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Princeton, New Jersey ranks 849th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Mogilev, Clermont-Ferrand, and Utsunomiya. Memorable people born in Princeton, New Jersey include Paul Robeson, Daniel Pearl, and Christopher McQuarrie. Memorable people who died in Princeton, New Jersey include Albert Einstein, Kurt Gödel, and J. Robert Oppenheimer. Princeton, New Jersey has been the birth place of many actors and singers and the death place of many mathematicians and physicists. Princeton, New Jersey is located in United States.

Princeton is a municipality with a borough form of government in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. 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

Between 1795 and 1987, Princeton, New Jersey was the birth place of 15 globally memorable people, including Paul Robeson, Daniel Pearl, and Christopher McQuarrie. Additionaly, 62 globally memorable people have passed away in Princeton, New Jersey including Albert Einstein, Kurt Gödel, and J. Robert Oppenheimer. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Princeton, New Jersey than were born there.

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Most individuals born in present day Princeton, New Jersey were actors (3), singers (2), writers (2), athletes (2), and film directors (1),  while most who died were mathematicians (15), physicists (8), historians (5), economists (5), and writers (5).

Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Princeton, New Jersey, including Jessica Hecht, Jon Tenney, and Florencia Lozano. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Princeton, New Jersey, including Jessica Hecht, Jon Tenney, and Florencia Lozano.

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 5 globally memorable people born in Princeton, New Jersey since 1700.