#1Famous people · Port Washington
20 famous people were born in Port Washington, most of them between 1920 and 1969
Ann Murdock, the American actress, is the most widely known, written about in 7 languages. Per head, the list is long: 11.1 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in New York has 3.9. Births span 1890 to 1974, from Ann Murdock to Paul Grafer. Only 86 of the 1,291 towns in New York with anyone on record list more.
Born here
20
notable people
Best known
Ann Murdock
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1890
Ann Murdock
Youngest
1974
Paul Grafer
Most common field
Sports
5 people
Also called it home
3
notable residents
What stands out about Port Washington’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Port Washington’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1950s, at 4.
SportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsBusinessMusicMilitaryFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Port Washington
Ranked by languages covered: Ann Murdock with 7, then Marcel Freeman with 7 and Mark Wood with 7.
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What Port Washington is known for
Port Washington has 1.6× the usual share of performers.
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 Port Washington
17 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Port Washington home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Port Washington, though born elsewhere.
Cecelia Goetz
1917–2004American lawyer, bankruptcy judge, Nuremberg prosecutor
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The fullest list close by belongs to Oyster Bay, with 25.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Port Washington 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 (10)
- Ann Murdock: Photograph not separately attributed, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Wood: Wesa, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gretchen Driskell: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan from U.S., CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John F.G. Wade: U.S. Navy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Hopkins Folwell: Awareness Campaign from Orlando, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Burt Young: SilvioPozatto, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cecelia Goetz: Office of Military Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Norris Russell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kate McKinnon: Nbf2926, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Cushman Titus Putnam: Mount Rainier National Park from Ashford, WA, United States, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons