Neighborhood Guides Buyers Resource Renter Resource Mortgage Calculator Glossary of Terms Click here to sign-up Neighborhood Guides > Union City > Noteworthy residents Noteworthy residents Akon, Senegalese rapper. [citation needed] James E. Buttersworth, 19th Century British maritime painter. Bobby Cannavale, actor known for his roles on Ally McBeal, Third Watch, and Will & Grace. Norman Cousins, author and peace advocate. Pietro Di Donato, Italian American novelist, and author of Christ in Concrete. Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show played Union City clubs before they became famous in 1971. Yekusiel Yehudah Halberstam, Rebbe of the Klausenberg Hasidic dynasty Joe Jeanette, considered one of the best African American heavyweight boxers of the early 20th Century. Bob Menendez, United States Senator. Otto Messmer, the creator of Felix the Cat. W. S. Merwin, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. Erick Morillo, DJ and music producer. Mitchell Olson, songwriter and contestant on the second season of the reality television show Survivor. Joe Oriolo, writer and cartoon animator who co-created Casper the Friendly Ghost and animated Felix the Cat. Frederick Reines, Nobel Prize-winning physicist who co-discovered the neutrino. Paul Tagliabue, National Football League Commissioner Frank Winters, National Football League player (1987-2002) for the Green Bay Packers.