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* [[Tab Ramos]] (born 1966), retired soccer midfielder.<ref>Mifflin, Lawrie. [http://www.nytimes.com/1996/08/18/nyregion/doing-a-star-turn-for-the-home-team-at-last.html "Doing a Star Turn for the Home Team, at Last"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 18, 1996. Accessed February 25, 2012. "Giants Stadium is a short trip up the turnpike from Old Bridge, where Mr. Ramos lives with his wife, Amy – a former North Carolina State University soccer player like her husband – and their 16-month-old son, Alex. And it's just a few miles from where he grew up, in Harrison and Kearny, towns that have been soccer hotbeds for generations."</ref>
* [[Harold Hill Smith]] (1910–1994), geneticist who first fused a human cell and a plant cell.<ref>Saxon, Wolfgang. [http://www.nytimes.com/1994/10/25/obituaries/harold-hill-smith-84-geneticist-whose-work-led-to-cell-fusion.html "Harold Hill Smith, 84, Geneticist Whose Work Led to Cell Fusion"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 25, 1994. Accessed September 1, 2014. "Dr. Smith was born in Kearny, N.J. He graduated from Rutgers University and received master's and doctoral degrees in genetics at Harvard University."</ref>
* [[Archie Stark]] (1897–1985), soccer pioneer in the United States and member of National Soccer Hall of Fame.<ref>Francis, Shawn. [http://www.mlssoccer.com/all-star/news/article/2011/07/21/welcome-new-jersey-home-real-football-giants "Welcome to New Jersey, home of the real football giants"], [[Major League Soccer]], July 21, 2011. Accessed February 25, 2011. "Among the notables who called Kearny home are Archie Stark (232 goals in 205 matches for Bethlehem Steel), John Harkes (former U.S. national-team captain), Tony Meola (former U.S. captain and keeper) Ted Gillen (former MLS and U.S. player) and Billy Gonsalves (a U.S. veteran of two World Cups)."</ref>
* [[Ray Toro]] (born 1977), [[My Chemical Romance]] lead guitarist.<ref>Holahan, Catherine. [http://record-bergen.vlex.com/vid/chemical-romance-jersey-basementss-62733746 "No Way Back;My Chemical Romance is too big for New Jersey's basements"], ''[[The Record (Bergen County)]]'', October 12, 2005. Accessed August 29, 2013. "Part of the reason Toro might feel so nostalgic for Kearny and Belleville, where he and his band mates grew up, is they have been home for a total of about four weeks since releasing their major label debut, ''Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge,'' in June 2004."</ref>
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