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Harvey Milk
1930–1978American politician and gay rights activist
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Famous people · Woodmere
The 6 famous people born in Woodmere, led by Harvey Milk
Harvey Milk, the American politician and gay rights activist, is the most widely known, written about in 65 languages. The next two names are Margot Bennett and Gerard Piel. Most were born between 1920 and 1969: 4 of them. Born in 1915, Gerard Piel is the first name on record, and Jill Zarin, born in 1963, the most recent.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Harvey Milk
in 65 Wikipedia languages
First
1915
Gerard Piel
Youngest
1963
Jill Zarin
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Politics & Law
2 people
What stands out about Woodmere’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Woodmere
Languages with an article: 65 for Harvey Milk, 7 for Margot Bennett, 4 for Gerard Piel.
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Through the years
When Woodmere’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1930s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Woodmere is known for
The field with the most names is Politics & Law: 2.
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 Woodmere
3 more, from 1915 to 1963.
Carolyn Goodman
1915–2007American clinical psychologist and civil rights advocate
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Woodmere 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)
- Harvey Milk: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jill Zarin: Nick Step, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Debra Katz: Btugendstein, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lana Del Rey: Mike Monaghan from Seattle, United States, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Breuer: Aas425 (Credit: Tracy Ketcher), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis Auchincloss: White House photo by Eric Draper, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Errol Morris: Bridget Laudien, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons