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 64 of 504 notable people

0008 ACTOR

Paul Gleason

1939 - 2006

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0012 ACTOR

Philip Bosco

1930 - 2018

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0013 BASKET

Tom Heinsohn

1934 - 2020

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0016 CRIMINAL

Richard Kuklinski

1935 - 2006

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0017 ACTOR

Susan Flannery

Born 1939

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0025 ACTOR

Flip Wilson

1933 - 1998

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0039 FILM

John Calley

1930 - 2011

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0043 ACTOR

Sam Coppola

1932 - 2012

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0045 WRITER

Warren Murphy

1933 - 2015

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0051 ACADEMIC

Benedict Groeschel

1933 - 2014

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0053 COMPOSER

Gil Mellé

1931 - 2004

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0059 ACTOR

Phyllis Newman

1933 - 2019

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0066 ACTOR

Cliff Osmond

1937 - 2012

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0088 HISTORIAN

Peter Novick

1934 - 2012

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0091 MATHEMATICIAN

Morton Gurtin

Born 1934

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0112 LAWYER

Faith Whittlesey

1939 - 2018

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0120 MUSIC

Jimmy Lyons

1933 - 1986

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0123 SCREENWRITER

Leon Gast

Born 1936

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0127 PHYSICIST

William R. Bennett Jr.

1930 - 2008

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0131 ABBOT

John Daido Loori

1931 - 2009

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0137 BASKET

George Blaney

Born 1939

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0151 PRODUCER

E. Duke Vincent

Born 1932

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0156 POET

Ray Bremser

1934 - 1998

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0164 KARATE

Peter Urban (karate)

1934 - 2004

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0186 PRIEST

Michael Angelo Saltarelli

1932 - 2009

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0202 MUSIC

Norman Edge

1934 - 2018

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0205 WRITER

Joyce Harrington

1932 - 2011

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0206 BASKET

Ray Radziszewski

Born 1935

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0217 LAWYER

Martin Lipton

Born 1931

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0229 LAWYER

David Young (Watergate)

Born 1936

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0241 WRITER

Ed Lucas

Born 1939

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0244 BIOCHEMIST

Nicholas R. Cozzarelli

1938 - 2006

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0253 COMMUNICATOR

Ann Lewis

Born 1937

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0259 BOXER

Frankie DePaula

1939 - 1970

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0288 LAWYER

David Friedland

Born 1937

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0290 ACTOR

Carl Held

Born 1931

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0299 LAWYER

John C. Lifland

Born 1933

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0310 PAINTER

Martha Mayer Erlebacher

1937 - 2013

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0313 TELEVISION

Al Masini

1930 - 2010

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0318 SPORT

Donald Sheldon (cyclist)

Born 1930

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0320 BASEBALL

Dolores Lee

1935 - 2016

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0333 FOOTBALL

Lou Cordileone

Born 1937

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0350 PRODUCER

Nelle Nugent

Born 1939

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0354 MOBSTER

John Barbato

Born 1934

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0355 GOLDSMITH

Henry Dunay

Born 1935

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0358 FOOTBALL

Bob DeMarco

Born 1938

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0364 ECONOMIST

Jim Brady (baseball)

Born 1936

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0368 FENCER

Evelyn Terhune

1932 - 1981

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0375 POLITICIAN

Frank Herbert (politician)

1931 - 2018

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0387 KARATE

Donald Hugh Nagle

1938 - 1999

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0391 FILMMAKER

John Reilly (Künstler)

1939 - 2013

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0402 POLITICIAN

Richard Van Wagner

1936 - 2007

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0403 FOOTBALL

Al Bansavage

1938 - 2003

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0415 BASKET

Dick Tarrant

Born 1931

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0420 LAWYER

Walter M. D. Kern

1937 - 1998

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0423 BASKET

Jack Nies

Born 1937

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0442 ARCHITECT

Herbert F. Maddalene

Born 1932

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0443 LAW

Harry Usher

1939 - 2000

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0446 ACADEMIC

Charles Beirne

1938 - 2010

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0449 JUDGE

Marie L. Garibaldi

1934 - 2016

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0455 BASKET

Dom Flora

Born 1935

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0466 POLITICIAN

Nancy Shakir

1939 - 2017

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0467 COACH

George Tardiff

1936 - 2012

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0481 POLITICIAN

Joseph Tropila

Born 1935

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