#1Famous people · Jericho
The 9 famous people born in Jericho, led by Madison Beer
At the top of the list is the American singer Madison Beer, covered in 56 languages. More than half were born since 1970, 6 in all. The list comes to 6.5 for every 10,000 residents, against 3.9 in the typical town in New York. Births span 1819 to 1999, from William Ketcham to Madison Beer.
Born here
9
notable people
Best known
Madison Beer
in 56 Wikipedia languages
First
1819
William Ketcham
Youngest
1999
Madison Beer
Most common field
Sports
4 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Jericho’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Jericho’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1990s, at 3.
SportsPolitics & LawMusicFilm, TV & StageWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Jericho
Madison Beer leads with articles in 56 languages, ahead of Jamie-Lynn Sigler (31) and Adam Fox (12).
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What Jericho is known for
Sports leads the fields, with 4 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 Jericho
6 more names, born between 1819 and 1997.
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A chosen home
Also called Jericho home
Born elsewhere, Natalie Portman lived here.
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Around it, Oyster Bay has the most people on record, 25 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Jericho 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 (8)
- Madison Beer: Justin Higuchi, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jamie-Lynn Sigler: MgCupcake, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Adam Fox: Metropolitan Transportation Authority of the State of New York, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Katz: Archivist1174, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Norris Russell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Satriani: Michael Hanselmann, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Beatrice Straight: N/A studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Shamar Stephen: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons