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New Jersey ranks 501st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Wessex, Lolland, and Carthage. Memorable people born in New Jersey include Stephen P. Synnott, Jennifer Welles, and Mark Tornillo. Memorable people who died in New Jersey include Frank Marshall, Ion Mihai Pacepa, and John Wesley Hyatt. New Jersey has been the birth place of many actors, and singers and the death place of many singers, and chess players. New Jersey is located in United States.

New Jersey is a state located in both the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. Located at the geographic hub of the heavily urbanized Northeast megalopolis, it is bordered to the northwest, north, and 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. According to a 2024 U.S. Census Bureau estimate, it is the 11th-most populous state, with over 9.5 million residents, its highest estimated count ever. 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. It is the most densely populated U.S. state. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 2009, New Jersey was the birth place of 29 globally memorable people, including Stephen P. Synnott, Jennifer Welles, and Mark Tornillo. Additionaly, 7 globally memorable people have passed away in New Jersey including Frank Marshall, Ion Mihai Pacepa, and John Wesley Hyatt.

People Born in New Jersey

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day New Jersey were actors (11), singers (3), musicians (3), astronomers (1), and pornographic actors (1),  while most who died were singers (2), chess players (1), military personnels (1), inventors (1), and politicians (1).

Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in New Jersey, including Lisa Marie, Aarthi Agarwal, and Ivan Sergei. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day New Jersey, including Lisa Marie, Aarthi Agarwal, and Ivan Sergei.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 4 globally memorable people born in New Jersey since 1700.