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 75 of 504 notable people

0001 SINGER

Nancy Sinatra

Born 1940

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0004 PRESENTER

Martha Stewart

Born 1941

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0006 MUSIC

Frank Sinatra Jr.

1944 - 2016

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0020 ACTOR

Tracey Walter

Born 1947

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0022 WRITER

F. Paul Wilson

Born 1946

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0033 SOCIOLOGIST

Mark Granovetter

Born 1943

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0037 SINGER

Marilyn McCoo

Born 1943

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0040 ACTOR

Beth Fowler

Born 1940

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0049 COMPOSER

Maury Yeston

Born 1945

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0050 FILM

Allan Arkush

Born 1948

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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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0071 HISTORIAN

Steven T. Katz

Born 1944

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0077 ACADEMIC

Alan Charles Kors

Born 1943

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0079 ASTRONOMER

John Huchra

1948 - 2010

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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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0095 BASEBALL

Cotton Nash

Born 1942

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0116 LAWYER

Paul Tagliabue

Born 1940

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0117 JOURNALIST

Doc Searls

Born 1947

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0133 FILM

Kathleen Collins

1942 - 1988

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0134 PLAYWRIGHT

Ralph Peduto

1942 - 2014

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0139 ACTOR

Ken Jennings (actor)

Born 1947

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0149 MODEL

Nancy Lee Andrews

Born 1947

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0154 ENGINEER

Gerard J. Foschini

Born 1940

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0159 PLAYER

John Cernuto

Born 1944

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0160 ARTIST

Frank Gillette

Born 1941

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0173 BASKET

Bob Hurley

Born 1947

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0188 PRIEST

Gaetano Aldo Donato

1940 - 2015

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0200 BASKET

Gerald Govan

Born 1942

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0203 LYRICIST

August Kleinzahler

Born 1949

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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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0211 RESEARCH

Jean Anyon

1941 - 2013

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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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0224 SINGER

Brute Force (musician)

Born 1940

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0225 BASKET

Elnardo Webster (basketball)

Born 1948

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0228 ACTOR

Bunny Gibson

Born 1946

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0231 PRIEST

John Walter Flesey

Born 1942

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0234 TELEVISION

Peter Lemongello

Born 1947

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0250 BASKET

Vinnie Ernst

1942 - 1996

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0289 OFFICER

Edward D. Thalmann

1945 - 2004

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0291 PROFESSOR

Robert Morse Crunden

1940 - 1999

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0297 POLITICIAN

Nicholas Sacco

Born 1946

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0301 BASEBALL

Jim Hannan

Born 1940

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0303 FOOTBALL

King Corcoran

1943 - 2009

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0306 DRUMMER

Dino Danelli

Born 1944

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0307 OLYMPIC

Charles Mays

1941 - 2005

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0308 POLITICIAN

Robert C. Janiszewski

Born 1945

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0311 FENCER

Martin Lang (fencer)

Born 1949

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0315 HISTORIAN

Maurice J. O'Sullivan

Born 1944

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0324 HANDBALL

Robert Sparks

Born 1947

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0326 SINGER

Don Ciccone

1946 - 2016

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0331 ARMY

John G. Gertsch

1944 - 1969

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0361 HISTORIAN

Jeffrey I. Seeman

Born 1946

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0363 BASEBALL

Al Yates

1945 - 2007

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0367 POLITICIAN

Anthony Impreveduto

1948 - 2009

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0369 BASEBALL

Ron Klimkowski

1944 - 2009

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0383 BANK

Cathy Minehan

Born 1947

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0384 MUSIC

Lawrence Killian

Born 1942

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0396 JOURNALIST

Frederic Eckhard

Born 1943

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0408 POLITICIAN

Bernard Kenny

Born 1946

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0413 POLITICIAN

Al Eisenberg

Born 1946

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0417 FOOTBALL

Bill Wondolowski

Born 1946

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0418 PAINTER

Herbert Migdoll

Born 1944

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0435 LAWYER

Joseph Russoniello

Born 1941

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0459 FOOTBALL

Ted Rzempoluch

Born 1941

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0465 POLITICIAN

Mark McNulty (politician)

Born 1944

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0468 JUDGE

Shirley Tolentino

1943 - 2010

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0485 SINGER

Jim Lord (singer-songwriter)

Born 1948

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0490 POLITICIAN

John Dennis

Born 1946

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0496 POLITICIAN

Jacqueline Walker

Born 1941

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0501 MUSIC

Randy Klein

Born 1949

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0503 LEUTNANT

Donald M. Lionetti

Born 1940

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