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Hoboken, New Jersey ranks 869th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Lansing, Michigan, New York (state), and Bayonne, New Jersey. Memorable people born in Hoboken, New Jersey include Frank Sinatra, Alfred Kinsey, and Dorothea Lange. Hoboken, New Jersey has been the birth place of many actors and singers. Hoboken, New Jersey is located in United States.

Hoboken is a city in Hudson County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Hoboken is part of the New York metropolitan area and is the site of Hoboken Terminal, a major transportation hub. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 60,419, an increase of 10,414 (+20.8%) from the 2010 census count of 50,005, which in turn reflected an increase of 11,428 (+29.6%) from the 38,577 counted in the 2000 census. The Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program calculated that the city's population was 57,703 in 2022, ranking the city as the 688th-most-populous in the country. With more than 42,400 inhabitants per square mile (16,400/km2) in data from the 2010 census, Hoboken was ranked as the third-most densely populated municipality in the United States among cities with a population above 50,000. In the 2020 census, the city's population density climbed to more than 48,300 inhabitants per square mile (18,600/km2) of land, ranked fourth in the county behind Guttenberg, Union City and West New York. Read more on Wikipedia

Between 1864 and 1972, Hoboken, New Jersey was the birth place of 14 globally memorable people, including Frank Sinatra, Alfred Kinsey, and Dorothea Lange.

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Most individuals born in present day Hoboken, New Jersey were actors (6), singers (1), psychologists (1), journalists (1), and engineers (1),  while most who died were .

Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Hoboken, New Jersey, including Joe Pantoliano, Pia Zadora, and Jennifer Taylor. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Hoboken, New Jersey, including Joe Pantoliano, Dorothy Gibson, and Pia Zadora.

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 9 globally memorable people born in Hoboken, New Jersey since 1700.