#1Film, TV & Stage
Jay Leno
born 1950American television host and comedian
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Famous people · New Rochelle
58 famous people were born in New Rochelle, more of them performers than in most towns
The best known is the American television host and comedian Jay Leno, with articles in 74 languages. The largest group, 38, was born between 1920 and 1969. The earliest on the list is Samuel S. Bowne, born in 1800, and the youngest Ray Rice, born in 1987. Fewer than a quarter of the 1,291 towns in New York with famous people list more.
Born here
58
notable people
Best known
Jay Leno
in 74 Wikipedia languages
First
1800
Samuel S. Bowne
Youngest
1987
Ray Rice
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
23 people
Also called it home
4
notable residents
What stands out about New Rochelle’s famous people
A town of performersPerformers make up 23 of the 58, 4.2 times the usual share.Known worldwideJay Leno has an article in 74 languages, more than anyone else from here.Still making namesThe most recent birth on the list came in 1987, among 21 since 1950.A chosen home4 more notable people chose to live here, E. L. Doctorow among them.
★ What stands out · Known for
What New Rochelle is known for
Performers stand out most, at 4.2 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in New Rochelle
Jay Leno, Matt Dillon and Don McLean are written about in 74, 62 and 43 languages.
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#3Through the years
When New Rochelle’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1930s come out on top, with 10 births.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in New Rochelle
A further 55 follow, born between 1800 and 1987.
Alex Raymond
1909–1956American comic strip artist and creator of Flash Gordon
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Frank Rosenblatt
1928–1971American psychologist notable in the field of artificial intelligence
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Bob Mintzer
born 1953American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger, and big band leader
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A chosen home
Also called New Rochelle home
Born elsewhere, they lived here: 4 in all, led by E. L. Doctorow.
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The longest list nearby is New York City’s, with 99.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is New Rochelle 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 (27)
- Jay Leno: US mission to the European Union, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Dillon: Matt Dillon (Guadalajara) 4.jpg: Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara derivative work: MyCanon, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Don McLean: A Howard, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Roundtree: CBS Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kevin Dillon: watchwithkristin, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rob Morrow: Toglenn, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter Lantz: Alan Light, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edson Buddle: BrokenSphere, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert E. Sherwood: Theatre Magazine Company; Vandamm Studio, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alex Raymond: Origafoundation, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter Scolari: Greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob Denver: HaarFager at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Edson: THE 1 SECOND FILM, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marlena Shaw: Cadet Records, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter V. Brett: Luigi Novi, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert Ray: Fox Films, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lydia Field Emmet: Lydia Field Emmet, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Oppen: United Press International, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Max Keiser: Stacy Herbert, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Doris Nolan: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Ferencz: Adam Jones, Ph.D., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lana Del Rey: Mike Monaghan from Seattle, United States, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Leonard Schawlow: Jose Mercado / Stanford News Service, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel D. Tompkins: Attributed to John Wesley Jarvis (1780–1840), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dick Smith: Casini92653, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry Babcock: photographer of IOC, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Morgan Farley: film screenshot (Eagle-Lion), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons