#1Famous people · Brookfield
4 famous people were born in Brookfield from 1831 to 1988
Articles in 5 languages make the American neurologist Joseph Collins the best known. Close behind are Albert Elijah Dunning and Samuel E. Merwin. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 2.3, close to the 2.9 of the typical Connecticut town. The list’s best known name, Joseph Collins, dates from 1866.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Joseph Collins
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1831
Samuel E. Merwin
Youngest
1988
Scott Lutrus
Also called it home
1
notable residents
The best known
Born in Brookfield
Three names lead: Joseph Collins (5 languages), Albert Elijah Dunning (4) and Samuel E. Merwin (3).
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Through the years
When Brookfield’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1860s, with 1 people born in that decade.
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Known for
What Brookfield is known for
Faith leads the fields, with 1 people.
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Brookfield
1 more, best known first.
A chosen home
Also called Brookfield home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Brookfield, though born elsewhere.
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Around it, Danbury has the most people on record, 50 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Brookfield 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 (9)
- Joseph Collins: Giacomelli-Venezia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert Elijah Dunning: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ali Ryerson: Vincent Outlaw, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Ives: Clara Sipprell, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Isaac Toucey: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Bentley: C.M. Stieglitz, World Telegram staff photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- P. T. Barnum: Brady-Handy Photograph Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jake Ceresna: Cmm3, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Luman Hamlin Weller: Robert Herd Fairbairn, author. S. J. Clarke Publishing Company (Chicago, IL), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons