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About Elizabeth NJ

• Rick Barry (b. 1944), basketball great, was born there.
• Matthias W. Baldwin (1795–1866), manufacturer of steam locomotives, was born there.
• Antoinette Brown Blackwell (1825–1921), first female ordained minister in the U.S., lived and died there.
• Carol Blazejowski (b. 1956), member of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, was born there.
• Judy Blume (b. 1938), author
• Elias Boudinot (1740-1821), President of the Continental Congress and an early U.S. Congressman.
• Hubie Brown (b. 1933), basketball Hall of Fame coach, was raised there.
• William Burnet (1730-1791), Member of the Continental Congress, was born there.
• Nicholas Murray Butler (1862-1947), winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and a founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, was born here.
• Al Catanho, former linebacker in the NFL for the New England Patriots and the Washington Redskins.
• Abraham Clark (1725–1794), Member of the Continental Congress and signer of the Declaration of Independence, was born and raised there.
• Amos Clark, Jr. (1828-1912), U.S. Representative from New Jersey and businessman.
• Michael Chertoff, (b. 1953), United States Secretary of Homeland Security, was born and raised there.
• Tom Colicchio (b. 1962), restaurateur, chef, and judge on reality-TV program "Top Chef."
• Jonathan Dayton (1760–1824), signer of the United States Constitution and Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, was born there. (Dayton, Ohio is named for him.)
• John De Hart (1727–1795), delegate to the Continental Congress, was born and lived there.
• Eddie Donovan (1922-2001), NCAA and NBA basketball head coach, lived there, after retiring from basketball.
• Thomas Edison (1847-1931), lived here as a young man.
• Orson Squire Fowler (1809 - 1887), phrenologist and author, lived there.
• Ron Freeman, winner of gold medal in the 4x400m relay at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, raised there and attended Thomas Jefferson High School.
• William Halsey, Jr. (1882-1959). World War II Fleet Admiral "Bull" Halsey was born in Elizabeth and attended the Pingry School.
• Alexander Hamilton (ca. 1755-1804), lived here as a young man upon first arriving in America.
• Horace Jenkins (b. 1974), former NBA player for Detroit Pistons, attended Elizabeth High.
• William Livingston (1723-1790), signer of the Declaration of Independence, lived there and built the home, Liberty Hall.
• Thomas Mitchell (1892–1962), Oscar and Tony Award-winning actor, was born there.
• Don Newcombe, pitcher who spent most of his career with the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers.
• Elizabeth Peña (b. 1961), actress, was born there.
• Lorenzo Da Ponte (1749-1838), Italian-born librettist and poet, lived there.
• Franklin Leonard Pope (1840-1885), telegrapher and inventor, lived there as a young man and befriended Thomas Edison.
• Debralee Scott (1953-2005), actress, was born there
• Jamar Shipman a.k.a. Jay Lethal, pro wrestler in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling was born there.
• Mickey Spillane (1918-2006), writer, grew up there.
• Edward Stratemeyer (1862-1930), creator of the Hardy Boys, Bobbsey Twins, and Nancy Drew, was born and resided there.
• William Sulzer (1863-1941), U.S. Congressman and impeached governor of New York, was born there.
• Dick Vosburgh (1929-2007), comedy writer and lyricist working chiefly in Britain, was born there.
• Bernie Wagenblast (b. 1956), broadcaster, journalist, was born there
• Edward Patrick Mickey Walker (1903-1981), boxer, who held the Welterweight and Middleweight titles, was born and raised there. Ranked #10 on the Sports Illustrated list of The 50 Greatest New Jersey Sports Figures.
• Joe Weil (b. 1958), writer and active member of the New Jersey poetry scene, was born and grew up there.
• E.Town Concrete a now defunct hardcore/metal band from Elizabeth (or as they called it E.Town).