Jersey City, New Jersey
Jersey City, New Jersey ranks 438th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Chelyabinsk, Setagaya, and Tacoma, Washington. Memorable people born in Jersey City, New Jersey include Nancy Sinatra, Richard Kuklinski, and Martha Stewart. Memorable people who died in Jersey City, New Jersey include Frank Marshall, Richie Havens, and George Catlin. Jersey City, New Jersey has been the birth place of many actors and singers and the death place of many musicians and chess players. 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 Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program calculated that the city's population was 286,670 in 2022, ranking the city the 74th-most-populous in the country. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1894 and 1981, Jersey City, New Jersey was the birth place of 28 globally memorable people, including Nancy Sinatra, Richard Kuklinski, and Martha Stewart. Additionaly, 4 globally memorable people have passed away in Jersey City, New Jersey including Frank Marshall, Richie Havens, and George Catlin.
People Born in Jersey City, New Jersey
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Nancy Sinatra
1940 - Present
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 1
Richard Kuklinski
1935 - 2006
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 2
Martha Stewart
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 3
Susan Flannery
1939 - Present
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 4
Mark Granovetter
1943 - Present
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 5
Al Di Meola
1954 - Present
HPI: 53.81
Rank: 6
Arthur Melvin Okun
1928 - 1980
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 7
Paul Gleason
1939 - 2006
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 8
Frank Sinatra Jr.
1944 - 2016
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 9
Richard Conte
1910 - 1975
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 10
Philip Bosco
1930 - 2018
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 11
Norman Lloyd
1914 - 2021
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Jersey City, New Jersey
Go to all RankingsMark Granovetter
1943 - Present
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 5
Beth Fowler
1940 - Present
HPI: 42.05
Rank: 21
Kate Micucci
1980 - Present
HPI: 32.53
Rank: 27
People Deceased in Jersey City, New Jersey
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Frank Marshall
1877 - 1944
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 1
Richie Havens
1941 - 2013
HPI: 51.93
Rank: 2
George Catlin
1796 - 1872
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 3
Andrew Hill
1931 - 2007
HPI: 39.92
Rank: 4
Most individuals born in present day Jersey City, New Jersey were actors (12), singers (3), mafiosos (1), businesspeople (1), and sociologists (1), while most who died were musicians (2), chess players (1), 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, Paul Gleason, and Richard Conte.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 13 globally memorable people born in Jersey City, New Jersey since 1700.
