#1The 3 famous people born in Wood-Ridge, led by Frankie Muñiz
At the top of the list is the American actor Frankie Muñiz, covered in 47 languages. Second and third on the list are John Delaney and Leopold William Brandenburg. Per head, the list is long: 2.9 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in New Jersey has 0.5. Carlstadt, which borders it, has 5 on its list, the best known Marc Rizzo.
What stands out about Wood-Ridge’s famous people
Born in Wood-Ridge
Frankie Muñiz has articles in 47 languages, John Delaney in 18 and Leopold William Brandenburg in 3.
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#2Leopold William Brandenburg
born 1886American physician
What Wood-Ridge is known for
Film, TV & Stage leads the fields, with 1 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Also called Wood-Ridge home
Born elsewhere, Paul Sarlo lived here.

Who’s the most famous person from Wood-Ridge?
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Famous people from the towns next door
3 towns around it have someone on record.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Wood-Ridge 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 (6)
- Frankie Muñiz: Nascar9919, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Delaney: US Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Sarlo: New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marc Rizzo: Festival Eurockéennes, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan Condal: iDominick, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Helstoski: US Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons


