Photo: Zeete · CC BY-SA 4.0Washington Township has yet to put a famous person on the list
Of the bordering towns, Hampton has the longest list: 3, with Matt Walton at the top. The longest list in New Jersey is Hackensack’s, with 62 names. After Hackensack, the next longest list in New Jersey is Summit’s, with 61. Across New Jersey, the lists cover 436 towns.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Washington Township), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Washington Township has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Washington Township
The fullest list close by belongs to Hampton, with 3.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Washington 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 (2)
- Matt Walton: TheMattWalton, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Johnston Cornish: ”The House of Representatives of the Fifty Third Congress” (detail), The Graphic Chicago, 1893, Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

