List of people from Montclair, New Jersey

Notable current and former residents of Montclair, New Jersey, include:
Academics and science
H. Bruce Franklin (born 1934), author and historian who was expelled from his Stanford University professorship for involvement in a leftist group
Joshua Lederberg (1925-2008), geneticist who received the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for work in bacterial genetics; born in Montclair
Ronald T. Raines (born 1958), chemical biologist and expert on the chemistry and biology of proteins
Kenneth B. Smith (1931-2008), President of the Board of Education of the Chicago Public Schools; President of the Chicago Theological Seminary
Dr. Leo Sternbach (1908-2005), chemist, invented precursor to Valium
Edward Weston (1850-1936), electrical engineer and inventor whose Weston Electrical Instrument Company won the contract to illuminate the Brooklyn Bridge
Arts
Authors and journalists
Virginia Hamilton Adair (1913-2004), poet
Jonathan Alter (born 1957), Newsweek magazine journalist
Jim Axelrod, national correspondent for CBS News; reporter for the CBS Evening News
Eric Boehlert, journalist, author, frequent contributor to The Huffington Post and contributing editor to Rolling Stone
David Carr (1956-2015), media and culture columnist for The New York Times
Wendy Coakley-Thompson (born 1966), author of the novel Back to Life
Cojo, Art Juggernaut (born 1977), artist, writer, cartoonist
Fleur Cowles (1908-2009), painter, journalist, hostess, socialite and founder of Flair magazine; claimed to have been born in Montclair but records from the United States Census Bureau indicate that she was born in New York City
Louise DeSalvo (born 1942), author
Christopher Durang (born 1949), contemporary playwright
Edward S. Ellis (1840-1916), teacher, school administrator, journalist; author of hundreds of publications under his name and many pseudonyms
Jessie Redmon Fauset (1882-1961), novelist, poet, literary critic for The Crisis; later teacher
Ian Frazier (born 1951), writer, humorist, and essayist
Frank Bunker Gilbreth (1868-1924) and Lillian Moller Gilbreth (1878-1972), and their twelve children, featured in the autobiography Cheaper by the Dozen and Belles on Their Toes by Ernestine Gilbreth Carey and Frank Bunker Gilbreth, Jr.
Bob Herbert, (born 1945), syndicated op-ed columnist for The New York Times
Ken Johnson, (born 1953), art critic for The New York Times
Jon Katz (born 1947), author
Peter King (born 1957), journalist and Sports Illustrated senior writer
Michael Laser (born 1954), author
Donna Leon (born 1942), novelist
Arthur Levine (born 1962), editor, author, and publisher of children's books, including the American editions of the Harry Potter series
Anne McCaffrey (1926-2011), a prolific writer of fantasy and science fiction best known for her Dragonriders of Pern series
Susan Meddaugh, author of the Martha Speaks series of children's books, whose first home in Montclair was 33 Fairfield Street, where Martha the talking dog "lives" now
Isabel Paterson (1886-1961), journalist, novelist, political philosopher, author of The God of the Machine
Andrew Rosenthal (born 1956), editorial page editor of The New York Times; son of the paper's former executive editor A.M. Rosenthal
Lee Siegel (born 1957), writer and cultural critic
Richard Wesley (born 1945), screenwriter and playwright
Valerie Wilson Wesley (born 1947), mystery writer
Jana Winter, Fox News Channel reporter
Fashion
Bobbi Brown (born 1957), makeup artist
Jack McCollough (born 1978), fashion designer; co-creator of Proenza Schouler
Louise Vyent, Dutch-born fashion model and portrait photographer
Fictional characters
Paul Kinsey, on Mad Men
Millicent Kent, in David Foster Wallace's novel Infinite Jest
Jennifer Melfi, on The Sopranos
Marnie Michaels, on Girls
Carmela Soprano, on The Sopranos, attended Montclair State University
Fine arts
Thomas Ball (1819-1911), sculptor
William Couper (1853-1942), sculptor
Harry Fenn (1845-1911), was an English-born illustrator, primarily of landscapes
George Inness, (1825-1894), landscape painter
Joe McNally (born 1952), photographer
Dorothy Canning Miller (1904-2003), art curator
Movies, stage and television
Richard E. Besser (born 1959), former acting director of Centers for Disease Control; current Senior Health and Medical Editor at ABC News
Richard Burgi (born 1958), actor
John Callahan (born 1953), actor, Falcon Crest, Santa Barbara, All My Children, Days of Our Lives
Stephen Colbert (born 1964), television personality, host of The Colbert Report
Margaret Colin (born 1957), actress, Gossip Girl, The Edge of Night, Something Wild, Independence Day
R.J. Colleary (1928-2012), Peabody and Emmy Award-winning comedy writer and producer for M*A*S*H and Barney Miller; produced Benson and It's a Living
Kristen Connolly (born 1980), actress
Justin Deas (born 1948), actor
Dagmara Dominczyk (born 1976), actress
Olympia Dukakis (born 1931), Academy Award-winning actress, Moonstruck, Steel Magnolias, Mr. Holland's Opus
Allen DuMont (1901-1965), television pioneer
Beth Ehlers (born 1968), actress on Guiding Light and All My Children
Frankie Faison (born 1949), actor, The Silence of the Lambs
Frank Field (born 1923), meteorologist, former resident
Savion Glover (born 1974), tap dancer and choreographer
Peter Greene (born 1965), actor, Pulp Fiction, The Mask
Sterling Hayden (1916-1986), actor, Dr. Strangelove, The Godfather, The Asphalt Jungle, 9 to 5
Anthony Heald (born 1944), actor, The Silence of the Lambs, Boston Public
Shuler Hensley (born 1967), actor; won a Tony Award for Oklahoma!
Louis Jean Heydt (1903-1960), actor
Steve Hofstetter (born 1979), comedian and radio personality
Janet Hubert-Whitten (born 1956), television and Broadway actress
Vincent Irizarry (born 1959), Emmy Award-winning actor, [All My Children
The Amazing Kreskin (born 1935), paranormalist and TV personality
Eva La Rue (born 1966), actress, model, singer
Nicole Leach (born 1979), actress
Delroy Lindo (born 1952), actor nominated for Tony and SAG awards; Get Shorty, The Cider House Rules, Crooklyn, Gone in 60 Seconds, Malcolm X, More American Graffiti
Warren Littlefield, (born 1952), President of NBC in the 1990s
Priscilla Lopez (born 1948), actress, singer, dancer, Maid in Manhattan
Tyler Mathisen (born 1957), writer, editor, co-host of CNBC's Power Lunch
John Miller (born 1959), journalist, author, former FBI and ABC News journalist, current CBS News Senior Correspondent and investigative reporter
Joe Morton (born 1947), actor, Scandal
Michael O'Leary (born 1958), actor who portrayed Dr. Fredrick "Rick" Bauer on Guiding Light
Roscoe Orman (born 1944), actor who portrayed Gordon Robinson on Sesame Street
Stacie Passon, film director and screenwriter
Kal Penn (born 1977), actor, Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Todd Porter (born 1968), child/teen actor, Starstuff, Pinocchio's Christmas, Whiz Kids
Christina Ricci (born 1980), actress whose films include The Addams Family, Buffalo '66, Monster, Sleepy Hollow
Rosemary Rice (1925-2012), actress; played Katrin on Mama; voice-over artist and children's musician
Bruce Sinofsky (born 1956), screenwriter, editor, producer and filmmaker, 2012 Academy Award nominee
Steven Spielberg (born 1946), Academy Award-winning film director
Elaine Stewart (1930-2011), model and Hollywood actress of the 1950s, promoted as a "dark-haired Marilyn Monroe"
Sophia Takal, actress, writer and director
Michelle Thomas (1968-1998), actress who played Myra on Family Matters
Dallas Townsend (1919-1995), anchor for CBS World News Roundup
Jake Weary (born 1990), actor, As the World Turns
Mary Alice Williams (born 1949), television personality
Wendy Williams (born 1964), TV and radio personality, host of The Wendy Williams Show
Patrick Wilson (born 1973), actor, Watchmen, The A-Team, Little Children
Alex Winter (born 1965), actor
Kim Zimmer (born 1955), actress, Guiding Light
Louis Zorich (born 1924), actor, Mad About You; married to Olympia Dukakis
Eric Nyenhuis (born 1967), actor Walking Dead, Almost Mercy
Music
Al Anderson (born 1950), guitarist and songwriter; played with Bob Marley & The Wailers
David Bendeth (born 1954), musician, songwriter and producer
Chuck Burgi (born 1952), drummer
Ted Curson (born 1935), jazz trumpeter
Robert DeLeo (born 1966), bass player, songwriter, and harmony vocalist for the Stone Temple Pilots
Tommy DeVito (born 1936), guitarist and vocalist for The Four Seasons
Hussein Fatal (born 1973), rapper, former member of the Outlawz
Bob Gaudio, (born 1942), singer, songwriter, musician, record producer and songwriting member of The Four Seasons
Billy Hart (born 1940), jazz drummer
Herman Hupfeld (1894-1951), lyricist who wrote "As Time Goes By", used in the 1943 Oscar winner Casablanca
Dorothy Kirsten (1910-1992), lyric soprano
Vincent La Selva, (born 1929), symphony and opera conductor
Oliver Lake (born 1944), alto saxophone player and composer
Joseph Lamb, (1887-1960), prominent composer of ragtime music, born and lived in Montclair
Christian McBride (born 1972), three-time Grammy Award winner for jazz (bass)
Jim McNeely (born 1949), Grammy-winning jazz pianist, composer and arranger
Anwar Robinson (born 1979), singer, contestant on American Idol
Wallace Roney (born 1960), trumpet player and jazz musician
Adam Schlesinger (born 1967), musician, bass player for Fountains of Wayne and Ivy
Duncan Sheik (born 1969), singer-songwriter, composer; known for his 1996 single, "Barely Breathing", and his work on the award-winning musical Spring Awakening
Ty Taylor (born 1967), guitarist and vocalist of R&B group Dakota Moon; contestant on the reality TV show Rock Star: INXS
Steve Turre (born 1948), jazz trombonist and member of Saturday Night Live band since 1984
Joe Walsh (born 1947), musician/songwriter for the James Gang and the Eagles
Reggie Workman (born 1937), jazz musician
Jenny Owen Youngs (born 1981), singer/songwriter
Business
Israel Crane (1774-1858), merchant
Allen B. DuMont (1901-1965), television pioneer and inventor who created the DuMont Television Network
Floyd Hall, CEO of K-Mart, 1995-2001
Benjamin Moore, co-founder with his brother Robert of Benjamin Moore & Co, in Brooklyn in 1883; lived in Upper Montclair, 1905-1917
Government, politics and law
Bradley Abelow, Treasurer of the U.S. State of New Jersey, appointed by Governor of New Jersey Jon Corzine
Steve Adubato (born 1957), former member of the New Jersey General Assembly; talk show host
Jane Barus (1892-1977), member of the Constitutional convention that formulated the 1947 New Jersey State Constitution
Bill Bradley (born 1942), former forward for the New York Knicks; U.S. Senator; prospective presidential candidate
Raymond A. Brown (1915-2009), attorney whose clients included Black Liberation Army member Assata Shakur, boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter and "Dr. X" physician Mario Jascalevich
Bayard H. Faulkner (1894-1983), former mayor and chairman of the Commission on Municipal Government that created New Jersey's Optional Municipal Charter Law, better known eponymously as the Faulkner Act
Paul J. Fishman (born 1957), United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey
William H. Gray (born 1941), former Congressman who was head of the United Negro College Fund
Lonna Hooks, Secretary of State of New Jersey from 1994 to 1998, under Governor of New Jersey Christine Todd Whitman
J. Erik Jonsson (1901-1995), businessman, philanthropist, and mayor of Dallas, Texas, reared in Montclair
Sean T. Kean (born 1963), represents the 11th legislative district in the New Jersey General Assembly
Arthur Kinoy (1920-2003), activist lawyer who was part of the team that represented the Chicago Seven
Howard Krongard (born 1940), head of the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of State
Archie Lochhead (1892-1971), first director of the Exchange Stabilization Fund and President of the Universal Trading Corporation
Benjamin Chavis Muhammad (born 1948), civil rights activist
Lucy Stone (1818-1893), feminist and suffragist
Benjamin Strong, Jr. (1872-1928), governor of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Edward W. Townsend (1855-1942), represented New Jersey's 6th congressional district, 1911-1913, and the 10th district, 1913-1915
Jeh Johnson (1957), fourth United States Secretary of Homeland Security from 2013 to 2017
Sports
Me'Lisa Barber (born 1980), track and field sprint athlete
Yogi Berra (born 1925), baseball player and manager with the New York Yankees and New York Mets
Bob Bradley (born 1958), soccer coach of the Egypt national football team; former manager of the United States men's national soccer team
David Caldwell (born 1987), football safety for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, previously with the Indianapolis Colts
Peter A. Carlesimo (1915-2003), basketball coach
Leonard Coleman (born 1949), President of the National League of Professional Baseball Clubs
Larry Doby (1923-2003), second African-American to play professional baseball in Major League Baseball
Alex Ferguson (1897-1976), right-handed pitcher; played for the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators, Philadelphia Phillies, and Brooklyn Robins; played in the 1925 World Series
Don Garber (born 1957), commissioner of Major League Soccer
Billy "Brud" Johnson (1918-2006), former New York Yankees third baseman; played nine seasons in the majors; missed two seasons for military service during World War II
Rees Jones (born 1941), golf course architect
Robert Trent Jones, Jr. (born 1939), golf course architect
Robert Trent Jones, Sr. (1906-2000), golf course architect; moved here from England where he married and raised two sons, both following in their father's footsteps
Sean Jones (born 1962), defensive end for the Raiders, Oilers, and the Packers; played in the 1997 Super Bowl championship
Rich Kenah (born 1970), middle distance runner; won bronze medals over 800 metres at the 1997 World Indoor Championships and 1997 World Championships in Athens; member of the US Team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney
Dave Meads (born 1964), pitcher for the Houston Astros who had an 8-4 career record
John McMullen (1918-2005), naval architect and marine engineer; former owner of the New Jersey Devils and Houston Astros
Jeff Mills (born 1968), linebacker who played four seasons in the NFL with the San Diego Chargers and Denver Broncos
Scott Niedermayer (born 1973), retired hockey defenseman for the New Jersey Devils and Anaheim Ducks
William Steinitz (1836-1900), one of the greatest chess masters of the 19th century; first world champion; known as the "Bohemian Caesar"
Michael Strahan (born 1971), NFL defensive end for the New York Giants; holds single season sack record
Willie Taylor (born 1955), wide receiver for the Green Bay Packers
David Tyree (born 1980), NFL wide receiver for the New York Giants; 1998 graduate of Montclair High School
Ingrid Wells (born 1989), soccer player
Earl Williams (born 1948), baseball player; National League's rookie of the Year in 1971
Dainius Zubrus (born 1978), forward for New Jersey Devils
Other
Buzz Aldrin (born 1930), astronaut, second man to walk on the moon
Paul Cushing Child (1902-1994), husband of chef Julia Child, who introduced his wife to fine cuisine, which began her legendary career
Victor E. Engstrom (1914-2000), philatelist
Vladimir Guryev and Lydia Guryev, aka Richard and Cynthia Murphy, arrested in their Montclair home June 2010 by FBI; admitted in court to being agents of the Russian Federation and pled guilty to conspiracy to act as unregistered agents; expelled with eight others in a prisoner exchange with Russia
Isaac Newton Lewis (1858-1931), soldier and inventor who created the Lewis Gun
References
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