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The following is a list of notable current and former residents of Teaneck, New Jersey.

(B) denotes that the person was born in Teaneck.

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Academics and science

  • Robert S. Browne (1924-2004), economist who founded African-American self-help programs
  • Frank Chapman (1864–1945), ornithologist
  • Stephen P. Cohen (1945–2017), scholar on Middle Eastern affairs who founded the Institute for Middle East Peace and Development
  • Herbert Dardik (1935–2020), vascular surgeon who served as the chief of vascular surgery at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center
  • Frank Gill (born 1941), ornithologist
  • Alan Kadish (born 1956), president and CEO of Touro College
  • Peter Kenen (1932–2012), economist who served as provost of Columbia University
  • Karl Meyer (1899–1990), German-born biochemist
  • Clifford Nass (1958–2013), professor at Stanford University; expert on human-computer interaction
  • Jane S. Richardson (born 1941), biochemist and developer of ribbon diagrams of protein structure
  • Jacob J. Schacter (born 1950), senior scholar at the Center for the Jewish Future at Yeshiva University; editor of a number of volumes about Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik
  • Lawrence Solan (1952–2024), Don Forchelli Professor of Law and Director of the Center for the Study of Law, Language and Cognition at Brooklyn Law School
  • Benjamin Sommer (born 1964), Professor of Bible at The Jewish Theological Seminary of America and a Senior Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute
  • Yvonne Thornton (born 1947), physician and author
  • Helen M. Walker (1891–1983), statistician and researcher; first female president of the American Statistical Association
  • Alan Westin (1929–2013), Columbia University professor; pioneer in studying issues related to information privacy

Arts

Architecture

  • Louis Bourgeois (1856–1930), architect of the Bahá'í House of Worship
  • Alan Hantman (born 1942), architect who served as the 10th Architect of the Capitol, from February 1997 until February 2007

Authors, journalists and publishers

  • Shalom Auslander (born 1970), writer
  • Peter Balakian (born 1951), poet, writer and academic
  • Cathy Bao Bean (born 1942), author
  • Jim Bishop (1907–1987), journalist and author of the bestselling book The Day Lincoln Was Shot
  • Louis Black, co-founder of The Austin Chronicle and the annual South by Southwest film and music festival
  • Don Bolles (1928–1976), investigative reporter
  • Richard Nelson Bolles (1927–2017), clergyman and author of the best-selling job-hunting book, What Color is Your Parachute?
  • George Cain (1943–2010), author of Blueschild Baby
  • Louise DeSalvo (1942–2018), author
  • Shammai Engelmayer (born 1945), rabbi, journalist and author
  • Howard Fast (1914–2003), novelist, author of Spartacus
  • Jeff Gottesfeld (born 1956), author of Anne Frank and Me and The Tree in the Courtyard; screenwriter, Broken Bridges; television writer, The Young and the Restless
  • Steven Hartov (born 1953), American-Israeli author of fiction and non-fiction works, journalist, screenwriter and lecturer in international security affairs
  • David Heatley (born 1974), cartoonist, illustrator, graphic designer and musician
  • Marilyn Henry (1953–2011), journalist, historian and archivist for matters pertaining to Holocaust reparations, survivor benefits and art looted by the Nazis
  • Robert Hilferty (1959–2009), journalist, filmmaker and AIDS activist
  • John Hoerr (1930–2015), journalist and historian best known for his work on organized labor, industry, and politics
  • Mike Kelly, columnist for The Record; author of Color Lines
  • Neil Kleid (born 1975), cartoonist who received a 2003 Xeric Award grant for his graphic novella Ninety Candles (2004)
  • Lisa Lucas, executive director of the National Book Foundation and senior vice president at Knopf Doubleday
  • Barry N. Malzberg (born 1939), science fiction author
  • Brian Morton (born 1955), author of Starting Out in the Evening
  • Nicholasa Mohr (born 1938), author and academic whose first novel Nilda was about the Nuyorican experience
  • Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath (born 1958), Yiddish language poet
  • John A. Williams (1925–2015), author, journalist and academic whose novel The Man Who Cried I Am was a bestseller in 1967

Fine arts

  • Robert Barry (born 1936), conceptual artist
  • Charles Harbutt (1935–2015), photographer
  • Renaldo Kuhler (1931–2013), scientific illustrator(B)
  • Thomas Nozkowski (1944–2019), contemporary painter(B)
  • Frank R. Paul (1884–1963), illustrator of science fiction
  • Claire Porter (born 1942), choreographer
  • Paul Shambroom (born 1956), photographer
  • Chuck Stewart (1927–2017), photographer
  • Henry Wessel Jr. (1942–2018), photographer

Fashion

Movies, stage and television

  • Amy Aquino (born 1957), television, film and stage actress who has appeared in TV series including Brooklyn Bridge, ER and Being Human(B)
  • Ed Ames (born 1927), popular singer and actor, known for playing Mingo in the television series Daniel Boone
  • Paul Attanasio (born 1959), screenwriter and executive producer of the TV series House
  • De'Adre Aziza (born 1977), Broadway stage actress
  • Pat Battle (born 1959), WNBC-TV's New Jersey bureau reporter; weekend anchor for Today in New York
  • Eitan Bernath (born 2002), celebrity chef
  • Roger Birnbaum (born 1950), film producer who owns Spyglass Entertainment
  • Ben Blank (1921–2009), television graphics innovator
  • Philip Bosco (1930–2018), character actor
  • Chris Brancato (born 1962), Hollywood writer and producer of Sci Fi Channel's First Wave and the film Species II
  • Colleen Broomall (born 1983), actress and journalist
  • Carolee Carmello (born 1962), actress best known for her performances in Broadway musicals
  • Syd Cassyd (1908–2000), television pioneer who was the founder of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences(B)
  • Gaius Charles (born 1983), actor, Friday Night Lights
  • Jennifer Cody (born 1969), actress
  • Joe DiPietro (born 1961), playwright
  • Jamie Donnelly (born 1947), actress best known as Jan, one of the Pink Ladies from the film version of Grease
  • Sheldon Epps (born 1952), director and producer of television and theatrical works
  • Hunter Foster (born 1969), Broadway actor
  • Nely Galán (born 1963), independent producer, former president of entertainment for Telemundo, and creator of the FOX reality series The Swan
  • John A. Gambling (1930–2004), radio personality
  • John B. Gambling (1897–1974), radio personality
  • Lee Garlington (born 1953), actress(B)
  • Susan Gordon (1949–2011), child actress in film and television
  • Jess Harnell (born 1963), the voice of Wakko Warner on Animaniacs and announcer of America's Funniest Home Videos
  • Gavin Houston (born 1977), actor, best known for playing the role of Jeffrey Harrington on the Oprah Winfrey Network primetime television soap opera, The Haves and the Have Nots
  • Jay Jason (1915–2001), Borscht Belt comedian
  • Jeffrey Kramer (born 1945), film and television actor and producer
  • David P. Levin (born 1958), producer/writer/director for MTV, TV Land, and A&E Network
  • Ilana Levine (born 1963), actress who made her first on-screen appearance as Andrea Spinelli in the HBO comedy-drama series Tanner '88
  • Damon Lindelof (born 1973), co-creator and executive producer of the TV series Lost
  • Leonard Maltin (born 1950), film critic and author of Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide
  • Patricia McBride (born 1942), ballerina who performed with the New York City Ballet for 30 years
  • Bob McGrath (1932–2022), played "Bob" on TV's Sesame Street, the longest-lasting human character on the program
  • Julianne Michelle (born 1987), film and television actress
  • Zalmen Mlotek (born 1954), conductor, pianist, musical arranger, accompanist, composer; artistic director of the National Yiddish Theatre – Folksbiene
  • Susan Morrow (1931–1985), actress, star of The Savage(B)
  • Ozzie Nelson (1906–1975) and Harriet Nelson (1909–1994), from The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
  • Ricky Nelson (1940–1985), son of Ozzie and Harriet; actor (Rio Bravo); musician elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987
  • Christopher O'Neal (born 1994), actor who appears on Nickelodeon's How to Rock
  • Sarah Jessica Parker (born 1965), actress, played Carrie Bradshaw on HBO's Sex and the City
  • Charles Payne (born 1960), Fox Business Network television show host
  • Danielle Pinnock (born 1988), actress, comedian and writer
  • Randall Pinkston (born 1950), correspondent for CBS News
  • Dana Reeve (1961–2006), actress, singer, activist for disability causes; wife of Christopher Reeve(B)
  • Robert Ridgely (1931–1997), actor and voice-over artist; appeared in many Mel Brooks movies and in Boogie Nights
  • David Rothenberg (born 1933), Broadway producer and prisoners' rights activist
  • Rick Schwartz (born c. 1968), film producer
  • Seret Scott (born 1949), actress, director, and playwright, best known for her roles in the films Losing Ground and Pretty Baby
  • Matt Servitto (born 1965), actor known for his role on The Sopranos as FBI agent Dwight Harris(B)
  • Lawrence Sher (born 1970), cinematographer
  • Paul Sorvino (1939–2022), actor
  • Josh Sussman (born 1983), actor
  • Bill Timoney (born 1958), actor, director, script writer and producer(B)
  • Judy Tyler (1933–1957), actress who played Princess Summerfallwinterspring on Howdy Doody and starred opposite Elvis Presley in Jailhouse Rock
  • John Ventimiglia (born 1963), actor; played Artie Bucco on The Sopranos

Music

  • Nat Adderley (1931–2000), jazz cornet and trumpet player
  • Nat Adderley, Jr. (born 1955), music arranger who spent much of his career with Luther Vandross
  • Ray Barretto (1929–2006), conga drummer and bandleader
  • Eef Barzelay (born 1970), chief songwriter, singer, and guitarist of alt-country indie rock band Clem Snide
  • Bernard Belle, composer, producer and musician
  • Regina Belle (born 1963), Grammy Award-winning singer
  • Roni Ben-Hur (born 1962), bebop jazz guitarist
  • Louis Black (born 1950), co-founder of South by Southwest Music, Film, and Interactive Conference and Festival
  • Miles Bonny (born 1980), record producer, singer-songwriter, trumpeter and DJ
  • Pat Boone (born 1934), star pop singer from the 1950s whose best-known hits were Ain't That a Shame and Love Letters in the Sand
  • Donald Byrd (1932–2013), jazz trumpeter
  • Cakes da Killa (born as Rashard Bradshaw), rapper
  • Brendan Canty (born 1966), drummer of indie rock band Fugazi
  • Gordon Chambers (born c. 1969), singer-songwriter whose work includes "If You Love Me" by Brownstone
  • Ray Chew (born c. 1968), music director
  • Graham Clarke (born 1970), musician, songwriter, arranger, and entertainer
  • Brenda Miller Cooper (1916–2008), operatic soprano
  • Johnny Copeland (1937–1997), blues guitarist and singer
  • Shemekia Copeland (born 1979), blues singer
  • DMX (born as Earl Simmons, 1970–2021), rapper and actor
  • Plácido Domingo (born 1941), operatic tenor
  • Ray Drummond (born 1946), jazz bassist
  • Randy Edelman (born 1947), film and TV score composer
  • Jon Faddis (born 1953), jazz trumpeter, conductor, composer and educator
  • Jon Garrison (born 1944), operatic tenor
  • Jimmy Gnecco (born 1973), musician from the Ours
  • Christine Goerke (born 1969), Grammy Award-winning dramatic soprano
  • Wally Gold (1928–1998), singer, songwriter, producer, music industry executive, best known for co-writing "It's Now or Never", "Good Luck Charm", and "It's My Party"
  • Lesley Gore (1946–2015), singer, songwriter, actress and activist known for her pop hit "It's My Party"
  • Florence Greenberg (1913–1995), record producer who discovered The Shirelles
  • Ferde Grofé (1892–1972), composer and arranger, best known for his Grand Canyon Suite
  • Roland Hanna (1932–2002), jazz pianist, composer and teacher
  • Joe Harnell (1924–2005), composer and arranger
  • Al Hibbler (1915–2001), R&B singer; later civil rights activist
  • Ronald Isley (born 1941), co-founder and lead singer of the Isley Brothers
  • Rudolph Isley (born 1939), founding member of the Isley Brothers
  • Milt Jackson (1923–1999), jazz vibraphonist
  • Moe Jaffe (1901–1972), songwriter
  • Jodeci, R&B group of the early 1990s
  • J. J. Johnson (1924–2001), jazz trombonist
  • Kevin Jonas (born 1987), background vocalist and lead guitarist for the Jonas Brothers
  • Sam Jones (1924–1981), jazz double bassist, cellist and composer
  • Thad Jones (1923–1986), jazz trumpeter, composer and bandleader
  • Ben Jorgensen (born 1983), lead singer of Armor for Sleep
  • Don "Magic" Juan (born 1950), merengue and hip-hop artist, from the 1990s merengue group Proyecto Uno
  • Ulysses Kay (1917–1995), composer
  • Ben E. King (1938–2015), singer, "Stand by Me"
  • Michael Korie, librettist and lyricist, whose works include Grey Gardens
  • Anthony Laciura (born 1951), character tenor for the Metropolitan Opera
  • Ezra Laderman (1924–2015), contemporary classical music composer who served as Dean and Professor at the Yale School of Music
  • Yusef Lateef (1920–2013), jazz multi-instrumentalist and composer
  • Lil' Kim (born 1974), rapper; born Kimberly Jones
  • Amy London (born 1957), jazz singer
  • Mario (born 1986), R&B singer
  • Master Gee (born Guy O'Brien), co-founder of the hip hop group The Sugarhill Gang, best known for "Rapper's Delight"
  • Elliot Mazer (1941–2021), audio engineer and record producer best known for his work with Linda Ronstadt, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, The Band and Janis Joplin
  • Rose Marie McCoy (1922–2015), songwriter
  • Clyde McPhatter (1932–1972), R&B singer who founded The Drifters
  • Allan Monk (born 1942), baritone opera singer
  • Melissa Morgan (born 1980), jazz vocalist
  • The Notorious B.I.G. (1972–1997), rapper; born Christopher Wallace
  • Duke Pearson (1932–1980), jazz pianist and composer
  • Bernard Purdie (born 1941), prolific session drummer
  • Rufus Reid (born 1944), jazz bassist and music educator
  • Richie Ranno (born 1950), guitarist best known as a member of Starz
  • Scott Robinson (born 1959), jazz musician best known for his work with various styles of saxophone
  • Paul A. Rothchild (1935–1995), music producer of the late 1960s and 1970s, best known for his work with The Doors
  • Ernie Royal (1921–1983), jazz trumpeter
  • Hilton Ruiz (1952–2006), jazz pianist, Afro-Cuban style
  • Juelz Santana (born 1982), rapper
  • Linda Scott (born 1945), singer best known for her 1961 hit "I've Told Every Little Star"
  • Alan Silvestri (born 1950), film composer
  • Ray Simpson (born 1954), lead singer of the Village People since 1980
  • Dave Sirulnick (born 1964), executive vice president for Multiplatform Production, News and Music at MTV
  • Phoebe Snow (1952–2011), singer-songwriter born Phoebe Laub, who adopted the name of a train that ran through Teaneck, the Phoebe Snow
  • DJ Spinderella (born Deidra Muriel Roper, 1971), DJ for the hip-hop group Salt-n-Pepa
  • Trey Songz (born 1984), R&B singer
  • Joris Teepe, jazz bassist, composer, arranger and big-band leader
  • Raymond Torres-Santos (born 1958), classical composer, pianist, arranger, conductor and Professor of Music at CUNY
  • McCoy Tyner (1938–2020), jazz pianist known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet
  • Lenny White (born 1949), drummer described as "one of the founding fathers of jazz fusion"
  • Eliot Zigmund (born 1945), jazz drummer; has worked extensively as a session musician

Business and industry

  • Bob Beaumont (1932–2011), founder of Citicar, an electric automobile manufacturer from 1974 to 1977
  • Matthew Hiltzik (born 1972), CEO and president of Hiltzik Strategies, a strategic consulting and communications firm
  • Les Otten (born 1949), former CEO of the American Skiing Company
  • John G. Ryan (1910–1989), publisher who was president of P.F. Collier and Son Corporation, which distributed the Collier's Encyclopedia
  • Paul Singer (born 1944), founder of Elliott Management Corporation
  • Lynn Tilton (born 1959), businesswoman
  • Bill Zanker (born 1954), creator of The Learning Annex

Government and politics

  • Vincent M. Battle (born 1940), former United States Ambassador to Lebanon (B)
  • William W. Bennett (1841–1912), property manager of the William Walter Phelps estate, who served as the first Mayor of Teaneck, New Jersey
  • Leonie Brinkema (born 1944), U.S. District Court judge in the Zacarias Moussaoui case (B)
  • Thomas Ryan Byrne (1923–2014), career diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to the Kingdom of Norway (B)
  • Gale D. Candaras (born 1947), member of the Massachusetts Senate
  • Donna Christian-Christensen (born 1945), non-voting delegate to the United States House of Representatives for the United States Virgin Islands
  • Thomas Costa (1912–2003), member of the New Jersey General Assembly from 1968 to 1972 who served as mayor of Teaneck from 1966 to 1969
  • John P. Cronan (born 1976), lawyer and former Assistant Attorney General in the United States Department of Justice who is a nominee to be a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (B)
  • Eileen Dickinson (born 1949), politician who has served in the Vermont House of Representatives since 2009 (B)
  • Naomi G. Eichen (born 1938), retired judge of the New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division
  • Matthew Feldman (1919–1994), mayor of Teaneck from 1960 to 1966; member of the New Jersey Senate for 1966–1968 and 1974–1994
  • Steven Goldstein, LGBT activist and founder of Garden State Equality
  • Nelson G. Gross (1932–1997), politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly and as chairman of the New Jersey Republican State Committee
  • Mohammed Hameeduddin (born c. 1973), mayor of Teaneck, first Muslim mayor in Bergen County
  • Archibald C. Hart (1873–1935), represented New Jersey's 6th congressional district, 1912–1913 and 1913–1917
  • Edward H. Hynes (born 1946), politician who served two terms in the New Jersey General Assembly (B)
  • Elie Katz (born 1974), former mayor of Teaneck (B)
  • Florence Breed Khan (1875–1950), political hostess
  • Eleanor Kieliszek (1925–2017), first woman elected to the Teaneck Township Council (1970–2000) and first woman elected mayor of Teaneck (1974–1978, 1990–1992)
  • Theodora Lacey (born 1932), educator, civil rights activist, and leader of the effort to desegregate Teaneck's public schools
  • Luis Muñoz Marín (1898–1980), first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico
  • Gabrielle Kirk McDonald (born 1942), federal and international judge
  • Dennis McNerney, former County Executive of Bergen County
  • Michael W. Moynihan (c. 1928–1996), advocate of free trade who worked in the United States government and for international trade organizations (B)
  • Peter Pace (born 1945), former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; first Marine to hold the position
  • Arnold Petersen (1885–1976), National Secretary of the Socialist Labor Party of America from 1914 to 1969
  • William Walter Phelps (1839–1894), member of the United States House of Representatives who served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Germany
  • Christopher Porrino (born 1967), lawyer who became Acting New Jersey Attorney General in June 2016 (B)
  • Anthony Principi (born 1944), United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs 2001–2005
  • Elizabeth Randall (born 1954), politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1986 to 1992, representing the 39th Legislative District(B)
  • Adam Szubin, politician who has served as the Acting Secretary of the Treasury of the United States
  • Carmen E. Turner (1931–1992), first African-American woman to head a major public transit agency, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
  • Paul A. Volcker, Jr. (1927–2019), Chairman of the Federal Reserve during 1979–1987, and son of Paul A. Volcker, Sr., Teaneck's first Municipal Manager
  • Loretta Weinberg (born 1935), former Majority Leader of the New Jersey Senate
  • Craig Zucker (born 1975), member of the Maryland Senate

Sports

Other

  • Mickey Featherstone (born 1949), mobster and leader of The Westies gang
  • Martin Fleisher (born 1958), bridge player and attorney; won bridge world championship in 2017
  • Rabbi Howard Jachter, specialist in Jewish divorce procedure
  • Marty Ravellette (1938–2007), armless hero
  • David Sklansky (born 1947), professional poker player and author
  • Rabbi Jeremy Wieder (born 1971), rosh yeshiva and instructor at Yeshiva University's Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary
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