Trenton, New Jersey
Trenton, New Jersey ranks 529th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Krasnodar, Hokkaido, and Syracuse, Sicily. Memorable people born in Trenton, New Jersey include Norman Schwarzkopf Jr., Dennis Rodman, and Greg Mankiw. Memorable people who died in Trenton, New Jersey include Samuel D. Ingham, Dorothea Dix, and Emily Warren Roebling. Trenton, New Jersey has been the birth place of many actors, and basketball players and the death place of many politicians, and social activists. Trenton, New Jersey is located in United States.
Trenton is the capital city of the U.S. state of New Jersey and the county seat of Mercer County. It was the capital of the United States from November 1 until December 24, 1784. Trenton and Princeton are the two principal cities of the Trenton–Princeton metropolitan statistical area, which encompasses those cities and all of Mercer County for statistical purposes and constitutes part of the New York combined statistical area by the U.S. Census Bureau. However, Trenton directly borders the Philadelphia metropolitan area to its west, and the city was part of the Philadelphia combined statistical area from 1990 until 2000. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1843 and 2002, Trenton, New Jersey was the birth place of 26 globally memorable people, including Norman Schwarzkopf Jr., Dennis Rodman, and Greg Mankiw. Additionaly, 4 globally memorable people have passed away in Trenton, New Jersey including Samuel D. Ingham, Dorothea Dix, and Emily Warren Roebling.
People Born in Trenton, New Jersey
Go to all RankingsNorman Schwarzkopf Jr.
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1934 - 2012
HPI: 76.12
Rank: 26
Dennis Rodman
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1961 - Present
HPI: 65.79
Rank: 9
Greg Mankiw
ECONOMIST
1958 - Present
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 18
George Antheil
COMPOSER
1900 - 1959
HPI: 63.84
Rank: 25
Jean Acker
ACTOR
1893 - 1978
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 21
Hunter Schafer
MODEL
1998 - Present
HPI: 59.88
Rank: 14
Antonin Scalia
JUDGE
1936 - 2016
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 12
Samuel Alito
JUDGE
1950 - Present
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 11
Charles Conrad Abbott
BIOLOGIST
1843 - 1919
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 23
Judith Light
ACTOR
1949 - Present
HPI: 57.25
Rank: 13
Richard Kind
ACTOR
1956 - Present
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 4
Michael Cristofer
WRITER
1945 - Present
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 15
People Deceased in Trenton, New Jersey
Go to all RankingsSamuel D. Ingham
POLITICIAN
1779 - 1860
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Rank: 1
Dorothea Dix
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1802 - 1887
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Rank: 2
Emily Warren Roebling
ENGINEER
1843 - 1903
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Rank: 3
Richard Kuklinski
MAFIOSO
1935 - 2006
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Rank: 4
Newly Added People Deceased in Trenton, New Jersey
Go to all RankingsSamuel D. Ingham
POLITICIAN
1779 - 1860
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Rank: 1
Dorothea Dix
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1802 - 1887
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Rank: 2
Emily Warren Roebling
ENGINEER
1843 - 1903
HPI: NaN
Rank: 3
Richard Kuklinski
MAFIOSO
1935 - 2006
HPI: NaN
Rank: 4
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Trenton, New Jersey were actors (12), basketball players (3), judges (2), military personnels (1), and economists (1), while most who died were politicians (1), social activists (1), engineers (1), and mafiosos (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Trenton, New Jersey, including Judith Light, Richard Kind, and Roxanne Hart. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Trenton, New Jersey, including Jean Acker, Judith Light, and Richard Kind.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 9 globally memorable people born in Trenton, New Jersey since 1700.