CITY

Official Website:
http://www.hobokennj.org/

Chamber of Commerce:
http://www.hobokenchamber.com/

Population:
38577 (2000 census)

Founding Date:
9-Apr-1849 (township), 29-Mar-1855 (city)

County:
Hudson County

Name chosen by Col. John Stevens, with several apocryphal explanations variously given.

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
Stevens Institute of Technology	1870

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company	Founded
John Wiley & Sons	1807

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Howard Aiken	Physicist	8-Mar-1900	14-Mar-1973	Designer of early computers
Michael Chang	Tennis	22-Feb-1972		Winner, 1989 French Open
Kaz	Cartoonist	1959		Creator of Underworld
Alfred Kinsey	Scientist	23-Jun-1894	25-Aug-1956	Researched human sexual behavior
Alfred Kroeber	Anthropologist	11-Jun-1876	5-Oct-1960	Pioneer in American Anthropology
Dorothea Lange	Photographer	26-May-1895	11-Oct-1965	Depression-era photographer
G. Gordon Liddy	Government	30-Nov-1930		Watergate criminal, talk-show-host
Ezra Miller	Actor	1992		We Need to Talk About Kevin
Joe Pantoliano	Actor	12-Sep-1951		Ralph Cifaretto, Guido the killer pimp
Laura San Giacomo	Actor	14-Nov-1962		Sex, Lies, and Videotape
Frank Sinatra	Singer	12-Dec-1915	14-May-1998	It's Frank's world, we just live in it
Alfred Stieglitz	Photographer	1-Jan-1864	13-Jul-1946	Photo-Secessionist
Pia Zadora	Singer	4-May-1953		The Clapping Song

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jerry Nachman	Journalist	24-Feb-1946	19-Jan-2004	MSNBC reporter
Richard Nugent	Author	2-Jul-1906	27-May-1987	Harlem Renaissance writer

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