#1Dunellen’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.
Born in Dunellen
Athletes take two of the three places.
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#2Randolph Perkins
1871–1936Member of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey
What Dunellen is known for
Share of Dunellen’s famous people in each field.
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Also called Dunellen home
One more notable person made the town home: Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone.
Who’s the most famous person from Dunellen?
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Famous people from the towns next door
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.
Photo credits (5)
- Matt Nagy: Adam Schultz, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Randolph Perkins: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Evans: Steve Schapiro, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lisa Marie: Gore De Vol, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Mohler: myuzeme, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons


