CITY

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

Population:
240055 (2000 census)

Founding Date:
1633

County:
Hudson County

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
Saint Peter's College New Jersey	1872

MUSEUM

Museum	Founded
Liberty Science Center	1993
Jersey City Museum	1901

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company	Founded
White Mountains Insurance	1980

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Elizabeth Allen	Actor	25-Jan-1929	19-Sep-2006	The Jackie Gleason Show
Allan Arkush	Film Director	30-Apr-1948		Rock 'n' Roll High School
Lawrence T. Babbio, Jr.	Business	c. 1944		President of Verizon
Philip Bosco	Actor	26-Sep-1930		American character actor
Kinley J. Brauer	Historian	16-Apr-1935	12-Feb-2003	Cotton Versus Conscience
John O. Brennan	Government	22-Sep-1955		CIA Director
John Calley	Film/TV Producer	8-Jul-1930	13-Sep-2011	CEO of Sony Pictures, 1996-2003
Richard Conte	Actor	24-Mar-1910	15-Apr-1975	The Blue Gardenia
John J. Farmer, Jr.	Politician	24-Jun-1957		Attorney General of New Jersey, 1999-2002
John D. Finnegan	Business	31-Jan-1949		CEO of Chubb
Susan Flannery	Actor	31-Jul-1940		The Bold and the Beautiful
Louis Freeh	Government	6-Jan-1950		FBI Director, 1993-2001
William H. Gerdts	Art Historian	18-Jan-1929		Art Across America
Robert Giroux	Publisher	8-Apr-1914	5-Sep-2008	Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Paul Gleason	Actor	4-May-1939	27-May-2006	The Breakfast Club
Frank J. Guarini	Politician	20-Aug-1924		Congressman from New Jersey, 1979-93
Paul Guilfoyle	Actor	14-Jul-1902	27-Jun-1961	Winterset
Tom Heinsohn	Basketball	26-Aug-1934		Boston Celtics Head Coach, 1969-78
Dennis James	Game Show Host	24-Aug-1917	3-Jun-1997	Early TV game show pioneer
Steven T. Katz	Author	12-Aug-1944		Professor of Religion
James P. Kelly	Business	c. 1944		CEO of UPS, 1997-2002
Victor Kilian	Actor	6-Mar-1891	11-Mar-1979	Raymond Larkin on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
August Kleinzahler	Poet	1949		A Calendar of Airs
Richard Kuklinski	Criminal	11-Apr-1935	5-Mar-2006	The Iceman
Nathan Lane	Actor	3-Feb-1956		The Producers
Ann Lewis	Activist	19-Dec-1937		Clinton advisor
Martin Lipton	Attorney	22-Jun-1931		Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Norman Lloyd	Actor	8-Nov-1914		Dr. Auschlander on St. Elsewhere
Derek Luke	Actor	24-Apr-1974		Antwone Fisher
Edwin L. Marin	Film Director	21-Feb-1899	2-May-1951	Tall in the Saddle
Reuben Mark	Business	21-Jan-1939		CEO of Colgate-Palmolive, 1984-2007
Marc Maron	Comic	27-Sep-1963		What the F*ck?
James McGreevey	Politician	6-Aug-1957		Governor of New Jersey, 2002-04
Jim McMahon	Football	21-Aug-1959		Retired NFL Quarterback
Al Di Meola	Jazz Musician	22-Jul-1954		Jazz fusion guitarist
Jason Mewes	Actor	12-Jun-1974		"Jay" to Kevin Smith's "Silent Bob"
Christina Milian	Singer	26-Sep-1981		AM To PM
Cathy E. Minehan	Business	15-Feb-1947		President of the Boston Fed, 1994-2007
Ozzie Nelson	Actor	20-Mar-1906	3-Jun-1975	The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Dean R. O'Hare	Business	c. 1941		CEO of Chubb, 1988-2002
Arthur M. Okun	Economist	28-Nov-1928	23-Mar-1980	Council of Economic Advisers, 1964-69
Reena Raggi	Judge	11-May-1951		2nd Circuit Court of Appeals
Basil Ruysdael	Actor	24-Jul-1888	10-Oct-1960	The Cocoanuts
Joseph Sargent	Film Director	25-Jul-1925	22-Dec-2014	The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Michael Shaara	Author	23-Jun-1929	5-May-1988	The Killer Angels
Frank Sinatra, Jr.	Singer	10-Jan-1944	16-Mar-2016	Son of Frank
Nancy Sinatra	Singer	8-Jun-1940		Has boots made for walkin'
Martha Stewart	Business	3-Aug-1941		Professional housekeeper, insider trader
Nadine Strossen	Activist	18-Aug-1950		President of the ACLU
Paul Tagliabue	Football	24-Nov-1940		Commissioner of the NFL, 1989-2006
Norma Talmadge	Actor	26-May-1893	24-Dec-1957	Du Barry, Woman of Passion
J. Parnell Thomas	Government	16-Jan-1895	19-Nov-1970	HUAC chairman, took the Fifth
Hal Turner	Activist	15-Mar-1962		Internet agitator
Tracey Walter	Actor	25-Nov-1942		Miller in Repo Man
Malcolm-Jamal Warner	Actor	18-Aug-1970		Theo Huxtable on The Cosby Show
Faith Ryan Whittlesey	Diplomat	21-Feb-1939		Twice US Ambassador to Switzerland
Flip Wilson	Comic	8-Dec-1933	25-Nov-1998	The Flip Wilson Show

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Leon Abbett	Politician	8-Oct-1836	4-Dec-1894	Twice Governor of New Jersey
George Catlin	Painter	26-Jul-1796	23-Dec-1872	Portraitist painted Native Americans
James Hall	Actor	22-Oct-1900	7-Jun-1940	Hell's Angels
Richie Havens	Singer	21-Jan-1941	22-Apr-2013	Opening act at Woodstock
Paul Robeson, Jr.	Activist	2-Nov-1927	26-Apr-2014	Son of Paul Robeson

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