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Famous people · Spring Valley
15 famous people from Spring Valley, many of them performers
At the top of the list is the American actress Julianna Margulies, covered in 44 languages. Born in 1885, Helen Dingman is the first name on record, and Ron Girault, born in 1986, the most recent. The list is still growing: 6 were born since 1970. Only 117 of the 1,265 towns in New York with anyone on record list more.
Born here
15
notable people
Best known
Julianna Margulies
in 44 Wikipedia languages
First
1885
Helen Dingman
Youngest
1986
Ron Girault
Most common field
Sports
9 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents
What stands out about Spring Valley’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Spring Valley is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as performers, at 3.5 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Spring Valley’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1960s than in any other ten years, 4 in all.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Spring Valley
Three names lead: Julianna Margulies (44 languages), Emmanuel Marc (4) and Seth Joyner (4).
#2Sports
Emmanuel Marc
born 1982Player of American and Canadian football
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Everyone else born in Spring Valley
Another 12, the earliest born in 1885.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Spring Valley home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Spring Valley, though born elsewhere.
Max D. Raiskin
1919–1978Educator, rabbi, principal, professor of literature, author of children's textbooks and multimedia, founder of ESHI's Day School
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Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town bordering Spring Valley.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Spring Valley 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 (7)
- Emmanuel Marc: Kiran891, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Seth Joyner: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Phil Bogle: DMC511, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jonathan Wolfson: Jonathan Wolfson, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Siegel: protestphotos1, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Max D. Raiskin: Joodse, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Ridlon: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons