#1Film, TV & Stage
Matt Reeves
born 1966American film writer, director and producer
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Famous people · Rockville Centre
44 famous people were born in Rockville Centre, more of them performers than in most towns
Matt Reeves leads the list, covered in 34 languages. The next two names are June Diane Raphael and Amy Hargreaves. The largest group, 32, was born between 1920 and 1969. For every 10,000 residents there are 17.1 on the list, well above the typical New York town’s 3.9.
Born here
44
notable people
Best known
Matt Reeves
in 34 Wikipedia languages
First
1911
John D. Bennett
Youngest
1990
Patrick McCann
Most common field
Sports
19 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Rockville Centre’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Rockville Centre’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1950s come out on top, with 13 births.
SportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsMusicFaithBusinessScience & MedicineNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Rockville Centre is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is performers, at 1.7 times.
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 Rockville Centre
The three are covered in 34, 22 and 19 languages: Matt Reeves, June Diane Raphael and Amy Hargreaves.
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#2Film, TV & Stage
June Diane Raphael
born 1980American actress, comedian, and screenwriter
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AH#3
Everyone
Everyone else born in Rockville Centre
41 more names, born between 1911 and 1990.
Chris Gibson
born 1964New York politician; retired Colonel in the United States Army
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Sharon Finneran
born 1946American swimmer, Olympic silver medalist, former world record-holder
SportsWikipedia ↗
Anne Mulcahy
born 1952American businessperson and corporate director, former CEO of Xerox Corporation
BusinessWikipedia ↗
David Van Leer
1949–2013American educator and LGBT cultural studies researcher
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
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A chosen home
Also called Rockville Centre home
One more notable person made the town home: Noah Rubin.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town bordering Rockville Centre.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Rockville Centre 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 (18)
- Matt Reeves: Matt_Reeves.jpg: Ronald Woan derivative work: Nightscream, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- June Diane Raphael: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Billy Donovan: Dennis Adair, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alan Blumenfeld: RealTVfilms, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elliott Murphy: Christian Taillemite, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joey Heatherton: CBS Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Garth Henning: Jedyrris, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Seth Grahame-Smith: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Gibson: U.S. Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sharon Finneran: UPI, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jamel Herring: Team Herring, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John E. Herbst: US Dept of State, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Laura Gillen: Ike Hayman, House Creative Services, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dean Skelos: Matt Ryan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Noah Rubin: robbiesaurus from Smithtown, NY, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harold E. Varmus: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob Keeshan: Alan C. Teeple, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marie Severin: MichaelNetzer, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons