page_title: Essex Fells, New Jersey
section_title: Notable people
hierarchical_section_title: Essex Fells, New Jersey / Notable people
caption_attribution_description: Justin Gimelstob coaching John Isner during practice at the Queens Club Aegon Championships in London, England.
context_page_description: Essex Fells is a borough in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 2,113, reflecting a decline of 49 from the 2,162 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 23 from the 2,139 counted in the 1990 Census.
  Essex Fells was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 31, 1902, from portions of Caldwell Township. In 1981, the borough was one of seven Essex County municipalities to pass a referendum to become a township, joining four municipalities that had already made the change, of what would ultimately be more than a dozen Essex County municipalities to reclassify themselves as townships in order take advantage of federal revenue sharing policies that allocated townships a greater share of government aid to municipalities on a per capita basis. Effective January 1, 1992, it again became a borough.
  New Jersey Family magazine ranked Essex Fells as the best town for families in its 2016 rankings of "New Jersey's Best Towns for Families".
context_section_description: People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Essex Fells include:
  Bob Bradley (born 1958), former coach of the United States men's national soccer team.
  Jeremy Brodeur (born 1996), professional ice hockey goalie.
  Willis Carrier (1876–1950), known as the "father of the modern day air conditioner".
  Don Criqui (born 1940), sportscaster for CBS Sports.
  Ian Eagle (born 1969), sports announcer.
  Connie Francis (born 1938), singer.
  Justin Gimelstob (born 1977), retired professional tennis player.
  Anne Steele Marsh (1901–1995), painter and printmaker whose watercolors, oil paintings and wood engravings were widely exhibited.
  James Randall Marsh (1896-1965), artist.
  Henry G. Morse (1884-1934), architect.
  Brian Rafalski (born 1973), former NHL defenseman who played for the New Jersey Devils.
  Scott Stevens (born 1964), former NHL defenseman who played for the New Jersey Devils during his career.
  Bo Sullivan (1937-2000), chairman of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority and a Republican Party politician who sought the nomination for Governor of New Jersey in the 1981 primary.
  Johnny Sylvester (1915–1990), lived here when he was visited on October 11, 1926, by Babe Ruth, who promised that he would hit a home run on his behalf during the 1926 World Series.
  John C. Whitehead (born 1922), former Chairman of Goldman Sachs who also served as the 9th United States Deputy Secretary of State.
caption: Justin Gimelstob
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