Plainfield, NJ

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Plainfield, NJ

CITY

Official Website:
http://www.plainfield.com/

Chamber of Commerce:
http://www.positivelyplainfield.org/

Population:
47829 (2000 census)

County:
Union County

BIRTHS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Van Wyck Brooks Critic 16-Feb-1886 2-May-1963 Finders & Makers

Milt Campbell Track and Field 9-Dec-1933 Olympic decathlete

Archibald Cox Government 17-May-1912 29-May-2004 Target of Watergate Saturday Night Massacre

Bill Evans Jazz Musician 16-Aug-1929 15-Sep-1980 Jazz pianist

Phyllis Kirk Actor 18-Sep-1927 19-Oct-2006 House of Wax

Gerry Laybourne Business 19-May-1947 CEO of Oxygen Media

Mary McCormack Actor 8-Feb-1969 Kate Harper on The West Wing

Jane Rule Author 28-Mar-1931 27-Nov-2007 Desert of the Heart

Robert Shapiro Attorney 2-Sep-1942 One of OJ Simpson's attorneys

Pete Williams Politician 10-Dec-1919 17-Nov-2001 US Senator snagged in ABSCAM

Diane P. Wood Judge 4-Jul-1950 7th Circuit Court of Appeals

DEATHS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Henry E. Bliss Curator 29-Jan-1870 9-Aug-1955 Bliss Classification System

Elizebeth Friedman Scientist 24-Sep-1891 31-Oct-1980 WWI Cryptographer

Dudley Moore Comic 19-Apr-1935 27-Mar-2002 Arthur

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