SD#1
Film, TV & Stage
Steven S. DeKnight
born 1965American television screenwriter, producer, and director
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Famous people · Millville
14 famous people were born in Millville, most of them in the age of mills and railroads
Best known of all is Steven S. DeKnight, written about in 21 languages. Logan Pearsall Smith is second and Anne Waldman third. The list runs from William A. McKeighan, born in 1842, to Dwayne Hendricks, born in 1986. For every 10,000 residents there are 5.1 on the list, well above the typical New Jersey town’s 0.5.
Born here
14
notable people
Best known
Steven S. DeKnight
in 21 Wikipedia languages
First
1842
William A. McKeighan
Youngest
1986
Dwayne Hendricks
Most common field
Sports
5 people
The best known
Born in Millville
Steven S. DeKnight has articles in 21 languages, Logan Pearsall Smith in 20 and Anne Waldman in 18.
#2Writing & Arts
Logan Pearsall Smith
1865–1946British American-born writer
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#3Through the years
When Millville’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1890s, with 4 births.
SportsWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StagePolitics & LawScience & MedicineMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Millville is known for
Compared with the usual town, writers and artists are the most over-represented field, at 2.1 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Millville
11 more names, born between 1842 and 1986.
William A. McKeighan
1842–1895Member of the United States House of Representatives from Nebraska
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B. Russell Murphy
1889–1957American football coach, basketball player and coach, track coach, college athletics administrator
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Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Vineland, at 20.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Millville 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)
- Logan Pearsall Smith: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Anne Waldman: Onehandclapping, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leon Henderson: Alfred T. Palmer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Romanik: Bowman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William A. McKeighan: "Lincoln Evening Call" (Lincoln, NE)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Kennedy Brandriff: Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Isiah Pacheco: White House, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons