Editing Paterson, New Jersey (section)

==Notable people==

{{Category see also|People from Paterson, New Jersey}}
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Paterson include: (<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span> denotes that the person was born in Paterson).
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* [[Tom Acker]] (1930–2021), MLB pitcher who played for four seasons with the [[Cincinnati Reds]]<ref>[https://www.mlb.com/player/tom-acker-110034 Tom Acker #40], [[MLB.com]]. Accessed September 16, 2015.</ref>
* [[Jorge Acosta]] (born 1964), retired Colombian-born American soccer forward who earned 12 caps with the U.S. national team in 1991 and 1992<ref>Raskin, David A. [https://www.nytimes.com/1988/06/13/sports/soccer-acosta-finds-his-dreams-close-to-home.html "Soccer; Acosta Finds His Dreams Close to Home"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', June 13, 1988. Accessed September 16, 2015. "But Acosta, a Paterson resident, has found more than a team since returning from Long Island University. The 23-year-old has become the leading scorer in the newly formed American Soccer League and is the league's first young player to gain national attention."</ref>
* [[Jimmie Adams]] (1888–1933), silent-screen comedian and actor<ref>Balducci, Anthony. [https://books.google.com/books?id=WdrJwyG2N28C&pg=PA60 ''Lloyd Hamilton: Poor Boy Comedian of Silent Cinema''], p. 60. [[McFarland & Company]], 2009. {{ISBN|9780786441594}}. Accessed October 8, 2018. "To fill these holes in his ranks, Lehrman hired Jimmie Adams, a slightly built comic from Paterson, New Jersey."</ref>
* [[Mike Adams (safety)|Mike Adams]] (born 1981), pro football player for the [[Indianapolis Colts]]<ref>[http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/team/player.php?id=3123 Mike Adams] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927011340/http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/team/player.php?id=3123 |date=September 27, 2007 }}, [[Cleveland Browns]]. Accessed May 19, 2008.</ref><ref>Idec, Keith. [http://www.northjersey.com/sports/107870149_Browns_enjoy_playing_for_that_other_Ryan.html "Browns enjoy playing for that other Ryan"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', November 14, 2010. Accessed September 4, 2011. "Paterson native Mike Adams couldn't help but laugh when he heard and read about the controversy Jets head coach [[Rex Ryan]] caused with his R-rated vocabulary during episodes of HBO's ''Hard Knocks'' this summer."</ref>
* [[Adeva]] (born 1960), [[house music]] and [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] vocalist<ref>[http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/Adeva.html Adeva], soulwalking.co.uk. Accessed March 13, 2012.</ref>
* [[Nelson Algren]] (1909–1981), author best known for his novel ''[[The Man with the Golden Arm (novel)|The Man with the Golden Arm]]''<ref>Newirth, Mike. [http://www.thebaffler.com/salvos/lost-on-nelson-algren-avenue "Lost on Nelson Algren Avenue"], ''[[The Baffler]]'', No. 18, 2009. Accessed May 3, 2015. "In 1974, Esquire asked Algren to write an article on Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter, since made famous by Bob Dylan and Denzel Washington; back then, Carter was just another murderer, albeit one railroaded by police misconduct. Algren concluded that Carter and his co-defendant were innocent, and decided to move to Paterson, N.J., to write about them."</ref>
* [[Henry C. Allen (New Jersey politician)|Henry C. Allen]] (1872–1942), politician who represented [[New Jersey's 6th congressional district]] in the [[United States House of Representatives]] 1905–1907<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000124 "Allen, Henry Crosby (1872–1942)"], ''[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]''. Accessed May 3, 2015.</ref>
* [[Bruce Arians]] (born 1952), former head coach of the NFL's [[Arizona Cardinals]] and [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]]<ref>Cannizzaro, Mark. [https://nypost.com/2001/01/20/carthon-muir-receive-invites-to-stay-aboard/ "Carthon & Muir Receive Invites To Stay Aboard"], ''[[New York Post]]'', January 20, 2001. Accessed December 1, 2022. "One of the offensive coordinators who's believed to be at or near the top of Edwards' list is Colts' quarterbacks coach Bruce Arians, a Paterson, NJ, native who's had a close hand in the development of Peyton Manning."</ref>
* [[Jillian Armenante]] (born 1968), television and film actress, known for playing the role of Donna Kozlowski on ''[[Judging Amy]]''<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>Kampfe, John. [http://www.jerseywood.net/2016/02/12/jersey-movies/hail-caesar-chronicles-fictional-day-in-the-life-of-jersey-born-fixer/ "''Hail Caesar'' Chronicles Fictional Day in the Life of Jersey-born 'Fixer'"], Jerseywood, February 12, 2016. Accessed October 8, 2018. "Mannix isn't the only Garden State connection in ''Hail Caesar''. Jillian Armenante, who plays a 'script girl' in the film, was born in Paterson and grew up in Wyckoff."</ref>
* [[Gerald Ash]] (born 1942), electrical engineer at [[Bell Labs]], whose research focused on routing problems<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>[http://www.njinvent.org/awards/Awards2001.html 2001 Award Winners] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151106091050/http://www.njinvent.org//awards/Awards2001.html |date=November 6, 2015 }}, New Jersey Inventors hall of Fame. Accessed May 3, 2015. "New Jersey native Gerald R. Ash, who was born in Paterson and lived for many years in West Long Branch, started working for AT&T Bell Laboratories in 1976 as a member of the technical staff."</ref>
* [[Sisto Averno]] (1925–2012), guard and linebacker who played in the NFL for the original [[Baltimore Colts (1947–50)|Baltimore Colts]] (1950), the [[New York Yanks]] (1951), [[Dallas Texans (NFL)|Dallas Texans]] (1952) and the [[Indianapolis Colts#The NFL Baltimore Colts|Baltimore Colts]] (1953–1954)<ref>Kelly, Jacques. [https://www.baltimoresun.com/2012/03/29/sisto-j-averno-sr-colt-player/ "Sisto J. Averno Sr., Colt player1950s Baltimore Colt guard who also played for New York and Dallas became a Luby and Fox Chevrolet salesman"], ''[[The Baltimore Sun]]'', March 29, 2012. Accessed April 10, 2024. "Born in Paterson, N.J., he was the son of Roberto Averno and Elvira Isabella Salerno. While a student at Paterson High School, he played football and was scouted by colleges."</ref>
* [[Vincent Baggetta]] (born 1944), actor best known for his title role in the 1978–79 television series, ''[[The Eddie Capra Mysteries]]''<ref>Staff. [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19780902&id=tvlVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CuIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5498,515672&hl=en "Capra won't throw any punches"], ''[[Eugene Register-Guard]]'', September 2, 1978. Accessed December 15, 2015. "The call went out for Shannons, and a jaunty Italian from New York by way of Paterson, N.J., one Vincent Baggetta, turns up."</ref>
* [[Samm Sinclair Baker]] (1909–1997), author/coauthor of many how-to and self-help books, most notably ''[[The Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet]]'' which he coauthored with Dr. [[Herman Tarnower]]<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>Saxon, Wolfgang. [https://www.nytimes.com/1997/03/23/nyregion/samm-sinclair-baker-87-author-of-dozens-of-self-help-books.html "Samm Sinclair Baker, 87, Author Of Dozens of Self-Help Books"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', March 23, 1997. Accessed September 16, 2015. "He was born in Paterson, N.J., and was a 1929 economics graduate of the University of Pennsylvania."</ref>
* [[Nathan Barnert]] (1838–1927), businessman and politician; twice elected as the Mayor of Paterson<ref>Goldrich, Lois. [https://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/barnerts-return-to-paterson/ "Barnerts return to Paterson; Reunion will introduce new generation to old city"], ''[[Jewish Standard]]'', September 28, 2017. Accessed August 11, 2019. "Interestingly, none of the Barnerts on Bill's email list are direct descendants of Nathan, the larger-than-life figure who came to the United States in 1849, a poor child from Prussia, and established a lucrative silk mill in Paterson. Nathan Barnert won two terms as Paterson's mayor, and he contributed much of his wealth to establish and support a wide range of charities."</ref>
* [[Lawrence Barrett]] (1838–1891), leading actor of the 19th century<ref>Staff. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1891/03/21/103299764.pdf "Lawrence Barrett Dead; Pneumonia Fatal After An Illness Of Only Two Days. Swift Progress Of An Attack That At First Seemed Slight – Mrs. Barrett Present At The Last – The Story Of The Actor's Life."], ''[[The New York Times]]'', March 21, 1891. Accessed March 13, 2012. "Lawrence Barrett. the son of Thomas Barrett, a poor Irish immigrant, was born at Paterson, N.J., April 4, 1838."</ref>
* [[Charles K. Barton]] (1886–1958), politician; served in the [[New Jersey Senate]] 1943–1948<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=9doGAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Charles+K.+Barton%22+paterson ''Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, 1951''], p. 267. Accessed August 14, 2019. "Charles K. Barton, Paterson - Mr. Barton was born August 16, 1886, in Paterson."</ref>
* [[Charles D. Beckwith (politician)|Charles D. Beckwith]] (1838–1921), represented [[New Jersey's 5th congressional district]] 1889–1891; mayor of Paterson 1885–1889<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000295 Charles Dyer Beckwith profile], ''[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]''. Accessed August 13, 2007.</ref>
* [[Candace Beinecke]] (born 1946/1947), Senior Partner of Hughes Hubbard & Reed, where in 1999 she became the first female head of a major New York firm<ref>Hoffman, Jan. [https://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/02/nyregion/public-lives-charm-at-the-top-it-only-looks-easy-folks.html "Public Lives; Charm at the Top: It Only Looks Easy, Folks"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', June 2, 1999. Accessed December 19, 2020. "She grew up in Paterson, N.J., where her father practiced law and her mother, who was known professionally in the 1940's as Tippie Taylor, a radio host (but privately as Sylvia Altschuler), encouraged her to be a lawyer."</ref>
* [[Alexander Berzin (scholar)|Alexander Berzin]] (born 1944), Buddhist scholar, translator and teacher focusing on the Tibetan tradition<ref>Fineman, Mark. [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-dalai-lama-peace-g/137473462/ "Dalai Lama's Disciples Gather for Peace Prayer: About 150,000 participate in ceremony with the Peace Prize winner."], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', January 1, 1991. Accessed December 27, 2023, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "Standing beside the stage where the Dalai Lama was, in his words, 'planting the seeds' for enlightenment and world peace, was a 46-year-old native of Paterson, N.J. Dr. Alexander Berzin, whose Harvard doctorate in Far Eastern languages 20 years ago led him' to the Dalai Lama's northern India headquarters-in-exile of Dharam-sala, has served as archivist and part-time translator for the Dalai Lama ever since".</ref>
* [[Jeffrey Bewkes]] (born 1952), CEO, President, and Chairman of the Board of [[Time Warner]]<ref>Staff. [http://www.tvweek.com/in-depth/2008/01/12-to-watch-jeffrey-bewkes/ "12 to Watch: Jeffrey Bewkes"], ''[[TVWeek]]'', January 20, 2008. Accessed September 16, 2015. "Place of birth: Paterson, N.J."</ref>
* [[Jacob Bigeleisen]] (1919–2010), [[chemist]] who worked on the [[Manhattan Project]] on techniques to extract [[uranium-235]] from uranium ore<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>Van Hook, Alexander [http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/bigeleisen-jacob.pdf ''Jacob Biegeleisen 1919–2010: Biographical Memoirs''], [[National Academy of Sciences]], 2014. Accessed April 12, 2021. "Jacob ('Jake') Bigeleisen was born in 1919 in Paterson, New Jersey, of immigrant parents."</ref>
* [[Chauncey Black (singer)|Chauncey Black]] (born 1968), singer with the vocal group [[Blackstreet]]<ref>Staff. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CC&s_site=contracostatimes&p_multi=CC&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=1063FD9876575015&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "Backstreet Takes Music Higher"], ''[[Contra Costa Times]]'', August 8, 1997. Accessed March 13, 2012. "Heavy R&B group Blackstreet has reached 'Another Level' with its current album. Led by Chauncey 'Black' Hannibal and Teddy 'Street' Riley, Blackstreet, which performs at Saturday's KMEL Summer Jam at the Concord Pavilion, has expanded its stylistic range, tightened its vocal harmonies, and sought new audiences with its second album, 'Another Level.'... Weary of New York, the ace producer/musician moved his family to Virginia Beach about five years ago; Hannibal, from Paterson, NJ, followed."</ref>
* [[Glenn Borgmann]] (born 1950), former professional [[baseball]] [[catcher]] who played in [[Major League Baseball]] for the [[Minnesota Twins]] and [[Chicago White Sox]]<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>[https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=borgmgl01 Glenn Borgmann], Baseball Almanac. Accessed February 8, 2021. "Born In: Paterson, New Jersey... High School: Eastside High School (Paterson, NJ)"</ref>
* [[Jennie Bosschieter]] (1882–1900), woman who was raped and murdered, as an early victim of the date rape drug [[chloral hydrate]] which caused her death<ref>Krajicek, David J. [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/attacked-gang-article-1.305483 "Attacked by the Gang"], ''[[New York Daily News]]'', October 25, 2008. Accessed September 16, 2015. "On a mild October evening in 1900, a pretty teenager named Jennie Bosschieter walked to a drugstore from her home in Paterson, N.J., to fetch baby powder for an infant niece."</ref>
* [[Joseph Brain (academic)|Joseph Brain]] (born 1940), physiologist and environmental health researcher<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>[http://www.ibrarian.net/navon/paper/CURRICULUM_VITAE_I__BIOGRAPHICAL_INFORMATION.pdf?paperid=643334 Curriculum Vitae of Joseph David Brain], {{Webarchive | url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171231212013/http://www.ibrarian.net/navon/paper/CURRICULUM_VITAE_I__BIOGRAPHICAL_INFORMATION.pdf?paperid=643334 | date=December 31, 2017}}, ibrarian.com. Accessed December 27, 2023. "Name: Joseph David Brain; Birthdate: January 20, 1940; Place of Birth: Paterson, New Jersey"</ref>
* [[Bill Braun]], auto racer<ref>[http://www.racing-reference.info/driver?id=braunbi01 Bill Braun], racing-reference.info. Accessed March 13, 2012.</ref>
* [[Pete Bremy]] (born 1952), rock bass player best known for his associations with [[Vanilla Fudge]] and [[Cactus (American band)|Cactus]]<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>Limnios, Michael. [http://blues.gr/profiles/blogs/new-yorker-bassman-pete-bremy-talks-about-vanilla-fudge-cactus "Pete Bremy: Integrate the Groove"], Blues.gr, December 11, 2013. Accessed July 21, 2019. "Born in Paterson, New Jersey, Pete Bremy started singing about the age of 4."</ref>
* [[Gaetano Bresci]] (1869–1901), weaver and anarchist, assassinated Italian king [[Umberto I]]<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1900/07/31/archives/assassins-lot-fell-upon-anarchist-here-gaetano-bresci-the-kings-mur.html "Assassin's lot fell upon anarchist here; Gaetano Bresci, the King's Murderer, Lived in Paterson. Was in America six years his identity established, and his membership in an Italian Anarchistic Group in the New Jersey Town."], ''[[The New York Times]]'', July 31, 1900. Accessed August 12, 2018. "He is Gaetano Bresci, who left Paterson, N.J., in May, and went directly from New York to Europe, having been delegated by an Anarchist group, it is believed, to assassinate the King".</ref>
* [[Johnny Briggs (baseball)|Johnny Briggs]] (born 1944), former Major League Baseball player<ref>Idec, Keith. [http://www.northjersey.com/sports/121972273_Tardy_Mets_might_have_had_Paterson_s_Briggs.html "Tardy Mets might have had Paterson's Briggs"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', May 17, 2011. Accessed March 13, 2012. "Johnny Briggs' baseball career might've turned out very different if a Mets scout hadn't arrived late to his house one night in October 1962. Briggs, a former Eastside star, was eager to hear what the newest National League team had to offer. The Mets had just paid another amateur free agent, Ed Kranepool, $85,000 to sign, and the Paterson native was intrigued by the prospect of playing so close to his hometown."</ref>
* [[Mark Brown (linebacker born 1980)|Mark Brown]] (born 1980), NFL linebacker who played for the [[New York Jets]]<ref>Picker, David. [https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/18/sports/18jets.html?fta=y "Long Climb Pays Off for Jets' Linebacker"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 18, 2004. Accessed November 28, 2007. "Brown, a native of Paterson, N.J., stayed in the area and close to the phone."</ref>
* [[Edna Buchanan]] (born 1939), journalist and writer best known for her crime mystery novels<ref>Geeslin, Ned. [http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20098106,00.html "Edna Buchanan's Life Is No Day at the Beach—Her Calling Is ''Miami's Vice''"], ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'', January 18, 1988, Vol. 29 No. 2. Accessed September 16, 2015. "Showing no hint of burnout, Buchanan is as excited by an absorbing, grisly crime story today as she was growing up in Paterson, N.J. In those days she would buy all the New York tabloids and read them aloud to her Polish grandmother, who couldn't read English."</ref>
* [[Rubin Carter|Rubin "Hurricane" Carter]] (1937–2014), boxer whose triple murder conviction was later overturned, subject of the [[Bob Dylan]] song "[[Hurricane (Bob Dylan song)|Hurricane]]" and the movie ''[[The Hurricane (1999 movie)|The Hurricane]]''<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20061011085640/http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9542248 Rubin "Hurricane" Carter Biography (1937-)], [[The Biography Channel]]. Accessed September 4, 2011.</ref>
* [[Federico Castelluccio]] (born 1964), [[Italy|Italian]]-born actor, most known for portraying [[Furio Giunta]] on the [[Home Box Office|HBO]] series ''[[The Sopranos]]''<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927201104/http://www.corriere.com/viewstory.php?storyid=39495 "«I Sopranos? No agli stereotipi ma non facciamone un dramma» – Federico Castelluccio, il Furio Giunta della celebre serie tv, a Toronto per incontrare gli zii"], ''Corriere Canadese'', May 11, 2005.</ref>
* [[Frank Catania]] (born 1941), politician who served in the [[New Jersey General Assembly]] from the [[New Jersey's 35th legislative district|35th Legislative District]] 1990–1994<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>Jacobs, Charles. [https://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/12/nyregion/new-jersey-q-a-frank-catania-a-watchdog-for-the-casino-industry.html "New Jersey Q & A: Frank Catania; A Watchdog for the Casino Industry"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', February 12, 1995. Accessed August 14, 2019. "Born: Nov. 17, 1941, in Paterson."</ref>
* [[Ersilia Cavedagni]] (1862–?), Italian-American [[anarcha-feminist]] activist, writer, and editor<ref>Guglielmo, Jennifer. [https://books.google.com/books?id=okLFdxiFLKEC&pg=PA162 ''Living the Revolution: Italian Women's Resistance and Radicalism in New York City, 1880–1945''], p. 162. [[University of North Carolina Press]], 2010. {{ISBN|9780807833568}}. Accessed December 30, 2017. "Both Italian and American authorities became particularly concerned over Cravello's developing friendship with Ersilia Cavedagni, whom they considered a 'very dangerous anarchist.' of 'limited formal instruction but much audaciousness.'... Cavedagni arrived in Paterson just as Cravello was gaining media attention."</ref>
* [[Joe Louis Clark|Joe Clark]] (1938–2020), educator and former principal of [[Eastside High School (Paterson, New Jersey)|Eastside High School]], depicted by [[Morgan Freeman]] in the movie ''[[Lean on Me (film)|Lean on Me]]''<ref name=LeanOnMe>[[Janet Maslin|Maslin, Janet]]. [https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?_r=1&res=950DE7D6123EF930A35750C0A96F948260 "Movie Review: ''Lean on Me''"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', March 3, 1989. Accessed January 24, 2012. "And Morgan Freeman manages it in ''Lean on Me,'' in which he plays Joe Clark, the controversial high-school principal from Paterson, N.J."</ref>
*[[Stockton B. Colt]] (1863–1937), architect (B)
* [[Lou Costello]] (1906–1959), comedian, actor and producer and part of the comedy duo [[Abbott and Costello]]<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>Nash, Margo. [https://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/24/nyregion/memories-linger-of-a-baaad-boy-from-paterson.html "Memories Linger Of a 'Baaad Boy' From Paterson"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', March 24, 2002. Accessed December 6, 2016. "On April 5, 1952, Abbott and Costello came to Paterson for the premiere of their film ''Jack and the Beanstalk.'' Klieg lights pierced the sky around the Fabian Theater on Church Street, and fans turned out to see Lou Costello, the star from Paterson who never forgot where he came from."</ref>
* [[Pat Costello (producer)|Pat Costello]] (1902–1990), actor, [[Television producer|producer]], [[stunt double]] and the brother of Lou Costello, who was the [[executive producer]] for ''[[The Abbott and Costello Show]]''<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-09-19-me-587-story.html "Pat Costello, 87, Brother of Late Comedian, Dies"], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', September 19, 1990. Accessed April 24, 2021. "Pat Costello, the brother of late comedian Lou Costello and a writer and producer of television's "Abbott & Costello Show," has died at his Encino home. He was 87.... Born Anthony S. Cristillo on Dec. 10, 1902, in Paterson, N. J., he served in the Navy during World War I."</ref>
* [[Christos M. Cotsakos]] (born 1948), former CEO of [[E*TRADE]]<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>[http://ww2.wpunj.edu/adminsrv/pub-info/Cotsakos.htm "Trading on a great education wp's richard reiss has a conversation with E*TRADE ceo christos cotsakos"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311000133/http://ww2.wpunj.edu/adminsrv/pub-info/Cotsakos.htm |date=March 11, 2007 }}, ''WP: The Magazine of William Paterson University'', Fall/Winter 1999. Accessed December 6, 2007. "Born and raised in Paterson, New Jersey, Cotsakos was a 1965 graduate of Eastside High School. He will tell you -- 'barely.'"</ref>
* [[Ernestina Cravello]] (1880–1942), [[Italian Americans|Italian-American]] [[Anarcha-feminism|anarcha-feminist]] activist during the late 19th and early 20th centuries<ref>Zimmer, Kenyon. [https://books.google.com/books?id=AhIDCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA66 ''Immigrants against the State: Yiddish and Italian Anarchism in America''], p. 66. Accessed December 28, 2017. "However, most of Paterson's anarchist women were like Ernestina Cravello, who before her emigration had a 'good reputation' and was not politically active but who became involved in the anarchist movement as a result of her two brothers' participation."</ref>
* [[Sunda Croonquist]], comic and actress<ref>DeMasters, Karen. [https://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/01/nyregion/comedy-hearing-the-laughter-in-women-s-lives.html "Hearing the Laughter in Women's Lives"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 1, 1999. Accessed May 1, 2010. "Like Ms. Langan, Ms. Croonquist now lives in Manhattan, but she grew up in Paterson, where she attended Roman Catholic schools from first grade through college."</ref>
* [[Victor Cruz (American football)|Victor Cruz]] (born 1986), wide receiver for the NFL Super Bowl championship team, the [[New York Giants]]<ref>[[Bill Pennington|Pennington, Bill]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/sports/football/giants-victor-cruz-defied-odds-at-umass.html "Catching On After a Last Chance; Giants' Cruz Defied Odds at UMass"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', February 4, 2012. Accessed August 5, 2014. "It was not the first bump in the road Cruz had endured. The son of Blanca Cruz and Michael Walker, a Paterson firefighter, Cruz lived in the city's downtrodden Fourth Ward."</ref>
* [[Joe Cunningham (baseball)|Joe Cunningham]] (1931–2021), former MLB [[first baseman]] and [[outfielder]] who played for the [[St. Louis Cardinals]], [[Chicago White Sox]] and [[Washington Senators (1961–71)|Washington Senators]]<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cunnijo01.shtml Joe Cunningham], [[Baseball-Reference.com]]. Accessed August 5, 2014.</ref>
* [[Joan Wadleigh Curran]] (born 1950), visual artist, painter and printmaker<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>[https://www.paconventionart.com/artists/joan-wadleigh-curran Joan Wadleigh Curran], Pennsylvania Convention Center Art. Accessed February 15, 2023. "Place of Birth: Paterson, New Jersey"</ref>
* [[Frank Davenport]] (1912–1995), politician; Sheriff of Passaic County and served one term in the New Jersey Senate <span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=eDfwQUp48R8C&q=%22Frank+Davenport%22+paterson+1912 ''Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey''], p. 212. E. J. Mullin, 1977. Accessed August 14, 2019. "Frank Davenport, Rep., Paterson Senator Davenport was born in Paterson March 19, 1912. He attended St. Joseph's High School in Paterson."</ref>
* [[Anthony Davis (composer)|Anthony Davis]] (born 1951), pianist and composer<span style="color:blue;"> ''' (B)'''</span><ref>Palmer, Robert. [https://www.nytimes.com/1979/12/02/archives/anthony-davisexplorer-in-jazz-piano-anthony-davis-explorer-in-jazz.html"Anthony Davis‐Explorer in Jazz Piano; Anthony Davis‐ Explorer in Jazz"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 2, 1979. Accessed July 21, 2019. "Though they come from opposite ends of the continent — Mr. Davis was born in Paterson, N.J., while the flutist James Newton is a Californian — the co‐leaders are well matched."</ref>
* [[Richard W. DeKorte]] (1936–1979), politician; member of the [[New Jersey General Assembly]] <span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Fk3jhectAuYC&q=richard+dekorte+paterson+ramsey ''Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, 1973''], p. 428. J. A. Fitzgerald, 1973. Accessed August 14, 2019. "Richard W. De Korte (Rep., Franklin Lakes) - Assemblyman De Korte was born in Paterson, March 27, 1936."</ref>
* [[Andrew Derrom]] (1817–1892), military officer, inventor, civil engineer, and industrialist<ref>Nelson, William. [https://books.google.com/books?id=zDEUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA144-IA1 ''History of Bergen and Passaic Counties, New Jersey: With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men''], p. 144. Everts & Peck, 1882. Accessed December 9, 2016. "In November 1836 he came to Paterson, where he found employment under C.S. Van Wagoner to survey lay out and map the city."</ref>
* [[Bob DeVos]] (born 1946), [[jazz guitarist]] <span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>[http://www.bluesleaf.com/artists/bobdevos_bio.htm Bob DeVos], Blues Leaf Records. Accessed July 21, 2019. "Bob DeVos was born Robert Wayne DeVos in Paterson, New Jersey."</ref>
* [[William L. Dill]] (1874–1952), jurist who served on the [[New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals]]; politician; Democratic nominee for [[Governor of New Jersey]] in 1928 and 1934<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1952/01/16/archives/william-l-dill-former-jurist-i7-twice-democratic-candidate-for.html "William L, Dill, Former Jurist, 77; Twice Democratic Candidate for Governor of Jersey Dies -- Served on High Court"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', January 16, 1952. Accessed August 14, 2019. "Paterson, N. J., Jan. 15 -- William Leslie Dill, a former lay judge on the New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals and unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Governor of New Jersey in 1928 and 1934, died last night of a heart ailment at his home, 328 Eighteenth Avenue."</ref>
* [[Larry Doby]] (1923–2003), [[Baseball Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] Major League Baseball player and manager who broke the [[Baseball color line|color barrier]] in the [[American League]]<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1997/06/27/sports/paterson-is-making-move-to-honor-doby.html "Paterson Is Making Move to Honor Doby"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', June 27, 1997. Accessed January 24, 2012. "Larry Doby was a four-sport star in high school in Paterson, N.J., before going on to break the color barrier in the American League 50 years ago, when he joined the Cleveland Indians."</ref>
* [[Eric Downing]] (born 1978), NFL player<ref>Teicher, Adam. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=KC&p_theme=kc&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EFBF7B6D37BF943&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "Chiefs report: Fake punt fools KC"], ''[[Kansas City Star]]'', November 12, 2001. Accessed March 13, 2012. "Rookie defensive tackle Eric Downing, who made his second consecutive start, is from Paterson, NJ, and attended Syracuse University."</ref>
* [[Henry Drucker]] (1942–2002), political scientist and university fund-raiser<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>[https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/6584723.dr-henry-drucker/ "Dr Henry Drucker"], ''[[Oxford Mail]]'', November 19, 2002. Accessed August 31, 2023. "Dr. Drucker was born in Paterson, New Jersey, USA."</ref>
* [[Jacqueline Dubrovich]] (born 1994), Olympic [[Foil (fencing)|foil]] [[Fencing|fencer]]<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190722151337/https://www.teamusa.org/usa-fencing/athletes/Jackie-Dubrovich Jackie Dubrovich], [[United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee|Team USA]]. Accessed July 22, 2019.</ref>
* [[Lou Duva]] (1922–2017), [[boxing]] trainer, manager, and promoter, member of the [[International Boxing Hall Of Fame]]<ref>James, George. [https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/09/nyregion/in-person-slugging-it-out-all-these-years.html "In person; Slugging It Out All These Years"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', June 9, 2002. Accessed January 24, 2012. "Lou Duva grew up the second youngest of seven children in a working-class family in Paterson."</ref>
* [[Randy Edelman]] (born 1947), film and TV score composer<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>[http://www.filmreference.com/film/57/Randy-Edelman.html Randy Edelman], FilmReference.com. Accessed September 27, 2011.</ref>
* [[Barry Edelstein]] (born 1965), theatre director, author, and educator; Artistic Director of the [[Old Globe Theatre]] in [[San Diego]], [[California]]<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>Launer, Pat. [http://sdjewishjournal.com/sdjj/february-2013/new-face-at-the-old-globe/ "New Face at the Old Globe"], ''[[San Diego Jewish Journal]]'', January 31, 2013. Accessed March 19, 2016. "Edelstein (pronounced EH-duhl-steen), was born in Paterson, N.J. He grew up in Fair Lawn, N.J., where he attended Fair Lawn High School and went on to graduate summa cum laude from Tufts University."</ref>
* [[W. Cary Edwards]] (1944–2010), politician; [[Attorney General of New Jersey]] 1986–1989<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>via [[Associated Press]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/21/nyregion/21cedwards.html "On the Road With Cary Edwards"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', April 25, 1993. Accessed August 8, 2019. "Oakland, N.J. (AP) — W. Cary Edwards, who served more than 30 years in state government, including as attorney general, died Wednesday at his home here.... Mr. Edwards was born July 20, 1944, in Paterson, N.J., and raised in Fair Lawn."</ref>
* [[Eddie Einhorn]] (1936–2016), television executive, part-owner of the [[Chicago White Sox]]<ref>Cahillane, Kevin. [https://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/25/nyregion/worth-noting-white-sox-fans-say-it-aint-so.html "Worth nothing; White Sox Fans? Say It Ain't So"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', September 25, 2005. Accessed August 12, 2018. "Mr. Einhorn – who was born and raised in Paterson and lives in Alpine – is the flamboyant yin to the steely yang of the principal owner, Jerry Reinsdorf."</ref>
* [[Derrick Etienne Jr.|Derrick Etienne]] (born 1996), professional soccer player for the [[New York Red Bulls]]<ref>Staff. [http://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2015/12/21/new-york-red-bulls-sign-brandon-allen-derrick-etienne-homegrown-players "New York Red Bulls sign Brandon Allen, Derrick Etienne as Homegrown Players, now lead MLS with 7 HGPs"], [[Major League Soccer]], December 21, 2015. Accessed March 21, 2016. "Etienne, from Paterson, New Jersey, joined the Red Bulls academy as an Under-14 player and advanced through the developmental system."</ref>
* [[William W. Evans Jr.]] (1921–1999), politician who served as Mayor of [[Wyckoff, New Jersey|Wyckoff]] and in the New Jersey General Assembly; candidate for the Republican nomination for president in 1968<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=u1gLAQAAIAAJ&q=wyckoff+%22William+W.+Evans%22 ''Fitzgerald's Legislative Manual, 1960''], p. 378. Accessed November 13, 2017. "William W. Evans, Jr. (Rep., Wyckoff) William W. Evans, Jr., was born in Paterson, New Jersey, on May 6, 1921..... He is former Mayor of Wyckoff, New Jersey."</ref>
* [[George Feifer]] (1934–2019), journalist, novelist, and historian, known for his autobiographical novels chronicling life in the Soviet Union<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>Smith, Harrison. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/george-feifer-journalist-and-author-who-chronicled-the-soviet-union-dies-at-85/2019/11/18/2931b46a-0a18-11ea-bd9d-c628fd48b3a0_story.html "George Feifer, journalist and author who chronicled the Soviet Union, dies at 85"], ''[[The Washington Post]]'', November 18, 2019. Accessed January 6, 2022. "George Feifer was born in Paterson, N.J., on Sept. 8, 1934, and raised in Manhattan."</ref>
* [[Laurie Fendrich]] (born 1948), artist, writer and educator best known for her geometric abstract paintings<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>Muchnic, Suzanne. [https://artillerymag.com/33641-2/ "Laurie Fendrich - 'Thinking About Art'"], ''[[Artillery (magazine)|Artillery]]'', November 8, 2016. Accessed October 23, 2018. "Compressing all that in a brief profile is a challenge, but she helps by dismissing most of her early years. 'I don't have an interesting family story,' says Fendrich, 68, who was born in Paterson, New Jersey."</ref>
* [[John A. Ferraro]] (1946–2010), actor, academic, stage director, and television director<ref>Staff. [https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-passings-20101215-story.html "Passings: Dick Hoerner, John A. Ferraro"], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', December 15, 2010. Accessed October 8, 2018. "Ferraro was born April 5, 1946, in Paterson, N.J., and grew up in Wayne, N.J."</ref>
* [[Helene Fortunoff]] (1933–2021), businessperson who headed [[Fortunoff]]<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>Seelye, Katharine Q. [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/12/business/helene-fortunoff-dead.html "Helene Fortunoff, Who Built a Family Jewelry Empire, Dies at 88"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', November 12, 2021. Accessed January 31, 2023. "Helene Finke was born on March 2, 1933, in Paterson, N.J., and raised in Fair Lawn."</ref>
* [[J. John Fox]] ({{circa|1904}}–1999), judge known for his central role in the founding of the [[University of Massachusetts Medical School]]<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>[http://www.southcoasttoday.com/article/19991006/news03/310069995 "Obituaries"], ''[[The Standard-Times (New Bedford)|The Standard-Times]]'', October 6, 1999. Accessed October 10, 2017. "Fox was born in Paterson, N.J., and moved to Boston when he was young."</ref>
* [[Sidney Geist]] (1914–2005), artist who was known for his sculpture and his art criticism<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>[[Grace Glueck|Glueck, Grace]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/21/arts/design/sidney-geist-91-sculptor-and-writer-dies.html "Sidney Geist, 91, Sculptor and Writer, Dies"],''[[The New York Times]]'', October 21, 2005. Accessed August 28, 2022. "Born on April 11, 1914, in Paterson, N.J., Mr. Geist grew up there and attended St. Stephen's College in Annandale, N.Y."</ref>
* [[Abe Gelbart]] (1911–1994), mathematician, founding dean of the Belfer Graduate School of Science at [[Yeshiva University]], namesake of the International Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences at [[Bar-Ilan University]] in [[Ramat Gan]], [[Israel]]<ref>Staff. [https://library.ias.edu/files/pdfs/hs/cos.pdf#page=174 ''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=174 |date=November 24, 2011 }}, p. 174. [[Institute for Advanced Study]], 1980. Accessed November 20, 2015. "Gelbart, Abe 47–48 M Born 1911 Paterson, NJ."</ref>
* [[Allen Ginsberg]] (1926–1997), writer and [[Beat Generation]] poet<ref>Hampton, Wilborn. [https://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/06/nyregion/allen-ginsberg-master-poet-of-beat-generation-dies-at-70.html "Allen Ginsberg, Master Poet Of Beat Generation, Dies at 70"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', April 6, 1997. Accessed January 24, 2012. "Allen Ginsberg was born on June 3, 1926, in Newark and grew up in Paterson, N.J., the second son of Louis Ginsberg, a schoolteacher, and sometime poet, and the former Naomi Levy, a Russian emigree and fervent Marxist."</ref>
* [[Teresa Giudice]] (born 1972), reality show participant on ''[[The Real Housewives of New Jersey]]''<ref>[http://www.bravotv.com/the-real-housewives-of-new-jersey/bio/teresa-giudice Bios: Teresa Giudice] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120622072518/http://www.bravotv.com/the-real-housewives-of-new-jersey/bio/teresa-giudice |date=June 22, 2012 }}, [[Bravo (U.S. TV channel)|Bravo]]. Accessed July 4, 2013. "She grew up in Paterson, New Jersey, where she met her husband of more than ten years, Joe."</ref>
* [[Abraham Godwin (soldier)|Abraham Godwin]] (1724–1777), captain of Marines [[USS Lady Washington (1776)|USS ''Lady Washington'']] in 1776<ref>[http://www.revolutionarywarnewjersey.com/new_jersey_revolutionary_war_sites/towns/paterson_nj_revolutionary_war_sites.htm Revolutionary War Sites in Paterson, New Jersey], Revolutionary War New Jersey. Accessed September 6, 2017. "In memory of Abraham Godwin. Pioneer of Paterson"</ref>
* [[Abraham Godwin]] (1763–1835), member of the New Jersey General Assembly 1802–1806<ref name=Stauffer/>
* [[Abraham Godwin Jr.]] (1791–1849), member of the New Jersey General Assembly 1821–1832{{citation needed|date=September 2017}}
* [[Parke Godwin (journalist)|Parke Godwin]] (1816–1904), journalist<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref name=Stauffer>Stauffer, David McNeely. [https://archive.org/details/americanengraver02staurich/page/107 ''American Engravers Upon Copper and Steel: Biographical sketches, illustrated. Index to engravings described with check-list numbers and names of engravers and artists''], p. 107. Grolier Club of the City of New York, 1907. Accessed September 6, 2017. "Godwin, Abraham – Born in what is now Paterson, N.J., July 16, 1763; died there Oct. 5, 1835; he was the son of Abraham Godwin and Phebe Cool.... He was the father of the late editor and author. Parke Godwin. who was born in Paterson, N.J., in 1816."</ref>
* [[Percy Goetschius]] (1853–1943), teacher of the theory of [[musical composition]]<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>Thompson, David M. [https://books.google.com/books?id=H4QIAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Percy+Goetschius%22+paterson ''A history of harmonic theory in the United States''], p. 37. [[Kent State University Press]], 1980. {{ISBN|9780873382465}}. Accessed August 11, 2019. "Born in 1853 in Paterson, New Jersey, Percy Goetschius showed an early aptitude for music."</ref>
* [[Shotsie Gorman]] (born 1951), tattoo artist, painter, sculptor and poet<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>Allee, Rod. [https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/499626687/ "The soul of an artist; Creativity helps Paterson native cope with wife's death"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', January 14, 2000. Accessed May 20, 2021, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "Shotsie is an only child of 48 years. He grew up in Peterson's Brook Sloate housing project and in an apartment near it."</ref>
* [[Bill Haast]] (1910–2011), snake and venom specialist, director of Miami Serpentarium Laboratories<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>Rosenberg, Carol via ''[[The Miami Herald]]''. [https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-bill-haast-20110621-story.html "Bill Haast dies at 100; snakes were the charm for south Florida celebrity: At a Florida roadside attraction, Bill Haast extracted venom for paying customers. His wife says he survived 172 venomous snakebites and donated blood to 21 snakebite victims. 'I could become a poster boy for the benefits of venom,' he said."], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', June 21, 2011. Accessed August 5, 2014. "Born William E. Haast on Dec. 30, 1910, in Paterson, N.J., he became a south Florida celebrity for surviving successive venomous snakebites."</ref>
* [[Alen Hadzic]] (born 1991), former [[épée]] fencer, banned for life for sexual misconduct<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>[https://gocolumbialions.com/sports/fencing/roster/alen-hadzic/5851 Alen Hadzic], [[Columbia Lions]]. Accessed July 9, 2023. "Alen Hadzic, b. November 15, 1991 in Paterson, N.J."</ref>
* [[Thomas Hagan]] (born {{circa|1942}}), one of the men convicted for the assassination of [[Malcolm X]]<ref>Kihss, Peter. [http://partners.nytimes.com/library/national/race/022265race-ra.html "Malcolm X Shot to Death at Rally Here: Three Other Negroes Wounded - One is Held in Killing"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', February 22, 1965. Accessed March 13, 2012. "Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation showed that Hagan's real name is Talmadge Hayer, the police said this morning. He was booked as Thomas Hagan. The F.B.I. records showed that the suspect's address was 347 Marshall Street, Paterson, N.J."</ref>
* [[Joseph Haj]], actor, eighth artistic director of the [[Guthrie Theater]]<ref>Baenen, Jeff. [https://apnews.com/09f2a0a47b3843b380bf0edb9ef9d1ea  "Not your average Joe: Haj makes Guthrie directing debut"], [[Associated Press]], January 20, 2016. Accessed October 8, 2018. "'Our work needs to reflect the broadness of this nation,' said Haj, an Arab-American who was born to Palestinian immigrant parents in Paterson, New Jersey, and grew up in Miami."</ref>
* [[Alexander Hamilton]] (1755/57–1804), first [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]]; helped found the [[Society for the Establishment of Useful Manufactures]] (S.U.M.) that helped establish Paterson around the Great Falls<ref>[http://patersongreatfalls.org/hamilton.html Alexander Hamilton ], Paterson Friends of the Great Falls. Accessed May 3, 2015.</ref>
* [[Keith Hamilton (American football)|Keith Hamilton]] (born 1971), NFL defensive tackle who spent his entire 12-season career with the New York Giants<ref>[http://www.nfl.com/player/keithhamilton/2500991/profile Keith Hamilton], [[NFL.com]]. Accessed May 30, 2015.</ref>
* [[Larry Hand]] (born 1940), [[defensive end]] and [[defensive tackle]] who played in the [[National Football League]] (NFL) for the [[Detroit Lions]] 1965–1977<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>[http://www.njsportsheroes.com/larryhandfb.html Larry Hand], NJSports.com. Accessed November 18, 2017. "Larry Thomas Hand was born July 10, 1940 in Paterson and grew up in the nearby town of Butler. Larry was a late bloomer size-wise."</ref>
* [[The Happenings]], pop music group created in the 1960s<ref>Hall, Debbie. [http://www.axs.com/1960-s-group-the-happenings-return-to-the-suncoast-showroom-in-las-veg-24004 "1960s group The Happenings return to the Suncoast Showroom in Las Vegas"]. [[AXS (ticket merchant)|AXS]], October 18, 2014. Accessed January 14, 2017.</ref>
* [[Donald Hayden]] (1937–2014), politician who served in the [[New Jersey General Assembly]] from the [[New Jersey's 35th legislative district|35th Legislative District]] from 1994 to 1996, and on the Paterson city council<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=rHIkAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Donald+Hayden%22+Rep.+assembly ''Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, 1995''], p. 271. Accessed January 29, 2024. "Donald Hayden, Rep., Paterson - Assemblyman Hayden was born April 24, 1937, in Paterson, and attended parochial and public schools in the city."</ref>
* [[Gerald Hayes]] (born 1980), linebacker for the [[Arizona Cardinals]]<ref>[http://www.nflplayers.com/players/player.aspx?id=34632 Gerald Hayes player profile], [[National Football League Players Association]]. Accessed July 23, 2007. "resides in Paterson, New Jersey."</ref>
* [[Jon Herington]] (born 1954), guitarist, singer-songwriter, record producer, and session musician<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>Derrough, Leslie Michele. [https://glidemagazine.com/36914/jon-herrington-steely-dans-lead-guitarist/ "Jon Herington – Steely Dan'S Lead Guitarist"], ''Glide Magazine'', June 24, 2013. Accessed August 11, 2019. "I was born in North Jersey in a town called Paterson but really grew up on the Jersey Shore in a town called West Long Branch, New Jersey."</ref>
* [[Ureli Corelli Hill]] (1802–1875), music conductor and founder of the [[New York Symphony Orchestra]]<ref>Blumenthal, Ralph.[https://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/29/arts/philharmonic-gets-diary-of-a-savvy-music-man.html "Philharmonic Gets Diary Of a Savvy Music Man"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', July 29, 2002. Accessed January 24, 2012. "Hill played violin with the orchestra until he was over 70, then fell into poverty and depression. In 1875, living in Paterson, N.J., he wrote a farewell note to his second wife: 'Why should or how can a man exist and be powerless to earn means for his family?'"</ref>
* [[Garret A. Hobart]] (1844–1899), Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly, President of the New Jersey Senate and the 24th [[Vice President of the United States]], serving under President William McKinley<ref>Staff. [https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-obituary-for-garret-a/137473931/ "Garret A. Hobart: The Vice-President Dies of Angina Pectoris Funeral To Be Held At Paterson Saturday The End Come Yesterday Morning—President Mckinley Issues a Proclamation — Arrangements for the Funeral Mr. Hobart's Career"], ''[[Hartford Courant]]'', November 22, 1899. Accessed December 27, 2023, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "Paterson, N. J., Nov. 21. – Garret A. Hobart, vice-president of the United States, died of angina pectoris at 8:30 o'clock this morning at his home in this city."</ref>
* [[Kendall Holt]] (born 1981), [[light welterweight]] boxer who held the WBO junior welterweight championship 2008–09<ref>Silversey, Dylon. [http://blog.nj.com/new-jersey-boxing/2011/05/patersons_holt_gets_back_into.html "Paterson's Holt gets back into title picture with knockout victory"], [[NJ.com]], May 14, 2011. Accessed December 13, 2013. "Former NABO & WBO champion and Paterson native Kendall 'Rated R' Holt returned to his previously highly regarded form on Friday night, knocking out the former champion Julio Diaz (38–7 27KO), in the main event on ESPN's Friday Night Fights."</ref>
* [[Michael Hossack]] (1946–2012), drummer, member of the [[Doobie Brothers]]<ref>via [[Associated Press]]. [http://www.northjersey.com/obituaries/famous/Longtime_Doobie_Brothers_drummer_Hossack_dies_.html "Paterson native Michael Hossack, drummer for Doobie Brothers, dies"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', March 13, 2012. Accessed March 13, 2012.</ref>
* [[William Hughes (U.S. senator)|William Hughes]] (1872–1918), lawyer and politician who represented [[New Jersey's sixth congressional district]] (from 1903 to 1905 and 1907 to 1912) and served as United States Senator from New Jersey (from 1913 to 1918)<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1918/01/31/archives/senator-hughes-lang-ill-is-dead-new-jersey-representative-began-his.html "Senator Hughes, Long Ill, Is Dead"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', January 31, 1918. Accessed August 31, 2023. "United States Senator William Hughes of Paterson died here today at 10:15 A. M., at a hospital where he had been confined for many weeks suffering from septic poisoning resulting from an infection of the teeth, followed by bronchial pneumonia."</ref>
* [[Michael Jace]] (born 1962), actor who appeared in ''[[The Shield]]''<ref>Hyman, Vicki. [http://www.nj.com/entertainment/celebrities/index.ssf/2014/05/michael_jace_shot_wife_april_the_shield_murder.html "'The Shield' actor, Paterson native Michael Jace accused of murdering wife"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', May 20, 2014. Accessed August 5, 2014. "Actor Michael Jace, a Paterson native best known for playing a moral Los Angeles police officer in a corrupt unit on FX's trailblazing "The Shield," has been arrested in Los Angeles for alleging shooting his wife to death Monday night, the Los Angeles Times reports."</ref>
* [[Ameer Jackson]] (born 1994), American professional basketball player<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>{{cite web |title=Ameer Jackson's Basketball Journey |url=https://www.proballers.com/basketball/player/181796/ameer-jackson# |website=Pro Ballers}}</ref>
* [[Charlie Jamieson]] (1893–1969), Major League Baseball player<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/jamiech01.shtml Charlie Jamieson], [[Baseball-Reference.com]]. Accessed December 14, 2008.</ref>
* [[Henry Janowitz]] (1915–2008), Professor Emeritus of [[Gastroenterology]] at the [[Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai]], known for his contributions into [[inflammatory bowel disease]]s <span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>Kirsner, Joseph B. [https://www.gastrojournal.org/article/0016-5085(84)90065-9/pdf "Friedenwald Presentation to Henry David Janowitz, M.D."], ''[[Gastroenterology (journal)|Gastroenterology]]'', Vol. 87, No. 4. {{ISSN|0016-5085}}. Accessed August 29, 2019. "Henry David Janowitz was born March 23, 1915, in Paterson, New Jersey."</ref>
* [[Morris Janowitz]] (1919–1988), sociologist and professor who made major contributions to sociological theory, the study of prejudice, urban issues and patriotism<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>Heise, Kenan. [https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1988-11-08-8802130886-story.html "U. of C. Sociology Prof Morris Janowitz, 69"], ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'', November 8, 1988. Accessed October 18, 2020. "A native of Paterson, N.J., Mr. Janowitz received his bachelor's degree from [[Washington Square College]], part of [[New York University]]."</ref>
* [[Charles Samuel Joelson]] (1916–1999), lawyer and politician who served on the Paterson City Council and as the Representative for [[New Jersey's 8th congressional district]] 1961–1969<ref>Saxon, Wolfgang. [https://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/21/nyregion/charles-s-joelson-83-congressman-who-saved-school-libraries.html "Charles S. Joelson, 83, Congressman Who Saved School Libraries"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 21, 1999. Accessed December 3, 2017. "A native of Paterson, Charles Joelson graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1937 from Cornell University, where he also received his law degree in 1939. He practiced law in Paterson until 1961, with time out for service as an ensign in the Navy's intelligence service in the Far East during World War II. He served on the Paterson City Council in the early 1950s and then as a 'racket-busting' Deputy Attorney General of New Jersey."</ref>
* [[Devhonte Johnson]], [[Brazilian jiu-jitsu]] competitor and coach <span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>[https://www.bjjheroes.com/bjj-fighters/devhonte-johnson Devhonte Johnson], BJJ Heroes. Accessed April 23, 2023. "Devhonte Johnson was born in Paterson, New Jersey, United States of America, being raised in one of the most crime-afflicted areas of Passaic County called the 4th ward, on a street named Godwin Avenue.."</ref>
* [[Jemal Johnson]] (born 1985), former professional soccer player, most known for his spell with English [[EFL League One|League One]] side [[Milton Keynes Dons F.C.|MK Dons]] <span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>Ubha, Ravi. [http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=526591&root=americansabroad&&cc=5901 "Johnson finds a home with the M.K. Dons"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090527110200/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=526591&root=americansabroad&&cc=5901 |date=May 27, 2009 }}, ''[[ESPNsoccernet]]'', April 17, 2008. Accessed December 14, 2008. "Johnson was born in Paterson, N.J., moved to England when he was 5, and can also compete for Jamaica, given his mother's background."</ref>
* [[Maxine Jones]] (born 1966), singer, member of [[En Vogue]]<ref>Berkman, Meredith. [https://ew.com/article/1992/06/05/en-vogue-rise-top/ "Funky Divas: En Vogue rise to the top – In just two years the group has sold more than two million records"], ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'', June 5, 1992. Accessed March 13, 2012. "Maxine Jones, 26. File: The self-described 'moody' member of the group. Bio: Originally from Paterson, NJ, she was 5 when her mother died."</ref>
* [[Ron Cephas Jones]] (born 1957), actor known for ''[[This is Us]]'', ''[[Mr. Robot]]'' and ''[[Across the Universe (film)|Across The Universe]]''<ref>[http://nj1015.com/this-is-us-has-nj-connections/ "How hit show ''This Is Us'' is connected to NJ — NO spoilers, scout's honor!"], [[WKXW]], February 23, 2017. Accessed February 17, 2018. "First, the cast includes New Jersey native, Ron Cephas Jones. The Paterson native who plays William (Randall's biological dad) graduated John F. Kennedy High School and then attended Ramapo College in Mahwah. Jones also has had recent roles in ''Mr. Robot'' & ''Luke Cage''."</ref>
*<!-- Alphabetized as "Just Blaze" (not "Blaze, Just")--> [[Just Blaze]] (born 1978), [[hip hop music]] producer<ref>Staff. [http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/music/news/in-pictures-red-bull-music-academy-at-harlem-cafe-in-belfast-16126473.html "In Pictures: Red Bull Music Academy at Harlem Cafe in Belfast"], ''[[Belfast Telegraph]]'', March 5, 2012. Accessed March 13, 2012. "Joining Kerri was legendary hip hop producer Just Blaze aka Justin Smith from Paterson, NJ. The CEO of Fort Knocks Entertainment is best known for producing hits from Jay-Z's Blueprint, Blueprint 2, and The Black Album."</ref>
* [[Alfred E. Kahn]] (1917–2010), economist and deregulation advocate<ref>Hershey Jr., Robert D. [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/29/business/29kahn.html "Alfred E. Kahn Dies at 93; Prime Mover of Airline Deregulation"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 28, 2010. Accessed January 14, 2013. "Alfred Edward Kahn, known as Fred, was born on Oct. 17, 1917, in Paterson, N. J., the son of Russian immigrants, and came of age during the Depression, which prompted his interest in economics."</ref>
* [[Carla A. Katz]] (born 1959), labor leader who served as president of Local 1034 of the [[Communications Workers of America]] 1999–2008<ref>[[Cindy Adams|Adams, Cindy]]. [https://nypost.com/2007/06/06/jons-ex-tells-all/ "Jon'S Ex Tells All"], ''[[New York Post]]'', June 6, 2007. Accessed August 11, 2019. "'Look, I'm from Paterson. My father was a factory worker. I thought rich meant having a fence in front of your house.'"</ref>
* [[Joseph Keller]] (1923–2016), [[mathematician]] who specialized in [[applied mathematics]]<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>[[Sam Roberts (newspaper journalist)|Roberts, Sam]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/17/us/joseph-b-keller-mathematician-with-whimsical-curiosity-dies-at-93.html "Joseph B. Keller, Mathematician With Whimsical Curiosity, Dies at 93"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', September 16, 2016. Accessed September 19, 2016. "Joseph Bishop Keller was born in Paterson, N.J., on July 31, 1923. His father, Isaac Keiles — whose name, he said, was changed when he arrived in the United States — was a Russian refugee who fled pogroms against Jews.... Joseph Keller competed on the math team at East Side High School in Paterson."</ref>
* [[King Kelly]] (1857–1894), Major League Baseball player and member of the Baseball Hall of Fame<ref>Gordon, Peter M. [http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/ffc40dac King Kelly], [[Society for American Baseball Research]]. Accessed August 20, 2014. "Kelly told the story of what happened next in his autobiography, ''Play Ball, Stories of the Ball Field'': 'Ill health compelled my father to leave the army, and we moved to Paterson, N.J.'"</ref><ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1894/11/09/archives/king-kelly-dies-of-pneumonia-the-famous-players-record-on-the.html "'King' Kelly Dies Of Pneumonia.; The Famous Player's Record on the Baseball Field."], ''[[The New York Times]]'', November 9, 1894. Accessed August 12, 2018. "'King' Kelly, as he was dubbed by the occupants of the at baseball games, was born at Troy, N. Y., but when young was taken to Paterson, N. J., where he learned to play baseball."</ref>
* [[Bernard Kerik]] (born 1955), former [[New York City Police Commissioner]]<ref>James, Randy. [https://web.archive.org/web/20091112145104/http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1935825,00.html "2-Min. Bio: Bernard Kerik"], ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' November 6, 2009. Accessed May 1, 2010. "Born Sept. 4, 1955, in Newark, N.J., 'Bernie' grew up in a tough neighborhood of Paterson, N.J., a suburb of New York City."</ref>
* [[Joseph Kipley]] (1848–1904), [[Superintendent (police)|Superintendent]] of the [[Chicago Police Department]] 1897–1901<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>Flinn, John Joseph; and Wilkie, John Elbert. [https://books.google.com/books?id=_yYDAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA489 ''History of the Chicago Police: From the Settlement of the Community to the Present Time, Under Authority of the Mayor and Superintendent of the Force''], p. 489. Police book fund, 1887. Accessed November 12, 2018. "Joseph Kipley, lieutenant in charge of the Thirty-fifth street district, was born in Paterson, New Jersey, on November 24, 1848, and came to Chicago on July 3, 1865."</ref>
* [[Gabriel Kolko]] (1932–2014), historian, author<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>Stromberg, Joseph. [http://fff.org/explore-freedom/article/gabriel-koklo-revisited-part-1-kolko-at-home Gabriel Kolko Revisited, Part 1: Kolko at Home], September 1, 2013. Accessed May 20, 2014. "Born in 1932 in Paterson, NJ, historian Gabriel Kolko..."</ref>
* [[Garret Kramer]], author and performance coach<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>[http://drkevinpecca.com/the-path-of-no-resistance-with-garret-kramer/ "The Path of No Resistance with Garret Kramer"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204114551/http://drkevinpecca.com/the-path-of-no-resistance-with-garret-kramer/ |date=December 4, 2017 }}, DrKevinPecca.com, October 30, 2017. Accessed December 3, 2017. "[Q] Garret, where are you from? [A] I was born in Paterson, New Jersey. I grew up in Clifton, New Jersey. I was into playing hockey, pretty much that's what I was into."</ref>
* [[Vincent R. Kramer]] (1918–2001), [[United States Marine Corps]] [[Colonel (United States)|colonel]] who was a [[guerrilla warfare]] expert and was awarded the [[Navy Cross]] during the [[Korean War]]<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>[https://www.newjerseyhills.com/col-vincent-kramer-decorated-marine-veteran/article_c581325c-b0a1-5f4f-b92d-4f4467460326.html "Col. Vincent Kramer, decorated Marine veteran"], ''New Jersey Hills'', October 11, 2001. Accessed June 29, 2020. "Vincent R. Kramer, 83, of the Basking Ridge section of Bernards Township, died on Monday, Sept. 17, 2001, at Morris Hills Multicare Center in Morristown. Born in Paterson, he attended the Bordentown Military Institute and Rutgers College under football scholarships."</ref>
* [[Peter Kreeft]] (born 1937), philosopher at [[Boston College]] and [[The King's College (New York)|The King's College]] and author of numerous popular books of [[Christian philosophy]], [[Christian theology|theology]], and [[Christian apologetics|apologetics]]<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>[https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80094108.html Kreeft, Peter], [[Library of Congress]]. Accessed December 27, 2023. "Birth Place Paterson (N.J.)"</ref>
* [[Sally Kornbluth]] (born 1960), [[Cell biology|cell biologist]] and academic administrator, serving as the 18th [[List of presidents of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology|president of the]] [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>Bradt, Steve. [https://jewishjournal.org/2022/10/27/sally-kornbluth-is-named-mits-18th-president/ "Sally Kornbluth is named MIT’s 18th president"], ''[[The Jewish Journal (Boston North)|The Jewish Journal]]'', October 27, 2022. Accessed February 26, 2025. "Born in Paterson, N.J., Kornbluth grew up in nearby Fair Lawn."</ref>
* [[Jim Lampley (basketball)|Jim Lampley]] (born 1960), [[professional basketball]] [[center (basketball)|center]] who played for the [[Philadelphia 76ers]] during the 1986–87 season<ref>D'Alesaandro, Dave. [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-record-jim-lampley-of-paterson-and-p/124016804/ "Passaic Tech alumnus stars; Lampley: Little Rock's rock"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', February 20, 1983. Accessed May 3, 2023, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "Lampley, who had transferred from Vanderbilt, gave them a lot to talk about. The Paterson native averaged 15 points and seven rebounds as a junior to lead the Trojans to a 19-8 record and the Trans America Athletic Conference regular-season title last season."</ref>
* [[Sue Ane Langdon]] (born 1936), actress<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>Robinson, Dale; and Fernandes, David. [https://books.google.com/books?id=tcr6UMkvVPwC&pg=PT115 ''The Definitive Andy Griffith Show Reference: Episode-by-Episode, with Cast and Production Biographies and a Guide to Collectibles''], p. 115. [[McFarland & Company]], 2012. {{ISBN|9781476601878}}. Accessed July 21, 2019. "Sue Ane Langdon portrays Mary Simpson in this episode. Langdon was born in Paterson, New Jersey."</ref>
* [[Frank Lautenberg]] (1924–2013), politician who represented New Jersey in the [[United States Senate]]<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>[http://lautenberg.senate.gov/about/biography.cfm Senator Lautenberg's Biography] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130806175516/http://www.lautenberg.senate.gov/about/biography.cfm |date=August 6, 2013 }}, [[United States Senate]]. Accessed March 13, 2012. "Senator Lautenberg was born in Paterson, New Jersey, the son of Polish and Russian immigrants who came to the United States through Ellis Island. His early life was unsettled as his parents moved about a dozen times while struggling to support the family."</ref>
* [[Jaynee LaVecchia]] (born 1954), Justice who has served on the [[New Jersey Supreme Court]] since 2000<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=maJMAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Justice+LaVecchia+was+born+in+Paterson+on+October+9,+1954%22 ''Fitzgerald's Legislative Manual, State of New Jersey, 2000''], p. 517. E. J. Mullin, 2000. Accessed September 18, 2019. "Justice LaVecchia was born in Paterson on October 6, 1954."</ref>
* [[John L. Leal]] (1858–1914), physician and water utility sanitary adviser; responsible for the installation of the first drinking water chlorine disinfection system in the United States<ref>Leal, John L. (1909). "The Sterilization Plant of the Jersey City Water Supply Company at Boonton, N.J." ''Proceedings'' American Water Works Association. pp. 100–9.</ref>
* [[Walt Levinsky]] (1929–1999), big band and orchestral player, composer, arranger, and bandleader<ref>[[Stephen Holden|Holden, Stephen]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/14/arts/pop-jazz-a-musician-follows-his-idol.html "Pop/Jazz; A Musician Follows His Idol"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 14, 1987. Accessed August 11, 2019. "Five nights a week, Mr. Levinsky leads a hand-picked ensemble of 14 alumni from Benny Goodman's big band in classic arrangements created over three decades. To top it off, he gets to play many of the Goodman clarinet solos he learned by heart when he was a child growing up in Paterson, N.J."</ref>
* [[Son Lewis]] (born 1951), blues singer and guitarist<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>Limnios, Michael. [http://blues.gr/profiles/blogs/an-interview-with-son-lewis-a-faithful-and-loving-interpreter-of "Son Lewis: Silky Soul Bluesman"], Blues Network, February 22, 2013. Accessed August 11, 2019. "Son (born Andrew Lewis, December 11, 1951, Paterson, New Jersey) was influenced greatly by artists such as Robert Johnson, Otis Rush, and Hubert Sumlin (who he had the pleasure of accompanying in December 2006)."</ref>
* [[John LoCascio]] (born 1991), defenseman for the [[Rochester Rattlers]] in [[Major League Lacrosse]]<ref>[http://www.villanova.com/sports/m-lacros/mtt/john_locascio_711818.html John LoCascio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807221642/http://www.villanova.com/sports/m-lacros/mtt/john_locascio_711818.html |date=August 7, 2016 }}, [[Villanova Wildcats men's lacrosse]]. Accessed May 27, 2016. "Hometown: Fairfield, N.J.; High School: West Essex Regional... Born November 25, 1991 in Paterson, N.J.</ref>
* [[David P. Long]] (born 1975), academic administrator, professor and Roman Catholic [[Canon law|canonist]]<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>[https://davidlong.academia.edu "David P. Long"], [[Academia.edu]]. Accessed July 13, 2024. "Born and raised in Paterson, New Jersey, Long now resides in Maryland with his wife and two young sons. He is an expert in the teaching office of the Catholic Church, the writings of John Henry Newman, doctrinal development, and papal infallibility."</ref>
* [[Adrienne Mancia]] (1927–2022), curator best known for her work with the [[Museum of Modern Art]] and the [[Brooklyn Academy of Music]]<ref>[[Neil Genzlinger|Genzlinger, Neil]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/17/movies/adrienne-mancia-dead.html "Adrienne Mancia, Influential Film Curator, Dies at 95"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 17, 2022. Accessed December 17, 2022. "Adrienne Mancia, who scoured the world for significant films and brought them to New York as a longtime curator at the Museum of Modern Art and later at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, died on Sunday in Teaneck, N.J.... She grew up in Paterson, N.J., and graduated from Eastside High School in 1944 after skipping a few grades."</ref>
* [[Don Martin (cartoonist)|Don Martin]] (1931–2000), cartoonist for ''[[Mad (magazine)|Mad]]'' magazine<ref>Woo, Elaine. [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-obituary-of-cartoo/137473642/ "Obituaries; Don Martin; Cartoonist Exemplified Mad Magazine in Sight and Sound"], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', January 8, 2000. Accessed December 27, 2023, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "Born in Paterson, N.J., Martin showed an early talent for drawing."</ref>
* [[Edward L. Masry]] (1932–2005), attorney whose firm was behind the case featured in ''[[Erin Brockovich (film)|Erin Brockovich]]''<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>Martin, Douglas. [https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/08/national/08masry.html "Edward L. Masry, 73, Pugnacious Lawyer, Dies"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 8, 2005. Accessed December 8, 2007. "Edward L. Masry was born in Paterson, N.J., on July 29, 1932. His parents started a silk apparel business, but when silk import tariffs were lifted, the business faltered. The family then headed for California."</ref>
* [[Frank Mattiace]] (born 1961), former professional [[American football|football]] [[nose tackle]] and coach<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MattFr21.htm Frank Mattiaca], [[Pro-Football-Reference.com]]. Accessed September 15, 2024. "Born: January 20, 1961 in Paterson, NJ (Age: 63-239d)... High School: Montville (NJ)"</ref>
* [[Markis McDuffie]] (born 1997), professional [[basketball]] player for [[Napoli Basket (2016)|Napoli Basket]] of the Italian [[Lega Basket Serie A]]<ref>Rowe, John. [https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/college/2019/04/02/markis-mcduffie-paterson-nj-leads-wichita-state-into-nit-semifinals/3337617002/ "Markis McDuffie, who grew up in Paterson, leads Wichita State into NIT semifinals"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', April 2, 2019. Accessed December 26, 2021. "Markis McDuffie lives in Paterson and went to high school in Jersey City."</ref>
* [[Thomas McEwan Jr.]] (1854–1926), represented [[New Jersey's 7th congressional district]] from 1895 to 1899<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000431 Thomas McEwan Jr.], ''[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]''. Accessed August 11, 2007.</ref>
* [[Edward McNamara]] (1884–1944), Broadway and Hollywood actor who was discovered while working as a police officer in Paterson<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>Jones, Ken D.; McClure, Arthur F.; Womey, Alfred E. [https://books.google.com/books?id=GuNkAAAAMAAJ&q=paterson+Edward+McNamara+1884 ''Character People''], p. 135. A. S. Barnes, 1976. {{ISBN|9780498016974}}. Accessed October 8, 2018. "Edward McNamara 1887-1944 Edward McNamara was born in Paterson, New Jersey. He became a policeman in that city, but he had a voice with lots of promise and was sent to the School of Music at the University of Michigan...."</ref>
* [[Verna Mersereau]] (1896–1935), dancer and actress who performed on stage and screen<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sacramento-union-verna-m-capra-fam/155249184/ "Verna .M. Capra, Famed Actress, Dies In Weimar"], ''[[The Sacramento Union]]'', September 27, 1935. Accessed September 18, 2024, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "Verna Mersereau Capra, 40, Sacramentan and internationally known actress who retired two years ago because of ill health, died yesterday in Weimar sanitarium where she had been confined since March.... She was born in Paterson, N. J."</ref>
* [[George Middleton (playwright)|George Middleton]] (1880–1967), playwright<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>via [[Associated Press]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/1967/12/24/archives/george-middleton-a-playwright-87-former-head-of-dramatists-guild-87.html "George Middleton A Playwright, 87; Former Head of Dramatists' Guild, 87, Is Dead"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 24, 1967. March 13, 2012. "Mr. Middleton was born in Paterson, N.J., on Oct. 27, 1880."</ref>
* [[Gemar Mills]], author and speaker, who was the youngest ever principal of [[Malcolm X Shabazz High School]] when he took the job at age 27<ref>Malinconico, Joe. [https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/paterson-press/2017/08/07/paterson-turnaround-principal-returns-open-charter-school/544779001/ "‘Turnaround Principal’ returns to open Paterson charter school"], ''Paterson Press'', August 8, 2017. Accessed December 2, 2024. "Gemar Mills comes from the type of background that usually poses challenges for city educators.... She raised him and his sisters as a single parent in Paterson’s notorious Christopher Columbus housing projects."</ref>
* [[Susan Misner]] (born 1971), actress who has appeared on films and television, including roles in ''[[One Life to Live]]'', ''[[The Bronx Is Burning]]'', ''[[Rescue Me (U.S. TV series)|Rescue Me]]'' and ''[[Chicago (2002 film)|Chicago]]''<ref>[http://www.playbill.com/person/susan-misner-vault-0000111416 Susan Misner], ''[[Playbill (magazine)|Playbill]]''. Accessed October 8, 2018. "Born: Feb 8, 1971 In Paterson, NJ, USA"</ref>
* [[Joe Mooney (musician)|Joe Mooney]] (1911–1975), jazz and pop accordionist, organist, and vocalist, who went blind at the age of 10<ref>[[Terry Teachout|Teachout, Terry]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/21/arts/pop-jazz-too-cool-to-cash-in-favorite-of-the-few.html "Pop/Jazz; Too Cool to Cash In, Favorite of the Few"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 21, 1997. Accessed August 11, 2019. "Time was when famous musicians spoke with awe of Joe Mooney, the blind jazz singer and accordionist from Paterson, N.J., who died in 1975. Frank Sinatra, not a man to toss around superlatives casually, called him 'the best.'"</ref>
* [[Paul H. Mussen]] (1922–2000), [[Developmental psychology|developmental psychologist]] who described stages of child psychological development<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>Saxon, Wolfgang. [https://www.nytimes.com/2000/07/16/us/p-mussen-78-wrote-texts-on-psychology.html "P. Mussen, 78; Wrote Texts On Psychology"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', July 16, 2000. Accessed November 14, 2020. "Paul Mussen was born in Paterson, N.J., and graduated in 1942 from Stanford University, where he received an M.A. degree in 1943."</ref>
* [[Greg Olsen (American football)|Greg Olsen]] (born 1985), former [[tight end]] for the [[Carolina Panthers]], [[Chicago Bears]], and [[Seattle Seahawks]]<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/O/OlseGr00.htm Greg Olsen], [[Pro-Football-Reference.com]]. Accessed August 28, 2019. "Born: March 11, 1985 (Age: 34-170d) in Paterson, NJ"</ref>
* [[Kenny Parker]] (born 1946), former [[American football]] [[defensive back]] who played in the NFL for the [[New York Giants]]<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/P/ParkKe20.htm Kenny Parker], [[Pro-Football-Reference.com]]. Accessed May 27, 2020. "Born: July 22, 1946 (Age: 73-310d) in Paterson, NJ... High School: Eastside (NJ)"</ref>
* [[Vincent N. Parrillo]], professor of sociology at [[William Paterson University]]<ref>[[Vincent N. Parrillo|Parrillo, Vincent N.]] [https://books.google.com/books?id=Uk4-MeNoNgoC&pg=PT15 ''Diversity in America''], p. 15. [[Pine Forge Press]], 2009. {{ISBN|9781412956376}}. Accessed August 28, 2019. "We lived on the northern edge of Paterson in a neighborhood that straddled a tight-knit Dutch community on one side and a mixed second-generation German / Italian / Polish neighborhood on the other."</ref>
* [[Patricia Peardon]] (1923/24-1993), actress who originated the title role in the Broadway play ''[[Junior Miss]]''<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>Schwartz, S. Bolton. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118187799/patricia-peardon-of-paterson/ "Paterson-Born Patricia Peardon Star of Broadway's Newest Hit"], ''[[Herald News]]'', December 4, 1941. Accessed February 7, 2023, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "Although most of her life was spent in Allendale, Miss Peardon is a Paterson girl. She was born at St.Joseph's Hospital fifteen years ago when the family home was at 96 Trenton Avenue."</ref>
* [[Simon Perchik]] (1923–2022), poet<ref>[http://www.ashevillepoetryreview.com/tag/simon-perchik Simon Perchik], Asheville Poetry Review. Accessed March 13, 2012. "Simon Perchik was born in Paterson, New Jersey in 1923 and made his living as an attorney in New York."</ref>
* [[Joseph D. Pistone]] (born 1939), FBI agent and author who infiltrated the [[Bonanno crime family]], as described in the film ''[[Donnie Brasco (film)|Donnie Brasco]]''<ref>Span, Paula. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/review97/fdonniebrasco.htm "The FBI's Veiled Threat: Joseph Pistone Spent Six Years Inside the Mafia and Lived to Tell the Tale"], ''[[The Washington Post]]'', February 28, 1997. Accessed March 13, 2012. "And Pistone had always seen himself as a good guy. He grew up in working-class Paterson, N.J., which proved helpful in his subsequent career."</ref>
* [[Robert Pitofsky]] (1929–2018), lawyer and politician who was the chairman of the [[Federal Trade Commission]] from 1995 to 2001<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>Kang, Cecilia. [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/11/obituaries/robert-pitofsky-dead.html "Robert Pitofsky, Champion of Consumer Protection, Dies at 88"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 11, 2018. Accessed April 15, 2021. "Robert Pitofsky was born in Paterson, N.J., on Dec. 27, 1929, to Morris and Sadye Pitofsky. His father fixed textile looms, and his mother sold dresses."</ref>
* [[Bucky Pizzarelli]] (1926–2020), jazz guitarist<ref>Staff. [http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2012/01/roseanna_vitro_bucky_pizzarell.html "Jazz notes: Roseanna Vitro in New Brunswick; Bucky Pizzarelli in Madison; Michele Rosewoman in Montclair"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', January 10, 2012. Accessed March 13, 2012. "Guitarist and Paterson native Bucky Pizzarelli turned 86 yesterday, and fans and friends will gather several times this month to celebrate his timeless, bright, and swinging style."</ref><ref name=Pizzarelli>Ripmaster, Terence. [https://archive.org/details/melbaypresentsbu00ripm ''Mel Bay presents Bucky Pizzarelli: a life in music''], p. 31. [[Mel Bay Publications]], 1998. {{ISBN|0-7866-3315-8}}. Accessed March 13, 2012. "Even with his busy and successful career, Bucky never forgot his roots in Paterson. His sons, John and Martin, are still listed in Paterson's #248 American Federation of Musicians Directory."</ref>
* [[John Pizzarelli]] (born 1960), jazz guitarist and singer<ref name=Pizzarelli/><ref>Wilkins, Tim. [http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2011/09/pizzarelli_and_kemble.html "Jazz bits: John Pizzarelli and Grover Kemble"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', September 27, 2011. Accessed March 13, 2012. "In the '80s, John Pizzarelli was a guitar-toting kid from Paterson and Grover Kemble was a wisecracking Jersey songsmith with stints in Sha Na Na and Za Zu Zaz under his belt."</ref>
* [[Martin Pizzarelli]] (born 1963), jazz double-bassist<ref name=Pizzarelli/>
* [[David Prater]] (1937–1988), of the soul duo [[Sam & Dave]]<ref>via [[Associated Press]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/1988/04/13/obituaries/dave-prater-50-dies-soul-singer-of-the-60-s.html "Dave Prater, 50, Dies; Soul Singer of the 60's"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', April 13, 1988. Accessed March 13, 2012. "Dave Prater Sr., of the soul-singing duo Sam and Dave, was killed Saturday when the car he was driving went off Interstate 75 near Sycamore, Ga., and hit a tree. He was 50 years old. Mr. Prater had lived in Paterson since 1974 and his body will be returned to New Jersey for burial next week, his widow, Rosemary, said Monday."</ref>
* [[Amos H. Radcliffe]] (1870–1950), Mayor of Paterson, New Jersey, 1916–1919; represented [[New Jersey's 7th congressional district]] 1919–1923<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000005 Amos Henry Radcliffe], ''[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]''. Accessed July 23, 2007.</ref>
* [[Prince Randian]] (1871–1934), [[sideshow]] performer<ref>Kaltenbach, Chris. [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-horror-film-actors/137473725/ "The four pillars of Hollywood's house of horrors; Critical Eye"], ''[[The Baltimore Sun]]'', October 30, 2005. Accessed December 27, 2023, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "...the 'human worm', Prince Randian lived in Paterson, NJ, with his wife and five children..."</ref>
* [[Zoogz Rift]] (1953–2011), musician, painter and professional wrestling personality<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>[https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-xpm-2011-mar-31-la-me-passings-20110330-story.html "Passings; Zoogz Rift"], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', March 31, 2011. Accessed August 11, 2019. "Rift was born Robert Pawlikowski on July 10, 1953, in Paterson, N.J., but grew up in Parsippany, N.J."</ref>
* [[Lori L. Robinson]], [[United States Army]] [[Major general (United States)|major general]] serving as the 80th Commandant of the [[United States Military Academy]]<ref>[https://www.westpoint.edu/military/commandant/biography Major General Lori L. Robinson], [[United States Military Academy]]. Accessed January 25, 2024. "Major General Lori L. Robinson is a native of Paterson, New Jersey and received her commission from the United States Military Academy in 1994."</ref>
* [[Sarah-Nicole Robles]] (born 1991), actress and voice actress, best known for providing the voice of [[Luz Noceda]] in the [[Disney Channel]] animated series ''[[The Owl House]]''<ref>Cotter, Kelly-Jane via ''[[Asbury Park Press]]''. [https://www.northjersey.com/story/entertainment/2020/01/31/disney-channel-owl-house-stars-sarah-nicole-robles-new-jersey/2859830001/ "'Until high school, I was a hardcore misfit,' says Jersey Girl now on Disney Channel"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', February 4, 2020. Accessed May 18, 2022. "Robles lived in Paterson until she was 8, then grew up in Fair Lawn, attending Catholic and magnet schools."</ref>
* [[George Rochberg]] (1918–2005), classical composer<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/01/arts/music/01rochberg.html "George Rochberg, Composer, Dies at 86"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', June 1, 2005. Accessed March 13, 2012. "Mr. Rochberg was born in Paterson, N.J., on July 5, 1918."</ref>
* [[Frederick Reines]] (1918–1998), [[Nobel Prize]]-winning [[physicist]] who co-discovered the [[neutrino]]<ref>[http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1995/reines-autobio.html Frederick Reines: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1995 – Autobiography], Nobel Prize Organization. Accessed April 5, 2007.</ref>
* [[Frankie Ruiz]] (1958–1998), [[salsa music]] singer<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>Dominguez, Robert; with Hinckley, David. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120730095309/http://articles.nydailynews.com/1998-08-11/news/18088511_1_salsa-singer-latin-music-frankie-ruiz "Frankie Ruiz, Salsa Singer, Dead At 40"], ''[[New York Daily News]]'', August 11, 1998. Accessed November 14, 2011. "Born in Paterson, N.J., Ruiz spent his childhood in Puerto Rico and was singing professionally with Orquesta La Solucion by the time he was a teenager."</ref>
* [[John Ryle (manufacturer)|John Ryle]] (1817–1887), industrialist and capitalist; known as the "father of the United States silk industry", starting the first silk mill in 1839<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1887/11/07/archives/he-died-in-england-career-of-john-ryle-the-paterson-silk.html "He Died In England.; Career Of John Ryle, The Paterson Silk Manufacturer."], ''[[The New York Times]]'', November 17, 1887. Accessed March 13, 2012. "John Ryle, formerly Mayor of Paterson, N.J., and known throughout the United States as the 'Father of the Silk Industry in America,' has just died in Macclesfield, England."</ref>
* [[Mary Danforth Ryle]] (1833–1904), philanthropist who donated millions to various city institutions, notably the Danforth Memorial Library<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20211021071222/http://patersonartscouncil.org/get-artwalk-map/195.html Danforth Public Library], Paterson Arts Council. Accessed March 13, 2012. "Paterson adopted a free library law in 1885 and opened the first public library in the State of New Jersey in 1886. By 1888, having outgrown the Stimson House on Church Street, Mary Danforth Ryle donated her father's residence for a new library."</ref>
* [[Kathryn Salfelder]] (born 1987), classical composer<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>[http://www.ascap.com/press/2012/0406_mortongouldawards.aspx The ASCAP Foundation Announces Recipients of 2012 Morton Gould Young Composer Awards], [[ASCAP]], April 6, 2012. Accessed August 5, 2014. "Kathryn Salfelder of Fairlawn, NJ (Paterson, NJ)"</ref>
* [[Nicholas Samra]] (born 1944), [[eparch]] of the [[Melkite Greek Catholic Church|Melkite Catholic]] [[Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Newton|Eparchy of Newton]] in the United States, elected in 2011<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>[https://www.stjohnmelkite.com/bishop/ Bishop Nicholas Samra] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721215839/https://www.stjohnmelkite.com/bishop/ |date=July 21, 2019 }}, St. John the Baptist Melkite Catholic Church. Accessed July 21, 2019. "Born and raised in Paterson, New Jersey, seminary educated in Massachusetts, Bishop Nicholas Samra was ordained a priest in 1970."</ref>
* [[Kathryn Scola]] (1891-1982) screenwriter known for the pre-code film [[Baby Face (film)|Baby Face]] (1933), and the adaptation of the [[Dashiell Hammett]] novel [[The Glass Key (1935 film)|The Glass Key]] (1935).<ref>Palumbo, Ron. ''The Universal Filmscript Series: Abbott and Costello: One Night in the Tropics.'' Bear Manor Media. 2024.</ref>
* [[Dave Scott (American football)|Dave Scott]] (born 1953), former [[American football]] [[offensive lineman]] who played in the NFL for the [[Atlanta Falcons]]<ref>[https://www.njsportsheroes.com/davescottfb.html Dave Scott], NJSports.com. Accessed September 10, 2024. "Arthur David Scott was born December 26, 1953 in Hackensack and grew up in Paterson."</ref>
* [[Louis Scott (runner, born 1889)|Louis Scott]] (1889–1954), gold medal winner at the [[1912 Summer Olympics]] in [[Stockholm]]<ref>Staff. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1912/08/01/104903177.pdf "Paterson's Olympic Day.; Jersey Town Welcomes Her Athletes Who Completed at Stockholm."], ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 1, 1912. Accessed April 13, 2013. "The Paterson 'boys,' Strobino, Scott, Hellawell, and Mueller, who competed for Uncle Sam at the Olympic games in Sweden, and who returned to this country on the Vaderland early this morning, got a rousing reception in this city later in the day, when a parade through the principal streets of Paterson was held in their honor."</ref>
* [[Omar Sheika]] (born 1977), former [[professional boxer]] and multiple time [[super middleweight]] world title challenger<ref>Idec, Keith. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73979850/omar-sheika-boxer-from-paterson-and/ "Sheika: Winning a belt means the world to me"], ''[[Herald News]]'', September 3, 2005. Accessed March 20, 2021, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "Paterson native and West Paterson resident Omar Sheika will challenge World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Markus Beyer tonight at the ICC in Berlin."</ref>
* [[Marcel Shipp]] (born 1978), running back for the [[Arizona Cardinals]]<ref>[http://www.nflplayers.com/players/player.aspx?id=30772 Marcel Shipp player profile], National Football League Players Association. Accessed July 24, 2007. "Hometown: Paterson, N.J. Played one year of prep football at Milford (Conn.) Academy and was all-New Jersey choice as a senior at Passaic County Technical High School."</ref>
* [[Rocco Silano]] (born 1962), magician and author<ref>{{cite web|title=About &#124; Rocco Silano|url=http://roccosilano.com/about/|website=roccosilano.com|access-date=March 8, 2017|archive-date=January 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117002242/http://roccosilano.com/about/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Dave Sime]] (1936–2016), Olympic medal-winning [[Sprint (running)|sprinter]]<ref>Roberts, Jeff. [http://www.northjersey.com/news/92033819_Intriguing_People__Dave_Sime.html "Intriguing People: Dave Sime"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', April 25, 2010. Accessed June 25, 2013. "This was the moment that changed everything for the Paterson-born, Fair Lawn-bred Sime."</ref>
* [[Jack Wilkinson Smith]] (1873–1949), painter<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>[https://art.state.gov/personnel/jack_wilkinson_smith/ Art in Embassies: Jack Williamson Smith], [[United States Department of State]]. Accessed July 11, 2020. "Jack Wilkinson Smith was born in Paterson, NJ on Feb. 7, 1873."</ref>
* [[John Spencer (actor)|John Spencer]] (1946–2005), actor, best known for his role as [[Leo McGarry]], the [[White House Chief of Staff]] on the [[television program|television]] [[drama]] ''[[The West Wing (TV series)|The West Wing]]''<ref>Staff. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/4536990.stm "West Wing's Leo dies at age of 58: John Spencer displays his Emmy for outstanding supporting actor in 2002Spencer was a familiar face on US television showsJohn Spencer, the actor who plays politician Leo McGarry in NBC television's The West Wing, has died of a heart attack at 58."], [[BBC News]], December 17, 2005. Accessed March 13, 2012. "John Spencer grew up in Paterson, New Jersey, the son of working-class parents, and he studied at the Professional Children's School in Manhattan."</ref>
* [[John A. Spizziri]] (born 1934), politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1972 to 1978<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=eDfwQUp48R8C&q=%22Assemblyman+Spizziri+was+born+in+Paterson+Sept.+2,+1934.%22 ''Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, 1977''], p. 255. E. J. Mullin, 1977. Accessed July 18, 2019. "John A. Spizziri, Rep., Franklin Lakes - Assemblyman Spizziri was born in Paterson Sept. 2, 1934. He was first elected to the Wyckoff Township Committee in 1966, and served as road commissioner."</ref>
* [[Bill Stern (botanist)|Bill Stern]] (1926 –2021), botanist<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>[https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.person.bm000008131 Stern, William Louis (1926-)], [[JSTOR]]. Accessed November 10, 2021. "U.S. botanist specialising in wood and orchid anatomy. Bill Stern (as he was known) was born and grew up in Paterson, New Jersey, where he concentrated on agricultural subjects in his later years at school."</ref>
* [[Sol Stetin]] (1910–2005), labor union leader<ref>Greenhouse, Steven. [https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/24/us/sol-stetin-95-labor-leader-who-unionized-j-p-stevens-dies.html "Sol Stetin, 95, Labor Leader Who Unionized J. P. Stevens, Dies"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', May 24, 2005. Accessed February 1, 2023. "Sol Stetin was born on April 2, 1910, in Pabianice, in what is now Poland, near Lodz, that country's silk manufacturing center. When he was 10, his family immigrated, settling in Paterson."</ref>
* [[Lewis Atterbury Stimson]] (1844–1917), surgeon who was the first to perform a public operation in the United States using [[Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister|Joseph Lister's]] [[antiseptic]] technique<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>[https://library.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/lstimson_0.pdf The Lewis Stimson, MD (1844–1917) Papers], Weill Cornell Library. Accessed December 22, 2017. "Lewis Atterbury Stimson was born August 24, 1844, in Paterson, New Jersey, the second son of Henry Clark and Julia Atterbury Stimson. He was educated in the Paterson schools and at Yale College from which he graduated in 1863."</ref>
* [[J. Michael Straczynski]] (born 1954), science-fiction writer, creator and writer for ''[[Babylon 5]]''<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>Amy, Jeanne. [https://archive.today/20130205092916/http://www.uticaod.com/ghs/features/x1083523106/Babylon-5-creator-speaks-about-failure-future-of-media-at-MIT "'Babylon 5' creator speaks about failure, future of media at MIT"], ''[[The Observer-Dispatch]]'', May 25, 2009. Accessed March 13, 2012. "Straczynski comes from Paterson, N.J., where people grew up to work at gas stations and supermarkets, not to become writers, he said. He pushed himself as those around him told him he could never make it as a writer."</ref><ref>[[George Gustines|Gustines, George Gene]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/20/books/becoming-superman-j-michael-straczynski.html "'Tired of Running': A Sci-Fi Veteran Tells His Own (Earthling) Story In ''Becoming Superman,''; J. Michael Straczynski chronicles a life that was dominated early on by dysfunction and later by success that came with its own tensions."], ''[[The New York Times]]'', July 20, 2019. Accessed July 21, 2019. "The context that he describes in his book is upsetting. Straczynski was born in Paterson, N.J., but his family moved frequently (21 times in 19 years)."</ref>
* [[Jesse Talbot]] (1805–1879) [[Hudson River School]] painter, Associate Member of the [[National Academy of Design]], and friend to [[Walt Whitman]]. Talbot lived in Paterson in the late 1840s and painted some of his major works there<ref>Routhier, Jessica Skwire. [https://web.archive.org/web/20200921035740/https://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2386&context=wwqr#page=13 "Fellow Journeyers Walt Whitman and Jesse Talbot: Painting, Poetry, and Puffery in 1850s New York], p. 13 in ''Walt Whitman Quarterly Review'', Volume 38, Number 1. Accessed September 16, 2020. "In 1844 Talbot moved to Paterson, New Jersey, an industrial town about twenty miles outside of Manhattan, situated on the falls of the Passaic River."</ref>
* [[Kazbek Tambi]] (born 1961), [[Seton Hall University]] women's soccer team head coach and retired U.S. soccer midfielder; member of the [[United States men's national soccer team|U.S. Olympic soccer team]] at the [[Football at the 1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Summer Olympics]]; spent two seasons in the [[North American Soccer League (1968–84)|North American Soccer League]], four in the [[Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–92)|Major Indoor Soccer League]] and one in the [[American Soccer League (1988–1989)|American Soccer League]]; former [[United States women's national under-17 soccer team|United States U-17 women's soccer team]] coach<ref>[http://www.shupirates.com/sports/w-soccer/mtt/kazbek_tambi_849259.html Kazbek Tambi], [[Seton Hall Pirates]]. Accessed May 30, 2015. "A native of Paterson, N.J., he earned his law degree from Seton Hall University Law School in 1990."</ref>
* [[Albert Tangora]] (1903–1978), holder of the speed record for typing on a manual typewriter<ref>Staff. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1928/10/07/317401912.pdf "Typists to Demonstrate Speed"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 7, 1928. Accessed March 13, 2012. "Albert Tangora of Paterson, N. J, and Irma Wright of Toronto, Canada, new professional and amateur typing champions, will give demonstrations at the National Business Show which opens in Madison Square Garden..."</ref>
* [[Joe Taub]] (1929–2017), businessman who joined his brother [[Henry Taub]] and [[Frank Lautenberg]] in building the payroll company [[Automatic Data Processing]]; later was part of an investment group that acquired the [[New Jersey Nets]]<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>[[Richard Sandomir|Sandomir, Richard]]. [https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/11/05/obituaries/joe-taub-basketball-fan-who-became-part-owner-of-the-nets-dies-at-88.html "Joe Taub, Basketball Fan Who Became Part Owner of the Nets, Dies at 88"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', November 5, 2017. Accessed November 20, 2017. "Joseph Albert Taub was born in Paterson, N.J., on May 29, 1929.... Mr. Taub played forward on the basketball team at Eastside High School, in Paterson, and attended Rutgers University but did not graduate."</ref>
* [[Tim Thomas (basketball)|Tim Thomas]] (born 1977), NBA basketball player<ref>Popper, Steve. [https://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/04/sports/basketball/04KNIC.html "Pro Basketball; Marbury and Tim Thomas Connect in Victory"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', March 4, 2004. Accessed September 4, 2011. "One would like to believe that the play had been rehearsed on playgrounds and in gyms when they were younger. Stephon Marbury and Tim Thomas, one from Brooklyn, the other from Paterson, N.J., grew up playing together on all-star teams and in tournaments."</ref><ref>[http://www.nba.com/playerfile/tim_thomas/bio.html NBA.com: Tim Thomas Bio Page] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100410234411/http://www.nba.com/playerfile/tim_thomas/bio.html |date=April 10, 2010 }}. Accessed June 30, 2010. "Hails from Paterson, New Jersey."</ref>
* [[Dante Tomaselli]] (born 1969), horror film screenwriter, director, and composer<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>Lancifer, Unkle. [http://www.kindertrauma.com/?p=19666 "Dante Tomaselli :: The Kindertrauma Interview"], Kindertrauma, February 14, 2011. Accessed March 13, 2012. "Unforgettable. I grew up on ''Alice, Sweet Alice''... originally titled ''Communion''. It made its world premiere in 1976 in Paterson. All my relatives were there. Many were extras in the movie. My Aunt Matilda stands out in the funeral scene. Both of my grandmothers were from Paterson and I was born in Paterson General Hospital."</ref>
* [[Robert Torricelli]] (born 1951), politician, former representative of New Jersey in the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=t000317 Robert Guy Torricelli], ''[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]''. Accessed March 13, 2012. "Torricelli, Robert Guy, a Representative and a Senator from New Jersey; born in Paterson, N.J., August 27, 1951"</ref>
* [[Sammy Turner]] (born 1950), singer who was popular in the late 1950s<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>[http://www.rockabilly.nl/references/messages/sammy_turner.htm Sammy Turner], Black Cat Rockabilly. Accessed August 11, 2019. "Born into a musical and religious family, Sammy Turner sang in the church choir in his hometown of Paterson, NJ, from an early age."</ref>
* [[Gregory Van Maanen]] (born 1937), artist<ref>[https://www.jmkac.org/about/media/2016-press-releases/van-maanen.html "John Michael Kohler Arts Center presents Gregory Van Maanen: A World We Cannot See - Through painting, Vietnam vet created a diary of pain and healing"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106092929/https://www.jmkac.org/about/media/2016-press-releases/van-maanen.html |date=November 6, 2018 }}, [[John Michael Kohler Arts Center]], August 8, 2016. Accessed November 5, 2018. "In 2007, Van Maanen decided to move on from the Paterson, New Jersey, apartment that had sheltered him for nearly a quarter-century."</ref>
* [[Ed Van Put]] (1936–2024), fisherman, author and conservationist<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>[[Sam Roberts (journalist)|Roberts, Sam]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/sports/ed-van-put-dead.html "Ed Van Put, Who Hooked Jimmy Carter on the Catskills, Dies at 88"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', January 8, 2025. Accessed January 13, 2025. "Edward George Van Put was born on May 28, 1936, in Paterson, N.J."</ref>
* [[Elizabeth Vargas]] (born 1962), [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] news anchor<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>Quintanilla, Michael. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SAEC&p_theme=saec&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10F85DEFF5E9C200&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "enfoque; Elizabeth Vargas"], ''[[San Antonio Express-News]]'', January 26, 2006. Accessed March 13, 2012. "Vargas, a woman in a field with so few Latinos, was born in Paterson, N.J., to a Puerto Rican U.S. Army captain and his Irish American wife."</ref>
* [[Bruce Vilanch]] (born 1948), six-time [[Emmy Award]]-winning comedy writer, actor and songwriter<ref>Rohan, Virginia. [http://www.northjersey.com/arts_entertainment/television/86741557_Ex-Patersonian_scripts_the_Oscar_show.html "Former Paterson resident is man behind the lines at the Oscars"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', March 7, 2010. Accessed December 31, 2012. "And Bruce Vilanch will jump right on it. 'The only really spontaneous parts of the show are the winners. Everything else is scripted. And so, unless somebody else goes off script, we know what everybody else is saying,' says Vilanch, a former Patersonian, who has written for the Oscars for the past 21 years."</ref><ref>Weber, Bruce. [https://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/16/theater/theater-review-a-human-pez-dispenser-of-jokes-and-one-liners.html "Theater Review; A Human Pez Dispenser Of Jokes and One-Liners"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', May 16, 2000. Accessed October 8, 2018. "Mr. Vilanch's show is organized along vaguely autobiographical lines. Against a backdrop of pastel-colored T-shirts pinned to the wall, many of them in children's sizes -- ''Michael Jackson's laundry,'' he explains -- he speaks about growing up as an ungainly boy in Paterson, N.J.; doing some modeling (for Lane Bryant) and acting; and his early career as a journalist in Chicago, where he met Ms. Midler 30 years ago while writing about her nightclub show."</ref><ref>Kunath, Kate. [https://theoutwordsarchive.org/subjectdetail/bruce-vilanch "Bruce Vilanch Interview"], ''[[OutWords]]'', April 5, 2017. Accessed July 11, 2022. "Bruce Vilanch was born in 1948 in New York City, and raised by his adoptive parents Jonas and Henne in Paterson, New Jersey."</ref>
* [[Floyd Vivino|"Uncle" Floyd Vivino]] (born 1951), comic and star of ''Uncle Floyd Show'', the longest-running broadcast and [[cable TV]] show in New Jersey; appeared in film ''[[Good Morning, Vietnam]]''<ref>[http://www.sirius.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Sirius/Page&c=StreamJockey&cid=1118961468762 Floyd Vivino profile] from [[Sirius Satellite Radio]]. Accessed December 20, 2006.</ref>
* [[Jerry Vivino]] (born 1954), musician<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>Hermann, Andy. [http://downbeat.com/reviews/detail/coast-to-coast1 "Jerry Vivino ''Coast To Coast''"], ''[[DownBeat]]'', November 2018. Accessed August 11, 2019. "Most people don't think of Paterson, New Jersey, as a great jazz town, but maybe they should. Native son Jerry Vivino certainly makes a case for it by teaming with fellow Patersonians Bucky and Martin Pizzarelli, who provide many of the highlights on the veteran reedsman's fifth solo album."</ref>
* [[Jimmy Vivino]] (born 1955), musician, guitarist, member of [[The Max Weinberg 7]]<ref>La Gorce, Tammy. [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/12beatlenj.html "New Brunswick Still Loves the Lads From Liverpool "], ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 12, 2007. Accessed March 13, 2012. "Local boosterism could also be at work. 'Two of the guys are from Jersey,' Mr. Korin said, including Mr. Vivino, a Paterson native whose brother Floyd Vivino is better known to state residents as TV's 'Uncle Floyd.'"</ref>
*<!-- Alphabetized as "Wap, Fetty" (not "Fetty Wap")--> [[Fetty Wap]] (born 1991), rapper and singer<ref>Staff. [http://www.xxlmag.com/rap-music/the-break/2014/11/break-fetty-wap/ "The Break Presents: Fetty Wap"], ''[[XXL (magazine)|XXL]]'', November 18, 2014. Accessed March 3, 2015. "However, it's definitely been a minute since the last Jersey MC popped off. Now, 24-year-old Paterson, NJ native Fetty Wap is trying to put the state back on the map with his buzzing record, ''Trap Queen.''"</ref>
* [[William Wadsworth Evans]] (1887–1972), politician who served in the [[New Jersey General Assembly]] from 1919 to 1924<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-wwe-sr-obit/82179411/ "William Evans Sr., Ex-Assemblyman"], ''The News'', November 14, 1972. Accessed April 6, 2025, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "William Wadsworth Evans Sr., a Paterson attorney who served as Speaker of the New Jersey Assembly in 1920's died Monday, at the Ann-Dell Nursing Home, Wayne, after a long illness.... Born in Paterson, Mr. Evans earned his way through law school by playing the organ in St. Mark's Church, New York."</ref>
* [[Carter Warren]] (born 1999), [[American football]] [[Tackle (gridiron football position)|offensive tackle]] who played for the [[New York Jets]]<ref>[https://pittsburghpanthers.com/sports/football/roster/carter-warren/12050 Carter Warren], [[Pitt Panthers football]]. Accessed May 3, 2023."Hometown: Paterson, NJ; High School: Passaic Tech"</ref>
* [[Darryl Watkins]] (born 1984), professional basketball player who played collegiately at [[Syracuse University|Syracuse]]<ref>Staff. [https://www.newspapers.com/article/democrat-and-chronicle-profile-of-darryl/137473829/ "Watkins will play more, McNeil less as SU center"], ''[[Rochester Democrat and Chronicle]]'', January 22, 2004. Accessed December 27, 2023, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "The 6–11 Watkins is a highly promoted center from Paterson, N.J., where he averaged 16 points, 11 rebounds, and 6 blocks last season to help Paterson Catholic to a 22–5 record."</ref>
* [[Patrick Warburton]] (born 1964), actor, best known for his roles in ''[[Seinfeld]]'' and ''[[Family Guy]]''<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>Yannis, Alex. [https://www.nytimes.com/1995/10/08/sports/hockey-the-devils-and-fans-ignite-first-match.html "Hockey; The Devils, And Fans, Ignite First Match"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 8, 1995. Accessed January 27, 2012. "Moments after the banner was raised, Patrick Warburton, the actor who portrayed a fanatic Devils' fan in a segment of the ''Seinfeld'' television show, was called upon to drop the puck. With his face painted in Devils red and black, the native of nearby Paterson dropped the puck, then stripped the Brodeur jersey he was wearing to display the letter D on his chest."</ref>
* [[Bernie Wayne]] (1919–1993), composer best known for "[[Blue Velvet (song)|Blue Velvet]]"<ref>Staff. [http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/inq-blinq/Different-tune-for-Miss-America-.html Different tune for Miss America"], ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', May 8, 2013. Accessed August 5, 2014. "Bernie Wayne, who grew up in Paterson, was a prolific composer and came up with the "There She Is" while getting a haircut in 1954."</ref>
* [[Joseph Weber]] (1919–2000), [[physicist]] who gave the earliest public lecture on the principles behind the [[laser]] and the [[maser]] and developed [[Weber bar]]s, the first [[gravitational wave]] detectors<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>Staff. [https://library.ias.edu/files/pdfs/hs/cos.pdf#page=429 ''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=429 |date=November 24, 2011 }}, p. 429. [[Institute for Advanced Study]], 1980. Accessed November 22, 2015. "Weber, Joseph 55f, 62–63, 69–70 M(NS), Physics Born 1919 Paterson, NJ."</ref>
* [[Carl Weinrich]] (1904–1991), classical organist known for his recitals and recordings of [[Baroque music|Baroque]] organ music<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>Randel, Don Michael, [https://books.google.com/books?id=9fjl7NhMmWwC&pg=PA975 "Weinrich, Carl"], ''[[Harvard Dictionary of Music|The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music]]'', [[Harvard University Press]], 1996, p. 975. {{ISBN|0-674-37299-9}}.</ref>
* [[Wheeler & Woolsey|Bert Wheeler]] (1895–1968), of the comedy duo [[Wheeler & Woolsey]]<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1968/01/19/archives/bert-wheeler-vaudeville-comic-with-rubbery-face-dead-at-72-his-over.html "Bert Wheeler, Vaudeville Comic With Rubbery Face, Dead at 72; His Over 50-Year Career in Show Business Spanned Films, the Follies and TV"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', January 19, 1968. Accessed March 13, 2012. "'I'll tell you a secret,' he said when he was 64 years old. 'I'm just as ambitious and stage-struck as when I was a kid in Paterson, New Jersey. Nothing has changed.'"</ref>
* [[Alice White]] (1904–1983), film actress<ref>Devine, Elizabeth; and Turner, Roland. [https://books.google.com/books?id=iEsYAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Alice+White%22 ''The Annual Obituary 1983''], p. 91. St. James, 1983. Accessed October 8, 2018. "Alice White - Film Actress Born Paterson, New Jersey, USA, August 28th, 1907 Died Hollywood Hills, California, USA. February 19th, 1983"</ref>
* [[K'Waun Williams]] (born 1991), [[cornerback]] who has played in the NFK for the [[San Francisco 49ers]] and [[Denver Broncos]]<ref>Reed, Tom. [http://www.cleveland.com/browns/index.ssf/2015/06/kwaun_williams_could_become_an.html "K'Waun Williams could become integral member of burgeoning Browns' secondary, provided he stays healthy"], ''[[The Plain Dealer]]'', June 3, 2015. Accessed August 12, 2015. ""'You have to play with a chip on your shoulder,' said the Paterson, New Jersey native who grew up on the same street as Giants receiver Victor Cruz."</ref>
* [[William Carlos Williams]] (1883–1963), important modern 20th-century poet; author of the poem "[[Paterson (poem)|Paterson]]"<ref>[http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/william-carlos-williams William Carlos Williams], Poets.org. Accessed August 5, 2014.</ref>
* [[Donald R. Yennie]] (1924–1993). [[theoretical physics|theoretical physicist]]<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>[https://ecommons.cornell.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/fca48708-2051-408b-b6ae-bd79d8c769f2/content ''Donald R. Yennie March 4, 1924 — April 14, 1993''], [[Cornell University]]. Accessed February 20, 2024. "Don was born in Paterson, New Jersey in 1924."</ref>
* [[Jerry Zaks]] (born 1946), stage and television director and actor<ref>Hyman, Vicki. [https://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2016/12/a_bronx_tale_broadway_jerry_zaks_robert_deniro.html 'Why a kid from Paterson is telling ''A Bronx Tale'' on Broadway"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], December 4, 2016. Accessed October 8, 2018. "Jerry Zaks is slumped on a banquette in a rear lounge of the Longacre Theatre, two weeks before the Dec. 1 opening curtain for the new musical ''A Bronx Tale.''... 'This is the most intense moment just before we freeze the show,' sighs the 70-year-old Paterson native, his shock of white hair standing on end as he scrolls up and down through his production notes on an iPad."</ref>
* [[Giuseppe Zangara]] (1900–1933), assassin of Chicago mayor [[Anton Cermak]], though President-elect [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] may have been his intended target<ref>Oliver, Willard M.; and Marion, Nancy E. [https://books.google.com/books?id=FNbn8PLx5qAC&pg=PA90 ''Killing the President: Assassinations, Attempts, and Rumored Attempts on U.S. Commanders-in-chief''], p. 90. [[ABC-CLIO]], 2010. {{ISBN|9780313364747}}. Accessed July 22, 2015. "Giuseppe Zangara was born in Ferruzzano, Calabria, Italy. In the United States, Zangara settled in Paterson, New Jersey, and on September 11, 1929, became a naturalized citizen."</ref>
* [[Herb Zarrow]] (1925–2008), magician who created the [[Zarrow shuffle]]<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>Yedid, Meir. [http://magictimes.com/herb-zarrow-shuffling-through-a-magical-life/ "Herb Zarrow: Shuffling Through A Magical Life"], ''[[The Linking Ring]]'', 2001, republished at Magic Times, April 25, 2001. Accessed May 22, 2003."Born on November 4, 1925 in Paterson, New Jersey, like many future magicians, Herb Zarrow became interested in magic through magic sets and magic books."</ref>
* [[Paul Zukerberg]] (born 1957), lawyer, activist and politician<span style="color:blue;">''' (B)'''</span><ref>Suderman, Alan. [http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/looselips/2013/03/06/the-weed-candidate/ "The Weed Candidate"], ''[[Washington City Paper]]'', March 6, 2013. Accessed August 6, 2014. "The son of a self-taught musician who was a big wheel on the bar mitzvah and Jewish wedding circuit in Paterson, N.J., Zukerberg moved to D.C. 30 years ago to go to law school at American University."</ref>
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