List of people from Trenton, New Jersey

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  1. ↑ Charles Conrad Abbott Papers, 1770–1919 (bulk 1874–1916): Finding Aid, Princeton University Library. Accessed January 25, 2011.
  2. ↑ Ndidi Amutah, Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences - Rutgers Oral History Archives. Accessed May 18, 2022. "Ndidi Amutah was born in Trenton, New Jersey in 1981 to Nigerian parents. Dr. Amutah grew up in Trenton and graduated from Trenton Central High School in 1999."
  3. ↑ "Flournoy A. Coles Jr.", The Washington Post , August 5, 1982. Accessed February 10, 2021. "Dr. Coles was a native of Trenton, N.J., and a graduate of Xavier University in New Orleans."
  4. ↑ "Mary Joyce Doyle Credited with Revolutionizing Book Lending in Bergen County Dies at 87", The Record , June 29, 2016. Accessed October 30, 2019. "Mary Joyce Doyle, the middle of three daughters, was born and raised in Trenton and educated in Catholic schools."
  5. ↑ Robert B. Duffield, American Institute of Physics. Accessed May 24, 2020. "October 15, 1917 – Birth, Trenton (N.J.)."
  6. ↑ Andrews, Edmund L. "A Salesman for Bush's Tax Plan Who Has Belittled Similar Ideas", The New York Times , February 28, 2003. Accessed March 16, 2012. "Nicholas Gregory Mankiw: Born – Feb. 3, 1958, Trenton"
  7. ↑ George Reynolds, Rutgers University Oral History Archives, October 29, 1999. Accessed June 28, 2019. "I was born in 1917, in Trenton. Soon after that, I guess I was two years old, we moved to Highland Park, New Jersey, and that's where I lived my early life."
  8. ↑ Dr. Joshua Zeitz: Alumni Hall of Fame Class of 1990, Bordentown Regional High School. Accessed February 14, 2020. "Josh Zeitz was born in Trenton and grew up on Prince Street in Bordentown City."
  9. ↑ Donnelley, Paul. Fade to Black: A Book of Movie Obituaries, p. 7. Music Sales Group, 2003. ISBN   9780711995123. Accessed January 5, 2015. "Mrs Rudolph Valentino the First. Born in Trenton, New Jersey, the petite, hazel-eyed brunette began acting aged 18."
  10. ↑ Staff. "Betty Bronson, 17, Gets Peter Pan Role; Sir James Barrie Selects Almost Unknown Film Actress After 100 Tests of Players.", The New York Times , August 16, 1924. Accessed July 11, 2018. "Film Director Herbert Brenon announced tonight the name of the film actress selected to play Peter Pan in the screen version of Barrie's phantasy. She is Betty Bronson, aged 17, born in Trenton, N.J."
  11. ↑ Edelstein, Jeff. "Severance is the single best piece of entertainment going right now", The Trentonian , January 24, 2025. "For starters, know this — one of the stars, Zach Cherry, is A) hilarious, B) born in Trenton, and C) graduated from Princeton Day School."
  12. ↑ Bennetts, Leslie. "New Face: Roxanne Hart Coming of Age In Loose Ends", The New York Times , July 6, 1979. Accessed July 2, 2018. "She was born in Trenton, the oldest of five children, but moved from Delaware to Colorado to Georgia to Long Island as her father, a biology teacher, took different jobs."
  13. ↑ D'Aiello, Alexa. "Alejandro Hernandez: From Hamilton to Hollywood", Community News, March 31, 2021, updated January 11, 2022. Accessed September 11, 2023. "Hernandez remembers his family moving from Trenton to Hamilton in 1993, He said it felt like a new world."
  14. ↑ Iannucci, Lisa. "Spotlight: Richard Kind; Mad about him", SuburbanLife Philadelphia, December 2009. Accessed October 2, 2019. "Born in Trenton, N.J., Kind was in fourth grade when his parents moved him and his younger sister, Joanne, to Yardley, Pa., where he stayed until he graduated from Pennsbury High School in 1974."
  15. ↑ Staff. "Trenton's own Ernie Kovacs to be celebrated Sunday, his 92nd birthday", The Trentonian , January 23, 2011. Accessed February 1, 2011.
  16. ↑ Stone, Sally. "Judith Light: Is best always better?", The Spokesman-Review , October 12, 1993. Accessed February 1, 2011. "Judith Light grew up in Trenton, New Jersey. After her junior year at St. Mary's Hall, a private girls' school, she enrolled in a summer drama program at Carnegie Tech..."
  17. ↑ Abdur-Rahman, Sulaiman. "Former 'Melrose Place' actress Amy Locane-Bovenizer of Hopewell indicted in fatal crash", The Trentonian , December 16, 2010. Accessed February 1, 2011. "Trenton-born TV and film actress Amy Locane-Bovenizer, whose resume includes several big screen gigs with Hollywood A-listers, was indicted Thursday on charges she was boozed up and driving recklessly when she killed a woman in a horrific two-vehicle accident June 27."
  18. ↑ Amy Robinson:Overview Archived June 12, 2012, at the Wayback Machine , MSN. Accessed February 8, 2011.
  19. ↑ Burch, Audra D. S. "Code Blue: Best Of Times, Worst Of Times For Black Comics", Chicago Tribune , April 13, 1997. Accessed September 20, 2025, via Newspapers.com. "'I talk about what people are thinking about,' says Sommore, from Trenton, N.J. 'And I use curse words to enrich what I am saying.'"
  20. ↑ About Us Archived January 26, 2016, at the Wayback Machine , Treadway Realty. Accessed June 25, 2017. "Former One Life to Live television star and 4 time Emmy nominated talk show host Ty Treadway was born and raised in Trenton, New Jersey."
  21. ↑ https://extratv.com/2025/08/12/danielle-spencer-dee-whats-happening-obituary/
  22. ↑ Roberts, Sam. "Sammy Williams, Tony Winner in ‘A Chorus Line,’ Dies at 69", The New York Times , March 22, 2018. Accessed July 19, 2019. "Samuel Joseph Williams was born on Nov. 13, 1948, in Trenton to Joseph Williams, a factory worker, and the former Nona Dibella, who worked in a hospital."
  23. ↑ Fox, Margalit. "Helen Boehm, the Princess of Porcelain, Dies at 89", The New York Times , November 19, 2010. Accessed January 5, 2015. "In 1944, she married Edward Marshall Boehm. An experienced livestock breeder, he made realistic clay sculptures of animals as a pastime. Mrs. Boehm encouraged him to pursue his art professionally, and eventually, with a loan from one of her eyeglass clients, they started a porcelain studio in a Trenton basement."
  24. ↑ Blau, Eleanor. "Ruth Donnelly, Comedienne And Character Actor In Films", The New York Times , November 19, 1982. Accessed January 9, 2015. "Born in Trenton, Miss Donnelly, whose father was a newspaper editor, music critic and columnist, began her career at the age of 17 as a chorus girl and shortly afterward began appearing in stage plays, including several productions of George M. Cohan."
  25. ↑ Peter Hujar Archived 2016-03-09 at the Wayback Machine , Blouin Artinfo. Accessed January 22, 2017. "Born in Trenton, New Jersey, in the autumn of 1934, Peter Hujar was left in the care of his immigrant grandparents as an infant."
  26. ↑ Atkins, Holly. "Welcome to Tangerine, and be careful", St. Petersburg Times , February 18, 2002. Accessed January 25, 2011.
  27. ↑ Guide to the Edward Y. Breese papers 1965–1972, Orbiscascade.org. Accessed January 5, 2015. "Edward Yarde Breese was born in Trenton, New Jersey in 1912."
  28. ↑ Staff. "Princeton Authors", p. 26. Princeton Alumni Weekly , Volume 50. Accessed January 5, 2015. "Born in New York City and reared in Trenton, Mr. Brooks entered Princeton from Kent School in 1938."
  29. ↑ "Russell G. Carter; Newton Author Wrote 50 Books", The Boston Globe , May 9, 1957. Accessed December 8, 2020, via Newspapers.com. "Mr. Carter was born Jan. 1, 1892, Trenton, N.J, the son of John Rogers and Alice (Hughes) Carter."
  30. ↑ Morris, Shaheed M. "City woman's 50-year-old letter part of TLC Kennedy special", The Trentonian , November 16, 2013. Accessed January 15, 2018. "Hirsch was born in Trenton. She graduated from Ewing High School in 1968."
  31. ↑ Wolk, Martin. "Reading the Northwest: Pam Houston saved the ranch, and it saved her in return", The Spokesman-Review , January 19, 2019. Accessed December 2, 2019. "Pam Houston at a glance Born in: Trenton, N.J., 1962 (age 57)"
  32. ↑ "Mary Dagworthy James". hymnology.hymnsam.co.uk.
  33. ↑ Kabatchnik, Amnon. Blood on the Stage, 1975–2000: Milestone Plays of Crime, Mystery, and Detection, p. 139. Scarecrow Press, 2012. ISBN   9780810883550. Accessed September 15, 2018. "William Mastrosimone was born in Trenton, New Jersey in 1947. He attended The Pennington School and received an MFA in playwriting from Mason Gross School of the Arts, part of Rutgers University, where his first play, Devil Take the Hindmost, was produced in 1977, winning the David Library of the American Revolution Award."
  34. ↑ Marsh, Steven P. "Kung Fu Panda director takes on The Little Prince", The Journal News , February 29, 2016. Accessed July 2, 2018. "The two-time Academy Award nominee's journey toward making a big-screen version of The Little Prince – based on Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's beloved 1943 illustrated novella – began more than two decades ago, as the result of a young woman's romantic gesture toward the Trenton, New Jersey, native."
  35. ↑ Torsiello, Erica. "The 18th Annual Barbara Boggs Sigmund Award Event Honoring Dr. Stacey Patton", Younity, press release dated February 3, 2012. Accessed October 16, 2025. "Dr. Stacey Patton is a distinguished author, journalist, academic, and advocate for adoptees and children who have been abused or neglected. Born in Montclair, NJ, she spent the first five years of her childhood in foster care before being placed with abusive adoptive parents in Trenton, NJ."
  36. ↑ "A Generous Trentonian" (PDF). Daily State Gazette Vol. 31, No. 195 Page 3. Library of Congress. August 16, 1877. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
  37. ↑ Staff. "Talking too much for our own good", The Intelligencer , May 15, 2003. Accessed February 8, 2011. "That version of Bob Ryan spent 20 minutes talking about the Palestra, growing up in Trenton, and great writers from the Philadelphia area."
  38. ↑ "Ntozake Shange" Archived July 7, 2018, at the Wayback Machine , Illustrated Women in History. Accessed October 3, 2017. "Shange was born Paulette L. Williams in 1948 in Trenton, New Jersey, where as a child she attended poetry readings with her sister."
  39. ↑ "Services for Geraldine Sharpe, 39", San Francisco Examiner , December 31, 1968. Accessed December 20, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "She was born in Trenton, N.J."
  40. ↑ Sharpe, Tom. "Nancy Wood, 1936–2013: Writer, photographer found new 'way of being and seeing' in New Mexico", The Santa Fe New Mexican , March 13, 2013. Accessed October 10, 2016. "Born on June 20, 1936, in Trenton, N.J., to an Irish Catholic family, Wood attended Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Penn."
  41. ↑ Sparkman, Wayne. This Day in Presbyterian History – January 19: Rev. James Francis Armstrong Archived January 12, 2016, at the Wayback Machine , PCA Historical Center, January 19, 2013. Accessed October 12, 2015.
  42. ↑ "Atlee, Samuel John, (1739–1786)", Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . Accessed January 5, 2015. "a Delegate from Pennsylvania; born in Trenton, N.J., in 1739, during the temporary residence of his parents at that place"
  43. ↑ Cadwalader Family Papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania . Accessed October 12, 2015. "Dr. Thomas's elder son, John Cadwalader (1742–1786), spent his first eight years living in Trenton, before the family returned to Philadelphia."
  44. ↑ "Cadwalader, Lambert, (1742–1823)", Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . Accessed January 8, 2015. "Delegate and a Representative from New Jersey; born near Trenton, N.J., in 1742"
  45. ↑ Dr. Thomas Cadwalader (1707–1779) Archived July 8, 2015, at the Wayback Machine , University of Pennsylvania Archives & Records Center. Accessed January 8, 2015. "In addition to his work as a physician, Cadwalader was politically active. In 1746, while a resident of Trenton, he became its chief burgess."
  46. ↑ Dickinson, Philemon, (1739–1809), Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . Accessed January 9, 2015.
  47. ↑ Hansen, Brandon. "Great Americans: Molly Pitcher, Woman of the Revolution", The Chewelah Independent, July 4, 2019. Accessed December 3, 2019. "Hays was given the nickname of Molly Pitcher, as the history is still a little bit contested as some say there were other women that also earned the nickname Molly Pitcher at the battle. Mary Ludwig Gays, however, is generally believed to be the original Molly Pitcher although there is a great deal of folklore around the woman. Hays was born in 1744 in Trenton New Jersey and lived to be 87 years old, passing away in 1832."
  48. ↑ McAuliff, Michael. "Alito Bit of GOP Love" [ usurped ], Daily News|location=New York, January 10, 2006. Accessed January 25, 2011. "With two rows of his family sitting behind him, Alito recounted his Trenton upbringing, the lives of his immigrant parents, and the culture clash he felt when he went to Princeton University in the late '60s."
  49. ↑ Johnson, Eric A.; and Hermann, Anna. "The Last Flight From Tallinn" Archived August 1, 2019, at the Wayback Machine , Foreign Service Journal , May 2007. Accessed August 1, 2019. "Henry Antheil Jr. was born in 1912 in Trenton, N.J., one of four children to Henry William Antheil, owner of a shoe store, and his wife Wilhemine Huse, both Lutheran immigrants from Germany."
  50. ↑ Staff. "Americans Reach Safety In Sweden; 43 Persons, Evacuated From Finnish Capital, Are Taken to Stockholm by Ship U.S. Legation Is Moved Staff, Still on Duty, Takes Up Temporary Quarters About 12 Miles From Helsinki", The New York Times , December 6, 1939. Accessed July 22, 2018. "Henry W. Antheil, clerk, Trenton, N. J."
  51. ↑ John Taylor Bird, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . Accessed August 17, 2007.
  52. ↑ James Bishop, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . Accessed September 1, 2007.
  53. ↑ Kennedy, Charles Stuart. Interview with Ambassador Peggy Blackford Archived 2020-10-15 at the Wayback Machine , Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training, November 28, 2016. "Q: Let’s start at the beginning. When and where were you born? BLACKFORD: I was born in Trenton, New Jersey, in 1942."
  54. ↑ Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, Volume 202, Part 2, p. 253. E.J. Mullin, 1987. Accessed December 6, 2022. "Joseph L. Bocchini Jr., Dem., Hamilton - Assemblyman Bocchini was born in Trenton June 26, 1944."
  55. ↑ John Hart Brewer, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . Accessed August 17, 2007.
  56. ↑ Staff. "Ex-Senator Briggs Dead In Trehton; Chairman of Republican State Committee Had Been III for a Year", The New York Times , May 9, 1913. Accessed July 2, 2018. "Trenton, N. J., May 8. – Having suffered for some time with a complication of diseases, although having been confined to his bed for only a week, Frank O. Briggs, until last March United States Senator from New Jersey, died at his West State Street home here tonight at 8:30 o'clock."
  57. ↑ Michele Brown: Chief Executive Officer, Economic Development Authority Archived November 1, 2014, at the Wayback Machine , Governor Chris Christie. Accessed January 5, 2015. "A native of Trenton, New Jersey, Ms. Brown received her J.D., magna cum laude, from Georgetown University Law Center and her B.A., magna cum laude, from Drew University."
  58. ↑ James Buchanan, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . Accessed August 27, 2007.
  59. ↑ Dullard, John P. Fitzgerald's Legislative Manual of the State of New Jersey, 1922, p. 375. Josephine A. Fitzgerald, 1922. Accessed October 12, 2015. "State Comptroller. Newton Abert Kendall Bugbee, Trenton"
  60. ↑ Saxon, Wolfgang. "Robert J. Burkhardt, 83, Leader Of New Jersey Democrats in 60's", The New York Times , January 5, 2000. Accessed January 5, 2015. "Robert James Burkhardt, a onetime power in the New Jersey Democratic Party who helped organize the Soviet-American summit meeting at Glassboro, N.J., but stumbled in a bribery scandal, died on Dec. 30 at Arden Hill Hospital in Goshen, N.Y. A former resident of Trenton and Central Valley, N.Y., he was 83."
  61. ↑ Bio, TeamChopra.org. Accessed January 8, 2015. "Born the son of immigrants in Trenton, New Jersey, Aneesh Chopra has spent his life focusing on education and innovation."
  62. ↑ Kitchenman, Andrew. "Profile: Assemblyman Brings Physician's Perspective to Healthcare Issues". NJ Spotlight News. Retrieved August 21, 2025.
  63. ↑ Conger, James Lockwood, (1805 - 1876), Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . Accessed December 2, 2019. "Conger, James Lockwood, a Representative from Michigan; born in Trenton, N.J., February 18, 1805"
  64. ↑ Biographical Profile for Martin Connor [ usurped ], Vote NY. Accessed January 8, 2015. "He was born in 1945 in Trenton, New Jersey."
  65. ↑ Staff. "Former Rep. Willard S. Curtin Dies At 90 Caption: Republican Represented Bucks And Lehigh Counties, 1957–67.", The Morning Call , February 7, 1996. Accessed January 8, 2015. "Born in Trenton, N.J., he was a son of the late William and Edna (Mountford) Curtin."
  66. ↑ Brown, John Howard. Lamb's Biographical Dictionary of the United States, Volume 2, 1900, page 394. Accessed November 25, 2012.
  67. ↑ Wayne DeAngelo's BiographyPrintTrack This Politician, Project Vote Smart. Accessed January 9, 2015.
  68. ↑ Bohlen, Celestine. "The Nation: David N. Dinkins; An Even Temper In the Tempest of Mayoral Politics", The New York Times , September 17, 1989. Accessed March 16, 2012. "From his childhood, which he spent divided between New York City and Trenton, David Dinkins has kept steady control of his emotions, friends and family members say. When he was 6 years old, his mother left his father in Trenton and moved to New York, taking her two children with her. Mr. Dinkins later returned to Trenton, where he attended elementary and high school."
  69. ↑ Doane, George Washington; and Doane, William Croswell. The Life and Writings of George Washington Doane ...: For Twenty-seven Years Bishop of New Jersey. Containing His Poetical Works, Sermons, and Miscellaneous Writings, Volume 1, p. 11. D. Appleton, 1860. Accessed January 9, 2015. "George Washington Doane was born in Trenton, New Jersey, May 27 A. D. 1799."
  70. 1 2 Staff. "F. Donnelly Dead. 21 Years as Mayor. Trenton Leader Resigned in 1932 Because of Health. His Father Mayor 1884–86.", The New York Times , September 26, 1935. Accessed July 2, 2018.
  71. ↑ "Rubin Names BEP Director And Deputy Director", United States Department of the Treasury, press release dated December 7, 1998. Accessed December 2, 2019. "Ferguson received a B.A. in economics from Lafayette College, Easton, PA, and a master's degree in public administration from the University of Southern California. He was born in Trenton, N.J."
  72. ↑ Kennedy, Charles Stuart. Ambassador Richard Funkhouser, Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training, February 2, 1998. Accessed December 2, 2019. "I was born and raised as a young man in Trenton, New Jersey, and, whimsically, I used to look at the "National Geographics" and figure out the farthest place I could get from Trenton, which turned out to be Outer Mongolia, in the country of the yaks, and I resolved that I would get there."
  73. ↑ Myers, William Starr. Prominent Families of New Jersey, Volume 1, p. 24. reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000. ISBN   9780806350363. Accessed August 1, 2019. "Hon. Harry Heher – Justice Harry Heher was born March 20, 1889, in Trenton, New Jersey, son of John and Anne (Spelman) Heher."
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  75. ↑ Elijah Cubberley Hutchinson, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . Accessed September 7, 2007.
  76. ↑ Kull, Helen. "Ewing Then and Now: A life spent devoted to service", Community News, March 28, 2017. Accessed December 2, 2019. "Marie Louise Hunt Hilson was born in Trenton on Dec. 8, 1882 to Cleaveland and Matilda Emily Hunt."
  77. ↑ Italie, Hillel. "Oh, What a Time; Former JFK, LBJ aide remembers years in Washington" , The Central New Jersey Home News , October 23, 2008. Accessed October 16, 2025, via Newspapers.com. "Katzenbach, a native of Philadelphia who grew up in Trenton, NJ, was born into a political family."
  78. ↑ Gray, Jerry. "Television's 'Lottery Guy' Strives to Stay in Senate", The New York Times , September 4, 1992. Accessed November 2, 2017. "Richard Joseph LaRossa Born: July 1, 1946; Trenton. Hometown: Trenton. Education: Notre Dame High School, Trenton"
  79. ↑ Cohen, J. "Leo Levin, 96", Jewish Exponent , December 10, 2015. Accessed August 1, 2019. "Leo Levin loved people, Judaism and the law. The Trenton native, who spent the last 28 years in Merion, taught for 50 years at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, started Lower Merion Synagogue in Bala Cynwyd and always put other people first."
  80. ↑ Joe Holley, "Former Diplomat Sol Linowitz, 91, Dies", The Washington Post , March 18, 2005. Accessed March 20, 2012. "Sol Myron Linowitz was the eldest of four sons born to Joseph and Rose Oglenskye Linowitz, immigrants from a region of Poland under Russian rule. He was born in Trenton, N.J., in a multicultural neighborhood of Jews, Protestants and Catholics, as well as one African American family."
  81. ↑ Moira Lyons' Biography, Vote Smart. Accessed September 5, 2021. "Birth Place: Trenton, NJ"
  82. ↑ Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, Volume 204, Part 2, p. 215. J.A. Fitzgerald., 1991. Accessed April 20, 2020. "Francis J. McManimon, Dem., Hamilton - Senator McManimon was born in Trenton, Sept. 30, 1926."
  83. ↑ Pace, Eric. "Joseph Merlino, 76, Trenton Political Figure", The New York Times , October 9, 1998. Accessed August 1, 2019. "Born in Trenton, he was the son of Pasquale Merlino and the former Margarita Fuccello."
  84. ↑ Staff. "Dayton Oliphant, Ex-Judge, 75, Dies; Headed Court of Errors and Appeals in New Jersey", The New York Times , June 27, 1963. Accessed July 2, 2018. "Born in Trenton, Mr. Oliphant attended the Lawrenceville School and was a member of the Princeton University class of 2010."
  85. ↑ Justice Anne M. Patterson Archived May 30, 2017, at the Wayback Machine , New Jersey Courts. Accessed June 3, 2018. "Justice Patterson was born in Trenton on April 15, 1959, and raised in Hopewell Township and Princeton."
  86. ↑ Blackwell, Jon. "1904: 'Perdicaris alive or Raisuli dead!', The Trentonian . Accessed February 14, 2021. "The strange saga of Ion Hanford Perdicaris began in 1840, when he was born an American citizen in Greece, son of Gregory Perdicaris. The elder Perdicaris was an Athenian who had emigrated to the United States, married a wealthy young woman from South Carolina and headed back to his native land to serve as American consul. When Ion was 6, the Perdicarises moved back to America and settled in the industrial boom town of Trenton."
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  88. ↑ Johnson, Brent. "Meet N.J.'s newest Assembly member", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, February 15, 2018. Accessed February 15, 2018. "A two-term Trenton councilwoman is now the newest lawmaker serving in the Statehouse across town.... Reynolds-Jackson is a graduate of Trenton Central High School and has a bachelor's degree in sociology from Trenton State College – now the College of New Jersey – and a master's degree in administration from Central Michigan University."
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  90. ↑ Carroll, James R. "Antonin Scalia Associate Justice Nominee", The Miami Herald , June 18, 1986. Accessed October 16, 2025, via Newspapers.com. "Born in Trenton, N.J., Scalia and his wife Maureen have been married for 36 years and have nine children."
  91. ↑ Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, 1956, p. 381. Accessed August 1, 2019. "Sido L. Ridolfi (Dem., Trenton, N. J.) Senator Ridolfi was born in Trenton, September 28, 1913. He is a graduate of Trenton Senior High School, Princeton University, and Harvard Law School."
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  101. ↑ Staff. "Gen. Bluemel Gets DSM; Jersey Officer Commanded Division at Bataan Before Capture", The New York Times , November 10, 1945. Accessed July 2, 2018. "The Army's Distinguished Service Medal was presented at the Presidio today to Brig. Gen. Clifford Bluemel of Trenton, N. J., who commanded the Thirty-first Division in the defense of Bataan before his capture by the Japanese who held him prisoner more than two years."
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  103. ↑ Ensign Frank W. Crilley, USNR (1883–1947), Naval History & Heritage Command. Accessed January 8, 2015. ""Frank William Crilley was born in Trenton, New Jersey, on September 13, 1883."
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