The following is a list of notable current and former residents of Teaneck, New Jersey.
(B) denotes that the person was born in Teaneck.
- Robert S. Browne (1924-2004), economist who founded African-American self-help programs[1]
- Frank Chapman (1864–1945), ornithologist[2]
- Stephen P. Cohen (1945–2017), scholar on Middle Eastern affairs who founded the Institute for Middle East Peace and Development[3]
- Herbert Dardik (1935–2020), vascular surgeon who served as the chief of vascular surgery at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center[4]
- Frank Gill (born 1941), ornithologist[5]
- Alan Kadish (born 1956), president and CEO of Touro College[6]
- Peter Kenen (1932–2012), economist who served as provost of Columbia University[7]
- Karl Meyer (1899–1990), German-born biochemist[8]
- Clifford Nass (1958–2013), professor at Stanford University; expert on human-computer interaction[9]
- Jane S. Richardson (born 1941), biochemist and developer of ribbon diagrams of protein structure[10][11][12]
- 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[13]
- 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[14]
- Benjamin Sommer (born 1964), Professor of Bible at The Jewish Theological Seminary of America and a Senior Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute[15]
- Yvonne Thornton (born 1947), physician and author[16]
- Helen M. Walker (1891–1983), statistician and researcher; first female president of the American Statistical Association[17]
- Alan Westin (1929–2013), Columbia University professor; pioneer in studying issues related to information privacy[18][19]
Authors, journalists and publishers
- Shalom Auslander (born 1970), author of Foreskin's Lament: A Memoir (2007)[22]
- Peter Balakian (born 1951), poet, writer and academic[23]
- Cathy Bao Bean (born 1942), author[24]
- Jim Bishop (1907–1987), journalist and author of the bestselling book The Day Lincoln Was Shot[25]
- Louis Black, co-founder of The Austin Chronicle and the annual South by Southwest film and music festival[26]
- Don Bolles (1928–1976), investigative reporter killed in a Mob-related car bombing[27]
- Richard Nelson Bolles (1927–2017), clergyman and author of the best-selling job-hunting book, What Color is Your Parachute?[28]
- Rachel Kramer Bussel (born 1975), author, columnist and editor, specializing in erotica[29]
- George Cain (1943–2010), author of Blueschild Baby[30]
- Louise DeSalvo (1942–2018), author[31]
- Shammai Engelmayer (born 1945), rabbi, journalist and author[32]
- Howard Fast (1914–2003), novelist, author of Spartacus[33][34]
- 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[35]
- Steven Hartov (born 1953), American-Israeli author of fiction and non-fiction works, journalist, screenwriter and lecturer in international security affairs[36]
- David Heatley (born 1974), cartoonist, illustrator, graphic designer and musician[37]
- Marilyn Henry (1953–2011), journalist, historian and archivist for matters pertaining to Holocaust reparations, survivor benefits and art looted by the Nazis[38]
- Robert Hilferty (1959–2009), journalist, filmmaker and AIDS activist[39]
- John Hoerr (1930–2015), journalist and historian best known for his work on organized labor, industry, and politics[40]
- Mike Kelly, columnist for The Record; author of Color Lines, a book about the shooting of an African-American teenager by a white Teaneck police officer[41][42]
- Neil Kleid (born 1975), cartoonist who received a 2003 Xeric Award grant for his graphic novella Ninety Candles (2004)[43]
- Lisa Lucas, executive director of the National Book Foundation and senior vice president at Knopf Doubleday[44]
- Barry N. Malzberg (born 1939), science fiction author[45]
- Brian Morton (born 1955), author of Starting Out in the Evening[46]
- Nicholasa Mohr (born 1938), author and academic whose first novel Nilda was about the Nuyorican experience[47]
- Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath (born 1958), Yiddish language poet[48]
- John A. Williams (1925–2015), author, journalist and academic whose novel The Man Who Cried I Am was a bestseller in 1967[49]
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)[65]
- Ed Ames (1927–2023), popular singer and actor, known for playing Mingo in the television series Daniel Boone[66]
- Paul Attanasio (born 1959), screenwriter and executive producer of the TV series House[67]
- De'Adre Aziza (born 1977), Broadway stage actress[68][69]
- Dana Bash (born 1971), CNN journalist[70]
- Pat Battle (born 1959), WNBC-TV's New Jersey bureau reporter; weekend anchor for Today in New York[71]
- Eitan Bernath (born 2002), celebrity chef[72]
- Roger Birnbaum (born 1950), film producer who owns Spyglass Entertainment[73]
- Ben Blank (1921–2009), television graphics innovator[74]
- Philip Bosco (1930–2018), character actor[75][76][77]
- Chris Brancato (born 1962), Hollywood writer and producer of Sci Fi Channel's First Wave and the film Species II[78]
- Colleen Broomall (born 1983), actress and journalist[79]
- Carolee Carmello (born 1962), actress best known for her performances in Broadway musicals[80]
- Syd Cassyd (1908–2000), television pioneer who was the founder of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences(B)[81]
- Gaius Charles (born 1983), actor, Friday Night Lights[82][83]
- Jennifer Cody (born 1969), actress[84]
- Joe DiPietro (born 1961), playwright[85]
- Jamie Donnelly (born 1947), actress best known as Jan, one of the Pink Ladies from the film version of Grease[86]
- Sheldon Epps (born 1952), director and producer of television and theatrical works[87]
- Hunter Foster (born 1969), Broadway actor[84]
- Nely Galán (born 1963), independent producer, former president of entertainment for Telemundo, and creator of the FOX reality series The Swan[88]
- John A. Gambling (1930–2004), radio personality[89][90]
- John B. Gambling (1897–1974), radio personality[89][90]
- Lee Garlington (born 1953), actress(B)[91]
- Susan Gordon (1949–2011), child actress in film and television[92]
- Jess Harnell (born 1963), the voice of Wakko Warner on Animaniacs and announcer of America's Funniest Home Videos[93]
- 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[94]
- Jay Jason (1915–2001), Borscht Belt comedian[95]
- Jeffrey Kramer (born 1945), film and television actor and producer[96]
- David P. Levin (born 1958), producer/writer/director for MTV, TV Land, and A&E Network[citation needed]
- Ilana Levine (born 1963), actress who made her first on-screen appearance as Andrea Spinelli in the HBO comedy-drama series Tanner '88[97]
- Damon Lindelof (born 1973), co-creator and executive producer of the TV series Lost[98]
- Leonard Maltin (born 1950), film critic and author of Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide[99]
- Patricia McBride (born 1942), ballerina who performed with the New York City Ballet for 30 years[100]
- Bob McGrath (1932–2022), played "Bob" on TV's Sesame Street, the longest-lasting human character on the program[101]
- Julianne Michelle (born 1987), film and television actress[102]
- Zalmen Mlotek (born 1954), conductor, pianist, musical arranger, accompanist, composer; artistic director of the National Yiddish Theatre – Folksbiene[103]
- Susan Morrow (1931–1985), actress, star of The Savage(B)[104]
- Ozzie Nelson (1906–1975) and Harriet Nelson (1909–1994), from The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet[105]
- Ricky Nelson (1940–1985), son of Ozzie and Harriet; actor (Rio Bravo); musician elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987[106]
- Christopher O'Neal (born 1994), actor who appears on Nickelodeon's How to Rock[107]
- Sarah Jessica Parker (born 1965), actress, played Carrie Bradshaw on HBO's Sex and the City[108]
- Charles Payne (born 1960), Fox Business Network television show host[109]
- Danielle Pinnock (born 1988), actress, comedian and writer[110]
- Randall Pinkston (born 1950), correspondent for CBS News[111]
- Dana Reeve (1961–2006), actress, singer, activist for disability causes; wife of Christopher Reeve(B)[112]
- Robert Ridgely (1931–1997), actor and voice-over artist; appeared in many Mel Brooks movies and in Boogie Nights[113][114]
- David Rothenberg (born 1933), Broadway producer and prisoners' rights activist[115]
- Rick Schwartz (born c. 1968), film producer[116]
- Seret Scott (born 1949), actress, director, and playwright, best known for her roles in the films Losing Ground and Pretty Baby[117]
- Matt Servitto (born 1965), actor known for his role on The Sopranos as FBI agent Dwight Harris(B)[118]
- Lawrence Sher (born 1970), cinematographer[119]
- Paul Sorvino (1939–2022), actor[120]
- Josh Sussman (born 1983), actor[121]
- Bill Timoney (born 1958), actor, director, script writer and producer(B)[122]
- Judy Tyler (1933–1957), actress who played Princess Summerfallwinterspring on Howdy Doody and starred opposite Elvis Presley in Jailhouse Rock[123]
- John Ventimiglia (born 1963), actor; played Artie Bucco on The Sopranos[124]
Music
- Nat Adderley (1931–2000), jazz cornet and trumpet player[125]
- Nat Adderley, Jr. (born 1955), music arranger who spent much of his career with Luther Vandross[126]
- Ray Barretto (1929–2006), conga drummer and bandleader[127]
- Eef Barzelay (born 1970), chief songwriter, singer, and guitarist of alt-country indie rock band Clem Snide[128]
- Bernard Belle, composer, producer and musician[129]
- Regina Belle (born 1963), Grammy Award-winning singer[130]
- Roni Ben-Hur (born 1962), bebop jazz guitarist[131]
- Louis Black (born 1950), co-founder of South by Southwest Music, Film, and Interactive Conference and Festival[132]
- Miles Bonny (born 1980), record producer, singer-songwriter, trumpeter and DJ[133]
- 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[134]
- Donald Byrd (1932–2013), jazz trumpeter[135][136]
- Cakes da Killa (born as Rashard Bradshaw), rapper[137]
- Brendan Canty (born 1966), drummer of indie rock band Fugazi[138]
- Gordon Chambers (born c. 1969), singer-songwriter whose work includes "If You Love Me" by Brownstone[139]
- Ray Chew (born c. 1968), music director[140]
- Graham Clarke (born 1970), musician, songwriter, arranger, and entertainer[141]
- Brenda Miller Cooper (1916–2008), operatic soprano[142]
- Johnny Copeland (1937–1997), blues guitarist and singer[143]
- Shemekia Copeland (born 1979), blues singer[143]
- DMX (born as Earl Simmons, 1970–2021), rapper and actor[144]
- Plácido Domingo (born 1941), operatic tenor[145][146][147]
- Ray Drummond (born 1946), jazz bassist[148]
- Randy Edelman (born 1947), film and TV score composer[149]
- Jon Faddis (born 1953), jazz trumpeter, conductor, composer and educator[150]
- Jon Garrison (born 1944), operatic tenor[151]
- Jimmy Gnecco (born 1973), musician from the Ours[152]
- Christine Goerke (born 1969), Grammy Award-winning dramatic soprano[153]
- 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"[154]
- Lesley Gore (1946–2015), singer, songwriter, actress and activist known for her pop hit "It's My Party"[155]
- Florence Greenberg (1913–1995), record producer who discovered The Shirelles[156]
- Ferde Grofé (1892–1972), composer and arranger, best known for his Grand Canyon Suite[157]
- Roland Hanna (1932–2002), jazz pianist, composer and teacher[158]
- Joe Harnell (1924–2005), composer and arranger[159][self-published source]
- Al Hibbler (1915–2001), R&B singer; later civil rights activist[160]
- Ronald Isley (born 1941), co-founder and lead singer of the Isley Brothers[161][162]
- Rudolph Isley (1939–2023), founding member of the Isley Brothers[162][163][self-published source]
- Milt Jackson (1923–1999), jazz vibraphonist[164]
- Moe Jaffe (1901–1972), songwriter[165]
- Jodeci, R&B group of the early 1990s[166]
- J. J. Johnson (1924–2001), jazz trombonist[167]
- Kevin Jonas (born 1987), background vocalist and lead guitarist for the Jonas Brothers[168]
- Sam Jones (1924–1981), jazz double bassist, cellist and composer[169]
- Thad Jones (1923–1986), jazz trumpeter, composer and bandleader[170]
- Ben Jorgensen (born 1983), lead singer of Armor for Sleep[171]
- Don "Magic" Juan (born 1950), merengue and hip-hop artist, from the 1990s merengue group Proyecto Uno[172]
- Ulysses Kay (1917–1995), composer[173]
- Ben E. King (1938–2015), singer, "Stand by Me"[174]
- Michael Korie, librettist and lyricist, whose works include Grey Gardens[175]
- Anthony Laciura (born 1951), character tenor for the Metropolitan Opera[176][177]
- Ezra Laderman (1924–2015), contemporary classical music composer who served as Dean and Professor at the Yale School of Music[178]
- Yusef Lateef (1920–2013), jazz multi-instrumentalist and composer[179]
- Lil' Kim (born 1974), rapper; born Kimberly Jones[180]
- Amy London (born 1957), jazz singer[131]
- Mario (born 1986), R&B singer[181]
- Master Gee (born Guy O'Brien), co-founder of the hip hop group The Sugarhill Gang, best known for "Rapper's Delight"[182]
- 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[183]
- Rose Marie McCoy (1922–2015), songwriter[184]
- Clyde McPhatter (1932–1972), R&B singer who founded The Drifters[185]
- Allan Monk (born 1942), baritone opera singer[186]
- Melissa Morgan (born 1980), jazz vocalist[187]
- The Notorious B.I.G. (1972–1997), rapper; born Christopher Wallace[188]
- Duke Pearson (1932–1980), jazz pianist and composer[169]
- Bernard Purdie (born 1941), prolific session drummer[189]
- Rufus Reid (born 1944), jazz bassist and music educator[190][191]
- Richie Ranno (born 1950), guitarist best known as a member of Starz[192]
- Scott Robinson (born 1959), jazz musician best known for his work with various styles of saxophone[193]
- Paul A. Rothchild (1935–1995), music producer of the late 1960s and 1970s, best known for his work with The Doors[194]
- Ernie Royal (1921–1983), jazz trumpeter[195]
- Hilton Ruiz (1952–2006), jazz pianist, Afro-Cuban style[196]
- Juelz Santana (born 1982), rapper[197]
- Linda Scott (born 1945), singer best known for her 1961 hit "I've Told Every Little Star"[198]
- Alan Silvestri (born 1950), film composer[199]
- Ray Simpson (born 1954), lead singer of the Village People since 1980[200][201]
- Dave Sirulnick (born 1964), executive vice president for Multiplatform Production, News and Music at MTV[202]
- Phoebe Snow (1952–2011), singer-songwriter born Phoebe Laub, who adopted the name of a train that ran through Teaneck, the Phoebe Snow[203][204]
- DJ Spinderella (born Deidra Muriel Roper, 1971), DJ for the hip-hop group Salt-n-Pepa[205]
- Trey Songz (born 1984), R&B singer[206]
- Joris Teepe, jazz bassist, composer, arranger and big-band leader[207]
- Raymond Torres-Santos (born 1958), classical composer, pianist, arranger, conductor and Professor of Music at CUNY[208]
- McCoy Tyner (1938–2020), jazz pianist known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet[209]
- Lenny White (born 1949), drummer described as "one of the founding fathers of jazz fusion"[210]
- Eliot Zigmund (born 1945), jazz drummer; has worked extensively as a session musician[211]
- Bob Beaumont (1932–2011), founder of Citicar, an electric automobile manufacturer from 1974 to 1977[212]
- Matthew Hiltzik (born 1972), CEO and president of Hiltzik Strategies, a strategic consulting and communications firm[213]
- Les Otten (born 1949), former CEO of the American Skiing Company[214]
- John G. Ryan (1910–1989), publisher who was president of P.F. Collier and Son Corporation, which distributed the Collier's Encyclopedia[215]
- Paul Singer (born 1944), founder of Elliott Management Corporation[216]
- Lynn Tilton (born 1959), businesswoman[217]
- Bill Zanker (born 1954), creator of The Learning Annex[218]
- Vincent M. Battle (born 1940), former United States Ambassador to Lebanon (B)[219]
- William W. Bennett (1841–1912), property manager of the William Walter Phelps estate, who served as the first Mayor of Teaneck, New Jersey[220]
- Leonie Brinkema (born 1944), U.S. District Court judge in the Zacarias Moussaoui case (B)[221]
- Thomas Ryan Byrne (1923–2014), career diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to the Kingdom of Norway (B)[222]
- Gale D. Candaras (born 1947), member of the Massachusetts Senate[223]
- Donna Christian-Christensen (born 1945), non-voting delegate to the United States House of Representatives for the United States Virgin Islands[224]
- 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[225]
- 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)[226]
- Eileen Dickinson (born 1949), politician who has served in the Vermont House of Representatives since 2009 (B)[227]
- Naomi G. Eichen (born 1938), retired judge of the New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division[228]
- Matthew Feldman (1919–1994), mayor of Teaneck from 1960 to 1966; member of the New Jersey Senate for 1966–1968 and 1974–1994[229]
- Steven Goldstein, LGBT activist and founder of Garden State Equality[230]
- Nelson G. Gross (1932–1997), politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly and as chairman of the New Jersey Republican State Committee[231]
- Mohammed Hameeduddin (born c. 1973), mayor of Teaneck, first Muslim mayor in Bergen County[232]
- Archibald C. Hart (1873–1935), represented New Jersey's 6th congressional district, 1912–1913 and 1913–1917[233]
- Edward H. Hynes (born 1946), politician who served two terms in the New Jersey General Assembly (B)[234]
- Elie Katz (born 1974), former mayor of Teaneck (B)
- Florence Breed Khan (1875–1950), political hostess[235]
- 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)[236]
- Theodora Lacey (born 1932), educator, civil rights activist, and leader of the effort to desegregate Teaneck's public schools[237]
- Luis Muñoz Marín (1898–1980), first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico[238]
- Gabrielle Kirk McDonald (born 1942), federal and international judge[239]
- Dennis McNerney, former County Executive of Bergen County[240]
- Michael W. Moynihan (c. 1928–1996), advocate of free trade who worked in the United States government and for international trade organizations (B)[241]
- Peter Pace (born 1945), former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; first Marine to hold the position[242]
- Arnold Petersen (1885–1976), National Secretary of the Socialist Labor Party of America from 1914 to 1969[243]
- William Walter Phelps (1839–1894), member of the United States House of Representatives who served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Germany[244]
- Christopher Porrino (born 1967), lawyer who became Acting New Jersey Attorney General in June 2016 (B)[245]
- Anthony Principi (born 1944), United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs 2001–2005[246]
- Elizabeth Randall (born 1954), politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1986 to 1992, representing the 39th Legislative District(B)[247]
- Adam Szubin, politician who has served as the Acting Secretary of the Treasury of the United States[248]
- Carmen E. Turner (1931–1992), first African-American woman to head a major public transit agency, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority[249]
- 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[250][251]
- Loretta Weinberg (born 1935), former Majority Leader of the New Jersey Senate[252]
- Craig Zucker (born 1975), member of the Maryland Senate[253]
- Brooke Ammerman (born 1990), ice hockey forward who was the first player to score a goal in Metropolitan Riveters history[254]
- Robby Anderson (born 1993), wide receiver for the New York Jets[255]
- Larry Arico (born 1969), former American football coach[256]
- Kim Barnes Arico (born 1970), women's basketball coach who is head coach of the Michigan Wolverines women's basketball team[256]
- Lance Ball (born 1985), former running back for the Denver Broncos[257]
- Beth Beglin (born 1957), three-time member of the United States women's national field hockey team at the Summer Olympics[258]
- Dellin Betances (born 1988), pitcher who played for the New York Mets and New York Yankees[259]
- Jim Bouton (1939–2019), former pitcher for the New York Yankees, sportscaster and author of the controversial tell-all book Ball Four[260]
- Chris Brantley (born 1970), wide receiver who played in the NFL for the Los Angeles Rams and Buffalo Bills[261][262]
- Rosey Brown (1932–2004), offensive tackle who played for the New York Giants from 1953 to 1965[263]
- Tony Campbell (born 1962), former NBA basketball player for the New York Knicks and several other teams[264]
- Sam Cassell (born 1969), NBA player who lived here while playing for the New Jersey Nets[265]
- Sal Cenicola (born 1960), professional boxer recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records for the longest interval between professional boxing matches[266]
- Rick Cerone (born 1954), former MLB catcher who played for both the New York Mets and New York Yankees[267]
- Carlos Clark (born 1996), footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for the Albany Great Danes men's soccer team and the Puerto Rican national team[268]
- T. J. Clemmings (born 1991), NFL offensive tackle for the Washington Redskins[269]
- Mike DeGerick (born 1943), pitcher who played two games for the Chicago White Sox before a line drive hit his head and ended his career[270]
- Alison Desir, author, activist and runner[271]
- Lawrence Frank (born 1970), former head coach of the New Jersey Nets[272]
- Mike Fraysse (born 1943), US Olympic Cycling Coach; inducted into the United States Bicycling Hall of Fame[273]
- Zach Freemantle (born 2000), college basketball player for the Xavier Musketeers[274]
- Doug Glanville (born 1970), baseball player who played for the Philadelphia Phillies and other teams[275]
- Steve Goepel (born 1949), former football player and coach (B)[276]
- Tamba Hali (born 1983), former NFL linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs of the NFL, born in Liberia but attended high school in Teaneck[277]
- Kevin Herget (born 1991), professional baseball pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays[278]
- Elston Howard (1929–1980), baseball player New York Yankees[279]
- Zab Judah (born 1977), champion welterweight boxer[280]
- Bob Klapisch (born 1957), sportswriter for The Record[281]
- Maya Lawrence (born 1980), fencer and part of the United States Fencing Team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where she won a bronze medal in the women's team épée[282]
- Carl "Spider" Lockhart (1943–1986), safety who played his entire 11-year career with the New York Giants[283]
- Ryan Malleck (born 1993), American football tight end for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (B)[284]
- James Margolis (born 1936), fencer who represented the United States in the individual and team épée events at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome[285]
- Mike Massenzio (born 1982), mixed martial artist; has competed as a Middleweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship[286]
- Jim McGovern (born 1965), professional golfer (B)[287]
- Christina McHale (born 1992), tennis player (B)[288]
- Hank Morgenweck (1929–2007), Major League Baseball umpire, 1970–1975; called Nolan Ryan's fourth no-hitter[289]
- John Orsino (1938–2016), Major League Baseball catcher who played for the San Francisco Giants (1961–1962), Baltimore Orioles (1963–1965) and Washington Senators (1966–1967) (B)[290]
- Randi Patterson (born 1985), professional soccer player who played for the New York Red Bulls[291][292]
- Bob Peck (1928–2021), athletic administrator who served as athletic director at Boston University and Williams College[293]
- Kasib Powell (born 1981), NBA basketball player who has played for the Miami Heat[294]
- Jean Prioleau (born 1970), head coach of the San Jose State Spartans men's basketball team[295]
- David Reed (born 1988), professional soccer player[296]
- Seth Roland (born 1957), former soccer player who has been coach of the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights men's soccer team[297]
- Giuseppe Rossi (born 1987), Italian-American association football player, currently playing for Genoa C.F.C. and Italy national football team[298]
- Nick Saviano (born 1956), former tennis player; won one ATP title and reached two other finals[299]
- Jason Sehorn (born 1971), former NFL football player who played cornerback for the New York Giants (1994–2002) and St. Louis Rams (2003)[300]
- Steve Siegel (born 1948), former professional tennis player who played briefly on the international tennis circuit in the 1970s[301]
- Pierre Sow (born 1998), basketball player for the Buffalo eXtreme of the American Basketball Association[302]
- John Sterling (born 1948), sportscaster for the New York Yankees[303]
- David Stern (1942–2020), former commissioner of the National Basketball Association[304]
- Kamali Thompson (born 1991), fencer and physician[305]
- Quentin Walker (born 1961, class of 1979), former running back who played in the NFL for the St. Louis Rams[306]
- Doug Wark (born 1951), former soccer forward who spent five seasons in the North American Soccer League and three in the Major Indoor Soccer League[307]
- David West (born 1980), NBA basketball player with the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets[308]
- Brandon Wimbush (born 1996), quarterback who played for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team (B)[309]
- Dave Winfield (born 1951), Hall of Fame baseball player[310][311]
- Ahmed Zayat (born 1962), thoroughbred racehorse owner whose horse American Pharoah won the Triple Crown in 2015[312]
Saxon, Wolfgang. "Robert S. Browne, 79, Dies; Economist and Advocate", The New York Times, August 15, 2004. Accessed October 12, 2022. "Robert Span Browne, a prominent economist and foreign-aid administrator who founded important African-American self-help programs, died on Aug. 5 at a hospital in West Haverstraw, N.Y. He was 79 and lived in Teaneck, N.J." Palmer, Joanne. "Remembering Dr. Herbert Dardik; Englewood Health’s chief vascular surgeon developed techniques, taught generations of students, inspired much love", Jewish Standard, May 28, 2020. Accessed July 18, 2020. "By the time he talked about Dr. Herbert Dardik of Tenafly, enough time had passed for Warren Geller to have assimilated the fact of Dr. Dardik’s death.... In 1968, the Dardik family moved to Teaneck, and in 1976 they moved to Tenafly." Dr. Frank Gill Archived May 17, 2019, at the Wayback Machine, Delaware Valley Ornithological Club. Accessed August 22, 2007. 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"Born in Jersey City, N.J., on April 3, 1958, Nass grew up in Teaneck, N.J., and graduated from Princeton University in 1981 with a bachelor's degree in mathematics." Richardson, Jane S.; and Richardson, David C. "Doing Molecular Biophysics: Finding, Naming, and Picturing Signal Within Complexity", Annual Review of Biophysics, 2013; 42: 1–28, published online February 28, 2013. Accessed December 1, 2016. "David Claude Richardson grew up in rural Delaware County, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia, and Jane Shelby Richardson grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey, near New York City, so they each had the combined advantages of woods and streams to explore on one hand and science and art museums on the other." via United Press. "Two In Same School Win Science Contest", The New York Times, March 4, 1958. Accessed September 13, 2011. "The other scholarship winners are Jane Shelby, 17, of 431 Claremont Avenue, Teaneck, N. J., $5,000; Donald M. Jerina, 18, of River Grove, Ill., $4,000, and Neal L. Nininger of Larkspur, Calif., $3,000." Obituary of Lawrence Solan, Dignity Memorial. Accessed March 6, 2024. "Born to Harold and Shirley (nee Smith) Solan, Larry grew up in Teaneck, NJ among a large, close-knit family spanning several generations." Sullivan, Ronald. "Westin in Teaneck: Guiding a Magazine", The New York Times, December 5, 1976. Accessed March 31, 2011. "The Civil Liberties Review is celebrating its third birthday as a national bimonthly magazine sponsored by the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation. While the magazine's editorial offices are at 22 East 40th Street in Manhattan, its guiding force emanates from the second-story study of Prof. Alan F. Westin in Teaneck." Langer, Emily via Washington Post News Service. "Alan Westin, 83, privacy scholar", The Record, February 21, 2013. Accessed February 21, 2013. "Alan Westin, one of the first and most widely respected scholars to explore the dilemmas of privacy in the information age, died Monday of cancer at a hospice in Saddle River. The longtime Teaneck resident was 83." Bendheim, Kim. "Adult Education a Writer Learns the Tragic Histories of His Family and His People", Chicago Tribune, July 13, 1997. Accessed August 26, 2013. "Balakian spent his early childhood wanting to be Jewish like his neighborhood friends in Teaneck. When he tells his mother he has no intention of moving with the family from their home in Teaneck to the nearby but WASPier, more-upscale town of Tenafly because, 'I'm Jewish, I belong here,' her warning-response strikes him as strange." The Golden Hack, Time, May 13, 1957."A teetotaler, Bishop works in a pink-and-black oceanside house at Sea Bright, N.J., sees his wife and family in Teaneck only on weekends." Menconi, David. "SxSW @ 25: Texas Ex Louis Black reflects on the little festival he almost didn't start", The Alcalde, March / April 2011, pp. 38–43. Accessed September 14, 2011. "Black's career is idiosyncratic and it should be inspirational to anyone who doesn't quite fit in. His early years in Teaneck, N.J., were distinguished mostly by dyslexia, attention-deficit issues, tone-deafness, poor math skills, and poorer handwriting.... Before long, Black and [Leonard] Maltin were skipping after-school studies to go watch movies. 'I wasn't going to do any better in school, and Leonard wasn't going to do any worse,' Black says." Grimes, William. "George Cain, Writer of ‘Blueschild Baby,’ Dies at 66", The New York Times, October 29, 2010. Accessed March 18, 2012. "His father, an employee with the Department of Labor, ascended the civil service ladder and reached the position of assistant regional manager, a job that allowed him to move the family to a middle-class neighborhood in Teaneck, N.J., soon after George graduated from high school. ". Und Spartakus Archived March 30, 2005, at the Wayback Machine, Berliner Zeitung, March 15, 2003. "Aus Furcht vor dem "Communist Control Act" zog Howard Fast 1954 mit seiner Familie nach Teaneck, New Jersey, wo seine Kinder im Notfall bei den Großeltern verbleiben konnten." About Archived January 20, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Jeff Gottesfeld. Accessed July 16, 2014. "One Place I Actually Grew Up – Teaneck, New Jersey, where I went to Whittier School, Ben Franklin Junior High School, and then Teaneck High School." Bieltz, Brandon. "DINFOS hosts embedded photographer, journalist at forum",The Baltimore Sun, July 10, 2014. Accessed August 4, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "Hartov, an author and New York Times best-seller, served as the editor-in-chief of Special Operations Report, a professional journal on military and law enforcement special tactics." Duin, Steve. "David Heatley", The Oregonian, October 24, 2008. Accessed August 4, 2022."Heatley said, who grew up with a father who occasionally indulged in the N-word (which 'isn't a racist word for me,' he tells his son, 'just a good word to use when I'm angry') but who 'consciously chose the town I grew up in, Teaneck, N.J., because it was 50 percent black.'" Boroson, Rebecca. "Former Post Staffer Marilyn Henry Dies, 58; Veteran journalist was expert on looted Holocaust art.", The Jerusalem Post, March 3, 2011. Accessed August 4, 2018. "Marilyn Henry, a journalist and lecturer, died of cancer on Tuesday, four days short of her 58th birthday. She lived in Teaneck, NJ with her husband, Rabbi Shammai Engelmayer." Staff. "Robert Hilferty, Writer and AIDS Activist, Is Dead at 49", The New York Times, August 19, 2009. Accessed December 20, 2017. "Born in Teaneck, N.J., on Dec. 14, 1959, Mr. Hilferty was a son of Robert and Joan Massa Hilferty." Levin, Jay. "John Hoerr, 84, chronicled the fall of steel", The Record, June 26, 2015. Accessed June 26, 2015. "John Hoerr, a journalist and former Teaneck resident, authored one of the most definitive accounts of the collapse of America's steel industry.... The Hoerrs moved to Middleborough in 2009 after 33 years in Teaneck." What Teaneck Did Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Open News & Views, Winter/Spring 2005. "Mike Kelly, a journalist who resides in Teaneck, stated the obvious in his mid-1990s study Color Lines..." Samuel, Adam. "Teaneck Comic Author Brings ‘The Panic’ to Readers", Jewish Link, April 28, 2022. Accessed April 28, 2022. "Neil Kleid boasts quite the impressive comic book resume.... He’s also a Modern Orthodox Jew from Teaneck, and his newest story, a digital comic book series from Comixology Originals that will then be adapted into print by Dark Horse Comics, promises to be a thrilling addition to his catalog." Italie, Hillel via Associated Press. "Lisa Lucas, head of National Book Foundation, to join Knopf" Archived July 15, 2020, at the Wayback Machine, Star Tribune, July 15, 2020. Accessed July 15, 2020. "Lisa Lucas, executive director of the National Book Foundation since 2016, has been named senior vice president of the Knopf imprints Pantheon and Schocken Books.... A native of New York City who grew up in Teaneck and Montclair, New Jersey, Lucas has held a variety of positions in the book world, whether publishing Guernica magazine or serving on the literary council of the Brooklyn Book Festival." Page, Jeffrey. "Rampaging Computers", The Record, March 1, 1993. Accessed September 10, 2009. "Malzberg, of Teaneck, opened the mail and found a warrant had been issued for his arrest because, the computer's microchips insisted, he had failed to pay a parking ticket 9½ years ago." Jacob, Maryann. "Her books show life of 'Latinos'", The Record, June 23, 1977. Accessed December 16, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Artist-writer Nicholasa Mohr moves in two worlds: the Spanish-speaking areas of New York City where she was born of Puerto Rican parents; and suburban Teaneck where she lives with her psychologist husband and two teen-age sons.... Ms. Mohr, who has lived in Teaneck for seven years, says one of the things she likes about Bergen is that it's near to New York City." Horner, Shirley. "New Jersey Q & A: John A. Williams; A Novelist's Journey in Race Relations", The New York Times, June 13, 1993. Accessed July 8, 2015. "In an interview at his home in Teaneck, Professor Williams, 67, further talked about the relationship between blacks and whites in general, and blacks and Jews in particular; his interracial marriage and the experience of teaching at Rutgers.... In 1975, the Williamses left Manhattan for Teaneck; four years later, he accepted a full-time professorship at Rutgers.... Q. How did you come to Teaneck? A. We came here because we felt the town would not be inhospitable to a mixed marriage." Renaldo Kuhler Obituary - Raleigh, NC, Dignity Memorial. Accessed January 9, 2023. "Renaldo was born in Teaneck, NJ and grew up in Rockland County, NY, the son of the late Simone and Otto Kuhler, a renowned artist and designer of streamlined steam locomotives during the Art Deco period." Smith, Roberta. "Thomas Edward Nozkowski was born on March 23, 1944, in Teaneck, N.J., to Edward and Edna (Angevine) Nozkowski and grew up in Dumont, N.J.", The New York Times, May 17, 2019. Accessed May 31, 2021. ""Thomas Edward Nozkowski was born on March 23, 1944, in Teaneck, N.J., to Edward and Edna (Angevine) Nozkowski and grew up in Dumont, N.J." Beckerman, Jim. "Chuck Stewart's photo portraits of jazz greats on display at bergenPAC", The Record, October 14, 2010. Accessed September 13, 2011. "The difference between Chuck Stewart, the Teaneck photographer whose jazz portraits graced the covers of more than 2,000 albums, and today's paparazzi is that Stewart was always looking to capture his subjects at exactly the right moment.... Stewart, 83, a widower with three children, lives in the Teaneck house he moved into in 1965." Gefter, Philip. "Henry Wessel: Capturing the Image, Transcending the Subject", The New York Times, May 21, 2006. Accessed November 8, 2007. "Mr. Wessel, who was born in Teaneck, N.J., 64 years ago, aims for that innocence in his work: he wants to narrow the distinction between the subjects he chooses and how they look photographed." Marc Jacobs, tendances-de-mode.com. Accessed October 27, 2010. "After the death of his father, he lived in Teaneck, New Jersey with his mother, sister, and younger brother." Weinraub, Bernard. "Flawed Characters In the Public Eye, Past and Present", The New York Times, September 12, 1994. Accessed October 22, 2011. "Mr. Attanasio grew up in the Bronx, in Pelham Bay, and his family later moved to Teaneck, N.J. (His father, Joseph, a businessman, had speaking parts in Quiz Show and Disclosure.) After graduating from Harvard in 1981, and then Harvard Law School in 1984, he was hired at the law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore." Sommers, Michael W. "Scaling 'the Heights': Musical charmer catches Tonys' eye with 13 nods", The Star-Ledger, May 13, 2008. Accessed October 19, 2011."Among the nominees with Jersey roots are Kinnelon native Laura Benanti as featured actress in a musical for gracefully portraying an ugly duckling who becomes stripper extraordinaire Gypsy Rose Lee in Gypsy; lifelong Teaneck resident de'Adre Aziza in the same category for playing several characters in "Passing Strange..." Kiper, Dmitry. "de'Adre Aziza", Broadway.com, May 22, 2008. Accessed October 19, 2011. "A year after de'Adre—pronounced 'Dee-A-dra,' a fanciful variation on Deidre—was born, her mom got a job offer in New York, but 'being from the country, she didn't want to move to the big city, so she moved to Teaneck,' the actress explains." Palmer, Joanne. "News from a Jersey girl", Jewish Standard, May 1, 2015. Accessed August 28, 2024. "Ms. Bash was born in Manhattan, moved to Teaneck when she was 2, and then moved to Washington just a few years later." Bratt, Heidi Mae. "Eitan Bernath’s sizzling career From Teaneck kitchen to television, viral videos, and an empire of his own", Jewish Standard, August 25, 2021. Accessed February 8, 2022. "We can say that we knew him way back when. The Jewish Standard featured Eitan Bernath on the cover of About Our Children, its family magazine, in November 2015. In that issue, Eitan created Thanksgiving recipes for our readers in the kitchen of his Teaneck home." Heller, Steven. "Ben Blank, Innovator of Graphics for TV News, Dies at 87", The New York Times, February 18, 2009. Accessed March 18, 2012. "Ben Blank, who as graphics director for CBS and later ABC television news introduced the concept of using logolike images behind anchors as signatures for major news coverage, died on Feb. 3 at his home in Teaneck, N.J. He was 87." Klein, Alvin. "Theater; For Teaneck Actor, Play Is The Thing", The New York Times, July 10, 1983. Accessed March 18, 2012. "Mr. Bosco, a native of Jersey City, and his wife, Nancy, who 'nipped a dancing career in the bud to be a wife and mother and made the transition gracefully,' according to Mr. Bosco, have been Teaneck residents for 23 years. " Biography of Philip Bosco[permanent dead link], accessed January 1, 2007. "During the 70s, Bosco suffered anxiety attacks which made it difficult for him to leave his Teaneck (New Jersey) home and severely limited his professional choices." Neglia, Ashley V. "New Faces NJ: Colleen Broomall: Actress Colleen Broomall, who starred in soap operas as a child, works to get back in the industry. ", New Jersey Monthly, October 11, 2010. Accessed May 1, 2016. "At two months old, Colleen Broomall was a working actress on As the World Turns. Playing Meg Ryan's soap-opera daughter, the Teaneck native (raised in Norwood) spent parts of the first five years of her life on the set, working alongside actors such as Julianne Moore and Marisa Tomei." Spelling, Ian. "Splendid on the Screen and Stage: Actress Carolee Carmello" (201) magazine, April 4, 2017. Accessed June 26, 2017. "Carmello returns home to Leonia after each evening performance of Sweeney Todd. A divorced mother of two, a son and daughter, she’s lived there for 14 years, after spending seven years in Teaneck." "Syd Cassyd, 91; Envisioned TV Academy", The New York Times, February 11, 2000. Accessed February 10, 2021. "Syd Cassyd, whose idea it was to found the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, which gives the Emmy Awards, died on Friday at his home in Los Angeles.... Mr. Cassyd was born in Teaneck, N.J." "The Leading Men: Hunter Green" Archived September 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, Playbill, September 9, 2003. Accessed September 13, 2011. "Foster is married to Jennifer Cody (Urinetown, Taboo); the cute couple live in Teaneck, N.J., with Zach, their Yorkshire terrier." Gliatto, Tom; and O'Neill Anne-Marie. "Grease Is the Word: Twenty Years Later, the Stars Are Still True to Their School", People, April 13, 1998. Accessed September 13, 2011. "'I always felt Jan was the person most like the audience,' says Jamie Donnelly, 50, who dyed her prematurely gray hair to play the pigtailed Pink Lady. 'She wasn't as cool as the other ones.' The Teaneck, N.J., native now lives in La Canada, Calif., with her husband, screenwriter Stephen Foreman, son Sevi, 10, and daughter Madden Rose, 8." Klein, Alvin. "The Duke and I", The New York Times, March 30, 1997. Accessed October 17, 2011. "Born 44 years ago to St. Paul (a minister who 'always found someplace to preach') and Kathryn Epps (who taught home economics in Thomas Jefferson Junior High School in Teaneck), Sheldon Epps lived in Los Angeles until he was 11. 'We moved to Teaneck when I was in the seventh grade, and there I stayed through junior high school and through college,' he said.... He discovered theater when he performed in a summer musical program at Teaneck High School." Savio, Anita. "TV or no TV? No question in her mind" Archived January 17, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, Latino Leaders: The National Magazine of the Successful American Latino, April–May 2002. Accessed January 8, 2008. "It has been rising since she was a teenager. Born in Santa Clara, Cuba, Galan immigrated with her family to Teaneck, New Jersey, when she was two." Taylor, Mildred. "Spiritual Comforts Take Root" Archived February 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, History of Teaneck, pp. 98–103 via Teaneck Public Library. Accessed December 13, 2011. "Many good people came to live in the township, among them Ferde Grofe, composer of The Grand Canyon Suite and other fine music. The senior John Gambling of Radio Station WOR lived in Teaneck with his wife and his son John, who now heads the program that keeps the area posted each morning. Jim Bishop, syndicated columnist, built a fine home in Teaneck." Levin, Jay. Susan Aviner, child star and Teaneck businesswoman, at 62", The Record, December 19, 2011. Accessed December 20, 2011. "Susan Aviner of Teaneck, who as button-cute, blond-haired Susan Gordon shared the screen with the likes of Danny Kaye, Ed Wynn and Ronald Reagan, has died." Zayas, Javier. "'Wakko Yaks: A Conversation with Jess Harnell' by Javier Zayas", Fulle Circle Magazine, April 17, 2015. Accessed June 17, 2015. "Javier Zayas: So you were born in Teaneck, New Jersey? Jess Harnell: Actually it was Englewood Hospital, but right near Teaneck and that's where I lived so we'll stick with that." Di Lauro, Janet. "7 Things to Know About General Hospital Star Gavin Houston", Soap Hub, June 8, 2023. Accessed June 8, 2023. "Houston, who was born in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey, admits he misses his East Coast pals but has acclimated to life in Los Angeles." Vincent, Stuart. "THE Comic's Comic So you want jokes? Jay Jason's got a million of 'em. And in the Catskills, most of them still work.", Newsday, October 5, 1992. Accessed March 18, 2012. "Jay Jason is still there, commuting to the Catskills from his home in Teaneck, NJ, where he and Lynn, his wife of 44 years, raised two children." "Has Play Role", The Record, November 28, 1964. Accessed December 16, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Jeffrey C. Kramer, son of Mrs. Shirley H. Kramer of 883 Belle Avenue, is the member of the cast of Madwoman of Chaillot to be presented under the auspices of the speech and drama department of Ithaca College, Ithaca, N. Y." Susan Morrow, Glamour Girls of the Silver Screen. Accessed March 13, 2017. "25 May 32 – is born in Teaneck, New Jersey, one of seven children, to architect Frederick Immoor and Katherine Shea, of Irish descent." Klein, Alvin. "Actress, 18, Has Some Regrets", The New York Times, October 30, 1983. Accessed March 18, 2012 "But during last winter's cold wave, pipes in the Englewood house burst and the Forstes moved to a rented house in nearby Teaneck, where, Miss Parker said, they have decided to stay because, among other things, the town's school system is 'academically very strong.'" Phelps, Shirelle; and Oblender, David G. "Randall Pinkston", Contemporary Black Biography, p. 129. Gale Research, 2000. ISBN 0-7876-3248-1. Accessed August 16, 2011. "He and his wife, Patricia McLain, and their daughter and two stepdaughters, live in Teaneck, New Jersey." Brozan, Nadine. Dana Reeve, Devoted Caretaker and Advocate, Is Dead at 44, The New York Times, March 8, 2006. Accessed August 6, 2018. "Ms. Reeve was born in 1961 in Teaneck, N.J., one of three daughters of Dr. Charles Morosini and Helen Morosini, who died of ovarian cancer early last year." Staff. "Obituaries", St. Petersburg Times, February 17, 1997. Accessed February 2, 2011. "Mr. Ridgely, a native of Teaneck, N.J., began as a cabaret entertainer. He appeared in television shows such as Get Smart, Sea Hunt and Coach." Beckerman, Jim. "A play about ex-cons, played by themselves", The Record, July 6, 2008. Accessed January 21, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "That's the combined prison time of the four ex-convicts who play themselves in this unique off-Broadway play, conceived and directed by Bergen County native David Rothenberg.... Rothenberg, who grew up in Ridgefield Park and Teaneck (Teaneck High School, class of 1951), began his career as a part-time sports writer for The Record." Rosenblatt, Gary. "Joining ‘Gangs’ to Work With the Best: Executive producer Rick Schwartz savors a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to work with Martin Scorsese and others.", The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, January 2, 2003. Accessed October 22, 2011. "When the now-legendary film director Martin Scorsese first discovered Herbert Asbury's book, Gangs of New York, in 1970 and decided to make it into a film, Rick Schwartz was a 2-year-old growing up in a modern Orthodox home in Teaneck, N.J.... During several recent interviews, Schwartz, 34, who now lives in Englewood, N.J., spoke about the 'incredible opportunity' of spending much of the last three years working closely with Scorsese and actors like Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis and Cameron Diaz on the film." Hirsch, Lynda. "Soaps", Toledo Blade, April 7, 1992. Accessed December 23, 2013. "Six-foot Matt Servitto was born in Teaneck, N.J., but grew up in Detroit." Longsdorf, Amy. "Cameraman always has eye on Jersey roots", The Record, June 1, 2009. Accessed December 19, 2013. "It was on a Teaneck High School class trip to Paris that Lawrence Sher discovered his life's passion. Before he left home, Sher's father insisted he take along a 35mm camera to capture the sights." Klein, Alvin. "Jersey Footlights; Executive Producer Search Is On", The New York Times, March 19, 2000. Accessed June 16, 2014. "By contrast, the theater was founded with a flourish in 1986, mostly because the actor Paul Sorvino, its first artistic head, lived in Teaneck at the time, opened his home to fund-raising parties, starred in the opening play (All The King's Men) and directed The Diary of Anne Frank, in which his daughter, Amanda Sorvino, played the title role." Elkin, Michael. "Of 'Glee' I Sing: Okay, Josh Sussman can't carry a tune, but maybe a series?", Jewish Exponent, June 11, 2009. Accessed December 23, 2013. "What about it, Josh? Okay, you can't carry a tune, but maybe a series? Is this resurging career revenge of the nerds? 'Well, I wasn't the most popular kid in high school,' he recalls of the taunts he took back in Teaneck, N.J." Ray Barretto, Hip Wax. Accessed March 25, 2020. "The crossover king from Teaneck, New Jersey, Ray Barretto drummed in Latin and jazz as well as other projects calling for conga. He played with Sabu Martinez and led several albums on Tico, Riverside, United Artists, Fania, and other labels." Staff. "Teaneck and Englewood native Regina Belle is thankful of her Bergen roots" Archived August 8, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, (201) magazine, August 31, 2012. Accessed June 17, 2016. "Belle's brother, Bernard Belle, who is a producer, writer and musician, lives in Teaneck." LaGorce, Tammy. "For Longtime Jazz Singer, Latest Success Is Sweet", The New York Times, April 6, 2008. Accessed September 21, 2011. "She sang in the Tony Award winning musical City of Angels from 1989 to 1992 before moving to Teaneck in 1998 with her husband, the jazz guitarist Roni Ben-Hur, and their daughters Sofia, now 12, and Anna, now 9." Osterheldt, Jenee. "SoundsGood answers the call of the road", The Kansas City Star, September 1, 2005. Accessed January 21, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "Gamby met Miles Bonny at the University of Kansas in 1999. Their love of jazz connected them and their mutual appreciation of music sealed the deal. That next summer Bonny went home to Teaneck, N.J., got an MPC player and used his dad’s jazz collection to make beats." Teen Commandments, Time, January 5, 1959. "...Singer Pat Boone, 24, stands out as an exemplary type. While earning a reported $750,000 a year, he lives modestly in suburban Teaneck, NJ. with the wife he married at 19 and their four daughters." Zezima, Katie; and Chase, Randall. "Innovative jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd, of Teaneck, dies at 80", The Record, February 11, 2013. Accessed February 11, 2013. "Byrd, a longtime resident of Teaneck, N.J., was a distinguished scholar at William Paterson University and twice served as an artist-in-residence at Delaware State University." Ehrlich, Dimitri. "Cakes Da Killa: Party of One", Out, April 9, 2013. Accessed August 8, 2019. "Born and raised in Teaneck, N.J., a small, leafy suburb a few miles from Manhattan, Cakes started rapping in high school." Fugazi, Encyclopædia Britannica. Accessed September 10, 2009. "The members were drummer Brendan Canty (b. March 9, 1966, Teaneck, N.J., U.S.)..." Garcia, Alfa. "With a song in his heart for Teaneck: Native son returns to pay tribute", The Record, May 14, 2009. "For Gordon Chambers, returning to Teaneck to perform is more than just a homecoming; it's a chance to pay tribute to the town that helped him on the road to becoming an award-winning songwriter and performer. 'Teaneck is the place where I had all my musical training,' says Chambers, who was born in the Bronx and moved to Teaneck in 1977. As a student at Teaneck High School, Chambers took up trumpet and piano and joined a high school 16-piece cover band called New Progressions." Staff. "Happy Birthday To New Rochelle's Graham Clarke", New Rochelle Daily Voice, July 11, 2014. Accessed September 21, 2015. "Clarke, a long time New Rochelle resident, turns 44 on Friday. The musician, songwriter, arranger, and entertainer was born July 11, 1970 in Teaneck, N.J." Strauss, Neil. "Johnny Copeland, 60, Who Sang Texas Blues and Played Guitar", The New York Times, June 4, 1997. Accessed March 18, 2012. "Johnny Copeland, one of the foremost Texas blues singers and guitarists of the 70s and 80s, died yesterday at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan. He was 60 and lived in Teaneck, N.J." Pinto, Fausto Giovanny. "The hip-hop homes of Bergen County", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, September 2016. Accessed July 30, 2019. "DMX – Teaneck: The Ruff Ryder rapper and sometimes actor faced charges of animal cruelty after police found 13 pit bulls at his Teaneck home in 1999." Domingo, Placido; and Matheopoulos, Helena. My Operatic Roles, p. 16. Baskerville Publishers, Inc., 2000. ISBN 9781880909614. Accessed June 16, 2014. ""After singing 280 performances of 11 role, the Domingos left Tel Aviv in the summer of 1965, with Marta pregnant with their first son Placi, to settle in New York – or rather, the New Jersey suburb of Teaneck." "Domingo: Iron man of opera", The Cincinnati Post, September 23, 1998. Accessed August 7, 2007. "Domingo vividly recalls his Met debut – four days earlier than planned. His parents were visiting him and his wife, Marta, in Teaneck, N.J., and they'd just sat down to dinner when "the phone rang and Rudolf Bing's voice inquired, 'How are you feeling, Placido?'" Dobnik, Verena via Associated Press. "The Three Tenors return in drag for Domingo" Archived October 2, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, Newsday, September 28, 2008. Accessed September 29, 2008. "Of Domingo's 126 career roles, he sang 45 at the Met since his debut on Sept. 28 in 1968. On that night, he drove himself from home in Teaneck, N.J., warming up in the car at the top of his lungs while a nearby motorist laughed. 'I asked him, 'Where are you going?', and he said, 'the Met.' And I said, 'Don't laugh, you are going to be hearing me.'" Adler, David R. "Ray Drummond" Archived January 15, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Jazz Times, April 2004. Accessed September 21, 2011. "As for Drummond's nonvirtual lair, it's in Teaneck, N.J.-a modest house he's inhabited for 23 years with his wife, Susan, and his daughter, Maya, now 24. (That is Maya, age nine or so, on the cover of Drummond's Maya's Dance album.)" Sheff, David. "Jackie Deshannon Wrote the Tune but Randy Edelman Put a Little Love in Her Heart" Archived March 11, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, People, May 5, 1980. Accessed September 27, 2011. "Edelman, in fact, was scarcely 22, just out of Cincinnati's Conservatory of Music and still living part-time in Teaneck, N.J. with his parents (an accountant and a first-grade teacher)." Seidel, Mitchell. "Jon Faddis" Archived September 20, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, JazzTimes. October 2006. Accessed May 9, 2011. "...it's not just the food that draws trumpeter Jon Faddis from his nearby Teaneck home. It's also the memories, a clue to which one can find near the front of the store [Baumgart's in Englewood, NJ], where you can see the requisite handful of autographed celebrity photos. Among them is one from Dizzy Gillespie." "Faddis moved to Teaneck in 1989..." Spelling, Ian. "Ours lead singer Jimmy Gnecco will perform in Manhattan", The Record, May 20, 2010. Accessed November 25, 2019. "Gnecco – who was born in Teaneck, raised in Ridgefield Park and lives in Bogota — plays every instrument on the album, which includes such songs as 'Rest Your Soul,' 'Take a Chance,' 'Mystery' and the title track." Staff. "Obituaries", St. Petersburg Times, June 24, 1998. Accessed February 2, 2011. "Walter Gold 70 a songwriter and music producer who wrote songs as Wally Gold died June 7 in Teaneck N.J." Ervolino, Bill. "Ervolino: Queen of teen angst, Lesley Gore, struck universal chord", The Record, February 16, 2015. Accessed June 18, 2016. "The Brooklyn-born Gore, who grew up in Tenafly and Teaneck and who died on Monday at 68, spent most of the '60s in a vale of tears that began in 1963 with 'It's My Party' on the Mercury label, followed, in quick succession, by 'Judy's Turn to Cry', 'Cry Me a River,' 'Cry and You Cry Alone,' 'Just Let Me Cry,' 'No More Tears Left to Cry' and, of course, 'Cry.'" Thomas Jr., Robert McG. "Florence Greenberg, 82, Pop-Record Producer", The New York Times, November 4, 1995. Accessed September 14, 2011. "Florence Greenberg, a one-time New Jersey housewife who parlayed an unlikely hit record by a teen-age group known as the Shirelles into an improbable career as the proprietor of a leading independent label of the 1960s, died on Thursday at the Hackensack University Medical Center. She was 82, and lived in Teaneck, N.J." Friday on His Own, Time February 15, 1931. "In Teaneck, N. J., his home, he has quietly built up a nice little business: The Grofe Realty Co." Wilson, John S. "Jazz Pianist Sees the Stardom at End of Tunnel", The New York Times, June 1, 1975. Accessed June 28, 2019. "Then last June, the Thad Jones‐Mel Lewis Band, which plays every Monday night at the Village Vanguard in New York, suddenly lost its pianist, Roland Hanna of Teaneck, who left to form his own group." Harnell, Joe; and Skutch, Ira. Counterpoint: The Journey of a Music Man, p. 131. Xlibris Corporation, 2001. ISBN 9781462835362. Accessed June 17, 2015. "We left soon after that, picked up Jeffrey, said goodbye and thank you to Martha and Mike and went home to Teaneck, New Jersey, where I had bought a little three-bedroom, split-level house, with a swimming pool for Jeffrey." Sad News, DEMS Bulletin of the Duke Ellington Music Society, August–November 2001. "About the time that Unchained Melody hit the charts (1955), he was married to Jeanette at which time they purchased a home in Teaneck, NY." Wilner, Paul. "Isley Brothers: A Family Affair", The New York Times, March 13, 1977. Accessed September 18, 2011. "When Sallye Isley moved her brood of children from Cincinnati to Englewood in the summer of 1959, she was participating in a show-business phenomenon.... While their older brothers toured America, the younger Isley boys enrolled successively in Englewood Junior High and Dwight Morrow High School.... Right now, the brothers reside near enough to each other to keep in close touch. Ronald lives in Teaneck, Kelly Jr. in Alpine, Rudolph in Haworth and Ernie in Englewood." Brown, Shaylah. "For the Love of Them; Englewood, Teaneck rename streets for the Isley Brothers", The Record, June 25, 2021. Accessed August 4, 2022. "The family lived in Englewood, and Ronald and Rudolph Isley eventually moved to Teaneck. Their record label, T-Neck Records, named for the town, owns one of their greatest hits, 'It’s Your thing, Do What You Wanna Do.'" Ratliff, Ben. "Milt Jackson, 76, Jazz Vibraphonist, Dies", The New York Times, October 11, 1999. Accessed June 16, 2014. "Milt Jackson, the jazz vibraphonist who was a member of the Modern Jazz Quartet for 40 years and was one of the premier improvisers in jazz with a special brilliance at playing blues, died on Saturday at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital in Manhattan. He was 76 and lived in Teaneck, N.J." Kevin Jonas Biography, Us Weekly. Accessed January 28, 2015. "The oldest of the Jonas Brothers trio, Paul Kevin Jonas II, affectionately known as Kevin, was born on November 5, 1987 in Teaneck, NJ." Wilson, John S. "Sound of Music in Teaneck Is Jazz", The New York Times, August 18, 1974. Accessed March 25, 2020. "The original purpose of the band was simply to provide young musicians in the area with an opportunity to rehearse big‐band arrangements and, possibly, to take advantage of the presence in Teaneck of such professional jazz musicians as McCoy Tyner and Roland Hanna, pianists; Rudy Collins and Eddie Locke, drummers; Sam Jones, a bassist, and Al Gafa, a guitarist. All took part in what are known as 'workshop situations.'" White, La-Faitha. "Bruce Jones: Growing Up With Jazz", All About Jazz, January 12, 2020. Accessed March 25, 2020. "'We moved to Teaneck, New Jersey while I was still in school. Teaneck, for some reason was the center for a lot of artists back then, recalls Jones. Yusef Lateef lived on my block, Duke Pearson lived directly across the street. Roland Hanna, McCoy Tyner, and Milt Jackson all lived around the corner. Sam Jones, the bassist, and Ray Barretto lived around the corner as well, these are just the ones that I can think of on top of my head. It was an interesting confluence of things that led to all of those brilliant artists to finding Teaneck and making it their home for awhile. A really interesting dynamic,' recalls Jones." Sullivan, Ronald. "Ulysses Kay, Prolific Composer And Educator, Is Dead at 78", The New York Times, May 23, 1995. Accessed September 21, 2011. "Ulysses Kay, a professor of music and a prolific composer of five operas, 20 large orchestral works and scores of choral, chamber and film compositions, died on Saturday in Englewood Hospital in Englewood, N.J. He was 78 and lived in Teaneck, N.J. The cause was Parkinson's disease, his family said." Johnson, Paul H. "A Soulful Song Among Neighbors", The Record, December 18, 1997. "King, who has lived in Teaneck since the late 1960s, staged a rare public performance Tuesday night in The township's municipal building." Rohan, Virginia. "The seeds of 'Grey Gardens' songs – Lyricist Michael Korie points to Teaneck upbringing", The Record, June 6, 2007. Accessed December 23, 2013. "Michael Korie, the Tony-nominated Grey Gardens lyricist, leads a visitor to a room in the Teaneck home where he grew up... This place, the Indicks' home since 1963, and these parents had a profound influence on Korie (his middle name, which he uses professionally), a successful lyricist who has also done several operas." Beckerman, Jim. "A classical relief effort; Opera stars in Katrina benefit.", The Record, October 14, 2005. "'My father used to say he heard Caruso at the French Opera House,' says Laciura, a Teaneck resident who has sung tenor for 24 years with the Metropolitan Opera in New York." via Associated Press. "Composer Named Dean Of Yale Music School", The New York Times, April 15, 1989. Accessed October 24, 2011. "Mr. Laderman, 64 years old, a resident of Teaneck, N.J., and of Woods Hole, Mass., is chairman of the American Composers' Orchestra and president of the National Music Council." Reney, Tom. "Yusef Lateef, R.I.P.", New England Public Radio, December 25, 2013. Accessed March 25, 2020. "Posted below is the Swiss-produced documentary Brother Yusef.... He recalls John Coltrane’s visit to his Teaneck, NJ home in 1968 when Trane was looking to move to the area." Heller, Karen. "Campaigning For Queen To Lil' Kim, The Self-Dubbed Queen Bee, The Election Is Over, And It's A Landslide Victory. Biggie Smalls' Former Consort Is Notorious In Her Own Right Now.", The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 22, 2000. Accessed July 6, 2008. "For a while, Kim lived in Teaneck, NJ, with Biggie's mother, Voletta Wallace, and half his cremains in a mahogany box that she kissed every day." Petrick, John; and Levin, Jay. "Rapper Big Bank Hank of Englewood-based Sugar Hill Gang dies at age 57", The Record, November 11, 2014. Accessed November 12, 2014. "Big Bank Hank and two other young rappers, Englewood’s Mike 'Wonder Mike' Wright and Teaneck’s Guy 'Master Gee' O’Brien, were discovered by Robinson’s mother, Sylvia, a founder of Sugar Hill Records in the 1970s." Seah, Daniel. "Elliot Mazer, digital recording pioneer and Neil young producer, dies at 79", MusicTech. Accessed February 10, 2021. "Born on 5 September 1941 in New York City, Mazer relocated with his family to Teaneck, New Jersey shortly after his birth, where he found his entrance into the world of music quite literally next door. Bob Weinstock, the Mazer family’s neighbour, was the owner of the jazz label Prestige Records and hired a 21-year-old Elliot to organise and deliver tapes to radio stations." via Associated Press. "Death Claims Hit Singer At Age of 41", Merced Sun-Star, June 16, 1972. "Clyde McPhatter, rhythm and blues singer in the early days of rock 'n' roll, died Thursday in the Bronx of an apparent heart attack, He was 41 years old and lived in Teaneck, N.J." via The Canadian Press, "Fortuitous timings helped singer", Leader-Post, June 12, 1984. Accessed October 22, 2011. "He moved to Teaneck, N.J., in 1976 so that he could commute to the Met where he has sung such roles as Sharpless in Madama Butterfly and Schaunard in Franco Zeffirelli's 1981 production of La Boheme." Marriott, Michel. "The Short Life of a Rap Star, Shadowed by Many Troubles", The New York Times, March 17, 1997. Accessed June 16, 2014. "Last summer, Mr. Wallace was arrested at his home in Teaneck, N.J., after the police found 50 grams of marijuana and four automatic weapons with laser sights, enlarged bullet clips and filed-off serial numbers." Beckerman, Jim. "Ben-Hur flavors his jazz with Middle Eastern spice", The Record, July 17, 2005, backed up by the Internet Archive as of May 23, 2006. Accessed November 29, 2017. "Luckily, pianist John Hicks, drummer Leroy Williams, percussionist Steve Kroon and celebrated Teaneck bassist Rufus Reid were happy to go where Ben-Hur led." Kourasanis, Jakam. "Richie Ranno (Starz) Interview", Medium, December 2, 2015. Accessed March 25, 2020. "[Q] Where were you raised? [A] I was born in the Bronx, New York City. My family moved to the NYC suburbs when I was — Teaneck, NJ." Alumnotes, Berklee College of Music, Vol. 15, Issue 1. Accessed January 3, 2008. "Saxophonist Scott Robinson of Teaneck, NJ, played on the Mingus Big Band's Tonight at Noon . . . Three or Four Shades of Love CD, which was nominated for a Grammy." Weidman, Rich. The Doors FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Kings of Acid Rock, p. 32. Backbeat Books, 2011. ISBN 9781617131103. Accessed May 28, 2014. "Often referred to as the 'fifth Door,' Paul A. Rothchild was born on April 18, 1935, in Brooklyn, New York, grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey, and began his career as a producer on the Boston folk scene." Staff. "Ernie Royal, Trumpeter, 61; Played in Many Jazz Bands", The New York Times, March 18, 1983. Accessed September 21, 2011. "Ernie Royal, a trumpet player who was featured in a number of major jazz bands and who also played in the pit bands for several Broadway musicals, died of cancer Wednesday at Mount Sinai Hospital. Mr. Royal, who was 61 years old, lived in Teaneck, N.J." Keepnews, Peter. "Hilton Ruiz, 54, Pianist Fluent In Jazz and Latin Rhythms", The New York Times, June 7, 2006. Accessed November 4, 2007. "Hilton Ruiz, a versatile and prolific pianist equally at home in the worlds of modern jazz and Latin music, died yesterday in New Orleans. He was 54 and lived in Teaneck, N.J." ASCAP Henry Mancini Award Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, ASCAP. Accessed October 21, 2007. "Manhattan-born and Teaneck, New Jersey–bred, Silvestri attended Boston's prestigious Berklee College of Music before joining a Las Vegas band as a guitarist." Petrucelli, Alan W. "Village Person looking forward to county fair", The Barnstable Patriot, July 17, 2008. Accessed September 21, 2011. "We chatted with the 54-year-old Simpson at his home in Teaneck, N.J., where he lives with his wife, Leslie, and daughter, Alayna." Leichman, Abigail. "Ashford and Simpson sing of wedded bliss", The Record, September 7, 2007. "'People tried to talk us out of songwriting, but we just kept doing it, and eventually we made it through,' said Simpson, whose brother, Village People lead singer Raymond Simpson, is a longtime Teaneck resident." Kennedy, Randy. "The Shorter, Faster, Cruder, Tinier TV Show", The New York Times Magazine, May 28, 2006. Accessed June 28, 2007. "But Sirulnick comes by his knowledge of hip-hop as honestly as his knowledge of television. Raised in Teaneck, N.J., he became obsessed with rap in junior high school when some of its first hits were starting to emerge from Sugar Hill Records in nearby Englewood." Staff. "Shaker Heights: They're Rap's Top Women, But Are Salt 'N' Pepa Too Sexy For Their Own Good?", Entertainment Weekly, March 18, 1994. Accessed June 6, 2009. "The group's self-described little sister, Roper lives in Teaneck, N.J., with Christenese, 1, the child she had with ex-boyfriend Kenny Anderson of the New Jersey Nets." Jordan, Chris. "R&B crooner Trey Songz refuses to be boxed in"{, The Courier-Journal, March 28, 2008. Accessed February 15, 2024, via Newspapers.com. "Songz – born Tremaine Neverson in Virginia – brings a smooth R&B mix of old-school jams, sexy dancefloor romps, and loverman call-outs to the table. Initially, Songz moved to Jersey City, N.J., and Teaneck, N.J., to work behind the scenes in the music industry." "Joris Teepe Quintet", Teanck, NJ Patch. Accessed December 24, 2019. "Bassist Joris Teepe is a Dutch transplant and Teaneck resident who has established himself as an accomplished and prolific composer, record producer, educator, and bandleader." "An unconventional Requiem", Courier-Post, March 9, 2008. "Torres-Santos, who lives in Teaneck, was born in Puerto Rico 50 years ago." Brown, Dr. Anthony. "McCoy Tyner Interview Transcript" Archived December 13, 2020, at the Wayback Machine, National Museum of American History, December 7–8, 2011. Accessed March 25, 2020. "A isha: In Bergen County, Yeah that’s where everybody lives. We lived there for years before, in the 70s we lived in Teaneck and moved to Connecticut moved back to Jersey, so Bergen County has always been, I like it." Rosenblatt, Gary. "Joining ‘Gangs’ to Work With the Best: Executive producer Rick Schwartz savors a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to work with Martin Scorsese and others.", The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, January 2, 2003. Accessed June 5, 2012. "'Rick is modest about his talents, but he is especially appreciated for his ability to develop relationships and maintain his composure in challenging moments,' said Matthew Hiltzik, Miramax's senior vice president for corporate communications. The two men have become good friends. 'We come from the same place, literally and figuratively,' said Hiltzik, who also grew up in Teaneck and is an observant Jew." via Associated Press. "Otten living his dream", Sun Journal, February 14, 1996. Accessed September 13, 2011. "Now, 25 years later, the boy with big plans from Teaneck, N.J., is on the verge of not only owning the company, but the largest skiing enterprise in North America." Biography of Vincent M. Battle from the United States Department of State, released December 21, 2004. Accessed December 23, 2013. "Ambassador Battle completed his undergraduate degree at Georgetown University and his graduate work at Columbia University, earning a Master of Arts in 1967 and a Doctorate of Philosophy in 1974. He was born in Teaneck, New Jersey." Griffin, Robert D. "The Father of Teaneck. William Weaver Bennett" Archived September 24, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, The Record, October 20, 1995, archived by the Teaneck Public Library. Accessed November 8, 2013. "William Bennett arrived in Teaneck in 1867 from his home in Binghamton, New York, where he had been a builder and architect.... After arriving in Teaneck, he designed and constructed a series of row houses on Teaneck Road (When called Washington Avenue) above Cedar Lane.... Having also managed the Phelps' estate for 14 years, he was the obvious (and unanimous) choice to serve as Teaneck's first township committee chairman, roughly the equivalent of mayor and manager combined." Biography, Gale M. Candaras, backed up by the Internet Archive as of April 2, 2012. Accessed December 23, 2013. "Gale Candaras, Wilbraham (D), was born in Brooklyn, New York, on New Years Day, 1949, to Speros Candaras of Antyssa, Mytelene, Greece, and Ethel Andrews of Brooklyn, New York, both deceased. Gale's maternal grandparents were from Cork, Ireland. Gale was raised in Brooklyn and Teaneck, New Jersey, where she attended public schools and graduated from Teaneck High School." Johnson, Paul H. "Thomas Costa, former Teaneck mayor, assemblyman", The Record, April 5, 2003. Accessed December 31, 2014. "Thomas Costa, the former mayor of Teaneck and a former assemblyman, died Friday in Florida. He was 90. Born in the Bronx, Mr. Costa grew up in Teaneck. He was a member of the first graduating class of Teaneck High School in 1931 and attended the Longfellow School." "Women and finances", The Record, November 9, 1976. Accessed January 8, 2024, via Newspapers.com. "Naomi G. Eichen of 489 Reis Ave., Teaneck, an attorney in the Hackensack law office of Donald R. Sorkow, will be among the 24 women leaders participating in a finance seminar Nov. 20 at Middlesex County College in Edison." Lynch, James. "The Cost of Energy: What's The Answer", The New York Times, January 7, 1979. Accessed July 17, 2019. "Born in Teaneck and raised to Maywood, Mr. Hynes attend St. Peter's Prep in Jersey City — 'half the politicians in New Jersey went there, it seems' — riding three buses for the 15-mile trip from his home." "Mme. Ali Kuli Khan Stricken At Concert – Former Resident Of Teaneck Dies In N. Y.; Services Thursday", The Record, June 26, 1950. Accessed August 9, 2020, via Newspapers.com. "Teaneck – Madame All Kuli Khan of 125 West Fifty-Eighth Street, New York, and a former resident of Teaneck, died suddenly Saturday afternoon while attending the Thirty-Eighth annual souvenir of the visit of Abdu'l-Baha, son of the founder of the Baha'i faith, to West Englewood in 1912." Eversley, Melanie. "For King's good friend, 'the struggle continues'; King's good friend Theodora Lacey was disappointed she couldn't attend the 1963 march.", USA Today, August 19, 2013. Accessed June 3, 2018. "As someone who was good friends with Martin Luther King, Theodora Lacey was disappointed she couldn't attend the 1963 March on Washington.... 'The struggle continues," says Lacey, 81, now of Teaneck, N.J." Man of the People, Time, May 2, 1949. "Later, he and his wife moved to Teaneck, N.J., and then to a Manhattan apartment on 97th Street just off Riverside Drive." Demetriades, Andoni. "2010 State of the County" Archived April 2, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, The Torch student newspaper of Bergen Community College, p. 7. April 2010. Accessed September 19, 2011. "McNerney, who happens to be a graduate of BCC, then began his address. He spoke about his long history in the county, how he grew up in Teaneck and attended grammar school in Bogota." Van Gelder, Lawrence. "Michael Moynihan, 68, Free-Trade Champion", The New York Times, November 14, 1996. Accessed February 10, 2021. "Michael W. Moynihan, an advocate of free trade who served in the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations, died on Tuesday at his home in Kitty Hawk, N.C. He was 68.... Mr. Moynihan was born in Teaneck, N.J., and grew up in Manhattan and the Long Island City section of Queens." Staff. "Arnold Petersen, Socialist Laborite", The New York Times, February 7, 1976. Accessed October 23, 2011. "Arnold Petersen, who retired in 1969 after 55 years as national secretary of the Socialist Labor Party, died Thursday in St. Joseph's Hospital, Paterson, N.J. He was 90 years old and had lived in Teaneck, N.J., for many years." Gittrich, Greg. "Cabinet Pick Was Bx. Boy", New York Daily News, January 19, 2001. Accessed September 14, 2011. "A former principal at Mount Saint Michael, Magee said Principi rarely had time to make the half-hour ride to his parents' home on Winthrop Road in Teaneck, N.J." Palmer, Joanne. "Who was that with Cory Booker? Adam Szubin, Iran deal defender, on loving Israel and growing up in Teaneck", Jewish Standard, October 15, 2015. Accessed January 28, 2017. "Mr. Szubin (the initial S in his name is irrationally silent, so when it's said aloud it begins with the Z) is Teaneck born and bred; he went to Yavneh Academy until high school, when he commuted across the river to Ramaz, the modern Orthodox day school on Manhattan’s Upper East Side." Meyerson, Harold. "Opinion: Paul Volcker, the boring banker", The Record, May 17, 2012. Accessed June 4, 2012. "Volcker, 84, a Princeton grad who was raised in Teaneck, is an old-school banker unimpressed by the financial "innovations" that led to Wall Street's ascent over the rest of the economy." "Happy Birthday To Englewood Democrat Craig Zucker", Englewood Daily Voice, March 23, 2017. Accessed March 23, 2017. " A Democrat from Maryland's 14th district, he was born on March 23, 1975, in Englewood. Zucker was raised in Teaneck and began his career as a scheduling assistant to U.S. Sen. Bill Bradley (D-NJ) in 1996." Vasquez, Andy. "Jets: Rookie Anderson getting a shot", The Record, October 2, 2016. Accessed October 2, 2016. "Five months ago, Robby Anderson was an undrafted free agent just hoping for a spot on an NFL roster.... But there will be no wide-eyed walk into MetLife Stadium this morning for the 23-year-old Teaneck native." Beaton, Rod. "USA Olympians" Archived November 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, USA Today, January 6, 1988. Accessed August 16, 2011. "Beth Beglin of Teaneck N.J. and Sheryl Johnson of Palo Alto Calif head the selections for the USA's women's field hockey team that will compete in the Summer Olympics at Seoul South Korea in September. Beglin and Johnson will be making their third Olympic appearances." Craig, Marc. "Teaneck resident Dellin Betances is thrilled to be called up by Yankees", The Star-Ledger, September 10, 2011. Accessed September 11, 2011. "Nobody seemed to notice. But Yankee fans who might have been driving through a certain part of Teaneck on Thursday morning could have caught a glimpse of one of their team's top prospects. Before catching a flight to the West Coast, and before he joined the Yankees today, their latest September call-up, right-hander Dellin Betances, held a quick throwing session in front of his home." Wallace, W. N. "Left Tackle; The story of a lineman—Roosevelt Brown—and what it takes to be one.", The New York Times, November 8, 1964. Accessed June 28, 2019. "He and his wife, a pretty, quiet girl named Thelma, live in Teaneck, N. J., and Brown works in the off‐season as a promotion and good‐will representative for Ballantine's beer." Vaccaro, Mike. "Cassell: I Love NY", New York Post, April 24, 2003. Accessed October 23, 2011. "'When I played in New Jersey, it wasn't so much that I was thrilled with being in New Jersey as that I was 10 minutes from New York,' said [Sam Cassell], who lived in Teaneck when he played for the Nets. 'I spent a lot of days and a lot of nights in the city. A lot of fun days. And a few long nights.'" Sal Cenicola, New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame. Accessed November 16, 2016. "Sal 'Rocky' Cenicola was born Salvatore Cenicola, III at Holy Name Hospital in Teaneck, NJ.... He was a wrestling standout and champion for Pascack Valley Regional High School where he wound up wrestling for the state championships at Princeton University." Hoffman, Jan. "Public Lives; Cerone's Back in the Minors, and Loving It", The New York Times, July 8, 1999. Accessed November 12, 2013. "For even when injuries and attitude sliced at his batting average, the Yankee catcher Rick Cerone resisted playing for the minors.... But chastened now, living in Teaneck, divorced with three daughters, hair gone steely, two aching thumbs, he is the owner of a fledgling independent minor league team: the Newark Bears." Steve Goepel, The Pro Football Archives. Accessed December 10, 2018. "Born: 1/22/1949 Teaneck, NJ; High School: River Dell (Oradell, NJ)" Judah passing blame, The Record by Keith Idec, January 9, 2006. "Even if King somehow was influential enough to orchestrate Judah's destruction, the Teaneck resident got what he deserved for seeking King's services in 2003." Leonard, Pat. "New Jersey’s Ryan Malleck catching on with Giants at tight end", New York Daily News, July 31, 2016. Accessed January 29, 2018. "Two of the most impressive catches of Giants mini-camp in June required a double-take to identify jersey No. 88 as tight end Ryan Malleck, a rookie free-agent signing out of Virginia Tech, and a local kid born in Teaneck, who grew up down the shore in Point Pleasant rooting for the Giants and Eli Manning." Dorman, Larry. "Golf; McGovern Gets Comfort Of Home and a Lead", The New York Times, March 10, 1995. Accessed September 13, 2011. "So it was fitting today that Jim McGovern, born in Teaneck and raised in Oradell, where he lives now, strolled around the grounds here with one of the biggest galleries and shot the lowest number in the first round of the Honda Classic." Eisenband, Jeffrey. "'Jersey Girl' Christina McHale Takes That Ride Across The River To The U.S. Open", Yahoo! Sports ThePostGame, August 28, 2013. Accessed June 16, 2014. "McHale was born in Teaneck, N.J., in 1992. From ages 3 to 8, McHale and her family moved to Hong Kong, but they returned to the United States in 2000. The McHales resettled in New Jersey, this time in Englewood Cliffs." Levin, Jay. "His Life's Calling: Balls, Strikes – Hank Morgenweck; Teaneck Ump Dies at 78; Had Fan Club", The Record, August 9, 2007. Accessed December 23, 2013. "On June 1, 1975, at Anaheim Stadium, the Teaneck man had his 2 hours and 1 minute of fame. That afternoon, Morgenweck called balls and strikes as the great Nolan Ryan tossed the fourth of his seven career no-hitters: California Angels 1, Baltimore Orioles 0, before a crowd of 18,492." Skelton, David E. "John Orsino: A Profile", The Pecan Park Eagle, September 13, 2017. Accessed September 15, 2018. "John Joseph Orsino was born on April 22, 1938, the only child of John and Helen (Higgins) Orsino, in Teaneck, a crowded township 20 miles north of Newark in Bergen County, New Jersey.... Orsino attended Fort Lee (New Jersey) High School.... He retired after the season and returned to his Fort Lee, New Jersey, home." Staff. "Whether With his Mom, Girlfriend or the U.S. U-20 MNT, Randi Patterson Loves to Play Soccer" Archived April 26, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, United States Soccer Federation, January 7, 2005. Accessed July 18, 2011. "When Patterson was just two years old his father, Earl, died in a car accident, leaving his mother, Brenda, to take care of their only child in Teaneck, N.J. For Brenda that meant taking on both parent roles and his mom didn't shy away from helping out her son in anything he was interested, including soccer.... Patterson decided to go to Bergen Catholic to follow in the footsteps of Alecko Eskandarian and he did just that, helping his team to a 1999 state championship and collecting numerous accolades, including two first-team all-state selections and twice being named the Bergen County Coaches Association League Player of the Year Award." "Sutherland Pacing Bates College Five", The Record, January 19, 1959. Accessed June 24, 2023. via Newspapers.com. "Coach Bob Peck is a former Teaneck High School athlete, while one of his top players is Jim Sutherland, a sophomore from Ridgewood.... A native of Teaneck, coach Peck played basketball, football, and was a track standout at Montclair State Teachers College." Bondy, Stefan. "Tchani’s Journey" Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, The Record, January 14, 2010. Accessed September 6, 2011. "Paterson's Nelson Becerra and Teaneck's David Reed, both St. John's products who were listed as eligible draftees, did not get picked. Becerra, a St. Benedict's graduate, was invited to the combine as the 2008 Big East midfielder of the year. Reed, a defender, is a Paramus Catholic graduate." Aristoteles. "Mr. Rossi Incanta Il"[permanent dead link], Gollevante.it, July 24, 2005. Accessed June 23, 2007. "Giuseppe Rossi, classe 1987, è nato a Teaneck – allegra cittadina del New Jersey – ma conserva, non solo nel nome, sangue italianissimo al servizio di sua Maestà la Regina." Visser, Lesley. "Dibbs Has Easy Time", Boston Globe, July 17, 1980. Accessed August 7, 2007. "Great drips of sweat poured down the side of Nick Saviano's neck as he refused the 10-year-old a signature.... It was too hot for the 24-year-old kid from Teaneck, N.J., to stay out and rally with Eddie Dibbs in the second round of the US Pro Championships at Longwood." Sullivan, Tara. "Yanks' Air Apparents; Sterling, Kay A Hit Beyond Their Mikes", The Record, September 17, 1998. Accessed April 14, 2007. 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