| 1. Amiri Bakara (Newark) | a. Environmental Sculptor |
| 2. Count Basie (Red Bank) | b. Early 1900's Poet |
| 3. James Fenimore Cooper (Burlington) | c. Famed Jazz Musician |
| 4. Steven Dunn (Port Republic) | d. Oscar-winning Actor |
| 5. Lauryn Hill (South Orange) | e. Hollywood Action Star |
| 6. Jon BonJovi (Westfield) | f. She's a Popular Jazz Singer |
| 7. Joyce Kilmer (New Brunswick) | g. 20th Century Sculptor |
| 8. Queen Latifah (Newark) | h. Singer Who Made Ladies Swoon! |
| 9. Jacob lawrence (Atlantic City) | i. Author of "Last of the Mohicans" |
| 10. Jack Nicholson (Neptune) | j. Singer, Activist, & Actor |
| 11. Robert Pinsky (Long Beach) | k. Grammy-Winning Rapper/Actress |
| 12. Paul Robeson (Princeton) | l. Mid 80's Hard Rock Star |
| 13. George Segal (Flemington) | m. Poet of Simple Beauty Language |
| 14. Frank Sinatra (Hoboken) | n. Painter of Harlem Renaissance |
| 15. Robert Smithson (Passaic) | o. "Working-Class" Rock Singer |
| 16. Bruce Springsteen (Freehold) | p. Poet of American Life in 1800's |
| 17. Sarah Vaughan (Newark) | q. Author/Poet Laureate, 1997 |
| 18. Walt Whitman (Camden) | r. Hip-Hopper: 5 Grammys, 1999 |
| 19. William Carlos Williams (Rutherford) | s. Pulitzer Prize Poetry |
| 20. Bruce Willis (Penns Grove) | t. Novelist/Playwrite/Poet |
