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Noteworthy residents

  • Akon, rap artist and R&B singer
  • John Bachmann, lithographer, pioneered "bird's-eye view" prints, especially of New York City
  • Paul Banks, lead singer, lyricist and guitarist of the New York City based band Interpol
  • Robert "Kool" Bell, musician and founder of Kool & the Gang
  • Joe Budden, rap artist
  • Heather Gardner, hip-hop music artist who was a castmember on the first season of the MTV reality television show, The Real World.
  • George Catlin, painter
  • Terry Dehere, NBA basketball player
  • Dom Flora, All-America basketball player, late 1950s, at Washington & Lee; holds their scoring record.
  • Arturo Gatti, Professional Boxer.
  • Paul Gleason, film and television actor
  • Bobby Hurley, NBA and Duke University basketball player
  • Malcolm Jamal-Warner, The Cosby Show
  • Dennis James, television game show host and telethon emcee.
  • Joseph Krumgold, winner of two Newbery Awards
  • Nathan Lane, actor
  • James Jonas Madison, awarded the Medal of Honor for service in World War I
  • Louis Manna, known as "Bobby"; former Consiglere of the Genovese Crime Family
  • Roshown McLeod, NBA basketball player
  • Marilyn McCoo, singer, was with group The Fifth Dimension.
  • Walter Dean Meyers, bestselling author of young adult/children's books.
  • Christina Milian, singer
  • "Newsboy" Moriarty who ran the numbers game in Hudson County, New Jersey and left $2.5 million dollars in the trunk of a car while he was in jail.
  • Mary Philbrook, champion of equal rights for women.
  • Stanley Poreda, heavyweight boxer in the 1930s.
  • Kevin Powell, journalist, poet, author and activist who was a castmember on the first season of the MTV reality television show, The Real World.
  • Rodrick Rhodes, NBA basketball player
  • David Rivers, NBA basketball player
  • Eddie August Schneider, pilot who set airspeed records
  • Martha Stewart, entrepreneur
  • Nadine Strossen, Professor of Law, head of the ACLU
  • Paul Tagliabue, Commissioner of the National Football League from 1989-2006
  • Flip Wilson, comedian
  • Roberto Inclan, author
  • Al Di Meola, fusion jazz guitarist
  • Patrice Oneal, comedian
  • Queen Latifah, hip hop MC

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