page_title: Summit, New Jersey
section_title: Notable people
hierarchical_section_title: Summit, New Jersey / Notable people
caption_attribution_description: English: Jazz singer and vocalist Bill Robinson is based in Summit, New Jersey.
context_page_description: Summit is a city in Union County, New Jersey, United States. At the 2010 United States Census, the city's population was 21,457, reflecting an increase of 326 from the 21,131 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 1,374 from the 19,757 counted in the 1990 Census.
  Originally incorporated as Summit Township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 23, 1869, from portions of New Providence Township and Springfield Township, Summit was reincorporated as a city on March 8, 1899.
  Possible derivations of Summit's name include its location atop the Second Watchung Mountain; the Summit Lodge, the house to which jurist James Kent moved in 1837 and which stands today at 50 Kent Place Boulevard; and to a local sawmill owner who granted passage to the Morris and Essex Railroad for a route to "the summit of the Short Hills".
  Summit had the 16th-highest per capita income in the state as of the 2000 Census. According to Bloomberg, Summit ranked as the 70th highest-income place in the United States in 2017, 72nd in 2018, and 65th in 2019.
context_section_description: People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Summit include:
  Ozzie Ahlers (born 1946), songwriter and music producer who plays the keyboard, guitar, and bass who has played with Van Morrison, Jerry Garcia, The Edge and Craig Chaquico, in addition to a solo career.
  Robert Arellano (born 1969), author, musician and educator.
  Miles Austin (born 1984), wide receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles.
  Stephen Austin, former NFL executive
  Michael Badgley (born 1995), football placekicker for the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League.
  Paul Baier (born 1985), professional ice hockey player.
  Sean Baker (born 1978), filmmaker best known for the independent feature films Starlet, Tangerine and The Florida Project.
  John Bardeen (1908–1991), only person to have won two (shared) Nobel prizes in physics, in 1956 for the transistor and in 1972 for superconductivity.
  Wendy Barker (born 1942), poet.
  Anthony James Barr (born 1940), programming language designer, software engineer and inventor.
  Jack Belden (1910–1989),  war correspondent who covered the Japanese invasion of China, the Second World War and the Chinese Revolution.
  James M. Bennett (born 1948), FairTax advocate.
  Mark Berson (born 1953), men's soccer coach at the University of South Carolina.
  Robert Blackburn (1920–2003), artist and print maker.
  Brett Ellen Block (born 1973), short story author and novelist.
  Walter Houser Brattain (1902–1987), physicist who shared the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics for the transistor.
  Arthur Raymond Brooks (1895–1991), last surviving American flying ace of World War I.
  Dave Brown (born 1970), quarterback who played for the New York Giants.
  Fritz Buehning (born 1960), former professional tennis player.
  Levin H. Campbell (born 1927), judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
  John Carroll (born 1955), basketball coach who served as the head coach for the Boston Celtics during the latter part of the 2003–04 season.
  Mark Cesark (born 1965), sculptor, best known for his use of found and scrap steel.
  Greg Cohen (born 1953), jazz artist.
  Laurie Collyer (born 1967), film director, best known for Sherrybaby.
  Anthony Comstock (1844–1915), legal reformer, famous for the anti-pornography laws named after him.
  William A. Conway (1910–2006), banking executive and activist shareholder of behalf of minority stockholders.
  Jon Corzine (born 1947), former Governor of New Jersey.
  Marguerite Courtot (1897–1986), silent film actress.
  Jim Cramer (born 1955), stock trader, and anchor of CNBC's former Kudlow & Cramer and present Mad Money.
  Marshall Curry (born c. 1970), two-time Academy Award-nominated American documentary director, producer, cinematographer and editor of such films as Street Fight about the 2002 Newark mayoral election.
  Paul Davenport (born 1946), ninth president of the University of Western Ontario.
  Benjamin Henry Day Jr. (1838–1916), illustrator and printer, best known for his invention of Ben-Day dots.
  (Samuel) Frederick De Bary (1815–1898), wealthy businessman who gave his name to Summit's DeBary Inn and to DeBary, Florida.
  Leonard De Paur (1914–1998), composer.
  Capitola Dickerson (1913–2012), piano instructor.
  Lawrence Dillon (born 1959), composer who is Composer in Residence at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.
  Daniel Doan (1914–1993), author best known for his works about hiking in New England.
  Mark Donohue (1937–1975), race car, Indy, Formula 1 and NASCAR driver who was the winner of the 1972 Indy 500.
  David Drake, chef.
  East River Pipe, musician Fred M. Cornog.
  Frankie Edgar (born 1981), mixed martial artist who is the current UFC lightweight champion.
  Brian Edwards (born 1984), goalkeeper for Toronto FC.
  Alan Louis Eggers (1895–1968), received the Medal of Honor for his actions during World War I.
  Marianne Espinosa, Judge of the Appellate Division of New Jersey Superior Court.
  Maggie Estep (1963–2014), writer and poet most well known for coming to prominence during the height of the spoken word and poetry slam performance rage.
  Kevin C. Fitzpatrick (born 1966), a
caption: Jazz singer Bill Robinson lives in Summit
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