| Bud Abbott | Comedian | Asbury Park |
| Jason Alexander | Actor | Linvingston |
| Charles Addams | Cartoonist | Westfield |
| Edwin Aldrin | Astronaut | Montclair |
| James Avery | Actor | Atlantic City |
| William Count Basie | Band leader | Red Bank |
| Joan Bennett | Actress | Palesades |
| Yogi Berra | Yankees Baseball Legand | Montclair |
| Judy Blume | Author | Elizabeth |
| Jon Bon Jovi | Musician | Sayreville |
| William J. Brennan | Jurist | Newark |
| Aaron Burr | Political leader | Newark |
| Grover Cleveland | President | Caldwell |
| Lloyd H. Conover | Inventor | Orange |
| Tom Cruise | Actor | Glen Ridge |
| James Fenimore Cooper | Author | Burlington |
| Lou Costello | Comedian | Paterson |
| Stephen Crane | writer | Newark |
| Danny DeVito | Actor | Asbury Park |
| Helen Gahagan Douglas | Representative | Boonton |
| Thomas Edison | Inventor | West Orange |
| Daisy Fuentes | Newscaster/Actress/Model | Newark |
| Allen Ginsberg | Poet | Newark |
| Savron Glover | Choreographer | Newark |
| Leslie Gore | Singer | Tenafly |
| William Frederick Halsey Jr. | Admiral | Elizabeth |
| Lauryn Hill | Rapper | South Orange |
| Whitney Houston | Singer/Actress | Newark |
| Donald Fletcher Holmes | Inventor | Woodbury |
| Ice-T | Rapper | Newark |
| Jon Bon Jovi | Musician | Sayreville |
| Alfred Joyce Kilmer | Poet | New Brunswick |
| Alfred C. Kinsey | Zoologist | Hoboken |
| Ernie Kovacs | Comedian | Trenton |
| Dorothea Lange | Photographer | Hoboken |
| Huey Lewis | Singer | Livingston |
| Jerry Lewis | Comedian/Film director | Newark |
| Anne Morrow Lindbergh | Author | Englewood |
| Norman Mailer | Author | Long Branch |
| James W. Marshall | Discovered gold in California | Hunterdon |
| Patricia McBride | Ballerina | Teaneck |
| Gil McDougald | Yankees Baseball Legend | Nutley |
| Jay Mohr | Actor | Verona |
| Eger V. Murphree | Inventor | Bayonne |
| Ricky Nelson | Actor/Singer | Teaneck |
| Jack Nicholson | Actor | Neptune City |
| Shaquille O'Neill | NBA Basketball Star | Newark |
| Tommy Page | SInger | Caldwell |
| Dorothy Parker | Author | West Bend |
| Joe Pesci | Actor/Comedian | |
| Zebulon Mongomery Pike | Explorer/Soldier | Lamberton |
| Joe Piscopo | Actor/Comedian | Passaic |
| Paul Robeson | Singer/Actor | Princeton |
| Edward J. Rosinski | Inventor | Gloucester |
| Philip Milton Roth | Author | Newark |
| Ruth St. Denis | Dancer/Choreographer | Newark |
| Antonin Scalia | Jurist | Trenton |
| Norman Schwarzkopf | Army General | Trenton |
| Brooke Shields | Actress | Englewood |
| Frank Sinatra | Singer/Actor | Hoboken |
| Kevin Spacey | Actor | South Orange |
| Steven Spielberg | Movie Director/Producer | Montclair |
| Bruce Springsteen | Musician | Freehold |
| Amos Alonzo Stagg | Football Coach | West Orange |
| Alfred Stieglitz | Photographer | Hoboken |
| Meryl Streep | Actress | Summit |
| Albert Payson Terhune | Journalist/Author | Newark |
| Dave Thomas | Restauranteur | Atlantic City |
| John Travolta | Actor | Englewood |
| Frankie Vallie | Singer | Newark |
| William Henry Vanderbilt | Financier | New Brunswick |
| Sarah Vaughan | Singer | Newark |
| Dionne Warwick | Actress/Singer | East Orange |
| Denzell Washington | Singer | Mt. Vernon |
| William Carlos Williams | Physician/Poet | Rutherford |
| Edmund Wilson | Literary Critic/Author | Red Bank |