#1Politics & Law
Phil Bredesen
born 1943Governor of Tennessee from 2003 to 2011
21 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Famous people · Oceanport
4 famous people come from Oceanport, Phil Bredesen the best known
Best known of all is Phil Bredesen, written about in 21 languages. Brad Faxon, the professional golfer, comes second, with Harry Flaherty third. Over 74 years of births, the list goes from Charles Rembar (1915) to Harry Flaherty (1989). Per head, the list is long: 6.5 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in New Jersey has 0.5.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Phil Bredesen
in 21 Wikipedia languages
First
1915
Charles Rembar
Youngest
1989
Harry Flaherty
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Oceanport
Athletes take two of the three places.
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#2HF#3
Through the years
When Oceanport’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1940s, with 1 births.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Oceanport is known for
2 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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1 more, best known first.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Long Branch: 55.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Oceanport 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 (6)
- Phil Bredesen: Phil Bredesen, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brad Faxon: Carl Lindberg, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Bruce Springsteen: Raph_PH, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Susan Love: ContentEditor949, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Melissa Reeves: Gabi Hernandez, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Farrell: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons