#1Film, TV & Stage
Awkwafina
born 1988American actress, comedian, and rapper
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Famous people · Stony Brook
12 famous people were born in Stony Brook, most of them since 1970
Awkwafina leads the list, covered in 56 languages. Second and third on the list are Steven Matz and Ryan Cassata. Per head, the list is long: 9.3 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in New York has 3.9. The first birth on record is Jonas Hawkins’, in 1752, and the last Anthony Kay’s, in 1995.
Born here
12
notable people
Best known
Awkwafina
in 56 Wikipedia languages
First
1752
Jonas Hawkins
Youngest
1995
Anthony Kay
Most common field
Sports
5 people
Also called it home
3
notable residents
What stands out about Stony Brook’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Stony Brook’s famous people were born
The 1980s alone account for 6 of the births charted here.
SportsNotableWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageMusicPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Stony Brook
Awkwafina, Steven Matz and Ryan Cassata are written about in 56, 9 and 7 languages.
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What Stony Brook is known for
Share of Stony Brook’s famous people in each field.
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Stony Brook
9 more, from 1752 to 1995.
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A chosen home
Also called Stony Brook home
Born elsewhere, they lived here: 3 in all, led by Dusa McDuff.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 6 have famous names listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Stony Brook 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 (12)
- Awkwafina: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Steven Matz: slgckgc, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan Cassata: Pax Ahimsa Gethen, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cody Arnoux: Wilson Wong (Wikipedia user: Wwongbc), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Maria Michta-Coffey: jenaragon94, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anthony Kay: Erik Drost on Flickr, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dusa McDuff: Gert-Martin Greuel, Copyright is MFO, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, Wikimedia Commons
- Kizzmekia Corbett: Kizzmekia Corbett, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Melissa Joan Hart: https://www.flickr.com/photos/greg2600/, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Floyd: Ralph Earl (Earle), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Soledad O'Brien: The Rudz from Milwaukee, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Francis Barretto Spinola: Unidentified photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons