New Jersey
New Jersey ranks 501st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind San Juan, Puerto Rico, Wessex, and Carthage. Memorable people born in New Jersey include Mark Tornillo, Jennifer Welles, and Niles Eldredge. Memorable people who died in New Jersey include Ion Mihai Pacepa, Frank Marshall, and John Wesley Hyatt. New Jersey has been the birth place of many actors, and singers and the death place of many singers, and military personnels. New Jersey is located in United States.
New Jersey is a state in both the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is the most densely populated state and at the center of the Northeast megalopolis. New Jersey is bordered to the northeast by New York state; on its east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on its west by the Delaware River and Pennsylvania; and on its southwest by Delaware Bay and Delaware. At 7,354 square miles (19,050 km2), New Jersey is the fifth-smallest state in land area, but with close to 9.3 million residents as of the 2020 United States census, it ranks 11th in population. The state capital is Trenton, and the state's most populous city is Newark. New Jersey is the only U.S. state in which every county is deemed urban by the U.S. Census Bureau. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1926 and 2009, New Jersey was the birth place of 28 globally memorable people, including Mark Tornillo, Jennifer Welles, and Niles Eldredge. Additionaly, 7 globally memorable people have passed away in New Jersey including Ion Mihai Pacepa, Frank Marshall, and John Wesley Hyatt.
People Born in New Jersey
Go to all RankingsMark Tornillo
SINGER
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 1
Jennifer Welles
PORNOGRAPHIC ACTOR
1937 - 2018
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 2
Niles Eldredge
GEOLOGIST
1943 - Present
HPI: 49.08
Rank: 3
Julius Katchen
MUSICIAN
1926 - 1969
HPI: 47.44
Rank: 4
Richard Murphy
ATHLETE
1931 - 2023
HPI: 47.06
Rank: 5
Stephen P. Synnott
ASTRONOMER
1946 - Present
HPI: 46.96
Rank: 6
Lisa Marie
ACTOR
1968 - Present
HPI: 45.73
Rank: 7
Bill Gosper
MATHEMATICIAN
1943 - Present
HPI: 41.18
Rank: 8
Melody Gardot
MUSICIAN
1985 - Present
HPI: 40.25
Rank: 9
Ivan Sergei
ACTOR
1971 - Present
HPI: 39.48
Rank: 10
Kira Kosarin
ACTOR
1997 - Present
HPI: 37.58
Rank: 11
Deanna Russo
ACTOR
1979 - Present
HPI: 35.06
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in New Jersey
Go to all RankingsJennifer Welles
PORNOGRAPHIC ACTOR
1937 - 2018
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 2
Julius Katchen
MUSICIAN
1926 - 1969
HPI: 47.44
Rank: 4
G. Willow Wilson
WRITER
1982 - Present
HPI: 23.85
Rank: 22
Destiny Watford
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1995 - Present
HPI: 20.95
Rank: 25
Promise Amukamara
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1993 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 28
People Deceased in New Jersey
Go to all RankingsIon Mihai Pacepa
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1928 - 2021
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 1
Frank Marshall
CHESS PLAYER
1877 - 1944
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 2
John Wesley Hyatt
INVENTOR
1837 - 1920
HPI: 54.41
Rank: 3
Inge Sørensen
POLITICIAN
1924 - 2011
HPI: 49.47
Rank: 4
Jasraj
SINGER
1930 - 2020
HPI: 45.91
Rank: 5
Claude Barthélemy
SOCCER PLAYER
1945 - 2020
HPI: 45.02
Rank: 6
Surinder Kaur
SINGER
1929 - 2006
HPI: 38.31
Rank: 7
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day New Jersey were actors (10), singers (3), musicians (3), pornographic actors (1), and geologists (1), while most who died were singers (2), military personnels (1), chess players (1), inventors (1), and politicians (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in New Jersey, including Lisa Marie, Ivan Sergei, and Kira Kosarin. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day New Jersey, including Lisa Marie, Ivan Sergei, and Kira Kosarin.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 4 globally memorable people born in New Jersey since 1700.