40.9156° N, 74.1631° W
PATERSON
Most Famous People Born in Paterson, United States
- Notable people
- 331
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- Median birth year
- 1941
- Most distinctive
- Baseball 5.8×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Paterson during each.
Notable Births by Decade
Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1950s with 50 notable births.
What Paterson Is Known For
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Politician is Paterson's biggest profession — 10% of all notables (33).
Paterson over-indexes on baseball — 5.8× the global rate.
Paterson under-produces football — only 0.7× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Paterson's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Sports
- Politics & Law
- Film & TV
- Music
- Writing
- Science
- Other
Allen Ginsberg
1926 - 1997
J. Michael Straczynski
Born 1954
Lou Costello
1906 - 1959
Patrick Warburton
Born 1964
Fetty Wap
Born 1991
William Graham Sumner
1840 - 1910
Frederick Reines
1918 - 1998
Randy Edelman
Born 1947
Charlie Adler
Born 1956
Mindy Sterling
Born 1953
Frank Lautenberg
1924 - 2013
Michael Wolff (journalist)
Born 1953
Michael Jace
Born 1970
Joseph Keller
1923 - 2016
Susan Misner
Born 1971
Peter Kreeft
Born 1937
Don Martin (cartoonist)
1931 - 2000
John Pizzarelli
Born 1960
Frankie Ruiz
1958 - 1998
Joseph Weber
1919 - 2000
William E. Simon
1927 - 2000
George Rochberg
1918 - 2005
Kathryn D. Sullivan
Born 1951
Bucky Pizzarelli
1926 - 2020
David Miller (director)
1909 - 1992
Bill Pascrell
Born 1937
Alice White
1904 - 1983
Robert Torricelli
Born 1951
Jillian Armenante
Born 1968
Just Blaze
Born 1978
Victor Cruz (American football)
Born 1986
Gabriel Kolko
1932 - 2014
Tom Waddell
1937 - 1987
Joan Roughgarden
Born 1946
Ron Cephas Jones
Born 1957
Dave Sime
1936 - 2016
Joan Carroll
1932 - 2016
Alexander Berzin (scholar)
Born 1944
James Hayman
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Adeva
Born 1960
Andrés Torres
Born 1978
Bert Wheeler
1895 - 1968
Edna Buchanan
Born 1939
Anthony Davis (composer)
Born 1951
Greg Olsen (American football)
Born 1985
Sue Ane Langdon
Born 1936
Bernard F. Schutz
Born 1946
Elizabeth Vargas
Born 1962
Morris Janowitz
1919 - 1988
Percy Goetschius
1853 - 1943
Bill Mallon
Born 1952
Jeff Chase
Born 1968
Michael Apple
Born 1942
Floyd Vivino
Born 1951
Joseph Farah
Born 1954
Tim Thomas (basketball)
Born 1977
Teresa Giudice
Born 1972
Essence Carson
Born 1986
Lawrence Barrett
1838 - 1891
Mark L. Polansky
Born 1956
Natalie de Blois
1921 - 2013
Vincent Racaniello
Born 1953
Stephanie Rothman
Born 1936
Jemal Johnson
Born 1985
Anne Bobby
Born 1967
Zoogz Rift
1953 - 2011
Sybil (singer)
Born 1965
H. Paul Varley
1931 - 2015
Richard Kluger
Born 1934
Maxwell Shane
1905 - 1983
Darryl Watkins
Born 1984
Hy Eisman
Born 1927
David Rosenfelt
Born 1949
Herbert Keller
1925 - 2008
Bruce Arians
Born 1952
Gilbert Warrenton
1894 - 1980
Alfred Sole
Born 1943
Joseph Cortese
Born 1948
Karl Shell
Born 1938
Kendall Holt
Born 1981
Jennie Tuttle Hobart
1849 - 1941
Bob Oksner
1916 - 2007
James Scott (basketball)
Born 1972
Thaddeus Golas
1924 - 1997
H. Jay Melosh
1947 - 2020
Jimmie Adams
1888 - 1933
Joseph DePietro
1914 - 1999
Edward L. Masry
1932 - 2005
Michael Hossack
1946 - 2012
Oliver MacDonald
1904 - 1973
Jacob Bigeleisen
1919 - 2010
Bernie Wayne
1919 - 1993
Parke Godwin (journalist)
1816 - 1904
Louis Scott (athlete)
1889 - 1954
William E. Gordon
1918 - 2010
Charles Kaufman (screenwriter)
1904 - 1991
George Middleton (playwright)
1880 - 1967
Karin Stoltenberg
1931 - 2012
Millard Lampell
1919 - 1997
Joe Mooney (musician)
1911 - 1975
Jan Uczkowski
Born 1996
Joseph Pedlosky
Born 1938
Peter Cole
Born 1957
Albert P. Morano
1908 - 1987
Jeff Bewkes
Born 1952
Mike Adams (safety)
Born 1981
Charles Samuel Joelson
1916 - 1999
Kathy Wakile
Born 1965
Carl Weinrich
1904 - 1991
Charlie Jamieson
1893 - 1969
Diana G. Gallagher
Born 1946
Samm Sinclair Baker
1909 - 1997
James Flynn (fencer)
1907 - 2000
W. Cary Edwards
1944 - 2010
Bob Delaney (basketball)
Born 1951
Fuquan Edwin
Born 1991
Ed Polcer
Born 1937
Bill Haast
1910 - 2011
Sisto Averno
1925 - 2012
Eugene O'Brien (composer)
Born 1945
Alfred E. Kahn
1917 - 2010
Mike Buncic
Born 1962
Amos H. Radcliffe
1870 - 1950
Bruce Huther
Born 1954
Jacob S. Rogers
1823 - 1901
Daniel Moerman
Born 1941
David M. De Witt
1837 - 1912
Louis DiGiaimo
1938 - 2015
K'Waun Williams
Born 1991
Abe Gelbart
1911 - 1994
Nicholas Samra
Born 1944
Jimmy Charles
Born 1942
Johnny Briggs (baseball)
Born 1944
Jerrold Northrop Moore
Born 1934
Jimmy Vivino
Born 1955
Omar Sheika
Born 1977
Patty Shwartz
Born 1961
Pete Bremy
Born 1952
Henry C. Allen
1872 - 1942
Matt Lavelle
Born 1970
Donald H. McLean
1884 - 1975
Bruce Conforth
Born 1950
Ron Perranoski
1936 - 2020
James F. Stewart
1851 - 1904
Tom Barrise
Born 1954
Tom Acker
Born 1930
Michael H. Moskow
Born 1938
Dan Duva
1951 - 1996
Larry Hochman
Born 1953
Lewis Atterbury Stimson
1844 - 1917
Keith Hamilton (American football)
Born 1971
Tom Cole (writer)
1933 - 2009
Nora Kelly (writer)
Born 1945
Samuel P. Colt
1852 - 1921
Brett Hearn
Born 1958
Jon Herington
Born 1954
Dante Tomaselli
Born 1969
Blondie Purcell
1854 - 1912
Sidney Mason
1886 - 1923
Maria Mazziotti Gillan
Born 1940
Ted Langlois
Born 1968
Ken Rohloff
Born 1939
Barry Ted Moskowitz
Born 1950
Anthony Davis (offensive tackle, born 1980)
Born 1980
Marcel Shipp
Born 1978
Robert Pitofsky
1929 - 2018
Ralph Nuzzo
Born 1954
Thomas McEwan Jr.
1854 - 1926
Philip Elman
1918 - 1999
Joseph Marmaduke Pratt
1891 - 1946
James A. Williams
Born 1932
Vincent Baggetta
1944 - 2017
Chet Stratton
1910 - 1970
William B. Hornblower
1851 - 1914
Barry Edelstein
Born 1965
Kathryn Scola
1891 - 1982
Steve Nicosia
Born 1955
Danny O'Connell
1927 - 1969
Maxine Jones
Born 1962
Ellen Berkenblit
Born 1958
Phillis Levin
Born 1955
Don Brautigam
1946 - 2008
John Sinkankas
1915 - 2002
George Earth
Born 1966
Michael Polite
Born 1968
Mike Jackson (left-handed pitcher)
Born 1946
The Only Nolan
1857 - 1913
James Colaianni
1922 - 2016
William Spoelhof
1909 - 2008
Marty Blake
1927 - 2013
Doug Herzog
Born 1988
Bruce Jankowski
Born 1949
Florence E. Wall
1893 - 1988
Jaynee LaVecchia
Born 1954
Michael A. Shipp
Born 1965
Rick Schmidlin
Born 1954
Silvia Hugec
Born 2000
Bill Pellington
1927 - 1994
Benjie E. Wimberly
Born 1964
David L. Cole
1902 - 1978
Arthur Lenk
Born 1964
Michael Weiner (executive)
1961 - 2013
Joey Torres
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Kevin Lembo
Born 1963
Jack LaSota
Born 1941
Darren Lighty
Born 1969
Gerald Hayes
Born 1980
Gregory Perler
Born 1962
Edward McNamara
1884 - 1944
Edward C. Schmults
Born 1931
John J. Byrne
1931 - 2013
Nicholas Garaufis
Born 1948
Andy Degroat
Born 1947
Steve Ratzer
Born 1953
George H. Wanton
1868 - 1940
Preston Heyman
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Simon Perchik
Born 1923
Clarence Spady
Born 1961
Arthur Lidov
1917 - 1990
Bob Enyart
Born 1959
Viti Ruiz
Born 1966
Glenn Borgmann
Born 1950
Shavonda E. Sumter
Born 1974
Tim Hill (politician)
Born 1936
Sidney Geist
1914 - 2005
Emil Muller (athlete)
1891 - 1958
Gerson Echeverry
Born 1971
Bob DeVos
Born 1946
Shakim Phillips
Born 1992
Dino Duva
Born 1958
Myles Mack
Born 1993
Larry Hand
Born 1940
Shaquille Thomas
Born 1992
Garret Kramer
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Paul Tobin (basketball)
1909 - 2003
Thomas Hezmalhalch
1847 - 1934
Marie Poland Fish
1902 - 1989
Richard Fire
1945 - 2015
Phil Rosenfelt
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Agnes Rossi
Born 1959
Milton I. Roemer
1916 - 2001
William H. Thompkins
1872 - 1916
Herman H. Spitz
Born 1925
Leonard A. Cole
Born 1933
John Kelly (catcher)
1859 - 1908
Kevin J. Rooney
Born 1960
Larry Taylor (geochemist)
1938 - 2017
Pat Costello
1902 - 1990
Christian Henry Tobler
Born 1963
Jerry Vivino
Born 1954
Doug Momary
Born 1947
Wayne Dumont
1914 - 1992
Myles Jackson
Born 1964
Frank X. Graves Jr.
1923 - 1990
William Louis Stern
Born 1926
Josh Kaufman (musician)
Born 1978
David Chesnoff
Born 1955
Stanley Jackson (gridiron football)
Born 1975
Vivian M. Lewis
1869 - 1950
Rashod Swinger
Born 1974
Jossimar Sanchez
Born 1991
John Girgenti
Born 1947
Ray Bates
1890 - 1970
Norman M. Robertson
Born 1951
James Rhody
Born 1896
Vince Naimoli
1937 - 2019
Joe Cunningham (baseball)
Born 1931
Bill Pounds
1878 - 1936
Dick Cogan
1871 - 1948
Ralph Martin (Pianist)
1926 - 2018
Herbert Gallen
1915 - 2007
Marion Morgan (choreographer)
1881 - 1971
Warren Van Wyck
Born 1952
Bill LaVorgna
1933 - 2007
Roscoe Seely Conkling
1884 - 1956
Joe Connors
1862 - 1891
Joseph Brain (academic)
Born 1940
Henri S. Rauschenbach
Born 1947
Kazbek Tambi
Born 1961
Joseph Bubba
Born 1938
Gerald Ash
Born 1942
Cam Thomas (cornerback)
Born 1991
Donald Hand
Born 1979
Paul Zukerberg
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Ken Jones (activist)
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Neal Matarazzo
Born 1962
John LoCascio
Born 1991
Art Feltman
Born 1958
Ralph Kohlmann
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Joseph Haj
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John Frederick Sytsma
1921 - 2007
George Merritt (baseball)
1880 - 1938
Tony Murphy (basketball)
Born 1957
Don Blasius
Born 1950
Hugh Maguire (athlete)
1887 - 1967
Son Lewis
Born 1951
Mary Danforth Ryle
1833 - 1904
Thomas Goldie
1850 - 1892
William W. Evans Jr.
1921 - 1999
Patricia Gerard
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