#1Politics & Law
Kellyanne Conway
born 1967Senior Counselor to the President of the United States from 2017 to 2020
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Famous people · Camden
Of the 56 famous people born in Camden, an unusual share are musicians
Kellyanne Conway leads the list, covered in 39 languages. Second and third on the list are Phil Zimmermann and Jordan Burroughs. 27 of them were born between 1920 and 1969, more than in any other period. The list comes to 7.8 for every 10,000 residents, against 0.5 in the typical town in New Jersey.
Born here
56
notable people
Best known
Kellyanne Conway
in 39 Wikipedia languages
First
1858
Howard Atwood Kelly
Youngest
2004
Rasheer Fleming
Most common field
Sports
17 people
What stands out about Camden’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Camden is known for
Compared with the usual town, musicians are the most over-represented field, at 3.3 times.
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 Camden’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1960s, with 7 people born in that decade.
SportsMusicWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StagePolitics & LawScience & MedicineFaithNotableMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Camden
Kellyanne Conway, Phil Zimmermann and Jordan Burroughs are written about in 39, 27 and 23 languages.
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#2Science & Medicine
Phil Zimmermann
born 1954Creator of Pretty Good Privacy
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#3Everyone
Everyone else born in Camden
Still to come: 53 more, from 1858 to 2004.
Frank De Martini
1952–2001American architect known for heroic acts in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001
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Lucy Taxis Shoe Meritt
1906–2003American classical archaeologist and scholar of Greek architectural ornamentation and mouldings
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Camden 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 (24)
- Kellyanne Conway: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Phil Zimmermann: User Matt Crypto on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jordan Burroughs: Meghdad Madadi, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lola Falana: CBS Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Buddy DeFranco: William P. Gottlieb, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Buddy Rogers: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Florence Scovel Shinn: not stated, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Howard Atwood Kelly: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Buster Williams: this guy, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lindley Miller Garrison: Emil Fuchs, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bonnie Watson Coleman: United States Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Russ Columbo: Freulich, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tasha Smith: wbls1075nyc, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Knecht: Eric Koch for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, Wikimedia Commons
- George Murry: Tim Evanson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mickalene Thomas: Bangabandhu, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rob Andrews: Online Guide to House Members and Senators, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Augustus Zimmerman: Van Norman, Springfield, Mass., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dajuan Wagner: Bryan Horowitz, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph R. Grundy: Underwood & Underwood, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Milton Wagner: Duke Chronicle, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Noam Chomsky: Augusto Starita / Ministerio de Cultura de la Nación, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard V. Allen: White House Photo Collection Galleries / Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Edward Barton: CBS Uploaded by We hope at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons