Voorhees has yet to put a famous person on the list
The nearest list is next door in New Brunswick: 42 names, starting with Michael Douglas. 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. The New Jersey lists hold names for 436 towns.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Voorhees), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Voorhees has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Voorhees
Close by, the fullest list is New Brunswick’s, at 42 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Voorhees 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)
- Michael Douglas: Jan Beránek, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Theodore Frelinghuysen: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons