#1Film, TV & Stage
Telly Savalas
1922–1994American film and television actor and singer
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Famous people · Garden City
Of the 17 famous people born in Garden City, an unusual share are performers
Most widely known is Telly Savalas, the American film and television actor and singer, with articles in 50 languages. 11 of them were born between 1920 and 1969, more than in any other period. Per head, the list is long: 7.4 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in New York has 3.9. Fewer than a quarter of the 1,292 towns in New York with famous people list more.
Born here
17
notable people
Best known
Telly Savalas
in 50 Wikipedia languages
First
1922
Telly Savalas
Youngest
1995
Nicole Rajičová
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
5 people
Also called it home
4
notable residents
What stands out about Garden City’s famous people
A town of performers5 of the 17 people born here are performers, 3.1× the usual share.Still making namesBirths since 1950 number 14, the most recent in 1995.Known worldwideRead in 50 languages, Telly Savalas is known far beyond the town.A chosen home4 more notable people chose to live here, Eleanor Roosevelt among them.
★ What stands out · Known for
What Garden City is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is performers, at 3.1 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Garden City’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1950s, with 5 people born in that decade.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Garden City
By how many languages cover them, Telly Savalas comes first (50), then Kash Patel (39) and Ethan Phillips (28).
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#2Film, TV & Stage
Kash Patel
born 1980Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Garden City
14 more names, born between 1942 and 1995.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Garden City home
4 notable people born elsewhere made the town home, Eleanor Roosevelt the best known.
Eleanor Roosevelt
1884–1962American diplomat and activist, First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945
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Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Hempstead has the most on record, with 30.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Garden City 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 (14)
- Telly Savalas: CBS Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kash Patel: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nicole Rajičová: Fsphotos2015, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lara Spencer: Yahoo from Sunnyvale, California, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Zaloom: The original uploader was Redjar at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Emily Menges: Ray Terrill, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Greg Kelly: Sgt. Mikki Sprenkle, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alexandra Miller: The Florida House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eleanor Roosevelt: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mick Foley: Ciell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Susan Lucci: Teresa Simmons permission= given, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Crystal Dunn: Hameltion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Aljamain Sterling: MMAnytt, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kalomira: Daniel Aragay from Terrassa, Catalunya, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons