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NJ Hall of Fame: Your Picks

Tuesday, May 06, 2008

This week saw the first inductees into the New Jersey Hall of Fame. We are joined by Mark Sceurman and Mark Moran of Weird New Jersey. We also want to hear from you about your picks for New Jersey's favorite sons and daughters.


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  • [1] Suzanne Iannaccone May 06, 2008 - 11:50AM

    YOGI BERRA -- # 8 --- Yoo-Hoo


  • [2] Jennifier from Theatre District May 06, 2008 - 11:50AM

    No Frankie Valli?


  • [3] someone from manh. May 06, 2008 - 11:50AM

    whitney houston - Newark, if I'm not mistaken....


  • [4] Amy from Manhattan May 06, 2008 - 11:51AM

    Count Basie, from Red Bank!


  • [5] Robert from NYC May 06, 2008 - 11:51AM

    General Kazimierz Pułaski of skyway fame.


  • [6] Tony from Brooklyn May 06, 2008 - 11:51AM

    Bruce Springstein makes the Hall of Fame before Count Basie? No wonder Jersey has become a punchline.


  • [7] Lloyd from Manhattan May 06, 2008 - 11:52AM

    Philip Roth of Newark


  • [8] Carlo Danese from Brooklyn NY May 06, 2008 - 11:52AM

    MUSIC - Phoebe Snow, Wayne Shorter, Blondie, Patti Smith, Ella and Sarah !


  • [9] J May 06, 2008 - 11:53AM

    the smell


  • [10] dan from manh. May 06, 2008 - 11:53AM

    Trenton makes - the world takes!!


  • [11] Paulo from Paterson, New Jersey May 06, 2008 - 11:53AM

    Jon Stewart!


  • [12] Meg from Middletown, NJ May 06, 2008 - 11:53AM

    Jon Stewart!!!!!! He is a proud New Jersian. He never forgets to give props to Jersey on his show.


  • [13] Mike from Manhattan May 06, 2008 - 11:54AM

    Lou Costello ( Abbott & Costello). Born in my home town, Paterson, NJ.


  • [14] Paulo from Paterson, New Jersey May 06, 2008 - 11:54AM

    Ozzie Nelson was also from my hometown of Ridgefield Park, NJ.


  • [15] Jennifer H from NYC May 06, 2008 - 11:54AM

    Is Bon Jovi Included??


  • [16] Rob from Brooklyn May 06, 2008 - 11:56AM

    William Carlos Williams


  • [17] val from fairfield! May 06, 2008 - 11:56AM

    joe piscipo!


  • [18] Publius from Washington Heights May 06, 2008 - 11:57AM

    Longy Zwillman


  • [19] samir May 06, 2008 - 11:57AM

    george clinton and the misfits


  • [20] seth from Long Island May 06, 2008 - 11:57AM

    Allen Ginsberg

    William Carlos Williams

    Edmund Wilson - literary critc


  • [21] gary g from NYC May 06, 2008 - 11:57AM

    althea gibson


  • [22] DEREK from NEWARK May 06, 2008 - 11:58AM

    Tubman was in Cape May for all of 5 months and she's in a new jesery hall of fame...was she inducted just to have a black person in it....by the way i'm black


  • [23] Manuel Figueroa from Clifton May 06, 2008 - 11:58AM

    Jersey Joe Walcott Heavyweight Champ


  • [24] Jennifer from NY May 06, 2008 - 11:58AM

    The Matawan Man-Eater, aka Jaws. (Okay, not a person, but definitely famous.)


  • [25] kelly from long island May 06, 2008 - 11:58AM

    whilliam carlos whilliams, jimmy hoffa


  • [26] rohini from west new york, nj May 06, 2008 - 11:58AM

    russel simmons


  • [27] eve from Newark May 06, 2008 - 11:58AM

    Jim Cramer!

    (And I like to second Philip Roth)


  • [28] Steven from Jersey City May 06, 2008 - 11:58AM

    Woodrow Wilson


  • [29] Howard Heller from Bronx May 06, 2008 - 11:58AM

    What about Phil Rizzuto ??


  • [30] Timothy Taranto from Brooklyn May 06, 2008 - 11:58AM

    William Carlos Williams!


  • [31] Julie from NYC May 06, 2008 - 11:58AM

    ANTHONY BOURDAIN


  • [32] Manuel Figueroa from Clifton May 06, 2008 - 11:59AM

    jersey joe walcott


  • [33] Kristin from Manhattan May 06, 2008 - 12:00PM

    Stephen Colbert!


  • [34] Timothy Taranto from Brooklyn May 06, 2008 - 12:01PM

    Woodrow Wilson was a bigot!


  • [35] kimberly ann from brooklyn May 06, 2008 - 12:01PM

    walt whitman spent the last... more than five! years of his life in south jersey. =) he was pretty great.


  • [36] Amy Heller from Harrington Park, NJ May 06, 2008 - 12:02PM

    PAUL ROBESON--a key figure in the history of the American Left, music, film and race relations. A powerful voice for liberty in every sense! And he grew up in NJ and attended Rutgers where he was a big football star too.


  • [37] Suzanne from Manhattan May 06, 2008 - 12:02PM

    John Augustus Roebling -- designer of the Brooklyn Bridge -- from Trenton


  • [38] Paulo from Paterson, New Jersey May 06, 2008 - 12:03PM

    Stephen Colbert has lived in NJ, but he's not from NJ originally. (My friend actually worked at the video store he used to go to).


  • [39] paul from Brooklyn May 06, 2008 - 12:04PM

    Kazimierz Pułaski was from poland, not new jersey. I can't find any evidence he ever stepped foot in NJ


  • [40] Michele from Jersey May 06, 2008 - 12:05PM

    I was at the induction ceremony which was absolutely wonderful! All those luminaries who received the award (except for Bill Bradley and Meryl Streep) actually showed up to receive it personally-that says a lot. Best part of the evening--Bruce Springsteen's speech about growing up in NJ and his "Benediction." Does anyone knonw where I could get a copy of these???

    Thanks,

    Michele from NJ


  • [41] John Hahn from Glen Rock NJ May 06, 2008 - 12:07PM

    Senator Frank Lautenburg, Born in Paterson started ADP.

    Actress Elizabeth Shue. Born in SOuth Orange

    Actress Valerie Harper AKA Rhoda Lived in Glen Rock.

    Paul Robeson, Born in Princeton.

    Phil 'The Scooter' Rizzuto from Hillside, NJ

    Bucky Dent, lived in Wyckoff.

    Willie Randolph Lives in Franklin Lakes


  • [42] John Celardo from Fanwood, NJ May 06, 2008 - 01:13PM

    John Matthew Shippen, Jr. an African American competed in the 1896 U.S. Open, and was tied for the lead after 18 holes. He competed in four more U.S. Open Championships. He was the golf pro at the Shady Rest Golf Course in Scotch Plains from 1924 until his retirement in 1960. Shady Rest is now the Scotch Hills Country Club.


  • [43] Roy May 06, 2008 - 02:22PM

    25, Mr. Simmons grew up in Hollis, Queens, NEW YORK.

    Filmmaker Kevin Smith (Red Bank, NJ)


  • [44] Richard Walker from San Francisco May 06, 2008 - 03:09PM

    Tom Scharpling - The Best Show on WFMU


  • [45] MoNYC from Sunnyside, NYC May 06, 2008 - 05:02PM

    Celia Cruz lived in Fort Lee during her last years.

    Reverend Run (of Run DMC) lives in Saddle River, NJ with his family.


  • [46] Rich from Long Branch May 06, 2008 - 08:54PM

    The writers actually born in Jersey:

    Robert Pinsky, Stephen Crane, William Carlos Williams, Amiri Baraka, Dorothy Parker, Norman Mailer, Allen Ginsberg and, of course, John McPhee.


  • [47] John Santora from Brockton,ma. June 30, 2009 - 10:17AM

    Joe Jeanette boxer


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