#1Film, TV & Stage
Edie Adams
1927–2008American actress, comedian, singer, and businesswoman
32 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Famous people · Kingston
Kingston counts 30 famous people, first among them Edie Adams
Edie Adams leads the list, covered in 32 languages. The largest group, 13, was born between 1920 and 1969. Births span 1790 to 1996, from George Denison to Danielle Grega. For every 10,000 residents the town has 22.4, while at least half the towns in Pennsylvania list nobody born there.
Born here
30
notable people
Best known
Edie Adams
in 32 Wikipedia languages
First
1790
George Denison
Youngest
1996
Danielle Grega
Most common field
Sports
15 people
What stands out about Kingston’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Kingston’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1990s come out on top, with 7 births.
SportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageMilitaryMusicNotableScience & MedicineFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Kingston
First, Edie Adams (32 languages), then Frank Zane (23) and Dan Harris (13).
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DH#3
Film, TV & Stage
Dan Harris
born 1979American director and screenwriter
13 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Known for
What Kingston is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 1.4 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Kingston
Here are 27 more, born from 1790 to 1996.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Wilkes-Barre leads the towns around it, with 40 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Kingston 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 (11)
- Edie Adams: Maurice Seymour, New York, photographer., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rob Bresnahan: House Creative Services, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Betty Jane Williams: U.S. Air Force photo / Annette Crawford, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry M. Hoyt: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clarence Dennis Coughlin: National Photo Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kathleen Sharkey: fourthandfifteen, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paige Selenski: fourthandfifteen, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lazarus Denison Shoemaker: American Historical Society, Inc. (New York, NY), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Daniel Phillips: NIST, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert Kurland: Mark Cohen, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mitchell Jenkins: Harris & Ewing, Washington, DC, photographer., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons