The following is a list of notable current and former residents of Teaneck, New Jersey.
(B) denotes that the person was born in Teaneck.
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Academics and science
- Robert S. Browne (1924-2004), economist who founded African-American self-help programs[1]
- Frank Chapman (1864–1945), ornithologist[2]
- Stephen P. Cohen (1945–2017), scholar on Middle Eastern affairs who founded the Institute for Middle East Peace and Development[3]
- Herbert Dardik (1935–2020), vascular surgeon who served as the chief of vascular surgery at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center[4]
- Frank Gill (born 1941), ornithologist[5]
- Alan Kadish (born 1956), president and CEO of Touro College[6]
- Peter Kenen (1932–2012), economist who served as provost of Columbia University[7]
- Karl Meyer (1899–1990), German-born biochemist[8]
- Clifford Nass (1958–2013), professor at Stanford University; expert on human-computer interaction[9]
- Jane S. Richardson (born 1941), biochemist and developer of ribbon diagrams of protein structure[10][11][12]
- Jacob J. Schacter (born 1950), senior scholar at the Center for the Jewish Future at Yeshiva University; editor of a number of volumes about Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik[13]
- Lawrence Solan (1952–2024), Don Forchelli Professor of Law and Director of the Center for the Study of Law, Language and Cognition at Brooklyn Law School[14]
- Benjamin Sommer (born 1964), Professor of Bible at The Jewish Theological Seminary of America and a Senior Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute[15]
- Yvonne Thornton (born 1947), physician and author[16]
- Helen M. Walker (1891–1983), statistician and researcher; first female president of the American Statistical Association[17]
- Alan Westin (1929–2013), Columbia University professor; pioneer in studying issues related to information privacy[18][19]
Arts
Architecture
- Louis Bourgeois (1856–1930), architect of the Bahá'í House of Worship[20]
- Alan Hantman (born 1942), architect who served as the 10th Architect of the Capitol, from February 1997 until February 2007[21]
Authors, journalists and publishers
- Shalom Auslander (born 1970), author of Foreskin's Lament: A Memoir (2007)[22]
- Peter Balakian (born 1951), poet, writer and academic[23]
- Cathy Bao Bean (born 1942), author[24]
- Jim Bishop (1907–1987), journalist and author of the bestselling book The Day Lincoln Was Shot[25]
- Louis Black, co-founder of The Austin Chronicle and the annual South by Southwest film and music festival[26]
- Don Bolles (1928–1976), investigative reporter killed in a Mob-related car bombing[27]
- Richard Nelson Bolles (1927–2017), clergyman and author of the best-selling job-hunting book, What Color is Your Parachute?[28]
- Rachel Kramer Bussel (born 1975), author, columnist and editor, specializing in erotica[29]
- George Cain (1943–2010), author of Blueschild Baby[30]
- Louise DeSalvo (1942–2018), author[31]
- Shammai Engelmayer (born 1945), rabbi, journalist and author[32]
- Howard Fast (1914–2003), novelist, author of Spartacus[33][34]
- Jeff Gottesfeld (born 1956), author of Anne Frank and Me and The Tree in the Courtyard; screenwriter, Broken Bridges; television writer, The Young and the Restless[35]
- Steven Hartov (born 1953), American-Israeli author of fiction and non-fiction works, journalist, screenwriter and lecturer in international security affairs[36]
- David Heatley (born 1974), cartoonist, illustrator, graphic designer and musician[37]
- Marilyn Henry (1953–2011), journalist, historian and archivist for matters pertaining to Holocaust reparations, survivor benefits and art looted by the Nazis[38]
- Robert Hilferty (1959–2009), journalist, filmmaker and AIDS activist[39]
- John Hoerr (1930–2015), journalist and historian best known for his work on organized labor, industry, and politics[40]
- Mike Kelly, columnist for The Record; author of Color Lines, a book about the shooting of an African-American teenager by a white Teaneck police officer[41][42]
- Neil Kleid (born 1975), cartoonist who received a 2003 Xeric Award grant for his graphic novella Ninety Candles (2004)[43]
- Lisa Lucas, executive director of the National Book Foundation and senior vice president at Knopf Doubleday[44]
- Barry N. Malzberg (born 1939), science fiction author[45]
- Brian Morton (born 1955), author of Starting Out in the Evening[46]
- Nicholasa Mohr (born 1938), author and academic whose first novel Nilda was about the Nuyorican experience[47]
- Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath (born 1958), Yiddish language poet[48]
- John A. Williams (1925–2015), author, journalist and academic whose novel The Man Who Cried I Am was a bestseller in 1967[49]
Fine arts
- Robert Barry (born 1936), conceptual artist[50]
- Charles Harbutt (1935–2015), photographer[51]
- Renaldo Kuhler (1931–2013), scientific illustrator(B)[52][53]
- Thomas Nozkowski (1944–2019), contemporary painter(B)[54]
- Frank R. Paul (1884–1963), illustrator of science fiction[55]
- Claire Porter (born 1942), choreographer[56]
- Paul Shambroom (born 1956), photographer[57]
- Chuck Stewart (1927–2017), photographer[58]
- Henry Wessel Jr. (1942–2018), photographer[59]
Fashion
- Rachel Antonoff (born 1981), fashion designer(B)[60]
- Marc Jacobs (born 1963), designer and artistic director for Louis Vuitton[61][62][63]
- Lynn Kohlman (1946–2008), fashion model[64]
Movies, stage and television
- Amy Aquino (born 1957), television, film and stage actress who has appeared in TV series including Brooklyn Bridge, ER and Being Human(B)[65]
- Ed Ames (born 1927), popular singer and actor, known for playing Mingo in the television series Daniel Boone[66]
- Paul Attanasio (born 1959), screenwriter and executive producer of the TV series House[67]
- De'Adre Aziza (born 1977), Broadway stage actress[68][69]
- Pat Battle (born 1959), WNBC-TV's New Jersey bureau reporter; weekend anchor for Today in New York[70]
- Eitan Bernath (born 2002), celebrity chef[71]
- Roger Birnbaum (born 1950), film producer who owns Spyglass Entertainment[72]
- Ben Blank (1921–2009), television graphics innovator[73]
- Philip Bosco (1930–2018), character actor[74][75][76]
- Chris Brancato (born 1962), Hollywood writer and producer of Sci Fi Channel's First Wave and the film Species II[77]
- Colleen Broomall (born 1983), actress and journalist[78]
- Carolee Carmello (born 1962), actress best known for her performances in Broadway musicals[79]
- Syd Cassyd (1908–2000), television pioneer who was the founder of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences(B)[80]
- Gaius Charles (born 1983), actor, Friday Night Lights[81][82]
- Jennifer Cody (born 1969), actress[83]
- Joe DiPietro (born 1961), playwright[84]
- Jamie Donnelly (born 1947), actress best known as Jan, one of the Pink Ladies from the film version of Grease[85]
- Sheldon Epps (born 1952), director and producer of television and theatrical works[86]
- Hunter Foster (born 1969), Broadway actor[83]
- Nely Galán (born 1963), independent producer, former president of entertainment for Telemundo, and creator of the FOX reality series The Swan[87]
- John A. Gambling (1930–2004), radio personality[88][89]
- John B. Gambling (1897–1974), radio personality[88][89]
- Lee Garlington (born 1953), actress(B)[90]
- Susan Gordon (1949–2011), child actress in film and television[91]
- Jess Harnell (born 1963), the voice of Wakko Warner on Animaniacs and announcer of America's Funniest Home Videos[92]
- Gavin Houston (born 1977), actor, best known for playing the role of Jeffrey Harrington on the Oprah Winfrey Network primetime television soap opera, The Haves and the Have Nots[93]
- Jay Jason (1915–2001), Borscht Belt comedian[94]
- Jeffrey Kramer (born 1945), film and television actor and producer[95]
- David P. Levin (born 1958), producer/writer/director for MTV, TV Land, and A&E Network[citation needed]
- Ilana Levine (born 1963), actress who made her first on-screen appearance as Andrea Spinelli in the HBO comedy-drama series Tanner '88[96]
- Damon Lindelof (born 1973), co-creator and executive producer of the TV series Lost[97]
- Leonard Maltin (born 1950), film critic and author of Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide[98]
- Patricia McBride (born 1942), ballerina who performed with the New York City Ballet for 30 years[99]
- Bob McGrath (1932–2022), played "Bob" on TV's Sesame Street, the longest-lasting human character on the program[100]
- Julianne Michelle (born 1987), film and television actress[101]
- Zalmen Mlotek (born 1954), conductor, pianist, musical arranger, accompanist, composer; artistic director of the National Yiddish Theatre – Folksbiene[102]
- Susan Morrow (1931–1985), actress, star of The Savage(B)[103]
- Ozzie Nelson (1906–1975) and Harriet Nelson (1909–1994), from The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet[104]
- Ricky Nelson (1940–1985), son of Ozzie and Harriet; actor (Rio Bravo); musician elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987[105]
- Christopher O'Neal (born 1994), actor who appears on Nickelodeon's How to Rock[106]
- Sarah Jessica Parker (born 1965), actress, played Carrie Bradshaw on HBO's Sex and the City[107]
- Charles Payne (born 1960), Fox Business Network television show host[108]
- Danielle Pinnock (born 1988), actress, comedian and writer[109]
- Randall Pinkston (born 1950), correspondent for CBS News[110]
- Dana Reeve (1961–2006), actress, singer, activist for disability causes; wife of Christopher Reeve(B)[111]
- Robert Ridgely (1931–1997), actor and voice-over artist; appeared in many Mel Brooks movies and in Boogie Nights[112][113]
- David Rothenberg (born 1933), Broadway producer and prisoners' rights activist[114]
- Rick Schwartz (born c. 1968), film producer[115]
- Seret Scott (born 1949), actress, director, and playwright, best known for her roles in the films Losing Ground and Pretty Baby[116]
- Matt Servitto (born 1965), actor known for his role on The Sopranos as FBI agent Dwight Harris(B)[117]
- Lawrence Sher (born 1970), cinematographer[118]
- Paul Sorvino (1939–2022), actor[119]
- Josh Sussman (born 1983), actor[120]
- Bill Timoney (born 1958), actor, director, script writer and producer(B)[121]
- Judy Tyler (1933–1957), actress who played Princess Summerfallwinterspring on Howdy Doody and starred opposite Elvis Presley in Jailhouse Rock[122]
- John Ventimiglia (born 1963), actor; played Artie Bucco on The Sopranos[123]
Music
- Nat Adderley (1931–2000), jazz cornet and trumpet player[124]
- Nat Adderley, Jr. (born 1955), music arranger who spent much of his career with Luther Vandross[125]
- Ray Barretto (1929–2006), conga drummer and bandleader[126]
- Eef Barzelay (born 1970), chief songwriter, singer, and guitarist of alt-country indie rock band Clem Snide[127]
- Bernard Belle, composer, producer and musician[128]
- Regina Belle (born 1963), Grammy Award-winning singer[129]
- Roni Ben-Hur (born 1962), bebop jazz guitarist[130]
- Louis Black (born 1950), co-founder of South by Southwest Music, Film, and Interactive Conference and Festival[131]
- Miles Bonny (born 1980), record producer, singer-songwriter, trumpeter and DJ[132]
- Pat Boone (born 1934), star pop singer from the 1950s whose best-known hits were Ain't That a Shame and Love Letters in the Sand[133]
- Donald Byrd (1932–2013), jazz trumpeter[134][135]
- Cakes da Killa (born as Rashard Bradshaw), rapper[136]
- Brendan Canty (born 1966), drummer of indie rock band Fugazi[137]
- Gordon Chambers (born c. 1969), singer-songwriter whose work includes "If You Love Me" by Brownstone[138]
- Ray Chew (born c. 1968), music director[139]
- Graham Clarke (born 1970), musician, songwriter, arranger, and entertainer[140]
- Brenda Miller Cooper (1916–2008), operatic soprano[141]
- Johnny Copeland (1937–1997), blues guitarist and singer[142]
- Shemekia Copeland (born 1979), blues singer[142]
- DMX (born as Earl Simmons, 1970–2021), rapper and actor[143]
- Plácido Domingo (born 1941), operatic tenor[144][145][146]
- Ray Drummond (born 1946), jazz bassist[147]
- Randy Edelman (born 1947), film and TV score composer[148]
- Jon Faddis (born 1953), jazz trumpeter, conductor, composer and educator[149]
- Jon Garrison (born 1944), operatic tenor[150]
- Jimmy Gnecco (born 1973), musician from the Ours[151]
- Christine Goerke (born 1969), Grammy Award-winning dramatic soprano[152]
- Wally Gold (1928–1998), singer, songwriter, producer, music industry executive, best known for co-writing "It's Now or Never", "Good Luck Charm", and "It's My Party"[153]
- Lesley Gore (1946–2015), singer, songwriter, actress and activist known for her pop hit "It's My Party"[154]
- Florence Greenberg (1913–1995), record producer who discovered The Shirelles[155]
- Ferde Grofé (1892–1972), composer and arranger, best known for his Grand Canyon Suite[156]
- Roland Hanna (1932–2002), jazz pianist, composer and teacher[157]
- Joe Harnell (1924–2005), composer and arranger[158][self-published source]
- Al Hibbler (1915–2001), R&B singer; later civil rights activist[159]
- Ronald Isley (born 1941), co-founder and lead singer of the Isley Brothers[160][161]
- Rudolph Isley (born 1939), founding member of the Isley Brothers[161][162][self-published source]
- Milt Jackson (1923–1999), jazz vibraphonist[163]
- Moe Jaffe (1901–1972), songwriter[164]
- Jodeci, R&B group of the early 1990s[165]
- J. J. Johnson (1924–2001), jazz trombonist[166]
- Kevin Jonas (born 1987), background vocalist and lead guitarist for the Jonas Brothers[167]
- Sam Jones (1924–1981), jazz double bassist, cellist and composer[168]
- Thad Jones (1923–1986), jazz trumpeter, composer and bandleader[169]
- Ben Jorgensen (born 1983), lead singer of Armor for Sleep[170]
- Don "Magic" Juan (born 1950), merengue and hip-hop artist, from the 1990s merengue group Proyecto Uno[171]
- Ulysses Kay (1917–1995), composer[172]
- Ben E. King (1938–2015), singer, "Stand by Me"[173]
- Michael Korie, librettist and lyricist, whose works include Grey Gardens[174]
- Anthony Laciura (born 1951), character tenor for the Metropolitan Opera[175][176]
- Ezra Laderman (1924–2015), contemporary classical music composer who served as Dean and Professor at the Yale School of Music[177]
- Yusef Lateef (1920–2013), jazz multi-instrumentalist and composer[178]
- Lil' Kim (born 1974), rapper; born Kimberly Jones[179]
- Amy London (born 1957), jazz singer[130]
- Mario (born 1986), R&B singer[180]
- Master Gee (born Guy O'Brien), co-founder of the hip hop group The Sugarhill Gang, best known for "Rapper's Delight"[181]
- Elliot Mazer (1941–2021), audio engineer and record producer best known for his work with Linda Ronstadt, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, The Band and Janis Joplin[182]
- Rose Marie McCoy (1922–2015), songwriter[183]
- Clyde McPhatter (1932–1972), R&B singer who founded The Drifters[184]
- Allan Monk (born 1942), baritone opera singer[185]
- Melissa Morgan (born 1980), jazz vocalist[186]
- The Notorious B.I.G. (1972–1997), rapper; born Christopher Wallace[187]
- Duke Pearson (1932–1980), jazz pianist and composer[168]
- Bernard Purdie (born 1941), prolific session drummer[188]
- Rufus Reid (born 1944), jazz bassist and music educator[189][190]
- Richie Ranno (born 1950), guitarist best known as a member of Starz[191]
- Scott Robinson (born 1959), jazz musician best known for his work with various styles of saxophone[192]
- Paul A. Rothchild (1935–1995), music producer of the late 1960s and 1970s, best known for his work with The Doors[193]
- Ernie Royal (1921–1983), jazz trumpeter[194]
- Hilton Ruiz (1952–2006), jazz pianist, Afro-Cuban style[195]
- Juelz Santana (born 1982), rapper[196]
- Linda Scott (born 1945), singer best known for her 1961 hit "I've Told Every Little Star"[197]
- Alan Silvestri (born 1950), film composer[198]
- Ray Simpson (born 1954), lead singer of the Village People since 1980[199][200]
- Dave Sirulnick (born 1964), executive vice president for Multiplatform Production, News and Music at MTV[201]
- Phoebe Snow (1952–2011), singer-songwriter born Phoebe Laub, who adopted the name of a train that ran through Teaneck, the Phoebe Snow[202][203]
- DJ Spinderella (born Deidra Muriel Roper, 1971), DJ for the hip-hop group Salt-n-Pepa[204]
- Trey Songz (born 1984), R&B singer[205]
- Joris Teepe, jazz bassist, composer, arranger and big-band leader[206]
- Raymond Torres-Santos (born 1958), classical composer, pianist, arranger, conductor and Professor of Music at CUNY[207]
- McCoy Tyner (1938–2020), jazz pianist known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet[208]
- Lenny White (born 1949), drummer described as "one of the founding fathers of jazz fusion"[209]
- Eliot Zigmund (born 1945), jazz drummer; has worked extensively as a session musician[210]
Business and industry
- Bob Beaumont (1932–2011), founder of Citicar, an electric automobile manufacturer from 1974 to 1977[211]
- Matthew Hiltzik (born 1972), CEO and president of Hiltzik Strategies, a strategic consulting and communications firm[212]
- Les Otten (born 1949), former CEO of the American Skiing Company[213]
- John G. Ryan (1910–1989), publisher who was president of P.F. Collier and Son Corporation, which distributed the Collier's Encyclopedia[214]
- Paul Singer (born 1944), founder of Elliott Management Corporation[215]
- Lynn Tilton (born 1959), businesswoman[216]
- Bill Zanker (born 1954), creator of The Learning Annex[217]
Government and politics
- Vincent M. Battle (born 1940), former United States Ambassador to Lebanon (B)[218]
- William W. Bennett (1841–1912), property manager of the William Walter Phelps estate, who served as the first Mayor of Teaneck, New Jersey[219]
- Leonie Brinkema (born 1944), U.S. District Court judge in the Zacarias Moussaoui case (B)[220]
- Thomas Ryan Byrne (1923–2014), career diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to the Kingdom of Norway (B)[221]
- Gale D. Candaras (born 1947), member of the Massachusetts Senate[222]
- Donna Christian-Christensen (born 1945), non-voting delegate to the United States House of Representatives for the United States Virgin Islands[223]
- Thomas Costa (1912–2003), member of the New Jersey General Assembly from 1968 to 1972 who served as mayor of Teaneck from 1966 to 1969[224]
- John P. Cronan (born 1976), lawyer and former Assistant Attorney General in the United States Department of Justice who is a nominee to be a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (B)[225]
- Eileen Dickinson (born 1949), politician who has served in the Vermont House of Representatives since 2009 (B)[226]
- Naomi G. Eichen (born 1938), retired judge of the New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division[227]
- Matthew Feldman (1919–1994), mayor of Teaneck from 1960 to 1966; member of the New Jersey Senate for 1966–1968 and 1974–1994[228]
- Steven Goldstein, LGBT activist and founder of Garden State Equality[229]
- Nelson G. Gross (1932–1997), politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly and as chairman of the New Jersey Republican State Committee[230]
- Mohammed Hameeduddin (born c. 1973), mayor of Teaneck, first Muslim mayor in Bergen County[231]
- Archibald C. Hart (1873–1935), represented New Jersey's 6th congressional district, 1912–1913 and 1913–1917[232]
- Edward H. Hynes (born 1946), politician who served two terms in the New Jersey General Assembly (B)[233]
- Elie Katz (born 1974), former mayor of Teaneck (B)
- Florence Breed Khan (1875–1950), political hostess[234]
- Eleanor Kieliszek (1925–2017), first woman elected to the Teaneck Township Council (1970–2000) and first woman elected mayor of Teaneck (1974–1978, 1990–1992)[235]
- Theodora Lacey (born 1932), educator, civil rights activist, and leader of the effort to desegregate Teaneck's public schools[236]
- Luis Muñoz Marín (1898–1980), first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico[237]
- Gabrielle Kirk McDonald (born 1942), federal and international judge[238]
- Dennis McNerney, former County Executive of Bergen County[239]
- Michael W. Moynihan (c. 1928–1996), advocate of free trade who worked in the United States government and for international trade organizations (B)[240]
- Peter Pace (born 1945), former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; first Marine to hold the position[241]
- Arnold Petersen (1885–1976), National Secretary of the Socialist Labor Party of America from 1914 to 1969[242]
- William Walter Phelps (1839–1894), member of the United States House of Representatives who served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Germany[243]
- Christopher Porrino (born 1967), lawyer who became Acting New Jersey Attorney General in June 2016 (B)[244]
- Anthony Principi (born 1944), United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs 2001–2005[245]
- Elizabeth Randall (born 1954), politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1986 to 1992, representing the 39th Legislative District(B)[246]
- Adam Szubin, politician who has served as the Acting Secretary of the Treasury of the United States[247]
- Carmen E. Turner (1931–1992), first African-American woman to head a major public transit agency, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority[248]
- Paul A. Volcker, Jr. (1927–2019), Chairman of the Federal Reserve during 1979–1987, and son of Paul A. Volcker, Sr., Teaneck's first Municipal Manager[249][250]
- Loretta Weinberg (born 1935), former Majority Leader of the New Jersey Senate[251]
- Craig Zucker (born 1975), member of the Maryland Senate[252]
Sports
- Brooke Ammerman (born 1990), ice hockey forward who was the first player to score a goal in Metropolitan Riveters history[253]
- Robby Anderson (born 1993), wide receiver for the New York Jets[254]
- Larry Arico (born 1969), former American football coach[255]
- Kim Barnes Arico (born 1970), women's basketball coach who is head coach of the Michigan Wolverines women's basketball team[255]
- Lance Ball (born 1985), former running back for the Denver Broncos[256]
- Beth Beglin (born 1957), three-time member of the United States women's national field hockey team at the Summer Olympics[257]
- Dellin Betances (born 1988), pitcher who played for the New York Mets and New York Yankees[258]
- Jim Bouton (1939–2019), former pitcher for the New York Yankees, sportscaster and author of the controversial tell-all book Ball Four[259]
- Chris Brantley (born 1970), wide receiver who played in the NFL for the Los Angeles Rams and Buffalo Bills[260][261]
- Rosey Brown (1932–2004), offensive tackle who played for the New York Giants from 1953 to 1965[262]
- Tony Campbell (born 1962), former NBA basketball player for the New York Knicks and several other teams[263]
- Sam Cassell (born 1969), NBA player who lived here while playing for the New Jersey Nets[264]
- Sal Cenicola (born 1960), professional boxer recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records for the longest interval between professional boxing matches[265]
- Rick Cerone (born 1954), former MLB catcher who played for both the New York Mets and New York Yankees[266]
- Carlos Clark (born 1996), footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for the Albany Great Danes men's soccer team and the Puerto Rican national team[267]
- T. J. Clemmings (born 1991), NFL offensive tackle for the Washington Redskins[268]
- Mike DeGerick (born 1943), pitcher who played two games for the Chicago White Sox before a line drive hit his head and ended his career[269]
- Alison Desir, author, activist and runner[270]
- Lawrence Frank (born 1970), former head coach of the New Jersey Nets[271]
- Mike Fraysse (born 1943), US Olympic Cycling Coach; inducted into the United States Bicycling Hall of Fame[272]
- Zach Freemantle (born 2000), college basketball player for the Xavier Musketeers[273]
- Doug Glanville (born 1970), baseball player who played for the Philadelphia Phillies and other teams[274]
- Steve Goepel (born 1949), former football player and coach (B)[275]
- Tamba Hali (born 1983), former NFL linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs of the NFL, born in Liberia but attended high school in Teaneck[276]
- Kevin Herget (born 1991), professional baseball pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays[277]
- Elston Howard (1929–1980), baseball player New York Yankees[278]
- Zab Judah (born 1977), champion welterweight boxer[279]
- Bob Klapisch (born 1957), sportswriter for The Record[280]
- Maya Lawrence (born 1980), fencer and part of the United States Fencing Team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where she won a bronze medal in the women's team épée[281]
- Carl "Spider" Lockhart (1943–1986), safety who played his entire 11-year career with the New York Giants[282]
- Ryan Malleck (born 1993), American football tight end for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (B)[283]
- James Margolis (born 1936), fencer who represented the United States in the individual and team épée events at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome[284]
- Mike Massenzio (born 1982), mixed martial artist; has competed as a Middleweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship[285]
- Jim McGovern (born 1965), professional golfer (B)[286]
- Christina McHale (born 1992), tennis player (B)[287]
- Hank Morgenweck (1929–2007), Major League Baseball umpire, 1970–1975; called Nolan Ryan's fourth no-hitter[288]
- John Orsino (1938–2016), Major League Baseball catcher who played for the San Francisco Giants (1961–1962), Baltimore Orioles (1963–1965) and Washington Senators (1966–1967) (B)[289]
- Randi Patterson (born 1985), professional soccer player who played for the New York Red Bulls[290][291]
- Bob Peck (1928–2021), athletic administrator who served as athletic director at Boston University and Williams College[292]
- Kasib Powell (born 1981), NBA basketball player who has played for the Miami Heat[293]
- Jean Prioleau (born 1970), head coach of the San Jose State Spartans men's basketball team[294]
- David Reed (born 1988), professional soccer player[295]
- Seth Roland (born 1957), former soccer player who has been coach of the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights men's soccer team[296]
- Giuseppe Rossi (born 1987), Italian-American association football player, currently playing for Genoa C.F.C. and Italy national football team[297]
- Nick Saviano (born 1956), former tennis player; won one ATP title and reached two other finals[298]
- Jason Sehorn (born 1971), former NFL football player who played cornerback for the New York Giants (1994–2002) and St. Louis Rams (2003)[299]
- Steve Siegel (born 1948), former professional tennis player who played briefly on the international tennis circuit in the 1970s[300]
- John Sterling (born 1948), sportscaster for the New York Yankees[301]
- David Stern (1942–2020), former commissioner of the National Basketball Association[302]
- Kamali Thompson (born 1991), fencer and physician[303]
- Quentin Walker (born 1961, class of 1979), former running back who played in the NFL for the St. Louis Rams[304]
- Doug Wark (born 1951), former soccer forward who spent five seasons in the North American Soccer League and three in the Major Indoor Soccer League[305]
- David West (born 1980), NBA basketball player with the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets[306]
- Brandon Wimbush (born 1996), quarterback who played for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team (B)[307]
- Dave Winfield (born 1951), Hall of Fame baseball player[308][309]
- Ahmed Zayat (born 1962), thoroughbred racehorse owner whose horse American Pharoah won the Triple Crown in 2015[310]
Other
- Mickey Featherstone (born 1949), mobster and leader of The Westies gang[311]
- Martin Fleisher (born 1958), bridge player and attorney; won bridge world championship in 2017[312]
- Rabbi Howard Jachter, specialist in Jewish divorce procedure[313]
- Frank Lucas (1930–2019), drug lord in Harlem in the 1970s, and the subject of the 2007 biopic American Gangster[314]
- Marty Ravellette (1938–2007), armless hero[315][316]
- David Sklansky (born 1947), professional poker player and author[317]
- Rabbi Jeremy Wieder (born 1971), rosh yeshiva and instructor at Yeshiva University's Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary[318]
References
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- ^ Phelps, Shirelle; and Oblender, David G. "Randall Pinkston", Contemporary Black Biography, p. 129. Gale Research, 2000. ISBN 0-7876-3248-1. Accessed August 16, 2011. "He and his wife, Patricia McLain, and their daughter and two stepdaughters, live in Teaneck, New Jersey."
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- ^ Staff. "Obituaries", St. Petersburg Times, February 17, 1997. Accessed February 2, 2011. "Mr. Ridgely, a native of Teaneck, N.J., began as a cabaret entertainer. He appeared in television shows such as Get Smart, Sea Hunt and Coach."
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- ^ Buried Love: From sipping iced tea and playing Al Green to imagining you're watching Ricky beat Lucy Archived October 22, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, Village Voice, March 1, 2005. Accessed May 12, 2008. "Clem Snide's Eef Barzelay has a dry voice and an even drier wit. Barzelay was born in Israel, raised in Teaneck, New Jersey, and did time studying jazz at Berklee before dropping out to start a noise-rock band named for the talking asshole in William Burroughs's Naked Lunch."
- ^ Staff. "Teaneck and Englewood native Regina Belle is thankful of her Bergen roots" Archived August 8, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, (201) magazine, August 31, 2012. Accessed June 17, 2016. "Belle's brother, Bernard Belle, who is a producer, writer and musician, lives in Teaneck."
- ^ Staff. "Morris Day and The Time with Guest Regina Belle Play NJ's bergenPAC, 9/15", BroadwayWorld.com, September 7, 2012. Accessed June 18, 2016. "Morris Day and The Time with special guest and Teaneck's own, Regina Belle, a favorite contemporary will be at The Bergen Performance Arts Center at 30 North Van Brunt Street in Englewood, New Jersey."
- ^ a b LaGorce, Tammy. "For Longtime Jazz Singer, Latest Success Is Sweet", The New York Times, April 6, 2008. Accessed September 21, 2011. "She sang in the Tony Award winning musical City of Angels from 1989 to 1992 before moving to Teaneck in 1998 with her husband, the jazz guitarist Roni Ben-Hur, and their daughters Sofia, now 12, and Anna, now 9."
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- ^ Teen Commandments, Time, January 5, 1959. "...Singer Pat Boone, 24, stands out as an exemplary type. While earning a reported $750,000 a year, he lives modestly in suburban Teaneck, NJ. with the wife he married at 19 and their four daughters."
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- ^ Ehrlich, Dimitri. "Cakes Da Killa: Party of One", Out, April 9, 2013. Accessed August 8, 2019. "Born and raised in Teaneck, N.J., a small, leafy suburb a few miles from Manhattan, Cakes started rapping in high school."
- ^ Fugazi, Encyclopædia Britannica. Accessed September 10, 2009. "The members were drummer Brendan Canty (b. March 9, 1966, Teaneck, N.J., U.S.)..."
- ^ Garcia, Alfa. "With a song in his heart for Teaneck: Native son returns to pay tribute", The Record, May 14, 2009. "For Gordon Chambers, returning to Teaneck to perform is more than just a homecoming; it's a chance to pay tribute to the town that helped him on the road to becoming an award-winning songwriter and performer. 'Teaneck is the place where I had all my musical training,' says Chambers, who was born in the Bronx and moved to Teaneck in 1977. As a student at Teaneck High School, Chambers took up trumpet and piano and joined a high school 16-piece cover band called New Progressions."
- ^ Lustig, Jay. "New Jersey musician kicks off festival paying tribute to African-American culture", The Star-Ledger, February 26, 2009. Accessed September 13, 2011. "'Once we started talking about gospel we were like, You know what, we really need to do a whole other show with that,' says Chew, a New York City native who moved to Teaneck 11 years ago."
- ^ Staff. "Happy Birthday To New Rochelle's Graham Clarke", New Rochelle Daily Voice, July 11, 2014. Accessed September 21, 2015. "Clarke, a long time New Rochelle resident, turns 44 on Friday. The musician, songwriter, arranger, and entertainer was born July 11, 1970 in Teaneck, N.J."
- ^ Levin, Jay. "Brenda Miller Cooper, 92; opera singer from Teaneck", The Record, April 8, 2008. Accessed April 2, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Brenda Miller Cooper of Teaneck, a Juilliard-trained opera singer who embarked on a career as a music teacher and mentor after leaving the stage, died Thursday. She was 92."
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- ^ Pinto, Fausto Giovanny. "The hip-hop homes of Bergen County", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, September 2016. Accessed July 30, 2019. "DMX – Teaneck: The Ruff Ryder rapper and sometimes actor faced charges of animal cruelty after police found 13 pit bulls at his Teaneck home in 1999."
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- ^ "Domingo: Iron man of opera", The Cincinnati Post, September 23, 1998. Accessed August 7, 2007. "Domingo vividly recalls his Met debut – four days earlier than planned. His parents were visiting him and his wife, Marta, in Teaneck, N.J., and they'd just sat down to dinner when "the phone rang and Rudolf Bing's voice inquired, 'How are you feeling, Placido?'"
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- ^ Seidel, Mitchell. "Jon Faddis" Archived September 20, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, JazzTimes. October 2006. Accessed May 9, 2011. "...it's not just the food that draws trumpeter Jon Faddis from his nearby Teaneck home. It's also the memories, a clue to which one can find near the front of the store [Baumgart's in Englewood, NJ], where you can see the requisite handful of autographed celebrity photos. Among them is one from Dizzy Gillespie." "Faddis moved to Teaneck in 1989..."
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- ^ Reich, Ronni. "Teaneck's Christine Goerke is shaking the opera rafters and loving it", The Star-Ledger, June 16, 2014. Accessed June 16, 2014. "Soprano Christine Goerke of Teaneck, in her practice room at home where a grand piano and opera DVDs share space with her daughters' framed crayon drawings."
- ^ Staff. "Obituaries", St. Petersburg Times, June 24, 1998. Accessed February 2, 2011. "Walter Gold 70 a songwriter and music producer who wrote songs as Wally Gold died June 7 in Teaneck N.J."
- ^ Ervolino, Bill. "Ervolino: Queen of teen angst, Lesley Gore, struck universal chord", The Record, February 16, 2015. Accessed June 18, 2016. "The Brooklyn-born Gore, who grew up in Tenafly and Teaneck and who died on Monday at 68, spent most of the '60s in a vale of tears that began in 1963 with 'It's My Party' on the Mercury label, followed, in quick succession, by 'Judy's Turn to Cry', 'Cry Me a River,' 'Cry and You Cry Alone,' 'Just Let Me Cry,' 'No More Tears Left to Cry' and, of course, 'Cry.'"
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- ^ Friday on His Own, Time February 15, 1931. "In Teaneck, N. J., his home, he has quietly built up a nice little business: The Grofe Realty Co."
- ^ Wilson, John S. "Jazz Pianist Sees the Stardom at End of Tunnel", The New York Times, June 1, 1975. Accessed June 28, 2019. "Then last June, the Thad Jones‐Mel Lewis Band, which plays every Monday night at the Village Vanguard in New York, suddenly lost its pianist, Roland Hanna of Teaneck, who left to form his own group."
- ^ Harnell, Joe; and Skutch, Ira. Counterpoint: The Journey of a Music Man, p. 131. Xlibris Corporation, 2001. ISBN 9781462835362. Accessed June 17, 2015. "We left soon after that, picked up Jeffrey, said goodbye and thank you to Martha and Mike and went home to Teaneck, New Jersey, where I had bought a little three-bedroom, split-level house, with a swimming pool for Jeffrey."
- ^ Sad News, DEMS Bulletin of the Duke Ellington Music Society, August–November 2001. "About the time that Unchained Melody hit the charts (1955), he was married to Jeanette at which time they purchased a home in Teaneck, NY."
- ^ Wilner, Paul. "Isley Brothers: A Family Affair", The New York Times, March 13, 1977. Accessed September 18, 2011. "When Sallye Isley moved her brood of children from Cincinnati to Englewood in the summer of 1959, she was participating in a show-business phenomenon.... While their older brothers toured America, the younger Isley boys enrolled successively in Englewood Junior High and Dwight Morrow High School.... Right now, the brothers reside near enough to each other to keep in close touch. Ronald lives in Teaneck, Kelly Jr. in Alpine, Rudolph in Haworth and Ernie in Englewood."
- ^ a b Brown, Shaylah. "For the Love of Them; Englewood, Teaneck rename streets for the Isley Brothers", The Record, June 25, 2021. Accessed August 4, 2022. "The family lived in Englewood, and Ronald and Rudolph Isley eventually moved to Teaneck. Their record label, T-Neck Records, named for the town, owns one of their greatest hits, 'It’s Your thing, Do What You Wanna Do.'"
- ^ Barkley, Elizabeth Isley. One Isley Brother's Daughter, p. 30. Xlibris Corporation, 2011. ISBN 1-4568-6980-9. Accessed November 20, 2011. "My father eventually bought a house in Teaneck, New Jersey, where we lived for ten years. Teaneck, New Jersey, in the sixties was a relatively quiet white community."
- ^ Ratliff, Ben. "Milt Jackson, 76, Jazz Vibraphonist, Dies", The New York Times, October 11, 1999. Accessed June 16, 2014. "Milt Jackson, the jazz vibraphonist who was a member of the Modern Jazz Quartet for 40 years and was one of the premier improvisers in jazz with a special brilliance at playing blues, died on Saturday at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital in Manhattan. He was 76 and lived in Teaneck, N.J."
- ^ Staff. "Moe Jaffe, Composer, Dead; Wrote 'Gypsy in My Soul'", The New York Times, December 4, 1972. Accessed September 21, 2011. "Moe Jaffe, songwriter and lyricist, died at a nursing home here yesterday. He was 71 years old and lived at 1123 Magnolia Road, Teaneck."
- ^ Consoli, Jim. "Teaneck Singer Targeted, Cops Say – Jodeci Member Robbed Of Jewelry", The Record, July 28, 1993. Accessed September 21, 2011. "Three men who threatened to murder a member of the rhythm-and-blues group Jodeci before escaping with $150,000 in jewelry from his Teaneck house had targeted the popular singer for robbery, police said Tuesday. "
- ^ An Interview with J.J. Johnson Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Online Trombone Journal, accessed January 12, 2007. "We lived in New Jersey for a number of years, in Teaneck. Fond memories. Didn't want to move back to New Jersey."
- ^ Kevin Jonas Biography, Us Weekly. Accessed January 28, 2015. "The oldest of the Jonas Brothers trio, Paul Kevin Jonas II, affectionately known as Kevin, was born on November 5, 1987 in Teaneck, NJ."
- ^ a b Wilson, John S. "Sound of Music in Teaneck Is Jazz", The New York Times, August 18, 1974. Accessed March 25, 2020. "The original purpose of the band was simply to provide young musicians in the area with an opportunity to rehearse big‐band arrangements and, possibly, to take advantage of the presence in Teaneck of such professional jazz musicians as McCoy Tyner and Roland Hanna, pianists; Rudy Collins and Eddie Locke, drummers; Sam Jones, a bassist, and Al Gafa, a guitarist. All took part in what are known as 'workshop situations.'"
- ^ White, La-Faitha. "Bruce Jones: Growing Up With Jazz", All About Jazz, January 12, 2020. Accessed March 25, 2020. "'We moved to Teaneck, New Jersey while I was still in school. Teaneck, for some reason was the center for a lot of artists back then, recalls Jones. Yusef Lateef lived on my block, Duke Pearson lived directly across the street. Roland Hanna, McCoy Tyner, and Milt Jackson all lived around the corner. Sam Jones, the bassist, and Ray Barretto lived around the corner as well, these are just the ones that I can think of on top of my head. It was an interesting confluence of things that led to all of those brilliant artists to finding Teaneck and making it their home for awhile. A really interesting dynamic,' recalls Jones."
- ^ Park, Eunnie. "Armor for Sleep's dream is nearing reality", The Record, November 6, 2007. Accessed December 19, 2013.
- ^ Valdes, Alisa. "On The Beat How Proyecto Uno Is Working To Be The Next Big Thing; Sidebar It's Frenetic, And Delicious", The Boston Globe, February 25, 1996. Accessed September 19, 2008. "Magic Juan, 24, a native of Teaneck, was born to Dominican parents."
- ^ Sullivan, Ronald. "Ulysses Kay, Prolific Composer And Educator, Is Dead at 78", The New York Times, May 23, 1995. Accessed September 21, 2011. "Ulysses Kay, a professor of music and a prolific composer of five operas, 20 large orchestral works and scores of choral, chamber and film compositions, died on Saturday in Englewood Hospital in Englewood, N.J. He was 78 and lived in Teaneck, N.J. The cause was Parkinson's disease, his family said."
- ^ Johnson, Paul H. "A Soulful Song Among Neighbors", The Record, December 18, 1997. "King, who has lived in Teaneck since the late 1960s, staged a rare public performance Tuesday night in The township's municipal building."
- ^ Rohan, Virginia. "The seeds of 'Grey Gardens' songs – Lyricist Michael Korie points to Teaneck upbringing", The Record, June 6, 2007. Accessed December 23, 2013. "Michael Korie, the Tony-nominated Grey Gardens lyricist, leads a visitor to a room in the Teaneck home where he grew up... This place, the Indicks' home since 1963, and these parents had a profound influence on Korie (his middle name, which he uses professionally), a successful lyricist who has also done several operas."
- ^ Beckerman, Jim. "Met Opera regular from Teaneck gets a new career in HBO series "[permanent dead link], The Record, May 30, 2010. Accessed May 24, 2017. "Second banana, to be exact — a role that Teaneck's Anthony Laciura has spent a lifetime perfecting."
- ^ Beckerman, Jim. "A classical relief effort; Opera stars in Katrina benefit.", The Record, October 14, 2005. "'My father used to say he heard Caruso at the French Opera House,' says Laciura, a Teaneck resident who has sung tenor for 24 years with the Metropolitan Opera in New York."
- ^ via Associated Press. "Composer Named Dean Of Yale Music School", The New York Times, April 15, 1989. Accessed October 24, 2011. "Mr. Laderman, 64 years old, a resident of Teaneck, N.J., and of Woods Hole, Mass., is chairman of the American Composers' Orchestra and president of the National Music Council."
- ^ Reney, Tom. "Yusef Lateef, R.I.P.", New England Public Radio, December 25, 2013. Accessed March 25, 2020. "Posted below is the Swiss-produced documentary Brother Yusef.... He recalls John Coltrane’s visit to his Teaneck, NJ home in 1968 when Trane was looking to move to the area."
- ^ Heller, Karen. "Campaigning For Queen To Lil' Kim, The Self-Dubbed Queen Bee, The Election Is Over, And It's A Landslide Victory. Biggie Smalls' Former Consort Is Notorious In Her Own Right Now.", The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 22, 2000. Accessed July 6, 2008. "For a while, Kim lived in Teaneck, NJ, with Biggie's mother, Voletta Wallace, and half his cremains in a mahogany box that she kissed every day."
- ^ McCabe, Bret. "Teen Scream: Baltimore's Mario climbs the pop charts" Archived August 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Baltimore City Paper. Accessed March 26, 2009. "Mario is always sure to mention Charm City in interviews. And though he moved to Teaneck, N.J., about a year ago, his family still lives here and he still calls Baltimore home."
- ^ Petrick, John; and Levin, Jay. "Rapper Big Bank Hank of Englewood-based Sugar Hill Gang dies at age 57", The Record, November 11, 2014. Accessed November 12, 2014. "Big Bank Hank and two other young rappers, Englewood’s Mike 'Wonder Mike' Wright and Teaneck’s Guy 'Master Gee' O’Brien, were discovered by Robinson’s mother, Sylvia, a founder of Sugar Hill Records in the 1970s."
- ^ Seah, Daniel. "Elliot Mazer, digital recording pioneer and Neil young producer, dies at 79", MusicTech. Accessed February 10, 2021. "Born on 5 September 1941 in New York City, Mazer relocated with his family to Teaneck, New Jersey shortly after his birth, where he found his entrance into the world of music quite literally next door. Bob Weinstock, the Mazer family’s neighbour, was the owner of the jazz label Prestige Records and hired a 21-year-old Elliot to organise and deliver tapes to radio stations."
- ^ Staff. "Songwriter is in the spotlight, at last, at 86", The Star-Ledger, February 19, 2009. Accessed September 13, 2011. "McCoy, 86 – an Arkansas native who moved to New York in 1942, and has been living in Teaneck since 1955 – will sing a few numbers at the end of it."
- ^ via Associated Press. "Death Claims Hit Singer At Age of 41", Merced Sun-Star, June 16, 1972. "Clyde McPhatter, rhythm and blues singer in the early days of rock 'n' roll, died Thursday in the Bronx of an apparent heart attack, He was 41 years old and lived in Teaneck, N.J."
- ^ via The Canadian Press, "Fortuitous timings helped singer", Leader-Post, June 12, 1984. Accessed October 22, 2011. "He moved to Teaneck, N.J., in 1976 so that he could commute to the Met where he has sung such roles as Sharpless in Madama Butterfly and Schaunard in Franco Zeffirelli's 1981 production of La Boheme."
- ^ Wulff, June. "A classic debut" Archived November 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, The Boston Globe, December 15, 2008. Accessed May 9, 2011. "Melissa Morgan has been preparing for her recording debut since her childhood days in Teaneck N.J...."
- ^ Marriott, Michel. "The Short Life of a Rap Star, Shadowed by Many Troubles", The New York Times, March 17, 1997. Accessed June 16, 2014. "Last summer, Mr. Wallace was arrested at his home in Teaneck, N.J., after the police found 50 grams of marijuana and four automatic weapons with laser sights, enlarged bullet clips and filed-off serial numbers."
- ^ Jordan, Chris. "Drummer Bernard 'Pretty' Purdie has kept the time to your life", Asbury Park Press, October 4, 2013. Accessed October 5, 2013. "Purdie eventually moved to Jersey — Teaneck and Edison before settling in Springfield."
- ^ "2005 Living Legacy Award Winner: Rufus Reid", Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, backed up by the Internet Archive as of August 20, 2008. Accessed November 29, 2017. "Rufus Reid was born in Atlanta, Georgia and raised in Sacramento, California and currently resides in Teaneck, New Jersey."
- ^ Beckerman, Jim. "Ben-Hur flavors his jazz with Middle Eastern spice", The Record, July 17, 2005, backed up by the Internet Archive as of May 23, 2006. Accessed November 29, 2017. "Luckily, pianist John Hicks, drummer Leroy Williams, percussionist Steve Kroon and celebrated Teaneck bassist Rufus Reid were happy to go where Ben-Hur led."
- ^ Kourasanis, Jakam. "Richie Ranno (Starz) Interview", Medium, December 2, 2015. Accessed March 25, 2020. "[Q] Where were you raised? [A] I was born in the Bronx, New York City. My family moved to the NYC suburbs when I was — Teaneck, NJ."
- ^ Alumnotes, Berklee College of Music, Vol. 15, Issue 1. Accessed January 3, 2008. "Saxophonist Scott Robinson of Teaneck, NJ, played on the Mingus Big Band's Tonight at Noon . . . Three or Four Shades of Love CD, which was nominated for a Grammy."
- ^ Weidman, Rich. The Doors FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Kings of Acid Rock, p. 32. Backbeat Books, 2011. ISBN 9781617131103. Accessed May 28, 2014. "Often referred to as the 'fifth Door,' Paul A. Rothchild was born on April 18, 1935, in Brooklyn, New York, grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey, and began his career as a producer on the Boston folk scene."
- ^ Staff. "Ernie Royal, Trumpeter, 61; Played in Many Jazz Bands", The New York Times, March 18, 1983. Accessed September 21, 2011. "Ernie Royal, a trumpet player who was featured in a number of major jazz bands and who also played in the pit bands for several Broadway musicals, died of cancer Wednesday at Mount Sinai Hospital. Mr. Royal, who was 61 years old, lived in Teaneck, N.J."
- ^ Keepnews, Peter. "Hilton Ruiz, 54, Pianist Fluent In Jazz and Latin Rhythms", The New York Times, June 7, 2006. Accessed November 4, 2007. "Hilton Ruiz, a versatile and prolific pianist equally at home in the worlds of modern jazz and Latin music, died yesterday in New Orleans. He was 54 and lived in Teaneck, N.J."
- ^ "Bullets, pot found in rapper's car", New York Daily News, March 12, 2008. Accessed March 12, 2008. "Santana, 26, whose real name is LaRon James, was arrested last week as he approached the entrance of his home in the gated Glenpointe community in Teaneck."
- ^ Murrells, Joseph. Million Selling Records from the 1900s to the 1980s: An Illustrated Directory, p. 156. Batsford, 1984. ISBN 0-7134-3843-6. Accessed July 23, 2011. "Linda (real name Linda Joy Sampson) was born on 11 June 1945 in Queens, New York and has been performing as a singer since she was four. She moved to Teaneck, New Jersey when 11 and enrolled at the high school there."
- ^ ASCAP Henry Mancini Award Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, ASCAP. Accessed October 21, 2007. "Manhattan-born and Teaneck, New Jersey–bred, Silvestri attended Boston's prestigious Berklee College of Music before joining a Las Vegas band as a guitarist."
- ^ Petrucelli, Alan W. "Village Person looking forward to county fair", The Barnstable Patriot, July 17, 2008. Accessed September 21, 2011. "We chatted with the 54-year-old Simpson at his home in Teaneck, N.J., where he lives with his wife, Leslie, and daughter, Alayna."
- ^ Leichman, Abigail. "Ashford and Simpson sing of wedded bliss", The Record, September 7, 2007. "'People tried to talk us out of songwriting, but we just kept doing it, and eventually we made it through,' said Simpson, whose brother, Village People lead singer Raymond Simpson, is a longtime Teaneck resident."
- ^ Kennedy, Randy. "The Shorter, Faster, Cruder, Tinier TV Show", The New York Times Magazine, May 28, 2006. Accessed June 28, 2007. "But Sirulnick comes by his knowledge of hip-hop as honestly as his knowledge of television. Raised in Teaneck, N.J., he became obsessed with rap in junior high school when some of its first hits were starting to emerge from Sugar Hill Records in nearby Englewood."
- ^ Throwing In the Crying Towel: Phoebe Snow beats the blues with a fine new album, Time May 1, 1989. "Lili Grossman was a former Martha Graham dancer who married an entertainer turned exterminator and raised Phoebe and her sister in the subdued suburban environs of Teaneck, N.J."
- ^ Holden, Stephen. "Phoebe Snow, Bluesy Singer-Songwriter, Dies at 60", The New York Times, April 26, 2011. Accessed May 9, 2011. "Phoebe Ann Laub was born in New York City and grew up in Teaneck, N.J."
- ^ Staff. "Shaker Heights: They're Rap's Top Women, But Are Salt 'N' Pepa Too Sexy For Their Own Good?" Archived October 11, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Entertainment Weekly, March 18, 1994. Accessed June 6, 2009. "The group's self-described little sister, Roper lives in Teaneck, N.J., with Christenese, 1, the child she had with ex-boyfriend Kenny Anderson of the New Jersey Nets."
- ^ Jordan, Chris. "R&B crooner Trey Songz refuses to be boxed in"{, The Courier-Journal, March 28, 2008. Accessed February 15, 2024, via Newspapers.com. "Songz – born Tremaine Neverson in Virginia – brings a smooth R&B mix of old-school jams, sexy dancefloor romps, and loverman call-outs to the table. Initially, Songz moved to Jersey City, N.J., and Teaneck, N.J., to work behind the scenes in the music industry."
- ^ "Joris Teepe Quintet", Teanck, NJ Patch. Accessed December 24, 2019. "Bassist Joris Teepe is a Dutch transplant and Teaneck resident who has established himself as an accomplished and prolific composer, record producer, educator, and bandleader."
- ^ "An unconventional Requiem", Courier-Post, March 9, 2008. "Torres-Santos, who lives in Teaneck, was born in Puerto Rico 50 years ago."
- ^ Brown, Dr. Anthony. "McCoy Tyner Interview Transcript" Archived December 13, 2020, at the Wayback Machine, National Museum of American History, December 7–8, 2011. Accessed March 25, 2020. "A isha: In Bergen County, Yeah that’s where everybody lives. We lived there for years before, in the 70s we lived in Teaneck and moved to Connecticut moved back to Jersey, so Bergen County has always been, I like it."
- ^ Yorio, Kara. "Teaneck's Lenny White to play four nights at Jazz Standard", The Record, December 19, 2013. Accessed December 19, 2013. "White, a two-time Grammy winner, is one of the founding fathers of jazz fusion. His first recording gig was with Miles Davis on the groundbreaking Bitches Brew album that was released in 1970."
- ^ "The State of Jazz: Meet 40 More Jersey Greats", The Star-Ledger, September 28, 2003, backed up by the Internet Archive as of September 27, 2008. Accessed September 15, 2017. "A scintillating drummer, Zigmund lives in Teaneck."
- ^ Bunkley, Nick. "Bob Beaumont, Who Popularized Electric Cars, Dies at 79", The New York Times, October 29, 2011. Accessed October 30, 2011.
- ^ Rosenblatt, Gary. "Joining ‘Gangs’ to Work With the Best: Executive producer Rick Schwartz savors a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to work with Martin Scorsese and others.", The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, January 2, 2003. Accessed June 5, 2012. "'Rick is modest about his talents, but he is especially appreciated for his ability to develop relationships and maintain his composure in challenging moments,' said Matthew Hiltzik, Miramax's senior vice president for corporate communications. The two men have become good friends. 'We come from the same place, literally and figuratively,' said Hiltzik, who also grew up in Teaneck and is an observant Jew."
- ^ via Associated Press. "Otten living his dream", Sun Journal, February 14, 1996. Accessed September 13, 2011. "Now, 25 years later, the boy with big plans from Teaneck, N.J., is on the verge of not only owning the company, but the largest skiing enterprise in North America."
- ^ Returns Home; Ryan Presents Collier's Vatican Library With Collier Encyclopedia", The Record, December 20, 1955. Accessed February 1, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "Teaneck – John G. Ryan of 365 Ogden Avenue, has returned from a 2-week business trip to Europe."
- ^ Guttman, Nathan. "Paul Singer, the GOP’s 'Anti-Adelson', Makes His Move", The Forward, February 2, 2016. Accessed August 19, 2017. "Singer grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey, one of three children in a Jewish family."
- ^ Pressler, Jessica. "What Does It Take for a Female Tycoon to Get Noticed Around Here?", New York, April 18, 2011. Accessed March 2, 2016. "Growing up in Teaneck, New Jersey, Lynn Tilton never thought she’d become a Wall Street financier."
- ^ Timberlake, Cotten. "`How To' Courses Leading 30-Year-Old to Riches", Los Angeles Times, January 24, 1985. Accessed December 20, 2008.
- ^ Biography of Vincent M. Battle from the United States Department of State, released December 21, 2004. Accessed December 23, 2013. "Ambassador Battle completed his undergraduate degree at Georgetown University and his graduate work at Columbia University, earning a Master of Arts in 1967 and a Doctorate of Philosophy in 1974. He was born in Teaneck, New Jersey."
- ^ Griffin, Robert D. "The Father of Teaneck. William Weaver Bennett" Archived September 24, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, The Record, October 20, 1995, archived by the Teaneck Public Library. Accessed November 8, 2013. "William Bennett arrived in Teaneck in 1867 from his home in Binghamton, New York, where he had been a builder and architect.... After arriving in Teaneck, he designed and constructed a series of row houses on Teaneck Road (When called Washington Avenue) above Cedar Lane.... Having also managed the Phelps' estate for 14 years, he was the obvious (and unanimous) choice to serve as Teaneck's first township committee chairman, roughly the equivalent of mayor and manager combined."
- ^ Moussaoui Judge Minces No Words: Violation Of Judge's Rules Leaves Sentencing Trial Up in Air, CBS News, 'March 13, 2006. Born in Teaneck, N.J., in 1944, Brinkema did graduate work in philosophy at two universities before obtaining her MLS at Rutgers in 1970 and her J.D. from Cornell in 1976.
- ^ Weisz, Morrie; and Kienzle, Don. Ambassador Thomas R. Byrne Interviewed by: Morrie Weisz on January 16, 1991 Archived March 19, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. Accessed June 3, 2018. "I was born in West Englewood, New Jersey on February 4, 1923."
- ^ Biography, Gale M. Candaras, backed up by the Internet Archive as of April 2, 2012. Accessed December 23, 2013. "Gale Candaras, Wilbraham (D), was born in Brooklyn, New York, on New Years Day, 1949, to Speros Candaras of Antyssa, Mytelene, Greece, and Ethel Andrews of Brooklyn, New York, both deceased. Gale's maternal grandparents were from Cork, Ireland. Gale was raised in Brooklyn and Teaneck, New Jersey, where she attended public schools and graduated from Teaneck High School."
- ^ Donna Christian-Christensen, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed October 25, 2014.
- ^ Johnson, Paul H. "Thomas Costa, former Teaneck mayor, assemblyman", The Record, April 5, 2003. Accessed December 31, 2014. "Thomas Costa, the former mayor of Teaneck and a former assemblyman, died Friday in Florida. He was 90. Born in the Bronx, Mr. Costa grew up in Teaneck. He was a member of the first graduating class of Teaneck High School in 1931 and attended the Longfellow School."
- ^ Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees – John Peter Cronan, United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Accessed February 3, 2020. "Birthplace: State year and place of birth. 1976; Teaneck, New Jersey"
- ^ Representative Eileen Dickinson, Vermont General Assembly. Accessed September 5, 2018. "Eileen 'Lynn' G. Dickinson of St. Albans Town, Franklin County, Republican, was born on October 8, 1949 in Teaneck, New Jersey and became a resident of present town in 1973."
- ^ "Women and finances", The Record, November 9, 1976. Accessed January 8, 2024, via Newspapers.com. "Naomi G. Eichen of 489 Reis Ave., Teaneck, an attorney in the Hackensack law office of Donald R. Sorkow, will be among the 24 women leaders participating in a finance seminar Nov. 20 at Middlesex County College in Edison."
- ^ Longtime State Senator Metthew Feldman Dies: "Always wanted to do what was right" Archived September 24, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, The Record, April 12, 1994.
- ^ Staff. "Steve Carell to play Teaneck's Steven Goldstein on the big screen", The Record, August 28, 2014. Accessed October 25, 2014. "Steve Carell will play Teaneck's Steven Goldstein, founder of the civil rights organization Garden State Equality, in the upcoming movie Freeheld, according to Deadline."
- ^ "Leah Binger Engaged to Nelson G. Gross". The New York Times, June 14, 1953. Accessed March 24, 2008.
- ^ Lipowsky, Josh. "Muslim mayor and Jewish deputy highlight Teaneck’s diversity" Archived November 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Jewish Standard, July 9, 2010. Accessed September 12, 2011.
- ^ Archibald C. Hart, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed July 28, 2007.
- ^ Lynch, James. "The Cost of Energy: What's The Answer", The New York Times, January 7, 1979. Accessed July 17, 2019. "Born in Teaneck and raised to Maywood, Mr. Hynes attend St. Peter's Prep in Jersey City — 'half the politicians in New Jersey went there, it seems' — riding three buses for the 15-mile trip from his home."
- ^ "Mme. Ali Kuli Khan Stricken At Concert – Former Resident Of Teaneck Dies In N. Y.; Services Thursday", The Record, June 26, 1950. Accessed August 9, 2020, via Newspapers.com. "Teaneck – Madame All Kuli Khan of 125 West Fifty-Eighth Street, New York, and a former resident of Teaneck, died suddenly Saturday afternoon while attending the Thirty-Eighth annual souvenir of the visit of Abdu'l-Baha, son of the founder of the Baha'i faith, to West Englewood in 1912."
- ^ Burrow, Megan. "Eleanor Kieliszek, Teaneck's first female mayor, dies at 91; Kieliszek was first elected to the council in 1970 and served as a council member for 30 years, including two terms as mayor.", The Record, May 27, 2017. Accessed June 3, 2018.
- ^ Eversley, Melanie. "For King's good friend, 'the struggle continues'; King's good friend Theodora Lacey was disappointed she couldn't attend the 1963 march.", USA Today, August 19, 2013. Accessed June 3, 2018. "As someone who was good friends with Martin Luther King, Theodora Lacey was disappointed she couldn't attend the 1963 March on Washington.... 'The struggle continues," says Lacey, 81, now of Teaneck, N.J."
- ^ Man of the People, Time, May 2, 1949. "Later, he and his wife moved to Teaneck, N.J., and then to a Manhattan apartment on 97th Street just off Riverside Drive."
- ^ Gabrielle Kirk McDonald Archived March 20, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans. Accessed September 13, 2011. "When she was in high school, the family moved to Teaneck, New Jersey. Tall and a natural athlete, she played field hockey and was president of the girls' leadership club. Her yearbook states that she is one of the 'nicest' and 'most liked girls' in the class."
- ^ Demetriades, Andoni. "2010 State of the County" Archived April 2, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, The Torch student newspaper of Bergen Community College, p. 7. April 2010. Accessed September 19, 2011. "McNerney, who happens to be a graduate of BCC, then began his address. He spoke about his long history in the county, how he grew up in Teaneck and attended grammar school in Bogota."
- ^ Van Gelder, Lawrence. "Michael Moynihan, 68, Free-Trade Champion", The New York Times, November 14, 1996. Accessed February 10, 2021. "Michael W. Moynihan, an advocate of free trade who served in the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations, died on Tuesday at his home in Kitty Hawk, N.C. He was 68.... Mr. Moynihan was born in Teaneck, N.J., and grew up in Manhattan and the Long Island City section of Queens."
- ^ Peter Pace: Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, United States Department of Defense. Accessed December 23, 2013. "General Pace was born in Brooklyn, NY and grew up in Teaneck, NJ."
- ^ Staff. "Arnold Petersen, Socialist Laborite", The New York Times, February 7, 1976. Accessed October 23, 2011. "Arnold Petersen, who retired in 1969 after 55 years as national secretary of the Socialist Labor Party, died Thursday in St. Joseph's Hospital, Paterson, N.J. He was 90 years old and had lived in Teaneck, N.J., for many years."
- ^ Staff. "Many Paintings Destroyed.; A Disastrous Fire In The Home Of William Walter Phelps.", The New York Times, April 3, 1888. Accessed September 13, 2011. "The fire at the residence of Congressman William Walter Phelps, at Teaneck, N.J., which broke out Sunday evening at 6:30 o'clock, did its work with great completeness. Of the building itself there is nothing left but bare walls, and of the valuable paintings in the art gallery about half a dozen pictures are the only survivors."
- ^ "Attorney General Names Christopher S. Porrino Director of the Division of Law", New Jersey Attorney General, January 31, 2012. Accessed June 18, 2016. "Born in Teaneck and raised in Fort Lee and Englewood Cliffs, Porrino currently resides in Union County with his wife, Christina Shenouda, and their two children."
- ^ Gittrich, Greg. "Cabinet Pick Was Bx. Boy", New York Daily News, January 19, 2001. Accessed September 14, 2011. "A former principal at Mount Saint Michael, Magee said Principi rarely had time to make the half-hour ride to his parents' home on Winthrop Road in Teaneck, N.J."
- ^ Friedman, Arthur. "Randall mixes law and government but finds time tor tennis and jogging",The Ridgewood News, April 23, 1989. Accessed July 24, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "Randall, born in Teaneck in 1954, is seeking her third full-term in the Assembly, having first been elected in a special election in March 1985 to fill the seat of John Markert."
- ^ Palmer, Joanne. "Who was that with Cory Booker? Adam Szubin, Iran deal defender, on loving Israel and growing up in Teaneck", Jewish Standard, October 15, 2015. Accessed January 28, 2017. "Mr. Szubin (the initial S in his name is irrationally silent, so when it's said aloud it begins with the Z) is Teaneck born and bred; he went to Yavneh Academy until high school, when he commuted across the river to Ramaz, the modern Orthodox day school on Manhattan’s Upper East Side."
- ^ via Associated Press. "Carmen E. Turner, 61, Official at Smithsonian", The New York Times, April 12, 1992. Accessed June 28, 2020. "Mrs. Turner was born in Teaneck, N.J., grew up in Washington and in 1968 graduated from Howard University."
- ^ From Teaneck to the Fed: The making of a financial titan, The Record, May 23, 2004. "Paul Volcker grew up in the shadow of New York, in the suburban town of Teaneck. From the kitchen window of the family home on Longfellow Avenue, he could the see the spire of the Empire State Building."
- ^ Meyerson, Harold. "Opinion: Paul Volcker, the boring banker", The Record, May 17, 2012. Accessed June 4, 2012. "Volcker, 84, a Princeton grad who was raised in Teaneck, is an old-school banker unimpressed by the financial "innovations" that led to Wall Street's ascent over the rest of the economy."
- ^ Heininger, Claire. "Corzine touts lieutenant governor selection Loretta Weinberg at rally", The Star-Ledger, July 25, 2009. Accessed August 16, 2011. "Weinberg was elected to the Senate in 2005 after 14 years in the Assembly. A Teaneck resident and widowed grandmother, she lost her life savings – about $1.3 million – last year in the multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme masterminded by Bernie Madoff."
- ^ "Happy Birthday To Englewood Democrat Craig Zucker", Englewood Daily Voice, March 23, 2017. Accessed March 23, 2017. " A Democrat from Maryland's 14th district, he was born on March 23, 1975, in Englewood. Zucker was raised in Teaneck and began his career as a scheduling assistant to U.S. Sen. Bill Bradley (D-NJ) in 1996."
- ^ "Women’s Pro Hockey in Morris County Tonight with Matchup Versus Russia" Archived July 31, 2020, at the Wayback Machine, Morris County, New Jersey, September 26, 2016. Accessed May 5, 2020. "Some facts about the Riveters team that will take the ice in Morris County tonight:... Their first goal was scored by Brooke Ammerman, a native of Teaneck"
- ^ Vasquez, Andy. "Jets: Rookie Anderson getting a shot", The Record, October 2, 2016. Accessed October 2, 2016. "Five months ago, Robby Anderson was an undrafted free agent just hoping for a spot on an NFL roster.... But there will be no wide-eyed walk into MetLife Stadium this morning for the 23-year-old Teaneck native."
- ^ a b "Pioneers: Arico Turned Things Around at FDU-Madison", Herald News, February 18, 2000. Accessed March 15, 2024, via Newspapers,com. "For the time being, Arico is settling into his new home in Teaneck with his wife, Kim, the head womens basketball coach at Adelphi University on Long Island."
- ^ Lance Ball Archived September 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Denver Broncos. Accessed September 12, 2011. "Ball rushed for 3,403 yards and 39 touchdowns during his career at Teaneck High School in Teaneck, N.J."
- ^ Beaton, Rod. "USA Olympians" Archived November 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, USA Today, January 6, 1988. Accessed August 16, 2011. "Beth Beglin of Teaneck N.J. and Sheryl Johnson of Palo Alto Calif head the selections for the USA's women's field hockey team that will compete in the Summer Olympics at Seoul South Korea in September. Beglin and Johnson will be making their third Olympic appearances."
- ^ Craig, Marc. "Teaneck resident Dellin Betances is thrilled to be called up by Yankees", The Star-Ledger, September 10, 2011. Accessed September 11, 2011. "Nobody seemed to notice. But Yankee fans who might have been driving through a certain part of Teaneck on Thursday morning could have caught a glimpse of one of their team's top prospects. Before catching a flight to the West Coast, and before he joined the Yankees today, their latest September call-up, right-hander Dellin Betances, held a quick throwing session in front of his home."
- ^ Staff. "Bouton Makes Semipros Pitch", The Palm Beach Post, August 11, 1984. Accessed February 2, 2011. "Bouton, who lives in Teaneck, perhaps 10 miles from New York City, has a 50–24 career record in the Met League and a 2.80 ERA."
- ^ via Associated Press. "Hitmen playing in XFL with hopes of return to NFL", CNN Sports Illustrated, February 1, 2001. Accessed September 14, 2011. "They are looking to get back to the NFL. 'It depends on how well everything goes. How well I play,' said wide receiver Chris Brantley, a Teaneck High School star who played for Rutgers before three NFL seasons with the Rams in Los Angeles and the Buffalo Bills."
- ^ Giuffra, Brian A. "Where are they now: Teaneck's Chris Brantley", The Record, November 8, 2011. Accessed November 8, 2011.
- ^ Wallace, W. N. "Left Tackle; The story of a lineman—Roosevelt Brown—and what it takes to be one.", The New York Times, November 8, 1964. Accessed June 28, 2019. "He and his wife, a pretty, quiet girl named Thelma, live in Teaneck, N. J., and Brown works in the off‐season as a promotion and good‐will representative for Ballantine's beer."
- ^ Harvin, Al. "Basketball; Knicks Fill In the Missing X By Getting Wolves' Campbell", The New York Times, September 15, 1992. Accessed October 23, 2011. "Campbell, who is from Teaneck N.J., and whose family owns a bakery and a car wash in New York City, was ecstatic."
- ^ Vaccaro, Mike. "Cassell: I Love NY", New York Post, April 24, 2003. Accessed October 23, 2011. "'When I played in New Jersey, it wasn't so much that I was thrilled with being in New Jersey as that I was 10 minutes from New York,' said [Sam Cassell], who lived in Teaneck when he played for the Nets. 'I spent a lot of days and a lot of nights in the city. A lot of fun days. And a few long nights.'"
- ^ Sal Cenicola, New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame. Accessed November 16, 2016. "Sal 'Rocky' Cenicola was born Salvatore Cenicola, III at Holy Name Hospital in Teaneck, NJ.... He was a wrestling standout and champion for Pascack Valley Regional High School where he wound up wrestling for the state championships at Princeton University."
- ^ Hoffman, Jan. "Public Lives; Cerone's Back in the Minors, and Loving It", The New York Times, July 8, 1999. Accessed November 12, 2013. "For even when injuries and attitude sliced at his batting average, the Yankee catcher Rick Cerone resisted playing for the minors.... But chastened now, living in Teaneck, divorced with three daughters, hair gone steely, two aching thumbs, he is the owner of a fledgling independent minor league team: the Newark Bears."
- ^ Carlos Clark, Albany Great Danes men's soccer. Accessed January 21, 2022. "Hometown: Teaneck, N.J.; High School: Teaneck"
- ^ Raanan, Jordan. "NFL Combine 2015: How Teaneck's T.J. Clemmings prepared for 'The Football Olympics'", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, February 18, 2015. Accessed March 15, 2024.
- ^ via Associated Press. "Degerick Gets Over $50,000", The New York Times, June 24, 1961. Accessed September 12, 2011. "Mike Degerick, a pitcher for Teaneck High, signed a contract with the Chicago White Sox last night for a bonus in excess of $50,000."
- ^ Corr, Amy. "Oiselle's Alison Désir on the Wage Gap in Sports and History of the NYC Marathon", Muse by Clio, November 23, 2021. Accessed October 23, 2022. "I grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey, and now I live in Seattle with my partner Amir M. Figueroa and my 2-year-old son, Kouri Henri."
- ^ "The Nets Refuse to Panic as Carter Keeps Struggling", The New York Times, December 21, 2006. ""The organization has been committed to making this a metropolitan team in terms of it's a regional team," said Coach Lawrence Frank, who was raised in Teaneck, N.J. "We love the support in Jersey.""
- ^ Dwyre, Bill. "Surprise in Cycling for US", The Milwaukee Journal, July 27, 1976. Accessed August 16, 2011. "'This is the greatest thing to ever happen to US cycling,' said Mike Fraysse, team trainer from Teaneck, N.J."
- ^ Mattura, Greg. "Zach Freemantle of Bergen Catholic basketball among North Jersey's best bigs", The Record, July 2, 2018. Accessed December 2, 2020. "Zach Freemantle has been working diligently in the offseason to expand his domain on the basketball court.... The Teaneck resident averaged 18.9 points, 10.3 rebounds, 1.4 blocks, 1.3 assists and 1.3 steals."
- ^ Kepner, Tyler via The New York Times. Baseball is not only field for Yankees' Glanville, San Francisco Chronicle, February 27, 2005. Accessed December 23, 2013. "Glanville had grown up in Teaneck, N.J., idolizing the Phillies' rangy center fielder, Garry Maddox."
- ^ Steve Goepel, The Pro Football Archives. Accessed December 10, 2018. "Born: 1/22/1949 Teaneck, NJ; High School: River Dell (Oradell, NJ)"
- ^ Tamba Hali player profile, National Football League Players Association. Accessed July 24, 2007. "Hometown: Teaneck, NJ.... Attended Teaneck High School in Teaneck, New Jersey."
- ^ Kevin Herget, Baseball-Reference.com. Accessed August 21, 2022. "Born: April 3, 1991 (Age: 31-140d) in Teaneck, NJ... High School: Park Ridge HS (Park Ridge, NJ)"
- ^ via United Press International. "Elston Howard's Ring Recovered", The New York Times, June 24, 1983. Accessed June 16, 2014. "A 1977 World Series ring that was stolen two years ago from the Teaneck, N.J., home of Elston Howard, the late Yankee catcher and coach, was discovered on the finger of a man arrested early yesterday on car-theft charges, the police said."
- ^ Judah passing blame, The Record by Keith Idec, January 9, 2006. "Even if King somehow was influential enough to orchestrate Judah's destruction, the Teaneck resident got what he deserved for seeking King's services in 2003."
- ^ Staff. "Columnists: Bob Klapisch", The Record, backed up by the Internet Archive as of December 15, 2007. Accessed October 25, 2014. "Klapisch lives in Teaneck and continues to pitch in the North Jersey Majors-Met League."
- ^ Staff. "Teaneck's Maya Lawrence to represent USA fencing at Olympics", The Record, April 17, 2012. Accessed August 10, 2016. "Teaneck's Maya Lawrence has qualified and will represent the United States in fencing at the 2012 Olympics in London. She will be competing in the individual epee and team epee events."
- ^ Chass, Murray. "Lockhart's Swan Song Is Full of Discord", The New York Times, December 16, 1975. Accessed October 24, 2011. "The 32-year-old resident of Teaneck, N.J., knows he won't be a Giant next season and he was hoping to play his last game in New York the way he had played virtually all the others in his career – as the starting free safety."
- ^ Leonard, Pat. "New Jersey’s Ryan Malleck catching on with Giants at tight end", New York Daily News, July 31, 2016. Accessed January 29, 2018. "Two of the most impressive catches of Giants mini-camp in June required a double-take to identify jersey No. 88 as tight end Ryan Malleck, a rookie free-agent signing out of Virginia Tech, and a local kid born in Teaneck, who grew up down the shore in Point Pleasant rooting for the Giants and Eli Manning."
- ^ Amateur Athlete, Volume 30, Amateur Athletic Union. Accessed February 9, 2018.
- ^ Mike Massenzio, Ultimate Fighting Championship. Accessed May 17, 2016.
- ^ Dorman, Larry. "Golf; McGovern Gets Comfort Of Home and a Lead", The New York Times, March 10, 1995. Accessed September 13, 2011. "So it was fitting today that Jim McGovern, born in Teaneck and raised in Oradell, where he lives now, strolled around the grounds here with one of the biggest galleries and shot the lowest number in the first round of the Honda Classic."
- ^ Eisenband, Jeffrey. "'Jersey Girl' Christina McHale Takes That Ride Across The River To The U.S. Open", Yahoo! Sports ThePostGame, August 28, 2013. Accessed June 16, 2014. "McHale was born in Teaneck, N.J., in 1992. From ages 3 to 8, McHale and her family moved to Hong Kong, but they returned to the United States in 2000. The McHales resettled in New Jersey, this time in Englewood Cliffs."
- ^ Levin, Jay. "His Life's Calling: Balls, Strikes – Hank Morgenweck ; Teaneck Ump Dies at 78; Had Fan Club", The Record, August 9, 2007. Accessed December 23, 2013. "On June 1, 1975, at Anaheim Stadium, the Teaneck man had his 2 hours and 1 minute of fame. That afternoon, Morgenweck called balls and strikes as the great Nolan Ryan tossed the fourth of his seven career no-hitters: California Angels 1, Baltimore Orioles 0, before a crowd of 18,492."
- ^ Skelton, David E. "John Orsino: A Profile", The Pecan Park Eagle, September 13, 2017. Accessed September 15, 2018. "John Joseph Orsino was born on April 22, 1938, the only child of John and Helen (Higgins) Orsino, in Teaneck, a crowded township 20 miles north of Newark in Bergen County, New Jersey.... Orsino attended Fort Lee (New Jersey) High School.... He retired after the season and returned to his Fort Lee, New Jersey, home."
- ^ Staff. "Whether With his Mom, Girlfriend or the U.S. U-20 MNT, Randi Patterson Loves to Play Soccer" Archived April 26, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, United States Soccer Federation, January 7, 2005. Accessed July 18, 2011. "When Patterson was just two years old his father, Earl, died in a car accident, leaving his mother, Brenda, to take care of their only child in Teaneck, N.J. For Brenda that meant taking on both parent roles and his mom didn't shy away from helping out her son in anything he was interested, including soccer.... Patterson decided to go to Bergen Catholic to follow in the footsteps of Alecko Eskandarian and he did just that, helping his team to a 1999 state championship and collecting numerous accolades, including two first-team all-state selections and twice being named the Bergen County Coaches Association League Player of the Year Award."
- ^ Staff. "2009 Third Round: Randi Patterson’s brace earns him Player of the Round", Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, July 7, 2009. Accessed July 18, 2011. "Patterson: The difference is that playing near New York City was that you always had something to do. I lived in Teaneck [New Jersey] all my life which is 10 minutes from New York City so there was always something for me to do. In Charleston, it's a nice place but it's not like New York City."
- ^ "Sutherland Pacing Bates College Five", The Record, January 19, 1959. Accessed June 24, 2023. via Newspapers.com. "Coach Bob Peck is a former Teaneck High School athlete, while one of his top players is Jim Sutherland, a sophomore from Ridgewood.... A native of Teaneck, coach Peck played basketball, football, and was a track standout at Montclair State Teachers College."
- ^ Wojnarowski, Adrian. "Powell Leads For General", The Record, March 16, 2002. Accessed April 1, 2008. "Three years ago, Kasib Powell came out of Teaneck High School too small and slight for a major conference scholarship."
- ^ Jean Prioleau Archived August 10, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball. Accessed September 25, 2017. "A graduate of Teaneck High School in Teaneck, N.J., Prioleau was a Third Team all- State as well as a First Team All-League and All-Bergen County pick in high school."
- ^ Bondy, Stefan. "Tchani’s Journey" Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, The Record, January 14, 2010. Accessed September 6, 2011. "Paterson's Nelson Becerra and Teaneck's David Reed, both St. John's products who were listed as eligible draftees, did not get picked. Becerra, a St. Benedict's graduate, was invited to the combine as the 2008 Big East midfielder of the year. Reed, a defender, is a Paramus Catholic graduate."
- ^ Seth Roland, Fairleigh Dickinson Knights men's soccer. Accessed September 2, 2022. "Native of Teaneck, N.J."
- ^ Aristoteles. "Mr. Rossi Incanta Il"[permanent dead link], Gollevante.it, July 24, 2005. Accessed June 23, 2007. "Giuseppe Rossi, classe 1987, è nato a Teaneck – allegra cittadina del New Jersey – ma conserva, non solo nel nome, sangue italianissimo al servizio di sua Maestà la Regina."
- ^ Visser, Lesley. "Dibbs Has Easy Time", Boston Globe, July 17, 1980. Accessed August 7, 2007. "Great drips of sweat poured down the side of Nick Saviano's neck as he refused the 10-year-old a signature.... It was too hot for the 24-year-old kid from Teaneck, N.J., to stay out and rally with Eddie Dibbs in the second round of the US Pro Championships at Longwood."
- ^ Pennington, Bill. "Pro Football; For Sehorn, 3,000 Stairs and Not a Fan in Sight", The New York Times, November 15, 1998. Accessed June 16, 2014. "Inside his townhouse in Teaneck, N.J., Sehorn has a picture of the tackle that tore apart his knee."
- ^ via Associated Press. "Eastern Boys Retain Bowl", The Gettysburg Times, July 5, 1966. Accessed January 23, 2016.
- ^ Sullivan, Tara. "Yanks' Air Apparents; Sterling, Kay A Hit Beyond Their Mikes", The Record, September 17, 1998. Accessed April 14, 2007. "It is a labor of love for Sterling, a Teaneck resident who marvels at the gift of combining an 'avocation with my vocation. Baseball is like a melody,' he says. 'It just keeps playing. But I've never been around a season like this."
- ^ Wojnarowski, Adrian. League of His Own, Yahoo! Sports, October 30, 2006. Accessed October 25, 2014. "Thirty years ago, David Stern, an idealistic young attorney for a prestigious New York firm, lent his pro bono expertise to a hometown cause in Teaneck, N.J."
- ^ Onyx, Empower. "Kamali Thompson", Sports Illustrated, October 19, 2021. Accessed February 8, 2022. "EO: Please explain how a girl from Teaneck, N.J., becomes a professional fencer."
- ^ Quentin Walker, Pro-Football-Reference.com. Accessed May 27, 2018.
- ^ Staff. "Warr Picked on 2nd Team", The Day, December 15, 1971. Accessed August 18, 2015. "Wark, a Scotsman whose home is in Teaneck, N.J., was the only Mitchell player recognized."
- ^ In The Lane With Licht: David West, NBA.com, accessed January 1, 2006. "Favorite major league baseball team:" The New York Yankees. I grew up right across from New York City (in Teaneck, NJ) and loved Don Mattingly."
- ^ Staples, Andy. "Brandon Wimbush is ready to make Notre Dame fans forget the term '4–8'", Sports Illustrated, March 27, 2017. Accessed August 30, 2017. "With Deshone Kizer headed to the NFL and Malik Zaire headed to another school as a graduate transfer, the fate of the offense—and probably the fate of the jobs of everyone in the executive suite—will be in the hands of the 6' 1", 226-pounder from Teaneck, N.J.... As a high-schooler at St. Peter's Prep in Jersey City, N.J., Wimbush had marveled at classmates' parents who had worked their way up to executive positions or had built their own businesses from scratch."
- ^ "At Dave Winfield's Teaneck house, everything must go, memories included.", The Record, November 14, 1993. Accessed September 11, 2011.
- ^ Smith, Claire. "Winfield Dons Uniform Of Angels", The New York Times, May 18, 1990. Accessed September 11, 2011. "'We are inextricably bound by history, and not in a positive way,' Winfield said in an interview before leaving his home in Teaneck, N.J., to join the Angels here. 'I don't like that. It detracts from the contributions I made.'"
- ^ Drape, Joe. "As a Derby Favorite Soars, His Owner Stumbles", The New York Times, February 26, 2010. Accessed May 9, 2011. "'They lied to me and put me close to financial ruin,' said Zayat, who lives in Teaneck, N.J. 'I'm trying to reorganize until the market corrects itself, and they are trying to put me out of business. But I'm not going to go away.'"
- ^ Leith, Rod. "Gang's Ex-Leader Testifying Before U.S. Grand Jury", The Record, July 20, 1986. Accessed August 13, 2007. "Featherstone, 37, formerly of Teaneck, reputedly led the Westies, a gang specializing in Mafia contract-killings."
- ^ Staff. "Bridge:; Jersey-Westchester Team Loses Grand National Final", The New York Times, August 2, 1976. Accessed September 13, 2011. "In one case that came very early, for Martin Fleisher of Teaneck, NJ, is 17 years old and has just completed high school."
- ^ Durbach, Elaine. "Get overseer champions prenups; Signed agreement averts heartbreak of ‘chained wives’" Archived September 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey Jewish News, August 21, 2008. Accessed September 21, 2011. "Jachter, who lives in Teaneck, wears many hats. He serves part-time at the Sephardi Congregation of Teaneck, where he used to be the full-time religious leader, and he teaches at the Torah Academy of Bergen County. He is also the author of Gray Matter, a study of Halacha."
- ^ Chepesiuk, Ron; and Gonzalez, Anthony. Superfly Prologue: The Raid in Teaneck, Crime magazine, October 14, 2007. "The informants' information allowed the authorities to obtain a search warrant, which authorized the raid that was about to begin on Lucas's house at 933 Sheffield Road in Teaneck, a small comfortable suburb in New Jersey."
- ^ Wittman, Bob. "Bravery In Action When Ability And Courage Were Needed To Rescue A Woman Trapped In A Burning Car, Marty Ravellette Had Both.", The Morning Call, November 15, 1998. Accessed October 2, 2016. "Ravellette left home when he was 19 and has been on his own since.... He lived in San Diego and Teaneck, N.J., and fell in love with a girl in Bay City, Mich."
- ^ Marty Ravellette; produced & directed by Bill Hayes, written by Kirk Streb (2003). No Arms Needed: A Hero Among Us (video documentary). Figure 8 Films.
- ^ Schwarz, Marc. "He wrote the book on Hold 'em; Teaneck native a poker authority.", The Record, July 12, 2005. Accessed October 25, 2014. "Odds are that person can give some of the credit to David Sklansky, Teaneck High School Class of '66."
- ^ Leichman, Abigail Klein. "Gathering of the gabbais" Archived March 20, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Jewish Standard, February 9, 2006. Accessed August 25, 2007. "Teaneck resident Rabbi Jeremy Wieder led the latter session."
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