Born in Newark, New Jersey, his father, Ozzie Cadena, was a well-known A & R man in the music industry, and the co-founder of iconic jazz label Savoy Records.

Born in Newark, New Jersey, Ward studied music in New York and became an organist at Grace Episcopal Church in Newark in 1880.

Born on May 18, 1931 in Paterson, New Jersey, Martin studied illustration and fine art at Newark School of Fine and Industrial Arts between 1949 and 1951 and subsequently graduated from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia in 1952.

Born in New York City and raised in Newark, New Jersey, Moncur began playing the cello at age nine, and switched to the trombone at eleven.

Born in Newark, New Jersey, he graduated from Brown University and Yale ( Master's degree ).

Born in Newark, New Jersey, Hamilton broke into the Majors in the American Association with the Kansas City Cowboys in 1888 at the age of 22 and established himself as a star the following season by batting. 301 with 144 runs and 111 stolen bases.

Born in Newark, New Jersey, Northrop grew up in Santa Barbara, California.

Born in Newark, New Jersey, Tom Courtney came into national prominence while a student at Fordham University, winning the 1955 NCAA 880 yd ( 805 m ) title.

Born in Newark, New Jersey, he graduated from the College of New Jersey ( now Princeton University ) in 1813 and then studied law with Theodore Frelinghuysen.

Born Emily Drinkard in Newark, New Jersey to Nitcholas and Delia Mae Drinkard ( née McCaskill ), she was the eighth child ; older siblings were her brothers William, Hansom, Nicky, and Larry, and sisters Lee, Marie and Anne.

Born in Newark, Ohio and a graduate of Oberlin College ( 1962 ), Ward's father was F. Champion Ward, educator and a devisor of the MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant.

Born in 1921 in Newark, Ohio, young Jon and his 14 siblings were moved many times, following their father's assignments as an A. M. E. pastor, before settling permanently in Toledo.

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he was picked up by Philadelphia after manager Connie Mack saw him start both ends of a doubleheader for Newark.

Born in Newark, New Jersey, Dickerson first attended Howard University where he studied architecture, before relocating to New York to attend New York University's film program at the Tisch School of the Arts, where he would meet fellow student Spike Lee.

Born near Newark, New Jersey, into a wealthy family, his earliest education was in Europe, after which he spent two years at Cornell University before his art studies began at the Art Students League of New York.

* Born: Shaquille O ' Neal, American NBA star, in Newark, NJ

Born in Newark, New Jersey, he went on to have a lengthy career in theater and television, perhaps his best known role being Dr. Russ Matthews on the long-running daytime soap Another World ( 1973 – 1978, 1979 – 1981, 1989, 1992 ).

Born in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey ; educated in the public schools, by private tutor, and at the New York University School of Commerce at New York City ; began his career as a recording violinist for Thomas Edison in 1915 and later held executive positions with the Edison Enterprises ; during the First World War served as a sergeant in the United States Marine Corps 1917-1919 ; lieutenant in the United States Naval Reserve 1929-1932 ; colonel in the New Jersey National Guard 1941-1943 ; member of the New Jersey Workmen's Compensation Investigating Commission 1932-1933 ; New Jersey director of the Federal Housing Administration 1934-1935, and as deputy and later as assistant administrator at Washington, D. C. from 1935 to 1938 ; presidential elector in 1940 on the Democratic ticket ; member of the New Jersey State Board of Regents in 1941 and 1942 ; member of the board of directors of the American-Russian Chamber of Commerce in 1943 ; commissioner of the Port of New York Authority in 1943 ; appointed on November 26, 1943, as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William Warren Barbour and served from November 26, 1943, to December 7, 1944, when a duly elected successor qualified ; was not a candidate for election to the vacancy in 1944 ; chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs ( Seventy-eighth United States Congress ); resumed his former business pursuits ; died in New York City, New York ;.

Born in Newark, New Jersey, Farrand received in undergraduate degree from Princeton in 1888, and went on to the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons where he earned his M. D.

Born a Congregationalist, he had been baptized as a tiny baby in the usual manner by having a few drops of water sprinkled on his head, yet nowhere in the whole of the New Testament could he find a description of anybody being baptized by sprinkling.

Born in 1855, Dr Leonard Cockayne ( generally recognised as the greatest botanist who has lived, worked, and died in New Zealand ) worked extensively on native plants throughout New Zealand and wrote many notable botanical texts.

Born in New York City, he was the son of Edith Adelson Lerner and Joseph Jay Lerner, whose brother, Samuel Alexander Lerner, was founder and owner of the Lerner Stores, a chain of dress shops.

Born in New Haven, Connecticut of Russian Jewish heritage, Capp was the eldest child of Otto Philip and Matilda ( Davidson ) Caplin.

Born in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City to Italian immigrants, Capone became involved with gang activity at a young age after being expelled from school at age 14.

Born in Long Island, New York, he attended Worcester Polytechnic Institute, but dropped out before graduating after five years of private advanced research for drug infusion pump AutoSyringe.

Born in Boston, Colony of Massachusetts, to David Yale ( 1613 – 1690 ) and Ursula Knight ( 1624 – 1698 ), Yale was the grandson of Ann Lloyd ( 1591 – 1659 ), who after the death of her first husband, Thomas Yale ( 1590 – 1619 ) in Chester, Cheshire, England, married Governor Theophilus Eaton ( 1590 – 1658 ) of New Haven Colony.

Born December 12, 1915, in Hoboken, New Jersey, Sinatra was the only child of Italian immigrants Natalie Della ( Garaventa ) and Antonino Martino Sinatra, and was raised Roman Catholic.

Born Allan George See in Mount Kisco, New York, the older of two children, born to Margaret ( née Shea ) See ( 1906-2004 ), who was a middle school dropout, who in turn worked for Reader's Digest.

Born in Santa Rita, New Mexico, Schmitt grew up in nearby Silver City.

Born Jeffry Ross Hyman to parents Charlotte ( née Mandell ) and Noel Hyman, they lived in Forest Hills, Queens, New York, where Jeffry and his future Ramones bandmates attended Forest Hills High School.

Born in Hornell, New York, United States, Freas ( pronounced like " freeze ") was the son of two photographers, and was raised in Canada.

Born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, Milford grew up in Winnetka, Illinois where he attended New Trier High School.

Born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, MacLean concentrated on mathematics and science in high school.

Born in New York City, New York, Conant appeared as " Benji " in the 1971 coming-of-age drama, Summer of ' 42 and the Class of ' 44, appearing in both with Gary Grimes and Jerry Houser as a trio of adolescent boys.

Born in New York City, Falk was the son of Michael Peter Falk, owner of a clothing and dry goods store, and his wife, Madeline ( née Hochhauser ), an accountant and buyer.

Born in Rhode Island, he was taken with the Northups when they migrated to Hoosick, New York in Rensselaer County.

Born into a wealthy family in New York City, Roosevelt was a sickly child who suffered from asthma and stayed at home studying natural history.

Born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Born in Chicago, with Jewish origins, he attended schools in New York and later graduated from Jesus College, Cambridge in England.

Born at Great Egg Harbor, New Jersey, he attended school in Philadelphia with future naval heroes Stephen Decatur and Charles Stewart.

Born in Watertown, New York, he began his show business career playing the organ and acting in radio dramas at station WWNY.