Important Citizens of the City

Lou Costello – Legendary comedian, one-half of the famous Abbott and Costello comedy team.
Patrick Warburton – Actor known for Seinfeld, The Tick, Family Guy, and numerous films.
Fetty Wap – Grammy-nominated rapper best known for “Trap Queen.”
Mindy Sterling – Actress famous for the Austin Powers films.
Ron Cephas Jones – Emmy Award-winning actor from This Is Us.
Charlie Adler – Prolific voice actor for animation.
Frankie Ruiz – One of salsa music’s greatest vocalists.
Floyd Vivino – Beloved New Jersey television personality and comedian.

Larry Doby – First African American player in the American League and Baseball Hall of Famer.
Victor Cruz – Super Bowl champion wide receiver for the New York Giants.
Greg Olsen – Three-time Pro Bowl NFL tight end.
Bruce Arians – Super Bowl-winning NFL head coach.
Tim Thomas – Former NBA forward.
Ron Harper Jr. – Professional basketball player.
Mike Adams – Former NFL safety.
Andrés Torres – Former Major League Baseball outfielder.

Kathryn D. Sullivan – First American woman to walk in space.
Frederick Reines – Nobel Prize-winning physicist who co-discovered the neutrino.
William Graham Sumner – Influential Yale professor and one of America’s first sociologists.
Peter Kreeft – Well-known Catholic philosopher and author.
Morris Janowitz – Distinguished sociologist and military scholar.
J. Michael Straczynski – Creator of the television series Babylon 5.

Catholina Lambert – One of Paterson’s greatest silk industrialists and builder of Lambert Castle.
John Ryle – Often called the “Father of the American Silk Industry.”
Rogers Locomotive Works – While not a person, this Paterson company employed many notable engineers and produced some of America’s most famous locomotives.

Gaetano Federici – The “Sculptor Laureate of Paterson,” whose works decorate many public buildings throughout North Jersey.

Alexander Hamilton – Founder of Paterson through the Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures (S.U.M.).
Samuel Colt – Operated one of his earliest firearms factories in Paterson.
John Philip Holland – Built and tested early submarines in Paterson.