Photo: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Kris Foster, born in 1974, is Riverdale’s famous person on record
The baseball player Kris Foster was born in 1974. Their name appears in articles in 3 languages. Pequannock Township’s list, next door, has 4 names, Derek Jeter first among them. Across New Jersey, the lists cover 436 towns.
Born in Riverdale
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Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Pequannock Township, at 4.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Riverdale 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)
- Derek Jeter: D. Benjamin Miller, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott A. Spellmon: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

