
10 famous people were born within 35 miles of Forsgate
Closest of all is Sydney Schneider, from Dayton, 3 mi away. Tim Howard is the most widely known, written about in 58 languages. Not one famous person on record comes from Forsgate yet. 436 of the towns in New Jersey list at least one person.
What stands out about Forsgate’s famous people
Famous people born near Forsgate
The 10 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.




Brian Selznick
born 1966American writer and illustrator


Ricardo Romero
born 1978American martial artist
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Forsgate and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Nearby people are those born in a town within 35 miles; distances are town center to town center. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (6)
- Tim Howard: UKinUSA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Bynum: Bynum_In_Philly.jpg: Zwannah Dukuly derivative work: Bagumba, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mr. Lawrence: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian Selznick: Avery Jensen, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sydney Schneider: Dianaatflourish, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nick Williams: Thomson200, CC0, Wikimedia Commons