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Famous people · Union City
Union City counts 29 famous people, first among them Bobby Cannavale
At the top of the list is the American actor Bobby Cannavale, covered in 45 languages. Second and third on the list are AJ Lee and Nikos Galis. Alfred Egidio Modarelli (1898) and Nija Charles (1997) mark the two ends of the list. Between 1920 and 1969, 14 were born, the most of any period.
Born here
29
notable people
Best known
Bobby Cannavale
in 45 Wikipedia languages
First
1898
Alfred Egidio Modarelli
Youngest
1997
Nija Charles
Most common field
Sports
10 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents
What stands out about Union City’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Union City
Athletes take two of the three places.
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#3Through the years
When Union City’s famous people were born
The 1940s top the chart, with 5 births in the decade.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageNotableScience & MedicineMusicMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Union City is known for
Union City has 1.4× the usual share of writers and artists.
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 Union City
Another 26, 8 of them athletes.
Vincent J. Dellay
1907–1999Member of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey
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Gary T. Erbe
born 1944Self taught American painter best known for trompe l'oeil technique
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Union City home
2 notable people born elsewhere made the town home, Oscar Nunez the best known.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town bordering Union City.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Union City 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 (19)
- Nikos Galis: Photografos, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Darren Young: Miguel Discart, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hank Finkel: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Togo Palazzi: Sphilbrick, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Quenton Decosey: Tom Hagerty, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Vincent J. Dellay: CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jules Witcover: Jeffrey Reed, NARA Staff, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Trade Martin: RCA Victor, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfred Egidio Modarelli: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harold Bell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Irma Haubold: International News, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nija Charles: POPDUST, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Oscar Nunez: Ilya Haykinson, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian P. Stack: Theornamentalist, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nancy Sinatra: Reprise Records, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Sinatra: Photograph by Capitol Records, per a credit found in the 1959 edition of the International Celebrity Register at page 696. No known source credits an individual photographer., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wilbur L. Ross Jr.: US Department of Commerce, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Owen Brennan: U.S Government employee, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter Hendl: Beth Maxwell Boyle, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons