#1Famous people · Fanwood
The 4 famous people born in Fanwood, led by Derrick Caracter
The best known is the American basketball player Derrick Caracter, with articles in 12 languages. Robert T. Stevens and Edith Ajello follow. Born in 1899, Robert T. Stevens is the first name on record, and Derrick Caracter, born in 1988, the most recent. The list comes to 5.1 for every 10,000 residents, against 0.5 in the typical town in New Jersey.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Derrick Caracter
in 12 Wikipedia languages
First
1899
Robert T. Stevens
Youngest
1988
Derrick Caracter
Most common field
Sports
1 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
The best known
Born in Fanwood
Counted by languages, Derrick Caracter is ahead of Robert T. Stevens and Edith Ajello: 12, 6 and 4.
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Robert T. Stevens
1899–1983United States Secretary of the Army
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EA#3
Through the years
When Fanwood’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1980s, with 1 people born in that decade.
SportsBusinessPolitics & LawScience & Medicine
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What Fanwood is known for
Share of Fanwood’s famous people in each field.
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A chosen home
Also called Fanwood home
One more notable person made the town home: Linda Stender.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Fanwood 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 (3)
- Derrick Caracter: Bridget Samuels, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert T. Stevens: Thomas Edgar Stephens, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas W. Osborn: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons