Princeton, New Jersey
Princeton, New Jersey ranks 828th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Morristown, New Jersey, Hachiōji, and Pärnu. The most famous people from Princeton, New Jersey are Paul Robeson, Christopher McQuarrie, and Charlie Logg. The most famous people who died in Princeton, New Jersey are Albert Einstein, J. Robert Oppenheimer, and Kurt Gödel. Princeton, New Jersey has been the birth place of many athletes, and actors and the death place of many mathematicians, and physicists. Princeton, New Jersey is located in United States.
People
Between 1795 and 2001, Princeton, New Jersey was the birth place of 19 globally memorable people, including Paul Robeson, Christopher McQuarrie, and Charlie Logg. Additionaly, 66 globally memorable people have passed away in Princeton, New Jersey including Albert Einstein, J. Robert Oppenheimer, and Kurt Gödel. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Princeton, New Jersey than were born there.
People Born in Princeton, New Jersey
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Paul Robeson
SINGER
1898 - 1976
HPI: 61.84
Rank: 1
Christopher McQuarrie
FILM DIRECTOR
1968 - Present
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 2
Charlie Logg
ATHLETE
1931 - Present
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 3
Garrett Birkhoff
MATHEMATICIAN
1911 - 1996
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 4
Iris Chang
WRITER
1968 - 2004
HPI: 52.80
Rank: 5
Jon Tenney
ACTOR
1961 - Present
HPI: 52.50
Rank: 6
Daniel Pearl
WRITER
1963 - 2002
HPI: 51.88
Rank: 7
Jessica Hecht
ACTOR
1965 - Present
HPI: 49.96
Rank: 8
Robert F. Stockton
POLITICIAN
1795 - 1866
HPI: 48.61
Rank: 9
Bill Browder
BUSINESSPERSON
1964 - Present
HPI: 48.56
Rank: 10
Michael Bradley
SOCCER PLAYER
1987 - Present
HPI: 47.24
Rank: 11
Mary Chapin Carpenter
SINGER
1958 - Present
HPI: 44.48
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Princeton, New Jersey
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People Deceased in Princeton, New Jersey
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Albert Einstein
PHYSICIST
1879 - 1955
HPI: 94.83
Rank: 1
J. Robert Oppenheimer
PHYSICIST
1904 - 1967
HPI: 90.85
Rank: 2
Kurt Gödel
MATHEMATICIAN
1906 - 1978
HPI: 79.53
Rank: 3
Philip Warren Anderson
PHYSICIST
1923 - 2020
HPI: 79.35
Rank: 4
Grover Cleveland
POLITICIAN
1837 - 1908
HPI: 77.41
Rank: 5
Eugene Wigner
PHYSICIST
1902 - 1995
HPI: 75.92
Rank: 6
Erwin Panofsky
HISTORIAN
1892 - 1968
HPI: 72.29
Rank: 7
Val Logsdon Fitch
PHYSICIST
1923 - 2015
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 8
Elsa Einstein
POLITICIAN
1876 - 1936
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 9
Vera Rubin
ASTRONOMER
1928 - 2016
HPI: 70.42
Rank: 10
George F. Kennan
DIPLOMAT
1904 - 2005
HPI: 68.97
Rank: 11
Henry Norris Russell
ASTRONOMER
1877 - 1957
HPI: 68.58
Rank: 12
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Princeton, New Jerseywere athletes (3), actors (3), singers (2), film directors (2), and writers (2), while most who died were mathematicians (15), physicists (8), historians (5), philosophers (5), and economists (5).
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 5 globally memorable people born in Princeton, New Jersey since 1700.
