#1Famous people · Point Pleasant Beach
Point Pleasant Beach counts 4 famous people, first among them Michael Pinnella
Articles in 16 languages make the American heavy metal keyboardist Michael Pinnella the best known. The player of American and Canadian football Dickie Harris ranks second, ahead of James W. Holzapfel. The list comes to 8.2 for every 10,000 residents, against 0.5 in the typical town in New Jersey. Dickie Harris, born in 1950, is the earliest name and Katelynn Flaherty, born in 1996, the latest.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Michael Pinnella
in 16 Wikipedia languages
First
1950
Dickie Harris
Youngest
1996
Katelynn Flaherty
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Point Pleasant Beach
Michael Pinnella has articles in 16 languages, Dickie Harris in 4 and James W. Holzapfel in 3.
#1DH#2
Sports
Dickie Harris
born 1950Player of American and Canadian football
4 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
JH#3
Military
James W. Holzapfel
born 1964Member of the New Jersey Senate and New Jersey General Assembly
3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Point Pleasant Beach’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1960s, at 2.
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Known for
What Point Pleasant Beach is known for
Sports leads the fields, with 2 people.
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Point Pleasant Beach
1 more, best known first.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Point Pleasant, at 16.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Point Pleasant Beach 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 (2)
- Michael Pinnella: Shadowgate from Novara, ITALY, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Katelynn Flaherty: MGoBlog, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons