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Photo: Infrogmation of New Orleans · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · River Ridge
A single famous person was born in River Ridge: Jonathan Wells
Jonathan Wells, the American football player, was born in 1979. 3 languages have an article about them. Of the bordering towns, Metairie has the longest list: 33, with Ellen DeGeneres at the top. The longest list of any town in Louisiana belongs to Lake Charles, with 67.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Jonathan Wells
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1979
Jonathan Wells
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in River Ridge
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is River Ridge and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
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- Ellen DeGeneres: Toglenn, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons