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Writing & Arts
George R. R. Martin
born 1948American writer and television producer
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Famous people · Bayonne
George R. R. Martin leads the 60 famous people born in Bayonne
The American writer and television producer George R. R. Martin is written about in 113 languages. The list has 2.7 times the usual share of performers, 15 in all. Most were born between 1920 and 1969: 36 of them. Only 2 towns in New Jersey list more.
Born here
60
notable people
Best known
George R. R. Martin
in 113 Wikipedia languages
First
1881
Bert Daly
Youngest
1993
Arielle Holmes
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
15 people
What stands out about Bayonne’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Bayonne
Two of the three are writers and artists.
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What Bayonne is known for
Set against the usual town, performers come out 2.7 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Bayonne’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1940s, at 10.
Film, TV & StageSportsWriting & ArtsMusicPolitics & LawNotableScience & MedicineMilitaryBusiness
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Bayonne
57 more, best known first.
Herman Kahn
1922–1983American futurist noted for his views on nature of thermonuclear war
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Mary Richardson Kennedy
1959–2012American interior designer, architect, and philanthropist
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Bayonne 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 (20)
- Sandra Dee: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Lakoff: Mikethelinguist, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian Keith: Allied Artists, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Barney Frank: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Herman Kahn: O'Halloran, Thomas J., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clem Burke: shiver_shi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dick Savitt: Joop van Bilsen for Anefo Anefo, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Victor J. Stenger: Vicstenger, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Laura Tyson: World Economic Forum from Cologny, Switzerland, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sally O'Neil: Hal Phyfe, photographer (Fox Film Corporation), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Urbaniak: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Halsey Best: Most probably it is a work of a U.S. military or Department of Defense employee, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Bernie: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Molly O'Day: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gary Lachman: Jean-Luc, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Uslan: Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lana Del Rey: Mike Monaghan from Seattle, United States, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nancy Sinatra: Reprise Records, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Whitney Houston: PH2 Mark Kettenhofen, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nicholas Murray Butler: Auguste Léon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons