Photo: Zeete · CC BY-SA 4.0Rockaway Township has no famous person on record yet
Dover’s list, next door, has 18 names, Reince Priebus first among them. The longest list of any town in New Jersey belongs to Hackensack, with 62. After Hackensack, the next longest list in New Jersey is Summit’s, with 61. In all of New Jersey, the famous people on record come from 436 towns.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Rockaway Township), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Rockaway Township has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Rockaway Township
Dover has the longest list next door: 18.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Rockaway Township 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)
- Reince Priebus: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Laurene Powell Jobs: Presidente_Piñera_se_reúne_con_Laurene_Powell_Jobs.jpg: Gobierno de Chile derivative work: Rec79, CC BY 3.0 cl, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Michalowicz: Mike Michalowicz, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons