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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Showing 24 of 504 notable people

0023 FILM

Ozzie Nelson

1906 - 1975

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0075 ZOOLOGIST

George S. Myers

1905 - 1985

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0081 FILM

Paul Guilfoyle (actor, born 1902)

1902 - 1961

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0119 ACTOR

Grandon Rhodes

1904 - 1987

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0146 SCREENWRITER

Millen Brand

1906 - 1980

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0162 WRITER

Joseph Krumgold

1908 - 1980

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0168 POLITICIAN

Dominick V. Daniels

1908 - 1987

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0171 PRIEST

Raymond Augustine Kearney

1902 - 1956

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0183 ACTOR

Donald Kirke

1901 - 1971

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0191 JOURNALIST

Jim Bishop

1907 - 1987

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0216 FOOTBALL

Mickey Murtagh

1904 - 1993

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0254 INTERNIST

Harold Jeghers

1904 - 1990

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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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0273 ACTOR

Aleta Freel

1907 - 1935

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0325 BOXER

Stanley Poreda

1909 - 1983

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0356 ACTOR

Eddie Marr

1900 - 1987

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0388 PRIEST

John Joseph Dougherty

1907 - 1986

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0444 LAWYER

Walter Edward Hoffman

1907 - 1996

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0462 POLITICIAN

Frank H. Eggers

1901 - 1954

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0482 POET

Marguerite Wyke

1908 - 1995

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0493 LAWYER

Robert Shaw (judge)

1907 - 1972

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0494 EXECUTIVE

Thomas McLernon

1906 - 1986

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0495 DESIGNER

Anna Russell Jones

Born 1902

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