Ernest Mae McCarroll (1898–1990), medical doctor who became the first African American physician to be appointed to the staff of the Newark City Hospital, in 1946[11]
Lewis Yablonsky (1924–2014), sociologist, criminologist, author and psychotherapist, best known for his innovative and experiential work with gang members[25]
Ken Eulo (born 1939), Eugene O'Neill Award-winning writer and bestselling author whose novels have collectively sold over 13 million copies worldwide[40]
Jim Murphy (1947–2022), author of more than nonfiction and fiction books for children, young adults, and general audiences, including more than 30 about American history[45]
Dave Toma, former Newark Police Department police detective whose undercover work and battles with his superiors became the basis of the television series Toma, which ran on the ABC network from 1973 to 1974[49]
Alexander F. Harmer (1856–1925), painter who has been described as the first prominent painter of California[68]
Grace Hartigan (1922–2008), abstract expressionist painter, member of the post-war avant-garde New York School[69]
Eleanor Kish (1924–2014), artist best known for her paleoart depicting dinosaurs during the 1970s until the mid 1990s, many of which are on public display in museum collections[70]
Douglas Kolk (1963–2014), artist known for drawing and work in collage and mixed media[71]
Jerome Kern (1885–1945), composer credited with the idea of making Edna Ferber's novel Show Boat into a musical; also composed its music as well as the scores for many other shows; he considered "Ol' Man River" his masterpiece[94]
Fred Schneider (born 1951), singer-songwriter, arranger and musician, best known as the frontman of the rock band the B-52's, of which he is a founding member[153]
Oliver Randolph (1882–1951), first African American to be admitted to the New Jersey bar and second African American elected to the New Jersey Legislature[217]
Marvin Hagler (1954–2021), boxer and former Undisputed World Middleweight Champion who finished his career with a record of 62–3–2 with 52 knockouts and 12 title defenses[284]
Larry Hazzard (born 1944), former amateur boxer, boxing referee, athletic control board commissioner, teacher and actor[287]
Larry Hesterfer (1878–1943), pitcher who played a single MLB game in 1901 with the New York Giants, in which he became the only player known to have hit into a triple play in his first major league at bat[288]
Qadry Ismail (born 1970), former professional football player who played for 10 years in the NFL[289]
Shaquille O'Neal (born 1972), professional basketball player, four-time NBA champion[305]
Lou Palmer (1935–2019), sportscaster who was a SportsCenter anchor and reporter and one of the original studio anchors at WFAN, the nation's first all-sports radio station[306]
Walt Walsh (1897–1966), Major League Baseball player who played in two games as a pinch runner for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1920, never getting an at-bat[319]
^Local Talk News Editor "Stephen N. Adubato to be awarded honorary degree from Kean University"Archived May 19, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, LocalTalkNews.com, May 7, 2010. Accessed October 21, 2015. "For more than four decades, Adubato, a lifelong Newark resident, has provided a broad range of social and educational services through his many philanthropic activities in his hometown of Newark."
^Stewart-Winter, Timothy. Interview with Arnie Kantrowitz, Queer Newark Oral History Project, June 1, 2015. Accessed January 24, 2022. "During this time—I was born in Newark, lived in the Weequahic section, at several addresses over the years my parents divorced and my mother and my brother and I moved to Elizabeth, New Jersey, and it was from there that I commuted to downtown Newark to go to Rutgers."
^Knobel, Peter. "Cloning Is Permitted", Manna, Spring 1998. Accessed September 2, 2019. "Rabbi Dr. Peter Knobel was born in Newark, New Jersey and educated at Hamilton College, HUC-JIR and Yale."
^Ernest Mae McCarroll, CHAAMP Resources. Accessed February 7, 2020. "After getting married in 1929, she moved to Newark, New Jersey where she continued to practice medicine."
^Charles Anthony Micchelli, University of Zaragoza. Accessed July 12, 2021. "Charles A. Micchelli nació en Newark, New Jersey, USA, el 22 de diciembre de 1942, hijo de Salvatore y Mary, una familia de origen italiano que tuvo otros tres hijos mayores que él."
^Staff. "Morley Accomplishments Recorded In New Book, Hartford Courant, October 12, 1958. Accessed December 24, 2013. "Born in Newark, N.J., Jan. 29, 1938, a son of the Rev. Sardis B. and Anna Treat Morley, he moved to West Hartford as a child."
^Cummings, Mike. "Student research exhibits showcase Yale Library's diverse collections", Yale News, November 15, 2017. Accessed April 7, 2021. "Nies, who was born in Newark, New Jersey, focused much of his travels on visiting the holy sites, while Bell visited the region for primarily political and archeological purposes."
^Hannan, Caryn. New Jersey Biographical Dictionary, p. 541. State History Publications, 2008. ISBN9781878592453. Accessed August 21, 2019. "Paine, John Alsop (1840–1912) – Archaeologist and botanist, was born January 14, 1840, at Newark, New Jersey, the son of Dr. John Alsop Paine and Amanda S. (Kellogg), who had previously lived in Oneida County, New York."
^Staff. "Sam J. Porcello: Obituary", The Star-Ledger, May 14, 2012. Accessed June 3, 2015. "Sam was born and raised in Newark, N.J., and lived in Wayne, N.J., before moving to Toms River in 1974."
^Barry, Ellen. "Barbara Stanley, Influential Suicide Researcher, Dies at 73", The New York Times, January 29, 2023. Accessed February 14, 2023. "Barbara H. Stanley, a psychologist and researcher who developed a simple, effective tool for suicide prevention, died on Wednesday in a hospice in Scotch Plains, N.J.... Barbara Hrevnack was born on Aug. 13, 1949, in Newark."
^"Charles D. Wrege Obituary"Archived April 25, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, Academy of Management. Accessed August 14, 2018. "Charles D. Wrege, the Academy of Management's Historian and Archivist, passed away on Tuesday, August 19, 2014, at his home in Spring Lake, NJ. Chuck – to his friends and colleagues – was born on March 11, 1924, in Newark, NJ, where he attended Arts High."
^Rainier Chapter House, Daughters of the American Revolution. Accessed June 22, 2016. "Born in Newark, New Jersey on December 28, 1871, Daniel Riggs Huntington was the son of John Huntington a prosperous grocer and Mary Horton Huntington."
^Freeman, John. "At home with Siri and Paul", The Jerusalem Post, April 3, 2008. Accessed December 24, 2013. "Like so many people in New York, both of them are spiritual refugees of a sort. Auster hails from Newark, New Jersey, and Hustvedt from Minnesota, where she was raised the daughter of a professor, among a clan of very tall siblings."
^Amina Baraka, Queer Newark Oral History Project. Accessed February 8, 2022. "Sylvia grew up in Newark, New Jersey. She attended Arts High School where she majored in Art."
^Andrew Jacobs. "Criticized Poet Is Named Laureate of Newark Schools", The New York Times, December 19, 2002. Accessed July 7, 2012. "A longtime Newark resident who was pivotal in the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s, Mr. Baraka has ignored calls from Gov. James E. McGreevey and others that he resign the post, which pays a stipend of $10,000."
^Make You Mine, Sony Reader Store. Accessed February 7, 2011. "Niobia Bryant is the national bestselling and award-winning author of more than a dozen "Sexy, Funny & Oh So Real" novels. As Meesha Mink, she's also the co-author of Desperate Hoodwives and Shameless Hoodwives. A proud native of Newark, New Jersey, Niobia currently writes full time and splits her time between New Jersey and South Carolina."
^Amanda Minnie Douglas. The New York Times, July 19, 1916, p. 9
^ abNewark's Literary Lights, Newark Public Library. Accessed December 31, 2021. "Eloise Alma Williams Flagg was born in City Point, Virginia. Her family later settled in Newark and she graduated from East Side High School, where she was a member of the National Honor Society and served as class poet."
^Hampton, Wilborn. "Allen Ginsberg, Master Poet Of Beat Generation, Dies at 70", The New York Times, April 6, 1997. Accessed July 7, 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."
^Cutler, Jacqueline. "Dan Gutman on a career that he's glad he fell into", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, January 5, 2014, updated March 29, 2019. Accessed February 16, 2021. "Dan Gutman is a rock star, and if there's any doubt, ask a school librarian. Gutman, who grew up in Newark's Vailsburg neighborhood, graduated from Rutgers and lives in Haddonfield."
^Andrew HubnerArchived January 21, 2022, at the Wayback Machine, Hostos Community College. Accessed May 21, 2022. "Born on the burning streets of Newark, New Jersey, raised in bucolic Cary, North Carolina, moved to NYC during the tempestuous 80’s."
^Four Seasons Lodge, First Run Features. Accessed March 3, 2018. "Andrew was born in Newark, New Jersey, and attended New York University, where he studied architecture and urban design."
^Klin, Richard. "David's Harp", January Magazine, July 2007. Accessed September 22, 2008. "Newark-raised, Shapiro has not shied away from his Garden State roots, (Poems from Deal, its title taken from a Jersey-shore town, came out in 1969) taking his place, along with Ginsberg and Williams, as bards of this much maligned state."
^Caruba, Alan. "Toma is Returning", The New York Times, June 12, 1977. Accessed January 20, 2020. "Clark is not far from where Mr. Toma was born and reared in the Central Ward of Newark, the youngest of 12 brothers and sisters. However, distance can be measured in many ways, and the Dave Toma of today lives in an entirely different world than the one in which he graduated from West Side High School in Newark, played a little professional baseball and then spent three years in the United States Marines as a drill instructor."
^Freedman, Samuel G."Theater; One Struggle Over, Attention Turns to Guilt", The New York Times, October 29, 1989. Accessed July 7, 2012. "Still, it was far easier for Mr. Wesley to perceive his subject and themes than to penetrate them. Although he grew up in a stable, working-class family in Newark and graduated from Howard University, the very hatchery of the black elite, his earlier plays dealt almost exclusively with street life and militant politics."
^Klacsmann, Karen Towers. "Hilda Belcher (1881–1963)", New Georgia Encyclopedia. Accessed October 21, 2015. "Upon graduating from Newark High School (later Barringer High School) in 1900, Belcher moved to New York City to further her education."
^Judith Bernstein Biography, Mary Boone Gallery. Accessed August 21, 2017. "Born in Newark, New Jersey, 1941."
^Franco Castelluccio, Quent Cordair Fine Art. Accessed June 14, 2022. "Born April 12, 1955 in Newark, New Jersey, Franco Castelluccio says: 'I began studying sculpture before I knew I was studying it.'""
^Zimmer, William. "Art; Exuberance Coupled With Insight", The New York Times, April 21, 1991. Accessed January 3, 2021. "Carmen Cicero, a native of Newark, had his work displayed in the Guggenheim Museum's inaugural exhibition in 1959 in the company of stellar artists including Joan Miro, who later sent Mr. Cicero an original drawing saluting the young artist."
^Robert Farber, Artnet. Accessed August 21, 2019. "Born on February 29, 1944 in Newark, NJ, he took an interest in art from a young age but went on to study business and marketing in college."
^Selman, Carol. "Newark Visual, Performance Artist Jerry Gant: From Slave Ship to Mother Ship; Work by leading Newark-based artist on view now", Newark Patch, August 24, 2011. Accessed February 18, 2018. "Gant was born in Newark, grew up in a succession of Newark apartments — 'my mother Shirley was a gypsy;' lost his Dad young to alcohol and cirrhosis, graduated West Side High School and went to Essex County College to study graphic design — just as desktop publishing was coming in and decimating the print industry."
^John R. Grabach, Smithsonian American Art Museum. Accessed September 2, 2021. "John R. Grabach grew up in Newark, New Jersey, where he studied with a local painter and joined a sketch club."
^Ruane, Michael E. "Acclaimed Washington artist Tom Green dies of Lou Gehrig's disease at 70", The Washington Post, September 4, 2012. Accessed September 2, 2021. "Thomas Patrick Green Jr. was born May 27, 1942, in Newark, N.J., the oldest of four children of a printer who moved his family to suburban Maryland when he got a job at the Government Printing Office in Washington."
^Welzenbach, Michael. "The Dinosaur Artist, Painting Prehistory", The Washington Post, April 12, 1990. Accessed November 1, 2017. "A stocky, vivacious woman who plainly loves her work, Kish didn't start out painting dinosaurs. Born in 1924 in Newark, N.J., she became a Canadian citizen in 1960 after her work took her north."
^Spears, Dorothy. "Lee Lozano, Surely Defiant, Drops In", The New York Times, January 5, 2011. Accessed July 7, 2012. "Lozano, born in 1930 into a staid, middle-class household in Newark as Lenore Knaster, began her career conventionally enough, with a B.F.A. from the Art Institute of Chicago after getting her bachelor's in liberal studies from the University of Chicago in 1951."
^Nina Howell Starr papers, 1933-1996, Archives of American Art. Accessed May 13, 2020. "Nina Howell Starr (1903–2000) was a photographer, art dealer, and art historian who worked primarily in New York City. Born in Newark, New Jersey in 1903 as Cornelia Margaret Howell, Starr attended Wellesley College and graduated from Barnard in 1926."
^Ouzounian, Richard. "Jason Alexander Still Laughing", Toronto Star, July 19, 2008. Accessed December 24, 2013. "Born in Newark, N.J., in 1959, Alexander can still recall with perfect precision the moment he was drawn into show business."
^Weaver, Maurice. "Blacque Faces New Generation Of TV After Hill", Chicago Tribune, June 25, 1989. Accessed June 7, 2021. "Henry Marshall's work ethic is a value Blacque learned from his hard-working mother, who raised four kids as a single parent in Newark, N.J."
^Grimes, William. "Vivian Blaine, the First Adelaide In 'Guys and Dolls,' Is Dead at 74", The New York Times, December 14, 1995. Accessed July 7, 2012. "Ms. Blaine was born in Newark. Originally her last name was Stapleton. While she was still in elementary school, her father, a theatrical agent, booked $1-a-night singing dates for her at nightclubs, company parties and police benefits. At 14 she began singing with the Halsey Miller Orchestra, and after graduating from Southside High School went on the road with little-known bands."
^McNary, Dave. "Influential African-American Film Editor John Carter Dies at 95", Variety, August 24, 2018. Accessed September 5, 2018. "John Carter, the first African-American to join the American Cinema Editors Society, died Aug. 13 at his home in White Plains, N.Y., according to a listing in the New York Times. He was 95.... Carter was born in Newark, N. J., on Sept. 22, 1922."
^Whitty, Steven. "De Palma un-redacted", The Star-Ledger, November 17, 2007. Accessed February 7, 2011. "Born in Newark in 1940, De Palma grew up in Philadelphia, where his father was a respected surgeon."
^Danois, Ericka Blount. "Director Ernest Dickerson Brings His Style To The Wire; Q&A", The Baltimore Sun, February 4, 2007. Accessed December 24, 2013. "[Ernest Dickerson], a Newark, N.J., native, has directed five episodes of The Wire, which just completed its fourth season and began production on its fifth season last month. But his credits include a long list of accomplishments."
^Rothstein, Mervyn. "A Life in the Theatre: Bernard Gersten", Playbill, January 29, 2010. Accessed April 27, 2020 "I grew up in Newark, and at the end of the third grade a play was done to celebrate commencement.... I was in the dramatic club at West Side High School and I was voted best actor in my class."
^Fleeman, Michael. "Despite controversy, Ice-T's album is on the way down the charts", The Nevada Daily Mail, July 15, 1992. Accessed February 7, 2011. "Born Tracy Marrow in Newark, N.J., Ice-T wrote the title track for the movie Colors and made his acting debut in New Jack City."
^Herzog, Laura. "'Creed' star Michael B. Jordan gets key to hometown of Newark", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, November 18, 2015, updated February 26, 2018. Accessed March 3, 2018. "First Newark-raised actor Michael B. Jordan cracked the Hollywood A-list. On Tuesday night, he joined another exclusive list -- of people who have a 'key' to the Brick City.... Raised in Newark, Jordan studied drama at the public magnet Newark Arts High School, where his mother is still a teacher, city officials said."
^"The Buffalo Film Seminars: Dog Day Afternoon", The Center for Studies in American Culture, University of Buffalo, April 10, 2018. Accessed August 9, 2020. "Victor J. Kemper (b. April 14, 1927 in Newark, NJ) blazed a non-conventional career path. Born and raised in Newark, he graduated from Seton Hall University and was hired by a local television station to operate a sound boom, repair cameras, mix sound and serve as technical director for live programs produced in the studio."
^Jerome Kern, Masterworks Broadway. Accessed August 21, 2017. "Jerome David Kern was born to Jewish parents Henry and Fannie Kern, who moved from New York to Newark, NJ, in 1897.... He attended Newark High School, where he first tried his hand at composing, turning out songs for school musicals and adapting Uncle Tom's Cabin for a performance at the Newark Yacht Club in 1902."
^Keller, Ilana. "Broadway's Hamilton cast visits Six Flags Great Adventure", Asbury Park Press, October 13, 2015. Accessed November 9, 2016. "'It's really cool just being in a show that's loved so much that talks about my home state. It's really nice and there's a sense of pride every time it's mentioned in the show," said Onaodowan. He was born in Newark and graduated from West Orange High School, which he points out isn't far from Weehawken, site of the Alexander Hamilton-Aaron Burr duel that resulted in Hamilton's death."
^"Alimony Trail Proves Devious", The Los Angeles Times, March 2, 1916. Accessed February 23, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "The where-abouts of Leighton Graves Osmun, the son of J. Allen Osmun, president of the Whittier National Bank, is of great interest to Mrs. Harriet Osmun, his divorced wife, for Osmun has failed to pay alimony to her for the past three months and though she has brought suit the whereabouts of the young man and his second wife is unknown to her and her attorneys.... Both Mrs. Osmun No. 1 and No. 2 and Leighton Osmun had been friends in their old home in Newark."
^Feuer, Ryan. "Comedian Retta talks Jersey roots, Parks and Rec and Geeks Who Drink", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, July 16, 2015, updated January 17, 2019. Accessed May 1, 2021. "'Growing up in Jersey makes you a little bit ballsier, a little more outspoken,' says the comedian/actress, who was born in Newark and raised in Edison and Cliffwood Beach."
^Joe Rogan, Fear Factor profile. Accessed February 7, 2011. "Rogan was born in Newark, New Jersey, raised in Boston, and now lives in Los Angeles."
^Morehouse, Rebecca. "Actress Eva Marie Saint's Bored With Saintly Roles", The Robesonian, February 1, 1978. Accessed February 7, 2011. "I was born in Newark and grew up in Albany, N.Y. I'm the third Eva Marie Saint in my family. Do you know – there's not a single 'Saint' in the Manhattan telephone directory."
^Staff. "Local resident puts aside shyness, finds 'Courage'", New Jersey Hills, April 12, 2002. Accessed May 9, 2022. "Born in Newark, White moved to North Caldwell with her parents when she was 12. She said she knew from a very early age that she wanted to act."
^Nolan, Sara. "Youth Speak-Out in Newark", The Star-Ledger, July 29, 2008. Accessed July 7, 2012. "J.D. Williams steps out of HBO and back into Newark, NJ to appear at July's Youth Speak-Out."
^Adler, David R. "Andy Bey", JazzTimes, April 25, 2019. Accessed December 14, 2020. "Originally from Newark, N.J., Bey knew the Shorter brothers-Wayne and Alan-when they were both teenagers."
^Kogan, Rick. "Crowd Pleaser", Chicago Tribune, April 10, 2005. Accessed December 14, 2020. "The woman Tribune jazz critic Howard Reich calls 'the first lady of Chicago jazz' was born Geraldine Bey 70 years ago in Newark, N.J., the seventh of nine children in a home 'low on money but rich in family.'"
^Lou Brutus BiographyArchived November 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, LouBrutus.com. Accessed June 3, 2015. "Wherever his travels have taken him, Brutus remains a proud New Jerseyan. He was born in Newark, NJ and spent in his first year living in the Down Neck (aka Ironbound) section of the city."
^"Louis Carter", Glen Ridge Voice, October 6, 2005. Accessed July 19,2023, via Newspapers.com. "A Mass for Louis Carter, 87, of Bloomfield was offered Sept. 28 in St. Thomas the Apostle Church, Bloomfield, after the funeral from the Biondi Funeral Home of Nutley.... Born in Newark, he lived in Bloomfield for 41 years."
^"Eric Chasalow / Over the Edge", New World Records. Accessed November 20, 2018. "Chaslow, who was born in 1955 in Newark, N. J., and who grew to maturity as Postmodernism was evolving, points (not at all surprisingly) to jazz as part of his family tree."
^Hyman, Vicki. "Star-Gazing at Fashion Week", The Star-Ledger, September 10, 2007. Accessed June 19, 2011. "Then there's Newark's own Kat DeLuna. Though she says she's been to a couple of Baby Phat shows before, Friday marked her first major incursion into the Bryant Park tents, and she was making the most of it."
^Gill, John. "Rah Digga Gets Hometown Key, Unleashes 'Harriet'", MTV.com, April 5, 2000. Accessed June 19, 2011. "Busta Rhymes' female protégé Rah Digga was in her hometown of Newark Tuesday evening for a very special occasion. In addition to celebrating the release of her solo debut album, 'Dirty Harriet,' she received the key to the city that raised her."
^Rose, Lisa. "Connie Francis Returns to Newark To Re-Record a Classic on Its Golden Anniversary", The Star-Ledger, May 9, 2010. Accessed June 19, 2011. "A meditation on loneliness penned by Neil Sedaka, 'Where the Boys Are' is being reinvented as electropop by producer Rob Fusari, best known as Lady Gaga's mentor/ex-boyfriend. His studio, coincidentally, is in the Newark neighborhood where Francis grew up."
^Heininger, Claire. "5K Raises More than $1M for Breast Cancer Research", The Star-Ledger, May 4, 2008. Accessed June 19, 2011. "After the teams crossed the finish line, singer Gloria Gaynor, a Newark native, entertained the crowd with her anthem, 'I Will Survive.' 'For the women of New Jersey, for the women of Newark, I'm very pleased to be here in support of this effort,' Gaynor said. 'It's extremely inspiring.'"
^Saltonstall, Dave. "Art-Felt Hope In Newark", New York Daily News, October 19, 2007. Accessed December 24, 2013. "With a star-studded cast and the hopes of an entire city on tap, the New Jersey Performing Arts Center opened last night in Newark with a gala extravaganza rarely found outside New York's elite halls.... For Glover, a native of Newark, the night was a chance to perform in front of family and friends."
^Willistein, Paul. "John Gorka Brings Wit, Baritone to Bethlehem", The Morning Call, September 27, 1997. Accessed December 24, 2013. "John Gorka's compelling baritone and dry wit has taken him from Moravian College (Class of 1980) to Godfrey Daniels' open mikes and now to Minnesota, where the Newark, N.J., native lives with his expectant wife."
^Fox, Margalit. "Bernard Greenhouse, Acclaimed Cellist, Dies at 95", The New York Times, May 13, 2011. Accessed January 27, 2025. "Bernard Greenhouse was born in Newark on Jan. 3, 1916, and began playing the cello at 8. His father, a businessman, 'thought that his son was going to starve to death playing weddings and social affairs,' Mr. Greenhouse said in a 2009 video interview."
^Bernard Greenhouse, Cellobello.com. Accessed January 27, 2025. "Bernard Greenhouse was born in Newark, NJ, on January 3, 1916."
^Hamilton, Andrew, Gwen Guthrie, AllMusic. Accessed April 30, 2022. "Born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1950, Guthrie started singing in high school with a female quartet called the Ebonettes."
^ abWise, Brian. "Eclectic Sounds of New Jersey, Echoing From Coast to Coast", The New York Times, February 8, 2004. Accessed June 19, 2011. "Nominated in various jazz categories are the saxophonist and Newark native Wayne Shorter; the pianist Keith Jarrett, from western New Jersey; the percussionist and Newark resident Stefon Harris".
^Klein, Alvin. "Gospel Singer Goes 'Legitimate' At 49", The New York Times, August 21, 1983. Accessed July 11, 2012. "At the age of 49, Miss Houston – who for 26 years has been the minister of music at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, where she was born – is an established popular singer."
^Preston, Rohan B. "Houston Parades Emotions", Chicago Tribune, July 4, 1994. Accessed December 24, 2013. "Pop-gospel diva Whitney Houston weaves the rich experience of her youth in Newark, N.J.-lessons gleaned from her mother, gospel singer Cissy Houston, and cousin Dionne Warwick, as well as the black church-into highly successful, if formulaic, popular music."
^Staff. "Nick Massi, 73, Low Man in the Four Seasons", The New York Times, January 8, 2001. Accessed July 7, 2012. "Mr. Massi, whose original name was Nicholas Macioci, was born in Newark. He performed with several bands before joining Frankie Valli in a group called the Four Lovers."
^Guidry, Nate. "Music Preview: James Moody is proud to serve in Gillespie's big band", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 26, 2012. Accessed December 24, 2013. "Moody grew up in Newark listening to old jazz records by Jimmie Lunceford and Chick Webb. As a kid he gravitated to the saxophone after hearing Jimmy Dorsey and Charlie Barnett. Later, he was introduced to the sounds of Buddy Tate, Coleman Hawkins and Ben Webster."
^Klein, Alvin. "Theater; Melba Moore Traces Her Up-and-Down Journeys", The New York Times, June 27, 1999. Accessed July 7, 2012. "Born Beatrice Melba Smith in Harlem, Ms. Moore, moved to Newark at age 9. Pick your ghetto, she said. There, she went to Waverley Elementary School, Cleveland Junior High School and Arts High School, then Teachers College at Montclair State."
^"Hip-Hop, Rap Interviews : Tame One"Archived May 26, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, RiotSound.com, March 8, 2005. Accessed November 17, 2015. "Hailing from Brick City aka Newark, New Jersey, Tame One has been a champion of gritty hardcore Hip-Hop for well over a decade."
^Aquilante, Dan. "Blues with Verve", New York Post, January 18, 2000. Accessed December 24, 2013. "Newark's eight-man rap collective Outsidaz -- whose members have flirted with mainstream success on an individual basis, recording with the likes of the Fugees, Redman and KRS-One -- pool their talents on this seven-song EP."
^Kanzler, George. "Charli Persip", All About Jazz, February 12, 1999. Accessed November 15, 2018. "Persip grew up in Newark, NJ and, after touring with Dizzy Gillespie's small group and State Department Big Band (1953–58), he became one of the most in demand drummers on jazz recordings, especially big band ones, in the late '50s and early '60s.... Went to West Side High School (in Newark) because Arts High didn't have a team. The West Side football team wasn't any good and neither was I."
^Lustig, Jay. "'Rock Lobster,' The B-52's', NJArts.net, August 2, 2015. Accessed June 24, 2019. "The B-52’s formed in Athens, Ga., in 1976, but its two most high-profile band members have Jersey roots: Fred Schneider was born in Newark and grew up in Belleville and then Long Branch; Kate Pierson was born in Weehawken and grew up in Rutherford."
^McCall, Tris. "Paul Simon to sing at NJPAC in Newark", The Star-Ledger, October 6, 2011. Accessed July 7, 2012. "At least for an evening, Paul Simon is coming home. The revered singer-songwriter, who was born in Newark, will perform at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center on Sunday, November 27. He is touring in support of "So Beautiful or So What," his tenth solo album, which was released earlier this year."
^Atmonavage, Joseph. "Everyone knew this Newark native was special. Now he's officially a genius", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, October 23, 2017. Accessed 14, 2018. "When talking about the newly minted MacArthur Foundation 'genius grant' winner and Newark native Tyshawn Sorey, Mark Gross likes to recount his first meeting with Sorey."
^O'Connor, Julie. "Tour celebrates Newark's own Frankie Valli", The Star-Ledger, February 24, 2008. Accessed July 7, 2012. "The event is the first in a series of city-related tours, inspired by the 2006 Tony Award-winning Broadway show, Jersey Boys, which chronicles the ascent of 1960s rock and roll group The Four Seasons, along with Valli, their Newark-born frontman."
^Stewart, Zan. "Newark native celebrates Sarah Vaughan with gusto", The Star-Ledger, March 30, 2009. Accessed July 7, 2012. "Accompanied by an ace band -- pianist Norman Simmons, bassist Lisle Atkinson, drummer Gordon Lane, flutist Tony Signa, and tenor saxophonist James Stewart -- Newark native Jackson sang songs recorded by Newark native Vaughan (1924–1990)."
^Steinberg, Jacques. "For TV Band, Jet Lag Is Part of the Job", The New York Times, June 5, 2009. Accessed July 7, 2012. "But the band's most profound influences (and deepest roots) are in and around the overheated, beer-splattered clubs of the Jersey shore: Mr. Rosenberg and Mark Pender, the trumpet player, are longtime members of Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes; Mr. Vivino and his older brother Jerry, the Tonight saxophonist, were, as children, part of a family dance team that played the Atlantic City Boardwalk; and Mr. Weinberg, who grew up in Newark and South Orange, still lives primarily on a farm in Monmouth County."
^Staff. "William A. Conway Jr., bank president, traveler, 95 ", New Jersey Hills, April 6, 2006. Accessed June 3, 2015. "Mr. Conway was born in Newark on April 16, 1910, to Julia McKeon Conway and William Aloysius Conway Jr., and his family noted life at that time was still very much 19th century."
^The Newark Technical School Era: 1881–1919Archived September 23, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey Institute of Technology. Accessed June 19, 2011. "Fred Eberhardt went on become the president of Gould and Eberhardt, a major Newark manufacturer of machine tools. He also served Newark Technical School and Newark College of Engineering as a trustee, his service spanning nearly four decades."
^May, Jeff. "Ex-Tyco Chief Dennis Kozlowski in divorce settlement", New Jersey Business, July 17, 2008. Accessed July 11, 2012. "Kozlowski, a poster boy for corporate excess, is serving a prison term for systematically looting the conglomerate he led to support his lavish lifestyle. Beyond the shower curtain, the most memorable example of the Newark native's profligate spending was an over-the-top 40th birthday party he threw for his wife in Sardinia for $2 million -- half of which was billed to Tyco."
^"Roberts brings boxing back to the people", Herald News, August 15, 1989. Accessed February 20, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "Marc Roberts, a 29-year-old entrepreneur, is a man with a dream and a vision....He was born in Newark, grew up in West Orange, now lives in South Orange."
^White, Constance C. R. "A Phoenix Rises to Take His Influence Global", The New York Times, December 30, 1997. Accessed July 7, 2012. "Mr. Rodriguez was in many ways an apt choice for the company, which is based in Madrid. Not only was he a rising star, but he is a rare kind of cosmopolitan: he is a son of Cuban immigrants, a grandson of Canary Islands emigres and a native of Newark."
^Gado, Mark. Death Row Women: Murder, Justice, and the New York Press, p. 94. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2008. ISBN9780275993610. 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.... Frances moved to Newark when she was fifteen, and finished her education in public schools."
^Staff. "Killed in apparent drug-related shooting, Yale alumnus remembered for leadership", The Star-Ledger, May 24, 2011. Accessed June 22, 2016. "The 30 year-old Yale scientist was using his knowledge of biochemistry to bring in $1,000 a day selling marijuana grown in the basement of the Smith Street home where he was killed, said law enforcement officials with knowledge of the investigation."
^Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, Volume 152, p. 335. J.A. Fitzgerald, 1928. Accessed February 6, 2022. "James Leroy Baxter (Rep., Newark) Mr. Baxter was born in Newark, June 13th, 1881, and is an oral surgeon and dentist by profession. Dr. Baxter, whose father, James M. Baxter, was for forty-five years a school principal in the city of Newark, is himself a graduate of the Barringer High School of that city."
^About Cory, United States Senate. Accessed July 23, 2017. "After law school, Booker moved to Newark – where he still lives to this day – and started a nonprofit organization to provide legal services for low-income families and help tenants take on slumlords, improve living conditions, and stay in their homes. At the age of twenty-nine, Booker was elected to the Newark City Council from the city's Central Ward. In the seventeen years since, Booker has worked tirelessly at the local and national levels to improve the lives of New Jerseyans and Americans. Starting in 2006, Booker proudly served as Newark's mayor for more than seven years."
^Stern, Seth. "A Newark homecoming for the late Justice William J. Brennan", The Star-Ledger, June 3, 2010. Accessed July 23, 2011. "No one can fully appreciate the passionate champion for justice that Brennan became without understanding his roots in Newark, where he was born in 1906 on an unpaved stretch of New Street, just beyond the old Morris Canal."
^Holley, Joe. "The Race for Nonmember", The Washington Post, September 3, 2006. Accessed January 14, 2018. "Brown, a Newark native who spent his teenage years in Montgomery County, has been in politics most of his adult life."
^Schwaneberg, Robert. "Education building honors a champion: Rights lawyer Carter argued Brown case", The Star-Ledger, November 21, 2006. "Almost 54 years ago, Robert L. Carter stood before the U.S. Supreme Court and argued that segregated schools can never be equal.... Yesterday, the Trenton building that houses the state Department of Education was dedicated in honor of Carter, who grew up in Newark and East Orange and is now a federal judge in New York... Born in Florida, Carter was 6 weeks old when his family moved to Newark. He attended Barringer High School in Newark and East Orange High School, graduating at age 16 after skipping two grades."
^Staff. "Chris Christie, governor-elect of New Jersey", Reading Eagle, November 18, 2009. Accessed December 24, 2013. "Personal: Born in Newark, N.J., on Sept. 6, 1962, and raised in Livingston Township, an outer, upscale suburb of New Jersey's largest city."
^Executive Order No. 314, Governor of New JerseyPhil Murphy. Accessed November 10, 2023. "Whereas, Sayreville Councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour was the child of immigrants from Africa, grew up in Newark, and graduated from Weequahic High School, where she excelled academically"
^Fitzgerald's Legislative Manual, State of New Jersey, p. 269. E.J. Mullin, 2003, Accessed September 17, 2019. "Arlene M. Friscia, Dem., Woodbridge - Ms. Friscia was born in Newark and attended public schools there and the Benedictine Academy in Elizabeth."
^Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, p. 383. Accessed April 22, 2020. "Michael A. Giuliano (Rep., Newark) - Senator Giuliano was born in Newark on June 13, 1915."
^Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, Volume 165, p. 242. J.A. Fitzgerald, 1941. Accessed December 27, 2022. "R. Graham Huntington (Rep., Maplewood) Mr. Huntington was born in Newark, New Jersey, on May 17, 1897. He attended the public schools of Newark and was graduated from South Side High School of Newark in 1916."
^Grynbaum, Michael M. "Bridge and Tunnel Types", The New York Times, December 8, 2010. Accessed July 7, 2012. "'You want to know what he really wanted? He wanted Newark Airport!' said George Arzt, a longtime friend and a former press secretary for Mr. Koch. 'He has always said to me that after he passes on, he would like Newark Liberty Airport named after him.' (Mr. Koch, although born in the Bronx, grew up in Newark.)"
^"Rev. Jacob Mendelson; Served Synagogues in Newark, N. J., 25 Years-Dies at 65", The New York Times, August 6, 1941. Accessed November 10, 2020. "Newark, N. J., Aug. 5-The Rev. Jacob Ben Zion Mendelson, former vice president of the Assembly of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada, died here today at Beth Israel Hospital after a short illness. He was 65 years old and lived at 349 Chadwick Avenue, here. For twenty-five years he had served synagogues in the city."
^Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, p. 286. Accessed February 3, 2023. "John J. Miller Jr., Dem., Irvington - Mr. Miller was born Oct. 11, 1923, in Newark."
^George DeGraw Moore, Marathon County, Wisconsin Historical Society. Accessed November 6, 2019. "At the conclusion of that public service, he moved back east to Urbana, Ohio, and soon after, moved finally back to Newark, NJ."
^Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, 1975, p. 245. E.J. Mullin, 1975. Accessed January 20, 2020. "Rocco Neri (Dem., Irvington) Assemblyman Neri was born in Newark Sept. 26, 1918."
^Johnson, Brent; and Livio, Susan K. "N.J. Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver, a pioneering public servant, dies", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, August 1, 2023. Accessed August 1, 2023. "Born and raised in Newark, Oliver graduated from the city’s Weequahic High School before earning a sociology degree from Lincoln University in Pennsylvania and a masters in planning and administration from Columbia University."
^via Associated Press. "Oliver Randolph", The New York Times, September 3, 1951. Accessed November 9, 2016. "Admitted to the New Jersey bar in 1914, he entered Republican politics in Newark and was elected to the legislature from Essex County nine years later."
^Kennedy, Shawn G. "W.F. Schnitzler, Labor Chief, Dies", The New York Times, June 19, 1983. Accessed June 14, 2022. "Mr. Schnitzler, who was a native of Newark, started working on a peddler's wagon to help support the family."
^Staff. "May Pick Schwarzkopf.; Edwards Said to Have Veteran in Mind for Jersey Constabulary Head.", The New York Times, June 3, 1921. Accessed July 11, 2012. "Captain H. Norman Schwarzkopf of Newark, a graduate of West Point, class of 1917, and an overseas veteran, it is expected will be selected by Governor Edwards as superintendent of the recently organized New Jersey State Constabulary... Captain Schwartzkopf was born in Newark in 1895."
^James Bieri (2004). Percy Bysshe Shelley: A Biography: Youth's Unextinguished Fire, 1792-1816. University of Delaware Press, pp. 30–31. ISBN0-87413-870-1
^Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey: 2004 Edition, p. 280. Lawyers Diary and Manual, LLC., 2004. ISBN9781577411871. Accessed September 24, 2019. "Craig A. Stanley, Dem., Irvington. He was born in Newark Nov. 20, 1955. He graduated from Arts High School where he was awarded an American Field Service Exchange Student Scholarship and completed his senior year in Switzerland."
^"Interview with Gary Stein"Archived September 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, Rutgers University Center on the American Governor, January 22, 2009. Accessed November 17, 2017. "Q: Where are you from? Gary Stein: I was born in Newark. From the age of seven on, grew up in Irvington."
^Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, 1971, p. 355. Accessed December 21, 2022. "Milton A. Waldor (Rep., West Orange) Senator Waldor was born in Newark, New Jersey, on September 28, 1924, and was educated in the Newark Public Schools, and was a graduate of Weequahic High School and Rutgers University Law School."
^Edge, Wally. "The latest in Newark and the 28th District", New York Observer, October 19, 2005. Accessed June 12, 2018. "A funeral service for the late Donald Tucker, a Newark city councilman and assemblyman from the 28th District, is scheduled for next Tuesday.... One insider said the early favorite is Evelyn Williams, the Democratic leader in Newark's South Ward and a former school board member."
^Friedman, Matt. "James Zangari, former Essex County assemblyman, dies at 81", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, February 15, 2011. Accessed September 2, 2019. "One of eight children to Italian immigrant parents, Zangari was born in Newark at the start of the Great Depression. His mother died when he was 10 and his father could not take care of the family and earn a living at the same time. For several years, Zangari and his siblings lived in orphanages around Newark until his sister was old enough to take care of them."
^Papers of NOW officer Muriel Fox, 1966-1971, Harvard Library. Accessed April 7, 2021. "Muriel Fox, public relations executive and co-founder of the National Organization for Women's Eastern Region, is the daughter of M. Morris and Anne (Rubenstein) Fox. She was born February 3, 1928 in Newark, New Jersey, and received her B.A. from Barnard College in 1948."
^Staff. "Dr. Charles Jacobs fights Islamic extremist hatred in America"Archived August 8, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Fight Hatred, December 20, 2011. Accessed August 4, 2014. "Charles Jacobs was born in Newark, New Jersey. He was active in the civil rights movement as a teenager, and in 1963, attended Martin Luther King's March on Washington."
^Biography of Daryle Lamont JenkinsArchived July 22, 2019, at the Wayback Machine, One People's Project. Accessed July 22, 2019. "Recent movies like Alt Right- Age of Rage and the Academy Award-nominated short film Skin have shown some of the work done by our founder Daryle Lamont Jenkins. Born in Newark, New Jersey and raised in nearby Somerset, New Jersey, graduating from Franklin High School."
^Carter, Barry. "Salute this N.J. native. The Army’s top dentist is busting down racial barriers.", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, March 14, 2019. Accessed February 23, 2022. "Shan K. Bagby didn’t know much about dentistry, but as an 8-year-old boy growing up in Newark, meeting a dentist in the 1970s stuck with him. The gentleman was African-American, like him."
^Wroth, William H. Stephen Watts Kearny, New Mexico Office of the State Historian. Accessed December 24, 2013. "General Stephen Watts Kearny led the United States army forces in the occupation of New Mexico in August 1846. General Kearny was born in 1794 in Newark, New Jersey. He attended public schools in Newark and enrolled in Columbia College in New York City in 1811."
^"Smith, William Ward", Current Biography, p. 589. H. W. Wilson Company, 1948. Accessed September 2, 2021. "The son of Samuel Hamilton and Elizabeth (Zelander) Smith, William Ward Smith was born in Newark, New Jersey, on February 8, 1888."
^William Mason Wright, Hall of Valor Project. Accessed February 23, 2022. "Place of Birth: Newark, New Jersey"
^Heaphy, Leslie A.; and May, Mel Anthony. Encyclopedia of Women and Baseball, p. 23. McFarland & Company, 2016. ISBN9781476665948. Accessed August 21, 2019. "Autry, Jacqueline Ellam 'Jackie' (b. 2 October 1941, Newark, New Jersey) Owner Jackie Autry married into ownership of the California Angels through her husband, actor Gene Autry."
^Cooper, Darren. "Jalen Berger a one-of-a-kind player for Don Bosco football", The Record.October 10, 2018. Accessed September 14, 2022. "Jalen Berger defies comparison. The Don Bosco junior does things that normal high school football players don’t.... He’s soft-spoken, born and raised in Newark, the sixth child to Kesha and Terrance."
^Orr, Conor."Newark native Da'Sean Butler among local players selected in 2010 NBA Draft", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, June 25, 2010, updated January 18, 2019. Accessed November 10, 2020. "'I was literally just overwhelmed,' Butler, a Newark native, said. 'I started to cry for a second.' Butler, a former Bloomfield Tech star and two-year captain at West Virginia, was selected 42nd overall by the Miami Heat despite suffering a torn ACL and sprained MCL in his last collegiate game on April 3."
^Araton, Harvey. "A Fearless Prediction by Yanks' Cano", The New York Times, October 9, 2010. Accessed October 21, 2015. "Cano finished eighth grade and enrolled at Barringer High School, but he failed to make it through his freshman year or to play an inning of high school baseball in New Jersey."
^Smothers, Ronald. "In Newark, a Carnival as Bears Return, With Bats", The New York Times, July 17, 1999. Accessed October 6, 2012. "And the Yankee imagery dominated today as the Bears' owner, Rick Cerone, a former Yankee catcher who grew up in Newark, brought in the legendary Yankees Yogi Berra and Phil Rizzuto for the opening ceremonies."
^Mike Charles, Pro Football Reference. Accessed January 6, 2025. "Born: September 23, 1962 in Newark, NJ (Age: 62-105d)... High School: Central (NJ)"
^"Andy Chisick Elected Villanova Grid Leader", Courier-Post, December 7, 1939. Accessed March 21, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Members of the Villanova varsity football squad have elected Andy Chisick, 210 pound center, captain of the team for the past season.... Andy comes from Newark where he played on Good Counsel High School teams."
^"Leonard S. Coleman NL President 1994-1999"Archived November 9, 2018, at the Wayback Machine, SportsEncyclopedia.com. Accessed September 1, 2016. "Leonard S. Coleman was born on February 17, 1949 in Newark, New Jersey. While growing up in nearby Montclair, Coleman developed a passion for baseball."
^Tim Coleman, NJIT Highlanders men's basketball. Accessed September 1, 2023. "Timothy James Coleman... son of Genene Ware and Erwin Coleman... science, technology & society major... born 1/4/95 in Newark, NJ.."
^Berman, Zach. "With NBA draft in his hometown, Newark native Kenneth Faried will see dream fulfilled", The Star-Ledger, June 22, 2011. Accessed January 14, 2018. "Without traffic, it takes less than 10 minutes to get from the Zion Towers to the Prudential Center – north up Elizabeth Avenue, past Lincoln Park on Clinton Avenue and into downtown Newark on Broad Street. If only the path had been that easy for Kenneth Faried, a Newark native who will realize his dream in that building at Thursday's NBA Draft."
^"William S. Fenn, 76; 1924 Olympic cyclist", Asbury Park Press, December 23, 1980. Accessed July 4, 2024, via Newspapers.com. "Lavallette - William S. Fenn, who won a bronze medal for bicycle racing at the 1924 Olympics in Paris, died yesterday at Point Pleasant Hospital.... He was born in Newark and moved here in 1961."
^D'Alessandro, Dave. "Newark native Randy Foye stepping into leadership role for scandal-scarred Washington Wizards", The Star-Ledger, January 29, 2010. Accessed October 6, 2012. "It was barely two months ago that the Washington Wizards had five point guards, and now Randy Foye is essentially the last man standing. This is not the way the Newark native wanted it, and this isn't the way anyone with the most depraved imagination thought it would end up."
^Ely, Alfred. Journal of Alfred Ely, p. 205. Applewood Books, 2008. ISBN1429015403. Accessed October 6, 2012. "I refer to Lieut. Samuel Irwin, of New York, at one time the intimate friend of 'Awful Gardner,' the celebrated prize-fighter of Newark City."
^Mallozzi, Vincent M. "Rookie's Career Path Leads Back Home", The New York Times, November 4, 1990. Accessed November 11, 2017. "Tate George grew up in Newark, and, at least half-heartedly, became a New Jersey Nets fan.... Indeed, Mr. George, who was a first team all-State and all-City player at Union Catholic High School in Scotch Plains just four years ago, has come a long way."
^"Willie Gilzenberg, sports promoter", The Jersey Journal, November 16, 1978. Accessed March 9, 2024, via Newspapers.com. "Willie Gilzenberg, New Jersey’s premier boxing and wrestling entrepreneur for more than a half century, was a native of Newark but he considered Hudson County his second home"
^Iowa Board of Parole Annual Report Fiscal Year 2014, Iowa Board of Parole. Accessed October 21, 2015. "Norm Granger, Vice Chair. Appointed to the Board of Parole in 2014. Born and raised in Newark, New Jersey. Graduated from Barringer High School in 1980."
^Staff. "Maryland Loses Cage Regular Jerry Greenspan", The Baltimore Sun, February 9, 1961. Accessed December 24, 2013. "Coach Bud Millikan said the loss of Greenspan would hurt his team because he believes the 6-foot-6 Newark (NJ) native is 'one of the best big men I ever had.'"
^Staff. "Sports People; It's Marvelous, Really", The New York Times, April 25, 1982. Accessed October 6, 2012. "The name on the world middleweight boxing champion's robe is official: Marvelous Marvin Hagler. Named Marvin Nathaniel after his birth in Newark May 23, 1954, Hagler had the name legally changed Friday in Plymouth (Mass.) Probate Court."
^Lamb, Bill. "Larry Hesterfer", Society for American Baseball Research. Accessed September 11, 2019. "Lawrence Hesterfer was born in Newark on June 8, 1878, the youngest of the three children surviving to adulthood born to German Catholic immigrant Joseph Hesterfer (1844–1910) and his New Jersey-native wife, the former Margaret Keck (1849–1915)."
^Gambaccini, Peter. Eulogy for Sheldon Karlin, NY Runner, March / April 2000, at Central Park Track Club. Accessed January 8, 2018. "Karlin, only 49, died while walking near his home in Livingston, New Jersey, on January 16. He was known to have arteriosclerosis, and had suffered a mild heart attack in December.... Karlin was born in Newark and raised in Kenilworth, New Jersey, where he became captain of his high school cross country team and a conference champion in track."
^Honey Lott, Baseball-Reference.com. Accessed July 21, 2021. "Born: March 18, 1925 in Newark, NJ... High School: East Side HS (Newark, NJ)"
^Oliver, Greg; and Johnson, Steve. The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Heels, p. 76. ECW Press, 2010. ISBN9781554902842. Accessed November 20, 2016. "Boris Malenko – The Great Malenko, or, more formally, Professor Boris Maximilianovich Malenko of the School of Hard Knocks – was a character cut from the heel fabric long since out of production, a master strategist who was worlds ahead of his contemporaries in manipulating fans' emotions... Born in 1933 in Newark, New Jersey, to a Polish immigrant father and American mother, Larry Simon was raised in nearby Irvington, and did some amateur wrestling at different YMCAs as a teenager."
^Wolf, Gregory H. Bobby Malkmus. Society for American Baseball Research. Accessed May 31, 2020. "Robert Edward Malkmus was born on July 4, 1931, in Newark, New Jersey, to Robert and Elizabeth Malkmus.... Malkmus was a standout at basketball and baseball at South Side High School in Newark, but few scouts gave the slightly built (5-feet-9 and about 160 pounds) second baseman a serious look."
^Finn, Robin. "Becker Wins Easily But Some Are Unamused", The New York Times, June 30, 1989. Accessed October 6, 2012. "The least of Boris Becker's troubles today was his second-round opponent, Richard Matuszewski of Newark, to whom he dealt a cavalier dismissal in straight sets, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4."
^Carino, Jerry. "For Delgado, praise from a Seton Hall legend", Asbury Park Press, March 15, 2017. Accessed March 4, 2018. "Forty years ago, Glenn Mosley led the nation in rebounding. He's a fan of the Pirates' current king of the glass.... The 61-year-old, who lives in Newark and attends every Seton Hall home game, said they share one thing in common."
^Lee, Eunice. "Newark native Shaquille O'Neal pops in on city executive's news conference", The Star-Ledger, February 1, 2012. Accessed July 15, 2012. "'I lived in Newark when I was growing up and absolutely loved it here,' O'Neal said. 'I commend everyone here for what you are doing to make Essex County and Newark a better place and for helping those less fortunate,' he added."
^Lou Puma, Baseball-Reference.com. Accessed February 23, 2022. "Born: November 5, 1935 in Newark, NJ... High School: Barringer HS (Newark, NJ)
^Staff. "Slam Dunking in Israel: Tel Aviv's Aulcie Perry is European League's best known basketball player", Ebony, February 1978, p. 50. Accessed August 4, 2014. "Israel's Aulcie Perry (at right, under basket), is European League's top 'superstar,' and one of the most popular athletes in Tel Aviv. The 6-10, 200-pound native of Newark, N. J. (below in action against Rome's Perugina Jeans), led the Tel Aviv Maccabis to last year's European Basketball championship."
^Staff. "Glimpse of History: Woman athletes make history in 1922", The Star-Ledger, January 29, 2012, updated March 30, 2019. Accessed December 29, 2021. "Sabie was a graduate of East Side High School in Newark and a student at the Newark State Normal School, which later became Kean University."
^Dave Smukler, StatsCrew.com. Accessed April 13, 2021. "Born: May 28, 1914 Newark, NJ USA.... High School: Gloversville (NY); Central (Newark, NJ)"
^Politi, Steve. "Newark boxer Shakur Stevenson qualifies for the 2016 U.S. Olympic team", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, December 13, 2015. Accessed August 8, 2016. "Stevenson, a Newark native who started mimicking the boxers he saw on TV when he was just 2 years old, is one step closer to Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 Summer Olympics after a unanimous decision over rival Ruben Villa in the U.S. Boxing Team Trials in Reno, Nevada."
^Bergeron, Tom. "Andre Tippett's journey to Pro Football Hall of Fame began in Newark", NJ.com, August 2, 2008. Accessed October 21, 2015. "Frank Verducci first laid eyes on Andre Tippett during the summer of 1974, when Tippett and his mother dropped by Newark's Barringer High School to file paperwork for him to transfer into the school."
^Dick Weisgerber, NJ Sports Heroes. Accessed November 8, 2017. "Richard Arthur Weisgerber was born February 19, 1913, in Kearny and grew up in Newark. Fast and powerful, Dick was drawn to football as a boy and starred in high School for St. Benedict's Prep."
^Bonkowski, Jerry. "Profile / Peter Westbrook; Fencer primed to take stab at another medal", USA Today, June 23, 1988. Accessed December 24, 2013. "Westbrook, who grew up in Newark, N.J., was an unlikely candidate to become a fencer. But, because his Japanese-born mother felt he should be doing more than getting into fights, she offered him $20 if he would take fencing lessons."
^Watanabe, Ben. "Former Celtic and Basketball Wives Husband Eric Williams Feels Free 'Like O.J.' Thanks to Divorce", NESN, July 5, 2011. Accessed August 4, 2014. "Williams was a versatile scorer on seven teams, including two stints with the Celtics, in his 12 NBA seasons. The Newark, N.J., native averaged 12.9 points in his first two seasons in Boston before he was traded in 1997 to Denver, where he was slowed by injuries."
^Keith Willis, Pro-Football-Reference.com. Accessed December 2, 2024. "Born: July 29, 1959 in Newark, NJ (Age: 65-126d)... High School: Malcolm X. Shabazz (NJ)"
