People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Orange, New Jersey include:
Anthony Accetturo (born 1938), former caporegime and leader of the New Jersey faction of the Lucchese crime family, The Jersey CrewRaab, Selwyn. "Mafia Defector Says He Lost His Faith", The New York Times, March 2, 1994. Accessed September 16, 2015. "A portly, moon-faced man, 5 feet 9 inches tall and 220 pounds, Mr. Accetturo smiled frequently and responded freely during most of the 80-minute interview. He said that as a young man, growing up in Orange, N.J., and in Newark, he was drawn to a life in the Mafia because he had few other economic opportunities." Robert Adams (born 1937), photographer who has focused on the changing landscape of the American WestBlevins, Tim. Film & Photography on the Front Range, p. 290. Pikes Peak Library District, 2012. . Accessed September 16, 2015. Stephanie Adams (1970–2018), model and author; November 1992 Playboy Playmate Walter G. Alexander (1880–1953), first African-American member of the New Jersey LegislatureStaff. "W.G. Alexander, 72, A Jersey Physician; Ex-Head of National Medical Association, First Negro in State's Legislature, Dies", The New York Times, February 6, 1953. Accessed December 18, 2011. "Orange, N. J. Feb. 5 – Dr. Walter G. Alexander, former president of the National Medical Association and the first Negro elected to the New Jersey Legislature, died here today at his home, 58 Webster Place"Biographical information for Walter G. Alexander, The Political Graveyard. Jay Alford (born 1983), defensive tackle for the Oakland Raiders drafted in the third round of the 2007 NFL draft (81st overall)Giants Select Penn State DT Jay Alford in Third Round , New York Giants, April 28, 2007. Accessed May 1, 2007. Peter Allgeier, U.S. deputy trade representative 2001–2009Deputy USTR Peter F. Allgeier; Deputy U.S. Trade Representative U.S. Representative to the World Trade Organization, Office of the United States Trade Representative, February 18, 2005. Accessed September 16, 2015. "Mr. Allgeier was born in Orange, New Jersey." George Armstrong (1924–1993), catcher, played eight MLB games in 1946 with the Philadelphia AthleticsGeorge Armstrong, Baseball-Reference.com. Accessed September 16, 2015. Tom Auth (born 1968), rower, competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer OlympicsTom Auth Bio, Sports-Reference.com. Accessed July 21, 2019. "Born: September 9, 1968 (Age 50.315, YY.DDD) in Orange, New Jersey, United States" Bobby Bandiera (born 1953), rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter; lead guitarist for Southside Johnny and the Asbury JukesWien, Gary. "Bobby Bandiera looks back", New Jersey Stage, February 20, 2016. Accessed July 21, 2019. "Bandiera's professional musical career began when he was a teenager. He grew up in Orange, NJ, but found himself playing night after night across the Jersey Shore when he was about 16 years old." James J. Barry Jr. (born 1946), politician, served in the New Jersey General Assembly, director of the New Jersey Division of Consumer AffairsFitzgerald's Legislative Manual, 1978, p. 249. Accessed July 21, 2019. "Assemblyman Barry was born Nov 5. 1946, in Orange." Dan Baum (1956–2020), journalist and author who wrote for The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, Wired, Playboy, and The New York Times MagazineSeelye, Katharine Q. "Dan Baum, Journalist, Author and Long-Form Tweeter, Dies at 64", The New York Times, October 29, 2020. Accessed January 16, 2022. "Daniel Seth Baum was born on Feb. 18, 1956, in Orange, N.J. His father, Seymour, was an executive with Colgate-Palmolive." Stephen J. Benkovic (born 1938), chemistKresge, Nicole; Simoni, Robert D.; and Hill, Robert L. Investigations of the Inner Workings of T4 Polymerase: the Work of Stephen J. Benkovic, Journal of Biological Chemistry, October 16, 2009. Accessed July 21, 2019. "Stephen J. Benkovic was born in Orange, New Jersey near the end of the great depression." Douglas J. Bennet (1938–2018), political official, fifteenth president of Wesleyan UniversityGenzlinger, Neil. "Douglas Bennet, Who Led NPR and Wesleyan, Dies at 79", The New York Times, June 13, 2018. Accessed July 21, 2019. "Douglas Joseph Bennet Jr. was born on June 23, 1938, in Orange, N.J., and grew up in Lyme, Conn." John L. Blake (1831–1899), represented New Jersey's 6th congressional district 1879–1881John Lauris Blake, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 13, 2007. Ken Blanchard (born 1939), author, works include The One Minute ManagerRingle, Bill. "Ken Blanchard, Co-author of the One Minute Manager, Bill Ringle. Accessed July 21, 2019. "Like me, he is a NJ native. He was born in Orange, New Jersey and raised in New Rochelle, NY." Thomas Aloysius Boland (1896–1979), prelate of the Roman Catholic Church; archbishop of Newark 1952–1974Bishop Thomas A. Boland, STD, Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson. Accessed July 21, 2019. "Born at Orange, New Jersey, February, 1896" Cory Boyd (born 1985), former starting tailback for the University of South CarolinaCory Boyd profile , South Carolina Gamecocks. Accessed October 30, 2007. and drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 7th round (238th pick overall) of the 2008 NFL draft Sandra Boynton (born 1953), humorist, songwriter, director, music producer, children's author and illustratorSandra Boynton Biography, Encyclopedia of World Biography. Accessed July 21, 2019. "Born Sandra K. Boynton, April 3, 1953, in Orange, NJ" Roger Breslin (1937–2025), attorney; prosecutor of Bergen County, New Jersey 1977–1982"Roger W. Breslin, Jr., Esq.", The Star-Ledger, January 19, 2025. Accessed August 12, 2025, via Newspapers.com. "Roger was born on September 23, 1937 at St. Mary’s Hospital, Orange, NJ to Alice Regina McKeon (Harrison, NJ ) and The Honorable Roger W. Breslin, Sr. (Lyndhurst, NJ)." G. Michael Brown (1942–2025), gaming regulator in New Jersey, lawyer for the gaming industry, chief executive officer of Foxwoods Resort CasinoRoberts, Sam. "G. Michael Brown, Who Regulated and Then Ran Casinos, Dies at 82", The New York Times, October 23, 2025. Accessed October 25, 2025. "Gerard Michael Brown, the youngest of five siblings, was born on Nov. 3, 1942, in Orange, N.J." Garrett Brown Jr. (born 1943), former United States district judge and later chief judge of the United States District Court for the District of New JerseyBrown, Garrett E., Jr., Federal Judicial Center. Accessed July 21, 2019. "Born 1943 in Orange, NJ" Lesley Bush (born 1947), diver, represented the United States at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where she received a gold medal in platform diving[njsportsheroes.com/lesleybushms-d.html Lesley Bush], NJSports.com. Accessed July 30, 2019. "Lesley Leigh Bush was born September 17, 1947, in Orange." Samuel P. Bush (1863–1948), industrialist and patriarch of the Bush political familyParmet, Herbert S. George Bush: The Life of a Lone Star Yankee, p. 18. Transaction Publishers, 2001. . Accessed December 18, 2011. "Their son, Samuel Prescott Bush, may properly be said to have been the family's modern "founding father".... Born in Orange, New Jersey, on October 4, 1863, he left his parents behind in Staten Island when, at the age of seventeen, he crossed the Kill Van Kull and went a few miles north to the Stevens Institute of Technology." Bisa Butler (born 1973), fiber artist known for her quilted portraits and designs celebrating black lifeBisa Butler , Black Prism. Accessed July 30, 2019. "Bisa Butler was born in Orange, NJ and raised in South Orange, the youngest of four siblings." Peter Cain (1959–1997), artist best known for his meticulously executed paintings and drawings of surreal and aberrant versions of automobilesSmith, Roberta. "Peter Cain, 37, Who Painted Images of Oddly Incomplete Cars", The New York Times, January 10, 1997. Accessed July 30, 2019. "Peter Francis Cain was born in Orange, N.J., in 1959 and studied art in Manhattan at the Parsons School of Design and the School of Visual Arts in the late 1970s and early 80s." Ernest Trow Carter (1866–1953), organist and composer, won the Bispham AwardThe Ernest Trow Carter Papers, Archives at Yale University. Accessed July 30, 2019. "Ernest Trow Carter was born in Orange, New Jersey, on September 3, 1866." Herbert S. Carter (1869–1927), physician and writerHerringshaw, Thomas William. The American physician and surgeon blue book; a distinct cyclopedia of 1919, p. 92. Accessed April 25, 2020. "Carter, Herbert Swift, Physician and Author of 66 West Fifty-fifth Street, New York City, was born Sept. 19, 1869, in Orange, N.J." Dennis M. Cavanaugh (born 1947), retired United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New JerseyDennis M. Cavanaugh, New Jersey Law Journal. Accessed July 30, 2019. "Born: January 28, 1947, Orange, N.J." Robert Hett Chapman (1771–1833), Presbyterian minister and missionary and the second president of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill"Chapman, Robert Hett", Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography, p. 582. Accessed July 30, 2019. "Chapman, Robert Hett, educator, b. in Orange, N. J., 2 March 1771" Evans Clark (1888–1970), writer strongly committed to first to Communist and Socialist causes and then liberal socio-economic issuesClark Papers, 1910–1970, Five Colleges Archives & Manuscript Collections. Accessed December 24, 2017. "Evans Clark was born in 1888 in Orange, New Jersey."Staff. "Evans Clark, Writer, Is Dead; Director of 20th Century Fund", The New York Times, August 29, 1970. Accessed December 24, 2017. "Mr. Clark, who was born in Orange, N. J., on Aug. 9, 1888, received his early education in private schools in New York City and at the Hill School in Pottstown, Pa." Richard Codey (1946–2026), politician; served in the New Jersey Legislature 1974–2024; 53rd governor of New Jersey 2004–2006Hatala, Greg. "Glimpse of History: The early days of a longtime public servant", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, November 4, 2016. Accessed July 30, 2019. "Born in Orange on Nov. 27, 1946, Codey is the longest-serving state legislator in New Jersey history, having served continuously since Jan. 8, 1974." Steven A. Cohen (born 1953), academic who has taught public management and environmental policy at Columbia University since 1981Steven A. Cohen, Columbia University. Accessed July 30, 2019. "Cohen was born in Orange, New Jersey, raised in Brooklyn, New York and now resides in New York City." Harold L. Colburn Jr. (1925–2012), physician and politician; served in the New Jersey General Assembly representing the 8th Legislative District 1984–1995Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, Volume 206, Part 1, p. 239. J.A. Fitzgerald., 1994. Accessed June 8, 2020. "Assemblyman Colburn was born in Orange on Oct. 2, 1925. He attended Montclair High School, and was graduated from Princeton University in 1947." Corinne Alsop Cole (1886–1971), politician, served two terms as a member of the Connecticut House of RepresentativesThe Annual Report of the Connecticut Historical Society, p. 11. Connecticut Historical Society, 1970. Accessed July 30, 2019. "Mrs. Corinne Robinson Alsop Cole – Mrs. Francis W. Cole, a member of this Society since November 6, 1957... She was born in Orange, New Jersey, July 2, 1886, the daughter of Douglas and Corinne Roosevelt Robinson." Samuel Colgate (1822–1897), manufacturer and philanthropist, headed the soap company that is now part of Colgate-Palmolive, benefactor of Colgate University"Death Of Samuel Colgate.; The Well-Known Manufacturer and Philanthropist Falls a Victim to Henry Disease.", The New York Times, April 24, 1897. Accessed October 29, 2021. "Orange, N. J., April 23 - Samuel Colgate, head of the firm Samuel Colgate & Co., one of the largest soap and perfume houses in the country, died of heart trouble at his home in this city this afternoon."