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

0024 POLITICIAN

Jim McGreevey

Born 1957

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0057 POLITICIAN

J. Parnell Thomas

1895 - 1970

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0069 POLITICIAN

Edward I. Edwards

1863 - 1931

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0070 POLITICIAN

A. Harry Moore

1877 - 1952

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0074 POLITICIAN

John Farmer Jr.

Born 1957

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0087 POLITICIAN

Frank Hague

1876 - 1956

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0096 POLITICIAN

Mary Teresa Norton

1875 - 1959

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0097 POLITICIAN

Franklin Murphy (governor)

1846 - 1920

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0111 POLITICIAN

James Fairman Fielder

1867 - 1954

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0129 POLITICIAN

Frank Joseph Guarini

Born 1924

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0150 POLITICIAN

John Gerald Milton

1881 - 1977

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0153 POLITICIAN

Rosa Zafferani

Born 1960

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0168 POLITICIAN

Dominick V. Daniels

1908 - 1987

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0175 POLITICIAN

James A. Hamill

1877 - 1941

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0178 POLITICIAN

Edward J. Hart

1893 - 1961

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0189 POLITICIAN

T. James Tumulty

1913 - 1981

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0194 POLITICIAN

Joseph Patrick Tumulty

1870 - 1954

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0198 POLITICIAN

Charles F. X. O'Brien

1879 - 1940

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0207 POLITICIAN

William Davis Daly

1851 - 1900

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0213 POLITICIAN

Alfred Dennis Sieminski

1911 - 1990

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0215 POLITICIAN

Harry Lancaster Towe

1898 - 1991

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0220 POLITICIAN

Marshall Van Winkle

1869 - 1957

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0221 POLITICIAN

George Bragg Fielder

1842 - 1906

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0223 POLITICIAN

Lee Alexander (politician)

1927 - 1996

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0227 POLITICIAN

Edward W. Gray

1870 - 1942

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0230 POLITICIAN

Brian P. Stack

Born 1966

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0235 POLITICIAN

Eugene W. Leake

1877 - 1959

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0245 POLITICIAN

Frank William Towey Jr.

1895 - 1979

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0268 POLITICIAN

Thomas F. X. Smith

1928 - 1996

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0270 POLITICIAN

Charles S. Witkowski

1907 - 1993

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0281 POLITICIAN

Kathleen Passidomo

Born 1953

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0297 POLITICIAN

Nicholas Sacco

Born 1946

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0298 POLITICIAN

Leonard T. Connors

1929 - 2016

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0302 POLITICIAN

H. Otto Wittpenn

1871 - 1931

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0304 POLITICIAN

Andrea Dalessandro

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0308 POLITICIAN

Robert C. Janiszewski

Born 1945

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0316 POLITICIAN

Matthew Feldman

1919 - 1994

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0317 POLITICIAN

Mark M. Fagan

1869 - 1955

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0336 POLITICIAN

Nancy Pinkin

Born 1966

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0343 POLITICIAN

Gerald McCann

Born 1950

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0345 POLITICIAN

Thomas J. Whelan

1922 - 2002

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0359 POLITICIAN

John V. Kenny

1893 - 1975

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0367 POLITICIAN

Anthony Impreveduto

1948 - 2009

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0375 POLITICIAN

Frank Herbert (politician)

1931 - 2018

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0390 POLITICIAN

Bernard J. Berry

1913 - 1963

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0400 POLITICIAN

George A. Spadoro

Born 1955

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0402 POLITICIAN

Richard Van Wagner

1936 - 2007

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0406 POLITICIAN

Allan Domb

Born 1955

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0408 POLITICIAN

Bernard Kenny

Born 1946

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0413 POLITICIAN

Al Eisenberg

Born 1946

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0426 POLITICIAN

Albert Burstein

1922 - 2018

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0431 POLITICIAN

Joann Downey

Born 1966

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0432 POLITICIAN

Anthony R. Cucci

1922 - 2015

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0458 POLITICIAN

Cornelius Van Vorst

1822 - 1906

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0462 POLITICIAN

Frank H. Eggers

1901 - 1954

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0464 POLITICIAN

William H. Lash

1961 - 2006

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0465 POLITICIAN

Mark McNulty (politician)

Born 1944

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0466 POLITICIAN

Nancy Shakir

1939 - 2017

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0481 POLITICIAN

Joseph Tropila

Born 1935

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0490 POLITICIAN

John Dennis

Born 1946

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0491 POLITICIAN

Charles M. Egan

1877 - 1955

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0496 POLITICIAN

Jacqueline Walker

Born 1941

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0497 POLITICIAN

John J. Cain

1861 - 1937

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0502 POLITICIAN

James Glendinning (politician)

1866 - 1939

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