- Notable residents and natives of Cherry Hill, New Jersey
The following is a list of notable residents and natives of Cherry Hill,
New Jersey .
*Muhammad Ali (born 1942), former heavyweightboxing champion. [ [http://espn.go.com/sportscentury/features/00014057.html Ali's camp now a bed and breakfast] ,ESPN.com , accessedDecember 6 ,2006 .]
*Maurice Ascalon (1913-2003) andDavid Ascalon , notedsculptor s and co-founders ofAscalon Studios , and the contemporaryindustrial designer Brad Ascalon . [ [http://www.sculpture.org/portfolio/sculptorPage?sculptor_id=1000872 David Ascalon profile] , International Sculpture Center, accessedMay 3 ,2007 . "David, a longtime resident of the Philadelphia suburb of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, was born in Israel in 1945."]
*Brian Baldinger (born 1960), formerNational Football League player andtelevision sportscaster. [ [http://www.golfpodium.com/Brian_Baldinger.htm Brian Baldinger speaker profile] , accessedDecember 6 ,2006 .]
* James Barbour (born 1966), Broadway Actor, grew up in Cherry Hill, attended Cherry Hill High School East. [ [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2006/12/10/2006-12-10_out_for_my_money_beast_rages_at_his_accu.html "OUT FOR MY MONEY. 'Beast' rages at his accuser"] , "New York Daily News ",December 10 ,2006 , accessedApril 29 ,2007 . "Barbour attended high school in Cherry Hill and when his mom, who worked many years as a nurse, died this year it was covered prominently by a local paper, Fischetti said.']
*Lawrence Bender (born 1957),Academy Award -winning film andtelevision producer whose credits include "Reservoir Dogs ", "Pulp Fiction", "Good Will Hunting ", "An Inconvenient Truth ". [Klein, Michael. [http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/michael_klein/20070227_Inqlings___Stove_going_cold_at_Deux_Chemines.html "Inqlings | Stove going cold at Deux Cheminées"] , "The Philadelphia Inquirer ",February 27 ,2007 . AccessedMay 3 ,2007 . "Also, Cherry Hill native Lawrence Bender, 49, was a producer of Al Gore's best-documentary winner An Inconvenient Truth."] AttendedCherry Hill High School East .
*Mike Bibby (born 1978),National Basketball Association basketball player who currently plays for theAtlanta Hawks . [ [http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/profile?statsId=3245 Mike Bibby player profile] atESPN.com , accessedDecember 6 ,2006 .]
*Susan Borowitz (born 1959), writer of television shows.
*D. Michael Briglia (1929-2006), college professor who was athletic director and baseball coach atRowan University (then Glassboro State College) for 25 years until his retirement in 1988, who won two NCAA Div. III championships in 1978,1979 and was named national coach of the year in 1979 and was named to the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 1989.Fact|date=April 2008 http://www.rowanmagazine.com/features/feature31/Rowan Diamonds, Profs Baseball History/Rowan University/retrieved 2008-05-22
*Jim Bunning (born 1931), formermajor league baseball pitcher with thePhiladelphia Phillies and currentUnited States Senator fromKentucky . [Fitzpatrick, Frank. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB95F720C26E751&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "AN AFTERNOON OF SHEER PERFECTION BUNNING BROKE TRADITION AND A HALF-CENTURY OF HISTORY"] , "The Philadelphia Inquirer ",June 22 ,1989 . AccessedJune 28 ,2007 , "It was a sultry Father's Day in the Philadelphia area, and babysitter Mary Fran Hoffman was happy to be spending it in Jim Bunning's air-conditioned Cherry Hill apartment."]
*Sarah Chang (born 1980),violinist .
*Tony Chimel (born 1967), ring announcer for WWE's "ECW" brand.
*Bobby Clarke (born 1949), formerhockey player and formergeneral manager for thePhiladelphia Flyers , three-time NHLHart Memorial Trophy winner, member of theHockey Hall of Fame .
*Sherry Coben , creator of the 1980s situation comedy "Kate & Allie ". [Bianculli, david. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB2977FAC455BCD&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "'KATE/ALLIE' IS RENEWED, CREATOR TOLD"] , "The Philadelphia Inquirer ",April 28 ,1984 . AccessedDecember 1 ,2007 . "Although CBS won't announce its fall lineup until late next week, "Kate & Allie" creator Sherry Coben learned yesterday her New York-based sitcom has been picked up for 13 additional episodes. 'I'm thrilled,' said Coben, a Cherry Hill West High School graduate. 'I hope we can keep the quality up. I don't want anybody to be disappointed.'"]
*Lauren Cohan (born 1982), actress. [ [http://www.ajlmagazine.com/archivesblog/2007/09/fall-tv-preview-lauren-cohan.html "Fall TV Preview: Lauren Cohan"] , "American Jewish Life", September / October 2007. AccessedDecember 5 ,2007 . "Moving to England from the Philly suburb of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, where half her friends were Jewish, she was surprised to find that the only Jews in her school 'were myself and the headmaster.'"]
*Major Coxson , "...who was murdered in 1973, was simultaneously `a mayoral candidate, flamboyant entrepreneur, media darling, civil rights activist, inner city power broker, fraudster, drug financier, and intermediary between Italian-American and African-American gangsters` according to (Penn State Professor Sean Patrick) Griffin" [Marley, Mike. [http://www.fightnightnews.com/mm15.html Mike Marley's FightNightNews.com] "Major Coxson, who was murdered in 1973, was simultaneously "a mayoral candidate, flamboyant entrepreneur, media darling, civil rights activist, inner city power broker, fraudster, drug financier, and intermediary between Italian-American and African-American gangsters" according to (Penn State Professor Sean Patrick) Griffin who uses primary law enforcement records and crime reporting to make the case.]
*Randall Cunningham , formerquarterback for thePhiladelphia Eagles .
*Andrea Dworkin , feminist and writer. [Miller, Stephen. [http://www.nysun.com/article/12084 "Andrea Dworkin, 58, Feminist Thinker Wrote Against Pornography, Violence"] , "The New York Sun ",April 12 ,2005 . AccessedJune 28 ,2007 . "Dworkin was raised in Camden and Delaware Township (now Cherry Hill), N.J., in a leftist-leaning working-class family; her father was a guidance counselor, her mother a secretary."]
* Hank Eskin, founder and creator of the popular currency tracking website. AttendedCherry Hill High School West
*Rick Folbaum , co-anchor for WNYW-TV New York's weekday 6PM newscasts. AttendedCherry Hill High School West
*Glenn Foley (born 1970), former NFL quarterback. [ [http://www.sportstalk950.com/Roster/SR950MorningShow/Bio/tabid/94/Default.aspx About the Morning Show] ,WPEN (AM) . AccessedJuly 28 ,2007 . "Glenn Foley... A native of Cherry Hill, N.J., Glenn looks forward to sharing his sports opinions and insight each morning on The New Sports Radio 950."]
*Casey Fossum (born 1978), Major League Baseball pitcher. Played at Cherry Hill American Little League.
* Bob Greene, personal trainer, frequent guest on "The Oprah Winfrey Show ". [Burkhart, Michael T. [http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080122/LIVING/801220310 "Greene makes Oprah sweat: Winfrey's personal trainer, a Cherry Hill native, returns to area to promote new book"] , "Courier-Post ",January 22 ,2008 . AccessedJanuary 23 ,2008 . "Greene, 50, a 1976 graduate of Cherry Hill High School East, returns to South Jersey Wednesday to promote the "Best Life Challenge" diet and accompanying book."]
* Tommy Gunn (born 1967),pornographic actor.Fact|date=July 2008
* Craig Harris, nationally published video game reviewer and one of the founding editors of entertainment websiteIGN .
*Gene Hart (1931-1999), longtimePhiladelphia Flyers announcer. [Panaccio, Tim. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB5CE6B762414B5&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "GENE HART, LONGTIME VOICE OF FLYERS, DIES"] , "The Philadelphia Inquirer ",July 15 ,1999 . AccessedDecember 17 ,2007 . "Mr. Hart, 68, who lived in Cherry Hill, had been in the critical-care unit of Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center in Camden since Saturday."]
*Orel Hershiser (born 1958), former professionalbaseball pitcher , who attendedCherry Hill High School East .
*Todd Hollandsworth (born 1973), Major League Baseball outfielder and 1996 MLB rookie of the year. Lived in Cherry Hill through middle-school.
*Tim Howard (born 1979), Everton FC and USA National team Goalkeeper
*Adam Jasinski (born 1978), winner of "Big Brother 9".Fact|date=May 2008
*Ali Larter (born 1976), model andactress . [ [http://www.nbc.com/Heroes/bios/niki.shtml NBC cast profile for Ali Larter] from "Heroes", accessedDecember 24 ,2006 .] AttendedCherry Hill High School West .
*Aaron Lazar , actor and singer. [ [http://www.carnegiehall.org/article/box_office/events/evt_9719_ma.html?selecteddate=04042008 The New York Pops] ,Carnegie Hall . AccessedApril 28 ,2008 . "A native of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, Aaron Lazar garnered critical acclaim for his performance as Enjolras in the 2006 Broadway revival of Les Misérables, earning a 2007 Drama Desk Award Nomination for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical."] AttendedCherry Hill High School West .
*Toby Lightman ,singer-songwriter andAtlantic Records recording artist.
*Amos Lee ,singer-songwriter . [Moon, Tom. [http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=%22Amos+Lee%22+%22cherry+hill%22++east+graduate&btnG=Search+Archives&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&um=1 "Philadelphia's emerging musical talents"] , "The Philadelphia Inquirer ",January 26 ,2003 . AccessedOctober 17 ,2007 . "Lee, 25, grew up in South Philadelphia and Cherry Hill (he's a Cherry Hill East graduate)..."]
*Paul Lisicky (born 1959),novelist andmemoirist .
*Donovan McNabb (born 1976), quarterback for thePhiladelphia Eagles . [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C06E1DA1031F932A3575BC0A96F958260 "PLUS: PRO FOOTBALL -- PHILADELPHIA; McNabb Signed but Not in Uniform"] , "The New York Times ",August 1 ,1999 . AccessedNovember 12 ,2007 . "But McNabb was excused from the morning workout, staying at his Cherry Hill, N.J., home until midmorning while several teammates were knocked out of practice with heat exhaustion."]
*George Norcross III (born 1957), local Democratic party political leader and chief executive ofCommerce National Insurance .
*Vince Papale (born 1946), former professional football player,Philadelphia Eagles . Papale was the oldest non-kicker rookie in the NFL and the inspiration for the 2006 film, "Invincible".
*Bernie Parent , (born 1945), retired ice hockey goalie. [Fitzgerald, Barbara; and Strauss, Robert. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B04E3DC143BF930A25757C0A9659C8B63&scp=1&sq=%22bernie+parent%22+%22cherry+hill%22&st=nyt "WORTH NOTING; And a Team in Pennsauken Loses Its Owner"] , "The New York Times ",April 13 ,2003 . AccessedFebruary 18 ,2008 . "Mr. Parent, who lives in Cherry Hill, is a marketing account executive in the insurance division at Commerce and has long been an investor in the team."]
*Mikael Renberg (born 1972), played for thePhiladelphia Flyers
*Ron Rivera (born 1962), formerSuper Bowl -winningChicago Bears linebacker. Worked as the Linebacker Coach for thePhiladelphia Eagles before going back to theChicago Bears as their Defensive Coordinator.
*"Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers (1921-1992),professional wrestler , first World Wide Wrestling Federation World Heavyweight Champion, first man to hold both the World Wide Wrestling Federation andNational Wrestling Alliance World Heavyweight Championships
*Leon Rose (born c. 1961), agent forLebron James attended Cherry Hill High School East.
*J. D. Roth (born 1968), host of "Endurance"
*Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg (born 1961), violinist. [ [http://www.njn.net/artsculture/starts/season05-06/2403.html#4 State of the Arts: nadja salerno-sonnenberg, violinist] ,New Jersey Network . AccessedJuly 28 ,2007 . "Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg grew up in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, where she took part in a talent competition that won her the chance to play with the Philadelphia Orchestra when she was only 12 years old."]
*L. J. Smith (born 1980),tight end who currently plays for thePhiladelphia Eagles . [ [http://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/team/teamRosterDetails.jsp?id=563 L.J. Smith profile] ,Philadelphia Eagles . AccessedJune 9 ,2007 . "Growing up in the small town of Highland Park, NJ (2 square miles, population 14,500), Smith graduated from the local high school as part of a 115-person class....Single and lives in Cherry Hill, NJ, in the offseason.]
*Stephen A. Smith (born 1967),Journalist for "The Philadelphia Inquirer " andESPN television personality.
*Jerry Stackhouse (born 1974),National Basketball Association basketball player who now plays for theDallas Mavericks .
*Scott Storch (born 1973), a well-known producer and keyboardist who has written for many artists.
* William 'Worldwide Wes' Wesley (born 1964),NBA insider; mysterious yet influential figure across the league.
*Alexa Wilkinson [ [http://www.alexawilkinson.com/ : Alexa Wilkinson : ] ] , American singer-songwriter, was born in Cherry Hill but moved toPark City, Utah aged 12. [Alexa's Facebook page: [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Alexa-Wilkinson/21063662344] ]References
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