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Famous people · Short Hills
Writers and artists stand out among the 11 famous people born in Short Hills
The best known is the American author and editor David Levithan, with articles in 14 languages. The American writer and journalist Lisa Taddeo ranks second, ahead of Patti Stanger. Since 1970, 5 were born, the most of any period. Noah Farrakhan, born in 2000, is the youngest, and William Halsey, born in 1770, the first on record.
Born here
11
notable people
Best known
David Levithan
in 14 Wikipedia languages
First
1770
William Halsey
Youngest
2000
Noah Farrakhan
Most common field
Writing & Arts
4 people
Also called it home
4
notable residents
What stands out about Short Hills’ famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Short Hills is known for
Set against the usual town, writers and artists come out 3.6 times as common.
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 Short Hills’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1980s, at 2.
Writing & ArtsBusinessSportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Short Hills
Counted by languages, David Levithan is ahead of Lisa Taddeo and Patti Stanger: 14, 11 and 5.
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#3Everyone
Everyone else born in Short Hills
8 more, from 1770 to 2000.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Short Hills home
4 notable people born elsewhere made the town home, Courtney Brosnan the best known.
The town’s pick
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Summit has the most on record: 61.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Short Hills 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 (8)
- Lisa Taddeo: Bank Square Books, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Patti Stanger: Fred Rockwood from Simi Valley, CA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alex Rosenberg: Flickr user slgckgc, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Courtney Brosnan: Ryan Asman, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Melvyn Nathanson: C. J. Mozzochi, Ph.D., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jared Kushner: The White House, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Toni Kalem: NBC Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James C. Fletcher: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons