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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504 notable people

0301 BASEBALL

Jim Hannan

Born 1940

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0302 POLITICIAN

H. Otto Wittpenn

1871 - 1931

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0303 FOOTBALL

King Corcoran

1943 - 2009

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0304 POLITICIAN

Andrea Dalessandro

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0305 FOOTBALL

Bernie Parmalee

Born 1967

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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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0309 BOXER

Willie Palms

Born 1972

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0310 PAINTER

Martha Mayer Erlebacher

1937 - 2013

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0311 FENCER

Martin Lang (fencer)

Born 1949

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0312 VICAR

Vincent O'Keefe

1920 - 2012

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0313 TELEVISION

Al Masini

1930 - 2010

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0314 PAINTER

Albert Pike Lucas

1862 - 1945

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0315 HISTORIAN

Maurice J. O'Sullivan

Born 1944

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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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0318 SPORT

Donald Sheldon (cyclist)

Born 1930

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0319 PHYSICIAN

Harold Reitman

Born 1950

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0320 BASEBALL

Dolores Lee

1935 - 2016

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0321 DIPLOMAT

Catherine M. Russell

Born 1961

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0322 ENGINEER

Eby Friedman

Born 1957

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0323 BUSINESS

S. Prestley Blake

Born 1914

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0324 HANDBALL

Robert Sparks

Born 1947

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0325 BOXER

Stanley Poreda

1909 - 1983

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0326 SINGER

Don Ciccone

1946 - 2016

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0327 BASEBALL

Pat Pacillo

Born 1963

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0328 SOCIOLOGIST

Norman E. Himes

1899 - 1949

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0329 BOTANIST

Dorothy Erna Beetle

1918 - 2005

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0330 FOOTBALL

Steve Gonzalez (American football)

Born 1981

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0331 ARMY

John G. Gertsch

1944 - 1969

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0332 COACH

George W. Bryant

1873 - 1947

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0333 FOOTBALL

Lou Cordileone

Born 1937

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0334 SWIMMER

Lisa Lindstrom

1912 - 1994

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0335 SCREENWRITER

Lawrence Roman

1921 - 2008

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0336 POLITICIAN

Nancy Pinkin

Born 1966

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0337 FOOTBALL

Pete Berezney

1923 - 2008

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0338 REPUBLICAN

David C. Russo

Born 1953

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0339 BASKET

Dan Hurley

Born 1973

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0340 ACTOR

Gerry Johnson

1918 - 1990

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0341 LAWYER

Eric T. Washington

Born 1953

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0342 ACTOR

Trés Hanley

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0343 POLITICIAN

Gerald McCann

Born 1950

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0344 FOOTBALL

Paul Berezney

1915 - 1990

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0345 POLITICIAN

Thomas J. Whelan

1922 - 2002

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0346 BASKET

Jerome Frink

Born 1993

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0347 BASEBALL

Mike Bertotti

Born 1970

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0348 BASEBALL

George Fallon (baseball)

1914 - 1994

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0349 POLICE

Tony Vlachos

Born 1973

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0350 PRODUCER

Nelle Nugent

Born 1939

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0351 BASEBALL

Mark Lukasiewicz

Born 1973

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0352 BASEBALL

Rob Lukachyk

Born 1968

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0353 ATTORNEY

Gurbir Grewal

Born 1973

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0354 MOBSTER

John Barbato

Born 1934

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0355 GOLDSMITH

Henry Dunay

Born 1935

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0356 ACTOR

Eddie Marr

1900 - 1987

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0357 RAPPER

Attrell Cordes

1970 - 2016

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0358 FOOTBALL

Bob DeMarco

Born 1938

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0359 POLITICIAN

John V. Kenny

1893 - 1975

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0360 LAWYER

Thomas Francis Meaney

1888 - 1968

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0361 HISTORIAN

Jeffrey I. Seeman

Born 1946

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0362 FOOTBALL

J. D. Maarleveld

Born 1961

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0363 BASEBALL

Al Yates

1945 - 2007

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0364 ECONOMIST

Jim Brady (baseball)

Born 1936

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0365 COMPOSER

Vincent Scuro

Born 1951

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0366 MUSIC

Bob Lido

1914 - 2000

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0367 POLITICIAN

Anthony Impreveduto

1948 - 2009

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0368 FENCER

Evelyn Terhune

1932 - 1981

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0369 BASEBALL

Ron Klimkowski

1944 - 2009

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0370 FOOTBALL

David Farragut Edwards

1872 - 1930

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0371 BOXER

Frankie Burns

1889 - 1951

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0372 FOOTBALL

Warren Loving

Born 1960

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0373 ACTOR

Megan Guinan

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0374 BASEBALL

Hank Thormahlen

1896 - 1955

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0375 POLITICIAN

Frank Herbert (politician)

1931 - 2018

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0376 LAWYER

Tom Fennell

1875 - 1936

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0377 JOURNALIST

Werner Wirths

Born 1891

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0378 LAWYER

Henry Traphagen

1842 - 1918

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0379 MILITAR

Charles J. Watters

1927 - 1967

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0380 AIRFORCE

Gertrude Tompkins Silver

1911 - 1944

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0381 SCREENWRITER

Howard Irving Young

1893 - 1952

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0382 LAWYER

J. Christopher Giancarlo

Born 1959

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0383 BANK

Cathy Minehan

Born 1947

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0384 MUSIC

Lawrence Killian

Born 1942

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0385 REPUBLICAN

John J. Matheussen

Born 1953

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0386 PRIEST

Robert Francis Garner

1920 - 2000

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0387 KARATE

Donald Hugh Nagle

1938 - 1999

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0388 PRIEST

John Joseph Dougherty

1907 - 1986

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0389 ARTIST

Yolanda Cuomo

Born 1957

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0390 POLITICIAN

Bernard J. Berry

1913 - 1963

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0391 FILMMAKER

John Reilly (Künstler)

1939 - 2013

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0392 BASEBALL

Charles Stoneham

1876 - 1936

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0393 MILITAR

John W. Meagher

1917 - 1996

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0394 BEAUTY PAGEANT

Christi McGarry

-

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0395 PRIEST

Martin Walter Stanton

1897 - 1977

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0396 JOURNALIST

Frederic Eckhard

Born 1943

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0397 MAYOR

Frank F. Olney

1851 - 1903

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0398 PSYCHIC

Dorothy Allison (psychic)

1924 - 1999

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0399 BASEBALL

Red Shannon

1897 - 1970

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0400 POLITICIAN

George A. Spadoro

Born 1955

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0401 BASEBALL

Mike McCormick (third baseman)

1882 - 1953

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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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0404 BASEBALL

Dan Lally

1867 - 1936

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0405 COACH

Steve Saulnier

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0406 POLITICIAN

Allan Domb

Born 1955

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0407 FOOTBALL

Thomas Hammock

Born 1981

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0408 POLITICIAN

Bernard Kenny

Born 1946

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0409 BASKET

Petey Cipriano

Born 1983

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0410 AUTHOR

Supreme Understanding

Born 1980

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0411 ACTIVIST

Joe Acanfora

Born 1950

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0412 ACTOR

Charles Quinlivan

1924 - 1974

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0413 POLITICIAN

Al Eisenberg

Born 1946

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0414 SKATER

William Nagle (figure skater)

Born 1885

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0415 BASKET

Dick Tarrant

Born 1931

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0416 HISTORIAN

Ann Hibner Koblitz

Born 1952

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0417 FOOTBALL

Bill Wondolowski

Born 1946

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0418 PAINTER

Herbert Migdoll

Born 1944

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0419 MODEL

John Nies

Born 1967

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0420 LAWYER

Walter M. D. Kern

1937 - 1998

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0421 INDUSTRIALIST

A. E. Barit

1890 - 1974

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0422 ACTOR

Russell Calabrese

Born 1955

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0423 BASKET

Jack Nies

Born 1937

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0424 BASEBALL

Kevin Bearse

Born 1965

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0425 LAWYER

Ralph G. Albrecht

1896 - 1985

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0426 POLITICIAN

Albert Burstein

1922 - 2018

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0427 BASEBALL

Joe Shannon (baseball)

1897 - 1955

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0428 SONGWRITER

John Rotella

1921 - 2014

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0429 BOBSLED

John Amabile (bobsleigh)

Born 1962

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0430 ACTOR

Adrian Alvarado (actor)

Born 1976

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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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0433 WRITER

H. B. Fyfe

1918 - 1997

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0434 SCREENWRITER

Shameela Bakhsh

Born 1971

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0435 LAWYER

Joseph Russoniello

Born 1941

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0436 BASEBALL

Al Tesch

1891 - 1947

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0437 COMMUNIST

Bill Bailey (Spanish Civil War veteran)

1911 - 1995

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0438 BASEBALL

John Kelty

1871 - 1929

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0439 MILITAR

Oscar Wadsworth Field

1873 - 1912

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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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0442 ARCHITECT

Herbert F. Maddalene

Born 1932

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0443 LAW

Harry Usher

1939 - 2000

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0444 LAWYER

Walter Edward Hoffman

1907 - 1996

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0445 AEROSPACE

Alfred Gessow

1922 - 2002

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0446 ACADEMIC

Charles Beirne

1938 - 2010

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0447 CARTOONIST

Ed Murawinski

Born 1951

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0448 RESISTANCE

James Jonas Madison

1884 - 1922

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0449 JUDGE

Marie L. Garibaldi

1934 - 2016

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0450 BASEBALL

Frank MacCormack

Born 1954

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0451 NAVY

Thomas Kane (Medal of Honor)

Born 1841

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0452 FOOTBALL

Warren Wolf (American football)

1929 - 2019

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0453 INSURANCE

Thomas B. Considine

Born 1964

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0454 CINEMA

Harry E. Squire

1890 - 1977

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0455 BASKET

Dom Flora

Born 1935

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0456 BASEBALL

John Cuff (baseball)

1864 - 1916

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0457 FOOTBALL

Franklin Lawson

-

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0458 POLITICIAN

Cornelius Van Vorst

1822 - 1906

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0459 FOOTBALL

Ted Rzempoluch

Born 1941

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0460 LAWYER

Edwin Manners

1855 - 1913

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0461 CHEMIST

Sidney P. Solow

1910 - 1984

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0462 POLITICIAN

Frank H. Eggers

1901 - 1954

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0463 RAPPER

Chris Phoenix (rapper)

Born 1984

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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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0467 COACH

George Tardiff

1936 - 2012

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0468 JUDGE

Shirley Tolentino

1943 - 2010

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0469 SONGWRITER

Wally Brandt

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0470 BASEBALL

Swede Larsen

1913 - 2005

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0471 TRADE UNION

Edward F. McGrady

1873 - 1960

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0472 MACHINIST

James McEntee

1884 - 1957

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0473 BUSINESS

Curtis Blake

1917 - 2019

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0474 ATHLETIC

Raymond Martin (wheelchair athlete)

Born 1994

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0475 FOOTBALL

Alexander Hamilton Wallis

1872 - 1959

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0476 WRESTLER

Teon Freeman

Born 1989

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0477 FENCER

Ernest Gignoux

1874 - 1955

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0478 BASEBALL

Lefty Hopper

1874 - 1959

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0479 ACADEMIC

William L. Reilly

1916 - 2009

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0480 CURATOR

Arabella Chapman

1859 - 1927

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0481 POLITICIAN

Joseph Tropila

Born 1935

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0482 POET

Marguerite Wyke

1908 - 1995

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0483 SCREENWRITER

Edward Schreiber

1913 - 1981

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0484 BASKET

Derrick Mercer

Born 1986

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0485 SINGER

Jim Lord (singer-songwriter)

Born 1948

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0486 BASEBALL

Andrew Jackson (baseball)

1865 - 1900

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0487 SOCCER

Islam Ahmed

Born 1992

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0488 ACTOR

Jay Curtis (writer)

1950 - 2018

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0489 FOOTBALL

James Raynsford

1891 - 1956

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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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0492 LAWYER

James William McCarthy

1872 - 1939

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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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0496 POLITICIAN

Jacqueline Walker

Born 1941

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0497 POLITICIAN

John J. Cain

1861 - 1937

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0498 BASKET

Michelle Maslowski

Born 1979

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0499 LAWYER

Reynier Jacob Wortendyke Jr.

1895 - 1975

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0500 ACTOR

Jana Mason

1929 - 2013

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0501 MUSIC

Randy Klein

Born 1949

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0502 POLITICIAN

James Glendinning (politician)

1866 - 1939

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0503 LEUTNANT

Donald M. Lionetti

Born 1940

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0504 FOOTBALL

Vince Dennery

1916 - 1989

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