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Akiva Weingarten
born 1984American-born liberal rabbi, raised a Satmar Hasid, later based in Dresden and Basel
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Famous people · Monsey
5 famous people were born in Monsey
Best known of all is Akiva Weingarten, written about in 5 languages. The next two names are Dovid Schustal and Eli Rozenberg. More than half were born since 1970, 4 in all. Over 46 years of births, the list goes from Dovid Schustal (1947) to Eli Rozenberg (1993).
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Akiva Weingarten
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1947
Dovid Schustal
Youngest
1993
Eli Rozenberg
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2 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents
What stands out about Monsey’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Monsey’s famous people were born
The 1990s saw the most births of any decade: 3.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Monsey
Two of the three are ministers and preachers.
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What Monsey is known for
Share of Monsey’s famous people in each field.
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Everyone else born in Monsey
Another 2, the earliest born in 1990.
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A chosen home
Also called Monsey home
Born elsewhere, they lived here: 2 in all, led by Steven Hill.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town bordering Monsey.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Monsey 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 (2)
- Mordechai Shapiro: רווח הפקות, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Steven Hill: Desilu Productions through McFadden, Strauss, Eddy and Irwin public relations agency. It was not unusual for studios, networks or program sponsors to use either public relations or advertising agencies to distribute publicity material in the 1950s a…, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons