#1Famous people · East Rockaway
East Rockaway is the birthplace of 3 famous people
The best known is the American comics artist Marie Severin, with articles in 9 languages. Close behind are Kenneth Roemer and Marianne Vitale. Marianne Vitale, born in 1973, is the youngest, and Marie Severin, born in 1929, the first on record. Of the bordering towns, Rockville Centre has the longest list: 44, with Matt Reeves at the top.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Marie Severin
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1929
Marie Severin
Youngest
1973
Marianne Vitale
Most common field
Writing & Arts
2 people
The best known
Born in East Rockaway
Writers and artists take two of the three places.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is East Rockaway 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 (7)
- Marie Severin: MichaelNetzer, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marianne Vitale: Bennett.williams, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Reeves: Matt_Reeves.jpg: Ronald Woan derivative work: Nightscream, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harold E. Varmus: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob Keeshan: Alan C. Teeple, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Errol Morris: Bridget Laudien, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Todd Phillip Haskell: United States Department of State, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons