Ledgewood has no famous person on record yet
Flanders’ list, next door, has 3 names, John Wurts first among them. In all of New Jersey, the famous people on record come from 434 towns. The longest list in New Jersey is Hackensack’s, with 62 names. After Hackensack, the next longest list in New Jersey is Summit’s, with 61.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Ledgewood), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Ledgewood has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Ledgewood
3 towns around it have someone on record.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Ledgewood 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)
- John Wurts: credit given: "From the web site of the Delaware and Hudson Virtual Museum, http://www.trainweb.org/dhvm/.", Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Elmer Salmon: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cortlandt Van Rensselaer Schuyler: U.S. Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons