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.
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.
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- Filtered to 1870s Clear ×
Alphaeus Philemon Cole
1876 - 1988
A. Harry Moore
1877 - 1952
Billy Quirk
1873 - 1926
Frank Hague
1876 - 1956
Mary Teresa Norton
1875 - 1959
Oscar Sonneck
1873 - 1928
Clarence E. Case
1877 - 1961
Shepherd Ivory Franz
1874 - 1933
James A. Hamill
1877 - 1941
Joseph Patrick Tumulty
1870 - 1954
Charles F. X. O'Brien
1879 - 1940
Edward W. Gray
1870 - 1942
Eugene W. Leake
1877 - 1959
Charles W. Harrison
1878 - 1965
Fred Crolius
1876 - 1960
H. Otto Wittpenn
1871 - 1931
George W. Bryant
1873 - 1947
David Farragut Edwards
1872 - 1930
Tom Fennell
1875 - 1936
Charles Stoneham
1876 - 1936
John Kelty
1871 - 1929
Oscar Wadsworth Field
1873 - 1912
Edward F. McGrady
1873 - 1960
Alexander Hamilton Wallis
1872 - 1959
Ernest Gignoux
1874 - 1955
Lefty Hopper
1874 - 1959
Charles M. Egan
1877 - 1955
James William McCarthy
1872 - 1939