40.7101° N, 74.0602° W

JERSEY CITY

Most Famous People Born in Jersey City, USA

Notable people
504
Peak decade
1940s
Median birth year
1934
Most distinctive
Baseball 5.6×

Standouts

Notable Births by Decade

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What Jersey City Is Known For

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Politician is Jersey City's biggest profession — 13% of all notables (64).

Jersey City over-indexes on baseball 5.6× the global rate.

Jersey City under-produces football — only 0.5× the global rate.

  1. Politician 64 1.1×
  2. Actor 50 1.9×
  3. Baseball 32 5.6×
  4. Basket 30 4.7×
  5. Football 29 0.5×
  6. Lawyer 22 2.5×
  7. Music 20 2.8×
  8. Writer 11 0.7×
  1. Baseball 32 5.6×
  2. Basket 30 4.7×
  3. Producer 5 3.5×
  4. Screenwriter 7 3.2×
  5. Music 20 2.8×
  6. Lawyer 22 2.5×
  7. Actor 50 1.9×
  1. Football 29 0.5×
  2. Painter 8 0.6×
  3. Writer 11 0.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Jersey City's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

1850 1875 1900 1925 1950 1975
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504 notable people

0001 SINGER

Nancy Sinatra

Born 1940

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0002 ACTOR

Nathan Lane

Born 1956

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0003 SINGER

Christina Milian

Born 1981

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0004 PRESENTER

Martha Stewart

Born 1941

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0005 GUITAR

Al Di Meola

Born 1954

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0006 MUSIC

Frank Sinatra Jr.

1944 - 2016

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0007 ACTOR

Derek Luke (actor)

Born 1974

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0008 ACTOR

Paul Gleason

1939 - 2006

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0009 ACTOR

Norman Lloyd

Born 1914

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0010 FILM

Richard Conte

1910 - 1975

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0011 ACTOR

Norma Talmadge

1894 - 1957

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0012 ACTOR

Philip Bosco

1930 - 2018

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0013 BASKET

Tom Heinsohn

1934 - 2020

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0014 ACTOR

Malcolm-Jamal Warner

Born 1970

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0015 PSYCHOLOGIST

Richard Bandler

Born 1950

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0016 CRIMINAL

Richard Kuklinski

1935 - 2006

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0017 ACTOR

Susan Flannery

Born 1939

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0018 COMEDIAN

Marc Maron

Born 1963

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0019 MILITAR

Martin Dempsey

Born 1952

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0020 ACTOR

Tracey Walter

Born 1947

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0021 ACTOR

Elizabeth Allen (actress)

1929 - 2006

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0022 WRITER

F. Paul Wilson

Born 1946

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0023 FILM

Ozzie Nelson

1906 - 1975

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0024 POLITICIAN

Jim McGreevey

Born 1957

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0025 ACTOR

Flip Wilson

1933 - 1998

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0026 PRODUCER

Rudy Van Gelder

1924 - 2016

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0027 FOOTBALL

John Harkes

Born 1967

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0028 ECONOMIST

Arthur Melvin Okun

1928 - 1980

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0029 FOOTBALL

Jim McMahon

Born 1959

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0030 ACTOR

Joseph Sargent

1925 - 2014

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0031 ACTOR

Taryn Thomas

Born 1983

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0032 WRITER

Michael Shaara

1928 - 1988

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0033 SOCIOLOGIST

Mark Granovetter

Born 1943

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0034 LAWYER

Louis Freeh

Born 1950

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0035 MUSIC

Ed Shaughnessy

1929 - 2013

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0036 PAINTER

Alphaeus Philemon Cole

1876 - 1988

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0037 SINGER

Marilyn McCoo

Born 1943

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0038 OPERA

Basil Ruysdael

1888 - 1960

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0039 FILM

John Calley

1930 - 2011

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0040 ACTOR

Beth Fowler

Born 1940

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0041 ACTOR

Victor Kilian

1891 - 1979

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0042 JOURNALIST

Jim DeRogatis

Born 1964

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0043 ACTOR

Sam Coppola

1932 - 2012

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0044 FILM

Edwin L. Marin

1899 - 1951

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0045 WRITER

Warren Murphy

1933 - 2015

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0046 PSYCHOLOGIST

David Rosenhan

1929 - 2012

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0047 PSYCHOLOGIST

John William Atkinson

1923 - 2003

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0048 CARTOONIST

John Severin

1921 - 2012

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0049 COMPOSER

Maury Yeston

Born 1945

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0050 FILM

Allan Arkush

Born 1948

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0051 ACADEMIC

Benedict Groeschel

1933 - 2014

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0052 SCULPTOR

Kaws

Born 1974

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0053 COMPOSER

Gil Mellé

1931 - 2004

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0054 BASKET

David Rivers

Born 1965

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0055 MUSIC

Jimmy Bosch

Born 1959

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0056 ACTOR

Danny Dayton

1923 - 1999

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0057 POLITICIAN

J. Parnell Thomas

1895 - 1970

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0058 BASKET

Bobby Hurley

Born 1971

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0059 ACTOR

Phyllis Newman

1933 - 2019

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0060 WRITER

Mark Leyner

Born 1956

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0061 COMEDIAN

Beetlejuice (entertainer)

Born 1968

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0062 MUSIC

Apache (rapper)

1964 - 2010

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0063 BASKET

Luther Wright

Born 1971

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0064 LAWYER

Nadine Strossen

Born 1950

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0065 ACTOR

Kate Lyn Sheil

Born 1984

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0066 ACTOR

Cliff Osmond

1937 - 2012

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0067 CIVIL SERVANT

Linda Tripp

1949 - 2020

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0068 MUSIC

Claydes Charles Smith

1948 - 2006

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0069 POLITICIAN

Edward I. Edwards

1863 - 1931

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0070 POLITICIAN

A. Harry Moore

1877 - 1952

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0071 HISTORIAN

Steven T. Katz

Born 1944

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0072 MUSIC

Jane Harvey

1925 - 2013

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0073 ACTOR

Billy Quirk

1873 - 1926

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0074 POLITICIAN

John Farmer Jr.

Born 1957

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0075 ZOOLOGIST

George S. Myers

1905 - 1985

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0076 LIBRARIAN

Mortimer Taube

1910 - 1965

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0077 ACADEMIC

Alan Charles Kors

Born 1943

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0078 WRESTLER

Henry Wittenberg

1918 - 2010

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0079 ASTRONOMER

John Huchra

1948 - 2010

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0080 MUSIC

Al Caiola

1920 - 2016

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0081 FILM

Paul Guilfoyle (actor, born 1902)

1902 - 1961

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0082 PLAYER

Sunitha Rao

Born 1985

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0083 ACTOR

Yolande Donlan

1920 - 2014

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0084 PHOTOGRAPHER

Eva Watson-Schütze

1867 - 1935

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0085 POET

Janine Pommy Vega

1942 - 2010

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0086 PAINTER

Jonathan Lasker

Born 1948

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0087 POLITICIAN

Frank Hague

1876 - 1956

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0088 HISTORIAN

Peter Novick

1934 - 2012

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0089 BASKET

Ahmad Nivins

Born 1987

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0090 PLAYER

Eric Taino

Born 1975

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0091 MATHEMATICIAN

Morton Gurtin

Born 1934

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0092 ENTREPRENEUR

John Moody (financial analyst)

1868 - 1958

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0093 ACTOR

Skip O'Brien

1950 - 2011

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0094 CONSULTANT

Evangeline Adams

1868 - 1932

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0095 BASEBALL

Cotton Nash

Born 1942

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0096 POLITICIAN

Mary Teresa Norton

1875 - 1959

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0097 POLITICIAN

Franklin Murphy (governor)

1846 - 1920

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0098 BASKET

Jim Boylan

Born 1955

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0099 ACTOR

Dennis James

1917 - 1997

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0100 MUSIC

Phil Urso

1925 - 2008

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0101 ACTOR

Kim Hawthorne

Born 1991

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0102 ANTHROPOLOGIST

William Libbey

1855 - 1927

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0103 MUSIC

Vic Juris

1953 - 2019

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0104 BASKET

Rodrick Rhodes

Born 1973

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0105 OBSTETRICIAN

Robert Latou Dickinson

1861 - 1950

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0106 BASKET

Mike O'Koren

Born 1958

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0107 BASKET

Roshown McLeod

Born 1975

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0108 FILM

Jill Culton

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0109 BASKET

Mike Rosario

Born 1990

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0110 DESIGNER

Elaine Lustig Cohen

1927 - 2016

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0111 POLITICIAN

James Fairman Fielder

1867 - 1954

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0112 LAWYER

Faith Whittlesey

1939 - 2018

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0113 NOVELIST

Thomas Fleming (historian)

1927 - 2017

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0114 ANIMATOR

John McIntyre (cartoonist)

Born 1954

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0115 EXPLORER

Anthony Fiala

1869 - 1950

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0116 LAWYER

Paul Tagliabue

Born 1940

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0117 JOURNALIST

Doc Searls

Born 1947

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0118 ASTRONAUT

George D. Zamka

Born 1962

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0119 ACTOR

Grandon Rhodes

1904 - 1987

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0120 MUSIC

Jimmy Lyons

1933 - 1986

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0121 MUSIC

Rob Mazurek

Born 1965

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0122 EDITOR

Robert Giroux

1914 - 2008

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0123 SCREENWRITER

Leon Gast

Born 1936

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0124 BASKET

Rafael Addison

Born 1964

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0125 MUSIC

Heather B. Gardner

Born 1971

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0126 PUBLISHER

Oscar Sonneck

1873 - 1928

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0127 PHYSICIST

William R. Bennett Jr.

1930 - 2008

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0128 BASKET

Jim Spanarkel

Born 1957

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0129 POLITICIAN

Frank Joseph Guarini

Born 1924

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0130 EDUCATION

Cornelius L. Reid

1911 - 2008

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0131 ABBOT

John Daido Loori

1931 - 2009

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0132 BASKET

Jimmy Foster (basketball)

Born 1951

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0133 FILM

Kathleen Collins

1942 - 1988

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0134 PLAYWRIGHT

Ralph Peduto

1942 - 2014

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0135 RADIO

Hal Turner

Born 1962

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0136 MUSIC

Sonny Igoe

1923 - 2012

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0137 BASKET

George Blaney

Born 1939

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0138 BASEBALL

Jerry Dipoto

Born 1968

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0139 ACTOR

Ken Jennings (actor)

Born 1947

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0140 MILITAR

Joseph May Swing

1894 - 1984

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0141 BASEBALL

Willie Banks (baseball)

Born 1969

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0142 PAINTER

Gilbert Gaul (artist)

1855 - 1919

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0143 JOURNALIST

Richard Rovere

1915 - 1979

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0144 REPUBLICAN

Clarence E. Case

1877 - 1961

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0145 BASKET

Tommy O'Keefe

1926 - 2015

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0146 SCREENWRITER

Millen Brand

1906 - 1980

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0147 ACADEMIC

Marshall D. Shulman

1916 - 2007

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0148 ACTOR

Anthony DeSando

Born 1965

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0149 MODEL

Nancy Lee Andrews

Born 1947

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0150 POLITICIAN

John Gerald Milton

1881 - 1977

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0151 PRODUCER

E. Duke Vincent

Born 1932

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0152 COMEDIAN

Larry Wilde

Born 1928

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0153 POLITICIAN

Rosa Zafferani

Born 1960

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0154 ENGINEER

Gerard J. Foschini

Born 1940

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0155 ART HISTORIAN

William H. Gerdts

1929 - 2020

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0156 POET

Ray Bremser

1934 - 1998

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0157 FOOTBALL

Tahir Whitehead

Born 1990

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0158 PAINTER

Troy Brauntuch

Born 1954

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0159 PLAYER

John Cernuto

Born 1944

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0160 ARTIST

Frank Gillette

Born 1941

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0161 COMPOSER

William Gilchrist

1846 - 1916

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0162 WRITER

Joseph Krumgold

1908 - 1980

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0163 PHOTOGRAPHER

Luis Gispert

Born 1972

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0164 KARATE

Peter Urban (karate)

1934 - 2004

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0165 THEOLOGIAN

Vernon Grounds

1914 - 2010

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0166 ACTOR

Frank Dolce

Born 1996

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0167 ACTOR

Peggy Feury

1924 - 1985

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0168 POLITICIAN

Dominick V. Daniels

1908 - 1987

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0169 MUSIC

Herbie Haymer

1915 - 1949

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0170 ACTOR

Christine Mayo

1883 - 1961

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0171 PRIEST

Raymond Augustine Kearney

1902 - 1956

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0172 PSYCHOLOGIST

Shepherd Ivory Franz

1874 - 1933

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0173 BASKET

Bob Hurley

Born 1947

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0174 GUITAR

Jack Frost (musician)

Born 1968

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0175 POLITICIAN

James A. Hamill

1877 - 1941

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0176 SCREENWRITER

Peter Steinfeld

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0177 FOOTBALL

Jonathan Casillas

Born 1987

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0178 POLITICIAN

Edward J. Hart

1893 - 1961

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0179 COMPOSER

Philip James

1890 - 1975

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0180 CRIMINOLOGIST

Herbert L. Packer

1925 - 1972

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0181 BASEBALL

José Rosado

Born 1974

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0182 DRIVER

Art Cross

1918 - 2005

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0183 ACTOR

Donald Kirke

1901 - 1971

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0184 BASKET

Hal Uplinger

1929 - 2011

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0185 PERFORMER

Venus Xtravaganza

1965 - 1988

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0186 PRIEST

Michael Angelo Saltarelli

1932 - 2009

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0187 BIOLOGIST

Scott D. Emr

Born 1954

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0188 PRIEST

Gaetano Aldo Donato

1940 - 2015

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0189 POLITICIAN

T. James Tumulty

1913 - 1981

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0190 MUSIC

Kit McClure

Born 1951

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0191 JOURNALIST

Jim Bishop

1907 - 1987

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0192 SPORT

Dan Le Batard

Born 1968

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0193 BIOLOGIST

Gilbert Ashwell

1916 - 2014

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0194 POLITICIAN

Joseph Patrick Tumulty

1870 - 1954

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0195 JOURNALIST

Tom McCarthy (sportscaster)

Born 1968

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0196 FOOTBALL

Carl Barisich

Born 1951

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0197 ARCHITECT

John McMullen (engineer)

1918 - 2005

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0198 POLITICIAN

Charles F. X. O'Brien

1879 - 1940

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0199 SONGWRITER

Cy Coben

1919 - 2006

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0200 BASKET

Gerald Govan

Born 1942

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0201 BASKET

Corey Stokes

Born 1988

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0202 MUSIC

Norman Edge

1934 - 2018

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0203 LYRICIST

August Kleinzahler

Born 1949

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0204 SURGEON

Leon Root

1929 - 2015

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0205 WRITER

Joyce Harrington

1932 - 2011

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0206 BASKET

Ray Radziszewski

Born 1935

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0207 POLITICIAN

William Davis Daly

1851 - 1900

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0208 PHOTOGRAPHER

Michael Abramson

1948 - 2011

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0209 PRIEST

John Joseph O'Hara

Born 1946

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0210 ARCHITECT

Charles Murphy (architect)

1890 - 1985

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0211 RESEARCH

Jean Anyon

1941 - 2013

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0212 FILM

Daniel Benmayor

Born 1978

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0213 POLITICIAN

Alfred Dennis Sieminski

1911 - 1990

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0214 HOCKEY

William Boddington

1910 - 1996

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0215 POLITICIAN

Harry Lancaster Towe

1898 - 1991

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0216 FOOTBALL

Mickey Murtagh

1904 - 1993

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0217 LAWYER

Martin Lipton

Born 1931

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0218 SINGER

Tommy West (producer)

Born 1942

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0219 MATHEMATICIAN

William Gerard Dwyer

Born 1947

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0220 POLITICIAN

Marshall Van Winkle

1869 - 1957

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0221 POLITICIAN

George Bragg Fielder

1842 - 1906

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0222 PRIEST

Walter William Curtis

1913 - 1997

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0223 POLITICIAN

Lee Alexander (politician)

1927 - 1996

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0224 SINGER

Brute Force (musician)

Born 1940

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0225 BASKET

Elnardo Webster (basketball)

Born 1948

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0226 JOURNALIST

Jack Curry

Born 1964

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0227 POLITICIAN

Edward W. Gray

1870 - 1942

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0228 ACTOR

Bunny Gibson

Born 1946

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0229 LAWYER

David Young (Watergate)

Born 1936

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0230 POLITICIAN

Brian P. Stack

Born 1966

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0231 PRIEST

John Walter Flesey

Born 1942

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0232 EPISCOPAL

Robert W. Castle

1929 - 2012

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0233 ARTIST

Liz Phillips

1951 - 2014

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0234 TELEVISION

Peter Lemongello

Born 1947

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0235 POLITICIAN

Eugene W. Leake

1877 - 1959

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0236 WRITER

Daniel O'Keefe (writer)

1928 - 2012

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0237 EDITOR

Edmund Duffy

1899 - 1962

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0238 LAWYER

Ira E. Rider

1868 - 1906

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0239 PHYSICIST

George B. Arfken

Born 1922

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0240 WRITER

Gary Krist (writer)

Born 1957

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0241 WRITER

Ed Lucas

Born 1939

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0242 PRIEST

James Massa

Born 1960

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0243 OFFICER

George McAneny

1869 - 1953

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0244 BIOCHEMIST

Nicholas R. Cozzarelli

1938 - 2006

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0245 POLITICIAN

Frank William Towey Jr.

1895 - 1979

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0246 ACTOR

Alex Kruz

Born 1978

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0247 THEOLOGIAN

Gabriel Fackre

1926 - 2018

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0248 MANAGER

Harry Black (city manager)

Born 1963

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0249 PHILOLOGIST

Charles Burton Gulick

1868 - 1962

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0250 BASKET

Vinnie Ernst

1942 - 1996

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0251 ENGINEER

Hewitt Crane

1927 - 2008

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0252 ACTOR

Shaheed Woods

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0253 COMMUNICATOR

Ann Lewis

Born 1937

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0254 INTERNIST

Harold Jeghers

1904 - 1990

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0255 ACTOR

John Prosky

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0256 BASEBALL

Ben Geraghty

1912 - 1963

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0257 BASEBALL

Mark Lemongello

Born 1955

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0258 MODEL

Lisa Jackson (model)

Born 1987

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0259 BOXER

Frankie DePaula

1939 - 1970

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0260 FOOTBALL

Brandon McGowan

Born 1983

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0261 JUDGE

Madeline Cox Arleo

Born 1963

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0262 ACTOR

Michael Rodrick

Born 1977

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0263 FOOTBALL

Rashawn Jackson

Born 1987

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0264 EDITOR

Eugene T. Maleska

1916 - 1993

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0265 FOOTBALL

Tommy Thompson (linebacker)

1927 - 1990

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0266 BUSINESS

Barry Schuler

Born 1953

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0267 POET

Laura McCullough

Born 1960

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0268 POLITICIAN

Thomas F. X. Smith

1928 - 1996

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0269 PRODUCER

Joe Fields (producer)

1929 - 2017

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0270 POLITICIAN

Charles S. Witkowski

1907 - 1993

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0271 DESIGNER

Clare Potter

1903 - 1999

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0272 SKATER

Ami Parekh

Born 1988

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0273 ACTOR

Aleta Freel

1907 - 1935

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0274 PRELATE

John A. Duffy

1884 - 1944

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0275 PAINTER

Eugene Leake

1911 - 2005

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0276 BASEBALL

Jeff Bittiger

Born 1962

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0277 SOCIOLOGIST

Joseph A. Varacalli

Born 1952

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0278 ACTOR

Ruth Findlay

1896 - 1949

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0279 PRODUCER

DJ DX

Born 1987

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0280 WRESTLER

Alex Weyand

1892 - 1982

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0281 POLITICIAN

Kathleen Passidomo

Born 1953

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0282 WRITER

Frané Lessac

Born 1954

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0283 FOOTBALL

Kai Greene (soccer)

Born 1993

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0284 LINGUIST

Arthur S. Abramson

1927 - 2017

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0285 SINGER

Charles W. Harrison

1878 - 1965

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0286 MURDER

Mari Gilbert

1964 - 2016

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0287 MUSIC

Alan Chez

Born 1961

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0288 LAWYER

David Friedland

Born 1937

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0289 OFFICER

Edward D. Thalmann

1945 - 2004

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0290 ACTOR

Carl Held

Born 1931

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0291 PROFESSOR

Robert Morse Crunden

1940 - 1999

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0292 BASEBALL

Fred Crolius

1876 - 1960

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0293 JOURNALIST

Michael Barkann

Born 1960

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0294 GUITAR

Dickie Thompson

1917 - 2007

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0295 ACTOR

Adèle Almati

1861 - 1919

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0296 BANK

Harvey Edward Fisk

1856 - 1944

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0297 POLITICIAN

Nicholas Sacco

Born 1946

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0298 POLITICIAN

Leonard T. Connors

1929 - 2016

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0299 LAWYER

John C. Lifland

Born 1933

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0300 BASEBALL

Walt Singer

1911 - 1992

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