Famous people · Longport
Born near Longport: 17 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is B. J. Callaghan, from Ventnor City, 3 mi away. Gregory Goodwin Pincus is the most widely known, written about in 28 languages. Across the town line, Ocean City lists 10, Keith Andes first. Of the famous people on record, none was born in Longport.
Born nearby
17
within 35 miles
Closest
16 mi
Gregory Goodwin Pincus
Best known
Gregory Goodwin Pincus
in 28 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Longport’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Longport
The 17 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Rodney Jerkins
born 1977American record producer and rapper
Robert Ettinger
1918–2011American academic, trans humanist and cryonics proponent
Norman Joseph Woodland
1921–2012Inventor of the barcode
Jacob Lawrence
1917–2000African American painter and art professor
Frank Morgenweck
1875–1941American basketball player, coach and team owner
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Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Ocean City has the most on record, with 10.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Longport 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 (7)
- Gregory Goodwin Pincus: ACME, dedicated to Bettmann Archive, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Keith Andes: NBC Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Allan Kaprow: Dictioneer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter Erskine: Hreinn Gudlaugsson, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rodney Jerkins: Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gay Talese: David Shankbone, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacob Lawrence: Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons