Editing Hanover Township, New Jersey (section)

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

* [[Arthur R. Albohn]] (1921–2008), member of the [[New Jersey General Assembly]] from 1980 to 1996<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/circular/eojsc106.htm Executive Order #106], [[Governor of New Jersey]] [[Jon Corzine]], July 3, 2008. Accessed February 22, 2011.</ref>
* [[George Hammell Cook]] (1818–1889), State Geologist of New Jersey and namesake of [[School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (Rutgers University)|Cook College]] at [[Rutgers University]]<ref>Staff. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1889/09/23/100972119.pdf "Dr. George H. Cook's Death.; New-Jersey's State Geologist And What He Did For Science."], ''[[The New York Times]]'', September 23, 1889. Accessed February 23, 2011.</ref>
* [[Damon Daunno]] (born 1984), actor who starred in the 2019 Broadway revival of ''[[Oklahoma!]]''<ref>Kuperinsky, Amy. [https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2019/04/njs-ali-stroker-and-damon-daunno-nominated-for-tonys-for-oklahoma-revival-see-all-2019-tony-nominations.html "Tony Awards 2019: N.J.'s Ali Stroker and Damon Daunno nominated for ‘Oklahoma!’ revival; see full list of nominees"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], April 30, 2019. Accessed June 30, 2019. "Daunno, 34, who hails from Whippany, is also a musician and composer and plays guitar in ''Oklahoma!''"</ref>
* [[Rosemarie DeWitt]] (born 1974), actress<ref>St. John, Allen. [http://njmonthly.com/articles/lifestyle/people/the-star-next-door.html "The Star Next Door: Rosemarie DeWitt's ability to bring depth to supporting roles in Rachel Getting Married and United States of Tara has thrust her into the limelight."], ''[[New Jersey Monthly]]'', June 15, 2010. Accessed February 23, 2011. "As a child DeWitt lived in Hanover Township and attended Whippany Park High School."</ref>
* [[Mahlon Dickerson]] (1770–1853), Governor of New Jersey and U.S. Senator who also served as [[United States Secretary of the Navy]]<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=d000308 Mahlon Dickerson], ''[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]''. Accessed February 22, 2011.</ref>
* [[Smith Ely Jr.]] (1825–1911), member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] from [[New York (state)|New York]] and [[Mayor of New York City]]<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000167 Smith Ely Jr.], ''[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]''. Accessed February 23, 2011.</ref>
* [[Harry Fanok]] (born 1940), former MLB pitcher who played for the [[St. Louis Cardinals]]<ref>Costello, Rory; and [[Harry Fanok|Fanok, Harry]]. [https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/b8c4436a Harry Fanok | Society for American Baseball Research]. Accessed April 27, 2017. "Whippany, New Jersey (where Fanok was born on May 11, 1940) has been a Ukrainian cultural center since 1908."</ref>
* [[Dan Frischman]] (born 1959), [[character actor]], noted for his many roles of playing [[Social skills|socially inept]] "[[geek]]s" and "[[nerd]]s"<ref>Johnson, Janis. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MH&s_site=miami&p_multi=MH&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB366B74D5758C6&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "Playing A Nerd Is 'Too Easy'"], ''[[The Miami Herald]]'', February 16, 1987. Accessed December 11, 2007. "But is the 23-year-old Whippany, N.J., native, character actor and stand-up comedian a nerd."</ref>
* [[Ashbel Green]] (1762–1848), [[Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives]] from 1792 to 1800 and [[President of Princeton University]] from 1812 to 1822<ref>[http://diglib.princeton.edu/ead/getEad?eadid=C0257 Ashbel Green Papers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610175948/http://diglib.princeton.edu/ead/getEad?eadid=C0257 |date=2011-06-10 }}, [[Princeton University]]. Accessed February 23, 2011.</ref>
* [[Aaron Kitchell]] (1744–1820), politician who represented New Jersey in both the [[United States House of Representatives]] and the [[United States Senate]]<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000246 Aaron Kitchell], ''[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]''. Accessed August 27, 2007.</ref>
* [[Othniel Looker]] (1757–1845), [[List of Governors of Ohio|Fifth Governor of Ohio]]<ref>[http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=247 Othniel Looker], Ohio History Central, [[Ohio Historical Society]]. Accessed February 23, 2011.</ref>
* [[Thomas Millidge]] ({{circa|1735}}–1816), loyalist during the [[American Revolutionary War]] who later became a wealthy landowner in Canada<ref>Janzen, Carol Anne. [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=2560 Thomas Millidge], ''[[Dictionary of Canadian Biography]]''. Accessed February 23, 2011.</ref>
* [[W. W. Phelps (Mormon)|William W. Phelps]] (1792–1892), best known for his legacy of LDS hymns, many of which appear in the current edition of the [[Hymns of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1985 book)|LDS Hymnal]]<ref>[http://mormonlit.byu.edu/lit_author.php?a_id=2594 William W. Phelps], Mormon Literature & Creative Arts, [[Brigham Young University]]. Accessed February 23, 2011.</ref>
* [[Brian Saxton]] (born 1972), [[tight end]] who played in the NFL for the [[New York Giants]]<ref>Meisel, Barry. [https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/492007881/ "A Giant Gamble BC's Saxton Replaces Injured Pierce"], ''[[New York Daily News]]'', November 11, 1996. Accessed December 11, 2019. "People wanted to talk to Brian Saxton throughout the practice week, and not only because he's a Boston College football alumnus. The 24-year-old native of Whippany, N.J., who spent the entire season sitting behind Aaron Pierce on the depth chart at H-back was prepared to fill in a week earlier vs. Arizona, when Pierce suffered a sprained knee on the third play of the Giants' 16-8 win."</ref>
* [[Linda Tripp]] (born 1949-2020), former U.S. [[Civil service|civil servant]] who figured in the [[Lewinsky scandal|Monica Lewinsky scandal]] involving [[Bill Clinton|former U.S. President Bill Clinton]].<ref>[[Elaine Sciolino|Sciolino, Elaine]]; and [[Don Van Natta Jr.|Van Natta Jr., Don]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/15/us/testing-president-confidant-linda-tripp-elusive-keeper-secrets-mainly-her-own.html "Testing Of A President: The Confidant; Linda Tripp, Elusive Keeper Of Secrets, Mainly Her Own"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', March 15, 1998. Accessed March 27, 2023. "Linda Tripp was born Linda Carotenuto into a middle-class life in Whippany, N.J."</ref><ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121775232/linda-tripp-of-whippany-and-hanover/ "Solid friend' or 'horrible human'? Tripp's tale complex"], ''[[The Palm Beach Post]]'', March 18, 1998. Accessed March 27, 2023, via [[Newspapers.com]], "She grew up in an ordinary house on Adams Drive in Whippany, N.J., 30 miles from New York City."</ref>
* [[Enoch Cobb Wines]] (1806–1879), minister of the [[Congregational church]] and [[prison reform]] advocate<ref>Staff. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1879/12/11/81770655.pdf "Dr. Wines Dead.; His Valuable Services In Behalf Of Prison Reform--The Books He Wrote."], ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 11, 1879. Accessed February 23, 2011.</ref>