Princeton, New Jersey
Princeton, New Jersey ranks 828th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Morristown, New Jersey, Hachiōji, and Pärnu. Memorable people born in Princeton, New Jersey include Paul Robeson, Charlie Logg, and Christopher McQuarrie. Memorable people who died in Princeton, New Jersey include Albert Einstein, J. Robert Oppenheimer, and Kurt Gödel. Princeton, New Jersey has been the birth place of many athletes, and actors and the death place of many mathematicians, and physicists. Princeton, New Jersey is located in United States.
The Municipality of Princeton is a borough in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. It was established on January 1, 2013, through the consolidation of the Borough of Princeton and Princeton Township, both of which are now defunct. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 30,681, an increase of 2,109 (+7.4%) from the 2010 census combined count of 28,572. In the 2000 census, the two communities had a total population of 30,230, with 14,203 residents in the borough and 16,027 in the township. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1795 and 2001, Princeton, New Jersey was the birth place of 18 globally memorable people, including Paul Robeson, Charlie Logg, and Christopher McQuarrie. Additionaly, 66 globally memorable people have passed away in Princeton, New Jersey including Albert Einstein, J. Robert Oppenheimer, and Kurt Gödel. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Princeton, New Jersey than were born there.
People Born in Princeton, New Jersey
Go to all RankingsPaul Robeson
SINGER
1898 - 1976
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 1
Charlie Logg
ATHLETE
1931 - Present
HPI: 58.63
Rank: 2
Christopher McQuarrie
FILM DIRECTOR
1968 - Present
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 3
Garrett Birkhoff
MATHEMATICIAN
1911 - 1996
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 4
Daniel Pearl
WRITER
1963 - 2002
HPI: 52.41
Rank: 5
Iris Chang
WRITER
1968 - 2004
HPI: 52.35
Rank: 6
Jon Tenney
ACTOR
1961 - Present
HPI: 52.33
Rank: 7
Jessica Hecht
ACTOR
1965 - Present
HPI: 51.53
Rank: 8
Robert F. Stockton
POLITICIAN
1795 - 1866
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 9
Bill Browder
BUSINESSPERSON
1964 - Present
HPI: 47.67
Rank: 10
Michael Bradley
SOCCER PLAYER
1987 - Present
HPI: 45.93
Rank: 11
Florencia Lozano
ACTOR
1969 - Present
HPI: 44.15
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Princeton, New Jersey
Go to all RankingsEvan Gershkovich
JOURNALIST
1991 - Present
HPI: 43.95
Rank: 13
Nikki Stone
ATHLETE
1971 - Present
HPI: 40.78
Rank: 15
Cameron Brink
BASKETBALL PLAYER
2001 - Present
HPI: 24.00
Rank: 18
People Deceased in Princeton, New Jersey
Go to all RankingsAlbert Einstein
PHYSICIST
1879 - 1955
HPI: 93.85
Rank: 1
J. Robert Oppenheimer
PHYSICIST
1904 - 1967
HPI: 83.31
Rank: 2
Kurt Gödel
MATHEMATICIAN
1906 - 1978
HPI: 76.96
Rank: 3
Eugene Wigner
PHYSICIST
1902 - 1995
HPI: 75.19
Rank: 4
Grover Cleveland
POLITICIAN
1837 - 1908
HPI: 73.83
Rank: 5
Val Logsdon Fitch
PHYSICIST
1923 - 2015
HPI: 72.14
Rank: 6
Elsa Einstein
POLITICIAN
1876 - 1936
HPI: 71.88
Rank: 7
Erwin Panofsky
HISTORIAN
1892 - 1968
HPI: 71.12
Rank: 8
Vera Rubin
ASTRONOMER
1928 - 2016
HPI: 69.55
Rank: 9
Carl Gustav Hempel
PHILOSOPHER
1905 - 1997
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 10
George F. Kennan
DIPLOMAT
1904 - 2005
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 11
Vladimir K. Zworykin
INVENTOR
1888 - 1982
HPI: 68.14
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Princeton, New Jersey
Go to all RankingsEarl Browder
POLITICIAN
1891 - 1973
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 43
Sara Josephine Baker
PHYSICIAN
1873 - 1945
HPI: 48.41
Rank: 61
Louis Fischer
JOURNALIST
1896 - 1970
HPI: 46.74
Rank: 64
Beatrice Hicks
ENGINEER
1919 - 1979
HPI: 46.01
Rank: 65
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Princeton, New Jersey were athletes (3), actors (3), singers (2), writers (2), and film directors (1), while most who died were mathematicians (15), physicists (8), historians (5), philosophers (5), and economists (5).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Princeton, New Jersey, including Charlie Logg, Nikki Stone, and Lynn Jennings. Whereas, throughout history, athletes have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Princeton, New Jersey, including Charlie Logg, Nikki Stone, and Lynn Jennings.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 5 globally memorable people born in Princeton, New Jersey since 1700.