Editing North Arlington, New Jersey (section)

==Notable people==
{{Category see also|People from North Arlington, New Jersey}}
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with North Arlington include:
* [[Heinrich Gebhard]] (1878–1963), pianist, composer and piano teacher<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1963/05/06/archives/heinrich-gebhard-pianist-and-teacher.html "Heinrich Gebhard, Pianist And Teacher"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', May 6, 1963. Accessed August 26, 2018. "North Arlington, N. J., May 5 - Heinrich Gebhard, pianist, teacher and composer, died here today at the age of 84. He had lived with his daughter, Mrs. John Petrick of 5 Millar Place."</ref>
* [[Derek Jeter]] (born 1974), shortstop who played his entire career for the [[New York Yankees]]<ref>Mills, Cliff. [https://books.google.com/books?id=0RBLCTz9C9cC&pg=PA15 "Derek Jeter"], p. 15. Infobase Publishing, 2009. {{ISBN|9781438100456}}. Accessed December 11, 2013. "When Derek was four years old, his family moved from North Arlington, New Jersey, to Kalamazoo, Michigan."</ref>
* [[William D. McDowell]] (1927–2007), politician who served as Bergen County's first County Executive and had been Mayor of North Arlington<ref>Carmiel, Oshrat; and Lamb, William. [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-137764101.html "William D. McDowell, 80, Bergen leader"]{{dead link|date=February 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', April 14, 2007. Accessed June 16, 2015. "He attended Seton Hall University and moved to North Arlington in 1952. He was elected to the borough council and in 1964 was elected mayor."</ref>
* [[Diane Ruggiero]] (born 1969), screenwriter for ''[[Veronica Mars]]''<ref>[[Bernard Weinraub|Weinraub, Bernard]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2000/06/20/arts/jersey-girl-makes-it-big-at-least-on-tv.html "Jersey Girl Makes It Big, at Least on TV"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', June 20, 2000. Accessed November 25, 2012. "After years of struggling as a writer and working as a waitress and bartender in and around the working- and middle-class North Jersey towns North Arlington and East Rutherford, Ms. Ruggiero (ROUGE-ear-oh) has been plucked from obscurity to write and help produce a new autobiographical television comedy series, ''That's Life,'' on CBS.... At the moment, Ms. Ruggiero, who is candid, funny and self-deprecating, is temporarily moving from her big $600-a-month apartment in North Arlington ('If I had the same apartment in Manhattan I'd have to, like, hire call girls to work for me so I could afford it') to Los Angeles."</ref>
* [[Frank Sowinski]], former professional [[basketball]] player.<ref>[https://goprincetontigers.com/news/2020/5/14/mens-basketball-journey-to-jadwin-frank-sowinski.aspx "Journey to Jadwin - Frank Sowinski"], [[Princeton Tigers]], May 14, 2020. Accessed August 14, 2022. "The grandson of coal miners, Sowinski was born in North Arlington, New Jersey, then moved to East Hanover, New Jersey, when he was two."</ref>
* [[James Thomas (Mermen)|James Thomas]], guitarist and composer, of the San Francisco psychedelic instrumental band [[The Mermen]]<ref>Crouch, Lisa Marie. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304092520/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-22510855.html "Mermen Go Their Own Way, Swimmingly"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', June 14, 1996. Accessed March 19, 2013.</ref>
* [[James Zadroga]] (1971–2006), [[New York City Police Department|NYPD]] officer, participant in the cleanup after the [[September 11 terrorist attacks]] and namesake of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010<ref>[http://www.nycdetectives.org/eulogy_template.php?HonorIndex=108 James Zadroga] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101220040226/http://nycdetectives.org/eulogy_template.php?HonorIndex=108 |date=2010-12-20 }}, Detectives' Endowment Association of New York City. Accessed October 23, 2012. "Zadroga grew up in North Arlington, New Jersey where his father was a police chief."</ref><ref>Hayes, Melissa. [http://blog.northjersey.com/bergenbeat/993/cars-honk-as-they-pass-north-arlingtons-zadroga-field/ "Cars honk as they pass North Arlington's Zadroga Field"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150428135923/http://blog.northjersey.com/bergenbeat/993/cars-honk-as-they-pass-north-arlingtons-zadroga-field/ |date=2015-04-28 }}, ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', May 2, 2011. Accessed October 23, 2012. "Zadroga, a North Arlington native who died in 2006 of respiratory disease, was a New York City police officer who aided in the rescue and recovery effort at the World Trade Center following the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks."</ref>
* [[Joseph Zadroga]] (1947–2024), advocate for first responders sickened from their time in the rubble of the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]] following the [[September 11 terrorist attacks]]<ref>[[Sam Roberts (journalist)|Roberts, Sam]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/17/nyregion/joseph-zadroga-dead.html "Joseph Zadroga, Who Championed 9/11 Emergency Workers, Dies at 76"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', January 17, 2024. Accessed April 2, 2024. "After graduating from North Arlington High School, Joseph earned a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from William Paterson College (now William Paterson University) in Wayne, N.J., and a master’s in emergency management from Fairleigh Dickinson University."</ref>