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Famous people · Ramsey
5 famous people were born in Ramsey from 1891 to 1995
Articles in 11 languages make the photographer Ryan McGinley the best known. Jeremiah Fraites, the American musician, comes second, with Tommy Sweeney third. Most were born since 1970: 3 of them. The list comes to 3.4 for every 10,000 residents, against 0.5 in the typical town in New Jersey.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Ryan McGinley
in 11 Wikipedia languages
First
1891
Louise Eisenhardt
Youngest
1995
Tommy Sweeney
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 people
What stands out about Ramsey’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Ramsey’s famous people were born
The 1970s alone account for 1 of the births charted here.
Writing & ArtsMusicSportsMilitaryScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Ramsey
Ranked by languages covered: Ryan McGinley with 11, then Jeremiah Fraites with 7 and Tommy Sweeney with 5.
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Known for
What Ramsey is known for
Writing & Arts leads the fields, with 1 people.
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Everyone else born in Ramsey
Here are 2 more, born from 1891 to 1924.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Mahwah Township leads the towns around it, with 7 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Ramsey 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 (3)
- Jeremiah Fraites: POPDUST, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Ernest Hosking, Jr.: U.S. Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Matheson: JaSunni at PicasaWeb, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons