#1Music
Whitney Houston
1963–2012American singer, actress, and film producer
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Famous people · Newark
36 famous people were born in Newark, more of them musicians than in most towns
Whitney Houston leads the list, covered in 137 languages. Between 1920 and 1969, 26 were born, the most of any period. The list runs from Aaron Burr, born in 1756, to Chiaka Ogbogu, born in 1995. 7 of them were born since 1970.
Born here
36
notable people
Best known
Whitney Houston
in 137 Wikipedia languages
First
1756
Aaron Burr
Youngest
1995
Chiaka Ogbogu
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
12 people
Also called it home
9
notable residents
What stands out about Newark’s famous people
Known worldwideWhitney Houston has a Wikipedia article in 137 languages.A town of musiciansMusicians make up 11 of the 36, 5.6 times the usual share.Still making namesBirths since 1950 number 17, the most recent in 1995.A chosen home9 more notable people chose to live in Newark, including Treena Livingston Arinzeh.
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Newark
Two of the three are writers and artists.
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What Newark is known for
Set against the usual town, musicians come out 5.6 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Newark’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1950s, at 8.
Film, TV & StageMusicWriting & ArtsSportsPolitics & LawScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Newark
A further 33 follow, born between 1756 and 1995.
Aaron Burr
1756–1836Vice president of the United States from 1801 to 1805, lived
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Chris Christie
born 196255th Governor of New Jersey and former U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey
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No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Newark home
9 notable people born elsewhere made the town home, Treena Livingston Arinzeh the best known.
The town’s pick
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to East Orange, with 45.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Newark 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 (13)
- Whitney Houston: PH2 Mark Kettenhofen, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Allen Ginsberg: Hans van Dijk for Anefo, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Philip Roth: Nancy Crampton, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jerry Lewis: According to Bonhams, the reverse side was stamped with "Paramount Photo by Bud Fraker". According to mptvimages.com, Fraker was born in 1916, died in 2002, and worked as Director of Still Photography at Columbia and later Paramount., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Shaquille O'Neal: MarkScottAustinTX, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Aaron Burr: John Vanderlyn, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Pesci: yausser, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian De Palma: jon rubin, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Thaler: Chatham House, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Iero: JonRHanna, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nicholas Murray Butler: Auguste Léon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dean Malenko: REW ( Revolution Eastern Wrestling), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ray Toro: Ollip182, CC0, Wikimedia Commons