Paterson, New Jersey
Paterson, New Jersey ranks 491st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Toledo, Spain, Recife, and Amiens. Memorable people born in Paterson, New Jersey include Frederick Reines, William Graham Sumner, and Lou Costello. Memorable people who died in Paterson, New Jersey include Charles Joughin, Garret Hobart, and Wallace Roney. Paterson, New Jersey has been the birth place of many actors and musicians and the death place of many chefs and politicians. Paterson, New Jersey is located in United States.
Paterson is the largest city in and the county seat of Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the city was the state's third-most-populous municipality, with a population of 159,732. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1840 and 2000, Paterson, New Jersey was the birth place of 25 globally memorable people, including Frederick Reines, William Graham Sumner, and Lou Costello. Additionaly, 3 globally memorable people have passed away in Paterson, New Jersey including Charles Joughin, Garret Hobart, and Wallace Roney.
People Born in Paterson, New Jersey
Go to all Rankings
Frederick Reines
1918 - 1998
HPI: 62.89
Rank: 1
William Graham Sumner
1840 - 1910
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 2
Lou Costello
1906 - 1959
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 3
Kathryn D. Sullivan
1951 - Present
HPI: 48.71
Rank: 4
Oliver Macdonald
1904 - 1973
HPI: 45.36
Rank: 5
J. Michael Straczynski
1954 - Present
HPI: 44.30
Rank: 6
Joseph Keller
1923 - 2016
HPI: 44.06
Rank: 7
Randy Edelman
1947 - Present
HPI: 43.87
Rank: 8
Alexander Berzin
1944 - Present
HPI: 43.86
Rank: 9
Patrick Warburton
1964 - Present
HPI: 43.55
Rank: 10
Mindy Sterling
1953 - Present
HPI: 41.84
Rank: 11
Bucky Pizzarelli
1926 - 2020
HPI: 41.52
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Paterson, New Jersey
Go to all Rankings
People Deceased in Paterson, New Jersey
Go to all Rankings
Charles Joughin
1878 - 1956
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 1
Garret Hobart
1844 - 1899
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 2
Wallace Roney
1960 - 2020
HPI: 36.38
Rank: 3
Newly Added People Deceased in Paterson, New Jersey
Go to all RankingsMost individuals born in present day Paterson, New Jersey were actors (9), musicians (3), physicists (2), astronauts (2), and philosophers (2), while most who died were chefs (1), politicians (1), and musicians (1).
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Paterson, New Jersey, including Patrick Warburton, Mindy Sterling, and Ron Cephas Jones. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Paterson, New Jersey, including Lou Costello, Patrick Warburton, and Mindy Sterling.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 10 globally memorable people born in Paterson, New Jersey since 1700.
