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Famous people · Camden
Camden is the birthplace of 9 famous people
At the top of the list is the American Roman Catholic bishop Thomas Joseph Costello, covered in 7 languages. The American baseball player Fred Payne ranks second, ahead of Henry H. Holt. In the age of mills and railroads, 4 were born, the most of any period. Over 98 years of births, the list goes from Henry H. Holt (1831) to Thomas Joseph Costello (1929).
Born here
9
notable people
Best known
Thomas Joseph Costello
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1831
Henry H. Holt
Youngest
1929
Thomas Joseph Costello
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Camden
By how many languages cover them, Thomas Joseph Costello comes first (7), then Fred Payne (4) and Henry H. Holt (4).
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#3Through the years
When Camden’s famous people were born
The 1880s alone account for 3 of the births charted here.
SportsFaithNotablePolitics & LawMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Camden is known for
Sports leads the fields, with 3 people.
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 Camden
6 more, from 1844 to 1922.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Annsville’s: one name.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Camden 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 (5)
- Fred Payne: American Tobacco Company, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry H. Holt: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Philip H. Cooper: Brady of Washington, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Todd Gordon: Zach Catanzareti Photo, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Calvin Kingsley: Harper & Brothers; from a photograph by S. J. and C. W. Hallett, New York City, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons