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Jersey City, New Jersey ranks 442nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Zadar, Ibaraki Prefecture, and Chelyabinsk. Memorable people born in Jersey City, New Jersey include Nancy Sinatra, Martha Stewart, and Al Di Meola. Memorable people who died in Jersey City, New Jersey include Richie Havens, George Catlin, and Andrew Hill. Jersey City, New Jersey has been the birth place of many actors, and singers and the death place of many musicians, and painters. Jersey City, New Jersey is located in United States.

Jersey City is the second-most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey, after Newark. It is the county seat of Hudson County, and is the county's most populous city and its largest. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 292,449, an increase of 44,852 (+18.1%) from the 2010 census count of 247,597, in turn an increase of 7,542 (+3.1%) from the 240,055 enumerated at the 2000 census. The Population Estimates Program calculated a population of 291,657 for 2023, making it the 72nd-most populous municipality in the nation. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1894 and 1985, Jersey City, New Jersey was the birth place of 31 globally memorable people, including Nancy Sinatra, Martha Stewart, and Al Di Meola. Additionaly, 3 globally memorable people have passed away in Jersey City, New Jersey including Richie Havens, George Catlin, and Andrew Hill.

People Born in Jersey City, New Jersey

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Jersey City, New Jersey were actors (13), singers (3), businesspeople (1), musicians (1), and mafiosos (1),  while most who died were musicians (2), and painters (1).

Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Jersey City, New Jersey, including Susan Flannery, Paul Gleason, and Philip Bosco. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Jersey City, New Jersey, including Susan Flannery, Richard Conte, and Paul Gleason.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 14 globally memorable people born in Jersey City, New Jersey since 1700.