#1Famous people · Colonia
4 famous people were born in Colonia
The best known is the American singer-songwriter John Gorka, with articles in 7 languages. Zack Rosen, the American basketball player, comes second, with Bret Schundler third. For every 10,000 residents there are 2.2 on the list, well above the typical New Jersey town’s 0.5. Born in 1950, Glen Mason is the first name on record, and Zack Rosen, born in 1989, the most recent.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
John Gorka
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1950
Glen Mason
Youngest
1989
Zack Rosen
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Colonia
John Gorka, Zack Rosen and Bret Schundler are written about in 7, 5 and 2 languages.
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Politics & Law
Bret Schundler
born 1959Mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey
2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Colonia’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1950s than in any other ten years, 3 in all.
SportsMusicPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Colonia is known for
Athletes are the most numerous, 2 of them.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Colonia
1 more, best known first.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Rahway, at 29.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Colonia 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 (7)
- John Gorka: Skip Billian User:Plainfolk, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Zack Rosen: Ben Stanfield, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Glen Mason: Bobak Ha'Eri, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Smith: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Vallely: J-Ros at Dutch Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Bloomfield: Charles Willson Peale, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eric LeGrand: Gianni Spradley, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons