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Jan. 9
Bucky Pizzarelli
Guitarist
Paterson, 1926
Feb. 3
Nathan Lane
Actor
Jersey City, 1956
Feb. 9
Joe Pesci
Actor
Newark, 1943
Judith Light
Actress
Trenton, 1949
Feb. 16
Ice-T
Rapper/actor
Newark, 1958
John Travolta
Actor
Englewood, 1954
Feb. 25
Chelsea Handler
Comedian/TV host
Livingston, 1975
March 2
Jon Bon Jovi
Musician/songwriter
Perth Amboy, 1962
March 6
Lou Costello*
Actor/comedian
Paterson, 1906
March 7
Laura Prepon
Actress
Watchung, 1980
March 16
Jerry Lewis
Actor/comedian
Newark, 1926
March 18
Queen Latifah
Rapper/actress
Newark, 1970
March 27
Sarah Vaughan
Singer
Newark, 1924
April 6
Paul Rudd
Actor
Passaic, 1969
John Pizzarelli
Guitarist/singer
Paterson, 1960
April 9
Paul Robeson
Actor/singer
Princeton, 1898
April 22
Jack Nicholson
Actor
Neptune, 1937
April 30
Kirsten Dunst
Actress
Point Pleasant, 1982
May 3
Frankie Valli
Singer
Newark, 1934
May 26
Lauryn Hill
Singer/rapper/songwriter
East Orange, 1975
June 3
Jill Biden
First Lady of the United States
Hammonton, 1951
June 7
Fetty Wap
Rapper
Paterson, 1991
June 11
Peter Dinklage
Actor
Morristown, 1969
June 17
Joe Piscopo
Actor/comedian
Passaic, 1951
June 19
Zoe Saldana
Actress
Passaic, 1978
June 22
Meryl Streep
Actress
Summit, 1949
July 18
Steve Forbes
Publishing executive and politician
Morristown, 1947
July 18
Wendy Williams
TV personality
Asbury Park, 1964
Aug. 2
Kevin Smith
Writer/actor
Red Bank, 1970
Aug. 3
Martha Stewart
TV personality/entrepreneur
Jersey City, 1941
Aug. 9
Whitney Houston
Singer
Newark, 1963
Aug. 18
Malcolm Jamal-Warner
Actor
Jersey City, 1970
Aug. 21
Count Basie
Musician
Red Bank, 1904
Aug. 25
Wayne Shorter
Saxophonist/composer
Newark, 1933
Sept. 7
Gloria Gaynor
Singer
Newark, 1949
Sept. 16
David Copperfield
Magician
Metuchen, 1956
Sept. 18
James Gandolfini
Actor
Westwood, 1961
Sept. 23
Bruce Springsteen
Musician/songwriter
Long Branch, 1949
Jason Alexander
Actor
Newark, 1959
Sept. 25
Michael Douglas
Actor
New Brunswick, 1944
Sept. 26
Christina Milian
Singer/songwriter/actress
Jersey City, 1981
Sept. 28
Janeane Garofalo
Actress/comedian
Newton, 1964
Sept. 29
Halsey
Singer
Edison, 1994
Oct. 2
Kelly Ripa
TV personality
Stratford, 1970
Oct. 13
Paul Simon
Musician/songwriter/actor
Newark, 1941
Nov. 5
Kevin Jonas**
Musician/actor
Teaneck, 1987
Nov. 17
Danny DeVito
Actor
Neptune, 1944
Nov. 19
Savion Glover
Dancer/choreographer
Newark, 1973
Nov. 28
Ed Harris
Actor
Englewood, 1950
Dec. 4
Southside Johnny Lyon
Singer
Neptune, 1948
Dec. 12
Frank Sinatra
Singer/actor
Hoboken, 1915
Connie Francis
Singer
Newark, 1938
Dionne Warwick
Singer/actress
East Orange, 1940
Dec. 18
Ray Liotta
Actor
Newark, 1954