New Brunswick, New Jersey - Notable People

Notable People

Notable current and former residents of the City of New Brunswick include:

• David Abeel (1804–1846), Dutch Reformed Church missionary.
• Garnett Adrain (1815–1878), member of the United States House of Representatives.
• Charlie Atherton (1874–1934), major league baseball player
• Jim Axelrod, national correspondent for CBS News, and reports for the CBS Evening News.
• James Berardinelli (born 1967), film critic, born in NB.
• James Bishop (1816–1895), represented New Jersey's 3rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1855-1857.
• Gary Brokaw (born 1954), former NBA basketball player.
• Jonathan Casillas (born 1987), linebacker for the NFL's New Orleans Saints and University of Wisconsin.
• Wheeler Winston Dixon (born 1950), filmmaker, critic, and author.
• Eduardo "EJ" Duran (born 1986), music video and film director.
• Michael Douglas (born 1944), actor.
• Anthony Walton White Evans (1817–1886), engineer.
• Louis Michael Figueroa (born 1966), arguably the most prolific transcontinental journeyman.
• All involved in the Hall-Mills Murder case of the 1920s.
• Augustus A. Hardenbergh (1830–89), represented New Jersey's 7th congressional district from 1875 to 1879, and again from 1881 to 1883.
• Mel Harris, (born 1956), actress.
• Mark Helias (born 1950), jazz bassist/composer.
• Adam Hyler (1735–1782), privateer during the American Revolutionary War.
• Jaheim (Hoagland) (born 1978), R&B singer.
• Dwayne Jarrett (born 1986), wide receiver for the University of Southern California football team 2004 to 2006, current WR drafted by the Carolina Panthers.
• James P. Johnson (1891–1955), pianist, composer. One of the original stride piano masters.
• Robert Wood Johnson I (1845–1910), businessman.
• Robert Wood Johnson II (1893–1968), businessman who led Johnson & Johnson and served as mayor of Highland Park, New Jersey.
• William H. Johnson (1829–1904), painter and wallpaper hanger, businessman and local crafts person, whose home (c. 1870) was placed on the State of New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places in 2006.
• Joyce Kilmer (1886–1918), poet.
• Littleton Kirkpatrick (1797–1859), represented New Jersey's 4th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1853 to 1855, and was mayor of New Brunswick in 1841 and 1842.
• Ted Kubiak (born 1942), MLB player for the Kansas City/Oakland Athletics, Milwaukee Brewers, St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers, and the San Diego Padres.
• Jim Norton (born 1968), comedian.
• Robert Pastorelli (1954–2004), actor known primarily for playing the role of the house painter on Murphy Brown.
• Franke Previte, composer.
• Miles Ross (1827–1903), Mayor of New Brunswick, U.S. Representative and businessman.
• Gabe Saporta (born 1979), musician and frontman of bands Midtown and Cobra Starship.
• George Sebastian Silzer (1870–1940) served as the 38th Governor of New Jersey. Served on the New Brunswick board of aldermen from 1892 to 1896.
• James H. Simpson (1813–1883), U.S. Army surveyor of western frontier areas.
• Larry Stark (born 1932), theater reviewer and creator of Theater Mirror.
• Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal (born 1969), guitarist, musician, composer.
• Joe Theismann (born 1949), former NFL quarterback and former commentator on ESPN's Monday Night Football.
• William Henry Vanderbilt (1821–85), businessman.
• John Van Dyke (1807–78), represented New Jersey's 4th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1847 to 1851, and served as Mayor of New Brunswick from 1846 to 1847.
• Paul Wesley (born 1982), actor, known for his role as "Stefan Salvatore" on The CW show The Vampire Diaries.
• Eric Young (born 1967), former Major League Baseball player.