Tom Wilkens
born 1975American swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist, world champion
Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Charlie Puth is the most widely known, written about in 60 languages. Closest of all is Tom Wilkens, from Middletown Township, 3 mi away. No entry yet names Port Monmouth as a birthplace. The New Jersey lists hold names for 437 towns.
They were born in 6 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
American swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist, world champion



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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Port Monmouth and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Nearby people are those born in a town within 35 miles; distances are town center to town center. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.