Notable People
Notable current and former residents of Cranford include:
- Carol Blazejowski (born 1956), member of Basketball Hall of Fame and 1974 Cranford High School graduate.
- Curtis G. Culin (1915–1963), Sgt in the 2d Armored Division during WWII who developed the hedgerow destroying device for the Sherman tanks during the battle of Normandy.
- Hugh S. Delano (born 1933), Sports journalist for the New York Post and author honored by induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame with the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award.
- Jordan White, rock musician, American Idol contestant
- William C. Dudley (born 1952), President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve Open Markets Committee, he is also the husband of former Cranford Deputy Mayor Ann Darby
- Charles N. Fowler (1852–1932), represented 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1895 to 1911.
- Gary Kott, television and advertising writer, who was a writer and supervising producer of The Cosby Show.
- May Li (born 1967), finalist in 2006 in China Central Television's Win In China and founder of the non-profit North American Chinese Entrepreneur Association (NACEA).
- N. Gregory Mankiw (born 1958), Harvard professor who chaired the Council of Economic Advisers under President George W. Bush.
- Thomas Sperry (c. 1864-1913), co-founder (the "S") of S&H Green Stamps.
- Ralph J. Marra, Jr. (born c. 1953), former Acting United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey.
- Jordan White (born 1981), rock musician.
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