6 famous people call Harrington Park their birthplace
Most widely known is Jimmy Lydon, the actor and television producer, with articles in 11 languages. Close behind are Jon Rudnitsky and Gregory Jacobs. 3 of them were born since 1970. Per head, the list is long: 12.1 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in New Jersey has 0.5.
What stands out about Harrington Park’s famous people
When Harrington Park’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1980s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Born in Harrington Park
Jimmy Lydon has articles in 11 languages, Jon Rudnitsky in 11 and Gregory Jacobs in 10.
#2
#3Gregory Jacobs
born 1968American film director and producer
What Harrington Park is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is performers, at 5.3 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone else born in Harrington Park
Another 3, the earliest born in 1942.

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Also called Harrington Park home
One more notable person made the town home: Angela Santomero.

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Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Emerson, with 3.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Harrington Park 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 (6)
- Jon Rudnitsky: Lisa Gansky from New York, NY, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gregory Jacobs: Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Justin Minaya: Gamecock Central, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Angela Santomero: Pedro Heshike for Galaxy Con, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sophia Hennion Eckerson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dan Fogelman: Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

