#1Politics & Law
Chris Smith
born 1953New Jersey politician from the United States
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Famous people · Rahway
Writers and artists stand out among the 29 famous people born in Rahway
Most widely known is Chris Smith, the New Jersey politician from the United states, with articles in 26 languages. More than half were born between 1920 and 1969, 17 in all. For every 10,000 residents there are 9.6 on the list, well above the typical New Jersey town’s 0.5. Fewer than a quarter of the 436 towns in New Jersey with famous people list more.
Born here
29
notable people
Best known
Chris Smith
in 26 Wikipedia languages
First
1816
Thaddeus Hyatt
Youngest
1994
Dion Dawkins
Most common field
Sports
9 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents
What stands out about Rahway’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Rahway is known for
Compared with the usual town, writers and artists are the most over-represented field, at 2 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Rahway’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1950s, with 5 births.
SportsWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageScience & MedicineMusicPolitics & LawMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Rahway
Chris Smith, Paul Le Mat and Juliette Atkinson are written about in 26, 20 and 17 languages.
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Everyone else born in Rahway
Here are 26 more, born from 1816 to 1994.
Carolyn Wells
1862–1942American humorist, poet, writer of children's works and mystery stories
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A chosen home
Also called Rahway home
2 notable people born elsewhere made the town home, Milton Friedman the best known.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Woodbridge Township has the most on record: 9.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Rahway 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 (19)
- Chris Smith: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Juliette Atkinson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kurt Sutter: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dawn Marie: Nightscream, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ronald Breslow: Douglas A. Lockard, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dion Dawkins: Buffalo Fanatics, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carolyn Wells: not stated, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Ausiello: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wayne Gilchrest: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Janis Karpinski: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis Campbell: Photo Claude TRUONG-NGOC, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thaddeus Hyatt: Frank Leslie, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Seamon: Albumen, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Warren Vaché: Marek Lazarski, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Milton Friedman: Bachrach Studios, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Bloomfield: Charles Willson Peale, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Gorka: Skip Billian User:Plainfolk, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Spaziani: Thomsonmg2000, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eric LeGrand: Gianni Spradley, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons