#1Famous people · Brooklyn
Most of the 9 famous people born in Brooklyn came into the world in the early republic
Elijah Paine, the united States federal judge, is the most widely known, written about in 11 languages. Over 110 years of births, the list goes from Elijah Paine (1757) to Lucy Scarborough Conant (1867). The biggest group are leaders: 3. For every 10,000 residents there are 10.6 on the list, well above the typical Connecticut town’s 2.9.
Born here
9
notable people
Best known
Elijah Paine
in 11 Wikipedia languages
First
1757
Elijah Paine
Youngest
1867
Lucy Scarborough Conant
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
What stands out about Brooklyn’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Brooklyn’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1750s, at 1.
Politics & LawWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineMilitaryFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Brooklyn
Three names lead: Elijah Paine (11 languages), Daniel Tyler (7) and Emily Huntington Miller (6).
#1
#2
#3Known for
What Brooklyn is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is leaders, at 1.6 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 Brooklyn
Of the other 6, 2 are leaders.
Lucy Scarborough Conant
1867–1920American artist, and a costume and set designer
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Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Killingly: 15.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Brooklyn 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 (13)
- Elijah Paine: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Tyler: Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Emily Huntington Miller: unattributed, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Waldo Hutchins: K.R. Mason, artist. Jeffers & McDonnald (Albany, NY), publisher. Photographed at the New York State Museum (Albany, NY) by Annette Heyler Boprey in March 2017., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Low Dodge: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Flavel S. Luther: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Williams Mather: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Adelaide Ward Peckham: No photographer credited, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Lewis Tiffany: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chauncey Fitch Cleveland: Frederick Calvin Norton, author. The Connecticut Magazine (Hartford, CT), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William A. Barstow: William F. Cogswell, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ida Bailey Allen: Ida Bailey Allen, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Theodore Dwight Weld: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons