Editing Rahway, New Jersey (section)

==Notable people==
{{Category see also|People from Rahway, New Jersey}}
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Rahway include:
[[File:Portrait of Marquis de Lafayette.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.8|[[Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette|Marquis de Lafayette]]]]
[[File:N.Tesla.JPG|thumb|upright=0.8|[[Nikola Tesla]]]]
[[File:Juliette Atkinson.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.8|[[Juliette Atkinson]]]]
[[File:Portrait of Milton Friedman.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|[[Milton Friedman]]]]
[[File:Carl Sagan Planetary Society.JPG|thumb|upright=0.8|[[Carl Sagan]]]]
[[File:Antonio Garay 06112013.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|[[Antonio Garay]]]]
[[File:Dion Dawkins.png|thumb|upright=0.8|[[Dion Dawkins]]]]

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* [[Antonio Alfano]] (born 2000), [[American football]] defensive tackle for the [[Colorado Buffaloes football|Colorado Buffaloes]]<ref>Tufaro, Greg. [https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/sports/high-school/football/2017/08/11/top-national-football-recruit-transfers-rahway-bergen-catholic/558844001/ "Top national football recruit transfers to Rahway from Bergen Catholic"], ''[[Courier News]]'', August 11, 2017. Accessed November 13, 2019. "Alfano attended Rahway public schools for nine years before enrolling at Bergen Catholic as a high school freshman."</ref>
* [[Juliette Atkinson]] (1873–1944), [[International Tennis Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] tennis player and three-time U.S. Open champion<ref>[http://www.tennisfame.com/hall-of-famers/juliette-atkinson Juliette Atkinson] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808055439/http://www.tennisfame.com/hall-of-famers/juliette-atkinson |date=2014-08-08 }}, [[International Tennis Hall of Fame]]. Accessed July 30, 2014.</ref>
* [[Robert Lee Bloomfield]] (1827–1916), businessman and church-founder<ref>B;air III, Charles B. [https://getd.libs.uga.edu/pdfs/blair_charles_b_200212_phd.pdf ''A Qualitative Study Of The R. L. Bloomfield And Athens Potteries As A Model Of Narrative Inquiry In Historical Research In Art Education''], [[University of Georgia]], 2002. Accessed March 11, 2022. "According to research by Olivia Carlisle (1988), R. L. Bloomfield’s greatgrand daughter, Bloomfield (see Figure 26) was born in Rahway, New Jersey in 1827."</ref>
* [[Peter Boettke]] (born 1960), economist of the [[Austrian School]]<ref>[http://www.thebestschools.org/blog/2013/04/06/peter-boettke-interview/ Peter Boettke Interview], The Best Schools. Accessed September 21, 2015. "Boettke was born in Rahway, New Jersey, in 1960."</ref>
* [[Boland brothers|Frank E. Boland ({{circa|1880}}–1913), James Paul Boland (1882–1970) and Joseph John Boland (1879–1964)]], early aircraft designers who started the Boland Airplane and Motor Company<ref>[http://www.njahof.org/njAviationHistory.htm New Jersey Aviation History], New Jersey Aviation Hall of Fame. Accessed September 21, 2015. "1909 – Rahway's Boland brothers built and flew the state's first fixed-wing aircraft. They were also the first to fly in South America."</ref>
* [[Aaron Bradshaw]] (born 2003), basketball player<ref>Red, Christian. [https://www.inquirer.com/high-school-sports/new-jersey/aaron-bradshaw-basketball-recruiting-camden-kentucky-20220915.html "As Aaron Bradshaw stars for Camden and has his choice of colleges, Rahway remains meaningful"],''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', September 14, 2022. Accessed February 16, 2023. "Bradshaw isn't quite ready to pick a school to play for, but as the college basketball world awaits his decision, he spent time giving back to his hometown of Rahway.... Bradshaw lamented how he didn’t play his freshman year at Roselle Catholic because of  'failing' grades."</ref>
* [[Kimberly Brandão]] (born 1984), professional women's soccer player; captain of the [[Portugal women's national football team|Portugal Women's National Team]], which she has represented since 2007<ref>Stephenson, Colin. [http://www.nj.com/sports/njsports/index.ssf/2009/04/rahways_brandao_sisters_find_s.html "Rahway's Brandao sisters find soccer success with Portuguese national team"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', April 10, 2009. Accessed September 21, 2015. "Lissette and Kimberly Brandao rose through the youth soccer ranks in Rahway and were skilled enough to play alongside Heather O'Reilly at the club level and Carli Lloyd at Rutgers."</ref>
* [[Chris Brantley]] (born 1970), former NFL wide receiver; played for the [[Los Angeles Rams]] and [[Buffalo Bills]]<ref>[http://www.nfl.com/player/chrisbrantley/2499767/profile Chris Brantley], [[NFL.com]]. Accessed September 21, 2015.</ref>
* [[Ronald Breslow]] (1931-2017), chemist<ref>[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/chemistry/breslow/boss.html Ronald Breslow], [[Columbia University]]. Accessed September 21, 2015. "Ronald Breslow was born in Rahway, New Jersey on March 14, 1931."</ref>
* [[Isaac Brokaw]] (1746–1826), clockmaker<ref>Van Hoesen, Walter Hamilton. [https://books.google.com/books?id=bOa_FXBXVI4C&pg=PA70 ''Crafts and Craftsmen of New Jersey''], p. 70. [[Fairleigh Dickinson University Press]], 1973. {{ISBN|9780838610800}}. Accessed September 21, 2015. "Brokaw was born in Raritan, Somerset County, in 1746, and died in 1826.... Isaac began his trade in Elizabeth around 1770 and remained there until 1790, when he removed to Bridge Town, on the south side of the Rahway River, which is now known as Rahway."</ref>
* [[Harvey Brown (officer)|Harvey Brown]] (1795–1874), military officer who fought in the [[Black Hawk War|Black Hawk]] and [[Seminole Wars]], the [[Mexican–American War]] and the [[American Civil War]]<ref>Hunt, Henry Jackson. [https://books.google.com/books?id=jxZQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA3 ''Sketch of the Life and Services of Gen. Harvey Brown, U.S. Army''], p. 3. Appleton, 1874. Accessed September 21, 2015. ""He was born in Bridgetown, now forming part of the town of Rahway, New Jersey, in 1796."</ref>
* [[James Monroe Buckley]] (1836–1920), [[Methodist Episcopal Church|Methodist]] minister, doctor, author and editor of the ''[[Christian Advocate]]''<ref>Mains, George Preston. [https://westphaliapress.org/2019/07/22/james-monroe-buckley/ James Monroe Buckley], [[Westphalia Press]]. Accessed October 19, 2022. "James Monroe Buckley was born in Rahway, NJ on December 16, 1836."</ref>
* [[Darrion Caldwell]] (born 1987), [[mixed martial artist]] and former [[List of Bellator champions#Bantamweight World Championship|Bellator Bantamweight World Champion]], [[NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships|NCAA wrestling]] national champion at [[NC State Wolfpack|NC State]]<ref>Kania, Joe. [http://highschoolsports.nj.com/news/article/-1158395313870324927/wrestling-rahways-darrion-caldwell-wins-homecoming-fight-in-atlantic-city/ "Wrestling: Rahway's Darrion Caldwell wins homecoming fight in Atlantic City"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', May 3, 2014. Accessed May 30, 2016. "Caldwell, who won three New Jersey state wrestling titles for Rahway just down the boardwalk at Boardwalk Hall, earned a submission in 1:38 over Joe Pingitore to improve to 5–0 on his career and 2–0 since entering the Bellator."</ref>
* [[Louis Campbell]] (born 1979), professional basketball player; plays for [[Strasbourg IG]] of the [[LNB Pro A|French League]]<ref>Carino, Jerry. [http://blogs.mycentraljersey.com/hoopshaven/2015/07/01/in-jeff-lubreski-plainfields-loss-is-rahways-gain/ "In Jeff Lubreski, Plainfield's loss is Rahway's gain"], ''[[Courier News]]'', July 1, 2015. Accessed September 21, 2015. "Not that Rahway is a basketball wasteland. The Indians produced Earl Clark and Louis Campbell, among others, and achieved steady success under previous coach Kevin Conroy."</ref>
* [[Clifford P. Case]] (1904–1982), Representative of the Sixth District of New Jersey in the House of Representatives (1945–1954); United States Senator (R-NJ) 1955–1979<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1954/10/28/archives/case-eisenhower-stalwart-and-mccarthy-foe-republican-nominee-for.html "Case: Eisenhower Stalwart and McCarthy Foe; Republican Nominee for Senate Big Vote Getter in Jersey"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 28, 1954. Accessed April 15, 2011. "Clifford P. Case of Rahway is a lean scholarly looking man, whose quiet manner, philosophical speeches and natural inclination for unostentatious campaigning hardly fit the mold of political orthodoxy."</ref>
* [[Abraham Clark]] (1725–1794), signer of the [[Declaration of Independence (United States)|Declaration of Independence]]; buried at the Rahway Cemetery<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1927/02/06/archives/house-of-abraham-clark-a-signer-will-be-rebuilt-duplicate-of-rahway.html "House Of Abraham Clark, A Signer, Will Be Rebuilt; Duplicate of Rahway Home to Memorialize Him and Two Sons as Revolutionary Patriots"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', February 6, 1927. Accessed September 21, 2015. "Abraham Clark, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, is to be honored by the erection of a memorial house in his home town, Rahway, N.J."</ref>
* [[Earl Clark]] (born 1988), professional basketball player who played in the NBA for the [[Brooklyn Nets]]<ref>[http://www.uoflsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/clark_earl00.html Earl Clark] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110221125607/http://www.uoflsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/clark_earl00.html |date=2011-02-21 }}, [[University of Louisville]]. Accessed June 17, 2009.</ref><ref>McCullough, Andy. [http://www.nj.com/sports/njsports/index.ssf/2009/06/rahways_earl_clark_picked_by_p.html Rahway's Earl Clark picked by Phoenix Suns in first round of NBA Draft"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', June 25, 2009. Accessed September 21, 2015.</ref>
* [[Samuel Hanson Cox]] (1793–1880), Presbyterian minister and abolitionist<ref>Fowler, Henry. [https://archive.org/details/americanpulpits00fowlgoog/page/n374 <!-- pg=351 --> ''The American Pulpit: Sketches, Biographical and Descriptive, of Living American Preachers, and of the Religious Movements and Distinctive Ideas which They Represent''], p. 351. J.M. Fowler, 1856. Accessed September 21, 2015. "They were members of the Society of Friends; were married February 13, 1791; removed from Philadelphia March 23, 1792, to Rahway, New Jersey, where, at Leesville, as now called, Samuel H. Cox was born."</ref>
* [[Mary Frances Creighton]] (1899–1936), housewife, who along with Everett Applegate, was executed in [[Sing Sing]] prison's [[electric chair]], [[Old Sparky]], for the poisoning of Applegate's wife<ref>Gado, Mark. [https://books.google.com/books?id=aiDG7GJ5EaUC&pg=PA94 ''Death Row Women: Murder, Justice, and the New York Press''], p. 94. [[Greenwood Publishing Group]], 2008. {{ISBN|9780275993610}}. Accessed July 26, 2019. "Of all of the women executed in New York during the twentieth century, Mary Frances Creighton received the least sympathy from the public -- and this may be deservedly so. Mary Frances Avery was born in the suburban city of Rahway, New Jersey, in 1899."</ref>
* [[Joseph T. Crowell]] (1817–1891), Speaker of the [[New Jersey General Assembly]] and President of the [[New Jersey Senate]]<ref>{{cite book |title=American Ancestry |year=1889 |volume=4 |publisher=Joel Munsell's Sons |location=Albany|page=210 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XL0UAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA210}}</ref>
* [[Arnold D'Ambrosa]] (1933-2018), politician who served in the [[New Jersey General Assembly]] from 1974 to 1976, until his career was cut short by a political scandal<ref>Wallye. [http://politickernj.com/2009/05/the-story-of-the-assemblyman-who-got-caught-stealing-an-air-conditioner/ "The story of the Assemblyman who got caught stealing an air conditioner"], [[PolitickerNJ]], May 7, 2009. Accessed September 21, 2015. "Arnold D'Ambrosa was the 40-year-old Rahway Democratic Municipal Chairman and Public Works Director when he was elected to the State Assembly in 1973.... In July 1974, six months after taking office, D'Ambrosa was arrested on charges that he sold an air conditioner owned by Rahway for $600, pocketing the money, and he took a $200 bribe from a contractor."</ref>
* [[George Davenport]] (1783–1845), frontiersman, trader, United States Army officer and settler in the [[Iowa Territory]]; namesake of [[Davenport, Iowa]]<ref>Downer, Harry E. [https://archive.org/details/historyofdavenpo01down/page/856 ''History of Davenport and Scott County Iowa: Illustrated, Volume 1''], p. 856. S.J. Clarke, 1910. Accessed September 21, 2015. "Acting upon this advice he went to New Jersey and stopped at the pleasant village of Rahway, where he remained some time and then went to Carlisle, Pennsylvania."</ref>
* [[Dion Dawkins]] (born 1994), [[Tackle (gridiron football position)|offensive tackle]] for the [[Buffalo Bills]] of the [[NFL]]<ref>[https://owlsports.com/sports/football/roster/dion-dawkins/8452 Dion Dawkins], [[Temple Owls football]]. Accessed February 4, 2021. "Hometown: Rahway, N.J.; High School: Rahway"</ref>
* [[Evie (singer)|Evie]] (born 1956), [[contemporary Christian music]] singer<ref>Sutherland, Emily. [http://www.homecomingmagazine.com/article/hall-of-honor-evie/ "Hall of Honor: Evie"], ''Homecoming magazine'', August 1, 2011. Accessed September 21, 2015. "Born: 1957 in Rahway, New Jersey"</ref>
* [[John Frazee (sculptor, born 1790)|John Frazee]] (1790–1862), sculptor and architect<ref>Bodovitz, Sandra. [https://www.nytimes.com/1986/06/15/nyregion/forgotten-sculptor-has-day-in-gallery.html "'Forgotten' Sculptor Has Day In Gallery"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', June 15, 1986. Accessed September 21, 2015. "Born in the Union County community of Rahway in 1790, Frazee first demonstrated his novel style by carving tombstones, many of which still dot New Jersey cemeteries."</ref>
* [[Amos Noë Freeman]] (1809–1893), abolitionist, educator and Presbyterian minister<ref>Washington, Ethel M. [https://books.google.com/books?id=2xqoWdTZtN0C&pg=PA17&lpg=PA17&dq=%22Amos+Nöe+Freeman%22+rahway ''Union County's Black Soldiers and Sailors of the Civil War''], p. 17. [[The History Press]], 2011. {{ISBN|1596294469}}. Accessed September 19, 2012. "Ana Maria Weems escaped slavery through the Underground Railroad with the assistance of Rahway-born Amos Noe Freeman."</ref>
* [[Milton Friedman]] (1912–2006), economist and Nobel Prize winner<ref>[https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economic-sciences/laureates/1976/friedman-bio.html Milton Friedman – Biographical], [[Nobel Prize]]. Accessed August 4, 2013. "When I was a year old, my parents moved to Rahway, N.J., a small town about 20 miles from New York City."</ref>
* [[Leighton Gage]] (1942–2013), author of [[crime fiction]]<ref>Slotnik, Daniel E. [https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/04/arts/leighton-gage-crime-novelist-dies-at-71.html "Leighton Gage, Crime Novelist, Dies at 71"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 2, 2013. Accessed August 4, 2013. "Leighton Gage was born on May 13, 1942, in Rahway, N.J."</ref>
* [[Antonio Garay]] (born 1979), defensive tackle for the [[San Diego Chargers]]<ref>[http://www.chicagobears.com/team/player26.html Antonio Garay] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070328105520/http://www.chicagobears.com/team/player26.html |date=2007-03-28 }}, [[Chicago Bears]]. Accessed May 17, 2007. "Earned Prep Star All-American and All-New Jersey Group III honors as a senior at Rahway H.S. in Rahway, N.J. after totaling 141 tackles and 10 sacks in his final season... Outstanding wrestler who was tabbed the 275-pound national champion by the National High School Coaches' Association"</ref>
* [[Wayne Gilchrest]] (born 1946), U.S. Congressman<ref>[http://gilchrest.house.gov/bio.asp About Wayne] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926212634/http://gilchrest.house.gov/bio.asp |date=2007-09-26 }}, Congressman Wayne Gilchrest. Accessed May 17, 2007. "Born in Rahway, New Jersey, he was the fourth of Elizabeth and Arthur Gilchrest's six boys."</ref>
* [[Alfred M. Gray Jr.]] (1928–2024), 29th [[Commandant of the United States Marine Corps|Commandant of the Marine Corps]], from July 1, 1987, to June 30, 1991<ref>Tucker, Spencer C. [https://books.google.com/books?id=-oaMBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA175 ''Persian Gulf War Encyclopedia: A Political, Social, and Military History: A Political, Social, and Military History''], p. 175. [[ABC-CLIO]], 2014. {{ISBN|9781610694162}}. Accessed November 20, 2017. "Alfred M. Gray Jr. was born on June 22, 1928, at Rahway, New Jersey. Raised in Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey, he attended Lafayette College but dropped out of school and enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1950."</ref>
* [[Jerome Kagan]] (1929–2021), professor emeritus of psychology at [[Harvard University]]; one of the pioneers of developmental psychology<ref>[[Jerome Kagan|Kagan, Jerome]]. [https://archive.org/details/argumentformind0000kaga/page/4 ''An Argument for Mind''], p. 4. [[Yale University Press]], 2007. {{ISBN|9780300126037}}. Accessed May 30, 2014. "Rahway, New Jersey, a town twenty miles south of New York City, with a population of about twenty thousand in my childhood, had a relatively large working-class population and a small group of Jewish merchants, including my father."</ref>
* [[Janis Karpinski]] (born 1953), one of the first women Brigadier Generals of the Army; former commander of the Abu Ghraib Prison in Iraq<ref>Copeland, Libby. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13114-2004May9.html "Prison Revolt: Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski Says the Abu Ghraib Investigation Is About Scapegoating, but She's Having None of It"], ''[[The Washington Post]]'', May 10, 2004. Accessed April 15, 2011. "As a child growing up in Rahway, N.J., Janis Beam once tried to jump from her second-story window because it didn't seem that far down."</ref>
* [[William H. Lash]] (1961–2006), [[Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Market Access and Compliance]] 2001–2005<ref>[http://www.ita.doc.gov/media/lashpr.htm Rahway, New Jersey Native, William H. Lash III Appointed as Assistant Secretary for Market Access and Compliance at the U.S. Department of Commerce], [[International Trade Administration]] Office of Public Affairs, August 30, 2001. Accessed May 22, 2013.</ref>
* [[Paul Matey]] (born 1971), attorney who is a [[United States federal judge|United States circuit judge]] of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit]]<ref>Moriarty, Thomas. [https://www.nj.com/politics/2018/04/trump_to_tap_christie_ally_for_3rd_us_circuit_cour.html "Trump will name this Christie ally from Jersey to federal judgeship"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], April 10, 2018, updated January 30, 2019. Accessed January 21, 2021. "Matey, a 47-year-old who was born in Edison and raised in Rahway, spent four years under Christie at the U.S. Attorney's Office before joining him in Trenton."</ref>
* [[Benjamin Fay Mills]] (1857–1916), evangelist preacher, vegetarianism activist and writer<ref>Murray, Constance P. [https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1291&context=master201019 ''From individual salvation to social salvation: Why evangelist B. Fay Mills changed his revival message''], [[James Madison University]], Fall 2011. Accessed February 16, 2020. "Mills was born in Rahway, New Jersey, in 1857, to parents who were deeply committed to the theology and work of the New School Presbyterian Church."</ref>
* [[Richard Moran (author)|Richard Moran]] (born 1950), investor, venture capitalist, author and president emeritus of [[Menlo College]]<ref>Jennings, Duffy. [https://jointventure.org/read-more-profiles/1241-meet-richard-moran "Meet Richard Moran, Menlo College"], Joint Venture Silicon Valley, April 2015. Accessed May 24, 2021. "Moran grew up in a traditional Irish Catholic family in the southern New Jersey town of Rahway, best known, he quickly points out, for the state penitentiary there."</ref>
* [[Ira Nadel]] (born 1943), biographer, literary critic and [[James Joyce]] scholar<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140610205719/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-3415800129.html "Nadel, Ira Bruce 1943-"], in ''[[Contemporary Authors]]'', backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of June 10, 2014. Accessed November 13, 2019. "Born July 22, 1943, in Rahway, NJ"</ref>
* [[Olsen Pierre]] (born 1991), [[American football]] [[defensive end]] who played in the NFL for the [[Arizona Cardinals]]<ref>Dunleavy, Ryan. [https://www.nj.com/giants/2019/06/the-jersey-in-me-olsen-pierre-born-to-be-giants-pass-rusher-but-beat-the-football-odds-to-get-back-home.html "'The Jersey in me'; Olsen Pierre born to be Giants’ pass-rusher but had to beat the football odds to get back home"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], June 27, 2019. Accessed February 9, 2022. "Pierre grew up in Rahway as a Giants fan during Umenyiora’s heyday and the beginning of Pierre-Paul’s career.... He left as a three-star recruit at Rahway High School who had to attend Fork Union Military Academy in order to become NCAA eligible."</ref>
* [[Dory Previn]] (1925–2012, born as Dorothy Veronica Langan), lyricist and singer-songwriter<ref>Weber, Bruce. [https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/15/arts/music/dory-previn-songwriter-is-dead-at-86.html "Dory Previn, Songwriter, Is Dead at 86"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', February 14, 2012. May 20, 2012. "Dorothy Veronica Langan was born in New Jersey — sources differ on the town, Rahway or Woodbridge — on Oct. 22, 1925, and she grew up in Woodbridge."</ref>
* [[Pearl Reaves]] (1929–2000), R&B singer and guitarist<ref>Goldberg, Marv. [http://www.uncamarvy.com/Concords/concords.html "The Concords"], Marv Goldberg's Yesterday's Memories Rhythm & Blues Party. Accessed September 21, 2015. "Enter Pearl Reaves, a singer originally from Raleigh, North Carolina, who had moved to Rahway, New Jersey in the late 40s."</ref><ref>Kochakian, Dan. "Pearl Reaves", ''Women, Whiskey and...'', December 1985, Issue 15. pp. 25-27.</ref>
* [[Eric Roberson]] (born 1976), R&B and soul singer-songwriter<ref>Jordan, Chris. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120724113152/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/mycentraljersey/access/1951328991.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+30%2C+2010&author=CHRIS+JORDAN&pub=Courier+-+News&desc=Rahway%27s+Eric+Roberson+heads+to+L.A.+for+a+possible+Grammy&pqatl=google "Rahway's Eric Roberson heads to L.A. for a possible Grammy"], ''[[Courier News]]'', January 30, 2010. Accessed December 28, 2010.</ref>
* [[Freddie Russo]] (1924–1987), professional boxer<ref>[http://www.njboxinghof.org/freddie-russo/ Freddie Russo], New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame. Accessed June 2, 2022. "Freddie Russo was born in Brooklyn, New York on October 3, 1924. His family moved to Rahway, New Jersey and that city became the home base for one of the classiest boxer-punchers of that era."</ref>
* [[Carl Sagan]] (1934–1996), astronomer; winner of [[Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction]] Writing in 1978<ref>[http://libserv.aip.org:81/ipac20/ipac.jsp?uri=full=3100001~!5076~!0&profile=newcustom-icos Oral history interview with Carl Sagan, 1991 August 27.], [[American Institute of Physics]]. Accessed May 22, 2013.</ref>
* [[Mike Seamon]] (born 1988), soccer midfielder who has played for the [[Seattle Sounders FC]] and the [[Pittsburgh Riverhounds]]<ref>Giase, Frank. [http://www.nj.com/sports/njsports/index.ssf/2010/01/ny_red_bulls_go_for_attacking.html "NY Red Bulls go for attacking players in MLS draft, trade for veteran defender Chris Albright"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', January 14, 2010. Accessed November 11, 2017. "The only other player with New Jersey ties taken in the draft was Villanova midfielder Mike Seamon, a Rahway native who attended Union Catholic High."</ref>
* [[Mark Slonaker]] (born 1957), college basketball coach; head coach of the [[Mercer Bears men's basketball]] team 1998–2008<ref>[http://www.georgiadogs.com/genrel/mark_slonaker_760098.html Mark Slonaker], [[Georgia Bulldogs]]. Accessed July 12, 2016. "A native of Rahway, N.J., Slonaker lettered for the Bulldogs (1976–79) and was co-captain of coach Hugh Durham's first team at Georgia in '79."</ref>
* [[Chris Smith (New Jersey politician)|Chris Smith]] (born 1953), U.S. Congressman<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=s000522 Chris Smith], ''[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]''. Accessed June 5, 2007.</ref>
* [[Dexter Strickland]] (born 1990), McDonald's High School All-American basketball player; attended the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]]<ref>Prunty, Brendan. [http://www.nj.com/sports/njsports/index.ssf/2009/11/rahways_dexter_strickland_enjo.html "Rahway's Dexter Strickland enjoying quick basketball baptism with North Carolina"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', November 19, 2009. Accessed April 23, 2011.</ref>
* [[Kurt Sutter]] (born 1966), screenwriter, director, producer and actor<ref>Staff. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DN&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI|DN&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=1244C0B472853A40&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "Sagal adds edge to FX's new 'Sons'"], ''[[Philadelphia Daily News]]'', September 3, 2008. Accessed May 20, 2012. "Created by Kurt Sutter, a New Jersey native whose biography boasts that he was 'raised in the shadow of Rahway prison' and spent much of his childhood indoors, away from people, three feet from a TV screen."</ref>
* [[Nikola Tesla]] (1856–1943), formed his company, [[Tesla Electric Light & Manufacturing]], in Rahway<ref>Cheney, Margaret. [https://books.google.com/books?id=ti2Jt7XarzMC&dq=rahway+tesla&pg=PA59 "Tesla: Man Out of Time"]. Accessed June 5, 2007. "The Tesla Electric Light Company was formed, with headquarters at Rahway, New Jersey, and a branch office in New York.</ref>
* [[Marques Townes]] (born 1995), basketball player who played for the [[Loyola Ramblers men's basketball]] team<ref>Haley, John. [http://highschoolsports.nj.com/news/article/-7339304767832722050/a-q-and-a-session-with-marques-townes-of-st-joseph-met-what-sport-will-he-play-in-college/ "Q and A session with Marques Townes of St. Joseph (Met.), what sport will he play in college?"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', January 28, 2014. Accessed March 26, 2018. "So that was the first thing I addressed with Townes, who grew up in Rahway, moved to South Amboy in the fifth grade and who now lives in Edison."</ref>
* [[Kevin M. Tucker]] (1940–2012), Commissioner of the [[Philadelphia Police Department]] from 1986 to 1988<ref>Warner, Bob. [https://archive.today/20130131121450/http://articles.philly.com/2012-06-20/news/32318163_1_police-department-foot-patrols-patrol-car/3 "Former Police Commissioner Kevin M. Tucker dies at 71"], ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', June 20, 2012. Accessed July 6, 2012. "He was one of six children born to Irish immigrants William and Catherine Tucker. The family moved to Rahway, N.J., and Mr. Tucker attended St. Mary High School in Elizabeth."</ref>
* [[Allan Vache]] (born 1953), jazz clarinetist; younger brother of Vaché Jr.<ref name=Vaches>Staff. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PD&s_site=twincities&p_multi=SP&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB5DCB76B574B66&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "Vaches Now a Brother Act"], ''[[St. Paul Pioneer Press]]'', April 1, 1993. Accessed December 28, 2010. "The best place to freelance Allan figured is the New York area So he moved back to his and Warren's nearby hometown Rahway NJ."</ref>
* [[Warren Vaché Jr.]] (born 1951), jazz cornetist and veteran of the groups of Benny Goodman, Rosemary Clooney, Benny Carter, Annie Ross and many other jazz notables<ref name=Vaches /><ref>Rodriguez, Alex W. [https://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/2010/12/jazz_happenings_for_the_week_o_4.html "Jazz happenings for the week of Dec. 22"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', December 22, 2010. Accessed March 29, 2025. "Rahway native Warren Vache, a mainstay on the local jazz scene for many years, brings his trumpet to Shanghai Jazz Club tonight for an evening of straight-ahead swing."</ref>
* [[Warren Vaché Sr.]] (1914–2005), jazz musician and journalist<ref>Dudas, Margaret A. [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-star-ledger-profile-of-jazz-trumpete/169163145/ "Jazz man heading back to his roots"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', February 22, 1996. Accessed March 29, 2025, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "Not that good sound is anything is nothing new to the son of Rahway residents Madeline and Warren Vache Sr. and the brother of clarinetist Allan."</ref>
* [[P. Roy Vagelos]] (born 1929), retired [[Merck & Co.]] CEO<ref>Johnson, Robert. [https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/28/business/yourmoney/28refresh.html "Looking Back Is Not an Option"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', November 28, 2004. Accessed October 19, 2007. "He is also promoting his new book "Medicine, Science and Merck" (Cambridge University Press), written with Louis Galambos, describing his path from son of a luncheonette owner in Rahway, N.J., to leader of a pharmaceutical giant."</ref>
* [[Carolyn Wells]] (1862–1942), author and poet<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1942/03/27/archives/carolyn-wells-novelist-dead-noted-for-myitery-stories-and-nonsense.html "Carolyn Wells, Novelist, Dead; Noted for Mystery Stories and Nonsense Verse, Also for Children's Works Began Writing In Rahway Wrote 170 Books by 1937 and 70 Were Mysteries -- Widow of Publisher's Son"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', March 27, 1942. Accessed May 22, 2013.</ref>
* [[Joe Williams (fullback)|Joe Williams]] (1941–2015), [[gridiron football|football]] player for the [[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]], [[Ottawa Rough Riders]] and [[Toronto Argonauts]] in the [[Canadian Football League]]  <ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/asbury-park-press-football-player-joe-wi/169165163/ "Tigers Sign Joe Williams Of Rahway"], ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', April 10, 1970. Accessed March 29, 2025, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "Joe Williams of Rahway, one of the highest scoring gridders in New Jersey scholastic football history and a pro star for the last seven years, is the first player to sign with the newly formed Jersey Tigers of the Atlantic Coast League. Williams played for Rahway High School, the University of Iowa, and for Winnipeg in the Canadian League."</ref>
* [[Shanice Williams (actress)|Shanice Williams]] (born 1996), actress who starred as Dorothy in ''[[The Wiz Live!]]'' on NBC in December 2015<ref>Staff. [http://www.nj.com/suburbannews/index.ssf/2015/12/rahways_own_shanice_williams_p.html "Rahway's Own, Shanice Williams plays 'Dorothy' in ''The Wiz Live''"], ''Suburban News'', December 8, 2015. Accessed May 30, 2016. "On the evening of Dec. 4, the Rahway community gathered at the town's high school to celebrate the success of yet another of 'Rahway's Own', Shanice Williams, who won the coveted role of Dorothy in NBC's network television premiere of ''The Wiz Live!''"</ref>
* [[Emmanuel Yarbrough]] (1964–2015), 1995 USA World Sumo Champion<ref>Rourke, Bryan. [http://www.projo.com/lifebeat/content/wk-black_ships_festival_07-16-09_S8F00U2_v14.20a6a5d.html "At the Black Ships Festival: Saki, sushi, sumo and more"], ''[[The Providence Journal]]'', July 16, 2009. Accessed December 28, 2010. "Yarbrough, 44, of Rahway, N.J., is visiting Newport this weekend for the Black Ships Festival."</ref>
* [[Robert Zakanitch|Robert Rahway Zakanitch]] (born 1935), painter and a founder of the [[Pattern and Decoration]] movement<ref>[https://www.rogallery.com/artists/robert-zakanitch/ Robert Zakanitch], Ro Gallery. Accessed April 6, 2022. "Having grown up in Rahway, New Jersey, he has been an exhibitor in New York since 1968."</ref>
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