THC Science

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Ridgewood, New Jersey include:

Jim Alexander (born 1935), documentary photographer, photojournalist and activist^[1]
Elizabeth Akers Allen (1832–1911), poet and journalist^[2]
Joe Antonacci (born 1960), boxing ring announcer and emcee^[3]
David Baas (born 1981), offensive lineman who played for the New York Giants^[4]
Adam Badeau (1831–1895), Union Army brevet brigadier general and author^[5]
Robert T. Bakker (born 1945), paleontologist, whose research helped support the theory that some dinosaurs were warm-blooded^[6]
MC Paul Barman (born 1974), rapper^[7]
Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr (1831–1919), British novelist^[8]
Guy Benson (born 1985), conservative talk radio personality who has been a Fox News contributor^[9]
Dale Berra (born 1956), former MLB player who primarily played as an infielder from 1977 to 1987 and is the son of Hall of Fame catcher Yogi Berra^[10]
Andy Blitz (born 1971), comedian, writer, producer and actor best known for his sketch comedy and writing work on the late-night talk show Late Night with Conan O'Brien^[11]
Jeffrey Blitz, filmmaker who directed the 2002 documentary Spellbound and the 2007 film Rocket Science^[12]
Jim Bouton (1939–2019), former Major League Baseball pitcher who wrote the tell-all book Ball Four^[13]
Dave Butler (born 1987), former American football linebacker who played for the Cleveland Browns^[14]
Phillip Bush (born 1961), classical pianist, with a career focusing primarily on chamber music and contemporary classical music^[15]
Brenda Buttner (1961–2017), senior business correspondent and host of Bulls & Bears on Fox News^[16]
John Chester Buttre (1821–1893), steel-plate engraver and lithographer, responsible for some 3,000 engraved portraits of American political, naval and military personalities^[17]
Martha Byrne (born 1969), actress who performed on Broadway as a child in Annie and as an adult in the role of Lily Walsh in As the World Turns^[18]
Peter Carlisle (born 1952), mayor of Honolulu^[19]
Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev (born 1957), writer, art historian and curator who was the artistic director of dOCUMENTA (13)^[20]
Harlan Coben (born 1962), The New York Times best-selling author of Promise Me, Tell No One and No Second Chance^[21]^[22]
Tabatha Coffey (born 1967), contestant (and Fan Favorite winner) on season one of Bravo's Shear Genius and host of Tabatha's Salon Takeover
Leonard A. Cole (born 1933), dentist, political scientist and expert on bioterrorism and terror medicine^[23]
Jerry Coleman (1924–2014), former second baseman for the New York Yankees, baseball sportscaster^[24]
Kelly Conheeney (born 1991), soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Sky Blue FC in the NWSL^[25]
Christopher J. Connors (born 1956), politician who represents the 9th district in the New Jersey Senate^[26]
Paul M. Cook (born 1924), founder and CEO of Raychem, a chemical manufacturing company that reached $2 billion in annual revenue^[27]
Martin Courtney (born 1985), musician, singer, member of American indie rock band Real Estate^[28]
Megan Crane (born c. 1973), novelist^[29]
Andy Daly (born 1971), actor, comedian, and writer best known for starring as Forrest MacNeil on the Comedy Central series Review^[30]
Toshiko D'Elia (born 1930), masters athletics long-distance runner^[31]
Meghan Daum (born 1970), author who writes for the Los Angeles Times^[32]
Barbara Demick, author of Nothing to Envy^[33]^[34]
Todd Demsey (born 1972), professional golfer^[35]
Fairleigh Dickinson Jr. (1919–1996), member of the New Jersey Senate from 1968 to 1971 who sponsored the 1969 legislation that created the Hackensack Meadowlands Development Commission^[36]
Anne Donovan (1961–2018), three-time basketball All-American at Old Dominion University and three-time Olympic team member. Ranked No. 8 on the Sports Illustrated list of The 50 Greatest New Jersey Sports Figures^[37]
Charles L. Drake (1924–1997), geologist who was professor of geology at Dartmouth College^[38]
Gerry Duggan (born 1974), comic book writer^[39]
Fred DuVal (born 1954), businessman, civic leader, and author who is vice president of Clean Energy Fuels and was the Democratic nominee in the 2014 Arizona gubernatorial election^[40]
W. Cary Edwards (1944–2010), former member of the New Jersey General Assembly who served as New Jersey Attorney General from 1986 to 1989^[41]
Niles Eldredge (born 1943), paleontologist^[42]
Jeff Feagles (born 1966), Punter for the National Football League New York Giants^[43]
Mike Ferguson (born 1970), politician who served as member of the United States House of Representatives representing New Jersey's 7th congressional district from 2001 to 2009^[44]
Josh Flitter (born 1994), child actor who appeared in Ace Ventura Jr.: Pet Detective^[45]
Ray Forrest (1916–1999), pioneering TV announcer, host and news broadcaster from the early TV era^[46]
Varian Fry (1907–1967), journalist who helped save 2,000 to 4,000 anti-Nazi and Jewish refugees from persecution and deportation in Vichy France during The Holocaust, most notably the French artist Marc Chagall^[47]^[48]
Louis Gambaccini (1931–2018), transportation official who served as general manager of the Port Authority Trans Hudson rail system and as New Jersey Commissioner of Transportation^[49]
Bill Geist (born 1945), correspondent on CBS News Sunday Morning^[50]
Arnold Gingrich (1903–1976), editor and co-founder of Esquire magazine^[51]
John P. Ginty (born 1965), financial data analyst and politician who was a candidate in 2006 for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate^[52]
Gina Glantz (born c. 1943), political strategist, campaign manager, field director, and consultant^[53]
Abraham Godwin (1724–1777), one of the first settlers of the area around Ridgewood^{[citation needed]}
Abraham Godwin (1763–1835), brigadier general in the War of 1812, for whom Godwinville was named^[54]
Abraham Godwin Jr. (1791–1849), worked to name part of Franklin as Godwinville^{[citation needed]}
Roger Curtis Green (1932–2009), archaeologist of South Pacific civilizations^[55]
Joe Harasymiak (born 1986), head coach for the Maine Black Bears football team^[56]
Elizabeth Hawes (1903–1971), clothing designer, outspoken critic of the fashion industry, and champion of ready to wear^[57]
Daniel Henninger (born 1945/46), The Wall Street Journal columnist^[58]
Jason Heyward (born 1989), outfielder for the Chicago Cubs^[59]
Sonny Igoe (1923–2012), jazz drummer^[60]
Cosmo Jarvis (born 1989), singer-songwriter^[61]
Frankie Jonas (born 2000), actor who was a voice actor in the film Ponyo and a recurring character in the television series Jonas^[62]
Margaret Juntwait (1957–2015), the voice of the Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts^[63]^[64]
Jay Kennedy (1956–2007), editor and writer who joined King Features Syndicate in 1988 as deputy comics editor and was named as editor-in-chief in 1997^[65]
Walter M. D. Kern (born 1937), politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1978 to 1990, where he represented the 40th district^[66]
Grace Kim (born 1968), former professional tennis player^[67]
Peter S. Kim (born c. 1957), president of Merck Research Laboratories^[68]^[69]
Richard Kollmar (1910–1971), stage, radio, film and television actor, television personality and Broadway producer^[70]
Younghoe Koo (born 1994), NFL kicker who has played for the Atlanta Falcons^[71]
Bowie Kuhn (1926–2007), Commissioner of Baseball from 1969 to 1984^[72]
L.A. Beast (born 1984 as Kevin Strahle), competitive eater^[73]
Jeffrey M. Lacker (born 1955), president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond^[74]
Mike Laga (born 1960), Major League Baseball player from 1982 to 1990^[75]^[76]
John Lantigua (born 1947), journalist and crime novelist who has won the Pulitzer Prize and Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for his investigative reporting on Latin American issues^[77]
Robert Sean Leonard (born 1969), Tony Award-winning actor, current regular in TV series House^[78]
Cornelis Lievense (1890–1949), Dutch businessman who ran several import/export companies in the United States from the 1920s through the 1940s^[79]
Alfred Lutter (born 1962), actor and consultant best known for his performances in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore and The Bad News Bears^[80]
Martha MacCallum (born 1964), news anchor on Fox News Channel^[81]
Herbert F. Maddalene (born 1932), architect who was a partner in the firm of Genovese & Maddalene^[82]
David Madden (born 1981), founder and executive director of both the National History Bee and the National History Bowl who was a 19-day champion on Jeopardy!^[83]
Paul Mara (born 1979), National Hockey League defenceman who has played for the Montreal Canadiens and New York Rangers^[84]^[85]
Marion Clyde McCarroll (1891–1977), writer and journalist who was the first woman issued a press pass by the New York Stock Exchange and also penned the "Advice for the Lovelorn, a nationally syndicated column, after she inherited it from Dorothy Dix^[86]
Thomas B. McGuire Jr. (1920–1945), the second-leading air ace in World War II, who was killed in action on January 7, 1945, and awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously. McGuire Air Force Base is named in his memory^[87]
Julia Meade (1925–2016), film and stage actress who was a frequent pitch person in live commercials in the early days of television in the 1950s, most notably on The Ed Sullivan Show^[88]
Michael Mercurio (born 1972), actor who has appeared in film, theatre, and television, often portraying psychologically disturbed characters^[89]
Matt Mondanile (born 1985), guitarist, singer and songwriter^[90]
Elisabeth Moore (1876–1959), tennis player who won the singles title at the U.S. Championships on four occasions and was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1971^[91]
Richard Muenz (born 1948), actor and baritone singer best known for his theatrical work^[92]
Frankie Muniz (born 1985), actor^[93]
Helen Nearing (1904–1995), author and advocate of simple living^[94]
Pete Nelson (born 1962), master treehouse builder, author and host of the Animal Planet television show Treehouse Masters^[95]
Kim Ng (born 1968), senior vice-president for baseball operations of Major League Baseball^[96]
Buddy Nielsen (born 1984), singer of the rock band Senses Fail^[97]
Tom Nolan, publisher of Golf World^[98]
Jeffrey Nordling (born 1962), actor known for Dirt, 24, Desperate Housewives, and Big Little Lies^[99]
Helen O'Bannon (1939–1988), economist who served as the secretary of public welfare of Pennsylvania^[100]
John Joseph O'Hara (born 1946), auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York^[101]
Patti O'Reilly (born 1968), former professional tennis player^[102]
Evanka Osmak (born 1980), sports anchor for Sportsnet^[103]
Richard and Joan Ostling (born 1940 and 1939–2009 respectively), co-authors of Mormon America: The Power and the Promise.
Nikki Phillips (born 1987), American-born Polish soccer defender and midfielder who has played with FC Kansas City in the NWSL and for the Poland national team^[104]
Jack Pitney (1963–2010), marketing executive with BMW as vice president of marketing, where he played a major role in convincing company leadership to go ahead with distribution of the MINI in the United States, despite concerns that car buyers there would not buy cars that small given the popularity of sport utility vehicles^[105]
Cassie Ramone (born 1986) and Katy Goodman of the indie rock band Vivian Girls^[106]
William Remington (1917–1954), Soviet spy convicted of perjury^[107]
Amanda Renee, romance novelist^[108]
Chico Resch (born 1948), hockey sportscaster and former NHL goalie who lived in the village when he played for the New Jersey Devils^[109]
Bobby Richardson (born 1935), former second baseman for the New York Yankees^[110]
Nelson Riddle (1921–1985), musician and arranger for various artists such as Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald^[111]
Beatrice Schroeder Rose (1922–2014), author, composer, harpist and teacher, who was the principal harpist of the Houston Symphony for 31 years^[112]
Eric S. Rosengren (born 1957), President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston^[113]
Marge Roukema (1929–2014), politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives^[114]
Henry Rowan (1923–2015), engineer and philanthropist, for whom Rowan University was renamed, after he made a $100 million donation to the school^[115]
Bob Sall (1908–1974), race car driver who drove in the 1935 Indianapolis 500 and was inducted into the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 1992^[116]
Mitchell Saron (born 2000), sabre fencer, who will represent the United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris^[117]
Scottie Scheffler (born 1996), professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour^[118]
David Schenker (born 1968), diplomat who has served as Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs^[119]
Thelma Schoonmaker (born 1940), film editor, best known for her collaboration over five decades with director Martin Scorsese^[120]
Kieran Scott (born 1974), author of Private and I Was a Non-Blonde Cheerleader^[121]
Bob Sebra (born 1961), MLB player for the Texas Rangers, Montreal Expos, Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds, and the Milwaukee Brewers^[122]
Irving Selikoff (1915–1992), physician and medical researcher who in the 1960s established a link between the inhalation of asbestos particles and lung-related ailments, whose work is largely responsible for the current strict regulation of asbestos^[123]
Jordin Sparks (born 1989), American Idol winner, lived here as a child while her father played with the Giants^[124]^[125]
Phillippi Sparks (born 1969), former NFL cornerback who played most of his career with the New York Giants^[124]
Michael Springer (born 1979), former MLL player^[126]
Ali Stroker (born 1987), actress, singer and winner of the 2019 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance as Ado Annie in "Oklahoma". She is the first actress who needs a wheelchair for mobility known to have appeared on a Broadway stage^[127]
Sub Urban (born 1999), singer, songwriter and producer best known for his song "Cradles"^[128]
Kyle Teel (born 2002) college baseball catcher for the Virginia Cavaliers.^[129]
Wayne Tippit (1932–2009), character actor who appeared in Melrose Place and lived in Ridgewood until 1990^[130]
Casper Van Dien (born 1968), actor, Starship Troopers, Sleepy Hollow. Van Dien Avenue is named for his great-great-great-grandfather^[131]^[132]
Don Van Natta Jr. (born 1964), journalist and writer who has been an investigative reporter for ESPN and had been an investigative correspondent at The New York Times, where he was a member of two teams that won Pulitzer Prizes^[133]
David Van Tieghem (born 1955), percussionist, composer and sound designer^[134]
Melinda Wagner (born 1957), composer, winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize in music^[135]
Ayelet Waldman (born 1964), Israeli-American novelist and essayist, who has written seven mystery novels in the series The Mommy-Track Mysteries and four other novels^[136]
Bill Ward (1919–1998), cartoonist notable as a good girl artist and creator of the risqué comics character Torchy^[137]
Douglas Watt (1914–2009), theater critic for the Daily News^[138]
Bill Wielechowski (born 1967), member of the Alaska Senate, representing the J District since 2006^[139]
Brian Williams (born 1959), journalist^[140]
George Witte, poet and book editor^[141]
Michael Zegen (born 1979), actor best known for his role as Joel Maisel on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel^[142]

References

^ Jim Alexander, The HistoryMakers. Accessed July 3, 2018. "In 1964, Alexander moved to Ridgewood, New Jersey and started a career as a freelance photographer."
^ "Elizabeth Akers Allen" in The Magazine of Poetry, Volume 6, p. 161. Accessed November 17, 2017. "After making their home in Ridgewood, N. J., for several years, she has recently removed to New York, and is engaged in literary work."
^ Idec, Keith. "Ridgewood's Joe Antonacci inducted into New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame", The Record, November 9, 2012. Accessed December 15, 2013. "Only now, the lifelong Ridgewood resident is part of the show. Antonacci, 52, has become one of the sport's most recognizable and respected ring announcers, a true professional whose contributions to boxing were acknowledged Thursday night when he was inducted into the New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame."
^ Sartor, Michelle. "Giant From Ridgewood Surprises Students: David Baas and two New York Giant teammates visited Westwood Jr./Sr. High School Tuesday to promote physical fitness", Ridgewood Patch, September 14, 2011. Accessed September 21, 2015. "Ridgewood resident and New York Giant David Baas and two teammates gave eighth-graders at Westwood Jr./Sr. High School quite a pleasant surprise Tuesday afternoon when they appeared on the new football field to join in on a phys-ed class."
^ Staff. "Gen. Adam Badeau Dead", The New York Times, March 21, 1895. Accessed October 2, 2013. "Ridgewood, N.J., March 20.—Brigadier-Gen. Adam Badeau died suddenly last night."
^ Mitchell, Sarah; Tootill, Elizabeth; and Gjertsen, Derek. Biographical Encyclopedia of Scientists, Second Edition, p. 48. CRC Press, 1994. ISBN 9780750302876. Accessed December 15, 2013. "Bakker, Robert (b. 1945; Ridgewood, New Jersey) American paleontologist"
^ Rosen, Jody. "Music; Rapping in Whiteface (for Laughs)", The New York Times, April 23, 2000. Accessed September 27, 2012. "MC Paul Barman, a 25-year-old Brown University graduate from Ridgewood, N.J., is pioneering a new hip-hop persona: the rapper as schlemiel."
^ Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston. All the Days of My Life: an Autobiography: The Red Leaves of a Human Heart, p. 306. D. Appleton and Company, 1913. Accessed December 15, 2013. "trunks go Ridgewood I shall not detain my readers long with my New Jersey experiences. I was in Ridgewood nineteen weary months, but to the last Mr. Libbey's kindness."
^ Senior Watch, Northwestern University. Accessed December 15, 2013. "'It occurred to me that someone was getting paid to go to every game and tell thousands of people what was happening,' says the Medill School of Journalism senior from Ridgewood, N.J."
^ Debs Jr., Victor. That Was Part of Baseball Then: Interviews with 24 Former Major League Baseball Players, Coaches and Managers. p. 50. McFarland & Company, 2000. ISBN 9780786483303. Accessed November 17, 2017. "Born in Ridgewood, New Jersey, in 1956, Dale moved with his family to Montclair in 1958 where he lived for the remainder of his youth."
^ Kleimann, James. " Sketch Comedy Star Remembers Peculiar Ridgewood Childhood; On WTF Pod, Andy Daly talks why the high school football coach put out a 'hit' on him, his failed protests against student parking, and more.", Ridgewood Patch, August 28, 2012. Accessed September 5, 2017. "Ridgewood native and sketch comedy master Andy Daly appeared on WTF Podcast with Marc Maron on Monday, revealing a blisteringly funny time spent at Ridgewood High School in the 1980s."
^ Davis, Erik. "Interview: Rocket Science Director Jeffrey Blitz", Moviefone, August 10, 2007. Accessed December 15, 2013. "I grew up in Ridgewood, New Jersey, which is north of New York. But I moved it to Plainsboro because I felt it was more interesting for them to kind of orbit around a dead city in Trenton."
^ Staff. "Bouton, a 21-Game Winner, Spurns Yanks' First Offer", The New York Times, February 13, 1964. Accessed November 4, 2012. "The New York Yankees have a holdout. He is Jim Bouton, the 25-year-old pitcher from Ridgewood, N.J., who won 21 games for the American League champions last season."
^ Dave Butler, Pro-Football-Reference.com. Accessed November 22, 2021. "Born: July 17, 1965 (Age: 56-128d) in Ridgewood, NJ"
^ Clavier, Volume 22, p. 16. Accessed November 17, 2017. "The Beethoven Foundation announced the 1983 Fellows: pianists Phillip Bush, Michael Lewin, and John Salmon. Bush, 21, formerly of Ridgewood, New Jersey and presently residing in Charlotte, North Carolina, received his Bachelor of Music Degree from the Peabody Conservatory, where he studied under Leon Fleisher."
^ Staff. " Ridgewood: From the Lawns to the Heights; With 25,000 residents, the village is known for its bustling downtown, its convenient transportation for commuters, its quality schools and its wealth of cultural and recreational activities.", Insiders Guide to North Jersey. Accessed December 15, 2013. "It is also home to mystery writer Harlan Coben, former New York Giants punter Jeff Feagles, and senior correspondent for Fox News Channel Brenda Buttner."
^ "John Chester Buttre", in The National Magazine: (Cleveland) a Monthly Journal of American History, Volumes 18–19, p. 205, Western History Publishing Company, 1893. Accessed November 16, 2017. "Mr. Buttre died at his home in Ridgewood, New Jersey, on the 2nd of December, 1893."
^ Staff. "'Empire's Got Talent': Bergen native Martha Byrne holds one night only event"^{[permanent dead link]}, Bergen.com, November 8, 2011. Accessed December 20, 2013. "Waldwick native and Ridgewood resident Martha Byrne held an 'Empire's Got Talent' event last night in New York City."
^ Staff. "Peter Carlisle officially Honolulu's 13th mayor, says rail is a priority", The Hawaii Independent, October 12, 2010. Accessed December 20, 2013. "Prior to running for mayor, Carlisle served for 14 years as Honolulu's elected Prosecutor. He was born in 1952 in Ridgewood, New Jersey, and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the UCLA School of Law."
^ "Curatorial Lecture: Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev", Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery. Accessed December 15, 2013. "A curator and writer, Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev (b. Ridgewood, NJ, 1957) is the Artistic Director of documenta (13), 2012."
^ "Book looks at what drives teens JERSEY INK", The Star-Ledger, May 25, 2006. "Coben, who was born in Newark and grew up in Livingston, graduating from Livingston High School, has relatives in Livingston and often goes there. He has lived in Ridgewood since 1992."
^ Finn, Robin. "Local Writer, Worldwide Following", The New York Times, April 2, 2009. Accessed January 30, 2012. "The writer Harlan Coben and his wife, Anne Armstrong-Coben, a pediatrician, at their home in Ridgewood, N.J."
^ Boroson, Warren. "How to plan for a disaster; Terrorist expert Leonard Cole of Ridgewood offers advice in 'fine new book' ", Jewish Standard, November 16, 2012. Accessed December 15, 2013. "Cole, a Ph.D. and DDS, is an adjunct professor of political science at Rutgers University-Newark and director of the program on terror medicine and security at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of the New Jersey Center for Biodefense. A resident of Ridgewood, he is a former president of the Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey."
^ Brock, Corey. "Oh, Doctor! Coleman synonymous with Padres; In 40th year as radio voice of club, 'The Colonel' to be honored on Saturday", Major League Baseball, September 13, 2012. Accessed September 21, 2015. "Coleman started out calling the national game of the week for CBS, but he began calling Yankees game in 1963. Working and living in New York, Coleman said, was intense. He lived in Ridgewood, N.J., which was '19.9 miles from Yankee Stadium, but a million miles from New York.'"
^ Cooper, Darren. "Former Ridgewood soccer star Kelly Conheeney out to make a difference", The Record, April 3, 2014. Accessed April 27, 2016.
^ Assembly Member Christopher J. Connors, Project Vote Smart. Accessed August 9, 2007.
^ Center for Oral History Interview of Paul M. Cook, Science History Institute. Accessed January 28, 2020. "Paul M. Cook – Born: April 25, 1924 | Ridgewood, NJ, US"
^ McCall, Tris. "Ridgewood rocks: A slew of hot indie bands have roots in Bergen town", The Star-Ledger, August 1, 2010. Accessed July 27, 2011. "Al-Rawi turned the attic of his mother's house into a studio, and there he recorded the debut album by Real Estate, Ridgewood's best-known musical export."
^ O'Donnell, Chuck. "Ridgewood native yields to her love of romance novels", The Record, February 21, 2010, backed up by the Internet Archive as of December 16, 2013. Accessed January 28, 2020. "Much like a raven-haired maiden unable to resist the charms of a bare-chested lothario, Megan Crane always has been drawn to romance novels and their steamy covers. It started the day a 12-year-old Crane discovered her first novel at the old Woolworth's in Ridgewood, and has grown stronger with each tale of love, lust and exotic locales she has read."
^ Andy Daly, Comedy Central. Accessed December 30, 2017. "Daly grew up in Ridgewood, New Jersey idolizing comedy legends such as Andy Kaufman, George Carlin, and Peter Sellers, and is a huge fan of David Letterman and The Simpsons."
^ Kislevitz, Gail. "Racing legend from Ridgewood honored at 10K race in Central Park", The Ridgewood News, July 12, 2013. "Ridgewood's own running legend, Toshiko d'Elia, was honored at the historic all-women's race called the Mini 10K (6.2 miles) in New York's Central Park on June 8."
^ Lee, Linda. "A Night Out With: Meghan Daum; No Escaping the City", The New York Times, June 1, 2003. Accessed September 22, 2015. "Among the crowd were chums from her days at Vassar and from the M.F.A. writing program at Columbia, and her parents. (She grew up in Ridgewood, N.J.)"
^ Staff. "Barbara Demick Named Seoul Bureau Chief", Los Angeles Times, December 10, 2001. Accessed September 21, 2015. "A native of Ridgewood, N.J., Demick earned a bachelor's degree in economic history from Yale University and completed the Bagehot Fellowship in economic and business journalism at Columbia University."
^ About Barbara Demick, Nothing to Envy. Accessed September 21, 2015. "Demick grew up in Ridgewood, N.J. She is currently the Los Angeles Times' bureau chief in Beijing."
^ Todd Demsey, PGA Tour. Accessed December 15, 2013.
^ Stout, David. "Fairleigh S. Dickinson Jr., 76, Who Helped Save the Meadowlands", The New York Times, October 17, 1996. Accessed December 15, 2013. "Fairleigh S. Dickinson Jr., a businessman, philanthropist and former New Jersey State Senator who was instrumental in preserving the Hackensack Meadowlands, died on Saturday at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.... He also had a home in Ridgewood, N.J."
^ The 50 Greatest New Jersey Sports Figures, Sports Illustrated, December 27, 1999.
^ Hearings, Reports and Prints of the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, p. 271. United States Government Printing Office, 1969. Accessed October 10, 2019. "Charles L. Drake – Curriculum Vitae... Born: July 13, 1924, Ridgewood, New Jersey."
^ O'Donnell, Chuck. "Ridgewood native's love of comics takes him to The Infinite Horizon", The Ridgewood News, December 2, 2011, backed up by the Internet Archive as of May 21, 2014. Accessed October 30, 2017. "Staring at a dog-eared copy of Homer's The Odyssey he had pulled off a shelf, Duggan's mind flashed back to the first time he was introduced to the book as a student at Ridgewood High School.... The senior class president of the class of 1992 was an exuberant, outgoing, intelligent kid – "a big teddy bear" as one former classmate put it – with a healthy imagination"
^ Lemoine, Leah. "Citizen Fred", Phoenix, May 2014. Accessed September 22, 2015. "Though born in Ridgewood, N.J., DuVal's life has been defined by living in Arizona, where his family moved when he was in fourth grade."
^ Romano, Jay. "On the Road With Cary Edwards", The New York Times, April 25, 1993. Accessed December 16, 2013. "W. Cary Edwards, 48, was born in Ridgewood and grew up in Bergen County. When he was 11 years old, his parents separated, and he moved with his mother, Virginia, and a brother and a sister to East Paterson."
^ Wertheim, Margaret. "Scientist At Work—Niles Eldredge; Bursts of Cornets and Evolution Bring Harmony to Night and Day", The New York Times, March 9, 2004. Accessed January 30, 2012. "By his own admission, Dr. Niles Eldredge is a pretty mediocre horn player. Tootling on a cornet in his living room in Ridgewood, N.J., he pumps out a few bars of Bach, then puts down the instrument with a good-natured sigh."
^ Pennington, Bill. "Homesick Punter Rejoins Giants", The New York Times, August 23, 2006. Accessed July 27, 2011. "'I told the Giants I was unofficially retired,' said Feagles, who then sold his house in Ridgewood, N.J., and bought a new one in Arizona."
^ Mike Ferguson, Washington Post. Accessed September 22, 2015. "Born: July 22, 1970; Ridgewood, N.J."
^ "Meet Josh Flitter", El Paso Times, November 7, 2005. Accessed March 30, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Josh grew up in Ridgewood, N.J."
^ Thomas Jr., Robert McG. "Ray Forrest Is Dead at 83; Nation's First TV Personality", The New York Times, March 21, 1999. Accessed August 7, 2015. "Although it drew reams of appreciative mail from parents, the program attracted no sponsors, and after a couple of years it was canceled, drawing such an outpouring of protests it was immediately reinstated as a 90-minute Saturday morning fixture, and Mr. Forrest was off and running again, turning the basement of his Ridgewood, N.J., home into a one-man production studio, where he edited educational films, including many he made himself."
^ "Varian Fry: The Artists' Schindler" Archived February 10, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Jewish Standard, June 8, 2006.
^ Newman, Maria. "Communities; A Hometown Hero for Ridgewood", The New York Times, November 25, 2001. Accessed December 30, 2017. "Until recently, few in this town realized that Varian Fry, who helped save more than 2,000 artists, intellectuals and others from Hitler's concentration camps, grew up here. But now, as the United States again finds itself at war, people here are rediscovering Fry, who has been called the American Schindler."
^ Sullivan, Joseph F. "Byrne to Name Gambaccini Transport Commissioner; 'Manipulations' Assailed Plan to Aid State Railroads", The New York Times, April 6, 1978. Accessed July 3, 2018. "The Governor saif he had conferred with Senators from Bergen County and expected no problems in getting Mr. Gambaccini, a Ridgewood resident, confirmed as Transportation Commissioner once Mr. Byrne submitted the nomination to the Senate on April 17."
^ "A Neighborhood Mourns: Commentary By CBS News Correspondent Bill Geist", CBS News. Accessed October 1, 2007. "Ridgewood, New Jersey, is a small community of old homes, old trees, old values. It's where I live."
^ Carmody, Deirdre. "Arnold Gingrich, 72, Dead; Was a Founder of Esquire", The New York Times, July 10, 1976. Accessed November 17, 2017. "Arnold Gingrich, one of the founders of Esquire magazine in 1933 and its principal guiding light in most of the years since then, died of cancer yesterday at his home in Ridgewood, N.J."
^ Chen, David W. "Kean Is Challenged From the Right in U.S. Senate Race", The New York Times, April 11, 2006. Accessed June 17, 2008. "The potential challenger's name is John P. Ginty, and he is a 41-year-old financial data analyst and former president of the Ridgewood Republican Club who proudly calls himself an 'ideologue' and a social conservative."
^ Dao, James. "Homecoming; The Bill Bradley Campaign as a Celebration and Affirmation of the Garden State", The New York Times, October 24, 1999. Accessed October 18, 2015. "Gina Glantz, 56, the campaign manager, was raised in Westfield and later moved to Ridgewood, where she raised her two children."
^ Revolutionary War Sites In Ridgewood Township, New Jersey, Revolutionary War New Jersey. Accessed November 17, 2017. "Abraham Godwin Monument – Brigadier General Abraham Godwin – Soldier, statesman, artist, poet, engraver, musician and gracious host. Born July 16, 1763.... January 1st 1829 occurred the great event of interest to this community: its first name was Godwinville in honor of Abraham Godwin. This section covered Paramus, Newtown (Wortendyke), Midland Park, Ridgewood and Glen Rock and was known as Franklin Township."
^ Kirch, Patrick V. "Roger Curtis Green 1932–2009", National Academy of Sciences, 2010. Accessed June 15, 2015. "Roger's parents, Eleanor Richards (b. 1908) and Robert Jefferson Green (b. 1905), were married in April 1931, and at the time of Roger's birth resided in Ridgewood, New Jersey."
^ "Joe Harasymiak Named New UMaine Football Head Coach", Maine Black Bears football, December 16, 2015. Accessed November 23, 2016. "Birthplace: Ridgewood, N.J.; Grew-up: Waldwick, N.J."
^ Gregory, Alice. "The Most Brilliant American Fashion Designer", T: The New York Times Style Magazine, June 12, 2014. Accessed November 16, 2017. "Born in 1903 to an upper middle-class family in Ridgewood, N.J., Hawes displayed signs of particular personal taste from a young age. "
^ "Don't Panic: The case against fleeing Iraq. Plus New Jersey's Senate race and more.", The Wall Street Journal OpinionJournal.com, October 30, 2006. Accessed September 26, 2007. "Henninger: ... I used to live in Ridgewood, N.J., a town of about 35,000 people."
^ Waldstein, David. "Young Talent Promises to Rekindle Mets-Braves Rivalry", The New York Times, March 2, 2010. Accessed January 29, 2011. "Born in Ridgewood, N.J., in 1989, Heyward moved with his family to Macon, Ga., where he grew up a fan of the Yankees for two reasons..."
^ Herzog, Laura. "Ridgewood honors jazz great who went to RHS", The Ridgewood News, April 15, 2013. Accessed December 5, 2013. "Another name recognized by many serious musicians was former Ridgewood resident Sonny Igoe, who died last spring at age 88. A 1939 Ridgewood High School (RHS) 'distinguished alumni' graduate, Igoe was one of America's great big band drummers, who even played with the 'King of Swing' himself, Benny Goodman."
^ Biography Archived August 11, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Cosmo Jarvis – Bigger Thinker. Accessed December 16, 2013. "Born to an Armenian/American mother and a British father, Cosmo Harrison Krikoryan Jarvis began life in Ridgewood, New Jersey."
^ Walsh, S. M. "Frankie Jonas: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know", Heavy.com, December 26, 2016. Accessed November 17, 2017. "Frankie was born on September 28, 2000, in Ridgewood, New Jersey."
^ Staff. "New Voice; Opera announcer with a New Jersey accent", The Record, October 5, 2004. Accessed December 20, 2013. "In the world of opera, Margaret Juntwait, born and raised in Ridgewood and Upper Saddle River, has certainly achieved an enviable position. The Metropolitan Opera announced that the WNYC-FM classical music host with the seductively smooth voice will announce Saturday afternoon radio broadcasts from the Metropolitan Opera."
^ Wakin, Daniel J. "Met Picks New Voice For Opera Broadcasts", The New York Times, September 29, 2004. Accessed December 20, 2013. "Ms. Juntwait, 47, was brought up in Ridgewood and Upper Saddle River, N.J., and went to work at WNYC in 1991. She lives in the Inwood section of Manhattan."
^ Heller, Steven. "Jay Kennedy, 50, an Editor and Scholar of Comic Strips, Is Dead", The New York Times, March 19, 2007. Accessed December 16, 2013. "Born in Toledo, Ohio, and reared in Ridgewood, N.J., Mr. Kennedy dated his interest in drawing and comics back to his boyhood memories of Tintin."
^ Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, 1988, p. 283. Accessed January 22, 2018. "Walter M.D. Kern Jr., Rep., Ridgewood Assemblyman Kern was born in Jersey City March 10, 1937. He was graduated from Ridgewood High School and Brown University, and received his law degree at Columbia Law School in 1962, the year he was admitted to the bar."
^ Friedman, Charles. "Tennis Star Bars Distractions", The New York Times, January 22, 1984. Accessed June 14, 2018. "The consensus now is that Miss Tell and 15-year-old Grace Kim of Ridgewood are New Jersey's best young female players."
^ Kim, Peter S. "My First Job; Howdy, Buckaroo, Here's Your Apron", The New York Times, March 11, 2011. Accessed September 20, 2018. "My mother was a single parent and worked hard to make ends meet. I realized that in order to attend college, I would have to get a job. A Roy Rogers restaurant was opening near Ridgewood, N.J., my hometown, and I was hired on the spot to work there."
^ RHS Distinguished Alumni, Ridgewood High School. Accessed June 16, 2015.
^ Staff. "Richard Kollamr, Radio Performer; Actor, on 'Dorothy and Dick' With Kilgallen, Dies", The New York Times, January 9, 1971. Accessed June 16, 2015. "Mr. Kollmar, whose middle name was Tompkins, was born in Ridgewood, N. J., on Dec. 31, 1910, the son of an architect."
^ Sulivan, Tara. "Sullivan: Former Ridgewood kicker Younghoe Koo pursuing NFL dream", The Record, May 11, 2017. Accessed May 12, 2017.
^ Blum, Ronald. "Former MLB commissioner Bowie Kuhn dead at 80", USA Today, March 16, 2007. Accessed March 10, 2008. "He sold his house in Ridgewood, N.J., and moved to Ponte Vedra Beach, where his home was shielded from bankruptcy proceedings."
^ #62 Kevin Strahle: Fordham Roster, Scout.com. Accessed May 19, 2015.
^ Harper, Christine. "A Conversation with Jeffrey M. Lacker" Archived April 19, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Council on Foreign Relations, May 9, 2013. Accessed April 17, 2014. "It's delightful to be back in New York. I grew up just over the river, Ridgewood, New Jersey, and—son's here, had dinner with my son last night and was treated to just an exceptional flight in over Lower Manhattan last night."
^ Via Associated Press. "Laga keeps job with Tigers", Spokane Chronicle, March 24, 1986. Accessed September 27, 2012. "A first baseman, he has hit 100 homers in the last four years, but also has struck out 449 times. 'It's a funny business, baseball,' the 25-year-old native of Ridgewood, NJ said."
^ The ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia. Sterling Publishing. 2007. p. 653. ISBN 978-1-4027-4771-7.
^ Ladau, Eric. "Classical 91.7-Arte Público Press Author of the Month: John Lantigua Author John Lantigua has been selected as this month's Classical 91.7/Arte Público Press Author of the Month. In the next installment of a series of monthly features, Classical 91.7's Eric Ladau spoke with Mr. Lantigua.", KXNG, February 24, 2009. Accessed September 8, 2009. "John Lantigua was born in the Bronx, N.Y., in a neighborhood where Spanish was the language of the streets.... His family moved to Ridgewood, New Jersey, where, at the time, no other Latinos lived. Lantigua, an only child, was told to forget Spanish and learn English, and his parents never spoke a word of Spanish to him again."
^ Buckley, Michael. "Stage To Screens: Robert Sean Leonard, David Javerbaum, Plus a Look at Fall TV", Playbill, June 1, 2008. Accessed June 2, 2008. "He grew up in Ridgewood, NJ, and attended Ridgewood High. Later on, he took classes at Columbia and Fordham Universities."
^ Staff. "Cornelis Lievense", The New York Times, September 24, 1949. Accessed November 17, 2017."Ridgewood, N. J., Sept. 23 – Cornelis Lievense of the Holland Purchasing Commission, died here yesterday at his home, 525 North Maple Avenue, after a brief illness."
^ Duggan, Amelia; and Spelling, Ian. "Big Name, 'Small' Start: Famous people who entered the world in Bergen", Bergen.com, May 9, 2012. Accessed December 16, 2013. "Ridgewood: Martha Byrne, Jason Heyward, Alfred Lutter III, Jeff Nordling, Tara Reid, Charlie Tahan, Daisy Tahan"
^ Rohan, Virginia. "Professional juggler", The Record, November 13, 2005. Accessed September 27, 2012. "'I'm sort of half in one world, half in the other at this point of the day,' says MacCallum, a Wyckoff native who has lived in Ridgewood since her elder son was 2 weeks old."
^ Herbert F Maddalene, Ridgewood, NJ Archived 2011-08-20 at the Wayback Machine, Massachusetts Licensing Agency. Accessed December 16, 2013.
^ Herzog, Laura. "Jeopardy winner from Ridgewood nurtures younger scholars", The Ridgewood News, January 25, 2013. Accessed December 16, 2013.
^ Staff. "Rangers Notes", The Record, February 28, 2007. Accessed December 20, 2013. "The Rangers swapped defensemen with the Boston Bruins about two hours before Tuesday's 3 p.m. trading deadline, getting Ridgewood-born Paul Mara in return for maligned blueliner Aaron Ward."
^ Paul Mara player profile, ESPN.com. Accessed December 20, 2013.
^ "Marion C. McCarroll, Ex-Columnist", The New York Times, August 5, 1977. Accessed November 16, 2017. "Marion Clyde McCarroll, who for 21 years wrote the nationally syndicated King Features column 'Advice to the Lovelorn' under the name Beatrice Fairfax, died Monday in the Allendale Nursing Home, Allendale, N.J., where she had lived since 1970. She was 84 years old, and had formerly resided in Manhattan and in Ridgewood. N.J."
^ U.S. Air Force Fact Sheet: Maj. Thomas B. McGuire Jr. Archived 2011-03-15 at the Wayback Machine, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, April 17, 2012. Accessed December 20,2013. "Maj. Thomas B. McGuire Jr., whose memory was preserved by the naming of McGuire AFB, was born in Ridgewood, N.J., Aug. 1, 1920."
^ Roberts, Sam. "Julia Meade, TV Pitchwoman on 'Ed Sullivan,' Dies at 90", The New York Times, May 18, 2016. Accessed May 19, 2016. "Julia Meade Kunz was born on Dec. 17, 1925, in Boston, where her mother, Caroline Kunz (formerly Meade), a Shakespearean actress, was working at the time. Her father, Adam Kunz, was a typewriter salesman. The family lived in New York and moved to Ridgewood, N.J., when Julia was 10."
^ "Michael Mercurio: From Ridgewood to Hollywood", The Villadom Times, October 27, 2010. Accessed November 16, 2017. "When he was a teenager, his family moved to Ridgewood, where he attended Ridgewood High School from 1986 to 1988."
^ Rowe, Amy. "Ducktails' Matt Mondanile finds his own way in Jersey", New York Daily News, September 19, 2017. Accessed October 31, 2018. "Matt Mondanile, the former guitarist for Real Estate and Ridgewood, N.J., native, said it was satisfying to move back home after four years in LA to finish "Jersey Devil," his latest record as solo project Ducktails."
^ "Elisabeth Moore", International Tennis Hall of Fame. Accessed November 17, 2017. "In the book Past and Promise: Lives of New Jersey Woman, Moore, who was schooled and raised in Ridgewood, New Jersey said, 'I do not think any such change should be made without first canvassing the wishes of the women players ... Lawn tennis is a game not alone of skill but of endurance as well, and I fail to see why such a radical change should be made to satisfy a few players who do not take the time or have the inclination to get themselves in proper condition for playing.'"
^ Crossette, Barbara. "Richard Muenz", The New York Times, July 25, 1980. Accessed December 16, 2013. "Richard Muenz was born in 1948 in Hartford and grew up around Ridgewood, N.J.... He went on to Ridgewood High School, where he played and sang in school productions."
^ Frankie Muniz Biography, People. Accessed =October 30, 2017.
^ McQuiston, John T. "Helen K. Nearing, Maine Writer, Dies at 91", The New York Times, September 19, 1995. Accessed January 28, 2020. "Mrs. Nearing, who was born in Ridgewood, N.J., graduated from Ridgewood High School, then traveled extensively aboard, studying the violin, which she gave up for gardening when she married Mr. Nearing."
^ Gardener, Cheney. "Build a Better Treehouse Without Hurting Yourself, Your Pride, or a Tree; A master treehouse builder (yes, that's his real job title) on the numbers, physics, and philosophy of the perfect fortress", Outside, June 6, 2016. Accessed September 20, 2018. "Pete Nelson's first treehouse sat in a maple tree in his childhood home's cramped Ridgewood, New Jersey, backyard."
^ Kleimann, James. "Ridgewood Native Kim Ng Could be Baseball's First Female GM; ESPN's Buster Olney reports Angels interviewing Ng", Ridgewood-GlenRockPatch, October 20, 2011. Accessed December 16, 2013. "ESPN's Buster Olney is reporting that Ridgewood HS grad Kim Ng could be the first woman to break the glass ceiling in baseball."
^ Staff. "Senses Fail performs two area shows", The Record, November 23, 2010. Accessed January 29, 2011. "Senses Fail frontman and Ridgewood native James 'Buddy' Nielsen knows he's indebted to his hometown for leading him to his calling in music. Just not in the way you might think."
^ Tom Nolan: PressCenter, Golf World
^ Rohan, Virginia. "Sex, Lies and Photographs—Bergen County native's Dirt character reaps what he sows", The Record, January 1, 2007. Accessed December 20, 2013. "Nordling was born 3,000 miles from the craziness, at Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, and grew up mostly in Washington Township (in the only house on the town's Times Square)."
^ Collins, Huntly. "Helen O'Bannon, 49; Served State And Penn As A Top Administrator", The Philadelphia Inquirer, October 20, 1988. Accessed December 16, 2013. "Born in Ridgewood, N.J., Mrs. O'Bannon graduated with honors from Wellesley College in 1961."
^ "Bishop John O'Hara", Archdiocese of New York. Accessed April 17, 2021. "Bishop O'Hara was raised in Ridgewood, New Jersey, graduating from Our Lady of Mount Carmel School in 1959."
^ Furlong, Jim. "Three of a Kind: They All Play for Duke, but It's Still Easy to Get the O'Reilly Triplets Mixed Up", Los Angeles Times, May 13, 1988. Accessed September 6, 2019. "Imagine three 20-year-old Liza Minnelli look-alikes from Ridgewood, N.J., by way of Durham, N.C., in Hollywood, dreaming of success.... Christine, Patti and Terri O'Reilly, around whom the best women's tennis team in Duke University's history is built, are competing in the National Collegiate Athletic Assn. tournament at the Los Angeles Tennis Center at UCLA."
^ Stephenson, Madeline. "Evanka Osmak: Courting Success", City Life magazine, January 25, 2013. Accessed December 16, 2013. "Persistent Osmak, who was born in Ridgewood, New Jersey, relentlessly sent her demo tape to stations across North America."
^ "Pro Recruiting Story Series: Q & A With Nikki Krzysik", Be Recruited. Accessed November 17, 2017. "Nikki Krzysik is a professional soccer player who currently captains the Philadelphia Independence of Women's Professional Soccer (WPS). Krzysik, born in Ridgewood, NJ, attended Clifton High School and was a member of the US Youth National Teams."
^ Grimes, William. "Jack Pitney, Who Made Much of the Mini, Dies at 47", The New York Times, August 27, 2010. Accessed November 16, 2017. "A spokesman for BMW, citing officials in the Greene County sheriff's office, said Mr. Pitney died when a tractor he was riding flipped over on him as he was trying to uproot a tree stump. No other details were provided. He also lived in Ridgewood, N.J."
^ McCall, Tris. "Ridgewood rocks: A slew of hot indie bands have roots in Bergen town", The Star-Ledger, August 1, 2010. Accessed November 28, 2012. "Guitarist and singer Cassie Ramone, a Ridgewood High School graduate who fronts the popular Vivian Girls, says that her parents moved to the Bergen County suburb to take advantage of the schools."
^ Staff. "Remington Denied Link To Red Spies; Former Federal Economist Was Serving 3-Year Term on Perjury Charges", The New York Times, November 25, 1954. Accessed July 27, 2011. "Remington was reared in Ridgewood, N. J."
^ About Amanda, AmandaRenee.com. Accessed November 26, 2016. "Amanda Renée was raised in Ridgewood, New Jersey and now wriggles her toes in the warm coastal Carolina sands."
^ Klapisch, Bob. "Devils announcer Glenn "Chico" Resch reminisces on hockey and life in Bergen", (201) Magazine, December 15, 2010. Accessed October 13, 2013. "Today, he resides in Lyndhurst, before that Little Ferry, and back in his playing days, when he was making the daily commute to the Meadowlands, Resch nestled into the fabric of everyday life in Ridgewood, which he says, 'made me feel like I was in the heartland of America.'"
^ Yorio, Kara. "Former Yankee Bobby Richardson signing new book in Ridgewood", The Record, September 18, 2012. Accessed July 30, 2013. "Former Yankee second-baseman Bobby Richardson and his family spent 10 summers living in Ridgewood during his playing career. The village is important to him, a place of some happy memories for a young and growing family."
^ Levinson, Peter J. "September in the Rain: The Life of Nelson Riddle", via Google Books, p. 19. "Ridgewood is another of the upper-middle-class bedroom communities of New York.... Nelson and Leonard lived on the east side of town."
^ "Harpist Plays To Notables While in Italy", Ridgewood Herald-News, June 19, 1952. Accessed February 6, 2023, via Newspapers.com. "Beatrice Schroeder, concert harpist of Bergenfield, formerly of Ridgewood, left last month by plane for Rome, Italy, to present a recital in Genoa before starting on a vacation tour of France, Switzerland and Italy."
^ Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Archived October 5, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. Accessed October 2, 2013. "Eric Scott Rosengren was born on June 3, 1957, in Ridgewood, New Jersey."
^ Staff. "Briefing: Politics; Roukema Retiring", The New York Times, November 11, 2001. Accessed January 29, 2011. "Representative Marge Roukema, a leading voice in the Republican Party's moderate wing since her election in 1980, said last week that she would retire after her current term. Ms. Roukema, 72, of Ridgewood, is the longest-serving woman in Congress."
^ Kent, Spencer. "Henry Rowan, benefactor of Rowan University, dies at 92", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, December 10, 2015. Accessed December 23, 2017. "Originally from Ridgewood, Rowan studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and served in the Army Air Coprs during World War II before starting his own business."
^ Bob Sall, National Sprint Car Hall of Fame. Accessed November 17, 2017. "Antonio Saldutti (Bob Sall) was born of Dutch-Italian heritage in the town of Ridgewood, New Jersey, in 1908."
^ Barron, Sam. "Ridgewood Fencer Qualifies For Olympics", Ridgewood Daily Voice, March 27, 2024. Accessed April 18, 2024. "Mitchell Saron, a Ridgewood native and senior at Harvard University, recently qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, competing in the men's saber event."
^ Townsend, Brad. "Support group: Scottie Scheffler's golf journey takes him to U.S. Open, with family in tow", The Dallas Morning News, June 14, 2017. Accessed March 30, 2021. "Scheffler's journey actually began in Ridgewood, N.J., where he was born. Scott and Diane moved to family to Dallas 14 years ago."
^ "Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs: Who Is David Schenker?", AllGov.com, May 4, 2018. Accessed April 16, 2020. "He grew up in Ridgewood, New Jersey, graduating from Ridgewood High School in 1986."
^ Presinzano, Jessica. "Celebrities, politicians and athletes who call North Jersey home", The Record, October 11, 2017. Accessed December 21, 2023. "Famed musician Nelson Riddle went to Ridgewood High and Oscar-winning film editor Thelma Schoonmaker called the village home."
^ Kieran Scott, Teenreads.com. Accessed December 1, 2012. "A Jersey-girl through and through, Kieran grew up in Montvale, New Jersey, and attended Pascack Hills High School where she was a cheerleader, singer, actress and occasionally a student. She attended Rutgers University, graduated with a double-major in English and Journalism and now resides in Ridgewood, New Jersey in her very own bachelorette pad."
^ Staff. "Gloucester Catholic's Sebra Latest Addition to the Staff", Philadelphia Daily News, September 2, 1988. Accessed January 29, 2011.
^ Lambert, Bruce. "Irving J. Selikoff Is Dead at 77; TB Researcher Fought Asbestos", The New York Times, May 22, 1992. Accessed November 17, 2017. "Dr. Irving J. Selikoff, the co-discoverer of a treatment for tuberculosis who went on to prove the hazards of asbestos and lead a campaign against its use, died on Wednesday at Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, N.J. He was 77 years old and lived in Ridgewood."
^ ^a ^b Leonard, Tom. "Ridgewood teens knew Sparks before her fame ignited", The Record, May 21, 2007. Accessed December 20, 2013. "Her family lived in Ridgewood during the eight seasons her father, Phillippi, played with the Giants. The family moved to Arizona when Phillipi retired."
^ Amodio, Joseph V. "Fast Chat: Jordin Sparks discusses life on Broadway", Newsday, October 14, 2010. Accessed January 30, 2012. "You used to live out here in the '90s, when your dad, Phillippi Sparks, played cornerback for the New York Giants. What stands out from that time? We lived a few years in Ridgewood, New Jersey. I walked to school. My dad sometimes would say, 'OK, I'm gonna drive you and your brother today.' But instead of school, he'd take us to Giants Stadium."
^ Litsky, Frank. "Plus: Lacrosse; Princeton to Face Johns Hopkins Next", The New York Times, May 25, 2002. Accessed January 30, 2012. "Syracuse has skilled attackers in the sophomore Mike Powell and the senior Josh Coffman, both from Carthage, N.Y., and the junior Michael Springer of Ridgewood, N.J."
^ Herzog, Laura. "Actress who uses a wheelchair a likely first for Broadway", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, September 11, 2015. Accessed October 29, 2017. "Ali Stroker may be the first person who uses a wheelchair to be in a Broadway production, ever. The 28-year-old Ridgewood-raised singer, actress and philanthropist says 'it's the ultimate dream come true' to star in a special production of Spring Awakening – a musical, by Deaf West Theatre, that is also performed in American Sign Language."
^ Cingrana, Joe. "Ctrl+ALT+Del 'Pick of the Week': Sub Urban – 'Freak' ft. REI AMI", WNYL, June 8, 2020. Accessed April 6, 2021. "Danny Maisonneuve, professionally known as Sub Urban is a 19-year-old visionary singer/songwriter and record producer. Born in Nyack, New York to a Taiwanese mom and a French-Canadian dad, and raised in the suburbs of Ridgewood, New Jersey nearly all of his life, Danny began producing music digitally at the age of 15."
^ Kyle Teel, Virginia Cavaliers baseball. Accessed March 3, 2023. "Born in Ridgewood, N.J."
^ Levin, Jay. "Actor Wayne Tippit dies at 76; longtime Ridgewood resident", The Record, September 4, 2009. Accessed December 20, 2013. "Wayne Tippit, a ruggedly handsome character actor who appeared on television's Melrose Place and in New York stage productions during a career that spanned a half-century, died last Friday in Los Angeles. The former Ridgewood resident was 76."
^ Staff. "Tarzan of Tarzana", Daily News of Los Angeles, April 22, 1998. Accessed July 27, 2011. "When I was growing up in Ridgewood, NJ, we lived on Van Dien Avenue, which was named after my great-great-great grandfather."
^ Casper Van Dien Official Website Archived 2009-01-06 at the Wayback Machine, accessed January 30, 2007.
^ "Don Van Natta Jr.", ESPN. Accessed November 17, 2017. "He was born in Ridgewood, NJ, in 1964 and graduated from Don Bosco Prep in Ramsey, NJ and Boston University."
^ Kobel, Peter. "Percussionist Van Tieghem Hears A Different Drum", Chicago Tribune, August 18, 1987. Accessed October 29, 2012. "Van Tieghem—tall, angular and soft-spoken—grew up in Ridgewood, N.J., and now lives in downtown Manhattan. He played in a number of rock bands in high school and then studied percussion at the Manhattan School of Music."
^ Staff. "An unusual trio summons its own music", The Star-Ledger, March 26, 2009. Accessed November 4, 2012. "Wagner, of Ridgewood, won the Pulitzer Prize for music in 1999 for her Concerto for Flute, Strings and Percussion."
^ Seligman, Katherine. "Ayelet, Unfiltered/Berkeley writer Ayelet Waldman's bald honesty about putting her husband first made her a magnet for controversy. Would she take any of it back?", San Francisco Chronicle, July 24, 2005. Accessed November 18, 2017. "Waldman said she's always felt somewhat like an outsider. Born in Israel— where her parents moved after they married and she lived for her first two years—she spent most of her childhood in Ridgewood, N.J., an affluent town about 25 miles but a world away from New York City."
^ Cahillane, Kevin. "Art; Nostalgia, Wearing Stilettos", The New York Times, December 4, 2005. Accessed July 3, 2018. "While pinup girls were notorious for their ample busts, Mr. Ward, who was born in 1919 and lived in Ridgewood most of his life, made their dimensions larger than larger than life."
^ Weber, Bruce. "Douglas Watt, New York Theater Critic, Dies at 95", The New York Times, October 2, 2009. Accessed July 27, 2011. "Douglas Benjamin Watt was born in the Bronx on Jan. 20, 1914, and he grew up in Hackensack and Ridgewood, N. J. His father was a structural engineer. He sped through high school and entered Cornell University in his middle teens, graduating at 19."
^ Senator Bill P. Wielechowski, Project Vote Smart. Accessed March 8, 2008.
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^ "Selected Works by New Jersey Poets", The New York Times, January 2, 2009. Accessed November 17, 2017. "George Witte 's first collection of poems, The Apparitioners, was published by Three Rail Press in 2005, and his second, Deniability, is coming out this month from Orchises Press. He is editor-in-chief of St. Martin's Press and lives in Ridgewood."
^ Stiansen, Laura Adams. "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel praised by Ridgewood's Michael Zegen for its Emmy wins", The Record, September 18, 2018. Accessed December 20, 2018. "He's played American mobster 'Bugsy' Siegel in HBO's Boardwalk Empire and a bandit-turned-zombie in The Walking Dead; now he stars as Joel Maisel in the Amazon original series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. So, Ridgewood native Michael Zegen may look very familiar."

[1] Jim Alexander, The HistoryMakers. Accessed July 3, 2018. "In 1964, Alexander moved to Ridgewood, New Jersey and started a career as a freelance photographer."

[2] "Elizabeth Akers Allen" in The Magazine of Poetry, Volume 6, p. 161. Accessed November 17, 2017. "After making their home in Ridgewood, N. J., for several years, she has recently removed to New York, and is engaged in literary work."

[3] Idec, Keith. "Ridgewood's Joe Antonacci inducted into New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame", The Record, November 9, 2012. Accessed December 15, 2013. "Only now, the lifelong Ridgewood resident is part of the show. Antonacci, 52, has become one of the sport's most recognizable and respected ring announcers, a true professional whose contributions to boxing were acknowledged Thursday night when he was inducted into the New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame."

[4] Sartor, Michelle. "Giant From Ridgewood Surprises Students: David Baas and two New York Giant teammates visited Westwood Jr./Sr. High School Tuesday to promote physical fitness", Ridgewood Patch, September 14, 2011. Accessed September 21, 2015. "Ridgewood resident and New York Giant David Baas and two teammates gave eighth-graders at Westwood Jr./Sr. High School quite a pleasant surprise Tuesday afternoon when they appeared on the new football field to join in on a phys-ed class."

[5] Staff. "Gen. Adam Badeau Dead", The New York Times, March 21, 1895. Accessed October 2, 2013. "Ridgewood, N.J., March 20.—Brigadier-Gen. Adam Badeau died suddenly last night."

[6] Mitchell, Sarah; Tootill, Elizabeth; and Gjertsen, Derek. Biographical Encyclopedia of Scientists, Second Edition, p. 48. CRC Press, 1994. ISBN 9780750302876. Accessed December 15, 2013. "Bakker, Robert (b. 1945; Ridgewood, New Jersey) American paleontologist"

[7] Rosen, Jody. "Music; Rapping in Whiteface (for Laughs)", The New York Times, April 23, 2000. Accessed September 27, 2012. "MC Paul Barman, a 25-year-old Brown University graduate from Ridgewood, N.J., is pioneering a new hip-hop persona: the rapper as schlemiel."

[8] Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston. All the Days of My Life: an Autobiography: The Red Leaves of a Human Heart, p. 306. D. Appleton and Company, 1913. Accessed December 15, 2013. "trunks go Ridgewood I shall not detain my readers long with my New Jersey experiences. I was in Ridgewood nineteen weary months, but to the last Mr. Libbey's kindness."

[9] Senior Watch, Northwestern University. Accessed December 15, 2013. "'It occurred to me that someone was getting paid to go to every game and tell thousands of people what was happening,' says the Medill School of Journalism senior from Ridgewood, N.J."

[10] Debs Jr., Victor. That Was Part of Baseball Then: Interviews with 24 Former Major League Baseball Players, Coaches and Managers. p. 50. McFarland & Company, 2000. ISBN 9780786483303. Accessed November 17, 2017. "Born in Ridgewood, New Jersey, in 1956, Dale moved with his family to Montclair in 1958 where he lived for the remainder of his youth."

[11] Kleimann, James. " Sketch Comedy Star Remembers Peculiar Ridgewood Childhood; On WTF Pod, Andy Daly talks why the high school football coach put out a 'hit' on him, his failed protests against student parking, and more.", Ridgewood Patch, August 28, 2012. Accessed September 5, 2017. "Ridgewood native and sketch comedy master Andy Daly appeared on WTF Podcast with Marc Maron on Monday, revealing a blisteringly funny time spent at Ridgewood High School in the 1980s."

[12] Davis, Erik. "Interview: Rocket Science Director Jeffrey Blitz", Moviefone, August 10, 2007. Accessed December 15, 2013. "I grew up in Ridgewood, New Jersey, which is north of New York. But I moved it to Plainsboro because I felt it was more interesting for them to kind of orbit around a dead city in Trenton."

[13] Staff. "Bouton, a 21-Game Winner, Spurns Yanks' First Offer", The New York Times, February 13, 1964. Accessed November 4, 2012. "The New York Yankees have a holdout. He is Jim Bouton, the 25-year-old pitcher from Ridgewood, N.J., who won 21 games for the American League champions last season."

[14] Dave Butler, Pro-Football-Reference.com. Accessed November 22, 2021. "Born: July 17, 1965 (Age: 56-128d) in Ridgewood, NJ"

[15] Clavier, Volume 22, p. 16. Accessed November 17, 2017. "The Beethoven Foundation announced the 1983 Fellows: pianists Phillip Bush, Michael Lewin, and John Salmon. Bush, 21, formerly of Ridgewood, New Jersey and presently residing in Charlotte, North Carolina, received his Bachelor of Music Degree from the Peabody Conservatory, where he studied under Leon Fleisher."

[16] Staff. " Ridgewood: From the Lawns to the Heights; With 25,000 residents, the village is known for its bustling downtown, its convenient transportation for commuters, its quality schools and its wealth of cultural and recreational activities.", Insiders Guide to North Jersey. Accessed December 15, 2013. "It is also home to mystery writer Harlan Coben, former New York Giants punter Jeff Feagles, and senior correspondent for Fox News Channel Brenda Buttner."

[17] "John Chester Buttre", in The National Magazine: (Cleveland) a Monthly Journal of American History, Volumes 18–19, p. 205, Western History Publishing Company, 1893. Accessed November 16, 2017. "Mr. Buttre died at his home in Ridgewood, New Jersey, on the 2nd of December, 1893."

[18] Staff. "'Empire's Got Talent': Bergen native Martha Byrne holds one night only event"^{[permanent dead link]}, Bergen.com, November 8, 2011. Accessed December 20, 2013. "Waldwick native and Ridgewood resident Martha Byrne held an 'Empire's Got Talent' event last night in New York City."

[19] Staff. "Peter Carlisle officially Honolulu's 13th mayor, says rail is a priority", The Hawaii Independent, October 12, 2010. Accessed December 20, 2013. "Prior to running for mayor, Carlisle served for 14 years as Honolulu's elected Prosecutor. He was born in 1952 in Ridgewood, New Jersey, and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the UCLA School of Law."

[20] "Curatorial Lecture: Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev", Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery. Accessed December 15, 2013. "A curator and writer, Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev (b. Ridgewood, NJ, 1957) is the Artistic Director of documenta (13), 2012."

[21] "Book looks at what drives teens JERSEY INK", The Star-Ledger, May 25, 2006. "Coben, who was born in Newark and grew up in Livingston, graduating from Livingston High School, has relatives in Livingston and often goes there. He has lived in Ridgewood since 1992."

[22] Finn, Robin. "Local Writer, Worldwide Following", The New York Times, April 2, 2009. Accessed January 30, 2012. "The writer Harlan Coben and his wife, Anne Armstrong-Coben, a pediatrician, at their home in Ridgewood, N.J."

[23] Boroson, Warren. "How to plan for a disaster; Terrorist expert Leonard Cole of Ridgewood offers advice in 'fine new book' ", Jewish Standard, November 16, 2012. Accessed December 15, 2013. "Cole, a Ph.D. and DDS, is an adjunct professor of political science at Rutgers University-Newark and director of the program on terror medicine and security at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of the New Jersey Center for Biodefense. A resident of Ridgewood, he is a former president of the Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey."

[24] Brock, Corey. "Oh, Doctor! Coleman synonymous with Padres; In 40th year as radio voice of club, 'The Colonel' to be honored on Saturday", Major League Baseball, September 13, 2012. Accessed September 21, 2015. "Coleman started out calling the national game of the week for CBS, but he began calling Yankees game in 1963. Working and living in New York, Coleman said, was intense. He lived in Ridgewood, N.J., which was '19.9 miles from Yankee Stadium, but a million miles from New York.'"

[25] Cooper, Darren. "Former Ridgewood soccer star Kelly Conheeney out to make a difference", The Record, April 3, 2014. Accessed April 27, 2016.

[26] Assembly Member Christopher J. Connors, Project Vote Smart. Accessed August 9, 2007.

[27] Center for Oral History Interview of Paul M. Cook, Science History Institute. Accessed January 28, 2020. "Paul M. Cook – Born: April 25, 1924 | Ridgewood, NJ, US"

[RE-28] McCall, Tris. "Ridgewood rocks: A slew of hot indie bands have roots in Bergen town", The Star-Ledger, August 1, 2010. Accessed July 27, 2011. "Al-Rawi turned the attic of his mother's house into a studio, and there he recorded the debut album by Real Estate, Ridgewood's best-known musical export."

[29] O'Donnell, Chuck. "Ridgewood native yields to her love of romance novels", The Record, February 21, 2010, backed up by the Internet Archive as of December 16, 2013. Accessed January 28, 2020. "Much like a raven-haired maiden unable to resist the charms of a bare-chested lothario, Megan Crane always has been drawn to romance novels and their steamy covers. It started the day a 12-year-old Crane discovered her first novel at the old Woolworth's in Ridgewood, and has grown stronger with each tale of love, lust and exotic locales she has read."

[30] Andy Daly, Comedy Central. Accessed December 30, 2017. "Daly grew up in Ridgewood, New Jersey idolizing comedy legends such as Andy Kaufman, George Carlin, and Peter Sellers, and is a huge fan of David Letterman and The Simpsons."

[31] Kislevitz, Gail. "Racing legend from Ridgewood honored at 10K race in Central Park", The Ridgewood News, July 12, 2013. "Ridgewood's own running legend, Toshiko d'Elia, was honored at the historic all-women's race called the Mini 10K (6.2 miles) in New York's Central Park on June 8."

[32] Lee, Linda. "A Night Out With: Meghan Daum; No Escaping the City", The New York Times, June 1, 2003. Accessed September 22, 2015. "Among the crowd were chums from her days at Vassar and from the M.F.A. writing program at Columbia, and her parents. (She grew up in Ridgewood, N.J.)"

[33] Staff. "Barbara Demick Named Seoul Bureau Chief", Los Angeles Times, December 10, 2001. Accessed September 21, 2015. "A native of Ridgewood, N.J., Demick earned a bachelor's degree in economic history from Yale University and completed the Bagehot Fellowship in economic and business journalism at Columbia University."

[34] About Barbara Demick, Nothing to Envy. Accessed September 21, 2015. "Demick grew up in Ridgewood, N.J. She is currently the Los Angeles Times' bureau chief in Beijing."

[35] Todd Demsey, PGA Tour. Accessed December 15, 2013.

[36] Stout, David. "Fairleigh S. Dickinson Jr., 76, Who Helped Save the Meadowlands", The New York Times, October 17, 1996. Accessed December 15, 2013. "Fairleigh S. Dickinson Jr., a businessman, philanthropist and former New Jersey State Senator who was instrumental in preserving the Hackensack Meadowlands, died on Saturday at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.... He also had a home in Ridgewood, N.J."

[37] The 50 Greatest New Jersey Sports Figures, Sports Illustrated, December 27, 1999.

[38] Hearings, Reports and Prints of the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, p. 271. United States Government Printing Office, 1969. Accessed October 10, 2019. "Charles L. Drake – Curriculum Vitae... Born: July 13, 1924, Ridgewood, New Jersey."

[39] O'Donnell, Chuck. "Ridgewood native's love of comics takes him to The Infinite Horizon", The Ridgewood News, December 2, 2011, backed up by the Internet Archive as of May 21, 2014. Accessed October 30, 2017. "Staring at a dog-eared copy of Homer's The Odyssey he had pulled off a shelf, Duggan's mind flashed back to the first time he was introduced to the book as a student at Ridgewood High School.... The senior class president of the class of 1992 was an exuberant, outgoing, intelligent kid – "a big teddy bear" as one former classmate put it – with a healthy imagination"

[40] Lemoine, Leah. "Citizen Fred", Phoenix, May 2014. Accessed September 22, 2015. "Though born in Ridgewood, N.J., DuVal's life has been defined by living in Arizona, where his family moved when he was in fourth grade."

[41] Romano, Jay. "On the Road With Cary Edwards", The New York Times, April 25, 1993. Accessed December 16, 2013. "W. Cary Edwards, 48, was born in Ridgewood and grew up in Bergen County. When he was 11 years old, his parents separated, and he moved with his mother, Virginia, and a brother and a sister to East Paterson."

[42] Wertheim, Margaret. "Scientist At Work—Niles Eldredge; Bursts of Cornets and Evolution Bring Harmony to Night and Day", The New York Times, March 9, 2004. Accessed January 30, 2012. "By his own admission, Dr. Niles Eldredge is a pretty mediocre horn player. Tootling on a cornet in his living room in Ridgewood, N.J., he pumps out a few bars of Bach, then puts down the instrument with a good-natured sigh."

[43] Pennington, Bill. "Homesick Punter Rejoins Giants", The New York Times, August 23, 2006. Accessed July 27, 2011. "'I told the Giants I was unofficially retired,' said Feagles, who then sold his house in Ridgewood, N.J., and bought a new one in Arizona."

[44] Mike Ferguson, Washington Post. Accessed September 22, 2015. "Born: July 22, 1970; Ridgewood, N.J."

[45] "Meet Josh Flitter", El Paso Times, November 7, 2005. Accessed March 30, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Josh grew up in Ridgewood, N.J."

[46] Thomas Jr., Robert McG. "Ray Forrest Is Dead at 83; Nation's First TV Personality", The New York Times, March 21, 1999. Accessed August 7, 2015. "Although it drew reams of appreciative mail from parents, the program attracted no sponsors, and after a couple of years it was canceled, drawing such an outpouring of protests it was immediately reinstated as a 90-minute Saturday morning fixture, and Mr. Forrest was off and running again, turning the basement of his Ridgewood, N.J., home into a one-man production studio, where he edited educational films, including many he made himself."

[47] "Varian Fry: The Artists' Schindler" Archived February 10, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Jewish Standard, June 8, 2006.

[48] Newman, Maria. "Communities; A Hometown Hero for Ridgewood", The New York Times, November 25, 2001. Accessed December 30, 2017. "Until recently, few in this town realized that Varian Fry, who helped save more than 2,000 artists, intellectuals and others from Hitler's concentration camps, grew up here. But now, as the United States again finds itself at war, people here are rediscovering Fry, who has been called the American Schindler."

[49] Sullivan, Joseph F. "Byrne to Name Gambaccini Transport Commissioner; 'Manipulations' Assailed Plan to Aid State Railroads", The New York Times, April 6, 1978. Accessed July 3, 2018. "The Governor saif he had conferred with Senators from Bergen County and expected no problems in getting Mr. Gambaccini, a Ridgewood resident, confirmed as Transportation Commissioner once Mr. Byrne submitted the nomination to the Senate on April 17."

[50] "A Neighborhood Mourns: Commentary By CBS News Correspondent Bill Geist", CBS News. Accessed October 1, 2007. "Ridgewood, New Jersey, is a small community of old homes, old trees, old values. It's where I live."

[51] Carmody, Deirdre. "Arnold Gingrich, 72, Dead; Was a Founder of Esquire", The New York Times, July 10, 1976. Accessed November 17, 2017. "Arnold Gingrich, one of the founders of Esquire magazine in 1933 and its principal guiding light in most of the years since then, died of cancer yesterday at his home in Ridgewood, N.J."

[52] Chen, David W. "Kean Is Challenged From the Right in U.S. Senate Race", The New York Times, April 11, 2006. Accessed June 17, 2008. "The potential challenger's name is John P. Ginty, and he is a 41-year-old financial data analyst and former president of the Ridgewood Republican Club who proudly calls himself an 'ideologue' and a social conservative."

[53] Dao, James. "Homecoming; The Bill Bradley Campaign as a Celebration and Affirmation of the Garden State", The New York Times, October 24, 1999. Accessed October 18, 2015. "Gina Glantz, 56, the campaign manager, was raised in Westfield and later moved to Ridgewood, where she raised her two children."

[54] Revolutionary War Sites In Ridgewood Township, New Jersey, Revolutionary War New Jersey. Accessed November 17, 2017. "Abraham Godwin Monument – Brigadier General Abraham Godwin – Soldier, statesman, artist, poet, engraver, musician and gracious host. Born July 16, 1763.... January 1st 1829 occurred the great event of interest to this community: its first name was Godwinville in honor of Abraham Godwin. This section covered Paramus, Newtown (Wortendyke), Midland Park, Ridgewood and Glen Rock and was known as Franklin Township."

[55] Kirch, Patrick V. "Roger Curtis Green 1932–2009", National Academy of Sciences, 2010. Accessed June 15, 2015. "Roger's parents, Eleanor Richards (b. 1908) and Robert Jefferson Green (b. 1905), were married in April 1931, and at the time of Roger's birth resided in Ridgewood, New Jersey."

[56] "Joe Harasymiak Named New UMaine Football Head Coach", Maine Black Bears football, December 16, 2015. Accessed November 23, 2016. "Birthplace: Ridgewood, N.J.; Grew-up: Waldwick, N.J."

[57] Gregory, Alice. "The Most Brilliant American Fashion Designer", T: The New York Times Style Magazine, June 12, 2014. Accessed November 16, 2017. "Born in 1903 to an upper middle-class family in Ridgewood, N.J., Hawes displayed signs of particular personal taste from a young age. "

[58] "Don't Panic: The case against fleeing Iraq. Plus New Jersey's Senate race and more.", The Wall Street Journal OpinionJournal.com, October 30, 2006. Accessed September 26, 2007. "Henninger: ... I used to live in Ridgewood, N.J., a town of about 35,000 people."

[59] Waldstein, David. "Young Talent Promises to Rekindle Mets-Braves Rivalry", The New York Times, March 2, 2010. Accessed January 29, 2011. "Born in Ridgewood, N.J., in 1989, Heyward moved with his family to Macon, Ga., where he grew up a fan of the Yankees for two reasons..."

[60] Herzog, Laura. "Ridgewood honors jazz great who went to RHS", The Ridgewood News, April 15, 2013. Accessed December 5, 2013. "Another name recognized by many serious musicians was former Ridgewood resident Sonny Igoe, who died last spring at age 88. A 1939 Ridgewood High School (RHS) 'distinguished alumni' graduate, Igoe was one of America's great big band drummers, who even played with the 'King of Swing' himself, Benny Goodman."

[61] Biography Archived August 11, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Cosmo Jarvis – Bigger Thinker. Accessed December 16, 2013. "Born to an Armenian/American mother and a British father, Cosmo Harrison Krikoryan Jarvis began life in Ridgewood, New Jersey."

[62] Walsh, S. M. "Frankie Jonas: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know", Heavy.com, December 26, 2016. Accessed November 17, 2017. "Frankie was born on September 28, 2000, in Ridgewood, New Jersey."

[63] Staff. "New Voice; Opera announcer with a New Jersey accent", The Record, October 5, 2004. Accessed December 20, 2013. "In the world of opera, Margaret Juntwait, born and raised in Ridgewood and Upper Saddle River, has certainly achieved an enviable position. The Metropolitan Opera announced that the WNYC-FM classical music host with the seductively smooth voice will announce Saturday afternoon radio broadcasts from the Metropolitan Opera."

[64] Wakin, Daniel J. "Met Picks New Voice For Opera Broadcasts", The New York Times, September 29, 2004. Accessed December 20, 2013. "Ms. Juntwait, 47, was brought up in Ridgewood and Upper Saddle River, N.J., and went to work at WNYC in 1991. She lives in the Inwood section of Manhattan."

[65] Heller, Steven. "Jay Kennedy, 50, an Editor and Scholar of Comic Strips, Is Dead", The New York Times, March 19, 2007. Accessed December 16, 2013. "Born in Toledo, Ohio, and reared in Ridgewood, N.J., Mr. Kennedy dated his interest in drawing and comics back to his boyhood memories of Tintin."

[66] Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, 1988, p. 283. Accessed January 22, 2018. "Walter M.D. Kern Jr., Rep., Ridgewood Assemblyman Kern was born in Jersey City March 10, 1937. He was graduated from Ridgewood High School and Brown University, and received his law degree at Columbia Law School in 1962, the year he was admitted to the bar."

[67] Friedman, Charles. "Tennis Star Bars Distractions", The New York Times, January 22, 1984. Accessed June 14, 2018. "The consensus now is that Miss Tell and 15-year-old Grace Kim of Ridgewood are New Jersey's best young female players."

[68] Kim, Peter S. "My First Job; Howdy, Buckaroo, Here's Your Apron", The New York Times, March 11, 2011. Accessed September 20, 2018. "My mother was a single parent and worked hard to make ends meet. I realized that in order to attend college, I would have to get a job. A Roy Rogers restaurant was opening near Ridgewood, N.J., my hometown, and I was hired on the spot to work there."

[69] RHS Distinguished Alumni, Ridgewood High School. Accessed June 16, 2015.

[70] Staff. "Richard Kollamr, Radio Performer; Actor, on 'Dorothy and Dick' With Kilgallen, Dies", The New York Times, January 9, 1971. Accessed June 16, 2015. "Mr. Kollmar, whose middle name was Tompkins, was born in Ridgewood, N. J., on Dec. 31, 1910, the son of an architect."

[71] Sulivan, Tara. "Sullivan: Former Ridgewood kicker Younghoe Koo pursuing NFL dream", The Record, May 11, 2017. Accessed May 12, 2017.

[72] Blum, Ronald. "Former MLB commissioner Bowie Kuhn dead at 80", USA Today, March 16, 2007. Accessed March 10, 2008. "He sold his house in Ridgewood, N.J., and moved to Ponte Vedra Beach, where his home was shielded from bankruptcy proceedings."

[73] #62 Kevin Strahle: Fordham Roster, Scout.com. Accessed May 19, 2015.

[74] Harper, Christine. "A Conversation with Jeffrey M. Lacker" Archived April 19, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Council on Foreign Relations, May 9, 2013. Accessed April 17, 2014. "It's delightful to be back in New York. I grew up just over the river, Ridgewood, New Jersey, and—son's here, had dinner with my son last night and was treated to just an exceptional flight in over Lower Manhattan last night."

[75] Via Associated Press. "Laga keeps job with Tigers", Spokane Chronicle, March 24, 1986. Accessed September 27, 2012. "A first baseman, he has hit 100 homers in the last four years, but also has struck out 449 times. 'It's a funny business, baseball,' the 25-year-old native of Ridgewood, NJ said."

[76] The ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia. Sterling Publishing. 2007. p. 653. ISBN 978-1-4027-4771-7.

[77] Ladau, Eric. "Classical 91.7-Arte Público Press Author of the Month: John Lantigua Author John Lantigua has been selected as this month's Classical 91.7/Arte Público Press Author of the Month. In the next installment of a series of monthly features, Classical 91.7's Eric Ladau spoke with Mr. Lantigua.", KXNG, February 24, 2009. Accessed September 8, 2009. "John Lantigua was born in the Bronx, N.Y., in a neighborhood where Spanish was the language of the streets.... His family moved to Ridgewood, New Jersey, where, at the time, no other Latinos lived. Lantigua, an only child, was told to forget Spanish and learn English, and his parents never spoke a word of Spanish to him again."

[78] Buckley, Michael. "Stage To Screens: Robert Sean Leonard, David Javerbaum, Plus a Look at Fall TV", Playbill, June 1, 2008. Accessed June 2, 2008. "He grew up in Ridgewood, NJ, and attended Ridgewood High. Later on, he took classes at Columbia and Fordham Universities."

[79] Staff. "Cornelis Lievense", The New York Times, September 24, 1949. Accessed November 17, 2017."Ridgewood, N. J., Sept. 23 – Cornelis Lievense of the Holland Purchasing Commission, died here yesterday at his home, 525 North Maple Avenue, after a brief illness."

[80] Duggan, Amelia; and Spelling, Ian. "Big Name, 'Small' Start: Famous people who entered the world in Bergen", Bergen.com, May 9, 2012. Accessed December 16, 2013. "Ridgewood: Martha Byrne, Jason Heyward, Alfred Lutter III, Jeff Nordling, Tara Reid, Charlie Tahan, Daisy Tahan"

[81] Rohan, Virginia. "Professional juggler", The Record, November 13, 2005. Accessed September 27, 2012. "'I'm sort of half in one world, half in the other at this point of the day,' says MacCallum, a Wyckoff native who has lived in Ridgewood since her elder son was 2 weeks old."

[82] Herbert F Maddalene, Ridgewood, NJ Archived 2011-08-20 at the Wayback Machine, Massachusetts Licensing Agency. Accessed December 16, 2013.

[83] Herzog, Laura. "Jeopardy winner from Ridgewood nurtures younger scholars", The Ridgewood News, January 25, 2013. Accessed December 16, 2013.

[84] Staff. "Rangers Notes", The Record, February 28, 2007. Accessed December 20, 2013. "The Rangers swapped defensemen with the Boston Bruins about two hours before Tuesday's 3 p.m. trading deadline, getting Ridgewood-born Paul Mara in return for maligned blueliner Aaron Ward."

[85] Paul Mara player profile, ESPN.com. Accessed December 20, 2013.

[86] "Marion C. McCarroll, Ex-Columnist", The New York Times, August 5, 1977. Accessed November 16, 2017. "Marion Clyde McCarroll, who for 21 years wrote the nationally syndicated King Features column 'Advice to the Lovelorn' under the name Beatrice Fairfax, died Monday in the Allendale Nursing Home, Allendale, N.J., where she had lived since 1970. She was 84 years old, and had formerly resided in Manhattan and in Ridgewood. N.J."

[87] U.S. Air Force Fact Sheet: Maj. Thomas B. McGuire Jr. Archived 2011-03-15 at the Wayback Machine, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, April 17, 2012. Accessed December 20,2013. "Maj. Thomas B. McGuire Jr., whose memory was preserved by the naming of McGuire AFB, was born in Ridgewood, N.J., Aug. 1, 1920."

[88] Roberts, Sam. "Julia Meade, TV Pitchwoman on 'Ed Sullivan,' Dies at 90", The New York Times, May 18, 2016. Accessed May 19, 2016. "Julia Meade Kunz was born on Dec. 17, 1925, in Boston, where her mother, Caroline Kunz (formerly Meade), a Shakespearean actress, was working at the time. Her father, Adam Kunz, was a typewriter salesman. The family lived in New York and moved to Ridgewood, N.J., when Julia was 10."

[89] "Michael Mercurio: From Ridgewood to Hollywood", The Villadom Times, October 27, 2010. Accessed November 16, 2017. "When he was a teenager, his family moved to Ridgewood, where he attended Ridgewood High School from 1986 to 1988."

[90] Rowe, Amy. "Ducktails' Matt Mondanile finds his own way in Jersey", New York Daily News, September 19, 2017. Accessed October 31, 2018. "Matt Mondanile, the former guitarist for Real Estate and Ridgewood, N.J., native, said it was satisfying to move back home after four years in LA to finish "Jersey Devil," his latest record as solo project Ducktails."

[91] "Elisabeth Moore", International Tennis Hall of Fame. Accessed November 17, 2017. "In the book Past and Promise: Lives of New Jersey Woman, Moore, who was schooled and raised in Ridgewood, New Jersey said, 'I do not think any such change should be made without first canvassing the wishes of the women players ... Lawn tennis is a game not alone of skill but of endurance as well, and I fail to see why such a radical change should be made to satisfy a few players who do not take the time or have the inclination to get themselves in proper condition for playing.'"

[92] Crossette, Barbara. "Richard Muenz", The New York Times, July 25, 1980. Accessed December 16, 2013. "Richard Muenz was born in 1948 in Hartford and grew up around Ridgewood, N.J.... He went on to Ridgewood High School, where he played and sang in school productions."

[93] Frankie Muniz Biography, People. Accessed =October 30, 2017.

[94] McQuiston, John T. "Helen K. Nearing, Maine Writer, Dies at 91", The New York Times, September 19, 1995. Accessed January 28, 2020. "Mrs. Nearing, who was born in Ridgewood, N.J., graduated from Ridgewood High School, then traveled extensively aboard, studying the violin, which she gave up for gardening when she married Mr. Nearing."

[95] Gardener, Cheney. "Build a Better Treehouse Without Hurting Yourself, Your Pride, or a Tree; A master treehouse builder (yes, that's his real job title) on the numbers, physics, and philosophy of the perfect fortress", Outside, June 6, 2016. Accessed September 20, 2018. "Pete Nelson's first treehouse sat in a maple tree in his childhood home's cramped Ridgewood, New Jersey, backyard."

[96] Kleimann, James. "Ridgewood Native Kim Ng Could be Baseball's First Female GM; ESPN's Buster Olney reports Angels interviewing Ng", Ridgewood-GlenRockPatch, October 20, 2011. Accessed December 16, 2013. "ESPN's Buster Olney is reporting that Ridgewood HS grad Kim Ng could be the first woman to break the glass ceiling in baseball."

[97] Staff. "Senses Fail performs two area shows", The Record, November 23, 2010. Accessed January 29, 2011. "Senses Fail frontman and Ridgewood native James 'Buddy' Nielsen knows he's indebted to his hometown for leading him to his calling in music. Just not in the way you might think."

[98] Tom Nolan: PressCenter, Golf World

[99] Rohan, Virginia. "Sex, Lies and Photographs—Bergen County native's Dirt character reaps what he sows", The Record, January 1, 2007. Accessed December 20, 2013. "Nordling was born 3,000 miles from the craziness, at Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, and grew up mostly in Washington Township (in the only house on the town's Times Square)."

[100] Collins, Huntly. "Helen O'Bannon, 49; Served State And Penn As A Top Administrator", The Philadelphia Inquirer, October 20, 1988. Accessed December 16, 2013. "Born in Ridgewood, N.J., Mrs. O'Bannon graduated with honors from Wellesley College in 1961."

[101] "Bishop John O'Hara", Archdiocese of New York. Accessed April 17, 2021. "Bishop O'Hara was raised in Ridgewood, New Jersey, graduating from Our Lady of Mount Carmel School in 1959."

[102] Furlong, Jim. "Three of a Kind: They All Play for Duke, but It's Still Easy to Get the O'Reilly Triplets Mixed Up", Los Angeles Times, May 13, 1988. Accessed September 6, 2019. "Imagine three 20-year-old Liza Minnelli look-alikes from Ridgewood, N.J., by way of Durham, N.C., in Hollywood, dreaming of success.... Christine, Patti and Terri O'Reilly, around whom the best women's tennis team in Duke University's history is built, are competing in the National Collegiate Athletic Assn. tournament at the Los Angeles Tennis Center at UCLA."

[103] Stephenson, Madeline. "Evanka Osmak: Courting Success", City Life magazine, January 25, 2013. Accessed December 16, 2013. "Persistent Osmak, who was born in Ridgewood, New Jersey, relentlessly sent her demo tape to stations across North America."

[104] "Pro Recruiting Story Series: Q & A With Nikki Krzysik", Be Recruited. Accessed November 17, 2017. "Nikki Krzysik is a professional soccer player who currently captains the Philadelphia Independence of Women's Professional Soccer (WPS). Krzysik, born in Ridgewood, NJ, attended Clifton High School and was a member of the US Youth National Teams."

[105] Grimes, William. "Jack Pitney, Who Made Much of the Mini, Dies at 47", The New York Times, August 27, 2010. Accessed November 16, 2017. "A spokesman for BMW, citing officials in the Greene County sheriff's office, said Mr. Pitney died when a tractor he was riding flipped over on him as he was trying to uproot a tree stump. No other details were provided. He also lived in Ridgewood, N.J."

[106] McCall, Tris. "Ridgewood rocks: A slew of hot indie bands have roots in Bergen town", The Star-Ledger, August 1, 2010. Accessed November 28, 2012. "Guitarist and singer Cassie Ramone, a Ridgewood High School graduate who fronts the popular Vivian Girls, says that her parents moved to the Bergen County suburb to take advantage of the schools."

[107] Staff. "Remington Denied Link To Red Spies; Former Federal Economist Was Serving 3-Year Term on Perjury Charges", The New York Times, November 25, 1954. Accessed July 27, 2011. "Remington was reared in Ridgewood, N. J."

[108] About Amanda, AmandaRenee.com. Accessed November 26, 2016. "Amanda Renée was raised in Ridgewood, New Jersey and now wriggles her toes in the warm coastal Carolina sands."

[109] Klapisch, Bob. "Devils announcer Glenn "Chico" Resch reminisces on hockey and life in Bergen", (201) Magazine, December 15, 2010. Accessed October 13, 2013. "Today, he resides in Lyndhurst, before that Little Ferry, and back in his playing days, when he was making the daily commute to the Meadowlands, Resch nestled into the fabric of everyday life in Ridgewood, which he says, 'made me feel like I was in the heartland of America.'"

[110] Yorio, Kara. "Former Yankee Bobby Richardson signing new book in Ridgewood", The Record, September 18, 2012. Accessed July 30, 2013. "Former Yankee second-baseman Bobby Richardson and his family spent 10 summers living in Ridgewood during his playing career. The village is important to him, a place of some happy memories for a young and growing family."

[111] Levinson, Peter J. "September in the Rain: The Life of Nelson Riddle", via Google Books, p. 19. "Ridgewood is another of the upper-middle-class bedroom communities of New York.... Nelson and Leonard lived on the east side of town."

[112] "Harpist Plays To Notables While in Italy", Ridgewood Herald-News, June 19, 1952. Accessed February 6, 2023, via Newspapers.com. "Beatrice Schroeder, concert harpist of Bergenfield, formerly of Ridgewood, left last month by plane for Rome, Italy, to present a recital in Genoa before starting on a vacation tour of France, Switzerland and Italy."

[113] Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Archived October 5, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. Accessed October 2, 2013. "Eric Scott Rosengren was born on June 3, 1957, in Ridgewood, New Jersey."

[114] Staff. "Briefing: Politics; Roukema Retiring", The New York Times, November 11, 2001. Accessed January 29, 2011. "Representative Marge Roukema, a leading voice in the Republican Party's moderate wing since her election in 1980, said last week that she would retire after her current term. Ms. Roukema, 72, of Ridgewood, is the longest-serving woman in Congress."

[115] Kent, Spencer. "Henry Rowan, benefactor of Rowan University, dies at 92", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, December 10, 2015. Accessed December 23, 2017. "Originally from Ridgewood, Rowan studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and served in the Army Air Coprs during World War II before starting his own business."

[116] Bob Sall, National Sprint Car Hall of Fame. Accessed November 17, 2017. "Antonio Saldutti (Bob Sall) was born of Dutch-Italian heritage in the town of Ridgewood, New Jersey, in 1908."

[117] Barron, Sam. "Ridgewood Fencer Qualifies For Olympics", Ridgewood Daily Voice, March 27, 2024. Accessed April 18, 2024. "Mitchell Saron, a Ridgewood native and senior at Harvard University, recently qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, competing in the men's saber event."

[118] Townsend, Brad. "Support group: Scottie Scheffler's golf journey takes him to U.S. Open, with family in tow", The Dallas Morning News, June 14, 2017. Accessed March 30, 2021. "Scheffler's journey actually began in Ridgewood, N.J., where he was born. Scott and Diane moved to family to Dallas 14 years ago."

[119] "Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs: Who Is David Schenker?", AllGov.com, May 4, 2018. Accessed April 16, 2020. "He grew up in Ridgewood, New Jersey, graduating from Ridgewood High School in 1986."

[120] Presinzano, Jessica. "Celebrities, politicians and athletes who call North Jersey home", The Record, October 11, 2017. Accessed December 21, 2023. "Famed musician Nelson Riddle went to Ridgewood High and Oscar-winning film editor Thelma Schoonmaker called the village home."

[121] Kieran Scott, Teenreads.com. Accessed December 1, 2012. "A Jersey-girl through and through, Kieran grew up in Montvale, New Jersey, and attended Pascack Hills High School where she was a cheerleader, singer, actress and occasionally a student. She attended Rutgers University, graduated with a double-major in English and Journalism and now resides in Ridgewood, New Jersey in her very own bachelorette pad."

[122] Staff. "Gloucester Catholic's Sebra Latest Addition to the Staff", Philadelphia Daily News, September 2, 1988. Accessed January 29, 2011.

[123] Lambert, Bruce. "Irving J. Selikoff Is Dead at 77; TB Researcher Fought Asbestos", The New York Times, May 22, 1992. Accessed November 17, 2017. "Dr. Irving J. Selikoff, the co-discoverer of a treatment for tuberculosis who went on to prove the hazards of asbestos and lead a campaign against its use, died on Wednesday at Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, N.J. He was 77 years old and lived in Ridgewood."

[Record20070521-124] Leonard, Tom. "Ridgewood teens knew Sparks before her fame ignited", The Record, May 21, 2007. Accessed December 20, 2013. "Her family lived in Ridgewood during the eight seasons her father, Phillippi, played with the Giants. The family moved to Arizona when Phillipi retired."

[125] Amodio, Joseph V. "Fast Chat: Jordin Sparks discusses life on Broadway", Newsday, October 14, 2010. Accessed January 30, 2012. "You used to live out here in the '90s, when your dad, Phillippi Sparks, played cornerback for the New York Giants. What stands out from that time? We lived a few years in Ridgewood, New Jersey. I walked to school. My dad sometimes would say, 'OK, I'm gonna drive you and your brother today.' But instead of school, he'd take us to Giants Stadium."

[126] Litsky, Frank. "Plus: Lacrosse; Princeton to Face Johns Hopkins Next", The New York Times, May 25, 2002. Accessed January 30, 2012. "Syracuse has skilled attackers in the sophomore Mike Powell and the senior Josh Coffman, both from Carthage, N.Y., and the junior Michael Springer of Ridgewood, N.J."

[127] Herzog, Laura. "Actress who uses a wheelchair a likely first for Broadway", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, September 11, 2015. Accessed October 29, 2017. "Ali Stroker may be the first person who uses a wheelchair to be in a Broadway production, ever. The 28-year-old Ridgewood-raised singer, actress and philanthropist says 'it's the ultimate dream come true' to star in a special production of Spring Awakening – a musical, by Deaf West Theatre, that is also performed in American Sign Language."

[128] Cingrana, Joe. "Ctrl+ALT+Del 'Pick of the Week': Sub Urban – 'Freak' ft. REI AMI", WNYL, June 8, 2020. Accessed April 6, 2021. "Danny Maisonneuve, professionally known as Sub Urban is a 19-year-old visionary singer/songwriter and record producer. Born in Nyack, New York to a Taiwanese mom and a French-Canadian dad, and raised in the suburbs of Ridgewood, New Jersey nearly all of his life, Danny began producing music digitally at the age of 15."

[129] Kyle Teel, Virginia Cavaliers baseball. Accessed March 3, 2023. "Born in Ridgewood, N.J."

[130] Levin, Jay. "Actor Wayne Tippit dies at 76; longtime Ridgewood resident", The Record, September 4, 2009. Accessed December 20, 2013. "Wayne Tippit, a ruggedly handsome character actor who appeared on television's Melrose Place and in New York stage productions during a career that spanned a half-century, died last Friday in Los Angeles. The former Ridgewood resident was 76."

[131] Staff. "Tarzan of Tarzana", Daily News of Los Angeles, April 22, 1998. Accessed July 27, 2011. "When I was growing up in Ridgewood, NJ, we lived on Van Dien Avenue, which was named after my great-great-great grandfather."

[132] Casper Van Dien Official Website Archived 2009-01-06 at the Wayback Machine, accessed January 30, 2007.

[133] "Don Van Natta Jr.", ESPN. Accessed November 17, 2017. "He was born in Ridgewood, NJ, in 1964 and graduated from Don Bosco Prep in Ramsey, NJ and Boston University."

[134] Kobel, Peter. "Percussionist Van Tieghem Hears A Different Drum", Chicago Tribune, August 18, 1987. Accessed October 29, 2012. "Van Tieghem—tall, angular and soft-spoken—grew up in Ridgewood, N.J., and now lives in downtown Manhattan. He played in a number of rock bands in high school and then studied percussion at the Manhattan School of Music."

[135] Staff. "An unusual trio summons its own music", The Star-Ledger, March 26, 2009. Accessed November 4, 2012. "Wagner, of Ridgewood, won the Pulitzer Prize for music in 1999 for her Concerto for Flute, Strings and Percussion."

[136] Seligman, Katherine. "Ayelet, Unfiltered/Berkeley writer Ayelet Waldman's bald honesty about putting her husband first made her a magnet for controversy. Would she take any of it back?", San Francisco Chronicle, July 24, 2005. Accessed November 18, 2017. "Waldman said she's always felt somewhat like an outsider. Born in Israel— where her parents moved after they married and she lived for her first two years—she spent most of her childhood in Ridgewood, N.J., an affluent town about 25 miles but a world away from New York City."

[137] Cahillane, Kevin. "Art; Nostalgia, Wearing Stilettos", The New York Times, December 4, 2005. Accessed July 3, 2018. "While pinup girls were notorious for their ample busts, Mr. Ward, who was born in 1919 and lived in Ridgewood most of his life, made their dimensions larger than larger than life."

[138] Weber, Bruce. "Douglas Watt, New York Theater Critic, Dies at 95", The New York Times, October 2, 2009. Accessed July 27, 2011. "Douglas Benjamin Watt was born in the Bronx on Jan. 20, 1914, and he grew up in Hackensack and Ridgewood, N. J. His father was a structural engineer. He sped through high school and entered Cornell University in his middle teens, graduating at 19."

[139] Senator Bill P. Wielechowski, Project Vote Smart. Accessed March 8, 2008.

[140] Nolan, Hamilton. "Brian Williams, Please Tell Us About Your 'Grindlingly Middle Class' Upbringing Again", Gawker, March 5, 2013, backed up by the Internet Archive on February 7, 2016. Accessed December 7, 2016. "Alec Baldwin: You grew up in New Jersey, right? Was it Ridgewood, New Jersey? Brian Williams: Born in Ridgewood, New Jersey."

[141] "Selected Works by New Jersey Poets", The New York Times, January 2, 2009. Accessed November 17, 2017. "George Witte 's first collection of poems, The Apparitioners, was published by Three Rail Press in 2005, and his second, Deniability, is coming out this month from Orchises Press. He is editor-in-chief of St. Martin's Press and lives in Ridgewood."

[142] Stiansen, Laura Adams. "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel praised by Ridgewood's Michael Zegen for its Emmy wins", The Record, September 18, 2018. Accessed December 20, 2018. "He's played American mobster 'Bugsy' Siegel in HBO's Boardwalk Empire and a bandit-turned-zombie in The Walking Dead; now he stars as Joel Maisel in the Amazon original series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. So, Ridgewood native Michael Zegen may look very familiar."

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 People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with [[Ridgewood, New Jersey]] include:
-* [[Jim Alexander (photographer)|Jim Alexander]] (born 1935), [[Documentary photography|documentary photographer]], [[Photojournalism|photojournalist]] and [[Activism|activist]]<ref>[http://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/jim-alexander-41 Jim Alexander], [[The HistoryMakers]]. Accessed July 3, 2018. "In 1964, Alexander moved to Ridgewood, New Jersey and started a career as a freelance photographer."</ref>
+* [[Jim Alexander (photographer)|Jim Alexander]] (born 1935), [[Documentary photography|documentary photographer]], [[Photojournalism|photojournalist]] and activist<ref>[http://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/jim-alexander-41 Jim Alexander], [[The HistoryMakers]]. Accessed July 3, 2018. "In 1964, Alexander moved to Ridgewood, New Jersey and started a career as a freelance photographer."</ref>
 * [[Elizabeth Akers Allen]] (1832–1911), poet and journalist<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=yAcTAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA161 "Elizabeth Akers Allen"] in ''The Magazine of Poetry, Volume 6'', p. 161. Accessed November 17, 2017. "After making their home in Ridgewood, N. J., for several years, she has recently removed to New York, and is engaged in literary work."</ref>
 * [[Joe Antonacci]] (born 1960), boxing ring announcer and emcee<ref>Idec, Keith. [http://www.northjersey.com/sports/178047121_Ridgewood_s_Joe_Antonacci_inducted_into_New_Jersey_Boxing_Hall_of_Fame_earns_Hall_calling.html "Ridgewood's Joe Antonacci inducted into New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', November 9, 2012. Accessed December 15, 2013. "Only now, the lifelong Ridgewood resident is part of the show. Antonacci, 52, has become one of the sport's most recognizable and respected ring announcers, a true professional whose contributions to boxing were acknowledged Thursday night when he was inducted into the New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame."</ref>
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 * [[Guy Benson]] (born 1985), conservative talk radio personality who has been a [[Fox News]] contributor<ref>[http://www.northwestern.edu/magazine/summer2007/feature/seniors/photo4.html ''Senior Watch''], [[Northwestern University]]. Accessed December 15, 2013. "'It occurred to me that someone was getting paid to go to every game and tell thousands of people what was happening,' says the Medill School of Journalism senior from Ridgewood, N.J."</ref>
 * [[Dale Berra]] (born 1956), former MLB player who primarily played as an [[infielder]] from {{Baseball year|1977}} to {{Baseball year|1987}} and is the son of [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|Hall of Fame]] catcher [[Yogi Berra]]<ref>Debs Jr., Victor. [https://books.google.com/books?id=bLiJCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA50 ''That Was Part of Baseball Then: Interviews with 24 Former Major League Baseball Players, Coaches and Managers'']. p. 50. [[McFarland & Company]], 2000. {{ISBN|9780786483303}}. Accessed November 17, 2017. "Born in Ridgewood, New Jersey, in 1956, Dale moved with his family to Montclair in 1958 where he lived for the remainder of his youth."</ref>
-* [[Andy Blitz]] (born 1971), comedian, writer, producer and actor best known for his [[sketch comedy]] and writing work on the late-night [[talk show]] ''[[Late Night with Conan O'Brien]]''<ref>Kleimann, James. [https://patch.com/new-jersey/ridgewood/sketch-comedy-star-remembers-peculiar-ridgewood-childhood " Sketch Comedy Star Remembers Peculiar Ridgewood Childhood; On WTF Pod, Andy Daly talks why the high school football coach put out a 'hit' on him, his failed protests against student parking, and more."], Ridgewood Patch, August 28, 2012. Accessed September 5, 2017. "Ridgewood native and sketch comedy master Andy Daly appeared on WTF Podcast with Marc Maron on Monday, revealing a blisteringly funny time spent at Ridgewood High School in the 1980s."</ref>
+* [[Andy Blitz]] (born 1971), comedian, writer, producer and actor best known for his [[sketch comedy]] and writing work on the late-night talk show ''[[Late Night with Conan O'Brien]]''<ref>Kleimann, James. [https://patch.com/new-jersey/ridgewood/sketch-comedy-star-remembers-peculiar-ridgewood-childhood " Sketch Comedy Star Remembers Peculiar Ridgewood Childhood; On WTF Pod, Andy Daly talks why the high school football coach put out a 'hit' on him, his failed protests against student parking, and more."], Ridgewood Patch, August 28, 2012. Accessed September 5, 2017. "Ridgewood native and sketch comedy master Andy Daly appeared on WTF Podcast with Marc Maron on Monday, revealing a blisteringly funny time spent at Ridgewood High School in the 1980s."</ref>
 * [[Jeffrey Blitz]], filmmaker who directed the 2002 documentary ''[[Spellbound (2002 film)|Spellbound]]'' and the 2007 film ''[[Rocket Science (film)|Rocket Science]]''<ref>Davis, Erik. [http://news.moviefone.com/2007/08/10/interview-rocket-science-director-jeffrey-blitz/ "Interview: Rocket Science Director Jeffrey Blitz"], [[Moviefone]], August 10, 2007. Accessed December 15, 2013. "I grew up in Ridgewood, New Jersey, which is north of New York. But I moved it to Plainsboro because I felt it was more interesting for them to kind of orbit around a dead city in Trenton."</ref>
 * [[Jim Bouton]] (1939–2019), former Major League Baseball pitcher who wrote the tell-all book ''[[Ball Four]]''<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1964/02/13/archives/bouton-a-21-game-winner-spurns-yanks-first-offer.html "Bouton, a 21-Game Winner, Spurns Yanks' First Offer"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', February 13, 1964. Accessed November 4, 2012. "The New York Yankees have a holdout. He is Jim Bouton, the 25-year-old pitcher from Ridgewood, N.J., who won 21 games for the American League champions last season."</ref>
 * [[Dave Butler (American football)|Dave Butler]] (born 1987), former [[American football]] [[linebacker]] who played for the [[Cleveland Browns]]<ref>[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/ButlDa20.htm Dave Butler], [[Pro-Football-Reference.com]]. Accessed November 22, 2021. "Born: July 17, 1965 (Age: 56-128d) in Ridgewood, NJ"</ref>
-* [[Phillip Bush]] (born 1961), [[European classical music|classical]] [[pianist]], with a career focusing primarily on [[chamber music]] and [[contemporary classical music]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Sl8JAQAAMAAJ&q=ridgewood+Phillip+Bush ''Clavier, Volume 22''], p. 16. Accessed November 17, 2017. "The Beethoven Foundation announced the 1983 Fellows: pianists Phillip Bush, Michael Lewin, and John Salmon. Bush, 21, formerly of Ridgewood, New Jersey and presently residing in Charlotte, North Carolina, received his Bachelor of Music Degree from the Peabody Conservatory, where he studied under Leon Fleisher."</ref>
+* [[Phillip Bush]] (born 1961), [[European classical music|classical]] pianist, with a career focusing primarily on [[chamber music]] and [[contemporary classical music]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Sl8JAQAAMAAJ&q=ridgewood+Phillip+Bush ''Clavier, Volume 22''], p. 16. Accessed November 17, 2017. "The Beethoven Foundation announced the 1983 Fellows: pianists Phillip Bush, Michael Lewin, and John Salmon. Bush, 21, formerly of Ridgewood, New Jersey and presently residing in Charlotte, North Carolina, received his Bachelor of Music Degree from the Peabody Conservatory, where he studied under Leon Fleisher."</ref>
 * [[Brenda Buttner]] (1961–2017), senior business correspondent and host of ''Bulls & Bears'' on [[Fox News Channel|Fox News]]<ref>Staff. [http://www.northjersey.com/insiders_guide/communities/Ridgewood_From_the_Lawns_to_the_Heights.html " Ridgewood: From the Lawns to the Heights; With 25,000 residents, the village is known for its bustling downtown, its convenient transportation for commuters, its quality schools and its wealth of cultural and recreational activities."], Insiders Guide to North Jersey. Accessed December 15, 2013. "It is also home to mystery writer Harlan Coben, former New York Giants punter Jeff Feagles, and senior correspondent for Fox News Channel Brenda Buttner."</ref>
-* [[John Chester Buttre]] (1821–1893), steel-plate engraver and lithographer, responsible for some 3,000 engraved portraits of American political, naval and military personalities<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=jz9IAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA4-PA205 "John Chester Buttre"], in ''The National Magazine: (Cleveland) a Monthly Journal of American History, Volumes 18-19'', p. 205, Western History Publishing Company, 1893. Accessed November 16, 2017. "Mr. Buttre died at his home in Ridgewood, New Jersey, on the 2nd of December, 1893."</ref>
+* [[John Chester Buttre]] (1821–1893), steel-plate engraver and lithographer, responsible for some 3,000 engraved portraits of American political, naval and military personalities<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=jz9IAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA4-PA205 "John Chester Buttre"], in ''The National Magazine: (Cleveland) a Monthly Journal of American History, Volumes 18–19'', p. 205, Western History Publishing Company, 1893. Accessed November 16, 2017. "Mr. Buttre died at his home in Ridgewood, New Jersey, on the 2nd of December, 1893."</ref>
 * [[Martha Byrne]] (born 1969), actress who performed on Broadway as a child in ''[[Annie (musical)|Annie]]'' and as an adult in the role of [[Lily Walsh]] in ''[[As the World Turns]]''<ref>Staff. [http://www.bergen.com/Empires_Got_Talent_Bergen_County_native_Martha_Byrne_holds_Empire_star-studded_event.html "'Empire's Got Talent': Bergen native Martha Byrne holds one night only event"]{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Bergen.com, November 8, 2011. Accessed December 20, 2013. "Waldwick native and Ridgewood resident Martha Byrne held an 'Empire's Got Talent' event last night in New York City."</ref>
 * [[Peter Carlisle]] (born 1952), [[mayor of Honolulu]]<ref>Staff. [http://hawaiiindependent.net/story/carlisle-oath "Peter Carlisle officially Honolulu's 13th mayor, says rail is a priority"], [[The Hawaii Independent]], October 12, 2010. Accessed December 20, 2013. "Prior to running for mayor, Carlisle served for 14 years as Honolulu's elected Prosecutor. He was born in 1952 in Ridgewood, New Jersey, and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the UCLA School of Law."</ref>
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 * [[Leonard A. Cole]] (born 1933), dentist, political scientist and expert on [[bioterrorism]] and [[disaster medicine|terror medicine]]<ref>Boroson, Warren. [http://www.jstandard.com/content/item/how_to_plan_for_a_disaster/25099 "How to plan for a disaster; Terrorist expert Leonard Cole of Ridgewood offers advice in 'fine new book' "], ''[[Jewish Standard]]'', November 16, 2012. Accessed December 15, 2013. "Cole, a Ph.D. and DDS, is an adjunct professor of political science at Rutgers University-Newark and director of the program on terror medicine and security at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of the New Jersey Center for Biodefense. A resident of Ridgewood, he is a former president of the Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey."</ref>
 * [[Jerry Coleman]] (1924–2014), former second baseman for the [[New York Yankees]], baseball sportscaster<ref>Brock, Corey. [http://m.padres.mlb.com/news/article/38361922 "Oh, Doctor! Coleman synonymous with Padres; In 40th year as radio voice of club, 'The Colonel' to be honored on Saturday"], [[Major League Baseball]], September 13, 2012. Accessed September 21, 2015. "Coleman started out calling the national game of the week for CBS, but he began calling Yankees game in 1963. Working and living in New York, Coleman said, was intense. He lived in Ridgewood, N.J., which was '19.9 miles from Yankee Stadium, but a million miles from New York.'"</ref>
-* [[Kelly Conheeney]] (born 1991), [[association football|soccer]] player who plays as a [[midfielder]] for [[Sky Blue FC]] in the [[National Women's Soccer League|NWSL]]<ref>Cooper, Darren. [http://www.northjersey.com/news/world/make-a-difference-1.840893?page=all "Former Ridgewood soccer star Kelly Conheeney out to make a difference"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', April 3, 2014. Accessed April 27, 2016.</ref>
+* [[Kelly Conheeney]] (born 1991), soccer player who plays as a [[midfielder]] for [[Sky Blue FC]] in the [[National Women's Soccer League|NWSL]]<ref>Cooper, Darren. [http://www.northjersey.com/news/world/make-a-difference-1.840893?page=all "Former Ridgewood soccer star Kelly Conheeney out to make a difference"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', April 3, 2014. Accessed April 27, 2016.</ref>
 * [[Christopher J. Connors]] (born 1956), politician who represents the [[New Jersey's 9th legislative district|9th district]] in the [[New Jersey Senate]]<ref>[http://votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=4186 Assembly Member Christopher J. Connors], [[Project Vote Smart]]. Accessed August 9, 2007.</ref>
-* [[Paul M. Cook]] (born 1924), founder and CEO of [[Raychem]], a chemical manufacturing company that reached $2 billion in annual revenue<ref>[https://oh.sciencehistory.org/oral-histories/cook-paul-m Center for Oral History Interview of Paul M. Cook], [[Science History Institute]]. Accessed January 28, 2020. "Paul M. Cook - Born: April 25, 1924 | Ridgewood, NJ, US"</ref>
+* [[Paul M. Cook]] (born 1924), founder and CEO of [[Raychem]], a chemical manufacturing company that reached $2&nbsp;billion in annual revenue<ref>[https://oh.sciencehistory.org/oral-histories/cook-paul-m Center for Oral History Interview of Paul M. Cook], [[Science History Institute]]. Accessed January 28, 2020. "Paul M. Cook – Born: April 25, 1924 | Ridgewood, NJ, US"</ref>
 * [[Martin Courtney]] (born 1985), musician, singer, member of American [[indie rock]] band [[Real Estate (band)|Real Estate]]<ref name=RE>[[Tris McCall|McCall, Tris]]. [http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2010/08/ridgewood_rocks_a_slew_of_hot.html "Ridgewood rocks: A slew of hot indie bands have roots in Bergen town"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', August 1, 2010. Accessed July 27, 2011. "Al-Rawi turned the attic of his mother's house into a studio, and there he recorded the debut album by Real Estate, Ridgewood's best-known musical export."</ref>
 * [[Megan Crane]] (born {{circa|1973}}), novelist<ref>O'Donnell, Chuck. [https://web.archive.org/web/20131216021041/http://www.northjersey.com/arts_entertainment/84879652_Ridgewood_nativeyields_to_her_loveof_romance_novels.html?page=all "Ridgewood native yields to her love of romance novels"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', February 21, 2010, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of December 16, 2013. Accessed January 28, 2020. "Much like a raven-haired maiden unable to resist the charms of a bare-chested lothario, Megan Crane always has been drawn to romance novels and their steamy covers. It started the day a 12-year-old Crane discovered her first novel at the old Woolworth's in Ridgewood, and has grown stronger with each tale of love, lust and exotic locales she has read."</ref>
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 * [[Todd Demsey]] (born 1972), professional golfer<ref>[http://www.pgatour.com/players/player.10875.todd-demsey.html Todd Demsey], [[PGA Tour]]. Accessed December 15, 2013.</ref>
 * [[Fairleigh Dickinson Jr.]] (1919–1996), member of the [[New Jersey Senate]] from 1968 to 1971 who sponsored the 1969 legislation that created the [[Hackensack Meadowlands Development Commission]]<ref>[[David Stout|Stout, David]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/1996/10/17/nyregion/fairleigh-s-dickinson-jr-76-who-helped-save-the-meadowlands.html "Fairleigh S. Dickinson Jr., 76, Who Helped Save the Meadowlands"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 17, 1996. Accessed December 15, 2013. "Fairleigh S. Dickinson Jr., a businessman, philanthropist and former New Jersey State Senator who was instrumental in preserving the Hackensack Meadowlands, died on Saturday at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.... He also had a home in Ridgewood, N.J."</ref>
-* [[Anne Donovan]] (1961–2018), three-time basketball All-American at [[Old Dominion University]] and three-time Olympic team member. Ranked #8 on the ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' list of ''The 50 Greatest New Jersey Sports Figures''<ref>[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/magazine/features/si50/states/new_jersey/greatest/ The 50 Greatest New Jersey Sports Figures], ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'', December 27, 1999.</ref>
+* [[Anne Donovan]] (1961–2018), three-time basketball All-American at [[Old Dominion University]] and three-time Olympic team member. Ranked No. 8 on the ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' list of ''The 50 Greatest New Jersey Sports Figures''<ref>[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/magazine/features/si50/states/new_jersey/greatest/ The 50 Greatest New Jersey Sports Figures], ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'', December 27, 1999.</ref>
-* [[Charles L. Drake]] (1924–1997), geologist who was professor of geology at [[Dartmouth College]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Lus1AAAAIAAJ&pg=RA4-PA271 ''Hearings, Reports and Prints of the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries''], p. 271. [[United States Government Printing Office]], 1969. Accessed October 10, 2019. "Charles L. Drake - Curriculum Vitae... Born: July 13, 1924, Ridgewood, New Jersey."</ref>
+* [[Charles L. Drake]] (1924–1997), geologist who was professor of geology at [[Dartmouth College]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Lus1AAAAIAAJ&pg=RA4-PA271 ''Hearings, Reports and Prints of the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries''], p. 271. [[United States Government Printing Office]], 1969. Accessed October 10, 2019. "Charles L. Drake – Curriculum Vitae... Born: July 13, 1924, Ridgewood, New Jersey."</ref>
-* [[Gerry Duggan (writer)|Gerry Duggan]] (born 1974), comic book writer<ref>O'Donnell, Chuck. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140521130205/http://www.northjersey.com/arts-and-entertainment/ridgewood-native-s-love-of-comics-takes-him-to-the-infinite-horizon-1.258180 "Ridgewood native's love of comics takes him to The Infinite Horizon"], The Ridgewood News, December 2, 2011, backed up by the Internet Archive as of May 21, 2014. Accessed October 30, 2017. "Staring at a dog-eared copy of Homer's ''The Odyssey'' he had pulled off a shelf, Duggan's mind flashed back to the first time he was introduced to the book as a student at Ridgewood High School.... The senior class president of the class of 1992 was an exuberant, outgoing, intelligent kid - "a big teddy bear" as one former classmate put it - with a healthy imagination"</ref>
+* [[Gerry Duggan (writer)|Gerry Duggan]] (born 1974), comic book writer<ref>O'Donnell, Chuck. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140521130205/http://www.northjersey.com/arts-and-entertainment/ridgewood-native-s-love-of-comics-takes-him-to-the-infinite-horizon-1.258180 "Ridgewood native's love of comics takes him to The Infinite Horizon"], The Ridgewood News, December 2, 2011, backed up by the Internet Archive as of May 21, 2014. Accessed October 30, 2017. "Staring at a dog-eared copy of Homer's ''The Odyssey'' he had pulled off a shelf, Duggan's mind flashed back to the first time he was introduced to the book as a student at Ridgewood High School.... The senior class president of the class of 1992 was an exuberant, outgoing, intelligent kid – "a big teddy bear" as one former classmate put it – with a healthy imagination"</ref>
 * [[Fred DuVal]] (born 1954), businessman, civic leader, and author who is vice president of Clean Energy Fuels and was the Democratic nominee in the [[Arizona gubernatorial election, 2014|2014 Arizona gubernatorial election]]<ref>Lemoine, Leah. [http://www.phoenixmag.com/Valley-News/citizen-fred.html "Citizen Fred"], ''Phoenix'', May 2014. Accessed September 22, 2015. "Though born in Ridgewood, N.J., DuVal's life has been defined by living in Arizona, where his family moved when he was in fourth grade."</ref>
 * [[W. Cary Edwards]] (1944–2010), former member of the [[New Jersey General Assembly]] who served as [[New Jersey Attorney General]] from 1986 to 1989<ref>Romano, Jay. [https://www.nytimes.com/1993/04/25/nyregion/on-the-road-with-cary-edwards.html "On the Road With Cary Edwards"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', April 25, 1993. Accessed December 16, 2013. "W. Cary Edwards, 48, was born in Ridgewood and grew up in Bergen County. When he was 11 years old, his parents separated, and he moved with his mother, Virginia, and a brother and a sister to East Paterson."</ref>
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 * [[Ray Forrest]] (1916–1999), pioneering TV announcer, host and news broadcaster from the early TV era<ref>[[Robert McG. Thomas Jr.|Thomas Jr., Robert McG.]] [https://www.nytimes.com/1999/03/21/nyregion/ray-forrest-is-dead-at-83-nation-s-first-tv-personality.html "Ray Forrest Is Dead at 83; Nation's First TV Personality"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', March 21, 1999. Accessed August 7, 2015. "Although it drew reams of appreciative mail from parents, the program attracted no sponsors, and after a couple of years it was canceled, drawing such an outpouring of protests it was immediately reinstated as a 90-minute Saturday morning fixture, and Mr. Forrest was off and running again, turning the basement of his Ridgewood, N.J., home into a one-man production studio, where he edited educational films, including many he made himself."</ref>
 * [[Varian Fry]] (1907–1967), journalist who helped save 2,000 to 4,000 anti-Nazi and Jewish refugees from persecution and deportation in [[Vichy France]] during [[The Holocaust]], most notably the French artist [[Marc Chagall]]<ref>[http://www.jstandard.com/articles/1169/4/VARIAN-FRY:-the-artists%92-Schindler "Varian Fry: The Artists' Schindler"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210044156/http://www.jstandard.com/articles/1169/4/VARIAN-FRY:-the-artists%92-Schindler |date=February 10, 2012 }}, ''[[Jewish Standard]]'', June 8, 2006.</ref><ref>Newman, Maria. [https://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/25/nyregion/communities-a-hometown-hero-for-ridgewood.html "Communities; A Hometown Hero for Ridgewood"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', November 25, 2001. Accessed December 30, 2017. "Until recently, few in this town realized that Varian Fry, who helped save more than 2,000 artists, intellectuals and others from Hitler's concentration camps, grew up here. But now, as the United States again finds itself at war, people here are rediscovering Fry, who has been called the American Schindler."</ref>
-* [[Louis Gambaccini]] (1931–2018), transportation official who served as general manager of the [[PATH (rail system)|Port Authority Trans Hudson]] rail system and as [[New Jersey Commissioner of Transportation|New Jersey commissioner of transportation]]<ref>Sullivan, Joseph F. [https://www.nytimes.com/1978/04/06/archives/new-jersey-pages-byrne-to-name-gambaccini-transport-commissioner.html "Byrne to Name Gambaccini Transport Commissioner; 'Manipulations' Assailed Plan to Aid State Railroads"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', April 6, 1978. Accessed July 3, 2018. "The Governor saif he had conferred with Senators from Bergen County and expected no problems in getting Mr. Gambaccini, a Ridgewood resident, confirmed as Transportation Commissioner once Mr. Byrne submitted the nomination to the Senate on April 17."</ref>
+* [[Louis Gambaccini]] (1931–2018), transportation official who served as general manager of the [[PATH (rail system)|Port Authority Trans Hudson]] rail system and as [[New Jersey Commissioner of Transportation]]<ref>Sullivan, Joseph F. [https://www.nytimes.com/1978/04/06/archives/new-jersey-pages-byrne-to-name-gambaccini-transport-commissioner.html "Byrne to Name Gambaccini Transport Commissioner; 'Manipulations' Assailed Plan to Aid State Railroads"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', April 6, 1978. Accessed July 3, 2018. "The Governor saif he had conferred with Senators from Bergen County and expected no problems in getting Mr. Gambaccini, a Ridgewood resident, confirmed as Transportation Commissioner once Mr. Byrne submitted the nomination to the Senate on April 17."</ref>
 * [[Bill Geist]] (born 1945), correspondent on ''[[CBS News Sunday Morning]]''<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/08/16/september11/main518965.shtml "A Neighborhood Mourns: Commentary By CBS News Correspondent Bill Geist"], [[CBS News]]. Accessed October 1, 2007. "Ridgewood, New Jersey, is a small community of old homes, old trees, old values. It's where I live."</ref>
 * [[Arnold Gingrich]] (1903–1976), editor and co-founder of ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'' magazine<ref>Carmody, Deirdre. [https://www.nytimes.com/1976/07/10/archives/arnold-gingrich-72-dead-was-a-founder-of-esquire.html "Arnold Gingrich, 72, Dead; Was a Founder of Esquire"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', July 10, 1976. Accessed November 17, 2017. "Arnold Gingrich, one of the founders of Esquire magazine in 1933 and its principal guiding light in most of the years since then, died of cancer yesterday at his home in Ridgewood, N.J."</ref>
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 * [[Gina Glantz]] (born {{circa|1943}}), political strategist, campaign manager, field director, and consultant<ref>Dao, James. [https://www.nytimes.com/1999/10/24/nyregion/homecoming-bill-bradley-campaign-celebration-affirmation-garden-state.html "Homecoming; The Bill Bradley Campaign as a Celebration and Affirmation of the Garden State"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 24, 1999. Accessed October 18, 2015. "Gina Glantz, 56, the campaign manager, was raised in Westfield and later moved to Ridgewood, where she raised her two children."</ref>
 * [[Abraham Godwin (soldier)|Abraham Godwin]] (1724–1777), one of the first settlers of the area around Ridgewood{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}
-* [[Abraham Godwin]] (1763–1835), brigadier general in the [[War of 1812]], for whom Godwinville was named<ref>[http://www.revolutionarywarnewjersey.com/new_jersey_revolutionary_war_sites/towns/ridgewood_nj_revolutionary_war_sites.htm Revolutionary War Sites In Ridgewood Township, New Jersey], Revolutionary War New Jersey. Accessed November 17, 2017. "Abraham Godwin Monument - Brigadier General Abraham Godwin - Soldier, statesman, artist, poet, engraver, musician and gracious host. Born July 16, 1763.... January 1st 1829 occurred the great event of interest to this community: its first name was Godwinville in honor of Abraham Godwin. This section covered Paramus, Newtown (Wortendyke), Midland Park, Ridgewood and Glen Rock and was known as Franklin Township."</ref>
+* [[Abraham Godwin]] (1763–1835), brigadier general in the [[War of 1812]], for whom Godwinville was named<ref>[http://www.revolutionarywarnewjersey.com/new_jersey_revolutionary_war_sites/towns/ridgewood_nj_revolutionary_war_sites.htm Revolutionary War Sites In Ridgewood Township, New Jersey], Revolutionary War New Jersey. Accessed November 17, 2017. "Abraham Godwin Monument – Brigadier General Abraham Godwin – Soldier, statesman, artist, poet, engraver, musician and gracious host. Born July 16, 1763.... January 1st 1829 occurred the great event of interest to this community: its first name was Godwinville in honor of Abraham Godwin. This section covered Paramus, Newtown (Wortendyke), Midland Park, Ridgewood and Glen Rock and was known as Franklin Township."</ref>
 * [[Abraham Godwin Jr.]] (1791–1849), worked to name part of Franklin as Godwinville{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}
-* [[Roger Curtis Green]] (1932–2009), archaeologist of South Pacific civilizations<ref>[[Patrick Vinton Kirch|Kirch, Patrick V.]] [http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/green-roger.pdf "Roger Curtis Green 1932-2009"], [[National Academy of Sciences]], 2010. Accessed June 15, 2015. "Roger's parents, Eleanor Richards (b. 1908) and Robert Jefferson Green (b. 1905), were married in April 1931, and at the time of Roger's birth resided in Ridgewood, New Jersey."</ref>
+* [[Roger Curtis Green]] (1932–2009), archaeologist of South Pacific civilizations<ref>[[Patrick Vinton Kirch|Kirch, Patrick V.]] [http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/green-roger.pdf "Roger Curtis Green 1932–2009"], [[National Academy of Sciences]], 2010. Accessed June 15, 2015. "Roger's parents, Eleanor Richards (b. 1908) and Robert Jefferson Green (b. 1905), were married in April 1931, and at the time of Roger's birth resided in Ridgewood, New Jersey."</ref>
 * [[Joe Harasymiak]] (born 1986), head coach for the [[Maine Black Bears football]] team<ref>[http://goblackbears.com/news/2015/12/16/12_16_2015_1224.aspx?path=football "Joe Harasymiak Named New UMaine Football Head Coach"], [[Maine Black Bears football]], December 16, 2015. Accessed November 23, 2016. "Birthplace: Ridgewood, N.J.; Grew-up: Waldwick, N.J."</ref>
 * [[Elizabeth Hawes]] (1903–1971), [[fashion designer|clothing designer]], outspoken critic of the [[fashion industry]], and champion of [[ready to wear]]<ref>Gregory, Alice. [https://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/12/elizabeth-hawes-the-most-brilliant-american-fashion-designer/?_r=0 "The Most Brilliant American Fashion Designer"], ''[[T: The New York Times Style Magazine]]'', June 12, 2014. Accessed November 16, 2017. "Born in 1903 to an upper middle-class family in Ridgewood, N.J., Hawes displayed signs of particular personal taste from a young age. "</ref>
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 * [[Jason Heyward]] (born 1989), outfielder for the [[Chicago Cubs]]<ref>Waldstein, David. [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/03/sports/baseball/03mets.html "Young Talent Promises to Rekindle Mets-Braves Rivalry"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', March 2, 2010. Accessed January 29, 2011. "Born in Ridgewood, N.J., in 1989, Heyward moved with his family to Macon, Ga., where he grew up a fan of the Yankees for two reasons..."</ref>
 * [[Sonny Igoe]] (1923–2012), jazz drummer<ref>Herzog, Laura. [http://www.northjersey.com/arts_entertainment/music/202643991_Ridgewood_honors_jazz_great_who_went_to_RHS.html?mobile=1 "Ridgewood honors jazz great who went to RHS"], ''The Ridgewood News'', April 15, 2013. Accessed December 5, 2013. "Another name recognized by many serious musicians was former Ridgewood resident Sonny Igoe, who died last spring at age 88. A 1939 Ridgewood High School (RHS) 'distinguished alumni' graduate, Igoe was one of America's great big band drummers, who even played with the 'King of Swing' himself, Benny Goodman."</ref>
-* [[Cosmo Jarvis]] (born 1989), singer-songwriter<ref>[http://www.cosmojarvis.com/content/biography Biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811071133/http://www.cosmojarvis.com/content/biography |date=August 11, 2014 }}, Cosmo Jarvis - Bigger Thinker. Accessed December 16, 2013. "Born to an Armenian/American mother and a British father, Cosmo Harrison Krikoryan Jarvis began life in Ridgewood, New Jersey."</ref>
+* [[Cosmo Jarvis]] (born 1989), singer-songwriter<ref>[http://www.cosmojarvis.com/content/biography Biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811071133/http://www.cosmojarvis.com/content/biography |date=August 11, 2014 }}, Cosmo Jarvis – Bigger Thinker. Accessed December 16, 2013. "Born to an Armenian/American mother and a British father, Cosmo Harrison Krikoryan Jarvis began life in Ridgewood, New Jersey."</ref>
 * [[Frankie Jonas]] (born 2000), actor who was a voice actor in the film ''[[Ponyo]]'' and a recurring character in the television series ''[[Jonas (TV series)|Jonas]]''<ref>Walsh, S. M. [http://heavy.com/entertainment/2016/12/frankie-jonas-age-college-instagram-now-restaurant-nellies/ "Frankie Jonas: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know"], [[Heavy.com]], December 26, 2016. Accessed November 17, 2017. "Frankie was born on September 28, 2000, in Ridgewood, New Jersey."</ref>
 * [[Margaret Juntwait]] (1957–2015), the voice of the [[Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts]]<ref>Staff. [http://record-bergen.vlex.com/vid/new-voice-opera-with-jersey-accent-62625545 "New Voice; Opera announcer with a New Jersey accent"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', October 5, 2004. Accessed December 20, 2013. "In the world of opera, Margaret Juntwait, born and raised in Ridgewood and Upper Saddle River, has certainly achieved an enviable position. The Metropolitan Opera announced that the WNYC-FM classical music host with the seductively smooth voice will announce Saturday afternoon radio broadcasts from the Metropolitan Opera."</ref><ref>Wakin, Daniel J. [https://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/29/arts/music/29oper.html "Met Picks New Voice For Opera Broadcasts"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', September 29, 2004. Accessed December 20, 2013. "Ms. Juntwait, 47, was brought up in Ridgewood and Upper Saddle River, N.J., and went to work at WNYC in 1991. She lives in the Inwood section of Manhattan."</ref>
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 * [[John Lantigua]] (born 1947), journalist and crime novelist who has won the [[Pulitzer Prize]] and [[Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award]] for his investigative reporting on Latin American issues<ref>Ladau, Eric. [https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/arts-culture/2009/02/24/14072/classical-91-7-arte-pblico-press-author-of-the-month-john-lantigua/ "Classical 91.7-Arte Público Press Author of the Month: John Lantigua Author John Lantigua has been selected as this month's Classical 91.7/Arte Público Press Author of the Month. In the next installment of a series of monthly features, Classical 91.7's Eric Ladau spoke with Mr. Lantigua."], [[KHVU|KXNG]], February 24, 2009. Accessed September 8, 2009. "John Lantigua was born in the Bronx, N.Y., in a neighborhood where Spanish was the language of the streets.... His family moved to Ridgewood, New Jersey, where, at the time, no other Latinos lived. Lantigua, an only child, was told to forget Spanish and learn English, and his parents never spoke a word of Spanish to him again."</ref>
 * [[Robert Sean Leonard]] (born 1969), Tony Award-winning actor, current regular in TV series ''[[House (TV series)|House]]''<ref>Buckley, Michael. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/118191.html "Stage To Screens: Robert Sean Leonard, David Javerbaum, Plus a Look at Fall TV"], ''[[Playbill]]'', June 1, 2008. Accessed June 2, 2008. "He grew up in Ridgewood, NJ, and attended Ridgewood High. Later on, he took classes at Columbia and Fordham Universities."</ref>
-* [[Cornelis Lievense]] (1890–1949), Dutch businessman who ran several import/export companies in the United States from the 1920s through the 1940s<ref>Staff. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1949/09/24/86785025.pdf "Cornelis Lievense"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', September 24, 1949. Accessed November 17, 2017."Ridgewood, N. J., Sept. 23 - Cornelis Lievense of the Holland Purchasing Commission, died here yesterday at his home, 525 North Maple Avenue, after a brief illness."</ref>
+* [[Cornelis Lievense]] (1890–1949), Dutch businessman who ran several import/export companies in the United States from the 1920s through the 1940s<ref>Staff. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1949/09/24/86785025.pdf "Cornelis Lievense"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', September 24, 1949. Accessed November 17, 2017."Ridgewood, N. J., Sept. 23 – Cornelis Lievense of the Holland Purchasing Commission, died here yesterday at his home, 525 North Maple Avenue, after a brief illness."</ref>
 * [[Alfred Lutter]] (born 1962), actor and consultant best known for his performances in ''[[Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore]]'' and ''[[The Bad News Bears]]''<ref>Duggan, Amelia; and Spelling, Ian. [http://www.bergen.com/people/People_Big_Name_Small_Start.html "Big Name, 'Small' Start: Famous people who entered the world in Bergen"], Bergen.com, May 9, 2012. Accessed December 16, 2013. "Ridgewood: Martha Byrne, Jason Heyward, Alfred Lutter III, Jeff Nordling, Tara Reid, Charlie Tahan, Daisy Tahan"</ref>
 * [[Martha MacCallum]] (born 1964), news anchor on [[Fox News Channel]]<ref>Rohan, Virginia. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130730211745/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-115325827.html "Professional juggler"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', November 13, 2005. Accessed September 27, 2012. "'I'm sort of half in one world, half in the other at this point of the day,' says MacCallum, a Wyckoff native who has lived in Ridgewood since her elder son was 2 weeks old."</ref>
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 * [[Evanka Osmak]] (born 1980), sports anchor for [[Sportsnet]]<ref>Stephenson, Madeline. [http://www.citylifemagazine.ca/celebrity/evanka-osmak/13197 "Evanka Osmak: Courting Success"], ''City Life'' magazine, January 25, 2013. Accessed December 16, 2013. "Persistent Osmak, who was born in Ridgewood, New Jersey, relentlessly sent her demo tape to stations across North America."</ref>
 * [[Richard and Joan Ostling]] (born 1940 and 1939–2009 respectively), co-authors of ''Mormon America: The Power and the Promise.''
-* [[Nikki Phillips (soccer)|Nikki Phillips]] (born 1987), [[United States|American-born]] [[Poland|Polish]] [[association football|soccer]] [[defender (association football)|defender]] and [[midfielder]] who has played with [[FC Kansas City]] in the [[National Women's Soccer League|NWSL]] and for the [[Poland women's national football team|Poland national team]]<ref>[https://new.berecruited.com/resources/recruiting/pro-recruiting-story-series-q-a-with-nikki-krzysik "Pro Recruiting Story Series: Q & A With Nikki Krzysik"], Be Recruited. Accessed November 17, 2017. "Nikki Krzysik is a professional soccer player who currently captains the Philadelphia Independence of Women's Professional Soccer (WPS). Krzysik, born in Ridgewood, NJ, attended Clifton High School and was a member of the US Youth National Teams."</ref>
+* [[Nikki Phillips (soccer)|Nikki Phillips]] (born 1987), [[United States|American-born]] Polish soccer [[defender (association football)|defender]] and [[midfielder]] who has played with [[FC Kansas City]] in the [[National Women's Soccer League|NWSL]] and for the [[Poland women's national football team|Poland national team]]<ref>[https://new.berecruited.com/resources/recruiting/pro-recruiting-story-series-q-a-with-nikki-krzysik "Pro Recruiting Story Series: Q & A With Nikki Krzysik"], Be Recruited. Accessed November 17, 2017. "Nikki Krzysik is a professional soccer player who currently captains the Philadelphia Independence of Women's Professional Soccer (WPS). Krzysik, born in Ridgewood, NJ, attended Clifton High School and was a member of the US Youth National Teams."</ref>
 * [[Jack Pitney]] (1963–2010), marketing executive with [[BMW]] as vice president of marketing, where he played a major role in convincing company leadership to go ahead with distribution of the [[Mini (marque)|MINI]] in the United States, despite concerns that car buyers there would not buy cars that small given the popularity of [[sport utility vehicle]]s<ref>[[William Grimes (journalist)|Grimes, William]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/28/business/media/28pitney.html "Jack Pitney, Who Made Much of the Mini, Dies at 47"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 27, 2010. Accessed November 16, 2017. "A spokesman for BMW, citing officials in the Greene County sheriff's office, said Mr. Pitney died when a tractor he was riding flipped over on him as he was trying to uproot a tree stump. No other details were provided. He also lived in Ridgewood, N.J."</ref>
 * [[Cassie Ramone]] (born 1986) and [[La Sera|Katy Goodman]] of the indie rock band [[Vivian Girls]]<ref>[[Tris McCall|McCall, Tris]]. [http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2010/08/ridgewood_rocks_a_slew_of_hot.html "Ridgewood rocks: A slew of hot indie bands have roots in Bergen town"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', August 1, 2010. Accessed November 28, 2012. "Guitarist and singer Cassie Ramone, a Ridgewood High School graduate who fronts the popular Vivian Girls, says that her parents moved to the Bergen County suburb to take advantage of the schools."</ref>
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 * [[Eric S. Rosengren]] (born 1957), President of the [[Federal Reserve Bank of Boston]]<ref>[http://www.bos.frb.org/about/history/presidents.htm#Rosengren Federal Reserve Bank of Boston] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005224810/http://www.bos.frb.org/about/history/presidents.htm#Rosengren |date=October 5, 2013 }}, [[Federal Reserve Bank of Boston]]. Accessed October 2, 2013. "Eric Scott Rosengren was born on June 3, 1957, in Ridgewood, New Jersey."</ref>
 * [[Marge Roukema]] (1929–2014), politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/11/nyregion/briefing-politics-roukema-retiring.html "Briefing: Politics; Roukema Retiring"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', November 11, 2001. Accessed January 29, 2011. "Representative Marge Roukema, a leading voice in the Republican Party's moderate wing since her election in 1980, said last week that she would retire after her current term. Ms. Roukema, 72, of Ridgewood, is the longest-serving woman in Congress."</ref>
-* [[Henry Rowan]] (1923–2015), engineer and philanthropist, for whom [[Rowan University]] was renamed, after he made a $100 million donation to the school<ref>Kent, Spencer. [http://www.nj.com/gloucester-county/index.ssf/2015/12/henry_rowan.html "Henry Rowan, benefactor of Rowan University, dies at 92"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], December 10, 2015. Accessed December 23, 2017. "Originally from Ridgewood, Rowan studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and served in the Army Air Coprs during World War II before starting his own business."</ref>
+* [[Henry Rowan]] (1923–2015), engineer and philanthropist, for whom [[Rowan University]] was renamed, after he made a $100&nbsp;million donation to the school<ref>Kent, Spencer. [http://www.nj.com/gloucester-county/index.ssf/2015/12/henry_rowan.html "Henry Rowan, benefactor of Rowan University, dies at 92"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], December 10, 2015. Accessed December 23, 2017. "Originally from Ridgewood, Rowan studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and served in the Army Air Coprs during World War II before starting his own business."</ref>
 * [[Bob Sall]] (1908–1974), race car driver who drove in the [[1935 Indianapolis 500]] and was inducted into the [[National Sprint Car Hall of Fame]] in 1992<ref>[https://www.sprintcarhof.com/FileGet.aspx?ID=210 Bob Sall], [[National Sprint Car Hall of Fame]]. Accessed November 17, 2017. "Antonio Saldutti (Bob Sall) was born of Dutch-Italian heritage in the town of Ridgewood, New Jersey, in 1908."</ref>
-* [[Mitchell Saron]] (born 2000), [[Sabre (fencing)|sabre]] [[Fencing|fencer]], who will represent the United States at the [[2024 Summer Olympics]] in [[Paris]]<ref>Barron, Sam. [https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/ridgewood/ridgewood-fencer-qualifies-for-olympics/ "Ridgewood Fencer Qualifies For Olympics"], Ridgewood [[Daily Voice (American hyperlocal news)|Daily Voice]], March 27, 2024. Accessed April 18, 2024. "Mitchell Saron, a Ridgewood native and senior at Harvard University, recently qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, competing in the men's saber event."</ref>
+* [[Mitchell Saron]] (born 2000), [[Sabre (fencing)|sabre]] [[Fencing|fencer]], who will represent the United States at the [[2024 Summer Olympics]] in Paris<ref>Barron, Sam. [https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/ridgewood/ridgewood-fencer-qualifies-for-olympics/ "Ridgewood Fencer Qualifies For Olympics"], Ridgewood [[Daily Voice (American hyperlocal news)|Daily Voice]], March 27, 2024. Accessed April 18, 2024. "Mitchell Saron, a Ridgewood native and senior at Harvard University, recently qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, competing in the men's saber event."</ref>
 * [[Scottie Scheffler]] (born 1996), professional golfer who plays on the [[PGA Tour]]<ref>Townsend, Brad. [https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/golf/2017/06/15/support-group-scottie-scheffler-s-golf-journey-takes-him-to-u-s-open-with-family-in-tow/ "Support group: Scottie Scheffler's golf journey takes him to U.S. Open, with family in tow"], ''[[The Dallas Morning News]]'', June 14, 2017. Accessed March 30, 2021. "Scheffler's journey actually began in Ridgewood, N.J., where he was born. Scott and Diane moved to family to Dallas 14 years ago."</ref>
 * [[David Schenker]] (born 1968), diplomat who has served as [[Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs]]<ref>[http://www.allgov.com/news/top-stories/assistant-secretary-of-state-for-near-eastern-affairs-who-is-david-schenker-180504?news=860462 "Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs: Who Is David Schenker?"], [[AllGov.com]], May 4, 2018. Accessed April 16, 2020. "He grew up in Ridgewood, New Jersey, graduating from Ridgewood High School in 1986."</ref>
-* [[Thelma Schoonmaker]] (born 1940), [[film editor]], best known for her collaboration over five decades with director [[Martin Scorsese]]<ref>Presinzano, Jessica. [https://www.northjersey.com/story/entertainment/2017/10/11/celebrities-politicians-and-athletes-who-call-north-jersey-home/753145001/ "Celebrities, politicians and athletes who call North Jersey home"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', October 11, 2017. Accessed December 21, 2023. "Famed musician Nelson Riddle went to Ridgewood High and Oscar-winning film editor Thelma Schoonmaker called the village home."</ref>
+* [[Thelma Schoonmaker]] (born 1940), film editor, best known for her collaboration over five decades with director [[Martin Scorsese]]<ref>Presinzano, Jessica. [https://www.northjersey.com/story/entertainment/2017/10/11/celebrities-politicians-and-athletes-who-call-north-jersey-home/753145001/ "Celebrities, politicians and athletes who call North Jersey home"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', October 11, 2017. Accessed December 21, 2023. "Famed musician Nelson Riddle went to Ridgewood High and Oscar-winning film editor Thelma Schoonmaker called the village home."</ref>
 * [[Kieran Scott]] (born 1974), author of ''[[Private (novel series)|Private]]'' and ''I Was a Non-Blonde Cheerleader''<ref>[http://www.teenreads.com/authors/kieran-scott Kieran Scott], Teenreads.com. Accessed December 1, 2012. "A Jersey-girl through and through, Kieran grew up in Montvale, New Jersey, and attended Pascack Hills High School where she was a cheerleader, singer, actress and occasionally a student. She attended Rutgers University, graduated with a double-major in English and Journalism and now resides in Ridgewood, New Jersey in her very own bachelorette pad."</ref>
 * [[Bob Sebra]] (born 1961), [[MLB]] player for the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]], [[Montreal Expos]], [[Philadelphia Phillies]], [[Cincinnati Reds]], and the [[Milwaukee Brewers]]<ref>Staff. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DN&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI|DN&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB29BA9E8835A7C&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "Gloucester Catholic's Sebra Latest Addition to the Staff"], ''[[Philadelphia Daily News]]'', September 2, 1988. Accessed January 29, 2011.</ref>
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 * [[Michael Springer]] (born 1979), former [[Major League Lacrosse|MLL]] player<ref>[[Frank Litsky|Litsky, Frank]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/25/sports/plus-lacrosse-princeton-to-face-johns-hopkins-next.html "Plus: Lacrosse; Princeton to Face Johns Hopkins Next"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', May 25, 2002. Accessed January 30, 2012. "Syracuse has skilled attackers in the sophomore Mike Powell and the senior Josh Coffman, both from Carthage, N.Y., and the junior Michael Springer of Ridgewood, N.J."</ref>
 * [[Ali Stroker]] (born 1987), actress, singer and winner of the 2019 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance as Ado Annie in "Oklahoma". She is the first actress who needs a wheelchair for mobility known to have appeared on a Broadway stage<ref>Herzog, Laura. [http://www.nj.com/bergen/index.ssf/2015/09/actress_from_nj_may_be_broadways_1st_using_a_wheel.html "Actress who uses a wheelchair a likely first for Broadway"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], September 11, 2015. Accessed October 29, 2017. "Ali Stroker may be the first person who uses a wheelchair to be in a Broadway production, ever. The 28-year-old Ridgewood-raised singer, actress and philanthropist says 'it's the ultimate dream come true' to star in a special production of ''Spring Awakening'' – a musical, by Deaf West Theatre, that is also performed in American Sign Language."</ref>
-<!-- Alphabetized as "Sub Urban" (not "Urban, Sub") -->* [[Sub Urban (musician)|Sub Urban]] (born 1999), singer, songwriter and producer best known for his song "Cradles"<ref>Cingrana, Joe. [https://www.audacy.com/alt923/blogs/joe-cingrana/ctrlaltdel-pick-of-the-week-sub-urban-freak "Ctrl+ALT+Del 'Pick of the Week': Sub Urban - 'Freak' ft. REI AMI"], [[WINS-FM|WNYL]], June 8, 2020. Accessed April 6, 2021. "Danny Maisonneuve, professionally known as Sub Urban is a 19-year-old visionary singer/songwriter and record producer. Born in Nyack, New York to a Taiwanese mom and a French-Canadian dad, and raised in the suburbs of Ridgewood, New Jersey nearly all of his life, Danny began producing music digitally at the age of 15."</ref>
+<!-- Alphabetized as "Sub Urban" (not "Urban, Sub") -->* [[Sub Urban (musician)|Sub Urban]] (born 1999), singer, songwriter and producer best known for his song "Cradles"<ref>Cingrana, Joe. [https://www.audacy.com/alt923/blogs/joe-cingrana/ctrlaltdel-pick-of-the-week-sub-urban-freak "Ctrl+ALT+Del 'Pick of the Week': Sub Urban – 'Freak' ft. REI AMI"], [[WINS-FM|WNYL]], June 8, 2020. Accessed April 6, 2021. "Danny Maisonneuve, professionally known as Sub Urban is a 19-year-old visionary singer/songwriter and record producer. Born in Nyack, New York to a Taiwanese mom and a French-Canadian dad, and raised in the suburbs of Ridgewood, New Jersey nearly all of his life, Danny began producing music digitally at the age of 15."</ref>
 * [[Kyle Teel]] (born 2002) [[college baseball]] [[catcher]] for the [[Virginia Cavaliers baseball|Virginia Cavaliers]].<ref>[https://virginiasports.com/player/kyle-teel/ Kyle Teel], [[Virginia Cavaliers baseball]]. Accessed March 3, 2023. "Born in Ridgewood, N.J."</ref>
 * [[Wayne Tippit]] (1932–2009), character actor who appeared in ''[[Melrose Place]]'' and lived in Ridgewood until 1990<ref>Levin, Jay. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140610170902/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-171087914.html "Actor Wayne Tippit dies at 76; longtime Ridgewood resident"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', September 4, 2009. Accessed December 20, 2013. "Wayne Tippit, a ruggedly handsome character actor who appeared on television's ''Melrose Place'' and in New York stage productions during a career that spanned a half-century, died last Friday in Los Angeles. The former Ridgewood resident was 76."</ref>
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 * [[Bill Wielechowski]] (born 1967), member of the [[Alaska Senate]], representing the J District since 2006<ref>[http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=68283 Senator Bill P. Wielechowski], [[Project Vote Smart]]. Accessed March 8, 2008.</ref>
 * [[Brian Williams]] (born 1959), journalist<ref>Nolan, Hamilton. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160207060040/http://gawker.com/5988597/brian-williams-please-tell-us-about-your-grindlingly-middle-class-upbringing-again "Brian Williams, Please Tell Us About Your 'Grindlingly Middle Class' Upbringing Again"], [[Gawker]], March 5, 2013, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] on February 7, 2016. Accessed December 7, 2016. "Alec Baldwin: You grew up in New Jersey, right? Was it Ridgewood, New Jersey? Brian Williams: Born in Ridgewood, New Jersey."</ref>
-* [[George Witte]], [[poet]] and book editor<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/04/nyregion/new-jersey/04poemswebnj.html "Selected Works by New Jersey Poets"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', January 2, 2009. Accessed November 17, 2017. "George Witte 's first collection of poems, ''The Apparitioners'', was published by Three Rail Press in 2005, and his second, ''Deniability'', is coming out this month from Orchises Press. He is editor-in-chief of St. Martin's Press and lives in Ridgewood."</ref>
+* [[George Witte]], poet and book editor<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/04/nyregion/new-jersey/04poemswebnj.html "Selected Works by New Jersey Poets"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', January 2, 2009. Accessed November 17, 2017. "George Witte 's first collection of poems, ''The Apparitioners'', was published by Three Rail Press in 2005, and his second, ''Deniability'', is coming out this month from Orchises Press. He is editor-in-chief of St. Martin's Press and lives in Ridgewood."</ref>
 * [[Michael Zegen]] (born 1979), actor best known for his role as Joel Maisel on ''[[The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel]]''<ref>Stiansen, Laura Adams. [https://www.northjersey.com/story/entertainment/tv/2018/09/18/marvelous-mrs-maisel-praised-michael-zegen-ridgewood-nj-joel-maisel-emmy-wins/1344108002/ "''The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel'' praised by Ridgewood's Michael Zegen for its Emmy wins"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', September 18, 2018. Accessed December 20, 2018. "He's played American mobster 'Bugsy' Siegel in HBO's ''Boardwalk Empire'' and a bandit-turned-zombie in ''The Walking Dead''; now he stars as Joel Maisel in the Amazon original series ''The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel''. So, Ridgewood native Michael Zegen may look very familiar."</ref>
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