Plainfield, New Jersey ranks 1,790th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Kleve, Speyer, and Lugano. Memorable people born in Plainfield, New Jersey include Bill Evans, Irving Penn, and Geoffrey Lewis. Memorable people who died in Plainfield, New Jersey include Dudley Moore, Eddie Hazel, and Al LeConey. Plainfield, New Jersey has been the birth place of many actors and basketball players and the death place of many actors and musicians. Plainfield, New Jersey is located in United States.
Plainfield is a city in Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Nicknamed "The Queen City", it serves as both a regional hub for Central New Jersey and a bedroom suburb of the New York Metropolitan area, located in the Raritan Valley region. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population, majority Latino for the first time, was 54,586. This was an increase of 4,778 (+9.6%) from the 2010 census count of 49,808, which in turn reflected an increase of 1,979 (+4.1%) from the 47,829 counted in the 2000 census. In 2022, the Census Bureau estimated the city's population to be 54,513. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1917 and 1988, Plainfield, New Jersey was the birth place of 8 globally memorable people, including Bill Evans, Irving Penn, and Geoffrey Lewis. Additionaly, 3 globally memorable people have passed away in Plainfield, New Jersey including Dudley Moore, Eddie Hazel, and Al LeConey.
1929 - 1980
HPI: 65.45
Rank: 1
1917 - 2009
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 2
1935 - 2015
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 3
1933 - 2012
HPI: 39.06
Rank: 4
1969 - Present
HPI: 34.39
Rank: 5
1964 - Present
HPI: 30.43
Rank: 6
1981 - Present
HPI: 23.72
Rank: 7
1988 - Present
HPI: 22.86
Rank: 8
1935 - 2002
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 1
1950 - 1992
HPI: 43.11
Rank: 2
1901 - 1959
HPI: 39.92
Rank: 3
Most individuals born in present day Plainfield, New Jersey were actors (2), basketball players (2), musicians (1), photographers (1), and athletes (1), while most who died were actors (1), musicians (1), and athletes (1).
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 4 globally memorable people born in Plainfield, New Jersey since 1700.