#1Famous people · Hillsborough Township
7 famous people were born in Hillsborough Township from 1791 to 1990
Articles in 8 languages make the American politician Peter Dumont Vroom the best known. Shawn Mayer is second and Yannick Smith third. More than half were born since 1970, 5 in all. Per head, the list is long: 1.6 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in New Jersey has 0.5.
Born here
7
notable people
Best known
Peter Dumont Vroom
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1791
Peter Dumont Vroom
Youngest
1990
Yannick Smith
Most common field
Sports
3 people
What stands out about Hillsborough Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Hillsborough Township’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1790s, with 2 people born in that decade.
SportsPolitics & LawFaithFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Hillsborough Township
Athletes take two of the three places.
#1SM#2
YS#3
Known for
What Hillsborough Township is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 3.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Hillsborough Township
Still to come: 4 more, from 1797 to 1982.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Bridgewater Township leads the towns around it, with 9 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Hillsborough Township 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 (7)
- Peter Dumont Vroom: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Abraham Hoagland: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Casey Murphy: Hameltion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick T. Frelinghuysen: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Theodore Frelinghuysen: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jonathan Jennings: James Forbes, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cheryl Chase: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons