#1Famous people · Princeton
11 famous people come from Princeton, Jackie Young the best known
Articles in 24 languages make the American basketball player Jackie Young the best known. The Amazing Criswell and Mack V. Wright follow. In the age of mills and railroads, 5 were born, the most of any period. Athletes make up the largest group, 4 of them.
Born here
11
notable people
Best known
Jackie Young
in 24 Wikipedia languages
First
1856
Oscar A. Trippet
Youngest
1997
Jackie Young
Most common field
Sports
4 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Princeton’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Princeton’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1950s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
SportsWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageMusicScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Princeton
Jackie Young, The Amazing Criswell and Mack V. Wright are written about in 24, 14 and 10 languages.
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What Princeton is known for
Sports leads the fields, with 4 people.
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Princeton
Still to come: 8 more, from 1856 to 1963.
Michael A. Banks
1951–2023American writer and editor of science fiction and non-fiction
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A chosen home
Also called Princeton home
One more notable person made the town home: Lindel Hume.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Princeton and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (6)
- Jackie Young: Lorie Shaull from St Paul, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- The Amazing Criswell: Edward D. Wood Jr. Uploader of the derivative: Forgotten Celluloid Films, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mack V. Wright: El Dorado Productions, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Agnes Kimball: Thomas A. Edison, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Algernon B. Jackson: Faye Philip Everett, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hal Mauck: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons