Editing Harrison, New Jersey (section)

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

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* [[Angelo Cifelli|Angelo M. "Chubby" Cifelli]] (born 1939), singer, songwriter, musician. who had a 1967 hit with "Tell it to the Rain" by Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons{{Citation needed|date=May 2011}}
* [[Dave D'Errico]] (born 1952), former professional soccer player<ref>Dell'Apa, Frank. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BG&p_theme=bg&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10C0B28B89A88CA8&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "New Era Dawning In Dallas"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020172656/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BG&p_theme=bg&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10C0B28B89A88CA8&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |date=October 20, 2012 }}, ''[[The Boston Globe]]'', August 13, 2005. Accessed October 11, 2007. "When Dave D'Errico was growing up in the '60s, he played on the hardscrabble soccer fields of Harrison, N.J., then for the US national team and in the North American Soccer League."</ref>
* [[Samuel Taylor Darling]] (1872–1925), [[pathology|pathologist]] and [[bacteriologist]]<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1925/05/23/archives/obituary-2-no-title.html "Dr. Darling Killed in Syrian Car Wreck English Physician and Woman Secretary of League Section Also Are Victims, Auto Goes Over Cliff Baltimore and Rockefeller Foundation Malarial Expert Was Studying Disease for League."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612230340/https://www.nytimes.com/1925/05/23/archives/obituary-2-no-title.html |date=June 12, 2018 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', May 23, 1925. Accessed January 31, 2018. "Word of the death of Dr. Darling in an automobile accident near Beirut was received by members of his family at his residence in this city today.... He was born in Harrison, N. J., April 6, 1872."</ref>
* [[Sam Dente]] (1922–2002), major league baseball shortstop from 1947 to 1955<ref>[http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/D/Sam-Dente.shtml Sam Dente] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012052615/http://thebaseballcube.com/players/D/Sam-Dente.shtml |date=October 12, 2008 }}, The Baseball Cube. Accessed December 30, 2007.</ref>
* [[Bhairavi Desai]], founding member of the Taxi Workers Alliance in New York<ref>[[Joyce Wadler|Wadler, Joyce]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/08/nyregion/public-lives-an-unlikely-organizer-as-cabdrivers-unite.html "Public Lives; An Unlikely Organizer as Cabdrivers Unite"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201023251/http://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/08/nyregion/public-lives-an-unlikely-organizer-as-cabdrivers-unite.html |date=February 1, 2018 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 8, 1999. Accessed January 30, 2018. "When Ms. Desai was 6 the family moved to the United States, settling in Harrison, N.J."</ref>
* [[Jack Dunleavy]] (1879–1944), Major League Baseball outfielder and pitcher from 1903 to 1905<ref>[http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/eaf7c695 Jack Dunleavy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201075449/http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/eaf7c695 |date=February 1, 2018 }}, [[Society for American Baseball Research]]. Accessed January 31, 2018.</ref>
* [[Bernard Epstein]] (1920–2005), mathematician and physicist who wrote several widely used textbooks on mathematics<ref>Staff. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26633-2005Apr4_4.html "Obituaries: Bernard Epstein College Mathematics Professor"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201075337/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26633-2005Apr4_4.html |date=February 1, 2018 }} ''[[The Washington Post]]'', April 4, 2005. Accessed January 31, 2008. Accessed January 31, 2018. "Bernard Epstein, 84, a physicist on the Manhattan Project who was a visiting professor of mathematics at George Mason University and the University of Maryland, died March 30 at Summerville Assisted Living in Potomac. He had Alzheimer's disease.Dr. Epstein was born in Harrison, N.J."</ref>
* [[Robert Firth (judge)|Robert Firth]] (1918–1984), [[United States federal judge]]<ref>[https://www.fjc.gov/node/1380731 Firth, Robert] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201075318/https://www.fjc.gov/node/1380731 |date=February 1, 2018 }}, ''[[Biographical Directory of Federal Judges]]''. Accessed January 31, 2018. "Born May 12, 1918, in Harrison, NJ; Died January 4, 1984"</ref>
* [[Tom Florie]] (1897–1966), [[soccer]] [[Striker (association football)|forward]] who played in both the first and second [[American Soccer League (1933-1983)|American Soccer Leagues]], winning two [[National Challenge Cup]] titles and was inducted into the U.S. [[National Soccer Hall of Fame]] in 1986<ref>Holroyd, Steve. [http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1925.html "The Year in American Soccer - 1925"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151102021354/http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1925.html |date=November 2, 2015 }}. Accessed January 31, 2018. "Providence also acquired wing forward Tommy Florie prior to the season. Born in Harrison, New Jersey, Florie had played three games with the hometown ASL club in 1922 before earning stardom in local semipro leagues."</ref>
* [[Daisy Fuentes]] (born 1966), model, actress and former [[MTV]] VJ<ref>Durrani, Shandana. [http://www.cigaraficionado.com/Cigar/CA_Profiles/People_Profile/0,2540,53,00.html "Thriving Miss Daisy: From MTV Veejay to Model to Actress to Talk Show Host, Daisy Fuentes Is Always Seeking New Worlds to Conquer"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201130435/http://www.cigaraficionado.com/Cigar/CA_Profiles/People_Profile/0,2540,53,00.html |date=December 1, 2008 }}, ''[[Cigar Aficionado]]'', November / December 1997. Accessed July 3, 2007. "After five years there, the Fuentes emigrated to the United States, moving to Newark, New Jersey, and eventually settling in neighboring Harrison."</ref>
* [[Joe Gardi]] ({{circa|1939}}–2010), head football coach at [[Hofstra Pride football|Hofstra University]] for 16 seasons, from 1990 to 2005, where he compiled a record of 119–62–2<ref>[[Richard Goldstein (writer born 1942)|Goldstein, Richard]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/07/sports/football/07gardi.html "Joe Gardi, Jets Assistant Who Guided Hofstra’s Rise, Dies at 71"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107033331/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/07/sports/football/07gardi.html |date=November 7, 2017 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', June 6, 2010. Accessed October 30, 2017. "A native of Harrison, N.J., Gardi played offensive tackle and linebacker at the University of Maryland, where he was later an assistant coach, and coached in the World Football League before joining the Jets in 1976 as an assistant to Lou Holtz."</ref>
* [[Kevin Gilmore]] (1949–1970), college football player who was a member of the 1970 Marshall University football team and died in the crash of [[Southern Airways Flight 932]]. His body was not identified and his presumed remains are buried with five other unidentified players in the Springhill Cemetery<ref>Ashford, Michael. [http://www.emporiagazette.com/sports/article_f5771a91-bd46-53e3-aef9-ad89a51621a6.html "'One I won't forget'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220113184106/http://www.emporiagazette.com/sports/article_f5771a91-bd46-53e3-aef9-ad89a51621a6.html |date=January 13, 2022 }}, ''[[The Emporia Gazette]]'', December 22, 2006. Accessed August 26, 2015. "Thirty-eight years ago, in 1968, Kevin Gilmore joined the football program at McCook Junior College in McCook, Neb. A native of Harrison, N.J., Gilmore was recruited by several Division I schools out of high school, but his grades weren't quite good enough, so he made the more-than 1,500-mile trek from New Jersey to Nebraska to play football and improve his academic standing at McCook."</ref>
* [[Fred A. Hartley Jr.]] (1902–1969), served ten terms in the [[United States House of Representatives]] where he represented the [[New Jersey's 8th congressional district|New Jersey's 8th]] and [[New Jersey's 10th congressional district|New Jersey's 10th]] congressional districts<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000298 Fred Allen Hartley Jr.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628214415/http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000298 |date=June 28, 2011 }}, ''[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]''. Accessed July 3, 2007.</ref>
* [[Marty Kavanagh]] (1891–1960), Major League Baseball infielder from 1914 to 1918<ref name="the ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia">{{cite book|title=the ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia|year=2007|publisher=Sterling Publishing|isbn=978-1-4027-4771-7}}</ref>
* [[Beverly Kenney]] (1932–1960), jazz singer who recorded six albums before her suicide<ref>McGee, David. [http://www.thebluegrassspecial.com/archive/2011/april2011/beverly-kenney-april-2011.html "'The Cry of Anguished Protest, The First of Many Wrought From Me'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325080223/http://www.thebluegrassspecial.com/archive/2011/april2011/beverly-kenney-april-2011.html |date=March 25, 2012 }}, TheBluegrassSpecial.com, April 2011. Accessed September 4, 2011. "Beverly Kenney was born in Harrison, New Jersey, on January 29, 1932, the oldest of nine children (four boys, four girls, and a brother, Charles, who died in infancy; the Kenney parents divorced after Beverly was on her own, and two of her brothers are actually from her mother's second marriage) in a blue collar Catholic family."</ref>
* [[Ray Lucas]] (born 1972), former NFL quarterback who played for the [[New York Jets]], among other teams<ref>Forrester, Paul. [http://www.villagevoice.com/news/9948,forrester,10580,3.html "The Overachiever: Ray Lucas Surmounts All Obstacles as He Guides the Jets Back to Respectability"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061104134345/http://www.villagevoice.com/news/9948,forrester,10580,3.html |date=November 4, 2006 }}, ''[[The Village Voice]]'', December 1, 1999. Accessed July 3, 2007. "It's the sort of tale that Lucas has been writing, and rewriting, since he was a teenager in Harrison, New Jersey."</ref>
* [[Edward F. McDonald]] (1844–1926), represented [[New Jersey's 7th congressional district]] from 1895 to 1899<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000409 Edward Francis McDonald] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080327062456/http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000409 |date=March 27, 2008 }}, ''[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]''. Accessed August 12, 2007.</ref>
* [[Patrick McGuigan|Patrick "Paddy" McGuigan]] ({{circa|1860}}–1938), bare-knuckle boxer who was inducted into the New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1938/09/14/archives/paddy-mguigan-former-fighter-78-had-claimed-victory-over-joe.html "Paddy M'guigan; Former Fighter, 78, Had Claimed Victory Over Joe Walcott"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904235255/https://www.nytimes.com/1938/09/14/archives/paddy-mguigan-former-fighter-78-had-claimed-victory-over-joe.html |date=September 4, 2018 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', September 14, 1938. Accessed September 4, 2018. "Harrison, N. J., Sept. 14. – Patrick (Paddy) McGuigan, former pugilist, died today in his home here. He was 78 years old."</ref><ref>Obituary, The Lowell Sun, September 14, 1938, "Paddy McGuigan of Ring Fame Dies", November 4, 2010.</ref>
* [[Matt Pinfield]] (born 1961), music personality and [[TV host]], best known for being a [[VJ (media personality)|video deejay]] on [[MTV]] and [[VH1]]<ref>Cotter, Kelly Jane. [https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/app/access/1699059311.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+10%2C+2008&author=KELLY-JANE+COTTER&pub=Asbury+Park+Press&desc=PLAYING+HIS+PICKS&pqatl=google "Playing His Picks"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105142513/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/app/access/1699059311.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+10,+2008&author=KELLY-JANE+COTTER&pub=Asbury+Park+Press&desc=PLAYING+HIS+PICKS&pqatl=google |date=November 5, 2012 }}, ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', August 10, 2008. Accessed February 13, 2011. "On weekdays Pinfield gets up at the unrockin hour of 4 a.m. at his home in Harrison and is in the RXP studio by 520 a.m."</ref>
* [[Henry Pogorzelski]] (1922–2015), mathematician best known for his work on [[Goldbach's conjecture]], the still-unsolved problem of whether every [[even number]] can be represented as a sum of two [[prime number]]s<ref>Staff. [https://library.ias.edu/files/pdfs/hs/cos.pdf#page=330 ''A Community Of Scholars: The Institute for Advanced Study Faculty and Members 1930–1980''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111124234612/http://library.ias.edu/files/pdfs/hs/cos.pdf#page=330 |date=November 24, 2011 }}, p. 330. [[Institute for Advanced Study]], 1980. Accessed November 22, 2015. "Pogorzelski, Henry Andrew 64–65, 66–67 M, Semiological Number Theory Born 1922 Harrison, NJ."</ref>
* [[Tab Ramos]] (born 1966), retired soccer midfielder<ref name="NYT1996">Mifflin, Lawrie. [https://www.nytimes.com/1996/08/18/nyregion/doing-a-star-turn-for-the-home-team-at-last.html "Doing a Star Turn for the Home Team, at Last"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907215457/http://www.nytimes.com/1996/08/18/nyregion/doing-a-star-turn-for-the-home-team-at-last.html |date=September 7, 2017 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 18, 1996. Accessed September 11, 2013. "Giants Stadium is a short trip up the turnpike from Old Bridge, where Mr. Ramos lives with his wife, Amy – a former North Carolina State University soccer player like her husband – and their 16-month-old son, Alex. And it's just a few miles from where he grew up, in Harrison and Kearny, towns that have been soccer hotbeds for generations."</ref>
* [[Frank E. Rodgers]] (1909–2000), politician who as Mayor of Harrison for 48 years from 1946 to 1995, having been elected to 24 consecutive two-year terms in office and placing him among the longest-serving mayors in U.S. history<ref name=NYTRodgers/>
* [[Fred Shields (soccer player)|Fred Shields]] (1912–1985), soccer player for the United States at the [[1936 Summer Olympics]] in Berlin who was elected to the [[National Soccer Hall of Fame]] in 1968<ref>[http://national.soccerhall.org/builders/fred_shields.htm Fred J. Shields] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090405131351/http://national.soccerhall.org/builders/fred_shields.htm |date=April 5, 2009 }}, [[National Soccer Hall of Fame]]. Accessed January 21, 2008.</ref>
* [[Omar Sowe]] (born 2000), [[association football|soccer]] player who plays as a [[Forward (association football)|forward]] for [[New York Red Bulls II]] in the [[USL Championship]]<ref>[https://www.newyorkredbulls.com/post/2019/08/16/nyrb-ii-sign-harrison-new-jerseys-omar-sowe "NYRB II Sign Harrison, New Jersey's Omar Sowe"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817150934/https://www.newyorkredbulls.com/post/2019/08/16/nyrb-ii-sign-harrison-new-jerseys-omar-sowe |date=August 17, 2019 }}, [[New York Red Bulls]], August 16, 2019. Accessed August 27, 2019. "New York Red Bulls II have signed midfielder and Harrison, N.J. product Omar Sowe to a USL Championship contract, pending league and federation approval, the club announced today."</ref>
* [[Joe Stripp]] (1903–1989), Major League Baseball third baseman from 1928 to 1938<ref name="the ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia"/>
* [[Aloysius Michael Sullivan]] (1896-1980), poet, magazine editor, radio announcer and author, best known for his collection of poems ''Songs of the Musconetcong''<ref>[http://www.nyslittree.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/DB.PersonDetail/PersonPK/1650.cfm Aloysius Michael Sullivan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201030145/http://www.nyslittree.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/DB.PersonDetail/PersonPK/1650.cfm |date=February 1, 2018 }}, The NYSCA Literary Map of New York State. Accessed January 31, 2018. "Aloysius Michael Sullivan was born in Harrison, New Jersey, in 1896."</ref>
* [[Bill Summers (umpire)|Bill Summers]] (1895–1966), [[umpire (baseball)|umpire]] in [[Major League Baseball]] who worked in the [[American League]] from 1933 to 1959<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/32356313/ "Bill Summers Dies; Former AL Umpire"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201021706/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/32356313/ |date=February 1, 2018 }}, ''[[The Bridgeport Telegram]]'', September 13, 1966. Accessed January 31, 2018. "A native of Harrison, N.J., Summers umpired for 26 years in the American League and was known as the 'Dean of American League Umpires.'"</ref>
* [[George Tintle]] (1892–1975), soccer goalie elected to the [[National Soccer Hall of Fame]] in 1952<ref>[http://national.soccerhall.org/famers/george_tintle.htm George J. Tintle] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090918155444/http://national.soccerhall.org/famers/george_tintle.htm |date=September 18, 2009 }}, [[National Soccer Hall of Fame]]. Accessed December 30, 2007.</ref>
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