Princeton, New Jersey

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}}Template:Main other The Municipality of Princeton is a borough in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. It was established on January 1, 2013, through the consolidation of the Borough of Princeton and Princeton Township, both of which are now defunct. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 30,681,<ref name=Census2020/> an increase of 2,109 (+7.4%) from the 2010 census combined count of 28,572.<ref name=LWD2020/> In the 2000 census, the two communities had a total population of 30,230, with 14,203 residents in the borough and 16,027 in the township.<ref>Table 7. Population for the Counties and Municipalities in New Jersey: 1990, 2000 and 2010 Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, February 2011. Accessed May 1, 2023.</ref>

Princeton was founded before the American Revolutionary War. The borough is the home of Princeton University, one of the world's most acclaimed research universities, which bears its name and moved to the community in 1756 from the educational institution's previous location in Newark. Although its association with the university is primarily what makes Princeton a college town, other important institutions in the area include the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton Theological Seminary, Opinion Research Corporation, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Siemens Corporate Research, SRI International, FMC Corporation, Educational Testing Service, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Amrep, Church and Dwight, Berlitz International, and Dow Jones & Company.

Princeton is roughly equidistant from New York City and Philadelphia.<ref>Sullivan, Ronald. "Princeton Adopts Plan for Big Tract" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, November 4, 1973. Accessed February 18, 2024. "The Princeton development would lie midway between New York City and Philadelphia on approximately 900 acres the university owns and 700 acres to be acquired by the school or developed jointly with its present owners."</ref> It is close to many major highways that serve both cities (e.g., Interstate 95 and U.S. Route 1), and receives major television and radio broadcasts from each. It is also close to Trenton, New Jersey's capital city, New Brunswick and Edison.

The New Jersey governor's official residence has been in Princeton since 1945, when Morven (in what was then Princeton Borough) became the first governor's mansion. In 1982, it was replaced by the larger Drumthwacket, a colonial mansion located in the former township, but not all have actually lived in these houses. Morven became a museum and garden, owned and operated by the New Jersey Historical Society.<ref>Janson, Donald. "A Tour of Princeton Landmarks" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, April 30, 1989. Accessed June 25, 2020. "In 1945 the Stockton family sold Morven to Gov. Walter E. Edge. Six years later, while still in office, the Governor donated the mansion to the state with the requirement that it be used as the gubernatorial mansion or a state museum. From 1953 to 1982 Morven was home to the families of four Governors: Robert B. Meyner, Richard J. Hughes, William T. Cahill and Brendan T. Byrne. The National Park Service designated the house a National Historic Landmark in 1972.... After the Byrne family moved out, work began to transform Morven into a state museum. Drumthwacket became the official address of New Jersey governors."</ref>

Throughout much of its history, the community was split into two separate municipalities: a township and a borough. The central borough was completely surrounded by the township. The borough seceded from the township in 1894 in a dispute over school taxes; the two municipalities later formed Princeton Public Schools, and some other public services were conducted together before they were reunited into a single Princeton in January 2013. Princeton Borough contained Nassau Street, the main commercial street, most of the university campus, and incorporated most of the urban area until the postwar suburbanization. The borough and township had roughly equal populations. Other major streets include Harrison, Witherspoon, Nassau, Bayard, Washington, and Stockton.<ref>Historic Princeton Template:Webarchive, Municipality of Princeton. Accessed March 26, 2024.</ref>

History

Early history

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A battlefield map for the Battle of Princeton, 1777

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Nassau Hall, which briefly served as the U.S. capitol in 1783<ref>The Nine Capitals of the United States Template:Webarchive. United States Senate Historical Office. Accessed June 9, 2005. Based on Fortenbaugh, Robert, The Nine Capitals of the United States, York, PA: Maple Press, 1948.</ref>

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Princeton University's campus, December 2016

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Nassau Street at night, 2016

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Princeton University's campus was used as one of the sets for the 2004 film Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle.

The Lenape Native Americans were the earliest identifiable inhabitants of the Princeton area.

Europeans settled into the area in the late part of the 17th century, arriving from Delaware to settle West Jersey, and from New York to settle East Jersey, with the site destined to become Princeton being amid the wilderness between these two boroughs.<ref name=schenck>Template:Cite book</ref> The first European to find his home in the boundaries of the future municipality was Henry Greenland. He built his house in 1683 along with a tavern, where representatives of West and East Jersey met to set the boundaries between the two provinces.<ref name=BriefHistory>A Brief History of Princeton Template:Webarchive, Princeton, New Jersey. Accessed November 29, 2019. "In 1683 a New Englander named Henry Greenland built a house on the highway which is believed to be the first by a European within the present municipal boundaries. He opened it as a 'house of accommodation' or tavern.... East Jersey and West Jersey representatives met in 1683 at Greenland's tavern to establish their common boundary."</ref> Greenland's son-in-law Daniel Brimson inhabited the area by 1690, and left property in a will dated 1696.<ref name=schenck />

Then, Princeton was known only as part of nearby Stony Brook.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Nathaniel Fitz Randolph, a native of the town, attested in his private journal on December 28, 1758, that Princeton was named in 1724 upon the making/construction of the first house in the area by James Leonard,<ref name="Hageman" /> who first referred to the community as Princetown when describing the location of his large estate in his diary.<ref name="Woodward">Woodward, E.M.; Hageman, John F. History of Burlington and Mercer counties. New Jersey with Biographical Sketches of their Pioneers and Prominent Men, Everts & Peck, Philadelphia, 1883.</ref> The community was later known by a variety of names, including: Princetown, Prince's Town and finally Princeton.<ref name="Hageman">Hageman, John Frelinghuysen. History of Princeton and its Institutions, vol. 1 of 2, J.B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia, 1879.</ref> The name Princeton was first used in 1724 and became common within the subsequent decade.<ref name=BriefHistory/> Although there is no official documentary backing, the municipality is said to be named after Prince William of Orange.<ref>Hutchinson, Viola L. The Origin of New Jersey Place Names Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed September 21, 2015.</ref> Another theory suggests that the name came from a large land-owner named Henry Prince, the son-in-law of a well-known English merchant, but no evidence backs this contention.<ref name="Hageman" /> A royal prince seems a more likely eponym for the settlement, as three nearby towns had names for royalty: Kingston, Queenstown (in the vicinity of the intersection of Nassau and Harrison Streets) and Princessville (Lawrence Township).<ref name="Woodward" />

Princeton was described by William Edward Schenck in 1850 as having attained "no very considerable size" until the establishment of the College of New Jersey in the town.<ref name="schenck" /> When Richard Stockton, one of the founders of the township, died in 1709 he left his estate to his sons, who helped to expand property and the population. Based on the 1880 United States census, the population of Princeton comprised 3,209 persons (not including students).<ref name="Woodward" /> Local population has expanded from the nineteenth century. According to the 2010 census, Princeton Borough had 12,307 inhabitants, while Princeton Township had 16,265.<ref>DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 from the 2010 Demographic Profile Data for Princeton Borough, New Jersey Template:Webarchive, United States Census Bureau. Accessed September 21, 2015.</ref><ref>DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 from the 2010 Demographic Profile Data for Princeton Township, New Jersey Template:Webarchive, United States Census Bureau. Accessed September 21, 2015.</ref> The numbers have become stagnant; since the arrival of the College of New Jersey, now Princeton University, in 1756, the town's population spikes every year during the fall and winter and drops significantly over the course of the summer.<ref name="Woodward" />

Revolution

In the pivotal Battle of Princeton in January 1777, George Washington forced the British to evacuate southern New Jersey.<ref name=BriefHistory/> After the victory, Princeton hosted the first Legislature under the State Constitution to decide the State's seal, governor and organization of its government. In addition, two of the original signers of the Declaration of Independence—Richard Stockton and John Witherspoon—lived in Princeton.<ref name="Woodward" /> Princetonians honored their citizens' legacy by naming two streets in the downtown area after them.

On January 10, 1938, Henry Ewing Hale called for a group of citizens to establish a "Historical Society of Princeton". Later the Bainbridge House, constructed in 1766 by Job Stockton, would be dedicated for this purpose. Previously the house was used once for a meeting of Continental Congress in 1783, a general office, and as the Princeton Public Library. The House is owned by Princeton University and is leased to the Princeton Historical Society for one dollar per year.<ref>"New Life for Historic Bainbridge House" Template:Webarchive, Princeton University Art Museum, June 2019. Accessed November 29, 2019. "The origins of Bainbridge House date to 1766, when Job Stockton (1734–1771)—a wealthy tanner, grandson of an early English settler to the area, and cousin to one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, Richard Stockton—built it along the primary thoroughfare of the young village."</ref> The house has kept its original staircase, flooring and paneled walls. Around 70% of the house has been unaltered. Aside from safety features such as wheelchair access and electrical work, the house has been restored to its original appearance and character.Template:Citation needed

Government history

During the most stirring events in its history, Princeton was a wide spot in the road; the boundary between Somerset County and Middlesex County ran right through Princeton, along the high road between New York and Philadelphia, now Nassau Street. When Mercer County was formed in 1838, part of West Windsor Township was added to the portion of Montgomery Township which was included in the new county, and made into Princeton Township; the area between the southern boundary of the former Borough and the Delaware and Raritan Canal was added to Princeton Township in 1853. Princeton Borough became a separate municipality in 1894.<ref name=Story/>

In the early nineteenth century, New Jersey boroughs had been quasi-independent subdivisions chartered within existing townships that did not have full autonomy. Princeton Borough received such a charter in 1813, as part of Montgomery and West Windsor Townships; it continued to be part of Princeton Township until the Borough Act of 1894, which required each township to form a single school district; rather than do so, Princeton Borough petitioned to be separated. (The two Princetons combined their public school systems in the decades before municipal consolidation.) Two minor boundary changes united the then site of the Princeton Hospital and of the Princeton Regional High School inside the Borough, in 1928 and 1951 respectively.<ref name=Story>Snyder, John P. The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968, Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. See p. 23 and 164, which cites the Acts of the NJ Legislature 1843, p. 67; 1853, p. 361, for the changes of those years. Accessed May 30, 2024.</ref> See the section on "government and politics" for more details about the 2011 merger of borough and township.

Geography

Princeton is located just south of a long, curving ridge known as Princeton Ridge.<ref>Recent references to "Princeton Ridge" Template:Webarchive in the local newspaper, Planet Princeton.</ref> As Princeton is in a low-lying area, there have been issues with cell phone signals.<ref>Knapp, Krystal. "Many Princeton residents reporting poor cell phone coverage last few months", Template:Webarchive Planet Princeton, July 25, 2017. Accessed January 13, 2024.</ref> According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Princeton had a total area of 18.41 square miles (47.69 km²), including 17.95 square miles (46.48 km²) of land and 0.47 square miles (1.21 km²) of water (2.53%).<ref name=CensusArea/><ref name=GR1 />

Cedar Grove,<ref>Locality Search Template:Webarchive, State of New Jersey. Accessed May 17, 2015.</ref> Port Mercer, Princeton Basin, and Jugtown are unincorporated communities that have been absorbed into Greater Princeton over the years, but still maintain their own community identity.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Princeton borders the municipalities of Hopewell Township, Lawrence Township, and West Windsor Township in Mercer County; Plainsboro Township and South Brunswick Township in Middlesex County; and Franklin Township and Montgomery Township in Somerset County.<ref>Areas touching Princeton Township Template:Webarchive, MapIt. Accessed May 17, 2015.</ref><ref>Municipalities within Mercer County, NJ Template:Webarchive, Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission. Accessed November 15, 2019.</ref><ref>New Jersey Municipal Boundaries Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of Transportation. Accessed November 15, 2019.</ref>

United States Postal ZIP codes for Princeton include 08540, 08541 (Educational Testing Service), 08542 (largely the old Borough), 08543 (PO boxes), and 08544 (the University).

Climate

Under the Köppen climate classification, Princeton falls within either a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) if the Template:Convert isotherm is used or a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) if the Template:Convert isotherm is used. During the summer months, episodes of extreme heat and humidity can occur with heat index values at or above Template:Convert. On average, the wettest month of the year is July which corresponds with the annual peak in thunderstorm activity. During the winter months, episodes of extreme cold and wind can occur with wind chill values below Template:Convert. The plant hardiness zone at the Princeton Municipal Court is 6b with an average annual extreme minimum air temperature of Template:Convert.<ref name="USDA">USDA Interactive Plant Hardiness Map Template:Webarchive, United States Department of Agriculture. Accessed November 26, 2019.</ref> The average seasonal (November–April) snowfall total is Template:Convert and the average snowiest month is February which corresponds with the annual peak in nor'easter activity.

Ecology

According to the A. W. Kuchler U.S. potential natural vegetation types, Princeton, New Jersey, would have an Appalachian Oak (104) vegetation type with an Eastern Hardwood Forest (25) vegetation form.<ref name="Conservation Biology Institute">U.S. Potential Natural Vegetation, Original Kuchler Types, v2.0 (Spatially Adjusted to Correct Geometric Distortions) Template:Webarchive, Data Basin. Accessed November 26, 2019.</ref>

Demographics

2010 census

As of the 2010 United States census, the borough and township had a combined population of 28,572.<ref name="Census2010Township">DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for Princeton township, Mercer County, New Jersey Template:Webarchive, United States Census Bureau. Accessed August 20, 2012.</ref><ref name="Census2010Borough">DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for Princeton borough, Mercer County, New Jersey Template:Webarchive, United States Census Bureau. Accessed November 20, 2012.</ref>

According to the website Data USA, Princeton has a population of 30,168 people, of which 85% are US citizens. The ethnic composition of the population is 20,393 White residents (67.6%), 4,636 Asian residents (15.4%), 2,533 Hispanic residents (8.4%), 1,819 Black residents (6.03%), and 618 Two+ residents (2.05%). The most common foreign languages are Chinese (1,800 speakers), Spanish (1,429 speakers), and French (618 speakers), but compared to other places, Princeton has a relatively high number of speakers of Scandinavian languages (425 speakers), Italian (465 speakers), and German (1,000 speakers).Template:Citation needed

Government and politics

Local government

Princeton is governed under the borough form of New Jersey municipal government, which is used in 218 municipalities (of the 564) statewide, making it the most common form of government in New Jersey.<ref>Inventory of Municipal Forms of Government in New Jersey Template:Webarchive, Rutgers University Center for Government Studies, July 1, 2011. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref> The governing body is comprised of the mayor and the borough council, with all positions elected at-large on a partisan basis as part of the November general election. The mayor is elected directly by the voters to a four-year term of office. The borough council includes six members elected to serve three-year terms on a staggered basis, with two seats coming up for election each year in a three-year cycle. The borough form of government used by Princeton is a "weak mayor / strong council" government in which council members act as the legislative body with the mayor presiding at meetings and voting only in the event of a tie. The mayor can veto ordinances subject to an override by a two-thirds majority vote of the council. The mayor makes committee and liaison assignments for council members, and most appointments are made by the mayor with the advice and consent of the council.<ref>Cerra, Michael F. "Forms of Government: Everything You've Always Wanted to Know, But Were Afraid to Ask" Template:Webarchive, New Jersey State League of Municipalities. Accessed November 30, 2014.</ref><ref>"Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey" Template:Webarchive, p. 6. Rutgers University Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref><ref name=Government>Governing Body Template:Webarchive, Princeton, New Jersey. Accessed January 1, 2013.</ref>

The mayor is elected directly by the voters to a four-year term of office, serves as Princeton's chief executive officer and nominates appointees to various boards and commissions subject to approval of the council. The mayor presides at council meetings and votes in the case of a tie or a few other specific cases.<ref name=Government/> The council consists of six members elected to serve three-year terms on a staggered basis, with two seats coming up for election each year in a three-year cycle. The council has administrative powers and is the policy-making body for Princeton. The council approves appointments made by the mayor. Council members serve on various boards and committees and act as liaisons to certain departments, committees or boards.<ref name=Government/>

Template:As of, the mayor of Princeton is Democrat Mark Freda, who is serving a four-year term expiring on December 31, 2028.<ref name=Mayor>Mayor Mark Freda Template:Webarchive, Municipality of Princeton. Accessed April 23, 2023.</ref> Members of the Princeton Council are Council President Mia Sacks (D, 2026), David F. Cohen (D, 2027), Leticia Fraga (D, 2027), Michelle Pirone Lambros (D, 2026), Leighton Newlin (D, 2027) and Brian McDonald (D, 2027).<ref name=Council>Council Template:Webarchive, Municipality of Princeton. Accessed April 23, 2023.</ref><ref>2022 Municipal Data Sheet Template:Webarchive, Municipality of Princeton. Accessed April 28, 2022.</ref><ref name=MercerOfficials>Mercer County Elected Officials Template:Webarchive, Mercer County, New Jersey, as of January 2022. Accessed February 24, 2023.</ref><ref name=Mercer2022>General Election November 8, 2022 Results Template:Webarchive, Mercer County, New Jersey Clerk, updated November 8, 2022. Accessed January 1, 2023.</ref><ref name=Mercer2021>General Election November 2, 2021 Official Results Template:Webarchive, Mercer County, New Jersey, updated November 20, 2021. Accessed January 1, 2022.</ref><ref name=Mercer2020>General Election November 3, 2020 Official Results Template:Webarchive, Mercer County, New Jersey, updated November 20, 2020. Accessed January 1, 2021.</ref><ref name=Mercer2019>General Election November 2019 Official Results (Amended November 25, 2019) Template:Webarchive, Mercer County, New Jersey, updated December 9, 2019. Accessed January 1, 2020.</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2018, Princeton had an average property tax bill of $19,388, the highest in the county, compared to an average bill of $8,767 statewide.<ref>Marcus, Samantha. "These are the towns with the highest property taxes in each of N.J.'s 21 counties" Template:Webarchive, NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, April 22, 2019. Accessed November 5, 2019. "The average property tax bill in New Jersey was $8,767 last year. But there can be big swings from town to town and county to county.... The average property tax bill in Princeton was $19,388 in 2018, the highest in Mercer County."</ref>

Merger of borough and township

People in the township tried unsuccessfully to merge borough and township in a struggle that lasted nearly fifty years. The first failed attempt to consolidate borough and township was made in 1953, with 63% of township voters in favor of a merger and 57% of borough voters opposed.<ref>"Bingo For Charity Is Voted In Jersey; Margin Exceeds 2-1 -- Newark Approves Shift to a Mayor and Nine Councilmen" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, November 4, 1953. Accessed March 8, 2023. "In Princeton, a heated battle over a proposal to consolidate Princeton Borough and Princeton Township into a municipality ended in the plan's defeat. The final vote was 3,463 to 2,312. The borough, a heavily populated area of 1.76 square miles in the center of the 16.25 square-mile township, voted 1,965 to 1,450 against the consolidation. The township registered 1,498 votes against it. and 862 in favor."</ref> Subsequent attempts were voted down by borough residents, in large part due to different zoning needs of the densely populated borough versus the more widely spaced properties of the township (surrounding the borough). An attempt to consolidate in 1979 passed with 70% support in the township but failed in the borough by 33 votes, a result that was upheld after a recount.<ref>via Associated Press. "Princeton merger dead" Template:Webarchive, The Daily Register, November 7, 1979. Accessed March 8, 2023, via Newspapers.com. "Although voters in Princeton Township endorsed a proposal to consolidate the township with Princeton Borough nearly 2-to-l, the measure was defeated in the borough by a mere 33 votes. The proposal needed majority approval in both municipalities to be instituted. Borough results showed 1,508 votes opposed to the merger with 1,475 in favor. Township voters overwhelmingly approved consolidation, with 3,432 yes votes and 1,444 against."</ref><ref>Fisher, Marc. "Princetons: No again on merger" Template:Webarchive, The Philadelphia Inquirer, November 8, 1979. Accessed March 8, 2023, via Newspapers.com. "The fourth attempt in 30 years to consolidate Princeton Borough and Princeton Township failed Tuesday, this time by 33 votes. A proposal to merge was overwhelmingly approved in the township and defeated by 33 votes in the borough."</ref><ref>"Recount Upholds Consolidation's Defeat By 33 Votes as First Reported on Nov. 6", Town Topics, November 21, 1979, p. 3.</ref> Although township voters again supported a 1996 merger referendum by an almost 3–1 margin, about 57% of borough voters rejected the consolidation proposal, marking the sixth such failure.<ref>Pristin, Terry. "Princeton Will Stay Split" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, November 6, 1996. Accessed March 8, 2023. "Since 1952, Princeton Borough has voted six times against a proposal to merge with Princeton Township. Yesterday, despite speculation that a heavy voter turnout among Princeton University students might reverse that trend, the borough rejected the measure by a vote of 1,878 to 1,418. As it has in the past, the township voted in favor of the proposal; the vote was 4,354 to 1,522. But to be approved, the measure had to be accepted by both municipalities."</ref>

The residents of both the Borough of Princeton and the Township of Princeton voted on November 8, 2011, to merge the two municipalities into one. This was the first referendum when university student voters were encouraged and allowed to register to vote locally, and that likely contributed strongly to the measure passing, as the students were not home owners concerned with zoning matters, and they all counted as part of the borough and not the township. In Princeton Borough, 1,385 voted for and 902 voted against, while in Princeton Township 3,542 voted for and 604 voted against. Proponents of the merger asserted that when the merger is completed the new Municipality of Princeton would save $3.2 million as a result of some scaled down services including layoffs of 15 government workers including 9 police officers (however the measure itself does not mandate such layoffs). Opponents of the measure challenged the findings of a report citing a cost savings as unsubstantiated, expressed concerns about differing zoning needs between borough and township, and noted that voter representation would be reduced in a smaller government structure. The merger was the first in the state since 1997, when Pahaquarry Township voted to consolidate with Hardwick Township<ref>Clerkin, Bridget. "Princeton voters approve consolidation of borough, township into one municipality" Template:Webarchive, The Times, November 9, 2011, updated March 30, 2019. Accessed November 29, 2019. "Voters in Princeton Borough and Princeton Township approved today a consolidation of the two towns into a single municipality to be known as Princeton.... The referendum passed by a landslide in the township with 3,542 in favor and 604 against. In the borough, 1,385 voted for consolidation and 802 voted against.... This is the fifth time residents of both Princetons have been presented with the question of consolidation at the ballot. If approved by a majority in both municipalities, the merger will be the first in 14 years for New Jersey, since Pahaquarry's seven residents merged into adjacent Hardwick Township in Warren County in 1997. "</ref> The consolidation took effect on January 1, 2013.<ref name=app>Template:Cite news</ref>

Federal, state and county representation

Princeton is located in the 12th Congressional District<ref name=PCR2012>Plan Components Report Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Redistricting Commission, December 23, 2011. Accessed February 1, 2020.</ref> and is part of New Jersey's 16th state legislative district.<ref name=Districts2011>Municipalities Sorted by 2011-2020 Legislative District Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of State. Accessed February 1, 2020.</ref><ref name=LWV2019>2019 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government Template:Webarchive, New Jersey League of Women Voters. Accessed October 30, 2019.</ref><ref>Districts by Number for 2011-2020 Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 9, 2013.</ref>

Politics

As of March 2011, there were a total of 18,049 registered voters in Princeton (a sum of the former borough and township's voters), of which 9,184 (50.9%) were registered as Democrats, 2,140 (11.9%) were registered as Republicans and 6,703 (37.1%) were registered as unaffiliated. There were 22 voters registered as Libertarians or Greens.<ref>Voter Registration Summary - Mercer Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed November 21, 2012.</ref>

Presidential Elections Results*

Year	Republican	Democratic	Third Parties
style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Democratic|2024<ref name="2024Elections">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Republican|16.0% 2,029	style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Democratic|81.0% 10,292	2.9% 373
style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Democratic|2020<ref name="2020Elections">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Republican|14.1% 1,981	style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Democratic|84.3% 11,858	1.6% 235
style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Democratic|2016<ref name="2016Elections">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}Template:Dead link</ref>	style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Republican|14.1% 1,817	style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Democratic|81.8% 10,548	4.1% 527
style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Democratic|2012<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Republican|23.0% 2,882	style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Democratic|75.4% 9,461	1.6% 205

In the 2016, 2020, and 2024 presidential elections, the Democratic nominee received over 80% of the vote. Since at least 2012, that year's and the 2024 presidential election were the only elections where the Republican nominee earned over 15% of the vote in the borough. In the 2012 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 75.4% of the vote (9,461 cast), ahead of Republican Mitt Romney with 23.0% (2,882 votes), and other candidates with 1.6% (205 votes), among the 14,752 ballots cast by the municipality's 20,328 registered voters (2,204 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 72.6%.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=2012VoterReg>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Gubernatorial Elections Results

Year	Republican	Democratic	Third Parties
style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Democratic|2021<ref name="2021Elections">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Republican|18.6% 1,553	style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Democratic|80.5% 6,721	1.0% 79
style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Democratic|2017<ref name="2017Elections">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Republican|17.9% 1,491	style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Democratic|80.0% 6,648	2.0% 169
style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Democratic|2013<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Republican|39.2% 2,780	style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Democratic|58.8% 4,172	2.7% 145

In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Democrat Barbara Buono received 58.8% of the vote (4,172 cast), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 39.2% (2,780 votes), and other candidates with 2.0% (145 votes), among the 7,279 ballots cast by the municipality's 18,374 registered voters (182 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 39.6%.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=2013VoterReg>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Education

Colleges and universities

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Princeton University's Cuyler and Walker Halls are dormitories with Collegiate Gothic architecture

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Princeton University's Fine Hall, home of its Department of Mathematics

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Fuld Hall, home of the Institute for Advanced Study

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Princeton University's campus. The university is one of eight Ivy League universities and once had Albert Einstein as a lecturer.

Princeton University, one of the world's most prominent research universities, is a dominant feature of the community. Established in 1746 as the College of New Jersey and relocated to Princeton ten years later, Princeton University's main campus has its historic center on Nassau Street and stretches south from there. Its James Forrestal satellite campus is located in Plainsboro Township, and some playing fields lie within adjacent West Windsor Township.<ref>Campus Maps Template:Webarchive, Princeton University. Accessed January 30, 2018.</ref> Princeton University was featured at the top of U.S. News & World ReportTemplate:'s national university rankings for the ninth consecutive year in 2024, as well as topping comparable lists by Forbes and The Wall Street Journal.<ref name=PrincetonTopUniversityUSNews>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=ForbesPrincetonTopUniversity>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=WSJPrincetonTopUniversity>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Princeton Theological Seminary, the first and oldest seminary in America of the Presbyterian Church (USA), has its main academic campus in Princeton, with residential housing located just outside of Princeton in West Windsor Township.<ref>Princeton Seminary Main Campus Map Template:Webarchive, Princeton Theological Seminary. Accessed January 30, 2018.</ref>

The Institute for Advanced Study maintains extensive land holdings (the "Institute Woods") there covering Template:Convert.<ref>Directions to IAS Template:Webarchive, Institute for Advanced Study. Accessed January 30, 2018. "The Institute for Advanced Study is located at 1 Einstein Drive in Princeton Township in central New Jersey. The Institute and its 800-acre grounds are approximately one mile from the center of the town of Princeton and are easily accessible by car, train, or taxi from major cities along the Eastern seaboard."</ref>

Mercer County Community College, not actually in Princeton but in nearby West Windsor, is a two-year public college serving Princeton residents and all those from Mercer County.<ref>Overview & Facts Template:Webarchive, Mercer County Community College. Accessed January 30, 2018.</ref>

Westminster Choir College, a school of music owned by Rider University since 1992, was established on a large campus in Princeton in 1932. Before relocating to Princeton, the school resided in Dayton, Ohio, and then briefly in Ithaca, New York.<ref>Historic Westminster Template:Webarchive, Westminster Choir College. Accessed August 29, 2014. "Relocated in Princeton, N.J., in 1932, it added a master's program in 1934 and became known as Westminster Choir College in 1939."</ref> In 2012, Rider proposed a parking lot expansion on the Princeton campus that required cutting old-growth trees and was strenuously opposed by neighbors.<ref>Knapp, Krystal. Rider University Begins Work on New Westminster Parking Log, Planet Princeton, May 30, 2012. Accessed July 16, 2024</ref><ref>Hiltner, Stephen. Westminster Gets Its New Parking Lot, PrincetonPrimer, May 20, 2012. Accessed July 16, 2024.</ref> In 2019, Rider (which is located in Lawrence Township) attempted to sell the choir college campus in Princeton to a Chinese company, resulting in a public outcry and the prevention of that sale. In 2020, Rider moved all activities of Westminster Choir College from Princeton to its Lawrenceville campus; the Princeton campus is now largely unused while legal wrangling continues about the future of the campus and its academic programs.<ref name=WCClegal>Knapp, Krystal. "NJ Appellate Court Reverses Superior Court Decision, Says Suit Blocking Rider from Closing Westminster Choir College Can Move Forward" Template:Webarchive, Planet Princeton, July 6, 2023. Accessed July 17, 2023.</ref> As of 2023, Princeton is paying Rider $1,000 per month to lease overflow parking at the Choir College; the town then sells the parking rights for $30 per month to businesses, residents and non-residents. The Choir College parking is a few blocks' walk from downtown.<ref>Kahn, Lea. Princeton Council approves ordinance for parking in Westminster Choir College lot Template:Webarchive, CentralJersey.com, February 1, 2022. Accessed July 16, 2024.</ref><ref>Salvadore, Sarah. Princeton Extends Agreement With Rider U. For Public Parking Template:Webarchive, Princeton, NJ Patch, September 6, 2023. Accessed July 16, 2024.</ref>

Primary and secondary schools

Public schools

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Princeton High School

The Princeton Public Schools serve students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade.<ref name=Policy9110>District Policy 9110 - Number of Members and Term of Office Template:Webarchive, Princeton Public Schools. Accessed September 3, 2020. "The Princeton Public Schools District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of the Municipality of Princeton and receives high school students from the Cranbury Public School District.... The Princeton Board of Education shall consist of ten members, nine of which are elected for three year terms and one from the Cranbury Board of Education."</ref> Students from Cranbury Township attend the district's high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship.<ref>Princeton Public Schools 2016 Report Card Narrative Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed August 2, 2017. "As we strive to serve the more than 3700 students from the Princeton and Cranbury communities, we do so knowing that our work with them in the classroom, on the athletic field, and on the stage matters deeply to each one and to the larger society into which they will graduate."</ref> As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of six schools, had an enrollment of 3,740 students and 341.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.0:1.<ref name=NCES>District information for Princeton Public Schools Template:Webarchive, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 15, 2022.</ref> Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics<ref>School Data for the Princeton Public Schools Template:Webarchive, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.</ref>) are Community Park School<ref>Community Park Elementary School Template:Webarchive, Princeton Public Schools. Accessed December 17, 2022.</ref> with 332 students in grades K-5, Johnson Park School<ref>Johnson Park Elementary School Template:Webarchive, Princeton Public Schools. Accessed December 17, 2022.</ref> with 329 students in grades PreK-5, Littlebrook School<ref>Littlebrook Elementary School Template:Webarchive, Princeton Public Schools. Accessed December 17, 2022.</ref> with 342 students in grades K-5, Riverside School<ref>Riverside Elementary School Template:Webarchive, Princeton Public Schools. Accessed December 17, 2022.</ref> with 289 students in grades PreK-5, Princeton Middle School<ref>Princeton Middle School Template:Webarchive, Princeton Public Schools. Accessed December 17, 2022.</ref> with 803 students in grades 6-8 and Princeton High School<ref>Princeton High School Template:Webarchive, Princeton Public Schools. Accessed December 17, 2022.</ref> with 1,555 students in grades 9–12.<ref>Schools Menu Template:Webarchive, Princeton Public Schools. Accessed November 29, 2019.</ref><ref>Who We Are Template:Webarchive, Princeton Public Schools. Accessed December 17, 2022. "Elementary Schools (Grades K-5): Community Park, Johnson Park, Littlebrook, and Riverside.... Middle School (Grades 6-8): Princeton Middle School... High School (Grades 9-12): Princeton High School"</ref><ref name=MercerSchools>2021-2022 Mercer County Charter and Public Schools Directory Template:Webarchive, Mercer County, New Jersey. Accessed December 17, 2022.</ref><ref>School Performance Reports for the Princeton Public School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 1, 2024.</ref><ref>New Jersey School Directory for the Princeton Public Schools Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref>

New Jersey Monthly magazine ranked Princeton High School as the 20th best high school in New Jersey in its 2018 rankings of the "Top Public High Schools" in New Jersey.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The school was also ranked as the 33rd best school in New Jersey by U.S. News & World Report in 2024.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Niche ranked Princeton High School as the 147th best public high school in America in its "2025 Best Public High Schools in America" rankings.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In the early 1990s, redistricting occurred between the Community Park and Johnson Park School districts, as the population within both districts had increased due to residential development. Concerns were also raised about the largely white, wealthy student population attending Johnson Park (JP) and the more racially and economically diverse population at Community Park (CP). As a result of the redistricting, portions of the affluent Western Section neighborhood were redistricted to CP, and portions of the racially and economically diverse John Witherspoon neighborhood were redistricted to JP.

The Princeton Charter School (grades K–8) operates under a charter granted by the commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Education. The school is a public school that operates independently of the Princeton Regional Schools, and is funded on a per student basis by locally raised tax revenues.<ref>School Highlights Template:Webarchive, Princeton Charter School. Accessed August 21, 2013.</ref>

Eighth grade students from all of Mercer County are eligible to apply to attend the high school programs offered by the Mercer County Technical Schools, a county-wide vocational school district that offers full-time career and technical education at its Health Sciences Academy, STEM Academy and Academy of Culinary Arts, with no tuition charged to students for attendance.<ref>Heyboer, Kelly. "How to get your kid a seat in one of N.J.'s hardest-to-get-into high schools" Template:Webarchive, NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, May 2017. Accessed November 18, 2019. "Mercer County has a stand-alone specialized high school for top students: a Health Sciences Academy at the district's Assunpink Center campus. The district also offers a STEM Academy at Mercer County Community College. How to apply: Students can apply online in the fall of their 8th grade year."</ref><ref>High School Programs Template:Webarchive, Mercer County Technical Schools. Accessed November 18, 2019.</ref>

Private schools

Private schools located in Princeton include The Lewis School of Princeton, Princeton Day School, Princeton Friends School, Hun School of Princeton, and Princeton International School of Mathematics and Science (PRISMS).

St. Paul's Catholic School (pre-school to 8th grade) founded in 1878, is the oldest and only coeducational Catholic school, joining Princeton Academy of the Sacred Heart (K–8, all male) and Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart (coed for Pre-K, and all-female K–12), which operate under the supervision of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Trenton.<ref>School Finder Template:Webarchive, Roman Catholic Diocese of Trenton. Accessed November 29, 2019.</ref>

Schools that are outside of Princeton but have Princeton addresses include the Wilberforce School, Chapin School in Lawrence Township, Princeton Junior School in Lawrence Township, the French-American School of Princeton, the Laurel School of Princeton, the Waldorf School of Princeton, YingHua International School, Princeton Latin Academy in Hopewell, Princeton Montessori School in Montgomery Township, Eden Institute in West Windsor Township, and the now-defunct American Boychoir School in Plainsboro Township.

Public libraries

The Princeton Public Library's current facility on Witherspoon Street was opened in April 2004 as part of the ongoing downtown redevelopment project and replaced a building dating from 1966. The library itself was founded in 1909.<ref>Offredo, Tom. "Princeton University donates $100K to public library" Template:Webarchive, The Times, November 21, 2013. Accessed August 29, 2014. "The Stewardship Fund, launched with a $1 million challenge grant from library supporter Betty Wold Johnson in 2012, is designed to establish an endowment that would renew and refresh the Sands Library Building, the library's home on Witherspoon Street since 2004.... Newly installed Princeton University President Christopher Eisgruber said in a letter to Burger announcing the gift that the university was pleased to continue its long partnership with the library, which dates back to the library's formation in 1909."</ref>

Miscellaneous education

The Princeton Community Japanese Language School teaches weekend Japanese classes for Japanese citizen children abroad to the standard of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), and it also has classes for people with Japanese as a second language. The main office of the school is in Princeton although the office used on Sundays is in Memorial Hall at Rider University in Lawrence Township in Mercer County.<ref name=PCJLS>"Home" (Archive). Princeton Community Japanese Language School. Accessed May 9, 2014. "PCJLS Office 14 Moore Street, Princeton, NJ 08542" and "Sunday Office Rider University, Memorial Hall, Rm301"</ref> Courses are taught at Memorial Hall at Rider University.<ref>Direction & Map Template:Webarchive. Princeton Community Japanese Language School. Accessed May 9, 2014.</ref>

The Princeton Learning Cooperative provides support for student-directed learning as "a hybrid of homeschooling and school" for teens.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Infrastructure

Transportation

Roads and highways

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U.S. Route 206 in Princeton

Template:As of, the borough had a total of Template:Convert of roadways, of which Template:Convert were maintained by the municipality, Template:Convert by Mercer County, and Template:Convert by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.<ref>Ocean County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of Transportation, May 2010. Accessed November 2, 2013. Data for the former borough and township were added together.</ref>

Several major roads pass through Princeton.<ref>Mercer County Highway Map Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of Transportation. Accessed March 9, 2023.</ref> U.S. Route 206<ref>U.S. Route 206 Straight Line Diagram Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of Transportation, updated June 2017. Accessed March 9, 2023.</ref> and Route 27<ref>Route 27 Straight Line Diagram Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of Transportation, updated May 2018. Accessed November 2, 2013.</ref> pass through, along with County Routes 583,<ref>County Route 583 Straight Line Diagram Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of Transportation, updated October 2012. Accessed March 9, 2023.</ref> 526/571 (commonly known as Washington Road)<ref>County Route 571 Straight Line Diagram Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of Transportation, updated October 2012. Accessed March 9, 2023.</ref> and 533.<ref>County Route 533 Straight Line Diagram Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of Transportation, updated November 2012. Accessed March 9, 2023.</ref>

Other major roads that are accessible outside the municipality include U.S. Route 1 (in Lawrence Township, West Windsor and South Brunswick), Interstate 287 (in Franklin Township), Interstate 295 (in Lawrence Township), and the New Jersey Turnpike/Interstate 95 (in South Brunswick). The closest Turnpike exits are Interchange 8A in Monroe Township, Interchange 8 in East Windsor, and Interchange 7A in Robbinsville Township.

A number of proposed highways around Princeton have been canceled. The Somerset Freeway (I-95) was to pass just outside the municipality before ending in Hopewell (to the south) and Franklin (to the north). This project was canceled in 1980. Route 92 was supposed to remedy the lack of limited-access highways to the greater Princeton area. The road would have started at Route 1 near Ridge Road in South Brunswick and ended at Exit 8A of the Turnpike. However, that project was cancelled in 2006.

Public transportation

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The "Dinky" at the Princeton Branch platform at Princeton Junction

Princeton is roughly equidistant from New York City and Philadelphia. Since the 19th century, it has been connected by rail to both of these cities by the Princeton Branch rail line to the nearby Princeton Junction station on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor.<ref Name=PC>Princeton Companion, by Alexander Leitch: "Harper, George MacLean"</ref><ref Name=PrUTrains /> The Princeton train station was moved from under Blair Hall to a more southerly location on University Place in 1918,<ref Name=PC /> and was moved further southeast in 2013.<ref>Princeton Station: Temporary Station Opens Monday, August 26, 2013 as Existing Princeton Station Closes Permanently Template:Webarchive, NJ Transit. Accessed August 29, 2014.</ref> Commuting to New York from Princeton became commonplace after the Second World War.<ref>A Brief History of Princeton, Princeton Township, backed up by the Internet Archive as of January 3, 2013. Accessed September 21, 2015.</ref> While the Amtrak ride time is similar to New York and to Philadelphia, the commuter-train ride to New York—via NJ Transit's Northeast Corridor Line—is generally much faster than the equivalent train ride to Philadelphia, which involves a transfer to SEPTA trains in Trenton. NJ Transit provides shuttle service between the Princeton and Princeton Junction stations; the train is locally called the "Dinky",<ref Name=PrUTrains>Train Travel Template:Webarchive, Princeton University. Accessed August 29, 2014.</ref> and has also been known as the "PJ&B" (for "Princeton Junction and Back").<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Two train cars, or sometimes just one, are used.

NJ Transit provides bus service to Trenton on the 606 route and local service on route 605.<ref>Mercer County Bus / Rail connections, NJ Transit, backed up by the Internet Archive as of May 22, 2009. Accessed November 2, 2013.</ref><ref>Mercer County Rider Guide Template:Webarchive, NJ Transit. Accessed November 27, 2019.</ref>

Coach USA Suburban Transit operates frequent daily service to midtown NYC on the 100 route, and weekday rush-hour service to downtown NYC on the 600 route.<ref>Scheduled Services, Suburban Transit. Accessed November 29, 2019.</ref>

Princeton and Princeton University provide the FreeB and Tiger Transit local bus services.<ref>Bus Template:Webarchive, Municipality of Princeton. Accessed April 28, 2022.</ref>

Air

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Princeton Airport

Princeton Airport is a public airport located Template:Convert north of Downtown Princeton in Montgomery Township. The private Forrestal Airport was located on Princeton University property, Template:Convert east of the main campus, from the early 1950s through the early 1990s.

The closest commercial airport is Trenton-Mercer Airport in Ewing Township, about Template:Convert from the center of Princeton, which is served by Frontier Airlines nonstop to and from 17 cities. Other nearby major airports are Newark Liberty International Airport and Philadelphia International Airport, located Template:Convert and Template:Convert away, respectively.

Healthcare

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Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center

Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center (commonly abbreviated as "PMC") is a regional hospital and healthcare network located in neighboring Plainsboro Township. The hospital serves the greater Princeton region in Central Jersey. It is owned by the Penn Medicine Health System and is the only hospital of such in the state of New Jersey.<ref>[1] Template:Webarchive, Penn Medicine: Princeton Medical Center, Our locations. Accessed July 4, 2023.</ref> PMC is a 355-bed<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> non-profit, tertiary, and academic medical center. It is a major university hospital of the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School of Rutgers University<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and has a helipad to handle transport critical patients from and to other hospitals via PennStar.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The hospital was previously located in Princeton on Witherspoon Street until May 2012, when the new location opened off of U.S. Route 1 in Plainsboro.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The new hospital was designed by a joint venture between HOK and RMJM Hiller.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Other nearby regional hospitals and healthcare networks that are accessible to Princeton include the Hamilton Township division and the New Brunswick division of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH), along with Saint Peter's University Hospital, also in New Brunswick. Princeton University's Frist Campus CenterTemplate:Ref label was used for the aerial views of the fictional Princeton‑Plainsboro Teaching Hospital, as seen in the television series House.<ref name="Holtz">Template:Cite book</ref>

Sister cities

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• Colmar, France<ref>Curran, Philip Sean. "Princeton: Delegation from sister city Colmar greeted at reception"Template:Dead link, centraljersey.com, June 12, 2015. Accessed November 21, 2016. "A 24-member delegation from Princeton's sister city Colmar and surrounding area in Alsace, France, stopped in Princeton Thursday during a trip in America.... Prior to consolidation, Colmar was the sister city of the then-Princeton Borough, a relationship started 28 years ago by then-Mayor Barbara Boggs Sigmund.... Today, Princeton has two sister cities. The other, Pettoranello, in Italy, had been the sister city of the former township."</ref>
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Notable people

Template:See also People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Princeton include: Note: this list does not include people whose only time in Princeton was as a student. Only selected faculty are shown, whose notability extends beyond their field into popular culture. See Faculty and Alumni lists above.

• Matthew Abelson, hammered dulcimer player<ref>Matthew Abelson (House Concert) Template:Webarchive, The Folk Song Society of Greater Boston. Accessed September 21, 2015. "Matthew Abelson grew up in Princeton, New Jersey and was introduced to the hammered dulcimer at age 6, when his father built one for his other brother."</ref>
• Robert Adrain (1775–1843), Irish-born mathematician known for his formulation of the method of least squares<ref>Robert Adrain Template:Webarchive, MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. Accessed September 8, 2019. "The United Irishmen provoked a rebellion in May 1798 and Adrain joined the rebels as an officer in their army. The rebellion was unsuccessful in general, but particularly so for Adrain who was shot in the back by one of his own men and badly wounded. After recovering his health Adrain escaped with his wife to the United States where they settled in Princeton, New Jersey."</ref>
• George Akerlof (born 1940), economist who shared the 2001 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences<ref>"George A. Akerlof - Biographical" Template:Webarchive, Nobel Prize. Accessed September 21, 2015. "The idyllic life in Princeton in the large colonial house was, however, broken after one and a half years. My family would continue to live in Princeton, but in at least subtly different circumstances."</ref>
• Archibald Alexander (1772–1851), Presbyterian theologian and first professor at the Princeton Theological Seminary<ref>Jones, Andy. "Old Princeton for New Calvinists: The Legacy of Archibald Alexander" Template:Webarchive, The Gospel Coalition, February 13, 2012. Accessed September 21, 2015. "They first met when Alexander moved to Princeton in 1812 and Hodge was a teenage student at a local academy."</ref><ref>"Death of Dr. Alexander" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, October 23, 1851. Accessed September 21, 2015. "The Venerable Archibald Alexander, D.D., died yesterday morning, at his residence at Princeton, N.J., in the eighty-first year of his age."</ref>
• James Waddel Alexander (1804–1859), Presbyterian minister and theologian<ref>Old, Hughes Oliphant. The Modern Age, 1789-1889, p. 249. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2007. Template:ISBN. Accessed September 21, 2015. "James Waddel Alexander was born in Virginia when his father was president of Hampden-Sydney College.... When his father founded the theological seminary in Princeton, he too, moved to Princeton and in time studied at the College of New Jersey, graduating in 1820."</ref>
• Joseph Addison Alexander (1809–1860), biblical scholar<ref>"Death Of Rev. J. Addison Alexander." Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, January 30, 1860. Accessed September 21, 2015. "Rev. Dr. Joseph Addison Alexander, Professor in the Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church at Princeton, N.J., died at that place on Saturday afternoon."</ref>
• William Cowper Alexander (1806–1874), lawyer, politician and insurance executive, who served as President of the New Jersey Senate and as President of the Equitable Life Assurance Society<ref>Inniss, Lolita Buckner. The Princeton Fugitive Slave: The Trials of James Collins Johnson, p. 105. Fordham University Press, 2019. Template:ISBN. Accessed September 8, 2019. "Born in 1806 in Prince Edward County, Virginia, William Cowper Alexander came to Princeton in 1812, when his father was appointed to the seminary, and graduated from Princeton in 1824."</ref>
• Svetlana Alliluyeva (1926–2011), daughter of Joseph Stalin, defected to United States and lived in Princeton<ref>Martin, Douglas. "Lana Peters, Stalin's Daughter, Dies at 85" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, November 28, 2011. Accessed July 30, 2013. "Settling in Princeton, N.J., Ms. Alliluyeva made a public show of burning her Soviet passport, saying she would never return to the Soviet Union."</ref>
• Lylah M. Alphonse (born 1972), journalist<ref>Triumph Over Discrimination: The Life Story of Farhang Mehr Template:Webarchive, Amazon.com. Accessed September 21, 2015. "About the Author: Lylah M. Alphonse was born and raised in Princeton, N.J."</ref>
• Saul Amarel (1928–2002), professor of computer science at Rutgers University, best known for his pioneering work in artificial intelligence<ref>Nagourney, Eric. "Saul Amarel, 74, an Innovator In the Artificial Intelligence Field" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, December 21, 2002. Accessed September 21, 2015. "Dr. Saul Amarel, who helped develop the field of artificial intelligence and founded the computer science department at Rutgers University, died on Wednesday in Princeton, N.J., where he lived."</ref>
• Trey Anastasio (born 1964), of the band Phish, lived in Princeton with his family and attended Princeton Day School<ref>Morse, Steve. "Twenty years later, Phish still moves against the current; Band's creativity thrives outside pop's boundaries" Template:Webarchive, The Boston Globe, November 30, 2003. Accessed July 30, 2013. "The next summer they painted houses around Princeton, N.J., (where Anastasio grew up) and made enough money to go to Europe and play street music."</ref>
• Rose Allen (1885–1977), actress<ref>Rose Allen, The Silent Forgotten</ref>
• William H. Angoff (Template:Circa–1993), research scientist who worked for the Educational Testing Service, where he helped improve the SAT<ref>Staff. "William H. Angoff, 73, Expert on S.A.T., Dies" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, January 7, 1993. Accessed October 27, 2018. "William H. Angoff, whose work with the Scholastic Aptitude Test helped make it more understandable to millions of high school students and college admissions officers, died on Tuesday at his home in Princeton, N.J."</ref>
• James Isbell Armstrong (1919–2013), academic who was President of Middlebury College from 1963 to 1975<ref>"James Armstrong, Middlebury's 12th President, Passes Away" Template:Webarchive, Middlebury College, December 16, 2013. Accessed September 8, 2019. "Born and raised in Princeton, N.J., Armstrong prepared for college at the Taft School in Connecticut and returned home in 1937 to enroll at the university where his father, William P. Armstrong, was a member of the faculty."</ref>
• Milton Babbitt (1916–2011), composer and Princeton University professor<ref>Kozinn, Allan. "Milton Babbitt, a Composer Who Gloried in Complexity, Dies at 94" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, January 29, 2011. Accessed July 30, 2013. "Milton Babbitt, an influential composer, theorist and teacher who wrote music that was intensely rational and for many listeners impenetrably abstruse, died on Saturday. He was 94 and lived in Princeton, N.J."</ref>
• William Bainbridge (1774–1833), Commodore in the United States Navy<ref>Bainbridge, William Template:Webarchive, Naval History and Heritage Command. Accessed September 8, 2019. "William Bainbridge was born in Princeton, New Jersey, on 7 May 1774."</ref>
• Molly Bang (born 1943), children's book illustrator<ref>Biographical Notes Template:Webarchive, Molly Bang. Accessed July 30, 2013. "I was born in Princeton, New Jersey 1943, the second of three children."</ref>
• George Barna (born 1954), founder of The Barna Group, a market research firm specializing in studying the religious beliefs and behavior of Americans<ref>Stafford, Tim. "The Third Coming of George Barna" Template:Webarchive, Christianity Today, August 5, 2002. Accessed September 8, 2019. "Barna grew up in Princeton, New Jersey, a cradle Catholic who went to Mass daily when he started college at Washington and Lee University."</ref>
• Chris Barron (born 1968), lead singer of the Spin Doctors<ref>Staff. "Nightlife / Band of the Week: Chris Barron" Template:Webarchive, The Press of Atlantic City, March 26, 2009. Accessed August 21, 2013. "Barron, who is originally from Princeton, isn't exactly sure how the folks who organize the Cape May SS showcase found him, but he's happy they did."</ref>
• Charles Clinton Beatty (1800–1880), Presbyterian minister, seminary founder and academic philanthropist<ref>The Reverend Charles Clinton Beatty DD, LLD Template:Webarchive, The Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New Jersey. Accessed September 8, 2019. "Born in Princeton, NJ on 4 Jan 1800 and died in Steubenville, OH on 30 Oct 1882."</ref>
• Saul Bellow (1915–2005), author and Princeton University professor<ref name=NYT1985>Schmitt, Eric. "Upton Sinclair's Princeton Hideway" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, July 21, 1985. Accessed August 22, 2013. "They now know that Upton Sinclair, the muckraking author of The Jungle and other novels, built the cabin and lived there more than 80 years ago.... Ultimately, Mrs. Bowers would like to restore the cabin and have either Princeton Township or Princeton University maintain it, an idea suggested by John McPhee, the author, who lives in Princeton.... Alfred Bush, a curator in the rare books department of the Princeton University Library, said: 'Thomas Mann, T. S. Eliot and Saul Bellow all lived and wrote here.Template:'"</ref>
• Paul Benacerraf (1930–2025), philosopher and Princeton University professor<ref>Goldberger, Paul. "Architecture's '5' Make Their Ideas Felt" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, November 26, 1973. Accessed August 7, 2018. "Michael Graves design for an addition to a house for Prof. and Mrs. Paul Benacerraf, Princeton, N.J."</ref>
• Peter Benchley (1940–2006), author and screenwriter, Jaws, The Island, lived and died in Princeton<ref>Scott, Gale T. "Jerseyana; Where They Give a Dog A Heap of Socialization" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, October 27, 2002. Accessed August 22, 2013. "Parent-patrons here include Wall Street brokers, local judges, authors (most prominently, Peter Benchley, who lives in Princeton), housewives and grocery clerks, Ms. Lini said."</ref>
• Wendy Benchley (born 1941), marine and environmental conservation advocate and former Princeton Borough councilwoman who was the wife of author Peter Benchley<ref>Stratton, Jean. "Princeton personality" Template:Webarchive, Town Topics, April 16, 2008. Accessed November 6, 2019. "Outgoing Princeton Borough Councilwoman Wendy Benchley, soon to focus her career on ocean conservation issues, is shown in her Princeton home.... Jaws was published in 1974, and after the movie rights were later sold, the Benchleys decided to move to Princeton."</ref>
• Ed Berger (1949–2017), librarian, discographer, author, editor, historian, photographer, educator, jazz producer and record label owner<ref>Fitzgerald, Michael. "Remembering Ed Berger" Template:Webarchive, Current Research in Jazz. Accessed September 8, 2019. "The world of jazz research lost one of its stars on January 22, 2017 when Ed Berger died at home in Princeton, NJ."</ref>
• Stanley S. Bergen Jr. (1929–2019), physician, university president, and professor, who was President of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey from 1971 to 1998<ref>"Stanley Bergen Jr., Founding President of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Dies at 89 Under Bergen's direction, the university became the largest freestanding health sciences university in the country and boosted medical access throughout the state" Template:Webarchive, Rutgers University, May 1, 2019. Accessed September 8, 2019. "Bergen was a believer of health care as a basic human right and an advocate for health access and equity. He was born on May 2, 1929, in Princeton, N.J., and served as president of UMDNJ from 1971 to 1998."</ref>
• Laurie Berkner (born 1969), musician best known for her work as a children's musical artist<ref>Coughlin, Kevin. "Laurie Berkner, rock star for preschoolers, is bringing her guitar to Morristown Book Fest and MPAC" Template:Webarchive, Morristown Green, October 13, 2017. Accessed September 8, 2019. "'The flip side of that is, if they do like something, you have the best audience imaginable, because there is no filter to cover up the fact that they're just totally enjoying themselves,' said Berkner, who grew up in Princeton and lives in New York with her husband and teenaged daughter."</ref>
• Geoffrey Berman (born 1959), lawyer currently serving as the Interim United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York<ref>Jackson, Herb. "Report: NJ attorney Berman being considered for top federal prosecutor in Manhattan" Template:Webarchive, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, August 7, 2017. Accessed January 7, 2018. "Geoffrey Berman of Princeton was listed as a potential U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York in a package of proposed candidates for New York judicial and prosecutorial vacancies sent to the state's U.S. senators in July, Buzzfeed said, citing a source familiar with the process."</ref>
• Garrett Birkhoff (1911–1996), mathematician best known for his work in lattice theory<ref>Staff. A Community Of Scholars: The Institute for Advanced Study Faculty and Members 1930-1980 Template:Webarchive, p. 90. Institute for Advanced Study, 1980. Accessed November 20, 2015. "Birkhoff, Garrett 40s M Born 1911 Princeton, NJ."</ref>
• Cyril Edwin Black (1915–1989), professor of history and international affairs, specializing in the modern history of Eastern Europe and, in particular, Russian history since 1700<ref>Cook, Joan. "Cyril E. Black, Former Professor Of History at Princeton, Dies at 73" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, July 19, 1989. Accessed March 6, 2022. "Cyril E. Black, a history professor who was a member of the Princeton University faculty for 50 years, died of congestive heart failure yesterday at the Princeton (N.J.) Medical Center. He was 73 years old and lived in Princeton."</ref>
• Michael Bradley (born 1987), soccer player<ref>Fensom, Michael J. "U.S. Soccer vs. Ecuador: Michael Bradley moves on after his father's dismissal" Template:Webarchive, The Star-Ledger, October 11, 2011. Accessed August 22, 2013. "Having already positioned players to take Bradley's place, Mönchengladbach told the Princeton native he would not have a spot on the team if he returned."</ref>
• Avery Brooks (born 1948), actor, singer and educator<ref>via Associated Press. "'Star Trek' actor Brooks charged with DUI in Conn." Template:Webarchive, The Seattle Times, February 3, 2012. Accessed August 22, 2013. "Avery Brooks is set to be arraigned in state court in Norwalk next week in connection with his arrest last weekend in Wilton, a wealthy suburb about 50 miles northeast of Manhattan.... Local police say they pulled over the 63-year-old Princeton, N.J., resident shortly after 10 p.m. Sunday after receiving a complaint about his driving."</ref>
• George Harold Brown (1908–1987), research engineer at RCA, lived in Princeton<ref>Staff. "Dr. George H. Brown; Led Research at RCA" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, December 13, 1987. Accessed August 22, 2013. "Dr. George H. Brown, former executive vice president for research and engineering at the RCA Corporation who led the company's development of color television, died Friday at the Princeton (N.J.) Medical Center after a long illness. He was 79 years old and lived in Princeton."</ref>
• Cameron Brink (born 2001), WNBA player for the Los Angeles Sparks<ref>Cameron Brink Template:Webarchive, Stanford Cardinal women's basketball. Accessed March 7, 2024. "Born in Princeton, N.J., also lived in Amsterdam for three years"</ref>
• Aaron Burr (1756–1836), third Vice President of the United States (under Thomas Jefferson); killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel, grew up in Princeton and is buried there<ref>Staff. "Burr Portrait Highlight of Newark Show" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, August 11, 1974. Accessed August 7, 2018. "He spent most of his boyhood in Princeton, where his father was president of the College of New Jersey, now Princeton University."</ref>
• Aaron Burr Sr. (1715–1757), co-founder of Princeton University and its second president<ref>Lohr, Shelby. "Aaron Burr Sr." Template:Webarchive, Princeton University. Accessed August 7, 2018. "Aaron Burr Sr. (1716-1757), an influential scholar and religious leader of the colonial period, served as Princeton's second president from 1748 to 1757. He oversaw the college's move to its permanent campus in Princeton, and owned slaves while living in the President's House."</ref>
• Lesley Bush (born 1947), diver who represented the United States at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where she received a gold medal in the 10 meter platform<ref>Moylan, Kyle. "Princeton Olympian Lesley Bush Dives into History; Bush, a 1964 gold medalist in diving, was honored by Lakewood Blueclaws this week." Template:Webarchive, Princeton Patch, June 16, 2012. Accessed November 22, 2017. "As a 16-year-old girl growing up and attending Princeton High School in the winter of 1964, Lesley Bush wasn't sure how many people knew her in her own hometown."</ref>
• Sim Cain (born 1963), drummer for Rollins Band, grew up in Princeton<ref>Skelly, Richard. "Kenny 'Stringbean' Sorensen drops new CD", Asbury Park Press, August 1, 2014. Accessed August 29, 2014. "Sorensen and Co. were scheduled to play a record-release party Monday, July 28, in Asbury Park, where he is accompanied Monday nights by drummer Sim Cain, a native of Princeton, bassist Dan Mulvey, raised in Old Bridge, and relative youngster Joe Murphy on guitar, who was raised in the Asbury Park area."</ref>
• Marsha Campbell (born 1946), politician who served in the Missouri House of Representatives<ref>Rep. Marsha Campbell Template:Webarchive, Missouri General Assembly. Accessed February 23, 2022. "Born February 13, 1946, in Princeton, New Jersey, Rep. Campbell currently resides in the Brookside area of Kansas City."</ref>
• Melisa Can (born 1984 as Michelle Marie Campbell), professional basketball player at the power forward position who plays for Adana ASKİ<ref>Franklin, Paul. "After long journey, Michelle Campbell finds herself in the WNBA" Template:Webarchive, The Times, June 3, 2013. Accessed November 2, 2017. "At Rutgers, even though she would be a 1,000-point scorer, Michelle Campbell never received the attention afforded to players like Cappie Pondexter and Chelsea Newton, or even younger teammates Essence Carson, Matee Ajavon and Kia Vaughn.... The Notre Dame High School graduate, who grew up in Princeton with three sisters, pursued her passion."</ref>
• Mary Chapin Carpenter (born 1958), country/folk singer, born and grew up in Princeton<ref>Belcher, David. "A Storyteller Back at Her Craft" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, May 10, 2010. Accessed October 12, 2013. "Ms. Carpenter, who was born in Princeton, N.J., and graduated from Brown, became a Nashville darling in 1989 with her second album, State of the Heart (CBS/Columbia), which spawned the hits 'Never Had It So Good' and 'Quittin' Time,' which became staples of mainstream country radio and two-step dance halls."</ref>
• William Ashburner Cattell (1863–1920), civil engineer and railroad company president; born in Princeton<ref name="ASCE1921">Template:Cite book</ref>
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• Blair Clark (1917–2000), journalist and political activist who was general manager / vice president of CBS News and Senator Eugene McCarthy's national campaign manager for the 1968 presidential nomination<ref>Pace, Eric. "Blair Clark, 82, CBS Executive Who Led McCarthy's '68 Race" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, June 8, 2000. Accessed September 8, 2019. "Blair Clark, an influential executive at CBS News, a former editor of the Nation and the campaign manager for Eugene J. McCarthy in his unsuccessful bid for the 1968 Democratic presidential nomination, died on Tuesday in Princeton, N.J. He was 82 and lived in Princeton and the Turtle Bay section of Manhattan."</ref>
• Patrick Clark (1955–1998), chef<ref>Asimov, Eric. "Patrick Clark, 42, Is Dead; Innovator in American Cuisine" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, February 13, 1998. Accessed November 29, 2014. "Patrick Clark, a chef who helped lead a generation of Americans to embrace a new style of casual but sophisticated French cooking in the early 1980s, and then helped lead them back to the ingredients and preparations of their own country, died late Wednesday night at Princeton Medical Center in Princeton, N.J. He was 42 and lived in Plainsboro, N.J."</ref>
• Frances Folsom Cleveland (1864–1947), First Lady, died in and is buried in Princeton<ref>Frances Cleveland Template:Webarchive, National First Ladies' Library. Accessed October 12, 2013. "Following her permanent departure from the White House in 1897, she joined the former President and their children in creating a new life in Princeton, New Jersey for what was the second period of her life s a former First Lady."</ref>
• Grover Cleveland (1837–1908), 22nd and 24th President of the United States, retired to, died in, and buried in Princeton<ref>Grover Cleveland Home Template:Webarchive, National Park Service. Accessed August 29, 2014. "After leaving the White House for a second time, Cleveland retired to this home in Princeton, New Jersey in 1897. The elegant stone antebellum mansion was perfect for the active role the Clevelands played in Princeton society."</ref>
• Ruth Cleveland (1891–1904), daughter of Grover and Frances Cleveland born between Cleveland's two terms in office, died at age 12 and is buried at Princeton Cemetery<ref>Staff. "Ruth Cleveland Dead.; Eldest Child of ex-President Cleveland Dies Suddenly at Princeton Home." Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, January 8, 1904. Accessed October 12, 2013.</ref>
• Chris Conley (born 1980), lead singer of Saves the Day, born and grew up in Princeton<ref>Fiorletta, Alicia. "Interview with Chris Conley from Saves The Day: Breaking Through, Moving Forward" Template:Webarchive, The Aquarian Weekly, November 9, 2011. Accessed October 12, 2013. "Chris Conley, singer, guitarist and lyricist for Saves The Day, particularly remembers his upbringing in Princeton, NJ, as a time of personal growth and musical discovery."</ref>
• Archibald Crossley (1896–1985), pollster, statistician and pioneer in public opinion research<ref>Greer, William R. "Archibald Crosley Dies At 88; Helped Develop Scientific Polling" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, May 2, 1985. Accessed May 23, 2021. "Archibald M. Crossley, one of the founders of modern public-opinion polling, died yesterday at his home in Princeton, N.J. He was 88 years old.... Mr. Crossley, who lived in Princeton from 1923 until his death, retired in 1962, but continued to research polling methods."</ref>
• John Crowley (born 1967), biotechnology executive and entrepreneur and the chairman and CEO of Amicus Therapeutics<ref>Kerwick, Mike. "Archive: Father uses business savvy to fight his kids' rare disease" Template:Webarchive, The Record, February 28, 2017. Accessed January 5, 2018. "Crowley has been up for hours. A few miles down the road, at his Princeton home, the 42-year-old CEO of Amicus Therapeutics was helping his teenage daughter.... Their survival is in many ways a tribute to their father, an Englewood native who has spent the last decade raising money to fund research for lifesaving drugs."</ref>
• Whitney Darrow Jr. (1909–1999), cartoonist at The New Yorker<ref>Gussow, Mel. "Whitney Darrow Jr., 89, Gentle Satirist of Modern Life, Dies" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, August 12, 1999. Accessed October 12, 2013. "Mr. Darrow was born in Princeton, N.J., where his father was one of the founders of the Princeton University Press."</ref>
• Jon Drezner, architect and designer<ref>"On the Move" Template:Webarchive, U.S. 1 Newspaper, March 19, 2008. Accessed March 15, 2018. "Drezner is a native of Princeton, where his grandfather was a cardiologist and his father a surgeon. He went to Princeton Day School, graduated from St. Lawrence University in 1985, and earned his master's degree from the Southern California Institute of Architecture."</ref>
• Howard Duffield (1854–1941), Presbyterian minister<ref>"Dr. H. Duffield, 86; Noted Clergyman; Minister of the 'Old First' Presbyterian Church Here, 1891-1918, Is Dead; Raised $300,000 Fund; He Began Meetings on Steps of Church in 1911 - Was Author of 'Wartime PrayersTemplate:'" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, January 6, 1941. Accessed June 29, 2020. "Born at Princeton, N. J., April 9, 1854, he was the son of Dr. John T. Duffield, who was Professor of Mathematics there for fifty years."</ref>
• Freeman Dyson (1923–2020), theoretical physicist and fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study<ref>Dawidoff, Nicholas. "The Civil Heretic" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, March 25, 2009. Accessed October 12, 2003. "For more than half a century the eminent physicist Freeman Dyson has quietly resided in Princeton, N.J., on the wooded former farmland that is home to his employer, the Institute for Advanced Study, this country's most rarefied community of scholars."</ref>
• Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758), Congregationalist Church theologian, Princeton University's third president<ref name=princeton.edu>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Albert Einstein (1879–1955), physicist, fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study<ref>Blackwell, Jon. "1933: The genius next door" Template:Webarchive, The Trentonian. Accessed October 12, 2013. "From the moment Albert Einstein arrived in Princeton in 1933, a shaggy, sweater-wearing genius with a pipe in one hand and a sheaf of papers in the other, stories like the one about the girl's homework got a good laugh. And the amazing thing is, they were true."</ref>
• Maria (Maja) Einstein (1881–1951), German Romanist and the younger sister of Albert Einstein<ref>Calle, Carlos I. Einstein for Dummies, p. 331. John Wiley & Sons, 2011. Template:ISBN. "After the war, Maja wanted to return to Europe and to her husband, but her own health prevented her from travelling, Instead, she went to live with her brother in Princeton."</ref>
• Kate Elderkin (1897–1962), art historian and archaeologist<ref>via Associated Press. Mrs. George Elderkin", The Daily Home News, February 17, 1962. Accessed October 9, 2024, via Newspapers.com. "Princeton - Kate McKnight Elderkin, former Vassar College instructor and trustee of Miss Fine's School here, died today at her home, 11 Hazlet Ave."</ref>
• T. S. Eliot (1888–1965), author<ref name=NYT1985/>
• Elmer William Engstrom (1901–1984), President and CEO of RCA<ref>Elmer W. Engstrom Template:Webarchive, IEEE Global History Network. Accessed June 15, 2014. "In honor of his community activities at his home in Princeton, New Jersey, Dr. Engstrom was named Man of the Year for 1964 by the Princeton Chamber of Commerce and Civic Council."</ref>
• Daniel Errico, children's book author and children's media content creator who is the creator and executive producer of Hulu's kids TV series The Bravest Knight<ref>"Town native's children's story to be released Oct. 1" Template:Webarchive, The Item of Millburn and Short Hills, September 22, 2011. Accessed March 21, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "Errico grew up in Short Hills. After graduating from Villanova University, he worked in New York City at an investment bank and mechanical engineering firm. The author recently returned to New Jersey, where he lives in Princeton."</ref>
• Katherine Ettl (Template:Circa–1993), sculptor best known for her monumental bronzes<ref>Via Associated Press. "Katherine R. S. Ettl, A Sculptor, 81, Dies" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, January 12, 1993. Accessed February 23, 2020. "Mrs. Ettl lived in Princeton, N.J., from 1972 until September, when she returned to Jackson."</ref>
• Charles Evered (born 1964), playwright, screenwriter and director, resident of Princeton<ref>Fowler, Linda. "Charles Evered has a Wonderful Life" Template:Webarchive, Inside Jersey, September 2011. Accessed October 12, 2013. "Content when he's surrounded by history, Evered, a native Jerseyan, lives in a townhouse in Colonial-era Princeton Township with his wife, actress Wendy Rolfe Evered, and their kids, Margaret and John; they like to call it Olympic Village because of the diversity of its residents."</ref>
• Henry B. Eyring (born 1933), Second Counselor in the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and president of Ricks College, born in Princeton<ref>President Henry B. Eyring Template:Webarchive, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Accessed October 12, 2013. "Born in Princeton, New Jersey, on May 31, 1933, he has served the Church as a regional representative, a member of the general Sunday School board, and a bishop."</ref>
• Robert Fagles (1933–2008), professor, poet, and academic, best known for his many translations of ancient Greek and Roman classics, especially his translations of the epic poems of Homer<ref>McGrath, Charles. "Robert Fagles, Translator of the Classics, Dies at 74" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, March 29, 2008. Accessed November 22, 2014. "Robert Fagles, the renowned translator of Latin and Greek whose versions of Homer and Virgil were unlikely best sellers and became fixtures on classroom reading lists, died on Wednesday at his home in Princeton, N.J., where he was an emeritus professor at Princeton University."</ref>
• Mervin Field (1921–2015), public opinion pollster whose career in polling began with a poll of Princeton High School students in a class election<ref>Nagourney, Adam. "Mervin Field Dies at 94; Took Pulse of California as Pollster" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, June 11, 2015. Accessed October 2, 2017. "Mervin Field was a college dropout. He had no formal training in polling or statistics. He bagged groceries while growing up in Princeton, N.J."</ref>
• Abner S. Flagg (1851–1923), businessman and politicians, served in the Wisconsin State Assembly and as Mayor of Edgerton, Wisconsin<ref>Casson, Henry (ed.) The blue book of the state of Wisconsin Template:Webarchive, p. 693. Henry Gugler Company, 1897. Accessed October 10, 2015.</ref>
• Richard Ford (born 1944), writer, taught at Princeton University, wrote several books set in a fictionalized Haddam, New Jersey, based in part on Princeton<ref name=Haddam>McGrath, Charles. "A New Jersey State of Mind" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, October 25, 2006. Accessed August 29, 2014. "Mr. Ford, who was born and reared in Mississippi, discovered the Jersey Shore in the late 1970s, when he and his wife were living in Princeton, where he had a teaching job.... "In Independence Day, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1996, Frank sold real estate — made a bundle, in fact — in the prosperous, leafy town of Haddam, N.J., a fictional composite of Princeton, Hopewell and Pennington."</ref>
• Colette Fu, photographer, book artist and paper engineer<ref>Colette Fu, National Museum of Women in the Arts. Accessed July 26, 2019. "Birth Place: Princeton, New Jersey"</ref>
• N. Howell Furman (1892–1965), professor of analytical chemistry who helped develop the electrochemical uranium separation process as part of the Manhattan Project<ref>"Dr. N. Howell Furman, 73, Dies; Chemist Worked on Atom Bomb; Responsible for Analytical Separation of Uranium-At Princeton 41 Years" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, August 3, 1965. Accessed July 26, 2020. "Dr. N. Howell Furman, a distinguished analytical chemist and educator who took part in the development of the atomic bomb, died today in Mary Fletcher Hospital at the age of 73. He lived at 19 South Stanworth Drive, Princeton, N. J., and had a summer home in Charlotte, Vt."</ref>
• George Gallup (1901–1984), statistician and creator of the Gallup poll, lived and is buried in Princeton<ref>George Gallup, 1901–1984 Founder Template:Webarchive, The Gallup Organization. Accessed November 2, 2013. "Dr. Gallup founded the American Institute of Public Opinion, the precursor of The Gallup Organization, in Princeton, New Jersey, in 1935."</ref>
• George Gallup Jr. (1930–2011), pollster and author<ref>Zernike, Kate. "George Gallup Jr., of Polling Family, Dies at 81" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, November 22, 2011. Accessed November 2, 2013. "George Gallup Jr., who led the firm that his father made all but synonymous with polling and expanded it to become a barometer of Americans' views on religion as well as their political attitudes, died on Monday in Princeton, N.J. He was 81 and lived in Princeton."</ref>
• Evan Gershkovich (born 1991), journalist for The Wall Street Journal who was detained by Russia as a spy<ref>Grantham-Philips, Wyatte. "Who is Evan Gershkovich? What we know about WSJ reporter arrested by Russia for espionage" Template:Webarchive, USA Today, March 30, 2023. Accessed March 31, 2023. "Where is Gershkovich from? How old is he? Gershkovich grew up in Princeton, New Jersey and attended Bowdoin College in Maine, where he played soccer."</ref>
• Donald Gips (born 1960), Chief Domestic Policy Advisor to Vice President Al Gore and appointed United States Ambassador to South Africa by Barack Obama<ref>"People" Template:Webarchive, Town Topics, November 11, 2009. Accessed March 14, 2023. "Princeton native Donald Gips, son of Stonebridge resident Ann Gips, was recently appointed Ambassador to South Africa by President Barack Obama.... 'When I visited South Africa over a decade ago,' said the Princeton Day School graduate, 'I fell in love with its people, its story and its beauty.Template:'"</ref>
• Kurt Gödel (1906–1978), Austrian-American logician, mathematician and philosopher, fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study<ref>Gödel, Kurt; and Feferman, Solomon. Kurt Gödel: Collected Works: Volume III: Unpublished Essays and Lectures, p. 5. Oxford University Press, 1995. Template:ISBN. Accessed November 2, 2013. "Photographs of the Godel home in Princeton at 145 Linden Lane."</ref>
• Caroline Gordon (1895–1981), novelist, lived in Princeton from 1956 to 1975<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Michael Graves (1934–2015), architect, lived and worked in Princeton<ref>Bear, Rob. "Dwell Takes a Look Inside Michael Graves' Princeton Home" Template:Webarchive, Curbed, April 23, 2012. Accessed November 2, 2013. "The architect and industrial designer Michael Graves was walking one Sunday with his daughter, when he spotted a 'a ruin in Princeton, N.J.,' that was, in fact, an abandoned warehouse built and once used by the Italian masons brought in to build the stone dormitories at Princeton University. Graves transformed The Warehouse, as it is now known, into a magnificent home for himself and his family."</ref>
• Fred Greenstein (1930–2018), political scientist<ref>Saxon, Jamie. "Fred Greenstein, 'world-class scholar' of the American presidency, dies at 88" Template:Webarchive, Princeton University, December 10, 2018. Accessed December 11, 2018. "Fred Greenstein, professor of politics, emeritus, and one of the nation's leading experts on the American presidency, died from complications from a form of Parkinson's disease at home in Princeton, New Jersey, on Dec. 3. He was 88."</ref>
• Ariela Gross (born 1965), historian who is the John B. and Alice R. Sharp Professor of Law and History at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law<ref>Ben-Itzak, Paul. "'Freeze Girl' Backed On Views" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, July 17, 1983. Accessed June 10, 2020. "'This is the first time I saw Ariela totally concentrate on one thing she cared a lot about,' said Mrs. Gross, a statistics professor at the City University of New York, during a recent interview at the Gross home in Princeton Township."</ref>
• Chris Harford, self-taught singer, songwriter, guitarist and painter<ref>Sander, Logan. "Princeton People: Musician Chris Harford" Template:Webarchive, Planet Princeton, June 3, 2015. Accessed December 10, 2018. "Chris Harford is a musician who was born and raised in Princeton."</ref>
• Ethan Hawke (born 1970), actor<ref>Dutka, Elaine. "The Acting Bug Bites Ethan Hawke" Template:Webarchive, The Los Angeles Times, February 20, 1994. Accessed November 19, 2023. "Acting was a refuge for this self-described 'terrible student,' a way to get out in the world for a kid who couldn't wait for life to start. Hawke's family eventually moved to Princeton, N.J., where, as a 13-year-old, he made his stage debut in the McCarter Theater's production of St. Joan."</ref>
• Sarah Hay (born 1987), actress and ballet dancer with the Semperoper in Dresden<ref>Kanter, Sharon Clott. "Who Is Sarah Hay? Get to Know the Ballerina of Starz's New Drama Flesh & Bone" Template:Webarchive, InStyle, November 7, 2015. Accessed December 12, 2015. "In real life, the 28-year-old Princeton, New Jersey native is much more grounded than her character, though she can sympathize with the craziness that actually goes on in the ballet world."</ref>
• Seth Herzog (born 1970), comedian<ref>About the Pod Template:Webarchive, The Sweetest Pod. Accessed November 19, 2023. "Seth was born in New Jersey (Englewood) and lived in Tenafly until he was 4 (save for a year in Holland, where his family tour windmills, sampled cheeses & started to speak Dutch). He and his family then moved to Princeton, where he was brought up & remained until he went off to college (and where his father and sister currently still live)."</ref>
• Joseph Hewes (1730–1779), signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, born in Princeton<ref>Elliott, Khristine. "Historical Ties", Battle Creek Enquirer, July 4, 2003. Accessed November 2, 2013. "Joseph Hewes isn't one of the most well-known signers of the Declaration of Independence, but he's got a built-in fan base in Calhoun, Branch and Barry counties.... Born in Princeton, NJ, in 1730, he went on to graduate from Princeton College."</ref>
• Charles Hodge (1797–1878), theologian and Principal of Princeton Theological Seminary<ref>Anderson, Robert W. "A Short Biography of Charles Hodge" Template:Webarchive, WRS Journal 4/2 (August 1997) 9–13, Western Reformed Seminary. Accessed November 2, 2013. "His son and biographer, A. A. Hodge, recorded that he 'reached his home, in Princeton, about the 18th of September 1828 Where There Was Joy.' His son, then being five years of age, added that this was 'the first abiding image of his father.Template:'"</ref>
• Herbert Huffman (1905–1968), musician and choir director, founder of the American Boychoir School<ref>"Personal Mention" Template:Webarchive, Marysville Journal-Tribune, May 17, 1951. Accessed November 19, 2023, via Newspapers.com. "Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Huffman left Sunday evening with the Boy Choir for their home in Princeton, N. J., after spending the Mother's Day week-end in Marysville with their mothers, Mrs. H. I. Huffman and Mrs. B. J. Southard, and other relatives."</ref>
• Harold L. Humes (1926–1992), novelist who was the originator of The Paris Review literary magazine<ref>Teicholz, Tom. "Doc on PBS: The life and fictions of Harold Humes" Template:Webarchive, Huffington Post, May 25, 2011. Accessed December 10, 2018. "Harold L. Humes was born in 1926 in Douglas, Arizona. His father was a chemical engineer. The family moved to Princeton New Jersey where Humes attended high school and got the nickname 'Doc', based on the crazy scientist character 'Doc Huer' in the Buck Rogers comics."</ref>
• Guy Hutchinson (born 1974), author, broadcaster, theme park historian and comedian<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

|CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>English, Chris. "New book on Sesame Place coming out Monday" Template:Webarchive, Bucks County Courier Times, July 2, 2015. Accessed January 17, 2020. "It's written by Guy Hutchinson and Chris Mercaldo, who both used to visit the park as children. Hutchinson, who grew up in Princeton, New Jersey, and now lives in East Windsor, New Jersey, has also been back several times as a parent, he said."</ref>

• Micky James (born 1993), singer, songwriter and musician<ref>Olivier, Bobby. "Must-hear N.J.: Princeton rockers The Karma Killers live the Warped Tour dream" Template:Webarchive, NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, July 16, 2015, updated January 17, 2019. Accessed December 5, 2020. "Micky James, Karma's flamboyant frontman, says he's happy to be near home, but life on the road has been surreal.... Vocals: Micky James, 22, of Princeton"</ref>
• Barbara Piasecka Johnson (1937–2013), Polish-born American humanitarian, philanthropist, art connoisseur and collector<ref>Tagliabue, John. "A U.S. Angel With Millions Helps Walesa" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, June 11, 1989. Accessed August 22, 2013. "On June 1, the Solidarity leader signed a letter of intent with Czeslaw Tolwinski, the director of the big Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk, and Barbara Piasecka Johnson, a Polish-born American heiress who lives in Princeton, to create a shipbuilding company."</ref>
• Hallett Johnson (1888–1968), career diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Costa Rica<ref>"Hallett Johnson, Served As Diplomat 36 Years", The New York Times, August 12, 1968. Accessed June 13, 2022. "Hallett Johnson, a career foreign service officer who was Ambassador to Costa Rica from 1945 to 1947, died yesterday at Massachusetts General Hospital. Mr. Johnson, who was 81 years old and lived in Princeton, N. J., was traveling to his summer home in Bar Harbor, Me., when he was stricken."</ref>
• Robert Wood Johnson II (1893–1968), Chairman of Johnson & Johnson lived in Morven<ref>Gardner, Joel R.; and Harrison, Andrew R. "The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: The Early Years" Template:Webarchive, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Accessed November 2, 2013. "They moved into Bellevue, an estate in Highland Park, and their son, Robert Wood Johnson III, was born in 1920. While living in Highland Park, Johnson became involved in local politics and served a term as mayor while he was still in his twenties. His marriage broke up in 1930, and his wife and child remained at Bellevue, while he relocated with his new wife, Margaret, to Morven, in Princeton, which later became the governor's mansion."</ref>
• John Katzenbach (born 1950), author of popular fiction<ref>FAQs Template:Webarchive, JohnKatzenbach.com. Accessed January 14, 2022. "He was born in Princeton, New Jersey, attended The Phillips Exeter Academy (barely graduating by the skin of his teeth) and Bard College."</ref>
• Nick Kovalakides (born 1939/1940), javelin thrower<ref>Motsinger, Caleb. "Your Neighbor: Nick Kovalakides", Observer, October 22, 2014. Accessed October 13, 2024. "He grew up in Princeton, N.J., were he graduated from Princeton High School in 1957 after winning the state championship in the javelin three years in a row, as well as becoming state discus champion his senior year."</ref>
• George F. Kennan (1904–2005), diplomat, historian, fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study<ref>Weiner, Tim; and Crossette, Barbara. "George F. Kennan Dies at 101; Leading Strategist of Cold War" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, March 18, 2005. Accessed November 2, 2013. "George F. Kennan, the American diplomat who did more than any other envoy of his generation to shape United States policy during the cold war, died on Thursday night in Princeton, N.J. He was 101."</ref>
• Gina Kolata (born 1948), reporter for The New York Times<ref>Staff. "Ask a Reporter: Gina Kolata" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times. Accessed August 22, 2013. "Ms. Kolata is married and has two children. She lives in Princeton, N.J."</ref>
• Barbara Krauthamer (born 1967), historian and author<ref>via Associated Press. "N.H. students rally against South Africa" Template:Webarchive, Brattleboro Reformer, October 11, 1986. Accessed November 19, 2023, via Newspapers.com. "The summer was kind of latent but everybody is back up this fall, said Barbara Krauthamer, a sophomore from Princeton, N.J., who organized the Dartmouth rally attended by about 150 people."</ref>
• Paul Krugman (born 1953), Nobel Prize winner, economist, professor of economics and international affairs at Princeton University<ref>Staff. "Paul Krugman's Solution to Getting Fiscal Stimulus? It Involves Aliens" Template:Webarchive, PBS NewsHour, June 18, 2012. Accessed August 22, 2013. "The easy economics, Krugman told us at his home in Princeton, is that government should spend to goose the economy, because the private sector, for various reasons, simply won't."</ref>
• Matt Lalli (born 1986), professional lacrosse player for the Boston Cannons of Major League Lacrosse<ref>Matt Lalli Template:Webarchive, Colgate Raiders men's lacrosse. Accessed September 21, 2015. "Hometown: Princeton Junction, N.J. High School: West Windsor Plainsboro... Born on March 27, 1986 in Princeton, N.J."</ref>
• Chang-Rae Lee (born 1965), writer, Princeton University professor<ref>McGrath, Charles. "Deep In Suburbia" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, February 29, 2004. Accessed November 2, 2013. "Lee now lives, with his wife and two young daughters, in Princeton, N.J. -- just a stone's throw, not accidentally, from a golf course."</ref>
• Arthur Lithgow (1915–2004), actor, director, educator, and managing director of Princeton's McCarter Theatre<ref>Staff. "Lessons From John Lithgow's Onstage 'Education'", NPR, December 5, 2011. Accessed November 2, 2013. "You have just made a huge splash on Broadway, just won your first Tony Award, gone on to success that your father could never have dreamed, in fact you never really thought possible, a repertory actor. And at the same time you are living at his home in Princeton, and he has just been fired."</ref>
• John Lithgow (born 1945), actor, lived in Princeton in his late teens<ref>Ouzounian, Richard . "Shameless lunacy; John Lithgow wild and crazy in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Actor has loosened with time, writes Richard Ouzounian", Toronto Star, April 11, 2005. Accessed November 2, 2013. "Lithgow travelled constantly during the first 16 years of his life thanks to his father's vagabond thespian activities, finally settling down in Princeton, NJ when his dad became head of the university theatre there."</ref>
• Emily Mann (born 1952), artistic director of Princeton's McCarter Theatre<ref>Plump, Wendy. "Emily Mann's McCarter Magic" Template:Webarchive, Princeton magazine. Accessed November 30, 2013. "This is the setting recently encountered at Emily Mann's Mercer Street home in Princeton: A warm kitchen on a cold winter morning; staffers from McCarter Theatre filling bowls with fruit and setting out muffins; the playwright herself over in a corner wrestling an espresso machine into submission."</ref>
• Thomas Mann (1875–1955), author<ref name=NYT1985/><ref>Leitch, Alexander. "Mann, Thomas" Template:Webarchive, from A Princeton Companion, Princeton University Press (1978). Accessed November 30, 2013. "During their stay in Princeton Mr. and Mrs. Mann lived in the red brick Georgian house at the corner of Stockton Street and Library Place. Here, working three or four hours every morning, seven days a week, he completed Lotte in Weimar and started the fourth volume of the Joseph tales."</ref>
• Jumana Manna (born 1987), Palestinian visual artist<ref>Heinrich, Will. "In Jumana Manna’s Film, a Wild Plant Crosses the Political Line" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, September 29, 2022. Accessed April 19, 2024. "Wild Relatives doesn’t hit quite as hard as Foragers, perhaps because its content isn’t quite as personal for Manna, who was born in Princeton, N.J., but raised in Jerusalem."</ref>
• Henry Martin (1925 2020), cartoonist at The New Yorker, lived and worked in Princeton<ref>Staff. "Cartoonist Henry Martin donates art, books" Template:Webarchive, News at Princeton, April 7, 2010. Accessed November 30, 2013. "The cartoonist Henry Martin, a 1948 graduate of Princeton University, has donated nearly 700 original drawings along with some of his humor books to the Princeton University Library.... Martin, a longtime Princeton resident, continues to draw a cartoon for the Office of Development each November."</ref>
• Alpheus T. Mason (1899–1989), legal scholar and biographer<ref>Cook, Joan. "Alpheus Mason, An Ex-Professor And Author, 90" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, November 1, 1989. Accessed February 13, 2022. "Alpheus Thomas Mason, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence Emeritus at Princeton University and one of the country's foremost judicial biographers, died yesterday at his home in Princeton, N.J., after a long illness."</ref>
• John McPhee (born 1931), writer, lives in Princeton<ref name=NYT1985/><ref>Hessler, Peter. "John McPhee, The Art of Nonfiction No. 3" Template:Webarchive, The Paris Review, Spring 2010, No. 192. Accessed November 30, 2013. "John Angus McPhee was born in Princeton, New Jersey, in 1931, attended college in his hometown, and still lives there today."</ref>
• Brad Mays (born 1955), screenwriter, award-winning stage and film director.
• Rachel Lambert Mellon (1910–2014), horticulturalist, gardener, philanthropist and art collector<ref>McFadden, Robert D. "Rachel Mellon, an Heiress Known for Her Green Thumb, Dies at 103" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, March 17, 2014. Accessed July 23, 2015. "Rachel Lowe Lambert was born in Princeton on Aug. 9, 1910, one of three children of Gerard Barnes Lambert and the former Rachel Lowe."</ref>
• Lyle and Erik Menendez (born 1968 and born 1970), two brothers convicted of murdering their parents in 1989<ref>Helping, Steve. "30 Years After the Menendez Brothers Murders, Read People's 1990 Cover Story" Template:Webarchive, People, August 20, 2019. Accessed June 12, 2022.</ref>
• Steve "Buddy" Miller (born 1952), Nashville session musician, grew up in Princeton and attended Princeton High School<ref>Dougherty, Steve. "In Nashville, the Buddy System" Template:Webarchive, The Wall Street Journal, February 21, 2013. Accessed November 30, 2013. "Mr. Miller, an Air Force brat who was born in Ohio and grew up in Maryland and Princeton, N.J., where he attended high school, sees no contradiction between his Yankee roots and his love for country music."</ref>
• E. Spencer Miller (1817–1879), Dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School<ref>"E. Spencer Miller. Death Without a Bit of Warning" Template:Webarchive, The Times, March 7, 1879. Accessed August 19, 2019. "E. Spencer Miller was born at Princeton, N. J., sixty - two years ago, his father, Rev. Samuel Miller, D. D., being at the time professor of ecclesiastical history in the Theological Seminary at Princeton, a chair which he filled with great ability for many years, besides being a distinguished Presbyterian divine."</ref>
• Jeannette Mirsky (1903–1987), author who was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1947 for her biographical writings on the history of exploration<ref>McDowell, Edwin. "Jeannette M. Ginsburg, 83, Author and Editor" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, March 20, 1987. Accessed November 7, 2016. "Born in Bradley Beach, N.J., and raised in New York City, Mrs. Ginsburg graduated from Barnard College in 1924. After her marriage to Edward B. Ginsburg, an industrial engineer in the clothing industry, she lived in South Carolina, moving to Princeton in 1950."</ref>
• Toni Morrison (1931–2019), author, Nobel Laureate, Princeton University professor<ref>Abel, David. "Romney apologizes for use of expression; To some, 'tar baby' is racial pejorative" Template:Webarchive, The Boston Globe, July 31, 2006. Accessed November 30, 2013. "In 1981, author Toni Morrison published a novel titled Tar Baby, and she has compared the expression to other racial epithets.... Reached at her home near Princeton University, where she teaches, Morrison called the expression 'antiquated' and one that's 'attractive to some people, when they begin to search for hints of racism.Template:'"</ref><ref>Als, Hilton. "Ghosts in the House" Template:Webarchive, The New Yorker, October 27, 2003. Accessed November 30, 2013. "Morrison owns a home in Princeton, where she founded the Princeton Atelier."</ref>
• Paul Muldoon (born 1951), Irish poet<ref>Pristin, Terry. "New Jersey Daily Briefing; Princeton Poet Wins Prize" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, October 2, 1997. Accessed August 22, 2013. "Mr. Muldoon, who lives in Princeton Township, has won numerous prizes for his work, including the T. S. Eliot Poetry Prize and the Irish Literature Prize."</ref>
• Jeanette Mundt (born 1982), painter, best known for her works in the 2019 Whitney Biennial<ref>Hockley, Rujeko; Panetta, Jane. Whitney Biennial 2019, p. 86. Yale University Press, 2019. Template:ISBN. Accessed October 29, 2019. "Jeanette Mundt - Born 1982 in Princeton, NJ; lives in Somerset, NJ"</ref>
• James Murray (born 1976), improvisational comedian, author and actor who has starred on Impractical Jokers<ref>Anthes, Rob. "Impractical Jokers’ James Murray talks about living in Princeton, his new novel Don’t Move", Community News, October 4, 2020, updated January 11, 2022. Accessed February 3, 2025. "Murray, 44, has been busy away from his role with Impractical Jokers, too. He moved to Princeton last year, a relocation that also saw him purchase his first car."</ref>
• John Forbes Nash Jr. (1928–2015), mathematician, Nobel Prize winner, subject of A Beautiful Mind, Princeton University professor<ref>A Brilliant Madness Transcript Template:Webarchive, American Experience. Accessed November 30, 2013. "Narrator: John Nash lives in Princeton with Alicia and their son Johnny, who is also a mathematician and suffers from schizophrenia."</ref>
• Charles Neider (1915–2001), author, Twain scholar; resided on Southern Way<ref>Town Topics (Princeton) DVD Review Template:Webarchive Retrieved, 11/27/2020</ref>
• John von Neumann (1903−1957), Hungarian-American mathematician at Princeton University and Institute for Advanced Study
• Bebe Neuwirth (born 1958), actress, grew up in Princeton<ref>Scott, Debra. "Bebe Neuwirth: Close-up on Bebe Neuwirth -- Green Card is her first big movie role" Template:Webarchive, Entertainment Weekly, December 21, 1990. Accessed November 30, 2013. "When director Peter Weir's film Green Card opens this week, the Princeton, N.J.-born, bicoastal actress, who is married to actor-director Paul Dorman, may get her wish again."</ref>
• Joyce Carol Oates (born 1938), writer, Princeton University professor<ref>Nutt, Amy Ellis. "Joyce Carol Oates: Princeton's 'dark lady of fiction' comes shining" Template:Webarchive, The Star-Ledger, March 15, 2010. Accessed November 30, 2013. "Sitting in her bucolic backyard in Princeton, Joyce Carol Oates shimmers with a kind of delicate intensity."</ref>
• John O'Hara (1905–1970), author, lived in and is buried in Princeton<ref>Staff. "John O'Hara Buried in Princeton Rites" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, April 17, 1970. Accessed November 30, 2013. "Princeton, N.J., April 16 John O'Hara, the novelist, was buried here today after a funeral service in the Princeton University Chapel. Mr. O'Hara had lived here since 1953."</ref>
• Charles Smith Olden (1799–1876), Governor of New Jersey during the American Civil War<ref>New Jersey Governor Charles Smith Olden Template:Webarchive, National Governors Association. Accessed June 15, 2014. "Charles S. Olden, the twenty-fourth governor of New Jersey, was born in Princeton, New Jersey on February 19, 1799."</ref>
• A. Dayton Oliphant (1887–1963), Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court from 1945 to 1946, and from 1948 to 1957<ref>Staff. "Dayton Oliphant, Ex-Judge, 75, Dies; Headed Court of Errors and Appeals in New Jersey" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, June 27, 1963. Accessed July 2, 2016.</ref>
• Gregory Olsen (born 1945), entrepreneur, engineer and scientist who, in October 2005, became the third private citizen to make a self-funded trip to the International Space Station<ref>George, Jason. "From a C Student to a Celestial Traveler" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, May 16, 2004. Accessed December 14, 2013. "'I want to share the experience with school groups, especially in the inner cities and more remote areas,' Mr. Olsen, who lives in Princeton, N.J., said recently by telephone and e-mail from Star City, Russia, where he began training last month."</ref>
• J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904–1967), theoretical physicist, director of the Institute for Advanced Study<ref>Staff. "J. Robert Oppenheimer, Atom Bomb Pioneer, Dies" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, February 19, 1967. Accessed June 15, 2014. "Princeton, N. J., Feb. 18 -- Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer, the nuclear physicist, died here tonight at the age of 62. A spokesman for the family said Dr. Oppenheimer died at 8 o'clock in his home on the grounds of the Institute for Advanced Study."</ref>
• Alicia Ostriker (born 1937), poet and scholar who writes Jewish feminist poetry<ref>Alicia Ostriker Template:Webarchive, Poetry Foundation. Accessed January 26, 2020. "She lives in Princeton, NJ, is professor emerita of English at Rutgers University."</ref>
• Jeremiah P. Ostriker (born 1937), astronomer<ref>"Poet Alicia Ostriker to read in Highland Park" Template:Webarchive, Courier News, September 20, 2014. Accessed January 26, 2020. "She still lives in Princeton with her husband of 56 years, astrophysicist Jeremiah Ostriker."</ref>
• Unity Phelan (born 1994 or 1995), ballet dancer who joined the New York City Ballet in 2013 and was promoted to soloist in 2017<ref>Amato, Jennifer. "Princeton ballet soloist teaches virtual class for New York City Ballet" Template:Webarchive, CentralJersey.com, May 12, 2020. Accessed March 21, 2021. "The New York City Ballet is offering virtual ballet dance classes weekly as part of its new 'digital season' in the wake of COVID-19. Pictured is Unity Phelan of Princeton, who began her dance training at the age of five at the Princeton Ballet School."</ref>
• John Popper (born 1967), lead singer of the band Blues Traveler<ref>Vanderbeek, Brian via McClatchy Newspapers. "Blues Traveler is the rare jam band with chart-topping hits", Chicago Tribune, November 14, 2013. Accessed June 15, 2014. "And such peace befits a band that traces its roots to the idyllic New Jersey town of Princeton. It's home to a great Ivy League university and apparently — at least in the 1970s — as a breeding ground for jam band leaders. Phish frontman Trey Anastasio attended preppy Princeton Day School just a couple years before Popper and Spin Doctors founder Chris Barron were classmates at Princeton High."</ref>
• Andy Potts (born 1976), triathlete who represented the United States in triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics<ref>Alden, Bill. "PHS Alum Potts Finds Direction In Triathlon; Now Aims to Soar at Athens Summer Games" Template:Webarchive, Town Topics, July 21, 2004. Accessed December 10, 2018. "After completing a stellar swimming career at the University of Michigan, Andy Potts found himself drifting.... As a kid growing up in Princeton, Potts focused his efforts on becoming a top swimmer."</ref>
• Pete Raymond (born 1947), former rower who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics<ref>Fremon, Suzanne S. "State Has 13 on Olympic Team" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, August 13, 1972. Accessed November 22, 2017. "Peter Raymond, 25, of Princeton, a member of the Olympic eight‐oar crew, may be the New Jerseyan who is most likely to come home with a medal, perhaps even a gold medal.... Mr. Raymond has been rowing since his prep school days at South Kent School, and, as he said, 'rowed all through Princeton,' where he was stroke and captain of the varsity crew in his senior year. He was a member of the 1968 Olympic team, in the four without coxswain."</ref>
• Christopher Reeve (1952–2004), actor, grew up in Princeton, attended Princeton Day School<ref>Hillier, Jordan. "Christopher Reeve" Template:Webarchive, Princeton Magazine. Accessed June 15, 2014. "Born in New York City in 1952 and raised from the age of four in Princeton, Reeve's love of acting was evident from the days when he and his brother Benjamin turned large cardboard boxes into pirate ships for their own action adventures."</ref>
• Paul Robeson (1898–1976), singer, actor, athlete, civil rights activist, born and raised in Princeton<ref>" Jan 23, 1976: Singer, actor, athlete, activist Paul Robeson dies" Template:Webarchive, The History Channel. Accessed November 22, 2014. "Paul LeRoy Bustill Robeson was born in Princeton, New Jersey, on April 9, 1898, the son of a father born into slavery and a mother raised as a vocal abolitionist."</ref>
• Arnold Roth (born 1929), cartoonist, longtime Princeton resident<ref>Dube, Ilene. "Arnold Roth Brings His Gags Back to Princeton" Template:Webarchive, U.S.1 Newspaper, March 21, 2012. Accessed November 22, 2014. "Roth, who lived in Princeton from 1963 to 1984, will present an illustrated lecture and sign copies of his books at the opening reception March 24."</ref>
• William E. Schluter (1927–2018), politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly and the New Jersey Senate<ref>Shea, Kevin. "Bill Schluter, former state senator who ran for governor, dies at 90" Template:Webarchive, NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, August 6, 2018. Accessed August 7, 2018. "Born in Bronxville, New York and raised in Princeton, Schluter graduated from Princeton University in 1950, where he played varsity hockey all four years."</ref>
• Ralph Schoenstein (1933–2006), writer, lived in Princeton up to his death<ref>Lavietes, Stuart. "Ralph Schoenstein, Humorist and Author, Is Dead at 73" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, August 28, 2006. Accessed November 22, 2014. "Ralph Schoenstein, a humorist who was a commentator on National Public Radio's All Things Considered, a prolific contributor to magazines and newspapers, the author of 18 books, and a ghostwriter whose works included Bill Cosby's Fatherhood, died on Thursday in Philadelphia. He was 73 and lived in Princeton, N.J."</ref>
• John Schneider (born 1980), professional baseball coach for the Toronto Blue Jays<ref>Johnson, Greg. "Lawrence High grad John Schneider rising in Blue Jays' system as a manager" Template:Webarchive, The Trentonian, April 10, 2018. Accessed December 5, 2018. "During John Schneider's sixth season as a prospect in the Toronto Blue Jays organization, his career in professional baseball took a twist. A series of concussions and other injuries piled up, and the Princeton native steadily came to the realization that his playing days were almost over."</ref>
• Bill Schroeder (born 1958), Major League Baseball player for the Milwaukee Brewers and California Angels, Brewers commentator for Fox Sports Wisconsin<ref>Broadcasters Template:Webarchive, Milwaukee Brewers. Accessed November 29, 2014. "Born in Baltimore and raised in Princeton, New Jersey, Schroeder graduated from West Windsor Plainsboro High School, where he earned All-State honors his junior and senior years."</ref>
• Roger Sessions (1896–1985), composer, Princeton University professor<ref>Olmstead, Andrea. Roger Sessions: A Biography, p. 368. Accessed December 11, 2018. Routledge, 2008. Template:ISBN. "After Lisl's death, July 9, 1982, Sessions lived alone at 63 Stanworth Lane in Princeton."</ref>
• Tsutomu Shimomura (born 1964), Japanese-American scientist and computer security expert<ref>"Tsutomu Shimomura" Template:Webarchive, Takedown. Accessed December 11, 2018. "A Japanese citizen, Shimomura was raised in Princeton, New Jersey."</ref>
• Andrew Shue (born 1967), actor and professional soccer player, grew up in northern New Jersey with sister, actress Elisabeth Shue, lives in Princeton<ref>Stetler, Carrie. "Actor Andrew Shue becomes internet mogul with CafeMom" Template:Webarchive, NJ.com, March 24, 2009. Accessed November 29, 2014. "'I'd describe myself now as more of as a social media entrepreneur,' said Shue, 42, who grew up in South Orange and now lives in Princeton."</ref>
• Michael Showalter (born 1970), comedian, actor, writer, and director, born in Princeton, attended Princeton High School<ref>Sirucek, Stefan. "An Interview With Michael Showalter" Template:Webarchive, The Huffington Post, December 18, 2012. Accessed November 29, 2014. "[Q] Your parents were both Ivy League professors and you grew up in Princeton, NJ. How nerdy do you consider yourself on a scale of 1 to Spock? [A] 'Tribble.' Is that an acceptable answer?"</ref>
• Barbara Boggs Sigmund (1939–1990), mayor of Princeton<ref>Staff. "Barbara Boggs Sigmund, Mayor Of Princeton and Ex-Teacher, 51" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, October 11, 1990. Accessed November 29, 2014. "Barbara Boggs Sigmund, the Mayor of Princeton and a member of one of the nation's best-known political families, died of cancer yesterday at her home in Princeton, N.J. She was 51 years old."</ref>
• Peter Singer (born 1946), moral philosopher, bioethicist and Princeton University professor<ref>Bailey, Ronald. "The Pursuit of Happiness, Peter Singer interviewed by Ronald Bailey; Controversial philosopher Peter Singer argues for animal rights, utilitarian ethics, and A Darwinian Left." Template:Webarchive, Reason, December 2000. Accessed November 29, 2014. "Aside from the Manhattan apartment — he asked me not to give the address or describe it as a condition of granting an interview - he and his wife Renata, to whom he has been married for some three decades, have a house in Princeton."</ref>
• Shelley Smith (1952–2023), actress<ref>"'The Associates' suits Shelley Smith" Template:Webarchive, The Paris News, November 9, 1979. Accessed December 12, 2015. "Born in Princeton, N.J., Smith graduated from Connecticut College with a degree in Art History."</ref>
• Tom Snow (born 1947), musician<ref>Biography Template:Webarchive, Tom Snow Music. Accessed November 22, 2014. "Tom was born in 1947, in Princeton, NJ. In 1965 he entered the Berklee College of Music in Boston with the hope of becoming a jazz pianist."</ref>
• Gennady Spirin (born 1948), artist<ref>Norrie, Helen. "Review of The Little Black Hen." Template:Webarchive, CM Magazine, May 21, 2004. Accessed August 29, 2014. "Gennady Spirin, the Moscow born artist who has done the artwork, is an accomplished and celebrated illustrator who now lives in Princeton, New Jersey."</ref>
• Doreen Canaday Spitzer (1914–2010), archaeologist<ref>Doreen Canaday Spitzer Papers, American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Accessed October 19, 2024. "In 1948, they move their growing family at Princeton, where they live the rest of their lives, he as Professor of Astronomy at Princeton University, she raising their four children and devoting herself to a wide variety of volunteer activities."</ref>
• Betsey Stockton (Template:Circa–1865), educator and missionary, manumitted from slavery and later retired to and died in Princeton<ref>African-American Religion; A Historical Interpretation with Representative Documents - Betsey Stockton's Journal Template:Webarchive, Amherst University. Accessed August 29, 2014. "In 1860 the son bought her a house in Princeton, close to the church."</ref>
• John P. Stockton (1826–1900), U.S. senator from New Jersey, lived in Princeton<ref>John P. Stockton Attorney General 1877-1897 Template:Webarchive, Office of the Attorney General of New Jersey. Accessed August 29, 2014. "John P. Stockton was born in Princeton, New Jersey on August 2, 1826."</ref>
• Richard Stockton (1730–1781), signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, lived in and is buried in Princeton<ref>Stockton, Richard Template:Webarchive, Princeton University. Accessed August 29, 2014. "Stockton, Richard 1748 (1730–1781), a member of the first graduating class, and the first alumnus elected a trustee, was born in Princeton of a Quaker family that was among the community's earliest settlers.... His health shattered, his estate pillaged, his fortune depleted, he continued to live in Princeton, an invalid, until his death from cancer on February 28, 1781, in his fifty-first year."</ref>
• Richard Stockton (1764–1828), U.S. senator from New Jersey, lived in Princeton<ref>Stockton Richard (1764 - 1828) Template:Webarchive, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 29, 2014. "born in Princeton, N.J., April 17, 1764"</ref>
• Robert F. Stockton (1795–1866), United States Navy commodore, U.S. Military Governor of California, lived in Princeton<ref>Captain Robert F. Stockton, USN (1795-1866) Template:Webarchive, Naval Historical Center. Accessed August 29, 2014. "Robert Field Stockton was born in Princeton, New Jersey, on 20 August 1795."</ref>
• Janet Sorg Stoltzfus, (1931–2004), educator, who established the Ta'iz Cooperative School, the first non-religious school in north Yemen<ref>Vogt, Ginna. "Janet Sorg Stoltzfus (1931–2004)" Template:Webarchive, The British-Yemeni Society. Accessed October 23, 2022. "When Bill retired from the foreign service in 1976, the Stoltzfuses moved to Princeton, New Jersey, where Janet taught English and Religion at the local independent school."</ref>
• Robert Stone (born 1958, class of 1976), director and documentary filmmaker<ref>Mroz, Jacqueline. "Sundance Honor for Film of Early Save-the-Earth Activists" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, February 13, 2009. Accessed December 10, 2018. "When he was just 11 years old and living in Princeton, Robert Stone borrowed his parents' Super 8 camera and made his first film, about the pollution he saw around him.... After attending Princeton High School, Mr. Stone studied history in college."</ref>
• Jon Tenney (born 1961), actor, born and raised in Princeton<ref>Cerasaro, Ashley J. "Closing the Deal; Jon Tenney, Princeton-born star of TV's The Closer, has a knack for turning small roles into big breaks." Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Monthly, November 14, 2011. Accessed August 29, 2014. "It's probably not a good idea to challenge a writer's vision when auditioning for a part on his television series, but that's exactly what Princeton native Jon Tenney did when he read for the role of Sergeant David Gabriel on TNT's hit drama The Closer."</ref>
• Paul Tulane (1801–1887), benefactor and namesake of Tulane University<ref>Hillier, Jordan. "Vintage Princeton: Paul Tulane" Template:Webarchive, Princeton Magazine. Accessed August 29, 2014. "When Tulane retired in 1857, after operating his business for close to 40 years, he bought the Walter Lowrie House at 83 Stockton Street in Princeton, where he then lived for 20 years until his death."</ref>
• Immanuel Velikovsky (1895–1979), controversial theorist and acquaintance of Albert Einstein<ref>Stevens, Ruth. "Library acquires papers of scientist and author Velikovsky", News at Princeton, July 29, 2005. Accessed August 29, 2014. "He lived first in New York City and later in Princeton."</ref>
• Brandon Wagner (born 1995), professional baseball player<ref>Johnson, Greg. "Hopewell native Brandon Wagner hits walk-off single for Thunder" Template:Webarchive, The Trentonian, July 28, 2018, updated August 25, 2021. Accessed November 10, 2021. "Wagner, who was born in Princeton and attended Immaculata High School in Somerville, said his mom, dad, sister and other relatives attended Saturday's game."</ref>
• Susie Ione Brown Waxwood (1902–2006), clubwoman and YWCA official in Princeton<ref>"Longtime Resident Susie Waxwood Dies at 103" Template:Webarchive, Town Topics, February 8, 2006. Accessed February 13, 2022. "Susie Waxwood, 103, the first African American to serve as executive director of the Princeton YWCA, died January 30 at The Pavilions at Forrestal, an assisted living facility in Plainsboro.... In 1925 she graduated from Howard University with a B.A. in English Literature. She married Howard B. Waxwood Jr. in 1929 and five years later moved to Princeton."</ref>
• Andrew Wiles (born 1953), mathematician who proved Fermat's Last Theorem, Princeton University professor<ref>Kolata, Gina. "A Year Later, Snag Persists In Math Proof" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, June 28, 1994. Accessed August 29, 2014. "Dr. Wiles himself will not talk about his work on the proof. He did not answer telephone messages left at his office or a letter hand-delivered to his home in Princeton."</ref>
• Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924), 28th President of the United States, 13th president of Princeton University, Governor of New Jersey<ref>Princeton's Historic Sites and People, Historical Society of Princeton. Accessed August 29, 2014. "Prospect House and Garden (1851)... Woodrow Wilson occupied the house when he was president of the University between 1902 and 1910.... In addition to Prospect, Woodrow Wilson occupied three houses during his time in Princeton: 72 Library Place, 82 Library Place, and 25 Cleveland Lane."</ref>
• John Witherspoon (1723–1794), signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, president of Princeton University<ref>John Witherspoon, Princeton University. Accessed August 29, 2014.</ref>
• Edward Witten (born 1951), mathematician and physicist, fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study<ref>Chau, Ethan. "The Life, Times, and Work of Edward Witten", Prezi, May 9, 2013. Accessed October 18, 2015. "Witten currently lives in Princeton, New Jersey, with his wife, Chiara Nappi, another physicist at Princeton University."</ref>
• Richard L. Wright (born 1943), political leader who held a number of positions at both the state and national level<ref>Dao, James. "Homecoming; The Bill Bradley Campaign as a Celebration and Affirmation of the Garden State", The New York Times, October 24, 1999. Accessed October 18, 2015. "Richard Wright, 56, the national finance director, met Mr. Bradley at Princeton, where they played together on the basketball team.... A Princeton resident, he is a lawyer who ran an energy company before joining the campaign."</ref>
• Sarah Zelenka (born 1987), rower at the 2012 Summer Olympics<ref>Sarah Zelenka Template:Webarchive, USRowing. Accessed August 29, 2014. "Current Residence: Princeton, N.J."</ref>
• Vladimir K. Zworykin (1888–1982), Russian-American engineer, inventor and television pioneer<ref>Thomas Jr., Robert McG. "Vladimir Zworykin, Television Pioneer, Dies At 92", The New York Times, August 1, 1982. Accessed July 30, 2013. "Dr. Vladimir Kosma Zworykin, a Russian-born scientist whose achievements were pivotal to the development of television, died Thursday at the Princeton (N.J.) Medical Center. He was 92 years old and lived in Princeton."</ref>

Princeton in popular culture

Film

Princeton was the setting of the Academy Award-winning A Beautiful Mind about the schizophrenic mathematician John Nash. It was largely filmed in central New Jersey, including some Princeton locations. However, many scenes of "Princeton" were actually filmed at Fordham University's Rose Hill campus in the Bronx.Template:Citation needed

The 1994 film I.Q., featuring Meg Ryan, Tim Robbins, and Walter Matthau as Albert Einstein, was also set in Princeton and was filmed in the area. It includes some geographic stretches, including Matthau looking through a telescope from the roof of "Princeton Hospital" to see Ryan and Robbins' characters kissing on the Princeton Battlefield.<ref>Longsdorf, Amy. "Picking Princeton As Setting For I.Q. Was A No-brainer", The Morning Call, December 24, 1994. Accessed August 29, 2014. "You don't have to be a genius to figure out why Princeton was selected to be the setting for "I.Q.," a romantic comedy about the efforts of Albert Einstein (Walter Matthau) to nudge his niece (Meg Ryan) into the arms of a neighborhood mechanic (Tim Robbins)."</ref>

Historical films which used Princeton as a setting but were not filmed there include Wilson, a 1944 biographical film about Woodrow Wilson.

In his 1989 independent feature film Stage Fright, independent filmmaker Brad Mays shot a drama class scene in the Princeton High School auditorium, using PHS students as extras. On October 18, 2013, Mays' feature documentary I Grew Up in Princeton had its premiere showing at Princeton High School. The film, described in one Princeton newspaper as a "deeply personal 'coming-of-age story' that yields perspective on the role of perception in a town that was split racially, economically and sociologically",<ref>Arntzenius, Linda. "PHS Grad, Filmmaker Back in Town For Premier of Princeton Documentary", Town Topics. Accessed November 22, 2014.</ref> is a portrayal of life in the venerable university town during the tumultuous period of the late sixties through the early seventies.

Scenes from the beginning of Across the Universe (2007) were filmed on the Princeton University campus.

Parts of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen were filmed in Princeton. Megan Fox and Shia LaBeouf were filming on Princeton University campus for two days during the summer of 2008.

Scenes from the 2008 movie The Happening were filmed in Princeton.

TV and radio

The 1938 Orson Welles radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds, is set partly in nearby Grover's Mill, and includes a fictional professor from Princeton University as a main character, but the action never moves directly into Princeton.

The 1980 television miniseries Oppenheimer is partly set in Princeton.

George Lucas's Young Indiana Jones television series, a spin-off of the Indiana Jones film franchise, showcases Princeton in three episodes. Princeton is the hometown of the main character, archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones, whose father, Henry Jones, Sr. is a university professor. Princeton features prominently in the episodes "Spring Break Adventure" and "Winds of Change," though the Princeton scenes were actually filmed in Wilmington and Durham, North Carolina.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The TV show House was set in Princeton, at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital, and establishing shots for the hospital display the Frist Campus Center of Princeton University. The actual University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro opened on May 22, 2012, exactly one day after the finale of House aired.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Literature

F. Scott Fitzgerald's literary debut, This Side of Paradise, is a loosely autobiographical story of his years at Princeton University.

Princeton University's Creative Writing program includes several nationally and internationally prominent writers, making the community a hub of contemporary literature.

Many of Richard Ford's novels are set in Haddam, New Jersey, a fictionalized Princeton.<ref name=Haddam/>

Joyce Carol Oates' 2004 novel Take Me, Take Me With You (written pseudonymously as Lauren Kelly) is set in Princeton.<ref>Altmann, Jennifer Greenstein. "Oates chooses fresh identity but familiar setting for novel", Princeton Weekly Bulletin, October 11, 2004. Accessed August 29, 2014. "Princeton is the setting for the novel Take Me, Take Me With You (Ecco) published under the name Lauren Kelly, who is described on the book jacket as 'the pseudonym of a bestselling and award-winning author.'"</ref>

New Jersey author Judy Blume set her novel Superfudge in Princeton.<ref>Superfudge by Judy Blume, Scholastic. Accessed August 29, 2014. "Well, Peter soon finds out that his mom is pregnant and the family is going to move to Princeton, New Jersey."</ref>

Music

All of the members of Blues Traveler, as well as Chris Barron, lead singer of the Spin Doctors, are from Princeton and were high school friends.<ref>Rein, Richard K. "How John Popper and Blues Traveler blew their way to stardom", Community News, May 31, 2016. Accessed June 25, 2020.</ref>

Points of interest

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Kingston Mill Historic District on the Millstone River

Churches

• Nassau Christian Center
• Nassau Presbyterian Church
• Princeton United Methodist Church
• Princeton University Chapel
• St Paul's Roman Catholic Church
• Stone Hill Church of Princeton
• Stony Brook Meeting House and Cemetery
• Trinity Church, Princeton
• Princeton Seventh-Day Adventist Church

Educational institutions

• Institute for Advanced Study and Institute Woods
• Princeton Theological Seminary
• Princeton University

Museums

• Morven
• Princeton University Art Museum

Historic sites

• Albert Einstein House, located at 112 Mercer Street, was the home of Albert Einstein from 1936 until his death in 1955.<ref>Albert Einstein House, Princeton, NJ Template:Webarchive, National Register of Historic Places. Accessed May 17, 2015. "In 1936 he purchased 112 Mercer Street. The house remained his home until his death in 1955."</ref>
• Drumthwacket, the official residence of the governor of New Jersey, is one of only four official governor's residences in the country that is not located within its state capital.<ref>The History of Drumthwacket Template:Webarchive, Drumthwacket Foundation. Accessed May 17, 2015.</ref>
• Jasna Polana
• Jugtown Historic District is a cluster of historic buildings around the intersection of Harrison and Nassau Street that dates to colonial times.<ref>Historic Preservation in Princeton Borough Template:Webarchive, Princeton. Accessed May 17, 2015.</ref>
• King's Highway Historic District
• Kingston Mill Historic District
• Maybury Hill is the boyhood home of Joseph Hewes, who later moved to North Carolina and was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence for that state.<ref>Template:NHLS url, National Park Service. Accessed May 17, 2015.</ref>
• Mountain Avenue Historic District
• Nassau Club
• Nassau Hall
• Nassau Inn
• Princeton Battlefield State Park
• Princeton Battle Monument
• Princeton Cemetery
• Princeton Historic District
• Princeton Ice Company
• Tusculum
• Updike Farmstead
• The Washington Oak
• Westland Mansion
• Witherspoon Street School for Colored Children

Parks

• The Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park including the Template:Convert Turning Basin Park and miles of level biking/hiking trails along its towpath<ref>Turning Basin Park, Princeton. Accessed April 21, 2023. "Turning Basin is located off Alexander Street on the southern edge of Princeton on approximately 9 acres."</ref>
• Herrontown Woods Arboretum
• Lake Carnegie
• Marquand Park
• Mountain Lakes Preserve
• Palmer Square
• Princeton Battlefield State Park
• Small "pocket parks" in the downtown area:
  • Barbara Boggs Sigmund Garden - Hamilton Avenue at Chestnut Strett
  • David Bradford Park - 53 Pine Strett
  • Harrison Street Park - at Nassau and Harrison Street
  • Mary Moss Park - John Street
  • Potts Park - 1 Erdman Avenue

Restaurants

• Elements
• Peacock Inn
• Whole Earth Center

Local media

• Princeton Packet
• Princeton Town Topics
• Planet Princeton<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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See also

• USS Princeton, 6 ships

Sources

• Clark, Ronald W. (1971). Einstein: The Life and Times. Template:ISBN.
• Gambee, Robert (1987). Princeton. Template:ISBN.

External links

• Template:Official website
• Princeton Regional Convention and Visitors Bureau
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