#1Film, TV & Stage
John Owen Brennan
born 1955Director of the Central Intelligence Agency from 2013 to 2017
32 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Famous people · North Bergen Township
12 famous people come from North Bergen Township, John Owen Brennan the best known
Best known of all is John Owen Brennan, written about in 32 languages. Behind the leader come 070 Shake and Bill Raisch. The largest group, 6, was born between 1920 and 1969. The list runs from Jesse Pike, born in 1890, to 070 Shake, born in 1997.
Born here
12
notable people
Best known
John Owen Brennan
in 32 Wikipedia languages
First
1890
Jesse Pike
Youngest
1997
070 Shake
Most common field
Sports
6 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about North Bergen Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When North Bergen Township’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1950s than in any other ten years, 3 in all.
SportsWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in North Bergen Township
Counted by languages, John Owen Brennan is ahead of 070 Shake and Bill Raisch: 32, 14 and 10.
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What North Bergen Township is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as writers and artists, at 2.5 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 North Bergen Township
9 more, 6 of them athletes.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called North Bergen Township home
Born elsewhere, Nicholas Sacco lived here.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Jersey City lists the most people: 45.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is North Bergen Township 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 (14)
- John Owen Brennan: U.S Government employee, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- 070 Shake: Acostcruz, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Raisch: ABC Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jesse Pike: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Mocco: GOhioCasts, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fred Orlofsky: Associated Press, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rebecca Moses: Maxfesta, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nicholas Sacco: Luigi Novi, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nancy Sinatra: Reprise Records, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter Hendl: Beth Maxwell Boyle, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Iacono: BUZZNET, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marc Rizzo: Festival Eurockéennes, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Barbara Corcoran: Philip Romano, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Lema: Bchelnit, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons