• Borgmann, "Benny" Bernhard (1899 - 1978) - Basketball, elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1961 
• Borgmann, Glenn (1950 -  ) - Played baseball for nine years with the Minnesota Twins and the Chicago White Sox  ( statistics)
• Briggs, Johnny (1944 -  ) - Played baseball for 12 years with the Philadelphia Phillies, the Milwaukee Brewers and the Minnesota Twins  (statistics)
• Carter, Rubin "Hurricane"  (1937 -  ) - Middleweight boxer, involved in a homicide case in which many believed he was wrongly convicted of murder; his story was made into a major motion picture, "The Hurricane", in 2000
• Casares, Rick (1931 -  ) - Played football for 10 years with the Chicago Bears
• De Pietro, Joseph (1914 - 1999) - Weightlifter, won a gold medal in the bantam weight division at the 1948 Olympics in London, England; set a new World and Olympic record
• Doby, Larry (1923 -  ) - First African-American to play in the American Baseball League;  elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998 (more information) (statistics)
• Egg, Eleanor (1909 - 19??) - Multi-faceted track star of the 1920's (more information)
• Jamieson, Charles "Chuck" (1898 - 1969) - Baseball, 18 years with the Cleveland Indians  (statistics)
• Kelly, "King" Michael J. (1857 - 1894) - 19th century ballplayer and actor; elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1945  (statistics) (more information)
• Macdonald, J. Oliver (1904 - 1973) - Gold medal member of the 1600m relay team at the 1924 Olympics in Paris, France
• McCormick, James "Jim" (1856 - 1918) - 19th century baseball player and manager, as a pitcher he helped to develop the curve ball  (statistics)
• Nolan, "TheOnly" Edward Sylvester (1857 - 1913) - 19th century baseball player and later a Paterson police officer  (statistics)
• VandeWeghe, Albert (1917? - ) - Set world records in swimming during the 1930's; won a silver medal in the 100m backstroke at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany
• Wagner, Honus (1874 - 1955) - Baseball Hall-of-Famer, played in Paterson before going to the major leagues; elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936  (statistics)

June 12, 2009 /mpw