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Famous people · Dunellen

Dunellen’s famous people span 107 years: 3 births from 1871 to 1978

Matt Nagy, the American football coach and player, is the most widely known, written about in 8 languages. Second and third on the list are Randolph Perkins and Bob Maier. Of the bordering towns, Plainfield has the longest list: 37, with Bill Evans at the top. Per head, the list is long: 3.8 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in New Jersey has 0.5.

#1 best knownMatt NagySports · born 1978
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Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Matt Nagy
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1871
Randolph Perkins
Youngest
1978
Matt Nagy
Most common field
Sports
2 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
The best known

Born in Dunellen

Athletes take two of the three places.

Matt Nagy#1
Sports

Matt Nagy

born 1978

American football coach and player

8 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Randolph Perkins#2
Politics & Law

Randolph Perkins

1871–1936

Member of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey

6 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
BM#3
Sports

Bob Maier

1915–1993

American baseball player

2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
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What Dunellen is known for

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A chosen home

Also called Dunellen home

One more notable person made the town home: Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone.

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Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone

born 1999

American hurdler and sprinter

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Around it, Plainfield has the most people on record, 37 of them.

From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Dunellen 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.

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