#1Film, TV & Stage
Rodney Dangerfield
1921–2004American stand-up comedian
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Famous people · Babylon
Rodney Dangerfield tops a list of 6 famous people born in Babylon
At the top of the list is the American stand-up comedian Rodney Dangerfield, covered in 48 languages. Greg Cochrane and Joseph P. Ryan follow. Births since 1970 account for 2 of the names. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 4.9, close to the 3.9 of the typical New York town.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Rodney Dangerfield
in 48 Wikipedia languages
First
1877
Leo Fishel
Youngest
1992
Stephanie Colón
Most common field
Sports
3 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Babylon’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Babylon
The three are covered in 48, 5 and 3 languages: Rodney Dangerfield, Greg Cochrane and Joseph P. Ryan.
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#3Politics & Law
Joseph P. Ryan
1884–1963President of the International Longshoremen's Association
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Through the years
When Babylon’s famous people were born
The 1990s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
SportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Babylon is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 1.4 times as common.
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 Babylon
Here are 3 more, born from 1877 to 1992.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Babylon home
One more notable person made the town home: Chris Aloisi.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Islip, at 16.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Babylon 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)
- Rodney Dangerfield: Press photo, photographer unknown, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Greg Cochrane: U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Orrin G. Farmer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph P. Ryan: Fay, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tobias Harris: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jovan Belcher: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Danny Green: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons