
Born near South Toms River: 22 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Mark Geiger, from Beachwood, 1 mi away. The nearest list is next door in Beachwood: one name, Mark Geiger. Kirsten Dunst is the most widely known, written about in 102 languages. No famous person has yet been confirmed as born in South Toms River.
What stands out about South Toms River’s famous people
Famous people born near South Toms River
They were born in 13 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.




Haakon Chevalier
1901–1985American translator, writer and academic



Diamond Dallas Page
born 1956American professional wrestler and actor



Steve Niles
born 1965American comic book author and novelist

Michael Pinnella
born 1969American heavy metal keyboardist


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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Beachwood’s: one name.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is South Toms River and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Nearby people are those born in a town within 35 miles; distances are town center to town center. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (13)
- Diamond Dallas Page: Rmclearren, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Geiger: Oleg Bkhambri (Voltmetro), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Juice Newton: Philkon Phil Konstantin, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Balls Mahoney: Mark Farthing, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Haakon Chevalier: Johan Hagemeyer, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Pinnella: Shadowgate from Novara, ITALY, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Tisch: Brandon O'Connor of the U.S. Army from West Point - The U.S. Military Academy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Todd Frazier: Arturo Pardavila III from Hoboken, NJ, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Niles: pinguino k from North Hollywood, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nick LaBrocca: Razcle at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Molinaro: Ilgar Jafarov, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Shindell: The original uploader was Plainfolk at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Garrett Graham: AndyLindgren, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
