#1Famous people · Alpine
The 4 famous people born in Alpine, led by Harold Lamb
Articles in 17 languages make the American historian and novelist Harold Lamb the best known. Robbie E is second and Suzanne L. Topalian third. Born in 1892, Harold Lamb is the first name on record, and Robbie E, born in 1983, the most recent. No town in New Jersey lists more than Hackensack, with 62.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Harold Lamb
in 17 Wikipedia languages
First
1892
Harold Lamb
Youngest
1983
Robbie E
Most common field
Writing & Arts
2 people
Also called it home
3
notable residents
What stands out about Alpine’s famous people
The best known
Born in Alpine
Harold Lamb, Robbie E and Suzanne L. Topalian are written about in 17, 13 and 3 languages.
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Through the years
When Alpine’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1890s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
Writing & ArtsSportsScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Alpine is known for
Writing & Arts leads the fields, with 2 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Alpine
1 more, best known first.
A chosen home
Also called Alpine home
3 notable people born elsewhere made the town home, George T. Conway III the best known.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Yonkers counts 40 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Alpine and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (6)
- Harold Lamb: Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robbie E: Diva Insider, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George T. Conway III: The Circus on SHOWTIME, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jon Voight: Toglenn, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carlotta Joaquina Maury: Lois Arnold (2009), The Education and Career of Carlotta J. Maury: Part 1., Earth Sciences History 28.2 (2009): 219-244, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gary Wright: Dr Jean Fortunet, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons