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Mims, American hip hop recording artist, orphaned at age 13; Sonny Moore, American electronic dance music producer, adopted as an infant; That Mexican OT, American hip-hop artist. Orphaned at age 8. Trent Reznor, American singer, abandoned by parents at age 5 and raised by grandparents; Jimmie Rodgers, American country singer
The following is a list of notable people born, raised, or closely associated with the U.S. state of New Jersey This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Andrea Dimitry – Greek-American soldier in the War of 1812 fought in the Battle of New Orleans; George Doundoulakis – Greek-American soldier who worked under British Intelligence during World War II and served with the OSS in Thessaly, Greece. Later becoming a physicist, he is known by his twenty-six US patents in the fields of radar ...
Alan Arkin (1934–2023), actor, director, producer, and screenwriter, grandparents were Russian Jewish, Ukrainian Jewish and German Jewish immigrants René Auberjonois (1940–2019), Tony Award-winning character actor (and grandson of the painter), best known for his early 1980s role as Clayton Endicott III on the television show Benson and ...
Bill Pullman (born 1953), actor, best known for his roles in Ruthless People, Spaceballs, Independence Day, While You Were Sleeping and Lost Highway; maternal grandparents were Dutch; Jason Ritter (born 1980), actor, [12] distant Dutch ancestry; John Ritter (1948–2003), actor, [13] distant Dutch ancestry
The word is derived from the Latin celebrity, from the adjective celeber ("famous," "celebrated"). Being a celebrity is often one of the highest degrees of notability, although the word notable is mistaken to be synonymous with the title celebrity, fame, prominence etc.
This list does not include those of Mennonite religion only, who are not culturally connected to Switzerland and South Germany and the persecution documented in the Martyrs Mirror. To be included in this list, the person must either have a Wikipedia article showing they are Amish or Amish Mennonite or are of Amish or Amish Mennonite descent or ...
This is a list of notable people who were born in the U.S. state of Virginia, were raised or lived in Virginia, or for whom Virginia is a significant part of their ...