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Science & Medicine
Robert Ettinger
1918–2011American academic, trans humanist and cryonics proponent
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Famous people · Atlantic City
Scientists and doctors stand out among the 52 famous people born in Atlantic City
Robert Ettinger leads the list, covered in 23 languages. Second and third on the list are Allan Kaprow and Benjamin Burnley. The largest group, 33, was born between 1920 and 1969. The list runs from Larry Conover, born in 1894, to Frank Turner, born in 1988.
Born here
52
notable people
Best known
Robert Ettinger
in 23 Wikipedia languages
First
1894
Larry Conover
Youngest
1988
Frank Turner
Most common field
Sports
13 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Atlantic City’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Atlantic City is known for
Set against the usual town, scientists and doctors come out 3.2 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Atlantic City
Languages with an article: 23 for Robert Ettinger, 22 for Allan Kaprow, 22 for Benjamin Burnley.
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Through the years
When Atlantic City’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1940s, at 12.
SportsScience & MedicineMusicPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Atlantic City
Still to come: 49 more, from 1894 to 1988.
Chris A. Brown
born 1964American politician (New Jersey General Assembly, 2nd district)
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Jack Collins
born 1943American college basketball coach, educator, lawyer, and politician
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A chosen home
Also called Atlantic City home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Atlantic City, though born elsewhere.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Pleasantville counts 5 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Atlantic City 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 (10)
- Allan Kaprow: Dictioneer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacob Lawrence: Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Hillman: George Quasha, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harvey Mason: Harvey_Mason_2004.JPG: Meutia Chaerani / Indradi Soemardjan http://www.indrani.net derivative work: Haltiamieli, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Sidney Drell: National Science Foundation, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bruce Seldon: Cocoruff Robert Brizel, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Helen Forrest: CBS Fashions. The radio show Forrest was a regular on aired on CBS. It seems that CBS was using its radio programs and talent for promoting items of clothing, but it's not known if the network was the seller of them or if the promotions were done fo…, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rodney Jerkins: Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nessa Barrett: Vg283, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cleon Throckmorton: National Photo Company Collection, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons