People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Vineland include: •
Hakeem Abdul-Shaheed (born 1959), convicted drug dealer and organized crime leader •
Nelson Albano (born 1954), member of the
New Jersey General Assembly who has represented the
1st Legislative District •
Nicholas Asselta (born 1951), member of the
New Jersey Senate, who served on the Vineland Board of Education (1993–1996), Vineland Planning Board (1992–1993) and Vineland Environmental Commission (1992–1993) •
Johnny Austin (1910–1983), trumpeter who played with the
Glenn Miller Orchestra before forming the Johnny Austin Orchestra in 1947 •
Herman Bank (1916–2012), mechanical engineer at the
Jet Propulsion Laboratory who oversaw the design of several early spacecraft •
Wallace M. Beakley (1903–1975), naval aviator who was a
vice admiral in the
United States Navy •
Obie Bermúdez (born 1977),
Latin Grammy winner for Best Male Pop Vocal Album in 2005 •
Jack S. Brayboy (1921–1976),
football player, coach, teacher, and university administrator, all at
Johnson C. Smith University •
Stanley Brotman (1924–2014), Judge of the
United States District Court for the District of New Jersey •
Robert Neil Butler (1927–2010), first director of the
National Institute on Aging •
Glenn Carbonara (born 1966), former professional soccer player •
Thomas Chisholm (1866–1960), Christian songwriter who wrote
Great Is Thy Faithfulness •
Jamil Demby (born 1996),
offensive tackle on the practice squad of the
Los Angeles Rams of the NFL •
Dick Errickson (1912–1999), pitcher who played in MLB for the
Boston Bees / Braves and the
Chicago Cubs •
Sam Fiocchi (born 1952), member of the
New Jersey General Assembly from the
1st Legislative District from 2014 to 2016 •
Darren Ford (born 1985), MLB outfielder who played for the
San Francisco Giants •
Ted Ford (born 1947), former MLB outfielder who played for the
Cleveland Indians and
Texas Rangers •
Chris Gheysens (born ), president and chief executive officer of
Wawa Inc. •
Henry H. Goddard (1866–1957), psychologist and
eugenicist and author of
The Kallikak Family, who headed the Vineland Training School for Feeble-Minded Girls and Boys, where he introduced the term "
moron" to describe a mild form of intellectual disability •
Jeremiah Hacker (1801–1895), Quaker reformer and journalist •
Lee Hull (born 1965), football coach and former player who was the head football coach at
Morgan State University from 2014 to 2015 •
Alan Kotok (1941–2006), computer scientist known for his early and significant contributions to the Internet and World Wide Web •
R. Bruce Land (born 1950), politician and former corrections officer who has represented the
1st Legislative District in the
New Jersey General Assembly since 2016 •
Charles K. Landis (1833–1900), founder of Vineland •
Miles Lerman (1920–2008), Holocaust survivor who fought as a Jewish resistance fighter during World War II in Nazi occupied Poland and helped to plan and create the
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. •
Matthew Lipman (1923–2010), founder of
Philosophy for Children •
Jillian Loyden (born 1985), soccer goalkeeper •
Fred Lucas (1903–1987), MLB outfielder who played briefly for the
Philadelphia Phillies during the 1935 season •
Soraida Martinez (born 1956), artist, designer and social activist known for creating the art style of
Verdadism •
John Landis Mason (1832–1902), inventor of the
Mason jar •
Matthew W. Milam (born 1961), politician who served in the
New Jersey General Assembly from 2008 to 2013 •
Liv Lux Miyake-Mugler, drag performer most known for competing on
season 13 of ''
RuPaul's Drag Race'' •
Don Money (born 1947), professional baseball player •
Ryan Ogren (born 1979/1980), musician who has performed as part of
Over It and
Runner Runner •
Isiah Pacheco (born 1999),
American football running back for the
Kansas City Chiefs •
John Pascarella (born 1966), soccer coach who serves as head coach of
USL Championship club
OKC Energy FC •
Lou Piccone (born 1949), wide receiver and kick returner who played in the NFL for the
New York Jets and
Buffalo Bills, during his nine seasons in the league •
Tyreem Powell,
American football linebacker for the
Rutgers Scarlet Knights •
James Louis Schad (1917–2002), auxiliary bishop of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden from 1966 to 1993 •
Jeret Schroeder (born 1969), former driver in the
Indy Racing League •
Chad Severs (born 1982), professional soccer player •
Walter H. Seward (1896–2008), supercentenarian who was, at the time of his death aged 111, the third-oldest verified man living in the United States •
Walter L. Shaw (1916–1996), telecommunications engineer and inventor who ended up supplying the
Mafia with black boxes capable of making free and untraceable telephone calls •
George H. Stanger (1902–1958), politician who served in the
New Jersey Senate from 1938 to 1946 •
Young Steff (born 1988), R&B, Hip Hop, and Pop singer-songwriter •
Marc Stern, attorney, business executive and philanthropist who serves as the chairman of the
TCW Group •
Muriel Streeter (1913–1995), artist known for her
surrealist paintings •
Mike Testa (born 1976), attorney and politician who represents the
1st legislative district in the
New Jersey Senate •
Mary Treat (1830–1923), naturalist/botanist and correspondent with Charles Darwin, who was the author of
Injurious Insects of the Farm and Field (1882) •
Gina Thompson (born 1973), R&B singer whose song "
The Things That You Do" peaked at number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, and number 12 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks Chart •
Mike Trout (born 1991), Major League Baseball outfielder was born in Vineland •
Richard Veenfliet (1843–1922), painter •
Vic Voltaggio (born 1941), Major League Baseball umpire from 1977 to 1996 •
John H. Ware III (1908–1997), member of the
United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania •
Anthony Watson (born 1989), American-born
skeleton racer who competed on behalf of
Jamaica in the
2018 Winter Olympics, becoming the first athlete to represent the Caribbean nation in the winter sport •
Mona Weissmark, psychologist who has focused on intergenerational justice •
Thomas Bramwell Welch (1825–1903), discoverer of the pasteurization process to prevent the fermentation of grape juice •
Elmer H. Wene (1892–1957), represented from 1937 to 1939 and from 1941 to 1945 •
Freda L. Wolfson (born 1954), District Judge for the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey •
Clarence M. York (1867–1906), attorney who served as a law clerk to the justices of the
Supreme Court of the United States ==References==