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Photo: Jared Kofsky/Placenj.com · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Carteret
3 famous people were born in Carteret
The best known is the American basketball player Keith Hughes, with articles in 6 languages. Joseph Sirola, the American actor and producer, comes second, with Joseph A. Cafasso third. Born in 1929, Joseph Sirola is the first name on record, and Keith Hughes, born in 1968, the most recent. The list comes to 1.2 for every 10,000 residents, against 0.5 in the typical town in New Jersey.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Keith Hughes
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1929
Joseph Sirola
Youngest
1968
Keith Hughes
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Carteret
Keith Hughes, Joseph Sirola and Joseph A. Cafasso are written about in 6, 3 and 1 languages.
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What Carteret is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 1.
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The neighbour with the most names is New York City, at 99.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Carteret 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 (3)
- Lana Del Rey: Mike Monaghan from Seattle, United States, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Bloomfield: Charles Willson Peale, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eric LeGrand: Gianni Spradley, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons