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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  • Politics & Law
  • Film & TV
  • Music
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Showing 52 of 504 notable people

0021 ACTOR

Elizabeth Allen (actress)

1929 - 2006

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0026 PRODUCER

Rudy Van Gelder

1924 - 2016

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0028 ECONOMIST

Arthur Melvin Okun

1928 - 1980

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0030 ACTOR

Joseph Sargent

1925 - 2014

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0032 WRITER

Michael Shaara

1928 - 1988

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0035 MUSIC

Ed Shaughnessy

1929 - 2013

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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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0056 ACTOR

Danny Dayton

1923 - 1999

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0072 MUSIC

Jane Harvey

1925 - 2013

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0080 MUSIC

Al Caiola

1920 - 2016

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0083 ACTOR

Yolande Donlan

1920 - 2014

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0100 MUSIC

Phil Urso

1925 - 2008

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0110 DESIGNER

Elaine Lustig Cohen

1927 - 2016

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0113 NOVELIST

Thomas Fleming (historian)

1927 - 2017

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0129 POLITICIAN

Frank Joseph Guarini

Born 1924

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0136 MUSIC

Sonny Igoe

1923 - 2012

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0145 BASKET

Tommy O'Keefe

1926 - 2015

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0152 COMEDIAN

Larry Wilde

Born 1928

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0155 ART HISTORIAN

William H. Gerdts

1929 - 2020

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0167 ACTOR

Peggy Feury

1924 - 1985

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0180 CRIMINOLOGIST

Herbert L. Packer

1925 - 1972

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0184 BASKET

Hal Uplinger

1929 - 2011

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0204 SURGEON

Leon Root

1929 - 2015

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0223 POLITICIAN

Lee Alexander (politician)

1927 - 1996

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0232 EPISCOPAL

Robert W. Castle

1929 - 2012

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0236 WRITER

Daniel O'Keefe (writer)

1928 - 2012

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0239 PHYSICIST

George B. Arfken

Born 1922

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0247 THEOLOGIAN

Gabriel Fackre

1926 - 2018

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0251 ENGINEER

Hewitt Crane

1927 - 2008

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0265 FOOTBALL

Tommy Thompson (linebacker)

1927 - 1990

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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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0284 LINGUIST

Arthur S. Abramson

1927 - 2017

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0298 POLITICIAN

Leonard T. Connors

1929 - 2016

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0312 VICAR

Vincent O'Keefe

1920 - 2012

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0335 SCREENWRITER

Lawrence Roman

1921 - 2008

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0337 FOOTBALL

Pete Berezney

1923 - 2008

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0345 POLITICIAN

Thomas J. Whelan

1922 - 2002

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0379 MILITAR

Charles J. Watters

1927 - 1967

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0386 PRIEST

Robert Francis Garner

1920 - 2000

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0398 PSYCHIC

Dorothy Allison (psychic)

1924 - 1999

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0412 ACTOR

Charles Quinlivan

1924 - 1974

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0426 POLITICIAN

Albert Burstein

1922 - 2018

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0428 SONGWRITER

John Rotella

1921 - 2014

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0432 POLITICIAN

Anthony R. Cucci

1922 - 2015

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0440 OFFICER

James P. Mullins

Born 1928

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0441 SCIENTIST

Harold Mendelsohn

1923 - 2019

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0445 AEROSPACE

Alfred Gessow

1922 - 2002

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0452 FOOTBALL

Warren Wolf (American football)

1929 - 2019

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0500 ACTOR

Jana Mason

1929 - 2013

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