Famous people · Upper Township
Born near Upper Township: 23 famous people within 35 miles
Gregory Goodwin Pincus, born in Woodbine, 5 mi away, is the closest. Of the bordering towns, Ocean City has the longest list: 10, with Keith Andes at the top. No famous person on record lists Upper Township as their birthplace yet. The longest list of any town in New Jersey belongs to Hackensack, with 62.
Born nearby
23
within 35 miles
Closest
5 mi
Gregory Goodwin Pincus
Best known
Gregory Goodwin Pincus
in 28 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Upper Township’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Upper Township
Nobody born in Upper Township is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
Scott Neustadter
born 1977American screenwriter and film producer
Rodney Jerkins
born 1977American record producer and rapper
Robert Ettinger
1918–2011American academic, trans humanist and cryonics proponent
Norman Joseph Woodland
1921–2012Inventor of the barcode
Jacob Lawrence
1917–2000African American painter and art professor
Steven S. DeKnight
born 1965American television screenwriter, producer, and director
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Ocean City leads the towns around it, with 10 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Upper Township 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 (17)
- Gregory Goodwin Pincus: ACME, dedicated to Bettmann Archive, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Keith Andes: NBC Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Allan Kaprow: Dictioneer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter Erskine: Hreinn Gudlaugsson, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rodney Jerkins: Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gay Talese: David Shankbone, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacob Lawrence: Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Logan Pearsall Smith: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Steven S. DeKnight: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Vogel: All-Pro Reels from District of Columbia, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anne Waldman: Onehandclapping, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter Trout: Scott Penner, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marla Adams: CBS, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Simon Lake: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Neustadter: kellywritershouse, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Isiah Pacheco: White House, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Pyfer: Checkin' Ringside, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons