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Famous people · Tenafly
11 famous people come from Tenafly, Adam Rothenberg the best known
Adam Rothenberg, the American actor, is the most widely known, written about in 15 languages. In the age of mills and railroads, 5 were born, the most of any period. The list comes to 7.2 for every 10,000 residents, against 0.5 in the typical town in New Jersey. Fewer than a quarter of the 432 towns in New Jersey with famous people list more.
Born here
11
notable people
Best known
Adam Rothenberg
in 15 Wikipedia languages
First
1800
Jacob Aaron Westervelt
Youngest
1991
Darnell Roy
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
3 people
Also called it home
4
notable residents
What stands out about Tenafly’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Tenafly’s famous people were born
The 1970s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
Film, TV & StageWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawSportsMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Tenafly
Performers take two of the three places.
#2
#3Known for
What Tenafly is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as performers, at 2.9 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Tenafly
The rest number 8, with 3 writers and artists among them.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Tenafly home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Tenafly, though born elsewhere.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Englewood has the most people on record, 50 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Tenafly 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 (13)
- Rusty Hamer: ABC Television., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacob Aaron Westervelt: uploaded by Rectilinium, artist unknown, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Lee Stoddart: Will J. Maxwell, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Day Thacher: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Foxen: Sporting Life, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Huyler Westervelt: George Prince, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ed Harris: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Josh Gottheimer: Kristie Boyd; U.S. House Office of Photography, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Siggy Flicker: Michael Campanella, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Travolta: lauraleedooley, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Antonoff: Alex Lockett, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harold Lamb: Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gary Wright: Dr Jean Fortunet, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons