#1Famous people · Wall Township
Wall Township is the birthplace of 3 famous people
Most widely known is Emily Grove, the musician, with articles in 5 languages. The American soccer player and coach George Gelnovatch ranks second, ahead of Suzy Hansen. Of the bordering towns, Neptune Township has the longest list: 35, with Danny DeVito at the top. Emily Grove, born in 1991, is the youngest, and George Gelnovatch, born in 1965, the first on record.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Emily Grove
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1965
George Gelnovatch
Youngest
1991
Emily Grove
Most common field
Music
1 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents
The best known
Born in Wall Township
The three are covered in 5, 3 and 1 languages: Emily Grove, George Gelnovatch and Suzy Hansen.
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Known for
What Wall Township is known for
Share of Wall Township’s famous people in each field.
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A chosen home
Also called Wall Township home
2 notable people born elsewhere made the town home, Dave Rible the best known.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Neptune Township’s, at 35 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Wall Township 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 (3)
- Emily Grove: Lhcollins, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Danny DeVito: Gage Skidmore [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Balls Mahoney: Mark Farthing, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons