Editing North Bergen, New Jersey (section)

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

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* [[070 Shake]] (born 1997), stage name of rapper Danielle Balbuena<ref>Economopoulos, Aristide. [https://www.nj.com/expo/news/erry-2018/06/d2239d7cf26726/index.html "070 Shake performs for her fans in North Bergen"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705064409/https://www.nj.com/expo/news/erry-2018/06/d2239d7cf26726/index.html |date=July 5, 2018 }}, NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], June 19, 2018. Accessed July 4, 2018. "Rising rapper and singer 070 Shake, who hails from North Bergen, is hosting 070 Day in North Bergen as she performs at Bruins Stadium in North Hudson Park."</ref>
* [[Mohamed Mahmood Alessa]], charged in 2010 with conspiring to join a terrorist group and kill, maim, and kidnap people outside the U.S.<ref>Rashbaum, William K. [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/07/nyregion/07terror.html "Two Arrested at Kennedy Airport on Terror Charges"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407220410/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/07/nyregion/07terror.html |date=April 7, 2017 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', June 6, 2010. Accessed July 28, 2013. "Mr. Almonte, of Elmwood Park, N.J., and Mr. Alessa, of North Bergen, N.J., were charged with conspiring to kill, maim and kidnap people outside the United States."</ref>
* [[Carlos Alomar]] (born 1951), musician, musical director, songwriter<ref>Smith, Ray. [https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2010/11/04/the-future-of-music/ "The future of music; Guitar legend Carlos Alomar shares his craft at Stevens"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201011725/https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2010/11/04/the-future-of-music/ |date=December 1, 2021 }}, ''[[The Hudson Reporter]]'', November 4, 2010. Accessed November 13, 2019. "Alomar, who now lives in North Bergen, began teaching at Stevens five years ago, but is 'extremely honored' after being named the Distinguished Artist in Residence."</ref>
* [[Kyle Anderson (basketball)|Kyle Anderson]] (born 1993), NBA basketball player for the [[Memphis Grizzlies]]<ref>Staff. [https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2014/07/06/anderson-gets-drafted-by-the-nba-champion-spurs-in-first-round/ "Popper: North Bergen native Kyle Anderson has summer to remember"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020142251/https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2014/07/06/anderson-gets-drafted-by-the-nba-champion-spurs-in-first-round/ |date=October 20, 2021 }}, ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', July 20, 2015. Accessed November 13, 2019. "Kyle Anderson was named the Most Valuable Player of the 2015 Summer League, averaging 22 points, 5.8 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.3 steals in six games heading into the San Antonio Spurs' championship win Monday. Anderson, who grew up in North Bergen before heading off to Paterson Catholic and on to St. Anthony and UCLA, knows that these honors mean little."</ref>
* [[Rick Apodaca]] (born 1980), [[Puerto Rican people|Puerto Rican]] professional [[basketball]] player who has played in the [[NCAA]], [[USBL]], [[National Basketball Development League|NBDL]], and the [[National Superior Basketball League of Puerto Rico]]<ref>Monaco, Lou. [http://www.nj.com/hssports/blog/boysbasketball/index.ssf/2012/01/bob_hurley_sr_rick_apodaca_to_be_honored_at_dan_finn_classic_saturday.html "Bob Hurley Sr. & Rick Apodaca to be honored at Dan Finn Classic Saturday"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407100151/http://www.nj.com/hssports/blog/boysbasketball/index.ssf/2012/01/bob_hurley_sr_rick_apodaca_to_be_honored_at_dan_finn_classic_saturday.html |date=April 7, 2014 }}, [[NJ.com]], January 8, 2012.</ref>
* [[Ronald Arévalo]] (born 2003), soccer player<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 12, 2023 |title=MLS NEXT Pro Player of Matchday 26: Ronald Arevalo |url=https://www.mlsnextpro.com/news/mls-next-pro-player-of-matchday-26-ronald-arevalo |access-date=December 27, 2024 |website=[[MLS Next Pro]]}}</ref>
* [[Coco Austin]] (born 1979), actress, dancer, model and wife of rapper/actor Ice-T<ref name=MSNBC>[https://www.today.com/popculture/ice-t-turns-cop-killing-talk-posing-nude-wbna15500221 "Ice-T turns from cop-killing talk to posing nude"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061202235403/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15500221/ |date=December 2, 2006 }}. [[MSNBC]]. November 3, 2006. Accessed November 12, 2012. "North Bergen, N.J. — U.S. rapper Ice-T once gained fame talking about killing cops. Now the controversy over his latest album has led him to compare himself to a peace-loving John Lennon."</ref> 
* [[Lidia Bastianich]] (born 1947), chef, Emmy Award-winning television host, author, and restaurateur<ref>Hyman, Vicki. [http://www.nj.com/entertainment/dining/index.ssf/2011/11/lidias_italy_in_america_now_th.html "'Lidia's Italy in America': Now that's Italian-American!"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219022241/http://www.nj.com/entertainment/dining/index.ssf/2011/11/lidias_italy_in_america_now_th.html |date=February 19, 2014 }}, [[NJ.com]], November 1, 2011.</ref>
* [[Odell Beckham Jr.]] (born 1992), wide receiver for the [[New York Giants]]<ref>[[Bob Klapisch|Klapisch, Bob]]. [http://www.bergen.com/people-and-parties/celebrity-scene/a-giant-catch-wide-receiver-odell-beckham-jr-builds-on-stellar-rookie-season-with-the-new-york-giants-1.1385585 "A Giant Catch: Wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. builds on stellar rookie season with the New York Giants"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410192551/http://www.bergen.com/people-and-parties/celebrity-scene/a-giant-catch-wide-receiver-odell-beckham-jr-builds-on-stellar-rookie-season-with-the-new-york-giants-1.1385585 |date=April 10, 2016 }}, ''(201) magazine'', August 5, 2015. Accessed March 29, 2016. "Take a simple trip to the grocery store near his home in North Bergen – which, of course, is anything but simple. Not any more. Not since The Catch."</ref>
* [[James J. Braddock]] (1905–1974), heavyweight boxing champion from 1935 to 1937<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20061211203621/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,754921,00.html "New Champion"], ''Time'', June 24, 1935. Accessed May 13, 2007. "Improvident of his earnings when he was a top-flight light heavyweight seven years ago, 29-year-old Jimmy Braddock had, after successive defeats, toppled completely out of the prize ring. He worked briefly as a janitor. He made a pittance as a stevedore on the New Jersey docks opposite Manhattan. Finally he changed his name to No. 2796 on the North Bergen (N. J.) relief rolls last year."</ref>
* [[John O. Brennan]] (born 1955), Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security in the Obama White House<ref>Meek, James Gordon. [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2010/01/10/2010-01-10_meet_the_cia_guy_who_let_bam_down.html "White House counterterror adviser John Brennan: Out of the shadows and into the spotlight"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113192627/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2010/01/10/2010-01-10_meet_the_cia_guy_who_let_bam_down.html |date=January 13, 2010 }}, ''[[New York Daily News|Daily News]]'', January 10, 2010. Accessed October 26, 2010. "Brennan, 54, was raised on 74th St. in North Bergen and graduated from St. Joseph's High School in West New York and then Fordham College."</ref>
* [[James L. Brooks]] (born 1940), television and film director<ref>Diamond, Jamie. [https://www.nytimes.com/1994/01/30/movies/film-bringing-you-a-musical-with-no-music.html&pagewanted=all "Film; Bringing You a Musical&nbsp;... With No Music"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', January 30, 1994. Accessed December 22, 2011. Accessed July 28, 2013. "Like Many Writers Who make people laugh, Mr. Brooks did not have a particularly hilarious childhood. Born in North Bergen, N.J., he was raised by his mother and saw little of his father, a salesman who left for good when Jim was 12."</ref>
* [[Dan Callandrillo]], former professional basketball player<ref>McGowan, Deane. [https://www.nytimes.com/1981/12/02/sports/seton-hall-topples-fordham.html "Seton Hall Topples Fordham"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125232321/http://www.nytimes.com/1981/12/02/sports/seton-hall-topples-fordham.html |date=January 25, 2018 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 2, 1981. Accessed January 1, 2015. "Seton Hall's surge was led by Dan Callandrillo, senior guard from North Bergen."</ref>
* [[Edd Cartier]] (1914–2008), [[pulp magazine]] [[illustrator]]<ref>[[William Grimes (journalist)|Grimes, William]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/08/arts/08cartier.html "Edd Cartier, 94, Pulp Illustrator, Dies"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705071603/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/08/arts/08cartier.html |date=July 5, 2018 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', January 8, 2009. Accessed July 28, 2013. "Edward Daniel Cartier was born in North Bergen, N.J., where his father ran Cartier's Saloon and allowed his son to paint Christmas scenes on the bar's windows."</ref>
* [[Richard S. Castellano|Richard Castellano]] (1933–1988), American actor<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/12/obituaries/richard-castellano-is-dead-at-55-an-actor-of-stage-screen-and-tv.html|title=Richard Castellano Is Dead at 55; An Actor of Stage, Screen and TV|date=December 12, 1988|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=December 13, 2021|archive-date=December 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211213164512/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/12/obituaries/richard-castellano-is-dead-at-55-an-actor-of-stage-screen-and-tv.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[C. Judson Child Jr.]] (1923–2004), seventh bishop of the [[Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta]]<ref>[https://www.episcopalatlanta.org/Diocese/Support-the-Church-s-Future/Bishop-Child-Heritage-Circle/About-Bishop-Child/ About Bishop Child] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102034604/https://www.episcopalatlanta.org/Diocese/Support-the-Church-s-Future/Bishop-Child-Heritage-Circle/About-Bishop-Child/ |date=January 2, 2015 }}, [[Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta]]. Accessed January 1, 2015. "Charles Judson Child Jr. was born April 25, 1923, to the Rev. Charles Judson and Alice Sylvia Child in North Bergen, New Jersey."</ref>
* [[Gene Cornish]] (born 1944), guitarist and harmonica player who is an original member of the 1960s [[blue-eyed soul]] band [[The Rascals]]<ref>Jordan, Chris. [https://www.app.com/story/entertainment/music/2018/09/13/gene-cornish-rascals-recovering-first-show-back-scheduled-toms-river/1292368002/ "Gene Cornish of the Rascals is recovering, first show back scheduled for Toms River"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930140438/https://www.app.com/story/entertainment/music/2018/09/13/gene-cornish-rascals-recovering-first-show-back-scheduled-toms-river/1292368002/ |date=September 30, 2023 }}, ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', September 13, 2018. Accessed October 22, 2018. "Cornish is a native of Canada who grew up in Rochester, N.Y. He now lives in North Bergen."</ref>
* [[Leo Cullum]] (1942–2010), cartoonist best known for his work in ''[[The New Yorker]]''<ref>[[William Grimes (journalist)|Grimes, William]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/26/arts/26cullum.html "Leo Cullum, New Yorker Cartoonist, Dies at 68"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412170556/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/26/arts/26cullum.html |date=April 12, 2016 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 25, 2010. Accessed July 28, 2013. "Leo Aloysius Cullum was born on Jan. 11, 1942, in Newark and grew up in North Bergen, N.J."</ref>
* [[Frank Cumiskey]] (1912–2014), [[artistic gymnast]] who competed in the [[1932 Summer Olympics]], in the [[1936 Summer Olympics]], and in the [[1948 Summer Olympics]]<ref>[[Louis Effrat|Effrat, Louis]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/1936/06/21/archives/olympic-gymnastic-team-chosen-as-national-championships-end.html "Olympic Gymnastic Team Chosen As National Championships End; Cumiskey Dethrones Meyer as All-Around Ruler and Qualifies for Place -- Defending Titleholder, Haubold, Pitt, Jochim, Wheeler, Phillips and Griffin Also Selected."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612213258/https://www.nytimes.com/1936/06/21/archives/olympic-gymnastic-team-chosen-as-national-championships-end.html |date=June 12, 2018 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', June 21, 1936. Accessed July 4, 2018. "Frank Cumiskey of North Bergen, N.J., 23-year-old member of the Swiss Turn Verein of Hudson County, became the National A.A. U. all-around gymnastic champion last night at Mecca Temple and automatically qualified as a member of the American Olympic team."</ref>
* [[Ralph Della-Volpe]] (1923–2017), painter, printmaker and educator, known for his colorful abstract paintings<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/star-gazette-noted-artist-plans-msc-talk/167790835/ "Noted Artist Plans MSC Talk Tuesday"], ''[[Star-Gazette]]'', April 12, 1964. Accessed March 12, 2025, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "Della-Volpe was born in North Bergen, N.J. in 1923."</ref>
* [[Paquito D'Rivera]] (born 1948), musician, composer<ref>Heinis, John. [http://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/index.ssf/2012/06/paquito_drivera_other_latin_le.html "Paquito D'Rivera, other Latin legends see their stars unveiled in ceremony at Celia Cruz Plaza in Union City"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606002756/http://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/index.ssf/2012/06/paquito_drivera_other_latin_le.html |date=June 6, 2012 }}, ''[[The Jersey Journal]]'', June 1, 2012. Accessed September 10, 2015. "Global icon Paquito D'Rivera, 63, a seven-time Grammy-award winner, received a star yesterday. The reed man, known mostly for his high-flying Latin jazz music, moved to the United States from Cuba in 1980. He currently resides in North Bergen."</ref>
* [[Joey Diaz]] (born 1963), stand-up comedian and actor<ref>Hague, Jim. [https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2007/09/21/nb-comedian-lands-role-on-my-name-is-earl-diaz-has-recurring-spot-on-award-winning-nbc-sitcom-4/ "NB comedian lands role on 'My Name IS Earl' Diaz has recurring spot on award-winning NBC sitcom"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930140440/https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2007/09/21/nb-comedian-lands-role-on-my-name-is-earl-diaz-has-recurring-spot-on-award-winning-nbc-sitcom-4/ |date=September 30, 2023 }}, ''[[The Hudson Reporter]]'', September 21, 2007. Accessed November 13, 2019.</ref>
* [[Henry Escalante]], pop musician, one of 15 finalists from 2007 season of MTV reality show ''Making [[Menudo (band)|Menudo]]''<ref>Hague, Jim. [https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2007/11/13/a-teen-latin-pop-star-north-bergen-resident-featured-on-mtvs-making-menudo/ "A teen Latin pop star North Bergen resident featured on MTV's 'Making Menudo'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930140440/https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2007/11/13/a-teen-latin-pop-star-north-bergen-resident-featured-on-mtvs-making-menudo/ |date=September 30, 2023 }}, ''[[The Hudson Reporter]]'', November 13, 2007. Accessed November 13, 2019. "''Making Menudo,'' featuring North Bergen resident and Union City native Henry Escalante, airs on MTV every Sunday morning at 9:30 a.m."</ref>
* [[Edward Feigenbaum]] (born 1936), computer scientist who collaborated on the development of the first expert system [[Dendral]]<ref>[[Donald Knuth|Knuth, Don]]. [http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/2012/04/102658162-05-01-acc.pdf "Oral History of Edward Feigenbaum"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112160611/http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/2012/04/102658162-05-01-acc.pdf |date=January 12, 2016 }}, [[Computer History Museum]], 2007. Accessed October 23, 2015. "I was born in Weehawken, New Jersey, which is a town on the Palisades opposite New York. In fact, it's the place where the Lincoln Tunnel dives under the water and comes up in New York. Then my parents moved up the Palisades four miles to a town called North Bergen, and there I lived until I was 16 and went off to Carnegie Tech."</ref>
* [[Lucio Fernandez]], [[Cuban-American]] politician and entertainer, who served as the city's Commissioner of Public Affairs<ref>DeChiaro, Dean. [https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2013/03/24/the-dancing-commissioner/ "The dancing commissioner; UC's Lucio Fernandez heads the arts renaissance in North Hudson"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230107160037/https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2013/03/24/the-dancing-commissioner/ |date=January 7, 2023 }}, ''[[The Hudson Reporter]]'', March 24, 2013. Accessed November 13, 2019. "On any given day, you might receive an email from Lucio Fernandez, a lifelong artist and Union City's Commissioner of Public Affairs, advertising an upcoming art gallery opening or concert."</ref>
* [[Louis Freeh]] (born 1950), former [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] director<ref>via [[Associated Press]]. [http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2011/11/former_fbi_director_from_north.html "Former FBI director from North Bergen named to head college's Sandusky investigation"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416042546/http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2011/11/former_fbi_director_from_north.html |date=April 16, 2014 }}, ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', November 21, 2011. Accessed November 12, 2012.</ref>
* [[Melissa Fumero]] (born 1982), actress best known for her role as [[Amy Santiago]] in the comedy series ''[[Brooklyn Nine-Nine]]''.<ref>{{cite tweet|first=Melissa|last=Fumero|user=melissafumero|number=1109667465389195265|title=Born in North Bergen, grew up in Guttenberg till age 6, then Lyndhurst till I moved to NYC at 19 😎✌🏽|date=March 24, 2019|access-date=June 26, 2022|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/jSbp1|archive-date=September 30, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Greg Herenda]] (born 1961), former head coach of the [[Fairleigh Dickinson Knights men's basketball]] team<ref>Pelzman, J.P. [http://www.northjersey.com/sports/fdu-s-greg-herenda-makes-believers-of-his-players-then-leads-them-to-ncaas-1.1526984 "FDU's Greg Herenda makes believers of his players, then leads them to NCAAs"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416103748/http://www.northjersey.com/sports/fdu-s-greg-herenda-makes-believers-of-his-players-then-leads-them-to-ncaas-1.1526984 |date=April 16, 2016 }}, ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', March 12, 2016. Accessed March 29, 2016. "When Greg Herenda was a teenager growing up in North Bergen, he and his brother Bill and their friends would play on an outdoor court across the street from their house."</ref>
* [[Ice-T]] (born 1958), rap music pioneer and actor<ref name=MSNBC/><ref>David, Mark. [https://variety.com/2012/dirt/real-estalker/ice-t-and-coco-to-make-a-move-in-new-jersey-1201234493/ "Ice-T and Coco To Make a Move in New Jersey"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170119060758/http://variety.com/2012/dirt/real-estalker/ice-t-and-coco-to-make-a-move-in-new-jersey-1201234493/ |date=January 19, 2017 }}, ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'', October 30, 2012. Accessed January 1, 2015. "In September 2005 they found their real estate nirvana and shelled out, according to property records we peeped, $1,500,000 for a 2,161 square foot duplex penthouse atop a boxy and glassy contemporary building in someplace called North Bergen, NJ, between the Hudson River side communities of Edgewater and Guttenberg, the proud home of the insanely amazing Mitsuwa Marketplace."</ref>
* [[Dan Kurzman]] (1922–2010), military historian<ref>Slotnik, Daniel E. [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/26/arts/26kurzman.html "Dan Kurzman, Military Historian, Is Dead at 88"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126040355/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/26/arts/26kurzman.html |date=January 26, 2021 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 24, 2010. Accessed July 4, 2018. "Dan Kurzman, who wrote military histories that illuminated little-known incidents in World War II and an exhaustively reported account of the first Arab-Israeli war, died Dec. 12 in Manhattan. He was 88 and lived in North Bergen, N.J.</ref>
* [[AJ Lee]] (born 1987), professional wrestler signed to [[WWE]]<ref>Strauss, Gerry. [http://njmonthly.com/articles/jersey-living/homecoming-queen/ "Homecoming Queen: Local Talent At WrestleMania; Jersey Girl April Mendez brings her vengeful alter ego to WrestleMania at MetLife Stadium this month."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403160934/http://njmonthly.com/articles/jersey-living/homecoming-queen/ |date=April 3, 2015 }}, ''[[New Jersey Monthly]]'', March 11, 2013. Accessed March 20, 2015. "For Mendez, a native of North Bergen, the road from rags to WrestleMania wasn't easy."</ref>
* [[Lionel Loueke]] (born 1973), African Jazz guitarist and sideman to [[Herbie Hancock]]<ref>via [[Associated Press]]. [http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/009200805020923.htm "Guitarist Lionel Loueke's odyssey"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108072933/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/009200805020923.htm |date=November 8, 2012 }}, ''[[The Hindu]]'', May 2, 2008. Accessed October 26, 2010.</ref>
* [[Luigi Lucioni]] (1900–1988), painter known for his realistic and precisely drawn [[still life]]s, [[Landscape art|landscape]]s, and [[portrait]]s. Lucioni's family emigrated from [[Malnate]], Italy in 1911 to New York City, and then subsequently lived for a time in North Bergen<ref name=LifeAndArt>Embury, Stuart P. (2006). "Chapter One: The Early Years". ''The Art and Life of Luigi Lucioni''. Embury Publishing Company. pp. 1 -4.</ref>
* [[Steve Mocco]] (born 1981), Olympic wrestler<ref>Abbott, Gary. [https://web.archive.org/web/20080401150232/http://www.usolympicteam.com/11652_53764.htm "NYAC beats Russia, 14–11 in freestyle and Romania 14–12 in Greco-Roman in dual meet in New Jersey"], [[United States Olympic Committee]], November 16, 2007, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of April 1, 2008. Accessed June 12, 2015. "Hometown hero Steve Mocco, who grew up in nearby North Bergen, N.J., stopped Soslan Gagloev of Russia, 1–0, 2–0."</ref>
* [[Ed Murawinski]] (born 1951), award-winning cartoonist for the ''[[New York Daily News|Daily News]]''<ref>Hague, Jim. [https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2006/10/31/he-drew-steinbrenner-in-a-diaper-nb-native-went-from-classroom-doodles-to-daily-news-sports-cartoons/ "He drew Steinbrenner in a diaper: NB native went from classroom doodles to Daily News sports cartoons"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930140440/https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2006/10/31/he-drew-steinbrenner-in-a-diaper-nb-native-went-from-classroom-doodles-to-daily-news-sports-cartoons/ |date=September 30, 2023 }}, ''[[The Hudson Reporter]]'', October 31, 2006. Accessed November 13, 2019. "When Ed Murawinski was growing up in his native North Bergen, he was always drawing and doodling."</ref>
* [[Fred Orlofsky]] (born 1937), retired [[artistic gymnastics|artistic gymnast]] who competed at the [[1960 Summer Olympics]]<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1960/05/02/archives/orlofsky-captures-olympic-gym-trial.html "Orlofsky Captures Olympic Gym Trial"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020142249/https://www.nytimes.com/1960/05/02/archives/orlofsky-captures-olympic-gym-trial.html |date=October 20, 2021 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', May 2, 1960. Accessed October 20, 2021. "Fred Orlofsky, a. 23-year-old Southern Illinois freshman from North Bergen, N. J., took top honors in the Olympic gymnastic team trials tonight that cut the men's squad to twelve and the women's to ten."</ref>
* [[Jesse Pike]] (1890–1986), [[cycle sport|cyclist]] who competed in two events at the [[1912 Summer Olympics]]<ref name=SportsReference>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418090527/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pi/jesse-pike-1.html Jesse Pike Olympic Results], Sports-Reference.com. Accessed June 12, 2015.</ref>
* [[Bill Raisch]] (1905–1984), dancer and actor, known as the One-Armed Man pursued by [[Richard Kimble]] ([[David Janssen]]) on the 1963-67 TV series ''[[The Fugitive (1963 TV series)|The Fugitive]]''<ref name=NJ.com>Whitty, Stephen. [http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2013/05/family_viewing_lonely_are_the.html "Family Viewing: 'Lonely Are the Brave'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130614193321/http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2013/05/family_viewing_lonely_are_the.html |date=June 14, 2013 }}, [[NJ.com]], May 18, 2013. Accessed November 13, 2015. "Fun trivia: That one-armed man who takes on Douglas in the bar fight? Bill Raisch from North Bergen, the same actor David Janssen was always searching for on ''The Fugitive.''"</ref>
* [[Feisal Abdul Rauf]] (born 1948), Muslim imam, author and activist<ref name=UCReporter>Tirella, Tricia; and Diaz, Lana Rose. [https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2010/09/05/controversy-hits-close-to-home-2/ "'Ground zero mosque' imam is NB resident, UC property owner"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930140440/https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2010/09/05/controversy-hits-close-to-home-2/ |date=September 30, 2023 }}, ''[[The Hudson Reporter]]'', September 5, 2010, pp. 3 and 8. Accessed November 13, 2019. "According to The Record, which spawned many spinoff reports quoting the paper, and the Hudson Reporter's own searches of property records, Imam Feisal A. Rauf, a North Bergen resident, owns four properties in Union City, and one in North Bergen."</ref>
* [[Evan Rodriguez]] (born 1988), NFL fullback and tight end for the [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]]<ref>Villanova, Patrick. [http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2013/03/former_north_bergen_star_charg.html "NFL player Evan Rodriguez, of North Bergen, cited in dispute with cops in Florida: report"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528180142/http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2013/03/former_north_bergen_star_charg.html |date=May 28, 2015 }}, ''[[The Jersey Journal]]'', June 13, 2013. Accessed September 10, 2015. "Current NFL football player and former North Bergen High School star Evan Rodriguez was charged with disorderly intoxication and resisting an officer in Miami Beach early Thursday morning, an NBC affiliate reported. NBC reported that Rodriguez, 24, formerly of North Bergen, was in a car that got into an accident early Thursday morning at the intersection of 6th Street and Alton Road in Miami Beach."</ref>
* [[Wilbur Ross]] (born 1937), investor and former banker<ref>Newman, Richard. [https://web.archive.org/web/20170510112056/http://archive.northjersey.com/news/more-phoenix-than-vulture-1.919988?page=all "Community spirit - takeover maestro Ross eyes North Jersey banks"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', August 16, 2010, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of May 10, 2017. Accessed July 4, 2018. "Ross, who grew up in North Bergen, has earned a reputation as a crafty investor and consolidator of bankrupt companies in struggling industries such as textiles and steel.&nbsp;... Ross is no stranger to New Jersey. He grew up in North Bergen, the son of a lawyer and a schoolteacher, and his family spent summers at the Jersey Shore in Spring Lake, where his sister and brother-in-law live."</ref><ref>[https://www.economicclub.org/sites/default/files/transcripts/Economic_Club_Transcript_Wilbur_Ross_2017.pdf "Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross Reviews His Department's Domestic and Global Responsibilities"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705065336/https://www.economicclub.org/sites/default/files/transcripts/Economic_Club_Transcript_Wilbur_Ross_2017.pdf |date=July 5, 2018 }}, The Economic Club of Washington, D.C., July 25, 2017. Accessed July 4, 2018. "Secretary Ross: Well, yeah, I actually grew up in North Bergen. North Bergen was too small a town to have a hospital, so that’s why I was born in Weehawken, yes."</ref>
* [[Nicholas Sacco]] (born 1946), politician who has served in the [[New Jersey Senate|State Senate]] and as Mayor of North Bergen<ref name=NJLEG>[http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/BIO.asp?Leg=140 Senator Sacco's legislative web page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020005824/http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/BIO.asp?Leg=140 |date=October 20, 2013 }}, [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed April 11, 2008.</ref><ref>Hague, Jim. [http://www.hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/2403678/article-North-Bergen-s-UEZ-has-a-new-home-Office-set-up-on-Broadway--in-heart-of-zone "North Bergen's UEZ has a new home Office set up on Broadway, in heart of zone"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415213601/http://www.hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/2403678/article-North-Bergen-s-UEZ-has-a-new-home-Office-set-up-on-Broadway--in-heart-of-zone |date=2014-04-15 }}, ''[[The Hudson Reporter]]'', March 22, 2005. Accessed June 25, 2012. "Ever since North Bergen Mayor Nicholas Sacco first introduced legislation 10 years ago, in his role as a state senator, that began the process to have Urban Enterprise Zones (UEZ) in many of the state's major cities and towns as a way to increase business sales while helping to beautify the community, the North Bergen UEZ has been operating out of Town Hall, but was really without an identity."</ref>
* [[John Scarne]] (1903–1985), author, expert on gambling, card games and magic tricks<ref>[[Joan Riddell Cook|Cook, Joan]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/1985/07/09/nyregion/john-scarne-gambling-expert.html "Obituary: John Scarne, Gambling Expert"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171122051656/http://www.nytimes.com/1985/07/09/nyregion/john-scarne-gambling-expert.html |date=November 22, 2017 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', July 9, 1985. Accessed November 12. 2012. "John Scarne, an international authority on games and gambling, died Sunday at Englewood (N.J.) Hospital. He was 82 years old and lived in North Bergen, N.J."</ref>
* [[Herbert H. Shaw]] (1930–2016), independent politician and perennial candidate who has run for office more than 75 times over five decades under the "Politicians Are Crooks" banner<ref>Zane, J. Peder. [https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/28/nyregion/on-the-map-politics-north-bergen-style-through-the-eyes-of-a-gadfly.html "On The Map; Politics, North Bergen-Style, Through the Eyes of a Gadfly"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705071447/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/28/nyregion/on-the-map-politics-north-bergen-style-through-the-eyes-of-a-gadfly.html |date=July 5, 2018 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', May 28, 1995. Accessed January 1, 2015. "In North Bergen, a gritty Hudson County township of 48,400 people, politics is a blood sport, dominated by deep, interconnected feuds that go back decades. For 25 years, Herbert H. Shaw, a resident who is a maintenance worker for the Newark Public Library, has watched it from a singular perspective, partly inside the action and partly outside: he's a gadfly."</ref>
* [[Rena Sofer]] (born 1968), actress<ref>[http://www.wchstv.com/abc/ohgrowup/sofer.html "Rena Sofer"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110827094858/http://www.wchstv.com/abc/ohgrowup/sofer.html |date=August 27, 2011 }}, ''[[Oh, Grow Up]]'', [[WCHS-TV|WCHS]]. Accessed September 22, 2011. "Born in Arcadia, California, Rena moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, following her parents' divorce, and later to North Bergen, New Jersey, where she finished high school."</ref><ref>Lipton, Michael A. [http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20104262,00.html "Heart Condition: For Rena Sofer, Checking into General Hospital Meant Finding a Healing Love with Costar Wally Kurth"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160118031443/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20104262,00.html |date=January 18, 2016 }}, ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'', October 31, 1994. Accessed September 22, 2011. "Neither parent remarried, and today Sofer maintains close relations with both her father, who presides at Temple Beth El in North Bergen, N.J., and her mother, a professor of developmental psychology at the University of North Carolina in Fayetteville.&nbsp;... She took a drama class during her senior year at North Bergen High School and then, after less than a semester at Montclair State College, took acting lessons in New York."</ref>
* [[Robert Sundholm]] (born 1941), outsider artist<ref>Beckerman, Jim. [https://www.northjersey.com/story/entertainment/arts/2017/01/18/outsider-art-outsider-art-fair-jean-dubuffet-north-bergen/96680794/ "North Bergen outsider artist on the inside track; Self-taught Robert Sundholm is now a hot property"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730021937/http://www.northjersey.com/story/entertainment/arts/2017/01/18/outsider-art-outsider-art-fair-jean-dubuffet-north-bergen/96680794/ |date=July 30, 2017 }}, ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', January 18, 2017. Accessed November 14, 2018. "'Outsider artist' Robert Sundholm has been a painter for 16 years. He's been an outsider all his life. 'Yes, I had a hard life,' says Sundholm, a North Bergen resident for more than 40 years."</ref>
* [[Lou Tepe]] (born 1930), offensive lineman who played for three seasons with the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]]<ref>Moss, Irv. [http://www.denverpost.com/catchingupwith/ci_8039189 "Education continues to stoke former Steeler"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102020800/http://www.denverpost.com/catchingupwith/ci_8039189 |date=January 2, 2015 }}, ''[[The Denver Post]]'', January 22, 2008. Accessed January 1, 2015. "Born: June 18, 1930, North Bergen, N.J. High school: Dwight Morrow, Englewood, N.J., 1946-48"</ref>
* [[Terese Terranova]] (born 1947), retired [[para table tennis]] player who won two gold medals at the [[1988 Summer Paralympics]]<ref>Boggan, Tim. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150405012440/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Table-Tennis/History/Hall-of-Fame/Profiles/Terese-Terranova 2013 USATT Hall of Fame - Player Inductee: Terese Terranova], [[USA Table Tennis]]. Accessed January 26, 2020. "She was born May 21, 1947 in North Bergen, N.J."</ref>
* [[Guy F. Tozzoli]] (1922–2013), directed development of the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]]<ref>[[David W. Dunlap|Dunlap, David W.]] [https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/07/nyregion/guy-f-tozzoli-who-led-team-that-built-twin-towers-dies-at-90.html?_r=0 "Guy F. Tozzoli, 90, Who Led Team That Built Twin Towers, Is Dead"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819010947/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/07/nyregion/guy-f-tozzoli-who-led-team-that-built-twin-towers-dies-at-90.html?_r=0 |date=August 19, 2018 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', February 6, 2013. Accessed October 20, 2014. "Guy Frederick Tozzoli was born on Feb. 12, 1922, in North Bergen, N.J., to Silvio Tozzoli, who owned a construction company, and his wife, Rose."</ref>
* [[Hal Turner]] (born 1962), [[far-right]] political commentator and radio host<ref>Blumenthal, Max. [http://www.thenation.com/doc/20050620/blumenthal "Hannity's Soul-Mate of Hate"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070520011521/http://www.thenation.com/doc/20050620/blumenthal |date=May 20, 2007 }}, ''[[The Nation]]'' (web-only), June 3, 2005. Accessed May 13, 2007. "This year a man named Hal Turner sat before his computer at his suburban home in North Bergen, New Jersey, posting bomb-making tips on his website, hailing the firebombing of an apartment containing 'Savage Negroes' and calling for the murder of immigrants."</ref>
* [[Yordenis Ugás]] (born 1986) amateur lightweight boxer<ref>Hague, Jim. [https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2013/08/11/scoreboardcuban-refugee-boxer-ugas-meets-hero-menendez/ "Cuban refugee boxer Ugas meets hero Menendez; North Bergen resident gets chance to talk with fellow Cuban and U.S. Senator Menendez"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930140942/https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2013/08/11/scoreboardcuban-refugee-boxer-ugas-meets-hero-menendez/ |date=September 30, 2023 }}, ''[[The Hudson Reporter]]'', August 11, 2013. Accessed November 13, 2019. "'In order to become a world champion, it's something I had to do,' said the 27-year-old Ugas, who has called North Bergen his home for the last year."</ref>
* [[Anthony P. Vainieri]] (born 1928), politician who served in the [[New Jersey General Assembly]] from the [[New Jersey's 32nd legislative district|32nd Legislative District]] from 1984 to 1986<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=mHcN8lGpJZAC&q=%22Anthony+P.+Vainieri%22+%22north+bergen%22+1928 ''Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, Volume 201, Part 2''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930140942/https://books.google.com/books?id=mHcN8lGpJZAC&q=%22Anthony+P.+Vainieri%22+%22north+bergen%22+1928 |date=September 30, 2023 }}, p. 274. J.A. Fitzgerald., 1985. Accessed April 26, 2020. "Anthony P. Vainieri, Dem., North Bergen - Mr. Vainieri was born in McKees Rocks, Pa., on Feb. 15, 1928.</ref>
* [[Mariusz Wach]] (born 1979), heavyweight boxer<ref>[http://blog.nj.com/hudsonhssports/2011/06/wach_to_battle_irish_contender.html "Wach to battle Irish contender at Mohegan Sun"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203140757/http://blog.nj.com/hudsonhssports/2011/06/wach_to_battle_irish_contender.html |date=February 3, 2014 }}, ''[[The Jersey Journal]]'', June 29, 2011. Accessed November 12, 2012. "Undefeated heavyweight contender Mariusz Wach, of North Bergen, originally from Krakow, Poland, will face his biggest test -- literally -- when he meets Kevin 'The Clones Colossus' McBride on July 29 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn."</ref>
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