* George Washington (1732-1799) - First President of the United States, spent winters at his Morristown headquarters during the Revolutionary War
* Thomas Edison (1847-1931) - Inventor, held over 1,000 patents, had a laboratory in West Orange
* Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945) - 32nd President of the United States, had a home in Hyde Park
* Jonas Salk (1914-1995) - Developed the first polio vaccine, had a laboratory in Pittsburgh