TV series)|Melrose Place]]''<ref>Abdur-Rahman, Sulaiman. [http://www.trentonian.com/article/TT/20101216/NEWS/312169973 "Former ''Melrose Place'' actress Amy Locane-Bovenizer of Hopewell indicted in fatal crash"], ''[[The Trentonian]]'', December 16, 2010. Accessed November 12, 2017. "A Somerset County grand jury indicted the former ''Melrose Place'' soap star on first degree aggravated manslaughter and third degree assault by automobile charges, county Prosecutor Geoffrey Soriano said. Locane-Bovenizer, 39, of Hopewell, crashed her 2007 Chevy Tahoe into the passenger's side of a 2010 Mercury Milan driven by 60-year-old Fred Seeman as he pulled into a driveway in Montgomery Township, according to the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office."</ref>
* [[Josiah Lincoln Lowe]] (1905–1997), [[mycologist]] who served as president of the [[Mycological Society of America]]<ref>Ginns, J.; and Worrall, J. [http://www.mycologia.org/content/95/2/374.full "Josiah Lincoln Lowe, 1905–1997"], ''[[Mycologia]]'', March/April 2003 vol. 95 no. 2 374-378. Accessed September 2, 2015. "Born February 13, 1905, to Josiah A. and Anna Case Lowe in Hopewell, New Jersey, Lowe was one of 13 children."</ref>
* [[Leo Halpin Mahony]] (born 1931), architect of [[Mahony & Zvosec]]<ref>[http://communities.aia.org/sites/hdoaa/wiki/American%20Architects%20Directories/1970%20American%20Architects%20Directory/Bowker_1970_G.pdf Mahony & Zvosec] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724230440/http://communities.aia.org/sites/hdoaa/wiki/American%20Architects%20Directories/1970%20American%20Architects%20Directory/Bowker_1970_G.pdf |date=July 24, 2011 }}, ''[[American Architects Directory]]'', Third Edition ([[New York City]]: [[R. R. Bowker LLC]], 1970), p. 589.</ref>
* [[James W. Marshall]] (1810–1885), [[sawmill]] operator, whose 1848 find of [[gold]] in the [[American River]] in [[California]] was the impetus for the [[California Gold Rush]]<ref>[http://www.biblio.com/books/12534742.html From Mexican Days to Gold Rush: Memoirs of...Who Grew Up with California. Edited by Doyce B. Nunis, Jr by Marshall, James Wilson & Edward Gould Buffum], accessed April 17, 2007. "Marshall was born at Hopewell, NJ, went to California in 1845, participated in the 1846 Bear Flag Revolt, and discovered gold at Sutter's Mill in 1848."</ref>
* [[Richard Preston]] (born 1954), author of ''[[The Hot Zone]]''<ref>Donahue, Deirdre. [https://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2008-06-16-preston_N.htm "Richard Preston will press your buttons in 'Panic in Level 4'"], ''[[USA Today]]'', June 16, 2008. Accessed February 15, 2011. "Author Richard Preston at the 75-acre farm where he lives in Hopewell, N.J."</ref>
* [[Keith Robertson (writer)|Keith Robertson]] (1914–1991), author of [[children's literature]]<ref>via [[Associated Press]]. [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=B6tJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Rg4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=3613,52207&dq=keith-robertson+hopewell&hl=en "Keith Robertson, author"], ''[[Bangor Daily News]]'', October 1, 1991. Accessed February 15, 2011. "Keith Carlton Robertson, who wrote the Henry Reed series of children's books, has died of cancer. He was 77. He died Sept. 23 at his home in Hopewell."</ref>
* [[Jonathan Williams (Vermont politician)|Jonathan Williams]] (born 1984/85), politician who has represented the Washington-3 district in the [[Vermont House of Representatives]] since 2023<ref>[https://archive.centraljersey.com/2008/03/06/local-resident-joins-peace-corps/ "Local resident joins Peace Corps; Williams bound for Morocco"], CentralJersey.com, March 6, 2008. Accessed February 6, 2024. "Jonathan Lisle Williams, 23, of Hopewell, has been accepted into the Peace Corps."</ref>