Photo: Mitchazenia · CC BY-SA 3.0Walpack Township has yet to put a famous person on the list
Lehman Township’s list, next door, has 2 names, Richard Brodhead first among them. 432 towns in New Jersey have at least one famous person on record. No town in New Jersey lists more than Hackensack, with 62. After Hackensack, the next longest list in New Jersey is Summit’s, with 61.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Walpack Township), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Walpack Township has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Walpack Township
Lehman Township leads the towns around it, with 2 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Walpack 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 (1)
- Richard Brodhead: Tracy, Kenney & Company (Claremont, NH), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons