William (Bud) Abbott (1895 - 1974) Comedian made famous in the popular team Abbott and Costello with routines such as “Who’s on First;” born in Asbury Park.
	Charles Addams (1912 - 1988) Cartoonist that created The Addams Family; born in Westfield.
	Judy Blume (1938 - ) Fiction writer for youth with Well-known books such as Superfudge and Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing; born in Elizabeth.
	Jon Bon Jovi (born John Francis Bongiovi) (1962 - ) Musician, born in Perth Amboy.
	Lou Costello (1906 - 1959) Comedian made famous in the popular team Abbott and Costello with routines such as “Who’s on First;” born in Paterson.
	Stephen Crane (1871 - 1900) Author most famous for The Red Badge of Courage; born in Newark.
	Whitney Houston (1963 - ) Popular singer and actor that was the first to sell 10 million copies of her first two albums; born in Newark.
	Jerry Lewis (1926 - ) Popular comedian during the 1950s and 1960s famous for The Nutty Professor and hosting the Jerry Lewis Telethon for Muscular Dystrophy; born in Newark.
	Jack Nicholson (1937 - ) Actor and Academy Award winner for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest made famous in Chinatown and The Shining; born in Neptune.
	Paul Simon (1941 - ) Popular singer in the 1960s made famous with songs like “Mrs. Robinson;” born in Newark.
	Frank Sinatra (1915 - 1998) Actor and Singer starting in the 1940s; born in Hoboken.
	Bruce Springsteen (1949 - ) Singer made famous with album Born in the U.S.A.; born in Freehold.
	John Travolta (1954 - ) Actor made famous in Grease and Saturday Night Fever; born in Englewood.

More Famous Music Artists of New Jersey

	William Count Basie band leader, Red Bank
	Joan Bennett actress, Palisades
	William J. Brennan jurist, Newark
	James Fenimore Cooper author, Burlington
	David Copperfield magician, Metuchen
	Allen Ginsberg poet, Newark
	Savron Glover choreographer, Newark
	Lauryn Hill rapper, South Orange
	Ice-T rapper, Newark
	Alfred Joyce Kilmer poet, New Brunswick
	Ernie Kovacs comedian, Trenton
	Jerry Lewis comedian, film director, Newark
	Anne Morrow Lindbergh author, Englewood
	Norman Mailer author, Long Branch
	Patricia McBride ballerina, Teanick
	Dorothy Parker author, West Bend
	Joe Piscopo comedian, actor, Passaic
	Philip Milton Roth author, Newark
	Ruth St. Denis dancer, choreographer, Newark
	Antonin Scalia jurist,Trenton
	Kevin Spacey actor, South Orange
	Meryl Streep actress, Summit
	Sarah Vaughan singer, Newark
	Dionne Warwick actress, singer, East Orange
	Ray Liotta actor, Newark
	Edmund Wilson literary critic, author, Red Bank