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Notable people

[change | change source] See also: Category:People from Carteret, New Jersey.

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Carteret include:

• Jim Babjak (born 1957), Dennis Diken (born 1957) and Mike Mesaros of the pop/rock group The Smithereens are former Carteret residents who met in school there.[17]
• Lori Baratta, artist; her portraits of past and present mayors and other famous people from Carteret hang on the walls in City Hall.[source?]
• Joseph A. Cafasso (born 1956), former Fox News consultant on military and counterterrorism issues who left the network after allegations surfaced that he misrepresented his military record.[18]
• Jim Conti of the ska band Streetlight Manifesto.[19]
• Thomas Deverin (1921–2010), former mayor of Carteret who served 22 years in the New Jersey General Assembly.[20]
• Keith Hughes (1968-2014), basketball player at Syracuse University and Rutgers who was selected by the Houston Rockets in the 1991 NBA Draft, but never played in the NBA.[21]
• Chad Kinch (1958–1994), shooting guard who played in the NBA for the Cleveland Cavaliers and Dallas Mavericks.[22]
• Jim McGreevey (born 1957), former Governor of New Jersey, grew up in Carteret.[23]
• Art McMahon, defensive back for the New England Patriots football team from 1968-1972.[24]
• Joe "Ducky" Medwick (1911–1975), left fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals during the "Gashouse Gang" era of the 1930s, elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1968, by the Veterans Committee.[25][26] Ranked #7 on the Sports Illustrated list of The 50 Greatest New Jersey Sports Figures.[27]
• Nicholas Minue (d. 1943) United States Army Private who received the Medal of Honor for military service in World War II. An elementary school on Post Boulevard in Carteret is named in his honor.[28]
• Paul J. Pluta, Rear Admiral, United States Coast Guard (Ret.)[29]
• Joel Weisman (1943-2009), physician who was one of the first to identify a pattern of illnesses that was ultimately diagnosed as AIDS.[30]
• Laurence S. Weiss (c. 1919 - 2003), business executive and politician wh served in the New Jersey Senate from 1978 to 1992.[31]
• Jason Worilds (born 1988), football player selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 2010 NFL Draft.[32]