No famous person from Silver Lake yet, but Newark next door has 36
Hackensack has the most of any town in New Jersey: 62. After Hackensack, the next longest list in New Jersey is Summit’s, with 61. Famous people are on record for 436 of the towns in New Jersey. The best known born in Newark is Whitney Houston.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Silver Lake), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Silver Lake has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Silver Lake
2 towns around it have someone on record.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Silver Lake 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)
- Whitney Houston: PH2 Mark Kettenhofen, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Iero: JonRHanna, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons