SP#1
Film, TV & Stage
Shep Pettibone
born 1959American record producer, songwriter, DJ
11 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Famous people · Ocean Grove
3 famous people call Ocean Grove their birthplace
Shep Pettibone leads the list, covered in 11 languages. The American military officer William Henry Harrison Morris Jr. ranks second, ahead of Richard R. Stout. The first birth on record is William Henry Harrison Morris Jr.’s, in 1890, and the last Shep Pettibone’s, in 1959. Per head, the list is long: 9.7 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in New Jersey has 0.5.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Shep Pettibone
in 11 Wikipedia languages
First
1890
William Henry Harrison Morris Jr.
Youngest
1959
Shep Pettibone
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
1 people
The best known
Born in Ocean Grove
Shep Pettibone leads with articles in 11 languages, ahead of William Henry Harrison Morris Jr. (5) and Richard R. Stout (3).
#2Military
William Henry Harrison Morris Jr.
1890–1971American military officer
5 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
RS#3
Known for
What Ocean Grove is known for
Performers are the most numerous, 1 of them.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Ocean Grove 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 (4)
- William Henry Harrison Morris Jr.: U.S. Army Signal Corps photo, pamphlet published by Desfosses-Neogravure (Paris), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Danny DeVito: Gage Skidmore [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bud Abbott: Universal-International, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeannette Mirsky: no photographer credited, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons