People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Long Branch include: •
M. H. Abrams (1912–2015), literary critic, known for works on romanticism •
Aida de Acosta (1884–1962), socialite and the first woman to fly a powered aircraft solo •
Louis R. Aikins (1926–1982), politician who served in the
New Jersey General Assembly from 1968 to 1970 •
Richard Anderson (1926–2017), best known for his role as
Oscar Goldman, in both
The Six Million Dollar Man and
The Bionic Woman TV series and subsequent TV movies •
Paul Baerwald (1871–1961), banker and philanthropist •
John Beake (born 1938), retired
American football executive who served as general manager of the
Denver Broncos of the
National Football League from 1985 to 1998 •
Arthur Hornbui Bell (1891–1973), attorney who was the
Grand Dragon of the
Ku Klux Klan in New Jersey •
Joe Benning (born 1956), member of the
Vermont Senate who has represented the
Caledonia District since 2011 •
Clint Black (born 1962), country music performer •
Jeff Blumenkrantz (born 1965), actor, composer and lyricist •
Clara Bloodgood (1870–1907), stage actress •
Dorothy Borg (1902–1993), historian specializing in American-East Asian relations •
Joe Bravo (born 1971),
thoroughbred racing jockey •
MarShon Brooks (born 1989), basketball player for the
Brooklyn Nets •
Frank Budd (1939–2014),
wide receiver in the
NFL for the
Philadelphia Eagles and the
Washington Redskins who once held the
world record in the
100-yard dash •
John Cannon (born 1960), former
defensive end who played nine seasons for the
Tampa Bay Buccaneers •
Rick Cerone (born 1954), former Yankee
catcher who played for eight
major league baseball teams, and was part of the
New York Yankees for seven years •
Jo Champa (born 1968), actress, producer and model •
June Clark (born 1900), jazz trumpeter who later managed boxer
Sugar Ray Robinson •
Connor Clifton (born 1995),
ice hockey defenseman for the
Boston Bruins of the NHL •
Paul Cohen (1934–2007), awarded the
Fields Medal for developing forcing to show the independence of the continuum hypothesis and the axiom of choice in axiomatic set theory •
James M. Coleman (1924–2014), politician who served in the
New Jersey General Assembly and as a judge in
New Jersey Superior Court •
Tom Constanten (born 1944), musician, former keyboardist for the
Grateful Dead •
Ken Croken (born 1950), member of the
Iowa House of Representatives •
John D'Amico Jr. (born 1941), who served on the
Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders and served in the
New Jersey Senate in 1988 and 1989 •
Herbert Dardik (1935–2020),
vascular surgeon who served as the chief of vascular surgery at
Englewood Hospital and Medical Center •
Bob Davis (born 1945), former NFL quarterback whose career included three seasons with the
New York Jets •
Sean Davis (born 1993), professional soccer player for the
New York Red Bulls of
Major League Soccer •
David Doubilet (born 1946), underwater photographer •
Frederick Douglass (1818–1895), lived in Long Branch for a short period of time until his home burnt down •
Barnett A. Elzas (1867–1936), rabbi and historian who served as rabbi at Beth Miriam Congregation in Long Branch •
Samuel Feltman (1899–1951), computer scientist and weaponry expert •
Mel Ferrer (1917–2008), actor, director and producer •
Joan Field (1915–1988), concert violinist •
Tom Fleming (1951–2017),
distance runner who won the 1973 and 1975
New York City Marathon •
Ryan Fournier (born 1995), conservative activist and political commentator best known as the co-founder of
Students for Trump •
Waldo Frank (1889–1967), novelist, historian, political activist and literary critic •
James A. Garfield (1831–1881), 20th
President of the United States, died in Long Branch •
David Garrison (born 1952), actor most noted for playing Steve Rhoades on
Married... with Children •
Richard T. Gill (1927–2010),
Harvard University economist who became an opera singer at midlife •
Vin Gopal (born 1985), politician who represents the
11th Legislative District in the
New Jersey Senate •
Elizabeth Gorcey (born 1962), filmmaker, actor and writer, best known for her leading role in the 1984 film
Footloose •
Sonny Greer (1895–1982), jazz drummer, best known for his work with
Duke Ellington •
John Faucheraud Grimké (1752–1819), father of abolitionists
Sarah Grimké and
Angelina Grimké •
Sarah Moore Grimké (1792–1873), abolitionist and women's rights activist, briefly lived in Long Branch while caring for her father •
Lahav Harkov, journalist who serves as the senior contributing editor and diplomatic correspondent of
The Jerusalem Post •
Garret Hobart (1844–1899), 24th
Vice President of the United States, under
William McKinley •
Winslow Homer (1836–1910), stayed in Long Branch in 1869, while he produced paintings of Victorian women strolling the boardwalks •
Jim Jeffcoat (born 1961), professional football player for the
Dallas Cowboys and the
Buffalo Bills from 1983 to 1997 •
Mamie Johnson (1935–2017), professional baseball player who was one of three women, and the first female pitcher, to play in the
Negro leagues •
Ed Jones (born 1952), former
defensive back for the
Edmonton Eskimos of the
Canadian Football League from 1976 to 1984, who won five
Grey Cups for the Eskimos and was a CFL All-Star from 1979 to 1981 •
Julius Katchen (1926–1969), concert
pianist, best known for his recordings of
Johannes Brahms's solo piano works •
Raja Feather Kelly (born 1986/87),
choreographer best known for his work on
Off-Broadway shows which combine "pop and queer culture" •
Jim Kerwin (1941–2021), retired basketball player and college coach •
Tom Kerwin (born 1944), professional basketball
forward who played in the
American Basketball Association for the
Pittsburgh Pipers •
Thomas G. Labrecque (1938–2000), business executive who served as president, CEO, and COO of
Chase Manhattan Bank •
Connie Lawn (1944–2018), independent broadcast journalist who, at the time of her death, was the longest-serving
White House correspondent •
Sigurd Lucassen (1927–2001), carpenter and labor leader who served as president of the
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America •
Norman Mailer (1923–2007), novelist •
Jonathan Maslow (1948–2008), author who wrote extensively about nature, with a focus on obscure and little understood animals •
Karen McCloskey (born 1951),
rower who competed in the
women's quadruple sculls event at the
1976 Summer Olympics •
Walter Mebane (born 1958),
University of Michigan professor of political science and statistics and an expert on detecting electoral fraud •
Sam Mills (1959–2005),
linebacker who played 12 seasons in the NFL for the
New Orleans Saints and
Carolina Panthers •
Julian Mitchell (1854–1926), director of the
Ziegfeld Follies •
John Montefusco (born 1950), Major League Baseball pitcher 1974 to 1986 for the
San Francisco Giants,
Atlanta Braves,
San Diego Padres and New York Yankees •
Denise Morrison (born 1954), business executive who served as president and chief executive officer of
Campbell Soup Company from 2011 through 2018 •
Frank Pallone (born 1951), member of the United States House of Representatives since 1988, who served on the Long Branch city council from 1982 to 1988 •
Dorothy Parker (1893–1967), writer and storied member of the
Algonquin Round Table, whose birthplace at 732 Ocean Avenue has been designated as a National Literary Landmark •
Luanne Peterpaul, politician, lawyer, and former judge serving as a member of the
New Jersey General Assembly for the
11th legislative district since January 2024 •
George R. Pettit (1929–2021), chemist and researcher in the field of natural anticancer compounds •
Robert Pinsky (born 1940),
Poet Laureate of the United States from 1997 to 2000 •
Anthony Portantino (born 1961), politician who serves in the
California State Senate, where he represents the
25th Senate District •
Elizabeth Clare Prophet (1939–2009), spiritual leader, author, orator and writer •
Brian Pulido (born 1961), founder of
Chaos! Comics and writer of comics books such as
Lady Death,
Evil Ernie and
Purgatori •
Paris Qualles (born 1951), screenwriter and television producer •
Jim Quirk (born ), NFL on-field official from 1988 to 2008 •
Priscilla Ransohoff (1912–1992), military education specialist and advocate for women in science and federal employment •
Harry Ray (born 1946), R&B vocalist who was a member of the groups "The Moments" and "Ray, Goodman, & Brown" •
Charles Rembar (1915–2000), attorney best known as a
First Amendment rights lawyer •
Jason Ryan (born 1976), pitcher who played two seasons for
Minnesota Twins •
Melanie Safka (1947–2024), singer-songwriter •
Adam Sarafian (born 1986), geologist who has advanced theories about the
origin of water on Earth and
pole vaulter who won the national championship in 2004 •
Fred Schneider (born 1951), singer, songwriter, arranger and musician, best known as the frontman of the rock band
the B-52's, of which he is a founding member •
Scott Schoeneweis (born 1973), a
relief pitcher who played for the
New York Mets, among other teams •
Rubby Sherr (1913–2013), nuclear physicist who co-invented a key component of the first nuclear weapon while participating in the
Manhattan Project •
John W. Slocum (1867–1938), lawyer, county judge, President of the
New Jersey Senate •
Bruce Springsteen (born 1949), born in Long Branch and raised in
Freehold Borough, New Jersey, wrote "
Born to Run", "
Thunder Road" and "
Backstreets" in a cottage at West End Court •
John Strollo (born 1954), college football coach •
Danny Stubbs (born 1965), who won multiple National Championships with
University of Miami and two
Super Bowls with the
San Francisco 49ers as a
defensive tackle •
Norman Tanzman (1918–2004), politician who served in the
New Jersey General Assembly from 1962 to 1968 and in the
New Jersey Senate from 1968 to 1974 •
Yvonne Thornton (born 1947), obstetrician-gynecologist, musician and author, best known for her memoir, ''The Ditchdigger's Daughters'' •
Meghan Tierney (born 1997), snowboarder who represented the United States at the
2018 Olympics and at the
2022 Olympics •
Army Tomaini (1918–2005),
American football tackle who played for the
New York Giants in 1945 •
Johnny Tomaini (1902–1985), professional football player who played in the NFL for the
Orange Tornadoes,
Newark Tornadoes and
Brooklyn Dodgers •
Ivy Troutman (1884–1979), Broadway actress •
John Henry Turpin (1876–1962), one of the first African-American
Chief Petty Officers in the
United States Navy; also notable for surviving the catastrophic explosions of the
USS Maine in 1898 and
USS Bennington in 1905 •
Chase Untermeyer (born 1946), United States Ambassador to Qatar •
Anthony M. Villane (1929–2022), dentist and politician who was elected to serve seven terms in the
New Jersey General Assembly from 1976 to 1988 •
John Villapiano (born 1951), former professional football player who played in the
World Football League and politician who served on the
Monmouth County, New Jersey Board of Chosen Freeholders and the
New Jersey General Assembly from 1988 to 1992 •
Phil Villapiano (born 1949), former NFL
linebacker who played in four
Pro Bowls and was a part of the
Oakland Raiders Super Bowl XI winning team •
Maggie Wilderotter (born 1955), former
chief executive officer of
Frontier Communications •
Constance H. Williams (born 1944), politician who served from 2001 to 2009 in the
Pennsylvania State Senate •
Earl Wilson (born 1958), NFL and CFL player •
Morris Wood (1882–1967), champion speed skater during the early 1900s •
Bernie Worrell (1944–2016), keyboardist and founding member of
Parliament-Funkadelic •
Mike Zapcic,
podcaster and cast member of the
AMC reality TV show Comic Book Men with
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