Cologne has yet to put a famous person on the list
436 towns across New Jersey can name a famous person born there. No town in New Jersey lists more than Hackensack, with 62. Summit has the second-longest list in New Jersey, after Hackensack, with 61.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Cologne), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Cologne has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cologne 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.