#1Famous people · Clifton
27 famous people were born in Clifton, more of them performers than in most towns
Most widely known is Vera Farmiga, the American actress, with articles in 73 languages. Matt Miazga is second and Sofia Black-D'Elia third. More than half were born between 1920 and 1969, 15 in all. For every 10,000 residents there are 3 on the list, well above the typical New Jersey town’s 0.5.
Born here
27
notable people
Best known
Vera Farmiga
in 73 Wikipedia languages
First
1908
George Barna
Youngest
2002
Jazlyn Oviedo
Most common field
Sports
16 people
What stands out about Clifton’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Clifton
Vera Farmiga leads with articles in 73 languages, ahead of Matt Miazga (29) and Sofia Black-D'Elia (19).
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Through the years
When Clifton’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1960s, at 7.
SportsFilm, TV & StageNotablePolitics & LawBusinessMilitaryScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Clifton is known for
Clifton has 2× the usual share of performers.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Clifton
Another 24, 15 of them athletes.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Passaic counts 58 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
ZSPassaicZoe Saldaña & 57 moreFRPatersonFrederick Reines & 52 more
Montclair TownshipJoshua Lederberg & 40 more
Nutley TownshipRobert Blake & 19 moreGHGarfieldGordon Hollingshead & 16 more
RutherfordWilliam Carlos Williams & 15 moreDHWoodland ParkDarius Hamilton & 1 moreRSLittle Falls TownshipRobert Crooks Stanley
Montclair TownshipJoshua Lederberg & 40 moreNutley TownshipRobert Blake & 19 moreGHGarfieldGordon Hollingshead & 16 moreRutherfordWilliam Carlos Williams & 15 moreDHWoodland ParkDarius Hamilton & 1 moreRSLittle Falls TownshipRobert Crooks StanleyFrom Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Clifton 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 (11)
- Vera Farmiga: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Miazga: Hayden Schiff from Cincinnati, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jonathan Borrajo: Jborrajo, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Feikens: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dariusz Bladek: Cmm3, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John E. Murray: Russell Roederer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Godwin: Russell F. Roederer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ron Plaza: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joshua Lederberg: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Blake: ABC Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Carlos Williams: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons