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4 famous people were born in Hartford
Articles in 5 languages make the American politician William G. Hardwick the best known. Second and third on the list are Carl Ward and Dixie Howell. William G. Hardwick (1910) and Scott Peacock (1963) mark the two ends of the list. The list comes to 14.8 for every 10,000 residents, against 3 in the typical town in Alabama.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
William G. Hardwick
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1910
William G. Hardwick
Youngest
1963
Scott Peacock
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Hartford
Two of the three are athletes.
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Sports
Dixie Howell
1912–1971American football and baseball player and coach
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Through the years
When Hartford’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1910s, with 2 people born in that decade.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Hartford is known for
2 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Hartford
1 more, best known first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Hartford 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 (2)
- Carl Ward: Unidentified (Ensian published by University of Michigan), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Peacock: Alex Cullen, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons