New Brunswick High School alumni

Mel Harris (born July 12, 1956) is an American actress best known for her role as Hope Murdoch Steadman in the ABC drama series Thirtysomething (1987–1991), for which she received a Golden Globe nomination in 1990.

Glen Burtnik (born Glenn Burtnick; April 8, 1955) is a singer, songwriter, entertainer and multi-instrumentalist, best known as a former member of Styx. Burtnik is originally from North Brunswick, New Jersey, in the Middlesex County part of the Raritan Bayshore, of the larger Jersey Shore and lives in Asbury Park, New Jersey, both popular Jersey Shore towns. Burtnik has written hit songs for Randy Travis, Patty Smyth and Don Henley. The spelling of his name has shortened a few times over the years (born Glenn Burtnick, then changed to Glen Burtnick, and finally Glen Burtnik, spelled with one N, no C).

Edythe Wright (August 16, 1916 – October 27, 1965) was an American singer who performed from 1935 to 1939 with the band led by Tommy Dorsey.

Jonathan Casillas (born June 3, 1987) is a former American football linebacker. He played high school football at New Brunswick High School and college football at Wisconsin. He is of Puerto Rican and African-American ancestry.

Eric Orlando Young Sr. (born May 18, 1967) is an American former Major League Baseball second baseman and left fielder. He played college baseball and college football for Rutgers University.

Donald Cornelius Highsmith (born March 12, 1948) is a former professional American football running back in the National Football League. He played four seasons for the Green Bay Packers and the Oakland Raiders.

Gary George Brokaw (born January 11, 1954) is a retired American basketball player and a basketball coach.

Dwayne Jarrett (born September 11, 1986) is a former American football wide receiver who played in the National Football League (NFL) for four seasons. He played college football for the University of Southern California (USC), and was recognized as a consensus All-American twice. The Carolina Panthers selected him in the second round of the 2007 NFL Draft.

Antonio "Tony" Vega (April 21, 1961 – November 11, 2013) was a Puerto Rican American Thoroughbred jockey and community activist from New Brunswick, New Jersey. He was a graded stakes winning, three-time champion jockey who competed in North American horse racing from 1982 to 2012.

Roy Mack (December 14, 1889, New Brunswick, New Jersey - January 16, 1962, Los Angeles, California), born Leroy McClure, was an American director of film shorts, mostly comedy films, with 205 titles to his credit.