#1Famous people · Branford
22 famous people come from Branford, Alex Deibold the best known
Articles in 14 languages make the American snowboarder Alex Deibold the best known. Behind the leader come Henry B. Plant and Bob Rivers. Per head, the list is long: 7.8 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Connecticut has 2.9. 6 of them were born before independence, the first Henry Ludington in 1739.
Born here
22
notable people
Best known
Alex Deibold
in 14 Wikipedia languages
First
1739
Henry Ludington
Youngest
1986
Alex Deibold
Most common field
Politics & Law
6 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents
What stands out about Branford’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Branford’s famous people were born
The 1900s alone account for 3 of the births charted here.
Politics & LawSportsBusinessMilitaryNotableFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Branford
Alex Deibold leads with articles in 14 languages, ahead of Henry B. Plant (7) and Bob Rivers (6).
#1
#2Business
Henry B. Plant
1819–1899Railroad and Steamboat Company Founder
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Known for
What Branford is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as business people, at 5.3 times.
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 Branford
19 more names, born between 1739 and 1985.
Timothy Blackstone
1829–1900American railroad executive, philanthropist and politician
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A chosen home
Also called Branford home
2 notable people born elsewhere made the town home, Selma Engel-Wijnberg the best known.
Karen Pritzker
born 1958American business executive, investor, film producer, philanthropist, billionaire heiress
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Famous people from the towns next door
Guilford has the longest list next door: 17.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Branford 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 (15)
- Alex Deibold: Keystone6591, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry B. Plant: The original uploader was Vaoverland at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Baldwin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Gould: Samuel Lovett Waldo, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Post Davis: E. G. Williams & Bro., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Aaron Steven Lanfare: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Hudson: J.O. Osborne (Life time: 1800-1892), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edwin H. Brainard: U.S. Marine Corps, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Ludington: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Herman Lubinsky: Fine Print Heroes, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Margaretta Palmer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Timothy Blackstone: John Moses, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Selma Engel-Wijnberg: FaceMePLS from The Hague, The Netherlands, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Abraham Baldwin: Charles Frederick Naegele (American, 1857 - 1944), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Megan Bayne: J O Y F U L 🐻 V I O L E N C E, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons