39.9945° N, 76.6409° W
TRENTON
Most Famous People Born in Trenton, United States
- Notable people
- 403
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- Median birth year
- 1946
- Most distinctive
- Baseball 7.7×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Trenton during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Trenton Is Known For
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Politician is Trenton's biggest profession — 12% of all notables (47).
Trenton over-indexes on baseball — 7.7× the global rate.
Trenton under-produces writer — only 0.7× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Trenton's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Sports
- Politics & Law
- Film & TV
- Music
- Science
- Writing
- Other
Dennis Rodman
Born 1961
Antonin Scalia
1936 - 2016
Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.
1934 - 2012
Kevin Nash
Born 1959
Judith Light
Born 1949
Richard Kind
Born 1956
Mitch Albom
Born 1958
George Antheil
1900 - 1959
Greg Mankiw
Born 1958
Ernie Kovacs
1919 - 1962
Zebulon Pike
1779 - 1813
Samuel Alito
Born 1950
Michael Cristofer
Born 1945
Sharon Mitchell
Born 1956
Jean Acker
1893 - 1978
Amy Locane
Born 1971
David Dinkins
1927 - 2020
Tom Guiry
Born 1981
Ntozake Shange
1948 - 2018
Jerry Robinson
1922 - 2011
Zalman King
1942 - 2012
Jake Weary
Born 1990
Roxanne Hart
Born 1952
Lexington Steele
Born 1969
Betty Bronson
1906 - 1971
Leo Rossi
Born 1946
Mark Osborne (filmmaker)
Born 1970
Craig Mack
1971 - 2018
Easton Corbin
Born 1982
Clyde Tolson
1900 - 1975
Dahntay Jones
Born 1980
Peter Hujar
1934 - 1987
Elizabeth Manley
Born 1965
Harrington Emerson
1853 - 1931
Walter Evans-Wentz
1878 - 1965
Henry Levin (film director)
1909 - 1980
May Allison
1890 - 1989
Carman (singer)
Born 1956
Molly Pitcher
1754 - 1832
Ruth Donnelly
1896 - 1982
Neil Hopkins
Born 1977
Malachi Richardson
Born 1996
Charles Conrad Abbott
1843 - 1919
Lavoy Allen
Born 1989
Johnny Coles
1926 - 1997
May Berenbaum
Born 1953
Tal Brody
Born 1943
Joseph Reed (politician)
1741 - 1785
David Brearley
1745 - 1790
Peter Taylor (writer)
1917 - 1994
Richie Cole (musician)
1948 - 2020
Kelly Jo Minter
Born 1966
J.J. Dillon
Born 1942
Andy Greene
Born 1982
Shakti Gawain
1948 - 2018
Marc Behm
1925 - 2007
Adam Petty
1980 - 2000
Richard Hooker (author)
1924 - 1997
Steve Avery
Born 1970
Hodgy
Born 1990
Carol Connors (actress)
Born 1952
Augustus Washington
1820 - 1875
Anthony Bass
Born 1987
Brian Delate
Born 1949
Carlijn Schoutens
Born 1994
Greg Grant
Born 1966
Bobby Sanguinetti
Born 1988
Vernee Watson-Johnson
Born 1954
Gene Hickerson
1935 - 2008
Naomi Stevens
1926 - 2018
Amy Robinson
Born 1948
Nona Hendryx
Born 1944
James G. Blunt
1826 - 1881
Daniel Katz (psychologist)
1903 - 1998
Timothy Abbott Conrad
1803 - 1877
Oliver H. Smith
1794 - 1859
Elvin Bethea
Born 1946
Charles Cooke (basketball)
Born 1994
J. J. Putz
Born 1977
Christian Burns (basketball)
Born 1985
Reggie Geary
Born 1973
Gustavus Myers
1872 - 1942
Joseph Samachson
1906 - 1980
Sarah Dash
Born 1945
Hedwig Gorski
Born 1949
Orrin Evans
Born 1976
Bob Smith (New Hampshire politician)
Born 1941
John Cadwalader (general)
1742 - 1786
Russ Schoene
Born 1960
Roy Hinson
Born 1961
Yank Lawson
1911 - 1995
Patricia Russo
Born 1952
James Walter Wall
1820 - 1872
Curt Clausen
Born 1967
Tim Kelly (musician)
1963 - 1998
Barry M. McCoy
Born 1940
Sol Linowitz
1913 - 2005
Troy Vincent
Born 1970
Bruce Ritter
1927 - 1999
Matthew Olosunde
Born 1998
John Marshall Stone
1830 - 1900
Frank Thompson
1918 - 1989
Robert Brown (American actor)
Born 1926
Florence Wyle
1881 - 1968
Al Downing (baseball)
Born 1941
Cheeseburger (wrestler)
-
Charlie Weis
Born 1956
William Mastrosimone
Born 1947
Drew Gress
Born 1959
Michael Ray (trumpeter)
Born 1952
Lambert Cadwalader (representative)
1742 - 1823
Jim Hoey
Born 1982
Hollis Copeland
Born 1955
Sommore
Born 1966
Peter Pietras
1908 - 1993
Mike Cervenak
Born 1976
John S. Lewis
Born 1941
John Coates Jr.
1938 - 2017
Leah Jamieson
Born 1949
Maury Muehleisen
1949 - 1973
Aneesh Chopra
Born 1972
Kareem McKenzie
Born 1979
Richard Hazard
1921 - 2000
Mark SaFranko
Born 1951
Harry Rauch
1925 - 1979
Vance Johnson
Born 1963
Ashley Houts
Born 1987
Sammy Williams
1948 - 2018
Needham Roberts
1901 - 1949
Paul Lewis Anderson
1880 - 1956
Nadia Ali (actress)
Born 1991
Mike Tiernan
1867 - 1918
Harry Basch
1926 - 2020
Bob Sheppard (musician)
Born 1952
Cory Chase
Born 1981
Wallace Wade
1892 - 1986
Robert Stempel
1933 - 2011
Robert Furman
1915 - 2008
Bob Milacki
Born 1964
Terence Faherty
Born 1954
Michael Morton (runner)
Born 1971
William L. O'Brien
Born 1951
Bob Ryan
Born 1946
Bernard Cywinski
1940 - 2011
Terrance Cauthen
Born 1976
Barney Josephson
1902 - 1988
George Ovey
1870 - 1951
Skip Harlicka
Born 1946
Charles R. Howell
1904 - 1973
Edward Kmiec
1936 - 2020
Orfeo Angelucci
1912 - 1993
Carl Anthony Payne II
Born 1969
Isaac Smith (New Jersey)
1740 - 1807
Dennis A. Rondinelli
1943 - 2007
Samuel John Atlee
1739 - 1786
Douglas Palmer
Born 1951
Margaret Thompson
1911 - 1992
Howard Jones (American football coach)
1885 - 1941
Daniel Bailey Ryall
1798 - 1864
Griffen Molino
Born 1994
Irv Smith
Born 1971
Michelle Mitchenor
Born 1988
John Ebeling
Born 1960
Willard S. Curtin
1905 - 1996
Robert Waring Stoddard
1906 - 1984
Steve Garrison
Born 1986
Thomas Barlow (basketball)
1896 - 1983
Enoch Crowder
1859 - 1932
Chris Pittaro
Born 1961
Chris Prynoski
Born 1971
Richard Cytowic
Born 1952
James L. Conger
1805 - 1876
W. Dale Brownawell
Born 1942
Fremont Rider
1885 - 1962
Larry DePalma
Born 1965
George T. Reynolds
1917 - 2005
Allan B. Walsh
1874 - 1953
Edward Bloor
Born 1950
John Lambert Cadwalader
1836 - 1914
George Sauer
1910 - 1994
Gershom Mott
1822 - 1884
Kevin Johnson (wide receiver)
Born 1976
Joshua M. Zeitz
Born 1974
Deby LaPlante
Born 1953
Dave Gallagher
Born 1960
Robert Hunter Morris
1700 - 1764
Nathan Bryan (North Carolina politician)
1748 - 1798
Joe J. Plumeri
Born 1943
Mike Kearns
1929 - 2009
Nancy Wood (author)
1936 - 2013
Bill Holcombe
1924 - 2010
Kenneth Sheets
Born 1976
Pam Potillo
Born 1974
Tony D
1967 - 2009
Elizabeth Banks (journalist)
1865 - 1938
Johnnie Troutman
Born 1987
Christopher Zara
Born 1970
James Chambers (Hornist)
1920 - 1989
George Washington Doane
1799 - 1859
Jeanne Liedtka
Born 1955
Trem Carr
1891 - 1946
W. W. McDowell
1867 - 1934
Mary U. Rothrock
1890 - 1976
Jeffrey Stout
Born 1950
Trapper Nelson
1909 - 1968
Rusty Saunders
1906 - 1967
Steve Braun (baseball)
Born 1948
Thomas Bines
Died 1826
Gary Stills
Born 1974
Hal Call
1917 - 2000
Walter Scott Lenox
1859 - 1920
Monroe E. Dodd
1878 - 1952
Henry T. Titus
1823 - 1881
Joseph Lamb Bodine
1883 - 1950
Lawrence Low
1920 - 1996
Jordan Younger
Born 1978
Kevin Collins (American actor)
Born 1972
Michael Masley
Born 1952
Thomas B. Kay
1864 - 1931
Fred Zabitosky
1942 - 1996
Robert Muir Graves
1930 - 2003
Glenn Myernick
1954 - 2006
Billy Ashley
Born 1970
Wayne DeAngelo
Born 1965
Mike Ritze
Born 1948
Lefty Leifield
1883 - 1970
Cole White
Born 1985
Wayne Krenchicki
1954 - 2018
George Case
1915 - 1989
Joe Schaffernoth
1937 - 2016
Herb Conaway
Born 1963
Adam Blackstone
Born 1982
Hugh T. Keyes
1888 - 1963
Linton Satterthwaite
1897 - 1978
Daniel Agnew
1809 - 1902
Bisa Williams
Born 1954
Jimmy Horton
Born 1956
John Curley (musician)
Born 1965
James Clarke Welling
1825 - 1894
Tad Kornegay
Born 1982
Angie Pontani
-
Peter A. Rona
1934 - 2014
Les Strayhorn
Born 1951
George Herbert Barlow
1921 - 1979
Francess Lantz
1952 - 2004
Rocky Marval
Born 1965
Pat Spirito
1939 - 1983
Luc Wylder
Born 1958
Jayson DiManche
Born 1990
Bobby Smith (soccer)
Born 1951
Al Clark (umpire)
Born 1948
Irvin Ungar
Born 1948
Tad Jones (American football)
1887 - 1957
Henry Gassett Davis
1807 - 1896
Susan Pitt
Born 1948
Stephen Li-Chung Kuo
Born 1990
Joe Auer
1941 - 2019
Brandon McMillan (animal trainer)
Born 1977
Wahida Clark
-
Ifa Bayeza
Born 1958
Paul Kramer
1933 - 2020
Andrew Stroukoff
Born 1950
John Dagworthy
1721 - 1784
Abraham Lincoln Freedman
1904 - 1971
Stephen Meeks
Born 1970
Rex Barnett
Born 1938
Joe Hedges
Born 1980
Levi Robert Lind
1906 - 2008
Ty Treadway
Born 1967
Gail Peters
Born 1929
Ed Smith (tight end)
Born 1969
Eric IQ Gray
Born 1966
Martin Connor
-
Eddie Pullen
1883 - 1940
Scott Metzger
Born 1977
Mel Groomes
1927 - 1997
John Nalbone
Born 1986
Cash Casia
Born 1973
David Belt
Born 1967
Robert M. Bond
1929 - 1984
Geoffrey Berman
Born 1959
Bill Dillman
Born 1945
Anne M. Patterson
Born 1959
George Oros
Born 1954
Kim R. Gibson
Born 1948
Gary Lowe
1934 - 2017
Isaac Pursell
1853 - 1910
John A. Gosling
1928 - 2004
Jerzee Monét
Born 1977
David Bird (journalist)
1959 - 2014
Steve Gilmore
Born 1943
Eric Jackson (mayor)
Born 1959
William J. Johnston
1918 - 1990
Henry W. Antheil Jr.
1912 - 1940
Paul Penzone
Born 1967
Dan Donigan
Born 1967
Rick West
Born 1963
Carl Miles
1918 - 2016
Duane Robinson
Born 1968
William D'Elia
Born 1946