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Famous people · Princeton

Princeton is the birthplace of 2 famous people

Articles in 3 languages make the American baseball player Jackie Sullivan the best known. The only other name is the American politician Warren G. Harding. The earliest on the list is Jackie Sullivan, born in 1918, and the youngest Warren G. Harding, born in 1921. 635 towns across Texas can name a famous person born there.

Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Jackie Sullivan
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1918
Jackie Sullivan
Youngest
1921
Warren G. Harding
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known

Born in Princeton

JS#1
Sports

Jackie Sullivan

1918–1992

American baseball player

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WH#2
Politics & Law

Warren G. Harding

1921–2005

American politician

2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
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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.