#1Famous people · Amityville
Of the 30 famous people born in Amityville, an unusual share are performers
The best known is the American actor Alec Baldwin, with articles in 89 languages. The American astronaut Kevin R. Kregel ranks second, ahead of Christine Belford. More than half were born between 1920 and 1969, 20 in all. 8 were born in 1970 or later.
Born here
30
notable people
Best known
Alec Baldwin
in 89 Wikipedia languages
First
1896
Gorham Munson
Youngest
1985
David Clowney
Most common field
Sports
10 people
What stands out about Amityville’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Amityville
Two of the three are performers.
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#3Through the years
When Amityville’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1950s than in any other ten years, 16 in all.
SportsFilm, TV & StageScience & MedicinePolitics & LawMusicWriting & ArtsBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Amityville is known for
Compared with the usual town, performers are the most over-represented field, at 2.5 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Amityville
27 more names, born between 1896 and 1985.
Canute Curtis
born 1974All-American college football player, professional football player, linebacker
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Jeremy Adelman
born 1973American record producer, songwriter, Film Composer
Film, TV & StageWikipedia ↗
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The most names next door are in Oyster Bay: 25.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Amityville 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 (19)
- Alec Baldwin: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kevin R. Kregel: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Christine Belford: NBC Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike James: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dave Weldon: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Torn: Matt Brown Guildford, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chico Benymon: eternalconceptspr, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marta Bohn-Meyer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rik Fox: Rik Fox, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tony Graffanino: compujeramey on Flickr (Original version) User UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Clowney: Braylon_Edwards_David_Clowney.jpg: NYCMarines derivative work: Ytoyoda, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Kimo Williams: Sofakingon, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeremy Adelman: Aaroncrossboss, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jay Joyner: Thomson200, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Karol Mason: Petty Officer 2nd Class Cory J. Mendenhall, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Norris Russell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rodney Dangerfield: Press photo, photographer unknown, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kene Holliday: ABC Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Darrel Young: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons