#1Famous people · Metuchen
David Copperfield tops a list of 9 famous people born in Metuchen
Articles in 76 languages make the American illusionist David Copperfield the best known. The largest group, 4, was born between 1920 and 1969. Born in 1824, Thomas Mundy Peterson is the first name on record, and Marqus Blakely, born in 1988, the most recent. 3 of them were born since 1970.
Born here
9
notable people
Best known
David Copperfield
in 76 Wikipedia languages
First
1824
Thomas Mundy Peterson
Youngest
1988
Marqus Blakely
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
2 people
What stands out about Metuchen’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Metuchen
The three are covered in 76, 11 and 10 languages: David Copperfield, Tom Ruegger and James R. Arnold.
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#2Film, TV & Stage
Tom Ruegger
born 1954American producer, writer, director
11 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Through the years
When Metuchen’s famous people were born
The 1950s alone account for 3 of the births charted here.
Film, TV & StageSportsScience & MedicineNotablePolitics & LawMusicWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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What Metuchen is known for
The field with the most names is Film, TV & Stage: 2.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Metuchen 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)
- David Copperfield: Homer Liwag, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Ruegger: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James R. Arnold: User:Kcrca, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marqus Blakely: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4LllyYvlxdtkN9mpdEMWAg, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kristen Edmonds: Jamie Smed from Cincinnati, Ohio, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Mundy Peterson: Adam Cuerden, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Waldman: R4dioheaded, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons